[Event "2026 National High School K-12 Chess Ch"] [Site "Chicago, United States"] [Date "2026.03.28"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Atwell, Rose"] [Black "Wang, Ted"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2425"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackElo "2301"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2026 NHS Games"] [ChapterName "Atwell, Rose - Wang, Ted"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/wFQ7WeTI/9jtglnLp"] [FEN "3r4/5r2/1R1p2kp/3NRp2/3PnP2/6P1/7P/6K1 w - - 0 46"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { After having played a great positional game to outplay her opponent, Rose missed the chance to convert as she changed the move order which allowed her opponent to trade off to a drawish rook endgame. } 46. g4? (46. Re6+! { first pushing the king away and maintaining the pressure on both d6 and f5 would have allowed her to maintain her decisive advantage! } 46... Kg7 (46... Kh5 47. Ne3 Rf6 48. Rxf6 Nxf6 49. Nxf5 $18) 47. Ne3 Ra8 48. Nxf5+ Rxf5 49. Rxe4 $18) 46... Nf6 47. Re6 (47. Ne7+ { may have worked as well } 47... Kh7 (47... Kg7 48. Nxf5+ $18) 48. Rxf5 Kg7 49. g5 hxg5 50. Rxg5+ Kf8 51. Nf5 $18) 47... Kg7 48. Rbxd6? { after the trade of the rooks the game slowly peters out to a draw, } (48. Ne7 { White still keeps the pressure here. } 48... Nxg4 49. h3) 48... Rxd6 49. Rxd6 Nxd5 50. Rxd5 fxg4 51. f5 Kf6 52. Kg2 Kg5 53. Kg3 Rxf5 54. Rxf5+ Kxf5 55. Kh4 Ke4 56. Kxg4 Kxd4 57. Kh5 Ke5 58. Kg6 h5 59. h4 Ke6 { 1/2-1/2 wins. } 1/2-1/2