[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.47"]
[White "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Qd4 f6 15. a4 Rae8 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. a5 Rb8 18. Qa4 Rb5 19. Nd4 Qf7 20. Nxb5 Qg6
21. Nxa7 Bh3 22. g3 Qf5 23. Qf4 Qd7 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Qd6 Qa8 26. Rfe1 d4 27.
e4 Rd8 28. Qf4 dxc3 29. g4 Qc8 30. Qe3 Qxg4+ 31. Qg3 Qe6 32. Qxc3 h5 33. a6 h4
34. Kh1 Qg4 35. Rg1 Qxe4+ 36. f3 Qa8 37. Qxf6 Qa7 38. Rxg7+ Qxg7 39. Rg1 $4 {
Diagram [#]} (39. Qxd8+ $18) 39... Bg2+ $1 40. Rxg2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.48"]
[White "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O
e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Be2 Rad8
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. f3 Bh3 20. Rf2 f4 21. Kh1
Bd7 22. a4 Bf8 23. Rb1 Bc5 24. Re2 Qe7 25. b3 g5 26. Rd1 h5 27. Nf1 g4 28. Qb2
{Diagram [#]} Rg8 (28... gxf3 $1 29. gxf3 Rg8 30. Rg2 Bh3 $19) 29. d6 $1 {
(The best practical chance although Black is still better.)} Qg5 $4 (29... cxd6
30. Bxg8 Rxg8 31. Nd2 Qg5 $17) 30. dxc7 gxf3 31. Bxg8 Rxg8 32. Red2 $4 (32. Rd6
) (32. Rxd7 fxe2 33. Qxe2 $18) 32... Bh3 $1 33. g3 Bxf1 $2 (33... h4 $1) 34.
Rxf1 fxg3 35. hxg3 $2 (35. Rxf3 $1 $18) 35... Qxg3 $19 36. Qc1 h4 $2 (36... f2
$19) 37. Rh2 $18 Kh7 38. Qxc5 h3 39. Rg1 f2 40. Qxf2 Qxf2 41. Rxf2 Rc8 42. Rf7+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Black "Frank, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 g5 7. Bg3 Qxc5 8.
Be5 Nbd7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nf3 Kd6 13. e4 e5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. d5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. e4
Qb5 15. Qb3 c4 16. Nd4 cxb3 17. Nxb5 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 Kd7 20. axb3 a6
21. Nc3 Bd6 22. Rf1 Raf8 23. Kd3 g6 24. Na4 b5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
b5 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. O-O b4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5
15. f3 Be6 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Bc4 19. Re1 Nb6 20. Qd2 Nd5 21.
Be5 Nf6 22. Rc2 Qd5 23. Rb2 Rd8 24. a4 c5 25. Qf4 Rd7 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Re5 Qd6
28. g3 cxd4 29. Rd2 Qxe5 30. Qh6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Black "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. e3 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Qb4 9. Nd2 Qxb3 10. Nxb3 Bb4 11. f3 Bf5 12. a3 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd5
O-O-O 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. e4 Bd7 17. O-O-O f5 18. g3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ne7 20. Bg2 f6
21. Nc5 Bg4 22. Rd2 b6 23. Na4 Rhe8 24. Rf1 f5 25. h3 fxe4 26. hxg4 e3 27. Rd3
Ng6 28. Re1 Ne5 29. Rdxe3 Rxd4 30. Nxb6+ axb6 31. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Black "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. dxc6 Bxc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. a3 e6 8.
e3 Ne4 9. Nd2 g5 10. Nxe4 gxf4 11. Nc3 fxe3 12. fxe3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qg5 14. e4
O-O-O 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. h4 Qg6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bh3+ Kb8 19. O-O-O d4 20. Bf5 Qh6+
21. Kb1 a6 22. Ne2 Ba4 23. Rc1 Bb5 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. Rh2 d3 26. Nf4 d2 27. Rd1 {
Diagram #} Be2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Ablang, Janoah"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "824"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 c5 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. b4 $4 Nce4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rb1 e5 14.
Nd2 d5 15. e4 d4 16. Nf3 Be6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rb2 Qc3 19. Qc1 Rfd8 20. Ng5 Bxg5
21. Qxg5 Qxe1+ 22. Bf1 Bc4 23. h4 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qxf2 25. h5 Qf4+ 26. Qxf4 exf4
27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rb1 Re8 29. Re1 Re5 30. Kg1 Rce8 31. Rb1 Rxe4 32. b5 Re2 33.
b6 a6 34. Rb4 Rxc2 35. Kh2 Re5 36. Kh3 h5 37. g4 Bf1+ 38. Kh4 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.46"]
[White "Abraham, Itzhak"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 g4 8. Ne5
$2 (8. a3) 8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Qf6 10. f3 $2 (10. Nd3 Qxd4 11. a3 $17) 10... Bxd2+
11. Bxd2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Kf2 Nxh1+ 14. Ke3 Qg5+ $19 15. f4 Qg7 (15... Qh4
$1) 16. Bg2 c6 17. Qxh1 f6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. b3 e5 $2
(21... Qe7) 22. Kd3 (22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Bc3 exf4+ 24. Kd2) 22... exd4 23. f5 b5
24. Bd5 bxc4+ 25. bxc4 Qe7 26. Qg1 Qd6 27. Qxg4 Qxd5 28. Rg1 Bxc4+ 29. Kc2 Rg8
30. Qf4 d3+ 31. Kc3 Qe5+ 32. Qxe5+ fxe5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Abraham, Michael"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 (5. a4) 5... h6 (5... b5 $1) 6.
Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 b5 8. a3 Be7 9. b3 Qa5 10. b4 Qb6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13.
h4 a5 14. Qb1 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Bxb4 $19 17. Na2 Be7 18. Qb2 Nd7 19.
Rb1 Qa6 20. Nc3 Rb8 21. Nd2 Qa3 22. Qc2 Bc8 23. d5 b4 24. dxc6 Qxc3 25. Qxc3
bxc3 26. cxd7 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Bxd7 28. Nxc3 Bb4 $2 29. Na2 Bd2 30. Bxc4 Be6 31.
Bxe6 fxe6 32. Kf1 g5 33. Ke2 Ba5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. g4 f5 36. f3 Kf7 37. Nc1 Kf6
38. Nd3 Bb6 39. e4 Bc7 40. Kd2 fxg4 41. fxg4 Ke7 42. Kc3 Bg3 43. Kc4 Kd6 44.
Kb5 Be5 45. Kb6 Bd4+ 46. Kb7 Kd7 47. Nb4 Be5 48. Nc6 Bc3 49. e5 Bb2 50. Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Abraham, Michael"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Nc3 Nxe5 5. e4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. Bd3 Qf6
8. Bf4 Bb4 9. e5 Qd8 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qe4 f6 13. Qxh7+ Kf7 14. exf6
Rg8 15. fxe7 Bxe7 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17. Bxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. a3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 d6 (5... d5) 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3
Be6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Qd7 (9... d5) 10. Nd5 (10. Nd4 Rad8) 10... Rad8 11. Ng5
Ne5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bc2 Bxg5 15. Qh5+ Bh6 16. e4 Bg4 17. Qh4
Ng6 18. Qg3 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Ne5 20. h3 Be6 21. f4 Nxc4 22. f5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rde8+
24. Kf2 Ne3 25. f6 g6 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Qh6 Nf5 28. Qg5 Re5 29. g4 Nd4 30. Qh6
Ne6 31. Rhe1 Qd8 32. g5 c6 33. b4 Qb6+ 34. Kf1 Qd4 35. Rxe5 Qf4+ 36. Kg2 Qxe5
37. Qh4 Qxg5+ 38. Qxg5 Nxg5 39. Re1 Ne6 40. h4 Re8 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Kg4 Nd4 43.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 44. Bd1 Kd7 45. Kg5 d5 46. a4 b6 47. Kh6 Nf5+ 48. Kg5 Kd6 49. h5
gxh5 $4 50. Kxf5 h4 51. Bg4 d4 52. Ke4 c5 53. b5 d3 54. Kxd3 Ke5 55. Ke3 Kxf6
56. Kf4 c4 57. Ke4 Kg5 58. Bh3 c3 59. Kd3 f5 60. Kxc3 f4 61. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "970"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Qf6 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Bd3
Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qxb7 Ng6 17. Qxc6 Rfc8 18. Qb7 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Rb2 20. Qa6
Rxc3 21. Rec1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 h6 23. h3 Nh4 24. Qc8+ Qxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. Nxh4
h5 27. a4 Ra2 28. Ra8 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 f6 30. Ra7 Kh6 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Nxg7 h4 33.
Ne6 f5 34. Nc5 Kg5 35. Rd7 Kf6 36. Rxd5 Kg6 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Ra6 f4 39. d5 Ke7
40. d6+ Kd8 41. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nfd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Re1 Nbd5 14.
Rc1 b6 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nfg5 h6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Nxc8 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. Bc2
Nb4 21. Bb1 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd5 24. Rh4 Qxa2 25. h3 Qxb2 26. Qg4
Nd5 27. Kh2 Qxf2 28. Nf3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg4 (4... dxc4) 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2
Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 Rc8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. e4 N5b6 15. a4 Nf6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Qg3 e5 20. d5
cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 f6 23. Bc4 Qb4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Nc5 26. Rac1
Bd3 27. Ba2 Bb5 28. Ne4 Nd3 29. d6+ Kf8 30. d7 Bxd7 31. Nd6 Rc7 32. Red1 Nxc1
33. Nb5 Bxb5 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bd3 b5 11. Bg5 b4 12. Ne2 c4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bxc4 Rxe4
15. Bb3 Ba6 16. Bd1 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Kf1 Nd7 20. Nfg1 Rae8
21. f3 Rd4 22. Kf2 Rd2 23. Kg3 Nf6 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Rc1 Re1 26. Rxc3 Rexd1 27.
Ra3 Nh5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. b3 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Nb5 d3 14. Qc1 c3 15.
Nxc3 Bxc3 16. Bxd3 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 18. Be2 O-O 19. Re1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. a3 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. O-O a6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. e4 c5 15. e5
Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. Nd6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc6 20. Qxd4 Nxe5 21. Qxe5
Qxd6 22. Qe4 Rc5 23. f4 Ng6 24. Red1 Qxf4 25. Bc2 Rg5+ 26. Kf1 Qxh2 27. Qf3 Nf4
28. Ke1 Rc8 29. Rac1 Re5+ 30. Kf1 Rec5 31. Rd2 g6 32. Qg3 Qh1+ 33. Qg1 Qh3+ 34.
Ke1 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bd6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. c5 Be7 12. h3 b6 13. b4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qa6 Nb8 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Rab1 a5 19. Rb2 Nd7 20. Rfb1 Ra7 21. e4
g5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Nd1 Rc8 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qxh5
Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qe5+ 29. g3 Qe4 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Rxb8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Qd4 33. Re6 Rb7
34. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qb6 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. e4 Re8
15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. a4 Bc6 18. a5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bc2 Red8 21.
b4 Nd7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ba4 Bxb4 24. Na2 Nc5 25. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27.
Rb1 Nd3 28. Rb3 Rd8 29. g3 Bxa5 30. Ra3 Be1 31. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 32. Kg2 Be1 33. Kf1
Bd2 34. Ke2 Nc5 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Ba5 37. Nc1 Kf8 38. Nd3 Nd7 39. Bc6 Ke7
40. g4 Bc7 41. h3 Ne5 42. Bb5 Kd6 43. Nxe5 fxe5 44. Kf3 Bd8 45. Kg3 Bg5 46. h4
Bf4+ 47. Kf3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Adams, Sophie"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "554"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 {The Russian-French-American Grandmaster Nicholas Rossolimo won many
pretty games with this variation.} O-O $6 ({The time-tested} 8... d5 {
or the tricky}) (8... Nxe4 {are the right way to continue.}) 9. O-O (9. d5 $1 {
was more challenging while}) (9. e5 $6 {is met by} d5 $1) 9... d6 $6 ({Again} 
9... d5 {or}) (9... Nxe4 {were needed to break up White's center.}) 10. Re1 (
10. h3 {to prevent ...Bg4 can be met by} d5 {or} (10... Nxe4)) 10... Bg4 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Re8 $2 {Diagram [#]} (12... d5) 13. e5 $1 dxe5 $2 (13... d5 {
was the last chance.}) 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Nxe5 {Capitulation, but there
were no satisfactory alternatives. 1-0 (15) O'Connor,D (2157)-Handler,A (1701)
San Francisco 2016} (15... Nh5 16. Rd7 Re7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Ng5 (18. Re4 g6
19. Ng5 Rf8 20. g4 Ng7 21. Rf4 {is also good if more complicated.}) 18... Rf8
19. Rd1 {is a straightforward way to achieve a winning position.}) 16. Nxe5 b5
17. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Adams, Sophie"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. e5 Nh5
15. Nf1 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nc2 {Diagram [#]} 17. Bxf7+ $1 Bxf7 18. Qxc2 Bd5 19. Qf5 g6
20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qc3 Rf8 22. N1h2 Qd7 23. Re3 Be6 24. Qa3 Nd5 25. Rd3 h6 26. h4
Rf7 27. Nd2 Raf8 28. Rf1 a6 29. exd6 cxd6 30. Ne4 Rf4 31. Nxd6 Rxh4 32. Rf3
Rxf3 33. Nxf3 Rf4 34. Ne5 Qd8 35. Nxb7 Qg5 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. fxg3 Rxd4 38. Nxg6
Kg7 39. Nf4 Nxf4 40. gxf4 Bxa2 41. Rf2 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Bd5 43. Nd6 Be6 44. Ne8+
Kg6 45. Nc7 Bc4 46. Kg3 Rd7 47. b3 Bxb3 48. Nxa6 Rd3+ 49. Kh2 Rd5 50. Nb4 Rh5+
51. Kg1 Rb5 52. Nd3 Kf5 53. g3 Bd5 54. Kh2 Rb1 55. Kh3 Rh1+ 56. Rh2 Rxh2+ 57.
Kxh2 Be4 58. Ne5 h5 59. Kh3 Bc2 60. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Adams, Sophie"]
[Black "Lieberman, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. b3 (7. Na3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2) (7. dxc5) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bd7 (
10... Be7 11. g4 Nh4) 11. a3 Be7 12. g3 O-O (12... h5 13. h4 Na5 14. Nbd2 O-O
15. Kg2 Rac8) 13. Kg2 a5 14. Bd3 a4 15. b4 Kh8 $2 (15... f6) 16. Bxf5 exf5 17.
Nbd2 $6 (17. Nc3 {wins a pawn hitting a4 and d5.} Be6 18. Nxa4) 17... f6 (17...
Rac8) 18. Re1 Rfe8 (18... fxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 $11) 19. Rc1 Qb5 $2 {Diagram [#]} (
19... Be6) 20. Nb1 $1 Nd8 21. Nc3 Qb6 $2 (21... Qc6 22. Qd3 $16) 22. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Adams, Sophie"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. O-O Bg7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Rfe1 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qb4 20. Ne4 Rac8
21. Rcd1 Nh5 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Ng3 25. Qf4 Nh5 26. Qe4 Ng3 27.
Qe3 Nf5 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Bc3 Nc4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Re2
Rfd8 34. g4 Nh4 35. Nc3 Kf8 36. Rd4 Nd6 37. Rd3 b5 38. Rde3 Rd7 39. f3 g5 40.
Kf2 Ng6 41. Kg3 Nc4 42. Re4 Nxb2 43. Nxb5 Nd3 44. Rd2 Ndf4 45. Red4 Rc5 46. a4
Rc1 47. Bd1 Ne5 48. Na3 Rc3 49. Nb5 Re3 50. Re4 Rxe4 51. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Adams, Sophie"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
Na3 (8. d4) 8... O-O 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. d3 b5 11. Ne3 a5 12. Nf5 b4 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bh4 Qe6 16. h3 a4 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 g5 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. d4
cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Ne8 24. e5 d5 25. h4 Nc7 26. hxg5 Nb5
27. Qh4 Nxa3 28. gxh6 Qe6 29. bxa3 Ra6 30. Bf4 Kh7 31. Bg5 Rg8 32. Bf6 Rc6 33.
Bg7 Rc4 34. Qg3 Rgc8 35. Bf6 Qg4 36. Qxg4 Rxg4 37. Bg7 Rgc4 38. e6 Re8 39. exf7
Rxe1+ 40. Kh2 Rc8 41. f8=Q Rxf8 42. Bxf8 d4 43. Bb4 Re8 44. Kg3 Kxh6 {
and Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Adams, Sophie"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 Bf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 b6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 d5 11. b3 c6 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Rfe1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Na6 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Nxd4
21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Kf1 f6 25. f3 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nc5 27.
Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Rd1 Re8+ 29. Kf1 g5 30. h4 Kg6 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Bxg5 Kxg5 33.
Rd7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Bxe7 35. g3 b5 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. Kd3 Kf5 39. Ke2
a5 40. f4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 Kg8 7. d4 d6
8. dxe5 Bg4 9. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 e6 6. Na3 a6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. c3 Bd7 11. Nc2 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bd6 {Diagram (#)} 13. Bxh7+ $5
Kh8 $4 (13... Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 {
is often the best way to go; here White just doesn't have an effective followup
} 15. Qg4 Nf6 {and into e4, trading off the knight} (15... f5)) 14. Ng5 $2 (14.
Ne5 {and White just keeps coming out ahead} g6 (14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nxd7
Rfd8 17. Nb6 Nf6 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. Qg2) 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nxg6+ Kg7
17. Qxh5) 14... g6 15. Nxf7+ $5 (15. Qf3) (15. Qg4) 15... Rxf7 16. Bxg6 Bxh2+
$1 {Diagram (#) It's a double BxRP+ game!} 17. Kf1 $4 (17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1
Qxf2+ $19 19. Kh2 (19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. Kh2 Rg8 $1 {far more decisive!} (20... Kg7)
21. Rf1 Rxg6 $1) 19... Qg3+ 20. Kg1 Qxg6) 17... Ng3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
f4 d6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bd5 c6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Kh8 14. Rc1 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Qe1 Kg7 18. Qf2 Re6 19. Rcd1 Qe7 20. Rd2 Nh5 21.
Bxe5+ Rxe5 22. Qxd4 f6 23. g3 Kg6 24. Re1 Ng7 25. Kg2 Ne6 26. Qf2 a5 27. Rf1
Nc5 28. Re2 Re8 29. Rfe1 Qf7 30. g4 Kg7 31. Qd4 R8e7 32. Qf2 R7e6 33. Qf3 Qe7
34. h3 Rd6 35. Qf2 Ne6 36. Kh2 Nf4 37. Re3 Qd7 38. Kg3 Rd2 39. R1e2 Nxe2+ 40.
Rxe2 Rxe2 41. Qxe2 Qd6 42. Kf3 Qd4 43. Qe1 b5 44. Qe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Kg6 46.
Kf3 Re7 47. Ke3 h5 48. Kf3 Rh7 49. Kg3 hxg4 50. Kxg4 Rh4+ 51. Kg3 Rf4 52. e5
fxe5 53. Ne2 Re4 54. Kf3 Rh4 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Ng1 e4 57. Ne2 Ke5 58. c3 Rh7 59.
Nd4 Rh6 60. Kg4 Rh4+ 61. Kxg5 Rxh3 62. Nxc6+ Kd5 63. Nd4 Rd3 64. Nxb5 e3 65.
Na3 e2 66. Nc2 Rd2 67. Ne3+ Ke4 68. Ng2 Kf3 69. Nh4+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Black "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d3 Nge7 5. Bg5 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f4 Rad8 13. Qh5 d6 14. Nf3 Nb8 15. Nd1
d5 16. e5 d4 17. Bd2 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nf2 Nd7 20. Nh3 Be7 21. Nfg5 Nf6 22.
Qe2 Bc8 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rae1 Rde8 26. Qc6 Bd6 27. Ng5 Qxc6 28.
Bxc6 Re7 29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Ba4 h6 31. Ne4 Bc7 32. Re1 Nc8 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Bb3
Kg7 35. Kg2 Bb8 36. Re6 Bd6 37. Bd5 Bc7 38. Bb7 a5 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Bb3 Nxe4 $4 {Diagram [#]} (5...
Bc5) 6. Qd5 $1 Qf6 7. Qxe4 Bc5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qxe5 Qb6 10. O-O d6 11. Qg3 Be6
12. Bh6 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nc3 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bxh6 Qh7 18.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. Rd3 c6 24.
Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Allen, Tom"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nc6 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 h6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 b6 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. b4 Rc8
15. b5 Na5 16. Qa4 d6 17. Rac1 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bxa5 Bxe5
21. Bb4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxa7 Qf6 24. Qa4 Be6 25. Rc1 Qf4 26. Qd1 Bg4 27.
f3 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Be6 29. Rc6 Rc8 30. Qe2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Rxc6 32. bxc6 Bc8 33.
Ke3 g5 34. g4 f6 35. Bf5 Ba6 36. c7 Kf7 37. c8=Q Bxc8 38. Bxc8 Ke7 39. a4 Kd6
40. f4 Kc7 41. Be6 Kd6 42. Bf5 Kc6 43. Bd3 Kb7 44. Kf3 Kc7 45. Kg3 Kd6 46. h4
Ke7 47. Bf5 Kd6 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kd3 Kc6
53. Kc3 Kd6 54. Kb4 Kc6 55. Be6 Kd6 56. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1410"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Be2
h6 15. Bh4 g6 16. f4 Qc5+ 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Rb1 Qxe5 20. Rxb7 Nb6
21. Rd4 Qf4 22. e5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1410"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 c4 7. Bc2 Nc6 8. Ngf3
h6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 g6 11. Nf1 Bg7 12. Ne3 b5 13. b3 a5 14. Ba3 Nf8 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 h5 18. a4 Nh7 19. Nb1 Qh4 20. Na3 O-O 21. Nb5 Qg5
22. g3 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Ng2 Ng4 25. f4 Qh6 26. Nd6 Bd7 27. Nh4 e5 28. Nxg6
Rf6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Bxf5 e4 33. Bxg4 hxg4 34. Qxg4
Rg8 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Qxd5 Rh8 37. Qxe4+ Kh5 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Qe6+ 8.
Be2 O-O-O 9. d5 Qg4 10. O-O Qg6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Qb3 f6 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd4 $4
Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[BlackElo "1038"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Ng5+ Ke8 9. Qxg4 d6 10. Qc4 Nxe5 11. Qxc3 Be7 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Rf8 14.
Qe3 Rf6 15. O-O Rg6 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Nd5 Qh3 18. Qxe7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Kim, Isiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 e6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. O-O-O Bb4 14.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. Rd3 Ne4 16. Bd2 Qc4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qa2 19. Kd1 {
Diagram [#]} Nxf2+ $1 20. Qxf2 Qa1+ 21. Ke2 Qxh1 22. Qg3 Qc1 23. Rd2 Qb1 24.
Rd3 a5 25. Kd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. c4 Qd6 12. a4 Rfe8 13. Ba3 Qf4 14. Ra2
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 16. Bc1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qh4 18. Qb3 b6 19. Qb5 Qh3 20. Qc6
Rad8 21. Qxc7 Qxf3 22. Ra3 Qh5 23. Re3 Rd1 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qb8 Qg4+ 26. Qg3
Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bg4 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 e6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Qe3 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Be7 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bb3 Bg5 17. Qg4 Bxc1 18. Qxg7 O-O-O 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bg5 Be7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e5 dxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 (
13... Bxb5) 14. Bxd7 $18 cxb2 15. Rab1 Rad8 16. Ba4 c6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Qxb2 Qe6
19. Bb3 Rd6 20. c5 Rd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qc2 g6 23. Rxb7 Re5 24. Rxa7 Rg5 25.
g3 Qf3 26. Qb2 f6 27. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "935"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Ba4
Nf5 9. axb4 Bxb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bc2 f6 14. Re1 b6 15.
Nb3 a5 16. Qd3 Ba6 17. Qd1 Na7 18. g4 Qxc3 19. Bd2 Qc8 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nh4 g6
22. Bh6 Rf7 23. e6 Rg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Nxf5+ Kh8 27. Nxe7 Qe8
28. Nf5 Qg6+ 29. Ng3 Re8 30. Qh5 Nc6 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. h4 Ne7 33. f4 f5 34. Nd2
Kg7 35. Nf3 Rc8 36. Rac1 Rh8 37. Rc7 Kf6 38. Rb1 Rb8 39. Ng5 Bd3 40. Rbc1 Bc4
41. Nh7+ Kxe6 42. Re1+ Kf7 43. Rexe7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Black "Poler, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Nxd6
Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Bg5 Rxd6 18. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Alzhin, Leonid"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nd6 Qb6 15. a4 a6
16. a5 Qa7 17. h4 g4 18. Ne1 h5 19. Nc2 c5 20. Kh1 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4
Rab8 23. f4 Ne3 24. Rf2 Nc5 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Ra3 Nf5 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Rf1 Rd8
29. Bf2 Ne4 30. Be1 Bf8 31. Ra1 Bc5 32. Kh2 Rbd7 33. Ra2 Be3 34. Ra3 Bd2 35.
Bg3 Bb4 36. Raa1 Nxg3 37. Kxg3 Rd2 38. Rfd1 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Rxd1 40. Bxd1 Be1+
41. Kh2 Kg7 42. b3 cxb3 43. Bxb3 Bxa5 44. e6 fxe6 45. Bxe6 Be1 46. Bxf5 a5 47.
g3 Kf6 48. Bd7 b4 49. Ba4 Ke6 50. Kg2 Kd5 51. Be8 Kd4 52. Bxh5 b3 53. Bxg4 a4
54. h5 a3 55. h6 Ke3 56. h7 Bc3 57. Be6 a2 58. Bxb3 a1=Q 59. Bg8 Qa8+ 60. Kh3
Qf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Nf5 Ne5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Be2 Be6 12. f4 Ned7 13. f5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 f6 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Rad1 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 d5
21. Re1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 b6 25. b4 Kf7 26. Kf2 g5 27.
g4 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Bd4 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. c4 Ke7 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Ng6 11. Nd4 a6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Nxh4 14. f5 d5
15. fxe6 dxc4 16. exf7+ Kf8 17. Qh5 Nxg2 18. Qc5+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Nxc6+
bxc6 21. Kxg2 Rf8 {White's flag fell in a lost position.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Ebert, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Rd1
Bxd3 9. Rxd3 Nc6 10. Nge2 h6 11. Rh3 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Re3
O-O-O 15. Qxe6 Bg7 16. O-O f5 17. Rd1 Kb7 18. a3 Rhf8 19. Rdd3 Na5 20. b3 c6
21. Nf4 Rf6 22. Qxd7+ Rxd7 23. Nh5 Rg6 24. Nxg7 Rdxg7 25. Rg3 Kc7 26. Rdf3 Re7
27. Kf1 Rf6 28. Re3 Kd7 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rg7+ Rf7 31. Rg8 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Kxf8
33. Ke2 Nb7 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. f3 h5 37. Nd1 Nd6 38. h4 {
and White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Qf6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Na3 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Ne7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bc3 O-O-O 13. Rd5 Be7 14.
Rhd1 b6 15. b4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Rh5 Rdg8 19. g3 Rg5 20. Rh3 h5
21. f4 Rg4 22. Ne3 Rgg8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Re8 25. Rdxh5 Rxh5 26. Rxh5 Rxe4
27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Rh8 Re8 $2 {
(There is *some* truth to the "All rook endings are drawn"...)} 29. Rxe8 Kxe8
30. b5 $1 {(Lots of tempos (a3 a4) later on)} f5 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Kd4 c6 33. c4
cxb5 34. cxb5 Ke6 35. a3 f6 36. a4 d5 37. h4 Kf7 38. Kxd5 Kg6 39. Ke6 Kh5 40.
Kxf5 Kh6 41. Kxf6 Kh5 42. Kf5 Kh6 43. Ke6 Kh5 44. f5 Kh6 45. f6 Kh5 46. f7 Kg4
47. f8=Q Kxg3 48. h5 Kg4 49. h6 Kg5 50. h7 Kg6 51. h8=Q Kg5 52. Qhg7+ Kh5 53.
Qfh8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 (8. Bg5) 8... Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Bf4 Qb8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 $6 (12. Qxf3
Be7 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Bxd6 Nxg3 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. fxg3 $17) 12... Be7 13. Bh2 O-O
14. f4 b5 15. Bd5 exd5 16. exd5 (16. exd5 Na5 17. Qxe7 Re8 $19) 16... Na5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 Qxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. Nc3 d6 9. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nd2 e6 8.
Ngf3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxg4 Nxg4 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2
a6 15. Bg5 b5 16. Ne5 h6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Rae1 b4 20. f4 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Bb4 22. Rc1 Ba3 23. Rb1 Nb6 $4 {Diagram #} (23... Bd6) 24. Qb3 $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rab1 Rfe8
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qb3 17. Qh3 f5 18. Re2 Nf6 19. Bg5 Nd5 20. Qh4 Bxg5 21.
Qxg5 Nb4 22. Re3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Qxa4 24. Rg3 g6 25. h4 Qc2 26. Re1 f4 27. Qxf4
Rf8 28. Qe3 Rae8 29. Re2 Qf5 30. Rg5 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. g4 Rxg5 33. hxg5 Qa2
34. f4 Qd5 35. Rf2 Rf8 36. Kg3 b5 37. Re2 Re8 38. Qf2 Qd6 39. Re5 Kf7 40. Kh4
Kg7 41. f5 Kg8 42. fxg6 Rf8 43. gxh7+ Kxh7 44. Qe3 Kg7 45. Qe4 Rh8+ 46. Kg3 Rf8
47. Kg2 Re8 48. g6 a4 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Rh7+ Kf6 51. g5+ Kxg5 52. g7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. Qe3 axb5 16. Qxb6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 bxc4 18. Rd2 Ne7 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxc6
21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Rxg7 Nf5 24. Nxf7 Nxg7 25. Nxh8 O-O-O 26. Bd4 Rxh8
27. Bxg7 Rg8 28. Be5 Be4 29. h4 Bd3 30. Bg3 Kd7 31. Rb2 Kc6 32. Kd2 Rg4 33. Ke3
Re4+ 34. Kf3 Re1 35. Kf4 Rc1 36. Ke5 Rxc3 37. Kxe6 Ra3 38. Bf4 c3 39. Rb3 Bc4+
40. Ke5 Bxb3 41. axb3 Rxb3 42. Kd4 c2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Nbxd4 $4 a6 $4 (10... Bxd4 $19) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. c4 Bb7
13. b4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. c5 Bc7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfb8 18. h4 Nf8 19. h5
h6 20. Bh4 Qd7 21. Nh2 Bc8 22. Qg4 Bd8 23. Bf6 g6 24. hxg6 Bxf6 25. gxf7+ Kxf7
26. Qh5+ Ke7 27. exf6+ Kd8 28. Qxh6 Qe8 29. Rab1 a5 30. Nf3 Rxb4 31. Ne5 Bd7
32. a3 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Kc8 34. g4 Rb8 35. Rxb8+ Kxb8 36. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Tungkitkancharoen, Songtham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. d5 Bg7 8. h3
Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. c5 Nc8 11. Bg2 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Bf4 Na6 15.
Ne5 Nxc5 16. Rc1 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Ne6 18. Nc7 Nd6 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxd6 exd6 21.
Qxd6 Rd8 22. Qb4 Rb8 23. f4 a5 24. Qb6 Bc6 25. f5 Nd8 26. Rfe1 Bxg2 27. Re8+
Kg7 28. f6+ Kh6 29. Kxg2 Ne6 30. Qe3+ g5 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. f7 b5+ 33. Kh2 Qa6
34. h4 Kg7 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Anderson, Michael"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. c4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Ng3
Nd7 9. Nd2 Ne5 10. Bc2 f5 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Rb1
b5 16. b3 Kh8 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Ng5 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rxb1 20. Bxb1 Nc8 21. Bd3 Kg8
22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Nb6 24. Bd2 Qd7 25. Qe2 Kf7 26. Bc3 Re8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28.
Qxe8+ Nxe8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Nf1 h6 32. Ne3 Ng7 33. Kf3 h5 34. h4
Ne8 35. Ke2 Nc7 36. Kd2 Na6 37. a3 Nc7 38. Kc3 Ne8 39. Bc2 Nc7 40. Nd1 Ncxd5+
$5 41. cxd5 Nxd5+ 42. Kc4 Nxf4 43. Ne3 Ke5 44. Bd1 $2 (44. Bb1) 44... Ke4 45.
Nd5 Nxg2 46. Nc3+ Ke5 47. Bf3 Nxh4 48. Bh1 f4 49. Nb5 f3 50. Kd3 a6 51. Nc7 a5
52. Nb5 d5 53. Nc3 c4+ 54. Kd2 d4 55. Nd1 Ng2 56. Nf2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. d3 Nd4 8. Qf2 Nf6
9. Bh3 b4 10. Nd1 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne3 Bxh1 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Qxg2 Be7 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Nh3 Qc7 17. c3 Nb5 18. Rc1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rac8 20. g4 Qc6 21. Qg3 d5
22. Nc2 d4 23. Nf2 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. g5 Qa4 26. Ne3 Qxa2 27. Rxc3 Qa1+ 28.
Nfd1 f5 29. Nc2 Qa4 30. Nde3 Qc6 31. Ke2 e5 32. h4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Bd6 34. Qc4+
Kh8 35. Rd3 Rce8 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 f4 39. Nf5 Bb8 40. Nd6 Bxd6
41. Rxd6 Ra8 42. Rc6 Rc4 43. Ne1 a5 44. Nf3 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 a4 46. Nd4 Rc4 47. Nb5
Kg8 48. Nd6 Rd4 49. Nf5 Rd7 50. Rxc5 a3 51. Rc1 a2 52. Ra1 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Nb3
b6 9. d4 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Nb4 $1
15. Re2 Nd3 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qb7+ 20. f3 Rfe8
21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Kf2 a5 23. a3 Qd7 24. d5 Qh3 25. Kg1 Qf5 26. Kg2 $2 (26. Bb6)
26... Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Qd1 h5 30. Rd5 e5 31. Rc5 Qb7 32. Rd5
e4 33. f4 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Rd7 Qb5 36. Rd5 Qb8 37. Rd7 bxc3 38. bxc3 Qb2+
39. Kh3 Qxc3 40. Qd5 Qf6 {
Black went on to win. Remaining moves are unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8
9. Be3 b5 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. d4 Nd7 13. Rc1 a4 14. Re1 Na5 15. Bf1 Nb6
16. Kh2 Bd7 17. Ng1 Nbc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Rc2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Be3 Be6 22.
Nf3 Rfd8 23. Ng5 Bd7 24. h4 h6 25. Nh3 Be6 26. Qe2 Nb3 27. Bg2 d5 28. exd5 Bf5
29. Rd2 Nxd2 30. Bxd2 Rxb2 31. Qe3 Qd7 32. Bc1 Rc2 33. Ng1 e4 34. Rd1 Rxc3 35.
Qf4 Rd3 36. Re1 Qxd5 37. g4 Be5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 h6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 a5 7. a4 Be6 8. h3 Qd7
9. Kh2 Bd6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 Rae8 12. Na3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 d4 14. c4 Qe7 15. Bd2
Bc8 16. Ne1 Nb4 17. Qd1 c5 18. Nc2 Nc6 19. b3 b6 20. Ra1 Kh7 21. Qe2 Kg8 22. f3
Nd7 23. f4 Nf6 24. f5 Kh7 25. g4 g5 26. Bf3 Rg8 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. h4
Reg8 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bxg5 Kf8 32. Rxh8 Rxh8 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 Kg7 35. Qg2
Qf8 36. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e5 6. O-O Bf5 7. c3 Be7 8. Nh4
Be6 9. a3 O-O 10. Nhf3 Qd7 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Bh3 13. Rc1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rae8 15.
e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qg4 17. h3 Qg6 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Kh2 f5 $2 20. Rce1 fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Qf5 22. Nfd2 cxb4 23. axb4 Rf7 24. Bc1 Bd8 $4 25. Nd6 Nf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4+
27. Kh1 Re6 28. N2e4 Qh4 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Rf3 31. Kg2 Rd3 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33.
Rxd1 Rg6 34. f3 Ne7 35. Nxb7 Bb6 36. Bg5 Nc6 37. Rd6 Na7 38. Bd8 Be3 39. Rd3
Bc1 40. Bc7 Nc6 41. Nbc5 h5 42. Rd6 Ne7 43. Rxg6 Nxg6 44. gxh5 Nf4+ 45. Kf2
Nxh5 46. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ng5 Bh5 8. Qe1
c5 9. f5 h6 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be2 exf5 12. Bxh5 Nxh5 13. Rxf5 Nf6 14. Nf2 Qd7 15.
Rf3 Nc6 16. c3 O-O 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Nf1 Bd6 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. Rxg3 Re6 (20...
Ne7 $17 {intending ...Nf5-d6-e4.}) 21. Bd2 b5 (21... Ne7) 22. Qf1 Na5 23. Re1
Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qf6 Rg4 $2 (25... g6 $11) 26. Rxg4 Qxg4 {Diagram [#]} 27.
Qa6 $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Nbd2 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nh4 Bd7 11. f4 a6 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ne3 f5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Rxa8 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nhxf5 gxf5 18. g4 fxg4 19. Qxg4 Rf8 20. Qd1 Ne7 21.
Qg4 Rf6 22. Bd2 Bc6 23. Be1 Rg6 24. Qh3 Nf5 25. Rf2 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Qb7 27. Qe2
Bh6 28. Bd2 Kg7 29. Kf1 Bxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Kf6 33. Kf3
Kf5 34. Be3 c4 35. d4 d5 (35... Bg7 {intending ...e5 was more challenging.})
36. h3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1177"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bc5 5. h3 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. c3 Bb6 10. Kh2 Be6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. f4 Rab8 14. f5 Qd7 15.
g4 h6 16. Nf3 Nh7 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nh4 Rf7 19. Ng6 Nf8 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. Qc2 c6 22.
a4 d5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. Kh1 c5 26. h4 d4 27. g5 g6 28. gxf6 Rxf6
29. Bxh6 gxf5 30. Bg5 Rg6 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Qb3+ Qe6 33. Qxe6+ Rxe6 34. Bh3 Nc6
35. Bxf5 Ree8 36. Rg1 Kf7 37. Bd2 Ne7 38. Ng5+ Kf6 39. Raf1 Nxf5 40. Rxf5+ Ke7
41. Rxe5+ Kd8 42. Rxb5 Ng6 43. Nf7+ Ke7 44. Rxg6 Kxf7 45. Rgxb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Pan, Hongkai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. O-O Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. Re1
Be7 9. c3 f5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 f4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 Be6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15.
a5 Rhf8 16. a6 b6 17. Nfd2 Nh8 18. Qxh5 fxg3 19. fxg3 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 c4 21. Nf1
Qd7 22. Qe2 Na5 23. Be3 Nf7 24. Bf2 g5 25. Red1 Qe8 26. Ne3 gxh4 27. Nf5 hxg3
28. Nxg3 Nh6 29. Rxa5 bxa5 30. Qe3 Qa4 31. Rf1 Ng4 32. Qxa7 Qd7 33. Qb6 Rf6 34.
Qxa5 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Qa7 36. Nh1 Bh4 37. Bh3 Bxf2+ 38. Kg2 Bb6 39. Qb5 Ne3+ 40.
Kf3 Bxh3 41. Qc6+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. c5
Bc7 9. b4 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Rac1 bxc5
15. bxc5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qc3 e5
21. Rfd1 Re7 $6 22. Nc4 Rd7 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25. e4 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rb8
27. exd5 cxd5 28. Rb1 Kf8 (28... Kf7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5+ Bxd5 31. Rxb8 Bxa2
32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7 $18) 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxb8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nh4 Nbd7 8. f4
Qb6+ 9. Kh1 Nc5 10. c3 Qa6 11. c4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Nc3 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15.
Nd5 Qb7 16. e5 Qd7 17. d4 Na4 18. Qf2 Rac8 19. Ne3 dxe5 20. dxe5 Bh3 21. Rd1
Bxg2+ 22. Nhxg2 Qh3 23. g4 Rfd8 24. gxh5 Qxh5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2 Qf3 27.
Bd2 Qe2 28. Ba5 Qxc2 29. Nxc2 Rc8 30. Nd4 g5 31. b3 Nb2 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Bb4 Nd3
34. Nxe7+ Bxe7 35. Bxe7 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Ne3 Rxh2 39. Rd1 Rf2+
40. Ke1 Rxf4 41. Bf6 h5 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. Nd5 Re4+ 46.
Kf1 h4 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Ne7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. e4 O-O 8. Qe1
c6 9. e5 Bc7 10. d4 Bf5 11. Qd1 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nb3 c4 14. Nbd2 b5 15. Nh4
Bd3 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Ndf3 h6 18. Bf1 Bh7 19. h3 a5 20. Bd2 Qe7 21. Qc1 Kh8 22.
Nh2 b4 23. Ng4 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rab8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Rg8 27. Nf6 Rg7 28.
Nf3 Nd7 29. Ng5 Nf8 30. Qh5 Nd8 31. Re3 Rxg5 32. Qxg5 Bg6 33. h4 Nc6 34. h5 Bh7
35. Qh6 Rb2 36. g4 Nb8 37. g5 Nbd7 38. Rf3 Bxe5 39. dxe5 Nxe5 40. Re3 Qc5 41.
Ne8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 c6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Be3 f5 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Rae8 22. Rfd1 Bf6 23. Nf3 Kf7 24. g3 Ng7 25. Kg2 Ne6 26. h4 h5 27. R1d2
Nc5 28. Re2 Re6 29. Rxe6 Kxe6 30. b4 Nd7 31. Nd2 Be7 32. Nc4 b5 33. exf5+ gxf5
34. Ne3 Kf6 35. Rd2 Nb6 36. f3 f4 37. Ne4+ Kg6 38. Nf1 Nc4 39. Rd3 a5 40. Nc5
Bxc5 41. bxc5 e4 42. fxe4 Rxe4 43. Kf2 fxg3+ 44. Rxg3+ Kf6 45. Rh3 Rf4+ 46. Ke2
Rg4 47. Rf3+ Ke6 48. Rh3 Rg2+ 49. Kd1 Kd5 50. Rf3 Kxc5 51. Ng3 Rg1+ 52. Ke2 b4
53. axb4+ Kxb4 54. Rb3+ Kc5 55. Ne4+ Kd4 56. Nf2 a4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b6 8. e4
Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Qe2 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15.
Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rdg8 17. Bf4 d4 18. Nd2 f6 19. Nc4 Ndxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Rxe5 Rh6 25. Rae1 Rgg6 26. Kg2 Kc7
27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Kd6 29. Rh5 Rg7 30. Kg2 a6 31. f4 b5 32. Kf3 a5 33. g4 a4
34. a3 Ra7 35. g5 b4 36. Ke4 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rg7 38. Rh6 Ke7 39. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 c4 8. Bc2
Nc6 9. f4 (9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4) 9... b5 10. Qf3 Ne7 11. Bf2 Rb8 12. g4 g6 13.
h4 h5 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15. Nh3 Kg7 16. Rg1 Rh8 17. Qg2 b4 18. Nf3 bxc3 19. bxc3
Rb2 20. Kd2 Qa5 21. a4 Bd7 22. Rab1 Rhb8 23. Rxb2 Rxb2 24. Kd1 Nf5 {
and Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Andries, W Craig"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. Ndf3 a6 13. Nf5 Nd7 14. Ng5 Nb6
15. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Black "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "774"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bc4 Qxb2 8.
Bb3 a6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ra2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4 14. Bc3
Qc5 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Rd1+ Qd6 17. Rxd6+ exd6 18. Be6 Be7 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. f4
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. O-O Nh6 8. b3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Be3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. a3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 O-O
15. g4 Ne7 16. g5 Nf5 17. gxf6 Nxe3 18. Qd3 Nxf1 19. Ng5 g6 20. Rxf1 Qd8 21.
f7+ Kg7 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. h4 Qxa3 24. h5 Qxb3 25. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Nxf6+ Kg7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. e5 Rad8 18. exd6 c5 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. Bf3
b6 21. Rhe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Be6 23. Rd1 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 Kf6 26. Rh1 Kg7
27. f5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. Qg3
e6 9. Nh3 Ne7 10. Ng5 Nf5 11. Qf4 c5 12. f3 $2 f6 $1 13. exf6 Bd6 $1 14. fxg7
Rg8 15. g4 Bxf4 {and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Black "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Nb6 11. Na5 Qc7 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O-O Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4
15. c4 Bd8 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxa5 {and Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 e5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Be2 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg5+ 13. Be5 Nd7 14. Bb5
Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. O-O Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Qd2 Qb6+ 20. Qf2
Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rae8 22. Rae1 f5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Re1 Kf7 25. h4 Rxe1 26. Kxe1
Kf6 27. Ke2 Ke5 28. Kd3 Be8 29. Kc4 a6 30. a4 Bxa4 31. Kb4 Be8 32. Ka5 Bf7 33.
Kb6 Bxd5 34. Nxd5 Kxd5 35. Kxb7 Kc5 36. Kxa6 Kb4 37. Kb6 d5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Argo, Guy"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. fxe5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Qe4 f5 14. exf6
Rfe8 15. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Argo, Guy"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 O-O 8. d3
Nc6 9. a3 Ne7 10. Ba2 Re8 11. Kh1 b6 12. Qh4 d5 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc6 15.
Rad1 Nd4 16. Be3 Nxf3 17. Rxf3 Qe7 18. Rh3 h5 19. e5 Ng4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rd8+
Bf8 22. Bg1 Bb7 23. Rhd3 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Bc6 25. Bc4 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Bb5
Bc8 28. h3 Nh6 29. Bc6 a6 30. Na4 Nf5 31. Nxb6 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Argo, Guy"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 Qe7 8.
Nf3 h6 9. O-O c6 10. Ne4 Qb4 11. Qd3 d5 12. exd6 Bf5 13. c3 Qa5 14. b4 Qd8 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 17. Qf3 g6 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Argo, Guy"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Qd3 (8. Qd2 g5 9. h4 g4 10. Ng5 $11) 8... O-O 9. Bd2 c6 10. Bb3 b6 11. Ne2 Ba6
12. c4 d5 13. e5 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Re1) 13... Nh5 (13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Nd5 {looks simpler and stronger.}) 14. g4 {Diagram [#]} Qe6 $1 15. Bc2
$2 (15. Qf5) 15... g6 16. gxh5 Bxc4 17. Qc3 Qh3+ 18. Kf2 Bxe2 19. Bxf4 Ba6 20.
Rag1 Qxh5 21. h4 c5 22. Qa3 Re8 23. Bg5 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bd1 Rf8 26. Bxf6
Rxf6 27. Rg5 Qh6 28. dxc5 Bb7 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Qb3 Ra5 31. Qxb6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Argo, Guy"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. d4 exf4 4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kd2 Nf6 6. Qe2+ Kd8 7. Nf3 Qh5 8.
Ne5 Bg4 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Bc4 Bd6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Be2
Nhf6 15. c4 Bb4+ 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Kd3 g5 18. h4 h6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rh1 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Ne4 22. Rh7 f5 23. Bh5 Nf2+ 24. Kc2 Nf6 25. Bxe8 Nxh7 26. Bg6 Nf6 27.
Ba3 N2g4 28. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Qb4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4
b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. f3 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qa4 f6 19. Nd3 a5 20. Rab1 Ba6 21.
Nf4 Bb7 22. Qc2 f5 23. Ng6 Kf7 24. Ne5+ Kf6 25. Qf2 g5 26. e4 Kg7 27. exf5 exf5
28. Qc2 Qf6 29. Re1 c5 30. Nc4 cxd4 31. Rxb6 Bc6 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. cxd4 Be8 34.
Qc7+ Rd7 35. Nxd7 Qxd4+ 36. Kh1 Bxd7 37. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 d5 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
b4 Qf6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Bxc5 e4 18. Nb3 Ba4 19. Qa2 c6 20. Rac1 h5 21. Na5 h4 22.
Qd2 Qg6 23. Nb7 Ne5 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Bh3+ Kd8 26. b5 a5 27. Bb6+ Ke7 28. Nf5+
Ke8 29. Qf4 f6 30. Nd6+ Kf8 31. Bc5 hxg3 32. Nxe4+ Kg8 33. Be6+ Nf7 34. Nxg3
Bxb5 35. Rfe1 Re8 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. e4 Qh7 38. Nf5 Re5 39. Bd4 g5 40. Qg3 dxe4
41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Bxe5 fxe5 43. Nxe4 Qh6 44. Nc5+ Kf7 45. Qxe5 Qf6 46. Qc7+ Kg6
47. Re6 Qxe6 48. Nxe6 Rh6 49. Qg7+ Kf5 50. Qxg5+ Kxe6 51. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 b5 11. c5 e6 12. Nf2 h5 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg2 Qe7 15. O-O
a5 16. Nd3 Kh7 17. Rc2 d5 18. e5 Ng8 19. Nc3 Nh6 20. Bh3 b4 21. Ne2 Nf5 22.
Bxf5 exf5 23. Ndf4 Be6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bg5 Qd7 26. Nf4 b3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28.
Rc3 Rb4 29. Rd3 Reb8 30. Rb1 a4 31. g4 fxg4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Qf2 a3 34. Rxa3
Nxd4 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Nxg6 Nf5 37. Qf2 Qf7 38. Nf4 Bxe5 39. Ne2 Qg6 40. Bd2 Rb3
41. Rxb3 Rxb3 42. Ra1 Rf3 43. Qg2 Nh4 44. Ra8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. O-O
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Qb3 h6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nf8 15.
Nc4 N6d7 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. Nfd2 d5 18. Na3 Rc8 19. Bf3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 21. Rc3
Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nac4 Nxd4 24. exd4 Bxd4 25. Rc2 e6 26. Ne3 e5 27. Qc4 Re7
28. Bg3 Rd7 29. Ndf1 Kg7 30. Qe2 f5 31. Nc4 f4 32. Bh2 Qg5 33. Qg4 Qe7 34. h4
Rc7 35. Na3 Rxc2 36. Nxc2 Bxb2 37. h5 Qe8 38. g3 Bc1 39. gxf4 Bxf4 40. Bxf4
exf4 41. Qxf4 gxh5 42. Ng3 b5 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Ncd4 Qf8 45. Nh4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 Rc8 16. b4 Ne5 17. O-O f5 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Bd3 Ng4 20. Bxb5+ Kf7 21. g3
h5 22. Rd7 Qb8 23. Bc4 g6 24. Bb2 Rh7 25. h4 Nxe3 26. Qb3 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Rc6 28.
Rad1 Ke8 29. Qd4 Qc8 30. Rxa7 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Rxa7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Bf6+ Kf7 34.
Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Be3 h6 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. Nge2
g5 9. b4 Ng6 10. c5 a6 11. Nc1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Ng4 13. cxd6 Nxe3 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15.
fxe3 Qxb4 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nh5 18. Nd3 f6 19. Be2 Ng7 20. O-O Ke7 21. d6+
cxd6 22. Nd5+ Kd8 23. Rxf6 Ne8 24. Rf7 Rb8 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Rf2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+
Bxc8 28. Rf7 Bd7 29. Nb6 Bc8 30. Nb2 Nc7 31. N2c4 Nb5 32. Na5 Nc3 33. Bh5 Be6
34. Nxb7+ Ke8 35. Nxd6+ Kd8 36. Nb7+ Ke8 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Rxh8+ Kg7 39. Re8
Bxb3 40. Rxe5 Bc2 41. Rc5 Ne2+ 42. Bxe2 Bxe4 43. Nd6 Bg6 44. Nd5 h5 45. Ra5 g4
46. Rxa6 h4 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Nf7+ Bxf7 49. Rxf7 g3 50. Bd3 gxh2+ 51. Kxh2 h3
52. Kxh3 Kg5 53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Nf6+ Kh8 56. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Bh6 Nxe4 8.
Ne2 Nd6 9. Ng3 Nf5 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Rg8 13. Rfe1 Rg6 {
Diagram [#]} 14. Bf4 (14. Bh5 $3 Rxh6 15. Qe3) 14... Nd7 15. Bh5 Rf6 16. Qg3
Nf8 17. Bg5 (17. Bxd6) 17... f4 18. Bxf6 $3 fxg3 19. Rxe7+ Kd8 20. Rxb7+ Ke8
21. Bxf7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e4 c6 8. a4
bxa4 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nxa4 Re8 12. Be2 Nh5 13. O-O Qc7 14. Be3 e5 15.
d5 c5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Nf4 18. Bc4 Bf8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21.
Bxa7 Ra8 22. Be3 f6 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. b4 Ncd3 26. Bxd3 Nxd3 27. b5
Bb4 28. b6 Kf7 29. Nc4 Bc5 30. Rb5 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Ke7 32. Kf1 Kd7 33. Ke2 Nc1+
34. Kd2 Na2 35. Na5 f5 36. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. e4 d6
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. bxa6 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qe2 Qa8 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. b3 Rc8 15.
O-O Nfd7 16. Rfc1 c4 17. b4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qd1+ 22. Qf1 Qc2 23. Qe1 Nf6 24. e5 Ne4 25. exd6 exd6 26. Qc1 Qb3 27. h3
Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Bc3 29. Qg5 Qxb4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd7 Qf4 32. Qc6 Qb4 33. g3 h6
34. h4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qd3 36. Ng1 Bb4 37. Nh3 Qf1 38. Qc2 Bc5 39. Qb2+ Kh7 40.
Qf6 Kg8 41. Qf4 Kg7 42. Qd2 Qc4 43. Nf4 Qd4 44. Qxd4+ Bxd4 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Nd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 d5 4. d3 exd3 $6 (4... Qd6 5. dxe4 h6) 5. Bxd3 g6
6. Qf3 (6. O-O) (6. h4) 6... Nf6 7. Nxh7 $2 Rxh7 8. Bxg6+ Rf7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. c3 e5 12. Bg5 e4 13. Qf4 Bd6 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. O-O Ng6 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. Qh7+ Qg7 18. Qh5 Be6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 Bd7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Be8 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Bf7 15.
Rac1 Nb6 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Rc2 g5 18. Rcc1 Kg7 19. b4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21.
Ne5 Red8 22. e3 a5 23. Rxc4 Nd7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. b5 cxb5 26. Rc7 Rab8 27. Bxb7
Kf6 28. a3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rb1 Nf8 31. Rxb4 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Rb5 h6
34. Bc6 Rxb5 35. Bxb5 Nb6 36. f3 e5 37. dxe5+ Kxe5 38. Kf2 Nd5 39. Bc4 Nf6 40.
Bb5 Nd5 41. Bc4 Nb6 42. Bb3 Nc8 43. Ke2 Nd6 44. Kd3 Ne8 45. Ke2 Nd6 46. Kf2 Ne8
47. Bc2 Nf6 48. f4+ gxf4 49. gxf4+ Ke6 50. h3 Nh5 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Re8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bd2 c4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 {
Diagram (#)} Nxd5 (21... Nd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rxe6 b4 $15) 22. Nxd5
Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxe5 26. Qe4 f6 27. Rd5 Qb6 28. Rd7
Qf2 29. Red1 Qg3 30. Kg1 Kh8 31. Qd5 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qg3 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Askin, David Benja"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Nge2
a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ng3 h5 12. Be2 h4 13. Nf1 Nh7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. h3
f5 16. Bh6 Bd4 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Rd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. f4 Nb6 21. a5 Na4 22.
Rc1 Qd8 23. c4 Qf6 24. Nh2 Nb2 25. O-O Nd3 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3 Bf5 28. Qd2
Re4 29. Nf3 Rae8 30. Bf2 Re2 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Ra2 33. Bxh4 Rxa5 34. g4 Bd7
35. Re1 b5 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Be7 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 b4 40. Re3 Ba4 41.
Bxd6 b3 42. Be5 (42. Bxc5 b2 43. Nd2) 42... b2 43. Bxb2 Rxb2 44. Re6 Rb1+ 45.
Kf2 Bc2 46. Rxa6 Bd3 47. Ne5 Rb3 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. d6 Nf6 50. d7 Ne4+ (50...
Nxd7 51. Ra7 $1) 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kf3 Bf1 53. Kxe4 Bg2+ 54. Ke3 Rb3+ 55. Kf2
Bxa8 56. d8=Q {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Askin, Michael"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 h6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Na6 8. O-O
e5 9. d5 Be7 10. g3 Nc7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qd7 14. h3 b6 15. Qd2
Kh7 16. g4 Ng8 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. f4 Rc8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bh4 21. Qb4 Be7
22. Ng3 g6 23. Rc6 Bh4 24. Ne2 Ne7 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. a4 Bg7 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5
f6 29. Qc4 Rg8 30. Ng3 Bf8 31. Nh5 Kh8 32. Qc2 Qb7 33. Qc4 a6 34. b4 b5 35.
axb5 axb5 36. Qa2 Nc8 37. Qa5 Qd7 38. Qa8 Ne7 39. Bb6 Bg7 40. Ra1 Nc8 41. Be3
Kh7 42. Ra6 Nc7 43. Qb7 Qd8 44. Rc6 Nxd5 45. Bxd5 Ne7 46. Bxg8+ Kxg8 47. Rc7
Bf8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Askin, Michael"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 dxc4 8. e4 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rg8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qb6 15.
a4 a6 16. d5 Bc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bh5+ Ke7 19. a5 Qa7 20. e5 Rg7 21. Rad1 Bd4
22. Qd2 c5 23. Ne2 Bd5 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Kh1 Nc5 26. Qb4 Kf8 27. f4 Kg8 28. f5
exf5 29. Rxf5 Ne4 30. Rdf1 Qe7 31. Qe1 d3 32. Bf3 Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxf3 34. R1xf3
Rd8 35. Qd2 b4 36. Qd1 d2 37. Rf6 Qxe5 38. Rf1 Re7 39. Qh5 Qxf6 40. Rxf6 d1=Q+
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Askin, Michael"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Be7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g5 5. b3 g4 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. Bb2 c6 8. e3 h5
9. h3 gxh3 10. Rxh3 Ndf6 11. Qc2 d5 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Rh1 Ne7 14. O-O-O Ng6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 h4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Ne4 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. d5 exd5 {
Diagram [#]} (20... exd5 21. Bf6 Qc7 22. Bxh8 dxe4 23. Qxe4+) 21. Bf6 $1 (21.
Bxh8 dxe4) 21... Bf5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Bd3 Be6 25. g3 Be5 26. Nh7+
Rxh7 27. Bxh7 hxg3 28. fxg3 dxc4 29. Rde1 cxb3 30. axb3 Bg7 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32.
Rf1+ Ke8 33. Bg6+ Kd7 34. Rf7 Bd4 35. Qd2 e5 36. Qg5 Bc5 37. Qxe5 b6 38. Bf5+
Ke8 39. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Askin, Michael"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O h6 (7...
e5) 8. Ne1 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 b6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Nd3 f5 14. exf5
gxf5 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Bxd3 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qg5 19. Rf3 Bd7 20. Qc1
f4 21. Ne2 Be5 22. h3 Rf7 23. Qd2 c6 24. Be4 c5 25. Raf1 b5 26. b4 cxb4 27.
axb4 a4 28. c5 a3 29. Qa2 Bb2 30. Nxf4 Raf8 31. Ne6 Rxf3 32. Bxf3 Qe3+ 33. Kh1
Rf6 34. c6 Bc8 35. c7 Qc3 36. Qb1 Bxe6 37. dxe6 Qxc7 38. Bd5 Kf8 39. Rxf6+ Bxf6
40. Qf5 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qg5 42. e7+ Kxe7 43. Qe6+ Kd8 44. Qxd6+ Ke8 45. Qe6+ Kd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Bannan, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 a6 $2 9. Nxc6 (9. c5 $1) 9... dxc6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13.
Ba7 Ra8 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Ne4 b6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Qc2 c4 19. Nd6 Nb6
20. Qe4 Nd5 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Nxc4 Bf5 23. Qf3 e4 24. Qa3 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26.
Rac1 Bg4 27. Rd2 Bf5 28. Nd6 e3 29. Rxd5 exf2+ 30. Kf1 Qd7 31. Rdd1 Bh3 32. Ne4
Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qe6 34. Qf3 f5 35. Rd6 f1=Q+ 36. Rxf1 Qxe4 37. Qxe4 fxe4 38.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. b3 Rb6 40. Re6 Kf7 41. Rxe4 a5 42. Re5 Ra6 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. Kf3
Kd6 45. Rc4 c5 46. Ra4 Ra7 47. Ke4 Re7+ 48. Kd3 Kc6 49. Re4 Rd7+ 50. Kc2 Kb5
51. a4+ Kc6 52. Re6+ Kd5 53. Ra6 Rf7 54. Rxa5 Kd4 55. Kd2 Rf2 56. h4 Rg2 57.
Ra7 Rxg3 58. Rd7+ {and White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qh6 Bf8 16. Qh3 Qe7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. a3 Bg7 20. h4 O-O 21. h5 Rab8
22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Nf3 Rb6 24. e5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Qg1 Rc6 27. Ne4 Qg7 28.
Bd3 Bxb2+ 29. Kb1 Bd4 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxh7 (31. gxf6 Qxg1 32. Rdxg1+ Kf7 33.
Rxh7+ Ke8 34. Rg8 $18) 31... Qxg5 32. Qa7 Qe5 $2 (32... Rc3 33. Rg1 Rxd3 34.
Rxg5+ Bxg5 35. cxd3 Kxh7 36. Qxd7+ Kg6 37. Qxe6+ Rf6 $16) 33. Rg1+ Bg5 34. Qxd7
Rc5 {Diagram [#]} 35. Rxg5+ $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael Co"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 Qxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd2 e5 7. dxe5 O-O-O
8. a3 Nxe5 9. Bc3 Qe4 10. Qc1 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Qxg2 12. Be5 Bd6 13. Bxg7 Qxg7 14.
Nf3 Ne7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rc1 Rhe8 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qb3
Nf5 21. Qc3 Qe6 22. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. Nba3 (10. b3) (10. Qb3) 10... Nc6 11. Qa4 (11. Be3) 11...
Nd4 12. Be3 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 Qh5 14. Qb5 Rd8 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Bf3 Nhxg3+ 17. fxg3
Nd4 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nd6 f6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nxc8
Rxc8 24. Nc4 a6 25. Bc5 Bc7 26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 Qxa2 13. Rd1 Qd5 14. Qe3 Bc5
15. Nxe6 Bb4+ 16. c3 Qxe6 17. cxb4 O-O 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd6 Bg4
21. Rd3 Nc6 22. Rg3 Bh5 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Bxh5 Nxf4 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Rf1 Ng6 27.
Bxg6 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 hxg6 29. e6 Kg8 30. Rxg6 Ne7 31. Rg4 Rf8+ 32. Ke2 Rf6 33.
Re4 b5 34. g4 g5 35. Re5 Kf8 36. Nf5 Ke8 37. Nxe7 Kxe7 38. Rxg5 Rf4 39. h4 Kxe6
40. Rg6+ Ke5 41. Rxa6 Rxg4 42. Rb6 Rxb4 43. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1187"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Qc8 8.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. g3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bg2 Bd5 14.
O-O Rfe8 15. e3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Bxd5 Nxd2 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxd2 g5 20.
Rfb1 Ne4 21. Be1 Ke6 22. Rb7 Kd6 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. c4 g4 26. a4 h5
27. a5 Ra6 28. Rb1 Kd7 29. Rb5 Nf6 30. Kf1 Kd6 31. Ke2 c6 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. axb6
Kd7 34. f3 Kc8 35. fxg4 Nxg4 36. h3 Nf6 37. Kf3 Kb7 38. c5 Nd5 39. g4 hxg4+ 40.
hxg4 Ne7 41. g5 Ng6 42. Ke4 Kc8 43. Kf5 Ne7+ 44. Ke6 Nd5 45. g6 Kd8 46. g7 Ne7
47. b7 Kc7 48. Kxe7 Kxb7 49. g8=Q Ka6 50. Qc4+ Kb7 51. Kd7 Kb8 52. Qb4+ Ka7 53.
Kc7 Ka6 54. Qa5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Rc8 10. a4 b4 11. a5 Bc6 12. Qxa6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5
15. e4 Rh5 16. Bf4 Bc5 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Rxa5 19. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ne7
9. Nb3 Ng6 10. Be3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. f4 Qd8 13. g4 Bh7 14. f5 Qc7 15. Bd3
O-O-O 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bxh7 Rxh7 18. Qd3 Rh8 19. Qg6 c5 20. Qxe6 c4 21. Nc1
Qc6 22. Qxc6+ bxc6 23. Bd2 Bb4 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Ne2 Rhf8 26. Nf4 Rde8 27. Ng6
Rg8 28. Rf7 Kd8 29. a5 Re6 30. Nf4 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. a6 g5 33. Nh5 c5 34.
Nf6 Nxf6 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. a7 Ra8 37. Ra6+ Kg7 38. dxc5 d4 39. Kf2 b3 40. cxb3
c3 41. bxc3 dxc3 42. Ke2 c2 43. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nd7 7. Be3 Rc8 8. c4
dxc4 9. Na3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxa3 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. bxa3 Nxe5 13. Bd4 f6 14. Re1
Ne7 15. f4 Nd3 16. Qa4+ Rc6 17. Bxd3 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxd3 19. Rad1 Qc3 20. Qxa7
Kf7 21. Rxe7+ Kg6 22. Qf2 Qxa3 23. Re3 Qf8 24. Rd7 h5 25. Qg3+ Kh6 {Diagram [#]
} 26. Re8 $1 g6 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Qe3 c3 29. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob Came"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Ba3 a5 12. Bb5 Qd7 13. Rfc1 Bb4 14. Bb2 O-O
15. c4 Qe7 16. cxd5 Na7 17. Bc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Qe8 20. Ng5 h6 21.
Ne4 Rd5 22. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Black "Yang, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. a4 h6 11. a5 f5 12. Nd2 Rf7 13. c5 dxc5 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc4
Kf8 16. Ba3 b6 17. axb6 cxb6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Bxf7 Kxf7 21. Nc4
Qc6 22. Nd6+ Kg8 23. Nxc8 Nxc8 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Rfd1 Nb6 26. Qe7 Nc8 27. Qf7
Nd6 28. Qe6 Bf8 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Nd5 Qc8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kh7 33. Nf6+
Kg7 34. Qxe5 Nf7 35. Nh5+ Kh7 36. Qf6 Ng5 37. h4 Qe8 38. hxg5 Qxh5 39. Rd7+ Kg8
40. g6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Black "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. f4 Qa5 12. Qc2 Qb4 13. a3 Qb7 14. f5 Bd7 15.
c5 Rfb8 16. b4 a5 17. Rab1 axb4 18. Rxb4 Qc8 19. Na4 Qe8 20. g4 Rxb4 21. axb4
Nxe4 22. Nb6 d5 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. Bd3 Qa3 25. Kh1 Be5 26. Bh6 Qxb4 27. Bxe4
Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qxd4 Qd5 8.
Qh4 Qe4 9. Qxe4 Nxe4 10. Ne5 Nd6 11. Na3 Be7 12. Naxc4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Nc6 14.
Bf4 O-O 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nxc8 exf4 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nd6 fxg3 20.
hxg3 Rb8 21. Bd5 Be7 22. Nxf7 Kf8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Rxb2 25. Nxc6 Rxe2 26.
Kf1 Rc2 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 h6 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Re1 Qc7 15.
a4 Raf8 16. Be3 Be8 17. Qh3 Bg6 18. Bd1 Nf5 19. Nh4 Nxh4 20. Qxh4 Qa5 21. Ra3
b5 22. f4 {Diagram #} b4 $1 23. Ra1 bxc3 24. Qf2 Rb8 25. Bc1 Rb2 26. Bxb2 cxb2
27. Rb1 c3 28. Bg4 Be4 29. Qe3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. dxe6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
fxe6 15. Qxb7 Nxc4 16. Qe4 Qc8 17. Rac1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rf6 20. Nd5
Rg6 21. Rc7 Bg5 22. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Avraham, Itzhak"]
[Black "Bacus, Ephraim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nh7 8. Bg3 a6
9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Qf3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. Bd3 Bxe5 13. Bxh7 Bxd4 14. exd4 Rxh7
15. c5 b6 16. O-O bxc5 17. dxc5 a5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Qxc5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qc7 22. Rf5 Ra6 23. Qd3 Rd6 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qxh7 Qd7 26. Qe4 Rd5 {
and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.50"]
[White "Avraham, Itzhak"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. h3
hxg5 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. d5 f5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bh3 a5
15. Rdg1 f4 16. Be6+ Rf7 17. Qd1 Nc5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rh2 a4 20. Qf1 Qd7 21.
Rxg5 a3 22. b3 Nxb3+ 23. Kd1 Nd4 24. Qg2 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. Rxg6 Nxf3 27.
Rh6 Bg7 28. Rh7 Kg8 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Ayinala, Nihar"]
[Black "Harris III, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1227"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 e4 11. b3 Nb4 12. Ba3 Nd3 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd3 Ng5
15. h4 Ne6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Bb2 d5 18. Bc3 g5 19. hxg5 Nxg5 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. Rh1
Re6 22. Nf4 Rh6 23. Rxh6 Bxh6 24. Rh1 Qg4 25. Rxh6 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Ne4 27. Qe2
Qxe2 28. Nxe2 Kg7 29. Rh2 Rg8 30. cxd5 Ng5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Nf4 c5 33. dxc6 bxc6
34. d5+ Kg8 35. dxc6 Rc8 36. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.47"]
[White "Ayinala, Nihar"]
[Black "Isenberger, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1227"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. b3
Be6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. d4 Rb8 11. Ba3 c5 12. d5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. g4 Bxg4 15.
fxg4 Nxg4 16. Bc1 Bh6 17. e4 Be3+ 18. Bxe3 Nxe3 19. Qd2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Nf6 21.
Qg5 Kg7 22. Nd1 h6 23. Qc1 Qd7 24. Ng3 b5 25. Qe3 Nh5 26. Nxh5+ gxh5 27. Qg3+
Qg4 28. Qxg4+ hxg4 29. Ne3 h5 30. h3 gxh3 31. Bxh3 Rh8 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Nxd6
bxc4 34. bxc4 Ke7 35. Nxf7 Rhf8 36. d6+ Ke8 37. d7+ Ke7 38. d8=Q+ Rbxd8 39.
Nxd8 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Kxd8 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kf3 h4 43. Kg4 Kd6 44. Kxh4 Kc6 45.
Kg5 Kb6 46. a4 Ka5 47. Bd7 Kb4 48. Bb5 Kc3 49. Kf5 Kd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Ayinala, Nihar"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1227"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg2 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Bf5 9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 Nb4 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Nde2 Nd3 13. Bc1 Bd6 14. Nd4 Re8
15. Nc2 a5 16. Ne1 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Qe7 18. a4 Rad8 19. Nf3 Bd3 20. Re1 Nd7 21.
Ne2 Bb4 22. Nf4 Nc5 23. Qb2 Be4 24. Nh5 f6 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Rad1 g5 27. Ne2 Nd3
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Ayinala, Sankar"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qd4 d6 14. Rad1
Rd8 15. Qxe5+ dxe5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Ke7 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. g3 Rd2 20. Bd1
Rxa2 21. c5 Be4 22. Rc1 Rb2 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Ra1 a5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. d4
Qc7 9. d5 a6 10. b3 Re8 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Kh2 Bf8 15. Bb2
Bd7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nc1 Bf5 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4+ 20. Kg1 Ne3 21. Nd3 Nxf1
22. Rxf1 Nh4 23. Qf2 Nxg2 24. Qxg2 Re3 25. Nf2 f5 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Qg1 Qf7 28.
Ncd1 Qh5+ 29. Qh2 Qf3+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Re2 32. Kf3 Rae8 33. Nd3 Rd2 34.
N3f2 g6 35. Nh3 h6 36. Nhf2 Bg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Nc3 g5 39. Rg1 g4+ 40. Kg2
Rc2 41. Ncd1 Rxa2 42. Kf1 h5 43. Rg3 Kf6 44. Rg2 Ra1 45. Kg1 h4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. h3 Rc8 13. Bc2 Bb8 14. Bb3 Qc7 15.
dxc5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qe6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Ba4 Red8 20. Qb3 d4 21.
Qxb6 axb6 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Be3 Rd6 24. Rad1 g6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Bxb6 Bxa3 27.
bxa3 Rxc3 28. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. g3 e5 7. d4 e4 8. Bg2
h5 9. h4 Bg4 10. O-O Qd7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qe1 Bf3 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Bg4 15.
Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qd1 Qf5 17. Nce2 g5 18. Ng2 gxh4 19. Nxh4 Qg5 20. Kg2 Ne7 21.
Qc2+ Kb8 22. Nf4 Ng6 23. Nhxg6 fxg6 24. Bd2 Qf5 25. Ba5 Rc8 26. Qb3 g5 27. Rh1
gxf4 28. exf4 Rh3 29. Bd2 Bxf4 30. Bxf4+ Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Bannan, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Be7 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c3 Ne6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Be3 h6
15. b4 Bd7 16. Ng3 Bf6 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Nh5 Be7 19. a3 Bc8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21.
Rd1 Qe8 22. h3 Bd6 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxh6 f5 25. Nxg7 Qg6 26. Nxe6 Re8 27. Bf4
Rxe6 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Nh4 Qg5 30. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Bhattacharjee, Shiva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. g3 Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. b3 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 Ng4
15. Bd4 e5 16. Bb2 Bc5 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qc5+ 20. Kf1 d4 21.
Qd3 Be6 22. g4 f5 23. g5 Rbc8 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Kg1 Rcd8 26. Ng3 e4 27. Nxe4 fxe4
28. Bxe4 g6 29. Rd1 Qc5 30. h4 Bg4 31. Rd2 Qb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34.
Bxd4 Rf4 35. Bd5+ Kf8 36. Be5 Rf5 37. Bd6+ Kg7 38. Be6 Rxg5 39. hxg5 Bxe6 40.
Be5+ Kf7 41. Kf2 Bf5 42. c3 Ke6 43. Bd4 Bc2 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Bd3 46. c5 Kd5
47. Ke3 Bb5 48. Bc3 Kxc5 49. Kf4 Kd6 50. Bb4+ Ke6 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd4 Kf5 53.
Bd2 h5 $4 54. gxh6 g5 55. h7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1005"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 7. Nb5 bxa3+ 8. c3
Bc7 9. Bxa3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. h4 Nxh4 $2 {Diagram [#]} 12. Rxh4 a6 13. Nxc7+
Qxc7 14. Ne2 Qd8 15. Rh1 Nc6 16. f4 Qa5 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Bd6 Qd7 19. g4 Qd8 20.
c4 Na5 21. Qa4+ Nc6 22. Rb1 Bd7 23. Qb3 Ra7 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. Rxb6 dxc4 26. Bxc4
Na5 27. Bd3 g6 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Ra1 Be4 30. Rxa5 {and White soon won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. g3 Be6 14. d4 Bd6
15. Re1 Qd7 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Qe2 f5 20. f4 g5 21. Qd3
gxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qg7+ 24. Qg3 Bg4 25. Kf2 Kh8 26. h3 Bxh3 27. Qxh3
Qc7 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Qc5+ 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Nf3 Rg8 32. Rg1 Rc8 33. e6 Rc4
34. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Qg2 Qh5 18. f3 Rae8 19. Be3 Bh3 20. Qf2 f5 21. f4 g5
22. Nd2 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Re2 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Nf3 Qc4
28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qe3 Qg7 30. Re1 Rf8 31. Qf4 Re8 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Qh4 Qh6 34.
Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxd5 f4 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf4 Qf6 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40.
Rxe6 Qxe6 41. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Austin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Be3 e6 11. f3 Bd6 12. h3 Bg3+ 13. Bf2 Bxf2+ 14.
Kxf2 Nh5 15. g3 Qg5 16. Rg1 O-O-O 17. f4 $2 {Diagram [#]} Nxf4 $3 18. gxf4
Qxf4+ 19. Kg2 Rxh3 $1 20. Kxh3 Rh8+ 21. Kg2 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Greene, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "916"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Nb5 O-O 10. c3 f6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 fxe5 14. fxe5 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. b3 Rf4 18. Ke3 Nb4 19. Nd6 Nxd3 20. Kxd3 Bc6 21.
Rc2 Nd7 22. Ke3 Rg4 23. h3 Rg6 24. a4 a6 25. g4 Nb6 26. g5 Nc8 27. Nxc8 Rxc8
28. h4 {Remaining moves unavailable. White is winning.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Nd2 Nf6 8.
Qc2 Ng4 9. g3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. O-O-O d6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nf5 Be6 $4 14.
Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Klinetobe, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Bb5+ $6 Nbc6 9. Ne2 (9. Qxg7) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 $4 (10. Qxg7) (10. O-O) 10...
Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxb5 {and later ...0-1.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2 Bf5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be3
Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 d5 11. Nd2 Bb4 12. Ncb1 Ne7 13. c3 Bd6 14. h5 Bf7 15. g5
Qe6 16. b4 Nf5 17. Nf1 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bf4 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Nd2
Bxg5 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Nf1 O-O 24. Nfe3 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Bxh5 $5 ({Unnecessary.} 
25... Qf6 {and Black wins easily by tripling on the f-file.}) 26. Qxh5 Qxf2+
27. Kd1 Qf3+ (27... h6 $17) (27... Qxe3 $2 28. Qxh7+ Kf7 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qe5+
$11) 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Ke2 Raf8 30. Raf1 g5 31. c4 dxc4 32. Nxc4 g4 33. Ne5 g3
$4 {White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. e5 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nc3 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. O-O Nf5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Rb8
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. a3 Nd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. g4 Rf8 19. Nh2 Qb6 20. Nf3 Qxb2 21.
Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Rab1 Rfb8 23. Rxb2 Rxb2 24. Rb1 Rxb1+ 25. Nxb1 c5 26. Nc3 Bc6 27.
Ne2 Kf7 28. Kf1 Bb5 29. Ke1 Bd8 30. Nc3 Ba5 31. Kd2 h6 32. Kc2 Bf1 33. dxc5
Bxc3 34. Kxc3 dxc5 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36. h4 d4+ 37. Kd2 Bb5 38. f4 Kf6 39. Nf3 Ke6
40. Ne5 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Ng6 Kf6 43. f5 c4 44. Nf8 c3+ 45. Kc1 d3 46. Nh7+
Kg7 47. Nxg5 d2+ 48. Kc2 Ba4+ 49. Kxc3 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Babyan, Gagik"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Qa5+ $2 (5... d6) 6. Bd2 Qb6
7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd5 Qxb5 9. Bxb5 Bd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13.
Bc3 f6 14. Qxd6 Nh6 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Black "O'Brien, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "914"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nce7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. c4 Qg4 8.
O-O Qxe4 9. Qb3 Qf5 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 12. Be3 a5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Nb5
Nf5 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Bxa5 Bd8 17. Na7 Ra8 18. Nc6 O-O 19. b4 Ne8 20. c5 Bf6 21.
Rae1 h6 22. g4 Ne7 23. cxd6 Nxc6 24. dxc6 cxd6 25. c7 d5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Rc8 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. b5 Ra8 30. Bb4 Rfc8 31. b6 Nd7 32. b7 Nxe5 33. bxa8=Q Rxa8
34. c8=Q+ Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. a4 Nc4 37. Rxc4 dxc4 38. a5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Black "Ortega, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qe4 Re8 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Rxd8 Bxe4 13. Rxa8 Nxa8 14.
Nxe4 Bb4+ 15. Kd1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. a3 Be7 19. f4 Re6 20. Nc3
Bf6 21. Kd2 c5 22. b3 Bd4 23. Ne4 h6 24. Re1 f5 25. Nxc5 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Bxc5 27.
b4 Bg1 28. c5 Nc8 29. Bxf5 Ne7 30. Be4 b6 31. c6 Bxh2 32. f5 Kf7 33. Kf2 Be5
34. Ke3 Kf6 35. g4 h5 36. Kf3 Kg5 37. gxh5 Nxf5 38. Bxf5 Kxf5 39. b5 Bc7 40.
Ke3 Ke5 41. a4 Kd5 42. Kd3 Be5 43. Ke3 Bd6 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Kc4 Ke4 46. Kc3 Bc7
47. Kc4 Be5 48. Kb4 Kd4 49. a5 Bd6+ 50. Ka4 Kc5 51. a6 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. Kb1 Ne5 11. Be2 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Qd5 Bg6 14.
f4 c6 15. Qf3 f5 16. h4 Bf7 17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Bf3 Qa5 19. a3 d5 20. Bd4 Be6 21.
Rhg1 Qc7 22. Rde1 Bd7 {Diagram #} 23. Qxg7+ $1 Bxg7 24. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Black "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. d5 g6 15. b3
Bg7 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. N3h2 Nb7 18. Qf3 h5 19. Ne3 Qc8 20. Kh1 Nh7 21. g4 h4 22.
Ng2 Qd8 23. Qe3 Bf6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Rg1 Be7 26. Kh2 Kh8 27. Qe2 Rg8 28. Ne3 f6
29. Bd3 Qb6 30. Rgb1 Nf8 31. a4 Ng6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nf5 Ra6 34. Qf1 Rga8 35.
Qc1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. Qxa1 Qa5 38. Qxa5 Nxa5 39. c4 bxc4 40. Nxe7 Nxe7 41.
Bxa5 cxd3 42. Bd8 Ng6 43. Bxf6+ Kg8 44. Bxg5 Kf7 45. Kg2 Bb5 46. Nd2 Ke8 47.
Kf3 Kd7 48. Ke3 Kc7 49. f4 exf4+ 50. Bxf4 Kd7 51. Bh2 Ke7 52. Nc4 Bxc4 53. bxc4
Nh8 54. Kxd3 Nf7 55. Bf4 Kf6 56. g5+ Nxg5 57. Bxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ke3 Kg6 59. Kf4
Kf6 60. Kg4 Ke5 61. Kxh4 Kxe4 62. Kg5 Kd4 63. h4 Kxc4 64. h5 Kxd5 65. h6 Kd4
66. h7 Kd3 67. h8=Q c4 68. Qh3+ Kd2 69. Qg2+ Kd3 70. Qf3+ Kc2 71. Qe2+ Kb3 72.
Qd1+ Kb2 73. Qd4+ Kc2 74. Qxc4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Bacus, Ephraim Cub"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. g3
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bg2 d6 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 O-O 13. e3 c5 14. O-O Nc6 15.
Qe2 e5 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Rc1 Qf7 19. d5 Qd7 20. Rc2 Qa4 21. e4 Qxc4
22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27. Ke2
e4 28. c4 Rf7 29. a4 Kf8 30. g4 Rb7 31. Kf2 a6 32. Rb2 Ke7 33. Kg3 g5 34. h4
Rb8 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rh2 Rf8 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 b5 39. a5 bxc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Bacus, Ephraim Cub"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1370"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Be2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 e6
8. Qb5+ Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Qxb7 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Rb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14.
Qe2 Be7 15. b3 f5 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Bb2 a6 18. Rab1 Nc5 19. Rfe1 Bxc3 20. Bxc3
Ne4 21. Rbd1 Nxc3 22. dxc3 Qf6 23. Qe5 Qe7 24. c4 c5 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rbb8
27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Bacus, Ephraim Cub"]
[Black "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Kh1 b5 12. b4 Nc6 13. a3 Kh8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Ne2
d5 16. Ng5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 Rad8 21. Qc1 Bh4
22. Rd1 f4 23. Bc5 Bxh3 24. Rxd8 $2 (24. Bxf8) 24... Rxd8 25. Nxf4 exf4 26.
Qxf4 Bf6 27. Be7 Bxe7 28. gxh3 Rf8 29. Qd4 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Bf6 31. Qd6 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Bacus, Ephraim Cubero"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. Re1 Qe8 10. b4 Nh5 11. Kh2 Nf4 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Ng1 Qg6 14. Qg4 Nd4 15.
Qxg6 Nxg6 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f3 a5 18. Nd2 axb4 19. axb4 d5 20. Rab1 Ra2 21.
Rec1 Bg5 22. Rd1 Rxc2 23. Nb3 Be3 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Rbc1 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Bxc1 27.
Nxc1 Rc2 28. Nge2 Nxe2 29. Nxe2 Rxf3 30. Nxd4 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Bacus, Ephraim Cubero"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Qb6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Rb1 e5 11. Nce2 exd4 12. O-O c5 13. Nf4 f6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Ne5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qh5 O-O 19. f5 Nxh4 20. Qxh4 Rc8 21. Rf3
Qe8 22. c3 Qf7 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Rf1 Bd8 25. Nf4 Kg8 26. Rff3 Qxa2 27. Qh6 Rf7
28. Nh5 Kf8 29. Nxg7 Ke7 30. Qxh7 Bc7 31. Rg4 Qb1+ 32. Rf1 Qxb2 33. cxd4 Qxd4+
34. Kh1 Qc4 35. Re1 Rb8 36. Qh4 Rg8 37. e5 Qxg4 38. exf6+ Kd8 39. hxg4 Rff8 40.
f7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Bannan, Frank"]
[Black "Dupree, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O d5 11. Nb5 axb5 12. Bxb4 dxe4 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bc5
Qe5 15. b4 Ne7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qd4 O-O 18. Qxe4 Rd8 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qe2 Nd5 21.
Qf2 Ra3 22. g3 Rd7 23. Qe1 Rf7 24. Qc1 Ra4 25. Qb2 Nb6 26. Rfd1 Nd7 27. Bf2 Ra8
28. Re1 Nf6 29. Bc5 Nd7 30. Rxe6 Nxc5 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. bxc5 Be6
34. a3 Ra4 35. Re1 Qf7 36. Qe5 Bd7 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Re7 Rd4 39. Rxf7 Rxd6 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. cxd6 Kf6 42. c4 Ke6 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Kf2 Kxd6 45. Ke3 Kd5 46.
Be2 Kc5 47. Kd3 Be6 48. Kc3 Bd7 49. Bf3 Be6 50. h3 Bc4 51. Bg2 Be2 52. Kd2 Bh5
53. Ke3 Kc4 54. Bf1+ Kc5 55. Be2 Bf7 56. g4 Be6 57. Kd2 Bd7 58. Kc3 Be6 59. Bf3
Bd7 60. g5 Be6 61. Bh5 Bc4 62. h4 Kd6 63. Kd4 Ke6 64. Be8 Ke7 65. Bh5 Ke6 66.
Kc5 Ke7 67. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Bannon, Frank"]
[Black "Chen, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qe2 b6 14.
f3 Bb7 15. Rhe1 Rad8 16. Nb3 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Rxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bd5 20.
Rd1 Rc8 21. Nd2 Qxh2 22. c4 Bc6 23. Ne4 h6 24. g4 Qe5 25. Re1 f5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Bannon, Frank"]
[Black "Koga, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
exd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 a6 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Qe4
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc7 16. c3 Bb5 17. Qf5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Qg4
Bxd4 21. Bxd4 g6 22. Qg5 f5 23. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "970"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Na4 13. Qc1 b5 14. Qb1 Rb8
15. Bd1 Nxc3 16. Qb2 Na4 17. Qb1 c3 18. Be1 Ba6 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Qa2 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rb1 Qxe5 23. Bd3 d4 {
Black is winning and later won Remaining moves unavailable.} *

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "966"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Be7 $2 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Nxe5
O-O 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Ng5 Ne5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3
14. Rg1 Kh7 15. Bxf7 Re7 16. Bg6+ Kh8 17. Rg3 Bd7 18. Bf4 Be8 {
After 19.0-0-0 White has every chance to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "966"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 h6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e5 8.
dxe5 {Gibberish} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "966"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 Nd4 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Be6 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Qg5+ 12. Ke2 Bg4 13. Qxg4 Qxg4+
14. f3 Qd7 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Kf2 c6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Bb3 Rae8 19. Re4 g6 20. Rae1
a5 21. a4 b4 22. Ne2 Kg7 23. g4 f5 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Ng3 Rg5 26. h4 Rxg3 27.
Kxg3 Rf8 28. d4 c5 29. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.49"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Greene, Sammy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "768"]
[BlackElo "916"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Ng5 Nf6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. O-O a6 10. Bf4 Bf8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rad1+ Ke7 14. Be3
Nd7 15. Nce4 b5 16. Bb3 h6 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Nc5 Rd8 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Bc5+ Ke8
21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rd1 e4 23. Nd4 a5 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. c3 a4 26. Bc2 Bd5 27. b3
Bxc3 28. Be3 g5 29. f3 exf3 30. gxf3 Bxf3 31. Rd3 Be5 32. Bc5 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "768"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bb5 Nf6 8.
Nd4 Bd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bd5 Rc8 13. a3 e6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6
15. Re1 a5 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc7 21.
Rc1 Qc5 22. c4 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qb5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27.
Qg4 Qc4 28. Qxg5 Qxd5 29. f4 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Re2 Rxe2 (31... Qd3) 32. Kxe2
Qxb2+ 33. Kf3 Qd4 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. Kxd4
Kf5 39. Ke3 Kg4 40. Ke4 f5+ 41. Ke3 f4+ 42. Ke2 g5 43. Kf2 h5 44. h3+ Kf5 45.
g3 Ke4 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. h4 f3 48. Kg3 Ke3 49. Kh2 Ke2 50. Kg3 f2 51. Kh2 f1=Q
52. Kg3 Qf6 53. Kg2 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Leou-On, Tien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "970"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 Nf6 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 Rg6 7. Qh4 dxe4 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nf4 Rg4 13. Qh6 Bd4 14. Bb2 Ng8
15. Qxh7 Qg5 16. g3 Bf5 17. Qh3 Bxf2+ 18. Ke2 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Bg4+ 20. Kxf2 Qxf4+
21. Ke1 Bxh3 22. Bxh3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "970"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ne5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bf4 Nxe4 9. Bxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Kf1 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Qg5 13. Nf3 Qg6 14.
Rg1 b6 15. Bd5 Ba6+ 16. c4 c6 17. Nh4 Qd3+ 18. Ke1 cxd5 19. Qb2 Qe4+ 20. Kd1
Qxh4 21. Re1 Qg4+ 22. f3 Qg6 23. Qa3 Bxc4 24. Bc7+ Qe6 25. Rxe6+ fxe6 26. Bxb6
Kf7 27. Bd4 Rab8 28. Qd6 Rb7 29. Qf4+ Ke8 30. Bxg7 Rb4 31. Qf7+ $4 Kxf7 32.
Bxh8 Bxa2 33. Bc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.52"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "772"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Nxd8 7. Nxe5 Bb4
8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc7 a5 14.
Rab1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Rb8 Rxb8 18. Bxb8 Ra8 19. Bc7 Nf6 20. f3
Rc8 21. Rd1 h6 22. Bxa5 Ra8 23. Bb4 (23. Rd8+) 23... Rxa2 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. e5
Nh5 26. Rc8 Nf4 27. g3 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Rxc2 29. Rxc6 {Diagram #} Nd4 $1 30. Rc4
Rc1+ (30... Nxf3) 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Ke4 g6 34. Rc7 Kg7 35. e6 Re2+
36. Kd5 Rxe6 37. Rc6 Ne3+ 38. Kc5 Nc2 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Kd6 Kf7 41. Kd7 Kf6 42.
Bd6 Ne3 43. Bf4 Nd5 44. c4 Nb6+ 45. Kc6 Nxc4 {and the game was later drawn.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.51"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "768"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Ngf6 7. Bg5 Ne5 8.
Bb3 c5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4
Rd2 15. f4 {Remaining moves unavailable} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "970"]
[BlackElo "1132"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8.
Be3 Be7 9. d4 Bf6 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O O-O 14. f4
Bd6 15. Nb5 Re8 16. Nxd6 Rxe3 17. Nc4 Re2 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "966"]
[BlackElo "1168"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Na4 Nxe4 14. Re1 d5 15. c4
bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Bc2 Bb5 19. Ng5 $2 Bxg5 20. Qh5 h6 21. Be5
Nc6 22. Bg3 Qf6 23. Qg4 g6 24. f4 h5 (24... Qxc3) 25. Qxg5 Qxg5 26. fxg5 Rac8
27. a4 Bc4 28. Rab1 Rb8 29. Bxb8 Nxb8 30. Bb3 Bd3 31. Rb2 a5 32. Rc1 Nd7 33.
Rd2 Nc5 34. Bc2 Bc4 35. Bd1 Bb3 36. Re2 Bxa4 37. Bxa4 Nxa4 38. Ra2 Nb6 39. Rxa5
Nc4 40. Ra4 f5 41. gxf6 Rxf6 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. h4 Rf8 44. Ra7+ Rf7 45. Ra6 Rf6
46. Rb1 Nd6 $4 47. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Batzel, Grant"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 g6 10. O-O b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. e4 Rc8 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Qb3 Nb8 16. a3 Re8 17. Bb1 Re7 18. Ba2 Rec7 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Rcd1 Rc4 21.
Nb5 Nf8 22. Nxa7 Ra8 23. Nb5 Rac8 24. Nc3 Ne6 25. Qb5 Bc6 26. Qb3 Bb7 27. Qc2
R4c7 28. g3 h5 29. Rxe6 $1 {
is winning, but went on to lose. Remaining moves are unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Batzel, Grant"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. a4 Nf6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Qc8 7. h3 Bxe2 8. Qxe2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bh2 Bb4 12. Qxc4 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. e5 g6 15.
Ne4 Nb6 16. Qc1 Ng7 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Batzel, Grant"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qc2 a6 9. Bd3 g6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Ba2 b6 13. b4 Nc6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Rc1 Bg7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Neg5 Qf6 18. Qe4 Nd8 19. Qd3 Bh6 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Bb1
Bg7 22. Nfd2 Qd5 23. Rc2 f5 24. Ba2 fxe4 25. Bxd5 exd3 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Rc3
Nd6 28. Rxd3 Rf7 29. Rc1 c6 30. e4 Bh6 31. e5 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Nf5 33. a4 Rfc7 34.
f4 Ne7 35. Kf2 Nd5 36. Kf3 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Batzel, Grant"]
[Black "Robertson, Guy R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Re8 8.
O-O-O c6 9. e4 b6 10. g4 a6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 h5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bb7
15. Qxd7 Qxd7 16. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.47"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Ben Brahim, Asma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "634"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Ba6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Ne5 $2 Nxc3 14. Qf3
Qe7 $2 (14... Qd6) 15. Nxc6 Qg5 16. Nxb8 Rxb8 17. e4 Rb5 $2 (17... Nxe4) 18.
Qxc3 Qf4 19. a4 Rb6 20. a5 Rb5 21. Qc6 $1 Kf8 22. Qxa6 Rb4 23. exd5 Rxd4 24.
Qc8+ Ke7 25. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Bender, Karina Lar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "721"]
[BlackElo "707"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Bg4 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Qd1 d5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. Kd1 Nxd2
15. Kxd2 dxe4 16. Rhd1 exd3 17. cxd3 Bxf2 18. g4 Bh4 19. Kc2 Bg5 20. Re1 Re8
21. Rad1 Qd4 22. a4 Qf2+ 23. Re2 Qf3 24. b4 e4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "721"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. e3 Bd7
9. Na3 Rc8 10. Nb5 a6 11. Na3 Bd6 12. c4 Qe7 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxa3 15.
Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. c5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
cxd6 Rc5 22. f4 exf3 23. Rae1 Bc6 24. d7 Rd8 25. b4 Rc2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2
Rxd7 {and Black soon won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1127"]
[BlackElo "936"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. c4 c6 5. c5 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. b4 a6 8. a3 Re8
9. Na4 Nbd7 10. e3 b5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Qc2
h5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd7 18. h3 Bf6 19. Rd1 a5 20. O-O axb4 21. axb4 Ra4
22. Rb1 Qa8 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 g6 25. Qh4 e5 26. Rfd1 exd4 27. Rxd4 Bf5 28.
e4 Ra1 {White is winning but Black successfully held the draw. Remaining moves
unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.45"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "543"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. b4
Bb6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Nd6 Bc7 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. e4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh5 Bxc3 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. e5 g6 20. Qf3 Bxe5 21.
Rce1 Bg7 22. Re3 Qd7 23. Qf4 e5 24. Qg5 f5 25. Rh3 Qd8 26. Qg3 e4 27. Be2 Qe7
28. f3 Rae8 29. f4 d4 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qh3+ Bh6 {
and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "796"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nb5 Na6 8. O-O
c6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Ne5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Bxc2 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rae1 f6
15. Nf3 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. Nh4 Bg4 18. e4 Nc7 19. exd5 exd5 20. b4 Bb6 21. a4
a6 22. a5 Ba7 23. h3 Bh5 24. Re3 Qd7 25. Qa2 Bxd4 26. Rd3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Bf7 28.
Qc2 Rfe8 29. Rd1 Nb5 30. Rc5 Qe7 31. Bf3 Na3 32. Qc3 Nc4 33. Bg4 Rcd8 34. Nf3
Ne5 35. Nh2 Nxg4 36. Nxg4 Bh5 37. Rf1 Bxg4 38. hxg4 Qe4 39. f3 Qe3+ 40. Kg2
Qxc3 41. Rxc3 Re2+ 42. Kh3 Kf7 43. f4 Rde8 44. g5 f5 45. g4 R8e3+ 46. Rf3 Rxf3+
47. Rxf3 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Re4 49. Rb3 Ke6 50. Kh5 Kf5 51. Kh4 Rxf4+ 52. Kg3 Kxg5
53. Kh3 g6 54. Rg3+ Kf5 55. Re3 h5 56. Re7 Rxb4 57. Rf7+ Ke6 58. Rg7 Kf6 59.
Rg8 c5 60. Rf8+ Kg7 61. Rc8 c4 62. Rc7+ Kf6 63. Rc8 d4 64. Rf8+ Kg5 65. Re8
Rb3+ 66. Kg2 Kf4 67. Re2 c3 68. Kf2 Rb2 69. Ke1 Rxe2+ 70. Kxe2 Ke4 71. Kd1 d3
72. Kc1 Ke3 73. Kd1 d2 74. Kc2 Ke2 75. Kxc3 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "796"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nge2 Nfd7 10. Qc2 $2 {Black to play and win an important pawn.} Nxd3+
11. Qxd3 Ne5 12. Qc2 Nxc4 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. b3 Ne5 15. O-O b5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17.
Rfd1 $2 (17. Rac1) 17... b4 18. f4 $2 (18. Na4) 18... Rb8 $4 (18... Bxc3 $19)
19. fxe5 bxc3 20. Qxc3 dxe5 21. Qxc5 Bg4 22. Rd2 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Nc3 b5
25. a3 Rfc8 26. Na2 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Re1 Rc2 29. Rxc2 Bxc2 30. Rxe5 Bxb3
31. Nb4 Bc4 32. Rxe7 Ra8 33. h3 Rf8 (33... Rxa3 34. d6 $18) 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. d6
Rxa3 $2 (35... Rd8 36. d7 Be6 37. Rxb5 Bxd7 $16) 36. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "634"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nbd7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 $4 {Diagram [#]}
7. Nb5 $1 $18 Qb6 8. Nc7+ Ke7 9. Nxa8 Qxb2 10. O-O c4 11. Bg5 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Qb4
13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. e4 Qd6 15. c4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qh4+ f6 18. c5 Qb8 19.
Rae1 Kd8 20. Rxe6 Bg7 21. Qh5 Qxa8 22. Qf7 Bf8 23. Rd6 Kc7 24. Qe8 Qb8 25. d5
Bxd6 26. cxd6+ Kxd6 27. Qxh8 Qc7 28. Nd4 Ke5 29. Qe8+ Kxd4 30. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1127"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. a3 b6 6. b4 Be7 7. c5 O-O 8. Bb5 Bd7
9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qf3 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Bc6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Ng3 e5 19. Bb2 e4 20. Qf4 Bb5 21. Nh5 Re6
22. Qg4 Qc6 23. Nf4 Re7 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. g4 g6 26. Qh3 Qe8 27. g5 Bd7 28. Qg3
Bg7 29. Nxd5 Bf5 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. f4 exf3 32. h4 Qe4 33. Qf4 Qb7 34. Bc3 Qb3
35. Qxc7 Rb8 36. Reb1 Bxb1 37. Bb4 Rxb4 38. axb4 Qxb4 39. Qg3 Be4 40. Rf1 Qd2
41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 f5 43. Rc1 Bc6 44. d5 Bxd5 45. c6 Be5 46. c7 Bxc7 47.
Rxc7 Kf8 48. Ra7 Be4 49. Rxa6 Ke8 50. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "823"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 a5 13. a4 Na6 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 Nb4 16. f4 Rad8 17. e3 d5 18. b3 c5 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Rfd1
dxc4 22. bxc4 cxd4 23. exd4 Nc6 24. Rb1 Nxd4 25. Kh1 Rd6 26. Ne3 Qf7 27. Rdb2
Qb7+ 28. Ng2 Nf3 29. Rf2 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 R8d3 31. Qb2 R3d2 32. Qa1 Ne1 33. Rg1
Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "634"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Bd2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 c6 8. b4
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qh4 14. g3 Qxe4
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Re1 Qg4 17. Kf1 Qh3+ 18. Ke2 Re8+ 19. Kd3 Bf5+ 20. Kc3 Ne4+ 21.
Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Kb2 Qh5 23. Kc1 Bg4 24. h3 Bxf3 25. g4 Qe5 26. Qf1 Qxa1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Rhizor, Jared"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "543"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O b6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Re8 9. Re1 e5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. c3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. f3 Nb3 $1
15. Rb1 (15. Qxb3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. fxe4 Qh4 18. h3 Qg3 $19) 15... Nxd2
16. Qxd2 c5 17. b3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Re2 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1127"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e5 2. e3 e4 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. f3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Bd2 Na6
9. a3 Be6 10. Nh3 h6 11. Nf2 O-O 12. f4 Bf7 13. h3 Be7 14. O-O-O Nh5 15. Qe1
Ng3 16. Rg1 Bh4 17. Ne2 Bh5 18. Ng4 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 fxg4 20. hxg4 Bf7 21. g3 Bf6
22. Rh1 c5 23. c3 cxd4 24. exd4 Rc8 25. Qh2 Bxd4 26. Kb1 Nc5 27. Ba2 e3 28. Bc1
Bf6 29. g5 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Qe2 Rce8 32. Rde1 Bg6+ 33. Ka1 Be4 34. Rh2
Nd3 35. Bxd5+ Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "721"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. a3 e6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. e3 Bxf4 7. exf4 Nge7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg6 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 Bxf5 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Nxd4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Qh4 17. Qf3 Nd4 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Nxc2 20. Re2
Nd4 21. Rd2 c5 22. b4 b6 {Black later won. The remaining moves are unavailable.
} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "796"]
[BlackElo "1415"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O e5 12. e4 Bg4 13. d5 Bxf3 14. dxc6 Qg5
15. g3 Qg4 16. Bc2 Bxe4 17. f3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 bxc6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Raf1 f5 21.
Qd2 Kg7 22. Qc3 Rae8 23. Rf4 Qg5 24. h4 Qf6 25. R4f2 e4 26. Qe3 Qxb2 27. Qxa7
Qb6 28. Qxb6 cxb6 29. Ba4 b5 30. cxb5 Ra8 31. Bb3 cxb5 32. Bd5 Ra5 33. Bxe4 h5
34. Bd3 Ra3 35. Rd1 b4 36. Rb2 Rc8 37. Kf2 Rcc3 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Rc2 Rxc2+ 40.
Bxc2 Rxa2 41. Rxd6+ Ke5 42. Rd2 b3 43. Bxb3 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 f4 45. Ke2 fxg3 46.
Kf3 g2 47. Kxg2 Kf4 48. Kh3 g5 49. Bf7 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ne4 10. Be5 Nxc5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Qb3
Qa6 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ne4 Rab8 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. a3 c5 20. Rfd1 Qb7
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxb2 23. Qxe7 Rb3 24. Ra1 a5 25. h3 a4 26. e4 Rb7 27.
Qc5 Re8 28. Qc6 Rbe7 29. f3 Qb3 30. Kh1 Re6 31. Qd7 R6e7 32. Qd4 Rc7 33. Rdb1
Qc2 34. Rb4 Qe2 35. Rxa4 Rc2 36. Rg1 h5 37. Ra7 Rd2 38. Qf6 Rf8 39. Qe7 Qf2 40.
a4 h4 41. a5 Re2 42. Qc7 Rc2 43. Qd7 Rd2 44. Qc7 Rc2 45. Qb6 Qxb6 46. axb6 Rb2
47. Ra5 Rxb6 48. Rg5 Kg7 49. Rg4 Rh8 50. Rd1 Rb7 51. Rd4 f6 52. f4 Rb1+ 53. Kh2
Re8 54. Rxh4 Re7 55. Rg4 Re1 56. f5 g5 57. h4 Rb7 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Rc4 Kf6 60.
Rc6+ Ke5 61. Re6+ Kd4 62. f6 Rbb1 63. Rxg5 Rh1+ 64. Kg3 Rb3+ 65. Kg4 Rh2 66.
Kf5 Rh1 67. Kg6 Rb8 68. f7 Rbh8 69. Kf6 R1h6+ 70. Ke7 R6h7 71. e5 Ra8 72. Rd6+
Ke4 73. e6 Ra7+ 74. Rd7 Ra1 75. Ke8 Ra8+ 76. Rd8 Rh8+ 77. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qc5 13. b3 O-O-O 14.
Bb2 Bf5 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Bd4 Rxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd6 (18... Qxa1 $4 19.
Qe8#) 19. Nd2 Bd3 20. Qe1 Qxf4 21. Nf3 Be4 22. Qe2 g5 23. Re1 f5 24. Qb2 Rf8
25. Qg7 g4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Harmon, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 h6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nf3 c6 7. h3 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Be7 15.
Ne1 Nf8 16. f4 g6 17. Nf3 Kh7 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Raf1 a6 20. g4 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5
22. f5 Qc8 23. fxg6+ Nxg6 24. Qd2 Bf8 25. Nh2 Re7 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. R7f6 Kh7
28. Qd3 Qe8 29. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. b4 b6 8. c5 a5
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 axb4 11. axb4 Nc6 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qb3 bxc5 14. bxc5 Rb8
15. Qa3 e5 16. Nge2 exd4 17. exd4 Na5 18. O-O Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. f3 Bc6 21.
Qxa8 Bxa8 22. Bc1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Nc3 c6 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Be3 Be6 27. Rc1
f5 28. g3 Bf6 29. Ne2 Kf7 30. Kf2 g5 31. Rd1 Ra8 32. Bd2 Ra2 33. Bc3 Bd5 34.
Ke3 g4 35. fxg4 fxg4 36. Bd2 Bg5+ 37. Nf4 Kf6 38. Bc1 Kf5 39. Bd2 Be4 40. Rc1
h5 41. d5 (41. Rxc4 h4) 41... Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qb3 c6 14. Qd1 Nf6
15. Ne2 b5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qa5 21.
Ne2 Qb4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Bg3 b4 25. Ne2 Qxa2 26. f4 Qa5 27. f5 Qd8
28. Rf1 Bd6 29. f6 Bxg3 30. Nxg3 Qd7 31. Qd2 a5 32. e4 {
Black's resignation is premature! After} (32. e4 {Black has} Kh8 {meeting} 33.
Qh6 Rg8 34. Rf4 {threatening Qxh7+ with} g5 $1 {Black is very much in the game.
}) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 b6
9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 Na6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Nb7 16. O-O Qe7 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Rfc1 Rfa8 19. Rb2 Nh5 20. Rcb1 Ra3 21. Ra2 Nf4
22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Qc1 Qg5 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxc3 27. Bxg5
Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 c5 29. b5 f5 30. Bb2 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Na5 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Rb4 Kf7
34. Kg1 Kf6 35. Kf2 Bf5 36. Bxf5 Kxf5 37. Ke2 g5 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. Rb2 h5 40.
Re2+ Kf5 41. Kxd4 Nb3+ 42. Kc3 Nc5 43. Re8 g4 44. Rf8+ Kg5 45. f4+ Kg6 46. f5+
Kg5 47. Kd4 h4 48. f6 Nd7 49. Rg8+ Kxf6 50. Rxg4 h3 51. g3 Ne5 52. Rf4+ Kg5 53.
Rf8 Kh5 54. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Pan, Hongkai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. Qf3 Bb4 7. Qg3 Nd7 8. Qxg7
Qf6 9. Qg3 Ne7 10. Nge2 Rg8 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. O-O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Bxc3 14. Nxc3
Bb7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bg2 a6 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Ne4 Qg7 19. Qa3 Nd5 20. Nc5 Qf8
21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Re5 Qe7 23. Rxd5 $6 (23. f5 $1) 23... cxd5 $2 (23... exd5)
24. Re1 Qd6 25. Re5 Kb8 {Diagram [#]} 26. Qe3 (26. f5 $1 exf5 27. Re7) 26...
Bc8 27. Rh5 Rg7 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Kc7 30. Kd2 a5 31. f4 b4 32. Rh6 Kc6 33.
a3 (33. f5) 33... c3+ $2 (33... Kc7) 34. bxc3 bxa3 35. Kc2 a4 36. Nxa4 Kb5 37.
Nc5 Kc4 38. Nb3 Bd7 39. Nd2+ Kb5 40. Kb3 a2 41. Kxa2 Ka4 42. Rf6 Bb5 43. f5 $1
exf5 44. Rxf5 Bd3 45. Rf6 h5 46. Rf4 Bg6 47. Nb3 Rg8 48. Rf6 Kb5 49. Kb2 Kc4
50. Rc6+ Kd3 51. Nc5+ Kd2 52. Nd7 Rd8 53. Rc7 Bf5 54. Nc5 Bg6 55. Rb7 Ra8 56.
Rb5 Be4 57. Rb7 Bg6 58. Nb3+ Ke3 59. Rd7 Kf2 60. Rxd5 Kg2 61. e6 fxe6 62. Rg5
Be4 63. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Qa5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. h3 Nb6 12. d5 e6 13. e4 e5 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. Ba5
Bf6 16. Qb3 Bd8 17. Nc3 Nf4 18. Rfd1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 f5 20. Nd2 fxe4 21. Ndxe4
Bd7 22. Re1 Rf4 23. g3 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Ba4 25. Bxb6 Bxb3 26. Bxc7 Bc2 27. Rc3
Bxe4 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Ne2 c5 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Re8 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rae1 b5 14. Ng3 bxc4
15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. c4 a6 18. Bc6 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. h3
Ne8 22. f4 f6 23. Rf3 Qd7 24. Ref1 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ra7 26. Bh2 Kh8 27. Rb3 Nc8
28. Rbf3 Nb6 29. Qd3 Nc8 30. Ne3 Qe7 31. Ng4 Rg8 32. Ne3 Nb6 33. Nf5 Qd8 34. g4
g5 35. Qc3 Rg6 36. Kh1 h6 37. Bxd6 Nxd6 38. Nxd6 Na4 39. Qb3 Nb6 40. Nf5 Nd7
41. Ng3 Ne5 42. Rf5 Qd6 43. Nh5 Rf7 44. Qc3 Kg8 45. Kg2 Nd7 46. R1f2 Ne5 47.
Qg3 Kf8 48. Rf1 Nxc4 49. Qxd6+ Nxd6 50. Rxf6 Rgxf6 51. Nxf6 Kg7 52. e5 Nc4 53.
Re1 Rb7 54. Nh5+ Kf7 55. d6 Ke6 56. Rc1 Nxe5 57. Rxc5 Kxd6 58. Ra5 Rb6 59. Ng3
Nc4 60. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Schegerin, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. Nc4 Bd7 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Ne2 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. f3
Qg5 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Rab1 Rb4 24. b3 Qg3 25. Qd2 g5 26. Bc2 g4 27. fxg4 Bxg4 28.
Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 Be2 30. Nd6 Be5 31. Nxe8 Bxf4 32. Re1 Bh5 33. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Be7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Be3 a6 6. Nf3 g5 7. h3 Nf8 8. Bd3 Ng6
9. g3 c6 10. Qc2 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. d5 {the text and White's next two moves
are an excellent way of punishing Black's early queenside advance.} e5 13. b4
Bd7 14. a4 $1 bxa4 15. Nxa4 {White has a large advantage.} Rb8 16. Qd2 ({
Why not the immediate} 16. Bxa6 $2) 16... g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nh2 Bd7 19. Bxa6
h5 20. Nf3 Nf6 21. Bd3 Ng4 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh4 $6 (23. Nh4 Nf8 24. Be3) 23...
Kf7 24. Ke2 Qe8 25. Nb2 Rb7 26. Nc4 Qb8 27. Rhb1 Rc8 28. Na3 $2 (28. Na5 $1)
28... Bd8 29. Ba6 $4 {Diagram [#]} Qa7 $1 30. Nc4 Qxf2+ 31. Kd1 Qxf3+ 32. Qe2
Qc3 33. Nxd6+ Kg7 34. Bd3 Nf2+ 35. Qxf2 Qxd3+ 36. Qd2 Qf1+ 37. Qe1 Bg4+ 38. Kd2
Qg2+ 39. Kd3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. e4 fxe4 7. f3 e5 8. Qe2
d6 9. fxe4 Nd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Qc2 g5 12. Be3 Qf6 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Rf1 Qg7 15.
O-O-O Nb6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Ng6 19. g3 Bh3 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Ka1
Rhf8 22. Rb1 Rf6 23. Na5 Rdf8 24. Rb5 Bf1 25. Reb1 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Rf3 27. Nb3 (
27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Qc7 29. Rb5 b6 30. Nc6 Ne7 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Rxb6 Qa7
$17) 27... R8f7 28. Nd2 R3f6 29. Qd1 Qh3 30. a4 Kb8 31. a5 Nc8 32. Qb3 Qd7 33.
Qa3 Qd8 34. a6 b6 35. Nb3 Rf1 36. Bc1 Ka8 37. Be3 Qd7 38. Nd2 Rxb1+ 39. Rxb1
Nce7 40. Qb3 Kb8 41. Qb5 Kc7 42. Qb3 Qh3 43. Qa4 Rf8 44. Nb3 Qd7 45. Qa2 Qg4
46. Bxc5 dxc5 47. Nxc5 bxc5 48. Qa5+ Kd6 49. Rb7 Rf1+ 50. Ka2 Qe2+ 51. Rb2
Qxc4+ 52. Rb3 Rf8 53. Ka3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. a4 Rfb8 14. Ra3 Qb4
15. Re1 Ng4 16. Na2 Qb7 17. b3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. b4 Nc4 21.
Rd3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxa4 23. Nc3 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Qc4 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Re3 Bd4 27.
Rd3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxe4+ 29. f3 Qe5 30. h4 Rb4 31. Kh3 h5 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. fxg4
Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. h5 Rxd5 36. Kh4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Nb6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 bxc5 14. bxc5 a5 15.
Rab1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qa7 19. Rb2 Rc8 20. Rfb1 Bd8 21. g4
h6 22. h4 Qa8 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Ne4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Nxg5 27. Rb8 Rxb8
28. Rxb8 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxe5 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. dxe5 Rb8 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Nb6 Bd8
34. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Smith, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Bb7 6. f3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxe7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. e4 g6
15. Qe3 Rac8 16. a4 Kg7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Rb2 Nd7 19. a5 c4 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Rba2 Ra8 23. Ng3 Rfe8 24. Qg5 f6 25. Nh5+ Kf8 26. Qxf6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+
Kxf7 28. Rxa7+ Re7 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 31. Nf4 Nb6 32. Kf2 Ba4 33.
Bxa4 Nxa4 34. Ne2 Nb2 35. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Sun, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Re8 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bd2
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Rf3 Qe7 21. Bc3 c4
22. Bxc4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Ree8 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Ng3 h5 27. f5 h4 28.
Nf1 g5 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. b3 Rbc8 31. Ne3 Be5+ 32. Kh1 f6 33. Nc4 Red8 34. Nxe5
dxe5 35. d6 Kf8 36. Be4 Bc6 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rfd3 Ke8 39. b4 Kd7 40. Rd5 Rdc8
41. Kh2 Rc1 42. b5 Rxd1 43. Rxd1 axb5 44. Rd5 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "952"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 N5f6 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rfe1 Qb4
15. Qc2 h6 16. a3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 {
White later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3
Be6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. b3 c6 12. Nge2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. O-O Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 a6 20. h3 Ne5 21. Bxe5
fxe5 22. Rcd1 Rac8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Kf7 26. Kf2 Ke7 27.
Ke3 b5 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. Ne3 Bh6 30. Nc2 a5 31. Ne1 b4 32. Ng1 Bc8 33. Ngf3 Ba6+
34. Kc2 Bf4 35. Nd3 Bb7 36. Nxf4 exf4 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Ng5 Ba6+ 39. Kd2 Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "554"]
[BlackElo "1127"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 Be7
9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Ndxe7 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Bd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nd4 16. Qe4 Nxc2 17. Rac1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Bb5 c6 5. Ba4 b5 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Ne2
e6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nfxd4 c5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Ba4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Ne5 Be7 15.
Bg5 O-O 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nf4 Qc7 18. Ned3 c4 19. O-O cxd3 20. Nxd3 Rad8 21. c3
Ba6 22. Bc2 bxc3 23. Qf3 cxb2 24. Rab1 Qxc2 25. Rxb2 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Black "Pasko, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "554"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nd5 d6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxf6+ Kh8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. c4
f6 15. Nh4 Qe8 16. Nf5 Rd8 17. Qg4 Rg8 18. h4 h5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Ne3 f5 21. Nd5
Qf7 22. Qg5 Qg7 23. Nf6 Rgf8 24. Nd5 Rd7 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Qe3 g5 27. hxg5 Rxg5
28. g3 h4 29. Kg2 Rf5 30. Rh1 Rdf7 31. Rxh4+ Kg8 32. Rah1 Rxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+
34. Kxf2 Qf7+ 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. R1h7+ Ke6 38. Re7+ Kf5 39. Rf8+ Kg4
40. Ne3+ Kh5 41. Rh8+ Kg5 42. g4 Kf4 43. Kf2 Qxd3 44. Rf8+ Ke4 45. Rf3 Qd2+ 46.
Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh3 Kxf3 48. Ng2 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 Kd8 7. Qd5 f6 8.
g3 Qg4 9. Be2 Qe6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Qxe6 dxe6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Rfd1+ Bd7 14. Bg4
f5 15. exf5 Bd6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rxd6 Nc8 18. Bg5+ Kc7 19. Nb5+ Kb6 20. Rxd7
Kxb5 21. Be2+ Ka4 22. Rxb7 Nb6 23. b3+ Kb4 24. c3+ Ka5 25. a4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qd2 (7. cxd5) (
7. Nd2) 7... Bb4 8. Rc1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc2
12. Rxc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7) 11. bxc3 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 (13... h6
14. Nf3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ke7) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. c4 h6 16. Nf3 Be6 (16... dxc4 17.
Bxc4 Ke7 (17... a5) 18. Ke2 Be6) 17. c5 Ke7 (17... Kd7) 18. O-O (18. Ke2) 18...
a5 19. Rb1 Ra7 20. Rcb2 Rb8 21. Ne5 Bd7 22. Rb6 a4 23. Ba6 a3 24. Bd3 a2 25.
Ra1 Ne4 (25... Rba8) 26. f3 Nf6 27. Kf2 Rba8 28. Bc2 g6 29. g4 h5 30. h3 Bc8
31. Rb2 Nd7 32. Nd3 f6 33. Bb3 Ra3 34. Nb4 {
Both players stopped keeping score. White eventually won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Qb6 7. Nh3 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd4 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Bd2
Qf6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Rfe1 Ncb4 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Ng3
Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nf1 Rc2 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rcc1 25. Be2 Bd3 26.
Qe8+ Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 (27... f6 $19) 28. Nc3 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 Ne8 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bf6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Bf5 18. Qd2 Ng7 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Na3 Bxe5 21. Rxe5
b4 22. Qe3 bxa3 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Bg5 Qg6 25. h4 axb2 26. Rb1 f4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. c4 Bc5 3. Ne2 Nc6 (3... Qf6 4. f3) (3... Qh4 4. Ng3 Qf6) 4. g3 Nf6
5. Bg2 Nd4 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6 8. Nbc3 c6 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 h6 11. f4 Ba7
12. e5 Nh7 13. b4 d5 14. c5 Bg4 15. Bb2 b5 16. Bxd4 f5 17. Qd2 Bb8 18. a4 Bc7
19. Nc3 Bh5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qb2 Bf7 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Ra1 Qb8 24. Ra6 Be8 25.
Qa1 Bd7 26. Nxd5 Be6 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxc6 g5 29. Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. f4 Nd7 14. e4 Qc7 15. Bd2
Re8 16. Rae1 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. f5 Nf6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 {
Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Ne2 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nbc3 Bg7 7. O-O h5 8. f4 Nh6
9. Nd5 Be6 10. d3 h4 11. Nec3 hxg3 12. hxg3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bd4+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+
15. Nxe3 Qg5 16. Ned5 Qxg3 17. Rf3 Qe5 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 Nd4
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Bender, Karina Lar"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "707"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O h6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Bb3 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Bc6 19. Re3 Rc8 20. Bb3 Nxb3 21.
Rbxb3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxc1+ {and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Bender, Karina Lar"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "707"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Bg5 Ngf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 Bh7 14. Qd2 Bf4
15. Qe2 g5 16. Bd3 gxh4 17. Nxh4 Kh8 18. Bxh7 Nxh7 19. Qd3 Ndf6 20. Rae1 Rg8
21. Kh1 Rg4 22. Nf3 Rag8 23. Nd2 Rh4 24. Kg1 Rhg4 25. Kh1 h5 26. Rg1 Rh4 27.
Nf3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Rxg3 29. Qe2 Rxf3 30. g3 $2 (30. gxf3) 30... Rxg3 31. Rxg3
Qxg3 32. Rg1 Qf4 33. Qg2 Ng4 34. Rf1 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Rf2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2
Qxf2+ 38. Kh3 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Bender, Karina Lar"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "707"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 {Jerry should soon be receiving an all-expenses paid trip
to Riga for his advocacy of the Latvian!} 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qf6 5. Ng4 Qe6 6.
Be2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. d3 $1 {Strong and logical play by Karina. White opens the
game to exploit Black's lack of development.} h5 9. Ne3 d4 10. Bxh5+ g6 {
Diagram [#]} 11. Be2 $2 (11. Bg4 $1 {and Black is busted.}) 11... dxc3 12. bxc3
Qe5 $1 13. g3 Nf6 14. d4 Qe6 15. f3 Qh3 16. Kf2 (16. Rf2 Bd6) 16... Qxh2+ 17.
Ng2 exf3 18. Bxf3 Be7 19. Bf4 O-O $4 (19... Qh3 $19) 20. Rh1 $1 Ng4+ 21. Bxg4
Rxf4+ 22. gxf4 ({The sacrifice did not have to be accepted.} 22. Bf3 $1 {
and the queen is still trapped.}) 22... Bh4+ 23. Ke3 Qg3+ 24. Qf3 $2 (24. Kd2
Qxg2+ 25. Qe2 $14) 24... Bxg4 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 $11 26. Rag1 $4 (26. Kd3 Nd7 27.
Ne3) 26... Nd7 27. Nh4 Re8+ 28. Kd2 Bxf4+ 29. Kd3 Be2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e3
Bd7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. O-O Bb4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. N4f5+
Kf8 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 a6 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Ncxe5 Ke7 $4 23. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Qc8 12. Kh2 a5 13. Qc2 g5 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. Nxc7
Qxc7 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qc2 e4+ 18. Kg1 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Be2 f4 21. Bd4 f3
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Bxh3 25. Rfe1 Qf4 26. Qe4 Rf8 27. Qxb7
Qxf3 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Rd1 Bxb2 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. a4 Ba3 33. Ra7
Bc5 34. Ra6+ Kh5 35. Rd2 Bc8 36. Rc6 Rg3+ 37. Kf1 Bh3+ 38. Ke1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. Qc2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Qe2 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Ncb5 Be5 20. Qf3 a6
21. Nc3 Rac8 22. a3 b5 23. b4 Rc4 24. Nce2 Rdc8 25. g3 Qf6 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27.
Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. Kg2 h5 30. h3 Kf8 31. Kf1 Bc8 32. h4 Bg4 33. Rc2
Bxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Bxd4 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kd2 Kd5 39. Ke3
f6 40. f3 g5 41. hxg5 fxg5 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. gxf4 h4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Snead, Tal McCarty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "317"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Kh8 13. e4 Kg8 14. e5 Re8
15. Qd2 Kf8 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qxh6+ Ke7 18. Qxf6+ Kd7 19. Ne5+ Kc7 20. Qxf7+
Bd7 21. Bxd8+ Rexd8 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Qxd7+ Kb8 24. Qxe8+ Kc7 25. Qd7+ Kb6 26.
Rab1+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Bd2
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Na6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Be1 Bd6 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Qf3 e5 20. Ne4 Nbd5 21.
Nxa5 exd4 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. exd4 Qd6 25. Qh3 Rd8 $4 (25... Re8
$11) 26. Nxb7 ({
The resignation is warranted although Black could have struggled for awhile.} 
26. Nxb7 Qf4 27. Ra1 Rb8 28. Nc5 {with the point that} Qxd4 {is met by} 29. Na6
) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Stearman, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. Qc2 e5 10. d5 c6 11. Rd1 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. b4 Na6 14. a3 Qd7 15. O-O
Rac8 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Ne6 Rfe8 21. Bxh6 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Re7 23. Qg6+ Rg7 24. Nxg7 Qxg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nb5 fxe4 27. Nxd6
Rb8 28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. d6 Rd7 30. Rfe1 Kf7 31. Rxe4 Ke6 32. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Bertot, German"]
[Black "Tungkitkancharoen, Songtham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qc2 Nxc4 9. e3 Ngxe5 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. O-O c6 12. b3 Na3 13. Qd3 h6 14. Rfd1
O-O 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nb5 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Nd4
a6 21. Kf1 Rb8 22. Ke2 b6 23. Rc7 Kf8 24. f4 Re7 25. Kd2 g6 26. Nf3 Re6 {
and White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Bhattacharjee, Shi"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 (5. Bh4) 5... Qxf6 (5... Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Qxf6) 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4
Bc7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Re1 b6 14. Bd3 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nh5 Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Qh4 19. g3 Qg5 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qxa8 Qxh5 22. Be2 Qg5 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. Qxa7
Be5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Kh1 Be3 27. Bf3 f4 28. Rd3 Bf2 29. gxf4 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qxc4
31. Rdd1 Rxf3 32. Rc1 Qe4 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Qa8 {Diagram [#]} Rg3+ $4 (34... d5
35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Rf7#) 35. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Bhattacharjee, Shi"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "768"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 e4 5. Ng5 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Ngxe4 Nxc3 8.
Nxc3 Bc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. e3 Re8 12. Bc4 Ne5 13. d3 Ng4 14. Nd5 Bxe3
15. Nxe3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rxe3+ 17. Kf2 Qe7 18. Re1 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Qf6+ 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Qxf7+ Kh6 23. Qxf6+ Kh5 24. Bf7+ Kg4 25. h3# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Bhattacharjee, Shi"]
[Black "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Nfd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Na6 10. O-O-O c5 11. f4 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qc6 13. Kb1 O-O-O $4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bhattacharjee, Shiva"]
[Black "Dovchin, Lasran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 f6 5. d4 d6 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 b6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. a3 e6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bc4 Nce7 16. Rd1 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18. e4 a6 19. Bc4 Kc7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 a5 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Nd4 Kb7 24. Ne6 Rd7 25. Nxc5+ bxc5 26. Rxc5 Ra6 27. Rc1
Qd8 28. Rb5+ Rb6 29. Rxb6+ Qxb6 30. Qc8+ Ka7 31. Be3 Qxe3 32. Qxd7+ Ka6 33.
fxe3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be3 e6 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. a3
a5 15. Qd2 a4 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc2 Qb8 19. Ne2 b5 20. c5 Nd5 21.
Nc3 N7f6 22. Re5 h6 23. Nd2 Ng4 24. Rh5 Ndf6 25. Rh4 Rxd4 26. Nde4 Rxd1+ 27.
Qxd1 Qd8 28. Nd6 Ne5 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Qe2 Ned7 31. Nce4 Nd5 32. Nb7 Rb8 33. Na5
Rc8 34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Qc2 N7f6 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Qd2 Ra7 38. b4 axb3 39. Nxb3 Rxa3
40. Nc1 Qa7 {and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. h4 h5 15.
gxh5 f5 16. Bd3 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bf6 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Rh2 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rxh5 22. Rc3 Rc5 23. Rhh3 d5 24. Qe3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Nf3
Qc7 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. h5 Rd4 31. Qf2 Rf4 32. Qg1 Qf5 33. Rh1 Rf2
34. Qd1 Qh7 35. h6 Rf6 36. Qd3 Rg6 37. Qd2 f5 38. Qf4 Kd7 39. Qh4 e5 40. Qh5
Ke6 $4 {Diagram [#]} (40... Re6) 41. Qxg6+ $1 Qxg6 42. h7 Qxh7 43. Rxh7 e4 44.
Kd2 d4 45. c3 dxc3+ 46. bxc3 Ke5 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "768"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. d4 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxd5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Rf6 18. Bxc7 Qe7 19. Qxb7 Ra6 20. Qxa8+
Kg7 21. Qd8 Qe6 22. Rae1 Qxb3 23. Be5+ Kh7 24. Qh8+ Kg6 25. Bg7 f5 26. Qxh6+
Kf7 27. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. a3 b5 11. Be2 Rb8 12. g4 b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. f5 Ne5 15.
Qf4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. h4 Nc4 18. Nb3 {Diagram [#]} Nxb2 $1 19. fxe6 Qxc3 20.
exf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxd6 Rxb3 22. e5 Ra3 23. Bc4+ Nxc4 24. Rxf6+ Ke8 25. Kd1 Bxg4+
26. Qxg4 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2
Qd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bb2 Rfe8 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nf4 15.
Ng3 Bxh3 16. Ng5 Qg4 17. Nxh3 Nxh3+ 18. gxh3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Bxf2 {
Resistance is Futile.} 20. Qxf2 Qxf2 21. Ba3 Qf3+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 Qd2+ 24.
Kg3 d5 25. exd5 Qf4+ 26. Kg2 Rd6 27. Rg1 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1
Rh6 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. Rg3 Qxg3 34. dxc6 Rxh3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. b4
Be7 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. b5 Na5 13. Nxe5 Qf5 14. Ng4 Nxc4 15.
dxc4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Rfe1 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Bf6 21.
Ne4 (21. Bxb6 Rxd2) 21... Bh4 (21... Nxc4 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bd4) 22. g3 Be7
23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Rad1 (24. a5) 24... Rfe8 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxd6
g6 28. Rd7 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Ra1 30. Rxb7 Rxa4 31. Rc7 Ra5 32. Kf3 Ra3 33. Ke2 (33.
Ke4) 33... Rxc3 34. Rxa7 Rxc4 35. Rb7 Re4+ 36. Kd3 Re6 37. f4 h6 38. f5 Rf6 39.
Ke4 h5 40. Ke5 Kg7 41. Rb8 (41. fxg6 Rxg6 42. gxh5 Rg5+) 41... hxg4 42. Rg8+
Kxg8 43. Kxf6 gxf5 44. Kxf5 Kg7 45. Kxg4 Kf6 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. g4 Kf6 48. g5+ Kg6
49. Kg4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. d4 Rad8 14. Qc2 exd4 15.
cxd4 Ne7 16. Be3 c6 17. e5 Nfd5 18. Nh4 Bc7 19. Ng6 Nxg6 20. Qxg6 Qf7 21. Qg3
Qf5 22. Bxh6 Rf7 23. Rac1 Rdd7 24. Nd2 Bd8 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Be3 b6 27. Re2 Nxe3
28. Nxe3 Qg5 29. Rxc6 Qxg3 30. fxg3 dxe5 31. dxe5 Bc5 32. Rxe6 Rd3 33. Re8+ Kh7
34. e6 Rf6 35. Kh2 Bxe3 36. e7 Rf1 37. Rh8+ Kxh8 38. e8=Q+ Kh7 39. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Erickson, Lance"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1451"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 d6 7. cxd6 cxd6 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bc2 (12. O-O) 12... Nd5 13. Nc3
Bb4 14. Bd2 (14. O-O $1 Nxc3 $2 15. bxc3 Bxc3 $2 16. Qd3 $18) 14... Qa5 15. Rc1
(15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qh5 Qf5 20. g4 Qg6
21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Bxc3 $16) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 {Diagram [#]} 17. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 18. Rxc3 Qxa2 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. O-O (20. Qh5 Qb1+) (20. Rh3 $3 Nc6 (20...
Rd8 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Bb4+ Kd7 24. O-O $16) (20... g6 21. Nh7 $1
Nd7 (21... Rd8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Rh7+ Kxf6 24. Qf3+ Ke7 25. Bb4+ Kd7 26. Rxf7+
Ke8 27. Re7#)) 21. Rh8+) 20... f6 21. Ne4 Qd5 22. Qc2 (22. Nxf6+ $1 Rxf6 (22...
gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Rg3 $18) 23. Rxc8+) 22... Nc6 23. Be3 Nxd4 (23... Bd7 $4
24. Rc5) (23... a5 $1) 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qb4 $2 (25... Qe5) 26. Rc7 f5 $2
27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Nxc8 $18 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 a5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. h3 a4 32. Qd1 Kh6
33. Nd6 a3 34. Rxb7 Qb2 35. Rxb2 axb2 36. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qa4 9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2 O-O 11. h4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. g4 Nbc6 15.
Rg1 Kh8 16. h5 Bd7 17. g5 Rg8 (17... Nf5) 18. g6 hxg6 19. hxg6 Rxg6 20. Rxg6
Nxg6 21. Kd2 e5 22. Be3 Rh7 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Ng5 d4 25. Nxh7 Qa5 $2 (25...
dxe3+ 26. Ke1 Qa5 27. fxe3 e4 $11) 26. Ke1 $2 (26. Qh1 Qxc3+ 27. Kd1 Qxa1+ 28.
Bc1 Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Bxc4+ $18) 26... Kxh7 $2 (26... dxe3 $11) 27. Qd2 $2 (
27. Rb1 b6 28. Bf3) 27... Qd5 28. Bf1 Qh1 29. cxd4 exd4 30. Bxd4 Bh3 (30... Nh4
) 31. Ke2 Qe4+ (31... Bg4+ 32. Ke1 Nh4 $19) 32. Be3 Nf4+ 33. Kd1 Bg4+ 34. Kc1
Nd5 35. Rb1 b6 36. Rb5 $1 Nce7 37. Qd4 Qh1 38. Qxc4 a6 39. Rb3 Qf3 40. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Isenberger, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. a4 Bg4 8. b4
Nxb4 9. cxb4 Bxb4 10. Bd2 Bxd2 11. Nbxd2 c5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb3 h6 14. Rab1 b6
15. Rfc1 Rb8 16. Re1 a5 17. Nh4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qf6 19. Nhf3 Bg6 20. Rg4 Bf5 21.
Rg3 Rfe8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Red8 24. Rg4 h5 25. Rg5 Qf4 26. Bd5 g6 27. Rxg6+
Kh7 28. Bxf7 Qxe4 29. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Khristoforov, Serg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. c4 Nf4 15.
Qf1 g6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rxh6 Kg7 18. Qh1 Nh5 19. Bg5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Be7 21. Be3
Rh8 22. Ne5 Rxh6 23. Bxh6+ Kh7 24. Be3 c5 25. g4 cxd4 26. gxh5 g5 27. Qf3 d3+
28. Kd1 Qf8 29. Qxf8 Bxf8 30. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 h5 14. g3 Bd7
15. Bd3 Nfe7 16. Rhb1 Na5 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Kumar, Vikas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 $2 (6. Ndb5) (6.
Nxc6) (6. Be2) 6... Bb4 7. Be3 d5 8. Bb5 O-O $6 (8... Qc7) 9. Bxc6 (9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Qd4 $11) 9... bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 (10... Nd7) 11. Nxc6 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Qc7 $19 13. Nd4 Qxc3+ (13... Qxe5) 14. Kf2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3
Ng4+ 17. Ke2 {Diagram [#]} Ba6 $1 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. fxg4 (19. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 20. Kd1
Nf2#) 19... Bxd3+ (19... Qxc2+) 20. cxd3 Rab8 21. Bd2 Rb2 22. Rad1 Qe5# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward Mich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
O-O Nd7 9. Re1 e5 10. Qd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. h3 Re8
15. Qf4 a6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Bd5 Qe7 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. c4
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bxb2 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Qh5 Bxg3 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27.
Qg6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2
Qd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Rae8 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. d4 $6 Nf4 13. Bxe6 $2 {Diagram [#]}
Rxe6 $1 $19 (13... Qxe6 $11) (13... fxe6 14. Kh2 $11) 14. Kh2 Rh6 15. Ng1 Qg4
16. g3 Rxh3+ 17. Nxh3 Qxh3+ 18. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8.
c3 Nc6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Na5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Be4 Kb8 14. Qb2 f5
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. c4 Rg8 18. f3 f6 19. Nd3 Ba6 20. b5 Bb7 21. c5
bxc5 22. dxc5 Ka8 23. c6 Bxc6 24. a4 Bb7 25. a5 a6 26. Nc5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxc5
28. Bxc5 Qxb5 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Rd7 Kb8 31. g3 Bxf3 32. Rf7 Kb7 33. Rxf6 Kc6
34. Be3 Kd5 35. a6 Bh5 36. Rh6 Bg6 37. h4 f4 38. Bxf4 Ra8 39. h5 Be4 40. g4
Rxa6 41. g5 Ra1+ 42. Kd2 e5 43. Be3 Ra2+ 44. Kc3 Re2 45. Ba7 c5 46. g6 hxg6 47.
hxg6 Rg2 48. g7 Rxg7 49. Bb8 Rg3+ 50. Kd2 Rg6 51. Rh8 Kd4 52. Rd8+ Bd5 53. Re8
e4 {and White later miraculously held a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Rb1
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nce2 h5 (11... f6 12. exf6 Nxf6) 12. c3 a6
13. Qa4 Kf8 14. b4 Be7 (14... h4) 15. Nc1 Qc7 (15... g5) 16. Qb3 b5 (16... g5)
17. Nd3 Nb6 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Nb2 {Diagram [#]} Ne3 (20... a5 $1 21.
Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qc2 axb4 23. cxb4 Ra4) 21. Ke2 Nc4 22. Nd3 g5 (22... a5) 23. g3
Rc8 (23... a5 $1) (23... g4 24. Bg2 h4) 24. Rhe1 h4 25. Rh1 gxf4 26. gxf4 h3 (
26... a5) 27. Rbf1 Ke8 (27... a5) 28. Bg4 Rh4 (28... a5) 29. Rhg1 Bf8 (29... a5
) 30. Rg3 Bh6 $4 (30... a5) 31. Nf3 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Nxe5 33. Nxh4 Nxg4 34. Rxg4
Qe5+ 35. Kd2 Rc4 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Nfg6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O g5 $6 {This is not the right position for this move.}
11. fxg5 Ne5 $6 {Diagram #} (11... hxg5 $16) 12. gxf6 $1 {
White gets too much material for the queen.} Nxf3 13. fxe7 Qb6 14. gxf3 e5 15.
Nd5 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Nb6 Qxa2 18. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 (5. d4 d5 6. Bd3) (5. Nc3 Nxc3
6. dxc3) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 (6... d5) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O
O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 c6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Qf3 Qc7 17.
Bxf6 (17. Nxh6+ gxh6 (17... Kh8 18. Nxf7+) 18. Bxf6) 17... Nxf6 18. Nxh6+ gxh6
(18... Kh8) 19. Qxf6 Bg7 20. Qf4 Kh8 21. Ne4 Re6 22. c3 (22. Ng3 Rae8 23. Rxe6
fxe6 (23... Rxe6 24. c3 Be5 25. Qf3 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 Qe7)) 22... Rae8 23. Re3 Be5
24. Qf3 d5 25. Nc5 Rf6 26. Qxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxe8+ Kg7 28. Rae1 (28. d4 b6 29. Nd3
) 28... b6 29. Nb3 a5 30. d4 a4 31. Nd2 Bg5 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. R1e3 Qf5 34. Nxg5
hxg5 35. Re1 Qc2 (35... a3 36. bxa3 (36. b3 Qc2) (36. R8e2 Qd3) 36... Qc2) 36.
R8e2 Qd3 37. a3 Kg6 38. Re3 Qf5 (38... Qc2 39. R1e2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2) 39. R1e2 b5 (
39... c5) 40. Rf3 Qd7 41. Re5 Qd6 42. Ref5 Qe6 43. Rf6+ (43. Rxf7) 43... Qxf6
44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45. Kf1 Kf5 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. f3+ Kf4 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Ke3 Ke6 50.
f4 gxf4+ 51. Kxf4 Kf6 52. h4 Kg6 53. g4 f6 54. h5+ Kg7 55. Kf5 Kf7 56. h6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1005"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Bg4 6. Re1 O-O 7. Re3 c5 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nc6 11. Rb3 Qd7 12. c3 Na5 13. Ra3 Nc6 14. Qe2 Nd8 15.
Qe3 Ne6 16. Rb3 Rab8 17. d3 Nf4 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd5 b4 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Bd2 a5
22. a3 Ne6 23. axb4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Kh2 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. O-O c5 14. Rb1 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qh5 16. Qd2 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. f3 Rxd4 19. Qb2 Be6 20. Rbc1 Rad8
21. Rc2 Qg5 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Bb5 Rd1 24. h3 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Rd1 26. Rf2 Bxb3 27.
Re2 Rxf1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. g3 Qb8 30. f4 Bd5 31. Qxb7 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1133"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8+ 10. Be2 dxc4 11. O-O b5 12. a4 h6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Ne1
Bb7 15. Rb1 a6 16. Bxc4 Qc7 17. Be2 Nbd7 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Bd3 Bc4
21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Ra1 a5 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. Bf4 Qa7 25. Re1 Qa6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27.
Qc2+ Kg8 28. Qa4 Ra8 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. Qa3 a4 31. Ra2 Re8 32. Ra1 Nfd5 33. Bg3
Qa5 34. Rc1 Re2 35. Nb1 Qb5 36. Qc5 Qb2 37. Qa3 Qxa3 38. Nxa3 Nxc3 39. f3 Re3
40. Bf2 Rd3 41. Kf1 Na2 42. Nxc4 Nxc1 43. Nxb6 a3 44. d5 a2 45. Be1 a1=Q 46. d6
Rxd6 47. Nc4 Nd3 48. Nb2 Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1160"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[Annotator "Donaldson, John"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Bg5
Nd4 9. Nd5 Bxf3 10. Bxf6 Bxd1 11. Bxd8 Nxb3 12. Raxd1 Raxd8 13. axb3 Rd7 14. b4
Bb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Rfe1 f5 17. d4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Rdf7 19. Rd2 exd4 20. Rexd4
Re7 21. Rd1 Re2 22. R4d2 Rfe8 $2 {Diagram [#]} (22... Rfxf2 $1) 23. h3 Re1+ 24.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 Re5 26. c3 b5 27. Rc2 d5 28. b3 b6 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 dxc4
31. Rxc4 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. f4 Rd5 34. Ra4 Rd4 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Kg1 Kf7 37.
Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. g4 Kd5 41. h4 h6 42. h5 Kc5 43. g5 Kd5 44.
gxh6 gxh6 45. f5 Ke5 46. f6 Kxf6 47. Kxd4 Kg5 48. Ke4 Kxh5 49. Kf3 Kh4 50. Kg2
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Dasheveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1133"]
[BlackElo "1077"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Qf6
8. Qxf6+ gxf6 9. Bxd5+ Ke7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. d3 Rg8 13. g3 Ke6 14.
Be3 {and White later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.46"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "1177"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nd4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. d3 h6 11. Bd2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6
axb6 15. a3 Re8 16. Rfe1 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qf5 Nd7
21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Ng6 26. Rae1 f6 27.
Rg4 Nf4 28. Bd2 g5 29. h4 Ng6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rg3 Nf4 32. d4 Nh5 33. Rh3 Nf4
34. Bxf4 exf4 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Kf1 Re4 37. Rd3 Kf7 38. f3 Re8 39. Rc3 Re7 40.
Rc4 Rd7 41. c3 Ke6 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Rb4 Re7+ 44. Kf2 Rf7 45. Ra4 b5 46. Rb4 c6
47. a4 bxa4 48. Rxa4 b5 49. Rb4 Rb7 50. Ke2 Re7+ 51. Kf2 Rg7 52. g3 fxg3+ 53.
Kxg3 f5 54. Kf2 Rf7 55. Ke3 f4+ 56. Kd3 Re7 57. c4+ bxc4+ 58. Kd2 Kxd4 59. b3
Kc5 60. Rxc4+ Kd5 61. Rc3 Rg7 62. Rd3+ Kc5 63. Rc3+ Kb5 64. Rc1 Rd7+ 65. Kc3
Re7 66. Kd4 Re3 67. Rg1 Rxf3 68. Rxg5+ Kb6 69. b4 Rg3 70. Rf5 Rg4 71. Ke5 Kb5
72. Rxf4 Rxf4 73. Kxf4 Kxb4 74. Ke3 Kc3 75. Ke2 Kb3 76. Kd1 c5 77. Kc1 Kc3 78.
Kb1 Kd2 79. Kb2 c4 80. Ka3 c3 81. Kb4 c2 82. Kc5 c1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.51"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "258"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bd4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Bd2 Bg4 8.
Be2 Be6 9. O-O Qd6 10. Bf3 Qe5 11. g3 g5 12. Bg2 Rg8 13. Kh1 Rg6 14. Qc1 Rh6
15. Bxg5 Ng4 16. Bxh6 Qh5 17. h3 Rd8 18. Be3 Bd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxd4 b5 21.
Nxb5 a6 22. Nxc7+ Kd7 23. Nxd5 Ra8 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. Nxa8+ Kb8 26. Qf4+ Kc8 27.
Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. cxd5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 cxd5 8.
c4 Ne7 9. Be2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd3 Nc3 14. Qc2
Nb4 15. Qd2 Bxd3 16. Ba3 Bxf1 17. Bxb4 Ba6 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 {
and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1133"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. e5 Qg6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Be6 10. c4 Ne7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Ba3 Qf7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. c3 Qg5 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. d5 $2 (17. Bd3 O-O 18. O-O) 17... O-O 18. e6 Bxe6
19. h4 Qh6 20. Rd1 cxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. Be2 Bxa4 23. Ra1 Bb3 24. c4 a5 25.
Qxb3 Rfe8 26. Kf1 Qd2 27. Bd3 a4 28. Qc2 Qa5 29. Qxa4 $4 {Diagram [#]} Re1+ $4
30. Rxe1 Qxa4 31. Bxf5 Qxc4+ 32. Kg1 g6 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. d6 Qb4 35. dxc7 Qxe1+
36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. g3 Qxc7 38. Bb3 Rd3 39. Be6 Qc6 40. Bh3 Qf3 41. Rf1 Rd1 42.
Rxd1 Qxd1 43. Be6 b5 44. Kg2 b4 45. Kh2 b3 46. Bxb3 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1160"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Qf3 c6 6. Qd1 e6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3
Bf6 15. Be3 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Re1 Re8 18. a5 g6 19. Qd2 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Red1 Qd6 24. Ra3 Rd8 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Ra3 e5 27. Ne1
e4 28. Rb3 exd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Nxd3 Bd8 33. Nc5
Bxa5 34. Nxb7 Bb6 35. Nd6 Bd4 36. Nc4 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. b3 Ke6 39. Ke2 Kd5
40. f3 Kc5 41. Kd3 Bg1 42. h3 Kb4 43. Kc2 Bh2 44. Kb2 a5 45. Nb6 Be5+ 46. Kc2
Bd4 47. Na4 Bf2 48. Nb2 Be3 49. Nd3+ Ka3 50. Kc3 Bh6 51. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1160"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 $6 {
White has an obligation to make something of his first move!} (3. Nxe5 $1) (3.
d4 $1) 3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9.
O-O Nd4 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nd4
Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rad8 17. Rad1 c5 18. Qc2 a6 19. c4 Qd6 20. cxb5 (20. d4 {
right away equalizes}) 20... axb5 21. d4 c4 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. Qb2 b4
25. Rc2 Rfe8 26. Rbc1 {Diagram [#]} Rxe2 $5 ({Objectively better is} 26... c3
27. Qb1 (27. Qb3 Rxe2) 27... Re6 (27... Rxe2 $2 28. Rxe2 Nf4 $2 29. Re4)) 27.
Rxe2 Nf4 28. f3 Nxe2+ ({The computer prefers} 28... c3 29. Ree1 Nd3 {
but as played is a clean pawn up}) 29. Qxe2 Rxd4 30. Qe3 Rd8 31. Qf4 Rc8 (31...
Qc5+ 32. Kh2 c3) 32. Qd4 Qc5 $6 {Who wouldn't trade queens? But various
features of the position (White's more exposed king, the lame a-pawn) might
suggest keeping them on.} 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34. Rb1 Rb5 35. a3 $4 {
Whoops! Connected passed pawns are the endgame paradise.} b3 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. a4
Ra5 38. Ra1 b2 39. Rb1 c3 40. Rd1 Rxa4 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 b1=Q
44. Rxb1 Rxb1 45. g4 c2 46. g5 c1=Q 47. Kg3 Qxg5+ 48. Kh2 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Armen"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1005"]
[BlackElo "1342"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bb5 c6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Ba4 Rd8 12. Be3 O-O 13. h3 h6 14. g4 Bh7
15. h4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rh3 Qg2 18. Rg3 Qh1+ 19. Ke2 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxh4
21. Rh3 Bf6 22. c3 Rfe8 23. Rdh1 e5 24. d5 Rxd5 25. g5 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 Bf5 27.
R3h2 Be4 28. gxh6 Bxh1 29. h7+ Kh8 30. Rxh1 Ra5 31. Bb3 Re7 32. Bd2 e4 33. c4
Rf5 34. Bb4 Rd7 35. Bd1 Rd8 36. Ba5 b6 37. Bd2 Bxb2 38. Bg4 Rc5 39. Bh5 Rd7 40.
Bg4 f5 41. Be2 g6 42. a3 Rxh7 43. Rxh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.50"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Armen"]
[Black "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1005"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 h6 $2 (5... Na5) (5... Nxd5)
6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. dxc6+ Ke8 8. Bb5 b6 9. O-O a6 10. Bc4 Bc5 11. Qe2 e4 12. c3
Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Bf5 15. d3 e3 16. Bxe3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas Armen"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nxe4 9. Qd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. Qxg3 O-O 12. Qh3 Qf6 13. Nf3 d6 14. Bd3 e5
15. Qg3 exd4 16. cxd4 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Nc6 18. h4 g4 19. Bb5 Kf8 20. Rd1 gxf3 21.
d5 fxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Qb2 23. Bxc6 Qe2+ 24. Kg1 Qxd1+ 25. Kh2 Re1 26. Rxe1 Qxe1 27.
