Archived Tournament

2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon

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Top games are broadcasted on Chess.com with a 15-min delay:

https://www.chess.com/events/2026-spring-tuesday-night-marathon
 

Pre-TNM lecture schedule:

Mar 3: NM Daniel Cremisi

Mar 10: IM Elliott Winslow

Mar 17: Falconer Award Ceremony and lecture by this year's winner FM Shawnak Shivakumar!
Lecture title: "My Immortal Game — An Evening with FM Shawnak Shivakumar"
 

Mar 24: IM Elliott Winslow

Mar 31: NM Daniel Cremisi

Apr 7: IM Elliott Winslow

Apr 14: NM Daniel Cremisi

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Registration

• Online Registration Open Until: Tuesday, April 14: 6:30 pm
• Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $70
  • Play-up fee: $15
• Entry fee for Non-Members: $100
  • Play-up fee: $20
• Late fee: $10
• $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.

Two ways to check your entries:

• Check the live entries on the Jumbula site by clicking on the View Entries button.
• Check the processed entries here a day before the event.

 

Tournament Format

• Tournament Format: Swiss System
• Total Rounds: 7
• Time control: 90 min basetime + 30 sec increment
• Round Times: 3/3 6:30pm 3/10 6:30pm 3/17 6:30pm 3/24 6:30pm 3/31 6:30pm 4/7 6:30pm 4/14 6:30pm
• Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 Under1600

Play-up "200-rating point rule":

• Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental or actual regular rating to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section.
• Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental or actual regular rating to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.

US Chess rating will be used for section determination and pairings.  FIDE or other ratings are only used if no US Chess rating is available. 

Pairings are based on the March 2026 regular supplemental regular US Chess rating.

 

Prize Fund

Total Prize Fund: $2,400

• Prize explanations are coming after the event.
• Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.
• Per IRS rules anyone with a cumulative $600+ prize in any calendar year will need to fill out a W9 and Mechanics' Institute will be providing a 1099 form. 

 

• Prize Fund:

  • $2400 based on 80 paid entries
  • Actual Payout: coming after the tournament ended.

 

 

Byes

Byes are available for players in any rounds if they can't participate that evening but would like to stay in the tournament.

• A maximum of three half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.

• Round 1 pairings will be done on Tuesday at 6:20 pm onsite. If you need a Round 1 bye, please email us by 4:00 pm.

• Round 2-6 byes must be requested before the pairing of the round by Monday, 6 pm. Pairings usually are posted shortly after 8 pm on Monday, the day before the round.

• Round 7 bye must be requested before the start of Round 5. Round 7 bye is irrevocable to prevent possible prize-fund manipulations.
• Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round, up to three rounds.
   

Eligibility

• Players must have current US Chess Federation membership. Expiration date of their US Chess membership must be later than the last day of the tournament.
• Not sure if you have a membership? Need to check the expiration date of your members? Visit: https://new.uschess.org/player-search
• Become a member or renew your membership: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess

Tournament Rules

• Forfeit time:
  • 30 minutes without prior notice
  • 60 minutes with prior notice. Please email to chessroom@milibrary.org or call us to request this!
    A player will be awarded a forfeit win against any opponent who doesn't show up according to the prescribed rules, and every effort will be made to find that player an extra game.
• We provide clocks and set it up for players.
• Games will be US Chess and FIDE regular rated. Modified FIDE rules apply.
   
• What do the time controls mean?
  Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
  G90+30 means game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment with each move. This means you get 90 minutes, your opponent gets 90 minutes, and with each move players get 30 seconds added to their clock.

Mechanics' Institute Chess Club reserves the right to update any details of this event (including but not limited to sections, time control, round times, prize fund, etc.) as we get closer to the event date to ensure an excellent tournament experience for players.

