SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES For THURSDAY June 15th of 2023: FIGHTING CHESS!

SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES THURSDAY June 15th of 2023: Fighting Chess!

Today’s game features talented players Jason Cigan and Zoey Tang. A fighting game for the good of all chess fans! Zoey Tang came out on top… and ended up winning enough points in this event to take first place! Congratulations to our OREGON CLOSED CHESS CHAMPION for 2023 - well done Zoey Tang!

Game given in full down below. Enjoy! ~ S.

[Event "2023 Oregon Closed: Rd. 4 Cigan - Tang, Z."]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/G5tJPNFF/XSpqnTmk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2023.02.22"]
[UTCTime "05:00:57"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Carlsbad Variation"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/JackFromLost"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. Qc1 Bd6 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Qe6 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Qxe6 Bxe6 17. Be3 a5 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Ne4 Ned7 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Kf1 Rfe8 24. Nb3 Bg4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxa5 Rd2 27. Nxb7 Bxe2+ 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Bxc6 Ng4 30. a5 Nxf2 31. a6 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg2 Bg4 34. Bb5 Nd3+ 35. Kg1 Ne5 36. Be2 Rxe2 37. a7 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxh2+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. a8=Q+ Kh7 0-1

My thanks to David Murray for cataloging the games from this event - a fine service rendered for all chess fans! Please do visit his lichess page and subscribe. ~ S.