[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