[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dasika, Archit"]
[Black "Winslow, Elliott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[GameId "2053239350597793"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{With Olivia Smith taking a half-point bye, putting her in clear first no matter what, Dasika and I both had to consider our tournament strategy. The difference is I'd already played (and lost) to her, while since his (Round 2) pairing with her was unplayed (he didn't show, for reasons unknown), that matchup could happen again.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 {The other thing, from my point of view, is that Archit is very solid as White! And I didn't expect him to play a London! So I was unprepared on move two.} e6 ({Or maybe he just expected} 2... g6 {when he could return to 3.c4 and the Classical Be2/Nf3 against the King's Indian, which he has played a few times.}) ({Carlsen played the double fianchetto in a classical game a couple months ago (and before):} 2... b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 Na6 $5 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Nd4 e5 10. Nb3 d6 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. a3 Nd7 13. e4 f5 {0-1 Fridman,D (2590)-Carlsen,M (2830) Karlsruhe Grenke 2024 (2) with "chances for both sides"} {Some more moves, as it got fun shortly:} 14. b4 Ba6 15. Qd3 Bc8 16. Na4 Nf6 17. f3 cxb4 18. axb4 f4 19. Nc3 g5 20. g4 h5 21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 {[#]} Nxg4 $1 {(Stockfish likes it)} 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Bh3 Qd7 25. Bxg4 $6 (25. Rf3 $1 $11) 25... Qxg4+ $17 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Ke2 g4 {0-1 Fridman,D (2590)-Carlsen,M (2830) Karlsruhe Grenke 2024 (2) and the pawns marched:}) 3. Bf4 c5 (3... d5) (3... b6) 4. c3 (4. e3) 4... Qb6 {It's always appealed to me: the bishop no longer defends b2, so annoy White by threatening it. I should give it up. :-)} 5. Qc2 (5. Qb3 {is three times as common in the database. The queen-on-queen situation is frequent in the London -- neither side quite wants to trade, and open the a-file for the opponent. The doubled pawns might be a factor, but usually less so.}) 5... Nc6 ({The big fan of 6.c3 is Bullet superstar Tuan Le:} 5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bg3 Ndb4 9. Qd2 Be7 10. a3 Nd5 11. e4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Rd1 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxb2 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Qg4 O-O 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. O-O Ba4 24. Bh6 Bf8 25. Ng3 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd4 27. Nge4 Rc1 28. Be3 Rd8 29. h4 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qc2 31. Qxc2 {1-0 Le,T (2557)-Erigaisi,A (2710) Bullet Chess Winners Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (1.9)}) 6. e3 d5 7. h3 Bd7 {I'm in a hurry to make something of the c-file.} 8. Nbd2 Rc8 {[#]} 9. Qb3 $5 c4 $6 {Trying to rock the boat.} (9... h6) (9... Be7) 10. Qc2 $1 {I wondered if he could be enticed off his usual quiet positional play with a sacrifice on c4? (It's bad, but I wasn't so sure at the time) [#]} Qa5 $6 $146 ({New move, previously a B-player played better than me:} 10... Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 $6 13. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 $6 14. Bxg5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e4 $16 {1-0 Sztokbant,B (2175)-Ribeiro,F (1798) Florianopolis op 6th 2020 (4)}) 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. e4 h6 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Bg3 a5 20. Bh4 Qb7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Re5 {[#]} Rcd8 (23... Rxe5 $5 24. dxe5 Nd5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. a4 b4 27. Ne4 Nf4 28. Nd6 Qg5 29. Qe4 Rb8 $11) 24. a4 $6 Bd6 $6 {This really isn't a good idea!} (24... Rxe5 25. dxe5 Nd5 $1 (25... Rxd2 $5 26. Qxd2 Ne4 27. Qf4 g5 28. Qf3 $1 bxa4 $1 (28... gxh4 29. Re1 Nc5 30. Qxb7 Nxb7 31. axb5 $18) 29. Re1 $1 Qxb2 $1 30. Rxe4 a3 31. Rxc4 a2 32. Kh2 a1=Q 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Qa8 $11) 26. Bg3 (26. Bxe7 Nxe7 $1 {when the e-pawn is weak, and d3 beckons.} 27. Ne4 Ng6 28. Nd6 Qd5 29. Rd1 Qxe5 30. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nf4 $15 {is computer in action.}) 26... Rb8 (26... h5) 27. Kh2 Qc6 $15 {/=}) 25. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 (26... exd5 $2 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Nf1 $18) 27. Qe4 b4 $6 (27... bxa4 $14 28. Rxa4 Qb5) 28. Qh4 $1 {[#] I overlooked this move in time pressure (his).} Bf8 $6 (28... e5 $5 29. Qxf6 $1 Bc7 30. Qe7 Rd7 31. Ne4 $1 $16 (31. Qe8+ $16)) 29. Ne4 $1 $18 Bg7 $6 (29... Kh8 $5 30. Nxf6 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Ne4 Rd5 33. Nd2 e5 34. Nxc4 exd4 35. cxd4 Rxd4 36. b3 $18 (36. Nxa5 $18)) 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6 Qg5 32. Qxg5+ hxg5 33. Re1 $1 Rd5 34. Re5 {[#] I so often exhort students: "Don't trade into a pawn ending (especially trade rooks) unless you're sure it's the result you want." Here though it shouldn't really matter. At least this has the slight psychological effect of changing the nature of the game. And he is approaching zero time (there's always the glorious five-second delay -- just don't blink).} Rxe5 35. dxe5 Kg7 36. g4 f5 {[#]} 37. exf6+ $6 {Still winning, but leaving things as is was fine.} Kxf6 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. Kf3 (39. h4 $18 {no better no worse totally winning}) 39... Kd5 40. Ke3 (40. h4 $1 gxh4 41. g5 {etc.}) 40... e5 41. Kf3 $1 b3 {[#]} 42. Kg3 $4 {As he pointed out after the game, giving me that vital tempo (...gxh4+ check) cost him.} ({"simply"} 42. h4 gxh4 43. g5 $1 $18) 42... Ke4 $1 $11 {This is actually drawn!?} 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Kd3 {And the race is on!} 45. g5 Kc2 46. g6 Kxb2 47. g7 {[#] Suddenly I'm confronted with a selection of king moves! And of course I mess up:} Kxc3 $4 (47... Kc2 $4 {allows Qxc4 and then a queen trade on b1, followed by c3-c8Q.}) ({Same with} 47... Kc1 $4) (47... Ka1 $5 48. g8=Q b2 49. Qxc4 b1=Q {peters out to a draw as well. Although it's a stupid place for my king.}) (47... Ka3 $1 {The first move I looked at -- and rejected!} {But} 48. g8=Q b2 49. Qxc4 b1=Q $11 {is drawn, or at least it's zeroes everywhere after a few seconds of Stockfish 16.1 running.} 50. Qc5+ Kxa4 51. Qxe5 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qg1+ 53. Kf3 {and still it's 0.00 down the line.}) 48. g8=Q b2 49. Qg6 Kb3 {[#] I liked the idea of taking on a4 and my three pawns confounding his queen! But the reality...} 50. Qb6+ $4 {The last error. In fact, "eleventh best" with ten moves that still won. Archit knew that with a small delay like we've had in the TNM for a while, it's vital not to get down to no time; he managed quite a few moves with his clock still showing "00:00:05" (in fact, all the way to the end).