Qg3 Qe5 28. f4 Qe2+ 29. Kg1 bxc6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.52"]
[White "Brahim, Asma Ben"]
[Black "McCarty-Snead, Fianna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1019"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bxf4 7. exf4 O-O 8.
O-O Qd6 9. Qe2 Qxf4 10. Rfd1 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. Nb5 Re7 14. Qc3
Qxe5 15. Qc5 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qe5 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Nd4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nxc5 20. Nxg5
Nxd3 21. cxd3 f6 22. Nf3 e5 23. Rbd1 Bg4 24. d4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rae8 26. dxe5
Rxe5 27. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Nb4 29. Rd2 c5 30. f4 c4 31. Rb2 a5 32. a3 c3 33.
Rb3 c2 34. Rc3 c1=Q 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. axb4 a4 37. h4 a3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 h6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Bb5 c4 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Bc6 b5 16. Bxb5 Nb6 17. Qb4 axb5 18. Qxb5 Bd7 19. Qb2 Na4 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Bd2
Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Qa5 23. Rfc1 Reb8 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Nxb1 Rb8 26. a3 Rb2 27. Qd1
Bf5 28. Qe1 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Qxc3 30. Qd1 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Qb2 32. Qxb2 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 c6 8. O-O
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 f5 14. a5 Nd7 15. Bg5
Nf6 16. Bd3 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. Nc4 e4 21. Be2 Rfe8
22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc1 Rc7 $2 (24... Bh6 $17) 25. Nxe4 $1 $18 Qe7
26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Ng3 f4 28. Nh5 Be5 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Bd3 Qe7 31. Nxf4 Qg5 32.
g3 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Rc5 35. b4 Rc3 36. Bf5 Kg7 37. Re1 Rf3 38. Bc8
Rxf4 39. Bxb7 Ne5 {Diagram [#]} 40. Kf1 $2 ({White has played an excellent
game to this point, but it only takes one mistake to let Black back into the
game.} 40. Rb1 $1 Nd3 41. Bxa6 $18) 40... Rxb4 41. Bxa6 Ra4 42. Bb7 Kf6 $4 (
42... Rxa5 $14) 43. a6 Kf5 44. Rb1 Nc4 45. Rc1 Nd2+ 46. Kg2 Ne4 47. Re1 (47.
Rc7 $1 h6 (47... Nc5 48. Bc8+ Ke5 49. f4+ Kxd5 50. a7 h6 51. Kg3 $18) 48. a7 $1
) 47... Nc5 48. Re7 Kg6 49. Rc7 Ra2 50. Rc6 Ne4 51. Bc8 (51. Kf3 $1) 51...
Rxf2+ 52. Kg1 Ra2 53. Rc7 Nc5 54. a7 h5 55. Bd7 (55. Be6 $18) 55... Nxd7 56.
Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "634"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Qa4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ne5 a6 13. Bxd7 b5 14. Qb4
Nxd7 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qb3 Re4 19. Qxd5 Rae8 20. Qxf7
Qd8 21. Qxf5 Nf6 22. h3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Bender, Karina Lar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "707"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxd5 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. a3
a6 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 ({Those crazy grandmasters play} 4. Nf3 exd4
5. Bxc4) 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nc5
10. Qc2 a6 11. b4 Na4 12. Qxa4 b5 13. Bxb5 Nxe4 14. Bc6 ({Nothing wrong with} 
14. Nxe4) 14... Nxc3 15. Qc2 Nb5 16. Bxa8 Bg4 17. Bc6 Qf6 18. Qe4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Qd6 20. O-O Nd4 21. Qd1 f5 22. Re1 f4 23. f3 Nf5 24. Qd3 Qg6 25. Bd7 Qb6+ 26.
Kh1 Ng3+ 27. hxg3 Rf6 28. Rxe5 Rh6+ 29. Bh3 Qf2 30. Qf5 Rxh3+ 31. Qxh3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. e4 e5
9. d5 a6 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Bc2 b6 13. b3 Be7 14. Bb2 Rg8 15. Rc1 a5
16. Bb1 Qb7 17. a3 Na6 18. Bd3 c5 19. Re1 O-O-O 20. Be2 g5 21. h3 h5 22. Nh2
Kb8 23. Bxh5 Rg7 24. Bg4 Rh8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nf5 Rgh7 27. Re3 Bd8 28. Rcc3
Nh5 29. Bc1 Nf4 30. Ng4 Kc7 31. Rf3 Ng6 32. Bd2 Kb7 33. Qc1 f6 34. Kf1 Rf8 35.
Rcd3 Rhh8 36. Ke2 Bc7 37. Ng3 Nh4 38. Rxf6 Nxg2 39. Rxf8 Rxf8 40. Bxg5 Qh7 41.
Bh6 Rf7 42. Qh1 Nh4 43. Bg5 Ng6 44. Rf3 Nf4+ 45. Bxf4 exf4 46. Nf5 Qh8 47. Qc1
Nb8 48. Qxf4 Ka6 49. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 c5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bb4 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. h3 {Diagram [#]} Nxe3 $1 19. fxe3
Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Bd5 22. Qb4 Qf6 $6 (22... Qxb4 23. axb4 Bxf3 24.
Bxf3 Rc4 25. b5 Rd8 $17) 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Nh4 Qg3 $4 26. Nf5 $1
Qe5 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 $18 Rxc8 29. Rxf7 Qe8 30. Qe7 Qg8 31. Bb5 a5 32. Bd7
Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qb8+ (33... Qb8+ 34. g3 Rc2+ 35. Kh1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Qg8
38. Rf8 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Coolidge, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. e3 b6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nb5 Qc6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nc3 c4 14. Ne4 b5
15. Ned2 N5b6 16. Be4 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Ne4 Rc6 20. Rfd1 Nd5
21. a3 O-O 22. Neg5 g6 23. h4 f6 24. Ne4 f5 25. Ng3 N5f6 26. Ne2 Rfc8 27. Nf4
Nd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. h5 Kg7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qc3 Re8 32. b3 Rec8 33. b4 Re8
34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Rce6 36. f4 Rd8 37. Rc2 Kf7 38. Rcd2 Re7 39. Rd4 Red7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 $2 5. e3 (5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 6. Qb3 {
see the notes to Shnaiderman-MacIntyre from this round.}) 5... e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Nxc3 (11... Nd7) 12. bxc3
Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 (13... h6) 14. Ng5 Ne4 $2 (14... h6) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd7 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. e4 Rfe8 20. e5 Bd8 21. Re1 Bb6 22. Ba3 Ba5
23. Re3 b5 24. Bb4 Bb6 25. Rd1 Qd5 26. Qe2 a5 27. Bd6 Ra7 28. Qc2 Rf7 29. Qb3
Bd8 30. Qxd5 cxd5 31. Rb1 Bg5 (31... Rb7) 32. Re2 Rf5 (32... Rb7 33. Reb2) 33.
Rxb5 Bf4 34. Rxa5 Rh5 35. g3 Bc1 36. Rb5 Ra8 37. Rb8+ Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Rf5 39. Rc2
Bg5 40. a4 Rf8 41. Bc7 Rc8 42. Bb6 Rb8 43. a5 Bd8 44. Bxd8 Rxd8 45. Ra2 Ra8 46.
a6 h5 47. a7 Kh7 48. h4 Kg6 49. f3 Kf5 50. Kf2 g5 51. hxg5 Kxg5 52. Ke3 h4 53.
gxh4+ Kxh4 54. Ra6 Kg3 55. Rxe6 Rxa7 56. Rg6+ Kh4 57. f4 Ra1 58. f5 Re1+ 59.
Kd2 Ra1 60. e6 Ra2+ 61. Kc1 Kh5 62. e7 Re2 63. Re6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e4 Bh6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Qb6 7. Nbd2 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Nf6 $2 9. Bxh6 Nxe4 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bg7 Rg8 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. b3 Nd7 14.
Rad1 O-O-O 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.48"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nd2 e5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. d5 Nc5 15.
Be2 Nf6 16. Nf3 Nfe4 17. Rc1 Na4 18. Qd3 Nac5 19. Qb1 Na4 20. Qb3 Nac5 21. Qa3
Qa4 22. Qb2 Ba6 23. Qb4 Bb7 24. a3 a5 25. Qb2 Ba6 26. Qa2 Qd7 27. h3 Na4 28.
Qb3 Nac5 29. Qa2 Rfb8 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 Nb3 32. Qc2 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 b5 34.
Bd3 e4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "McKenna, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 b6 5. cxd5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 Bb4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e5 Qd8 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 a5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O f6
15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. d5 Bf7 19. e6 Bh5 20. Nh4 Bxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qd6 22. e7 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qb3 25. Qe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Kf7 27.
Rde1 Rcd8 $2 {Hastening the inevitable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. dxe5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 dxe5 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Nd5
Qc6 15. Be4 Nc5 16. Nc3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nc3 c6 20. e4 O-O
21. Nd2 f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. f3 Be6 24. b3 Rac8 25. Kb1 Rf6 26. Ne2 Rg6 27. Rh2
Rd8 28. Kc2 Bf8 29. Nc1 Bf7 30. Nd3 Be7 31. Nb1 Rgd6 32. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 h6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 c6 8. d5
Nf8 9. b3 g5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. Qd2 $2 g4 13. Re3 gxf3 14. Rxf3 Nf4
15. Nd1 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.47"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Raphael, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "629"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. a4 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bxc4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Bc3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 f6
15. Bc2 g5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qd3 Rf7 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Qxg5+ Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Rg7
21. Ne4 Rf8 22. g3 Nc4 23. f4 $2 Rxf4 24. Bb3 Bd5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Nd2 Bd5 27.
Rf1 Rfg4 28. Rab1 h5 29. Kf2 h4 30. Rg1 hxg3+ 31. hxg3 Rh7 32. Nf1 Rf7+ 33. Ke1
Rf3 34. Kd2 Rf2+ 35. Kd1 Bg2 36. Ke1 Ra2 37. Rc1 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb3 h6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Qxg6 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Rf6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. Nh4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 g4
21. Ne1 e5 22. d5 Bh6 23. Nc2 Bg5 24. Bd3 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. b4 c6 27. e4
Bf4 28. g3 Bd2 29. b5 Ke7 30. a4 Kd8 31. Kf2 Ba5 32. Be2 Bb6+ 33. Kg2 Kc7 34.
Ne1 Be3 35. Nd3 Kb6 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. dxc6 Kxc6 38. Nb4+ Kc5 39. Nd5 Bg5 40. a5
Kd4 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Be2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Bg4 b5 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qe2 Bg5 15.
Nf3 Be7 16. cxb5 Rfb8 17. a4 a6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. O-O Rab6 20. Rfb1 Rb3 21. Ra3
Rxa3 22. bxa3 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Qxa4 24. Nfd2 Nb5 25. Nc4 Qb3 26. Ncd2 Qb2 27. Qd3
g6 28. Nc4 Qc1+ 29. Qf1 Qc2 30. Ne3 Qb2 31. Nc4 Qc2 32. Ne3 Qb3 33. Nc4 Nd4 34.
Ncd2 Qa4 35. Nc4 f5 36. Nc3 Qc2 37. Nd1 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Qxc4 39. Ne3 Qd3 40. exf5
gxf5 41. Qd1 Qxd1+ 42. Nxd1 c4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. e3 a5 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O e5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5
15. e4 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Ne6 Nxe6 21.
dxe6 Rae8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxe6 24. f3 Rb8 25. Ra7 Re7 26. Rea1 b5 27. Rc1
Kf8 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Bf7 30. Rcxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Ra8 32. Rc5 Bc4 33. Rxe5
Ra4 34. Rf5+ Ke7 35. Rf4 Rxb4 36. e5 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Ba2 38. Re4 b4 39. Ke3 Re1+
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Be6 8.
c5 Nd7 9. Nxd5 Nxc5 10. e4 c6 11. Qe5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. exd5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2
Qxb5 15. Qc3 Bxd5 16. Kd1 Nb6 17. Qe5+ Be7 18. Bb4 Bb3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. g4
Nb6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 g6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. a3 Kb8 14. Bd3 Ka7
15. Na2 Bc8 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Qxa3+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Qc1 Na4 21.
Qxa3 bxa3 22. Rc1 Nc3+ 23. Ka1 Kb6 24. Nd2 Bd7 25. Nb1 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27.
Nxa3 Ra8 28. Kb2 Ba6 29. Nb1 c6 30. Nd2 Kc7 31. Nb3 b6 32. Kc3 Be2 33. g5 Ra3
34. Ra1 Rha8 35. Rxa3 Rxa3 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Nxa1 Kb7 38. Kb4 Ka6 39. Nb3 Bd1
40. Na1 Be2 41. Nb3 Bc4 42. Nd2 Ba2 43. Ka3 Bc4 44. Kb4 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 (6... Bd7) 7.
Qxd4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. e4 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd3) 9... O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 (10... Ng4)
11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Qc7 (12... Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nd5 Rc8 $15) 13. b3 (13. Nd5
Qxc4 (13... Qd8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Nxc8
Raxc8 17. Rb1 {
gives White a clear edge due to his two bishops and better pawn structure.})
13... Nxc4 (13... Bg4) 14. Nd5 Qc5 (14... Qd8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Qxc4+ $11) 15. b4 (15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Nxe7+ $16) 15... Qd4 16.
Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Rfd1 Qxb4 19. Rac1 (19. Rab1 $16) 19... Re8 $2 (19...
Be6) 20. Nd5 Qa5 (20... Qa3 21. Nc7 Bg4) 21. Nc7 Be6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc2 Nc6
24. Bd2 Qa4 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Rcd2 (26. Rdd2 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd8 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29.
e5 Nxe5 30. Bxb7 Qd7) 26... Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd8 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Bxb7
Qd7 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxe5 Rb6 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qxa7 Rb2 36. Qd4+
Kg8 37. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 a6 8. a4 Bf5
9. Qb3 Qc8 10. a5 Nbd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne4 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 (13... Rxf7 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bd5) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nh4 c5 16. Rc1 Qc6 17. f3 Qf6 18. Be6
cxd4 19. Bxd7 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxh4+ 21. g3 Qf6 22. fxe4 Qxb2 23. O-O $4 Bd4 24.
Be5+ Bxe5 25. Rfd1 Bd6 26. Rb1 Qe5 27. Qd4 $4 Bc5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kg2 Qc2+
30. Kg1 Rf2 31. Rf1 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Buland, Roger"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Ng4 7. Qe2 Nd4 8. Nxd4
Bxd4 9. g3 c6 10. f5 h5 11. h3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bd2 b5 15.
Bb3 Bd7 16. O-O Rf8 17. a4 Qc7 18. Kg2 O-O-O 19. axb5 cxb5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4
Bc6 22. Ba5 Qb7 23. Bxd8 Kxd8 24. Rfb1 Qd7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 d5 27. exd5
Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 29. Kg3 Kd7 30. Rxa7+ Kd6 31. Rba1 Qd4 32. Qf2 Qd5 33. R1a5
{White is winning but Black lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Buland, Roger"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1161"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Nf1 h6 10. h4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. c3 e5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Nh2 Ne7 17. Qf3 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 g6 $4 19. Qxf6 Bg7 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Qe2
Bc8 22. Ng4 Kh7 23. Ne3 Be6 24. c4 Qd7 25. a4 a6 26. Nd5 Rb8 27. b4 Rb7 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. a5 Rb2 30. Nb6 Qd8 31. Qd1 Rxb6 32. axb6 Qxb6 33. Qc2 Ra8 34.
Reb1 Qc6 35. Qa4 Bd7 36. Qxc6 Bxc6 37. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. f4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Qe2 c6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15.
Qf2 Rac8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxb6 Bd7 18. Bxa7 c5 19. Bc4 Ra8 20. Bb6 Bc6 21. e5
Nd7 22. Bc7 dxe5 23. fxe5 Ndxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27.
Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 Qe7 12. g4 c6 13. g5 Nh5 14. f6 Ndxf6 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O-O Nf4 17. Ne2 Qb4 18. a3 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qe7 20. Rhd1 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxa7 b6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Qxf6 Qe3+ 26. Kd1 Qxe4
27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qd3 Qg2 29. a4 c5 30. a5 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Qa8 32. a6 e4 33. Qd6 f5
34. Nf4 Kh6 35. Ne6 e3+ 36. Kxe3 Qe4+ 37. Kd2 Qb4+ 38. Kd1 Qxb2 39. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
h5 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. h3 h4 13. Rhe1 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nc5 15.
Bg5 Qa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 b4 18. Qe1 O-O 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Rxe7 Nxb3 21. axb3
Qxg5 22. Rxd7 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd2 Qg3 25. Rd8 Qc7 26. Rd7 Qg3 27. Qd5 Re6
28. Qd2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. h4 Nxb3 12. axb3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. h5 Nxh5 15.
Bh6 gxf3 16. Rxh5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qf2 gxh5 19. O-O-O Bg4 20. Rg1 Kh7 21.
Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nd5 Qh6+ 23. Kb1 b6 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Ne7 Kh7 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Qh1
Kh7 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Qh1 Kh7 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxg4 Qh6 32. Rh4 f2 33. Qf3 (33.
Rxh5 $4 f1=Q+) 33... Kg7 34. Qxf2 Rh8 35. Rh2 Qf4 36. Qg1+ Kf8 37. Rf2 Qxe4 38.
Qd1 Ke7 39. Qd2 {White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 Kh8 14. Bg2 Be6 15.
O-O Bh6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Rfa1 Qb7 21. b4
axb4 22. Nxb4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Rd8 24. Ra6 Qc7 25. Rc6 Qd7 26. Qa6 g6 27. h4 Bf8
28. Qb6 Rc8 29. Kh2 Kg8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Nxc6 Bh6 33. Bh3 Bc4 34.
Na5 Ba6 35. Nc6 Bd2 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nd5 Bc4 38. Bc8 f5 39. Nb6 Bd3 40. exf5
gxf5 41. Nd5 Kf7 42. f3 Bc4 43. Nb6 Bb3 44. Bxf5 d5 45. Bxh7 Bxc3 46. Bf5 Bd4
47. Nc8 Bc5 48. Kg2 Bc4 49. f4 e4 50. Nd6+ Bxd6 51. Kf2 Bc5+ 52. Ke1 e3 53. Bg4
d4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bg5 Nxc4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qe2 Bxc3 14. Bxc4 Be5
15. g3 h5 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Kg2 h4 18. f4 h3+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Rc3 Qd8 21. Qg4 b5
22. Bf1 Bb7 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Qg7 Ke7 25. Qg4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qc7 27. Re3 Rag8 28.
Qf3 f5 29. Nd2 fxe4 30. Qf2 f5 31. Nb3 d5 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. Qb2 Rh7 34. Qb4+ Kf6
35. Qc5 Rc8 36. Qb6 Rc7 37. Be2 Bc8 {and Black later converted his advantage.}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 b5 7. h4 h6 8. g4 c5 9.
O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 b4 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. Bf2 e5 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. Bc4
Ngf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Na4 19. g5 Bg7 20. h5 Be6 21. hxg6 Bxb3
22. axb3 Nc3+ 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxc3 dxc3 26. g6+ Kxg6 27. Qxd6+
Kh7 28. Be3 Rxb3+ 29. cxb3 c2+ 30. Kxc2 Qa2+ 31. Kd3 Qxb3+ 32. Ke2 Qc4+ 33. Kf2
Qa2+ 34. Rd2 Qf7 35. Rxh6+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Qg5+ Qg7 38. Rg6 Rh2+ 39. Kg1
Rh7 40. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ne7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Bh7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. c4 Nb6 14. c5 Nd7 15. b4
f6 16. g4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19. Rf2 Bd8 20. Raf1 Bc7 21. Qd4 Rf7
22. a4 Qb8 23. g5 Bxe5 24. Qg4 Qe8 25. gxh6 Bc3 26. Nb3 Nf6 27. Qg6 Ne4 28. Rg2
Rf5 29. Nbd4 Qxg6 30. Rxg6 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Rg5+ 32. Rxg5 Nxg5 33. hxg7 Kxg7 34.
h4 Ne4 35. Nxe6+ Kg6 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Nf4+ Kh6 38. Kh3 Nc3 39. Ng2 Kg7 40. a5
Re4 41. Rf4 Na2 42. Kg4 Nxb4 43. Rxe4 dxe4 44. Kf5 Nd3 45. Kxe4 Nxc5+ 46. Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. c3 Bb6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 b5 15. a5
Rad8 16. Qb3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Ng3 Qf7 19. Nh4 d4 20. Qc2 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qd5
22. Nhf5 Rd7 23. Rac1 Ne7 24. e4 Qe6 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Nf5 Qe6 27. Rf3 Nh5 28.
Qc6 Rf6 29. Qa8+ Rf8 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Rh8 Qf7 33. Rf1 Nf4 34.
Rf3 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Nxd3 36. Rd8 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qf2+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d3 Ne7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Qc1 c6 10. Ba4 d6 11. Bh6 d5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e5 Bf5 14. Bc2 dxc3
15. bxc3 d4 16. c4 c5 17. Qf4 Nc6 18. a3 Re8 19. Re1 Qe7 20. Nd2 Nxe5 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Ree1 Qf6 24. f3 Re7 25. Re2 Rae8 26. Rae1 Nc6 27. Rxe7+
Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Kf2 Qe5 30. Qxe5+ Nxe5 31. h3 f4 32. Ke2 g5 33. Ba4 Nf7
34. Bd7 Nd6 35. Be6 Kf6 36. Bg8 h5 37. Bd5 b6 38. a4 Nf5 39. Kf2 Ne3 40. Bc6 g4
41. fxg4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kg5 43. Bb7 Nd1+ 44. Ke2 Nc3+ 45. Kf3 Nxa4 46. Ke4 Nc3+
47. Ke5 a5 48. Kd6 a4 49. Kc6 a3 50. Kxb6 a2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. dxe5 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. a3 e6 8. O-O
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxe5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. c4 Nf6 12. b4 c6 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qc2 Bxf4 15.
Bxf4 Qd4+ 16. Be3 Qxa1 ({As a human, I can say that} 16... Qxe3+ {
is a lot easier...}) 17. Nc3 Qxa3 18. Bc5 b6 19. Bd6 Qa6 20. Ne4 O-O-O 21. c5
Qb7 22. Ra1 b5 23. Bf3 Nd5 24. Qb2 f6 25. Ra5 Ne5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Qxe5 Rhe8
28. Bg4 Nc7 29. Nd6+ Rxd6 30. cxd6 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Nd5 32. Qxg7 Ne7 33. dxe7 Qe3
34. Ra1 Qd2 35. Qf7 Kb7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Greene, Sammy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5
9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. Ng3
Bg6 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Nhf5 Nc6 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. h4 Bf6 20. h5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nge7
22. Ng3 Bh4 23. Nf1 {Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "1342"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Ne5 Qe7
15. Bb4 Qd8 16. f4 c6 17. Be1 Qc7 18. Bg3 c5 19. c3 c4 20. Bb1 Rad8 21. h3 Nb6
22. Qf2 Be4 23. Bh4 Bxb1 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ng4 Nd5 26. Rxb1 Kh8 27. Qh4 Rg8 28.
Nxf6 Nxf6 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Rbe1 Kg8 31. Re5 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qe5 Qd7 34.
Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Qa5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb5 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Bc4 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bb3 Re8
15. Bc2 h6 16. a3 Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qd6+ Kg7 21.
Rac1 Ra7 22. Be4 Qc7 23. Qd2 Qa5 24. Qe3 Rc7 25. Rc5 Qb6 26. Qc3+ f6 27. Rd6
Bb7 28. h4 e5 29. h5 Re6 30. Rd2 d6 31. Rc4 f5 32. Bd5 Ree7 33. Rc2 Nd4 34.
Rxc7 Ne2+ 35. Rxe2 Rxc7 36. Qd2 Bxd5 37. Qxd5 Rc5 38. Qe6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 gxh5 40.
Nxe5 Rc7 41. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bc2 g6 8. d4
Bg7 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Qe8 12. Qc1 Nh5 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Nb3 Nxd5 16. Bh6 Ndf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. g3 Rf6 21. Kh2
Nxh3 22. Qd5+ Be6 23. Qxb7 Raf8 24. Kxh3 f4+ 25. Kg2 Qg4 26. Qe4 Qh3+ 27. Kg1
Rh6 28. Qg2 Qg4 29. Bd1 Qg5 30. Nd2 fxg3 31. Ndf3 gxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qe3 33. Qg5
Rxf3 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Ng2 Rg6 36. Bc2 Rg5 37. Bb3 d5 38. Kf1 c6 $4 39. Nxe3
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Nc2 cxd4 8. Ncxd4
Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 Ne7 13. Bf4 c5 14. Rc1 h6 15.
h5 Nc6 16. O-O Rb8 17. a3 Na5 18. b4 Nb3 19. Rb1 Ba4 20. Bc2 Bb5 21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 c4 23. Qe3 Be7 24. a4 a5 25. b5 Nc5 26. Ra1 Ne4 27. Nd4 Qb6 28. f3 Nc5
29. Kh2 Nd3 30. Qd2 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Bg5 32. Qg3 O-O 33. f4 Be7 34. f5 exf5 35.
Rxf5 (35. Nxf5 Bg5) 35... f6 36. Kh1 (36. Nc6) 36... fxe5 37. Qxe5 Rxf5 38.
Nxf5 Bf6 39. Qxd5+ Kh7 40. Qxc4 Qf2 41. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nec6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nc3
b6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rac1 a6 13. a3 Re8 14. h3 Nf8 15. b4
b5 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. h4 Kf7 21. h5 Rh8 22.
hxg6+ hxg6 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Qg5+ Kf7 25. Rc5 Rh5 26. Qe3 Rch8 27. Ng3 R5h6 28.
Ng5+ Ke8 29. Rfc1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxe4 6. O-O g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. h4 h5 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bg5 Re8
15. Nc2 Be6 16. a3 Qb6 17. Ne3 Ne5 18. Kh1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Be5 23. Bg5 Rc6 24. Be3 Qd8 25. g3 a6 26. Qd5 Qc8 27. Kg2
Qg4 28. Rd3 Qe6 29. Ba7 Qxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Kf8 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rb6 33. b4 Ke7
34. Kf3 Rb5 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Kd3 Re1 37. Re4+ Rxe4 38. Kxe4 Ke6 39. c4 Kd7 40.
Kd5 Kc7 41. a4 Kd7 42. b5 Kc7 43. f3 Kd7 44. a5 Kc7 45. g4 Kd7 46. b6 f5 {
Diagram [#]} 47. g5 $2 (47. gxh5 gxh5 48. c5 dxc5 49. Kxc5 Ke6 50. f4 {wins.})
47... Ke7 48. f4 Kd7 49. c5 dxc5 50. Kxc5 Ke6 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Kc4 Kc6 53. Kd4
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 $2 (6. e5 {
has to be played. Anything else gives Black a very easy game.}) 6... d6 7. Bd2
Nbd7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. f3 Nc5 11. Be2 Na4 12. Bd2 Nxb2 13. Qb1 Na4 14.
O-O a6 15. Rd1 b5 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Qb4 d5 18. Bd3 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Nf3 Nf2+
21. Kg1 Qb6 22. Qd4 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Bb7 24. c3 Qxd4+ 25. cxd4 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Snead, Tallulah McCarty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "160"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bd6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Qe8 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15.
Nh4 b4 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Qf5
15. Bg3 c6 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Ned7 18. Rd3 Nf6 19. Be5 Rad8 20. Rf3 Qd7 21.
Ne4 Nbd5 22. c4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe5 24. cxd5 Bf6 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Qe2 Rd6 27.
g4 Red8 28. Rf4 (28. g5 Rd2) 28... Rd2 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 e6 31. Re3 Bxb2
32. Rc7 R8d7 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rf3 a6 35. Ra8 R2d3 36. Kg2 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Bd4 38.
Ba4 Rc7 39. Rd8 e5 40. Bb3 h6 41. h4 b5 42. Ke2 a5 43. f4 a4 44. Bd1 Rc3 45.
fxe5 Bxe5 46. Rd5 Bg3 47. h5 Ra3 48. Rxb5 Rxa2+ 49. Kd3 gxh5 50. gxh5 a3 51.
Ra5 Bd6 52. Ra7 Bc5 53. Ra5 Bb4 54. Rd5 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1415"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
cxd4 Rd8 15. Rd1 Be6 16. b3 Rd6 17. Ke2 Rc8 18. Ke3 Rc2 19. g4 Rxa2 20. Bc4
Bxc4 21. bxc4 Re6+ 22. Kf4 Ree2 23. h4 Rac2 24. c5 f6 25. g5 Kf7 26. h5 Ke6 27.
d5+ Kd7 28. gxf6 exf6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh7+ Kc8 31. d6 Rcd2 32. Rdh1 Re5 33.
Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rhh7 Rd4+ 35. Kg3 Rc4 36. Rxb7 Rexc5 37. d7 Rg5+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39.
Ke3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. d4 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Qe7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Nh2
Bg7 16. f4 Nbd7 17. f5 Kh7 18. Be3 Bb7 19. b3 c5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rf1 Nb6 22. Rf2
Rf8 23. Raf1 Bc8 {Diagram #} 24. Bd1 (24. Ng4 $1 {was the logical culmination
of White's play and Black would be in serious trouble.} Nxg4 25. hxg4 Nd7 (
25... g5 26. f6) 26. g5 {looks crushing.}) 24... a4 25. Be2 axb3 26. axb3 Bd7
27. Nf3 Ra3 28. Bd1 gxf5 29. exf5 $2 Nbxd5 30. Re1 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Bc6 32. Nh5
Nxh5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Bxh5 Ra1+ 35. Bd1 Qg5 36. f6 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[BlackElo "721"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. a3 g6
9. c3 d5 10. Ng5 Bg7 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nd2 a5 14. d4 a4 15. Ba2 h6
16. Ngf3 Rfe8 17. b4 Rad8 18. O-O-O Bc8 19. g4 Qd6 20. g5 Nd7 21. gxh6 Bf6 22.
exd5 Na7 23. Rdg1 Kf8 24. Ne4 c5 25. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 Nh6 5. Ndf3 Nf5 6. Bd3 b6 7. c3 O-O 8. Ne2
c5 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 f6 14. Nf4 Qd7
15. Ng5 fxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Ng6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bxf1 20. Qh8+
Kf7 21. Qh5 Be2 22. Nf4+ Bxh5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. h3 f5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15.
Nd5 Qg6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Qe1 Qxe1+ 20. Rexe1 Bb7 21.
Ne7+ Kh8 22. c4 Rae8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. cxd5 Re2 26. Kf1 Re3 27.
Re1 Bxf4 28. Rxe3 Bxe3 29. b3 g5 30. a4 Kg7 31. Ke2 f4 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. g4 Ke5
34. Ke2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Chen, Mingson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O b5
9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Ng5 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 d5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Be3 d4 15.
Bd2 h6 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. Nh4 Nd7 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Bb4 Rfe8 21. Bxe7
Bxe7 22. Nc1 Nf8 23. Ne2 Kh7 24. Neg3 g6 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. Rae1 Nd7 27. Qd1 h5
(27... c5 $11) 28. f4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Qd6 {Diagram [#]} (29... Qe5 $11) 30. Nxh5
$1 Qe5 $1 (30... gxh5 31. Qxh5+ Qh6 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qd5 $16)
31. Ref1 gxh5 $4 (31... Qxh5 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Qxh5 gxh5 35. Rf5
$11) 32. Rf5 Qe6 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34. Rg5+ Qg6 35. Rxg6+ (35. Rxf7+ $1) 35... fxg6
36. Qh4 Rde8 37. Qf4 c5 38. Qd6 Kh6 39. Qxa6 Re6 40. Qxb5 R8e7 41. Qa5 Re8 42.
Qd2+ Kg7 43. Rf4 R8e7 44. Rh4 {White is winning but was low on time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Cohee, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Na4 Rfd8 16. Qe3 c5 17. c4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.48"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf6+ Kh8 11. O-O Qd6 12. Ne4 Qb4 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nf6
Qxb2 15. a3 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Nxg5 Bxf6 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qc2 20. Qxh6+ Kg8
21. Bf6 Qh7 22. Qg5+ Qg6 23. Qh4 Qh7 24. Qg5+ Qg6 25. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Dupree, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Bd2 (8. Qd3 {is the book move.}) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. Bb4 {
White has compensation for the pawn.} d6 11. Bd3 (11. Bf3) 11... Nf6 12. c4 (
12. Qd2) 12... O-O 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Bd2 $2 (14. c5) 14... e5 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. Bg5
Bg4 (16... Qe7) 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. f4 f5 $1 20. fxe5 Nxe5 $2 (20...
dxe5 $19) 21. Bxf5 Bxc4 {Diagram [#]} (21... Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qxc4 $11) 22. Ne3 $2
(22. Nd4 $18 {(threat b3)} Qb6 23. Rxc4 $1 Nxc4 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Kh1 {
there is no defense against the threats of Bxh7 and Ne6+.}) 22... Qb6 23. Rxc4
Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Nxc4 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qh5 h6 27. Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Rf4
Rac8 30. Rh4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f3 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. Na3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 $2 (6. a3) (6. Be2) (6.
Bd3) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 Nge7 9. Na3 $2 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxa3 11. Bb5 Nf5
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Bb4 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. g4 Ne7 16. a3 Bc3 17. Rb1 c5 18. dxc5
Qxc5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Be3 Bb5 21. Bc5 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 O-O 23. Rb3 Bxe5 24. Bxe7
Rfc8 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Kg1 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. a4 Rc8 29. Bc5 a5 30. Qb1 axb4
31. Bxb4 Qc1+ 32. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "1187"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. c3 O-O
9. O-O Bd7 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Ndf3 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 Qh6 16. Ngf3 Ne7 17. Ng4 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Rf2 Qc5 23. b4 Qb6 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. exf5 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Rad8 27. Kh2 c6
28. Re2 Qc7 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qg3 f6 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 d5+ 33. Qg3 Qe5 34.
d4 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 g6 36. Kg4 Kg7 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Kg4 h6 39. Kh5 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nf4
Nc6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nd4 Neg6 15.
Nxg6 Nxg6 16. f4 f5 17. O-O Bd7 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Rae1 Qa3 21. Nb3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 d4 23. Nxd4 Rxc3 24. Qd2 Rec8 25. Nc2 Qa4 26. Bxf5 Qxb5 27. Bd3
Qd5 28. Rd1 Ba4 29. Be4 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 Rc1+ 32. Nd1 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.47"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "O'Brien, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "914"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bd6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 O-O 8. b4
Re8 9. O-O a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Bb2 d6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15.
Bc3 Ra8 16. Nbd2 Bg4 17. Nf1 d5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Rad1 c5 22. exd5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nxd5 (23... Rxa2 $19) 24. Be4 $2 {Diagram #} (
24. Ng3 Rxa2 $2 (24... Nc3 $17) 25. Qxd5 $1) 24... Rxa2 $1 25. Ne3 (25. Bxd5
Rxf2 $19) 25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 Be5 27. Bd5 Rd2 (27... Ra7) 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Rf1
Bd6 30. Bc6 h6 (30... b4) 31. Bxb5 $11 Qg5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Bd3
Rxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxd3 37. Rf7 Qd1+ 38. Rf1 Qd4 39. Qf3 Qe5 40. Rf2
c4 41. Re2 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 $11 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. c3 dxc3 7. bxc3 Ba5
8. Bc4 Ne7 $2 9. Qh5 $2 (9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qh5+ $16) 9... Bxc3+ $4 (9... d5 $1
10. exd5 O-O $11) 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Bg5 c6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Qh4 $4 (13. Nd5 cxd5
14. Bxe7 $18) 13... Ng6 14. Qg3 Qxc3 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 Kh8 17. Rac1 Qd4+ 18.
Kh1 d5 19. Bb3 dxe4 20. Bxf7 $4 Nxh4 21. Qxh4 Rxf7 $19 22. Qh5 Rf5 23. Qe8+ Kh7
24. dxe4 Rc5 25. Rcd1 Qc4 $2 (25... Bg4 $19) 26. f5 Qg8 $2 (26... Bxf5 27. Qxa8
Bxe4 $17) 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. f6 $1 Be6 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qxe6 Re5 31. Qd6 Rxe4
32. Qd3 Rae8 33. Qh3 Re2 34. Qf3 Rxa2 35. Qf7 $2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Pasko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e5
Be7 9. Nb5 O-O 10. c3 h6 11. Na3 b6 12. O-O a6 13. Nc2 Qc7 14. Nce1 f6 15. Nd3
c4 16. Nf4 Rf7 17. Ng6 Bd8 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Nfh4 f5 20. Bh5 Nxg6 21. Nxg6 Bg5
22. f4 Be7 23. Rf3 Qd8 24. Rh3 b5 25. Qf2 a5 26. Nh8 Kxh8 27. Bxf7 b4 28. Qg3
Qf8 29. Qg6 Bd7 30. Rf1 Be8 31. Bxe8 Qxe8 32. Qxe6 g6 33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rh3 Qf7
{Diagram [#]} 35. Rh7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Reed, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "586"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. h3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. d3 Bb7 8. a3 Nd4
9. Nxd4 exd4 10. O-O a5 11. Nd2 a4 12. Ba2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Qh5+
g6 16. Qg4 Ra6 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+ Ke7 21. Nf3
Qe8 22. Bg5+ Nf6 23. Bxf6+ Kd7 24. Ne5+ Kd6 25. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Revi, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. O-O
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Bf3 Ne7 11. Nd5 Nexd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Re1 Rc8 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. Qf3 Rc4 20. c3 O-O 21.
Nf5 Rf4 22. Qe3 Qxf5 23. Qb6 Qd7 24. g3 Rf5 25. Re4 h5 26. c4 Bd8 27. Qe3 Rf6
28. Re1 Rg6 29. Kh1 f5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf3 Bc5 8.
Be3 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be2 b5 11. f4 b4 12. Nb1 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Nd2 Ndf6
15. Bf3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Kh1 exd4 20. Re1+ Kf8
21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Rg3 Nh5 23. Rf3 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Re8 25. Ref1 Re7 26. h3 g6 27.
Qxa6 Qd6 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxh8 h5 32. Qh7+ Kf6
33. Qh8+ Kg5 34. Qc8 d3 35. h4+ Kxh4 36. Qh3+ Kg5 37. cxd3 Qf4 38. g3 Qc1+ 39.
Kh2 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nd3 fxe4 6. Nf4 c6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Nh5 Qe7 10. O-O g6 11. Nf4 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Rae1 Nc7 15.
Bd1 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Nce2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 g5 19. Nh5 Ne6 20. Ree1 Nf4 21.
Qd1 Qf7 22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Bc1 Rg8 25. Qd1 f3 26. g3 Qh5 27. Kh1
Qh3 28. Rg1 {Diagram [#]} Raf8 (28... Rg4 $1 $19 {
with Qxh2+ an unstoppable threat.}) 29. Bf4 Rxf4 (29... Bxf4 30. gxf4 Rg2 $1 {
was simpler.}) 30. gxf4 Rxg1+ (30... Rg2) 31. Rxg1 Bxf4 32. Rg3 Bxg3 33. fxg3
Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 Be7 6. Bc4+ Be6 7. Bxe6+ Kxe6
8. Qf3 g6 9. Qb3+ d5 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. Qc6+ Kf7 12. e5 Re8 13. e6+ Kg7 14. exd7
Qxd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O Bf6 17. Be3 Rab8 18. b3 c5 19. c3 c4 20. Nd2 Nb6 21.
Rae1 Rec8 22. Rc1 a5 23. a4 Nd7 24. f4 cxb3 25. c4 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Rb4 27. Nb2
Rc2 28. Rb1 Bxd4 29. Bxd4+ Rxd4 30. Rfd1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxd1+ 32. Kf2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nge7 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kg8 7. Qf3 Qe8
8. Qb3+ Nd5 9. Qxd5+ Be6 10. Qxe6+ Qxe6 11. Nxe6 Bd6 12. c3 Kf7 13. Ng5+ Ke7
14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Raf8 16. Nh4 Rf6 17. Nf5+ Kf7 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Na3 Rf8 20.
Nc2 a5 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Ne5 23. Rd1 Kg8 24. Be3 Ng4 25. Nf5 Ne5 26. f4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. f3
Qa5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 c5 14. Bf2 d4 15. O-O
dxc3 16. a3 cxb2 17. Qxb2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qd2
O-O 15. O-O-O d5 16. Qg5 Qc7 17. Rd2 dxe4 18. Re1 a5 19. fxe4 a4 20. Na1 Qc4
21. b3 Qc3 22. Rd3 Qxe1+ 23. Kb2 a3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "634"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 Qf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 Nd8 7. Be2 Qg6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nf6 10. Qe2 c6 11. c4 b5 12. cxb5 cxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nb7
15. O-O Nc5 16. Rd1 Be7 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Ne4 h5 19. Bb2 Qh6 20. Bc1 Rxc1 21.
Raxc1 g5 22. Rc8+ Bd8 23. Nxd6+ Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1776"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. Be3
Bb7 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O-O g6 14. g4 Bg7
15. h4 O-O 16. h5 gxh5 $2 (16... a5) 17. g5 Nd7 18. Rxh5 f5 19. Qh2 (19. Kb1)
19... Qe3+ 20. Kb1 Kf7 $4 (20... Qxf3 21. Be2 Qf4) 21. Qh3 $6 (21. Bd3 Qf4 22.
Qh1 Rh8 23. Qh3) 21... Qf4 22. Bd3 Kg8 23. Rg1 Nc5 24. Rxh7 Nxb3 25. Rxg7+ (25.
g6 Ra7 26. Rh1 {is overwhelming.} Bh6 27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kf6 29. Rxa7 e4 30.
fxe4 Nd2+ 31. Ka1) 25... Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qe6+ (27. axb3) 27... Kg7 28.
Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qxd6+ Ke8 32. Qe6+ Kd8 33. Qd6+ (33.
Qb6+ Kc8 (33... Ke7 34. Qc7+ Ke8 35. Qc6+ Ke7 (35... Kf7 36. g6+)) 34. cxb3 e4
35. Rc1+) 33... Ke8 {Still: winning if he wants it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1776"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. Be3
Bb7 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O-O g6 14. g4 Bg7
15. h4 O-O 16. h5 gxh5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Rxh5 f5 19. Qh2 Qe3+ 20. Kb1 Kf7 21. Qh3
Qf4 22. Bd3 Kg8 23. Rg1 Nc5 24. Rxh7 Nxb3 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qe6+
Kg7 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qxd6+ Ke8 32. Qe6+ Kd8 33. Qd6+
Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qd8 $2 (3... Qe7) 4. fxe5 d6 5. d4 $2 (5. exd6 $1)
5... dxe5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Be3 c5 9. Nf3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bg4 11. Nbd2
Nc6 12. c3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Bxe5 16. Bxc5 Bf6 17. Nf3
Ne7 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 f6 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Nd4 g6 23. Rhe1 Kf7
24. Rad1 Rhe8+ 25. Kf3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Ke4 Ke7 29. c4 f5+
30. Ke5 h5 31. b4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Qe2 Be6 9. Ne4 Bxg5 10. Nexg5 Qd7 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
Rfe1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 f6 6. Bxf4 fxe5 7. dxe5 Bc5 8. c3
Nge7 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Bf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Nxe5
15. Rf1 Qc6 16. Kg1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxc3 19. Rc1 Qxb4 20. Kh1 c6
21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Rxb7 Nf5 23. Ne5 Qxa2 24. Qg4 Qc2 ({
Black missed a nice combination here:} 24... Ng3+ $1 25. hxg3 Rxf1+ 26. Kh2
Rh1+ $1 27. Kxh1 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qxe5) ({Another way was} 24... Qa6 25. Rfb1 Rae8
{keeping the defending Nf5}) 25. Rf7 Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Rxf5+ Kg8 28. Qf4
Qd1+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Rxf1 a5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1195"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Nh6 8.
Bxh6 gxh6 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Bh5 Qe7 11. O-O dxc3 12. Nxc3 d6 13. Nd5 Be6 14.
Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxc6 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Bb6 17. e5 Rg8 18. e6 Qg7 19. e7+ Kxe7 20.
Rfe1+ Kd8 21. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1406"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 Nc6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. b4 Be7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bxc6 Rfb8 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. c6 Rbb8
15. Nb5 Qc8 16. O-O a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. a3 h6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. f4 Ne8
22. Rac1 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qxc6 24. Ne4 Qb6 25. Nc5 Rd8 26. Qg3 g5 27. h4 Ng7 28.
hxg5 Nf5 29. Qg4 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Kf8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Re1 c6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. h3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Bd3
Ndf6 15. c4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxd3 17. cxd3 h6 18. Rab1 g5 19. d5 $1 exd5 (19...
cxd5 20. Qb2 Nd7 21. cxd5) 20. c5 $6 (20. Qc3 Nh5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qb2 Kb8 23.
Rec1 (23. Ne5)) 20... d4 21. Rb4 Qa5 $2 (21... Nd5 22. Rxd4 Nf4) 22. Qb2 $1 Rd7
23. Rb1 Qa6 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Nc4 Ne8 26. Qxd4 Rh7 27. Re1 Ng7 28. Nd6+ Kb8 {
Diagram [#]} 29. Ne8 (29. Qxg7 $1) 29... Ne6 30. Rxe6 (30. Nxc7 $1) 30... fxe6
31. Qd8+ (31. Nxc7 Rxc7) 31... Rc8 32. Qd6+ Ka8 33. Qxe6 Rd8 34. Rd4 Qa5 35.
Qg8 Re7 $4 (35... Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+) 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1370"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8.
Nxe2 Nbd7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. Qg4 Rg8 14. c4
f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. b4 Qc7 11. Na3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bf4 Qf6
15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Bd3 Nf5 17. g4 {Diagram #} h6 $1 18. gxf5 Qxg5+ 19. Qxg5 hxg5
20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Nc2 Bxh2+ 22. Kg2 Bf4 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Re2 Kf7 25. Nd4 Rh2+
26. Kg1 Rah8 27. Nf3 R2h3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Lagrotta, Daniel S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Be7 11. h4 Bxh4+ 12. Ke2 Bg5 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. a3 Rc8
15. g3 a5 16. Rd1 a4 17. Na1 O-O 18. c3 Kh8 19. Nc2 Ne7 20. Bh3 f5 21. Nce3
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxh3 24. Rxh3 Bh6 25. g4 Qg5 26. Rh5 Qg6 27. Qxg6
hxg6 28. Rhh1 g5 29. Ne7 Rcd8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Rd5 b6 33. Kd3 Ke7
34. Ke4 Kd7 35. Rhd1 Kc6 36. c4 g6 37. Rxe5 Bg7 38. Re6 $2 (38. Rxg5 $18) 38...
Bxb2 39. Rd3 (39. Rxg6) 39... Kc5 40. Rxg6 $4 (40. Ke3) 40... Re8+ 41. Kf5 Re5+
42. Kf6 Re3+ {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8.
Ncb5 Qb4+ 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Nxd4 12. c3 Ne6 13. Qc1 b6 14. Be3
Qc6 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Rb1 g6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bb5 Qb7 19. O-O (19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20.
Rxb6 Qc7 $17) 19... Ndc5 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Rfd1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Ne6 23. Qd3 Bh6 24.
g3 Nc7 25. a4 f5 26. d5 fxe4 27. fxe4 Qa7 28. Ra1 Bg4 29. Rf1 Qa5 30. Qd4 Bg7 {
Diagram #} (30... Bh3 31. Rf2 Nxb5 32. axb5 Bg7 $19) 31. Qxg7 $3 Rxg7 32. Rf8+
Ne8 33. Rxe8+ Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kb7 35. Bc6+ Kc7 36. Bb5+ Kb7 37. Bc6+ Kc7 38. Bb5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Schegeren, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Ng5+ Kf8 9. Qh5 Nh6 10. O-O dxc3 11. Nxc3 Be5 12. Ba3+ d6 13. Rac1 Qf6 14. Nd5
Qg6 15. Qf3+ Kg8 16. Rxc6 Qe8 17. Rxc7 Bg4 18. Qb3 Kf8 19. Re7 Qh5 20. Rxe5 Qg6
21. Ne7 Qf6 22. Nxh7+ Rxh7 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Rd5 Rxe7 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qa8+ Re8
27. Qxe8+ Kxe8 28. Rxd6 Ng8 29. Rb1 Nf6 30. f3 Bd7 31. Rb7 Ke7 32. e5 Rh8 33.
Rd1 Rd8 34. exf6+ gxf6 35. Rxa7 Ke6 36. Kf2 f5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Rdxd7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qxe4 9. Ng5 Qxd4 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bc4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Qf3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 c5 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Qd2
cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd5 16. O-O b5 17. Qa5 a6 18. Rfc1 Qf5 19. Rc7 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd5
21. Rc5 f6 22. Nd7 Qxd3 23. Qe1 Rf7 24. Rbc1 g6 25. Qxe6 Nf4 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27.
Re1 $4 (27. Qe5 $16) 27... Nxe6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Black "Waharte, Louka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Bxe4 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Qxa7 Rhe8
14. Bf2 b6 15. Rxe4 Nxe4 16. Nd5 Nxf2 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Qa8+ Kd7 19. Qa4+ Kc8
20. Rf1 Ne4 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qa4+ Kc8 23. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 c4 8. Be2
Be7 9. a4 a6 10. Bh2 b5 11. a5 b4 12. Qa4 b3 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nc6 Qe8 15. O-O
Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bg6 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. g4 h6 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. Ne5 Bh7 22.
Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. h4 Bd6 24. Kg2 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nd7 26. Bg3 f6 27. Ra4 e5 28. dxe5
Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rb4 Rxe3 31. Rf2 Rc5 32. Ra4 Bc2 33. Kg3 Rxc3 $1 34. Kf4
g5+ 35. hxg5 hxg5+ 36. Kg3 Re3 37. Rh2 c3 38. Rb4 cxb2 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rhh8
Re7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. g4 Nc6 7. Qc1 Nd7 8. Bh6
e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e3 e4 11. Ng1 Qh4 12. Qd2 f5 13. Na3 fxg4 14. Nb5 g3 15.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 16. Kd1 Rxf1+ 17. Kc2 Rxa1 18. Ne2 Qf2 19. Rxa1 Nb6 20. b3 Bxh3 21.
a4 Bg4 22. Re1 Ne7 23. a5 Nd7 24. Nf4 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 a6 26. Na3 g5 27. Rg1 h5
28. Ng2 Rf8 29. Ke1 Nf5 30. c4 c6 31. Nb1 Nf6 32. Nd2 h4 33. Nf1 h3 34. Nh2
hxg2 35. Rxg2 Nxe3 36. Rg1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1195"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. h3 Nf6 4. c3 Bf5 5. g4 Be4 6. Bg2 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Bf4 12. Nf1 Rd8 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 b5
15. Ng3 Qb7 16. a3 a5 17. O-O Na6 18. g5 Nd7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Re8 21. Bg2
e5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd2 Nc7 24. Rxa8+ Qxa8 25. e4 Nb6 26. Qd4 Nd7 27. exd5
Nxd5 28. h4 Qe8 29. c4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 N7b6 31. Qg4 Qe6 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Qa1 Nxb4
34. Qb2 N4d5 35. Qc1 Qe8 36. Rd1 Re6 37. Nh5 g6 38. Ng3 {
Black eventually won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Frank, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd5 8.
O-O g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Bg3 Kf7
15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nd6+ Rxd6 17. Bxd6 Qd5 18. Bg3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 fxe5
21. Bxe5 Bg4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rf8 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. b4 a6 27.
h3 Ne7 28. Rd7 Nf5 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rc1 Nd6 31. Rc7+ Kg8 32. Rd7 Nb5 33. a4
Nc3 34. a5 b5 35. axb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.50"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Fuentes, Romy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Ne5
Qb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Ba6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Qd2 e5
15. h3 Nf6 16. a4 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. b4 Rf6 19. Ra2 Raf8 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5
Bxb5 22. Ba3 Bc4 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxa7 Bd3 25. Qa2 f4 26. exf4 Rxf4 27. Ra8
Bxb1 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxb1 Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxh3+ 31. Kh1 e4 32. Nh2 Nf2+ 33.
Kg1 Qc5 34. Nf1 Nd3+ 35. Kh1 Nxe1 36. Qxe1 d4 37. cxd4 Qxd4 38. Ng3 e3 39. Ne2
Qd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nb5 d6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. N5a3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nc2 Qb6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. e4 Nce5 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Na3 d5 18. f3 Nbc4 19. Naxc4 dxc4 20. Qe1 Rad8 21. Kh1
Rd7 22. f4 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Qf2 Qd7 25. Kg1 Rd8 26. Nf3 Bxe4 27. Ne5 Bxe5
28. fxe5 Qf5 29. Bd4 Qxf2+ 30. Rxf2 R8xd4 31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. Re1 Bd3 33. a3 a5
34. g3 g5 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. g4 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Kg3 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Rc1
c2 41. Rcxc2 Bxc2 42. Rxc2 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Rc5 f6 45. exf6+ Kxf6 {
and later drawn. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Nelson, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1188"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Bf5 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Qc1 Qc7 8. Bh2
e5 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. Qd2 e4 14. g3 d5 15. c5
Nf8 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Bg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Qd8 19. Ng2 Rf8 20. Nf4 Ng5 21. h4 f5 22.
Qh5 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Rf6 24. Nce2 g5 25. Kh1 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Qf8 27. g4 Qg7 28. g5
hxg5 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg1 Rg6 31. Rxg5 Rxg5 32. Qh6 {White went on to win the
game after some adventures. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. d5 c6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bc4 Nc5 13. Rfe1 b5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bd5 Rad8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd5 Nf4 $4 20. Nxf6+ Kg7
21. Nd5 Nh5 22. Rac1 f5 23. Ng5 Rde8 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Nf3 e4 26. Qd4+ Kh6 27.
Qe3+ Kg7 28. Qxa7+ Rf7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Rxe4 Nf6 31. Rh4+ Kg7 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33.
Ng5 h6 34. Rf4 Re5 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Peperell, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Bh6 Ne8 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. g4 c5 12. d5 e5 13. O-O-O Qc8 14. Qe2 a5 15.
a4 f6 16. h4 Rf7 17. Nb5 Nf8 $2 18. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. d5 Nxd5 8. Bg3
O-O 9. e4 Nc7 10. Be2 b5 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. O-O a6 13. Qc2 f6 14. Nh2 Kh8 15. f4
Nb6 16. Rbd1 Qe8 17. f5 Nd7 18. Ndf3 Ne5 19. b3 gxf5 20. exf5 Qc6 21. Bxe5 dxe5
22. c4 Bh6 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Ng4 Bf4 25. Ne1 Bg3 26. Bf3 e4 27. Nh6 exf3 28. Nxf3
Rg7 29. Rd3 Bf4 30. Ng4 h5 31. Ngh2 Rag8 32. Rf2 Qe4 33. Nh4 Rxg2 34. Nxg2 Rxg2
35. Rd8+ Rg8+ 36. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Steigum, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d5 7. b3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Re1 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. g3 a6 14. Nc3 b5 15. Qd1 e5
16. Bf5 Rcd8 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qc1 e4 21. Nh4 cxd4 22.
exd4 Nxd4 23. Be3 Bc5 24. g4 Bg6 25. Qd1 Qe5 26. Qd2 Ne6 27. Ne2 Bxe3 28. fxe3
d4 29. exd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Qe3 Nd5 32. Qe2 Qg3 33. Qf2 Qc3 34. Rac1 Rd2
35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Nf4 37. Qf2 Nxg2 38. Qxg2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. c3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2
Qe7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rac1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rcd1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Qxc4 b5 22. Qc2 Bc7 23. Qc3 c4 24. a3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Kf1
Kg8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Be5 30. f4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. g4 g6
34. g5 Be4 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. h4 a5 37. Bd1 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Ba4 b3 40. Be8 c3
41. Bf7+ Kd6 42. bxc3 b2 43. Ba2 Kc6 44. c4 Bc2 45. Kd2 Bb3 46. Bb1 Bxc4 47.
Kc3 Kd5 48. Bc2 Be2 49. Bb1 Bf3 50. Bc2 Bd1 51. Bb1 Ba4 52. Bd3 Bb5 53. Bb1 Bc4
54. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. c5 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. Bf4 bxc5 8. dxc5
c6 9. Qa4 Nfd7 10. Qa3 e5 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. b4 e4 13. Bd6 Qf6 14. Rc1 exf3 15.
Bxf8 fxg2 16. Bxg2 Bxf8 17. Nd1 Ne5 18. Ne3 Bh6 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Qe6 22. Bf3 Bg5 23. Qb2 Nd7 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Qa3 Bc4 26. Rg1 Re8 27. Kg2
Nxg4 28. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 29. Qg3 Bxe2 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. f3 Bf5 32. Kg3 h5 33. Rde1
Be3 34. Rh1 d4 35. a4 d3 36. b5 d2 37. Ra1 cxb5 38. axb5 Bxc5 39. Rhd1 Be3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Chea, Na"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bf4 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nf6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nfd2 Nh5 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. h3 Bb5 14. c4 Ba6 15.
Nc3 O-O 16. O-O Nf6 17. f4 Ned7 18. e5 Ne8 19. exd6 exd6 20. Nde4 f5 21. Ng5
Nc7 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Ne8 26. Rad1 b5 27. cxb5
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxb5 29. Bxc5 Be2 30. Rxe2 dxc5 31. Red2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Kf8 33.
Rd7 Nf6 34. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Chea, Na"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. e3 c5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qb2 Nb6 14. cxd5 c4
15. Nd2 Qxd5 16. Bf3 Qa5 17. Bg3 Bd3 18. Bxb7 Bxf1 19. Bxa8 Bd3 20. Be4 e5 21.
Bxd3 cxd3 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rb1 Na4 25. Qb3 Nxc3 26. Rb2 Rc8 27.
g3 Qf5 28. Nc4 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. f3 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Chen, Mingson"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qe2 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qb6
15. h4 Bd6 16. h5 Ne5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. Rh3 $4 {Diagram [#]} d3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Chen, Mingson"]
[Black "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 O-O-O
8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Be3 {Scoresheet unreadable} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Chen, Mingson"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O b6 12. b3 Bf8 13. Bb2 Ba6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qd7 18. Rfc1 f5 19. Qf3 Bh6 20. Nxf5 Bf8 21.
Rd1 Re5 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qxe5+ Kg8 24. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Chen, Mingson"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. O-O-O a6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 $4 12. Bc7 Nf6 13. Bxd8 Rxd8 14.
Bd3 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rdc8 16. Qe2 Rc7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. g4
Ne4 21. h4 f6 22. Nf3 Rc6 23. Rc1 Rb6 24. Rc8 Kf8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd2 Ba3 27.
Nc4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f4 Nh6 8. c3
Bd7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nd2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. a4 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nf5 16. Bf2 h5 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. h3 h4 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Rab1 Qa5
22. Be1 Qd8 23. Nxb7 Bxb7 24. Qb5+ Bc6 (24... Qd7 $4 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rxb7+
$18) 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxc6+ Kf8 27. Qc5+ Kg7 28. Qxa7 Qc8 29. Qc5 Qa6 30. Qb5
Qc8 31. Qc5 Qa6 32. a5 Qe2 33. Bf2 Qe4 34. a6 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 Ra8 36. Qc6 Qb8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bb6 Qh4 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 {
Remaining moves do not play. White soon won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. d4 e6 5. h3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2 Nge7 8. f4 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Kf2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb6 15.
b3 Rac8 16. Bd2 f6 17. Kg3 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rf5 19. Rac1 Rcf8 20. Rc2 Rxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Nxd4 22. Be3 Rxf3+ 23. Kg2 Rxe3 24. Rc8+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Nf5 26. Rxf5+ exf5
27. Qxf5+ Bf6 28. Qh5+ g6 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Re8+ Kf5 31. Qd7+ Kg5 32. Qg4+ Kh6
33. exf6 g5 34. h4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Qb6 9. Qd2 Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Nxd2 11. Nxe7+ Kh8 12. Bxb6 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 axb6 14.
Kd2 d6 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Re1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Cheng, Andrew Ys"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1131"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Bb4 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. Bg2
Qe7 9. O-O Qe6 10. Nd5 Ne8 11. a3 Bc5 12. Re1 h6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nd4 15.
b4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 c6 18. Nc3 b6 19. Qg2 a6 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. h3 Nd7
22. f4 Ra7 23. f5 Qf6 24. g4 Qg5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. h4 Qxg4 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Rg3
h5 29. Nd1 f6 30. Nf2 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Rff7 32. Rg6 Kh7 33. Kf1 a5 34. Rb2 a4 35.
Ke2 Rab7 36. Ke3 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. Rc2 Rfc7 39. Rgg2 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 g6 41.
fxg6+ Kxg6 42. Rc6 d5 43. exd5 Kf5 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. d6 Ke6 46. Ke4 f5+ 47. Ke3
Rxd6 48. Rc5 Rd5 49. Rc6+ Rd6 50. Rc5 Rd4 51. Rxb5 Rxh4 52. Rb6+ Kd7 53. Rh6
Rh3+ 54. Ke2 h4 55. b5 e4 56. dxe4 fxe4 57. b6 Kc8 58. Rh7 Kb8 59. Re7 Rxa3 60.
Rxe4 h3 61. Rh4 h2 62. Rh8+ Kb7 63. Rh7+ Kxb6 64. Rh6+ Kc5 65. Rh5+ Kd6 66.
Rh6+ Ke5 67. Rh5+ Kf6 68. Kf1 Ra2 69. Rh6+ Kg5 70. Rh3 Kg4 71. Rh6 h1=Q+ 72.
Rxh1 Ra1+ 73. Kg2 Rxh1 74. Kxh1 a3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Cheng, Andrew Ys"]
[Black "Raphael, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "629"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 $4 10. Bxd8 Bh6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Nd5 f6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. h3 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 h5 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. f4 e4 18. dxe4 f5 19. Ne7 Bd4 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21.
Nhxg6 Rf7 22. exf5 Nc5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. g4 d3 25. exd3 Nxd3 26. b3 Re8 27.
Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Rad1 Re3 29. Rd2 Rxh3 30. Kg2 hxg4 31. Rfd1 Nxf4+ 32. Nxf4 Rf3
33. Rf2 Re3 34. Rxd6 g3 35. Re2 {and White soon won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Cheng, Andrew Ys"]
[Black "Wonsever, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Nf3 h6 7. e4 Nf6 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 c6 12. d4 Ng6 13. d5 c5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Be3
Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. Ra1 Qc7 19. Reb1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Rxb5
22. c4 Ra5 23. Nd2 Rea8 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qb2 Ra6 26. Qb8+ Qxb8 27. Rxb8+ Kh7
28. f4 Ra1+ 29. Rb1 Ra3 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Bf4 Nfg4 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Rb3 Rxb3
34. Nxb3 Nxc4 35. Bf1 Ne5 36. Na5 f5 37. exf5 Bxf5 38. Nb7 Be4 39. Nxd6 Bxd5
40. Nb5 Nf3+ 41. Kf2 Nxh2 42. Be2 Kg6 43. Kg1 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 Bxf3 45. Kf2 Bc6
46. Nc3 Kf5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Kd3 Bd5 49. Ne2 g5 50. Kc3 h5 51. Kd3 h4 52. gxh4
gxh4 53. Ng1 Be6 $4 (53... Bg2 $19) 54. Nf3+ Kd5 55. Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Clemens, Kristain"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ng3 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 h6
15. e4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne5 Bh7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qg4 Rad8 21.
Kh1 Bf8 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Qg5 25. Qf3 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27.
exf5 Rd7 28. Rd3 Red8 29. Rcd1 Be7 30. b3 Bf6 31. d5 c5 32. g3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nc5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. b4 Nxe4 13. Ndxe4 f5 14. O-O f4 15.
Qc2 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bh7 18. Rac1 Rf7 {Diagram #} 19. Nxd6 $1 Nxd6 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. c5 Ne8 22. Bg6 Rf8 23. Bf5 Nf6 24. Be6 a6 25. Rfd1 Qe7 26. Ne4
Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qf6 28. f3 Rad8 29. Rd3 c6 30. Rcd1 Rb8 31. Bd7 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Qf7
33. Rd6 Qxa2 34. Be6 Qa4 35. Rd7 Rf6 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Rd7 Rf6
39. Rd8+ Rf8 40. Rxf8+ Bxf8 41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Ngxe5 8.
O-O Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Qc2 d6 12. b3 Re6 13. e4 Qh4 14. Nd5 Rg6
15. Bf4 Bh3 16. Bxe5 {Diagram [#]} Rxg2+ 17. Kh1 dxe5 18. Qd3 Rxh2+ 19. Kxh2
Bxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb8
15. Qb1 h6 16. Bf3 Rc7 17. Nce4 d5 18. Nc3 dxc4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. bxc4 Rfc8 21.
Qd3 Bd6 22. Ne2 Rd8 23. Ba3 Nf8 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Qb3 Qc8 26. Nf1 Ng6 27. Ne3
Ne7 28. h3 Qd8 29. Qa3 Ra7 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Ne4 32. Nc4 Nxc5 33. Nxd6 Qxd6
34. Qxc5 Rd7 35. Rc1 Nf5 36. Qc8+ Rd8 37. Qc4 g5 38. Rc2 Nxd4 39. Nxd4 Qxd4 40.
Qc6 a5 41. a4 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. Qxd6 Rxd6 44. Rc4 Kg7 45. h4 Kg6 46. hxg5
hxg5 47. g4 Kf6 48. f4 Rd3 49. Kg2 Ra3 50. Kf2 gxf4 51. Rxf4+ Ke7 52. Rd4 Rb3
53. Ke2 f6 54. Kd2 e5 55. Rd5 Rb4 56. Rxa5 Rxg4 57. Ra8 Ke6 58. a5 Ra4 59. Ke3
Ra3+ 60. Ke2 f5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. e4 h6
9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Nge2 Ng4 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
O-O O-O-O 16. h3 Ngf6 {Diagram [#]} 17. Nd5 $1 cxd5 18. cxd5+ Kb8 19. dxe6 Qxe6
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bb4 Nb6 22. Qc5 Nfd5 23. Qb5 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Bf8 25. Qc3 Bd6
26. Qf3 Qf7 27. Rac1 e4 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Be5 30. Rc5 Rhe8 31. Nc3 Rc8 32.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. g4 fxg4 34. hxg4 Rg8 35. Re1 Rxg4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Nd7 38.
Kg2 Nc5 39. Bc2 Bf4 40. b4 Ne6 41. Nd5 Bc1 42. b3 Nd4 43. Bd1 b6 44. Kg3 Kb7
45. Ne3 Kc6 46. Kf4 Kb5 47. Ke4 Kxb4 48. Kxd4 Bb2+ 49. Kd3 b5 50. Kc2 Be5 51.
Kd3 Bh8 52. f4 a5 53. f5 a4 54. bxa4 bxa4 55. Kc2 a3 56. Kb1 Kc3 57. Bh5 Kd3
58. Ng4 Ke4 59. Bg6 Kf4 60. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Moren, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qb5 Nb8 12. O-O a5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Rac1 Na6
15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rc6 Qe7 17. Nf3 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Qb4 19. Nc3 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Rac8
21. a3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd7 23. Nb1 (23. Rxb6) 23... Nb8 24. Rxc7 Rcd8 25. Rxd7
Nxd7 26. Rc6 Rb8 27. N1c3 Nf6 28. Nc7 Rc8 {Diagram [#]} 29. N3xd5 $1 Nxd5 30.
Nxd5 Rxc6 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxc6 Ke8 33. Kf1 Kd7 34. Ne5+ Bxe5 35. dxe5 Ke6 36.
Ke2 Kxe5 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. e4+ Kc5 39. f4 Kb5 40. g4 Ka4 41. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 f5
9. O-O Be7 10. Qb3 Ndf6 11. c5 O-O 12. Na4 Ra7 13. Nb6 Bd7 14. Rad1 Be8 15. Ne5
g5 16. Bg3 Bh5 17. f3 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Na4 Bxe3+ 20. Bf2 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2
Qd6 22. Qc3 (22. Qb6 $1 Raa8 23. Qd4 $18 {
Black's pawns are not worth the piece, as they are completely blockaded.})
22... b5 23. Nc5 d4 24. Bxf5 $2 (24. Qc1 Qxe5 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Rxe6 Qd5 27.
Qxg5+ Rg7 28. Qxf5 $18) 24... Qxe5 $19 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxe6 dxc3 27. Nxf8
Kxf8 28. bxc3 Rd7 29. Re1 Bf7 30. a3 Rd3 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Rfc2 Ne3 33. Re2 Nc4
34. Ra2 a5 35. h3 a4 36. Kh2 Ke7 37. Kg3 Kd6 38. Raa1 Kc5 39. Kg4 Rd5 40. Re1
h5+ 41. Kg3 h4+ 42. Kh2 Re5 43. Rec1 Re2 44. Kh1 Bd5 45. Re1 Rxe1+ 46. Rxe1
Nxa3 47. Re5 Nc4 48. Rxg5 a3 49. Rg7 a2 50. Ra7 Nb6 51. Ra3 Na4 52. Kg1 Kb6 53.
Kf2 Nxc3 54. g3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 b4 56. Ra8 b3 57. h4 b2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 b5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Be2 f6 11. Nf3 Bf7 12. O-O Nd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. axb5 axb5
15. e4 e6 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qd2 (18. f4) 18... Be7 19. e5 Nd5 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Bh5+ g6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Rfe1 Rhe8 25. Qe3 Kg7 26.
g3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Qh6 Kg8 31. Qe3 e5 32. dxe5
Qxe5 33. Qc5 d4 $1 34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. cxd4 Re4 36. d5 Rd4 37. d6 Kf7 38. Kf1 c3
39. Rc6 b4 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Rxd6 42. Rc4 Rb6 43. Kd3 b3 44. Re4+ Kf5 45. Re1
c2 46. Kd2 Rd6+ 47. Kc1 Rd1+ 48. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 49. Kxd1 Kg4 50. f4 h5 51. Kd2
Kh3 52. Kc3 Kxh2 53. Kxb3 Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nf3 d5 7. Be3 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7
9. Qb3 Qb6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Kd8 {Diagram [#]} 13. Nb6 $1
axb6 14. Rxa8 Kc7 15. e6 $1 Bxe6 16. Bf4+ Kd7 17. Rxb8 Bxb3 18. Rxb7+ Kc6 19.
Rc7+ Kd5 20. Nd2 Ba4 21. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rad8
15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Kh2 Qf3 20. d4 e6 21.
d5 e5 22. Bxa7 b5 23. Bb6 Rb8 24. c5 b4 25. c6 Rd6 (25... bxc3 26. Rd3 Qf5 27.
cxd7 $16) 26. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Pan, Hongkai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O h6 11. Rb1 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. Rxb4 Ra3 14. Bxf5 Nxf5
15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Rfb1 b5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qa8 20. d5 Nf6 21.
Qe5 Re8 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Qh4 cxd5 24. Nd4 Nc3 25. Rf1 Re4 26. f4 Qa7 27. Qg4
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qc4 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Qh4 Rxa2 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd7
Qc2 34. Qf5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bd3 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. cxd5 Ncxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Ba3 a5 13. Bc5 a4 14. Qb4 Re8
15. Bb6 Qf4 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Bc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 e5 19. d5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21.
Qb5 Red8 22. Bc2 Rac8 23. Red1 g5 24. Qxa4 g4 25. Ne1 Qf6 26. Bb3 Bf8 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Qb3 Bc5 29. Nd3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 Bc5 32. Qd1 Qf4 33. Rd8+
Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kf7 35. Qd3 Ke7 36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3
Bf5 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rad8
15. Qb2 f6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Bf3 Nd4 18. Bd5+ Be6 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Ne4 Qc6 21.
Qc2 f5 22. Nd2 e4 23. Rac1 Rd3 24. Nb1 Rfd8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nc3 Nc7 27. Rxd3
Rxd3 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. g3 Kf6 31. Qb2 Qe5 32. Qd2 Ke7 33. Qb2 Ke6
34. h4 b5 35. Qd2 b4 36. Ne2 Qd6 37. Nf4+ Kf6 $4 (37... Ke7 $11) 38. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. f3 Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Nd7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Rad1 Nf6 15.
Rfe1 c6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qc7 $2 (19... Bxd5 20.
Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Rab8 22. Red1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11) 20. Rc1 Bc5 21. Bxc5
bxc5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxc5 Qb6 24. Qf2 Rab8 25. Rc2 Qb3 26. Ra1 Rb4 27. a5 Rb5
28. h3 (28. Ra3 Qxa3 29. bxa3 Rb1+ 30. Qf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1) 28... Rd8 29. Rd2
Re8 30. Qd4 h6 31. Ra3 Qb4 32. Qc3 Qf4 33. Rd4 Qg3 34. Ra1 Rbe5 (34... Re2 $2
35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+) 35. Re4 Rxe4 {draw offer} 36. fxe4 Qxc3 $6 37. bxc3 Rxe4
38. Kf2 f5 $6 39. Re1 Ra4 40. Re5 g6 41. Kf3 (41. Re6 Kf7 42. Rxa6 Rc4 43. Ra8
Rxc3 44. a6 Ra3) 41... Kf7 42. Rc5 Re4 $2 43. g4 Kf6 (43... fxg4+ $4 44. Kxe4
gxh3 45. Rd5 h2 46. Rd1) 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Rc6+ Re6 46. Rxe6+ Kxe6 47. Kf4 $18
h5 48. h4 Kf6 49. c4 Ke6 50. c5 Kd5 51. Kxf5 Kxc5 52. Kg5 Kb5 53. Kxh5 Kxa5 54.
Kg4 Kb4 55. h5 a5 56. h6 a4 57. h7 a3 58. h8=Q Kb3 59. Qa1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Kh7 14. b3 Ng8 15. a3
b6 16. b4 Na6 17. Qb3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nde4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6
22. Ne4 Rf7 23. Rac1 Kh8 24. f3 a4 25. Qc2 Raf8 26. c5 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rxf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Ra8 29. cxb6 cxb6 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Rc1 Qb5 32. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
Qf3 c6 {Diagram [#]} 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Qxf5 Qe7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Qf3
Ke8 14. e4 Nc7 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Ne4 Nb5 17. Be3 Qd7 18. a4 Nbc7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20.
Qh3 Qf7 21. f4 Qf5 22. Qf3 Be7 23. Bc2 Qf7 24. Ng3 g6 25. Kh1 Kd7 26. Bg1 Rdf8
27. Qb3 Kc8 28. Be4 Rd8 29. a5 Rhg8 30. Qa4 Qe8 31. Qc4 Qd7 32. Rf3 Kb8 33. Ne2
Rdf8 34. Qc2 Qe8 35. g3 Bb4 36. Qa4 Qd8 37. Rb3 Na6 38. Nc3 Qxa5 39. Ra1 Qxa4
40. Rxa4 Kc7 41. Nxd5+ exd5 42. Bd3 Be7 43. Bxa6 bxa6 44. Rxa6 Ra8 45. Rc3 c5
46. dxc5 Rgb8 47. Rxg6 Rxb2 48. Rg7 Kd7 49. c6+ Ke8 50. c7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Wonsever, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Ne4 11. Ne5 O-O 12. a5 Nd5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. a6 Qc7 15.
axb7 Qxb7 16. Ba4 Rfc8 17. f3 Bg6 18. e4 Nb6 19. Be3 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 c5 21. Rfa1
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Rd1 f6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qf2 Qb3 27. Rad4
Rac8 28. g4 g5 29. R1d2 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 R1c2 31. Kg3 Qxb2 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. h4 Rxd2
34. Rxd2 Qe5 35. Qxa7 gxh4 36. Qf2 g5 37. Kh3 Rc1 38. f4 Qxf4 39. Qxf4 Rc3+ 40.
Kh2 gxf4 41. Rd6 Kg6 42. Rxe6 Kg5 43. e5 fxe5 44. Rxe5+ Kxg4 45. Re8 f3 46.
Rg8+ Kf4 47. Rf8+ Ke3 48. Re8+ Kf2 49. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1445"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 e4 14. dxc6
exf3 15. gxf3 Rad8 16. Qc3 Bh3 17. Rg1 g6 18. cxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Qd6 20. f4
Rd8 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Rb8 23. Bf3 Bd7 24. b4 Kf8 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. Rc1 Kd6
27. Rc5 a6 28. Rd5+ Ke7 29. Ra5 Bb5 30. a4 Bf1 31. b5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Cohee, James"]
[Black "Agdamag, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qb6 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 O-O 14. Re1 Nd7
15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Red1 b5 20. Bxc5 $4 Nxc5
21. b4 Nb3 22. Ra3 bxc4 23. Bf1 Rfc8 24. h4 h5 25. Be2 g6 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Bf1
Ke8 28. Rd5 Kd7 29. Be2 Ke6 30. Kh3 Kf6 31. Bd1 a5 32. bxa5 Rc5 33. Bxb3 cxb3
34. a6 Rc6 35. Rxb3 Raxa6 36. Rdb5 Ke6 37. Rb7 Bd8 38. Rb8 Rcb6 39. R3xb6 Bxb6
40. Kg2 Bc5 41. Kf3 Rb6 42. Rxb6 Bxb6 43. c4 Bc5 44. Ke2 Bd4 45. b3 Bc5 46. f3
Bb4 47. g4 f6 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. f4 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Cohee, James"]
[Black "Brahim, Asma Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 d5 8. exd5
Bc5 9. c3 Nb5 10. Qa4 a6 11. c4 O-O 12. cxb5 Qxd5 13. Qc4 axb5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxe5 Rad8 16. Nxg4 {and White soon won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Cohee, James"]
[Black "Giridharan, Durgas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1199"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Ng4 (8... Nd7 9. Re1 b5 {is the main line.}) 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6
Nxf6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rae8 16. Be3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5
18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Rac1 a6 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxd4 (22... dxe4)
23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Ne3 Qd7 26. Rcd1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Cohee, James"]
[Black "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 e6 7. Nc3 Nd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Nb5 Qc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 dxc4 13. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Cohee, James"]
[Black "Schegerin, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nge7 $4 6. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Cohee, James"]
[Black "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1328"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 Rb8 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Be7 8. b3
b5 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nf4 c4 12. b4 a5 13. dxc4 axb4 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15.
cxb5 bxa3 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. bxc6 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qxc6 19. Qxa3 Bb7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Cohee, James"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1152"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4 e6 7. d4 h5 8. Nc3 h4
9. Ne5 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qe7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Nc3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Bxh4 Rxh4 15.
gxh4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rac1 O-O-O 19. e3 Bd6 20. f4 Rh8 21.
Ne2 Bb5 22. Ng3 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Kb7 24. Re1 c5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Bg2 Kc6 27. Rc1 g6
28. Ng3 Rxh4 29. h3 b5 30. b4 c4 31. a3 Kb6 32. Ne2 a5 33. Rb1 axb4 34. axb4
Bh6 35. Nc3 Kc6 36. Kf2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O a6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nc3 h6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Ne2
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Ng6 10. d3 Qh4 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Qf3 g5 14. Bxf4 gxf4
15. Kh1 O-O-O 16. Bxf7 Kb8 17. Bd5 Nd4 18. Qd1 f3 19. c3 Ne2 20. Qb3 b6 21. Qc4
Qh3 22. Qc6 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "936"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. c3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Qg6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. N4f3 Bxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. b4 Kb8 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. c4
Bc2 15. Qc1 Bxb4 16. Nh4 Qd3 17. Nhf3 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. c3
Be6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. Nf3 c5 14. Bc2 Kh8
15. a4 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. h4 Bg8 18. h5 Qe8 19. h6 g5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. f3
Bxf4 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Qg4 Bxe5 24. axb5 Qg6 25. Qe2 Qxh6 26. Rxa6 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bc2 Na5 11. d3 c5 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. Ng3
h6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 d5 19. Nf5 dxe4 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Qxh6
exf3 22. Bb3 Qf5 23. Bg5 Nd4 24. g4 Nxg4 25. Bxe7 Nxh6 26. Bxd8 Qg6+ 27. Kh1
Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "936"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 exd4 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Qd1 dxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Nd5 Re8
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. h3 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Kg2 d5 20. a3 d4
21. Bc2 Rd8 22. Bd3 c5 23. Rb1 c4 24. Bg5 Rxb1 25. Bxb1 d3 26. Bd2 Nd7 27. Bxd3
cxd3 28. b4 Ne5 29. f4 Nc4 30. Bc3 d2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.51"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Harris, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "956"]
[BlackElo "596"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 h6 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 g5
9. d4 g4 10. Nh4 Rg8 11. Nf5 Nxe4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Nxh6+ Bxh6 14. Bxh6 gxh3
15. Qh5+ Rg6 16. g3 Bg4 17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[BlackElo "1406"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. c5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bf3 b6 15.
a3 bxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. Nd6 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxd6 20. Be2 a5 21. Rc1
Rab8 22. Qa4 Rec8 23. Bb5 Na7 24. Be2 Qb6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Nb5 28. Rc5 Nd4 29. Rb5 Nxb5 30. Qa1 Qd4 31. Qa5 Qf2 32. Qa1 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
dxc3 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 a5 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Ne5
15. Bh6 Nxc4 16. Qc1 Ne5 17. Bh5 Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Be2 c4 20. h4 Nd3 21.
Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Rfe1 d5 23. h5 Rae8 24. Qe3 e5 25. h6+ Kg8 26. Qg3 f5 27. f4 exf4
28. Qf2 Qc5 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. b4 cxb4 31. Rc1 bxc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.51"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Odgerel, Byambatsetseg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "964"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Re1 O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Bd2
Nd4 9. Ba4 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Be3 d4 14. Bd2 f5 15.
Bb3+ {White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Pasko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "936"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Qd7 8.
Re1 h6 9. Ba6+ Nge7 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. a4 g5 13. h3 Bg7 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Rxe7 Bf6 16. Re1 a6 17. b4 Qd6 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. b5 a5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rad1
g4 22. hxg4 Kg7 23. Qd3 Rg8 24. Ne2 Kf8 25. c3 Qxg4 26. Ng3 h5 27. c4 h4 28.
Ne5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 h3 30. cxd5 Rh8 31. f3 Qxg3 32. f4 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.49"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Poler, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "956"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bd2
Bb7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nbd7 13. h4 b4 14. Nce2 Ne5
15. Qh3 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Qc7+ 18. Kb1 Nxf2 19. Qg3 Nxh1 20. Qxg7
Kxe7 21. Qg5+ Kd7 22. Rf1 Raf8 23. Qg7 Ke8 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Nc1
Qxh4 27. Rf6 Ng3 28. Rxd6 Nf5 29. Qe5+ Qe7 30. Rd8+ Kxd8 31. Qxf5 f6 32. Qa5+
Qc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "936"]
[BlackElo "1132"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 Be6 11. d4 Nc6 $2 12. d5 Bd7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nbd2 d5 15.
b4 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. a3 Nd7 18. Nf1 Nb6 19. Nxd4 Bf6 20. Be3 Re8 21. Nxc6
Bxa1 22. Nxd8 Rexd8 23. Qxa1 Nc4 24. Bc5 Rd7 25. Ne3 Rd2 26. Nxc4 Rxc2 27. Ne3
Rd2 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "956"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 Qc7
15. Kb1 b5 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. h5 Ne5 18. h6 g6 19. Bh3 b4 20. Bd4 $2 (20. Ne2 $11)
20... bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nc6 22. Bg7 f6 $2 (22... Nxg7 23. hxg7 Kxg7 $19) 23. Bxf8
Kxf8 24. f4 f5 $2 25. exf5 exf5 26. Nd4 $2 (26. Rhe1) 26... Nd8 $2 (26... Qb6
$19) 27. Nxf5 $2 (27. Rhe1) 27... Bxf5 28. Qd4 Kg8 (28... Qxc2+ 29. Ka1 Kg8)
29. Bxf5 Qc5 $2 30. Bxg6 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 (31. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 32. Rxd4 $14) 31...
hxg6 32. h7+ $2 (32. Re1) 32... Kh8 33. Re4 Nc6 34. Re6 Ng7 35. Rxg6 Re8 36. f5
$2 (36. c3) 36... Ne5 {Black won. The remaining moves are unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 Qb6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nge2
h5 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. e5 Ng4 13. exd6 exd6 14. f5 Ndf6 15.
h3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3+ Qe7 17. Qf3 d5 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Ne4 {
Diagram [#]} 21. Ncxd5 $1 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Ng5 23. Nxe7 Nxf3 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25.
gxf3 f4 26. Bg6+ Ke7 27. c3 Kf6 28. Rhg1 Bd6 29. Kc2 Ra7 30. Be4 Rh6 31. Rg8
Rg7 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rg1+ Kf8 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Kf7 36. c5 Be7 37. Kc3 a5
38. Kc4 {and White won in a few more moves.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Black "Gomez, David Flores"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d5
Nb6 9. dxc6 Nxc4 10. Nd4 Rb8 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qxa7 Ra8 13. cxb7 Rxa7 14. b8=Q
Nfd7 15. Qxa7 Bxd4 16. Qa5 Ne5 17. e3 Nec4 18. Qb4 Bc5 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Qc2 Qd7
21. a3 Bh3 22. Bxh3 Qxh3 23. b4 Ne5 24. f4 Bxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Nbc4 26. Bd4 Ng4 27.
Qg2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. d5 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 f5 16. Bd3 e4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qe1 Qe8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Na3 exf3 21. g3 Qa4
22. Be3 Rae8 {and White went to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Qe2
Nf6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh5 14. g6 Ne5 15.
gxf7+ Qxf7 16. Bg2 Nf4 17. Qf1 Be7 18. h3 Qg6 19. Bf3 O-O 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rg1
Qh6 22. Bg4 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Nxh3 24. Qh1 Rf6 25. Rg2 Rc5 26. Nde2 Rh5 27. Qe1 e5
28. Bc1 Nf4 29. Qg1 Qh7 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Qxb6 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 33. Rdg1 Rf7
34. Bb2 g5 35. Qb8+ Rf8 36. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 (7...
Nbd7 8. O-O (8. a4 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Qc7 {Kan}) 8... b5) 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bd2
Nc6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 e5 14. f5 (14. Ne3 exf4 15. Rxf4
Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Rxb4 Nxd5 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Rfe8 21. Kh1 d5
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxd5 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxb2 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxa6
Qxc2 28. Qb7 Bf6 29. g3 h5 30. a5 Rd3 31. Qa8+ Bd8 32. a6 Qxb3 33. a7 Qa2 34.
Qe4 Ra3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxd8 Rxa7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Qd4 Re7 39. Qf6 Qe6 40. Qf4
Kg7 41. Qd4+ Qe5 42. Qd8 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Rb7 44. Qf6+ Kh7 45. Qc3 Re7 46. Qb2 Qe3+
47. Kh1 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 f5 49. Qf6 Rd7 50. Qf8 Qe3+ 51. Kh1 Qe2 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53.
Kh1 Qe2 54. Kg1 h4 55. gxh4 Qe3+ 56. Kh1 Qe4+ 57. Kg1 Rd2 58. Qf7+ Kh6 59. Qf8+
Kh5 60. Qh8+ Kg4 61. h3+ Kxh3 62. Qc3+ Rd3 63. Qb2 Rg3+ 64. Kf2 Rg2# {
0-1 (64) Nikolova,A (2304)-Djingarova,E (2334) Sunny Beach 2009}) 14... d5 15.
Nf2 Bb7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 f6 18. Qh5 Nd4 (18... Nd8) 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rf3
Ne3 21. Rh3 h6 22. Qg6 Bc8 23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. b3 (24. Rxh6 Bxf5 25. Qxf5) 24...
Qf4 25. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 ({Relevant:} 9. h3 Nh5 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. f4 exf4 12. Ndxf4 Nxf4 13.
Nxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Qg5 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Raf1 Rae8 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Bxe5 Rxe5
19. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 (19) Izoria,Z (2585)-Amanov,M (2510) Wheeling 2013}) 9... Ng4
10. Qd2 exf4 11. Nxf4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Bf6 13. Nd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rae1
Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Qh4 15. g3 Qh6 16. Nd1 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rae8 18. Nd1 Nce5 19. Ne3
Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Ng4 21. Re2 Re5 22. Kg1 Rfe8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qxd6 Qg5 25. Nd5 Nxd5
26. cxd5 Qxg3+ 27. Rg2 Qxh3 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+
{1/2-1/2 (31) Bitensky,I (2399)-Raznikov,D (2354) Petah Tiqwa 2010}) 13... Bxb2
14. Nxb2 Qh4 15. Nh3 Rad8 16. Nd1 Nf6 17. Rf4 Qh6 18. Ne3 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Qg6 20.
Nf2 Ne5 21. Qd1 h5 22. Qf1 Neg4 23. Re1 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Re6 25. Qh4 Rde8 26. Re3
Ng4 27. Rd3 (27. Rg3 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Ne7+ Kh7) 27... Qf6 28. Qxf6 (28.
Qxh5 Qa1+ 29. Rf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxe4) 28... Rxf6 (28... Nxf6) 29. h3 Ne5 30.
Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Re7 32. Nc8 Re8 33. Nxa7 Ra8 34. Nb5 Rxa2 35. Rf2 b6 36. Nc3
Ra7 37. Rd2 Nc6 38. Nb5 (38. Na4) 38... Re7 39. Rd6 Nb4 40. Rxb6 Rxe4 41. Rb8+
Kh7 42. Rc8 Nxc2 43. Rxc5 g6 44. Kf2 Ne1 45. Rd5 Nc2 46. Rd7 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 g5
48. Nd6 Kg6 49. Re7 Nd4 50. c5 h4+ 51. Kh2 Rf2 52. Re4 $4 {all but out of time}
(52. Kg1 Rc2 (52... Rb2 53. Re4 $14 (53. Rxf7 Rxb3 54. Rf8 $14)) 53. b4 f5 $11)
52... Nf3+ 53. Kh1 {0-1 (53) Critelli,J-Winslow,E Berkeley 2016} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 (3. d4 $1) 3... Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Nge7 7.
f4 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. e3 Ndf5 12. Qe1 c6 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7
14. Bc3 Qd7 15. Nf2 f5 16. b3 Rae8 17. Qd2 exf4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kh7 20.
exf4 Ng8 21. a4 Nf6 22. b4 d5 23. b5 Rc8 24. Rfe1 d4 25. Qa5 b6 26. bxc6 bxa5
27. cxd7 Bxd7 28. Re5 Rfe8 29. Rxa5 Rc7 30. Kf1 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Re1 Kg6
33. Ra6 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Bc8 35. Ra5 Rh7 36. h3 {
Remaining moves illegible. White won in a few moves.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "774"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Bb2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. O-O Bb6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nc3
Nxe3 15. dxe3 Bxc4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qf5 Be6 18. Qh5 Rcd8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxe6
Qxe6 21. Nd5 Rd6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Qg3 Red8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Nh5 f6
27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Bxe5 Re6 29. Bf4 Ba5 30. Rd1 b6 31. Bc7 Bc3 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33.
Qxd6 Qe4 34. Qd1 c4 35. h3 Bb2 36. Qa4 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qe4 38. Qb4 Be5+ 39. Bxe5
Qxe5+ 40. g3 c3 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. e4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "774"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e6 6. d4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Re1+
Nge7 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Ba4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nf5
15. g4 Nh6 16. h3 Qd7 17. f3 Kh8 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. Be3 f5 20. Bd4 fxg4 21. Bxg7+
Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Nf6 23. fxg4 Kg8 24. Nd2 Rae8 25. Rf1 Qd6 26. Qf4 Qc5+ 27. Qf2
Qd6 28. Qh4 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Bb3 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bxb3 32. axb3 e3 33. g5
Re6 34. Qg4 e2 35. Re1 Qe5 36. Kf2 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 c5 38. Qg3 Qd2 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40.
Qb7+ Re7 41. Qf3+ Kg8 42. Qa8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "774"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. gxf3 e6 5. e3 Qg5 6. f4 Qh6 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. c4
Nd7 9. c5 c6 10. a4 Nf5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qg5 Ne4 13. Qxh6 Nxh6 14. f3 Nf6 15.
Bd4 Nd7 16. Rg1 f6 17. Na3 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Bb2 g6 20. f4 Nf7 21. fxe5
Nfxe5 22. Be2 Bg7 23. Rb1 Rf8 24. d4 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Ke2 Rf7 27. b5 Nf6
28. Rgf1 Ne4 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Ba1 Re8 32. a5 Bh6 33. Rb7+ Re7
34. a6 Nxc5 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. dxc5 Ke6 37. Nc2 Bf8 38. Bd4 g5 39. Nb4 Kd7 40.
Kf3 h5 41. Nd3 Ke6 42. Ne5 Bxc5 43. Nxc6 Kd6 44. Bxc5+ Kxc5 45. Nxa7 Kb6 46.
Nc8+ Kxa6 47. Ne7 d4 48. exd4 Kb6 49. Ke4 Kc7 50. Ke5 Kd7 51. Ng8 g4 52. Nf6+
Kc8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "774"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5 Bd7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Qxe4 Qxe7 14.
Qxb7 {Black resigned prematurely. After 14...Be6 he would have had reasonable
compensation for the pawn.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Cunningham, Charle"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Rb1 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. h4 h6
9. h5 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Qc7 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rd8 15.
Qc2 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qxa2 17. Bd3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. O-O Ba4 20. Qc1 Nb3 21. Qc3 {
and Black won in a few more moves which are not available.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. d4 e6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 a5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bxc2 8. Qxc2
Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Nf3 Rc8 15.
Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. O-O c5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. h4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. g3 Ne4
22. Qe3 Bd6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 c4 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. f3 Nf6 27. g4 Nd7 28. Bg3
Re8 29. h5 b4 30. Rf2 Qc6 31. f4 Nf6 32. Qe2 Ne4 33. Rf3 Ref8 34. Raf1 bxc3 35.
bxc3 Qb5 36. Bh4 Rb7 37. Rc1 a4 38. g5 hxg5 39. fxg5 Rxf3 40. Kxf3 Qb2 41. Rc2
Qb1 42. a3 Qg1 43. g6+ Kh8 44. Qg2 Qd1+ 45. Kf4 Qxh5 46. Qg4 Qxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Rb3
48. Rc1 Rxa3 49. Rf1 Nf6+ 50. Bxf6 gxf6 51. Rxf6 Rxc3 52. Kg5 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Bacus, Ephraim Cub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. h3 e6 11. Bg5 a5 12. Qf3 Qe5 13. Bh4 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5
15. Na4 Rb8 16. c3 d5 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Bg3 Rb7 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 c5 21. c4 Rd8
22. Be1 Re8 {Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Ne7 8. a3
Be6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Bg3 Ng6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 f5 14. Nc3 f4 15.
Bh2 Rdf8 16. f3 Rh5 17. O-O-O Rfh8 18. Rhf1 Qe7 19. Qf2 Bc5 20. Qe2 Bd4 21. Qe1
Rg5 22. g4 fxg3 23. Bxg3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxg3 25. Qxe5 Rhxh3 26. f4 Qf6 27. Qc5
Kb8 28. Kb1 Rf3 29. Rg1 Rxf4 30. b3 Rh5 31. Qe3 Rf3 32. Qe1 Rh2 33. Qb4 Rff2
34. Rc1 Qf7 35. Rge1 {Diagram [#]} Bxb3 $1 36. Rf1 Rxf1 37. cxb3 Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Re1 Ndf6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. d3 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. d4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. c3 c5
15. Na3 a6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bg6 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. exd6 b5 21.
Rad1 f5 22. Rd5 Rac8 23. Nc2 f4 24. b4 e3 25. Re2 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 cxb4 27. d7
Rcd8 28. cxb4 Kf7 29. fxe3 Ke6 30. e4 Rxd7 31. Rc6+ Ke7 32. Rxa6 Rxd5 33. exd5
Rd8 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Re5 Kf6 36. Rf5+ Ke7 37. d6+ Rxd6 38. Rxb5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2
Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. h4 Kd6 42. Kxf4 Kc6 43. Rc5+ Kb6 44. Ke5 Ra4 45. Rc4 Kb5
46. Rf4 Rxb4 47. Rxb4+ Kxb4 48. Ke6 Kc5 49. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nb6 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. a3 c5 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Ne4 Bf6 14. Nf3 Be7
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. c3 Kh8 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. dxe4 Rad8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Red1 Bd6 25. Bxc5 a5 26. Rd5 Red8 27. Rad1
Kg8 28. b4 Kf7 29. b5 Ke6 30. a4 $4 (30. Bxd6) 30... Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Cohee, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. c4 e5 7. h3 Be7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nh7 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc3 Nf6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Re3 g5 18. Nf3 Nh5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxh5 Rf6 21. Bxe5
Re6 22. Qg4 Rf8 23. Bg3 Bf5 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Ref6 27. Ne4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 Rxf2 29. Re7 Qf5 30. Qxf5 R8xf5 31. Rxa7 Rd2 32. Rc7 Rff2 33. Rc8+ Kg7
34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8.
Nxe5 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Qd4+ 10. Be3 Qxe5 11. Qf3 Nh7 12. d4 Qe7 13. Qg3 f5 14. Bxh6
fxe4+ 15. Ke3 Rf6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Be5 Rg6 19. Qh2 Qe6 20. g4 Bxe4
21. Kxe4 Ng5+ 22. Ke3 Qd5 23. Rhf1 Qe4+ 24. Kf2 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Rxf3
27. Qg2 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Rxh3+ 29. Bh2 {Diagram [#]} Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Qf3 Nf6 (4... Nxc3 5. Bc4 e6 6. Qxc3) 5. h3
Nc6 6. a3 Nd4 7. Qd1 Bf5 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 e6 10. Nf3 c5 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5
Qa5+ 13. b4 Qxb5 14. Nxd4 Bxb4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Enkhj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3
h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Nf3 Bg6 15.
Nh4 Bh7 16. Nf3 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. a3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Ba4 e6 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O
Nec6 9. Bxc6 Nxc6 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Bd2 d6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Re1 a6 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Bc3 e5 17. Bd2 O-O {Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. a3 Bd6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
O-O h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bg3 Qd7 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxh5
Bxg3 15. fxg3 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. g4 $1 Qxb2 18. g5 $2 (18. Qc5 $16) 18...
hxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 (19... Qxc2) 20. Qg3 Qxc2 21. Rf2 Qa4 22. Raf1 $11 {
White went on to win a hard-fought battle. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Ne7 6. Bg5 Nd7 7. Nf3 f6 8. exf6
gxf6 9. Bh4 Bg7 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ng5 e4 14. Ncxe4 dxe4
15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Qf8 18. Bb3 Bxb2 19. O-O Bxa1 20. Qxa1+ Nf6
{Chances are approximately equal and the game eventually ended in a draw.
Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Klinetobe, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bxh6 gxh6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. b3 cxd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. Qc3 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 15. Rc1 Bxd4 16. Qc6+ Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc2 Bxe5 19. O-O Rc8 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Rc1 Kd7 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. g3 Bb7 24. a4 Rc8 25. Rb1 Rc3 26. Nd2
Rd3 27. Nf1 d4 28. h4 Bd5 29. b4 Rb3 30. Rc1 Rxb4 31. a5 Rb5 32. Ra1 Bd8 33. a6
Ra5 34. Rd1 Bb6 35. Nh2 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Nxg4 Ke7 38. Ne5 Rxa6 39. f4 Ra2 40.
Nd3 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 Rh2 42. f5 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Bf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rxd1 45. Ke2 Rxd3 46.
Kxd3 e5 47. h5 Kf6 48. Ke4 h6 49. Kd5 d3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1182"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Bxd4 9. Bxd5 Nf6 10. Bxb7 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bxa8 Qe5+ 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 Nc5 15. Bc6+ Nfd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Qg4+ f5 18. Qd4+ Qxd4 19. exd4 Nd3+
20. Kd2 Nxb2 21. Na3 Rc8 22. Rab1 Nc4+ 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Rb7+ Rc7 25. Rxc7+
Kxc7 26. Re1 {and White won around move 40.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. a3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Nf3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Nh4 h6 11. Be3 g5 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bb5
15. Nc3 Ba6 16. b4 Bc4 17. Nd4 Bg7 18. Ncb5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Rd1 a6 21.
Nc3 Rc8 22. Nce2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Rxc2 24. O-O Rxe2 25. Rc1 Kd8 26. g3 g4 27. a4
Ra2 28. Rfe1 Bd6 29. a5 Rb2 30. Red1 Bxb4 31. Rd3 Kd7 32. Rd4 Bc5 33. Rxd5+
exd5 34. Rxc5 Rc8 {Remaining moves missing} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d5 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Bf4 a6 14. Ne2 h5
15. Qf3 Qh4 16. c3 Qg4 17. Qd3 h4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Nd4 Ndxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Qe2 Qe5 24. Qf3 Qf6 25. Qe2 Ne5 26. Rfe1 Nc6 27. Qe3 Bd7
28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Re2 Re8 30. Rae1 Rh6 31. Qc5+ Kg8 32. c4 Rg6 33. cxd5 Qg5 34.
f3 Qf6 35. Qe3 exd5 36. Qf2 {
Remaining moves unavailable. White went on to win from a difficult position.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Petty, Samuel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5 b5
9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Re8 11. c3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. d4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Qc2 f6 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Nd2 e5 19. f3 c4 20. b4 Red8 21. a4 Rd3
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Bc5 Qd7 25. Ra1 Bc6 26. Nf1 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8
28. Qc1 Kg7 29. Qe1 Qe6 30. Ra6 Rd6 31. Qe3 Be8 32. Ra7+ Rd7 33. Ra8 Rd3 34.
Qa7+ Qf7 35. Qa1 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Qe1 Qe6 38. Ra7+ Kh8 39. Ra1 e4 40. fxe4
fxe4 41. Qf2 e3 42. Qf8+ Qg8 43. Qe7 Qf7 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. Nxe3 Bc6 46. Rf1 Qg6
47. Qf4 Qe8 48. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Ruiz, Anastacio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. Qg5 O-O 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qg3
b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Be2 Qf6 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. Rhe1 Rfc8 19. Bg4 Re8 {Diagram [#]}
20. Nxe6 $1 Nb6 (20... fxe6 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Qxb8+) 21. Nc5 $2 (21. Nd4 $16)
21... Bxg2 $2 (21... Qg5+ $19) 22. Rxe8+ $2 (22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Bxd7 $18) 22...
Rxe8 23. Qxg2 Qg5+ 24. f4 Qxc5 $11 25. Be2 $2 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Qxf4 27. Qc6 Qe3 28.
Bd3 g6 29. Rf1 Re6 30. Qb7 f5 31. Qxa6 Qxh3 32. Qxb5 Qe3 33. a4 f4 34. a5 f3
35. Bc4 Nxc4 36. Qxc4 f2 37. Rxf2 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qxa5+ 39. Kb3 Qb6+ 40. Ka2 Qxf2
41. Qxe6+ Qf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. b4 h5 44. b5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Yang, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 h6 7. a3 c5 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qd2 Bf8 11. g4 Nh7 12. O-O-O c6 13. g5 h5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Rdg1 Qf6 16. Ng5 Bd6 17. Rg3 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qf7 19. Rhg1 Bd7 20. f3 Re6 21. Qg2
Rf8 22. h4 Be8 23. Nd1 Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Ne3 Qxh4 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Qh3 gxf5
28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. exf5 Ref6 31. Qh4 Kh6 32. Qe4 Rxf5 33. Qe3+
Rg5 34. Qxc5 Rxf3 35. Qd6+ Bg6 36. Qb8 h4 37. Qh8+ Bh7 38. Qe8 h3 39. Qe6+ Bg6
40. Qc4 h2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Delaney, Mai'saan"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1235"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. c4
dxc4 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Nfe5 Ra6 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc4 13. dxc4 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Rb1 a4 17. b3 axb3 18. Rxb3 Ra8 19. f4 Ra4 20. Rb4 Ra6
21. Rf3 f5 22. Bb2 e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rb5 Re6 26. a4 c6 27. Rb7
Bd6 28. a5 Rxe2 29. a6 Ra2 30. a7 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Bxa7 32. Rd3 Bc5 33. Rd8+ Bf8
34. Rbb8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 cxd4 $6 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6
8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rc1 e6 12. f3 (12. Nb5 $1 Qe7 13. Qxd6
Nxe4 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Nc7) 12... Rd8 13. Qd2 Ne5 $6 14. Nb5 Qe7
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Nxd6 Ne8 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Qa5 (18. Ne7+ Kf8 (18... Kh8 19. Qa5)
19. Bc5) 18... Nxc4 19. Qxd8 Qxd8 20. Rxd8 exf5 21. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 b6 $6 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d5
Bd7 $2 (8... Bg4) 9. Re1 Na6 10. Bg5 (10. e5 Ng4 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bf4 $16)
10... Nc7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 h6 13. Bf4 a6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bf3 Ra7 16. Rad1
Nce8 17. Nc6 $18 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Qc8 19. Na4 Ng8 20. Nxb6 Qf5 21. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "970"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O c2 7. Qxc2 d6 8.
Qb3 Qe7 9. Ng5 d5 10. Bxd5 Ne5 11. Bf4 c6 12. Bxe5 cxd5 13. Bxg7 Qxg5 14. Bxh8
Bh3 15. Qxh3 f6 16. Qe6+ Kf8 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Kf7 19. Nc3 Ne7 20. Bxf6
Kxf6 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Rfe1 Nf5 23. Ne4+ Kg6 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Re6+ Kg7 26. Rxd6
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "796"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nbd7 10. b3 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5
15. Rc1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxb3 18. Rb1 Qxa4 19. Rxb7 Qh4 20. Rc1 Bg5 21.
Rxf7 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qg5 23. Rf1 Rfd8 24. d4 a5 25. Rf5 Qh6 26. Rxe5 a4 27. Qf7+
Kh8 28. Kh1 Qd6 29. Re7 Rg8 30. Rd7 $14 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1434"]
[BlackElo "634"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Be6
8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bc5 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Rd2 Bd4 13. Nb5 Kf7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd7+ Ke8
20. Rxh7 a5 21. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1434"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 e5 8. Nf3
Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5+ Nxd5 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Rae1 e4 18. b4 Nbd7 19. f3 Bd6 20. f4 Rac8 21.
Rc1 Nb6 22. c3 Nc4 23. Bxc4+ Rxc4 24. g3 Bc7 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd4 Bb6 27. Bxb6
Nxb6 28. Rfd1 Na4 29. Re1 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. c3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Qb3 h6 12. Be3 Ngf6 13. a4 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. Bxe6+ Kb8 16. Bxg4 h5 17. Bh3 Bd3 18. Nf5 Nc4 19. Nxd6 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Rxd6
21. Ne4 Rdh6 22. Nc5 g5 23. Nxd3 g4 24. Nc5 gxh3 25. Na6+ Kc8 26. Nxc7 Kxc7 27.
Qxf7+ Kb6 28. a5+ Ka6 29. Qc4+ b5 30. Qc5 R8h7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6
8. e5 Qe7 9. Nc3 d5 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Nxd5 Qd8 12. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rad1 Rc8 11. b3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Qb1 Ne4 14. Bd3 f5 15.
Nc3 Ndf6 16. h3 Qa8 17. Bc1 $4 Nxc3 18. Qc2 Nxd1 19. Qxd1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh5 21.
f4 g6 22. Kh2 Bh4 23. Qe2 Rc7 24. Rg1 Rg7 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Bb2 Bf6 27. Bc1 e5
28. e4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Qd8 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Qg4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nb6 10. Bb3 d5 11. Nc3 a6 12. O-O Na5 13. Bc2 Nbc4 14. Qc1
Bd7 15. b3 Nb6 16. Qa3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rb1 Nc4 20. Qb3 Na7 21.
Ne1 Nd2 22. Qb2 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Bb5+ 24. Kg1 O-O 25. a4 Bc4 26. f4 Qc7 27. Nd1
Be2 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxe2 g6 30. Nf3 Nc6 31. Ne3 f6 32. Ng4 fxe5 33. fxe5
Nxd4 $2 34. Qe3 $2 (34. Nxd4 Qc1+ 35. Qd1 $18) 34... Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qg7 36. Qg5
Rf5 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Qh4+ Rh5 39. Qg4 Rxe5 40. Qh3+ Rh5 41. Nxh5 gxh5+ 42. Kh1
Qg6 43. Rg1 Qf7 44. Rg5 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Qc7+ 47. Kh4 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. Be3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg2
Nd5 9. Qd2 Bh4+ 10. Kd1 Nxe3+ 11. Qxe3 c5 12. d5 O-O 13. Qxc5 Na6 14. Qe3 exd5
15. Nge2 exf3 16. Bxf3 d4 17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Qg1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1434"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Bc4 Ne5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Bg4 10. Qe1 Ned7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bc5 13. Rf4 Re8 14. Qg3
Nxe5 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 g5 17. Rxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Rxe3 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. h4 Rd8
21. Nd5 Re1+ 22. Kf2 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qe2+ 25. Kg3 Rxd1 26. Qc4
Qxc4 27. Bxc4 gxh4+ 28. Kxh4 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Bb4 6. Bd2 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nb5
O-O 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nd6 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Rb1 f6 14. Bd3 Kh8
15. Bc2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rf4 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. O-O Bd7 19. Kh1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rg4 21.
h3 Nxc2 22. hxg4 Nb4 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ngf7+ Kh7 25. Nxh6 gxh6 26. Rf7+ Kg8 27.
Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Pintor, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1339"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 h6 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 c5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Re3 Rd8 14. Qc2 c4 15.
Ba2 Nfd7 16. b3 Nb6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rg3 Be2 19. Rxg7 Bf6 20. Rg3 Ke7 21. a4
Qc5 22. b4 Qc8 23. a5 Na4 24. Bb2 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Nxc4
Qxc4 28. Re1 Rd8 29. g3 Nxb2 30. Qxb2 Qd3 31. Qc1 Rc8 32. Re3 Qd7 33. Rf3 Bg5
34. Qb2 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. h4 Bf6 37. Kh3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[Annotator "John Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nf4 8.
Re1 Bd6 9. Ne4 Qd7 $4 10. Bxf4 O-O-O (10... exf4 11. Nf6+) 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12.
Be3 f5 13. Bd5 f4 14. Bd2 h5 15. c4 h4 16. Qb3 h3 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Qc3 hxg2 19.
Kxg2 $4 {Diagram #} (19. Bxf4 $1) 19... Bh3+ $2 (19... Rxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rh8+ 21.
Kg2 (21. Kg1 Bf3 $1) 21... Bh3+ 22. Kh2 Qg4 $19) 20. Kh1 f3 21. c5 $2 (21. Rg1
Bg2+ 22. Rxg2) 21... Nc6 (21... Bg2+ 22. Kg1 Rxh2 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Kg3 Nf5+
25. Kg4 Rh4#) 22. Bxf3 Bg4 23. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 24. Kg1 Bh3 25. cxd6 {
and White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
f3 $2 (8. Bb3) 8... Qb6 9. Bb3 Nxe4 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nxc6 Nxf3+
13. Kf2 Qc5+ 14. Kxf3 dxc6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. c3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. Rae1 Bxb3
19. axb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qf5+ 21. Ke2 Rd6 22. Qxa7 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1161"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. b3 Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bb2 Rc7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qb5 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 gxf6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Ke6 27.
Rc4 Kf5 28. b4 Be7 29. g4+ Kg6 30. Nh4+ Kh7 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. a3 Rb7 33. Rc6 Kg6
34. h4 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. a4 Rb8 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ne3 hxg4+ 39. Nxg4 Bg7 40.
Ne5+ Kh5 41. Nxf7 Kxh4 42. Ra6 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 f5 44. Rxa5 f4 45. Rf5 Rb4 46. a5
Ra4 47. Kf3 Bc3 48. Rxf4+ Rxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Donaldson, Kyle Garrett"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qg4 Qb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. Bd3
Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Bd4 18. c3 Bxe5 19. f4 Bd6 20. f5 e5 21.
f6 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 e4 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Bc2 f5 25. Nf4 d4 26. Nh5+ Kg6 27. Nf4+
Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kh8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Rf1 Bg4 32. Nf6 Be2 33. Re1
d3 34. Nxe4 Re8 35. Nd2 Bc5 36. Nf3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Be2
Re8 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O Nd7 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
Ne4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kh2 Kf7 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Rxg8 Qxg8 21. Rg1
Qh7 22. Bd3 Rg8 23. Rxg8 Qxg8 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qxh6+ Qg6 27.
Qf8+ Qf7 28. Qd8+ Qe7 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Nd2 Kf6 31. h4 Kg6 32. Kg3 Kh5 33. f3
Bd3 34. a3 a6 35. b4 b6 36. Kf2 Kxh4 37. Ke3 Bc2 38. Ne4 Bb3 39. Kd3 Bd1 40.
Ke3 Bb3 41. Nd2 Ba2 42. f4 Kg4 43. fxe5 dxe5 44. Ke4 Kg3 45. Kxe5 Kf2 46. Ne4+
Ke3 47. c5 bxc5 48. bxc5 Kd3 49. d6 cxd6+ 50. cxd6 Be6 51. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. O-O Nxf3+
8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. a3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 d6 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Kg7 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Nd5 Rac8 20. Rc1 c6
21. Nf4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Rcd8 25. Nf4 a6 26. Rd6 Be6 27.
Rcd1 Rc8 28. h3 Bb3 29. R1d3 Bc2 30. Nh5+ Kf8 31. R3d4 f5 32. Nf6 Re6 33. Rxe6
fxe6 34. Nxh7+ Ke7 35. Ng5 Rc3 36. Rd2 Ba4 37. Ra2 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bb3 39. Rb2 Ba4
40. Kg3 Ra1 41. Kf4 Rxa3 42. h4 Kf6 43. Nf3 Be8 44. Ne5 Ra1 45. g3 Rd1 46. e4
fxe4 47. Ng4+ Kg6 48. Kxe4 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 Bb5 50. Rd2 Re1+ 51. Kf4 Rb1 52. Rd4
Rb2 53. f3 Rc2 54. Ne5+ Kf6 55. g4 Re2 56. g5+ Kg7 57. h5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Bannan, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 e5 11. Rac1 Qb8 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Ne4 d5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc5 e4 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Ne5 Be6 19. f3 f5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rf6
Nh5 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bh3 Re8 24. g4 Ng7 25. g5 Qd6 26. Ng4 Nh5 27. Nh6+ Kg7
28. Qc3 Re7 29. e3 Rf8 30. Qe1 Rc7 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. dxc5 Qxc5 33. b4 Qc4 34.
Qa1+ d4 35. exd4 Qd5 36. Be6 Qxg5+ 37. Ng4 Nf6 38. d5 h5 39. h4 Qxh4 40. Nh2 e3
41. Qe5 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 e2 44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Qc1+ g5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.48"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "543"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Bd7 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nxf7 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nxh8 Qg8 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. f4 Ned7 16. e5 Be7 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Nf7+ Kc8 20. Rxe7 Qf8 {
Diagram #} 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qg3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Nb3 h6 14. Be3 g5
15. Rd2 g4 16. Bd1 Ne5 17. Bd4 Nh5 18. Qe3 Bg5 19. Qe1 Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Rg8 21.
Qe3 Nc4 22. Qxh6 e5 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Qxh5 exd4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qe7 27.
Bxg4 Rc5 28. Kd1 Qg5 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Bf3 Rb5 32. Kc1 Re5 33.
Rxe5 dxe5 34. Be4 f5 35. Bxf5 Rxd5 36. Be4 Rc5 37. Kd1 Kg7 38. h4 Rb5 39. Kc1
Rb6 40. f3 Rd6 41. Kd2 Rb6 42. Bd5 Rxb2 43. Bxc4 a5 44. g4 Rb1 45. h5 Kh6 46.
Kd3 Re1 47. Bb3 Re3+ 48. Kc4 Rxf3 49. Ba4 Rxa3 50. Bd7 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Chen, Mingson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. Nxb5 Ba6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nf3
g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. e4 Ng4 14. Qc2 Rfb8 15.
Rb1 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rd1 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Rxb3 20. Bf4 Nd3 21. Bf1
Nxb2 22. Na4 Bxf1 23. Nxb2 Be2 24. Re1 Ba6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Rab8 28. Rxe7 Rxb2 29. Rc1 Rb1 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Rc7 Bb7 33. Rxc5
Rd1 34. Kh3 Rxd5 35. Rc7 Rd7 36. Rc4 Ke7 37. Kg4 Bd5 38. Rc3 h6 39. Kf4 Kd6 40.
g4 Re7 41. f3 Re2 42. h4 Rb2 43. Ke3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bc4 Qc8 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Bb3 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Qxc4 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Ne5 18. Qxc4 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Nxc4 20. Rhe1
e5 21. Bf2 Bd2 22. Re2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc6 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. Ka1 Ra6 26. Re1 Rac6
27. Rb1 R8c7 28. Rb4 a6 29. a4 Rd7 30. Ka2 b6 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rdb1 b5 33. axb5
axb5 34. Ra1 Ra8+ 35. Kb1 Na3+ 36. Kb2 Rca6 37. Kc1 Nc4 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Rxb5
Ra2 40. Rb7 Na3 41. Rb2 $4 (41. Kd1 $11) 41... Ra1+ 42. Kd2 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "He, Tianyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. e5 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qb2 Be6 14. Nd2 Rac8
15. Rac1 a6 16. Ne4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Nd2 Be6 20. f4 Qc6 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. Nb3 Qb5 23. Qa3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 g5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Rd7 e6 27.
Rcd1 gxf4 28. Bxf4 Ra8 29. R1d3 $6 (29. Rb7) (29. Rc7) 29... Ra4 (29... Rxa2
30. Rb7 Ra4 31. Rf3 b4) 30. Rf3 h5 (30... Rxa2) 31. Rc7 $2 {Diagram [#]} Rc4 $2
(31... Rxf4 $19) 32. Rb7 b4 33. cxb4 cxb4 34. Rb5 (34. h3) 34... Re4 35. h4 (
35. h3) 35... Rd8 36. Kf2 $2 (36. Rb7) 36... Ra8 37. Kg3 Rxa2 38. Kh3 Ra3 39.
Bd2 Rxf3+ 40. gxf3 Re2 41. Bxb4 Bxe5 42. f4 Bxf4 43. Rxh5 f5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.48"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. f5 Rb8 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rad1 d5
15. Bc5 O-O 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qf2 Nxd5 19. Qxf7+ Kh7 20. Nxd5
cxd5 21. Bd4 Rg8 22. Rf3 Bc8 23. Rdd3 Bg4 24. Rh3+ Bh5 25. Rxh5+ gxh5 26. Qf5+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
Bg4 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Be2 Re8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Rac8 16. Rac1 c4 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Be3 Qe7 19. f3 Nfd7 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3
cxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nf6 25. e5 Nxd5 26. Qd4 Nxe3 27. Rxe3
dxe5 28. Rxe5 Qd8 29. Rd5 Qh4 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Rd7 Qe4 32. Qf6 Qe6 33. Qxe6 Rxe6
34. Rxb7 Re4 35. b4 Rxf4 36. Kg3 g5 37. Rb6 Kg7 38. a5 f6 39. Rxa6 Rxb4 40. Rb6
Ra4 41. a6 Ra3+ 42. Kg4 $4 (42. Kf2 $11) 42... Kg6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. Bf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bh5 g6
15. Nf4 Bg7 16. dxe6 Qc6 17. Be2 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bh5 gxf4 20. f3 Rxe6 21. a4
Rd6 22. Qe2 Nc4 23. c3 Rd2 24. Qe7 Rg8 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5
bxc5 28. Bf7 Ne3 29. Be6+ Kb8 30. Rd7 Bc8 31. Bxg8 Bxd7 32. Bb3 c4 33. Ba2 Bxa4
34. g3 Be5 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Bb1 Bc2 37. Ba2 Bd3 38. b3 Be5 39. Be1 Nd1 40.
bxc4 Bxc3 41. Bg3 Bd4+ 42. Kh1 Nb2 43. Bf4 Nxc4 44. Bxh6 Ne3 45. Be6 Be2 46.
Bxe3 Bxf3+ 47. Kg1 Bxe3+ 48. Kf1 f4 49. h4 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1177"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 f5
15. Bd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 b6 17. e4 g6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rf3 Bb7 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21.
Re1 Qc5+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rg8 24. Ree3 Rg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27.
Rh3 Rg8 28. Rg3 c5 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. h3 Kg7 31. g4 Bc8 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Be2
Be6 34. b3 Kg6 35. Bf3 h6 36. Bd5 Kf7 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. h4 h5 39. Ke3 a6 40.
Kd3 Ke7 41. a3 Ke6 42. b4 Ke7 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Kb3 cxb4 45. axb4 Ke7 46. Kc3 Ke6
47. Kd4 Ke7 48. Kd5 a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Kc5 a4 51. Kb4 a3 52. Kxa3 Ke6 53. Kb4
Kd7 54. Kc5 Kc7 55. e6 Kc8 56. Kd6 Kd8 57. e7+ Ke8 58. c5 Kf7 59. Kd7 Kg7 60.
e8=Q Kf6 61. Qe6+ Kg7 62. Ke7 Kh7 63. Kf7 Kh8 64. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 $6 (8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Ng4 $2 10. Bxg4 {wins material - for example} Bxg4 ({
or} 10... Bxd4 11. Bxc8 Bxe3 12. Bxb7) 11. Nxc6) 8... Ng4 9. Nf3 Nxe3 10. Qxe3
d6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Kf1 Rac8 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Ne5 18. a3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Rc2 (21. Rb1 b5 $1 22. cxb5
Rc2 $17) 21... b5 $1 $17 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Nd2 (23. Nxc5) 23... Ne4 24. Rxc8
Nxd2+ 25. Ke1 Rxc8 26. Kxd2 Bxb2 27. Bxb5 Bxa3 28. Kd3 Rc1 $2 (28... Rc5 29.
Bc4 b5 30. Bb3 Bb4 {was much easier. Now the opposite-colored bishops offer
White excellent drawing chances, as Black's passed pawns (d and b) will be too
close together.}) 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. g3 Kg7 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. Kf3 e5 33. dxe6 Kxe6
34. Ke2 d5 35. Kd3 b6 36. Ba4 Ba3 37. h3 h5 38. Be8 Kf6 39. Bc6 Bc5 40. Ke2 d4
41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Bf3 Kf6 43. g4 $4 (43. Bc6) 43... hxg4 (43... fxg4 44. hxg4 h4
{making a third (and distant) passed pawn would make White's defense
impossible. The text also accomplishes the same goal.}) 44. hxg4 fxg4 45. Bxg4
Bd6 46. Kxd4 Bxf4 {Black has given up material (one pawn) for something much
more important - widely separated passed pawns. Black's king will advance
where the bishop is trying to hold up a passed pawn.} 47. Ke4 Bc1 48. Be2 Kg5
49. Kf3 Kh4 50. Kg2 g5 51. Bd3 Kg4 {The king correctly heads to the queenside.}
52. Be2+ Kf4 53. Bc4 Ke3 54. Bb5 Kd4 55. Kg3 Kc5 56. Bd3 b5 57. Kf3 b4 58. Bf5
Kd4 59. Ke2 Kc3 60. Kd1 Bf4 61. Ke2 b3 62. Kd1 b2 63. Ke2 g4 $1 64. Be4 Kd4 65.
Bf5 Ke5 66. Bd3 Bc1 67. Kf2 Kf4 68. Bc2 Be3+ 69. Kg2 Bd4 70. Bb1 Be5 71. Bc2
Ke3 72. Kf1 Kd2 73. Bf5 Kc1 74. Ke2 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Black "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nb3 b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bd5 Ra7 12. Nd2 b4 13. Na4 Bd7 14. c3 Qa5 15.
Bb3 Bxa4 16. Bxa4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qxc4 20. Bb3 Qd4 21.
Qf3 Ba5 22. Rfd1 Qf6 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Qa7 Qc3 26. h4 Qc5 27. Qb7
Bb6 28. Rd2 Qc1+ 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qd5 Qc5 31. Qd2 Nd7 32. Rc1 Qd4 33. Qg5 Qxf2+
34. Kh2 Be3 35. Qg4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Dougal, Michael"]
[Black "Bhattacharjee, Shi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. d3 Rb8 10. Nxe5 Qd4+ 11. Kh1 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qd4 13. Bxb8 Ng4 14. Qe2
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qh6 17. h3 O-O 18. Kg1 Ne3 19. Rf3 Nf5 20. Rf2 Re8 21.
Re1 f6 22. Qd2 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Qxh6 Nxh6 25. Ne4 c4 26. Nd6 Be6 27. dxc4
Nf7 28. Nxf7 Bxf7 29. Re2 Bxc4 30. Rxe5 Bd5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. g3 Kf6 33. Rxd5
cxd5 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. b4 d4+ 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. a4 g6 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Kc5 40.
b6 Kxb6 41. Kxd4 Kc6 42. Ke5 Kc5 43. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Dougal, Michael"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Bf4
Qd7 9. O-O e6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Nb3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15.
Ng3 Rfe8 16. Nc1 a5 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nh5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rc6 22. Qb5 Ra8 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 f6 25. Bg3 Raa6 26. Re2 Rab6 27. Qd3
Rc4 28. g5 fxg5 29. Be5 Bd6 30. Qg6 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rc8 32. Qc2 Rf8 33. Rf1 Rxf1+
34. Kxf1 Qe7 35. Re2 Rc6 36. Rf2 Rc8 37. Qg6 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Ke2 Qf6 40.
Qh5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Dougal, Michael"]
[Black "Ortega, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Kf1 Qe4 9. a3 Be7 10. Nc3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 O-O 12. Nb5 Na6 13. b4 c6 14. Nc3 Nc7
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Rhd1 h6 18. g4 Nd7 19. h3 Nb6 20. Ne4 Na4 21.
Rac1 f6 22. Ng6 Kf7 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. Bxd6+ Kxd6 26. d5 exd5 {
and Black went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Dougal, Michael"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qe6 7. d5 Qf5 8. Ne3
Qg6 9. f3 Nf6 10. fxe4 Nxe4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Ng4
Nc5 15. Qe2+ Be7 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Bxe7 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rae8 19. O-O-O Rxe7 20.
Rhe1 Ref7 21. Qxg6 Rf2 22. Re7 R2f7 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Re1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Dougal, Michael"]
[Black "Waharte, Louka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. O-O d6 8.
Qb3 Qe7 9. Ba3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Bb6 11. Bh3 Nf6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. e5
Ne8 15. Ne4 Na5 16. Qa4 c5 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Rad1 Bc7 19. Bxc5 Nac4 20. Qb3 f5
21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Dougal, Michael"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nf6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Qe1 d6 10. Qh4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. f5 Qd7 13. Bh6 e6 14. Ng5 exf5 15.
exf5 Bh8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nce4 h5 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. c3 Nxe4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.
dxe4 Qg4 22. Qf2+ Kg7 23. Rf1 Qc8 24. h4 Kh6 25. Qf4 Qg4 26. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Dougal, Michael"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 N6d7 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15.
Bxc5 $6 $146 (15. Ng5 Nd4 $2 (15... Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 $11) 16. b4
$1 Qxb4 17. Nd5 Qa4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+) (15. b4 $1 Nxb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
Qxd5 b6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qxf8+ (19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Rxc5 Rxa8 22.
Rxa5 bxa5 $11) 19... Kxf8 20. Ng5 Bh6 $15) 15... Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nfg5 Nd4
18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 Be5 23. Rxf7 Bxf7
24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rd1 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Dougal, Michael Co"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 (9... Bc5 {is equally popular.}) 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12.
Nc3 (12. f5 {is the alternative.}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Nb3 Bf5 $6 (14...
c4 15. Nd4 c5 16. Ne2 Bc6 {is the main line.}) 15. Be3 {
The problem with 14... Bf5, White takes control of the critical c5 square.} c6
(15... c4 16. Nd4 Be4 (16... Bd7 17. f5) 17. Qg4 $14) 16. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Nxc5
Bxc2 $4 {A miscalculation.} (17... O-O {when the doubled pawns on the c-file
provides some compensation for the lost pawn.}) 18. Qxc2 Qb6 19. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Dougal, Michael Co"]
[Black "Shinejil, Maximus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "596"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Qd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Qd8 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 {
Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Dougal, Michael Co"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qxd4 5. Bd3 Nb4 6. Nge2 Nxd3+ 7. cxd3
Qd8 8. Bf4 c6 9. Qb3 e6 10. Ne4 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. h3 Qd5 14. Qc2
Qxa2 15. N2c3 Qa5 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Qf5 19. Be5 Bd7 20. Qe2 b6
21. Rd3 f6 22. Rf3 Qg6 23. Bf4 Qh5 24. Qe3 Kh8 25. g4 Qb5 26. Rg3 g5 27. Bd6
Bxd6 28. Nxd6 Qd5 29. Ne4 e5 30. Rd1 Rae8 31. Nc3 exd4 32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxd5
cxd5 34. Rxd4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Re2 36. Rc3 Be6 37. b4 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Ra3 Kg7
40. Rxa5 Kg6 41. Ra6 h5 42. gxh5+ Kxh5 43. Ra7 Kg6 44. Ra3 Re4 45. Rxe4 dxe4
46. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Dovchin, Lasran"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 $6 (2. Nf3 d6 (2... g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 (3... e6 4. d4) 4. O-O e6 5.
d4) 3. Bc4) 2... e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 d4 8.
Qe2+ Nge7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O dxc3 11. Qe5 Qd8 12. Re1 Qd5 13. Qxc3 Be6 14.
Re5 Qd7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. Re4 f5 18. Rc4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O 20. Rh4
Bd5 21. Ng5 f4 22. d4 fxe3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2
Nge7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. Rfd1 Ng6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. e5 Ngxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Nc6 20. Qe4
Nb8 21. Bf4 O-O 22. Bc2 f5 23. Qd3 Qc8 24. Bb3 Kh8 25. h4 Re8 26. Be5 Kh7 27.
Qg3 Re7 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Bd6 Rf7 30. h5 Ne7 31. Be5 Bc6 32. Bd6 Bd5 33. Bxe7
Bxb3 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Rd8+ Qxd8 36. Bxd8 Bxa2 37. Ba5 Bd5 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Qg3
Rb7 40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Bb4 Kf6 42. f4 Rf7 43. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 e5 11. Nde2 Nxb3 12. axb3 {Remaining moves unavailable.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Bhattacharjee, Shi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. Qxd5 Rb8 10. Bd2 e6 11. Qd4 Qc7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Qc3 Qa7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qh4 d5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Rae1 e5 21.
Be2 Bf5 22. Bh5 Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Bg5+ Rh7 25. Bxf6+ Kg8 26. Qg5 Qf7 27.
Qxe5 Rf8 28. Qe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rhf7 30. Rc6 Rxf6 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Rd1 Re6 33.
Kf1 d4 34. Rc4 Rb8 35. b3 Rbe8 36. Rcxd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. O-O Ncxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Rxe4 Qf6 (
14... Bxd4+ {is the main move here. The text has been previously played but
Stockfish evaluates the position as clearly in White's favor.}) 15. Bg5 Bxd4+
16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. Rad1 exd4 {Diagram [#]} 19. Re1 $1 d3+ 20. Kh1
Bxf5 21. Be7+ Kg8 22. Qxf5 dxc2 23. Rf1 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bd7 h6 26. Bxe6+
Kh7 27. Bb4 Rae8 28. Bf5+ g6 29. Bxc2 {and White soon won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 d5 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7 Rxa4 14. Bxa4
Bxb2 15. Qxd5 Nc3 $2 (15... Bxa1 16. Rxa1 (16. Qxe4 Bf6 $11) 16... Nc3 $11) 16.
Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. a4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Nd5 20. a5 Nxc7 21. Bxc7 Ba6 22.
Rd1 f5 23. f4 Kf7 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. Be5 c5 26. Ke3 Bc4 27. Rd7 Ke6 28. Rb7 Bd5
29. Rb6+ Kd7 30. g3 Be4 31. c4 Bc6 (31... Ra8 32. a6 Kc8 $16) 32. a6 Ra8 33.
Bb8 Bg2 34. Kd2 Bc6 35. a7 Be4 36. h4 Bc6 37. Kc3 h6 38. Ra6 e6 39. Ra5 e5 40.
Rxc5 e4 41. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Gomboluudev, Enkhjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. Qb3
Qe7 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxh6 Bb6
15. Nh4 Kh7 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. e5 Bxd4 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Rac1 fxe5 20. Qg6+ Qg7
21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Bd5 Qxg6 23. Nxg6+ Kg7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne7 c5 26. Nd5 Ba6
27. Rfe1 Rc8 28. Re4 Kf7 29. Rh4 Ke6 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Bb5 32. e4 c4 33. a4
Ba6 34. Rh7 Kf6 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36. Rff7 d5 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Rhf7+ {
and White later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7+
8. Qe2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nb4 11. d6 O-O 12. Nxd4 Nd5 13. Bf3 Nf6 14.
dxc7 d5 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. c4 Rac8 17. cxd5 Rxc7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20.
Rc1 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. f3 Ne3 24. d6 Kf8 25. Nb5 a6 26. d7 Ke7
27. Nd6 Kxd7 28. Nxb7 Nxg2 29. Kd2 Kc7 30. Nc5 Kb6 31. Ne4 f6 32. Nd6 Nf4 33.
Ke3 Ne6 34. f4 Kc6 35. Ne4 Nc7 36. Nc3 Ne6 37. b4 Nc7 38. Ke4 Nb5 39. Nd5 Nd6+
40. Kd4 Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bb5+ Bc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 Qd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. O-O f6 13. c4 dxc4 14. d5
c6 15. Bf4 cxd5 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Rxd5 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Kc8 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Rxd4 b5 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rd5 b4 25. Rd4 c3 26. Rc4+ Kd7 27.
bxc3 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Be7 29. Rc7+ Ke6 30. g4 g5 31. Be3 Bd6 32. Rc6 Kd5 33. Rc3
Be5 34. Ra3 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ke4 37. Kf1 Kf3 38. Bxg5+ Kxg4 39. Be3 f5
40. Ke2 Re8 41. f3+ Kg3 42. Bf2+ Kg2 43. Re3 f4 44. Re4 Ra8 45. Rxe5 Ra2+ 46.
Kd3 Kxf2 47. Ke4 Ra4+ 48. Kd3 Kxf3 49. Kd2 Ra1 50. Rf5 Rg1 (50... Rf1) 51. Rf8
Rg4 52. Kd1 {Diagram #} Kg2 $2 (52... Kf2 $19) 53. Ke2 f3+ $6 (53... Kg3 54.
Kf1 Rg5 {was still drawing, but offered better chances}) 54. Rxf3 Re4+ 55. Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. g4 Nd7 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Rhg1 b5 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. g5 Bb7 16. Qh5 Rfc8 17. Rg4 Nd7 18. Rh4 Nf8 19. f4 Na5 20. Bd4 Nxb3+
21. axb3 e5 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Rd2 b4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 exf4 26. Rxf4 Re8 27.
Bd4 Ng6 28. Rf1 Qa5 29. Rdf2 Re7 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. Kb1 Rce8 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Qd3
Re1 34. Qd2 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qa5 36. c4 bxc3 37. Bxc3 Qc5 38. Qf3 Re7 39. Rc2
Qg1+ 40. Ka2 Qxg5 41. Rg2 Qh4 42. Qd3 Qe4 43. Qd2 f5 44. Bb4 Qe5 45. Qd3 Nf4
46. Qxa6 Nxg2 47. Bxd6 Ra7 48. Qxa7 Qxd6 49. Qa8+ Kf7 50. Qa7+ Kg6 51. Qd4 Nf4
52. h4 Qa6+ 53. Kb1 Qd3+ 54. Qxd3 Nxd3 55. Kc2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "O’Connor, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. c5 Be7 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Qe8 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxb5
15. Rh3 g6 16. Be5 Bd7 $4 {Diagram [#]} (16... f6 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxe6 Be5 19.
Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Qxd5+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Rxb7 Bc6 24. Rb3 Rd8 {
leads to an endgame which is hard to assess, as Black's activepiecescompensate
for White's extra material.}) 17. Qh5 $1 gxh5 18. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6
8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qe2 Rb8 11. h4 Nd5 12. Ng5 f5 13. Qh5 Nf6 14. Qe2 c5
15. Nxd7 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nxd7 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Nf6 20. O-O Qc7
21. Rae1 Ng4 22. f4 Bd6 23. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 {(John tells me this is the Bevkov Gambit (Bezgodov - a Russian
Grandmaster who has written a book on 2.a3 - Editor) or something, but I
prefer the Jimi Hendrix Gambit (Little Wing? Never mind...)) 2040 games} (2.
Nf3 {1,200, 565 games}) (2. Nc3 {168,743 games}) (2. c3 {123,392 games}) (2. d4
{36,378 games}) (2. f4 {20,017 games}) (2. d3 {11,288 games}) (2. c4 {
10,774 games}) (2. Bc4 {10,309 games}) (2. b3 {9613 games}) (2. Ne2 {6568 games
}) (2. g3 {6117 games}) (2. b4 {5213 games}) (2. a3 {2040 games}) (2. Na3 {
965 games}) ({and here the frequencies (and %s!) drop precipitiously.} 2. Be2 {
270}) (2. Bb5 {268}) (2. e5 {177}) (2. Qh5 {158}) (2. Qf3 {122}) (2. Qe2 {99})
(2. f3 {63}) (2. h3 {61}) (2. a4 {[%emt 0:00:53]}) (2. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:50]}) (
2. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:26]}) (2. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]}) (2. h4 {[%emt 0:00:09]}) (2.
Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}) ({Oh, and *one* game that went like this:} 2. Ke2 d6 3.
Ke3 e5 4. f3 Qg5+ 5. Ke2 b6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bxg5 {and White won.}) 2... e6 ({
If someone does it again I might play} 2... g6 {next time.}) 3. b4 d5 (3...
cxb4 4. axb4 Bxb4 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 (7. Qg4 Bf8 $5 (7... O-O 8. Bd3))
7... Ne7 (7... Nc7 8. Qh5 Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 $36) 8. Qg4 Nf5 {'?!': 1-0 (29
) Mamedyarov,S (2660)-Schacher,G (2246) Izmir 2004 CBM 104 [Bangiev]} (8... Ng6
$5 {Schwarz sollte bestrebt sein, die Kontrolle Ã1/4ber den e5-Raum wieder
herzustellen.} 9. h4 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 d6 $1) 9... h5 10. Qg3 (10. Qe2 Nc6
11. Nf3 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6) 10... Nc6 11. Bd3 Rh6 12. Nf3 d6 $1)) 4. exd5 exd5 5.
Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Nf3 cxb4 $6 (7... Nf6 8. O-O Bd6) 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Nd4
Qd7 10. Bb2 Kf8 11. Nxe6+ {
He has a long line in mind -- but it leads to a hard-to-evaluate ending.} ({
I just expected} 11. O-O {when I wasn't so happy with my pawn grab.}) 11...
Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ra6 Ne7 15. Bd4 Bd6 16. Nc3 (16. Rxa7 Rxa7
17. Bxa7 c5 (17... Kf7 18. Ke2 Ra8 19. Be3 e5) 18. Nc3 Nc8 19. Nb5 Ke7 20. Ke2
(20. Nxd6 $4 Nxa7) 20... Nxa7 21. Nxa7 Ra8 22. Nb5 Be5 {is still uncomfortable}
) 16... e5 17. Be3 Kf7 18. Bg5 $2 (18. O-O) (18. Ke2 h6 19. Bxa7) 18... Rhc8 (
18... Rhb8 19. O-O Rb6 20. Rfa1 Rxa6 21. Rxa6 Rb8 22. Kf1 Rb2) (18... Nf5 19.
Rxc6 Ke6 20. Ra6 h6) 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ke2 Rc7 (20... e4 $1) 21. Rb1 (21. f3 $1
) 21... e4 $1 22. d3 exd3+ 23. Kxd3 Rf8 24. Ke2 Bc5 25. f3 Kf7 26. Na4 Re8+ 27.
Kd3 Bd6 28. g3 h5 $5 29. Nc3 Be5 30. Re1 {
Now in his time pressure I gambled a bit.} c5 $2 (30... g5 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4
Bxc3 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Kxc3 Ke7 35. Kd4 Kd6) 31. Nxd5 $4 (31. Nb5 Rd7 (31...
c4+ 32. Kd2 Rc5 33. f4 Bxf4+ 34. gxf4 Rxb5 35. Rxa7+ Kf8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37.
Rxg7 d4 $11) 32. f4 Bf6 33. Rxe8 c4+ 34. Kd2 Kxe8 35. Nxa7 $11) 31... c4+ 32.
Ke4 $6 (32. Kd2 Rd7 33. Ra5 Bc3+ 34. Kxc3 Rxe1 35. Nf4 Re3+ 36. Kxc4 Rxf3 {
goes -+ after a bit.}) 32... Bxg3+ 33. Kf5 Rxe1 34. Nxc7 $2 (34. hxg3 Rc5 35.
Rd6 Rd1 36. Ke4 Rcxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Kxd5 g5 {
is the human (me) locking up the win.}) 34... Re5# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Adams, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. h3 a6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rae1 Re8
15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rf3 Nh5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ref1 g5 19. Nd5 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Be6 21.
g4 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nf4 23. Be3 Nxd5 24. Rxf7+ Kg6 25. Bd4 Rg8 26. Qg2 Nf4 27.
R7xf4 gxf4 28. Qe4+ Kg5 29. Qf5+ Kh4 30. Bf6+ Kxh3 31. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Bacus, Ephraim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 g6 3. f4 Nf6 4. fxe5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. c3 Na5 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Nbd2 Qg4 14. Ne4 Nb7
15. h3 Qe6 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Qd7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 h6 {Diagram [#]} 20.
Qd2 $1 Kh7 21. Ng5+ (21. Qxb4) 21... hxg5 22. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e5 Nd7 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Ne2 b5 9.
c3 c5 10. Be3 c4 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. a3 a5 13. Ng3 Be7 14. Qb1 Nf8 15. O-O Bh4 16.
Bf2 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Ne7 18. g4 Qc7 19. b3 Bc6 20. bxc4 dxc4 21. Be4 Rb8 22. Bxc6+
Qxc6 23. Nd2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Qc1 Kg7 27. f5 Rhf8 28. Be3 Nxe3
29. Qxe3 Nb6 30. f6+ Kh7 31. Kf2 Nd5 32. Qf3 b4 33. Rh1 bxc3 {Diagram [#]} 34.
Rxh6+ $1 Kg8 35. Ra2 (35. Qh3 Rb2+ 36. Kg1 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 $18) 35... Qb6 36. Qe4
(36. Qh3 Qxd4+) (36. Nb5 $1 Qxb5 37. Qh3 $18) 36... Qb1 37. Kg3 $2 (37. Ra1 $1
Qxa1 (37... Qxe4 38. Nxe4 $18) 38. Rxg6+) 37... Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Rb1 39. Rc2 Rb2
$4 (39... Rfb8 $1) 40. Rc1 c2 41. Rch1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 h6 8.
f4 d6 9. f5 Nd4 10. g4 Nh7 11. h4 c6 12. g5 Nxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qf3 d5 15.
Qxf5 dxc4 16. Ne4 cxd3 17. cxd3 g6 18. Qf3 h5 19. Bd2 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bb4
Rf7 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Ng5 Qd4 24. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bf4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 Nbd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Ne5
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Ne4 Rb8 20. Nd6+
Ke7 21. Nxb7 Nce5 22. Nd6 Rb6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nc4 Rb5 25. b3 Ne5 26. Rd4 Rd8
27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 29. Kd2 a5 30. Rd1 Rd5+ 31. Ke2 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Kc7
33. Kd2 Kc6 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. a3 e5 36. f3 f5 37. h4 g6 38. g3 h5 39. Ke3 Kc5 40.
Kd3 Kd5 41. Kc3 (41. b4 a4 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. b5+ $4 (44. Kd3 $11) (
44. Kc3 $11) 44... Kb6 45. Kd5 (45. Kb4 e4 $19) 45... Kxb5 46. Kxe5 Kc4 47. Kf6
Kb3 48. Kxg6 Kxa3 49. Kxh5 Kb4 50. Kg6 a3 51. h5 a2 52. h6 a1=Q $19) 41... e4
$4 (41... Kc5 $11) 42. fxe4+ fxe4 43. b4 axb4+ 44. axb4 e3 45. Kd3 e2 46. Kxe2
Kc4 47. Ke3 Kxb4 48. Ke4 Kc5 49. Ke5 Kc6 50. Kf6 Kd7 51. Kxg6 Ke7 52. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qd4 Ne7 8. g4
Ba6 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. b4 Qb5 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. a4 Qb8 13. Ngf3 h6 14. Be3 Be7 15.
h4 f6 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Rb1 fxe5 19. Qxe5 Bc8 20. Qxb8 Rxb8 21. Ne5
Rf4 22. Nxc6 Rb7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. f3 e5 25. Rg1 e4 26. fxe4 Bxg4 27. Rb3 dxe4
28. Rf1 Rf6 29. Re3 Bf5 30. Rf4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rf2 Kf7 33. Nc4 Kg6 34.
Nd6 Re5 35. Nxf5 Rexf5 36. Rxf5 Kxf5 37. b5 Kf4 38. Kf2 Ke5+ 39. Ke2 Kd5 40. c6
Kd6 41. a5 Kc7 42. Rb3 Rf3 43. Rxf3 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 a6 45. c4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O-O O-O 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8.
d4 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Nc5 axb3 11. cxb3 b6 12. Na4 Qd5 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. Bb5 Bd6 16. Ne2 Nce7 17. Rhg1 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. g3 Na5 20. Kc2 Nb7 21.
Ra1 Rfc8 22. Nac3 Nf6 23. f3 Nd8 24. b4 Nc6 25. Rgc1 Ne7 26. Nb5 Ned5 27. Nxd6
cxd6+ 28. Kd3 Kf8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 b5 32. Nc3 Nxc3 33. Kxc3
Nd5+ 34. Kb3 Nb6 35. Bf4 Ke7 36. Bd2 Kd7 37. h4 h5 38. Be3 d5 39. Bf4 Kc6 40.
g4 g6 41. Bb8 Kb7 42. Bd6 Kc6 43. Bc5 Nc4 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. f4 Nd2+ 46. Kc2 Nf3
47. Kb3 Nxh4 48. a4 Nf5 49. a5 {Both sides quit recording at this point.
Either 49...Kb7 or 49...h4 were likely played and won quickly.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Revi, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O d6 5. d4 (5. c3) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7.
Qd3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rad1 Nb4 11. Qd2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Qc6 13. Qxb4
Rd8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Qc3 Qxb5 18. Nf5 Rc5 19. Qd2 Qc6
20. c3 Rg8 21. f3 Rc4 22. Rfe1 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Qc8 24. b3 Rf4 25. Qxf4 Rg5 26.
Rxe5+ fxe5 27. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rac8 (11... Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. O-O Qd8
14. Qd2 Qa5 {aiming for ...b5 after ...Nxd4 (possibility supported by ...Rab8).
}) 12. Nde2 {White retreats to keep Black cramped ( no ...Nxd4).} Rc7 $2 (12...
Rfd8 13. O-O e6 {
aiming for ...d5. To combat the Maroczy Bind with ...b5 and .. .d5.}) 13. b3
Qc8 14. Qd2 a6 15. g4 $6 (15. O-O $16) 15... Ne5 16. O-O Nfxg4 $5 {Objectively
this should not work, but it is a much better practical choice to mix it up
than get slowly ground down with no counterplay.} 17. Nd5 $6 (17. fxg4 Qxg4+
18. Kh1 $18) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qh3 19. Nef4 Qd7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Nd5 Qd7 22.
Kg2 f5 $5 (22... e6 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Rcd1 $16) 23. h3 $6 (23. exf5) 23... f4 24.
Qd2 (24. Qb6) 24... g5 25. Kh1 $2 (25. c5 $16) 25... Qxh3+ 26. Qh2 Qxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Kf7 28. c5 Nd3 29. Rc2 $2 (29. cxd6 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 exd6 31. Rc7+ Kg6 $11)
29... Nxc5 $19 30. b4 Ne6 31. Rfc1 Nd4 32. Rc7 Bf6 (32... Nxf3+ 33. Kg2 Nh4+
34. Kf2 Ng6 $19) 33. Rxb7 (33. Kg2) 33... Nxf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd2 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36.
e5+ dxe5 37. Rc6+ Kf5 38. Rxe7 h5 39. Rc5 f3+ 40. Kh2 f2 41. Rexe5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Shi, Jaysen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. O-O-O O-O 8.
Ng5 Nd4 9. Qe1 Nd5 10. Qxe4 (10. Ngxe4 $2 Nb4 $1 $19) 10... Nxb3+ 11. axb3 Bxg5
12. Bc4 c6 13. g3 Bf6 14. d4 a5 15. Bd3 g6 16. h4 Bg7 17. f4 (17. h5) 17... f5
18. Qe2 (18. Qe1 Bxd4 19. Bxf5 Bxc3 20. Bxe6+) 18... Bxd4 19. Na4 $2 (19. Nxd5
Bxb2+ 20. Kxb2 exd5 21. h5) 19... Bxb2+ 20. Nxb2 Nc3 21. Qe5 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qf6
23. Qe3 b5 24. c4 Qc3+ 25. Kb1 Qxb3 26. cxb5 a4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1152"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8.
f3 Nc5 9. Bc4 c6 10. b4 Ne6 11. Nf5 d5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. exd5 Qxb4 14. Qd3
cxd5 15. Bb3 d4 16. Bxe6 dxe3 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb5 Rfd8 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxc2+ 24. Kxe3 Rc3+ 25. Kf2 Qb2+ 26.
Kg3 Qb6 27. Re1 Qg6+ 28. Kh3 h6 29. Qxb7 Rc2 30. g4 Qd6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+
Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. a4 Ra2 35. Re4 Kf6 36. Kg3 g5 37. h4 Rd2 38. Rc4 Ke6 39.
Rb4 Rd3 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rc4 f6 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Rc7 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 a5 45. Ra7
Rb3 46. Rxa5 Ra3 47. Kf2 Kd6 48. Ra6+ Ke5 49. Kg3 Rb3 50. a5 Ra3 51. Ra8 Kd6
52. a6 Ke7 53. a7 Kf7 54. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1469"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1
Bg6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 12. Nxd3 Nxe4 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Ne5
Nxg3 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. fxg3 O-O 17. Bd2 Qd3 18. O-O-O Qxg3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20.
