LATE BREAKING NEWS: CARISSA YIP NIPS GM ALEXANDER IVANOV IN TIME-SCRAMBLE AT NE OPEN

BCC REGULAR CARISSA YIP 

WILL BE 11 YRS OLD ON SEPTEMBER 10TH

NM Hal Terrie sent me a note from

the site of MACA's 2014 installment of the

NEW ENGLAND OPEN,  

in Leominster, MA

Yip,Carissa (2118) - Ivanov,Alexander (2578)

74th New England Open Leominster, MA (Round 1), August 29, 2014

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.a3 d6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Qd8 9.Qd2 Nf6 10.0–0–0 0–0 11.Nf3 Qe8 12.e5 Ng4 13.Bg1 dxe5 14.h3 Nf6 15.Bc5 exf4 16.Qxf4 Nbd7 17.Bxf8 Nxf8 18.Bc4 Ne6 19.Qh4 b5 20.Bb3 a5 21.Kb1 Rb8 22.Rhe1 b4 23.Qg3 Rb7 24.axb4 Rxb4 25.Ng5 Nd5 26.Re4 Nxc3+ 27.bxc3 Rb5 28.Qh4 [The first time control was 30/90 (with 5 second delay at each move). According to Persy Yip, Carissa's father, both players had only a few seconds, here, to reach move 30. ]28...a4?? [Apparently considering only Qxh7+. However...] 29.Nxe6 Bxe6 30.Rd8 Qxd8 31.Qxd8+ Bf8 32.Rxa4 1–0  [Notes by NM Hal Terrie]

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