[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott"]
[Black "Parsons, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[GameId "2050885565789680"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Be6 $6 (12... Nb8) (12... O-O) (12... Rb8) (12... Ne7) ({Relevant:} 12... Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Ncb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Rb6 19. Nd5 Rb7 20. Bf3 a5 21. Qe2 Qc8 22. Rd3 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. h3 Qc5 25. b3 Rc8 26. Bg4 Qc2 27. Qf1 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Be2 Kh8 30. Rdd1 Qc5 31. Bc4 Rg7 32. Nxb4 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxc4 34. bxc4 Rxc4 35. a3 Ra7 36. Rab1 Rxa3 37. Rxd6 Be7 38. Rb6 Rxb4 39. R6xb4 Bxb4 40. Rxb4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Rb7+ {½-½ Dominguez Perez,L (2749)-Shankland,S (2674) American Cup Elim Saint Louis rapid 2024 (1.1)}) 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Rb6 {[#]} 17. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ra6 O-O 18. Ra7 d5 19. exd5 Rd6 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb6 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nc6 Qxb2 25. O-O e4 26. Kh1 Rd6 27. Qa7 Rg6 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rc8 30. Nc6 Kf8 31. Rb1 Rgxc6 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Bd5 Rc2 34. Bxe4 Rxf2 35. g3 Re2 36. Bc6 Rc2 37. Ba4 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Kg2 f5 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Bb3 Kf6 42. Ba4 g5 43. h3 Ba3 44. Bd7 Bd6 45. Bc8 {½-½ Oviedo Acosta,P (1763)-Toro Pradenas,M (1971) Asuncion zt 2.5 (Women) 2023 (6)}) 17... O-O 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bd3 b4 20. Ra6 Qb7 21. O-O bxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Rxd6 Rxc3 24. Bc4 Qc7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rd7 Qc4 27. Qh5 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Diller, Bradley R"]
[Black "Dasika, Archit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[GameId "2050885565806065"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Re8 ({Relevant:} 8... a4 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. bxa4 Qa5 12. Qc1 Qxa4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3+ Kg8 15. Rfb1 Nd7 16. Rb4 Qa3 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Qb2 Nc5 19. Rb4 Na4 20. Qd2 c5 21. Qh6 f6 22. Rh4 Rf7 23. Rc1 Nc3 24. Qe3 Qa3 25. Rc4 Qxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxa2 29. Rxc5 Bd7 30. Nd4 e5 31. Nc2 Be6 32. Ne3 Rd7 33. Be4 Kf7 34. g4 Rb2 35. h4 b5 36. h5 b4 37. Rc8 f5 38. hxg6+ {0-1 Andreikin,D (2729)-Firouzja,A (2777) Chess.com Speed Chess Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (1)}) 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Rab1 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rad8 13. Ba1 d4 14. c5 Qxc5 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Ne6 18. Ba1 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfc1 Nec7 21. Nd2 Nb5 22. Nc4 Ra8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nb6 Rad8 25. Rc5 Nxa3 26. Ra1 Rd6 27. Nxd5 b6 28. Nc7 {1-0 Matamoros Franco,C (2552)-Estremera Panos,S (2379) Seville op 37th 2012 (7)}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Qd6 18. Rfc1 e5 19. b5 Nac5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Ne4 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. Rc6 Qe5 26. Nc2 Rab8 27. Nb4 Qxb2 28. Rxb2 Ne5 29. Rcc2 Nc4 30. Nxd5 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32. Bxe4 Kg7 33. Bf3 Nc4 34. h4 Nd2 35. Kg2 f5 36. Nf4 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 h6 38. e3 Re5 39. Kg2 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ne2 Kf6 42. Nd4 Ra5 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. Kg2 g4 45. Nc6 Rd2 46. Kg1 Rd6 47. Nd4 Ke5 48. Ne2 Ke4 49. Kg2 Rd2 50. Nf4 Ra2 51. Ne6 Kd3 52. Nd4 Ra5 53. Kf1 Rd5 54. Ne6 Ke4 55. Kg2 Ke5 56. Nf4 Rd2 57. Ng6+ Ke4 58. Nf4 Ra2 59. Ng6 Kd3 60. Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Suarez, Sebastian"]
[Black "Bambou, Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[GameId "2050885565806066"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 {8.Qd2 is vanishing.} c4 9. a4 Bd7 10. Be2 ({Relevant:} 10. g3 O-O-O 11. h4 f5 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. h5 Nh6 14. Rh4 Nf7 15. Nxf7 {½-½ Gashimov,V (2758)-Ponomariov,R (2739) FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 (5.2)}) 10... O-O-O 11. O-O f6 {[#]} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb1 Nge7 13. Qa2 Ng6 14. Rfb1 fxe5 15. Rb5 Qa6 16. Rab1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rxb7 Bc6 19. Rb8+ Kd7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. h4 d3 22. Bd1 Ne5 23. Bf4 dxc2 24. Qxc2 Nd3 25. Bg3 Re8 26. Qd2 Ba8 27. Qg5 Re7 28. Rb8 h6 29. Qg4 Bc6 30. Qf3 Qa5 31. Qf8 e5 32. Bg4+ Kd6 33. Rd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxd8+ Bd7 35. Qb8+ Kc6 36. Qxa7 Rf7 37. h5 Kd6 38. Bh4 Nc5 39. Bd8 {1-0 Chaude de Silans,C-Pinson,H FRA-ch25 Besancon 1949 (4)}) 12... f5 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. h4 Nge7 15. h5 h6 16. Nh3 g5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Bh5 Nce7 19. g3 Rfg8 20. Kf1 a6 21. Qf3 Bxa4 22. Bc1 b5 23. Ba3 Qb6 24. Ra2 Kd7 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Bd6 Nc8 27. Bb4 Nce7 28. Qe3 Rh7 29. Bc5 f4 30. Nxf4 Nf5 31. Qd2 Nge7 32. Ke2 Qc8 33. g4 Nh4 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Rh1 Qd8 36. Rxh4 Reg7 37. Rh2 Qe8 38. Rh3 Qe7 39. Rf3 Qh4 40. Ra1 Rxg4 41. Bxg4 Qxg4 42. Rh1 Rf8 43. Rxh6 Bxc2 44. Qxc2 Rxf4 45. Qh7+ Kc8 46. Qh8+ Kb7 47. Rh7+ Kb6 48. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"]
[Black "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[GameId "2050885565810163"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 {9.Bd3 was played by the boomers.} ({Relevant:} 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3 b6 13. dxc5 Rfc8 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Nd4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. f4 Nh4 21. Re3 Rcxa4 22. Rae1 Nf5 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Qxd5 Be6 25. Qf3 Qc8 26. h3 Ra1 27. Kh2 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Ra4 29. Rb1 Qd8 30. Rd1 Kh7 31. Rd4 b5 32. Qg3 Qc8 33. Bb4 Ra2 34. Rd2 Qa8 35. Qh4 Qb7 36. Bf8 Ra8 37. Be7 Qe4 38. Rd3 Ra4 {1-0 Aronian,L (2742)-So,W (2753) Chess.com Speed Chess Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (1)}) 9... b6 10. O-O Ba6 {[#]} 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5 Qc6 14. c4 dxc4 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. c4 Ne7 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Ra1 O-O 23. Ra7 Rd8 24. Kf1 Nf5 25. Bd2 Nxe5 26. Ba5 Nc6 27. Bxd8 Nxa7 28. Bb6 Nc6 29. Bxc5 h5 30. Ke2 {½-½ Istratescu,A (2651)-Rapport,R (2646) Neckar op-A 17th Deizisau 2013 (8)}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbc6 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. h4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Qd3+ Kh8 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. g4 Na5 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. Rb4 Qe7 22. c3 Nc6 23. Rbb1 f6 24. Kg2 fxe5 25. dxe5 Qf7 26. Kg3 Na5 27. Rb4 Nc4 28. Qd4 Ne7 29. h5 Nc6 30. Rxc4 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc4 32. Rcd1 Rxc3 33. Kg2 Qxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Nh2 Rxa4 36. Rd2 b5 37. Re2 b4 38. f4 b3 39. f5 Ra2 40. Rxa2 bxa2 41. fxe6 a1=Q 42. e7 Qb2+ 43. Kg1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Ni, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[GameId "2050884747883775"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bd2 Ngf6 9. O-O-O ({Relevant:} 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qb6 13. c3 a5 14. a3 Ra7 15. Rfe1 axb4 16. axb4 Rfa8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. h4 Ra3 19. h5 Qd8 20. Bc1 Ra1 21. Bc2 h6 22. Nf1 Be7 23. Nd2 Nf8 24. Nb3 R1a7 25. Re5 N6d7 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. Re2 Nf6 28. Qh3 Nd5 29. f4 b6 30. Bb1 Qc7 31. Qf3 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. c4 Nb6 34. dxc5 Nxc4 35. Kh1 Na5 36. Nd4 Rd8 37. Ree1 Qxc5 38. Be3 Rad7 {½-½ Stukopin,A (2578)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2537) Brownsville Spring Break 2015 (3)}) 9... O-O 10. Neg5 Bxf3 {[#]} 11. Qxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxf3 c5 12. c3 a6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. g4 Nd5 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. h4 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. g5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Ra7 23. Na5 Rb8 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Nb3 Bd6 26. Rh3 Bf4 27. Rc2 h6 28. gxh6 Nf6 29. Bg2 Bxh6 30. Rhc3 Bf4 31. Na5 Nd5 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Be4+ g6 35. h5 Kg7 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Nb3 Ne7 38. Rc3 b6 39. a4 a5 40. Kc2 Rd7 {½-½ Timoshenko,G (2540)-Lputian,S (2545) URS Club Cup 2nd Group2 Podolsk 1990 (5)}) 11... c5 12. Rde1 h6 13. h4 cxd4 14. Rxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qe8 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bf5 Rc6 21. g4 Qf7 22. Kb1 g6 23. Bxh6 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Re6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Qg6 Qg8 27. Qf5 Qh7 28. Qc8+ Ng8 29. g5 d3 30. Qg4 dxc2+ 31. Kc1 Nd3+ 32. Kxc2 Nxf2+ 33. g6 Nxg4 34. gxh7 Kxh7 35. Bg5 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Kg6 37. Kd3 Ne7 38. Kc4 Kf5 39. Kc5 Ke6 40. b4 Ne5 41. a4 Nf7 42. g6 Nxg6 43. a5 Ne7 44. b5 Nd6 45. Kb4 Kd5 46. Ka4 Kc5 47. a6 b6 48. Ka3 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"]
