Archived Tournament

2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

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Tournament Format

• Tournament Format: Swiss System
• Total Rounds: 7
• Time control: 90 min basetime + 30 sec increment
• Round Times: 5/6 6:30pm 5/13 6:30pm 5/20 6:30pm 5/27 6:30pm 6/3 6:30pm 6/10 6:30pm 6/17 6:30pm
• Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 Under1600

Prize Fund

2400

Tournament Rules

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- 60 minutes with prior notice.

Rounds

• Download Round 1 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"] [Black "Heimann, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2068"] [BlackElo "2597"] [PlyCount "100"] [Beauty "7014755339295"] [GameId "2174807888506926"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,58,15,20,28,21,32,37,38,38,37,42,35,35,23,6,4,7,0,-9,-1,9,10,-3,6,-29,-29,-25,-37,-115,-183,-164,-158,-157,-158,-153,-196,-193,-182,-223,-150,-78,-190,-199,-153,-144,-157,-254,-190,-199,-177,-184,-435,-146,-373,-203,-228,-228,-217,-208,-208]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:22] We used to call this "The Rat" fifty years ago.} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:22] [#]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:58] "7.a4 is the modern continuation" is the current comment by the "Novelty Annotation" function in ChessBase (AI!), with the following game reference. Note this was the "Bullet Chess Loser" tournament, so now we're getting 1-minute game "evidence"...} (7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. c3 Ngf6 11. h3 O-O 12. a5 e6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 d5 15. e5 c4 16. Bc2 Ne8 17. cxb4 Bc6 18. Nb1 Nc7 19. Bd2 Nb5 20. Nc3 Rb8 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rbc8 24. Rfe1 Nb8 25. Re2 Nc6 26. Ba4 Rb8 27. Ne1 Bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rb7 29. Nc2 Rfb8 30. g3 Bf8 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Ra1 Nxb4 33. Nxb4 Bxb4 34. h4 Qe7 35. h5 g5 36. h6 Kh8 37. Rh1 Rg8 38. Rh5 Rb5 39. Re3 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Rxa5 41. Rf3 Rg6 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43. exf6 Qxf6 44. Rxg5 Rb5 45. Rg7 Rb8 46. g4 Rg8 47. Rxg8+ Kxg8 48. Qe3 a5 49. g5 Qd8 50. Qe5 Qf8 51. Qc7 a4 52. Qa7 a3 53. f4 f6 54. Kg3 fxg5 55. fxg5 Kh8 56. Kg2 Qg8 $4 (56... Qg8 $11) (56... a2 57. Qxa2 Qg8 $11) 57. Qe7 {1-0 Giri,A (2745)-Caruana,F (2805) Bullet Chess Losers, Chess.com INT 11.06.2024}) ({Meanwhile, in standard computer fashion,} 7. h4 $5 {(probably Kamran Shirazi was playing this decades ago), is Stockfish(17.1)'s preference (competing with just 0-0'ing). Practice has been rough for White, probably because Black mostly greatly outrates White.}) 7... Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 10. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (10. Rd1 $5) 10... h5 {[%emt 0:08:33]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:57] [#]} 12. Ng5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:53]} (12. Nh2 $1 $14) 12... Ng4 $17 {[%emt 0:00:43] [#]} 13. c3 $146 {[%emt 0:17:23]} (13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Ne6 Qc8 16. d5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bf6 18. O-O Nf8 19. Qd3 Ba6 20. Qe4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Kf7 22. Qxe5 Nxe6 23. Ne4 Ng7 24. Rxf6+ exf6 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Qxg6 Qf5 {0-1 (26) Roinos,I (2206)-Sethuraman,S (2625) Achaia 2017}) (13. O-O O-O 14. c3) (13. Bc4 d5 14. Ba2) 13... c5 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 14. dxc5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 15. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16. fxe3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 17. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:02:45]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:13:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 22. c4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 23. Nc6 {[%emt 0:08:16]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 24. Nd4 {[%emt 0:08:40]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 25. e5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 26. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxe3+ {[%emt 0:03:47]} 27. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 31. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:16:42]} 33. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 34. Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 37. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 38. Rb5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 39. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 40. a5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 41. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 42. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 45. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 47. Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} 48. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be1+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 49. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 50. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Cremisi, Daniel"] [Black "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2022"] [PlyCount "116"] [Beauty "5158410972711"] [GameId "2174807913603148"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:04:12]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 9. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:36] [#] This looks like the Spassky Variation, or "Let's play tennis" of the Queens' Gambit -- but one must pay attention even with "boring" symmetry.} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:02:54]} (9... b5 $5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 $11) 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Qe7 $2 {[%emt 0:04:10]} (11... Bb7) 12. a4 $6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} (12. Ne4 $1 $16) 12... Bb4 $2 {[%emt 0:12:28]} (12... bxa4 $1 $14 13. Rxa4 Nbd7) 13. axb5 $16 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 14. bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (14. O-O $1) 14... Rxa6 $5 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 15. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} (15. O-O $5) 15... Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:42]} (16. Rxa6 $1 Nxa6 17. O-O) 16... Qc5 $14 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 17. Nc4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} (17. Rxa6 $1 Nxa6 18. O-O $14) 17... Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 18. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. O-O-O $11 {[%emt 0:04:43]} (19. Rc1 $142 {[%cal Gc2e2]}) 19... Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:41]} (19... Qa6 $11) 20. Rd4 {[%emt 0:10:08]} Qc5 $8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} (21. Kb1 $1 Nc6 $1) 21... Nd5 {[%emt 0:15:39] [#]} (21... Nc6) 22. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:10:33]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Rxd5 $11 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 24. Rd3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:46] It's hard to say what goes wrong now, but White, extra pawn and all, gets a lost position in a couple moves.} (24. Kb1 $11) (24. Rd4 $11) (24. Kd1 Qc4 $1 25. Qd3 Qb3+ 26. Qc2 $11) 24... Nd7 $5 $17 {[%emt 0:06:18]} (24... Qxh2 $1 $17) 25. Kb1 $2 {[%emt 0:02:59]} (25. Kd1 $1 Ba5 $1 26. Rd2 $1 Nf6 $1 27. Qd3 h5 $15) 25... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:13:30]} (25... Qb8 $1 $19) 26. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ba5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 27. Qb3 $6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Rb8 $1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 28. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:46]} (28. Nd5 Rxb3 29. Nxc7 Bxc7) 28... Qc6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 29. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nc4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:38] A long string of only moves, but now it's just won.} 30. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (30... h6 $1) 31. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g6 $6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} (31... Qf6+ $1 {[%cal Gf6f2]}) 32. e4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (32. Kb3 Qc1 $19 {[%cal Gc1e1]}) 32... Qf6+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} 33. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:53] [#] White's king continues to be an embarrassment.} 34. Qg3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 35. Qe5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} (35. Qf4) (35. Qd3) 35... Rc8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (35... Qe3+ $1 {Stockfish makes this over minus eight!}) 36. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:30] Of course keeping the queens on the board is mandatory...} 37. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 38. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} (38... Qe6 $1) 39. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 40. Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Qe8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (40... Qf6 $1 41. Qc4 Kg7 {Black is *still* winning.}) 41. e5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} (41. h4 $5) 41... Bb6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 42. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:46] [#]} Bd4 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:01:25] Seshardi is not averse to finding some testing moves for Cremisi!} 43. e6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Qc4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:53] (All the best try)} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} (44... Be5 $1) 45. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:37] [#]} Kh8 $2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} (45... Qf8 $1 {is still a won game -- even with the pawn returned, Black's king is out in the open.}) 46. Nd6 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:01:43][%csl Gc8] Cremisi masterfully grabs the moment to head for a drawable pawn-down N+2 v B+3 ending with all the pawns on the same side.} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 47. Rc8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Qxc8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 50. h3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 51. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 52. Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} (52. Ke4) (52. Ke3) ({even} 52. Na7) 52... Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 53. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bf4+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} 54. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 55. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 56. g4+ {[%emt 0:02:06]} hxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. hxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 58. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:49] A close call for Cremisi -- that hanging king could have cost him.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Paragiri, Reyansh"] [Black "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2015"] [BlackElo "2306"] [PlyCount "146"] [Beauty "5637413083162"] [GameId "2174807928852572"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,35,14,11,22,-24,24,21,8,-3,-10,-15,-17,-5,-2,1,0,-15,34,-27,-49,-46,92,-138,-101,4,-77,-78,-104,-128,-89,-128,-146,-193,-129,-119,-243,-143]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:04:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 10. b4 $6 {[%emt 0:12:00]} (10. Be3) (10. Be3) (10. f3) 10... Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:00] (Black is already better.)} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:12:12]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:05:54]} f6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 13. exf6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 15. Kh1 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:15:20]} 16. Qd3 {[%emt 0:09:20]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:08:49]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 18. Qf1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 19. Qf2 {[%emt 0:08:27]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:06:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:17:59]} 21. a5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} axb6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 23. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 24. Nb3 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 25. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Re7 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 26. Nc1 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 27. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 28. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 29. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 30. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxc1 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 31. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. f4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 33. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 40. b5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 41. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 42. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 43. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 45. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 46. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 47. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 48. g4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} hxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 49. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:02:13]} 50. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. g4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 53. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 56. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 57. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:02:38]} 58. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 60. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 61. Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 62. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 64. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 65. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} b1=Q {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Rxb1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 69. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 70. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 71. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 72. Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 73. Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8# {[%emt 0:00:03]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Coyne, Theodore James"] [Black "Walder, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "2263"] [BlackElo "2012"] [PlyCount "57"] [Beauty "8246739865606"] [GameId "2174807939756140"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,40,22,10,11,15,31,15,38,35,28,32,5,45,30,39,47,34,38,31,47,47,60,61,83,84,12,75,45,62,51,53,50,96,65,112,108,113,116,116,362,253,297]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:00]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. h4 {[%emt 0:03:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:34]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:10:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:08:55]} 11. Nh3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:09:27]} 12. Nf2 {[%emt 0:05:37]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:12:59]} 13. cxd5 {[%emt 0:13:03]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Na6 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:01:49]} b5 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:07:19]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 17. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 19. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 20. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:05:15]} 22. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 23. Na3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 24. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:08:27]} 25. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 28. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Mercado, Adam"] [Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1958"] [BlackElo "2246"] [PlyCount "92"] [Beauty "7217445078043"] [GameId "2174807965212805"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,32,21,23,18,8,24,24,8,-12,28,2,2,2,2,2,6,0,2,3,17,-21,-20,-42,-25,-45,161,-101,-72,-117,-117,-122,-18,14,75]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 7. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:10]} 10. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:37]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:16:57]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:16:05]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 14. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:08:22]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 16. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:06:42]} 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 18. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 19. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:05:20]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 20. Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 21. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:08:55]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 23. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 25. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. a3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 27. Qc5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 28. Rf3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 29. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 31. Qxf2 Ba4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 32. Kh1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:02:32]} 33. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 35. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 36. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. hxg5+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 43. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Suarez, Sebastian"] [Black "Gaffagan, Steven"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1956"] [PlyCount "89"] [Beauty "7354191971347"] [GameId "2174807976394901"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,54,12,24,22,14,17,24,27,25,43,27,29,34,30,19,19,25,43,38,21,60,50,0,-22,-29,-43,-31,-1,-19,5,-26,-33,-47,-35,-56,-61,-69,-62,-48,-27,-71,-191,-58,-64,-48,-51,-56,-53,-98,-118,-96,-103,-65,-66,-37,-109]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:04:34]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:18:42]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 11. e5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 13. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Be7 {[%emt 0:09:55]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 16. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:11:35]} 17. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:12:00]} a3 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 21. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 22. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:07:43]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:24]} 23. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 24. c4 {[%emt 0:07:43]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 25. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 26. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:15:27]} 27. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 29. Qd4 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 30. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 31. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 32. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 34. Qc5 {[%emt 0:06:37]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 35. Qc4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. b4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 37. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 38. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. b5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 40. Ka5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 41. b6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 43. b7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 44. Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 45. Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Lewis, Edward"] [Black "Winslow, Elliott"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "1950"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "110"] [Beauty "6667131438599"] [GameId "2174807995895973"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 (4. Nxd4) 4... Nf6 5. Bb5 $5 {I remember seeing this move played by Bronstein in some game in 1971 or so -- and there it is!} (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5) (5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 $5) 5... Nc6 (5... a6 $1 $15 {Stockfish has this the only plus for Black, such as it is.} 6. Be2 (6. e5 $5 axb5 7. exf6 Nc6 8. Qd3 b4 $15) 6... Nc6) (5... Qa5+ 6. Qc3 Qd8 $6 (6... Nc6 $1 7. Qxa5 Nxa5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nc3 $14) 7. Bc4 e6 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qd3 f5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Bb5 O-O 15. a4 Qc7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qd5 18. Nb5 Qxd3 19. cxd3 d5 20. exd6 a6 21. Nc7 Bxc3 22. Nxa8 Bxa1 23. Bg5 Bd4 24. Be7 Rf7 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rc7 Bxa4 27. Rc4 Bc6 28. Rxd4 {1-0 (28) Bronstein,D-Zhidkov,V Baku 1972}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 $5 (6... bxc6) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {There was a time when I'd never do this. I suspected this was a "level" situation, where a 2500+ would squash me here but if my opponent (Ed) doesn't play sharply and accurately I'd get away with it.} 8. Nc3 Nd7 $5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O e5 11. Be3 f6 12. h3 Kc7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. f3 Be6 15. b3 h5 16. a4 Bh6 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. a5 Nc8 19. Rhe1 Rd7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rhd8 22. Ndb1 Rd4 23. Ree1 g5 24. Ne2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 h4 {(setting up "latent" possibilities, which indeed come to fruition 23 moves later(!))} 27. Kd2 Kd6 28. c4 Ne7 29. Kc3 $2 {(now a knight can't go there for a move...) [#]} (29. Nbc3 a6 (29... Kc5 30. Na2 Ng6 31. Nec1 Kd6 32. Nd3 $11) 30. Nc1 c5 31. Nd5 Nc6 32. Nxf6 Nxa5 $11) 29... c5 $1 $19 {(... so I can sneak this in)} 30. Na3 $2 (30. a6 $1 bxa6 $1 {[%cal Ge7c6,Gc6d4] is good enough for Stockfish to call it won after a long think}) 30... a6 $1 (30... Nc6 31. a6 bxa6) 31. Nc1 Nc6 32. Nd3 Nxa5 {[#]} 33. Nxc5 $6 {This just simplifies Black's task in a way. Lost is lost though, so no "?"} Kxc5 34. b4+ Kb6 35. bxa5+ Kxa5 36. Nc2 Kb6 37. Nb4 Kc5 38. Nd3+ Kd6 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. Kc3 a5 41. Ne1 b5 42. cxb5+ Kxb5 43. Nc2 Kc5 44. Ne1 Bc4 45. Nc2 a4 46. Ne3 a3 47. Nc2 a2 48. Kb2 Bf1 49. Ne3 {[#] Stockfish thinks for a LONG time without seeing the key move here!} Bxg2 $1 {But as soon as I put this on the digital board it zooms in value! And then if I back up a move, it "remembers" it as hugely the best move. Interesting. Note that Ed was stunned, but quickly gave my move a "!" on his scoresheet! And once it shows up, SF 17.1 doesn't take too long to see that it's mate -- in 27 at first, then down to 23. :-)} 50. Nxg2 Kd4 51. Kxa2 Kd3 52. Kb2 Ke2 {At this point the engines are quibbling over how few moves mate will take -- but Ed was visibly amused to see he was now losing his knight.} 53. Kc2 Kf2 54. Kd2 Kxg2 55. Ke2 Kxh3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Senthilkumar, Pranav"] [Black "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2198"] [BlackElo "1937"] [PlyCount "63"] [Beauty "8249692664873"] [GameId "2175100461002966"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,63,9,-7,19,-2,-48,-3,0,5,-15,0,-1,-15,2,-7,6,11,13,5,46,34,35,24,58,52,101,101,118,90,244,87,114,108,127,76,184,163,187,51,184,11,111,16,67,44,2,83,77,11,71,292,105,-72,1,-1,1,229,253,370,340,346,359,359,352,309]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 ({Relevant:} 5... e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. Qc2 O-O-O 12. O-O Kb8 13. a4 a6 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Qd1 h5 16. c4 Nxd4 17. cxd5 exd5 18. a5 Qb4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Nb3 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Be5 22. Bxd5 Bg4 23. Rd2 Rhd8 24. Bxf7 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Nc4 Bf3 28. Rb3 Rd8 29. Ne3 Bxa5 30. h3 Bd2 31. Kh2 a5 32. Nc4 Bc6 33. Bxh5 a4 34. Ra3 Bb4 35. Ra1 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2794)-Firouzja,A (2737) Chess.com INT 2024}) 6. exd4 Bf5 {[#]} 7. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qb6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ Kd8 13. O-O Rg8 14. Nc3 Bh3 15. g3 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 a6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Ba4 Qxb2 19. Qd3 b5 20. Bb3 Rc8 21. Nxb5 Rc1 22. Na7 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qb6 24. Nc6+ Kc7 25. Qxh7 Rg5 26. Bf3 Bg7 27. Qg8 Kd6 28. Qxf7 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe1 30. h4 Rf5 31. Nd4 Re5 32. Qxg7 Qa1 33. Qg4 Re1 34. Qf4+ Kd7 35. Bg4+ Ke8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 {1-0 Ratkovic,M (2401)-Shundi,M (2223) Ecka 2023}) 7... Qd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Rd8 12. Nc3 Rg8 {[#]} 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Rfe1 Qg4 {[#]} 16. Qb5+ Rd7 17. g3 f6 18. Ne4 b6 {[#]} 19. d6 Qe6 20. Rad1 exd6 21. f4 Be7 {[#]} 22. f5 Qxf5 23. Rxd6 Kd8 24. Rxd7+ Qxd7 25. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3g8,Ge1d1]} Qg4 26. Nf2 Qg6 27. Qe6 Bc5 28. Rd1+ Bd4 29. Rc1 Bc5 {[#]} 30. b4 Qg5 31. Rc2 Qg6 32. bxc5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "2176"] [PlyCount "70"] [Beauty "7976831948320"] [GameId "2175100461002967"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Qh5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Ng3 Qh6 14. e4 Nd7 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Rfd1 Rg8 17. Bf1 Qf4 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. b4 Nf8 20. Qb3 Ng6 {[#]} 21. b5 cxb5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Bc5 25. Qb2 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. d6 Rd8 28. Bxb5 Bd4 29. Qc2 Rxd6 30. Rf1 Bc5 31. Bd3 Rh6 32. Be4 Qh4 33. h3 Qxg3 34. Bxb7 Rxh3 35. Qxc5 Qh2# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Smith, Olivia"] [Black "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2137"] [BlackElo "1913"] [PlyCount "113"] [Beauty "6597342141447"] [GameId "2175100461002968"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,113,16,22,28,31,39,24,37,22,0,19,19,14,28,-6,-3,-142,31,34,32,36,41,146,58,46,99,114,111,99,114,112,82,94,136,167,175,-4,151,156,25,131,186,135,41,77,-118,77,69,69,488,416,412,385,417,257,331,117,268,306,296,292,295,318,131,278,289,265,252,237,233,234,242,243,242,232,239,238,243,213,204,212,227,225,223,221,281,202,94,180,129,171,220,202,203,205,158,172,174,194,234,143,201,220,208,225,796,772,923,967,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2c3 O-O 8. Be3 Bd7 {Rare.} ({Relevant:} 8... Nc6 9. Bb5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 f4 13. Bd2 Qxd4 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. Nd1 Rf5 16. Bc3 Qd5 17. f3 Rb6 18. Nf2 Ba6 19. Nd3 Bh4+ 20. Kd2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rg5 22. Rad1 Rxg2+ 23. Kc1 Qa2 24. b3 Rxb3 25. cxb3 Qxa3+ 26. Kb1 Qxb3+ 27. Kc1 Be7 28. Qd8+ Bxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Ke8 {0-1 (30) Jones,G (2650)-Puranik,A (2475) Warsaw 2016}) 9. Nxf6+ $16 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 Bc6 10. f3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. h4 f5 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Qf2 c6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nh3 Bxh4 18. Qe2 e5 19. dxe5 Qe8 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bc5 Nf4 23. Bc4+ Kh7 24. Qe3 Nxg2 25. Qc3 Bg3 26. e6 {1-0 (26) Galovic,S (2250)-Hlas,J (2095) Slovakia 1999}) 9... Bxf6 10. Ne4 (10. Qd2 $1) 10... Bc6 $6 (10... Be7 $14) 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qh5 (12. Qd2) 12... Qg6 (12... Be4 13. O-O-O Nc6 $14) 13. Qxg6 hxg6 {[#]} 14. h4 Nd7 15. h5 $6 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Be4 $2 (16... Nf6 17. Rh3 Nd5 18. Bd2 f6 $11) 17. O-O-O $16 Nf6 18. Rh4 Bg6 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bd2 a5 21. f4 Be4 {[#]} 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Bc4 Rfd8 25. Rdh1 g5 26. Bxg5 Kg7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Rg1+ Kf6 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 {[#]} 30. c4 Rd8 31. Rf4 Rh8 32. Rgf1 Rh5 33. Kd2 Ke6 34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Re5 Rh2+ 36. Re2 Rh5 37. Rf3 Bg6 38. Rfe3 b6 39. Kc3 Rh1 40. Re1 Rh2 41. R1e2 Rh1 42. b3 Ra1 43. Kb2 Rb1+ 44. Ka2 Rd1 45. d5 Rh1 46. Rd2 Rf1 47. Rc3 Kd6 {[#]} 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Rf6 50. c5+ bxc5 51. bxc5+ Kd7 52. Ra3 Kc8 53. c6 Kd8 54. Re2 Bf5 {[#]} 55. Ra8+ Bc8 56. Rxc8+ Kxc8 57. Re8# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Rajaram, Raghu"] [Black "Bambou, Christophe"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "1848"] [BlackElo "2119"] [PlyCount "56"] [Beauty "8248753130505"] [GameId "2175100461002969"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 7. Be2 Nd7 8. d4 Nf6 9. Qd3 g6 10. Ng5 Bc8 11. Qb3 Nd5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bf3 Ng4 16. d5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc7 18. h4 h6 19. Nh3 Bf5 20. g4 Bd7 21. Nf4 a5 22. Qd3 Qe5 23. Rd2 a4 24. Qa3 c5 25. g5 Bf5 26. Ne2 Be4 27. Ng1 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Qe4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Das, Rohan"] [Black "Parsons, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2099"] [BlackElo "1840"] [PlyCount "61"] [Beauty "8248241168936"] [GameId "2175100461002970"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. d5 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 axb4 13. axb4 Ngf6 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. g3 Ndf6 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ra1 Qd7 18. Ra7 Qg4 {[#]} 19. Rxc7 Re8 20. h3 Qxh3 21. Ng5 Qg4 22. Be2 {[#]} Qc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. g4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qf5 Re8 28. Nce4 h6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. d6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Smith, Roger Christopher"] [Black "Diller, Bradley R"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Diller,Brad"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "2070"] [PlyCount "78"] [Beauty "7697273457724"] [GameId "2175488060613778"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,78,18,29,20,21,18,23,-35,1,21,12,12,1,0,9,14,13,15,-5,9,14,18,-9,-16,-18,-32,28,-15,-58,31,-7,8,-94,9,43,1,1,0,-1,38,66,65,-13,61,-2,-27,-25,117,-23,-29,-36,0,29,41,0,7,-1,2,-110,-235,-132,-265,-62,44,12,52,60,44,-60,-55,-60,36,62,43,81,36,22,19,-234,-237]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Qd2 {[#]} Qc7 $6 (9... Qa5 $142 10. Ne2 Nc6 $15) 10. Ne2 b6 11. Qf4 Qxf4 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. a4 a6 (14... Rc8 $142 15. a5 cxd4 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Bd5 18. cxd4 Rxc2 $15) 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Ra2 {[#]} Nd5 $2 {Misguided approach: I mistakenly thought I could get an overwhelming attack on the king-side but failed to consider the simple 18 c4 retort. 16 a5 fixing the isolated pawn on a4 was a better way to increase my advantage, as follows.} (16... a5 $142 17. Rb2 Ke7 18. Bd2 Bc6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxb6 Nd5 21. Rb2 f5 $15) 17. Bd2 f5 (17... cxd4 {I rejected this line because it equalizes as follows:} 18. cxd4 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Rxc3 20. Kd2 Rc8 21. c4 $11) 18. c4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:18] [#] An excellent move which completely stymies my kingside advance.} Ne7 19. c3 Ng6 (19... a5 20. O-O Ba6 21. Rc2 $11) 20. d5 Kf7 $2 (20... Nh4 $142 21. O-O exd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rb2 a5 24. Bf4 Bc6 25. Re1 $11) 21. h4 a5 $2 {A solid positional move which is, unfortunately, too late, as we shall see shortly. [#]} (21... Nge5 $142 22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. Bg5+ Kd6 24. O-O Nxc4 25. Bf7 Bxd5 26. Nxf5+ exf5 27. Rd1 Nde5 28. Bxd5 Kc7 $11) 22. Rb2 $2 {Roger missed the astonishing 22 Bg5! which paralyzes my pieces.} (22. Bg5 $1 Ba6 23. f4 exf3 (23... Ne7 24. Bh5+ Ng6 25. dxe6+ Kxe6 26. Rd2 $18) 24. gxf3 Nde5 25. f4 $18) 22... Ba6 23. Bg5 Rh8 $2 {This is too slow. [#]} (23... h6 24. Bxh6 Nge5 $11) 24. h5 $2 (24. f4 $142 exf3 25. gxf3 h6 26. Bc1 Rcf8 27. Kf2 $16) 24... Nge5 25. f3 exf3 $6 (25... Rhg8 $142 26. Bh4 Nxc4 27. fxe4 Nxb2 28. Bxa6 Rcf8 29. Bb5 Nf6 30. d6 $15) 26. gxf3 Rhe8 27. Kf2 Bxc4 28. dxe6+ Bxe6 29. Bb5 $6 (29. f4 $142 Rg8 30. h6 c4 31. Bh5+ Kf8 32. Re2 Nc5 33. Rd1 Ncd3+ 34. Kf1 Rxg5 35. fxg5 Ke7 $14) 29... c4 $1 30. Re2 {[#]} Nd3+ $6 ({I played too hastily in mild time pressure. The intermezzo} 30... Rg8 $1 {secures a strong advantage.} 31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxe6 Rxg5 33. Rhe1 Nc5 34. f4 Nd3+ 35. Kf3 Nxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rgg8 37. Nxf5 Rgd8 $17) 31. Kg2 {[#]} f4 $4 {This was a blunder in mild time pressure.} (31... Rg8 {is met by} 32. Bxd7 Bxd7 33. Re7+ {with a strong advantage for White.}) ({I missed the astonishing} 31... Rc7 $1 {which prepares the strong 32... Rg8.} 32. Rh4 (32. Kh2 Rg8) 32... Rg8 33. Bd2 Rc5 $17) 32. Ne4 $1 Rg8 33. Nd6+ {This allows Black to quickly equalize.} ({In time pressure, White missed the subtle} 33. Kf1 $1 {which secures a winning advantage.} N7e5 34. Nd6+ Kf8 35. Bh6+ Ke7 36. Nxc8+ Rxc8 37. Bxf4 $18) 33... Kf8 34. Nxc8 Rxg5+ 35. Kf1 N7c5 36. Nxb6 Rg3 37. Bxc4 Bh3+ 38. Rxh3 Rxh3 39. Nd7+ $4 {In time pressure, White blunders a piece in an equal position.} Nxd7 $19 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Marvin, Hayes"] [Black "Ochoa, Jason"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "1919"] [BlackElo "1643"] [PlyCount "63"] [Beauty "8248891280396"] [GameId "2175100461002972"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bc4 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. O-O Qc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Nb3 Ne6 17. Qe3 b6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bc8 20. Rbd1 a5 {[#]} 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 a4 25. Nd4 Qf4 26. Nf3 b5 27. a3 h5 28. Qd5 g5 29. g3 Qc4 30. Nxg5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Rg7 $2 32. Rd8# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Zhanaidarov, Orynbay"] [Black "Dutter, Fredrick"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "11"] [Beauty "8246337208321"] [GameId "2175100461002973"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 {and here both scoresheets are unreadable. The one that might have worked is in Russian Algebraic scripts. 1-0, 47.} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.16"] [White "Khristoforov, Sergey"] [Black "Pickering, Carl"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "1835"] [BlackElo "1621"] [PlyCount "128"] [Beauty "6117530808842"] [GameId "2175100461002974"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,128,5,24,12,16,16,11,14,11,31,7,4,1,-3,-6,23,36,43,62,86,94,102,104,139,146,169,187,182,142,142,81,94,-54,-32,25,68,48,45,85,84,63,66,18,18,-112,-23,-122,-118,-38,-68,-68,-68,-227,-125,-46,-111,-157,-145,-170,-252,-176,-274,-254,-228,-321,-323,-560,-304,-16,-285,-244,-260,-239,-264,-232,-266,-275,-173,-304,-193,-270,-173,-204,-181,-239,-217,-256,-201,-317,-284,-256,-279,-272,-234,-303,-242,-255,-248,-246,-273,-253,-99,-284,-286,-289,-290,-299,-286,-279,-315,-338,-334,-315,-310,-316,-338,-336,-306,-408,-340,-387,-320,-435,-468,-465,-449,-487,-527,-541,-584]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. f3 ({Relevant:} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Ne2 f5 13. Nc3 h5 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 h4 16. Bf2 h3 17. d5 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. gxh3 exd5 20. Rg1 Rh5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Be2 Kf7 23. h4 gxh4 24. O-O-O Be6 25. Rd4 h3 26. Kd2 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Nxg8 28. b4 Ne7 29. b5 Bd7 30. Bg3 Rh8 31. a4 Be6 32. Bf1 Ng6 33. a5 Ne5 34. Be2 Ng6 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd7 {Dreev,A (2623)-Kovalev,V (2623) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) 7... g5 8. Bf2 Nc6 9. a3 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. e4 g4 11. e5 gxf3 12. exd6 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 fxg2 14. Bxg2 Bxg2 15. Qxg2 Rg8 16. dxc7 Rxg2 17. cxd8=Q+ {1-0 (17) Lautenbach,W-Schulte,H freechess.de 2021}) 10. e4 d6 11. h4 gxh4 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. Bxh4 Be7 {[#]} 14. e5 Ng8 15. Bg3 O-O-O 16. f4 dxe5 17. dxe5 Qe8 18. Nf3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bd8 20. Qa4 Nge7 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nbd4 Nxd4 23. Qxe8 Nb3+ 24. Kc2 Na1+ 25. Kb1 Rxe8 26. Nd2 Nf5 27. Bf2 Rg8 28. Rh2 f6 29. Kxa1 fxe5 30. fxe5 Bg5 {[#]} 31. g4 Bf4 32. gxf5 Bxh2 33. Bh3 exf5 34. Bxf5+ Kb8 35. e6 Bf4 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. Bxe4 Bg5 38. Bc6 Be7 39. Kb1 Rg6 40. Bd5 c6 41. Bxc6 Rxe6 42. Bd7 Rg6 43. Be8 Rf6 44. Bg3+ Ka7 $1 45. Kc2 Rf3 46. Be1 a5 47. Bh5 Rf4 48. Kd3 Bf6 49. b3 Rf1 50. Ke2 Rh1 51. Bf3 {(not check)} Rh2+ 52. Kf1 Ra2 53. a4 Rb2 54. Bd1 Rb1 55. Ke2 h5 {[#]} 56. c5 bxc5 57. Bxa5 h4 58. Bc7 h3 59. Kd2 Bd4 60. Bh2 Kb6 61. Bc2 Rf1 62. Bg3 h2 63. a5+ Kxa5 64. Bc7+ Kb4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.17"] [White "Casares, Nick"] [Black "Prasad, Thejas"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "1758"] [PlyCount "60"] [Beauty "8247142515225"] [GameId "2175100461002975"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qf6 6. d4 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. a3 $6 O-O-O $19 10. Kf2 g5 11. Rf1 Bg7 12. Ne2 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. c3 Bxf3 15. Kxf3 {[#]} Ng6 16. Kf2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Bh6 18. Rf3 Qg4 19. Bxf7 Nh4 20. Be6+ Qxe6 21. d5 Nxf3+ 22. Kf2 Qg6 23. dxc6 Ne5 24. cxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nd4 Rhg8 26. Qb3+ Kc8 27. Ke1 Qxe4+ 28. Kd1 Rxg2 29. Qe6+ Kb8 30. Qb3+ Ka8 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.18"] [White "Babayan, Gagik"] [Black "Abraham, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1564"] [PlyCount "156"] [Beauty "4329750725195"] [GameId "2175100461002976"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. b3 O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Qa3 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qc1 Qc5 21. Rhf1 a5 22. Rd3 a4 23. Kb2 Rd7 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. Rd1 axb3 27. cxb3 Kg7 28. g5 Ra7 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. R1d2 Rxg2 32. Rg3 Rxg3 33. fxg3 Rxa2+ 34. Kxa2 Qxb3+ 35. Ka1 Qa3+ 36. Kb1 Qb3+ 37. Rb2 Qd3+ 38. Rc2 Qb3+ 39. Kc1 Qa3+ 40. Kd2 Qxg3 41. Qf8+ Qg8 42. Qxg8+ Kxg8 43. Rxc6 h5 44. h4 Kh7 45. Rxd6 Kg6 46. Rd8 Kxf6 47. Rh8 Bg4 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49. Rb6 f5 50. exf5 Bxf5 51. Rh6 Bg4 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Ke4 Kg7 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. Kxe5 Bf3 56. Kf4 Bd1 57. Kg5 Ke7 58. Rb7+ Ke6 59. Kg6 Bf3 60. Rb6+ Ke7 61. Rb4 Ke6 62. Rf4 Bd1 63. Rf2 Bg4 64. Rf4 Ke7 65. Re4+ Kd6 66. Rf4 Ke6 67. Kg5 Bd1 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Rh6 Kf7 70. Rh7+ Ke6 71. Rg7 Ke5 72. Rd7 Bg4 73. Rf7 Ke6 74. Kg6 Ke5 75. Rf8 Ke6 76. Rh8 Ke7 77. Kg7 Ke6 78. Rxh5 Bxh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Black "Yan, Rayna"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1681"] [PlyCount "88"] [Beauty "8246337208320"] [GameId "2175100461002977"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,44,21,30,30,41,21,27,37,27,19,14,9,1,-5,-14,-5,-4,6,-18,5,-27,-27,-27,28,32,23,14,203,160,230,97,219,154,171,144,171,127,101,347,188,267,208,213,224,46,-95]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 ({Relevant:} 6. Nf3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. c4 Nf7 13. cxd5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Nc3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5 18. O-O Be6 19. Ne3 Bd4 20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxg6 Qe7 22. Be4 Rf4 23. Bd5 Raf8 24. Rae1 Kh8 25. g3 R4f6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Re2 b6 28. Nc2 Bb2 29. Qh4 Qd5 30. a4 Rf4 31. Qh6 Qc4 32. Qh5 R8f5 33. Ne3 Rxh5 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxb2 Rxa4 {Erigaisi,A (2797)-Andreikin,D (2729) Vrnjacka Banja 2024 1-0}) 6... Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Ng6 9. b4 Bb6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bc7 {[#]} 12. Bxg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qh5 Nce7 13. Nc3 h6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Kf1 Qe8 16. Qg4 f6 17. exf6 e5 18. Qg3 Rxf6 19. h5 Rc8 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. hxg6 e4 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Rh5 Bb6 24. Ng4 Rxg6 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Rh4 Rf8 27. c4 Bxc4 28. Qh3 Qf7 29. Rxc4 Rxg4 {0-1 (29) Nurmanova,A (2274)-Gunina,V (2478) Tashkent 2023}) 12... hxg6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. h5 Ne7 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Rdh1 Ba4 18. Ne1 Bb6 19. h6 Nf5 20. hxg7 Kxg7 21. Rh7+ Kf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. R8h7 Rg8 {[#]} 24. Ndf3 $2 (24. b5 $1 {[%cal Gg4a4]} d4 25. Ne4 (25. Qg5+ Ke8 26. Qxd8+ Kxd8 27. Rxf7 $18) 25... d3 26. Bc3 $18) 24... Bxf2 $15 25. c3 $2 Be3+ 26. Kb1 Rc4 $19 27. Nd4 Qc7 (27... Nxd4) 28. Nef3 a6 (28... Nxd4 $19) (28... Ke8 $19) 29. Re1 (29. Ng5 Be8) 29... Bxd4 $17 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 (30... Bc2+) 31. cxd4 Bc2+ 32. Ka1 Bf5 $2 (32... g5 $1) 33. Qg5+ Ke8 34. g4 $15 Be4 35. Rf1 Rf8 {[#]} 36. Rf6 $2 (36. Qh6 $1) 36... Rc3 $2 (36... Rc2 $1 $19) (36... a5) (36... Qc6) (36... Qd7) (36... Qc8) 37. Rxe6+ $4 (37. Qh6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Rc4 (37... Rc2)) 37... fxe6 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 (38... Rf1+ $1) 39. Qe3 Rc2 40. Qb3 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Rff2 42. a4 Rxb2+ 43. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 44. Kxb2 g5 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Delateur, Nicholas"] [Black "Touset, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1674"] [BlackElo "1545"] [PlyCount "52"] [Beauty "8246471426056"] [GameId "2175100461002978"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 h6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Ne2 Qe7 8. Ng3 Bh7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. d3 e5 14. Qd2 d4 15. c4 Rab8 16. f5 Kh8 17. Bc1 Rg8 18. Nh5 g5 19. Qe1 Ne8 20. f6 Qe6 21. Qg3 Bc7 22. Bg4 Qd6 23. h4 Bg6 24. hxg5 Bxh5 25. Qh4 Qf8 26. Qxh5 Nd6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.21"] [White "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Black "Boyer, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1512"] [BlackElo "1669"] [PlyCount "94"] [Beauty "7146959801864"] [GameId "2175100461002979"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qd6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e5 9. Qb5 O-O-O 10. Nf3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 a6 13. Qb3 Rg8 14. g3 h5 15. h4 Be7 16. Nc3 Qe6 17. O-O-O Rd6 18. Rd2 Rc6 19. Kb1 Rc4 20. e4 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 22. Rc2 Qxh1+ 23. Rc1 Qe4+ 24. Ka1 Bd6 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Re2 Rg4 27. f3 Rxg3 28. Qe1 Qg6 29. Rf2 Rg1 30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Qxf1 Qg3 32. a3 Qxh4 33. Qe2 Kd7 34. Qd3 Qg5 35. Qh7 Qg6 36. Qh8 Qg5 37. Ka2 h4 38. Qh7 Ke7 39. Qh8 Qg3 40. Qh5 h3 41. Qxd5 h2 42. Qe4+ Kf8 43. Qh7 Qg2 44. Qh6+ Ke7 45. Qe3+ Kd7 46. Qe4 h1=Q 47. Qxb7 Qxf3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.22"] [White "Admassu, Yonathan"] [Black "Stults, Sawyer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "1661"] [BlackElo "1471"] [PlyCount "61"] [Beauty "8247545220615"] [GameId "2175100461002980"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. b3 Ne4 19. Be1 Qf6 20. Rac1 Bb6 21. Ne2 Rc7 22. b4 Rbc8 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nd6 25. Rc5 Nb5 26. Rd1 d4 27. exd4 Nxd4 28. b5 Nxb5 29. Ba5 Rb7 30. Qe4 Qe6 31. Rxc6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.23"] [White "Siegel, David"] [Black "Mays-Smith, Isaac"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1462"] [BlackElo "1643"] [PlyCount "94"] [Beauty "7147362469386"] [GameId "2175301227242558"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,94,6,20,30,19,22,3,32,-11,0,-9,-27,-34,-9,-23,58,-13,-22,-11,80,87,90,80,72,47,76,40,100,92,38,92,107,91,83,79,-72,71,82,-57,-236,-106,-97,-53,-49,-1,-63,21,-59,7,-64,-74,44,-212,-255,-290,-290,-330,-310,-325,-297,-320,-295,-275,-265,-278,-305,-324,-319,-372,-316,-361,-391,-404,-473,-467,-468,-545,-524,-685,-652,-652,-476,-473,-585,-667,-707,-672,-1103,-1226,-1222,-1527,-29982,-29987,-639,-700,-667]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 O-O 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Bd2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Re8 9. f4 Qd5 {(I think ...Qd5 gives up the pawn and the queenside attack is not too scary; I was expecting ...Nxe4 but the computer prefers ...Nbd7)} 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. b3 b5 {(The computer thinks 12. b3 was a mistake, preferring 12. a3, but this seemed more solid against the white-square bishop. The computer also likes 12. d4(!?), which leads to a bunch of crazy tactics after 12... Bxa2 13. Nb5. At this point I felt like I was comfortably up a pawn, and b5 seemed scary at first, but after a long think I couldn't see Black making serious progress against my king. So I made an improving move on the other side of the board: g3 with plans to open up the diagonal for my bishop.)} 13. g3 Na6 14. Nc6 Qa3+ {(My thought was to go Nc6-Bg2, but playing Bg2 first would have trapped the Black rook on a8!)} 15. Kb1 Qd6 16. Bg2 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bg4 {(The best move for White here would have been 19. Ne5, counterattacking the Black rook and the g4 bishop while maintaining the advantage. I looked at that but miscalculated Rde1.)} 19. Rde1 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxc6 21. Rhe1 h5 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. Qg2 Rd8 24. Rc6 Qb7 25. Qe4 Bf5 {(I don't know why I decided to pin my own rook, but I missed the winning move: 26. Qc4 threatens the knight and eyes the f7 pawn. I thought the queen trade would be fine, but further material loss is forced...)} 26. Qh1 Bd7 27. Rc4 Qxh1 28. Rxh1 Bb5 {(The crushing blow by my opponent, trapping my rook. The outcome of the game is no longer in doubt)} 29. Re4 Bc6 30. Rhe1 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 f6 32. Kc1 Kf7 33. Kd2 c5 34. h3 h4 35. g4 Rd4 36. Ke3 Rxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Ke6 38. f5+ Kd6 39. Kf4 Nc7 40. g5 Nd5+ 41. Kg4 fxg5 42. Kxg5 Ke5 43. Kxh4 Kf4 44. Kh5 Kxf5 45. Kh4 Kf4 46. Kh5 g5 47. Kg6 Ne3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.24"] [White "Myers, Steven Lee"] [Black "Hack, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Hack,Richard"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "1171"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "89"] [Beauty "5844913627144"] [GameId "2175100461002982"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nd5 e6 {This dumb move, combined with others, nearly cost me the full point. Better here was just ...Bg7, I think.} 9. Nf4 d5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Ba4 g5 12. Nh5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nd3 Nb6 {....e5 was better.} 16. c3 Bd7 17. Bb3 Nc4 {Better ....a5 or ....Be8.} 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Ne5 {Now White's excellent knight cannot be challenged except by a Black rook.} Rad8 20. Nxc4 Be8 21. Ne5 c5 22. Qb3 b6 23. O-O-O f4 24. Rhf1 Bh5 25. Rde1 f3 {A perpetual was possible for Black now.} (25... fxe3 26. fxe3 Qxf1 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kd2 Rf2+ 29. Kd3 Be2+ 30. Ke4 c4 31. Qa4 Bf1 32. Nxc4 Bxg2+) 26. g3 Rd6 27. Qa4 Qe7 28. Qc2 Qf6 29. Qa4 a5 30. Nd7 Rxd7 31. Qxd7 Bg6 32. Qd6 Bd3 33. Rh1 c4 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qxb6 Qf8 36. Qxe6+ Kh7 37. h4 Re8 38. Qd5 {Qd7+ or Qg4} g4 39. h5 a4 40. Rh4 Bf5 41. Qxc4 Qe7 42. Qxa4 {Better was d5 or Qd5.} Qe4 43. Qb3 {If Qa7+, Kh8; and White can no longer cover c2 and b2 and gets mated.} Qb1+ 44. Kd2 Qd3+ 45. Kc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.25"] [White "Starr, Albert"] [Black "Cao, Danny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Cao,Danny"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1167"] [PlyCount "150"] [Beauty "4472134713351"] [GameId "2175100461002983"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 Qb6 3. a3 (3. Bb2) (3. a3 a5 4. c5 Qb5 (4... Qc7) 5. e3) 3... Qd4 4. Nc3 Qxc4 5. e3 Qe6 (5... Qh4 6. Nf3) 6. Bb2 d5 7. Na4 Nd7 8. Nf3 Ngf6 9. Be2 Qd6 10. O-O e5 11. g3 Be7 {White 1 hr 31 min... Black 1 hr 16 min} 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Rc2 b6 14. Qa1 e4 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nd1 Rfe8 {White 1 hr 32 min ... Black 51 min} (20... Nfd7) (20... Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6) 21. Bf1 Qe6 22. Bd4 (22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5) 22... Nf3+ 23. Kh1 (23. Kg2 Ne1+) 23... Nxd4 (23... Ne1 24. Rc3 Qg4 25. h3 (25. Bxf6 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 gxf6)) 24. Qxd4 Qe5 (24... Qf5 25. Bg2 Ng4) (24... Qg4 25. Bg2) 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. d4 exd3 (26... Rh5 27. h3 Ng4) 27. Bxd3 Ne4 28. Kg1 Re7 29. f3 Ng5 30. Kg2 Ne6 {White 1 hr 29 min ... Black 24 min} 31. Nc3 (31. Bf5 g6 32. Bxe6 Rxe6) 31... Rd8 (31... d4 32. exd4 Nxd4) 32. Kf2 d4 33. exd4 Nxd4 34. Rb2 (34. Rd2 Nb3 35. Bxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rxd8 Nxc1) 34... g6 (34... Nb3 35. Rxb3 Rxd3 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Nxd1) 35. Bf1 c5 36. f4 cxb4 37. Rxb4 Rc7 38. Ne2 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Ne6 40. Nb3 Bd5 {White 1 hr 27 min... Black.8 min} 41. Nd2 Rc8 42. Rb2 Rc3 43. a4 Nc5 44. Rb4 Nd3+ (44... Ra3 45. a5 bxa5 46. Rb5 Rc3) 45. Bxd3 Rxd3 46. Ke2 Rc3 (46... Ra3 47. Rd4 Be6 (47... Bc6 48. Rd8+ Kg7)) 47. Rd4 Bc6 48. Nf1 Kg7 (48... Ra3 49. Rd8+ Kg7) 49. Ne3 b5 (49... Ra3) 50. axb5 Bxb5+ {White 1 hr 12 min... Black 2 min} 51. Kd2 Rc7 52. f5 Rd7 (52... a5 53. f6+ Kxf6 54. Nd5+) (52... gxf5 53. Nxf5+ Kf6 54. Nd6 Rd7) 53. Kc3 Rxd4 54. Kxd4 gxf5 55. Nxf5+ Kf6 56. Nd6 a6 57. Kc5 Be2 (57... Ke6) 58. h4 Ke6 59. Ne4 h6 60. Nc3 Bb5 {White 1 hour ... Black 1 min} 61. g4 Ke5 62. Nd5 f6 (62... Be2) 63. h5 Be2 64. Ne3 Kf4 65. Nd5+ Ke5 {White 59 min... Black 45 sec} 66. Ne3 a5 (66... Ke4 67. Nd5 Bxg4 68. Nxf6+ Kf5) 67. Nf5 Bxg4 68. Nxh6 Bxh5 69. Kb5 Be2+ (69... Kf4) 70. Kxa5 Kf4 71. Kb4 Kg5 72. Nf7+ Kg6 73. Nd6 Kg5 74. Ne4+ Kf5 75. Nxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.26"] [White "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Black "Olson, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1137"] [BlackElo "1400"] [PlyCount "62"] [Beauty "8249021574186"] [GameId "2175100461002984"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. d5 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne5 7. Qd4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. f4 Ng6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qxg7 Nf6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 O-O-O 17. Qd4 Qh5 18. fxg6 Rhf8+ 19. Nf3 Rxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 hxg6 22. Be3 Re8 23. Re1 Re4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. h4 Ne5 26. h5 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 gxh5 28. Rxh5 Nxe1 29. Rh8+ Kd7 30. Ke2 Ng2 31. Rh1 Qxe3+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.27"] [White "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Black "Otterbach, Renate"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1347"] [BlackElo "1113"] [PlyCount "83"] [Beauty "7561692588047"] [GameId "2175100461002985"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 a6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 b5 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Nd2 Nc4 13. Nxc4 bxc4 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Nxd5 e6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Na4 O-O 19. Rxc4 Bb5 20. Qc2 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qc8 22. Qd3 a5 23. Rc1 Qe8 24. b3 Rc8 25. Nc5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nb4 27. Qb1 f5 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Bf3 e5 31. Bg4 Rxc5 32. dxc5 Rxf2 33. Bxb4 axb4 {[#]} 34. Be6 Qxe6 35. Kxf2 Kh7 36. Qe4 Qa6 37. Re2 Qa7 38. Rc2 Bf6 39. g3 Qb8 40. c6 Qb6+ 41. Kg2 Qc7 42. Qd5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.28"] [White "Lee, Yinpok"] [Black "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "1104"] [BlackElo "1329"] [PlyCount "92"] [Beauty "7215947732514"] [GameId "2175100461002986"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 f6 10. Qc2 c4 11. Nf1 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bf4 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Re3 b4 16. N3d2 Bb7 17. Rh3 f5 18. Nf3 Rf7 19. Qc1 Nf8 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Re1 Ree7 25. Ree3 Ng6 26. Qf3 f4 27. Re1 Rf5 28. Qh5 Nf8 29. Qh4 Ref7 30. Nd2 a4 31. Nf3 Qb6 32. Qg4 Qb2 {[#]} 33. Nh4 Rxg5 34. Qxg5 Qxa3 35. Nf3 Qxc3 36. Rf1 Qb2 37. Qh4 Qc2 38. Ng5 Re7 39. Qxf4 a3 40. Rf3 Ng6 41. Nxe6 Nxf4 42. Rxf4 Rxe6 43. Rf3 Ra6 44. Re3 a2 45. Ree1 Qc3 46. f4 Qxd4+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.29"] [White "Liu, Eric"] [Black "Sloan, Sacha"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1307"] [BlackElo "1056"] [PlyCount "90"] [Beauty "7285740929030"] [GameId "2175100461002987"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Qc7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qg3 Rg8 12. e5 Nd7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. b3 h6 16. Qe3 {[#]} f5 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Bb2 Qxe3+ 20. Nxe3 g5 21. Rae1 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Bg5 23. Rf3 O-O-O 24. Nc4 Rg6 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Nf7 Rdg8 27. Nxg5 Rxg5 28. Re2 Kd6 29. Bc1 R5g6 30. Bf4+ e5 31. Bd2 f4 {[#]} 32. Be1 Nf8 33. Kh2 Ne6 34. c3 Nc7 35. g3 Ne6 36. h4 a5 37. Re4 Rg4 38. Kh3 h5 39. Ra4 fxg3 40. Rxg4 $4 hxg4+ 41. Kxg3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Kd5 43. c4+ Kd4 44. Bxa5 Kxd3 45. a3 Nd4+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.30"] [White "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Black "Chen, Bowie"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C08"] [WhiteElo "1044"] [BlackElo "1279"] [PlyCount "87"] [Beauty "7423045665288"] [GameId "2175093951815873"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,86,11,0,17,6,23,48,19,4,46,26,0,32,35,40,18,24,25,11,-3,15,19,18,31,15,22,13,132,104,117,134,134,48,65,29,26,21,40,13,50,0,57,36,26,13,13,7,92,91,92,87,81,55,19,72,85,95,92,100,78,63,86,81,100,-7,86,83,181,188,108,155,168,142,142,185,1,399,194,305,271,390,386,382,404,440,430,596,736]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Nfe4 12. Be3 b6 13. Nbd4 Ne6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. f3 Nd6 18. b3 Rac8 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Rad1 h6 24. Qxd5 Re5 25. Qd2 Rce8 26. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxc5+ 29. Kf1 g6 30. c4 Kf8 31. Qe4 a5 32. Ke2 Qd6 33. g3 f5 34. Qf4 Qe6+ 35. Kf2 g5 36. Qd4 Kf7 37. f4 g4 38. Qd5 Qxd5 39. cxd5 Ke7 40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Kd4 b5 42. a3 h5 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.31"] [White "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Black "Pirone, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1033"] [PlyCount "61"] [Beauty "8248753127434"] [GameId "2175100461002989"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Rf8 11. Nc3 a6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 b5 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Bg3 N7f6 16. Nfg5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Rc8 20. Qe2 Bc6 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Qh5 h6 23. Bh4 Nf4 24. Bxd8 Nxh5 25. Bb6 Nf4 26. f3 Nd5 27. Ba5 Re7 28. Kf2 Rd7 29. Re1 Nf4 30. Bf1 Rd2+ 31. Bxd2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.32"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Merk, Felix"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "1009"] [BlackElo "1267"] [PlyCount "106"] [Beauty "6803630854153"] [GameId "2175100461002990"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. e5 Ng4 9. Nb3 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. c3 Nc4 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Bg4 f5 18. Ne6 Qd7 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kf7 21. Bf3 e5 22. Qc2 Re6 23. b3 Na5 24. Rad1 d4 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. b4 e4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Qb3 Rxc3 29. Be3 Rxb3 30. Bxd4 Rd6 31. Be5 Rd2 32. Rc1 Rbd3 33. Rc7+ Rd7 34. h3 Rxc7 35. Bxc7 Ra2 36. g4 Rxa3 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Kg2 a5 39. Bxb6 axb4 40. Bd4 b3 41. Kg3 b2+ 42. Be3 Rxe3+ 43. fxe3 b1=Q 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. h4 Qf1+ 46. Kg3 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Qxe3 48. Kg2 Ke5 49. h5 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qg4 51. Kh1 Kf4 52. h6 Kf3 53. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.33"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Burkhardt, Doug"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1263"] [BlackElo "863"] [PlyCount "71"] [Beauty "7976828012553"] [GameId "2175100461002991"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,13,7,46,0,20,34,14,28,29,12,23,18,20,17,6,78,8,56,5,-51,138,-48,-45,-51,-34,-59,-43,-59,-36,-157,-182,-178,-83,-179,-146,-195,-83,60,181,224,228,223,198,144,259,332,207,233,224,209,467,388,488,418,627,587,511,641,838,635,848,848,1026,1376,1117,1109,1243,1398,2004,29990,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 ({Relevant:} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Bc7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kg2 Qd6 14. Rh1 Nd7 15. c3 Rae8 16. Qf3 Re7 17. a4 Nb6 18. b3 Qd7 19. a5 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rfe8 21. Ba3 Re2 22. Bc5 b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bb4 R8e3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 c5 27. Ba3 Qe6 28. Rhe1 Qxc4 29. Kf3 f5 30. Bb2 Qd3 31. Re2 Bg3 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rg1 f4 34. Bc1 f5 35. Rxg3 fxg3 36. Bd2 f4 37. h4 c4 38. Be1 {Lutsko,A (2414)-Howell,D (2675) Hull 2024 0-1}) 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb3 Bd5 13. Ne1 Ng6 14. Nd3 Bc7 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Re4 18. Be3 f5 19. f3 Re6 20. Bf2 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxa2 24. Qe8+ Nf8 25. Qb8 f4 26. Qxb7 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Qxc2 28. Be1 h5 29. Qb8 c5 30. dxc5 f6 31. c6 Qxc6 32. Bb4 Kh7 33. Qxf8 Qd5 34. Qc5 Qf7 35. Qc2+ Kh6 36. Qe4 g5 37. Bc3 Kg7 38. Qf5 Qg6 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. Kg1 {Leonova,A (1798)-Laxaman,J (2069) Lichess.org INT 2022 1-0}) 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Nb6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. d5 a4 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. c4 Bd7 17. Ba2 Re7 18. Rfb1 Bc5 19. b4 Bd6 20. c5 {[#]} Bxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rb8 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Rd8 26. Rxb5 Rc7 27. Bd5 Re8 28. Kf1 Rcc8 29. Rxa4 Kf8 30. Ra7 Re7 31. Rbb7 Rce8 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. c7 Re8 34. Ra8 Ke7 35. Rxe8+ Kd7 36. c8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.34"] [White "Ramos, Joel"] [Black "Booth, Kyle"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "821"] [BlackElo "1246"] [PlyCount "72"] [Beauty "7903679357959"] [GameId "2175100461002992"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bc5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Nf3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Re1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Re6 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Nd5 Re5 22. e4 Rae8 23. Rac1 Qa4 24. Nc3 Qb4 25. Rb1 Bh5 26. a3 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Bg6 28. b4 Qc6 29. Rbc1 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. h3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 d5 34. Qg3 Re8 35. a4 Rd8 36. b5 Qd6 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.35"] [White "Turner, Robert"] [Black "Hossain, Shaikat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1230"] [PlyCount "73"] [Beauty "8246337208320"] [GameId "2175100461002993"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Bb7 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Qf3 f6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be3 Kb8 12. Rfd1 h5 13. Bxg8 Rxg8 14. Qxh5 Qg7 15. Qg4 Rh8 16. e5 Qh7 17. h3 Bc8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qb4+ Ka8 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qd5+ Bb7 22. Qe6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 f5 24. Qd5+ Kb8 25. Kg1 Qxh3 26. Qg2 Qh7 27. Bxc5 Bg7 28. exd6 Be5 29. dxc7+ Bxc7 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Bd6+ Ka7 32. Be5 Rg8 33. Rd1 f4 34. Qc6 Qh5 35. Rd7+ Bc7 36. Qxc7+ Ka8 37. Qb7# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.36"] [White "Tobias, Mason"] [Black "Vazquez, Dominic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [BlackElo "1217"] [PlyCount "78"] [Beauty "8246337208320"] [GameId "2175100461002994"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,78,17,7,15,-66,20,14,-10,23,13,19,19,-28,13,-53,25,-6,-31,-70,-78,-70,-71,-71,-27,109,-15,-38,-27,12,10,-11,49,33,35,-72,-97,-82,-95,-83,-93,-114,-130,-174,0,-140,78,-41,-4,136,205,-113,32,-3,-63,-40,-40,-40,164,-363,-293,-314,87,30,6,-302,-107,-410,-409,-477,-446,-429,-391,-389,-383,-350,-388,-310,-371,-682,-652]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Bd7 7. Bd3 (7. Be3 Nh6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. O-O bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra3 15. Nb1 Ra7 16. Nbd2 Ke7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Rb2 Rha8 19. Bb1 h5 20. Re1 h6 21. h3 Ra3 22. Rb3 R3a4 23. Rb2 Na5 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Rc1 Ra4 27. Nd2 h4 28. Bc2 Ra3 29. Bb1 Kd8 30. c4 Rc8 31. Rb6 Kc7 32. Rb2 d4 33. Be4 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Kxb8 35. Rb1+ Kc7 36. Nb3 Nxb3 {Iakymov,V (2442)-Rechlis,G (2525) Israel 2018 0-1}) 7... Qc7 8. Qc2 Rc8 {[#]} 9. Bxh7 $146 (9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Qxc7 Rxc7 12. Bxh7 Rxh7 13. Na3 Nh6 14. Bd2 Nf5 15. Bc3 Nd3 16. Nb1 Nf4 17. Re1 Bb5 18. Nbd2 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kd7 23. Ng5 Rh5 24. Nxf7 Nxd4 25. f4 Ne2 26. g4 Rh4 27. f5 Nxc1 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ng5+ Kd7 30. h3 Be7 31. Ndf3 Bxg5 32. Nxg5 Nd3 {0-1 (32) De Polzer,M (1481)-Schleich,T (1907) Arco 2022}) 9... cxd4 10. Bxg8 Nxe5 11. Nxd4 Ng6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. g3 Qe5+ 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Qd3 a6 16. Nd2 Bxd4 17. Nf3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Kd2 Rhc8 21. h4 b5 22. h5 Ne7 23. h6 Rc2+ 24. Kd1 gxh6 25. Rxh6 Ng6 26. Rxg6 Kxg6 27. Ne5+ Kf5 28. Nxd7 e5 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Re8 31. Nc5 a5 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. Nb3 a4 34. Kd2 axb3 35. axb3 Kg4 36. Bb2 Re8 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. Kd3 d4 39. Bxd4 Rd8 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "1.37"] [White "Le, Thu"] [Black "Jiam, Max"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "1217"] [PlyCount "64"] [Beauty "8246337208320"] [GameId "2175100461002995"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nh4 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e3 O-O 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Bb2 b5 16. e4 b4 17. a3 dxe4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Nxe4 Nb5 20. Ra4 Qe7 21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Nc5 Rdc8 24. Raa1 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Rc1 Qa3 $15 {[#]} 29. Qc2 $4 Nd4 30. Qc7 Qxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc1 0-1
  