Rounds

• Download Round 1 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Black "Clemens, Kristian"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2254"] [BlackElo "1993"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2284049042010214"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. Bd3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:27] Stockfish 18 must have some new vitamins or something -- it's evaluating this already +0.55/d29. Ah, it just dropped to +0.54, and changed its mind to} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} ({from} 8. h4 $5) 8... Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 10. Be5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:28]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:14:41]} (12. h4 $5) 12... b6 $6 {[%emt 0:07:36] [#]} (12... c5 $1 $14 {Even at d46, White has a little bit (0.08 -- a *very* little).}) 13. h4 $2 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Ng7 $2 {[%emt 0:13:48] [#]} (13... Nxg4 $15) 14. Bxf6 $1 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 15. g5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 16. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bb7 $6 {[%emt 0:15:53]} (16... Bd7) 17. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:13:20]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:12:48]} 18. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:08]} (18. Rxh5 $1) 18... c5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:20] [#]} (18... Bxg5 19. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 20. f4) 19. Nxg6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:04] It's games like this that make you think the Exchange Variation with 0-0-0 is the refutation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Just kidding! But Black has to be extra careful to avoid such disasters. +5 and increasing...} (19. Rxh5 $1 {ain't bad either}) 19... cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 20. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 21. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 22. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 23. Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:23] How nice of Black to clear the long diagonal...} f6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 24. Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 25. gxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 26. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 27. Qc7+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:08] From an unexpected direction!} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 28. Rxh8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 30. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 31. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "1959"] [BlackElo "2245"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "141"] [GameId "2284049042034791"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. b3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 9. Be4 {[%emt 0:21:34]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:09:18]} 10. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:31:17]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 13. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 15. Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02] [#]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 17. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 18. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 19. Nba4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 20. f3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 23. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:34] [#]} 24. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} f4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 27. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (27... g5) 28. Nb7 {[%emt 0:03:40]} (28. b4) 28... Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 29. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} g5 $11 {[%emt 0:04:30]} (30... Rb8) 31. Nd3 $2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} (31. Nb3 Rd8 32. g3) 31... Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 32. a4 $17 {[%emt 0:00:57]} g4 $2 {[%emt 0:09:38] [#]} 33. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (37... g3+ $5 38. Kg1 $1 $11 Rc7) 38. b5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} h4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 40. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} g3+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 41. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 44. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 45. Kd2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:53] [#]} (45. Rh8 $15) 45... Rc4 $4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} (45... f3 $19 46. Rh4+ Kf5 47. gxf3 Rg7 48. Rh1 g2 49. Rg1 Kf4 50. Ke2 Kg3) 46. a5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 47. b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 48. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 49. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 50. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 51. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 52. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} 53. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:03:20]} 54. Kg1 Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 55. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 56. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 57. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 58. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:02:30]} 59. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 60. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 61. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 62. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 63. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 64. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 65. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 66. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 67. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 68. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 69. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 70. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 71. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Winslow, Elliott"] [Black "Kulkarni, Neil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E66"] [WhiteElo "2237"] [BlackElo "1952"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2283986707251246"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:10] [#]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} (12... e5 13. e4 (13. e3) 13... Bh6 14. Nd1 (14. Re1) (14. Ne2)) 13. dxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} fxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} (13... Bxe6 14. Nd5 Bf5 $11) 14. cxb5 {[%emt 0:02:35] [#]} (14. Nde4 $1 bxc4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. bxc4 Rxb1 17. Nxb1 $16) 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Bf4 $1 Rb6 18. bxc4 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 $16) 14... d5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:04]} (14... axb5 15. Nde4 b4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bf4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qe7 $16 {(0.73/d24)}) 15. b4 $2 {[%emt 0:04:58]} (15. a4 $18) (15. Ba3 $18) 15... cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 16. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:13] [#]} Nc6 $2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (16... d4 17. Nce4 Nd5 18. Ba3 $1 axb5 $1 19. Rb2 Rf7 20. Bd6 Rb6 21. Bc5 Rc6 22. Rxb5 Ba6 23. a4 $1 $14) 17. Rf4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} (17. bxc6 $1 Rxb4 18. Ba3 Rb6 $1 19. Na4 Rb5 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Nb3 $16) 17... Ne7 {[%emt 0:10:16] [#]} (17... axb5 18. Nxd5 $1 $16) 18. bxa6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} (18. a4 $1 $16 {(1.15/d36)} Nf5 (18... e5 $6 19. Rb4) 19. Nf3) 18... Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 19. Ra4 $14 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Bb7 $2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} (19... Qc8 20. Nb3 Bb5 21. Ra7 $14) 20. Nf3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (20. Ba3 $1 $16) 20... Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 21. Ra7 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:02:05]} d4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 22. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 23. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Kxg2 $11 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Qc5 $6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} (24... Rbc8 25. Bb2 (25. Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 26. Bb2 $11 e5 27. Qd3)) 25. Rxg7+ $6 {[%emt 0:05:56]} (25. Rxe6 $1 Qc4 (25... Ng4 26. Bf4 $1 $16) 26. Re7 $11) 25... Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:12] [#]} 26. Qd2 $2 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Rfc8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:02:14]} Kg8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (27... Kf7 $2 28. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Qh4+ Ng5 $11) 28. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Rb2 $19 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 29. Be1 {[%emt 0:04:26] [#]} Rc2 $6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (29... Nd5 $19) 30. Qf4 $1 {[%emt 0:13:08]} Kg7 $6 {[%emt 0:02:58] [#]} (30... Nh5 $5) (30... Nd7 $5 31. Ne4 Qc6 32. Qf3 Rf8 $17) 31. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:02:10]} (31. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. e3 Rxa2 35. Bb4 Kf6 $15) 31... Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:02] [#]} Ke5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (32... Kf5 33. Nxc5 R8xc5 $19) 33. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} R8xc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. Bb4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} R5c4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 35. a3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (35. Rb1 Rxe2 $17) (35. Bf8 $15) (35. Ba5 $1 $11) (35. Be7 $1 Rxe2 36. Bg5 $11 Rcc2 $6 (36... Kf5) 37. Kf3 $11 (37. a4 $11)) 35... Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rcc2 $2 {[%emt 0:01:19] [#]} (36... Rb2 $1 $19) (36... Ra2 $1 $19) 37. g4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (37. Bc5 $1 Re4 $1 38. Be3 Ra4 39. Rb1 $11) 37... Kd5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:10] [#]} (37... Re4 $5 38. h3 h5 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rcc4 41. f3 Re3 42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Rc1 Rdd3 44. Kh4 Rxf3 45. Kg5 Rg3 $17 46. a4 $1 Kd5 47. a5 Rd4 48. Rc5+ Ke4 49. Be1 $15) 38. h4 $2 {[%emt 0:03:51]} (38. Be7 $15) (38. Bf8 $15) (38. Ba5 $15) 38... e5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 39. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:07:25]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 40. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 41. Rd3+ {[%emt 0:01:43]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 42. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 43. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (43. Kxe3 Kb5 $1 (43... Kxa3 $2 44. f3 Rg2 45. Bc3 Rh2 46. h5 gxh5 47. Bxe5 Rh3 48. gxh5 $11) 44. Bb4 Kc4 (44... Rc4) (44... Kc6)) 43... Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 44. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:05] [#]} Rc5 $8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 45. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e4+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} 47. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 48. Kg5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:14:55]} 49. Kh6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 51. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 52. Kxh7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 53. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 54. h5 {[%emt 0:01:01] [#]} e3 $4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} (54... Ra6+ 55. Bf6 Rxf6+ 56. Kxf6 e3 57. h6 e2 58. h7 e1=Q 59. h8=Q Qc3+ $19) 55. h6 {[%emt 0:04:25]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 56. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 57. h7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Lewis, Edward"] [Black "Diller, Bradley R"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Diller,Bradley R"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "2122"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "146"] [GameId "2284800108701729"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] {This was a hard-fought game. I outplayed Ed in the opening and obtained a decisive advantage, but I misplayed the attack and allowed Ed to equalize after resourceful play. In time pressure, I made a decisive mistake, 41 ... Re6, which should have cost me the game. However, my tenacity paid off and Ed made a couple of mistakes which eventually cost him the game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 b6 7. b3 Bb7 (7... Ba6 $142 8. Bb2 (8. g3 d5 9. Bg2 c5 $15) 8... d5 9. g3 c5 $15) 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 (13... e4 14. Nd2 Rfe8 $15) 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 e4 $15 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rc7 (17... Nh5 $142 18. Qxa7 Nf4 19. d5 Rfe8 20. Qa4 f5 21. Nh4 Qf7 22. Qb4 Ne5) 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. c3 d5 20. a4 $2 (20. f3 $142 $11) 20... Nh5 $1 21. Qb5 Nf4 22. g3 a6 $1 23. Qf1 (23. Qxa6 Qg5 24. Re3 Nf6 25. Qf1 h5 $18) 23... Qg5 24. Re3 Nd3 $2 {This was an inaccuracy with throws away a signficant part of my advantage.} ({Instead, I should have strengthened my attack by} 24... Nf6 $142 {followed by ...h5 and ...h4, as follows. My attack is overwhelming.} 25. Ba3 (25. c4 h5 26. Rce1 (26. Kh1 Nd3 27. Rxd3 exd3 28. Qxd3 h4) 26... h4 $18) 25... Rc6 26. c4 h5 27. a5 (27. Be7 h4 $18) 27... bxa5 28. Be7 h4) 25. Rxd3 $1 {The exchange sac is Ed's best chance of warding off my attack.} exd3 26. Qxd3 Re8 27. c4 Nf6 28. Nf3 Qh5 $6 (28... Qg6 $142 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Ne5 Ne4 $19 {I have significant pressure on his weakened pawn structure and my pieces are more active.}) 29. Kg2 Rec8 $2 {This was hastily played to attempt to futilely prevent c5 but surrenders most of my advantage.} (29... Ne4 30. Re1 Rcc8 31. Re3 f6 $18) 30. c5 $1 {Excellent find by Ed.} b5 (30... bxc5 31. dxc5 Ne4 32. Qxa6 Nxc5 33. Qb5 $11 {This was objectively the better continuation but I did not like liberating his dark-squared bishop. Instead, I decided to go for the pawn sacrifice to activate my rook along the third rank and keep his bishop temporarily hemmed in pawns on d4 and c5. However, the inactivity is temporary because his passed b and c pawns can become quite dangerous, especially, after further misplay by me. The position is roughly equal.}) (30... Nd7 31. Qxa6 bxc5 32. dxc5 Nxc5) 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Ne4 $2 {This was another error. It was essential to keep the e-file open so that I can counter b4 with Re7 and Rce8.} (32... Qf5 $142 33. b4 Re7 34. Bc3 Rce8 35. Rd1 Re2 $11) 33. Re1 (33. b4 $142 Qf5 34. Qe2 Re7 35. b5 $16) 33... Qf5 34. h4 Rc6 35. Re3 h6 36. Qe2 Rf6 $6 ({Rb8 preventing b4 was better.} 36... Rb8 37. Ne5 Re6 $11) 37. b4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rxe4 $1 {Excellent exchange sacrifice by Ed.} dxe4 40. Ne5 Rh6 41. Ng4 Re6 $4 {This was a serious error in time pressure.} ({The surprising but difficult to find} 41... Kh7 $1 {, returning one of my exchanges, preserves equality. He cannot activate his knight to e3 to support the d5 push because of Qh3+ followed by mate.} 42. b5 (42. Nxh6 Kxh6 43. d5 Qxd5 $11) 42... f6 43. b6 $11) (41... Rh7 42. d5 Kf8 43. d6 e3 44. Qxe3 Re8 45. d7 Qxd7 46. Qf3 Qe6) 42. Ne3 $18 Qf3+ {This is practically forced because the alternative quickly loses. However, still I am lost because I cannot stop the advance of his three connected passed pawns despite being a double exchange up! So, I resorted to unorthodox tactics by moving quickly and harassed his dark-squared bishop with my rook to tempt Ed to make mistakes which, to Ed's chagrin, happened.} (42... Qg6 $143 43. d5 Ree8 44. g4 $18) 43. Qxf3 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rb8 45. Bc3 Ra6 46. d5 Ra3 47. Bd2 Ra2 48. Ke2 Rxb4 49. Kd3 $2 ({The loss of the b-pawn was not equalizing as we originally thought. Ed played too quickly and missed a clear win.} 49. c6 $1 $18) 49... Rb3+ $11 50. Bc3 $4 {This blunders a piece.} (50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Bc3 Ra4+ 52. Kd3 Kf8 $11) 50... Raa3 51. Nd1 Kf8 $2 (51... Rb5 {In time pressure, I missed the zwischenzug to force the king to the fourth rank.