[Black "Jones, James E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2050880698212602"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Be6 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 10... Bg4 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. c4 Nd4 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Bb4 Qc6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qxe5 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Nd5 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 c6 26. Rce1 Kh7 27. g3 Rf7 28. b4 Rd7 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. R6e5 g6 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Rh8 Kg7 34. Ra8 a6 35. d4 Nf6 36. Re5 Kf7 37. Rb8 Nd5 38. Ke2 Nb6 39. Kd3 Nd5 40. Rh8 {1-0 Grutter,T (2329)-Degtiarev,E (2381) Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Nov Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (4)}) 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ba4 a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxe5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Rxc6 a5 22. Rxc7 Nf6 23. Ra7 Rd5 24. c4 Rf5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 {1-0 Utzig,D-Holland Letz,K Rangliste 1000-1300 21098 freechess.de 2018}) 11... Qd6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rad8 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rb5 Nce7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 c6 19. Rb3 Nf6 20. Bb4 c5 21. Bc3 Rfe8 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg4 Nf4 24. Rbb1 Re6 25. g3 Rg6 26. Bxe5 Rxg4 27. Bxd6 Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Kxh3 Rgd4 31. Rbe1 Kg6 32. a4 Rd7 33. a5 R4d6 34. a6 Rf6 35. f4 h5 36. Rb8 Re6 {[#]} 37. Rxe6+ fxe6 38. Rb7 Rd8 39. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "Riese,Kayven"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2050885565814262"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 ({I think I played} 3. d5 {against IM John Donaldson one time and he was all on this deep Benoni theory I haven't studied. Instead I thought I would try to enter my Sicilian Nordic Dragon prep for James Jones.}) ({I acquiesced to Denny's at Ed's urging and spent three times as much on a T-bone steak compared to Nation's. I found out today I passed my Uber background check. Yay! There, we saw} 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Qxc5 5. Be3 Qa5 6. Qd5 $16 {with a persistant lead in development for white. Ed said he knew his opening play was bad, but I guess he also knew I would avoid this better play for me to go instead for transpositions into positions I felt comfortable with.}) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Well, gee. The problem with Pirc players is they have different ideas about how to play Dragon positions they transpose into.} 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 ({Some book I might still have covered} 7... Ng4 8. Bb5+ Kf8 (8... Bd7 $2 9. Qxg4 $18) (8... Nc6 $2 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ $18) 9. O-O {but I feel like} Nxe3 10. fxe3 {was that NM Vanessa West nightmare.}) 8. f3 Bd7 ({Oh god the engine wants to play the irritating} 8... Qb6 {I should really remember to play} 9. Bb5 Qc7 (9... Bd7 $4 {oh now} 10. Nf5 {works} Qa5 11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12. Bh6 Kg8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O {when the engine evaluates the devilish +6.66 for a bit, but I seriously wonder about the long term health of my Ng7 and Bh6. I guess the Kg8 is stuck as the Ng7 can escape with discovered check if black plays ..Kf8 to play Rh8-g8 to play ..RxN BxR ..KxB with the two for one deal.}) 10. Qd2 {and all is hunkey dorey on a normie front.}) (8... O-O 9. Qe2 {I have a purple book somewhere called something like the Soltis Variation of the Yugoslav Dragon by a guy who I think is an NM. I never really played into most of the dang thing, but if black plays h7-h5 before white plays h2-h4, I think white better create the Harry pawn ram structure white h4 pawn versus black's h5 that defines 'The Soltis.' This book covers a line that pops on Droidfish's radar momentarily, i.e.} Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Nxc3 11. Nxd8 Nxe2 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ (13. Kxe2 e6 {Weird. It's better to not win the exchange!?}) 13... Kxf7 14. Kxe2 Bxb2 15. Rab1 {So I have been in this position online plenty. Droidfish goes from 0.00 to 0.08. Black has a bishop and a pawn for a rook, and despite using the simple count, my study of The Encyclopedia of Chess Endings from Beograd (Belgrade) indicates that this material is statistically equal. The bishop even wins a lot. It's a tough position for both sides I guess, but I guess white just has to suck it up.}) {My friend NM Brendan Purcell tells me my} 9. Qe2 {move is called the Nordic Dragon. I've never figured out where he got that from. The late great IM co-US champ John Grefe one time developed his Qd1-d2-e2 against the Sicilian Dragon, so I figured, why waste time?} ({Relevant:} 9. Bb3 a5 10. Ndb5 O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. a4 Bc6 13. Qd2 Nfd7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. f4 c4 17. Ba2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. e5 g5 20. Bxc4 gxf4 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Nxf4 Rf6 25. Nc3 Rh6 26. Bd5 Bxc3 27. Bxc6 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Qxc6 29. Rxb2 e5 30. Nd3 e4 31. Nf2 Rf6 32. Rbb1 Raf8 33. h3 Qxa4 34. Rxb7 Qc6 35. Rbb1 a4 36. Ng4 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 h5 {½-½ Hakobyan,A (2598)-Gabuzyan,H (2590) Jermuk Avagyan Memorial 2021 (7)}) 9... a6 (9... Nxe4 {works a bit different here.} 10. Nxe4 d5 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Nxf7 $18) 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Nxf7 $18 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O-O Kxf7 16. Rxd4 dxc4 17. Re1 Rhe8 18. Qxc4+ Kf8 19. Rxd7 $18 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qxg2 21. Qf4+ Kg8 22. a4 Qh3 23. Rxb7 $18) 10. Nxc6 {So Ed really beat it into my head after my loss in Berkeley to Mike Walder that I should have made this trade. I realized that I obstinately play ..Nbd7 in the Open Sicilian as black because it irritates me to allow white to make this trade. I also realized how irritating this knight is while working with a Bg7 in Dragon systems. Finally, although I have read Dragon authors who claim ..a6 is weak in the Dragon, but in my experience it has poison in my Nordic system because the Qe2 dreprives an escape square for my Nd4 and I have lost it. Therefore, it is a matter of trading my bad piece for black's good piece, like attempts to trade light squared bishops as black in a French - a no brainer?} Bxc6 {[#]} ({In the kibbitz room, Ed flicked in} 10... bxc6 11. Bxa6 ({I told Ed I would probably emulate awful 21st century fashion castling behind Yugoslav/English Attack type pawn structures (e4-f3-g4) or wait.. I haven't played g4 lol.. but if you castle kingside it seems far more logical to protect g4 with h2-h3 and play f2-f4 in one go.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxa6 {+= apparently still wins a6.}) 11... Qa5 12. Bd3 (12. Bc4 {+= is Droidfish}) 12... Nxe4 $2 {was Ed's hope chess. He would have surely thought 12 minutes to avoid this blunder had we went here.} ({Actually, in this position, Droidfish finds a slight advantage for black here with} 12... Qb4 {=+})) 11. O-O-O $146 ({Ed thought I should move the queen again with} 11. Qf2 {, and said he lost a game to a white player who played like this, but} b5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rfc8 18. Kb1 b4 19. Rd2 a5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 {=+}) ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxe5 17. Rab1 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bf4 19. Kh1 Rxe3 20. Qf2 Qe7 21. g3 Re2 22. Qf1 Re8 23. gxf4 Qh4 24. Qg1 Re1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kg2 h5 28. Rxd6 Qe2+ 29. Kg3 h4+ 30. Kxh4 Qe7+ {0-1 Yloenen,O (1591)-Lovakovic,F (2104) W-ch WS/O/326 email ICCF email 2009}) 11... Nd7 {a quick 'redevel' according to Ed's nomenclature, played with a loud thump.