} (50. Kg4 {(fastest: #43) (and pretty much anything else)} c3 {when White mops up all the pawns for the queen, and then queens the f-pawn.}) 50... Ka2 $11 51. Qb5 b1=Q 52. Qxc4+ Qb3 53. Qb5 {In fact, White has to be careful not to land up on the worse side of things. This was the best.} ({I was concerned with him gaining a tempo before trading queens with} 53. Qe2+ Qb2 54. Qxb2+ $4 {but in fact it's *Black* who's winning! I queen with check:} Kxb2 55. Kg4 Kb3 56. Kf5 Kxa4 57. Kxe5 Kb3 58. f4 a4 59. f5 a3 60. f6 a2 61. f7 a1=Q+ 62. Ke6 {*and* have the "only move"} Qa3 {with mate in ten no more.}) 53... Qf3 54. Qxa5 Qxf2+ 55. Kg4 Qf4+ 56. Kh3 e4 57. Qd5+ Ka3 58. a5 e3 59. a6 Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Qf2+ 61. Kg4 e2 62. Qd3+ Kb4 63. Qd2+ Kb5 64. a7 Qg2+ 65. Kh5 Qh3+ {Exciting!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ni, Leo"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[GameId "2053246232165784"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. d4 Bg7 9. dxe5 O-O 10. O-O Nxe5 11. c3 Bg4 12. Be3 c6 13. Ba4 Qe8 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. Bd1 Rae8 16. Rg1 f5 (16... Nc4 $1) 17. Qf1 b6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 (19. h3 $11) 19... Re6 20. a4 Bf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bc7 24. Rgd1 f4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Re1 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 $2 {[#]} (27. Kf1 $1 Bxh2 28. a5 $15) 27... Bxe3 $2 (27... Bxh2 $1 $19) 28. fxe3 Rf2 $17 29. b4 Rc2 30. Rac1 Rgg2 {[#]} 31. Rg1 $2 (31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. e4 $1 $11) 31... Rxg1+ $19 32. Rxg1+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ Ke6 34. Rf8 Rxc3 35. Ra8 Rc4 36. Rxa7 Rxb4 37. Kg2 c5 (37... h5 $1) 38. Rxh7 c4 39. Kf2 Kd6 40. h4 Rxa4 41. h5 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Ra8 43. Rh6+ Kc5 44. Rh7 Rc8 45. Rf7 c3 46. h6 Kc4 47. h7 Kd3 48. Rc7 Rh8 49. Kf2 c2 50. Ke1 {and} 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"]
[Black "Diller, Bradley R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[Annotator "TA 6.4"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[GameId "2053409329373208"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{Another epic match between two of Gadir Guseinov's current students -- and it shows in the opening. Alas for Brad, it was another game marred by a time-trouble blowup. He (and others) should be happy when (I think it's going to happen) the time control in the next Tuesday Night Marathon becomes Game in 90 minutes, 30 second increment. I thnk! Don't quote me!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bxh6 {Strongly threatening Bc1.} Qxb2 {[#]} 9. Nbd2 $1 gxh6 10. O-O Bd7 {The position is equal.} (10... Nxd4 11. Rb1 (11. Qa4+ Nc6 $17) 11... Nxe2+ (11... Qxa2 $2 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Ra1 $18) 12. Qxe2 $15) 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Rxb7 (12. Ra1 $5 Qb2 $8 13. Rb1 $11) 12... Rb8 13. Rxb8+ Nxb8 14. Nb3 Rg8 $2 {[%eval 214,27] [%wdl 990,10,0]} (14... Ba4 $11 {[%eval 5,35] [%wdl 26,958,16]} 15. Qc1 (15. Nfd2 Bb4 $11) 15... Nc6 (15... Qxe2 $2 16. Qc8+ Ke7 17. Qxb8 $18)) 15. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Of1a1][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nc6 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Nfd2 {[%eval 53,30] [%wdl 135,863,2]} (17. Rb1 $18 {[%eval 200,30] [%wdl 986,14,0]} Qa2 18. Nbd2) 17... Bb4 $14 {Hoping for ...Bxd2.} 18. Rb1 Qa2 {[%eval 104,32] [%wdl 562,438,0]} (18... Qc3 $14 {[%eval 54,34] [%wdl 134,865,1]}) 19. Qxh7 $16 Rf8 20. Qd3 {[%eval 0,42] [%wdl 13,974,13]} (20. Qxh6 $16 {[%eval 97,32] [%wdl 485,515,0] Black must now prevent Bd3.} a5 21. Bb5 (21. Ra1 Qb2 $11)) 20... a5 21. Nf3 Ke7 {[%eval 81,33] [%wdl 307,693,0]} (21... Na7 $11 {[%eval 1,30] [%wdl 12,977,11] remains equal.} 22. Nc1 Qa4) 22. Nc1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qa3 23. Qh7 {Inhibits Qxd3.} Qa4 {[%eval 219,31] [%wdl 997,3,0]} (23... Na7 $16 {[%eval 81,30] [%wdl 303,697,0] was worth a try.}) 24. h4 (24. Qxh6 Qc2 25. Bd3 Qd1+ 26. Bf1 Qc2 $11 (26... Nxd4 $2 {perishes.} 27. Qh4+ Ke8 28. Nxd4 $18) (26... Ke8 27. Qe3 $14)) 24... Bc3 $2 {[%eval 403,25] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (24... Ba3 {[%eval 194,30] [%wdl 989,11,0]}) 25. Qxh6 $18 Bxd4 26. Qf6+ ({Weaker is} 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qg5+ f6 28. exf6+ (28. Qg7+ Rf7 $11) 28... Qxf6 $11) 26... Ke8 27. Nb3 $2 {[%eval 54,30] [%wdl 97,903,0]} ({White has to play} 27. Nd3 $1 $18 {[%eval 297,27] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 27... Qa2 {[%eval 161,32] [%wdl 958,42,0]} ({Black should try} 27... Ba7 $1 $14 {[%eval 54,30] [%wdl 97,903,0]}) 28. Nbd2 {aiming for Nxd4.} Bc3 29. Qf4 {[%eval 55,28] [%wdl 96,904,0]} ({Better is} 29. Qg5 $16 {[%eval 139,30] [%wdl 887,113,0]}) 29... Nb4 $2 {[%eval 239,25] [%wdl 999,1,0] [#]} ({Black should play} 29... Qc2 $1 $14 {[%eval 55,28] [%wdl 96,904,0]}) 30. Rc1 $2 {[%eval 8,29] [%wdl 9,987,4]} (30. Bd1 $1 $18 {[%eval 239,25] [%wdl 999,1,0]}) 30... Bb2 $2 {[%eval 298,26] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%mdl 8192]} (30... Qb2 $1 $11 {[%eval 8,29] [%wdl 9,987,4] and Black stays safe.} 31. Rb1 Qc2) 31. Rc7 Qa1+ {[#]} 32. Kh2 $2 {[%eval 11,33] [%wdl 9,988,3]} (32. Bf1 $1 $18 {[%eval 279,25] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} Nc6 33. Qe3) 32... Nc6 $11 {[%cal Bb4c6,Bc6e5,Be5g6][%mdl 32] Inhibits Ra7.} 33. Nb3 {Chess con chili.} (33. Rb7 {seems wilder.} Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Nxe5 36. Nb3) 33... Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Nxe5 36. Nxa5 {[%eval 0,44] [%wdl 3,994,3]} (36. Nc5 $14 {[%eval 36,28] [%wdl 27,973,0]} Kd8 37. Ra7) 36... Ke7 37. f4 Kd6 38. Ra7 Ng6 {[%csl Bf4,Bh4]} 39. g3 Rb8 {...Rb2 would now be deadly.} 40. Bf3 Ne7 41. Nb7+ Kc6 {[#]} 42. Nc5 {[%csl Od7][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rd8 {[%eval 45,27] [%wdl 34,966,0]} (42... Rb2+ $11 {[%eval 0,60] [%wdl 3,995,2]} 43. Kh3 Kxc5 44. Rxd7 Nf5) (42... Kxc5 43. Rxd7) 43. Nd3 f6 44. h5 Nf5 $6 (44... Kd6 45. Ra6+ Nc6 46. Nb4 Kc5 47. Nxc6 Bxc6 48. g4 e5 {White is ahead -- maybe enough to win.}) 45. Bd1 Ne3 46. Bf3 Nf5 {No more moves (no DGT boards this week!) -- I (EW) think White played the correct 47.g4 but the deciding factor was Black hanging a rook to a d-file skewer.} 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Lewis, Edward"]
[Black "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[GameId "2053338848429083"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 f5 4. c4 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. e3 Nf7 17. Qc3 Ng5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Bf1 Qf7 22. Rd6 Rfe8 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Kh2 Re7 25. Ba3 Ree8 26. Bb2 Re7 27. Rd1 Bc7 28. R6xd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Kh8 30. Bc4 Qh5 31. Qd2 a6 32. a4 Qe8 33. Ba3 Rd8 34. Bxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qxd8+ Bxd8 37. Kg2 a5 38. g4 g5 39. gxf5 gxf4 40. exf4 Bh4 41. Bd5 e3 42. Kf3 Bf2 43. Bxb7 Kg7 44. Ba6 h5 45. Ke4 h4 46. Bc4 Bg1 47. f6+ Kf8 48. e6 Bf2 49. e7+ Ke8 50. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Jones, James E"]