• Download Round 2 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Heimann, Mark"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Pranav"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "A32"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2198"] [PlyCount "67"] [Beauty "8112656362506"] [GameId "2177531379810556"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 14,67,105,105,109,113,169,162,153,122,155,103,127,119,120,118,115,105,158,99,89,97,99,83,86,46,58,44,129,125,262,262,436,436,441,448,477,468,468,456,450,407,399,364,553,558,618,614,609,611,597,583,660,632,610,577]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:03:57]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:22] A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6.} 9. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:07:22]} (9... a6 {9...a5 1.08} 10. Bf4 d6 11. a3 e5 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rb8 (15... h6 $142) 16. Qf3 $18 Qd7 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bc1 {b4 would now be deadly.} f5 $2 (18... a5 19. Bd2 a4) 19. b4 $18 Bd4 20. Qd3 O-O 21. h3 Nf6 22. e3 Ba7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 e4 25. Bb2 Rbc8 26. c5 Ne8 27. Rd7 Rf7 28. Rfd1 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Rc7 30. Rd8 Kf7 31. Bd4 {1-0 (31) Claridge Hansen,W (2296)-Blackburn,J (2226) Newcastle on Tyne 2021}) (9... a5 $16) 10. Nc3 $18 {[%emt 0:04:23] [#]} Ne5 $146 {[%emt 0:05:10] White is clearly better.} (10... O-O 11. Ne4 (11. Bf4 $18 Ne5 12. Na4) 11... f5 $2 (11... Be7 $16) 12. Nxc5 $18 Qxc5 13. b4 Qe5 14. Bf4 Qb2 15. Bd6 Rf7 16. f4 g6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Bc5 a5 20. Qe3 axb4 21. Bd4 {Prevents Qc3} Qa3 22. Qe5 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5h8] Wards off Qxe3+} Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Bc5+ d6 25. Bxd6+ {1-0 (25) Tudor,V (1665)-Gurgui,D ICCF email 2011}) 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:00][%cal Oe8g8] Inhibits Nb5.} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:31][%csl Oc8] Black has a bad bishop} (12. Na4) 12... Be7 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Oc4c5]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:29] [#]} (15... Rb8) 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (16. Qe4 $142 $1) 16... Rfd8 $16 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 17. Qd4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:49][%cal Oc4c5]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 19. Rd2 {[%emt 0:09:16]} ({White should play} 19. Ba3 $16) 19... Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 20. Qe3 $36 {[%emt 0:03:44][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} b6 {[%emt 0:11:58]} ({Better is} 20... Ne7 $14) 21. h4 {[%emt 0:05:16][%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] White is much more active.} {This move loses the game for Black.} Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} (21... Ne7 $16) 22. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} d5 $2 {[%emt 0:09:27]} (22... b5 {was called for.} 23. c5 (23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 $15) (23. h5 Ne7 $18) 23... d5) 23. h5 $18 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 24. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (24. Qg5 h6 25. Qf4 (25. Nf6+ Kh8 $16) 25... d4 26. Bxd4 (26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. Qxd6 Bxg2 $17) 26... Nf5 $18) 24... h6 {[%emt 0:03:43] [#]} 25. Nf6+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:52][%cal Be4f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e5,Be5f7][%mdl 544]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (25... gxf6 $2 {loses.} 26. Qxf6) 26. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:11][%cal Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32] [#]} 27. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 28. Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} ({Weaker is} 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Ng8 $18) 28... f5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} (28... f6 $142 29. Bxd4 (29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Kg8 $16) 29... Ng8) 29. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:19] White is clearly winning.} (29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 fxg4 $14) (29. exf5 Bxg2 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Nd5 $17) 29... fxe4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 30. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 31. Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 33. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.40} 34. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "E27"] [WhiteElo "2306"] [BlackElo "2176"] [PlyCount "117"] [Beauty "6463254697481"] [GameId "2177611393650841"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 23,117,-36,-31,-35,2,-48,-48,-56,-30,-66,-55,-74,-66,-81,-83,-164,-157,-148,-116,-129,-57,-50,-48,-47,-44,-46,-51,-49,-21,-75,-30,-32,-13,-18,-19,-36,-14,-76,0,-16,-33,-28,10,-47,0,-62,-22,-12,-19,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,57,499,455,451,424,974,660,7357,6760,6741,6727,6836,6916,6398,6532,5731,1398,7335,7141,7306,3796,2959,1752,1678,1174,1036,899,875,729]} 1. d4 {[%emt 1:12:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 10. Ng3 {[%emt 0:07:22]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 13. Ra2 {[%emt 0:03:10] E27: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 f3.} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (13... a6 $15) 14. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} (14. Nf5 $11) 14... hxg6 $15 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:29] [#] Black is slightly better.} Rad8 $146 {[%emt 0:04:41]} (15... c4 16. Qc2 b5 17. e4 Qb6 18. Bg5 a5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rb2 Rad8 21. Ne2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 {½-½ (40) Biolek,R (2404)-Zwardon,V (2383) Czech Republic 2013}) 16. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (16. Bd2 $11) 16... b6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 17. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:11:27]} Na5 {[%emt 0:17:06]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:07:12]} (19. Rde1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 19... dxe4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 20. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:27] [#]} 21. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:10:46]} (21... Nxa3 $2 22. Ra2 $18) (21... Ne5 $17 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nc6) 22. cxd4 $15 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:02] A dynamic duo of knights.} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:22][%csl LRa3,LRd2]} 24. Qc2 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} (26. a4 $1 $11) 26... a5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} (26... Nd7 $17) 27. Rd3 $11 {[%emt 0:08:10]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 28. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. d5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 30. Rd4 {[%emt 0:07:42] [#]} (30. Rb3 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} ({Black should play} 30... Rec8 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Ra1.} 31. e5 Ra1 (31... Nxe5 32. Bb2 $17) 32. exf6 (32. Rc2 $2 b3 $19) 32... Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 gxf6) 31. Bf4 {[%emt 0:23:25]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:03:57]} 32. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} (32... Ned7 $142 33. Bd6 (33. Rxb4 $2 Nxd5 34. exd5 Rxe2 $19) 33... b3) 33. d6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} ({White should play} 33. Bxe5 $11 Rxe5 34. Kf2) 33... Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (33... Ned7 $1 $15 {should be considered.} 34. e5 Nc5) 34. h3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} (34. Bxe5 $11 Nxe5 (34... Rxe5 35. Kf2 $11) 35. Kf2) 34... b3 {[%emt 0:03:20] Black plays on the queen side and is better} (34... f6 $1 $15 35. Kf2 Rb8) 35. Bxe5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 36. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:41] Prevents Rb8} Re6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 38. d7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rfxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:06][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR. Black is a pawn up.} 40. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 41. e5 {[%emt 0:00:22] White wants to mate with Rd8+.} g5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 42. e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rbb2 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 43. exf7+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 44. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:14] [#]} 45. Rbb7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (45. Rb5 $11) 45... Rf5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:56][%mdl 8192]} (45... Kh7 $14) 46. Rxg7+ $18 {[%emt 0:00:05] White is clearly winning.} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 47. Rgc7 {[%emt 0:00:05][%cal Rc7c8]} (47. Rh7 Kg8 $16) 47... Re2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} (47... Re5 $142 48. Rf7+ Kg8) 48. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:23] Strongly threatening Rb8+.} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 49. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:16] [#] KR-KR. White is a pawn up.} 50. Kg3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 51. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 52. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 53. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (53. Kxg5 Rxg2+ 54. Kh4 Kd5 $11) 53... Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (54. Kxg5 Rxh3 55. Rf6+ Ke5 $18) 54... Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 55. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} (55. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 56. Kh4 Rg7 $11) 55... Rh2 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 56. Ra1 (56. Kxg5 Rxh3 57. Rf6+ Ke5 $18) 56... Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 57. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:09] [#]} ({Less strong is} 57. Ra5 Re2 58. Rf5+ (58. Rxg5 Re8 $16) 58... Kg7 59. Rxg5+ (59. Kxg5 Re3 $16) 59... Kh6 $16) 57... Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} ({Stronger than} 58. Kxg5 Rxh3 59. g4 Rd3 $11) 58... Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} {Never resign too early! Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.66} 59. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Black "Smith, Olivia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2246"] [BlackElo "2137"] [PlyCount "150"] [Beauty "4467034437130"] [GameId "2177611393654938"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,150,20,65,63,66,64,65,63,79,76,83,7,10,7,0,0,0,-12,11,-3,12,9,10,8,12,0,0,0,-4,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-429,-437,-436,-431,-412,-422,-471,-463,-481,-465,-476,-461,-545,-530,-489,-463,-454,-436,-494,-469,-518,-514,-535,-527,-599,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} (4. Bb5+ $5) 4... Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:17:59]} (5... Qh5 $11) 6. h3 $14 {[%emt 0:01:31] B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 7. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nc6 $1 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 8. Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:52] White is slightly better.} e6 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 9. O-O $146 {[%emt 0:04:23] White is more active.} (9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ndxe7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nb6+ axb6 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 {½-½ (21) Castany Vilaseca,L (2140)-Lopez Martinez,J (2255) Spain 1997}) 9... a6 {[%emt 0:03:54] [#]} 10. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:09:16]} (10. Ba4 $1 $16) 10... Qxc6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Qxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Ne2 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:23]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 18. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 19. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 20. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 21. Rd3 {[%emt 0:04:14] Wards off Nc3+} Be7 {[%emt 0:14:30]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:21] Wards off Bf4} 23. Nc5 $2 {[%emt 0:05:21][%mdl 8192]} (23. c5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 23... Bxc5 $19 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:18] [#]} Nc3+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:10][%mdl 576] Deflection} 25. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 27. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:02:00] [#]} (27... Rxb4 28. h4 $19) 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (28... Rxb4 29. h4 $19) 29. g3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:22] And now ...e4+ would win.} 30. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 32. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (32... Rxb4 33. Rxc6 Rb1 (33... Rxc4 $2 34. Bb2 $19) 34. Ba3) 33. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:08:19]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 34. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 35. b5 {[%emt 0:00:21] [#]} Rd5 $2 {[%emt 0:09:11]} (35... h5 $19 36. b6 Rd3+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 37. Ke2 Rcc3 (37... Rxh3 38. b7 $17)) 36. b6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:22] The position is equal.} Rdxc5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 37. b7 {[%emt 0:00:14][%cal Rb7b8]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 38. Kg4 {[%emt 0:03:21][%cal Rb7b8]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:04] KR-KR} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:03:09] [#] Threatens to win with a5.} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 41. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 43. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 44. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. f3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 46. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Re5 48. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 49. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 51. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. f4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 54. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 55. f5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 56. Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 57. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 58. Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 59. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 60. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 61. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 62. Re6+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 63. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxa4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 64. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 65. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 67. Re7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 68. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 69. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 70. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 71. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 72. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 73. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 74. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 75. f6 {[%emt 0:00:43] White wants to mate with Kg6.} {Whites escaped into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.17 (very precise)} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Winslow, Elliott"] [Black "Das, Rohan"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2099"] [PlyCount "54"] [Beauty "8247947824176"] [GameId "2177611393659035"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 13,54,17,22,8,14,0,29,30,25,-27,-25,-30,69,70,119,-52,201,196,191,93,330,332,314,245,327,0,0,0,0,-3,-14,-312,-304,-449,-450,-436,-423,-435,-424,-450,-432,-787,-579]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:03:33] D58: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence.} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27] White has an edge.} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:22]} (11. h4 $142) 11... Nd7 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 12. h4 {[%emt 0:04:58]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:28]} (12... g6 $1 $11) 13. g4 $14 {[%emt 0:06:14][%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (13... Be7 $14) 14. Bd3 $2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} (14. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]}) 14... Re8 $2 {[%emt 0:03:43][%mdl 8192] [#]} (14... Bg7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 15. g5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:24:14][%mdl 512]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 16. hxg5 {[%emt 0:06:51]} (16. Nxg5 $18 {aiming for Rdg1.} Bxg5 17. hxg5) 16... Bxg5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (16... Bg7 $16) (16... Bg7 17. Ne2 c4 18. Bc2 b5 19. Nh2 Qe7 20. Ng4 b4 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Nf4 c3 {1-0 (43) Steflitsch,E (2382)-Kuba,G (2387) Austria 2012}) 17. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08] [#]} 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (18. Rdg1 Qf6 $11) 18... Red8 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} (19. Rdg1 Qf6 $16) ({Better is} 19. f4 $18 Qf5 20. Rdg1 (20. Qh2 Kf8 $16)) 19... Nxc5 $11 {[%emt 0:02:10]} ({Don't blunder} 19... d4 $2 20. c6 Bxc6 (20... dxc3 $2 {too greedy.} 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. cxb7 $18) 21. Bxc6 $18) 20. Qd4 {[%emt 0:09:41][%csl Gh1][%cal Rd4h8]} Kf8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06][%cal Bg8f8,Bf8e7,Be7f6][%mdl 32]} 21. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:29][%cal Oc5e6] White must now prevent ...Ne6!.} 22. f4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:22][%mdl 8192] [#]} (22. Rh4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Ne6 23. Qb4+ Nc5 24. Qd4) 22... Ne6 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 23. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} (23. Qh8+ $142 Ke7 24. Qh4+ Qf6 25. Bd3 (25. Qxf6+ $2 Kxf6 26. f5 gxf5 $19) 25... Qxh4 26. Rxh4) 23... Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:14] Black is clearly winning.} 24. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:07] [#]} Kf6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 25. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} d4 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:42]} (27. exd4 $142 Kg7 (27... Nxf4 $2 28. Nc3 $19) 28. Rf1) {Weighted Error Value: White=1.06/Black=0.55} 27... Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Bambou, Christophe"] [Black "Suarez, Sebastian"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2119"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "114"] [Beauty "6529155596808"] [GameId "2177611393659036"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,114,5,8,4,8,4,7,0,15,13,15,4,11,13,13,15,23,19,25,10,20,-7,0,-6,0,-17,-26,-57,-18,-140,-145,-148,-23,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-6,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,29,23,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-624,-576,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29985,-29982,-29985,-29986,-29992,-29990,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:01:08] [#] D04: Colle System.} c6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:06] The position is equal.} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 9. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 11. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 12. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 13. g3 {[%emt 0:03:47] [#]} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:01:39] Not much happening anymore} (13... Nf6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. c5 Bf8 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Bg5 Rd5 18. b4 Qe8 19. Rab1 Be7 20. b5 Ng8 21. Bf4 f6 22. Qxe6+ Qd7 23. bxc6 {1-0 (23) Sheers,M (2276)-Lonyuk,B (1770) LSS email 2021}) 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:11:23][%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} (14. c5 $5 Be7 $8 15. Bf4 $11) 14... Rfe8 {[%emt 0:12:48]} (14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 a5) 15. Qh4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:12:27]} (15... c5 {simplifies} 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 cxd4 19. Rfd1 Rad8) 16. Ng5 {[%emt 0:14:01]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:58] Inhibits Qh7+. Successful Defense Black} 17. Bc3 {[%emt 0:24:22]} exd4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 18. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:02]} (18... c5 $15 {deserves consideration.} 19. Bc3 Be5) 19. Qg4 {[%emt 0:09:40]} (19. Bc3 $11) 19... Bxg5 $17 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 20. Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:19] [#]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (20... Re4 $1 $17 21. Bc3 Ne6 (21... Rxc4 22. Qe3 $17)) 21. Qe5 $11 {[%emt 0:08:13]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 23. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 24. Bc3 g5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 26. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 27. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 28. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:03][%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 31. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. b3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} gxf4+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} 35. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:01:02][%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 37. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 39. g5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 40. gxf6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 41. h6 {[%emt 0:00:20] Black must now prevent h7.} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. a4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (42... Kxh6 43. Bxf6 Nc5 44. Kf4) 43. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:24] Prevents Ne4} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 44. h7 {[%emt 0:00:13][%mdl 64] Deflection} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 46. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:23][%mdl 8192] [#]} (46. Ke5 $11) 46... Nc5 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:00:18] Hoping for ...Ne6+.} 47. a5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ne6+ {[%emt 0:03:24] Black mates.} 48. Ke5 Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:08] KN-KPP} 49. a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 50. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 51. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 52. c5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 53. Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 54. Ka8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b1=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 56. Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 57. Kxa7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.09 (flawless)} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Diller, Bradley R"] [Black "Cremisi, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2070"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "71"] [Beauty "6391985078792"] [GameId "2177610528694364"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,7,11,2,0,29,6,15,21,20,19,10,7,37,30,49,48,48,54,49,89,57,33,48,6,28,61,65,65,15,68,62,50,1,39,57,80,147,63,124,32,51,62,45,40,46,55,50,-11,-98,-20,-34,-20,64,65,70,64,74,87,86,16,25,19,70,-2,34,-8,70,-13,250,6,0,0]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:14]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:05:54] [#] A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} Na6 $146 {[%emt 0:02:17]} ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. Ba3 Rd8 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Rfd1 Nb4 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rac1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 {1-0 Bryzgalin,K (2450)-Vavulin,M (2442) RUS-chT rapid Sochi 2015 (5.26)}) 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:05:31]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:27] White is slightly better.} exd4 {[%eval 104,27] [%wdl 535,464,1] [%emt 0:04:39]} (11... Bg4 $14 {[%eval 62,25] [%wdl 203,794,3]}) 12. Nxd4 $16 {[%emt 0:05:58]} (12. exd4 Bg4 $14) 12... Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 14. a3 {[%eval 72,26] [%wdl 256,742,2] [%emt 0:02:30]} ({White should try} 14. Nde2 {[%eval 125,23] [%wdl 718,282,0]}) 14... Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 15. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:41][%cal Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 16. b4 {[%eval 50,26] [%wdl 101,897,2] [%emt 0:04:17]} (16. d5 $16 {[%eval 96,20] [%wdl 459,541,0]}) 16... Qf5 {[%eval 90,22] [%wdl 398,602,0] [%emt 0:00:33]} (16... Qh5 $14 {[%eval 50,26] [%wdl 101,897,2] is superior.}) 17. d5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 18. Qd2 {[%eval 38,27] [%wdl 64,933,3] [%emt 0:01:12]} (18. Be4 $16 {[%eval 95,27] [%wdl 448,552,0]} Qe5 19. Re1) 18... Qe5 {[%eval 204,19] [%wdl 989,11,0] [%emt 0:14:04]} (18... cxd5 $1 $14 {[%eval 38,27] [%wdl 64,933,3]} 19. Nxd5 Nxd5) 19. Rc2 {[%emt 0:11:41] [#]} Qd4 {[%eval 265,26] [%wdl 999,1,0] [%emt 0:01:14]} (19... Qe8 {[%eval 171,25] [%wdl 957,43,0] was called for.} 20. Ne4 Bxb2) 20. Ne4 $2 {[%eval 12,28] [%wdl 22,970,8] [%emt 0:00:25]} ({Only move:} 20. Qc1 $1 $18 {[%eval 265,26] [%wdl 999,1,0]} Qg4 (20... Qxc4 $2 {perishes.} 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Nd5 $18) 21. Ne4 cxd5 22. Nxd6) 20... Qxd2 $11 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02] And now Bxg7 would win.} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 22. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:47][%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c3,Bc3a3,Ba3a5][%mdl 32]} 24. c5 {[%emt 0:07:23]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:01] The position is equal.} 25. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 26. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 27. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:07:30][%cal Od2d4]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 29. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 31. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 33. d7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 34. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 35. Rdxc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (35. Rcxc6 Rxd6 (35... Rxd7 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. h3 $11) 36. Rxd6 Ke7) 35... R5xd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 36. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2027.05.13"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"] [Black "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "2009"] [PlyCount "78"] [Beauty "6188511006726"] [GameId "2177611393663133"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 10,78,25,27,30,26,43,0,11,10,7,3,3,3,3,5,52,22,23,20,48,16,37,17,22,8,4,-10,-9,-6,-7,-13,-13,-18,-18,-23,-8,-16,0,-6,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qf4 Qe6+ 8. Qe3 (8. Be2 $14) 8... g6 9. d4 Bg7 {[#]} 10. Be2 $146 (10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 Qxe3 12. Bxe3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. h4 Nd7 16. h5 {1-0 (49) Durarbayli,V (2606)-Petriashvili,N (2423) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qxe3 12. Bxe3 c5 13. c3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bc5 Rfb8 19. Rab1 Rb7 {[#]} 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. b3 Bxc3 22. Rbc1 Bf6 23. Be3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 24. Rc4 Kg7 25. Rdc1 a5 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a4 28. bxa4 Rb2 29. g3 {[#] Threatens to win with a5.} Rxa2 30. Rc4 e5 31. Bb6 Bg5 32. a5 Bd2 33. Rc5 e4 34. Kf1 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 $1 Ra2 {Repels Rc2} 36. Re5 e3 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxa5 39. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} Rf5+ {[#]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh"] [Black "Clemens, Kristian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Clemens,Kristian"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2052"] [BlackElo "1965"] [PlyCount "138"] [Beauty "4678179927561"] [GameId "2178041943585174"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,52,19,31,23,16,27,22,36,31,32,5,7,-31,-57,-20,16,12,13,40,70,76,69,58,116,93,111,117,78,104,25,128,122,142,115,137,130,124,136,91,80,114,1,122,140,110,103,279,129,110,143,135,153,-65,-184]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 {I vaguely recall looking at this when I thought I was going to play NM Tenzing Shaw a few years ago, but from this point on, I was basically improvising.} (5. d3 Nf6 {was our last game, three years ago in Reno - a relatively easy win for me.}) 5... d5 6. d4 (6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 {...Bg4, ...Nc6, ...Be7, ...O-O, ...Bf6, rooks on d8 and e8 seems like a decent plan}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 {Kavandal - Clemens, Golden State Open 2024, saw the exact same position with the White bishop on d3. I continued: 8...Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2, with a position that the engine preferred for White, although I felt perfectly comfortable as Black. I won the isolated queen's pawn on move 16 after castling queenside and smoothly converted the endgame. [#]} Qe7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:19] White: 1:28, Black:} (10... Bxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qd6 13. Ne5 (13. Rfe1 Nd7 {If I was intending to play against the IQP, and I was, then I should have simply traded pieces and moved my queen to safety. This position seems totally playable for Black (although the engine doesn't like it much).}) 13... Be6) 11. Bxc4 Bg4 $2 {Now I thought I was putting some strategic pressure on White's position, threatening both Bxf3 and Bxd2. In reality, this is too ambitious, since I'm not done with my development, and White found the refutation:} 12. Re1 {This was the move I missed, although it's an obvious one. I was starting all my calculations from the position before this move or the position after trading on b4, but because I didn't see this move coming (probably I forgot that I had opened the e-file), I ended up calculating lines that were not actually relevant to the position.} (12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. Bxf7+ (13. Qe2 Nc6 14. a3 Qd6 $15) 13... Rxf7 {and the knight on f3 can't move}) (12. Be2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nc6 $10) 12... Qd6 {[#]} 13. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 {I thought I would at least get some counterplay against f3 and f2, but White kept control nicely:} (13... Kxf7 14. Ne5+ Kg8 15. Bxb4 (15. Nxg4 {this is not the best line for White} Qxd4 16. Qb3+) (15. Qb3+ $1 Be6 16. Qxb4 $16) 15... Qxb4 16. Nxg4 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Rxb7 h5 19. Ne3 Qxf2+) (13... Rxf7 14. Re8+ Rf8 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Bxb4 {1-0}) 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Bd5 c6 {White: 59 min, Black: 61. White impressed me multiple times with his patience in this game, although he later got in time trouble.} 16. Be4 Nd7 (16... Na6 {I gave this move a lot of thought, with the following trap in mind:} 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxf3 $2 Nc2) 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. h3 Be6 {[#] This was a trap, deliberately offering the h7 pawn:} 19. Ng5 {White spent 15 of his 46 minutes here. I intentionally made my next move quickly to cement the time advantage: White: 31 min, Black: 44.} (19. Bxh7 $2 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 (20. Rxe6 Qxe6 21. gxf3 Kxh7 22. Kg2 Qg6+ 23. Kh2 Rf8 24. Qe3 Qf5 $19 {and I would try to play my knight to f4 with a huge attack}) 20... Kxh7 21. Kg2 Rf8 {sometimes I say "missing g-pawn with queens on means mate", but in this case, I think White is going to face a strong attack from all of Black's pieces, and even if it doesn't end in mate, White's king position is very open.}) 19... Bg8 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 (21... Qd5 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. Bb3 Qd7 24. Bxg8 Kxg8 $16) (21... Qd7 22. Nc5 Qc7 23. Bb3 {fighting for the e6 square so that a knight doesn't land there} Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 {with a promising strategic position for White, who can play Ne6 now if he doesn't like the minor piece imbalance (personally, I would want to put that knight on e5 in conjunction with a3 and b4}) 22. Rxe4 Rad8 23. Qe3 Qf6 {Keeping pressure on f2 and d4, but Black is really doomed to passivity here. I didn't really want to trade any pieces, but it's also hard to actually attack anything for Black.} 24. Re5 Qh4 25. Rd1 Rd6 {White: 17 min, Black: 26 min after I spent 6 min on this move.} (25... Bxa2 $2 26. b3) 26. Re8 {Again I didn't see White's move coming- I was too focused on doubling on the d- or f-file.} Rxe8 27. Qxe8 {[#]} Rd8 $2 {With b3 coming, I didn't really consider anything else except Qd8 offering a trade.} (27... Re6 28. Qc8 Re2 $1 {The point is that Black is already attacking f2 with his queen, so this is a strong double attack, threatening Qxf2 and mate next move.} 29. g3 (29. Qf5 g6 {and the queen is overloaded}) 29... Qf6 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 Rxb2 $17) 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Bb3 {I wasn't sure how to play this position, so I was just trying to keep control of d5 without allowing White to penetrate to the second or first rank. White's move gave me an idea: to "allow" trades and try to bail out into a rook endgame.} h6 30. Bxg8 Kxg8 {[%emt 0:00:16] White: 15 min, Black:} 31. Qb3+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 {This is the position I saw when White played Bb3. [#]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:15] White: 15 min, Black:} (34... Kd5 35. Kd3 Re8 $14 36. Rd2 (36. f3 a5 37. Rc1 b6 $14) 36... Re1) (34... c5 $2 35. dxc5 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Kd5 37. b4 a5 38. bxa5 Kxc5 39. f4 {with a decisive majority on the kingside.}) 35. Kd3 Ra5 (35... c5 $2 36. Re1+ Kd6 37. Re4 cxd4 38. Rxd4 {1-0, the pawn endgame is totally lost}) 36. Re1+ Kd6 37. a3 Rg5 38. g4 Rb5 39. Re2 (39. Kc3 h5 {White is definitely better, but I wanted to create some opportunities for trading pawns.}) 39... Rb3+ $1 $10 40. Ke4 Rxh3 {Now I got my pawn back, but I don't think White is the kind of player who takes many draws, so I didn't bother offering one. White: 14 min, Black: 13, but I burned 3 minutes on my next move. [#]} 41. Kf5 Rh4 (41... g5 {Somehow I overlooked that my h-pawn is difficult to take in this line- White's d4 pawn is weak, and Black can try to create counterplay in the center and against the queenside pawns now that White's king is so far away.}) 42. Re6+ Kd5 43. Rg6 h5 (43... Rh2 44. f4 Rxb2 45. Rxg7 Kxd4 46. Kg6 Rg2 47. Kxh6 b6 48. f5 $16) 44. Rxg7 hxg4 45. b3 c5 {I knew I was worse, but I figured I didn't have much to lose and needed to liquidate pawns as quickly as I could. I was down to 3 minutes and went into "time scramble mode" here. White had about 9-10 minutes for the next ten moves.} (45... Rh2 46. Rd7# {was the threat}) 46. dxc5 Kc6 (46... Kxc5 47. Rxb7 a5 48. a4 {White is winning the a-pawn and probably the g-pawn too.}) 47. Rxg4 Rh3 48. Rg3 Rh5+ 49. Kg6 Rh8 50. Kg7 Rh4 51. b4 Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:04] This was the point of my rook maneuver- to keep White's king away from the center. White: 9 min, Black:} 52. f3 a5 53. Rg6+ Kc7 (53... Kb5 54. Rb6+ Kc4 55. Rxb7 {My computer tried to suggest this line, but I discarded it at a glance in the game.}) 54. Rf6 Rc4 55. f4 axb4 56. axb4 Rxb4 57. f5 Rf4 {[#]} 58. Rf8 $2 {This gives away the win. White had to "think schematically" to quote the chapter from Shereshevsky's Endgame Strategy: if the rook is on f6, it impedes the pawn, so it needs to move. If it goes to f8, Black can take the c5 pawn and run his b-pawn as in the game. So it needs to go to f7, keeping an eye on b7 and buying time for the king to defend the f-pawn, and then the f-pawn can advance and tie up the Black rook.} (58. Rf7+ $1 Kc6 59. f6 Rg4+ (59... Kxc5 60. Rxb7 {1-0: Black can't prevent Re7, achieving the Lucena position in a few moves.}) 60. Kh6 Rf4 61. Kg5 Rf1 62. Re7 Kxc5 63. Rxb7 Kd6 64. Re7 $1 {This is the whole point of the maneuver with Rf7+: White gets a tempo to protect his pawn, and if Black takes on c5, White crucially takes back on b7 and achieves the Lucena position.}) (58. Kf7 Rf1 59. Ke6 Re1+ 60. Kd5 Rd1+ 61. Kc4 Rc1+ {I intended to keep harassing White to gain time on the clock.}) 58... Kc6 59. f6 (59. Rf7 Kxc5 60. Rxb7 Rxf5 {This is the point- the king on g7 is not defending this pawn, so the rook is overworked.}) 59... Kxc5 60. f7 (60. Rc8+ Kd5) 60... b5 61. Rc8+ Kd4 62. Rc6 Rxf7+ {Now I had it calculated all the way to the end: [#]} (62... b4 63. Rf6 {I was afraid of this, but this is also just barely a draw for Black:} Rg4+ 64. Kh6 (64. Rg6 Rf4) 64... Rh4+ 65. Kg5 Rh8) 63. Kxf7 b4 64. Ke6 b3 65. Rb6 Kc3 66. Ke5 b2 67. Ke4 Kc2 68. Ke3 b1=Q 69. Rxb1 Kxb1 {This was a very narrow escape. My opening play was simply not good enough to survive against expert-level players, and while I "held on" in the middlegame well, I think I was lucky to win my pawn back in the rook endgame, and my severe difficulties in the endgame were also troubling. Only White's subtle slip in the endgame let me slip away with a draw.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Black "Liou, Arthur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1937"] [BlackElo "2030"] [PlyCount "76"] [Beauty "7770669580813"] [GameId "2177611393663135"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Nd4 8. Bc4 e6 9. a4 Ne7 10. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. axb5 Bg7 14. f5 exf5 15. Bg5 Kh8 16. c3 f6 17. Bh4 Qd7 18. Qb3 fxe4 19. dxe4 Nc8 20. Be6 Qe7 21. Rae1 Nb6 22. Rf3 Rae8 23. Bd5 Qc7 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Rdf1 Ne5 26. Rh3 Qd7 27. c4 f5 28. Re1 f4 29. Qd1 f3 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 31. gxf3 Bxb2 32. Bg3 Be5 33. Qd2 Bxg3 34. hxg3 Rxf3 35. e5 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qxg3+ 37. Kh1 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.10"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "Sankar, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2022"] [BlackElo "1905"] [PlyCount "65"] [Beauty "8178288821769"] [GameId "2177611393663136"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 Nf6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. g5 Nfd7 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nb6 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. O-O-O Na6 13. a3 Nc4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e4 b5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nb1 O-O 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Qd2 Re7 21. Qf4 Qe6 22. Ng3 c3 23. b3 Nc7 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Rhe1 Nd5 26. Rxe6 Nxf4 27. Rxc6 g6 28. Nd6 Rb8 29. d5 b4 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ne8 Rb6 33. d6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.11"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "1937"] [BlackElo "2068"] [PlyCount "88"] [Beauty "5910411880456"] [GameId "2177611393663137"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Ne1 Re8 10. Bb2 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. Nd3 Red8 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 bxc5 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. f3 Rd4 23. Nf2 Rad8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxe4 Rd7 27. Re2 Qd8 28. Qe4 h6 29. Kf2 Rd1 30. Re1 Qd2+ 31. Qe2 Qd4+ 32. Qe3 Qb2+ 33. Re2 Qa1 34. Kg2 Rh1 35. Qf2 a5 36. Rd2 Kh7 37. Rd7 Rb1 38. Rd2 Rh1 39. f4 Qb1 40. Re2 Qd1 41. Rd2 Rg1+ 42. Qxg1 Qxd2+ 43. Qf2 Qb4 44. Qc2+ g6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Walder, Michael"] [Black "Rajaram, Raghu"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA 7.0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2012"] [BlackElo "1848"] [PlyCount "82"] [Beauty "7560618841098"] [GameId "2177611393663138"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} 10. f4 {[%eval 41,34]} (10. Kh1 $16 {[%eval 85,29]}) 10... Nc6 {[%eval 85,29]} (10... e5 $1 $14 {[%eval 41,34]} 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nc6) 11. Rc1 {[%eval -32,32]} (11. Nc2 $16 {[%eval 85,29]}) 11... Rc8 {[%eval 80,28]} (11... Nxd4 $1 $15 {[%eval -32,32] stays ahead.} 12. Bxd4 e5) 12. Qe2 {White is more active.} Qc7 {[%eval 112,32]} (12... Nxd4 $14 {[%eval 48,30]} 13. Bxd4 Bc6) 13. a3 {0.62/31 [#]} (13. Nb3 $16 {[%eval 112,32]}) 13... Na5 $146 {[%eval 148,31]} (13... Nxd4 $14 {[%eval 62,31]} 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 Bg4) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qg3 Bh5 {1-0 Babayan,A (2166)-Al Ali,A (1374) Sharjah Cup (Women) 8th 2017 (5)}) 14. b3 {[%eval 0,40]} ({White should try} 14. g4 $16 {[%eval 148,31]}) 14... e5 $1 $11 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nf3 {-0.77/35 [#]} (17. Rxc8 $11 {[%eval 0,40] remains equal.} Qxc8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 Nxb3 20. Nxe5) 17... Rxc1 {[%eval -13,35]} (17... Nxb3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. fxe5 $11) (17... exf4 $1 $17 {[%eval -77,35]} 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Bxf4 Nxb3) 18. Rxc1 exf4 19. Bxf4 {[%eval -135,32]} (19. Bf2 $1 $11 {[%eval -20,31]} Nxb3 20. Rb1) 19... Nxb3 $17 20. Rc3 Nc5 21. Bc2 Bb5 {[%eval -115,32]} ({Black should try} 21... Bg4 $19 {[%eval -171,27]} 22. Qe3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bg5) 22. Qf2 b6 {[%eval -64,33]} (22... Bf6 $17 {[%eval -134,29]} 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Re8 25. Qxc5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5) 23. Nd4 {[%eval -113,36]} (23. Qg3 $15 {[%eval -64,33]}) 23... Bf6 24. Nxb5 {[%eval -197,33]} axb5 $19 25. Rh3 {Black must now prevent e5!.} g6 26. Bh6 {[%eval -253,30]} (26. Rf3 $142 {[%eval -174,32]}) 26... Bg7 $2 {[%eval -88,30]} (26... Re8 $19 {[%eval -253,30] has better winning chances.} 27. Rf3 Bg5 (27... Nxe4 $2 {perishes.} 28. Bxe4 Bg5 29. Bxg5 $18) 28. Bxg5 Qxg5) {Loses the game.} 27. Qe3 {[%eval -318,33]} (27. Bxg7 $17 {[%eval -88,30]} Kxg7 28. Qe3) 27... Qf6 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Qe2 {[%eval -456,30]} (29. Qc3 $142 {[%eval -295,31]}) 29... Qd4+ 30. Kf1 b4 31. axb4 {[#]} Ra8 $1 {White must now prevent ...Ra1+.} 32. Re3 Qxb4 33. e5 Qf4+ 34. Rf3 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 dxe5 {Endgame KRB-KRN. Black is two pawns up.} 36. Rf6 Rb8 37. Rc6 Kf8 38. g4 Ke7 39. Rc7+ Nd7 40. Be4 b5 41. Rc6 b4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"] [Black "Mercado, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1913"] [BlackElo "1958"] [PlyCount "107"] [Beauty "6734642937862"] [GameId "2177611393667235"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nb3 Bd7 16. Na5 c6 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Nb3 Qe7 20. e4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Be3 b5 24. Rfd1 Bg4 25. f3 Be6 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Qf2 Rc7 28. f4 Bb3 29. Rd2 Rbc8 30. Rb2 c4 31. Bxa7 Rxa7 32. Rxb3 cxb3 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Qb2 Qf6 35. Rc3 Qd4+ 36. Kf1 Rxa3 37. Rxb3 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Qg1 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Ke3 Qg1+ 41. Qf2 Re1+ 42. Kf3 Re3+ 43. Kxe3 Qc1+ 44. Qd2 Qg1+ 45. Kf3 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5 47. Rc3 g4+ 48. Kxg4 Qd4 49. Rc1 f5+ 50. Kxf5 Qg7 51. Qg5 Qd7+ 52. Kf4 Qb7 53. Bh3 Kh8 54. Qh6+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.14"] [White "Gaffagan, Steven"] [Black "Smith, Roger Christopher"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1956"] [BlackElo "1826"] [PlyCount "127"] [Beauty "4952634194466"] [GameId "2177611393667236"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. h3 Rab8 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. Ne3 Nh5 15. Bg3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Rae1 Rbe8 19. Qe4 Qf7 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. Bh2 Ng6 22. Nd2 Nhf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Qf3 Qg6 25. Re3 d5 26. Qg4 Qh7 27. Qd7 Qg6 28. Qg4 Qb6 29. b4 Re6 30. g3 h5 31. Qh4 Ng6 32. Qxh5 axb4 33. cxb4 Ref6 34. Nf3 Nh8 35. a5 Qd6 36. Nxe5 Rf5 37. Qe2 Qxb4 38. a6 d4 39. Re4 Qb5 40. axb7 Qxb7 41. Nd7 R8f7 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Ne5 R7f6 44. Ng4 Rf7 45. Re5 Ng6 46. Rxf5 Rxf5 47. Rc1 c5 48. Re1 Qf7 49. Qe4 Qd5 50. Qxd5 Rxd5 51. Re8 Rf5 52. Kf1 Nf8 53. Re5 Kg6 54. Ke2 Rxe5+ 55. Nxe5+ Kf5 56. f4 g5 57. Kf3 gxf4 58. gxf4 Ne6 59. Nd7 Nxf4 60. Nxc5 Nxh3 61. Ne4 Nf4 62. Nd6+ Ke5 63. Nb5 Nxd3 64. Nxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.15"] [White "Parsons, Stephen"] [Black "Lewis, Edward"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "1950"] [PlyCount "73"] [Beauty "7908112468496"] [GameId "2177611393667237"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Nf5+ Kf8 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Ne3 Qc5 12. Bd2 Be6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qe1 Qe7 15. a3 Bc5 16. Rd1 a6 17. Kh1 b5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd4 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Bd6 22. Rf1 Kg8 23. Bc3 Bc5 24. Qg3 f6 25. Rde1 Bd6 26. Qh4 Be5 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Nxf5 29. Rxf5 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qxa3 31. Qe4 Qd6 32. c4 bxc4 33. Qxc4+ Kf8 34. h3 g6 35. Re6 Qd2 36. Rexf6+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.16"] [White "Boyer, John"] [Black "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1669"] [BlackElo "1919"] [PlyCount "62"] [Beauty "6599083037193"] [GameId "2177611393667238"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 e6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. h4 Bf6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Bb1 Qb5 22. b4 Nc3 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Be4 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h5 Qe8 27. Rd3 Rac8 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. hxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.17"] [White "Prasad, Thejas"] [Black "Admassu, Yonathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "1661"] [PlyCount "86"] [Beauty "7423985192968"] [GameId "2177611393667239"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bg4+ 12. f3 O-O-O+ 13. Bd2 Bh5 14. Nc3 e6 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Ke2 Be7 17. Rhd1 Bg6 18. Bf4 h5 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 e5 22. Bxe5 Rhe8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Kf3 Nxe5+ 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Bc2 Re6 27. d7 Re7 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Rd6 Rdxd7 30. Rxg6 Rd3+ 31. Kf4 Rd2 32. Rc5 h4 33. Rh5 Rf2+ 34. Kg5 Rxg2+ 35. Kf5 Rf2+ 36. Kg5 Rxh2 37. Rb6 h3 38. a4 Rh1 39. Rb3 h2 40. Rbh3 Re2 41. b4 Rb2 42. R3h4 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rxb4+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.18"] [White "Yan, Rayna"] [Black "Zhanaidarov, Orynbay"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1639"] [PlyCount "109"] [Beauty "6668473600519"] [GameId "2177611393667240"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,27,18,4,17,-7,27,-120,55,-86,37,23,57,61,87,101,99,112,130,100,107,84,114,83,86,91,99,73,47,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rc1 c6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Ba6 13. Rfd1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. a3 Nbd7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 Rfc8 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. Rc1 Rcb8 23. Qc6 Nf8 24. g3 Ng6 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Rd8 27. Rdc7 Kf8 28. Rb7 Rdb8 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rc7 Ra8 32. Kg2 Ke8 33. Ng1 Ne7 34. Ne2 Kd8 35. Rb7 Ke8 36. b4 Ng6 37. Nc3 Ne7 38. Nb5 Kd8 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Nxa7 Kc7 41. Nb5+ Kc6 42. Nd6 f6 43. b5+ Kd7 44. f4 fxe5 45. fxe5 Nf5 46. Nxf5 exf5 47. Kf3 g5 48. a4 h5 49. h4 g4+ 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. a5 bxa5 52. b6 Kd7 53. e6+ Kd6 54. b7 Kc7 55. e7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.20"] [White "Chan, John"] [Black "Babayan, Gagik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "1601"] [BlackElo "1725"] [PlyCount "64"] [Beauty "8251705921572"] [GameId "2177611393667241"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. g4 c6 9. Bg2 cxd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. g5 f4 14. h4 Bg4 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. Kh2 e4 19. Ng1 f3 20. Bf4 fxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd3 22. Bg3 Be5 23. Qd2 Ng7 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. Rab1 b6 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. a4 Bg6 28. Nce2 Qg4+ 29. Ng3 Nh5 30. Nh3 Nhf4+ 31. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 32. Kg1 Qxh4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.22"] [White "Abraham, Michael David"] [Black "Khristoforov, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Abraham,Michael David"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1835"] [PlyCount "93"] [Beauty "7217558338638"] [GameId "2177611393667242"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. a3 {I'm trying to break this habit. I don't like the idea of being down a pawn after something like (6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qxc3 10. cxd5 exd5)} Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 Kh8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Bb1 Bd6 18. Qd3 Bxe5 $4 {This move really surprised me and the following moves seem to play themselves for White. I thought I had really telegraphed the threat along the white diagonal with 17. Bb1 and 18. Qd3} 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. f3 Ng5 21. h4 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 g6 23. Kg2 {I really liked 23. Kg2. My longest think of the game.} Qxh4 24. Rh1 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Qxe5 26. Rxh6+ Kg8 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 29. Qxe6+ Rf7 30. Rg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rc6 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Rcf6 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Rxf3 36. Ba2 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 R7f2+ 38. Kg3 Rf5 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kh6 42. Qe6+ Kg5 43. Bd5 Kh5 44. Qe8+ Kh6 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46. Be4 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.23"] [White "Dutter, Frederic"] [Black "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1512"] [PlyCount "55"] [Beauty "6601096300553"] [GameId "2177611393667243"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. O-O e5 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Rg8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qb6 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. c3 h5 18. f3 Qc5+ 19. Kf1 Qc4 20. b3 Qxd3+ 21. Rxd3 Rg5 22. Rad1 Rxf5 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Rxd6 Rc7 25. Ke2 Rg5 26. g3 Rg8 27. c4 Rgc8 28. R1d2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.24"] [White "Ochoa, Jason B"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1643"] [BlackElo "1462"] [PlyCount "161"] [Beauty "4265728821847"] [GameId "2177639260889438"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,59,15,26,10,20,11,20,20,4,19,3,15,-74,-109,-104,-83,-68,-83,-118,-83,-150,-137,-148,-140,-204,-131,-130,-113,-133,-114,-140,-138,-115,-114,-146,-110,-160,-151,-202,-212,-152,-217,-289,-209,-181,-203,-286,-290,-297,-288,-316,-330,-344,90,157,175,72,110,71,49,25]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O d4 {Looks like an oversight by White. d4 attacks the defender of the e5 pawn and also threatens to trap the e2 bishop.} 7. e5 Nd7 8. Ne4 Ndxe5 9. d3 Be7 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Rae1 e5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qd1 Rab8 17. a4 a6 {The computer has wanted Black to play f5 for several moves, but I thought that might turn into a liability at the time. Instead, my plan was to open up a second front on the queenside and try to get an open file for my rooks. White's pieces seemed kind of cramped, so I thought this might generate some initiative.} 18. Re2 b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nb4 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Bd2 Nxd3 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Re4 Bf5 26. Qh5 Bg6 27. Qxg6 {Oof, a nice find by White!} Nf4 28. Qg3 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Qd7 30. Rh4 g5 {Trying to minimize further shenanigans...} 31. Rh6 Qxd5 32. Qh3 Qf7 33. Qf5 Qg7 34. Rh3 c4 35. Rc1 c3 36. Be1 Rb6 {I thought it would be easier to make progress here if I could just trade queens. And the computer agrees — if I delete the queens from this position the evaluation is -3. So the purpose of Rb6 was to contain the White queen a little bit with the hope that I could one day trade it off.} 37. g4 Kg8 38. Rd3 Qg6 {The queen trade is essentially forced, and things are looking up for team Black, but I still struggle to find the winning plan.} 39. f3 Qxf5 40. gxf5 Rfb8 41. Rdd1 Rb2 42. h4 h6 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Bg3 c2 45. Rf1 d3 46. Be1 Rb1 47. Bd2 Rxc1 48. Rxc1 Kf7 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kd6 52. a5 Kc5 53. Re1 Rb1 54. Rc1 Kc4 55. Ke3 {With only a couple of minutes left on my clock, I spent most of my remaining time trying to calculate pawn races and missed the key idea: in the current position, the pawn endgame is simply winning for Black if everything gets traded off (eg [55... Rxc1 56. Bxc1 Kc3 57. Bd2 Kb2 58. Kcd3 c1=Q 59. Bxc1 Kxc1]). Instead, with almost no time left on the clock I went for a pawn race and almost lost.} e4 56. fxe4 g4 57. e5 g3 58. exf6 Rxc1 59. Bxc1 g2 60. Kf2 Kc3 61. f7 d2 62. Bxd2+ Kxd2 63. f8=Q g1=Q+ 64. Kxg1 c1=Q+ 65. Kg2 Qc6+ 66. Kg3 Qc3+ 67. Kg4 Qd4+ 68. Kg5 Qe3+ 69. Kf6 Qd4+ 70. Kg5 Qe3+ 71. Kf6 Qd4+ 72. Kg6 Qg4+ 73. Kf7 Qxf5+ {A decisive mistake: the White king was within reach of safety on h7. After this the game was a draw.} 74. Ke7 Qxf8+ 75. Kxf8 Kc3 76. Ke7 Kb4 77. Kd6 Kxa5 78. Kc5 Ka4 79. Kc4 Ka3 80. Kc3 Ka2 81. Kb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.25"] [White "Touset, Stephen"] [Black "Casares, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1545"] [BlackElo "1600"] [PlyCount "55"] [Beauty "8247410951180"] [GameId "2177611393667245"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 a6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 b5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 c4 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ra7 13. Be3 Rc7 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. a4 Bb7 17. Bf4 Bxd5 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxd5 Nc5 20. axb5 Nd3 21. Rxa6 Qc8 22. Rc6 Qg4 23. h3 Qf4 24. Rxc4 Qb8 25. Qxd3 Qxb5 26. Rd4 Qb6 27. Rd7 Bc5 28. b4 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.26"] [White "Stults, Sawyer"] [Black "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1471"] [BlackElo "1564"] [PlyCount "120"] [Beauty "6391737615368"] [GameId "2177611393667246"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bf4 d5 {First move out of the master database. I wanted to get rid of the hole on d6 so I can start trading down by taking on c6.} 10. Rfd1 Bxc3 (10... d4 11. Nb5 Ng6 12. Bg5 (12. Bg3 e5 $17) (12. Nbxd4 Nxf4 13. Nxc6 Nxe2+ $19) 12... Qb6 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 $15) 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Bb3 dxe4 {Simplifying the position, but keeping my c8 bishop weak.} (12... Qxc3 13. Rac1 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 $17) 13... Qf6 14. Bg5 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bg3 Be6 $17) 14... Qg6 $17) 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Rxd4 Qxc3 (14... e5 $2 15. Rxe4 $10) 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Qxe4 $17) 14... Nd5 15. Qxe4 Nc3 {I missed that Qe1 allows White to keep the exchange, though I don't think I have a better move since I don't want to allow an opposite-bishop ending after Bxd5.} 16. Qe1 Qf5 17. Qxc3 Qxf4 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Qc7 (19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Rac8 21. Qb2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 (22. Qxc1 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 b6 24. Rc7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $17) 22... b6 $17) 19... Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bc6 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rfc8 24. Rdd7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 b5 26. Kf1 g6 27. Ke2 a5 $6 {In the king race that occurs later, it winds up helping White that the pawns are further forward.} (27... a6 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Kc3 Rd6 $17) 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Kc2 Rd5 30. Rc3 h5 31. Rd3 $1 Re5 32. Re3 Rf5 33. Rf3 Rxf3 $6 {I calculated that we would both queen at the same time, but just assumed that in the Q+2P v Q endgame that White would eventually run out of checks.} (33... Kg7 $1 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Kd3 Kf6 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Kc5 b4 38. Kb5 Kd5 39. Kxa5 Kc4 {This looks really tempting, but it doesn't quite work after} 40. f4 h4 41. h3 f6 42. Ka4 Kc3 43. Ka5 b3 44. axb3 Kxb3 45. Kb5 Kc3 46. Kc5 Kd3 47. Kd5 Ke3 48. Ke6 Kf2 (48... Kxf4 49. Kxf6 Ke4 (49... Kg3 50. Kxf5 Kxg2 51. Kg4 $18) 50. Kg5 $18) 49. Kxf5 (49. Kxf6 Kxg2 50. Kxf5 Kxh3 $19) 49... Kxg2 50. Kg4 $18) 34. gxf3 Kg7 35. Kd3 Kf6 36. Kd4 Kf5 37. Kc5 Kf4 38. Kxb5 Kxf3 39. Kxa5 Kxf2 40. a4 f5 41. Kb4 f4 42. a5 f3 43. a6 Kg1 44. a7 f2 45. a8=Q f1=Q 46. Qe4 Kxh2 47. Qh4+ Kg1 48. Qg3+ Qg2 49. Qe1+ Qf1 50. Qg3+ Kh1 51. Qh4+ Kg2 52. Qg5+ Kf2 53. Qxg6 Qe1+ 54. Kc5 Qc3+ 55. Kb6 Qb4+ 56. Kc7 Qc5+ 57. Kb7 Qd5+ 58. Kb6 Qd4+ 59. Kc6 h4 60. Qf5+ Kg3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.27"] [White "Olson, David R"] [Black "Fitzgerald, William"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1263"] [PlyCount "110"] [Beauty "6667399858733"] [GameId "2177611393671343"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. c5 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. f3 e5 7. Bg5 exd4 8. Qxd4 Bxc5 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. e3 h6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. b4 Na4 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Ne2 Qg5 18. Kf2 Bf5 19. f4 Qf6 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Nd4 Qe4 22. g4 Nb6 23. Nf5 Nc4 24. Qc3 f6 25. Rhe1 Qe6 26. h3 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Rd4 Re7 29. Qd3 Kf7 30. e4 Qxf4+ 31. Kg2 Qe5 32. Rf1 dxe4 33. Qc4+ Qe6 34. Qc5 e3 35. Qh5+ Kf8 36. g5 Qa2+ 37. Kg1 e2 38. Re1 Qb2 39. Rf4 Qe5 40. Qh4 Qxg5+ 41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Rd4 Rae8 43. Kf2 Re3 44. Kg2 Rxa3 45. Rd7 Rae3 46. Rxb7 R8e7 47. Rb8+ Re8 48. Rxe8+ Rxe8 49. Kf2 Re7 50. Kf3 g6 51. Kg4 Ke8 52. Kf3 Kd8 53. Kf2 Kc7 54. Rb1 e1=Q+ 55. Rxe1 Rxe1 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.28"] [White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Black "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1246"] [BlackElo "1347"] [PlyCount "98"] [Beauty "7014084253224"] [GameId "2177611393671344"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 $6 (7. Bc4) 7... O-O 8. Qd2 d5 $1 9. O-O-O dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 bxc6 12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. Bc5 Bh6 14. Bc4 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Re8 16. h4 h5 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Ng5 f6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Ne2 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Bxc4 24. g4 e5 25. Ng2 Bd5 26. Re3 hxg4 27. Ne1 gxf3 28. Nxf3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rad8 30. Bxa7 Ra8 31. Bc5 Rxa2 32. Rh3 Rh8 33. b4 Raa8 34. c4 f5 35. Bd6 Ke6 36. Bc5 f4 37. Kd2 e4 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 g5 40. h5 g4 41. Rh4 Kf5 42. h6 Rh7 43. Bd6 f3 44. Rh5+ Kg6 45. Re5 Rxh6 46. Re6+ Kh7 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Rf8+ Ke6 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.29"] [White "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Black "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "1329"] [BlackElo "1056"] [PlyCount "106"] [Beauty "6803362416134"] [GameId "2177611393671345"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 a6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 e6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 Qc7 16. b5 Na5 17. Nd2 Rbc8 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nde4 Nxe4 22. Rxd7 Nxc3 23. Qf3 Re7 24. Rd3 Rec7 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. Re3 Qf6 27. Qg4 Rc4 28. Rexc3 Rxc3 29. Rd1 Qf5 30. Qb4 Rc2 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Rc1 33. Bf1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Qd5 35. Qa4 Rc1 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. h4 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qb5+ 39. Qxb5 axb5 40. Ke2 Nc4 41. Kd3 Nxa3 42. Kc3 Kf6 43. Kb4 Nc4 44. Kxb5 Nd6+ 45. Kb4 Ne4 46. Kc4 Nxf2 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Ke3 Ng4+ 49. Kf3 Ne5+ 50. Kg2 Kg4 51. Kh2 f5 52. Kg2 Nd3 53. Kh2 e5 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.30"] [White "Jiam, Max"] [Black "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Brickhouse,Christian"] [ECO "D06"] [BlackElo "1267"] [PlyCount "54"] [Beauty "8247012253203"] [GameId "2177611393671346"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 {White gets what he wanted out of the opening. He's traded a flank pawn for a center pawn and remains ahead in development.} 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. g3 Nh5 {I want the bishop pair.} 10. Ne5 (10. e4 $5 {doesn't let me have it}) 10... Nxf4 11. exf4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 c6 {Restricting the knight and blunting White's light-square bishop} 13. Bg2 (13. Bd3 $5) 13... O-O 14. h4 f6 15. O-O fxe5 16. dxe5 Bxh4 $6 {I saw an opportunity here. I give up the bishop for two pawns, but White's king is exposed, my rook is on a half-open file, and I have a passed h-pawn. I thought that would be sufficient compensation for being down the material. The computer disagrees.} 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. f4 Rad8 19. Qe1 Qe7 20. b4 Rd4 (20... Rd3 {is better.}) 21. Be4 Qe8 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Ne2 Rd3 24. Ra2 $4 {And the bishop sacrifice pays off. White blunders and must give back material or get checkmated.} Qg6+ 25. Kf2 Rxf4+ $1 {Sacrificing a second piece for the forced checkmate.} 26. Nxf4 Qg3+ 27. Ke2 Qe3# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.31"] [White "Merk, Felix Elias"] [Black "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1044"] [PlyCount "101"] [Beauty "6944693691922"] [GameId "2177611393671347"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. b3 b5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Rc1 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Nd5 16. Ra3 Bb5 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Bc3 Qd6 19. Qc1 Rxe2 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Bd2 a6 23. Rc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Ne7 25. Bf1 Nd5 26. Qc2 Re7 27. Ne5 Rc7 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qc6 30. Qe4 Nb6 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 32. Bxa6 Rc2 33. Be3 Rxa2 34. Bb7 Ra5 35. Kg2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Kf3 f5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Kc4 Rd8 41. h4 Rc8+ 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Bf4 h5 44. Be5 g6 45. Ke3 Rc2 46. f3 Rc3+ 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. d5+ Kxd5 49. Bxc3 Ke6 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. Bb2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.32"] [White "Hack, Richard"] [Black "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Hack,Richard"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "61"] [Beauty "8249696593958"] [GameId "2177458581639279"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Rad1 c6 12. c3 Nd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Bf4 Bc7 16. Qf5 {(I was glad to get this move in. Now I can put some real pressure on Black's kingside.)} Re6 {(After the game Albert thought this rook should have gone to e7 instead. It got into some trouble after sliding over to g6.)} 17. Nd4 Rg6 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nf3 {(I wanted to keep the knight for possible use on g5 later.)} Nf8 21. h5 Re6 22. Rd4 Qd7 23. Rg4 Re7 24. Qf4 $2 {(EW: a momentary slip -- the e-pawn gets in big trouble now! White can just guard queen with knight, when the exchange runs into disaster on g7/h6).} (24. Nh4 $1 $16) (24. Nd4 $5 $16) 24... Ne6 $4 {As Mike Walder would say, "Oops."} ({(EW: I concur with (more "accede" or "give in to") Stockfish 17.1's series of "only" moves now:} 24... Rae8 $1 25. Bh4 $1 f6 $1 26. Bxf6 $1 Rf7 $1 27. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 28. Qxh6 Qg4 $1 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17 {but have more trouble with the evaluation now -- those four (!) connected passed pawns look dangerous! But maybe it's right, it's not so easy to mobilize them further and things could fall off shortly.)}) 25. Qxh6 f5 26. Rg6 Nf8 27. Ng5 {I looked at this move a long time because it shuts in my queen; and after I made it, I thought I saw a way for Black's king to escape, but don't have the exact line in mind right now and can't turn on the engine while I'm typing a comment. It's 9:11 PM on tournament night. We finished about 8:00 o'clock or just after.} Rae8 28. e6 Qc8 {Compy gives . . . Bxg3 or . . . f4.} 29. Nf7 Rxf7 {Compy gave 29....Nxg6 as an equalizing move.} 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxg7# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.33"] [White "Singer, Andrew"] [Black "Myers, Steven Lee"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "1051"] [BlackElo "1171"] [PlyCount "77"] [Beauty "6185424002057"] [GameId "2177611393675445"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rhe8 13. Qg4+ Kb8 14. Nxc6+ Qxc6 15. Qc4 Bd6 16. Be3 Qxc4 17. dxc4 Be5 18. c3 b6 19. Rad1 f6 20. Kf1 c5 21. Rd5 g5 22. Red1 Kc8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. g4 h6 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. Kd3 Ke6 28. Ke4 Bd6 29. f4 a6 30. f5+ Kd7 31. a3 Kc6 32. b4 b5 33. cxb5+ axb5 34. Bf2 c4 35. Bd4 Be7 36. Be3 Bd6 37. Bd4 Be7 38. Bg1 Bd6 39. Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.34"] [White "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Black "Liu, Eric"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Cao,Danny Du Uy/Analyze This App"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "1167"] [BlackElo "1307"] [PlyCount "72"] [Beauty "7903410930696"] [GameId "2177611393675446"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 (3. Nc3) (3. e3) (3. Bf4) 3... Be7 4. Qd2 (4. Bxe7 Qxe7) 4... h6 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 b6 8. h4 (8. O-O-O) (8. Bd3) (8. Be2) 8... Bb7 9. Ne5 Rg8 10. O-O-O d6 11. Ng6 Qf7 12. Nf4 (12. h5 Nxh5 13. Rxh5 Qxg6 14. Qe2) 12... Nbd7 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Bc4 d5 15. Bd3 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nh3 Nh5 18. Qf2 (18. Ne2) 18... Rdf8 19. Ne2 Ndf6 20. Qf1 (20. g3) 20... Kb8 21. g3 Qe8 22. f4 g4 23. Ng5 Rg7 24. Qg2 c5 25. dxc5 (25. Bb5 Qxb5 26. Nxe6 Rgg8 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Nc3) (25. c3 c4 26. Bc2) 25... bxc5 26. Bb5 (26. c3 c4 27. Bc2 (27. Bb1 d4 28. Qg1) 27... d4) 26... Qxb5 27. Nxe6 d4 28. Qg1 Bxh1 29. Qxh1 (29. Nxf8 Bf3) 29... Qxe2 30. Qc6 (30. Nxf8 Rc7 31. Ne6 Rc8) 30... Qxe3+ 31. Kb1 (31. Rd2 Ne4) 31... Rc8 32. Qb5+ Rb7 33. Qa6 Ne4 34. Ka1 (34. Rd3 Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Qc1#) (34. Nd8 Rxd8) 34... Rb6 35. Qa5 Rxe6 36. Rd3 (36. Qb5+ Rb6) 36... Qc1# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.35"] [White "Burkhardt, Douglas Alan"] [Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "863"] [BlackElo "1137"] [PlyCount "88"] [Beauty "7353520884257"] [GameId "2177611393675447"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Nbd2 b5 7. a4 Nbd7 8. axb5 cxb5 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 b4 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Ra4 a5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5 17. e3 f6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 20. h4 Nxf4+ 21. exf4 c2 22. Rc1 cxb1=Q 23. Qxb1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 f5 25. Qa1 Nc5 26. Rxa5 Qxd4 27. Ra8+ Kf7 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Ra5 Rc8 30. Rb5 Bc3 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. g4 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Rg8+ 34. Kh3 Nxb3 35. h5 Nd4 36. Rb6+ Kf5 37. h6 Rh8 38. Kh4 b3 39. Kg3 b2 40. f3 e6 41. Rb7 Rxh6 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rb7 Rh1 44. Kg2 b1=Q 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.37"] [White "Hossain, Shaikat"] [Black "Lee, Yinpok R"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1104"] [PlyCount "57"] [Beauty "8246878014545"] [GameId "2177611393675448"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rdg1 Ng4 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 Na5 14. h4 Qa4 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. h5 c5 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 cxd4 20. exd4 Rc6 21. g6 fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 23. Qe3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Qd3+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qf7# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "2.38"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Le, Thu Anh"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Le,Thu Anh"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "1009"] [BlackElo "1217"] [PlyCount "70"] [Beauty "7973900127753"] [GameId "2177684842787368"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,62,9,24,20,48,21,14,28,6,22,-6,6,-29,-10,-10,5,12,61,134,70,40,41,41,33,15,-31,11,-78,-38,-34,6,-47,7,-66,-117,-111,-130,-123,-207,-114,-193,-5,-66,19,96,31,46,42,3,-27,-9,-6,-23,-208,-72,-202,-192,-200,-247,-105,-167,-179,-310,-190]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 $6 O-O (6... d5) 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 e5 (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8) 9. Ndb5 Ne8 (9... Nc6 10. Nxd6) (9... Nbd7) (9... e4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4) 10. O-O (10. c5 a6 $6 11. Nxd6 Nxd6 12. cxd6) 10... a6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. e4 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bxd4 $2 exd4 17. Nc2 Qb6 18. Rb1 Rfe8 19. b3 $2 Rac8 (19... d3 20. Ne3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 d2 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Bf3) 20. Rc1 $2 Be4 21. Re1 Bxg2 $6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kxg2 $1 Bh6 24. f4 $6 Bg7 25. Qd3 Qa5 26. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxa2+ 28. Kh3 Qxb3 $6 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Qf6 $6 Qd7+ $6 31. Kg2 $6 Qg4 32. Qxd6 $2 (32. Rf1 Qe2+ (32... Re2+ 33. Rf2) 33. Rf2 Qxc4 34. Qxd6 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 Qf5+ 36. Kg2 a5) (32. Rc2 h5 33. Rd2 h4 34. Qc3 Re4) 32... Re2+ 33. Kg1 Qh3 34. Qd8+ $2 (34. Qb8+) 34... Kg7 35. Qh4 Qg2# 0-1
  
