[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Morello, Nicholas"]
[Black "Cremisi, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[GameId "2065809549300031"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,76,19,31,19,14,26,27,48,40,40,13,-16,-55,3,-4,4,-17,-7,-13,2,-24,7,-21,75,-28,51,50,41,-20,87,77,93,88,73,95,79,42,48,32,44,58,40,32,22,18,30,51,39,-9,-10,-21,77,-21,59,-141,-126,-175,-165,-156,-161,-131,-169,-173,-153,-182,-182,-237,-235,-237,-249,-318,-340,-347,-298,-942,-1008,-1604,-1807]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:40]} 6. Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} ({Relevant:} 6... c5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Nxd5 Qxa2 11. Nxf6 exf6 12. Qc3 b5 13. cxb6 Bb7 14. e3 Rfc8 15. Bc4 Qa4 16. Rd7 Nd8 17. Rd4 axb6 18. O-O Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qc6 20. Qd2 Ra5 21. f4 Ne6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. f3 Ra2 24. c3 Rc5 25. Kh1 Qh3 26. Kg1 Rb5 27. Rb4 Rxb4 28. cxb4 b5 29. Qc3 Ra8 30. e4 Rd8 31. Qe3 Qd7 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 34. Rf2 Rd4 35. Kg3 Rxb4 36. h4 {1-0 Sevian,S (2687)-Ivic,V (2560) Speed Chess Q2 Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (10)}) 7. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:26]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:06] [#]} 9. e3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:04]} ({Predecessor:} 9. h4 h5 10. Ng5 b5 11. e3 a5 12. f3 a4 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Ne2 Nbd7 15. Rdg1 e5 16. c3 c5 17. g4 c4 18. Bb1 a3 19. gxh5 axb2+ 20. Qxb2 Nxh5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxg6+ Qxg6 23. Rxg6 Kxg6 24. Rg1+ Kh6 25. Qc2 Nf8 26. e4 Re6 27. Qd2+ Kh7 28. Qg5 {1-0 Reitz,H (1877)-Becker,T (1803) Regionalliga NW 0910 Bayern 2009 (4.8)}) 9... b5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:43]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Na6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 13. axb5 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 15. bxc6 {[%emt 0:09:54]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 18. Kb2 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 19. c3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Nxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 20. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 21. Kc2 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 22. Rb1 {[%emt 0:10:25]} Rac8 23. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:51]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 24. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 25. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:07:08]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 27. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 28. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:06:35]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 30. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} 31. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Qd5 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 33. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} 34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 35. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Rc8+ {[%emt 0:01:43]} 36. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10] [#]} Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Kc1 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 38. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lee, Andy C"]
[Black "Casares, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[GameId "2066087780327662"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 6. Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:02] [#]} ({Relevant:} 6. dxe5 Nge7 7. Nc3 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. f4 Bg7 12. e4 O-O-O 13. Qf2 Kb8 14. Nb5 Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Nc6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. Bd3 h5 19. Rde1 Bd7 20. h4 Rhe8 21. g3 Bg4 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. a4 Qf8 24. Rhf1 f5 25. Re2 fxe4 26. Rxe4 {½-½ Livaic,L (2549)-Yuffa,D (2606) Bundesliga 2324 Germany 2023 (12.1)}) 6... Bg4 $146 {[%emt 0:04:58]} ({Predecessor:} 6... Nge7 7. d5 a6 8. Be2 Nb8 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nd2 f5 14. f4 exf4 15. exf4 c6 16. Kh1 cxd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Ng5 Nc7 20. Qd2 h6 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 d5 23. a4 b4 24. Nb5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nxe6 26. Rae1 Nc5 27. Qd4 Rab8 28. Bc4 Ne4 29. Bxd5+ Nxd5 30. Qxd5+ Kg7 31. g4 Rbd8 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. gxf5 Rfe8 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Kramnik,V (2785) Wch Blitz 2nd Moscow 2007 (20)}) 7. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:05:38]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:12]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:29]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:57]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 14. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:08:26]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:11:17]} 18. Bc1 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:07:19]} 20. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 21. Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 22. Nxg7 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 23. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 24. Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 26. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} 27. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 28. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tam, Hoa Long"]
[Black "Dasika, Archit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[GameId "2066087780327663"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (5... e6) (5... Nc6) 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} ({Theoretical continuation:} 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O) 6... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 8. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:08:15]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:06:35]} ({Relevant:} 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qd5 16. h4 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Nc7 Rad8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nxa6 g4 21. Nh4 bxa6 22. Rxa6 Bxd4 23. Nf5 Nb4 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25. Ra5 N6d5 26. Nf5 Nc6 27. Ra4 Nb6 28. Ra6 Nb4 29. Ra7 Rd5 30. Re4 Rxf5 31. Rxg4 Bc5 32. Rb7 N6d5 33. Rc4 Nd3 34. Rb5 Nf6 35. Kf1 Re8 36. f3 Bf2 {0-1 Pruijssers,R (2543)-Postny,E (2581) Groningen op-A 55th 2017 (6)}) 9... Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 10. Nge2 {[%emt 0:08:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:31]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:03:23]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 12. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Na6 {[%emt 0:01:32] [#]} 13. Bf4 $146 {[%emt 0:03:12]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qb4 Na6 17. Qe4 Nc4 18. Rab1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nc5 20. Ng3 Rfe8 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 b6 23. Qf3 h6 24. d6 e6 25. Rd2 Rc6 26. Rbd1 f5 27. Nc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 e5 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. c4 Rc5 31. Qd3 Rec8 32. Qe3 e4 33. Qd4+ Kf7 34. Qe3 Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kf7 36. h4 Rxc4 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Rd4 R4c5 39. Qb3 R8c6 40. Kh2 Rc3 41. Qa4 Ke6 42. Rd5 R3c5 {1-0 Schneider,L (2425)-Bernhardsson,S Jonkoping op 1987 (2)}) 13... Nc7 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 14. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:05:26]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 16. f4 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 18. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:04:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 19. Ne4 {[%emt 0:13:55]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 20. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 22. Rf2 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 23. a3 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 24. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:55]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxc4 27. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Coyne, Theodore James"]
[Black "Ploquin, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[GameId "2066087780331760"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:10:57] Of the 685,000 or so games in the Mega 2024 database...} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24] happened 2236 times... (Naka played it!) (in a blitz game of course)} 2. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10] scored almost 7-3} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (2... Nf6 $6 3. Nf3 $1 {It's a waiting game!} (3. e4 $6 {could be compared to the Skandinavian (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4): in both cases Black can get good compensation by locking up d4:} c6 $1 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nc3 {is a slight-or-better advantage -- and Kamran Shirazi played it -- in 2023! And won:} e5 6. Bc4 a6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. O-O Bg4 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qb6 15. g3 a5 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxb2 19. Rc6 Qb8 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. h4 b4 22. Rbc1 Bc3 23. Ra6 Rd6 24. Rxa5 Rf6 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Ra3 Qb4 {0-1 Belkhodja,S (2286)-Shirazi,K (2279) Juvisy sur Orge (Women) 2023 (2)})) 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:07] (700 games) As in the Center Counter (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxe5 3.Nc3 Qd8), this is a hard move to believe in. And results bare this out.} (3... Qa5 {(500 games). Here's a swift speed game by the ever-mercurial Levon Aronian against mere 2650-player Peter Heine Nielsen:} 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Rd8 13. b4 a6 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. g4 Bg6 16. a4 Qd6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rab8 20. f4 Rf8 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bh2 Bf6 24. e3 Qe7 25. Rc2 Rbd8 26. Rcf2 {[#]} Qe6 $2 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Bh7+ {1-0 Aronian,L (2784)-Nielsen,P (2654) Wch Blitz 9th Berlin 2015 (3)}) 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:16] Another transpostion: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6?! (The Marshall Defense -- Frank's line against 1.e4 has fared a lot better!) 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 (5.e5!)} e6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} ({Half a century ago I learned that Black is fine after} 5... e5 $5 6. Nf3 $5 (6. d5 c6 $1) ({The "reason" this was supposed to be fine for Black was} 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 (7. Nxd1 Nxe4) 7... Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f2,Gf2h1,Gg4e5] and Black recovers the pawn. Except Stockfish and probably every engine now sees that} 8. Nd5 $1 Nxf2+ (8... Kd8 $2 9. Bg5+) (8... Kd7 9. Ke1 Nxe5 (9... Bc5 10. f4 Nf2 11. b4) (9... c6 $5 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. f4 Nf2 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Nxc5+ Nxc5 14. Be3 $16) 10. f4 $16 {Bunches of space.}) 9. Ke1 Nxh1 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Bb4+ (11... Bc5 12. Bg5+ Ke8 13. Rc1 $18) 12. Ke2 Bg4+ 13. Nf3 $14 Nc6 14. Be3 {and noone (well, no knight) gets out alive.}) 6... exd4 $8 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 $14 {more specifically, in the +0.32-0.60 range (everybody's computer has its own version). I'm going to let my own little box run until it pushes PowerFritz 18 off the Top Three, so there.}) 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20] Now of course White is better. See Steinitz for details.} c5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:12:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:11:08]} 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:07:57]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 10. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:35] [#]} 12. Nxe4 $146 {[%emt 0:03:53]} ({Relevant:} 12. Nxe6+ fxe6 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Nd4 15. O-O-O Kc7 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Rxe4 b5 18. Bf1 a6 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Kb1 Rad8 21. Rc1 Rd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Bh3 Kd7 24. f4 g6 25. Bg4 Nd4 26. Bf2 h5 27. Bh3 Nf5 28. Re2 Ke8 29. Be1 Rd1 30. Bg2 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 b4 32. Be4 Kf7 33. h3 a5 34. Rd2 Nd4 35. Rf2 a4 36. Bd2 c4 37. Be3 b3 38. axb3 cxb3 39. Rd2 Rc8+ 40. Kd1 Nb5 41. Ke2 a3 {½-½ Isik,A (2462)-Hamiti,G (2112) EU-ch 23rd Vrnjacka Banja 2023 (1)}) 12... Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 14. Ng5 $16 {[%emt 0:13:48]} h6 {[%emt 0:11:27]} 15. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:10:09]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. O-O-O+ {[%emt 0:01:36]} (16. Rd1+ $1 $18) 16... Kc7 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 17. Bc4 $6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (17. f4 g5 18. g3 $16) 17... Be7 $4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} (17... g5 18. Bxe6 Nxe5 19. h4 Be7 $14) 18. Bxe6 $18 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:12:07] [#]} 19. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (19... Nc6 20. Rd7+ Kb8 21. Bd5) 20. f5 $18 {[%emt 0:20:03]} (20. Rd7+ $1 Kc6 21. Rhd1 $1 {+4.4? !!}) 20... Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (20... Bd6 $142 21. Rxd6 Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Ke5 23. Bd2 $1) 21. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 22. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:33][%cal Ge3f4,Gf4e5,Ge5g7,Gg7h6,Gh6f4]} 23. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:57][%cal Ge5g7,Gg7h6,Gh6f4,Gf4e5]} 25. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 26. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 27. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:02:45][%cal Gh6f4,Gf4e5]} Rh8 28. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Horowitz, Phineas F"]
[Black "Widjaja, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[GameId "2066087780331761"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. a3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:43] If this were a boxing match, the audience would be booing (not really!).} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} ({Relevant:} 7. c5 b6 8. b4 a5 9. Bb2 bxc5 10. bxc5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qe2 Ra8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rab1 Qd7 15. a4 Rfb8 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Rb5 Qd5 20. Rfb1 Rd8 21. Qc4 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxd5+ Rxd5 24. c6 Rxd2 25. Bxe7 Nxc6 26. Bh4 g6 27. h3 Nb4 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Rcc5 c6 30. Rxa5 Rda7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. a5 Kf7 33. Bd8 Rd7 34. Bb6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 h5 36. h4 Ra1 {1-0 Andreikin,D (2725)-Indjic,A (2607) Indjic-Andreikin Blitz Lichess.org INT 2021 (8)}) 7... dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 8. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:08:47]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:01:56]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} 13. Qc2 $146 {[%emt 0:04:33]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Nd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 Bd6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Rf1 Bd5 19. f3 f5 20. f4 Rae8 21. Rf2 Qe6 22. Bb2 c6 23. Rc1 Rf6 24. g4 fxg4 25. Rg2 h5 26. Qe1 Qe7 27. Qf2 Rf5 28. Rf1 Ref8 29. Qg3 g5 30. Qe1 gxf4 31. exf4 Rxf4 32. Bc1 e3 33. Rg3 Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Bxg3 35. hxg3 {0-1 Kuhnert,W (1482)-Perk,E (1918) Hessen-ch Seniors op 11th Bad Sooden-Allendorf 2015 (1)}) 13... Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:47] Somewhere around here Luke was possibly already thinking about the Exchange sack -- which doesn't make it good...} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:14]} f6 $6 {[%emt 0:01:38] [#]} (16... Qe8 $1) 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 18. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:14] Admittedly White's rooks and bishop aren't so impressive at this point!} g6 $6 {[%emt 0:05:33] dreaming of trapping the queen!?} (20... Bd5 $1 21. Qh5 Qd7 $14 22. f4 (22. f3) 22... exf3 23. gxf3 f5 24. Qh3 Be6 25. d5 $1 Bxd5 26. Bc3 $14 {Better now!}) 21. Qe6 $6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} (21. f4 $16 exf3 $2 22. e4 $1 $18) 21... Bd5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 22. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qe7 $6 {[%emt 0:09:44]} (22... f5 $1 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 $44) 23. f3 $16 {[%emt 0:04:38]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:16]} 24. fxe4 $2 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Qxe4 $11 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} (25... Re8 $11) 26. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} (26. e4 $5 $14) 26... Re8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} (26... Qe4 $1) 27. Rc3 $2 $11 {[%emt 0:07:44]} (27. e4 $1 $16) 27... c6 {[%emt 0:05:33] [#]} 28. e4 {[%emt 0:01:38] Not so good any more, if you can decipher Stockfish} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 29. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 30. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd5 $11 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 31. Rcc1 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:06:21]} (31... Qe2 $11) 32. Rfd1 $14 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Qe2 $5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 33. Qf2 $6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} (33. Qg3 Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Re1 Rxa3 36. Re7 Bd5 37. Rce1 Be4 38. Rd7 Ra2 39. g4 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxh2 41. Re3 $1 $14 {thinking about d4-d5!}) 33... Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Kf3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra2 $15 {[%emt 0:00:25] Luke just outplays outrated Phineas in this ending...} 36. Ra1 $4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (36. Rg1) (36. Kf4 Rxg2 37. Ke5 Re2+ 38. Kd6 Re6+ 39. Kc5 f4 $17) 36... Bd5+ {[%emt 0:00:06] "Outplays"? That was sudden.} 37. Kf4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Rxg2 $19 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. h3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:02:01]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 42. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Rda1 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 48. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:02:31]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f4+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 51. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 59. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg3 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2066087780335858"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:16] As usual, John goes his own way; on this occasion the path was overgrown.} ({Relevant:} 4... g6 5. Be2 a6 6. a4 Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d5 Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qa5 15. Rb1 Qb4 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Rfc1 Nxc4 18. Na2 Qb3 19. Rxc4 Qxa2 20. Rbc1 Rfd8 21. R1c3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. dxc6 b4 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qd2 Qb3 27. Kh2 h5 28. Bg1 Kh7 29. c7 Bh6 30. Qd8 Bxc1 31. Qxc8 Bf4+ 32. Kh1 Qc4 33. Qd8 Qf1 34. c8=Q {1-0 Zhu,J (2507)-Beerdsen,T (2507) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (9)}) 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 6. f4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} e6 {[%emt 0:08:26] [#]} 7. e5 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:02:55] +-} ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O Nh7 9. Be3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e5 a6 12. Bd3 Nhf8 13. Rad1 d5 14. a4 g6 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Na2 c5 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Rfc1 Nfd7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rc7 Ra7 24. Rbc1 Qd8 25. Bxb4 Nc5 26. R7xc5 bxc5 27. Bxc5 Ra8 28. e6 Nc6 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Ne5+ Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Bc8 32. Bd6 Re8 33. Qxd5+ Be6 34. Qe5 Rc8 35. Rf1 Qf6 36. Qf4 Qg5 {1-0 Stimpel,F (2217)-Roth,R (1756) Hessen-ch Seniors Bruchkoebel 2002 (1)}) 7... Nh7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} ({Stockfish prefers} 7... Ng8 {[%cal Gg8e7,Ge7f5] At least there's a future (-e7-f5).}) 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:44] [#]} g6 {[%emt 0:12:08] This would be really bad if it weren't already.} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} (11. cxd5 $1 cxd5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nc7 Rb8 {[#]} 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Bd3 $1 Rf5 17. g4 $1 Ndf8 18. Qxh6 Rf7 $5 {No, White is about to overrun...}) 11... Ndf8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 12. Be3 $6 {[%emt 0:06:19]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:49]} (12... dxc4 {has been in the air for quite a few moves, but if he's not going to play it...}) 13. c5 {[%emt 0:00:59] I couldn't stand it any longer.} b5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} (14. b4 $1 a5 15. a4 $1) 14... a5 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 15. Kh1 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 16. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:09:20] I could have -- and should have! -- played the sacrifice even now...} Rb8 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 17. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Kd8 $6 {[%emt 0:00:54] [#]} 18. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (18... bxa4 {obviously is no better -- but Stockfish makes it no worse either! They're neck and neck at +3.80 or so.}) 19. Nb5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:32] Not necessary but pretty darn good.