[Event "2026 National High School K-12 Chess Ch"]
[Site "Chicago, United States"]
[Date "2026.03.28"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Jiang, Andrew"]
[Black "Sloan, Jed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[StudyName "2026 NHS Games"]
[ChapterName "Jiang, Andrew - Sloan, Jed"]
[ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/wFQ7WeTI/Po9jyYPU"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/pb1qppbp/1pN3p1/8/8/1PB1PB2/P4PPP/2RQ1RK1 b - - 0 15"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Orientation "white"]
15... Qe8?? { Now White wins in a beautiful fashion! } (15... Bxc6 { would have been the only way to hold on to the position! } 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Bb4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rd2 21. a4 $14) 16. Bxg7! Kxg7 17. Nd8!! { The key move that takes advantage of all of the stuck pieces on the backrank! } 17... Ba6 18. Bxa8 Bxf1 19. Rc8! { and now it is all over! } 19... Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Kxf1 e6 22. Bc6 Ne5 23. Bb5 Kf6 24. Rb8 Ke7 25. Nc6+ Nxc6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0