2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon

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

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

Pre-TNM lecture schedule:

Mar 3: NM Daniel Cremisi

Mar 10: IM Elliott Winslow

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

Mar 24: IM Elliott Winslow

Mar 31: NM Daniel Cremisi

Apr 7: Falconer Award co-winner FM Henry Deng!

Apr 14: NM Daniel Cremisi

Info

Date: Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Apr 14, 2026
Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
Rating: USCF & FIDE

Location: Mechanics' Institute, 4th Floor, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
Capacity: 120

Registration

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

Two ways to check your entries:

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

Tournament Format

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

Play-up "200-rating point rule":

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

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

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

Prize Fund

Total Prize Fund: $2,400

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

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

	2000+		1600-1999		u1600
	Projected	Actual	Projected	Actual	Projected	Actual
1st Place	$500		$300		$200
2nd Place	$300		$200		$100
3rd Place	$200		$100		$50
Best under2200	$100
Best under2000	$100
Best under1800			$75
Best under1600			$75
Best under1400					$50
Best under1200					$50

Byes

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

A maximum of three half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
Round 1 pairings will be done on Tuesday at 6:20 pm onsite. If you need a Round 1 bye, please email us by 4:00 pm.
Round 2-6 byes must be requested before the pairing of the round by Monday, 6 pm. Pairings usually are posted shortly after 8 pm on Monday, the day before the round.
Round 7 bye must be requested before the start of Round 5. Round 7 bye is irrevocable to prevent possible prize-fund manipulations.
Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round, up to three rounds.