} Qb7 $6 {[%emt 0:07:02]} (19... cxb5 20. axb5 {is slightly less crushing.}) 20. Nd6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. cxd6 {[%emt 0:01:04] [#] This position for nothing? Totally won. Just takes a bit of patience and timing.} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:29]} (22. Rc5 $1) 22... Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 23. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 24. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Nhf8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 26. f5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:03] [#] After all, the bishop abandoned its original control of f5...} g5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 27. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 28. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:41] The evaluation gets worse around now.} 29. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:06] 26.Q to the f-file followed by 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Qf7 is best.} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:01] But if he's going to (finally) crack, then I don't have to find it.} 30. Nxb7+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 31. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 32. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:38] Stockfish is preferring giving up the queen...} 33. b3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:27] How careful can I be? It was mate in 12 (thanks a LOT, computer):} (33. Qf2 $1 {#11}) (33. Qf1 $1 {#11}) ({Oddly} 33. Qf3 {takes a little longer, but after some comp time it's catching up (#13).}) 33... Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 34. h4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 35. hxg5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 37. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 38. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} exf5 {[%emt 0:09:08]} 39. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 40. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kaplan, Glenn"]
[Black "Atkeson, Christopher Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[GameId "2066087780339955"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 ({Relevant:} 4... Nc6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Be6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Ne4 Bb6 11. a3 Rad8 12. b4 f5 13. Neg5 Bc8 14. b5 Na5 15. Bd2 c6 16. Qa4 cxb5 17. Qxb5 Nc6 18. Bd1 Kh8 19. Bb3 Nc7 20. Qc4 e4 21. dxe4 Rxd2 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Qxf7 24. Bxf7 Rd7 25. Bb3 Re7 26. Ng5 Ne5 27. Rfd1 Bd7 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rd8+ Ne8 30. Ra8 h6 31. Nf3 Kh7 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. a4 Nf6 34. a5 {½-½ Simon,R (2443)-Mayer,R (2468) Champion's League 12/A email ICCF email 2012 [4]}) 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Ba7 7. O-O {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. b4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Rb1 c6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. a5 b6 14. axb6 Bxb6 15. Qa4 Qc8 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Rfc1 Nf8 18. Kh2 Bxf2 19. Rf1 Bb6 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Bc1 d5 22. c5 Ba7 23. d4 Bxf3 24. exf3 exd4 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Bxb8 Bxb8 27. Ne2 Ne6 28. Qd3 Qc7 29. f4 a5 30. Nxd4 Nh5 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. bxa5 Qxa5 33. Qe2 Nf6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qxc6 Qc3 36. Qb6 Rf8 37. c6 {1-0 Adam,D (1758)-Steiners,E (1442) 4NCL Autumn Online Major op 1st Lichess.org INT 2020 (1)}) 8. b4 O-O 9. b5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Bb6 11. Nd2 c6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Ba3 Bc7 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qe7 18. Rab1 f5 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Nf3 Qf7 21. e3 Rfc8 22. Bc1 e4 23. Nd2 exd3 24. Qxd3 Ne5 25. Qc2 Nxc4 26. a3 Ne5 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Bd8 29. e4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bf6 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Rfd1 Qf8 33. Bh7+ Kh8 34. Be4 Rd7 35. Bf5 Re8 36. Bg6 Red8 37. Bf5 Qf7 38. Re1 Bxf5 39. Qxf5 Re7 40. Qh3 Bd4 41. Rf1 Bc5 42. a4 Rde8 43. Rbd1 Re6 44. Rb1 Kg8 45. Rb3 Rf6 46. Rbb1 g5 47. Be3 Bxe3 48. fxe3 Re7 49. Rxf6 Qxf6 50. Rf1 Qe6 51. Qh5 Qxe3+ 52. Rf2 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kh3 Kg7 55. Qd1 d5 56. Qa1+ Qe5 57. Qf1 Qe6+ 58. Kg2 d4 59. h4 gxh4 60. gxh4 Qg4+ 61. Kh1 Qxh4+ 62. Rh2 Qe4+ 63. Rg2+ Kh7 64. Qf6 d3 65. Qf8 Qh4+ 66. Rh2 Re1+ 67. Kg2 Re2+ 68. Kf3 Qe4+ 69. Kg3 Qg6+ 70. Kf3 Rxh2 71. Qe7+ Kg8 72. Qd8+ Kg7 73. Ke3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Lin, Michael"]
[Black "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[GameId "2066031725062593"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 ({Relevant:} 3... g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nxe5 7. Qc1 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nc4 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Re8 12. Qb2 d5 13. e3 c6 14. O-O Nh5 15. b5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 cxb5 17. Qc5 a6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nf6 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. Rf4 Bc6 22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Qa1 Bb5 25. Nd4 Bc4 26. h4 b5 27. h5 Qe5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Rfh4 a4 33. Rh7+ {1-0 Andreikin,D (2725)-Eljanov,P (2672) Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Mar Chess.com INT blitz 2021 (8)}) 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... O-O 6. Nf3 a5 7. b5 a4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 Nc5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 c6 13. Ba3 Ne6 14. Qd2 h6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rb7 Nh7 17. Nxe5 Bg5 18. f4 dxe5 19. fxg5 Qd4+ 20. Kh2 Rfb8 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. gxh6 g5 23. Bf3 g4 24. Ne2 Qd8 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nhg5 27. Qc3 f6 28. Qxc6 Kf7 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Qxa4 Rb7 31. Nc3 Qc8 32. Nd5 Nf4+ 33. Nxf4+ exf4 34. Rxf4 Rc7 35. c4 {1-0 Martinez Ramirez,L (2415)-Lin,Y (2380) Benalmadena Rapid op 1st 2023 (7)}) 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c6 8. c4 Qb6 9. Bc3 Ng4 10. e3 f5 11. h3 Ngf6 12. c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. a3 Nb6 15. O-O Nbd5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxe5 Qd7 20. Qc2 f4 21. exf4 Bxh3 22. Rfe1 O-O 23. Ng5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf5 25. Rh1 g6 26. Nf3 Ng4 27. Rae1 Rae8 28. Nh4 Qf7 29. d4 Re6 30. Nf3 Qf5 31. Qb3 Rfe8 32. Ng5 R6e7 33. Ne4 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Kg7 35. Nd6 Qe6 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Qf3 Rf8 38. Rc1 a6 39. Rc5 Rd8 40. Qe4 Rf8 41. Qf3 Rf7 42. Rd1 Rd7 43. a4 Rf7 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Rc7 46. Rdxd5 Qe7 47. bxc6 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Sundar, Neal"]
[Black "Diller, Bradley R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "Diller,Bradley R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[GameId "2066087780344053"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O ({Relevant:} 5... a6 6. Qd3 b5 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfe1 Be7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bg3 Re8 16. a3 h6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qd2 Red8 22. c3 e5 23. Ng3 cxd4 24. exd4 exd4 25. cxd4 Rc4 26. Qe3 Qf6 27. Ne2 Rc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qg5 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Qd5 33. Kf1 f5 34. Ke1 g5 35. g3 {½-½ Moiseenko,V (2549)-Kryakvin,D (2570) Sochi Lobanov Memorial Blitz 2021 (7)}) 6. e3 c5 7. Nb5 Bxg3 8. hxg3 a6 {[#]} 9. Nc3 $146 ({"Predecessor":} 9. Na3 Nbd7 10. c3 Re8 11. Ne5 h6 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qc2 Qe3+ 17. Be2 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 Nf2+ 19. Kd2 Qxf4+ {0-1 Donate Moreno,D (1750)-Camacho Marin,F (1853) ESP-ch U16 Salobrena 2021 (7)}) 9... Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 (14... Ne4 $142 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Bxe4 Nd8 19. Rxh7 Kf8) 15. Bxg4 f5 16. Bf3 {Careless move and failed to see the following tactic which should have been obvious.} b4 $4 (16... Ne7 $142) 17. Nxd5 $1 Qd6 18. Nf4 Ne7 19. a4 Bd7 $2 (19... a5 $142 {Followed by Nd5 and the game might be holdable.}) 20. e4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf5 22. Qh5 $2 (22. c3 $18) 22... h6 23. Ng6 $2 Rf6 24. c3 $4 Be8 $19 25. g4 Bxg6 26. Qh3 Ne7 27. g5 hxg5 28. f3 Qf4 29. g3 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Bxe4 31. fxe4 bxc3 32. bxc3 Qd3+ 33. Kc1 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Bambou, Christophe"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[GameId "2065851851274430"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O c6 9. Nf4 Nd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qf6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bf5 15. c3 h6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Qf2 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bc2 Nd5 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. f4 f6 23. c4 Nb6 24. b3 Qc7 25. Qg3 Nd7 26. Bg6 Bf7 27. Bf5 Be6 28. Bc2 Bf7 29. Bc3 Re6 30. Bf5 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Bxf6 Be8 34. Bc3 Qf7 35. f5 Rd8 36. Re1 Rd7 37. f6 g6 38. Qe3 Qf8 39. Qxe8 Qxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kf7 41. Re7+ Rxe7 42. fxe7 Kxe7 43. Kf2 h5 44. Kf3 a6 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Kg5 b5 47. c5 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Boyer, John"]
