[Event "2025 National K-12 Chess Championship"]
[Site "Spokane, WI USA, United State"]
[Date "2025.12.13"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Chen, Celine"]
[Black "Boyer-Olson, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[StudyName "2025 National K-12 Grade Championships"]
[ChapterName "(5th) Chen, Celine - Boyer-Olson, Jack"]
[ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/eJCWlgC8/aLAgQ0xU"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/3b1pp1/p1nqpn1p/1p1p4/1P1P4/P1NBPN1P/4QPP1/2RR2K1 b - - 0 16"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Orientation "white"]
{ Just because the position is symmetrical, it doesn't mean there aren't tactical ideas. Black felt that in this game after playing: }
16... Rc7?? (16... e5! { would have kept the equality } 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Rfe8 $10) 17. Bxb5! { Celine finds the tactic and goes on to win the game! } 17... a5 (17... axb5 18. Nxb5 $18) 18. Bd3 Na7 19. Ne5 axb4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc7 Nxc7 23. Nxd7 Rd8 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Ra1 Nc8 26. Qh5 Nd6 27. Qd1 Rc8 28. Qb1 Qxb1+ 29. Rxb1 g6 30. Ra1 Nb4 31. Ra4 Nxd3 32. Nxd3 Rc3 33. Ne5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc2 35. Ra6 Nf5 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Ra7 Rxf2 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. e4 Re2 40. exf5 Rxe5 41. dxe5 Kxf7 42. f6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0