• Download Round 3 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 3 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Suarez, Sebastian"] [Black "Heimann, Mark"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2597"] [PlyCount "173"] [GameId "2180539581698287"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 18,172,52,34,52,55,63,58,61,-15,-15,-13,-11,-31,-8,-11,-6,-64,-64,-70,-79,-87,-66,-143,-114,-161,-179,-238,-235,-240,-121,-111,-43,-45,-46,-49,-58,-109,-50,-49,-47,-213,-234,-336,-328,-325,-316,-298,-261,-449,0,0,38,40,177,175,357,344,348,347,337,338,335,315,579,581,570,506,755,661,29950,29958,29959,29960,29961,29962,29959,8308,29965,29964,29967,29971,29970,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29968,29969,29973,29968,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29976,29975,29977,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29982,29982,29983,29983,29982,29982,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983,29984,29984,29984,29980,29983,29984,29984,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29985,29986,29987,29990,12,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:06:15]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:21:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:33] C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:28] White is slightly better.} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} (13. Bxa4 exd4 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxd4 Bxe4 $15 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. a4 $11)) ({White should try} 13. Ng3 $14) 13... b5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 14. dxe5 {[%emt 0:08:35]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 15. c4 $146 {[%emt 0:03:38]} (15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc8 17. Ne3 Na5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh2 c6 20. Qe2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 {0-1 (60) Alekseenko,K (2702)-Sjugirov,S (2680) Chess.com INT 2022}) 15... Qb8 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 16. cxb5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:37][%cal Oc6d4]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:10:01]} (17. b4 $11) 17... Nd4 $15 {[%emt 0:02:10] Black has a strong knight and is better} 18. Bc3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:58] Black has space advantage and is better} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 20. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (20. N1d2 $15) 20... Bc6 {[%emt 0:07:59]} (20... Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Ng3 $15 (23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Ng3 Qd5 $15)) 21. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} (21. N1d2 $17) 21... Rad8 $19 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 (23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxe4 Rf8 $15) 23... Qxe4 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxd4 (26. Qxa4 $2 Nxf3+ {[%csl Oa4][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. gxf3 Qxa4 $19) 26... cxd4 27. Qxa4 $14) (21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 (22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Qxa4 $11) 22. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (22. Rb1 $142) 22... Bh6 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:12:20]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} (23... Bb5 $19 24. Ngf1 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qb5) 24. Bxd2 $17 {[%emt 0:00:03] [#]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 25. gxf3 $15 {[%emt 0:00:13] And now Qc1 would win.} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:11:47]} 27. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (27. Rc1 $15) 27... cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} (27... Red8 $17 {and ...Bb5 would now be decisive} 28. bxc5 Qe7) 28. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:22][%cal Og8g7]} 29. Rab1 $2 {[%emt 0:10:05]} (29. Rec1 $15) 29... Bb5 $19 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 30. Rec1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (30. Bxb5 Qxb5 31. Kg2) 30... Rd2 {[%emt 0:09:21]} 31. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Kg2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:20] [#]} (33. Kh2 {was the only defense.}) 33... a3 $2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 34. Bb3 $11 {[%emt 0:01:36]} axb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (34... Nh5 $11 {deserves consideration.} 35. Nxh5 Bf1+ 36. Kg1 (36. Kg3 $2 Qe7 $19) 36... Bc4+ (36... axb2 37. Bxd1 Qxb4 38. Qa8+ Qf8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Qxf8+ Kxf8 41. Bc2 $14) 37. Bxd1 Bxa2 38. Rxa2 gxh5 (38... Qxb4 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Nd5 $17) 39. Rxa3 Qxb4 40. Ra8+ Kg7) 35. Bxd1 $14 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:30] [#]} (35... h5 $14 36. Qxb2 h4) 36. Qxb2 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qxd1 $2 {[%emt 0:05:59]} (36... Qe7 {might work better.} 37. Be2 Bxe2 38. Nxe2 Nd7) 37. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 38. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:03][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQN. White is a pawn up.} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 40. f4 {[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qf8 $2 {[%emt 0:04:06]} (40... Bc4 41. f5 Kh7) 41. f5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 42. e5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qa8+ {[%emt 0:03:57]} 43. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 44. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:17][%csl Of3][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:09] KB-KN. White is a pawn up.} 46. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 47. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (47. Nd6 $142 Kf8 48. Kg3 Kg8 49. Kf4 Kf8 50. Kg5 Kg8 51. f4 Bc2 52. Nc4) 47... Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 48. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 49. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 50. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 51. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 55. Kg5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. f7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} ({Not} 59. Kxh5 Bxg6+ 60. Kg5 Bd3 $11) 59... Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 60. Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (60. Kxh5 Bh7 61. Kg5 Be4 $18) 60... Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 61. f4 {[%emt 0:00:08][%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 62. f5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 63. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 64. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 65. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 66. h5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 67. Nd3 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 68. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 69. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 70. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 71. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 72. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 73. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 74. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 75. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 76. Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 77. h6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 78. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 79. Nf8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} 80. Kf6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bb1 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:00:17] The position is equal.} 81. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 82. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:11][%mdl 64] Deflection} 83. Nf8+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 84. Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13][%cal Of5f6]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 85. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08] White wants to mate with h7.} (85. Ke6 $5) 85... Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 86. h7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} {Black defended with fortune. An exciting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.56} 87. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Das, Rohan"] [Black "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2099"] [BlackElo "2306"] [PlyCount "108"] [GameId "2180539581698288"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 18,108,9,9,8,10,56,57,53,37,41,42,44,45,48,-5,0,-2,-6,-10,-6,-12,-4,-6,-11,-10,-8,-62,-73,-80,-110,-423,-422,-392,-69,-375,-357,-402,-328,-364,-157,-392,-375,-389,-393,-383,-41,-30,-41,-35,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:16:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Nf3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:03][%mdl 4] is now more promising than 9.Rc1.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:11] Prevents Rb5. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (11. dxc5 $2 Bxc3 12. Bc4 Bxd2+ $19) 11... Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (11... cxd4 $11 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O) 12. d5 $14 {[%emt 0:03:24] White plays in the center} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:15] White is slightly better.} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:43]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 15. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 16. Qb2 $146 {[%emt 0:22:20]} (16. Rfd1 $14) (16. Rfd1 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. c4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qc7 20. d6 Qd7 21. Bxc5 Rfe8 22. Be3 Qh3 23. Bf4 Qxf3 {½-½ (23) Khenkin,I (2659)-Zhao,Z (2537) Cammeray 2013}) 16... exd5 $11 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 17. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 18. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:17:48]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 19. Qb3 {[%emt 0:15:21] [#] and c4 would now be decisive} c4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 20. Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} (20. Qd1 Nxf3+ (20... Qxa2 21. g3 $11) 21. Qxf3 Rxd5 $15 (21... Bxc3 22. Rfd1 $14)) 20... Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:02:24]} 21. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Qxf3 $15 {[%emt 0:00:13] Black attacks} (22... Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 $11) 23. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kf1 $2 {[%emt 0:12:09][%mdl 8192]} (24. Kh1 $17 {nothing else works.} Qxd7 25. Qxc4) 24... Qxd7 $19 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 25. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:07:27] Prevents Qe4.} (25... Qh3+ $19 26. Ke2 Qh5+ (26... Qxh2 $2 27. Qe4 $19) 27. Kf1 Qh3+ (27... Qxh2 $2 28. Qc6 $19)) 26. h4 $2 {[%emt 0:04:15][%mdl 8192]} (26. Kg1 $15) 26... Re8 {[%emt 0:01:06] And now ...Qh1+ would win.} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} ({Less strong is} 28... Bxc3 29. Rc1 Bg7 (29... Qh1+ 30. Ke2 $15) 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qe4 $17) (28... Qh1+ $19 29. Ke2 Qxh4 30. Qxa6 Qh5+ (30... Rxc3 $2 31. Qa8+ Bf8 32. Qd5 $17) 31. Kf1 Qh3+ (31... Rxc3 32. Qa8+ Bf8 33. Qe4 $17) 32. Kg1 Qg4+ (32... Rxc3 33. Qa4 $17) (32... Bxc3 33. Rc1 $17) 33. Kf1 Rxc3 (33... Bxc3 34. Rc1 $17) 34. Qa8+ Rc8) 29. Rb1 $2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} (29. Kg1 $17) 29... Qh1+ {[%emt 0:04:04]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:10:04]} (31... Qh5+ $19 32. Kf1 Qh3+ (32... Rxc3 33. Qxf6 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 $11) 33. Ke2 Qf5 (33... Bxc3 $2 34. Qb7 $19)) 32. Rb8+ $1 $15 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:46][%csl Gb8][%cal Rd6f8]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:13:25]} (33... Qc4+ $5 34. Ke1 Rxe3+ (34... Qxa2 35. Qf8#) 35. fxe3 Bc3+ (35... Qxa2 36. Qf8#) 36. Kf2 Qxa2+ 37. Kg1 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Bxd2 $11) 34. Kd1 {[%emt 0:01:12] Really sharp! The position is equal.} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05][%mdl 64] [#] Against Qf8+. Decoy} 35. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:02:39][%csl Gc8][%cal Rd6f8]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Bh6+ {[%emt 0:00:19][%mdl 64] Deflection} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Qxf6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:02][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ. Black is a pawn up.} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 39. a3 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 40. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 41. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 46. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 48. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 49. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:06:09]} 50. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 51. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 53. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 54. Qa5+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} {Black had all chances to win. Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.41} Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Liou, Arthur"] [Black "Coyne, Theodore James"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "C40"] [WhiteElo "2030"] [BlackElo "2263"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2180539581698289"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,92,92,85,39,42,26,42,8,6,6,3,0,0,2,9,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-11,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-8,-80,0,-26,0,-21,0,0,0,-21,-7,0,0,-34,-8,-21,-10,-11,-10,-15,-14,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-69,-8,-497,-467,-629,-619,-616,-556,-1377,-784,-29991,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:28] C40: Latvian and Elephant Gambits.} (6. d3 $16) 6... Qf6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:07:28]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:55] White is slightly better.} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:39][%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32] Black sacrificed a pawn} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:13:18]} Qg6 $146 {[%emt 0:04:25]} (9... Kb8 10. c3 h5 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. Nd2 g5 13. Qf3 g4 14. Qxf5 Nxf5 15. Rae1 c5 {1-0 (25) Farley,T (2210)-Durant,N St Helier 2000}) 10. Bxf5+ {[%emt 0:02:50]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:25]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:14:36]} 13. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:11][%csl LRd5,LRe3]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 15. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 18. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rxd5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:09][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Re5 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 20. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 21. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 23. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} c6 {[%emt 0:14:55] next ...c4 is good for Black.} 25. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (25. Nc2 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} (25... Rf6+ $17 26. Ke3 Rh6) 26. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 27. Re3 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:03:49]} 30. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 31. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:26] Strongly threatening ...Bg5.} 32. Re2 {[%emt 0:08:44]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 33. Nc2 $1 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 34. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 36. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 37. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bd6+ {[%emt 0:01:20]} 38. e5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 40. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} (40. Re1 $11 Rd8 41. b4) 40... g5 {[%emt 0:02:38] Black is more active.} ({Better is} 40... Rd5 $1 $15 41. Kf4 g5+ 42. Kf3 Rxe5 43. Rxe5+ Kxe5 44. Nd3+ Kd5) {White does not recover from this.} 41. Nf3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:54][%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Nd3 $1 $11) 41... Rd5 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 42. h3 {[%emt 0:02:00] [#]} g4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 43. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 44. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 45. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.21 (precise)} c4+ {[%emt 0:00:12][%mdl 64] Deflection} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Smith, Olivia"] [Black "Diller, Bradley R"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Diller,Bradley R"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2137"] [BlackElo "2070"] [PlyCount "73"] [GameId "2180537704403164"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,73,13,22,27,25,19,-40,16,31,25,28,-21,-7,7,33,36,65,50,50,40,50,50,49,40,64,92,57,61,1,84,77,77,85,40,72,195,78,179,192,202,191,216,214,332,217,338,264,374,288,281,297,319,231,363,356,379,386,341,318,376,373,315,502,433,438,447,386,414,344,419,323,766,686,1202,1208]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12] One of the central ideas of the uncommon move 5 ... Nc6 is to prepare Qa5 followed by early queenside castling if White delays the Qg4 sortie. Unfortunately, I failed to grasp this concept, because typically this setup is thwarted by an early Qg4. 7. h4 chosen by White is a good response and too and is typically followed by h5 gaining space on kingside.} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:13:48]} (7... Nge7 {Gadir's alternative line is more than adequate too.} 8. h5 Qa5) 8. Qg4 {[%emt 0:17:01]} ({More common is 8 h5 and Black should respond with Qa5 followed by queenside castling.} 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O-O 10. Nf3) {8... Nge7 is a slight inaccuracy. 8 ... Qa5! forcing 9 Bd2 and queenside castling is more accurate. Gadir gives the following line:} 8... Nge7 {[%emt 0:08:12]} (8... Qa5 $1 9. Bd2 O-O-O (9... Nge7 10. Qxg7 O-O-O) 10. Qxg7 Nge7 $44 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 9. Nf3 $2 {[%emt 0:09:37]} (9. Qxg7 {I was anticipating this line that Gadir gives:} Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Qd3 Nf5 $14) 9... Nf5 $2 {[%emt 0:06:56]} (9... Qa5 $1 {9 ... Nf5 was a serious positional error because White simply plays 10. Bd3 followed by a later Bxf5 giving Black a bad pawn structure. In addition, the bishop on c8 will be hemmed in by my pawns on light squares. I missed my final chance to play 9... Qa5 which would have given me strong queenside counterplay. Here is Gadir's line:} 10. Bd2 Qa4 11. Qxg7 O-O-O $44 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gc5d4,Gh8g8]} 12. Bd3 cxd4) 10. Bd3 $16 {[%emt 0:01:44]} h5 {[%emt 0:11:43]} 11. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:11:55]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:45]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} 13. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:58]} ({An inaccuracy by White. Gadir gives the following crushing line:} 13. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 14. Rb1 $18) 13... c4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 14. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rdf8 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 16. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Nd8 $2 {[%emt 0:01:16] 16 .. Be6 was correct defending the pawn the f and e pawns, because the natural 16 ... Nd8 followed by Ne6 fails to a4 followed by Bb4 which I missed. The position after 16 ... Be6 is holdable, but unattractive for Black because there is no counterplay.} (16... Be6 $14 {[%cal Ge6d5,Ge6f7]}) 17. a4 $18 {[%emt 0:10:07][%cal Gc1a3] An excellent move by White that I considered but I failed to see that the follow-up with 20 Bb4 forces the win of the critical d-pawn.} Ne6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 19. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 20. Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:12:34]} 21. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 23. d5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 24. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 25. Bd6 {[%emt 0:08:31]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 27. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 28. Rb4 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 29. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 31. e6 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 32. e7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rhxe7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 33. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. d6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 35. Qd5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. Raxa4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 37. d7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Cremisi, Daniel"] [Black "Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "E67"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2052"] [PlyCount "132"] [GameId "2180539581698291"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 17,132,41,49,45,62,16,24,10,21,-10,0,0,5,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bb2 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7.} Nc5 11. Re1 (11. Qc2 $14 {might be stronger.}) 11... a5 12. Rc1 $146 {White has an edge.} (12. e4 c6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nc2 Re6 17. Nd4 Ree8 18. Nc2 Re6 19. Nd4 Re7 20. Nc2 Ne8 {1-0 (53) Dixit,A (2304)-Diaz Perez,M (2473) Chess.com INT 2023}) 12... c6 13. Rc2 Qb6 14. Rd2 {[%cal Od4b5]} Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. e3 Bh3 18. Qb1 Rae8 19. Nf3 {[#]} Bxb2 20. Qxb2 {[%cal Of3g5]} Bg4 21. Nh4 {[%cal Og1g2]} R8e6 22. Kg2 {f3 would now be deadly. The position is equal.} g5 23. Nf3 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 g4+ 25. Kg2 Qc5 26. Rd4 Qe5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxd4.} 27. Red1 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} h5 30. h3 f5 31. hxg4 (31. Rf4 $5 Re5 $8 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. a3 $11) 31... fxg4 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Rd1 Re5 35. Rd4 Ke6 36. Rf4 Rf5 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. a3 d5 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Rg5 42. Rf8 Rf5 43. Rh8 Kd6 44. Rh6+ Kc7 45. Kd4 Rxf2 46. Rxh5 Rf3 47. Re5 Rxg3 48. Kxd5 Rg1 49. Rg5 g3 50. Kc5 g2 51. Rg7+ Kc8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 52. Kb5 Re1 53. Rxg2 Rxe3 54. Kb6 Re6+ 55. Kc5 Rh6 56. b5 b6+ 57. Kd5 Rh5+ 58. Kc4 (58. Kc6 $5 Rh6+ $8 59. Kd5 $11) 58... Kb7 59. Rg7+ Kb8 60. Rd7 Kc8 61. Rd6 Kc7 62. Rc6+ Kb7 63. Rg6 Rh4+ 64. Kc3 Rh3+ 65. Kd4 Rh4+ 66. Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} Rh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Clemens, Kristian"] [Black "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "E93"] [WhiteElo "1965"] [BlackElo "2206"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2180539581698292"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 16,82,25,29,31,31,31,-10,13,21,18,-64,-69,-63,-65,-61,-61,-53,-60,-150,-109,-291,-208,-213,-101,-105,-80,-145,-99,-110,-29,-59,-38,-152,-143,-151,0,0,0,-2,0,-176,-181,-169,-182,-389,-385,-382,-364,-494,-489,-551,-479,-630,-621,-706,-729,-726,-713,-974,-891,-29974,-29974,-1270,-1098,-29983,-29984,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 Nh5 $1 {E93: King's Indian: Classical: Petrosian System with 7...Nbd7.} 10. b4 Nd7 11. a3 (11. Be3 $14) 11... a5 {The position is equal.} 12. Rb1 Nf4 13. g3 $146 ({White should play} 13. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O h6 14. Rd1 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b6 16. Bd2 f5 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Be1 {½-½ (76) Buczinski,H (1968)-Grbac,B (2372) ICCF email 2018}) 13... Nxe2 14. Qxe2 axb4 15. axb4 f5 {[#]} 16. Ng5 {Threatens to win with Ne6.} Nf6 17. Kf1 (17. Ne6 $15 Bxe6 18. dxe6) 17... h6 (17... Qe7 $142 18. exf5 Bxf5) 18. Nf3 $2 (18. Ne6 $17 Bxe6 19. dxe6) 18... fxe4 19. Nd2 Bf5 (19... e3 $19 20. Qxe3 c6) 20. Ndxe4 $17 c6 21. Kg2 (21. Rb2 $142) 21... cxd5 22. cxd5 Rc8 (22... Nxe4 $17 23. Nxe4 Ra2) 23. Rb3 {[#]} b5 24. Nxf6+ (24. f3 $1 $15) 24... Qxf6 25. Rf1 {[%cal Og3g4] [#]} Qf7 $2 (25... Rc4 $1 $17 {and ...Qf7 would now be decisive} 26. Nxb5 Rfc8) 26. g4 $1 $11 Bd7 $36 {[%cal Oe5e4][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 27. f3 Rc4 28. Ne4 $2 (28. Rd1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 28... Qxd5 $19 {[%cal Oc4e4]} 29. Rd3 Rd4 30. Rfd1 (30. Rc3 {keeps fighting.}) 30... Bc6 {[#]} 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Rd3 Qc4 {[%csl LRb4,LRc1]} 33. Bd2 Kh8 34. Be1 Re8 35. Rd2 d5 (35... Qxb4 $2 36. Rc2 Qb3 37. Rxc6 $17) 36. Qxc4 bxc4 37. Nd6 Rxe1 38. b5 {[#]} c3 39. Ra2 {[#]} Bxb5 $1 {( -> ...Re2+)} 40. Nxb5 (40. Kf2 Rf1+) 40... d3 41. Ra7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.88/Black=0.24 (precise)} c2 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Rajaram, Raghu"] [Black "Winslow, Elliott"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1848"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2180539581698293"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,63,26,29,0,58,18,39,27,32,-52,-45,-160,-111,-108,-70,-132,-130,-146,204,111,123,61,89,90,126,106,428,414,414,419,543,534,515,469,498,496,629,609,610,443,429,408,575,578,573,573,552,522,663,655,650,644,635,633,1162,985]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c6 5. Be3 $2 {An incredibly bad move!! But it *did* serve to put me asleep. Let me note here that Jeremy Silman, in whose memory this tournament is named, excelled in squashing bad play and cashing in won positions. While I -- well, I do a lot worse than excel when with a won game. Including against Jeremy! I can only hope, though, that my future opponents give me further chances to "make amends"...} Nf6 6. Be2 {[#]} (6. Nf3) 6... b5 $146 (6... Nbd7 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bf3 (8. a3 $11) 8... Nb6 (8... e5 $15 {was preferable.}) 9. h3 {0-1 (41) Cauvin,M (1860)-Eliet,N (2120) France 1989} (9. e5 $11 Nfd5 10. Bh6)) (6... O-O 7. a4 Qa5 8. f3 (8. Qd2 $11) 8... Nbd7 (8... c5 $15) 9. h4 (9. Nh3 $11) 9... h5 ({Black should try} 9... e5 $15) 10. Nh3 {1-0 (47) Barczi,T (2080)-Tokar,Z (2050) Slovakia 2014}) (6... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 6... O-O 7. a4 (7. Nf3 b5 8. a3) 7... Qa5 8. f3 Nbd7 (8... e5 $1 $15) (8... c5 $1 $15) 9. h4 h5 $6 10. Nh3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng5 Qb4 $14 {1-0 (47) Barczi,T (2080)-Tokar,Z (2050) Slovakia 2014}) (6... Qa5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. h3 e5 $5) 7. a3 (7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4 Nb6 9. Nf3 $14) 7... Nbd7 (7... O-O 8. f4 e5) 8. f4 {White is slightly better.} Nb6 9. b3 $6 (9. Nf3 $1 $14 {/=}) 9... O-O $15 {[%cal Oe7e5]} 10. g4 $2 {[#]} (10. Nf3 $15) 10... e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (10... c5 $142 $1 $17) 11. g5 $17 {[#]} Nfd7 $6 (11... Nxe4 $1 $17 12. Nxe4 Nd5 $17 {[%cal Gd5e3,Ge5f4]} 13. Bf2 exf4 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. gxf6 Re8) (11... exf4 $1 12. Bxf4 (12. gxf6 $4 fxe3) 12... Ne8 (12... c5 13. gxf6 Qxf6 14. Bg3 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. O-O-O $1 Bxc3 17. Bxd6 Rd8 $17)) 12. dxe5 ({White should try} 12. Qd2 $17) 12... dxe5 13. f5 {[#]} f6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (13... gxf5 $1 $19 {and life is bright. Threatens to win with ...f4.} {I was worried about} 14. exf5 (14. Qd6 Bb7) {but} 14... e4 $1 $19 15. f6 Nxf6 $1 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1 (17. gxf6 Bxf6 {regains the piece with an extra pawn or two -- how could I not push myself to calculate that far...}) 17... Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nfd5 $19 {is "only" one pawn, but Black comes alive pretty quickly.}) 14. h4 (14. fxg6 $1 $18 hxg6 15. Nf3 (15. Qd6)) 14... Qe7 15. h5 $6 (15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Qd2 $1 f5 17. h5 $1 $16) 15... gxf5 $6 (15... fxg5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qd2 (17. fxg6 Rf4 $1 $44 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8g6]}) 17... gxf5 18. Bxg5 Nf6 $14) 16. h6 $1 {I overlooked a lot of tactics this game -- he didn't!} Bh8 {[#] Ugh} 17. g6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy. White attacks} hxg6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] As in the following} (17... f4 $5 {is tougher.} 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. g7 Bxg7 20. hxg7 Rf7 $14) 18. exf5 $18 gxf5 19. Bh5 (19. h7+ $5 Kf7 20. Nf3 $18) 19... e4 (19... Kh7 20. Bg6+ $1 {*Another* overlooked shot} Kxg6 21. Qh5+ Kh7 22. Qxf5+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Bg7 {Now White can win every which way:} 24. Nf3 $1 {gets the biggest number on Stockfish} ({Not this way:} 24. Qxg7+ $2 Qxg7 25. hxg7 Rf7 $11) (24. hxg7 {is good enough} Qxg7 25. Qd3 $18 (25. Qh5 $18 f5 26. Bg5)) (24. O-O-O $5 {This is basically the same biggest number})) 20. Bg6 Rf7 21. Bxf7+ (21. h7+ $1) 21... Qxf7 22. h7+ ({Less strong is} 22. Qd6 Kh7 23. Nh3 (23. Qxc6 Ba6 $16) 23... Ne5 $16) 22... Kf8 {[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7g6][%mdl 32]} 23. Qd6+ Qe7 24. Qxc6 Ba6 25. Nxb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6c8][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (25... Bxb5 $5 {might work better!?} 26. Qxb5 Qe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 {nah, still quite lost}) 26. Bh6+ $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 27. Nd6+ Kg6 28. Nxc8 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qe5 29. Rd1 Qg3+ 30. Kd2 {[%cal Oc6e6]} Qg2+ {[#]} 31. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Oc6e6] Intending Qe6! and mate.} Qxe2+ 32. Kc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.87} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.9"] [White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"] [Black "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2176"] [BlackElo "1913"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2180539581698294"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 b6 9. O-O O-O {[#]} 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. e3 Kh8 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Ne2 Rg8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Kh1 g5 {[#]} 18. fxg5 Rxg5 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Qf2 Nh5 21. Nfd3 Qf8 22. f4 Rg8 23. Bf3 Qh6 24. Qh4 a5 25. Bxh5 Qxh5 26. Qf6+ Rg7 27. Rg1 Bg6 {[#]} 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nh6+ Qxh6 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Ne5# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.10"] [White "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Black "Bambou, Christophe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2009"] [BlackElo "2119"] [PlyCount "146"] [GameId "2180539581698295"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 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 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1 a5 15. c4 Bg4 16. Bf5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 g6 18. Bg4 Qf4 19. Bh3 Rad8 20. d5 c5 21. Rde1 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 f5 23. g3 Qd6 24. Qd2 b6 25. Qxh6 Qf6 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Bg2 Kg7 28. b3 Ne5 29. h3 Nc6 30. Qf4 Nd4 31. Qc7 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Re7 Kf6 34. Re8 Nc2 35. Bf1 Nb4 36. a4 Nc2 37. Be2 Nd4 38. Bd1 Rd7 39. Kf1 Kg5 40. h4+ Kf6 41. f3 Rd6 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Ke3 f6 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. g4 g5 46. h5 fxg4 47. fxg4 f5 48. Kd3 fxg4 49. Bxg4 Rf6 50. Bd1 Rf1 51. Kd2 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 Rf6 53. Rb7 g4 54. Bxg4 Nxb3 55. Be6 Kxh5 56. Rxb6 Nd4 57. Ra6 Nb3 58. Kd1 Kg5 59. Kc2 Rf3 60. Bd7 Nd4+ 61. Kd2 Kf4 62. Bb5 Rf2+ 63. Ke1 Ke3 64. Rh6 Nc2+ 65. Kd1 Kd3 66. Kc1 Ne3 67. Rh3 Re2 68. d6 Kc3 69. Kb1 Kb3 70. Kc1 Rc2+ 71. Kb1 Rb2+ 72. Kc1 Rc2+ 73. Kb1 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.11"] [White "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"] [Black "Parsons, Stephen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2068"] [BlackElo "1840"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2180539581698296"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 18,67,0,0,6,8,10,8,198,176,195,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,16,16,30,13,6,0,59,73,209,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,76,73,79,78,45]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {[#]} 6. Nf5 d5 7. exd5 Bxf5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bc4 Bb4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 {[#]} Bg4 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb3 h6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. Qg3 Nh5 {0-1 (34) Waszkowiak,K (1044)-Zamarska,S (1605) Szklarska Poreba 2016}) 13. Rxd7 $18 Bxf3 14. Rxf7 (14. Rb7 $18 Bxc3 15. gxf3) 14... Rxf7 $11 {Black sacrificed a pawn} 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. gxf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} Rb8 18. Kf1 Ke6 19. Ke2 e4 20. Ba3 exf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rb7 22. Rd1 Rd7 {Dodges Rd6+} 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 $11 {KB-KN. White is a pawn up.} 24. Ke4 c5 (24... g6 $11) 25. c4 $14 {Black must now prevent Kf4.} g6 {[#]} (25... Kd6 $16 {might work better.}) 26. f4 $2 (26. Kf4 $1 $18) 26... h5 $11 {[#]} 27. f5+ gxf5+ 28. Kf4 Kf6 29. h4 a6 30. Bc1 Nb6 31. Be3 Nxc4 (31... Nd7 $11) 32. Bxc5 $14 Nd2 33. Bb4 Nc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26 (precise) /Black=0.32} 34. Bc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.12"] [White "Sankar, Arjun"] [Black "Paragiri, Reyansh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "1905"] [BlackElo "2015"] [PlyCount "131"] [GameId "2180539581698297"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Ne4 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Qb3 Ndf6 11. h3 Bd7 12. a4 g5 13. Ne5 b6 {[#]} 14. f3 Qe7 15. Ba3 c5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Bc2 cxb4 18. Bb2 dxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Ra5 a6 {[#]} 22. d5 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rac8 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Rxa6 Bg3+ 26. Kd2 Nxd5 27. Bd4 Rf2 28. Ra7 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 31. Kd1 {[#]} Rf2 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rxg5 Bd6 34. Ke1 Ra2 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. Rg8+ Kd7 37. Rf7+ Be7 38. Kd1 Kc6 39. Rb8 Rxg2 40. Rxh7 Bd6 41. Rbb7 e5 42. Ba7 Ra2 43. Kc1 Bc7 44. Rbxc7+ Nxc7 45. Bb8 Nd5 46. Rh4 b3 47. Bxe5 Rc2+ 48. Kb1 Nxe3 49. Rxe4 Nc4 50. Rxc4+ Rxc4 51. Kb2 Rb4 52. Bc3 Rh4 53. Kxb3 Rxh3 54. Kc4 Kd6 55. Bb4+ Ke5 56. Bc5 Ke4 57. Bb4 Ke5 58. Bc3+ Ke4 59. Bb4 Rh8 60. Kc3 Rc8+ 61. Kb3 Kd5 62. Be1 Rc1 63. Bg3 Ra1 64. Bf4 Rb1+ 65. Kc2 Rb4 66. Bg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.13"] [White "Gaffagan, Steven"] [Black "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "1956"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2180539581698298"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. h4 Qa5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd5 Qb4 13. O-O-O e4 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Rfd8 17. Bc4 Ne7 18. g4 Rac8 19. Bb3 d5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc4 h6 23. Re1 Rd4 24. Bf1 Nd5 25. Bg2 Nc3 26. Kb2 Nd1+ 27. Kb3 Nxf2 28. c3 Rd7 29. Re2 Nxg4 30. Rxe4 Nf6 31. Rc4 b6 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Bf1 Rd5 34. Rc7 Rxf5 35. Bd3 Kg6 36. Rxa7 Nd5 37. Bxf5+ Kxf5 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rd7 Nf6 40. Rb7 Nd5 41. c4 Ne3 42. Rxb6+ Kh5 43. a4 Kxh4 44. a5 h5 45. Rg6 Kh3 46. a6 h4 47. a7 Kh2 48. a8=Q h3 49. Qa2+ Ng2 50. Rxg7 Kh1 51. Rxg2 hxg2 52. Qxg2+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.14"] [White "Smith, Roger Christopher"] [Black "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1937"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2180539581698299"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,64,12,32,19,22,31,19,-35,0,59,48,34,45,57,80,52,54,46,46,37,45,-3,40,42,29,18,-3,-20,-9,25,25,25,18,29,36,-32,-4,0,-13,-16,-40,-103,-76,-103,-79,-73,-59,7,132,-47,142,118,68,-35,18,-22,-32,2,24,-191,-4,-47,7,-101,10,7]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 {[#]} 5. Nce2 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bb5 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. g3 Ne7 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. b4 Bc4 13. b5 a6 14. Nc3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nf5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Rb1 Be7 19. Kg2 O-O 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Qd3 Rfc8 23. Rb3 Bb4 {[#]} 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxb4 g5 26. Bxg5 Nxe5 27. Qd1 Nc6 28. Rb2 Nfxd4 29. Bf6 e5 30. Re1 Re8 31. Re3 Re6 32. Bh4 Na5 33. Rb4 Nc4 34. Rxc4 Qxc4 35. Nxd4 Qxd4 36. Qh5 {and White lost on time.} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.15"] [White "Mercado, Adam"] [Black "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "1958"] [BlackElo "1937"] [PlyCount "37"] [GameId "2180539581698300"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd4 Re8 12. Bb5 Re7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qxb4 Rb8 16. Qf4 e5 17. Qxf6+ Kg8 18. Rad1 Rb6 19. Nxd5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.16"] [White "Admassu, Yonathan"] [Black "Delateur, Nicholas Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "1661"] [BlackElo "1674"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2180539581698301"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. Nd2 Bxc5 4. Ne4 Qb6 5. Nxc5 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qe7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Nc6 9. Bf2 d5 10. e3 Bd7 11. Ne2 a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nc1 e5 14. Be2 e4 15. c3 O-O 16. a5 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. h3 Rfc8 20. g4 Qd6 21. Ne2 R4c5 22. Bg3 Bb5 23. b4 R5c6 24. f5 Qd7 25. Be5 Bd3 26. Nf4 {[#]} d4 27. Bxd4 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. f6 g6 30. Qf2 Re6 31. Qh4 h5 32. Rg1 Kf8 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Rg5 Qb3 35. Qxh5 Ke8 36. Rd5 Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Rcc6 38. Bb6 Red6 39. Qe5+ Re6 40. Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qd8# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.17"] [White "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"] [Black "Yan, Rayna"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "1919"] [BlackElo "1681"] [PlyCount "129"] [GameId "2180539581698302"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,129,9,23,20,23,34,15,13,5,5,0,-3,1,9,5,6,0,0,-16,-4,-34,-13,-36,-23,-25,3,-82,3,4,147,48,144,-63,221,195,133,166,64,253,131,171,23,280,294,42,290,128,242,327,145,326,356,306,286,-45,339,352,374,420,407,346,307,193,115,221,221,252,222,260,280,213,281,224,310,187,372,296,363,402,428,329,441,336,379,461,274,489,476,490,503,262,504,347,508,347,536,558,383,522,552,582,566,532,369,525,389,431,540,437,533,466,559,564,557,554,568,328,362,506,534,575,610,656,672,820,866,898,1070,1101,1274,1291]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O c5 9. Nh4 ({Relevant:} 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Qb3 e6 15. Qxb7 c4 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Qa5 18. Rfc1 e5 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. Qxd5 Nb6 21. Qb5 Rfe8 22. a5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Rab8 24. Qd5 Nf6 25. Qd6 Qc8 26. Bxe5 Qf5 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qg3 Red8 29. h3 h5 30. f4 h4 31. Qf3 gxf4 32. exf4 Rbc8 33. Ne5 Bh7 34. Bd3 Qe6 35. Bxh7+ Kxh7 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Kh1 Rd5 38. Qf3 Bxe5 {Kamsky,G (2657)-Fishbein,A (2458) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 9... Be6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nhf3 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Rab1 Rfc8 15. h3 Bg7 16. Rfe1 Rc7 17. g4 Qd6 18. Rbd1 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qd6 20. a4 Rb8 21. Ra1 Nf8 22. a5 Rd8 23. Rad1 Bc8 24. Bc2 b5 25. Nb3 c4 26. Nbd2 Ne6 27. Qf1 b4 28. Ra1 Bd7 29. Qg2 Rb8 30. Qh2 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb2 32. Rec1 Rcb7 33. e4 Bc6 34. e5 Qc7 35. h4 R7b5 36. Ne1 Rxa5 37. f4 Rba2 38. Rxa2 Rxa2 39. Qf2 Nf8 40. f5 a5 41. Ng2 Qb8 42. fxg6 {Vicoli,G (2239)-Lukasova,A (2237) ICCF email 2019 ½-½ (69)}) 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Re1 {[#]} Nb6 $4 15. Bxg6 $18 Nd7 16. Bc2 Kh8 17. Nb3 Rg8 18. Qd3 Rg7 19. Qd2 Bg5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Re3 b6 22. Rg3 f6 23. Re1 Nf8 24. h4 g4 25. Nc1 Qd7 26. Ne2 Bf5 27. Nf4 Ng6 28. Nxg6+ Bxg6 29. Qh6+ Bh7 30. Qh5 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxh7 Kxh7 33. Rge3 Rf7 34. g3 Kg7 35. Re6 Kf8 36. Rc6 Rg7 37. Ree6 Ra8 38. Rc7 Rf7 39. Rd7 Ke8 40. Rxd5 Rd8 41. Rxd8+ Kxd8 42. Re4 f5 43. Re5 Kd7 44. Kf1 e6 45. Ke2 Kd6 46. Ke3 Rf6 47. Kf4 Rg6 48. d5 exd5 49. Rxf5 Rg7 50. h5 Ke6 51. Rg5 Rf7+ 52. Kxg4 Rxf2 53. h6 Rf8 54. Kh5 Rh8 55. Rg7 a5 56. g4 b5 57. a3 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. g5 bxc3 60. bxc3 Kf5 61. Rf7+ Ke6 62. Kg6 Rg8+ 63. Rg7 Rh8 64. h7 Ke5 65. Rg8 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.18"] [White "Babayan, Gagik"] [Black "Ploquin, Phil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1637"] [PlyCount "108"] [GameId "2180539581698303"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Be2 Be6 10. Be3 c6 11. c3 Bf5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. f4 O-O 14. Nf3 Rfd8 15. h3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Ne6 17. Nd4 Be4 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. b4 b6 20. Bg4 Bf5 21. Bf3 Rac8 22. Qb3 Rc7 23. Red1 Qg6 24. Rd2 Be4 25. Bf2 h5 26. Rc1 Qf5 27. Be3 c5 28. g4 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Qh7 30. a3 cxb4 31. axb4 f5 32. exf6 Bxf6 33. Be6+ Kh8 34. Bxd5 Bf5 35. Bg2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Re7 37. Qd5 Rd7 38. Re1 Rxd5 39. Re8+ Qg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Bxd5+ Kf8 42. Kg3 Ke7 43. Bg2 Kd6 44. Kf2 a5 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. c4 a4 47. Bb4+ Kc7 48. c5 Bb2 49. Ba5+ Kc8 50. Bd5 Bd4+ 51. Kg3 Bxc5 52. Bc3 g6 53. Ba2 Be3 54. h4 Bc1 {White lost on time} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.20"] [White "Smith, Robert H"] [Black "Boyer, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1669"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2180539581698304"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,107,12,28,16,20,13,-7,-102,-33,-17,-16,-6,-7,-7,0,-5,-10,2,1,-3,1,34,-16,20,0,-11,-11,4,12,12,10,17,-10,-28,7,24,-1,-50,0,-41,-8,-67,-20,-25,4,31,-159,-8,-26,-12,-23,0,6,1,-3,14,-26,1,24,-6,1,1,79,-27,-8,18,-78,12,-58,-130,-66,-146,-141,-34,-43,26,1,24,1,1,-1,1,-1,16,-1,1,-1,-1,1,95,179,94,89,131,202,140,233,118,142,121,97,104,138,141,130,120,127,135,121]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 (10. f4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Kh2 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Rce8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Na4 Nc8 19. b4 Qc6 20. Nb2 Qb5 21. c4 Qd7 22. Rb1 f5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nc3 exf4 26. Bxf4 Nb3 27. Qc2 Bxc3 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Nd1 Nd2 31. Nxc3 Nxf1+ 32. Rxf1 g5 33. Nd5 gxf4 34. gxf4 Ne7 {0-1 (34) Languidey,S (2403)-Cubas,J (2469) Florianopolis 2022}) 10... Nd4 11. Kh1 {[#]} Rb8 $146 (11... Be6 12. Nd5 f5 13. Bg5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 h6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rab1 Rae8 18. c4 Qa6 19. b4 b6 20. b5 Qc8 21. f4 Kh7 22. Rbe1 Ng8 23. Qf3 Re7 24. Re2 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Qd7 26. Bc1 exf4 27. Bxf4 g5 28. Bd2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qe7 31. Qf2 Qe5 32. h3 Ne7 33. Kh2 Qb2 34. Qe1 Be5 35. a4 Qa3 36. Qe2 Kg6 37. Bf3 Qb2 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Bh5 Ng6 40. Be3 Qxe2+ 41. Bxe2 {Meissner,W (2017)-Vaerst,J (1894) Troisdorf 2002 1-0 (70)}) 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Nec6 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Bg4 16. Ng1 Be6 17. Nb6 Na7 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Nxh3 Nc8 20. Nd5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. c4 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qd7 24. Kg2 Rfc8 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Rfc1 Bh6 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. dxc4 Qc6 29. Qd3 f5 30. f3 fxe4 31. fxe4 b5 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. b3 Qb7 34. Rb1 a5 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. cxd5 Rb4 37. Ra1 Rxb3 38. Rxa5 Rb2+ 39. Kh1 Be3 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Rd8 Bc5 42. Ng5 Kh6 43. Nf7+ Kh5 44. h3 Bf2 45. Rh8 g5 46. Nxd6 Bxg3 47. Nf5 Bf4 48. Rxh7+ Kg6 49. Rh6+ Kf7 50. d6 Rd2 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rh6+ Kf7 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.21"] [White "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Black "Prasad, Thejas"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Tam,Hoa-Long"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1758"] [PlyCount "97"] [GameId "2180682559502853"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,97,12,21,24,19,19,6,6,15,13,0,23,0,41,38,79,101,107,153,151,67,81,73,97,113,113,127,287,337,282,298,371,386,476,453,471,427,423,423,423,320,342,356,367,421,390,240,42,230,227,45,46,161,60,54,1,-18,-18,-9,16,20,23,-16,51,-48,1,-79,21,1,0,-10,409,413,657,516,566,553,688,663,673,683,618,701,791,611,692,869,1043,945,1088,1266,1287,1350,29991,1224,29981,1405,29987,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 f5 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. e6 $146 (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bxe4 dxe5 12. d5 $16) 10... Nb4 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Qxb4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 cxd5 14. Qb5+ Kf8 15. Qxd5 g6 16. Bh6+ Ke8 (16... Kg8 17. Ng5 $18) 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qxd7+ Qxd7 19. exd7+ Kxd7 20. d5 Bf6 21. Rc1 Rhe8+ 22. Kd2 Re4 23. Ng5 $6 (23. c4 $18) (23. Rhe1 $18) 23... Rh4 24. Nf7 Ke7 25. g3 $6 (25. Bg5 $1 $18) 25... Rh5 26. Bf4 (26. Ng5 $1 Rxh6 (26... Bxg5+ 27. Bxg5+ Rxg5 28. f4 Rh5 29. h4) 27. h4 $18) 26... Kxf7 27. c4 $16 Rd8 28. Rce1 g5 29. Be3 Be5 30. Kd3 f4 31. Bd2 Kg6 32. c5 fxg3 33. fxg3 Rc8 34. cxd6 g4 35. Re2 Kg7 36. d7 Rd8 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Bc3 Kf6 39. Rf1+ Ke7 40. Bxe5 Rxd7 41. Ke4 b5 42. d6+ Ke8 43. Kd5 a5 44. Kc6 b4 45. Rf8+ Kxf8 46. Kxd7 a4 47. Kc8 b3 48. axb3 axb3 49. d7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.22"] [White "Zhanaidarov, Orynbay"] [Black "Touset, Stephen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1545"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2180539581698306"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. f3 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. Na3 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. O-O-O Bf5 15. Bd3 Be4 16. Rhg1 f5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg2 Qe7 20. Qxg4 Bxc3 21. Bxb6 Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 axb6 23. Qh3 Rxf4 24. Qb3+ Kf8 25. Rgf1 Qf6+ 26. Qc3 Qxc3+ 27. Kxc3 Rxa3+ 28. Kb2 Raf3 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. Kc3 g5 32. h3 h5 33. Kd3 g4 34. Ke3 Rf5 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Rd1 g3+ 38. Kxg3 f2 39. Rf1 Ke5 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Kd4 42. Ke2 Kc3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.23"] [White "Pickering, Carl Anthony"] [Black "Krezanoski, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1621"] [BlackElo "1495"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2180539581698307"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Be3 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bd2 N7f6 13. Nce5 c6 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. a3 h6 16. Nxe6 Qd6 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Qf2 Bc8 19. c3 c5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Ne3 Bd6 22. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Nxd5 24. Be4 Be6 25. c4 Bg3 26. Qf3 Nf6 27. Bxa8 Bg4 28. Qd3 cxd4 29. Bf3 Qe5 30. Bxg4 Nxg4 31. Qf5 Bf2 32. Rxf2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.24"] [White "Schaezlein, Charlie"] [Black "Dutter, Frederic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "1506"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2180539581698308"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,60,11,28,45,48,41,57,70,41,30,23,17,46,78,78,43,101,128,79,183,99,109,132,109,55,26,10,57,-174,-159,-147,-134,-209,-181,-159,-130,-134,25,15,27,27,61,25,80,6,-1,-46,-1,-163,-172,-381,-298,-493,-728,-562,-649,-586,-261,-1072,-1039,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. d6 Be6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nc7+ Rxc7 15. dxc7 Qxc7 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. Qc2 Nxe5 18. O-O-O Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 O-O 21. Kb1 Rd8 22. Qe4 Rd5 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Qe2 Qa4 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Qe5 Qxa2+ 27. Kc2 Bb3+ 28. Kc3 Na4+ 29. Kd3 Nxb2+ 30. Ke4 Bc2# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.25"] [White "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Black "Ochoa, Jason B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "1512"] [BlackElo "1643"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2180539581698309"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 d5 11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 Qe7 13. Bf3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bh3 15. Rg1 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qc5 Nxd3+ 20. exd3 Qxc5 21. Kd2 Rxe4 22. dxe4 d3 23. Rac1 Qxf2+ 24. Kc3 d2 25. Rcd1 b5 26. Kc2 Qe3 27. Kb1 Qxe4+ 28. Ka1 Qc2 29. Ka2 a5 30. g4 g6 31. h4 b4 32. h5 bxa3 33. Kxa3 Rd4 34. b3 a4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.26"] [White "Siegel, David"] [Black "Chan, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1462"] [BlackElo "1601"] [PlyCount "130"] [GameId "2180539581698310"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. c3 Nb6 10. h4 e6 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8 Bxh8 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Qe7+ 15. Kf1 c5 16. a4 Nh6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Nc4 Nf5 22. Bh2 Re8 {A battle is being fought over the d6 pawn. After 22... Re8 White had an opportunity to win that battle, but I missed g4.} 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qc2 Nh4 25. Bh5 Kg7 26. Qe2 Qd7 {I thought for a long time in this position and the previous one. The Black king looks unsafe and the Black pieces look somewhat loose and on the edges of the board, but I couldn't find aren't any immediate tactics. It looked like a queen trade would lead to the capture of the d6 pawn and a winning endgame, so I decided to go for it.} 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. Bxg4 f5 29. Bd1 f4 30. g3 fxg3 31. fxg3 Nf5 32. g4 Ne7 33. Nxd6 Nxd6 34. Bxd6 Nxd5 35. Bxc5 b6 36. axb6 Nxb6 37. Bd4+ Kg8 38. Bb3+ Kh7 39. Bc2+ Kg8 40. Bxh8 Kxh8 41. b3 Nd5 {I saw that b3 was a blunder as soon as I let go of the piece. I tried not to react, but my opponent found Nd5 pretty quickly. The score swings from totally winning for White to drawn with best play.} 42. Ke2 Nxc3+ 43. Kd3 Nd5 44. Kd4 Nf6 45. Bf5 Kg7 46. Ke5 Ne8 47. Ke6 Kf8 48. Bg6 Nc7+ 49. Kf6 a5 50. Kxg5 Kg7 51. Bc2 Nd5 52. Be4 Nc3 53. Bc6 Ne2 54. Bf3 Nd4 55. Bd1 Nb5 56. Kf5 Nc3 57. Bc2 Nb5 58. Ke5 Nc3 59. Kd4 Ne2+ 60. Kc5 Kf6 61. Kb6 Nd4 62. Bd1 Kg5 {My opponent has defended with tenacity. Even though I manage to capture both of the Black pawns, I cannot defend both of the White pawns at the same time, and the game is clearly drawn.} 63. Kxa5 Nxb3+ 64. Kb4 Nd4 65. Kc4 Ne6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.27"] [White "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Black "Fitzgerald, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C25"] [WhiteElo "1347"] [BlackElo "1263"] [PlyCount "145"] [GameId "2180539581698311"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nge2 Be7 5. d3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Bd7 8. Qd2 Na5 9. O-O-O {[#]} Nxc4 $2 (9... c6 $1 10. a4 O-O (10... a6 $5) (10... Rb8 $5 11. Ba2 (11. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 12. Bf2 b5 13. Ba2 b4 14. Nb1 c5 $19)) 11. g4 Be6 $11) 10. dxc4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nd7 (11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 $14) 12. Qa5 $6 (12. Kb1 $16) (12. g4 $16) (12. b3 $16) 12... Nb6 $4 {[#]} (12... Bxd5 13. cxd5 Bg5 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 O-O $14) 13. c5 $4 {[#]} (13. Bxb6 $1 $18 cxb6 14. Qa4+ Kf8 (14... Qd7 $6 15. Nc7+) (14... Bd7 15. Qa3 Bc6 16. Nec3) 15. Qa3 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 $18) 13... Nc4 $4 (13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 $11 {as in: "0.00"}) 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Qxc4 cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qa4+ (18. h4 h6 19. Qa4+) 18... Qd7 {[#]} (18... Kf8 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Kg8 21. c6) 19. Qxd7+ $4 (19. c6 $1 bxc6 20. dxc6 Qc7 21. b4 $1 O-O 22. Nc3 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gc3d5]}) 19... Kxd7 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. h4 Rhc8 22. Nc3 h6 23. Rhf1 b5 24. Rf2 b4 (24... a6 $5) 25. Ne4 {[#]} (25. Na4 $5) 25... b3 $4 (25... f6 $14 {only! (on the high side at first but it drops, +0.36/32)}) 26. axb3 $18 Rab8 27. Rd3 (27. Nxd6 $1 Kxd6 28. h5 Bh7 29. f4 $1 f6 30. fxe5+ fxe5 31. c4 $1 Rxb3 32. c5+ {looks risky but is computer-best}) 27... Be7 28. h5 Bh7 29. c4 a6 30. Rc2 g6 {[#]} 31. c5 gxh5 32. c6+ Kc7 33. d6+ Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxb3 $6 (34... Rd8 35. Rf6 Bg6 36. gxh5 Bxh5 37. Nc5 Rb6 38. Rh2 $1 Bg6 39. Rxg6) 35. Rd7+ {#7} Kb8 36. c7+ Kb7 37. Nc5+ $2 (37. Nd6+ {and #4}) 37... Kc6 38. Nxb3+ Kxd7 39. Rc3 hxg4 40. fxg4 (40. Nc5+ Kd6 41. Nxa6 {[%csl Gc7]}) 40... Rxc7 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Nxa6 Rxc3+ 43. bxc3 Bd3 44. Nb4 Be2 45. Bxh6 Bxg4 {[#] White is winning -- but he better know how to checkmate with bishop and knight!} 46. Kd2 f5 47. Bg7 f4 48. Nd3 f3 49. Nxe5 $4 (49. Bxe5+) (49. c4) (49. Ke3) 49... Bh5 $4 (49... f2 $1 50. Nc4+ Kd5 $1 51. Ne3+ Ke4 $1 {everything is drawn.} 52. c4 Bh5 (52... Bd1 $1 {even})) 50. Ke3 $18 {(back to quite lost)} Kc5 51. Nxf3 Bf7 52. Bd4+ Kd6 53. Kf4 Kc7 54. Ke5 Bc4 55. Bc5 Bg8 56. Nd4 Bc4 57. Bd6+ Kb6 58. Ne6 Kc6 59. Nf4 Kb6 {(Here both scoresheets show White's 60th move as: 60.Nd2. For those who wish to see the remaining moves after that: 60.Nd2 Bf7 61.c4 Bxc4 62.Nxc4 Kb5 63.Kd5 Ka4 64.Kf4 Kb5 65. Ne5 Kb6 66. Kc4 Kb7 67.Kc6 Kc8 68.Kc6 Kd8 69.Bc5 Ke8 70.Kd6 Kd8 71. Nf7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2.} {If you must see it on the board (if you're looking at this on a computer with the .pgn file), here is a "transposition" to the game:} 60. Ng2 Bb5 61. Ne3 Bd3 62. c4 Bxc4 63. Nxc4+ {(Same position with an extra move)} Kb5 64. Kd5 Ka4 65. Kd4 Kb5 66. Ne5 Kb6 67. Kc4 Kb7 68. Kc5 Kc8 69. Kc6 Kd8 70. Bc5 Ke8 71. Kd6 Kd8 72. Nf7+ Ke8 {[#] (it's mate in 18, after any of the three knight moves} {But: I'm guessing that White played the less-than-optimal} 73. Ke6 $4 {which is stalemate!} (73. Ne5) (73. Nh6) (73. Nh8 {(!)}) (73. Ng5 $6 {and this is #20}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.28"] [White "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Black "Merk, Felix Elias"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1056"] [BlackElo "1267"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2180539581698312"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Qc7 13. Bb3 e6 14. g4 a5 15. h4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. O-O-O Rfd8 19. Rdg1 b5 20. Qg5 Kf8 21. Ne2 d5 22. Nd4 dxe4 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxg6 Nf4 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qh7+ Kd6 27. Rg7 Rh8 28. Rxc7 Rxh7 29. Rxh7 exf3 30. h5 Rf8 31. Rg7 f2 32. h6 Bxh1 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.29"] [White "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Black "Turner, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1217"] [BlackElo "1230"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2180539581698313"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 $6 (4... Nf6) (4... Nc6) (4... e6) 5. Be3 (5. dxe5 $1 $14) 5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 $11 {Black has the nominal plus (-0.16/29, but someone ran it on Stockfish 17.1 to depth 45 and "0.00)}) 9. Be2 Nf6 $6 (9... exd4) (9... Nge7) (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 exd4) 10. O-O $6 (10. dxe5 $1 $14) 10... Qa5 $6 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 exd4 $11 12. Bxd4 O-O) 11. Nxe5 $1 $16 Nxe5 $6 (11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $1) 12. dxe5 $18 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 $1 Ng4 (13... Qxe5 14. Qa4+ {[%cal Ga4b4]}) 14. Bf4 (14. Bd4) 14... O-O 15. a3 Be7 $6 (15... Bc5 16. b4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 $18) 16. Nc3 (16. Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7e7,Gd7g4]}) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 $4 (17. b4 $1 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Re1) 17... Qxe5 18. Re1 Qd6 $14 (18... Qc5 $11) 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Red2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Re8 24. Kf1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qb5+ 26. Qd3 $8 Rd8 $4 27. Qxb5 Rxd2 28. Qe8# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.30"] [White "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Black "Hack, Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Hack,Richard"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "1369"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2180539581698314"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a3 Bxg5 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxg5 Qb6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Rf1 Nc6 15. f4 Nd4 16. Bd1 Qc6 17. Qg2 Nb6 18. Bf3 {The search engine likes 18. h4 and gives it a +0.73.} Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 d5 20. e5 Nc4 21. Qe2 b5 22. Rf3 Bb7 23. Rd3 d4 24. Rxd4 Qh1+ 25. Qf1 Qh2 26. Ne2 Nxe5 27. Qg1 Nf3+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.31"] [White "Otterbach, Renate"] [Black "Olson, David R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1113"] [BlackElo "1400"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2180539581698315"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O-O 9. d5 Nb4 10. a3 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb6 12. c4 Na6 13. Be3 Nc7 14. a4 Nxb5 15. axb5 Nf6 16. Bd2 a6 17. Ba5 Qa7 18. Bxd8 Bxd8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Nf7 Bc7 22. Nxd6+ Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Nxe4 24. b6 Qa8 25. Qc7# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.32"] [White "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Black "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1137"] [BlackElo "1329"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2180539581698316"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Nge2 Qd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rad8 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. f3 Na5 14. fxg4 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 Qxb5 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Rxc7 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rfxf7 Nxc7 20. Rxc7 Rxe3 21. Kf2 Rde8 22. Ng3 Be1+ 23. Kg1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Rf8 25. g5 Rxg3 26. Rxb7 Rxg5 27. Rxa7 Rd5 28. b4 Rxd4 29. b5 Rb4 30. a4 Rff4 31. g3 Rfd4 32. Kf2 Rxa4 33. b6 Rxa7 34. bxa7 Ra4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.33"] [White "Liu, Eric"] [Black "Singer, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1307"] [BlackElo "1051"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2180539581698317"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Nd2 a5 12. Qe2 h6 13. g4 Nh7 14. g5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qe7 {[#]} 16. Bxh7+ $2 (16. h4 $18) (16. gxh6 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qxh6 18. Kc2 $18) 16... Kxh7 $14 17. h4 (17. Qd3+ Kg8 18. gxh6) 17... Ba6 18. Qg4 (18. Qf3 $1) 18... Bd3 $11 19. O-O-O $2 Bf5 $17 20. Qg3 $2 Rg8 $6 (20... h5 $1) 21. Rdg1 $2 h5 $1 $19 22. Qe3 b5 23. Nf1 b4 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. Qf3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qa3+ 27. Kd1 Rgc8 28. Ne2 Qxa2 29. Ke1 Rcb8 30. Kf2 Qc4 31. Kg3 Rb3 32. Ra1 a4 33. Rhc1 a3 34. Nf4 a2 35. Nxh5 Rb1 36. Raxb1 axb1=Q 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Kg4 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Bf5 42. g6 Qg4+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.34"] [White "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Black "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1044"] [BlackElo "1246"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2180539581698318"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 a6 6. Qa4 Nxd5 7. Nf3 N5b6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Qe4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Bc6 13. Qe3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nd6 15. O-O Bb5 16. Qc2 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 f6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. b3 Nd6 21. Ba3 Be7 22. c4 b6 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Nd5 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa3 26. Qb3 Bc5 27. Rd1 O-O 28. a4 a5 29. Nd2 f5 30. Nb1 Rac8 31. Nbc3 Kh8 32. Nb5 e4 33. Na7 Qe6 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Nc7 Qe5 36. Nd5 Qxh2 37. Nxb6 Qf4 38. Qb2 Re8 39. Nd5 Qg4 40. Rb1 h6 41. Qb5 Bd6 42. Qxe8+ Kh7 43. Ne3 Qh4 44. Rd1 Bc5 45. Rd2 Bb4 46. Rc2 Qh1+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.35"] [White "Le, Thu Anh"] [Black "Hossain, Shaikat"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "1217"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2180539581739279"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,52,11,27,22,8,37,-10,-31,16,25,29,34,37,87,40,114,70,-26,57,65,-53,14,74,74,32,43,52,77,67,11,253,53,-34,65,45,-2,56,54,44,78,-16,70,-73,108,90,23,42,155,-28,-15,-326,-58,-56,12]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 (3. cxd5 $1) 3... e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. O-O Qe7 7. c5 O-O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. a3 f6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. a4 h5 13. a5 h4 14. a6 b6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Ba3 Qg7 17. Bxf8 Rdxf8 18. c4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Kc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e4 Qf7 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Rad1 Bh3 24. Rd2 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Kb8 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Qf2 Nb4 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. h3 Qf5 30. g4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Nd5 32. Qg3+ Nf4 33. h4 Rc1 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Nxg1 Qb2+ 36. Kh1 Qxd4 {[#]} 37. hxg5 $4 ({Thu, who sent me the moves when I had trouble deciphering, notes} 37. h5 $1 $11) 37... fxg5 38. Qf3 Qh8+ 39. Nh3 Qxh3+ 40. Qxh3 Nxh3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.36"] [White "Myers, Steven Lee"] [Black "Tobias, Mason"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "1171"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2180539581739280"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 d6 6. f3 g6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. Bc3 O-O 9. Na3 d5 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bb3 Ne7 12. e5 Nd7 13. g4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nh3 Nc6 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Rhe1 a6 20. Qxe8 Nxe8 21. Bxg7+ Nxg7 22. Nd4 h6 23. Nge6 Nxe6 24. Rxe6 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxf3 26. Bxd5 Rf1+ 27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Kc3 c5 29. Rd3 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.37"] [White "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Black "Jiam, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2180539581739281"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. b5 Nb8 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. c4 c6 11. a4 Qe7 12. a5 a6 13. b6 e4 14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 Be5 16. Bxg4 g6 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Rab1 Rad8 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rfe8 22. Qf3 c5 23. Nb3 Bd6 24. Rfd1 Qe6 25. Qf6 Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd7 27. Nxc5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.38"] [White "Pirone, John"] [Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Cao,Danny Du Uy"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1033"] [BlackElo "1167"] [PlyCount "136"] [GameId "2180539581739282"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Na3 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6) 7. Nc2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 (8... Nb4 9. Nxb4 (9. Bd2 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Bb5 11. Bxb5+ Qxb5 12. Qc7) 9... Qxb4+ 10. Bd2 (10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2) 10... Qxb2) 9. a3 a5 10. Bd3 a4 (10... Nge7) 11. O-O Nge7 {White 1 hr 19 min... Black 1 hr 16 min} 12. Rb1 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Ne3 Be6 (17... Nc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4) 18. h4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 (19... dxc4) 20. Qd1 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Qa7 {White 32 min... Black 42 min} 22. Be3 Qb6 23. Re2 Qd8 24. g3 Qb6 {White 19 min... Black 28 min} 25. Qd1 Bd7 26. Ne1 Qg6 {White 16 min... Black 19 min.} 27. Nf3 f4 (27... Bb5) (27... Qg4 28. Nh2) 28. Bxf4 Bg4 {White 13 min... Black 8 min} 29. Kg2 Qh5 30. Qd3 Bf5 {White 10 min ... Black 5 min} 31. Qd1 Bxb1 (31... Qg4 32. Ra1 Qh3+ 33. Kg1) 32. Qxb1 Qg6 33. Qh1 Bd8 34. Qh3 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 {White 3 min... Black 2 min} 36. g4 Bb6 37. Be3 Rc2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Ng5 Bd8 (39... Rxb2 40. Nxe6) (39... Rc6) 40. Nxe6 Be7 {White 3 min... Black 1 min} (40... Bxh4 41. g5 Rxb2 (41... h6 42. Kh3) 42. Kh3) 41. Nc5 Rxb2 (41... Bxc5 42. dxc5 Rxb2 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Bd4 Rb3) 42. Bc1 Rc2 43. Be3 Rc3 44. Nxa4 Rxa3 45. Nc5 b6 46. Nb7 Ra7 47. Nd6 Bxd6 48. exd6 Rd7 (48... Kf7 49. Bf4 (49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Bf4 Ra4 51. Ke3) 49... Ke6 (49... Ra4 50. Be3 Ke6)) 49. Bf4 Kf7 50. Be5 b5 51. Kf3 b4 52. Ke3 g6 53. Kd3 Ke6 54. f4 Rb7 55. Kc2 Ra7 (55... b3+) 56. Kb3 Ra3+ (56... Rb7) (56... Ra1 57. Kxb4) 57. Kxb4 Rh3 58. Kc5 Kd7 59. Kxd5 Rxh4 60. g5 Rg4 61. Kc5 Rg2 62. Kd5 Rh2 {White offered draws around this time... Black declined} 63. Kc5 h6 64. gxh6 Rxh6 65. Kd5 Rh5 66. Kc5 Rf5 (66... g5 67. fxg5 Rxg5 68. Kd5 Rg1 69. Kc5 Rc1+ 70. Kd5) 67. Kd5 Rh5 68. Kc5 Rf5 {Black offers draw... White accepts} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3.39"] [White "Lee, Yinpok R"] [Black "Ramos, Jo L Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C04"] [WhiteElo "1104"] [BlackElo "821"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2180539581739283"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 $5 (5... Nd7) 6. Bd3 (6. c3 $5) 6... Bb4 7. O-O Ng5 8. c3 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Be7 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Re3 Qe8 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Qh4 Qf7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Bf5 Kd8 22. Bg4 Kc8 23. Bh5 Qg7 24. Bxe8 Rg8 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rg3 Qf7 27. Rxg8 Qxg8 28. Qxf6 Kd6 29. Qf4+ Kd7 30. Re3 Qe8 31. Rf3 Qg6 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Qxg6 hxg6 34. Rg3 b6 35. Rxg6 c5 36. h4 a5 37. h5 cxd4 38. cxd4 b5 39. h6 a4 40. h7 b4 41. h8=Q b3 42. Qd8+ Kc6 43. Rxe6+ Kb5 44. Qxd5+ Kb4 45. a3# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "Lewis, Ed"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2022"] [BlackElo "1950"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2180539581739285"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 {[#]} 11. Nb5 Qxd2 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Bxd2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Be3 bxc4 19. Bxc5 Rb8 20. b4 Rb7 21. Rad1+ Ke8 22. Rd4 Kf7 23. Rfd1 g5 24. fxg5 Kg6 25. Rd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxe5 27. Bd4 Bd6 $4 28. Bxh8 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Talamantez, Abel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "1009"] [BlackElo "1800"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2180539581739286"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bf4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rd8 14. Rg1 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 g6 16. Bd3 Na5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Bb5 Nde7 20. Kc2 O-O 21. h4 Nxe5 22. Rg3 c6 23. Bd3 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Nf5 25. Rg4 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Rd5 27. Be3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rxc5 29. c4 Ra5 30. Kd3 Rxa2 31. h5 Rh2 32. Rg5 Rxh5 33. Rxh5 gxh5 34. e4 h4 35. Kd4 h3 36. Ke5 h2 37. Kd6 h1=Q 38. Kc7 Qxf3 39. Kb8 Qxe4 40. c5 Kf8 41. Kc8 Ke7 42. Kxb7 Kd7 43. Ka8 Kc7 0-1
  
