Shahmir Khan vs Ma, Ethan
Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 6 · 2025.12.26 · 1-0 · B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation
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[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shahmir Khan"]
[Black "Ma, Ethan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[WhiteFideId "7825099"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[BlackFideId "39906957"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qa6 7. Qd1 e6 8.
Nge2 Nh6 $2 { Mistake. c5 was best. } 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qd2 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } 10... Rg8 $6 { Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } 11.
Rg1 $2 { Mistake. Nf4 was best. } 11... Nd7 12. O-O-O Be7 $6
{ Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } 13. Kb1 Bf8 14. f4 { [%clk 1:35:10] } 14... c5
{ [%clk 1:35:10] } 15. f5 { [%clk 1:22:28] } 15... cxd4 $6
{ Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best.[%clk 1:35:26] } 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 $4
{ Blunder. O-O-O was best.[%clk 1:35:56] } 17. fxe6 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Qf4 was best.[%clk 1:23:28] } 17... fxe6 { [%clk 1:35:44] } 18.
Rge1 { [%clk 1:19:39] } 18... Bg7 { [%clk 1:36:13] } 19. Qf4
{ [%clk 0:56:57] } 19... O-O-O 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 $2 { Mistake. Qd6 was best. } 21.
Qxe5 Rge8 $2 { Mistake. Qd6 was best. } 22. Ncb5 Qb6 23. a4 a5 $6
{ Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } 24. Rd3 Rd7 25. Rc3+ Kd8 26. Qf6+ Ree7 27. h4 h5
28. g3 Qa6 29. Nc7 Qb6 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxc7 was best.[%clk 0:00:00] } 30. Ncxe6+
{ [%clk 0:00:00] } 1-0