[Event "2025 National K-12 Chess Championship"] [Site "Spokane, WI USA, United State"] [Date "2025.12.14"] [Round "7.23"] [White "Chen, Celine"] [Black "Jani, Aakash"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1942"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2014"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2025 National K-12 Grade Championships, Pt. 2"] [ChapterName "Chen, Celine - Jani, Aakash"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/NnKpzTbl/qjJXQzo9"] [FEN "r5k1/2pbqr1p/np1p2pP/p2P4/2P1PN2/PPb1B3/2Q3R1/2K3R1 w - - 0 27"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { A tough miss my Celine that lost her chance of winning the 5th Grade title... } 27. Qxc3 { This maintains a big advantage, but } (27. Nxg6! { seems to win on the spot! } 27... hxg6 (27... Qf6 28. Ne5+ $18) 28. Rxg6+ Bg7 29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg2+ $18) 27... Qe5 28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. Nd3 Re8 30. Rg5 Rfe7 31. Bd2 c6 32. Bc3 cxd5 33. cxd5?? (33. exd5! { Even if the e-pawn is passed, White can easily blockade it and also maintains a much better pawn structure! } 33... e4 34. d6 Re6 35. Nf4 Rxd6 36. Rd5 $18) 33... Bb5 34. Nxe5 Nc5 35. Ng4?? (35. Rf5 Nd3+ 36. Nxd3 Bxd3 37. d6 Bxe4 38. Rxa5 bxa5 39. dxe7 Rxe7 40. Bxa5 $18) 35... Nxe4 36. d6 Re6 37. Nf6+ Nxf6 38. Bxf6 Rxf6 39. Rxb5 Rc8+ 40. Kb1 Rxd6 41. Rg2 Re8 42. Kb2 Re3 43. Rh2?? { The final mistake, and now White has to shift gears and play for a draw. } (43. Rc2 Kf7 44. Rc7+ Re7 45. Rc2) 43... Kf7 44. Kc2 Rf3 45. Kb2 Rf5 46. Rxf5+ gxf5 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 Kg6 49. Rg2+ Kxh6 50. Kc3 f4 51. Rg4 Rf6 52. Kd4 f3 53. Rg1 f2 54. Rf1 Kg5 55. Ke3 Kg4 56. Rxf2 Rxf2 57. Kxf2 Kf4 58. Kg2 Ke4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1