} 52. Kd4 (52. Kc4 Rb1 $19) 52... Ra4+ 53. Ke5 Rxc5 $19) 52. Kc4 $4 {This simply losses a piece with 52 ... Rb1} (52. c6 Ke8 53. Kd4 Rb1 54. Ne3 Kd8 $11) 52... Rb1 $19 53. c6 Ke8 54. d6 Rxd1 55. d7+ Rxd7 56. cxd7+ Kxd7 57. Bd2 g4 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Ke3 f5 62. Bc1 Rb4 63. Bd2 Rb3+ 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. Bc1 Rc3 66. Bd2 Rc2 67. Kd1 Ra2 68. Ke2 Rb2 69. Ke1 Kf3 70. Be3 Re2+ 71. Kf1 Rxe3 72. fxe3 Kxe3 73. Kg1 Kf3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Black "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "1925"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2284049042055274"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O {[#]} 9. h4 (9. O-O $16) 9... e5 $1 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qc7 $6 (11... Bd6 $1 $14 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Qd2 $1 (13. f3 Bg3+ 14. Kf1 Be6 $11) 13... Bc7 14. Be2 $14) 12. Nf3 $16 Bg4 $6 13. e5 $18 Bb4 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bb4 15. O-O) 14. exf6 Bxc3+ 15. Kf1 Bxf6 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bc2 Qb5+ 20. Kg1 Qh5 21. Qxh5 Bxh5 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Bg4 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Bxb8 Rd2 27. Bd6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Be5 Rad8 30. Bc3 R2d6 31. Bc2+ Kg8 32. Rh7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Wang, Chase"] [Black "Chen, Quincy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1898"] [BlackElo "2097"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2284049042055275"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Nxc3 Be6 12. Bh6 Nc6 13. Rad1 f6 14. Ne4 Kf7 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. a3 Be7 17. f4 Rd3 18. f5 Bd5 19. Nf2 Bc5 20. g3 Ne5 21. h3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd3 23. Rd2 Re8 24. Ng2 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rxb2 29. Ke3 Rb3+ 30. Kd4 Rxa3 31. Kxc4 Z0 32. Kd4 Rxg3 33. h4 Rg4+ 34. Kc3 Rxh4 35. Be3 Rh3 36. g8=Q+ Kxg8 37. Kc4 Rxe3 38. Kd5 h5 39. Kd4 Re5 40. Kd3 h4 41. Kd4 h3 42. Kd3 h2 43. Kd4 h1=Q 44. Kc4 Qf3 45. Kb4 Re4+ 46. Ka5 Qxf5# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Melville, Cailen Jeremiah"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "1868"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2284049042055276"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Be7 6. Nf3 Bf6 7. Nd4 Qe7 8. Ndb5 Na6 9. d6 {[#]} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qf6 11. dxc7 Nc5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bxc5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 bxc5 16. Qd5 Rc8 17. Qxc5 Ne7 {[#]} 18. e3 e4 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. c4 Rxc7 22. Be2 Ra7 23. g4 g6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Nxg8 27. Rd6 Rb7 28. Rd5 Ne7 29. Bh5+ Kf8 30. Rd6 Rc7 {[#]} 31. Rxb6 Rxc4 32. Rf6+ Kg8 33. Bf7+ Kg7 34. Bxc4 Kxf6 35. b6 Ke5 36. Bb5 Kd6 37. Kd2 Nc6 38. a4 Na5 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. Bxd7 Kxb6 41. Bxf5 h6 42. Bxe4 Kc5 43. h4 Nc4 44. h5 Ne5 45. f4 Ng4 46. Kd2 Kb4 47. Bc2 Nf6 48. Bd1 {[#]} Ne4+ 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 50. Ke2 Ne4 51. Kf3 Nd2+ 52. Kg3 Ne4+ 53. Kg2 Nf6 54. f5 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Rigel, Marlon"] [Black "Seitzer, Phillip"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "1862"] [BlackElo "2025"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2284049042055277"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Qb3 a5 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rc8 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Bc3 Rh5 19. Qd4 Rd5 20. Qa7 b4 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. Rac1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Nc6 Nd3 28. Nxa5 Ra8 29. Nc4 Rxa2 30. Rb1 Kf6 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke2 Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Parsons, Stephen"] [Black "Hasteer, Divija"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2010"] [BlackElo "1847"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [GameId "2284049042055278"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 {[#]} axb3 24. axb3 Ra3 25. Rd3 Rb4 26. Rb2 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Rxd3 28. c5 Rc3 29. cxd6 exd6 30. Rb7 d5 31. Re7 d4 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rd6 d3 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. e5 c5 36. g4 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 c4 38. f4 Rxh2 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 {[#]} d2 41. f6+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Re7+ Kd5 $11 44. f7 $4 {[#]} d1=N+ $1 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46. Kg5 Ne3 47. e6 c3 48. Re8 c2 49. Rc8 Kxe6 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Dees, Calvin"] [Black "McCollum, Patrick M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "1841"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "157"] [GameId "2284049042055279"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. b3 Qe8 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qxe2 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. Qc3 Qe5 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Qc4 Rd6 25. R4d3 f4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Red7 28. Kg2 c6 {[#]} 29. dxc6 Rxd3 30. cxb7 Rxd1 31. b8=Q+ Kf7 32. Qe5 g6 33. f5 gxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Rf7 $4 36. a3 $4 Rdd7 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. b4 Rg7+ 40. Kf1 Rge7 41. Qg5+ Rg7 42. Qc1 Rc7 43. Qb2 Rcd7 44. Qb3+ Kf8 45. a4 Rgf7 46. b5 Ke8 47. a5 Kd8 48. b6 axb6 49. Qxb6+ Kc8 50. a6 Rfe7 51. Qc6+ Kb8 52. Qb6+ Ka8 53. f4 Rd1+ 54. Kf2 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Kg4 Rg7+ 57. Kf5 Rdd7 58. Ke4 Rge7+ 59. Kf5 Rf7+ 60. Kg4 Rg7+ 61. Kf3 Rgf7 62. h4 h5 $2 (62... Rc7 $16) 63. Qc6+ $18 Ka7 64. Qc5+ Kxa6 65. Qxh5 Kb6 66. f5 Kc6 67. Qg6+ Kc7 68. h5 Kd8 69. Kf4 Ke8 70. Qg8+ Rf8 71. Qe6+ Re7 72. Qg6+ Rff7 73. h6 Kf8 74. f6 $4 (74. Kg5 $18) 74... Re6 $14 75. Kg5 Rexf6 76. Qxf6 Rxf6 77. h7 Kg7 78. h8=Q+ Kxh8 79. Kxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "Sevall, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1827"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2284049042055280"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Qe2 c6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O b5 14. g4 Nhf6 15. e4 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. exd5 cxd5 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Qf3 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rc8 23. N5g4 Rh4 24. Rhd1 a5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 {[#]} 27. Qc6+ Rxc6 28. Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Perlov, Daniel Robert"] [Black "Walder, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "A70"] [WhiteElo "1805"] [BlackElo "1995"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2284595026727962"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 {[#]} b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. O-O {[%eval 38,33]} (11. Bxe4 $18 {[%eval 174,24]} Re8 (11... Qa5+ 12. Nc3 $16) 12. Nd2) 11... Ba6 {[%eval 90,26]} (11... a6 $14 {[%eval 38,33]}) 12. Re1 {[%eval 23,30]} (12. a4 $1 $16 {[%eval 90,26]} Re8 13. Re1 Bxb5 (13... f5 14. Ng5 $16) 14. axb5 (14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Be8 $15)) 12... f5 {2.79/21 [#]} (12... Nxf2 $1 $11 {[%eval 23,30] and Black has nothing to worry.} 13. Kxf2 c4) 13. a4 $1 $18 Re8 {White has a decisive advantage.} 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 Bxb5 16. axb5 e3 17. Rxe3 (17. Ne6 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qf6+ 19. Kg1 Nd7 $16) 17... Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Nd7 19. Ra4 Bxb2 20. Qg4 {White wants to mate with Qe6+.} (20. Qf3 Qe7 $14) 20... Qe7 21. Ne6 $2 {[%eval 72,24]} (21. b6 $18 {[%eval 309,24]} Nxb6 22. Re4) 21... Nf6 $2 {[%eval 430,21]} (21... Nb6 $16 {[%eval 72,24] is tougher.}) 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Ra6 Rb6 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Rxb6 {[%eval 36,26]} (26. h4 $18 {[%eval 427,24] and Ra4 would now be decisive} Rxa6 27. bxa6 Bxg5 28. hxg5) 26... axb6 $14 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 $18 {Endgame KQN-KQN} 28. g4 Ne8 29. Qe3 Ng7 30. Qe4 g5 $2 {4.77/26 [#]} (30... Qf6 $11 {[%eval 0,54]}) 31. Nxc5 $1 {Discovered Attack} Qc7 (31... Qxe4 32. Nxe4) 32. Na6 Qc3 33. Kg2 Qe5 {[%eval 689,15]} (33... h6 $142 {[%eval 451,23]} 34. Nb8 Qc7) 34. Qxe5 dxe5 {KN-KN. White is a pawn up.} 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Nb4 $2 {[%eval 79,24]} (36. Nc7 $18 {[%eval 649,19] is more deadly.}) 36... Ne8 $16 37. Na2 Nf6 38. Nc3 Ke7 $2 {4.25/26 [#]} (38... h6 $1 $11 {[%eval 23,27]}) 39. Ke3 $2 {[%eval 6,52]} ({Only move:} 39. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%eval 425,26]} Nxd5 40. Nxg5) 39... h6 $11 40. Kd3 h5 $2 {[%eval 600,24]} (40... Kd7 $11 {[%eval 18,47]}) 41. f3 $2 {[%eval 61,26]} (41. Ne4 $18 {[%eval 600,24]} Nxd5 42. gxh5 (42. Nxg5 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kf6 $16)) 41... hxg4 $2 {[%eval 588,19]} ({Black should try} 41... h4 $1 $14 {[%eval 61,26]} 42. Kc2 Kd6) 42. hxg4 $18 ({Weaker is} 42. fxg4 Kd7 $16) 42... Kd7 43. Ne4 Nh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.13/Black=1.30} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Black "Dutter, Frederic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1900"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2284049042055282"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:49]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:11:53]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 14. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:35]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 16. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:08:35]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 17. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:15:28]} 20. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 21. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 22. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Bxe1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 24. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 25. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} a4 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 29. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 31. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 32. Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33. Ba1 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:07:00]} 34. Kc3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 35. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 36. Kb4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} c3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 37. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 38. Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ra8+ {[%emt 0:03:16]} 39. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 40. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 41. Rf3 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 42. Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 43. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:10:02]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 45. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 46. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Finacom, Richard V"] [Black "Ni, Tao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "1822"] [BlackElo "1587"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "117"] [GameId "2284049042055283"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O e6 (10... cxd4) (10... Na5) (10... Qc7) (10... b6) 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. f3 Na5 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bc2 Qe7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bb1 f5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. e5 Nc6 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qc1 Rd7 25. h3 Red8 26. Bc2 Qe7 27. Qb2 Na5 28. Rb1 Qg5 29. Qc1 Qxc1 30. Rfxc1 Kf7 31. Kf2 h6 32. Ng3 Nc6 33. Ba4 Rd5 34. Rb2 Ne7 35. Nf1 Ra5 36. Bd1 Nd5 37. g3 Ra3 38. Rbc2 Bc6 39. Ne3 Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Ba4 41. Rd2 Bxd1 42. Rdxd1 Rxa2 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Rxa1 Rd7 45. f4 h5 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 a5 48. g5 Ra7 49. Rh1 Kg8 50. Rb1 Rb7 {[#]} 51. d5 exd5 52. Kd4 a4 53. Kxd5 b5 54. Kc6 Ra7 55. Kb6 Ra8 56. Kb7 Ra5 57. Kb6 Ra8 58. Kb7 a3 59. Kb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.16"] [White "McCutcheon, Bennett"] [Black "Ramirez, Nazaret"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1800"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "130"] [GameId "2284049042055284"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 b5 13. Nf1 b4 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Ng5 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bf5 18. Ngf3 Ra3 19. Bxc4 Rxc3 20. Bxd5 Bf4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nb3 Be6 23. Nc5 Bxh3 24. a4 h6 25. a5 Bf5 26. a6 Bd6 27. Rec1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Ra7 {[#]} 31. Nd4 Be4 32. f3 Bd5 33. Nf5 Kf8 34. Nd6 Be6 35. f4 g6 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Kd4 h5 39. g3 f6 40. Kc3 Bg4 41. Ra2 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ne4 Be6 44. Ra3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kb4 h3 47. Ka5 h2 48. Ra1 Bc4 49. Kb6 {[#]} Rxa6+ 50. Rxa6 h1=Q 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra8 Qb1+ 53. Kc7 Bd5 54. Nc3 Qh7+ 55. Kb6 Bf3 56. Re8+ Kd7 57. Ra8 Qc2 58. Ra7+ Ke6 59. Na2 Qb2+ 60. Kc7 Bd5 61. Ra6 Bxa2 62. Rxc6+ Ke7 63. Rd6 Qe5 64. Kb6 Bc4 65. Rh6 Qb8+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.17"] [White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"] [Black "Sisti, Daniel J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1775"] [BlackElo "1565"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2284049042055285"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. h3 Be6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. Qxa7 Nb6 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qa6 e6 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Ngf3 Qc7 15. Qb1 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. d3 e5 18. Nb3 h6 19. Bd2 Ba4 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Na5 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qe1 Nh5 24. b3 Bd7 25. e3 Bf6 26. Bb4 Qc7 27. d4 e4 28. Nh2 Bh4 29. Bc5 Nf6 30. Rc1 Nh7 31. Qb4 Bd8 32. Rf1 Ng5 33. h4 Ne6 34. Bd6 Qa7 35. Qd2 Bxh4 36. Ng4 Ra8 37. b4 Bd8 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Ra1 Nc8 40. Bc5 Nxc5 41. dxc5 Bxa5 42. bxa5 Ne7 43. Rc1 Qc7 44. f4 exf3 45. Nxf3 Rxa5 46. Qc2 Bc6 47. Nd4 Ba8 48. a4 Qa7 49. Nb5 Qd7 50. Rd1 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.18"] [White "Uzakbaev, Nursultan"] [Black "Boyer, John"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1558"] [BlackElo "1761"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2284049042055286"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Be2 b6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. c3 Rd8 13. O-O-O Na5 14. g4 Qd6 15. g5 Be7 16. c4 Rg8 17. Rhg1 Qc7 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nd4 20. g6 hxg6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxe6 Qxf4+ 24. Kc2 Qf7 25. Qe5 Qf6 26. Qc7 Rd7 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qg3 Qd6 29. Qh3 Bc8 30. Qh7 Rdd8 31. Rdf1+ Bf6 32. Qxg6+ Ke7 33. Re1 Kd7 34. Qf7+ Kc6 35. Bf3+ Kc5 {[#]} 36. Qxa7 Qxh2+ 37. Rg2 Qxg2+ 38. Bxg2 Ba6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Black "Chan, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1711"] [BlackElo "1527"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2284049042055287"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Nf3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. g4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g5 Ng8 11. f5 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Qa3 Nb8 16. Qxa7 Ne7 17. Bc4 Rhf8 18. Ba5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 b6 20. Qxb6 Qxb6 21. Bxb6 c5 22. Bxc5 Nbc6 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. f6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Black "Babayan, Gagik"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2284049042055288"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qc7 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 e5 $4 9. Qg7 Rg8 10. Qxf6 Qb6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qxd6 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bg4 $4 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Qxg4 16. g3 Qe6 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 h6 19. f5 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qc4 Kf8 23. fxg6 Rxg6 24. Rf1+ Kg7 25. Ne2 Be6 26. Qc3 Bg4 27. Rd2 Rf6 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Kc1 Re8 30. Kb1 Re7 31. b3 Qf1+ 32. Nc1 Qb5 33. Rf2 Qb6 34. Rf4 Bh5 35. Rf5 Bg6 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qxe5+ Kf7 38. g4 c5 39. Nd3 c4 40. Qd5+ Kf8 41. Qxc4 Bf7 42. Qb4+ Qxb4 43. Nxb4 Bg6 44. e5 Ke7 45. Nd3 b6 46. Kb2 Be4 47. Kc3 Bf3 48. h3 Bd1 49. Kd2 Bf3 50. Ke3 Bg2 51. h4 Bd5 52. c4 Bf7 53. Kf4 Bg6 54. Nb4 a5 55. Nd5+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.21"] [White "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Black "Stults, Sawyer"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Stults,Sawyer"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [BlackElo "1521"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2284049042055289"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 (4... d5 5. exd5 Na5) 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bb3 Qe8 7. d3 Rf8 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6 (11... Ng4 12. Qe2 Rxf3 13. Rxf3 (13. gxf3) 13... Qxh2+ 14. Kf1 Qh1#) 12. Qe1 Ng4 13. Nbd2 g5 14. c3 Nd8 15. d4 Nc6 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Nd8 19. a4 c6 20. Bc4 d5 21. exd5 e4 22. d6+ Ke8 23. h3 exf3 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Qg3 fxg2 26. Qe5+ Ne6 27. Rxf8+ Kd7 28. Bxe6+ Bxe6 29. Qg7+ Kxd6 30. Ne4+ Kd5 31. Qe5+ Kc4 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.22"] [White "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Siegel,David/(Winslow,Elliott)"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1453"] [BlackElo "1653"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "2284226614858015"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 {[#]} (5... Nc6) (5... e6) 6. Bb5+ {EW: *Extremely* uncommon, with two whole GM games (both drawn).