Kayin Barclay is a 16-year old scholastic standout from Chicago, Illinois. This is his first Grandmaster scalp. The game was the first round of the Eastern Open in Washington, DC and was 30 minutes for each player. Nevertheless a 600-point rating difference is usually too much to overcome, but...

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be3 b5!?

10. f3 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. Bc5 Bb7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc5 Qd7 19. Qd4

19... dxe4 20. Qxe5 exd3 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. cxd3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rfd1 Rbc8 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Kf2 Bd5 27. d4 Rc4

28. Ne2 Rdc8 29. Ng3 f6 30. Qe2 b3 31. a5 Rc2 32. Rad1 Qa4 33. Qxa6 Qxd4+ 34. Ke1

34... Qxb2?? With less than five minutes left for both players, the Estonian Grandmaster blundered. 35. Qxc8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kg6 and white went on to win. 1-0