[Event "2025 National K-12 Chess Championship"] [Site "Spokane, WI USA, United State"] [Date "2025.12.14"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Nandhakumar, Vaseegaran"] [Black "Min, Ryan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2177"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2132"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2025 National K-12 Grade Championships, Pt. 2"] [ChapterName "Nandhakumar, Vaseegaran - Min, Ryan"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/NnKpzTbl/653kkAVI"] [FEN "r7/p2b1pk1/P2p1qp1/NP2r1n1/3Qp3/4P1P1/4BP2/1R2K2R b K - 0 25"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] 25... Nf3+! { The right time to trade off a powerful knight, penetrating White's kingside. } 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rh4 Bg4!? (27... Rc8! { was also promising. }) 28. Rxg4 (28. Rb2 { would allow } 28... f6! { when White is paralyzed and has nothing better than } 29. Rxg4 Qxg4 $19) 28... Qh1+! { Going after the proper rook! } 29. Kd2 Qxb1 30. Nc4 Qb4+ 31. Ke2 Qxb5 32. Rxe4 Kg8 33. Rh4 Rc8 { After some ultra-precise moves, Black is now up a clear Exchange and went on to win. } 34. Qd3 Rh5 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Rd4 d5 38. g4 Rf6 39. Ne5 Rxa6 40. Rxd5 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rf6+ 42. Ke4 Rfxf2 43. Rd7 a5 44. Ra7 Ra2 45. Nd7 a4 46. g5 Rf5 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Ne8+ Kf8 49. Nd6 Rxg5 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Ra7 Rg3 52. Kf4 Rgg2 53. e4 a3 54. Ke5 Rg3 55. Ke6 Rf2 56. e5 a2 57. Ne4 Rg1 58. Nxf2 a1=Q 59. Rxa1 Rxa1 60. Ne4 Rf1 61. Kd6 Rf4 62. Nf6+ Kf7 63. Nd5 Re4 64. Nc7 Rd4+ 65. Nd5 Re4 66. Nc7 g5 67. e6+ Kf8 68. e7+ Rxe7 69. Ne6+ Rxe6+ { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1