[Black "McCollum, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2066087780344055"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Ne1 ({Relevant:} 11. Rae1 Nd7 12. Nd2 Qh4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e5 15. f4 Rf6 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 exd4 18. exd4 Rf7 19. c5 d5 20. c6 Nf8 21. Re5 Rd8 22. Bxf5 g6 23. Bc2 Rxf4 24. g3 Rxf3 25. gxh4 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rd6 27. Bb3 Kg7 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Rxc7 a5 30. Ba4 Re6 31. Rb7 Re3 32. c7 Rxc3 33. Rxb6+ Ke7 34. Rc6 {1-0 Socko,B (2642)-Bellahcene,B (2512) Abu Dhabi op Blitz 27th 2021 (2)}) 11... Nd7 12. f3 Nxc3 {[#]} 13. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qxc3 f4 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. fxe4 fxe3 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qxe3 Qf6 18. Nf3 e5 19. d5 Rf8 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Nd2 Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 Nf6 23. Ng3 Ng4 24. Qd2 h5 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. h3 g6 27. hxg4 gxf5 28. gxf5 Qh4 29. Qe3 a5 30. a4 Qg4 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. b3 h4 33. Qf3 Qg5 34. Qe3 Qg4 35. Qf3 Qg5 {½-½ Dungl,M (1976)-Zavadil,M (2106) Kouty nad Desnou op-A 2012 (8)}) 13... Qg5 14. Qf2 Rae8 15. f4 Qh5 16. Be2 Qf7 17. Nf3 e5 {[#]} 18. Ng5 Qg6 19. d5 Nc5 20. Qh4 exf4 21. Bh5 Qh6 22. Rxf4 Rxe3 23. Bf3 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 h6 25. Nh3 Rfe8 26. Bh5 R8e4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bg6 Bc8 29. Rf1 Rxc4 30. Nf4 Re4 31. g4 Bd7 32. gxf5 Be8 33. Rf3 Bxg6 34. fxg6 Re5 35. h4 Rf5 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Hao, Max"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[GameId "2066087780344056"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. h3 ({Relevant:} 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. d5 Qe7 12. Be3 h5 13. Qd2 c5 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. Bg5 a6 16. Kg2 Qe8 17. Be3 Rc7 18. g4 Kh7 19. Ne2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. gxh5 c4 22. Ng3 Nc5 23. Rh1 Nd3 24. h4 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Nd7 27. Qxd6 Be5 28. hxg6+ fxg6 29. Qe6 Qxe6 30. dxe6 Nc5 31. h5 Nxe6 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Bg4 Nf4+ 34. Kf3 c3 35. Bf5+ Kg5 36. Rbg1 Kf6 37. Rh6+ Ke7 {1-0 Bok,B (2620)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2640) Chessable Masters Div 2 Win Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (2.4)}) 8... Bc8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. c5 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. b5 Rc8 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bf8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Na4 Ra8 25. Nb6 R8a5 26. Qb4 Ra2 27. Rc3 Rb5 28. Qc4 Rab2 29. Rfc1 R2b4 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. gxf4 Nf6 34. e5 Nd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. c6 Rb8 37. c7 Rc8 38. Bc5 Rxf4 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Qe3 Re4 41. Qc5+ Kg7 {0-1 Post,H-Meckenstock,R NRW-ch U15 Bad Driburg 1994 (2)}) 12... Qc7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 Nh5 17. c5 Nxg3 18. cxb6 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Nxb6 20. Rac1 Be6 21. Ng3 Red8 22. Bxe5 Bh6 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Bf6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nxa3 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Kg7 28. e5 a5 29. Bf6+ Kh6 30. Rd4 g5 31. h4 g4 32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. Rd8 Nc4 34. Rg8 Rxe5 35. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Ni, Tao"]
[Black "Lesniewski, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[GameId "2066087780348153"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bd6 {The main line 9...Bd6 scores better than 9...Be7.} 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nd4 Nf4 {[#]} 16. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qf3 Re8 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Re3 Re7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Nf1 a4 22. Ng3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a3 24. b3 Qg6 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Ngf5 Qf6 27. g3 Bd7 28. gxf4 Bxf5 29. Qxd5 Bb1 30. fxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Qxg5+ hxg5 32. Nb5 Bxa2 33. b4 Be6 34. Nxa3 Bxh3 35. Nc4 Be6 36. Nd6 Bd5 37. c4 Bc6 38. b5 Bf3 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Kg3 g4 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. c5 Ke6 43. Nf5 Kd5 44. c6 Ke6 45. c7 Kd7 {1-0 Morkunas,G (2052)-Brattgjerd,I (2235) Wch U14 Montesilvano 2023 (10)}) 16... Bf5 {[#]} 17. Nd2 (17. Nxf5 Ne2+ 18. Kh2 Nxg3 19. Nxd6 Nxf1+ 20. Kg1 $16) 17... Bg6 18. Rfe1 Qb6 19. N2b3 a5 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Be4 22. Qg4 Bxg2 23. h4 Bh3 24. Qg3 Qg6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Re3 Kg7 27. Nc5 Bf5 28. Nxf5+ Qxf5 29. Nd3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Nxd3+ 33. Qxd3 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Smith, Roger Christopher"]
[Black "Nystrom Burke, Oli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[GameId "2066087780348154"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 ({Relevant:} 5... Bg6 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. h3 Qe7 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. Qc2 b4 16. Na4 cxd5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Bf1 g5 21. Qf5 g4 22. hxg4 g6 23. Qg5 Qe6 24. f3 Be7 25. e4 Nxe4 26. Qh6+ Rxh6 27. Bxh6+ Kg8 28. fxe4 Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Qxg4 {0-1 Vakhidov,J (2607)-Erigaisi,A (2701) Astana Satty Zhuldyz Blitz 2023 (16)}) 6. c4 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Ne2 h6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Ng3 c6 17. dxc6 Rxc6 18. Qb3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qd7 20. Rd1 Qc6 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Rc8 23. Rxd6 Rc1+ 24. Nf1 Rb1 25. b3 Ra1 26. a4 Rb1 27. N3d2 Rd1 28. Nc4 Rb1 29. Na5 Nxe4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. g3 Nc3 32. Be3 f5 33. Kg2 f4 34. Bd2 Ne2 35. f3 h5 36. Kf2 fxg3+ 37. hxg3 Nd4 38. Bc3 Nxf3 39. Nd2 Nxd2 40. Rxd2 b6 41. Nc6 {½-½ Orhan,E (1603)-Friese,S (1176) NRW-ch U14 Girls Kranenburg 2008 (3)}) 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 c5 14. Rfd1 c4 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nh4 Nd7 18. Nf5 Qc5 19. Qg4 f6 20. Bxf6 g6 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Qxd7 Re7 23. Bxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. g3 b5 26. f4 Nb7 27. fxe5 Nc5 28. Rd4 Nd3 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Rxd3 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. Ra3 Rxh2 35. Ng4 Rc2 36. Rxa6 h5 37. Ne3 Rb2 38. Ra7+ Kd8 39. e6 g5 40. d6 h4 41. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "D'Mello, Sanjay"]
[Black "Walder, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[Annotator "TA 6.4"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[GameId "2065853973957372"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 ({Relevant:} 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bf1 d4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 d3 12. c3 O-O 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. b3 Qd6 15. Ba3 b6 16. Re3 Rad8 17. Rae1 h6 18. g3 Ne7 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nf5 22. Rf3 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. b4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kf1 a5 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. d4 Bd6 31. Re3 Rc8 32. Ke2 a4 33. Kd3 b5 34. Re1 Kf8 {0-1 Bartel,M (2657)-Safarli,E (2604) Chessable Masters Play In Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (2)}) 5... Ng4 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Nb5 Qb8 8. d4 {The position is equal.} a6 $1 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. d5 Nce5 {[#]} 12. Bf4 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe5+ 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. O-O b6 18. Rab1 Qe5 19. Rxb6 O-O 20. Qxc5 Rb8 21. f4 Rxb6 22. fxe5 Rb8 23. Qd6 Bb7 24. Rb1 Rbc8 25. Rxb7 Rxc2 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rb8+ {1-0 Carswell,D-Acacio,A (1647) SCO-VEN email ICCF email 2014 [25]}) 12... Nd3+ {Discovered Attack} 13. Bxd3 Qxf4 14. g3 Qh6 {[%eval 0,32]} (14... Qc7 $15 {[%eval -60,27]}) 15. h3 $2 {[%eval -89,30]} (15. Nh4 $1 $11 {[%eval 0,32]} Qh5 16. dxe6 fxe6 (16... dxe6 17. O-O-O $11) 17. Be4) 15... O-O $17 16. d6 {[%eval -183,27]} (16. Rg1 $17 {[%eval -85,33] might work better.} Nf6 (16... Qxh3 17. Ng5 $14) 17. d6) 16... f5 $19 17. Nh4 {[%eval -264,28]} (17. Qf1 {[%eval -182,32] was worth a try.} Nf6 18. Ne5) 17... Nf6 18. Bxf5 g5 19. Qd2 Qh5 $2 {[%eval -87,33]} (19... exf5 20. Nxf5 Re8+ 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. O-O-O $11) (19... Qg7 $19 {[%eval -328,33]} 20. Bd3 gxh4 21. gxh4 Kh8) 20. Bg4 $17 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 {aiming for ...Qe4+.} 22. Ng2 b5 {White must now prevent ...Bb7.} (22... Qe4+ 23. Kf1 $11) 23. Ne3 Qf3 $36 {Black fights for an advantage.} 24. Ng2 $2 {[%eval -263,30]} Rf5 $19 ({Not} 24... Qxg2 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ $11) 25. Rh2 Bb7 26. Ne3 {[#]} Rf7 {[%eval -92,33]} (26... Re5 $1 $19 {[%eval -237,30] has better winning chances. And now ...Rf8 would win.} 27. Qc3 Re4 28. Qxc5 e5) 27. Qa5 {[%eval -233,28]} (27. Qc3 $17 {[%eval -92,33]}) 27... Raf8 28. Rd1 $2 {[%eval -298,31]} (28. Qc3 $17 {[%eval -141,33]}) 28... h5 {Hoping for ...h4!} 29. Rd2 Rh7 30. Qc3 c4 31. Qe5 Qf6 {Prevents Qxg5+} 32. Qc5 {[%eval -395,27]} (32. Qxf6 $142 {[%eval -245,35]} Rxf6 33. Rh3) 32... Bf3 ({Less strong is} 32... Qxb2 33. Qxg5+ Rg7 34. Qxh5 $19) 33. Qa3 h4 {...hxg3 is the strong threat.} 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. bxc3 hxg3 36. fxg3 Rff7 37. g4 Rxh2 38. Rxh2 Rh7 {Against Rh5} 39. Rxh7 Kxh7 {Endgame. KB-KN} 40. Kf2 Be4 41. Ke2 Kg7 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. a4 Ke5 44. axb5 axb5 {Black mates.} ({Worse is} 44... Kxd6 45. bxa6 Kc5 46. a7 $11) 45. Nd1 Bf3 46. Nf2 Kf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.24 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"]
[Black "Liu, Jinfeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[GameId "2066087780352252"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Bd3 ({Relevant:} 9. f3 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 d5 12. e5 Qxe5 13. b4 Be7 14. Bf4 Qh5 15. g4 Qg6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Bc2 Bh4+ 19. Bg3 Qxg4 20. Rg1 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qf4 22. Rd1 e3 23. Nxe6 Bxg3+ 24. Rxg3 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 fxe6 26. Nxe3 Nc6 27. Qd3 Qh4 28. Qd7 Qe7 29. Qd3 g6 30. Ng4 Rf8 31. Qe3 e5 32. Qh6 Qg7 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Qg5 Nd4 35. Nh6+ Kh7 36. Rh3 Nf3+ {0-1 Quesada Perez,Y (2591)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2732) Titled Tuesday intern op 21st May Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (5)}) 9... Nc6 10. b4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 {[#]} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rac8 13. f4 d6 14. b5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 a5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb7 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. a4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc6 f6 23. Qh3 Rc7 24. Be2 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ne5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Qc3 Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. bxc6 Bd8 30. h4 Kf8 31. g4 Ke8 32. Bb5 Bc7 33. Kg2 h6 34. g5 hxg5 35. Kg3 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Ke7 37. Kg5 g6 38. Kxg6 {½-½ Gomez Perez,J (1857)-Silva Suna,J (1797) COL-ch U12 Yopal 2012 (9)}) 13. f3 Rac8 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Na4 d6 16. Nb3 Ned7 17. Qd4 {[#]} e5 $6 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Nc3 h6 21. Rc2 Bb7 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. a4 Qb8 24. a5 {[#]} bxa5 25. Nxa5 Rc7 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. b5 axb5 28. Ra7 Qb8 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Nxb5 (30. cxb5 $1) 30... Qb8 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 Qb2 $6 (32... Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Rc8 $16) 33. Qd2 (33. Kf2 $1) 33... Qa3 34. Qd3 Qb4 35. Rb1 Qa5 36. Rb5 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Rc8 38. Qd6 Qa8 39. Qb4 Qc6 40. c5 {[#]} g6 41. Bc4 Kg7 42. Qb3 Rf8 43. Ra5 Qc7 44. Qa2 g5 45. Bd5 g4 46. Ra7 Qc8 47. Ra8 Qc7 48. Rxf8 Kxf8 49. c6 Nxd5 50. exd5 Nf6 51. Bxh6+ Kg8 52. Qd2 Nh7 (52... Kh7 53. Qg5 Ne8 54. Qh5 Nf6 55. Qf5+ Kxh6 56. Qxf6+) 53. d6 Qb6+ 54. Be3 Qd8 55. d7 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[GameId "2066087780352253"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Be2 ({Relevant:} 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bd7 10. Ke2 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O-O 12. a3 Be8 13. b4 Rxd1 14. Nxd1 Bd6 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Ng6 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Ng5 Be5 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Ne5 24. f4 Nd5 25. Rb3 h6 26. Ne4 Ng4 27. Bc4 Ne7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Nc5 Nf5 30. Bd3 Nd6 31. e4 Nd7 32. Nxd7+ Rxd7 33. e5 Nc8 34. Be4 Ne7 35. Rg3 g6 36. Rd3 Rxd3 {½-½ Nakamura,H (2794)-Firouzja,A (2737) Bullet Chess Winners Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (5.5)}) 7... Nc6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Bb2 a5 {[#]} 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 Ne4 16. O-O Ne7 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Qb2 f6 19. Bd3 Qe8 20. Nbd4 Qh5 21. Ne2 e5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Ng3 Qg4 24. h3 Qe6 25. Nxe4 Bc6 26. Nfd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Qd5 {½-½ Tunez,F-Opychaneyj,G (2073) Buenos Aires-chT Intercoop 30th 2004 (4)}) 13... Ne4 {[#]} 14. Qc2 axb4 15. a4 Qe7 16. Bd3 b3 17. Qxb3 Nxc5 18. Qc3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Qc3 f6 21. O-O e5 22. Rfe1 Be6 23. g3 Bg4 24. Nh4 e4 25. Ng2 Ne5 26. Kh1 Nd3 27. Reb1 Nxf2+ 28. Kg1 Nd3 29. Ba3 Qd7 30. Nd4 Rxa4 31. Nh4 Rc4 32. Qb3 Rdc8 {[#]} 33. Qxb7 Rc1+ 34. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Qxb7 36. Rcb1 Nb4 37. Ra4 Bd6 38. Nc2 Qc6 39. Nxb4 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Sankar, Arvind"]
[Black "Schuster, Zack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[GameId "2066087780352254"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qe7 ({Relevant:} 10... Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. g3 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Nh4 Qf8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Nf5 Bb8 19. Ne4 g6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Nh4 b5 22. Qb3 Kh7 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. cxb5 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 cxb5 27. Rc7 Be4 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Kg7 30. Rxa6 g5 31. Ng2 Rd5 32. Rc1 Ng4 33. Ne1 Ne5 34. h3 Rd2 35. Ra5 Bc6 36. a4 Nc4 37. axb5 Bd5 38. Ra4 Nd6 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. exd4 {1-0 Le,Q (2731)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis Blitz 2023 (13)}) 11. Re1 e5 {[#]} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 13. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Red1 Rfc8 19. f3 Nc5 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Rac1 Ba6 22. Rc3 Rc7 23. Rdc1 Rac8 24. h4 Bd3 25. Kh2 a5 26. a3 Kh7 27. g4 Kg8 28. Kg3 Na6 29. Nc6 Nc5 30. Nd4 Ne6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Nc6 Bc2 34. Be5 Nb5 35. a4 Na3 36. Bb2 Nb1 37. Nd4 Bd3 38. Kf2 Nd2 39. Bc1 Nb1 40. Bb2 Nd2 41. Ke1 Nf1 42. Bc1 f5 {1-0 Grachev,B (2593)-Tsydypov,Z (2534) RUS Cup final Khanty-Mansiysk 2022 (3.1)}) 13... Bxe5 (13... Qxe5) 14. f4 Bd6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Bc5 (16... Bb4) 17. Nd4 $14 Rfe8 18. Qf3 a6 19. Qg3 Ne4 20. Qg4 Bc8 $6 {[#]} 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Qxg7+ $16 Qxg7 23. Nxg7 Re7 24. Nh5 $2 (24. f5) 24... Bg4 $11 25. Bxe4 Bxh5 26. Bxd5 Rae8 $2 (26... Rd8 27. Bc4 Rxe3 $11) 27. Be5 $18 Kf8 28. Kf1 (28. Rac1 $1) 28... f6 29. Bxf6 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 {[#]} 31. Bh4 $2 (31. Re1) 31... Be2+ 32. Kf2 $8 $11 Re5+ 33. Ke1 Bb4+ 34. Kf2 Bc5+ 35. Ke1 Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Wong, Wilson"]
[Black "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[Annotator "Wong,Wilson"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[GameId "2065852383750571"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,42,19,21,72,53,56,50,15,14,42,22,21,26,37,45,58,48,41,48,55,24,44,45,48,-20,4,6,26,24,74,62,56,45,49,49,132,81,97,114,114,119,132,107,96]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 {Black allows a Maroczy Bind.} 5. c4 {I take the game into a more positional struggle, which should give my opponent plenty of chances to go wrong, and I get to avoid move-by-move theory.} e5 {This seems like some odd Kalashnikov in which White's knights aren't tripping on each other. I spent a long time figuring out which knight move to make. My considerations were 6.Nb5, 6.Nxc6, or 6.Nc2. 6.Nb5 looks like I would transpose into some kind of Kalashnikov in which my development is lagging behind, and Black can play ...f5 with sharp play. 6.Nxc6 gives my opponent a lot of pawns in the center, but I can't pile on the d6-pawn which is guarded by f8-bishop, and a c6-pawn would corral a c3-knight. I ultimately settled on Nc2.} 6. Nc2 {I keep control of d4-square and think I'm better positioned in the event Black wants to open up the position with ...f5. If Black does normal development, I'll want Be2 then O-O since I know I want to O-O, which has the better shelter, while the queenside will be the battleground of the game.} Nf6 ({Relevant:} 6... Be6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3 Be7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. b3 a6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bd3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Qa5 15. O-O Na7 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Nc6 18. Qd3 Qa6 19. Rfc1 Rfe8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Nb5 Nd4 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nd5 Rc5 27. g3 Bg5 28. f4 Rxd5 29. exd5 Re3 30. Qxe3 dxe3 31. fxg5 Qa3 32. gxh6 Qb2 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 {½-½ Harvey,M (2402)-Perunovic,M (2597) Paracin Summer op-A 12th 2019 (6)}) 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O {Both sides make natural developing moves.} b6 {[#] Black wants to fianchetto their c8-bishop to pressure e4-pawn but White hasn't committed f-pawn yet so White can blunt that diagonal after ...Bb7. One drawback of ...b6 is Black takes away squares on a5-d8 diagonal for their queen, which means it'll be more difficult for Black to pressure a7-g1 diagonal.} 10. Kh1 $146 {Just prophylaxis, there will be no lines in which Black gets a ...Qb6+ fork on my king and an undefended b2-pawn. I wait for Black to commit their c8-bishop. I don't want f4 because it would give Black e5-square. I'll probably want to play b3 at some point, getting option of Ba3 to pressure d6-pawn. I want to keep my bind if possible. My plan is to solidify my position then develop my pieces optimally while being attentive to possibilities of a pawn-break. I'm ready to play on both sides of the board.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Re8 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Rac1 Red8 15. b4 Ne7 16. b5 Ng6 17. Nb4 Rac8 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Be7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. bxc6 Qc7 22. a4 Rf8 23. a5 Bd8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Ra6 Qc8 27. Ra7 Bc7 28. Ba6 Qd8 29. Rb1 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Bxb6 Rb8 32. Bb7 Bxb6+ 33. Rxb6 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Ne7 35. Rb2 Qa7+ 36. Qe3 Qa5 37. g3 h6 38. Qb6 Qc3 39. Qb4 Qc1 {1-0 Pecinar,Z (2166)-Jakovljevic,L (1922) SRB-chT2 West CS Serbia 2016 (10.3)}) 10... Bb7 11. f3 {More prophylaxis. I want to play this move so I may as well get it in now when there is nothing urgent going on. I'm not afraid of ...Nh5, ...Nf4.} Rc8 {[#]} 12. Ne3 {Eyeing f5-square. I don't mind trading a knight at an opportune time for e7-knight in order to get rid of a solid defender of d6-pawn. Black can jump into d4-square, preventing Nf5, but it isn't attacking anything important.} Nd4 {I don't mind this knight so much, it isn't secure on d4-square since I can trade my c1-bishop for it if so desired, and my e2-bishop is bad, so I don't mind Black trading for it.} 13. b3 {Reinforcing c4-pawn so I don't have to deal with ...Ba6.} a6 14. Bb2 {Protecting c3-knight and I'm willing to trade my b2-bishop for d4-knight to give Black a weak d4-pawn.} Nd7 {Black gives up control of d5-square.} 15. Ncd5 {It was a mistake for Black to give up control of d5-square because now d6-pawn will have one of its defenders threatened, as well as d4-knight also being threatened.} Nxe2 {[#]} 16. Nxe7+ {A nice intermezzo. Black loses a good defender of d6-pawn. If Black can't push ...d5, at least Black will want to make sure the pawn is secure, which it now won't be.} Qxe7 17. Qxe2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 {I want to pile up on d6-pawn and force Black to a passive position when I can look to poke more holes while Black is tied up.} Rfd8 19. Ba3 {For Black to secure d6-pawn, Black will have to twist into a pretzel, which is fine by me.} g6 {Preventing Nf5.} 20. Rd2 {This was a lazy move. It'll now be more difficult for me to pile on d6-pawn.} (20. Rd3 {I think I should've played this. I didn't play this because I wanted to not allow ...b5, which isn't even good. I didn't like my pieces on forkable squares, but ...Nh5 is well met by Qd2, when White has an easy time piling up and winning d6-pawn.}) 20... Nh5 21. Qd1 (21. Rad1 {I missed the very simple doubling rooks.}) 21... Qg5 22. Nd5 {This apparently gave up a lot of my edge but this is logical to me, getting a deep knight outpost, and recapturing with a rook to keep d6-pawn a weakness.} (22. Qe1 {Protecting e3-knight.} f5 23. exf5 gxf5 {This is a very chaotic position that Stockfish likes, but I find the position very sharp and easy to mess up.} 24. Rad1 e4 {Black wants to open the diagonal for their b7-bishop.} 25. f4 Nxf4 26. h4 Qh5 {This is all very sharp and messy and I would not know how to evaluate a position like this. My king is far from safe and Black has deep e- and f-pawns, while close to opening a8-h1 diagonal for their b7-bishop.}) 22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nf4 24. Rd2 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 {[#]} 26. g3 {I spent a lot of time thinking of the best way to handle f4-knight and settled for this. I weaken my king and the f3-e4 pawn-chain, but this seemed the most elegant solution. If ...Ne6, d6-pawn will drop off and I can have my a3-bishop control d4-square. Black can get some activity, but I can maneuver my pieces to secure the extra pawn then continue the game from there.} Nh3 {Black is putting their knight on the edge, and while it's a little annoying, Black will have to then invest time to getting it back in the game if there is no concrete benefit.} 27. Qe2 {I settled on this move. I looked at 27.Kg2 Nf4+ 28.Kf2 and thought bringing my king into the center and in view of a potential ...f5 is not where I want to be. I'm happy I found this elegant solution, just reinforcing control of second rank and preparing doubling of rooks on d-file.} Qf6 28. Kg2 {This wins a pawn, but gives up some time for Black to get more active pieces, but a pawn is a pawn, and not just any pawn, but a pawn holding back my queenside majority.} Ng5 29. h4 {I want to take b5-pawn.} Ne6 30. Qxb5 {Stockfish evaluates this as equal but I don't see it. The 2-on-0 queenside majority should decide the game.} Nd4 (30... g5 {The only move that keeps equality, and while weakening, is necessary. If Black does nothing, White will push the queenside majority up the board and win off that.}) 31. Qd3 Rc6 32. Bb2 Rdc8 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Qxd4 {White's king is reasonably secure so the rest of game is just a matter of technique.} Qe6 35. Qb2 {Controlling the c2-square from Black's rook penetration and getting behind passed pawns. I'm ready to get my pawns rolling.} Qd7 36. b4 Qc7 37. a4 Rc4 38. a5 Rb8 39. b5 Qc5 40. b6 Rb4 41. Qf6 {While I was marching my pawns down the board, that doesn't mean I can't also play on the kingside, where Black's king is terminally weak. There is no way for Black to protect d6-pawn and I'll be taking d6-pawn next, forcing a queen trade and keeping my a5-pawn safe.} Rb5 42. Qxd6 Qxd6 43. Rxd6 {This position is completely hopeless for Black. White's king isn't in any danger of getting mated.} Ra8 44. a6 Rc8 45. Ra2 {This move is unnecessary since Black can't arrange their pieces in time to make mate threats to my king but I wanted the aesthetically pleasing well placed king and zero counterplay for Black.} h5 46. b7 Rc1 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. b8=Q Rbc5 49. Rg8+ Kf6 (49... Kh7 50. Qf8 {Unstoppable mate, there is no stalemate.}) 50. Qd8+ (50. Qd6# {The quicker mate.}) 50... Ke6 51. Re8# {1-0 White wins.} 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Toczyski, David Paul"]