Eligibility

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

Tournament Rules

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

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

Rounds

Download Round 1 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Black "Clemens, Kristian"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2254"] [BlackElo "1993"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2284049042010214"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. Bd3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:27] Stockfish 18 must have some new vitamins or something -- it's evaluating this already +0.55/d29. Ah, it just dropped to +0.54, and changed its mind to} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} ({from} 8. h4 $5) 8... Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 10. Be5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:28]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:14:41]} (12. h4 $5) 12... b6 $6 {[%emt 0:07:36] [#]} (12... c5 $1 $14 {Even at d46, White has a little bit (0.08 -- a *very* little).}) 13. h4 $2 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Ng7 $2 {[%emt 0:13:48] [#]} (13... Nxg4 $15) 14. Bxf6 $1 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 15. g5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 16. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bb7 $6 {[%emt 0:15:53]} (16... Bd7) 17. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:13:20]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:12:48]} 18. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:08]} (18. Rxh5 $1) 18... c5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:20] [#]} (18... Bxg5 19. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 20. f4) 19. Nxg6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:04] It's games like this that make you think the Exchange Variation with 0-0-0 is the refutation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Just kidding! But Black has to be extra careful to avoid such disasters. +5 and increasing...} (19. Rxh5 $1 {ain't bad either}) 19... cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 20. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 21. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 22. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 23. Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:23] How nice of Black to clear the long diagonal...} f6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 24. Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 25. gxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 26. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 27. Qc7+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:08] From an unexpected direction!} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 28. Rxh8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 30. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 31. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "1959"] [BlackElo "2245"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "141"] [GameId "2284049042034791"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. b3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 9. Be4 {[%emt 0:21:34]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:09:18]} 10. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:31:17]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 13. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 15. Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02] [#]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 17. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 18. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 19. Nba4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 20. f3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 23. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:34] [#]} 24. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} f4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 27. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (27... g5) 28. Nb7 {[%emt 0:03:40]} (28. b4) 28... Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 29. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} g5 $11 {[%emt 0:04:30]} (30... Rb8) 31. Nd3 $2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} (31. Nb3 Rd8 32. g3) 31... Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 32. a4 $17 {[%emt 0:00:57]} g4 $2 {[%emt 0:09:38] [#]} 33. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (37... g3+ $5 38. Kg1 $1 $11 Rc7) 38. b5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} h4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 40. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} g3+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 41. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 44. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 45. Kd2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:53] [#]} (45. Rh8 $15) 45... Rc4 $4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} (45... f3 $19 46. Rh4+ Kf5 47. gxf3 Rg7 48. Rh1 g2 49. Rg1 Kf4 50. Ke2 Kg3) 46. a5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 47. b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 48. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 49. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 50. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 51. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 52. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} 53. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:03:20]} 54. Kg1 Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 55. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 56. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 57. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 58. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:02:30]} 59. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 60. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 61. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 62. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 63. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 64. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 65. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 66. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 67. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 68. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 69. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 70. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 71. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Winslow, Elliott"] [Black "Kulkarni, Neil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E66"] [WhiteElo "2237"] [BlackElo "1952"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2283986707251246"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:10] [#]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} (12... e5 13. e4 (13. e3) 13... Bh6 14. Nd1 (14. Re1) (14. Ne2)) 13. dxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} fxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} (13... Bxe6 14. Nd5 Bf5 $11) 14. cxb5 {[%emt 0:02:35] [#]} (14. Nde4 $1 bxc4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. bxc4 Rxb1 17. Nxb1 $16) 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Bf4 $1 Rb6 18. bxc4 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 $16) 14... d5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:04]} (14... axb5 15. Nde4 b4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bf4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qe7 $16 {(0.73/d24)}) 15. b4 $2 {[%emt 0:04:58]} (15. a4 $18) (15. Ba3 $18) 15... cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 16. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:13] [#]} Nc6 $2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (16... d4 17. Nce4 Nd5 18. Ba3 $1 axb5 $1 19. Rb2 Rf7 20. Bd6 Rb6 21. Bc5 Rc6 22. Rxb5 Ba6 23. a4 $1 $14) 17. Rf4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} (17. bxc6 $1 Rxb4 18. Ba3 Rb6 $1 19. Na4 Rb5 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Nb3 $16) 17... Ne7 {[%emt 0:10:16] [#]} (17... axb5 18. Nxd5 $1 $16) 18. bxa6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} (18. a4 $1 $16 {(1.15/d36)} Nf5 (18... e5 $6 19. Rb4) 19. Nf3) 18... Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 19. Ra4 $14 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Bb7 $2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} (19... Qc8 20. Nb3 Bb5 21. Ra7 $14) 20. Nf3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (20. Ba3 $1 $16) 20... Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 21. Ra7 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:02:05]} d4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 22. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 23. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Kxg2 $11 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Qc5 $6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} (24... Rbc8 25. Bb2 (25. Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 26. Bb2 $11 e5 27. Qd3)) 25. Rxg7+ $6 {[%emt 0:05:56]} (25. Rxe6 $1 Qc4 (25... Ng4 26. Bf4 $1 $16) 26. Re7 $11) 25... Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:12] [#]} 26. Qd2 $2 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Rfc8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:02:14]} Kg8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (27... Kf7 $2 28. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Qh4+ Ng5 $11) 28. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Rb2 $19 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 29. Be1 {[%emt 0:04:26] [#]} Rc2 $6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (29... Nd5 $19) 30. Qf4 $1 {[%emt 0:13:08]} Kg7 $6 {[%emt 0:02:58] [#]} (30... Nh5 $5) (30... Nd7 $5 31. Ne4 Qc6 32. Qf3 Rf8 $17) 31. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:02:10]} (31. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. e3 Rxa2 35. Bb4 Kf6 $15) 31... Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:02] [#]} Ke5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (32... Kf5 33. Nxc5 R8xc5 $19) 33. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} R8xc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. Bb4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} R5c4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 35. a3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (35. Rb1 Rxe2 $17) (35. Bf8 $15) (35. Ba5 $1 $11) (35. Be7 $1 Rxe2 36. Bg5 $11 Rcc2 $6 (36... Kf5) 37. Kf3 $11 (37. a4 $11)) 35... Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rcc2 $2 {[%emt 0:01:19] [#]} (36... Rb2 $1 $19) (36... Ra2 $1 $19) 37. g4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (37. Bc5 $1 Re4 $1 38. Be3 Ra4 39. Rb1 $11) 37... Kd5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:10] [#]} (37... Re4 $5 38. h3 h5 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rcc4 41. f3 Re3 42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Rc1 Rdd3 44. Kh4 Rxf3 45. Kg5 Rg3 $17 46. a4 $1 Kd5 47. a5 Rd4 48. Rc5+ Ke4 49. Be1 $15) 38. h4 $2 {[%emt 0:03:51]} (38. Be7 $15) (38. Bf8 $15) (38. Ba5 $15) 38... e5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 39. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:07:25]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 40. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 41. Rd3+ {[%emt 0:01:43]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 42. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 43. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (43. Kxe3 Kb5 $1 (43... Kxa3 $2 44. f3 Rg2 45. Bc3 Rh2 46. h5 gxh5 47. Bxe5 Rh3 48. gxh5 $11) 44. Bb4 Kc4 (44... Rc4) (44... Kc6)) 43... Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 44. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:05] [#]} Rc5 $8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 45. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e4+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} 47. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 48. Kg5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:14:55]} 49. Kh6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 51. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 52. Kxh7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 53. