Chess Game
Joshua Sheng vs Mark Plotkin
Royal City Masters 2025, 2025 · Result 1–0 · Modern Defense (B06).
Mark Plotkin0
Joshua Sheng1
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Qd2 b5 7. a4 bxa4 8. Nh3 Nf6 9. f3 Nc6 10. Nxa4 O-O 11. Ng5 Rb8 12. c3 Na5 13. Ra3 Rb3 14. Rxb3 Nxb3 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Bd3 Nh7 17. O-O Nc6 18. b4 e5 19. d5 Ne7 20. c4 f5 21. c5 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Bh6 24. Qf2 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Bf8 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Nb6 Qc7 28. Qe2 Qc3 29. Qd2 Qa3 30. Nc4 Qb3 31. Qb2 Qd1 32. Qc1 Qg4 33. Qc2 Bd7 34. Qf2 Nc8 35. Nd2 Bb5 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. Qf6 Ne7 38. Qxd6 h4 39. Qxe5 h3 40. Qh2 Qe2 41. Qxh3 Qe1+ 42. Nf1 Qxb4 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. Qf6+ Kg8 1–0
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This chess game between Joshua Sheng (2480) and Mark Plotkin (2361) was played at Royal City Masters 2025 in 2025 and finished 1–0. The opening was the Modern Defense (B06). 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 Joshua Sheng and Mark Plotkin from the CipherChess mega database.