[Black "Dutter, Frederic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[GameId "2065852284402054"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 e6 12. Rc1 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. a3 ({Relevant:} 14. Ne1 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 N8e7 16. Nf3 h6 17. Qd2 g5 18. h4 f6 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Nf5 21. hxg5 fxg5 22. Nh2 e5 23. dxe5 d4 24. Qa2+ Kh8 25. Rcd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 Nxb4 27. Qc4 Nc6 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Nxe5 30. Qd5 Rad8 31. Qb3 Rde8 32. Qh3 Qxc5 33. Ba3 Qc6 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Nd3 Nc4 36. Rc1 Nfe3 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Ne5 Qc5 39. Nxc4 Nxc4 40. Qd3 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Nf3 Bg7 43. Nd2 Qg5 {½-½ Aarav,D (2388)-Fier,A (2600) Casablanca Mohammed op 4th 2023 (2)}) 14... N8e7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nf5 17. Ne2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 {[#]} Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qg5 19. Qd3 Bh6 20. Nf4 Qg3 21. Ne2 Qg5 22. Nf4 Qg3 23. Ne2 Qg5 {½-½ Domingo Nunez,A (2358)-Loew,G (2166) Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Mar Chess.com INT blitz 2021 (4)}) 19. Qd3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qd2 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Qe7 23. Nf4 Rad8 24. b4 Rfe8 25. Re1 Qe4 26. Qd3 d4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd1 a6 29. Rd3 Bg5 30. g3 Bf6 31. Kf2 dxe3+ 32. Rdxe3 Bd4 33. Ke2 Bxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Kf8 36. a4 Rd1 37. Nd3 Ke7 38. Ke2 Ra1 39. a5 Ke6 40. g4 Kd5 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kc2 Kc4 44. Nf4 Kxb4 45. Kb2 Rf3 46. Nd5+ Kxc5 47. Nc3 Rxc3 48. Kxc3 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Schaezlein, Charlie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[GameId "2066087780364545"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. a3 a6 12. Qd3 Rac8 13. f4 e6 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Rcd8 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. Qe3 Bxe4 20. Bc3 Qb5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Nb5 25. Qh4 Nxc3 26. Bxg6 h6 27. bxc3 Qxe5 28. Bd3 Rf8 29. Re1 Qd5 30. Rxe7 b5 31. Re1 Rg8 32. Qf4 Qd7 33. Re3 Re8 34. Qg4 Qf7 35. Rf3 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Qg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Bxc3 39. Rf7 Ra1 40. Kg4 Kg8 41. Ra7 Rxa3 42. Kf5 Ra1 43. Kg6 {1-0 Can,I (2385)-Unat,C (2047) TUR-chT Ankara 2018 (11.5)}) 14. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. e5 d5 17. g4 f5 18. g5 Nc7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Rf2 Be8 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Nce2 Bf7 23. h5 Nb5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh2 Nbxd4 26. Bxd4 Qc7 27. Qh3 b6 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Qe3 Rb8 30. Rdh1 a5 31. Ba4 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Qc5 33. Kf3 b5 34. Nxe6+ {1-0 Novak,K (2124)-Schulz,S (2069) EU-ch U18 Girls Urgup 2004 (7)}) 14... Ne8 15. Kh1 e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. f5 Qd8 18. Bd5 Nf6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. fxg6 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Kg7 23. gxf7 Rc6 24. Rf3 Qd7 25. Rg3+ Kh7 26. Rf1 Rxf7 27. Rgf3 Kg6 28. Qb3 Rc7 29. Nd5 Bg7 30. Nxc7 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxc7 32. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Le, Thu Anh"]
[Black "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1283"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Le,Thu Anh"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[GameId "2066087780364546"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 (6. Nf3 {I looked at this but didn't want to potentially trade too many pieces early.} Ne4 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d5 8. Ngf3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 {With the idea to keep the center tension. Black cannot yet go dxc4.} (10. b4) (10. cxd5 exd5) ({Relevant:} 10. Rc1 c5 11. e3 dxc4 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nexf3 Rac8 18. Rc2 Na4 19. Nxc4 Nxb2 20. Rxb2 Rxc4 21. Rb7 Ra4 22. Ne5 Rxa3 23. Rc1 Rf8 24. Nd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 h5 26. h4 Ra2 27. Rcc7 a5 28. Ra7 g6 29. Rdc7 Kg7 30. Rc5 {½-½ Saraci,N (2412)-Miljkovic,M (2478) FRM-chT Struga 2018 (3.1)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qc2 Rac8 {[#]} 13. cxd5 $146 (13. c5 {This move stood out to me initially, but I couldn't find the right plan. Or rather, I felt that I didn't understand the potential resulting position enough.} bxc5 (13... Qb5 14. e3 bxc5 15. dxc5) 14. Qxc5) ({Predecessor:} 13. c5 bxc5 14. Qxc5 Qa4 15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rfc1 Bd5 18. e3 c6 19. Bf1 Ra8 20. Rc3 Rfb8 21. Be2 h6 22. Rac1 Rb7 23. Qd6 Rab8 24. b5 Rxb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Qf8 Rb7 28. h4 h5 29. Qd6 a5 30. Qe5 g6 31. Qf6 Qb5 32. R3c2 Qa6 33. g4 hxg4 34. h5 Qa8 35. hxg6+ fxg6 36. Kg2 Kg8 37. Rh1 Rg7 38. Rcc1 g3 39. Rh6 gxf2 40. Rch1 f1=Q+ 41. Kxf1 {1-0 Mamoshin,V (2276)-Vorobev,K (2084) Anapa op 2009 (8)}) 13... exd5 (13... Bxd5 {SF recommends this counter-intuitive move, where it looks like Black would lose a tempo then White gets e4 in. I think, the reason is White would have to play with 2 hanging pawns in the center, eventually push for e5, then Black gets a strong outpost on d5.} 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 (15. Nb3 Qa4) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5) 14. e3 {I spent a lot of time thinking how to deal with c5. Decided to improve the dark squares and if ...c5 dxc5 bxc5 d4  Black's pawn shouldn't get far. If anything, Black would be the one playing with hanging pawns, for better or worse.} (14. e4 $2 {Would leave White with an isolated pawn in the center after a mass trade.} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 18. Qd3) (14. b4 Rfe8 15. e3) 14... c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 (15... Rxc5 16. Qd3 Rfc8 17. Nb3 Rc2 {I thought this would have been pretty bad for White. I am not sure if I would have seen the correct continuation. White has to sac the b2-pawn to trap Black's rook.} 18. Rac1 Rxb2 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Rc1 $1 Qe8 21. Qc3 Ra2 22. Nd4 $1) 16. Rfd1 d4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nc4 (18. exd4 cxd4 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 {Black would have a passed pawn and I wasn't sure if I like that.}) 18... Rfd8 (18... Ne4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 dxe3 21. fxe3 {My plan after Ne4.}) 19. Qe2 Qd5 20. Qd3 g6 21. exd4 cxd4 {Now Black has a passed pawn. Not ideal for White, but is perhaps defendable.} 22. Rac1 Kg7 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. b4 a5 $6 25. Rc5 $1 {If White defends well against the d4-pawn, White gets to play for a win with the 2 Q-side connected passed pawns $1} Qd7 26. Rxa5 Rbc8 27. Nc4 (27. Nf3 $2 {I re-calculated this move many times and luckily talked myself out of it. Even right after the game I wasn't sure if I was hallucinating.} Rc3 $1 28. Qxd4 $4 Rxf3 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7) (27. Rc5 {I absolutely do not understand this SF idea. Why is White better after splitting their pawns $2 Someone please help explain.} Rxc5 28. bxc5 Qd5 29. Rc1) (27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 d3 {Black's pawn advances further.}) (27. Nb3 {I glanced at this move and immediately rejected it due to Rc3, \"oh well I'll just lose a piece\". It's actually a nice tactical move, but the resulting position looks scary for White still.} Rc3 28. Qxc3 dxc3 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rc5 Rd3 31. Kg2 (31. Kf1 c2 {Either Black's pawn queens or White loses the knight}) 31... c2 32. Nc1 Rxa3 33. Rxc2) 27... Qg4 (27... Qh3 28. Ne5 Rc3 29. Qf1 {The end of my plan if Black plays this variation. White continues to hold, it seems.}) 28. Ne5 Qe6 29. Qa6 Qb3 {Both players have about 5 minutes left at this point.} 30. Rd3 (30. Rxd4 $4 {First instinctive move. Thank you chess god for telling me to calculate.} Rc1+ (30... Rxd4 31. Qxc8 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+) 31. Kg2 Rxd4) 30... Qb1+ (30... Rc3 31. Rc5 Rd5 {Keeps the game complicated. With time trouble one of us might just blunder or flag.} (31... Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxd3 33. Nxd3)) 31. Kg2 Qc2 $4 {In this complication and both under time pressure, Black is the one who has to find only-moves, whereas the position plays itself for White. Pressure on Nf6 and the f7 pawn is key.} (31... Rc1 {Black's only chance left to draw (or even a win $1).} 32. Rf3 $1 Rd6 {A hard move to find.} (32... Rg1+ $2 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Qxf1 Rxf1 35. Ra7) 33. Qb7 (33. Qxd6 $4 {I totally could have fell for this with 3 minutes left on the clock.} Rg1+ $1 34. Kh3 Qf1+ $1 35. Kh4 g5+ $1 36. Kxg5 Ne4+ $1) 33... Rg1+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh4 g5+ 36. Kxg5 Qc1+ 37. Rf4 {The only move for White to keep an advantage.} (37. Kf5 {Would be a draw by perpetual checks.} Qc2+ 38. Kf4 (38. Kg5 {White loses immediately.} Ne4+) 38... Qc1+) 37... Ne4+ 38. Qxe4) 32. Rf3 $1 {Black either loses a knight, or the f7 pawn. Both comes with check.} Qe4 (32... Nd7 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Qe6) (32... Qf5 33. Rxf5 gxf5 34. Qb7) 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Ra7 Qxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rf8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40. Nd6+ {Of course I missed M2.} (40. Qxd4+ Kg8 41. Qh8# (41. Nh6#)) 40... Kh6 41. Nxc8 d3 42. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Parsons, Stephen"]
[Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1265"]