} ({EW:} 6. cxd4 {is way the main move.}) (6. Bc4 $5 {has eked out a plus score, barely.}) 6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ ({Those GMs played} 7. Bc4 $5 {(which is the better move).}) 7... Qxd7 {EW: SF: tiny plus black, quickly 0.00. Results: Black wins over 4 out of 5.} 8. exd6 {There is one master's game in the database at this point and Black took the pawn. But the computer says that my move was better. Take that, masters! (EW: The databases go back before ratings, or at least they don't include earlier ratings. So take a closer look at those "other" games (there were two more)...} Qe6+ $5 (8... Qxd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd4 Rd8 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Qb5 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa6 Qc7 15. Be3 Be7 16. a4 Rd7 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Qa5 Qb7 20. Nxe5 Nxe3 21. Nxd7 Nxf1 22. Nxf8 Nd2 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Qf5 Kxf8 25. Qxh7 f6 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. b4 Ne5 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ {½-½ (32) Boehme,S (2215)-Koepke,C (2313) Bamberg 2023}) 9. Qe2 $1 {If I delay the queen trade with say 9... exd6 10. Nxd4 gives White a pleasant position. Looking through the lines it seemed like we would end up with material equality one way or the other, so my idea is to play 10... d3+ and lose the pawn on my own terms. If 11. Kf1, the pawn is still lost but it'll take a tempo to capture it and White still has to castle by hand to free the h1 rook. If 11. Kxd3 then it'll take White a couple tempos to get his king to safety.} Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 d3+ {(SF: ?!)} (10... dxc3 11. dxe7 Bxe7 12. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc6 (13... O-O $1 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nd7 {[%eval 0,26]}) 14. Be3 (14. Rd1) 14... O-O-O 15. Nd4 Nxd4+ 16. Bxd4 Rhe8 17. Kf3 Bf6 18. Bxa7 Rd3+ 19. Be3 Re6 20. Ke2 Rxc3 21. Rac1 {½-½ (21) Barczay,L-Lombardy,W Zagreb 29 April 1969. That's William Lombardy.}) 11. Kxd3 e6 12. Bd2 (12. c4 $5 Nb4+ 13. Kc3 (13. Kd2 $5 Bxd6 14. Nc3 Bf4+ 15. Ke2 Bxc1 16. Raxc1) 13... Bxd6 14. a3 a5 15. Nbd2 $1 $14 {/=}) 12... Bxd6 13. c4 Nb4+ 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Rd1 Nc6 {(Black has what edge there might be)} 16. Kc2 $6 {I'm working on being a real pest here, looking for checkmate threats and tactics, trying to figure out how to prevent White from completing his development, and thinking about how to convert my advantage into some material gain (targeting the f-pawn for now). Can I keep the pressure on?} (16. Ke2 $142) 16... Bc5 {(!-SF)} 17. Rd2 (17. Rf1 $142) 17... Rd8 $17 18. Re2 {I was focused on the queen side of the board during the game} Nb4+ ({But the computer found} 18... g5 $1 $19 {threatening to kick the knight away from the defense of the d4 square, and then apparently it likes a line like} 19. Kc1 g4 20. Nfd2 Nd4 21. Re1 Bd6 22. g3 Bf8 {etc. which it thinks is completely winning for Black but it's still not straightforward. Very interesting.}) 19. Kb3 Rd1 20. Rd2 Rf1 21. Ne5 f6 22. a3 Nc6 {I should have just played Nc6 on move 21 and been up a tempo but I was getting tired.} ({(SF:} 22... Na6 $1 $19 {)}) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. f3 Ke7 {I was expecting 25. Ka2 here and kicking myself for allowing White to get back in the game, but I got lucky.} 25. Kc2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. b4 Bd6 28. Ra2 {It seemed like trading off the rooks would be the most straightforward path to victory. I'm about to be up 4v2 on the kingside and I thought the bishop would dominate the knight as long as I could keep some pawns on the queenside.} Rf2+ 29. Kb3 Rxa2 30. Kxa2 Bxh2 31. Kb3 Kc7 32. Nc3 f5 33. Ne2 g5 {a mistake} ({I should have played} 33... h5 {first.}) 34. g3 ({As played allows} 34. g4 $1 {and suddenly Black struggles to make progress. But I got lucky again.}) 34... h5 35. Kc3 h4 36. f4 hxg3 37. fxg5 g2 38. g6 Kd6 39. b5 cxb5 40. Kd3 bxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Ke7 42. Kd4 g1=Q+ 43. Nxg1 Bxg1+ 44. Ke5 Bh2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.23"] [White "Kosuri, Dev Isak"] [Black "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1434"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "144"] [GameId "2284837832514144"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 e4 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Nd2 b5 14. Bf1 Nd3 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. Bf4 Be6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Bb3 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Be3 Re8 23. Bd4 Red8 24. Rxd3 f5 25. Nd2 Bc2 26. Rg3 Bd6 27. Rh3 Bf4 28. Nf1 g5 29. Rh6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Bf6 Rf8 32. Bxg5 a5 33. Be3 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bd4 Ra8 36. Ne3 Be4 37. f3 Bd3 38. Rd1 Be2 39. Rd2 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Ba6 41. h3 f4 42. Nd1 Bc4 43. Ke1 Be7 44. Bf2 bxc3 45. bxc3 Bf6 46. Bd4 Bh4+ 47. Bf2 Be7 48. Rd4 Bb3 49. Ke2 Bf6 50. Rd2 Bc4+ 51. Ke1 Bxc3 52. Bd4 Bxd2+ 53. Kxd2 Ra2+ 54. Kc3 Bf1 55. Be5 Bxg2 56. Bxf4 Ra3+ 57. Kd4 Rxf3 58. Ke5 Bxh3 59. Ne3 Bf1 60. Nxf1 Rxf1 61. Kf5 Kf7 62. Kg4 Kg6 63. Bg3 Rb1 64. Kh4 Rb4+ 65. Kh3 h5 66. Bh4 Rb3+ 67. Bg3 Kg5 68. Kh2 h4 69. Bf2 Rb4 70. Kh1 Kf4 71. Bxh4 Kf3 72. Be7 Rc4 {(There were 20 or so more moves, Kyle's scoresheet was unreadable, I don't have Dev's yet.)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.24"] [White "Le, Thu Anh"] [Black "Milliken, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1419"] [BlackElo "1638"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "40"] [GameId "2284049042055292"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. a3 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. Na4 Qb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.25"] [White "Casares, Nick"] [Black "Patel, Milan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1637"] [BlackElo "1414"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "142"] [GameId "2284049042055293"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ng6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Rb8 18. Bd4 Nh4 19. Qg4 Nf5 20. Rab1 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qa5 22. Rb6 Rxb6 23. cxb6 c5 24. Qb2 Qb5 25. Rb1 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Rb8 27. a4 Kf8 28. b7 Ke7 29. Rb6 c4 30. a5 Kd7 31. Rxa6 Rxb7 32. Ra8 Kc6 33. a6 Rc7 34. a7 g6 35. Rh8 Rxa7 36. Rxh7 d4 37. Kf1 Kd5 38. f4 c3 39. Ke2 Ke4 40. Rh4 Ra2 41. f5+ Kxf5 42. Kd3 Kxe5 43. Re4+ Kd5 44. Rxd4+ Ke5 45. Re4+ Kd5 46. Rd4+ Ke5 47. Re4+ Kf5 48. g4+ Kf6 49. Rf4+ Ke7 50. g5 Ra5 51. h4 e5 52. Re4 Ke6 53. Rc4 Kd5 54. Rb4 Rc5 55. Re4 Ra5 56. Rb4 Rc5 57. Re4 Rb5 58. Rc4 Ra5 59. Re4 Ra2 60. Rb4 e4+ 61. Rxe4 Rxc2 62. Rd4+ Ke5 63. Rc4 Rc1 64. Re4+ Kf5 65. Rc4 Rg1 66. Ke2 c2 67. Rc5+ Kg4 68. Rc4+ Kh5 69. Kd2 c1=Q+ 70. Rxc1 Rxc1 71. Kxc1 Kxh4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"] [Black "Rosston, Andrew Burkett"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C38"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1121"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2284049042055294"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} h6 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 9. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 10. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} g4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 11. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:51]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:14]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 13. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:06:52]} 15. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 17. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 18. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 19. Bxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 21. Bxh3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} gxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:07:37]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 26. Kf3 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 27. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:12:29]} Nxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Ke3 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nxh3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 30. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 33. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:05:26]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 34. Rc6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 36. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Re7+ {[%emt 0:04:03]} 37. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 38. Kf5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 39. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 41. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 42. Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxa2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 44. h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. h6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. h7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. h8=Q {[%emt 0:01:40]} b1=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 49. Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxh8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 50. Kxh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.26"] [White "Weaver, Kyle"] [Black "Hack, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1118"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2284049042055295"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rd8 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. h3 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Ne4 h6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nc5 Rac8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Be4 Qd7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. a3 Bf6 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Bxb2 27. a4 Bc3 28. Rc1 b4 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qf5+ g6 31. Qg4 f6 32. Qe2 a5 33. Qa6 f5 34. c6 Qd6 35. Qb7+ Kg8 36. c7 Rf8 37. c8=Q Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kf7 39. Bc5 Qf6 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Be7 Qe6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Rd1 Bd4 47. Bf6 Qg8 48. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.27"] [White "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Black "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1069"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2284049042055296"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e5 5. b5 Bd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 cxb5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qc3 Be6 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qxc8+ Bxc8 16. axb4 Bxb4+ 17. Nbd2 Nc6 18. Be2 Be6 19. O-O a6 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Nf1 Bc5 22. h3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. f4 f5 26. e5 Qh4 27. Nd2 Qxf4 28. Nf3 Bd5 29. Rf1 Qe3+ 30. Rf2 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Qxe5 32. Bxb7 Qe3 33. Raf1 a5 34. Kh1 g6 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Bc6 b4 37. Bb5 Kg7 38. Bc4 a4 39. g4 Rf8 40. Rf4 b3 41. Rxd4 Qe3 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. h4 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 Qxg4+ 45. Kh1 Qxh4+ 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Kh1 Re8 48. Ra7 Re2 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.28"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Harris, Clarence"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "1002"] [BlackElo "1400"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2284049042055297"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. Re1 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. Rxe4 Bf5 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. Re2 e4 12. Ne1 Re8 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Be6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Re3 b5 20. Nd2 h6 21. f3 g5 22. Bh2 f4 23. Re2 e3 24. Nf1 Bxb3 25. g3 Bc4 26. Rg2 a5 27. gxf4 e2 28. Nd2 Be6 29. Rxe2 Bxh3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. f5 h5 32. Ne4 g4 33. Ng5 g3 34. Nxh3 gxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Re2+ 36. Ng2 a4 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Nxe1 {Here it says "...Ne6" and the ...Ng5, so I give up. ½-½ 52.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.29"] [White "Gore, Neel"] [Black "Carter, Mixtli"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1362"] [BlackElo "961"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2284049042055298"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 dxc4 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxe5 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nh6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Qd6 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Be6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd6 Ng4 20. O-O Rf6 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Rd8 Rff8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nc6 h6 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Nxd8 e5 27. a4 Nf6 28. f3 g5 29. Nd5 Ne8 30. Nxb6 Nc7 31. a5 Kg7 32. b4 h5 33. Nd5 Nb5 34. Nc6 g4 35. a6 gxf3 36. a7 Nd4 37. Nxd4 fxg2 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39. a8=Q h4 40. Qg8+ Kh5 41. Nf6# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.30"] [White "Wilson, Stephen L"] [Black "Karpe, Ummon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "779"] [BlackElo "1301"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2284049042055299"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O g4 6. Ne1 Ne5 7. Bb3 Qh4 8. Rxf4 Bd6 9. g3 Qh5 10. d4 Nf3+ 11. Nxf3 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 gxf3 13. Qf1 d6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. e5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. c4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rg8+ 21. Kf2 Kd7 22. Rg1 Rxg1 23. Kxg1 Rg8+ 24. Kf2 h6 25. b4 dxe5 26. fxe5 c6 27. b3 Ke6 28. Nh4 Rg4 29. Nf3 h5 30. h3 Rg8 31. Nh4 f6 32. Nf3 fxe5 33. Nxe5 h4 34. Nd3 Rg3 35. Nf4+ Kf5 36. Ne2 Rxh3 37. Nc1 Ke4 38. Ne2 Rh2+ 39. Ke1 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Kxd4 41. c5 Kc3 42. b5 cxb5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.31"] [White "Tobias, Mason"] [Black "Ching, Harvey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2284049042055300"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 Be7 8. d5 b5 9. Bc2 Na7 10. O-O c5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Ne1 Nc8 13. f4 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Ndf3 Nbd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nh5 18. Nh2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Ne5 21. Qg3 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Bf8 23. Rf1 Ra7 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rf5 f6 26. Rxf6 Ra8 27. R6f5 b4 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Qf3 g6 31. Bb3 Kh8 32. Qf6+ Bg7 33. Qc6 Rc8 34. Qxa6 Bh6 35. Qf6+ Bg7 36. Qe6 Rd8 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.32"] [White "Jessup, Steven"] [Black "Martin, Bryan D"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B00"] [BlackElo "1205"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2284049042055301"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d5 exd5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O d6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Bxa6 Nc5 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Qc6+ Kb8 16. Rd4 Qd7 17. Na4 Qxc6 18. dxc6 Bg7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rd7 Rxd7 21. cxd7 c6 22. Rd1 Kc7 23. Nh4 Rd8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. h4 Rxd7 26. g4 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Kd7 28. f4 Ke6 29. Kd2 Kd5 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Ke5 32. Nh6 Ke6 33. Kd3 fxg5 34. hxg5 Bxh6 35. gxh6 Kf6 36. h7 Kg7 37. h8=Q+ Kxh8 38. c3 Kg7 39. b4 Kf6 40. a4 Ke5 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 Kd6 43. Ke4 Kc7 44. Ke5 Kb7 {[#]} 45. Kf6 $4 (45. Kd6 $11) 45... Ka6 46. Kxf7 Kxa5 47. Ke6 Ka4 48. Kd6 c4 (48... Kb5 $19) 49. Kxc6 Kb3 50. Kc5 Kxc3 51. Kb5 Kb3 52. Kc5 c3 53. Kd4 c2 54. Kd3 c1=Q 55. Kd4 Qc2 56. Ke5 Qd3 57. Kf6 Qe4 58. Kg7 Qf3 59. Kh7 Qg2 60. Kh8 Kc4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.34"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Starkova, Valeria"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1413"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2284049042055303"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. h3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nf8 12. O-O-O Be6 {[#]} 13. Nf4 $6 (13. c4 b5 14. c5 Bc7 $11) 13... Bxa2 (13... Bxf4 14. Bxf4 a5 $15) 14. b3 Qa5 15. Kd2 {[#]} Rac8 $4 {[#]} (15... Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Ne6 $15 17. Be3 c5) 16. Ra1 $18 Qg5 17. g3 (17. h4 $1) 17... h4 18. Ne6 Qh5 (18... Qd5) 19. g4 Qh8 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Rxa2 g6 22. Rxa7 Rc7 23. Re1 Kg7 24. c4 $6 (24. Qd1) 24... Bb4+ 25. Ke2 Bxe1 26. Kxe1 Qf8 27. c5 Qe7 28. Qc4 Qe6 29. Kd2 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd7 {[#]} 31. d5 Re5 32. d6 f5 33. Bd4 f6 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Ba6 Kf7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Ke8 39. Bxc6+ Kd8 40. d7 e4 41. b4 Kc7 42. b5 f4 43. b6+ Kb8 44. d8=R# 1-0
  