} 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 $16 {Ed and I differed over the utility of this trade, but Ed knows he can't castle kingside into an empty fianchetto. A more salient feature of this game is the furious pace toward ending it barrels.} Qa5 14. h4 {a normal plan that also prevents a queen check.} b5 ({Droidfish prefers the 'Soltis Ram.'} 14... h5) 15. Bb3 (15. Bd5 Bxd5 (15... b4 16. Bxc6 bxc3 17. Bxa8 $18) 16. exd5 (16. Nxd5 $2 Qxa2 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Nxa8 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh1 $19) 16... b4 17. Nb1 Qc5 (17... Qxa2 18. Rxb4 Qxd5 19. Rd1 {+=}) 18. Rc4 Qxd5 19. Rxb4 {+=}) 15... h5 16. Kb1 {I had a sense a waiting move was appropriate. I will hopefully trade my Bb3 and now my a2 pawn won't hang if that happens.} Qb6 17. Rd2 $6 ({Ed respected my second rank move, but} 17. Rhd1 {was necessary for white to retain advantage.}) 17... a5 $1 {My Bb3 is in deep, deep trouble. Arg! So many things to not forget about in chess!} 18. Bd5 (18. Nd1 a4 19. Bd5 a3 20. b3 O-O 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 $11) 18... b4 {The thinking time in this game is absurd. This move was by far the most thought about move, with 12 minutes. Meanwhile, I had seen it coming and formulated a flawed response that I quickly played.} 19. Nd1 $6 ({I had seen} 19. Na4 {, but Ed looked deeper. I had assumed black would not give up the Ra8 for the Na4 and my Na4 was going to just be stupid, or maybe I play b3 and lose that pawn after it becomes doubled on a4. A Na4, however, IS a very common occurrence in systems where white castles queenside with a Nc3 that gets hit by a b pawn. In fact, my bias stems from the fact that I have actually played games that featured these realities. Ed, however, envisioned a possibility that a Na4 could live after a b3 push and fianchetto itself on b2. He planned} Bxa4 (19... Qb7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. b3 {=+ is a concrete realization of Ed's potential Nb2 fianchetto arising from Droidfish choices. With the light squared bishops gone, there is no piece that can destroy white's a2-b3-c2 castle by force. I guess my bias also arises from the fact that I have historically been in the habit of avoiding most piece trades.} O-O 22. Rhd1 ({Droidfish evaluates} 22. Nb2 {as a -0.35 to -0.61 inferior retreat. Were black to maneuver his knight to make the structurally destructive trade, white could either trade the knights or make the retreat.}) 22... Ne5 {= / =+}) 20. Bxa8 Bb5 21. Qf2 $2 ({Droidfish gives} 21. Qd1 O-O 22. Bd5 a4 23. g4 hxg4 24. h5 g5 25. f4 Qe3 26. Qxg4 Qxf4 27. Rg2 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 $16) 21... Qb8 $2 (21... Qxf2 22. Rxf2 e6 23. b3 Ke7 24. a4 bxa3 25. c4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rxa8 27. Rc2 Nc5 28. Ka2 $11) 22. Bd5 e6 {is what Ed put on his iPad at Denny's, when} 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qg3 Ke7 $16 {gives white more than compensation.}) 19... Bb5 20. Qe3 $4 ({I give more question marks than warranted based on engine evaluation to myself for failing to think for the standard 3 minutes (I only used 1) and come up with} 20. Bc4 {trading the bishops. The thing is, my obstinate Nordic Dragon ignores the direct trade of the dark bishops with Qd2 in an effort to preserve the light squared bishop that the 20th century main lines trade for that awful Nc6. The thing about my light squared bishop is that it is vulnerable to a pawn storm smother that can only be alleviated by pawn moves that are prone to weakness creation. These facts were forgotten by me this game before I perceived it to be too late.}) 20... Qxe3 21. Nxe3 {Here, I was hoping to joyfully follow SM Ladia's lecture even though this is a completely different Sicilian variation and post a Nd5. Since e7-e6 can end the outpost, this is silly, not to mention that Ed is probably aware of this despite missing the lecture. Issues with losing the light squared bishop loom.} Rc8 {Oh, the horror. I have failed to imagine positions such as this a priori. How on earth am I going to make any of my fantasies become reality?} 22. b3 Nb6 $1 {Yikes! The c4 square! Arrrrggg!!!!} 23. e5 $4 ({My move was silly desperation in attempt to allow the Bd5 to escape to e4 etc. Ed at Denny's suggested} 23. Rd4 {when Droidfish gives} Rc3 {which entails white hemorrhaging another significant fraction of a pawn of engine evaluation. The Ne3 is hit and will probably be liquidated.} 24. Bc4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 $17) 23... dxe5 {Just take it. Duh. The doubled pawns are not even isolated. They are part of an armada. I quote the late IM Emory Andrew Tate Jr., who once uttered 'pawn armada' to describe a position in my presence.} 24. Re1 $4 {Silly doofus hope chess, x-ray attacking a pawn that can easily be defended.} ({Ed suggested} 24. g4 {. This lever is thematic versus the Soltis Ram. I had been considering it far earlier in the game.}) 24... e6 25. Be4 Ke7 26. Red1 ({I admit my mistake, but Droidfish worries for my knight.} 26. Nd1 {I guess I could have went for that fianchetto now.}) 26... Rhd8 $6 {Only somewhat dubious, according to engine evaluation, losing two pawns of positional engine eval. A rather human decision, following principle by trading pieces to win a won ending.} ({Instead,} 26... Rc3 {hits the Ne3 but} 27. Bd3 Rd8 28. Kc1 Bc6 29. Re1 (29. Nc4 $2 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 e4 32. fxe4 Rg3 $19) 29... f5 $19 {Arg.}) 27. Rxd8 ({Ed again suggested} 27. g4) 27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Bd3 {I had an idea without the rooks, and Ed respected it, as he mentioned at Denny's.} Bc6 ({My flawed idea led to a position rated by Droidfish as better for black by a piece plus a pawn. Ed's main line maintained only less than two pawns' advantage, still close to or actually winning.} 29... Bxd3 30. cxd3 Nd5 31. Nc4 (31. Nc2 $5 Nf4 32. Ne3 {is Droidfish.}) 31... Nf4 32. g3 Nxd3 ({I saw} 32... Ne2 33. Nxa5 {Ed saw} Nxg3 34. Nc6+ Ke8 35. Nxb4 ({I knee jerked} 35. Nxe5) 35... Nf5 36. Nc6 Nxh4 37. Nxe5 {and Ed played on for a while at Denny's, but his Harry passer is far more dangerous than my Albert passer.})) 30. Kb2 (30. a3 bxa3 31. Ka2 Ke7 32. Kxa3 Kd6 33. c3 e4 34. fxe4 Ke5 35. g3 Bxe4 36. Bb5 f5 37. Be8 f4 38. gxf4+ Kxf4 39. Nf1 $19) 30... Kc7 31. Nc4 $2 ({My move violates principle. I should trade pawns, not pieces, as pawns can become queens and I have less of them. Also, I can create a passed pawn with my queenside majority.} 31. a3 bxa3+ 32. Kxa3 Kd6 33. c3 e4 34. fxe4 Ke5 $19) 31... Nxc4+ 32. bxc4 {I create the doubled passed pawn, in hopes of liquidating the rest of the queenside pawns, when the double designation will disappear.} (32. Bxc4 e4 33. fxe4 Kd6 (33... Bxe4 34. g3 Kd6 (34... Kb6 35. c3 Bd5 36. Bd3 e5 37. c4 Bc6 38. Kc2 Kc5 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. Bf1 Bd7 41. Bg2 e4 42. Bf1 f6 $19))) 32... Kd6 33. c3 Kc5 34. cxb4+ axb4 35. Kb3 {I hope to pin Ed's king to his pawn, though he can increase the 'danger levels' (IM Levy - GothamChess) by attacking my bishop.} f5 {Instead, he waits, activating the armada.} 36. a4 {I have to get moving, to live before I die.} bxa3 37. Kxa3 Kd4 38. Bf1 Kc3 $1 {engine move, taking the opposition and shouldering my king..sort of like an American football 'stiff arm.'} 39. c5 $1 {Ed's opposition can't last, thanks to the activity of my Bf1 along the f1-a6 diagnol.} e4 $1 {Enough exclams already! lol} 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. g3 {My pawns belong on dark squares to be safe from Ed's bishop. Too bad they will not be safe from his king.} e3 42. Ba6 Kd2 {OK. Enough being silly. Ed can trade his Eddie pawn for my bishop, and I can trade my Charlie pawn for his, but then it is pretty clear he will be in better position for the resultant king and pawn ending.} 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Jian, Sheng"]
