
[Event "Titled Tue 18th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, Yuxu"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.a3 Bc5 5.e3 c6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 Ba7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Be2 Ngf6 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Re8 12.c5 e4 13.Nd2 d5 14.b5 Nf8 15.b6 Bb8 16.f4 exf3 17.Nxf3 Ng6 18.Bd3 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.Re1 Ne4 21.Qc2 f5 22.Bb2 Nh4 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qg5 25.Qe2 Nxc5 26.Bc2 Rxe5 27.Na4 Rxe3 28.Qf2 Rg3 29.Qxc5 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Qg3 0-1
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, Yuxu"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.a3 Bc5 5.e3 c6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 Ba7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Be2 Ngf6 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Re8 12.c5 e4 13.Nd2 d5 14.b5 Nf8 15.b6 Bb8 16.f4 exf3 17.Nxf3 Ng6 18.Bd3 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.Re1 Ne4 21.Qc2 f5 22.Bb2 Nh4 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qg5 25.Qe2 Nxc5 26.Bc2 Rxe5 27.Na4 Rxe3 28.Qf2 Rg3 29.Qxc5 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Qg3 0-1
[Event "Titled Tue 18th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, Yuxu"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[WhiteFideId "8626421"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Bc5 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Re8 12. c5 e4 13. Nd2 d5 14. b5 Nf8 15.
b6 Bb8 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Ng6 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Re1 Ne4 21. Qc2
f5 22. Bb2 Nh4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qg5 25. Qe2 Nxc5 26. Bc2 Rxe5 27. Na4
Rxe3 28. Qf2 Rg3 29. Qxc5 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Qg3 0-1