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Monday, February 19, 2018

Unrated Yixin Xi of UMass Chess Club Wins First Tournament, Earns 2461 Provisional Rating

Xi is reportedly the strongest player in the UMass Amherst Chess Club. He played his first tournament, an event run by the Western Mass Chess Association. What follows is part of the pgn of his last round game which he won. The game "continued for many moves as Black easily won the ending."
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[Event "2018 WMA Championships"]
[Site "Amherst, MA"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ian Dudley"]
[Black "Yixin Li"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Classes "?"]
[ECO "A36"]
[TimeControl "G90d5"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Kh2 Nd4 11. f4 f5 12. Be3 Nec6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Rb1 b5 15. a3
Kh8 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Nec3 Rb8 18. Qa4 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Rb3 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxa7 Ne2 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. Bxf3 exf4 25. Qe7 Qxe7 26. Nxe7 fxg3+
27. Kg2 Nd4 28. Bg4 Re8 29. Nd5 Rxe4 30. Kxg3 h5 31. Bd7 Re5 32. Nc3 Re7 33.
Bc8 Rc7 34. Ba6 Nf5+ 35. Kf2 Ra7 36. Bd3 Bxc3 37. bxc3 Rxa3 0-1

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