• Download Round 2 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "2254"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2286569907673273"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:45]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 13. b5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 14. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:11:59] [#]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Bb7 $14 {[%emt 0:09:58]} (15... h5 $11) 16. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. g4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nfe8 {[%emt 0:14:37]} (18... e3) 19. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Bf6 $6 {[%emt 0:08:38] [#]} 20. Nxe4 $2 {[%emt 0:07:45]} (20. Qc2 $1 $16) 20... Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} (21... Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb2 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 $11) 22. Ne3 {[%emt 0:09:37]} (22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. g5 f5 24. Qa1 $1) 22... Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 23. Qb1 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} (23... Rd8 $15) 24. Ng3 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} (24... Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Rd8) 25. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. f3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nd4 $11 {[%emt 0:06:31] [#]} 27. Ne4 $6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Ne8 $2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} (27... Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qc7 $15) 28. g5 $16 {[%emt 0:05:51]} (28. h5 $1) 28... h5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} (28... f5) (28... Qe7) 29. Qa2 $2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} (29. gxh6 $16) 29... Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kg7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (30... Kh7) 31. Nc2 {[%emt 0:07:49]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 32. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} (33. Qe6 $5) 33... Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 34. Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Kh7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:57] [#] 0.00 after five moves...} 35. e3 $4 {[%emt 0:01:21] ... but not after this one!} (35. gxf6) (35. Kg2) (35. Rd3) (35. d3) (35. Kf1) 35... Rxe4 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} fxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:03] Hard to resist a pawn capture discovered check! But...} (36... Qg4 $19 {is "actually" (Stockfish synthetically speaking) better!}) ({even} 36... c4 $19) 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} c4 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Diller, Bradley R"] [Black "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2122"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2286569907701946"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 {is famous, or infamous, for many Korchnoi-Karpov world championship games.}) 6... O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} (6... dxc4 $5) 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:50] [#] From this point on, the engine is going be to looking through quite a different lens than our players! Value lost on almost every move.} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:02:42] Popular, but note that Stockfish thinks *Black* already has a pretty nice plus (-0.52/d25).} (8. e4 $5 b5 9. Qe2 {is balanced in its way, after} b4 $11 ({or} 9... a5 $11)) 8... Bf5 {[%emt 0:07:11] [#] (About the only move that White has a great score against.)} ({Here are a couple blitz games by the best (or maybe not so best!):} 8... a5 9. e4 Na6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Qxc4 Bg4 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. h4 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. e5 h6 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Kg2 N6d5 20. Bc1 c5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra3 Rd7 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc3 Rxe5 26. Rxc5 Rxe2 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rxb7 Rcc2 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rxf7 h5 31. Rdd7 Kh8 32. Bg5 Rxb2 33. Rxg7 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rgf2+ 36. Ke1 Rh2 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rdg7+ Kf8 39. Be7+ Ke8 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Bf6+ {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2832)-Le,T (2568) Chess.com (blitz) 2024}) (8... Na6 9. a5 (9. h3 $5) 9... Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Nf3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. e4 Bg4 15. Be3 e5 16. d5 Nb4 17. dxc6 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nxc6 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nxc4 Nc5 21. Nd5 Be2 22. Ncxb6 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Bxc5 Re8 25. Qb1 Qg5 26. Qd3 Qh5 27. Re1 f5 28. Nd7 Re6 29. Re3 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qf5 31. Nc3 Kh8 32. Qe3 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Ra6 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. b4 e4 36. Nd5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. N7b6 h5 39. Ne3 Rb1 40. Nxf5 Bc3 41. Nd5 Bd2 42. Nfe3 Kh7 43. Nf6+ Kg6 44. Nxe4 Bxb4 45. Bxb4 Rxb4 46. Nd2 Rd4 47. Nf3 Ra4 48. h4 Kf6 49. Nd2 Kg6 50. Ndf1 Kf6 51. Nd5+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kh6 53. Ne3 Ra5 54. Kf3 Re5 55. Nc4 Rc5 56. Nd2 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Rc2 58. Ne4 Rc6 59. Kf3 Ra6 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Kd4 Rf3 62. Ke5 Ra3 63. Nd6 Ra5+ 64. Ke6 Ra6 65. Ke5 Ra5+ 66. Ke4 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Ra5 68. Nd3 Rd5 69. Ne4 Ra5 70. Kf4 Ra3 71. Ne5 Ra7 72. Nd6 Ra4+ 73. Kf5 Ra5 74. Ndf7+ Kg7 75. f4 Ra3 76. Kg5 Rxg3+ 77. Kxh5 Rg1 78. Ng5 Kf6 79. Ngf3 {1-0 (79) Piesik,P (2426)-Kramnik,V (2753) Titled Tuesday (blitz) 1 Aug 2023}) 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:45]} ({Only} 9. a5 $1 {gets a plus via SF}) 9... Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:47] Black has already equalized and then some.} (9... Be6 10. e4 $1 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 $11 (13... Na6 $11)) 10. e4 $6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} Nxe5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Be6 $17 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb6+ $2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (12... Na6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bc5 Nd3 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bf6 a5 $17 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6,Gb6b2]} (17... Bf8 $17)) 13. Kh1 $14 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 $6 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:03]} (14. exf5 {is at least as good}) (14. a5 {also}) 14... Na6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 15. Be3 $6 {[%emt 0:12:24]} (15. a5 $1 {and}) (15. exf5 $1 gxf5 (15... Bxf5 16. Ne4) 16. a5 $1 {are both at +0.60/d48.}) 15... Qc7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:37] [#] Now there is a strange mutual aversion to resolving the pawn on f5, for quite a few moves.} (15... Qa5 $14 {if that.}) 16. h3 $6 {[%emt 0:02:44] White can be more direct.} (16. Rad1) (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qf2 b6 18. Ne2 c5 $5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. h3) 16... Kh8 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 17. g4 $2 $15 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nb1 Nb4 19. Nd2 Nc2 (19... Nd3 20. b3) 20. Rac1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qa5 22. b3 $14) 17... Nb4 $6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (17... fxg4 18. hxg4 Bg8 19. g5 Nb4 20. Bh3 Nd3 $15) 18. Rad1 $2 {[%emt 0:09:39]} (18. exf5 $11) (18. exf5 $11) 18... Rad8 {[%emt 0:15:53]} (18... fxg4 $17) 19. exf5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 20. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 21. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 24. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:13] [#]} 26. Qc5 $1 {[%emt 0:20:39]} Nxf4 $6 {[%emt 0:05:50]} (26... Bh6 $5 27. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 (27... Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxe7 Bg8) 28. fxg5 Qe8 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Bxf1 Qf7 31. Bg2 Qf5 $11) 27. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:07] [#]} Bxe5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:33] With a big threat! But of course White just steps out of it, and 30.Rd8+ is still crushing.} 29. Kh1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:35]} ({or} 29. Kg1 $18) 29... Bc7 {[%emt 0:05:37] It's hard to give any "?" or "?!" to this since White was completely winning.} 30. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:48] Same for this,} ({since} 30. Nf6 $1 {is "even stronger":} Bg8 (30... Rh4 31. Ne8 Be5 32. Qxh4 Qxe8 33. Rd8) 31. Rd7 {demands ...QxR anyway.}) 30... Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 31. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 32. Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:13] with a mundane win of a piece (and the game).} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Hasteer, Divija"] [Black "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1847"] [BlackElo "2105"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2286569907701947"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:09:45]} c6 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09] [#]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} ({Relevant:} 5. Bf3 Nbd7 6. Ne2 e5 7. Nbc3 Bd6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Ng3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Qd4 Re8 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 Be6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Kf8 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. b3 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 g6 24. Ke2 h5 25. Nd3 h4 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Ra1 a6 28. h3 Ke7 29. Kd3 Rb5 30. Kc3 g5 31. Ra5 Kd6 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. Kd4 b6 34. Be2 c5+ {Timmermans,M (2390)-Deac,B (2700) Chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (65)}) 5... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 7. Ng3 Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:14]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20] [#]} 12. Qe2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:27]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 {1-0 (74)}) 12... Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 16. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 18. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07] [#]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 21. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 23. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 24. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 27. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. c5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Kg3 {[%emt 0:06:52]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 31. Kg4 {[%emt 0:06:43]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 34. Bf4 {[%emt 0:14:47]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:14] [#]} f5+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} 37. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 38. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be5+ {[%emt 0:01:43]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} exf3+ {[%emt 0:02:02]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd2+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} 41. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 42. Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 43. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 44. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 45. Be1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 46. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 47. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Chen, Quincy"] [Black "Perlov, Daniel Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2097"] [BlackElo "1805"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "115"] [GameId "2286569907710140"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nec6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:36]} 12. Rf3 {[%emt 0:03:52]} g6 {[%emt 0:11:59]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:09:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 14. Bf2 {[%emt 0:14:39]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 15. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} 16. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:28:38]} 18. Rfd3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 19. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:09:51]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 21. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:40]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:11:36]} b4 {[%emt 0:09:22]} 24. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 25. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 27. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Be4 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 29. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:04:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 30. Bc5+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 32. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. b4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 36. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:02:21]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Bd4 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 40. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 41. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 42. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 45. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 46. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 49. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 50. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 52. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 53. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. h3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 55. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 56. Be8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 57. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Black "Rigel, Marlon"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2245"] [BlackElo "1862"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2286569907710141"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 c5 11. Ngf3 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. b4 Rad8 17. Qb3 b5 18. Ncd2 Bd4 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Nxd4 Ncxd4 22. Qb2 Rd5 23. Rfd1 Qb6 24. Nc5 $6 {[#]} (24. Nc3 $11) 24... Ra8 $11 (24... Qb8 $1 $15 {-0.42/28}) 25. Rd2 a5 26. Rcd1 axb4 27. axb4 {[#]} Ne2+ $4 (27... Qa7 $1 $11) 28. Kf1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Ned4 30. Rxd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qa7 32. Kg1 Qa2 33. Be3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Ra4 37. Bc5 Ra2 38. Nd6 Re2 39. f4 f6 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Nxb5 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Nc3 Rc2 44. Ne4 Rc4 45. Nd6 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1 Rg4 47. b5 h4 48. Kh2 Rg3 49. b6 Rb3 50. b7 e4 51. Ba7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Steger, Eric"] [Black "Winslow, Elliott"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "1865"] [BlackElo "2237"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2286569907714238"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 $5 {[#]} (4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3) 4... Nf6 $5 {The favorite move of all the GM videomakers (Giri, Shankland). Well, yesterday. Who knows what they like today!} (4... Nc6) (4... a6) (4... Bd7) 5. Nc3 ({The Crazy Calculator line is} 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 {Here are just a few lines:} dxe5 10. Nc7+ (10. Ne2 $1 $15 Nd5 11. Nec3 Nxc3 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15. a4 $1 $15 e6 16. Be3 b6 17. a5 Be7 18. axb6 Bb7 19. O-O Rxa8 20. bxa7 Nc4 21. Bf2 Kc7) 10... Kd7 11. Nxa8 (11. Ndb5 Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O-O+ Kc6 14. Rd3 $5 $17) 11... exd4 12. Bf4 e5 $1 (12... Nd5 13. O-O-O e6 14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rhd1 Kc6 16. Bg3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. c4 Kc5 19. Rd2 Kxc4 20. Nc7 Nxc7 21. Rc2+ Kd3 22. Rxc7 f6 $11) 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. f4 Kc6 15. Bxd6 Kxd6 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Rxd4+ Kc5 18. Rhd1 Rxa8 19. Rd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 h5 21. Rb8 Kc6 22. Rf8 g6 $17) (5. Bg5 a6 $1) 5... a6 $5 {[#]} (5... Nc6 $1 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 (10. Qd3) (10. Kb1) 10... O-O 11. e5 $11 (11. Kb1) (11. Qd2)) (5... Bd7) (5... e5 $6) 6. h3 $6 {Shades of Weaver Adams (who championed 6.h3!? vs. the Najdorf (4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6) in the late 1940s, Lombardy against Fischer, and Fischer played twice - even against Najdorf himself; then sporadic appearances until a few years ago when it "went viral." But here it's less likely to be a big thing (which means it will). And in fact Demchenko is a bit of a fan. He knows something?} (6. Bg5) (6. e5 $5) (6. Nd5 $5) 6... Nc6 7. Qe3 g6 (7... e6) 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O {[#]} (9... b5 $11 {but a "-" in front of the tiny eval (never over -0.10)}) 10. Rb1 (10. a4 $1 {+0.15/d23}) 10... b5 $1 11. Bd5 $6 (11. Bb3) 11... Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. a3 e6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 $17 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Qf2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 {[#]} 20. Rd3 $2 (20. Be3 Rad8 21. Rd3) 20... Rad8 $2 (20... Qc4 $1 $19 21. b3 (21. Be3 e5) 21... Qc7) 21. Be3 $17 e5 $2 (21... Qc4 22. b3 Qc8 $17) 22. Nb3 $15 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Rxd3 {[#] I gave the pre-round lecture, showing my last-round game from the previous TNM and mentioning the phenomenon of having presure, but cashing in too soon, gaining material (here a pawn) but giving the opponent good counterplay. I *know* this, I even cited Kramnik being a master of keeping the pressure up. And yet, here again, I've done it.} 24. Nc5 $15 Rd6 {[#]} 25. Nxb7 $4 (25. Rc1 {-- free tempo! --} Qb8 $1 (25... Bc8 $2 26. Ne6 $1 Qd7 27. Qc2 (27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh4 $11) 27... Qxe6 28. Qxc8+ Bf8 $1 $11) 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Qc2 Qd5 $1 28. Qc8+ Rd8 29. Qxa6 e4 30. Qc6 Bd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kh1 e3 $1 $17) 32... Qe5+ 33. Kg1 $1 Qxb2 34. Rc3 $1 Kg7 $15 {-0.59/d24-- a somewhat rare case of the advantage increasing as engine time goes on, instead of moving towards 0.00 like so often happens if/when I step aside and come back.}) 25... Qxb7 $19 26. Rc1 $6 (26. Qc2 h5 27. Rc1) 26... h5 (26... Rd3 $1 27. Bb6 Bh6 $1) 27. Qc2 Kh7 $1 28. b3 Bf6 $6 (28... Qd7) 29. g4 $4 {An oversight} Qxf3 {The second pawn, and it took away his will to continue.} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Seitzer, Phillip"] [Black "Dees, Calvin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "1841"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "51"] [GameId "2286569907714239"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 $5 {[#] Rare at the top levels; most GMs are thrilled enough to have both bishops. But it's not all that uncommon further down, and is it so bad? half-open e-file, the pawn (when it gets to f4) is pulling its weight... it's something to think about.} e5 $2 (6... e6 $14 {/=} 7. Re1 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. f4) 7. d4 $2 (7. Re1 $1 $18) 7... exd4 8. Qxd4 Be7 9. c4 c5 $6 $14 (9... O-O $11) 10. Qd3 d4 (10... Nc6 $1) 11. Nd2 (11. Bg5 $1) 11... Nc6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf8 $6 16. Bg5 Ne5 $6 {[#]} 17. Qb3 $1 $16 Be7 $6 18. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ (19. f4 $1) 19... Qxf6 20. f4 $18 Nc6 21. Qxb7 Nb4 $6 22. a3 Nc2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be4 $1 Nxa3 25. bxa3 Qe6 26. Bd5 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.10"] [White "McCollum, Patrick M"] [Black "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1959"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2286569907714240"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Na3 O-O 8. c4 d4 9. e4 e5 10. Nc2 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bg4 12. Qe1 Nxe4 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Qf2 h6 17. Bc1 Rae8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Nh4 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Ng3 21. Qf2 Nxf1 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rxf1 Ne7 25. b4 cxb4 26. Nxb4 Rd8 27. Ba3 Rd7 28. Nc2 Be5 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxf5 Kg7 31. g4 Bf6 32. Kf2 Bg5 33. Kf3 Re6 34. Rd5 Rf6+ 35. Kg3 Ra6 36. Nxd4 Rxa2 37. Nf5+ Kf6 38. h4 Bc1 39. Kf3 b6 40. d4 Kg6 41. Rd6+ Kh7 42. Rxh6+ Bxh6 43. Nxh6 Kxh6 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. d5 a5 46. Ke5 a4 47. Kf6 Rf2+ 48. Ke7 a3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.11"] [White "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Black "Parsons, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "2010"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2286569907714241"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qb3 c6 {[#]} 11. e4 Be7 12. exd5 (12. Nh4) (12. e5) (12. Rae1) (12. Rfe1) 12... cxd5 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Ne5 (14. Nh4 $5 $18) 14... Re8 15. Rad1 Rc8 $18 {[#]} (15... h6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd5 $18) 16. Nxd5 $6 $16 (16. Bh3) (16. Nxd7) (16. Bf4) (16. Bd2) (16. h4) (16. Be3) 16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxe5 $6 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxd5 $16) 18. Bxf6 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. d5 b5 22. d6 Qd7 23. Qd5 Rd8 24. Qc6 Bxb2 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Bc6 Rd8 27. d7 Bf6 28. Bb7 a5 29. Rd5 g6 30. Bc8 Bc3 31. Rxb5 Kf8 32. Rc5 Bb4 33. Re5 f6 34. Re2 Kf7 35. f4 h5 36. Kg2 Bc5 37. h3 f5 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Bd6 42. a4 Bb4 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Ke4 Bc7 45. Kd5 Kf5 46. Kc6 Bxf4 47. Re8 Bg5 48. Kc7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Walder, Michael"] [Black "Wang, Chase"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "1995"] [BlackElo "1898"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2286569907714242"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Qb4 Bf8 17. Be7 Bg7 18. Bd6 Qa7 19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Bb7 21. Na5 Bc8 22. Nc6 Bf8 23. Bd6 a5 24. Nxa5 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxa5 26. a3 Ra6 27. Qb4 Ra7 28. Bxb5 h5 29. Rd1 h4 30. Qc5 Rf8 31. Qxc8+ Ke7 32. Rxd7+ Rxd7 33. Qxd7+ Kf6 34. Bc4 Kg7 35. Qe7 h3 36. g4 Kg8 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 Kg8 39. a6 Kg7 40. a7 Kg8 41. Bxf7+ Rxf7 42. a8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qxe5+ Rf6 44. g5 Kh7 45. Qe7+ Rf7 46. Qxf7# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Clemens, Kristian"] [Black "Melville, Cailen Jeremiah"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1993"] [BlackElo "1868"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "168"] [GameId "2286569907714243"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 Be4 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. b4 Qf7 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 d5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qc3 Bxf3 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Bxf3 c6 23. e3 Rc8 24. Be2 g5 25. f4 Rf7 26. Kf2 Nf6 27. Bf3 a5 28. Rb1 axb4 29. Rxb4 g4 30. Bg2 Ra7 31. Rb3 Nd7 32. Rc3 Ra5 {[#]} 33. e4 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. exf5 exf5 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kd4 Nb3+ 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Rb1 Na5 40. Rb6 Re6 41. Ra6 Nc4 42. a4 Ne3 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Rf8 Nxg2 46. Rxf5 Ne1+ 47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Rf7+ Kb6 49. Rg7 Nf3 50. Rxg4 Nxh2 51. Rg8 c5 52. f5 Rf6 53. g4 Nxg4 54. Rxg4 Rxf5 55. Rg6+ Ka5 56. Rc6 Rf3+ 57. Kd2 Kb4 58. a5 Kb5 59. Rd6 Kxa5 60. Rxd5 Kb4 61. Rh5 Rf6 62. Kc2 Rd6 63. Rf5 Kc4 64. Rh5 Re6 65. Rh4+ Kd5 66. Rh5+ Kd4 67. Rh4+ Ke3 68. Rh5 Rc6 69. Kc3 Kf4 70. Kc4 Kg4 71. Rh1 h5 72. Rg1+ Kf3 73. Rh1 Rh6 74. Kxc5 h4 75. Rd1 h3 76. Kc4 Re6 77. Rd8 Re4+ 78. Kc3 h2 79. Rh8 Kg3 80. Kc2 Rh4 81. Rg8+ Kh3 82. Rd8 h1=Q 83. Rd3+ Kg4 84. Rd4+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.14"] [White "Sevall, Daniel"] [Black "Lewis, Edward"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "1827"] [BlackElo "1927"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2286569907714244"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Qd2 h5 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. d5 Rb8 12. Bf4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rb7 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Be5 f6 20. Qxe4 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Bf3 Bf5 25. Qg5 Rf8 26. Re3 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Rae1 Ra7 29. Re5 Kf7 30. R1e3 a4 31. a3 h4 32. Be4 Bc8 33. Bc2 Rf4 34. R5e4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Kf6 36. Rf3+ Bf5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Re3 bxa3 39. bxa3 Ra6 40. f4 e6 41. Re5 Rb6 42. dxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. g4 hxg3 47. Kxg3 Kh5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Kf3 Kh6 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Dutter, Frederic"] [Black "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "136"] [GameId "2286569907714245"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Kxd1 Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 9. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 10. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:06:18]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 12. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:13:31]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 13. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 14. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:15]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:58]} 15. Rd1 {[%emt 0:11:43]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:14:39]} 16. Rd6 {[%emt 0:07:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 17. fxe5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 18. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. gxf5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:38]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 22. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 23. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 24. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 25. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 29. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 32. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 33. Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 35. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 37. Kb3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 38. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 40. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 43. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 44. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 45. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. c4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 47. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 49. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 50. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 52. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 53. b3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 54. c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 55. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:02:40]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 56. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} axb4 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 58. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 59. Rb5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 61. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 62. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 63. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 64. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 65. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 67. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 68. Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.15"] [White "Ramirez, Nazaret"] [Black "Uzakbaev, Nursultan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1558"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "113"] [GameId "2286569907722438"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. a4 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Qb3 Kh8 {[#]} 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qxd5 $16 Be6 $6 (20... Qe6 $1) 21. Qxb7 $18 Qd8 22. Qc7 $6 (22. Rc1) 22... Qd5 $6 (22... Bf8) 23. Rc1 (23. Re1) 23... Qb3 (23... Bf8) 24. Re1 (24. h3 $1) 24... Bf8 $6 (24... Qc4) (24... Bd5) 25. Qc6 $1 Bd5 26. Qxf6+ Bg7 27. Qd6 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 {[#]} 29. Qe6 (29. d5) 29... Bxd4 30. Be5+ $2 $16 (30. Qd7) (30. Re3 $5) 30... Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kg8 $14 32. Qe4 $6 $11 Rf8 (32... Qxe4 $1 33. Rxe4 Rb8) 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Re3 (34. Re5 Rf4 35. b3 Rf3 36. Rb5 $11 {should still be a draw}) 34... Rf4 35. b3 Kg7 36. h3 h5 {It's a wall of "0.00"s here on Stockfish 18.} 37. Kg2 {[#]} h4 $4 38. Re5 $1 {(the only move) Now it's quite lost.