• Download Round 4 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 4 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Heimann, Mark"] [Black "Smith, Olivia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2137"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2182568207404345"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,83,27,28,30,38,40,42,30,36,33,34,20,22,26,41,42,47,42,43,40,41,39,54,51,57,62,75,65,98,53,141,87,319,324,302,305,328,321,320,308,344,342,377,351,326,227,363,365,405,410,408,400,444,446,451,440,445,429,468,467,519,511,522,514,497,502,521,522,654,487,647,609,695,684,662,633]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 3. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:02:46]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 5. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 6. Ne5 $146 {[%emt 0:04:47] A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} (6. a3 Bd7 7. Qc2 Na5 8. Be2 c5 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 {1-0 (36) Zhao,X (2506)-Nadirjanova,N (2159) Ha Long City 2009}) 6... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Bb5 {[%emt 0:09:14] White is slightly better.} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:24]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 11. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05] Successful Defense White} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 14. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:11:58]} 17. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:15:37]} 19. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} (19. Rxd8+ $16 Rxd8 20. Nb1) 19... Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:15] [#]} ({Black should try} 19... Rxd1 $14 20. Rxd1 (20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Rd2+ 22. Kb1 Rxf2 $19) 20... Nd5) 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:04:48]} (20. Rxc7 Rxd1 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Kc1 (22. Bd4 $2 e5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 22... Nxf2 $17) ({White should play} 20. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 21. Rc2 (21. Rxc7 $2 Rd2+ 22. Kf1 Rxf2+ 23. Kg1 Re2 $19)) {A mistake that costs the game.} 20... c5 $2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 21. Bb2 $18 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 (24. Bd4 $2 e5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 24... Rc8 25. Bxb4 Rxc1 26. Bxa5 Rc2+ 27. Bd2 Rxa2 $17) (21. Bxc5 $2 Rxd1 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ (22... Nxf2+ 23. Ke2 $14) (22... Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 $11) 23. Ke2 (23. Bd4 $2 e5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 23... Rd2+ 24. Kf1 Rxf2+ (24... Nxf2 25. a3 $17) 25. Kg1 Rxa2 26. Bxb4 axb4 $19) 21... c4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 22. bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} ({Weaker is} 22. Rxc4 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Rd4 (24. Bd4 $2 e5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 24... Nxf2+ 25. Ke2 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 (26. exd4 Ne4 $11) 26... Ne4 $14) 22... Be7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 23. Bd4 {[%emt 0:07:12]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 24. Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:34][%csl Od8][%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 25. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:04][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} 27. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:07] And now Rd7 would win.} Rc6 {[%emt 0:06:26]} (27... Rb7 {is a better defense.} 28. Kd3 g6) 28. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 29. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:38] White is clearly winning.} e5 {[%emt 0:03:02][%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 32. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 33. Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:00]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:01:20][%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 35. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 36. a5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} e4+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} h4 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 39. a6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 40. gxh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 41. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.42} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Black "Suarez, Sebastian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2306"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "124"] [GameId "2182568207408442"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 17,124,24,19,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,6,10,6,7,19,-13,0,-11,10,16,40,49,82,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-2,-14,-33,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-10,-541,-510,-795,-778,-899,-815,-763,-711,-798,-779,-810,0,-18,-92,-863,-790,-29977,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29987]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} d6 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:04:41]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:09:28] 9.Be3 is setting a new trend.} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07][%cal Oc3d5] B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack.} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:19][%cal Oc3d5]} Be7 {[%emt 0:20:03]} 12. e5 {[%emt 0:00:20] The position is equal.} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 14. Qd4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 15. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 16. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rad1+ $146 {[%emt 0:09:59]} (17. Na4 Kc6 18. c4 Rhd8 19. Rab1 a5 20. a3 b6 21. Red1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 {½-½ (31) Gesicki,J (2234)-Liberadzki,S (1983) Jastrzebia Gora 2019}) 17... Kc6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:07:57]} Rhf8 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:13:50]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 21. Rd3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 22. Red1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} (22. Nf3 $16 {Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Rc7 23. Be5) 22... Ne8 {[%emt 0:17:05]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:12:17]} (23. Nxh7 $2 Rh8 24. a4 (24. Rc3+ $2 Kb7 $19) 24... b4 $19 (24... Rxh7 $2 25. axb5+ axb5 26. Ra1 $19)) 23... Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Bxg5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:05][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 27. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 28. b3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02] KB-KN} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 33. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 34. h3 {[%emt 0:03:40]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 37. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Be7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 41. c3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:50][%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 43. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. Be7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 45. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:07] and ...f4+ would now be decisive} 46. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 47. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Bf6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:40][%mdl 8192]} (48. Bb4 $11) 48... Nc5 $19 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 49. c4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} (49. bxa4 $142 f4+ (49... Nxa4 50. Kd3 $17) (49... bxa4 50. Kd2 $15) 50. Kd2 Nxa4 (50... bxa4 51. Be7 $11) 51. Bg5) 49... Ke6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} ({Worse is} 49... bxc4 50. bxc4+ Ke6 51. Bd8 $11) 50. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} f4+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} ({Weaker is} 50... axb3 51. axb3 f4+ 52. Ke2 $17) 51. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 52. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Bh8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg8 $2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (53... Nd7 $19 {( -> ...Kg8)} 54. c5 Nxc5) 54. Bf6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Bh8 {[%emt 0:00:04][%mdl 8192]} (55. Bd8 $17) 55... Nd7 $19 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 56. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02][%mdl 64] Trapped Piece. Black mates.} 57. c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxh8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. c6 {[%emt 0:00:05] [#]} Nb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 59. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 61. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:03] [#]} e4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 62. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (62. fxe4 f3) {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.20 (precise)} 62... Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Coyne, Theodore James"] [Black "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2263"] [BlackElo "2022"] [PlyCount "73"] [GameId "2182568207412539"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 15,73,37,34,38,68,80,133,114,170,168,168,173,202,144,162,164,172,161,186,191,406,400,426,429,456,458,581,562,570,556,599,542,545,541,558,539,538,530,565,568,658,660,640,597,600,606,597,600,625,598,630,625,626,621,606,598,908,907,848,822]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:04:38][%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:25]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:35] A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} cxb4 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 10. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be6 {[%emt 0:07:44]} (10... a6 $142) 11. d3 {[%emt 0:01:09] And now b5 would win. White is clearly better.} h6 {[%emt 0:07:34]} (11... a6 $16) 12. b5 $18 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Na5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 13. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} f5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:52][%cal Oe5e4]} (13... b6 14. Bb4 f5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Qa4 e4 17. Qa3 Rf7 18. Rfc1 Bd4 19. Nd1 exd3 20. Qxd3 {1-0 (40) Claridge Hansen,W (2299)-Graham,D (2152) Bournemouth 2016}) 14. Ne1 {[%emt 0:07:51][%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2b4,Bb4c6][%mdl 32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 15. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:10:35]} 16. Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:12]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Ncd5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nxd5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (17... Rc8 18. Qa4 (18. dxe4 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Nxa3 $16) 18... Qd7) 18. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 19. Nc6 {[%emt 0:13:16] White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 19. dxe4 Bxb5 20. Nc6 Nxc6 $18) (19. Na6 Rc8 $16) 19... Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 20. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:08:31]} 21. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 22. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:20] [#]} 23. c7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:15][%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 25. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 26. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 27. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 28. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 30. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 31. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. g4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 35. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 36. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:32][%cal Od2d4] Rxd4! would kill now.} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06] [#]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.39} 37. Bxb5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"] [Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2176"] [BlackElo "2246"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2182568207412540"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 15,60,4,0,3,13,-12,7,0,34,39,39,40,50,42,93,94,130,136,137,123,132,115,146,122,123,105,107,68,67,66,90,36,46,29,28,32,19,4,17,17,20,22,24,25,26,0,33]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:08:40][%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:27] A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} c6 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. a4 $146 {[%emt 0:02:57]} (11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Rd1 Qd3 13. Qxd3 Nxd3 14. Nc4 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Nxe4 16. Nfxe5 Bf5 17. f4 {0-1 (33) Hofstadler,M (1903)-Kahn,E (2179) Budapest 2020}) 11... Nf8 {[%emt 0:09:49]} 12. a5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (14... Be6 $14) 15. Nxf3 $16 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:16]} (15... b5 $142) 16. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 17. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 18. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:27] White is more active.} b6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 19. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 20. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (21. Be3 $16) 21... fxe6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. c4 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (23. Qe2 $16) 23... Nd7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:10:08]} Nb8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 26. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 27. Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qb7 $1 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 29. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb7 $1 {[%emt 0:01:11] Prevents Qa8} 30. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:21] Prevents Qd6.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh"] [Black "Rajaram, Raghu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2052"] [BlackElo "1848"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2182568207412541"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 14,101,29,32,33,34,48,47,47,47,53,25,95,103,127,114,143,120,123,127,117,118,120,51,38,0,0,8,177,172,301,201,201,215,185,65,193,8,517,412,506,0,0,0,0,-22,-29,-27,-37,-36,-9,-7,-4,-11,-16,-21,-20,-249,-247,-327,-309,-617,-601,-833,-817,-1199,-1600,-1301,-1125,-8308,-29978,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29999]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nc6 $1 {[%emt 0:03:22] The main line 7...Nc6 scores better than 7...d6.} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:21] B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:10:10] Inhibits Neg4.} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:13:24]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04][%cal Oc4c5]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:40] White is slightly better.} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Rc8 $146 {[%emt 0:04:48]} (12... Bb4 $11) (12... d6 13. Rac1 Be7 14. f5 Qd7 15. a4 O-O 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Nde2 Qc6 18. Nd4 Qc8 {½-½ (33) Khizanashvili,V-Quparadze,G (2111) Tbilisi 2001}) 13. e5 $16 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:16:37]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:09:26][%cal Oc3b5]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:09:24]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 17. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:12] Black is weak on the dark squares} 18. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:02:48]} (18. Rd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Od4f5] Threatens to win with Nf5!.} Qa5 19. Qe2) 18... Bxc8 $14 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 20. Nf3 $36 {[%emt 0:05:30][%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qb7 {[%emt 0:13:03]} (20... Bb7 $11) 21. Qd6 $18 {[%emt 0:09:34][%csl Od6][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation. Strong Square White (d6)} Nd5 {[%emt 0:16:23] Against Rc7} (21... f6 $142) 22. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:32][%cal Of4f5]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:56] [#]} 23. f5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:07][%mdl 512]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:11:42]} (24. exf6 $18 gxf6 25. Kh2) 24... b5 {[%emt 0:02:26] [#] White has space advantage and is better} (24... Re8 $14) 25. g5 $2 {[%emt 0:04:03]} (25. exf6 $1 $18 {fxe6+ would kill now.} gxf6 26. Rc5) 25... exf5 {[%emt 0:01:13][%mdl 8192]} (25... Qb6+ $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 26. Qxb6 Nxb6) 26. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. gxf6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} ({Better is} 27. Rc5 $18) 27... Qb6+ $11 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 28. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Bc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 31. Kf2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 32. Re1 Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:45] Inhibits Nc4.} 33. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:27] and ...Nd5 would now be decisive} 34. Re1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 35. Rd1+ $2 {[%emt 0:01:54] [#]} (35. Nf7+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Kc6 36. Nh6) 35... Nd5 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 36. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Nh6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (37. Ba5 Kxf7 38. Rxd5) 37... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 38. Re1+ {[%emt 0:02:48]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Rxe4+ fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Nxg8 {[%emt 0:00:01][%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN. Black is two pawns up.} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21] ( -> ...Ke5)} 41. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:00:16] Black mates.} d4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e3+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 45. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 47. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 48. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 49. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:20][%cal Rd2d1]} 50. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} e2+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:12][%mdl 64] Deflection, Promotion} 51. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (51. Kg1 e1=Q+) {Black used his chance. Weighted Error Value: White=0.87/Black=0.49} 51... d1=Q# {[%emt 0:00:08]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Parsons, Stephen"] [Black "Liou, Arthur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "2030"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2182568207416638"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 19,99,-4,0,-16,-19,-39,-39,-38,-41,-81,-76,-84,-88,-89,-87,-104,-36,-88,40,-6,45,-19,-20,-56,-27,-33,0,-31,-35,-42,-17,-211,-158,-133,-117,-113,-78,-147,-150,-243,-241,-249,-249,-244,-225,-206,-49,-297,-58,-57,-62,-61,147,151,140,146,144,115,283,2,4,0,0,-51,-4,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,41,214,202,620,584]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 9. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:24] B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 12. Qd3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:15] Black is slightly better.} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 14. Nc3 $146 {[%emt 0:06:13]} (14. c4 $15) (14. c3 Kh8 15. Bf3 g6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nb6 19. Na5 {1-0 (32) Kovalev,V (2446)-Zhigalko,S (2651) Warsaw 2011}) 14... Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:06:51]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 16. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:03]} (17... Nf6 $17 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:19]} (18. a4 $15) 18... Qf6 {[%emt 0:12:12]} ({Better is} 18... Nb6 $17 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc7) 19. Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} (19. a4 $14) 19... Qh6 {[%emt 0:06:04]} (19... Bxd5 $11 20. exd5 Rcc8) 20. f4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} (20. c4 $1 $14) 20... exf4 $11 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (21. Nxf4 $11 Bxf4 22. Rxf4) 21... Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 22. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (22... Bxd5 {simplifies} 23. exd5 Rc5 24. Kh1 g6) 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0:06:09]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (23... Bxa2 $6 24. b3 $16) 24. c3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (24... Bxa2 25. Kh1 $11) 25. f5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} (25. Kh1 $11 Bxd4 26. cxd4) 25... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rce8 {[%emt 0:05:29][%cal Ob6d4,Bc8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32]} 27. Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 28. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:05:33]} (28. Rf4 $142 Nd5 29. Qf2 Qxf2 30. Rxf2) 28... Qxf6 $17 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} (29. Qg4 $17) 29... d5 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 30. Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 31. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 32. Qg2 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rfe8 $2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (32... Re5 $19 {aiming for ...Kh8.} 33. a3 Kh8) 33. Bf3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (33. Ne6 $1 $15 Bxe6 (33... fxe6 34. fxe6 $16) 34. fxe6 Qxe6 35. Bd5) 33... Bc8 $2 {[%emt 0:10:17]} (33... Bxf5 34. Nxf5 (34. Bc6 Bxd4 35. Bxe8 Be4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 34... Qxf5 35. Bc6 $16) (33... Bxd4 $19 34. cxd4 Bxf5 (34... Qxf5 35. d5 $17)) 34. Nc6 $15 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 35. Rde1 {[%emt 0:01:55][%cal Re1e8]} Be3 $2 {[%emt 0:02:50] [#]} (35... Rf8 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 36. Nb4 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Re5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} (36... Qxf5 $2 37. Nd5 $18) (36... Rd2 $2 37. Qxd2 Qe7 38. Qd3 $18 (38. Nd5 Bxd2 39. Rxe7 Kf8 $18)) 37. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Rdxd5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 38. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:28][%cal Og2g3] Threatens to win with Qg3!.} Bd7 $2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} (38... Bxf5 $2 39. Qf3 Bg6 40. Qxf6 (40. Rxe3 Rxe3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 41. Qxf6 gxf6 $11) 40... gxf6 41. Rxf6 Rxd5 42. Rxe3 $16) (38... h6 $16 {might work better.}) 39. Rd1 $2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} (39. Be6 $18 {Threatening mate with Qa8+.} Be8 40. Qa8) 39... Bxf5 $11 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 40. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 41. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (41. Bg4 $11) 41... Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:46][%csl Oe3] Strong Square Black (e3)} (41... h5 $15 {should be considered.}) 42. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 43. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:56][%csl Oe1][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 44. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 47. Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:45][%cal Bd8d4,Bd4d5,Bd5f5][%mdl 32]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:36] This pair of bishops is nice.} 48. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (48... Qf6 $14) 49. Qd4+ $18 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:11] [#]} (49... f6) {White used his chance. An entertaining game by Parsons. Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.59} 50. Rxf5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:54][%mdl 512]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Black "Cremisi, Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1937"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2182650047170508"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 13,63,-6,30,32,41,40,49,22,33,19,17,22,33,-21,19,21,55,14,35,-3,0,-10,-10,-17,-4,-8,-3,-4,0,-26,-10,-33,-44,-38,-25,-26,-25,-122,-125,-128,-120,-217,-206,-461,-425,-634,-649,-645,-631,-614,-624,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 (7... Re8 $142) 8. f3 $11 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} Be6 9. a3 Be7 {[#]} 10. Nf4 $146 {White is slightly better.} (10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 c6 12. Nf4 Bc8 13. Qf2 Nbd7 14. Rae1 Nf8 15. Re2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 {½-½ (46) Lacrosse,M (2218)-Guzman,C (2355) FICGS email 2006}) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc5 Bxc5+ 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. Nce2 (13. Nxe6 $14 fxe6 14. Bg5) 13... Qb6 (13... Bd7 $142) 14. b4 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. b4 Be3 16. c4) 14... Bd6 15. Bb2 (15. Nxe6 $1 $14 fxe6 16. Bb2) 15... Be5 (15... Ne5 {simplifies} 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Rc1 a5) 16. Bxe5 {A sharp opening} (16. Nxe6 $14 {should be considered.} fxe6 17. c3) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nc1 a5 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nb3 Ra4 (21... Nxd3 $5 22. Qxd3 Ra4 $14) 22. Qe2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qd6 24. Nd4 Rf6 25. f4 Nc5 $1 $17 (25... Rxf4 $6 26. Nxe6 Rfe4 27. Ng5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 $11) 26. Qe3 {[%cal Of4f5]} Ne4 (26... Rxf4 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 $19) 27. g3 {[#]} (27. Ne2 $17) 27... e5 $1 $19 28. Nb5 (28. Ne2 {might work better.}) 28... Qc6 {Black is clearly winning.} (28... exf4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 (29... Rxe4 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxe4 $15 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}) 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. gxf4 $11) 29. fxe5 (29. Na7 $142 Qd7 (29... Qxc2 $2 30. Rec1 $19) (29... exf4 30. Nxc6 fxe3 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxd5 $11) 30. fxe5) 29... Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ (30... Re4 $2 31. Qb3 Qc5 (31... Nh3+ 32. Kh1 $14) 32. Kg2 $19 (32. exf6 $2 Nd1+ $19)) 31. Kg2 Rf2+ (31... Qxc2+ $2 32. Re2 (32. Kxh3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rf2 $19) 32... Qg6 33. exf6 $18 (33. Kxh3 $2 Re4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Skewer})) 32. Kxh3 Qe6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.49/Black=0.09} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Bambou, Christophe"] [Black "Gaffagan, Steven"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "2119"] [BlackElo "1956"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2182650047174605"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 c4 8. Bxc4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Re1 O-O 14. c3 Bf6 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. Qd6 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Bh2 Re8 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qc8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qc6 24. Bd6 Rc8 25. Re4 b5 26. Bb4 d5 27. Re3 a6 28. b3 Re8 29. Bc5 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Kh7 31. Bd4 Kg8 32. Qg5 Qe6 33. f4 f5 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Qd8 Qe4 36. Qd7+ Ne7 37. Be5 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qe1 40. Qa7 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Qg1 Qg3 43. Qd1 g6 44. Qd2 Ke8 45. Bd4 Kf7 46. Bf2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.9"] [White "Winslow, Elliott"] [Black "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2009"] [PlyCount "126"] [GameId "2182650047174606"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 (6. Bg5) 6... Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 (13. Qc5+ $5 Nd6 $1 (13... Ke8 14. Qxb5+ Qd7 15. Nxd5 exd5 {since 15...Qxd5 is illegal (!)} 16. Qd3 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 f6 18. Kg2 Kf7 19. Bf4 {White is 4-0 here, including the not-quite-first game Grischuk,A (2737)-Vidit,S (2689) Doha 2016 (1-0 (39)).}) 14. Nxd5+ {There have been 105 databased games in the last four or so years here.} {Interestingly} Kd7 {has scored better} ({than} 14... exd5) {Black has even won a couple after} 15. Nc3 Qb6 (15... Qc8 $5) 16. Qh5 Rc8 $5 {-- oh wait: (1) it's the same game twice (2) it's a blitz game <sigh>.}) 13... Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 {[#]} 16. Be3 (16. O-O $5) (16. Bf4 $5) 16... Ke6 17. O-O-O Bb4 18. a3 Rhc8+ 19. Kb1 Bc5 $11 {Black actually has a plus score here, but Stockfish 17.1 makes it 0.00.} 20. Rhe1 Bxe3 21. Rxe3+ Kd6 22. Red3 Rc5 23. b4 Rb5 24. Kb2 a5 25. Kb3 axb4 26. axb4 g5 27. Rd4 Ke5 28. R4d3 h5 29. h3 f6 30. Re3+ Kf5 31. Red3 Kf4 32. Re3 Ra7 33. Rd4+ Kf5 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Red3 Kf4 {[#]} 36. Re3 (36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Kxf3 38. Rf5+ $8 Kg2 39. f4 $1 $11 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Rxf6 g3 42. f5 Kf2 43. Rg6 g2 {and there are *still* 7 moves here with "0.00"...}) 36... Ra7 37. Rd4+ Kf5 38. Rd1 {Black has some flicker of plus, but quickly back to nothing.} Rd7 {[#]} 39. Ka4 {Pseudo-ambitious -- i.e. risky.} Rb8 40. b5 {still nothing for nobody} d4 $5 {But this *does* require me to find an only move!} 41. Rb3 $1 Kf4 $6 {And even then, Black starts to cook up a little something.} (41... Ke5 $5 {even earns a !} 42. Re1+ Kf4 43. Re4+ Kf5 44. Re2 $1 {(another only move)} Rd5 (44... h4 $5) {and now} 45. Rd2 {and} ({and} 45. Ka5 {are the only moves})) 42. Kb4 {[#]} (42. b6 $2 Rd6 $1 43. Ka5 (43. Rdb1 d3) 43... Ra8+ $1 44. Kb5 Rxb6+ $1 {there a a few skewer shots like this around, which White must avoid.}) 42... Ke5 $6 ({It turns out that} 42... h4 $5 {is a sensible move; in variations where White's h-pawn goes, the pawn is one square closer to queening. It's amazing how endgames can hang on just that sort of little edge.}) 43. Kc4 Rc7+ 44. Kd3 Rc3+ $5 {Firing off his precious few remaining bullets.} 45. Rxc3 dxc3 {[#]} 46. Rb1 (46. Rc1 Rxb5 47. Rxc3 Rb1 48. Rc5+ Kd6 49. Rc3 $11 {the threat of Ke4-f5 barely thwarts ...Rh1.}) 46... Kf4 47. Ke2 $1 Re8+ 48. Kf1 Kxf3 49. Rb3 Rc8 50. b6 {White sees the certain draw in the distant horizon.} Kf4 (50... Ke4 51. b7 Rb8 52. Rxc3 Rxb7 53. Kg2 {is a fairly easy draw}) 51. b7 Rb8 {[%cal Gc1b1,Gb1b2,Gb2b3,Gb3a4,Ga4b4,Gb4c4,Gc4d3,Gd3e2,Ge2f1,Bf1e2,Be2d3,Bd3c3,Bc3d4,Bd4e4,Be4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6e6,Be6d6] White's king covers a lot of territory (so does Black's, for that matter).} 52. Ke2 (52. Rxc3 Rxb7 53. Kg2) 52... Re8+ 53. Kd3 (53. Kf1 Rb8 (53... c2 54. Rc3)) 53... Rb8 54. Kxc3 Kf3 55. Kd4+ Kxf2 56. Ke4 Kg2 57. Kf5 Kh2 58. Kxf6 g4 59. hxg4 hxg4 60. Rb2+ Kh3 61. Ke6 g3 62. Kd6 g2 63. Rxg2 Rxb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.10"] [White "Senthilkumar, Pranav"] [Black "Sankar, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2198"] [BlackElo "1905"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2182650047174607"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bf5 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e5 15. Rd1 {[#]} Nd7 $6 (15... exd4 16. exd4 Nd7) 16. d5 $1 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rb8 $4 (17... Rc8 $1 $14) 18. Bxg6 $18 Qf6 (18... Qh4 $142) 19. Bb1 Rfd8 20. Qe4 Nc5 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Bc2 $1 Qxb2 24. Rdb1 $1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxd2 26. Rd1 $1 Rbd8 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Qf5 b6 29. g4 Kg8 30. h4 e4 31. Bb3 Nxb3 32. axb3 Rb2 33. Qd5 Bc3 34. Qxe4 Rxb3 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Kg7 37. Qh4 a5 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. g6 fxg6 40. Qxg6+ Kf8 41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. Qe4+ Kd6 43. Qc4 Ra3 44. e4 Bb4 45. Qd4+ Kc7 46. e5 Bc5 47. Qd5 Ra4 48. Qf7+ Kd8 49. Qf6+ Kc7 50. e6 Re4 51. Kf1 a4 52. Qf5 Rb4 53. Qf7+ Kb8 54. e7 Bxe7 55. Qe8+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.11"] [White "Lewis, Edward"] [Black "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "1950"] [BlackElo "2068"] [PlyCount "126"] [GameId "2182650047174608"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. a4 b5 {[#]} 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. d3 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Ra1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 {[#]} 17. c4 bxc4 18. Qb2 Nfd5 19. e4 Qf6 20. Qa3 Nc7 21. Bc3 Qd8 {[#]} 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ Qf6 24. e5 Qf5 25. Qxb6 Nd5 26. Qd4 Qxd3 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Bf1 Qg6 29. Qxc4 Qf5 30. Bg2 Rd8 31. Qh4 Rb8 32. h3 Nc3 33. Qf6+ Qxf6 34. exf6 Nd5 35. Ne5 Nxf6 36. Nxf7+ Kg7 37. Ne5 Nd5 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Be4 Nf6 40. Bxc6 Bxc6 41. Nxc6 Rb2 42. Ne5 Ne4 43. Nd3 Rd2 44. Ra4 Nc3 45. Rg4+ Kf7 46. Rf4+ Ke7 47. Rf3 Ne2+ 48. Kg2 Nd4 49. Re3 Nc2 50. Kf3 Nxe3 51. Kxe3 Ra2 52. h4 Kf6 53. Ne1 Kf5 54. Kf3 h5 55. Ng2 Ra3+ 56. Ne3+ Ke5 57. Ke2 Rb3 58. Kf3 Rc3 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Nf1 Rc2+ 61. Nd2+ Kd4 62. Ke1 Kd3 63. Nb3 Rc3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.12"] [White "Paragiri, Reyansh"] [Black "Mercado, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2015"] [BlackElo "1958"] [PlyCount "93"] [GameId "2182650047174609"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Be2 (12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4) 12... O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nb4 Be4 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bc2 Kh8 20. Nd5 {[#]} Qf7 21. Qd3 g6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Bb3 Qd7 24. f3 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Be3 27. Qe2 Bb6 28. Be4 Rf6 29. Rd5 Bc5 30. Rfd1 Qc7 31. Qd3 Bb6 {[#]} 32. a4 Bc5 33. axb5 axb5 34. b4 Bf2 35. Rxb5 Rf4 36. Rb7 Qc8 37. Re7 Rf6 38. Rxe5 Qd7 39. Rd5 Qg7 40. Qe2 Bb6 41. c4 Rff8 42. Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Qc3 44. Qd2 Qe5 45. g3 Bc7 46. Rd7 Rb8 47. Qh6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.13"] [White "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"] [Black "Walder, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1913"] [BlackElo "2012"] [PlyCount "124"] [GameId "2182650047174610"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Re8 $17) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 {Threatening 0-0.} Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa3 {[#] The position is equal.} 13. d5 Ne5 {and ...Nd3+ should not be overlooked} 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 f6 17. Rb1 a5 {0.62/29 [#] Inhibits Bb4.} (17... Rf7 $11 {[%eval 12,29]}) 18. Rb3 $146 {[%eval 17,33]} (18. Bh6 $14 {[%eval 62,29]} Rf7 19. Rb6) ({Predecessor:} 18. e5 fxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd6 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Bc3 b5 22. Re1 Rac8 23. Be5 Qc5 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Be5 Qc5 26. Bd4 Qd6 {½-½ Babula,V (2556)-Plat,V (2539) SVK-chT 1718 Slovakia 2017 (11.2)}) 18... Qd6 $11 19. Qb2 b5 $1 20. Rxb5 {[%eval -36,31]} (20. a3 $11 {[%eval 6,35]}) 20... Ba6 {[%eval 0,39]} (20... Bd7 $1 $15 {[%eval -36,31] is superior.} 21. Rb3 (21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Bxa5 Rb8 $17) 21... Rfb8) ({Stockfish 17.1:} 20... Bd7 21. Rb6 Rab8 22. Rxd6 Rxb2 23. Rxd7 Rxd2 24. Rxe7 h5 25. h4 Rxa2 26. d6 Rd2 27. Ra7 Rxd6 28. Rxa5 Re8 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. e5 fxe5 32. Be4 Rb2 33. Ra5 Kg7 34. Rxe5 Rxf2 35. Ra5 Rfd2 36. Bf3 {[%eval -37,30]}) 21. Rb6 {[%eval -50,37]} ({Reject} 21. Rxa5 Rab8 22. e5 fxe5 $15 (22... Rxb2 23. exd6 exd6 24. Bc3 $15)) (21. Rb3 $11 {[%eval 0,39]}) 21... Rfb8 22. Bxa5 Rxb6 23. Qxb6 Qxb6 24. Bxb6 $15 {Endgame KRB-KB} Bd3 25. Bc5 $2 {[%eval -156,35]} (25. e5 $1 $11 {[%eval -4,37]} Ra6 (25... Rxa2 26. d6 $15) 26. Bd8) 25... Rxa2 $2 {[%eval 0,49]} (25... Kf7 $17 {[%eval -156,35]} 26. a3 Rc8) 26. Bxe7 $11 Kf7 27. d6 {Strongly threatening e5!.} Bc4 28. Bd8 Rd2 29. Bc7 Be6 30. g4 Bd7 31. Kg2 Bc6 32. Kf1 Ke8 33. Be2 Kd7 34. f3 Rb2 35. h4 Bb5 36. Bxb5+ Rxb5 {KR-KB} 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. gxh5 Rxh5 40. Kg4 Rb5 41. f4 Rb4 42. e5 {[%eval -7177,23]} fxe5 $19 43. d7 Rxf4+ ({Weaker is} 43... Kxd7 44. Bxe5 Ke6 45. Kg5 $11 (45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Kf5 $11)) 44. Kg3 Kxd7 45. Bxe5 Rf5 46. Bf4 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. Bg5 Ke4 $2 {[%eval -88,27]} (48... Rf1 $19 {[%eval -7988,30]} 49. Bd2 Rg1+ 50. Kf4 Rd1) {This costs White the game.} 49. Kg3 $2 {-#43/45 [#]} (49. h5 $17 {[%eval -88,27]}) 49... Rf3+ 50. Kg4 Rf1 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Bd8 Rd1 {[%eval -32707,53]} (52... Rg1+ $19 {[%eval -8308,35]} 53. Kf3 Rh1) 53. Bg5 Rd3+ 54. Kf2 Kg4 55. Be7 Rd2+ 56. Kg1 Kg3 57. Kf1 Rd1+ {[%eval -5140,15]} (57... Rd4 $142 {[%eval -32709,38]} 58. Bg5 Rxh4 59. Ke2 Rh5 60. Bc1 g5 61. Ke3 g4 62. Ke4 Kh3 63. Be3 Rb5 64. Kf4 g3 65. Ba7 Rb1 66. Ke4 g2 67. Bc5 g1=Q (67... g1=B $2 68. Bf8 $19) 68. Bxg1 Rxg1 69. Kd4 Rd1+ 70. Kc4 Kg3 71. Kc3 Kf4 72. Kc4 Ke5 73. Kc3 Rd4 74. Kc2 Ke4 75. Kc3 Ke3 76. Kc2 Rc4+ 77. Kb3 Kd3 78. Kb2 Rb4+ 79. Ka3 Kc3 80. Ka2 Ra4+ 81. Kb1 Ra8 82. Kc1 Ra1#) 58. Ke2 Rh1 {Black mates.} 59. Bg5 Rxh4 60. Bxh4+ Kxh4 61. Kf2 g5 62. Kf1 Kh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.37} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.14"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E69"] [WhiteElo "1937"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2182650047178707"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. d5 a5 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Bf1 h6 15. b3 Nh7 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 Rf8 18. a3 Be8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Na6 22. Qb2 c5 {[#]} 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rb1 fxe4 25. Ncxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf7 27. Bg2 Ng5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Qxb7 Qf5 30. Qb6 Qc2 31. Qb3 Qf5 32. g4 Qf7 33. Be3 Qf6 34. Qd3 Bd7 35. Rb7 Ba4 36. Ra7 Be8 37. Ra6 Bd7 {[#]} 38. c5 e4 39. fxe4 Qe5 40. Rxd6 Qg3 41. Rxg6 Kh7 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Rxd7 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.15"] [White "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Black "Admassu, Yonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "1643"] [BlackElo "1661"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2182650047178708"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qc2 Na6 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Be2 Nf4 12. O-O f5 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. e5 h6 15. c5 g5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Nd5 Rae8 21. Nf3 Re6 22. Nd4 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Ne7 Qf6 25. Ndxf5 Re8 26. Nd5 Qe6 27. Nfe7 Qxe7 28. Nxe7 Rxe7 29. Qf5 Nxc5 30. b4 a6 31. Rd7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.17"] [White "Yan, Rayna"] [Black "Pickering, Carl Anthony"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1621"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2182650047178709"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 axb5 6. Nxb5 e6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. e3 d5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Ne5 14. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nxd7 16. Qe2 Rf6 17. Bb2 {[#]} Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Rh6+ 19. Kg1 Qh4 20. f3 Rf8 21. Qe1 Ne5 22. Qxh4 Rxh4 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Ba3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Nb5 Rh6 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. Rf2 Rf6 29. Rfc2 Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. R1c2 h5 32. Rb7 Rff8 33. Nd4 e5 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Rxb4 Rge8 36. Nc7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.18"] [White "Boyer, John"] [Black "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Tam,Hoa Long"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "1669"] [BlackElo "1564"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2182650047178710"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 $14 (4... Nf6 {White wants to get d2-d4 in quickly. Developing slowly with ...Bg7 gives White a great center and it scores great for White in the master's database. This move provokes e4-e5 and transposes into an Alapin.} 5. e5 Nd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qb3 Nc7 $10) 5. O-O (5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 $14) 5... e5 6. d3 $10 (6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Bd6 $14) 6... Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 $6 $15 {This move prepares to trade my g7 bishop. That trade will take two more tempi and result in getting rid of my bad bishop for White's good bishop. Additionally, the queen prevents the knight from developing.} (8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 $10) 8... O-O 9. Bh6 Be6 $10 {This is a bit slow. The bishop is just going to get kicked around a bit.} (9... Bg4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qe3 f5 12. h3 f4 13. Qe2 Bh5 14. Nbd2 a6 $15) 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f3 Bd7 13. f4 f6 14. Nh3 $6 $15 (14. Nf3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 $10) 14... a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 b4 18. Rf3 Qb6 19. Bc4 Bg4 20. Rg3 h5 21. Nf2 f5 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. exf5 gxf5 24. h3 exf4 25. Qxf4 Ng6 $6 {Qxd6 winds up working out well for me, but this gets a ?! because I got confused calculating both Ng6 and Ne5 and completely lost track of the d6 pawn.} 26. Qxd6 $6 $17 {Opening up files for my rooks is more than enough compensation for the pawn.} Rad8 27. Qe6 Qc7 (27... Rde8 28. Qd6 (28. Qd5 Qc7 $19) 28... Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rfe8 $17) 28. Qe1 Rde8 29. Qf2 Re5 30. Re3 (30. Nd2 Rfe8 31. Rf1 Re2 $17) 30... f4 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. dxe4 Nce5 33. Bd5 g3 34. Qf1 c4 35. Nd2 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Nd3 37. Qf3 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Ne5 {The queen must either go to e2, taking away the king's escape square, or give up the ability to sacrifice on f2.} (38... Nxh3+ 39. Kf1 Ne5 $19) 39. Qh5 (39. Qe2 Nxh3+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kh1 Qg1+ 41. Rxg1 Nf2+ 42. Qxf2 Rh8#) 40... Qg1#) 39... Nxh3+ 40. Kh1 (40. Kf1 Qf2#) 40... Qg1+ 41. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.19"] [White "Touset, Stephen"] [Black "Babayan, Gagik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "1545"] [BlackElo "1725"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2182650047178711"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Bh2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Nc3 Nbd5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. O-O Qxa2 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Rb1 b5 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. e4 Bd7 21. Rfc1 Bh6 22. e5 Ne8 23. h4 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Ng7 25. g4 f6 26. exd6 exd6 27. h5 g5 28. h6 Ne6 29. Re1 Rbe8 30. Bd5 Kh8 31. Qa2 Nf4 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. f3 Qxc3 34. Qxa7 Rxe1+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.20"] [White "Dutter, Frederic"] [Black "Abraham, Michael David"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1564"] [PlyCount "47"] [GameId "2182650047178712"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qb7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Be3 e5 13. Qe4 Be7 {[#]} 14. f4 exf4 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Re1 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Be3 20. Nc4 Re8 {[#]} 21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Nd6+ Kd7 23. Nxb7 Bb6 24. Rad1+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.21"] [White "Ochoa, Jason B"] [Black "Smith, Robert H"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1643"] [BlackElo "1725"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2182650047178713"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. N2f3 Ng6 13. e3 e5 14. Ne2 Rae8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Ndb5 Nd3 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Ba1 Rc8 22. Rc2 h6 {one scoresheet, no clue as to what this move was} 23. Qd2 Qc6 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Be8 26. Qe2 Bh5 27. Nxe4 Bxe2 28. Rxc6 Nxe4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxe2 Ndxf2 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Rd7 b5 33. Bxg7+ Ke8 34. Bxb5 a6 35. Ba4 Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Neg5 {seems like the wrong knight, but then 38.Bf6+ wouldn't be mate (not to mention hanging).} 37. Ra7+ Kd8 38. Bf6# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.23"] [White "Chan, John"] [Black "Casares, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "1601"] [BlackElo "1600"] [PlyCount "121"] [GameId "2182650047178714"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. a3 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 e4 12. O-O Bd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qc8 15. Ng1 g6 16. Nce2 Nh5 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rc1 Bxf4 20. exf4 Re8 21. Kh2 h5 22. Be3 Kg7 23. Ne2 {[#]} Ng4+ 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. g3 Rh8+ 26. Kg2 Rh3 27. Rh1 Qh8 28. Qd2 Qh7 29. Qe1 Rh8 30. Qg1 f5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Qg8 33. Rxh3 Rxh3 34. Nc3 Qa8 35. Ra1 Qb8 36. Rb1 Qc8 37. Na4 Qa6 38. Nc5 Qe2 39. Qd1 Qf3+ 40. Qxf3 exf3+ 41. Kg1 Bc8 42. Ra1 Rh8 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra8 Ke7 45. Nd3 Kd6 46. Ne5 Rg8 47. Nf7+ Kc7 48. Ne5 Kb7 49. Ra3 Rg7 50. Nd3 Kb6 51. Ra5 Ba6 52. Nc5 Be2 53. Ne6 Rh7 54. Nf8 Rh6 55. Nd7+ Kc7 56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. Ne5 Ke6 58. Rc7 Bb5 (58... Bf1 59. b5) 59. Nxc6 Bf1 60. Nd8+ Kf6 $2 (60... Kd6 61. Ra7 $18 Rh5 (61... Rh3 62. b5 Bg2 63. Nf7+ Ke6 64. Ng5+) 62. b5 Bg2 63. Nf7+ Ke6 64. Ng5+ Kd6 65. Rh7) 61. Rf7# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.25"] [White "Stults, Sawyer"] [Black "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C31"] [WhiteElo "1471"] [BlackElo "1512"] [PlyCount "37"] [GameId "2182650047178715"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. fxe5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. d4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxb5 12. Rxf7 Qd6 13. Bg5 Qxe5 14. dxe5 Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Ke6 16. Qxb7 Bc6 17. Qxc7 Rae8 18. Qd6+ Kf7 19. Rf1+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.26"] [White "Merk, Felix Elias"] [Black "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1347"] [PlyCount "45"] [GameId "2182650047178716"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 Qa5 5. b3 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 d5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ngf3 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nc4 Bxh2+ 14. Nxh2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rae8 16. Ng4 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qd7 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22. Rfd1 Bc6 23. Rd6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.27"] [White "Hack, Richard"] [Black "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Hack,Richard"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1217"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2182610842187581"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Nxc6 ({Now I could have won at least one pawn by playing} 10. Nxe6 $18 {with a discovered attack on the Black queen by my e3 bishop, but I just didn't look for it.}) 10... Qxc6 {(Gets his queen off the b-file.)} 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Nc5 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Bd4 Rac8 17. Rf2 Rfd8 18. Re2 Rd7 19. b4 Na4 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. c3 a5 22. g4 {Finally getting some offense going.} Rdc7 23. f5 Ba6 24. Rg2 axb4 25. axb4 Bf8 26. f6 a3 27. Qg5 Qa4 28. Bc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. fxg7 Bxg7 31. Qd8+ Bf8 {[#]} 32. g5 $4 $19 (32. Qg5+ $11) 32... Rc8 (32... Rxc3 $1) 33. Qf6 Bg7 34. Qe7 Bf8 {(He wasn't going to give me a chance to open up my rook or get a pawn check, so we finally agreed to a draw.)} 35. Qf6 Bg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.28"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "1263"] [BlackElo "1267"] [PlyCount "47"] [GameId "2182650047178718"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Qd7 7. Bd3 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Bxf5 Qxf5 11. O-O Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Qxc4 O-O-O 14. Ng5 Rxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Nxd4 17. Nxf7 Rg8 18. Bf4 e6 19. Rd1 Bc5 20. Na4 Rf8 21. Nxc5 Rxf7 22. Rxd4 g5 23. Nxe6 gxf4 24. Rd8# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.29"] [White "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Black "Otterbach, Renate"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "1329"] [BlackElo "1113"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2182650047178719"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Nb4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5 Bb7 14. e6 f6 15. Nf7 Qc8 16. d5 Nc5 17. Qh3 Rxf7 18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Qf8 20. Rd4 Qxf7 21. Bh6 f5 22. Bxg7+ Qxg7 23. Rad1 e6 24. b4 Na4 25. Qh3 Nc3 26. Qxc3 exd5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Re8 30. g3 Re6 31. Qa8+ Qg8 32. Qxa7 c5 33. Rxd6 Qe8 34. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.30"] [White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Black "Singer, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "1246"] [BlackElo "1051"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2182650047178720"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8. Qh5 g6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba6+ Kc7 15. Ba5+ Nb6 16. Qe5+ Qd6 17. Qxh8 Qxd4 18. Qxh7 Qe5+ 19. Kf1 Qf4 20. Ne2 Qf5 21. Bxb6+ axb6 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Rh3 Ne7 24. Rf3 Nf5 25. h5 Rd7 26. g4 Qh4 27. gxf5 Qh1+ 28. Ng1 gxf5 29. Qg8 Bd6 30. c4 Qxh5 31. Rh3 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Rh7 Be5 34. Rb1 Rxd3 35. Rxf7+ Kd6 36. Ke2 Rd4 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 g4 39. b3 Bd4 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kf1 Ke4 42. Ne2 Bc5 43. Rc7 Kf3 44. Ng1+ Ke4 45. Rxc6 e5 46. Rxc5 bxc5 47. a4 f4 48. a5 Kd3 49. a6 e4 50. a7 f3 51. a8=Q e3 52. Qd5+ Kc2 53. fxe3 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.31"] [White "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Black "Myers, Steven Lee"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1056"] [BlackElo "1171"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2182650047178721"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Bg4 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Rab1 b5 18. Qd4 f6 19. c4 a6 20. f4 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. f5 Bf7 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd6 Nb7 25. Bb4 O-O-O 26. Be7 Rd7 27. Bxf6 Rg8 28. e5 Bxa2 29. Ra1 Bd5 30. e6 Na5 31. Rxa5 Rb7 32. Ra8+ Rb8 33. Rxb8+ Kxb8 34. e7 Re8 35. Be5+ Kc8 36. f6 Bf7 37. Bf5+ Kb7 38. Bd7 Ra8 39. Re1 Be8 40. Bxe8 Rxe8 41. f7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.32"] [White "Hossain, Shaikat"] [Black "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "41"] [GameId "2182650047186914"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 b5 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Bf4 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. O-O-O d6 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Rdg1 c5 11. g4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. h4 b4 14. c4 g6 15. h5 Re8 16. hxg6 Nf8 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. Nxf7+ Kg7 20. Bxg6 Bxh1 21. Bh6# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.33"] [White "Olson, David R"] [Black "Lee, Yinpok R"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1104"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2182650047186915"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. c5 Nf6 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh3 b6 7. b4 bxc5 8. bxc5 Ba6 9. Nf2 Qc7 10. Nd3 Be7 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Kf2 Bd8 {[#]} 14. g4 Bc7 15. Bd2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17. Nxd5 {[#]} Qxd2 18. Qxd2 cxd5 19. e3 e4 20. Bb5 exf3 21. Kxf3 Ne4 22. Qg2 Rfd8 23. Bc6 Rab8 24. Rab1 Nf8 25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. c6 Ng6 28. h4 Nf8 29. Qc2 Re8 30. Re1 Re6 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Rf1 Rh6 33. Rh1 Rf6 34. Rb1 Rf2+ 35. Qxf2 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 a5 37. Rb5 f6 38. Rxd5 Kf7 39. Rb5 Ke6 40. e4 h6 41. Bc8+ Kd6 42. d5 g5 43. h5 Nh7 44. Ke3 Nf8 45. Bf5 Bd8 46. Rb8 Be7 47. Ra8 Kc7 48. Rxa5 Bd6 49. Kd4 Be5+ 50. Kc4 Kb6 51. Ra8 Nd7 52. cxd7 Bc7 53. Rh8 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.34"] [White "Pirone, John"] [Black "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "1033"] [BlackElo "1369"] [PlyCount "128"] [GameId "2182650047186916"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 f5 18. Kh1 Bg5 19. Rg1 Bf4 20. Rxg6 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 hxg6 22. Rg1 f4 23. Qe4 g5 24. Qg6 Rf5 25. Rg4 Qe8 26. Rxg5 Qxg6 27. Rxg6 Kf7 28. Rg4 Rh8 29. Ne4 Kf8 30. Nd6 Rfh5 31. Rg2 Rh3 32. Ne4 Rxf3 33. Nc5 Ke8 34. Nxa6 Rd3 35. Rxg7 f3 36. Rg1 Rxd4 37. Nc7+ Kf7 38. Nxb5 Rd2 39. Nd6+ Kf8 40. Ne4 Re2 41. Nf6 Rxf2 42. Ng4 {[%eval -571,0]} Rxb2 {[%eval -544,0]} 43. Rf1 {[%eval -567,0]} Rh3 {[%eval -561,0]} 44. Nf2 {[%eval -556,0]} Rh4 45. h3 Rxa2 46. Kh2 Rha4 47. Kg3 Ra1 48. Rxa1 Rxa1 49. Kxf3 Ra4 50. Ne4 Kg7 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. h4 Kh5 53. Kf3 Kxh4 54. Kf4 Rd4 55. Ke3 Rd1 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. Kd4 Rf4 59. Ke3 Kf5 60. Nf6 Kxe5 61. Nxd7+ Kf5 62. Nc5 e5 63. Nd3 Ra4 64. Kf3 e4+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.35"] [White "Jiam, Max"] [Black "Liu, Eric"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Liu,Eric"] [ECO "A84"] [BlackElo "1307"] [PlyCount "110"] [GameId "2182650047186917"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {I played Max previously in a rapid tourney and beat him easily. So one challenge here was to focus on the game and not the opponent. I botched that a couple times early on when I tried some simple traps instead of playing the best moves :/ But he put up plenty of resistance. Nothing like our prev game, which was also his first tournament (makes sense). So, net improvement in mental state, but definitely still much to grow on. I wasn't thinking as clearly by move 30 or so and it shows. I was definitely getting tired of thinking about the same position for so long. I also felt frustrated/lost bc I couldn't find a clear plan forward (ie looking for things and having to reject everything I come up with). Taking a break helped somewhat: I was able to relieve some internal tension, but it didn't help me find a plan lol.} 1. c4 {[%eval 12,0]} e6 {[%eval 25,0]} 2. d4 {[%eval 16,0]} f5 {[%eval 41,0]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 36,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 43,0]} 4. a3 $6 {[%eval 18,0] Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best. Things already felt promising here. I would have taken the knight even w/o a3 (unless Bd2, in which case I'd wait for a3) so this just wastes a tempo.} (4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 c5) 4... Bxc3+ {[%eval 28,0]} 5. bxc3 {[%eval 27,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 1,0]} 6. e3 {[%eval 31,0]} b6 {[%eval 32,0]} 7. Ne2 {[%eval 62,0]} Bb7 {[%eval 13,0]} 8. Rb1 $6 {[%eval 74,0] Inaccuracy. Ng3 was best.} (8. Ng3) 8... Be4 $6 {[%eval 31,0] Inaccuracy. d6 was best. This felt wrong bc I want my knight on e4. But I thought at worst it's a "trade" of tempi.} (8... d6) 9. Rb3 $6 {[%eval 39,0] Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best.} (9. Rb2 Bb7) 9... d6 {[%eval 15,0]} 10. f3 {[%eval 7,0]} Bc6 {[%eval 2,0] I should have Bb7. I was hoping he'd miss Ba4 tactic. Things turned out OK but the B here means a future d5 push comes with tempo.} 11. Qd2 $6 {[%eval 87,0] Inaccuracy. Rb2 was best.} (11. Rb2 e5) 11... Nbd7 {[%eval -99,0]} 12. Nf4 {[%eval -56,0] Oof! I didn't see this move. I know the idea and thought I could play Qe7 w/o issue. it's not quite that simple though bc if I'm not careful, he wins e6 and plants a there. Yuck. Thankfully I found the best continuation to avoid any trouble. This is where I started to really get mentally serious though. I prob thought for 15min here and saw through to .. dxc5. I liked that outcome bc it continues to make it hard for him to develop his bishop pair.} Qe7 {[%eval -46,0]} 13. d5 {[%eval -195,0]} Nc5 {[%eval -183,0]} 14. Rb1 {[%eval -174,0]} e5 $6 {[%eval -62,0] Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best.} (14... Bd7 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Be2 Qf7 17. O-O O-O-O 18. a4 a5 19. Qd4 Rhe8 20. e4) 15. Nd3 $6 {[%eval -142,0] Inaccuracy. dxc6 was best.} (15. dxc6 exf4) 15... Bd7 {[%eval -143,0]} 16. Nxc5 {[%eval -148,0]} dxc5 {[%eval -155,0]} 17. Be2 {[%eval -138,0]} e4 {[%eval -151,0] This was another maybe 10 min think. I was struggling to figure out if I should leave the pawn tension or if I could develop an attack (eg g5). Ultimately I went this way bc if he takes I get a great knight, and if he pushes f4, his dark bishop is stuck. And that continues being true in future turns. And the computer agrees! Wow lol} 18. Qc2 {[%eval -125,0]} O-O $6 {[%eval -48,0] Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. I REALLY wanted to O-O-O but I was scared w/my light squares exposed and white's Q + light bishop still on the board. (So are mine... but still). Rooks on g+h8 would have made for an easy attack though.} (18... O-O-O 19. O-O g5 20. Rb2 h5 21. Qb1 Kb7 22. Bd2 Rdg8 23. f4 h4 24. fxg5) 19. Bd2 {[%eval -199,0]} Rae8 $6 {[%eval -72,0] Inaccuracy. exf3 was best. I thought about whether this was the right time to .. exf3 but I saw no advantage. The computer line makes no sense to me lol} (19... exf3 20. Bxf3 Ne4 21. O-O Nd6 22. Rbe1 Rae8 23. Be2 Qe5 24. Rf3 Rf6 25. e4) 20. O-O {[%eval -94,0]} h6 $6 {[%eval 98,0] Inaccuracy. exf3 was best. I was down like 30+ min by now... I wanted to mobilize my knight, but could not figure out how. The plan was to go Nh7, get my queen out and/or rook-lift, then Ng5. I think this is also when I got up to walk around and try to clear my mind for ~5min. I didn't think I was struggling with distracting thoughts, but I was getting frustrated bc I couldn't find a plan.} (20... exf3 21. Rxf3) 21. Be1 $2 {[%eval -145,0] Mistake. f4 was best. Yes! I guess waiting to play exf3 "paid off"?? Bc suddenly white's options are getting very constricted.} (21. f4 Ra8 22. Be1 Ne8 23. Bg3 Nd6 24. h4 g6 25. a4 a5 26. Kf2 Kf7) 21... exf3 {[%eval -145,0]} 22. Rxf3 {[%eval -154,0]} Ng4 {[%eval -157,0]} 23. Bf2 {[%eval -114,0]} Qg5 $6 {[%eval -28,0] Inaccuracy. Qe5 was best.} (23... Qe5 {WHAT A MOVE!!! I saw this but thought it was trivially defeated by Bg3. BUT!!! 24. Bg3, f4(!!). 25 Bxf4 Rxf4(!). Def did not see that.} 24. Rf4 (24. Bg3 f4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. exf4 Qxe2 27. Qxe2 Rxe2) 24... Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rf2 f4 27. Rd1 Bf5 28. Qd2 g6) (23... f4 {I spent a while looking at f4 too (on this move, a couple past moves, and MANY future moves). My eval of the position was way off stockfish's though. I thought we get a bunch of ~even trades and I potentially get a nice endgame (doubled c-pawns). I undervalued the advanced e-pawn I can get out of this (I wasn't even sure I could keep it). According to stockfish, while white recaptures that pawn, I have time to win c4 and d5.} 24. Rf1 Nxf2 25. R3xf2) 24. Qd2 {[%eval -93,0]} Rf6 $2 {[%eval 29,0] Mistake. Ne5 was best. Thus starts a sequence where I blow my advantage (until my opponent counter-blunders). I was down to 10min now and getting worried. I still wasn't seeing a clear plan so I was like ok, "hammer time" = play simple moves w/simple threats and hope something comes out of it. :/} (24... Ne5 25. Rh3) 25. h3 $6 {[%eval -89,0] Inaccuracy. Bg3 was best.} (25. Bg3 Nxe3 26. h4 Qg6 27. Bd3 Ng4 28. Bxc7 Qh5 29. Re1 Rff8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8) 25... Nxf2 {[%eval -94,0]} 26. Kxf2 {[%eval 88,0]} Rg6 {[%eval -96,0]} 27. Rg1 {[%eval -57,0]} Re4 {[%eval -98,0]} 28. Bd3 {[%eval -56,0]} Rh4 $6 {[%eval 43,0] Inaccuracy. Re5 was best. I don't understand stockfish's alternative AT ALL. I wasn't happy playing Rh4... like I have some threats but at the same time, seems like my heavy pieces could get trapped. Like I said, "hammer time".} (28... Re5 29. g3 c6 30. Rf4 Rd6 31. Qe2 Qe7 32. Re1 g5 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. e4) 29. Qe1 {[%eval 41,0]} Rf6 {[%eval 0,0]} 30. Rh1 {[%eval 21,0]} Qh5 {[%eval 0,0]} 31. Qf1 {[%eval 44,0]} f4 {[%eval 58,0]} 32. e4 $2 {[%eval -21,0] Mistake. Qe1 was best.} (32. Qe1) 32... g5 $4 {[%eval 236,0] Blunder. Qe5 was best. YIKES. I saw he could push e5 but I thought I was okay bc bishop and queen cover e8. HOWEVER. He has Qe1  e4! Leaving the pawn on e6, I can't defend checkmate with my rook (f7 covered) and I'm losing MAJOR material.} (32... Qe5 33. Ke2 Rh5 34. Kd2 Rg5 35. Rg1 h5 36. Qf2 Rg3 37. Rf1 h4 38. Kc2) 33. g3 $4 {[%eval -539,0] Blunder. e5 was best.} (33. e5) 33... fxg3+ {[%eval -571,0]} 34. Kxg3 {[%eval -747,0]} Rxh3+ {[%eval -751,0]} 35. Rxh3 {[%eval -774,0]} Rxf3+ $4 {[%eval -126,0] Blunder. Bxh3 was best. HAHAHAHA omg. chess.com gives Rxh3+ a !! brilliant notation. I was even lower on time (close to 5 min now). But I did sit and think for like 3 min on how to handle this... I knew my white bishop should help me win something, but what?! I somehow mentally gave him a free move. Like I couldn't play Bxh3 bc then I'd get checked. But... no! I win the queen! FUCK} (35... Bxh3 36. Rxf6 Qh4+ 37. Kf3 Bxf1 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rxg5 hxg5 40. Bxf1 Qf4+ 41. Ke2) 36. Qxf3 {[%eval -297,0]} Qxh3+ {[%eval -273,0]} 37. Kf2 {[%eval -298,0]} Bg4 {[%eval -117,0]} 38. Qxh3 {[%eval -132,0]} Bxh3 {[%eval -195,0]} 39. e5 {[%eval -177,0]} Kf7 $2 {[%eval 64,0] Mistake. Bg4 was best. I played this instinctively w/o even thinking (King near the passed pawns!!) I realized it was wrong as soon as he moved his King. Still had 3min on my clock. Scary.} (39... Bg4 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. Bc2 h5 42. Bd3 h4 43. Be4 Kf7 44. Bc2 Bh5 45. Bf5) (39... h5 40. Ke3 Kf7) 40. Kg3 {[%eval 51,0]} g4 {[%eval 0,0]} 41. Bf5 $4 {[%eval -129,0] Blunder. Kf4 was best.} (41. Kf4 Kg7 42. Kg3 h5 43. Kh4 Kf7 44. Kg3) 41... Bf1 {[%eval -138,0]} 42. Kxg4 {[%eval -148,0]} Bxc4 {[%eval -154,0]} 43. d6 $2 {[%eval -392,0] Mistake. Be6+ was best.} (43. Be6+ Ke7) 43... cxd6 {[%eval -333,0]} 44. exd6 {[%eval -422,0]} Ke8 $4 {[%eval 0,0] Blunder. Be6 was best. Another snap move. I realized I'm in no rush to play this bc if he ever advances, I can Ke7 and stop the pawn no problemo. That said, things are on a needle point here... have to be pretty precise to win.} (44... Be6 45. Bxe6+ Kxe6 46. d7 Kxd7 47. Kf3 Kd6 48. Ke4 h5 49. c4 h4 50. Kf4) (44... Be2+ 45. Kf4 h5 46. Ke5 Ke8) 45. d7+ {[%eval 53,0]} Kd8 {[%eval 3,0]} 46. Kh5 {[%eval 18,0]} Bb5 {[%eval 28,0]} 47. Kxh6 {[%eval 23,0]} Bxd7 {[%eval 24,0]} 48. Kg5 $4 {[%eval -595,0] Blunder. Bd3 was best. I thought I'm winning regardless. I didn't realize Kg5 was the final critical blunder. But w/bishops gone, the win is easy.} (48. Bd3 Kc7) 48... Bxf5 {[%eval -419,0]} 49. Kxf5 {[%eval -491,0]} Kd7 {[%eval -418,0]} 50. Ke5 {[%eval -414,0]} Kc6 {[%eval -492,0]} 51. c4 $6 {[%eval -982,0] Inaccuracy. Ke4 was best.} (51. Ke4 Kb5 52. Kd5 Ka4 53. Kc6 Kxa3 54. Kb7 b5 55. Kxa7 Kb3 56. Ka6 Kc4) 51... b5 {[%eval -989,0]} (51... a6 52. Ke4 b5) 52. cxb5+ {[%eval -845,0]} Kxb5 {[%eval -2503,0]} 53. Kd5 {[%eval -1374,0]} a5 {[%eval -661,0]} 54. a4+ $2 {[%eval -32735,0] Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke5 was best.} (54. Ke5 Kc4 55. Kd6 Kd4 56. Kc6 c4 57. Kb6 a4 58. Kb5 c3 59. Kxa4 Kc4) 54... Kb4 {[%eval -32737,0]} 55. Kc6 {[%eval -32739,0]} c4 {[%eval -1506,0] Almost 4 hours. I was up to 7 min by the end (30 sec increments add up lol); and my opponent stopped taking notation around move 35 bc he was too stressed. I can definitely relate: my handwriting changed for the endgame moves haha.} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.36"] [White "Chen, Bowie"] [Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1279"] [BlackElo "1137"] [PlyCount "122"] [GameId "2182650047186918"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Be2 Qd7 11. d4 Nxe5 {[#]} 12. Qd1 Ng4 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Nge3 15. Bxe3 Nxe3 16. Qd2 Qxd4 17. Bf3 Qxe5 18. Kf2 Nf5 19. Re1 Qd4+ 20. Kf1 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Nd4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Be4 Rxb2 24. Nb3 Nc2 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Nd4 Bc4+ 27. Kg1 Rxa2 28. Rac1 Bd5 29. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Ra2 31. Rexe7 Ra8 32. Nb5 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 a5 34. Nd6 Rf8 35. Ne8 Be6 36. Nd6 a4 37. Ra7 a3 38. Nb5 a2 39. Nc3 Rc8 40. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 41. Rxa2 Bxa2 42. Kg3 Kf8 43. Re2 Be6 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. Rb2 Kg7 46. Ke4 Bf5+ 47. Kd4 Rc2 48. Rb6 Rxh2 49. Ke5 Re2+ 50. Kf4 h5 51. Kg5 Rg2+ 52. Kh4 Rg4+ 53. Kh3 Rb4+ 54. Kh2 Rxb6 55. Kg3 Rb4 56. Kf3 Rg4 57. Kf2 h4 58. Kf3 h3 59. Kf2 h2 60. Kf1 h1=Q+ 61. Kf2 Qh3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.37"] [White "Tobias, Mason"] [Black "Le, Thu Anh"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B07"] [BlackElo "1217"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2182650047186919"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. a3 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Qd5 {[#]} Nxe3 10. fxe3 Nb6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Be2 Bh6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Rd3 Bb6 18. Rc3 h6 19. Rf1 Rd8 20. a4 b4 21. Rc6 Bd5 {[#]} 22. Rxb6 cxb6 23. Bxa6 e6 24. Rc1 Ke7 25. c3 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rd7 27. Bb5 Rb7 28. b4 Rd8 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Rxb5+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.38"] [White "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Black "Blum, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Analyze This/Cao,Danny Du Uy"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1167"] [BlackElo "1009"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2182650047186920"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 (2. e4) (2. c4) 2... g6 {white 1 hr 26 min... black 1hr 30 min} 3. Bf4 (3. c4) (3. e4) (3. Bg5 Be7 4. h4) 3... Bg7 4. e3 (4. e4) 4... Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 (7. c5) (7. Bd6 Re8 8. Bd3) 7... Qa5 8. O-O d5 9. Qb3 (9. cxd5 exd5 (9... cxd5)) 9... Qb6 10. Qxb6 (10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 a5 12. Na4) 10... axb6 {white 1 hr 18 min... black 1 hr 33 min} 11. b3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... exd5) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. a4 c5 15. Bb5 Re8 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. Rc7 Rd8 18. Nxd4) 17... Re7 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Rc7 Bxd4 20. exd4 (20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxd7 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxd5) 20... Nf6 21. Bxe8 (21. Rfc1) 21... Nxe8 22. Rxc8 (22. Be5 Nxc7 23. Bxc7 Ra6) 22... Rxc8 {white 52 min... black 1 hr 24 min} 23. Bb4 Rc2 24. Re1 Nf6 25. f3 (25. h3 Ne4 26. f3 Ng3) 25... Rb2 26. Re3 Kg7 {white 39 min... black 1 hr 19 min} 27. Bd6 Nh5 28. b4 Rd2 29. Kf1 Rxd4 (29... Ra2 30. Re7 Rxa4 31. Rxb7 Ra6 32. b5) 30. Be5+ f6 31. Bxd4 Nf4 32. Bxb6 Kh6 33. Bc7 g5 34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. Rd3 Kg5 36. Rxd5+ f5 37. Rd6 h5 38. a5 h4 39. h3 b5 40. axb6 Kh5 41. b7 Kg5 42. b8=Q Kh5 43. Qh8+ Kg5 44. Qh6# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.39"] [White "Ramos, Jo L Thomas"] [Black "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "821"] [BlackElo "1044"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2182650047186921"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd5 {8. Ne4!} cxd5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Bf4 f6 11. O-O fxe5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Be2 Qc5 18. Rf1 Qxc2 19. b3 a5 20. Bd1 {[%csl Gb2]} Qc3 21. Be2 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qe2 Rc6 24. h3 Qe5 25. Qb5 Qc3 26. Rac1 Qb4 27. Qe2 Rfc8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Qe3 Qc5 30. Qg5 Rc8 31. Kh1 d4 32. Qf4 d5 33. f3 e3 34. Qe5 d3 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rd1 d2 37. a3 Rd8 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Qc1 40. Qe7 Qxd1+ 41. Kh2 Rc8 42. Qd7 Qc1 43. b5 Qc7+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.05.27"] [Round "4.40"] [White "Sankar, Swaminathan"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1257"] [BlackElo "1462"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2182650047186922"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc3 a6 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 b5 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rd5 20. Qf3 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. a4 Kf8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf1 {The computer thinks the best move for Black is 26... g5 here to hunt down the f or h pawn with the king.} Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Kd3 Kc6 29. f4 Bh4 30. f3 g6 31. Bd2 Kd5 32. e4+ Kc6 33. Be3 Bg3 34. Bd2 {At this point I couldn't find a way to make progress so we agreed to a draw. The computer evaluation is -0.8 but if you play it out it doesn't find a way to make progress either.} 1/2-1/2
  
