GM Jingyao Tin (Rudar Kostolac, 2602) beat GM Murali Karthikeyan (Jelica PEP Goračići, 2647), the highest-rated player in the Serbian Super League, in 31 moves in round 4.
It turned on 20...cxd4, played with 11:34 left. Stockfish wanted 20...Rf5. It counted White clearly better before (+2.13) and winning after (+4.00), and 21.Rxd4, its first choice, came straight back. 22.Nxh6+ and 23.Rxg5+ followed, the queens came off on move 26, and Karthikeyan was down to 1:59 by move 27.
Jelica PEP Goračići still won the match 3½–2½. It was the first of three wins in a row for Tin, over Karthikeyan, Schekachikhin and Cheparinov.
Go back to 20...cxd4 and find 20...Rf5. Then play it on against the engine.
- White
- GM Jingyao Tin, 2602 · RUDAR - Kostolac
- Black
- GM Murali Karthikeyan, 2647 · JELICA PEP - Goračići
- Result
- 1–0 in 31 moves
- Opening
- Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit · D43
- Event
- Serbian Super League 2026, Open, Round 4 · Vrnjačka Banja - Serbia
- Key move: {0}
- 20...cxd4
- Engine’s choice
- 20...Rf5