} Rb4 39. Rb5 Rf4 40. Rxa5 Kf6 41. Rb5 g5 42. f3 (42. a5) (42. b4) 42... Rd4 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rh2 45. a5 Rxh3 46. a6 Rh1 47. Ra5 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Re8 49. a7 Ra8 50. b4 Ke6 51. b5 Kd6 52. Ra6+ Kc7 53. Rg6 Kb7 54. b6 Rh8 55. Kg2 h3+ 56. Kh2 Rh4 57. Rg7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.16"] [White "Siegel, David"] [Black "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Siegel,David/(Winslow,Ellioitt/Stockfish 18)"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "1653"] [BlackElo "1775"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [GameId "2286760123015224"] [EventDate "2026.03.10"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 {[#] I spent a long time here. Knowing that 6... Qa5 was probably coming I thought about 6. Qa4, 6. Qc2, etc. But I thought I had time so I went for the bishop move first. I saw that my doubled pawns would get isolated but that didn't seem like the worst thing in the world at the time.} 6. Bf4 (6. Qc2 $14) 6... Qa5 7. Qc2 $6 (7. Nd2 $1 Qxc3 8. dxc5 $132) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 $1 9. Nb3 Qc7 $15 {[#]} 10. Bg3 (10. Bg5 $5 d6 (10... Qxc4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e4 $44) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd2) 10... Nh5 (10... d6 $15) 11. e3 Nxg3 (11... d6 $1 12. Bh4 $1) 12. hxg3 h6 {The computer claims equality here but apparently developing the bishop is not the best move right now.} 13. Be2 $6 (13. c5 $1 d5 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe4 $11) 13... d6 $15 14. g4 $5 Be6 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Rb1 {[#]} Nb6 {I'm actually feeling pretty good about my position at the moment and I thought I might have been winning. I have pressure on both sides of the board and I thought it would be hard for my opponent to castle. Over the long term the c4 pawn is going to fall, but I'm hoping to get my a-pawn up the board and target Black's b-pawn before that happens.} (16... Nc5) 17. Qb3 O-O-O (17... O-O) 18. a4 Nd7 {I didn't love that the Black knight could come to c5 and of course I liked the chance at a Nxd6 tactic. After the game Mikhail was very nice and explained how the knight on c5 would have been a better move earlier on (move 16) and realized his mistake later. Sometimes it's better to block the doubled pawns than to attack them.} 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. a5 Rhd8 23. O-O {[#]} f5 {I made what I think is my biggest mistake here. A momentary lapse of concentration -- I took the pawn without even thinking. I remember barely looking up at the board after my opponent made the move -- and then immediately realized my bishop was about to get boxed out of position after letting go of the piece. The computer suggestions a6 and Bd5 would have been much better.} 24. gxf5 (24. Bd5 $11) (24. a6 $11) 24... Bxf5 $15 25. Rb2 (25. Rbd1) 25... e4 $1 $17 26. Be2 h5 {[#] I'm feeling like I'm probably about to get squeezed out of the game and low on time, so I decide to go for it and hope my opponent makes a mistake. For the next few moves I'm spending all my time trying to calculate how to sac a rook and promote the a-pawn or find a checkmate.} 27. Rfb1 $6 (27. Qa4 Bg4 $1 28. a6 b6 29. f4 g6 $17) 27... h4 (27... Bg4 $1 $19) 28. Qa4 {[#]} Qe5 $2 (28... Qd6 29. Rd1 Qg6 $17) 29. a6 $1 b6 $1 30. Rxb6 $1 axb6 {[#] I just didn't have enough time to calculate it (I got down to seconds at some point) but 31. Rxb6 is actually the best move. In the game I pushed a7 thinking Black would have to sac a rook back to capture; I somehow missed 31... Kb7. Everything else is better for White. Sigh.} 31. a7 $4 ({The critical line is something like} 31. Rxb6 $1 $11 Ra7 32. Rc6+ Kb8 33. Qb5+ Ka8 34. Rxc5 Qe6 35. Rxf5 Qxa6 {and White has doubled pawns and a bishop for a rook and king safety.}) 31... Kb7 $19 {Now I'm just down a rook. It was clear that I was losing, but my opponent also had under a minute on his clock at some point, so I fought on.} 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Qa6+ Kc7 34. Rb1 Rd6 35. Bh5 g6 36. Be2 g5 37. Bh5 g4 38. Bf7 Be6 39. Be8 g3 40. Bg6 gxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Bc8 42. Qb5 Rxg6 43. Rb2 Qg3+ 44. Kg1 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 Bd7 46. Qa6 Rf8 47. a8=N+ Kd8 48. Nxb6 Rf1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.17"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "1413"] [BlackElo "1711"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2286569907722440"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Bc2 d5 10. e5 Ng4 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb4 14. Nb3 Bh6 15. Kf2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Qb4 Rc2+ 19. Nbd2 Qf5 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. g4 Qd3 22. Rxc2 Bxe3+ 23. Kg3 Qxc2 24. Qxe7 Bxd2 25. e6 {[#]} Qc7+ 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Nxd2 Rc2 29. Nb3 (29. Nf3 Rxb2 30. a4 Kf6 $17) 29... Bc4 $19 30. Rc1 Bxb3 (30... Rxb2) 31. Rf1+ {[#]} Kg7 $4 $15 (31... Ke6 $19) (31... Ke7 $19) (31... Ke8 $19 {(less so)}) 32. axb3 Rxb2 (32... Rd2 $1 $15) 33. g5 $1 $11 (33. Rc1 $1 $11) 33... Rxb3+ 34. Kf4 $1 $11 h6 35. gxh6+ Kxh6 36. Ke5 a5 37. Kxd5 a4 38. Kc6 a3 39. d5 a2 40. Ra1 Rb2 41. d6 Rc2+ 42. Kxb6 Rb2+ 43. Kc7 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.18"] [White "Patel, Milan"] [Black "Finacom, Richard V"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1414"] [BlackElo "1822"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2286569907722441"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 d6 6. Nd2 f5 7. Bd3 f4 {[#]} 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Qd3 Qg5 12. g3 fxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. Ngf3 Qg4 15. Rh4 Qg6 16. c4 Be7 17. Rh1 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe3 b6 20. O-O-O {(legal)} Bg4 21. Rde1 O-O-O 22. Qe2 Bg5 {[#]} 23. c5 Kb7 24. c6+ Ka7 25. Kd1 Rhf8 26. Qc4 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 Bxf3 28. Re3 b5 29. Qc3 Bxh1 30. Qa5 Rxf2+ 31. Ke1 Qf7 32. Ra3 Rf1+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Be4+ 35. Kc3 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.19"] [White "Morello, Nicholas"] [Black "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1750"] [BlackElo "1528"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "147"] [GameId "2286569907722442"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. h3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Re1 Qe7 14. Qb3 Nc5 15. Qa3 Nd3 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Ncd2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bc2 20. Rc1 Ba4 21. Nb3 b6 22. Rcd1 Red7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nbd2 Bc2 25. Nc4 f6 26. Na3 Be4 27. Nb1 Na5 28. Nfd2 Bd5 29. b3 Bf8 30. f3 Be6 31. Kf2 c5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Bg1 Bh6 34. e4 Bf8 35. Be3 Be7 36. Rd1 h5 37. Nf1 Bd6 38. c4 Nc6 39. Nc3 Nd4+ 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. Nd5 h4 42. Kd3 g5 43. Nd2 Bg3 44. Nf1 Bd6 45. Nd2 f5 46. Re1 Bg3 47. Re2 fxe4+ 48. fxe4 g4 49. Nf1 Be5 50. Rf2+ Kg7 51. hxg4 Bxg4 52. Nf4 Rf7 53. Nh3 Rxf2 54. Nxf2 Be6 55. Nd2 Bg3 56. Ke2 Kh6 57. Nf3 Kh5 58. Nd3 Bg4 59. Nf2 Be6 60. Nd3 h3 61. gxh3 Bxh3 62. b4 Be6 63. bxc5 bxc5 64. Nxc5 Bxc4+ 65. Nd3 Bxa2 66. Nxd4 Bc4 67. Kd2 Kg6 68. Kc3 Bf7 69. Nc6 a6 70. Nde5+ Kf6 71. Nxf7 Kxf7 72. Kb3 Be1 73. Nb4 a5 74. Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.21"] [White "Latourette, Nicholas James"] [Black "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1676"] [BlackElo "1522"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2286569907722443"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O a5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe1 Qf4+ 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bf5 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Re8 21. Rde1 a4 22. Rhf1 Bg6 23. Rf4 a3 24. b4 Be4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Rd1 h5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Kd2 h4 30. Kc3 Kg6 31. Rh8 f5 32. Rxh4 Ra7 33. Rf4 Kf6 34. Rf2 Ke5 35. Rd2 f4 36. exf4+ Kxf4 37. Rd6 {[#]} Ke3 $1 $11 {(only move)} 38. h4 $4 (38. Re6 $1 $11) (38. Rxc6 Re7 39. Rd6 Kf2 40. Rd2+ Ke1 41. c6 $11) 38... Re7 $19 (38... Kf2 $19) (38... Ke2 $19) 39. g4 Kf2 40. Rd2+ Ke1 $19 (40... Kf1) (40... Kf3) 41. Rh2 e3 42. Rh1+ (42. h5 $5) 42... Kf2 43. Rh2+ $6 Kg3 44. Re2 Kxg4 (44... Kf3 $1) 45. Kd3 {[#]} Kxh4 $4 (45... Kf3) 46. Rxe3 $11 {[#]} Rxe3+ $4 (46... Rd7+ $11) 47. Kxe3 Kg3 48. c4 bxc4 49. b5 c3 50. b6 g5 51. b7 Kh3 52. b8=Q c2 53. Kd2 g4 54. Qh8+ Kg2 55. Kxc2 g3 56. Kd2 Kf2 57. Qd4+ Kf1 58. Ke3 Kg2 59. Qd2+ Kh3 60. Kf3 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.23"] [White "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Black "Kosuri, Dev Isak"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "1454"] [BlackElo "1639"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2286569907722444"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd5 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. f3 Re8 16. e4 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Re3 Bb6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bc7 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Kf3 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Kf4 Bc7 31. Rd3 f6 32. Re3 Bxe5+ 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Ra3 Kf7 35. Rxa7+ Kg6 36. a4 Rxc5 37. a5 Rc4+ 38. Ke3 Ra4 39. Rc7 Rxa5 40. Rxc6 Ra2 41. h3 Ra3+ 42. Kf4 b4 43. Rb6 Rb3 44. Rb5 Rb1 45. h4 b3 46. Kf3 b2 47. Kf2 $2 (47. Kg2 $19) 47... Rh1 48. h5+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.24"] [White "Milliken, William"] [Black "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Brickhouse,Christian"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "1638"] [BlackElo "1429"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2286582513394395"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 (4... Bb4) (4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7) 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5 8. Nb5 Nxe5 (8... Na6 9. Nd6+ Kf8) 9. dxe5 O-O 10. Nf3 (10. Nd6 a6) 10... a6 11. Nd6 b5 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O Nc6 14. c3 Na5 15. b3 Nb7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 b4 20. Rfd1 Na5 21. Bc2 Nc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qf3 {[%csl Ga8]} Qc5 27. Bd3 (27. Bb3) 27... Qb6 28. Qa8+ Kf7 29. Qc8 Qa5 30. Bb1 b3 31. Kf2 bxa2 32. Bxa2 Qxa2+ 33. Kf3 Qb3+ 34. Ke2 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 d3 36. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.25"] [White "Ni, Tao"] [Black "Le, Thu Anh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "1587"] [BlackElo "1419"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "46"] [GameId "2286569907722446"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. h4 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. c3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Na3 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Nc4 d5 20. e5 dxc4 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. dxc4 Qxc4 23. Ne5 Qa6 $11 {Black is up a clear pawn but it's now 0.00/d34, and it was never much higher (always under -0.10).} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.26"] [White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Black "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B55"] [WhiteElo "1434"] [BlackElo "1582"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2286569907722447"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[#]} 5. f3 $5 (5. Nc3) 5... d6 (5... Qb6 $5 6. Nb3 e6 7. Nc3 d5 $11 {tries to "'take advantage" of White's curious 5th move.}) 6. c4 {The conspicuous point of 5.f3, which Black could have thwarted on the previous move. But it is curious that the engines (barely) prefer the knight development, even as it transposes, as noted, into a fairly rare line (compared to, say the Rauzer!).} (6. Nc3 {This would transpose into 6.f3 against the Classical Sicilian.} e5 7. Nb3 {had quite a run of games in the 1990s, including Winslow-Waitzkin, 1993 (1-0) and Winslow-P.Wolff, 1994 (0-1).}) 6... g6 (6... e6 {is allegedly best, when who knows what variation it is. Another curiousity: the engines want to develop the queen to c2,} {after} 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qc2 {Keeping the d-file open to meet} d5 10. cxd5 exd5 {with} 11. O-O-O) 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Bg7 {[#] Now we have some Maroczy Bind vs. a Fianchetto, with f2-f3 played "up front" and then some (move 5!). But why White now took on c6 I don't know. Players in the lower ratings get itchy about tension sometimes...} 9. Nxc6 $6 (9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 $14 {Note that White doesn't have to castle "King"side;} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. O-O-O $5 $14 ({or even} 12. g4 $5 Rc8 13. h4 Be6 14. b3 $14 (14. Nd5 $14))) 9... Bxc6 $6 (9... bxc6 $1 {"Capture Towards the Center." How convenient that there's a proverb.}) 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 $14 {[#]} 12. Bh6 {(Sorry, there's no checkmate. And the attempt costs White most of his advantage.)} (12. b4 $5 $14 b6 13. Rc1 {and 0-0 with a standard Maroczy Bind plus.}) 12... Rfd8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 (14. O-O-O $5) 14... Nd7 $2 {Of course, if Black leaves the king all alone...} (14... e6 15. Qd4 h6 16. h4 {[#]} d5 $3 17. cxd5 (17. g5 Qg3+ 18. Qf2 Nh5 $15) 17... exd5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Qb6 $11) 15. f4 $6 (15. h4 $1 $16) 15... f6 $5 16. b4 (16. Nd5) 16... b6 $6 $14 (16... Nb6 $11) 17. h4 h6 $16 18. h5 $2 g5 $15 {And like that, (1) the kingside is nothing (2) White's bishop has no future.} 19. fxg5 fxg5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Qd4 Rf8 23. O-O-O Rf4 24. Qc3 Kg8 25. Rd4 Raf8 26. Rhd1 Qc8 27. Qc2 {Perhaps Black was a bit hasty agreeing to a draw...} (27. Qc2 {[#]} a5 $1 {Black has a winning positional advantage with Superknight vs. Baad Bishop.