• Download Round 5 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 5 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Rajaram, Raghu"] [Black "Heimann, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1848"] [BlackElo "2597"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2185671328204528"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 11,64,36,83,78,85,69,68,60,113,33,40,12,12,20,18,-3,-4,0,12,11,10,-88,-7,-13,-17,-73,-73,-80,-20,-63,-62,-187,-205,-172,-127,-120,-90,-246,-9,-6,-11,-14,74,66,65,73,64,0,78,11,26,-498,-481,-637,-593] This game will be well covered in the Newsletter!} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (3... Qa5) (3... Qd8) 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:41] This has lost popularity} (6... Nc6 $14 {should be considered.}) 7. O-O $16 {[%emt 0:04:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 8. Ng5 {[%emt 0:13:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 9. dxc5 $146 {[%emt 0:05:08] White is slightly better.} (9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Be7 11. Nge4 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Na4 Bd7 14. c4 O-O 15. Qc2 {0-1 (55) Pedersen,D (2275)-Hansen,S (2325) Copenhagen 2014}) 9... Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (9... Nxc5 $14 10. Qxd6 Bxd6) 10. Nge4 {[%emt 0:16:14]} (10. Bh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Nxh5 11. Qxh5) 10... Qc7 $14 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. Bf3 {[%emt 0:09:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:07:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Rd8 $1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 15. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06] A dynamic duo of knights.} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} (16. bxc3 $11 Re8 17. Bh4) 16... Na4 {[%emt 0:05:09]} (16... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e7]} 17. Bxd8 Qxd8) 17. Bxd8 $11 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} (18. b3 $11 Nac5 19. Rad1) 18... Nac5 $17 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:03][%cal Ob4c5] Black must now prevent Qxc5!.} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} ({Black should try} 19... Qf8 $17) 20. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} (20. Qc3 $11 a5 21. a3) 20... a5 $15 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 21. Re5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} h6 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:01:54]} (21... Qxe5 $2 22. Qxe5 h6 23. Qd6 $18) (21... Nb3 $2 22. cxb3 g6 (22... Qxe5 $2 23. Qxe5 g6 24. Qc7 $18) 23. Re3 $18) 22. Re3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} (22... Ra7 $19 23. Bh5 b6) 23. a3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} b5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 24. Bh5 $2 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (24. Rc3 $17 {might work better.} b4 25. axb4 axb4 (25... Rxb4 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 $17) 26. Rc4) 24... e5 $2 {[%emt 0:04:09]} (24... b4 $19 {and ...Ba6 should not be overlooked} 25. Rg3 f6) 25. Qd5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:21][%cal Ob5b4,Bc5e6,Be6g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32]} 26. Rc3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:10:55]} (26... Ndc5 $11 27. b4 Bb7) 27. Rf3 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Rxc2 (29... g6 30. Bd1 $11) 30. Bxf7+ Kf8 $11) 27... Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} (27... g6 $2 28. Bxg6 Qf8 29. Bxf7+ (29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $18) 29... Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Re1 $18) 28. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Rfd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (29. Rf5 $14 Qf8 30. h4) 29... Qf8 {[%emt 0:05:47] [#]} (29... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Bg6 Qf6) 30. Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} ({Better is} 30. Bh5 $1 $16) 30... Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:08] [#] Against Qc6} 31. Qa8 $2 {[%emt 0:01:30][%mdl 8192]} Rxg6 $19 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 32. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.32} Nh3+ {[%emt 0:01:04][%csl Of2,Og1][%mdl 64] Deflection, Double Attack} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Suarez, Sebastian"] [Black "Coyne, Theodore James"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2263"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2185671328270065"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {This game will also be further "un-TA'ed" in the Newsletter...} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:21] [#] This has been such a stable line, "the Death of Chess 17.0" -- but in fact "things" do happen (i.e. wins/losses). It's a sort of acquired taste, to play to trick up opponents in some of the quiet pawn structures that arise. Just look...} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:15] This is a surprisingly successful alternative} ({... to the "standard"} 7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O {when there are a LOT of draws.} 9. d4 (9. Nc3 {is even more "drawful": almost four out of five games (over more than a thousand).}) 9... Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 {I'll spare you the bulky end of this noteworthy game which featured a lot of king shuffling in a totally blocked pawn ending: ½-½ (87) Carlsen,M (2830)-Niemann,H (2692) Titled Tuesday (blitz) 2024} {but anything can happen:} 17. Qd2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c6 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Re8 22. Kf1 f6 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. h3 Nd6 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Qe2 Kf7 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Ke2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 f5 31. gxf5+ Kxf5 32. Kf3 g5 33. a4 a5 34. Kg3 b5 35. b3 Nc8 36. Kf3 Nb6 37. b4 bxa4 38. bxa5 Nc8 39. Nb1 Na7 40. a6 g4+ 41. Kg3 $11 {[#]} Ke4 $4 42. Kxg4 $18 Kd3 43. f4 Kc2 44. Na3+ Kb3 45. f5 Kxa3 46. f6 {1-0 (46) Erigaisi,A (2689)-Niemann,H (2688) FTX Road to Miami Prelim, chess24.com INT 2022}) 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:20:05] [#] (most common -- if Black doesn't want to trade, neither does White!)} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} (8... Ncd4 $5 {is 2-4 in the database -- including a game relevant for our TNM:} 9. Nxd4 (9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nh4) 9... Nxd4 10. c3 Nf5 11. d4 d5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bd3 g6 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Bf4 Ng7 20. Re2 Nh5 21. Bd2 c6 {[#]} 22. c4 $2 $11 (22. Rae1 $16 {is quite unexpected: SF17.1 +1.00/d31 but suddenly dropped to +0.85/d32 when it clicked into the next iteration.}) 22... Nf6 $4 $18 (22... Bg5 {Stockfish steadfastly refuses to reduce White's edge to nothing, but at depth 37 it dropped from +0.07 to +0.04....} 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. g3 Nf4 25. Ree1 dxc4 $8 26. Qxc4 Nh3+ 27. Kf1) 23. Rae1 (23. Bf4 $1 dxc4 (23... Bd6 24. Bg5) 24. Nxc4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb3b7]}) 23... dxc4 24. Qh3 $1 Qc8 25. Qf3 $1 {[#]} Bd8 $6 26. Bh6 Re8 27. g4 (27. Ng4 Rxe2 28. Rxe2) 27... Re6 28. g5 Ba5 29. gxf6 (29. Rd1 $1) 29... Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Qd8 31. Re4 $1 Qd5 (31... Rxf6 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33. Qxf4 f5 34. Nd7 $1) 32. Bg7 (32. Qf4) 32... Rd8 (32... Rxe5) 33. Qf4 c5 {[#]} 34. Ng4 $1 h5 35. Qh6 {1-0 (35) Siddarth,M (2159)-Heimann,M (2403) Las Vegas 2022. But that leaves even more Black wins (still, a tiny sample).}) 9. d4 {[%emt 0:06:40]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:06:34] At least injecting some nice IQP imbalance to the game. But probably not such a great idea.} (10. h3 $14) (10. c3 $14) 10... dxc4 {[%emt 0:21:56]} (10... Be6) (10... Bf6) 11. d5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 12. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 13. Bb3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:43] [#]} 14. Be3 $2 {[%emt 0:13:17]} (14. Ne5 $11 {with Black completely fine.}) 14... Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bg6 $17 {[%emt 0:01:24] Wait, what? *Black* has a clear advantage? Out of nowhere!} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Re8 $146 {[%emt 0:03:51]} (16... Nd3 17. Re2 Ne5 (17... Re8 $1 $17) 18. Bf4 $6 (18. Bc2 Re8 $15) 18... Nd3 19. Be3 Ne5 $2 (19... Re8 $15) 20. Bf4 Nd3 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Bf4 {½-½ (22) Macias Pino,D (2479)-Javakhishvili,L (2425) Melilla 2024. Clearly, as in a lot of Berlin Ruys, the result is predetermined.}) 17. Qd2 $2 {[%emt 0:08:09]} (17. Re2 $142) 17... Nd3 {[%emt 0:04:25][%cal Of6d4] [#]} 18. Red1 {[%emt 0:04:21]} (18. Re2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 18... Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} (18... a5 $19 {[%cal Oa5a4] and ...a4! should not be overlooked} 19. a3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 a4) 19. Qe2 $15 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:01:42] Wards off Ng4} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} (20... a6 $1 $15) 21. Nxf5 $14 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 22. Rd2 {[%emt 0:07:43]} (22. g4 $14 Qf3 23. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 (25. Kxf3 $2 Bxb2 26. Rac1 Bxc1 $17)) 22... Bg5 {[%emt 0:10:50]} 23. Bc2 {[%emt 0:10:59]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 26. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 27. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 28. e4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 29. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 30. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 31. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} (31. Nxb7 Rg6 32. Qe3 Rg3 33. Qxg3 Ne2+ 34. Rexe2 Qxg3) 31... Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 32. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:10:14][%cal Rc6d5]} 33. Rde3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 34. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} (34... cxd5 35. exd5 Qd4 (35... Qxe3+ $2 36. Rxe3 Rf8 37. Qc7 $18) 36. Qc3) 35. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 36. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 37. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02][%cal Be4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 38. Rxe3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:01][%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 39. c4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (39... b6 $11) 40. d6 $16 {[%emt 0:00:41] [#] d7 would kill now.} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} (40... Rxc4 41. d7 g6 42. d8=Q+ $18 (42. d8=R+ Kg7 $18)) 41. c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (42. h4 $16) 42... g6 $2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (42... Rxc5 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 43. d7 Kg8 44. d8=Q+ $18 (44. d8=R+ Kh7 $18)) (42... f5 {is more resistant.} 43. h4 Kf7) 43. Kf3 $18 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 44. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. b7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.57} 46. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Cremisi, Daniel"] [Black "Das, Rohan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2099"] [PlyCount "116"] [GameId "2185671328270066"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 23,116,22,31,0,0,0,9,-65,-62,-87,-102,-204,-201,-280,-279,-242,-21,-33,-38,-28,-35,-90,-91,-122,-114,-111,-119,-116,-98,-120,-30,-124,-139,-222,-231,-233,-234,-231,-229,-285,-283,-281,-274,-285,-265,-393,-391,-376,-97,-98,-15,-14,-24,-77,-80,-175,-87,-79,-71,-69,-22,-87,-14,-101,-119,-167,-151,-162,-157,-459,-446,-416,-265,-307,0,0,0,0,0,-481,-465,-521,-508,-588,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:01:27] D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} dxe4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 14. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:40]} (15. Bf4 $11) 15... c5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:15:27]} 16. Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:57]} cxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 17. Bxe8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} (17. Kh1 $17 Qc7 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 18. Bf4) 17... Bc5 $146 {[%emt 0:07:17]} (17... Qxe8 18. Nxd4 Bc4 19. Rf4 h5 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nf5 Bc5+ 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Bxc5 Nxf4 {1-0 (61) Mekhitarian,K (2499)-Milos,G (2597) Sao Paulo 2011}) 18. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:26:03]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} 19. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:15][%cal Oh2h3] Strongly threatening h3!.} Qb6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (19... Qc7 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc7h2]} 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Bxf7+ (21. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 22. g3 Ne3 $19) 21... Bxf7) 20. Ba4 $11 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Nf2+ $40 {[%emt 0:03:07][%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 21. Rxf2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (22. Qe2 $15) 22... Bxb3 $1 $17 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 23. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 24. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 26. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:14:18] Repels Rd7+} (26... Ke8 $17 27. Nb5 Rc2 28. Nd6+ Ke7) 27. Bd6+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} (27. Kg2 $11 Bd4 28. Rd3) 27... Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} (28. b4 $17) 28... a6 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:09:23]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 30. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Nd4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 33. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 34. b5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} (34. Rd2 {keeps fighting.}) 34... axb5 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 35. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b4 {[%emt 0:14:49]} (35... Rxe4 $19 36. Rxb5 Nxa3 37. bxa3 Bd4+ 38. Kf3 Re5) 36. Bxb4 $17 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} (36... Nxb4 $17 37. Nxb4 Rxe4) 37. Bc3 $11 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bd4+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} 38. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} (38. Kf3 $11 Re5 39. Nb4 Ne1+ 40. Kf4 Bxc3 41. bxc3) 38... Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:47][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN. Black is a pawn up.} 39. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:01:35] [#]} (39. Nc3 $17) 39... Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (39... Kd7 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 40. Nb5 Rd2+ 41. Kf1 Rxh2) 40. Nb5 $17 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} 41. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} (41... Na1 $15 {should be considered.} 42. Rb4 Nc2) 42. h4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (42. Na3 $11 {remains equal.}) 42... b6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} ({Black should try} 42... Na1 $17 43. Ra3 Nc2 (43... Rxb2 44. Nd6 $17)) 43. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (43. Kf1 $11) 43... Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 44. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (44. Na4 $17) 44... Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 45. Rc3+ {[%emt 0:02:16]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 46. Rxc2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (46. Nf2 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Rd2 47. Rd3 Rxd3 48. Nxd3) 46... Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05] KR-KR. Black is a pawn up.} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 48. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ka6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} (48... h5 $19 {...Re5 is the strong threat.} 49. Rd2 Kc7) 49. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 50. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Kf4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:06][%mdl 8192] [#]} (51. Rh8 $11) 51... b5 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 53. h5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Re5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (53... h6 $19 54. Kf5 Re5+ 55. Kg6 Rg5+ 56. Kh7 Rxg4) 54. Rb7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:33] The position is equal.} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 55. h6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 56. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 57. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 58. Kf4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.43} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "D76"] [WhiteElo "2022"] [BlackElo "2306"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2185671328270067"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 17,54,9,38,-40,-42,-43,-4,-17,-26,-31,-12,-16,-11,-17,-21,-22,-25,-278,-270,-279,-275,-272,-267,-269,-264,-259,-251,-352,-251,-340,-333,-426,-422,-443,-424,-467,-371,-435,-612]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:17][%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:21]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 10. Na4 {[%emt 0:06:53] Recently 10.Qe2 got a lot of attention. D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6.} (10. Qe2 $14) 10... Nxa4 $15 {[%emt 0:09:46]} 11. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (11... e5 $15) 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:04:38][%cal Of1d1] The position is equal.} a4 $146 {[%emt 0:27:31]} (12... Qc8 13. Bd2 a4 14. Qa3 e5 15. d5 Na5 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Nd2 Qb8 {1-0 (50) Kristinsson,J (2251)-Chan,J (2038) Reykjavik 2015}) 13. Qa3 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:45]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 15. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 16. Qc5 {[%emt 0:10:44]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:12][%cal Re5d4]} {White does not recover from this.} 17. Bb4 $2 {[%emt 0:17:57][%mdl 8192]} (17. Bc3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 17... b6 $19 {[%emt 0:06:20]} (17... exd4 18. exd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 $15) 18. Qc4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08][%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} 19. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:09] ...exd4 would now be deadly.} 20. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (20... exd4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rad1 $19) 21. Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Red1 {[%emt 0:05:59]} (22. Nf4 $142 Qd7 23. exd4) 22... Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 23. Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:41]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 24. exd4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Rab1 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 26. Qg5 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Re5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:01:13] [#] and Qxe5 would now be decisive} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.17 (very precise)} axb3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} ({But not} 27... cxb4 28. Qf4 Bc3 29. Ne3 $19) ({Not} 27... Rxg5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Rb5 $17) (27... Qa6 $142 28. b5 Qa8) 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Black "Bambou, Christophe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2246"] [BlackElo "2119"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2185671328270068"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,113,30,30,36,49,54,37,38,28,-99,-96,-111,-106,-103,-40,-43,-8,-9,-7,-6,-4,-4,-5,-6,-11,-9,0,0,1,0,0,-18,-18,-46,0,-8,56,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-3,5,-2,4,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,-79,-79,-73,-71,-72,-74,-73,-75,-69,-76,-77,-83,-76,-79,-79,-76,-81,-79,-82,-85,-78,-76,-76,-82,-72,-78,-70,-75,-69,-73,-65,-77,-72,-80]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} g6 7. Nc3 d4 {[%cal Of8h6] Against Be3} 8. Nb5 {[%cal Oe5e6] And now e6! would win. White is slightly better.} Bh6 9. Ng5 $146 {[#]} (9. Qh4 $1 $11 Bg7 10. Nbxd4) (9. Qh4 Bxc1 10. Rxc1 a6 11. Nbxd4 Nxe5 12. Be2 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qxa2 {0-1 (51) Firouzja,A (2760)-Fedoseev,V (2690) Chess.com INT 2024}) 9... Bxg5 $1 $17 10. Qxg5 a6 11. Na3 Qa5+ ({Black should play} 11... Bf5 $17 {and ...Qa5+ should not be overlooked} 12. Qg3 h5) 12. Bd2 $15 Qxe5+ 13. Qxe5 {White sacrificed a pawn} Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. O-O-O e5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Re1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be6 18. Rxe5 b5 {Against Bc4} 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Rd1 O-O {[%cal Of8d8]} 21. Be4 Nxe4 (21... Rad8 $1 $15 22. Bf3 h5 (22... Bxa2 $2 23. b3 $18)) 22. Rxe4 $11 Rac8 (22... Bxa2 $2 23. b3 $18) (22... d3 $11) 23. Rexd4 ({White should try} 23. Rdxd4 $14 Bxa2 24. Rd6) 23... Bxa2 24. Nb1 Be6 25. Nc3 Rc6 26. R1d2 Kg7 27. g4 h6 28. h4 g5 29. f4 gxf4 (29... gxh4 $5 30. f5 $8 Bc4 $15) 30. Rxf4 Rfc8 31. Rg2 Rc4 32. Rgf2 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Rc4 34. Rxc4 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Kg6 37. Kd2 a5 38. Ne4 Bd5 39. Nd6 Kxg5 40. Nxf7+ Bxf7 {KB-KPP} 41. b3 {[#]} a4 $1 42. bxc4 Bxc4 $17 {KB-KP} 43. Kc1 Kf4 (43... a3 $2 44. Kb1 $19) 44. Kb2 Ke3 45. Ka1 Ke2 46. Kb1 Kd2 47. Ka1 Kc3 48. Kb1 Bf7 49. Ka1 Bb3 50. Kb1 Bd5 51. Ka1 Bf3 52. Kb1 Bd1 53. Ka1 Kxc2 54. Ka2 Kc1 55. Ka1 $1 Bc2 56. Ka2 Be4 57. Ka1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} Bb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"] [Black "Parsons, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Parsons,Stephen"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "1840"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2186237930263249"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 d5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Na4 a5 13. Kh1 c4 14. bxc4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Ba6 16. Rfb1 Rfb8 17. Rb3 Rb7 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. e5 Nd7 20. Be3 $2 (20. f5 $1 exf5 (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. f6 Bf8) 21. e6 $1 Nf6 22. Ng5) 20... c5 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nd2 a4 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Rf1 Rb2 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. Nce4 Rb4 (26... Nxc4 $1 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Rb4 29. Qd3 Qxe4 $15) (26... Rxa2 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qd8+ Qf8 30. Qxb6 {Not a line we discussed after the game}) 27. Rd1 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 $4 (28... Rxc4 $1 29. Ng5 (29. Rb1 Rb4 30. Rxb4 Bxd3 $4 (30... cxb4 $1) 31. Rb8+ Bf8 32. Bxc5 h5 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. cxd3 {Alex's calculation after the game, but missing the simple 30 ...cxb4!}) 29... g6 30. Qd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 $15) 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Nf6+ gxf6 32. Qxf8+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.9"] [White "Diller, Bradley R"] [Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Diller,Brad"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2070"] [BlackElo "2176"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2185671328270070"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. b3 b5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 a5 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Nc3 b4 11. Na4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Ne5 Rc8 (13... Bxa4 $142 14. bxa4 Rc8 $11) 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Nb6 Qc7 16. Nbxd7 Nxd7 17. Qa1 $14 f6 18. Rc1 Ndc5 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Nd4 Nc7 21. Rc2 g6 {I played Qc1 with the idea of sacrificing my knight after the e5 and d4, but got chicken at the last minute.} 22. Qc1 e5 23. Nf3 d4 24. Nd2 $2 ({I strongly considered this sacrifice and did not see any immediate way to regain the sacriificed material. I failed to see that Be3 threatening to regain the piece with d4 is devastating, for example:} 24. Nxd4 $1 exd4 25. Bxd4 N7a6 26. Be3 $1 {Qb5 getting out of the pin is virtually forced. Any other move is noticably inferior.} Qb5 (26... Qd8 27. d4 Ne6 28. Rc6 $18) 27. d4 Ne6 {28 Rc6 is very strong. The knight on a6 is stranded and black is very weak on the white squares. For example, see the following lines:} 28. Rc6 Nd8 29. Rc8 Nf7 $1 (29... Kf7 30. Bh6 Re8 31. e3 $18) (29... Ne6 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Nec7 32. Bf4 Bd8 33. e3 g5 34. Bd6 Rf7 35. Rb6 h5 36. Bh3 h4 37. Bf1 Rd7 38. Bh3 Rf7 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Bc8 $18) 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (30... Bxf8 31. Qc8 $18) 31. Qc8+ Nd8 $18) ({24 Bf1 supporting e3 to break up black's control over the center was better than 24 Nd2 that I played because it allows black to gain a slight advantage with 24 ... Nb5.} 24. Bf1 Nd5 25. e3) 24... Rd8 $2 (24... Nb5 $142 25. Nc4 Qd8 {This exchange of material is virtually forced because otherwise black gets a significant advantage with Nc6.} 26. Nxa5 Nxd3 27. exd3 Qxa5 28. Rc6 Nc3 29. Qd2 f5 30. h4 $15) {I breathed a sigh of relief after black failed to play 24... Nb5. This prevents the aforementioned knight manouever and secures me a slight advantage.} 25. Ne4 $1 N7e6 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. h4 f5 {I found this interesting manouever with Rc1 followed by Qc2 and Qd5 leading to an exchange of queens where I have a slight advantage because of my control of the light squares. I did consider 28 h5 but I did not feel entirely comfortable with g5 and the isolation of my h pawn. However, according to Stockfish, it was the way to go gain more winning chances.} 28. Qd2 (28. h5 $142 g5 29. a3 Qd6 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rd2 Qa6 32. Qb1 $14) 28... Qd6 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Qc2 Rc7 31. Qc4 Kf7 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 $2 Kf6 {Here is where I started going bonkers in very slight time pressure with about 30 minutes left. My light squared bishop was key to my advantage. I should played simply 34 Bc4. If black places the knight on b5 or d5, I can simply lop it off. After this move, I lose any winning chances.} 34. Bxe6 $2 (34. Bc4 Ba7) 34... Kxe6 35. Rc4 Kd5 36. Bc1 e4 37. Bf4 Re7 38. Kf1 Re6 39. Rc2 $2 ({I played much too quickly when I had more than adequate time to find the correct strategy to hold this position. I should have simply played 39 Bd2 to prevent the a4 push because the b pawn would be captured. I do not see any plan for black to make progress.} 39. Bd2 Ra6 40. Kg1) 39... Ra6 40. Ke1 a4 41. Bc1 $4 ({This is an outrageous blunder, again played too fast. Simply 41 bxa4 holds and I did consider this move, but foolishly played 41Bc1 and failed to consider 42 ... Ra1 which simply wins.} 41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. Rb2 e3) 41... axb3 42. axb3 Ra1 $1 43. Kd2 e3+ 44. fxe3 dxe3+ 45. Kd1 Bd4 46. Rc4 Bb2 47. Rc2 {Zugzwang! I let my remaining time run out.} Bc3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.10"] [White "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Black "Paragiri, Reyansh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2009"] [BlackElo "2015"] [PlyCount "106"] [GameId "2185671328270071"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. Qe2 a6 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Na7+ Kb8 16. Nxc6+ Qxc6 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Bd4 e6 19. Nd2 f6 20. c4 Nf4 21. Qg4 Bd6 22. Be3 g5 23. Qf3 Qc7 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Rac1 Qe7 26. Bxf4+ gxf4 27. Qxf4+ e5 28. Qf5 Bd4 29. b3 Qa3 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Qxh7 Qxa2 32. h3 Qb2 33. Qe4 Rc2 34. Nc4 Qxb3 35. Na5 Qb2 36. Kh1 Rc7 37. f4 Qb6 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Qd5 Rc5 40. Qg8+ Ka7 41. Nc4 Qb3 42. Rc1 Be3 43. Qg3 Rxc4 44. Re1 Rc3 45. Qxe5 Bb6 46. Qf5 Qc4 47. Qg5 Qc6 48. Kh2 Bc7+ 49. Kg1 Bb6+ 50. Kh2 Bf2 51. Rb1 Rg3 52. Qxg3 Bxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Qg6+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.11"] [White "Gaffagan, Steven"] [Black "Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "1956"] [BlackElo "2052"] [PlyCount "158"] [GameId "2185671328270072"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. b3 Nh7 13. O-O f5 14. f3 f4 15. a3 g5 16. Bf2 h5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Na6 20. c5 Qe7 21. c6 Nb8 22. cxb7 Bxb7 23. Ra7 c6 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Nd5 Qf7 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nxc6 Ke6 {It's bad: here is a bit of the "Let's Check Analysis" thing on Chessbase 18:} (29... d5 30. b5 Ra8 {[%eval 573,30] Stockfish 17.1/Elliott Winslow}) 30. Bc4+ (30. b5 Kd7 31. Ba7 {[%eval 572,21] Stockfish 17.1/Elliott Winslow}) 30... Kd7 31. b5 (31. b5 Nf6 32. Ba7 Kc7 {[%eval 538,24] Stockfish 17.1/Elliott Winslow}) {I think we get the picture.} 31... Ra8 32. Ba7 Nf6 33. Bf7 (33. Bd5) (33. Nb8+ $1 {[%cal Gb5b6]}) 33... Kc7 34. Nc4 Rf8 35. Be6 Nd7 36. Bd5 Nc5 37. h3 Bf6 38. Kf1 Bg7 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. Kd1 Rh8 41. Bb8+ $2 {From "hopelessly won" to "barely won if at all" deserves a "?"} Rxb8 42. Nxb8 Kxb8 43. Nxd6 Be7 $2 ({The best idea (if you're a computer) is:} 43... h4 $1) 44. Nc4 Bf6 45. Kc2 (45. b6 $1 Bd8 (45... h4 46. Kc2 Bd8 47. Nxe5 Bxb6 48. Kc3 {arrives too soon}) 46. Nxe5 Bxb6 47. h4 $1 {(not necessary but it's good to bust up Black's racket)} gxh4 48. Ng6) 45... Kc7 $2 (45... Ka7 $1 {comes very close to not losing :-)} 46. b6+ $6 (46. Bf7 h4 {lots of +- lines but I'm not sure there's progress.}) 46... Ka6 $1 $14) 46. Kc3 $6 {Still winning (, but} (46. b6+ $1 {(followed by bringing the king up) passes a big test; Black won't be resisting much longer.}) 46... Be7 $6 (46... Nd7) (46... Na4+) 47. Nb2 $6 (47. Nxe5 Nxe4+ (47... Bf6 48. Kb4 Nxe4 49. b6+ Kxb6 50. Nc4+) 48. Bxe4 Bf6 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. Bg6 $1 Bxe5+ 51. Ke4 Bf6 52. Kf5 Bd8 53. Bxh5 ({or} 53. h4 $5 {right away:} gxh4 54. Kxf4 Kc5 55. Be8 {is quite won.}) 53... Kc5 54. Be8 Kd5 {and it's hard to throw a rock without hitting a win.}) (47. b6+) 47... Kb6 $6 (47... Nd7) 48. Bc6 Bf6 49. Nc4+ Kc7 50. Bd5 h4 51. b6+ Kb8 {[#]} 52. Na5 $2 {The win just evaporated with this move.} (52. Kb4 Nd3+ 53. Kb5 Be7 (53... Ne1 54. Na5 {mate in the air (#13)}) 54. Na5 Nb4 {when lots of sequences look good. Too precarious for a blockade. Just be careful about trading knights!}) 52... Na4+ {draw.} 53. Kc4 Nxb6+ 54. Kc5 Kc7 55. Bb3 Be7+ 56. Kb5 Nc8 57. Nc4 Na7+ 58. Ka6 Nc6 59. Ba4 Nb4+ 60. Kb5 Nd3 61. Bc2 Ne1 62. Bd1 Bd6 63. Nd2 Nxg2 64. Be2 Ne3 $11 65. Nc4 $4 (65. Nf1 Nc2 66. Bd1 $11) 65... Nc2 $19 66. Bd1 Nd4+ 67. Ka6 {[#]} Kc6 (67... g4 $1 {is what it all hinges on:} 68. fxg4 f3 69. g5 f2 70. Nd2 Kd7 {Stockfish 17.1:} 71. Kb7 Ke6 72. Bg4+ Kf7 73. Bh5+ Kg7 74. Nf1 Be7 75. Kc7 Bxg5 76. Kd6 Kf6 77. Bd1 Bf4 78. Kd5 Kg5 79. Bg4 Nc2 80. Be2 Ne1 81. Bg4 Bg3 {[%cal Gg5f4]}) 68. Ka5 $6 (68. Na5+ {forces Black back to find the right idea. Or not!} Kc5 69. Nb7+) 68... Kc5 {Now Black can win with old-fashioned king penetration.} 69. Nd2 Nc6+ 70. Ka4 Kd4 71. Kb3 Kd3 72. Nf1 Nd4+ 73. Kb2 Bb4 74. Kc1 Ba3+ 75. Kb1 Nb5 76. Bb3 Nc3+ 77. Ka1 Ke2 78. Nh2 Kd2 79. Ng4 Kc1 {A fantastic turnaround for young Sawhney -- and a disaster after such excellent play by Gaffagan; he just couldn't find the next step, and backing up cost him, first the win, then the draw. It's too bad Black didn't find or sufficiently calculate ...g4!, that was thematic.} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.12"] [White "Liou, Arthur"] [Black "Clemens, Kristian"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2030"] [BlackElo "1965"] [PlyCount "137"] [GameId "2185671328270073"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc5 8. c3 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. a3 d4 14. cxd4 Rad8 15. Rad1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. Be3 Rd5 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Kf1 Bf5 22. Bd2 Bd3+ 23. Kg1 c4 24. Bc3 Bf5 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. g3 Bc5 {[#]} 27. e6 Kf8 28. Nf3 f6 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Nd2 b5 31. Ne4 Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Rd6 33. Rh4 h6 (33... Kxe6 34. Rxh7 a5 $5 35. Bxa5 $8 Bd4 36. Rxg7 Bxb2 37. Rb7 Ra6 38. Bb4 Rc6 39. Rxb5 c3 40. a4 c2 41. Bd2 c1=Q 42. Bxc1 Bxc1 43. f4 $11) 34. Rh5 $8 g5 35. Rxh6 Rxe6 (35... Bd4 $142) 36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Kf3 $14 {[#] (0.31/d23)} Re7 $4 (37... Be7) 38. Rh6 $16 (38. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 39. Bb4 $1 $18) 38... f5 $2 39. Rh5 g4+ 40. hxg4 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Bd6 42. Rd5 Re6 43. Kf5 (43. Rxd6 $1) 43... Ke7 44. Rxb5 Re2 45. f4 Re3 46. Rb7+ Ke8 47. Rxa7 (47. g4) 47... Rxg3 $2 48. Ke6 {(#21)} Rg6+ 49. Bf6 Rxf6+ 50. Kxf6 Bxf4 51. Ke6 Kd8 52. a4 (52. Ra4) 52... Kc8 53. Kd5 Bc1 54. Kc6 Kb8 55. Rb7+ Ka8 56. Rb4 Ka7 57. Kd5 Ka6 58. Kxc4 Ka5 59. b3 Be3 60. Rb5+ Ka6 61. Kd5 Bf4 62. Kc6 Be3 63. b4 Ka7 64. Ra5+ Kb8 65. b5 Bd2 66. Ra6 Be3 67. b6 Bf2 68. b7 Ba7 69. a5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.13"] [White "Walder, Michael"] [Black "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2012"] [BlackElo "1937"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2185671328270074"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bxc2 8. Bf4 Qxd4 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Be4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Qb3 Qxf4 13. Bxe6 Bd6 14. Bxf7+ Kf8 15. Rae1 Qb4 16. Qe6 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nbd7 18. Re2 g6 19. a3 Qc5 20. b4 Qh5 21. Qe7+ Kg7 22. Be6+ Kh6 23. Bxd7 Rhf8 24. Re3 Nd5 25. Qe6 Nxe3 26. Qxe3+ Qg5 27. f4 Qf6 28. g4 Kg7 29. g5 Qd6 30. Be6 Rad8 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.14"] [White "Mercado, Adam"] [Black "Smith, Roger Christopher"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1958"] [BlackElo "1826"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2185671328270075"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng8 {[#]} 7. Qb3 $1 Na5 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qc2 $2 (9. Qa4 Kxf7 10. Qxa5 $18 dxc3 $6 11. Qd5+ Kf8 12. Nxc3) 9... Kxf7 $11 10. Qf5+ Ke8 11. e6 dxe6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxa5 d3 $14 (13... b6) (13... Bd7) (13... Qd5 14. Qxd5 exd5) 14. Qb5+ (14. O-O $14) 14... Qd7 15. Qb3 Qd5 $2 (15... b6) (15... a5) (15... Nf6) (15... b5) (15... a6) (15... Bf6) 16. c4 $1 $16 Qd6 17. O-O $18 b6 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Qd1 Qxc4 $6 (19... Bb7) 20. Ne5 Qd4 21. Qf3 $18 Qxe5 22. Qxa8 Kd7 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. g3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nb5 Ba6 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Bd2 Ne7 29. Rfc1 Nd5 30. a4 e5 31. b4 Bb7 32. b5 a5 33. Rc4 Ke6 34. Kf1 e4 35. Rac1 h5 36. h4 Rf8 37. Ke1 Ra8 38. Bg5 Kd7 39. Kd2 Rc8 40. Be3 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Ke6 $18 {[#]} 42. Rd4 $4 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 d5 44. f3 Ke5 45. f4+ Kd6 46. g4 fxg4 47. f5 Ke5 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.15"] [White "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Black "Lewis, Edward"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "1950"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2185671328270076"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Bd3 Na6 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Re1 Qf8 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Re3 c6 22. Qe2 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rd8 25. Rf3 f5 26. Re3 Rxd5 27. Nf3 Rd8 28. Re7 Rxd3 29. Rxe8 Qd6 30. Re6 Rd1+ 31. Ne1 Qd2 32. Kh2 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 {[#]} Bxb2 $4 {This is bad. BAD. Well, it draws. There are four moves that lose, all the moves that give up a piece. EVERYTHING ELSE is a win. Twenty-one moves. Well, twenty -- I haven't let it run long enough for 33...Rc1 to be more than .} 34. Rxb2 Rxe1 35. Rxb7+ Kg8 36. Rb5 {Yep. "0.00" down the window.} a4 37. Rxc5 Re2 38. a3 Rxf2 39. Rc4 Kf7 40. Rxa4 Kf6 41. Ra6+ Kg5 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. a4 Rc3+ 44. Kf2 h5 45. h4+ Kxh4 46. Rxg6 Ra3 47. Ra6 Kg4 48. a5 h4 49. Rg6+ Kf4 50. a6 Ra2+ 51. Kg1 Ke3 52. Kh2 f4 53. Kh3 Ke4 54. Kxh4 Kf5 55. Rg5+ Kf6 56. Rg4 Kf5 57. Rg5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.16"] [White "Sankar, Arjun"] [Black "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1905"] [BlackElo "1913"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2185671328270077"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Bc5 9. h3 d6 10. Kh2 Nd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bd4 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Be3 a6 16. Nd5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Ne5 18. Nef4 c5 19. Rf2 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 b5 21. b3 b4 22. Rf5 {[#] All the following are -+ or better:} Ra7 $6 {This makes it difficult still} (22... a5) (22... Nd4) (22... Re8) (22... Kh8) (22... Rb8) 23. Nxb4 $1 Qa5 $1 24. Rxe5 dxe5 $1 25. Nc6 Qxa2 26. Nxa7 Qxb3 {Well okay, not so hard now} 27. Rf1 Qb7 {Easy, right?} 28. Nb5 axb5 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Ra8 32. Rd2 Ra1 (32... Ra3) (32... h6) (32... Qb1) (32... Qb3) 33. Bf3 Qb1 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Bg2 Qc1 36. Qf2 h5 37. Rb2 Qe1 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Ploquin, Phil"] [Black "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "1637"] [BlackElo "1643"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2185671328270078"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:08:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 7. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:05:50]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:02:19]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 11. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:10:28]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 13. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Qxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 16. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:10:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} b4 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 20. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:09:15]} 21. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 25. g4 {[%emt 0:07:25]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 27. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 28. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. fxg6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 32. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.17"] [White "Admassu, Yonathan"] [Black "Yan, Rayna"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1661"] [BlackElo "1681"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2185671328270079"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Ne2 O-O ({Relevant:} 8... Qc7 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Rhe8 12. c4 c5 13. h3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Be4 Nxc4 19. Nxa7+ Kb8 20. Qc3 Kxa7 21. Ka1 Qe5 22. Qc2 Nxb2 23. f4 Qxf4 24. Qc5+ Kb8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qb6 Rd7 27. Bxb7 Qc7 28. Qxb2 Qxb7 29. Qf2 Qc6 30. Qg3+ Qd6 31. Rb1+ Kc8 32. Qxg7 Qe5+ {0-1 (32) Duda,J (2753)-Artemiev,V (2716) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nd7 {[#]} 11. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Qc1 Nf8 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nh5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Nxf4 Qa5 18. d5 Bxd5 19. b4 Qd8 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. f3 Re5 22. c4 Be6 23. Re1 Rg5 24. Kg1 a5 25. Kf2 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. g4 Qd7 28. Qc3 Qd6 29. Nh5 Nh7 30. Kg2 axb4 31. Qb2 Rd8 32. Rad1 Qc7 33. Nxf6+ Nxf6 34. Qxf6 Rf8 35. Re7 Qa5 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Rd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. c5 Rfg7 {Pert,N (1452)-Goriachkina,O (1417) Pardubice 2019 ½-½}) 11... Bc7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. f4 Qd8 15. f5 Bd7 16. Nh5 Re8 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Qh4 Be8 {[#]} 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Nxf6 Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. f6+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.18"] [White "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Black "Dutter, Frederic"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2185671328270080"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. Be3 (10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Qd4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bb4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rg1 g6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bb3 Bc5 17. Qf4 Bxg1 18. d6 {is the wildly famous Bronstein-Ljubojevic (and a later Gruenfeld-Ljubojevic six years later).}) (10. d6 $1) 10... Bb4 11. Qd4 Qxd5 12. Qf4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Be2 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Qxd5 18. Nxc4 O-O 19. O-O Qc5+ 20. Rf2 Nd4 21. Bd3 Bxc4 22. Rc1 b5 23. b3 Ne6 24. Qh4 g6 25. bxc4 Qe3 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. hxg3 bxc4 29. Bc2 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 c3 31. Bb3 Nd4 32. Kf1 Nxb3 33. axb3 Rb8 34. Rc2 Rxb3 35. Ke1 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Kc4 Rb7 39. Kd4 Rc7 40. g4 a5 41. Ke4 a4 42. g3 a3 43. Kd3 Kxe5 44. Ra2 c2 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Kxc2 Ke4 47. Kb3 Kf3 48. Kxa3 Kxg3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.19"] [White "Babayan, Gagik"] [Black "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1919"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2185671328270081"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bb3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. c3 Nd5 {[#]} 12. Bc2 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Nh5 Rfd8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. Qe4 Nc4 22. g3 Rd1 23. Be3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nxb2 25. Ne2 Rd5 26. f4 a5 27. Ra2 Na4 28. Kg2 Nb6 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. h4 a4 31. c4 Rd1 32. h5 gxh5 33. cxb5 Qxb5 34. Rc2 Qd5 35. Qxd5 cxd5 36. Nc3 Rd4 37. Nb5 Re4 38. Rc8+ Bf8 39. Ra8 Rc4 40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Rb8 g6 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Ra8 {Neither score readable at this point. 0-1, 51.} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.20"] [White "Boyer, John"] [Black "Ochoa, Jason B"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "1669"] [BlackElo "1643"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2185671328270082"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 Qh4 12. Be2 Ne5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Na3 e5 15. Qe1 Qe7 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Nb5 Rfd8 18. Nd6 b6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 bxc5 22. Bd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 e4 24. Qd5 Rc8 25. Bxc5 Qc7 26. Qxe4 Ne5 27. Bd4 h5 28. Rae1 Ng4 29. Qf4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Rc2 32. h3 Nh6 33. Rf2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.21"] [White "Pickering, Carl Anthony"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1621"] [BlackElo "1462"] [PlyCount "141"] [GameId "2185671328270083"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg4 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6 7. Bb5+ c6 {I thought 7. Bb5 was a mistake. On move 6 I was thinking about whether to play ...c6 or ...e6 first (...c6 was actually the computer move), and now my opponent has given me ...c6 for free.} 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nd5 12. Bxh6 Nxc3 {The computer doesn't mind the sac. Although maybe not the best move, it can be hard to defend from a practical standpoint. I thought I could probably get my bishops in front of my king and it would be hard for White to make progress, but ultimately I misplayed it. One of the themes to watch out for is that my b8 knight is out of the game, so even though I have an extra piece, I really have no easy way to get it involved.} 13. bxc3 gxh6 14. Qxh6 Bf6 15. Qf4 Bf5 16. g4 Bxc2 17. g5 Bg7 18. h4 {I understood at this point that the pawns were rolling, but it would take a few turns for anything to come of it. In the meantime, I wanted to get more of my pieces into the game. The computer move here was 18... c5, presumably to accomplish this goal more directly.} Na6 19. h5 Qc7 20. Qh4 c5 21. Rf2 cxd4 22. Bxa6 Qxc3 {At this point in the evening I had just stopped thinking clearly. I had missed 22. Bxa6, but Qxc3 was also the wrong response. The bishop would have been trapped after 22... d3! I had even looked into whether the bishop was trapped, but miscalculated. Black still had a small material advantage but the kingside attack was not disappearing...} 23. Rc1 d3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 25. Rcxc2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Rfd8 27. h6 Bh8 {From this point on, White has an overwhelming lead. White cashes in on the kingside pawn storm and I never had another chance. Great game by my opponent!} 28. Qf4 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. h7+ Kf8 31. g6 Kg7 32. Qxf7+ Kh6 33. g7 Bxg7 34. Qxe6+ Kxh7 35. Qxc8 Qd5 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. axb3 Kf8 39. Rc2 a5 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rxb7 Kg6 43. Rd7 Bc3 44. Nd2 Kf5 45. Nc4 Ke4 46. Ra7 Kd4 47. Nxa5 Kc5 48. Nc4 Kb4 49. Rb7+ Kc5 50. Kf3 Bb4 51. Ke4 Bc3 52. Kd3 Be1 53. Nd2 Kc6 54. Rh7 Kb5 55. Kc3 Kb6 56. Rh5 Kc6 57. Kd3 Kb6 58. Ne4 Kc6 59. Kc4 Kb6 60. b4 Kc6 61. Rh6+ Kb7 62. b5 Ba5 63. Kc5 Bd8 64. Rh7+ Kc8 65. Kc6 Kb8 66. Rh8 Ka7 67. Rh7+ Kb8 68. Rb7+ Ka8 69. Nd6 Ba5 70. Nc8 Bb6 71. Nxb6# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.22"] [White "Touset, Stephen"] [Black "Chan, John"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Touset,Stephen"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1545"] [BlackElo "1601"] [PlyCount "24"] [GameId "2185671328270084"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {Qg3!} 1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 h6 4. h3 {I normally avoid prematurely moving the h-pawn, but here I want to know how Black intends to set up their pieces before I commit to my own. Still, more accurate was to simply claim the center.} (4. e4) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 {Intending to prepare e4 or provoke 5... d5 from Black, winning a tempo.} d5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 {Black helps White here by trading off their good bishop for White's suboptimally-placed knight.} 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 $6 {This allows Black to establish a wonderful outpost for their knight.} (12. Bd3) 12... Nbd5 $6 (12... a5 $1 13. a4 Nbd5 {White cannot prevent Black from occupying b4 with a knight). 13. Bg3 Nc3 14. Qd3 Nce4 (Black has invested five tempi moving this knight. It looks threatening, but Black won't be able to keep it here.} 14. Be5 $6 (14. c4 $1 Qe7 15. Nd2 {Nd6 c4} Bd7 16. c5 {Nf5 e4 Nh4 Nc4?! Better was Bc4 which keeps Black's king permanently in the center. Either way, White's position is completely suffocating for Black.} Bc8 {a4? My instincts are always to launch into an attack before it's fully prepared, and I am trying to change. But here the right move is to just do it already! Ng6} 17. Bd6 Qd7 18. f4 Qd8 {a5 Ne7} 19. Be7 Kxe7 {Nd6 Ne8 Nxe8? At this point I was starting to feel I'd let Black slip out of my grasp.} (19... e5 {Nxd6 exd6 f4 is coming and Black's king will be completely exposed Kxe8? Better was to capture with the rook, where Black's pieces can connect and his king finally has a hope of fleeing to safety.} 20. f5 {e5 d5} Bd7 {d6 Black is again completely suffocated. Qf6} 21. Rb1 h5 22. Bc4 Rb8 23. Rf2 Rh6 {Rfb2 b6 axb6 axb6} 24. Rb6 {Rd8 Rb7} h4 {Rc7 Rh5} 25. Rxb7 {Rg5 Qc2 Rg3 Qa2 Qg5 Bxf7+ Kf8 Rxd7 Qc1+ Kh2 Rxh3+ A nice attempt at tricking White into a draw by threefold repetition, which almost worked! Kxh3 Qe3+ Kh2?? Black has a forced draw. One wrong move can throw away four hours of good play. This is why you should always fight to the last even when far behind! Qf4+ Missing the forced draw. Black had only about a minute left on their clock. Kg1 Qc1+ Kf2 Qf4+ Ke1 Qg3+ Qf2 Now that the queen has joined in on the defense, Black's checks will soon come to an end. Qc3+ Kf1 Qc1+ Qe1 Qc4+ Kg1 Comically missing that the queen was hanging. Even then, Black cannot stop mate.}))) 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.23"] [White "Smith, Robert H III"] [Black "Schaezlein, Charlie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1506"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2185671328270085"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6 fxe6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qd6 11. d3 O-O-O 12. Ba4 Nd4 13. Qe3 c6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Ne2 Qb4 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Qxe5 Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Qa5 20. b4 Qxa4 21. Qxd4 e5 22. Rxe5 Qxc2 23. Bg5 Bd6 24. Re6 Rd7 25. Qxa7 Bb8 26. Qe3 Rf8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kc7 29. Bf4+ Kb6 30. Bxb8 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.24"] [White "Abraham, Michael David"] [Black "Zhanaidarov, Orynbay"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1639"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2185671328270086"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. O-O Qe8 10. Rb1 Qh5 11. Bf4 d6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Qe8 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bxf5 exf4 16. exf4 Ne4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qc1 Qf7 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. fxg5 Qxc4 21. f4 Rae8 22. Rb2 Ba6 23. Rff2 Re4 24. Rb4 Qe6 25. Qa3 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qe3 27. Rf3 Qg1+ 28. Kg3 Re2 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.25"] [White "Casares, Nick"] [Black "Stults, Sawyer"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "1471"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2185671328270087"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Re1 Qd6 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Ne4 Bb6 11. Neg5 Qf5 12. c3 O-O 13. h3 Rd8 14. Ne4 Qe6 15. Nfg5 Qe7 {[#]} 16. Nxh7 $2 (16. c4) (16. b4 h6 17. Nf3 Bf5 $11 {(-0.25/d29)}) 16... Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 $19 18. g4 f6 19. Qh4 Rxd3 20. Be3 Be6 21. a4 Bd5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nf1 f5 24. Bg5 Qh7 25. Bh6 Kf7 26. g5 e4 27. Ne3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qh8 29. Re2 Qe5 30. Rf1 Bb3 {[#]} 31. Rxf5+ gxf5 32. Qh5+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Kd5 34. Qf7+ Kc5 35. Qxb3 Qg3+ 36. Rg2 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Rad8 39. Qa3+ Kd5 40. c4+ Ke6 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Hack, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "1263"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2185264548230746"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. Ba4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 11. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:06:48]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 13. f3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:23]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 15. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 16. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bh4+ {[%emt 0:04:51]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 19. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:04:21]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 21. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 22. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 23. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} h6 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 25. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 26. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 27. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:28]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:41] (It's right on the border between  and  (that's =+ and ))} 29. b4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:36] (But now it's -+ after} b6 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 30. bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Qa5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:14] (The numbers have leaped in Black's favor)} (31... Rb8 $19 {is good of course, but not as good}) 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:38] [#]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:54] Totally winning...} ({...but} 32... d3 $1 {soars to new heights of "White is dead"}) 33. fxe4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:21] [#]} (33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Kh7 $1 (34... Qxe4 $2 35. Qxc5 {White can hold})) 33... Qf6+ {[%emt 0:04:22]} (33... d3 $1 {Again, -6.70 or so...}) 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 35. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:05:14]} 36. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} h5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:22] Protected and/or more dangerous passed pawn, better king safety, these advantages matter -- a lot.} 37. e5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} h4 $8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 38. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 39. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxg2+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 40. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} Re8 $4 $11 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (40... Kf7 $1 41. e6+ Kf6 $1 (41... Ke7 $2 42. Re5 $1 $11 {Everything works for White, Black can't hold it all together.}) 42. Rf1+ {(else Black just plays ...Re8 and White loses the pawn and the game)} Ke7 43. Re1 Kd6 (43... Rd8 {is less to the point}) 44. Re4 $5 g6 $1 45. e7 Re8 46. Rg4 Rxe7 47. Rxg6+ Ke5 $1 (47... Re6 $2 $17) 48. Rg5+ (48. Rc6 d3 {[%cal Ge5d4,Gd4c3,Gd3d2,Ge7e1]}) 48... Ke4 49. Rxc5 Ke3 $1 {[#] and the numbers just got very big for Black}) 41. Kf3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:15] 0.00 across the legal move list} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 42. Ke4 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 43. Rb1 $1 {[%emt 0:02:23]} (43. Rf1 $11) 43... Kf7 $4 {[%emt 0:05:26]} (43... Rd8 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. e6+ (45. Rb7+ $11) 45... Kf6 46. Kd3 $11) 44. Rb7+ $18 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 45. Rb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 46. Rb7+ $6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 47. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re6 {[%emt 0:02:25] [#] I think the key point is, Black can't put his king on e6 for now, so White can get king to f5, forcing ...g6+, then back to e4 (and Kd3 maybe), then rook in somewhere, notably f6.) Or, pick up the c- and the d-pawns. Can this be? Apparently. Play with it for a while, you'll see. There are even some Zugzwangs there. But not so easy, admittedly, to notice.} 48. Rb7+ $4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} (48. Rb3 $18 Re7 49. Kf5 g6+ 50. Ke4 Re8 51. Rf3+ Ke7 52. Rf6) (48. Rb2 $18) (48. Rb1 $18) 48... Re7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.26"] [White "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Black "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1217"] [BlackElo "1329"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2185671328270089"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. Bf4 Qb4 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 exd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. a3 Nd7 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxe7 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Be6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bg5 Rd8 22. c5 b6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. b4 f6 26. Be3 g5 27. Kg2 Bf5 28. Nd2 Kf7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.27"] [White "Hossain, Shaikat"] [Black "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [BlackElo "1246"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2185671328270090"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Qc2 a5 7. O-O-O b5 8. e3 Bd7 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nb1 Nc6 11. Rdg1 bxc3 12. bxc3 Na7 13. g4 Nxg4 14. h3 Ba4 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. h4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Rb8 18. Nfd2 Qd7 19. f4 e6 20. e4 c5 21. dxc5 Rbc8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. f5 Rxc3+ 24. Nxc3 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qxc3 26. Nb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qxb3+ 28. Kc1 Bd4 29. Qxh5 Be3# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.28"] [White "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Black "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1056"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2185671328270091"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 h6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rac1 a6 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. Nd4 e5 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Bg3 Bxe4 23. Bd3 Qxf5 24. f3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.29"] [White "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Black "Liu, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Liu,Eric (Winslow,Elliott)"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1347"] [BlackElo "1307"] [PlyCount "93"] [GameId "2185251856758207"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {Ugh, this was pretty un-fun to play. I had a solid position into the middle game: able to castle into a fortress. 17. h4 was played, and I saw an opportunity to sac. I thought for 30-40min. I'm not the best at calculation but I didn't see any disasters. = Let's go! 2 pawns for a knight at worst right?! "You chose poorly", said the Holy Grail's guard-knight... thus began the last ~2.5 hrs of the game. I didn't realize how much trouble I was in from the get go but sure felt the long and steady grind toward resignation :'(} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Bb5 7. O-O Nf5 8. a4 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[#]} Nd7 {Really wasn't sure about this. I felt I'd be in trouble if I couldn't play c5. But I don't think the knight 'belongs' on d7 here, and I wasn't sure where/how to develop it going forward... which shows in the game. (EW: Stockfish makes it the best,} ({tied with} 10... Be7 {-- pretty much even.}) 11. c3 ({EW:} 11. Rfc1 $5 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) 11... c5 12. g4 Nh4 13. h3 h5 14. Bg5 {[#]} Be7 (14... Nxf3+ $1 15. Nxf3 Be7 $11) 15. Bxe7 $6 (15. Bxh4 Bxh4 $11) 15... Qxe7 $17 {(EW: A subtle difference, but enough.)} 16. g5 {Black was going to play ...hxg4 and ...0-0-0, and the attack dogs...err, rooks rush in.} Nf5 $15 {[#]} (16... Nxf3+ $1 17. Nxf3 O-O $17) 17. h4 $2 (17. Rfc1 $15) {[#]} 17... Nxh4 $4 {30 or 40 min of "calculation" only to make a HORRIBLE choice. Ugh. Despite getting 2 pawns for the piece, Stockfish goes from -1.0 to +2.0.(EW: Actually -1.72/d30 vs. +2.56/d26, or -+ vs. +-) OUCH. I didn't see all the lines of course. I didn't even see the one my opponent played. But a big part of me WANTED to sac and in the end, my attitude was more like "looks like a reasonable attack, I'll figure it out. Let's go!" Otherwise I would have castled (into a fortress! completely safe kingside), had a beautiful knight on f5, and been ready to get rooks to the c-file. This was the way lol. Simple and solid. Ironically(?) if my opponent had played *anything* except h4 (which wasn't a good move either lol), I would have been fine. I guess the lesson here is... (barring blitz games), don't sac unless I see a concrete outcome. Some lines were obviously winning. Others I didn't know. But I defaulted to "sac!" where I should have defaulted to solid play. Wish I had something smarter to say about how to learn to assess these positions. I focused heavily on material count and didn't understand the positional implications of my sac at all.} (17... cxd4 $1 18. cxd4 Nf8 $17 19. Rfc1 Ng6 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 {[#]} O-O $1 {(EW:The h-pawn isn't getting away)} ({EW: I'm the sort of player to like} 21... Kd7 $5 {but it's too exotic, and costs quite a bit (0-0 -1.79 vs. Kd7 -1.20)}) 22. Rc7 Rfc8 $1 23. Rac3 (23. Rxb7 $6 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Rac8 25. Ra7 R8c2 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxa6 Nfxh4 {(EW: I can understand not being at all sure about this sort of ending, but Stockfish is -- ("-4.09/d24")}) {EW: here is a line:} 23... Rxc7 24. Rxc7 a5 $1 25. Rxb7 Rc8 $1 {and again: Canned Tuna makes it "-2.88/d23", or -+.}) ({EW: Not as good -- but good -- is} 17... O-O $17 18. Rfb1 cxd4 (18... Rfc8) 19. cxd4 Rfc8) 18. Nxh4 $18 Qxg5+ 19. Ng2 h4 20. Qe3 (20. Kh1 $1) 20... Qg4 21. Kh2 O-O-O 22. Nf4 {[#]} g5 $4 {I totally missed Nh3. I think this is a pretty major blunder. (EW: not really, "??" is maybe too much: lost is lost, but it does drop 1.00 in value acc. to Fish 17.1) Stockfish score doesn't change that much, but as a practical matter, I made my opponent's game REALLY easy. With this, I lost the g-pawn and control of the now-open g-file... as well as any real hope of counterplay. I'd love to hear a high level player's thoughts, but I *think* I could have posed some problems by getting my queen to the f or h files and queen rook to g8. Exploring some lines w/Stockfish, I roughly feel like that would've required more precise play from White. I think my spirit "died" here. I played on but with basically no hope beyond my opponent blundering. (EW: White could anticipate any ...g5 with Nh3 and Rg1, and he probably should. Yep, looking through the various "alternatives" to 22...g5 I see those two moves getting played almost always in one order or another.)} 23. Nh3 Rdg8 24. Rg1 Qf5 25. Rxg5 Rxg5 26. Qxg5 Qc2 27. Ra2 $6 (27. Rg1 Qxb2 28. Qe3 Qa3 29. Nf3 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Qf8 31. Ng5 Rg8 32. a5 Qe7) 27... a5 {Stockfish prefers Kb1 or Kc7 here. It's important because there are several lines (including the game!) where White gets to play Nd6. And that it comes with check was pretty annoying.} 28. Qf4 Rh5 $6 (28... Rg8 29. Ra1 Qxb2 30. Rg1 Rxg1 31. Nxg1 Qxc3 32. Ngf3 cxd4 33. Qxf7) 29. Ng5 $6 (29. Qxf7 Rh8 30. Qxe6 Qxd2 31. Qxd5 cxd4 32. cxd4 Rf8 33. Ra1 Rxf2+ 34. Nxf2 Qxf2+) 29... cxd4 $6 (29... Qg6 30. Nh3 f6 31. Ra1 fxe5 32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. Rg1 Qf6 34. Rg4 Qxf4+ 35. Nxf4) 30. cxd4 Nb6 31. Nxf7 Rf5 $6 {Just an example of my spirit being dead LOL. I saw the fork but somehow thought this was an even trade??? wtf.} (31... Kb8 32. Nd6 Ka7 33. Ra1 Rh8 34. b3 Nc8 35. Nb5+ Ka8 36. Rg1 Na7 37. Nd6) 32. Nd6+ Kb8 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. e6+ Kc8 35. Qe3 Qc7+ 36. Kh3 Qe7 37. Nf3 Nc4 38. Qh6 Nd6 39. b3 Ne4 40. Rc2+ Kb8 41. Qh8+ Ka7 42. Qg8 Qd6 43. Ne5 Nf6 {I could have won the passed pawn with Qxe6 and Ng5 fork! Darn! /joke} 44. Qc8 Qb4 $6 (44... Ne4 45. Nc6+ bxc6 46. Qd7+ Kb6 47. Qxd6 Nxd6 48. Kxh4 Kc7 49. Kg5 Kd8 50. f3) 45. Qc5+ Qxc5 46. Rxc5 Kb6 $2 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. b6 was best.} (46... b6 47. Rc1 Ne8 48. e7 Kb7 49. Kxh4 b5 50. axb5 Ng7 51. Kg5 Ne8 52. Kg6) 47. Nd7+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.30"] [White "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "1369"] [BlackElo "1137"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2185278384694995"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 d5 (11... d6 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c4 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Nc7 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rb8 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Qxe7 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Nd7 22. Qxd6 Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Bxb2 24. Nd5 Ba3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nd7 Qxc4 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29. Re4 Qc2 30. Rde1 Bf8 31. h4 h5 32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8 Qxa4 34. Qe7 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qg7 36. Rb8 b5 37. f4 Qh6 38. Kg3 Qg7 39. Kh2 Qh6 40. Qg5 Qxg5 41. hxg5 {Ibarra Jerez,J (2559)-Nguyen,N (2633) Chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (64)}) 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7 {was the old line (13.Qe2).} Rxa4 14. Bxa4 Bxb2 15. Qxd5 Nc3 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Bb3 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 {[#]} Ne4 $146 {Leaves White with some advantage, which fades if you let computers at it for a while.} (18... Bf5 $11 {0.00} 19. Re1 Rd8 20. f3 Rd2 21. Be3 Rd1 22. Kf2 $11 {[#]} Nb4 $4 (22... Rd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c7,Gc3d1,Gd1e3] -0.07/d21}) 23. Bc5 $1 $18 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Nc6 25. Kd2 Nb1+ 26. Kc1 (26. Ke3) 26... Nc3 27. g4 Be6 $6 (27... Bd7 28. Kd2 Nb1+ 29. Ke3 $18 (29. Kd3 $18 h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. Nd5) (29. Ke2 $18 {even})) (27... Bc8 28. Kd2 Nb1+ 29. Ke3) 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30. Bb3 (30. Kd2 $1) 30... Ne2+ 31. Kd2 Ned4 32. Ke3 Nxb3 33. axb3 Kf7 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. b4 $6 b5 $6 (35... b6 36. b5 Na7) 36. f4 Kd7 37. f5 Nd8 38. h4 Nf7 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Ke6 42. Bd4 Nd6+ 43. Kf4 Nf5 44. Ba1 Nh6 45. Kg5 Nf7+ 46. Kg6 {1-0 (46) Viani,A (2397)-Decuigniere,T (2292) Chess.com INT 2022}) 19. Re1 Nd6 20. Nd5 Be6 21. c4 h5 22. a4 Rc8 23. a5 Kf8 24. f3 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Nb4 26. Bd4 Nc2 27. Bxc2 Rxc2 28. Rb1 Rc4 29. Bb6 Ke8 30. Rb2 Ra4 31. Bc7 Kd7 32. Bxd6 Kxd6 33. Rb6+ Kc7 34. Rb5 Ra2 35. h4 Kd6 36. Rb6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.31"] [White "Otterbach, Renate"] [Black "Turner, Robert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1113"] [BlackElo "1230"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2185671328270094"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1 h6 9. e5 Nf5 10. Ne4 d5 11. Nxc5 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 Qxc6 14. c3 b6 15. d4 Bb7 16. g4 Ne7 17. h4 Ba6 18. Rg1 Bd3 19. Kh2 Be4 20. Nd2 f5 21. g5 h5 22. Rg3 b5 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Nb3 Ra7 26. Nc5 Rfa8 27. a3 Nc8 28. Bb2 Nb6 29. Bc1 Nc4 30. Nb3 Nxa3 31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Nc5 Ra2+ 34. Kh3 Bf8 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Rg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 e3+ 38. Kg3 Qe4 39. Qe2 b4 40. cxb4 Qxd4 41. b5 Bc5 42. Qa2 Qd5 43. Qxd5 exd5 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. Kd3 Kd7 47. Ke2 Kc7 48. Kd3 Kb6 49. e6 d4 50. Ke2 Kxb5 51. Kd3 Be7 52. Ke2 Kc4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.32"] [White "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "\"Analyze This\" app"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1044"] [BlackElo "1167"] [PlyCount "129"] [GameId "2185277919065791"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 {white 1 hr 33 min... black 1 hr 25 min} 11. Re1 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nxc2 (15... Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. a3 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Qf6) 16. Qxc2 h6 17. Bh4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bf6 {white 1 hr 18 min... black 59 min} 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. Qd3 Nxg3 22. Qxg3 Qc7 (22... Qb6 23. Na4 Qb4 24. b3) 23. b3 Rad8 24. Ne4 Be7 {white 53 min... black 36 min} (24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nf6+ Kh8) 25. Nc5 Bxc5 (25... Bc8) 26. dxc5 Rd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. f4 Qa5 (28... f6 29. Nd3) 29. Qf2 f6 30. Nd3 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 (31. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Be4) 31... Kf7 {white 40 min... black 21 min} 32. f5 Qc3 33. Nc2 Qb2 34. Ne3 Qb1+ (34... Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Be4) 35. Nf1 Be4 36. Qd4 (36. g4) 36... Bxf5 37. Qc4+ Be6 38. Qe2 Qg6 (38... Bf5) 39. Qd2 Bd5 40. Ne3 (40. Qa5 Qxg2#) 40... Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qe4 {white 19 min... black 7 min} 42. Nxd5 Qxd5 (42... cxd5) 43. Qxd5+ cxd5 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Kd4 f5 46. b4 g5 47. a4 f4 48. b5 g4 (48... b6 49. cxb6 axb6 50. a5) 49. a5 f3 {white 12 min .. black 5 min} 50. gxf3 gxf3 51. Ke3 d4+ (51... f2 52. Kxf2 d4) (51... Ke5) 52. Kxf3 Kd5 {is this the losing move} (52... a6 53. c6 bxc6 54. bxa6) (52... Kd7) 53. c6 bxc6 {black 4 min} (53... Kd6 {is this my last chance to not lose} 54. cxb7 Kc7 55. a6) 54. b6 axb6 (54... axb6 55. axb6) 55. a6 d3 56. a7 Kc4 (56... d2 57. Ke2) 57. a8=Q d2 58. Qxc6+ Kd3 59. Qe4+ (59. Qd5+ Kc2 60. Qe4+) 59... Kc3 60. Qe3+ Kc2 61. Qe2 Kc1 62. Qc4+ Kd1 63. Qd3 Kc1 (63... Ke1 64. Qb1+ (64. Qe2#) 64... d1=Q+ 65. Qxd1+ Kxd1) 64. Ke2 b5 65. Qxd2+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.33"] [White "Singer, Andrew"] [Black "Burkhardt, Douglas Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1051"] [BlackElo "863"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2185671328270096"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Qd3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. h3 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Qc3 c5 17. dxc5 g5 18. Bg3 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. h4 Ne4 21. Bh2 Nd2 22. Nxd2 Rxd2 23. Bd3 gxh4 24. Bf4 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Rd8 26. Rad1 Ba6 27. Bxh6 Bxd3 28. Rfe1 Rd5 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Rd2 f5 31. Red1 f4 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Kf7 35. Rf3 e5 36. g3 h3 37. gxf4 Ke6 38. f5+ Kf6 39. Kh2 e4 40. Re3 Kxf5 41. Rxh3 Kg4 42. Rc3 Kf4 43. Kh3 a5 44. a4 Ke5 45. Rc6 Kf4 46. Kg2 Kg4 47. Rxb6 Kf4 48. Rb5 Kg4 49. Rxa5 e3 50. fxe3 Kh4 51. Ra8 Kg5 52. Rf8 Kg4 53. a5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.34"] [White "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Black "Chen, Bowie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1279"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2185671328270097"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. b5 Nb8 4. e3 c5 5. c4 d4 6. exd4 cxd4 7. d3 e5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nf6 14. a4 b6 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. g3 Ne6 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qd6 22. Ra2 Nd4 23. a5 Nd7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bg2 f5 26. Ra8 h6 27. Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Qh5 Ng6 30. Ra1 Ne7 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qf7 f4 33. Be4+ Nef5 34. Bxf5+ Nxf5 35. Qxf5+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.36"] [White "Jiam, Max"] [Black "Pirone, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [BlackElo "1033"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2185671328270099"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. d4 dxe4 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. Nxe4 Nxe5 12. N2c3 Be6 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Bh4 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. f5 Nge5 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Bf4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Qe2 Nd3 24. Be3 Qe5 25. Rad1 Nxb2 26. Qxb2 Qxe3 27. Nd5 Qc5 28. Rf4 Bf6 29. Qb3 Ne5 30. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 gxf6 32. h3 Qxa3 33. Qd7 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "5.37"] [White "Ramos, Jo L Thomas"] [Black "Tobias, Mason"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "821"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2185671328270100"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d4 9. Ne2 c5 10. h3 Bc6 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Nh5 Be5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. f3 f5 19. O-O-O fxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rhe1 Rae8 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. c3 Kg7 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. b4 Kf6 27. Kd2 d3 28. Kxd3 Rxb4 29. Kc3 Rb8 30. g4 Re8 31. h4 Re2 32. a4 Re4 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34. Kxd4 Ke6 35. Kc5 Kd7 36. a5 f6 37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5 a6 39. Kd5 c6+ 40. Kc5 Kc7 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. Ke4 c5 43. Kf5 c4 44. Kf6 c3 45. Kg7 c2 46. Kxh7 c1=Q 47. g6 Qg1 48. g7 Qxg7+ 49. Kxg7 Kc5 50. Kf6 Kb5 51. Ke5 Kxa5 52. Kd4 Kb4 53. Kd3 Kb3 54. Kd2 Kb2 55. Kd3 a5 56. Ke4 a4 0-1
  
