[Event "Haring Tourn of Girls State Champions"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.07.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Poon, Dana"] [Black "Guo, Miah"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "794"] [BlackElo "1182"] [Annotator "Miah Guo"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.08.28"] {[%evp 0,28,14,10,10,22,14,9,10,7,17,-7,15,2,11,-46,5,-44,78,78,80,103,88,-79,-391,-954,-979,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} {In round 3, I was playing Black against Dana Poon from New Mexico. The game lasted only 14 moves, with a quick checkmate for me. I had a pin on the knight to her queen, and made good use of it. Dana had a nice pin on my main attacking piece, my knight, and it could have gotten her out of trouble, and put me in trouble.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {Vienna game, not the first time playing it as Black.} 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 Bc5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Nxg4 {In the game, I felt like that was a good move, thinking about getting a good attack on the king.} 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. Rf1 Nd4 12. Kf2 Nxf3+ 13. Kg3 Qh4+ 14. Kg2 Qh3# 0-1 [Event "Haring Tourn of Girls State Champions"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Guo, Miah"] [Black "Zhang, Angella"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "1182"] [BlackElo "1424"] [Annotator "Miah Guo"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.08.28"] {[%evp 0,160,19,38,92,81,56,81,58,23,12,5,75,59,53,48,39,36,56,20,-7,8,11,17,96,93,158,9,37,48,33,10,15,10,35,-60,-58,-62,-62,-62,-60,-72,-75,-64,-68,-60,-57,-81,-61,-71,-57,-71,-31,-38,-39,-44,-31,-45,-27,-53,-36,-58,-34,-41,-46,-52,0,0,-6,-33,0,0,34,53,53,15,14,19,44,0,1,0,0,0,0,-59,-51,-72,-72,-122,-130,-218,-214,-305,-305,-313,-336,-1150,-1150,-1150,-1278,-1472,-1472,-2026,-2419,-2223,-2768,-2914,-3310,-2502,-2682,-29959,-29958,-29961,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29964,-29965,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29574,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-1002,-1022,-1022,-1032,-29982,-29983,-29986,-29987,-29984,-29985,-29988,-29989,-29988,-29989,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} {In round 4, I was White and played against Angella Zhang, from Missouri. She was much higher rated than me. The opening was an Alekhine Defense and I had a nice big center. The opening and middlegame were tough and complicated, but I still managed to not lose yet. The endgame was supposed to be drawn, but I blundered and she won many pawns with her active rooks.} 1. e4 Nf6 {Alekhine defense, this was my first time seeing this opening, whether I was Black or White. I thought I handled it pretty well.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 {I liked my position right here, with my pawns on c4 and d4.} g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3 Bf5 9. g3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Rc1 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Nxa2 13. Ra3 ({I could’ve played} 13. Rb3 {trapping the knight.}) 13... Nb4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nc2 Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Bf5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 b6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rc8 22. b3 Rc5 23. Rd4 O-O 24. Ke2 Rfc8 25. Ra1 a5 26. h4 Rd8 27. Re4 Re8 28. g4 Rcc8 29. g5 Kg7 30. f4 h6 31. Kd3 hxg5 32. hxg5 f6 {The endgame was equal here, so right there I thought I played pretty well against a higher rated opponent.} 33. Rae1 Kf7 34. Re6 fxg5 35. fxg5 Rc7 36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Rh7+ Rg7 38. Rh8 Rb7 39. Kc3 b5 40. Ra8 bxc4 41. bxc4 Rh7 42. Rxa5 Rh5 43. Rb5 Rc7 44. c5 {This move ruins the endgame for me.} ({I should’ve played} 44. Rb1 {keeping things about equal.}) 44... Rxg5 45. c6 Rxc6+ {It was very smart for her to do that, going up another pawn.} 46. dxc6 Rxb5 47. Re4 Rc5+ 48. Rc4 Rxc4+ 49. Kxc4 Ke8 50. Kd5 Kd8 51. Ke6 Kc7 52. Kd5 g5 53. Ke4 Kxc6 54. Kf5 d5 55. Kxg5 e5 56. Kf5 d4 57. Ke4 Kc5 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. Kd2 e4 60. Ke2 Kc4 61. Kd2 d3 62. Kd1 Kc3 63. Kc1 d2+ 64. Kd1 e3 65. Ke2 Kc2 66. Kxe3 d1=Q 67. Ke4 Qd3+ 68. Ke5 Qc4 69. Kd6 Qb5 70. Ke6 Qc5 71. Kf6 Qd5 72. Ke7 Qc6 73. Kf7 Qd6 74. Kg7 Qe6 75. Kf8 Qd7 76. Kg8 Kd3 77. Kf8 Ke4 78. Kg8 Kf5 79. Kf8 Kg6 80. Kg8 Qg7# 0-1