[Black "Kumar, Jay Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2050885565830647"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 ({Relevant:} 4... e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nd5 d6 8. Ne3 g5 9. c3 h5 10. Bc2 g4 11. Ne1 Bg7 12. f3 Nh6 13. fxg4 hxg4 14. Nxg4 Qh4 15. Nxh6 Qxh6 16. h3 Qh4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qh5 Rh8 20. Qg4 Rg8 21. Qh5 Rh8 22. Qg4 Rg8 {½-½ Shevchenko,K (2684)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2742) Warsaw Superbet Blitz 2023 (6)}) 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 Nf6 12. h3 O-O {[#]} 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf4 Qa5 14. Bc4 b5 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Rbe8 18. Nd3 e5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nc5 Ba8 21. f3 e4 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qf2 Kh8 25. Rad1 f5 26. Bd4 f4 27. Bc5 Rf5 28. Bb6 Qe7 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rfd1 f3 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qc5 Qe8 33. gxf3 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb2+ 40. Kg1 Qxc3 41. Qd6 Qxf3 42. Qd8+ Qf8 {0-1 Goh,W (2501)-Maghsoodloo,P (2676) Asia Nations online Cup Chess.com INT rapid 2020 (6.2)}) 13... e5 {[#]} 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Be3 f5 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. Nf3 h6 22. b4 Rfe8 23. Re1 Kh7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Bf4 Qc7 26. Bd2 {[#]} Bxf3 27. gxf3 e4 28. f4 Bf8 29. Rad1 Bd6 30. Qe3 Rd7 31. Bc1 Red8 32. Rd4 Bf8 33. Red1 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Bxb4 36. Qb3 Qxc1+ 37. Kg2 Bf8 38. Qf7+ Bg7 39. Kg3 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Lamstein, Joshua"]
[Black "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[GameId "2050885565834744"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 ({Relevant:} 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. c3 Bd6 14. Kc2 Nc6 15. a4 O-O-O 16. b4 Kb8 17. Kb3 Rc8 18. Be2 Rc7 19. f4 g6 20. g4 Rhc8 21. Rc1 Ne7 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. h4 Nc8 24. h5 Nb6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh7 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4+ 28. Kc2 a6 29. Rf1 b5 30. a5 Kb7 31. Be3 Kc6 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 e5 34. dxe5 Bxe5 35. Bb6 Rd3 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2745)-Ibarra Jerez,J (2563) Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd May Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (10)}) 6... c6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 O-O {[#]} 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 Nd5 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. c4 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Nf6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Qc7+ 17. g3 a5 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Nf8 20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. Qb3 Rad8 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 b6 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Rd3 g6 29. Rf3 Kg7 30. Bc4 f6 31. h4 Rd6 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Bb5 Re7 34. Rc3 Qd6 35. Rc6 Qd4 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. bxc3 Re6 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Bc4 Re8 40. f4 f5 {0-1 Turgut,A (2378)-Kepeshchuk,M (2269) Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July Chess.com INT blitz 2019 (8)}) 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. c3 Na5 16. b4 Nc4 {[#]} 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxe7 Qf6 19. Rd7 Qxf4 20. Rxd5 Rac8 21. Rd7 Qb8 22. Re1 Nb6 23. Rde7 Nd5 24. R7e5 Nxc3 25. Rh5 g6 26. Ree5 {[#]} Ne2+ 27. Qxe2 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 f6 29. Qg4 Qd6 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Walder, Michael"]
[Black "Peterson, Jared E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[Annotator "TA 4.6"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[GameId "2050885565838841"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Bf4 ({Relevant:} 11. g4 Nh4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Be2 O-O 16. Nc5 Rc7 17. f4 Na5 18. b3 b6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Qe2 h6 25. Kh1 Ba3 26. Rf1 Nc6 27. f5 Qh4 28. Qf3 exf5 29. Qxf5 Rf8 30. e6 Nd8 31. Bd3 g6 32. exf7+ Rxf7 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Bxh6+ Ke8 35. Bb5+ {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Antipov,M (2589) Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd Febr Chess.com INT blitz 2019 (7)}) 11... Be7 12. Rc1 {[%eval 0,38]} (12. g4 $14 {[%eval 49,31] should be considered.} Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Nc5) 12... h5 13. Nc5 {White has an edge.} g5 $1 14. Be3 (14. Nxb7 $2 Qb6 15. Bxg5 Qxb7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 $19 (16... Ncxe7 17. Qd2 $17)) 14... g4 $1 15. Ne1 (15. Nxb7 $2 {perishes.} Qb8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 gxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxb2 $19 (18... Qxd6 $2 19. Rc5 $19)) 15... Bxc5 {[%eval 96,32]} (15... Rc8 $1 $11 {[%eval 4,32] keeps the balance.}) 16. Rxc5 $16 Nxe3 {[%eval 153,34]} (16... O-O $142 {[%eval 87,34]}) 17. fxe3 Qg5 {[#]} 18. Rf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qb3 f5 19. exf6 b6 20. f7+ Kf8 21. Rc3 {1-0 Henris,L (2302)-Chu,J (2200) IECG CM.2003.0.00210 email IECG email}) 18... Ne7 19. Qb3 {[%eval 60,34]} ({White should play} 19. Bd3 $16 {[%eval 152,32]}) 19... Bc6 $1 $14 20. Bb5 {[%eval 0,52] White has more active pieces.} (20. Qa3 $16 {[%eval 74,32]}) 20... O-O $11 21. Bd3 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. g3 Raf8 {[%eval 54,31]} (23... Rxf4 $11 {[%eval 0,38]} 24. exf4 Qf6) 24. Qc3 {[%eval 13,40]} (24. Rc2 $14 {[%eval 54,31]}) 24... h4 25. Ng2 hxg3 26. hxg3 Ng6 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Qc2 Qxc2 {[%eval 173,35]} (28... Kg7 $16 {[%eval 75,34]}) 29. Rxc2 $18 Rxf4 30. Nxf4 $16 {[%eval 76,36] Endgame. KRB-KRN} (30. exf4 $142 {[%eval 157,32] Threatens to win with Ne3.} Rf7 31. Ne3) 30... Re8 $2 {[%eval 262,34] [#] Loses the game.} (30... Rf5 $16 {[%eval 76,36]}) 31. Nd3 $18 Bb5 {[%eval 371,33]} (31... Kg7 $142 {[%eval 246,35]} 32. Ne5 Rg8) 32. Ne5 Rf8 33. Rf2 Rc8 34. Kg2 ({Less strong is} 34. Nxg4 Bd3 35. Kg2 Be4+ 36. Kh3 Kg7 $16) 34... Rc1 35. Nxg4 Ra1 36. a3 Re1 37. Kf3 Ba4 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Ne5 Be8 40. g4 Bg6 {[%eval 563,28]} (40... Kf6 $142 {[%eval 381,33]} 41. Rh2 Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Kg7) 41. Nxg6 {White is clearly winning.} Kxg6 {KR-KR} 42. Rc2 Rb1 43. Ke5 Re1 44. Rc3 Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. Kxe6 Rxe3+ 47. Kxd5 Rb3 48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Rg2 Rb5+ 50. Ke4 {Hoping for g5.} Kf6 {[%eval 844,25] [#]} (50... Rg5 $142 {[%eval 483,36]} 51. Kf3 Rd5) 51. g5+ $1 Kg6 52. d5 Ra5 53. Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.32.} 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Gray, William"]
[Black "Krayushkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[GameId "2050885565847034"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. b4 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 7. c3 c5 8. O-O b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 e6 13. a4 a6 14. a5 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bb4 e5 22. b3 d4 23. exd4 exd4 24. cxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Bc3 {1-0 Gordievsky,D (2559)-Nguyen,N (2641) Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Febr Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (8)}) 7... Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Re8 8. c4 c6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Rc1 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nd6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 e6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rc5 h6 19. g4 Rad8 20. a4 a6 21. Rdc1 Rd7 22. b5 cxb5 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. axb5 Rf8 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Ra1 Ra7 27. Bc4 Qxc5 28. dxc5 Bxa1 29. Qc6 a5 30. Qb6 Raa8 31. c6 a4 32. c7 a3 33. Qc6 Be5 34. f4 Bxc7 35. Qxc7 Rac8 36. Qe7 Rxc4 37. Qxa3 {0-1 Voskanyan,V (2235)-Masse,H (2278) Quebec-ch Montreal 2008 (2)}) 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Bh4 Qxe3+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nb6 15. a4 Bd7 16. b5 Rae8+ 17. Kf3 Nc8 18. Bf2 f5 19. Ra3 Rf6 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nd6 23. Bd4 Rfe6 24. Rha1 b6 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Be5 Ne8 27. a5 c5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra7 Rd8 30. Bf1 Nd6 31. Rca3 Bxb5 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Raa7 Bc6 34. Rxh7 Bb7 35. Bxd6+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Fernandes, Joshua"]