• Download Round 6 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 6 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Heimann, Mark"] [Black "Coyne, Theodore James"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2263"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2187700216666148"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,90,13,10,12,8,11,17,13,15,23,19,21,24,0,0,0,10,-44,-45,-44,-5,-16,-11,-18,-17,-13,-15,-10,-13,-3,-4,-1,-24,-13,0,-8,36,45,313,313,334,336,338,336,340,339,432,-263,422,374,427,371,405,365,451,421,448,323,407,384,554,420,583,372,563,332,588,424,506,425,537,530,590,559,555,513,539,515,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:05] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. Nxe5 $2 Qd4 7. Be3 Qxe5 $19) 6... Be6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:19]} (7. Nxe5 $2 Qd4 8. Rf1 Qxe5 $19) 7... Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:07:46] The position is equal. 8.Nb3 gains popularity.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:09:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06] This pair of bishops is nice.} 11. Qh5 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (11. f4 $1 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 O-O (14... fxe4 $1 15. Nxe4 (15. Qxe4 $6 Qd5 16. Re1 Kd7) 15... O-O 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Be3 (17. c3 c5 18. cxd4 Bd5 19. dxc5 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 17... c5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. c3 c5 20. Qb5 Bf7 21. Nxc5 Qb6 22. a4 Rad8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Re7 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Nd3 Re2 $44 {(0.00/d39)}) 15. Rd1 (15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Rd1 Qe8) 15... Qe8 16. e5 Bc5 17. Nb3 {1-0 (40) Robson,R (2693)-Niemann,H (2733) Saint Louis 2024}) 11... Bf6 {[%emt 0:20:56]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:37] Repels Qd4} Qd7 $11 {[%emt 0:03:27]} (12... h6 $11) 13. Qc5 $6 {[%emt 0:07:14]} (13. h3 $11) (13. Bg5 $11) 13... b6 $15 {[%emt 0:14:46]} 14. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:08:19]} (14... a5 $1 $15 {is superior.}) 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:05:46]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:53]} 17. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:10:55]} Kb7 $1 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:58] Inhibits c5.} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 22. Nd4 $36 {[%emt 0:00:36][%cal Od4c6][%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Nxc6!. White has the initiative.} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} (22... Bd7 $11) 23. Nxc6 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:09:09][%csl Od8][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack, Decoy} Kxc6 $4 {[%emt 0:04:05][%mdl 8192]} (23... Rxd1 $1 $14 24. Rxd1 Bd7 (24... Kxc6 25. Qf3+) (24... Bg4 $2 25. Qe4 $18)) 24. Qf3+ $18 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:37] [#]} 25. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05][%mdl 512]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25][%csl Gc4][%cal Rf3d5][%mdl 64] Pin} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (26... Bxf2+ $2 27. Rxf2 Kb7 28. cxd5 $18) 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:20][%mdl 64] Pin} Rgd8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (27... Bxf2+ $2 28. Kxf2 Kb7 29. cxd5 $18) 28. g4 {[%emt 0:03:51][%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. cxd5+ $18 Rxd5 29. h4) 28... Be7 $4 {[%emt 0:04:06][%mdl 8192]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:52][%cal Bg7g6,Bg6f5][%mdl 32]} 30. Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:27][%mdl 64] Pin} Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 31. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:03][%mdl 64] Pin} f5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 32. gxf5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:50][%mdl 64] Pin} Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:35][%cal Oe6e5]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:08:32][%cal Bg1f1,Bf1e2,Be2d2,Bd2c2,Bc2b1][%mdl 32]} (34. cxd5+ Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qg8+ 36. Kh2 Qxd5 37. Qxf5 Kb7 $16) 34... Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} (34... Kb7 $142 35. Rxd5 (35. cxd5 Qxe5 36. d6+ c6 $11) 35... Kc8) 35. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:32][%mdl 64] Pin} (35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. cxd5+ Qxd5 37. Qxf5 Qxb3 $16) 35... Bf8 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 36. f4 Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} (36... Qg6 37. cxd5+ Kd7 38. Qxg6 hxg6) 37. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:14][%mdl 64] Pin} R8d7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (37... Kb7 {is a better defense.}) 38. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 40. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 41. Qf2+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} (41. Rxd5+ Rxd5 42. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) 41... Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:15][%mdl 64] Pin} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 43. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} (43... Qg8 $18 44. Ka2 (44. cxd5+ Rxd5 45. Rd1 Be7 $18) 44... Bf8 45. cxd5+ Kb7 46. d6+ c6) 44. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22] White mates.} ({Weaker is} 44. Rxd5+ Rxd5 45. Qf2+ Kc6 $14) 44... Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11] [#]} 45. Rc3+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:05][%mdl 576] Skewer} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (45... Kd4 46. Qe3#) {An excellent game by Heimann. Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.85} 46. Qxc3# {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Bayaraa, Chinguun"] [Black "Suarez, Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2176"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2187700216666149"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 15,103,-6,-15,-22,-23,-27,-30,-39,-11,-18,6,-25,-20,-35,-10,-11,-7,-14,-13,-149,-146,-132,-146,-146,-150,-149,-142,-163,-111,-143,-72,-70,-71,-191,-182,-234,-163,-154,-93,-104,-92,-124,-84,-89,-65,-125,-118,-115,-106,-113,0,-191,-181,-355,-309,-304,-29,-112,-102,-255,143,123,259,219,225,224,216,154,241,240,333,193,524,517,504,440,601,600,582,567,654,599,837,781,1109,993,29986,29987,29991,19872]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 9. Qa4 {[%emt 0:07:24] D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} O-O {[%emt 0:05:27]} 10. c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:56] Black has an edge.} Ne4 $146 {[%emt 0:24:14]} (11... b5 12. Qb3 a5 13. Bf4 axb4 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. Nd2 e5 16. Ndxe4 exf4 17. Nd2 Bf6 {0-1 (29) Nemov,A (2110)-Geller,J (2548) Togliatti 2014}) 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 13. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:20] Black wants to play ...a5.} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 17. Rac1 {[%emt 0:16:04]} (17. Ne5 $11 Nxe5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. dxe5) 17... a5 $17 {[%emt 0:12:39]} 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:14:20]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} (21... Bxg2 $19 22. Kxg2 Reb8) 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} (22... dxe4 23. Nxe6 Qb7 24. Nd4 $17 (24. Nxg7 Reb8 $17)) (22... Bxe4 $142 23. Bxe4 (23. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 24. Bxe4 Reb8 $19) 23... dxe4 24. Nxe6 Qc8) 23. exd5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02][%cal Oe7c5]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:04:07]} (24. Qa3 $17) 24... Qb7 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 25. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (25. Qa1 $142) 25... Qa8 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 26. a5 {[%emt 0:01:48][%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} (26... Bf6 $142 27. Ra1 Rb5) 27. f4 $17 {[%emt 0:06:18]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 28. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (28... Bf6 $142 {...Nf8 is the strong threat.} 29. Bb2 Nf8) 29. a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:43][%csl Oe4] Strong Square Black (e4)} 30. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} ({White should play} 30. Qf3 $1 $15) 30... Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (30... Bd8 31. Qa4 Rc8 32. Bb2 $11) 31. Rd3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (31... Bd8 32. Qa4 Rc8 33. h3 $14) 32. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:26] [#]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (32... Bg4 $1 $17) 33. Bh3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} (33. Bb2 $11) 33... Rc7 $19 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 34. g4 $2 {[%emt 0:13:27]} (34. Rb1 Ra7 35. Rb6 Bxd4+ 36. Qxd4 (36. Rxd4 $2 Nc3 $19)) 34... Bg6 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 35. f5 {[%emt 0:00:18] [#]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (35... Ra7 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra7a6]} 36. fxg6 Rxa6 37. gxf7+ Kxf7) 36. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (36. Bb2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... h5 $17 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. h3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (37. Bb2 $17) 37... Bg5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} (37... Ra7 $1 $19 38. Re3 hxg4 39. Nxc6 Nd2 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. hxg4 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Nf3) 38. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (38... hxg4 $16 39. hxg4 Nf6) 39. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 41. hxg4 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (41... Re4 $16 {might work better.}) 42. Rg3 $18 {[%emt 0:00:39] Active counter play!} Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 43. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (43. Bd3 $142) 43... Rd7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (43... Rce7) 44. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 45. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 46. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 48. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 49. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Bc1c3,Bc3b3,Bb3b8][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 49. Qxc6 Qd8 50. Rc3 (50. Bg2 Bxg2 51. a7 Bh1 $11) 50... Qg5+ 51. Kf2 Qe5 $18) 49... Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:41][%cal Oa6a7] White threatens a7! and mate.} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 51. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.92} 52. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Das, Rohan"] [Black "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott/TA"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2099"] [BlackElo "2206"] [PlyCount "191"] [GameId "2187700216698918"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 16,191,72,26,116,64,113,115,119,61,64,72,100,42,93,-39,41,-70,-63,-71,-77,-71,-73,-71,-47,0,-43,-40,-41,-47,-45,-63,312,310,306,306,301,293,291,289,356,352,381,339,352,360,336,27,21,72,278,-453,-436,-430,-328,-325,-327,-297,-323,-318,-319,-318,-306,-461,-215,-145,0,0,-25,-3,0,-45,-56,-52,-103,-597,-553,-563,-190,-562,-554,-536,-543,-529,-611,-580,-582,-625,-482,-553,-531,-659,-627,-704,-681,-802,-724,-722,-682,-658,-600,-625,-611,-1415,-994,-747,-705,-1315,-686,-4710,-3645,-2206,0,-1826,-923,-1230,-867,-3197,-666,-7639,-8314,-6941,-43,-5319,-5483,-7362,-8270,-8254,0,-5208,-7127,-7907,0,0,0,0,0,-6922,0,-5788,-8314,-7419,-5812,-7843,-6218,-6137,-5969,-4130,-1340,-660,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:03][%mdl 4] is more profitable than 8...c6 at the moment.} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:10:11]} (9. Qc2 $16) 9... c5 {[%emt 0:02:43] E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} (9... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 10. a3 {[%emt 0:04:03]} (10. Kh1 $16) 10... Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (10... Ng4 $14) 11. Bg5 $16 {[%emt 0:19:07]} h6 $146 {[%emt 0:00:09] White is better.} (11... Rg8 12. Ne1 Qf8 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. exf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (43) Sychev,K (2537)-Jones,G (2682) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:41] White is more active.} (12. Bd2 $16) 12... g5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 13. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Ne1 {[%emt 0:04:28]} (14. Nd2 $16 Nxg3 {EW: So much for the "TA" facility in ChessBase.} ({EW: Any King's Indian player from the 60s would play} 14... Nf4 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 $16 {might be better than some other times, but in general it's better *not* to double White's pawns (and give them a half-open file a/o another pawn to control squares).}) 15. hxg3 (15. fxg3 Nf6 $14)) 14... Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (14... Nxg3 $1 $14 15. fxg3 f5) 15. b4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} (15. Bg4 $16) 15... b6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} ({Black should play} 15... f5 $1 $15 16. exf5 e4) 16. Nc2 {[%emt 0:05:40]} (16. Bg4 $14) 16... f5 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:03:32][%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Nxe2+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 18. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Be1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. g4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (20... h5 $11 21. h3 Nh7) 21. hxg3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:10:16]} 22. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g4 {[%emt 0:12:34]} 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:05][%cal Rf3g4]} Nh5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:50][%mdl 8192]} (23... gxf3 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 24. Rxf3 Qd7) 24. fxg4 $18 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 25. gxf4 {[%emt 0:05:41]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 27. Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 28. Rh5 {[%emt 0:13:33]} (28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Bd2 Rf4 $19) 28... Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:07]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 30. Rh3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (30. Rf5 Rxf5 31. exf5 Rg8 $11) 30... Qg5 {[%emt 0:03:50][%cal Of8f2]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (31. Rxe3 Bd4 32. Bd2 Rf4 $11 (32... Bxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Qh4 34. Qg2 $16)) (31. Bg3 $18) 31... Rf4 $11 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 32. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (32. Qxe3 $2 Bd4 33. Qd3 (33. Qg3 $2 Rxg4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 34. Rd1 Be5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 33... Rxg4+ (33... Qxg4+ $2 34. Qg3 $18) 34. Rg3 Qxc1 $19 (34... Rxg3+ $2 35. Bxg3 Qxc1 36. Ne2 $19)) ({Better is} 32. bxc5 $11 Ref8 33. Nd1 (33. Qxe3 $2 Rxg4+ $19) 33... Rxg4+ 34. Rg3 Rxg3+ 35. Bxg3) 32... Ref8 $2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (32... Bd4 $16) 33. Qxe3 $4 {[%emt 0:01:07][%mdl 8192]} (33. bxc5 $2 Rf2+ 34. Bxf2 Rxf2+ $17) (33. Nd1 $18) 33... Bd4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 34. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:58] [#] Strongly threatening Rd1.} Rf2+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:13][%mdl 512]} 35. Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 39. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (39. Re3 $142) 39... Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} (39... Qc2+ $142 40. Kg1 Qxc4) 40. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} (40... Qa2+ $1 $17 41. Kf3 c4 (41... Qxa3+ 42. Kf4 $11)) 41. Re3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 42. Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:25][%csl LRd4,LRh6]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 43. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (43. Kf3 $11 {might be stronger.}) 43... Qf4+ $15 {[%emt 0:00:20][%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 44. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (44... Qxg4 45. Kd2 $17) (44... Qc1+ $15 45. Kf2 Qf4+ (45... Qxa3 46. d6 $11) 46. Ke1 c3) 45. d6 $2 {[%emt 0:01:56][%mdl 8192]} (45. Re3 $17) 45... Qc1+ {[%emt 0:06:38]} 46. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd1 $2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (46... Qxa3 47. d7 Qc5+ 48. Re3 $11) (46... Qf4+ 47. Ke1 Qxg4) 47. Ne3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (47. d7 {was the crucial defense.}) 47... Qxd6 $19 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 48. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 49. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qa6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 50. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 51. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 52. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} 53. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 54. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 55. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 56. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:04:49][%cal Oc3c2]} 57. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 58. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} ({Not} 58... Qd6+ 59. Kxc3 Qg3+ 60. Kd2 $15) 59. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 61. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 62. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd5+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 63. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qg2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (63... Qh1+ $19 64. Ke2 Qg2+ 65. Kd3 Qf1+ 66. Re2 h5) 64. Re2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:02][%mdl 8192]} (64. Nd4 $11) 64... Qg1+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 66. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} (66... Qd4+ $142 67. Nd3 h4 68. Re8+ Kg7) 67. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 68. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qg1 $2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} (68... Qg4+ $19 69. Rf3 h3) 69. Rf3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:00][%mdl 8192]} (69. Re8+ $15 Kg7 70. Nf3) 69... Qg4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 70. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} h3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 71. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:40] [#]} Qc4+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (71... Qe6+ $1 $19 72. Kf1 Qc4+ (72... h2 73. Kg2 $19) 73. Ke1 Qb4+ 74. Kf1 Qb5+ (74... Qb1+ $2 75. Ke2 $19) 75. Rd3 Kg7 (75... Qb1+ 76. Ke2 $17)) 72. Ke1 $2 {[%emt 0:01:03][%mdl 8192]} (72. Ke3 $11) 72... Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 73. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:48] [#]} Qb2+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (73... Qb5+ $1 $19 74. Kd2 Qa5+ 75. Ke2 Qa6+ 76. Ke1 Qa1+ (76... Qe6+ $2 77. Kf1 $19) 77. Ke2 Qe5+ 78. Kf1 Qb5+ (78... Qa1+ $2 79. Ke2 $19) 79. Rd3 Kg8 (79... Qb1+ $2 80. Ke2 $19)) 74. Kd3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 75. Ke4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qe8+ 76. Kf5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:24][%mdl 8192]} (76. Kf4 $11) 76... Qd7+ $2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} (76... Qh5+ $19 77. Kf4 h2 (77... Qh4+ $2 78. Ke5 $19)) 77. Ke4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:35][%mdl 8192]} (77. Kf4 $11) 77... Qh7+ $19 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 78. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 79. Nh1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 80. Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03] ( -> ...Qb3+)} 81. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 82. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd1+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (82... Qb2 $19 83. Rh5 Kf7) 83. Kg2 $11 {[%emt 0:00:28] The position is equal.} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 84. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 85. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 86. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 87. Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 88. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:15] and ...Ke1 should not be overlooked} 89. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 90. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 91. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 92. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 93. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 94. Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:25][%mdl 64] Decoy} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 95. Ng4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf5 {What a bad dream for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.83/Black=0.65} 96. Nxh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott/TA"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2306"] [BlackElo "2246"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2187700216698919"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6 $6 {[%emt 0:01:21] This has been suspicious for ... well, see the game reference below! [#]} (6... Nge7) (6... h5 $5 7. h4 (7. h3 h4 8. g4 f5) 7... Nf6 8. O-O O-O) 7. d4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxc4 $2 {[%emt 0:06:13]} (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 $1 $14 (8. exd4 $2 Bxc4 $1 {(It's interesting how Black does well here but irrelevant)} 9. Bxc6+ (9. Qa4 $2 d5 $17) (9. d5 $2 Ne5 $17) 9... bxc6 10. Qa4 Bb5 $5 (10... Be6 11. d5 $1 Bh3 12. Nf4 Bg4 {Same here -- Stockfish gives Black the nominal something or other (which finally goes to 0.00 at depth 30)}) 11. Nxb5 cxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Qb7 $1 Rc8 14. Qxa7 Ne7 $11 {This one has more sustain -- still -0.06 at depth 33}) 8... Bd7 {A sort of only move} 9. Nde2 (9. O-O Nf6 10. b3) 9... Nf6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 $14 {in the +0.60 range}) 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nb8 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 (11... Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb5 f5 14. e4 f4 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Qd3 g5 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. g4 Ng6 19. f3 h5 20. h3 Rb8 21. Qa6 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxa7 Bf6 25. Qa4 Qh7 26. Rf2 Nh4 27. Qd1 Bd8 28. Kf1 Rf6 29. Rh2 Rh6 30. a4 Kg7 31. Nb5 Ng6 32. Rxh6 Qxh6 33. Ke2 Qh2+ 34. Kd3 Nh4 35. Ra3 Qf2 36. Kc4 Rb6 37. Rc3 c5 38. Qd2 Qf1+ 39. Qd3 Qe1 40. Kb3 Ra6 41. Na3 Rb6+ 42. Ka2 Rb4 43. Qa6 Be7 44. Nc2 Rxa4+ 45. Qxa4 Qxc1 46. Qd7 Ng6 47. Nd4 Qf1 48. Nf5+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Nxd6+ Bxd6 51. Qe6+ Kg7 52. Qxd6 c4 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Qxc4 Qf2 55. Qa6 Kg7 56. Rc7+ Kh6 57. Rc6 {1-0 (57) Vranesic,Z-Suttles,D Chicago 1973}) 12. Qa6 (12. Qxa7 Nc5 13. Qa5 f5 14. O-O e4 15. Nb5 Ne7 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rb7 18. Rb1 Qb8 19. a4 Kh8 20. b3 Ng8 21. Ba3 Nf6 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bc4 Ng4 24. d6 cxd6 25. Nxd6 Ra7 26. Qxc5 Ne5 27. Rd5 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 h5 29. Nb5 Re7 {1-0 (29) King,D (2560)-Wolff,P (2540) New York 1990 CBM 020 [Ribli,Zoltan]}) 12... Nc5 13. Qe2 f5 14. e4 Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bh3 O-O 17. O-O Nfd7 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Be3 f4 20. Bxc5 f3 21. Qc4 dxc5 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qxf3 Rxb2 24. Rad1 Rb4 25. Qe2 Rd4 26. Bg2 e4 27. Nxe4 Re8 28. f3 Nxd5 29. Qf2 Ne3 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Re1 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Ng4 33. Qf7 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nd3+ 35. Kf1 Nxe1 36. Kxe1 Be3 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. exd5 Kg7 39. Ke2 Bg1 40. h3 c4 41. Kd2 Bd4 42. Bf1 c3+ 43. Kc2 Kf6 44. Bd3 h6 45. Kb3 Ke5 46. a4 {½-½ (46) Larsen,B-Suttles,D Palma de Mallorca 1970}) (8... Nce7 $142 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Nxb5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qc4 (12. Qb7 Rc8) 12... f5 13. O-O h5 14. h4 Nf6 15. b4 $16) 9. Qa4+ $16 {[%emt 0:02:32]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:11] White is better.} 10. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Qxb5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:40] (best)} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:09:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:06:53]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:03]} 14. Qc4 $146 {[%emt 0:04:58]} (14. Rb1 $1 $16 {by a bit, acc. to Stockfish 17.1}) (14. Nc3 Rb8 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rac1 Ned4 20. f4 {1-0 (40) Botvinnik,M-Levenfish,G Moscow/Leningrad 1937}) 14... f5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} (14... c6 $14) 15. f3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} ({White should try} 15. Bg5 $16) 15... Nb6 $14 {[%emt 0:16:48]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} ({Better is} 16... c6 $14) 17. dxc6 {[%emt 0:11:04][%csl Oc6] White has a strong passed pawn} (17. Bd2 $16) 17... Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 18. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:11] [#]} Bf6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (18... Rxc6 $2 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. exf5 $18) 19. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:08:21]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (20. f4 $14 {is superior.}) 20... gxf5 $11 {[%emt 0:02:18][%cal Od6d5]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0:07:46]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:24][%cal Od6d5] With the idea ...d5!.} 22. Nd4 $132 {[%emt 0:04:42][%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} d5 {[%emt 0:01:23][%cal Re7c6]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 25. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 27. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 28. b4 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 29. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Qxd4+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} 30. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 31. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:09:25]} (31... axb4 32. a5 b3 (32... Rxd4 33. Rxd4 b3 34. Rb4 $11) 33. Bf1 (33. axb6 $2 b2 $17 34. Rb1 Rxb6 35. Rdd1 Ke6 $19) 33... Rc2 34. Rb4 $1 Nc4 35. Rxb3 Nd2 $11) 32. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (32... Nxa4 $11) (32... axb4 $11) 33. bxa5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:50][%cal Oe6d6] and ...Kd6! should not be overlooked} 34. a6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rf8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} (34... Kd6 35. a7 Rf8) 35. Bf1 $14 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 36. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:26] Prevents Bc6.} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 38. Rd1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07] aiming for Rc1.} d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 40. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} (40. a7 Ra8 41. Kd2 Ne3 $11) 40... d3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 41. a7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:03:25][%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} {This move loses the game for White.} 42. Bc6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:50][%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. Bxd3 exd3 43. Rb1 $11) 42... e3+ $1 $19 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 43. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 44. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} d2+ {[%emt 0:01:23]} 45. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:32] Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.06} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Bambou, Christophe"] [Black "Cremisi, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2119"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2187700216698920"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 12,119,32,2,32,21,22,16,20,20,43,48,57,56,59,55,90,92,153,149,141,57,53,29,25,34,30,46,50,-12,-18,-16,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-21,0,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,499,452,656,640,652,645,706,705,693,685,766,762,796,779,826,799,800,779,757,686,667,678,664,632,699,698,689,687,684,683,669,660,634,574,636,633,688,691,697,693,691,671,658,651,635,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:30] 7.h3 is becoming the main line.} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:50] C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 9. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:47][%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:16] Prevents Nb5. The position is equal.} 10. Nc2 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (11... h6 12. Ne3 Be4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bg4 f5 15. Bh5 Bxh5 16. Qxh5+ g6 17. Qe2 O-O {½-½ (109) Ceres,D (2479)-Suleymanli,S (2290) Spilimbergo 2024}) 12. Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 13. g3 {[%emt 0:07:23]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 14. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} (14... h6 $142) 15. Bg4 $16 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:27] [#]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:10:18]} ({White should play} 16. Ng2 $1 $16) 16... dxe4 $14 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 17. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:41] Threatens to win with Nxd6.} Qg6 {[%emt 0:09:04]} 18. Bh5 {[%emt 0:08:41]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 19. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Qg4 {[%emt 0:11:42]} (20. h4 $14 Qh6 21. Bg4 (21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. gxf4 Nd5 $15)) 20... Qd5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:02:16] White must now prevent ...Rf5.} 21. Qh3 {[%emt 0:04:56]} (21. Bxf4 g6 22. Rae1 Rae8 $17 (22... Qxh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. Bxd6 $15)) 21... f3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 22. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 23. c4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} (23... Qxc4 $2 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxf5 $18) 24. Bxf5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:08] White is weak on the light squares} 27. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 28. b3 {[%emt 0:07:40]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 29. d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 30. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 33. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 34. Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 35. Rad2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 36. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ng4+ $2 {[%emt 0:04:09][%mdl 8192]} 38. hxg4+ $18 {[%emt 0:01:37] White is clearly winning.} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08] [#]} (38... Kxg4 $142 39. c5 Rh7) 39. Rh1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh7+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 41. Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} gxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. c5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (43. Kxh3 $2 Rh8#) 43... dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 45. Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 46. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 47. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 48. d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 49. b4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 51. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 52. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 54. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} ({Weaker is} 54. d7 Ke6 $16) 54... Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 55. e4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 56. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 57. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 58. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 59. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.33} 60. Kf2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:29] Ke5} (60. Kd3 $18 Rh5 61. e5) 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Smith, Olivia"] [Black "Rajaram, Raghu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2137"] [BlackElo "1848"] [PlyCount "97"] [GameId "2187700216698921"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 {[%emt 1:59:38]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:04:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:16]} 11. Kh2 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:16:01]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Na5 {[%emt 0:09:05]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:12:18]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 16. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be8 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:09:16]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 22. Rec1 {[%emt 0:02:57]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 23. e5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 24. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 25. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 27. Qe1 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 28. Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. f5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 30. fxe6 {[%emt 0:07:54]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 31. c4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 33. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} exd5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 34. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 36. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 37. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 39. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Bb3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 41. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 42. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 43. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 44. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 46. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.7"] [White "Paragiri, Reyansh"] [Black "Liou, Arthur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2015"] [BlackElo "2030"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2187700216698922"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Qc7 13. g3 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Rhe1 Nc5 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. Qe2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc4 21. Nb3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Rg8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nd7 25. Bd4 b4 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Red1 Rc8 28. Re3 Rc4 29. Na2 Be7 30. Na5 Rc7 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Nc3 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rc6 Nd7 36. Rxa6 Rc8 37. Ra5 Rbc7 38. Rd3 Rc5 39. Ra7 R8c7 40. Rxc7 Rxc7 41. Re3 Rc5 42. Kc1 Rxe5 43. Rf3 f5 44. Kd2 $15 {White offered a draw} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.8"] [White "Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh"] [Black "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2052"] [BlackElo "1937"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2187700216698923"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 e5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c3 O-O 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 b5 14. d4 Nd7 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. g4 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bg6 19. Ne5 c4 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. e5 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Re6 24. Rd4 a5 25. a4 Rfe8 26. Re4 Qe7 27. b3 cxb3 28. axb5 a4 29. bxc6 Qc5 30. Qc4 Qxc6 31. Qxa4 Qxc3 32. R4e3 Qc2 33. Rxb3 Rf8 34. Qb4 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf4 36. Qc5 h5 37. Qd5 Qf7 38. Rb7 Re7 39. e6 Qf6 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Rb1 Re8 42. Re1 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kg7 44. Kg2 Rf8 45. Rh1 Rd8 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.9"] [White "Parsons, Stephen"] [Black "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "2022"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2187700216698924"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. c3 d5 8. d3 O-O 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. dxe4 h6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Qc1 {[#]} Nd4 19. Bg2 Nxe2 20. Rxe2 Qd7 21. Ree1 Qa4 22. Qb1 Rd7 23. b3 Qc6 24. f3 Rfd8 25. Nc4 Ne8 26. Qc2 Kh7 27. Rd2 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Red1 Ba6 30. c4 Qc7 31. Rd5 Bb7 32. Rxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.10"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Winslow, Elliott"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "1937"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2187700216698925"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qd2 a6 $146 {I mix a few too many systems here.} (9... Re8 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Qf8 13. Nd5 e4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f6 17. Be3 Qf7 18. d5 Ne5 19. b3 g5 20. Bd4 Qh5 21. g4 Qg6 22. f4 exf3 23. exf3 h5 24. Re3 Re7 25. Rde1 Rde8 26. c5 b6 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Qb4 f5 29. gxh5 Qf6 30. Kh1 f4 31. R3e2 Kh7 32. Qc3 Kh6 33. Rg1 Qf7 34. Rge1 Qxd5 35. Qc2 Qf7 36. Kh2 Qxh5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. Qc7 Qe8 41. Qxa7 Qe6 42. Qb8 Kg7 43. Qd8 Kg6 44. a4 Be8 45. Bf1 e4 46. Bc4 Qe5 47. Qxb6+ Kh5 48. fxe4 f3+ 49. Kh1 Qg3 50. Qg1 Qxh3+ 51. Qh2 Kh4 52. a5 g4 53. a6 g3 54. Qxh3+ Kxh3 55. Bf1+ g2+ 56. Bxg2+ fxg2+ 57. Kg1 Kg3 58. e5 Kf4 59. e6 Ke5 60. e7 {1-0 Rakhmanov,A (2596)-Onyshchuk,V (2610) Julius Baer GenCup PI/In, Chess.com 2024}) (9... Qc8 10. Rd1 Re8 11. b3 a6 12. g4 h5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Qf4 Nh7 17. gxh5 g5 18. Qg3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Kh8 20. h6 Bc6 21. h4 Qf5 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Re5 24. hxg5 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Rh4 Re8 28. Kd2 Kh7 29. Rb4 b5 30. a4 Kxh6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Ne4+ 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Kd3 f5 35. e3 Kg5 36. Rb7 Re7 37. Rb4 Kf6 38. f4 Rh7 39. Rb7 Rh1 40. Rxc7 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rxd5 42. b4 Rb5 43. Kb3 Rb8 44. Kc4 Re8 45. b5 Rxe3 46. b6 Re1 47. b7 Rb1 48. Kd5 Kg6 49. Kxd6 Kh5 50. Rg7 Kh6 51. Rd7 Kh5 52. Kc7 Kg4 53. Rd4 Rc1+ 54. Kb8 {1-0 (54) Eingorn,V (2592)-Kupreichik,V (2457) Bad Woerishofen 1999}) 10. O-O {TP} Qc8 11. Kh2 Rb8 $146 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rad1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe6 16. b3 b5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 bxc4 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. Rb1 c5 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Bf4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 d5 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. Be5 dxc4 27. Rc1 c3 28. Bxc3 Bg7 29. Kf3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Kf7 31. Ke4 Ke7 32. f4 Kd6 33. Kd3 e5 34. e4 Kc6 35. Kc4 Re8 36. Rf3 exf4 37. Rxf4 Re6 38. h4 Kd6 39. a4 h6 40. e5+ Rxe5 41. Rf6+ Ke7 42. Rxa6 Kf7 {½-½ (42) Borisova,B (2170)-Olsson,A Stockholm 1983}) (11... Re8 12. d5 Ne7 (12... Na5 13. b3 b6 14. Rac1 Nb7 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. e4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rfe1 b4 19. Nd1 Nc5 20. Ng1 Qa6 21. Rc2 Bb5 22. f3 Bd3 23. Rb2 Qa3 24. Be3 Nfd7 25. Bf1 Qa6 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Ne3 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Bg7 29. Nc4 f5 30. Re1 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rf8 32. Re2 Rf1 33. Kg2 Raf8 34. Qe3 h5 35. h4 Qc8 36. Rf2 R1xf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qg4 39. Nd2 Kh7 40. Qf3 Qd7 41. Kg2 c6 42. Nh3 cxd5 43. exd5 Qf5 44. Ng5+ Kg8 45. Nde4 Nxe4 46. Nxe4 Qd7 47. Qf6 Qg4 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Ng5+ Kh6 50. Nf7+ Kh7 {½-½ (50) Metzger,A (1757)-Pape,M (2068) Osterburg 2006}) 13. c5 Nf5 14. cxd6 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 cxd6 16. Qb6 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. e4 Bh6 19. a4 b6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. Rab1 Rd6 23. b4 Nd7 24. b5 a5 25. Ne1 f5 26. Nc2 Nf6 27. Na3 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Nc4 Rf6 30. Rb2 e3 31. fxe3 e4 32. Bg2 Bb7 33. h4 g5 34. Bh3 gxh4 35. gxh4 Kh8 36. d6 Rf3 37. d7 Rd8 38. Re2 Bg7 39. Rd6 h5 40. Red2 Bf6 41. Rxb6 Ba8 42. Re6 Bxh4 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh5 Be1 45. Rg2+ Kf6 46. Rh6+ Ke7 47. Ne5 Bc3 48. Re6+ Kf8 49. Nxf3 exf3 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rxd8 Be5+ 52. Kg1 {1-0 (52) Smirnov,S (2250)-Dukaczewski,P (2270) Benasque 2000}) 12. c5 $2 (12. dxe5 $16) (12. b3 $16) (12. Rac1 $16) 12... e4 $2 {As usual, avoiding the dynamic but more than adequate, for the ponderous if stodgy.} (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 dxc5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc5 Re8 $11 {(0.00/d35) but only after some advantage for Black for a while.}) 13. Ne1 $2 $11 (13. Ng5 d5 14. f3 $1 exf3 (14... h6 15. fxe4 $1 hxg5 16. exd5 $1 $16 g4 $1 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. h4 Nh5 19. b3) 15. Rxf3 $14) 13... d5 $6 (13... dxc5 14. dxc5 (14. d5 $6 Ne5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Rc1 b5 $15) 14... Ne5 (14... Bf5) (14... Be6 $11 {[%csl Re4,Rh3]})) 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 $1 $14 Re8 16. g4 $6 (16. Nd3 Qd8 17. Rae1 b6) 16... Be6 $2 (16... Rxe3 $1 17. Qxe3 Nxd4 18. Rd1 $1 Ne6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bb5 21. Rf2 Qe8) 17. Nd3 h5 18. Rae1 b6 $6 $17 (18... hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh7) (18... Qd7 $14) 19. cxb6 (19. Bf2) 19... cxb6 20. Nf4 hxg4 $6 (20... Qc7 21. Kh1 Qd7 22. g5 (22. gxh5 $6 Bf5) 22... Nh7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. h4 Ree8 25. f4 Ne7 26. Bf2 Nf8 $14) 21. fxg4 $16 {[#]} Bxg4 $4 $18 (21... Qd7) 22. Ncxd5 $5 (22. hxg4 Nxg4+ 23. Kh1 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qg4 26. Bxd5 Bxd4 27. Qh3 $18) 22... Bd7 $6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxg6 Qd8 25. d5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 27. Bf4 f6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qh6 Qe7 31. Be4 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.11"] [White "Sankar, Arjun"] [Black "Diller, Bradley R"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Diller,Bradley R"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "1905"] [BlackElo "2070"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2188194166835249"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf3 $6 {The knight obstructs the queen's mobility and renders the queen sortie Qa4 more effective.} (9. h5 $142 g5 10. f4 f5 11. Qg3 g4 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Ne2 $14 {0-1 Giri,A (2792)-Carlsen,M (2830) Wch Blitz Almaty 2022 (7)}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 ({I strongly considered Qa4 but did not see an effective response against 11 Bd3. If I play 12 c4 then 12 ... Bxg6 is very strong. If 11 ... Nge7 then 12 h5 forcing 12 ... g5 followed by the strong 13 Nh2 preparing both f4 and repositioning the knight on g4. However, simply 11 ... Bd7 is quite strong as 12 Bxg6 fxg6 13 Qxg6 fails to 13 ... Kf8.} 10... Qa4 $142 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 11. Bd3 Bd7 $1 12. O-O c4 $11) 11. h5 {White spent 45 minutes contemplating the enticing 12 Nxg5 sacrifice and later rejecting in in favor of 12 Be2 which was far worse. In retrospect, the sacrifice was his best chance at achieving equality.} g5 12. Be2 (12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Qxg5 Nge7 14. Qg7 Rg8 15. Qf6 ({The provocative 15 h6 fails as follows:} 15. h6 $2 Rxg7 16. hxg7 Kd7) 15... Bd7 $15 {I thought I had a clear edge in this line, but Stockfish only gives a slight advantage to black.}) 12... Bd7 $6 ({I kept missing the thematic push f5 gaining space on the king side and forcing the queen to an awkward square.} 12... f5 $1 $17) 13. O-O O-O-O $6 (13... f5 $142 $1 $17) 14. Rfb1 Kb8 $2 (14... f5 $1 {Now 14 ... f5 would have been crushing. Kb8 is an error in making f5 push more difficult because the check is vulnerable on the king is vulnerable to a check on the diagonal after a later f5 push as we shall see shortly.} 15. Qg3 Be8 16. Nh2 Nxd4 $1 $19) 15. a4 Nce7 $6 (15... Ka8 $142 16. Qg3 Re8 17. Rb5 Qd8 $15) 16. Nh2 {Now, I finally do the f5 push but it is far less effective because white can play the equalizing17 exf6 as white gains a critical tempo with 18 Qg3+ thanks to my mistake with 14 ... Kb8.} f5 17. Qg3 (17. exf6 $142 Nxf6 18. Qg3+ Ka8 19. Bf3 Rdf8 $11) {I thought f4 was a natural idea to support piece activation, i.e., Nf5 followed by Nge7. However, the drawback of the push are a couple: First, the pawn push weakens g4 and allows white to establish a potential knight outpost on g4 followed by Nf6. Second, the more serious problem is that white can respond with 18 Qh3 supporting the powerful repositioning of the queen bishop on the a3 diagonal, as we shall shortly.} 17... f4 $2 (17... Ka8 $142 18. Bc1 Be8 19. Ba3 Nc6 20. Rb5 Qc7 $15) 18. Qg4 $2 ({Qh3 supporting the powerful repositioning of queen bishop on the a3 diagnal was far superior securing white a slight advantage.} 18. Qh3 $142 Nf5 19. Bc1 Rf8 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Bb4 Qd8 $16) 18... Nf5 $1 $11 19. Rb4 Nge7 20. Qf3 {Preparing Nc6 but a6 weakens the b6 square and is entirely unnecessary. 20 .. Nc6 is decisive, because 21 Rb5 is met with the decisive 21... Nfxd4.} a6 $2 (20... Nc6 $142 $1 21. Rb5 Nfxd4 22. cxd4 Qxd2 $19) 21. Rab1 Bc8 22. g3 $2 (22. Bf1 Nc6 23. Rb6 Na7 (23... Qxa4 $2 24. Qd1 Na7 25. Ra1 Qe8 26. Qb1 $16) 24. R6b4 $11) 22... fxg3 23. fxg3 Rhf8 $2 {This was a plausible move, but allows the surprising 24 g4, found by Stockfish, forcing the knight to h4 giving black only a slight advantage. Would a human find this move?} (23... Nc6 $142 $17) 24. Qg2 $2 (24. g4 $1 Nh4 25. Qe3 Rf4 $15) {Now 24 ... Nc6 is decisive.} 24... Nc6 $19 {This loses quickly, but if the rook moves to any other square, Nxd4 wins.} 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc6 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd2 28. Bf3 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rf7 30. Bg2 Ka7 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Bxe4 Rd4 33. Bf3 b6 34. Kg1 Bb7 35. Be2 Rd2 36. Re1 Rxc2 37. Ng4 Rd7 38. Nxh6 Rdd2 39. Kf1 Be4 40. Ng4 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Bd3 42. h6 Rxe2 43. Nf2 Re3+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.12"] [White "Smith, Roger Christopher"] [Black "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "2009"] [PlyCount "132"] [GameId "2187700216698927"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Be2 e5 13. Ndb5 Bf5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Na3 Ne6 16. Nc4 Nd4 17. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Bxc2 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Rxd4 22. Rfc1 Bf5 23. Rc4 Rxc4 24. Nxc4 Rc8 25. Ne3 Be4 26. Nfd5 Bd8 27. b4 Kf8 28. Rd1 h5 29. f3 Bh7 30. Kf2 h4 31. g3 Rc6 32. Rd4 Rc1 33. gxh4 Bg6 34. Kg2 Ke8 35. f4 Re1 36. f5 Bh5 37. Re4+ Kf8 38. Nf4 Bg4 39. Rd4 Bf6 40. Rd3 Be2 41. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 42. Kh3 Rb2 43. Ng4 Be7 44. Rc3 Bd6 45. a6 bxa6 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rg8 Bxb4 48. Rxg7 Bc3 49. Rg8 a5 50. Rc8 Rb3 51. Kg2 Kd7 52. Rf8 Rb4 53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Rc8 Bd4 55. h5 a4 56. h6 a3 57. f6+ Bxf6 58. Nxf6 a2 59. Rc7+ Kxf6 60. Rxa7 Rb2 61. Ra6+ Kg5 62. Kg3 f5 63. h7 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Rb2+ 65. Kg3 Rb3+ 66. Kg2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.13"] [White "Clemens, Kristian"] [Black "Lewis, Edward"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "1965"] [BlackElo "1950"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2187700216698928"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. O-O Bg4 (7... Qa5) (7... Nbd7) (7... Bf5 $5) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. b3 Rb8 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bb2 c5 13. e3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. a4 bxa4 16. bxa4 e5 17. Ba3 exd4 18. exd4 Qa5 19. dxc5 Rb3 20. Nb1 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Rd3 22. Bc1 Nxc5 23. Ra3 Rxa3 24. Bxa3 Nxa4 25. Bxd6 Rd8 26. Nc4 Rc8 27. Ne3 Ne8 28. Ba3 Be5 29. Kg2 Nf6 30. Rc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.14"] [White "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"] [Black "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "1913"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2187700216698929"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d4 8. e3 e5 9. exd4 exd4 10. d3 O-O {[#]} 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. a3 a5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd7 17. Nd2 Bh3 18. Bh1 f5 {[#]} 19. Ree1 f4 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Ne4 fxg3 22. fxg3 Ne5 23. Nxc5 {[#]} Qg4 24. Ne6 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Bxd4 {[#]} Bxg3 27. hxg3 Rxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.15"] [White "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Black "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "1643"] [BlackElo "1919"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2187700216698930"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d6 8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 e5 11. a4 a5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Nh4 g6 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Ndf3 Bb7 16. d5 Nc5 17. Ne1 Bc8 18. Nd3 Nfxe4 {[#]} 19. Nxe5 dxe5 (19... Qxe5 $1) 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bf3 e4 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Bd1 Qf6 24. Be2 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 Nxa4 26. Qxa4 Qxb2 27. Qc6 Qg7 28. Ng2 g5 29. Bh5 Re7 30. Ne3 Rf8 {[#]} 31. d6 cxd6 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Nxf5 Qf6 34. g4 Re5 35. Qxd6 $4 Rxf5 36. Qxf6+ R5xf6 37. Rb1 Rxf2 38. Rxb6 e3 39. Re6 e2 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.16"] [White "Dutter, Frederic"] [Black "Touset, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1545"] [PlyCount "38"] [GameId "2187700216698931"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bg5 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. O-O-O O-O 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd6 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Qd6 Qa5 {[#]} 14. Qd4 b5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. e5 h6 {[#]} 17. Qe4 g6 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. Nxg6 Kg7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.17"] [White "Yan, Rayna"] [Black "Boyer, John"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D88"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1669"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2187700216698932"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 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 Qa5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bb5 17. Rc5 a6 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. e5 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. Rfc1 e6 22. Rc7 Bc6 23. Qe2 Bb5 24. Qf3 Bc6 25. Qe2 {[#]} g5 26. Nh5 Qg6 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg4 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxg5 Qxg5 31. Bxg5 Rc7 32. f3 Rd7 33. Be3 Rd5 34. a3 Rb5 35. Rc3 Rb2 36. Bg5 h6 37. Be7 Kg6 38. Bb4 h5 39. Rc1 Ra2 40. Rc3 Kf5 41. Bc5 h4 42. Rb3 Rc2 43. Rb1 f6 44. exf6 Kxf6 45. Bd6 Kf5 46. Be7 h3 47. gxh3 Bxf3 48. h4 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rxh2 50. Rb3 Ke4 51. Bf6 Kf4 $4 52. Be5+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.18"] [White "Pickering, Carl Anthony"] [Black "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1621"] [BlackElo "1564"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2187700216698933"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Qe2 exf3 7. Nxf3 c6 8. O-O-O g6 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. g4 Be6 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Qa5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qh2 Rfd8 16. Be2 Nxg4 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Rdf1 Be6 20. Nxg6+ Ke8 21. Qxg7 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Qxg6 23. Qe5 Kd7 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Rac8 26. Nc3 Rc6 27. Rd1+ Rd6 28. Nb5 Bg4 29. Nxd6 exd6 30. Qb5+ Kc8 31. Rdg1 f5 32. a3 Kb8 33. Rh2 Qe6 34. Rgh1 Qe5 35. Qb3 d5 36. Rh7 b6 37. Qa4 a5 38. R1h6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.19"] [White "Stults, Sawyer"] [Black "Babayan, Gagik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1471"] [BlackElo "1725"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2187700216698934"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 c6 5. c5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Ne5 axb4 12. Qxb4 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. O-O Rb8 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Qb3 Raa8 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 g6 24. Na4 Bd6 25. g3 h5 26. Nc5 h4 27. Qe1 hxg3 28. hxg3 Qe7 29. Kg2 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 d4 32. Bf4 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qd5 34. Qb4 d3+ 35. Kd1 Qf3+ 36. Kc1 Qh1+ 37. Qe1 Qxe1# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.20"] [White "Zhanaidarov, Orynbay"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1462"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2187792882043108"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nb5 Bc5 ({The computer move here is} 7... d5 $1 {I saw that this drops a pawn, but apparently the attack against the White king is so strong that Black can also sac the c6 knight. Wild!} {An example line is} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. exd5 Bc5 10. dxc6 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 O-O {winning for Black!}) 8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 10. Be2 {I wasn't exactly sure how to proceed here. I liked my control over the g1-a7 diagonal and it seemed like it would take my opponent a couple of turns to untangle. I decided to give a check to prevent my opponent from castling, and then see if I could somehow take advantage of my lead in development. But I would be too slow and my opponent too crafty. The computer move here was again d5, following the same themes as move 7.} Bf2+ 11. Kf1 Bc5 12. a3 a5 13. Nc3 {The Black knight is now threatening to land a fork on a4, so I wanted to save my bishop.} Qd8 14. f4 Kf8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Qd3 f5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 d6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. exd6 Nxd6 21. c5 Nf7 22. g4 Qf6 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Nd5 {Threatening the queen and a rook fork on b6, but I had anticipated this.} Qxb2 25. Rd2 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Rhd1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 {I took some time here and decided I didn't want to allow the White rook to get to d2; the position would be defensible but sad. I also didn't love my knight on f7 since its mobility was limited by the pawns on f4 and c5, and a rook trade would have activated that piece.} Rd8 31. Rb2 Nd4 32. Bc4 e3 33. Nd5 Re8 34. Kf1 Nd8 35. Bd3 g6 $6 ({The computer finds a back-breaking move:} 35... N8e6 $1 {If White takes the e-pawn or the b-pawn, then 36... Nxc5 wins a piece. While if 36.Bxh7, ... e2 wins the exchange (or queens).}) 36. Nf6 Re7 37. Nd5 Re8 38. Nf6 Re7 39. Nd5 {A draw was offered but I wanted to play a few more moves.} e2+ 40. Bxe2 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Nxe2 42. Kxe2 Ne6 43. Kd3 Nxc5+ 44. Kc4 Nd7 45. Kb5 Kf7 46. Kxa5 Ke6 {Draw agreed. Great game!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.22"] [White "Schaezlein, Charlie"] [Black "Casares, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1506"] [BlackElo "1600"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2187700216698936"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h3 h6 11. f4 Nc6 12. e5 Ne8 13. g4 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 Qh4 15. Bg2 g6 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Rhg1 Kh7 21. h4 Nf6 {[#]} 22. f5 $1 $18 gxf5 $6 23. g5 $6 (23. gxf5) 23... Ng4 24. Qf4 $4 (24. Qd4 $16) (24. Qd2 $16) (24. Rxg4 $1 fxg4 25. Ne4 $1 Bf5 (25... gxf3 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. gxh6+ Kh8 28. Qe4 Qxf6 29. exf6) (25... f5 26. gxf6) 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nd4 Bg6 (27... Bh7) 28. Qc3 $1) 24... Be6 $4 (24... dxe5 $19) 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rde1 Qd7 27. gxh6 f6 28. Nd4 Ne5 29. Rg7+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.23"] [White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Black "Merk, Felix Elias"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "1246"] [BlackElo "1267"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2187700216698937"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. f3 Re8 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. b3 Rb8 16. h4 h6 17. f4 Bc6 18. b4 Ne6 19. f5 Nf8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. b5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Qf4 Be6 24. Nd5 Qc5 25. Nxe7 Qe5 26. Qxe5+ dxe5 27. Nd5 Nd7 $4 28. Nc7 Re7 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rxd7+ Kg8 31. c5 a6 32. Bc4 Rbe8 33. Rxb7 axb5 34. Rxb5 Kg7 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rc1 Rc6 38. Rb6 Rc7 39. c6 g5 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rb7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.24"] [White "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Black "Fitzgerald, William"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1056"] [BlackElo "1263"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2187700216698938"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 (12. Nb5) 12... c5 (12... g6 $1) 13. Rg1 g6 14. Nf4 Bc7 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. f4 a6 19. Be2 Rg8 20. e5 Bh4 21. Rg4 Be7 22. O-O-O h5 23. Rg2 Kg7 24. Bxh5 Kh6 25. Bf3 Rab8 26. Rdg1 Kh7 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Bxb7 a5 31. Bc8 Bh4 32. f3 Bg3 33. e6 Bf4+ 34. Kd1 fxe6 35. Bxe6+ Kg7 36. Bxf5 Bg3 37. Kd2 Kf6 38. Bg4 Ke5 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. b3 Be1 41. f4 Bg3 42. f5 Bh4 43. Bh5 Be7 44. Bf7+ Kc6 45. Kc4 Kd6 46. Kb5 Bd8 47. h4 Bxh4 48. Kxa5 Be1+ 49. Kb6 Bb4 50. a4 Kd7 51. a5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.25"] [White "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Black "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "1329"] [BlackElo "1347"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2187700216698939"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 e6 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. exd5 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Re8 14. Rb1 Ng4 15. Nce4 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Bf8 {[#]} 18. Ng5 g6 19. Nh5 $4 Bf5 $19 20. Qc3 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 gxh5 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Qf5 Qe7 25. g4 {[#]} h6 $2 (25... Kg8 $19) (25... Rad8 $19) 26. Bxd6 $1 $11 Qd7 (26... Qe2 $11) 27. Qxf6+ Bg7 28. Nxf7+ Kh7 $2 (28... Kg8 $1 29. Nxh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qxg4+ 31. Bg3 Rab8 $11 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. h3 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qg5+ Kf8 $11) 29. Qf4 $6 (29. Qf5+ $1 Qxf5 30. gxf5 Re4 31. Rb7 Rxc4) 29... Qxg4+ 30. Qxg4 hxg4 $11 {/} 31. Bxc5 Rec8 32. Rb5 a6 33. Ra5 Bc3 34. Ra3 Rxc5 $6 35. Rxc3 Ra7 $2 36. Ne5 $18 h5 $6 37. d6 $2 $11 (37. Nd3 $1 $18 {and 6 others}) 37... Rxe5 38. c5 Rd5 39. c6 Rxd6 40. c7 Ra8 41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Rxc8 Kg6 43. Rc5 Rf6 44. Ra5 Re6 45. Kg2 Rf6 46. Kg3 Rf3+ 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. h3 gxh3+ 49. Kxh3 Rxf2 50. Rxa6+ Rf6 51. Ra5 Rf5 52. Rxf5 Kxf5 53. a4 Ke6 54. a5 Kd7 55. a6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.26"] [White "Singer, Andrew"] [Black "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "1051"] [BlackElo "1044"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2187700216698940"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Ne5 11. Qd6 Ng6 12. Bg3 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. f3 Rc8 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Ba6 Ra8 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Qd4 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qg5+ 20. Rd2 Qxb5 21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Nf6 23. Rd6 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Kf8 26. Be1 Ke8 27. Bc3 Nf4 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. g3 Ng6 30. c4 Rd8 31. Rc6 Kd7 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.27"] [White "Olson, David R"] [Black "Hossain, Shaikat"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [PlyCount "17"] [GameId "2187700216698941"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Ne7 9. Bg5 {Now "9...g5" -- it's clear a lot of moves are missing, but not which ones. 0-1, "34"} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.28"] [White "Le, Thu Anh"] [Black "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1217"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2187700216698942"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 b4 4. Ngf3 e6 5. c4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. e5 Nxd5 12. exd6 Bf6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Bg5 g6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nce5 Qf5 18. d7 Kg7 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nxd7 21. Rad1 Rhd8 22. Qe7 Qf6 23. Qe2 a5 24. Qb5 Qb6 25. Qc4 Nf6 26. Ng5 Qc7 27. Rc1 h6 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rac8 30. a3 Qd7 31. h3 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. axb4 Rb8 34. bxa5 Rxb2 35. Rxc5 Ra3 36. Rec4 Rba2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.29"] [White "Myers, Steven Lee"] [Black "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1171"] [BlackElo "1369"] [PlyCount "106"] [GameId "2187700216698943"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Na3 a6 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. e5 Nc6 7. d4 c4 8. h3 e6 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 b5 15. Qc1 Kh7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nc2 f5 18. g3 a5 19. a3 Rf7 20. Kh2 Qf8 21. Rg1 f4 22. g4 Nh4 23. Nce1 Bd8 24. Qd1 Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 g5 26. Qc2+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Kg2 Rfa7 30. Rh1 axb4 31. cxb4 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Rb1 Be7 34. Ne1 Nxd4 35. Rb2 Nc6 36. Nc2 Ra8 37. Bc3 Rd8 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Bxd4 Ra8 40. f3 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke8 42. Rb1 Kd7 43. Bc3 Bd8 44. Ra1 Rxa1 45. Bxa1 Bb6+ 46. Ke2 d4 47. Kd2 Kc6 48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Kd2 Kxe5 50. Ke2 Kd5 51. Kd2 e5 52. Ke2 c3 53. Kd3 Bc7 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.30"] [White "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Black "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Cao,Danny Du Uy/Analyze This"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "1167"] [BlackElo "1267"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2187700216698944"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 (7... O-O) 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 (9. Be2) 9... h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4) (10. Bf4) 10... Bxf6 {white 1 hr 25 min... black 1 hr 4;min} 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be4 Rab8 15. Rac1 (15. Bxc6 Rfc8) 15... Rfc8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. b4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf5 Rd8 {white 57 min.... black 40 min} 21. Rd7 (21. a3) 21... Rxd7 22. Bxd7 Qe7 23. Rd1 Qxb4 24. Bf5 c5 25. Qd3 Qa5 26. Qd6 Rf8 (26... Ra8 27. Qxc5) 27. Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxf8 Qa4 (28... Qxa2 29. Qxc5) 29. Qd6 Qe4 30. Qd3 (30. Qg3 Qc2) 30... a5 {white 34 min... black 20 min} (30... Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Be4) 31. f3 (31. Qxe4+ Bxe4 32. f3) 31... Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Bc6 33. Rd6 Be8 34. Kf2 (34. Rd8 Bc6) 34... c4 35. Ke2 b4 36. Kd2 f6 37. e4 a4 38. Kc2 Bf7 39. Rb6 b3+ 40. axb3 axb3+ {white 19 min... black 15 min} 41. Kc3 (41. Kb2) 41... Kg6 42. Rb5 Kh7 43. Rc5 g6 44. f4 (44. e5 fxe5 45. Rxe5) 44... g5 45. f5 h5 {white 9 min... black 13 min} 46. e5 fxe5 47. Rxe5 Kg7 48. h3 Kf6 49. Rc5 g4 50. h4 (50. hxg4 hxg4) 50... Ke7 51. Rc6 Bd5 52. Rh6 Bxg2 53. Rxh5 Kf6 54. Rg5 Bf3 55. Rg8 Kxf5 {white under 1 min... black 5 min} 56. h5 Kf6 57. h6 Be4 58. Rxg4 Bd3 59. Rh4 Kg6 (59... Bh7 60. Rxc4 Bg8 61. Rh4 Bh7 62. Kxb3) 60. h7 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.31"] [White "Tobias, Mason"] [Black "Otterbach, Renate"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [BlackElo "1113"] [PlyCount "43"] [GameId "2187700216698945"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. h5 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. O-O-O a5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Kb1 Bg4 15. Rh2 Rf7 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17. Nxf7 Qf8 18. Nxe2 Qxf7 19. Rdh1 Rf8 20. Rxh7 Qxf2 21. Qh3 Qf7 22. Rh8+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.32"] [White "Liu, Eric"] [Black "Burkhardt, Douglas Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Liu,Eric"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1307"] [BlackElo "863"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2187700216698946"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {This game felt like redemption for my performance in game 3 of this tournament. That was also an exchange caro kann w/a similar setup on my end. I had a winning attack there but didn't understand how to execute it (exchanging my white bishop too early and relieving all the tension). I didn't make the same mistakes here. I did the opposite. I think this game is also a good model for how nasty white's attack can be in this opening. My opponent gave me arguably 2 or 3 extra tempi too (Re8, Qc7, and initiating the knight trades), highlighting the dangers.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Nbd2 {As far as I know, this is a pretty classic position for the Caro Kann exchange when black plays an early e6. Ne5 (next move) will close the center tightly and I can decide between long/short/no castle and rook lift vs pawn storm to attack, while my opponent (I think) has to get counterplay on the queenside.} Re8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. I was happy to see this. Surprisingly(?) this position is in Lichess's master's database. Re8 supports e6, but Ne5 followed by f4 locks the center forever. It also really weakens the f-file, which is important in a few moves.} (10... Nd7 11. O-O) 11. Ne5 Qc7 {From here, the way the game played out (up to move 21, Qxe8+) was already on my mind. Qc7 seems to telegraph wanting to trade knights. With f4 (next move), I kick the other knight away and open the file for my rook. This wasn't the only way forward but it seemed likely... and then I wouldn't have to worry about rook lift vs pawn storm anymore.} 12. f4 Nxe5 $2 {Mistake. Re7 was best.} (12... Re7 13. O-O) 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. O-O {Stockfish prefers Qh5 by a small margin. I spent ~10min debating this vs O-O. I expected g6 and would have played Qh6 (Qg5 is better) followed by h4, h5. But I castled instead because I felt that gave my opponent more room for errors. I thought the worst case was f5, but I keep the center closed with Nf3, Ne5 and attack with rook lift. (Plus Bxh7 is a big threat.)} (14. Qh5 g6) 14... f6 $4 {Blunder. f5 was best. I was excited! This is exactly what I hoped would happen by O-O and what I imagined (love sacs) as far back as move 11. I double-checked everything and moved forward... I thought I was winning an exchange and 1-2 pawns if not a queen. Maybe this position is straightforward, but I almost never correctly anticipate moves as in this game lol.} (14... f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf3) 15. Qh5 g6 $6 {Inaccuracy. f5 was best.} (15... f5 16. Qxe8+ Nf8 17. Qh5 Bd7 18. Qd1 Ng6 19. Qc1 Nh4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nf3) 16. Bxg6 hxg6 $2 {[%eval 32740,0] Checkmate is now unavoidable. 16... Nxe5 was best.} (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Qg7 19. Qxe8+ Qf8 20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rxf6+ Ke7 22. Raf1) 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ {[#10]} Qg7 21. Qxe8+ Kh7 22. Rf3 {Trying to find a cool mate here was my last think. I had the right idea for the fastest mate, but I missed e5: Rf4 instead would have saved 3 tempi, ha.} (22. Rf4 Qg5 23. Rf7+) 22... e5 23. Rf7 {Opponent's last move was illegal (B to f6). I didn't call a penalty; he put the bishop back on the light squares and resigned.} Bf5 {Just showing the shortest mate; these moves weren't played.} (23... Bd7 24. Qxa8) 24. Qe7 Rg8 25. Rf1 Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Rg7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Rxf5 Rc7 29. Qg6+ Rg7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rh5# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.34"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Ramos, Jo L Thomas"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1009"] [BlackElo "821"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2187700216698947"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Qb4 9. Qb1 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. O-O f5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Qa2 Nd7 14. Rad1 O-O-O 15. Rd2 g5 16. d5 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Na4 Qc6 20. Qb3 h5 21. Nc3 h4 22. Nd5 Ree8 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Ref8 26. Re5 g4 27. Rdd5 Rh5 28. Rxe4 h3 29. g3 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Re5 Kd7 32. e4 Kd6 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. exf5 Ke5 35. f6 Kxf6 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Ke2 Ke4 38. a4 a6 39. c4 c5 40. c3 a5 41. Kd2 Kf3 42. Ke1 Kg2 43. f4 Kxh2 44. Kf2 {[#]} b5 45. axb5 a4 46. b6 a3 47. b7 a2 48. b8=Q a1=Q 49. Qe5 Qg1+ 50. Ke2 Qg2+ 51. Kd1 Qf3+ 52. Qe2+ Kg1 53. Qxf3 gxf3 54. Ke1 h2 55. f5 h1=Q 56. f6 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.35"] [White "Chen, Bowie"] [Black "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1279"] [BlackElo "1512"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2187700216698948"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. f4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qd8 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Ndb5 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Nb5 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 d5 18. Rhg1 Qd7 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Qa4 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. e5 Rac8 23. Kb1 Ba6 24. Rd4 Bc4 25. g4 b5 26. a3 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. b3 Qb7 29. Na2 Rb8 30. Rg3 a5 31. Kc1 Ba6 32. f5 Qb5 33. Nc3 Qc6 34. f6 Rdc8 35. Qg5 Kf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qxf7+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "6.36"] [White "Sevall, Dan"] [Black "Chan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [BlackElo "1601"] [PlyCount "123"] [GameId "2187700216698949"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. d5 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. Ne2 cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Be3 a5 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Qa3 b6 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Qc3 Na4 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. b3 Rb8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 e4 25. Re1 f5 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Rc3 Ned3 28. Rd1 b5 29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. Nh5 Qb7 31. Nf4 {[#]} e3 32. fxe3 Ne4 33. Qc2 Nxc3 34. Rxd3 Bxd3 35. Bxd3 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Qd3 Qb5 38. Qd2 Rc8 39. Ne6 Qb4 40. Qb2 Qc3 41. Qf2 g6 42. Qg3 Qe5 43. Bf4 Qxd5 44. Nd4 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc3 46. Qg5 Re8 47. Qf6 Rc7 48. Qg5 Kf7 49. Qg3 Qe4 50. Qg5 Qe7 51. Qg3 Qe4 52. Qg5 Qd3 53. Qg3 Qd2 54. a4 Qd3 55. Qf3 Qe4 56. Qg3 Rcc8 57. Bxd6 Rc1 58. Bf4 Qb1 59. Qf2 Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Qe1 61. Nc6 Qxf2+ 62. Kxf2 {In the jumble of guessed ambiguities on the one semi-readable scoresheet I've clearly lost the way. 0-1 90.} 0-1
  