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 54. h5 {[%emt 0:01:01] [#]} e3 $4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} (54... Ra6+ 55. Bf6 Rxf6+ 56. Kxf6 e3 57. h6 e2 58. h7 e1=Q 59. h8=Q Qc3+ $19) 55. h6 {[%emt 0:04:25]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 56. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 57. h7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Lewis, Edward"] [Black "Diller, Bradley R"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Diller,Bradley R"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "2122"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "146"] [GameId "2284800108701729"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] {This was a hard-fought game. I outplayed Ed in the opening and obtained a decisive advantage, but I misplayed the attack and allowed Ed to equalize after resourceful play. In time pressure, I made a decisive mistake, 41 ... Re6, which should have cost me the game. However, my tenacity paid off and Ed made a couple of mistakes which eventually cost him the game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 b6 7. b3 Bb7 (7... Ba6 $142 8. Bb2 (8. g3 d5 9. Bg2 c5 $15) 8... d5 9. g3 c5 $15) 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 (13... e4 14. Nd2 Rfe8 $15) 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 e4 $15 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rc7 (17... Nh5 $142 18. Qxa7 Nf4 19. d5 Rfe8 20. Qa4 f5 21. Nh4 Qf7 22. Qb4 Ne5) 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. c3 d5 20. a4 $2 (20. f3 $142 $11) 20... Nh5 $1 21. Qb5 Nf4 22. g3 a6 $1 23. Qf1 (23. Qxa6 Qg5 24. Re3 Nf6 25. Qf1 h5 $18) 23... Qg5 24. Re3 Nd3 $2 {This was an inaccuracy with throws away a signficant part of my advantage.} ({Instead, I should have strengthened my attack by} 24... Nf6 $142 {followed by ...h5 and ...h4, as follows. My attack is overwhelming.} 25. Ba3 (25. c4 h5 26. Rce1 (26. Kh1 Nd3 27. Rxd3 exd3 28. Qxd3 h4) 26... h4 $18) 25... Rc6 26. c4 h5 27. a5 (27. Be7 h4 $18) 27... bxa5 28. Be7 h4) 25. Rxd3 $1 {The exchange sac is Ed's best chance of warding off my attack.} exd3 26. Qxd3 Re8 27. c4 Nf6 28. Nf3 Qh5 $6 (28... Qg6 $142 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Ne5 Ne4 $19 {I have significant pressure on his weakened pawn structure and my pieces are more active.}) 29. Kg2 Rec8 $2 {This was hastily played to attempt to futilely prevent c5 but surrenders most of my advantage.} (29... Ne4 30. Re1 Rcc8 31. Re3 f6 $18) 30. c5 $1 {Excellent find by Ed.} b5 (30... bxc5 31. dxc5 Ne4 32. Qxa6 Nxc5 33. Qb5 $11 {This was objectively the better continuation but I did not like liberating his dark-squared bishop. Instead, I decided to go for the pawn sacrifice to activate my rook along the third rank and keep his bishop temporarily hemmed in pawns on d4 and c5. However, the inactivity is temporary because his passed b and c pawns can become quite dangerous, especially, after further misplay by me. The position is roughly equal.}) (30... Nd7 31. Qxa6 bxc5 32. dxc5 Nxc5) 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Ne4 $2 {This was another error. It was essential to keep the e-file open so that I can counter b4 with Re7 and Rce8.} (32... Qf5 $142 33. b4 Re7 34. Bc3 Rce8 35. Rd1 Re2 $11) 33. Re1 (33. b4 $142 Qf5 34. Qe2 Re7 35. b5 $16) 33... Qf5 34. h4 Rc6 35. Re3 h6 36. Qe2 Rf6 $6 ({Rb8 preventing b4 was better.} 36... Rb8 37. Ne5 Re6 $11) 37. b4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rxe4 $1 {Excellent exchange sacrifice by Ed.} dxe4 40. Ne5 Rh6 41. Ng4 Re6 $4 {This was a serious error in time pressure.} ({The surprising but difficult to find} 41... Kh7 $1 {, returning one of my exchanges, preserves equality. He cannot activate his knight to e3 to support the d5 push because of Qh3+ followed by mate.} 42. b5 (42. Nxh6 Kxh6 43. d5 Qxd5 $11) 42... f6 43. b6 $11) (41... Rh7 42. d5 Kf8 43. d6 e3 44. Qxe3 Re8 45. d7 Qxd7 46. Qf3 Qe6) 42. Ne3 $18 Qf3+ {This is practically forced because the alternative quickly loses. However, still I am lost because I cannot stop the advance of his three connected passed pawns despite being a double exchange up! So, I resorted to unorthodox tactics by moving quickly and harassed his dark-squared bishop with my rook to tempt Ed to make mistakes which, to Ed's chagrin, happened.} (42... Qg6 $143 43. d5 Ree8 44. g4 $18) 43. Qxf3 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rb8 45. Bc3 Ra6 46. d5 Ra3 47. Bd2 Ra2 48. Ke2 Rxb4 49. Kd3 $2 ({The loss of the b-pawn was not equalizing as we originally thought. Ed played too quickly and missed a clear win.} 49. c6 $1 $18) 49... Rb3+ $11 50. Bc3 $4 {This blunders a piece.} (50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Bc3 Ra4+ 52. Kd3 Kf8 $11) 50... Raa3 51. Nd1 Kf8 $2 (51... Rb5 {In time pressure, I missed the zwischenzug to force the king to the fourth rank.} 52. Kd4 (52. Kc4 Rb1 $19) 52... Ra4+ 53. Ke5 Rxc5 $19) 52. Kc4 $4 {This simply losses a piece with 52 ... Rb1} (52. c6 Ke8 53. Kd4 Rb1 54. Ne3 Kd8 $11) 52... Rb1 $19 53. c6 Ke8 54. d6 Rxd1 55. d7+ Rxd7 56. cxd7+ Kxd7 57. Bd2 g4 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Ke3 f5 62. Bc1 Rb4 63. Bd2 Rb3+ 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. Bc1 Rc3 66. Bd2 Rc2 67. Kd1 Ra2 68. Ke2 Rb2 69. Ke1 Kf3 70. Be3 Re2+ 71. Kf1 Rxe3 72. fxe3 Kxe3 73. Kg1 Kf3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Black "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "1925"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2284049042055274"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O {[#]} 9. h4 (9. O-O $16) 9... e5 $1 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qc7 $6 (11... Bd6 $1 $14 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Qd2 $1 (13. f3 Bg3+ 14. Kf1 Be6 $11) 13... Bc7 14. Be2 $14) 12. Nf3 $16 Bg4 $6 13. e5 $18 Bb4 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bb4 15. O-O) 14. exf6 Bxc3+ 15. Kf1 Bxf6 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bc2 Qb5+ 20. Kg1 Qh5 21. Qxh5 Bxh5 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Bg4 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Bxb8 Rd2 27. Bd6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Be5 Rad8 30. Bc3 R2d6 31. Bc2+ Kg8 32. Rh7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Wang, Chase"] [Black "Chen, Quincy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1898"] [BlackElo "2097"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2284049042055275"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Nxc3 Be6 12. Bh6 Nc6 13. Rad1 f6 14. Ne4 Kf7 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. a3 Be7 17. f4 Rd3 18. f5 Bd5 19. Nf2 Bc5 20. g3 Ne5 21. h3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd3 23. Rd2 Re8 24. Ng2 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rxb2 29. Ke3 Rb3+ 30. Kd4 Rxa3 31. Kxc4 Z0 32. Kd4 Rxg3 33. h4 Rg4+ 34. Kc3 Rxh4 35. Be3 Rh3 36. g8=Q+ Kxg8 37. Kc4 Rxe3 38. Kd5 h5 39. Kd4 Re5 40. Kd3 h4 41. Kd4 h3 42. Kd3 h2 43. Kd4 h1=Q 44. Kc4 Qf3 45. Kb4 Re4+ 46. Ka5 Qxf5# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Melville, Cailen Jeremiah"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "1868"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2284049042055276"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Be7 6. Nf3 Bf6 7. Nd4 Qe7 8. Ndb5 Na6 9. d6 {[#]} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qf6 11. dxc7 Nc5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bxc5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 bxc5 16. Qd5 Rc8 17. Qxc5 Ne7 {[#]} 18. e3 e4 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. c4 Rxc7 22. Be2 Ra7 23. g4 g6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Nxg8 27. Rd6 Rb7 28. Rd5 Ne7 29. Bh5+ Kf8 30. Rd6 Rc7 {[#]} 31. Rxb6 Rxc4 32. Rf6+ Kg8 33. Bf7+ Kg7 34. Bxc4 Kxf6 35. b6 Ke5 36. Bb5 Kd6 37. Kd2 Nc6 38. a4 Na5 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. Bxd7 Kxb6 41. Bxf5 h6 42. Bxe4 Kc5 43. h4 Nc4 44. h5 Ne5 45. f4 Ng4 46. Kd2 Kb4 47. Bc2 Nf6 48. Bd1 {[#]} Ne4+ 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 50. Ke2 Ne4 51. Kf3 Nd2+ 52. Kg3 Ne4+ 53. Kg2 Nf6 54. f5 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Rigel, Marlon"] [Black "Seitzer, Phillip"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "1862"] [BlackElo "2025"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2284049042055277"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Qb3 a5 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rc8 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Bc3 Rh5 19. Qd4 Rd5 20. Qa7 b4 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. Rac1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Nc6 Nd3 28. Nxa5 Ra8 29. Nc4 Rxa2 30. Rb1 Kf6 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke2 Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Parsons, Stephen"] [Black "Hasteer, Divija"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2010"] [BlackElo "1847"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [GameId "2284049042055278"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 {[#]} axb3 24. axb3 Ra3 25. Rd3 Rb4 26. Rb2 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Rxd3 28. c5 Rc3 29. cxd6 exd6 30. Rb7 d5 31. Re7 d4 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rd6 d3 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. e5 c5 36. g4 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 c4 38. f4 Rxh2 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 {[#]} d2 41. f6+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Re7+ Kd5 $11 44. f7 $4 {[#]} d1=N+ $1 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46. Kg5 Ne3 47. e6 c3 48. Re8 c2 49. Rc8 Kxe6 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Dees, Calvin"] [Black "McCollum, Patrick M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "1841"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "157"] [GameId "2284049042055279"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. b3 Qe8 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qxe2 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. Qc3 Qe5 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Qc4 Rd6 25. R4d3 f4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Red7 28. Kg2 c6 {[#]} 29. dxc6 Rxd3 30. cxb7 Rxd1 31. b8=Q+ Kf7 32. Qe5 g6 33. f5 gxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Rf7 $4 36. a3 $4 Rdd7 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. b4 Rg7+ 40. Kf1 Rge7 41. Qg5+ Rg7 42. Qc1 Rc7 43. Qb2 Rcd7 44. Qb3+ Kf8 45. a4 Rgf7 46. b5 Ke8 47. a5 Kd8 48. b6 axb6 49. Qxb6+ Kc8 50. a6 Rfe7 51. Qc6+ Kb8 52. Qb6+ Ka8 53. f4 Rd1+ 54. Kf2 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Kg4 Rg7+ 57. Kf5 Rdd7 58. Ke4 Rge7+ 59. Kf5 Rf7+ 60. Kg4 Rg7+ 61. Kf3 Rgf7 62. h4 h5 $2 (62... Rc7 $16) 63. Qc6+ $18 Ka7 64. Qc5+ Kxa6 65. Qxh5 Kb6 66. f5 Kc6 67. Qg6+ Kc7 68. h5 Kd8 69. Kf4 Ke8 70. Qg8+ Rf8 71. Qe6+ Re7 72. Qg6+ Rff7 73. h6 Kf8 74. f6 $4 (74. Kg5 $18) 74... Re6 $14 75. Kg5 Rexf6 76. Qxf6 Rxf6 77. h7 Kg7 78. h8=Q+ Kxh8 79. Kxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "Sevall, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1827"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2284049042055280"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Qe2 c6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O b5 14. g4 Nhf6 15. e4 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. exd5 cxd5 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Qf3 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rc8 23. N5g4 Rh4 24. Rhd1 a5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 {[#]} 27. Qc6+ Rxc6 28. Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Perlov, Daniel Robert"] [Black "Walder, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "TA"] [ECO "A70"] [WhiteElo "1805"] [BlackElo "1995"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2284595026727962"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 {[#]} b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. O-O {[%eval 38,33]} (11. Bxe4 $18 {[%eval 174,24]} Re8 (11... Qa5+ 12. Nc3 $16) 12. Nd2) 11... Ba6 {[%eval 90,26]} (11... a6 $14 {[%eval 38,33]}) 12. Re1 {[%eval 23,30]} (12. a4 $1 $16 {[%eval 90,26]} Re8 13. Re1 Bxb5 (13... f5 14. Ng5 $16) 14. axb5 (14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Be8 $15)) 12... f5 {2.79/21 [#]} (12... Nxf2 $1 $11 {[%eval 23,30] and Black has nothing to worry.