[Black "Admassu, Yonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[GameId "2050885565851131"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qf3 Ng6 8. Ne2 d6 9. Ng3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. f3 Nf4 13. Kf2 Rg8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bb3 c6 16. Rhg1 Ke7 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Rg5 19. g3 Rag8 20. Rab1 b6 21. Ke3 f5 22. Rgf1 Bxb3 23. cxb3 f4+ 24. gxf4 exf4+ 25. Kxf4 Rg2 26. h4 Rxa2 27. Ra1 Rgg2 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Rfb1 Rad2 31. Rxa5 Rd3 32. Re1 Rxc3 33. Re3 Rxe3 34. Kxe3 Kf8 35. Rf5 Kg7 36. e5 d5 37. Rf4 Rc2 38. Kd3 Rc4 39. Rg4+ Kf8 40. Rf4 c5 41. h5 Ke7 42. Rf6 Rxd4+ 43. Ke3 Rh4 44. Rxh6 Kf8 45. Rc6 c4 {(...)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Wong, Wilson"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Wong,Wilson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[GameId "2050885565855228"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 {White has many ways to approach the hyper-accelerated.} 3. d4 {The most popular move. White can develop quickly if necessary.} (3. c3 {A very strong alternative. White blunts the a1-h8 diagonal, limiting the effectiveness of a g7-bishop. I imagine games will resemble an Alapin but Black went 2...g6. This scores really well in practice.}) (3. c4 {A way to get into the Maroczy Bind.}) 3... Bg7 4. dxc5 {The principled move. Black will get the pawn back with 4...Qa5+ but I'll be able to gain tempo on Black's queen.} Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 {White wants to exploit Black's queen positioning.} Nf6 7. Nb5 {Sacrificing a pawn. I need to learn how to play with the initiative so here we are.} O-O {Black doesn't bite. Black has good development but I can catch up a little by targeting Black's queen.} 8. Be3 Qc6 9. Nfd4 Qxe4 10. Nc7 {I'm not sure what the evaluation of this position was. I wasn't sure whether it would be possible for me to grab the a8-rook and make an escape with the knight.} Nd5 {Black will have at least two pawns, and if Black can trap my a8-knight, Black will be doing amazing.} 11. Nxa8 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qxe3+ 13. Qe2 {I can't waste any time if I want any hope of escaping with my c8-knight.} Qf4 {Black makes sure my a8-knight doesn't get out.} 14. g3 Qd6 15. O-O-O Qd5 16. Bg2 Qxa2 {It was very difficult for me to figure out how to progress. Black has ...Bh6+, can move d7-pawn then play ...Bf5 to cut across my king's shelter, and ...Qa1+ to ...Qa4+. Black also has ...Na6 to stop my a8-knight from escaping.} 17. Nc7 (17. Qb5 $1 {I didn't consider this idea get queens off the board. The thing with this move is it also allows Bxb7.} Nc6 18. Bd5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 {I believe White will then succeed in saving a8-knight, which should be winning.}) 17... e5 18. Nc2 (18. Bd5 Qa5 19. Ndb5 a6 {I had no answer to saving my c7-knight.} 20. Nd6 Qxc7 21. Rhf1 {I did go down material, but this position would've been easily justified compensation, with me immediately being able to win one pawn back, but having better development and a kingside attack. Black's b8-knight and c8-bishop are looking goofy, especially c8-bishop which needs time to open diagonals to develop onto.}) 18... Nc6 19. Bd5 (19. Na3 {I totally missed this candidate move with my knight. I needed to free c2-square for my king, but also be able to block checks such as ...Bf5+ or ...Qa4, and this does a good job of securing my king, but also cutting off the a-file for Black's queen to attack my c7-knight.}) 19... Bh6+ 20. Ne3 Qa5 {I missed my e2-queen would be overloaded and not able to support c7-knight from retreating Nb5.} 21. h4 {I didn't consider my other resources and realized my knight couldn't be saved, so I'll have an exposed king and be down material, forcing me to find counterplay as soon as possible.} (21. Nb5 {An idea I didn't consider was to just retreat the knight anyway, when 21...Bxe3+ would require e3-bishop to probably move again, and my pieces make it difficult for c8-bishop to get into the game. Nd6 would be a nice square, restricting c8-bishop, piling on f7-square, and covering f5-square against a bishop check.}) 21... Qxc7 {I didn't think much ...Nd4, not realizing just how pinned my position is, and the threats my opponent had in a short sequence.} 22. h5 (22. Kb1 {The simplest move, getting out of two pins.}) 22... Nd4 {I missed many things this game but was lucky things just come together well enough for me to survive.} 23. Qd3 {Getting out of pin and eyeing g6-square.} Nf5 {I thought my position was very close to losing, if not already losing. I was going to try my best to get aggressive, but wasn't sure if I would be fast enough.} 24. hxg6 Bxe3+ 25. Kb1 hxg6 26. g4 {I'm just in time and have just the right resources to hold the game together.} e4 {A very cheeky tactic.} 27. Qe2 {Apparently several moves equalize, but I didn't want to play a piece down, and the tactics here allows me to at least catch up in piece count, even though I'm down many pawns. At least if we're even on pieces, I have some play in the position.} (27. Qxe4 $2 d6 28. gxf5 Bxf5 {The benefit of 26...e4 displacing my queen and taking away the option of Be4.}) 27... Ne7 {This is really bad news for Black because threats against Black's king will force Black's c7-queen to defend and end up on a passive square.} (27... Ng3 28. Qxe3 Nxh1 29. Rxh1 {Due to the weakness of Black's king, I'm able to miraculously hold.}) 28. Qxe3 Qe5 29. Qh3 Qg7 {I'm still down material, but its night the day the difference between my pieces and my opponents. I believe my much superior activity is enough to give me a draw, but I will be the one who can play for more.} 30. Bxb7 {A nice tactic to win two pawns while maintaining my piece activity.} Bxb7 31. Rxd7 Ba6 32. Rxe7 Bd3+ 33. Ka1 {I'm happy I've been able to buckle down this and last OTB game when worse to find good moves to turn the games around. I went with this king move because my king is much safer, avoiding ...Rc8, ...Rxc3+ threats. Black won't be able to leave with g7-queen because of Qh7# threat and f8-rook is tied to 8th-rank since my rook would otherwise give a devastating check.} a6 34. g5 {Taking f6-square from g7-queen as well as opening h3-c8 diagonal. I want to double on 7th-rank with Qd7, play Re8, Qe7, with Rh8+ thrown in there to win Black's queen.} Ra8 35. Qd7 Bb5 36. Qd5 Rc8 37. Rxf7 {Now only White can play for a win. I'll trade both my rooks for Black's queen and a pawn, try to win g6-pawn or target Black's other pawns. Black's king is too exposed so it'll be impossible for Black to play with their rook and bishop while also avoiding forks by my queen.} Qxf7 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39. Qxf7 {Black's position is hopeless. There is no way for Black to make progress while keeping everything together. Meanwhile, I can also bring my king into the game, while Black's king is trapped.} Rc6 40. b3 {Threatening c4.} Bd3 41. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Maheshwari, Anubhav"]
[Black "Dancig Perlman, Yali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[GameId "2050885565867517"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Qc7 11. Re1 g5 {[#]} 12. h3 h5 13. Nb3 ({Relevant:} 13. Nf1 g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. N3h2 Ndxe5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxg4 O-O-O 20. a4 Rdg8 21. Qe2 Rg5 22. a5 Nxa5 23. b4 cxb4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. Reb1 Qd6 26. Rxa5 Kb8 27. Raa1 Rc8 28. Qa2 a6 29. Nd2 Ka7 30. Nf3 Rg4 31. Qb2 Rgg8 32. Nd4 Kb8 33. Qxb6 Qxb6 34. Rxb6 Ka7 35. Rb3 Rc5 36. Nb5+ Ka8 37. Nd6 Rb8 38. Nxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxa6+ Kb8 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7 41. Ra1 Rc3 42. Bf1 Kb6 {1-0 Murzin,V (2442)-Kezin,R (2470) Wch Blitz Moscow 2019 (10)}) 13... g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Nh2 {[#]} Ncxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Ncxe5 17. Rd1 {½-½ Schmalz,D (1923)-Brockmann,M (1729) Hannover Bezirks op 2017 (3.5)}) 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxg4 O-O-O 20. a4 Rdg8 21. Qf3 f5 22. a5 f4 23. axb6 fxg3 24. fxg3 Qxb6 25. Na5 Ba8 {[#]} 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. Rxe6 Rf8 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Qd1 Qb6 30. d4 Rf6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qa4 Bc6 33. Qa5 cxd4 34. Qxb6+ axb6 35. cxd4 Rd8 36. Nf7 Rg8 37. Ne5 Bb7 38. Kf2 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. g4 Kc7 41. Rc1+ Kd6 42. Ke3 Bc8 43. Kxe4 Bxg4 44. Rc6+ Ke7 45. Rxb6 Bh3 46. Ng6+ Kf7 47. Nf4 Re8+ {[#] Here the one scoresheet ends, so we don't know what happened, loss on time, immediate resignation, further moves.} (47... Re8+ 48. Kd5 $1 {Best by far is to bring in the king to support the pawns.There are many attempts to defend, but nothing works. One try:} Bg4 49. Kc5 Bf3 50. b4 Rc8+ 51. Kd6 Rd8+ 52. Ke5 {The bishop can only give itself up for one of the pawns -- the other secures the win. (Note that R+N v R is just a draw.)}) 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Fan, Jimmy Qinmo"]