Qxb7 Bg5 21. Qxc6 Rad8 22. Qc5 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Qf4 24. Rhd1 Rf5 25. Qf2 $4 Qxf2
26. Rxd8+ Rf8 27. R8d2 Qf4 28. Kc2 h6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Yang, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. f4 exf4 6. Nf3 c6 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd3
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Ne5 d6 12. Qf3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qh4+ 14. g3
Qg4 15. Qd3 Na6 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qe3 Kxh7 19. Qxc5 Qf3 20. Rf1
Qe4+ 21. Kf2 Bh3 22. Rg1 Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 Rad8 24. Rae1 Rd3+ 25. Re3 Rd2 26. g4
Rf2+ 27. Kg3 Rxh2 28. Kh4 Qf2+ 29. Kg5 Qxg1 30. Rxh3+ Rxh3 31. Qxg1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Drane, Robert W"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qe4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Qb7 14. Bb6 Rc8
15. Bd4 Rg8 16. Be2 Qa8 {Diagram [#]} 17. Bg4 $1 f5 18. Qe6 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rg7
20. Bf3 Qb8 21. Nb4 $2 (21. O-O Qe5 22. Nf6+) 21... Qe5+ 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 $11 23.
Bb7 Rc4 24. Rxc4 Nxc4 25. Bxa6 Nxb2 26. Bxb5+ Kd8 27. Ke2 e5 28. a3 Rb7 29. c4
e4 30. f3 exf3+ 31. gxf3 Bxb4 32. axb4 Nxc4 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Bxc4 Rxb4 35. Bg8
Rb2+ 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 h6 38. Ke3 g5 39. h3 Kf6 40. Bc4 Kg6 41. Bf1 Kf6
42. Kd4 g4 43. f4 g3 44. Bg2 h5 45. h4 Ke6 46. Kc5 Kf6 47. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Dupree, Charles"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. bxc5 Bxc5 4. d4 Be7 5. e5 d6 6. f4 dxe5 7. fxe5 a6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c3 b5 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qg3 b4 13. Be3 bxc3 14. O-O Nb4 15. Be2
Nc2 16. Qf2 Nxa1 17. Bd3 Bb4 18. a3 Ba5 19. Qa2 c2 20. Nbd2 Bc3 21. Nc4 Qc7 22.
Nd6+ Kf8 23. Ng5 Nh6 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Nxe6+ Ke7 26. Bg5+ Ke8 27. Ng7+ Kd7 28.
Qd5+ Kc7 29. Qd6+ Kb7 30. Bxh6 Qd8 31. Be4+ fxe4 32. Rf7+ Kc8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Dupree, Charles"]
[Black "Gerwin, Gene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Be3 a5 11. c4 c6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rab1 O-O 15.
Ne1 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Na6 17. Nb2 Nc7 18. Na4 b5 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Nxb5 Nxb5 21. Rxb5
Qc7 22. Rfb1 Nb6 23. a4 Nxa4 24. Qd3 Nc3 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb3 Nb1 27. Rxb8+
Qxb8 28. Qb3 Qb4 29. Kf1 Nd2+ 30. Bxd2 Qxd2 31. c3 Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qa1 33. Kd2 a4
34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Kc2 Qf1 36. Qb1 Qxf2+ 37. Kc1+ g6 38. Qc2 Qg1+ 39. Kb2 Qxh2
40. Ka3 h5 41. Qxa4 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dupree, Charles"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d3 d5 2. c3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Qc2 e5 6. Ngf3 d4 7. Be2 Bg4 8. h3
Be6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. f4 dxc3
15. bxc3 Nd4 16. Qb2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rad8 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bb2 c4 20. d4 Qxe4
21. Qxc4 Qe3+ 22. Kh2 Rc8 23. Qb5 Ne4 24. Rf3 Qd2 25. Qb3 b6 26. Raf1 Rc7 27.
Bc1 Qe2 28. Ba3 Nd2 29. Rxf7 Rfxf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Dupree, Charles"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1152"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. c4 c5 3. Ne2 Nf6 4. Nbc3 Bg4 5. f3 Be6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 g6 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. g3 Ne5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qa3
15. Qe3 Qb2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Nb3 Ba4 18. Rc1 Qxa2 19. Na5 Qb2 20. b5 Nxf3+
21. Qxf3 Qxc1+ 22. Ke2 Bd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Dupree, Chuck"]
[Black "Ebert, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{One of the most exciting games of the round!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4.
e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 c4 8. Bc2 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 Qb6 11. Kh1
O-O-O 12. f5 Re8 13. Nf4 Nd8 14. fxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rf7 Qd8 17. Nf3
Re7 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Rf4 Rf7 20. Rh4 Be7 21. Rxh7 Rxf3 22. Bxe7 Rxh7 23. Bxh7
Rf2 24. Qe1 Rf4 25. Qg3 Qf7 26. Kg1 Qxe7 27. Qxf4 g5 28. Qg4 Qxh7 29. Qxg5 (29.
Qxe6 $1) 29... Bc6 30. Rf1 Kc7 31. Qd2 Qg6 32. h3 Qh7 33. Kh2 a5 34. g4 Qg7 35.
Qf2 b4 36. Kg3 Kb6 37. h4 Kb5 38. g5 (38. Qf7 $1) 38... Qg6 39. Qe2 Kb6 40. Kg4
Qg7 41. h5 Ba4 42. g6 Bb5 43. Rf7 Qg8 44. Qd2 Nf8 45. Qg5 Nd7 46. h6 a4 {
Diagram [#]} 47. cxb4 (47. h7 Qh8 48. g7 Qxh7 49. g8=Q $18) 47... a3 48. bxa3 (
48. h7 Qh8 49. g7 $18) 48... c3 49. Rf1 $4 (49. h7 Qh8 50. g7) 49... Bxf1 50.
g7 $4 (50. h7 Qf8 (50... Qh8 51. g7) (50... Qg7 51. Qd8+) 51. g7 Be2+ 52. Kh4
Qf2+ 53. Qg3 Qxd4+ 54. Kh3 Bg4+ 55. Qxg4 Qd3+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Qd3+ $11)
50... c2 51. Qc1 Be2+ 52. Kh3 Bd3 53. a4 Qf7 54. a5+ Ka7 55. Qe3 Qf1+ 56. Kh2
Bh7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Eastham, Asher"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8.
Bxb4 d5 $4 (8... Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5) 9. Bb5 Qf6 10. O-O Bg4 11.
Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. a3 Ng5 14. Qe1+ Kd8 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17.
dxe5 {and White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Eastham, Asher"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. O-O e6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qe2 (14.
Nf5 $5 exf5 15. Ng6+ Ne4 16. Rxe4+ fxe4 17. Qxe4+ Kd8 18. Nxh8 {
was an interesting alternative.}) 14... O-O 15. Ng4 $2 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Qxg3 17.
Nh2 Rfe8 18. Bd2 e5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxh5 22. Bc3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Eastham, Asher"]
[Black "Lagrotta, Daniel S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Nd5
Nxe4 9. Qf3 f5 10. Nxf5 ({Fritz:} 10. Ba4+ $1 Kf7 (10... Bd7 11. Ne6 Qc8 12.
Ndc7+ Kf7 13. Qxf5+ Nf6 14. Bb3 $18) 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5+ Nf6 (12... Kg8 13.
Qe6#) 13. Nxf6 exf6 14. Qd5+ $18) 10... Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13.
Be3 Be7 14. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Eastham, Asher"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f3
$6 {This is rarely a good idea in the Sozin, where f2-f4-f5 is the norm to
make the bishop on b3 a better piece.} (8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5) 8...
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Qb6 (10... Bb7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7 {
and Black's position is much easier to play. One good plan is ...Nd7-e5-c4.})
11. Be3 Qb7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17.
Rfe1 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 Qg5 20. Rd3 Qxd2 21. R3xd2 Kf8 22. Ne2 Ke7 (
22... Rac8) 23. c4 Nc7 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. Kg1 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Nb5 28.
Nxb5 Bxb5 29. Rdc1 Kd7 30. Kf2 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8
34. Ke3 Kc7 35. Kd4 Kc6 36. Kc4 Kb6 37. b4 d5+ 38. exd5 exd5+ 39. Kxd5 Kb5 40.
h4 Ka4 41. Kc5 Kxa3 42. g4 Kb3 43. f4 Kc3 44. f5 h6 45. g5 hxg5 {
A well-timed draw offer, as White is winning after 46.hxg5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Nxg6 Nf6 6. Qxf5 d6 7. Qf4 hxg6 8.
Bc4 Qe7 9. d3 Bh6 10. Qg3 Bxc1 11. Qxg6+ Kd8 12. O-O Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "554"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 $2 (6... Bb4+)
7. e5 Ne4 (7... d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. d5) 8. Bd5 (8. Qe2 $1 Ba5+ 9. Kf1) 8... Ba5+
9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nb8 12. O-O h5 13. Qf4 O-O 14. Rac1 c6 15.
Bc4 b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qe4 (17. Nh4) 17... g6 18. Rc5 (18. Qf4) 18... d6 19.
exd6 Qxd6 {Diagram [#]} 20. Rxh5 $1 f5 (20... Nd7) 21. Qh4 $1 gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kf7
23. Qxh5+ Qg6 24. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. Ne4 c5 16. Nc3 c4 17. Nxd5 Qc6 18. Qe4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Rde1+ Kd8 21.
Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd6 23. Rxd5 Kc7 24. Rf5 f6 25. Rf3 Rhe8 26. Be3 Kc6 27. Kc1
Kd5 28. Kd2 Bb4+ 29. c3 Bd6 30. Bf4 Re4 31. Bxd6 Kxd6 32. Re3 Rae8 33. Rhe1 Kd5
34. f3 R4e6 35. b4 f5 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kf4 Ke6 40.
a4 a6 41. g3 b6 42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 Kd5 44. Kf5 b5 45. a5 Kd6 46. Kg6 Kd5 47.
Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qd6 13. d5 Ne7 14.
Qd2 Bg4 15. Ng5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 h6 18. Ne4 c6 19. Ne3 (19. Ndf6+)
19... Be2 20. Rfe1 Bb5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Nd6 Ba6 23. Nec4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nb4 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. Qxb4 Bh5 $4 {Diagram [#]} (10... Bg4) 11. Qb5+ $1 Nd7
12. Qxh5 g6 13. Qd1 Bg7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O e6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Bh6 Rad8 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rac1 f5 20. f4 Nf6 21. b3 Rfe8 22. Qb2 Kg8 23. Rfe1 a6 24. g3 e5
25. dxe5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Bf3 Qd4+ 28. Kg2 Re3 29. Rxe3 Qxe3 30. Nd5 Nxd5
31. Bxd5+ Kf8 32. Rf1 Qg5 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Qe5+ Kd7 36. Qe6+ Kc7
37. Qe7+ Qxe7 38. Rxe7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Kumar, Vikas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. g5 Nh5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. Bd3 a5 21.
Qe4 Qd7 22. Rhe1 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Rcb8 26. b3 a4 27. Rd7
R8b6 28. Re1 axb3 29. c3 Ra4 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ree8 Nf6 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rb8
Rxb8 34. Rxb8 Rh4 35. Kb2 Rxh2+ 36. Kxb3 h5 37. Kc4 (37. Rb6 $1 Ke7 38. c4 h4
39. c5 dxc5 40. d6+ Ke6 41. Bc4+ Kd7 42. Bb5+ Ke6 43. d7+ Ke7 44. Rb8 $18)
37... h4 38. Rh8 Kg7 {Diagram [#]} 39. Re8 $2 (39. Rd8 h3 40. Rxd6 Rg2 41. Bf1
Rg3 42. Bxh3 Rxh3 43. Rd8 $18) 39... Rf2 40. Re4 h3 41. Rh4 Rxf3 42. Be4 $6 (
42. Be2 Rg3 (42... Rf2 43. Kd3 h2 44. Ke3) 43. Kd4 f5 $11) 42... Rg3 43. Kd4 f5
44. Bh1 $4 (44. Bd3 $15) 44... Rg4+ 45. Rxg4 fxg4 46. Ke4 g3 47. Kf3 g2 48.
Bxg2 hxg2 49. Kxg2 Kf6 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. c4 Kd4 52. Kg4 Kxc4 53. Kg5 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bf4 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. b4 g5
15. b5 Nb8 16. Rac1 g4 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. g3 Rhg8 19. Kh2 gxh3 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Be2 Bg4 22. Rfe1 f4 23. Bxg4+ Rxg4 24. Qxe4 fxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "McCarty-Snead, Cal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ Ke8 $2 (11... Ke6 12. Qxb4 Qf8 {
is a reliable variation offering Black equal chances.} (12... c5 {
is more combative.})) 12. Qxb4 Qd6 13. Qb3 c6 14. O-O $16 {
Black's king is stuck in the center.} Rf8 15. f3 Nf6 16. Re1 Kd8 17. Nc3 Kc7
18. Qc2 a6 19. Rac1 g6 20. a3 Nd7 21. b4 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Kb8 23. Na4 Ka7 24. Qc5+
Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Rf7 26. a4 Bd7 27. Rce1 Rg8 28. Re7 Rgg7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Nxd7
Rxd7 31. Kf2 Kb6 32. Re6 Kc7 33. Ke3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 {Black is a tempo ahead of the Dragon line having saved a tempo by
playing ...d5 in one go.} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. fxe4 {Diagram [#]} Qxd2 $6 {
Black needs the queens on to attack White's king.} (13... Qb8 $1 14. Bd4 $4 (
14. b3 a5) (14. c3 Qe5 15. Bd3 Rab8) (14. Qc1 Qb4) 14... Rd8) 14. Rxd2 Rab8 15.
b3 a5 16. Bd3 a4 17. Bc5 axb3 18. cxb3 (18. axb3 Bf6 19. Rhd1 Bg5 20. Rf2 Rfd8
21. Be2 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Be2 f5 24. e5 Rd5) 18... Bf6 19. Rhd1 Bg5 20.
Rc2 Rfd8 21. Be2 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Be2 f5 24. e5 Rd5 25. Bf3 Rxe5 26. Bxc6
Bf6 27. Bb5 Kf7 28. Bc4 Re1+ 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Bxc4 31. bxc4 e5 32. a4 Bd8
33. Bd6 Ke6 34. Bb8 e4 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Ke3 Bb6+ 37. Ke2 Kc6 38. Kd2 Kc5 39. Kc3
Ba5+ 40. Kb3 Bd2 41. Ba7+ Kc6 42. Kc2 e3 43. g3 g5 44. Kd3 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4 46.
Ke2 Kb7 47. Bd4 Kc6 48. Be5 f3+ 49. Kxf3 Kc5 50. Ke2 Kxc4 51. Bf4 Kd4 52. Bh6
Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Re1 Rg8 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ne3 Nf4
15. Kh1 Qf8 16. Qd2 Qg7 17. Nh4 c6 18. f3 Rad8 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nef5 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Rxg5 23. Rad1 exd4 24. Nh6 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rh5+ 26. Kg2 Rxh6
27. cxd4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Be3 Qa5 5. Qd2 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. f3 O-O 10. Bh6 Rd8 11. Qf4 e5 12. Qe3 Nd4 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Bxe6
Nxe6 15. Kb1 Nd4 16. Bg5 b5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. c3 Ne6 20. h4 b4 21.
Nc1 bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Nd4 24. Nd3 c4 25. Nb4 Rab8 26. Nbd5 Rb7 27.
Rd2 Rdb8 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Nxc4 Bxd2 30. Nxd2 Rxb2+ 31. Kc1 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 Qxd2 14. Bxd2
Rad8 15. Be1 c6 16. Rc1 a5 17. a4 Bf4 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Bxd1 Bf5 20. g3 Be5 21.
f4 Bd4+ 22. Bf2 Bxc3 23. Bxb6 Re8 24. Kf2 Bd3 25. Rg1 f6 26. g4 Bd2 27. Kg3 Kf7
28. h4 Be1+ 29. Kh3 Bb4 30. g5 f5 31. Kg3 c5 32. Kf2 Re4 33. Bc7 Bc3 34. Kf3
Ke7 35. Rh1 Kd7 36. Bb8 Re8 37. Ba7 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Black "White, Benjamin M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1040"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7
8. Ng5+ Qxg5 9. Bxg5 Bxd1 10. Rxd1 exd4 11. cxd4 Bxd4 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Re1 Rhe8
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. Rab1 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bb6 19. Rbc1 Ne5
20. Rc2 Nd3 21. Rd1 Rxe4 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. Rxc8 Nxf2 24. Rb1 (24. Rf1 Rf4)
24... Nd1+ 25. Kf1 Ne3+ 26. Ke2 d5 27. Kf3 Nc4 28. Rd1 Ne5+ 29. Kg3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Ebert, John"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. b5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bc7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Ba3 Bb6 15.
Qe2 Qc7 16. h3 Qxf4 17. Nd4 Qh6 18. Rae1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. c4 Qg6 21. Qf2
Bd8 22. c5 e5 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Qd2 Re8 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Kh1 Be6 28.
c6 bxc6 29. bxc6 Be7 30. Qc2 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Rac8 32. c7 Rd7 33. Bxe5 f6 34. Rxd7
Bxd7 35. Bf4 f5 36. Rd1 Qe6 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. axb3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Ebert, John"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 f5 5. Ne5 Bd6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 Nf6 8. Qh3
Rg8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. Ndf3 Bd7 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Ne4
15. Be1 Re8 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Rg1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Nb3 Bb6 21.
g4 Ref8 22. Bh4 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qxh4 24. Qxa7 Qxh2 25. Nc5 Qxf4+ 26. Kb1 Rg7 27.
Qxb7+ Kd8 {Diagram #} 28. Nxe6+ $1 Bxe6 29. Qxg7 Rf7 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qb8 Bxg4
32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Qxc6+ Kf8 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35. Qxd5 Bxd1 36. Rxd1 Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kg7
38. e6 Rb7 39. e7 Rxb2+ 40. Kxb2 Qe5+ 41. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1205"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Be3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. a3
Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Kh2 Nh5 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Qd2 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd8 14. Bb3 Ne6
15. c4 h6 16. Bd1 Nhf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. b4 c6 19. Bb3 b5 20. Rac1 c5 21. Kg2 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rfe1 Ne5 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Nd2 bxc4 26. Nxc4 cxb4 27. Nxe5 dxe5
28. Bd5 Qd7 29. Bc6 Qd6 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. axb4 Qxb4 32. Rb1 Qd6 33. Rec1 Qd7
34. Rb2 Ba3 35. Ra1 Bxb2 36. Qxb2 a5 37. Qb6 a4 38. Qc5 Qe8 39. Ra3 Rc8 40. Qb4
Rc3 41. Rxc3 dxc3 42. Qxc3 f6 43. Qa3 Qb5 44. f3 Qb3 45. Qd6 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Alzhin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1038"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. O-O Nd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14.
Bb5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bc6 Rab8 17. b3 Rb6 18. Ba4 c5 19. Rac1 Kh8 20. f4
Bf5 21. Rfe1 Re6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bd7 Rd8 24. Bb5 e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Re1 e4
27. Rf1 Bg6 {Black is better but White's resignation is definitely premature.}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 h6 11. b4 Ne8 12. Qe2 Kh7 13. b5 f5 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Ne1 axb5 17. Nxb5 e4 18. Qe2 Nfxd5 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Bb3 c6 21. Nd4 Bf7
22. f3 Nc3 23. Qd2 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 d5 25. c3 Qd7 26. Nec2 Bg6 27. Bf4 Ng8 28. Qe1
Rae8 29. Qh4 Bf6 30. Qg3 Rf7 31. Ne3 Ne7 32. Kh1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "1307"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
dxc5 Ng6 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 Ba6 12. Bd2 Qb5 13. c4 Qxc4 14. Qxc4
Bxc4 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Kd2 Kd7 17. g3 Ne7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Rb7 20. Nd4 Rhb8 21.
f4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Bb4 Ke6 24. Rab1 $4 a5 25. c3 axb4 26. cxb4 Ra7 27.
Ra1 Rba8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.48"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Brahim, Asma Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bxf7 Nf6
8. Nc3 Rf8 9. Bc4 Bc5 10. Be3 b6 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1+ Bd7 13. Bb5 Ne7 14.
Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Nxe5 Ke8 16. Nxd7 Rf4 17. Nxc5 Rb8 18. b3 Nc6 19. Ne6 Rf6 20.
Nxc7+ Kf8 21. O-O Rb7 22. N7d5 Rg6 23. Rd3 Ne5 24. Rg3 Rf7 25. Rxg6 hxg6 26. f4
Ng4 27. h3 Nh6 28. g4 a5 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 g5 31. fxg6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Kg7
33. Ne4 Kxg6 34. c4 Nf7 35. Kf2 Ne5 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Kf4 Nd4 38. c5 Ne2+ 39. Ke3
Nc1 40. c6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1208"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Be4 Rc8 16. Qc2 Bg6 17. b3 Qc7 18. Bb2 c4 19. b4 Nc6 20. e6 f5 21. Bxc6 Qxc6
22. Ne5 Qxe6 {Diagram [#]} 23. Nxg6 (23. Nexc4 Qc6 24. Nxb6 $18) 23... Qxg6 24.
Rxe7 Nd5 25. Re5 (25. Rae1 Nf4 (25... Nxe7 26. Rxe7 $16) 26. g3 Nxh3+ 27. Kf1
Qc6 28. f3 Ng5 29. Kg2 Rcd8 $11) 25... Nf4 26. g3 Nxh3+ 27. Kf1 Qc6 28. Qd1
Rcd8 29. Qf3 Qf6 30. Rd5 Rde8 31. Re1 Ng5 32. Qf4 Qh6 33. Rxe8 Qh1+ 34. Ke2
Rxe8+ 35. Re5 Rxe5+ 36. Qxe5 Qh5+ 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1208"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. a3 a6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Be3 b5 8. Nge2
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxe5 11. Bd4 Nec6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc5 14. Nce2 Nc6
15. c3 Qf6 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Kh1 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Rac1 g6 21.
Qe3 h5 22. Rce1 Kg7 23. Rf3 Rg8 24. Qe5 Rc6 25. Ref1 Rgc8 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. f5
exf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Rxf5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1208"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 O-O-O $2 10. b4 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Nc4 12. d4 h6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nxc4
dxc4 15. Be3 g5 16. Kg1 Qg7 17. Nxe5 f6 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nh4 h5 20. Nf5 Qd7 21.
Bf4 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. a4 Qd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. e5 f5 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Rf1
h4 28. Bg5 Rdf8 29. Qf4 Kb8 30. Bxf5 Qd5 31. Qxg4 h3 32. Be6 Qxg2+ 33. Qxg2
hxg2 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Bf6 Re8 36. Bd7 Rg8 37. e6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1038"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bg5 e5 8. Nd5
Qa5+ 9. c3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qxb5 11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qe2 f6 14. Be3 e4
15. Nh4 exd3 16. Qf3 Be4 17. Qd1 Bxh1 {and Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1307"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 Be6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Ng4 Be7 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 Nd7
15. Ne4 f5 16. Nh6+ gxh6 17. Qg3+ Bg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. h4 g4 20. h5 Nf6 21.
Qe5 Kf7 22. h6 Bd5 23. Qxf5 Qd6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxc7 Re7 27.
Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. Qxg4+ Kh7 30. c4 Rg8 31. Qf5+ Kxh6 32. cxd5 cxd5 33.
Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1205"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 d6 8. Nfd2
Qe7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Na4 O-O-O 13. Nxb6+ axb6 14. f3
Nh5 15. Bf2 Nf4 16. O-O h5 17. Be3 Rdg8 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Qd2 Qg6 20. a4 Na5
21. Rf2 Nxb3 22. cxb3 h4 23. h3 Qe6 24. Kh2 Qxb3 25. a5 Rd8 26. a6 Kb8 27. a7+
Ka8 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 d5 30. Rd2 Rhg8 31. Kg1 dxe4 32. fxe4 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1205"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 d5 5. h3 Bf5 6. Be3 e6 7. c4 Nge7 8. a3 f6
9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 O-O 17. Rd1 Rf7 18. Be2 c6 19. Ne3 Raf8 20. O-O h5 21.
f4 Nd7 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bxh5 Rh7 24. b4 b6 25. Bf3 Nf6 26. Bxc6 Kg7 27. Rfe1
Kg6 28. Re3 Rfh8 29. Rd6 Rh4 30. Ree6 Rxf4 31. Rxf6+ Kg5 32. Rg6+ Kh4 33. g3+
Kxh3 34. Bg2# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "1307"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7
8. d4 O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Ne5 Nh4 16. f3 {Diagram [#]} Rxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Qg6 18. Qd2 $2 (18. Re2
Bxf3) 18... Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.47"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1038"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nd5
$2 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 $4 (9. exd5 Bxh4 10. dxc6 bxc6 $17) 9... Ndxe7 $19 10. d4 exd4
11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bb3 c5 13. Nf3 N7g6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd6 Qg5 16. g3 Nf3+ 17.
Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Qh5 19. Bc4 Nxc2+ 20. Kd2 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Re8 22. Bd5 Qe5 23.
Qxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Rh5 25. Rh1 d6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Ke3 Bg4 28. f5 Bxf5 29. exf5
Rxf5 30. Ke4 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Purland, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1038"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Re1 $6 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 {Diagram #} Nxf2 $1 11. Kxf2 Qxe7 12. c4 $2 (
12. c3) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 c6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3
cxd5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Kd2 f6 20. g4 O-O 21. Bf5 Rfe8 22. Re2 g6 23. Bc2 Nc4+
24. Ke1 Kf7 25. Ba4 Rxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Nb6 27. Bb5 a6 28. Bd3 Re8+ 29. Kf2 Ke6 30.
Re1+ Kd7 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. b3 Nd7 35. b4 Ne5 36. Be2
Nc6+ 37. Kc3 d4+ 38. Kc4 b5+ 39. Kb3 Ne5 40. Kc2 Kd5 41. Bd3 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1307"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bf4 Nge7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Bd3
Nce7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Ra3 Bc6 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rxa8
Rxa8 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Qd3 Rc4 23. Ra1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Ra8+ Nf8 26. Ra5 h6
27. Kf1 c5 28. f3 cxb4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. Ra3 Rc4 31. Bf2 Qc6 32. c3 b4 33. cxb4
Rxb4 34. Rc3 Qb7 35. Bc5 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Ng6 38. Bd4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1081"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Qe2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. c3 Re8 14. f3 b6
15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rad1 Kf8 17. Kf1 Qxh2 18. g4 Qxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Rxe4 Bg5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 g6 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Kd3 Kd6
27. Kc4 Kc6 28. a4 a6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1205"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 (3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qg6 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2
exd3 8. Bxd3 Qxg2 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. O-O-O {is what White wants.}) 3... d6 4. Bc4
(4. d4) 4... fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxc4 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qxh8 Kf7
10. Qe5 Be7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Qf4+ Bf5 13. Ng3 (13. Bb2) 13... Qd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxf5 Nxc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxa1 (16... cxb3 $1) 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 {Diagram [#]} 18. Bb2
$2 (18. bxc4 $1) 18... cxb3 19. Bxa1 bxa2 20. Kc2 Rd8 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Ra1 Re8
23. Rxa2 a6 (23... Nxc3 24. Kxc3 a6) 24. Bd4 $4 (24. Kd1) 24... Nb4+ 25. Kb3
Nxa2 26. Kxa2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1208"]
[BlackElo "1415"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb3 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Be3 d5 9. N1d2 Ne5 10. Bc2 b6 11. f3 Ba6 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. N2b3 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. fxe4 Nc4 (15... Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Nxb2) 16. Bc1 e5 17. Nf3 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1
Rfd8+ 19. Kc2 Rc7 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Kxd1 Bb7 22. Nfd2 Ne3+ 23. Ke2 Nxg2 24. Kf3
Nf4 25. Nf1 Ne6 26. Ng3 Bf8 27. Be3 Rd7 28. Ke2 h5 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 h4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Erdenebat, Erdenem"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "568"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Ng5 Bb4 6. Bc4 h6 7. Nh3 c6 8. Bb3
b5 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15.
c4 b4 16. c5 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Ncd5 18. h3 g5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. c3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rg8
22. f3 Be2 23. Re1 exf3 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Rf1 g4 26. Kh2 Qc7+ 27. Kg1 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Erdenebat, Erdenem"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "568"]
[BlackElo "1177"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 Nxc4 10. bxc4 c6 11. O-O c5 12. Qd3 a6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nb6 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. a4 Nc8 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Qg5 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. axb5
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Rxb5 23. Ra8 Qxg5 24. Nxg5 Rb2 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Nxh7+ Kg8 28. Ng5 Nc4 29. g4 Na3 30. c3 c4 31. h4 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Nxb1 33. Kg2
Nxc3 34. Nf3 Nd1 35. Ne1 Nb2 36. Nf3 Nd3 37. Kf1 Nb4 38. Ne1 c3 39. Ke2 Kh7 40.
Nd3 Na2 41. Kd1 g6 42. Kc2 f5 43. f3 fxg4 44. fxg4 g5 45. hxg5 Kg6 46. Kb3 Nc1+
47. Nxc1 Kxg5 48. Kxc3 Kxg4 49. Kd3 Kf3 50. Nb3 Kf4 51. Na5 Kg5 52. Nb7 Kf6 53.
Nxd6 Ke7 54. Nc8+ Kd8 55. Nb6 Kc7 56. Nc4 Kd7 57. Nxe5+ Kd6 58. Kd4 Ke7 59. Kc5
Kd8 60. d6 Kc8 61. Kc6 Kd8 62. d7 Ke7 63. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Qf3 Be7 (5... d6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
Qxf6 gxf6) 6. Ne2 d6 7. h3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 c5 10. a3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Ng3
Ra7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Qd7 15. Qf3 h6 16. Bh4 Nh7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd2 Ng5
19. Qg4 Nc6 20. c3 Nd8 21. f4 Nge6 (21... exf4 22. Rxf4 Nde6) 22. fxe5 (22. f5
Nf4 (22... Ng5 23. f6 $1)) 22... dxe5 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Nh4 Qg5 $2 25. Bxe6 Qxg4
(25... fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Raf7 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Qxc6 Qxh4 29. Qxc5) 26. Bxg4 g5
27. Nf5 Kh7 28. Nxh6 Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Nd6 f6 31. Be6+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Ne7 33.
Nf5+ Nxf5 34. Rxf5 Rh8 35. c4 Re7 36. Kh2 Rh6 37. Rg1 Re8 38. g3 g4 39. h4 Rf8
40. Rf2 Kg6 41. Be6 Kh5 42. Kg2 Rg6 43. Rf5+ Kh6 44. h5 Rg5 45. Rxg5 Kxg5 46.
Rh1 Rh8 47. Bf7 Rh7 48. Bg6 Rg7 49. Rh4 Rg8 50. Bf5 Rh8 51. Rxg4+ Kh6 52. Rg6+
Kxh5 53. Rxf6 Rd8 54. Re6 Rxd3 55. Rxe5 Rd2+ 56. Kh3 Rxb2 57. Rxc5 Rc2 58. g4+
Kg5 59. Kg3 b3 60. Rxa5 Rxc4 61. e5 Rb4 62. e6 Kf6 63. Kh4 b2 64. Rb5 Rxa4 65.
Rxb2 Ra7 66. Kh5 Re7 67. Rd2 Re8 68. Re2 $4 Rh8+ 69. Bh7 Rxh7# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bd3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. d3 Be7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Nxe4 10. Nxg6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 hxg6 12. Qf3 f6 13. Qxb7 Qb8 14. Rb1
Qxb7 15. Rxb7 Kd8 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Kd2 Nxc4+ 18. dxc4 c5 19. h4 Bf8 20. h5 Kc8
21. Rhb1 gxh5 22. gxh5 Rxh5 23. Rb8+ $4 Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Kxb8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg5 d6 6. Nd5 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. a3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 c6 12. b4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bb6 14. dxe6 fxe6
15. Rc1 f5 16. Nc3 a6 17. Na4 Be3 18. Rb1 b5 19. Nb2 f4 20. c4 Qh4+ 21. g3 fxg3
22. Ke2 g2 23. Kxe3 gxh1=Q 24. Qxh1 Qf4+ 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Nd3 Qf6 27. c5 d5 28.
Rf1 Rg8 29. f4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Qg5 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Rf2 Rxf2+ 34.
Nxf2 dxe4 35. Nxe4 Rd8+ 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Nd6 Rxd6 38. cxd6+ Kxd6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Dashzveg"]
[Black "Moren, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1170"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Bd6 8.
Qe1 h6 9. Bxd5 Nge7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nc3 a6 12. Ne4 Bb4 13. c3 Ba5 14. Be3 Nd5
15. b4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bc7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 b5 20. Bb3 Rfd8
21. Rac1 Bb6 22. d5 exd5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxd3 25. Rd1 Bc4 26. h3 Bxb3 27.
axb3 d4 28. Kf1 Rd6 29. Ke2 d3+ 30. Kd2 (30. Rxd3) 30... Re8 31. Re1 Red8 32.
Re3 {Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhj"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1025"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Be5 Bc6 13. f3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qg5
15. Qe1 Rad8 16. Rf2 Nf4 17. Kf1 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Bf1 Qh6 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. b3 Qf8 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. f4 Rd4 27. Bxc6
bxc6 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Rd1 30. Qc3 h5 31. Qf3 Qd4 32. Qe2 a5 33. g4 hxg4+
34. Kxg4 Kg7 35. Rg2 Qd5 36. Qf3 Rd4 37. Qxd5 cxd5 38. Kf3 c5 39. Ke3 f6 40.
exf6+ Kxf6 41. Rf2 Kf5 42. c3 Re4+ 43. Kd3 c4+ 44. bxc4 dxc4+ 45. Kd2 Rxf4 46.
Ke3 Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Kf4 48. Ke2 g5 49. Kf2 e5 50. Ke2 Ke4 51. h3 Kf4 52. Kf2 e4
53. Kg2 e3 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Ke1 e2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhj"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1160"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bb5 a6 $2 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bxc6+ Bd7 9. Bxa8 Qxa8 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 14.
a4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. f3 Qa7+ 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. Rxe3 d5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rd1 Bc6 21. Rd8+ Be8 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Kf8 24. Ra8 Ke7 25. Rxa6 c6 26. b4
g6 27. Ra5 Kd6 28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 Kc5 30. c4 Kxc4 31. b6 Bc6 32. Ra1 Bxe4 33.
Ra4+ Kb5 34. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhj"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew Todd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1160"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O (8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2) 8... d6 9. Nxc6 (9. h3) 9... bxc6 10. Bb3 e6
11. Bg5 Qc7 12. f4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne2 Ba6 15. Rf2 c5 16. c3 Rab8 17. Qc2
Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c4 19. Ba4 Nc5 20. b3 Ne4 21. Rf3 cxb3 22. axb3 Nxc3 23. Qc2 Qb6+
24. Qf2 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rb7 27. Ra1 Rfb8 28. Rc1 h6 29. Bf6 Kf8
30. Rfc3 Bxf6 31. exf6 Ke8 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kd7 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Ke3 e5
36. g4 d4+ 37. Kd3 dxc3 38. Kxc3 exf4 39. b4 Kd5 40. Kd3 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhj"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1160"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Ng3 e4 6. Nd4 Nf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nh5 O-O 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Nxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Bd4 Qh4 16. h3 Bxh3 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Rf6 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. f4 {
Diagram [#]} Bc5 21. Qxc5 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1089"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Rb8 8.
a3 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe5 d6 12. Qg3 e5 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 Rg6 15.
Qh4 Bg4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Nxe4 18. Ng5 Nxc3 19. Qxg4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Rxg5 {
and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Black "Gomez, Davi Flores"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1089"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8.
h3 g6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Nd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 Ng7 13. Bh6 Bd6 14. Bg4 Be6
15. c4 c6 16. Ne3 Qe7 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Qc3 Bd4 20. Qc2 Qh4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qe2 Qxe4 (23... b6 24. b4 Rd7 25. Rd2 Rdf7 26. Ng4
Qg3) 24. b4 Rd7 25. Rd2 Rdf7 26. Ng4 Qf4 27. Rd3 h5 28. Rf3 Qg5 29. Nh2 Rxf3
30. Nxf3 Qf4 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Re1 Rf6 33. Rd1 e5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1025"]
[BlackElo "935"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qe2 Bd7 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
Qxe3 Qxb2 9. Qb3 Qxa1 10. Qxb7 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Qxd7 Qb2 14.
Qd6 Rab8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Re1 Rb2 19. Ng5 Rxa2 20.
Nb5 h6 21. Nxe6 Nb4 22. f3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 a5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxe7+ Rf7 26. Re1
a4 27. Nc3 Ra3 28. Nxd5 Rxd3 29. Ra1 Ra7 30. Nb6 a3 31. Ra2 Rb7 32. Nc4 Rb1+
33. Kf2 Rbb3 34. g4 Rxf3+ 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Nd2 Rb2 $4 (36... Rh3 37. Nxb3 Rxb3
38. Rf2+ {
otherwise Black will get in ...Rb2+ with a winning king and pawn ending.} Kg5
39. Rf8 Kxg4 $19) 37. Rxb2 axb2 38. Kxf3 Kg5 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. h4 h5 41. g5 Kf5
42. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1025"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4
Bb6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bg4 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qd3 Re8
15. Rad1 b5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd6 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Re1
Nxa3 21. Bd1 Rd2 22. e5 Nd7 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Nxe5 25. Nd4 Nac4 26. Kf2 a5
27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. c3 Kf8 29. Kg3 g5 30. h4 f6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Ne6+ Ke7 33.
Nc5 Nac4 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ne4+ Ke6 36. Bb3 Ke7 37. Bxc4 Nxc4 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3
Ke5 40. Ng3 c5 41. Ne2 Nd6 42. Nc1 c4+ 43. Kd2 Ke4 44. Ne2 Nf5 45. g3 Nxe3 46.
Nd4 Nf1+ 47. Ke2 Nxg3+ 48. Kf2 Nf5 49. Nxb5 Kd3 50. Kf3 Nh6 51. Kg3 f5 52. Kf3
Ng4 53. Kg3 Ne3 54. Kf2 Nd1+ 55. Kf1 Nxc3 56. Nd6 f4 57. Kf2 Ne4+ 58. Nxe4 Kxe4
59. Ke2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O (
7... Nxe4) 8. e5 (8. d5) 8... Ne4 (8... d5) 9. Qc2 Nxc3 $2 (9... d5) 10. bxc3
Be7 11. O-O d6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qe4 Be7 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd6
17. d5 Ne7 18. Bxe7 Qe5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rfe1 Qxc3 21. Qh6+ Qg7 22. Re8+ Kxe8
23. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O e6 $6 (8... d6) (8... d5) 9. Nb3 (9. Qd2) 9... d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bg5 Be6
12. Qd2 d4 13. Nb5 Bxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Na3 b5 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rab1 Rcd8 20. Re1 Ne5 21. Be4 Rfe8 22. Bd3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qc6 24.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. g3 Qg4 27. f3 $2 (27. Kg2) 27... Qh5 {White is much
worse due to the the threat of ...Re3 and ...We5 but resignation seems
premature.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Na5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Bd7 10. Be3 c5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf6 13. c3 Re8 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Qc7 17. c4 Rec8 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Qxb4 cxb4 21.
b3 Bd8 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 b6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Ra4 Bc7 26. Kf1 Kf8 (26... Bb8
$1 27. Bxb8 $1 (27. Bxb6 $4 Rxa4 28. bxa4 b3) 27... Rxa4 28. Bxd6 Ra1+ 29. Ke2
f6 $1 $11) 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Kd3 Kd8 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bb6 Rxa4 31. Bxc7+ Kxc7 32.
bxa4 Kb6 33. Kc4 Ka5 34. Kb3 c4+ 35. Kxc4 Kxa4 36. f4 f6 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Kd3
Ka3 39. Kc2 Ka2 40. Kc1 b3 41. g4 b2+ 42. Kd2 b1=Q 43. g5 Qh1 44. g6 hxg6 45.
h4 Qxe4 46. h5 Qxd5+ 47. Kc3 gxh5 48. Kc2 h4 49. Kc3 h3 50. Kb4 h2 51. Kc3 h1=Q
52. Kb4 Qc1 53. Ka4 Qcc4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxb2 6. Nb5 Qb4+ 7. c3 Qa5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. cxd6 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Qxd6 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14.
Nf3 Nf6 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. O-O b5 19. Be2 O-O 20. Rc1 {
both scoresheets say "22...Nd6" and it's downhill from there. So "....0-1"} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 f6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bf7
15. Nhf5 Bg6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ng3 Qb4 20. Rab1 Rfe8
21. Qf3 Re7 22. a3 Qb6 23. c3 Rae8 24. Qd5+ Bf7 25. Qxd4 c5 26. Qf4 Ba2 27. Ra1
Qxb2 28. Qc1 Qxc1 29. Rfxc1 Bf7 30. Nf5 Re6 31. Rab1 Bg6 32. Ne3 b6 33. Rd1 f5
34. Nd5 Re2 35. Nf4 Rc2 36. Nxg6 hxg6 37. Rdc1 Ree2 38. c4 Ra2 39. Rc3 Rxf2 40.
g4 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. a3 b5 13. Na2 Nd7 14. c3 Nb6 15. Nb4 Nb8
16. Rac1 c6 17. h3 a5 18. Na2 N8d7 19. Ra1 Nf8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Rf1 Nc8 22.
Rab1 Bd8 23. Kg1 Ne7 24. Bd3 Ng8 25. Qf2 Be7 26. Qd2 Bd8 27. Qf2 Nd7 28. Qd2
Be7 29. Qf2 Nb6 30. Qd2 Nh6 31. Qe2 Nf5 32. Bf2 h5 33. Ng5 h4 34. Qe1 Nc4 35.
Bxf5 gxf5 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. Nd2 Nb6 38. Qe2 Nd7 39. Nc1 Nf8 40. Nd3 Ng6 41. Be1
Ba6 42. Nc5 Bxc5 43. dxc5 b4 44. Qd1 Bxf1 45. Kxf1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1177"]
[BlackElo "1451"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... c6) 7.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Ne5 g6 $2 (8... Be7) 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Be3 $2 (11.
Re1+ $16) 11... O-O 12. h3 Ne8 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Nd6 15. b3 Rfc8 (15... Nf5)
16. Nxd5 $4 {Diagram [#]} Ne4 $1 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Qd3 a6 19. a4 b4 20. Rfe1
Nc3 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Qf3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Gomez, David Flores"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1196"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 {Diagram # The Wilkes-Barre
variation, named after the Pennyslvania coal mining town.} 5. Nxf7 $6 {
This looks natural but} (5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bd5 {
is considered stronger (and safer!). Now Black launches a sharp counterattack.}
) 5... Bxf2+ $1 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7. Ke1 $2 (7. Kg1 {is stronger when} Qh4 8. g3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Qxg3+ 10. Kf1 Rf8 11. Qh5 d5 12. Bxd5 Nd4 {was the start of a
wild correspondence game in 1968 between Mikhail Tal (Black) and the readers
of the Soviet publication Pravda (Truth).}) 7... Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. Rg1 Ne4+ (
9... Nh1+ {leads to the same finish after} 10. Rg3 Nxg3) 10. Rg3 Qxh2 (10...
Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qxg3+ 12. Kf1 d5 {was another path to victory.}) 11. Rf3 Qg1+ (
11... Nd4 $1) 12. Rf1 $4 (12. Bf1 {was more stubborn but Black still wins after
} Nd4 13. d3 Qh2 14. dxe4 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qxc2) 12... Qg3+ 13. Ke2 Nd4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Be3 c5 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nge2 cxd4 9. Bxd4 c5 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. f4
Qb6 15. Kh1 f6 16. g3 Ba6 17. fxe5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 fxe5 19. Rac1 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1
Qxd6 {and Black soon won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1195"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 $2 (7. f3
) 7... Ng4 8. O-O-O Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. h4 h5 13. f4
Kh7 14. Bd3 e5 15. f5 $4 Bh6 16. fxg6+ fxg6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1195"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. f4 Nf5 8. Bf2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nfxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O $2 (12. a3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
Bc5 14. Qd3 Bd7 $15) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 $4 Bc5 14. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 Bd7 16.
Bd3 Rac8 17. f5 b5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. a3 a5 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.
Bxf1 Qf2 23. Bd3 Qe1+ 24. Bf1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1195"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nfd7 14. b3 Bf6
15. Bb2 Re8 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Nb5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 a6 20. Nd4 Qf6 21.
Rab1 Ne4 22. Bf3 Nc5 23. Be2 Ne5 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Nf3 Rae8 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Bf3
Kf8 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Kf1 Qh2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.49"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1196"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Qf6 7. Nxh8 Bc5
8. O-O Be6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxh7 O-O-O 11. Qxg6 Qxh8 12. Qxe6+ Kb8 13. Bxd5 {
and White later won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. d5 ({The traditional} 5. Bc4 {
and the modern}) (5. g4 {are the main tries here.}) 5... h6 6. h3 Be7 7. Bd3
Nf8 8. O-O g5 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Be3 g4 14.
hxg4 Qxg4 15. Nh2 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. f3 O-O-O 19. e5 dxe5 20.
Rxe5 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Bd4 22. Rf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxd5 24. c4 Ne3 25. Rxf4 Nxc2 26.
Rc1 Nb4 27. Rxf7 Nxa2 28. Ra1 Nc3 29. Kg1 Rd4 30. Ra5 Rxc4 31. g4 Ne2+ 32. Kf1
Rc2 33. Rh5 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Nxh5 35. gxh5 Rg8+ 36. Ng4 Rd8 37. Nf2 Rdd2 38. Rf8+
Kd7 39. Rf7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1196"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 h6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Na5 8. Bb3
c6 9. d4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nc4 $2 {Diagram [#]} 11. Qc3 (11. Bxc4 $1 Qxb2 12. Qc3
Qc1+ 13. Kf2 Qxh1 14. Nbd2 $18) 11... d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxe5
Nf6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ndxc4 Qd8 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Qb3 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Be6 20. e4 Nf6
21. d5 Nxe4 22. Ndf3 $2 (22. dxe6) 22... Nf2+ $2 (22... Qd8 $1) 23. Ke2 Qe4+
24. Kxf2 Bxd5 25. Qd3 Rac8 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. c3 Rfd8 28. Rae1 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1177"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 g6 8.
O-O-O Bg7 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h3 Bd7 13. f4 b5 14. Bd5 b4
15. Nce2 a5 16. f5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Qc4
21. Qd4+ Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Rh8 23. h4 Rh5 24. Ne2 Rah8 25. Rd4 Rf5 26. Re4 Kf6 27.
Nd4 Rxd5 28. Rf4+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Erickson, Lane"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Nxe5 Nxc4 7. Nxc4 Be6
8. Ne3 Nc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. d3 a5 11. b3 Ne5 12. d4 Ng4 13. d5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bg4
15. Qd3 O-O-O 16. e4 Bd6 17. h3 Bc5+ 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Rxf7 Bxh3 20. Bxc5 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erickson, Lane"]
[Black "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qxg2 12. Rf1 e6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qb3
Na5 15. Qb5+ Qc6 16. Qxc6+ Nxc6 17. f4 a6 18. Bd2 b5 19. Bd3 Ke7 20. Rc1 Kd7
21. Be4 Ne7 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. e4 Nc6 24. e5 Be7 25. Bc3 Rd8 26. b4 f5 27. Rg1
g6 28. Ke2 Kc8 29. Ke3 Kb7 30. Rg2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Kb6 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rgd2 Rd5 34.
Rc2 g5 35. Rdc1 h6 36. Bb2 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Bg5+ 38. Kg3 Bxc1 39. Rxc1 Nxd4 40.
Rc5 Rxc5 $4 41. Bxd4 Kc6 42. Bxc5 Kd5 43. Kf4 h5 44. h3 a5 45. h4 a4 46. Be7
Kd4 47. Bc5+ Kc4 48. Kg5 Kb3 49. Kxh5 Kxa3 50. Kg5 Kb3 51. h5 a3 52. h6 a2 53.
Bd4 Kxb4 54. Ba1 c5 55. h7 c4 56. h8=Q c3 57. Qh4+ Kb3 58. Qe1 b4 59. Qd1+ Ka3
60. Qd6 c2 61. Qd3+ b3 62. Qc3 Ka4 63. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 b6 (3... Nf6) 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. e4 Qf6 7.
Ndb5 O-O-O {Diagram [#]} 8. Nxc7 $1 Bc5 9. f4 Qd4 10. Qxd4 $2 (10. Qe2 $16)
10... Nxd4 $17 11. N7b5 Nc2+ 12. Kd2 Nxa1 13. Nxa7+ Kb8 14. Nab5 Nf6 15. Bd3
Rhe8 16. Re1 Bb4 17. e5 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 g6 20. b3 d5 $1 21. Ba3 Nxb3+ (
21... dxc4 22. bxc4 Bxa3 23. Nxa3 f6 $19) 22. axb3 Bxa3 $2 (22... dxc4 23. bxc4
Bxa3 24. Nxa3 f6 $17) 23. Nxa3 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Ba6 $2 (24... f6) 25. Ra1 Bxc4 26.
bxc4 f5 27. g5 Rd7 28. gxh6 Red8 29. Nd5 b5 30. Rb1 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32.
Rxb5+ Rxb5 33. Bxb5 Kc7 34. Be8 g5 35. fxg5 f4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Allen, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Ng6 12. Na4 Qg5 13. Bg4 f5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. e4 Qf6 16. exf5 Qxa1 17. fxg6 Bxg4 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Qxg4 Qf6 20. Qg5 (20.
Be3 b6) 20... Kxh7 (20... Qxg5 21. Bxg5 Kxh7) 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qd5+ Rf7 23.
Qxb7 Qd8 24. Be3 c6 25. Qxc6 Rc8 26. Qd5 Qc7 27. Qe6 Rd8 28. Bg5 Rc8 29. Rd1
Kh7 30. Bd8 Qb7 31. Rd5 Rc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. e3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 exd4 10. exd4 Rxe1+ 11. Qxe1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 c6 15. Be4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Ba6 Bxb2 20.
Bxb2 Rxb2 21. Rd1 Qf8 22. Qe5 Rxa2 23. Bc4 Rc2 24. Bb3 Rc5 25. Bxf7+ $4 Kxf7
26. Qf4 Kg8 27. Qd2 Rc2 28. Qd5+ Qf7 29. Qd8+ Qf8 30. Qd5+ Qf7 31. Qd8+ Qf8 32.
Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. f3 c5 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nb5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxa7 Qb6 20. e4 Qxa7 21.
exd5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[BlackElo "956"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Bxf3 4. Bxf3 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. d3
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Rc1 Ng4 12. Na4 Nxh2 13. Kxh2 Qe8 14. d4 Nd7
15. Rh1 Rc8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Rh4 Ne4 19. Bg4 Qd6 20. Rh2 Ra8 21.
Rch1 Qf6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Bxg5 Qg6 24. Rxh7 f5 25. Bxe7 Rfe8 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27.
Qxf5 Rxe7 28. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. g3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. Qb3 b6
15. Rae1 $2 Ba6 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Qa3 Bc4 18. Qc1 Ng4 19. Nf4 Ngxe3 20. fxe3 Bxa2
21. Qc2 Nxe3 22. Qxa2 Nxf1 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bxf1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Qg2
Qxc3 27. Qxd5 Re8 28. Ng6 Qe1 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Ne5 Rxd4 32. Bc4
Re4 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Nc4 b5 35. Nd6 Rd4 36. Nxb5 Rd2+ 37. Kh3 Kxf7 38. Nxa7
Ke6 39. Nb5 Rd3 40. Kg4 Kd7 41. Kf4 Kc6 42. Ke4 Rd2 43. Nd4+ Kd7 44. h4 Ke7 45.
h5 Kf6 46. g4 Kg5 47. Ke3 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. e5 d4 (3... Bf5) (3... Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bf5) 4. cxd4
cxd4 5. Qa4+ (5. Nf3) 5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Qd5 (6... Bd7) 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 {
Diagram [#]} 9. Qxd4 $4 (9. Nc3 $1 Qe6 10. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 11. Nde2 Bd7 12. d4 Qc7
13. O-O Nf6 14. Bf4 Qb7 15. Be5 $14) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O e6 12. b3
Bc5 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. d4 Bb6 15. Na3 Nf5 16. Rfd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qa4 $6 O-O 7. Bxf6 Nxf6
8. Ne5 dxc4 9. O-O-O Nd5 (9... a6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 (11. Qc6 Rb8) 11... Bb7)
10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 f6 12. Ng4 Bd7 (12... Qd5 $5) 13. h3 Rc8 (13... Ba4 14.
b3 Bc6) 14. Qg3 Kh8 (14... Ba4 15. b3 Bc6) 15. e4 Qe8 16. Bd3 c5 $1 17. Bc2
cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd3 Ba4 20. Rc3 Bb4 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Ne3 Qc6 23. f3 {
Diagram #} Rd8 (23... Rc8 $1 24. Qf2 Bc5 $19) 24. Rd1 $4 (24. Kb1 $15) 24...
Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qc5 (25... Bxc2+ $1 26. Nxc2 Qd6+) 26. a3 (26. Qf2) 26... Qd4+
27. Kc1 Qxe3+ 28. Kb1 Bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Qd2+ 30. Kb3 Bc5 31. f4 Bd4 32. fxe5 b5
33. exf6 Qxb2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Bc4 h6 8.
Be3 c6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. dxe5 Nxc4 12. exf6 Nxe3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14.
Rxg7 Nxd1 15. Qxd1 Be6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qh5 c5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nb5 Kf8 20. Rg4
Qc4 21. Rf4 Rd8 22. Nc7 Rd7 23. Nd5 Qxa2 24. Nf6 Re7 25. Nd5 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qa5+
27. c3 c4 28. Rf5 Qd8 29. Nxe7 Qxe7 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rxe5 Qd6+ 32. Rd5 Qf4+ 33.
Ke2 Qe4+ 34. Kf1 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Qxg6 fxg6 37. Rd7 Rg8 38. Rxb7 Rg7 39.
Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rc8 Kf6 41. Rxc4 Rb7 42. b4 Re7 43. b5 Re5 44. Rc6+ Re6 45. Rc8 a6
46. c4 axb5 47. cxb5 Rb6 48. Rc5 Ke6 49. f4 Kd6 50. Re5 g5 51. Kg3 gxf4+ 52.
Kxf4 Rb8 53. Rh5 Kc7 54. h4 Kb6 55. Rxh6+ Kxb5 56. h5 {
and White later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ng5 d6 7. Bxh7 Rxh7
8. Nxh7 Be6 9. Nxf8 Kxf8 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Be3 a6 13. O-O-O b5 14.
Bd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Rhe1 Re8 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qd5 Bg6 20. f4
Qf5 21. Qe4 Qg4 22. f5 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Bxf5 24. Qb7 Qg6 25. Qxc7 Bxc2+ 26. Ka1
Bxd1 27. Qxd6+ Kg8 28. Rxd1 f5 29. Qxg6 Nxg6 30. Kb1 Kf7 31. Rd7+ Re7 32. Rd6
Re6 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rd6 b4 35. Nd5 Re1+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kb3 a5 38. Rxg6 Rd2
39. Nf4 Rf2 40. Nh3 a4+ 41. Kxa4 Rxb2 42. Rg3 Rxa2+ 43. Kxb4 Kf6 44. Nf4 g5 45.
Nh3 g4 46. Kb3 Ra1 47. Nf2 Kg5 48. Rc3 Rg1 49. Rc2 Kh5 50. g3 Rg2 51. Nd3 Rg1
52. Kc4 Rf1 53. Kd4 Kg5 54. Ke5 Rf3 55. Nf4 Re3+ 56. Kd5 Re1 57. Rc6 Rd1+ 58.
Ke6 Re1+ 59. Kf7 Re7+ 60. Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Austin"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. a3 Nc5
9. Bc2 a5 10. h3 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4 12. Be3 f5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Rb1 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxh3+ 16. gxh3 Bxh3 17. Nfg5 Bxf1 18. Ne6 Qh4 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxf1 Rf4 21. f3
g5 22. Qg2 g4 23. Qh2 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxf3 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rf1 Rxf1 27. Kxf1 Bc1
28. Nxc5 b6 29. Nd3 Bf4 30. b4 axb4 31. Nxb4 h5 32. Be4 Bg5 33. Nc6 Bf6 34. c5
Kf7 35. Bf5 Be7 36. cxb6 cxb6 37. a4 Bd6 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Be4 h4 40. Na7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Austin"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 d6 8.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 9. Bg5 Rf8 10. Ne2 Qe8 11. Qb3 c6 12. O-O Na6 13. Qe3 Nb4 14. Rfc1
e5 15. a3 Na6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. f4 Nb3 20. fxe5 Qxe5
21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. h3 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Rd7 25. Ne4 Kf7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27.
g4 Bc2 28. Rf1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Bxd1 30. b4 Bb3 31. Bf1 Bc2 32. c5 Re8 33. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Erickson, Lane Austin"]
[Black "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Bf5 $4 (5... Qe7) 6. d3 Qe7
7. dxe4 Qxe4 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Be7 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 d5 13.
Bf4 Bb4+ 14. c3 Bc5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nc7 Bd7 17. Nxd5 Re8 18. Bg5+ f6 19. Bxf6+
gxf6 20. Nxf6 Re6 21. Nxd7 Bd6 22. Nc5 Rf6 23. Ne4 Re6 24. Rxd6+ Rxd6 25. Nxd6
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Flores Gomez, David"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. a4 a6 8. Na3
O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nc2 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bf1 h6 13. d3 b5 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Qc2
c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nxe5 Ra2 20. Qb1 Qa5 21. Nf3
b4 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. dxc4 bxc3 24. Qb5 Rd8 {and...} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Flores Gomez, David"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qa5+ 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3
Nf6 9. Ng5 Nd8 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. h3 Bb7 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Ngf3 Qc7 15.
a4 Nc5 16. Bc2 bxa4 17. g4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rxe5 Nf4 20. Rf5 Nxh3+ 21. Kf1
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qh2 23. Rh5 $2 (23. Qg2) 23... Qg1+ 24. Ke2 Rfe8 $4 (24... Ng5)
25. Qxh3 $4 {Diagram [#]} (25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Be4 $18) 25... Bh4+ $1 26. Ne4
Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4
(8. exd4) 8... Bd6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. a4 Nge7 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Bb5+ Nec6 13. Bxc6+
bxc6 14. Qc3 a5 15. O-O O-O 16. e4 c5 17. exd5 $2 (17. dxc5) 17... Nxd5 18. Qc4
Rfb8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Re1 $2 {
Diagram [#] Black was already dominating but this...} Bxf3 21. Kh1 Rb4 22. Qd3
Bxg2+ 23. Kg1 Nf4 24. Qg3 Qc6 25. Nf1 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Bc2 Be7 7. Nbd2 b5 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Nd5 12. a4 a6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Re1 Qc7 15.
Neg5 N7f6 16. Qe2 Nf4 17. Qf1 Rfe8 18. a5 Rad8 19. Ne4 N4d5 20. Ne5 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Re3 Ne4 24. Be1 Bg5 25. f4 Bf6 26. Qf3 Bxe5 $2 (
26... Nd6 $11) 27. fxe5 Qd5 28. Qxe4 f5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. h4 Re6 31. Rf3 Rf8
32. h5 h6 33. Kh2 Rf7 34. Bd2 Rf8 35. Raf1 g6 36. hxg6 Rxg6 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38.
Rxf5 Kg7 39. Kh3 Kg8 40. g4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1269"]
[BlackElo "936"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 f5 14. Bd3
Bd4 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. c3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxd7 Qxd7
21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Ne5 Rh6 23. Rd7 Qb8 24. Red1 g6 25. Nf3 b5 26. R1d6 g5 27. Qe5
Rg6 28. Qd4 Qa8 29. Rd8 Qe4 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kxe8 32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Qd7+
Kf6 34. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Ng3 Be6 8.
Bd3 Qb6 9. Qe2 Kf7 10. c3 g6 11. h4 h5 12. Qc2 Rg8 13. O-O-O c5 14. Nh3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Na6 16. Qb3 Nb4 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. a3 Bxg3 19. axb4 Bd6 20. g3 a5 21. b5
a4 22. Qa2 a3 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 axb2 25. Qxb2 Bg4 26. Rd2 Ra5 27. Qb3 Bf3
28. Rg1 Be4 29. Bxe4 Rxb5 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31. Bxg8 Rxb3+ 32. Bxb3 Qxb3+ 33. Kc1
Qc3+ 34. Kd1 Qa1+ 35. Ke2 Qxg1 36. d5 Kf7 37. d6 Ke8 38. Ke3 Qg4 39. Re2 Kd7
40. Rd2 Qxh4 41. Ke4 Qg4 42. Rd5 Qg2+ 43. Kd4 Qxf2+ 44. Ke4 h4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1038"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nbd2 Bb4 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 a6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rc1 Qf6 13. Nh2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
O-O-O 15. f3 $2 Ng3 16. Qf2 Nxf1 17. Nxf1 g5 18. b4 h5 19. f4 g4 20. h4 Rdg8
21. g3 Rh6 22. a4 Qf5 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Nd8 25. Ba5 Ne6 26. b6 c6 27. Nd2
Re8 28. Nb3 Qe4 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Qxe3 31. Bd2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rhe6 33. Kf1
Re2 34. Ba5 Ra2 35. Bb4 Ree2 36. Ba5 Reb2 37. Ke1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Qxe4+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. O-O-O Nd6 11. Re1 b6 12. g4 Kf7 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Bf1
Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Rae8 16. Nge2 Nc4 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Nd4 a6 19. f4 Ne3 20. Rd2 Nxg4
21. Rhd1 Ne3 22. Rh1 Bb4 23. Nde2 Nf5 24. a3 Bc5 25. Kd1 Re3 26. b4 Bd6 27. Nb1
Rf3 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Bxf4 31. h4 Re8 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1
Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1269"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Rb8 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qd6 Re8 15.
Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21.
h3 Be6 22. Nxe5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe5 24. h4 Kf8 25. Rc1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra1
b4 28. Nd1 Bb3 29. Rb1 Rd8 30. Ne3 Rd2 31. Ng4 Bxb2 32. Kf1 Ba2 33. Re1 f5 34.
Nxh6 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Bc3 36. Re3 Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Re1+ 38. Kd3 Rxe3+ 39. fxe3 Be6 40.
Kc2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 b6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Ne5 $4
Nxe5 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. d5 Nf6 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. dxe6+ Kxe6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. e4
d6 9. a4 a6 10. Na3 Qc7 11. Nc4 Bg7 12. a5 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6+ 21. Be3 Qxb2
22. Rfb1 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Ra4 Be5 25. Rxc4 Bd7 26. g4 Bb5 27. Rcb4 Rac8
28. Rc1 Rc3 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Rfc8 31. Rd2 Rxh3 32. Kg2 Rhc3 33. Kf2 Ba4
34. Bxa4 Rxc1 35. Bc6 Rb8 36. Ra2 Rc3 37. Rxa6 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. a4
Nc6 9. Ba3 d6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bb4 d5 14. Bxa5 bxa5 15.
Qe2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. f4 exf3 18. Rxf3 dxc4 {Diagram #} 19. Nxc4 $2 (19.
Raf1 $1) 19... Qd5 20. e4 Bxc4 21. Qc2 Bb3 22. Qd3 Qc6 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5
Bxd5 25. Rf2 Re6 26. Qd4 Rae8 27. Kf1 Bc4+ 28. Kg1 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1269"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qc2 Nge7 8. b4
Bxb4 9. cxb4 Nxb4 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Qb2 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Qxa1
Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1269"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c5
Nbd7 9. b4 c6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bb2 b6 12. Nbd2 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc7
15. O-O Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Qxe4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rb8
21. Rab1 O-O 22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. axb3 Re8 25. f4 Qb8 26. Qxc6 g6 27.
b4 Bg7 28. g4 Re7 29. Qf3 {and White went on to win. Remaing moves unavailable.
} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.50"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Poler, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 e6 7. c5 Nbd7 8. Be2 b6
9. b4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Qc7 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 g6 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. h4 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Ng3
22. Rf3 Ne4 23. Be1 Rab8 24. g4 Rb2 25. Bc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rfb8 27. Qd3 Qa5 28.
Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 32. Qe2 Qa3 33. f5 a5 34. f6
(34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qa6) 34... h6 35. gxh6 Kh7 36. g5 Qb3 37. Qh2 $2 (37. Qa6
$11) 37... a4 $2 {Diagram [#]} (37... Qd1+ 38. Kg3 Qh5 $19) 38. Qc7 $1 $18 Qd1+
39. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Nc3 Nb4 7. Rc1 Nxa2
8. Nxa2 Qxa2 9. e4 Qe6 10. Bd3 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Bc4 Qg4 14. O-O
Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qb5+ Qc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Bc3 f6 19. Rfd1 Nh6 20. e5
Ng4 21. Rd2 Rf8 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Ne6 Rfe8 26. Rde2
Bd6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nd4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 c5 30. Nf5 Kf7 31. h4 a5 32. Re4 a4 33.
Nxd6+ cxd6 34. Re1 a3 35. Ra1 a2 36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Kd3 c4+ 39. Kc3
Kc5 40. g4 d5 41. Kb2 d4 42. c3 d3 43. Kc1 Re8 44. Kd1 Re2 45. f4 Rb2 46. Kc1
Rf2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Frank, Robert H"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[BlackElo "1168"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb7 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qxd4 $4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd4 Rd8
14. Qa4 a5 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Black "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. g4 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g5 Be7 15.
Rg1 O-O 16. Rg3 g6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc5 19. Qd1 Bb7 20. f5 Rfc8 21. Bh3
Qe5 22. Rdd3 Re8 23. f6 Bf8 24. Bg2 a5 25. Qg4 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Nd1 Ra8 28.
Rh3 h6 29. Qg3 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Qa5 31. Rb3 Rc8 32. gxh6 Kh7 33. Qe3 Ba6 34. Bf3
Bc4 35. Be2 Bxb3 36. cxb3 Qe5 37. Bc4 Rc5 38. Kc2 Rca5 39. Nf2 {Diagram #}
Qxb2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ Kg8 9. Qxc5 d6 10. Qc4+ Kf8 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. f4
Ng6 15. b3 Ke8 16. Bb2 Rg8 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. Nc4 Kd7 19. e5 Rge8 20. Bc3 Rad8
21. exd6 Qf6 22. dxc7+ Kxc7 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d6 10. Qd5+ Be6 11. Qb5 Qd7 12. Nd2 b6 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qe2
Qc6 15. f4 Ng4 16. f5 gxf5 17. Qxg4 Rag8 18. Rxf5+ Bxf5 19. Qxf5+ Ke8 20. Qe6+
Kd8 21. Nf3 h6 22. Bxh6 Qc5 23. Bg5+ Rxg5 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. Qxg5 Re8 26. Qg7+
Re7 27. Qxd4 Qxc2 28. e5 Qc5 29. exd6 cxd6 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Kf2 a5
33. h4 a4 34. a3 Ke7 35. Re1 Re6 36. g4 d5 37. g5 d4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qg3 d6 13. h4 Be6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qb6 17. f3 Rac8 18. Qd3 Qb4 19. h5 Qc4 20. b3 Qxd3
21. Rxd3 Kg7 22. Kd2 Rc5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. c4 Rd8 25. Ke3 Kf6 26. g4 Rcc8 27.
Kd4 Rh8 28. Rdd1 Kg5 29. Ke3 Kf6 30. Kf4 g5+ 31. Ke3 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Kg6 33. Kd4
Rf8 34. Rh3 Rc8 35. Rh5 Rf8 36. Ke3 b6 37. Rh1 Rc8 38. Rb1 Rc5 39. Kd4 Kf6 40.
Rh1 Kg6 41. Rh8 e5+ 42. Kc3 Kf7 43. b4 axb4+ 44. Kxb4 e6 45. Rd8 Ke7 46. Rb8 d5
47. cxd5 exd5 48. Rxb6 Rc4+ 49. Kb3 Rd4 50. exd5 Rxd5 51. Kc3 Rd1 52. Rb3 Kd6
53. Kc4 Kc6 54. a5 Rd4+ 55. Kc3 Ra4 56. Rb6+ Kc7 57. Rb5 e4 58. fxe4 Rxe4 59.
Rxg5 Ra4 60. Kd3 Kd6 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Kf3 Kf6 63. Rd5 Ke6 64. Rb5 Kf6 65. Kg3
Kg6 66. Kh4 Ra1 67. Rb6+ Kg7 68. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qg3 d6 12. h4 a5 13. h5 e6 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. O-O-O Be5 16. Qh3 Qe7 17. f3 Bd7 18. a4 Rac8 19. Ne2 Rc5 20. g4 Rf7 21. Kb1
Qf6 22. f4 Bxb2 23. e5 Rxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Ka2 b5 26. Qd3 bxa4 27. Bc4 d5
28. Bb5 a3 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nd4 Rc7 31. Rhe1 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxc2+
34. Kxa3 Rc6 35. Ka4 Kg7 36. g5 h6 37. Kxa5 hxg5 38. Kb5 Rd6 39. Kc5 {and ...}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. exd5 cxd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Qh5 h6 14. Rad1
Rb8 15. Rb1 Rb4 16. Rfe1 Qb8 17. Nd1 Rf4 18. c3 e5 19. h3 $4 (19. Ne3) 19...
Bf5 $1 20. g3 (20. Rc1 Bg6) 20... Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxb1 22. Qxd5 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 a6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bf4 Nf6
15. Ne5 O-O 16. Qd3 Bd6 17. Qxa6 Ra8 18. Qxc6 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd7 20. Bxf6 Bxc6
21. Bxd8 Rfxd8 22. a4 Rab8 23. Reb1 Rb4 24. a5 Rxd4 25. a6 Rb4 26. Ra5 d4 27.
Rc5 dxc3 28. Rxc6 cxb2 29. Kh2 h6 30. Rc7 Ra8 31. a7 Ra4 32. Rxb2 R4xa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qb5+ Nc6 $4 10. Qxc5 Nge7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Rac1 Rc4 17. Nce2 Rfc8 18. c3 Ng6 19. f4 Nf8 20. f5
Nd7 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Nxe5 23. N2d4 Nd3 24. Rc2 Re8 25. Rd2 Ne5 26. Rf5
Ng4 27. Re2 Nf6 28. h3 Rcc8 29. Nf4 Re4 30. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Black "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1335"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 (4. Nxe5) 4... h6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7.
h3 Na5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7
14. Nf5 b4 15. Na4 Nxe4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Bxh6 Qg6 19. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8.
Qb3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 a5 10. Ne5 Ba6 11. Qb3 e6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5
Rf8 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Bc3 Qf4 20. Bd2
Qe4+ 21. Be3 Qd3 22. Nd2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. f4 Rc2 25. Qd1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1168"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bd3 Bc6 11. Bf4 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15.
Nd1 Re8 16. a3 Nd7 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bg5
Qg7 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bf4 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Re1 Qf7 26. Ng5 Qf8 27. Qe2 Nf6
28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. f3 Re8
34. Be5 h6 35. Nh3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Rc8 37. Bd6 Bb5 38. Re7+ Kg8 39. Rxb7 Rc2+ 40.
Kg3 Bf1 41. Nf2 Nh5+ 42. Kh4 Rxf2 43. g4 Rxh2+ $4 44. Bxh2 Ng7 45. Be5 g5+ 46.
Kg3 Ne6 47. gxf5 Nf4 48. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nd2 d5 6. Nh3 O-O 7. Nf3 Kh8 8. Nf4
c6 9. a4 Na6 10. h4 Ne4 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Nd3 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bf4 Qd8 16. a5 Rc8 17. f3 Nd6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Bf7 20. Rh3 b6 21. Kf2 c5
22. Qh1 Bg6 23. Qh2 Qe8 24. Rh1 h5 25. Be5 Nc4 26. Nf4 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28.
Nxh5 Kg8 29. f4 Bh8 30. Bxd5+ e6 31. Bf3 bxa5 32. Rg1 {Black's flag fell.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O Nbc6 12. a3 Ng6 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14. c4 d4 15.
c5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qd5 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ncd2 Ncxe5 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nd3 21.
Nxe6 Nxc1 22. Nc7+ Kd7 23. Nxa8 Nd3 24. Re3 Nxf2 (24... Nc5) (24... Nde5) 25.
b4 (25. Rc3) 25... f6 26. Bxf6 $2 (26. Kxf2 fxg5 (26... Bd6) 27. Rd3+) 26...
gxf6 27. Kxf2 Ne5 28. Kf1 Bh6 29. Re2 Rxa8 30. Ne4 Ke7 31. Nc5 Rd8 32. Rc2 Rd2
33. Rc3 Nc4 34. g3 Ra2 35. Rd3 Rd2 36. Rc3 Be3 37. Ne4 Ra2 38. a4 Rxa4 39. Rd3
Rxb4 40. Rd5 Rb2 41. Rxh5 Ne5 42. Nc3 Ke6 43. Rh7 b4 44. Nd1 Rb1 45. Ke2 Bb6
46. h5 b3 47. Nc3 Rc1 48. Na4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. d3 h6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Nd2 Nc6 9. Nf1 g5 10. Ne3 Nd4 11. Ned5 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. O-O
a6 15. Be3 Ne6 16. a3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 b6 20. d4 f6 21.
c5 dxc5 22. dxe5 h5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. exf6 Qd6 25. e5 Qe6 26. Nxf4 Qf5 27. Qd5
Rc8 28. Rxa6 Qxf4 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Ra7 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qg7#
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Rc1 h6 10. Qd2 Kf8 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O b5 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. b3 Kg8 15.
Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nc6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nd5 b4 19. Be4 Bf5 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxa8
d5 22. Rc5 Qb6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Be4 25. Rc5 Nc7 26. d5 Qb7 27. Qc4 Bxd5
28. Rxc7 Bxc4 29. Rxb7 Be6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. d3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 e6
9. Bb3 Rb8 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. Bd2 b5 12. Qg3 a5 13. Kh1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nd1
Na5 16. Ba4 f5 17. Qe1 Nb6 18. Bb5 Na8 19. Ba4 Nb6 20. Ng5 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 Re8
22. Ne3 Bd7 23. Ra2 Nc6 24. Qg3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Nc4 d5 27. Nd6 Re7 28. e5
Nd8 29. Nxh7 Kxh7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qxe7 Bf8 32. Qxd7 Bxd6 33. exd6 d4 34. Qe8+
Kh7 35. Be1 c4 36. dxc4 b3 37. cxb3 d3 38. Bc3 e5 39. Bxe5 g5 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Drane, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[Annotator "Gaffagan"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 (3. d4) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
O-O 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nd5 Bd6 (9... e4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Nd4 Ne5 $11) 10. Bg5
Ne7 $6 11. Bxf6 (11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. c5 Bf8 15. Rfd1 Qe7
16. Bxf8 $16) 11... gxf6 {Diagram [#]} 12. c5 $1 (12. Nh4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Nxd5 14.
cxd5 f4 15. Be4 $14) 12... Bxc5 $6 (12... c6 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6 14. cxd6 Rxd6 15.
Qb3+ Be6 16. Qxb7 e4 17. Ne5 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rb5 19. f4 c5 {
White is two pawns up, but must contend with very active Black pieces.}) (12...
Be6 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ng5 e4 16. Qd4 $14) 13. Nxf6+ Kg7 $4 (
13... Kh8 $16 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nxe5 $16) (13... Kf7 14. Nxh7 $18) 14. Nh5+ Kg6
$2 15. Nxe5+ $1 Kxh5 16. Bf3+ Kh6 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxd8 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Kg7 20.
Rxd6 cxd6 21. Qxd6 f4 22. Qe5+ Kf8 23. Bh5 Ng6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. O-O-O+
Bd7 8. Nd5 Be7 9. Nxe7 Kxe7 10. f3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Rad8 12. Ne2 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14.
Bb3 Be6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Na5 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 19. b3 Nc6 20. a3 Nf6
21. g4 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bf2 Ne7 24. Rd1 Nb8 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Bh4 f6 27. Bf2
c5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Nd7 30. Kb2 Rc6 31. Be3 Rd6 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rxd5
34. cxd5+ Kd6 35. Kb3 f5 36. gxf5 Nf6 37. Kc4 Nd7 38. Bg1 Nb6+ 39. Kd3 Na4 40.
Be3 Nb2+ 41. Ke2 a5 {Diagram [#]} 42. f6 $1 gxf6 43. Bxh6 Ke7 44. Be3 c4 45. h6
Kf7 46. d6 c3 47. h7 Kg7 48. d7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Re8 12. Qf3 c6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. h4 a6 15.
h5 h6 16. g4 Bd6 17. Bxh6 Ra7 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. g5 Nh7 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 Nf6
22. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4
15. f5 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 gxf5 17. exf5 f6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Qf4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Kh8 21.
Ne2 Be5 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rg8 24. Rh4 Qc8 25. Qh5 Qe8 26. Qxe8 Raxe8 27.
Re1 Rg6 28. Bf4 Rgg8 29. a5 Kg7 30. Bh6+ Kf7 31. Bd2 Rh8 32. Rhe4 Rhg8 33. Kg1
h5 34. Kf2 Rg4 35. h3 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rh8 37. Re3 Rb8 38. Rb3 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kf7 40.
Rb6 Kg6 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Kf5 Rg8 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rb8 45. Bf4 Kf8 {Diagram #
} 46. Rxd6 $1 Rc8 47. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Rc1 Ng4 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nf6
15. Bg5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qb6 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. h3 Nf5 20. Bd2 Rac8 21.
e3 Rfd8 22. Na5 b6 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. b4 Ne7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. h4 Nd7 27. Qb3 Kh8
28. Rfd1 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 f5 31. Bf1 e4 32. Be2 Qb8 33. Bc3 Be5 34. Rd5
Bxc3 35. Qxc3+ Kg8 36. Rcd1 Re6 37. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Nb8 8. Bd3
c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 g6 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 dxc4
15. Be4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Ng7 17. Ne4 Ne8 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Rc7 21.
Bg4 Ng7 22. Ne4 Ne8 23. Bh3 f5 24. exf6 Bc8 25. Rf2 b6 26. b4 Rcf7 27. a4 Nxf6
28. Nd6 Ng4 (28... Re7 29. Nxc8) 29. Rxf7 Rd8 30. Bxg4 Rxd6 31. Rc7 Bd7 32.
Rxd7 h5 33. Rxd6 hxg4 34. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Nxd2 9. Qxg7 Rf8 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Ke3 b6 14. Qxh6 Ba6
15. Qf6 Rc8 16. a3 Qa4 17. Rhc1 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Na5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qf4 Qxf4+
21. Nxf4 Nb3 22. Rcb1 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. h4 Ke7 25. Nh5 Rb3 26. Nf6 Rfb8 27.
Rh1 Rxc3 28. h5 c4 29. h6 Rxd3+ 30. Kf4 Rh8 31. h7 a5 32. Rh5 Rb3 33. Rg5 Rbb8
34. Ke3 (34. Rg8 Rd8) 34... Rbf8 35. Kd4 Kd8 36. a4 (36. Rg7) 36... Kc7 37. Rh5
Rb8 38. Rg5 Kc6 (38... Rb3 $1) 39. Rg7 {Diagram [#]} Rbf8 $2 (39... Rb3 $1 40.
Rg3 Rxg3 41. fxg3 Kc7 {
followed by eventually ...Kg7 and then the rook is free and Black wins.}) 40.
f4 {now 41.f5 and 41.g4 are winning but White had only 36 seconds left.} Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Gaffagan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. N2b3 h5 13. Be2 $5 $146 a6 14. f4 (
14. f3 Qc7 (14... f5 15. Bf4 Nf7 {looks like fun.}) 15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4
17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 $11) 14... Nc4 15. f5 Qc7 16. fxe6 (16. f6 Bf8 17. Qe1 (17.
Bg5 Nxb2) 17... O-O-O $15) 16... fxe6 17. Qe1 $5 (17. Nxc6 Qxc6 (17... Bxc6 18.
Nd4 Bxc5 19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 $14) 18. Bxc4 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 dxc4 20. Na5 Qe4 21.
Re1 Qd3 $11) 17... e5 $8 (17... O-O-O 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6+ Qd7
21. Qxc4 $16) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 O-O-O $2 {Diagram [#]} (19... Qd7 $17 {
followed by long castling beats White to the coordination of all the pieces.})
20. Rxh5 $1 Rhg8 21. Qg3 Kb8 (21... Qd7 22. Kh1 Kb8 23. Nd2 $14) 22. Bxg4 N6a5
23. h3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Bxc5+ 25. Kh1 Nd6 (25... Na5 26. Bg5 $18) 26. Qxe5 $18 {
The only move that secures an advantage. The h2-b8 diagonal is fraught with
danger for either player.} (26. Be3 Ne4 27. Qe1 Rdf8 28. Bxc5 Rf1+ 29. Qxf1
Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Nxf1 31. Bf2 Nd2 $11) 26... Rde8 27. Qg3 {
The only human move that guards against a back rank disaster.} ({I did not pond
er the second best move, a long and complicated line found by the computer.} 
27. Be6 Rxe6 28. Qxe6 Re8 29. Rh8 Rxh8 30. Bf4 Rf8 31. Bg3 Rd8 32. b4 Bb6 33.
c4 Qxc4 (33... dxc4 34. Rd1 c3 35. bxc3 Qxc3 36. Be5 $1) 34. Bxd6+ {
and White regains his piece.}) 27... Ka8 28. Bf4 Qe7 {
Black's knight is heading to f2 with tempo. White needs to find a good defence.
} 29. Qd3 $3 Ne4 (29... Rxg4 30. hxg4 Ne4 31. Qxd5 Nf2+ 32. Kh2 Nxg4+ 33. Kg3
Qe2 34. Rh7 $1 $18 (34. Qxc5 $2 Nf6 $1)) 30. Qxd5 {
The Black king is threatened.} Nf2+ 31. Kh2 Nxg4+ 32. hxg4 Ka7 (32... Qf6 33.
Be5 Qb6 34. b4 Be3 35. b5 $18) (32... Bb6 33. Rxa6+ Ba7 34. Rxa7+ Kxa7 35. Qa5#
) 33. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 c5 9. c4 Bf6 10. c3 Nc6 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Ne5 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Rfe1 Bb7
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Be4 Rfe8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rd5 f6 21.
Qe4 Qc7 22. f4 Rad8 23. fxe5 f5 24. Qf4 Bf8 25. Bf2 Re6 26. Bg3 Bg7 27. Qd2
Rde8 28. Rd7 Qb8 29. Qd5 Kf8 30. b4 cxb4 31. cxb4 g5 32. c5 f4 33. Bf2 Rxe5 34.
Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qb3 N8d7 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rd1 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e5 Nf8 18. O-O f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rd3 Bd6 21. b4
axb3 22. Rxb3 Qe7 23. Bc1 Kf7 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Bg4 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bf4 27. Re2 Bd6
28. Rfe1 Qb6 29. Qd3 Qa6 30. Qf3 Qc4 31. Bb2 Rd8 32. Be6+ Kg7 33. Bg4 Kf7 34.
Be6+ Kg7 35. Bg4 Kf7 36. Rc1 Qa6 37. Rce1 Qc4 38. Rc1 Qa6 39. Rce1 Qc4 40. Kg1
Rh7 41. Re3 Qc2 42. R3e2 Qc4 43. Re3 Qa6 44. R3e2 Qc4 45. Rc1 Qa6 46. Rce1 Qc4
47. Rc1 Qa6 48. Rcc2 Qa8 49. Bc1 Re8 50. Bg5 Qd8 51. Rxe8 Kxe8 52. Bxf6 Qc7 53.
Re2+ Be7 54. Be5 Qd8 55. g3 Rf7 56. Qd3 Qb6 57. Bd6 Qd8 58. Bf4 Qa5 59. Qb3 Qa6
60. a4 Qc4 61. Qxb7 Qd3 62. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. h4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. h5 Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. c3 Be7 14. h6 g6 15.
Bd3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. O-O-O Qa5 19. Kb1 Qg5 20. Qe2 Rhf8 21.
Bb5+ c6 22. Ba4 Rad8 23. d5 exd5 24. f4 Qxf4 25. Rxd5+ Kc8 26. Rdd1 $4 (26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bb3 $15) 26... Qxa4 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Qd3 Qxg4 29. Qd6 Re8 30.
a3 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 {
Transposing into the Petrosian variation.} Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nd2 Nf4 14. f3 f5 15. Bf2 (15. exf5 {
trying to get a grip on the e4 square doesn't look good here:} Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2
Bxf5 17. Ne4 g4 18. N2c3 gxf3 19. Rxf3 Qg5 20. Re1 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qg6 22. Qe2
Rf7 {and Black doubles on the f-file with better chances.}) 15... Nxe2+ 16.
Nxe2 f4 17. b3 h5 18. a3 g4 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. b4 Nd7 21. c5 Bh4 22. Bg1 g3 23.
cxd6 cxd6 24. Nc4 gxh2 25. Bxh2 axb4 26. Nxd6 bxa3 27. Nf5 Nb6 28. Nxh4 Qxh4
29. Qc3 Qe7 30. g3 fxg3 31. Bxg3 Nd7 32. Bh2 Kh7 33. Nc1 b6 34. Qc6 Ba6 35. Rg1
Rg8 36. Qe6 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 $2 {Diagram #} (37. Bxg1 {with equal chances.})
37... Rg8+ $6 (37... Qg7+ $1 {
and Black should be winning whichever way White's king runs.} 38. Kf2 (38. Kh1
Bf1) 38... Rc8) 38. Kh1 Qg7 39. Qf5+ (39. Qh3 Nf6 40. Na2 Bc8 {
leaves White playing defense but was objectively better.}) 39... Kh6 40. Qe6+
Nf6 41. Qh3 Qg5 (41... Qg6 $1 {threatening to capture on e4 was difficult to
meet but hard to see in mutual time pressure.}) 42. Nb3 $2 (42. Na2) 42... Qe3
{Seemingly very strong but White has a resource. Better was} (42... Be2 $1 {
with threats of ...Qh4 and meeting} 43. Rg1 {with} Qe3 $1 {
White has no defense.}) 43. Qf5 $1 Nh7 $2 ({On} 43... Nd7 {
White has the amazing resource} 44. Nd4 $1 Qxd4 (44... exd4 $4 45. Bf4+) 45.
Rg1 $1 Rxg1+ 46. Bxg1 Qd1 47. Qe6+ Kg5 48. Qe7+ Kg6 (48... Nf6 49. Qxe5+) 49.
Qe8+) 44. Bxe5 {Now White is winning!} Rf8 45. Qe6+ {
This leads to a draw but the beautiful} (45. Nd4 $3 {coordinating White's
forces wins. Could you find this with no time on your clock!}) 45... Rf6 46.
Bxf6 Qxf3+ 47. Kh2 Nxf6 48. e5 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+ 52.
Kh2 {A fitting end to a hard fight.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Ne5 6. a3 a6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2
Nh6 9. f4 Neg4 10. Bxg4 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qxg4 12. Qxg4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nxf2 14. Kxf2
Bc5 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Kf3 b5 17. b4 Ba7 18. g4 a5 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Nd6 Re7 21. e5
g6 22. Nce4 Ba6 23. h4 axb4 24. axb4 Bb8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nde4 Bc8 27. Ra1 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Bb7 29. Nc5 d6 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. exd6 Bxd6 32. g5 Rb8 33. c3 Kg7 34.
Rd1 Be7 35. Ne4 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. Nc5 h6 38. Ke4 h5 39. Kd4 Bc7 40. Ke4 Kf8
41. Nd7+ Ke7 42. Ne5 Bxe5 43. Kxe5 Kd7 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. f5 gxf5 46. Kxf5 Ke7 47.
g6 fxg6+ 48. Kxg6 c5 49. Kxh5 cxb4 50. cxb4 Kf6 51. Kg4 Kg6 52. Kf4 Kh5 53. Ke4
Kxh4 54. Kd4 Kg5 55. Kc5 Kf6 56. Kxb5 Ke6 57. Kc6 Ke7 58. Kc7 Ke6 59. b5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Ng4 f5
15. Nxh6+ gxh6 16. Bxh6 Rf7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rde1 Rh7 19. Bg5 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7
21. Qh5 Nxf2 22. Qg5+ Rg7 23. Qf6 Nxd3+ 24. Kd2 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Be4 26. h4 Qd7
27. h5 e5 28. d5 Qd6 29. Qh4 Qb4+ 30. Kc1 Qxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Black "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "1335"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nf6 $2 ({
Sometimes you just have to follow the current:} 3... exd4) 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bc4
(5. Qd5) 5... Bc5 6. Qd5 Qe7 7. Qxe4 d6 8. O-O dxe5 9. Nc3 f5 10. Qe2 e4 11.
Nd2 Nd4 12. Qd1 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17.
Nxd5 c6 18. Nc7 Rad8 19. Ne6 Rd5 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 g6 23.
Rxa7 Rd2 24. Rc1 Re2 25. Rxb7 h5 26. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 Nd7 5. f4 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 c5 8. a3 Ne7
9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Nbd2 c4 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Nf1 Be7 13. g3 Rc8 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3
Na4 16. O-O Rc6 17. g4 h6 18. Rf2 Kd7 19. Qe2 Kc8 20. Rg2 g6 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. f5
g5 23. f6 Bd8 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Rc7 26. Rf1 Nb6 27. Rf3 Qb5 28. Rh3 Qe8
29. Rxh8 Qxh8 30. Qh7 Qxh7 31. Nxh7 Kd7 32. h4 Ke8 33. h5 Nd7 34. g5 $1 Nf8 {
Diagram [#]} 35. g6 $1 $18 fxg6 36. hxg6 (36. Nxf8 Kxf8 37. hxg6 a5 38. Rh2 $18
) 36... Nxg6 37. Ng5 $2 (37. Rxg6 Rxh7 38. Rg8+ Kd7 (38... Kf7 39. Rxd8) 39.
Rg7+) 37... Nf8 38. Kf2 Rc6 39. Ke2 Nd7 40. Rf2 Kf8 41. Kd2 a5 42. Nh7+ Kg8 43.
Ng5 b5 44. Rg2 Bxf6 45. exf6 Nxf6 46. Nxe6+ Kh7 {
White is doing fine but later lost.} 47. Ng5+ Kg6 48. Ne6+ Kf5 49. Ng7+ Kf4 50.
Rf2+ Kg4 51. Rg2+ Kf3 52. Re2 Ne4+ 53. Kd1 Rg6 54. Nf5 Rf6 55. Nh4+ Kg3 56. Ng2
Nf2+ 57. Kc2 Kxg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Garcia, Luis"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. c4 c6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qc2 Bg5 15.
Rcd1 Qe8 16. Kh1 Qg6 17. Nb1 Rae8 18. Nc3 f4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qe6 21.
Bxh7+ Kh8 22. d5 Qh6 23. Rd3 f3 24. dxc6 fxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Gerwin, Gene"]
[Black "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2
h6 9. h3 a6 10. g4 Rb8 11. Ng3 b5 12. f4 exf4 13. exf4 Bd5 14. Nde4 Re8 15. O-O
Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bf5 Qd6 19. g5 g6 20. gxh6 gxf5 21. h7+ Kxh7
22. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Gerwin, Gene"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nd2 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Re8 8. a3
Bf5 9. O-O Qd7 10. Kh2 Rad8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nc3 e4 14. d4 Qd7 15.
Nb5 Re6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. c5 c6 21. Rh1 Ne8
22. Bc3 Rh6 23. Qf1 Nf6 24. Kg1 Rg6 25. Nb1 h6 26. Be1 Nh7 27. h4 Rf6 28. Bh3
Bxh3 29. Qxh3 Qc7 30. Kf1 Rf3 31. Nd2 Rf6 32. Ke2 Re8 33. Nf1 Rg6 34. Bc3 Nf6
35. Nh2 h5 36. Rhd1 Ng4 37. Nxg4 hxg4 38. Qf1 Qd7 39. Kd2 Rf6 40. Kc2 Qf5 41.
Rd2 Qf3 42. Kb1 Nf5 43. Qe1 Nh6 44. Re2 Qf5 45. Qd1 Qd7 46. Rb2 Rf3 47. Qa4 a6
48. Be1 Nf5 49. Qd1 Ne7 50. a4 Nc8 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Na7 53. bxc6 bxc6 54.
Rb6 Ra8 55. Qa4 Rf6 56. Rc2 Qc8 57. Ra6 Rb8+ 58. Rb6 Nb5 59. Ra2 Kh7 60. Kc1
Re6 61. Qa6 Qe8 62. Rxb8 Qxb8 63. Qb6 Qe8 64. Qb7 Re7 65. Qa8 Qxa8 66. Rxa8 Ra7
67. Rxa7 Nxa7 68. Kc2 Nb5 69. Kb3 Nc7 70. Kb4 Ne6 71. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Gerwin, Gene"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. f4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8.
d3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. O-O Bg6 11. Qe2 e6 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Be7 14. f5 Bf7
15. e5 O-O 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Ndc4 Bxc4
21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nd8+ Kh8 24. Ne6 Rfc8 25. Rf5 Nd7 26. Nxg7 $2 (
26. Raf1 $16) 26... Qg6 $1 27. Qf7 (27. Rf7 Ne5 $19) 27... Qxg7 28. Raf1 Qd4+
29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Qxd7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Gerwin, Gene"]
[Black "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. O-O b6 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Bf1 e6 14. a3 Rd7 15.
b4 Rad8 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f3 Qc7 19. c4 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. Red1 e5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. g3 Ne6 25. Bh3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Kf2 Ba6
28. Bf1 Qd7 29. Ke3 Kg7 30. Rc1 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bd3 f4+ 33. Ke2 Qh3 34.
Rf1 Bb7 35. Qb1 Qg2+ 36. Rf2 Bxf3+ 37. Ke1 Qg1+ 38. Bf1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Giridharan, Durgas"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1199"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Nf5 Qf8 8.
Bxc5 Qxc5 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qxf5 12. Bd3 d5 13. Ng3 Qe5+ 14.
Qe2 Qxb2 15. O-O Qe5 16. Qf3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Be6 18. Qd2 h5 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. c3 Nc6
21. Qg5 h4 22. Nh5 h3 23. g3 Rg8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Bh7 (25. Rad1) (25. Bf5)
25... Rh8 26. Qg7 (26. c4) 26... Raf8 27. c4 d4 $2 {Diagram [#]} (27... Rxh7
28. Qxh7 Ne5 $44) 28. c5 Qxc5 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Bf5+ Ke8 32. Ng7#
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Giridharan, Durgas"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1199"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 f5 9. Qb3 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Qe7+ 11. Kd1 O-O-O 12. Bg5 $2 Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxg5
14. Kc2 g6 15. Rhe1 Bh6 16. Rad1 Qf4 17. Re6 Rd6 18. Re2 {Diagram [#]} Nxd4+ $1
19. cxd4 Rc6+ 20. Bc4 Rxc4+ 21. Kd3 Qxd4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Giridharan, Durgashankar"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1199"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 bxc6
8. Qd4 Qf6 9. e5 Qd8 10. Qg4 Qa5 11. Qxg7 Qxc3+ 12. Kd1 Qxa1 13. Qxh8 Qd4+ 14.
Ke1 Qe4+ 15. Be3 Qb4+ 16. Kd1 Qf8 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Qxh7 a6 19. Bg5 c5 20. Ke2
Rc8 21. c4 d5 22. exd6 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Bc6 24. Bh4 Kd7 25. Rg7 Kxd6 26. Rxf7 Qh6
27. Bg3+ e5 28. Qf5 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Kxe6 30. Bf5+ Kxf7 31. Bxc8 e4 32. Bxa6 Nf6
33. Bd6 Nd7 34. Bc8 Nb6 35. Ba6 Na4 36. Bb5 Nc3+ 37. Ke3 Bxb5 38. cxb5 Nxb5 39.
Bxc5 Nc3 {Diagram [#] Find White's cleanest win.} 40. a4 $1 Nxa4 41. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Giridharan, Durgashankar"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1199"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qd2 f6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. O-O-O Bxd3 11. Bxd6 Bxc2 $4 12. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Giridharan, Durgashankar"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1199"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nc3 c6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qe2+ Ne7 11. O-O-O Bxd3 12. Rxd3 f6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Qe6
O-O-O 15. Qf7 g6 16. Bh6 Rhe8 17. Re1 Kb8 18. Re6 g5 19. Kb1 Rg8 20. Bg7 Ng6
21. Bxf6 Rdf8 22. Qxh7 Nxf6 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Rde3 Ng2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Gomboluudev, Enkhjin"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1196"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Nh4 Kh8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Kh1 f5 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Gomez, Davi Flores"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "952"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bf4 e6 8.
Nbd2 b5 9. Qe1 Be7 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Qe3 Qa7 12. Nxc6 Qb7 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Qg3 O-O
15. Bh6 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Nf3 Nh7 20. Rad1 Rac8 21.
Rfe1 c4 22. d4 Qxe4 23. Bg5 Qb7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. d5 Qb4 26. dxe6 f6 27. e7
Rfe8 28. c3 Qc5 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Re4 Qc6 31. Qf7 g5 32. h4 Qc7 33. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Gomez, David Flores"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qe3 $2 Ng4 7. Qe4 {
Diagram [#]} Ngxe5 $1 8. Bd2 (8. Nxe5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxe5 10. Qxe5 Nxe5 11. Bc3 f6
$17) 8... d5 9. Qf4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rad1 c5 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Bc6 18. Qh3 Qc7 19. Ne2 e5 20. Bh6 d4
21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Qh4 f5 $2 (22... Bxh6 23. Qxh6 f5 $19) 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5 (
24. Qe7+) 24... Kh8 25. h4 e4 26. h5 Qd8 27. Qf4 g5 $2 (27... Qf6) 28. Qe5+ Qf6
29. Qxc5 Rac8 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc6 32. c4 Rce8 33. Rd6 Bb7 34. h6 f4 35.
Nh5 Re7 36. g3 Bc8 37. Nf6 e3 38. Nd5 $4 exf2+ 39. Kxf2 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rxe1 41.
Nb6 Re3+ 42. Kh2 Re2+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. Nxc8 Rxc8 45. Kg4 Ra3 46. Rb6 a5 47.
Kxg5 a4 48. b4 Rg3+ 49. Kf4 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Gomez, David Flores"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b5 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
Bb7 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 (10... Nb8 11. d6) 11. Qxd5 O-O 12. Qd1 b4 13. Bf4
Bf6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bxc5 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nb8 17. Nd5 d6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Bxd6 Nd7 21. Nd4 Qe4 22. Qd3 Qd5 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Gomez, David Flores"]
[Black "Steger, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. c3 Bb6 8. d3
h6 9. a4 a6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nh4 g5 12. Qf3 Kg7 13. Nf5+ Nxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15.
g4 Qc6 16. Qg3 d5 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Qg2 d4 19. Bd5 Qc5 20. c4 c6 21. Bf3 Qb4 22.
Kf1 Ba5 23. Re2 f6 24. Qg3 Re8 25. h4 Nc5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Be4 Rh8 28. Nf3 Nb3
29. Rb1 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Qe7 31. Kg2 Bd7 32. c5 Rh6 33. Rec2 Be8 34. Rh1 Rxh1 35.
Kxh1 Bf7 36. Rc1 Rh8+ 37. Kg2 Bb3 38. Ng1 Bd2 39. Ra1 Qxc5 40. Qf3 Qc2 41. Ne2
Qxb2 42. Rh1 Rxh1 43. Kxh1 Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qxa4 45. Qh3 Bf7 46. Ng3 Qa2 47. Nh5+
Bxh5 48. gxh5 Kh6 49. Qf3 Qc2 50. Qe2 Qc1 51. Qf3 a5 52. Bd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gomez, David Flores"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bb7 12. Re1 e6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qc2 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. h4 Rd8 18. Bg5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 f6 20. Be3 Bc6 21. h5
g5 22. Rd6 Be4 23. Qe2 Nb7 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Bh3 Qe8 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Qc4 Nd8 {
Diagram #} 28. Nf5 $1 Bb5 29. Nxg7 (29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Qe4 Rb8 31. h6 Qxe7 32.
Qxh7 $18) 29... Kxg7 30. Qc7+ Qf7 31. h6+ Kxh6 32. Qxf7 $2 (32. Qd6 $16) 32...
Nxf7 33. Bxe6 Ne5 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. Bd5 Re8 36. Bd4 g4 37. Kg2 Re7 38. f4 gxf3+
39. Bxf3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. g4
Re8 9. Qd2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Rxe4 11. Bf3 Re8 12. c3 (12. O-O-O) 12... Nd7 13. Be2
Nf6 14. f3 Qe7 15. Nc2 c6 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ne3 19. Nxe3 Qxe3+
20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Kf2 Re7 22. Rad1 d5 23. f4 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Bxg4+ 25. Kd3 Bxd1
26. Rxd1 Re8 27. f5 g5 28. Kd4 b6 29. f6 h6 30. b4 Kh7 31. a4 Kg6 32. b5 c5+
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O c4 8. Bc2
b5 9. Qe2 g6 10. b3 Bb7 11. a4 a6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 b4 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15.
Bb1 c3 16. exd5 cxd2 17. dxe6 Bxf3 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20. Qb7+ Nd7
21. Qf3+ Kg7 22. Be4 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. h3
b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bb3 Na6 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Bc2 b4 15.
Na4 Rc8 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Ne5 Ne8 18. f4 Nd6 19. Qe2 f5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6
Rxc6 22. e5 Nf7 23. Bb3 c4 24. Rd1 Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qa6 26. Bc2 e6 27. Rd7 b3 28.
Rxa7 Qc8 29. axb3 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Bd3 Rxb3 32. Rc1 Rc3 33. Rxc3 Qxc3 34.
Bc4 Re8 35. Kh2 h6 36. Bd2 Qd4 37. Be3 Qe4 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 g5 40. g3 h5
41. Bb5 Rb8 42. Bd7 Nd8 43. Kg2 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Bc5 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 Bf8 47.
Bf2 Bb4 48. Ra8 Kf7 49. Rxd8 Ke7 50. Rb8 Kxd7 51. Rb7+ Kc6 52. Rg7 Kd5 53. Rd7+
Ke4 54. Rd4+ {And a draw was agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5
15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Bc3 Nc4 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. fxe5 Bg4 7. Bb5 Nge7 8.
h3 Bd7 9. d4 Nd5 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Qe4+ Be7 14. O-O
Nf6 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Re1 Rd7 17. Ne5 Qxc3 18. Nxd7 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxd7 20. Ba3
Ng8 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Qb5+ Qc6 23. Qf5 Kf8 24. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Qf3 c6 6. d5 (6. b4 Qxb4 7. Rb1
Qa5 8. Rxb7) 6... e6 7. g4 Bxc2 8. Qe2 Bg6 (8... Bb3) 9. dxe6 Be7 10. Nh3 Nf6
11. Bg2 O-O 12. Nf4 Re8 13. O-O fxe6 $2 (13... Bd6) 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8
16. g5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Yang, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O-O O-O 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Qe2 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 c6 12. h3 Ne5 13. g4 Be6 14. Nd4 c5
15. Nf5 Re8 16. Ne3 b5 17. Kb1 c4 18. dxc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Nd5 Bh4 21.
Rhf1 Rb8 22. Bc3 Nd3 23. f4 Rb5 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rb7 26. g5 f6 27. gxf6
Bxf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qd4 Rf7 30. Rc1 Re6 31. f5 Re5 32. Nf4 Qe7 33. Ne6 Rxe6
34. fxe6 Qxe6 35. Qb4 Re7 36. Qb8+ Re8 37. Qb7 Qxe4+ 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 {Both player
s' scoresheets stop at this point, likely due to time pressure. Black later
won this position, which should be drawn.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Greene, Sam"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Kb1 Ba5 13. Qe3 Qe5 14. f4
Qf5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. e5 Qe7 17. Bd3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Greene, Sam"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1019"]
[BlackElo "1451"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d5 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. c4 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 dxc4 17. Rhe1+ Kd7 18. Bxc4 Nxd4 19. Re3 Rac8 20.
Bxf7 Rhf8 21. Bh5 $2 (21. Bd5 $11) 21... Nb3+ $4 (21... Rc5 22. Bg4+ Kc6 $17)
22. Rxb3 Rc5 23. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Greene, Sam"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "916"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 (4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 e6 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc1 Qb6 14. Nb3 c5)
4... b5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. a3 e6 7. Be3 Bb7 8. f3 Nbd7 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 a6 11.
Bd3 c5 12. Qb2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Nge2 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bxb5+ Nfd7 (
16... axb5 17. Qxb5+ Nfd7) 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. O-O O-O 20. Kh1 Rab8
21. Qf2 Ba8 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qg5 24. Nde2 Rd8 25. f4 Nd3 26. Qg3 Qc5 27.
Rd1 Nf2+ (27... Qc4 28. Nd5 exd5 29. Qxd3 $11) (27... Qf2 $1 28. Rxd3 (28. Rd2
f5) 28... Qf1+ 29. Ng1 Rxd3) 28. Qxf2 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Qa5 30. Ndc3 h6 31. h3 Bc6
32. a4 Bxa4 33. Nxa4 Qxa4 34. Qd4 Qb5 35. Qd1 Qb4 36. Nc1 Qxe4 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38.
Qd3 Qxd3 39. Nxd3 a5 40. Nc5 Kg6 41. g3 (41. g4) 41... Kf5 42. Kg2 g5 43. fxg5
hxg5 44. Kf3 f6 45. g4+ $2 (45. h4 $1) 45... Ke5 46. Nd7+ Kd4 47. Nxf6 a4 48.
Ne4 $2 (48. h4 gxh4 49. g5 a3 50. g6 a2 51. g7 a1=Q 52. g8=Q Qf1+ 53. Kg4 Qxf6
54. Qb8) 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Greene, Sam"]
[Black "Robertson, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1019"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 $4 {
Diagram [#] Exactly the move the Averbakh variation (Be2 +Bg5) prevents.} 7.
dxe5 $1 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Rxd5 10. cxd5 $2 (10. exd5 {
Black is an exchange down for nothing.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Be7 Nd7 12. f3 Nd6 13.
Rc1 Nf5 14. Ba3 Ne3 15. Rxc7 Nxd5 16. Rc1 Nf4 17. Kf2 Nb6 18. Bd1 Nd3+ 19. Ke2
Nxc1+ 20. Kd2 Nxa2 21. Kc2 Nd5 22. Nh3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Greene, Sam"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8.
O-O-O Nxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Rd5 Qc7 13. h5 Be6 14. Rd1
Na5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Rd2 Rc5 20. c3
Rxd5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qb5 24. b3 $4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Greene, Sammy"]
[Black "Pintor, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "916"]
[BlackElo "1339"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Ne5 Bb7
9. Be2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Rc1 a6 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nxd5 16. Na3 Qg5 17. Bf3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Qd4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd8 23. Qg4 Qe5 24. Rfc1 h6 25. Qf3 Qd5 26. Qg4 Kh7 27. Rc7
Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Rxf7 Kg6 30. Rb7 Rac8 31. Rf1 Rc6 32. h3 Rd2 33. Ra1 Kf6
34. b4 b5 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rxf2 38. Ra3 Rcc2 39. Rg3 Ra2 40.
h4 Rf5 41. hxg5+ Rxg5 42. Rxg5 Kxg5 43. Rxg7+ Kf6 44. Rg3 Rb2 45. Ra3 Rxb4 46.
Rxa6 Kf5 47. Kh3 e5 48. Ra5 Rc4 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Ra4+ e4 52. Rd4
Rb3 53. g3+ Ke5 54. Rd1 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 Rc2 56. Kf1 Rb2 57. g4 Kf4 58. Re1 Kf3 59.
g5 Rb6 60. Re2 Kf4 61. Kf2 Rg6 62. Ke1 Rxg5 63. Rf2+ Ke5 64. Rh2 Rg1+ 65. Ke2
Rg3 66. Ke1 Rc3 67. Rg2 Kd4 68. Rd2+ Rd3 69. Rxd3+ exd3 70. Kd2 Ke4 71. Kd1 Ke3
72. Kc1 $4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Grey, Peter G"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Be6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qd1 Bf5 14. Bg5 O-O 15.
a3 Nc6 16. b4 Be7 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Nfd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 a6 21. Na7 Rc4
22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxd8 Bxd8 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 h6 26. Bf4 Nd5 27. Bd6 Re8 28.
Rc1 Bf6 29. Rxc4 Nc3 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Rc8 32. Bb4 g5 33. f4 f5 34. Kf2 g4
35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Bxd5+ Kg7 37. Be6 Rc1 38. Bxf5 h5 39. h3 Kf6 40. hxg4 hxg4 41.
Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Guduguntla, Sriharsha"]
[Black "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1574"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. a3 Qc7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 Rfd8
15. Nc4 Ba6 16. f5 Bxc4 17. f6 Bf8 18. bxc4 Qc6 19. Rf2 g6 20. h4 h6 21. Raf1
Kh7 22. g3 Rd7 23. Rh2 Rad8 24. Bc3 Qa4 25. h5 Qxc4 26. hxg6+ fxg6 27. Be1 Rf7
28. Qf4 Rd1 29. g4 Qd5 30. Kg2 g5 $4 {Diagram [#]} 31. Qg3 (31. Qxg5 Rxe1 32.
Qh5 $3 (32. Rxe1 $4 Qd2+ 33. Kh3 Qxh2+ $19) 32... Qd2+ 33. Rf2 Qd7 34. g5 Kg8
35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Rxh6+ Bxh6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. g6 Rh7 39. gxh7+ Qxh7 40. Qxh7+
Kxh7 41. f7 $18) 31... Qc4 32. Kg1 Rc1 33. Qh3 Rxc2 34. Qh5 Rc7 35. Rxc2 Qxc2
36. Qe8 Qe2 37. Qxe6 Qxe3+ 38. Bf2 Qf4 39. Be1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 c4 $2
(41... Qe3+ $11) 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Bf2 $2 (43. f7 $1 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Rf2
Qxe1 46. Qg6 $18) 43... Qf3 (43... e3 $11) 44. Qe6 $2 (44. e6 $1 $16) 44... Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Guduguntla, Sriharsha"]
[Black "Wonsever, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1574"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qe4 Nf6
15. Qb1 Bd5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bd3 f5 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 (13. Na3) (13.
d3) 13... Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nf4 15. f3 (15. d4 Nxg2 16. Qg4 Nh4 17. Nd2 $19) 15...
Nd3 16. Rxb5 {Diagram #} c6 (16... Bd6 {are also strong.}) (16... Bc6) 17. Rb8
(17. Rh5 Qb6+) 17... Qxb8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Be3 Nc5 9. f3 b5 10. O-O e5 11. Nde2 Be7 12. a4 Nxb3 13. cxb3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bb7 16. Rc1 Qa5 {White has some compensation for the pawn after 17.
Qc2 but Black has the better chances.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 $2 (10. b4 {
is the complicated theoretical continuation.}) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 $4 {
This drops a piece.} (11. Bxd4 b5 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Qb6 14. bxc5 Bxc5 $17 {
was not pleasant for White but had to be tried.}) 11... b5 12. b4 Qxa4 13. f5
Nb6 14. f6 Nd7 15. Bg5 a5 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 axb4 19. cxb4 Qc2
20. Bxb5 Qe4+ 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. O-O Kf8 $6 (22... Ba6 $19) 23. Rad1 Ra7 $2 (
23... e3 24. Rxd7 (24. Bxd7 e2) 24... Bxd7 25. Bxd7 Rg8 $17) 24. Rd4 $2 (24.
Rc1 $1 Ra8 25. Rc7 $16) 24... Rg8 (24... Rc7 $1 {hold everything together.} 25.
Rfd1 Nxf6) 25. Rc1 $1 Ra8 (25... Nxf6) 26. Bxd7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Rg6 28. Rcd1 (28.
b5 $1 Rxf6 29. b6 $18) 28... Rxf6 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Ke7 31. Rd4 Rf4 $2 (
31... e3 32. Re4 Rf2 33. a4 Ra2 $11) 32. g3 Rg4 (32... Rf3 {
the rook must be kept active.}) 33. b5 Rg5 34. a4 Re5 35. b6 e3 36. Kf1 Rf5+
37. Ke2 Rf2+ 38. Kxe3 Rb2 39. a5 Rb5 40. Kd3 $2 (40. Ra4 $18) 40... Rxa5 41.
Kc4 $2 (41. Rb4) 41... Ra4+ $1 42. Kc5 Rxd4 43. Kxd4 Kd6 44. g4 Kc6 45. g5 Kxb6
46. h4 Kc6 47. Ke5 Kc5 $4 (47... Kd7 48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Kg7 e5 50. Kxh7 e4 51. h5
e3 52. g6 fxg6 53. hxg6 e2 54. g7 e1=Q 55. g8=Q+ {draw}) 48. h5 Kc6 49. Kf6 e5
(49... Kd5 50. Kxf7 e5 51. g6 hxg6 52. hxg6 e4 53. g7 e3 54. g8=Q) 50. Kxe5 Kd7
51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Kg7 Ke7 53. Kxh7 Kf8 54. g6 f5 55. g7+ Ke7 56. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxf5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Qh3 g6 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. c3
Nd7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Kf1 Nf8 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Qg3 Re8 20. Be3 Ne6
21. f4 Ng7 22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nf5 24. g4 Nh4 25. Qe2 h5 26. h3 Qe7 27. Kf2
Qxe2+ 28. Bxe2 Be7 29. gxh5 f5 30. hxg6 Nxg6 31. c4 Bh4+ 32. Kg2 Nf8 33. cxd5
cxd5 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Bxd5 b6 36. Bb4 Nd7 37. Be6 Nf6 38. d5 a5 39. Bc3 Kg6 40.
Bd4 b5 41. Bb6 a4 42. d6 Ne8 43. d7 Nd6 44. d8=Q Bxd8 45. Bxd8 Nf7 46. Be7 Nh6
47. Bd7 Ng8 48. Bg5 Nf6 49. Bxf6 Kxf6 50. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. f4 Ne7 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nf3 c6 10. Ba4 d5 11. e5 Nf5 12. Qe1 h5 13. Qf2 b5 14. Bb3 c5 15. a4
c4 16. Ba2 bxa4 17. Nxd4 cxd3 18. cxd3 Ne7 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. Nd6 Qd7 21. Rd1 Rad8
22. Be3 Kh8 23. Bxa7 f6 24. Qe3 fxe5 25. fxe5 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bd4 Re8 28.
Rf1 Kh7 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Bxd5 Bxd3 31. Bc6 Rf8 32. Bf3 Bh6 33. Qf2 Rc8 34. Be3
Rc2 35. Qe1 Be2 36. Bxh6 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Kxh6 38. Qe3+ Qg5+ 39. Qxg5+ Kxg5 40.
Rxa4 Rxb2 41. h4+ Kf5 42. Re4 Ke6 43. f4 Kd5 44. Ra4 Rb6 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kg3
Rb3+ 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1038"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3 h6 8. O-O d6
9. h3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Re1 O-O 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4 Qd7
16. Nf5 Kh7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nxe4 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Nxd6+ Kh8 21. Nxc8 Nc4
22. Re2 Raxc8 23. Bb3 Nb6 24. Re5 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. d6 cxd6 27. Nd2 Ne4
28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Bc2 Re5 30. Qd3 g6 31. Qd4 Nc8 32. f4 Qe6 33. fxe5 Qxe5 34.
Qxe5+ dxe5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nxc6 Bxc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qf3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg5 14. Rad1
Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nc5 16. Qg3 d4 17. f4 Qd7 18. b4 Na6 19. a3 Rad8 20. Ne4 Qf5 $2
21. Qd3 $1 Nb8 (21... Qc8) 22. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1269"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. Nde4 Bf5 12. e3 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
a3 Ne7 16. Nc3 a6 17. b4 b6 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Bc7 20. Qh5 Bd8 21. Bh3 Qc6
22. Bg2 Kh7 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qe2 Nc8 25. f4 f6 26. Qd3 Be7 27. Nc3 Qd7 28. f5 g5
29. Bf3 Qe8 30. Qe2 Qf7 31. Bh5 Qg7 32. Nb5 Rg8 33. Bg6+ Kh8 34. Nc7 Bd8 35.
Nxa8 Qb7 36. Nxb6 Bxb6 37. Rab1 Qxe4 38. Rb3 Bc7 39. Qd3 Qxd3 40. Rdxd3 Ne7 41.
Rb7 Bd8 42. Rxd6 Nxg6 43. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Qd3 e5 15. Be3
Bb7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Qe2 a5 19. c3 Qb7 20. Rfd1 Bd8 21. Kh1 Nd7
22. g4 Bb6 23. g5 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rbc8 25. f6 e4 26. Rf1 Nc5 27. Ba2 Nd3 28. fxg7
Rc7 29. Rf6 Kxg7 30. Rxd6 Qc8 31. Rb1 Qg4 32. Rf6 Re5 33. Rg1 Qh5 34. d6 Rd7
35. Rh6 Qf3+ 36. Qxf3 exf3 37. h3 Rxg5 $2 ({Natural but wrong.} 37... f2 38.
Rf1 Rxg5 {was an easy win.}) 38. Rxg5+ Kxh6 39. Rf5 (39. Rxb5 Rxd6 40. Rf5)
39... f2 40. Bb1 Rxd6 (40... Nxb2 41. Rxf2 Nc4) 41. Bxd3 Rxd3 42. Rxf2 Rxh3+
43. Kg2 Rd3 44. Rxf7 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rxb2 46. Ra7 a4 {Diagram [#]} 47. Kg4 $2 (47.
c4 {would have drawn.}) 47... Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Rb7 (49. Rc7 Ra2 {wins})
49... Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. b4
Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc8 10. O-O Bh3 11. Qc1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne8
15. Bh6 a6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nf3 b5 19. Qb2+ Kg8 20. Rfc1 Nc7 21.
cxb5 Qb7 22. bxc5 Qxb5 23. cxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Harris III, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Ne2 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. c4 Qd7 7. Be3 e6 8. Nbc3
Be7 9. Qd2 a5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Bc2 Bg6 14. Ba4 c6 15. Nd1
Nh5 16. g4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Bb6 h5 19. Qxf4 Ra6 20. Bd4 Bh4 21. gxh5 Qe7
22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qg4 g5 24. Qg2 Nf7 25. Ne3 g6 26. Ng4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28.
Be3 Raa8 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 Rad8 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. Bb6 Rd6 33. Bxa5 $4 (33.
Bc5 $18) 33... Qa7+ 34. Kh1 Qxa5 35. Qc2 Rdf6 36. Kg2 Rf4 37. b4 Qb6 38. Qc3
Qf6 39. h3 g4 40. hxg4 Qg5 41. Be6 R4f6 42. Bd7 R6f7 43. Be6 Rf6 44. Bd7 Rd6
45. Rad1 Qf6 46. Rd3 Rd4 47. Rxd4 exd4 48. Qd2 Bg5 49. Qd3 Qd6 50. Bb5 Bf6 51.
c5 Qb8 52. c6 Qc7 53. Qc4 Be5 54. Qd5 Rf7 55. a4 Bh2 56. Qxd4+ Kh7 57. Qf2 Bf4
58. Qh4+ Kg7 59. Rh1 g5 60. Qh7+ Kf6 61. Rh6+ Ke5 62. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nxf5
exf5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Na4 b6 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. c3 Qc7
15. e6 f6 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Qa5 $2 18. Rh3 $1 a6 {Diagram #} 19. Qh5 $1 Rd6
(19... h6 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Bxh6) 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ng8 22. Bxc6 Rxe6 23.
Bh6 Ra7 24. Bxd5 Qb6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Re3 Qd5 27. Rae1 gxh6 28. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Be3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Nge2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd3+
15. Kf1 Nxd5 {
This is pretty and leads to a winning position, but even simpler is} (15...
Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 {with an extra piece.}) 16. cxd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2
Nxb2 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Rc2 d5 21. exd5 Rf5 22. Bxe7 Rxd5 23. Kf2
Rd7 24. Bg5 h6 25. Be3 Nd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Nf4 Ra1 28. Rc7 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 g5
30. Ng6 Rxa3 31. Bd2 Rd3 32. Bc1 b5 33. Rb7 a6 34. h4 Bf6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kg4
Rc8 37. Bxg5 Bxg5 38. Kxg5 Rc2 $2 (38... Rcd8 39. Ne7+ (39. Kf6 $2 R3d7 $19)
39... Kf8 40. Ng6+ $11) 39. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be3
Ng6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 $6 (11. f4 $1) 11... h5 $1 12. gxh5 Bf5 13.
Bg4 Nxe5 $4 {Diagram [#]} (13... c5 $1) 14. Bxf5 (14. dxe5 Qc7 (14... d4 15.
Nc4 $18) 15. Bf3 Qxe5 $16) 14... Nxf5 15. Bg5 f6 16. dxe5 fxg5 17. Qg4 gxh4 18.
Qg6+ Kd7 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ne2 Rxh5 22. Nf4 Rh6 23. Kh2 Bc5 24. c3
Rg8 25. Ng5 Be7 26. Rg1 Rf8 27. Ngh3 Rg8 28. Ng6 Ke8 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Rg5 Rd8
31. Rag1 Kf7 32. Nf4 d4 33. Rg6 Rxg6 34. Rxg6 d3 35. Rg1 g5 36. Ng2 d2 37. Rd1
g4 38. Nf4 g3+ 39. Kg2 Rd7 40. Kf1 Ne7 41. fxg3 hxg3 42. Ke2 Ng6 43. Ng2 Nxe5
44. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Kf6 46. Nf4 Kf5 47. Ng2 Nc4+ 48. Kc2 Ke4 49. Nh4 Ne3+
50. Kd2 g2 51. Nxg2 Nxg2 52. Ke2 a5 53. a4 Nf4+ 54. Kd2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Tuck, Drew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nh2 h5 19. h4 Nc5 20. Qd2 bxa4 21. Bxc5 Qxc5
22. Bxa4 Reb8 23. Nhf1 Ng4 24. Nh2 Bh6 25. Qe2 Bc8 26. Bc6 Ra7 27. Qc2 Qb6 28.
Nxg4 Bxg4 29. Ra2 Qd8 30. f3 Bc8 31. Qf2 Qxh4 32. Qxa7 Qxg3 33. Qf2 Bf4 34.
Qxg3 Bxg3 35. Rb1 f5 36. Ra5 fxe4 37. fxe4 Bg4 38. Rxa6 Be2 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40.
Bxa8 Kf7 41. b4 cxb3 42. Rxb3 Bf4 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. Rd7 Be3+ 45. Kh2 Bc5 46. Rd8
Bd3 47. Rf8+ Kg5 48. Bc6 Bxe4 49. c4 Bd3 50. Rf3 e4 51. Rg3+ Kf6 52. Be8 e3 53.
Rf3+ Kg5 54. Rg3+ Kh6 55. Bxg6 Bxg6 56. Rxe3 Bxe3 57. Kg3 Bd3 58. Kf3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Hakobian, Sos"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Nf6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Ndf3 Be7 15.
Bc2 Nd7 $2 {Diagram [#]} (15... Ne4 $14) 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 (16... Kxh7 17. Nxf7
$18) 17. Bxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Ng5 $1 Ng8 21. Nexf7 Rce8 22.
Nh7+ Kxf7 23. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Adams, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bxf4 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. c3 a6 10. Qc2 g6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rae1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne5 Qg5 17. Nxd7 Bg7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Ndxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd7 23. Bc4 Rf8 24. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 a5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b3 Be7 14. Ba3 O-O 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Rd2 Nh5 17. Qf1 Nf4 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe5 Qa7 25. c5 Qf7 26. f3 Rd8 27.
Qc3 Qc7 28. Kf2 Rd5 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Ra8 Qf4 31. Re8 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qb4 33. Qxb4
axb4 34. Rb8 Bd3+ 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Rf8 Rxc5 37. Rf4 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 c5 39. Rf5 Bf1
40. Kf4 Bxg2 41. h4 Rc3 42. Ke4 Rxf3 43. Rxf3 Kg6 44. Ke3 Bxf3 45. Kxf3 Kf5 46.
Kg3 g5 47. h5 g4 48. Kh4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 a6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 h6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. d5
Na5 9. Bd3 d6 10. b4 Bg4 11. bxa5 Bd4 12. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. a5 Ba7
9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Qb3 d5 13. Ba3 h6 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Nf3 O-O-O 16. b5 Nxa5 17. Qb4 Bb6 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Nxe5 Qf5 20. d4 Ne4 21. Bc1
Rhe8 22. Rxa5 Rxe5 23. Ra2 Rf8 24. Rxa6 Rf7 25. f4 Re6 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27. Qa4 Rg6
28. Qa6+ Kc6 29. Qa2 Qh3 30. Rd8 Nxc3 31. Qa8+ Kb5 32. Nxc3+ Kb4 33. Qa4+ Kxc3
34. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O d5 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. b4 Bd6 13. a4 Ne7 14. a5 a6 15. axb6
cxb6 16. Nc4 Nxe4 17. Qd3 Bc7 18. Nfxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd6 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Qe4
Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nd7 Rfd8 24. Ne5 Nxc3 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Nc4 Nxb4 27. Nxb6
Nc2 28. Nxa8 Nxa1 29. Nc7 Nc2 30. Rb1 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Nc5 32. Ra1 Rd3 33. Kf2
Ne4+ 34. Kf3 Ng5+ 35. Ke2 Rb3 36. h4 Ne4 37. Kf3 Nd2+ 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. Nd5 a5
40. Ra4 Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Nd2+ 42. Kf4 Rb5 43. e4 Nb3 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Nc6 f6 46.
Ne7 Nc5 47. Ra2 Rb4 48. Re2 a4 49. Nd5 Ne6+ 50. Ke3 Rb3+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Ra2 a3
53. h5 Rb2+ 54. Rxb2 axb2 55. Nc3 Nb5 56. Nb1 g6 57. g4 Nd6 58. Kf3 g5 59. Ke3
Kg7 60. Kd4 Kf7 61. Kd5 Ke7 62. e5 Nf7 63. exf6+ Kxf6 64. Kd4 Ne5 65. Kc3 Nxg4
66. Kxb2 Kf5 67. Kc2 Nf6 68. Kd1 Nxh5 69. Ke2 Nf4+ 70. Kf3 h5 71. Nd2 h4 72.
Nf1 g4+ 73. Kf2 Ke4 74. Nd2+ Kd3 75. Nf1 {Diagram #} g3+ $2 (75... Nh3+ 76. Kg2
Ke2 77. Nh2 Nf4+ 78. Kg1 g3 79. Ng4 h3 80. Ne5 h2+ 81. Kh1 Nh3 82. Kg2 h1=Q+
83. Kxh1 Kf1 84. Nd3 g2+ 85. Kh2 g1=Q+) 76. Nxg3 hxg3+ 77. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Nb4 11. Be2 c6 12. a3 Na6 13. b3 d5 14. c5 Nc8 15.
b4 Bf6 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. a4 Ne7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne6 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. b5 Qe7
22. Rb3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bg5 24. Rb3 Rfe8 25. Ng3 g6 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Rb4 Bh4 28.
Bg4 Re7 29. Qb1 Rae8 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Re5 Rf8 33. Qe1 Kg7 34.
Rb3 Qf4 35. Qe3 Bxg3 36. fxg3 $2 (36. Qxg3 Qxd4 $17) 36... Qf1+ 37. Kh2 {
Diagram [#]} Rf2 $1 38. Qf3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Qc4 40. Rf4 Qxa4 41. h4 Qa6 42. h5
Qc8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. a3 a6 6. b4 Ba7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 d6
9. Nge2 h6 10. h4 Rb8 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. f3 h5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. e4
Bd7 16. d4 f5 17. dxe5 fxe4 18. f4 Nf5 19. Bxe4 Ne3 20. Qb3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5
22. e6 Be3 23. Rc3 Bb6 24. Rd3 Qe8 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qg6 27. Kd1 Qf6 28.
Nc2 Rbc8 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Qc3 Qg6 31. Kc1 c6 32. e7 Rfe8 33. Re6 (33. dxc6 Rxc6
34. Qb3 $18) 33... Qf5 34. Ne3 $4 (34. Rxd6) 34... Bxe3+ 35. Kb2 (35. Rdxe3
cxd5) 35... Bb6 36. Qb3 Rc7 37. Rxd6 Rcxe7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Rxf3 17. Bxf3 g6 $11 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Bf5 20.
Kf2 Re8 21. b4 g5 22. h3 Be4 23. a4 Kg7 24. b5 Kf6 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Bg4 (26.
Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rb1 Rxa4 28. Rb7 h5 29. Rc7 {
With activity of the White rook compensating for the minus pawn.}) 26... Rb8
$17 27. Ra2 Ke5 28. Bd7 d4 $1 29. exd4+ Kxd4 30. Kg3 h5 31. h4 Rb3+ 32. Kf2 g4
33. Rd2+ Kxc5 34. Be8 g3+ 35. Ke2 Bxg2 36. Bxh5 Be4 37. Rd1 g2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Tungkitkancharoen, Songtham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. dxc5 Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Bxc5 13. c3 a5 14.
Nd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. g4 h5 17. g5 f6 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Rg1 Kf7 20. Bd2
Rhe8 21. O-O-O Rec8 22. Bc3 c5 23. Rd3 Nf5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Kb1 Ne7 26. Rh3
Rb8 27. Rgg3 Rh8 28. Rf3 Rh6 29. Bd4 Rc4 30. Be3 Rh7 31. b3 Rc6 32. Rh4 Kg6 33.
Ra4 Rd6 34. Rxa5 d4 35. Bd2 d3 36. Rg3+ Kf7 37. Kb2 Nc6 38. Ra6 Ke6 39. b4 Rb7
40. a3 Ne5 41. Rxd6+ Kxd6 42. f4 Nc4+ 43. Kc3 Nxa3 44. Rxd3+ Kc6 45. Rh3 Nb1+
46. Kc2 Nxd2 47. Kxd2 Rxb4 48. Rc3+ Kd6 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Rc5+ Kg6
52. Rc3 Kf5 53. Rc5+ Kg6 54. Rc3 Kf5 55. Kg3 h4+ 56. Kxh4 Rxf4+ 57. Kh5 Ke4 58.
Rc8 f5 59. h3 Rf3 60. h4 f4 61. Re8+ Kd3 62. Kg4 Rf1 63. h5 f3 64. Rf8 Ke2 65.
Re8+ Kd2 66. Kg3 Rh1 67. Re5 Kd3 $2 (67... Rf1 $11) 68. Kxf3 Rh3+ 69. Kg4 Kd4
70. Ra5 Rh1 71. Kg5 Ke4 72. Kg6 Kf4 73. h6 Rg1+ 74. Kh7 Kg4 75. Kh8 Kh4 76. h7
Rg6 77. Ra7 Kh5 78. Rg7 Rh6 79. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. h4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rd1 e5 15.
Be2 b6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Kd2 e4 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. h5 Ne5 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3 Ba6
22. Qa4 Bb7 23. f4 Nf7 24. Rdg1 Nh8 25. Rg3 Rf7 26. Rhg1 Kf8 27. Qc2 Re8 28.
Bd3 Qh4 29. Kc1 Qxh5 {Diagram [#]} 30. Qg2 $1 Qh4 (30... Ree7 $2 31. Rh3) 31.
Rxg7 Qf6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Kd2 Kd8 35. Qg8+ Rf8 36. Qg7 Qe7 37.
Qxh6 Bc8 38. Qg5 Nf7 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7 40. Nf3 Rh8 41. Rg2 Kf6 42. Rh2 Rxh2+ 43.
Nxh2 Bd7 44. Ke2 Nh6 45. Kf3 Be8 46. Kg3 Bh5 47. Kh4 Bd1 48. Nf1 Ng4 49. Kg3
Nh6 50. Kf2 Ng4+ 51. Ke1 Ba4 52. Kd2 Bd7 53. Ng3 Nf2 54. e4 fxe4 55. Bxe4 Nh3
56. Nh5+ Kf7 57. Ke3 Bg4 58. Ng3 Kf6 59. Bg2 Bd7 60. Ne4+ Ke7 {
and White eventually won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 e6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd2 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nb4 14. Qe3
Nxc2 15. Kxc2 b4 16. Ndb1 Be7 17. Rd3 d5 18. Bf3 Bc5 19. Qd2 bxc3 20. Rxc3 dxe4
21. Bh5 e3 22. Qd3 f5 23. Qc4 Be4+ 24. Kc1 O-O 25. b4 Qb7 26. a3 a5 27. Bf3
Bxb4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qb3 Rxc3+ 30. Nxc3 Rc8 31. axb4 axb4 32. Qb2 Rxc3+ 33.
Kb1 Qd5 34. Rc1 Rb3 $4 35. Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15.
Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. a5 $146 (17. f4 Qe7 18. Kh1 {
0-1 (40) Donaldson,T (1755)-Stojic,D (1984) Mount Buller 2005}) 17... Rac8 18.
f4 Qe7 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Qf3 c4 21. Bc2 Rc5 (21... Nc5 $15) 22. Ra4 f5 {
initiating craziness} 23. Rb4 Rxa5 (23... Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nf6 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26.
Qxc4 fxe4) 24. Rxb7 Qh4 25. Rd1 (25. Re2) 25... Nc5 26. Rc7 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4
28. Bxe4 Rb5 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. Rf1 a5 31. Rc7 Rb4 32. Bb1 {Diagram [#]} Re1 $6
(32... Rxf4 33. Qxf4 Qxf4 34. Rxf4 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Be5 36. g3 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Rxb1
38. Rc6 $15) (32... Bh6 $1 $17) 33. Rc8+ (33. Rxg7+ $1 Kf8 $1 34. Rc7 Rbxb1 35.
Rxe1 (35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc7+ Kh6 37. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg1+ 39. Kg3 $11) 35...
Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 $11 a4 37. Qg4 Qg1+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+ $4 39. Kh4) 33... Bf8 34. Rc1
Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Qxf4 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Ba2 Bh6 38. Rc2 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Bf4+ 40. g3
Be5 41. Rg2 g5 42. Bc4 Rc1 43. Be2 a4 44. Bd3 a3 45. Ra2 Rc3 46. Bf5 Rxg3 47.
Bg4 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
exd6 exd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. c4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Re8 14. b3 Qa5
15. Bb2 Qh5 16. Re3 Bf8 17. Rae1 a5 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Rxe8 Nxe8 20. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bc4
Nd4 9. Qd1 Qh4+ 10. Kf1 Qxf4+ 11. Kg1 Nf6 12. d3 Qg3 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Be7
15. Be3 O-O 16. Bf2 Qe5 17. c3 d5 18. Bb3 dxe4 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Qe3
Bxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Kh2 Qd6+ 25. g3 f5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Ayinala, Nihar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1227"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 d5 8. e5
Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. b3 O-O 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4 Qe7 14. Qe1 f6 15. Bc3
d4 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qe2 g5 20. Rae1 Rde8 21. Qh5 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Qh4 24. Qxh4 Nxh4 25. Nxc5 Bc8 26. Bh6 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1
Ng6 28. Re2 Nh4 29. Ne4 Nf5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Nxe8 Nxh6 32. Nd6+ Kg8 33. Nxc8
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. a3 a5 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bf4 c6 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Qb3 Qc8 15.
Na4 Nd7 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Qxb6 Bd8 18. Qb3 Bc7 19. Qg3 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rd8 21. Bf3
Qb8 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 b5 26. b3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rb8
28. Rd3 a4 29. f4 Rb3 30. c5 Qd7 31. Rad1 Rdb8 32. d5 $2 (32. R1d2 $17) 32...
Rxd3 33. Rxd3 cxd5 34. Qxa4 $4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Grey, Peter G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. g3 d5 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. e5 d4 9.
Ne4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Nc6 11. Bd2 c4 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. a3
Rd8 16. Rd1 Bc5 17. Qg4 O-O 18. b4 cxb3 19. cxb3 Qxa3 20. O-O Qb4 21. f5 exf5
22. exf5 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. g3 Nh6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Nf5
9. d3 Be7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. g4 Nh4 13. g5 Nxg2 14. Kxg2 f6 15. h4 d4
16. Kh3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qd5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qg1 Rf3+ 21. Ng3
Qxe5 22. Rf1 Qf5+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 25. Be1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3
Qb6 9. Nf5 Qxb2 10. Nxg7+ Ke7 11. Nb5 Nh6 12. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. Qf3 Nd4 13. Qg3 f4 14. Qg4 Bg7
15. Bd2 Bxa8 16. O-O-O Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Nb5 18. Nf3 Rf8 19. Rhe1 Rf5 20. h4 Qf6
21. Re4 Bxe4 22. dxe4 d6 23. exf5 e4 24. Qg5 exf3 25. Qxf6+ Bxf6 26. gxf3 g5
27. hxg5 Bxg5 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Bb4 a5 30. Bc3 h5 31. Kd2 Bf6 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33.
Ke2 Ke5 34. f6 Kxf6 35. c4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "258"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. c3
Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. f5 Qe8 15.
fxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Qe1 Qb8 18. Qh4 b5 19. Bxb5 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Qa3 21. Be3
Qb2 22. Bc4 Ra3 23. Rab1 Qc2 24. Rfc1 Qa4 25. Ng5 Ra8 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bb3 Qb5
28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8. a3
a5 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Ng3 a4 11. Ba2 h6 12. h4 Nc5 13. Bd2 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ng4 15.
Nf5 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 g6 17. Rh8+ Kxh8 18. Qh1+ Kg8 19. Qh6 gxf5 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21.
Rh1# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Ng4 6. f5 Nf2 7. Qh5 O-O $2 {
The losing move} (7... g6 8. Qh6 Kd7 (8... Nxh1 $4 9. Bg5 $1 Qd7 10. Nd5) 9.
Na4 Nxh1 10. Nxc5+ dxc5 11. Nf3 {
offers White excellent compensation for the sacrificed material.}) 8. Nf3 Nxh1
(8... Nd7 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Rf1) 11. Nd5 Qh6 12. Qxh6
gxh6 13. b4 {wins.}) 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 ({Or} 10. Bxf7+ Kh8 11. Qg6 {
which also wins.}) 10... Rxf7 11. Qxf7+ Kh8 {Diagram [#]} 12. Bg5 $1 ({Or} 12.
f6 $1) 12... Bf2+ 13. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Black "Zulkhuu, Jamyandag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1049"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bd6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 d6 12. d4 Qd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. d5 Na5 16. Ba6 g5 17. b4 Bxa6 18. Qxa6+ Nb7 19. a4 g4 20. Nd2 g3 21.
fxg3 Qg5 22. Nc4 h5 23. a5 h4 24. axb6 cxb6 25. Nxb6+ Kb8 26. Qxa7+ Kc7 27. Nc4
hxg3 28. Qb6+ Kd7 29. Qxb7+ Ke8 30. h3 Rxh3 31. gxh3 Qf4 32. Rf1 Qxe4 33. Qxf7#
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Handler, Andrew Todd"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O Nb6 8. Bd3
b4 9. Nce2 a5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Be6 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nf4 b3 14. Nxe6 bxa2+
15. Kxa2 fxe6 16. Ne2 Kd7 17. Nf4 Qg8 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rhe1 a3 21.
b3 Nc3+ 22. Ka1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 d5 24. Qd2 Qb8 25. Ka2 Qb6 26. c3 c5 27. dxc5
Qxc5 28. c4 Qd4 29. cxd5 Qb2+ 30. Qxb2 axb2+ 31. Kxb2 exd5 32. Bb5+ Ke6 33. f4
Rab8 34. Be2 Rhd8 35. Bg4+ Kf7 36. Rd4 e6 37. Be2 Rb6 38. Bg4 Rdb8 39. Bd1 Rb4
40. Kc3 Rxd4 41. Kxd4 Rb4+ 42. Ke3 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Handler, Andrew Todd"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
Qe2 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f4 Nf6 11. a3 d6 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rae1 O-O $6 {
I have replaced "Castle as soon as you can" with "Castle as late as you can --
but not too late."Caseinpoint?} (13... Nc5) 14. e5 dxe5 (14... Nd5 {
keeping things a bit more closed might be right.}) 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Bxa3 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Bc5 22. Rf4 f5 23.
exf6 Rf7 24. Rg4 Bf8 25. Qg5 b4 26. Be5 Qb7 {Diagram (#)} 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28.
Qxg6+ Bg7 29. fxg7 Rf2 30. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Handler, Andrew Todd"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Rb8 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Qe1 g6 10. Rb1 Bg7 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. e5 Kf8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15.
exd6 exd6 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. b3 Re8 18. Rbe1 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 Kg8 22. f5 Be5 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. c4 Kh7 26. Rd3 Qe7 27. Red1
Rd8 28. h3 Kg7 29. h4 f6 30. Kh2 Rxe4 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rxd6 Rh4+ 33. Kg1 Rd4
34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Re1 Rf4 36. Qe3 Qd4 37. Qxd4 cxd4 38. Re6 c5 39. Rxa6 Rxf5
40. Rd6 Kf7 41. b4 cxb4 42. Rxd4 Ra5 43. c5 Rxa2 44. Rxb4 Rc2 45. Rb5 g4 46.
Kh2 Ke6 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. c6 f5 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 51. Kf3 Rg3+ 52. Kf2
Rc3 53. Rb5+ Kd4 54. Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Harman, Fred"]
[Black "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rfe8
15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. a4 a6 17. Rab1 Ng6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Bf1 Nc6 21.
Bc4 Re7 22. Bc3 Na5 23. Bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 a5 26. Rbb1 Bxa4 27.
Ra1 Bd7 28. Rxa5 g6 29. e4 Ne8 30. Bb5 Nd6 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Rd5 Rbd8 33. Rd1
Nc4 34. Nb5 (34. Nc6 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Ne7+ $11) 34... Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5
36. exd5 Kf8 37. Kf1 (37. Kf2) 37... Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Nxd5 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. g3 Kd7
41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Nd4+ Kc5 43. Nc2 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Harmon, Fred"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb5 a6
9. Bxc6+ Bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. f4 h5 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.
Bd2 f6 16. Qb1 Rh6 17. b4 c4 18. Re1 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. e4 Re6 21. Ng5 Re7
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Bg5 Kc7 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. dxe5 Rxe5
28. Qf7+ Kc6 29. Qxc4+ Kb7 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qf7+ Kc6 33. Rd1 Qf5
34. c4 Rc8 35. h3 Rc7 36. b5+ axb5 37. Qe8+ Kb7 38. cxb5 Qc5+ 39. Kh1 Qf5 40.
a4 h4 41. Re1 Qf2 42. Qe4+ Kb8 43. a5 bxa5 44. b6 Rg7 (44... Rc4) 45. Rd1 Rg8
46. Rc1 Qd2 47. Qc6 Rg7 48. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Harmon, Frederick"]
[Black "Raphael, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "629"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. e4 Bd6 7. Nf3 Ng4 8. h3
Ne5 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. Bc3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 e5 13. a4 a5 14. O-O Be7 15.
Bxe5 Qg6 16. Bc3 d6 17. e5 Qg5 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rae1 Qd2 21. Re2
Qg5 22. Nc7 Ra7 23. Ne8 f5 24. Re5 Nd7 25. Rxf5 Qh6 26. Rh5 Ne5 27. Qg3+ Qg6
28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Rxh7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Harmon, Frederick"]
[Black "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. h3 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 a5 11. Ba2 Kh7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qc1 Ng8 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 g6 17. d4 Ngf6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 b4 20. Na4 c5 21. Bd5
Rab8 22. axb4 axb4 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Nb2 Nb6 27. Qe2 c4
28. bxc4 Rbc7 29. Qd3 Rd7 30. Qb3 Rcd8 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Nd3 Rc7 33. Nfxe5 Nfd7
34. Nxd7 Nxd7 35. Nxb4 Nc5 36. Nd5 Nxb3 37. Nxe7 Nd2 38. Nd5 Rxc4 39. c3 Rxe4
40. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Harmon, Frederick"]
[Black "Viswanath, Ganesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. dxc5 $6 (5. d5) 5... Na6 6. Bd2 Nxc5
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. Qd4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qa3 d5 13. c5
Qf6 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. g3 b6 16. f3 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxb2 19. Qc1 Qe5
20. Bg2 Rfc8 21. Qd1 {Diagram [#]} Ba4 $1 22. Qb1 {
22...Rc2 and 22...Rab8 are both reasons White's resignation was not premature.}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O
9. d5 Ne7 10. Qc1 Bd7 11. Bh6 c6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. c4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rc8 15. Qe3
Nh5 16. Re1 Nf4 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nc3 b5 19. a3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Na2 f5 22.
Nc3 a5 23. g3 Nh5 24. Qd2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Na2 fxe4 27. Nh2 Rxc1 28. Rxc1
Qb6 29. Kg2 Nxd5 30. Bc4 e3 31. fxe3 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb4 11. a3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Re1 Rad8 16. e4 Bb7 17. Qc2 c6 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Rcd1 Qf4 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 f6 22. b4 Rd7 23. Rc1 Rfd8 24. e5 Kf7 25. Rf1 Ba6 26. Rf2 Bb7 27. exf6
Rd5 28. Ne5+ Kg8 29. fxg7 Rxe5 30. Rf8+ Kxg7 31. Rxd8 Rxe3 32. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Black "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qb4+ 9. c3 Qa5 10. b4 Qd8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nh5 14. Bh2 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 b5 16. Nb2 a6 17. Be2 Ng7 18. Nd3 Bb7 19. Bg4 e6 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. e4 c5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. a3 Qe7 24. Qe3 h5 25. Bf3 Nf5 26. Qe2 Qg5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Ne1
d4 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Nxd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Nb6 33. Qd1 Rc6 34. Rd6
Rec8 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Rc1 Nc4 37. Qd4 Re6 38. Rc3 Kh7 39. g4 Nxe5 40. Bxe5
Rxe5 41. Re3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Qe6 44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Kf3 Qxa3 46. Qd5
Qxb4 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Black "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4
Nc6 9. a3 c4 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 b5 12. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c3 Nh6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nfxd4 13. Ne2 b5 14. Qd1
Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. a3 Rc8 18. Rb1 a5 19. Rh3 g6 20. Be3 Qd6
21. Qd2 b4 22. Rc1 Ne7 23. g4 bxa3 24. bxa3 Qxa3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kg2 Qa4 27.
Bf2 Qe4+ 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Kf7 31. Ra3 Nc6 32. Bb6 Be7 33. Ra4
Bb4 34. h4 Rc4 35. Kg2 h5 36. g5 e5 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ra1 e4+ 39. Kg3 d4 40. Rf1
Kf5 41. Kh3 Ke6 42. Ng3 Rc3 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 e3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Be3 Rb8 (9... Nd4 10. e5) 10. e5 $2 {White confuses lines.} ({If} 10. d4
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Na4 {Black has} Bxd4) 10... Nf5 11. Bf2 dxe5 12. fxe5 b6
13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. c3 Ba6 16. g4 Ng7 17. g5 Bxd3 18. Re1 Bxe4 19.
Rxe4 Qc7 20. Rh4 Nf5 21. Rh3 Rfd8 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Be4 Qf8 25. Bxf5
exf5 26. Qh4 Qg7 27. Rd1 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.48"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "768"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. d3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nc3
b4 9. Nd5 h6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh4 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Ba4+ Bc6 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6
15. Qf3 Rg8 16. Bxf6 Qd7 17. Nb3 Bd4 18. Rb1 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qxe4+ Kf8 21.
dxc6 Qd6 22. Qxd4 Re8+ 23. Kd2 Qxc6 24. Qc5+ Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Rxg2 26. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "966"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 f6 7. dxe5 fxe5 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ng4
15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rd2 17. Rac1 h5 18. Nf3 Rd7 19. Nxg5 Rg7 20. Nf3 Bg4
21. Be5 (21. Ne5 Be6 22. Bh4 Rf8 23. Nd3 Ba7 24. Bg3 Bxa2 25. b3 Bd4 26. Nf4
Rg5 27. Ne6 Bb2 28. Rcd1 Bc3 29. Re2) 21... Be6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1133"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. g3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Rb1 Ne7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bd2 O-O
15. Bc3 Be7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Kg1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxa2 20. c4 Qa6
21. Qf3 Qc8 22. Qg4 f6 23. Bc3 e5 24. Qxc8 Raxc8 25. f4 Rfd8 26. fxe5 fxe5 27.
Bxe5 Bf8 28. Re3 Re8 29. Rbe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. Bxc6 Qxc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 h6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 b6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. Nf5 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Qd7
15. d4 Kb8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 f6 22. Qd1 Qe6 23. Rd7 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qxa2 25. Rd8+ Kb7 26. Qd3 Qa5 27.
Qd7 Qb4 28. Qc8+ Kc6 29. Qa8+ Kb5 30. Rd5+ c5 31. Bd2 Qxb2 32. Qe8+ Ka6 33.
Qa4+ Kb7 34. Rd7+ Kc8 35. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O
Qd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Be3 Rac8 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Bf2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ng4 14. Bxg4
Qxg4 15. Kg2 Qd7 16. Re2 e6 17. Rae1 a6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ne7 20. Kg1 Nf5
21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Qf4 Rd5 23. Nc3 Rdd8 24. Ne4 b5 25. g4 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. c3
Rxd3 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. g5 c4 30. Qh4 Bxf6 31. gxf6 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 h5 33. Qg5 Kh7
34. Re4 Qf2 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rcd8 37. R4e2 g5 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Re3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 $6 (6... exd4)
(6... Bg4) (6... f6) 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. f4 (9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qf3 O-O
11. Bf4 Qe7 12. e5 {gives White a nice initiative.}) 9... Qc5+ 10. Kh1 Bd7 11.
Qe2 O-O-O 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Bd4 f5 14. e5 Be6 15. Qf2 Nh6 16. h3 g5 17. Bc5 (17.
fxg5) 17... Qg7 18. Nc3 g4 19. Rad1 b6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Be3 Kb7 22. Qh4 Rg8
23. Qg5 gxh3 24. gxh3 $4 (24. Qxg7) 24... Qf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. fxe5 (7. Nh3 Nge7
8. O-O O-O $2 (8... exf4) 9. f5 gxf5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Rxf5 Nxf5 12. Be4 Nfe7 (
12... Ncd4 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. g4) (12... Nfd4 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Ng5 h6
16. Qg6 hxg5 17. Qh5+) 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ng5 Re8 16. Qxf7+ Kh8
17. Ne6) 7... Nxe5 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3
Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Rff1 Ng4 16. Kg2 Rb8 17. Bf4 b5 18. Nd5 Be5
19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Qg5 h6 22. Nh5+ Kh7 23. Nf6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
d4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 h6 11. h4 Be7 12. h5 Qc7 13. Ned2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Rxe6 O-O-O 16. Nh4 Rd6 17. Rxd6 Bxd6 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bxb7+ Qxb7 $4 22. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.53"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Snead, Tallulah McCarty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "160"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Na4 h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bd5 Bh7 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. c3 Rb7 17. Nxe5 Qe8 18. Nf3 Qb8 19. Rab1 Rxb2 $4 20. Rxb2 Qa7 21.