[Black "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[GameId "2053338329179154"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 dxe4 4. Qh5 g6 5. Qh4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. d3 a5 13. Qh4 h5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2 Nd7 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Bf6 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Re2 Bg4 21. Rae1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd5 23. Qxa4 Nf4 24. Re3 Qf6 {[#]} 25. Kh1 Qg5 26. Rg1 Qh4 27. Rg3 f5 28. Qb4 Re7 29. Qd6 Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. h4 Rd8 32. Rg1 Nh3 33. Rge1 Rd4 34. Kh2 Rxh4 35. d4 {[#]} Nxf2+ (35... Nf4+ 36. Kg1 e4) (35... Ng5+ {...Rxd4}) 36. Kg2 $5 (36. Kg3 f4+ 37. Kxf2 (37. Kxh4 g5+ 38. Kxh5 Rh7#) 37... fxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Rxd4 (38... Rh2+)) (36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 e4) 36... Nh3 (36... Ng4 $1 37. fxg4 Rxg4+ 38. Kh2 Rxd4 $19) 37. Rxe5 (37. Kg3 $17 Rxd4 38. Kxh3 g5 $15) 37... Rd7 $2 $11 (37... Rxe5 $1 38. dxe5+ Ke7 39. Kg3 Ng5 $1) 38. c3 Kg5 39. Re7 Nf4+ 40. Kg1 Rxe7 41. Rxe7 Rh3 42. Rxb7 Rxf3 43. a4 Kg4 44. Re7 Kg3 45. Re1 Nh3+ 46. Kh1 h4 47. Bc4 Nf2+ 48. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[GameId "2053344860309467"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 {[#]} (10. Bg5) 10... e6 $5 (10... a5 11. O-O $1 (11. a4 Bf5 12. Qb5 $14 (12. Qd1 Nbxd5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 b6 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 Qd6 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Qd2 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nb4 {½-½ (48) Aronian,L (2645)-Carlsen,M (2552) FIDE-Wch k.o. Tripoli 2004 (1.3)})) 11... a4 12. Qb5 Bd7 13. Qb4 Bg4 14. d6 $5 {1-0 (80) Sapa,W-Sapis,W POL sponsor corr Poland 1993}) (10... Bg4) (10... Bf5) 11. Bg5 $1 Nbxd5 (11... exd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nf4 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Be2 Rac8 17. Nb5 Nc4 18. Nxa7 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ra8 20. Nb5 h5 21. Bd3 Ng4 22. Bxg6 Bh6 23. Rfe1 Qg7 24. Bxh5 Rf2 25. Bxg4 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rxg4 27. Rg1 Kh8 28. Nd6 Rg8 29. Rxg4 Qxg4 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Qc2+ Rg6 32. Ne5 {1-0 Xiong,J (2709)-Abdusattorov,N (2627) Chess.com U20 Speed Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (1.5)}) 12. O-O (12. Nxd5 $5 exd5 13. O-O $14) 12... h6 13. Bxd5 hxg5 14. Bc4 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Ng3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Be2 Qd6 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Rd3 Rc4 22. Rad1 Rfc8 23. Qa2 Qb4 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Nc3 Rxb2 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxa4 28. Qxg5 Re8 29. d5 Qa5 30. h4 Qc5 31. d6 Qxf2+ 32. Kh2 Be5+ 33. Kh3 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Re3 35. Qg3 Qc2 36. Qg4 a5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. R1d7 Qf5 39. Qxf5 gxf5 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 41. Ra7 Re6 42. h5+ Kh6 43. Rh8+ Kg5 44. Rg7+ Kf4 45. h6 a4 46. Bd5 Re3+ 47. g3+ Ke5 48. Re8+ Kd4 49. Rxe3 Kxe3 50. h7 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Kumar, Jay Dave"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[GameId "2053409329414172"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{This win puts Jay Kumar in clear first with a perfect 5-0, a full point ahead of Michael Walder and Hayes Marvin. Walder has played them both so the next round board one pairing is clear. Meanwhile...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 {Avoiding main line theory -- except that these days, there's theory on the avoiding-theory lines...} Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 ({At least as good is} 6... e5 { ...Nge7}) 7. Re1 O-O 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qd1 a6 12. c3 e5 13. Na3 b5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Kh2 Na5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 b4 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. cxb4 cxb4 23. Ne3 a5 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Nd5 Nd4 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. f4 Kh8 29. e5 Qa6 $6 30. Nc7 $1 Qb6 31. Rc6 Qa7 $2 (31... Qb7) 32. Qc2 Nb8 33. Rc4 Na6 34. Nb5 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Qc5 36. Qb3 $1 Qe7 37. Rc1 Nc5 38. Qc2 (38. Qd5 $1) 38... Ne6 $16 39. Qc4 $6 (39. Qf2 $1 $14 b3 40. Bd5) 39... h5 $1 $11 40. h4 $2 {[#]} (40. Bd5) 40... Rd8 $4 (40... Nxf4 $1 $17 41. gxf4 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxf4 43. Nxd4 Qxe5 $17) 41. Nd6 $18 Bh6 42. Bd5 $4 (42. f5 $1 Bxc1 43. Qxc1 Kh7 44. fxe6 $18) 42... Bxf4 $1 $11 43. gxf4 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Qg3+ 45. Bg2 Nxf4 {[#]} 46. Qc2 $4 {Black is now winning! Except -- his time ran out!} (46. Rc2 $1 $11) (46. Nxf7+ Kg7 47. Qc6 $8 $11) (46. Qc2 Nh3+ 47. Kh1 (47. Kf1 Qf4+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+) 47... Nf2+ 48. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Jian, Sheng"]
[Black "Walder, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "TA 6.4"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[GameId "2053409329414173"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bc5 7. O-O-O {next e5 is good for White.} O-O 8. f3 {[%eval -81,32]} (8. e5 $14 {[%eval 38,32] keeps the upper hand.} Ng4 9. Ne4 Nxf2 (9... Bxf2 10. Qh3 $16) 10. Nxf2 Bxf2 11. Kb1) 8... a6 {[%eval -20,33]} (8... d5 $1 $17 {[%eval -81,32]}) 9. g4 {[%eval -141,27] [#]} (9. Bd6 $11 {[%eval -20,33]} Bxd6 10. Qxd6) 9... h6 $146 {[%eval 41,32]} (9... d5 $1 $17 {[%eval -141,27] White must now prevent ...d4.} 10. exd5 exd5) ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. h4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. h5 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. g5 Nb4 15. Qe2 d4 16. a3 dxc3 17. Rxd7 cxb2 18. c3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qxa3 20. Kc2 Qb3+ 21. Kb1 Qa3 22. Kc2 Qa2 {0-1 Wu,D (2295)-Toktomushev,T (2268) Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (3)}) 10. e5 {[%eval -17,33]} (10. Qd2 $14 {[%eval 41,32]}) 10... Ne8 {[%eval 68,29]} ({Black should try} 10... Qc7 $11 {[%eval -17,33]}) 11. Ne4 {[%eval -21,32]} (11. Nh3 $1 $14 {[%eval 68,29]}) 11... Be7 {[%eval 18,32] [#]} (11... Bd4 $142 {[%eval -21,32]} 12. g5 h5 (12... Nxe5 $2 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qf2 $18) (12... Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc3 $15) (12... Qb6 13. c3 $15)) 12. h4 {[%eval -39,28]} Qa5 $1 $15 13. Ng5 {[%eval -138,34] [#]} f5 $1 $17 {...Qxa2! would now be deadly.} (13... hxg5 14. hxg5 f5 (14... Qxa2 15. Qh7#) (14... g6 $2 15. Qe2 $18) 15. exf6 (15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. exf6 Bxf6 $18) 15... Nxf6 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd6 $18) 14. exf6 Nxf6 (14... hxg5 $2 15. fxe7 (15. hxg5 Nxf6 16. gxf6 Bxf6 $16) 15... Nxe7 16. Bxg5 $18) 15. a3 {[%eval -172,27]} d5 {[%eval -38,33]} (15... hxg5 16. hxg5 Nd5 (16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. gxf6 $16) 17. Bd2 $15) (15... b5 $19 {[%eval -172,27] aiming for ...b4!} 16. Bd2 b4) 16. Qg6 $2 {[%eval -325,30] This move loses the game for White.} Bd7 $19 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Bxa3 (17... Qa4 $2 18. Bg3 $18) 18. gxf6 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 $11) 17. Nxe6 {[%eval -420,33]} (17. Ne2 {[%eval -278,29] was worth a try.} Bxa3 {Demolition} (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 Be8 19. Qd3 $11) 18. bxa3 Qxa3+ (18... hxg5 19. Bd6 $11) 19. Kd2) 17... Bxe6 18. Bxh6 Rf7 19. Bf4 {[#]} Bxa3 $1 20. Nh3 (20. Ne2 d4) 20... Bb4 21. Kb1 {Dodges Qa1+} d4 22. b3 Bc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.15/Black=0.51} 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"]
[Black "Wong, Wilson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[Annotator "Wong,Wilson"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2053409329426462"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 {My opponent spent no time at all on the opening.} h6 {I was deciding between this, 10...g6, and 10...e6. I ultimately settled for this because it plays against f3-knight and h1-rook, while preserving my bishop. I didn't like 10...e6 since I thought my pawn structure would be worse and I didn't like 10...g6 because I thought my opponent benefited more from getting d4-square than me getting d3-square.} (10... g6 {I like this because White hasn't castled so this plays against White pressuring h7-pawn with rook and queen. I'm skeptical of how good ...Bg7, ...e5 is when White gets d4-square but I'm not able to effectively utilize d3-square.}) (10... e6 11. Nh4 {I didn't like this because my light-squared bishop can't retreat without destroying my pawn structure but White getting in Nbd2 and e4 also wrecks my center since it would undermine my support of c4-pawn. Stockfish likes 11...Bg4, 11...Be4, or even just 11...Bxb1.I like just 11...Bxb1 then ...g6 which doesn't seem great.}) 11. Be2 {White continues development while not committing to castling.} e6 {A natural move. I think if White tries to break with e4 then I just retreat my f5-bishop and let my opponent trade or push, keeping d5-c4 chain intact. Those two pawns would do a good job of controlling squares my opponent wants to utilize.} 12. Bd1 {White intends to trade light-squared bishops but spends a lot of time to do so.} Bd6 {Staying flexible on which side to castle.} 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 {I don't know how to play this structure. I had trouble with finding a good plan. I thought White had b3 and e4 to destroy my center, while also having Ng5 threat looming over my head. I was worried about White freeing their position with e4 but I think its totally fine for me to just ignore it since I think ...exd5 gives me a foothold in the center.} O-O-O {I think this move doomed the game for me. I didn't like having to play this because b3 has no good answer, but ...O-O didn't work and I was too worried about e4. I thought I would just guard a7-square, but as the game will later show, that doesn't work. I spent a lot of time trying to come up with a move but I think I should've looked for other candidate moves more seriously because this move gives me a really bad position and White's plan is both strong and obvious.} (14... O-O {I didn't like this move in view of Ng5.} 15. Ng5 f5 {I thought this blundered a pawn.} (15... Rfe8 $4 {Trying to escape with my king doesn't work.} 16. Rxh6 gxh6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qxf7#) 16. Nxe6 Nb4 $1 17. cxb4 Bxb4+ {Winning back the piece and I think Black is doing fine.}) (14... f5 {I didn't like this because White could undermine my center with b3, c4, d5, when f5-pawn looses its defender and my center evaporates.}) (14... Qd8 {If I had a re-do, I like this best. This guards g5-square, guards a8-rook and I can safely ...O-O then expand on queenside with b5, a5, b4.}) (14... Qc7 {It's a real shame I looked at this move and dismissed it because of b3 and a4, but didn't think consider ...Qd8 which solves all my problems.}) 15. Nbd2 f5 {I really didn't like my position. I decided to go for this controlling e4-square and waiting for White to decide where they wanted to castle.} 16. b3 {White gets a semi-open a-file eyeing my king. It's really wild but I think running to kingside could be an option because its way too dangerous on queenside.} cxb3 17. axb3 {I would like to run to kingside, but I can't because of c4 threatening to fork on pieces and the weakening of d5- and f5-pawns.} Kb8 {Because of the tactics White is threatening, I think I'm trapped on the queenside.} 18. O-O Ka8 $6 {This is a waste of time. I wanted to protect a7-pawn with ...Bb8 but this wastes so much time and traps my king, with no hope of ever leaving. I can't effectively protect a7-pawn because White can triple on a-file, push c5, and threaten Nb6.} (18... g5 {I could've gone this route had I figured out a good solution to c4, c5 threat. I think ...f4 is a real threat to open White's shelter. I was so focused and failing to find a solution to c4, c5, that I failed to realize my king wasn't as unsafe as I thought it was and White's king wasn't as safe either. The pawn on the kingside I made in the game were very wrong since it didn't open lines.} 19. c4 Bb4 20. cxd5 Rxd5 {This is a great outcome for Black.}) 19. Ra4 Bb8 {I continued my terrible plan. I was so worried about c4 in the game and was facing a lot of time pressure that I didn't even consider my attacking ideas such as ...g5, ...f4. At this point my opponent used 13 minutes to my 44 minutes.} (19... g5 20. b4) 20. Rfa1 g5 {Better late than never, but the idea I went for was total nonsense, and I see that now that I'm not pressured by the clock.} 21. b4 (21. c4 f4 {This move seems so obvious looking over the game, but I didn't even consider this idea since I'm not familiar with the pawn structure.} 22. c5 Qb5 $2 23. Nc4 {Black is doomed.}) 21... g4 {The only plan I had was to displace White's f3-knight and try to defend my king. It is incredibly slow to get to White's king, meanwhile White is already knocking on my King's door.} (21... f4 {The ...f4 idea here is a lot worse.} 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. exf4 {Black opens g-file, but White is perfectly safe and Black has no pawn breaks on the kingside.