This past weekend Tarrytown, NY hosted the 2013 US Junior Open. Vassar-Chadwick tournament veteran Brandon Wang participated in the Under 11 section, and finished with an impressive 4 out of 6. One of his losses was to the section winner, Daniel Levkov. Daniel had a 400 point rating advantage, but Brandon held his own and did not give up the fight until move 50. Here’s the game.
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[Event “US Junior Open”]
[Site “Tarrytown Double Tree”]
[Date “2013.5.31”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Daniel Levkov”]
[Black “Brandon Wang”]
[TimeControl “6900+5”]
[Result “1-0″]
[ECO ” “]
[WhiteELO “1818”]
[BlackELO “1397”]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.Kb1 e5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bc5 Re8 13.g4
Be6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Ba3 Nb6 16.h4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Bf5 19.Bd3 Nd5 20.Nd6 Red8 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Rhd1 Ne3 23.Re1 f4 24.Ne4
Rd5 25.Bc5 Rad8 26.Kc1 a6 27.Bxe3 fxe3 28.Rxe3 h6 29.Red3 Bf8 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Rxd5 Re8 33.Re2 hxg5 34.hxg5 f6
35.gxf6+ Kxf6 36.Kd2 Bh6+ 37.Kc3 Rc8+ 38.Kd3 Re8 39.Rd6+ Kg7 40.Rg2+ Kh7 41.Rh2 Re7 42.Rdxh6+ Kg8 43.Rh8+ Kg7 44.R2h7+ Kf6
45.Rxe7 Kxe7 46.Ra8 Kd6 47.Rxa6+ Kd5 48.c4+ Kc5 49.a3 e4+ 50.Kc3 1-0
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Justus Williams won the top section (Under 21), while the Under 1600 prize in that section went to Brittany Denniston, who participated in the 2011 Dutchess County Championship. Update: I can’t believe I didn’t notice Colin Denniston (another 2011 DCC player), who played in the Under 15 section, scored 4.5 out of 6, and is now sporting a very impressive 1844 rating. Strong juniors in our area. Could be an interesting 2014 Dutchess County Championship!