Qe2 g5 22. Bg3 Re8 23. Ne5 Rf8 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Nxc6 Qb6 26. Rxb6 cxb6 27. Be5
Kg6 28. Qxf6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1152"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a6
9. Re1 e5 10. f5 b5 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. g5 g6
16. f6 Bg4 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rf1 Qc8 19. Kh2 Nd8 20. Qe1 Ne6 21. Qh4 N8c7 22. Qh6
Ne8 23. h4 Kh8 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. h5 Rg8 26. Rh1 Bh3 27. hxg6 Rxg6 28. Qh4 Bxg2
29. Nf5 Bxf3 30. Kg3 Bxh1 31. Rxh1 Nxf6 32. Kf3 N6h5 33. Ne7 Qe6 34. Nxg6+ fxg6
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. dxe5 d5 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxe4 Bd4 14. Bf4 g5
15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. Bc1 Ke6 17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. Qxc6+ Qd6 19. Qxd6+ cxd6 20. Ne4 d5
21. Nc5+ Kf6 22. Nd3 Rhe8 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Kxe5 25. c3 Re8 26. Be3 Kf6
27. Re1 Kg6 28. Rd1 Re5 29. Kf1 Bc2 30. Rd2 Bb1 31. a3 Ba2 32. g3 f6 33. Rd4 a6
34. Ra4 Bc4+ 35. Kg2 Bb5 36. Rb4 Re4 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. cxd4 {soon drawn} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Harris III, William"]
[Black "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "1758"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qf3 e6 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Bf6 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bb7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxe7 Bxf3 17. Rde1 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Bb7 19. h4 Bf8 20.
Bf6 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bg7 22. Bg5 Bd5 23. h5 h6 24. Bd2 g5 {
and Black soon won. Remaining moves are unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Harris III, William"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d3 h6 7. Qf3 hxg5 8.
Bxd5 f6 9. Bxg5 Nd4 10. Qe4 Bf5 11. Qxe5+ fxe5 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. Bb3 e4 14. c3
Nxb3 15. axb3 exd3 16. Rxa7 Be4 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Rxh2 19. Kd1 Rh1 20. Rxh1
Bxh1 21. f3 Rb8 22. Ra4 g5 23. Ke1 Bc5 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. Ne4 Be3 26. Nf6+ Kd8 27.
Nd5 b5 28. Rg4 Bxf3 29. Rg3 Be2+ 30. Kg2 Bf4 31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. Rg8+ Kd7 33.
Rg7+ Ke6 34. Kf2 f3 35. Ke1 Ra8 36. Rg6+ Kf5 37. Rg7 Ra1+ 38. Kd2 Kf4 39. Rf7+
Kg3 40. Rxc7 Kf2 41. c4 b4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Harris III, William"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5
Bc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. O-O-O d6 12. h3 dxe5 13. f5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. Qd3 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Rhe1 Qxe1 19. Be4 Qe3+ 20. Qxe3 Bxe3+
21. Kb1 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Harris III, William"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d4 Nf6 7. b3 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Qd3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. O-O-O Bg6 14.
Qb5+ Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Rc8 16. c3 e5 17. Rhe1 a6 18. Rxe5+ Kd7 19. Nd4 Ba3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "He, Christopher"]
[Black "Chea, Na"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 $6 3. Nc3 (3. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 4. Nf3 $14) 3... c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 $2
5. Bg5 (5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 Qxb3 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. axb3 $16) 5...
e6 6. e3 Be7 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3
Qc7 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. f3
Bd5 19. Bc2 c5 20. Qd3 g6 $11 21. Nxg6 $2 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Qg7 23. Qd3 Bxf3 $19
24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Kh2 Bd5 26. Qe2 Bc4 27. Qd2 Rf7 28. b3 Rcf8 29. Rg1 (29. bxc4
Rf2) 29... Rf2 30. Qe1 Bb5 31. Be4 cxd4 32. exd4 Re2 33. Qh4 Bc6 34. Bxc6 bxc6
35. Rxc6 Nd5 36. Re1 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.51"]
[White "Henriques, Keith A"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "141"]
[BlackElo "956"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d6 5. Nc4 Nf6 6. Bd3 b5 7. Bg5 bxc4 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. e5
dxe5 15. Qxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rxb5 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Qc3 Bxg5 19. Rd5 Qa8 20. Qc4
Rbb8 21. Kg3 Nf6 22. Rxg5 h6 23. Rxc5 Rbc8 24. Rd1 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Henriques, Keith A"]
[Black "Gerwin, Gene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "140"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. e3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxc5 Na6 13. Qd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qe7
15. c6 d6 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qg6+ 20. Kf1 Nxe4 21. f3
Rxf3+ 22. Ke2 Qg2+ 23. Ke1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. h4 (6. c3) 6... Qb6 7. b3
cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d5 11. O-O-O Ba3+ 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Be5
Ng4 14. Rhe1 {Diagram [#]} Nxe5 $1 15. Rxe5 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. b3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Nb4 11. Be2 Bf5 12. a3 Bc2 13. Qe1 Nd3 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15.
Rc1 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qd6 18. b4 Rc7 19. Nb3 Rfc8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nd3
Ne4 22. Qd1 Nc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. a4 f6 25. b5 Qa3 26. Nb4 Rc1 27. Nc6 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 c4 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
Be2 Bd6 16. g3 b5 17. Qc1 Rae8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Nh7 20. Ng5 f6 21. Qg6+
Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Kf7 25. h4 Rg8 26. Kg2 Rg7 27. Ng1
Reg8 28. Ne2 Nf8 29. h5 Rg5 30. Rh1 Rh8 31. h6 Rg6 32. Kf3 Rgxh6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
Ndf3 Bd6 9. Qc3 Ne4 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 c5 14. Qxd5
Rfe8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. O-O Bc6 19. f3 Nd6 20. b3
Rae8 21. e4 Bb5 22. Rd1 c4 23. bxc4 (23. Bf1 $1) 23... Bxc4 $2 {Diagram [#]} (
23... Nxc4) 24. Bf4 {Winning a piece.} R5e6 25. Bxd6 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27. e5
f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. fxe5 {and White later won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1406"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 h6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c6 5. Nbd2 a6 6. O-O g5 7. e4 Bg7 8. e5 Ng8
9. c4 e6 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 g4 12. f5 Bh6 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. c5 Be3+ 15. Kh1 Bxd4
16. Bf5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qf2 O-O-O
22. Nb3 Rf8 23. Bf4 Qg7 24. Qd2 e5 25. Bg5 Ndf6 26. Bh4 Ne4 27. Qa5 Nh6 28. Qb6
Qc7 29. Qa7 Nf5 30. Be1 Ne3 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Ba5 Qb8 33. Qb6 Nc4 34. Qb4 Nf2+
35. Kg1 h4 36. Rf1 g3 37. Qe1 gxh2+ 38. Kxh2 e4+ 39. Kg1 Qg3 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41.
Qxf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Nxb2 43. Ke2 Nd3 44. Bd2 Kd7 45. Be3 Nb4 46. a4 Nd3 47. a5
Ke6 48. Bg5 Kf5 49. Bxh4 Nf4+ 50. Kf2 Ne6 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. Bf2 Nf4 53. g3 Ne6
54. Be1 Ng5 55. Nd4 Nf7 56. Nb3 Ne5 57. Nd2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Erdenebat, Erdenem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "568"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Qb5+ c6 8. Qa4
Be7 9. b4 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Qb3 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg4
15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nxc6 Ne4 19. Be1 Nf6 20. h3 Bf5 21.
b5 Be4 22. Ba5 Qd6 23. a4 Bd8 24. Bb4 Bd3 25. Qxd3 Qxb4 26. Nxb4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Nd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Rc8 g6 30. Qb3 Bf6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qxd5 Bg7 33. Qd8#
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1089"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Re1 e5 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4+ c6 11. e4 b5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. Qxb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2 O-O
15. a3 a6 16. b4 Bb5 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Bb2 Re8 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Nd2
Bb5 22. Nb3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Ba4 24. Nc5 Bb5 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. a4 Bd7 27. Ba3 Rc8
28. Qe3 a5 29. bxa5 Qxa5 30. Nxd7 Bxa3 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Ra1 (32. Qxa3 Qxe1#)
32... Bb2 33. Rf1 Qxa4 34. Qb6 Qc2 35. Qxf6 Qxe4 36. d6 Rc1 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38.
Qe7+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Rxc1 Bxc1 43. Qxc1 Qd5 44.
Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. a3 e6 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Qb1 a5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 Qe7 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 Rc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfc8 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Be3 Rd8 21.
Rac1 Rcd7 22. Rc2 Bb8 23. Rc4 Rd5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ba7 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Rxc6
bxc6 28. Qxc6 Rdb8 29. Qc7 R5b7 30. Qc4 Qf5 31. Rb2 Qb5 32. Qxb5 Rxb5 33. Bd2
Rd5 34. Be3 Rdb5 35. Bd2 f6 36. Kf1 Rd5 37. Be3 e5 38. dxe5 Bxe3 39. fxe3 fxe5
40. Ke2 Kf7 41. e4 Rdb5 42. Rd2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c4 Qd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 e5
15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. f3 Qe7 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Rf4 Nf6 20. Nf3 h6 21. Rb5
Nd8 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. e4 Ne6 25. Rh4 Nf8 26. e5 Ng6 27. Rh3 Nh7
28. Nh4 Nxh4 29. Rxh4 Qe7 30. Qe4 Re8 31. Qd3 c5 32. Be3 Rd8 33. Re4 Ng5 34.
Rh4 Qd7 35. Rh5 cxd4 36. Bxg5 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8.
Re1 c5 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. h3 Be6 11. Ng5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf4 13. Qf3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
Bf5 15. Qe2 e5 16. Nf1 exd4 17. c4 d3 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. Ne3 Qxg5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5
21. Re3 Bh6 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Bxh6 Rfd8 24. Bd2 Rac8 25. b3 e4 26. Rc1 b5 27.
Be3 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rd7 29. Qa4 d2 30. Rd1 h5 31. Qc2 Qe6 32. c5 f5 33. Bxd2 Qd5
34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. axb3 Rxc5 36. Kf1 Rb5 37. b4 Rxb4 38. Ke1 Rbd4 39. Ke2 a5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.45"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1406"]
[BlackElo "514"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. Bb5 e5 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ Bd7 9. Bxa8 Qxa8 10. O-O Qd8 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nf3 Be7 13. c3 Bh4 14. Nxh4
Qxh4 15. Rf1 Bg4 16. f3 h5 17. Qc2 Ng5 18. Qf2 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 Qg5 20. fxg4 hxg4
21. hxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4+ Kd7 25. Bf4 Qg4+ 26. Qg2 Qh5
27. Bg3 f5 28. Qf3 Qh3 29. Qxf5+ Qxf5 30. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bb2 f6 14. Qb1 f5 15. Bc3
$2 Ncxe5 16. Rc1 Nc4 17. Bb2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Nf6 19. f3 Qd6 20. Re1 Bd8 21. Re5
Bc7 22. Qe1 Rce8 23. Nf1 g5 24. Rc1 Rf7 25. Rc2 Bc8 26. Bc1 Rg7 27. Bd2 Kh8 28.
Qc1 Reg8 29. g3 f4 30. g4 h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qd7 33. Re2 Re8 34. Rh2+ Kg8
35. Rh6 Rf8 36. Rg6 Rff7 37. Rh6 Bb7 38. Be1 e5 39. Rch2 Kf8 40. Bg6 Ng8 41.
Bxf7 Nxh6 42. Bh5 e4 43. b5 e3 44. Bb4+ Kg8 45. Qc2 Bd6 46. Bg6 Bxb4 47. axb4
Qxb5 48. Bd3 (48. Rxh6 e2 49. Bh7+ Kf8 50. Bd3 exf1=Q+ 51. Bxf1 Qd7 52. Qh2 {
wins.}) 48... Qc6 49. Qxc6 Bxc6 50. Rxh6 Ba4 51. Re6 (51. Rd6) 51... Bd1 52.
Kg2 Rc7 53. Re5 Rc3 54. Rxg5+ Kf7 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Bb1 e2 57. Re5+ Kg7 58. Rg5+
Kf8 59. Rf5+ Ke7 60. Re5+ Kd6 61. Kf2 $4 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Hilliard, Mike"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. Bb4 Bxb4+ 12. Qxb4 a5 13. Qa3 Qd8 14. Nc5 Qb6
15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 Qb4+ 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. O-O Nf6 21.
a3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 b5 23. c4 g6 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Rc5 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Rfc1
Ke7 28. Rc7+ Nd7 29. Nb3 Kd8 30. R1c4 Nb6 31. R4c6 Ra3 32. g3 Rxb3 33. Rb7 Na4
34. Ra6 Kc8 35. Rg7 Kb8 36. Rxa4 Rc8 37. Raa7 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Raf7 Rcc2
40. Rf8+ Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Kxc8 42. Rxh7 Rc2 43. Ra7 b3 44. Ra1 b2 45. Rb1 Kd7 46.
h3 Kd6 47. g4 fxg4 48. hxg4 Kd5 49. Kg3 g5 50. f3 Re2 51. f4 Rxe3+ 52. Kf2 Rf3+
53. Ke2 Rxf4 54. Rxb2 Rxg4 55. Ke3 Rg3+ 56. Kf2 Rf3+ 57. Kg2 g4 58. Rb5+ Kxd4
59. Rg5 g3 60. Rg4 Ke3 61. Rh4 Rf4 62. Rh1 Rg4 63. Rf1 Kd2 64. Rf2+ gxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 g6 (12... Be7 {or}) (12...
Nb8 {intending ...Nc6 are the main choices here.}) 13. f5 $2 ({
This pushes too hard. Correct was} 13. Bd3 {with the advantage.}) 13... gxf5
14. Bd3 Bg7 15. Bxf5 $2 exf5 16. O-O Nxe5 $19 17. Qh5 O-O 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Black "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nb5 Nf5 7. c3 Ba5 8. dxc5
Nd7 9. Nd6+ Nxd6 10. exd6 Qf6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 Rfd8 16. b4 b6 17. bxa5 bxc5 18. Qc1 Rab8 19. c4 d4 20. Ne5 Rb7 21. Qa3
Rc8 22. Qg3 Rcb8 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. Rab1 Bc6 25. Rxb7 Bxb7 26. d7 Rc6 27. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Black "Ortega, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nf3 e5
8. O-O O-O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Nd5 Bb8 12. Nxf6 gxf6 13. a3 f5 14. b4
e4 15. Nh4 Qd6 16. g3 Qf6 17. Rb1 Rhg8 18. Kh1 Rg4 19. Bb2 Be5 20. b5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Ng2 Rg8 23. f4 exf3 24. Qxf3 Rgd8 25. Ne3 Rxd2 26. Nd5 R8xd5 27.
cxd5 f4 28. Rbd1 Rb2 29. d6 fxg3 30. d7+ Kd8 31. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Black "Rhizor, Jared"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qe4 Nc6 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bg5 Nce7 11. a3 h5 12. Qh4 Qd7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Rg8
15. Nc3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rfe1+ Kf8 18. Qg5 Be4 19. c5 Be7 20. Qh6+ Ke8 21.
Nxe4 Kd8 22. c6 Qe6 23. d5 Qc8 24. Qg5 Bxf6 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27.
Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Cohee, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nb5 Bxb5 9. Bxb5+ Nc6 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. O-O Be7 14. a4
Nd5 15. Nc4 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.
Nxd1 c5 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke8 23. Kd3 Kd7 24. Kc4 Kc6 25. f4 a5 26. Nf2 g5
27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Nd3 Be7 29. Ne5+ Kb6 30. Nxf7 Bf6 31. Nd6 Be5 32. Ne4 Bxh2
33. Nxc5 e5 34. Kd5 Bf4 35. Nd7+ Ka6 36. Nxe5 Bc1 37. Nc4 Bf4 38. g4 h6 39. Kc6
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. h3
e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba2 O-O 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nh2 b5 15.
Rfd1 Bb7 16. Ng4 Rc8 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rd3 a5 20. Rcd1 b4 21.
Nb5 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxb5 23. Rf3 Rd8 24. Rf1 Rac8 25. Bb1 h6 26. axb4 Qxb4 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Bg6 fxg6 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Qxf6 Qd2 33.
f4 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6 5. Bxf4 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxf6 Qxf6 14. Rxf6 Kg7
15. Rf2 Rad8 16. Nd2 d5 17. e5 f6 18. exf6+ Rxf6 19. Re2 a6 20. Nb3 Rff8 21.
Nc5 Rde8 22. Ne6+ Rxe6 23. Rxe6 g5 24. Rg6+ Kh8 25. Rxh6+ Kg7 26. Rg6+ Kh8 27.
Re1 g4 28. Re3 g3 29. Rexg3 Rf7 30. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8.
Bf1 Qc7 9. c3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. g3 Ng6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Re7 14. Bg5 dxe4
15. dxe4 Be6 16. Ne3 Rd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nf5 Bc5 19. b3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21.
Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rf1 Qd8 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rd3 26. Kh2 Qd7 27. Nd4
Rxd4 28. cxd4 Bxd4 29. f4 Nxf5 30. Rf3 Ne3 31. Qd3 e4 32. Qxe4 Ng4+ 33. Kh1
Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Bxf2 35. Kh2 Qg4 36. Qf3 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Qe4 Qb4 15. a3
Qa5 16. c5 Nec6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. h5 d5 19. Qf3 d4 20. g6 hxg6 21. hxg6 Rxh1
22. gxf7+ Kf8 23. Qxh1 dxe3 24. Be2 Bf6 25. Qh8+ Kxf7 26. Bh5+ g6 27. Qh7+ Kf8
28. Qxg6 Bxc3+ 29. Kf1 Ne5 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rd1 Bd7 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Bg6+ Nxg6
34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qxg6+ Bg7 36. Rxd7 Qb5+ 37. Rd3 Rd8 38. Qxe6+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Ke7
40. Qe4+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Bf6 42. Qh7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 a4 8. a3
O-O 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nf1 Nbd7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bg5 Kg7 14. Qc1 Ng8 15.
h4 Nc5 16. Qe3 f6 17. h5 fxg5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Nh5+ Kh7 21. Qg3
gxh5 22. Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qa4 e5 7. Nbd2 d5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bb5 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Nf6 16. c5 Bc7 17. Bf4 Qg4 18. g3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4
Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Kf8 22. Re5 Nd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. f3 Re2 25. Rc1 Rxb2 26. c6 Rc8
27. Nd4 g6 28. Rc5 a6 29. Rxd5 Rxa2 30. f5 Rd2 31. f6 Ke8 32. Rd7 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxc6 34. Rf4 Kd7 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Kg3 Kc6 37. Kg4 Re5 38. Rc4+ Rc5 39. Rxc5+
Kxc5 40. Kg5 a5 41. Kh6 a4 42. Kg7 a3 43. Kxf7 a2 44. Kg8 a1=Q 45. f7 Qa2 46.
Kg7 Qb2+ 47. Kxh7 Qf6 48. Kg8 Qe6 49. Kg7 Qe7 50. Kg8 Qe6 51. Kg7 Qe5+ 52. Kg8
Qxh2 53. f8=Q+ Qd6 54. Qxd6+ Kxd6 55. Kf7 Ke5 56. Kxg6 Kf4 57. Kh5 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Hua, Arnold"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 e6 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qe7
15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. a4 Nd5 17. Bd2 b6 18. c4 Nc7 19. c3 c5 20. d5 Qh4 21. Qf3 Qf6
22. Qg3 Rd7 23. a5 e5 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Rxb5 Qd6 27. Bc1 Rb8 28. Ba3
Rxb5 29. cxb5 Qc7 30. c4 Qxa5 31. Qe3 Qa4 32. Rc1 Bh6 {
Hastening the end, but Black was already in great difficulties.} 33. Qxc5 Bxc1
34. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Isenberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. d4 Bh4+ 5. Kd2 Be7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. e5 Re8 10. Ng5 d5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Qf2 hxg5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bxd5 c5
15. dxc5 Nc6 16. Re1 Ne5 17. a3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re7 19. Bb2 Ng4 20. Qg1 Ne3 21.
Ba2 Bf5 22. Kc1 Bxc2 23. g3 Rc7 24. Rxe3 fxe3 25. Kxc2 Qf5+ 26. Kc1 e2 27. Qe3
Qf1+ 28. Kc2 Kf8 29. Bc4 Re8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxf1 exf1=Q 32. Bxf1 Rxc5 33.
c4 f6 34. Bd4 Rf5 35. Bd3 Rf3 36. Bxa7 Kd7 37. a4 Kc7 38. Bc5 b6 39. Bd4 Kd6
40. Bxb6 Kd7 41. a5 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Isenberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6 5. Bxf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bb5 O-O 8. d5
Nb8 9. O-O c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Qxb2 13. Qd2 Qa3 14. Nd4 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ndb5 Qc5 17. Nc7 Bb7 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Bf3 Nbd7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. Rbc1 Nb6 26. Bd6 Rd8
27. a3 g6 28. Be7 Bxe7 29. Rxe7 a5 30. Rce1 Be6 31. Rb7 Nc4 32. a4 Kf8 33. h4
Ke8 34. g4 Rd7 35. Rb8+ Rd8 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. g5 Bd5+ 38. Kh2 Bxb7 39. Kg3 Rd4
40. Rb1 Nd6 41. Rb6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Isenberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Garcia, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1392"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. d4 Nbc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bb5 Bb7 7. O-O Rg8 8. Nc3
h6 9. Bd2 Nf5 10. b4 Bxb4 11. Rb1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne3 13. Qd3 Nxf1 14. Rxf1 g5
15. f5 g4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qh7 Rf8 18. Qg6+ Rf7 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8
21. Qg6+ Rg7 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Nxd4 26. Qxb7 Nxb5
27. Qc6 Nxc3 28. Qxc3 Qg5 29. Ne4 Qh6 30. g3 Qe6 31. a4 c5 32. Nd6 Kg8 33. Rf6
Qa2 34. a5 Qxa5 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. Rf7 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qxe5 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39. Qb3+
Kh8 40. Nf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Rd2+ 43. Kh1 Qe4+ 44. Rf3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.49"]
[White "Isenberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Qh4+ 8.
g3 Qh3 9. Nxc6 Qg2 10. Rf1 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxc6 12. Qxe6+ Be7 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Kd8 16. O-O-O Bf6 17. Nxf6 Nxf6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Qf7 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
Qd7 21. Qf8+ Ne8 22. Bc3 c6 23. Bxg7 Kc7 24. Re7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bb4 (6... g6 7. Bg5
Be7 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7) 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10.
Bd3 Re8 11. O-O h5 12. Rfe1 g5 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd5 Qd6 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. f4 f6
17. Bh7+ Kf8 {Diagram [#]} 18. fxg5 $1 (18. Qg6 {was also strong.}) 18... f5 (
18... fxe5 19. Rf1+ Ke7 20. Rf6 Be6 21. Bf5 Kd8 22. d5 $1) 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20.
Qxf5+ Ke7 21. Qh7+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1370"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nge2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. f3 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rd1
Qf6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rd6 Qe5 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bf3 Bc4 20. Rd4 Ba6 21.
Ne2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 f5 23. Kf2 fxe4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Qe3 Nd3+ 26. Rxd3 exd3 27.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Rd8 Qc5+ 30. Kg3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Nd7 11. Be3 c5 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rac1 e5
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 exd4 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. Rxd4 Ne5 19. Ng3 $4 (19. Qe3) 19...
Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxd4+ 21. Kg2 Rxc4 (21... Qb2+ 22. Kh3 b5 $19) 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 $4
{Diagram [#]} (22... Qb2+ 23. Kg1 Rc8 $19) 23. Nf5 $3 Qxa2+ 24. Kg3 gxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.49"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Dovchin, Lasran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na2 a5 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. Qb3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. h3 Kd6 15.
hxg4 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Kc7 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Qc4 Nb8 19. d5 Qd6 20. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.45"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Henriques, Keith A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "140"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 (4. Nf3) 4... Nb6 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 $1)
5. Nf3 Be6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 e6 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 a6 12.
Rc1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bf6 17. e5 Re8 18. exf6
Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rd4 c6 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. dxc6 Rg8 24. cxb7
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Jibril, Warfa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "1342"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. e3 Be6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nge2 O-O-O 11. O-O Rhe8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 g6 14. Bb5
Bf5 15. Qa4 Rd6 16. Nf4 Red8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Be4 19. f3 g5 20. fxe4 gxf4
21. Rxf4 Qg5 22. e5 Rg6 23. g3 h5 24. Raf1 h4 25. R1f3 Rh8 26. Bxf7 Rgh6 27. g4
h3 28. Rg3 R8h7 29. Qc2 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxe5 31. Rf4 Qa1+ 32. Kf2 Qh1 33. Qf5+
Kb8 {Diagram [#]} 34. Bd5 $1 Rh8 (34... Qxh2+ 35. Rg2 $1) 35. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nc1 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. b3 Nfd7 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. Kf2 Bxc3 15.
Rb1 Nd4 16. g4 Qh4+ 17. Kg2 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxg4+ 19. Qxg4 hxg4 20. Ne2 Bg7 21.
h3 gxh3+ 22. Rxh3 Nf6 23. Rh4 Nxe4 24. Kf3 Bf5 25. Rbh1 Rfe8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Lourme, Nicholas R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1342"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rae1 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Ne8 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. Ncb5 Nc7 20. a4 N7e6 21.
Nf5 Qd8 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. f4 Nge6 26. Rff3 Bxb5 27.
axb5 a6 28. Nxh6 gxh6 29. Bf5 Ne4 30. Rh3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1370"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ke7
{Likely touch move.} (7... Qe7) 8. h3 Nh6 9. Bg5+ f6 10. exf6+ gxf6 11. Bxh6 d6
12. e4 Be6 13. Be2 Rg8 14. g4 Rg6 15. Qd2 Qg8 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Nxg6+ Qxg6 18. f3
Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qf4 Ne5 21. O-O Nf7 22. Qe3 Nxh6 23. f4 Nf7 24. Rab1 b6
25. Qd4 Re8 26. Rb2 Kd8 27. Re2 h5 28. g5 fxg5 29. fxg5 Nxg5 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31.
Rxf6 Nxe4 $11 {Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8.
Be2 Nge7 9. e4 O-O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 f4 12. Bxf4 Nxd4 13. Rd1 Nec6 14. Qc1
Bb4 15. Rd3 Nxe2 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Kxe2 Nd4+ 18. Kf1 Qxf3 19. Rg1 Bxc3 20. Rg3
Qh1+ 21. Rg1 Qxg1+ 22. Kxg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. exf3 Qxd5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5
8. a3 O-O-O 9. Bb5 e5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O exd4 12. b4 Qe5 13. Qa4 dxe3 14.
Qa6+ Kd7 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. g3 exf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rhe8 18. Rfd1 Re6 19. Na4 Qe3+ 20.
Kg2 Qe2+ 21. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 22. Kh3 Re3 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1370"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Rc8 11. O-O-O c5 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. b4 Rc8 14. Qb3 a5
15. a3 Qb6 16. Kd2 Nc5 17. Qb1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bg6 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 axb4
21. Ncb5 bxa3 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Ra2 Rfd8 24. Rc1 Ne4+ 25. fxe4 Bxg5 26. exd5 Rxd5
27. Nc7 Rxd4+ 28. Kc3 Rd3+ 29. Kb4 Be7+ 30. Kc4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "1342"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Bb6 11. Bd6 Re8 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Bd3 h6
15. O-O a6 16. Bxc7 Nxc7 17. Nd6 Rf8 18. e4 Ne8 19. e5 Nxd6 20. cxd6 b5 21. Be4
(21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4) 21... Rb8 22. Rac1 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. b4
f6 26. Rc5 fxe5 27. Qxe5 Rbb8 28. Rfc1 Rbc8 $4 29. Rxc8 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rxc8 31.
Rxc8+ Kh7 32. Rc1 Qd2 33. Qc5 Qf4 34. Kg1 Qf6 35. Qc2+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rf1
Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qxd6 39. Qc2+ Kg8 40. Rd1 Qe5 41. g3 d5 42. Qg6 Qe2 43. Qd3 Qxd3
44. Rxd3 Kf7 45. Kg2 Ke7 46. Kf3 Kd6 47. Kf4 e5+ 48. Kf5 d4 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Reed, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "586"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 (4. Nf3 {and then e4.}) 4... Nb6 (4...
Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 $1) 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 f5 $2 7. Nc3 (7. exf5) 7... fxe4 8. Nxe4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 {Diagram [#]} 11. Qb3 (11. O-O $1 exd4 {
and now the simple 12.Bg5 is great but even stronger is Stockfish's line} 12.
Bh6 gxh6 13. Bh5+ Ke7 14. Qf3 {winning.}) 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 $2 (12. Kf1 $1)
12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nxd4 14. Qc3 Nxf3+ (14... Qd7) 15. Nxf3 Nd7 $2 (15... O-O)
16. Rd1 e4 $4 17. Ne5 Qf6 18. Rxd7 Rf8 19. O-O Rd8 20. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nbd2 b6 14. Nc4 O-O 15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Nd6 Qb8 17. Bc2 h6 ({White's threat is} 17... -- 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7
19. Ng5+ Kg6 (19... Kg8 20. Qh5 $18) 20. Qe4+ $18) 18. Qd2 (18. Qe4 g6 19. Bxh6
Bxd6 20. exd6 Nce5 21. Nxe5 Bxe4 22. Nxd7 Qd8 23. Bxe4 Qxd7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25.
Rxd4 $16) 18... Ndxe5 19. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxb7 21. Bxh6 Ne5 (21... gxh6 $2
22. Qxh6 f5 23. Kh1 Qh7 (23... Ne7 24. Rg1+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kf6 26. Rce1) 24.
Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxc6) 22. Be4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Nxd2 25. Rg1 $2 (25.
Bxd2) 25... Nxe4 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg4 $4 (27. f3 $142 Nf2+) 27... Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 Bd6 $6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Re1 Be7 11. Rc1 a6 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rxe4 Bb7 17. Rg4 bxa3 18. bxa3 Bd5 19. Bb1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8
21. h3 Qc3 22. Bxh7+ $2 (22. Rg3) 22... Kxh7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Rg3 Qc6 25. Qh5
Be4 26. Rg4 $2 Bg6 27. Qh4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Snead, Fia McCarty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1370"]
[BlackElo "766"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e5 7. Nf3 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Ne5 Nc6 $2 13. Nxg4 Qxd4
14. O-O Nb4 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Qxe5 17. Qxb4 Rd4 18. Qxb7 Rad8 19. Qb3 Qd6
20. Bc2 Kh8 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd3 Qf6 25. e5 Qxe5
26. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nge2 Nxe2 7. Bxe2 Nf6 8.
Be3 c5 9. Rc1 O-O 10. g4 Qa5 11. O-O Ne8 12. Qd2 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. f3 Rf6
15. Kh1 Rg6 16. Rg1 Nf6 17. Rxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6 fxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. fxe4 Bd7
21. Rg1 Rh8 22. Qg5 Be8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Qd8 25. Ne4 Bf7 26. Nxc5 Qb8 27.
Qxb8 Rxb8 28. Bd3 b6 29. Ne6+ Kh6 30. Ng5 Bg8 31. Nf3 Bh7 32. Ne5 g5 33. Bxh7
Nxh7 34. Nc6 Rf8 35. Kg2 Rf4 36. b3 Re4 37. Kf3 {
White went on to win remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. exd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe6 fxe6
8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc4 Kh8 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ng8 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Bxe7
Ncxe7 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Nce4 Ng6 17. Nxf6 Nxh4 18. Nxe8 Bxe8 19. Nxe6 Rf6 20. Nc7
Rc8 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd7 Rg6 23. Bd5 b6 24. g3 Nf5 25. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qf3 Nc6 9. b3 Bf6 10. Nge2 Re8 11. Rd1 g6 12. g4 Bd7 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Qg3 Nb4
15. Rd2 Bc6 16. a3 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 Nc6 18. O-O Qe7 19. Nf4 Rad8 20. Nfd5 Qd7 21.
Bh6 Ne7 22. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. h4 Nbc6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qe5
15. Bf4 Qg7 16. Qxg7 Rxg7 17. h5 f5 18. h6 Rh7 19. Nxc3 e5 20. Bg5 e4 21. Be2
Be6 22. Rb1 b6 23. Bb5 Kf7 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. O-O Ne5 26. Nd4 Rc3 27. Bd2 Rc8 28.
Rb3 N7c6 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. f3 Nd4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Rb2 Nxb5 33. Rxb5 Rxc2 34.
Be3 Ng4 35. Bg5 Rc5 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. Rc1 Kd5 38. Kf1 Nxh6 39. Be3 c4 40. Ke2
Ng4 41. Bf4 Kd4 42. Bd6 c3 43. Rf1 c2 44. Kd2 Kc4 45. Rxf5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Klinetobe, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Qh6 Qxh6 14. Bxh6
e5 15. Nxc3 Bd7 16. g3 Bc6 17. Bb5 Rg6 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Rc1 O-O-O 20. h4 Bxb5
21. Nxb5 a6 22. Nc3 f6 23. h5 Rg7 24. h6 Rh7 25. g4 Rg8 26. f3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Be7 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. Nge2 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. f4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nc1 O-O-O 12. Bb5 Qf7 13. b4 Nge7 14. Nd3 Nb8 15.
Nb1 Nec6 16. Nd2 Be7 17. O-O h6 18. Rfc1 g5 19. c3 Rdg8 20. Qe1 Qg7 21. a4 gxf4
22. Nxf4 Bg5 23. Bf1 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Ne7 25. Nb3 Ng6 26. Qf2 h5 27. a5 Nxf4 28.
Qxf4 Qg4 29. Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. Bf5 Bb7 14. d3 g6 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 gxf5 17. Nxf5 Bg5 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Qh5 Bg7 21. Nc3
c5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Qf6 24. Nxg7 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Kxg7 26. e5 Rg8 27. Rad1 Qe4
28. Rd6 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Bc4
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nde2 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qb7 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Nc4+ 18. Kb1 Nxe3 19. Rd2 Nc4 20. Rd3 O-O
21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Qa5 23. c3 Qa3 24. Kc2 Qb2+ 25. Kd1 Qb1+ 26. Nc1 Nb2+ 27.
Kd2 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Jensen, Christian"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1469"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. Bf3 Na6 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bf4 g6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg7 14. Ndb5
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 c6 16. Nc7 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Nfd7 18. Re8+ Nf8 19. Nxa8 Bf5 20. Ne4
Nce6 21. c3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.51"]
[White "Jibril, Warfa"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 e4 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 c6 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. Be5 Nc6 12. f3 Ne7 13. c4 dxc4 14. fxe4 Ng6
15. Nf3 f6 16. Bg3 b5 17. a4 Bb7 18. d5 Re8 19. Qd4 Kh8 20. axb5 Bxd5 21. O-O
Bxe4 22. Qxc4 Bd5 23. Qc5 Rc8 24. Qxa7 Re7 25. Qa5 Bc4 26. Rfd1 Qe8 27. b6 Be2
28. Re1 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Re2 h6 32. Qa6 Qh5 $4 33. Qxc8+ Re8
34. Qc6 Qg5+ 35. Rg2 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rd8 37. Qg6 Qxf3 38. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Jibril, Warfa"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "1195"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c6 4. e5 Nd7 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Bxd4
Bc5 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. c3 Qc6 11. b4 a6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Ngf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 O-O 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qe1 b5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bxe5 Re8 20. f4 Bb7 21. Qh4
h6 22. Qh5 d4 23. Rf2 dxc3 24. Rc1 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qd5 26. Rd1 Rxe5 27. Bh7+ Kxh7
28. Rxd5 Rxh5 29. Rxh5 Rc8 30. Rc2 Be4 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rxc3 Rxd7 33. Re3 Bb7 34.
Rhe5 Rd2 35. Re2 Rd4 36. Re7 Bc6 37. Rxf7 Rxb4 38. Rc7 Bd5 39. h3 Rc4 40. Rxc4
Bxc4 41. Rd2 a5 42. a3 a4 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Kc5 Ke5 47.
Rd7 g6 48. g4 Kf4 49. Rh7 Kg5 50. h4+ Kxh4 51. Rxh6+ Kg5 52. Rh7 Kxg4 53. Kd6
g5 54. Ke5 Kf3 55. Rg7 g4 56. Rg5 g3 57. Rf5+ Ke3 58. Rf4 g2 59. Rg4 Kf3 60.
Kf5 Be6+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Jibril, Warfa"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nbc6 8.
Be3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Be3
Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Be7 $2 Rxe7 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Qd7 20.
Nb4 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 c5 22. Nc6 Re8 23. c3 a6 24. g3 Bg4 25. Rd6 Bf3 26. Rd8 Bxc6
27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. b4 c4 29. h4 f5 30. Kh2 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Kadri, Barbara"]
[Black "Gomboluudev, Anuji"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "496"]
[BlackElo "398"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 Ng4 6. Bg5 Nxf2 7. Bxd8 Nxd1 8.
Nxe5 Nxc3 9. Nxf7 Rf8 10. bxc3 Rxf7 11. Bxc7 d6 12. O-O-O Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Kadri, Barbara"]
[Black "Greene, Sammy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "496"]
[BlackElo "916"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bd2 Bc5 6. Nd5 O-O 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. g3 $2 Bg4 10. Bg2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qxf2+ 13. Kd1 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.46"]
[White "Kadri, Barbara"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "496"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. Qd2
e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 b4 11. Na4 a5 12. Bh6 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Nh4 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. g4 Nd5 18. Qe4 Qxh4 19. f4 bxa3 20. bxa3 Rab8 21. Bd3
Nce7 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Nxe6+ Kh8 24. Ng5 Nc3 25. Nxf7+ Kg7 26. Qe1 Qxe1 27. Rdxe1
Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Kxf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Khristoforov, Serg"]
[Black "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. e4 Bg4
15. Ng5 Bd6 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 h6 {Diagram #} 19. f5 $1 Bh7 20. Nxh7
Kxh7 21. f6 Nd4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qd2 g5 24. Qd3 Be5 25. h4 Rh8 26. Be3 Bh2+ 27.
Kh1 Qg3 28. e5+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Khristoforov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3
Qc7 9. Ne2 e5 10. Nbc3 Be6 11. d5 Bf7 12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 15. f3
O-O 16. Nc1 f4 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Rac1 c5 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. a4 g5 21. Bh3 Nb8 22.
Qd2 Bd8 23. Kg2 Be8 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Rh1 Bd7 26. Na1 Re8 27. Bh3 Bxh3+ 28. Kxh3
Na6 29. Nc2 Nc7 30. b3 Nxb5 31. axb5 Qc7 32. Ne1 Qd7+ 33. Kg2 Rg8 34. g4 h5 35.
h3 h4 36. Nd3 a4 37. Ra1 Ba5 38. b4 cxb4 39. Rxa4 Qc7 40. Rha1 b6 41. Qa2 Rgc8
42. Rc1 Qb7 43. Qb3 Rc7 44. Ra2 Kg7 45. Rcc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 (3... Bc5 $142 4. e3 Nc6) 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7
6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 (7. Nc3 $142 Ngxe5 8. Nd5) 7... Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Nc3 c6
10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd4 f5 13. Rad1 Rf6 14. Rd2 Rh6 15. Rfd1 Nf7 16. b4
Be6 17. b5 c5 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Bf1 Rg8 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nc3 Qf6 23.
Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 f4 25. exf4 $6 (25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qe4 {
roughly equal chances, with a tough fight still ahead.}) 25... gxf4 26. Qd3 f3
27. Rf5 Qh4 28. Qc3+ Ne5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Nb5 cxb5 14. Qxc7
Bxc7 15. Bxc7 a6 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rc2 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. f3 Ng5 20. Kf2 Rec8
21. Bf5 Ne6 22. Nf4 Re8 23. Bd6 Nb8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc7 Ra7 26. Be5 Nc6 27.
Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 c5 6. Nf3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Be6 8.
Ng5 Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Nc3 O-O-O+ 12. Bd5 Be7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Ke2
Nd4+ 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Be6+ Kb8 17. Nd5 Nxe4 18. Nxe7 Rhe8 19. Bf5 Nf6 20. Nc8
g6 21. Bh3 Nd5 22. g3 d3+ 23. Kd2 e4 24. Rac1 Nb4 25. Rc4 Nc6 26. Ra4 Nd4 27.
Nxa7 Rf8 28. f4 Rfe8 29. Bg4 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 exf3 31. Nb5 Re2+ 32. Kd1 f2 33. Nc3
Rxb2 34. Ra3 Rc8 35. Rf1 Rc2 36. Rb3 R8xc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Rxf2 {
and later drawn. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 (11... Re8) 12. Bc2 Qb6 13. Be3
Qxb2 $4 {Diagram [#]} (13... Bd6) 14. Qd3 $1 Qb6 (14... Bf5 15. Qxf5 Qxc3 16.
Nxd5 g6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Qxf6 Nd5 19. Qf3 Nxe3 20. Be4 $18) 15. Ncxd5 $1 Qa6
16. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Austin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. a5 Nc8 12. Be3 e6 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. O-O Nd6
15. f3 O-O 16. Ne2 b6 17. a6 Rfd8 18. Nf4 Rac8 19. h4 f6 20. Qb3 c5 21. Qxe6+
Bf7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. e5 Re7 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. exd6 Rxe3 26. Kf2 Re5 27. Be4 c4
28. Rfd1 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 c3 30. bxc3 Bc4+ 31. Bd3 Bxd3+ 32. Nxd3 Rd5 33. Nxc5
Rdxc5 34. Ra3 Rd8 35. Rb3 Rc6 36. Rb7 Rxa6 37. d7 Kf7 38. Rc7 Ke7 39. c4 Rd6
40. Rxd6 Kxd6 41. Rxa7 Kc5 42. Kf2 Kb6 43. Ra1 Rxd7 44. g4 Kc5 45. Rc1 Re7 46.
Kg3 g5 47. h5 h6 48. Kf2 Re6 49. f4 Re4 50. Rd1 Re6 51. Rc1 Re7 52. Rc2 Rf7 53.
Kg3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Ganesh, Viswanath Natraj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8.
cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 c6 12. g3 Re8 13. Kg2 Qe7 14. Qf3 a6
15. Rhc1 Nbd7 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Nf8 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. Nf4 Ne6 20. Nd3 Ng5 21.
Qf4 Qh3+ 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Re2 Nf1 25. Rce1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
a5 9. g4 b6 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Ne8 12. h4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15.
O-O-O Ng7 16. Bh3 f4 17. Nf5 Bxg5 18. Nxg7 Bxh4 19. Bxc8 Kxg7 20. Rdg1+ Bg3 21.
Qh2 h6 22. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nfg5 h6 {Diagram [#]} 13. Qh5 $6
(13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nf3 $14) 13... Nxd4 $2 {Diagram [#]} (13... Bxd4 $11) 14.
Nh7 $1 Rf7 (14... Kxh7 15. Nxf6+ Kh8 16. Ng4 Nf6 17. Qg6 Nf5 18. Ne5 Qe8 $2 (
18... Qd4 $14) 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 $6 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Ng6) 15.
Bxh6 $16 gxh6 16. Nexf6+ Nxf6 $2 (16... Rxf6 17. Qg4+ Kf7 18. Qxd4) 17. Qg6+
Rg7 18. Nxf6+ Kf8 19. Qxh6 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Qxd3 21. Nh5 Qh7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qd8+
Kf7 24. Qxc7+ Kg6 25. Nxg7 Nxh2 26. Qxh2 Qxg7 27. Rfd1 (27. Qg3+) 27... Qxb2
28. Qg3+ Kf5 29. Rab1 Qc2 30. Qg7 Qe2 31. g4+ Kf4 32. Rb4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nf4 a6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 e5 12. Nh5 d6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ne4 g6 15.
Qf3 Bg7 16. Qh3 Bc8 17. g4 f6 18. Qh4 Ra7 19. f4 f5 20. Ng5 h6 21. fxe5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Qe8 23. e6 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rh7 25. Qe1 fxg4 26. Qe4 Be5 27. e7 Rf5 28.
Qe3 Rh3 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxb6 Be4+ 31. Kg1 Bxh2+ 32. Kf2 Qf7+ 33. Ke1 Bg3+ 34.
Kd2 Rh2+ 35. Kc3 Be5+ 36. Kb4 Rxb2+ 37. Ka5 Bc3+ 38. Qb4 Bxb4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rae1 f5 14. Nf4 Nxf4
15. exf4 Qd6 16. Re3 Rae8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. g3 Bf7 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qa5 Nf6 23. Qb6 Qe7 24. Kf1 Bf7 25. Na4 Ne8 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Qa7
Kf8 28. b4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qa7 f4 32. Be2 Bg6 33. Qb8 Bf5 34.
g4 Be4 35. Nxe4 Nxe4 36. h4 Nd2+ 37. Ke1 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxd4 39. Bd3 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. g3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. O-O Be6 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Qb5 Rc6 18. Qa5 b6 19. Qb5 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Nf5 21. Ne2
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 g6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qa4 26. b4 a5 27. Nc3 Qc6
28. Qd2 axb4 29. axb4 Qc4 30. Ne2 Be7 31. Nf4 Qxb4 32. Qxb4 Bxb4 33. Nxe6 fxe6
34. Bf1 Kf7 35. f4 Bc3 36. Kf2 Bxd4+ 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. g4 Kf6 39. f5 gxf5 40.
gxf5 e5 41. Kg4 e4 {and Black went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Be6 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 c6 11. Nf4 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. exd4 a6
15. Rfe1 Rc6 16. Rd2 Bd6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Kh1 g5 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qe7 21.
Rde2 Qf7 22. Bg6 Qg7 23. Rxe6 {Diagram [#]} Ne4 $2 ({
The right idea, but played at the wrong time.} 23... Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Ne4 $1 {
offered good compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 24. Bxe4 Rxe6 25. Bxd5 Qf6
26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Bxe6 Re8 28. d5 Nc5 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Nd3 31. Re2 Rf8 32.
Kg1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b5 7. Nxe5 Qe7 8.
Qf3 Nf6 9. a4 c6 10. Ba3 Qe6 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bg2 a5 14. axb5
O-O-O 15. O-O Rhe8 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. d5 Qc7 18. d6 Qc6 19. Rae1 Re5 20. Qe3
Rde8 21. Qa7 Qb7 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 23. f4 Rb5 24. e5+ Nd5 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Bxd5+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "956"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 e6 (7...
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 {is the main line.}) 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 {
Diagram [#]} h6 $2 (9... c5 $1 10. h5 Bd3 11. exd3 cxd4 {
recovers the piece and leaves White with only a small advantage.}) 10. Nxg6
fxg6 11. e4 Na6 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 $2 (13... Nd5) 14. Qd3 O-O-O 15. Bxa6
bxa6 16. Qxa6+ Qb7 17. Qxb7+ Kxb7 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Ke2 a5 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. Rhd1
Nd5 22. Bd2 g5 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Nd6+ Kc7 25. Nf7 gxh4 26. Nxh8 Rxh8 27. f4 Nd5
28. f5 g5 29. fxg6 Rg8 30. Rh1 Nf4+ 31. Kf3 Nxg6 32. Ke4 Rf8 33. Raf1 Rxf1 34.
Rxf1 h3 35. Rh1 h5 36. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. a4 Bg4 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. Qd5 Bg6 14. O-O Qd7 15.
c3 Be7 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb5 Rc8 {
Diagram #} 21. Ne5 $1 Qe6 22. Nxc6 Bxe4 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 Nfd7 7. f4 Bf6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Qe2 e6 14. O-O a6
15. h3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Ke7 19. Qh5 Nxe5 20. Qh6 Qb6 21.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. e3 Nxc5 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Nce4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4
8. Qd4 Qxd4 9. exd4 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Nxc3 12. a3 Nd5+ 13. axb4 Nxf4 14.
Be4 f5 15. Bf3 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxb4 17. Kd2 a5 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Rhc1 d5 20. Rc5 b6
21. Rc3 Ba6 22. Nf4 Rae8 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 {
and Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Qc7 12. g3 g5 13. Nfe2 Bh3 14. Rf2 Nbd7
15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Rf5 h6 18. e5 {Diagram [#]} Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6+ 20.
Kh1 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Be4 Nc5 23. Ng1 Nxe4 24. Nxh3 Qf5 25. Qd3 Rxe5 26.
Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Kg2 Qe5 28. Bd2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 a6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. a4 Nd4 13. Qg5 Nxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.46"]
[White "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[BlackElo "721"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bd2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 d5 6. c5 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bg2 Qe7
9. Nge2 Rd8 10. Nf4 e5 11. Bxd5 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 e4 15.
h3 e5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. O-O-O Nd5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Qe6 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Kb1 Qxc5 24. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.50"]
[White "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[BlackElo "1025"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Bxc4 Qxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd4 7. Bd3 e5 8.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Bd7 15. b5 a6 16. Bb4 Rfe8 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. O-O-O a5 19. Bc3 Bxf2 20. Be4 Be3+
21. Bd2 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rac8 23. Rc2 f5 24. Bd3 e4 25. Ba6 Ra8 26. Bb7 Ra7 27.
Rxc7 Bb5 28. Rd1 exf3 29. d6 f2 30. d7 (30. Bd5+ $18) 30... Rd8 (30... Bxd7 $17
) 31. Kb2 (31. Rc8 $18) 31... Ba4 32. Kc1 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Black "Odgerel, Byambatsetseg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 e6 5. a3 Bb7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. b4
Qe7 9. Rb1 O-O-O 10. Bd3 h5 11. Bb5 Nb8 12. O-O Rg8 13. d5 Qd6 14. Qd4 Bg7 15.
dxe6 Qe7 16. exf7 Qxf7 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. Qf4 Bxc3 21.
Rbd1 Qg7 22. Qxf5+ Rd7 23. d6 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.45"]
[White "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Black "Schegerin, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 Bc5 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bc4 Na5 6. d3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd5 c6
9. b4 Bxb4 10. a3 Bc5 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15.
Qd3 O-O 16. Nd2 Nxd5 17. c3 Bb7 18. Qf5 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Nc4 21. Rae1
Nf4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Re5 f6 25. Rc5 Ne4 26. Rc7 Rad8 27. Rxb7
Ne2+ 28. Kh1 {Diagram [#]} Nxf2+ $1 29. Rxf2 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Klinetobe, David"]
[Black "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Re1 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 c6 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Bh6 Bf6 14. c3
Kh8 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Be5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Rd2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rad8 20. Qh5 Qc7
21. Rde2 Rd5 22. b4 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfd8 24. g3 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qe7 26. Qg4 Rd5 27.
Qf4 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Qd8 29. Qc5 a6 30. Qa7 Qc8 31. Qc5 Qd8 32. a4 h6 33. Kf1 Qd5
34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Qc4+ 36. Kg2 Qxc3 37. Qxb7 Qxd4 38. Qxc6 Qxb4 39. Qxa6
Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Qf1 Qb4 42. Qa1 Qa5 43. Qb1+ Kg8 44. Qb5 Qe1+ 45. Kg2
Qe4+ 46. f3 Qc2+ 47. Kh3 Qc8 48. a5 e5+ 49. g4 Qc3 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. a6 Qa1 52.
Qe4+ Kg8 53. Qb7 Qf1+ 54. Kh4 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 (55. Kh5 Qxh2+ 56. Kg6 Qc2+ $11)
55... Qf1+ 56. Kh4 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Klinetobe, David"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. f4 c6 8. Bc4
Ne7 9. f5 d5 10. f6 dxc4 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qf6 Nc8 14. Bh6 Qxf6 15.
Rxf6 Nd6 16. Nd2 cxd3 17. cxd3 Ke7 18. Raf1 Ne8 19. Bg5 Nxf6 20. Bxf6+ Ke8 21.
Rf4 c5 22. g4 g5 23. Rf3 Bxg4 24. Rg3 Bd1 25. Rxg5 Rc8 26. Nc4 Rc6 27. e5 Kd7
28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. exd6 Kxd6 30. Re5 b6 31. Kf2 a6 32. Re1 Bg4 33. Be7+ Kd5 34.
Bf8 Bf5 35. Ke2 b5 36. Kd2 Be6 37. b3 a5 38. Rc1 c4 39. dxc4+ bxc4 40. Rxc4 Bd7
41. Rc7 Be8 42. Re7 Bb5 43. Rxf7 a4 44. Rf5+ Kc6 45. Rc5+ Kb6 46. b4 (46. bxa4
Bxa4 47. Rc4) 46... d3 47. Rh5 (47. Rd5) (47. a3) 47... Bd7 48. Rxh7 Be6 {
Diagram #} 49. Rh3 $4 {
White blunders a rook but his position was so winning he is still able to draw!
} Bxh3 50. Kxd3 a3 51. Kc2 Be6 52. h4 Bxa2 53. h5 Bf7 54. h6 Kb5 55. h7 Bg6+
56. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Klinetobe, David"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Qe2 Rd8 16. c4 Nd7 17. Re1 b5 $6 {
You know that file is going to end up in White's hands...} 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4
Rab8 20. Bb2 Rb6 21. Bc3 Ra6 22. Rac1 (22. Rad1 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bg7 24. Rd3)
22... Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bg7 24. Qf2 Ra3 25. Qb2 Ra6 (25... Ra4 $1 $14) 26. Rb1 Qb6
27. Qf2 (27. Qa1 $1) 27... Qc7 28. Rb5 Rb8 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Bd4 Qb4 31. Re2
Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qd1 33. Rc7 Rb1 34. Rxe7 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Ra3+ {Diagram (#)} 36. Be3
$4 (36. Re3 $18 {huge won, 11 pawn acc. to SF7}) 36... Rf1 $3 37. Re1 $2 (37.
Re8+ $5 Bf8 38. e6 Kg7 $1 (38... Rxf2 39. Kxf2 Kg7 40. Bd4+) 39. e7 Bxe7 40.
Rxe7 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Qa1 42. Re4 Rd3 43. Bxa7 h6 $11) 37... Rxf2 38. Rxh1 Re2 39.
Re8+ Bf8 40. d6 {everything else loses as well} Raxe3+ 41. Kf4 Re4+ (41... Rxe5
$1 42. Rxe5 Bxd6 $19) 42. Kf3 (42. Kf3 f6 $3 $19 (42... h6 $3 $19 43. d7 R4e3+
44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kg4 Rd3) 43. c5 R4e3+ 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kf5 Rf2+ 46. Ke6 Rxe5+
47. Kd7 Rxc5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Koga, Micah"]
[Black "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Qe7 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Be3 d6 10. Nxc6 Qe4 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Bb7 13. Nb4 Bxf3 14. Rg1
Be4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nc2 Be6 18. c4 d5 19. c5 c6 20. Rde1 g6 21. h4
Bg7 22. Nf3 O-O 23. Ne5 Ra6 24. f3 h5 25. Rg3 Bf5 26. Bf4 Ne8 27. Reg1 Kh7 28.
Ne3 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Be6 30. a4 Ng7 31. Bf6 Re8 32. Kd2 Nf5 33. Nxf5 Bxf5 34. Be5
Ra7 35. Re1 Rb7 36. Kc3 f6 37. f4 fxe5 38. fxe5 Rb4 39. b3 Re6 40. Rd1 Rb7 41.
Kd2 Ree7 42. Re3 Kh6 43. Kc3 Be4 44. Rf1 Rf7 45. Rxf7 Rxf7 46. b4 axb4+ 47.
Kxb4 Ra7 48. Re2 g5 49. Rf2 Ra6 50. Rf6+ Bg6 51. e6 gxh4 52. e7 Ra8 53. Rf8 Be8
54. a5 Rb8+ 55. Kc3 h3 56. Rf2 Rb7 57. Re2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Koga, Micah"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O c5 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Nd4 10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Bg5 15. b3 Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Qg5 17. Qe3 f5 $4 18. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Koga, Micah"]
[Black "McCarty-Snead, Callaghan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Nxe4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxe4 g6 6. d4 Bf5 7. Qe3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 Bh6 9. Qxh6 Bxd3 10. Qg7 Rf8 11. Bh6 Nd7 12. Ng5 Qb6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nxh7
Bxb1 15. O-O Bd3 16. Nxf8 Bxf1 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rxf1 Qxc3 19. Qxf7 Qxd4 20.
Bg5 Qe5 21. h4 a5 22. Bd2 Qh5 23. Bg5 Qe2 24. a4 Qe4 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 Qd5
27. Qh3+ Qe6 28. Re1 Qxh3 29. Rxe7+ Kc8 30. gxh3 Ra6 31. h4 Rb6 32. Re8+ Kd7
33. Re3 Rb4 34. f4 Rd4 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 d5 37. f5 d4 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. Re6+
Kd5 40. Bxd2 b5 41. h5 bxa4 42. bxa4 c5 43. h6 c4 44. h7 c3 45. Bc1 d3 46. h8=Q
d2 47. Qe5+ Kc4 48. Bxd2 cxd2 49. Qe2+ Kc3 50. Rc6+ Kb3 51. Qxd2 Kxa4 52. Rb6
Ka3 53. Qxa5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Koga, Micah"]
[Black "Stearman, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "496"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. c3 Rae8 11. a4 a6 12. b4 Ba7 13. b5 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Nc3
cxb5 16. axb5 Qc8 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Rab1 Nc8 19. Qb2 Rf7 20. Rfc1 Nh5 21. Na4 Nf4
22. Kf1 Nxd3 23. Qc3 Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Bxb6 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Qb2
Qxc4+ 28. Qe2 Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Bc7 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Ng5 Re7 32. g3 h6 33. Nf3 Ree8
34. Nh4 Kf7 35. f4 d5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. f5 Rxd1 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kxd1 e4 40.
g4 Kd5 41. Nf5 Be5 42. Ne3+ Kd4 43. Bc1 Kd3 44. Nf5 Rf8 45. Ke1 a5 46. Ba3 Rb8
47. Bc1 Rb1 48. Kd1 Bf4 49. Ke1 e3 50. Nxe3 Bxe3 51. Kd1 Rxc1# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Kokish, Iris"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. Bxf5 Qxf5
8. O-O Bb4 9. Ng3 Qa5 10. Nce4 Nbd7 11. c3 Be7 12. b4 Qb6 13. a4 c6 14. Bf4 O-O
15. a5 Qd8 16. Qd2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. f3 Nxe4 19. fxe4 a6 20. Qe3 Re8 21.
Qg3 Qd7 22. Be5 g6 23. Rf3 f5 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. h4
Rf8 28. h5 Qe6 29. Re1 Qf7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qh2 Qh7 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Kf2 Kg8
34. Rh1 Kf7 35. Rh7+ Ke6 36. g3 Rg8 37. Kf3 Rd8 38. Rg7 g5 39. Rg6+ Kf7 40.
Rg7+ Ke6 41. g4 f4 42. Rg6+ Kf7 {and later drawn. Remaining moves unavailable.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Kokish, Iris Roberta"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bxf4 Bg4 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Qc7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Bf6 11. O-O-O b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Nxb5
g5 15. Nxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Kokish, Iris Roberta"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bg4 $2
{Diagram [#]} 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Kg8 10. Nxg4 Qe7+ 11. Kf1 Nbd7 12. d4 Re8
13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 h6 15. Qf3 Qe6 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Na3 Kh7 18. Qd3+ g6 19.
Nc4 Bc7 20. Re1 Qd5 21. b3 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Re8 23. Bd2 Nc5 {Black is clearly
better at this point of the game, however White went on to win. Remaining
moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Be3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Ng6 15. Bg3 c6 16. Qg4 Re8 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. h4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. h5 Ne7 21.
Re5 Rcd8 22. Rde1 Kf8 23. Bh4 f6 24. Re6 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. h6 Kf7 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. hxg7 Kf7 30. Bxf6 Bc8 31. Be5 b5 32. Kh2 Be6 33. Kg3 Kg6
34. Kf4 Kh5 35. g3 a6 36. f3 Kg6 37. Ke3 a5 38. Kd3 a4 39. Kc2 Kg5 40. b3 a3
41. b4 f4 42. Bxf4+ Kg6 43. Be5 Bg8 44. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nfd2
Nd4 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. c3 Nc6 12. Bd5 Qc7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. c4 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. f4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 f6 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Bc1 Qd8 24. Be3 Bg4 25. Qe1 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 h6 27. h3 Bd7
28. Qf3 Qa8 29. Qh5 Qf8 30. Qg6 Bf5 31. Qg3 Kh7 32. Qf3 Qc8 33. Qf2 Bg6 34. Qa2
Qf8 35. Qa7 Bh5 36. Qa2 Bh4 37. Bf2 Bg5 38. Nxg5+ hxg5 39. Be3 Qf6 40. Qf2 Kg8
41. g4 Bg6 42. Qe2 Kf7 43. Kg2 e4 44. dxe4 Bxe4+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. Kf2 Qh2+ 47.
Ke1 Qxh3 48. Bxg5 Qc3+ {
Both players quit keeping score here do to time pressure.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. c3 Bg4 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Qd3 Be6
15. Bc2 g6 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Nbd4 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. a4 Na5 20. axb5 Nc4 21.
Qe2 axb5 22. b3 Na3 23. Bd3 c6 24. Nc2 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Bg4 26. Be2 Qf5 27. Qxf5
Bxf5 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. f4 f5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Bf3 b4 32. e6 Be8 33. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 {
Both scoresheets unreadable from this point forward.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bb5 d6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Qd2 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Ne3 Rh5 14. Rfe1 Nf6
15. Nf1 Nd5 16. Ng3 Rh6 17. Bc1 Nf4 18. Qd1 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 Rg6 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Rb1 Qf8 24. Be3 Be6 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. dxe4
d5 28. Rbd1 d4 29. Bd2 Bh4 30. Rf1 Qf7 31. g3 Bg5 32. Bxg5 Rxg5 33. f4 Rg6 34.
fxe5 Qe6 35. Rf5 Rh6 36. Qg4 Rg6 37. Qf4 c4 38. Rxd4 cxb3 39. axb3 Qe7 40. Qd2
Re6 41. Rd7 Qe8 42. Qd4 g6 43. Rff7 Qxf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Qd7+ Re7 46. e6+ Kf8
47. Qd4 Kg8 48. Qd6 Rae8 49. Qxc6 Rxe6 50. Qd5 Kg7 51. h4 Rxe4 52. c4 R8e6 53.
b4 R4e5 54. Qb7+ Kh6 55. c5 Kh5 56. Kh3 Kh6 57. c6 Rb5 58. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew Todd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. Nbc3 a6 8. a4
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nd4 11. f4 Rb8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. a5 Bxc4 14. bxc4 b5 15.
axb6 Qxb6 16. Bc1 h6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qg6 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21.
hxg4 Ra8 22. Ra5 Bd6 23. Ba3 Rfc8 24. Ra1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Bc1 Kf6 27. Rxa6
Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Ke5 29. Kf3 g5 30. Ra7 f5 31. Rf7 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Bxf8 33. Bd2 Bd6
34. c3 Bf8 35. gxf5 Kxf5 36. cxd4 cxd4 37. g4+ Kf6 38. Ke4 Bc5 39. Ba5 Ba7 40.
Bb4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d3 Ne5 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. f4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nc4 d5 12. Nce5 Qe8 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
e6 15. Nf3 Be7 16. a4 Rg8 17. a5 Nd7 18. a6 b6 19. c4 d4 20. e5 Nb8 21. Nd2 Qd7
22. Ne4 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Rae1 e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Ra1 Rg6 27. g3 Nc6 28.
Qh5 Rdg8 29. Bc1 Qe6 30. Bd2 Bg5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qf3 Kd8 33. Nf6 Rf8 34. Qd5+
Ke7 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. Nd5 Rd8 37. Nc7+ Ke7 38. Rf5 Rd7 39. Nb5 g4 40. Raf1 Ke6
41. Rf8 Nb4 42. Re8+ Re7 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Nxa7 Nxa6 45. Re1 Re6 46. Re4 Nb4
47. Rxg4 Kf6 48. h4 Nxd3 49. Re4 Kf5 50. Re2 e4 51. Nb5 e3 52. Nc7 Rg6 53. Kh2
Kg4 54. Kg2 Rf6 55. Nd5 Rf3 56. Kh2 Nc1 57. Re1 Nxb3 58. h5 Kxh5 59. Nf4+ Kg4
60. Nd3 Rf5 61. Kg2 Nd2 62. Rc1 Nf3 63. Rf1 Ne5 64. Nf4 Nxc4 65. Rh1 Rf8 66.
Nd3 Re8 67. Rh4+ Kg5 68. Kh3 e2 69. Rg4+ Kf5 {both sides stopped recording in
time pressure. White traded both pieces and Black won the king-and-pawn ending.
} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Ne2 Ngf6
8. O-O Bd6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Nf5 Be5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 Ng6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Nc3
Rfd8 15. Ne2 c4 16. Neg3 b5 17. h4 Qf4 $4 {Diagram [#]} 18. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+ Nd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
a6 9. Bc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qc7 11. Nd4 Ngf6 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Qd3 b5 15.
f4 Nc5 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nd1 Nfxe4 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Nf2 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Ne4 21. Re2
Nc3 22. Rd2 Qc5 23. Rad1 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Nxd1 25. Qxd1 e5 26. Qe2 O-O 27. fxe5
dxe5 28. Qg4 f5 29. Qh4 exd4 30. Bxd4 Qxc2 31. Qg3 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qxd4+ 33. Qe3
Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1152"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Ng6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. f4 f5 11. fxe5 f4 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. e5 Nxf3+
15. Rxf3 Bg4 16. Rxf4 Rxf4 17. exd6 Qe8 18. Qd2 Rf6 19. Bxf6 Qxe2 20. Qg5 g6
21. Qh6 Kf7 22. Qg7+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Kondakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "645"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. O-O d5 5. d3 Be6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Na4 $2 b5 8.
Nc3 dxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxb5 Bd7 13. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 14.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Re1 Be7 16. Rxe4 O-O 17. Qh5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.49"]
[White "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "753"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2
Nf6 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Nxe4 13. Bxd7 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Qxd7 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. c4 Rad8 17. Bb2 Qf5 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 f6 20. Rac1 Bc5
21. Rc2 Kf7 22. Kf1 Rd6 23. Ke2 Red8 24. Rd1 c6 25. Rcd2 cxd5 26. cxd5 b5 27.
a3 a6 28. Bc3 Bxa3 29. Ba5 R8d7 30. Ke3 Bc5+ 31. Ke2 Bd4 32. f4 Rxd5 {
and Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "978"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bd2 (8. Bxf6) 8... Nc6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. d4 a6 12. g3 Nb4 13. O-O-O
Nfd5 14. Kb1 Nxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Nxa2 16. Qe3 Nxc3+ 17. Qxc3 d5 18. Bg2 O-O-O 19.
Rhe1 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Bxb4 21. Re3 Be7 22. Ne5 Rhe8 23. Rb3 c5 24. c4 Bf5+ 25. Ka2
Bc2 26. Rb6 Bxd1 27. Bxd5 cxd4 28. Bxb7+ Kc7 29. Rxa6 Kxb7 30. Rc6 Ba4 31. Rd6
Bxd6 32. Nxf7 Rd7 33. Nxd6+ Rxd6 34. c5 Rf6 35. b4 d3 36. Ka3 Ra8 37. Kb2 d2
38. Kc3 d1=Q 39. Kc4 Qb3+ 40. Kd4 Rd8+ 41. Ke4 Qd5+ 42. Ke3 Re8# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1182"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. g3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bh3 12. Re1 h5 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1
O-O-O 15. Qd3 Rdg8 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. d5 Nxe3+ 18. Rxe3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3+ Kb8 22. Ng5 Rf8 23. a4 Be7 24. h4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Rc8 26. Rdd3
Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. Rf3 Rc7 29. c3 Kc8 30. Ke2 Kd8 31. Kd3 Ke7 32. Kd4 Rc4+
33. Ke5 Re4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Black "Kokish, Iris Roberta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "978"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Qa5 7. O-O Qb4 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 c4 11. c3 Qb5 12. Ba4 Qxd5 13. Re1 b5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15.
Bg5 Qc6 16. Rxe7+ Kf8 17. Be4 d5 18. Bc2 f6 19. Qe2 fxg5 20. Nxg5 Ne5 21. Rxe5
Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Kg8 23. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1182"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Nb5 Nf8 12. c4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ng6 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Rac1 c6 16. Nd6+ Kd7 17. Qa6 Qd8 18. Qb7+ Qc7 19. Qxc7+ Kxc7 20. Nxf7 Rhf8
21. Nd6 Bxa2 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nge4 Bd5 24. Nc3 Ne7 25. Nxd5+ Nxd5 26. Nb5+ Kb7
27. Nc3 a5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Rc2 Rac8 30. Rfc1 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Ka6 $2 (31... Rf4
$17) (31... a4 $17) (31... b5 $17) 32. Rc6 Re8 (32... Rf4 $1) 33. f4 g6 34. Kf2
Kb5 35. Rc2 a4 36. Ke3 Kb4 37. Kd3 Kb3 38. Kd2 Rf8 (38... b5 $1 $19) 39. g3 g5
(39... b5 $1 $19) 40. Rc6 $11 Kxb2 $2 (40... b5 $1) 41. Rxb6+ Ka2 42. Kc2 gxf4
43. Ra6 a3 44. Rxe6 $4 (44. gxf4 Rxf4 45. Rxe6 Rxd4 46. Rxh6 $11) 44... f3 $19
45. Rf6 Rc8+ $4 (45... Rxf6 46. exf6 f2 $19) 46. Kd3 Kb3 47. Rb6+ Ka4 48. Ra6+
Kb3 (48... Kb4 49. e6) 49. Rxh6 (49. Rb6+) 49... a2 50. Rb6+ Ka3 51. Ra6+ Kb3
$2 (51... Kb2 52. Rb6+ Kc1 53. Ra6 Rc2 54. e6 f2) 52. e6 f2 53. Ke2 Rc2+ (53...
f1=Q+ 54. Kxf1 Rc1+ 55. Ke2 a1=Q) 54. Kf1 Kb2 (54... Rc1+ 55. Kxf2 a1=Q) 55. e7
Rc8 56. Rb6+ Kc3 57. Ra6 Kb2 58. Rb6+ Kc3 59. Ra6 Kb2 60. Rb6+ Kc3 61. Ra6 Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1022"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d3 d5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 d4 6. Nce2 Ne7 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. a4 a5 12. h4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Nh2 Be6 15. c4
Nd7 16. Kh1 O-O 17. f4 f5 18. fxe5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bf4 {
White went on to win. The remaining moves are unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. d4 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qd3 c5
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. b3 h5 21.
Kg2 a5 22. Nd3 Qf5 23. Qf3 Ne4 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Nf4 Nc3 26. Ra1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 b5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. a3 Qb6 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. N1h2 b4 15. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Qc1
Rc8 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Bg6 12. Qb1 O-O 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15.
b4 Qb6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. a4 a6 18. Qd3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 {Diagram [#]} 20. Nc4
$1 Qd8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 (22. c4 $1 {
giving back a little material to open lines.}) 22... e5 23. Qe2 e4 24. Ne1 Ne5
25. Rac1 Rc4 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. exd4 Nc4 28. Rb1 Nh5 29. Qg4 Qe7 30. b5 a5 31.
Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qc5 Qd7 33. b6 Ke6 34. Rb5 Nf4 35. Kf1 Nd3 36. Qc7 Ndb2 37. Qxd7+
Kxd7 38. Rxd5+ Kc6 39. Rc5+ Kxb6 40. Ke2 Nd6 41. Kd2 Nxa4 42. Rd5 Kc6 43. Rg5
b6 44. Kc2 Nb5 45. Rg3 Kd5 46. Kb3 Naxc3 47. Rxc3 Nxc3 48. Kxc3 b5 49. Nc2 b4+
50. Kb3 g5 51. Ka4 Kc4 52. Kxa5 b3 53. Na3+ Kxd4 54. Kb4 Kd3 55. Nb1 Ke2 56.
Nc3+ Kxf2 57. Nxe4+ Kxg2 58. Kxb3 h6 59. Kc2 {
Black should take on h3, when he is winning.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. dxc5 dxe5 11. h3 e4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. O-O Na6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Nfg5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Be3 Qc7 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Qf3 b6 20. Bd4 Rac8
21. Rac1 h6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 26. Qe3 Qd6
27. Re1 e6 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Re2 Qd5 30. b3 Rd7 31. c4 Qf5 32. g4 Qd3 33. Qe5+
Kg8 34. Qe3 Kf8 35. Qxd3 Rxd3 36. Re3 Rd2+ 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. f5 Kf6
40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Rf2+ Ke7 42. Rf3 Rd2+ 43. Rf2 Rd3 44. h4 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46.
Rf3 Rd2+ 47. Rf2 Rd3 48. Rf3 Rd2+ 49. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. e3 Qa5 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rad1 Nxg3 14. fxg3 e6
15. Nb5 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Qc6 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. b4 Qc7 20. g4 b6 21. axb6 Qxb6
22. Rb1 Bb7 23. c5 Qc7 24. Rfc1 dxc5 25. bxc5 Rfc8 26. Qe3 Qc6 27. Bd3 Nf6 28.
h3 h5 29. Rb6 Qc7 30. gxh5 Bxf3 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qxf3 Nd5 33. Qe4 Nxc3 34.
Rxc3 Qg3 35. h6 Bf6 36. c6 Kf8 37. Rc4 g4 38. c7 Rc8 39. hxg4 Bh4 40. h7 Qf2+
41. Kh1 Kg7 42. Qe5+ Bf6 43. Qe4 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qg3 45. Qf3 Qe1+ 46. Bf1 Qd2 47.
Qf2 Qg5 48. Rc5 Qxg4 49. Rc4 Qg5 50. Rc3 Kh8 51. Rg3 Qh4 52. Rg8+ Kxh7 53.
Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward Mich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Ne7 6. e3 Nbc6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. O-O f5 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bc1 Qf7 15.
Rd2 h5 16. b4 h4 17. Bb2 f4 18. Nxd5 f3 19. Ndf4 exf4 20. Bxf3 fxe3 21. fxe3
Bh3 22. Rf2 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Rde8 26. Rde2 c6 27. d4 Re7
28. Bg2 Bg4 29. Re1 Qf6 30. d5 h3 31. Be4 Rfe8 32. Bxg6 Rxe3 33. Ref1 Re2 34.
Qb1 R8e3 35. dxc6 bxc6 36. Bh7+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Qd4 39. Bf1 Rxa3 $2 (
39... Be2 $19) 40. Qb2 $11 Rc3 41. b5 (41. Qd2) 41... c5 42. Qd2 Qf6 43. Qd6 $4
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. h3 Qa5 (9... Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6) 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxh3
$6 12. gxh3 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Qd3 $2 (14. Kh2) 14... h5 $2 (14... e5 $1 $11)
15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. fxg3 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Nxg3+ 18. Kg2 Nxf1 19. Bxf8 Ne3+ 20. Kf2
Nf5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Bf3 Nc6 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nxd6 Ne5 26. Nxb7 Rxd1
27. Bxd1 Nxc4 28. b3 Nb6 29. Be2 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nc7 31. Nd6 Kg7 32. Nxf7 Kf6 33.
Ke3 a5 34. Nd6 Kg5 35. Kf3 Na8 36. Nb7 a4 37. bxa4 Nb6 38. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8.
Nf3 Bc5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bxf4 Re8+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. Qe1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd7 14. Qh4
Qf5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qg3 Nd7 18. c3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Kf2
Rae8 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. fxg4 Bd6 25. h4 g6 26. Kf3 Kg7
27. d4 Bc7 28. b4 Bd8 29. a4 a5 30. b5 cxb5 31. Bxb5 Re7 32. c4 f5 33. gxf5 Rf7
34. Ke4 Rxf5 35. c5 Kf6 36. d5 Re5+ 37. Kd4 Rf5 38. d6 Ke6 39. Re1+ Kf6 40. Re8
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Na6 7. O-O Nc5 8. Qc2
a5 9. d4 Na6 10. a3 c6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Be3 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bf4
Nd7 16. c5 Naxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfe1 e5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. Qd3
Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qe7 23. Red1 Rd8 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Be2 Ra8 26. Rc2 Ra6 27. Be3 b6
28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Rxc6 Bf8 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 Bb7 32. Rb3 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 a4
34. Rb7 Rc7 35. Bf1 h5 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Bc4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Qd7 39. Rd3 Qe7 40.
Rf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nh4 Qe8 11. Nb5 Qf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. Ne6 Re8 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Qxg6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qxg6 20. Nxg6 Bd4+ 21.
Kg2 b5 22. h3 Ne3+ 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. b3 d5 26. Rad1 Bd4 27. Rf3
a5 28. Nh4 Rf8 29. g4 a4 30. Nf5 axb3 31. Nxe7+ Kh7 32. axb3 Re8 33. Nxd5 Ra5
34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Nf6+ Kg6 36. Nxe8 Rd5 37. f5+ Kg5 38. Kg3 h5 39. h4+ Kh6 40.
g5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. h3 a6 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rfe8 $16 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 $4 {Diagram #} (12. Qxb5 Bf5)
12... Bf5 $3 13. Qa3 (13. Qd2 Nb3 $19) (13. Qc3 Ng4 14. Qe1 Nb3 $19) 13... Bc2
14. Rd3 Qb6 15. Qc3 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. f3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Na6 12. a3 c5 13. Rhf1 cxd4 14. exd4 Qh4
15. Kb1 g6 16. Nb5 Rfd8 17. Rde1 Ng7 18. Qd2 Rd7 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 Re8 21.
Nxa7 e5 22. Ne2 e4 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Bc2 Nf5 25. Nb5 Ne3 26. Rf2 Nxc4 27. Nec3
d5 28. Kc1 Nc7 29. Nxc7 Rxc7 30. Bb3 Rf8 31. Rfe2 Kg7 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd2 Rf5
34. Kc2 Ba6 35. b3 Rc6 36. Kb2 Rcf6 37. Na4 Rf2 38. Red1 Rxd2+ 39. Rxd2 e3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nh3 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nbc6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. Nf2 exf4 12. gxf4 Nf5 13. d4 Nh4 14. Bh1 Kh8 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 g5 17. Qh5 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Rg8 19. Ng2 Bf8 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng3
Nxg2 22. Bxg2 Rg5 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. b4 Qe8 25. Kh1 h5 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. Rh4 Be8 28.
Rf1 Bf7 29. Rhf4 Ne7 30. e4 Be6 31. Rh4 fxe4 32. Nxh5 Rg4 33. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Qd2 Nec6 10. f4 d6 11. Rab1 Rb8 12. Nd1 b5 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 e5 15.
f5 Qe7 {Diagram [#]} 16. fxg6 $2 {That pawn was White's main feature!} fxg6 17.
Nf2 Be6 18. a3 Qd7 19. Nh1 b4 $6 ({I'd include} 19... a5) 20. axb4 cxb4 21. c4
b3 $6 {I'm suspicious} 22. Ra1 a5 23. Ra3 a4 24. Rfa1 Ra8 25. Qd2 Ne7 $2 (25...
Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 {
secures the a-pawn and leaves Black with better prospects elsewhere}) 26. Nf2
Rfb8 27. Nd1 Qe8 28. Nc3 Bd7 29. Bg5 {
Now it's Black who can't keep it all together} Bc6 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Nxa4 Bf6 (
{Or can he?} 31... Qa7+ $5 32. Kh1 Bxa4 33. Rxa4 Qxa4 34. Rxa4 {
when White doesn't have much to do.}) 32. Nc3 Bg5 33. Qe2 Qb7 34. Bh3 Rxa3 35.
Rxa3 Qb4 $2 {The queen is needed elsewhere} 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Ra1 Rf8 38. Rf1
Qc5+ 39. Kg2 Bf6 40. Bd5 $6 {White tries to get the worst of it} Bd7 41. Qf2 $2
{Diagram [#]} (41. h4) (41. Rf2) 41... Qb4 $2 (41... Qc8 $1 {Black actually
finds real counterplay on White's weak light squares on the kingside!
According to computer} 42. g4 $1 {(everything else loses!) is the only saviour}
Bxg4 43. Qg3) (41... Qb4 $2 42. Qa7 Bc8 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Qe7) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "543"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bd6 4. Bc4 Nce7 $2 5. dxe5 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. exd6 cxd6
8. Nc3 Bg4 $2 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Qd2 h6 14.
Bf4 Qc8 15. Bxd6+ Ke8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Bd5 Qc8 18. e5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20.
exf6 Rd8 21. Qe3+ Kf8 22. Qc5+ Ke8 23. Rae1+ Kd7 24. Qb5+ Kd6 25. Ne4+ Kc7 26.
Qxb7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. h3
d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5
15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nd7 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Qa4 Nc5
21. Qd4 Qe8 22. b4 Na4 23. Nd5 Nb6 24. Ne3 Qg6 25. Nf5 Rf8 26. c4 Rf7 27. c5
dxc5 28. Qxc5 Qe6 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Qc2 Qc4 31. Qxc4 Nxc4 32. Rd4 Ne5 33. Rd5
Nd7 34. Nd4 Nf6 35. Rf5 Re7 36. e5 Ne8 37. e6 Nd6 38. Rf4 g5 39. Rf8 Kg7 40.
Ra8 Kf6 41. Rxa7 Ke5 {Black is no worse here, but in mutual time pressure went
on to lose. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. f4 Qe7 12. b3 Qc5+ 13. Kh1 d5 14. Qc2 Ba6 15.
cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd5 17. Be3 {Remaining moves unavailable. White is much
better and Black drew with only the greatest difficulty.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 d6 6. Bg5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8.
Bb5 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Rab1 Qg6 17. h3 Bd7 18. f4 f6 19. Rb7 d5 20. f5 Qg5 21.
Nf3 Qg3 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Rxa7 Re4 24. Qc3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Be2 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d4 e4 7. Ne5 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. c4 Be7 12. cxd5 Qb6 13. Qa4 f6 14. Nc4 Qb4
15. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Pasko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O f5 $2 7. d3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Qe1 Bf6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qg3 Bf6 13. Rae1 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd6
15. Bf4 Be6 16. Nxe5 Nge7 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rxe6 Qd7 19. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 (2... Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6) 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4.
Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qg6 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nf6 9. dxe4 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 (
9... gxf6 10. dxe4) 10. dxe4) 9... O-O (9... Nxe4 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Qf6) 10. f3 d6 (10... Nxe4 11. Qd5+ Kh8 12. Ne5) 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Be6
13. Bd3 Qf7 14. b3 a6 (14... a5 15. Nxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxa5 b6 17. Bc3 Rxa2) 15. h4
b5 16. Ne3 Nh5 17. g4 Ng3 18. Rh3 Qf4 (18... Qxf3 19. Nf5 Ne2+ (19... Bxf5 20.
gxf5 Ne2+ 21. Bxe2 Qxh3 22. Qd5+) 20. Bxe2 Qxh3 21. Nxg7 Bf7 22. Nf5) 19. Rg1
b4 20. Bb2 Ne5 21. Rgxg3 a5 22. Nf5 Nxd3+ 23. cxd3 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 a4 25. Kc2 d5
26. Nxg7 axb3+ 27. axb3 Bf7 28. Nf5 dxe4 29. Nh6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Tokatyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Re8 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. h3 b4 14. Na4 Ne4
15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Nd5
21. Bd2 Ne7 22. Bxb4 Rb8 23. Na6 Qb7 24. Bxd6 Rbc8 25. Nc5 Qb5 26. Nxd7 Qd5 27.
Bxe7 Qxd7 28. Bc5 Re6 29. Ng3 Rce8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qd2 Rg6 32. Re1 h5 33. Qe3
h4 34. Qe8+ Qxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kh7 36. Nf5 Re6 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Nxh4 a6 39. f4 Kg8
40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Ke4 g5 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Black "Waharte, Louka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Qe4 Nb6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bd3 Rfe8 14. f4 Rab8
15. Bd4 Bb7 16. c5 Nc8 17. O-O d6 18. Rae1 a6 19. f5 dxc5 20. Ba1 Qg5 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Bc4 Nd6 24. Qg4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 {
Black's flag fell in a difficult position.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Kumar, Vikas"]
[Black "Gomez, Davi Flores"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 a5 7. bxa5 d6 8. Bc3
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d3 Nxa5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. Rfb1 Qc7 14. Rb2 Ra3 15.
Rb3 Rfa8 16. Qb2 Rxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1+ 18. Qxa1 h6 19. Ne4 e5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
h3 Be6 22. Nd2 Nd4 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. e3 Nc6 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Bd2 Qd7 27. h4 Bf5
28. Bc3 f6 29. d4 cxd4 30. exd4 exd4 31. Bxd4 Qe6 32. Nd2 Bh3 33. Qc3 Bxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 d5 35. c5 Qg4 36. Nf3 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. b4 Qe4 39. b5 g4 40. bxc6 gxf3+
41. Qxf3 bxc6 (41... Qxd4 $4 42. c7 {and the pawn is unstoppable.}) 42. Qxe4
dxe4 43. g4 Kg6 44. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Kumar, Vikas"]
[Black "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bh4 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. Qa4 c5 20. Qxa7 Re7 21. Qxb7
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Kf1 e5 26. Nb5 Rd7 27. f4
exf4 28. Bf2 Rb7 29. Re8 f5 30. b4 h6 31. a4 g5 32. a5 bxa5 33. bxa5 Rd7 34. a6
Kf7 35. Rc8 g4 36. a7 f3 37. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Kumar, Vikas"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. d3 (7. d4) 7...
Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rab1 Qc7 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. Qd2 Rfe8
14. b4 e5 15. Bg5 e4 16. Ne1 exd3 17. exd3 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ne5 19. Ne1 Qd8 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Nc6 22. Nc2 Bd4 23. Nce3 Ne5 24. Kg2 Rb8 25. Nc2 b5 26. Nxd4
cxd4 27. f4 Ng4 28. Re1 Re6 29. f5 Re5 30. Qf4 Ne3+ 31. Nxe3 dxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3
33. Qxe3 Qf6 34. Rd1 {
Both sides quit keeping score here. Black later won in mutual time pressure.}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "LaGrotta, Daniel"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 g6 7. Bb5 (7. f3)
7... Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Ng4
14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nb4 Qc7 $2 (16... Qd7 $11) 17. Bxa7 $2 (17. Na6)
17... Rxb4 18. Qxb4 Qxa7 19. e5 Qd7 20. exd6 exd6 21. h3 Be6 22. c4 Bd4 23. Qd2
c5 24. Rfc1 Qe7 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Re2 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Lagrotta, Daniel S"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. c3 Rc8 14. O-O b5
15. Be2 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. g3 Be7 19. Rac1 f5 20. c4 b4 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Bd3 Rf6 24. Nd2 Qe3 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 26. Qb7 Rg8 27. Ne4 Bg5
28. Rce1 Qd4 29. Qxb4 d5 30. Nxg5 (30. Nd6 $1 $18) 30... Rxg5 31. Qe7 (31. b3
$16) 31... Rh5 32. Qf7 Rh6 33. Qxd5 Qxb2 34. h4 Qxa2 35. Ra1 (35. Rxe5 $16)
35... Qc2 36. Rxa6 $4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Lagrotta, Daniel S"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qc7 12. Nb2 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. O-O Na5 15.
Qc2 g6 16. Kh1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Be2 Bg7 19. g4 h6 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5
gxf5 22. Rg1 Rh7 23. Qxf5 Nf8 24. Qc2 Be6 25. Rg3 Qd7 26. Nh4 O-O-O 27. Rb1 f6
28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Bf4 Qc6 30. Ng6 Nd7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rf7 33. Qb2 Nxe5
34. Qb8+ Kd7 {Diagram #} 35. Qxe5 $2 (35. Rb7+ $18) 35... Rdf8 $2 (35... Qc7)
36. Rg6 Re8 37. Rxh6 Rf5 38. Qe3 Qc7 39. Bg4 Qf4 40. Rh7+ Kc6 41. Qe2 Bd7 42.
Qg2 Qe4 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Bxf5 Bxf5 45. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Lawless, Kerry Hamilton"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
f4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Ng5 Nd8 12. f5 e5 13. Bd2 h6 14. Nf3 g5 15.
Rac1 c6 16. Qc4 Qd7 17. Rcd1 g4 18. Nh4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Ng6
O-O-O 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rde8 24. Qd4 Qc6 25. b4 Bd8 26. Kh1 Bb6 27. Qf4 d4
28. b5 Qd7 29. Na4 Bc7 30. Rc1 Re4 31. Qg3 Nh5 32. Qh4 Qf7 33. Nc5 Re7 34. f6
Re5 35. Qxg4+ Kb8 36. Nd7+ Ka8 37. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Lee, Andy C"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 Nh5
15. Qe3 Ne5 16. Be2 hxg5 17. Bxg5 b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Nf5 Rc8 20. Kb1 Bf8 21.
Qh3 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6+ Kf8 26. Qd7 Rh7 27.
Qxb7 Re8 28. Nxe8 c3 29. Qxb4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lee, Andy C"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nf8 12. Ne5 a6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
Rd3 Ra8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. h4 Ra7 19. Bc1 Ra8 20. g4 h6 21. g5 hxg5
22. hxg5 N6h7 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qf3 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Lee, Andy C"]
[Black "Murugappan, Ganesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 (6... d6 7. Be2
Nh6 {intending ...f5 was another way to handle the position.}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 (10... a5) 11. b4 Ne6 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxe4
13. Bb2 {gives White terrific compensation for the pawn.}) 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3
axb4 14. axb4 Ned4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Bxc3 (
18... Ra3 19. Nd5 (19. Nb5 Ra4 $11) 19... Bxd5 $11) 19. Rxc3 Qc7 20. Qc2 (20.
c5 $14) 20... Rfc8 21. b5 Qa5 (21... Bxc4 $4 22. Rc1) 22. Qd3 Qb4 23. Rdc1 Ra4
24. Rb1 Qa5 25. c5 dxc5 26. Rxc5 Rd8 $11 27. Qc2 Ra1 28. h3 Rxb1+ 29. Qxb1 Qa4
30. Kh2 Rd1 31. Qc2 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Kg7 33. b6 Rd8 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rc3 Rd1 36. g4
f6 37. f4 f5 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kh4 Rh1 41. Kg3 Rd1 42. Bf2 Kf6 43.
Bc5 Rb1 44. Bd4+ Kf7 45. Rc7 Rb3+ 46. Kh4 Rd3 47. Be5 Rd7 48. Rc3 Rd1 49. Rc7
Rd7 50. Rc2 Rd1 51. Rc3 fxg4 52. hxg4 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. f5 Bd5 55. Rc8 Rxb6
56. Rh8 h6 57. Rh7+ Ke8 {
The players quit recording here. White won in a time scramble.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lee, Andy C"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Qa5 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qxc3+ 7. Bd2 Qg7 8.
Rb1 e6 9. Rb3 Ne7 10. Bc3 f6 11. Bc4 e5 12. Nd2 d6 13. Be2 Ng8 14. O-O Qc7 15.
f4 Nd7 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nc4 Ngf6 18. Qe1 b6 19. Qh4 Rf8 20. Bd2 Ba6 $2 {
Diagram [#]} 21. Nxd6+ $1 Qxd6 22. Bxa6 Rf7 23. Rbf3 Ke7 24. Bb5 Raf8 25. Bh6
c4 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxf6 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Leou-On, Tien"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. Na3 Nb8 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Ne1 Na4
15. c3 b5 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. f4 g6 18. Qe1 Qd8 19. g4 Qe7 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5
exf5 22. Kh1 O-O-O 23. Nc5 Nb8 24. Bd3 Rhg8 25. b3 Rg5 26. c4 dxc4 27. Nxd7
N6xd7 28. Bxf5 Qxa3 29. Qf2 Rdg8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Bxe6 Rd8 32. bxc4 bxc4 33.
Rxc4 Qd3 34. Rfc1 Qe4+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Leou-On, Tien"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 Be7 8. Na3
Bxa3 $6 9. bxa3 Nxc3 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bb2 $6 {
bishop belongs on the c1-h6 diagonal} Nd5 12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 g6 14. Re1 Nde7
15. Ng5 Rg7 (15... Qd2 $1 {while Ng5 is protected only by queen}) 16. h4 Qd2
17. Rh3 $2 (17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2) 17... Qxb2 18. f4 h5 19. Qd1 Qd4 (19... Nd5
$142) 20. Rf3 b6 21. Ne4 Nf5 22. g3 Ke7 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Rd1 $2 Ne3+ 25. Ke2 $4
(25. Rxe3 Qxe3) 25... Nxc2 26. Bxc2 Qb2 27. Kd2 Nd4 28. Rc3 Bxe4 29. Re3 Qxc2+
30. Ke1 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 Bxf3 32. Rd2 Qe4+ 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. g4 Bxg4 35. f5 Qf3+ 36.
Ke1 Rc1+ 37. Rd1 Rxd1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walte"]
[Black "Ablang, Janoah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "824"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 d6 8. a3
Bg4 9. Qc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ng5 e4 13. Nxe4 Qd7 14. f3 Bf5
15. Rd1 b6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rac1 Na5 19. Bc3 Nb7 20. Qb2 Nd6 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. d4 Rd7 23. e4 Be6 24. Bf1 a5 25. Be2 Rfd8 26. Bf1 Bh3 27. Be2 f5 28.
d5 Bf6 29. e5 Qf8 30. exf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walte"]
[Black "Giridharan, Durgashankar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1199"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Nxe5 13. Rf1 Re8 14. Qc2
c6 15. Bh3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. e4 Be6 18. Be3 h5 19. Rf4 Qe7 20. a4 b6 21. c4
Rf8 22. Qc3 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Rf8 24. Qe5 Qe8 25. c5 bxc5 26. Qxc5 Qf7 27. Rb1 Kh7
28. Bd6 Ba2 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rf1 Qd7 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32. Qc5 Rd8 33. e5 Be6 34.
Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Black "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Qb6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. d4 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Ndf6
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nac5 b6 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. f3 Nh6 19. Ne5 c5 20. Rad1 Bxe4 21.
fxe4 cxd4 22. Nd3 Nfg4 23. Bc1 Ne3 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Bf3 f5 26. Qxe3 Bc5 27.
Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Kf2 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Ng4+ 31. Ke2 Nxh2 32. Rxd8 Rxd8
33. Rh1 Ng4 34. Bxh7+ Kf7 35. Rh5 Nf6 36. Rh4 g6 37. Rh6 Nxh7 38. Rxh7+ Kf6 39.
Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. e3 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15.
e4 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Be3 e5 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Nd5 b6 20. Kh2 Kh7 21. Rde1 Nd8
22. b3 Ne6 23. Qc1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qd2 Rf7 26. Qb4 Ref8 27. Qd2 h5 28.
Rf2 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Bh6 30. Ref1 exf4 31. gxf4 Qd8 32. Qe2 fxe4 33. Qxe4 Qh4 34.
f5 Qxe4 35. Bxe4 gxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Bxf5+ {
and drawn in another 75 moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg1
c5 9. d5 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nb4 11. a3 a6 12. Rb1 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 b5 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3
b4 16. Ne2 Qb5 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Ned4 Qb7 19. Nc6 a5 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Nfd4 e5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Ndc6 Bxc6 25. Nxc6 Qb5 26. O-O Nxd5 27. exd5
Qxd5 28. Rfc1 e4 29. d4 Rfc8 30. Rc5 Qb3 31. Nxa5 Qd3 32. Qxd3 exd3 33. Rac1 $2
(33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Rd1 $18) 33... Rxc5 34. Rxc5 $2 (34. dxc5 Rxa5 $15) 34...
d2 $1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Qa5 16. b3 Be7 17. Ned2 O-O 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Nce5 Qe8 21. Ba6
Bxa6 22. Qxa6 c5 23. Qxa5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 f6 25. Nd3 Qh5 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Qa6 Kf7
28. f3 e5 29. Qc4+ Ke8 30. Ne6 Rf7 31. Qb5+ Rc6 32. Qxc6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
O-O d4 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. Ne2 Rc8 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Ba5 13. Ba3 Nd5 14. Qa4
f6 15. Rab1 Bb6 16. d4 Ne7 17. dxe5 O-O 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. e6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Lewis, Edward Mich"]
[Black "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Rb1 a5 12. b3 f5 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nc3
f4 16. Nce4 Nf5 17. Nf3 g5 18. g4 Ne7 19. h3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nc3 Be6 22.
Nb5 Rc8 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. Nc3 Rfd8 26. Rbc1 e4 27. Na4 Qa7 28. Nh2
Bd4 29. dxe4 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Be3 31. Qd3 Bxc1 32. exd5 Ne5 33. Qb1 Qe3 34. Nb6
Qxb6 35. Nf3 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Nh2 Rd1+ 38. Nf1 Qf2 39. Qf5 Rxf1+ 40. Bxf1
Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe2+ 42. Kh1 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Lewis, Edward Mich"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1205"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfd1 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rac1 a6 17. h3 b5 18. e4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bg6 20. exd5 Ra7 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. d4 Bf7 23. Qb2 Rac7 24. Re1 g5 25. Re3 Qd6 26. Rce1 Kg7 27. Bf3
Kg6 28. Bg4 Kf6 29. Qe2 Re7 30. f4 Rce8 31. Re5 Bg8 32. Rf1 Kg6 33. fxg5 hxg5
34. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Lewis, Edward Mich"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Austin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. O-O e6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Nd3
Bxc5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. h3 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd8 19. e4 d4 20. Ne2 e5 21.
f4 f6 22. a4 O-O 23. b4 Rc8 24. Qa2+ Kh8 25. Qd5 Rxc1+ 26. Nexc1 Qc7 27. fxe5
fxe5 28. b5 Bc8 29. Na2 Bb7 30. Qe6 Bxe4 31. Rc1 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. Nxe5 Kg8
34. Re1 Bc2 35. b6 d3 36. Nxd3 Bxd3 37. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Li, Gordon S Arai"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. O-O-O Rd8 14.
c3 e5 15. Be2 Be6 16. Kb1 a5 17. Rd2 a4 18. Rhd1 a3 19. b3 d4 20. cxd4 exd4 21.
Bxd4 Bh6 22. Be3 Bf5+ 23. Ka1 Bg7+ 24. Bd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rd8 26. Bd3 Rxd4 27.
Kb1 Bxd3+ 28. Kc1 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. h3 h5 8. d3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 a6 12. f4 Rdg8 13. N4f3 Bc5 14. a3 Ng4
$5 15. d4 Bd6 16. c4 c6 17. b4 (17. cxd5 cxd5 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20.
fxe5 Qh4 21. Rf4 f5 {leads to murky play.}) 17... Nh6 18. Rfc1 Kb8 19. b5 axb5
20. cxb5 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. a4 Nf5 $1 23. Kf2 Rc8 24. a5 f6 25. a6 b6 26. Bd4
$2 (26. Nd4) 26... e5 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. a7+ Ka8 29. Bb2 e4 30. Nd4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1
{Diagram #} Nxd4 $2 (31... Ng3 $1 32. Qd1 (32. Qf2 Rcf8) 32... Qg5) 32. Bxd4
Rhf8 (32... Qg5 $1) (32... Qg3 33. Nf1) 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Bxc5 35. Rf1 $4
(35. Nb3) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Nxf1 Qf4 $1 (36... Qg5) 37. Qf2 Qf6 (37... Qg5) 38.
Qg3 Bd6 39. Qe1 Kxa7 40. Qd1 Qe5 41. Qa4+ Kb8 42. Qa6 Bc5 43. Qa2 h4 44. Qf2
Qf6 45. Qe2 Qf5 46. Qb2 d4 $1 47. Qb3 (47. exd4 Qf6) 47... dxe3 48. Nxe3 Bxe3+
49. Qxe3 Qc5 50. Kf2 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Ne5 O-O 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. Nf3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe1 Rc8 11. d3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Re7 14. Qh4 Nf8 15.
Rf3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 d4 19. e4 Qe8 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Raf1
Rf7 22. Qg5 Qf8 23. a4 Qg7 24. Rh3 Rcf8 25. e5 Rf5 26. Qg3 Qf7 27. Rh4 Kh8 28.
Bf3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 g5 30. fxg5 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Bd8 32. f4 Bc7 33. g6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. f4 c6 7. Ng4 O-O 8. Qf3
Re8 9. Qg3 Nxg4 10. Qxg4 Nf6 11. Qg3 e5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Qf4 g5 14. Qf3 Bxe5
15. d4 Bd6 16. Bd3 Re6 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Rf1 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6 20. g3 Bd7 21.
Nd2 Bb4 22. Bc1 Rae8 23. Ke2 Nc3+ 24. Kf2 Rxe3 25. Nf3 R3e7 26. Nxg5 Bg4 27.
Bf4 Be2 28. Rfe1 Bxd3 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. cxd3 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Nh3 Rxa2 33.
Re1 Kf8 34. Nf2 Rb2 35. Bh6+ Kf7 36. Ng4 Bf6 37. Ke3 Nb5 38. Rf1 Rxb3 39. Nxf6
Rb4 40. Nxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Black "Tuck, Drew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb5 c6 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Ngf6 7. d3 e5 8.
fxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qe2 Re6
15. Nf1 Rae8 16. h3 Ng6 17. Bg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Bc5 19. Bc1 Qd6 20. Bd2 Qe7 21.
d4 Bd6 22. g3 Nh4 23. Qxh4 Qxh4 24. gxh4 Rh6 25. e4 Rxh4 26. e5 Bc7 27. Re3
Rxd4 28. Rae1 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Bb6 30. Kg2 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Re6 32. Kf2 Rg6 33. c4
dxc4 34. Nxc4 b6 35. Rd3 Kf8 36. Rd7 a5 37. Nxb6 c5 38. Ra7 Rxb6 39. Rxa5 Rc6
40. Ra4 Ke7 41. Rc4 Kd7 42. Ke3 Ra6 43. a4 Rb6 44. Rc3 Ke6 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Lin, Michael"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 O-O 12. Nf1 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 f6 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bh4 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxb3
21. axb3 c6 22. Rf1 Qe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. h3 Re8 25. Bf2 Rb8 26. g4 g6 27. Qf4
Rb7 28. Qxh6 Rh7 29. Qg5 Rxh3 30. Kg2 Rh7 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qg5 Qe4+ 33. Kg3 Kf7
34. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Kf6 36. Be1 g5+ 37. Ke4 Re7+ 38. Kf3 Ra7 39. b4 Rd7 40.
Bc3+ Ke6 41. Ke4 Rd8 42. Nf5 Rd1 43. Nd4+ Kd6 44. Kf5 c5 45. bxc5+ Kxc5 46.
Nb3+ Kd6 47. Kxg5 Ke6 48. Kg6 Ke7 49. Bb4+ Ke8 50. g5 Rg1 51. Kf6 Rf1+ 52. Kg7
Rf2 53. Nd4 Rf4 54. Bc5 Re4 55. g6 Re5 56. b4 a5 57. Nc6 Re2 58. Nxa5 Rxc2 59.
Nb7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Lourme, Nicholas"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 Rc8 $6 (10... c5) 11. O-O (11. e5) 11... Be7 12. Be3 (12.
e5 $1) 12... c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. dxc5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. Bb5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5
Bxc5 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Rac1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxe5 21. Rce1 Qxb2 22. Bd3 Qd2 23. Bb1
g6 24. Kh1 Bb6 25. Re2 Qc3 26. Rc2 Qg7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qb7 Rd8 29. h3 f5 30.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Re1 Kf6 32. g3 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Lourme, Nicholas R"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "721"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. c4 Qd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd2 a6 13. Bf3 b5 14. Bb2 Rae8
15. Rc1 Bc8 16. cxb5 Ne7 17. Nc4 {
and White later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Lourme, Nicholas R"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
O-O a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Qd1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qg6 14.
Qxd5 Be7 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Qf3 Bd3 17. Re1 f5 {Diagram [#]} 18. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. O-O
Ne5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. f5 e5 14. Nde2 Be8 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Na5 17. Ng3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bg5 19. f6 g6 20. Qg4 Bf4 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Kh8 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. c3 Rc6 25. Rd3 Qb6 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Qh6 Rg8
28. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qf3 g6 14. Rae1 Bg7
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bc5 Rb8 17. f5 Qf6 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Qg3 Qd8 {Diagram [#]}
20. Rxe6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Rxe6 fxe6 11. Bg6+ Nxg6 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 13. c3 Kc7 14. Nbd2
Rhf8 15. b4 Nf4 16. g3 Ng6 17. b5 c5 18. c4 b6 19. Rc1 a5 20. a4 Kb7 21. cxd5
exd5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne4 Ne7 24. Nxc5+ bxc5 25. Qe2 Rae8 26. Qe6 Nb6 27. Ne5
Rf6 28. Qg4 Nf5 29. Nc6 Nc4 30. Qd1 Rfe6 31. Nxa5+ Kb6 32. Nxc4+ dxc4 33. a5+
Kxb5 34. Qd7+ Ka6 35. Rxc4 g6 36. Rxc5 R8e7 37. Qc8+ Ka7 38. Rc7+ Rxc7 39.
Qxc7+ Ka8 40. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 Nge7 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rfe1
b5 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rad1 b4 17. Ne4 b3 18. Qd3 Bc4 19. Qc3 Bd5 20. a3 Nb7 21.
Ned2 c5 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nxb3 c4 24. Nbd2 Qb6 25. Rb1 f6 26. Qc3 Kf7 27. Rbc1
Rc6 28. Nb1 Nd8 29. Bg3 Ne6 30. Nbd2 Qb7 31. Re2 g6 32. Rce1 Bd8 33. Ne4 Qd7
34. Nc5 Qc8 35. Nd2 Bb6 36. Nxc4 Bxc4 37. Qxc4 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Rxc5 39. Qb3 Rc6
40. Qe3 Qb7 41. b4 Rec8 42. h3 a6 43. Qh6 Nf8 44. Qe3 Re6 45. Qb3 Rce8 46. Bd6
$1 R8e7 47. Bxe7 Kxe7 48. Rxe6+ Nxe6 {etc} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1554"]
[BlackElo "1758"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Bf4 a6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Rad1 Bg4 12. b3 e6 13. Bh6 Rb8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qd7 18. d5 Rfd8 19. Qe2 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Qe7 22. Qf3 Ne5 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Qb3 Nd7 25. Bf3 b5 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Qa4
Ne5 28. Be2 Rb6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxa6 Qa8 31. Qd4 Qxa6 32. Qxe5+ Rf6 33. Qb2
Kg8 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. g4 h6 36. a3 Kh7 37. Qd4 Rf3 38. Qe5 Qb6 39. Qe2 Rxa3 40.
Rd3 Qb1+ 41. Rd1 Qb3 42. Rd7 Qf3 43. Qxf3 Rxf3 44. Kg2 Rf6 45. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ba3 Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Qc2 Qh4 21.
Nf5 Qg4 22. Nd6 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Nh4 25. f3 Qh5 26. Qc3 Nf5 27. Rd2
Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Qxh2 31. Kd3 Re1 32. Bxc5 Qg1 33. e4
Qf1+ 34. Kd4 Rc1 35. Qb4 Qg1+ 36. Kd3 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 b5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bf5 (6... Bb7 7. O-O
Nbd7) 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nh4 b4 9. Nxf5 bxc3 10. bxc3 Rc8 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Qc2 e6
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne3 Qa6 15. Nd1 Be7 16. e4 O-O 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19.
Bf1 c5 20. Bxc4 Qa5 21. d5 {White shortly. Remaining moves are unavailable.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 Bd6
15. Bd3 Qe7 16. a4 f5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Ra1 g5 20. Ba3 g4 21. Bxd6
cxd6 22. Qe2 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Qg5 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 f4 26. Qh3 Qe7 27. Rc7
fxe3 28. fxe3 Bc8 29. Qh6 Qg7 30. Qxd6 Qg5 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qh3 Qe7 33. Qh6 Qg7
34. Qd6 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Nxf6 36. Rc6 Ng4 37. Rxb6 Nxe3 38. Rc6 Bf5 39. Be2 Nc2
40. Bd1 Nxd4 41. Ra6 Bd3 42. Bf3 Nxf3+ 43. gxf3 Rxf3 44. Rd6 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Rb1
46. Kg3 Bc4 47. Ra6 d4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Reed, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "586"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 dxc4 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. e3 Be6 6. Na3 Na6 7. Nxc4 Bxc4
8. Bxc4 e6 9. c6 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Rc8 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Nf3 Rxc6 14.
Ne5 Rd6+ 15. Ke2 Nh6 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nc6+ Kd7 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. Rc3 Ke8 20. Rhc1
Nf7 21. f4 e5 22. Nb3 exf4 23. exf4 Re6+ 24. Kf3 g5 25. Nc5 Re7 26. g3 g4+ 27.
Kxg4 Nh6+ 28. Kf3 Nf5 29. Nb3 a5 30. Kf2 a4 31. Nc5 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Nd4+ 33. Kg4
Rg7+ 34. Kh3 Ne2 35. R3c2 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Nd4 37. Rd2 Nb5 38. Nxa4 {
and White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Smith III, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1554"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4
cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Qa8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 N5f6 20. Qf4 Be4 21. Be2
Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Nd7 27. f4
Nxe5 28. fxe5 Kf8 29. Kf2 f6 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Ke8 32. Ke4 b4 33. Kd4 Kd7
34. g4 h6 35. h4 Ke8 {Diagram [#]} 36. Ke4 (36. Kc5 $1 $18) 36... Kd8 $2 (36...
fxe5 $19) 37. h5 $2 (37. exf6 gxf6 38. Kd4) 37... fxe5 $19 38. g5 hxg5 39. Kf3
Kd7 40. Kg4 Kxd6 41. Kxg5 e4 42. Kf4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qb3 c6 13. a4 a5 14. Bg3 Rc8 15.
Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Bf5 Rc7 18. f4 Rce7 19. Ne2 Nh7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Qd3+ Kg8 22. Rf3 c5 23. Ng3 c4 24. Qd2 Re6 25. f5 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Ne2
Qh4 28. Nf4 Qg5 29. Nxd5 Rd8 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. f6 Bxf6 32. Qc2 Bxf3 33. gxf3
Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 g6 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Na6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bh4 Kg7 19. Qc3 Re6 20. Bd5 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rb8 24. Re6 Nc7 25. Qxf6+ Kh6 26. Bg5+ Kh5 27.
Bf3# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1554"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na6 13. a3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Qg6 15.
Bf3 Nxc3 16. Bxb7 Nxd1 17. Qxd1 Nc7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Nf3 e5 20. Nd2 Ne6 21. f4
e4 22. Nb1 Nc7 23. Nc3 Qe6 24. Rf2 Rb8 25. Rd2 Rb6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Bf6
28. Rd2 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 a5 30. Qd2 Ra6 31. Qc2 Kf7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Ra1+ 34.
Kf2 Qf6 35. g3 g5 36. bxc5 gxf4 37. c6 fxg3+ 38. hxg3 Qh6 39. Kg2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.47"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Ne7 10. e4 Bb4 11. Qc2 c6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Ng6
15. h4 f5 16. h5 Nh4 17. Ne5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bf3 Qg5 20. Qd3 Be8 21. g4
Bxh5 22. Qb3 Rae8 23. Ng3 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Qxg4 25. Nh2 Qxd4 26. Nxh5 Bd6 27.
Rad1 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Qh3 Qxh3+ 30. Kxh3 Re7 31. Rd6 f4 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33.
Re1 Rf5 34. Kh4 e5 35. Kg4 Rg5+ 36. Kh4 Rg6 37. Rxg6 Kxg6 38. Nxf4+ {and ...}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 c6 11. e4 h6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. Rxb4 Bf8 15.
Rb1 Kh7 16. h3 Nc5 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. Nb3 Bb4 20. Bd3 b6 21. Re2 Bb7
22. Be3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 c5 24. Reb2 Bc6 25. f3 Ra6 26. Qd2 g5 27. Qf2 Ng8 28. h4
f6 29. Qg3 Bd7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Qg3 Ne7 33. Kf2 Rh8 34. Kg1 Ng6
35. Nc1 Ngf4 36. Bxf4 Nxf4 37. Qf2 Rb8 38. Qd2 Rd8 39. Qe3 Be6 40. Bf1 Rd1 41.
Qb3 Qd6 42. Ne2 Nxe2+ 43. Rxe2 Rxb1 44. Qxb1 Bxc4 45. Rb2 Bxf1 46. Qxf1 Qd4+
47. Qf2 c4 48. Rd2 Qxf2+ 49. Kxf2 b5 50. Ke2 Kf7 51. Rb2 Rb6 52. a4 b4 53. a5
Rb8 54. a6 b3 55. Kd2 Ra8 56. Kc3 Rxa6 57. Kxc4 Rd6 58. Kxb3 Kg6 59. Kc4 {
Both sides quit keeping score here. Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 exd5 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Be1
Rfe8 15. b4 a6 16. Nc5 Rab8 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bg4 Re7 20. Nf5 Ndf6
21. Nxe7+ Bxe7 22. Be2 Nd6 23. f3 Nb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Bd6 26. Bg3 Bxg3
27. hxg3 Nd7 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Nf6 32. Kf3 Kd7 33.
Rh4 Kc7 34. Rf4 Kb6 35. Ra3 Rd8 36. Rd3 Rd7 37. g4 Kc7 38. Rf5 Nh7 39. Kf4 Ng5
40. Rxg5 hxg5+ 41. Kxg5 Rd6 42. b3 Rg6+ 43. Kh4 Re6 44. e5 f6 45. Re3 Kd7 46.
g5 fxe5 47. Rxe5 Rxe5 48. dxe5 Ke6 49. Kh5 Kxe5 50. Kg6 Kf4 51. Kxg7 Kxg5 52.
Kf7 b6 53. Ke6 c5 54. Kd5 cxb4 55. Kc6 Kg4 56. Kxb5 Kg3 57. Kxb4 Kxg2 58. Kb5
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Qc2 c5 8. e4
Nc6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Kh1 Nh5
15. Rg1 Qf6 16. f4 Nxf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rg3 g6 20. Bc1 Kxh7 21.
Qe4 Kg7 22. Rg4 Rh8 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Qe5 25. Qf3 f5 26. Rg1 Rh6 27. Rg3
Rah8 28. h3 Rxh3+ 29. Kg2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "952"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Nf3 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 Qd7 15.
Rad1 Rfb8 16. Bb4 Bg4 17. Rfe1 e6 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f3
Bf5 22. e4 Bh3 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25. Ke3 Qf4+ 26. Kd3 f5 27. Bd2
fxe4+ 28. fxe4 Qg3+ 29. Be3 Bf4 30. Bf1 Re8 31. Re2 Qf3 32. Bg2 Qg3 33. Bf1 Ra7
34. Kd4 Rea8 35. Rd3 Be5+ 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Qxb5 Ra4+ 38. Kb3 Rxa3+ 39. Kc2 Ra2+
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 b6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be4 8. O-O
Bxf3 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Bg2 Bb4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Bxf7 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 c5 19. a3 Bd2 20. Rc2
Ke7 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bf3 Rd4 23. Kg1 Rhd8 24. Bg2 Ba5 25. Rb1 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+
27. Bf1 Kd6 28. Kg2 Kd5 29. h4 Rd4 30. Kf3 c4 31. Ke2 b5 32. Bg2+ Ke5 33. Kf3
Rd2 (33... Kd6 {followed by ...Kc5 and ...a5 and ...b4 was another plan.
Heading for the opposite colored bishop allows many drawish possibilities.})
34. Rxd2 Bxd2 35. Ke2 Bc1 36. Bc6 a6 37. Bb7 a5 $6 (37... Kd6 38. Bxa6 Kc5 $17
39. b3 cxb3 40. Kd3 Bxa3 41. Kc3 b2 42. Kc2 {
is still a likely draw. Black needs passed pawns on both wings to win.}) 38.
Bc6 Bxb2 39. Bxb5 Bxa3 40. Bxc4 {The game should now end in a draw.} Bc5 41. h5
gxh5 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Kf3 h6 44. Kg2 Be7 45. Kh3 Kg6 46. Bb3 {
and drawn many moves later. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Black "Moor, William Edwa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h3 e6 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nbd2
Ndf6 9. c4 Bd6 10. Be5 O-O 11. Rc1 Bb8 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 f6 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. e4 Red8 20. Nh2 Be8 21.
Nf1 Bg6 22. Ne3 Rd7 23. d5 exd5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 d4 26. Re1 Qf7 27. Re6 c5
28. Rce1 d3 29. Qd2 Rbd8 30. R1e3 h6 31. Qe1 d2 32. Qd1 Rd4 33. Re7 Qxc4 34.
Kh2 Qd5 35. Qh5 Qd6+ 36. g3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 b6 8. d3 c6
9. Nbd2 Nd5 10. Kf2 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qc1 Ng4+ 13. Kg1 Nxe3 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
Ng5 Bc8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bf3 Qf6 18. Rxe3 Qd4 19. Qe1 Rf6 20. Kh1 Kf8 21. Rd1
Bd7 22. g3 Na6 23. Nc4 b5 24. c3 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. g3 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. a3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bh3 12. Bxb7 Bxf1 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qa4+
Kf8 15. Bxa8 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bxc4 17. Be3 Kg7 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Rxc3 Rxa8 20. Qc2
Rc8 21. Bc1 Nd5 22. Rf3 f6 23. Qe4 Be2 24. Bh6+ Kxh6 25. Qxe2 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Rc3
27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Qa6 Qc7 29. Qd3 Qc6 30. Qd4 Nf4+ 31. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f3 Nb4 10. e4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Na2 Nxa2 13. Bxa2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qd7 15.
Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bb1 g6 17. Ng3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rcd1 Rxc2 21.
Rxd7 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxd7 23. Rf2 Kf8 24. Nf1 Rc7 25. Ne3 Nd7 26. Rc2 Rxc2+ 27.
Bxc2 Ke7 28. Nc4 a5 29. Kf2 Ba6 30. Bb3 Nc5 31. Ba2 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Nxa4 33. b3
Nc5 34. Ke3 e5 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 h6 37. Ke5 f6+ 38. Kd5 Kd7 39. e5 fxe5 40.
Kxe5 Ke7 41. Kd5 Kd7 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. Kd5 Nd7 44. Kc6 $2 Ne5+ 45. Kxb6 Nxc4+ 46.
bxc4 a4 47. c5 a3 48. c6 a2 49. c7 a1=Q 50. c8=Q Qd4+ 51. Ka6 Qd6+ 52. Kb5 Qd7+
53. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {theoretical draw} 54. Kc4 Ke6 55. Kd3 Kf5 56. Ke2 Kg4 57. Kf1
Kh3 58. Kg1 h5 59. Kh1 g5 60. Kg1 g4 61. Kh1 h4 62. Kg1 g3 63. Kh1 Kg4 64. hxg3
hxg3 65. Kg1 {draw offer} Kg5 66. Kh1 Kh4 67. Kg1 Kg4 68. Kg2 Kh4 69. Kg1 Kg4
70. Kg2 Kf4 71. Kg1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Adams, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. Qe1 a6 10. d4 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Nh4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Nf5 Qd8
15. Qg3 g6 16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. Nf5+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Ng4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4
21. dxe5 Bxc2 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qd4 dxe5 24. Qxe5+ f6 25. Qc3 Bg6 26. Rad1 Qe7 27.
Qc6 Be4 28. Rd7 Bxc6 29. Rxe7+ Rf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxf6+ Kg7 32. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxd5 Ne7 9. Bc4 d6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 b5 13. Bb3 c5 14. Bd5 Rb8
15. O-O Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 Qb6 19. Qd3 Ng6 20. g3 Rd8 21.
Kg2 d5 22. Rae1 f5 23. Nxe5 fxe4 24. Qe3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qe6 26. Qd4 Rc7 27. c3
Rc4 28. Qa7 b4 29. cxb4 Qxe5 30. Re2 Qe6 31. Ref2 e3 32. Rf7 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Qe4
34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rf3 e2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "1269"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bb6
15. Qe2 c5 16. b5 Bd7 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nh2 Ba5 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21.
Rxa5 Qxa5 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qa1+ 24. Rf1 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Re6 26. Nf3 Qc3 27.
Nh4 Rf6 28. Nf5 Qe5 29. Qg4 Rg6 30. Qh4 Rf6 31. g4 Qe6 32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxg5 Rg6
34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nxg6 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qh6 37. Qxh6+ Kxh6 38. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Moren, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "975"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxc5
8. Be3 Qb4 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. a3 Qa5 11. Nd2 g6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8
Qxc8 15. e5 Ng4 16. exd6 Nxe3 17. d7+ Qxd7 18. fxe3 Qe6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. O-O O-O
21. Na4 Rb5 22. b3 Rf5 23. Qe2 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 a5 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Qd2 Bh6 27.
Kh1 Qc7 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qd4 Qb6 32. Nd7 Qb5 33. Qd3
Qxd3 34. cxd3 Bxe3 35. Ne5 c5 36. Nc6 Bc1 37. a4 Bd2 38. Nxe7+ Kf8 39. Nd5 f5
40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Kf1 Ke6 42. Nc7+ Ke5 43. Nb5 Kf4 44. Ke2 Bc1 45. Nc3 Bb2 46.
Nb5 g5 47. Nd6 Bc3 48. g3+ Kg4 49. Kf2 f4 50. gxf4 Kxf4 51. Ne4 Bd4+ 52. Ke2 h5
53. Nd2 g4 54. Ne4 h4 55. Nd2 g3 56. hxg3+ Kxg3 57. Nf1+ Kg2 58. Nd2 h3 59. Nf3
h2 60. Nxh2 Kxh2 {Black is completely winning but the game was eventually
drawn. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 (4. Qh5) 4... d5 5. Bxd5 Qxd5 6. d3 f5
7. Qh5+ Qf7 8. Qxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kf6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. a3 h6 12. Nf3 f4 13. Bd2
Bc5 14. Bc3 Re8 {Diagram [#]} (14... Kf5) 15. Nxf4 $1 Bd6 16. Nd5+ Kf7 17. O-O
Bg4 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne4 Bf4 $4 21. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Ne7 8.
Nc3 f6 9. Nh4 Bf7 10. Bg4 g6 11. Bh6 f5 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 cxd4 16. O-O Be5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Kh1 O-O-O 20. Qc4+ Kb8 21.
Rfe1 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Ne5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 d3 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27.
fxg5 dxc2 28. Kg1 Rd2 29. Rf1 Re8 30. b4 Ree2 31. Rfc1 Kc7 32. b3 Kd6 33. Kf1
Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Ke5 35. Rxa7 Kf4 36. Raa1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 ({The main line (of the 2Ns) starts} 3... Bg4 4.
h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6) 4. Nxe4 Bf5 $2 {"Every Russian schoolboy knows" that the
Two Knights Variation of the Caro Kann is as much intended to make 4...Bf5 bad
as anything else...} 5. Ng3 Bg6 {Diagram [#]} 6. Bc4 $6 ({
The known continuation goes} 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 $1 Bh7 8. Qh5 $1 {when} g6 {
is too ugly for contemplation.}) 6... e6 7. d4 Nd7 8. c3 Ngf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10.
Ne5 O-O 11. O-O h6 $2 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bxe6+ Kh7 15. Qc2 Qd6 16.
Rae1 Rae8 17. f4 Bd8 18. f5 g5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc7 21. g3 Rf6 22. Bg8+ $4
{Hallucination!} Rxg8 23. Qe7 Rgf8 24. Re6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6 Qxe6 26. fxe6 Rxf1+
27. Kxf1 Kg6 28. c4 Kf6 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Bd6 31. Ke2 Ke5 32. g4 Kxd5 33. h3
Kxe6 34. Kd3 g6 35. Ke4 h5 36. b3 b5 37. Kd4 a5 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Bb4 40.
Ke4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Nh3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Be2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxf4 14. g3 Rf8
15. Nf2 Nd7 16. d4 e5 17. Qd3 exd4 18. Qxg6 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 Qf6 20. Qg4 Ne5 21.
Qxd4 Nxf3 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Kg2 Raf8 25. Raf1 Bd6 26. Rhg1 Rxg3+
27. Kh1 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Bc5 29. Kg2 Rxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Kxf2 Kf7 32. Kf3 g6
33. b4 Kf6 34. c3 Ke5 35. a3 b6 36. a4 c5 37. b5 d4 38. c4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Sun, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
c3 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. b3 O-O-O 14. Qc2 c5 15.
Be3 Qc6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ke2 Kb8 18. Rac1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qa6+ 20. Qd3 Qxd3+ 21.
Kxd3 a6 22. Rc2 Ne5+ 23. Ke2 Nxg4 24. Bc1 Bc5 25. Rg1 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 e5 27. b4
Bb6 28. Kg2 exd4 29. Bf4+ Ka7 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Rf1 Rxb4 32. Bd2 Rbh4 33. Rxf6
Rxh3 34. Rxf7 Rh2+ 35. Kg3 R8h3+ 36. Kg4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxb2 12. Qc3 Qc1+ 13. Ke2 Qxh1 14.
Qxc7 O-O 15. Qc4 b6 16. Qd5 Ba6+ 17. c4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxg2 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Ne5
Rd8 21. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Nxe4 Rxd4 23. Ke3 Rfd8 24. Rg1 Bxc4 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26.
Nfd7+ R8xd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8.
a3 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 g6 12. Rd1 a6 13. Ne4 Qd5 14. c4 Qa5+
15. Qd2 Nxe4 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Nf3 Nd6 18. Nxe5 f6 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. O-O Nc6 21.
d4 h5 22. Nh2 O-O-O 23. d5 Ne5 24. Rc1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Nd3 26. Rc2 f5 27. b4 Bg5
28. Re2 Rhe8 29. Rf3 h4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 $6 (3... Bb4) 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7.
O-O Re8 8. h3 a6 9. Be3 e5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. d5 Nd8 13. Kh2 Rf8 14. f4
exf4 15. Nxf4 g5 16. Nfe2 g4 17. Bd4 Nh5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Bxe5+
Bf6 {Diagram [#]} 21. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 22. Rf1 Re8 23. Bxf6+ Kf8 24. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g3 Nb6 8.
Qb3 Be6 9. Qc2 Nbd5 10. Ng5 Nb4 11. Qd1 Bf5 12. e4 Bg6 13. a3 Na6 14. Bg2 h6
15. Nh3 e6 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. O-O Be7 18. Be3 O-O 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Nc7 21. f3
b6 22. Rac1 Re8 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Ne5 Na8 25. Nd3 Nc7 26. Na2 Na8 27. Bh3 Bf8 28.
Nab4 Nb8 29. Rc3 f5 30. e5 g5 31. f4 gxf4 32. Nxf4 c5 33. dxc5 Qe7 34. Nbd3 Nc6
35. Bg2 Red8 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6 Kf7 39. Nb4 Bg7 40. Rxd8 Qxd8
41. Qd3 Qc8 42. Qd6 Bf8 43. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7
8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. e3 Be6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe6
Qxe6 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qc2 O-O 17. O-O c5 (17... Nd7 {
to put the knight on c5 was another idea.}) 18. Rad1 e4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd7 22. h3 Qxd1+ 23. Bxd1 b6 24. Bc2 h6 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 Kf7
27. Kf2 Ne8 28. f4 Nd6 29. Bd3 Ke6 30. Kf3 Ne8 31. h4 Nf6 32. e4 h5 33. e5 Ng4
34. Bg6 Nh2+ 35. Ke4 Nf1 36. f5+ Ke7 37. Kd3 Ng3 38. a3 Kd7 39. f6 gxf6 40.
exf6 Ke6 41. f7 Ke7 42. Kd2 Kf8 43. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Be7 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. h3
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Re1 f5 13. exf6 Ndxf6 14. Be5 Bd6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Ne4 17. Ngxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qf6 20. Qf3 Qh4 21.
Qe3 Rad8 22. Bf3 cxd4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Re4 Qg5 25. Rg4 Qd2 26. Rxd4 Qxb2 27.
Rad1 Bc7 28. Qe7 Rc8 29. Rc4 Rce8 30. Qxc7 Qxa2 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Rd7 Re1+ 33.
Kh2 Qe6 34. Rgxg7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nc4 d5 10. Nce5 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Qf3 Re8 16. Qh3 Bf8 17. Bg5 g6 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Bxf6 Qd6 22. Qg5 Qf8 23. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Qc2 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
e5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd5 e4 18. Ng5 Ne5 19. f4 exf3 20. gxf3 h6 21.
f4 Bc6 22. Bxc6+ Nxc6 23. Kf2 Be7 24. Ne6 Kf7 25. Rhe1 Rhe8 26. Nbd4 Nxd4 27.
cxd4 b6 28. a4 Bb4 29. Rxb4 Rxe6 30. Rd1 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Ree2 32. a5 Rf2+ 33. Ke3
Rg2 34. Kf3 Rgd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Ke3 Rg2 37. Kf3 Rd2 38. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d6 12. Qg4 Qe8 13. Bg3 Qg6 14. Qxg6
hxg6 15. Rfb1 Nd7 16. Rb5 Rf5 17. c4 e5 18. c3 g5 19. a4 a5 20. Rb2 Kf7 21. c5
dxc5 22. Nc4 Ke6 23. Rd2 Bd5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rf7 27. Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Qc2 g6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. O-O-O Bxe5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. dxe5
Ng4 15. Nf3 c6 16. Rhe1 Qe7 17. Qd2 O-O-O 18. Re2 Rhe8 19. Qd4 Kb8 20. Qf4 Nxe5
21. Qh6 f6 22. Rh1 Rd7 23. Qf4 Kc8 24. Qa4 b6 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxc6+ Qc7 27.
Qa8+ Qb8 28. Qxb8+ Kxb8 29. Rd2 h5 30. Rhd1 Red8 31. c4 Rc8 32. b3 Rc5 33. Kb2
Kc8 34. Rxd5 Rcxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Kd7 37. Kc3 Kd6 38. Kc4 a6 39. a4 g5
40. Kd4 a5 41. Kc4 Ke5 42. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Lee, Andy C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bf4 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O d5 7. Bb3 e6 8. c4
Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Be3 a5 14. Ba4 Ne7
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Nf5 17. Bc2 Nxd4 18. Be7 Qc6 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Bf5 Qb5 21.
Bb1 Ne6 22. Bh4 Bxb2 23. Rcd1 c6 24. f4 Qb4 25. Qe2 Bc3 26. Rf1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4
Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Bg3 b5 14. Ne3 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Be6 16. b4 Bd5 17. O-O Bh6 18. Bf4 Bg7 19. Ra3 Ra7 20. Rfa1 Rfa8 21.
Nd2 e5 {Diagram [#]} 22. e4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 exf4 24. Nxd6 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 Nxd4 26.
Bd3 Nc6 27. Be4 Rd8 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bxc6 Rxa3 30. bxa3 Rb8 31. a4 bxa4 32.
Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 h6 5. Bc4 g5 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qe2 Bd7
9. O-O-O Bg7 10. h3 Qe7 11. Rhe1 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Nbd2 a4 15. Bc4
O-O 16. e4 f4 17. Bh2 Nh7 18. g3 a3 19. b3 Kh8 20. e5 d5 21. Bd3 Be8 22. Ne4 {
Pretty, but} (22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Rg1 $16 {was more effective.}) 22... Nd7 23.
Nf6 (23. gxf4) 23... Nhxf6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. gxf4 Bh5 26. Qe3 gxf4 $19 27. Bxf4
Raf8 28. Be5 Nxe5 $2 (28... Bxf3 $19) 29. Nxe5 Rxf2 {
Time pressure likely affected the concluding moves of the game.} 30. Rd2 $2 (
30. Be2) 30... Rxd2 $2 (30... Qg5 $19) 31. Kxd2 Qd6 $2 {Diagram [#]} (31... Qg5
) 32. Rg1 (32. Bg6 $1) 32... Qe7 (32... Be8) 33. Qg3 (33. Bg6 $1) 33... Qg5+
34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 $4 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Oyuntseren, Togtok"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Bc2 e6 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. O-O Bxf4 10. exf4 Qc7 11. Ne5 g6 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nh5 14. Re3 Qe7
15. Qg4 Bd7 16. b3 b5 17. a4 O-O 18. Rh3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qg5 e5 21. dxe5
Bxh3 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. gxh3 Raf8 25. Rf1 Kg7 26. Bd1 bxa4 27.
bxa4 Rb8 28. Nf3 Rb1 29. Nd4 Rc1 30. Bc2 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rb6 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. f4
h6 34. h4 Rb2 35. Ke3 Ra2 36. Kd2 Ra1 37. Bd1 Ra2+ 38. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Qb6 8. Na3
Nbd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. c3 b5 11. Ncd2 Rb8 12. b4 c4 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. Qc1 Bb7 15.
Bd1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Nd5 19. Qd2 Rbc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Re1 Nf6
22. Be2 Bd5 23. Bf4 Ne4 24. Qd1 h6 25. Bf1 g5 26. Bh2 Qd7 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Qxd2
f5 29. f3 Qe6 30. Re2 Bc6 31. Rce1 d5 32. Rf2 Qg6 33. Be2 h5 34. Ref1 h4 35.
Qd1 Bd7 36. Kh1 Bf6 37. Rg1 Kg7 38. f4 g4 39. g3 Rh8 40. gxh4 Rxh4 41. hxg4
fxg4 42. Rfg2 Qe4 (42... Kf7) 43. Bxg4 $4 (43. Bf3) 43... Rxg4 44. Qe2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7
9. a4 a6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Ra7 12. Rfd1 Qa8 13. c4 Rb8 14. d5 b5 15. e4
bxc4 16. Qxc4 Bc8 17. Bh2 Rxb2 18. Ra3 a5 19. Qc1 Rb4 20. e5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 Ba6
22. Ra2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 N5b6 24. Bb5 d5 25. Re2 e6 26. Bf4 Nc4 27. Rde1 Ndb6 28.
Bh6 Qd8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nd2 Qg5 31. Nxc4 Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34.
Rec2 Rxa4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 a4 {
Black went on to win the ending. Remaining moves are unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c3
e6 (7... Qe8 8. h3 e5 9. Bh2 Qe7) 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. h3 e5) 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 (3.
e4 d6 4. c3) (3. Bg5) 3... d6 4. c3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bg3 Ne7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 h6 11. O-O g5 12. h4 (12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Ne3
Nb6 15. Bb3) 12... Ng6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 gxf4 (15... exf4 16.
e5 g4 17. e6 gxf3 18. Nxf3 fxe6 $2 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 (19... Kh8 20. Qh3+) 20. Bd3+
Kh8 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qh5+) 16. g3 (16.
Rfd1) 16... Qf6 17. Kg2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bc2 (19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. g4) 19...
Rad8 20. Nh4 Bh6 21. Nhf3 Bg4 22. Rh1 {Diagram #} Rxd2 $1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Marcus, Lev"]
[Black "Wonsever, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3 Qh4+ 7. Bf2 Qg4
8. O-O-O Qxf3 9. Nxf3 Bg4 10. Be2 c6 11. Rd2 g6 12. Rhd1 Bh6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Kb1 Bxd2 15. Rxd2 Nbd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]
[BlackElo "966"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. d5 a6 6. Be2 Nd4 $4 7. Nxd4 Bxe2 8.
Nxe2 c6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Nbc3 Nf6 11. O-O d5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb1 Be7 14. Ng3 Qb6
15. b3 O-O 16. c3 Rad8 17. Nf5 Kh8 18. Nxe7 Nxe4 19. Nxc6 Rd6 20. Be7 Rxc6 21.
Bxf8 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Kh1 h6 24. Qg4 g5 25. Qh5 Qf6 26. Bxh6 Kg8 27. Bxg5
Qg7 28. f4 f6 29. Bh6 Qh7 30. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]
[BlackElo "796"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Nice upset by Bilguun!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Ng5 e6 6.
O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Qd1 e5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bh4 h6 13.
Nxf7 Qxh4 14. Nxe5+ Kh7 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. f3 Be5 17. g3 Bxg3 18. Qd2 Rxf3 {
I've been reading I.Sokolov's "Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess" -- he's fond
of looking at the attackers vs. defenders ratio. He would love this position.}
19. Qg2 Nf4 20. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "554"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nd5 Bxd5 8.
Bxd5 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qd7 11. Bb3 Qg4 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. O-O-O d5 14. exd5
Nfxd5 15. e4 Nf4 16. Qd2 c5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nxe5+ Kg8 19. Nxg4 Nxa2+ 20. Kb1
Nb4 21. Qxf4 Rf8 22. Qd6 Kh7 23. Ne5 Rf6 24. Qe7 Rhf8 25. Ng4 R6f7 26. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nh4
$2 (8. Be3) 8... Nxe4 9. Ng6 $2 (9. Nxe4 Qxh4 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Be3 {
would have have kept Black's advantage to a minimum.}) 9... Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+
11. Kxf2 Qf6+ 12. Nf4 exf4 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Be6 17.
Qf3 c6 18. Nf4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qf6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Rb1 Qd4+ 22. Kf1 Nxf4 23.
Bxf4 Re6 24. Bg3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 Na5 8. Nd5
Nxc4 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. dxc4 Nxe4 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Qf3 f5 13. b3 c6 14. Qh5 f4
15. Bc1 Rf5 16. Qf3 d5 17. Nd3 Qh4 18. cxd5 Rh5 19. h3 Bxd5 (19... Ng5 $1) 20.
Qe2 (20. Qg4) 20... Nc3 21. Qe1 {Diagram [#]} Bxg2 $1 22. Nxf4 Bxh3 23. Nxh5
Qg4+ 24. Ng3 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d3 h6 7. h3 Re8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 c6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. c4 Nd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. d4 f6 14. d5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Bf7 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. Nf5 Bg6 19. f4 Bxf5 20. exf5 e4 21. Ba2
Bb6+ 22. Kh2 Qb5 23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. Bb4 Rad8 25. Qh5 Re7 26. Bc4 Be3 27. Ra2 Qd4
28. Rd1 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Steigum, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nxe4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. c3 Nxd3+ 14. Ke2 Nf4+
15. Bxf4 gxf4 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxf4 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Nf3 Bb5+ 20. Kd2 g4
21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Black "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d3 (6. d4 $1) (6. Nxf7
$1) 6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe5 c5 12. Nc6
Qe8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7+ 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Qxe7 Rxe7+ 16. Kd1 Bg4+ 17. f3 Bh5 18. g4
Bg6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. d4 Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Nd2 Rd3 24. dxc5
f5 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. b4 fxg4 27. fxg4 Bd3+ 28. Ke3 h6 29. Ne4 Bc2 30. Nf2 Re5+
31. Kd2 Ba4 32. Nd3 Rd5 33. Re1 Bd7 34. h3 h5 35. c4 Rd4 36. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Be3 a6 7. c3 b5 {
Diagram [#]} 8. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 10. Ne6 Qb6 11. d5 (11. Nxg7+ Kf7 12.
Ne6) 11... Nc5 12. Nxg7+ Kf7 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6+ Kxe6 15. b4 Nf6 16. f3 a5
17. Nd2 a4 18. Qe2 Nfd7 19. f4 Kf7 20. Bd4 Rhf8 21. e5 Kg8 22. Ne4 Rae8 23.
bxc5 dxc5 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Rad1 Nb6 26. Bxc5 Nd5 27. Qg4 b4 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29.
cxb4 Qb5 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qg3 Qc4 32. Rd4 Qxa2 33. f5 Rg8 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+
Rg7 36. Rd2 Qc4 37. f6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Qd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. c3 Qd7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bf4 Rae8 20. Rxe6 Rxe6
21. Rd1 Be5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Diagram # Can White take the pawn on d6?} 23. c4 (
23. Qxd6 $4 Re1+ $1 {is a very common tactic.}) 23... b5 24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Qxd6
Qxd6 26. Rxd6 bxc4 27. bxc4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re2 29. b4 Rb2 30. Rb6 a5 $2 31. bxa5
Rxf2 32. a6 Ra2 33. c5 Kf8 34. c6 Ke7 35. a7 Kd6 36. Rb7 Kxc6 37. Rxf7 Kb6 38.
Rxh7 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Kxa7 40. Kg3 Kb6 41. Kg4 Kc5 42. Kg5 Kd4 43. Kxg6 Ke5 44. h4
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Bekhyur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O b5 8. f4
(8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 $16) 8... Bb7 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 (10. a4 e5) (
10. Nd5 $1 $14) 10... b4 11. Na4 $2 (11. Nd5 $1 $14) 11... e5 $1 $17 12. Nf5 g6
(12... Bc6 $1) 13. Ng3 (13. Ne3) 13... Bc6 14. b3 Bb5 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Cheng, Andrew Ys"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. c3
g6 9. d4 exd4 10. Bg5 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Bg7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd5 O-O $2 (13... Qd7
) 14. Qxc6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Be5 16. Nd5 Qg5+ 17. Kf1 Bxh2 18. Ke2 Qe5 19. Qc3 Qxc3
20. Nxc3 Be5 21. Rac1 c6 22. Nd1 c5 23. Bd5 Rab8 24. b3 Kg7 25. Rc2 h5 26. Nb2
Bxb2 27. Rxb2 h4 28. f4 h3 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rh2 Rh4 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Kg3 Rbh8 33.
Rd2 {and White soon won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Bb4 5. c3 Bd6 6. e5 Be7 7. Bd3 f6 8. O-O
f5 9. Ne1 a5 10. g3 b6 11. Ng2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Nf4 Kd7 14. Qa4 g5 15.
Nxe6 Qa8 16. Ng7 Nh6 17. c4 dxc4 18. d5 b5 19. Qxb5 Rb6 20. dxc6+ Qxc6 21.
Qxc6+ Rxc6 22. Nf3 Rg6 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Nh5 Nf7 25. Rd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Bd2 c6 28. Re1 Re6 29. Ng7 Rg6 30. Nxf5 g4 31. N3d4 Bb6 32. Ne7+ Kd7 33. Nxg6
Bxd4 34. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Qd7 7. O-O a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Qg4 10. Qd2 c5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxe4 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 d5 8. c4
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Bf6 14. Rc1 Ne5
15. Bb4 Re8 16. Nb5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Be6 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qb6
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. h3 h6 23. Qe3 Qc5 24. Nxe6 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxc3 27.
Re7 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Rxb7 Rxa2 30. Rd7 Ra5 31. Kg3 a6 32. Kf3 Rb5 33. h4 a5
34. Ra7 Kh7 35. h5 d4 36. g4 Rd5 37. Ke2 d3+ 38. Kd2 Kg8 39. f3 Kf8 40. f4 Rd4
41. Ra8+ Kf7 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 e5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 a6 13. a4 Rc8 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Nd4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nd5 Qd7 21.
Nb6 Qe8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Nf5 h5 24. c3 Rd8 25. Qd5 N6e5 26. Qxb7 Bf8 27. Qd5
g6 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nd4 Ng4 30. Rde1 Be7 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Rb8
34. b4 Rc8 35. Qd5 Qe7 36. g3 Rxc3 37. Rc1 Rxg3 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Ne5 40.
Rc2 Qxh4+ 41. Rh2 Qg4 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Rd3 44. Qf2 Rf3 45. Qe2 Rxf1+ 46.
Qxf1 Qxe4+ 47. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nd2 c6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bb3 Kh7 14. Qh5 Be6
15. Kh1 Rg8 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Qh4 cxd5 18. f3 Bf5 19. d4 Rg5 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. f4
Rg4 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Qh5 Qd7 24. Rxe5 Rg5 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Rxg5 hxg5 27. Qh5+
Kg7 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Nf3 Bd8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Ne5 Qc7 32. Re1 Ke7 33. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nc4 Nd8 12. Ne3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 c6 14. Bc4 d5 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. exd5 e4 17. dxe4 b5 18. Bb3 Qxc3 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd5 21.
exd5 Nb7 22. Nxb5 Be2 23. Nc7 Bxf1 24. Nxa8 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxa8 26. Rc1 Nd6 27.
Rc7 a5 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Rd7 Ra6 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. Rc7 Ke8 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6
Kd8 34. Bd5 f6 35. a4 Ne8 36. Kg4 Nc7 37. e4 g6 38. Bf7 g5 39. Kf5 Ke7 40. Bc4
Ne8 41. Kg6 Nd6 42. Bd5 Nc8 43. Kxh6 Kd6 44. Kg6 Ke7 45. Kg7 Nb6 46. Bb3 Na8
47. a5 Nc7 48. Kg6 Na6 49. Bc4 Nc7 50. a6 Na8 51. a7 Kd6 52. Kxf6 Nb6 53. Kxg5
Kxc6 54. Bd5+ Kd6 55. a8=Q Nxa8 56. Bxa8 Ke7 57. h4 Kf8 58. h5 Ke7 {
All right already (no more moves listed)} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. a3 Nc6 10. O-O f6 11. Re1 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1
Qf6 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Bh4 Rae8 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rf6 20. Qd2 h6
21. Re5 Qg6 22. Re3 Bc8 23. Rae1 c6 24. Qe2 Qg4 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27.
Nh4 Rf6 28. Re5 Kf7 29. f4 g6 30. Nf3 Rf5 31. R5e3 Rf6 32. Ne5+ Kg7 33. Nd3 Kf7
34. g4 Kg7 35. Kh2 Ref8 36. g3 Kf7 37. Nc5 Re8 38. Na4 Ke7 39. Nb6 Bd7 40. Kg2
Kd6 41. Rb3 Re7 42. Rh1 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Rh5 e5 45. Nxd7 Rxd7 46. dxe5+
Kxe5 47. Rxg5+ Ke4 48. Rb4+ Ke3 49. Rf5 Rff7 50. Rbf4 Rfe7 51. Rf1 Kd4 52. R1f2
Kc5 53. g5 $138 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. Qb4 Qxb4
8. cxb4 Nc6 9. b5 Nd4 10. Bd3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Be3 Ra4 13. c3 Ne6 14. f3
Ra3 15. Bxb6 Nf4 16. Kd2 Nxg2 17. Ne2 Nh4 18. Rhf1 Bb7 19. Bc5 Ra8 20. c4 e6
21. Bd4 e5 22. Be3 O-O 23. Bg5 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nxe4+ 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rb3 f6
27. Be3 Ra4 28. Nc3 Rxc4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. b6 Rb8 31. b7 Ra4 32. a3 d5 33. Rc1
Kf7 34. Rc8 Rxa3 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxa3 d4 37. Ra7 dxe3+ 38. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Sadowsky, Jacob An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. h3 (5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6
bxc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O) 5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 (7. d4) 7... Nd4 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c5 11. f4 Qc7 12. c4 Qc8 13. f5 g6 14. Nf4 gxf5 15.
exf5 Bd8 16. g4 Kh8 17. Bf1 Rg8 18. Bg2 h5 19. Qf3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rxg4 21. Qh3+
Kg8 22. Nd5 Bxf5 23. Re7 {Diagram [#]} Nxd5 $4 (23... Kg7 $1 24. Nxf6 Bxe7) 24.
Re8+ Kg7 25. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Qe2 Qd7 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. g5 Kh7 19. Rg1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Qf3 Nf4
22. gxh6 gxh6 23. d4 Qc7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bb3 exd4 26. O-O-O d3 27. Kb2 Ne2
28. Qxd3 Nxg1 29. Rxg1 Rf6 30. h4 Qd6 31. Qe4 Rc8 32. h5 Rc7 33. hxg6+ Kg7 34.
Qe8 Rf8 35. Qe3 Re7 36. Qh3 Rxf2+ 37. Ka3 Qd2 38. Rb1 a5 39. Qh4 Re1 40. Qc4
Rxb1 41. Qg8+ Kf6 42. Qf7+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8.
Ke1 O-O 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Rd8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nxc8 Raxc8 14.
h3 Nh6 15. g4 Re8 16. Ne2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Kf2 Bh4+ 19. Kf3 Rb8 20. b3 Kg8
21. Be3 g5 22. f5 Rb5 23. Nd4 Rbe5 24. Ne6 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Rxf5+ 26. Kg4 Re5 27.
Bxg5 Re4+ 28. Nf4 Be1 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Kf3 Re3+ 31. Kg2 h6 32. Nh5+ Kg6 33. Bxe3
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. c5 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Qc2 e5 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. f4 Ndf6 13. Qd1 g6 14. g4 Ng7 15. b5
Bd7 16. h3 h5 17. Rf2 b6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ba3 Rfb8 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. g5 Nfe8 23. Qb3 Nc7 24. Rc1 Nf5 25. Ncxe4 Ra3 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qc2 Rxe3 28.
Nxh5+ gxh5 29. Qxf5 Rxe2 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxc6 Nb5 33. Nb3 Re4
34. f5 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. g6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 d4 38. f6 d3 39. Rd6 b5 40. Rd7
d2 $4 (40... fxg6 $11) 41. Rg2 (41. gxf7+ Kh8 (41... Kf8 42. Rg2) 42. Rf5)
41... Rc8 (41... Rf8 42. g7 Rc8 43. Rgxd2) 42. h4 (42. gxf7+ Kh8 43. Rd5) 42...
Rf1 43. gxf7+ Kh8 44. Rg7 $2 (44. Re2) 44... Rf2+ $2 (44... Rf8) 45. Kg3 Rf8
46. Kxf2 b4 47. Rxd2 Rb8 48. Rd5 Ra8 49. Rxh5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Batzel, Grant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 Rf7
15. Qh5 b5 16. Bh6 Qa5 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Qf3 e5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Qh5 Kg8 22. Ng6 Qxc3 $2 {Diagram [#]} 23. Bd2 $1 Rh7 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Qxh7+
Kxh7 26. Bxc3 Rc8 27. Bb4 Nf5 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Rfc1 Rc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Bc5
Ba4 32. Rc1 Kg6 33. Kf1 Kf6 34. Ke1 Bb3 35. Bb6 d4 36. g4 Nd6 37. f4 e4 38.
Bxd4+ Ke6 39. h4 Nb5 40. Bb2 Kd5 41. h5 e3 42. h6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 e5 12. Nf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 b5 17. b4 Qb7 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Re1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. c3 Bh4 23. Rf1 Bf6 24. Nf3 Bc4 25. Qf2 Bxf1 26. Qxf1 e4 27. Nd4 Bxd4
28. cxd4 Qd5 29. Qf2 Rac8 30. f6 Rc6 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32. Be3 Rfc8 33. Rf1 Rg6 34.