}) 22. Nh4 Ne7 (22... Qb5 {A temporary blockade, but it buys Black time to maneuver pieces.} 23. c4 {This is less effective now that Black's queen is on b5-square since b4-pawn is blockaded and Nxc4 doesn't hit Black's queen.} (23. Nb1 Ne7 24. Na3 Qe8 {I don't know how to go about defending this position. White has c4, c5, b5, Nb6, and triples on a-file ideas, while Black's counterplay is too slow. If I play ...b6 then defend the 7th-rank with my rooks, b6-pawn is pinned and I'll get tangled up trying to hold it, and probably get squeezed and overloaded.}) 23... dxc4 24. Nxc4 Rc8 {And Black at least have some life for their pieces.}) 23. Qa2 Rhg8 {Trying to prevent h5-knight from returning into the game.} (23... Nc8 {The best defense.} 24. c4 Rh7 {Intending to defend laterally and hold everything together.} 25. c5 Qc7 26. b5 {This is so lost.}) 24. c4 Nc8 25. c5 Qc7 (25... Qb5 26. Nb1 Qe8 27. Nc3 Rd7 28. b5 b6 29. Ra6 Rb7 30. Nxf5 Rf8 31. Nh4) 26. b5 b6 {Unfortunately, I have too many weaknesses and no time.} 27. Nb3 Rg7 28. Ra6 {I can't hold the position together. a7-pawn is pinned so any piece on b6-square will drop off. e6-pawn is weak, and White can bring their a1-rook to c-file.} Rdd7 29. Rc1 Qd8 30. cxb6 f4 {It took me way too long to see this idea.} 31. Nc5 fxg3 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. bxa7 {Black is completely lost.} Rxa7 34. fxg3 Qg5 35. Rxc8 Qxe3+ 36. Qf2 Qd3 37. Rxa7+ Kxa7 38. Qa2+ Kb7 39. Qa6# {1-0 White wins.} 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Maheshwari, Anubhav"]
[Black "Fernandes, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[GameId "2053409329434655"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 d5 11. f4 {[#]} dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bxe4 Bxh4+ 16. Ke2 Kd7 17. g5 h6 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Be3 hxg5 20. fxg5 Bg3 21. Bxc5 b6 22. Bxc6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kxc6 24. Rd3 Be5 25. Bf2 f6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Kf1 a5 28. Kg2 b5 29. Kg3 b4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Bd4 Rd8 32. Re3 Rxd4 33. Rxe6+ Kd5 34. Re2 {Scoresheets stop making sense -- 1-0 46.} 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Dutter, Frederic"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[GameId "2053409329438752"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 c6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Bf5 Nf6 12. Bxc8 Raxc8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Kb1 d5 15. Rhe1 Ne4 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Ka1 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qxf2 20. Be3 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 b6 22. Bd4 Rfe8 23. Rde1 Bg5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Nd4 c5 29. Nc6 Nc7 30. Nxa7 f5 31. Nc8 Kf7 32. Nxb6 g5 33. Kb1 Ke6 34. Kc1 h5 35. Kd2 f4 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. a4 g4 38. a5 Ke4 39. Nd7 f3+ 40. gxf3+ gxf3+ 41. Kf2 Kf4 42. Nxc5 Kg4 43. a6 h4 44. a7 Kh3 45. Ne6 Na8 46. Ng5+ Kxh2 47. Nxf3+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Admassu, Yonathan"]
[Black "Fan, Jimmy Qinmo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[GameId "2053409329438753"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Rhe8 18. Ne5 Re7 19. f4 Nd7 20. g4 f6 21. Ng6 Ree8 22. Rhe1 Nf8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. f5 e5 25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Qf3 {[#]} Rxd2 27. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxe5 29. a3 Bd6 30. c3 Qd5 31. Qe2 Qb3 32. Ka1 Bxa3 33. bxa3 Qxa3+ 34. Kb1 Qb3+ 35. Ka1 Qxc3+ 36. Kb1 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Lamstein, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[GameId "2053409329438754"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d3 Ba6 11. Re1 Re8 12. e4 h6 13. Nc3 d4 14. Ne2 c5 15. b3 Rb8 16. Ng3 Qb6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Rb1 c4 19. Nxe5 c3 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. dxc4 Rbd8 22. Qd3 a5 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. e5 g6 25. Ng3 Nd7 26. f4 Nc5 27. Qf3 d3 28. f5 d2 29. fxg6+ Qxg6 30. Bxd2 cxd2 31. Rf1 Rd3 32. Qf2 Rxg3 33. Qxd2 Rxb3 34. Rbe1 a4 35. Rf6 Qh5 36. Ref1 Qxe5 37. Rxf7+ Bg7 38. Qc2+ Kh8 39. Qg6 Rg3 40. Qc6 Ne4 41. Qd7 Qe6 42. Rxg7 Rxg7 43. Rf8+ Rg8 44. Qd4+ Kh7 45. Rf3 Ng3+ 46. Kh2 Qe5 47. Qd3+ Kh8 48. Rf7 Nf1+ 49. Kh1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Dancig Perlman, Yali"]
[Black "Ochoa, Jason B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[GameId "2053409329446947"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Prasad, Thejas"]
[Black "Peterson, Jared E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[GameId "2053409329446948"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 h5 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 a4 12. Qd3 Na5 13. Ne3 Be7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nf3 Na5 18. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Mercado, Adam"]
[Black "Sankar, Arvind"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[GameId "2053409329451045"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bg5 Nc4 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nd5 f6 15. Bh4 e6 16. b3 exd5 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. f4 Qa5 19. c3 Qxc3+ 20. Nc2 Ba4 21. Rd2 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 c3+ 24. Ke3 Qxh1 25. Qb5+ Kd8 26. Qxb7 Rc7 27. Qb8+ Kd7 28. Qb5+ Ke7 29. e5 Qd1 30. exd6+ Qxd6 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Qa4 Qb6+ 33. Kf3 Qc6+ 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Rc2 Rb8 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. Kd3 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Ni, April"]
[Black "Ploquin, Phil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1403"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[GameId "2053409329451046"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Rxe8+ Nxe8 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. h3 Be6 15. Ne2 Nef6 16. c3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rd1 c6 21. c4 Bf5 22. Qb3 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qf6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bxh3 26. Nd2 Qg6 27. Qf1 Bg4 28. f3 Bf5 29. Nc4 Bg3 30. Bf2 Bf4 31. Ne3 Re8 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Re1 Re6 34. g4 Qf6 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Qb1 Be3 37. Qxb7 Bxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qxa2+ 39. Kg3 Qc4 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Kf4 Qd5 42. Qa8 a5 43. Kg3 Qb5 44. c4 Qxc4 45. Qxa5 Qd5 46. Qxd5 $6 cxd5 47. Kf4 (47. Kf4 {[#]} g6 $1 48. Ke5 {(Why Black agreed to a draw -- retreats lose as well)} h5 $1 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Kxd5 h4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gd5e4,Gg2h1] wins -- White is in the square of the passed pawn, but the pawn at f3 blocks its path.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Ross, Max L"]