[Annotator "Cao,Danny Du Uy/Winslow, Elliott"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[GameId "2065844847030580"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 (3... e6) 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 cxd4 (5... e6) (5... Bf5) 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Bd3 ({Relevant:} 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 a6 12. Bf1 b5 13. b4 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Nc5 a5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. a4 axb4 18. axb5 Na7 19. b6 Qxb6 20. Nd7 Qb7 21. Nxf8 bxc3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. d5 c2 24. Qd4 Bf6 25. Be5 Nb5 26. Qxc4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qxd5 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Kh2 Be4 31. Nh4 Qd6+ 32. g3 Qd4 33. Rf1 Bd3 34. Qb7+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qb7+ Kf8 {0-1 Pranav,V (2588)-Shimanov,A (2566) Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (5)}) 7... Bxd3 (7... Bg6) 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Qb5 {[#] there's a tactic in here that I missed ... let's see if I can figure it out on the bus} a6 $146 (9... Qc8) (9... Qd7) (9... Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 (11... O-O 12. Qb3) 12. Qa6 Rxb2 (12... Rb6)) (9... Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6) ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Ra3 16. Nb3 Rfa8 17. b5 Nb8 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Ng4 Nd7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rfc1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 h6 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rc7 Rb2 27. Nc1 Rxb5 28. Rxb7 Rb1 29. Rc7 b5 30. Kf2 b4 31. Nd3 b3 32. Rb7 Ne4+ 33. Kf3 Ng5+ 34. Ke3 f5 35. Nc5 Ne4 36. Rxb3 Re1+ 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kf2 {0-1 Kudratov,B-Kolomeets,D (1212) Sochi Amateur U12 op 6th 2019 (4)}) 10. Qxb7 Na5 (10... Ra7 11. Qb3 Na5) 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Nc4 13. b3 Na3 14. Nxa3 Bxa3 15. Ba5 Rc8 16. Kd2 $14 (16. Rb1 $1 Ne4 17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rb8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 Rc1+ 21. Ke2 Rxh1 22. Ne5 $1 $18) 16... Ne4+ 17. Kc2 Bd6 $2 (17... Nxc3 $2 18. Bxc3 Bb4 19. Rac1 Rxc3+ 20. Kb2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 O-O 22. Rc7) (17... Nxf2 $1 18. Rhf1 (18. Raf1 $5 Nxh1 19. b4 $11 h5 $1) 18... Ne4 19. Rae1 (19. b4 $4 Rxc3+ $19) 19... Nd6 20. Ne5 O-O 21. g4 $14) 18. Rhf1 $1 $16 Kd7 (18... h5) 19. Kd3 f5 20. g3 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 Rhc8 23. c4 dxc4+ 24. bxc4 Rb7 (24... Rb8 25. Ne5+ Kd6 26. c5+ Kd5) 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. f3 Nd6 27. Rb1 Kf6 (27... Rxb1 28. Rxb1) 28. Rxb7 Nxb7 29. Rb1 Nc5+ 30. Ke3 (30. dxc5 Kxe5) 30... Na4 31. Rb7 Rf8 32. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Rushton, Peter James"]
[Black "Powers, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1217"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[GameId "2066087780372740"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc4 {Rather unusual! In fact, 360,000 games with 4.Ba4, 56,000 with 4.Bxc6 -- and a "healthy" 921 games with this move. (Don't forget 60 with 4.Be2, and I don't even want to mention how many other moves have been played...) And no, 4.Bc4 scores badly -- well under 50%. ...a6 is a common and useful move in the Giuoco Piano.} Bc5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Ba7 8. b4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 {In fact I only noticed it was 4.Bc4 when *this* move happened!} Ne7 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe1 Ng6 14. d4 (14. g4 $4 {and a capture on g4 wins (and isn't even necessary!)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Ng5 Nf4 16. Qe3 h6 17. Ngf3 g5 18. Nxe5 $6 {Off the rails in a lost position...} dxe5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. Qf3 g4 21. Qg3 gxh3 22. Nf3 N6h5 23. Qh4 Nxg2 24. Red1 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Liu, Felix"]
[Black "Stults, Sawyer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1182"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2066087780376837"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Na4 Re8 13. Nxb6 {[#]} Qxb6 $146 ({Relevant:} 13... axb6 14. a3 d4 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. e4 Qd7 20. Be3 c5 21. Ne2 Qb5 22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Bf2 Rad8 24. h4 Bh7 25. Bf1 Ne7 26. Nc3 Qa5 27. Bb5 Rf8 28. a4 Qa8 29. Bc4 Nc6 30. Nd5 Qb7 31. Qc3 Kh8 32. h5 Rfe8 33. g4 Ne5 34. Ba2 f6 35. Bg3 Bg8 36. Bf4 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. exd5 Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 40. Kf2 Re8 41. d6 Qd7 42. Kg3 Qxa4 43. Qd5 {0-1 Weetik,V (2423)-Yeletsky,I (2504) Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (9)}) 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qxb2 {[#]} 17. Rb1 Qf6 18. Nd4 g5 19. Bc7 Re7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bd6 {[#]} Rd7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qc5 Bd5 24. Rb8+ Rxb8 25. Bxb8 Qd8 26. Bxa7 Bxa2 27. Re1 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe2 30. Qxc6 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Be6 32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Bh3 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kg6 36. Qa1 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Ahrens, Richard William"]
[Black "Mercado, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1069"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[GameId "2065852926175775"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. O-O ({Relevant:} 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb5 Ne5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. c3 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. Nd6 Bc7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. a5 Qh4 19. g3 Qxe4 20. Qd4 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Rfd1 d5 23. c4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxd1+ {0-1 Winterberg,L (2394)-Shuvalova,P (2492) Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (8)}) 5... Ng6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {[#]} Nce5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. Nce2 O-O 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ng3 Bf6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Bc2 b4 15. Nde2 Rac8 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bd3 a5 18. Kh1 d5 19. Qc2 Nce5 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 dxe4 22. Qc2 e3 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. Ng1 Nxf4 25. Nf3 Nxg2 26. Qxg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxf3 28. Rg1 Qxg2+ 29. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 bxc3 31. Bc1 c2 32. Kf3 Bd4 33. Ke4 Bb6 34. Kd3 f5 35. Ne2 e5 36. Ng3 g6 37. Ke2 {0-1 Hafner Urbancic,K (1494)-Guid,T (1557) SLO-chT2 West Komenda 2019 (7.6)}) 8. Bb3 Bc5 {[#]} 9. Ndb5 (9. Be3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd4e6]} b6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Gd4c6] so that ...Bxe3 isn't check!} (11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Rf2 {is pretty good too.})) 9... O-O $14 10. Nd6 $2 Qh4 $1 $17 11. Ne2 $2 (11. h3) 11... Ng4 $19 12. h3 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bxd6 15. Qg1 Qxe2 16. Bg5 b6 17. Re1 Qh5 18. Be3 Bb7 19. c4 Bxe4 20. Bd1 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Jian, Sheng"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "1029"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[GameId "2066087780376839"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qe3 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. Nd5 Rxc2 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Be3 Rxb2 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bxa7 Rxa2 {½-½ Narayanan,S (2677)-Mamedov,R (2651) Wch Blitz Samarkand 2023 (12)}) 6... Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxb2 17. Qxe7 Rac8 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Be7 Rxd5 24. Rb1 Rb5 25. Rfd1 Rc8 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Ra7 Ra8 28. Rc7 Bxf3 29. gxf3 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rc6 Bd4 32. Rd1 Bb2 33. Rb1 Kg8 34. Rc7 Be5 35. Rxb5 Bxc7 36. Rb7 {0-1 Turayev,S (2217)-Seo,J (2516) Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (3)}) 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Bd2 Ng4 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. h3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Rc1 Qe6 15. d4 Bg7 16. Nd5 O-O 17. Nc7 Qxe4 18. Nxa8 Qxg2 19. Kd2 Qd5 20. Qc4 Qc6 21. Nc7 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 a6 23. Rhc1 d6 24. Nd5 Bxh3 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Ke2 Bf6 27. Nd5 Bd8 28. Nf4 Bf5 29. Rb4 g5 30. Nd3 Be4 31. Rbc4 Bd5 32. Rc8 f6 33. a3 h5 34. f3 Kh7 35. Rh1 Kg6 36. Rh2 f5 37. Rg2 g4 38. Nf4+ Kf7 39. Nxd5 Ke6 40. Nf4+ Kd7 41. Rxd8+ Rxd8 42. Nxh5 Rc8 43. Kd3 gxf3 44. Rf2 Rh8 45. Nf4 Rh1 46. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"]
[Black "Alzhin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1006"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[GameId "2066087780380936"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nc3 ({Relevant:} 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Be3 g6 10. h3 Nh5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Ng7 13. b4 f5 14. c5 f4 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bd2 a6 17. b5 g5 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Ne1 h5 20. Nd3 a5 21. g4 f3 22. Ne1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nf6 24. Qxf3 Qd7 25. Qh3 Nxg4 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. f3 Nf6 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Nd3 a4 30. Rb1 Ra7 31. Nb5 Raa8 32. Nc3 Ra7 33. Rb4 Nh5 34. Rfb1 Nf4+ 35. Bxf4 exf4 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2758)-Ehlvest,J (2613) Vladimir Petrov Memorial op Jurmala rapid 2013 (13)}) 6... Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 O-O {[#]} 9. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Be3 g6 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Qa6 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Nb3 Nf4 20. Na4 Ne6 21. Qc4 Qb7 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Qa6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Nb3 Ne6 27. Na5 Nd8 28. Nc3 Kg7 29. Ne2 f6 30. Nc4 Kf7 31. Nc1 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Nxb7 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Bd8 35. Nd3 Bc7 36. f3 f5 37. b3 h5 38. g3 Kf6 {½-½ Szpar,M (2477)-Haydon,D (2230) Morshyn Saint Charbel Cup 2023 (1)}) 9... a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Nh4 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Re3 Nf6 14. Rg3 Ng6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Rf3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Rf7 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. c4 Raf8 20. Rd1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qh3 23. Rc1 Rxf3 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Rc3 Qh4 26. Qe3 h6 27. f3 Qe7 28. Qa7 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qd2 30. Qxb7 Qf2 31. Qxa6 Qxb2 32. Qc6 Qf2 33. Qc4 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Qb6 37. a4 Kh7 38. Qc3 Qa6 39. Qb4 h5 40. h4 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qxh4+ 43. Ke2 Qg4+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+ 45. Kc2 Qf2+ 46. Qd2 Qf1 47. Qd3 Qg2+ 48. Kc3 Qa2 49. Qb5 Qa1+ 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Kc1 h4 52. a5 h3 53. Qa6 h2 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Lamstein, Joshua"]
