Monday, November 21, 2005

Two-time Stumble

After 11 rounds, George Xie suffered two losses in a row. In round 10 he went down to IM Evgeny Romanov followed by another setback to IM Andrey Zhigalko in round 11. The Australian remains on 5.5 points.

Xie will face the untitled Marko Krivokapic (2361) in the next round.

World Junior Championship (Boys) U20
Xie, George Wendi
Zhigalko, Andrey
B22

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 d5 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nh4 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 e6 12. g3 a5 13. O-O Be7 14. Ng2 a4 15. Bc2 Nb4 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Qg4 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Kh8 20. h4 Rfc8 21. Bg5 Bf8 22. h5 h6 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Rfd1 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc4 26. b3 axb3 27. Rxb3 Raa4 28. Qd1 Rxd4 29. Qb1 Ra7 30. Rdb2 Qc8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rxd3 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. Qb3 Rd2 35. Rb8 Qc5 36. Kh3 Rxf2 0-1

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