[Black "Yan, Rayna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[GameId "2053409329451047"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rad1 e6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Be5 Qe7 18. c5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. b4 Nf5 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Be4 Ne7 24. Ne3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. f4 f5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Ng2 Rh8 29. Rf2 Bc6 30. Qd2 Kg6 31. Re1 Rce8 32. Re5 Qh7 33. Ne1 Kf6 34. Qe2 b5 35. Nf3 a6 36. Qe3 Qg6 37. Re2 Bd7 38. c6 Bc8 39. Qc3 Qg7 40. Rf2 Reg8 41. g4 Qf7 42. Ree2 f4 43. Ne5 Qh7 44. Qc5 Qe7 45. Qb6 Qxb4 46. Nd7+ Ke7 47. Nc5 Qxd4 {(mutual time scramble...)} 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Vandenhoven, Clarke Raymond"]
[Black "Powers, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[Annotator "Powers,Christopher"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[GameId "2053234526127699"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 Qd7 10. b4 h6 {[#]} 11. Re1 $2 (11. Qe2 {This is how to keep an advantage -- instead of pushing d4, get out of the pin} g5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qe3 $14 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 (14... Qxg4 $2 15. Nh2 $16) (14... Nxg4 15. Qe1 $14) 15. Nh4 $14) 11... g5 $1 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 g4 14. hxg4 Qxg4 15. Be2 $4 {This means g3 must be played, which heavily weakenes the light squares} (15. Re3 Rg8 16. Qf1) (15. Bf1) 15... Rg8 16. g3 (16. Ng5 Qh4 17. Bxh5 Nxh5) 16... Qh3 {Only move!} (16... Nxe4 17. Ng5 (17. Nd2)) (16... Qxe4 17. dxe5) 17. Bf1 Rxg3+ 18. fxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Bg2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. Re2 Ng4) (20. Qd2 Bxg2 21. Qf2 Qxf2+) 20... Qxe1+ 21. Bf1 O-O-O {[#] Apparently this is a top engine move, but I just hallucinated a mate in 2 after Rg8+ and hung the knight} 22. Qxf6 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 (23... Qxe4+ {Also fine}) 24. Be3 Qxe3 (24... Rg4 $2 25. Bf2 $3 Qxc3 $8 26. Qf5+ $11 Kb8 27. Qxg4 Qxa1 28. Qg8+ Ka7 29. Kg1 Nxd4) 25. Bg2 Qxc3 26. Rg1 Kb8 (26... Nxd4 27. Qxf7 Qg3 $4 {Is an easy way to blunder most of the advantage} (27... Rh8) (27... Rd8) 28. Qxg8+ $1 Qxg8 29. Bh3+ Qe6 30. Rg8+ Kd7 31. Bxe6+ Nxe6 $15) 27. Qxf7 Qg3 28. Qh5 Rg4 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Moisselin, Simon"]
[Black "Horde, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[Annotator "Horde,Nicolas"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[GameId "2053522758058521"]
[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. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 {Not bad but a little passive as the bishop wants to eventually lands on g5} O-O 9. f3 $2 {This looked wrong and I spent some time to find the best move. There's no clear tactics, White is just landing Black an easier position} Re8 (9... Bc5 10. Na4 {That's the move I could not find a refutation deep enough} Bd6 $1 11. O-O dxe4 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 $4 Qh4 $1 {And Black will be up a pawn with a good initiative}) 10. O-O Bc5+ {The main idea is Nh5-Ng3 and White is getting mated along the h file} 11. Kh1 a5 {The idea is just to prevent Na4, my DSB is my best piece in this structure} 12. Bg5 Qd6 $5 {It loses a pawn by force but gives Black a lot of compensation. I also have a lot of experience in those positions and I know even if White gets the c pawn for free it's still fine} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Re5 $6 {Idea is just Rh4 and sac on h2 but it fails due Ne4} (14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qh6 $1 {I really hesitated to play that move, in retrospect it just made sense} 16. Nxc7 $4 Bd6 $1) 15. f4 (15. Ne4 Qh4 16. Nxc5 Rh5 17. Kg1 Qxh2+ 18. Kf2 {White escapes but Black maintains the initiative while down a piece} Qh4+) 15... Re3 $1 16. Ne4 $1 {To be honest I just missed this idea} Qd4 (16... Rxe4 17. Bxe4 cxd5 18. Qxd5 {And black can resign}) 17. dxc6 $4 {The next 6 moves are almost forced} Rxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qd8+ Bf8 20. Rae1 Qxc6 21. Re8 Qc5 $1 22. Rfe1 Bb7 $1 {That's what I saw after Re4, White is forced to retreat. I wasn't convinced if I were winning due to the bishop on f8 but it turns out it's -4 (!)} 23. Qd2 Rxe8 24. Rxe8 Qd5 $4 (24... Qb5 $3 {Threatens b2, e8 and f2#. That was my first candidate and I discarded because I thought there was mate in 2 and I saw big ghost} 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qd8+ {That's where I stopped my calculation because the king was on g8 and I was mated (...)} Qe8 $1 {And White is lost}) 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 {We enter an interesting endgame that is objectively equal but only Black can push for a win without any risks.} 26. a3 g6 27. Rc8 c6 (27... c5 $1 {Both pawns are defended and the idea is just c4 - c3}) 28. Ra8 Kg7 29. Rxa5 Be4 30. c3 (30. Ra4 $1 f5 (30... Bxc2 31. Rc4 Bb3 32. Rxc6 {And White has the initiative now})) 30... Bd6 31. Kg1 $2 Bxf4 32. g3 Be3+ 33. Kf1 {I considered 3 plans now: h5 to push my kingside majority, Bd3 to trap the king or c5 - c4 to block the queenside pawns} Bd3+ (33... f5 {More precise}) 34. Ke1 {The king is stuck on the first row} h5 (34... c5) 35. b4 $2 (35. a4 {White needs to seek counterplay to stay alive}) 35... Kh6 (35... Kf6 36. a4 Bg1 37. h3 Ke6 38. Kd2 Bc4) 36. Re5 Bg1 37. Kd2 Bb5 $1 38. h3 f5 {Not the strongest} (38... Bh2 39. Re3 h4 $4 40. gxh4 $4 (40. Re1 hxg3) (40. g4 Bf4 $1) (40. Re7 hxg3) 40... Bf4 $1) 39. Re1 Bf2 40. Ra1 Ba4 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 fxg4 $6 {It's still winning but invites unnecessary complications} (42... f4 {Just an improvement over the game, I was down to 10 minutes on the clock and started losing lucidity}) 43. Ke2 g3 44. c4 Bd4 45. Rh1+ Kg5 46. Kf3 Be5 47. Rb1 Kf5 48. b5 cxb5 49. cxb5 Bc2 50. Rb4 Bd6 51. Rc4 Bd1+ 52. Kg2 Be2 53. Rd4 Bxa3 $4 {I am low on time and did not realize the b pawn is indirectly defended at the end of the variation} (53... Bf4 54. a4 Kg4 {Bf3 follows and the pawn will promote}) 54. Kxg3 Ke5 {That's when I realized I messed again and it's a draw now} (54... Bxb5 $4 55. Rd5+ {And it's a draw}) 55. Ra4 Bd6 56. Kf2 Bd3 57. Ke3 Bf5 58. Rc4 Ke6 59. b6 g5 60. b7 Ke7 61. Rc1 {Black will sacrifice the DSB on b8 then Black will sac the rook on the g pawn so we agreed on a draw. I had 1 small shot in the opening, 1 massive in the middlegame then too many to count in the engame, if I can't convert I don't deserve to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Crompton, Robert"]