• Download Round 7 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 7 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Heimann, Mark"] [Black "Bayaraa, Chinguun"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA/Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2176"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2190369999670395"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 10,103,33,33,80,-10,33,32,45,45,42,-13,146,147,159,131,128,132,138,133,153,134,139,127,160,151,157,159,155,150,159,164,216,210,201,107,205,186,203,200,202,71,217,211,214,217,209,216,212,195,194,193,191,194,190,185,192,178,178,175,180,122,136,133,161,134,218,208,239,240,357,355,394,388,383,380,379,341,355,196,502,489,547,421,779,849,29966,29967,29966,29972,29971,29970,29977,29978,29978,29979]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 4. b3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:36] [#]} b5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:35] (EW: Rather drastic! And already doubling White's first-move advantage, if you believe in Stockfish numbers. But...} (6... O-O $14) 7. d3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:38] White refuses to play ball -- at a cost! This reminds me of seeing the Alekhine Defense, 1.e4 Nf6, answered with 2.d3?! (for that matter, anything but 2.e5). So points to Chinguun for pscyhology!} ({Was Chinguun going to sac a pawn after} 7. cxb5 $16 O-O $5 {, as "given" by the "Tactical Analysis" run I've been toying with on ChessBase?} 8. Nc3) ({Of course Black can just take back, and after} 7. cxd5 $1 {he'd be more advised to, since it's a center pawn we're talking about here.}) 7... O-O {[%emt 0:05:41]} ({Having said the above, interesting to see that} 7... dxc4 $5 $11 {" deserves consideration" (TA). Stockfish Unchained (i.e., not under whatever strange conditions the TA submits the analysis to) actually tries to pawn off a tiny Black advantage if White recaptures} 8. bxc4 bxc4) ({But White can also play the Catalan-like gambit style with} 7... dxc4 8. a4 $5 {with who-knows-what happening on the long diagonal if White gets axb5 in.}) 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nbd7 $14 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 9. cxb5 {[%emt 0:04:44]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 10. e4 $146 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Bf8 16. Rac1 {0-1 (65) Kokoszczynski,J (2250)-Lerch,J (2274) Chess.com INT 2024}) (10. Nbd2 $14) 10... Nb6 $2 {[%emt 0:04:59] [#]} ({Better is} 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb7 $11 {/}) 11. e5 $16 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:17][%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (12. Na3 $1) 12... Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:37][%cal Od5d4]} 15. Ned4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 16. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:05:24][%cal Oe5e6] White is more active.} (18. Bxa7 $6 d4 $14) 18... e6 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 19. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:24][%cal Od7e5]} 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (20... b4 21. Qd2 Rfd8) 21. a3 $18 {[%emt 0:00:36][%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 22. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:11:29]} (22. Qe1 $18) 22... Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} (22... Rxc1+ $16 23. Qxc1 bxa3) 23. a4 {[%emt 0:07:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 24. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} (24. Rxc2 $6 Qxc2 25. Ne1 Qc7 $16 (25... Qxb3 26. Bf3 $16)) 24... Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 25. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} (25. Ne1 $18 {is more deadly.} Rxc1 26. Rxc1) 25... Qb8 {[%emt 0:04:45]} (25... d4 $16 {might work better.} 26. Nxd4 (26. Bxd4 $2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxc1 $19) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxe5) 26. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (27. Bd4 $6 Qc7 28. Ne1 Rc6 $16) 27... Qb7 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 28. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 29. Bg2 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 30. d4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:15][%cal Bg2f3,Bf3d1,Bd1c2,Bc2d3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 34. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 35. f4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (35. h4 $18) 35... Bd8 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 36. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (37... h5 $16 38. g4 hxg4) 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:38][%cal Bg3g4,Bg4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 39. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (39... Bd8 $142 40. h4 f6 41. exf6 Bxf6) 40. f5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 43. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 44. h4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} (44. Qh6 Qf8 45. Qg5 Bd7 $18) (44. f6 $142) 44... Ne7 $2 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (44... Bxf5 {is tougher.} 45. Bxf5 gxf5) 45. f6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} ({Not} 45. Qxb4 Nxf5 46. Bxf5 Bxf5 $16) 45... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 46. h5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} (46... Nxe5 $142 47. Nxe5 (47. dxe5 Qd7 $18) 47... Qxf6 48. Qxb4 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qxe5 50. Qxb6 Qf4+ (50... Qh2+ $2 51. Ke3 $18) 51. Ke1 Kg7) 47. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 48. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05] White mates.} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:20] [#]} 49. Bxg6 $1 {[%emt 0:12:48]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 50. Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:03][%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 51. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. f7 {[%emt 0:00:11] Superbly played by Heimann! Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.60} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Suarez, Sebastian"] [Black "Smith, Olivia"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2137"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "137"] [GameId "2190369999719548"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 12,137,51,60,61,13,15,-36,19,21,98,62,148,138,150,151,217,212,237,239,236,237,289,280,386,383,377,353,389,385,372,288,291,248,255,232,241,242,248,223,246,220,281,267,287,293,295,296,335,187,311,305,321,303,414,361,451,380,554,533,797,783,740,454,616,409,457,418,557,530,480,474,597,392,533,381,559,271,256,243,235,37,34,7,12,26,27,2,8,6,14,11,41,47,49,62,-186,330,329,322,431,381,579,572,676,660,802,786,1022,1001,1067,1083,974,906,883,781,938,825,1026,960,1045,1001,1163,1032,29974,29977,29974,1339]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:01:38]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:13] now scores much better than the old 6...Be7.} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:36][%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32] C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence.} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:11:13]} (8. d4 $14) 8... g5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 9. Nh2 $146 {[%emt 0:06:59]} (9. Nxg5 $11 Rg8 10. d4) (9. d4 g4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Nbd2 h5 12. Nf1 h4 13. Ng5 Rg8 14. d5 Rxg5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 {½-½ (25) Agrest,I (2227)-Faerber,D (2398) Karlsruhe 2025}) 9... h5 {[%emt 0:09:14]} (9... g4 $1 $15) 10. d4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:02:48]} (10... g4 $11) 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} ({Better is} 11. Nd2 $16) 11... h4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (11... Ne7 $1 $14) 12. d5 $36 {[%emt 0:04:52][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Ne7 {[%emt 0:09:31][%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32] [#] And now ...b5 would win.} 13. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:03:05]} (13... Qxd7 $16 14. f3 Nh5) 14. Ne3 $18 {[%emt 0:05:11]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:12:13][%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1h2,Bh2g4][%mdl 32]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. Ndf1 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:14:43]} 17. Nh2 {[%emt 0:04:12]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:05]} 18. Nhg4 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 19. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 20. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Qg4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 23. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:54][%cal Bf8g7,Bg7h8,Bh8e5][%mdl 32]} 24. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bh8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 25. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:01:23][%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Be5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 28. b4 (28. c5 $6 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 $16) 28... Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 29. c5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Qh8 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (30. Rec2 $142) 30... Rg6 {[%emt 0:04:48]} (30... Qh7 $142 31. a4 dxc5) 31. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 32. Rec2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 33. a4 {[%emt 0:00:24][%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 34. a5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:07:55]} (34... dxc5 35. bxc5 Qe8) 35. c6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 36. cxb7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Kxb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:17][%cal Of5e7] [#]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 38. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 39. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 40. Nh6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:01:48] Black is weak on the light squares} 41. b5 {[%emt 0:01:32][%cal Bb4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32]} (41. Rxc7+ Qxc7 42. Rxc7+ Kxc7 $18) 41... f6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 42. bxa6+ {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 43. Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (43... Ka8 44. a7 Kxa7) 44. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (44. Qe6 $142) 44... Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 45. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 46. Rxa6+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (46. Nd3 $18) 46... Kxa6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (47... Kb5 {keeps more tension.} 48. Qg4 Qe8 49. Rc2 Ka4) 48. Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rxd7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:07][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 49. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 50. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 53. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:27] Ng4 would now be deadly.} c5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} (53... Rg7 $1 $14) 54. dxc6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:04] Black is on the road to losing.} (54. Rg8 $19) 54... Rc7 $18 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 56. h4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (56. Nxf6 Bd4 57. h4 gxh4 $18) 56... Be1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (56... gxh4 {was necessary.} 57. Nxf6 Be5) 57. h5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} (57. Rxf6 Rc1 58. Kh3 (58. Rxd6 $2 {too greedy.} Bg3+ 59. Kh3 Rh1+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Skewer}) (58. Rf7+ Kb6 $16) 58... Bxh4 $18) 57... Bg3+ {[%emt 0:01:49]} 58. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 59. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 60. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 61. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 62. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bh4+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 63. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 64. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bg3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 65. Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 66. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 67. h6 {[%emt 0:00:10][%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32] Intending h7 and mate.} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 68. h7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:42] Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.72} (69. Kg6 $142 Rxh7 70. Kxh7 Bh4 71. Rf6+ Kc5 72. d6 Kc6 73. Kg6 Bxf6 74. Kxf6 Kxd6 75. f4) 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Black "Das, Rohan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2246"] [BlackElo "2099"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "131"] [GameId "2190369999719549"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 15,131,5,19,21,19,0,0,-18,0,-5,16,0,18,27,27,0,1,0,40,15,41,17,80,70,69,71,109,112,109,110,114,8,20,10,12,0,28,7,9,8,19,2,3,4,5,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,-12,0,-13,-11,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-18,-34,-272,-261,-262,-249,-249,-245,-244,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:21]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. a5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:09]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 12. Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:45]} Nh7 $146 {[%emt 0:05:48]} (13... Qc8 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Rfb1 Bf8 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 d5 18. Ncxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 {½-½ (57) Garcia Castany Musellas,G (2200)-Delisau Gil,O (2242) Guinardo 2014}) 14. Ba4 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 15. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (15. dxc4 $5 Nxa5 16. Rd1 $15) 15... Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Bd5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:11:14]} (16... Nf6 $11 {was preferable.}) 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:10:16]} (18... Ne6 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 20. Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:35] White has more active pieces.} Nf4 {[%emt 0:06:48]} (20... Nc7 $142) 21. Bxf4 $16 {[%emt 0:01:43][%csl Od5] Strong Square White (d5)} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:05] [#]} 22. Nxd7 $1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06] [#]} 23. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} (23. d4 $1 $16) 23... Bf6 $11 {[%emt 0:06:11]} 24. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:09:57]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:42][%cal Of4f3]} 26. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 27. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 29. c3 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 30. cxb4 {[%emt 0:06:14]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 31. b3 {[%emt 0:00:13][%cal Od3d4]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 32. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 33. Kh1 {[%emt 0:05:39]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:09:19]} 34. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:08]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 36. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 38. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 41. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:10][%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 43. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} ({Of course not} 43... Qe1+ 44. Kh2 $16) 44. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 45. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 46. Qxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 49. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 50. Qe3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (50. Rb1 $15) 50... Qxe3 $19 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 51. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01] KR-KR} a5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 52. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:09] ...a3 is the strong threat.} 53. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (53... Kf6 $19 54. Kg3 Ke6) 54. exf5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:12] The position is equal.} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 56. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 57. g4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 59. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 61. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 62. Kxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 63. Kb4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 64. Kxa4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:01] Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"] [Black "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "2306"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2190369999719550"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 14,102,4,2,6,9,5,13,29,0,2,7,2,19,14,2,61,66,94,83,89,0,0,-192,-166,-204,-192,-248,-229,-261,-261,-235,-245,-248,-230,-339,-323,-344,-333,-324,-274,-341,-347,-334,-340,-403,-395,-451,-453,-480,-477,-505,-497,-522,-516,-546,-541,-575,-570,-565,-564,-564,-562,-557,-555,-546,-488,-489,-481,-474,-467,-452,-411,-472,-464,-453,-447,-1003,-849,-29964,-29960,-29965,-29968,-29963,-8233,-1513,-1196,-29968,-29971,-29978,-29982]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07] [#] C02: French: Advance Variation.} 9. Nbd2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:17][%cal Ob7b6] The position is equal.} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:05] White sacrificed a pawn} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (12. Ra1 $5 Qb2 $8 13. Rb1 $14) 12... Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 13. Rxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:03] A sharp opening} Nxb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:24:25]} (14... Ba4 $11 15. Qc1 Nc6) 15. Qd3 $14 {[%emt 0:16:12][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:16:57]} (15... Nc6 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Qd2 a5 19. h4 a4 20. Nc1 Kd8 21. Rb7 Bc8 {1-0 (34) Adams,M (2666)-Janzelj,T (2453) Dortmund 2023}) 16. Ra1 {[%emt 0:06:44]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:08] [#]} 17. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (17. Rxa7 Rc8 18. Rb7 Qa3 $11) (17. Rb1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Qa3 18. Ra1) 17... Rc8 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 18. Rb1 $2 {[%emt 0:15:07] [#] Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (18. Nfd2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 18... Rc3 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 19. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:11:03]} (19. Qf5 exf5 20. Rxb2) 19... Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (20. Nfd2 {might work better.} Bb4 21. Be2) 20... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 21. Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:59][%cal Oe7g5] Strongly threatening ...Bg5!.} 22. Ba4 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} (22... Nxd4 23. Rb8 $14 (23. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Kf8 $17)) 23. Nf1 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 24. Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} (24. Bxc6 $142 Bxc6 25. Rb8+ Kg7 26. h3) 24... Nd8 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 25. Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 29. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 31. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a4 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 32. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. Nh5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11] Strongly threatening Nd7+.} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 35. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (35... Nxd4 36. Rc8+ (36. Nxh7+ $2 {is the wrong capture.} Kg7 $19)) 36. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Na1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} (37... Nxd4 38. Rc8+) 38. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:04][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN. Black is a pawn up.} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} ({Stronger than} 38... Nxd4 39. Rc8#) 39. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 40. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 42. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 43. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 44. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:58][%mdl 64] Deflection} 45. Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} (45. Rh7 $142 Kxf6 46. Kh2) 45... Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 46. g4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 47. Rh7 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 50. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 51. f5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:27] Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.06 (flawless)} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Diller, Bradley R"] [Black "Parsons, Stephen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Diller,Brad"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2070"] [BlackElo "1840"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2190906603426976"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. e3 $6 ({I missed the thematic c5 gaining space and preventing d6 or b6 to liberate Black's light squared bishop.} 9. c5 $16) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Qc5 $2 11. Na4 Qxc4 12. Nb6) 11. b3 $6 ({11 b3 was unnecessary and critical waste of tempo. I strongly considered Rc1 but failed to see that Black is crushed after 15 Qc2 if Black attempts to capture the pawn on c4.} 11. Rc1 $142 Nxd4 12. exd4 Qxc4 13. Nd5 Qxd4 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Qc2 d5 $16 {Either 16 b3 or winning 2 rooks for the queen with 16 Nxc8 both guarantee whiite a significant advantage.}) 11... d6 12. Rc1 ({The prophylatic 12 h3 was better preventing the annoying Bg4.} 12. h3 $142 $14) 12... Bg4 13. f3 $2 ({In hindsight 13 f3 was a mistake in weakening the king side and obstructing White's beautiful light-squared bishop. Simply 13 Qc2 which I strongly considered preserves a slight advantage and the harassment by the Black's light squared bishop was negligible.} 13. Qc2 $142 Nxd4 14. exd4 Bf5 15. Qd1 Bg4 16. Qe1 $14) 13... Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. e4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. Nd5 ({The slight space advantage I gained after the 17 Nd5 proved to be negligible. Consolidating my position by 17 Qe2 was better and gave me a slight advantage.} 17. Qe2 $142 $14) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bg5 e5 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Be3 Qc7 25. f4 (25. Rd1) 25... Bf5 26. Bd4 $5 {I liked this idea of sacrificing my a-pawn to gain control of e file, but, in retropsect, this sacrifice put me at risk with the rook on the 7th. 26 Bf2 was more prudent but boring.} (26. Bf2 $142 $11) 26... Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Re2 28. Bf3 Rxa2 29. Re1 Be6 30. Rd1 $2 ({I knew 30 Rd1 was possibly losing after 30 ... b5 and should have given more consideration to 30 Qf6 with the idea of sacrificing the exchange on e6 with strong compensation, for example...} 30. Qf6 $142 Rf2 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qe3 $11) 30... Qa5 $2 ({Black missed b5 which wins a pawn straight out with a winning endgame.} 30... b5 $142 $1) 31. Qxd6 Rf2 32. Bg2 Qa2 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Kh6 35. Bxb7 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Bh3 ({Stephen proposed this move threatening the g3 pawn and Qh2+, but again I have the elegant 37 f5 resource which equalizes. Other moves that we considered during analysis like Qf2 lose pretty easily.} 36... Rh3 37. f5 (37. Qf2 $4 Qxb3 38. Bf3 Bg4 39. Kg2 Bxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rh2+ $19) 37... Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Bxf5 39. Qf4+ $11) 37. f5 $1 Bxf5 $2 ({White should have taken the perpetual with 37 ... Rg2 because the move was played actually loses.} 37... Rg2+ $142 $11) 38. g4 $1 Bxg4 39. Qf4+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ $2 {Here I offered a draw seeing that I have at least a perpetual after my earlier mistake of 30 Rd1. Neither Stephen or I saw that I had a win with the simple 40 Rf1. I was still steeped in the miasma of a potential loss earlier. We should all strive to see each position fresh unburdened by the past, but we are all too human.} (40. Rf1 Rh3 41. Bg2 $1 Rd3 42. Qxg4 Qxb3 43. c5 Qc3 44. c6 $18 {The c pawn is unstoppable.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.9"] [White "Liou, Arthur"] [Black "Rajaram, Raghu"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "2030"] [BlackElo "1848"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "43"] [GameId "2190369999719553"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Rb8 {[#]} 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nd4 Bb7 {[#]} 18. Nb5 axb5 19. cxb5 d5 20. bxc6 Ba8 21. Bf4 e5 {[#]} 22. Bxe5 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.10"] [White "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Black "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1937"] [BlackElo "2009"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [GameId "2190369999719554"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 {[#]} Qxf4 9. Nxf4 Bxd1 10. Rxd1 e6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Nd3 Ke7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Ra7 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Nxa5 Rc8 21. f4 Ra6 22. c4 Rca8 23. c5 {[#]} Rxa5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rdc1 Nxc5 26. Rc3 f6 27. Rac1 Nd7 28. exf6+ gxf6 29. Rxc6 Rxa3 30. Re1 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Rh6 e4 33. Rxh7+ Ke6 $6 (33... Kd6 $16) 34. Rc1 e3 $6 (34... Kd6 35. Rh6+ $1 Ke5 36. g4 $1 $18) 35. Kf1 d4 $2 (35... Nf6 36. Rc6+ Ke5 37. Re7+ Kd4 38. Rc1 $1 Ne4 $1 39. Rd1+ Kc5 $14) 36. Rc6+ Kd5 {[#]} 37. Rxd7+ $1 $18 {(The only move!)} Kxc6 38. Rxd4 Kc5 {[#]} 39. Rd8 $2 (39. Rg4 $1 $18) 39... Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Kxe3 Rxg2 $11 42. h4 Rh2 43. Rh8 Kd5 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Ra7 Rb2 48. Ra5 Rb6 49. h5 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.11"] [White "Winslow, Elliott"] [Black "Smith, Roger Christopher"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1826"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2190361649662035"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 {[#]} 17. f4 $5 (17. Qe3 $142 {(SF17.1)}) 17... Qd5 $6 18. Be3 $6 (18. f5 $1) (18. Rde1 $1) 18... Qa5 19. c4 Rfd8 20. f5 $18 {Good enough.} (20. g4 $1 {(SF17.1) -- I looked at this but just couldn't bring myself to play it.}) 20... exf5 21. Rxf5 Qa3 {[#]} 22. d5 $6 ({The simple prophylactic} 22. Kh1 $1 {gets the comp nod.}) 22... Bc8 $1 $16 23. Rf3 Bd6 $2 (23... Bc5 $1 24. Kh1 (24. h3) 24... Re8 25. h3 $1 Rxe5 26. Bxc5 $1 $16) 24. Rxf6 $5 (24. Bd4 Bxe5 25. Bh7+ $1 Nxh7 26. Rxa3 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 $18) 24... Bxe5 {[#]} (24... gxf6 25. Qh5 $1 Bxe5 26. Qxh6 f5 27. Qg5+) 25. Rf2 $2 (25. Rxf7 $1 {I saw this this just after I moved.} Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 (26... Kf6 27. Rf1+) 27. Qxe5 $18) 25... Qd6 $1 $16 26. Qh5 Rf8 27. Rdf1 {[#]} Qe7 $2 {[#]} (27... f5 $1 28. Kh1 $1 Bd7 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 $1 30. Rxf5 g6 31. Qg4 $1 $16) 28. Rf3 $6 (28. Kh1 $142) ({Another miss:} 28. c5 $3 f5 (28... bxc5 $2 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 (31... Kf8 32. Bxc5+ Ke8 33. Bg6 Qxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kd8 35. Qf7 Bf6 36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Qc6+ {[%cal Gc6a8]})) 29. c6 {Those pawns are overwhelming.}) 28... f5 $1 {[#]} 29. g4 $1 $16 {Out on a limb? Yes. Stockfish makes it best.} Bd7 $6 30. gxf5 $1 $18 Rf6 31. Kh1 $6 (31. Bf2 $1 $18) 31... Raf8 (31... Qa3 $1 32. Bc1 Qd6) 32. h4 $2 (32. Rg1 $1 $16) 32... Qa3 $1 $11 33. Bg5 $1 Be8 $6 (33... Qxa2 34. R3f2 Qa3 35. Bxf6 Bxf6 $1 $11) 34. Qg4 $14 Qxa2 35. R1f2 $6 (35. Rh3 $1 $16) 35... Qa1+ 36. Rf1 Qb2 37. R3f2 $6 Qd4 38. Qxd4 Bxd4 $14 39. Bxf6 Bxf2 40. Be7 $6 (40. Rxf2 $1 Rxf6 41. Kg2 $14) 40... Rf7 41. d6 $6 $11 {[#]} (41. f6 $5 gxf6 $1 (41... Bxh4 $4 42. Bg6 $18) 42. Bb4 Bc5 43. Bxc5 bxc5 44. Ra1 $14) 41... Bc6+ (41... Rxe7 $5 42. dxe7 Bxh4 $1 43. Ra1 Bxe7 44. Rxa7 Bc6+ $11 (44... Kf7 $11)) 42. Kh2 Rxe7 $4 (42... Bc5 $1 43. Re1 Rxe7 $1 44. dxe7 Kf7 45. Be4 Bd7 46. Bd5+ Ke8 $11) 43. dxe7 $18 Bxh4 44. Be4 $8 Be8 (44... Bd7 45. Bd5+ (45. Rd1 $5 Be8 46. Bd5+ Kh7 47. Kh3) 45... Kh7 46. Rd1 Bxe7 47. Be4) 45. Bd5+ Kh7 46. Kg2 $18 (46. Kh3 $1) (46. c5 $1) 46... Bf6 47. Re1 g6 48. Re6 Kg7 49. Bc6 Bxc6+ (49... Bf7 50. e8=Q) 50. Rxc6 Bxe7 51. Rxg6+ (51. Rc7 $1 Kf8 52. fxg6) 51... Kh7 (51... Kf7 52. Rxh6) 52. Kf3 Bc5 (52... h5 53. Kf4) 53. Kg4 Be3 54. Kh5 a5 55. f6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.14"] [White "Lewis, Edward"] [Black "Mercado, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "1950"] [BlackElo "1958"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2190369999719556"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Ndf3 h6 12. c5 Bb8 13. b4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. h3 Ng5 16. Nd4 Bxe5 17. f4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. fxe5 Be4 20. Bg4 Ne6 21. Qd2 Qg5 22. Qf2 Rc7 23. Rad1 Rce7 24. Bf3 Qg6 25. h4 Qf5 26. g4 Qxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Nf8 29. h5 Nh7 30. Bd4 Ng5 31. Rf5 Ne4 32. Kh2 Re6 33. a4 Ng5 34. Rf2 R8e7 35. b5 Ne4 36. Rb2 f6 37. exf6 Nxf6 38. Rg1 Re4 39. Kh3 Nh7 40. bxc6 Ng5+ 41. Kg3 bxc6 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rc8 R4e6 44. Rb1 Rf7 45. Rbb8 Rxe3+ 46. Bxe3 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 g5 48. Bd4 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"] [Black "Admassu, Yonathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "1919"] [BlackElo "1661"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2190369999719557"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 10. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} exf6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:14:30]} 13. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 15. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 17. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 18. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 20. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 21. e5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 22. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 23. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 24. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 25. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 26. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 28. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 29. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 30. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 31. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 36. b4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 37. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} e3 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 38. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 39. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 41. g3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 42. Re7+ {[%emt 0:02:47]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. a5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} e2 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 44. a6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 45. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e1=Q {[%emt 0:00:33]} 46. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47. b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 48. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 49. c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50. b6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 51. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 52. a7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.16"] [White "Ploquin, Phil"] [Black "Dutter, Frederic"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "1637"] [BlackElo "1900"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2190353775820961"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 19,64,60,100,30,110,68,71,69,100,-11,-13,-31,-37,-32,-35,-87,-91,-114,-16,-19,-14,-15,-16,-17,-19,-195,-195,-201,-208,-199,-202,-175,-69,-251,-246,-243,-255,-235,-167,-140,0,-8,-3,-9,-4,-13,-9]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 (10... e5 $14) 11. h3 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3.} ({White should play} 11. d5 $16) 11... Bf5 (11... Bxf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 12. Nxf3 e6) 12. g4 $146 (12. d5 $16) (12. a3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Rc1 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qb6 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 {0-1 (67) Maione,M (1914)-Fiolo,C (1483) Salsomaggiore Terme 2019}) 12... Bc8 13. d5 {White is better.} Ne5 {[#]} 14. Bd4 (14. Nd4 $1 $16) 14... f5 $11 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bc3 e6 17. dxe6 (17. Qb3 $1 $15) 17... Bxe6 $17 18. Nf3 Qxd1 (18... fxg4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 (19... Raxd8 20. Ng5 $19) 20. Ng5 Bxc4 21. Bxc4+ Nxc4 22. hxg4 $15) (18... Bxc4 19. Bxc4+ Nxc4 20. Qb3 $15) (18... e4 $17 19. Nd4 Bxd4 (19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4+ Nxc4 21. Ne6 $15) 20. Bxd4 Qh4) 19. Raxd1 $11 Bxc4 20. Bxc4+ Nxc4 21. b3 Nb6 22. g5 (22. Nxe5 $11 fxg4 23. hxg4) 22... Rfe8 $19 23. Rfe1 e4 {[%csl Oc3][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 ({Not} 24... exf3 25. Bd4 $11) 25. Nd4 a6 (25... Kf7 $19 26. a4 Red8) 26. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (26. f3 $15) 26... Kf7 $1 27. Ne2 Rad8 28. Nf4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nc8 {Prevents Rd6} (29... Ke7 $17 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 30. f3 Rc8 31. fxe4 Rc2+ (31... fxe4 32. Rd4 $16) 32. Kg3 fxe4 (32... Rxa2 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Re1+ Kf7 35. Re6 $14)) 30. Rd7+ {The position is equal.} Re7 31. Rd8 Re8 {Prevents Rxc8.} 32. Rd7+ Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.35} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.17"] [White "Babayan, Gagik"] [Black "Yan, Rayna"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1681"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "136"] [GameId "2190369999735943"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. a3 Nge7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Be7 13. Bh3 Nh4 14. O-O Ng6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. f5 Nf8 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. b4 exf5 20. Bxf5 g6 21. Bh3 Ne6 22. Ne2 Qb6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nc3 Bf8 25. Qd3 Bh6 26. Na4 Qc7 {[#]} 27. Nc5 (27. b5 $1) 27... Qf7 28. Qb5 $2 (28. Bd2) (28. Kh1) 28... Ka8 $2 (28... Rc8 $1 $11) 29. Nxb7 $18 Qxb7 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Rde8 32. Rfc1 (32. Kg2) (32. a4) 32... Re7 (32... Rhf8) 33. b5 (33. Bf2) 33... Kb7 34. a4 Rf8 35. Rf1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 37. Kg2 Rc7 {[#]} 38. Rc1 $2 (38. h4) (38. Kf3) 38... Rxc1 39. Bxc1 {[#]} Kc7 $4 (39... Bf8 $1 $11 40. h4 h5 (40... a6 41. bxa6 h5)) (39... a6 $1 40. bxa6 Bf8 $11) 40. Kf3 $4 (40. h4 $8 $18 Bf8 41. h5 $8) 40... Kb6 $11 (40... Bf8 $11) 41. Bd2 Bf8 42. Kg4 Be7 $8 43. Be1 {[#]} h6 $4 $18 (43... a6) (43... Kb7) (43... Kc7) (43... h5+ 44. Kh3 Kc7) 44. Kf3 $4 $11 (44. Bh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh4d8]}) 44... Bf8 $4 $18 (44... Kb7) (44... h5) (44... a6) (44... Kb7) (44... Bd8) 45. h3 $2 $11 (45. Kg4 $8 $18) 45... Be7 (45... h5) (45... a6) 46. Bd2 Bf8 47. Kg3 h5 $2 {[#]} (47... Be7) (47... Ba3) 48. Kf3 $2 $11 (48. f5 $3 exf5 (48... gxf5 49. Kh4 $18) 49. e6 $18 {The best of many winners}) 48... Ba3 49. Ke3 Bf8 50. Kd3 Ba3 51. Kc3 Be7 52. Kb3 Bf8 53. Bb4 Bh6 $8 54. Bc5+ Kb7 55. a5 Bxf4 {[#]} (55... a6 $11) 56. h4 $4 (56. a6+ $11) (56. Bf8 g5 57. Bh6 $11) 56... g5 $1 $19 (56... a6 $19) 57. hxg5 Bxg5 58. Bb4 Be3 59. a6+ Kb8 (59... Kb6) 60. Bd6+ Ka8 (60... Kc8) 61. Be7 Bxd4 62. Bf6 Bf2 63. Kb4 h4 64. Bg5 h3 65. Bf4 Bg1 66. Bg3 h2 67. Bxh2 Bxh2 68. Kc5 Bxe5 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.18"] [White "Chan, John"] [Black "Pickering, Carl Anthony"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "1601"] [BlackElo "1621"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "31"] [GameId "2190369999735944"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. a3 a5 4. e3 f5 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. d4 e4 7. Be2 Be7 8. Nf4 O-O 9. h4 Bd6 10. Nh3 b6 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. g3 Nd8 14. Nf4 Ne6 15. h5 Rg8 $2 {[#]} 16. Ng6+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.19"] [White "Touset, Stephen"] [Black "Smith, Robert H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1545"] [BlackElo "1725"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2190369999735945"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 Bxf4 9. exf4 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O Be8 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. h4 b6 16. Na4 bxc5 17. Rac1 c4 18. Bc2 Rb8 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. bxc4 c5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qf6 26. Nd4 Qxh4 27. Rxf5 Rb2 28. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.21"] [White "Siegel, David"] [Black "Schaezlein, Charlie"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "1462"] [BlackElo "1506"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "97"] [GameId "2190356566032618"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bh4 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. Be2 Qc5 16. Rac1 Rd7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Bf3 Nh5 {[#] (I think I found a nice move here. The Black queen is currently protecting the h5 knight, but the queen is starting to run out of squares. Therefore I saw that the next few moves were somewhat forcing, and would lead to liquidation and the likely capture of the c6 pawn. So I decided to go for it.)} 20. b4 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Nc5 {The computer thinks 22. Qa4 would have been better, but it was harder for me to calculate.} (22. Qa4 $18) 22... Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxg3 25. hxg3 $16 Rc7 26. b5 Kf8 27. bxc6 Ba8 28. Rb5 Ke7 29. Rb8 Bxc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rb7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 h5 {(The computer found some tactics that I missed, and I understand that the current position is probably a draw with best play, but I don't mind being up a passed pawn.)} 33. Kf1 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rc4 36. Rb7 g5 37. Rb2 Kf5 38. a3 e5 39. Ra2 Ra4 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Kd2 Kd5 42. Kc3 Kc5 43. Kb3 Rc4 {(Things were difficult for White as long as the rooks stayed on the board, but Black cannot defend both sides of the board with just a king.)} 44. Rc2 Rxc2 45. Kxc2 Kc4 46. f4 e4 47. fxg5 Kb5 48. Kc3 Ka4 49. Kd4 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.22"] [White "Abraham, Michael David"] [Black "Stults, Sawyer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1471"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2190369999735948"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. e5 Qe7 11. h4 Rd8 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nce2 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nc6 bxc6 17. Qg4 Rd4 18. f4 Bd7 19. h5 Rf8 20. Rc3 Be8 21. b3 Kh8 22. Qe2 Qd8 23. Bd3 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Bb1 Rfxf4 26. Qc2 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Bxh5+ 29. Rf3 Bxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Qd4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.23"] [White "Casares, Nick"] [Black "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "1512"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2190369999735949"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e5 Qc7 6. Be2 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Qxe5 8. d3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 Qd8 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. Bf4 d6 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Ba4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Kf8 23. e5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rbd8 25. Red1 Ke7 26. f4 Rxd6 27. exd6+ Kd7 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. Kf3 Rc6 30. Rg1 g6 31. Ke4 Rxd6 32. Ke5 Ke7 33. h4 Rd4 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Black "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Booth,Kyle/TA"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "1246"] [BlackElo "1056"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2190343265390643"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,72,-10,-7,-8,12,-3,0,-5,2,-18,10,11,3,-22,132,138,206,135,137,22,28,14,18,0,39,-7,16,0,0,-21,11,-34,-29,-276,-123,-101,-92,-95,-72,-349,-118,-121,-110,-378,-363,-504,-481,-500,-490,-552,-554,-541,-541,-655,-593,-637,-627,-596,-606,-712,-595,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. a3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 3. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 4. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 7. Na3 {[%emt 0:05:52][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:09:07] The position is equal.} d6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:21]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 10. O-O $146 {[%emt 0:03:00]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Rb1 b5 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe4 {0-1 (28) Bautista,E (1524)-Bellisario,C (1473) ICCF email 2020}) 10... Be7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:05:17]} b5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} ({Better is} 11... O-O $11) 12. Nxb5 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:12]} (12... O-O $16) 13. Na3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:26]} 14. e5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} (14. Bf4 $16) 14... dxe5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:37][%cal Od8c7]} 16. Nb1 {[%emt 0:05:55][%cal Od1c2]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (16... Qc7 $11) 17. Ba3 {[%emt 0:05:06]} (17. Qe2 $14 {was preferable.}) 17... Re8 {[%emt 0:04:06][%cal Bf8e8,Be8e7,Be7b7,Bb7b4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} (18. Qd2 {keeps more tension.} Qb6 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. exd6 Nf6 21. Rd1) 18... Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:18] [#] (I wasted far too much time here trying to make some sort of Greek gift sac work)} 19. Re1 $15 {[%emt 0:12:56][%cal Od3h7]} ({EW: Stockfish 17.1 makes best as} 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Qe4 g6 {[%cal Oc6b4]} 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. c4 Nb6 23. Qf6+ Kg8 $11 {(0.00)}) ({EW: While the details after the classic bishop sacrifice are no better nor worse:} 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ $1 Kg8 (20... Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] 20...Kg8 -0.06} 21. Qd3+ f5 $1 {[%cal Oc6e5]} 22. exf6+ $2 ({White should play} 22. Qg3 $19 f4 23. Qh4 Nxe5 24. Nd2) 22... Kxf6 $11 23. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ob1d2] Black must now prevent Nd2!.} e5 $1 24. Ne4+ Kf7 $1 {And now ...Kg8 would win.} 25. Ng5+ Kf6 $1 $11) 21. Qh5 {Repels Ba6. Qh7+ would kill now.} Reb7 22. Re1 Nxe5 (22... Nf4 $5 23. Qh7+ $8 Kf8 24. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Ke7 25. Qxg7 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxb1+ 27. Re1 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qd5 30. Nxf7 Rb3 $17) 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Nf3 {[%cal Ob1d2]} a4 $11 {(0.00)}) 19... Reb7 $6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} (19... Rd7 $15) 20. Ra4 {[%emt 0:09:56]} (20. Qa4) (20. Qa4 $11 Rc7 21. Qe4) 20... Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:50] [#]} (20... Rb2) (20... Rd7 $5) 21. Nh2 $4 {[%emt 0:06:22] [#] (Just a horrible move; I should have swung the rook over which was entire point of Ra4)} (21. Ra3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 21... Ncb4 $1 $17 {[%emt 0:01:28][%mdl 512]} 22. cxb4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 23. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06] [#]} (23... Nxb4 $142) 24. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} (24. Qa1) (24. Qa1 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 24... a4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} (24... Nf4 $1 $19) (24... Nf4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 25. Bc2 Rb2 (25... Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc4 27. Na3 $17)) 25. Nf3 $6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} (25. Be4 $17) 25... Qa5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} (25... Nf4 $19) 26. Bxh7+ $2 {[%emt 0:01:15] (Very low on time; position is hard to play so I went for tricks but they don't work.)} Kxh7 $19 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 27. Qd3+ $6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} (27. Ng5+ Kg6 $19 (27... Kg8 $1)) 27... Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (27... g6 $1) 28. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 29. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} (29... Rxb1 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qh7#) 30. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 31. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:15][%cal Oa5d2]} ({Not} 32... Qxd2 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qh7#) 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:20] Repels Ra1} 34. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 35. Nde4 {[%emt 0:00:19] [#]} Qxe1+ {[%emt 0:01:22][%mdl 576] Promotion} 36. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb1 {[%mdl 64] Pin. What a bad dream for White. A cool game by Sloan. Weighted Error Value: White=0.91/Black=0.37} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.24"] [White "Merk, Felix Elias"] [Black "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1329"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2190348522819691"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 14,95,34,39,250,249,392,284,466,458,508,500,520,523,544,547,665,652,768,627,627,620,712,705,779,661,660,657,643,568,585,566,566,559,591,530,512,466,589,400,374,344,323,327,375,140,322,323,303,313,537,364,583,563,675,591,760,759,743,742,1612,1101,913,839,817,790,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29984,29983,29984,29984,29985,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29988]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bg4 $2 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} (8... Nge7 $14) 9. Qb3 $18 {[%csl LRb7,LRf7]} Qd7 (9... Bh5 $142 10. Qxb7 Nge7) 10. Bd5 $146 (10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qa6 Nge7 $16) (10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Bd5 Rb8 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Rac1 Qd6 14. e5 Qd7 15. Qa3+ Kf7 16. e6+ {1-0 (16) Krensing,J (2253)-Schumacher,K (1915) Verden 2006}) 10... Rb8 (10... Nd8 11. Ne5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} (11. Nxd4 Nf6 $16) (11. Bxb7 Rb8 $11) 11... Qe7) 11. Rac1 Nge7 12. Bxf7+ Kd8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 h6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Rd3 Rb6 17. Rcd1 Na5 18. Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Rd6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Qc3 {[%csl LRa5,LRg7]} Nec6 21. Bh5 b4 22. Qd3 Kc7 {[#]} 23. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (23... Nb7 24. Rc1) 24. Bg4 Qe7 {Black is weak on the light squares} 25. e6 Nb7 26. Re1 Nc5 27. Qg6 Rf8 28. Qc2 Rf6 29. Qe2 $2 (29. Nh4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 29... g6 $2 {[#]} (29... h5 $16 30. Bxh5 Rxe6) 30. h4 $1 Rf4 31. Bh3 Nd8 $2 (31... a6 {keeps fighting.} 32. Qe3 Re4 33. Qxh6 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Nxe6) 32. Qe3 Rf6 (32... Re4) 33. Qxh6 Ncxe6 34. Ng5 Kd7 {[%cal Bc7d7,Bd7e8,Be8f7,Bf7e6,Be6d5,Bd5e4,Be4d4,Bd4c3][%mdl 32]} 35. Nxe6 Nxe6 36. Qe3 Qf7 37. Qxa7+ Ke8 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bxe6+ Rxe6 40. Rxe6 {White mates.} Kxe6 {KP-KP. White is two pawns up.} 41. Kf1 Kd5 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. a4 bxa3 44. bxa3 Kd4 45. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4h5][%mdl 32]} Kc3 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 d5 48. Kd1 {White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.86} 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.25"] [White "Hack, Richard"] [Black "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Hack,Richard"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1347"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2190369999735952"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Rb8 9. d3 a6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 d6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. Bh6 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re4 h5 19. h3 f6 20. Nh2 g5 21. Qe2 Bf5 22. Re3 Bg6 23. f4 Nf5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nf1 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Qd7 27. Kh2 Rbe8 28. Bf3 Rh8 29. h4 g4 30. Bg2 e4 31. dxe4 Bxe4 32. Re1 Bg6 33. Qf2 Re5 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Nd1 Qd6 36. Qf4 Qb6 37. Nf2 Rfe8 38. Rd1 Qb7 39. d6 Qd7 40. Bf1 R8e6 41. Qd2 Re8 42. a3 a5 43. axb4 axb4 44. Ra1 {Of course Black has had a definite advantage for a while. However, we were both getting into some time trouble, where White had 5 mins. and Black 2.5 mins. Good thing we had that 30-second increment.} Rd8 45. Ra6 Re6 46. Qd5 Rxd6 47. Rxd6 Qxd6 48. Qb7+ Rd7 49. Qb5 Re7 50. b3 Be8 51. Qa5 Re3 52. Nh1 Rxb3 53. Qa7+ Bf7 54. Qa4 Rf3 55. Bg2 Rc3 56. Bd5 Bxd5 57. cxd5 Qxd5 58. Nf2 Qe6 59. Qa7+ Kg6 60. Qa2 Qxa2 {Finally a blunder settled it quickly.} 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.26"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "1263"] [BlackElo "1217"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2190360155058559"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b6 13. Bb5 Be7 14. f5 O-O 15. f6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Qxe5+ 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. O-O Bg7 20. Nb2 a6 21. Be2 b5 22. a4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. b5 f5 25. b6 a5 26. Rf3 Rb8 27. Rb1 Bd7 28. Bd1 Rb7 29. Bc2 Kh8 30. h3 Be8 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Bf8 33. Rh3 Bc5+ 34. Kg2 f6 35. Rxh7+ Rxh7 36. Bxh7 Kxh7 37. b7 Ba7 38. Rb6 Bxa4 39. Rxe6 Kg6 40. Ra6 Bb8 41. Rxa5 Bc6 42. Ra8 d4+ 43. Kf2 Bxb7 44. Rxb8 dxc3 45. Ke3 c2 46. Kd2 Be4 47. Rb5 Bd3 48. Rd5 f5 49. gxf5+ Bxf5 50. Rd6+ Kg5 51. Rd5 Kf6 52. Rc5 Bd3 53. Rxc4 Bxc4 54. Kxc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.27"] [White "Turner, Robert"] [Black "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "1230"] [BlackElo "1044"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2190359860113776"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Ba6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qb8 12. c4 Nf6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Qg4 f6 16. Qxe4 Qxd6 17. Ke2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. h4 d5 20. Qg4 Qf7 21. Rhe1 e5 22. Kf1 d4 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. g4 Qd7 25. Rd3 h5 26. gxh5 f5 27. Qg2 c5 28. h6 e4 29. Rg3 Re7 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. hxg7 Kxg7 33. f3 e3 34. Rxe3 Kg6 35. Rd3 Kh5 36. b4 cxb4 37. Rxd4 Rc8 38. Kf2 a5 39. a3 b3 40. a4 Kg6 41. Ke2 Kf6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.28"] [White "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Black "Tobias, Mason"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "1369"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2190354912800945"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e5 Qd8 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Ne2 b5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 a6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. b3 Qb6 17. O-O-O Ke7 18. Kb1 Rhc8 19. g4 Rc7 20. h4 Rac8 21. Rh2 a5 22. Bh3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc3 {[#]} 25. Rdd2 $6 (25. Bf1 $1 $17) 25... Re3 $19 26. Rde2 Rcc3 27. Bf1 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 $17 {[#]} d4 $2 29. Bd3 $11 Bf3 30. g5 Bh5 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Rg2 {[#]} f6 $4 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. exf6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.29"] [White "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Black "Liu, Eric"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1307"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2190369999735956"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 f5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nd4 e5 9. Nb5 Be7 10. c4 c6 11. N5c3 Nb6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. f3 Bh5 14. d3 O-O 15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Nd2 d4 18. Nb3 b5 19. Nac5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Qb3+ Bf7 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. f4 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. fxe5 a5 27. Qd2 Rxe5 28. Rf4 Rfe8 29. Bxd4 Qb7+ 30. Kg1 Rxe2 31. Ra2 Qg2# 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.30"] [White "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Cao,Danny"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1137"] [BlackElo "1167"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2190369999735957"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ (4... Nf6) 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Bd3 dxc4 (6... Bf5 7. cxd5 (7. Bxf5 Nxf5 8. Qe2+) 7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3) 7. Bxc4 O-O (7... Nd7) 8. Nge2 Re8 (8... Nd7 9. Qb3 Bxc3+) 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 (10. Nxc3 Nd5+) 10... Rf8 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Bd3 Qd5 (12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 (14... Na5)) (12... Be6 13. Qxb7) (12... b6) 13. c4 Qd7 (13... Qa5) 14. Bb2 b6 15. Qc3 Na5 16. Be4 Rb8 (16... Bb7 17. d5 (17. Bxb7 Nxb7) 17... f6) 17. Rad1 Qg4 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Ng3 Bb7 (19... Bg4 20. Be4) 20. d5 Ba6 21. Rd4 Bxc4 (21... Qf6 22. Ne4) 22. Rg4 (22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4) 22... Nxd5 23. Qd4 (23. Qxg7+ Qxg7 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rg6+ (25. Rg5+) (25. Rg4+ f6 26. Re1) 25... f6) 23... Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Bxf6 Bxf1 (25... g6 26. Nf5 Bxf1 27. Nh6#) 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg4# 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.31"] [White "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Black "Olson, David R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1400"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2190369999735958"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ba6 7. e3 d5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 g6 12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 Bb7 14. a4 Re8 15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 Ra8 17. Rfa1 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 19. Qc2 cxd4 20. e4 Rc8 21. Qb1 Bc4 22. Nxd4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nc5 24. Qe3 Ng4 25. Qf3 Qxd4 26. Bc3 Qxe4 27. Rxa7 Ne5 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bg3 e5 31. f3 Nc3 32. b6 Rb8 33. b7 Re7 34. Ra8 Rexb7 35. Rxb8+ Rxb8 36. Ra7 Nd5 37. Be1 Re8 38. Rd7 Ne7 39. Bb4 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Rd6+ Kf7 42. Rd7 h5 43. h4 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Bd2 Kg6 46. Rd6+ Kf5 47. Rh6 h4 48. Rh5 Rg8 49. Rh7 Ng6 50. Rf7+ Ke6 51. Ra7 Rf8 52. Bxg5 Kf5 53. Be3 Rc8 54. Kg1 Rc1+ 55. Bxc1 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.32"] [White "Lee, Yinpok R"] [Black "Myers, Steven Lee"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "1104"] [BlackElo "1171"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "48"] [GameId "2190369999735959"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 h6 7. a3 e5 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc1 Be7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nd5 a6 12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nd4 17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 exf4 21. Rce1+ Kd7 22. Re4 g5 23. c3 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.33"] [White "Chen, Bowie"] [Black "Otterbach, Renate"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1279"] [BlackElo "1113"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2190369999735960"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bc5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. d4 Ba7 8. O-O Nd7 9. b4 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qf3 Nf5 13. g4 {[#]} Nxd4 14. Qh3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. exd4 Bxd4+ 17. Be3 Bxc3 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bc5 Qe8 20. Qxc3 f6 21. Bxf8 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qg6 23. Be7 Qxg4+ 24. Qg3 h5 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Rf4 Bd5 27. a3 a5 28. Rdf1 axb4 29. Bxb4 e3 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Rxe3 Bf3 32. h3 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Bxd2 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.34"] [White "Burkhardt, Douglas Alan"] [Black "Blum, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "863"] [BlackElo "1009"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "126"] [GameId "2190369999735961"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Qb6 9. Nc3 e6 10. Qd2 d5 11. Rab1 Qa5 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. c5 b5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Bc1 Ne4 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Bxb6 Rxa2 23. Rec1 Bb7 24. Bf1 f5 25. Ra1 Nc3 26. Rxa2 Nxa2 27. Ra1 Nb4 28. Ng5 Nc2 29. Ra7 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. b4 Bc8 32. Ra8 Rc7 33. e3 h6 34. exd4 hxg5 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. f3 Bb7 37. Rb8 Ke7 38. Rg8 Kf6 39. Rf8+ Rf7 40. Rb8 Rg7 41. Rf8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 Kd6 43. Rd8+ Kc7 44. Re8 Bc8 45. Rh8 Kd6 46. Rxc8 e5 47. dxe5+ Kxe5 48. Rxc6 Kd4 49. Bxb5 Re7 50. Rxg6 Re3 51. Rxg5 Rb3 52. Rxf5 Rxb4 53. Rf4+ Kc5 54. Rxb4 Kxb4 55. Be2 Kc5 56. Kf2 Kd6 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. h4 Kf5 59. h5 Kg5 60. h6 Kxh6 61. Kd4 Kg5 62. Kxd5 Kf5 63. Bd3+ Kf6 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7.35"] [White "Sevall, Dan"] [Black "Ramos, Jo L Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [BlackElo "821"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2190369999735962"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. c5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 f5 14. O-O b6 15. b5 Ne5 16. c6 a6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 axb5 19. Bxb5 Ba6 20. Rb1 Bc5 21. a4 e5 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Rfd1 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Rd7 Re7 26. Rbd1 e3 27. Rxe7 exf2+ 28. Kf1 Bxb5+ 29. axb5 Bxe7 30. Kxf2 Bd8 31. Rd7 Rc8 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rxh7 Ra8 34. c7 Bxc7 35. Rxc7 Ra2 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Kxf4 Ra4+ 39. Ke3 Kd5 40. h3 Rb4 41. g4 Rb3+ 42. Bc3 Rxb5 43. Rb2 Rc5 44. Bd4 Rc4 45. Rb5+ Ke6 46. Rxb6+ Kd5 47. Rb5+ Ke6 48. Ke4 Rc1 49. h4 Rh1 50. h5 Rh4 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. Kg5 Rh3 54. h6 Rd3 55. h7 Rxd4 56. h8=Q Rd5+ 57. Kf4 Kd6 58. Qd8+ Kc5 59. Qb6+ Kc4 60. Rc7+ 1-0 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Moussapour, Dante"] [Black "Sankar, Swaminathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [BlackElo "1257"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "38"] [GameId "2190369999735963"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. O-O Nc3 11. Bd3 Nxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bxd2 13. Rxd2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 Bb5 17. Bb1 Qc6 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. a4 Bd3 0-1 [Event "2nd Silman TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "Sankar, Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2022"] [BlackElo "1905"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2190369999735964"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Qxd4 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Bg5+ Nxg5 13. Rd1 Nxf7 14. Rxd4+ Ke7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. O-O+ Ke7 18. Re4 $2 (18. Ne4 $11) 18... Bc5+ $2 $15 (18... Nd7 $1 $19) 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Bxe6 $2 (20. Rxe6+ Kd8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Ne4 Bd4 $15) 20... Nf6 $19 21. Re2 Kd6 22. Rd1+ Kc7 $8 23. Rc1 b6 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Rad8 26. Kg2 Kb7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 Nd5 29. Bc8+ $4 Rxc8 0-1
  

