Lau, Wai Hei vs Huang, Zixuan(GD)
Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers · Round 5 · 2025.12.23 · 1-0 · C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
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PGN
[Event "Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2025 | Challengers"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2025.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lau, Wai Hei"]
[Black "Huang, Zixuan(GD)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[WhiteElo "1455"]
[WhiteFideId "6009174"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[BlackFideId "8689032"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Source "LichessBroadcast"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[ImportDate "2026-02-03"]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:30:50] } 1... e5 { [%clk 1:30:55] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:31:16] }
2... Nc6 { [%clk 1:31:20] } 3. Bb5 { [%clk 1:31:20] } 3... d6
{ [%clk 1:31:40] } 4. d4 { [%clk 1:31:36] } 4... Bd7 { [%clk 1:31:40] } 5. Nc3
{ [%clk 1:31:06] } 5... exd4 { [%clk 1:31:33] } 6. Nxd4 { [%clk 1:31:12] } 6...
Nxd4 { [%clk 1:31:50] } 7. Qxd4 { [%clk 1:31:23] } 7... Bxb5 { [%clk 1:30:51] }
8. Nxb5 { [%clk 1:31:49] } 8... f6 $2 { Mistake. c6 was best.[%clk 1:30:27] }
9. O-O $6 { Inaccuracy. Qa4 was best.[%clk 1:31:58] } 9... Ne7
{ [%clk 1:30:13] } 10. Bf4 { [%clk 1:31:52] } 10... Nc6 { [%clk 1:30:02] } 11.
Qe3 { [%clk 1:32:06] } 11... a6 { [%clk 1:29:41] } 12. Nd4 { [%clk 1:32:05] }
12... Nxd4 { [%clk 1:28:48] } 13. Qxd4 { [%clk 1:32:24] } 13... Qe7
{ [%clk 1:26:52] } 14. Rfe1 { [%clk 1:31:38] } 14... O-O-O $2
{ Mistake. Rd8 was best.[%clk 1:26:38] } 15. Qa7 { [%clk 1:31:42] } 15... g5
{ [%clk 1:24:57] } 16. Bd2 { [%clk 1:31:41] } 16... Kd7 { [%clk 1:24:15] } 17.
Qxb7 { [%clk 1:32:00] } 17... Bg7 { [%clk 1:24:02] } 18. Qxa6
{ [%clk 1:31:37] } 18... Rb8 { [%clk 1:23:39] } 19. Bc3 { [%clk 1:31:47] }
19... Rhc8 { [%clk 1:23:15] } 20. Rad1 { [%clk 1:32:06] } 20... Kd8
{ [%clk 1:19:42] } 21. Qc4 { [%clk 1:32:00] } 21... Bf8 $6
{ Inaccuracy. Kd7 was best.[%clk 1:18:30] } 22. e5 { [%clk 1:32:17] } 22...
f5 { [%clk 1:17:42] } 23. exd6 { [%clk 1:32:30] } 23... cxd6 { [%clk 1:15:31] }
24. Ba5+ { [%clk 1:32:40] } 24... Kd7 { [%clk 1:14:55] } 25. Rxe7+
{ [%clk 1:33:04] } 25... Bxe7 { [%clk 1:15:13] } 26. Qd3 { [%clk 1:32:02] }
26... Rf8 { [%clk 1:15:14] } 27. b4 { [%clk 1:32:14] } 27... h5
{ [%clk 1:14:44] } 28. c4 { [%clk 1:32:39] } 28... Rf6 { [%clk 1:14:20] } 29.
c5 { [%clk 1:33:02] } 29... f4 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best.[%clk 1:14:02] } 30. cxd6
{ [%clk 1:32:34] } 30... Bxd6 $6
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxd6 was best.[%clk 1:13:42] } 31. Qh7+
{ [%clk 1:32:44] } 31... Kc6 { [%clk 1:13:51] } 32. Qxh5 $2
{ Lost forced checkmate sequence. a4 was best.[%clk 1:31:38] } 32... Bxb4 $2
{ Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rbf8 was best.[%clk 1:14:04] } 33. Bxb4
{ [%clk 1:31:55] } 33... Rxb4 { [%clk 1:14:21] } 34. Qe8+ { [%clk 1:32:25] }
34... Kb7 { [%clk 1:14:16] } 35. Qe7+ { [%clk 1:32:50] } 35... Ka8
{ [%clk 1:14:27] } 36. Qxb4 { [%clk 1:33:20] } 36... Ra6 { [%clk 1:14:43] } 37.
Rd8+ { [%clk 1:33:38] } 37... Ka7 { [%clk 1:15:06] } 38. Qb8#
{ [%clk 1:34:02] } 1-0