} 13. Kxf2 c4) 13. a4 $1 $18 Re8 {White has a decisive advantage.} 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 Bxb5 16. axb5 e3 17. Rxe3 (17. Ne6 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qf6+ 19. Kg1 Nd7 $16) 17... Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Nd7 19. Ra4 Bxb2 20. Qg4 {White wants to mate with Qe6+.} (20. Qf3 Qe7 $14) 20... Qe7 21. Ne6 $2 {[%eval 72,24]} (21. b6 $18 {[%eval 309,24]} Nxb6 22. Re4) 21... Nf6 $2 {[%eval 430,21]} (21... Nb6 $16 {[%eval 72,24] is tougher.}) 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Ra6 Rb6 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Rxb6 {[%eval 36,26]} (26. h4 $18 {[%eval 427,24] and Ra4 would now be decisive} Rxa6 27. bxa6 Bxg5 28. hxg5) 26... axb6 $14 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 $18 {Endgame KQN-KQN} 28. g4 Ne8 29. Qe3 Ng7 30. Qe4 g5 $2 {4.77/26 [#]} (30... Qf6 $11 {[%eval 0,54]}) 31. Nxc5 $1 {Discovered Attack} Qc7 (31... Qxe4 32. Nxe4) 32. Na6 Qc3 33. Kg2 Qe5 {[%eval 689,15]} (33... h6 $142 {[%eval 451,23]} 34. Nb8 Qc7) 34. Qxe5 dxe5 {KN-KN. White is a pawn up.} 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Nb4 $2 {[%eval 79,24]} (36. Nc7 $18 {[%eval 649,19] is more deadly.}) 36... Ne8 $16 37. Na2 Nf6 38. Nc3 Ke7 $2 {4.25/26 [#]} (38... h6 $1 $11 {[%eval 23,27]}) 39. Ke3 $2 {[%eval 6,52]} ({Only move:} 39. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%eval 425,26]} Nxd5 40. Nxg5) 39... h6 $11 40. Kd3 h5 $2 {[%eval 600,24]} (40... Kd7 $11 {[%eval 18,47]}) 41. f3 $2 {[%eval 61,26]} (41. Ne4 $18 {[%eval 600,24]} Nxd5 42. gxh5 (42. Nxg5 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kf6 $16)) 41... hxg4 $2 {[%eval 588,19]} ({Black should try} 41... h4 $1 $14 {[%eval 61,26]} 42. Kc2 Kd6) 42. hxg4 $18 ({Weaker is} 42. fxg4 Kd7 $16) 42... Kd7 43. Ne4 Nh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.13/Black=1.30} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Black "Dutter, Frederic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1900"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2284049042055282"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:49]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:11:53]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 14. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:35]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 16. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:08:35]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 17. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:15:28]} 20. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 21. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 22. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Bxe1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 24. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 25. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} a4 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 29. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 31. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 32. Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33. Ba1 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:07:00]} 34. Kc3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 35. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 36. Kb4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} c3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 37. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 38. Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ra8+ {[%emt 0:03:16]} 39. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 40. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 41. Rf3 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 42. Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 43. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:10:02]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 45. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 46. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Finacom, Richard V"] [Black "Ni, Tao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "1822"] [BlackElo "1587"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "117"] [GameId "2284049042055283"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O e6 (10... cxd4) (10... Na5) (10... Qc7) (10... b6) 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. f3 Na5 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bc2 Qe7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bb1 f5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. e5 Nc6 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qc1 Rd7 25. h3 Red8 26. Bc2 Qe7 27. Qb2 Na5 28. Rb1 Qg5 29. Qc1 Qxc1 30. Rfxc1 Kf7 31. Kf2 h6 32. Ng3 Nc6 33. Ba4 Rd5 34. Rb2 Ne7 35. Nf1 Ra5 36. Bd1 Nd5 37. g3 Ra3 38. Rbc2 Bc6 39. Ne3 Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Ba4 41. Rd2 Bxd1 42. Rdxd1 Rxa2 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Rxa1 Rd7 45. f4 h5 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 a5 48. g5 Ra7 49. Rh1 Kg8 50. Rb1 Rb7 {[#]} 51. d5 exd5 52. Kd4 a4 53. Kxd5 b5 54. Kc6 Ra7 55. Kb6 Ra8 56. Kb7 Ra5 57. Kb6 Ra8 58. Kb7 a3 59. Kb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.16"] [White "McCutcheon, Bennett"] [Black "Ramirez, Nazaret"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1800"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "130"] [GameId "2284049042055284"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 b5 13. Nf1 b4 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Ng5 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bf5 18. Ngf3 Ra3 19. Bxc4 Rxc3 20. Bxd5 Bf4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nb3 Be6 23. Nc5 Bxh3 24. a4 h6 25. a5 Bf5 26. a6 Bd6 27. Rec1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Ra7 {[#]} 31. Nd4 Be4 32. f3 Bd5 33. Nf5 Kf8 34. Nd6 Be6 35. f4 g6 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Kd4 h5 39. g3 f6 40. Kc3 Bg4 41. Ra2 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ne4 Be6 44. Ra3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kb4 h3 47. Ka5 h2 48. Ra1 Bc4 49. Kb6 {[#]} Rxa6+ 50. Rxa6 h1=Q 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra8 Qb1+ 53. Kc7 Bd5 54. Nc3 Qh7+ 55. Kb6 Bf3 56. Re8+ Kd7 57. Ra8 Qc2 58. Ra7+ Ke6 59. Na2 Qb2+ 60. Kc7 Bd5 61. Ra6 Bxa2 62. Rxc6+ Ke7 63. Rd6 Qe5 64. Kb6 Bc4 65. Rh6 Qb8+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.17"] [White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"] [Black "Sisti, Daniel J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1775"] [BlackElo "1565"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2284049042055285"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. h3 Be6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. Qxa7 Nb6 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qa6 e6 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Ngf3 Qc7 15. Qb1 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. d3 e5 18. Nb3 h6 19. Bd2 Ba4 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Na5 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qe1 Nh5 24. b3 Bd7 25. e3 Bf6 26. Bb4 Qc7 27. d4 e4 28. Nh2 Bh4 29. Bc5 Nf6 30. Rc1 Nh7 31. Qb4 Bd8 32. Rf1 Ng5 33. h4 Ne6 34. Bd6 Qa7 35. Qd2 Bxh4 36. Ng4 Ra8 37. b4 Bd8 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Ra1 Nc8 40. Bc5 Nxc5 41. dxc5 Bxa5 42. bxa5 Ne7 43. Rc1 Qc7 44. f4 exf3 45. Nxf3 Rxa5 46. Qc2 Bc6 47. Nd4 Ba8 48. a4 Qa7 49. Nb5 Qd7 50. Rd1 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.18"] [White "Uzakbaev, Nursultan"] [Black "Boyer, John"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1558"] [BlackElo "1761"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2284049042055286"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Be2 b6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. c3 Rd8 13. O-O-O Na5 14. g4 Qd6 15. g5 Be7 16. c4 Rg8 17. Rhg1 Qc7 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nd4 20. g6 hxg6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxe6 Qxf4+ 24. Kc2 Qf7 25. Qe5 Qf6 26. Qc7 Rd7 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qg3 Qd6 29. Qh3 Bc8 30. Qh7 Rdd8 31. Rdf1+ Bf6 32. Qxg6+ Ke7 33. Re1 Kd7 34. Qf7+ Kc6 35. Bf3+ Kc5 {[#]} 36. Qxa7 Qxh2+ 37. Rg2 Qxg2+ 38. Bxg2 Ba6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Black "Chan, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1711"] [BlackElo "1527"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2284049042055287"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Nf3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. g4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g5 Ng8 11. f5 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Qa3 Nb8 16. Qxa7 Ne7 17. Bc4 Rhf8 18. Ba5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 b6 20. Qxb6 Qxb6 21. Bxb6 c5 22. Bxc5 Nbc6 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. f6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Black "Babayan, Gagik"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2284049042055288"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qc7 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 e5 $4 9. Qg7 Rg8 10. Qxf6 Qb6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qxd6 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bg4 $4 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Qxg4 16. g3 Qe6 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 h6 19. f5 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qc4 Kf8 23. fxg6 Rxg6 24. Rf1+ Kg7 25. Ne2 Be6 26. Qc3 Bg4 27. Rd2 Rf6 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Kc1 Re8 30. Kb1 Re7 31. b3 Qf1+ 32. Nc1 Qb5 33. Rf2 Qb6 34. Rf4 Bh5 35. Rf5 Bg6 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qxe5+ Kf7 38. g4 c5 39. Nd3 c4 40. Qd5+ Kf8 41. Qxc4 Bf7 42. Qb4+ Qxb4 43. Nxb4 Bg6 44. e5 Ke7 45. Nd3 b6 46. Kb2 Be4 47. Kc3 Bf3 48. h3 Bd1 49. Kd2 Bf3 50. Ke3 Bg2 51. h4 Bd5 52. c4 Bf7 53. Kf4 Bg6 54. Nb4 a5 55. Nd5+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.21"] [White "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Black "Stults, Sawyer"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Stults,Sawyer"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [BlackElo "1521"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2284049042055289"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 (4... d5 5. exd5 Na5) 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bb3 Qe8 7. d3 Rf8 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6 (11... Ng4 12. Qe2 Rxf3 13. Rxf3 (13. gxf3) 13... Qxh2+ 14. Kf1 Qh1#) 12. Qe1 Ng4 13. Nbd2 g5 14. c3 Nd8 15. d4 Nc6 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Nd8 19. a4 c6 20. Bc4 d5 21. exd5 e4 22. d6+ Ke8 23. h3 exf3 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Qg3 fxg2 26. Qe5+ Ne6 27. Rxf8+ Kd7 28. Bxe6+ Bxe6 29. Qg7+ Kxd6 30. Ne4+ Kd5 31. Qe5+ Kc4 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.22"] [White "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Siegel,David/(Winslow,Elliott)"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1453"] [BlackElo "1653"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "2284226614858015"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 {[#]} (5... Nc6) (5... e6) 6. Bb5+ {EW: *Extremely* uncommon, with two whole GM games (both drawn).} ({EW:} 6. cxd4 {is way the main move.}) (6. Bc4 $5 {has eked out a plus score, barely.}) 6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ ({Those GMs played} 7. Bc4 $5 {(which is the better move).}) 7... Qxd7 {EW: SF: tiny plus black, quickly 0.00. Results: Black wins over 4 out of 5.} 8. exd6 {There is one master's game in the database at this point and Black took the pawn. But the computer says that my move was better. Take that, masters! (EW: The databases go back before ratings, or at least they don't include earlier ratings. So take a closer look at those "other" games (there were two more)...