FM Dario Mione of Italy just sent me the following game from a 10 year old boy who just defeated an IM with the Black pieces! He was born in 1997 and lived in Chicago from 2002-2005.

Here is the game:

[Event “Festival Isola d’Elba”]
[Site “Isola d’Elba ITA”]
[Date “2007.05.07”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin”]
[Black “Codenotti, Marco”]
[ECO “A45”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Qa5 12. Bh3 e6 13. h5 Bxh5 14. Bxe6 fxe615. Rxh5 Bb4 16. Kf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. e3 Qxc3 19. Ne2 Qc2 20. Qh1 Qf5 21. Nf4 Rc2+ 22. Kg3 g6 23. Rh4 Qxg5+ 24. Rg4 Qf6 25. Qh6 Qf8 26. Qh3 Qf6 27. Rh1 h5 28. Rxg6 h4+ 29. Qxh4 Rxh4 30. Rxh4 Rg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxh4 32. Rxe6+ Kf7 33. Rd6 Nb6 34. a4 Qe7 35. Rg6 Qxe3 36. Rg4 Qxd4 37. Nh5 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 d4 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rxb7 d3 41. a5 Qc2 42. Rxa7 d2 43. axb6 Qc8+ 44. Kg3 d1=Q 45. Nf6 Qd6+ 0-1

Click here to replay the game.

By the way, Dario’s blog is www.midaschess.blogspot.com

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