[Event "2025 National K-12 Chess Championship"] [Site "Spokane, WI USA, United State"] [Date "2025.12.14"] [Round "6.29"] [White "Yilanli, Mehmet"] [Black "Neshvadian, Dario"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1959"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "1345"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2025 National K-12 Grade Championships, Pt. 2"] [ChapterName "Yilanli, Mehmet - Neshvadian, Dario"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/NnKpzTbl/ddGJPSg7"] [FEN "r1b2rn1/2p3k1/3p1qpp/2nPp3/pp2P1P1/5PN1/PPP3Q1/1K1R1BNR w - - 0 22"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Mehmet made an unexpected blunder thinking that the f-pawn was protected with a tactical idea. This almost cost him the title in the 2nd grade section! } 22. Nh3?? (22. Bc4 { keeps the game going }) 22... Qxf3 23. Nf5+? { this was probably the move he calculated since it was played almost instantaneous, but he missed that because of the back-rank issue the knight could be captured with the rook! } (23. Re1 Qxg2 24. Bxg2 Bxg4 $19) 23... Rxf5! 24. gxf5 Qxd1# { 0-1 Black wins. } { Congratulations to Mehmet on bouncing back in Round 7 with a win for a share of the title, and to Dario on this great win and on also earning a share of the title! } 0-1