[Black "Casares, Nick Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[GameId "2053409329455146"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Nxe5 Nxb3 9. Qxb3 O-O 10. d4 Ba7 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Re1 d6 13. Nd3 Re8 14. e5 Bd5 15. Qd1 dxe5 16. Nxe5 c5 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Be3 c4 19. Nd2 Bb8 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. Bh4 Re6 22. Bg3 Qb6 23. Nef3 Rce8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxb8 Qxb8 26. Ne5 Qb7 27. Qf1 Nd7 28. Ng4 Rg6 29. Ne3 Be6 30. f3 Nf6 31. Kh1 Nh5 32. Ne4 Qb8 33. Nc5 Rh6 34. Qe1 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nf5 36. Ng4 Rf6 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Boyer, John"]
[Black "Little, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1282"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[GameId "2053409329459243"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. dxc5 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Bg6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qa2 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bb3 17. Qb1 Bxc5 18. Qf5 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. Bd1 b5 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfd8 23. Bf3 Bc4 24. Bd1 Bb3 25. Bd2 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Nb3 27. Rd3 Ne4 28. Be1 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 a5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 f6 32. Rxb5 a4 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Rb7 h6 35. Ra7 Rc4 36. Ke1 Kg8 37. Ke2 Nc5 38. Rc7 Kh7 39. Bxf6 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Ne4+ 42. Ke2 Nxf6 43. Rc4 Nd7 44. Rxa4 Kg6 45. b4 Kf6 46. b5 Ke5 47. Ra7 Kd6 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. a4 Kc7 50. e4 Kb6 51. e5 Ka5 52. e6 Kxa4 53. b6 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "D'Mello, Sanjay"]
[Black "Horowitz, Phineas F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[GameId "2053409329459244"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 a6 7. a4 Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 d5 14. Na4 dxc4 15. Nxc5 Qe8 16. b7 Bxb7 17. Nxb7 Qb8 18. Nc5 Qxb2 19. Reb1 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Nxa6 g5 23. Bg3 Ra8 24. Nc5 Ra2 25. dxc4 Rxc2 26. Nd7 Nd4 27. Bd6 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Ng6 29. e5 Nh4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. f4 Bd4 32. Ne4 Re2 33. c5 Rxe4 34. c6 Re2 35. Rc1 Rxf2 36. Ba3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Fisher, Brett"]
[Black "Clark, Drew H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1316"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[GameId "2053409329467437"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc2 c6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Be2 Ng6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bb4 c5 17. Bd2 Nh5 {[#]} 18. Nxe5 $4 Rxe5 19. f4 Ng3 $1 $19 20. fxe5 Nxe2+ 21. Kh2 Qh4 22. Qd3 Nef4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Qe3 dxe5 25. Rf3 b6 26. Raf1 Kh8 27. Qc3 f6 28. b4 g5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Qb3 g4 31. Re3 Rg8 32. Rg1 g3+ 33. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Qxg3 Rxg3 35. Kxg3 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxg1 37. Kxg1 Kg7 38. g4 Kg6 39. Kf2 h5 40. gxh5+ Kxh5 41. Kg3 Ba4 42. d6 Bd7 43. h4 a6 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Vazquez, Dominic A"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1251"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[GameId "2053409329467438"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Re1 Re8 14. f4 Ne7 15. Bc4 Bd5 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd5 18. Qe2 f5 19. Reb1 a6 20. Rd1 b5 21. c4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Nd5 24. g3 Rab8 25. Ne5 Rb2 26. Rdc1 Nc3 27. Kf2 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Nxa2 29. Ra1 Nb4 30. c3 Nd5 31. c4 Nf6 32. h3 Ra8 33. Ra5 g6 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. g4 Rb8 36. Rxa6 Rb3+ 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. gxf5 Ng3+ 40. Kf3 e2+ 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Nd3 Nxf5 43. d5 Nd4 44. Ne1 Rc1 45. Ra4 Nc2 46. Nxc2 Rxc2 47. Ke1 Ke7 48. Kf2 h5 49. Ke1 Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kf5 51. Rc6 Kxf4 52. Rxc7 Ke3 53. Re7+ Kd3 54. d6 Rc1+ 55. Kf2 Rf1+ 56. Kg3 Rf8 57. c5 Rd8 58. Kf2 Kd4 59. Rc7 {[#]} Kd5 $4 (59... Kd3 $8 $11) 60. Kxe2 $18 g5 61. Kf3 (61. d7) 61... Rf8+ 62. Kg3 Rd8 63. Kf3 (63. d7) 63... Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Bala, Ahir"]
[Black "Ahrens, Richard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1312"]
[BlackElo "1094"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[GameId "2053409329467439"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Qf3 Be6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 c6 {[#]} (7... Bxc3) 8. a3 (8. Qg3) 8... Qa5 $6 9. Nge2 $16 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Qd8 $18 (10... Qc7) 11. Nxd5 $2 (11. Qg3 $18) 11... cxd5 $14 12. Bb5+ {[#]} Nc6 $6 (12... Nd7 13. O-O (13. Qg3 O-O $1 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Qxe5 $4 Re8 $19)) 13. Bb4 (13. Qg3 $1 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxe5 $16) 13... Qf6 (13... Qb6 $1 $11) 14. Qxf6 (14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qg3 $16) 14... gxf6 $14 15. O-O (15. f4 $5) 15... a6 $2 (15... Rc8 $14 {/=}) 16. Ba4 $2 (16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. f4) 16... b5 17. Bb3 a5 (17... d4 $11) 18. Bc5 Rg8 19. Rae1 (19. f4) 19... a4 (19... Kd7 $15) 20. Ba2 {[#]} Rd8 $2 (20... Kd7) 21. f4 $1 $16 Bh3 22. Rf2 Kd7 $2 23. Bxd5 $18 exf4 24. Bxf7 Rg5 {[#]} 25. Bb4 $6 (25. d4 $1 $18) 25... f3 26. g3 Bg2 $2 (26... Nxb4 27. axb4 Rf8 28. Ba2 Bg4 $16) 27. Bd2 (27. Be6+) (27. Bc3) 27... Re5 $1 28. Rxe5 fxe5 (28... Nxe5 29. Bh5 f5 30. Bxf3 $1 Bxf3 31. Bc3 $16 {/+-}) 29. Bd5 $18 Rf8 30. Be4 Nd4 31. Bxh7 $2 (31. Bc3 $18) (31. h4 $18) (31. c3 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 fxe2 33. Bxg2 $18) 31... Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 fxe2 33. Kxg2 Rf1 34. h4 (34. d4 $1) 34... e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1 $11 36. Kf3 Rb1 37. g4 Rxb2 38. g5 Ke7 39. h5 b4 (39... Rxc2 $11) 40. g6 bxa3 41. g7 {[#]} Rb8 $4 $18 (41... a2 42. g8=Q a1=Q $11) 42. g8=Q Rxg8 43. Bxg8 a2 44. Bxa2 Kf6 45. Ke4 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Fitzgerald, William"]
[Black "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1255"]
[BlackElo "949"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[GameId "2053409329471536"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ne5 8. f3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Cao, Danny Du Uy"]
[Black "Fan, Timmy Qinnuo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1302"]
[BlackElo "1184"]