[Black "Penagalapati, Anvitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[GameId "2050885565871614"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{No scoresheets!}  1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Ni, April"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[GameId "2050885565871615"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne2 h6 13. c3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Nh5 Bg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Ng3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 a6 21. Qe3 Qd8 22. b4 b5 23. Re2 Kf8 24. Kg2 Qe7 25. Qd3 Qd6 26. Qh7 Qh6 27. Qf5 Rd8 28. Nf1 Ne7 29. Qd3 Ng6 30. Qe3 Nf4+ 31. Kh2 Nxe2 32. Qxe2 Re8 {[#]} 33. Ne3 Qd6+ 34. Kg2 g6 35. Qf3 c6 36. Qd1 Re6 37. a4 Rf6 38. axb5 axb5 39. f3 Re6 40. Nf1 Qe7 41. Kf2 f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Qd3 Rf6 44. Ne3 Qd7 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Kf2 Kh6 47. Kg2 Kh5 48. Qe2 f4 49. Ng4 Re6 50. Ne5 Re8 51. Qd3 {[#]} Qe6 $4 52. Qh7+ Qh6 53. Qf7+ Kh4 54. Qxe8 (54. Qf5 $1 Qh5 55. Ng6+ Qxg6 56. Qg4#) 54... c5 55. bxc5 Qh7 56. Qg6 Qxg6 57. Nxg6+ Kh5 58. Ne7 Kh6 59. c6 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Casares, Nick"]
[Black "Mercado, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[GameId "2050885565871616"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. c4 Ne7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Ng6 8. Nc3 c5 9. Qd3 Be7 10. e5 Bb7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Bf4 $4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Cooper, Lee"]
[Black "Crompton, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[GameId "2050885565871617"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. e4 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Qd6 Na6 16. Be4 Nf6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qe6 Kg6 {[#]} 19. g4 $5 $14 (19. h4 $1 $18 Qc8 20. Qxe5) 19... f4 $8 20. Qf5+ Kf7 21. Bd2 $11 (21. Ne4 $5 Kg8 $8 (21... fxe3 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd7+) 22. Bc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Qe7 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Nxg7 Rxg7 26. f3 $11 {/}) 21... Kg8 $1 22. g5 Nh7 $6 (22... hxg5 23. Qxg5 Nc5 24. Nxf4 Nh7 25. Qh5 Nf6 $11) 23. Qe6+ Qf7 $8 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $8 {[#]} 25. gxh6 (25. g6+ $1 Kxg6 26. Rhg1+ Kf7 27. Bxf4 $16) 25... Bxh6 26. Ne4 Ke6 $6 (26... Rad8 27. h4 Nf6 28. N2c3 Rg8 $11) 27. a3 $6 (27. h4 $14) 27... Nf6 (27... Ng5 $1) 28. N2c3 b6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. b4 (30. Ne4 $1 Rg6 (30... Nc5 $2 31. Nxf6 Nd3+ 32. Kc2 Nxf2 33. Rde1 $18) 31. Bc3 Nc5 $14) 30... Rg8 $6 (30... Rd8) (30... Rg6) 31. Ne4 Rfg6 $6 32. f3 $6 (32. h4 $1) 32... Bf8 33. Bc3 (33. Rhe1 $1) 33... Nc7 $2 (33... Nb8 $1 $11) 34. h4 $16 Be7 35. Rde1 Rh6 36. Nf2 Rh5 $2 (36... Bf6 37. Ng4 Rxh4 38. Rxh4 Bxh4 39. Rxe5+) 37. Ng4 $2 (37. Nd3 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rf4]}) 37... Bf6 $2 (37... Bd6 $1 $14) 38. Re2 $1 $18 Rxh4 39. Rxh4 Bxh4 40. Bxe5 $6 (40. Nxe5 $18) 40... Kd7 $16 41. Rh2 Be7 (41... Bd8 $1 42. Kc2 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Bxf4 Ne6 $16) 42. Rh7 Re8 $2 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Nxe8 Nxe8 45. Bxf4 Nf6 46. Rh1 Kf5 47. Be3 a5 48. c5 axb4 49. axb4 (49. cxb6) 49... b5 50. Bd2 Nd5 51. Rh5+ Ke6 52. Rh6+ Kd7 53. Rh7 Ke6 54. Kc2 Bf6 55. Rh6 Ke7 56. f4 Ke6 {(...)} 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Moisselin, Simon"]
[Black "Prasad, Thejas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[GameId "2050885565875714"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qf3 Bg4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Kd2 Rg8 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bb6 15. f4 O-O-O 16. h3 Bd7 17. g4 d5 18. Ba6+ Kb8 19. Ke2 Bd4 20. Kd3 Bxc3 21. Kxc3 dxe4 22. f5 Bc8 23. Bc4 {[#]} Rge8 24. Bxf7 Re5 25. Rad1 Rd6 26. Bc4 Bb7 27. Rhe1 c5 28. b5 e3 29. Rd3 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Bg2 31. h4 Bh3 32. Rg1 e2 33. Kd2 Bxg4 34. Re1 Rxf5 35. Bxe2 Rd5+ 36. Kc3 Re5 37. Kd2 f5 38. Bxg4 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 fxg4 40. h5 Kc8 41. Kf2 Kd7 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Kxg4 Ke5 44. c4 Ke4 45. a4 Ke5 46. a5 Ke4 47. a6 Ke5 {(Last move on one scoresheet)} 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Kd3 Kf5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kd3 Kf4 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Kc3 Ke3 55. Kb2 Kd2 56. Kb3 Kd3 57. Ka4 Kxc4 58. Ka5 {[#]} Kd5 {Scoresheet gives as the move "58...Ke5"} (58... Kd4 $1 {is the fastest to mate (14 more moves):} 59. b6 cxb6+ 60. Kb5 Kd5 61. Ka4 c4) 59. b6 cxb6+ 60. Kb5 c4 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Vandenhoven, Clarke Raymond"]
[Black "Ni, Tao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1450"]
[Annotator "Vandenhoven,Clarke"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[GameId "2050885565875715"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Re1 dxc3 10. bxc3 Ng6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. g3 (12. Nbd4 O-O 13. h4 Rfc8 (13... Nxh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Qh5 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 g6 $13) 14. h5 Nf8 $10) 12... Na5 13. Nbd4 {[%cal Gd4b5]} Qc7 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. h4 $2 a6 $2 16. Qe2 h5 $2 17. Bxg6 Nxd2 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qxd2 g6 20. Ng5+ Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qd8 22. Qf4+ Kg7 23. Rab1 Rf8 $4 24. Rxb7 $1 Qe7 25. Qg5 Qxg5 $2 26. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Clark, Drew H"]
[Black "Boyer, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1316"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[GameId "2050885565879812"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Qc2 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O-O 11. b4 Qc7 12. f4 Ne7 13. Qb2 {[#]} g5 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. a4 Qe3+ 19. Be2 Bd3 20. Rh2 gxf4 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. exd6 Nc6 23. Nf1 Qe5 {[#]} 24. d7+ Kxd7 25. Qxb7+ Kd6 26. Kd2 Bh6 27. Bxd3 Rb8 28. Qxf7 Rb2+ 29. Kd1 Rxh2 {[#]} 30. Nxh2 Qxc3 31. Ra2 Qxd3+ 32. Rd2 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Qe4+ 34. Kd1 Nd4 35. Kc1 Qe1+ 36. Rd1 Qc3+ 37. Kb1 Qb3+ 38. Ka1 Nc2# 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Horowitz, Phineas F"]
[Black "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2050885565879813"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O {[#]} 8. b3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. c4 h6 13. a4 Nh7 14. a5 bxa5 15. Ne5 c5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qg4 Bd6 19. dxc5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 f5 21. Qe2 f4 22. f3 Rf5 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. Rd6 Raf8 25. c6 Bc8 26. Rad1 R8f7 27. Rd8 g5 28. Rxc8 g4 {[#]} 29. Rd7 gxf3 30. Rxe7 fxe2 31. Rxf7+ Kg6 32. Rg7+ Kh5 33. Bc3 f3 34. Kf2 fxg2+ 35. Kxe2 Rg5 36. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Nguyen, Binh Khac"]
[Black "Fisher, Brett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1190"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[GameId "2050885565883910"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4 6. Ke1 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e5 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. a4 Ngf6 10. Nc4 h6 11. Bh3 Bc5 12. Rg1 Rg8 {[#]} 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxh6 O-O-O 15. Rxg7 Rxg7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Nxe5 Rxg7 18. Ng4 Ne5 19. Ke2 Nxg4 20. fxg4 Rxg4 21. Kf3 Rg6 22. Rf1 Rh6 23. Kg3 Bd6+ 24. f4 Kd7 25. h4 Ke6 26. Kg4 Rg6+ 27. Kh3 f5 28. e5 Be7 29. Rh1 Bxh4 {[#]} 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Rd3 Rg4 32. Rf3 c5 33. a5 Bf8 34. Rb3 Rxf4 35. Rxb7 Kxe5 36. Kg3 Ra4 37. Rxa7 Ke4 38. Ra8 Bd6+ 39. Kf2 c4 40. Re8+ Be5 41. Rc8 Bxb2 42. a6 Bd4+ 43. Ke2 c3 44. Re8+ Be5 45. Ra8 f4 46. Kf2 Ra2 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Stults, Sawyer"]
[Black "Little, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1112"]