} Qe6+ $5 (8... Qxd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd4 Rd8 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Qb5 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa6 Qc7 15. Be3 Be7 16. a4 Rd7 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Qa5 Qb7 20. Nxe5 Nxe3 21. Nxd7 Nxf1 22. Nxf8 Nd2 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Qf5 Kxf8 25. Qxh7 f6 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. b4 Ne5 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ {½-½ (32) Boehme,S (2215)-Koepke,C (2313) Bamberg 2023}) 9. Qe2 $1 {If I delay the queen trade with say 9... exd6 10. Nxd4 gives White a pleasant position. Looking through the lines it seemed like we would end up with material equality one way or the other, so my idea is to play 10... d3+ and lose the pawn on my own terms. If 11. Kf1, the pawn is still lost but it'll take a tempo to capture it and White still has to castle by hand to free the h1 rook. If 11. Kxd3 then it'll take White a couple tempos to get his king to safety.} Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 d3+ {(SF: ?!)} (10... dxc3 11. dxe7 Bxe7 12. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc6 (13... O-O $1 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nd7 {[%eval 0,26]}) 14. Be3 (14. Rd1) 14... O-O-O 15. Nd4 Nxd4+ 16. Bxd4 Rhe8 17. Kf3 Bf6 18. Bxa7 Rd3+ 19. Be3 Re6 20. Ke2 Rxc3 21. Rac1 {½-½ (21) Barczay,L-Lombardy,W Zagreb 29 April 1969. That's William Lombardy.}) 11. Kxd3 e6 12. Bd2 (12. c4 $5 Nb4+ 13. Kc3 (13. Kd2 $5 Bxd6 14. Nc3 Bf4+ 15. Ke2 Bxc1 16. Raxc1) 13... Bxd6 14. a3 a5 15. Nbd2 $1 $14 {/=}) 12... Bxd6 13. c4 Nb4+ 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Rd1 Nc6 {(Black has what edge there might be)} 16. Kc2 $6 {I'm working on being a real pest here, looking for checkmate threats and tactics, trying to figure out how to prevent White from completing his development, and thinking about how to convert my advantage into some material gain (targeting the f-pawn for now). Can I keep the pressure on?} (16. Ke2 $142) 16... Bc5 {(!-SF)} 17. Rd2 (17. Rf1 $142) 17... Rd8 $17 18. Re2 {I was focused on the queen side of the board during the game} Nb4+ ({But the computer found} 18... g5 $1 $19 {threatening to kick the knight away from the defense of the d4 square, and then apparently it likes a line like} 19. Kc1 g4 20. Nfd2 Nd4 21. Re1 Bd6 22. g3 Bf8 {etc. which it thinks is completely winning for Black but it's still not straightforward. Very interesting.}) 19. Kb3 Rd1 20. Rd2 Rf1 21. Ne5 f6 22. a3 Nc6 {I should have just played Nc6 on move 21 and been up a tempo but I was getting tired.} ({(SF:} 22... Na6 $1 $19 {)}) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. f3 Ke7 {I was expecting 25. Ka2 here and kicking myself for allowing White to get back in the game, but I got lucky.} 25. Kc2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. b4 Bd6 28. Ra2 {It seemed like trading off the rooks would be the most straightforward path to victory. I'm about to be up 4v2 on the kingside and I thought the bishop would dominate the knight as long as I could keep some pawns on the queenside.} Rf2+ 29. Kb3 Rxa2 30. Kxa2 Bxh2 31. Kb3 Kc7 32. Nc3 f5 33. Ne2 g5 {a mistake} ({I should have played} 33... h5 {first.}) 34. g3 ({As played allows} 34. g4 $1 {and suddenly Black struggles to make progress. But I got lucky again.}) 34... h5 35. Kc3 h4 36. f4 hxg3 37. fxg5 g2 38. g6 Kd6 39. b5 cxb5 40. Kd3 bxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Ke7 42. Kd4 g1=Q+ 43. Nxg1 Bxg1+ 44. Ke5 Bh2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.23"] [White "Kosuri, Dev Isak"] [Black "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1434"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "144"] [GameId "2284837832514144"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 e4 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Nd2 b5 14. Bf1 Nd3 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. Bf4 Be6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Bb3 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Be3 Re8 23. Bd4 Red8 24. Rxd3 f5 25. Nd2 Bc2 26. Rg3 Bd6 27. Rh3 Bf4 28. Nf1 g5 29. Rh6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Bf6 Rf8 32. Bxg5 a5 33. Be3 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bd4 Ra8 36. Ne3 Be4 37. f3 Bd3 38. Rd1 Be2 39. Rd2 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Ba6 41. h3 f4 42. Nd1 Bc4 43. Ke1 Be7 44. Bf2 bxc3 45. bxc3 Bf6 46. Bd4 Bh4+ 47. Bf2 Be7 48. Rd4 Bb3 49. Ke2 Bf6 50. Rd2 Bc4+ 51. Ke1 Bxc3 52. Bd4 Bxd2+ 53. Kxd2 Ra2+ 54. Kc3 Bf1 55. Be5 Bxg2 56. Bxf4 Ra3+ 57. Kd4 Rxf3 58. Ke5 Bxh3 59. Ne3 Bf1 60. Nxf1 Rxf1 61. Kf5 Kf7 62. Kg4 Kg6 63. Bg3 Rb1 64. Kh4 Rb4+ 65. Kh3 h5 66. Bh4 Rb3+ 67. Bg3 Kg5 68. Kh2 h4 69. Bf2 Rb4 70. Kh1 Kf4 71. Bxh4 Kf3 72. Be7 Rc4 {(There were 20 or so more moves, Kyle's scoresheet was unreadable, I don't have Dev's yet.)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.24"] [White "Le, Thu Anh"] [Black "Milliken, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1419"] [BlackElo "1638"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "40"] [GameId "2284049042055292"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. a3 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. Na4 Qb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-199"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.25"] [White "Casares, Nick"] [Black "Patel, Milan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1637"] [BlackElo "1414"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "142"] [GameId "2284049042055293"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ng6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Rb8 18. Bd4 Nh4 19. Qg4 Nf5 20. Rab1 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qa5 22. Rb6 Rxb6 23. cxb6 c5 24. Qb2 Qb5 25. Rb1 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Rb8 27. a4 Kf8 28. b7 Ke7 29. Rb6 c4 30. a5 Kd7 31. Rxa6 Rxb7 32. Ra8 Kc6 33. a6 Rc7 34. a7 g6 35. Rh8 Rxa7 36. Rxh7 d4 37. Kf1 Kd5 38. f4 c3 39. Ke2 Ke4 40. Rh4 Ra2 41. f5+ Kxf5 42. Kd3 Kxe5 43. Re4+ Kd5 44. Rxd4+ Ke5 45. Re4+ Kd5 46. Rd4+ Ke5 47. Re4+ Kf5 48. g4+ Kf6 49. Rf4+ Ke7 50. g5 Ra5 51. h4 e5 52. Re4 Ke6 53. Rc4 Kd5 54. Rb4 Rc5 55. Re4 Ra5 56. Rb4 Rc5 57. Re4 Rb5 58. Rc4 Ra5 59. Re4 Ra2 60. Rb4 e4+ 61. Rxe4 Rxc2 62. Rd4+ Ke5 63. Rc4 Rc1 64. Re4+ Kf5 65. Rc4 Rg1 66. Ke2 c2 67. Rc5+ Kg4 68. Rc4+ Kh5 69. Kd2 c1=Q+ 70. Rxc1 Rxc1 71. Kxc1 Kxh4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"] [Black "Rosston, Andrew Burkett"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C38"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1121"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2284049042055294"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} h6 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 9. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 10. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} g4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 11. Ne1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:51]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:14]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 13. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:06:52]} 15. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 17. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 18. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 19. Bxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 21. Bxh3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} gxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:07:37]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 26. Kf3 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 27. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:12:29]} Nxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Ke3 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nxh3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 30. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 33. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:05:26]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 34. Rc6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 36. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Re7+ {[%emt 0:04:03]} 37. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 38. Kf5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 39. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 41. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 42. Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxa2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 44. h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. h6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. h7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. h8=Q {[%emt 0:01:40]} b1=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 49. Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxh8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 50. Kxh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.26"] [White "Weaver, Kyle"] [Black "Hack, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1118"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2284049042055295"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rd8 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. h3 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Ne4 h6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nc5 Rac8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Be4 Qd7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. a3 Bf6 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Bxb2 27. a4 Bc3 28. Rc1 b4 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qf5+ g6 31. Qg4 f6 32. Qe2 a5 33. Qa6 f5 34. c6 Qd6 35. Qb7+ Kg8 36. c7 Rf8 37. c8=Q Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kf7 39. Bc5 Qf6 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Be7 Qe6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Rd1 Bd4 47. Bf6 Qg8 48. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.27"] [White "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Black "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1069"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2284049042055296"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e5 5. b5 Bd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 cxb5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qc3 Be6 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qxc8+ Bxc8 16. axb4 Bxb4+ 17. Nbd2 Nc6 18. Be2 Be6 19. O-O a6 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Nf1 Bc5 22. h3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. f4 f5 26. e5 Qh4 27. Nd2 Qxf4 28. Nf3 Bd5 29. Rf1 Qe3+ 30. Rf2 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Qxe5 32. Bxb7 Qe3 33. Raf1 a5 34. Kh1 g6 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Bc6 b4 37. Bb5 Kg7 38. Bc4 a4 39. g4 Rf8 40. Rf4 b3 41. Rxd4 Qe3 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. h4 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 Qxg4+ 45. Kh1 Qxh4+ 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Kh1 Re8 48. Ra7 Re2 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.28"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Harris, Clarence"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "1002"] [BlackElo "1400"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2284049042055297"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. Re1 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. Rxe4 Bf5 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. Re2 e4 12. Ne1 Re8 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Be6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Re3 b5 20. Nd2 h6 21. f3 g5 22. Bh2 f4 23. Re2 e3 24. Nf1 Bxb3 25. g3 Bc4 26. Rg2 a5 27. gxf4 e2 28. Nd2 Be6 29. Rxe2 Bxh3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. f5 h5 32. Ne4 g4 33. Ng5 g3 34. Nxh3 gxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Re2+ 36. Ng2 a4 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Nxe1 {Here it says "...Ne6" and the ...Ng5, so I give up. ½-½ 52.