Standings

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+ 

#NameHandleIDRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Total

1GM Mark Heimann 128028992597W25W14D2W6W19W10~35.5

2Sebastian Suarez 168753472200W32W11D1W9W10L3~64.5

3CM Chinguun Bayaraa 142713242176W30L9W33D4W15W2~14.5

4WFM Natalya Tsodikova 126349422246W28D6H---D3D11W9~74.0

5Alex Hayden Shrauger 153289082206H---D21W27H---W20D7~94.0

6WFM Olivia Smith 312567392137W33D4W15L1H---W19~24.0

7Rohan Das 152636342099W20W24D9H---D8D5~44.0

8Daniel Cremisi 145436542380D17D15D12W22D7D11U---3.5

9Jimmy Heiserman 127996902306W13W3D7L2W17L4~53.5

10Theodore James Coyne 138482282263W26H---W16W17L2L1U---3.5

11Christophe Bambou 127344792119W19L2D21W32D4D8H---3.5

12Yuvraj Singh Sawhney 170950042052H---D27D8L19W32W22U---3.5

13Reyansh Paragiri 302330702015L9H---D31W28W21D16~173.5

14CM Pranav Senthilkumar 140200072198W18L1F17W31H---H---U---3.0

15Bradley R Diller 100799932070W23D8L6H---L3W31~203.0

16Arthur Liou 129061422030H---W22L10L20W27D13~193.0

17Sudarshan Seshadri 129062502022D8W31X14L10L9D20~133.0

18Andrew Zavgorodniy 321438891937L14D25L28W30H---W24H---3.0

19Raghu Rajaram 126988221848L11W26W24W12L1L6~163.0

20Stephen Parsons 165669321840L7W29D25W16L5D17~153.0

21Jeremy David Cawthon 150386082009H---D5D11D24L13D23~222.5

22Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza 125869031937H---L16W23L8W26L12~212.5

23Roger Christopher Smith 144375431826L15D32L22H---W28D21~242.5

24IM Elliott Winslow 103633652200W29L7L19D21H---L18~232.0

25Sivavishnu Srinivasan 167780042068L1D18D20W29U---U---U---2.0

26Michael Walder 103451202012L10L19H---W33L22H---~292.0

27Kristian Clemens 139010751965H---D12L5H---L16D29~312.0

28Adam Mercado 165710261958L4L33W18L13L23B---~302.0

29Edward Lewis 126016291950L24L20B---L25D30D27~262.0

30Phineas F Horowitz 142090571921L3H---L32L18D29W33~282.0

31Arjun Sankar 145421701905H---L17D13L14W33L15~272.0

32Steven Gaffagan 125428091956L2D23W30L11L12U---U---1.5

33Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko 309026601913L6W28L3L26L31L30B---1.0

 

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999 

#NameHandleIDRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Total

1Hayes Alexander Marvin 306366031919W11D10W5F4W8W6~34.5

2Frederic Dutter 123434201900L12D21W16W20W14W15~44.5

3Yonathan Admassu 153231271661W17W23W19L6W5H---~14.5

4Phil Ploquin 125358821637H---X16W8X1D6H---~24.5

5Rayna Yan 301579751681W14W12L1W7L3W10~84.0

6Isaac S Mays-Smith 303382901643W18H---X20W3D4L1H---4.0

7Carl Anthony Pickering 306891701621W25F19W22L5W18W14~134.0

8Gagik Babayan 156954541725D20W13L4W15L1W17~53.5

9Robert H, Iii Smith 124633271725H---H---D10L11W16H---~153.0

10John Boyer 168651571669W21D1D9L14W11L5U---3.0

11Jason B Ochoa 124405721643L1D18W21W9L10H---U---3.0

12Orynbay Zhanaidarov 316768861639W2L5L15H---W20D18~143.0

13John Chan 125610071601H---L8D18W24L15X22~73.0

14Hoa Long Tam 169198621564L5W17W23W10L2L7~123.0

15Stephen Touset 141978011545L19W24W12L8W13L2~93.0

16Charlie Schaezlein 316291401506H---F4L2X25L9W24~182.5

17Sawyer Stults 316085161471L3L14H---W21W24L8~202.5

18David Siegel 125951601462L6D11D13X23L7D12~162.5

19Nicholas Andrew Delateur 127518411674W15X7L3U---U---U---U---2.0

20Michael David Abraham 127761471564D8W25F6L2L12H---~172.0

21Samuel Agdamag 148747341512L10D2L11L17H---B---~242.0

22Paul Krezanoski 168971331495H---H---L7H---U---F13U---1.5

23Thejas Prasad 128901811758W24L3L14F18U---U---U---1.0

24Nick, Jr Casares 104243641600L23L15B---L13L17L16~211.0

25Sergey Khristoforov 145093541835L7L20H---F16U---U---U---0.5

 

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: u1600 

#NameHandleIDRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Total

1Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth 307151751246W28L5W9W18W10W3~25.0

2Sacha Marino Sloan 323012871056W14W6L3W22W21W7~15.0

3Felix Elias Merk 167619101267W30W9W2W5H---L1~64.5

4Richard Hack 127961291500D22W13W11D8D7H---~54.0

5Zachary Wickliffe 321401281347W26W1D7L3W14D6~44.0

6Dahlia Quinn 306544471329W23L2W17W26D8D5~34.0

7William Fitzgerald 170484141263W27W20D5W21D4L2~84.0

8Dominic A Vazquez 307031391217W19H---W12D4D6H---~74.0

9Alexander Kojevnikov 318565551044W25L3L1W28W16W18~124.0

10Shaikat Hossain 17207363unr.L12W23W15W13L1W20U---4.0

11David Paul Toczyski 307132911369H---H---L4W24D17W22~193.5

12Robert Turner 124074831230W10H---L8H---W26H---~93.5

13Albert Martin Starr 128447811500D16L4W31L10W25D15~143.0

14Eric Liu 129296701307L2W16L18W31L5W27~133.0

15Thu Anh Le 172487971217L31W30L10W19H---D13U---3.0

16Danny Du Uy Cao 169397971167D13L14D24W30L9W21~173.0

17Andrew Braithwaite 312378981137L20W27L6W25D11H---~163.0

18Andrew Singer 308037451051H---D22W14L1W27L9U---3.0

19Mason Tobias 32440186unr.L8B---L22L15W28W26~113.0

20David R Olson 139131311400W17L7L26W23H---L10~212.5

21Christian Brickhouse 302612261267W24W31H---L7L2L16~202.5

22Steven Lee Myers 307009281171D4D18W19L2H---L11~232.5

23Yinpok R Lee 322310301104L6L10W28L20X30H---~222.5

24John Pirone 307587881033L21H---D16L11W31H---U---2.5

25Bowie Chen 323588091279L9H---H---L17L13X31~262.0

26Renate Otterbach 145652081113L5X---W20L6L12L19~252.0

27Douglas Alan Burkhardt 31265165863L7L17H---B---L18L14~301.5

28Jo L Thomas Ramos 30551530821L1H---L23L9L19W30~291.5

29Dan Sevall 32478839unr.H---H---H---U---U---U---~281.5

30Paul Blum 127484331009L3L15B---L16F23L28~271.0

31Max Jiam 31363005unr.W15L21L13L14L24F25B---1.0

 

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: Extra Rated 

#NameHandleIDRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Total

1Sudarshan Seshadri 129062502022W8U---U---1.0

2Abel Talamantez 124653861800W11U---U---1.0

3John Chan 125610071601U---U---W121.0

4Bowie Chen 323588091279U---U---W101.0

5Janico Bracken 315065531230W9U---U---1.0

6David Siegel 125951601462U---D7U---0.5

7Swaminathan Sankar 140807771257U---D6U---0.5

8Ed Lewis 126016291950L1U---U---0.0

9Nick Casares 104243641600L5U---U---0.0

10Samuel Agdamag 148747341512U---U---L40.0

11Paul Blum 127484331009L2U---U---0.0

12Dan Sevall  unr.U---U---L30.0

 

Pairings

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

Pairings for Round 7. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+

BdResWhiteResBlack

1GM Mark Heimann (2597 b 5.5)CM Chinguun Bayaraa (2176 b 4.5)

2Sebastian Suarez (2200 w 4.5)WFM Olivia Smith (2137 B 4.0)

3WFM Natalya Tsodikova (2246 W 4.0)Rohan Das (2099 B 4.0)

4Alex Hayden Shrauger (2206 w 4.0)Jimmy Heiserman (2306 b 3.5)

7Sudarshan Seshadri (2022 W 3.0)Reyansh Paragiri (2015 B 3.5)

8Bradley R Diller (2070 W 3.0)Stephen Parsons (1840 b 3.0)

9Arthur Liou (2030 W 3.0)Raghu Rajaram (1848 w 3.0)

10Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza (1937 WW 2.5)Jeremy David Cawthon (2009 W 2.5)

11IM Elliott Winslow (2200 W 2.0)Roger Christopher Smith (1826 B 2.5)

12Michael Walder (2012 b 2.0)Arjun Sankar (1905 BB 2.0)

13Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko (1913 b 1.0)Kristian Clemens (1965 b 2.0)

14Edward Lewis (1950 WW 2.0)Adam Mercado (1958 B 2.0)

 ½ Andrew Zavgorodniy (1937 BB 3.0) BYE

 ½ Christophe Bambou (2119 b 3.5) BYE

 0 Theodore James Coyne (2263 WW 3.5) BYE

 0 CM Pranav Senthilkumar (2198 B 3.0) BYE

 0 Yuvraj Singh Sawhney (2052 B 3.5) BYE

 0 Daniel Cremisi (2380 w 3.5) BYE

 0 Phineas F Horowitz (1921 W 2.0) BYE

 

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

Pairings for Round 7. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999

BdResWhiteResBlack

5Hayes Alexander Marvin (1919 WW 4.5)Yonathan Admassu (1661 B 4.5)

16Phil Ploquin (1637 b 4.5)Frederic Dutter (1900 b 4.5)

17Gagik Babayan (1725 w 3.5)Rayna Yan (1681 b 4.0)

18John Chan (1601 w 3.0)Carl Anthony Pickering (1621 BB 4.0)

19Stephen Touset (1545 w 3.0)Robert H, Iii Smith (1725 B 3.0)

20Hoa Long Tam (1564 w 3.0)Orynbay Zhanaidarov (1639 B 3.0)

21David Siegel (1462 WW 2.5)Charlie Schaezlein (1506 B 2.5)

22Michael David Abraham (1564 b 2.0)Sawyer Stults (1471 B 2.5)

23Nick, Jr Casares (1600 W 1.0)Samuel Agdamag (1512 w 2.0)

 ½ Isaac S Mays-Smith (1643 b 4.0) BYE

 0 Jason B Ochoa (1643 W 3.0) BYE

 

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

Pairings for Round 7. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: u1600

BdResWhiteResBlack

6Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth (1246 b 5.0)Sacha Marino Sloan (1056 b 5.0)

24Felix Elias Merk (1267 W 4.5)Dahlia Quinn (1329 b 4.0)

25Richard Hack (1500 W 4.0)Zachary Wickliffe (1347 w 4.0)

26William Fitzgerald (1263 w 4.0)Dominic A Vazquez (1217 b 4.0)

27Robert Turner (1230 WW 3.5)Alexander Kojevnikov (1044 w 4.0)

28David Paul Toczyski (1369 w 3.5)Mason Tobias (unr. B 3.0)

29Albert Martin Starr (1500 w 3.0)Eric Liu (1307 b 3.0)

30Andrew Braithwaite (1137 WW 3.0)Danny Du Uy Cao (1167 b 3.0)

31Christian Brickhouse (1267 W 2.5)David R Olson (1400 BB 2.5)

32Yinpok R Lee (1104 w 2.5)Steven Lee Myers (1171 B 2.5)

33Bowie Chen (1279 W 2.0)Renate Otterbach (1113 W 2.0)

34Douglas Alan Burkhardt ( 863 WW 1.5)Paul Blum (1009 BB 1.0)

35Dan Sevall (unr. - 1.5)Jo L Thomas Ramos ( 821 B 1.5)

 1 Max Jiam (unr. BB 1.0) BYE

 0 Andrew Singer (1051 BB 3.0) BYE

 0 John Pirone (1033 w 2.5) BYE

 0 Shaikat Hossain (unr. w 4.0) BYE

 0 Thu Anh Le (1217 B 3.0) BYE

 

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

Pairings for Round 3. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: Extra Rated

BdResWhiteResBlack

351 Bowie Chen (1279 - 0.0)0 Samuel Agdamag (1512 - 0.0)

360 Dan Sevall (unr. - 0.0)1 John Chan (1601 - 0.0)