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Zoey Tang vs. Irina Krush

Date: March 4, 2026
Round: Champions Bracket Quarterfinal — Match 4 — Game 2 (Classical)
White: Zoey Tang (2356)
Black: Irina Krush (2402)
Result: 1-0
SF 18

Game Notation (PGN)

[Event "2026 The American Cup Women"]
[Site "Saint Louis, US"]
[Date "2026.03.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tang, Zoey"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "3"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteFideId "30952530"]
[BlackFideId "2012782"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteClock "0:11:03"]
[BlackClock "0:02:37"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[EndDate "2026.03.05"]
[EndTime "07:38:38"]

1. d4 {[%clk 1:30:57]}  Nf6 {[%clk 1:30:51]} 2. c4 {[%clk 1:31:24]}  e6 {[%clk 1:31:12]} 3. Nf3 {[%clk 1:31:50]}  d5 {[%clk 1:31:17]}
4. Nc3 {[%clk 1:32:14]}  c6 {[%clk 1:31:27]} 5. e3 {[%clk 1:32:38]}  Nbd7 {[%clk 1:31:49]} 6. Bd3 {[%clk 1:33:04]}  dxc4 {[%clk 1:31:27]}
7. Bxc4 {[%clk 1:33:29]}  b5 {[%clk 1:31:46]} 8. Bd3 {[%clk 1:33:55]}  b4 {[%clk 1:31:34]} 9. Ne4 {[%clk 1:33:46]}  Nxe4 {[%clk 1:31:36]}
10. Bxe4 {[%clk 1:34:11]}  Bb7 {[%clk 1:31:46]} 11. O-O {[%clk 1:29:40]}  Be7 {[%clk 1:31:05]} 12. a3 {[%clk 1:23:54]}  a5 {[%clk 1:28:42]}
13. Qc2 {[%clk 1:21:11]}  h6 {[%clk 1:28:04]} 14. axb4 {[%clk 1:11:01]}  axb4 {[%clk 1:27:12]} 15. Bd2 {[%clk 1:11:25]}  O-O {[%clk 1:26:29]}
16. Qc4 {[%clk 1:07:29]}  Qb6 {[%clk 1:18:28]} 17. Rfc1 {[%clk 0:57:11]}  Rxa1 {[%clk 1:08:35]} 18. Rxa1 {[%clk 0:57:35]}  Nf6 {[%clk 1:09:00]}
19. Bd3 {[%clk 0:51:42]}  c5 {[%clk 1:09:00]} 20. dxc5 {[%clk 0:48:32]}  Bxc5 {[%clk 1:09:16]} 21. Rc1 {[%clk 0:48:58]}  Rd8 {[%clk 1:02:08]}
22. Qxc5 {[%clk 0:36:16]}  Qxc5 {[%clk 1:02:28]} 23. Rxc5 {[%clk 0:36:42]}  Rxd3 {[%clk 1:02:46]} 24. Bxb4 {[%clk 0:37:06]}  Rd1+ {[%clk 1:02:31]}
25. Ne1 {[%clk 0:37:32]}  Rb1 {[%clk 0:56:21]} 26. Rc2 {[%clk 0:33:30]}  Be4 {[%clk 0:36:15]} 27. Rc8+ {[%clk 0:33:49]}  Kh7 {[%clk 0:36:39]}
28. f3 {[%clk 0:31:33]}  Bg6 {[%clk 0:29:15]} 29. Bc3 {[%clk 0:29:56]}  Nd5 {[%clk 0:28:45]} 30. Kf2 {[%clk 0:30:00]}  Nb6 {[%clk 0:17:33]}
31. Rb8 {[%clk 0:28:57]}  Na4 {[%clk 0:17:14]} 32. Bd4 {[%clk 0:28:30]}  f6 {[%clk 0:16:17]} 33. f4 {[%clk 0:23:30]}  Be4 {[%clk 0:15:17]}
34. Rb4 {[%clk 0:16:25]}  Bc6 {[%clk 0:14:48]} 35. Nf3 {[%clk 0:16:36]}  Rc1 {[%clk 0:14:26]} 36. Nd2 {[%clk 0:14:09]}  Nc5 {[%clk 0:08:09]}
37. Bxc5 {[%clk 0:12:43]}  Rxc5 {[%clk 0:08:37]} 38. e4 {[%clk 0:11:09]}  Rc1 {[%clk 0:04:16]} 39. Rc4 {[%clk 0:10:11]}  Rxc4 {[%clk 0:03:46]}
40. Nxc4 {[%clk 0:10:36]}  Bxe4 {[%clk 0:04:03]} 41. Nd6 {[%clk 0:10:39]}  Bd5 {[%clk 0:02:37]} 42. b4 {[%clk 0:11:03]} 1-0