Kimberly Ding - Ziping Liu

On Sunday, in a game/90 quad at the Dean of Chess Academy, Ziping Liu finished with a score of 1-1-1. He drew this game in the last round. White missed 48.Kb5! which wins.

Round Three: Pirc Defense

Kimberly Ding (USCF 1682) - Ziping Liu (USCF 1753), Branchburg NJ 9/27/2009

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Qd2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rfd8


14.Qe2 Nf8 15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Rd1 Ne6 17.Rd2 Nd4 18.Qd1 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Rxd2 20.Bxd2 Qd7 21.Bg5 Ne8 22.Be3 b6 23.Qe2 Nc7 24.Kf1 Ne6 25.Nd1 Kf8 26.Qd2 Ke8 27.Ke2 Nd4+ 28.Bxd4 Qxd4 29.Qxd4 exd4 30.Kd3 Kd7 31.c3 c5 32.cxd4 Bxd4 33.f3 Kd6


34.Nc3 Ke5 35.g3 a6 36.b3 Bxc3 37.Kxc3 b5 38.Kd3 f5 39.exf5 Kxf5 40.f4 h6 41.Ke3 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.Kd4 c3 44.Kxc3 Ke4 45.Kb4 Kf3 46.Ka5 Kxg3 47.Kxa6 Kxh3 48.Kb6 g5 49.f5 g4 50.f6 g3 51.f7 g2 52.f8=Q g1=Q+ 53.Kb5 Qb1+, draw.