[BlackElo "1282"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[GameId "2050885565883911"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. Ne3 Nxe4 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Bd2 d5 15. c3 Ba6 16. Qe1 Rc8 17. a3 bxa3 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. Ba4 axb2 20. Rb1 Ba3 21. Bd2 Bd3 {[#]} 22. Bc2 Bxc2 23. Nxc2 Bc5 24. Ne3 a4 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Ba5 Qa7 28. Bd2 Rc2 29. Bb4 Rfc8 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Ahrens, Richard William"]
[Black "Fan, Shanhuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1094"]
[BlackElo "1211"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[GameId "2050885565883912"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rb1 c5 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Nxc5 Qxa2 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qa5 18. c3 Qd8 19. Rh5 Qf6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Kh7 22. Re5 Re8 23. h4 Re7 24. Rbe1 a5 25. f4 Rb8 26. R1e2 Rb6 27. f5 Ba6 28. Nxa6 Rxa6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. f4 g6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kf3 Rb6 35. Rg2 a4 36. Reg5 Rg7 37. Ke3 Rb3 38. Kd3 a3 39. bxa3 Rxa3 40. Rb2 Rc7 41. Rc2 Ra1 42. Rcg2 Rg7 43. Rh2 Re1 44. Rg3 Rf1 45. Ke3 Rc7 46. Ke2 Rxf4 47. Rf2 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Rb7 49. Rf3+ Kg7 50. Kg3 Rf7 51. Rf4 Rxf4 52. Kxf4 Kf6 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kg3 Ke4 55. Kf2 Kd3 56. Kf3 Kxc3 57. Kf4 Kxd4 58. Kg5 e5 59. Kxg6 e4 60. Kxh5 e3 61. Kg6 e2 62. h5 e1=Q 63. h6 Qe8+ 64. Kg7 Qe5+ 65. Kg8 Qg3+ 66. Kh7 Kc4 67. Kh8 Qe5+ 68. Kg8 d4 69. h7 d3 70. h8=Q Qxh8+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Le, Thu Anh"]
[Black "Vazquez, Dominic A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "1280"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[Annotator "Le,Thu Anh"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[GameId "2050885565888009"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 ({Relevant:} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Qb3 e6 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. Qb4 Be8 18. h4 f6 19. Nd3 Bf7 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. a4 Rab8 22. a5 Nd7 23. Na6 Qxb4 24. Nxb4 Rfc8 25. f4 Bf8 26. Bd2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 28. a6 bxa6 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Ba5 e5 31. Bh3 Nb8 32. fxe5 Nxc6 33. Rxc6 fxe5 34. d5 Rb8 35. d6 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Ke1 Rb3 {1-0 Tahbaz,A (2425)-Jaiveer,M (2294) Bangalore op 1st 2024 (7)}) 8... Qc7 {Now Black is one development tempo behind.} 9. Bf4 Qd8 {[#]} 10. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rfd1 dxc4 11. e4 Nb6 12. a4 a5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Nxe4 15. Bc7 Qd7 16. Bxb6 Qc6 17. Bd4 f6 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Qc8 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxc4+ Kf8 25. Rc1 b6 26. Qd4 Qb8 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Bxb6 Rb8 29. Bxa5 Rxb2 30. Bc3 Rb3 31. Bf1 Bh6 32. Rc2 e3 33. a5 exf2+ 34. Kxf2 Ra3 35. a6 Bg5 36. Bd4 f4 37. a7 {1-0 De Armentia Roldan,B (1867)-Cortijo Manso,L (1696) Madrid Villaverde op 11th 2009 (5)}) 10... Nxe5 {It might not have been necessary for Black to trade knights here, which gives White Be5.} (10... Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 {Maneuver-ish, but the position is closed. White's c5 pawn could become a potential target with b6.}) (10... e6) 11. Bxe5 Bf5 $6 12. Qb3 (12. e4 $2 {I considered this move but didn't want to trade into an endgame where White is left with a worse pawn structure. Though it's probably still equal as the pawns could be connected with f4 b3.} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4) 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 $6 {I missed that Black doesn't have Rb8 because White's DSB is on the diagonal.} (13. Qxb7 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qxc6 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qe5 17. Qxc4 {White's up a pawn.}) 13... Qd7 14. Rad1 Qe6 (14... Bh3 15. e4) 15. Qxe6 {I originally wanted to avoid the queen trade due to 1) the isolated d4 pawn 2) White has good Q-side activity, but thought that White would lose a tempo. In retrospect, the alternative would probably still be an even game.} (15. Qa4 Bh3 16. e4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b5 18. Qc2) 15... Bxe6 16. d5 {White's plan is to trade off the isolated pawn. This move forces a mass simplification. There are at least 5 different ways to trade. Black gets to pick the flavor.} (16. e4 Rfd8 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bf5) 16... Nxd5 (16... cxd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rfd1 {Opposite-colored bishops.}) 17... Nxd5 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxd5 {Symmetrical rook endgame.}) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 {White gets the active rook.} Rad8 21. Rfd1) (16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Rfd8 20. Bh6 {Looks interesting.}) 17. Bxg7 Nxc3 $2 (17... Kxg7 18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Rad8 {Black is slightly better due to a knight vs. bishop endgame $2}) 18... cxd5 (18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5) 19. Bxd5 Kf6 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 {Still even, but Black king gets active.}) 18. Bxc3 {The bishop...moves backwards.} Bxa2 19. Rd7 Bc4 20. Rxb7 Bxe2 21. Re1 Bb5 22. Rbxe7 a5 23. Bf1 a4 24. Bxb5 cxb5 25. Bb4 Rfc8 26. Rb7 Rc2 27. Ba3 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Black "Fitzgerald, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1255"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[GameId "2050885565892106"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Be6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. c4 c6 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Qc7 12. a6 {[#]} bxa6 13. Rxa6 Rfb8 14. Bc3 Ne8 15. e4 Rb6 16. Qa1 c5 17. b5 Nb8 18. Rxb6 Qxb6 19. Ba5 Qb7 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Bd1 Nb6 22. Nb3 Nc7 23. Bc3 Bd7 24. Rb2 {[#]} a6 25. bxa6 Nxa6 26. Ra2 Nb4 27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. Ne1 Qxa1 29. Bxa1 f5 30. Na5 fxe4 31. dxe4 Be6 32. Bb3 Kf7 33. f3 g5 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 {[#]} 36. Nd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 Kc7 38. g3 g4 39. f4 h5 40. f5 {[#]} Bf7 (40... Bxf5 $5 41. exf5 e4+ 42. Kxe4 Bxa1 {Black's plus is insignificant.}) 41. Bc3 Bh6 42. Be1 Bc1 43. Bd1 Bh6 44. Be2 Bg5 45. Bf1 Bh6 46. h3 gxh3 47. Bxh3 Bg5 48. Bf1 Nd7 49. Nb3 Nf6 50. Nd2 {[#]} Bxd2 51. Bxd2 Kb6 52. Be2 Ng4 53. Kc3 Nf2 54. Bf3 Ka5 55. Be3 Ng4 56. Bg5 Kb6 57. Kb3 Kc6 58. Bd2 Kb6 59. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael R"]
[Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1302"]
[Annotator "Cao,Danny Du Uy"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[GameId "2050885565896203"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Ne5 Be7 (8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 (9... Ne4)) 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Rc8 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Ndc5 14. Nd2 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd6 18. b4 Rc8 (18... f6) 19. f4 f6 20. Nf3 Qc6 21. Bb2 Qc2 {white 1 hour 36 min... black 1 hour 30 min} 22. Rd1 Qxd2 (22... Ba6) (22... a5 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. bxa5 bxa5) 23. Rxd2 Bd6 (23... Ba6) 24. Nd4 Kf7 25. Nb5 Bb8 26. g4 a6 27. Nd4 e5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 (28... fxe5 29. Rf2+ (29. Nf3) (29. Nf5)) 29. Rf2 g6 30. a4 Ke7 {white 1 hour 18 min... black 54 min} 31. Rf1 a5 (31... b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nxb5 Ba6) 32. b5 Bxd4 {white 1 hour 13 min ... black 38 min} (32... Rc7 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Bc8 35. Nc6+ Kd6) 33. Bxd4 Rc2 34. Rxf6 (34. Bxf6+) 34... Ra2 35. Rxb6 Bc8 36. Bc5+ Kf7 {white 1 hour 7 min... black 26 min} 37. Rc6 Bxg4 38. b6 Rb2 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. b7 d4 41. exd4 (41. e4) 41... Bf3 {white 1 hour 4 min ... black 19 min} 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Rf7+ Kg4 {white 59 min... black 14 min} 44. Rf6 (44. h3+ Kg3 45. Kf1 Rb1#) 44... Rxb7 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Rxh2 (46... Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Rd1+ 48. Ke3 Re1+) (46... Ra2) 47. Ra6 Ra2 (47... Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rd1+) (47... Rh5 48. Rxa5 Rd5) 48. Rxa5 Be2 49. d5 Bf3 {56 min vs. <5 min} (49... Bxd3 50. d6 Bf5 51. Ra6 (51. Ra7)) 50. d6 Bc6 (50... Ra1+ 51. Kd2 Rd1+ 52. Kc3 Rc1+ 53. Kd4) 51. Ra6 Bd7 (51... Rc2 52. Rxc6) (51... Ra1+) 52. Ra7 Rc2 (52... Ra1+) 53. d4 Rc1+ 54. Kd2 Bf5 55. d7 Bxd7 (55... Rc2+ 56. Ke3 (56. Kd1)) 56. Rxd7 h5 {A blunder with 3 seconds left} (56... Ra1 57. Ra7) 57. Kxc1 h4 58. Rg7 g5 59. Bd6 h3 60. a5 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Fan, Timmy Qinnuo"]