Bf4 Kg8 35. Qd2 Rc4 36. Be3 Qd6 37. b3 Rc8 38. Qf2 Qd5 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. Rxf5
Rc3 41. Bd2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Na3
a6 9. Rb1 Nf5 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. g4 Nfe7 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. b4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Nd4 Nc6 16. f4 Qc7 17. Bf3 Be7 18. f5 Ne5 19. g5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 e5 21. f6
gxf6 22. gxf6 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Bg4 24. Qf2 exd4 25. fxe7 Qxe7 26. Bg5 Qe4+ 27. Kg1
Be6 28. h4 h6 29. Rbe1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Rc7 32. Qf4 Kd7 33. Qd6+ Kc8
34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Rf6 Qe1+ 36. Rf1 Qxh4 37. Qd8+ Rxd8 38. Bxh4 Rg8+ 39. Kf2
dxc3 40. Rc1 d4 41. Bf6 Rd7 42. Ke2 d3+ 43. Ke3 d2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1133"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Qc7
9. Bf4 b6 10. exf6 Qxf4 11. fxg7 Bf6 12. gxh8=Q Bxh8 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bb5 Qh6 15.
Qa4 Nge7 16. Nbd2 c4 17. Qd1 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bc2 Nd8 20. Qe2 Nf7 21. Qe3 Qg7
22. Rfe1 O-O-O 23. Ne5 Be8 24. f4 Nd6 25. Qf3 Qh6 26. Ng4 Qg7 27. Ne5 Qh6 28.
Qg4 Bg7 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. fxg5 Ng8 31. Bxh7 Ne7 32. Ng4 Bd7 33. Nf6 Bxf6 34.
gxf6 Nc6 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Bg6 Kc7 37. h4 Ne8 38. Bxe8 Bxe8 39. g4 Bf7 40. Nf3
Bg6 41. Ne5 Nxe5 42. dxe5 Bf7 43. a4 Kb6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kf2 Rg8 46. Rg1 Rh8
47. h5 Rh6 48. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nge7 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. a3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bf6 a6 14. Ba4 Qxb2 15.
Qd3 Qb6 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. h4 Bd7 18. Rac1 b5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nf6+
Kh8 22. Bb3 Ng8 23. g5 h5 24. Rc5 Ne7 25. Rfc1 Rc8 26. R1c3 Nf5 27. Qc1 Bxf6
28. gxf6 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Bc2 Nxd4 31. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Bc2 {
Not needed.} (8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 {is a good version
of the Milner-Barry Gambit (a3 and ...a5 thrown which helps White).}) 8... Nge7
9. O-O Nf5 10. g4 Nfe7 11. b3 Ng6 12. Be3 Be7 13. g5 Rc8 14. h4 cxd4 15. cxd4
Bd8 16. h5 Nge7 17. Nc3 Na7 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rb1 Qc7
22. Qb3 Qd7 23. Bf4 b6 24. Rfc1 O-O 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Qb5 Qe6 27. Qd3 f6 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Ne5 Qg7+ 32. Kh2 Kh8 33. Rg1 {
White is winning but lost on time!} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Cohee, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3
d6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 Rd8 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 b5 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Qh5 Rg6 21. Bf7
Bxe4 22. Bxg6 Bxg6 23. Qf3 d5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe6 Rd6 26. Qg4 Rd4 27. Qe6 Rd6
28. Qg4 Rd4 29. Qg3 Qd7 30. Qf3 Be4 31. Qh5 Bg6 32. Qf3 Be4 33. Qg3 Bg6 34. Qf3
Be4 35. Qe2 f5 36. Rad1 Bc5 37. Kh1 Qd6 38. Qh5 Qg6 39. Qxg6 hxg6 40. c3 Rd3
41. Rfe1 Bf2 42. Rxd3 Bxe1 43. Rd6 Kh7 44. Bg5 Bf2 45. Re6 Bd5 46. Rxe5 Bb3 47.
g3 Bd1 48. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Dupree, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. f3 Bd6 8. g3
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nb3 b6 $2 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Qxd6 Qb4
15. Rd1 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nb4 17. a3 Nc6 18. O-O Ne5 19. f4 $2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4
21. Nc5 Rxb2 22. Rf2 Rb1+ 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nd3 25. Nxe4 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Rb8
27. Be2 Rb3 28. a4 Ra3 29. Nc5 d6 30. Nxa6 Rxa4 31. c5 dxc5 32. Nxc5 Ra2 33.
Ne4 Ra3 34. Ng5 h6 35. Ne4 Kf8 36. h4 Ke7 37. Kg2 f6 38. g4 e5 39. fxe5 fxe5
40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 Ke6 {White's time expired.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nf3 (5. Qb3) (5. Qc2) 5... Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 d6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe8 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 (10. Bc2) (10. Nd2) (10. Bxf6
Rxf6 11. e4 f4 (11... Nc6) 12. c5) 10... dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rb1 Rb8
(13... Nd7 $1) 14. Rb5 a6 (14... Nd7) 15. Rb2 Be6 (15... Nd7) 16. Qb1 b6 (16...
Nd7 17. Rxb7 Rc8) 17. a4 Qe7 (17... Nd7) 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rfb1 (20.
c5 Qxc5 21. Bxa6) 20... Qc5 21. Nd2 Na5 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Rff8 (23... a5
24. Qb5) (23... Bf7 24. Qb4 Rc6) 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 (25. cxb4) 25... Rfd8
26. c5 a5 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Bf7 (29... Rd2 30. Rxe6 Rxe2 31.
f3 Ra2 32. Rxe5 Rxa4) 30. Rb5 Rd2 31. Bf1 Rd1 32. Rc5 Bb3 33. f3 Bxa4 34. Kf2
Rc1 35. Rxa5 Bb3 36. Rb5 $4 (36. Be2) 36... Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 Bxb5
39. Kd2 Kf7 40. g3 g5 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Kc2 Bc4 43. Kb2 Be2 44. Kb3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Harmon, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nb4 6. a3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 c6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nf4 g6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Nd6 Bg5 14. f4 Be7
15. Qh3 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qb6 17. c3 Qxd6 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Be3 Qg7 20. Qh4 b6 21.
Rf3 Ba6 22. Re1 Bd3 23. Rg3 Be4 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qg5 Rf6 27. Rh3
Raf8 28. Rh6 R6f7 29. Bd2 Qf6 30. Qg3 a5 31. Re3 Rg7 32. Qf2 Qd8 33. Reh3 Qc8
34. Qe2 Qc4 35. Qd1 Qa2 36. Qc1 Qb1 37. R3h4 Qxc1+ 38. Bxc1 Rc8 39. Rh3 b5 40.
Rg3 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. h4 Kf8 43. Kf2 bxc3 44. Rxc3 Rxc3 45. bxc3 Kg8 46. g4
fxg4 47. Kg3 Bf5 48. h5 d6 49. Ba3 Rd7 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rh1 g5 52. fxg5 e5 53.
dxe5 dxe5 {and Black later won. Both players quit keeping score at this point.}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qxd6 Bxb5 14. Qe5+
Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Nc3 Rhd8 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. Bc1
Kf8 21. O-O 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "978"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 (6. d4) 6... d5 $2
(6... Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7) 7. d3 (7. Nxe5 Qh4 (7... Bd6 8. Nxc6 Bxh2+
9. Kf1 Qh4) 8. g3) (7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Nd4
$18) 7... Nc5 $2 (7... b5 $1) 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Diagram [#]} 10. Nxc6
(10. Qh5 $1 g6 11. Qf3) 10... Qd6 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ng6 Qb6 14. Nxf8
Bxf8 15. Qc1 (15. Nd2 Qxb2 16. Be5) 15... Be7 16. Nc3 d4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe7
Qg6 19. Bg3 c6 20. Qe1 Ne6 21. Qe5 Rd8 22. Re1 c5 23. f4 f6 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25.
Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 28. Re7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Ng4+
8. Ke1 Qxg5 9. Ne4 Qg6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 f5 12. Nh4 Qh5 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Nxg5
h6 $4 15. Bd5+ Rf7 16. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Mckellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Nxc6 Nxe3 9. Nxd8 Nxd1 10. Nxd1 Kxd8 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd4 14. Rc1
Rf8 15. Re1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Rc2 Rg8 18. Ne3 e6 19. g3 f4 20. Nf1 fxg3 21.
hxg3 h5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bf6 24. Rd2 Ke7 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Nh4
Rg4 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Ng2 Ke7 30. Ne3 Rg8 31. b4 Bc3 32. Re2 Kd6 33. a3 Rg5 34.
Rc2 Bf6 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. Kd3 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Rf5 39. Ra2 d5 40. cxd5
exd5 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. a4 Re5 43. a5 Re4+ 44. Kc3 b5 45. Ra1 Re2 46. Rf1 Ke5 47.
f4+ gxf3 48. Rxf3 d4+ 49. Kd3 Rb2 50. Rf7 Rxb4 51. Rxa7 Rb3+ 52. Kc2 Rxg3 53.
Rb7 Rc3+ 54. Kb2 Rc6 55. Rxb5+ Kd6 56. Rb3 Ra6 57. Ra3 Kc5 58. Kc2 Kb5 59. Kd3
Rxa5 60. Rxa5+ Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. Bb5 Be7 10. O-O O-O (10... Bd7) (10... h5) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. g4 Nh4 $2 (
12... Nh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qd2 f5 $11) 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 {Diagram [#]} 14. g5 $1
f6 15. gxf6 Ba6 16. Qg4 g5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kf7 19. Qg7+ Ke8 20. Qe7#
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Pintor, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1339"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Bd5 Qe8 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. b4
c6 16. dxe5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Bc5 Qd8 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. dxc6 Bd3 23. Ne5 Bf6 24. Nxc4 Qd8 25. Ne5 Re8 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Nxd3
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 h6 29. c7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. O-O e6 7. d4 c6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qc7 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qf3 c5 16. c3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. f5 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rd8 22. Rf1 Nf6 23. Bg5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qc5+ 25. Be3 Qxe5 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27.
Bxa7 b6 28. Qf2 Nd5 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. Qf3 Rxa7 31. Qxd5 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Re7 33. Rg1
g6 34. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob Came"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
h4 d6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. h5 Nf8 13. Bd2 Qb5 14. b3 h6
15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Qg4 Kf7 17. Rh3 Qd7 18. Qf3 c6 19. c4 b5 20. g4 Nh7 21. Nf5
Nxf5 22. gxf5 Ng5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qd1 c5 25. Qd3 b4 26. Rg3 Rhf8 27. f3 Kg8
28. Rg2 Ra5 29. Rd1 Rfa8 30. Rdd2 b5 31. Kf1 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Ra3 33. Kg1 R8a5 34.
Rh2 Qa7 35. Qe2 c4+ 36. Qf2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nf3 Bf8 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bb5 a6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be2 b5 17. Nh4 Bg6 18. b4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. f4 c4 21. Bg4
Nb6 22. Bf5 Re3 23. Qh5 h6 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf7+ Bg7 26. Nf5 Qf8 27. Qxf8
Rxf8 28. Nxe3 f5 29. Rad1 Kg6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Bb2 32. Nc2 h5 33. Kg2 hxg4
34. Kg3 Kf5 35. Rfe1 Rd8 36. Ne3+ Kg6 37. Nc2 Kf5 38. Re7 Rd7 39. Ne3+ Kf6 40.
Re6+ Kf7 41. Rh6 Bxa3 42. Rdh1 Bxb4 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rh8+ Kf7 45. R1h7+ Kg6 46.
Rh6+ Kf7 47. R6h7+ (47. Nf5 $1 Nxd5 48. R6h7+ Ke6 49. Nd4+) 47... Kg6 48. f5+
Kf6 49. Nxg4+ Kxf5 50. Rh5+ $2 (50. Rf8+ $11) 50... Ke4 51. Nf6+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bxc5 9. O-O b6 10. b4 Be7 11. a4 Bb7 12. a5 a6 13. Be3 b5 14. Bb3 O-O 15.
Bc2 d6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qe3
Qd5 22. f3 Qc4 23. Ra3 Bd5 24. g4 Rad8 25. h4 Qc6 26. g5 Bh8 27. h5 Qd6 28. f4
Ba8 29. Rf2 c5 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. bxc5 Bd5 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Kf2 Bc4
35. Ke3 Rxd2 36. Kxd2 Rc8 37. Be4 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Rd8 39. c4 bxc4 40. Ra4 Rxd5+
41. Kc2 Bd4 42. Rb4 Bxc5 43. Rxc4 Be7 44. Ra4 Bd8 45. Rb4 Rxa5 46. Rb7+ Be7 47.
Bg7 Rc5+ 48. Kd3 Kxg7 49. Rxe7+ {and Black won in a time scramble.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f4 d6 12. f5 e5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Ng5 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Rf4 h6 18. Nh3 Rc5 19. Raf1 Nd7 20. Rg4 Ne5 21. Rgf4
Bf6 22. b4 Nc6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. bxc5 Nxd4 25. f6 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Nxe2 27. Ncxe2
Qxf6 28. Ng3 dxc5 29. Nfh5 Qc3 30. Nf5 Re1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "McCarty-Snead, Cal"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1177"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8.
e5 Qb4 9. exf6 Qxc4 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Bg5+ f6 13. Bxf6+ Ne7 14.
Bxe7+ Ke8 15. Bh4+ Kf7 16. Re7+ Kg6 17. Ne5+ Kh6 18. Qd2+ Kh5 19. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "McCarty-Snead, Cal"]
[Black "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. d5
Na5 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. b4 d6 11. bxa5 Bxa5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. c4 Bb6 15.
Nc3 c6 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Nc3 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 b5 20. Rb1 a6 21. Qe2
Qe7 22. Rfc1 Bb6 23. a4 Bc5 24. axb5 a5 25. Be3 Bb4 26. Rc7 Rfc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8
28. Bd2 Bc5 29. Ra1 a4 30. Ne1 Qb7 31. Nc2 Bd7 32. Bb4 Bxb4 33. Nxb4 Ra5 34.
Nc6 Ra8 35. Qc2 a3 36. Qc3 a2 37. Qc2 Bxc6 38. bxc6 Qa7 39. c7 Rc8 40. Rxa2
Qxc7 41. Qxc7 Rxc7 42. Ra6 Rd7 43. Rc6 Kf8 44. Bb5 Ke7 45. Rc8 Rb7 46. Re8+ Kf6
47. Bc6 Rb4 48. f3 Rb2 49. Rd8 Ke7 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rxd6+ Kg5 52. Rd7 Kh4 53.
Rxf7 g5 54. Kh2 h5 55. Rh7 Rd2 56. Be8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "McCarty-Snead, Callaghan"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1196"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. c3 h6 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qd7
15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Qc4 a6 18. a4 Nf5 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Qd3 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 c6 22. b3 Qf7 23. b4 Rad8 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Ra8 26. Qxc6 Rec8 27. Qf3
Rxa4 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qc4 30. Qxf5 Qxc3 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe1 Qd4 33. b5
Rb8 34. Rb1 {
White is much better and went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "McCarty-Snead, Callaghan"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Ne2 Be7 8. c3 b5
9. d4 Qb6 10. Be3 a5 11. g4 b4 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Ned4
O-O 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Nb5 Ne4 20. Qd4 Qa5 21. Kd1
Rxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Rc1 Ba6 24. Re1 Qa4+ 25. b3 Qxa2 26. Rc2 Qb1+ 27. Rc1
Qxb3+ 28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Qb2 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Rxc2+ 31. Qxc2 b3 32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. Kb2
Bc2 34. Ra1 g6 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. g5 Nd2 37. Kc3 Nf3 38. h3 d4+ 39. Kb2 d3 40.
Rd8 d2 41. Rxd2 Nxd2 42. Kc3 Nc4 43. h4 Kf8 44. Kxc4 b2 45. Kc5 b1=Q 46. Kd4
Qb4+ 47. Ke3 Qc3+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Be4 50. Kh3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.50"]
[White "McCarty-Snead, Tal"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "317"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 c5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bb7 12. Bb1 Nd7 13. d3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bc8 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd7 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qe3 Nf4 20. Qf3 Bg5 21. Bc2 f5
22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rac1 Rae8 25. d4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "McCarty-Snead, Tal"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "317"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. O-O d4 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8.
Nb1 Ne7 9. d3 Nd5 10. c4 Nc7 11. a4 Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 b6
15. Be7 Re8 16. Bd6 Bb7 17. Qg4 a6 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qh5 $4 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "McCarty-Snead, Tallulah"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 a6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Nd5 Kg8 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 Kf7 13. O-O d6 14.
Nh4 Nc6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nd4 17. c3 Nxf5 18. Rfd1 Rhg8 19. g3 h5 20. d4
cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Rd3 h4 23. f4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rac8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Kg2
Rc2+ 27. Kh3 Rxb2 28. Rc3 Rh8+ 29. Kg4 f5+ 30. Kg5 Rg8+ 31. Kh4 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bf4
Bg7 9. Re1 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. h3 Nd7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Rad1 a6
15. Qd2 b5 16. Ne5 Ncxe5 17. dxe5 e6 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Nf3 a5 20. Qd4 Qb8 21. b3
Rc6 22. Rc1 Rec8 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Qd2 Rc2 27. Qe3 Rxa2
28. Rec1 Rc2 29. Qa3 Qa7 30. Be3 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qb8 33. Bd4 Nxe5
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1127"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6) (2... d5 3. exd5
Qxd5) (2... e6 3. d4 d5) 3. Nf3 (3. d4) 3... d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Qb6 (8... O-O) 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd8 (15... Bd6) 16. Be3 O-O 17.
Rfc1 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rc7 b6 20. Rd1 Rfc8 21. Rdc1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Kf8 23.
Kf1 Ke8 24. Ke2 Bd8 25. Rc2 (25. Rb7 Rc8 26. Rxa7 Rc2+) 25... Kd7 26. b4 Ke6 (
26... b5 27. Rc5) 27. f4 f6 (27... b5 28. Rc5 (28. fxe5 Be7) 28... exf4) 28.
f5+ Kd7 29. g4 (29. b5) 29... g5 (29... b5 30. h4 a5) 30. Bf2 Rc8 (30... b5 31.
h4 h6) 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. b5 Kd7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kc4 Be7 35. a4 Bd8 36. Be1 Be7
37. a5 (37. Bb4+ Kd7 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Kd5 Kd7 40. h3 h6 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. Kd3
Kc5 43. Kc3) 37... Kd7 38. axb6 axb6 39. Kd5 Bf8 40. Bf2 Kc7 41. Ke6 Bc5 42.
Bxc5 bxc5 43. Kd5 Kb6 44. Kc4 h6 45. h3 Kc7 46. Kxc5 Kb7 47. b6 Kb8 48. Kc6 Kc8
49. b7+ Kb8 50. Kd6 Kxb7 51. Ke7 Kc7 52. Kxf6 Kd7 53. Kg6 Ke7 54. f6+ Kf8 55.
Kxh6 Kf7 56. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Buland, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 N5b6 8.
b3 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Nb5 a6 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. Bxb6 axb5 18. dxc5 bxc4 19. b4 Nd5 20. Rc1 Nxb6 21.
cxb6 Qb5 22. Qd4 Rfc8 23. Rc2 Qxb4 24. Kg2 Bf6 25. Qe4 Qxb6 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27.
Qxc4 Qa5 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Qc5 Qc6 30. Qb5 Rxa2 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Rc1 Ra6 33. g5
Be7 34. h4 Kf8 35. Ne5 c5 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Nxc5 Rc6 38. Nd3 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Kd7
40. Nd3 Kd6 41. Kf3 f6 42. gxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. b3 Bf6 12. O-O Nc8 13. Qd2 N8e7 14. Ne4
Nf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Qc3 a5 20. d5
Qxc3 21. Rxc3 c5 22. Kf1 a4 23. Rcc1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra3 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Bd2
Raxb3 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxb3 Nd4 29. Rb7 Ra8 30. Rxc7 Ra1+ 31. Be1 {Diagram [#]
} Kf8 $1 (31... Nc2 32. Re7) 32. f3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1025"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d5 $2 6. O-O (6. Nxe5) 6... b5
7. Bb3 Bg4 8. c3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bd5 $2 {Diagram [#] This
looks like it wins a piece but Black has a defense which turns the tables.} (
11. Re1 $11) 11... Rd8 $4 (11... O-O-O $1 $17) 12. Bxc6+ Bd7 13. Bxe4 f5 14.
Bc2 e4 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 b4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Rxd7
Kxd7 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Nc3 Bd6 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Nb5 Ke7 26. Nd4 Kf6
27. Nc6 Rc8 28. Rxd6+ Kg5 29. Be6 Rc7 30. g3 Kg4 31. Kg2 g5 32. h3+ Kh5 33.
Bxf5 g4 34. hxg4+ Kg5 35. Bxe4 Rg7 36. Kh3 (36. f4+ Kxg4 37. Bf3+ Kf5 38. Nd4#)
36... Rf7 37. f4+ Rxf4 38. gxf4+ Kxf4 39. Bxh7 Kg5 40. Rd5+ Kh6 41. Bf5 Kg5 42.
Kg3 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Kg7 44. g5 Kg8 45. Rd7 Kf8 46. Bg6 Kg8 47. Kg4 Kh8 48. Kf5 Kg8
49. Kf6 Kh8 50. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. Bf5 Be7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qg6+ Kf8 13. Nbd2 Kg8 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd6 17. Re1 Bb4 18. a3 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Qxb2 20. Be3
Qb5 21. Reb1 Qd7 22. Rc1 Ne8 23. Bf4 Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rc3 g5 26. Be5 Rh7
27. Rac1 Rd8 28. Rc8 Rd7 29. Rb8 b6 30. Rcc8 Ng7 {Diagram [#]} 31. g4 (31. Rf8+
$1 Kg6 (31... Ke7 32. g4 $18) 32. Rf6+ Kh5 33. h3 $18 {
In both cases Black's pieces are completely tied up.}) 31... h5 32. Rh8 $4 {
Releasing all the pressure.} (32. Rf8+ $1) 32... Rxh8 33. Rxh8 hxg4 34. Rh7 Kg6
35. Rxg7+ Rxg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Kg3 Kf5 39. f3 gxf3 40. Kxf3 b5
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bc7 6. Bd3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 exd5 9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qd8 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Ne4
15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Bd3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. c4 h6 20. Re2 Nf6 21.
Rae1 Qd7 22. Re7 Qxa4 23. Rxb7 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kh2 Ne4 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27.
Rxb3 Nxf2 28. Kg1 Ne4 29. Rb6 Ra8 30. Kf1 a5 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Kd3 Nf2+ 33. Kd2
Ne4+ 34. Kd3 Nf2+ 35. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Be2 Nh6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Nc3 Na5 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Ne2 Rfc8
21. Qb3 f6 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Rdc1 Rbc4 24. f4 fxe5 25. dxe5 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27.
gxf4 Bh6 28. Rf1 Re4 29. Rf2 Rc2 30. Nc3 Rxf2 31. Nxe4 Rxb2 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33.
Kh1 Rf2 34. Kg1 Rf3 35. Kg2 Rc3 36. h4 Kg6 37. Rf1 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Ke3
Rxa2 40. Nxh7 Ra3+ 41. Kd4 Ra4+ 42. Kc5 Rxf4 43. Rxf4+ Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 {The "Not-The-Berlin Defense."} 5. d3
h6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nf3 a6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5
cxd5 13. d4 Bb6 14. Be3 c6 15. Na4 Bc7 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Nde5 Qf6 19.
c3 Ra7 20. Qa4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Bxa7 Re7 23. Bc5 Nxc5 24. Qd4 Ne4 25. Rad1
Qg6 26. Kh2 Qe6 27. b3 g5 28. g4 h5 29. Rg1 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Qh6 31. Rdg1 Bxg4 32.
Rxg4 f5 33. exf6 Rh7 34. h4 Kf7 35. Kg2 Nxf6 36. Nxg5+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "514"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 $2 (3... d6) 4. d4 d5 (4... d6) 5. exd5 Bf5 6.
Bd3 Qb4+ 7. c3 Qd6 8. Bxf5 Be7 9. Qf3 Nxd5 10. Be4 Qf6 11. Bxd5 Qxf3 12. Nxf3
O-O 13. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Sadowsky, Jacob An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Ne4 Bf6
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rb1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Re2 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Kf1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Ne5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Ke3 Kf7 25. Bd4 b6 26. h3 a5
27. f4 Nd7 28. Bc3 Nc5 29. Kd4 f5 30. f3 g6 31. b4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Kf6 33. Bc3 g5
34. Ke3+ Kg6 35. fxg5 Kxg5 36. Be1 f4+ 37. Kd4 Nd7 38. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Qd3 Bc6
15. Ne4 b6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Bc3 Nd5 20. Rac1 Rfc8
21. Bd2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nb4 24. Qc4 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Be3 Kf8
27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. a3 Kd5 30. Kd3 b5 31. b4 h6 32. h4 a6 33. g4 f6 34.
f4 Ne7 35. g5 Nf5 36. Bf2 Nd6 37. Be1 Nc4 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. h5 e5 40. dxe5 fxe5
41. fxe5 Kxe5 42. Bc3+ Kf5 43. Kd4 Kg4 44. Kc5 Kxh5 45. a4 Na3 46. axb5 axb5
47. Bb2 Nc2 48. Kxb5 Kg4 49. Kc5 Nxb4 50. Kxb4 Kf5 51. Kc4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1161"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. a3 Nf5 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 a5 13. b5 a4 14. Bc3 Na7 15.
Qxa4 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Qxb5 Nxb5 18. Bb2 Ra7 19. Rc1 b6 20. a4 Rfa8 21.
Na3 Nxa3 22. Bxa3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 h6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Rb1 Rb7 26. Rab3 Rxa4 27.
Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Ra7 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. h4 g6 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Kf3 Ra3+ 33. Rb3
Ra4 34. Ke3 h5 35. f3 Nc6 36. Rd3 hxg4 37. fxg4 Ne7 38. Kf4 Ng8 39. g5 Ne7 40.
Nf3 Nf5 41. Kg4 Kh7 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Ng7+ 44. Kg4 Nf5 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Rd2
Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1410"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 d6 8.
Bxc5 dxc5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Qd6 11. Nc4 Qd4 12. Nbd2 Bxf5 13. Nf3 Qg4 (
13... Qf4) 14. Ne3 Qg6 $2 {Diagram [#]} (14... Qh5) 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. Nhxf5 Nh5
17. h4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Qc1 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Bc4 d5 8. Bb3
Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Ne5 Rad8 12. Ndf3 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Ng5 Nh5
15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. Nh3 Qc7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Rxd5 20. Nf4 Rdd8
21. Qc4+ e6 22. Nfd3 Rd5 23. f4 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Nd7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Rad1 Qg7 27.
Nh2 Qh6 28. Qe2 Red8 29. g4 Qf8 30. g5 Ne4 31. Qf3 Qb4 32. Ng4 Rb5 33. Qh3 fxg4
34. Qxg4 Qe7 35. b3 Qd6 36. Rf3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Batzel, Grant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc5 11. Nce2 Nc6 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. Kh1 Qe7 $4
15. Nxc6 Qc5 16. Ned4 Bb7 17. b4 Qxc3 {Diagram [#]} 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh5+
Kg8 20. Ne7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 (5... exd5) 6. e4 Nf6 (
6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 {is less good than usual with the bishop already on e7.})
7. Bg5 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bc4 Nd7
14. Re1 Ng6 15. d5 Re8 16. Qd2 exd5 17. Nxd5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf4 Nxc4
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qxc4 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qg5 Qd7 24. g3 h6 25. Qf4 c5 26.
Re1 Re8 $6 {This leads to a queen ending -- asking for trouble!} (26... b5) (
26... Qb7) (26... Qc6) (26... Qd5) (26... Qd4) (26... a5) (26... Kf8 {
Are all, according to Stockfish, a clear advantage -- for Black of course.})
27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qc7 Qe6 29. Kg2 Qd5+ $6 (29... c4) (29... Kh7) (29... g6 {
/\...Kg7}) 30. Kh3 (30. Kg1) 30... b5 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qxa6 b4 $6 {
Now it's gotten harder than ever to win.} 33. Qc8 (33. b3) 33... Qe6+ $2 34.
Qxe6 fxe6 35. b3 $6 (35. Kg4 c4 36. Kf4 {stops Black's pawn(s)}) 35... Kg6 36.
Kg4 e5 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. h4 $2 {Diagram [#]} (39. g4 g5 40. h3 {
leads, after Zugzwang, to mutual queening and winning chances for White.})
39... g5 $4 (39... h5 $11 40. f3 g6 41. g4 g5 $1) 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 Kd6 42.
Kf5 Kd5 43. Kxg5 Ke4 44. Kf6 Kf4 (44... Kf3 45. Kxe5 (45. g5 e4 46. Ke5)) 45.
g5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be6 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Nf4 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rb1 c5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Nf4
Qd6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nh5 Rf7 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rfc1
Rh6 21. f4 Qb6 22. Re1 Rc7 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. g3 Qa5 25. Qe2 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27.
b4 Qa4 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Rf1 Rf6 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh5+ Rh6 32. Qxe5 Rc2 33. h4
Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rc1 e5 13. Bb6 Re8 14. O-O Be6
15. Na4 Nc8 16. Be3 Nd6 17. f3 Bf8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Nb3 f5 20. Bc5 fxe4 21. Bxd6
Bxd6 22. c5 Bf8 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. fxe4 Bh6 25. Rcd1 Bg4 26. Rd6 Rf8 27. Rdf6
Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Kf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. e4 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Be5 14. Nf3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxf5
Qxf5 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Qd4 b6 23. d6 Rd8 24. g4 Qc8 25. Re7 Qc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27.
Rc7 f6 28. d7 Kf7 29. Rxa7 Ke7 30. Kf1 Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Ke2 Kc6 33. Kd3
Kb5 34. a4+ Kb6 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. a5 g6 37. a6 Kb6 38. a7 Kxa7 39. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. a4 Nf6 5. e4 e6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. f3 Qa5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. b3 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Rxd3 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qxb7 Re8
$14 {White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Re8 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. g3 Nbd7 12. b4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd2 Bf5 15.
Bd3 Bh3 16. Ne4 Bg2 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rg1 Bf3 19. Be2 c6 20. Bxf3 Qxf3 21. Qd2
Rec8 22. Qe2 Qe4 23. f3 Qf5 24. e4 Qd7 25. Kf2 Qh3 26. Ke3 cxd5 27. cxd5 f5 28.
Rgc1 Qh5 29. Kd2 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qg5+ 31. Qe3 Qh5 32. Qe2 Qg5+ 33. Qe3 Qd8 34.
Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Rc1 Qd7 36. Qe2 a6 37. Rc3 Qd8 38. Qg4 Qf8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Ke2
Qd8 41. h4 Rb8 42. Kf3 Qf8+ 43. Qf5 Qe7 44. Qe6 Rf8+ 45. Ke3 Qd8 46. h5 Qb6+
47. Rc5 Qd8 48. Rc3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. a3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. g3 c5 12. dxc5 d4 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Be2 Bh3 15.
Ne4 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Qxb7 dxe3 18. fxe3 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qb4 Qxb4
21. axb4 Nf5 22. Kf2 Nxe3 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. Nb3 Rb8 25. Rd3 Rxb4 26. c6 Bf5 27.
Rc3 Nd5 28. Rc5 Be4 29. Rhc1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. e4 (10. Qd3 {is more challenging.}) 10... Ne8 $2 (10...
Be6) 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. Be3 b6 (12... a6 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Bd4) 13. Bd4 e5 $2 (13...
Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc7) 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Ba6 16. Rac1 f5 17. f4 Bb7 18. b3 Qe7
19. exf5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 gxf5 21. Nb5 Qb7+ 22. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 23. Rxd5 Rf6 24. Nxa7
exf4 25. gxf4 Nc7 26. Rd2 Re6 27. Nc6 Rbe8 28. Bxb6 Re2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 30. Kf3
Rxa2 31. Bxc7 Rxh2 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Nxf5 Bf8 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. Rc3 Kd7 36. Bxd6
Re2+ 37. Kf3 Re8 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39. Rd3+ Kc6 40. Rd5 Rb8 41. Kg4 Rxb3 42. Nd4+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 c6 9. e3 Qe8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O Ndf6 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qd1 Kh7 17. Be5 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Rc1 Ra7 20. Rc7 Rxc7 21.
Bxc7 Qe7 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Bb6 Rc8 24. Bc5 Qe8 25. f3 e5 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Qd3
Qg6 28. b4 Bf5 29. Qd1 Qg5 30. dxe5 Nxc5 31. bxc5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Rxc5 $4 {
Diagram [#]} (32... Be4 $19) 33. Rf3 $1 (33. Rxf5 Rc1) 33... Qxe5 34. Rxf5 Qe4
35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 O-O 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. g4 Nc6 16. Qf4 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. h4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6
21. Rd7 Rab8 22. g5 Rfe8 23. Rf1 Re7 24. Rfd1 Kf8 25. Ne4 Ke8 26. Nc5 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Ne5 28. Rc7 Kd8 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Rxg7 Rc8 31. Rxh7 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33.
h5 Nf7 34. g6 Nh6 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. c4 Nf5+ 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Kf4 e5+
40. Kf3 Kg5 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. g7 Kf7 44. Ke4 Nd6+ 45. Kxe5 Nxc4+ 46.
Kd4 Nxb2 47. h6 b5 48. Kc3 Nc4 49. Kb4 Kg8 50. a4 Nd6 51. axb5 axb5 52. Kc5 Kf7
53. Kb4 Kg8 54. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 e6 13. O-O f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Rad1 Qa5 16. a3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bg4 Nf6 21.
Bh3 Re8 22. Rfe1 Nh5 23. g3 Ng7 24. Ne2 e5 25. Bxc8 Raxc8 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Nd4
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Kf7 29. Kf2 c5 30. Nb5 Rc6 31. Re3 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. g3 Nxe5 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 c6 7. O-O g6 8.
Qd4 Nf6 9. e4 Bg7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Bxh5 Bxe5 12. Qd1 gxh5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qxh5 f6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd2 Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nc4 d5 19. Rxe5 fxe5 20. Nd6+ Ke7
21. Nxe8 Kxe8 22. Re1 e4 23. f3 Bf5 24. g4 Bg6 25. h4 Kd7 26. h5 Bf7 27. fxe4
dxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxa2 29. Rd4+ Ke6 30. Be3 b5 31. b3 a5 32. Rd1 a4 33. Ra1 axb3
34. cxb3 Kd5 35. g5 Re8 36. Rd1+ Ke4 37. Bc5 Ra8 38. Be7 Bxb3 39. Rd6 Bd5 40.
Rh6 Ra7 41. Bf6 Rb7 42. g6 hxg6 43. Rxg6 Rh7 44. Rg5 b4 45. Bg7 Kf4 46. Bf6 Rf7
47. Rg6 Kf5 48. Bb2 Rh7 49. Rf6+ Kg5 50. h6 Rxh6 51. Rxh6 Kxh6 52. Kf2 Kg5 53.
Ke3 Kf5 54. Kd2 Ke4 55. Bg7 c5 56. Kc2 Bc4 57. Bf6 Bd3+ 58. Kb3 Kd5 59. Bg7
Bc4+ 60. Kc2 Ba2 61. Bf6 c4 62. Bg7 Bb3+ 63. Kd2 Ba2 64. Kc2 Ke4 65. Bf8 b3+
66. Kb2 Kd3 67. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 Re8 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Qb3 Ndf6 15.
b5 a5 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Ne2 g5 18. Ng3 h5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxg5 h4 21. Ne2 Qg4
22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 h3 25. g3 Qf3 26. Qxc7+ Re7 27. Qc4+ Bd5
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. e3 Ba6 8. Ne5
h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ng6 Re8 11. cxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Qxd5 14. Nf4
Qc4+ 15. Qd3 Qxd3+ 16. Nxd3 Nc6 17. Nb4 Na5 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Kd3 c5 20. Nc2 e5
21. f3 Re7 22. g4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rec7 24. Rhc1 exd4 25. exd4 Rc3+ 26. Kd2 Rxf3
27. Rf1 Nc4+ 28. Ke2 Rc3 29. Nb4 Re8+ 30. Kf2 Nd6 {and Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "McKenna, Michael"]
[Black "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ne5 f6 5. Nf7 Kxf7 6. c5 c6 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Bd6
Nf5 9. Bxf8 Rxf8 10. e3 Kg8 11. g4 Nh4 12. Bh3 b6 13. b4 bxc5 14. Qa4 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nf3+ 16. Ke2 Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.54"]
[White "McKenna, Michael"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "543"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Qd3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Be7 9. Ne2 c5 10. f4 Qd7 11. f5 b5 12. Bxb5 $4 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "McKenna, Michael"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 Na5 8. Ng5
Nxc4 9. dxc4 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. b3 h6 13. Ngf3 Nh5 14. Ne1 {
Diagram #} Ng3 $1 15. Kh2 $2 (15. Qd3 Nxf1 $19) 15... Nxe2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Mckellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. d4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Bf4
Rad8 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. c5 a5 17. a3 Ba6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Red8 20. Ne5 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Bb7 22. f3 Ra8 23. Nd7 Rc8 24. g4 h6 25. Ne5 g5 26. Bg3 Ba8 27. Nc4 h5
28. h3 h4 29. Bh2 Bb7 30. Na5 Ba8 31. Rd4 Kh7 32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Nc1 Ne8 34. Rd7
Kf8 35. Nd3 f6 36. e5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Bxd8 38. exf6 Nxf6 39. Ne5 Nd5 40. Naxc6
Bxc6 41. Nxc6 Ke8 42. Nxd8 Kxd8 43. b5 Kc8 44. Be5 Kb7 45. Kf2 c6 46. b6 Nxb6
47. cxb6 Kxb6 48. Bf6 c5 49. Bxg5 c4 50. f4 Kb5 51. f5 c3 52. f6 c2 53. f7 c1=Q
54. Bxc1 Kc4 55. f8=Q Kd4 56. Be3+ Kc4 57. Qc5+ Kb3 58. g5 Kb2 59. g6 Kb3 60.
g7 Kb2 61. g8=Q Kb1 62. Qc1# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 Kh7
9. Nge2 Qa5 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. b3 Rb8 14. O-O e5 15. d5 b4
16. Nce2 c5 17. h3 Qd8 18. f4 Ng8 19. f5 Ndf6 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. Ng1 Qe7 22. Nf3
gxf5 23. exf5 e4 {Diagram [#] Initiating combination upon combination!} 24.
Rce1 exd3 25. Bxc5 Qd8 26. Bxd6 Re8 27. Ne5 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Ng4+ 29. hxg4 Qh4+
30. Kg1 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxg3 32. Re3 Qd6 33. Qxd3 Nf6 34. Qd4 Kg7 35. Rfe1 Rc8
36. Re7 Qc5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. Kf2 Nxg4+ 39. Kg3 Nf6 (39... Bxf5 40. Rb7 (40.
Rf1 Kg6)) 40. Kf4 Kf8 41. R1e2 a5 42. R7e5 a4 43. g4 axb3 44. axb3 Rc8 45. Rh2
Ng8 46. g5 hxg5+ 47. Kg4 f6 48. Re3 Kg7 49. Reh3 Be8 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. d6 Rd8 {
Time scramble: White won} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 (6... Bh6 {
to trade off the bad bishop was another idea.}) 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 f4 9. Bf2 a6
10. O-O-O b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. h4 h6 13. g5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Askin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qc2
b5 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Bxb4 Bxb4 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rb6
15. Rc1 Qd5+ 16. Kg1 Bd6 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Nc6 Nd7 20. e4 e5 21. d5
Nb8 22. Na5 Qc8 23. Qd2 Qg4 24. Qe3 f5 25. f3 Qh5 26. g4 fxg4 27. Ng3 Qh3 28.
Nf5 gxf3 29. Ra2 Rf6 30. Nxd6 Rg6+ 31. Kh1 Rg2 32. Rcc2 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. d5 cxd5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd2 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Rxd2 Be7 16. Ne1 Be6 17. b3 Rec8 18. Nc2 Rc6 19. g3 a5 20. a4 f5 21.
Bf3 Rb6 22. Rd3 Kg7 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bd5 Kf6 26. Re1 Bf8 27. Bxe6
Kxe6 28. Nd5 Rbc6 29. Rf3 h5 30. Rf4 Bg7 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. Nf4+ Kf7
34. Nxh5 Bh6 35. h3 Kg6 $2 (35... Rb6 36. Rb1 Rb4 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. g4 fxg4 39.
hxg4 d5 $11) 36. g4 f4 37. Kg2 Bg5 38. Kf3 Bh4 39. Re2 Bd8 40. Ke4 Bb6 41. Kd5
Bc5 42. Ke6 Bd4 43. Rd2 Bc5 44. f3 Bb4 45. Rd3 Rb6 46. Kd7 Kf7 47. Kc7 Bc5 48.
g5 Rb4 49. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
Nxc4 Rb8 9. e4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Nxc7 Rec8
15. d5 b5 16. Ne5 Qxc7 17. Nc6 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21.
Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qb3 a6 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Rad1 Ng5 27.
Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Nf3+ 30. Kc1 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
e3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nb3 a5 13. d5 Ne7 14. dxe6 fxe6
15. Nbd4 Qb6 16. Bh3 (16. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 (16... Ra6) 17. cxb5 d5 $2 18. Qd4 $1 $14
) 16... Nf5 $2 (16... e5 $11) 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Nh4 (18. Qd4 $1) 18... Qc5 19.
Qf3 Ne4 20. Bg2 $2 Bc6 (20... g5 $1 21. Ng6 Rfe8 22. h4 Kg7 $17) 21. Qe2 Rf6
22. Nf3 Re8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rfd1 Ba4 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. Rd5 Bxb3 27. axb3 Nc5 28.
Qc2 g6 29. Rcd1 b6 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. R1d2 Re5 32. Qd1 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qe7 34. Be2
Re6 35. Bd3 Re5 36. Be2 Rxd5 37. Qxd5 Qe5 38. Qd4 Kf6 39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. Bd1 $6 (
40. Qd4 $11) 40... Nd3 41. Qd8 h5 42. Bf3 Qxb2 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45.
Qf7+ Qg7 46. Qd5 Ne5 47. Bg2 Qc7 (47... a4 $1 48. bxa4 b3 49. Qd1 b2 $19) 48.
h3 {Diagram [#]} a4 $1 49. bxa4 b3 50. Bf1 b2 51. Qb5 Qc6 $2 (51... Nf3+ 52.
Kg2 Ne1+ 53. Kg1 Qg7 $17) 52. Qxc6 $2 (52. Qxb2 Nf3+ 53. Kg2 {
and Black does not have a good double check.}) 52... Nxc6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nd2 O-O 8. e3
Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. Nf4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Nd3 Rac8 13. Nce5 a5 14. f4 b6 15.
O-O Rc7 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Nd5 20. Be4 Qg5 21.
Qd2 g6 22. Nd3 Ne7 23. Nf2 Nf5 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Qg2
Qc7 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. g4 Rc4 30. Qa8+ Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Re2
Kg7 34. Rg2+ Kh6 35. h4 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 a4 37. Rg5 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 Rc8 39. Ng8+ Rxg8
40. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. e3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nc3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 c6 13. Bg5 cxd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Nd2 d4 16. Nxc4 dxc3 17. Nxd6 c2 18. Qd2 Ra6 19. Nc4 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rd8 21. Nc4
Nc6 22. Rae1 Be6 23. Ne3 Nd4 24. Kh1 Rb6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rc1 Bc4
28. Nxc2 Bxf1 29. Nxb4 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Kf8 31. Rc7 Rb8 32. Nd5 Ne6 33. Rd7 b5
34. Nxf6 b4 35. Rd1 b3 $4 (35... Kg7 $17) 36. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. h3 Nge5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 a6 14. O-O Rb8
15. g4 Bd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. Rf2 b5 18. Raf1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb4 20. b3 a5 21. Rg2
Qb6 22. Ne4 a4 23. a3 Rxb3 24. Bxb3 Qxb3 25. Rg3 Qc4 26. Qg2 Rb8 27. Rc1 Qa6
28. Rc2 Rb3 29. Bf2 c4 30. Kh2 Qc8 31. Qg1 {Diagram [#]} g5 $1 32. Nxg5 Nxg5
33. fxg5 {Both sides were in time pressure at this point and stopped keeping
score. White won the game, but after 33...Be5 Black should have.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Petty, Samuel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 a6
9. a4 Qc7 10. Nh3 Rd8 11. a5 b6 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Be2 Nf8 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. h4
Rdb8 16. Nd3 e6 17. g4 exd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. h5 Be6 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. N5f4 Bxc4 23. Ne5 dxe5 24. Bxc4+ Kg7 25. Nd5 Ra7 26. Qc3 Ne6 27. Nxf6 Kxf6
28. Bxe6 Kxe6 29. Qxc5 Qb6 30. Qd5+ Kf6 31. g5+ Kg7 32. Qxe5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7
34. Rxh7+ Kd6 35. Rd1+ Kc6 36. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. h4 h6
15. Ne5 Nb8 16. Ng4 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Bf3 h5 19. Bg3 Qg5 20. Qe2 hxg4 21.
Bxg4 Rfe8 22. f4 Qg6 23. Rd3 c5 24. Bh5 Qe4 25. Kh2 Qxe2+ 26. Bxe2 Nd7 27. Bh4
g6 28. Re1 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Nb8 30. Bf6 Rc5 31. Rd3 Rf5 32. Be5 f6 33. Bg4 fxe5
34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. fxe5 Be4 37. Rg1 f4 38. Rf6+ Kg7 39. Rxf4 Rxe5
40. Re1 Rh5+ 41. Kg3 Rg5+ 42. Kf2 Bf5 43. Re7+ Kh6 44. Rxa7 Nc6 45. Rb7 Ne5 46.
Rh4+ Rh5 47. Rxh5+ Kxh5 48. Rxb6 Nxc4 49. Rb8 Ne5 50. b4 Kg4 51. a4 Nc6 52. Rb6
Nd4 53. a5 Kf4 54. a6 Be4 55. b5 g5 56. a7 g4 {Diagram [#]} 57. Rf6+ $1 Ke5 {
Diagram [#]} 58. Rc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bf4 O-O
9. e5 Ng4 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. exd6 exd6 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Nfg5 Ndf6 14. Nxf7 Qa5+ 15.
Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nfxd6 Qxb2 17. Rd1 Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Be3 Bc2
21. Rc1 Nxd5 22. Qxc2 Qb4+ 23. Qd2 Bc3 24. Rxc3 Nxc3 25. Bxa6 Kg7 26. O-O Ra8
27. Bc4 Ra4 28. Bb3 Nxa2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nh4 $6 Be4 7. f3 $2 Bxb1 8.
Rxb1 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxa2 $2 (9... Bb4 $1 $17) 10. c5 b6 11. Ra1 Qxb2 12. e3 (12.
Rb1 Qxd4) 12... bxc5 {Diagram [#]} (12... Nbd7 13. Rb1 Qa2 14. Ra1 $11) 13. Rb1
$1 {Forcing the draw.} Qa2 14. Ra1 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 h6
9. b4 Be6 10. Nd2 Qc8 11. b5 Nbd7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bf7 15.
Bb2 Nb6 16. Rc1 Qa6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rab8 20. Rc2 Qb7 21.
Qf3 Nc4 22. Ba1 Ne5 23. Qe2 Rfc8 24. Rb2 Qd7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bg2 Be8 27. Re1
g5 28. Be4 Bg6 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Qe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Re1 Ne5 33. Kg2 Rc8
34. Nb5 a6 35. Nd4 Rc5 36. Ne6 Rxd5 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. f4 Rd2+ 39. Kg1 gxf4 40.
gxf4 Rxa2 41. fxe5 d5 42. Rf1 (42. e6+ Kg6 43. Rd1 Kf5 44. Rxd5+ Kxe6 45. Re5+
{leaves White better but with a draw likely.}) 42... e6 43. Bd4 Rc2 {
Diagram [#]} (43... Re2) 44. Rb1 (44. Rf6 $1 Rc6 45. Be3 $18) 44... a5 45. Rb7+
$2 {Activating Black's king.} Kg6 46. Ra7 Rc4 47. Bf2 a4 48. Kf1 d4 $2 (48...
Kf5) 49. Rd7 (49. Ke2 $1) 49... a3 50. Rxd4 $4 (50. Ra7 $11) 50... a2 $2 (50...
Rc1+ 51. Ke2 a2 $19) 51. Rd1 Rc2 52. Kg2 $11 Rb2 53. Ra1 Kf5 54. Kg3 Kxe5 55.
Be3 h5 56. h3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Kg6 58. Rg1+ Kf5 59. Rg5+ $4 (59. Ra1 $11) 59... Ke4
60. Ra5 Kxe3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Re8 8. f3 e6
9. Nge2 Qa5 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. dxe6 Rxe6 12. Nf4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Rxe4+ 14. Be2 Be5
15. Nd5 Qa6 16. Ne7+ Kf8 17. Nxc8 f6 18. O-O Nc6 19. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Ne5 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 e6 13. Bh2 Nd7 14. Kh1 b5 15. f4
f5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Nb4 19. Qb3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb6 21. b3 Qa3
22. Qd2 Bf8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nfd2 e5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nxc4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. Na5
Nxe5 15. f4 Bb4 16. fxe5 Bxa5 17. Nc3 O-O 18. e4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Be3 Rxb2
21. Bd4 Bb6 22. Nb5 cxb5 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. axb5 Rff2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nge2 h5 13. Nc1 Nbd7 14. Be2 Ne5 15. h3
Rb8 16. O-O c4 17. a5 Bd7 18. f4 Nd3 19. Nxd3 cxd3 20. Bxd3 Bb5 21. Bb6 Qe7 22.
Nxb5 axb5 23. Rfe1 Nd7 24. Bxb5 Nxb6 25. Bxe8 Nc4 26. Qb4 b5 27. Bc6 Bxb2 28.
Ra2 Qa7+ 29. Kf1 Bd4 30. Ree2 Bc5 31. Qc3 Ne3+ 32. Ke1 b4 33. Qb3 Bd4 34. Kd2
Bc3+ 35. Kc1 Qc5 36. Kb1 Qd4 37. a6 Qd3+ 38. Kc1 Bd2+ 39. Rexd2 Qxb3 40. a7 Rc8
41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kg7 43. Raa2 Qc3+ 44. Kb1 b3 45. Rab2 Nc4 46. Re2 Nxb2
47. Rxb2 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. f4 c5 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15.
gxf3 Rc8 16. f4 Bg7 17. e5 Bf5 18. Nb5 Be4 19. Rg1 Qxd5 20. Qa5 Nc4 21. Qc3
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxa2 23. Qxe4 c4 24. Rg3 Qa1+ 25. Qb1 Qa5 26. Nd6 Bh6 27. Rf3 Rc7
28. Rd4 Qxe5 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd8 31. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 32. Nxc4 Rd4 33. Kc2 Rxf4
34. Rxf4 Bxf4 35. Na5 b6 36. Nc6 f5 37. Nxa7 Kf7 38. Bc4+ Kf6 39. Kd3 Be5 40.
b4 g5 41. Ke3 h5 42. Kf2 {Remaining moves unavailable. White later won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "White, Benjamin M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1040"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4 Qd5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. Qc2 O-O $4 {Diagram [#]} (10... Bb7 11. Re1) 11. Ne5 Qd6
12. Nxc6 Nd5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Ng4 e5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rb8 17. dxe5 Qa6 18.
exf6 Rxf6 19. Bd4 Rf7 20. a4 Bb7 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rfb1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Melville, Cailen"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. O-O Ne8 10. a5 g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ne1 Kh8 14. Nd3 Ng8 15. Bd2 Bf6
(15... Bg5 16. f4) 16. Na4 Bg5 17. Bc3 (17. f4 $1) (17. Nb6) 17... Nf6 18. Nb6
Rb8 {Diagram [#]} 19. Nxc5 $1 (19. f4 $1) 19... Qc7 $1 (19... dxc5 20. Bxe5 $18
) 20. b4 $4 (20. Nd3 Nxe4 21. Bb4 $16) 20... dxc5 21. f4 exf4 $19 22. d6 Qd8
23. bxc5 Be6 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. Qd4 Bf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. e5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Bg5 e5 8. O-O-O
h6 9. Bh4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. f4 a6 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Bd7
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 g5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bg3 c5 20. Nd5 Qd8 21.
Bc7 Qc8 22. Rf3 cxd4 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Qxc7 25. Rxh6 Qf4+ 26. Kd1 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 b6 6. e4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Ne8 11. h4 g4 12. h5 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rh4 Qg5 15.
Qd1 Bc8 16. Be2 Nf6 17. e5 Nxh5 18. Bxg4 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qe3+ 20. Ne2 Ba6 21. Qd2
Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Kg7 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Rh1 Kh7 26. Bd3+ f5 27. exf6+
Kh8 28. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Ne2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Ne8 11. b4 f5 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Nbc3 Nd6 14. Qc2 f4 15. f3 g5
16. Nb5 g4 17. Qa4 gxf3 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Bf6 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxa1
22. Bxd6 a6 23. Bxe7 axb5 24. Bxd8 bxa4 25. Be7 Bd4 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Bf1 Rxf3
28. Bxh3 Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Bxf2 31. e5 Kf7 32. Kh3 Bd4 33. e6+ Ke7
34. Kh4 Bb2 35. Kh5 Bc1 36. Kg4 Bxa3 37. Kf5 Bb2 38. Kg5 a3 39. Kh6 a2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. c5
Be7 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. b4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. a4 O-O 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Ra2
Ne4 16. Rfa1 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bd6 Bxd6
22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Qc5 Qe6 25. Qc3 Rfc8 26. Qb3 Rc4 27. Ra5 Qc6
28. g3 Qd6 29. Rxb5 axb5 30. Rxa8+ Kg7 31. Qa3 Qxb4 32. Qa7+ Kg6 33. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. a3
f5 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Qc2 Ng6 $6 12. cxd5 exd5 $2 13. Nxd5 $1 c6 14.
Nc3 Be6 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rhf1 Qa5 (19...
Rae8) 20. Nxe4 b5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qd2 Qc7+ 23. Nc3 (23. Nc5 $1) 23... a5 24.
Kb1 Qd7 25. b3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Na2 $2 (27. Na4 $1) 27... Ra3 28. Qxb4 Qf5+
29. Ka1 {Diagram [#]} Rfa8 $2 (29... Rxa2+ 30. Kxa2 Qc2+ 31. Ka3 Ra8+ 32. Qa4
Rxa4+ 33. Kxa4 Kg8 $17) 30. Rd2 Qc8 31. Re1 Qa6 32. Ree2 Nh4 33. Rc2 Qa7 34.
Qb5 $18 Nxg2 35. Qxd5 Ne1 36. Rb2 $2 (36. Rcd2 $1) 36... Nd3 37. Rbd2 Nb4 38.
Qc5 Qb7 39. e4 Qa6 $2 (39... Nxa2 40. Rxa2 (40. Qxa3 Rxa3 41. Rxa2 Qxb3 $19)
40... Qxb3) 40. Qxb4 Rc8 41. Kb1 Ra5 42. Rc2 Ra8 43. d5 h6 44. d6 Qd3 45. Qd2
Qxb3+ 46. Rb2 Qe6 47. d7 Qg8 48. e5 Rd5 49. e6 Rxd2 50. Rbxd2 {
White is winning but had little time left.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. Be3 Bb7 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. c5 a4 15. Qb4
Rb8 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Bxb6 Qd6 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Qxa4 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qxd5 22. Bxe7 Ra8 23. Qb4 Rfb8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nc3 Qd2 26. Ne4 Qxe2 27. Nxf6+
Kg7 28. Qh4 h5 29. b4 Rb6 30. Nd5 Rd6 31. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. a4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qa3 Qd7 15.
b5 Bf7 16. Nb3 b6 17. c5 Bd5 18. Rac1 Qe6 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Bc4 bxc5
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. dxc5 Ne5 24. Nb3 Nd3 25. Rc2 h6 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bc7 Rac8 28.
b6 f4 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. exd4 f3 31. Rxd3 exd3 32. Be5+ Kg8 33. Qxd3 axb6 34.
Qxf3 bxc5 35. Re2 Qg6 36. Qxd5+ e6 37. Qa2 cxd4 38. h3 d3 39. Rd2 Rc2 40. Rxc2
dxc2 41. Bb2 Qe4 42. Qa1 Qb4 43. Kh2 Qe4 44. Kg1 Ra8 45. a5 Ra6 46. g3 Qd5 47.
Bc1 Qxa5 48. Qb2 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Rc6 51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kg6 53.
Qb8 Qd5 54. Qe8+ Kf5 55. g4+ Ke4 56. Qg6+ Kf3 57. Qf6+ Ke2 58. Qb2 Qc5 59. Be3
Qc3 60. Qc1 Qe1+ 61. Qxe1+ Kxe1 62. Bc1 Kd1 63. Ba3 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Qb3 b6 8. cxd5
c6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. dxc6 e6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Qa4 Ne4 13. Nd7 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be4
15. Nxb8 Qxb8 16. Ba6 Bxg2 17. Ke2 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 Rd8 19. Qc4 Qc7 20. Rd1 Rd6
21. Bb7 Rd5 22. a4 Bf8 23. f4 Bd6 24. e4 Rh5 25. e5 Bf8 26. d5 Rxh2+ 27. Ke3
Bc5+ 28. Ke4 Rh3 29. Rd3 exd5+ 30. Qxd5 Rxd3 31. Kxd3 Be7 32. Qd7 Bd8 33. Qxc7
Bxc7 34. Kc4 Kf8 35. Bc8 Ke7 36. Kd5 Kd8 37. Bd7 Ke7 38. f5 gxf5 39. Bxf5 h6
40. e6 f6 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. Kb5 a5 43. Ka6 h5 44. Kb7 h4 45. c4 Bd8 46. Kc8 Bc7
47. e7 h3 48. Bxh3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qh5 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5
15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. d5 Ne7 19. Qc2 Qh5 20. Qxe4 Qg4 21. f3
Qxe4 22. fxe4 Bd7 23. Rab1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 b6 26. h3 Kg7 27. g4 h5
28. Nf5+ Nxf5 29. exf5 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rh8 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Kg3 Kg5 33. e4 Rh4 34.
Rg1 Rxg4+ 35. Kf2 Rxg1 36. Kxg1 Ba4 37. Kf2 Bb3 38. Ke3 Bxc4 39. Kd2 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. c4 Ndf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 f5 10. Qh5+ Ng6 11. Be2 O-O 12. g4 Qh4 13. Rg1 Qxh5 14. gxh5
Ne7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rg2 Rf7 17. Rdg1 Kf8 18. h4 h6 19. c5 Nc6 20. Bb5 Nb4 21.
Bc4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Rg6 Bc6 24. Rxe6 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Nf3 Re7 27.
Ne5 Bxh5 28. Kd2 Be2 29. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Qg3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. c3 Bf8 $6 (10... Be7 $1 11. Bd3 Bh4 $1 12. Qf3 (
12. Qh3 d5) 12... Re8) 11. Bd3 Re8 $2 12. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} g6 $2 {Steinitz!} (
12... d6 13. Ng5 g6 14. h4 Ne5 15. Bc2 h5) 13. h4 $1 {
White gets to attack with no loss of time.} d6 14. h5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16.
hxg6 Bg7 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxh7 Qf6 19. Bh6 Qxh6+ 20. Kc2 $4 (20. Rxh6 Bxh6+
21. f4) ({or even} 20. f4 {nabs the queen or rook}) 20... Qf6 $17 21. f4 Re8
22. Qf3 $2 (22. Rdh1 Bf5 23. R1h6 Qxh6 24. Rxh6 Bxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Bxh6 26. g4 $11)
22... c6 $2 (22... Bf5 $1 $19) 23. Rdh1 $6 (23. f5) (23. g4) 23... Bf5 24. g4
$2 (24. R1h6 Bxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Qxh6 26. Rxh6 Bxh6 27. g4 $15) 24... Bxh7 $19 25.
Rxh7 Rg8 $2 (25... Re5 $1 $19) 26. g5 Qe7 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. f5 Qe8 $6 (28... Qf7
29. Qh4 Qd5) 29. Qh4 Qe5 30. f6 Kf7 31. Qh6 Ke6 32. fxg7+ Kd7 33. Qg6 Kc7 34.
Qf7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. e3 Bf5 6. c4 Nd7 7. Ne2 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qb3 b6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O e6 14. Bd1 Nf6 15.
Bc2 Nh5 16. Nxe4 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Rac1 Rad8 21.
c5 b5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nd6 e5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27. b3
Rf6 28. Qxe5 Rdf8 29. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Black "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 e5 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. d6 Bxd6 13. Ba5 Ke7 14. Ng5 Rf8 {
Diagram [#]} 15. Nxf7 $3 {
The start of a pretty combination that would make any player proud.} Rxf7 (
15... Kxf7 16. Nxd6+ {leaves White with a clear advantage but no forced win.})
16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bd8+ Kxd8 18. Qxd6 b6 19. Bc4 Re7 20. O-O Bb7 21. Rxf6 gxf6
22. Rf1 Ke8 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Rxf6 Kd8 27. Qd6 Ke8 28.
Re6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kd8 30. Qg8+ Kc7 31. Qxh7 b5 32. Qg7 b4 33. h4 c4 34. Qf7 c3
35. h5 a5 36. h6 a4 37. Qc4+ Kd6 38. Qa6+ Nb6 39. Qa7 Nd7 40. Qxa4 Nc5 41. Qa7
Rb7 42. Qxb7 Nxb7 43. h7 b3 44. axb3 Nc5 45. h8=Q Nxe4 46. Qf8+ Kd5 47. Qf7+
Kd4 48. Qc4+ Ke3 49. Qd3+ Kf4 50. Qf3+ {A well-played game by White.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Moor, William Edwa"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bf5 (3... Bg4) 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2
Bd6 8. c5 Be7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Na7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Bb2
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f4 f6 17. a4 e5 18. f5 exd4 19. exd4 Rfe8 20. Qf3 Rbd8
21. Rae1 b6 22. c6 Qd6 23. Re6 Qb4 24. Qf2 Rd6 25. Rfe1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qc4 27.
Qe3 Kf7 28. Qf3 Qxd4+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Ne2 Bc5 31. Qh5+ g6 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33.
Rxf6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Moor, William Edwa"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Qc2 Qxb6
9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. f4 c4 12. Bxc4 Ng4 13. Nd1 Nc5 14. a4 {Diagram [#]
} Nxe4 $1 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qf3 Qb4+ 17. Nec3 Qxc4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ne3 Qd3 (19...
Qb4 $19) 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. g4 Qc2 22. Qe2 Qb3 23. Ra3 Qb7 24. Qf3 e6 $1 25. O-O
exd5 $19 26. Rd1 Rfe8 (26... Rac8) 27. g5 Nd7 $2 (27... Ne4 28. Nxd5 Rac8) 28.
Nxd5 Rab8 29. b4 Nb6 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. gxf6 Nc4 $11 33. Rb3 Re6
34. b5 axb5 35. Bd2 $4 (35. Rxb5 $11) 35... Nxd2 36. Rxd2 Rxf6 37. axb5 Rb6 38.
Rd4 Rf5 39. Rdb4 Kg7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Kf3 h6 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. Ke4 Rd1 44. Rc3 d5+
45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Rc6 Rxc6 47. bxc6 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Rc3 {and Black went on to win.}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Moor, William Edwa"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1000"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Nd4 Qe8 11. Ndb5 Bd8 12. b4 Nce4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 a6 15.
Bb3 Be7 16. a3 c6 17. d6 Bd8 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nd5 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Rb1 Qd8
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxb7 {and White won in 48 mobves.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Moren, Brandon"]
[Black "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Nfxd4 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Rc1
Qe7 15. Qe2 Ba3 16. Rfd1 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bd7 18. Nc5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nxb7
Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Rg1 Qf4 24. Rg3 d4 25. Rc7 g6 26. Nc5 Nd3
27. Nxd3 Qxc7 28. Qxd4 Rf8 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Ng4 Rf4 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7
33. Qxh7+ Bf7 34. Nxf7 Rxf7 35. Qxg6 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qb2 37. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Moren, Brandon"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Bd3 Rfd8 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Ng3 Bc6 16. Nh5 Rd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Re3 Rg8 20. Rg3 Qd8 21.
Bg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Rxg5 f6 24. Rg3 Rgd8 25. Re3 Rd4 26. f3 Kg8 27. g4
Kf7 28. b3 Ke7 29. Kf2 g5 30. Rh1 Rf8 31. h4 h6 32. a4 Rdd8 33. Bc4 Rd2+ 34.
Re2 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 b5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rh7+ Rf7
40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Kb4 Kc6 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 $6 (45.
Kxc4 {puts the passed pawn a file further over.}) 45... Kb6 46. c5+ Kc6 47. Kc4
Kc7 48. Kb5 Kb7 49. c6+ Kc7 50. Kc5 f5 51. Kb5 (51. gxf5 {
Computer is already saying # in 12.}) 51... fxg4 52. fxg4 Kc8 53. Kc4 Kd8 (
53... Kb8 54. Kb4) 54. Kb5 (54. Kb4 $1 {basic triangulation}) 54... Kc8 {
draw offer} 55. Kc4 Kd8 56. Kc5 Kc7 57. Kb5 Kc8 58. Kb6 Kb8 59. Kc5 Kc7 60. Kb5
{Threefold! Still wins.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry D"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 (3... c5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bb5) 4. b3 c5 5.
Bb2 e6 6. Ne5 (6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Ng4) 6... Bd6 7. d3 Bxe5
8. Bxe5 Nc6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nf3 b5 12. Ne5 (12. d4) 12... Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Bb7 (13... Nd7 14. Bb2 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5) 14. Be2 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Nd7 17. Bb2 f6 18. Bg4 Kf7 19. Rag1 (19. Rhg1) 19... f5 20. Bf3 g6 21. g4
fxg4 22. Rxg4 Rab8 23. Rhg1 Rg8 24. h4 Nf6 25. Rg5 h6 26. R5g3 h5 27. Be5 Rbc8
28. c4 (28. Re1) 28... Bc6 29. Kc3 (29. Bxf6 $1 Kxf6 30. cxd5 (30. Bxh5) 30...
exd5 31. Rg5 (31. Bxh5) 31... Rcd8 32. Bxh5) 29... b4+ 30. Kd2 dxc4 31. dxc4 (
31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. bxc4) (31. bxc4 Bxf3) 31... Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rcd8+ 33. Kc2 Ne4
34. Rd1 (34. Rg2) 34... Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Rd8+ 36. Kc1 Rd2 37. Kb1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry D"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. d3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 h5 6. a3 Ba5 7. e3 c6 8. Be2 Nf6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 Bb6 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Nd1 h4 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Nxh4 g6 15. Qg3
Qe7 16. Nf2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Rdg8 18. Ng5 Nh5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Qh4 f6 21. Nf3 Qg7
22. Rg1 Bd8 23. Bc3 Bh7 24. Raf1 e5 25. Qxh5 Bxd3 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. Nxg4 Bxf1
28. Rxf1 Rxg4 29. fxe5 Rg3 30. e6 Nc5 31. Kh2 Rhg8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry D"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e4 d4
9. Nb1 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. a5 Qa7 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nbd2
Qc7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nde4 h6 19. Nf3 Nxa5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxa5 Bb7
22. Nh4 Kh7 23. Bf3 e6 24. Be4 Qb6 25. Ra1 Ne7 26. Qf3 Nf5 27. Nxf5 exf5 28.
Bd5 Rfc8 29. Rf2 Rc5 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. b4 Rcc7 32. Bb2 Rd7 33. g4 fxg4 34. Qxg4
Ra7 35. h4 Qc6+ 36. Rg2 h5 37. Qg3 Qe6 38. Rf1 Kh8 39. f5 Qxe5 40. fxg6 Qxg3
41. Rxg3 fxg6 42. Rxg6 Rd5 43. Rg5 Rxg5 44. hxg5 Kh7 45. Rf5 Rd7 46. Kg2 Kg6
47. Rc5 Rd6 48. Kg3 Bf8 49. Kh4 Re6 50. Rd5 Bxb4 51. Bxd4 Be1+ 52. Kh3 Rc6 53.
Bc5 Bd2 54. Kh4 Bc3 55. Bd4 Be1+ 56. Kh3 Rxc2 57. Rd6+ Kxg5 58. Rxa6 Rc7 59.
Ra1 Bd2 60. Rg1+ Kh6 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry D"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Bf5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8. e5
Ng4 9. Nb3 f6 10. d4 Nd7 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 Kh8 13. Bd3 f5 14. g5 Nf7 15. h4 h5
16. gxh6 Nxh6 17. Qg2 Qe8 18. Ng5 Bg8 19. Be2 e6 20. h5 Bh7 21. Bd2 Rg8 22.
O-O-O Nf8 23. Rdg1 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Bg6 25. Rh4 Nh7 26. Nc5 Bf7 27. Qh2 b6 28.
Rxh6 Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Rg7 30. Nxf7+ Qxf7 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Nxe6+
Kg6 34. Nxc7 Rd8 35. Bf3 Nf8 36. Nxd5 Ne6 37. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxe5 9. fxe5 Bxb5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. d3 Qc7 12. Bxf6 $4 Bxf6 13. Rxf6 {
Diagram [#]} Qe5 $1 14. Rxf7 Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Ke7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Qf4 Qxe3+ 18.
Qxe3 dxe3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Ng4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Be2 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14.
c3 Nd7 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Kd2 Ne3 17. Bf3 c5 18. Kd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rd8 20. Kc3 h6
21. Nh3 Nf6 22. Nf4 g5 23. Ne2 g4 24. Rhg1 gxf3 25. gxf3+ Kf8 26. Nf4 Nfd5+ 27.
Nxd5 Nxd5+ 28. Kc4 Ne3+ 29. Kc3 Rc7+ 30. Kd3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Ayinala, Nihar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1227"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Kh1 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Qb6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Na4 Qa7 13. Nc5 Nf5 14. Nb3 f6 15. g4
Nfe7 16. a3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. Ng5 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Rf8 20. Nc5 Nxd4 21. Nxd7
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "796"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 c5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Ne2
Nb4 9. Ne5 Nxd3+ 10. Nxd3 b5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ng3 Rae8 14. d3 Nd7
15. d4 f6 16. Ng4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Rc1 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.
Bb2 Nf6 22. Bxe5 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxe3 Qxe3 26. Nf5 Qg5 27.
Qf1 Kh8 28. Re1 Bc8 29. Nd6 Bd7 30. Re7 Bg4 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf7 f5 33. h3
Qg6 34. Rxa7 Bh5 35. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Bender, Karina Lar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "707"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bb2 e6 8.
O-O c5 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. Ndf3 Nd7 14. Nc6 Qe8
15. Nce5 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qh4 Bg6 18. Qg4 Bf5 19. Qg3 Rae8 20. Nh4 e5 21.
Nxf5 Qxf5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxf5 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Rxe3 25. Rxd5 Rxg3 26. Re1 Rg5
27. Rxg5 fxg5 28. Re5 h6 29. Rxc5 Rc8 30. Rc6 Kh7 31. Rxa6 {and White soon won.
} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Qc2 d4 6. e4 g6 7. Na3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O
9. Nc4 Nd7 10. e5 f6 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. e6 Ndb8 13. Na3 a6 14. O-O-O Na5 15. Qc2
Bxe6 16. c4 Nbc6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. g3 Bf7 19. Bh3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Nb1 b5
22. Nbd2 bxc4 23. Ne4 Qd5 24. Kb1 cxd3 25. Qc5 Qxa2+ 26. Kc1 Nb3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 Bf5 5. g4 Bd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. d3 c5 8. Bd2 Qb6
9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. g5 Nxe5 12. gxf6 Bxa4 13. Bc3 Nxd3+ 14. Bxd3 g6 15.
b3 Bc6 16. Rg1 d4 17. Bd2 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Rd8 19. Qg4 c4 20. bxc4 Bb4+ 21. Kf2
Bc3 22. Rab1 Bxf6 23. a3 Bd4 24. Rb3 O-O 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Enkhjin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1089"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bb5 e6 5. Nd4 Nge7 6. b3 a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.
Bb2 Qf6 9. Qc1 Nb4 10. Nxf5 Qxf5 11. d3 Qg6 12. O-O Bc5 13. Rf3 O-O-O 14. a3
Nc6 15. b4 Be7 16. Rg3 Qf5 17. Nd2 d4 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. e4 Qh5 20. Qd2 g6 21. a4
Qh6 22. b5 Nb8 23. Ba3 Rhg8 24. Rh3 Bh4 25. Be7 Rde8 26. Rxh4 Qg7 27. Bc5 Nd7
28. Ba7 Rd8 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Rb1 f5 31. Qb4 Nb6 32. Bxb6 cxb6 33. Nxb6+ Kc7
34. Qc5+ Kb7 35. Nd7+ Ka8 36. Qc6+ Ka7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. d4
e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O h6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 g5 13. c4 gxf4 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qxf4 Qxf4 16. Rxf4 Ke7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Re1 Rhe8 19. Bxe4 Kf8 20. Kf2 Nxe4+ 21.
Rfxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re5 Nd5 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. a3 b6 26. Re4 f6 27. Kf3
Kf7 28. Nd2 Nc3 29. Rh4 Nb5 30. Ke3 Nxa3 31. Nf3 Nc2+ 32. Kd3 Nb4+ 33. Kc4 a5
34. Rxh6 Kg7 35. Rh4 Re8 36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. h4 Re2 38. Kc3 Rc2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Ng4 $6 6. Qd3 Nxh2 $2 ({
Relevant:} 6... c5 7. Qe4+ Kf8 8. d5 Na6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Qd3 c4 11. Qd4 Bc5 12.
Qf4 Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Bc5 14. Ke1 Bd6 15. Qd4 Bf5 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Qf4
Bf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Be3 21. Bg3 Bh6 22. Ke1 Ne3 23. Bd6+ Kg8 24. Kf2
Bxc2 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Nb5 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. Rb1 Rd8 30. a4 Kg6 31.
Bh3 Bg5 32. Rhe1 Ree8 33. Rec1 Rd7 34. Rc3 Kf6 35. Bf1 Nxd5 36. Rxc4 {
Rhodes,J (2413)-Ponomarev,A (2488) ICCF email 2008 0-1}) 7. Nxh2 $146 Qh4+ 8.
Kd1 Bxh2 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Qe4+ Kf8 11. Nf3 Qg3 12. Nxh2 Bc8 13. Nf3 h5 14. Qf4
Qxf4 15. Bxf4 c6 16. Bd6+ Kg8 17. Ng5 f6 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Kd2 Nd7 20. e3 g5 21.
Bd3 Bg4 22. e4 Rd8 23. e5 Nb6 24. c3 Nd5 25. Bc4 Be6 26. b3 b5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5
28. Be7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Kadri, Barbara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "496"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Ne5 Qe7 7. Nxc6 Qh4+ 8.
g3 Qh3 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nh6 11. d3 Nf5 12. Qf3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Ba5 f6
15. Ng4 O-O-O 16. Nd2 d4 17. e4 Nd6 18. Nf2 Qh6 19. O-O-O c5 20. Bxd8 Kxd8 21.
Kb1 f5 22. Qe2 Qf6 23. e5 Qf8 24. Rhg1 Nb5 25. Nc4 Qe8 26. g4 Nc3+ 27. bxc3
Qb5+ 28. Ka1 Kc7 29. Rb1 Bf3 30. Qxf3 Qc6 31. Qxc6+ Kxc6 32. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qc2 c5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Na3 a6 10. Be3 b6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ng5 e6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nh3 e5 15. f5
g5 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Bxg5 Na5 19. Qc2 hxg5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Nxg5
Rfd7 22. Ne6 Qc8 23. Qf2 Rxd1 24. Qg3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rd1+ 26. Ke2 Rd2+ 27. Ke3
Qd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Bb2 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Ndf3 f6 13. Ng4 a5 14. Qe1 Ba6 15.
Qg3 d4 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nf5 Rf7 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf3
Re8 22. Ne4 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Re6 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Bc8 26. Rf1 Rfe7 27. Rf4
Nf8 28. Kf2 Ng6 29. Rff3 Nh4 30. Rf4 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 c6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nbd2 N8d7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Nh4 Rg8 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Bxg6 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rxg6 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. b3 Rdg8 20. Bg3 Nd7 21.
Nf3 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Nxe5 23. Qe4 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rxg3 25. Kf2 Rg6 26. Rh1 Qa5 27.
Qc2 Qc5+ 28. Kf1 Qd4 29. Rd3 Qf6+ 30. Kg1 Bf5 31. Qd2 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Qa1+ 33.
Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Nf6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nh5 8. d4 Bf5
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qd7 11. Be3 f6 12. Na3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qg4 14. Qd2 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Nc2 Re4+ 17. Kd1 Rf8 18. Ne3 Qh5 19. Kc2 Bh6 20. Rae1 e6 21. Qd3
Ne7 (21... Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Rxd4 $17) 22. h3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qf5 24. Rhe1 Rxe3
25. Rxe3 Qf4 26. g4 Qh6 27. Nd2 Rf2 28. Rf3 Rh2 29. Rf6 $1 Rxh3 $4 {Diagram [#]
} (29... c6 $11) 30. Qb5 $3 Kh8 31. Qe8+ Ng8 32. Nf3 (32. Rf8 Qg7 33. g5 {
with Rf7 to follow.}) 32... Qe3 (32... Rxf3 {
would have prolonged the game but not changed the result.}) 33. Rf8 Qxf3 34.
Rxg8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. d3 Rb8 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qe1 a5 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Ndf3 Ng4 14. Rc1 c5
15. c4 c6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Rc2 Qc7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxa5 Nf5 21.
Qe1 d4 22. Ne5 Qd6 23. Ng4 h5 24. e4 hxg4 25. exf5 gxh3 26. fxg6 Qxg6 27. Qe5+
f6 28. Qe4 h2+ 29. Kh1 Qg3 30. Qf3 Qg6 31. g4 Rh8 32. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rh8+
34. Kg2 f5 35. g5 Qh7 36. Qg3 Qh5 37. Re1 Kf7 38. g6+ Qxg6 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40.
Rxe7 Ra8 41. Re2 Ra7 42. a4 Rb7 43. Rb2 Rb8 44. a5 Ra8 45. Ra2 Ra6 46. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. fxe5 Ne4 8.
Qf3 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. c4 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg2 f6 13. O-O fxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6
15. Bc3 {Diagram #} Nxd2 $1 16. Nxd2 Bxc3 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Rf2 Bc2 19. Qe2 Bxd1
20. Qxd1 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Bxd2 22. Bh3 Rf8+ 23. Ke2 Qc3 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg1 Bc1
26. Qe1 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Murugappan, Ganesh"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Bg4
8. c3 e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Nd5 13. Qg3 g6 14.
O-O-O Qc7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bc2 h6 18. Kb1 g5 19. Bb3 Qb6 20. d5 c5
21. h4 exd5 22. cxd5 Qb5 23. hxg5 Nd3 24. Re3 c4 {Diagram [#]} 25. Rexd3 $1
cxd3 26. Rc1+ Kd7 27. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Murugappan, Ganesh"]
[Black "Shi, Jaysen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bc4 a6 7. a4 b6 8. O-O Ne7
9. f5 gxf5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. exf5 d5 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Bf4 c4 16. Be2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. a5 Qc6 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Na4 O-O 21. Nb6 Rad8
22. c3 Bh6 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Nd4 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Nf2+ 26. Bxf2 Qd6 27. Nxd7 Rxd7
28. Qg4 Rf7 29. Bg3 Qf8 30. Be2 e5 31. Bxe5 Re7 32. Bd6 Re4 33. Bxf8 Rxg4 34.
Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Murugappan, Ganesh"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Ngf3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Qb3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qe6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rfe1 Kh8 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. a4 Rg8 20. Qb5 Qc8 21.
Kh1 a6 22. Qb6 Qf5 23. Bg3 Rd7 24. Qb3 Bh6 25. Qc2 e6 26. Kh2 f6 27. Re3 $2
Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rdg7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Murugappan, Ganesh"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 f5
15. Bc2 g6 16. Ne2 Nec4 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Nf4 Rf7 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. a4
Bg5 22. Be3 Ng4 23. a5 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nc8 25. b4 Qb5 26. Qd2 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Ne7
28. Bb3 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Rc4 Qe8 31. Qc3 Rf8 32. Rc7 Ne7 33. Rxb7 f4 34.
Qc7 Kf7 35. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1177"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. a3 d6 6. d3 h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd2 a6
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Qd1 Qd7 12. Ne2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bxf3 14. Qe1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Black "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1177"]
[BlackElo "1335"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 Bg4 8. Qe1
Nd4 9. Qxe5+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bb3 Bc5 12. Re1+ Ne2+ 13. Kf1 O-O 14. f3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfe8 16. Rxe2 Red8 17. c4 c6 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. d4 Nd3
21. Bd2 cxd5 22. c5 Nxb2 23. Nc3 a5 24. Re3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. a4 Rxd4 27.
Ke2 b6 28. Nb5 Rh4 29. Rh1 Rc8 30. Be1 Rf4 31. Bg3 Rf5 32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1177"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. Ne3 Qh4 6. Qf3 Nd6 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. Bd5 c6 11. Be4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. dxe4 b6 14. O-O Ba6
15. Re1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. b3 Be6 18. h3 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bb2 Bd6 21.
Rad1 Rac8 22. c3 Rc6 23. a3 f6 24. Rd2 Kf7 25. Kf1 a5 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27. Rcd1 Ke7
28. Ke1 h5 29. a4 g5 30. Ra1 h4 31. Ba3 Bc5 32. Bxc5+ bxc5 33. Rc1 Rb6 34. Rb2
d4 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Rc2 Bb7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. f3 Rxb3 40. Rc5 d3
41. Nc1 Rb2 42. Nxd3 Rxg2 43. Rxa5 Bxf3 44. Ra6+ Kf5 45. Ra5 Rh2 46. Nf2 Bg2
47. Rb5 Bxh3 48. a5 Bg4 49. a6 Bf3 {...} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Black "Raphael, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1131"]
[BlackElo "629"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nbd7 5. Ng5 d5 6. Bxd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 h6 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rxe5 Qc6 14. Bb2
Be6 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. Rc5 Qd6 20. Rxb7 Nd7
21. Rcxc7 Qxa3 22. Rxd7 Raf8 23. Rxa7 Qc5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qf3+
Kg8 27. d4 Qb6 28. Qd1 Qb2 29. a4 Qxc3 30. h4 Kf7 31. Qf3+ Kg8 32. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1177"]
[BlackElo "1168"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. a3 O-O 7. d3 d5 8. Ba2
d4 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. c3 e5 11. Bc4 b6 12. Qb3 Nh5 {Scoresheet missing moves....}
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1131"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qc7 6. d3 e5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
Be6 9. c4 O-O-O 10. b3 Qd7 11. Ne1 h5 12. h3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. h4 Ne7 15. Qc2
Ng6 16. Nc3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Ne2 Bxh4 20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. g3 Nf3+
22. Nxf3 gxf3 23. Nc3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qxd3 25. Qc1 Qf5 26. Re1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1187"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. d3
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Nd4 11. Qd1 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxh3 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Ne2 Qh4
15. d4 exd4 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Ba2 Rae8 18. Nxd4 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 f5 20. Be3 fxe4 21.
fxe4 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Ng3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe4+ 24. Kf1 Ng3+ 25. Kg2 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 27.
Qc4+ Kh8 28. Bxd4 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.47"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. c3 Rae8 11. a4 a6 12. b4 Ba7 13. b5 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Nc3
cxb5 16. axb5 Qc8 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Rab1 Nc8 19. Qb2 Rf7 20. Rfc1 Nh5 21. Na4 Nf4
22. Kf1 Nxd3 23. Qc3 Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Bxb6 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Qb2
Qxc4+ 28. Qe2 Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Bc7 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Ng5 Re7 32. g3 h6 33. Nf3 Ree8
34. Nh4 Kf7 35. f4 d5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. f5 Rxd1 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kxd1 e4 40.
g4 Kd5 41. Nf5 Be5 42. Ne3+ Kd4 43. Bc1 Kd3 44. Nf5 Rf8 45. Ke1 a5 46. Ba3 Rb8
47. Bc1 Rb1 48. Kd1 Bf4 49. Ke1 e3 50. Nxe3 Bxe3 51. Kd1 Rxc1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1187"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bb5 Nf5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Ba6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nc3 Bc4 13. b3 Ba6 14. Be3
Bb4 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 Bc4 18. Reb1 Qa6 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Bd2 Qc8 21.
Nd1 c5 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Rc1 c4 24. Bc3 Bg5 25. Re1 O-O 26. g3 f6 27. f4 Bh6 28.
a4 fxe5 29. dxe5 g5 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 gxf4 33. g4 Kf7 34. Be5
Rb7 35. Bxf4 Rg8 36. g5 a5 37. b5 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 d4 39. Re5 c3 40. Qb3 Qc4 41.
Qxc4 Bxc4 42. Rb1 Bd5+ 43. Kg3 d3 44. h4 d2 45. Bxd2 cxd2 46. Rxd5 exd5 47. Rd1
Re8 48. Rxd2 Re4 49. Rxd5 Rxa4 50. h5 Rb4 51. b6 a4 52. Ra5 R7xb6 53. Ra7+ Rb7
54. Ra6 Rb3+ 55. Kf4 a3 56. Ra5 R7b4+ 57. Ke5 Rb5+ 58. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 59. Kd6 a2
60. g6+ hxg6 61. hxg6+ Kxf6 62. g7 Kxg7 63. Kc6 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. c4 Qd8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Be3 f5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f4
$19 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Black "Dupree, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1187"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. O-O b5 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. a3
Nf6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe3 Be7 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Ne2 c4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. d4 Qxe4
15. c3 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Kh8
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 d5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Ng4 14. Nxg4 fxg4
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Bh6 17. e3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rc5 b6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rc1 Bg5 22. Rc3 Bf6 23. Qc1 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Kg7 25. a4 Bf7 26. Bf1 h5 27. Qc2 Be6
28. Bb5 Qc8 29. Qxc8 Bxc8 30. Bc6 e6 31. Ba3 Kf7 32. Bd6 Bd8 33. Kf1 a5 34. Bb5
Bb7 35. Ke2 Bc8 36. Bc6 Ba6+ 37. Kd2 Bf1 38. Kc3 Ba6 39. e4 dxe4 40. Bxe4 b5
41. axb5 Bxb5 {and drawn a few moves later. Remaining moves unavailable.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Black "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf1 Bb4 15. Bd2
a6 16. Qb3 Bc5 17. Qxb7 Nh5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 21. Rb1
Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Nf6 23. Nc3 Qb8 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Qa7 26. Qa6 Qc5 27. Qc4 Qa5
28. a4 Rb8 29. Qa6 Qb4 30. Bc4 Qc5 31. Bb5 Qb4 32. Qa7 Rf8 33. Qxc7 Ne8 34.
Bxe8 Rxe8 35. d6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
a6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. b4 b6 15. h3
Nhf6 16. e4 Re8 17. Re1 Qd8 18. b5 Bb7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 axb5
22. axb5 Ra8 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Ra4 Rxa4 26. Nxa4 Ra8 27. Nb2 Ne8 28.
Nc4 Nd6 29. f4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Ra3 31. Qc1 Ra5 32. Bf1 Bc8 33. Bd2 Ra4 34. Qc2
Qa7 35. Bc3 Ra2 36. Qc1 Qe7 37. Bc4 Ra4 38. Bb3 Ra7 39. g4 Qh4 40. Re3 exf4 41.
Rf3 Bxc3 42. Qxc3 Qg5 43. Qd2 Ra3 44. d6 Bd7 45. Bxf7+ Kxf7 46. Rxa3 Qe5 47.
Ra7 Ke6 48. Qd5+ Qxd5 49. exd5+ Kxd6 50. Rb7 Be8 51. Rxb6+ Kxd5 52. Rb8 Bd7 53.
Rd8 Ke6 54. b6 Bc6 55. Kf2 c4 56. Rd4 g5 57. Rxc4 Kd6 58. Rb4 Bb7 59. Rb5 h6
60. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd4 Bf5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15.
Bd4 Be5 16. f3 exf3 17. Rxf3 Na6 18. Bh3 Qe6 19. e3 Rf7 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd4
Re8 22. Raf1 f4 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. exf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Nb4 27. Rf2
Re1+ 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rd2 Ra1 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 32. Kg1 Nd3 33. Bf1
Ne5 34. Bg2 Ra1+ 35. Bf1 Ra2 36. Bg2 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kf2
Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Nelson, Carl"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Armen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1188"]
[BlackElo "1005"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 Re6 8. Nd5
h6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. Nxf6+ Rxf6 12. Nxe5 c6 13. b4 Bd4 14. Ng4 Bxa1 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. bxa5 b6 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Bb4 Ba6 19. Qb3 Re8 20. c5 Qb8 21. e4
Ng6 22. f4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qc2 Bb5 25. Rb1 Qa7 26. Rc1 Qa6 27. Bf1 Be3 28.
Ra1 Bd4 29. Ra2 Ba4 30. Qc1 Bb5 31. Qc2 Ba4 32. Qc1 Bb5 33. Qd2 Ba4 34. Bc3
Bxc5 35. Bxg7 Re8 36. Qc3 Rxe4 37. Bxh6 Rd4 $4 (37... Bd4 $19) 38. Qxc5 Qb7 39.
Kg1 Rd5 40. Bg2 $4 Rxc5 41. Kf2 Qb6 42. Ke1 Qb3 43. Ra1 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Nelson, Carl"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1188"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. g3 h6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bh7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Nc5 16. Nd2 Nd3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg4+ Bg6 19. Nf3 Nxc1 20. Ne5 Nd3
21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. e5 h5 23. Qxe6 Bc5 24. Qf6+ Qxf6 25. exf6+ Kxf6 26. Rd1 Bxf2+
27. Kf1 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Bxe1 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Be4 Nc5 31. Bc2 Rd2+ 32. Kxe1 Rxc2
33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Nd3+ 35. Kd1 Rg2 36. b5 Ke5 37. c5 Ke4 38. bxc6 bxc6 39.
g4 Ke3 40. gxh5 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Nelson, Carl"]
[Black "Shi, Jaysen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. e4
Bb4 9. e5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. Qd3 h6 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 h5 14. Nh4 Qe8 15. f4
g6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ba3 Qc6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Bxf8 Kxf8
22. Rad1 Ba6 23. Qa3+ Kg7 24. Rf2 Qg4+ 25. Qg3 Qxd1+ 26. Kg2 Qxd5+ 27. Kh3 Bc8+
28. f5 Bxf5+ 29. Nxf5+ gxf5 30. Rxf5 Qe6 31. Qf2 Kg6 32. Qh4 Qxf5+ 33. Kg3
Qxg5+ 34. Qxg5+ Kxg5 35. e6 fxe6 36. Kf3 Nc6 37. Ke4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. O-O a6 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rab1 Bg7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfd1
b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Rd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4
21. Kh1 Re8 22. Nc1 Qc8 23. c3 Qf5 24. Nd3 Qxd5 25. Nf2 Qf5 26. Rbd1 Rxf4 27.
Rd5 Be5 28. g4 Qf6 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. R5d2 Qxg4 31. Nxd6 exd6 32. Rxd6 Re4 33. Qd3
Bxd6 34. Qxd6 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh6 Qb6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. a5 Qa6 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Kf2 c5 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Rhd1 Rad8 20. Nd5 Qb7
21. c4 Bxd5 22. exd5 e6 23. Rab1 exd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfe8 26. Rbd1 Rb8
27. R1d2 Re6 28. Kg3 Rb4 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxc4 31. Ra6 Rb4 32. Rxa7 Rxb2
33. Rc7 Rb5 34. a6 Ra5 35. a7 Kg7 36. Kf2 Ra3 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Kd2 c4 39. Kc2 c3
40. h4 h5 41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Kg7 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Kh6 45. Rxf7 Kxh5 46.
Rh7+ Kg6 47. Rc7 Kf5 48. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Moor, William Edwa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Qe2
Qb6 9. Rb1 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qe7 18. e5 Nd7 19. Rbe1 c4 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. Qf3
b5 22. b4 cxb3 23. Nxb3 Rd8 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nf5 Qc7 26. Qg3 g6 27. Nxh6+ Kh8
28. f5 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. fxg6 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Nyangar, Enkhmaa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be3 d6 8.
Be2 a6 9. Qd2 b5 10. f3 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Qb6+
15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. Nxe3 a4 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Bb5 Nd4 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Nd5 Nxc2
21. Rac1 Nd4 22. Rfe1 Bb5 23. Kf2 Rfc8 24. Nc7 Rab8 25. Ke3 e5 26. Nxb5 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Rxb5 28. Rc7 b3 29. axb3 Nxb3 30. Nc4 Rc5 31. Nxd6 Rxc7 32. Ne8+ Kh6
33. Nxc7 Kg5 34. g3 h5 35. h4+ Kf6 36. Nd5+ Ke6 37. Kd3 Nc5+ 38. Kc4 Kd6 39.
Nc3 f5 40. exf5 gxf5 41. Nb5+ Kc6 42. Na7+ Kb6 43. Nc8+ Kc6 44. Ne7+ Kb6 45.
Nxf5 Nb3 46. Kc3 Kc5 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Nd4 49. Nxd4 exd4+ 50. Kd3 Kb4 51. g5
Kb3 52. g6 Kxb2 53. g7 a3 54. g8=Q a2 55. Qxa2+ Kxa2 56. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 $2 6. Ndb5 Bf8 7. Nd6+ Bxd6
8. Qxd6 Qe7 9. Nb5 Qxd6 $2 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Ke6 12. Bc4+ d5 13. Bxd5+
Kd7 14. Bxb7 Ne7 15. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Be2 g5 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qf2 hxg5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Nb3 Rh4 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. g3 Rh8 19. Rhf1 b5 20. a3 Rxh2 21.
Rh1 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ng8 23. Rh8 Kf8 24. Qf3 Bxa3 25. Qf6 Qxc3 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27.
Qxg5+ Nf6 28. Rxc8 Qxb2+ 29. Kd1 Bxc8 30. Qe3 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Bb4+ 32. Kd3 Qb2 33.
Qa7+ Bd7 34. Qc7 Ne8 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. fxe5 Qxe5+ 7. Qe2
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Bf5 9. d3 Bc5 10. Bf4 c6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g4 Be6 13. d4 Be7 14.
h4 Nd7 15. c4 Nb6 16. b3 a5 17. Bc7 Bd8 18. Bxd8 Rfxd8 19. a4 Rd7 20. Bf3 Rad8
21. Ne2 f6 22. Rd2 Bf7 23. Rhd1 Kf8 24. h5 Nc8 25. Nf4 Ne7 26. Kc2 g6 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. d5 g5 29. Ne6+ Bxe6 30. dxe6 Rxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Ng6 33. Be4
Nf4 34. Bf5 Ke7 35. Ke3 Nxe6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Ke4 c5 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. Ke3 b6
40. Kf3 Kd4 41. Ke2 Ke4 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Kg2 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bb5 fxe4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nxe4 d5 8.
Nxe5 dxe4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Nf6 11. Qe5+ Be7 12. Nxh8 Ba6 13. Qe6 Qd7 14.
Qf7+ Kd8 15. Qb3 Nd5 16. Nf7+ Kc8 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qa4 Bb5 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qf3
Kb7 21. d3 Bc5 22. Be3 Bb4+ 23. c3 Ba5 24. O-O Nd5 25. Bd2 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Ne7 27.
c4 Ba6 28. b4 Bd4 29. Rae1 Kb6 30. c5+ Kb7 31. Nc4 Qf6 32. Na5+ Kc8 33. Rxe7
Qxe7 34. Qxc6 Bxd3 35. Qxa8+ Kd7 36. Qd5+ Ke8 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 Nc6 $2 (5... c5) 6. c3 b6 7. f4
Bb7 8. Ngf3 (8. Ne2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. g4 h5 11. f5 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. fxe6
Nxd3 14. Rxf7) 8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ne3 (12. b4 c5
13. Bd2) (12. Be3 O-O 13. Bf2) (12. Bd2) 12... c5 13. Bd2 c4 (13... O-O 14. g4)
14. Bc2 b5 15. a4 (15. b4 O-O 16. a4 a6 17. g4) (15. g4 h5 16. h3) 15... a6 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Ra7 Qb6 18. Qa1 Nc6 19. Ra2 b4 (19... O-O) 20. b3 bxc3 21. Bxc3
cxb3 22. Rb2 (22. Bxb3 Qxb3 $4 23. Rb1) 22... Ra8 (22... Ncxe5 $1 23. dxe5 (23.
fxe5 Rxc3) (23. Rxb3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qc7) 23... Rxc3) 23. Qc1 (23. Qb1 bxc2 24.
Nxc2) 23... Ra3 24. Qd2 O-O 25. Reb1 Na5 26. Bxa5 Qxa5 27. Qxa5 Rxa5 28. Bxb3
f6 (28... Bc6) 29. Ba4 Bc8 30. Bc6 Bh6 (30... fxe5) 31. Bxd7 Bxf4 $2 (31...
Bxd7) 32. Ng4 Bxd7 33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 34. exf6 Ra4 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 h5 37. Rb7
Bc6 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rb8+ Be8 40. h3 (40. f7) 40... d4 41. Re7 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Ra8
43. Rxa8 d3 44. Raxe8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Qc7 16. Nf1 b6 17. e4 c5 18. e5 Be7 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 c4 21. Bc2
Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 b5 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf4 Bf8 27. d6 Qc5
28. Qg3 Bg7 29. e6 fxe6 30. Qxg6 Nf8 31. Qg3 Rad8 32. Ne3 Kh8 33. Ng4 Rd7 34.
Qh3 Kh7 35. Re5 Bxe5 36. Nfxe5 Kh8 37. Qxh6+ Rh7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Rg7 40.
Nf6+ Kh8 41. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. a3 b5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nb3 b4 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. axb4 Qc8 21.
Qe2 Rb8 22. Nb3 Rd8 23. Na5 Rd6 24. Nc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qd7 26. Rec1 Ne8 27. R1c5
h6 28. f3 Qc8 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Qxb5 Nd6 31. Qc5 Qd8 32. Rxc7 Qg5 33. Qc1 Qd8
34. Rc6 Qa8 35. Rxd6 Qa4 36. Rc6 Qxb4 37. d6 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 f5 39. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ne5 $6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. Bg5 c6
8. f4 Ng6 9. e5 h6 10. exf6 hxg5 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. f5
Nf4 15. O-O Rxg7 16. Bg4 Rh7 17. Kh1 Kd8 18. c3 b6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Rae1 Kc7 21.
b4 (21. f6 $1) 21... Qd6 22. Nf3 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 $17 c5 24. Bf3 Rah8 25. h3 {
Diagram [#]} Ba6 $1 26. Rf2 Nd3 27. Ree2 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Re8 29. Ne4 Bb7 30.
Nxg5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rg7 32. h4 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Re3 34. Rc2 f6 35. a4 Rge7 36. Kg3
Re2 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 38. h5 Re7 39. Kf4 Kd6 40. Nd2 Re1 41. Ne4+ Ke7 42. bxc5 Rf1+
43. Kg4 bxc5 44. Nxc5 Rc1 45. Ne4 d5 46. Ng3 Rxc3 47. h6 Kf7 48. Nh5 Rc4+ 49.
Kg3 d4 50. Nf4 Rxa4 51. Ne6 Kg8 52. Kg4 d3+ 53. Kh5 d2 54. Kg6 Rg4+ 55. Kxf6
d1=Q 56. Ng5 Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qc8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g4 Be6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Kb1 Rd8
15. Bc5 dxe4 16. g5 exd3 17. gxf6 dxc2+ 18. Qxc2 exf6 19. Ka1 f5 20. h4 h5 21.
Rdg1 Qc7 22. Rg2 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. b3 (4. d4) 4... Bc5 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 Bb6 $2 (
6... exd4) 7. dxe5 Bc5 8. Be2 f6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1
Bc5 13. a3 a5 14. Ra1 $2 (14. e5 $1) 14... Nd7 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. f4
Nf7 (17... N5g6 $1) 18. Nc2 Ng6 19. g3 Bh3 20. Qe1 (20. Rf3 Bg4 21. Rc3) 20...
Bxf1 21. Nxf1 Qe7 22. Bf3 Rd3 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Rd1 Be3 $4 25. Nxe3 Qc5 26. Ndf1
Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Rd3 28. Bc2 Rd8 29. b4 Qe7 30. bxa5 Nd6 31. Qb4 Nf8 32. e5 Nc8
33. Qc3 Qf7 34. Kg2 c5 35. Nf5 Ne6 36. Be4 Nd4 37. N1e3 Qe6 38. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Be7 $2 5. Nxf7 O-O 6. Nxd8+ d5 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. Bb3 Kh8 9. O-O Nxe4 10. d3 Nc5 11. Nc3 Nxb3 12. axb3 e4 13. dxe4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 h6 15. Qd4 Bf6 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh6 Kh7 18. Bxf8 Kg6 19. Rfe1 Bf5
20. Be7 Kf7 21. Qxf6+ Ke8 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1161"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Qg3 Nd7 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Bf6 19. f5 b6 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nc5 23. Bh6 Kh8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 f6 26. Qh5 Qc7 27. b4 Nb7
28. Be2 b5 29. Bd1 Rf8 30. Rd3 Qf7 31. Qh4 Rc7 32. Rh3 g5 33. fxg6 Qxg6 34. Rg3
Rc4 35. Qh3 Qf7 36. Bh5 Qe7 37. Qe6 Qd8 38. c3 Rc7 39. Bg4 Qe7 40. Qf5 Nd8 41.
Rh3 Qg7 42. Rff3 Rg8 43. Rhg3 Rf8 44. Bh5 Qe7 45. Qg4 Rc4 46. Qh3 Nf7 47. Bg6
Ng5 {Diagram [#]} 48. Rxg5 $1 Rg8 (48... fxg5 49. Rxf8+ Qxf8 50. Qxh7#) 49.
Rxf6 Rg7 50. Re6 Qa7+ 51. Kh1 Rxg6 52. Rgxg6 Qf7 53. Rgf6 Re4 54. Qg3 Rf4 55.
Rxf4 exf4 56. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Newey, Richard"]
[Black "White, Benjamin M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1040"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 (6. d4) (6. Qf3
Qxg5 7. Bxd5 Nd4 8. Qxf7+ Kd8 9. O-O Nxc2 10. Be4 Nxa1 11. d4 Qe7 12. Qh5 {
with obscure play.}) 6... Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Qf6 $4 (7... Ke6 8. Nc3 Ncb4 9. a3 Nxc2+
10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Nxd5 c6 12. Nb6+ Kd6 13. Nxa8 Qh4 $11) 8. Bxd5+ Ke8 9. Bxc6+
bxc6 10. Qe3 Kf7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b3 Rhf8 14. Ne4 Qf5 15. Ng5+ Kg8
16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. g3 Rf6 18. Bb2 Qh3 19. Qe4 Raf8 20. Qg2 Qd7 21. Rae1 Bc5 22.
Re2 Qg4 23. Rfe1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qf5+ 27. Ke3 e4 28.
d4 Qf3+ 29. Kd2 c5 30. Re3 Qh5 31. h4 cxd4 32. Rxe4 c5 33. Rf4 Qe5 34. Rf3 Qe4
35. Rd3 Qg2+ 36. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 c4 7. Bc2 a6 8. f4 g6
9. Ngf3 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Qg3 Nf8 13. Rf2 b5 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. Bd2
a5 16. Re1 a4 17. a3 Qc7 18. Ne3 O-O-O 19. Ng4 Kb7 20. Nf6 Bc8 21. Ng4 Nd7 22.
Ne3 Rdg8 23. Kf1 Bd8 24. Ng1 Ne7 25. Qf3 Ka6 26. Qd1 Nb6 27. Bb1 Bd7 28. Nc2
Nc6 29. Nf3 Be7 30. Kg1 Be8 31. Qc1 Qd8 32. Qd1 Na8 33. Ne3 Nc7 34. Bc2 Na5 35.
Ng4 Bc6 36. h3 Ne8 37. Be3 Ng7 38. Rfe2 Nh5 39. Qd2 Ng3 40. Rf2 Ne4 41. Bxe4
dxe4 42. Nfh2 Bh4 43. Nf6 Bxf2+ 44. Bxf2 Rg7 45. Nxe4 Bxe4 46. Rxe4 Qd5 47. Qe2
g5 48. Be1 gxf4 49. Rxf4 Rhg8 50. Ng4 h5 51. Ne3 Qc6 52. Rf6 (52. d5 $1 $11)
52... Ka7 53. Qf2 Qb7 54. d5 Ka8 55. dxe6 fxe6 56. Rxe6 Nc6 57. Qf3 Rg6 58.
Rxg6 Rxg6 59. Qf8+ Qb8 60. Qf5 Rg8 61. e6 Qe5 62. Bf2 Qxf5 63. Nxf5 Kb7 64. Bc5
Kc7 65. Bd4 Nxd4 66. Nxd4 Kd6 67. Kf2 h4 68. Nf5+ Kxe6 69. Nxh4 Ke5 70. g3 Ke4
71. Ng2 Kd3 72. h4 Kc2 73. h5 Kxb2 74. Nf4 Kxa3 75. Nd5 Kb3 76. Ke3 a3 77. Nb4
Kxc3 78. Na2+ Kb2 79. h6 Rxg3+ 80. Kf4 Rh3 81. Kg5 Kxa2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Qf3 e6 7. Nge2 Na5 8.
O-O Bd7 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc6 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Bg5 f6
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nd4 Nxe3 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. fxe3 Rfd8 20. Na4 Bd6
21. Qf3 Rac8 22. Rd3 Bb8 23. Rfd1 Rd5 24. e4 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rd8 26. Qd1 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Bc7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. b4
Bb6 34. c3 Bf2 35. Ke2 Bg1 36. Kd3 h5 37. b3 Ke5 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Kf4 40.
b4 h4 41. c4 Ke5 42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 f5 44. exf5 exf5 45. Kc4 g5 46. c6 g4 47.
Kc5 Ke6 48. b6 axb6+ 49. Kxb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb3 h6 8. O-O
Qd7 9. Kh2 O-O-O 10. Bd5 g5 11. Be3 g4 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nh4 Ne7 14. Qe2 h5 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Qe5 18. Raf1 Ng6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Kh1 Nh7 21.
h4 Rdf8 22. Rf7 Qg3 23. Qf2 Rxf7 24. Qxg3 Rxf1+ 25. Kh2 Re8 26. Nb5 Re7 27.
Nxa7+ Kb8 28. Nb5 Nf8 29. d4 cxd4 30. Qa3 Re5 31. Qa7+ Kc8 32. Qa8+ Kd7 33.
Qxb7 Ne6 34. a4 Rf2 35. Na3 Nf4 36. Kg3 Rf1 37. Qa6 d3 38. Kh2 (38. cxd3 $2
Ne2+ 39. Kh2 g3+ 40. Kh3 Rh1#) 38... Ke7 39. Qc6 Kd8 40. Qf6+ Re7 41. g3 d2 42.
Qh8+ Re8 43. Qd4+ Kc8 44. Qxd2 Nh3 45. Qd3 Rh1+ (45... Ref8 $1 46. Qa6+ Kd8 47.
Qd3+ Ke7 $19) 46. Kg2 (46. Kxh1 Nf2+ 47. Kg2 Nxd3 48. cxd3) 46... Rg1+ 47. Kh2
Re6 48. Qd5 Rd6 49. Qg8+ Kb7 50. Nc4 Ra6 51. Qd5+ Ka7 52. Qc5+ Kb7 53. Qd5+ Ka7
{White was winning but was very low on time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. cxd4 Bb6 $2 {
Diagram [#]} (6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {
transposes to a well-known line of the Guioco Piano.}) 7. Ng5 $2 (7. d5 Nb8 8.
d6 cxd6 9. Nc3 $16 {
and Black will not easily develop the queen bishop and queen rook.}) 7... d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Qf3 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qe4 O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Be3
Qf6 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1342"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qf4 Qc6 16. c4 Rg8 17. Qf7 Rh8 18. b4 h5 19. Rfe1 Kb8 20. b5 Qe8
21. Qxe6 Rh6 22. Qh3 g5 23. Qb3 Rb6 24. a4 a5 25. Rab1 Qf7 26. Qc3 Bg7 27. c5
Rg6 28. b6 Bxe5 29. dxe5 c6 30. Qxa5 Kc8 31. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bf4 d6 8. Nb5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 a6 11. Nc3 b5 12. Nxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. Bxc5 O-O 16. a4 Rfc8 17. b4 Bf8 18. a5 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qd2 Nd4
21. Rfc1 Rc6 22. Rab1 Rac8 23. Rb2 Rc3 24. Kf1 Qa4 25. g4 Rxc2 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Rcxc2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Qe3 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb4 31. a6 Qa5 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5
Qxa6 34. Qg5 f6 35. h6+ Kf7 36. Qc1 Qc6 {and Black soon won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe4
8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. Bd3 Qf6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Qc2 g6 14. a4 c5
15. Ne2 d4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. a5 Bd8 19. Qa4 Re7 20. Rfe1 g5 21.
Nxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxh6 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxd8 Qe6 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Rxa8 a6
27. Qe8 Kh6 28. h3 Bd5 29. g4 Kg7 30. Qh8+ Kh6 31. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Robertson, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nf3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 Rac8 14. Bd3 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe1 Rfd8 17. Qh4 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rf3 Bf8 21.
Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f5 $6 (7...
f6) (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 (8... Qb6 9. Nf3 f6)) 8. Nf3 (8. exf6) (8. Nf4 Qe7) (
8. a3 Be7 $2 9. Nf4) (8. O-O {looks best as} Be7 {is met by} 9. Nf4 Nf8 10.
Qh5+ g6 11. Qh6 $18) 8... Be7 9. O-O (9. Nf4 $1 {was still strong.}) 9... cxd4
10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nc3 $6 {
This makes ...Be8-h5 much stronger (no Nf4).} (13. Rc1) 13... Be8 14. Ne2 Bh5
15. Bc3 (15. Nf4) 15... g5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. h3 b5 18. Nh2 (18. Ng3 Bg6) 18... a5
19. g4 Bg6 20. Rb1 $2 b4 21. Ba4 Qb6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd2 fxg4
25. Nxg4 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Newey, Richard H"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O (10. Qb3 Nce7 (10... O-O 11. Bxd5 Na5) (10...
Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. a4) 10... O-O 11. h3 Nb6 12. Rc1
Nxd4 13. Bd3 c6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. a3 Nf4 18. Nf3 Qf6
19. Be4 Be6 20. Rd2 Rfe8 21. Kh2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rcd1 Re7 24. b4 Rae8 25.
Qc1 a6 26. Rc2 Re4 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "O'Brien, Maria"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "914"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bb5 dxe4 7. Nxe5 Qd5
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ng4 Qg5 10. h3 Bd6 11. d4 {
Remaining moves unplayable on both score sheets. Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "O'Brien, Maria"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "914"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Nc3 e4 6. Nd4 Nf6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxe2 9. Ncxe2 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Ne6 Qe7 12. Nxf8 Qxf8 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Nf5 Re8
15. O-O Re5 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Nxd6 Rxg5 18. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 19. Kh1 Qxd6 (19... Qf3#)
20. f3 Rh4 21. Rf2 exf3 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Rg1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. c4 e6 8. Ne5
c6 9. O-O Qc7 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Rc1 Nf7 14. Bf4 Qd7 15.
b4 O-O 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. c5 Bd7 18. a4 g5 19. Bh2 h5 20. Rf2 g4 21. Bf4 Ng5 22.
h4 Nf7 23. g3 Bh6 24. Nb3 Bxf4 25. exf4 Nh8 26. Na5 Be8 27. Qb3 Ng6 28. Bf1 Qc7
29. Qc3 a6 30. Rb2 Bd7 31. Ra1 Rfc8 32. Nb3 Ne7 33. Rbb1 Rcb8 34. Nc1 Qd8 35.
Ne2 Kg7 36. Qb2 Ng6 37. Nc3 b6 38. cxb6 Qxb6 39. Qd2 Qd8 40. a5 Ra7 41. Na4 Nf8
42. Rb2 Qe8 43. Rc1 Ng6 44. Qc3 Qe7 45. Rcb1 Kf7 46. Qc5 Qxc5 47. bxc5 Rxb2 48.
Rxb2 Ne7 49. Kf2 Bc8 50. Ke3 Ke8 51. Nc3 Kd8 52. Na2 Kc7 53. Rb6 Bb7 54. Nb4
Nc8 55. Bxa6 Ba8 56. Bxc8 Kxc8 57. Nxc6 Bxc6 58. Rxc6+ Kd7 59. Rd6+ Ke7 60. a6
Ra8 61. Rb6 Kd7 62. Kd3 Rc8 63. Kc3 Ra8 64. Kb4 Kc7 65. Kb5 Re8 66. Rb7+ Kc8
67. c6 Rd8 68. a7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Na6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be4 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. c5 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rd7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bxb6 Nb4 20. Qb3 Nd5
21. Bc5 Qf6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Qh3 Rad8 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Bf3 Nd5 27.
g3 f5 28. Be2 Kf7 29. Bc4 Kf6 30. f3 Ra8 31. Kf2 Ba6 32. Bb3 Bb7 33. Ba3 e4 34.
fxe4 fxe4 35. Bc5 Re8 36. Bd4+ Kg5 37. Rc5 Kg4 38. Bc4 Kh3 39. Kg1 Ne3 40. Be2
Red8 41. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 42. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Kf2 g5 44. Rc1 Rd7 45. Kg1 Ba6 46. Kf2
Rf7+ 47. Kg1 Rd7 48. Kf2 Bb5 49. b3 Kxh2 50. Rc5 Rf7+ 51. Ke1 Kxg3 52. a4 Bd3
53. Rxc6 Kf3 54. Bc1 g4 55. Rxh6 g3 56. Bb2 g2 57. Bd4 e3 58. Rh3+ Kg4 59. Rxe3
g1=Q+ 60. Kd2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. e3 Qa5 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 Bxc3 13. axb5 Qb4 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 a5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Bc7 a4 19. Rfb1 Bb7 20. b6 Ra5 21. Ra3
Rea8 22. Bb5 g5 23. Rb4 Kf8 24. Rbxa4 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxa4 Ke7 27. Nd2
Ne8 28. c4 Nxc7 29. Bxd7 Na8 30. Bb5 dxc4 31. Nxc4 Bd5 32. Ba6 Kd8 33. b7 Bxb7
34. Bxb7 Nc7 35. f3 Ke7 36. e4 f6 37. Kf2 Ne8 38. Ke3 Ng7 39. g4 Kd7 40. d5 e5
41. Bc6+ Kc7 42. Ba4 h5 43. gxh5 Nxh5 44. d6+ Kd8 45. Na5 Nf4 46. Nb7+ Kc8 47.
d7+ Kxb7 48. d8=Q g4 49. Qd7+ Ka6 50. fxg4 f5 51. gxf5 Ng2+ 52. Kd3 Nf4+ 53.
Kc4 Ne6 54. Bb5+ Kb6 55. fxe6 Ka5 56. Qa7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 $2 (2... e6) (2... c6) (2... dxc4) 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 $1 (
4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 $1) 4... e6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. e5 Nd5 9.
Bd2 f6 10. O-O f5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2 12. Nxc7 Qxc7 13. Qxd2 b6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Qe2
Bb7 16. Bc4 Be4 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Re8 21. f4 h6
22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Rc7 Nf8 24. g3 Ng6 25. d5 exd5 26. Nd4 Nf8 27. Rfc1 Ne6 28.
Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd7 g5 30. Kf2 a5 31. a4 Rb8 32. Rxd5 Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Rd6
Rbe8 35. Rcc6 Kf7 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. h4
gxh4 41. gxh4 Kxe5 42. h5 f4+ 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. h6 Kg6 45. Kxf4 Kxh6 46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd4 7. Nxe5 O-O 8.
Be3 Nxc2 9. Bxc5 Nxa1 10. Bxf8 Qxf8 11. Nc3 c6 12. dxc6 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
cxb7 Rb8 15. Nd7 Nxd7 16. Qxd7 Kh8 17. Rxa1 h6 18. Rd1 Qb4 19. Qc8+ Rxc8 20.
bxc8=Q+ Kh7 21. Qxe6 Qxb2 22. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h4 h6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Nf3 Nc6
9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxd5 c6 12. Nb4 Qa5 13. c3 Bxe5 14. Nd3 Bg7 15. f3
Nd6 16. Bxd6 exd6 17. Nf4 Qc5 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. O-O-O d5 20. e4 Be5 21. Qd2 d4
22. Nd3 dxc3 23. Nxc5 cxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Bd4 25. Bc4+ Kf6 26. Nd3 Be6 27. Bxe6 Kxe6
28. Rhe1 Rhe8 29. Kc2 c5 30. Nf4+ Kf7 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Re2 Rad8 33. Rde1 Rxe2+
34. Rxe2 Re8 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Ne6 Bf6 37. Nxc5 b6 38. Nxa6 Bxh4 39. Nc7+ Kd7
40. Nd5 Bf2 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Nf4+ Ke5 43. Ne2 f4 44. Kc4 Be3 45. Nc3 Kd6 46.
Nb5+ Kc6 47. Nd4+ Kc7 48. Nf5 Bc1 49. b3 h5 50. Kd5 Kd7 51. Nd4 Be3 52. Ke4 Bd2
53. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Ne4 ({
The direct} 7... Qe8 8. Ba3 Qh5 {is met by the thematic} 9. d5 {with the point}
e5 $2 10. Nxe5) (7... a5 8. Ba3 Na6 {intending ...Nb4.}) 8. Bb2 a5 9. Nfd2 Nxd2
10. Nxd2 Bf6 11. f4 d5 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Ne5 c6 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16.
Rfd1 Bd7 17. Kh1 Be8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Bg2 Bf7 22. cxd5
exd5 23. e6 $1 Bxe6 {Diagram [#]} 24. Qe2 $1 c5 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Jensen, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 g6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qb3 Re8 13. Na4 b5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15.
Rxc5 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Ne4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 e6 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 g5 22. Bh2 h5 23. Qe2 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nd2 g3 26. fxg3 e5 27. Nxe4
dxe4 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. g4 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Kg7 32. Qf2 Qxg4 33. Rf1
Qg6 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Rb8 36. Rf2 Rb3 37. Re2 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke1 Rd3
40. Kf2 Rb3 41. Rc2 f5 42. g3 Kd5 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Rd2 Ke6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. Re2
Kf6 47. Rc2 Kg5 48. Re2 Kf6 49. Kg2 Kg5 50. Kh3 Kh5 51. Rf2 Kg5 52. Re2 Kh5 53.
Kh2 Kg4 54. Kg2 Kg5 55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Rd2 Kg5 57. Re2 Kg4 58. Kg2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. dxc5 d4 12. Nb5 Nxc5 13. Bf4 d3 14. O-O Bd7
15. exd3 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Qb6 17. d4 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. d5 Bc5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
Rac1 Rae8 {Diagram [#]} 22. b4 $1 axb4 23. axb4 Bxb4 {Black's resignation was
not premature, as can be seen by the following variations.} (23... Bxb4 24. Bc7
Qd4 (24... Qa7 25. b6) 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Bxb7) 24. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bf5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 b5 11. e4 Bd7 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 Nc4 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15.
Qc2 Qc8 16. Kh2 c5 17. b5 e6 $2 (17... Ne8 {preparing ...f5 looks like a
better idea. The text allows White's knight and king bishop to become more
active.}) 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. a4 Nd7 20. f4 $1 f5 21. Bb2 Ra5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23.
Bxg7 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Nf6 26. Qxa5 fxe4 27. Qc3 d5 28. a5 Qe6 29.
Qe5 Qd7 30. b6 Re8 {Diagram [#]} 31. a6 $1 {This sacrifice reminds me a little
bit of Hort-Biyiasas, Manila Interzonal 1976, where White parted with his
queen under somewhat similar circumatances.} Rxe5 32. fxe5 Ng4+ 33. hxg4 Qxg4
34. a7 Qe2+ 35. Kh1 Qg4 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Steigum, Erling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Rd8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qxc7 b6 12. Ne5 Ne8 13. Nc6 Nxc7 14.
Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rb8 17. e3 Nf6 18. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Viswanath, Ganesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. b4 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 b6 12. d5 Ba6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfc1 axb4
15. axb4 Bb7 16. Nb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. b5 Bb7 20. Bh3 Qd8
21. Nfd2 Qa8 22. Qb2 Kf8 23. Qa1 Qxa1+ 24. Nxa1 Nc5 25. f3 Ke7 26. Kf2 Kd8 27.
Nab3 Nxb3 28. Nxb3 Bc8 29. Bxc8 Kxc8 30. Nc1 Nd7 31. Nd3 Nc5 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33.
f4 f6 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Ke3 Kb7 36. Kd3 Kb6 37. Kc3 h5 38. h4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nh5 $2 (9... Nd7) 10. Ne1 $1 Nf6 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Nf6
14. f3 Bd7 15. Bh6 Qe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 h6 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 fxe4 20.
Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rf6 {Diagram [#]} 22. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 23. Rxf6 Kxf6 24. Qxh6+
Ng6 25. Bxg6 Qe5 (25... Qxg6 26. Rf1+ Bf5 27. Rxf5+ Kxf5 28. Qf4#) 26. Rf1+ Ke7
27. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.49"]
[White "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "543"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. a3 a5 7. Ba2 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. Bxf7+ $2 Rxf7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. d4
Bd7 15. Re1 Qc8 16. Bd2 Rf6 17. Qc1 Rg6 18. dxe5 Bh3 19. g3 Qg4 20. exd6 Qf3
21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Qf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Re2 24. Be3 Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rxe3 26. fxe3
Bxe3+ 27. Kh2 Qxf1 28. dxc7 Qg1+ 29. Kh3 Qh1+ 30. Kg4 Qe4+ 31. Kh5 g6# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.52"]
[White "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "1038"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Be3 Bb6 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. O-O Bd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh3 14. Bg2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qe7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 O-O-O 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. Rae1 Qg5 20. Qxg5
hxg5 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 f6 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. c4 Rh6 25. Kf2 Rdh8 26. Ke2 Rh2+
27. Kd1 Rxb2 28. Rg1 g5 29. Rgf1 Rxa2 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Rxh1
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.51"]
[White "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 Na5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qd4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14.
Qb3 Qb6 15. c5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd4 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Ra4
Re2 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rae8 23. Re4 R8xe4 24. dxe4 Rxb2 25. Rd1 Rxb3 26.
Rd8+ Kg7 27. g3 a5 28. Rd7 c6 29. Rd4 Rb4 30. Rd3 a4 31. Ra3 Rxe4 32. f3 Rb4
33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Kc3 Kxc5 37. h3 b5 38. g4 Kd5 $4 39.
Kxb4 Kd4 40. Ra1 Ke3 41. Rf1 Ke2 42. Rc1 Kxf3 43. Rc3+ Kg2 44. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.49"]
[White "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Nce2 e5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. c3 c5 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bd2 Qc8 15.
Rc1 h6 16. Nf3 Bxh3 17. Rc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 19. Qc1 Rac8 20. Rh1 Ng4 21. Rh3
Nb4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qh1 Nxd3 24. Rh4 Ndxf2 25. Qf1 Nxe4 26. Qh1 Nxd2 27. Ng5
Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qxh1+ 29. Rxh1 hxg5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1195"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
e5 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Kh2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Qd2 a6 15.
Rae1 b5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. f4 bxc4 21.
fxe5 Qg7 22. dxc4 Bxc4 23. Rf2 Bxa2 24. Qa5 Be6 25. Qxc5 Qh6 26. h4 d3 27. Qe3
Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd8 29. Rd2 Bc4 30. g4 Kf8 31. Kg3 Ke7 32. g5 Ke6 33. Kf4 Rd4+
34. Re4 Kd5 35. Rxd4+ Kxd4 36. Rh2 Be6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rd2 h4 39. Rh2 h3 40.
Rd2 a5 41. Rh2 a4 42. Rf2 Bd7 43. Rd2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
c6 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rac1 Ne6 12. Be5 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 f4 15.
e3 fxg3 16. fxg3 Bd6 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Rf1 Qe8 19. e4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Ne2
c5 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. Rf2 Bb5 24. Qf3 d3 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Qd1 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Nxc3 28.
Qb3+ c4 29. Qxc3 Rd8 30. h4 Ba6 31. Bh3 b5 32. a3 Bb7 33. e6 Rd6 34. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Black "Robertson, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 (7. d4) 7...
Nbd7 (7... Nc6) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Rb8 10. h3 b6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13.
Rac1 a6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. b4 Nd7 19. a4
Nf6 20. Rc2 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rc8 22. Rdc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qd7 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Nc6 e6
26. b5 exd5 27. Bxd5 Qxh3 28. Bxf7 Be5 29. Qd3 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Be6 Rc7
32. Bxf5+ Kh8 33. Nxe5 Rxc2 34. Ng6+ Kg7 35. Bxc2 axb5 36. axb5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Ne2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbc3 d6 8. d3
Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rad1 a6 13. b3 b5 14. Kh2 Qa5 15. f4
b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. f5 Nd4 19. Nxe7+ $5 Rxe7 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6
Re6 22. Rf2 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 Qd8 24. Rdf1 Be8 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Rf4 h6 27. Qb2+ Kg8
28. h4 Rb7 29. Bh3 Re5 30. d4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Qb6 32. Qd2 Rbe7 33. Bg2 a5 $2 (
33... R5e6 $11) 34. Rf6 $1 R7e6 35. Qxh6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Qd4 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Qf2
(38. g4 $1) 38... Rxe4 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 40. Rf2 a4 41. Bd5 a3 42. Kg2 Rd1 43. Kf3
f5 44. Ke2 Rg1 45. Bg2 Bf7 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Rc2 Rxc2 48. Kxc2 Kf6 49. Kd3 Ke5
50. Bf3 d5 51. c5 Be8 52. Bg2 Bb5+ 53. Ke3 {Diagram [#]} Bc4 $1 54. c6 Kd6 55.
bxc4 b3 56. c5+ Kxc6 57. Kd4 b2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Black "Stearman, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1083"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Re8 8. Bg5
e5 9. Qd2 e4 10. Nh4 Nb6 11. b3 Bf5 $2 (11... Qe7) 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Qf4 Qd7
14. Rad1 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 {threatening Bh3 is tough to meet.}) 14... d5
$2 15. Bh3 dxc4 16. Bxf5 Qc6 17. Qh4 h5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh5 cxb3 20. Nxe4
Nd7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. d5 Qa6 23. Bxd7 Red8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. d6+ Kxd7 26. Qxf6
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Odgerel, Byamabatsetseg"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Re8 8. Qe2
e5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 exd4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Bxd4 Nfxe4 13. b4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
Ne6 15. Bb2 c5 16. a3 a5 17. b5 b6 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. Re3 Bf4 20. Qc3 Bxe3 21.
Qxe3 Nd4 22. Qc3 Nxf3+ (22... Ne2+) 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Re6 25. Rg1 Qxg1+ 26.
Kxg1 Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Rd8 28. h4 Rd4 29. Qe3 Re6 30. Qc1 Rxh4 31. Qg5 Rh1+ 32. Kg2
Rg6 33. Qxg6 hxg6 34. Kxh1 Bxf3+ 35. Kg1 f6 36. c3 a4 37. Bc1 g5 38. Kh2 Be2
39. Kg3 Bxb5 40. Kg4 Bd7+ 41. Kh5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.51"]
[White "Odgerel, Byambatsetseg"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. h3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxd5 O-O {Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Olson, David"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Be6 8. a3
a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Ng5 d5 11. c5 d4 12. Nce4 Bf5 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd7 15. f4
f6 16. Qd2 Bh3 17. Rf2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Ne7 19. Rf1 Nf5 20. Rgf2 Ne3 21. Rc1 f5
22. c6 bxc6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 exf4 25. Rxf4 Nd5 26. Rxd4 Rae8 27. e4 fxe4
28. dxe4 Qh3 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Ne3+ 31. Kh3 Rf6 32. Rh5 Re5 33. Rd8+ Kf7
34. Bxe5 Re6 35. Bf4 Rxe4 36. Re5 Rxe5 37. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Olson, David"]
[Black "Lawless, Kerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Nxd5 5. exd5 d6 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6
8. Bc4 d5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ba2 e4 11. Nd4 Qf6 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O Be5 14. Ne2 Ba6
15. f4 exf3 16. Rxf3 Qe7 17. Re3 Qc7 18. Ng3 d4 19. Rf3 Nd7 20. d3 dxc3 21. d4
cxb2 22. Bxb2 Bf6 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Ba1 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rbd8 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rb1 Qa5
28. Rbb3 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bc3 Qh5 31. Bb2 Bc4 32. Rh3 Qxd1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Olson, David L"]
[Black "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. b3 Qc8 12. Bb2 Ng4 13. f3 Ne5 14. f4 Ng6 15.
Qd2 Bf6 16. g3 Qb7 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. h3 Bxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3
f6 22. Rad1 $14 Qc8 23. Qa5 $4 (23. Kg2) 23... Qxh3 24. Rg1 c5 25. Qxc7 Rd7 26.
Qc6 Rde7 27. Qxd6 Nh4+ 28. Ke3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf3 c6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. b3
h6 9. Be3 Nd5 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bg5 12. c3 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 Bg5 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bh5 g6 17. Bf3 b6 18. Ng3 Ba6 19. Ne4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 f5 21. Nf2
Rd8 22. Re1 Kf7 23. d5 Nc5 24. dxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qc2 Rd2 26. Qa4 Nc5 27. Qxc6 Qxc6
28. Bxc6 Rxf2 29. Bd5+ Kf6 30. Rad1 Bd2 31. Rg1 Re8 32. Bf3 Ne4 33. a4 Rxf3 34.
gxf3 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 Nxd1 36. Rxd1 Bxc3 37. Rd7 a5 38. Rh7 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "966"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d3 Bf5 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Ne4 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Qe6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. b3
Rad8 15. Bc4 Qg4 16. Rfe1 a6 17. a4 Ne7 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. Bg3 c6 20. b4 b5 21.
Ba2 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Nf4 23. Rd2 N6h5 24. h3 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Qxf3 26. Rd3 Qf6 27.
Rde3 Nxg3 28. fxg3 c5 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Bxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Rd1 Ke6 33.
bxc5 Bc7 34. c4 bxa4 35. Qxa4 Rb8 36. Qc6+ Kf7 37. Qxc7+ Kg8 38. Rd7 Rb1+ 39.
Kf2 Rf8+ 40. Rf7 {White didn't notice he was in check and tried to play 40.
Rxg7+ and had to move his rook to block the check turning a win into a loss.}
Rxf7+ 41. Ke2 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilgun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "674"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nh4 O-O 8. Nd2
Ne7 9. Ndf3 Ng6 10. Bg5 Nxh4 11. Nxh4 h6 12. Bc1 Re8 13. f4 c5 14. Nf3 Be4 {
Black is doing well, but White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "964"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. Re1 d6 8. Nd5
Be6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Ng5 Bxc4 11. Qc2 Bb5 12. a4 Nd4 13. Qd1 Ba6 14. b4 c6 15.
e3 Nf5 16. Qb3 d5 17. b5 cxb5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Nd6 20. Qe2 h6 21. Nf3 e4
22. Nd4 a6 23. Ba3 Qe5 24. Bh3 Rad8 25. Rac1 Nc4 26. f4 exf3 27. Nxf3 Qh5 28.
Rxc4 dxc4 29. Kg2 b5 30. Bb4 g5 31. Bf5 g4 32. Nh4 Re5 33. e4 Nd5 34. Bxg4 Qxh4
35. gxh4 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Nxe2 37. Rxe2 Rde8 38. Bf5 Ra8 39. Ba5 Rae8 40. Rg2+ $18
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Buckter, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 e5 6. Nxb7 Qb6 7. Nc5 exd4 8.
Nd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. b3 a5 14. Nh4 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Ne4 16. Bf4 Nc3 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Bf3 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rad8 21. Qf4
Qe6 22. g3 Nd5 23. Qd2 Qc6 24. Qxa5 Be6 25. Ng2 Qd7 26. Qd2 Bh3 27. Re4 Nc3 28.
Ree1 Qf5 29. Qf4 Qxc2 30. Be4 Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 Qxe2 32. Bxh7+ Kh8 33. Qh4 Qg4 34.
Qh6 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 f5 9. Ng3 e4 10. c4 exf3 11. Bxf3 Nf4 12. b3 Nd3 13. Bd5+ Kh8 14. Re2 Nf4
15. Re3 Bc5 16. Rf3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Bb2 f4 19. Ne2 Bg4 20. Rxf4 Bxe2 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 Kh8 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nf1 f4
15. Nd2 Rf6 16. Kf1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Rh6 18. b4 Rxh2 19. Ke2 Nxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Nd4+ 21.
Kd1 Qh3 22. Bd2 Qxf3+ 23. Kc1 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Qxe5 Bf6 26. Qxf4 Rh1+ 27.
Kc2 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. c5 Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bg2 {
somehow 12.Bh3 was on scoresheet} -- 13. Bh3 a5 14. Nc3 b5 15. Qd3 Ra8 16. a4
b4 17. Nd1 Qb8 18. e3 Bd8 19. Re2 Bc7 {Scoresheet: 19.Rae1... 1/2-1/2 51.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1205"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 (4... Nxe4) 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. O-O Nf6 (
6... O-O) 7. Re1 d6 (7... O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6) 8. d4 Bxd4 $2 (8... Bb6
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 Nxd5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8
13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 b5 15. Be3 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Rad1 d5 18. Bc5 d4 19. Rxe5 Ba6
20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Rd8 22. c3 Ra8 23. Re7 Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Ke8 25. Rxg7 Bd3
26. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.48"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Ne2 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8.
Ng3 Nf6 9. Kd2 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nh5 11. Nc3 Rf8 12. Qf2 O-O-O 13. a4 Be6 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. e4 f5 17. Qxa7 $18 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd5 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Nc3 e6 14.
Be4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ke2 Nxe4 17. Rxa1 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Harris III, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. Nd4 c6 7. Nxf5 gxf5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Qxf5 e6 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. d3 d5 13. Be3 d4 14. Na4 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. O-O Ne5 17. Nc5 b6 18. Ne4 Ned7 19. b4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bg2
Nf6 22. b5 Rad8 23. Bxc6 Nh5 24. Kg2 Be5 25. f4 Qg7 26. Rf3 Rf6 27. Kf2 Bd6 28.
Rg1 Rg6 29. Qc1 Nf6 30. Qa1 Rh6 31. Rh1 Rc8 32. Qg1 Rc7 33. a4 a6 34. g4 Rg6
35. g5 Nh5 36. Kf1 e5 37. Bd5+ Kf8 38. fxe5 Bxe5 39. Bb4+ Bd6 40. Rxf5+ Ke8 41.
Bc6+ Rxc6 $2 42. bxc6 $2 (42. Bxd6 Rcxd6 43. bxa6) 42... Ng3+ 43. Kg2 Nxf5 44.
Bxd6 Rxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.52"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "McKenna, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 Bc5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b4 Bd4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Nxe4 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bg5 d6 11. b5 Na5 12. Ba2 c6 13. a4 Bf5 14. c4 Qb6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Nh4 Be4 17. f3 Bg6 18. Rb1 cxb5 19. axb5 Nxc4 20. b6 Nxb6 21. Re2
d5 22. Rd2 Bxc2 23. Rxc2 Nc4 24. Bg5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 b5 26. Nf5 Qc7 27. Qc1 e4 28.
Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "935"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Be6 (5... Be7) 6. Ng5 Bf5 7. f4
$6 (7. e4) 7... Bc5+ 8. Kh1 Ng4 9. Qe1 (9. e4) 9... Nd4 10. Qd2 (10. fxe5)
10... Qd7 11. h3 h5 (11... h6) 12. e3 Ne6 13. fxe5 (13. Nxe6) 13... Nxg5 (13...
Nxe3) 14. h4 Bxe3 15. Qb4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Nh3 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Qxd5 Qe6 $2 (18...
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8) 19. Qf3 (19. Qxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxa8) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxh3 Nxf3
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f4 f5 8. Nc3
Ngf6 9. h3 Be7 10. a3 c5 11. Kh2 O-O 12. Bf3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd3 Bxf3 15.
exf3 Bd6 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bb2 a6 19. Nd4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxd4 21. Bxd4
Nd7 22. Rac1 b5 23. Rh1 Rc8 24. c3 f4 25. g4 Qh4 26. Rcg1 Qg5 27. Kg2 Rfe8 28.
h4 Qe7 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. g5 Rf5 31. g6 h6 32. Qf1 Nxe5 33. Qe2 Nd7 34. Rg4 e5 35.
Qc2 Rff8 36. Re1 Qd6 37. Bc5 Nxc5 38. bxc5 Qxc5+ 39. Kg2 Rce8 40. Qa2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "258"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. d3 a6 6. a4 axb5 7. Bf4 bxa4 8.
Rxa4 Bxa4 9. b3 Bc6 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Na4 Bxa4 14. bxa4 h6
15. Bh4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. c3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Re3 Qd7 20. Rg3 Qxa4 21.
Qc1 Qa1 22. Qf1 Qxc3 23. Qd1 Ra1 24. Qxa1 Qxa1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.50"]
[White "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "514"]
[BlackElo "1005"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Ne5 dxe4 4. Qh5 g6 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bg7 7. Qb5+ c6 8.
Qc5 Na6 (8... Qe7) 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qb7 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qxe4)
11... a5 (11... O-O 12. Qxa6 Nd5) 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. d3 exd3 15. Nxd3
Re7 16. Bf4 Ba4 17. Qf3 Bxc2 18. Qc6 Bxd3 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qf3 Ne8 (20... Bf5
21. Rxd7 Nxd7) 21. Rd2 e5 22. Be3 Bf5 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bc5 Qc8 25. Be7 Bg4 (
25... Bc6) 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Nd5 Rxb2 28. Qa4 Rc2 29. Bg5 Nf6 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31.
Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Qa3+ (32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Qxg4) 32... Kg8 33. Qxa5 Ne4 34. Rb1 Nxg5
35. Qxa7 Be2 36. Qd7 Rf8 37. Qd2 Ne4 38. Qxe2 Nc3 39. Qb2 Nxb1 40. Qxb1 Rd8 41.
f3 Bh6 42. Qb3 Rc8 43. Kf2 Rd8 44. Kg3 Bf4+ 45. Kh3 Rd6 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qxd6
Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. a4 f5 50. Qe8 e4 51. fxe4 fxe4 52. Qxe4 g5 53. Qe8+ (53.
Qxh7#) 53... Kh6 54. Kg4 Bxh2 55. Qh5+ Kg7 56. a5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "514"]
[BlackElo "1205"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Ng8 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Qb5+
c6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Bd4 c5 19. Rd3 cxd4 20. Rh3 Qe5
21. Qg4 Qf4 22. Qh5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.54"]
[White "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Black "Greene, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "285"]
[BlackElo "1019"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 Qa5 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Bxe5 Bc5 11. Qd2 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Qxe5 13. Re1 O-O 14.
Qe2 b5 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Qf3 b4 17. Qh3 bxc3 18. Qh4 Nxd5 19. Rf3 Qd4+ 20. Kf1
cxb2 21. Rh3 h6 22. Rg3 Qf6+ 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Rb1 Nxe4 25. Re3 Nd2+ 26. Ke1
Nxb1 27. g4 Nc3 28. Rxc3 b1=Q+ 29. Kd2 Re8 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 Bb7 32. h4
Re8+ 33. Kf4 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 Re3+ 35. Kh2 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.48"]
[White "Orgilmunkh, Tselmeg"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "258"]
[BlackElo "1370"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. Bb5+ c6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 d4 6. Na4 b5 7. b3 bxa4 8. bxa4
Nf6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Bc4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Ba3 Nxa4 13. Bb3 Bxa3 14. Bxa4 Bd6
15. O-O Ba6 16. Qe4 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 f5 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. Qd3 e4 20. Qc4 exf3 21.
Re1 fxg2 22. f3 Qh4 23. Re2 Qxh2+ 24. Kf2 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Ortega, Bill"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Qe7 6. O-O Ne4 7. Bd5 Nc5 8.
Bg5 f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Bh4 Qg7 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Re1 Ne6 13. Bg3 Rg8 14. Nh4
Qg5 15. Bb3 f5 16. f4 Qf6 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. Nxf5 Bc5 19. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Ortega, Bill"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. Qa4 Qd6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nxe5 Qxe5
8. Qxc6+ Ke7 9. O-O Rd8 10. d4 Qd6 11. Qa4 dxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qd5 14. Bh4
g5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. f3 Rhe8 18. fxe4 Qc6 19. d5 Qb7 20. c4 Nh5 21.
Bf2 {Diagram #} Qxb2 $4 (21... Bxb2 $19) 22. Bc5+ Kf6 23. Qxb2+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Ortega, Bill"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. c4 Qd6 7. O-O e6 8. Qb3
Qb4 9. Qd1 Be7 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h3 Rfe8 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd8 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Ncd7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. a4 a5 21. Rab1
Nb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1133"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e6 3. d3 d5 4. e5 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O
a6 9. c3 Rc8 10. b4 Na7 11. a4 c6 12. Nbd2 Ra8 13. c4 Rc8 14. c5 Bc7 15. Ng5 h6
16. Nh3 b5 17. a5 h5 18. Ng5 Nf5 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Bf4 Nxd4 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qh3
f6 23. Ngf3 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 h4 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Bd6 Qf7 28. Rae1+
Kd8 29. f4 Ra8 30. Nf3 Kc8 31. Re7 Qf6 32. Rfe1 Rd8 33. Ng5 Qd4+ 34. Qe3 Qxb4
35. Ne6 Rg8 36. Nc7 Qxa5 37. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d5 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h4
c5 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nh5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. g4 Nhf6 15.
f3 $2 (15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O-O (16. Qf4)) 15... Qc7 (15... Nxe5 $1 16. dxe5 d4)
16. O-O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. Rde1 Qd7 20. Na2 d4 21. Rh3 Nd5
22. Be5 f6 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Bf2 Rac8 25. Nb4 Nf4 26. Rg3 a5 27. Bxg6 Qxd2+ 28.
Kxd2 Red8+ 29. Bd3 axb4 30. axb4 Bf8 31. c3 Nxd3 32. g5 Nxe1+ 33. Kxe1 f5 34.
h5 Rc6 35. h6 Rg6 36. Ke2 Be7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 c4 8. Bc2
Bd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bc6 12. Bc2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6
15. b3 Nd7 16. bxc4 Qd8 17. Qxb7 Nb6 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxf5 Rf6 21.
Qe5 Nxc4 22. Qe4 g6 23. Be6 Nd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 26. Qd5 Rxe6 27.
Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rab1 Rd7 29. g4 g5 30. f4 gxf4 31. Rxf4 Bg5 32. Rf5 Bd2 33. Rb3
Rc7 34. Rc5 Be3+ 35. Kf1 Rxc5 36. dxc5 Bxc5 37. Ke2 a6 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. h3 h5
40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "935"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 a6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bh7 8. Nhf3
Ne4 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. b4 Bh4 14. g3 Nxc3 15.
Qb3 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Be7 17. Rad1 g5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e4 $2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Nc6 9. Nf3 d6 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 f5 13. Nh2 c6 14. Qh5 Ng6
15. g3 Qf6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bb1 Be8 18. Qe2 Bf7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. a4 Rae8 21.
Rfe1 d5 22. Ba2 e4 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qb5 Rd8 25. Nf1 Ne5 26. Rc2 Nf3+ 27. Kh1
Nxe1 28. Rc1 Nf3 29. Nh2 Nxh2 30. Kxh2 f4 31. g4 f3 32. Kg1 Qf4 33. Rd1 d4 34.
c4 e3 35. fxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1153"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qb3 b6 6. Ne5 c6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. Be2
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Qa3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bf1 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3
15. Nf3 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.51"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Henriques, Keith A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1153"]
[BlackElo "140"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 {Remaining moves illegible. White later won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e4 (6. e3 Be7 {is the Ort
hodox Defense (with an early ...c6, which doesn't really change anything)} (
6... Qa5 {is the inexplicable but still-played Cambridge Springs.})) ({
I personally seem to have an addiction to the Exchange Variation,} 6. cxd5 {
(which has the best statistical results as well)} exd5 7. e3 Be7 {where here e
is committed to his knight on f3. (Sometimes he can play Nge2 and avoid . . .
Bg4 plus have f3-e4 as an option)} (7... Bd6 $5) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 {See my thi
rd-round game vs. K.Clemens for the lure for me! Silman even gave it a typical
(for him) treatment: https://www.chess.com/article/view/
a-rare-and-brutal-rook-configuration. No, not typical -- he was complimentary!}
) 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bd3 c5 {
Black's freeing move in the Rubinstein French -- wait, what?} 10. Bc2 cxd4 11.
O-O $1 {Preferred by the computer!} Bc5 {Trying to hold the pawn} 12. Re1 {
Does White realize she just lost a pawn?} (12. Qd2) 12... h6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Qd3 b6 15. Be5 Re8 16. Bxf6 {This "uninvited guest" is great when it works,
but it doesn't lead to anything here} Qxf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Ne5
Rad8 20. Kh1 Qg5 21. Be4 Qxe5 22. Bxb7 Qd6 (22... Qf5 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7 d3)
(22... Qg5 $6 23. Bc6) 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7 Rg8 (24... d3 $1) 25. Qxh6 Rh8 26.
Qg5+ Kd7 27. h3 Rhg8 28. Qf6 Qe7 29. Bc6+ $4 Kd6 $4 30. Qf4+ $4 (30. Qf3 {
when the attack passes over to White again!}) 30... Kxc6 31. Qe4+ Kc7 32. Rad1
Rge8 33. a3 e5 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. b3 Bxa3 $6 36. Qa2 Qd6 37. Re2 $6 (37. Ra1 {
and Black has to give back the piece -- alas for White, with a won game still.}
) 37... Kb7 38. Qb1 (38. Ra1) 38... d3 39. Red2 e4 40. Re1 Bb4 41. Rdd1 Bxe1
42. Rxe1 f5 43. c5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "935"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. Ne5 Bxe2 6. Qxe2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. f4
O-O 9. Nd2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Rf3 Re8 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bf8 14. g4 g6 15. g5
Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Nf1 Be7 18. Qg4 b5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. gxh6 Kh7
22. Bd2 a5 23. Rh5 Ra7 24. b3 b4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Bg5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Qb6 28.
Be3 Rg8 29. Kg2 a4 30. bxa4 Bc3 31. Rf1 Rg6 32. Qd1 Qb2+ 33. Rf2 Qa1 34. Qb3
Bxd4 35. Qd3 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 d4 37. Qb3 Qc3 38. Qb6 Rxg3+ 39. Kf1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2
Re3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Kinsey, Ian Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "935"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. Qd2 f6 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
fxe5 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Nxd5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qd3 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4
15. Qb5+ c6 16. Qxb4 cxd5 17. Nxe5 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qe6 19. Qd4 Ne7 20. e3 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qxh8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "935"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nd2
Be7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qf3 b6 11. Qh3 Bb7 12. f5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. f6 Qxe5 15.
fxe7 Rfe8 16. Qh4 f6 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. b3 Qxe7 19. Ba3 Rac8 20. c4 Qd8 21. Rad1
Qc7 22. Nd2 Qe5 23. Rf4 Ng5 {
White is winning but Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1153"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Bc4 c5 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 Nbd7 7. e5 $6 (7. f3)
(7. dxc5) 7... Ng4 (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 8. O-O (8. e6 $5) (8.
Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 9. e6+ Kxe6 10. Nf4+ Kf7 (10... Kf5 11. Qd3+ Kf6 12. Qc4 Qg8 13.
Ne4+ Kf5 14. Nd5) 11. Qxg4 Bxd4) 8... dxe5 9. dxc5 O-O 10. b4 Kh8 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bd2 e6 14. Ne3 f5 $2 15. Bxe6 (15. Nxg4 $1) 15... Ndf6 16. Bb3
Qc7 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. f4 Rd8 19. Qe1 e4 20. Bc3 Bd7 (20... Ne3 21. Rf2 Ng4 22.
Rf1 Ne3) 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kh6 (22... Nf6 23. g4 fxg4 24. f5 Bxf5 25. Ng3
) 23. h3 Bb5 24. hxg4 Bxe2 25. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1022"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Nf4 10. O-O c5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 N7f6 13. c4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Nf4 15. Qc1 $4 (15. d5 $11) 15... Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.46"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1153"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Be3 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 d6 7. Nc4 Qc7 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qe6 14. Bc4
Qb6 15. O-O Nxe4 16. Qd5 (16. Qe2) 16... Nd6 17. Qd2 $4 (17. Bb3) 17... Bxe5
18. Bb3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 c4 20. Bxc4 Qxb2 21. Rfc1 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Be6 23. Qb4 Qxb4
24. cxb4 Rac8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Pasko, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. h3 h6 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 c5 10. a3 Qb6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Ndf3 Nb6 14. Ba2 a5 15. Qe2
c4 16. O-O Ne4 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bh2 O-O-O 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bb1 Qe7
22. Bxf5+ Kb8 23. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "991"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3
e6 9. O-O c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Nexd4 Bxd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Rfe1 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Rxg5 19. Re7 b6 20. Rd7 Re5
21. Rxd6 Rae8 22. Kf1 Re2 23. b3 Rb2 24. b4 Ree2 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Re7 27.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Re2 Rb3 30. Rd2 Rc3 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Ke2 Rxc4 33.
Kd3 Ra4 34. g4 Ke6 35. Re2+ Kd5 36. Ra2 c4+ 37. Kd2 Ke4 38. Ke2 d3+ 39. Kd2 Kd4
40. h4 c3+ 41. Kd1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Oyuntseren, Togtok"]
[Black "Bacus, Ephraim Cub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ne5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. f3 Bc5 8.
Bf4 d6 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Nde2 O-O 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. g4 Nf4 14. Nxf4
exf4 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Rd3 Rd7 18. Rhd1 Rad8 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Rxd7
Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. e5 $4 (22. Kd2 $11) 22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bc6 24. e6 fxe6
25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. h4 Ke7 27. Bf5 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Oyuntseren, Togtok"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. c4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bg5 Nbd7
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 f4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nb5 Be7 13. O-O Nf6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nc3
Nh5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxh5 Bf6 18. b4 g6 19. Qe2 Bh4 20. bxc5 Bxh3 21. gxh3 f3
22. Qd2 Bg5 23. Qc2 Bf4 24. Ne2 Qg5+ 25. Ng3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+
28. Qh2 Qg4 29. Rg1 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Kh2 f2 32. Rg3 Raf8 33. Rf1 h6 34.
Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rg3 h5 36. d6 R8f7 37. Rh3 Kh6 38. Be2 h4 39. Rd3 Rd7 40. Kh3
Rxe4 41. Bg4 Rf4 42. Bxd7 Re4 43. Bg4 Kg5 44. d7 Rxg4 45. d8=Q+ Kf4 46. Rxf2+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Oyuntseren, Togtok"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. f3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 Qc8 12. g4 c5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15.
g5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Nge2 e5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Nd5 Nb3+ 21. Kb1
Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Nd4+ 23. Kb1 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nxf3 25. Ne4 Nd4 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27.
