Chess Game
Jianchao Zhou vs Nikhil Kumar
26. North American Open, 2016 · Result ½–½ · Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (D37).
Nikhil Kumar½
Jianchao Zhou½
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bc4 Bf6 13. Bg3 Kh8 14. O-O Re8 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Rac1 Bc6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. a4 Qd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Red8 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. h3 Rac8 23. Qc2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 g6 25. b3 h5 26. Qc4 h4 27. Bh2 Kg7 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Be5 Qa6 32. c6 Qxc4+ 33. bxc4 bxc6 34. Bc3 Ke7 35. Bxa5 Kd6 36. Bb4+ c5 37. Bc3 Kc6 38. f4 Kb7 39. Kd1 Kb6 40. Kc2 Be7 41. Kd1 Kb7 42. Ke1 Kb6 43. Ke2 Kb7 44. Kf2 Kb6 45. Kf1 Kb7 46. Ba5 Bf6 47. Ke2 Kc6 48. Kd1 Bb2 49. Kc2 Bf6 50. Kd2 Kb7 51. Ke2 Kc6 52. Kf2 Bg7 53. g3 hxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Bf6 55. h4 Kb7 56. Kh3 Bd8 57. Be1 c6 58. Kg2 Ka6 59. Kh3 Ba5 60. Bf2 Bd2 61. h5 gxh5 62. Kh4 Ka5 63. Kxh5 Kxa4 64. Kg5 Kb3 65. Kxf5 Kxc4 66. Kxe4 Kb3 67. f5 c4 68. f6 c3 69. f7 c2 70. f8=Q c1=Q 71. Qf7+ Qc4+ ½–½
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This chess game between Jianchao Zhou (2632) and Nikhil Kumar (2251) was played at 26. North American Open in 2016 and finished ½–½. The opening was the Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (D37). 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 Jianchao Zhou and Nikhil Kumar from the CipherChess mega database.