[Black "Schaezlein, Charlie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "1184"]
[BlackElo "1305"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[GameId "2050885565896204"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. Rb1 Ng4 11. h3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Nd5 Qb7 16. Kxf1 O-O 17. Qxc6 Rab8 18. Qc4 e6 19. Nc7 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Rxc7 21. Qxd6 Rd7 22. Qg3 Qb5+ 23. Kg1 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Be5 25. f4 Qf1 26. Qf3 Qh1+ 27. Kg3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1 29. fxe5 Qg5+ 30. Qg4 Qxe5+ 31. Qf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rxb2 33. c4 Rc2 34. a4 Rxc4 35. g4 Rxa4 36. h4 Rb4 37. g5 a5 38. Ke5 a4 39. Kf6 a3 40. Ke7 a2 41. Kf6 a1=Q+ 42. e5 Qa7 43. h5 Rf4# 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Bala, Ahir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1312"]
[Annotator "James,Charles"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[GameId "2050885565900301"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Re8 12. e4 Nf8 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. h3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 gxf4 16. O-O-O c5 17. d5 Qa5 18. Kd2 Bd7 19. Qa2 a6 20. Nh4 b5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 b4 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Qb3 bxa3+ 25. Qc3 Qxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Reb8 27. Rd2 Nd7 28. f3 Kg7 29. Ra1 Nb6 30. Rxa3 Nc8 31. Rda2 Rb6 32. Ra5 Ne7 33. Be4 Kf6 34. c5 $16 dxc5 35. Rxc5 $6 $11 (35. d6) 35... Nxf5 36. Bxf5 (36. Rc6+) 36... Kxf5 37. Rc6 Rxc6+ 38. dxc6 Ke6 39. Ra5 f6 (39... Kd6 40. Kc4) 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Rc5 Rc8 42. Kb4 Rxc6 43. Rxc6+ Kxc6 44. Ka5 f5 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Halle, Zachary"]
[Black "Dilworth, Lacey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "751"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[GameId "2050885565904398"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. b4 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Nxc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nf3 Na5 11. b4 Nc4 12. Bd4 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. O-O Be7 15. Nfd2 O-O 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Qe2 b5 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Rxd4 22. cxd4 Qd7 23. Rff1 Qxd4+ 24. Nf2 Qd5 25. Nh3 Bxb4 26. Ng5 Qd2 27. Qg4 h5 28. Qg3 h4 29. Qg4 Be7 30. Nf3 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. Rfd1 Bf5 33. Nd4 Bg4 34. Nxb5 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxa2 36. Kf1 Bc5 {½-½ Jakovenko,D (2752)-Granda Zuniga,J (2641) EU-Cup 34th Porto Carras 2018 (5.4)}) 7... Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bd7 8. c3 Nxe5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nf3 Nc4 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nbd2 b5 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Nd7+ Kg8 18. Rfe1 h5 19. Re5 Bd8 20. Rae1 Bc7 21. Rxe6 Kh7 22. Bxc7 fxe6 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. Ne5 Ne7 25. Qxa8 Qxa8 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Nf7 Qe8 28. Ng5+ Kh6 29. h4 Qf8 30. Rxe6+ Ng6 31. c6 Qf4 32. g3 Qc7 33. f4 Qc8 34. f5 Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Ne7 36. c7 Kh7 37. Nf4 {1-0 Allahverdiyeva,A (1780)-Zairbek Kyzy,B (1836) Olympiad Women-42 Baku 2016 (3.23)}) 8. Bf4 Bd7 9. c3 a5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Nbd2 bxc5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Ba4 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 Rc7 21. Qd2 Bf8 22. Kh1 g5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Bg7 25. g4 Nh6 26. Rg1 Rxc3 27. Rg3 Qd8 28. Qf4 Kf8 29. Ng5 Qc8 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Nxe6+ Kg8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. g5 Rg8 35. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Singer, Andrew"]
[Black "Dolan, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "976"]
[BlackElo "1084"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[GameId "2050885565904399"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Qb6 7. Nc3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d5 9. e5 Ba6 10. Re1 e6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd2 c4 13. Reb1 Ne7 14. Bh6 Nf5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. d4 Rfb8 17. Rb4 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Bf6 h6 21. Nd4 Kh7 22. g4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 c3 25. Qd6 Qa5 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27. Qxb8 Qb5 28. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"]
[Black "Blum, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "772"]
[BlackElo "1011"]
[Annotator "Booth,Kyle"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[GameId "2050885565908496"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d5 a6 8. Be2 Na7 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Na4 Ba5 12. a3 c6 13. b4 Bc7 14. Nc3 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5 16. Nh4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 {I played this because my opponent was playing very quickly and I thought there were probably fun tactics after black plays ...Nxh4. I wasn't expecting it to be a good move, just fun. Of course I missed Qxh4, so I'm happy he didn't play that.} Nxh4 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Bxh4 Rf4 {As expected.} 21. Qd3 {I thought for quite a while here and this was the best I could do (winning the rook). I really wanted ...Bh5 to work, but couldn't calculate it out.} Rxh4 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qg3+ Qg6 24. Qxh4 Bb6 25. Kh1 Bb7 26. Rad1 Nc8 27. Bg4 Ne7 28. Be6+ Kg7 29. Qh3 Bd4 30. Rd3 Kf8 31. Rg3 Qc2 32. Qh4 e4 33. Qxh7 f5 34. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Lau, Aiden"]
[Black "Wardle, Braxton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "677"]
[BlackElo "165"]
[Annotator "Wardle,Braxton"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2050885565916689"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 $2 4. Ne2 c5 5. d3 $2 Nc6 6. Bf4 ({Relevant:} 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O e6 9. Ne1 Nge7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. e5 Bb7 13. Ng5 Na5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. g4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. N2g3 Nd5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Rae1 Nd6 22. a3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Kh8 24. Ng5 e5 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bf6 27. Ne4 Rg8+ 28. Kh1 Qc6 29. Rg1 Bh4 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Nf6 33. Ng5 Qd5 34. Qxe5 Bxg5 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ Rasulov,V (2478)-Tsydypov,Z (2552) Titled Arena 2nd Jan Lichess.org INT blitz 2021}) 6... Bg4 $6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 $6 9. Bd2 Nf6 {[#]} 10. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng3 h5 11. Nf5 g6 12. Ne3 dxe3 {0-1 Papay,A (1011)-Demjan,D (1321) SVK-ch U12 Stara Lubovna 2021 (1)}) 10... Be7 11. Ng3 $6 O-O $6 12. Bg5 $2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nf5 Qa5+ $6 15. Ke2 (15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 {I was expecting this queen trade and then preventing White from castling, but white played Ke2 which accomplished the same thing with Qs still on the board}) 15... h5 $6 16. Nd6 $2 Be7 {I was ok with 17. Nxb7 as that results in ...Qd6 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 and I'm up in the exchange} 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. c3 $2 f5 (18... b5 {SF really wants b5 here but I didn't see how it would convert faster than f5 and attacking the center}) 19. cxd4 $2 Nxd4+ 20. Kd2 $6 fxe4 21. dxe4 {Now I get to set up a massive discovery attack with my rook on White's K&Q} (21. fxe4 Rxf2+ 22. Kc1 Rxg2 {White didn't have many options here, taking with the f pawn results in Black up a full piece}) 21... Rad8 22. Ke1 b5 23. Ne3 Nxf3+ {I could have done this one move earlier, but was worried the white queen could just escape with Qxf3, forgetting that my rook guarded the square} 24. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bh4 26. Bb3+ c4 27. Ng2 $6 cxb3 $6 (27... Bxf2+ 28. Ke2 cxb3 {Could have saved my bishop at this point but didn't see it in the game and figured simplification was easier}) (27... Qa5+ 28. Kd1 Rxf2 29. Bxc4+ bxc4 {And...... cleaner mating attack that would have been better but didn't see at all}) 28. Nxh4 Qc2 29. axb3 $2 Rxf2 30. Rh2 Qe2# 0-1