Rhe1 Nf5 28. d6 Rfd8 29. d7 h5 30. Rxe5 Nxh4 31. Re8 Nf3 32. Rg8+ Rxg8 33. Nxg8
Rxg8 34. d8=Q Rxd8 35. Rxd8 Nxg5 36. Kc2 h4 37. Rd4 h3 38. Rh4 Kf6 39. Kd3 Ke5
40. Ke3 f5 41. Kf2 f4 42. b3 Ne4+ 43. Ke2 Ng5 44. Kf2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Oyuntseren, Togtok"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. e3 f5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bd2 c6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g3 Qe7 12. e4 Nc5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Nfxe4
15. g4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rad8 17. Qe3 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Kc1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 g6 6. Nd2 $6 {Diagram #} Qg5
$1 7. Ba4 Qxg2 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 Bg7 10. Bf4 c5 11. Bd6 b6 12. Bb3 Bb7 13.
O-O-O Nh6 14. Ng5 f5 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. e5 Bf8 17. f4 Bxd6 18. exd6 Rdf8 19.
Re7 Rf6 20. Rde1 Rxd6 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Kc7 23. Re7 Bd5 24. Rxh7 Ng4 25.
Bxd5 Rxd5 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rg7 Nh5 28. Rxg6 Nxf4 29. Rg7 Re5 30. h4 Re1+ 31. Kd2
Re2+ 32. Kd1 Rh2 33. Rh7 Ng2 34. Nf3 Ne3+ 35. Ke1 Nxc2+ 36. Kf1 Ne3+ 37. Ke1
Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Kg3 Nd5 40. Rf7 f4+ 41. Kg4 Rxb2 42. h5 Rg2+ 43. Kf5 Kd6
44. Ne5 Ne7+ 45. Kxf4 Rf2+ 46. Nf3 Ke6 47. Rf8 Rf1 48. Kg3 Nf5+ 49. Kg2 Ne3+
50. Kg3 Nf5+ 51. Kg4 Nh6+ 52. Kg5 Nf7+ 53. Kg4 Ne5+ 54. Kg3 Rxf3+ 55. Rxf3 Nxf3
56. Kxf3 Kf5 57. h6 Kg6 58. Ke4 Kxh6 59. Kd5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. c3 e5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 exd4 9. e5 Bg4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c5 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.
Rd1 f6 15. exd6 Rd8 16. Nc3 Kc6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. h3 Bxd6 20. Ne4 Be7
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rc1 Be7 23. b4 Kb5 24. bxc5 f5 25. Be5 Rh6 26. Nd6+ Kc6 27.
Nxf5 Re6 28. Nd4+ Kd5 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. c6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Black "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Qc7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Qe2 e5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Ne3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Re8 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Ng6 15.
Qf3 Bf8 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. Nd5 Qc6 18. f5 N6e5 19. Qf4 Be7 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. Rhg1
b5 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Rd2 b4 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Qg5 Qd8 27. Qxh5 Nd7
28. Bf3 Bb7 {Diagram [#]} 29. Rxg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 b5
9. Bb3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5
16. Nf1 Nc6 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Bh2 Nh5 19. Qe2 Bf6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf4 22.
Bxf4 exf4 23. Nd2 d5 24. Qh5 Kg7 25. Nf3 Qd7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rfe8 28. Re6
Rxe6 29. fxe6 Qxe6 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Rd1 Re8 32. h4 Rh8 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qg4 Kf8
35. Qc8+ Nd8 36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. dxc5 Ne6 38. Rxd5 g4 39. Ne5 g3 40. Nd7+ Ke7 41.
Nxf6 gxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kxf6 43. b4 Rc8 44. Rd6 a5 45. a3 axb4 46. axb4 Ke5 47. Bb3
Ng5 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49. Bc2 Ne6 50. Bd3 Ke7 51. Bxb5 Rb8 52. c6 Kf6 53. Rd7 Rxb5
54. Rb7 Rd5 55. b5 Nd4 56. c7 Rc5 57. Rb6+ Kg5 58. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pan, Hongkai"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 e4 $2 (4... exd4) 5. Ne2 Bb4+ 6. Nbc3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qf6 8. Ng3 Qe7 9. Qb3 Nf6 10. Ba3 Qd7 11. Qb1 b6 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13.
Nc5 Qg4 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Nxb7 Qxg2 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. d5 Ne5 19. f4
Ned7 20. Qc2 Qf3 21. Qe2 Qe4 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. d6 cxd6 24. Nxd6 Nc5 25. Qd4 Ne6
26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Qe5 Qh3 29. Rg1 Ng4 30. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Pan, Hongkai"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. e4 Bxg3 15.
fxg3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bf3 g4
21. Rac1 Ke7 22. Bd1 f5 23. Re1 Kd6 24. Ba4 h4 25. Red1 e5 26. Rc6+ Ke7 27. Rc5
hxg3 28. hxg3 Kf6 29. Re1 Re7 30. Ra5 Re6 31. Rd5 Rb8 32. Bd7 Re7 33. Rd6+ Kf7
34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Rf1 Re6 36. Rxf5+ Ke7 37. Rd2 Rb4 38. b3 e4 39. Kf1 e3 40.
Rd3 Rb5 41. Rxb5 axb5 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 e2+ 44. Ke1 Re4 45. a5 Ra4 46. Rd5
Ke6 47. Rb5 Ra2 48. Rg5 Kf6 49. Rxg4 Rxa5 50. Kxe2 Ra2+ 51. Kf3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2
Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Ra7 54. Rh4 Kg5 55. Rb4 Rf7 56. Kh2 Rf8 57. Re4 Rh8+ 58. Kg1 Rf8
59. Rh4 Rf7 60. Rh8 Kg6 61. g4 Kg7 62. Rh3 {This position is a theoretical
draw but White later won. Remaining moves not available.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pan, Hongkai"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bc5 5. e3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. a3 Qe7 10. Nc3 Qf7 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Nxb6+ axb6
15. Bf4 h6 16. Bg6 Qg8 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. O-O Qe8 20. Bxf7 Qxf7 21.
Nf5 g5 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. b4 Nxg3 25. hxg3 c5 26. a4 Kc7 27. a5
bxa5 28. bxa5 Ra8 29. Qb2 Rh7 30. Ra1 Ra6 31. Rfb1 Kc8 32. Qc2 Rf7 33. Rb5 Qf6
34. Rab1 Re7 35. Qd3 Rf7 36. f3 Qe6 37. Rd1 Re7 38. Rxc5+ Kb8 39. Rd5 Qxe3+ 40.
Qxe3 Rxe3 41. f4 Rxg3 42. f5 Kc7 43. f6 Rg4 44. c5 Rf4 45. cxd6+ Kd7 46. Rb5
Rxf6 47. Rxb7+ Kd8 48. Rb6 Rxa5 49. Rb8+ Kd7 50. Rb7+ Kd8 51. d7 Ra8 52. Re1
Rf8 53. g4 Rg8 54. Kf2 Rf8+ 55. Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Pan, Hongkai"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2
Na6 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Nh7 {"The sacrifice with"} 12. Bxh5 $146 {
is untried here." "The position is unclear after"} ({Relevant:} 12. Bh6 $6 Qe7
13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nf1 Nc5 16. Ne3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bxh5 f4
19. Nc2 Bf5 20. Be2 Nf6 21. g4 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. f3 Bh7 24. Ne1 e4 25. Nc2
exf3 26. Qd4+ Qe5 27. Bxf3 Rae8 28. Rh2 Kg8 29. Rhd2 Be4 30. Rf1 Bh7 31. Rfd1
a4 32. Qf2 a3 33. Nxa3 Qe3 {0-1 (33) Jakab,A (2369)-Toth,E (2431) Hungary 2016}
) (12. Be3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nf1 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bg5 Nxg5 17. hxg5 a4
18. Ng3 a3 19. Nxh5 axb2+ 20. Kxb2 Nc5 21. g6 e4 22. Nxg7 Qxg7 23. Rh7 Qxg6 24.
Rdh1 Qxh7 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Qg5 Rg8 27. Qh4+ {
1/2-1/2 (29) Gual Pascual,A (2397) -Hess,M (2252) Barcelona ESP 2016} Kg7 28.
Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ {
1/2-1/2 (29) Gual Pascual,A (2397) -Hess,M (2252) Barcelona ESP 2016}) (12.
O-O-O $5 Bd7 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qe7 15. Nf1 Qf6 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. g3 Rae8 18.
Nd2 Qg7 19. Rdg1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. f3 e4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Bf3 Bg4 24. Bg2
Bd7 25. Rf1 Ng4 26. Qe2 Qe5 27. Kb1 Qxg3 28. Bf3 Qe5 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. Qe3 Kg7
31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Re1 Qh2 33. Nb5 Rf2 34. Qd4+ Kh7 35. Kc2 Be2 36. Qe3 Bxc4 37.
Nxc7 Nd3 38. Rd1 Qe5 39. Qb6 Nb4+ 40. Kc1 Bd3 41. Qxa5 Qd4 42. Ne6 Qc4+ {
1/2-1/2 (42) Kunin,V (2589)-Bodrozic,T (2323) Boeblingen GER 2014}) 12... f6 $5
({"or} 12... gxh5 13. Nxh5 Bh8 14. Bh6 f5 {" (Vigorito)}) 13. Bxg6 Qxg6 14. Be3
f5 $5 (14... Qg4 $5 $13 {Vigorito is all he gave}) 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. h5 Qg4 17.
h6 Bf6 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 {So the pawn at c4 is safe. But I am threatening to
dilute White's play with ...Bg5.} 19. Rh3 {
Diagram [#] Rf3 and Rg3+ are annoying possibilities} (19. f3 Bg5) 19... Nb4 $1
20. O-O-O e4 (20... Kh8 $1 21. Rf3 Qg4 {/\...Qxc4, ... Bg5}) 21. g4 $2 (21. Kb1
Ng5 $1 {is actually possible! But perilous...}) 21... Qg6 22. g5 $2 {
I'm pretty sure he overlooked the following sequence.} (22. f4 exf3 23. Rxf3
Nxa2+ $5 (23... Bg5) 24. Nxa2 Bxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Rxf3) 22... Bxc3 $1 23. bxc3 Nd3+
24. Kb1 Nxf2 $1 25. Bxf2 e3+ (25... Rxf2 $4 26. Qxf2 e3+ 27. Qc2) 26. Qc2 Qxc2+
27. Kxc2 exf2 28. Rhh1 Nxg5 29. Kd3 Rf3+ 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kf1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1
fxe1=Q+ 33. Kxe1 Rxc3 34. Ke2 Kh7 {
Silman would chastise me for not taking all his pawns:} (34... Rxc4 35. Rg1
Re4+ 36. Kf2 Re5 37. Rc1 Ne4+) 35. Rh4 Ra3 36. Kf2 Nf7 (36... Rxa2+) 37. Re4
Ne5 (37... Rxa2+) 38. c5 Kxh6 (38... Rxa2+) 39. cxd6 cxd6 (39... Rxa2+) 40. Re2
Kg5 41. Rb2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "796"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 d5 6. e5 c4 7. Nd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Nh6 12. d4 Bb6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Ng3 Qh4
15. Rf3 Ng4 16. h3 {Diagram [#]} Qxg3 $1 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Be3 Bd8 19. Qe1 f5
20. Rh3 g6 21. Qf2 h5 22. Kh2 Rf7 23. Rh1 Rh7 24. Qe1 h4 25. Kg1 g5 26. fxg5 f4
27. Rxh4 Rxh4 28. Rxh4 Qxg5 29. Rxf4 Qg6 30. Qe2 Kh7 31. Qf3 Bg5 32. Qh3+ Qh6
33. Rh4 Qxh4 34. Bxg5 Qxh3 35. gxh3 Rg8 36. h4 Kg6 37. Kf2 Rh8 38. b3 a5 39.
Be7 a4 40. b4 Kf7 41. Bd6 Rg8 42. Kf3 Kg6 43. Be7 Kf7 44. Bg5 a3 45. c3 Ke8 46.
Kg4 Kd7 47. h5 Rf8 48. Bf6 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 Rg1 50. h6 Ra1 $4 (50... Rh1 $15) 51.
h7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 a6 14. c4 Rg8 15.
Rac1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Be4 Rc8 19. Rfd1 g5 20. Bxh7 Rh8 21. Be4
gxf4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. exf4 Nb6 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. exd6 Rg8 27. f5
Kd7 28. fxe6+ fxe6 29. Rf1 Rcf8 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxc5 (31. Qg4 $1 {
is even stronger.}) 31... Qb6 32. Bd4 Qxd6 33. Qe5 Rf4 34. g3 Rg4 35. Kf2 Qf8+
36. Ke2 Qh6 37. Rxd5+ (37. Bf2 $18) 37... exd5 38. Qxd5+ Qd6 39. Qb7+ Ke6 40.
Qc8+ Qd7 41. Qxa6+ Kd5 42. Be3 Rg8 43. Qf6 Qg4+ 44. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 b4 46.
h4 Ra8 47. Bd2 Rxa2 48. Bxb4 Rb2 49. Bd2 $4 {Time pressure spoils a
well-played game by White turning a win into a draw and finally a loss.} (49.
Kf4 Rxb3 50. Bd2 {draws.}) 49... Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nb4 7. O-O Nxd3 8. Qxd3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Ne5 c4 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. f4 Qc7 13. c3 a5 14. Rf3 O-O 15. Rh3
Rfb8 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ne8 19. Qf2 Ng7 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. Nf1 Be8 22.
Ng3 Nxg3 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. hxg3 Ke7 25. Rf1 Kd8 26. Qg8 Qe7 27. Rf6 Ra7 28. Rh8
Kd7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxf7+ Bxf7 31. Rxb8 Kc6 32. Rc8+ Rc7 33. Rxc7+ Kxc7 34.
Kf2 b4 35. Ke2 Kc6 36. Kd2 Kb5 37. Kc2 a4 38. cxb4 axb3+ 39. axb3 Kxb4 40. Bc3+
Kb5 41. bxc4+ Kxc4 42. Kd2 Be8 43. Ba5 Ba4 44. Bb6 Bb3 45. Bc5 Ba4 46. Ba7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Ne5 c5 7. b3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bb4 9. Bb2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qe2 f6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rd3 Be8 18. Qxe6+ Bf7 19. Qg4 Bg6 20.
Rg3 f5 21. Qg5 Qd7 22. Re3 Rce8 23. Rfe1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Rf7 25. Ba3 Rf6 26. Qf4
Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5 f4 30. Bc5 Bxc2 31. Bxa7 Bb1 32. a3 Bc2
33. b4 Ba4 34. e6 Bb3 35. e7 Kf7 36. Bc5 Ke8 37. f3 g5 38. Kf2 h5 39. g3 Bd1
40. h4 fxg3+ 41. Kxg3 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Bxf3 43. a4 Be2 44. a5 Bc4 45. Kxh5 Be2+
46. Kg5 Kd7 47. Kf6 Bh5 48. a6 Kc7 49. a7 Kb7 50. Kg7 Ka8 51. Kf8 Bg6 52. e8=Q+
Bxe8 53. Kxe8 Kb7 54. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qxb7 Nce7 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Ba3 Qc8 14. Qc6
Kg8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qc5 Qd8 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. Qc3 Nd5 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Nc3 Nxc3
21. Qxc3 c5 22. Rfe1 cxd4 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Qxd7 g6 26. Re8+ Kg7 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qa4 d3 29. Rd1 Qb2 30. Rd2 Qc1+ 31. Rd1 Qb2 32. Nd2 Qd4 33. Rf1
Qf4 34. Qd1 Ba5 35. Nb3 Bc7 36. g3 Qxc4 37. Qa1+ f6 38. Rc1 Be5 39. Rxc4 Bxa1
40. Rc7+ Kh6 41. Rc1 Bb2 42. Rd1 Bc3 43. Kf1 a5 44. a4 Kg5 45. Nc5 Re8 46. Nxd3
Re4 47. Nc5 Rc4 48. Rd5+ Kh6 49. Ke2 Bb4 50. Nb3 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 Ra2 52. Nxa5 Rxa4
53. Nc6 Ra3+ 54. Rd3 Bc5+ 55. Nd4 Ra8 56. Kf3 Bxd4 57. Rxd4 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1205"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bd7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. f4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Ndf3 Rc8 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 a6
15. a4 Ne4 16. Ng5 f5 17. Qh3 h6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng6 Rf6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Rg6 22. Rf4 Kh7 23. Kf2 Qg5 24. Rh4 Qg4 25. Rxg4 fxg4 26. Qe3 Rf8+ 27. Ke1
b5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Qxe4 Rf1+ 30. Kd2 Rf2+ 31. Ke3 Re2+ 32. Kf4 Rxe4+ 33. Kxe4
g3 34. hxg3 Rxg3 35. d5 exd5+ 36. Kxd5 Rxg2 37. c4 Be8 38. Rxa6 Rc2 39. Ra1 g5
40. b4 Re2 41. e6 Kg7 42. Ra3 Kf6 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. Bxe3 h5 45. b5 h4 46. b6 h3
47. Bd4+ Kf5 48. Bg1 g4 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Erdenebat, Erdenem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "568"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 exf4 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. e5
Nh5 9. Bxf7+ $6 Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kf8 $2 (10... Kg6 $17) 11. Qxh5 Qd7 12. e6 Qe8 {
Diagram [#]} 13. Bxd6+ cxd6 14. Rf1+ Ke7 15. Nd5+ Kd8 16. Nf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxf7 (
17. exf7) 17... Bxe6 18. Qxe6 $6 Nxd4 $6 (18... Re8 19. Rf8 Rxf8 20. Qxd6+ Ke8
21. O-O-O) 19. Qxd6+ Kc8 20. Ne7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.50"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Re8 7. Nbd2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Bb1 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Qd5
15. Nce5 Bb6 16. Rd1 h6 17. Qd3 a5 18. Bc2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Re7 20. Ng4 Ne4 21.
Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Bf3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Ra7 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27.
d5 exd5 28. Bxd5+ Kh7 29. Re1 Bd6 30. Re8 Bd7 31. Rg8 Bxa3 32. Bxa3 Bc6 33. Rd8
Kg7 34. Bb2+ Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kh5 36. Bf7+ Kh4 37. Bf6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 e5 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
a4 a6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. d3 b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh3 Ndf6 14. Bg5 Bc8 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qh4 h6 17. Nd5 Be7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qg3 Ng4 20. h3 Ne3 21. Nxe5
Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rf5 Kh7 25. Qf4 Ra7 26. Rh5 g5 27. Qxg5 Rg8
28. Qf4 Re7 29. Ng4 Rg6 30. Rf5 Kg7 31. Ne5 Rf6 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Rxf6 Qxf6 34.
Nd7 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. f4 Bc5 ({
Computer likes} 13... Qa7 {- heh!}) 14. a3 Ba7 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Qg4 g6 17. b4
Nd4 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bxd4 $2 Bxd4 {Diagram [#]} 20. f5 $4 {It would be nice if
Black had to take everything and get checkmated, but alas...} Bxe5 (20... Bxc3)
({Computer notes that the greedy} 20... Bxc3 {works fine --} 21. fxg6 hxg6 22.
Bxg6 Qh4 {ruins all White's fun.}) 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 $2 {
The dream goes on...} Rxh2+ {and the rude awakening...} 23. Kg1 Qb6+ 24. Rf2
Rh1+ (24... O-O-O $1 {would have been even ruder.}) 25. Kxh1 Qxf2 26. Bd3 O-O-O
27. Bh7 Rh8 28. Qh5 Qf5 (28... Bxc3 29. Rc1 Bc6) 29. Bxf5 Rxh5+ 30. Bh3 Bxc3
31. Rf1 Rh7 32. Rc1 d4 33. Kg1 Kc7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Rxc3 dxc3 37.
Kd3 Rh4 38. Kxc3 b6 39. Kd3 f5 40. Ke3 f4+ 41. Kf3 Bc6+ 42. Kf2 f3 43. Kg3 Rf4
44. gxf3 Rxf3+ 45. Kg4 Rxh3 46. Kxh3 Kf4 47. Kh2 e5 48. Kg1 e4 49. Kf2 e3+ 50.
Ke2 Bb5+ 51. Ke1 Kf3 52. a4 Bxa4 53. Kf1 Bb5+ 54. Ke1 e2 55. Kd2 Kf2 56. Kc2
e1=Q 57. Kb3 Qc1 58. Ka2 Bc4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
a6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5
15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Qg3 Bb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18. Rec1 Nd4 19. Be3 Nc6 20. f4 g6 21.
Qf2 Qc7 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. a3 Be7 24. Rc2 Bd8 25. Rac1 Bxb6 26. Qxb6 O-O 27. b4
Rfc8 28. a4 Ne7 29. Rc7 $11 Rxc7 $2 (29... Qd8) 30. Rxc7 Qd8 31. Qd6 (31. Qxb7)
(31. Rxb7) 31... Qxd6 32. exd6 Nc8 33. d7 Nd6 {Diagram [#]} 34. b5 $2 (34. Bxa6
bxa6 35. Rc6 $16) 34... a5 35. b6 Kf8 (35... Rd8 {followed by ...Kf8-e7.}) 36.
Bb5 (36. Ba6 $1 Ke7 37. Bxb7 Nxb7 38. Rxb7 Ra6 39. Kf2 f6 40. Ke3 e5 41. g4 $1
{intending g5 should win.}) 36... Rd8 $1 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Rc5 Nxb5 39. Rxb5 Kxd7
40. Rxa5 Kc6 41. Rb5 Ra8 42. Rb4 Ra6 43. a5 Rxa5 44. g3 Ra6 45. Kf2 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 (3... d5) 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 (6. h3)
6... Ng4 7. h4 Nxe3 (7... h5) 8. Qxe3 e5 9. h5 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 (10... Nc6 11.
Nxc6 bxc6) 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Ng5 Bd4 14. Qf4 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Bxf6 16.
Nh7 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rd8 18. O-O-O Kg7 (18... Be6 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nd5 Rh8) 19.
Ng5 Kf6 (19... Be6 20. Rh7+ Kf6 21. Nxe6) 20. f4 Bg4 21. Rh7 Be6 22. Nxe6 fxe6
23. Rxb7 g5 24. fxg5+ Kxg5 25. Rc7 Ne5 26. Be2 Kf4 27. Bf3 Nxf3 28. Rf7+ Kxe4
29. Rxf3 e5 30. c4 Rg8 {Diagram [#]} (30... Rf8 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxd6 Rg8 33.
Rd2 (33. Rd5 Rxg2 34. Rxc5 Kd4 35. Rd5+ Kc3 36. Rd3+ Kxc4) 33... Ke3) 31. c3 $1
Rxg2 32. Rdd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bg5
Nf6 9. Bh6 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h4 c5 12. h5 $1 cxd4 13. hxg6 dxc3 14. Qg5 fxg6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Bc4+ d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Ng5 Nc5
{Diagram [#]} 21. Qxh7+ $1 Nxh7 22. Rxh7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1131"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4
8. Qd4 Nxc3 9. Qxb4 Nxb5 10. Qxb5 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd5 Ba6 13. Rd1 d6 14.
exd6 Re8 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. dxc7 Qxc7 17. c3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. f3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1
h6 21. Bh4 Re6 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qf5 26. Qc1
Ba6 27. Kg1 Qd3 28. Bf2 g5 29. h4 f6 30. Bd4 Kg7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kh7
33. Qxf6 Qg6 34. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Nc3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Be3 Qh4 13. g3 Qd8 14. Qg4 g6 15.
Qxb4 Ne7 16. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d6 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e5 Qd8 7. Nc3 d5 8. a3
Bd7 9. Qd2 c5 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Ndb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nd7
15. b4 Be7 16. Qf4 a6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 g5 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qc3
O-O 22. Rfd1 Qd8 23. a4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 f6 26. Qh3 f5 27. Qxh6 Qf6 28.
Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Re7 Rce8 30. Bf3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Re1 Rxe7 33. dxe7 Rc8 34.
Rxe4 Kf7 35. Kf1 Kxe7 36. Re1 Rd8 37. Ke2 Rd3 38. Rb1 e5 39. f3 Ke6 40. g4 Kd5
41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Kxd1 c3 43. Kc2 Kd4 44. h3 Ke3 45. Kxc3 Kxf3 46. h4 Kxg4 47.
hxg5 Kxg5 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qd6 (11... Qb8 12. Nxd5 Bd6) 12. Nb5 Qb6
13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 {Diagram [#]} (14... Qb6) 15. Rxe6+ $4 (15. Bf4 Bb4 16.
Nc7+ Kf8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 (17... Bxe1 18. Bd6+ Ne7 19. Qxe1 Qxa8 20. Qb4 Qd8 21.
Qxb7 Ke8 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qxa7)) 15... Bxe6 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Re1+
Be7 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qf4 Nf6 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Bb4 a5 22. Ba3 Kg8 23. Ne4 Qe6
24. Ng5 Qe1+ 25. Bf1 Bb5 26. h3 h6 27. Nxf7 Qxf1+ 28. Kh2 Kxf7 29. Qc7+ Kg6 30.
Qg3+ Kh7 31. Be7 Ne4 32. Qf4 Qxf2 33. Qg4 Qg3+ 34. Qxg3 Nxg3 35. Kxg3 Rhe8 36.
Bd6 Re2 37. Kf3 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxh2+ 13. Kf1 Rad8 14. Qc2
Bf4 15. Ne5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Bf5 (16... Nxe5 17. Qf4 (17. Rxe5 Qxe5) 17... Bf5 18.
Rxe5 Rd7 {was also good.}) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qg5 Qh2 19. d5 h6 20. Qe3 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc3 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 c5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. d5 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 b5 13. Bxb5 $4 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxb5 15. Ne5 Qb4 16. Qxb4 cxb4 17. O-O Nd7 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Nxb4 Nf6 20. f3
a5 21. Nc6 Nxd5 22. e4 Nb4 23. Nd4 e5 24. Nb5 Ba6 25. Nc7 Bxf1 26. Nxe8 Rxe8
27. Kxf1 Rc8 28. a3 Nc2 29. Ra2 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Rxc2 Nxc2 32. b4 axb4 33.
axb4 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Paquette, James"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1152"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nxd3 14. cxd3
Rd8 15. d4 Nf8 16. Ba3 Ng6 17. Bd6 Rxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Re3 Ne7
21. Rec3 Nf5 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rc7 Qb5 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kf7
27. Qh5+ Ke7 28. Rc7+ Kd6 29. Qf7 Nxd4 30. Rxb7 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Qc5 32. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Pasko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
Be6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Be2 h6 11. g4 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. b3 b5 14. Nh2 cxb3 15. f4
a5 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. g5 Nh5 18. h4 Bc4 19. Be2 Ng3 20. Rf2 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Ne4 22.
Rg2 a4 23. Ng4 h5 24. Nh6+ Kh7 25. Ng3 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Nd5 27. Nxh5 {Diagram [#]}
Nxe3 28. Qc3 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Pasko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f4 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 b6 8. b4 c6 9.
Bb2 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Na4 a5 13. c3 b5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5
a4 16. O-O-O Ne4 17. Nf3 Nf2 18. Qe2 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 h6 20. g4 Nf6 21. g5 Ne4 22.
Qe1 hxg5 23. h4 g4 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Kf7 26. Qh4 Ke7 27. g6+ Kd7 28. Qe1
Rh8 29. Rh7 Rxh7 30. gxh7 Qh8 31. Qh1 Rf8 32. c4 Rf6 33. Qe1 Rh6 34. Qa5 Qd8
35. Qa7+ Qc7 36. Qa8 Rxh7 37. Kc2 g3 38. Qg8 Rh2+ 39. Kc3 Qa5+ 40. Kd3 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Pepperel, Brian"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 (4. Nf3) (4. d4) 4... d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d3
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Be6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Bb2 O-O 13.
Rad1 Qd7 14. Rfe1 d4 15. e3 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Na5 17. Qb2 Nc6 18. Nxe5 Qe7 19. Nxc6
bxc6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Bb3 23. Rc1 Ba4 24. Rc5 Rfd8 25. d4
Rd6 26. Ra1 Bb3 27. Rxa7 Rb8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxc6 Rxb4 30. Rb7 Rxb7 31. Bxb7
Bc4 32. f4 f5 33. h3 Kf8 34. e4 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Ke7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 f5 38.
Bd3 Bb3 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 Bd1 41. Be2 Bxe2 42. Kxe2 Kd5 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Ke4
Kd6 45. d5 Kd7 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. f5 Kd7 48. f6 Ke8 49. Ke6 Kf8 50. Kf5 h5 51.
gxh5 Kf7 52. d6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Pepperill, Brian"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 h6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bd2
Nf8 9. a3 g5 10. Kh1 Ng6 11. Qb3 g4 12. Ng1 h5 13. Bg5 h4 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd2 hxg3 18. Nf1 gxf2 19. Rec1 fxg1=Q+ 20. Kxg1 Nhf4 21.
Ng3 Qh4 22. Kf2 Nxg2 23. Rh1 N2f4 24. d4 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 f4 26. Nf5 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Petty, Samuel J"]
[Black "Cheng, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. e4
d6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg3 Bb6 12. Bh4 Qd7 13. O-O-O a5 14. g4 Nce7 15.
Bg3 Ba7 16. h4 b5 17. h5 Nc6 18. g5 Rb8 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. Bh4 Ncb4 21. Rhg1+
Kf8 22. Qb1 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 f5 24. exf6 Nf4 25. Qe4 Nxh5 26. Qg6 Qf7 27. Qxh6+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Petty, Samuel J"]
[Black "Giridharan, Durgashankar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1199"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Qb1 Nc6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. e3 d6 10. Bb5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfb1 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rxb6
Ra3 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne5 Rfa8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rxc3 19. Rc1 Bf6 20. Bd6
h6 21. Rxc5 Rxa2 22. Kf1 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Bb2 24. Rb1 Bc3 25. Rb8+ Kh7 26. Rc8
Rxc2 27. Bd4 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Bb2 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. f4 f5 31. Kf3 h5 32. h3 Bd2 33.
g4 hxg4+ 34. hxg4 g6 35. g5 Kg8 36. e4 Kf7 37. exf5 exf5 38. Be5 Ke6 39. Ke2
Bb4 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. Bb8 Bc5 42. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Petty, Samuel J"]
[Black "Revi, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 a6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. Ne5 Rf8 10. h3 Ne7 11. c4 c5 12. a3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf5 14. c5 Nxd4 $2 {
Diagram [#]} 15. Qa4+ $1 b5 16. cxb6+ (16. Qxd4 {is also winning.}) 16... Nd7
17. Nxd7 Nc2+ 18. Qxc2 Qxd7 19. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Pintor, Michael"]
[Black "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1339"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. e4 a5 7. Be3 Na6 8. a3
Bd7 9. Rd1 Qe8 10. h3 e5 11. Bd3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Ndb5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bxb5
15. cxb5 Nd7 16. a4 Rd8 17. Qc4 Rc8 18. f3 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. O-O Ne5 21.
Bc1 Nc4 22. Rd3 Nb6 23. b3 Nd7 24. Ba3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ne2 Rcd8 27. Rfd1
Bf6 28. e5 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Bxe5 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rd3 Kf6 33. Kf1 Ke7
34. Nc3 b6 35. Ne4 h6 36. Ke2 Ke8 37. g3 Rd7 38. f4 Bd4 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. g4 Rd5
41. Ng3 Kd7 42. Ke4 Bf2 43. Ne2 Rxd3 44. Kxd3 Kd6 45. Ke4 Bh4 46. Nc1 Bf6 47.
Nd3 Bg7 48. h4 c6 49. bxc6 Kxc6 50. Ne5+ Bxe5 51. Kxe5 b5 52. axb5+ Kxb5 53.
Kxe6 c4 54. bxc4+ Kxc4 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 a4 57. f6 a3 58. f7 a2 59. f8=Q
a1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Pintor, Michael"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1339"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. Ra1 Be6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. b4 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Ng5 Rfc8 17. b5 h6 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bd2 a6 21. Qb4
Bxb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Rb1 Rxa2 24. Bc3 Qc5 25. Rb3 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.50"]
[White "Poler, Jonathan"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[BlackElo "1370"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd2 b6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. a3 a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na2 c5 13. Nc3 c4 14. Nb5 Ne4 15.
Nxd6 Nxd6 16. b3 Rc8 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Rc3 b5 20. Qd1 Ne4 21. Rc1
Ndf6 22. Ne5 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Ne4 24. Qb2 f6 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. f3 Nd6 27. e4 Bd7
28. Qc2 Bb5 29. a4 Ba6 30. f4 f5 31. exf5 Nxf5 32. Bg4 Nxd4 33. Qe4 Rcd8 34.
Be6+ Kh8 35. Rcd1 Nxe6 36. Qxe6 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Qxf4 38. Qxa6 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Poler, Jonathan"]
[Black "McCarty-Snead, Cal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. a3 Re8 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bxh2+
15. Kh1 Bd6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Kg1 Bh2+ 18. Kf2 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.49"]
[White "Poler, Jonathan"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[BlackElo "1022"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2
Ndf6 9. Ne5 g6 $2 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Qxc3 c5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qa4+
Ke7 15. cxd5 cxd4 16. exd4 Rd8 17. Bd2 Nxd5 18. Ba5 Qxb2 19. Bxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Qb3 a6 14. Re1 Na5
15. Qd1 Ng4 $5 16. fxg4 {Diagram [#]} (16. g3) 16... Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18.
Kg1 Qf2+ 19. Kh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nc4 Nc6 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nf5 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Rhg8 15. a3 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Qd7 19. Rfb1 f5 20. exf5
Bxf5 21. b5 Qe6 22. bxa6 b6 23. a7 Kb7 24. Nb3 Qg6 25. Na5+ Ka8 26. Nc4 e4 27.
d4 Rgf8 28. Ne5 Qe6 29. c4 Rf6 30. Qb2 Rdf8 31. c5 Qc8 32. Qb5 Re8 33. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxf3 9. gxf3 fxe5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Rd2 g6 14.
Rad1 Bg7 15. Bg5 Re7 16. f4 Rd7 17. Bxf6 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxf6 19. fxe5 Bg5 20.
Rd3 Rf8 21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Rf3 Rf4 23. Rxf4 Bxf4 24. h4 h6 25. Kf3 g5 26. hxg5
hxg5 27. e6 Kd8 28. Kg4 Ke7 29. Kf5 Bc1 30. b3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Qc4 Bg4 10. e5 Bxf3 11. exd6 Bxg2 12. dxe7 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. c4
Be6 15. Re1 Kxe7 16. b3 Kf7 17. Ne4 b6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rd3 Rhe8
21. Rde3 Bf5 22. f3 g5 23. Bg3 c5 24. Nc3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 c6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27.
Rxe4 f5 28. Re2 f4 29. Be1 Rd8 30. Kf2 b5 31. Ba5 Rd3 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Bxd2 b4
34. h4 Kf6 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Bc1 Kg5 38. Kh3 a5 39. Bb2 Kh5 40.
Be5 Kg5 41. Bd6 Kf5 42. Bxc5 Ke5 43. Kg4 h6 44. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Qb3 b5 10. Nd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qd6
15. e5 Qd5 16. Qh3 Qe6 17. f5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Rae1 (20. Bd4)
(20. Rfe1) 20... Ne7 $4 (20... Nf6 $1 $14) 21. Bd4 (21. f6 $1 gxf6 22. Bd4 $18)
21... f6 22. Re6 (22. Qh5+ Kd7 23. Qf7 Rae8 24. Re6 Rhf8 (24... Qd5 25. Rxe7+)
25. Qxg7 Rg8 (25... Qd5 26. Bxf6) 26. Rxe7+ Rxe7 27. Qxg8) 22... Qd5 23. Bc3 $2
{Why give up that diagonal?} (23. Rd1 O-O-O 24. Rxe7 c5 25. Re6 Rd6 (25... cxd4
26. Qa3) 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf3 cxd4 28. Qa8+ Qb8 29. Qc6+ Qc7 30. Qxa6+ Qb7 31.
Qe6+) (23. c3) (23. Bf2 $1 $18) 23... Kd7 $2 {Diagram (#)} (23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1
(24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Kf7) 24... O-O-O $1 25. Qg4 b4 $1) 24. Ree1 $4 (24. Rf2
$1 {when Rd2 is going to be very hard to meet!} Qc5 25. Qg4 Rae8 (25... Rhg8
26. Qe4 (26. Qd1+ Kc8 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qd5 $1) 26... Rad8 27. Bd4) 26. Qxg7)
24... Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Rae8 $2 (25... Nd5 $11) 26. Qg4 Rhg8 27. Rd1+ $2 (27. Re6
Nc8 $14) 27... Kc8 $15 28. Qf3 $6 Qc6 $17 29. Qg3 Qb7 $6 (29... Kb7) (29... Kb8
) 30. Rfe1 Nxf5 $1 31. Qh3 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Qe4 $1 $19 33. Bc3 Re8 (33... Rd8) (
33... Kb8) 34. Rf1 {... no more moves; must have been a big time scramble} (34.
Rf1 g6 {is just winning for Black} 35. Qxh7 Ne3 36. Rg1 Nd5) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 $2 5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5
Nxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Rc3 Rac8
14. e3 Bc2 15. Qa3 Bb1 16. Kd2 Nxa2 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Bc4 Rxc4 19. Rxb1 Nb4 20.
Rc1 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Qc6+ 22. Kd2 Qc2+ 23. Ke1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Lesquillier, Walte"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nb8 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. Qe1 Bg6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. b4 Qc7 15.
Qd2 Rfe8 16. a4 a5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b5 Nb6 19. Rfc1 Nfd7 20. Be3 c5 21. Rd1
Nf8 22. Be2 Red8 23. f4 f6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Nd7 26. Rf1 Re8 27. h4 exf4
28. Bxf4 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Bg4 f5 31. h5 (31. Bf3) 31... fxg4 32. hxg6 hxg6
33. Qf4 Qe7 34. Qxg4 Rh5+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Rf2 Rf5 37. Qe2 Re5 (37... Qd4 38.
Rd1 Rxf2 $4 39. Qe6+) 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Rf3 Re4 40. Rc1 Rae8 41. Kf2 (41. Kh2
$1 Re2 42. Rg3 Kh7 43. Rf1 Ra2 44. Rf4 Rxa4 45. Rh4+ Kg8 46. Rxg6 $16) 41...
Re2+ 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. Rb1 Rxa4 44. b6 Rxc4 45. Ra3 a4 {The players, in severe
time pressure, agreed to a draw a few moves later. Remaining moves unavailable.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 Nxe4 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Re1 Bg4 14.
Qe2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qe8 16. exd6 Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Bxd6 18. Qe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Rxf3
20. Kg2 Rf5 21. Be3 Rb8 22. b3 a5 23. Rd1 a4 24. Rd4 axb3 25. axb3 Kf7 26. Ree4
Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. h3 Kd7 29. Rg4 g6 30. Rc4 c5 31. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Smith, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. d4 Qh4 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nd8 8. Bg5 f6
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Be3 g6 12. Nh4 Nh6 13. Qc1 Ndf7 14. f4 Bg7 15.
fxe5 fxe5 16. h3 O-O 17. Nd2 Nh8 18. Nc4 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qc1 N6f7 21.
Qd2 Qe7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Rf1 Kh7 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. Na5 g5 26. Nh2 Ng6 27. Nxb7 Qxb7
28. Rxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Nf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Nf3 Rg8 32. Qa6 h5 33. b4 cxb4 34.
cxb4 Kh6 35. Rc2 Qd7 36. Kh2 Ng5 37. Nxg5 Kxg5 38. Rc6 Rg6 39. Qc4 Qe7 40. Rc7
Qf6 41. Qc1 Kh6 42. Rxa7 Qg5 43. Qf1 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qe3 45. Qf3 $4 (45. Rd7 Qxe4
46. b5 $16) 45... Qxa7 46. a3 Rg3 47. Qf1 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O a6 11. h3 Be6 12. Kb1 f6 13. g4 Ne5 14. Rhg1
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Rf7 19. h4 Qd7 20. Qd3 Bf8
21. h5 Re8 22. h6 Re5 23. hxg7 Bxg7 24. Rg2 Qxf5 25. Qd2 Kh8 26. Rdg1 Ree7 27.
Qd4 Qe4 28. Qa7 c5 29. Qb8+ Re8 30. Qxd6 Qe5 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 Rd7 33. Bd4
Rde7 34. b3 Re1+ 35. Kb2 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Re4 37. Rg3 Rf4 38. Be3 Rh4 39. Bd4 Rh5
40. Re3 Kg8 41. Re7 Rf5 42. Rxb7 h5 43. Re7 h4 44. Re3 Kf7 45. Rh3 Rh5 46. f3
Ke6 47. Bf2 f5 48. Rxh4 Rg5 49. Ra4 Rg2 50. Rxa6+ Ke7 51. Bd4 f4 52. Bxg7 Rxg7
53. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Poling, Scott E"]
[Black "Wonsever, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bd6 7. dxe5 fxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nf6 9. Nd3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. f4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 c5
15. Nd5 c4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ne5 b5 18. Rad1 g5 19. g3 Qg7 20. Kh1 Bh3 21. Rg1
Rad8 22. Rd2 c5 23. Rgd1 Rxd2 {Diagram [#]} 24. Qxd2 $2 (24. Rxd2) 24... gxf4
25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Nc6 $6 (26. Rg1 $4 Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Rf1#) (26. Qd5+ Kh8 27.
Qd8+ Rf8 28. Qxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rd8 Qxd8 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Nxd8 Kf6 {
Black has plusses, but can he win?}) 26... Qg5 $2 (26... Rf8 $17) 27. Qd5+ $2 (
27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nd5 Rg4 29. Qf2+ Ke6 30. Nc7+ Ke7 31. Nd5+ Ke6 $11) 27... Qxd5
28. exd5 Kf8 (28... Rf2 $1) 29. d6 Ke8 30. Nb8 Rd4 31. Re1+ Kf7 32. Nxa6 Rxd6
33. Nxc5 Rd2 34. Ne4 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxc2 37. b3 c3 38. a4 bxa4 39.
bxa4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 c4 7. Nbd2 h5 8. h4 Ng4
9. e4 Be7 10. e5 g5 11. hxg5 Rg8 12. b3 b5 13. Nb1 b4 14. bxc4 Ba6 15. Qa4 Qb6
16. c5 Qb5 17. Qxb5 Bxb5 18. Re1 Bd3 19. Bf1 Be4 20. Bb5 Kd7 21. Nbd2 Bxf3 22.
Nxf3 bxc3 23. Bf4 Rab8 24. Rab1 Kc7 25. Bxc6 Kxc6 26. Rec1 $18 Rb2 27. Rxb2
cxb2 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Bd2 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Kxc5 31. Bc3 Kc4 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Bxb2
Kd3 34. Kf1 a5 35. Bd4 a4 36. a3 Nh2+ 37. Nxh2 Kxd4 38. f4 Kc3 39. f5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. d3
b6 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Bf4 d5 $2 11. a3 Nbc6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Na5 (13... Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Ne5 {wins material.}) 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rc8
17. d6 Nec6 18. Qa4 Be5 19. b4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Nd4 21. Bg2 Nab3 22. Rcd1 Qxd6 23.
Nb5 Nxb5 24. Qxb3 Nd4 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 cxb4 27. axb4 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Nxf4 29.
Bc4 Rfd8 30. Ra1 Rc7 31. Rfd1 Nd5 32. b5 Kg7 33. Ra3 Rdd7 34. Rda1 Ne7 35. Re1
Nc8 36. Ra4 Nd6 37. Rea1 Kf6 38. Kg2 h5 39. f3 h4 40. R1a2 g5 41. Re2 Re7 42.
Rea2 Ne8 43. Bd5 Ng7 44. Bc6 Ne6 45. d4 Nf4+ 46. Kh2 Ke6 47. d5+ Kd6 48. Rxf4
gxf4 49. Ra4 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Rce7 51. Re4 R7xe4 52. fxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. cxd5 Rad8 17. dxe6 Bxf3 18. e7 Qg4 19. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 20.
Qxc5+ Kg8 21. Bf1 h5 22. h3 Qg6 23. Kh1 Rd2 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Qb8 Ne4 26. Kg1
Rxf2 27. Qh2 Rd2 28. b4 Ng3 29. Bc4 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Nf5+ 32. Kf2
Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. exf3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Be3 Ng6 15.
f4 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. Qd3 b6 18. a4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rfe1
Rfe8 22. Kf2 Nf8 23. Ne2 Re7 24. Nd4 Rae8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Kxe1
Bc8 28. Nc6 Bb7 29. Nxa7 Nd7 30. Kd2 Nc5 31. Kc3 Ba6 32. b4 Nd7 33. Bf1 Nb8 34.
Bd3 Bb7 35. Bxf5 c6 36. dxc6 Bxc6 37. Nxc6 Nxc6 38. Bd7 Nd8 39. a5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Fuentes, Romulo C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 d5 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Be2
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Nfd2 f5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bh5+ g6
15. Be2 Na5 16. Be5 O-O 17. O-O Ba4 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Bg4 e5 20. Be6+ Kg7 21.
Bxd5 exd4 22. Qxe4 Nxb3 23. axb3 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxd4+ Bf6 26. Qc4 a5 27.
Rad1 Rab8 28. Rd2 Qb7 29. Rfd1 Rf7 30. Qe6 Qxb3 31. Qxc6 Rbf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 d5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. O-O Qxc5 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nb5 Nd5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Ne4 Qb4 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 c3 17. bxc3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Qxc3 19. Rc1 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21.
Rc7 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Bf6 24. Bf4 Kg7 25. Re1 Rfc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. h3
Rc5 28. Bf1 h5 29. Rc1 Ra5 30. Bc7 Ra2 31. Bb6 Rb2 32. Bc5 Rd2 33. Be3 Rd7 34.
Bb5 Rd8 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 h4 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rd5 40. Kg4
Rh5 41. Kg3 Re5 42. Kg4 e6 43. Ra4 Rh5 44. Kg3 Re5 45. Kg4 Rh5 46. Kg3 e5 47.
Rc4 Rh8 48. Ra4 Re8 49. Rc4 Re7 50. Ra4 Rd7 51. Rc4 Be7 52. Bc1 f5 53. Bb2 Bf6
54. Rc6 Rd3+ 55. f3 Rd7 56. Bc3 Re7 57. Kf2 g5 58. Ke3 Kf7 59. Bb4 Rb7 60. Bc5
Rb3+ {and eventually drawn. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Kadri, Barbara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "496"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
d5 9. hxg4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 g6 11. g5 Bc5 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 e5 14. Bxc6 Bg4
15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bd5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rbe8 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Re1 Bxc2
21. Nxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "McCarty-Snead, Callaghan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bh2 Nc6 8. c3
Re8 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Rf8 12. g4 Nf6 13. Kg2 Ne8 14. Ng1 g5 15.
Ndf3 Ng6 16. Qd2 Nf4+ 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nh2 Kh8 19. f3 Bf6 20. Ne2 Rg8 21. Rh1
Bh4 22. Ng1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Oyuntseren, Togtok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Bd7 5. c3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 h6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Nc5 Bxc5 9. dxc5 Qe7 10. b4 a6 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bc2 f5 14. Bb2 b5 15.
cxb6 cxb6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Na5 18. Ba3 Qf6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. c4 Nb4 21.
Qd6+ Qe7 22. Qxb6 Nxc2 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 Na3 25. Ne5 Nc2 26. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. bxa6
d6 9. Be2 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. e4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qc2 Ra7
15. h3 Qa6 16. Rfe1 Qc4 17. b3 Qa6 18. Rab1 Qb7 19. a4 Qa8 20. Nb5 $16 Rab7 21.
Bc3 Nb6 22. Ba1 Rc8 23. e5 Nfxd5 24. exd6 e6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qb2+ Kg8 27.
Rbc1 c4 28. Ne5 $1 cxb3 {Diagram [#]} 29. Qxb3 (29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 (29... Nxc8 30.
d7 Ncb6 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nh6+ Kh7 33. Nxf7 $18) 30. a5 Na4 31. Qxb3 Nc5 32. Qc4
$18) 29... Rd8 30. a5 Nc8 (30... Qxa5 31. Nc6) 31. Qa4 Nxd6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33.
Rc5 Rb4 34. Qc2 Kg7 35. Ng4 Nf4 $11 36. f3 Rbd4 37. Qc3 h5 $2 38. Re4 $4 (38.
Ne5 $1 $18) 38... Qxe4 $1 39. fxe4 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. f3 Bh5 5. Ne2 Bg6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. Nbc3 h6 10. Nf4 Qd7 $2 11. Bxe6 $1 {Diagram [#]} fxe6 12. Nxg6 Rg8 13.
Ne5 Qd6 14. Qd3 g5 15. Qb5+ Nbd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 c6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Nxd7
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. b3 $146 Nfxd5 $6 10. exd5 e4 11. Rb1 (11. Nxe4 Bxa1 12. Nd4 $14) 11...
exf3 12. Nxf3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qd2 Qd7
18. Rbd1 c5 19. Nf3 (19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nb5 Qxb5 21. Bxe7 Qa6 $14) 19... Nf5 20.
Bf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 cxd4 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Kg1 Qc6 25. Rc1 h5 26.
h4 Qa6 27. a4 Rc3 28. Re1 Qc6 29. Re2 Kh7 30. Bg5 Qc5 31. Bf4 Rf3 32. Re7 Qf5
33. Rxa7 d3 34. c4 $2 {Diagram [#] I thought this was a mistake at the time,
but not for the right reasons.} (34. c3 $2 {in fact loses, to} Rxf4 $3 35. gxf4
Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qf3 37. Kg1 Qe2 38. Qxe2 dxe2 39. Re7 Be5 $19) (34. Be3 $1 {
is the only way to go acc. to Stockfish, with = after} dxc2 35. Rc7 d5 36. Qxc2
Qg4 37. Re7 d4) 34... Bd4 $19 35. Ra6 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qe4 37. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kf1
d2 39. Bxd2 Qxd2 40. Rb6 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Bb3 h6 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rfd1
Nxb3 15. axb3 Nd5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Nc5 Rd8 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Nxd5
exd5 21. Rc3 $11 Rac8 $4 22. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Ng3 b6 12. h3 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nf5 Ne8 15.
Qg4 Kh8 16. Qe2 Qa4 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. f4 f6 19. f5 Nc7 20. h4 Rb7 21. Rf3 Rfb8
22. h5 h6 23. Rg3 Ne8 24. Rg6 Qd7 25. Ng4 Qa4 {Diagram [#]} 26. Bxh6 $1 {
Taking on h6 with the knight is also good.} Bxc4 27. Qd2 Bxd3 28. Bxg7+ Rxg7
29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Nxe8 Rxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qxd6+ Kxe8 34. Qxb8+
Kf7 35. Qxa7+ Kg8 36. f6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. a4 a6 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Nd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Ke2 Nc5
15. Ke3 Kf7 16. a5 Ne7 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Rhd1 b5 20. Rxd7 bxc4 21.
Rxe7+ Kg8 22. Rxb8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Black "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nc3 b4 5. Nb1 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nd2 e6
9. e4 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. e5 Nxd5 12. Ngf3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15.
Qd5 Qe7 16. Bc4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Ba6 20. Rac1 Bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Qe6 22. Qg5 Qe5 23. Qh6 d5 24. Rh4 Qg7 25. Qf4 g5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Re8 11. d5 c5 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. b4 a6 15. Nxd6
Qxd6 16. Bxc5 Qd8 17. Be3 a5 18. c5 axb4 19. Qb3 N8d7 20. Qxb4 Bf8 21. Qc3 Ra4
22. f3 Nh5 23. Bb5 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. a4 Rxb5 26. axb5 Nxc5 27. Rec1 Nd3 28.
Rc7 Bd6 29. Rc3 Ndf4 30. Nc4 $1 Bf8 (30... Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc3 $2 32. Nxd6 Rd8
33. Ra8 Rxd6 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rxc3 {winning.}) 31. Kf1 (31. Kh2) 31... Bd7 32.
Rb3 Ng3+ 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Nxe5 Rc2+ 35. Ke1 Nxg2+ 36. Kd1 Nxe3+ $2 (36... Re2 {
with equal chances.}) 37. Rxe3 Rf2 38. Nxd7 Bh6 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Rd3 Rb2 41. b6
(41. d6 $1) 41... Nh1 42. Ke1 Nf2 43. Rda3 Bf4 44. e5 Bg3 45. e6 Bh4 46. Kf1
Nxh3 47. Ne5 $2 (47. R3a4) (47. R8a4) 47... Nf4 48. Ra1 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 fxe6 50.
d6 Bg3 $4 {Diagram [#]} (50... Ne2+ 51. Kh1 Ng3+ {draws.}) 51. d7 $4 (51. Ng4 {
wins but White had no time.}) 51... Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. d5 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc7 14. f4 e6 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nce4 Qe7 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Nd6 exf4 20. Ngf7 Ne8 21.
Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxf4 Bd4+ 24. Rfxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 e5 26. Rd5 Nb6
27. Rb5 e4 28. Bf4 Qf7 29. c5 Qxf4 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. Qc3 Kg8 33.
Rxb6 e3 34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Rxb7+ Kh6 36. Rf7 Qd4 37. Kh1 Rb8 38. Qc3 Rxb2 39. Qc1
Qd2 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Qc7+ Kg8 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Qc7+ Ke6 44. Qc8+ Ke5 45. Qc5+
Ke4 46. Qc6+ Kd3 47. Qxg6+ Ke2 48. Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ngxe5 7. a3 a5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Ne4 Qe7 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qe7 13. Bd2 d6 14. f4
Be6 15. Qg2 Rad8 16. Bc3 f6 17. Rd1 Qf7 18. Rg1 Rd7 19. Qe4 d5 20. cxd5 Rxd5
21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Qf5 Qe6 23. Qh5 Qe4 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Bd3 Be6 26. Qh5 g6 27.
Bxg6 Kh8 28. Bc2 b6 29. Rg6 Bg8 30. Qh6 Ne5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Purland, Matthew"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
c4 9. e5 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qb6+ 11. d4 Bb7 12. Qf2 cxb3 13. Be3 Nh6 14. d5 Qd8 15.
Bb6 Qc8 16. cxb3 O-O 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. d6 e6 19. Qe2 f5 20. b4 Qb8 21. Bc7 Qa7+
22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Nd1 Rac8 24. h3 Nh6 25. Nf2 Nf7 26. Nd3 Nd8 27. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Purland, Matthew"]
[Black "Klinetobe, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
c4 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Nb6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qc2 Nf5
15. Bd3 Ne3 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Qd3 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 Nxf4 20. Qe3 Ng6
21. Ke2 Ne7 22. Nh4 Nf8 23. c4 Nfg6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 {
Diagram #} Rh3 $1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Bannan, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. e4 Ne8 8. Be2
Qa5 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. f4 Na6 12. a3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rb8 15.
O-O Nac7 16. Nd2 b5 17. Rb1 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. Bxf5 $4 (20.
bxc3) 20... Bxd2 21. Bxg6 Bxc1 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rbxc1 Rf7 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Qc3
Nb5 26. Qh3+ Nh7 27. Rf3 Nd4 28. Rf2 Rg7 29. Rc3 Qg8 30. f5 Rf8 31. f6 Rxf6 32.
Rg3 Rxg3 33. hxg3 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Qf7+ 35. Ke3 Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38.
Qc8+ Qg8 39. Qh3 Qg5+ 40. Kd3 Qg8 41. Qh4 {
Black soon won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Chen, Mingson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 (7. e3
Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3) 7... Bxd5 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 (
11. Bd3) 11... Nd7 12. O-O a5 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Bf3 h6
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Rc2 Rc6 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Nd2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2
23. Qxc2 Qb7 24. f3 e5 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Nb1 Kd7 28. Kd2 Qc6 29. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Rc1 a6 13. h3 b5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
Qb3 Rac8 16. Rc2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfc1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Nc4 21.
Nb1 Ne4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qa3 Qg6 24. f3 Ng5 25. Kh2 h5 26. h4 Ne6 27. Rd2 Nxd4
28. Rxd4 Qe6 29. Qc3 f5 30. Rcd1 Bc6 31. Rd6 Qe8 32. Qd4 Bb7 33. Nc3 Bc6 34.
Ne2 Bb7 35. Nf4 Kh7 36. Ne6 Rg8 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Giridharan, Durgas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1199"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. c5
(8. O-O) 8... b6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 $2 (11... Nfd7 $1) 12. Nxd5
$5 (12. Na4) (12. Ba3) 12... Nxc5 (12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxa1 14. Qxa8) 13. Ne3
$2 {Diagram [#]} (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 $11) 13... Nfe4 $1 14. Ba3 Bc3+ 15.
Kf1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Nd3 17. Nd1 $2 (17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxd3) 17... Bg4 18. Qb1
Bxf3 19. Qxd3 Nd2+ 20. Ke1 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 Nxg1+ 24.
Ke3 Rac8 25. Bb2 Rfd8 26. Nc3 Nf3 27. Be4 e6 28. Bxf3 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Rd3+ 30.
Ke4 Rdxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Kd4 Rc1 33. b6 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. b4 Re8 12. Rac1 a5 13. b5 b6 14. a4 Qc8
15. Rfd1 e5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nb3 Qg4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h3 Qh4 20. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.47"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bd6 (6... Be7) (6...
Qa5) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qb6 $2 9. Qc2 (9. c5 Qxb2 10. Na4) 9... Re8 10. Bxf6 (
10. c5) 10... Nxf6 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4 g6 16.
h3 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Bb7 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Ba6 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qb5 c4 22. Nxa5
Qc7 23. Nb3 Qd6 24. Nbd2 Ra8 25. a5 Reb8 26. a6 Ra7 27. Rc3 (27. b3 $18 {
opens lines and would soon end the game, but then the following excitement
would neverhavehappened!}) 27... Rba8 28. Rca3 f6 29. Nb1 Kf7 30. Ra4 g5 31.
Nh2 h5 32. Na3 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Nxg4 Rh8 35. g3 Qf8 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. Nh2 Qh7
38. Rh1 Qe4+ 39. Nf3 $4 (39. Kg1 $18) 39... Rxh1 40. Kxh1 Qxf3+ 41. Kg1 Kg6 $5
$11 42. Qc6 {Diagram [#]} Kf5 $2 (42... Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Ne5 $3 44. dxe5 $4 Rh7 45.
Qe8+ Kf5 {mates.}) 43. Nb5 $2 (43. Nxc4 $1 $18) 43... Qd1+ $2 (43... Nf8 44.
Nxa7 Kg4 45. Ra1 (45. Nb5 $4 Kh3 46. Kf1 Qd1#) 45... Kh3 46. Kf1 Qh1+ 47. Ke2
Qxa1 48. Qxb6 $11) 44. Kg2 Nf8 45. Nxa7 $2 (45. Nc3 $18) 45... Kg4 $1 46. Qd6 (
46. Ra1 $11) 46... Qf3+ 47. Kg1 $4 (47. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 47... Qd1+ $4 (47... Kh3
$19) 48. Kg2 $2 (48. Kh2 $18) 48... Qf3+ 49. Kg1 $4 Qd1+ $4 (49... Kh3 50. Kf1
Qd1#) 50. Kh2 $18 Ng6 51. Qxe6+ Kg5 52. Qxd5+ Kh6 53. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 Bg4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rfe1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bg2
c6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc1 Qb4 17. b3 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Red1 Ne8 20. f4 exf4
21. gxf4 Qc5 22. Kh1 Qh5 23. Rd3 Nf6 24. Qe3 $4 {Diagram #} (24. Rh3) 24... Ng4
25. Qh3 (25. Qg3 Ne2 $1) (25. Qg1 Ne2 $1) 25... Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1335"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. e4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 e5 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Ba4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bg4
15. Nxe5 Bh5 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21.
Nb6 Rb8 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxb6 24. Bxb6 Nf4 25. Rd7 Rbc8 26. Bb3 Rb8 27.
Bc7 Rbc8 28. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Bd3 (10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3) 10... Qc7 $6 (10...
O-O 11. e4 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7) 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Bxd3 $2
(12... Nd5) 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Ng5 g6 15. Qh3 h5 16. g4 {is even strong
er than the game continuation as Black does not have the resource ...Qc2.})
14... cxd5 {Diagram [#]} 15. Ng5 $1 g6 16. Qh3 $1 h5 17. g4 $1 Kg7 18. gxh5 Rh8
(18... Qc2 19. h6+ Kh8 20. Bf4 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Rac1 Ba5 23. h4 {
Should be winning for White but Black can still struggle.}) 19. h6+ Kg8 20. Qf3
(20. h7+ Kg7 21. Qxe6 $3 {was a pretty finish, but the text gets the job done.}
) 20... Nf8 21. Qf6 (21. Qf6 Rxh6 {could have been tried although after} 22.
Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Be7 24. Qf3 Nxd4 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qe4 {White is winning.})
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Nelson, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1188"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 h6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Rc8 8. Nh4
e6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. Qc2 g6 11. Nb5 c6 12. Nxa7 Rc7 13. Nxc6 Qc8 14. d5 Ne5 15.
Qa4 Nxc6 16. dxc6 Bg7 17. O-O Ne4 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qb5 Rxc6 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. b3
O-O 22. Bb2 Rc5 23. Qb4 f6 24. f4 Re8 25. Rfe1 Qb8 26. Qd2 b5 27. Ba3 Rcc8 28.
Qxd6 Qa7+ 29. Kf1 Bf8 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. Bxf8+ Nxf8 32. Qxb5 Qxa2 33. Qb7+ Kg8
34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Nh7 36. Ra1 Rf8 37. Qxf8+ Nxf8 38. Rxa2 Nd7 39. Be6 Rd8
40. Rd2 Kg7 41. Rxd7+ Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Kf7 43. Rd1 Ke7 44. Ba4 Kf7 45. c5 g5 46.
c6 gxf4 47. gxf4 Kg6 48. c7 Kh5 49. Kg2 Kg4 50. e3 Kh4 51. c8=Q Kg4 52. Qg8+
Kh5 53. Be8+ Kh4 54. Qg3# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Reichwein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 h6
9. Bd2 Nd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Ne1 g5 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Be3 e5 15. Bh5
Kh7 16. Qf3 f5 17. Qg3 Nh8 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bg4 Qd7 20. Bxf5+ Rxf5 21. Ne4
Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qf5+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Nf7 25. Ke2 Rb8 26. a4 Nb4 27. Rf1
Kg8 28. b3 Nc2 29. Kd3 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 a6 31. Nc3 Rf8 32. Ne4 Rb8 33. Nc3 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Ruiz, Anastasio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
e5 9. d5 h6 10. Bc1 Nc5 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. b4 Nd7 13. Nb3 f5 14. f3 f4 15. c5 Ndf6
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. b5 a5 18. a4 h5 19. Ba3 g5 20. Rc1 g4 21. Qc2 Ng5 22. Nb1 g3
23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Ne8 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. Rfc1 Rf6 27. N1d2 Rg6 28. Nc4 Bf8 29.
Nb6 Nh3+ 30. gxh3 Bxh3 31. Bf1 gxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Bg4 33. Nxa8 Nf6 34. Be2 Nxe4 35.
fxe4 f3 36. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Rakonitz, David"]
[Black "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Nxc5 bxc5 11. Bd3 Nd4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rb1 a5 15.
f3 d5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Be3 cxd3 18. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Qd2 exd5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Ne2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Raphael, Pat"]
[Black "Adams, Sophie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "629"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. a3 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O O-O
9. Qb3 Qc7 10. h4 h6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Qa2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. b4
Ne6 16. Kh2 Bxh4 17. Be3 Nhf4 18. b5 Qd7 19. Qd2 f5 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. c5 fxe4 23. Qa2+ Kh8 24. Kg1 exd3 25. Bf1 Nh3+ 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Ne4 dxc5
28. Re3 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Qxf3 30. Ng3 Rf8 31. Rf1 Bxg3 32. fxg3 Qxf1+ 33. Kh2 Rf2+
34. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Raphael, Pat"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "629"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. h3 d6 7. a3 O-O 8. Nc3
Nd4 9. b4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bd4 11. Rb1 c6 12. Na4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. Ne2 Bb6 16. Bc2 d5 17. d3 h6 {
Blacxk eventually won. Remaining moves are unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Raphael, Pat"]
[Black "Guduguntla, Sriharsha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "629"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. Bd2 Bxc3 5. Bxc3 Nxe4 6. Qg4 d5 7. Qxg7 Qf6 8.
Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Be1 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nh4 Bb7 14. f3
Nd6 15. g4 c5 16. b3 c4 17. Be2 a5 18. Bg3 Ke7 19. Bxd6+ Kxd6 20. f4 b4 21. f5
a4 22. Bf3 axb3 23. axb3 c3 24. Kb1 Ra7 25. fxe6 Rha8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Reed, Nicholas"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "586"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be6
8. d5 cxd5 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rac8 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14.
gxf4 Nb6 15. Nd4 Rfe8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. b3 Re2 20. Bh3
Rce8 21. Bf5 g6 22. Bd3 R2e7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Re4 26. f3 Rxc4
27. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxf4 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Kg2 Ra4 31. Re2 c5 32. Rc2 c4 33.
Kf2 f5 34. h3 Kf6 35. Kg3 c3 36. h4 h5 37. f4 Rc4 38. Kf3 a5 39. Rc1 c2 40. Ke3
a4 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. Re1+ Kd6 43. Rc1 Kc5 44. Kg2 Kb4 45. Kf3 Ka3 46. Ke3 Kxa2
47. Kd3 Kb3 48. Kd2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Reed, Nicholas"]
[Black "Julia, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "586"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bb4 6. d4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 Nxc3 9. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Reed, Nicholas"]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "586"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. f4 h5 8. h3
h4 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qb4+ 13. Kf1 Nxf4 14. Qd2 Qxd2
15. Nxd2 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 b5 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 f6 20. Rhg1 e5 21.
Bb6 Kf7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Bc7 Rh5 24. g4 hxg3 25. Rxg3 Rch8 26. Rcg1 g5 27. Rf3
Rxh3 28. Rgf1 Bxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Kxf3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Regal, Jack"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. Bb2 Nxe5 12. Nxd4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14.
g3 e5 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Bxf3 18. O-O Kd7 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Rab1
b6 21. Re3 Bh5 22. Rbe1 Nf5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Bg6 25. Rxd5+ Kc6 26. Re5
Rge8 27. f4 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Kd5 29. c4+ Kc5 30. Kf2 Re8 31. g4 Nd4 32. h4 Rxe5
33. h5 Bxh5 34. gxh5 Rxh5 35. Ke3 Rh3+ 36. Ke4 Rh4+ 37. Ke3 Nf5+ 38. Kf3 Rh2
39. Be5 Ra2 40. Ke4 Nd6+ 41. Kf4 Nf7 42. Bf6 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Regal, Jack"]
[Black "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Be3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ng4 13. Bd4 Nxe5 14. Bb3
Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc3 e6 17. Ne4 b6 18. Rac1 Na5 19. Ba4 Bb7 20. Nd6 Bd5
21. b4 Rfd8 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. bxa5 Rac8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc3 28. Rb1 Kf6 29. Kf1 e5 30. b4 b5 31. g3 e4 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33.
Ke3 Ke5 34. h4 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Kd4 36. Rd1+ Rd3 37. Rc1 Rc3 (37... e3 $1 38. fxe3+
Rxe3+ 39. Kf2 Rc3 40. Rd1+ Kc4 $17) 38. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael Co"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne8 11. Qe2 Rb8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Qd2 Bh8 14. a4 e5 15.
Na3 Ne6 16. h4 h5 17. Reb1 a6 18. Kh2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nc2 Ra8 21. Qe2 Qc7
22. g4 Qe7 23. Kg3 Bf6 24. Rh1 Rxa1 25. Nxa1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4+ 27. Kh2 Be5 28.
Kg1 b4 29. gxh5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bxc3 31. Nc2 Rb8 32. hxg6 Rb1+ 33. Bf1 fxg6 34.
Qg4 Nd4 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Nxd4 Bxd4 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Kf3 Rxf2+
40. Kg4 {and...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Black "Khristofurov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Re1
Re8 9. b3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bb4 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bc7
15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rad1 Na6 17. Ba3 c5 18. Bb2 Kf8 19. Ne3 Ke8 20. Kf1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 g6 22. a3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. Kd3 Bb8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5
f5 28. Be2 Bd6 29. Bc1 Bf8 30. c4 e4+ 31. Kc2 Bg7 32. f3 exf3 33. Bxf3 h5 34.
h3 b6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kd6 37. Kd3 Nc7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Bh5 Ba1 40. Bg6
Ke5 41. Bh6 Kf6 42. Bh5 Bb2 43. a4 Bd4 44. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Black "Leou-On, Tien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
e5 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nf1 h6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng3 g5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. gxf5 c6 15. Nh2
Bc5 16. Ng4 Kh7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Bf3 Rg7 20. Kg2 Rag8 21. Rh1 a6
22. Bg4 Be7 23. Be3 Be8 24. h4 gxh4 25. f3 Qd6 26. Rh3 Qf6 27. Rah1 Qd6 28. Kf1
Bg5 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30. Qxh4 Kg7 31. Qxh6+ Qxh6 32. Rxh6 f6 33. Rh7+ Kf8 34. Rxb7
R5g7 35. Rb8 Ra7 36. Rh6 Kg7 37. Rh2 Kf8 38. Bh5 Re7 39. Bg6 {Black is complete
ly paralyzed and White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. h4 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 b4 12. N1h2 Ba6 13. Bf4 a4 14. Bh3 c4 15. d4 a3
16. bxa3 bxa3 17. c3 Rb8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qa5 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Re3 Rb2 22.
h5 Rc2 23. h6 g6 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Ng4 Ncb8 26. Be7 Re8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nxe8 Kg8
29. Nd6 f5 30. exf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Black "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Nf1 d4 10. h3 Bb4 11. N1d2 c5 12. Rf1 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 h6 14. Nh2 Qc7 15.
f4 exf4 16. gxf4 c4 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Kh2 Ndf6 20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. fxe5
Qxe5+ 22. Kg1 a5 23. Qf3 Ra6 24. Bf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Qb5 26. e5 Qxb2 27. exf6
Rxf6 28. Qc7 Bf5 29. Qxc4 Be6 30. Qc7 Rg6 31. Kh2 Qb4 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Rad1 Qc5
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Revi, Frank"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bf4 d6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. h4 Qe8 12. Ng5 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bh2 Nd7
15. f3 Nd6 16. e3 h6 17. Nh3 Rd8 18. Be2 Qe7 19. Bg3 Qf6 20. Bf2 c5 21. Kd2 Qe6
22. Rdg1 Nf6 23. Ke1 e4 24. f4 Ng4 25. Bg3 Nxe3 26. Qc3 Nexc4 27. Bh2 Qd5 28.
g4 Qd4 29. gxf5 Qxc3+ 30. bxc3 e3 31. f6 Rxf6 32. f5 Bxh1 33. Nf4 Kh8 34. Ne6
Rd7 35. Rxh1 Rxf5 36. Nf4 Rf6 37. Bg1 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.49"]
[White "Revi, Frank"]
[Black "Odgerel, Byamabatsetseg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 e5 8.
Nxe5 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxc6 Qh4 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Qxe4+ Be7 14.
Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxa8+ Kd7 16. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Revi, Frank"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qb6 8.
Qc2 dxe3 9. Bxe3 Qd8 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nc7 Qe7
15. Nxa8 exf4+ 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qxf4 Qa5+ 19. Nd2 Re8 20. Be2 Nd4
21. Kf1 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Nxd2+ 23. Kd3 Ne4 24. Kc2 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qxc4+ 26. Kd1 Qd3+
27. Kc1 Qc4+ 28. Kd1 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Revi, Frank"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. a3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Na5 8. Ne5
cxd4 9. exd4 Nb3 10. Rb1 Qxd4 11. Bg3 Bc5 12. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd4 14. O-O
O-O 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bh4 a6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ng4 Kg7 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 e5
21. Kh1 Bxg4 22. Bxg4 Rad8 23. Rc1 Kg6 24. h4 f5 25. Bh3 Rd2 26. f4 e4 27. g4
Rfd8 28. gxf5+ Kf6 29. Rfe1 R8d3 30. Bg2 Rg3 31. Kh2 Rgxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Rhizor, Jared"]
[Black "Dupree, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1246"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c3 b5 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2+
Be7 9. Qxb5 Qc7 10. d4 Bd7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qd1 c4 15.
Ne5 Re8 16. h3 Na5 17. g4 Be6 18. g5 Nd7 19. g6 hxg6 20. Nxg6 Bd8 21. Bxd5 Nf8
22. Bxa8 Nxg6 23. Qa4 Bb6 24. d5 Bd7 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qd1 Nxf4 27. Bc6 Nxh3+
28. Kf1 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Bxc6 30. Nd2 Nxf2 31. Qc2 Qe6 32. Re1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qg4+
34. Kf1 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Bh3+ 36. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Rhizor, Jared"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1246"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nc3 e4 7. Nh4 Nf6 8. d3
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd4 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. f3 Qe7 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. b4 Bb6 (
14... Nxf3+ $1 15. Nxf3 Nxe4 $19) 15. a3 g5 16. Bb2 (16. Qxg5 dxe4) 16... gxh4
17. O-O-O Nxf3 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Qd2 O-O-O 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.50"]
[White "Rhizor, Jared"]
[Black "Snead, Fianna McCarty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1246"]
[BlackElo "772"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Nxe5 Qe7
8. Bxe4 Qxe5 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bxd5 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 O-O 12. Bf4 Bg4+ 13. f3 Rfe8+
14. Kf2 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Rhe1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Kf8 18. Bxc7 Nd8 19. Bd6+ Kg8
20. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Black "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "774"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Ng6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd2 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qb3 d5 11. e5 c4 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Be3 Bh4+
15. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 16. g3 Qxg3+ 17. hxg3 Rxh1+ 18. Ke2 Rh2+ 19. Kd1 Rxc2 20. Kxc2
Nxg3 21. Nd2 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd7 23. Rh1 O-O-O 24. Bxa7 Kc7 25. Bf2 Ra8 26. Kb1 Rf8
27. Nf3 Nh6 28. Rh4 Rf5 29. Ng5 Nf7 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Be3 Rf8 32. Rh7 Rg8 33.
Kc2 Be8 34. Kd2 Kd8 35. Bf2 Ke7 36. Bh4+ Kf7 37. Bg5 Ba4 38. Ke3 Bc2 39. Kd4
Ra8 40. a3 Kg8 41. Rh2 Ba4 42. Kc5 Ra6 43. Rg2 Rc6+ 44. Kd4 Rc8 45. Rh2 Bb3 46.
Rh1 Bc2 47. Ra1 Kf7 48. Rh1 b6 49. Rh7 Kg8 50. Rh2 Bd1 51. Ke3 Bh5 52. Kd2 Kf7
53. Bh4 Ke8 54. Bf2 Rb8 55. Rh1 Kd8 56. a4 Ra8 57. Ra1 Kc7 58. Kc2 Ra5 59. b4
cxb3+ 60. Kxb3 b5 61. Kb4 Rxa4+ 62. Rxa4 bxa4 63. Kxa4 Kc6 64. Kb4 Kd7 65. c4
dxc4 66. Kxc4 Ke7 67. Kd3 Kf7 68. Ke4 Bg4 69. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6 5. Bxf4 Bg4 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Ng5+ Ke8 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qd1 h6 11. Ne6 Qe7 12. d5 Nd8 13. O-O Nxe6 14. dxe6
Qxe6 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Qd4 Be7 17. Rae1 Qc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd7 20. Rd1 Qc6
21. Rfe1 Ng8 22. Nd5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rh7 24. Nxc7+ Kf7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Nxa8 g5
27. Nb6 Nf6 28. Rd8+ Bxd8 29. Bd6+ Qxd6 30. Qxd6+ Kg7 31. Qxd8 Kg6 32. Qd3+ Kg7
33. Re7+ Kg8 34. Qd8+ Ne8 35. Qxe8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Black "Marrus, Matthew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nc3 exf4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 Qh4+ 7. g3 fxg3 8.
Nf3 g2+ 9. Nxh4 gxh1=Q 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Qd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxe4
14. Qf2 O-O 15. Bd3 Qa4 16. Rg1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Qxa2 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qg3 Qa1+ 20.
Kd2 Qxg1 21. Qxg1 Kh8 22. Qd4 Kg8 23. Qf6 d6 24. Qh6 f5 25. Bc4+ Be6 26. Bxe6+
Nxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qh6 Rg8 29. Qf6+ Rg7 30. Nxf5 Rag8 31. Nh6 Re8 32. h4
Ree7 33. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Black "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "1132"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be6
8. d4 Bd6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 h6 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Bxh6
gxh6 15. Rxe6 Bf6 16. g4 Rf4 17. gxh5 Qd5 18. Qe2 Kh7 19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. Re7+ Bg7
21. Rg1 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Qe4+ Kh8 24. Qg6 Rf8 25. Qxf7 Rxf7 26. b3 Rf5 27.
Rg3 Rxh5 28. Kg2 c5 29. Nc4 b6 30. Rg6 Kh7 31. Rc6 Rd5 32. Rxc7 b5 33. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.52"]
[White "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. b3 c6 5. Bb2 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
d4 e4 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Qf2 Bb4 14. O-O-O
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Qf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rc8 18. g4 Ne5 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Bxc6
Rxc6 21. Rhf1 Ra6 22. Kb1 Qa5 23. a4 b5 24. Rde1 bxa4 25. Qe8 axb3 26. cxb3
Qa1+ (26... Qa2+ 27. Kc1 g6 $19) 27. Kc2 Ra2+ $2 (27... Qa2+ 28. Kc3 g6 $19)
28. Kd3 Qb2 $4 {Diagram [#]} 29. Re2 $4 (29. Qxf7+ $1 {turns the tables.})
29... Qxb3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.51"]
[White "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1153"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Qe2+ Be7 6. Qe5 Nf6 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. g3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd1 Be6 12. Bg2 Nh7 13. O-O Bg5 14. f4 O-O
15. fxg5 Nxg5 16. Nf2 Re8 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Qf3 Be6 20. c3 dxc3
21. bxc3 Re7 22. d4 Rc8 23. Bh3 Qd2 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Re2 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3
27. Ng4 {and White later won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Black "Palmeri, Ralph P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Qg3 d6 10. Nde2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Be7 Rc8 14. Bxf8
Kxf8 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 a6 17. e5 Kg8 18. Qd4 Bc5 19. Qd3 d5 20. Nd4 b5 21.
a3 Qb6 22. h4 b4 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. h5 a5 25. h6 g6 26. Nf3 a4 27. Ng5 a3 28. f5
axb2+ 29. Kb1 Rxc3 30. Qd4 Qa5 31. Kxb2 Ba3+ 32. Kb1 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Black "Rhizor, Jared"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qd3 O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Bf5 8. Qb5
Nh5 9. Be3 e6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qxb7 Na5 12. Qb4 c6 13. Ne2 Bf8 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
b3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. O-O c4 18. Qd1 Ng7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. c3 {
Remaining moves unavailable. White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O Nd4 $2 (
7... Nge7) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Nd5 Qd6 10. c3 Ba7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. Nxc7+
Kd8 14. Bd5 Qc5 15. Nxa8 dxc3 16. Bc7+ Ke7 17. e5 Ke8 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bd6 Qd4
20. bxc3 Qh4 21. g3 Qg5 22. Rfe1 Ne7 23. exf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Bg4 $4 (8... O-O) 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Nc6 14.
g4 (14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nh4) 14... Bg6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 d5 $2 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bd2 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qf1 Bc7 24.
Re1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qd6 26. f4 Bb6 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. fxe5 Nd7 29. Bf4 Kf8 30. Kf2
Ke7 31. Ke3 c4+ 32. d4 Bc7 33. f6+ gxf6 34. exf6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 (6... e5 7. Nb3
(7. Ndb5 a6 8. Na3 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 (9... b5)) 8... b5)) 7. Be2 (7. Qd2)
7... a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Nde2 Rfd8 13. g4 Rac8
14. a3 b5 15. Qe1 b4 16. Nd1 a5 17. c3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 d5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. exd5
exd5 21. Ne3 d4 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. g5 Be6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. gxf6 Kh8 26. Bxc6
Qxc6+ 27. Kg1 Bh3 28. Rf2 d3 29. Ng3 Qc5 30. Qd2 Re8 31. c4 Qxc4 32. Rxd3 Re1+
33. Nf1 (33. Qxe1 Qxd3 34. Rd2 Qf3 35. Rf2) 33... Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 {Remaining moves unavailable.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bd3
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qa4 a5 14. h3 Rc8 15. Nb5
Ne4 16. Bf4 f6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Nc3 Nf7 20. Bf5 Ra8 21. Be6 Na7
22. Qb3 Ba6 23. Nxd5 Bxf1 24. Bc7 Qe8 25. Kxf1 Bxa3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. bxa3
Qb5+ 28. Qxb5 Nxb5 29. Bxb6 Ra6 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bc5 Rc8 32. Rb1 Nc3 33. Rb7+
Kg8 34. Nh4 Rac6 35. Nf5 Nd5 36. Ra7 Rxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. g4 Nf4 39. Kg1
Nxh3+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Ne6 42. a4 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Nf4+ 44. Kg1 h5 45. Rxa5
hxg4 46. Nh6+ Kg7 47. Nxg4 {
Both sides quite recording at this point. White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nh4 a6 8. Nxf5
exf5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 Qd7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4 b6 15.
Rc1 f6 16. Nh4 f4 17. Qh5 Qf7 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Qxc6 f5 21. Nxf5 Qe6
22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. exf4 Re7 24. d5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
h3 Nh5 9. Bh2 f5 10. Bd3 e6 11. c3 (11. c4) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Kf7
(13... Nd7 14. Nf3 (14. c4 a6) 14... a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qd8 17. Nxg6)
14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Ne5+ Kf6 16. Qd4 Bc5 17. Nd7+ Ke7 18. Nxc5 Qb6 19. Nxe4 Qxd4
20. exd4 fxe4 21. g4 Nf6 22. Bf4 a6 (22... Nxg4) 23. Be2 b5 24. Kd2 Raf8 25.
Bg5 Kd7 26. a4 Kc6 27. axb5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. h4 Nbd7 8. h5
h6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. a4 c5 15.
a5 c4 16. axb6 axb6 17. Be2 Kc7 18. b3 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 c3 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. f3 Ng3
22. Qxc3+ Kb8 23. Rh3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Rc7 26. Rhh1 Rhc8 27. Rhc1 f6
28. Ng6 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Black "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 c4 6. Be2 Bf5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3
Nb4 9. O-O Bxc2 10. Qc1 Bd3 11. Bxd3 Nxd3 12. Qc2 Nxf4 13. exf4 e6 14. f5 exf5
15. Qxf5 Be7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. g4 Nh7 18. Nd7 g6 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Qxc4 Bxd4 22. Qb3 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qf4 24. Kg2 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Robertson, Guy"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. h3 Nc6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 b6 12. O-O a6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxb4
15. Na4 Bd7 16. Bc2 Bb5 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Nxb6 Rad8 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Na4 f6 22. Nc5 f5 23. Qb3 Rfe8 24. Be5 h6 25. Rec1 Kh7 26. Qb4 Qg5 27. Bf4 Qg6
28. Nb7 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nd6 Rc2 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Qh5 33. Qb3 Qe2
34. Rf1 g5 35. Be5 f4 36. Qb7+ Kg6 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. exf4 e3 39. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Robertson, Guy"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. Nge2
Bf5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Ndf6 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne4 14. Qd1 Nxc3
15. Nxc3 Qd7 16. Re1 Bf6 17. b4 Rac8 18. Qb3 b5 19. Ne2 Be4 20. f3 Bd3 21. Qxd3
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Robertson, Guy"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "936"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. c3 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5 14. Ra1 Ra8 15.
Nc4 Re8 16. Nfxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Ra6 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Be3 a4 21. f4
Nc5 22. Qc4 Rb6 23. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Qxc5 Rxb2 25. Rxa4 {
and White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Robertson, Guy"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 c5 3. Nbd2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Ne5 9. exd5 Nf6 10. O-O Nxd5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Re1 e6 14. Nf1 Qb6 15.
Rb1 Nc6 (15... Nc3 16. bxc3 Qxb1 17. Bf4) 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Nf5
19. Bd2 Qc7 20. b3 Bd4 (20... Nxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3 22. Qf3) 21. a4 $2 (21. Bf4 e5
$2 (21... Nd6) 22. Bd2) 21... Qxg3 22. Re2 (22. Qf3) 22... Nh4 23. Qf1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Robertson, Guy"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bc4 c5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. f3 Qd7
15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Bh6 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. d5 Rfc8 20. Qb2+ Kg8
21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rc1 Qc7 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Ng3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 (26.
Qf2 Qc1+ 27. Nf1 Qa1 $17) 26... h5 27. h4 (27. Ne2 Qf2 $19 ({or} 27... Bxe2 28.
Qxe2 $4 Qc1+ $19)) 27... Qd6 28. Qd2 $2 ({expecting} 28. Ne2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Qg3
$15 30. Qa6 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 h4 $1 33. Qxa7 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 h3 35. gxh3
Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf3+ $17) 28... Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Robertson, Guy R"]
[Black "Jibril, Warfa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nxe4 $4 9. Nxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nd4 11. Rd3 Nxc2 12. Rb1 f5 13. Nxe5 fxe4
14. Bxe4 Bd6 15. Nxg4 $18 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bf4 Nd4 19. Kf1
h5 20. Ne3 Kb8 21. a4 a5 22. Nc2 Re8 23. Nxd4 Rxe4 24. Nb5 Rxa4 25. Bxc7+ Ka8
26. Nc3 Rc4 27. Bxa5 Ba7 28. Ra1 Rc5 29. Bb6 Rc6 30. Bxa7 Ra6 31. Rxa6 bxa6 32.
Bd4 g6 33. h4 Kb7 34. Nd5 a5 35. Ne7 Ka6 36. Nxg6 a4 37. Nf4 Kb5 38. Nxh5 Kc4
39. Bh8 Kd3 40. Nf4+ Ke4 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. f3 a3 43. bxa3 $4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1410"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nd7 7. O-O g6 8.
c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rad8 {
White has a clear positional advantage but nothing beyond that. Black had
other obligations he had to attend to.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "966"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. a3 e5 2. d4 d5 3. c3 c5 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 Nge7 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 c4
9. Bc2 Ng6 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qe4 Rd8 13. O-O f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.
Qxg6+ Qxg6 16. Bxg6+ Bf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nbd2 g5 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Nce5+ Nxe5
21. Nxe5+ Kg8 22. Rad1 Re8 23. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1127"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 e6 $6 (5... O-O) 6. e3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. a3 Ba6 10. b4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Rad1 d5 13. c5 bxc5 14.
bxc5 Rae8 15. Rb1 Bc8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd8 20. Bxe8
Rxe8 21. Ng4 h6 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23. Bxh6 Ng4 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. h3 e5 26. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 c6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 O-O 8.
Qf3 c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Rd8 11. Qh3 Nf8 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Bf6
15. g4 Bg7 16. Qh3 f6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Bc7 Re8 19. Nce5 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Be3 Ngf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Qd2 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Bd3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 c5 11. Nde2 Be6 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. O-O-O Ne5 14.
Qe2 Bc4 15. Qd2 b5 16. Nfd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nc4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd3 Qf6 20. c3
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 c4 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Rhd1 Rfe8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26.
Rxd6 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 28. Rd5 a6 29. Re5+ Kd7 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. Ke3
Kd6 33. Kd4 f6 34. f4 h5 35. g4 h4 36. a4 Ke6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Kc5 g5 39. fxg5
fxg5 40. Kxb5 Ke5 41. Kxc4 Kxe4 42. b4 Kf3 43. b5 Kg3 44. b6 Kxh3 45. b7 Kxg4
46. b8=Q h3 47. Qh2 Kh4 48. Kd4 g4 49. Qf2+ Kg5 50. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Cohee, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. b4 Be7 10. Nf3 h6 11. h3 O-O 12. b5 Ne4 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Ba6 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bf6 16. Bb7 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3+ 18. Ke2 Bxa1 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rxa1 a5 21.
Nd4 Bg6 22. Nxc6 a4 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nxg6+ fxg6 25. Kd3 a3 26. Kc3 Ra4 27. Kb3
Rc4 28. Rxa3 Kf7 29. Bd6 Kf6 30. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. h3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. Bb5 Rxe5 14. Bxe5
Nxe5 15. f4 Nc6 16. Na3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Rae1 Bf8 19. Nc2 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Nce7
21. g4 h5 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Kh2 Bd6+ 25. Kg1 Nf4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Re4 Ng3 28. Rfxf4 Bxf4 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Kg2 Nf5 33.
Kf3 Bc1 34. b3 Bb2 35. c4 Nd4+ 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. Ke4 Bc5 38. Kd5 b6 39. Kc6 Ke7
40. Kb5 a5 41. a3 Kd6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Bf2 44. Ka6 Kc6 45. b5+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Dupree, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nd2 Be7 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. h3
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Rfe1 h6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. d5 Ne7 19. Qh8+ Ng8 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21.
Bh7 g5 22. Qxg8+ Ke7 23. Rxd6 Rxg8 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Bxg8 Bxf3 26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. Bxg5 Bxg5 28. gxf3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kf1 b4 31. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. a3 e5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Bf4 Ng6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rfd1 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd3 a6 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Rd4 b5 20. Qb4 Qe7 21.
Rxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Rd6 (24. Rd7) 24... Rc8 25. Rd7 (25. g4
$1 $16 {isolating Black's e-pawn.}) 25... a5 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ra7 a4 28. Ke2 Rd8
$11 29. Rb7 Rd7 (29... Rd5) 30. Rb6 Rd6 31. c4 $1 Kd7 $2 (31... bxc4 32. Rb4 c5
33. Rxc4 Rb6 34. Rxe4+ Kd7 35. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 36. Kf3 $14) 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Rxb5
Rd3 34. Rb4 f5 35. Rxa4 Rb3 36. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4
c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bh2 Qa5 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. a4 Ra8 13. d5 Nf8 14. e4 N6d7 15. Bd3
Bxc3 16. bxc3 f6 17. Nh4 Ne5 18. Be2 Qc7 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nf3 Rb8 21. a5 h6 22.
Bd3 Kg7 23. Rfe1 b6 24. e5 f5 25. e6 Nh8 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Qa4 Rd8 28. Qa5 Rb7
29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Reb1 Bb7 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Rab1 Ra7 33. Bc2 Nh7 34. Ba4 Nf6 35.
Nd2 g5 36. Bc2 {Diagram [#]} Bxd5 $5 {Black needs, or at least wants, air!} (
36... gxf4 37. Bxf5 Ng6 {is the "hedgehog defense" approach.}) 37. cxd5 (37.
fxg5 $1 hxg5 38. cxd5 Nxd5 39. Rb8 Nxc3 40. Re1) 37... Nxd5 38. Rb8 Nxc3 39.
Re1 Rcb7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. fxg5 Rb2 42. Bxd6 Ng6 43. Bxf5 Rxd2 44. gxh6+ Kxh6
45. Bxg6 Kxg6 46. Bxe7 Ne2+ 47. Kh2 Nd4 48. Kh1 c4 49. Bb4 Re2 50. Rxe2 Nxe2
51. g4 c3 52. Kg2 c2 53. Bd2 a5 54. Kf2 a4 55. Kxe2 a3 {Diagram [#]} (55... a3
{0-1??} 56. h4 $3 a2 57. h5+ Kh7 58. e7 a1=Q 59. e8=Q Qd1+ 60. Ke3 c1=Q {
is **drawn** !! No matter where White puts his queen before taking on c1,
Black will find a perpetual or unwinnable Q+Ps v Q position. (At least
according to the tablebase, which I rather believe.) But in any case, it's
*White* who's trying to draw, not Black...}) 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bh2 b6 8. Bd3
c5 9. c3 d5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O-O c4 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. g4 Ne4 14. gxf5 exf5 15.
Ne5 b5 16. Ndf3 b4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Be8 19. f3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Nxc4
dxc4 22. Qxc4+ Bf7 23. d5 Qa5 24. Qa4 Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Qc5 26. Ka1 Kh8 27. Qd4 Bb2+
28. Kb1 Qb5 29. a4 Qb7 30. Ka2 Qe7 31. Kb3 Rab8+ 32. Bxb8 Rxb8+ 33. Kc4 Rb4+
34. Kd3 Rxd4+ 35. Kxd4 Ba3 36. Kxc3 Qxe3+ 37. Rd3 Qc5+ 38. Kd2 Bxd5 39. Bb3
Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Royzen, Igor"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be2 e5 6. Bg3 Qe7 7. c4 f5 8. Nc3 c6
9. O-O Nh6 10. b4 O-O 11. Qb3 Nf7 12. c5 d5 13. Rad1 g5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Nd4
Ng6 16. Bh5 Nfe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 g4 20. f3 Nc4 21. Rfe1
Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Rdd1 Qxh5 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27.
Nxh5 gxf3 28. Rf1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 b6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 Bb7 15.
Ng5 Qc6 $2 (15... h6) 16. Bd5 Qc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 {Diagram #} 18. Rxd7 $5 (18.
Rd2 $16) 18... Qxd7 19. Bxe5 g6 $4 (19... h6 20. Bxf6 hxg5 21. Bxg5 $11) 20.
Bxf6 Be7 21. Nce4 Rac8 22. Bc3 f5 23. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Be7 Re8 12. Ba3 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bd7 14.
Bb5 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rhd1 f5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. fxe4
Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12. e5 Nxe5 13. Be4 Nxc4 14. Bxb7+
Kxb7 15. Ne4 Rhf8 16. a3 Bd6 17. b3 Na5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qd3 h6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qf3 Kb8 22. Rab1 f5 23. Nc5 e5 24. Na6+ Kc8 25. d5 e4 26. Qb3 Ne5 27. Nd4 Kb7
28. Nc5+ Bxc5 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qb4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Be2 b5 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. Nf3 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Rc1 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Qc2 Qxe5 19. b3 c5 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. O-O
c4 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qe2 Rfc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd1 g6 26. h3 Qc7 27. Nb2 Rc2
28. Rd2 {Diagram #} Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 Ne4 11. Bb2 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 Re7 17. b5 c5 18. a4 Rc8 19. g4 cxd4 20. exd4 Nd7 21.
Rae1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 d4 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Qe4 Qa2 26. Qd3 Bb6 27. Re2
Qxa4 28. e6 Qc2 29. exf7+ Kf8 30. Bb4 Qxd3 31. Rxe7 Rc2+ 32. Kg1 Bc5 33. Bxc5
Rxc5 34. Rfe1 g5 35. Rxb7 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "952"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1
N8d7 15. a4 a5 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxe5 18. Qxb6 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ng3 Rdc8
21. Rd3 Ra6 22. Qb3 Rd8 23. Rc5 Qc7 24. d5 $1 Rb6 (24... exd5 25. exd5 g6 $11)
25. Qc2 exd5 (25... Rb4 $1) 26. exd5 Ra6 (26... Rb4 $16) 27. Nf5 $1 Qd7 {
Diagram [#]} 28. Rg3 (28. dxc6 $1 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. c7) 28... g6 29. d6
Ne8 $2 (29... Nd5) 30. Qc3 $1 f6 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxg6+ (32. Rh5 $3) 32... hxg6
33. Rxg6 Qh7 34. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 a6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne8 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ng3 g6 11. b3 Ng7 12. Bb2 h5 13. f3 (13. f4 $1) 13... Nd7 14.
f4 h4 15. Nh1 Bf6 16. g4 hxg3 17. Nxg3 e4 18. Ngxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Bxf5
gxf5 21. Rf3 Bg7 22. Rg3 Nf6 23. Qg2 Rf7 24. e4 Ng4 25. h3 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 fxe4
27. Rxg4+ Bxg4 28. Qxg4+ Kf8 29. Ke2 Qf6 30. Nxe4 Re8 31. Kf3 Rxe4 32. Kxe4
Re7+ 33. Kd3 Bxb2 34. Rd1 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Ruiz, Anastasio"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be2 Rc8 11. a3 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. c3 Na5 15.
Rb1 Bf5 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a5 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Qh3 b4 21. Ne3
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qc6 24. Rec1 Nd7 25. Ng4 Bxa3 26. Re1 Nxe5 27. Nxe5
Qxc3 28. Qg4 Bd6 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. Rb7 Rc7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qe6+
Kh8 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qe8+ Bf8 36. Qa4 h6 37. g3 Bb4 38. Rf1 Qc4 39. Rd1 Rf8
40. Qd7 Qe2 41. Rf1 Qf3 42. Qe6 Bc3 43. Qe5 Rf5 44. Qc7 Bxd4 45. Qc2 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Ruiz, Anastasio"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[BlackElo "1187"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Qb3 Nge7 7. Bf7+ Kf8 8. Bc4
Bd7 9. fxe5 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. d4 Bb6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh6+ Kf7 14. Rf1 Qg8
15. b3 Qg6 16. Qc1 Na5 17. e5 Nf5 18. exd6 Qxh6 19. Ne5+ fxe5 20. Rxf5+ Qf6 21.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. dxe5 cxd6 24. e6+ Bxe6 25. Nd2 Rae8 26. O-O-O Bg4
27. Qf4+ Ke7 28. Qxg4 h5 29. Qg7+ Kd8 30. b4 Reg8 31. Qf6+ Kd7 32. bxa5 Bxa5
33. Nc4 Bc7 34. Nxd6 Rh7 35. Nb5+ Kc8 36. Qe6+ Kb8 37. Qxg8+ Bd8 38. Qxd8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Black "Cohee, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 c6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qb6 12. Rb1 Rad8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ng4
15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. a3 a5 19. c3 Qa7 20. Rbd1 axb4 21.
axb4 b6 22. Nd2 Bc2 23. Ra1 Qc7 24. Nc4 Bd3 25. Qg4 {Diagram [#]} Bxb4 {
Not bad, but} (25... h5 $1 26. Qf4 g5 {wins a piece.}) 26. Nxb6 Bxc3 27. Nxd7
Qxd7 28. Rad1 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 c5 30. Rd1 Qb5 31. Be4 c4 32. Qf3 Rd4 33. Bxd3 cxd3
34. Qe3 Qb2 35. Rd2 Qb4 36. Kg2 Qb7+ 37. f3 Qd5 38. h3 g5 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Kg2
Qc5 41. Kf2 Qc3 42. Kg2 Rd5 43. f4 Qc6 44. Kf2 gxf4 45. gxf4 Qc4 46. Qg3+ Kh7
47. Ke3 Rd4 $4 (47... Qc1 $19) 48. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Black "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "774"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nd2
Ndf6 9. Ndxe4 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. f3
Bg6 15. b3 O-O-O 16. e3 Qc3 17. Rc1 Rhe8 18. Bf1 e5 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Bxg6 hxg6
21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Kd7 23. f4 Re4 24. c3 Rde8 25. Kf2 a5 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27.
a4 Rb8 28. g4 Kd6 29. c4 b6 30. Ke3 Rh8 31. Kxe4 Rxh2 32. c5+ Kc7 33. Rc3 f6
34. cxb6+ Kxb6 35. d5 cxd5+ 36. Kxd5 Rg2 37. g5 Rd2+ 38. Ke6 fxg5 39. fxg5 Rg2
40. Kf7 Rxg5 41. Kxg7 Rg1 42. Kf6 g5 43. Kf5 g4 44. Kf4 g3 45. Kf3 Kb7 46. Rd3
Kc6 47. Rc3+ Kd5 48. Re3 Kc5 49. Re5+ Kb4 50. Rd5 Kxb3 51. Rxa5 Kb4 52. Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nf6 (3... e5) 4. Nc3 Nc6 (4... Bg4 5. d4 Bxf3 6. gxf3
cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6) 5. d3 (5. d4 $1 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7) 5...
Bg4 6. Be2 e6 (6... g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne8) 7. O-O
Be7 8. Re1 Nd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Rb1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bd4 13. Ne2 Bxb2 14.
Rxb2 Qf6 15. Rb1 Nde5 16. Ng3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Nb4 19. a3 Nc2 20.
Re2 Nd4 21. Re3 b5 22. Rb2 Ke7 23. Ne2 Nc6 24. f4 g6 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rab8
27. Ra2 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 Rhb8 29. Ng3 Nb4 30. Rae2 Ra1 31. f5 e5 32. fxg6 hxg6 33.
h4 Rxa4 34. h5 Rg8 35. hxg6 Rxg6 36. Kf3 Nc6 37. Rb2 Nd4+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. Kh3
Rb4 40. Ra2 a4 41. Re1 Rg8 42. Nf5+ Nxf5 43. exf5 Kf6 44. Rea1 Rb3 45. Ra3 Kxf5
46. Rxb3 axb3 47. Rb1 Rb8 48. Kg3 b2 49. Kf3 f6 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Kd2 Kf3 52. Kc2
Ke2 53. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 54. Kxb2 Kxd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Black "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Bd1 Kf8 14. Nd4
Bd8 15. Rxe8+ Kxe8 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Nb5 g5 18. Bg3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bd7 20. Nc3
Nh5 21. b3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 c6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. h4 f6 25. c4 f5 26. Nf2 Kf7 27. Kh2
Bf6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. g4 Bd7 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Ne4
Bxe4 34. dxe4 Ke6 35. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Black "Yang, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qc6 13. Ne4 b6 $2 (13... Nd5)
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 {Diagram #} 17. f3 $2 (17. Qh4 $1
f5 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Re3) 17... Rg8 18. Qh4 Qxf3 19. Qe4 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21.
Rxe4 Rxc2 22. Rf4 Bb7+ 23. Kg1 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 Rxh2 25. Rxf6 Rgg2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Bd6 9. Ne5 Ne7 10. Nxg4 Nxg4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bc1 c5 13. e4 f5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 Qb6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. c3 Rbf8 21.
b4 Bd6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bd4 Be5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Re1 Qc7 26. c4 f4 27. Re2 f3
28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Bh3 Qe4 30. c5 R6f7 31. b5 Qc4 32. Rc1 Qe4 33. Qb3 Re8 34. c6
Ree7 35. c7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Black "Gomboluudev, Enkhjin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nb5 Bd6 6. Nxd6+ cxd6 7. e3 O-O 8.
c3 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nb8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bxd7 Qxb3 14. axb3
Nbxd7 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. O-O a6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. b4 Nb6
21. b3 $2 Rxc3 22. Rac1 Rec8 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4
Rd3 27. Re2 d4 28. e4 Rc3 29. Kf2 Rc2 30. Nc4 d3 31. Rd2 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxd2+
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Bxe7 13. b3 O-O 14. Qd3
Rac8 15. Rac1 Ba3 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Qf3 Qd4 19. Nb1 Be7 20. Nh3
Qxe5 21. Qd1 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Bd6 23. f4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf4 25. Rf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Sachs-Weintraub, Julian"]
[Black "Stearman, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Rc8 13. Bb3 Nf6 14. e3 Qd7
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Kg7 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bc2 Rh8 19. Be4 h5 20. Qf3 h4 21. Bc6
Qh3 22. Qg2 Qg4 23. f3 Qh5 24. g4 Qh6 25. f4 h3 26. Qf3 g5 27. f5 e5 28. Bxb5
exd4 29. cxd4 Be7 30. Bc4 Bd6 31. Qd5 Rhf8 32. f6+ Kg8 33. Rf5 Qh4 34. Rxg5+
Kh7 35. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Sadowsky, Jacob An"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5+ Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. d3 d6 11. Re2 c6 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf6
15. Qd2 d5 16. d4 Re8 17. Rae1 b5 18. b4 Qd7 19. Na2 Re7 20. Nc1 Rae8 21. Nb3
Bh4 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. g3 Bf6 24. f3 g6 25. g4 Bd7 26. h3 Bh4 27. Bf2 Bg5 28. Qd3
f5 29. h4 Bf6 30. g5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Be7 32. Qa3 Bxc5 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. bxc5 Qe2
35. Kg2 Bc8 36. Qa5 Qe7 37. Qb6 Qd7 38. Qb8 Kf7 39. Bg3 a5 40. Qe5 Kg8 41. Qf6
f4 42. Bxf4 Qf5 43. Bd6 Qxf6 44. gxf6 Kf7 45. Be5 Bf5 46. c3 h6 47. Kg3 a4 48.
Kf4 Bc2 49. Kg4 Bf5+ 50. Kf4 Bc2 51. Ke3 Bf5 52. Bf4 Kxf6 53. Bxh6 Bc2 54. Kf4
Bf5 55. Bg5+ Ke6 56. Bd8 Bd3 57. Kg5 Bf5 58. f4 Be4 59. Bc7 Bf5 60. Be5 Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Sadowsky, Jacob An"]
[Black "Olson, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6
8. c3 d6 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qd3 Ne7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Qxd6 Be6 13. O-O-O Qxf2 14. Qxe7
Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxe4+ 16. Bd3 Qxg2 17. Rhg1 Qf2 18. Rdf1 Rfe8 19. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sadowsky, Jacob An"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. b4 Rd8 11. Rb1 Bxa2 12. Rb2 Be6 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. O-O b6 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bc4 17. Re1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qc8 19. d5 Ne5 20. Ne1 O-O 21. Bh6
cxb4 22. Rec2 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qa6 24. f4 Qa1 25. f5 Qxe1+ 26. Bf1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Sadowsky, Jacob An"]
[Black "Tuck, Drew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Ng3 Qe8 15.
Rae1 Nh5 16. Qc3 Rf6 17. Nh2 Nf4 18. Ng4 Rf7 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Qd7 21.
Bxh6 gxh6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. f4 Kg8 25. Ref2 Bf6 26. f5 Bh4 27. g3
Bg5 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. h4 Be3 30. Rf3 Bd4 31. Qb3 Nd8 32. fxe6 Nxe6 33. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Black "Enkh, Tergelsar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd4 10. Kh1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Bb3 Nc7 14. Rg1 Re8
15. Qf1 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. d4 Ne6 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ndf8 20. f4 f5 21. Ng3 g6
22. Nxf5 Kh8 23. Nh6 Qd7 24. f5 Ng7 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Re6 27. Qf3 Nf5 {
Diagram [#]} 28. Qxf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bxf4 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Qd3 Bf6 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. c3 Bh5 13. Rae1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nd8
15. Nf5 Qe8 16. g4 Ne6 17. Bg3 Qd8 18. h4 h6 19. Bc2 Re8 20. Rd1 Be7 21. e5
dxe5 22. h5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Nef8 24. Bb3 Ne6 25. dxe5 Bc5+ 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Bh4 f6
28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rxd7 fxe5 31. Bf2 Bd6 32. Nh4 Rf8 33. Nf5
Ref6 34. Bh4 g5 35. hxg6 Rxg6 36. Kh3 e4 37. Bg3 Bxg3 38. Nxg3 Rxf1 39. Nxf1
Rf6 40. Ng3 Rf2 41. Nxe4 Rxb2 42. Rxc7 Rxa2 43. Rxb7 Ra4 44. Nd6 Ra6 45. Nb5
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Bb7 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qc8 15.
c5 Ng6 16. Rc1 b5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bd3 h6 21. Qe2
Bd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f4 Qe6 24. Qh5 f5 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Rcd1 c6 27. Qg4 Kf8
28. Re5 Qf7 29. Rde1 Ng8 30. Bg6 Rxe5 31. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. c5 O-O 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Be3 b6 12. Qa4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Bb5 Na5 15.
Ne5 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Nc4 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. c6 a6 20. c7 b5 21. Qd1 Bd6
22. Qg4 Qxc7 23. Rfc1 Rac8 24. Bh6 f5 25. Qe2 gxh6 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 27. Qxh6 Qg6
28. Qh3 f4 29. Qf3 Kh8 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Qh3 Qf5 32. Qf3 Rg8 33. Ne1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. Rb1 f6 13. O-O Qxd5 14.
Bf3 Qxa2 15. Re1 e5 16. Bb4 Bf5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc2 20. Qa3
Qc7 21. Bd5 Be7 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Ba5 Bd7 24. Qa2 Bd8 25. Rb1 Bb6 26. Bxb6 axb6
27. Bg8 Qc7 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Qxg7 Qc2 30. Ra1 Qc3 31. Rf1 Rxg8 32. Qxg8+ Kc7
33. Qxh7 f5 34. h4 b5 35. Qh6 f4 36. Rd1 Qc5 37. Qg6 b4 38. h5 Ba4 39. Re1 Qc3
40. Qb1 Bc2 41. Qc1 Bh7 42. g4 fxg3 43. fxg3 Kd7 44. Qxc3 bxc3 45. Kf2 Ke6 46.
g4 Kf6 47. Ke2 Kg5 48. Rg1 d5 49. Rg3 $2 (49. Ra1 $11) 49... d4 50. Rf3 {
Diagram [#]} d3+ $2 (50... Bc2 $1 $19) 51. Kd1 $2 (51. Rxd3 $11) 51... Be4 {
Remaining moves unavailable. Both sides were in terrible time pressure and
eventually drew with King and QueenversusKingandQueen!} (51... Kxg4 $19)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rae1 Ndf6 14. f3
Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qb4 16. a3 Qd6 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Re7 20. Kf2 Ne8
21. g4 Nd6 22. Rh1 f6 23. Ne2 f5 24. g5 hxg5 25. Rh5 Nf7 26. Reh1 g6 27. R5h2
Bd7 28. Nc3 Rae8 29. Nd1 Kg7 30. Rh7+ Kf6 31. g3 Rg8 32. Nc3 Rge8 33. Nd1 Nd6
34. R7h2 f4 35. exf4 gxf4 36. g4 Nf7 37. Rh7 Ng5 38. R7h6 Rg8 39. Rh8 Rxh8 40.
Rxh8 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Bacus, Ephraim Cubero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 b6
9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 e6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Be2 Ne7 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nb8 17. Qe2 Nec6 18. Na2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. b3
Re8 22. Nb4 a5 23. Na2 d4 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. e4 Bxe4 28.
Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Kg7 30. f3 Bb7 31. f4 Bd6 32. Rce1 Na6 33. f5 f6 34. Re6 Rxe6
35. fxe6 Nc7 36. Bf4 Ne8 37. Bd2 Rc7 38. Nc1 Re7 39. g5 f5 40. Nd3 Nc7 41. Bf4
Bxf4 42. Nxf4 h6 43. gxh6+ Kxh6 44. Rd1 Kg5 45. Rxd4 Bc6 46. Rd6 Kxf4 47. Rxc6
Ke5 48. Rxb6 Nxe6 49. Rb5+ Kf4 50. Bxe6 Rxe6 51. Kh2 Ra6 52. b4 axb4 53. Rxb4+
Kg5 54. Kg3 Kh5 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. g4+ Kh4 57. g5 Kh3 58. Kf3 Kh2 59. Kf2 Kh3 60.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Bxc3+ 5. Qxc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qd8 9. Nf3 O-O 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O-O b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bc3
Bb7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ne5 a6 17. f3 g6 18. h4 b5 19. Qe2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nh5 21.
Qf2 Qe7 22. g4 Ng7 23. h5 Red8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bd4 Rd7 26. Rh6 Qf7 27. Rdh1
Ne8 28. Bxg6 Qg7 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 30. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bxc4 Ne5 10. Be2 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Rxd3 12. Bd2 Rb3 13. Bc1 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 g6 15. Bd2 Rxb2 16. Bc3 Rb6 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Bd4 Ra6 19. Ke2 O-O 20. Rhc1
Rc8 21. Nb3 Nd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc5 c6 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Kd2 Ra4 26. Rb1 Nb6
27. Rb3 Nc4+ 28. Ke2 b6 29. Rg5 c5 30. Nc2 Rd8 31. Rc3 Kf6 32. Rg4 Nb2 33. Rg1
Rh4 34. e4 Na4 35. Rb3 c4 36. Re3 c3 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Kxd3 Rxh2 39. Ne3 h5 40.
Nd5+ Kg7 41. Ke2 h4 42. Ne3 h3 43. f4 Nc5 44. Kf3 Nd3 45. Rf1 Rg2 46. Nc2 f5
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1
Bc7 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bh4 Ne3 17. Bf2 Bxf4 18. Bxe3 Bxe3 19. Rce1 Qh6 20. Nf3 Bf4
21. Bf5 Be6 22. h3 g6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rae8 25. Qe2 Kf7 26. Re1 Be3 27.
Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Kf6 30. Nd4 Rf7 31. Rf3+ Ke7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7
33. g4 a6 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Nf3 h5 36. Kf2 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ke6 38. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxe7 14.
Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qb7 Qd8 17. d5 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rfe1 O-O 20. Rxe5
Qd6 21. Rde1 Rfb8 22. Qa6 Qc5 23. Qe2 g6 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. h3 f5 26. g4 fxg4 27.
Qxg4 Rf8 28. R1e2 Qxc3 29. h4 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qf4 31. Qh3 Rf7 32. R5e4 Qf5 33. Qb3
Raf8 34. Re8 Qf3+ 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. R8e7 R3f7 37. R7e6 Rd8 38. R2e5 Rfd7 39.
Rc6 Rxd5 40. Re7 R8d7 41. Rxc7 Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Ra5 43. Re2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb6
15. Be2 h5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Nc7 Nxd4 19. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Purland, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nbd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. e4 Qa5 14. Nc2 Ncxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxe4 Qxa2 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 Ba6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. Bg5 Na6 13. b4 h6 14. Bf4 Ne4 15.
Qb3 c6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rc8 18. Bh3 Ra8 19. Ne5 g5 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rac1 c5
22. b5 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. Nf3 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Raxc8 26. Ne5 Ne6 27. Nc6 Qxa3
28. Qd2 Bb4 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Qd6 31. Rd3 Nc7 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. Qb2 Qd6 34.
Nf5 Qe5 35. Nxh6+ Kg7 36. Qxe5+ Rxe5 37. Ng4 Re4 38. Ne3 Rd8 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40.
Nd4 a6 41. bxa6 Nxa6 42. e3 Nc5 43. Ra3 Rd6 44. Rb1 Re8 45. Ra7 Ne6 46. Nb5 Rc6
47. Rb7 Nc5 48. Rc7 Rc8 49. Rxc8 Rxc8 50. Nd4 Rb8 51. Rb5 {
White later lost on time. Remaining unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Be7 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Nd7 5. b3 Ngf6 6. Ba3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nfd2 Nd6 10. c4 c6 11. e3 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Rac8
15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. a4 Nf6 19. f3 Qd7 20. Bf1 g5 21. Nb1 g4
22. N1c3 Nf7 23. f4 Qe7 24. Qb2 h5 25. Qa3 Qd7 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. Rec1 Kg6 28. Na2
Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rc8 30. Qc1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Bxb5 32. axb5 Qd6 33. b4 Ne4 34. Bd3
Nf6 35. Qc6 Qe7 36. Qc3 Nd6 37. Qc6 Nfe8 38. Nc3 h4 39. Na4 Qc7 40. Nc3 Qh7 41.
Bf1 Qe7 42. Bd3 Qc7 43. Qxc7 Nxc7 44. gxh4 Kh5 45. Kg2 Kxh4 46. Be2 Nc4 47.
Bxc4 dxc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Sarafian"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. h3
Ne7 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. g4 Bxh2 12. gxf5 Bc7 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Bd3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qe7 16. Qa4 exf5 17. Bxf5 Bc6 18. Qb3 Rac8 19. Bc2 Nd5 20. Be4 Nf4 21.
d5 Ba8 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Nf5 Bxd5 24. Nxh6+ Qxh6 25. Bxd5 Ne6 26. Ne4 Be5 27. f4
Qh4+ 28. Ke2 Bxf4 29. Rg4 Qh6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. exf4 Rxf4 32. Rag1 Rxg4 33.
Rxg4 Qc1 34. Nc3 Rf8 35. Nd1 Rc8 36. Nc3 Qh1 37. Nd1 Rf8 38. Qg3 Qf1+ 39. Kd2
Rf7 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Rh4+ Kg6 42. Rg4+ {
42.Qg3+ Kf6 43.Rf4+ wins the black queen but White had seconds left.} Kh7 43.
Rh4+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Sarafian, Greg M"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qd5 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Qa3 9. Qd2 Qc5 10. e3 O-O 11. h3 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14.
cxd4 Nc6 15. Bxc7 Nb4 16. Kd2 Re8 17. Be2 Re6 18. a3 Na6 19. Bg3 d6 20. Bf3 Nc7
21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Bg4 Ne8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. c5 e5 25. cxd6 Nxd6 26. Bxe5 Nc4+
27. Ke2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Bf5 29. Rb4 b5 30. a4 a6 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. e4 Be6 33. axb5
axb5 34. Rxb5 Ra8 35. Rc2 Ra4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Schegerin, Marc"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 (5... e5) 6. d4 e6 7. Bg5
Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 O-O-O 10. c5 Qc7 11. b4 Be4 12. b5 Bxf3 13. bxc6 Bxc6
14. Qb2 Qf4 15. Nd2 Rxd4 16. Nb3 Qe5+ 17. Qe2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.50"]
[White "Schegerin, Marc"]
[Black "McCarty-Snead, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[BlackElo "317"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 f5 $2 (5... Nd6) 6. d3 a6 $2
(6... Nf6) 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. dxe4 Bb4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Bd7 11. Nxe5 fxe4
12. Nf7+ Ke8 13. Nxh8 {and White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Schegerin, Marc"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. b3 Bf6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Rf1 Nc2 14. Rb1 Nb4 15.
Rb2 Qd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Be3 Re7 18. c5 Nc8 19. Nd5 Re6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxf6+
Rxf6 22. Qxd3 dxc5 23. d5 Rg6 24. Qe4 Qe7 25. Qxe7 N6xe7 26. Bxc5 Nxd5 27. Rd1
c6 28. Rc2 Ncb6 29. a4 Nf4 30. Nh4 Re6 31. Rcd2 Nbd5 32. Nf5 h6 33. h4 b6 34.
Bd4 f6 35. g3 Ng6 36. Bb2 Ne5 37. Nd4 Ree8 38. f4 Ng4 39. Nxc6 Nde3 40. Re1 Kf7
41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Nxa7 Rad8 43. Ba3+ Kg8 44. Rxd8 Rxd8 45. Nc6 Rd2 46. Rxe3 Nxe3
47. Bb4 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxg3 49. a5 Nd5 50. a6 Nc7 51. a7 Rxb3 52. Ne7+ Kf7 53.
Nd5 Na8 54. Bd6 Ke6 55. Nc7+ Kxd6 56. Nxa8 {Diagram [#]} Ra3 (56... b5 $1 57.
Nb6 Ra3 58. a8=Q Rxa8 59. Nxa8 Kc6 $19) 57. Nxb6 $11 Ke6 58. a8=Q Rxa8 59. Nxa8
Kf5 60. Kg2 Kxf4 61. Kh3 g5 62. hxg5 hxg5 63. Nc7 Kf3 64. Kh2 g4 65. Kg1 f5 66.
Nb5 f4 67. Nd4+ Ke4 68. Ne2 Ke3 69. Nxf4 Kf3 70. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Schegerin, Marc"]
[Black "Shi, Jaysen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. f3 Na6 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. O-O-O Qd7 14. Be5 O-O-O
15. Nf4 Rh7 16. a3 Rdh8 17. Qg2 g5 18. Nd3 Ng8 19. Qg3 Ne8 20. Rde1 f6 21. Bxd6
Nxd6 22. f4 Nf7 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Re8+ Kc7 25. Ne6+ Kd7 26. Ra8 Qxe6 27. Rxa7 Kc8
28. f5 Qd6 29. Qe3 Kb8 30. Ra4 Ne7 31. Rb4 Qf4 32. Qxf4+ gxf4 33. Re1 Nc8 34.
Na4 Rxh3 35. Nc5 Nfd6 36. Re6 Rh1+ 37. Kd2 R1h2+ 38. Kc3 R8h3+ 39. Nd3 Ne4+ 40.
Kb3 f3 41. Ka4 Rxc2 42. Ka5 f2 43. Nxf2 Rxf2 44. Rxc6 Ned6 45. b3 Rff3 46. Rc5
Rxb3 47. Rxd5 b6+ 48. Ka4 Rxa3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bb3 dxe4 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bf5 8.
Qd2 h6 9. Be3 e6 10. h3 g5 11. O-O-O Na6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. Qe2 Ncd5
15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. h4 gxh4 18. Rxh4 O-O-O 19. Kb2 Bf8 20. g5 a5 21.
gxf6 a4 22. Nxe4 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 axb3 24. axb3 Kd7 25. Bc1 Qa7 26. Nc5+ Kc7 27.
Bf4+ Bd6 28. Bxd6+ Rxd6 29. Qc4 b5 30. Qb4 Ra8 31. Kc1 e5 32. Ne4 c5 33. Nxd6
Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qxd1+ 35. Kxd1 cxb4 36. dxe5 bxc3 37. Nxb5+ Kb6 38. Nxc3 Ra1+ 39.
Kd2 Rf1 40. Rf4 Kc6 41. e6 Ra1 42. e7 Ra8 43. Rg4 Kd6 44. Rd4+ Kc7 45. Nb5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qd2 h5 13. Bh3 hxg4 14. Bxg4 g6 15.
Na4 Qc7 16. Nc5 Bh6 17. Qd3 Nc8 18. Bc1 Nd8 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Qe3 Rh8 21. Qf4
b6 22. Nd3 Bb5 23. Kd2 Bxd3 24. Kxd3 b5 25. h4 Qe7 26. h5 Qf8 27. Ng5 Ne7 28.
hxg6 Nxg6 29. Qf6 Kd7 30. Rxh8 Nxh8 31. Rh1 Ng6 32. Rh7 Qg8 33. Rg7 Nf4+ 34.
Ke3 Ng2+ 35. Kf3 Nh4+ 36. Kg3 Qh8 {Diagram [#]} 37. Nxe6 $1 (37. Bxe6+ $1) (37.
Nxf7) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxc5 e5 5. b4 e4 6. Nd4 Ne5 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Bg3
Bd7 9. e3 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. cxb4 Qf6 12. Nc3 N8e7 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfc1 Qc7 12. b4 e5 13. Qf5 e4 14. Ne1 Rfe8 15. f3
Bf8 16. Nc2 g6 17. Qh3 Bg7 18. Rab1 Nf8 19. f4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 N6xd7 21. a4 Reb8
22. b5 Ne6 23. Kf1 f5 24. Nb4 Nd8 25. Be1 Bf6 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Rb2 Ke6 28. Rcb1
axb5 29. axb5 Be7 30. Rc2 Bf6 31. Rbb2 Ra3 32. Nb1 Ra4 33. Nc3 Ra3 34. Ra2 Rba8
35. Rxa3 Rxa3 36. Ncxd5 cxd5 37. c6 bxc6 38. bxc6 Nb6 39. c7 Nb7 $2 (39... Ra8)
(39... Be7) 40. Rc6+ Kd7 41. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Black "Steigum, Erling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Rfd1 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. b3 Na5 15.
Bb2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.
Kh3 Nd7 22. Ne4 Be7 23. c4 O-O 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Rf1 g6 27. Qe3 Kh8
28. Nd6 Kg8 29. Ne4 Kh8 30. Qf4 Rcd8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. exd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sevall, Jacob Came"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 O-O 12. a4 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. g4 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Rad8 16. Nd2 Nfd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Nf3 Ncxd3 19. cxd3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 f5 21.
gxf5 exf5 22. Qg3 fxe4 23. dxe4 Rf6 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Qh5 Qc4 27. Rd4
Qf7 28. Qe2 Bf6 29. Qc4 Bxd4 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 31. Bxd4 Rf3 32. Kh2 Bc8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Sevall, Jacob Came"]
[Black "Wonsever, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Na6 9. e3 Nb4 10. Ra4 a5 11. Bc7 Na6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Rxa5 Nd7 14. b4 e5
15. dxe5 Ra7 16. Bd6 f6 17. f4 Kf7 18. Nc3 Ke6 19. Ke2 fxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Kxe5 22. Rha1 Rc7 23. Rxa6 Be7 24. Ra7 Bd8 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3
Nf5 9. Nc2 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 Be7 14. Rf3 f6 15.
Rb3 Qc7 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. b4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Rc8 21. a3
Be8 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Qd2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 g6 25. g5 Rcf8 26. Rf1 Qd8 27. Rg3 Rxf1+
28. Qxf1 Rf8 29. Qh3 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Qc7 31. Nd4 Qc3 32. Rf3 Rc8 33. Qg3 Qxa3 34.
b5 Bc5 35. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Qb2 37. Re1 Qxb5 38. Nd4 Qb2 39. e6+ Ka8 40. Qe5
Re8 41. e7 a5 42. Qxd5 Qb6 43. Kh1 Ka7 44. Nb5+ Ka6 45. Re6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qf2 Nxd4 $6 (11... O-O {or}) (11... b5 {
with a normal Scheveningen.}) 12. Bxd4 e5 $2 ({Now} 12... O-O {is met by} 13.
e5) (12... Bc6 13. e5 Nd7 {was relatively best. The text is asking for trouble.
}) 13. Bb6 Qc8 $2 (13... Qc6 {was the last chance to resist.}) 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Qg3 Re8 18. Qxg7 Qc6 {Diagram [#]} 19. Rxf6 $1
Qxf6 20. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. b4
Bb6 9. b5 Na5 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 Ng6 12. Ra2 O-O 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15.
Qh5 Ke7 16. Qxg6 Rf7 17. Qg3 Nb3 18. Ba3+ Nc5 19. Bg6 Be8 20. Nd2 Rf8 21. Bxe8
Qxe8 22. a5 Bd8 23. Nb3 b6 24. axb6 Bxb6 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5+ Rxc5 27. Qxg7+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 c6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6
9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bb3 d5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15.
exd5 Nd7 16. f4 b5 17. d6 bxa4 18. Nc4 Qb4 19. Na2 Qb5 20. dxe7 Qc5 21. d4 Qxe7
22. Nd6+ Qxd6 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Bc4 Nc5 25. f5 Bh7 26. Rd6 O-O 27. Rhd1 Kh8 28.
Qe3 Ra5 29. Kb1 Re8 30. e6 Bg8 31. Qe1 Raa8 32. f6 gxf6 33. Qh4 fxe6 34. Qxh6+
Bh7 35. Bxe6 Qf8 36. Qh5 Ne4 37. Rd7 Ng5 38. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "O/^Connor, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Nf4 Nd7 6. h4 h5 7. Be2 g6 8. Nd2 Ne7
9. Nb3 Nc8 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Na7 12. c3 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rg8 15. Qe2
c5 16. g3 Qb6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. O-O Nc6 21. Rfe1
Ne7 22. Nh3 Nf5 23. Kh2 Qc4 24. Qf3 Ke7 25. Ng5 Rgd8 26. a5 Qb5 27. b3 d4 28.
c4 Qd7 29. Ne4 Kf8 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Nf6 d3 32. Qd2 Rd4 33. f3 Kg7 34. Re4 Qc5
35. Rae1 Rxe4 36. fxe4 Qxe5 37. Nxh5+ gxh5 38. exf5 Qxf5 39. Kg2 Rd8 {
and eventually drawn in mutual time pressure. Remaining moves unavailable.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Rg1 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nd7 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Rh4 16. g6 f6 17. Nd5 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Ndb6 20. Ra2 Bxd5 21. exd5
f5 22. Rh1 Rxh1+ 23. Bxh1 Qd7 24. Qh5 a5 25. Bg2 a4 26. Nd2 O-O-O 27. Nxc4 Nxc4
28. b3 Nb6 29. Be3 axb3 30. cxb3 Kb7 31. Rc2 Ra8 32. Rc6 Ra1+ 33. Kd2 Bd8 34.
Kc2 e4 35. Bxb6 Bxb6 36. Qh3 Bd4 37. Bf1 Ra2+ 38. Kd1 Rxf2 39. Bb5 {
Black is much better but went on to lose. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. g3 Qb6
15. Bc3 Rac8 16. a4 a6 17. Qd3 Qb3 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. g4 Nh4 20. f4 f6 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Qh3 Rf7 23. Rae1 Rcf8 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxh4 Qe6 27. gxf5
Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Rf6 29. Qg4 Ref7 30. Nb3 Qd3 31. Qf3 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5
Rxf5 34. Nc5 Rf7 35. a5 Kf8 36. Bb4 Ke8 37. Kg2 Kd8 38. Ne6+ Kd7 39. Nf8+ Kc6
40. Nxh7 Kb5 41. Bc3 b6 42. axb6 Kxb6 43. Ng5 Re7 44. Kf2 Kb5 45. Nf3 Kc4 46.
Ne5+ Kb3 47. Nc6 Re6 48. Nb4 Kc4 49. Nc2 Kd3 50. Ne1+ Kc4 51. Nf3 Kb3 52. Ne5
Kc2 53. Kg3 Rd6 54. h4 a5 55. Bxa5 Kxb2 56. Bb4 Rb6 57. Bc5 Rb7 58. h5 Kc3 {
The game was later drawn in severe time pressure for both sides. Both sides
quit keeping score at this point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. g4 Nc4 13. Qe1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6
15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 e6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
gxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxd6 Qe5 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qg5 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rhd1 f6 27.
Qh4 Qc7 28. R6d2 b5 29. Kb1 h5 30. g4 Qf4 31. Qh1 Rc5 32. Rh2 Qh6 33. Rg1 Kf7
34. Rd1 Kg8 35. Qg1 Rfc8 36. gxh5 Rxh5 37. Rg2 Rg5 38. Rdd2 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 g5
40. f4 Qh4 41. fxg5 f5 42. exf5 exf5 43. Rh2 Qe4 44. g6 Rd8 45. g7 Kf7 {
Diagram [#]} 46. Qxa7+ {It's hard to fault the text as it wins another pawn,
but considering that White is getting low on time either} (46. Rh8 {
which win quickly should have been played.}) (46. Rh6) 46... Qe7 47. Qg1 Qg5
48. Qh1 Kxg7 49. b3 Qf6 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rb7 $2 f4 52. Rxb5 $2 f3 {
Now Black is back in the game and White is in real time pressure.} 53. Qg1+ Kf8
54. Qc5+ Kg7 55. Qg1+ Kf8 56. Qc5+ Kg7 57. Qg1+ Kf8 58. Qc5+ Kg7 59. Qg1+ {
White could and should have claimed a draw by not making this move on theboard.
} Kf8 60. Qc5+ Kf7 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Bg5 (6. O-O {and}) (6.
Nc3 {are the most commonly played moves here, but the text has been tried over
a 100 times.}) 6... Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 {Diagram [#]} 8. Nd5 $5 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5
{was a more positional way of handling the position where White gives up the
two bishops for a strong knight on d5. The text at first looks like a blunder,
but is in fact the prelude to wild complications - Oleg's cup of tea.}) 8...
Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 10. Kg1 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. h4 $1 (12. Nxc7+ $4 {
loses after} Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qe3+ 14. Kf1 Rf8+ {The text not only attacks Black's
queen, but provides a square for White's king which makes Nxc7+ playable in
certain variations.}) 12... Qd8 $6 {A fighting decision by Natalya, but not
the most prudent move. The text avoids the almost certain draw by repetition
after} (12... Qh6 {(stopping Qh5+). For example:} 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Qe3+
15. Kh2 Qf4+ 16. Kg1 Qe3+) 13. Qh5+ $1 g6 14. Qh6 Rf8 $2 (14... Be6 {
had to be tried. After} 15. Qg7 Bxd5 16. Qxh8+ Kd7 17. Qxh7+ Qe7 18. Bxc6+ bxc6
19. Qxg6 Rg8 20. Qf5+ Be6 {White is clearly better, but Black can still fight.}
) 15. Qxh7 Rf7 16. Qg8+ Rf8 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Nde4 f5 13. exf6 N5xf6 14. O-O Be7 15.
Bh5+ Kd8 16. Re1 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Qxd4 18. Qf7 Rf8 19. Qxe6 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rad1+ Ke8 22. Qg6+ Rf7 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. exd7+
Bxd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Kc8 17. Be3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxd5 19. Kf2 Rd8 20.
Nf3 a6 21. Rb1 b5 22. Qa3 c4 23. Rb2 Qd6 24. Qa5 Qc6 25. a4 Rb8 26. Nd4 Qb6 27.
Qb4 Qd6 28. axb5 Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 axb5 31. g4 Kd7 32. Rb1 Kc6 33. g5
Kd5 34. Bf6 Rb7 35. Rh1 b4 36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Rxh7 Rb7 38. Ke3 Ra7 39. Rh8 Rc7
40. Kd2 Ra7 41. Rc8 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb2 Rb3+ 44. Kc2 Rg3 45. Rd8+ Kc5 46.
Be7+ Kc6 47. Rf8 Kd5 48. Rxf7 Rg2+ 49. Kd1 Rg1+ 50. Ke2 c3 51. Rf1 Rg2+ 52. Kd3
Rg3+ 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Rf4+ Kd5 55. Bf6 Kc5 56. Re4 Kd5 57. Re7 Rg2+ 58. Kxc3
Rg3+ 59. Kb4 Rg4+ 60. Kb5 Rg1 61. Rg7 Rb1+ 62. Ka4 Ke6 63. Rxg6 Kf5 64. Rg8 Rg1
65. Kb5 Rc1 66. Bd4 Rc2 67. g6 Rd2 68. g7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qf3 h6 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. g4
O-O-O 15. Bg2 Bc7 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. c4 Qf6 18. Be3 Qxf3 19. Bxf3 g5 20. h4 f6 21.
Rh3 Nb6 22. b3 Bf4 23. Rdh1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rhg8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rh7 Rd7 27.
Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rh7 Re8 29. c5 Kd8 30. b4 Re7 31. Rh6 Kc7 32. Kc2 b6 33. Kc3 bxc5
34. dxc5 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rxc6+ Kb8 37. Bd5 Rxe3+ 38. Kd4 Rh3 39. Be6 Rh4+
40. Kd5 Nf6+ 41. Ke5 Ng4+ 42. Kd6 Ne3 43. Rc8+ Kb7 44. c6+ Ka6 45. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rc8
15. Ncd5 Nd4 16. c3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bg5 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Nb4 Rb6 20. Ned5 Bxd5
21. Nxd5 Rb8 22. a4 f5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe8 26. Qg4 Bh6 27.
Rda1 Rf7 28. f3 g6 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. R1a6 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Ra8 32. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Lesquillier, Walte"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 h6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. h4 c5 12. Kf2 Nf8 13. Ra2 b6 14. Kg1 Be6
15. Nf4 Qd7 16. g4 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nh5 N8h7 19. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Sun, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. Rfc1
Bd7 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Rc1 f6 18. Rc7 Kf7 19. Bb5 Ke6 20. Ba4 Nd6
21. Nd2 b5 $6 22. Bb3 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 $2 (23... bxc4 $14) 24. Bd1 Rb8 $2 25.
Rc5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 Re8 11. Nf2 b5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Qc2 Bf8 16. Bg5 Nc8 17. Rxc7 Bb4+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nb6 20. Rc5 Na4 21. b4
Nxc5 22. bxc5 Bc6 23. Nd3 Nxd5 (23... Bxd5 24. exd5 e4) 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nc3
e4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Qb3 Rc8 29. Kc2 Rc4+ 30. Kb1 Qd4 31. Be2 Re8
32. Qd1 Rc3 33. c6 Rxc6 34. Bf3 Rd6 35. Nf2 Qe5 36. Qc2 Rd4 37. Qb2 Qf4 38. g3
Qf5+ 39. Ka1 Rc4 40. Bd1 Rec8 41. Bb3 Rc2 $2 (41... Rc3 $17) 42. Bxc2 Rxc2 {
Diagram #} 43. Ng4 $1 Rxb2 44. Nh6+ Kf8 45. Nxf5 Rf2 46. Nd4 Ke7 47. Re1+ Kd6
48. Re2 Rxe2 49. Nxe2 Ke5 50. Kb2 Ke4 51. Kc3 Kf3 52. Nf4 h5 53. Kb4 h4 54.
Nxg6 fxg6 55. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 (3. e4 dxe4 4. Bf4) 3... Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6
6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Nf4 O-O-O 9. a3 Kb8 10. g3 Ne7 11. Bg2 Bf7 12. h4 g6
13. Nd3 Nc8 14. O-O c6 15. b4 Nd6 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Rfb1 Ne4 (17... Ka8 {
intending ...Ne4 was an easier way to play the position taking away Qf4+.}) 18.
N3xe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 {Diagram #} fxe4 (19... Bd5 $1 20. Qf4+ Ka8 21. Nd2 Bd6 22.
Qh6 f4 23. e4 (23. exf4 Bf8) 23... Be6 {with chances for both sides.}) 20. Qxf6
Bd6 21. Qxf7 Rdf8 22. Qc4 Qg4 23. Rf1 Rf3 (23... h5 24. d5 g5 25. dxc6 gxh4 26.
Rad1) 24. d5 Rhf8 25. dxc6 R8f5 26. Qe6 Bxg3 27. Qe8+ Kc7 28. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Viswanath, Ganesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d4
h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 (11. Kf1 $5 {
Seirawan-Korchnoi, Wijk aan Zee 1980.}) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Qe3 O-O
14. O-O Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Qe4 Kf8 18. d5 Ne7 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20.
Nd4 exd5 21. cxd5 Re8 22. Qd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. g3 Kd8 26.
f4 Qb6 27. Bc2 Ne7 28. Kg2 Nxd5 29. Bb3 Qd6 30. Qe4 Nf6 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5
Ng4 33. e6 fxe6 34. Nxe6+ Bxe6 35. Bxe6 Ne5 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Bc8 b5 38. Ke3 a5
39. h3 b4 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Bb7 a4 42. Bd5 Nc6+ 43. Kc4 b3 44. a3 Ke5 45. Bf7 Nd4
46. g4 g5 47. Kb4 b2 48. Bg6 {Diagram [#]} Kd5 $2 (48... Ne2 $1 $19) 49. Kc3
Ne2+ 50. Kxb2 Nf4 51. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. g4 Be7 5. gxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. h4 Na6 11. e3 Bd7 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Nb4 14. Qd2
g5 15. Bf1 b5 16. a3 Na6 17. Ne1 Qf8 18. Nd3 h6 19. Ne2 Kb8 20. Kb1 Nc7 21.
Nec1 Ne8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc7 24. f4 Ne6 25. Nb3 Nc5 26. Bd3 Ne4 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Qc3 Rh7 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. Rhd1 Be8 31. e6 Bxh5 32. Rd7 Bxd1 33. Rxh7 Qd6
34. Nc5 Be2 35. Rb7+ Ka8 {Diagram [#]} 36. Rxa7+ $1 Kxa7 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38. Qb6+
Ka8 39. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. g4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. h4 a5 13. h5 g5 14. Nc1 Nc5 15. Rb1 b6
16. b3 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. Bc2 Qb7 19. a3 Rfb8 20. Rh2 Qc8 21. Qd1 Qe8 22. Rd2
Nc8 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. Nb2 Na6 25. Nd3 b5 26. Qc1 c5 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. cxb5 Bxb5
29. Nd5 Be7 30. Nb2 Bc6 31. Nc4 Bd8 32. Nxa5 Bxd5 33. exd5+ Kg7 34. Nc6 Rb7 35.
Nxd8 Qxd8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Qc4 Nc7 38. Qe4 f5 39. gxf5 Kf6 40. a4 Rab8 41. Bc4
Qd7 42. Bf2 Qxf5 43. Qxf5+ Nxf5 44. a5 Ra8 45. Bb6 Nd4 46. Rxd4 exd4 47. Bxd4+
Kf5 48. b4 Nb5 49. Bb6 Nc3 50. Rb3 Na4 51. Bd4 g4 52. Kf2 gxf3 53. Kxf3 Kg5 54.
a6 Rbb8 55. a7 Rb7 56. Ba6 Rbxa7 57. Bxa7 Rxa7 58. b5 Nc5 59. Re3 Nxa6 60. bxa6
Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Rc1 {
The modern anti-Panno rage.} Bd7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nd1 e5 (10... b5 11. c5) 11. d5
Ne7 12. Nec3 $6 (12. Nf2 Ne8 13. g3 (13. c5) (13. Nd3)) 12... Nh5 13. Nf2 f5
14. Nd3 Nf6 15. Be2 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. c5 Ng6 18. Kd1 Rf7 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Kc2
Bf8 21. Kb1 Be7 22. Qc2 Qe8 23. Qb3 Bd8 24. Qa3 Qf8 25. Rc2 h5 26. b4 g4 27. b5
Nh7 28. Rb2 a5 29. b6 gxf3 30. gxf3 Ng5 31. Qxa5 Nh3 32. Be1 Bh4 33. Qb4 Rg7
34. Nb5 Bxb5 35. Qxb5 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Nh4 37. Bd1 Ng2 38. Rh1 Ne3 39. Nf2 Ng5 40.
Be2 Rc8 41. a4 Rc5 42. Qb4 Qc8 43. Rg1 Nh3 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Nd3 Nc2 {
Diagram #} 46. Qxc5 $2 (46. Qd2 Na3+ 47. Ka2 Rc3 48. Bd1 $18) 46... dxc5 47.
Rxc2 c4 48. Nxe5 c3 49. Bf1 Ng5 50. h4 Kf6 51. hxg5+ Kxe5 52. g6 Kf6 53. Bb5
Qc5 54. Ka2 Qb4 55. Rg2 Kg7 56. e5 h4 57. d6 h3 58. Rc2 Kxg6 59. d7 Qd4 60. e6
Kf6 61. Rxc3 h2 62. Rc1 Ke7 {White's flag fell in a losing position.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Abraham, Michael D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 e5 10. e4 Re8 11. Be3 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6
13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nd1 Nc5 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. hxg4 Nc5 18. Nf2)
17... Bb5 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Nf6 20. Nc3 Qb4 21. a3 Qc4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe4 23.
Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. d6 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd5 27. Qc7 Qc6 {Diagram #} 28. d7
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Batzel, Grant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bb4 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Nde2 Nc6 (10... Bc5 $1 {
and W will lose his castling privileges}) 11. Na4 Qc7 12. a3 Be7 13. Be3 b5 14.
Nac3 Bb7 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nce2 O-O 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. O-O
Nxd3 21. cxd3 (21. Qxd3 $142) 21... Qd7 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8
25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Nd4 Qc7 27. Kf1 h6 28. Qc2 Qb6 29. Nf5 Qd8 30. Nd4 Qb6 31.
Nf5 Qd8 32. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qd1 (
8. h4 h5 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Nh3 f5 11. Qg3 Nge7 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Ra2 $16
{(Khalifman)}) 8... Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bf6 Rg8 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. g4
Nfe7 14. Qh6 Qa5 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Be2 (16. Qg5) (16. Qxh7 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Rdf8
18. Qh7) 16... O-O-O 17. Rhb1 Be8 18. Qe3 (18. Qg5 Rd7) 18... h5 19. h3 hxg4
20. hxg4 Rd7 21. a4 $2 a6 22. Bf1 Rc7 23. Qe1 Na7 24. Ra2 Bxa4 25. Rb4 b5 26.
Qb1 Nac6 27. Rbb2 Rb7 28. Qa1 Qc7 29. Ng5 Nd8 30. Nh3 Nec6 31. Nf4 g5 (31...
Nxd4 $1 32. cxd4 $4 c3+ $19) 32. Ne2 Ne7 33. Qc1 Rg6 34. Ke1 Ng8 35. Bxg5 f6
36. exf6 Nxf6 37. Bf4 Qd7 38. f3 Nf7 39. Qe3 Nh7 40. Bg3 Nhg5 41. Bg2 a5 42. f4
Nh7 43. g5 Nd6 44. Qe5 Nf7 45. Qe3 Nd6 46. Qe5 Nf7 47. Qe3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 b5 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ba7 12. Qd2 c5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Rfe1 Ng6 (15... d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. Bd6 $16) 16. Qc1
O-O-O 17. a3 d5 18. Bd2 Rhf8 19. Re2 Nh5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rde1 Rxf3 22. gxf3
Nh4 23. f4 Qd7 24. Kh2 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nxe1+ (25... Nxd2 $1 26. Qxd2 Nxf4+ $19)
26. Rxe1 Rf8 (26... exf4 $142) 27. Rxe5 Nxf4+ 28. Bxf4 Bb8 29. Nxd5 $1 Qb7 30.
Qe3 Bxe5 31. Qxc5+ $1 Kd7 32. Qe7+ Kc6 {Diagram [#]} 33. Qxf8 $6 ({
Missing the mate} 33. Qe6+ Kc5 34. b4+ Kd4 35. Qxe5#) 33... Kxd5 34. Bxe5 Kxe5+
35. Qf3 $18 Qc8 36. Qg3+ Kf6 37. Qf4+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. d4 Qc6+ 40. Kg3 Qg6+
41. Kf3 Qxc2 $2 42. Qc5+ Qxc5 43. dxc5 Ke7 44. b4 Ke6 45. Ke4 g6 46. f4 Kf6 47.
Kd5 Ke7 48. Kc6 Kd8 49. Kb7 Kd7 50. c6+ Ke6 51. c7 Kf5 52. c8=Q+ Kxf4 53. Qg4+
Ke3 54. Qxg6 Kd4 55. Qxh6 Kc3 56. Qe3+ Kb2 57. h4 a5 58. bxa5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Cheng, Andrew Ys"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1381"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Ne3 a6 13. Ba4 Ne7 14. Bc2 c6 15.
Ng5 d5 16. Bb3 h6 17. Nf3 Nc8 18. Qc2 Bg4 19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. exd5 cxd5 21. h3
Nf6 22. Nxe5 Nd6 23. Bf4 Nf5 24. d4 Ne4 25. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 (25... Bxe5 26. Rxe5)
26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bxe8 (27. Bxg6 $142 $1 Qh4 $2 28. Bxf5 Qxf4 29. Ng6+) 27...
Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe8 29. Qxe4 Kf7 $2 30. Qxb7+ Ne7 31. Qf3+ Kg8 32. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Nf8 15.
Rfe1 Rc8 16. b3 Ne6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Rc7 19. Bf3 Rd7 20. Re3 e5 21. Rd3 $2
(21. d5 $1 $16) 21... exd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 (23... Re1+ 24. Kh2 Rxd1
25. Qxd1 Ng4+ 26. hxg4 Qxg5 27. Ne4 $11) 24. Rxd4 Nd5 $1 25. Re4 $1 Rxe4 26.
Nxe4 Nc3 27. Nd6 $1 (27. Nxc3 Bxc3 $11) 27... Ba8 (27... Ba6) 28. a3 (28. Nc8
Nxa2 29. Nxa7 $16) 28... Be5 29. Ne4 (29. Nc8 $1) 29... Nxe4 30. Bxe4 $11 f6
31. Be3 Bb2 32. a4 Ba3 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Bf4 Bd6 36. Ke3 a5 37. Bf3
g5 38. Bg4+ Ke7 39. Bxd6+ Kxd6 40. Kd2 c5 41. g3 Ke5 42. Ke3 f5 43. Be2 Be4 (
43... f4+ 44. gxf4+ gxf4+ 45. Kd2 Kd4) 44. f4+ gxf4+ 45. gxf4+ Kf6 46. Bd3 {
draw offer} Bxd3 47. Kxd3 Kg6 48. Ke3 Kh5 49. Kf3 Kh4 50. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qd7 18. b3 c5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qg3 Bf8 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. f4 Rad8 23. Rad1 Nc8 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. Kh1 Re7 26. h4 f5 27. b4 cxb4 28.
Qxb6 Nxb6 29. cxb4 Na8 30. Bb3 Nc7 31. g3 d4 32. Rd3 Red7 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. Rc6
Rc8 35. Be6 Rcd8 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rd6 Rxd6 38. exd6+ Kxd6 39. Rxd4+ Ke7 40.
Kg2 Ne6 41. Rd1 (41. Rd5 $142) 41... h6 42. Rd5 Nc7 43. Rc5 Kd6 44. h5 $1 gxh5
45. Rxf5 Nd5 46. Rxh5 (46. a3 $4 Ne3+ $19) 46... Nxb4 47. Rxh6+ Kd5 48. a3 a5
49. axb4 axb4 50. Kf3 b3 51. Ke3 b2 52. Rh1 Kc4 53. Kd2 Kb3 54. f5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Qe7 $2 (5... d5) 6. Be2 d5 7.
O-O Bg4 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Re1 Qd6 11. Ba6+ Kd7 12. Bxb7 Kc7 13. Bxa8 Be7
14. Qd2 Qd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qf4+ Kb6 17. Qxg4 Qd6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Gaines, Marquis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 $6 (4. c4 $1 Nb6 5. d5 Nb4 (5... Nxe5 6.
c5 Nbc4 7. Qd4 $18) 6. c5 N6xd5 7. a3 $18) 4... d6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Be2 (6. e6 $1
fxe6 7. Nc3) 6... Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 11. h3 Bh5 12.
Re1 Qe8 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Rxe6 Qf7 16. Re1 d5 17. c5 Na8 18. Qc2 $2
Nb4 19. Qc3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc7 21. Re2 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Bg6 23. Qc3 a6 24. Qb4 Rb8
25. Qc3 Bf8 26. Nh4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bh5 28. Re1 g5 29. Nf5 Bg6 30. Qf3 Re8 31.
Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Ne3 Qe6 33. Nef1 f5 34. Qe3 Qf6 35. Nf3 h6 36. Qe5 Qd8 37. Qe1
Bg7 38. Ne5 Qe7 39. Qd2 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Qxc5 41. Ne3 f4 42. Ng4 Kf7 43. Nxh6+ Ke6
44. Ng4 Ne8 45. Qd4 Qc6 (45... Qc2 46. Qb6+ Kd7 47. Qxb7+) 46. Ba3 Kd7 47. Qc5
Qxc5 48. Bxc5 Ng7 49. Nf6+ Kc6 50. Bd4 Nf5 51. Bb2 b5 52. Kf1 Ng7 53. Ke2 Ne6
54. b4 Ng7 {draw offer} 55. Kf3 Ne6 56. g3 Bf5 57. h4 g4+ $6 58. Nxg4 Be4+ 59.
