Thursday, July 22, 2010

Ziping Ties for First in Scholastic

On Sunday, Ziping Liu tied for first place in the Westfield Summer Scholastic, with a score of 2-0-1.

Round One: Pirc Defense

Aaron Jacobson (USCF 1264) - Ziping Liu (USCF 1728), Westfield NJ 7/18/2010

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bd2 e5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Bc3 Re8 10.h3 Nf6 11.d5 Ne7 12.Ng3 c6 13.Bc4 a5 14.a4 Qc7 15.Qd3 Nd7


16.b4 cxd5 17.exd5 Nb6 18.Bb5 Rd8 19.bxa5 Nbxd5 20.Bd2 e4 21.Qxe4 Bxa1 22.Bc4 Be6 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Qh4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Re8 26.O-O Qxc2 27.Bg5 Nf5 28.Nxf5 Qxf5 29.Rxa1 Rxa5 30.f4, and 0-1 in ? moves.