[Black "Brown, Samuel Tseng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "976"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[GameId "2066087780380937"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. b4 a6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. b5 Ne7 15. e4 a5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rbc8 18. h3 Bh5 19. d4 Nd7 20. Qd3 Rcd8 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nh4 Bh7 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 f6 25. Qf3 Rb8 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Bxd6 Bg8 28. Qxg8+ Rxg8 29. Bxc7 Rbc8 30. Bd6 exd4 31. Bxb7 Rcd8 32. Bd5 Rge8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Bc6 Rd8 35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. c5 bxc5 37. Bxc5 d3 38. Rd1 Rd5 39. Be3 Kg8 40. Kf1 Kf7 41. Ke1 Ke7 42. Kd2 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Braithwaite, Andrew"]
[Black "Admassu, Yonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "969"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[GameId "2066087780380938"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 (7. d5 Nb8 (7... Ne5 $5) 8. h3) 7... h6 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 Kh7 11. Qd2 Ng8 12. Nh2 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. a4 Ndf6 16. Nb5 Nh5 {[#]} 17. Nxa7 Rxa7 18. Bxa7 Qg5 19. Ng4 Ng3 20. Rfb1 h5 21. Nf2 Nh6 22. b4 Qh4 23. a5 g5 24. b5 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. a6 b6 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. a7 Bb7 29. Qc3 Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc3 31. Rb3 Nxd5 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. c4 Rxc4 34. Nd1 Qh2 35. Ra6 Qxg2+ 36. Kd3 Rd4# 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Cheng, Kar Lun"]
[Black "Carion, Anthony Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "883"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[GameId "2066087780380939"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nxe5 Bb7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Qd2 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. O-O-O Ng5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. f4 Bf6 16. g4 c5 17. Rhg1 Bd4 18. g5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 h5 20. g6 Qe7 21. gxf7+ Qxf7 22. Rg5 Bc8 23. Rdg1 Bf5 24. Rxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg3+ Kf6 27. Qg5+ Ke6 28. Qxf5+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ Kd8 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kc6 32. Qxc7+ Kb5 33. Qb6+ Ka4 34. Nc3# 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Mullins, Thomas N"]
[Black "Cooper, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "878"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[GameId "2066087780385036"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 (4. c3) 4... Bd7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Ng6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. a3 Qc7 14. f3 e5 15. Bf2 d4 16. Na2 Rac8 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Bd3 f5 19. b3 Bxa3 20. Rb1 Be6 21. Bc4 Qd7 22. Qd3 Bb4+ 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qe2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Nc6 26. O-O a5 27. Rfd1 Qc7 28. c5 Nb4 29. Qc4+ Qf7 30. Qb5 Na2 31. Be1 Nb4 32. c3 Nc2 33. Qxa5 Ne3 34. Rdc1 Qd5 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. Qa2 e4 37. Rd1 d3 38. Rb4 Rxc5 39. Bd2 e3+ 40. Bxe3 Nxe3 41. Qxd5+ Nxd5 42. Rxd3 Nxb4 43. cxb4 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Ra8 45. Rd1 Raa2 46. Kf1 Rxh2 47. Kg1 Rag2+ 48. Kf1 Rxg3 49. Rd3 g5 50. Rd7 Rxf3+ 51. Ke1 Rb3 52. b5 Rb1+ 53. Rd1 Rh1+ 54. Ke2 Rbxd1 55. b6 Rdf1 56. Ke3 g4 57. Kd4 g3 58. Kd5 g2 59. Kd6 g1=Q 60. Ke6 Rh6+ 61. Kd7 Qd4+ 62. Kc7 Qd6+ 63. Kxb7 Qxb6+ 64. Ka8 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Chea, Na"]
[Black "Halle, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "768"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[GameId "2066087780385037"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bg3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Bb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. Qb5 h6 15. h3 Nh5 16. Bh2 e5 17. Rfd1 exd4 18. cxd4 Nf8 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rc6 Re7 21. Rdc1 Qd7 {[#]} 22. Bxd6 Ree8 23. Bxc7 Ne6 24. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Wardle, Braxton"]
[Black "Vandenhoven, Clarke Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "398"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[GameId "2066087780385038"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 g6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bxd4 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. Bc4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Bd5 Qc7 20. f4 Nd7 21. Rd3 b5 22. f5 b4 23. Na4 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "McClelland, Keagan"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[GameId "2066087780389135"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. Be3 {[#]} Nxe4 $2 (8... Bg4 $15) 9. d5 $1 $16 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 Na5 $2 {[#]} (10... Nxf2 $1 11. Kxf2 Ne7 $16) 11. Rxe4 $2 (11. Bf1 $1 Nf6 12. b4 c6 13. bxa5 cxd5 14. Qa4 $18) 11... f5 $1 12. Re2 $4 (12. Rh4 e4 $1 (12... g5 13. b4 $1 $16) 13. Bf1 (13. Bd3 $5) 13... exf3 14. g3 $14) 12... Nxc4 $19 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. c4 b6 16. Qc3 a5 17. a4 Nc5 18. b4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Bd7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Qb8 23. Qc3 Qa7 24. Nf1 Rb8 25. Ne1 Rb3 26. Qc2 g6 27. Nd2 Ra3 28. h4 Ba4 29. Qb2 Bd1 30. Nb1 $6 (30. Re3 Ra2 31. Qc3 Qa5) 30... Rb3 $1 31. Qa2 Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxb1 33. Kh2 Bb3 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Nf3 Bxc4 36. Nd2 Rb4 (36... Bxd5 $1) 37. Ra7 Bxd5 38. Rxc7+ Kh6 39. Kh3 f4 40. f3 Rd4 41. Nf1 Nd3 42. Rc2 Be6+ 43. Kh2 Ne1 44. Ra2 Rd1 45. Ra6 Nxf3+ 46. gxf3 Rxf1 47. Rxd6 Bf5 48. Kg2 Re1 49. Rd5 Kh5 0-1

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Prasad, Thejas"]
[Black "Chester, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2066087780389136"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 {[#]} 9. Qd2 (9. a4 $1) 9... Bd7 $2 (9... c6 $1 $11) 10. O-O-O $2 (10. f3 $1 $16) 10... a6 11. f4 $6 (11. Bh6 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nb1 a5 $36) (11. Bb3 b5 12. f3 Qb8 $1) 11... b5 (11... exf4 $1 12. Bxf4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nb1 c6 $1 $17 15. Bxd6 a5 $1 $40) 12. Bd3 $2 (12. fxe5 $1 dxe5 13. Bd3 $15) 12... c6 $6 (12... b4 $1 13. Nb1 exf4) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d6 $2 (14. dxc6 $1 Bxc6 15. a3 a5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bxe4 19. Nec3 Nf5 $1 $15 {/=}) 14... Nc8 $17 15. Bc5 $2 {[#]} (15. Kb1) 15... Nb6 $6 (15... Be6 $1 16. d7 Nxd7 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Kb1 Ndb6 $19) 16. g4 $15 b4 $2 (16... Be6 $17 17. Ng3 Nfd7 18. Be3 b4 19. Nb1 a5 $36) 17. Bxb4 $18 a5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Ng3 h5 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Be2 h4 23. Bh5 Be6 24. Qg2 Nc4 25. Rhg1 Qf6 26. b3 Ne3 $4 27. Bxe3 Kh8 28. Bg5 Bh6 29. Kb1 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Qxg5 31. Rxg5 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Na4 Rd8 34. Nc5 Bxh3 35. Bxf7 Bg4 (35... Bg2 36. Be6 h3 37. Bxh3) 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. Be6 Bf3 38. Nb7 Rb8 39. d7 Kf6 40. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Jeremy Silman Memorial TNM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Ahmed, Saadit"]
[Black "Horde, Nicolas T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[Annotator "Horde,Nicolas"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[GameId "2066072343153167"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 {[#]} 6. Be3 $2 {Too passive move after gambiting a pawn} (6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 {is the main line of the gambit.}) 6... e6 7. a4 Bb4 8. axb5 cxb5 (8... Nxe4 9. Qc2 $1 Nd6 10. bxc6 Nxc6 {The other line that I considered}) 9. Bg5 $2 {White is acknowledging that Be3 was a mistake but it's giving away too much tempo} h6 $1 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rg8 {And Black breaks the pin} (12... Be7 {Same})) 10... Qxf6 11. e5 {[#]} Qf5 $6 (11... Qe7 {Just simple and solid play}) 12. Nh4 Qe4+ 13. Be2 Qxh4 $4 {Played tempo because this is what I calculated when playing Qf5 but I stopped one move too early} 14. Bf3 $1 Bd7 15. Bxa8 Nc6 $6 (15... a5 $1 16. O-O O-O {And it's 0.0 but still complicated}) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O $6 Qg5 $2 (17... a5 $1 18. Na2 Qg5 $1 {Works way better in that order because the a pawn is not hanging anymore} 19. f3 (19. g3 O-O) 19... Bd2) 18. f3 $2 (18. d5 $1) 18... Bxc3 (18... a5 {Again}) 19. bxc3 Qe3+ 20. Rf2 Qxc3 21. Rfa2 {[#]} O-O (21... Qe3+ $1 {I could not figure out if it was better to push the king to h1 vs not covering the b4 push, the main idea being now Black wants to trade everything and the passers will be unstoppable} 22. Kh1 O-O 23. Rxa7 b4) 22. Rxa7 Rd8 $2 {I misjudged the endgame because once White's rooks are on the 7th rank it's a draw} 23. R1a3 Qxd4+ $2 {Another misjudgement, the issue is that White can double on the a file for free now} (23... Qb2 $1 24. Ra2 Rxd4 25. Rxb2 Rxd1+ {And White has lost a couple tempi to double rooks on the a file}) 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rc7 Bd5 26. Kf2 Rd2+ $1 {Hence why it was important to push the king to h1} 27. Kg3 {[#]} b4 (27... Rd3) (27... c3 $1 {This is the move to save the game for Black because of an absolutely crazy variation. The idea is to prevent White from doubling rooks on the 7th rank} 28. Raxc3) 28. Raa7 {I offered a draw because I did not see a way for either player to make any progress as White is going to give perpetual check. It took me a strong SF for a long time to find the winning idea for White} b3 $4 29. Rxf7 Ra2 $1 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 {[#]} 31. Rac7 $4 {Now it's a draw for real} (31. Raf7+ $1 Ke8 32. Rc7 Kd8 (32... Kf8 {Now the rooks aren't in contact along the a-file, and White can set up a mate:} 33. Rh7 Kg8 34. Rcg7+ Kf8 35. Rg4 $1 Ra8 (35... b2 36. Rh8+ Kf7 (36... Ke7 37. Rg7#) 37. Rhg8 {[%cal Gg4g7] and mate follows}) 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Rxa8 Bxa8 38. Rxc4 {wins}) 33. Rgd7+ Ke8 34. Rh7 Kd8 35. Rcg7 Bc6 36. Rg8+ Be8 37. Rhh8) (31. Rgf7+ {complicates matters}) 31... b2 32. Rh7 Kg8 33. Rhd7 Ra8 $1 {Allows Bc6 if White gets greedy} 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rcf7+ Ke8 36. Rc7 Kd8 37. Rgd7+ Ke8 38. Rh7 Kd8 {[#]} 39. Rcg7 $4 Bc6 $1 {Works this time because the rook is on a8 and can cover the bishop retreat to e8. He told me after the game he just missed this idea} 40. Rh8+ Be8 41. Rgg8 Kd7 42. Rxh6 b1=Q 43. Rg7+ Kc6 44. Rxe6+ Kd5 45. Rge7 Qe1+ 46. Kg4 Bd7 47. Kf5 Rf8+ 48. Kg6 Bxe6 49. Kg7 Qxe5+ $1 50. Kg6 (50. Kxf8 Qh8#) 50... Qf6+ 51. Kh5 Rh8+ 52. Rh7 Rxh7# 0-1

