WFM Alisa Melekhina, on her quest for a norm, scored another upset by taking out tournament top seed IM Mesgen Amanov.
WFM Alisa Melekhina – IM Mesgen Amanov
10th North American FIDE Invitational
Round 2
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. f4 Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nce2 Ne8 13. Qc1 Nd4 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 Qa5 17. O-O Nc7 18. f5 Nb5 19. Bd2 Qa3 20. Qe1 Qa6 21. g5 Nc7 22. f6 exf6 23. gxf6 Bh8 24. c4 Rb2 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. a4 Ne6 27. Nb5 Nd4 28. Bc3 Ne2 29. Kh2 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Re2 31. Rf3 Re8 32. Nc7 Qb6 33. Nxe8 Bxe8 34. Kg1 a5 35. h4 Bd7 36. Rg3 d5 37. Rf1 d4 38. Qc1 Bxa4 39. h5 Be8 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Qg5 Qd6 42. Rh3 1-0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan, the software to replay the game seems messed up. From the starting position, when you click to see the first move the viewer plays 1. …, Kxg7. (In other words, BLack moves first and moves his King like a Knight to capture his own Pawn. Neat trick. 🙂 )
I see the game fine. Perhaps refresh your browser?
Huh. It’s working fine now. I’ll just put it down to evil spirits. 🙂