Ke2 d4 60. Kd2 Kb7 61. Nf6 Bb1 62. a3 f3 63. h5 Kc6 64. g4 Kc7 65. h6 Ng5 66.
Bxd4 Kd8 67. Be3 Nh7 68. g5 Ke7 69. Bf4 Kf7 70. Ke3 Nf8 71. Kxf3 Kg6 72. Nd5
Bf5 73. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. h3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. b3 Bc6 15. f3
Rfe8 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. f4 Rcd8 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Qf2 Qb8 20. Nd5 b5 21. cxb5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Nb4 23. a3 Qxb5 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Qa2 Rb8 26. Rb1 Qc3 27. Qd2 Rxb3 28.
Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Bd4 Bh6 30. Ba1 Qc4 31. Qd4 Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rc8 33. g3 Rc1+ 34.
Rd1 Rc2 35. Be4 Ra2 36. Bc3 Ra3 37. Rd3 f5 38. Bd4 Ra2 39. Bg2 Kf7 40. Rc3 Ra4
41. Rd3 Ra2 42. Re3 Ra4 43. Bc3 a5 44. Kf2 g5 45. Re6 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 Ra1+ {
and resigns} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 h5 14.
Qe2 f5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6+ Kb8 18. Rd3 Rhg8 19. g3 Qc7 20.
Rhd1 Nf6 21. Ne5 Rd6 22. c4 c5 23. d5 (23. dxc5 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 Rd8 (24... bxc5
25. Qb5+) 25. cxb6 Qxb6 26. Qa4) 23... exd5 24. cxd5 Ka8 25. Nc4 Rdd8 26. d6
Qb7 27. Qa4 $4 (27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Rf3 b5 (28... Rg5 $6 29. Ne5) 29. Rxf5)
27... b5 28. Qc2 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Rb8 30. Rb3 Qe4+ 31. Qd3 Rxb3 32. axb3 Rd8 33.
Kc1 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Ne4 35. Rd5 Nxd6 36. Rxc5 Rc8 37. b4 Rxc5+ 38. bxc5 Ne4 39.
b4 Nxf2 40. Kd2 Ng4 41. h4 Ne5 42. Ke3 Ng6 43. Kd4 Kb7 44. Kd5 Kc7 45. b5 f4
46. gxf4 Nxh4 47. Ke4 f6 48. f5 Kb7 49. Kf4 a6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Ba1 Rac8 15.
Qe2 Rfd8 16. Red1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Bd2 Rxc1 21.
Bxc1 Ba8 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Nd2 Qa5 24. Bb1 Bb4 25. h3 Ba3 26. Nf1 Bxb2 27. Qxb2
Nd5 28. Ng3 Qc7 29. Ne2 Nf4 30. Nxf4 Qxf4 31. Bd3 Qg5 32. Bf1 Qd5 33. Rc1 Rxc1
34. Qxc1 {draw offer} g6 35. Qf4 Kg7 36. Qe5+ Qxe5 37. dxe5 f6 38. f4 Be4 39.
b4 g5 40. g3 gxf4 41. gxf4 fxe5 42. fxe5 Kg6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Kxe5 45. a3
Kd5 46. Be2 Ke5 47. h4 Bd5 48. Bd3 h6 49. Be2 (49. h5 {(O'Connnor)}) 49... Bc6
50. Bg4 Kd5 51. Be2 e5 52. Bf1 e4 53. Be2 Bd7 54. Bf1 Bg4 55. Bg2 Kc4 56. Bxe4
Bc8 57. Bc2 Kc3 58. Bd1 Kb2 {Diagram [#]} 59. a4 (59. Kd4 Kxa3 60. Kc5 {
was a clear draw.}) 59... Kc3 (59... bxa4 60. Bxa4 Ka3 61. Bd1 Kxb4) 60. axb5
axb5 61. Kf4 Kd4 $2 (61... Kxb4 {could have been played as White does not have
time to capture the h-pawn and sacrifice his bishop for the b-pawn.} 62. Ke5
Kc3 63. Kf6 (63. h5 Kd2 64. Bb3 Bg4 65. Bf7 (65. Kf6 Bxh5 66. Kg7 Be2 67. Kxh6
Bc4) 65... Be2 66. Kf6 Bc4) 63... Kd2 64. Bb3 Bg4 65. Kg6 h5) 62. Be2 Bd7 63.
Bg4 Be8 64. Kf5 Kc4 65. Kf6 h5 66. Be2+ Kxb4 67. Kg5 $4 (67. Ke7 Bg6 68. Kf6 {
White draws as Black cannot hang on to his h-pawn.}) 67... Kc5 68. Bxb5 Kxb5
69. Kf4 Bd7 70. Kg5 Bg4 71. Kf4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Odgerel, Byamabatsetseg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. cxd5
Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Be4 c6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ng6
15. O-O b5 16. Bxc6 Nh4 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qxh4 f5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Nxb5 Bb8
21. d5 Rg8 22. Nd4 Rg5 23. Nf3 Rg7 24. Kh1 f4 25. e4 f6 26. Rac1 Bd6 27. Nd4
Rdg8 28. Rg1 Rb8 29. b3 Be5 30. Rcd1 Rb4 31. Nf5 Rg5 32. f3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1153"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Qd2
Nf5 9. Bf2 Be7 10. O-O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Rde1 Qc7 14. g3 Ng4
15. Bg1 Bd6 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. dxc5 Qc6 19. Qc3 d4 20. Nxd4 Qxh1 21.
Be4 Qxg1 22. Rxg1 Bd7 23. Bxb7 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rad8 25. Rd1 Nxh2 26. c6 Nf3 27.
Qd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5
15. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxg5 17. Rhg1 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. Rg3 f5 20. Rdg1
Rf7 21. f4 a5 22. Qf2 a4 23. Nd2 e4 24. Nf1 Rc8 25. Ne3 Qf6 26. Qg2 g6 27. Nd1
(27. h4 $1 a3 (27... Qxh4 $2 28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Qg8+
Ke7 31. Nxf5+ Rxf5 32. Rg7+ {mating}) 30. Qxf7 Qh7 $18) 28. h5 Qxb2+ 29. Kd1
$17) 27... b4 28. Kb1 Nb6 29. Qd2 Rfc7 30. R1g2 $6 (30. Qxb4 Nxd5 31. Qd2)
30... Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Nxd5 33. Rf2 Qd4 34. Kc2 e3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Nxd7
Nxd7 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ngf6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O c5 14. d5 exd5
15. exd5 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. d6 b4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. d7 Rd8 23. Bg4 Kf8 24. Rd6 Na4 25. Rc6 Ke7 26. Rc8 Rxd7 27.
Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Ra8 Nxb2 29. Kf1 Kd6 30. Ke2 c3 31. Rd8+ Kc6 32. Rb8 Kd5 33. Rh8
Kc4 34. Rxh7 c2 35. Kd2 b3 36. Rh4+ Kb5 37. Rh3 c4 38. Rc3 Nd3 39. h4 b2 40.
Kxc2 Kb4 41. Rxd3 cxd3+ 42. Kxb2 Kc5 43. h5 Kd6 44. h6 d2 45. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Be2 Na5 13. b3 f6 14. Bh6 Nf7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Nce2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Ne2 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21.
Be4 Qxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rb8 23. Rhd1 Be6 24. c4 f5 25. Bd5 Kf6 26. g5+ Ke7 27. Nc3
Rfc8 28. Kb2 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33. Kxc2
Ra7 34. Nb4 Nd6 35. Re1 e4 36. Kc3 Rd7 37. Nd3 Kd5 38. Nf4+ Kc6 39. Kb4 exf3
40. Rc1+ Kb7 41. Rc3 Ne4 42. Rxf3 Kb6 43. Rd3 Ra7 44. a3 Kc6 45. Rd5 Nd6 46.
Rc5+ Kd7 47. Nd5 Rb7 48. Nf4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Ne3 Ne7 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. d3 exd3 8.
Bxd3 Qf7 9. Bc4 Qg6 10. O-O c6 11. Qf3 d5 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Qxf6 (13. Qg3 $16) (
13. Qe2 $16) 13... gxf6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Bc2 N7g6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. b4
(18. f4 Nf7 19. c4 $16) 18... O-O-O 19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Nef5 Bc7 21. a4 Nc4 22. Bh6
b6 23. Ne3 (23. Bg7) 23... Nce5 24. Ndf5 Rhg8 25. Rad1 (25. Bg7) 25... Kb7 26.
Bg7 Be6 (26... Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Ne7 28. Kh1 Nxf5 29. Bxf6 Rdf8) 27. Bxf6 Rdf8 28.
Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nd4 Bh3 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Nexf5 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb1+ Bb6 34.
Nd6+ Ka8 35. N4f5 $2 (35. Ne6 Rf6 36. f4 Rxe6 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. Rf7 $11) 35...
Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Nd2 37. Rbd1 Nxf1 38. Rxf1 Rg4 39. Ne3 Rxa4 40. Nxd5 Rxf2 41. Re1
Rf8 42. h3 Rd8 43. Re6 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Kb8 45. Ne7 Rxd6 46. Rxd6 Bc7 47. Nc6+ Ka8
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Bd3 $4 c4 13. Rac1 cxd3 14. Qxd3
Qc4 15. Qd2 b6 16. f3 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Bxd3 19. Nf4 Bc4 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 Nc4 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Rb1 Rad8 24. Rb4 Na5 25. Rb5 Rc8 26. Re3 h5 27.
d6 exd6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxd6 Nc4 30. Bg3 Rd8 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Rd5 33.
Rb1 (33. Rxd5 Nxd5 34. c4 Ne3) 33... Nf5 34. Bf2 Ra5 35. Rb2 Kf8 36. Re2 Bf6
37. Kf1 Ra3 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Kd1 b5 41. Kc1 Nd6 42. Kd2 Bg5+ 43. Kd3
b4 44. Be1 bxc3 45. Bxc3 Nb5 46. Re2+ Kd7 47. Rc2 Bf6 48. Kc4 Nxc3 49. Rxc3
Rxa2 50. Rb3 Kc7 51. d5 Rxg2 52. Ra3 Rc2+ 53. Kd3 Rc3+ 54. Rxc3+ Bxc3 55. Kxc3
Kd6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 h5 $6 8.
f3 {Black's last move is common in the Yugoslav Attack against the Dragon,
where is slows down g4 and stops h4-h5, but here it looks premature as white
has not committed to f3. Why not} (8. h3 {
intending f4 with thoughts to play e5.}) 8... a6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 b6 11.
O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 O-O (13... Ne5 {or}) (13... Nc5 {
look right limiting White to a slight edge. The text castles into trouble.})
14. Bh6 b5 {DGRAM GOES HERE} (14... Rc5 $14) 15. Bxg7 (15. Qg5 $1 {
threatening Qxg6 is very strong.} Ne5 {guarding g6} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf5+ Kg8
18. f4 Nc4 19. e5 Nh7 20. Qxe7 Ba8 21. Qxd8 Rcxd8 22. Nxd6 {
leaves White several pawns ahead.}) 15... Kxg7 16. Qg5 $14 {
Now not nearly so effective.} Kh7 17. h3 e6 $6 (17... b4) 18. Qe3 (18. Bxe6 $1
fxe6 (18... Nxe4 19. Qxd8 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 Rcxd8 21. Bb3) 19. Nxe6 Qe7 20. Nxf8+
Qxf8 21. Ne2 Ne5 22. Nf4 $16) 18... Ne5 (18... b4) 19. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Nxe6
Qe7 21. Nxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nd5 (22. Qb6 $1 {What makes this position attractive
for White is not only having two pawns and rook for two minor pieces, but the
fact that Black is tied down to the defense of his d6 pawn which makes it
harder for him to activate his minor pieces.}) 22... Nxd5 23. exd5 Qf7 24. Qe4
$2 (24. f4 $1 {Attacking Black's best-placed piece.} Qxf4 25. Qb6 Rf7 26. Qxd6
$16) 24... Bc8 $1 25. Qd4 Bf5 26. Re3 g5 27. Rc3 (27. Qb6 Rc8) 27... Qb7 28. g4
$2 {This creates a serious weakness on f3.} Bg6 29. Rf1 Rf4 30. Qg1 h4 31. Qe3
b4 32. Rb3 a5 33. a3 Qxd5 34. axb4 axb4 35. Qa7+ Rf7 36. Qb6 $4 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Shi, Jaysen"]
[Black "Askin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. h3 O-O 12. Bg5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Rfe1 b5
15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. a3 a5 17. Nf1 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. N3d2 Nd6 20. Nb3 b4 21.
Nc5 bxa3 22. bxa3 Nb7 23. Na4 Nf5 24. Ne3 Nfd6 25. Rb1 Ra6 26. Rb2 Rc6 27. Reb1
Nd8 28. f3 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Nc5 e5 31. Qd2 exd4 32. cxd4 Nc6 33. Rb7 Qg3
34. Nb3 a4 35. Na5 Nxa5 36. Qxa5 {
White resigned before Black could play ... Re2.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Shi, Jaysen"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Qb6 7. Qc2 Bd7 8. h3
Rc8 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Be2 c4 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. e4 b5 13. a3 b4 14. e5 Ng8 15. O-O
bxa3 16. bxa3 Nd8 17. Rfb1 Ba4 18. Qc1 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Nc6 21. Ndf3
Ne4 22. Bd2 O-O 23. Qe1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxf2 25. Nf3 Qc7 26. Be3 Rxe2 27. Qxe2
Nxc3 28. Qe1 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 {
Black is completely winning, but later lost. Remaining moves are unavailable.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Shi, Jaysen"]
[Black "Smith III, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Qa4
Bb7 9. Ne5 Qc8 10. b4 Nh5 11. Ndf3 Nxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. g3 Bf6 20. c4 Qa7 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Re2 g6 23. Rb4 Be7 24. Rb3 Ra3 25. Qb2 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Bd7 27. Bb5
Bc8 28. Ne5 Qa3 29. Nd7 Qxb3 30. axb3 Bxd7 31. Bxd7 Kg7 32. Rxe6 Bf6 33. Rxb6
Bxd4 34. Rd6 Rb8 35. Rxd5 Rb4 36. Ba4 Kh6 37. Kg2 Kh5 38. h3 Kh6 39. f3 Bb6 40.
Rd3 Rd4 41. Rxd4 Bxd4 42. b4 Kg7 43. g4 h6 {Resignation is premature here as
White has not yet created a passed pawn on the kingside.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Shinejil, Michelle"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. h3 e5 2. h4 d5 3. g4 Bxg4 4. Rh2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d3 e4 7. dxe4 Bxh2 8. Bd2
Bxg1 9. b3 dxe4 10. e3 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Black "Allen, Tom Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. O-O Nxf3+
8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 a5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Ra6 13. Nd5 Rg6 14. Nf4
Rh6 15. Qg3 f6 16. Rad1 Bd6 {Diagram [#]} 17. c5 $1 (17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Nd5 {
was a strong alternative.}) 17... Bxf4 (17... Bxc5 18. Ne6 $18) 18. Qxf4 Qe7
19. Qxc7 Rg6 20. Qd6 Qe4 21. Qd5+ Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. Rfd1 b6 24. g3 Re6 25.
cxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Black "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "753"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 $6 {Diagram [#]} 5. Qb3 $6 (5. cxd5 $1
cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 Qxb3 8. Nxf6+) 5... b6 $2 (5... Qb6 6. cxd5 Qxb3) 6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nxd5 Bxb5 9. Nxf6+ exf6 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7
12. Nf3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Rc1
Rxc1 18. Kxc1 Kf8 19. Kd2 Ke7 20. Kd3 Ke6 21. e4 f5 22. Nd2 fxe4+ 23. Nxe4 Nf6
24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Ke4 Ke6 26. g4 g6 27. g5 a5 28. a4 f5+ 29. gxf6 Kxf6 30. Kd5
Ke7 31. Kc6 Ke6 32. d5+ Ke7 33. Kc7 Ke8 34. d6 h5 35. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 $2 (4... dxc4) (4... e6) (4... a6) (
4... g6) 5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (5... Nxd5 6. e3 $14) 6. Qb3 $1 b6 $2 {Diagram [#]} (
6... Qb6 7. Nxd5 Qxb3 (7... Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Qb4+ 9. Bd2 Qxb2 10. Rc1 $14) 8. Nxf6+
exf6 9. axb3 $16) (6... Bc8 7. Bf4 $16) 7. e3 $2 (7. Bg5 $1 e6 8. e4 $1 dxe4 9.
Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Ne5 $18) 7... e6 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qa4 h5
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. O-O a6 15. Bxd7+ (15. Bc6 $1 Ra7 (15... Rb8 16.
Qxa6 $16) 16. Nb5 $16) 15... Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. e4 dxe4 19.
fxe4 Bg6 20. e5 Bc7 21. Na4 Rhd8 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Be3 Bd3 24. Rfd1 Bb5 25. Nc3
Bc4 26. b3 Bd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rc2 Bb8 29. Rdc1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rc8 31. Rxc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nxd4 (6. Qxd4 $1 $14)
6... e5 7. Nf3 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 f5 11. e3 Be6 12. Bb5 e4
13. Ne5 Rc8 14. O-O Nf6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be2 Bb3 18. Rac1 O-O 19.
Nd1 Rfd8 20. Ba5 Rd7 21. Ba6 Rb8 22. g3 Bd5 23. Bc3 Ng4 24. b4 Ne5 25. Bxe5
Bxe5 26. Nc3 Bf7 27. Rfd1 Rbd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bh5 31.
Bc4+ Kf8 32. Bb3 Bxd1 33. Bxd1 Bb2 34. a4 Bc3 35. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Black "Smith III, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. e4 Qb6 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Rac1 c5 16. d5 Nb6 17. dxe6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 fxe6 19. Ng5 e5 20. Qb3+ c4 21. Bxb6
(21. Nxb5 $1) 21... cxb3 $2 (21... Qxb6 22. Bxc4+) (21... Qc6 $1) 22. Bxc7 Ne8
23. Bxe5 (23. Ne6 $1) 23... Bxg5 24. axb3 Nf6 25. f3 Be3+ 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Bd4
Bf4 28. Bf2 Nh5 29. Nd5 Ng3+ 30. Bxg3 Bxg3 31. Rd2 Kf7 32. Bd1 h5 33. b4 Rc8
34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Bxd5 36. exd5 Bd6 37. Bf5 Bxb4 38. Bc8 a5 39. Ba6 a4 40.
Bxb5 a3 41. bxa3 Bxa3 42. g3 h4 43. g4 Kf6 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Bc4 Kf4 46. Kf2 Bc5+
47. Kg2 Bd6 48. Bb3 Bc5 49. Bc2 Bd6 50. Bd1 Bc5 51. Be2 Bd6 52. Bf1 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1538"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 e6 3. f4 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc2 b6 8. Be2 Bb7
9. Nf3 Nf5 10. O-O d4 11. c4 Be7 12. g4 Nh6 13. h3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Ng8 15. a3 a5
16. a4 f6 17. Na3 Na7 18. Qb3 Qc6 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22.
f5 exf5 23. gxf5 O-O-O 24. Bf4 g6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Ne5 gxf5 27. Bf3 Ne7 28.
Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nc6 Rde8 30. Bh6 Rhg8+ 31. Kh1 Rg6 32. Rxf5 Rxh6 33. Rxd5 Rxh3+
34. Kg2 Rxd3 35. Rf1 Re2+ 36. Kh1 Rh3+ 37. Kg1 Rh6 38. Rd6 Rg6+ 39. Kh1 Re4 40.
Rf2 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Be5+ 42. Nxe5 Rxd6 43. Rf8+ Rd8 44. Rxd8+ Kxd8 45. Nc4 d3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Nh6 4. d3 b6 5. c3 c5 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Na3 d4
9. O-O Nf5 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Nxh4 b5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qxh4 15.
f5 e5 16. Bf3 Qf6 17. Qe2 Qxd6 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. Bg3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qxd3 21. Qg2
Na5 22. Bxb7+ Nxb7 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. Bxe5+ Ka8 25. Rf3 Qe2 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. Qd5
Rhd8 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Raf1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1538"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. d3 e6 5. c3 d4 6. c4 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nh6 9.
Nbd2 Be7 10. Ne4 Nf5 11. O-O h5 12. Nfg5 h4 13. Bh5 g6 14. Bg4 Na5 15. Bd2 Qc7
16. Qe2 Rd8 17. Rab1 Nc6 18. Bh3 a5 19. a3 a4 20. b3 axb3 21. Rxb3 Na5 22. Bxa5
bxa5 23. Rfb1 Bc6 24. Rb6 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 O-O 27. Rb7 Qc8 28. Bxf5
exf5 29. Qxh4 Qe6 30. Qf4 Rfe8 31. Re1 Rb8 32. Qf3 Rxb7 33. Qxb7 Qe7 34. Qc6
Rb8 35. Qf6 Qe6 36. h4 Rb3 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qxa5 Rxd3 39. Qxc5 Rc3 40. Qxd4
Rxc4 41. Qf2 Ra4 42. Re3 Qb6 43. g3 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Rc4 (44... Rd4) 45. Re2 Qb7+
46. Kh2 Rc1 47. Qg2 Qa7 48. Ra2 $2 (48. e6 $1 fxe6 49. Rxe6 $18) 48... Qc7 49.
Qb2 $2 (49. e6) 49... Re1 $2 (49... f4 $1 50. gxf4 Qc4 $17) 50. e6+ Kh7 51.
exf7 Qxf7 52. a4 $2 (52. Qf2) 52... f4 53. g4 f3 (53... Qd5 54. Qg2 f3) 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Na3 Bg7 7. Nc2 Rb8 8. Be3 b5
9. e5 Nd5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Be2 b4 13. d4 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bf5 16. Ne5 Bxc2 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qe4 20. Kd2 Bxd4 21.
Qxe4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. c3 Nec6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Nd7 8. O-O
f5 9. d4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Nf8 11. Nb3 a5 12. Be3 b6 13. Rc1 a4 14. Na1 Ng6 15. Bb5
Bd7 16. Bxa4 Nb8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. a3 {White later blundered in a completely
winning position . Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Erkhes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Ng5 $6 (5. d3) (5. Nc3) 5... O-O
6. Nc3 h6 (6... d6) 7. Nf3 (7. Nxf7 Rxf7 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 7... d6 8. h3 Be6 9.
Bd5 (9. Bxe6 fxe6) (9. Bb3 Bxb3 10. axb3) (9. d3 Bxc4 10. dxc4) 9... Bxd5 10.
exd5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nf5 Ne7 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16.
Qh5 Ng6 {Diagram [#]} (16... Ng8 $1 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bb2+ f6) (16... Rh8 17. b4
Bb6 18. Bb2+ f6 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. Re6 Re8 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Qxh6
Re2 24. Rf1 Rh8) 17. Bxh6+ (17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bf6) 17... Kg8 18.
Bg5 $2 (18. Bxf8 Qxf8) 18... Qd7 19. Rfe1 (19. Rae1 Qf5 20. g4 Qxc2) 19... Qf5
20. Rf1 f6 21. g4 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxf4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nh5 8.
Be3 g6 9. Nd4 Ng7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Bc3 Bg5 14. Nc4 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Be3+ 17. Kh1 d4 18. Bb4 c5 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qc7 21.
Bf3 Rb8 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. b3 Rbd8 24. Qf2 f5 25. Rae1 Ng5 26. Qh4 Nxf3 27. Rxf3
Bb7 $2 {Diagram [#]} (27... Rde8 $15) 28. Re7 $18 Rd7 29. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. d3 e6 4. f4 d4 5. c3 c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 Nh6
9. O-O Ng4 10. h3 Ne3 11. Bxe3 dxe3 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Ne4 O-O {
White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc2
O-O 9. Ne3 Rc8 10. O-O b5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 b4 13. g4 Qc7 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qe2
Nb6 16. Qg2 bxc3 17. bxc3 c4 18. d4 Na4 19. Bd2 Nxd4 20. cxd4 c3 21. Rac1 Qb6
22. Ng4 cxd2 23. Rxc8 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. e5 Qxf4+ 27. Kh1 dxe5
28. Qe2 Nc3 29. Qd3 Rc1 30. Qf1 Rxd1 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Na3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O Nc6
9. Nc2 Rb8 10. Ne3 b5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f5 d5 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. exd5
Ne5 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Rb6 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Rb1 Bh3 20. Re1 Neg4 21. Bf1 Bxf1
22. Nxf1 Rfb8 23. Qe2 R8b7 24. Ng5 Nh6 25. b3 Nf5 26. Ne4 Qe5 27. Nxc5 Qd4+ 28.
Be3 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Ng4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Bxc5 32. Ng3 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nxc4 34.
Ne4 Ne5+ 35. Ke2 Bd6 36. Rec1 Rb4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Ng5 Rg4 39. Nf3 Rg2+ 40. Ke3
Nxf3 41. Kxf3 {and White resigned in a few.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxf4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. d4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Nxg5 14. Be2 Ne4
15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qg5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. c3 Rad8 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20. Nxe4 Qe3+
21. Nf2 Ng6 22. Qb3 b6 23. Rae1 Qg5 24. Nh3 Qd5 25. Qc2 c5 26. Rf5 Qxa2 27. Rh5
cxd4 28. Nf4 Rde8 29. Rd1 dxc3 30. Nd3 cxb2 31. Nxb2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Nc4 Qc5 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Rc1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Bb5+
Kf8 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Bc4 e6 17. Nd3 Qc6 18. Bb4+ Kg8 19. Qe2 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4
21. O-O Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. g4 Bd7 24. Ne5 Rhd8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bb5 Rd5 27.
Bc4 Rdd8 28. Kg2 Bxb2 29. Rce1 Nd2 30. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rc3 33.
f5 Rh3 34. Re4 Rhxh2+ 35. Kg1 Rdg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6 15.
Nd2 f6 16. Nf3 d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bf3 Rfd8 20. Bc1 Rac8 21. Bd2
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qc7 23. Bb4 f5 24. Qd2 Rd7 25. Rf2 Qc6 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Qb4 Qc5
28. Qa5 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. a4 b4 31. a5 Rb7 32. Ra4 Ra3 33. Rxa3 bxa3 34.
Rf1 a2 35. Kf2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Nc2 f6 11. d4 b5 12. a3 Na5 13. Ne3 c4 14. Kh1 Nb3 15. Rb1
Kh8 16. f5 Nb6 17. Nd2 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 fxe5 19. dxe5 exf5 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Nd4 Qd7
22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Qe2 Bg5 24. Rcd1 g6 25. Nec2 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Na4 27. Nxe6 Qxe6
28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Qf2 Nc5 30. Qg3 Bh6 31. h4 Ne4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. h5 Bg7 34.
hxg6 Qxg6 35. Qh3 Rxe5 36. Rf1 Red5 37. Qe3 Qh6+ 38. Qxh6 Bxh6 39. Rde1 Rf8 40.
g4 fxg4 41. Rxf8+ Bxf8 42. Rxe4 h5 43. Re8 Kg7 44. Ra8 Rd6 45. Ra7+ Kg6 {
Black is winning on the board but had no time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1538"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 h5 4. d3 g6 5. c3 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Be3 Nf5
9. Bf2 Bh6 10. g3 Bh3 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Bg2 15. Rg1
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {Diagram [#]} Nxe5 $1 17. Bxh5 $1 Nd7 (17... gxh5 18. Qxh5 Nxd3+
19. Ke2 Nxb2 20. Qxh6 $11) 18. Bg4 c5 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Qf2 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qb5 22.
O-O-O Qxd3 23. Be3 Qa6 24. Kb1 Rfc8 25. h4 Nf6 26. Bf3 Qa5 27. g4 Nd7 28. h5 b5
29. hxg6 b4 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Bd2 $2 {This tense battle changes on a dime.} (
31. f5 $1 bxc3 32. fxe6 Rab8 (32... Ne5 33. Bxd5 Rab8 34. Bg5) 33. exd7 $18)
31... bxc3 32. Bxc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rab8+ 34. Kc1 Qa3+ 35. Kd2 Rb2+ 36. Ke3 d4+
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 dxe5 5. fxe5 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. O-O O-O-O 8.
Bxc6 Qxc6 9. d3 f6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Qe1 h5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 g4
15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Rf1 Rh5 17. e6 Rd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nc4 Bd4+ 21.
Ne3 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Qf4+ 23. Kg1 Bxe3+ 24. Rf2 g3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4) 2... d5 $1 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Qa4+ Bd7
(4... Nd7 5. Qxe4 (5. Nxe5 Qe7 $17) 5... Ngf6 $17) 5. Qxe4 Nc6 6. Nxe5 $2 (6.
d4) 6... Qe7 7. d4 f6 $19 8. Bc4 fxe5 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. O-O g6 11. Na3 exd4 12.
Qd5 Be6 13. Qb5 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Qf7 $19 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Na3 Be7
9. Nc2 Nf5 10. g4 Nh4 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Qe1 f6 14. Kg2 fxe5 15.
fxe5 Qc7 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 19. Rf2 Qc6 20. Bf4 Bf6 21.
Qe3 Rac8 22. g5 Be7 23. h4 Bd6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qc7 26. Qe3 Qf4 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc4 29. Kg3 Kf7 30. h5 Ke7 31. Re1 Kd6 32. Bg4 Rcc8 33. Re5 Rfe8
34. Be2 Rc1 35. Bd3 Rh8 36. Kg2 Rcc8 37. Rf2 Rcf8 38. Rxf8 Rxf8 39. Bxh7 Rf4
40. h6 gxh6 41. g6 Rxd4 42. Re2 (42. Rg5 $1 {
looks good, but there is a defense Fritz:} Rd2+ (42... hxg5 $2 43. g7) 43. Kf3
(43. Kg1 Be8 44. g7 Bf7) 43... d4 44. g7 Bc6+ 45. Kg4 Rg2+) 42... Rg4+ 43. Kf3
e5 44. Rg2 Rxg2 45. Kxg2 Bf5 $19 46. Kf3 Ke6 $4 (46... Ke7) 47. Bg8+ Kf6 48.
Bxd5 Kxg6 $4 {an oversight--I had planned to play ...b6 first} 49. Bxb7 Kg5 50.
b4 h5 51. a4 h4 52. a5 Bd3 53. Bc6 a6 54. b5 h3 55. b6 e4+ 56. Kg3 e3 57. b7 e2
58. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Standen, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. c3 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Be2 Qb6 8. O-O
c4+ 9. d4 g6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. Nc2 Bg7 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qd8 15.
g4 f5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Qg2 Kh8 18. b3 b5 19. Ba3 Rg8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. bxc4 bxc4
{Diagram [#]} (21... fxg4 {was forced keeping White's advantage to a minimum.})
22. Nxc4 $1 fxg4 23. Nd6 $1 Nf5 24. Rb7 $1 Qxd6 (24... Qxb7 25. Nxb7 gxf3 26.
Qxf3 $18) 25. exd6 Ne3 26. Qe2 Nxf1 27. Bxg4 Nxh2 28. Kxh2 Rgf8 29. Bxe6 Rxf4
30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qe5+ Rf6 32. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Tuck, Drew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 h6 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Nxf7 Bxc6 12. Nxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Bc5 14.
d3 O-O 15. Be3 Bd4 16. Nc3 e4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Ne2 Rb4 19. b3 exd3 20. cxd3
Bb5 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Nc1 Rbd4 23. h3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Kf1
Rd2 27. a4 Rb2 28. Ra3 Ne4 29. f3 Rxb3 30. Ra2 Nc3 31. Rc2 Ra3 32. a5 Nb5 33.
Rc5 Rxa5 34. Kf2 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 Nd6 36. h4 a5 37. Rd5 Nc4 38. Kh3 a4 39. g4 a3
40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 Kf7 42. f4 Ra1 43. f5 a2 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45. f6 gxf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Black "Viswanath, Ganesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1538"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 d5 5. e5 d4 6. d3 Bg7 7. c4 Nh6 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. Ne4 f6 10. Nxc5 $4 {Diagram [#]} Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Be2 fxe5 13. fxe5
Nxe5 14. O-O Bf5 15. b4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qc7 17. Bd5+ e6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Re1 Ng4
20. c5 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Bc4 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 Qf6 24. Qc1 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Qf2+
26. Kh1 Qd2 27. Bc4 Qxc1 28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. Rxc1 e2 30. Bc4 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. g4 e5 2. d3 Ne7 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Nbc6 6. c4 d6 7. h3 Ng6 8. Nc3
Be6 9. a3 Bg7 10. b4 f5 11. f3 e4 $1 $19 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Bc3+ 14. Kf2 f4
15. dxc6 fxg3+ 16. Kxg3 Qf6 17. dxe4 Bxa1 (17... Bd4 $1) 18. cxb7 Rb8 19. e3
Qe5+ 20. Kf2 Qb2+ 21. Ne2 O-O 22. Bg2 Ne5 23. Re1 (23. Qxa1 $4 Nd3+) 23... Qxa3
(23... c5 24. Qxa1 Nd3+ 25. Kf1 Qd2) 24. Qxa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Nd3+ 26. Kg3 $17
Rxb7 27. Nd4 Nxb4 28. Nf5 Kh7 29. h4 Nc2 30. Rc1 gxh4+ 31. Kxh4 Rxf5 $2 {
Diagram [#]} (31... Rb2) 32. exf5 (32. gxf5 $1 Nxe3 33. Bh3 {
leaves the Black knight in a very precarious situation.} c5 34. Kg3 Rb3 (34...
Kg7 35. Rc3 Nd1 36. Rd3) 35. Ra1) 32... Nxe3 33. Bh1 c5 34. Rc3 Nd1 35. Rc2 $2
(35. Rc1) 35... Rb2 36. Rxb2 Nxb2 37. f4 c4 $2 (37... Nd3 $19) 38. g5 $11 Nd3
39. f6 Nxf4 40. Be4+ Ng6+ (40... Kg8 $4 41. gxh6 $18) 41. Kh5 hxg5 42. Kxg5 d5
43. Bxg6+ Kg8 44. Kf4 d4 45. Ke5 d3 46. Kd6 Kf8 47. Kc5 d2 48. Bh5 d1=Q 49.
Bxd1 Kf7 50. Kxc4 Kxf6 51. Kb5 Ke7 52. Ka6 Kd6 53. Kxa7 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 Ne7 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. h3 Be6 8. Qc2
h5 9. gxh5 Rxh5 10. Nf3 N8d7 11. d4 Qf6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. O-O-O Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qh6
15. Qd2 O-O-O 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Kb1 Qg6+ 18. Ka1 Qxg2 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Nxc5 Bd5
21. Qb4 b6 22. Nd3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Nf4 Bxf3 25. exf3 Rxe5 26. e4 Nc5 27.
b4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rg1 g6 31. Kb2 Ke7 32. Kc3 Kf6 33. Kd4
Rd6+ 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Kf4 c5 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Rc4 Rc6 39. e5+ Ke6
40. Ke4 Ra6 41. Rxc5 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 Rxa2 43. f4 Kf5 44. Rc7 Ra3+ 45. Kd4 Ra4+ 46.
Kd5 Ra5+ 47. Kd6 Ra6+ 48. Kd5 Ra5+ 49. Kd6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Smith, David A"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O d5 7. d3 d4 8. Nb1
Bf5 9. Bg5 Ne8 10. Qc1 Qd7 11. Bh6 Na6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. g4 Bxg4
15. Ne5 Qf5 16. Qxg4 Qxe5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Bf3 h6 20. Kh1 g5 21. Qg3
Qxg3 22. hxg3 e5 23. Rab1 Nc5 24. b4 Na4 25. Rfe1 Nc3 26. Rb2 e4 27. Bg2 Ng4
28. dxe4 Nxf2+ 29. Kg1 fxe4 30. Rc2 e3 31. Nb3 Nfe4 32. Bf3 Nxg3 33. Nxd4 Rxd4
34. Rxc3 g4 35. Bg2 Nf5 36. Rec1 Rd2 37. R1c2 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 h5 39. Be4 Nd4 40.
Rb2 Rf2+ 41. Kg3 Nxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Smith, David A"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Rb1 f5 7. a3 e4 8. dxe4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 fxe4 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. a4 Qe7 14. f4 exf3
15. Nxf3 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd4 Rae8 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Ne4
21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qd3 Qg3 23. Qf1+ Kg7 24. Rb2 Rf8 25. Qe2 Rf2 26. Qxf2 Nxf2
27. Rxf2 Qh4 28. Bd2 Qxc4 29. Rf4 Qe2 30. Rf2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa4 32. g4 g5 33.
Rf5 h6 34. Kg3 Qe4 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Qg2 37. g5 Qh2+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kf3
Qxd2 40. Kf4 Qxc3 41. Ke4 Qc2+ {White ran out of time.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Smith, David A"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. c5 Bc7 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. O-O Bh5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qb2
21. Rd4 Qxa2 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Re2 Qa1+ 24. Kf2 Qc3 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 g6 27.
Nf1 Nd7 28. Ra3 a6 29. Nd2 Ne5 30. Rb3 f5 31. g3 Kf7 32. Ra3 h5 33. h4 Kg7 34.
Rb3 Nf7 35. Rd3 g5 36. hxg5 Nxg5 {Remaining few moves missing.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Smith, David A"]
[Black "Snead, Fianna McCarty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "772"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Na5 8.
Qa4+ c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Ba3 Bd7 11. Ng3 Nd4 12. Qd1 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxd6
Ne4 15. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rc8 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bd4 Rd8 19. f3 Nd6 20. c5 Nc4
21. Bxc4 Kf8 22. e4 Rc8 23. exf5 Rc6 24. Kf2 b6 25. Bd5 Rc8 26. c6 Rd8 27. c7
Re8 28. Bb7 h6 29. Rhe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 b5 31. c8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxe5+ Be7 4. c3 Nc6 5. Qf4 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qe3
Bg5 9. f4 Bh6 10. Nf3 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. g3 c6 15. Bd2
b5 16. Qe2 a5 17. Qg2 Kh8 18. h4 Ne7 19. Ng5 Bg8 20. Nh2 g6 21. Nhf3 Qe8 22.
O-O-O Nc8 23. Kb1 Nb6 24. Rh2 c5 25. dxc5 Nc4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nd4 e3 28. Bc1
b4 29. b3 Nd2+ 30. Bxd2 exd2 31. Qxd2 a4 32. cxb4 axb3 33. axb3 Ra3 34. Kb2 Qa8
35. Kc3 Qd5 36. Qc2 {White won on time} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Eastham, Asher Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 d6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Ne2 Be6 8. d3 d5
9. Bb3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Bxh6 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bxh6 14. Qxf6 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Rad8 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. Qxh6 fxe4 18. Qg5+ Kh7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Qxe4 f6 21.
Na3 Rf7 22. Qg4+ Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rfd7 24. Rfe1 a6 25. Nc4 Kg7 26. Ne3 Ne7 27.
Rad1 Kg6 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Kg5 31. Ne3 Kf4 32. Kf1 b5 33. b4
c6 34. Ke2 e4 35. g3+ Ke5 36. Nc2 Nd5 37. Nd4 Nxb4 {Diagram [#]} 38. f4+ $1 Kd5
39. g5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O c6 5. d4 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8.
c3 e4 9. b3 g6 10. a4 a5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 h5 13. Nc2 h4 14. Ne3 Qc7 15.
Rc1 Kf8 16. c4 Qd6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qc2 Kg7 19. Qc7 Qb4 20. Qc3 hxg3 21. fxg3
Qb6 22. Qd2 Qxb3 23. Rb1 Qxa4 24. Rxb7 Qc6 25. Rb2 a4 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Ra1 Rh5
28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Rxb4 a3 30. Ra2 Rhh8 31. Nc2 Rhc8 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Nxa3 Rc1+
34. Bf1 Ng4 35. Rb1 Rc3 36. Nb5 Rc4 37. Bh3 Ndf6 38. Bxg4 Nxg4 39. h3 Ne3 40.
Nd6 Rxd4 41. Rb2 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 d4 43. g4 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 d3 45. exd3 Rf3+ 46. Kh2
exd3 47. Ne4 d2 48. Nxd2 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rxd2 $1 {and Black went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 Na5 7. Nbc3 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 c6 9. Be3 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Bc1 Rd7
15. Ba3 Rad8 16. Ng3 h5 17. Rfe1 h4 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Ne2 Bh6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Nd5
cxd5 22. cxd5 Nxh3+ $2 (22... Bxh3 {with equal chances.}) 23. gxh3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5a3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Be6 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Re1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qd7
15. Ned5 Bd8 16. f3 h6 17. Be3 Nh7 18. g4 Nf6 19. h3 Rc6 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. b3 b5
22. cxb5 Rxc3 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. bxa6 d5 25. Rc1 Qa5 26. Rc5 Qa3 27. Rc6 d4 28.
Bc1 Qe7 29. Qc2 Bd7 30. Rc7 Bxc7 31. Qxc7 Rc8 32. Qb7 Qd8 33. a7 Ra8 34. a3 (
34. Ba3 Qc8 35. Qb6 Bc6 36. Rc1 Nd7 37. Qxc6 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 Rxa7 39. Rc8+ Kh7
40. Bd6 Rxa2 41. Kf1 f6 42. Rc7 Nb6 43. Bf8 Kg8 44. Bxg7 d3 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46.
Kd1 Rf2 47. Bxf6 Rxf3 48. Bxe5 Rxh3 49. Kd2 Rf3 50. Rb7) 34... Qc8 35. Qb6 Bc6
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Qf6 5. Ne2 Qxf3 6. gxf3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8.
Nbc3 Nge7 9. Bh6 Be6 10. Bb3 O-O-O 11. h4 Rhg8 12. Bg5 Rde8 13. Rh2 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O-O c6 16. Bf6 b5 17. Ne2 Bb6 18. f4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bc7 20. fxe5
dxe5 21. Ng1 c5 22. Nf3 Nc6 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxf7 Rgf8 25. Bg7 Rxf7 26. Bxh6 Nd4
27. Rg2 Bd8 28. Rh1 Re6 29. Be3 Be7 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Ne2+ 32. Kd2 Nf4 33.
Rg8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Rh8 Ng6 36. Rh7 Re7 37. Rh5 Re6 38. Rf5 Be7 39. Rf7
Kd8 40. Rg7 Ke8 41. b4 cxb4 42. Bxa7 Nf8 43. Rg1 Rg6 44. Ra1 Bg5+ 45. Ke2 Ne6
46. Ra5 Nc7 47. Bb8 Ne6 48. Bxe5 Nf4+ 49. Kf3 Ne6 50. Rxb5 Bf6 51. Bxf6 Rxf6+
52. Ke3 Rh6 53. Rxb4 Rh3+ 54. Kd2 Rh2 55. Ke1 Rh1+ 56. Ke2 Nf4+ 57. Kf3 Ne6 58.
Rc4 Rh3+ 59. Kg4 Rh2 60. f4 Rg2+ 61. Kf5 Ng7+ 62. Ke5 Rh2 63. b4 Kd7 64. b5 Ne6
65. f5 Nd8 66. Kd5 Rh6 67. e5 Rh5 68. b6 Rxf5 69. Rc7+ Ke8 70. b7 Nxb7 71. Rxb7
Kd8 72. c4 Kc8 73. Rh7 Rf3 74. d4 Rf8 75. e6 Rd8+ 76. Kc6 Rxd4 77. Rh8+ Rd8 78.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 79. Kb7 Ke7 80. c5 Kxe6 81. c6 Kd6 82. c7 Kd5 83. c8=Q Kd6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxe5+ Be7 4. d3 d5 5. Qf4 dxe4 6. dxe4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 Bd6 9. Qh4 {Diagram [#]} Ne5 (9... Nxe4 $5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe4 Re8 12.
f3 f5 $11) 10. f3 Be6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Bg5 Ned7 13. f4 Bb4 14. f5 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxa2 16. Kb2 Qc5 17. Kxa2 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Re5 19. Nf3 Qa5+ 20. Kb2 Rc5 21.
Qe1 Ng4 22. Nd4 Nf2 23. Nb3 Nxd1+ 24. Kc1 Qa3+ 25. Kxd1 Rc6 26. Bc1 Qd6 27. g3
a5 28. Bf4 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Nd4 Rb6 31. Kd2 c5 32. Nf3 Qd6 33. e5 Qd8 34.
Qe4 a4 35. Ra1 a3 36. Qc4 Rb2 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Qe7 39. h4 b5 40. Qe4 g6 41.
Qxa8+ Kg7 42. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4
Nb4 9. Bb3 d5 10. Bd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. c3 Nc6 13. Na3 Na5 14. Bc2 Be6 15.
Be3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Rfd8 17. Nc1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Rd7 19. O-O Rad8 20. Rfd1 Nh5 21. a5
Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nh5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nf4 27. Bc2
Bf8 28. Nb1 Bh6 29. Kh2 Bf8 30. Nd2 Be7 31. Nb3 f5 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. Bb3+ Kh8 34.
g3 Nh5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Ne6 Nxg3 37. Bh6 Bxe6 38. Bxe6 f4 39. Bc8 b6 40. Bxa6
bxa5 41. Bd3 a4 42. h4 Bxh4 43. Kh3 Be7 44. Kg4 a3 45. bxa3 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
d5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 e6 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nd4 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 exd5 13. Nb5 O-O 14. a3
Nb3 15. axb4 Nxa1 16. Be7 Bd7 17. Nd6 Ba4+ 18. Kd2 Nb3+ 19. Ke3 Rfe8 20. Nxe8
Rxe8 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bd4 f5 23. g3 g5 24. Bf6 f4+ 25. gxf4 d4+ 26. Bxd4 gxf4+
27. Kxf4 Nxd4 28. Rg1+ Kf7 29. e3 Ne6+ 30. Kxe4 Ng5+ 31. Kf5 Bd7+ 32. Kf4 Nh3+
33. Bxh3 Bxh3 34. Rg5 Be6 35. Ke5 Rd8 36. Ke4 Rd2 37. Rh5 Kg6 38. Re5 Kf6 39.
Rh5 Bf7 40. Rh6+ Bg6+ 41. Kf3 Rxb2 42. Rh4 Rc2 43. Rd4 Rc7 44. h4 Ke6 45. Kg3
b5 46. Rd8 Rc4 47. Ra8 Rxb4 48. Rxa7 Ra4 49. Rb7 b4 50. f3 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Smith III, Robert"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nb4 7. a3 $2 (7. Be3
Bf5 8. Bd3 Nxd3+ 9. Nxd3 g6 $11) 7... Qxd4 $1 8. axb4 Qxe5+ 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Nc3
Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Qe4 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nd7 14. f4 e5 15. Nc2 Be7 16. O-O O-O
17. Bd2 Bf6 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Ne3 Bg5 (20... Bd8 21. Nf5 Bc7 $19)
21. Nf5 Nxc4 22. Nxg7 Re2 23. Nf5 Ne3 24. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Re8 (25... Bd2)
26. Rae1 Bb6 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd6 Bc7 31. Rd3 Ke8 32.
Rh3 f6 33. g4 Be5 34. Kg2 Kd7 35. Rd3+ Ke6 36. h4 h5 37. Kf3 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4
Rg7+ 39. Kh3 Bxc3 40. bxc3 f5 41. Rd4 Ke5 42. h5 b6 43. Rh4 c5 44. h6 Rh7 45.
b5 Kf6 46. Kg3 Kg5 47. Rh3 Rxh6 48. Rxh6 Kxh6 49. Kf4 Kg6 50. Kf3 Kg5 51. Kg3
f4+ 52. Kf3 c4 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Smith III, Robert"]
[Black "Giridharan, Durgashankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1199"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. h3
a6 9. f4 e6 10. g4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. a4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ng3 Ne8 15. Nce2
Nd6 16. c3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8
22. gxf5 Ne7 23. Bg2 Nexf5 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Qd2 Rbe8 26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27. Kh2 Nh4
28. Be4 Qe6 29. Ng1 c4 $1 $17 30. Rae1 Rxf4 $3 31. Rxf4 Be5 (31... Qd6 $1 32.
Kh1 Bh6 33. Ref1 Rxe4 $19) 32. Kh1 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Qe7 $2 {Diagram [#]} (33...
cxd3 $1 34. Qxh4 d2 $15) 34. Bd5 $1 Qd8 35. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Smith III, Robert"]
[Black "Murugappan, Ganesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 h6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf4 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 e5 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Rad8
15. Qc2 e4 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Rxd5 (19. g4 $1) 19...
Nxg3 $1 20. Qxf5 Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 Rxf5 22. Rxe5 Rxf4 23. Rxe7 Rd2 24. Rxb7 Rf7 25.
Rb5 Nf4 26. a4 g6 27. a5 Nd3 $2 28. Bd5 Nxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rdxf2 30. Rb7 (30. b4
$16) 30... Kf8 31. Rxf7+ $4 (31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. a6 $14) 31... Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Kxf7
33. b4 cxb4 34. cxb4 Ke6 35. b5 Kd6 36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Kc6 38. Kg2 Kxb6 39.
Kf3 Kc5 40. Ke4 Kd6 41. Kf4 Kd5 42. h4 Kd4 43. Kg3 Ke3 44. Kg4 Ke4 45. Kg3 h5
46. Kh2 Kf3 47. Kh3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Smith III, Robert"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. c3 Ba5 10. d4 e4 11. f3 f5 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. Qxd5 Qe7
15. fxe4 Rd8 16. Qb5 Bb6 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Rxf5 Nxd4 19. Qxd7 Nxf5+ 20. Nxb6 Bxd7
21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bxb7 Rf8 24. Bf4 h6 25. h4 Rf6 26. Bd5 a6 27.
Re1 Bd7 28. Re7 Bh3 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Be4+ Bf5 31. Be5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Snead, Fia McCarty"]
[Black "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "766"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qg5 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Qf3 Qxe5+ 7. Nge2 Bd6
8. d4 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14.
Rad1 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. b3 c4 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rb1 e5 20. Kf1
d4 21. a4 dxc3 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Rxd7 Rb1+ 25. Rd1 Rxd1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Snead, Fia Mccarty"]
[Black "Newey, Richard H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "766"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Bg4 Qd7 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. Na4 Rad8 16. Qd2 Qf7 17. Qd3 Bg5 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Rad1 d5 20. exd5 exd5
21. Rfe1 e4 22. Nc3 Qc5 23. Rf1 Rf7 24. Rde1 Rdf8 25. Nd1 Qd4 26. c3 Qb6 27.
Ne3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxb2 29. Ra1 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 31. Qe1 Qxe1+ 32. Rf1 Qxf1#
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.50"]
[White "Snead, Fianna McCarty"]
[Black "Donaldson, Kyle Ga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "772"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ng4 8. Bb5
Qc7 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Ba5 axb5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8+ Nxa5 14. Nb6 Qc7
15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qe2 Qc5 18. Nb3 Qc8 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21.
b3 Qb4+ 22. Kf1 Nd2+ 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Rd1 Ndxe4 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Nc3 27.
Rd3 Nxa2 28. Ra3 Nb4 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. c3 Na6 31. g3 Bg7 32. Rxh8 Bxh8 33. Kg2
Ne4 34. Re1 Bxc3 35. Rxe4 e6 36. Rf4 f5 37. Rf3 Bd4 38. Rd3 e5 39. f4 Kc6 40.
Kf3 e4+ 41. Ke2 exd3+ 42. Kxd3 Kc5 43. g4 Nb4+ 44. Kd2 Kxc4 45. gxf5 gxf5 46.
h4 b5 47. Ke2 Nd3 48. h5 b4 49. Kf3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Snead, Fianna McCarty"]
[Black "Zulkhuu, Jamyandag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "772"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Bb5 O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Na4 Bg4 10. Nxc5 dxc5 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Snead, Tallulah McCarty"]
[Black "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "160"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Bb7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qe2 e6 8.
d4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 a6 14. d5
Ne7 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rd2 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Nf5 20. Ne4
Nh4 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Nd2 a5 25. b3 b5 26. c4 bxc4 27.
bxc4 Rb8 28. Nf1 Rb2 29. Rd2 Nxf3+ 30. Kh1 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.53"]
[White "Snead, Tallulah McCarty"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "160"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. d6
Be6 9. Bxe6 Nxe6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. dxc7 Qxc7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bd4 14. Bb2 a6
15. Re1 Qb6 16. Rf1 Qd6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Qd1 Ba7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. d3 Bb8 21. c4
e4 22. cxd5 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.
Be2 Ngf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bb4 c5 14. Bc3
Qc7 15. g3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Qc2 Be5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxe4 b6 20. b4 Qc7
21. Rad1 (21. Rac1 $1 {Think goal: *not* to trade off all the rooks, but to
support the candidate passed pawn.}) 21... Rad8 $6 {
Here also, Black should think of getting White to devalue his majority.} (21...
Bc3) 22. a4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bf6 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. c5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 bxc5 27. Qxc5
$6 (27. bxc5 Qc6 28. Qb3 Qxc5 29. Qb8+ Qf8 30. Qxa7 {
Still gives White some glimmer of hope for an advantage.}) 27... Qxc5 28. bxc5
Be7 29. c6 Bd8 30. e4 Bb6 31. Kf1 e5 32. f4 f6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Bb3+ Kf8 35.
Ke2 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Bd5 Kc5 38. Kc3 a5 39. g4 g5 40. h3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qc2 g6 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 c4 11. Bf1 Bf5 12. Qd1 Bg7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. e4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 O-O 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Re1 g5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O c4 $2 ({
This is a classic mistake that takes the pressure off White's center and makes
the thematic e4 that much more effective.} 7... O-O {is correct.}) 8. Bc2 O-O
9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e4 e5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Rad1 Qd5 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Re8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. d5 f5 20. Bc2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bxf5 g6 25. Be4 b6 26. g3 fxg3 27. fxg3
Kf8 28. Nd3 Nf7 29. Kf2 Ng5 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. c4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1328"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Rd8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rad1 e5
15. h3 f5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bc1 Ba6 19. c4 e4 20. Ng5 e3 21. Bxe3
Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Qf2 Bxc4 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bxa2 {
Black is much better if not winning, but went on to lose.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Bf3 a6 14. g3 Re8
15. Be3 e5 16. Ne2 e4 17. Bg2 Ng4 18. Qd4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf5 20. Rad1 Qc7 21.
Nd4 Bc5 22. Qe2 Bg6 23. Qg4 Qb6 24. b4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rac8 26. Bxe4 Rxc3 27.
Red1 Rc1 28. Bxg6 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 fxg6 30. a3 Qe6 31. Rd8 Kf8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.
Qd3 Ke7 34. Qc3 Kf7 35. Qc7+ Qe7 36. Qf4+ Ke6 37. Qe4+ Kf7 38. Qf4+ Kg8 39.
Qc4+ Qf7 40. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Touset, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1152"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Qd6 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. h3 Ne4 14. f3 Ng3
15. e4 d4 16. Bd2 Qh5 17. Bf4 Qh4 18. Bxg3 Qxg3 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. e5 Be6 21. Qe2
dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf4 23. Rad1 Qa4 24. Rd2 c4 25. Bc2 Qa5 26. Red1 g6 27. Qe3 Rxd2
28. Rxd2 Qxa2 29. Bxg6 $4 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 f5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6
9. Nd4 Qc8 10. Bf3 d5 11. c4 c5 12. Ne2 Bd6 {
Black later won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Adams, Sophie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Nxe2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nbc3 c6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 b6 12. a6 Re8 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Nc5 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne4 20. Qb3 Nd2 21. Qb4
Nxf1 22. Kxf1 d5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nce2 Qxh2 25. Ng3 Qh4 26. Qb3 Qe7 27. Nc6 Qc7
28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Be5 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. f4 Bb2 32. Kf2 Re6 33. g4 Ba3 34.
Kf3 h6 35. Ng3 Bc5 36. e4 Rd6 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qc3 Qd7 39. Nb4 Bxb4 40. Qxb4
Rd3+ 41. Kg2 Kf7 42. f5 Qd6 43. Qc4+ Kg7 44. Ne2 Rd2 45. fxg6 Qd7 46. Qf7+ Qxf7
47. gxf7 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 c5 4. c4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. d3 a6 8. a4 axb5
9. axb5 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 dxc4 11. dxc4 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Qa2 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. O-O Rd8
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Qc1 Nb6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 f6 21.
Bf1 Qa8 22. h3 Qb8 23. Ra1 Qc7 24. Nd2 e5 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Be2 e4 27. Ra7 Bc8
28. Na5 Qb8 29. Nc6 bxc6 30. Qa5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. bxc6 Bxc6 33. Qxc5 Qc7
34. Qd4 Nd7 35. Bg4 Kf7 36. Bf5 Qb7 37. c5 g6 38. Bg4 Bd5 39. Be2 Qc6 40. Bb5
Qe6 41. Qa4 Ne5 42. Qa7+ Qe7 43. Qb6 Nd7 44. Bxd7 Qxd7 45. Qb8 Kg7 46. g4 g5
47. Kg2 Bb7 48. Qa7 h5 49. gxh5 Bc8 50. Qxd7+ Bxd7 51. Kg3 Kh6 52. f4 Kxh5 53.
fxg5 fxg5 54. h4 gxh4+ 55. Kf4 h3 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. c6 Bc8 58. c7 Kf6 59. Kf2 Ke5
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c4 b6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. d3 Bb7 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. a4 a5 12. Ra3 Rad8 13. Qa1 Bd6 14. g3 e5 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Nc4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rfe8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc6 Re7 20. f4 Ng4 21. d4
exd4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Qh6 24. Ra2 Nc5 25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Bc3 f6 27. Bd4 Nb3
28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Bxb6 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Bilguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1127"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 $2 (2... Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O) (2... d6) 3. b5 Nd4
4. e3 Nf5 5. Bxe5 d6 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ngf3 c6
11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 (13... Bxf5) 14. O-O Bb4 (14... Ba6) 15.
Rb1 Bc3 16. Rb3 Ba5 17. c4 dxc4 (17... Be6) 18. Nxc4 Be6 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Rb7
Qxa2 21. Ne5 Qa6 22. Rc7 Bd5 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Qb5 (25... f6)
26. h3 f6 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxc4 a5 30. Ra4 Ra8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32.
Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd7 (33... Kd6 34. Kc4 h5 $11) 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. e4 Re8 (35... h5
) 36. f3 Ra8 37. h4 h5 38. f4 Kc7 (38... g6) 39. Kc5 g6 40. Ra3 Ra6 41. Rg3 a4
42. Ra3 (42. Rxg6 a3) 42... Ra5+ 43. Kb4 {Diagram [#]} Kb6 (43... Rb5+ $1 44.
Kxa4 Rb2) 44. Rxa4 Rb5+ 45. Kc4 Rb2 46. Rb4+ Rxb4+ 47. Kxb4 Kc7 48. Kc5 Kd7 49.
d5 cxd5 50. Kxd5 Ke7 51. Kc6 Ke6 52. Kc7 f5 53. e5 Ke7 54. Kc6 Ke6 55. g3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. d3 Qb6 8. a4 a6
9. a5 Qc7 10. b6 Qd8 11. Be2 Bd6 12. g3 e5 13. Nbd2 e4 14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5
Qe7 16. h4 h6 17. Nh3 Ne5 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. O-O g5 21. Nh5 Nxh5 22.
Bxh5 Rg8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rad1 gxh4 25. Nxe4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 hxg3 27. Nd6+ Bxd6
28. Qxf5 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 Qxc4+ 31. Kf2 Qa2+ 32. Be2 Ke7 33. Qe4+
Qe6 34. Qxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rh1 Rg6 36. Rh5 Bb4 37. e4 Kd6 38. e5+ Kd7 39. Bd3 Rg7
40. Rxh6 Bxa5 41. Bc4 Bxb6+ 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Kd3 Bc5 44. Kc3 b5 45. Ba2 a5 46.
Rh1 a4 47. Rc1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 d5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. a3
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bh3 13. Re1 Nfg4 14. Nc3 Qf6 15.
f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qf5 17. Nxd5 Nd3 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxd3 Qxd3 20. exf4 Nf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re3 Qd5 23. Rc1 Bg4 24. Rc5 Qd6 25. Qc2 b6 26. Rc6 Qd7 27. Nh4
Qd8 28. Qc3 Qd7 29. Rxf6 Rac8 30. Qb2 Rfe8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Ng2 Qe4 33. Ne3
Be2 34. Rf5 Rc6 35. Rg5+ Rg6 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Qc2 Bd3 38. Qc3 Ba6 39. Qe5 Qd3
40. Qd5 Qxa3 41. b5 Bc8 42. Qd8+ Qf8 43. Qxf8+ Kxf8 44. Kf2 Bd7 45. Ke1 Bxb5
46. Kd1 a5 47. Nd5 Ba4+ 48. Kc1 b5 49. Nc3 Bb3 50. Nxb5 a4 51. Kb2 Be6 52. Ka3
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 c6 2. c4 (2. e3 Qb6 $6 3. a3 a5 4. b5 cxb5 5. Nc3 b4 (5... Nf6) 6. axb4
Qxb4 $2 (6... Nf6) 7. Ba3 {gives White terrific compensation for the pawn.}) (
2. Bb2 $6 a5 3. a3 axb4 (3... Qb6 4. c4 $1 axb4 5. c5 Qc7 6. axb4 Rxa1 7. Bxa1
$14) 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 d5 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 $4 Qa7 10.
Bb2 Qa2 $19 {is a nice trap to remember.}) 2... d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 (4...
e5 $5 5. Bxe5 Bxb4) 5. Nf3 e6 6. b5 $2 (6. a3) 6... Bd6 7. Ne5 $2 O-O 8. Be2 a6
(8... Bxe5 9. Bxe5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Qd5 12. Bxf6 Qxg2 13. Rf1 gxf6
14. Nc3 Bg6 $17) 9. a4 axb5 10. axb5 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Nbd7 12. d4 $2 (12. f4)
12... Bxb1 13. Qxb1 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Ne4 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4) 15. Nf3 Ra8 16.
Bb2 Ba3 17. g3 Nd2+ $2 (17... Qb4 $19) 18. Nxd2 Qxd2 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Qd1 $2 (
20. bxc6 bxc6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qd1 $15) 20... Qa5 (20... Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 dxc4)
21. Kg2 dxc4 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc4 $11 g6 24. Qb1 Nb6 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Rc1 Nf6
27. Rc5 $4 {Diagram [#]} Qd2 $1 28. Bc4 Ng4 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qf4 Nxe3+ 31. Kh3
Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 e6 6. b5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
d4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nd7 11. Ra2 Qc7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Nd2 a5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
Nb3 Nxc5 16. Qc1 Ne4 17. f3 Nc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc3 19. Nd4 Qc4 20. Nb3 Rac8 21. Qd1
Rfd8 22. Qd3 b6 23. Rd1 g6 24. Ra3 Bb2 25. Ra2 Bc3 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. e4 d4 28.
Nc1 e5 29. Nd3 f6 30. Nf2 Kf7 31. Rd3 Rdc8 32. Nd1 Bb4 33. c3 Bxc3 34. Nxc3
Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. f4 Re3+ 39. Kd2 Rxe4 40. Rc2 Re3
41. Rc6+ Kd5 42. Rxb6 Ra3 43. Rxf6 Ra2+ 44. Kd1 Rxa4 (44... e4) 45. fxe5 Kxe5
46. Rf7 Rb4 47. Rxh7 Ke4 48. Rf7 Rxb5 49. h4 Kd3 50. Rf3+ Kc4 51. Rf6 Kc3 52.
Rc6+ Kd3 53. Kc1 a4 54. Rxg6 a3 55. Ra6 Rb3 56. g4 Ke4 57. Ra4 Ke3 58. Ra8 d3
59. Re8+ Kf3 60. g5 a2 61. Rf8+ Kg4 62. Ra8 Rb1+ 63. Kd2 a1=Q 64. Rxa1 Rxa1 65.
g6 Kxh4 66. g7 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. c4
Qc7 9. g3 Bh3 10. Re1 h6 11. Bf1 Bg4 12. Bg2 d5 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Bd6 15. a4
Be6 16. a5 b5 17. Qc3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Rab8 19. c5 Be7 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Rxb4 23. Bd4 Nd7 24. Rec1 Rfb8 25. Bf1 Bf6 26. Nf3 Bg4 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Nd4 Ne5 29. Kg2 Bd7 30. a6 Rb2 31. h3 R8b4 32. Rc2 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1 34. f4
Ng6 35. Bd3 Ra1 36. Rb2 Bc8 37. Rb8 Ne7 38. Nxc6 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1153"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 c6 4. c4 Qb6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. a4 a5 8. Nf3 d5 9.
c5 Qd8 10. b6 Na6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O Bf6 15. Nd2
Naxc5 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nb3 18. Qc3 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 c5 $4 20. Bb5 cxd4 21.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Bc3 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Bxb4 Nxb4 8.
a3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Qf6 11. d4 Nb6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qe2 Qg5 14. f4 Qh4+
15. g3 Qe7 16. Ngf3 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 19. Qe2 Qc3+ 20. Kf2 Nxd4
21. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Qb5 Qd2+ 24. Kh3 Re6 25. Rhd1 Rh6+ 26. Kg4 Qxh2
27. f5 Rb6 28. Qe5 h5+ 29. Kf4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Black "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 a6 5. a4 axb5 6. axb5 Rxa1 7. Bxa1 c5 8. c4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. d3 d4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. O-O Re8 14. Nbd2 e5 15.
Nb3 Bf8 16. Re1 b6 17. Bf1 Nbd7 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. g3 Qa8 20. Bg2 Nc5 21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. Nh4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Nd7 24. Qa1 Qf3 25. Qd1 Qb7 26. Nf4 Nf6 27. Nh5 Nxh5
28. Qxh5 e4 29. Qg4 h5 30. Qxh5 e3 31. fxe3 dxe3 32. d4 Bb4 33. Re2 Qe4 34. Qh4
Qd3 35. Qg4 Qxc4 36. Qd7 Re7 37. Qg4 Bd2 38. Kf1 Ra7 39. Qe4 Qxb5 40. d5 Qb3
41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. d6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Black "Batzel, Grant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 b6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. c4 c6 11. a4 Qc7 12. g3 cxb5 13. cxb5 Qc2 14. Bd4 Qxd1 15.
Rfxd1 Rc7 16. a5 Rfc8 17. a6 Ba8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Bg2 Bc5 20. Nb3 Bxd4 21. Nfxd4
Nc5 22. Rac1 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Ne8 26. d4 Kf8 27. Na2
Nd6 28. Bf1 Ke7 29. Nb4 f6 30. Kg2 e5 31. f3 exd4 32. exd4 Nf5 33. Nc2 Nd6 34.
Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke1 Kd7 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke1 Ke6 39. Kd2 Ke7 40. Kc3 Ke6
41. Kb4 Nf5 $4 (41... Ke7 42. Bd3 $16) 42. Bh3 (42. Nxf5 Kxf5 43. Bh3+ Kg6 44.
Bc8 {with Bb7 to follow was even faster.}) 42... g6 43. Nxf5 gxf5 {Diagram [#]}
44. f4 $1 {Zugzwang} Ke7 45. Bxf5 Kd6 46. g4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Black "Jibril, Warfa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d3 c5 5. b5 Bd7 6. c4 e4 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. Bd3 Ng5 10. Qxb7 Bc6 11. bxc6 Ne6 12. Qxa8 Qc7 13. Qb7 Qxb7 14. cxb7 Nd8
15. Be4 Be7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bc3 Rf8 18. Nf3 f5 19. Bd5 f4 20. exf4 Rxf4 21.
O-O h5 22. Nbd2 Nbc6 23. Bxc6+ Nxc6 24. Rfe1 Kd7 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Kc7 27.
Rb1 Kb8 28. Nf6 Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Nb4 30. Be7 Kxb7 31. a3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Black "Nelson, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1188"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Bc3 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. a3 Be7 8. d4
Ne4 9. c5 Bh4 10. g3 Bg5 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Ne2 {Diagram [#]} Nxf2 $1 13. Bxf5 (
13. Kxf2 Qxe3+) 13... Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Lee, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Be7 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. d3 Rb8 14. a3
Nd7 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. O-O Re8 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21.
b4 Bf7 22. Rac1 Rbd8 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. c4 a6 25. Nc3 Nf8 26. Rfe1 h6 27. b5 axb5
28. cxb5 Qd6 29. b6 Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Na4 e4 32. Nc5 Rxa3 33. b7 g5 34.
Bb4 Ra7 35. Nd2 Be7 36. Rb1 Bd5 37. Bc3 Bd6 38. Rb6 Bb8 39. g4 $1 Ra3 (39...
fxg4 40. Ndxe4 Bxe4 41. Nxe4 Re6 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Rexe6 Nxe6 44. Nxg4 $18) 40.
Bb4 Rh3 41. gxf5 Bxh2+ 42. Kg2 Rh4 43. Ndxe4 Bc7 44. f3 Rh2+ (44... Bxb6 45.
Nf6+) 45. Kg1 Bxe4 46. Rxe4 Rd8 47. b8=Q Rxb8 (47... Bxb8 48. Rxb8 Rxb8 49.
Kxh2 $18) 48. Rxb8 Bxb8 49. Re8 Bd6 50. Ne6 $4 {
This allows Black the possibility to trade knights. Correct was} (50. Ne4 Bxb4
51. Kxh2 Kf7 52. Rb8 $18) 50... Bxb4 51. Kxh2 Kf7 52. Ra8 {Diagram [#]} Bd6+ $4
{Neither player had much time here. The text looks like a natural move, but
allows the white king to come up the board and stop ...g4.} (52... Nxe6 53.
fxe6+ Kxe6 54. Rh8 (54. Kg3 h5 55. Rh8 Bd6+ 56. Kh3 g4+ $11) 54... Kf5 55. Rxh6
(55. Kh3 Kf4 $11) 55... g4 $11) 53. Kh3 Nxe6 54. fxe6+ Kxe6 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. Kf5
Bf8 57. Ra7+ (57. Ra7+ Be7 58. Kg4 Ke6 59. Ra6+ Bd6 60. Kh5 Ke7 61. Kxh6 Bf4
62. Kg6 {followed by a timely Rxg5.}) 57... Be7 58. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 (6... Nc6 7. Nge2
Nd4) 7. Qd2 (7. Nge2 Nbc6 8. d4) 7... Nbc6 8. Bh6 O-O 9. h4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 f6
11. Qd2 (11. h5 g5 12. f4 Kh8 13. fxg5 Ng8) 11... e5 (11... h5) 12. h5 g5 13.
h6 Ng6 14. Nge2 g4 15. f4 gxf3 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bh5
Qe7 20. c3 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 f5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. O-O-O (23. h7+ Kh8) 23... Kh7 24.
Kb1 Rae8 25. g4 f4 26. Rh3 e4 27. Kc2 e3 28. Qf3 g5 29. Rh5 Qf6 30. Re1 Qg6 31.
c4 b5 32. b3 b4 33. Re2 Qf6 34. Kb1 Rg8 35. Rh1 Rg6 36. Reh2 a5 37. Rc2 Qd4 38.
Qd1 Rf6 39. Rh3 f3 40. Rxf3 Qxg4 41. Rf1 e2 42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. Rxf6 Rb2+ 44.
Kxb2 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Qc7 8. O-O
b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. f4 O-O 15.
Qf2 Nb8 16. f5 Nd7 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. h3 Qc4 20. Bg5 b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Na4 Qb5 23. Nb6 Rab8 24. a4 bxa3 25. Rxa3 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6
28. b3 Rc8 29. Rfa1 Rb4 30. Ra4 a5 31. Kf1 g6 32. g4 Rc5 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rxb4
axb4 35. Ra6 Be7 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Re8 Bf6 39. Bd3 Rc3 40. Ke2 Bg5
41. Kf3 Bf4 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Kd5 Kg5 44. Rh8 Bg3 45. Rf8 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. Rb8
Rc5 48. Kf3 Bf4 49. Rxb4 d5 50. c4 {
In this delicately balanced position Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nh3 e5 7. f4 d6 8. f5 g6 9.
O-O Be7 10. g4 Bd7 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bf3 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. f6 Bxf6 15. gxf6
Qxf6 16. Nd5 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 O-O-O 18. Bxf4 Qh4 19. Bxd6 Bh3 20. Nb6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 {Diagram [#]} O-O $4 (12... Qd8
13. c3 Nd5) 13. c3 Qd6 14. b4 Bxb4 15. cxb4 Qxb4 16. Ba3 Qd4 17. Bxf8 Qxa1 18.
Bb4 Rb8 19. a3 c5 20. Bc3 Qa2 21. Kf2 Nb3 22. Bc4 e3+ 23. Kg1 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6
25. dxe3 Ne4 26. Qg4 Nbd2 27. Nxd2 Nxc3 28. Ndc4 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Rb1 30. Qxe6+ Kh7
31. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. h4 Qe4 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. Be2 Qxd3
15. cxd3 Bd7 16. Kd2 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Nd5 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21.
cxb4 Bxd4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc1 Ra2+ 24. Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Ba4+ 26. Kd2 Kg7
27. f3 Kf6 28. Bf4 Ke6 29. Bh2 Kd5 30. f4 Kc6 31. Bf3+ Kb5 32. Bd5 f6 33. g4 h6
34. g5 fxg5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Kxb4 37. Bf7 Bd7 38. Bxg6 Bg4 39. Be8 Kc5
40. g6 Kd5 41. Bf4 Ke6 42. Bg5 Bg7 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Bd8 Bh5 45. Bc6 Kxg6 46.
Be8+ Kh6 47. Bxh5 Kxh5 48. Bxc7 Kg6 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. Kd5 Bb2 51. Bxd6 Bc3 52.
Be5 Bb4 {and drawn shortly.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 11. c3 Qc7 12. d4 exd3 13. Nxd3 Bd6 14. b4 Nb7 15.
Na3 Be6 16. Nc2 O-O 17. h3 Rad8 18. Nd4 Bxb4 19. cxb4 Rxd4 20. Bb2 Rd7 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Qc1 Bf5 23. Nf4 Rfd8 24. Nh5 Qe5 25. O-O Rd2 26. Re1 Bg6 27. Ng3 Qd6
28. Qc3 c5 29. b5 Qd4 30. Qf3 Na5 31. Nf1 Qb2 32. Nxd2 Rxd2 33. Rad1 Qxa2 34.
Ra1 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qxe2 36. Rxe2 Nb3 37. Rxa7 c4 38. Rc7 Nd4 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. b6
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d5 6. Qf3 e6 7. Ne2 c5 8. c3 Bd7
9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Nbc3 Bb4 14. O-O O-O 15.
Qh3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. f4 Be7 18. g4 f6 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 fxe5 21. Qg3 Bh4
22. Qg2 g5 23. f6 Kf7 24. Bf5 Rc6 25. Qg4 Rxf6 26. Qh5+ Ke7 27. dxe5 Rxf5 28.
Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxg5+ Bxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kd7 31. Qxf5+ Kc7 32. Nb5+ Kb8 33. e6 Re7
34. Qf4+ Ka8 35. Rf1 Qg8+ 36. Kh1 Qxe6 37. Ned4 Qd7 38. Qf8+ Nc8 39. Nd6 Qxd6
40. Qxc8+ Qb8 41. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. f4
Nge7 9. Nge2 Nd4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 b5 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 a5 14. Nf2 b4 15.
c4 Qc7 16. h4 Nc6 17. Nh3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. h5 f5 21. g4 Rbe8
22. Bf3 Re7 23. Rae1 Ree8 24. Qg2 Kh8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Ng5 Bc8
28. Qh3+ Kg8 29. exf5 Rxf5 {Diagram [#]} 30. Qxf5 $1 exf5 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Bd5
Kh6 33. Kg3 Kg6 34. Rh1 Bg7 35. Rhe1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. Nc1 b5 10. Nd1 b4 11. O-O Ne7 12. f4 O-O 13. Re1 a5 14. Nf2 a4 15. c3 a3
16. Bxd4 axb2 17. Qxb2 cxd4 18. cxb4 e5 19. Ne2 Kh8 20. Rac1 f5 21. Qb3 g5 22.
Nh3 fxe4 23. Nxg5 exd3 24. Qxd3 Bf5 25. Be4 h6 26. Bxf5 hxg5 27. Be6 Rf6 28. f5
Qb6 29. g4 d5 30. Kg2 Rxe6 31. fxe6 Qxe6 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Nxd4 Qa6 34. Nf3 Ng6
35. Kh1 Nf4 36. Qf1 Qxa2 37. Nxe5 d4 38. Qc4+ Qxc4 39. Rxc4 d3 40. Nf3 Rb5 41.
Nxg5 Rxg5 42. Rxf4 Rd5 43. Kg2 Bc3 44. Rd1 d2 45. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qc2 Bc5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Kf8 15. Bd5
Bd6 16. a4 Kg7 17. O-O Nh5 18. Qd3 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfd1 Nf4 21. Bxf4
gxf4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Ndf3 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rhd8 26. Qd2 Bc5 27. gxf4
Qxf4 28. Qxf4 exf4 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Be6 31. d5 Bg4 32. f3 Bh3 33. Kf2 Kf6
34. Rdc1 Rd7 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kh7 37. Rf6 Ra8 38. Rxf4 Re7 39. Rg3 Bd7 40.
Ke3 Ra2 41. Rg2 Ra4 42. Rc2 Bh3 43. Rf6 Rb4 44. Rfc6 Kg7 45. Kf4 Ra4 46. Nf5+
Bxf5 47. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Reichwein, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Rb8 10. g4 O-O 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. c3 Nd7
15. Rc1 Rbc8 16. O-O dxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. d4 Bd2 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. e5 b6 21.
Rb2 Ba5 22. exd6 exd6 23. f5 f6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qd5+ Kg7 26. Qxd6 Rcd8 27.
Nf4 Nc5 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. dxc5 Rde8 30. Qd6 Qc4 31. Re2 Rd8 32. g5+ Kxg5 33.
Ne6+ Kh6 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Qxd8 Qxe2 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qxf6+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kh7
39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Qf4+ Kh5 42. Bf3+ Qxf3 43. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob Came"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Nc3 b5 7. d3 Bb7 8.
Nf3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ne4 {
and White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 c6 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bxf6 Bxd1 14.
Bxe5 Nf3 (14... Bf3 $1) 15. Nc4 Nxe5 16. Nxb6 Nxf7 17. Raxd1 Re8 18. Nc8 Kg8
19. Rd7 Rxc8 20. Rfxf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8.
fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5 Qd5 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Nc3 Qf5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rad8 16. Ng3 Qg5 17. Qxc4 Rxg7 18. Qxc7+ Rd7 19. Qc3 Rg8 20. Qa3+
Ke8 21. Qxa7 h5 22. Rad1 h4 23. Qb8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ne4
Kc7 27. g3 Rg6 28. Nc3 Kc6 29. Re4 h3 30. f4 Rg8 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Ke3 b6 33. Re5
Rg8 34. Ne2 Bg4 35. Nd4+ Kd7 36. f5 f6 37. Rd5+ Kc7 38. Ne6+ Kc6 39. c4 Ra8 40.
Kf4 Bh5 41. g4 Be8 42. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 b5 8. Qd2 b4
9. Nd1 Bd7 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. g4 a4 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Nb4
16. c3 Na6 17. Ng3 Qa5 18. f5 Nc7 19. Qc2 Bb5 20. c4 Bd7 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Bc3
Nfe8 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. h4 f6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. h5 g5 27. h6 Nge6 28. Nf5 Nd4
29. Qd2 Nxf5 30. exf5 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Nc3 d5 33. Qg2 Qb7 34. Qh1 Rf7 35.
Nxa4 dxc4 36. Qxb7 Rxb7 37. dxc4 Rf8 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Nxc5 Rxb2 40. Ra7 ({After
} 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. h7 Kg7 {White must be careful.} 42. Rxc7 ({If} 42. Rxe7+ Kh8
43. Raxc7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Rg2+ 45. Kxg2 {
is stalemate, and otherwise Black has a perpetual.}) 42... Rxc7 43. Ne6+) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Rb8 8. f4 Nd4
9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qc7 11. O-O e6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15.
Qf2 Qc7 16. g4 f6 17. Ne4 b6 18. d4 Bb7 19. Rad1 Bd5 20. Nxf6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qc6+ 22. d5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O-O 16. Bh4 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 Rdf8 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. Re4 e5 20. dxe5
fxe5 21. Be7 Ka8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. g3 Bg5 24. Qf5 Nc5 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. g3 h6 8.
Bxf6+ gxf6 9. Bg2 c6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Kc7 12. O-O Nb6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Bb4
15. f4 Rad8 16. f5 Bc8 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. Kf2 Nd7 19. Kf3 b6 20. Na2 Be7 21. Rd1
Ba6 22. Bf1 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 d6 8. f4 b4
9. Nd1 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. h3 a5 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Nd7 15. f5 a4 16.
Nf4 Nce5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. f6 exf6 19. gxf6 Bh8 20. Bg5 Bb7 21. N1e3 Nb6 22. Ne7+
Kh7 23. Qf2 Re8 24. Qh4 Qd7 25. N3d5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nc8 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. dxc6
Qc7 29. Rae1 Na7 30. Re7 Rxe7 31. fxe7 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 f5 33. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Stearman, Micah"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "968"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bb5 Ng6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. Qd2 c4
15. Nc1 Bb4 16. Qd1 c3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Ne2 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 O-O 20. a4 Qa5 21.
Qa3 Qxa4 22. Qd6 Bb5 23. Re1 Rc6 24. Qd7 Rc1 25. Qd6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Stearman, Micah"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "968"]
[BlackElo "914"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Ng5 Qe8 10. Nb5 h6 11. Nc7 Qd8 12. Nxa8 {and White went on to win.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Stearman, Micah Si"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1083"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 Na5 8. Bd5
c6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. b4 b5 11. bxa5 Rf8 12. h3 Bd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 b4 15.
Ne2 Nxe4 16. Qd3 d5 17. Ne5+ Kg8 18. a3 Qe8 19. f3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1
Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Stearman, Micah Si"]
[Black "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "968"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Be2
b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. d3 Nef6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. c3 a5 14. d4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Ba6 18. Bc2 Bc4 19. Nb2 Bd5 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. h3 Bxa2 24. Re2 Qb7 25. Na4 Bc4 26. Qd2 Bxe2 27. Qxe2
Qc6 28. Qd3 Rab8 29. Qd2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Stearman, Micha"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1011"]
[BlackElo "1124"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Qe7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qd3 Rad8 14.
Qe3 b6 15. Rad1 c5 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Bxa2 19. Qd3 Qd6 20.
Qxd6 cxd6 21. Kf1 Bb1 22. Ne3 g6 23. Ke2 Ba2 24. b3 b5 25. Kd3 Kg7 26. Kc3 c4
27. Kb2 cxb3 28. cxb3 Bxb3 29. Kxb3 Kf8 30. Kb4 Ke7 31. Ka5 Ke6 32. Nc2 Ke5 33.
Kxa6 b4 34. Nxb4 Kxe4 35. Kb5 d5 36. Kc5 d4 37. Kc4 f5 38. f3+ Ke3 39. Nc2+ Kf2
40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kg2 42. Kxd4 Kxh2 43. Ke4 Kg3 44. Ne3 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46.
Nf5+ Kg4 47. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Black "Koga, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. c5 Qc7 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qd2 bxc5 13. bxc5 Bb7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15.
Rfc1 Nh5 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qg5 Nhf6 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. c6 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. cxb7 Rxb7 24. Rab1 Rab8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. h3 a5 27.
Ba6 h6 28. Bxb7 hxg5 29. Rc8 Qxc8 30. Bxc8 Kh7 31. Bb7 f5 32. Bc8 f4 33. Bxe6
g6 34. Bd5 e3 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. e6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Black "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "978"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. a4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 b4 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. cxb4 Be7
15. Nd4 Bc8 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Qc2 Ra7 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxa7 Bb7 20. Qxc7 Rd8 21.
Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Nc6 Rc7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. f4 f6 25. Bc3 Kf7 26. Bd4 Re6 27. Rc7+
Re7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rc1 Ke6 30. Rc7 Ba8 31. Ra7 Bc6 32. Rxa6 Kd7 33. exf6
gxf6 34. b5 Bb7 35. Ra7 Kc7 36. a5 Kb8 37. a6 Ba8 38. b6 f5 39. Be5+ Kc8 40.
Rxa8+ Kd7 41. b7 d4 42. b8=Q d3 43. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nf6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. a4 b5 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nc5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. dxc4 b4 15.
Rb1 c5 16. b3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Bb2 Rd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rbd1 Rfd8 21. Rd3
Qb7 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. Qe3 Rd4 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. f3 Qf6 26. Red1 e5 27. g3 Qe6 28.
Kg2 f6 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qd3 Rc8 31. a5 Qd6 32. Ra1 g5 33. Qd2 Kg6 34. f4 h6
35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Qf2 Qe6 37. g4 Qd7 38. Ra4 Rxc4 39. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Ne2 Qb6 9. b3 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bb2 c5 12. Kh1 Bg6 13. a4 d5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
exd5 O-O-O 16. b4 Nf6 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. c4 Bd3 19. a5 Qc7 20. a6 b6 21. Re1 Nh5
22. Nxd4 Bd6 23. Bc6 Nf4 24. Bb7+ Kd7 25. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Bxd7+ Nfxd7 9. Nd4 Be7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Na4
Qe7 15. Qe2 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Qf6 17. c4 Nc5 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. e5 Qe7 20. Qf2 a5
21. Qg3 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qe3 Ne4 24. Na4 Qb4 25. Rd1 Red8 26. f5 c6 27. f6
Re8 28. fxg7 Rxe5 29. Rc1 d4 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Rxc6 d3 32. Nb6 Rd8 33. Nc8 Qe8
34. Rc7 f5 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Ne7+ Kxg7 37. Nd5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Steger, Eric Alan"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qe2 e6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. g4
Bg6 15. d5 e5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Na4 Qa5 19. b3 f6 20. Bd3 Bxd3
21. Rxd3 Nb6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Rad1 Qa8 24. f4 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qxa2 26. fxe5 Qa1+
27. Kg2 fxe5 28. Re3 Kd6 29. Qd3+ Qd4 30. Qe2 Ke6 31. Rd3 Qc5 32. Re3 Rd8 33.
c4 Qd4 34. Qf3 g6 35. Qxc6+ Qd6 36. Qe4 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qd6 38. g5 Rf8 39. Rd3 Qc5
40. Re3 Qd6 41. Rf3 Rf5 42. h4 Qd4 43. Qc6+ Qd6 44. Qc8+ Qd7 45. Qg8+ Kd6 46.
Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Steigum, Erling"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 $2 5. e3 $2 (5. cxd5 cxd5 (5... Nxd5 6.
Qb3) 6. Qb3 {favors White.}) 5... e6 6. Qb3 Na6 (6... Qb6) 7. a3 (7. Qxb7 Nb4
8. Ne5 $1) 7... Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Rc1 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Bxd3 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. O-O Bd6 15. f3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg6
19. Bf4 Nc5 20. Rce1 Nd3 21. Re2 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 O-O 23. Rd2 Rfe8 24. Rd7 Rab8
25. Rf2 Rxe5 26. Rfd2 Kf8 27. Kf2 Re7 28. Kf3 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Ke8 30. Rd4 b5 31.
Kf4 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. b4 Kd7 34. Ne2 Kd6 35. Nd4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Steigum, Erling"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Qe8 9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qg6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nh4 Qf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4
e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qd8 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Rf1 Qd8 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Nf3 Qg8
21. Ng5 Qxd5 22. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Steigum, Erling"]
[Black "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. c4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 c5 11. Be2 Nhf6 12. h3 a6 13. e5 Nh7 14. d5 Ng5 15.
exd6 Bf6 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. dxe6 Nf6 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 fxe6
21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Rhe1 Qd7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Re8 25. Qxg5 Rxh3 26. Rf4+ Kg8
27. Rg1 Rh7 28. Qg6 e5 29. Rf6 Kh8 30. Rf7 Qa4 31. Rxg7 Qxc4+ 32. Kb1 Qd3+ 33.
Qxd3 Rxg7 34. Rh1+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Steigum, Erling"]
[Black "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxf5 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. Bd3 $2 {Diagram [#]} (12. Ne2 $1)
12... Ng4 $1 13. h3 Rxf3 14. Bc1 Ndf6 15. gxf3 Qxh3 16. Re1 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Qxf3#
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Steigum, Erling"]
[Black "White, Benjamin M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1040"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 $6 (4. Nf3 {
and then e4 gives White a very nice position.}) 4... Nb6 $2 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e5
$1) 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Nec4 $4 (7... Ng6) 8. Bxc4 e5 (8... Nxc4 9. Qa4+
) 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. fxe5 Bb4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Bc5+ 13. Kh1 f5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15.
e6 fxe4 16. Ne5 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 c6 18. Nxd7 cxb5 19. Nxc5 b6 20. N5xe4 Bb7 21.
Nd6 Qh5 22. Nxb7 Qxg5 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. e7 h6 25. d6 b4 26. d7 bxc3 27. e8=Q+
Rxe8 28. dxe8=Q+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ (29. Qeg8#) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Sun, James"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5) 10... Nd4 11. Rc1 c6 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Nc5 Nd5
14. b4 Qe7 15. Re1 Ne6 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. Na5 Nd4 18. Ng5 Rb8 19. e3 Ne6 20. Ne4
Qd8 21. Nc4 Qe7 22. Ned6 Rd8 23. Nxc8 Rbxc8 24. Qb3 Rd7 25. Red1 Rcd8 26. Be1
Kh8 27. Bd2 Ndc7 28. Bf1 Ng5 29. Bc3 Nd5 30. Bb2 h5 $2 (30... Qe6 $11) 31. h4
Nf3+ (31... Nh7 32. b5 $16) 32. Kg2 Nxh4+ (32... e4 33. Be2) 33. gxh4 Qxh4 34.
Kg1 $16 Qg4+ 35. Bg2 h4 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5+ f6 38. Qc4 (38. Rc4) 38... Qh5
39. Bh2 h3 40. Bh1 Ne7 41. Qf4 Nf5 42. Bf3 Qh7 43. d4 g5 44. Qg4 Nh6 45. Qh5 g4
46. Bh1 Rg7 47. Bf4 Rg6 48. d5 cxd5 49. Rxd5 Rdg8 50. Be4 g3 51. fxg3 Rxg3+ 52.
Bxg3 Rxg3+ 53. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sun, James"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. g4 Nbd5 14. Qe2 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qb2 b4 18. c4 Nc3 19. c5 Nxd1 20. Kxd1 a5 21. h4
Rfc8 22. g5 h5 23. g6 fxg6 24. Bxg6 Rf8 25. Qe2 Rf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qxh5 Qe6
28. Rg1 b3 29. Qg5 g6 30. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sun, James"]
[Black "Lee, Andy C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Kh1 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nde5
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f6 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. h3 Rc6
21. b3 Qc7 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Bd2 Rc5 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Be3 Rcc8 26. Rd1 Bd7 27. Bb6
Rf8 28. Qd4 Rc6 29. Ba5 Rc5 30. Bb4 Rfc8 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 R5c6 33. Rd4
Be6 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Rc3 Rcc8 36. Bd6 Nc6 37. Rd1 Rcd8 38. Rcd3 Bf7 39. Bf3 Bg6
40. Re3 Ne5 41. Ree1 Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. c5 Rd7 45. b4 Kg8 46.
a4 Bf7 47. f4 Bb3 48. Ra1 Bc4 49. h4 g6 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. Ke3 f5 52. e5 Bd5 53.
Kd4 Bc6 54. Rg1 Be4 55. Kc4 Bf3 56. Rge1 Ke6 57. b5 Ra8 58. c6 bxc6 59. b6 c5
60. Kxc5 Rc8+ 61. Kd4 Rc2 62. Rec1 Rb2 63. Rab1 Ra2 64. Rc7 Bb7 65. Rbc1 Rxa4+
66. Ke3 Be4 67. Rxd7 Kxd7 68. Rc7+ Kd8 69. b7 Ra3+ 70. Kd4 Ra4+ 71. Kc3 Bxb7
72. Rxb7 Rxf4 73. e6 Rf3+ 74. Kd4 Kc8 75. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sun, James"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe3 Nfd7 14. Nf3 Qd8
15. Bg3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Bxg5 17. f4 Be7 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. e5 d5 20. f5 $1 Nb6 21.
Bh5 Qc6 22. Ne2 Bc5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 $18 Bd7 25. Bh4 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rf8 27.
b3 exf5 28. e6 $1 Bxe6 29. Qf6 (29. c4 dxc4 30. Rhe1 {With the threat of Rxe6+.
}) 29... Qd6 30. Rhe1 Kd7 31. c4 $2 (31. Bg3 Qe7 32. Qe5 $18) 31... dxc4 32.
Red1 $2 Nd5 33. Qd4 cxb3 34. axb3 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 37. Bf3 f4
38. Kb2 Kd7 39. Qh8 Kc7 40. Be4 Ne3 41. Bf6 Qd2+ 42. Ka3 Qc1+ 43. Bb2 Qc5+ 44.
Ka2 {Diagram [#]} Bxb3+ $1 45. Kxb3 Qc4+ 46. Ka3 Qxe4 47. Bc3 Nc4+ 48. Kb3 b5
49. Kb4 Nb6+ 50. Kb3 $6 (50. Bd4) (50. Ka3) 50... Qb1+ 51. Bb2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1328"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nd2 Ne7 8.
f4 c6 9. Ba4 d5 10. e5 Be6 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. Qe1 Qb6 13. Kh1 h5 14. Qf2 O-O-O 15.
c3 dxc3 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. bxc3 d4 18. c4 Bf8 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Re1 Bb4 21. Re2
Kc7 22. Bb2 c5 23. Rd1 Ne3 24. Ra1 Bf5 25. e6 Bxd3 26. Rxe3 dxe3 27. Bxh8 Rxh8
28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Rd7+ Kc8 30. Rxf7 Bxe6 31. Re7 Bg4 32. Rxe3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Re8
34. h3 Be1 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rh8+ 37. Kg2 Rh4 38. Kf1 Bd2 39. f5 Rxg4 40. f6
Rf4 41. Rxf4 Bxf4 42. Bc2 g5 43. Bf5+ Kd8 44. Ke2 Be5 45. Kf3 Bxf6 46. Ke4 Kc7
47. Kd5 Bd4 48. a4 Kb8 49. Kd6 Be3 50. Kd7 Ka7 51. Kc8 Ka6 52. Kb8 Bf4+ 53. Kc8
Be5 54. Be6 Bf6 55. Bd7 Ka5 56. Kxb7 Bd8 57. Kc8 Kb4 58. Kxd8 Kxc4 59. Kc7 g4
60. Bxg4 Kb4 61. Bd7 Ka5 62. Bb5 c4 63. Bxc4 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Black "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1327"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb6 14. Na5 Qd7 15.
Nd5 Nbxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. c4 Nf6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxd7+ Bxd7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1327"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 h6 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Ba7 11. d5 Ne7 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Nbd2 O-O 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. g3 Qc8 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. g4 Nf4 20. Qd1 {Diagram #} Bxg4
$1 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. Ng1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1328"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8.
Qxd6 Qe7 9. Qg3 f6 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. O-O Ng6 12. f4 Qf7 13. Qf2 N8e7 14. Na4 b5
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Qb6 Rc6 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Bd2 d5 20. a4 dxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rcc8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra7 Qe8 24. Bb4 Rf7 25. Rd1 f5 26. Bd3 Nd5 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Bd2 Qe7 29. Ra1 Rc7 30. Qd4 Qd7 31. g3 Qc6 32. Ra7 h5 33. Rxc7+ Qxc7
34. Bc3 Nxc3 35. Qxc3 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 h4 37. Qb4 Qc6+ 38. Kf2 h3 39. Qxb5 Qg2+ 40.
Ke3 Qxh2 41. Qd7+ Ne7 42. Bc4 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.47"]
[White "Tan, Jacky T"]
[Black "Rieger, Brennan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1327"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Rc1 Nb4 10. Bb1 dxc4 11. a3 Nd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qxd3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 f6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rac8 20. Qa6 Qd5
21. Qxa7 Rf7 22. Rxb6 Qa8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Rb7 Rc8 25. Rc6 e5 26. d5 Rd7 27.
Rb5 Rd6 28. Rbc5 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Kf7 30. d6 Ra8 31. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Montoya, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Re1 h6 13. c4 Qd6 14. Bb2 b6
15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bb1 Rac8 18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nc6
21. Bc3 Red8 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Na5 24. Bxa5 bxa5 25. Rd4 Qc5 26. Red1 Rd6
27. Be4 Rcd8 28. Qe3 Qb5 29. Qd2 Nd7 30. Qf4 Nf6 31. Qf5 Qb2 32. a4 Qb6 33. Kh1
Qc7 34. Qf4 Nh5 35. Qe5 Nf6 36. Rg1 Kh8 37. Qg3 Rg8 38. Qf4 Qd7 39. Qd2 Qd8 40.
Rb1 Qc7 41. Rb5 Rb8 42. Rxa5 Rb3 43. Rb5 Rc3 44. Qb2 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Nxe4 46. Rxe4
h5 47. Qe5 Rg6+ 48. Kh3 Qd7+ 49. Kh4 Rh1 50. Qe8+ Qxe8 51. Rxe8+ Kh7 52. h3 Rf1
53. Re5 Rxf2 54. Rxh5+ Rh6 55. Rxh6+ Kxh6 56. Kg3 Ra2 57. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Bd2 Rac8
15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bb1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Kh8 19. Ng5 Qe8 20. Nf5 Qh5 21.
Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Bxh7 Nf6 24. Bg6 Be8 25. Nxe8 Nxe8 26. Rh3+ Kg8 27.
Bh7+ Kh8 28. Bf5+ Kg8 29. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. O-O O-O-O 7. Be3 {
Clearly the best move, although 7.c4 has also been played.} (7. c4 Qh5 8. Be3
e5 9. h3 exd4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 {offers Black excellent compensation for the piece.
}) 7... Qf5 (7... e6 {are the alternatives.}) (7... Qh5 8. Nbd2 $1 (8. h3 e5 9.
hxg4 Nxg4 10. Nbd2) (8. c4 e5 $1) 8... e5 9. h3 exd4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Bf4) 8.
c4 Bxf3 (8... e5 {is the main try here.}) 9. Bxf3 Ne5 $2 (9... e5) (9... Qd7)
10. Bxb7+ $1 Kxb7 11. Qb3+ {White should be winning now.} Ka8 12. dxe5 Ng4 13.
Nd2 (13. Qa4 Nxe3 14. Nc3 $1 {threatening Nb5 was a dangerous alternative.} Qd7
(14... Qxe5 15. Rfe1 e6 16. Rxe3 Qc5 17. Nb5 {
followed by Ra3 or b4 and c5 leaves Black without an adequate defense.}) 15.
fxe3 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 {leaves White with an winning ending.}) 13... e6 14. Nf3 Be7
15. Bd4 Qf4 16. Bc3 $2 {Diagram [#]} ({
One slip throws away all of White's advantage. Instead} 16. Rad1 $1 {meeting}
Nxh2 {with} 17. Nxh2 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qf3+ Kb8 20. Qxf7 Bc5 21. Qxe6 {
wins.}) 16... Rd3 $1 17. h3 (17. Qb5 {leads immediately to a draw.} Rxf3 18.
Qc6+ Kb8 19. Qb5+ Kc8 20. Qa6+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 $4 21. Rfd1+) 21. Qb5+) 17...
Rxf3 18. hxg4 h5 (18... Bc5 19. Qa4 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Qc6+ {
is another way to draw.}) ({So is} 18... Rg3 19. Qb5 (19. fxg3 $4 Bc5+) 19...
Rxg2+) 19. g5 ({Or} 19. Qb5 hxg4 20. Qc6+) 19... Bc5 (19... Rd3 {
only asks for trouble after} 20. Qa4 Qe4 21. Rad1) 20. Qb5 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxf2
22. Qc5 ({Or} 22. Qc6+ Kb8 23. Qb5+ Kc8 24. Qa6+) 22... Rd2 (22... Re2 {
was simpler.} 23. Bd4 (23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. Qb5+) 23... Kb8 24. Qxa7+ Kc8 {
and White has nothing better than to take the perpetual.} 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qxh8
$4 (26. Qa4+ $11) 26... Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxg2#) 23. Rf1
(23. Bxd2 Qxd2 24. Rf1 {might give White a small pull but with White's exposed
king and doubled g-pawns Black's to have sufficient resources to hold.}) 23...
Qxg5 24. Bxd2 (24. Bxd2 Qxd2 25. Rxf7 Qxb2 26. Rxc7 Qb6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Rc6
Kb7 29. Rxe6 Ra8 30. Re7+ Kc6 31. Rxg7 Rxa2 32. Rh7 Rc2 33. Rxh5 Rxc4 {
and the advance of Black's b-pawn ensures the draw despite the pawn deficit.})
24... Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. f4 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. Qf3 Ne8 15.
Qh5 f5 16. g4 g6 17. Qh6 Rf7 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Nf3 Qf8 20. Qh4 Rg7 21. Kh1 Nf7
22. Qf6 Bc8 23. Rf2 Nd6 24. Qh4 Rb8 25. a3 a5 26. Ne5 Nf7 27. gxf5 exf5 28. b4
Nxe5 29. fxe5 Be6 30. Rg1 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. Rfg2 Ra3 33. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Tokantyan, Shant"]
[Black "Smith, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. c5 e5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. dxe5 N6d7 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16. b4 Nxe5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Ne2 f5 20. Nf4 Qf6 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qf3 Ne6 25. Kh2 Rh7 26. Qg3 Kf7 27. Rg1 Rah8
28. Qd6 Rxh3+ 29. Kg2 Qh4 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Ke1 Qxc2 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33. Rxg6+ Kxg6
34. Qxe6+ Kg5 35. Qe7+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Tokatyan, Shant"]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 d6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be4 c6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Qd3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 f5 16. Qc2 (16. e4 f4 17. c5) 16... e4 17. Be2 c5 18. f4 (18. f3 Nc6 (
18... exf3 $2 19. Bxf3 $1)) 18... b6 19. g3 Nd7 20. Rb2 $6 Kh8 21. Rfb1 $6 g5
22. Bd1 gxf4 23. exf4 Rg8 (23... Rac8 24. d5 Rg8) 24. Kh2 Rg6 25. Bh5 Rg7 26.
Rg1 Nf6 27. Bd1 Rag8 28. Qf2 e3 29. Qe1 Ne4 30. Qxe3 $4 (30. Bf3) 30... Rxg3
31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. Qe2 Qh4 33. Qh5 Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Rg3+ (35... Qh1#)
36. Kh2 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Touset, Stephen"]
[Black "Avraham, Itzhak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1152"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 c6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 Qb6 11. h4 c5 12. Nb3 Rac8 13. c4 a5 14. d5 a4 15.
Na1 {Diagram [#]} Nxg4 $1 (15... Nxd5 $1 {is even stronger.}) ({and} 15... Ne4
{wasn't bad either.}) 16. Rd2 Nge5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 a3 19. h5 Ra8 (19...
axb2+ $19) 20. b3 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bxa1 22. hxg6 Bb2+ 23. Kc2 fxg6 24. f4 Rf5 25.
Rdh2 h5 26. Rg2 Kf7 27. Rxh5 Rg8 $2 (27... Rf8 $19) 28. Rxf5+ gxf5 29. Qxf5+
Bf6 30. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Touset, Stephen"]
[Black "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1152"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. h4
$2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Qb3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Touset, Stephen"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1152"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. g4 $5 Nxg4 11. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Bxg5 $2 (12... Kg8
13. Qxg4 Nxd4 14. Rh3 f6 (14... Nf5 15. Qh5 Nh6 16. Rg3 Qe8 17. Nxe6 Bf6 18.
O-O-O fxe6 19. Qxh6 e5 20. Rdg1) 15. Qh5 fxg5 16. hxg5 Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Rxf4 18.
Qh7+ (18. g6 Bh4 $19) 18... Kf7 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Qh5+) 13. hxg5+
Nh6 {Diagram #} 14. Rxh6+ $3 gxh6 15. Qh5 e5 (15... Ne7 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Be5)
(15... Na5 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Be5) (15... Nb4 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. cxb4 Qe7 18. Ke2
f6 19. gxf6 Qh7 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Qg7+ $18) 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Ne4 exf4 18. Nf6+
Qxf6 19. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Touset, Stephen"]
[Black "Morgan, Jerry Dugl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1152"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. Nf3 Qb6 4. b3 Bg4 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Be2
Bb4 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qd8 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Bg5 $4 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne5
Re8 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. h4 f6 12. Qh5 Nf8 13. Nf3 Bd7 {Diagram [#]}
14. Ng5 $5 (14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne5 {offered White a slight advantage but
Stephen offers a piece which leads to a forced draw with best play.}) 14... g6
15. Qh6 fxg5 16. hxg5 Kf7 17. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 18. Qh8 $1 Bxg5 19. Rh7+ Nxh7 20.
Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah Taeshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1152"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. h4
Nxe5 9. dxe5 h5 10. e6 f5 $2 (10... fxe6) 11. Bd3 hxg4 {Diagram [#]} 12. Qxg4
$3 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 $4 (13. b4 Qxb4+ 14. c3 Qb2 15. Qxg6+ Kd8 16. Qxf5 Qxa1 17. Qe5
Na6 18. O-O Rc8 19. Bg5 Rc7 20. Qd6+ Kc8 21. Qa3 Nc5 22. Nd2 $18) 13... fxg4
14. Bxg6+ Kd8 $19 15. O-O-O Na6 16. e4 Nc7 17. exd5 Kc8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Rd7
Nxe6 20. Rhd1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Black "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nd2 Bb7 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nd5 7. Bg3 f5 8. Ne5
Nf6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Rg1 d6 11. Nef3 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. c4 Ne4 14. Ndxe4 fxe4
15. cxd5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. dxe6 Nf6 18. Bb5 $2 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1152"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Qb6 7. b3 O-O 8. Nd2
Bd7 9. Ngf3 Bb5 10. c4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bd7 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Rb1 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qb4+
15. Nd2 Qc5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. exd4 Nc6 18. f4 Bb4+ 19. Kf2 Bc3 20. Bc2 Rad8 21.
Qd3 Bb4 22. Bh4 Ng4+ 23. Nxg4 Qxf4+ 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Be7 26. Bxe7 Nxe7
27. Nc5 Bc6+ 28. Be4 Bxe4+ 29. Kxe4 f5+ 30. Kd3 Nc6 31. Nxe6 Rxd4+ 32. Nxd4
Nxd4 33. Kxd4 fxg4 34. Rxb7 a5 35. Re1 Rd8+ 36. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Touset, Stephen Ka"]
[Black "Marcus, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 Bxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qb3
Na5 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Rc1 c6 19. Nd4 Nh5 20. Be5 f4 21.
g4 fxg3 22. fxg3 Rae8 23. Bf4 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Rxe3+ 25. Kd2 Re4 26. f5 Rxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 (2. d3) 2... fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 (3... d5 4. d3 Qd6 5. dxe4 (5. Nc3
h6 6. Nb5 Qc6 7. dxe4 hxg5 8. exd5 Qd7 9. Bxg5) 5... h6) 4. d3 h6 $2 (4... e3)
(4... e5) (4... d5 5. dxe4 h6) 5. Nxe4 g6 6. Nbc3 (6. Nxf6+ exf6 7. d4 d5 8.
Bd3 Kf7) 6... d5 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 Kf7 10. Ne2 Re8 11. c3 Nd7 12.
Be3 Nf8 13. Qd2 h5 14. O-O-O f5 15. Kb1 Nh7 16. Rde1 Nf6 17. Bg5 (17. f3) 17...
Bd7 18. f3 c6 19. h4 (19. g4 hxg4 (19... fxg4 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Rhf1 Bxe2 22.
Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Qd7 24. Qc2 Rf8 25. Bxg6+ Kg8 26. Rg1) 20. fxg4 fxg4 21.
Rhf1) 19... Qa5 20. Nc1 (20. Nf4 Nh7 (20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8
23. Qe2 Bd7 24. g4) 21. g4) 20... Qc7 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. Bc2 (22. Be5) 22... Be6
23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Re2 c5 25. Ne5+ Nxe5 26. Bxe5 c4 27. Rhe1 Bf8 28. Qf4 Kg8 29.
Qg5 Kh7 30. Bf4 b5 31. g4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Bachseitz, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bh7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 a5 13. h4 Na6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ndc5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Nh2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nb4 20. Ng4 Rd8 21.
a3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd5 23. Bc1 h5 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh5 Kf8 (25... Bf8 $1) 26.
Bxh6+ Ke8 27. Bh3 Bf8 28. Bd2 (28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. c4 Nb6 31. Qf6+
Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 $11 (34... Kd7 $2 35. h5)) 28... Qd7
(28... Qb6) 29. Bxa5 b6 30. Bd2 Nc7 31. Qe2 Qd4 32. Bg2 Qxb2 $2 (32... Nd5) 33.
Bxc6+ $18 Kd8 34. Bg5+ (34. Qh5) 34... Kc8 35. Qd2 Qxe5 $4 (35... Nd5 $16) 36.
Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. b4 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Bd2 g5 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nf2 Rf7 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. a4 h5 19. a5 Rg7 20. h3 Nh4 21. Be1 Nh7 22.
Nb5 a6 23. Na3 g4 24. fxg4 Ng5 25. Rc3 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nxe4 27. Nc4 Nxc3 28. Bxc3
Qg5 29. Nb6 Bxg4 30. Bxg4 Re8 31. Be1 Nf5 32. Bd2 Nh6 33. Qe2 Nxg4 34. hxg4
Qxg4 35. Rf3 Be7 36. Nc4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rb1 Re8 10. b4 b6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15.
O-O Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Rbc1 Red8 19. Qe3 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Qb7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rc6 exd5 24. exd5 b5 25. Rdc1 Re8 26. Qd2 Qa7+ 27.
Kf1 Qe7 28. g3 h5 29. R1c2 h4 30. Kg2 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rb7 32. Rxa6 Kg7 33. Rac6
Rh8 34. Rc8 Rh6 35. f4 Kh7 36. Bg4 Qe4+ 37. Bf3 Qe7 38. Qe2 Qxe2+ 39. Bxe2 Kg7
40. R8c7 Rb8 41. Rd7 Rhh8 42. Rcc7 Rhf8 43. Rxd6 Ra8 44. Rc2 Be7 45. Rd7 Bxb4
46. Bxb5 Ra3 47. Bc4 Kf6 48. Bb3 g5 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. fxg5 Kxg5 51. d6 Ra5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Houshdaran, Soheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Re8 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. b3 Qb7 18. Rc2 c5 19. Rfc1 cxd4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Bxa7 d4 24. Qa5 Qc2 25. Qb5 h5 26. a4 Kh7 27.
Qc4 Qd2 28. Bc5 e4 29. Qxf7 Qxe2 30. Bxd4 Qf3+ 31. Qxf3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Bxd4 33.
a5 Kg7 34. b4 Kf6 35. Ke4 Bxf2 {Diagram #} 36. b5 $2 {
White in serious time pressure blunders.} (36. Kd5 $1 $18) 36... Ke6 $11 37. b6
Kd6 38. b7 Kc7 39. a6 g5 40. Kf5 Be3 41. h4 {Black draws after 41...gxh4 42.
gxh4 Ba7 43.Kg5 Kb6 44.Kxh5 Kxa6 45.Kg6 Kxb7 46.h5 Bd4.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 d6 11. a3 c5 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ng5 Qxg5
15. Bxb7 Qxe5 16. Bxa6 Nf6 17. Bb7 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Bg2 Rd7 20. Ne4 Rd4
21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. b4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qe5 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 d3 27.
Qxd3 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. h4 f5 30. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Murugappan, Ganesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 a6 8. Be2
d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb4 13. Qe2 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. b4 Ba7 20. c4 Qf4 21. g3
Qh6 22. Nf3 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Ne4 24. Rad1 Nxf2 25. Rd7 (25. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2
Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 29. Kh3 Rxb2 $19) 25... Rf8 $2 (25... Ne4+ 26.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Ng5 29. Nxc6 $14) 26. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 a5
28. Bc3 a4 29. Bd2 Qf6 30. Qd4 Qg6 31. Bc3 Rae8 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Bd2 Qf6 34. Bc3
Qe6 35. Rd4 Qa2+ 36. Bd2 Qe6 37. Qc4 Qf6 38. Bc3 Qf5 39. Qd3 Qe6 40. Ng5 $2 (
40. b5 $1 {with the idea if} cxb5 {then} 41. Bb4) 40... Qh6 41. Nf3 Qe6 42. Rd6
Qa2+ 43. Bd2 Re6 44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. Kg2 Qd5 46. Qxd5 exd5 47. Ne5 Rc8 48. Be3 g6
49. Kf3 Kg7 50. Bd4 Kf8 51. Nd7+ Ke7 52. Nc5 Kd6 53. Be3 Rf8+ 54. Bf4+ Ke7 55.
Ke3 Ra8 56. Bg5+ Kd6 57. Bf4+ Ke7 58. Be5 h6 59. Bg7 h5 60. h4 {
White eventually converted his advantage in mutual time pressure.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Be2 O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Qc2 Rb8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Nd1 Rfc8 19. Ne3 Bf8 20. Rfc1 Qb4 21. Nd2
Rd8 22. Ndc4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rd2 25. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qc2 h6 14. e4 e5
15. Be3 Nc6 16. h4 Bc8 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nb1 Nd4 19. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1132"]
[BlackElo "554"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7 10. Be3 g5 11. Bb5 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 h5 15.
Qe2 g4 16. h4 Rg8 17. g3 Nd4 $4 {
Diagram [#] This looks great, but can you find the refutation?} 18. Qd1 $2 (18.
cxd4 $1 exd4 19. Qc2 dxe3 20. Qc6+ {and White wins.}) 18... Nf3+ 19. Kg2 O-O-O
20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Re4 (23. Re2) 23... Nf6 (23... f5)
24. Re3 e4 25. Rae1 Qc5 26. Bxf7 Rgf8 27. d4 $4 Qc6 $4 (27... Rxf7 28. dxc5
Rxd2) 28. Bg6 Nd5 29. Bxe4 Rde8 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. Bf5 Nxe3+ 32. Qxe3 $4 (32. Rxe3
{wins.}) 32... Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Black "Frank, Robert H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "1293"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 Bf5 12. c3 a5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nh4 Nf6 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. d5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Kh8 19. Re3 f5 20. Qh4 Bf6 21. Qh3
Qg7 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Qxf5 Bxc3 24. Bxc3+ Qg7 25. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1132"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb5
c6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be6 12. c3 Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15.
e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Nd4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 {Diagram [#]} Qb7 (
19... c5 $1 20. Nxb5 Rxd1) 20. Be3 (20. Qf3) 20... c5 $1 21. Qf3 Bd5 22. Qf5
cxd4 23. cxd4 Bxg2 24. Kh2 Be4 25. Qg4 Bf3 26. Bg5 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bh4 O-O-O 13. a4 h6 14. Bg3 Bd6
15. Ne2 g5 16. c3 h5 17. Kf1 g4 {Garbled scoresheets both: 0-1, 27} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qc3+ 10. Ke2 Qxa1 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. f4
Nxd4+ 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Qxf4 17. h3 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nf4+ 19. Kf1 Nxd3 20.
cxd3 Rc8 21. Ke2 O-O 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nh3 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 Rfc8 25. g5 h5 26. Nf4 g6
27. g4 hxg4+ 28. Kxg4 Kg7 29. Nh5+ gxh5+ 30. Rxh5 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Kh5 Kg7
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1132"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 (6. Bb5+ $5) 6...
Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O $4 (8. Bxf6) 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Qe2
Nd6 12. Rfe1 Qg5 13. Qg4 Qxg4 14. Nxg4 O-O-O 15. c4 h5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 g6
18. b4 Rhg8 19. c5 Nf5 20. Be4 Rxd4 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. a3 Rgd8 23. Ree1 Rd2 24.
Kf1 Nh4 25. g3 Nf3 26. Re3 Nxh2+ 27. Kg2 Ng4 28. Rf3 f5 29. Re1 e5 30. Kh3 e4
31. Rc3 Rxf2 32. c6+ Kc8 33. Rh1 Rd1 34. Kh4 Rxh1+ 35. Kg5 e3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Trapani, Nick Leon"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Nf5 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne2 a6 13. a4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4
15. g3 Be7 16. Qd3 f6 17. f4 f5 18. Kg2 Qe8 19. Ng1 b5 20. a5 b4 21. Bd2 Bb5
22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Rfe1 Rc2 24. Qf2 Rxb2 25. Rab1 Rc2 26. Rec1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bc4
28. Nf3 Qb5 29. Ng5 Qd7 30. Qf3 h6 31. Nh3 b3 32. Bc3 Rb8 33. g4 b2 34. Bxb2
Rxb2+ 35. Kg3 Qb5 36. g5 Rb3 37. Rc3 h5 38. Qxh5 Rxc3+ 39. Kh4 Be2 40. Qg6 Rc8
41. Qxe6+ Kf8 42. Qxc8+ Qe8 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. f5 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 Qf3+
47. Kh4 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Traub, Igor"]
[Black "Moor, William Edwa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5+ 11. Ke2 O-O 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc5 14.
Bc2 a6 15. f3 Ne6 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Bb4+ 19. Kd1 Bd7 20. a3 Ba5
21. Bd6 Rfe8 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bc5 Bc7 24. Bb3 Bc6 25. Rc1 Re3 26. b5 axb5 27. Bc2
Rae8 28. Ra1 Re2 29. g3 Rf2 {
Black is winning but White later escaped. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Bh6
d4 9. Na4 Qd6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. c4 Bd7 12. c5 Qd5 13. b4 e5 14. O-O Rae8 15. b5
Nd8 16. Qb4 a6 17. c6 a5 18. Qxa5 Bxc6 19. Qxc7+ Rf7 20. Qb6 Nd7 21. Qa5 Qxb5
22. Qxb5 Bxb5 23. Nb2 Nc6 24. Rfc1 e4 25. Ng5 Rfe7 26. a4 Ba6 27. Nh3 Nf6 28.
Nc4 Nd5 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nb5 Bxb5 31. axb5 Ncb4 32. Rc4 exd3 33. exd3 Rde8 34.
Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd4 Nc3 36. Rb4 Rd8 37. Kg2 Rxd3 38. b6 Red7 39. Nf4 R3d6 40. h4
h5 41. Rc4 Ne4 42. Rc7 Kf7 43. Rac1 Nf6 44. Nh3 Nd5 45. Rxd7+ Rxd7 46. Rb1 Kf6
47. Nf4 Nxf4+ 48. gxf4 Ke7 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Rd1+ Kc6 52. Rb1 Rd6 53.
Rb2 Kc5 54. Rc2+ Kxb6 55. Rb2+ Kc7 56. Rc2+ Rc6 57. Rd2 b6 58. Rd5 Kb7 59. Rd7+
Ka6 60. Kd4 Rf6 61. Kd3 Re6 62. f3 Rf6 63. Kc3 Re6 64. Rd4 Kb7 65. Rc4 Rc6 66.
Kb3 Rxc4 67. Kxc4 Ka6 68. Kb4 b5 69. Kb3 Ka5 70. Ka3 b4+ 71. Kb3 Kb5 72. Ka2
Kc4 73. Kb2 b3 74. Kb1 Kc3 75. Ka1 Kb4 76. Kb1 Kc4 77. Kc1 Kc3 78. Kb1 b2 79.
Ka2 Kc2 80. Ka3 b1=Q 81. Ka4 Kc3 82. Ka3 Qb4+ {
Black lost on time! Who said chess isn't a hard game.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Chr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. c3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Ne2 Nge7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Ba3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf5 14. Rd1 Nb4
15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. g4 Nh6 17. h3 O-O 18. Nd2 f6 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Rac1 Nd6 22. Ng3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 f5 24. Ne5 Qd8 25. f3 Qh4 26. Kg2 f4 27. Nh5 Qe7
28. Qc2 Ba5 29. Nd3 Nf5 30. gxf5 Qg5+ 31. Kh2 Qxh5 32. Qg2+ Kh8 33. Rg1 Qf7 34.
Ne5 Qe7 35. fxe6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d4 7. a4 a6 8. Nc4 h6
9. a5 Nd7 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bd2 e5 12. h4 gxh4 13. Nxh4 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na5
Nxa5 16. Bxa5 Rb8 17. Qh5 Qg5 18. Nf3 Qxh5 19. Rxh5 f6 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Rxh3 c4
22. Bd2 cxd3 23. cxd3 Nd7 24. Nh4 Nc5 25. Ng6 Rh7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. g4 Rxb2 28.
Rc1 Rb5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bb4 Rhc7 31. Bxc5+ Rxc5 32. Rxh6 Kg7 33. g5 Rc6 34.
Kd2 a5 35. f4 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "O'connor, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Re8
9. Bd3 Nfd7 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bd6 Ne5 15.
Na4 b5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. a4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe2 Rb7 20. a5 Rf7 21. e4 Bf8
22. e5 Rf4 23. Ra3 Bh6 24. Rf3 Re4 25. Qd1 Qg5 26. b3 Bg7 27. bxc4 Bxe5 28. Qa4
Bb7 29. Nd7 Bxd6 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. cxd6 Rd8 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Rf7 Ba8 34. Qa1+
e5 35. Re7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "Sanguinetti, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. h4 h5 7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 b6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qc1 Re8 11. d4 d5 12. dxc5 dxe4 13. Ng5 f5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Na3
Ne5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nd4 Qa4 18. Ndxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Nd3 20. Rxd3 exd3 21. Nxg7
Kxg7 22. Bd4+ Kh7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Qe3 Nc6 26. b3 Qa3 27. Qxd3
Qb2 28. Re1 Rxa2 29. Qc4 Nxd4 30. Re7+ Kh6 31. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e6 5. e4 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. a3 Ba6 12. h4 b4 13. a4 c4 (13... Rb8 14. Bf4 Nd4
15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. b3 Rc8 17. Nh2 Rc6 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Ra2 Rc3 21.
Bh3 Qc5 22. Bg5 Bf8 23. Bd2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Nxd4 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxd3 27.
Nxe6 Rc2 28. Nxf8 Nxf8 29. Be3 Rc3 30. Bb6 Rxb3 31. Bxa5 Ng6 32. e6 fxe6 33.
Bxe6+ Kf8 34. Bxd5 Rb2 35. Bc7 Be2 36. Bd6+ Ke8 37. Bc6+ Kd8 38. h5 Nh8 39. a5
Bxh5 40. a6 Ra2 41. Bb7 Be2 42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. a7 {
1-0 (43) Hagemann,E (2046) -Hoge,T (1985) Muensterland 2002}) 14. d4 c3 15. b3
Qb6 16. N1h2 (16. Bg5) (16. Ne3) 16... Rae8 $6 17. Bh3 Ndxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Ng4 h5 {Diagram [#]} 21. Ne3 $2 (21. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 22. Qxh5 $18
) (21. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 (21... Kh7 22. Qxh5 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 g6 24. Qg5) 22. Qxh5 $18)
21... d4 $1 22. Qxh5 $2 (22. Nf1 d3 23. Be3 d2 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Re3) 22...
dxe3 23. Bxe3 Rd8 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Bg2 Rd2 26. Re3 f5 27. Qg6 Qe7 28. Rc1 Be2
29. Re1 Bd1 30. Bf1 Qf7 31. Qg5 f4 32. gxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Bc4 Kf7 35.
Rd3 Bxc2 36. Rd6 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 {Diagram [#]} Rxc4 $1 {
Humans look for *clear* wins...} 38. bxc4 Rxd6 (38... b3) (38... Bxa4) (38...
Bd3+) (38... Ke7) 39. exd6 Bd3+ $6 40. Kg1 Bxc4 41. Re4 Bd5 42. Rf4+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Ne5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. h3 Rfc8 14. f4 Nc6 15. Ndb5
h5 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Bf3 Kh7 18. Kh2 Qd8 19. e4 Be6 20. Na4 Ra6 21. e5 dxe5 22.
Qxd8 Nxd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxb7 Bc8 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. fxe5 Ne4 27. Nc7 Bb7 28.
Rxf7 Ng5 29. Rxe7 Rd2 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 h4 32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Kf1 Kg8 34. d6
Bh6 35. Bc3 Ng3+ 36. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Be2 e6 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 Nd7 13. a4 O-O-O 14. b4 e5
15. d5 f5 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Qb3 f4 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Bg4+
Kb8 {Diagram [#]} 22. Ne6 (22. Nxc6+ $1 Qxc6 23. b5 Qd6 24. c5 Qe7 25. c6 $16)
22... Qe7 $2 (22... fxe6 23. Bxf6 Rd3 $1 $11) 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25.
Rfd1 Nd4 26. Qh3 Qe5 27. Qh4 Rg8 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. c5 Qc7 31. Qf6
a6 32. Rd7 Qc8 33. Qxf4+ Ka8 34. Rxf7 Qe8 35. Rd7 Rf8 36. Qc7 Qb8 37. Qb6 Rc8
38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Qa7 40. Qxa7+ Kxa7 41. c6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Askin, Michael Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 (10. Bd2) (10. Bf4) (10. Bg5) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12.
e5 Nd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Qe2
Rc4 19. Nbd2 Rc2 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. N2f3
Rd5 25. Rac1 Bc5 26. Qe4 Qb6 27. Nc6 Bxf2+ 28. Kg2 Bxe1 29. Nxd8 Qxd8 30. Rxe1
Nc5 31. Qe3 h6 32. Re2 Na4 33. Rc2 Nb6 34. b3 Nd7 35. Rc6 Qb8 36. Qc3 Kh7 37.
Rc7 b4 38. Qc2+ g6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Rc8 Qb6 41. Qe4 {Diagram [#] Black knew he
was better, but low on time accepted the draw. However 41...Nxe5! 42.Nxe5 Rc2+
43.Kh3 Qg1 was winning.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. exd5 d3 13. Qxd3 exd5 14. Rfd1 Nc5
15. Qc3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Bh3 Nd3 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Nxf2 20. Bf5 Nxd1 21.
Rxd1 Re8 22. Bf2 Ng4 23. N2f3 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Bc5 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Nb5 Bf8 27. b3
Qf6 28. Rxd5 Red8 29. Rxd8 Bxf5 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {and in a few moves} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Gerwin, Gene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Ne7 $6 (4... Bb4) 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
e5 Ng6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nce7 13. h4 h5
14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. Nh2 Qd7 17. Qe2 c5 18. Qxh5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf5 20.
Ng4 Nfxh4 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Bxh4 Qg4 23. Bxg6 {
White is a pawn up but Black's resignation looks premature.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Gomez, Davi Flores"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 a5 12. Be3 b6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 e6 15.
dxe6 Rxe6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. f5 Rd6 19. Qe2 {
White went on to win. The remaining moves are unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Mckellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 10. a3 Be7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bh5 14. f3 b5 15.
Ne3 a6 16. Kh1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. e5 Ne8 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. b4 Be7 21. Bb2 f6
22. Ne4 fxe5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Qb3 Bf7 25. Bxe5 Rb7 26. f4 Qb6 27. Rac1 Nxe5 28.
fxe5 Rc7 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bg6 31. Nc5 Rf4 32. Rd7 Bg5 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. Nxe6
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Moren, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "660"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Bf6 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 Nge7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qc3
Bb7 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Bf4 Nd6 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Bxc6 Qe7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nf3 Ne4
21. Qc6 Nd6 22. Rac1 Ra7 23. Qc5 Raa8 24. Ne5 Nf5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Nc6 Nxc6
27. Rxc6 a5 28. Rdc1 g6 29. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd1 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. e3 Qe7
15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Nd4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qd6 22. Qf3 e5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Rd1 g6 26. Rd6 e4 27.
Rxe6 exf3+ 28. Kxf3 Nd5 29. Rd6 gxf5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. b4 Rxa2 32. Rxf5 Kg7 33.
Rf4 Rb2 34. g4 h6 35. h4 Kg6 36. Rd4 f6 37. Kf4 Rxf2+ 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. h5+ Kf7
40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Kf4 Rc4+ 42. Kf5 Rxb4 43. e4 Rc4 44. Kg6 Kf8 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46.
Rxf6 Rxe4 47. Kf5 Rc4 48. Rxa6 Rc5+ 49. Ke6 Kf8 50. Kf6 Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kh7 52.
Re8 Rc6+ 53. Ke5 Rb6 54. Kd4 Rb7 55. Re3 b4 56. Rb3 {and....} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Tracy, Joseph J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3
b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. b3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Rc8 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15.
Bb2 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. cxb5 Red8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Rac1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc5
27. a4 Rd5 28. Rc1 h6 29. h4 f5 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. Rc7 Qd8 32. Rxa7 Rd1 33. Qe5+
Kg6 34. h5+ Kxh5 35. Rxf7 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc7 Rd2 38. Kg1 Kg4 39. Rc4+
Kg5 40. Rc6 e5 41. Rxb6 h5 42. Re6 e4 43. b6 Kg4 44. b7 Rd8 45. Rb6 Rb8 46. a5
e3 47. fxe3 Rd8 48. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ne3 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Bb7
15. Qe2 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. b3 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Rac1
Ne5 22. Nb2 g6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nec4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qa6 26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Nxb4 Qb5
28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. dxc6 Ng4 30. Rf1 Rfd8 31. Rce1 Rc7 32. f5 Qb4 33. Qe2 Nh6 34.
fxg6 hxg6 35. Qe4 Bg7 36. Qf4 Qb8 37. g4 Rd4 38. Re4 Qd8 39. Rfe1 Rxe4 40. Qxe4
Qg5 41. Bf3 Bc3 42. Rd1 Re7 43. Qd5 Qh4 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. c7 Bf6 46. Qxe7 Bxe7
47. c8=Q Qf2 48. Qc6 f5 49. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Rb1 Qd6 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
e4 b5 16. Be3 Nb7 17. f4 f6 18. Nc1 Nc5 19. Qf2 Na4 20. Ne2 a5 21. h4 b4 22.
Rbc1 Rfc8 23. Kh2 Rab8 24. Bh3 Bxh3 25. Kxh3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qf3 b3 28.
axb3 cxb3 29. c4 a4 30. Qd3 Bf8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Ne1 (12. Nd2 {is the key alternative.})
12... Nf4 13. Bg4 Nc5 (13... f5 {Averbakh-Stein, Kislovodsk 1964.}) 14. Bxc8 (
14. f3 {is another possibility.}) 14... Qxc8 (14... Rxc8 {
Sosonko-Piket, Dutch ch. 1994.}) 15. f3 f5 16. Bf2 {Diagr} h5 $6 (16... fxe4
17. Bxc5 exf3 $5 {was worth considering.}) 17. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 18. Nc2 g4 19. fxg4
fxg4 20. Ne3 {Diagr White's control of f5 plus the good knight versus bad
bishop give her a clear advantage.} Ra6 21. Na4 (21. Nf5 {was the more
staightforward way of handling the position. The text wins a pawn as ...b6
would lock in the rook.}) 21... Rg6 22. Nxc5 g3 {Diagr} 23. Nd3 (23. Ne6 $1
Nxe6 24. Nf5 $1 Rf7 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxh5 $18 {looks even stronger.}) 23...
gxh2+ 24. Kh1 Qd8 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Nf5 Qg5 27. Qd2 Be5 28. c5 Kh7 29. Rac1
Rfg8 30. Rc2 h4 31. Rf3 Qg4 32. Qf2 $2 (32. Ne7) (32. Qd3) 32... h3 $1 33. Qh4+
Qxh4 34. Nxh4 hxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rg3 36. Rf1 {Diagr} R8g4 $2 (36... Rxg2 37. Nxg2
Rg3 $11 38. Nxf4 $4 Rg1+) 37. Rxh2 $18 Kg8 38. Nf5 f3 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Nxg4
Rxg4 41. Rh3 Rxe4 42. Rhxf3 Rh4+ 43. Kg1 Rg4+ 44. Kf2 Bxb2 45. Ke2 Be5 46. Rd1
Rg6 47. Rf5 Bh2 48. Rh1 Rg2+ 49. Rf2 Rxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Be5 51. Kf3 b6 52. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Tuck, Drew"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3
Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. c5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Qf4 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rfe1 f5 15.
b4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 Nd8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Bb4 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nf6
22. Qb2 Nf7 23. c6 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ng4 25. g3 Qh6 26. f4 bxc6 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28.
b6 g5 29. b7 gxf4 30. b8=Q fxg3 31. Q8b4+ (31. Q2b4+ {won immediately}) 31...
Kg8 32. Q4d2 (32. Qe7 $18) 32... gxh2+ 33. Qxh2 $4 (33. Kh1 $18) 33... Nxh2 $11
34. Qxh2 $2 (34. Qb8 Qe3+ 35. Kxh2 Qf2+ $11) 34... Qe3+ 35. Qf2 Qxd3 36. Ra7 (
36. Ra8) 36... Bh5 {Resignation is premature. White is much worse but he still
could have fought on with 37.Ra8+.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Tuck, Drew"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 g6 $2 {
Diagram [#]} (7... Qa5) 8. Bf3 $1 Bf5 9. Bxf6 (9. cxd5 $1) 9... exf6 10. cxd5 (
10. Nxd5 $1) 10... Nb4 11. Qe2+ (11. Kf1) 11... Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. O-O-O (
13. Ke2 $2) 13... Nd3+ 14. Rxd3 Bxd3 15. Nge2 O-O-O 16. Re1 f5 17. Kd2 Ba6 18.
a3 Bg5+ 19. Kd1 Rhe8 20. b4 Bc4 21. Kc2 Rd7 22. Rd1 Kb8 23. Nc1 Rc8 24. N1e2
Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rd3 Bf6 27. Kb3 Rd7 28. d5 a6 29. a4 g5 30. Rh3 h5 31.
Rxh5 Rh8 32. Rxh8+ Bxh8 33. Kc4 Kc8 34. a5 Be5 35. Na4 Rc7+ 36. Kd3 Bd6 37. Nd4
Bxb4 38. Nb6+ Kd8 39. Nc4 f4 40. Nf3 f6 41. Nd4 Ke8 42. Ne6 Rh7 43. h3 f3 44.
gxf3 Rxh3 45. Ke4 Rh4+ 46. Kd3 Rh1 47. Ke4 Ra1 48. Kf5 Ke7 49. f4 gxf4 50. Nxf4
Bxa5 51. Ng6+ Kd7 52. Kxf6 Bc3+ 53. Kf5 b5 54. Ne3 b4 55. Ne5+ Bxe5 56. Kxe5 b3
57. Nc4 Rc1 58. Nb2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Tuck, Drew"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. f3 a6 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qb4 15.
Qc2 d5 16. Bc5 Qxc3 17. bxc3 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Qe2 h5 21. Rd7
Bh6 22. Rcd1 Bg7 23. Rxb7 Bxc3 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Tuck, Drew"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O c4 8. Be2
Bd6 9. b3 b5 10. a4 c3 11. Nb1 $4 {
This move, trapping the knight, loses. White had to sacrifice by} (11. axb5
cxd2 12. Bxd2 {when} O-O 13. c4 {followed by c5 leads to interesting play.})
11... b4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bf5 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Bg3
Qc7 18. a5 Nb8 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Re3 Nxa5 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Qd3 Nc6
24. Be2 Nxd4 25. Bf1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Tungkitkancharoen, Songtham"]
[Black "Handler, Andrew To"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. b3 Bg4 8.
d3 Nd4 9. Be2 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 e6 13. Bb2 g6 $4 14.
Bxh8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Tungkitkancharoen, Songtham"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qe7+ 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c6 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Be6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Ng5 Rac8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 Qf7 19. Bb5 Qg6 20. Qb1 f5
21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Qxb7 Bc6 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. d5 Rb8 25. Qa2 Bd7 26. Qc2 Rb5 27.
c4 Rc8 28. Qa2 Rbc5 29. Rac1 Qa6 30. d6 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Bb4
Qc6 34. h3 Qc2 35. Qa1 h6 36. Rd1 f4 37. Qd4 e3 38. Re1 Qxf2+ 39. Kh2 Rc2 40.
Qe4 Bc6 41. Qxc6 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Tungkitkancharoen, Songtham"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. d3 Nd6 5. Qe2 f6 6. O-O Nxc4 7. dxc4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Nd5 b6 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. a4 Ba6 12. b3 Qf7 13. Qe4 Nc6 14. Ba3 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Rxd7 c5 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. R7d3 Rdb8 19. Nh4 Bb7 20. Qg4 Nc6 21.
Nf5 g6 22. Nd6 Qe7 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. Bc1 Bc8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qf3 Nd4 27. Qxf6+
Qg7 28. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
c3 Qd5 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Qh5 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Nc5 Ra8
15. Be4 Rd8 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Ne5+ Nxe5 18. dxe5+ Ke7 19. exf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Bf3 Qh6 22. Rd1 {White later won.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5 (7...
a6) 8. Nb5 Nb6 (8... O-O 9. Nc7 cxd4 10. Nxa8 Nc6 11. Nf3 f6 {
is not correct but the best practical try.}) 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. dxc5 N8d7 11. cxb6
axb6 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Ng5 Be8 16. Qh5 f5 17. Nxe8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "Cohee, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 b5 6. d3 Bb7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7
9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nfg5 $1 h6 {Diagram [#]} 13. Nh3 (13.
Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Rxf7 Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxh6 gxh6 (16... Nd7 17. Qg6 Bf8 (
17... Qf8 18. Rf1) 18. Ng5 $18) 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. Qg6+
Kh8 21. Rf7 Qg8 22. Qh5+ $18) 13... Qc7 (13... Nd7 $11) 14. Qg4 Qxe5 15. Bxh6
f5 $2 (15... Nd7 $11) 16. Qg6 $1 Nd7 (16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 $18) 17. Nhg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "Harmon, Fredrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. e5 a6 6. d3 Nf5 7. g4 Nfd4 8. Be3
d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qa5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Rac8 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxf5 Qc7 20. d4 Bd6 21.
h4 Ne7 22. Qf3 {The game ended in a draw. The remaining moves are unavailable.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "McCarty-Snead, Cal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Bf6 9. Qc4 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 d5 18. Qa4 Qe6 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. b3 Rfe8
21. c4 Bc2 22. Rc1 Be4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rcd1 Qf6 25. Rd6 Rad8 26. Qxc6 Qe7 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. h3 h6 30. Qxe4 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6+ 32. f4 Qd2 33. a4
Qc3 34. Qf3 Qd4 35. Kg3 Kh7 36. a5 g6 37. h4 h5 38. Kh3 Qd7+ 39. f5 Qc8 40. Qd5
Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Kg3 gxf5 43. Kf4 Kg8 44. Kg5 Qd8+ 45. Qf6 Qd2+ 46. Kxh5
Qxa5 47. Kh6 Qd2+ 48. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 49. Kxg5 f4 50. Kxf4 Kf8 51. h5 Kg7 52. c5 Kf6
53. c6 Ke6 54. h6 a5 55. h7 Kd6 56. h8=Q Kxc6 57. Qe5 Kb6 58. Qd5 f5 59. Kxf5
Ka6 60. g4 Kb6 61. g5 Ka7 62. Qxa5+ Kb7 63. Qe5 Kc6 64. g6 Kd7 65. g7 Kc6 66.
g8=R Kb6 67. Rg6+ Kb7 68. Qe7+ Kc8 69. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Ne2 (6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3
Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. a4 {to stop ...Bb5 trading off the bad bishop.}
e6 11. Nf3 {
was Fischer-Petrosian (game one) USSR vs. The World match, Belgrade 1970.})
6... e5 (6... Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {
and Black has a solid position in return for the two bishops.}) (6... g6 {
bolsters the kingside by fianchettoeing and the pawn on g6 keeps the knight
off f5.}) (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nf3 {
favors White as Black's bishop on c8 has few prospects.}) 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. a4 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Rd8 (10... Bc5) 11. h3 Bc5 12. Bf4 (12. Bg5)
12... Ng6 13. Bh2 (13. Bg5) 13... O-O 14. Nd2 Qf5 (14... Ne4 15. Nb3 Bb6 16.
Nbd4 Rfe8 {with equal chances.}) 15. Nb3 Bd6 (15... Bb6) 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Nbd4
{is like the game without a4 and ...a6. Chances are equal.}) 9... a6 10. Bxd7+
Qxd7 11. O-O Rd8 (11... Bc5) 12. h3 Bc5 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bh2 O-O 15. Nd2 Qf5 (
15... Ne4) (15... Rfe8) 16. Nb3 Bd6 (16... Ba7) 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Nbd4 Qd7 19.
Ng3 Ne4 20. Ngf5 Rf6 21. Qg4 Nd6 $4 (21... Qd8 {
with only a slight edge for White.}) 22. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. a4 Rhg8 14. Na3 a6
15. Nab5 axb5 16. axb5 b6 17. Qa4 g5 18. Be3 Rde8 19. Bf2 Kd8 20. Qc2 Ke7 21.
Ra6 Kf8 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Ne6+ Rxe6 24. Bxb6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxe1 26. Kf2 Re6
27. h3 h5 28. c4 Bb4 29. Be2 Rxb6 30. c5 Rxb5 31. Bxb5 Bxb5 32. c6 Kg7 33. Qf5
Bd2 34. c7 Bd7 35. Qd3 Bf4 36. Kg2 h4 37. Qc3 Rc8 38. b4 Rxc7 39. Qd4 Rc2+ 40.
Kg1 Rc4 41. Qb2 Bd6 42. b5 Rb4 43. Qd2 Rb1+ 44. Kg2 Bxh3+ 45. Kf2 Bc5+ 46. Ke2
Bf1# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. O-O f5 13. c5 f4 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qb3 Qd8 17. f3 Nf5 18. Qb4 Ne3 19. Rf2 Be5 20. Nd4 a5 21. Qa4
Bd7 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Ncxb5 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Ne6 Bxc3 27. bxc3
Nxd5 28. Nxf4 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Qc5+ 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1168"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. e5 h5 6. h4 Nh6 7. Be2 Na6 8. Nbd2 Nc7
9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Nh2 f6 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15.
O-O exd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rb1 Ne6 20. Nf3 Nxg5 21.
Nxg5 Qf6 22. Qd2 Bf4 23. Qd3 Bxg5 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. Rbe1 Raf8 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27.
Rxe3 Kg7 28. f3 R8f7 29. Rfe1 d4 30. Rd3 c5 31. b4 b6 32. a3 Kf6 33. Rc1 Re7
34. Kf2 Ke6 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. g3 Kd5 37. Rcd1 Rfe5 38. R3d2 Re3 39. a4 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Boldi, Nicholas Ar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1168"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be3 Qb6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. O-O cxd4 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxg4 Qxc2
15. Bh3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Ne6 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Rd2 Ne4 19. Re2 b5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Nb2 d4 22. Rxe4 Rd6 23. Rae1 Rc8 24. Nd3 Rc3 25. g3 Rxd3 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27.
Rxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Re2 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 d3 31. Re3 d2 32. Rd3 Bb4 33. Rd4
Ba5 (33... Re1) 34. b4 Bb6 35. Rd3 a5 36. a3 axb4 37. axb4 Ke6 38. f4 Rg1+ 39.
Kf3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1168"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O Ne5 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
cxd4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Be3 b5 12. e5 d5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rac1
Ba6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Nb1 a5 17. a4 b4 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Nf3 c5 21.
Bc2 Re8 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxf6 Qxg3 25. fxg3 gxf6 26. dxc5 Bc6 27.
Kf2 h6 28. b3 f5 29. Bxf5 f6 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. c6 Rg7
34. Rc1 Rg4 35. c7 Rxd4 36. c8=Q+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "1168"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. b3 a6 10. a4 Ne5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Qc5 13. Nf3 Neg4 14. Rf1 Bd8
15. Ne2 e5 16. Ba3 Qc6 17. h3 Bb6 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Ng3 h5 20. Be2 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qd3 Qf4 23. Bc1 Qf6 24. Be3 Bf5 25. Qd2 d5 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Qxd5
Bxc2 28. Bc4 e4 29. Ne1 Rad8 30. Qg5 Bd1 31. Qe3 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. g3 Rb8
34. Ng2 Bg4 35. Rfe1 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Be2 Be6 38. Bxh5 Bxb3 39. Rab1 Bc4
40. Ne3 Bd3 41. Rb2 b4 42. Be2 Rc8 43. Bxd3 exd3 44. Nf1 f5 45. Nd2 Rc3 46. Nb3
Rdc4 47. Re3 Rc2 48. Rxc2 (48. Rb1 $16) 48... dxc2 49. Nc1 (49. Kg2 $11) 49...
Rd4 $17 50. Nd3 $2 Rxd3 51. Rxd3 c1=Q+ 52. Kh2 f4 53. Kg2 fxg3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Revi, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1168"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
d5 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Nb3 Bc7 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Nxc7 Qxc7
15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Qd4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qc8 19. Rc3 Qe8 20. Qf2 Nd5 21.
Rc4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Be6 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Qe3 Rac8 26. Re2 Bd7 27. Qb3
b5 28. Qb4 Qg5 29. g3 h5 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 g5 32. Rf6 Kg7 33. Rxa6 Rcd8 34.
c3 Rfe8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Kd2 Rd8 37. Rd6 Kf8 38. Nxb5 Ke7 39. Rb6 $2 (39. c4
$18) 39... Bxb5+ 40. Kc2 Bd3+ 41. Kb3 Be2 42. a4 Bxf3 43. a5 Kd7 44. Kb4 Kc7
45. c4 Rd2 46. Kc5 Rxh2 47. b4 Rg2 48. Rh6 Rxg3 49. Rh7 Bc6 50. Rxf7+ Bd7 51.
b5 Rd3 52. a6 h4 53. b6+ Kb8 54. a7+ Kb7 55. Rxd7+ $4 (55. Rf8 $18) 55... Rxd7
56. a8=Q+ Kxa8 57. Kc6 Rb7 58. c5 h3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Sachs-Weintraub, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1161"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Be3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O Ng4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 e5 13. c4 Qd8 14. Bg3 Re8
15. f3 Nf6 16. Bh4 Re6 17. c5 d5 18. cxd6 Rxd6 19. Qf2 a5 20. f4 Re6 21. f5 Re8
22. Kh1 Ba6 23. Qe2 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Qd6 25. Rf3 Qd4 26. Rd1 Rab8 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Rg3+ Kf8 29. Qh5 Ke7 30. Rg7 Rf8 31. Rxh7 Qb2 32. h3 Qxa2 33. Qf3 Rb1 34.
Qf1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Rg8 36. Qg1 Qc2 37. Qa7+ Kd6 38. Qf2 $4 (38. Qg1 $11) 38...
Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1161"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Be3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. g4 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Bg6 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Bd4
Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Re8+ 16. Kd2 f6 17. Rde1 b6 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Nh4
h5 21. Ng6 Rg8 22. f4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bf3 24. Re8+ Kd7 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Nxf8+
Ke8 27. Ne6 c5 28. Bf2 Kf7 29. Nc7 Bxg4 30. Nb5 Ke6 31. Nxa7 g5 32. Be3 Bf5 33.
fxg5 fxg5 34. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Valente, Marty J"]
[Black "Stearman, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1161"]
[BlackElo "1011"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bxc5 Nxe4 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O d5 12. Nd2 Qd6 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Qd2
Re8 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 {and White won.
} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Anderson"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. Qf3 g6 8.
Nge2 Bd6 9. h3 h5 $4 $16 10. g4 hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1+ 12. Qxh1 Nd7 $4 $18 13.
gxf5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Qxf5 Qh8 17. O-O-O Rg8 18. Nf4 Kd8 $4
19. Ne6+ Kc8 20. e4 Qh6+ 21. Kb1 Bb4 22. exd5 cxd5 23. a3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nb6 25.
Nf4+ Kb8 26. Nxd5 Na4 27. Qd7 Nb6 28. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Qxb7 Nb4 7. Na3 dxc4 8.
Nb5 Nfd5 9. Bxc7 Qc8 10. Qxc8+ Rxc8 11. Rc1 Nxc7 12. Rxc4 Kd7 13. Nf3 f6 14. a3
Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Rxc7+ Rxc7 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Kd2 Be4 19. Rc1+ Kd7 20.
Ne1 Bd6 21. f3 Bg6 22. g3 Rb8 23. b4 a5 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 axb4 26. axb4
Rxb4 27. e4 Rb3+ 28. Rc3 Rxc3+ 29. Kxc3 h5 30. f4 g5 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. Kd3 g4
33. e5 Be7 34. Ke4 Kc6 35. d5+ exd5+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
e5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Qd5 Bf5 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Qxb7 Rd7 18. Qc6 Rfd8 19. e4 Qh4 20. g3 Bxg3
21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Bh3 23. e5 Rd5 24. Rf2 Rd1+ 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rd1+
27. Ke2 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Koga, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 c4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 b5 8. a4 Ba6
9. axb5 Bxb5 10. Na3 Ba6 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. Rxa6 Nb4 13. Bxc4 Nxa6 14. Bb5+ Nd7
15. Ne5 Nab8 16. Qf3 f6 17. Qxa8 fxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Bxd7 Rf7 21.
g3 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxb8+ Kf7 24. Kg2 Kg6 25. Qa8 Qd1 26. Qe4+ Kf7 27.
Bb2 Qd2 28. Bd4 Bb4 29. Bxa7 Kg8 30. Qd3 Qc1 31. Qc4 Qa3 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. Qc8+
Ke7 34. Bb6 Kf7 35. Qd7+ Be7 36. e4 Kg8 37. Bc7 Qb4 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 Nbd7 6. f4 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Ngf3 Ne4 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Ndf6 $2 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13...
Nd7 14. Ne5 Nef6) 14. Ng5 Nd6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Ngf3 Rc8 17. Ne5 b5 18. dxc5 Rxc5
19. Nb3 Rc7 $2 (19... Rc8) 20. Nd4 a6 21. a4 Nc4 22. Qe2 b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24.
Rfc1 Ke7 $4 25. b3 Nxe5 26. Rxc7+ Ned7 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28. Qxa6 Qd2 29. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg4 8. c3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Na3 Nge7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Kh1 Nf5 14. Nd3 Rfd8
15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Ne5 Qb5 17. Be3 f6 18. Ng4 Qc4 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Ne5 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Ne4 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ra6 Rdc8 24. Rea1 Rc7 25. b4 Kf7 26. Bd1 Ke7 27. Ba4
Kd7 28. b5 cxb5 29. Bxb5+ Kc8 30. Rxe6 Rb8 31. Re8+ Kb7 32. Ba6+ Ka8 33. Rxb8+
Kxb8 34. Ra5 Rc6 35. Rb5+ Rb6 36. Kg1 Kc7 37. Rxb6 Kxb6 38. Bd3 Bf8 39. Kf1 Bd6
40. Ke2 a5 41. c4 Kc6 42. c5 Bc7 43. b3 Nc3+ 44. Kd2 Na2 45. Ba6 Kd7 46. Bb5+
Ke6 47. g3 Nb4 48. Kc3 Na2+ 49. Kb2 Nb4 50. Bd2 Bd8 51. h4 h5 52. Bc3 Bc7 53.
