[Event "2026 National Middle School (K-8) Champi"] [Site "Round Rock, Texas, United Stat"] [Date "2026.05.17"] [Round "7.17"] [White "Li, Ron"] [Black "Doron-Repa, Yotam"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1317"] [BlackElo "1367"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [WhiteClock "0:41:56"] [BlackClock "0:36:21"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2026 National Middle School Championship"] [ChapterName "Li, Ron - Doron-Repa, Yotam"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/nsU8iwvi/fbPfnEpx"] [FEN "8/2b5/3k1npp/1p1P2P1/1P3K2/7P/8/3R4 b - - 0 42"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Ron was the sole player with 6/6 , but in the last round he was stopped by Yotam, who went on to become co-winner with Louie Nakamura after winning this game. In this position, White attempted the trade of some pawns, but after the zwischenzug: } 42... Kd7+! { White loses too much material! } 43. d6 { The final attempt to save the game unfortunately fails as Black remains up a pawn in the king and pawn endgame! } (43. Kf3 hxg5 44. Rg1 g4+! { The idea is to keep the rook away from g6 so that Black can focus on winning the d5-pawn and then the b4-one! } 45. hxg4 Nxd5 46. Rh1 Bd6 47. Rh6 Ne7 { , followed by the capture of the b4-pawn, after which Black should be on the way to winning the game! }) 43... Bxd6+ 44. Rxd6+ Kxd6 45. gxf6 Ke6 46. Ke4 Kxf6 { And Black went on to promote first! } 47. Kd5 g5 48. Kc5 h5 49. Kxb5 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Ka6 g3 52. b5 g2 53. b6 g1=Q 54. b7 Qa1+ 55. Kb6 Qd4+ 56. Ka6 Qd8 57. Ka7 Qa5+ 58. Kb8 Ke7 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1