} (27... R8f6 $5)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.27"] [White "Boyer, John"] [Black "McCutcheon, Bennett"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1761"] [BlackElo "1565"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2286569907722448"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nd5 d6 5. Bd3 Nxd5 6. exd5 Ne7 7. c4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bxg6 Nxg6 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Qe7+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Nh4 18. O-O h5 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Rxf7 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rdg8 22. Rf4 Bg3 23. Re4 Rh2 24. b3 Rgh8 25. Rb2 Rh1+ 26. Kg2 Be5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Bd2 R8h3 29. Bc3 R1h2+ 30. Kf1 Rxb2 31. Bxb2 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. Bxe5 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. g5 Ra6 36. Kf4 Kd7 37. Kf5 Ra2 38. g6 Rf2+ 39. Kg5 c6 40. d6 b5 41. g7 bxc4 42. Bg3 Rf3 43. Kg4 cxb3 44. Kxf3 b2 45. g8=Q b1=Q 46. Qf7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.28"] [White "Babayan, Gagik"] [Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1698"] [BlackElo "1453"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2286569907722449"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O Bf5 15. a3 Rad8 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. c3 {[#]} c5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qa2+ Qd5 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxd5 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Bxd5 25. Qd2 Bc4 26. Rfe1 Bd3 27. Qe3 Rf6 28. Rac1 Rdf8 29. Rc3 Kg7 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. g3 g5 32. Qxd3 gxf4 33. Rxe7+ R8f7 34. Rxf7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.29"] [White "Sisti, Daniel J"] [Black "Casares, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1637"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2286569907722450"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nb3 Qb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Be5 Rac8 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Rfc1 Nd6 20. h3 Nf5 21. b4 Nh4 22. Bd1 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 f5 26. Qf1 Qh2 27. Rc2 f4 28. Bg4 fxe3 29. Bxc8 Nf3+ 30. Kd1 Nxd4 31. cxd4 e2+ 32. Qxe2 Qh1+ 33. Qe1 Qf3+ 34. Kc1 Qb3 35. Qc3 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.30"] [White "Chan, John"] [Black "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1527"] [BlackElo "1626"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "150"] [GameId "2286569907722451"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 b6 6. d3 Bb7 7. Bf4 d6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qc1 Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qd2 e4 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Bg4 Qg6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Ba6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. f4 Bd3 25. f5 Qf7 26. g5 Qxf5 27. Nf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxd5 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Nh5 Rc8 31. Nf4 {[#]} Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qc4 33. Nxd3 Qxd3 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Qc8+ Bd8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Bf4 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 g6 41. Qc8 Qc5 42. Qb7+ Bc7 43. Qxe4+ Kd7 44. Qa4+ b5 45. Qd1 d5 46. Bxc7 Qxc7+ 47. Kh1 Qe5 48. Qd2 a6 49. a3 d4 50. Qf2 Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kd5 52. Qf7+ Kc5 53. Qa7+ Kc4 54. Qxa6 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qh4+ 56. Kg1 Qxg5 57. Qc6+ Kb3 58. a4 bxa4 59. Qb6+ Kc4 60. Qc6+ Kd3 61. Qa6+ Ke4 62. Qc6+ Kf4 63. Qxa4 {[#]} Kg3 $4 (63... Ke3 $19) 64. Qb3+ $11 Qe3+ (64... Kf4 65. Qf3+ Ke5 66. Qe2+) 65. Qxe3+ dxe3 66. Kf1 $11 Kf4 67. Ke2 Ke4 68. b4 Kd4 69. b5 Kc5 70. Kxe3 Kxb5 71. Kf4 Kc5 72. g4 $4 (72. Kg5 $11) (72. Ke5 $11) 72... Kd4 $19 73. Kg5 Ke4 74. Kh6 Kf4 75. Kxh7 g5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Rosston, Andrew Burkett"] [Black "Gore, Neel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1121"] [BlackElo "1362"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "127"] [GameId "2286569907722452"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:09:41]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:25:38]} 9. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:18:36]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 11. Nxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:58]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 14. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} c3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 16. Bc1 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 17. Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 18. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Nb6+ {[%emt 0:03:56]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 21. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Na5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 22. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nec6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 24. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 25. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 26. Kh2 {[%emt 0:05:35]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 28. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 29. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Be4 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 30. Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:03:06]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 32. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 33. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 34. Bd6+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 36. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 37. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e3+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 38. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:01:52]} 39. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:02:59]} 41. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 42. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Na4+ {[%emt 0:02:12]} 44. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 45. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 46. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 47. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 48. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 50. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 51. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 52. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 53. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 54. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 55. Ba3+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 56. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 57. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 58. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 59. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 60. Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 61. h5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 62. h6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 63. h7+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.31"] [White "Karpe, Ummon"] [Black "Weaver, Kyle"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Karpe,Ummon"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1301"] [BlackElo "1118"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2286569907722453"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Be7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. a4 (12. Nbd2 b5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. Nc4) 12... b6 13. Na3 a6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 Rfe8 17. Qh5 Nf8 18. g4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nb4 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxd3 22. g5 Ndxe5 23. gxh6 Bd6 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Rae1 Nd7 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxe6 Nf6 (28... fxe6 29. Qxg6 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qh2+ 31. Qg2 Rf8+) 29. Qf5 Nxe4 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 31. h5 Nf4 32. Rxe4 Ne6 33. h6 gxh6 34. Qf6+ Kxh7 35. Rg4 Qd8 (35... Rg8 36. Qxf7+ Rg7) 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.32"] [White "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Black "Tobias, Mason"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1069"] [BlackElo "1276"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2286569907722454"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bh5 15. Re3 c5 16. Rh3 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 cxd4 18. Nb5 Rc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxh5 Rxb5 21. Re1 g6 22. Rh3 Rxe5 23. Rd1 Rfe8 24. Kf1 R8e7 25. Rf3 Bg7 26. Rfd3 Re2 27. R3d2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf8 29. g4 Ke8 30. Rd3 Re4 31. f3 Re3 32. Bc2 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 Kd7 34. Bb5+ Ke6 35. Ke2 f5 36. Kd3 fxg4 37. fxg4 Ke5 38. h3 Kf4 39. Kd2 Nd5 40. Bc4 Ne3 41. b3 Kg3 42. Be6 Kxh3 43. Bg8 h6 44. Bf7 g5 45. Be6 Nxg4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.33"] [White "Martin, Bryan D"] [Black "Starkova, Valeria"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1205"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2286569907722455"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nd7 7. c4 c5 {[#]} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. dxe6 Nxe5 10. exf7+ Nxf7 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Qxb7+ Kf6 13. Qf3+ Ke7 14. Qe4+ Kf6 15. O-O g6 16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Qxd4+ Kf7 18. Bc4+ Nxc4 19. Qxc4+ Kg7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc7+ Be7 22. Bg5 Rd1+ 23. Kh2 Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Nxe7 25. Qf4+ Nf5 26. g4 Rd4 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qxh8 h6 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Qxd4 Kg6 31. Na3 Kg5 32. Rg1+ Kh5 33. Qf4 a5 34. Qxf5+ Kh4 35. Qg4# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.34"] [White "Harris, Clarence"] [Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Analyze This App"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1272"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2286569907722456"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 dxe4 {white showed up late... white 1 hours 6 min... black 1 hour 6 min} 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ngf3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 Qc8 {w 1 h... b 1 h 22 m} 11. Kh2 Bxf2 12. Rf1 Bc5 (12... Be3 13. Qe2 Bxd2 14. Bxd2) 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Qe2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 {w 48 m... b. 1 h 10 m} 16. c3 Bc5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nxe5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 {w 31 m b 43 m} 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Qg4 (22. Rd5 Rad8 23. Rfd1) 22... Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rad8 24. Rfe1 Be5 25. Bf1 a6 {w 14 m... b 37 m} 26. a4 Kh7 27. Bc4 Kg6 28. Rf1 f6 29. Kh3 Rd6 30. Kh4 Red8 {w 6 m... b 31 m} 31. Be2 Rd2 32. Kh3 R8d6 33. Rde1 Rxb2 34. Bc4 Rdd2 35. Rh1 Bxc3 {w 1 m... b 19 m} 36. Rd1 Be5 37. Be6 Rd4 38. Bf5+ Kf7 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40. Rd1 Rb4 {w 1 m ... b 12 m} 41. Rc1 c5 42. Rd1 Rxa4 43. Rb1 b5 {white resigns} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.35"] [White "Robins, Alexander"] [Black "Pirone, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1387"] [BlackElo "1061"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2286569907722457"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Qf4 Nge7 10. Bh5 g6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. f4 Nf5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Nc3 a6 16. O-O-O b5 17. Qb3 d4 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Ne4 Red8 20. Nd6 Qd7 21. g4 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rac8 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rhg1 Qe4 25. Rdf1 Rc4 26. Rg3 Rdc8 27. c3 dxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 29. bxc3 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Qd3+ 31. Qc2 Qxf1+ 32. Kb2 Qxf4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.36"] [White "Wardle, Braxton"] [Black "Turner, Robert"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "390"] [BlackElo "1278"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2286569907722458"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 (7. f3) 7... Ng4 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O-O Nxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. Ba4 Nc5 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Kh7 15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Qg1 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. gxh5 gxh5 20. Nd5 e6 21. Ne3 Rg8 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. f4 Bg7 24. Nb3 a5 25. Qd2 a4 26. Qxd6 Qxe3 27. Rhe1 Qf2 28. Qxd7 Qxc2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.37"] [White "Hack, Richard"] [Black "Blum, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1002"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "134"] [GameId "2286569907722459"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb3 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 b6 14. Nbd2 Rad8 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. b5 Na5 17. d4 a6 18. Rab1 exd4 19. exd4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 axb5 21. Rxb5 Nh5 22. Qb4 Nf4 23. Qb1 Ne6 24. e5 d5 25. Rf1 Nc4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 Nxd4 28. Rb2 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Nxc3 30. Qe1 b5 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc3 Qd4 33. Rc2 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rd4 35. Rcf3 Re7 36. Re1 Rd3 37. Rfe3 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Re6 39. Kg3 Rc6 40. Rc3 Kf8 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd4 f5 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 46. Kxc4 Ke5 47. a4 Kd6 48. Kb5 c6+ 49. Kb6 c5 50. Kb5 f5 51. a5 c4 52. Kxc4 Kc6 53. Kd4 Kb5 54. Ke5 Kxa5 55. Kxf5 Kb5 56. Kg6 Kc5 57. Kxh6 Kd5 58. g4 Ke5 59. g5 Kf5 60. g6 Kf6 61. g7 Kf7 62. Kh7 Kf6 63. g8=Q Ke7 64. Qg6 Kf8 65. Qg7+ Ke8 66. Kg6 Kd8 67. Kf6 Kc8 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.38"] [White "Carter, Mixtli"] [Black "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "961"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2286569907722460"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. Qd3 c5 14. Be3 Bd6 {[#]} 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxe5 17. Qb4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qd4 Nxf2 20. Rh2 Qe7+ 21. Kd2 Qg5+ 22. Ke1 Rae8+ 23. Kf1 Nxg4+ 24. Kg2 Nxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.39"] [White "Ching, Harvey"] [Black "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2286569907722461"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 h6 11. d4 Be7 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Bc4 Rhe8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Bxf7 g5 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 gxf4 21. Re6 Nf8 22. Re2 c6 23. Rde1 Kd7 24. f3 Bd8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bg5 28. Kd2 Nh7 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Re6 h5 31. c4 h4 32. Kd3 Nh5 33. Rg6 Bd8 34. Rh6 Ng3 35. Rh7+ Kc8 36. Rf7 Nh5 37. Ke4 a5 38. Rh7 Nf6+ 39. Kxf4 Nxh7 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.40"] [White "Mackley, Merlin Ethan"] [Black "Wilson, Stephen L"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "1140"] [BlackElo "779"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2286569907722462"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 {Caruana in his Ruy book only recommends this after 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nge7.} (4. Nc3) 4... a6 {Oh.} 5. Ba4 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. d5 Na7 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. c4 b4 13. a5 c5 14. dxc6 Naxc6 15. Nb3 Bc8 16. h3 Be6 17. Qe2 f5 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. c5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. cxd6 Bb5 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 h6 26. Nf3 fxe4 27. Re1 Rfd8 28. Qe2 g5 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 d3 31. Be3 Bxb2 {[#]} 32. Bd4+ $4 (32. Rb1) (32. Rd1) 32... Bxd4 $4 (32... Rxd4 $19) 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Rd8 35. Nc6 Rd6 36. Nxb4 d2 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Nxa6 Ra4 41. Rxd2 Rxa5 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Nc7 Ra2+ 44. Rd2 Ra7 45. Ne6+ Kh7 {[#]} 46. Rd7+ 1-0
  

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