Chess Game
Mark Plotkin vs Yanchun Zhao
Scarborough CC Howard Ridout, 2017 · Result 1–0 · Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation (D93).
Yanchun Zhao0
Mark Plotkin1
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 h6 8. h3 e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Bh2 Qb6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb4 17. Be4 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Rd8 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Na5 Bc8 21. Nc4 Bd7 22. Nd6 Bc8 23. Kf1 Bf8 24. Nc4 Bd7 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Nd3 b6 27. Ke2 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Ne5 a5 30. b4 Nxb4 31. Nc4 Rdd8 32. Nxb6 Ra6 33. Nc4 Rda8 34. Nd6 Nd5 35. Rc5 a4 36. Bd3 Rb6 37. Nc4 Rb4 38. Kd2 Nb6 39. Ra2 Rb8 40. Ne5 Nd7 41. Nxd7 Bxd7 42. Kc1 Ra8 43. Bc2 Kf8 44. Kd2 Rab8 45. Kc3 R4b5 46. Bxa4 Rxc5+ 47. dxc5 e5 48. b4 Ke7 49. Bb3 Rb7 50. Ra8 h5 51. h4 Rc7 52. Bc4 Bc8 53. Kb3 Be6 54. Bxe6 Kxe6 55. Kc4 Kf5 56. f3 f6 57. Ra2 g5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. b5 cxb5+ 60. Kxb5 Rb7+ 61. Kc6 Rb3 62. e4+ Ke6 63. Kc7 Ke7 64. c6 Rd3 65. Rb2 g4 66. fxg4 hxg4 67. Kb7 Rd4 68. c7 Rd7 69. Kb8 1–0
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This chess game between Mark Plotkin (2190) and Yanchun Zhao (1827) was played at Scarborough CC Howard Ridout in 2017 and finished 1–0. The opening was the Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation (D93). Step through every move on the interactive board above, or open it on the CipherChess board to analyse the game with the engine. You can also explore more games by Mark Plotkin and Yanchun Zhao from the CipherChess mega database.