On his way to a tie for eighth place in the under 1500 section at Foxwoods, Ziping Liu defeated Mario Russo in the following game.
Round 3: Pirc Defense
Mario Russo (USCF 1310) - Ziping Liu (USCF 1454), Foxwoods Under 1500 3/21/2008
1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6
In this position, White usually plays 9.Be3.
9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Ba6 Qd6
Instead the game Ristic-Barlov, Osijek 1982 continued with 12...Nfd7 followed by 13...Nc5.
13.Qe2 Rb6 14.Nb5 Qc6 15.Nxa7 Qa8 16.Qxe5 Qxa7
Now White would have a clear advantage by 17.Bd3.
17.Bb5 Qa5 18.c4 c6 19.Be3 Rb7
This inaccurate move should have been punished by 20.b4 Qxb4 21.Bxc6. Correct for Black is 19...Rbb8.
20.Rfb1 cxb5 21.b4 Qa6 22.cxb5 Rxb5 23.Bc5 Nd7 24.Qxe7 Nxc5 25.a4 Rb7 26.Qxc5 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Qb6
28.Qxb6 Rxb6 29.a5 Rxb4 30.a6 Ra8, White forfeits.