[Annotator "Cao,Danny Du Uy"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[GameId "2053195987752488"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. e3 (4. Nh4) 4... e6 5. Qb3 (5. Nh4) 5... Qc8 (5... Nc6 6. cxd5 (6. Qxb7 Nb4 7. Qb5+ c6 8. Qa4 Nc2+ 9. Kd2 Nxa1 10. Qxc6+) 6... exd5 7. Qxb7 Nb4 8. Qb5+ c6 9. Qa4 Nc2+ 10. Kd2 Nxa1 11. Qxc6+) 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Bd3 (11. Be2) (11. g3 Qc7 12. Bg2 Bd6 13. O-O) 11... Qc7 12. g3 (12. h3 Ng4 13. O-O-O (13. hxg4 Rxh1+) 13... Nxf2) (12. O-O-O Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Qxh2) (12. f4 Ng4 13. h3) 12... Bd6 13. O-O-O (13. f4) (13. O-O Ng4 14. h4) 13... Nbd7 (13... Ng4 14. Rdf1 (14. Be1 Rxh2 15. Rxh2 Nxh2) 14... Rxh2 15. Rxh2 Nxh2 16. Rh1) 14. f3 b5 15. Kb1 Qb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Rde1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 exd3 20. Rh8+) 17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 (18. Bxe4) (18. Rde1 Bxg3 19. Rxe4+ Kd8 20. Rg4 Bd6) 18... Rb8 {white 1 hour 10 min... black 49 min} 19. e5 Be7 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxg6+ Kd8 (21... Kf8 22. Qxe6) 22. Ba5+ Kc8 (22... Nb6 23. Qxe6) 23. Qxe6 Bd8 {white 1 hour ...black 31 min} 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 (24... Kxd8 25. d5 Nf8 26. Qd6+ Qd7 27. dxc6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6+ Ke7 29. c7) 25. Rc1 Kc7 26. d5 Nf8 {white 48 min... black 29 min} 27. Rxc6+ Qxc6 28. Qxc6# {epaulette mate!} 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Massop, Daniel"]
[Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1075"]
[BlackElo "887"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[GameId "2053409329479730"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 d5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bc4 b5 11. Ndxb5 Bf5 12. Bb3 a6 13. Nd4 Bc8 14. Nde2 O-O 15. a3 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Qa5+ 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bc3 Bxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Qb6 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Qf2 Qf6 23. O-O Rfc8 24. Rad1 h5 25. Qd4 Qg5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Kh7 29. Rd5 f5 30. Rxc5 fxe4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. fxe4 Rd8 33. h3 Rd2 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Rxe7 h4 36. e5 Kg5 37. e6 Kf4 38. Rf7+ Ke3 39. e7 Rd7 40. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"]
[Black "Carion, Anthony Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "772"]
[BlackElo "566"]
[Annotator "Booth,Kyle, Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[GameId "2053190282121892"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bd6 5. Re1 O-O 6. d4 Re8 7. d5 Ne7 8. c4 c6 9. Ba4 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Nbd2 $6 h6 {[#]} 13. Nc4 $5 Be7 $4 (13... Bb4 $1 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Ncxd2 Nf4 $15) 14. Bd2 $6 {KB: sets up a bit of a nasty trick (EW: but there was much better!)} (14. Be3 $1 Bb4 15. Bb6 Qe7 16. Re3 $18) (14. d6 $5 {is better, too}) 14... b5 $4 15. Ba5 Bb4 16. Bxd8 Bxe1 17. Bxf6 Bb4 18. Ncxe5 gxf6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Bc2 Bd6 21. Nh4 g5 22. Qh5 Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Kd8 25. Nxd6 Rg8 26. Qh7 Rf8 27. Qg7 Re8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. d6 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Halle, Zachary"]
[Black "Singer, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "751"]
[BlackElo "976"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[GameId "2053409329479732"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. c4 Qc7 8. Nc3 Bg6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Qd2 f6 16. f4 f5 17. Rf3 Kf7 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rff1 Nb6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Qa5 Qa4 23. Qxa4 Nxa4 24. Rc7 Nxb2 25. Rxb7 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rc7 Rb8 28. Kf2 Rb3 29. Bd2 Ke8 30. Rxc4 Rxa3 31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 a5 33. Rb7 Ra4 34. Ra7 Rxd4 35. Rxg7 Rxf4+ 36. Kg3 Re4 37. Rxg6 Rxe5 38. Rg7 a4 39. Ra7 Re4 40. h4 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. h5 Kg8 43. g3 Rd4 44. h6 e5 45. Ra5 Re4 46. Kh2 Kh7 47. Ra6 a3 48. Rxa3 Kxh6 49. Rf3 Kg5 50. Kh3 f4 51. gxf4+ Rxf4 52. Rxf4 Kxf4 53. Kg2 Ke3 54. Kf1 Kd2 55. Kf2 e4 0-1

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Dolan, Kevin"]
[Black "Wardle, Braxton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1084"]
[BlackElo "165"]
[Annotator "Wardle,Braxton"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[GameId "2053643399664169"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 $6 {I knew this move was incorrect, as I'd prepped the below two lines, which you'll see I fail to transpose into later. I obviously didn't know how to exploit.} (5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7) (5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bb5 Ne7) 5... b6 $6 (5... a5 {The critical move I missed, which would open up my rook and remove the c pawn's defender}) 6. Be3 $6 Nd7 $6 {Idea is to continue to put pressure on c5 but I missed that I should have just taken bxc5} 7. Bb5 Ne7 $4 {This move only works when Black hasn't played b6, leaving the pinned knight only defended by the Q and K} (7... bxc5 {Again the correct move is to just take on c5}) 8. Nf3 Nf5 $4 (8... bxc5) 9. c6 $1 {Brutal move from white, and effectively finishing the game as long as they can keep their advantage. White is up a full piece in the opening. The game continued for another 20 minutes but I knew that it was already essentially over unless I could come up with some crazy counter play} a6 $6 10. cxd7+ Bxd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. a3 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qc4 14. Qd3 b5 15. Qxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Rd8 17. Nd4 Nh6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nce2 Bg7 20. f4 O-O 21. c3 f6 22. Nxe6 {This rook fork was too much for me after the opening disaster, Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "2024 Summer TNM: Extra Games"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[GameId "2053611582416781"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. d4 Ng6 17. c3 Ndf4 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Qc2 Qb5 20. b4 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. g3 Nb2 23. Be2 b5 24. Bc1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Nd2 Rd6 27. Bb2 Rc6 28. a4 Bg5 29. f4 Be7 30. f5 Nf8 31. fxe6 Rxe6 32. Nxc4 Re2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Ne6 35. Re1 Kf8 36. Ne5 Re8 37. d5 Nd8 38. Bc1 f6 39. Nd7+ Kf7 40. Bf4 Bd6 41. Bxd6 cxd6 42. Rxe8 Kxe8 43. Nb8 Nb7 44. Nxa6 Kd8 45. Ke3 Kc8 46. Kd4 Nd8 47. b5 Kb7 48. c4 Kb6 49. c5+ dxc5+ 50. Nxc5 Nf7 51. Nd7+ Kc7 52. Nf8 h5 53. Ne6+ Kb6 54. Nxg7 h4 55. gxh4 1-0