Ka3 Nc2+ 54. Ka4 Bd8 55. Be8 Kf6 56. Kb5 Ne3 57. Kc6 Nf1 58. Be1 Ne3 59. Kd7
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Mart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 h6 5. h4 Be6 6. Nbd2 Bf7 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
g6 9. Be2 Ng4 10. e4 e5 11. Bh2 Nxh2 12. Rxh2 f4 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. Qa4 O-O-O
15. Qxa7 Nb6 16. d5 Bg7 17. Nb3 Kd7 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Ne5 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Na4 Nd7 11. O-O f5 12. c4 Nb6 13. Be5 Rb7 14. cxd5 Nxa4 15.
dxc6 Rb6 16. Bc4 Rb4 17. a3 Rxc4 18. bxc4 Nb6 19. d3 Bd6 20. a4 Bxe5 21. fxe5
Qc7 22. a5 Na8 23. d4 Qxc6 24. d5 Qd7 25. dxe6 Qxd1 26. Rfxd1 Bxe6 27. Rd6 Bxc4
28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Rxc5 a6 30. e6 g6 31. e7 Re8 32. Rd8 Kf7 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Rc8+
Kxe7 35. Rxa8 Kd6 36. Rh8 Kc5 37. Rxh7 Kb4 38. Rg7 Kxa5 39. Rxg6 Kb4 40. g4
fxg4 41. Rxg4+ Kc3 42. h4 Bd3 43. h5 Kb3 44. h6 a5 45. Rg7 a4 46. h7 Bxh7 47.
Rxh7 a3 48. Ra7 a2 49. e4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qe1
Na6 9. Kh1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Nh4 Nf6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 cxd5
15. b4 Ne6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Bd1 Qd7 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. dxe4
dxe4 22. Neg1 exf3 23. Nxf3 Nd4 24. Be3 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxc2 27.
Rbd1 Qe6 28. Rde1 Qxa2 29. Bf4 Rc3 30. Qb7 Rd3 31. Bb8 a5 32. Qxb6 Qd5 33. Kh2
axb4 34. Bf4 b3 35. Bc1 b2 36. Bxb2 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Viswanath, Ganesh"]
[Black "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Ba3 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 f5 15. Nd2
Nf6 16. c5 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bc3 Nf5 21. Ra4
Qh4 22. Bb5 Nh6 $2 {Diagram [#]} (22... Rf7) 23. f3 $1 Bf5 24. Qe3 g5 25. Bd2
Nf7 26. fxe4 Bg6 27. Bd7 g4 28. Rb1 $2 (28. Be6 $1 {and with clear targets on
b7 and d6 plus no attack for Black, this position should be winning for White.}
) 28... Ng5 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Qxg5+ Qxg5 31. Bxg5 b5 $1 32. Rab4 Bd7 33. Be7
Rfe8 34. Bxd6 Rxa5 35. Rc1 Ra6 36. Bc7 Rc8 {Black has equalized.} 37. Rbb1 Ra4
38. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Rxe4 40. Bg3 Rd4 41. d6 Kf7 42. Re1 Be6 43. Rf1+ Ke8
44. Re1 Kd7 45. Rc1 Bc4 46. Re1 Be6 47. Rc1 Bc4 48. Re1 Be6 49. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Viswanath, Ganesh"]
[Black "Lourme, Nicholas R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bd6 Ra8 12. c5 b6 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ba6 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. Rc1 bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bb7 20. a4 f5 21. Bg2
f4 22. Qc2 Qg5 23. b5 fxg3 24. hxg3 h5 25. Qc1 Qg4 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Bf8
28. Bxc6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Red8 30. Rfc1 Ba8 31. d7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Viswanath, Ganesh"]
[Black "Sun, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Qe7
9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Nd7 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Bg7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. Re1
Rb8 16. Na4 Rb4 17. Ra2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxa6 Qa7 20. Qe2 Ra8 21. Nb6 (21.
Bb5 Qxa5 22. Nc3 Qxa2 23. Nxa2 Rxa2 $19) 21... Qxa6 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. Nf3 Qxd5
24. Ra3 Rxb2 25. Qd1 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bd4 28. a6 Rb8 29. Kg2 Kf8
30. Rd2 Ke7 31. a7 Ra8 32. Ra6 Kd7 33. Rda2 Kc7 34. R6a5 Bd7 35. Ra6 Be6 36.
Rd2 Bc4 37. Ra4 Bb5 38. Ra3 Kb6 39. Rda2 Bc4 40. Rc2 Bd5 41. Rc1 h5 42. Rb1+
Kc7 43. h4 Be5 44. Rd1 Bc6 45. Rb1 c4 46. Ra6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O (7. Be3 c6
$5 {Kotronias} (7... Ng4 {
"This is the most principled and the best move for Black" Bologan} 8. Bg5 f6 9.
Bh4 (9. Bc1 f5 $5 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 f5 11. h3 (11. exf5 $2 Nxf2 $3) (11. Bxg4
fxg4) (11. O-O fxe4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Bxd4 14. Bh6 (14. Qxe4 Nc6 15. Be3
Bg7) (14. Nd5 Qd7 (14... Nc6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rae1 Qc8) 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Bh6
Rf7 17. Nxc7 Rc8 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Rad1 Rf6 20. Bg5 Re6 21. b3 $14) 14... Re8 15.
Nxe4 Nc6 16. Rae1 Qc8 $1 17. Qf3 Qf5 $11) 11... Nh6 (11... Ne5 $5 12. exf5 gxf5
13. Nd5 Nbc6 (13... Ng6 14. h4 Nc6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nb5 h6 17. Bd2 $16) 14. Nb5
Rf7 15. Be3 (15. Bh5 Ng6 16. O-O Nce5 $13) 15... Ng6 (15... a6 16. Nbxc7) 16.
Qd2 f4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qf6) 12. Bxh6 (12. exf5) (12. O-O) (12. h4) 12...
Bxh6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bf3 (15. c5 Bg7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Bd7) (
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Rb1 c5 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qd3 Bg7 $11) 15... Nxd4
16. Qxd4 Bg7 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Rfe1 c6 20. Qd3 Qf6 21. g3 Bd7 $11)
10. Bg5 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. exf5 (11. Nxe5)) (10. O-O) (10. h3 Nxf2 $1 11. Kxf2
fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 (13. Ke3 Bh6+ 14. Kd3 Qxe4+ 15. Kxe4 (15. Kc3 exd4+
16. Nxd4 Bg7) 15... Bf5+ 16. Kd5 c6+ 17. Kxd6 Rf6+ 18. Kc7 Rf7+ 19. Kd6 Bg7 {
[%eval 32764,0]}) 13... Qxe4 14. Bd3 (14. dxe5 dxe5) (14. d5 Bf5 $17 {
Ivanchuk-Bologan, Edmonton 2005} (14... Qf5 $5 $17)) 14... Qc6 $17) (10. exf5
exd4 (10... Bxf5) 11. Nd5 (11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nd5 (12. Nxd4 Qe5 13. Nf3 Qxf5 14.
Nd5 Nc6) 12... d3 $1 13. Qxd3 (13. Nxc7 Qf7) 13... Bxf5 14. Qd2 (14. Ne7+ Qxe7
15. Bxe7 Bxd3 16. Bxf8 Bxb2)))) 9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 (11. h4 $6) (11. Qd2
) (11. O-O) (11. c5) (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 (12. h4 $6) (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 (
13. Nd2 Be6) 13... Na6 14. Ne7+ (14. O-O-O Be6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 c6 17. Ne3 Nc5
18. f3 gxf3 19. gxf3 f5 20. Rhg1 Kf8 $11) 14... Kf8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8) (12. Qd5+
Kh8 13. Qxd8 (13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Qa5 c6) 13... Rxd8 14. h4 $5 (14. Nd2 c5 $1)
14... g4 15. Nd2 Na6 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Nb3 Nf7 18. Na5 Nd6 $13) (12. O-O) (12.
Qb3 c6 13. c5+ Kh8 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. h4 g4 16. O-O-O Qxc5)) (11. h3 Nd7 12. d5 (
12. O-O) (12. Qd2) 12... f5 13. exf5 (13. h4) (13. Qc2) (13. Nd2) 13... Nc5 $1
14. Nd2 (14. Qd2) 14... Bxf5 15. O-O (15. f3 e4 $1)) 11... Nd7)) 7... c6 (7...
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 (9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 (10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13.
Nb5 (13. b4) (13. a4) (13. Nd3)) 10... f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5) 9...
Nh5 (9... a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4) 10. Re1 (10. g3) 10... f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12.
Bf3 (12. f3)) (7... Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qc2 Qe7 {
Walder-Winslow, BCS FNM just the Friday before.}) 8. Be3 {Belov: '!?'} (8. d5)
(8. Re1 {Belov: '!?'}) (8. dxe5) (8. Rb1 $5 Nbd7 (8... exd4 $5 9. Nxd4 Re8 10.
f3 Nh5 $13) 9. b4 Re8 10. d5 $1 c5 11. a3 b6 12. Ne1 Rf8 13. Nd3 Ne8 14. a4 f5
15. a5 $14 Ndf6 16. f3 Ba6 $5 (16... f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. g4 $1) 17. Qb3 Kh8 18.
Ra1 Nh5 19. Ra3 $1 Nc7 20. exf5 $5 (20. Bd2 $5) 20... gxf5 21. b5 Bc8 22. f4
Nxf4 (22... e4 23. Bxh5 exd3 24. Nd1 $16) 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rxa8
Nxa8 26. Bxf4 $16 Nc7 27. Bd3 Ne8 28. Qc2 Nf6 $1 29. Bg5 (29. Bxf5 Nxd5 $1 30.
Bxc8 Nxf4 $13) 29... Qe8 30. Ne2 $1 (30. Bxf5 Nxd5 31. Bxc8 $2 (31. Nxd5 Bxf5
$10) 31... Bd4+ $19) 30... Ng4 (30... Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 (31... Qxe4 32. Qxe4
fxe4 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Ng3 $16) 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Ng3 $16) (30... Qg6 31. Bc1
Ng4 32. Nf4 $16) 31. Qd2 Ne5 32. Nf4 Qf7 $6 (32... Nxd3 33. Nxd3 Qg6 $16) 33.
Be2 $1 {/\35.Bh5 Qc7 36.Ne6+/-/} Bf6 34. Nh5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Qg6 (35... Ng6 $5)
36. Qe7 Re8 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. Nxf6 Re7 (38... Rf8 39. Nh5 Bd7 40. Ra1 $5) 39.
Ra1 $1 Kg7 40. Nh5+ Kf7 41. Ra8 Re8 (41... Bd7 42. Rb8 $18) (41... Bb7 42. Rh8
Kg6 43. Rf8 Rf7 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. Nf4 $16) 42. Kf2 Bd7 43. Ra7 Rb8 44. Nf4 Kf6 (
44... Ke7 45. Ne6 Kf6 46. Nc7 $1 $18) 45. Nd3 $1 Ke7 (45... Be8 $5 46. Nxe5
dxe5 47. Rxh7 $16) (45... Nxd3+ 46. Bxd3 Be8 47. Rxh7 $18) 46. Nxe5 dxe5 47. g4
$1 $18 Kd6 (47... f4 48. Bd3 Kd6 49. g5 h6 50. g6 $18) 48. gxf5 Bxf5 49. Rf7
Bg6 50. Rf6+ Ke7 (50... Kd7 51. d6 {/\Bg4/}) 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Rxe5 Re8 53. Rxe8
Kxe8 54. Ke3 {/\Bd3+-/ 1-0 (54) Larsen, B-Najdorf,M Dallas 1957 MCL (Belov)}) (
8. Qc2) 8... h6 $5 $146 (8... Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 (9... Qc7) (9... Qb6) 10. Bh4) (
8... exd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Bxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 (10... Qe7 $1 11. Rfe1 $1 Nbd7 12.
Rad1 $5 (12. h3)) 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 $5 Ne5 13. h3 Bh6 14. b4 b6 15. c5 bxc5
16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bxc5 Qb7 18. Na4 Be6 19. Bd6 Nd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Bf8
22. Rb1 Qd7 23. Red1 Bxd6 24. cxd6 Rab8 25. a4 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qd8 27. Qc2 Qd7
28. Qc5 f6 29. a5 Kg7 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. a6 Kh6 32. Qe3+ g5 33. Qf3 Qf7 34. Rb7
Rd7 35. Bc4 f5 36. exf5 Qxf5 37. Bxe6 {
1-0 (37) Tal,M (2635)-Dvoretzky,M (2495) Leningrad 1974}) 9... Re8 (9... Qe7)
10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rad1 Bxd4 15. Bxd4
Nxd4 (15... dxe4 $5) 16. Rxd4 Qf6 $1 17. Qxd5 (17. Rd2)) (8... Na6 $5 9. d5 (9.
dxe5) (9. Re1 Ng4 $1 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nh6 12. h3 (12. c5 $5)) (9. h3) (9. a3
$5) (9. Qc2 $5)) 9. h3 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. h3 Qe7 12. Qc2 Nh5 13.
Rfe1 Nf4 14. Bf1 Re8 15. b4 Qf6 16. Qd1 Nf8 17. Kh2 Rd8 18. Nd2 N8e6 19. g3 Nd3
20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Ne2 Ng5 22. Ng1 Be6 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. a4 Bxh3 25. f4 exf4 26.
gxf4 Qc3 27. Rad1 Bg4 28. Qxg4 Rxe3 29. Nf1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxe4 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32.
fxg5 Be5+ 33. Kg2 h5 34. Qf8 Rg4+ 35. Kh1 Rh4+ 36. Kg2 Qc2+ 37. Rd2 Qe4+ 38.
Nf3 Rg4+ 39. Kf2 Bg7 40. Qc5 Rf4 41. N1h2 b6 42. Qd6 Qxc4 43. a5 Bc3 44. axb6
axb6 45. Rd1 Bxb4 46. Qd3 Bc5+ 47. Kg3 h4+ 48. Kg2 Qe6 49. Re1 h3+ 50. Kg3 Qc4
51. Qxc4 Rxc4 52. Ng4 Bd6+ 53. Kxh3 Bf4 54. Re8 Kg7 55. Re7 Rc3 56. Kg2 Rc2+
57. Kg1 Rc5 58. Nfe5 Bxe5 59. Nxe5 Kf8 60. Rxf7+ Ke8 61. Rf6 Rxe5 62. Rxg6 b5 {
1/ 2-1/2 (62) Sosa Macho,F (2215)-Barboza,M Uruguay 1991}) 9... exd4 10. Bxd4
Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 (12. Rfe1 Qe7 13. Bf1 Ne5 {
Uhlmann,W-Vogt,L/Dresden/1988/}) 12... Qe7 13. Rfe1 (13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Ne6
15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Ndc5 17. Ng3 Be5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Nb1 Nf4 21. Bf1
Nf8 22. Ne2 N8e6 23. g3 Ng5 24. Nd4 Nfxh3+ 25. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Bg4 27. f3
Bxd4 28. fxg4 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Ng5 30. Qxd6 Re6 31. Qd4 Qe7 32. Nc3 Re8 33. a3 b6
34. b5 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Rd6 cxb5 39. cxb5
Rxg4 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. Rd3 h5 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Kd2 g5 44. Rd7 Ra4 45. Rd3 Kg6 46.
Kc2 f6 47. Kb3 Rg4 48. Kb2 Kf5 49. Rd7 Ra4 50. Kb3 Ra5 51. a4 Kg4 52. Rd3 f5
53. Kb4 h4 54. gxh4 Kxh4 55. Rd4+ f4 56. Kc3 Kg3 57. Kd2 a6 58. bxa6 Rxa6 59.
Ke2 f3+ 60. Kf1 g4 61. Rb4 b5 {
0-1 (61) Kolesov,E-Pervakov,S (2149) Alushta 2006}) 13... Ne5 (13... b6 14. Bf1
Bb7 (14... Ne5 15. Nh2 g5 16. Ne2 g4 $5 17. hxg4 Nfxg4 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. f3 Ne5
20. Bf2 $5 (20. Ng3 d5 $5 21. Nf5 $140 $2 (21. cxd5 cxd5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 $2
Qh4 24. Bb5 Qxg3 25. Bxe8 Ba6 $19) 21... Bxf5 22. exf5 Nxf3+ $1) 20... Be6 21.
Nd4 Rac8 $14) 15. a3 Rad8 16. b4 Qf8 17. Be3 $5 Nh7 (17... Ne5 18. Nd4 (18. Nh2
d5 $5) 18... d5 $140 $6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. c5 $16) 18. Nd4 Nhf6 19. Nde2 Ne5 20.
Ng3 Nh7 (20... h5 $5 21. f4 Ned7 22. Bd3 h4 23. Nf1 Nh5 $132) 21. f4 Nd7 22.
Bd4 Nhf6 23. Re2 $5 (23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nh7 25. e6 Ndf6 26. Bc5 Rxd1 $1)
23... h5 $6 (23... Kh7 24. Rde1 (24. Bf2 h5 $132) 24... c5 (24... h5 $140 $2
25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Ng8 27. Nxh5) 25. Bf2 cxb4 (25... h5 26. e5 h4 27. Nf5 $1)
26. axb4 a5 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Ng8 30. e6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6
32. Rxe6 Ngf6 33. Nd5 $1 $16) 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nh7 26. e6 Ndf6 {[#]} 27.
Bc5 $1 bxc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. e7 Qe8 30. exd8=Q Qxd8 31. Qd2 Qf8 32. Nce4 Ba6
33. Re1 (33. Nd6 $142 $1 $18) 33... cxb4 34. axb4 Bc8 35. Qd6 Be6 36. c5 Qc8
37. Nxf6+ $6 (37. Qe7 $142 Nd5 38. Qxa7 Nxb4 39. Nd6 Qd8 40. Rb1 Bd4+ 41. Kh1
Qxd6 42. cxd6 Bxa7 43. Rxb4 $18) 37... Nxf6 38. Ne4 $6 Nd7 $2 (38... Nxe4 39.
Rxe4 Bd5 40. Re1 Qf5 $44) 39. Ng5 Bd5 40. Re7 Nf8 41. Bd3 Bh6 42. Ne4 Be3+ 43.
Kh2 Bd4 44. Nf6+ Bxf6 45. Qxf6 a6 46. Qd6 Ne6 47. Ra7 Ng5 48. Bxg6 $1 {
1-0 (48) Shulman,Y (2425)-Kochyev,A (2475) St Petersburg 1994 CBM 042 (Shulman)
}) (13... a6 14. a3 (14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2
Qf6 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. Re3 Ne5 21. Nd4 Rd8 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Nb3 Ra3 24. Nc1 Ra1 25.
Qb2 Ra8 26. Nb3 Nf4 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Qb3 Ra7 29. Nce2 Nxe2+ 30. Nxe2 Be6 31. Nd4
g5 32. Qc3 Rda8 33. Nc2 Qe7 34. c5 f6 35. Rxd6 Rd8 36. Qd4 Raa8 37. Ne1 Nf7 38.
Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Qa1 Rd2 40. Nf3 Ra2 41. Qc3 Qc7 42. e5 fxe5 43. Nxe5 Kg8 44. Ng6
Qd7 45. Qf6 {1-0 (45) Sofrevski,J-Scheipl, R Yugoslavia 1975}) 14... b5 15. b4
Bb7 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qc7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
a4 $1 $14 {Shulman,Y-Dydyshko,V/BLR ch/ 1994/}) (13... c5 $5 14. Be3 (14. Nd5
$2 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Nb4 16. Qc3 Nxa2 $17) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qe7 17.
Bxc5 Ne5 $8 18. Nxe5 dxc5 19. f4 $5 $36) 14. b4 (14. Nh2 g5 15. Nf1 b6 16. Ng3
Be6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Na4 Nd7 20. b3 Bf8 21. Rc1 Rab8 22. Bg4 Rb4
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nb2 Qf6 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Nh5 Qg6 27. Nxe5 Qxh5 28. g4 Qxh3 29.
Re3 Qh4 30. Rg3 Bd6 31. Nf3 Bxg3 32. Nxh4 Bxh4 33. f3 Nd7 34. Kg2 Rd4 35. Rd1
Ne5 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Qc5 Nf7 38. Qxd4 Rd8 39. Qc3 Rd1 40. Qc2 Rd6 41. Qc3 Rd1
42. a3 e5 43. b4 Rd6 44. a4 Kg7 45. a5 Rd4 46. a6 Rd6 47. Qe3 Rd7 48. Qc3 Rd4
49. Qc5 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 Rf2+ 51. Kg1 Rxf3 52. Qxa7 Rg3+ 53. Kf1 Ra3 54. Qb6 Ra1+
55. Ke2 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 Bf2 57. Qxc6 Bd4 58. Qb7 Rb2 59. Kc4 Kf6 60. Qc6+ Ke7 61.
Qb7+ Ke6 62. Qc8+ Ke7 63. Qc7+ {
1/2-1/2 (65) Rasmussen,C (2327)-Hoi,C (2418) Aalborg 2007} Ke6 64. Qc8+ Ke7 65.
Qc7+ {1/2-1/2 (65) Rasmussen,C (2327)-Hoi,C (2418) Aalborg 2007}) 14... Nfd7
15. Nh2 c5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Ne6 (19... Be6) 20. Qc1
h5 (20... Kh7) 21. Nf1 Ned4 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Kh1 b6 25. Nf4 Ne5 26.
Qd2 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Bf8 28. Bh6 Nf7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Ne3 Bb7 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Rd2
Rc5 33. Red1 Qe7 34. Rd3 Kg8 35. Rb3 Re5 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. cxd5 f5 38. Bd3 fxe4
39. Bxe4 Qf6 40. Rc3 Kg7 41. Rc7 R5e7 42. Rdc1 {
He might have played this, but in any case he touched the rook -- and resigned.
} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. e4 b5 8. Qb3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Qb4 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5 Nb7 14. Rd1 Nd6 15.
a4 a5 16. Qb3 b4 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. Na7 Rc5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rac1 Qc7
22. Qe3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd7 24. Nc6 Bxb2 25. Rc2 Bc3 26. Nfe5 Qc7 27. Bf3 Rc8 28.
Bg4 Re8 29. Bf3 Nf5 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Na7 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nd2 Be8 11. Ndf3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Nfe5 Ndf6 14. Qc1 h6 15.
f3 Ng5 16. h4 Ngh7 17. Nf4 Nh5 18. Nxh5 Bxh5 19. a4 f4 20. gxf4 Qxh4 21. e3
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bg6 23. Qe1 Qh5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qg3 Bf5 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Rh1
Qg6 28. Qxg6 Bxg6 29. Rag1 Re6 {Diagram [#]} 30. Rxh6 $5 (30. Ba3 Rf7 31. Bh3
Bf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rh4 {was also quite strong.}) 30... gxh6 31. Bh3 Re7 $4 (
31... Rfe8 32. f5 $2 (32. Ke2 {and then f5 gives White the advantage.}) 32...
Ng5 $1) 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 33. Rxh6 Kg7 34. Rh4 c5 35. f5 Rc7 36. f6+ Kg6 37. Rg4+
Kh6 38. Rh4+ Kg6 39. e4 dxe4 40. fxe4 Ng5 41. Bf5+ Kf7 42. Rg4 Rg8 43. e6+ Kf8
44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Waharte, Louka"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1366"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qb6 10. Kh1 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qb4 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. Qg3 Qa5 14. b4 Qc7
15. Ne2 e5 16. c4 Rae8 17. f5 b6 18. Qf3 d5 19. g4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
Kh8 22. g5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 f6 24. g6 Nb8 25. Rg1 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Qf7 27. Qg4 Qd7
28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Bxg7 Re7 32. Bxf6 Rh7 33. Qg5+ Kf8
34. Qg2 Rxh3+ 35. Kg1 Rh7 36. Rf1 Qe6 37. Bxe5+ Ke8 38. Bxb8 Rh6 39. Nf4 Qxc4
40. Re1+ Kf7 {White is completely winning but had almost no time left and drew
in a few moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Waharte, Louka"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1366"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Bh4 Nxb2 13. Rab1 e5 14. Ne2
Nd3 15. cxd3 Bf5 16. Rbd1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Waharte, Louka"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1366"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 g6 $2 7. Bb3 (7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 $1 dxe5 $4 (8... Ng4 9. e6) (8... Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. O-O) 9.
Bxf7+) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Na5 12. h4 (12. Kb1
Nxb3 13. cxb3) 12... Nxb3+ 13. Nxb3 a5 14. a3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 b4 (
16... Be6 17. Qd3 Bc4 $19) 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Qxa5 Bxb3 19. Qxb4 Bh6+ 20. Kb1
Bxc2+ 21. Ka2 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Qc7 23. Ka1 Qc2 24. Rg1 Rb8 25. Qe1 Rb7 26. e5 Bg7
27. f4 dxe5 28. fxe5 Rd8 29. Qa5 Rbd7 30. Bc3 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Ka2 Qd5+
33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. a4 Bxe5 35. Bb4 Bd6 36. Bc3 e5 37. b4 e4 38. Kb3 e3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Walder, Michael"]
[Black "Harmon, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qb3 (5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7.
Nxd5 Qxb3 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. axb3) 5... Qb6 6. c5 (6. cxd5 Nxd5 (6... Qxb3 7.
axb3 cxd5 8. Nb5 $16) 7. e4 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nxc3 9. exf5 Nd5 $14) 6... Qxb3 (6...
Qc7 7. Bf4 $1 Qc8 8. e3 $14) 7. axb3 Na6 8. Bf4 (8. e4 $1 Nb4 9. Ra4 dxe4 10.
Nh4 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 $16) 8... Nb4 9. Ra4 a5 10. Bc7 Ng4 $2 (10... e6 11. Rxa5 Nc2+
12. Kd2 Rxa5 13. Bxa5 Ng4 14. Nd1 Na1 15. b4 Nf6 16. Nc3 (16. e3 Ne4+ 17. Ke1
Be7 18. Nd2 $14) 16... Ng4) 11. e3 Bd3 12. h3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nf6 14. Rxa5 $18
Rxa5 15. Bxa5 Na6 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Ra1 e5 18. b4 e4 19. Nd2 Nab8 20. b5 Be7 21.
Bc7 Bd8 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Ra8 Nd7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc8 O-O 26. Rxc6 Nf6 27. b4
Re8 28. Rc8 Kf8 29. Nb3 Ke7 30. Ra8 Ke6 31. b5 Bc7 32. Ra6+ Kd7 33. Ra7 Kc8 34.
b6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. a3 b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Nb3 cxb4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Qb3
Bc5 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. Rfc1 a5 24. Bf1 Nxe4 25. Bg2 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. Qf3 Bxb5
28. Qxf2 Qd6 29. Rab1 Bd3 30. Rb2 a4 31. Qe3 e4 32. Qd4 a3 33. Rb4 a2 34. Qb2
b5 35. Rd4 Bb1 36. Rxb1 axb1=Q+ 37. Qxb1 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qh4 Ne5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qa4 a6 14. O-O Be6
15. Rd1 b5 16. Qf4 b4 17. Ne2 Qb8 18. Qxb8 Raxb8 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bb2 Ng4 21.
Rac1 Rbc8 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxd5 Rd8 27.
e4 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33.
Ke4 f5+ 34. Kd4 f4 35. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4 Nb6 8. h3
Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nc3 c6 11. O-O cxd5 12. exd5 Nbc4 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nxc4 Nxc4
15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. Kh2 Rac8 20. Bf1 a6 21.
f3 f6 22. Be3 g5 23. Bd4 Bg6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Qc7 26. Rd2 h4 27. Bf2 Kh8
28. Qd1 Nf7 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Bg4 Nxg4+ 31. Qxg4 hxg3+ 32. Bxg3 Qa5 33. Rde2 Qxa2
34. Qe6 Qb3 35. h4 Rc2 {
In this tense position, with both flags hanging, both sides quit keeping score.
} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Askin, David Benja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 {The idea of this (pushed by Negi in one of
his amazing Grandmaster Repertoire books on 1.e4) is to avoid a queen exchange
-- which is just what happens!} Ng4 18. Bc1 {Diagram [#]} b5 $6 {
Black mixes systems.} 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc4 21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Rd7 Rfe8 23.
Rhd1 Rad8 $4 24. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Ayinala, Shree"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1758"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a6 10. c5 Ne8 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Rd1 f5 13. Ng5 f4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
Nc6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Bc4 Nd8 21. Qd3
Nxe6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nd4 24. Rd7 Rb6 25. a3 a5 26. b5 Nxb5 27. Rxg7 Kxg7
28. Bxe5+ Kf8 29. Rb1 Rc8 30. Bf1 (30. Bxb5 Rxb5) 30... Rcc6 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32.
Bxb5 Re6 33. Bxf4 Rxe4 34. Be3 Ke7 35. g3 Kd6 36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 Kd5 38. Kf3 Re7
39. Bb6 Re6 40. Bxa5 Kc5 41. Bd3 Kd4 42. Bf1 Rf6+ 43. Ke2 Rf5 44. Bb6+ Kc3 45.
a4 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. a5 Rg4 48. Bg2 Rg7 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Bf3 Rh7 51. Be4 Re7
52. f4 Re8 53. f5 Rf8 54. Kf4 Re8 55. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Bhattacharjee, Shi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 Be6 6. Nd5 e4 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.
Bxe4 Bxc4 9. Qc2 d5 10. a3 Ne5 11. d4 Ng4 12. Bf3 Qe6 13. b3 Ba6 14. Qxc7 Rc8
15. Qa5 Nf6 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qe4 18. Qb5+ Kd8 19. O-O Qc2 20. Nf4 Qc6 21.
Qa5+ b6 22. Qxa7 Be7 23. Qa6 Ra8 24. Qd3 g5 25. Ne2 h5 26. Bd2 h4 27. f3 Qd6
28. Bb4 Qe6 29. g4 Nxg4 30. fxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kf2 Bxb4 32. axb4 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Rh6
34. Qc2 Rf6+ 35. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Qf7 11. Be2 h5 12. Ng2 Bd6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Nb5 Bb4+ 15.
Kf1 Be6 16. Nf4 O-O-O 17. Qa4 a6 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. d5 Bxe2+ 20. Ncxe2 Rxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Qf7 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxa2 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27.
Qxh8 Qxb2 28. Qxh5 Qe5 29. Nd4 c5 30. Qxf5+ Qxf5 31. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nxd5 Qd8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2
Qh4 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. Qxb7 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qg6 18. O-O Rab8 19. b3 Rb5 20. Rc5 Rxc5
21. dxc5 Qc2 22. Qd1 Qxc5 23. Bc1 Rc8 24. Bb2 Qf5 25. Qd4 h6 26. Qxa7 Ne4 27.
f3 Ng5 28. e4 Qg6 29. Be5 Rc2 30. Bg3 f5 31. exf5 exf5 32. Kh1 Ne6 33. b4 f4
34. Bf2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O e6 6. d4 d5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Ne5 c5 14. g4 Nf6 15. h3
Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxd5 Rad8 21. e4
Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne7 23. Rfd1 Qd6 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Qc7 Rf7 26. Qxb7 Rd7 27. Qb3 Rf8
28. Rd2 Rb8 29. Qg3 Qb4 30. Rc3 Rc8 31. a3 Qb6 32. Qe3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Nc8 34.
Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Lin, Aung Tun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
Qe8 9. Re1 Qg6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 (12... Qxe4 13. Nh4) 13.
Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Bxb7 Rae8 18. Be4 Qf7 19. Qc2 g6
20. Re2 Nf5 21. Nf3 d5 22. Bd3 Qg7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Bc6 25. Rae1 Rf6 26.
cxd5 Bb7 27. dxe6 Qh6 28. Bf1 Qg7 29. d5 Qe7 30. Bd3 Ref8 31. Bc4 Qc5 32. e7
Nxe7 33. d6+ Nd5 34. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nbd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Rb8 10. h3 Qb6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rab1 Qd8 14. b4 Ne6
15. Rfc1 a6 16. Nd5 b5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 bxc4 20. Rxc4 a5
21. b5 h5 22. Ra4 Qc7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Rxa5 Bd4 25. Ra6 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxb5 $1
27. Ra7 Qb8 $2 (27... Qb6 28. Bxb5 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qxa7 30. a4 $14) 28. Ra8 ({
Resignation is premature. After} 28. Ra8 Qxa8 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 {Black puts his R
on b5 to a5 with a very solid setup. White is better but has no clear plan how
to increase his advantage.}) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nge2 Qh4 5. g3 Qh5 6. Bg2 f5 7. O-O fxe4 8. d3
Nc6 9. dxe4 O-O-O 10. Nd4 Qc5 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qe2 Kb8 13. Be3 Qe7 14. e5 Nh6
15. Ne4 Nf7 16. f4 g6 17. c5 Bg7 18. b4 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Nc3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Nxd8 25. h4 Kc8 26. Be4 Nf7 27. h5
Nxe5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Ne2 Ba6 30. Kf2 Bxe2 31. Kxe2 Bxg3 32. h6 Kd7 33. Bd4
Bf4 34. Bg7 Bc1 35. Bxg6 {Diagram [#]} Bxh6 36. Bxh6 hxg6 37. Bf4 a6 38. Kf3 a5
39. b5 bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Nelson, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. d3 c6 8. e4
fxe4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ng5 e5 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. b3 h6
15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rf8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rae8 19. Re1 Bf5 20. h3 Nc5 21.
Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd3 23. Bd4 Re8 24. g4 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Bh7 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Rxb7
Nf4 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Bxc6 Re2 30. Bd4 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Be3 Ng6 33. Bxh6
Ne5 34. Rxa7 Nf7 35. Be3 Kg7 36. a4 Re6 37. a5 Kg6 38. Rb7 Ne5 39. Rb6 Nf3+ 40.
Kg3 Rxb6 41. axb6 Ne5 42. b7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Ricard, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. g4 Nxg4 10. fxg4 Bxg4 11. Qxd5 Qc8 12. Qb3 e6 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. Bd3 Ba5
15. Bd6 Nxd4 16. exd4 Qc6 17. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Sadowsky, Jacob An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Re8 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O
d6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. b4 Qd7 12. b5 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Rxe7 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Nc3 Ree8 16. bxa6 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 bxa6 18. Ba3 e4 19. c5 Bxa2 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21.
Nc3 Rb3 22. Bb4 dxc5 23. Nxa2 cxb4 24. dxe4 a5 25. h3 Ra3 26. Nc1 Nd7 27. Rd1
Ra1 28. Bf3 Bb2 29. Nd3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bc3 31. Kf1 Nb6 32. Nc5 Be5 33. Ke2 Kf8
34. Kd3 Ke7 35. f4 Bg7 36. e5 Nd5 37. Na4 Kd7 38. Bb3 Nb6 39. Nxb6+ cxb6 40.
Bxf7 b5 41. h4 a4 42. g4 Bf8 43. g5 Bc5 {Diagram #} 44. h5 {An understandible
move considering White's position not so long ago was totally lost, but the
tide has turned and here he could win as Black's passed pawns are easily
blockaded while White's runners can't be stopped. For example:} (44. e4 $1 Ke7
45. Bd5 b3 46. f5 b2 47. f6+ Ke8 48. Kc2 a3 49. e6 Bd6 50. Bc6+ Kf8 51. e5 Bc5
52. Bxb5 Bb4 53. e7+ Bxe7 54. fxe7+ Kxe7 55. Bc4) 44... b3 45. h6 (45. hxg6
hxg6 46. Bxg6 $4 a3 47. Kc3 a2 48. Kb2 Bxe3 {winning.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Nxc6 (12. O-O-O Ne5) 12... bxc6 13.
g4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... hxg4 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Bh6 Kh7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e5 Qxe5 19. Rde1 Qa5 20. Rxe7 Rce8 21. Bd5 Kg6 22. Rxd7 Nxd7
23. fxg4 cxd5 24. Rxh5 f6 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Ke6 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Rh7+ Rf7
29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Nxd5+ Ke6 31. Nc7+ Ke7 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Sikorsky,H (2366) -Joppich,U (2453) ICCF email 2010}) 14. Bxe6 ({
It's hard to go wrong playing} 14. gxh5) (14. g5 Nd7 15. f4) 14... fxe6 (14...
hxg4) 15. Bh6 Qb6 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Kb2 hxg4 19. h5 Nxh5 20. fxg4
Nf4 (20... Rf2 21. Qe3 Re2 22. Qd3 Qxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Nf6) 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qh2 e5 23. Qh6+ (23. Qh7+ $11) 23... Kf7 24. Rdf1 Ke6 25. Ne2 Kd7 26.
Nxf4 exf4 27. Qxg6 Qe5+ 28. Kb1 a5 29. Rh5 Qc3 30. Rf5 $4 (30. e5) 30... a4 31.
Rg5 axb3 32. axb3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Qc7
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Qc2 g5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Nc5 19. Ba1 Nd3 20. Re2 Bg6 21.
Ne1 Bh5 22. f3 Nxe1 23. Rdxe1 Bxf3 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 c5 27.
Rd7 Re8 28. Kf2 cxd4 29. Rxd6 Re4 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rxb7 Bf8 33.
Rxa7 d3 34. Rd7 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Bb4 36. a3 Re1+ 37. Kf2 d2 38. axb4 d1=Q 39. Rxd1
Rxd1 40. Bc3 Rd3 41. Be1 Rxb3 42. h4 g4 43. b5 Kf5 44. Ke2 Ke4 45. Bf2 Rb2+ 46.
Kf1 Kf3 47. Be1 h5 48. Kg1 Rb1 49. Kf1 Rb3 50. Kg1 Re3 51. Kf1 Rb3 52. Kg1 Ke2
53. Bf2 Rf3 54. Ba7 Rxg3+ 55. Kh2 Rb3 56. b6 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Rfd1 Qe8 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nb4 14. Qb1 c6
15. a3 Na6 16. Qc2 Nac5 17. Nf3 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nd7 21.
Ba3 Nb6 22. b5 Rf7 23. Nd4 Nxc4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. f3 Ra7 $2 (25... Ned2) 26.
fxe4 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Nxa3 28. Qxc6 (28. Qc5 Nc4 29. Nxc6) 28... Qxc6 29. Nxc6 {
Diagram [#]} Bd7 (29... Bb7 $1 30. exd5 Nc4 31. d6 Bxc6 32. Bxc6 Kf7) 30. exd5
Bxc6 31. dxc6 Nb5 32. e4 Kf7 33. Kf2 g5 34. exf5 exf5 35. Bd5+ Ke7 36. Ke3 Kd8
37. Be6 Na7 38. Bd7 h6 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. Kc5 f4 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Kb6 Nxc6 43.
Kxc6 f3 44. Bh3 f2 45. Kd5 h5 46. Bf1 h4 47. Bh3 Ke8 48. Kd6 Kd8 49. e6 Ke8 50.
e7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O+ Ke8 11. h4 Be6 12. b3 Kf7 13. Nh3 Rad8 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Ng5+ Ke7 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Bg5 Bb4 18. Bxf6 Kxf6 19. Kc2 Rhe8 20. e3
Rd6 21. Rd3 Red8 22. Rhd1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Kxd3 Ke5 25. f3 h5 26. Ne2 Be1
27. f4+ Ke6 28. e4 fxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Kf6 30. Kf3 a6 31. Nd4 Bb4 32. Nc2 Bc5 33.
Ne3 Bxe3 34. Kxe3 Kf5 35. Kf3 c5 36. Kf2 Ke4 37. Ke2 a5 38. a4 c6 39. Kf2 Kd4
40. Kf3 Kc3 41. g4 Kd4 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxh5 Ke5 44. h6 Kf6 45. h5 Kf7 46. Kf4
Kg8 47. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 Qc8 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 (14.
Nxc6 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 bxc6 $11) 14... Qd7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Kg1 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb6 Ra6 (21... Rxa2
22. Rc7) 22. Qc7 (22. Rc7) 22... Rd8 23. a4 Raa8 24. Qxd7 (24. Rfd1 {
intending Rd4-b4.}) 24... Rxd7 25. Rc4 {Diagram [#]} Ra5 (25... b5 $1 {
had to be tried hoping for something like} 26. axb5 Rb7 27. Rb4 Rab8 28. Rb1
Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. b4 Rxd5 31. b5 Rc5 32. b6 Rc8) 26. e4 b6 (26... b5 $1)
27. Rfc1 Rc5 (27... b5) 28. Kf1 (28. Rxc5) 28... Ra7 29. Ke2 Kg7 30. Kd3 f6 31.
R1c3 Kf7 32. h4 h6 33. f3 Ke8 34. b4 Rxc4 35. Kxc4 Rxa4 36. Kb5 Ra8 37. Kxb6
Rb8+ 38. Ka5 Ra8+ 39. Kb5 Rb8+ 40. Kc4 Kd7 41. b5 Kc7 42. Kb4+ Kb7 43. Rc6 Rd8
44. b6 Rd7 45. Kb5 g5 46. h5 Kb8 47. Rc3 Kb7 48. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
f6 9. c3 Kh8 10. h4 Qe8 11. a3 d4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Rxe5 fxe5 16. Be4 Bd7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Qe2 Qf7 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21.
Ne4 Qf3 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. Bb4 Rfc8 25. Qd2 Nxb4 26. axb4 h6 27. Rxa7
Rxb4 28. Nd6 Rcb8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxe5 {
The rest of the game is strongly influenced by mutual time pressure.} Qf5 $4 (
30... Qh5 $17) 31. Nc6 $16 Qc5 32. Nxb8 Rxb8 33. Rd7 e5 34. Qe2 Qc1+ 35. Kh2
Qxb2 $4 {Diagram [#]} 36. Qxb2 $4 (36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ g6 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39.
Qxe5+) 36... Rxb2 37. Kg2 Rd2 38. Re7 Rxd3 39. Rxe5 Kf7 40. Rd5 Ke6 41. Rd8 Ke5
42. Kf1 Ra3 43. Rd7 d3 44. Rxg7 $4 (44. Ke1 $11) 44... Ra1+ 45. Kg2 d2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Walder, Michael S"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nd5 Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 c6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rc1 f5 14. Qd2 e4 15. Nd4
Ne5 16. b3 Nf6 17. f3 Rd8 18. c5 exf3 19. exf3 Qxc5 20. Rfe1 Qf8 21. Na4 Nd5
22. Bg5 Re8 23. f4 Nf7 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Re1 Bxd4+ 27. Kg2 Qc6
28. Qxd4 Nxg5 29. fxg5 Be6 30. Nc5 Re8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxa7
Qe2+ 34. Qf2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 d4 36. h4 Kf7 37. Qe2 d3 38. Qb2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Anderson, Joseph Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. f3 Bd7 6. fxe4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Ng4 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Ne3 10. Qc1 Nb4 11. Kf2 Nbxc2 12. Bd3 Ng4+ 13. Ke2 Nxa1 14. h3
Nh6 15. e5 Be7 16. Ne4 fxe5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxc7 Rc8 $4 (18... O-O $19) 19.
Nd6+ Kf8 20. Nxc8 Bxc8 21. Qxc8+ Qe8 22. Rc1 Qxc8 23. Rxc8+ Ke7 24. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 Bd7 9. Rd1 a6 10. Be3 (10. Bf4) 10... Nf6 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Bf4
e5 14. Bg5 Bg4 (14... Be6) 15. Bxf6 $2 (15. Be3) 15... Bxf6 16. Bd5 Nd4 $19 17.
Qd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bg5 19. Bxb7 Bxc1 20. Bxc8 Qg5+ 21. Bg4 h5 22. h4 Qxh4 23.
Rxc1 hxg4 24. fxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh4 26. Ke1 Qh1+ 27. Kd2 Nf3+ 28. Kc2 Ne1+ 29.
Rxe1 Qxe1 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. Kd3 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qc4 33. Qd3 Qxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Rb8 35.
b3 Rb4 36. Nd5 Rd4+ 37. Ke3 Rd1 38. b4 Rc1 39. Kd3 Kf8 40. a4 Ra1 41. a5 Ra3+
42. Kc4 Ra1 43. Ne3 g6 44. Kd5 Ke7 $2 (44... Rb1 $1 $19) 45. Kc6 Rb1 46. Nd5+
$11 Ke6 47. Nc7+ Ke7 48. Nxa6 f5 49. exf5 gxf5 50. Nc7 Rc1+ 51. Kb7 e4 $4 (
51... Kd7 $11) 52. a6 $18 Kd7 53. Nd5 Ra1 54. a7 Rxa7+ 55. Kxa7 Kc6 56. Nc3 f4
57. b5+ Kc5 58. b6 e3 59. fxe3 f3 60. Ne4+ Kd5 61. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Furukawa, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 {
Does Black know the combination leading to a close-to-even ending?} (4... cxb2
5. Bxb2 d5 6. Bxd5 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2) 5.
Nxc3 (5. e5 d5 6. exf6 dxc4 {makes for some interesting pawns!}) 5... Bc5 $6 (
5... d6 {is the modest response.}) 6. Nf3 $6 (6. e5 $1 {is quite disruptive})
6... O-O (6... d6 {is, again, more stable.}) 7. e5 Re8 $2 {
And which square does this weaken?} (7... Ng4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bf4 d6
11. exd6 Bxd6) (7... d5 $1 {at least equalizes.}) 8. O-O Ng4 {Diagram [#]} 9.
Bxf7+ $1 {Of course!} Kh8 10. Bxe8 Qxe8 11. h3 Nxf2 (11... Nxe5 $2 12. Nxe5
Qxe5 13. Re1) 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nc6 14. Nd5 Qf8 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Be3 Nxe5
17. Bxa7 b6 18. Bxb8 Bb7 19. Rc1 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Bc6 21. Qe2 Qxb8 22. Qe8+ Qxe8
23. Nxe8 Kg8 24. Rxc6 dxc6 25. Nd6 Kf8 26. Nc4 b5 27. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bf4 e5 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qb3 Nd8 13. Bb6 Nd7 14. Na4 Nc6
15. Bxe6 g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Bc5 Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxd6
Rhd8 21. Rfd1 Nd4 22. Kf1 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Rc8 24. Nc3 Rc4 25. Rd3 Ke6 26. Ba3 b5
27. b3 Rc6 28. Nd5 a5 29. Bb2 Rc2 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Ke1 Rxa2 32. Nc7+ Ke5 33.
f3 b4 34. Nb5 Rxg2 35. Nxd4 Rxh2 36. Nc6+ Kf4 37. Nxa5 Bc3+ 38. Kf1 h5 39. Kg1
Ra2 40. Rd5 Kxf3 41. Rg5 Bd4+ {
and eventually drawn. Both players quit keeping score at this point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Hua, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Ne5 Ra7
15. Ba4 N6d7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg3 Ba8 18. f4 Rd8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. f5 Nf8 21.
Bc2 Qf6 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 exf5 24. Re5 f4 25. Qf2 Ng6 26. Rf5 Qd6 27. h4 c6
28. h5 Nf8 29. Rxf4 Qh6 30. Qh4 Ne6 31. Re4 Rad7 32. Rde1 Kf8 33. d5 cxd5 34.
cxd5 Rxd5 35. Bb3 Rg5 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Rxe6 Qxh5 38. Qf2+ Rf5 39. Qxb6 Qh4 40.
Qe3 Qd4 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Qxd4 {White had only a few seconds left at this
point and played the remainder of the game on the five second increment.} Re1+
43. Kh2 Rff1 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. Ba4+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Bc2+ Kf6 48. Qd6+ Kf7
49. Bb3+ Ke8 50. Ba4+ Kf7 51. Bb3+ Ke8 52. Be6 Rd1 53. Qc6+ Ke7 54. Qe4 Rde1
55. Qb7+ Kxe6 56. Qxa6+ Kf5 57. b4 g5 58. Qc8+ Kf4 59. g3+ Kf3 60. Qc3+ Kg4 61.
Qd4+ Kh5 62. Kg2 g4 63. Qd5+ Kg6 64. Qc6+ Kg5 65. Qc4 Re8 66. Qd3 Ref8 67. Qe3+
Kg6 68. a4 Kg7 69. Qd4+ Kg6 70. Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "James, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e5 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Ke8
8. Qxc5 Nc6 9. Nb5 b6 10. Qd5 Nf6 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Bg5 Rf8 13. Nf5+ Ke8 14.
Nxg7+ Ke7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Nf5+ Kd8 18. Bxf6+ Ne7 19. Bxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Kumar, Vikas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bg4 9. Rd1 Ne5 $4 {Diagram [#]} 10. Nxe5 $1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Menghrajani, Alok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qd2 Bb4 7. f3 O-O 8.
O-O-O h5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb6 13. a3 Be7 14. Nge2
Re8 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 g6 17. f4 c5 18. f5 c4 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4
a6 22. Qh2 Rc8 23. Rhf1 Rc6 24. Qg2 Nf8 25. Be5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Ng6 27. Bf6 Qd7
28. Qf3 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qg4 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Viswanath Natraj, Ganesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 g6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. f4 Be6 14. O-O O-O
15. Bf3 Bd5 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. b3 Nd5 18. g3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Rb1 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 Rac8 23. Bb2 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 e5 26. Ke4 Rce8 27.
f5 Rf6 28. g4 Rd6 29. f6 Rd4+ 30. Ke3 Rf8 31. h3 Rf4 32. Rbf2 R8xf6 33. Rxf4
exf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Makoto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8.
d4 exd4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nc6 Bb7 12. Nxd8 Rxd8 13. Qe2+ Be7 14.
Qxb5+ c6 15. Qxb7 Bd6 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Rxa7 Nd7 18. Qxd7 Bc7 19. Qe7+ Kg8 20.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 21. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O g6 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bg7 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Ne4
O-O 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rf1 Bg7 19. Qf3 b6 20. Qf7+ Kh8
21. Nxe6 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe8 23. Nc7 Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Rd8 25. Rxe7 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Rd2+
27. Ke3 Rxc2 28. e6 Ng7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. e7 Rc1 31. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Revi, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2
h6 $6 (8... Nf6) 9. Rd1 Qc7 $6 (9... Nge7) 10. Bf4 b5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5
Qb8 $2 {Diagram [#]} (12... Qb6) 13. Rxd6 $1 $18 Qb6 (13... Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Qb7
15. Bc5 $1 Qb8 16. Nd6+ Kd7 17. Nxf7 Rh7 18. N3e5+ $1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5+ Qxe5 20.
Qb5+ Kc7 21. Bb6+ Kd6 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. Qxe5 $18) 14. Rxc6 Qxc6 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16.
Rc1 Ba6 17. Rxc6 Bxe2 18. Nxa8 g5 19. Bd6+ Kf6 20. Be5+ Kg6 21. Bxh8 Bxf3 22.
gxf3 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. b4 Ne7 25. b5 Nxc6 26. bxc6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Smith, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bg5 (7. c4 {
leads to a Maroczy Bind setup that should favor White. The bishop on d3 is
awkwardly placed (e2 would be a better square for it) but the presence of all
four pairs of minor pieces is a real plus for White (Black wants to trade at
least one pair of minor pieces to ease his cramp).} Nf6 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 {
to stop ...Bg4.}) 7... Nf6 8. e5 Ng4 9. Re1 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. f4 O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd2 d6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. Nf3 f6 18. Nd4
Bf7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Rad1 Bxb3 21. axb3 f5 22. Qe2 Rce8 23. Kh1 a6 24. Rd3 Qc7
25. Nf3 Re7 26. Re3 Rfe8 27. c4 Bf6 28. Qd2 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxb2
31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Ng5 Kh6 33. Nf7+ Kh5 34. Qe2+ Kh4 35. g3+ Kh3 36. Ng5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qb4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Qc1 Rab8 15. Nc5 Qxb2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxb2 Rxb2 18. Rxe6 Rxf2 19. Bh6 Rc2 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne1 Rb2 22. Rxc6 Rf7 23. Re6 Rff2 24. Re5 c6 25. Rc1 Rf6 26. Rc2
Rb1 27. Rf2 Rd1 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. Re4 Kf5 30. Re5+ Kf6 31. Kf2 Rxd4 32. Nf3 Ra4
33. Re2 Nc3 34. Rc2 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Nxa2 36. Nd4 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Uzzaman, Ashik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. Qd5 e6 8. Qd6
Nf6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Nxe7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Ne4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bg7
15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Be3 b6 17. O-O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 Ke7 19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20. Rhe1 Bb7
21. Bh4+ Bf6 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. g3 d5 24. Bb5 Rac8 25. Rd4 Rc5 26. Bd3 h5 27.
h4 Rg8 28. Re3 Bc6 29. Kd2 Ra5 30. a3 Bb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. b4 Ra8 33. a4 a6
34. axb5 axb5 35. Kc2 Ra2+ 36. Kb3 Ra1 37. Rd2 Ra4 38. Ra2 Rxa2 39. Kxa2 Ke7
40. Kb3 Kd6 41. Re2 Kc7 42. Ra2 Kb7 43. Kc2 Kb8 44. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Qd3 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qg5 18. Rc3 b5 19. Ba2 Rxc3 20. Nxc3 Nc5 21.
Qf1 Kh8 22. b4 Nce6 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qd1 Nf4 25. Rg3 Qh6 26. Kh2 f5 27. Bb1 Nh5
28. Re3 f4 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Rd3 f3 31. gxf3 Nf6 32. Qg3 Rc8 33. Nd5 Qc1 34. Ba2
Qc2 35. Nxf6 Qxd3 36. Nh5 Rc7 37. Kg2 g6 38. Nf6 {Diagram [#]} Kg7 $4 (38...
Rc1 {wins.}) 39. Ne8+ Kh8 40. Nxc7 Qc2 41. Bd5 $4 (41. Qg5 {and}) (41. Qh4 {
both won.}) 41... Qxc7 42. Qg5 Kg7 43. f4 Ne2 $1 44. fxe5 dxe5 45. Qd2 Nf4+ 46.
Kh2 Qd7 47. Qc3 {Black lost on time before having a chance to enter a pawn-up
queen ending with 47...Nxd5.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Wang, Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Ng6 12. Rfd1 Nxh4 13. Nxh4 Qe7 14. Qh5+ Kd8
15. Qg4 Kc8 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Qg3+ d6 18. Qh3 Nd8 {Diagram [#]} 19. Ng6 $1 hxg6
20. Qxh8 Ra7 21. Qh4 f5 22. Qg3 b4 23. Na4 Bxe4 24. Nb6 Rc7 25. Ba4 Bc6 26. Qd3
Kb7 27. Qd4 d5 28. Re1 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Bxc6+ Rxc6 31. Na4 e5 32. f3 Ne6
33. Rxc6 Kxc6 34. Rc1+ Bc5+ 35. Kf1 e4 36. h4 Kb5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. g4 fxg4 39.
fxg4 Nd3 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Nf4 42. h6 d4 43. h7 Ng6 44. Rc8 e3 45. Rg8 Nh8
46. Rxh8 d3 47. Re8 e2+ 48. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Walters, Kevin"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Ndb4 9. Qb3 e6 10. O-O Na5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qa4 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Nac6 14.
Nc3 a6 15. Qe2 Qd3 16. Rd1 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Nd5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Bg7
21. Ned4 Nde7 22. h3 O-O-O 23. Rac1 Rd5 24. Rc4 Rhd8 25. Rdc1 Kb8 26. Nb3 Nf5
27. Nc5 Nxg3 28. fxg3 Nxe5 29. Kf1 Nxf3 30. gxf3 Bxb2 31. Rb1 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 33. Ke2 Rd5 34. f4 Ba3 35. Nd3 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 Qc7 8. h3 h5
9. Nge2 b5 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. O-O b4 12. Nd1 Be7 13. Nf2 e5 14. f5 a5 15. g4 hxg4
16. hxg4 Nd7 17. c3 f6 18. d4 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 cxd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22.
Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne5 24. Rd2 Rc8 25. Nd3 O-O 26. Nf4 Qc4 27. Nd5 Qxe2 28.
Rxe2 Kf7 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Red2 Nxg4 31. Bf3 Ne5 32. Bh5+ g6 33. fxg6+ Kg7 34.
Nxe7 Nc4 35. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Bacus, Ephraim Cubero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bc4 a6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. f3
c5 9. Nde2 Be6 10. Bd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. O-O Qc7 14. c3 O-O
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. h4 Rfe8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Qd2 c4 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Nd5 Qc8 21.
Nb6 Qc5+ 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Qxd6 Ne5 25. Bd4 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qe2 27.
Rf2 Qd3 28. Rxb7 Qd1+ 29. Rf1 Qd2 30. Rb8 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 h6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Nc6 15.
Ne2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f5 f6 18. Rde1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Qc7 20. Rhe1 Ne4 21. Qf4
Qa5 22. R1xe4 Qxa2 23. Re1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 d4 27. Qe5
Rac8 28. Re7 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Kd1 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Rxc2+ 32. Bxc2 d3+ 33. Bxd3
Qxe5+ 34. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb4 13. Bf3 a6 14. a3 Bd6 15.
Rad1 Na5 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. g3 Bd7 19. f5 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Bg2
Ng4 22. Nf3 Rxf5 23. Ne2 {
This and Black's response were missing from scoresheet} Qd6 24. Ned4 Ncxe3 25.
Rxe3 Rh5 26. Re2 Qg3 (26... e5 $19) 27. Qd2 e5 28. Qe1 {and the game ends: 1-0.
} (28. Qe1 Qf4 $1 $19 (28... Qxe1+ 29. Rdxe1 exd4 30. Re7 {"only" -/+})) 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Be7 (5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6) 6. Nf3
a6 (6... c5) 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 Qe7 (13... Bb7) 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. f5 Nxd3 (15... Bd7) 16. Qxd3 Nb4
17. Qd2 Bb7 18. a3 Nc6 19. f6 gxf6 20. Nxd5 (20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ng5) 20... Rd8 (
20... exd5 21. exf6 Qd6) 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. exf6 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Nd4 24. c4 Rg8
25. Rf2 Kf8 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rc1 Ke8 28. Rc7 Ba6 29. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Harmon, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nh6 8. O-O
g6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ne2 b6 11. h3 Nb4 12. Qb3 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Qd1 Nd3 15. Qc2
Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Nf5 17. g4 Ne3 18. Qd2 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Bh6 20. Qc2 O-O 21. f5 exf5
22. gxf5 Qd7 {And Black later won. The remaining moves are unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4
8. Qe2 Bf5 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. Be3 O-O 12. f3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Ng5 14. g4
Nxf3+ 15. Kh1 Bxg4 16. Qe3 Qf5 17. Na3 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kf2
Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Be3 g5 15.
c5 Kh8 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Qd2 Nf4 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. Bd4 Kh7 23. Ne2 Be5 {....illegible} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e5 9. Nge2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. dxe5 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qxe5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Qc2 g6 17. a3 Rad8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Bc4+ Kh8
21. Nd3 Qf6 22. Nf4 Ne5 23. Bb3 Rfe8 24. e4 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Bd5 Ng4 27. h3
Nf6 28. Qc3 Kh6 29. Bf7 Rxe4 30. b4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Ne4 32. Qc1 Kg7 33. Bb3 g5
34. Nd5 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. g3 Ne4 37. Re3 h6 38. Qb2+ Kg6 39. Rd3 Qf8 40.
Qd4 {Black has played very well and stands slightly better but eventually lost.
Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. c4 Bc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 c6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Qa5 13. a3 Qh5 14. Qg3
Rac8 15. b4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Bf4 Rcd8 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bg3
Rcd8 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bg5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bb5 Ngf6 26.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. h4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 c5 5. d4 b6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Be3 Bg4
9. dxc5 Nf5 10. Bf2 bxc5 11. Bxc5 d4 12. Qd3 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. Nxd4 Ncxd4 15.
Bxg4 Ne3 16. Qxe3 Nxc2 17. Qb3 Nxa1 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Rd1 f5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Qxa7 Re8 22. Be2 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Kg7 24. Bxe7 Ra8 25. Bf6+ Kh6 26. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Porlares, Teodoro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Ne5 O-O-O 17. f4 Kb8 18. Rh3 Ka8 19. g4 Nd5 20. c4 Nxf4 $2
(20... Nf6) 21. Bxf4 f6 {Diagram [#]} 22. c5 $1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Qa5
25. Bd6 Rde8 26. Ra3 Qd8 27. Rd4 b5 28. cxb6 Qxb6 29. Qc4 Rd8 30. Rb3 Rxd6 31.
Rxd6 Qg1+ 32. Rd1 Qg2 33. Qa6 c5 34. Rbd3 Rb8 35. R3d2 Qe4 36. Rd7 Qe3+ 37. Kb1
Qe4+ 38. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qb3 b5 18. Rhe1 Qh7 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Nxc6 Rxc6
21. Qxb5 Kd7 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. d5 Bg5+ 24. Bd2 exd5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qb7+ Rc7
27. Rxd5+ Nd6 28. Rxd6+ Kxd6 29. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wang, Yuan"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. c3 Nf5 14. Ne4 Bb6
15. a4 a5 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. b3 h6 19. Bd2 Nh4 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Ng3
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Rf4 23. Kh2 Raf8 24. f3 Qf7 25. Bd3 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5
Qxf5 28. Rfe1 Qc2 29. Re2 Qxb3 30. Qd3 Rxa4 31. Rb1 Qc4 32. Qc2 Ra3 33. Qb2
Rxc3 {and Black soon won. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Bacus, Ephraim Cub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "952"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O b6 8.
Re1 Nbd7 $4 {Diagram [#]} 9. Nc6 $1 $18 Qe8 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Nxe7+ Kh8 (11...
Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bb3 Ned7 14. f4 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5
18. Rxe5 $18) 12. Bb3 {White won quickly. Remaining moves missing.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "167.36"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Baterdene, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "970"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Ba4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Qd1 Bxa4 12. Nxa4 b5 13. Nc3 b4 14. Nd5 c6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rfb8 20. b3 d5 21.
Re1 Qd6 22. Qa1 Qb4 23. Ra4 Qd2 24. Qb1 a5 25. Kf1 Rb4 26. Re2 Qc3 27. Qa2 Rxa4
28. Qxa4 dxe4 29. dxe4 Rd8 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 a4 32. Re1 d3 33. cxd3 Rxd3
34. Rc1 a3 35. Rc2 Rb3 36. Ra2 Kf8 37. f3 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Bekhtur, Bayaraa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "952"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
c3 Kh7 16. Nh4 Rg8 17. Nf5 Rg5 18. h4 Rxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bd3 e4 21. Bc2 Qd7
22. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "952"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Qc2 a5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Na3 Nce7 13. Bh4 Rac8 14. Bxe7 Bxe7
15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 a4 17. Qc2 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxg6 hxg6
21. Re3 Rfc8 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Nd4 Rxa3 24. f4 Rd3 25. Nc2 Bb5 26. Rb1 Bc6 27.
Nb4 Rc3 28. Kf2 d4 29. Rb2 Be4 30. g3 Rc1 31. Re2 Bf5 32. Re1 Rc4 33. a3 Rc3
34. Ra1 Rb3 35. Ra2 Bb1 36. Ra1 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Be4 38. Ra2 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rh1 40.
g4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg3 Rxa2 42. Nxa2 b5 43. Kf2 Kf8 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Nb4 f6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Chen, Mingson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f3 $6 (9. f4) 9... Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bc4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bb3 Qc7
14. Ne2 Rac8 15. c3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Be8 19. Bg3 Qb6 20.
Kh1 {Diagram [#]} Bc5 $15 (20... b4 $1 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Cowgill, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "991"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Qd2 Nc6 16. c3 Rb8 17. Nh2 Bg5 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Bxe7 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4
d5 22. exd5 Bd6 23. Re4 Bc8 24. Qf2 Bd7 25. c4 Qc7 26. Nf1 Be5 27. Rb1 Qd6 28.
Qd2 Bf5 29. Re2 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxh3 31. gxh3 Qd7 32. Kg2 Rb6 33. Re3 Bxe3 34.
Qxe3 Rg6+ 35. Ng3 Qd6 36. Re1 b4 37. Qe5 a5 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. a4 b3 40. Bb1 Rg6
41. d4 h5 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. dxc5 Rf4 44. Re4 Rf8 45. c6 Rb8 46. c7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Erdenebileg, Dashzveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "952"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 d6 4. h3 Nd7 5. d3 Nb6 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O
Qf6 9. Qe2 -- 10. Kh2 Ne7 11. a4 Bd4 12. Bd2 d5 13. a5 Nd7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Bxd5 Qd6 19. Be4 Kf8 20. Kg1 Nc5 21. Bb4
Be6 22. a6 Rac8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. axb7 Qb6 25. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O a5 8. a4 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Bg5 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 Nxc4 15.
Qxc4 Qb6 16. Ra3 Qc7 17. Rb3 Rfc8 18. Na3 Bd8 19. Rd1 Rab8 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. c4
Qf6 22. Rd2 Bc7 23. Rc2 Qf4 24. g3 Qg5 25. Rcc3 Qf6 26. Kg2 h5 27. h4 g5 28.
hxg5 Qxg5 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Kg7 31. Rf3 Rh8 32. Rf5 f6 33. Nc2 Rbg8 34.
Rxb7 Rc8 35. dxc6 h4 36. g4 h3+ {....mutual time trouble:} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.55"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "McKenna, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Na4
Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc5 dxc5 $2 (10... Nxc5) 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Qe7 13. Qd2
Rab8 14. Qe3 Rb5 15. Bb2 Qd6 16. Nd2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nf3 Re8 19. a4 Rb4
20. Bc3 Rb7 21. Nd2 Qd5 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. f3 Rb8 24. Ne4 Rbe8 25. Bb2 Bxe4 26.
dxe4 Qf7 27. Ba3 Qf4 28. Bxc5 Qxe3+ 29. Bxe3 a5 30. Rad1 c5 31. c3 Nb6 32. Bxc5
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Nassif, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1131"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. d3 Nf6 7. a3 O-O 8. Nc3
Qe7 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bb6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nd7 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Qf5 Nf6 21. Bc2
Rad8 22. c4 Rde8 23. e4 Qd7 24. b4 Re7 25. c5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Nd7 27. c6 Nb6 28.
Raf1 g6 29. Rf6 Kg7 30. R6f3 Na4 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. R3f2 Rb8 33. Rb2 g5 34. Rf3
a5 35. Rff2 axb4 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. axb4 Re8 38. Ra2 Ra8 39. Kf2 {
White is much better but resignation is premature.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Weingarten, Daniel"]
[Black "Tracy, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Bf4 dxe5 6. Bxe5 Nc6 7. Nc3 f6 8. Bg3
Nxd4 9. Bxc7 Qxc7 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qe4 Be6 12. c5 Bxc5 13. Bb5+ Kf7 14. Nf3 g6
15. g4 a6 16. Be2 Qc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Nd5 19. Bc4 Nxc3 20. Bxe6+ Kxe6 21.
bxc3 Rhd8 22. Rb1 Rd3 23. Nd2 Rxc3 24. Ne4 Rc4 25. Nxc5+ Rxc5 26. O-O Rb5 27.
Rbc1 c5 28. Rfe1 Rd8 29. f4 Rd2 30. a4 Ra5 31. Rc4 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "White, Benjamin M"]
[Black "Drane, Robert W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1040"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. d4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6. Ba3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8.
Rd1 Nc6 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. Rxd5 e6 11. Bxf8 exd5 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bf6 Be6 14. Bd3
h6 15. g3 d4 16. Bh7 Rg5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. h4 Bd5 20. Rh2 g4 21.
h5 Ke7 22. f4 gxf3 23. Rd2 Ke6 24. Rxd4 Kxe5 25. Rd3 Rh8 26. Nxf3+ Bxf3 27.
Rxf3 Rxh7 28. g4 f6 29. Rf5+ Ke6 30. c4 Rg7 31. Rf4 Ke5 32. Rf5+ Ke6 33. Rf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "White, Benjamin M"]
[Black "MacIntyre, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1040"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 d6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bb3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. Qe3 Nxb3 14. axb3
f6 15. Bh6 b6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxb6 Rb8 19. Rxa7+ Rb7 20. Nxc8 Qxc8
21. Rxb7+ Qxb7 22. O-O Ra8 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qc3 Qb6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Ra6
27. Ra4 Rc6 28. c4 Kh6 29. Ra1 Kg5 30. Rc1 Kf4 31. Rc3 Ke5 32. b4 Kd4 33. b5
Rb6 34. Rc1 d5 35. c5 Rxb5 36. c6 Rb8 37. c7 Rc8 38. b4 dxe4 39. fxe4 Kxe4 40.
b5 Kd5 41. b6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "White, Benjamin M"]
[Black "Poling, Scott E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1040"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 Qxa2 15. e5 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Ne4+ 17. Ke3 Nxd6 18. Rxa1 Nf5+ 19. Kd2 Bb7 20.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Ra1 O-O 22. Ra7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe5 24. Bf4 Nxf3+ 25. Kc3 Rc8+
26. Rc7 Rxc7+ 27. Bxc7 N3d4 28. Bb6 Nc6 29. b4 Kf8 30. b5 Nce7 31. Kb4 Ke8 32.
c4 Kd7 33. Bc5 Kc8 34. Ka5 Kb7 35. f4 f6 36. Bf2 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. c5 e4 39.
Kb4 e3 40. Be1 Nd4 41. Kc4 Nf3 42. Bg3 e2 43. Kd3 e1=Q 44. Bxe1 Nxe1+ 45. Ke4
Nc2 46. Ke5 Nb4 47. Kd6 Ned5 48. Ke6 h5 49. Ke5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "White, Benjamin M"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1040"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Ke2
Nge7 9. a3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Qa6+ 11. Ke3 Nf5+ 12. Kf4 Qb6 13. axb4 Nce7 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nh3 Qxb4 16. Bc3 Ng6+ 17. Kf3 Qb6 18. g3 Bd7 19. Nf4 Nge7 20. Bh3 Rc8 21.
Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Kg2 a6 23. Bb2 Bb5 24. Na3 Bd7 25. h4 g6 26. g4 Ne7 27. Nd3 h5
28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Nc2 Bb5 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. f4 Ne7 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Kh3 Nf5 34.
Nxf5 exf5 35. Qb1 Rxc5 36. dxc5 Qxc5 37. Qc1 b6 38. Re1 Bc6 39. Qxc5 bxc5 40.
Rxa6 Kd7 41. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "White, Benjamin M"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1040"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Ne4 Qd8 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. c4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. c5 Nxc5 18. Qa3 Na6 19. Qb3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Nb4
21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Rf3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. Qa4 Kb8 25. Ne4 Qxe5 26. Nc5 Nb6 27.
Qa5 Rd5 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Nxb7 Kxb7 30. Rxf7+ Nd7 31. Qa4 Rf8 32. Rxg7 Qc5 33.
Qb3+ Kc8 34. Rf1 Rd2 35. Qxe6 {Diagram [#]} Qxf2+ $1 36. Rxf2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Arai, Gordon S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 (7...
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O (11... Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13.
h3 O-O 14. Be3) 12. Bf4) (7... f6 8. Nf4 (8. exf6 Nxf6 (8... Qxf6)) 8... Qe7 9.
Nf3 (9. exf6 Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. O-O Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb5+
Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Re1 Re8 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Ne2 Re7 19. Rc1 Ke8
{1/2-1/2 (90) Keres,P-Czerniak,M Helsinki 1952}) 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7)
9... cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. Nxe5 (11. Ng6 $6 hxg6 12. Bxg6+ Kd8 13. Bg5 Nf6 14.
dxe5 Qb4+ 15. Kf1 Be7 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Be3 (17. Bd2 $6 Qg4 18. Bd3 Bd6 19. Be2
Qg8 20. Bc3 Ke7 21. Qb3 e5 $15 {
0-1 Nightingale,C-Sutherland,M/corr 1950/ MegaCorr2 (32)}) 17... Qg4 18. Bd3
Rg8 19. g3 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Bd7 $13 {1-0 Euwe, M-Kramer,H/Leeuwarden 1940/HCL (54)}
) 11... Ncxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $6 {dieser Bauernraub wirkt angesichts des
schwarzen Entwicklungsrückstandes sehr riskant.} (12... g6 $5) 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14.
O-O g6 (14... Bd7 15. Re1 O-O-O $6 16. Nxd5 Qe8 17. Bf4 Bc6 $2 18. Rac1 {
1-0 Metral,J-Lucas,B/Picardie-03ch p 1989/ MegaCorr2 (18)}) (14... g5 15. Nh3
h6 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Rg8 18. Bg6 $36 {
1-0 Ruiz Beso-Andani Castro,J/corr 1987/MegaCorr2 (24)}) 15. Bb5+ (15. Qe2 $5
Bd7 (15... Bg7 $6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bd2 a6 $2 18. Nxd5 Qd8 (18... exd5 19. Bb4
$18) 19. Bb4+ Nd6 20. Rad1 $18 {
1-0 Lastin,A-Borovikov,V/Marganets 1999/EXT 2001 (26)}) 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Be3
Kb8 $6 18. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 Kauranen,R-Stransky, E/corr ICCF 1984/MegaCorr2 (38)})
15... Bd7 16. Qe2 (16. Bxd7+ $5 Qxd7 17. Qh3 e5 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nxd5 Kc6 20.
Nc3 Bc5 21. Be3 $14 {1-0 Wahls,M-Masserey,Y/ Biel 1994/CBM 43 (30). (29)})
16... Bxb5 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Nxe6 Qxb5 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxb5 $11 {1-0 (43) Marc
iano,D (2502)-Nguyen,C (2366) France 2003 CBM 094 (Mueller,Karsten)}) 8. Nf3
Be7 {Popular -- in the 1890s!} (8... f6) ({Relevant:} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10.
exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxb2 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16.
Rxe6 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Rf8 22.
Qb3+ Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Nxd4 24. Re3 a5 25. Rxe4 Re8 26. Rxd4 Rxe5 27. g3 h5 28. Rd6
Kf7 29. Ra6 g6 30. h4 Rb5 31. Kg2 Rf5 32. Kf1 Rb5 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Mamedov,N (2610)-Akobian,V (2628) Bursa 2010}) 9. h4 {I completely
didn't know what was going on. I played this to stop ...g5, but.. .} (9. O-O g5
$2 {has *never* been played in 600+ games, and the computer gives it as +-!} (
9... O-O) (9... f6) (9... cxd4) (9... Nf8) (9... h6) 10. Bxg5 Qxb2 11. Bxe7
Nxe7 12. Ng5) 9... f6 10. exf6 (10. Nf4) 10... Nxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 $146 (
12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ng4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf4 Rxf4 17. Bxf4 e5 18.
dxe5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rf8 20. Bg3 Bxg5 21. Bc4 dxc4 22. Qxd7 Qd4 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24.
Rad1 Qe4 25. Rde1 Qd4 26. Qg6 Bd2 27. Re4 Qd3 28. e6 Ne3 29. Ra1 c3 30. Rh4+ {
1-0 (30) Chalmeta Torredemer,E (2110)-Pallares Farnos,R Sant Boi 2000}) 12...
Ng4 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. g3 Nxa2 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Be5 g6 18. Nf4 Nd7 {
Diagram [#]} 19. Nxh7 $1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qd4 22. Qf3 Bd7 23. Bxg6
Be8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Kh1 Qe4+ 28. f3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 (3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5) 3... Nc6 4. d4 {(Nunn)} (4.
Qh5+ g6 5. Nxg6 Nf6) 4... Qh4 (4... Nxe5 5. dxe5 fxe4 6. Qd5 (6. Bc4)) 5. Nf3 (
5. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 dxc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Bh5+ Kd8 9. Bg5+ Nf6 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. d5
cxd5 12. Re1 Qa6 13. Nxd5 Kc8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be8 Bd6 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.
Nxf6+ Kc8 18. Qh5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxf6 20. Re8+ Kd7 21. Rd1+ Kc6 22. Qf3+ Kb5
23. Qb3+ {1-0 (23) Ibarra Jerez,J (2434)-Torres Garrigos,D (2204) Granada 2005}
) 5... Qxe4+ 6. Be2 d5 (6... Nb4 7. Na3 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. c3 Nc6 11.
Ng5 Qh4 12. Bh5+ g6 13. g3 Qxh5 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. Nf7 Nf6 16. Nc4 Rdf8 17. Nxh8
Rxh8 18. Qc2 Qf3 {1/2-1/2 (18) Borisenko,V (2040)-Musienko,N Kramatorsk 2009})
(6... Nf6 7. O-O Ne7 (7... Kd8 8. Re1 Qe8 9. d5 Ne7 10. d6 cxd6 11. Nc3 d5 12.
Nb5 a6 13. Nd6 {1-0 (13) Shirazi,K (2430)-Van Hul,C (2245) Antwerp 1997}) (7...
Be7 8. Nc3 Qg4 9. d5 Nb4 10. Ng5 {
1-0 (10) Garcia Cano,A (2291)-Blas Correa,J (2054) Castellar 2007}) 8. Nc3 Qc6
9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Bb5 c6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Re1
Bg8 16. Bg5 b6 17. Ncd3 Kd8 18. a4 h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nf3 Rh7 21. Nf4 Qc7 22.
Ne6+ Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Ng8 24. c4 Qd7 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Qe2 Re7 27. Re1 Rc8 28. Kf1
Rc6 29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Bc2 Qc8 31. Bd3 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Ne1 Qc6 34. Bb5
Qd6 35. Nf3 Kc7 36. Qc2+ Kb8 37. Kg1 Qc7 38. Qxc7+ Kxc7 39. g3 Nc8 40. Nh4 f4
41. gxf4 Bd6 42. Ng6 Bb4 43. Kf1 Bd2 44. Ke2 Bc1 45. b3 Kd6 46. Kd3 Bb2 47. f5
Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (47) Matano,A-Cellucci,A Italy 1997}) 7. O-O (7. Nc3 Bb4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Qg4 11. h3 Qh5 12. Qe1+ Ne4 13. c4 O-O 14. cxd5 Ne7
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bb5 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bc4+ Nd5 19. Ne5 Kh8 20. Be2 Qh4 21.
Bf3 Nf4 22. Bc1 g5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. f3 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 exf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxd4+ 27.
Qe3 Qxa1 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Qh8+ {
1-0 (30) Mader,M (2219)-Wagner,M (2046) Boeblingen 2006}) 7... Nge7 (7... Bd7
8. Nc3 Qe6 9. Ng5 Qf6 10. Nxd5 Qd6 11. c4 {
1-0 (11) Popovic,I (2205)-Kalinski, K Zadar 1995}) (7... Qe7 8. Re1 Be6 9. Bb5
O-O-O 10. Bxc6 {1-0 (10) Klundt,K (2380)-Bondick,K (2154) Arvier 2006}) 8. Re1
(8. Nc3) 8... Bd7 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Nb5 (10. Ba6 $1 {Stockfish 8:} Qg6 11. Bxb7
Rb8 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Qe6 14. Nd3 Qf6 15. Nc5 h6 16. Bf4 Rxb2 17. Be5 Qh4
18. Bxc7 h5 19. a3 Qg4 20. f3 Qg6 21. Re6 Qf7 {[%eval 455,20]}) (10. Bc4 {
was my other thought, but I balked for some reason}) 10... O-O-O (10... Rc8 11.
Bf4 Kd8 12. c4 $1 dxc4 $6 13. Ng5 Qd5 14. Nc3 Qxd4 15. Nb5) 11. Bf4 Ng6 12.
Bxc7 Re8 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Rxe8+ Bxe8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Be5 Ngxe5 (16... Ncxe5 17.
Nxa7+ $1 Kb8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Nb5) (16... Qe6 17. c3 (17. Qe3))
17. dxe5 Qh6 18. Nbd4 f4 $2 (18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Nxf5 (20. Bxf5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Qg6 22. Ne3) 20... Qb6 21. c3) 19. e6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "Winslow, E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 (4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3
O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 {(c7-c5 picking up a tempo !?)} 10. Nge2 c4 11. Bf5 Re8
12. O-O Nb6 13. f3 Bxf5 (13... Nh5 14. Bf2 Bg5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. g4 Nf6 17. f4
Nxg4 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Bg1 Rxe3 21. Nf4 Qg5 22. Qg2 Rce8 23. h3 h5
24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Qf2 g3 27. Qxe3 Qh5+ 28. Kg2 Qh2+ 29. Kf3 g5
30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ f6 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ {
1-0 (33) Stluka,F (2137) -Vorsilka,J Klatovy 1999}) 14. Qxf5 Nh7 15. Bf2 Bg5
16. e4 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. a4 a5 19. f4 Be7 20. e5 f5 {
0-1 (40) Sitsko,N-Smistik,M (2085) Morava 1996}) 4... exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 {
The second time he played this here against me. How well prepared *is* he?} (
8... Nbd7 9. Nge2 {I thought I'd come up with a great new idea 50 years ago,
then later I thought it was Botvinnik, having played it first against Keres in
1952 -- the year I was born! But now I see *many* games by Alekhine! He mostly
played next 10.Ng3.} (9. Nf3) 9... Re8 10. O-O ({Marin gives} 10. f3 Nf8 {
and now White retreats his bishop with} 11. Bh4 $1 {
in order to avoid the simplifying manoeuvre ... Nh5. (Marin)}) 10... Nf8 11. f3
{is the "main line" according to Schandorff in his 2009 "Playing the Queen's
Gambit." And amazingly 19 different moves have been tried here! (And only two
are ridiculous, 11...Qd7 and 11...Qd6 -- or are they?)} (11. Rae1 {is what I pl
ayed when I had this position the first time, in the last round of the US Open
in Atlanta in ... 1967! It was a high-pressure game, I was White vs. Ignas
Zalys (2080 then, but a correspondence Master), a win would have given me
clear first "B" Prize! I outplayed him and .... lost.})) ({
Marin actually gives the move order} 8... Re8 9. Nge2 (9. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 10.
Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Bd3 Bxd4) 9... Nbd7) 9. Bh4 {
I thought I'd go the other way this time.} (9. Bf4 {
was our game from Berkeley last July:} Nbd7 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Nf3
Ne6 (12... Be6 {was Winslow-Clemens, Alan Benson TNM 2016, which Silman was so
taken by that he wrote a column around it on chess.com: "A Rare and Brutal
Rook Configuration" (not my idea! -- for the title that is) https://www.chess.
com/article/view/ a-rare-and-brutal-rook-configuration}) 13. Bh2 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Kb1 Bd6 {and now I flail my kingside pawns at him:} 16. f4 a6 17. g4 Bxe5
$2 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. h4 $1 Ndf8 ({On} 19... Qxh4 {
I get to play a double sealer-sweeper:} 20. g5 hxg5 21. f5) 20. g5 h5 21. f5
Nc5 22. Be2 Ncd7 (22... g6 23. e6) 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxh5 {
1-0 43, Winslow - C.Bayaraa, Berkeley July 2016}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nge2 c5 (10...
Re8 11. f3 $1 (11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Rae1 b6
16. f3 exf3 17. Rxf3 c5 18. d5 Bg4 19. Rf4 Rad8 20. e4 Qe5 21. Ref1 h5 22. Qf2
Qd4 23. h3 h4 24. Nh1 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Donaldson Akhmilovskaya,E (2245) -Stadler,T (2120) Budapest 1985})
11... c5 12. O-O a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bf2 c4 15. Bf5 Nb6 $6 (15... b4 $1 {
Schandorff}) 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. a3 {Botvinnik-Larsen, Noordwijk 1965}) 11. O-O c4
12. Bf5 Nb6 13. f3 Re8 14. h3 $146 (14. Rae1 Bxf5 (14... Bd7 15. Bf2 Qc8 16. g4
Bd6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bf8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. h3 Rac8 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Nh7
23. Be3 Rc6 24. Qg2 Rg6 25. Nf5 {
1-0 (44) Brito Garcia,A (2314)-Galvan Sarmiento,J (1978) Gran Canaria 2014})
15. Qxf5 Qd7 16. Qc2 Ng4 17. Bf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Bh4+ 19. g3 Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Babula,V (2566) -Kempinski,R (2601) Lublin 2009}) (14. Kh1 Bxf5
15. Qxf5 Qd7 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. e4 f6 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Ng3 Qd7 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Re6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Rb6 26. Rd2 {
1-0 (51) Varga,P (2478) -Doric,D (2276) Kostrena 2003}) (14. Bf2 Bd7 (14... Bd6
15. Rae1 a6 16. g4 Nbd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Qg5 20. e5 Qxg4+ 21.
Ng3 Bb4 22. Re4 Qg6 23. Nd5 Ba5 24. Nf4 {
1-0 (36) Maciol,R (2205)-Ali,G (1827) Leicester 2010}) 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ Nh7 {0-1 (27) Stolte,A (2055)-Teupe,U Germany 1989}) (
14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Bxf6 $1 {
Reducing Black's influence in the centre even more. (Marin)} Bxf6 17. e4 Be7
18. a3 {Preventing Bb4xc3 which would somewhat relief Black's position. (Marin)
} Bd6 19. e5 Be7 20. f4 $16 {Black has nothing to compensate for White's king
side attack. Besides, he has permanent worries with his d5-pawn. (Marin)} f5
21. g4 g6 22. Ng3 Rf8 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Qg2 Rc6 26. Qh3 Rg6 27. Rg1
Qe6 28. Rdf1 Rg4 29. Nd1 Rh4 30. Qg2 Rg4 31. Ne3 Rg7 32. Qc2 Rgf7 33. Rg2 Bh4
34. Rfg1 Bxg3 35. Rxg3 Qe7 36. Qg2 {
1-0 (36) Goldin,A (2615)-Vucic,M (2374) Minneapolis 2005 CBM 107 [Marin,M]})
14... Be6 15. g4 {Did I just move all my kingside pawns one after another
*again*? (See our previous game, above)} (15. Bxe6 fxe6) 15... Qd7 16. Bxe6
Qxe6 17. Bf2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Nh7 19. Kg2 g6 20. e4 Kg7 21. e5 Bc7 22. Be3 Nf8 23.
Ng3 Rad8 24. f4 Qc6 25. Qd2 Nh7 26. f5 g5 27. f6+ Kh8 28. Kg1 Qd7 29. Nf5 Nc8
30. Nxh6 Rg8 31. Nf5 (31. Nxg8 Rxg8 32. Rf5) 31... Rg6 32. Qg2 b5 33. Ne7 Nxe7
34. fxe7 Qxe7 35. Nxd5 Qd7 36. Nxc7 Qxc7 37. Rd1 (37. Rf5) 37... Kg8 38. Rf5 c3
39. d5 c2 (39... b4) 40. Rc1 Qa5 41. d6 Qb4 42. Qxc2 Rh6 43. Kg2 (43. Rxf7 $1)
43... Kg7 44. a3 (44. Rxf7+ $2) 44... Qa5 45. Qc7 Qxc7 46. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Nf3 Be6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Ne6
14. Be5 Nxc5 15. Bb5 Rf8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 {
0-1 (60) Lazarev,V (2441) -Peng,X (2193) Bangkok 2014}) 13. Kb1 (13. g4 b5 (
13... N6h7 14. Rdg1 (14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Rhg1 (15. Na4 {
1-0 (25) Shchekachev,A (2505)-Hielscher,U (2132) Seefeld 1999}) 15... c5 16.
dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 {1-0 (33) Steen,P (2167) -Vanhauwaert,K (1798) Gent 2007}) (
14. Rhg1 g5 15. Be5 f6 16. h4 fxe5 17. Bxh7+ {
1-0 (23) Chasovnikova,E (2338)-Schwilk,M (1973) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2009}) 14...
Ng5 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. h4 Ne4 {
1/2 (25)-1/2 (25) Saunders,S (2057)-Chang,M (1829) Sackville 2001}) 14. Kb1 b4
(14... a6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bd6 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 {
1-0 (34) Kas Fromm,R (2105) -Rendon,M Thessaloniki 1984}) 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Ne5
Rc8 17. f3 f6 {
1/2 (38)-1/2 (38) Baumbach,F (2345) -Atotubo,R (2205) Philadelphia 1993}) 13...
Rc8 (13... b5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. g4 Qa5 16. f3 N6d7 17. h4 Nb6 {
0-1 (45) Vilela de Acuna,J (2410)-Ortega,L (2440) Havana 1986}) (13... Qa5 14.
g4 N6d7 15. Rhg1 b5 16. Ne2 Rec8 17. g5 h5 18. g6 f6 19. Ng3 c5 20. Nf5 Bd8 21.
dxc5 d4 22. b3 Rxc5 23. Qb2 {
1-0 (34) Hurme,H (2180)-Haanila,E (1988) Naantali 2012}) (13... a6 14. Ne5 c5
15. Bf5 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qb6
21. Rd3 {1-0 (54) Mitzel,R (1949)-Carty,P (1549) Bad Griesbach 2000}) 14. g4 c5
15. dxc5 (15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb3 Ng6 19. Ne5 Qe6 20.
Nxg6 fxg6 21. Rd4 g5 22. Bg3 b6 23. Rhd1 Rd8 24. f3 $4 (24. e4 $16) 24... Qxe3
{1/2 (40)-1/2 (40) Knaak,R (2520)-Kholmov,R (2550) Halle 1978}) 15... Bxc5 16.
Be5 $2 (16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Qe7) (16. Rhg1) 16... N8d7 17. Bd4 a6 $2 (17...
Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 (19. Bxc5 exf3 20. Bd6 (20. Bd4 b5) (20. Ba3 Qa5 21.
Qa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 f5) 20... Nf6 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. Qb4 Qc6) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxe5
Qb6 (20... Qa5 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Bxa2+ 23. Kxa2 Rxe5 24. Rd7 Be7 (24... b5
25. Nc3 a6 26. Rhd1)) 21. Bd4 Bc4 22. Na4 (22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ka1 Bd3 24. Qd2
Red8 25. Rc1 Qb4 26. h4 b5) 22... Qa6 23. Nxc5 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 Bd3 25. Qc3 b6)
18. Rhg1 (18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxd4 20. exd4 b5) 18... b5 $6 (18... Ne4 19.
Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bxc5 exf3) 19. a3 Bd6 $4 {
Black's hesitancy finally catches up to him;} (19... Ne4 $1) (19... Bxd4 20.
Nxd4 Ne5) 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 $1 ({Stockfish 7 says} 21. Nxg5 $1 $18 {
but my little computer probably didn't let it see what happened in the game in
the time I allowed it to run.}) 21... Nc5 (21... Bf8 22. Rdg1 Nc5) 22. Rdg1 Bf8
23. Bxf6 $3 {
"Can it really be that simple?" (Benjamin Gates, _National Treasure_)} (23.
Bh7+ Nxh7 (23... Kh8 $5 {wasn't so convincing as the game}) 24. Rxg7+ Bxg7 25.
Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Qxh7 Ke7 27. Qh6 Kd7 28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. Nxf7 Bxf7 30. Bxc5) 23...
Qxf6 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Rh5 Qxf3 (25... Bd6 26. Ng5 {sets up} -- 27. Bg8+ Kxg8 (
27... Qh6 28. Rxh6+ Kxg8 29. Rh8+) 28. Rh8+ Kxh8 29. Qh7#) 26. Rg4 $3 {
When the computer sees this, its eval jumps.} Qh1+ (26... Qxg4 27. hxg4 Bd6 28.
Bf5+ Kg8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 {is more mundane, but +-}) 27. Nd1 f5 (27... Bd6 28.
Be4+ Kg8 29. Bxh1) 28. Bg6+ $1 Kg8 29. Rgh4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Critelli, James Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 (3... b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3) 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 exd5 (
5... b5 6. Bg5 {is an odd Blumenfeld} b4 7. Ne4 d6 (7... Be7 8. Bxf6 (8. d6
Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Qb6) 8... Bxf6 9. Qc2 $14 (9. Qd2 d6 10. dxe6 (10. a3) 10... Bxe6
11. O-O-O)) 8. a3 $5 (8. Nxf6+ $5 gxf6 9. Bd2 f5 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 $14 {
Chernin,A-Alburt,L/JUG zt/1987/})) 6. cxd5 d6 (6... b5 7. d6) 7. a4 g6 8. Nd2
Nfd7 $6 (8... Nbd7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Nc4 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8) 10... Nb6) 9. e4
(9. Nc4 $1 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. e4 $16) 9... Bg7 10. Nc4 (10. a5 $5 b5 11.
axb6 Nxb6) (10. Be2 $1 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Kh1 $16) 10... Ne5 11. Ne3 O-O 12.
f4 Ned7 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O Bd4 15. Qf3 Qh4 (15... Qe7) (15... Nf6 16. Kh1 Nbd7
) 16. g3 (16. Ne2 $1) (16. h3 $1) 16... Qh3 $2 (16... Qe7 17. Kg2 $14) 17. Ncd1
Nf6 18. Nf2 Qh5 19. Qxh5 (19. Kg2 $16) 19... gxh5 20. Re1 Re7 21. Kg2 Ne8 22.
Nc4 Nd7 23. Be3 Bg7 24. e5 (24. a5 Rb8 25. e5) 24... dxe5 25. d6 $6 (25. fxe5
Nxe5 26. Bxc5 Rc7 27. b4 $18 Bh3+ 28. Kxh3 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 b6 31.
Ne4 bxc5 32. bxc5) 25... Re6 26. Ne4 $6 (26. Bf5 Rxd6 27. fxe5 $1 (27. Nxd6
Nxd6 28. Bd3 $14) 27... Rc6 28. Be4 Re6 29. a5) 26... exf4 27. Bxf4 b6 28. Ng5
Bb7+ (28... Rxe1 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 30. Rxe1 Nef6 31. Bf5 $16) 29. Kh3 $1 Rxe1 30.
Rxe1 (30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Rxe1 Nef6 $16 (31... f6 32. Be4 {
I had seen this, then forgot it when the position arose.} Bxe4 33. Nxe4 b5 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Ne3 $16)) 30... h6 $2 (30... Nef6 31. Re7 Bd5 $11) 31. Ne4 $2 (
31. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rxd7 Bc8 34. Nxb6 Nf6 (34... Bxd7+ 35. Nxd7+
Kf7 36. Nxc5) 35. Nxa8 Bxd7+ 36. Kh4 Nd5 37. Nc7 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Bxb2 39. Nxa6
$16) 31... b5 $11 32. Na5 Bd5 33. Nc3 Be6+ 34. Kg2 c4 $2 (34... b4) (34... Nef6
) 35. Be4 Rc8 36. Nc6 (36. Bc6) (36. axb5 axb5 37. Bc6) 36... Bf8 37. axb5 Nxd6
$2 (37... axb5 38. Nxb5) 38. Bxd6 Bxd6 39. Rd1 $6 (39. bxa6 $18 Bc5 40. a7 Kg7
41. Na4) 39... Bc5 40. Nd5 $4 (40. bxa6 $18) 40... Kf8 $17 41. Nf4 Bg4 42. Rd5
axb5 43. h3 Rxc6 44. hxg4 Rd6 45. Rxh5 $6 (45. Rxd6 Bxd6 46. Bc6 Ne5 47. Bxb5
hxg4 $19) 45... Rd2+ 46. Kh3 $2 Nf6 47. Rxc5 Nxe4 48. Rc8+ Ke7 49. g5 hxg5 50.
Nh5 f5 51. g4 f4 52. Ng7 Nf2+ 53. Kg2 Nxg4+ 54. Kf3 Ne5+ 55. Ke4 Re2+ 56. Kf5
f3 57. Rc7+ Kd6 58. Ne8+ Kd5 59. Nf6+ Kd4 60. Rc8 f2 61. Rd8+ Kc5 (61... Ke3)
62. Rd1 Re1 63. Ne4+ Kb4 (63... Rxe4 64. Kxe4 Nd3) 64. Nxf2 Rxd1 65. Nxd1 Nd3
66. Kxg5 Nxb2 67. Nxb2 c3 68. Nd3+ Kc4 69. Nc1 b4 70. Kf4 b3 71. Nxb3 Kxb3 72.
Ke3 c2 73. Kd3 c1=Q {
0-1 (73) Winslow,E (2311)-Critelli,J (2366) San Francisco 2016 [Belov]} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Dupree, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 a5 8.
b3 d5 (8... d6 9. Be2 (9. Bb2) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O) (8... O-O 9. Bb2
d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 (11... Qe7) 12. Qc1 $5 $146 (12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 (
13. Ne1 Qg5 14. Bc1 Qg6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nd3 c5 17. Qc3 Nf7 18. Nf2 Rae8 19. Bb2
cxd4 20. exd4 e5 21. d5 Qf6 22. b4 $14 {
Chevallier,D-Kosten,A/FRA-chT 1993/0-1 (55)}) 13... Qe7 $142 (13... Ng5 $6 14.
Nd2 f4 $6 (14... Nh3+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qh5 $5) 15. e4 Rf6 16.
c5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gf6]} Nf8 17. c6 (17. f3 $142 $16) 17... Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19.
e5 Rg6 20. f3 d5 21. Qd3 Ra8 22. Kf2 $4 Nh3+ {
0-1 Munhbayar,L-Enkhbat,T/MGL-ch Erdenet 1994}) (13... Kh8 $6 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2
Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Qh4 17. f4 Rae8 18. Bd3 $1 exf4 19. exf4 Nc5 20. Bxf5 Nxb3 21.
Rd3 Re1 (21... Rxf5 22. Rh3) 22. Rxb3 $18 {
1-0 Browne,W-Weinstein,N/ New York 1984 (26)})) (12. Qd3 f5 13. Nd2 e5 14. f3
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. Rac1 e4 17. d5 exf3 18. Rxf3 Ne5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Seirawan,Y/USA-ch 1988 (29)}) 12... f5 13. Ne1 {And now white's
idea becomes clear,after 13...Qg5 14 f3 the e3pawn is protected by queen.} Qh4
$6 (13... Qe7 $142 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nd3 e5 16. Nf2 {with complicated play.}) 14.
f3 Ng5 15. Nd3 {1-0 (45) Atalik,S (2555) -Mencinger,V (2395) Ljubljana 1997
CBM 058 ext [Avrukh,B]}) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne4 (11... Rc8 12. O-O
Ne4 13. Qd1 f5 14. Nd2 Qg5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Be2 a4 19.
c5 Qd7 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. bxa4 Bc6 23. Qb3 Bxa4 24. Qxb6 Qe8 25.
Qb4 Rb8 26. Qd2 Bb5 27. Bc3 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Rb3 29. Bb4 Qc6 30. h3 Nd7 31. Qf2 g6
32. Qh4 Rxe3 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ {
1-0 (35) Browne,W (2560)-Burnett,R (2305) USA 1990}) 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. O-O Qe7 (
13... f5) 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 c5 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rc7 $6 18. cxd5 (18.
dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd4 f6 22. Rc3 Ne4
$6 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. b4 Ra8 26. f3 Ng5 27. Qd3 (27. bxa5 bxa5 28.
Qc5 Qe6 29. Bd4) 27... axb4 28. axb4 Ne6 29. Qb5 Nc7 $4 {Diagram [#]} (29...
Rb8 $14) 30. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Kim, Isaiah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Bd6 12. f4 Qf6 13. Rg1 Nc6 14. Be2 O-O
15. Bd2 Rab8 16. Rg3 Na5 17. Rag1 Rf7 18. Bh5 Bf8 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Lee, Andy C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. Ndf3 h5 7. Qg3 Nh6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. O-O Bb5 14. Bxh6 Rxh6
15. Rfc1 Bc6 16. Rc2 Ba4 17. b3 Bc6 18. Kh1 Kg8 19. Rf1 Rf8 20. Qe3 f6 21. Ng1
fxe5 22. Qxe5 Qd8 23. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} (23. Qe3) 23... Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Bd6
$15 25. Qe2 Qh4 26. f4 Qxf4 27. f3 Qxd4 28. Bb5 Qb6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rfc1 c5
31. Qe3 Rf6 32. Rg1 Bf8 33. Rcg2 Qb7 34. Qe5 Qf7 35. Re1 Kh7 36. Rf1 Rf5 37.
Qe2 e5 38. Rgf2 Bd6 39. Rg2 Bf8 40. Rfg1 Rxf3 41. Qxe5 h4 42. Rg5 d4 43. Rh5+
Kg8 44. Rxh4 $4 (44. Rhg5) (44. Qd5) 44... Re3 45. Qh5 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward Mich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 (6... c6) (6... a6
) (6... Nbd7) (6... Na6) (6... b6) 7. Qd2 (7. d5 $5 Nb8 (7... Ne5 $5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Re8)) 7... Re8 (7... e5 $5 8. d5 (8. O-O-O) (8. dxe5 $5))
(7... a6) ({Relevant:} 7... e5 8. dxe5 {'!?' Winslow,Elliott.} Nxe5 9. Nxe5
dxe5 10. Bc4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 c6 12. a4 Nh5 13. g3 Re8 14. Ne2 Rd8+ 15. Ke1 Bf8
16. Nc1 Kg7 17. Nd3 Re8 18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ke2 Nf6 21. g4 Be4 22. Rhg1
Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. b3 Kg8 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 a6 27. c4 Be6 28. Bb6 Re7
29. Rad1 Rae8 30. Rg3 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Ke3 e4 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Rd1 Bc8 35.
Kf4 h5 36. Bd8 Rf8 37. Kg5 {
Durarbayli,V (2614)-Kamsky,G (2681) Bilbao 2014 1-0 (77)}) (7... d5 8. e5 Ne4
$2 (8... Ne8 $5) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5) 8. O-O-O d5 $2 (8... a6) (8... e5) 9. e5
Ne4 (9... Nd7 10. Nxd5 Nf8 11. Nc3 {
1-0 (42) Meszaros,M (2315)-Janos,M (2145) Slovakia 2004}) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5
a5 12. Bc4 Rf8 13. Nxe4 Rb8 14. Nc3 a4 15. a3 Na5 16. Be2 c6 17. Nxa4 {
"I can resist everything except temptation." - Oscar Wilde} b5 18. Nc5 Qb6 19.
Qb4 Qc7 20. f4 Rd8 21. g4 Bf8 22. Qe1 Rd5 23. Bd2 Nb7 24. Na6 Qb6 25. Nxb8 Nd8
26. Bf3 Qxb8 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rf1 f5 29. exf6 exf6 30. Qe8 Qc7 31. Bb4 Ne6 32.
f5 Bd7 33. Qa8 Bc6 34. Qa5 Bxb4 35. axb4 gxf5 36. gxf5 {[%emt 0:49:40]} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hovik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Qb6 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bb2 Bc5 12. c4 Bd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Rac1 O-O
15. Nf3 Qa7 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Rc3 Nxe5 20. Rg3 f6 21.
Nxe6+ Kf7 22. Rxg7+ Kxe6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. f4 dxc4 25. fxe5 cxb3 26. Qg4+ f5
27. Qg6+ Kxe5 28. Re1+ Kd4 29. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Maser, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 (7. Nd2
Bb7 (7... Bg6) 8. e4 d6 (8... Qf6 9. d5 Bc5 10. Nf3 Qg6 11. b4 $1)) 7... d6 (
7... Be7) (7... Bd6 $5) 8. Nd2 (8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bg6) 8... Bb7 9. e4 (9. e3 Nd7
10. Qc2 (10. Qh5)) 9... Qf6 (9... c5 10. d5 Qf6 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Be3 Qxb2 13.
Rb1 Qf6 14. Be2 g6 15. e5 Qxe5 16. O-O Be7 17. Bf3 exd5 18. Rfe1 Kd8 19. cxd5
Qg7 20. Nc4 Kc8 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bg4+ {
1-0 (24) Stips, F (2061)-Andrukov,D (2070) Herceg Novi 2008}) (9... Nd7 10. Be3
Be7 (10... g6 11. h4 h5 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Be2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16.
Bb5+ Kf8 17. f3 a6 18. Be2 Bc8 19. g3 Bd7 20. O-O Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Bf4 Qe7
23. Kg2 Kg8 24. Rab1 Kh7 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. f4 Qf6 27. Nf3 Rhe8 28. Rfe1 Qd8 29.
Rbd1 f6 30. e5 Kh6 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. Qc2 Kh6 33. e6 f5 34. Ng5 Qe7 35. g4 hxg4
36. h5 Bf6 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. hxg6 Ra4 39. Qxf5 Bxb2 40. Rh1 Qf6 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42.
g7+ Ke7 43. g8=Q Rxg8 44. Nh6+ {
1-0 (44) Tomazini,A (2251)-Kilic,E (1843) Kocaeli 2013}) 11. Bd3 c5 12. d5 e5
13. O-O O-O 14. g3 Bf6 15. Rb1 g6 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bg7 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Bd2
Rae8 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Rbe1 Nf6 22. e5 Nh5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4
26. Qg2 Qf6 27. Nxh7 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 {
0-1 (28) Mattick,L (2230)-Hoeppner,J Germany 1995}) 10. Be3 c5 11. d5 exd5 $2 (
11... Qxb2) 12. cxd5 g6 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Rb1 a6 15. Be2 b5 16. O-O Nd7 17. f4
h5 18. a4 b4 19. Nc4 Kc7 20. a5 Re8 21. Bf3 Qh4 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24.
d6+ Bxd6 25. Bxb7 exf4 26. Bf2 Qf6 27. Bf3 Re5 28. Qa4 Be7 29. Rbc1 Kb8 30. Qd7
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Qd2
c5 9. exd6 exd6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc5 Qa5 12. Bd4 Nf6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. a3
Rac8 15. Kb1 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Qxd6 Qf5 21. Qd3 Qc8 22. Rhe1 Qc7 23. Ne5 Rf4 24. Qe3 g5 25. g3 Rf5 26. g4 Rf4
27. Nd3 Rd8 28. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 gxf4 30. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Ortega, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Elliott Winslow"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. a3 cxd4 ({
Relevant:} 7... d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. b4 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 c4 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13.
Nf1 h6 14. a4 Rdf8 15. Ba3 Nd8 16. b5 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 a5 18. Ra2 Kb8 19. Ng3 Bc8
20. Nh5 g6 21. Ng3 Rfg8 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. h3 Nd7 25. Qc1 Kc7 26. Qa3
Qxa3 27. Rxa3 Nb7 28. Ne2 Kd8 29. Nf4 Ke7 30. Raa1 Nd8 31. g4 Rg7 32. Kg2 Rgg8
33. Kg3 Rg7 34. Rh1 Rgg8 35. Rae1 Rg7 36. Kg2 Rgg8 37. Ne2 {
Cvek,R (2537) -Hinks Edwards,T (2396) Czech Republic 2015 1/2-1/2 (71)}) 8.
cxd4 d6 (8... a5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb1 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 $14) 9. O-O Be7 10.
Qe2 $14 e5 $6 (10... a5) (10... O-O) (10... a6) 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 O-O 13. Bb2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nb3 a5 16. bxa5 bxa5 17.
Nxd4 g6 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Nf5 Bg5 20. g3 Re8 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Bd4 Qe6 23. Bc4
Ba6 24. Qg4 Bxc4 25. Qxg5 f6 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. g4 Rad8 28. Bc3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kf8
30. Qe3 Bb3 31. Rd4 Ng7 32. Bxa5 Rc8 33. Bb4+ Ke8 34. Rd6 Qc4 35. Rxf6 Qc1+ 36.
Qxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kg2 Ne6 38. Rf7 Kd8 39. Rxh7 g5 40. Bd2 Rc5 {
Pap,M (2484)-Buecker,S (2301) Bad Wiessee 2013 1-0}) 11... Nb8 12. b4 O-O 13.
Nc4 Na6 (13... Re8) (13... g6) (13... Nbd7) (13... a6) 14. Ne3 Nc7 15. Nf5 (15.
Bb2 a5 16. Rfc1) 15... Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd2 (17. Bd2) (17. a4) (17. Be3)
(17. h3) 17... Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nc4 h6 20. f4 b5 {Diagram #} 21. fxe5 bxc4 (
21... dxe5 $16) 22. exf6 Qe5 {
I admit I hadn't noticed this move when I played 20.f4} (22... cxd3 23. fxe7
dxe2 24. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 25. Re1 Bb5 26. Kf2) 23. Bxc4 Qxa1 24. Bb2 Qxf1+ 25. Qxf1
g6 (25... g5) 26. Qf4 Kh7 27. Qxd6 Bb5 28. Qxc7 {easiest} Rac8 29. Qxc8 Rxc8
30. Bxb5 Rc2 31. Bd4 Rc7 32. d6 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
O-O 9. cxd5 Nf6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nxd5 12. Be4 c6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Be3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 $2 (16... N8d7 17. Rad1 {leaves White with a large
advantage (d4-d5 is looming), but preferable to the text which drops a piece
to a back-rank trick.}) 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Na6 20. Re4 Nd7
21. Rg4 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Paquette, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
g4 9. dxe5 gxf3 10. exf6 fxg2 {Diagram [#]} 11. Bxg2 (11. fxe7 $1 gxh1=Q 12.
exd8=Q+ Kxd8 13. Qf5 {or} (13. O-O-O {in both cases with fantastic
compensation for the exchange. White has c4-c5 and Nd5 coming up.})) 11... Nxf6
12. O-O-O Rg8 13. c5 $1 Rg5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. f4 Rc5 16. Kb1 Bf5 17. e4 Nxe4 $2
(17... Bh7 18. f5 {
with e4-e5 soon to follow leaves White with a large advantage.}) 18. Bxe4 Rxc3
19. bxc3 Qb6+ 20. Ka1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rc8 22. Rhe1 Qc7 23. Bh4 Qxc3+ 24. Kb1 Kf8
25. Qxe7+ Kg8 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 (1. e4) 1... Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bb4+ 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. bxc4 Nc5 10. Bc2 Nce4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Nxd2 b6 13. Ne4
Ba6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. f4 c5 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Be4 Rad8 19. a3 Ba5 20.
Rfd1 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rc8 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Bd3 f6 24. Qb2 Kf7 25. Qf2 f5 26. h3
h5 27. Qe2 Bb7 28. Kh2 Qxa3 29. c5 Bd5 30. Ra1 Qb4 31. Rdb1 Bb3 32. Qb2 bxc5
33. Qxb3 Qxb3 34. Rxb3 Bb6 35. Ba6 cxd4 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11 37. exd4 Rd8 38. Rd1
Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40. Kg3 Kf6 41. Kf3 e5 42. h4 (42. fxe5+) 42... e4+ {
Black offers a draw.} 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Kd2 {The start of an ill-advised plan to
activate the king, albeit at the cost of kingside pawns. A win in this game
means a tie for first and a draw a three way tie for second.} Ke6 45. Kc3 Bf2
46. Ra3 Bxh4 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Rxa7+ Kf6 49. Ra6+ $11 Kg7 50. Kd4 $2 {
Diagram [#]} (50. Kd2 $11) 50... Bg3 (50... Bf2+ $1 51. Ke5 (51. Kc3 Be3) 51...
Bg3 52. Rc6 h4 53. Ra6 e3 54. Ra2 Kh6 55. Rc2 Kh5 56. Ra2 Kg4) 51. Ke5 (51. Ke3
$11) 51... e3 (51... h4 {to bring the king to g4 at the right moment.}) 52.
Ra7+ {Forcing the king where it wants to go.} (52. Ra2 h4 53. Kd4 Bxf4 54. Kd3
Kh6 55. Ke2 Kh5 56. Kf3 g5 57. Ra8 {
still draws because Black's bishop is tied to the defense of the e-pawn.})
52... Kh6 53. Ra2 h4 $1 54. Re2 Bf2 55. Kd4 Kh5 56. Kd3 Kg4 57. Ra2 Kxf4 58.
Ke2 g5 59. Kf1 g4 60. Ra5 h3 61. gxh3 gxh3 62. Ra8 Kf3 63. Ra3 Kg3 64. Ra8 h2
65. Rh8 f4 66. Rh7 Bg1 67. Ke2 f3+ 68. Kd1 e2+ 69. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O (
7... c5 {is considered more accurate as Black needs to put immediate pressure
on White center.}) 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 $1 Ne5 (10... Bxc3 11. Rb1 (11.
dxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxa1 13. Bh6 Bg7) (11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Bxf8 Bxa1 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Qxa1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3) 11... Ne5) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
f4 $16 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. c4 Rad8 17. Rab1 b6 18. Rb3 Bc8 19. h4 h5 20. a4 Bd7
21. a5 bxa5 22. Rfb1 Qd6 23. e5 Qa6 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rb7 Bf5 26. R1b2 Rfe8 27.
Qc3 a4 28. R7b5 a3 ({with the threat} 28... -- 29. Ra5 {trapping the queen.})
29. Ra2 ({On} 29. Ra5 $2 {I (PS) had planned} axb2 ({but even better is} 29...
Qxa5 30. Qxa5 axb2 31. Qe1 b1=Q 32. Qxb1 Bxb1) 30. Rxa6 b1=Q+) 29... Rc7 30.
Rxa3 Qc8 {Diagram #} 31. d6 {The start of a nice tactic.} Rb7 32. e6+ f6 33. d7
Rxd7 34. exd7 Bxd7 35. Rb2 Qc7 36. Qg3 Bf5 37. Rba2 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. c4 b6 14. Nd2 Nb7 15.
f4 Nd6 16. g4 f6 17. h4 {Caveman Chess} e6 18. Qe1 Qe7 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Qf2 Re8
21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Qg3 Nf7 23. Qg2 Re7 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. e5 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Rae8
27. Bf2 fxe5 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Qh6 30. Ne4 Qf4 31. Qh5 Nh6 32. f6 Bxf6 33.
Bg3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 {White's options in the Fianchetto lines
of the Kings Indian Defense -- and the Gruenfeld! -- are somewhat limited by
his already playing Nf3.} b6 {This sends the game into experimental mode.} (
4... O-O 5. Bg2 d6 {KID} (5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {Gruenfeld}) (5... c6 6. O-O (6.
d5 b5 $5) 6... d5 {Slav-Gruenfeld})) 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 (7. Nc3 Ne4
{feels more like a Queens Indian than a Kings Indian...}) 7... b5 $2 {
Mutual hypnosis.} (7... Ne4 8. Nfd2 Nc5 9. Nb3 Nba6 {
is a curious sequence out of Stockfish.}) 8. Nc3 {
Planning to just gambit a pawn (at least for a while).} (8. cxb5 Nxd5) (8. Qb3
$5 Qc8 9. Qxb5 c6 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qb3 d6 {will leave White hard-pressed to
make his pawn matter -- but I'd have played it if I'd noticed it! (It's better
to grab than to relinquish I always say)}) 8... bxc4 9. e4 c6 10. Nd2 ({
Guess who likes} 10. d6 {? -- hint: not a human.}) 10... Qc7 11. Re1 d6 {
There are other tries, but Black has to develop some day.} 12. Qa4 Nbd7 13.
Nxc4 {as does White (Bc1, Ra1....)} Nc5 14. Qc2 Ba6 15. b3 Bxc4 {
Poor computer thinks Black's "best" 7 moves are all equal.} (15... Nfxe4 16.
Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 cxd5 19. Re1 dxc4 20. Bh6 f6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 {
for example....}) 16. bxc4 Qa5 (16... Ng4) (16... cxd5 17. exd5 Rab8 (17... Ng4
)) 17. Bd2 Qa6 (17... Ng4) 18. dxc6 $1 {Finally the game blows up.} Qxc4 (18...
Ng4 19. Nd5 $5) 19. Bf1 Qe6 20. Rab1 Rfc8 (20... Rac8) 21. Bg2 Ng4 22. e5 Bxe5
23. c7 Qf6 24. Re2 e6 25. Bxa8 Rxc7 26. f3 Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Ne5 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29.
Qc1 h5 30. Bh6+ Kh7 31. Bg5 Qf5 32. Nb5 Bb2 33. Qxb2 Ncd3 34. Qd2 d5 35. Nd4
Nc4 36. Nxf5 {Black's flag fell in a lost position.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 $2 (8... Ne4 9. Rb1) (8... Qe7 9. Bg5) (8... Bd7) (8... Qe8) (8... b6) 9.
cxd5 cxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nb6 12. a4 $16 {
Abregu-Araoz, Buenos Aires 1993 (Avrukh)}) 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bf4 b6 $2 (11...
Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nb6 ({"Clearly inferior is"} 12... Ne8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Nc7 Nxc7
15. Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Rxc7 Rf6 17. Rac1 $16 {
Gabdrakhmanov-Gubajdullin, Kazan 2007 (Avrukh)}) 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Ng5 Qd6 15.
Qc5 Rd8 (15... Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Rfc1 Nxb2 18. Ngxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rfc8 $14
) 16. Rfc1 $1 $146 {(Avrukh)}) 12. Qc6 Ba6 13. Qxa8 (13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Nd6 Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Qxf5 Rxe2 17. Rfe1) 13... Bxb5 14. Bxb8 (14. Rfe1) 14... Nxb8
15. Qxa7 Na6 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. a4 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Nxe5 19. Rxe2 Nb4 20. a5 Nc4 21.
axb6 Nc6 22. Qc7 (22. Qa6) 22... Nxd4 23. Ree1 Qxc7 24. bxc7 Kf7 25. Ra7 (25.
Ra6 Rc8 26. Rexe6 Nxe6 27. Bxd5 Rxc7 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Bxf5 g6 30. b3) 25...
Rc8 26. b3 Nd6 27. Rd1 N4b5 28. Raa1 Rxc7 29. Bf1 Nc3 30. Rdc1 d4 31. Kg2 Rb7
32. Ra6 Ke7 33. Re1 Nce4 34. Ra4 Rxb3 35. Rxd4 e5 36. Rd3 Rb2 37. Re2 Rb5 38.
f3 Nf6 39. Red2 Rb6 40. Ra3 Ke6 41. Ra6 Rxa6 42. Bxa6 g5 43. Be2 h5 44. h3 Nd5
45. Rb2 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4 47. Kf2 Nf4 48. Bf1 e4 49. Ra2 Nd5 50. fxe4 fxe4 51.
Ra8 Ke5 52. Rh8 Nf5 53. Be2 e3+ 54. Ke1 Ng3 55. Rxh4 {
1/ 2-1/2 (55) Winslow,E (2295)-Stearman,J (2195) Berkeley 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott C"]
[Black "Walder, Michael S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Qc3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Nfd4 Rb6 18. Re1 Re4 19. f3 Re7 20. Rxe7 Nxe7
21. Re1 h6 22. a4 Bd7 23. Nc5 Nf5 24. a5 Rb8 25. b4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Bf5 27. c3
Qg6 28. g4 Bc2 29. Re7 Qg5 30. Re2 Bg6 31. Kg2 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Qh4 34.
Nd7 Rd8 35. Ne5 Rd6 36. Qxa7 Re6 37. Qf2 Qe7 38. Nxg6 fxg6 39. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nbc3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e5 9. Nde2 O-O 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. c4 f5 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Bg5
15. f4 Bf6 16. Qd2 e4 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxe4 Qe7 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21.
Rce1 Qd6 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Qd3 {Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Bertot, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 Nd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
fxe5 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 dxe5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Qg3 f6 14.
O-O-O Bd6 15. h4 O-O-O 16. h5 c6 17. Ne3 Rhg8 18. Nf5 Qf7 19. Kb1 a5 20. d4 Bc7
21. d5 cxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Qf2 Kb8 24. d6 Ka8 25. Qc5 Bb8 26. Qxa5+ Ba7 27.
Ne7 Rge8 28. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Campers Jr, Willie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 a6 4. a4 d6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Nd4 7. h3 Bf3 8. Bxf3
Nxf3+ 9. Kf1 Ne5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Kg2 Nf6 12. d3 g6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Nxf6+ exf6
15. f5 O-O 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. g4 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5+ 20. Qf3 Qd7 21.
Bd2 c4 22. Bc3 cxd3 23. Rhd1 Qc7 24. Rxd3 Rfe8 25. Rad1 b5 26. Rd7 Qc4 27. R1d4
Qe2+ {White went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Rab1 a5 14. b3 Nf6 15.
c4 Bf8 16. c5 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. Rc2 h5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Bf1 Be7
22. a4 h4 23. g4 Bd8 24. Rcb2 Bc7 25. Bg2 Bb8 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Re7 28. Qb2
Ra7 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Qc7 31. Bf1 Qh2 32. Ke1 Qh1 33. Qe2 Bh2 {
Black went on to win. Remaining moves unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Kokish, Iris Roberta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Bh6 O-O 7. O-O-O e5 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bb5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14.
Bd3 Ra4 15. Bb5 Re4 16. Ng5 Rd4 17. Qe3 Qf6 18. Ne4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qd8 20. Qc3+
f6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Qxc6 Bf5 24. Qd5+ Kg7 25. Ng3 Bd7 26. f5 $11 {
White went on to win. Remaining moves are unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 a6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nc6 8. Qg4
Nge7 9. dxc5 d4 10. O-O-O Nf5 11. Nf3 h5 12. Qe4 Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Nxd4
Nfxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. f4 Rd7 18. b4 a5 19. c3 axb4 20. cxb4 Rc7
21. Kb2 Kb8 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Bf3 g6 24. Rd2 Nf5 25. Bf2 Rd7 26. Rhd1 Rhd8 27. h3
d4 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nh6 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Nxg4 33. Kc3
Kc7 34. b5 Nh6 35. a4 Nf5 36. a5 Bd7 37. Be2 Ng7 38. Kb4 Ne6 39. Be3 Ng7 40.
b6+ Kb8 41. a6 bxa6 42. Bxa6 Nf5 43. Bf2 Ne7 44. Kc4 Be6+ 45. Kd4 Nc6+ 46. Kc3
Ne7 47. Bg3 Nd5+ 48. Kd4 Ne7 49. Bh4 Nf5+ 50. Ke4 Nxh4 51. c6 Bf5+ 52. Kd5 Be6+
53. Kc5 Ka8 54. c7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.12"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Lagrotta, Daniel S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd2 c5 18. Qc3 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. h4 Rad8
21. Qa5 Qe5 22. Qb6 Kg7 23. c4 Qe6 24. b4 Qxc4 25. bxc5 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27.
cxd6 Ra8 28. Rb1 Ra4 29. f3 b4 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Rc7 Ke8 32. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 c5 7. Qd2 a6 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O c4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. e5 Bb7 14. Ng5+ Ke8
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Ne6 b4 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Rf2 h5 20. Nd4 Qd5 21.
Ndf5 Nc5 22. Re2 Rc7 23. Nxd6+ Kf8 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. f5 Rd7 26. Qh6+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O h6 11. Qh3 Qe7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Rfe1 g6 14. a3
Bg7 15. Bb4 Qe8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Qf7 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Bd6
Bxd4 21. Re7 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Rhf8 23. Ree1 Rde8 24. Red1 Re3 25. Qg4 Re4 26. Qxg6
Qf6 27. Qg3 Bf2 28. Qd3 Qxd6 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Rxd6 e3 31. Re6 Kd8 32. g3 Re8
33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Kg2 Ne5 35. b3 Ng4 36. Kf3 Nxh2+ 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Rh1 Ng4 39.
Rh4 Nf6 40. Rxh6 Bxg3 41. Rh3 Bf2 42. c4 Ke6 43. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bh4 h6 14. Bg3
Bd6 15. c5 Bxg3 16. hxg3 bxc5 17. Rac1 g5 18. dxc5 f5 19. Bd3 f4 20. Nd2 Kb8
21. Rc3 Re7 22. Ba6 Qe5 23. Ne4 $1 Ba8 (23... Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qxe4 25. Rb3+ Nb6
26. cxb6) 24. Rb3+ Kc7 25. Qd2 Nxc5 26. Qa5+ Kd7 27. Nxc5+ Ke8 28. Re1 Qd5 29.
Rd3 Qf5 30. g4 Qxg4 {In view of 31.Rd8+ or 31.Qd8+.} 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "O'Connor, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Be2 Ne7 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Nxd4 Bg6 10. Nb5 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. c4 a6 13. c5 axb5 14. Bxb5+
Nbc6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 O-O 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. a5 d4 20. Bg5 Rd5
21. Bxe7 Rxb5 22. Bc5 Qd7 23. Bb6 Qd5 24. Nxd4 Bh5 25. Nxc6 Qxd1 26. Rfxd1 Bxd1
27. Nd4 Rxb2 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. Nf5 Rd2 30. Re1 Re2 31. Kf1 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Re8+
33. Kd2 Re6 34. Kd3 Rf6 35. g4 h5 {Diagram [#]} 36. Bd4 $1 Ra6 37. Bb6 hxg4 38.
Nd6 Ra8 39. Kc4 Kf8 40. Nxb7 Ke7 41. Nc5 Kd6 42. Kb5 Ke5 43. Na6 Kf4 44. Nc7
Rc8 45. a6 Kf3 46. Kc6 Kg2 47. Kd7 Rb8 48. a7 Rxb6 49. a8=Q+ Kxh2 50. Nd5 Rb2
51. Qa7 Kg2 52. Qe3 Rxf2 53. Nf4+ Kg1 54. Nd3 g3 55. Qxg3+ Rg2 56. Qe1+ Kh2 57.
Nf4 Ra2 58. Qh4+ Kg1 59. Qg3+ Kh1 60. Qf3+ Kg1 61. Ne2+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbc3 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Bd4 Nf6 8.
e5 Ng4 9. e6 Qf5 10. exf7+ Qxf7 11. f3 Nf6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Nec3 O-O 14. Qd2 Nb4
15. Nc7 d6 16. Nxa8 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Rxa8 19. O-O e5 20. Bf2 d5 21.
Rfe1 Nd7 22. d4 Rd8 23. Bh4 Rc8 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxd5 Be6 26. Qd6 Re8 27. Rxe5
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Royzen, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[Annotator "Winslow"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. Bc3 b5
15. c5 Nd5 16. Rhe1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nf6 18. Kb1 Nd5 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. Ne4 a5 21. g4
Qc7 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Ne5 Rad8 24. g5 Nxh5 25. gxh6 g6 26. Rh1 (26. Rg1 {and})
(26. Qd3 {, start the pressure on g6.}) 26... Kh7 27. Qe3 Rd5 28. Rdg1 Nf6 29.
Rg3 Nd7 30. Nf3 e5 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Ng5+ Kh8 33. Qf4 Qe7 34. Re3 Nd3 35. Rxe7
Nxf4 36. Nxf7+ Kh7 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Nf7+ Rxf7 41.
Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Wong, Russell"]
[Black "Sevall, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 (3... gxf6 {
Carlsen-Karjakin, New York (1) 2016.}) 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4
8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nbd2 f5 10. a3 b5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. g3 Kd7 13. Bg2 Bd6 14. O-O
Rag8 15. Rfd1 g5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxc4 {The remaining moves are unavailable.}
1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.24"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8.
exf5 d5 9. Bg5 d4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. c4 Nd7 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qb3 Bc5
15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 e4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bg4 Rfe8 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qd5 Re5
21. Qd7 e3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Be2 Qxb2 25. Re1 {Diagram [#]} Qxe2
$1 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Bg6 11. Ne5 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 O-O 13. a3 Rc8 14. c3 Na5
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rae1 b6 19. Ne5 g6 20. Kh1 Bg7 21. h4
Nc4 22. Ndxc4 dxc4 23. h5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Kg7 26. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 $2 {
The move 6. Bg5 is designed to prevent!} ({Better is the standard} 6... e6 {
with the Scheveningen center, although White's usual} 7. f4 {
intending fast Qf3 and 0-0-0, puts Black on high alert.}) ({
Meanwhile the modern} 6... Nbd7 {
has become more and more popular, leading to some unusual positions.}) 7. Nb3
$6 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5) (7. Nf5 $1 {
is the main problem, when White gets to d5 faster than usual.}) 7... Be7 8. Qd2
b5 $6 (8... Be6) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd5 $5 Ra7 {Diagram [#]} 11. Bxb5+ $6 {
Ambitious but probably too much.} axb5 12. Nxb5 Rd7 13. Qa8 Qb6 (13... Na6) (
13... Ba6) 14. a4 O-O 15. Qa5 Qxa5+ $6 {On principle Black should keep queens
on (so that the pawns stay less important than an eventually attacking extra
piece).} 16. Nxa5 Bd8 ({
But if you are going to go this way, take this moment to get in} 16... d5 $1)
17. Nc4 Be7 (17... d5 $1 $17) 18. Nb6 Rb7 19. Nd5 Bg5 $2 20. h4 Bd8 21. Nxd6
Ba5+ 22. Kd1 Rd7 23. Nc4 (23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. c3) 23... Nc6 24. Nxa5 Nxa5 25. b4
Nc4 26. Ke2 f5 27. f3 Bb7 $6 (27... fxe4 28. fxe4 Bb7) 28. Rhd1 Bxd5 (28...
fxe4 29. Nf6+) 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 Rd8 $6 {Diagram [#]} (30... Kf7 $11) 31.
Kd3 $1 Rc8 (31... Nb6 32. c4 {Ant attack!}) 32. a5 Nd6 33. a6 e4+ 34. fxe4
fxe4+ 35. Kd4 Rc4+ 36. Ke5 Nb5 37. a7 Nxa7 38. Rxa7 e3 39. Ra1 Rxc2 40. Ke6 h6
41. d6 Rd2 42. Re1 e2 43. Ke7 Rd4 44. Rxe2 Rxb4 45. d7 Rb7 46. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Bf5 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. Re1 Nbc6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Rfe8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4
Nc8 15. Nbd2 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Nd6 17. c4 b5 18. cxd5 Nxd4 $11 {
Remaining moves unavailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Bb4+ 8.
c3 Qe7+ 9. Be3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 c6 12. Re1 Qd8 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. b4 Qc7
15. Nb3 Rfe8 16. Qd2 h6 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. a4 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 $11
21. g3 $6 {Diagram [#]} Nb2 $1 22. Qc2 Qxf3 23. Qxb2 Qf5 $15 (23... Re4 $1 24.
Nc5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 b6 26. Nb3 Ne4 $17) 24. Kg2 g5 25. Nc5 b6 26. Nb3 Ne4 27.
Re3 Nd6 28. g4 Qf4 29. Rf3 Qe4 30. Qd2 Re6 31. a5 Nc4 32. Qd3 Rae8 33. axb6
axb6 34. Nd2 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 b5 37. Kg3 Re4 38. Rd3 R8e6 39. Rf3
Kg7 40. Ra7 Rf6 41. Rxf6 Kxf6 42. Rc7 Re6 43. h4 Kg6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. f3 f6
46. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. Be2 Ng6 10. Bg3 Be7 $2 (10... dxc4) 11. cxd5 cxd5 {Diagram [#]} 12. Bxb8
a6 (12... Rxb8 13. Bb5) 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Nc3 Be6 15. O-O h5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 b5 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Qd2 Rfe8
24. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxd6 26. g3 Qf6 27. Bc2 Rc4 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Bb3 Qd6 30.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Kg7 32. Qc5 Qd8 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Nxd5 a5 36.
Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 b4 38. Kd3 g5 39. Kc4 Ke6 40. f4 g4 41. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
c6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Bxg6 Nxg6 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qc7
15. Qc3 Nb6 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Qd2 h6 18. Be3 Ngf4 19. Nc5 Rae8 20. Nd3 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Nd5 22. Rce1 Bg3 23. Re2 Nf6 24. Nde5 Ne4 25. Qc2 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Ng3 27.
Ref2 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Re8 32. Kf2 f6 33.
Rd1 Re7 34. a4 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. g4 Rd7 37. Rb1 b6 38. Ke4 Rd5 39. h4 Ra5 40.
Rb4 Re5+ 41. Kf4 g5+ 42. hxg5 hxg5+ 43. Kf3 c5 44. Re4 Kd5 45. c4+ Kd6 46. Rxe5
Kxe5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Summer TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[Annotator "Sherwood"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Bg4 9. Qd2 g6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. O-O-O Bg7
15. Re1 Kd7 16. c4 f5 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. Rxe3 Rac8 19. Kb1 Rhe8 20. Bd3 Ng8 21.
Rhe1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Kd8 24. Be2 {draw offer} Rc7 25. b4 Nd7 26. a4
b6 (26... Nb6 27. a5) 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Ne4 Rb7+ 31.
Kc2 Bd4 (31... Rb2+ 32. Kd3 Rb3+ 33. Kd2 Rxe3 34. Kxe3) 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. Kxb3
Bc5 34. g5 (34. Ng5 Ke7 35. Nxh7 f6 36. g5) 34... Ke7 35. Bg4 f5 36. gxf6+ Nxf6
37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Kc3 h5 39. Bd7 Be3 40. c5 Bxc5 $2 (40... dxc5 $1 41. Kc4 Bxf4
42. Kxc5 g5 43. d6 g4 44. Kd5 Kg5 (44... g3 45. Bh3) 45. Bb5 g3 46. d7 Bc7 47.
Bf1 Kg4 48. Kc6 Bd8 49. Kb7 h4 50. Kc8 Bg5 51. d8=Q Bxd8 52. Kxd8 h3 $18) 41.
Kd3 Ba3 42. Ke4 Bb2 43. Kf3 Bc3 44. Be6 Bd2 45. Bd7 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Wonsever, James"]
[Black "Walters, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O-O
8. Ng5 Nxd4 9. Nxf7 Nxc2+ 10. Bxc2 Rxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Rd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5
Bxc2 14. Nxh8 e6 15. Nc3 h6 16. Kd2 Bf5 17. f4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Aafjes, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 g6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Be3 Nge7 8. g3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O Bb6+ 13. Kh1 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Bxe3
15. Ne4 Bd5 16. c4 Be6 17. N4c3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 Bxd4 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rad1 c6 24. Be4 f5 25. Bf3 c5 26. Bd5+ Kg7 27. Qd2
b5 28. b3 Bd4 29. Qa5 bxc4 30. bxc4 Kh8 31. Rb1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan Vaugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 $2 Bd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. a3 Qb6 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 a5 10. b5 Na7 11. Qb3 Nxb5 12. Na3 Bxa3 13. Bxa3 Qc6 14. Bxb5 Qxb5
15. Qxb5 Bxb5 16. Bc5 Ne7 17. Kd2 a4 18. Ne1 Nc6 19. Nc2 Na5 20. Rab1 Nb3+ 21.
Ke3 Bc4 22. Bb4 b5 23. Na3 Na5 24. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. g4 g6 27. h4 a3
28. Rh2 Nb2+ 29. Kc2 a2 30. Ra1 Nc4 31. Re2 Ra6 32. Kb3 Rha8 33. f5 $2 (33.
Rexa2 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Kxa2 Ne3 36. g5 Ng2) (33. h5 {was the best try.})
33... gxf5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Rf2 Ne3 $2 (35... Ke6) 36. Rf3 Nc4 37. Rxf5 Ke8
38. Rf2 Ne3 39. Rf3 Ng2 40. Rf2 Ne1 41. Re2 Nd3 42. Rd2 Nxb4 43. Kxb4 Ra5 44.
Kc5 Rb8 $2 45. Kxd5 $2 (45. Rdxa2) 45... b4+ 46. Kc4 b3 47. Rb2 Ra4+ 48. Kd3
Ra6 49. c4 Ke7 50. d5 Rg6 51. Kd4 Rg4+ 52. Kc3 Rxh4 53. Rd2 b2 54. d6+ Kd7 55.
Rxa2 b1=Q 56. Ra7+ Rb7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nc6
8. a3 Bf5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nf3 e5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. b4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. O-O-O Ng4 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 f6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bg3 h5 20. h3 Ne5
21. Nc3 Bg7 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb2 e6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O-O Nge7 8. g3
a6 9. Kb1 Bd7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Qd1 e5 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Bg2 Nd4 14. Qd1 h6 15. h3
Be6 16. d3 O-O 17. Nh2 Rac8 18. g4 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 b4 21. c3 bxc3 22.
Bxc3 Nb5 23. Bb2 Qb7 24. Nf1 Rb8 25. Ng3 a5 26. Qd2 Qa6 27. Ne2 a4 28. Nc1 axb3
29. axb3 Nc7 30. d4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Nexd5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Rxe5
dxe5 35. Qxd5 Rfe8 36. f4 Ra8 37. f5 Qa1+ 38. Kc2 Rac8+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. f3 Be6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bf2 Bf8 18. Qb2 Qa5 19. Nb1 Rac8 20. a3 Qd8 21. c5
Qg5 22. b4 Rcd8 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. Nd2 Bg7 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Nf8
28. Qb3 Ne6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rd1 Qe7 32. Qd3 Bf6 33. Be3 Kg7 34.
Qd2 h5 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Re7 37. Rd6 Rc7 38. Bh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxf6 Kg5 40. Rd6
h4 41. Kf2 Re7 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. hxg3 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Rd8 Kf6 46. Rd6+ Kg5
47. Rd8 Rh7 48. Rg8+ Kf6 49. Rb8 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 Ra2 51. Rxb7 Rxa3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+
53. Kf1 Ke6 54. Rb6 Kd5 55. Rb8 Kd4 56. Rb6 Ke3 57. Rxc6 Kxf3 58. Ke1 Kxg3 59.
Re6 e4 60. Kd1 Rb2 61. Rxa6 Rxb4 62. Ra3+ Kf2 63. Ra2+ Kf3 64. Rc2 e3 65. Rc1
Rd4+ 66. Ke1 Rh4 67. Kd1 Rh1+ 68. Kc2 Rxc1+ 69. Kxc1 e2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Magdangal, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 $6 {Diagram [#]} (5... a6)
(5... Nc6) 6. a3 $2 (6. Ndb5 $1) 6... a6 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4
b5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxc3
17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe4 19. Rh3 Rxc3 20. Bd3 Bd5 21. Kb2 Rc7 22. Nd2 Ke7
23. Be4 Bc4 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. h5 d5 26. Bg2 Rb8+ 27. Kc3 Rcb7 28. Re3 Kd6 29.
Rde1 Kc5 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Re5 Rb6 32. Rde1 Re7 33. Rxd5+ exd5 34. Rxe7 Re6 35.
Rxf7 Re3+ 36. Kb2 Rg3 37. Rxg7 Rxg2 38. g6 hxg6 39. Rxg6 Rh2 40. h6 Kb5 41. Rd6
Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 $6 (6. Be3) 6...
bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Ng4 (10... Nd7 11. Rb1 a5) 11. Nf3
Rb8 12. Rb1 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Nh4 Rxf2 15. Rxf2 Qb6 (15... Bd4) 16. Nf3 (16.
c5 dxc5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Rf1) 16... Ba6 17. b3 Rf8 18. Kf1 Be5 19. Re2 Nxh2+
20. Ke1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Spring TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Shaw, Tenzing Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Bf3 Qb6 13. g3 Rfd8 14. Bg2 c5 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nf3 b4 17. Nb1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nbd2 Nd3 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. b3
Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Nd2 Qe6 24. Nc4 a4 25. Qc2 Bf6 26. Ra2 Ne5 27. Nd2 Rxd2
0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Valente, Marty J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
[BlackElo "1161"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. f3
Be7 9. g4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. gxf5 O-O 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rf1 Nf4
15. Rf2 Nd4 16. Bf1 Qh4 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Kd1 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. O-O Nh7 13. b3 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15. a3 Kh8
16. Rab1 Rg8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 g5 19. Bf2 f4 20. c5 Bf8 21. c6 $1 bxc6 22.
dxc6 Be6 23. b5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nc4 g4 26. Nxe5 $2 (26. fxg4) 26... g3 $1
27. hxg3 fxg3 28. f4 Bg4 (28... c4 $1) 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} c4
$1 31. Rfe1 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Qh5 (32... Nh2+ 33. Ke2 Nxf3 {wins immediately.}) 33.
Ke2 Ne3 (33... Rge8 $1 34. Qb2 Ba3 35. Qa1 Kg8) 34. Qb2 $1 Ba3 35. Qd2 Nxg2 36.
Rh1 {Now White is winning.} Qc5 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Qe7 39. Rbh1 $2 (39. Qf5
$1) 39... Nxf4+ 40. Kd2 Qxd7+ 41. cxd7 Bb4 42. Rh7+ Kf6 43. R1h6+ Rg6 44. e5+
Kf5 45. Rf7+ $2 (45. Nh4+) 45... Kg4 46. Rxg6+ Nxg6 47. Rf6 Nf4 48. Ra6 $4 (48.
Ke3 Ng2+ 49. Ke4 Bxc3 50. Rg6+ Kh3 51. Ng1+ Kh4 52. Ne2 Bb4 53. Nxg3 Rd8 54.
Nf5+ Kh3 55. e6 {winning.}) 48... Rd8 49. e6 (49. e6 Nxe6 50. Rxe6 Rxd7+ 51.
Ke2 Bxc3) 49... Nxe6 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. h3 h4 14. f4 b5 15. f5
Bc4 16. Rhg1 a5 17. g4 hxg3 18. Rxg3 a4 19. Nc1 Qc6 20. a3 b4 21. axb4 Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 Rxb4 23. N1a2 Rb8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf6 27. Ra5 Nxe4 28.
Rxg7 Rxh3 29. Bc1 a3 30. b3 Kf8 31. Rg2 Rh1 32. Rxa3 Bg5 33. Kb2 Bf6 34. Ra5
Rb7 35. Ka3 Ke7 36. Bb2 Rh5 37. Rg4 Nf2 38. Rga4 Nd1 39. b4 Rxf5 40. Ra7 Rf3+
41. c3 Rxa7 42. Rxa7+ Ke6 43. Ra8 e4 44. b5 Kd5 45. Nb4+ Kc5 46. b6 Kxb6 47.
Ra6+ Kb7 48. Rxd6 Nxb2 49. Rd7+ Kc8 50. Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "Maser, Thomas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4
Qe7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 Bg7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nbd2 (12. Nc3) 12... c5 13. b4 cxb4
14. a3 bxa3 15. Bxa3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Nh5 19. Bd3 Nf4 20.
Bf1 Nd7 21. Qxb7 Rab8 22. Qxa6 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 Qg5+ 24. Bg2 Qxd2 25. Bxd6 Nc5
26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Red1 Qb4 28. Bf1 Bf8 29. Qf6 Bg7 30. Qh4 Qb6 31. d6 Qd8 32.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Ra6 Bf6 34. Rd5 Rxd5 35. exd5 e4 36. c5 Be5 37. Bb5 f5 38. Ra7
f4 39. d7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "McEnroe, Glenn Aus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Bd7 8. b3 cxd4
9. cxd4 Nge7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bb2 f6 14. Na4 Qa7 15. Bb5
fxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bd3 Be8 19. Rc1 Qa7 20. g3 Rc8 21. Kg2 Qb8
22. Bb1 Rc7 23. Ng5 Bf7 24. f4 Qe8 25. Qd3 h6 26. Nxf7 Nxf4+ 27. gxf4 Rfxf7 28.
Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. Kb1 a5 15.
Ng3 g6 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Be2 a4 18. Nc1 Qb8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21. Qd4 b3
22. Bc4 bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Rc8 24. Kb1 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 26. Qf1 Qb4 27. Qf3 Rab8
28. Nd3 Qc3 29. Rc1 Rxb2+ 30. Ka1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "Pryor, Jamieson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O h5 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h3 b5 13. g4 h4 14. Bg5 Nb6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh6 Re8 17. Bd3 Na4 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Ne3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qb6 21. Nf5
Bf8 22. Qxh4 Rac8 23. g5 Bxf5 24. exf5 fxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. f6
Qf2 28. Rd2 Qe3 29. Rg2+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "Smith III, Mahlon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nce5
15. Nd4 Ng6 16. f3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Ne3 19. Re4 Nxd5 20. Bxd6 O-O
21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Bc4 Nf6 23. Rd4 b5 24. Bb3 Nf4 25. Rd2 e6 26. Bd6 N4d5 27. a4
Rec8 28. Re1 Rc6 29. Be5 Rac8 30. g3 Nd7 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Bc3 Nb6 33. axb5
axb5 34. Ree2 Rc4 35. Ba5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Yang, Eric"]
[Black "Stearman, Micah Si"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1011"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 d5 8.
Nxd4 Qd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f3 Qc5+ 11. Be3 Qb4 12. Bxc6+ Kd8 13. Bxa8 Bd6 14.
fxe4 dxe4 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Qxg4 g6 17. Bg5+ Ke8 18. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Andries, W Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1415"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 c5
9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 h5 14. b4 b6 15. a4 Rf6 16.
a5 Nd7 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. bxc5 Nxc4 19. cxd6 Nexd6 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Rg6
22. Nf2 Qa5 23. Qa1 Na3 24. Nb1 Qxa7 25. Qxa3 Qb6 26. Rc1 Bf8 27. Qc5 Qb2 28.
Qc2 Qb6 29. Qc3 g4 30. Qc5 Qb2 31. Qc2 Qd4 32. Qc5 gxf3 33. Bxf3 Qb2 34. Nd3
Qa2 35. Nc3 Qd2 36. Rd1 Qc2 37. Nb4 Qb2 38. Rb1 Qd2 39. Rd1 Qb2 40. Nd3 Qc2 41.
Nxe5 Nxe4 42. Bxe4 Bxc5+ 43. Kh1 Qxc3 44. Nxg6 Qe3 45. Bf3 Bg4 46. Nh4 Bxf3 47.
Nxf3 Kg7 48. d6 Bb6 49. d7 Bd8 50. h3 Kf6 51. Kh2 {....} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Crofts, Jacob T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "774"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. Qa4 a5 18. Ne5 Re6 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. h3 h5 21. Bc4
Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rc6 Qe7 24. Rdc1 f6 25. Ng6 Qe8 26. Qc4 Qxc6 27. Qxc6
Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Kf7 29. Nf4 Nb4 30. Rc4 h4 31. a3 Na6 32. Nd5 Ke6 33. Nxb6 Rb8
34. Na4 Kd5 35. Rc2 Rc8 36. Nc3+ Kc4 37. Nxe4+ Kd3 38. Nd6 Kxc2 39. Nxc8 Kxb2
40. d5 Kxa3 41. d6 cxd6 42. Nxd6 Kb3 43. Nb5 a4 44. Kf1 Nc7 45. Nd4+ Kc3 46.
Ke1 a3 47. Kd1 a2 48. Nc2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Erdenebat, Erdenem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1415"]
[BlackElo "568"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 $2 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d5 Na5 8.
Nxe5 Bd6 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Qxa5 O-O 12. Nb5 c6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14.
Nxd6 cxd5 15. Be3 Bc6 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Erickson, Lane Aus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. bxa6 O-O
9. Qc2 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. a3 Nb4 12. Qb1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Nb5 Nbxd5 15.
Nxd6 exd6 16. exd5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf2 Nxd5 18. Ra2 Bd4+ 19. Kg3 Qc4 20. Bc3 Be3 21.
Nh3 g5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. a3 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe4 c6 17. Bf5 Qf6 18. g4 Rae8 19. Ke2 Ng6 20. Qc2 Qd4 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxc4+ 23. Kd2 Re6 24. Qxg5 Rxf3 25. Qh4 Rg6 26. Rhf1 Rxg4
27. Qh5 Kh7 28. Rae1 Bxc3+ 29. bxc3 Rf5 30. Qxf5+ Rg6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Kondakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1415"]
[BlackElo "1182"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. b4 c6 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c5 14. Be3 Qxb4 15.
Qxb4 cxb4 16. Na4 Rfc8 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Rxa2 20. c5 dxc5 21.
Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Bxc5 b3 23. Bd1 b2 24. Bc2 b5 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. Bc3 Ba3 27. Bxe5
Nd7 28. Bd4 Nc5 29. d6 Ra1 30. Rxa1 bxa1=Q+ 31. Bxa1 Nd7 32. e5 Kf8 33. Bd4 Ke8
34. Bb3 b4 35. f4 Bc1 36. g3 h6 37. Kg2 g5 38. Kf3 gxf4 39. gxf4 Bd2 40. Be3
Be1 41. Bf2 Bc3 42. Ba4 f6 43. e6 Kd8 44. Bxd7 b3 45. Bb6# 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Nf6 6. O-O g6 7. d5 exd5 8. Nd4 c6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bh6 Na6 13. Bxe4 Nac7 14. Nc3 a6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. Rxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qb3 b5 21.
Qb4+ d6 22. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Fall TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. Nf3 a6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. Nd2 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. f4
exf4 16. Qxf4 Ne5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Rae1
Ne8 22. Bd3 Kg7 23. Rf2 Nc7 24. Ref1 f6 25. g4 b5 26. b3 b4 27. Nd1 Ree8 28.
Ne3 a5 29. a4 h5 30. Rh2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Rff2 Rxh2 33. Rxh2 Na8 34. Kf2
Nb6 35. Bc2 Bc8 36. Rh1 Nd7 37. Rh4 Ne5 38. Bd1 Nf7 39. Bc2 Ng5 40. Kg2 Nxe4
41. Nf1 g5 42. Rh3 Bxg4 43. Re3 f5 44. Ng3 Nf6 45. Rxe8 Nxe8 46. Bxf5 Bd1 47.
Ne4 Bxb3 48. Bd7 Nf6 49. Nxd6 Nxd7 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Yang, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "1415"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. b4 g5 13. c5 Nf6 14. Bd2 h5 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nf2 Ng6 17. Rc1 Rf7 18. a4 Bf8 19. h3 Nh4 20. Be1 Rg7 21. Nb5 g4 22.
hxg4 hxg4 23. fxg4 Nh5 24. Nd3 Ng3 25. Bxg3 fxg3 26. Ne1 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Rh7 28.
g5 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Yedidia, Daniel"]
[Black "Dougal, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. b4 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. e3 Ne4 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. Be2
Qg6 15. Bd3 Rxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxg2 17. Qf1 Qg6 18. Rd1 a5 19. Rg1 Qf5 20. Bxg7 Bxg7
21. Rxg7 Qf6 22. Qg2 Qc3+ 23. Kf1 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Rg8+ Rxg8
27. Qxg8+ Kc7 28. Qg3+ Kb6 29. bxa5+ Kxa5 30. Qc7+ Ka6 31. Rb1 b5 32. Qc8+ Ka7
33. Qg4 Ne5 34. Qd4+ Ka6 35. f4 Ng4 36. Rc1 Qxd4 37. exd4 Kb6 38. Kg2 f5 39.
Re1 Ka5 40. Re6 Ka4 41. h3 Kxa3 42. hxg4 b4 43. gxf5 b3 44. Rxc6 b2 45. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Zulkhuu, Jamyandag"]
[Black "Donnelly, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1049"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. Nxf7 Kxf7 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. Qf3+ Nf6
8. Nc3 Be6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Qe3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d4 {and later 0-1.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Winter TNM; G/2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Zulkhuu, Jamyandag"]
[Black "Klinetobe, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1049"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bb5+ $2 Bd7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bc6
8. Nge2 Bd5 9. O-O Bxc4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14.
Nf4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nh3 g4 17. Ng5 Nb6 18. Qd2 Qd5 19. Qf4 Qf5 20. Qe3
Nfd5 21. Qc1 e3 22. Rxe3 Qxg5 {and Black later won.} 0-1

