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Tatev Abrahamyan vs. Carissa Yip

Date: March 9, 2026
Round: Elimination Bracket Final — Match 13 — Game 2 (Rapid)
White: Tatev Abrahamyan (2378)
Black: Carissa Yip (2466)
Result: 0-1
SF 18

Game Notation (PGN)

[Event "2026 The American Cup Women"]
[Site "Saint Louis, US"]
[Date "2026.03.09"]
[Round "54.2"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteFideId "13301918"]
[BlackFideId "2090732"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:41"]
[BlackClock "0:06:55"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[EndDate "2026.03.09"]
[EndTime "19:35:09"]

1. e4 {[%clk 0:25:17]}  e5 {[%clk 0:25:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 0:25:26]}  Nc6 {[%clk 0:25:28]} 3. Bc4 {[%clk 0:25:35]}  Nf6 {[%clk 0:25:36]}
4. Ng5 {[%clk 0:25:43]}  d5 {[%clk 0:25:44]} 5. exd5 {[%clk 0:25:52]}  Na5 {[%clk 0:25:53]} 6. Bb5+ {[%clk 0:26:00]}  c6 {[%clk 0:26:02]}
7. dxc6 {[%clk 0:26:09]}  bxc6 {[%clk 0:26:11]} 8. Be2 {[%clk 0:26:18]}  h6 {[%clk 0:24:55]} 9. Nh3 {[%clk 0:26:17]}  Be7 {[%clk 0:24:17]}
10. d3 {[%clk 0:26:22]}  Rb8 {[%clk 0:23:18]} 11. Nd2 {[%clk 0:26:05]}  O-O {[%clk 0:22:56]} 12. O-O {[%clk 0:26:06]}  c5 {[%clk 0:22:25]}
13. Kh1 {[%clk 0:25:59]}  Nd5 {[%clk 0:22:04]} 14. Ng1 {[%clk 0:24:34]}  f5 {[%clk 0:21:34]} 15. Ngf3 {[%clk 0:22:58]}  Bf6 {[%clk 0:21:27]}
16. Re1 {[%clk 0:22:26]}  Bb7 {[%clk 0:21:27]} 17. Bf1 {[%clk 0:19:10]}  Re8 {[%clk 0:21:28]} 18. Nb3 {[%clk 0:16:54]}  Qb6 {[%clk 0:19:50]}
19. Nxa5 {[%clk 0:15:00]}  Qxa5 {[%clk 0:19:59]} 20. Nd2 {[%clk 0:15:07]}  Qc7 {[%clk 0:18:29]} 21. Nc4 {[%clk 0:14:08]}  Rbd8 {[%clk 0:16:05]}
22. Bd2 {[%clk 0:10:51]}  Qf7 {[%clk 0:16:13]} 23. a3 {[%clk 0:10:24]}  Ba8 {[%clk 0:14:58]} 24. Rb1 {[%clk 0:07:48]}  Kh8 {[%clk 0:13:23]}
25. b4 {[%clk 0:07:01]}  cxb4 {[%clk 0:13:32]} 26. axb4 {[%clk 0:07:11]}  e4 {[%clk 0:13:09]} 27. Qc1 {[%clk 0:05:54]}  Bd4 {[%clk 0:12:50]}
28. Ne3 {[%clk 0:04:09]}  Nf4 {[%clk 0:12:15]} 29. dxe4 {[%clk 0:02:37]}  Bxe4 {[%clk 0:11:12]} 30. f3 {[%clk 0:02:42]}  Ba8 {[%clk 0:11:20]}
31. c3 {[%clk 0:02:41]}  Bb6 {[%clk 0:10:49]} 32. Qc2 {[%clk 0:02:29]}  Rf8 {[%clk 0:08:41]} 33. Nc4 {[%clk 0:02:29]}  Ng6 {[%clk 0:06:51]}
34. Nxb6 {[%clk 0:02:30]}  axb6 {[%clk 0:07:00]} 35. Be3 {[%clk 0:02:40]}  Qc7 {[%clk 0:06:49]} 36. Bd4 {[%clk 0:02:41]}  Rxd4 {[%clk 0:06:55]} 0-1