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.29"] [White "Gore, Neel"] [Black "Carter, Mixtli"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1362"] [BlackElo "961"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2284049042055298"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 dxc4 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxe5 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nh6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Qd6 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Be6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd6 Ng4 20. O-O Rf6 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Rd8 Rff8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nc6 h6 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Nxd8 e5 27. a4 Nf6 28. f3 g5 29. Nd5 Ne8 30. Nxb6 Nc7 31. a5 Kg7 32. b4 h5 33. Nd5 Nb5 34. Nc6 g4 35. a6 gxf3 36. a7 Nd4 37. Nxd4 fxg2 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39. a8=Q h4 40. Qg8+ Kh5 41. Nf6# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.30"] [White "Wilson, Stephen L"] [Black "Karpe, Ummon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "779"] [BlackElo "1301"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2284049042055299"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O g4 6. Ne1 Ne5 7. Bb3 Qh4 8. Rxf4 Bd6 9. g3 Qh5 10. d4 Nf3+ 11. Nxf3 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 gxf3 13. Qf1 d6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. e5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. c4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rg8+ 21. Kf2 Kd7 22. Rg1 Rxg1 23. Kxg1 Rg8+ 24. Kf2 h6 25. b4 dxe5 26. fxe5 c6 27. b3 Ke6 28. Nh4 Rg4 29. Nf3 h5 30. h3 Rg8 31. Nh4 f6 32. Nf3 fxe5 33. Nxe5 h4 34. Nd3 Rg3 35. Nf4+ Kf5 36. Ne2 Rxh3 37. Nc1 Ke4 38. Ne2 Rh2+ 39. Ke1 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Kxd4 41. c5 Kc3 42. b5 cxb5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.31"] [White "Tobias, Mason"] [Black "Ching, Harvey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2284049042055300"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 Be7 8. d5 b5 9. Bc2 Na7 10. O-O c5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Ne1 Nc8 13. f4 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Ndf3 Nbd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nh5 18. Nh2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Ne5 21. Qg3 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Bf8 23. Rf1 Ra7 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rf5 f6 26. Rxf6 Ra8 27. R6f5 b4 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Qf3 g6 31. Bb3 Kh8 32. Qf6+ Bg7 33. Qc6 Rc8 34. Qxa6 Bh6 35. Qf6+ Bg7 36. Qe6 Rd8 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: u1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.32"] [White "Jessup, Steven"] [Black "Martin, Bryan D"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B00"] [BlackElo "1205"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2284049042055301"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d5 exd5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O d6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Bxa6 Nc5 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Qc6+ Kb8 16. Rd4 Qd7 17. Na4 Qxc6 18. dxc6 Bg7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rd7 Rxd7 21. cxd7 c6 22. Rd1 Kc7 23. Nh4 Rd8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. h4 Rxd7 26. g4 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Kd7 28. f4 Ke6 29. Kd2 Kd5 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Ke5 32. Nh6 Ke6 33. Kd3 fxg5 34. hxg5 Bxh6 35. gxh6 Kf6 36. h7 Kg7 37. h8=Q+ Kxh8 38. c3 Kg7 39. b4 Kf6 40. a4 Ke5 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 Kd6 43. Ke4 Kc7 44. Ke5 Kb7 {[#]} 45. Kf6 $4 (45. Kd6 $11) 45... Ka6 46. Kxf7 Kxa5 47. Ke6 Ka4 48. Kd6 c4 (48... Kb5 $19) 49. Kxc6 Kb3 50. Kc5 Kxc3 51. Kb5 Kb3 52. Kc5 c3 53. Kd4 c2 54. Kd3 c1=Q 55. Kd4 Qc2 56. Ke5 Qd3 57. Kf6 Qe4 58. Kg7 Qf3 59. Kh7 Qg2 60. Kh8 Kc4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "1.34"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Starkova, Valeria"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1413"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2284049042055303"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. h3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nf8 12. O-O-O Be6 {[#]} 13. Nf4 $6 (13. c4 b5 14. c5 Bc7 $11) 13... Bxa2 (13... Bxf4 14. Bxf4 a5 $15) 14. b3 Qa5 15. Kd2 {[#]} Rac8 $4 {[#]} (15... Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Ne6 $15 17. Be3 c5) 16. Ra1 $18 Qg5 17. g3 (17. h4 $1) 17... h4 18. Ne6 Qh5 (18... Qd5) 19. g4 Qh8 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Rxa2 g6 22. Rxa7 Rc7 23. Re1 Kg7 24. c4 $6 (24. Qd1) 24... Bb4+ 25. Ke2 Bxe1 26. Kxe1 Qf8 27. c5 Qe7 28. Qc4 Qe6 29. Kd2 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd7 {[#]} 31. d5 Re5 32. d6 f5 33. Bd4 f6 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Ba6 Kf7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Ke8 39. Bxc6+ Kd8 40. d7 e4 41. b4 Kc7 42. b5 f4 43. b6+ Kb8 44. d8=R# 1-0
Download Round 2 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "2254"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2286569907673273"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:45]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 13. b5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 14. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:11:59] [#]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Bb7 $14 {[%emt 0:09:58]} (15... h5 $11) 16. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. g4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nfe8 {[%emt 0:14:37]} (18... e3) 19. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Bf6 $6 {[%emt 0:08:38] [#]} 20. Nxe4 $2 {[%emt 0:07:45]} (20. Qc2 $1 $16) 20... Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} (21... Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb2 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 $11) 22. Ne3 {[%emt 0:09:37]} (22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. g5 f5 24. Qa1 $1) 22... Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 23. Qb1 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} (23... Rd8 $15) 24. Ng3 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} (24... Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Rd8) 25. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. f3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nd4 $11 {[%emt 0:06:31] [#]} 27. Ne4 $6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Ne8 $2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} (27... Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qc7 $15) 28. g5 $16 {[%emt 0:05:51]} (28. h5 $1) 28... h5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} (28... f5) (28... Qe7) 29. Qa2 $2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} (29. gxh6 $16) 29... Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kg7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (30... Kh7) 31. Nc2 {[%emt 0:07:49]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 32. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} (33. Qe6 $5) 33... Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 34. Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Kh7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:57] [#] 0.00 after five moves...} 35. e3 $4 {[%emt 0:01:21] ... but not after this one!} (35. gxf6) (35. Kg2) (35. Rd3) (35. d3) (35. Kf1) 35... Rxe4 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} fxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:03] Hard to resist a pawn capture discovered check! But...} (36... Qg4 $19 {is "actually" (Stockfish synthetically speaking) better!}) ({even} 36... c4 $19) 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} c4 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Diller, Bradley R"] [Black "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2122"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2286569907701946"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 {is famous, or infamous, for many Korchnoi-Karpov world championship games.}) 6... O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} (6... dxc4 $5) 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:50] [#] From this point on, the engine is going be to looking through quite a different lens than our players! Value lost on almost every move.} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:02:42] Popular, but note that Stockfish thinks *Black* already has a pretty nice plus (-0.52/d25).} (8. e4 $5 b5 9. Qe2 {is balanced in its way, after} b4 $11 ({or} 9... a5 $11)) 8... Bf5 {[%emt 0:07:11] [#] (About the only move that White has a great score against.)} ({Here are a couple blitz games by the best (or maybe not so best!):} 8... a5 9. e4 Na6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Qxc4 Bg4 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. h4 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. e5 h6 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Kg2 N6d5 20. Bc1 c5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra3 Rd7 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc3 Rxe5 26. Rxc5 Rxe2 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rxb7 Rcc2 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rxf7 h5 31. Rdd7 Kh8 32. Bg5 Rxb2 33. Rxg7 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rgf2+ 36. Ke1 Rh2 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rdg7+ Kf8 39. Be7+ Ke8 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Bf6+ {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2832)-Le,T (2568) Chess.com (blitz) 2024}) (8... Na6 9. a5 (9. h3 $5) 9... Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Nf3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. e4 Bg4 15. Be3 e5 16. d5 Nb4 17. dxc6 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nxc6 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nxc4 Nc5 21. Nd5 Be2 22. Ncxb6 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Bxc5 Re8 25. Qb1 Qg5 26. Qd3 Qh5 27. Re1 f5 28. Nd7 Re6 29. Re3 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qf5 31. Nc3 Kh8 32. Qe3 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Ra6 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. b4 e4 36. Nd5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. N7b6 h5 39. Ne3 Rb1 40. Nxf5 Bc3 41. Nd5 Bd2 42. Nfe3 Kh7 43. Nf6+ Kg6 44. Nxe4 Bxb4 45. Bxb4 Rxb4 46. Nd2 Rd4 47. Nf3 Ra4 48. h4 Kf6 49. Nd2 Kg6 50. Ndf1 Kf6 51. Nd5+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kh6 53. Ne3 Ra5 54. Kf3 Re5 55. Nc4 Rc5 56. Nd2 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Rc2 58. Ne4 Rc6 59. Kf3 Ra6 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Kd4 Rf3 62. Ke5 Ra3 63. Nd6 Ra5+ 64. Ke6 Ra6 65. Ke5 Ra5+ 66. Ke4 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Ra5 68. Nd3 Rd5 69. Ne4 Ra5 70. Kf4 Ra3 71. Ne5 Ra7 72. Nd6 Ra4+ 73. Kf5 Ra5 74. Ndf7+ Kg7 75. f4 Ra3 76. Kg5 Rxg3+ 77. Kxh5 Rg1 78. Ng5 Kf6 79. Ngf3 {1-0 (79) Piesik,P (2426)-Kramnik,V (2753) Titled Tuesday (blitz) 1 Aug 2023}) 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:45]} ({Only} 9. a5 $1 {gets a plus via SF}) 9... Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:47] Black has already equalized and then some.} (9... Be6 10. e4 $1 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 $11 (13... Na6 $11)) 10. e4 $6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} Nxe5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Be6 $17 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb6+ $2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (12... Na6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bc5 Nd3 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bf6 a5 $17 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6,Gb6b2]} (17... Bf8 $17)) 13. Kh1 $14 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 $6 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:03]} (14. exf5 {is at least as good}) (14. a5 {also}) 14... Na6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 15. Be3 $6 {[%emt 0:12:24]} (15. a5 $1 {and}) (15. exf5 $1 gxf5 (15... Bxf5 16. Ne4) 16. a5 $1 {are both at +0.60/d48.}) 15... Qc7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:37] [#] Now there is a strange mutual aversion to resolving the pawn on f5, for quite a few moves.} (15... Qa5 $14 {if that.}) 16. h3 $6 {[%emt 0:02:44] White can be more direct.} (16. Rad1) (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qf2 b6 18. Ne2 c5 $5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. h3) 16... Kh8 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 17. g4 $2 $15 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nb1 Nb4 19. Nd2 Nc2 (19... Nd3 20. b3) 20. Rac1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qa5 22. b3 $14) 17... Nb4 $6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (17... fxg4 18. hxg4 Bg8 19. g5 Nb4 20. Bh3 Nd3 $15) 18. Rad1 $2 {[%emt 0:09:39]} (18. exf5 $11) (18. exf5 $11) 18... Rad8 {[%emt 0:15:53]} (18... fxg4 $17) 19. exf5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 20. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 21. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 24. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:13] [#]} 26. Qc5 $1 {[%emt 0:20:39]} Nxf4 $6 {[%emt 0:05:50]} (26... Bh6 $5 27. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 (27... Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxe7 Bg8) 28. fxg5 Qe8 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Bxf1 Qf7 31. Bg2 Qf5 $11) 27. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:07] [#]} Bxe5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:33] With a big threat! But of course White just steps out of it, and 30.Rd8+ is still crushing.} 29. Kh1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:35]} ({or} 29. Kg1 $18) 29... Bc7 {[%emt 0:05:37] It's hard to give any "?" or "?!" to this since White was completely winning.} 30. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:48] Same for this,} ({since} 30. Nf6 $1 {is "even stronger":} Bg8 (30... Rh4 31. Ne8 Be5 32. Qxh4 Qxe8 33. Rd8) 31. Rd7 {demands ...QxR anyway.}) 30... Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 31. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 32. Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:13] with a mundane win of a piece (and the game).} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Hasteer, Divija"] [Black "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1847"] [BlackElo "2105"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2286569907701947"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:09:45]} c6 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09] [#]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} ({Relevant:} 5. Bf3 Nbd7 6. Ne2 e5 7. Nbc3 Bd6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Ng3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Qd4 Re8 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 Be6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Kf8 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. b3 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 g6 24. Ke2 h5 25. Nd3 h4 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Ra1 a6 28. h3 Ke7 29. Kd3 Rb5 30. Kc3 g5 31. Ra5 Kd6 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. Kd4 b6 34. Be2 c5+ {Timmermans,M (2390)-Deac,B (2700) Chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (65)}) 5... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 7. Ng3 Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:14]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20] [#]} 12. Qe2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:27]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 {1-0 (74)}) 12... Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 16. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 18. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07] [#]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 21. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 23. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 24. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 27. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. c5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Kg3 {[%emt 0:06:52]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 31. Kg4 {[%emt 0:06:43]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 34. Bf4 {[%emt 0:14:47]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:14] [#]} f5+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} 37. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 38. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be5+ {[%emt 0:01:43]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} exf3+ {[%emt 0:02:02]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd2+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} 41. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 42. Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 43. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 44. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 45. Be1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 46. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 47. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Chen, Quincy"] [Black "Perlov, Daniel Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2097"] [BlackElo "1805"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "115"] [GameId "2286569907710140"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nec6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:36]} 12. Rf3 {[%emt 0:03:52]} g6 {[%emt 0:11:59]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:09:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 14. Bf2 {[%emt 0:14:39]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 15. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} 16. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:28:38]} 18. Rfd3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 19. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:09:51]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 21. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:40]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:11:36]} b4 {[%emt 0:09:22]} 24. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 25. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 27. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Be4 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 29. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:04:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 30. Bc5+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 32. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. b4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 36. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:02:21]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Bd4 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 40. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 41. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 42. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 45. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 46. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 49. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 50. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 52. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 53. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. h3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 55. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 56. Be8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 57. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Black "Rigel, Marlon"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2245"] [BlackElo "1862"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2286569907710141"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 c5 11. Ngf3 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. b4 Rad8 17. Qb3 b5 18. Ncd2 Bd4 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Nxd4 Ncxd4 22. Qb2 Rd5 23. Rfd1 Qb6 24. Nc5 $6 {[#]} (24. Nc3 $11) 24... Ra8 $11 (24... Qb8 $1 $15 {-0.42/28}) 25. Rd2 a5 26. Rcd1 axb4 27. axb4 {[#]} Ne2+ $4 (27... Qa7 $1 $11) 28. Kf1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Ned4 30. Rxd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qa7 32. Kg1 Qa2 33. Be3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Ra4 37. Bc5 Ra2 38. Nd6 Re2 39. f4 f6 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Nxb5 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Nc3 Rc2 44. Ne4 Rc4 45. Nd6 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1 Rg4 47. b5 h4 48. Kh2 Rg3 49. b6 Rb3 50. b7 e4 51. Ba7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Steger, Eric"] [Black "Winslow, Elliott"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "1865"] [BlackElo "2237"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2286569907714238"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 $5 {[#]} (4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3) 4... Nf6 $5 {The favorite move of all the GM videomakers (Giri, Shankland). Well, yesterday. Who knows what they like today!} (4... Nc6) (4... a6) (4... Bd7) 5. Nc3 ({The Crazy Calculator line is} 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 {Here are just a few lines:} dxe5 10. Nc7+ (10. Ne2 $1 $15 Nd5 11. Nec3 Nxc3 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15. a4 $1 $15 e6 16. Be3 b6 17. a5 Be7 18. axb6 Bb7 19. O-O Rxa8 20. bxa7 Nc4 21. Bf2 Kc7) 10... Kd7 11. Nxa8 (11. Ndb5 Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O-O+ Kc6 14. Rd3 $5 $17) 11... exd4 12. Bf4 e5 $1 (12... Nd5 13. O-O-O e6 14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rhd1 Kc6 16. Bg3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. c4 Kc5 19. Rd2 Kxc4 20. Nc7 Nxc7 21. Rc2+ Kd3 22. Rxc7 f6 $11) 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. f4 Kc6 15. Bxd6 Kxd6 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Rxd4+ Kc5 18. Rhd1 Rxa8 19. Rd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 h5 21. Rb8 Kc6 22. Rf8 g6 $17) (5. Bg5 a6 $1) 5... a6 $5 {[#]} (5... Nc6 $1 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 (10. Qd3) (10. Kb1) 10... O-O 11. e5 $11 (11. Kb1) (11. Qd2)) (5... Bd7) (5... e5 $6) 6. h3 $6 {Shades of Weaver Adams (who championed 6.h3!? vs. the Najdorf (4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6) in the late 1940s, Lombardy against Fischer, and Fischer played twice - even against Najdorf himself; then sporadic appearances until a few years ago when it "went viral." But here it's less likely to be a big thing (which means it will). And in fact Demchenko is a bit of a fan. He knows something?} (6. Bg5) (6. e5 $5) (6. Nd5 $5) 6... Nc6 7. Qe3 g6 (7... e6) 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O {[#]} (9... b5 $11 {but a "-" in front of the tiny eval (never over -0.10)}) 10. Rb1 (10. a4 $1 {+0.15/d23}) 10... b5 $1 11. Bd5 $6 (11. Bb3) 11... Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. a3 e6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 $17 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Qf2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 {[#]} 20. Rd3 $2 (20. Be3 Rad8 21. Rd3) 20... Rad8 $2 (20... Qc4 $1 $19 21. b3 (21. Be3 e5) 21... Qc7) 21. Be3 $17 e5 $2 (21... Qc4 22. b3 Qc8 $17) 22. Nb3 $15 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Rxd3 {[#] I gave the pre-round lecture, showing my last-round game from the previous TNM and mentioning the phenomenon of having presure, but cashing in too soon, gaining material (here a pawn) but giving the opponent good counterplay. I *know* this, I even cited Kramnik being a master of keeping the pressure up. And yet, here again, I've done it.} 24. Nc5 $15 Rd6 {[#]} 25. Nxb7 $4 (25. Rc1 {-- free tempo! --} Qb8 $1 (25... Bc8 $2 26. Ne6 $1 Qd7 27. Qc2 (27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh4 $11) 27... Qxe6 28. Qxc8+ Bf8 $1 $11) 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Qc2 Qd5 $1 28. Qc8+ Rd8 29. Qxa6 e4 30. Qc6 Bd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kh1 e3 $1 $17) 32... Qe5+ 33. Kg1 $1 Qxb2 34. Rc3 $1 Kg7 $15 {-0.59/d24-- a somewhat rare case of the advantage increasing as engine time goes on, instead of moving towards 0.00 like so often happens if/when I step aside and come back.}) 25... Qxb7 $19 26. Rc1 $6 (26. Qc2 h5 27. Rc1) 26... h5 (26... Rd3 $1 27. Bb6 Bh6 $1) 27. Qc2 Kh7 $1 28. b3 Bf6 $6 (28... Qd7) 29. g4 $4 {An oversight} Qxf3 {The second pawn, and it took away his will to continue.} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Seitzer, Phillip"] [Black "Dees, Calvin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "1841"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "51"] [GameId "2286569907714239"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 $5 {[#] Rare at the top levels; most GMs are thrilled enough to have both bishops. But it's not all that uncommon further down, and is it so bad? half-open e-file, the pawn (when it gets to f4) is pulling its weight... it's something to think about.} e5 $2 (6... e6 $14 {/=} 7. Re1 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. f4) 7. d4 $2 (7. Re1 $1 $18) 7... exd4 8. Qxd4 Be7 9. c4 c5 $6 $14 (9... O-O $11) 10. Qd3 d4 (10... Nc6 $1) 11. Nd2 (11. Bg5 $1) 11... Nc6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf8 $6 16. Bg5 Ne5 $6 {[#]} 17. Qb3 $1 $16 Be7 $6 18. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ (19. f4 $1) 19... Qxf6 20. f4 $18 Nc6 21. Qxb7 Nb4 $6 22. a3 Nc2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be4 $1 Nxa3 25. bxa3 Qe6 26. Bd5 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.10"] [White "McCollum, Patrick M"] [Black "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1959"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2286569907714240"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Na3 O-O 8. c4 d4 9. e4 e5 10. Nc2 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bg4 12. Qe1 Nxe4 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Qf2 h6 17. Bc1 Rae8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Nh4 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Ng3 21. Qf2 Nxf1 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rxf1 Ne7 25. b4 cxb4 26. Nxb4 Rd8 27. Ba3 Rd7 28. Nc2 Be5 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxf5 Kg7 31. g4 Bf6 32. Kf2 Bg5 33. Kf3 Re6 34. Rd5 Rf6+ 35. Kg3 Ra6 36. Nxd4 Rxa2 37. Nf5+ Kf6 38. h4 Bc1 39. Kf3 b6 40. d4 Kg6 41. Rd6+ Kh7 42. Rxh6+ Bxh6 43. Nxh6 Kxh6 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. d5 a5 46. Ke5 a4 47. Kf6 Rf2+ 48. Ke7 a3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.11"] [White "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Black "Parsons, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "2010"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2286569907714241"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qb3 c6 {[#]} 11. e4 Be7 12. exd5 (12. Nh4) (12. e5) (12. Rae1) (12. Rfe1) 12... cxd5 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Ne5 (14. Nh4 $5 $18) 14... Re8 15. Rad1 Rc8 $18 {[#]} (15... h6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd5 $18) 16. Nxd5 $6 $16 (16. Bh3) (16. Nxd7) (16. Bf4) (16. Bd2) (16. h4) (16. Be3) 16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxe5 $6 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxd5 $16) 18. Bxf6 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. d5 b5 22. d6 Qd7 23. Qd5 Rd8 24. Qc6 Bxb2 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Bc6 Rd8 27. d7 Bf6 28. Bb7 a5 29. Rd5 g6 30. Bc8 Bc3 31. Rxb5 Kf8 32. Rc5 Bb4 33. Re5 f6 34. Re2 Kf7 35. f4 h5 36. Kg2 Bc5 37. h3 f5 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Bd6 42. a4 Bb4 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Ke4 Bc7 45. Kd5 Kf5 46. Kc6 Bxf4 47. Re8 Bg5 48. Kc7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Walder, Michael"] [Black "Wang, Chase"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "1995"] [BlackElo "1898"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2286569907714242"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Qb4 Bf8 17. Be7 Bg7 18. Bd6 Qa7 19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Bb7 21. Na5 Bc8 22. Nc6 Bf8 23. Bd6 a5 24. Nxa5 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxa5 26. a3 Ra6 27. Qb4 Ra7 28. Bxb5 h5 29. Rd1 h4 30. Qc5 Rf8 31. Qxc8+ Ke7 32. Rxd7+ Rxd7 33. Qxd7+ Kf6 34. Bc4 Kg7 35. Qe7 h3 36. g4 Kg8 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 Kg8 39. a6 Kg7 40. a7 Kg8 41. Bxf7+ Rxf7 42. a8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qxe5+ Rf6 44. g5 Kh7 45. Qe7+ Rf7 46. Qxf7# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Clemens, Kristian"] [Black "Melville, Cailen Jeremiah"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1993"] [BlackElo "1868"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "168"] [GameId "2286569907714243"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 Be4 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. b4 Qf7 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 d5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qc3 Bxf3 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Bxf3 c6 23. e3 Rc8 24. Be2 g5 25. f4 Rf7 26. Kf2 Nf6 27. Bf3 a5 28. Rb1 axb4 29. Rxb4 g4 30. Bg2 Ra7 31. Rb3 Nd7 32. Rc3 Ra5 {[#]} 33. e4 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. exf5 exf5 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kd4 Nb3+ 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Rb1 Na5 40. Rb6 Re6 41. Ra6 Nc4 42. a4 Ne3 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Rf8 Nxg2 46. Rxf5 Ne1+ 47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Rf7+ Kb6 49. Rg7 Nf3 50. Rxg4 Nxh2 51. Rg8 c5 52. f5 Rf6 53. g4 Nxg4 54. Rxg4 Rxf5 55. Rg6+ Ka5 56. Rc6 Rf3+ 57. Kd2 Kb4 58. a5 Kb5 59. Rd6 Kxa5 60. Rxd5 Kb4 61. Rh5 Rf6 62. Kc2 Rd6 63. Rf5 Kc4 64. Rh5 Re6 65. Rh4+ Kd5 66. Rh5+ Kd4 67. Rh4+ Ke3 68. Rh5 Rc6 69. Kc3 Kf4 70. Kc4 Kg4 71. Rh1 h5 72. Rg1+ Kf3 73. Rh1 Rh6 74. Kxc5 h4 75. Rd1 h3 76. Kc4 Re6 77. Rd8 Re4+ 78. Kc3 h2 79. Rh8 Kg3 80. Kc2 Rh4 81. Rg8+ Kh3 82. Rd8 h1=Q 83. Rd3+ Kg4 84. Rd4+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.14"] [White "Sevall, Daniel"] [Black "Lewis, Edward"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "1827"] [BlackElo "1927"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2286569907714244"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Qd2 h5 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. d5 Rb8 12. Bf4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rb7 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Be5 f6 20. Qxe4 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Bf3 Bf5 25. Qg5 Rf8 26. Re3 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Rae1 Ra7 29. Re5 Kf7 30. R1e3 a4 31. a3 h4 32. Be4 Bc8 33. Bc2 Rf4 34. R5e4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Kf6 36. Rf3+ Bf5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Re3 bxa3 39. bxa3 Ra6 40. f4 e6 41. Re5 Rb6 42. dxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. g4 hxg3 47. Kxg3 Kh5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Kf3 Kh6 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Dutter, Frederic"] [Black "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "136"] [GameId "2286569907714245"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Kxd1 Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 9. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 10. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:06:18]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 12. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:13:31]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 13. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 14. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:15]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:58]} 15. Rd1 {[%emt 0:11:43]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:14:39]} 16. Rd6 {[%emt 0:07:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 17. fxe5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 18. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. gxf5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:38]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 22. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 23. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 24. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 25. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 29. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 32. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 33. Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 35. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 37. Kb3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 38. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 40. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 43. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 44. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 45. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. c4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 47. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 49. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 50. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 52. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 53. b3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 54. c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 55. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:02:40]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 56. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} axb4 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 58. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 59. Rb5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 61. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 62. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 63. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 64. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 65. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 67. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 68. Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.15"] [White "Ramirez, Nazaret"] [Black "Uzakbaev, Nursultan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1558"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "113"] [GameId "2286569907722438"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. a4 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Qb3 Kh8 {[#]} 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qxd5 $16 Be6 $6 (20... Qe6 $1) 21. Qxb7 $18 Qd8 22. Qc7 $6 (22. Rc1) 22... Qd5 $6 (22... Bf8) 23. Rc1 (23. Re1) 23... Qb3 (23... Bf8) 24. Re1 (24. h3 $1) 24... Bf8 $6 (24... Qc4) (24... Bd5) 25. Qc6 $1 Bd5 26. Qxf6+ Bg7 27. Qd6 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 {[#]} 29. Qe6 (29. d5) 29... Bxd4 30. Be5+ $2 $16 (30. Qd7) (30. Re3 $5) 30... Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kg8 $14 32. Qe4 $6 $11 Rf8 (32... Qxe4 $1 33. Rxe4 Rb8) 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Re3 (34. Re5 Rf4 35. b3 Rf3 36. Rb5 $11 {should still be a draw}) 34... Rf4 35. b3 Kg7 36. h3 h5 {It's a wall of "0.00"s here on Stockfish 18.} 37. Kg2 {[#]} h4 $4 38. Re5 $1 {(the only move) Now it's quite lost.} Rb4 39. Rb5 Rf4 40. Rxa5 Kf6 41. Rb5 g5 42. f3 (42. a5) (42. b4) 42... Rd4 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rh2 45. a5 Rxh3 46. a6 Rh1 47. Ra5 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Re8 49. a7 Ra8 50. b4 Ke6 51. b5 Kd6 52. Ra6+ Kc7 53. Rg6 Kb7 54. b6 Rh8 55. Kg2 h3+ 56. Kh2 Rh4 57. Rg7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.16"] [White "Siegel, David"] [Black "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Siegel,David/(Winslow,Ellioitt/Stockfish 18)"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "1653"] [BlackElo "1775"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [GameId "2286760123015224"] [EventDate "2026.03.10"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 {[#] I spent a long time here. Knowing that 6... Qa5 was probably coming I thought about 6. Qa4, 6. Qc2, etc. But I thought I had time so I went for the bishop move first. I saw that my doubled pawns would get isolated but that didn't seem like the worst thing in the world at the time.} 6. Bf4 (6. Qc2 $14) 6... Qa5 7. Qc2 $6 (7. Nd2 $1 Qxc3 8. dxc5 $132) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 $1 9. Nb3 Qc7 $15 {[#]} 10. Bg3 (10. Bg5 $5 d6 (10... Qxc4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e4 $44) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd2) 10... Nh5 (10... d6 $15) 11. e3 Nxg3 (11... d6 $1 12. Bh4 $1) 12. hxg3 h6 {The computer claims equality here but apparently developing the bishop is not the best move right now.} 13. Be2 $6 (13. c5 $1 d5 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe4 $11) 13... d6 $15 14. g4 $5 Be6 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Rb1 {[#]} Nb6 {I'm actually feeling pretty good about my position at the moment and I thought I might have been winning. I have pressure on both sides of the board and I thought it would be hard for my opponent to castle. Over the long term the c4 pawn is going to fall, but I'm hoping to get my a-pawn up the board and target Black's b-pawn before that happens.} (16... Nc5) 17. Qb3 O-O-O (17... O-O) 18. a4 Nd7 {I didn't love that the Black knight could come to c5 and of course I liked the chance at a Nxd6 tactic. After the game Mikhail was very nice and explained how the knight on c5 would have been a better move earlier on (move 16) and realized his mistake later. Sometimes it's better to block the doubled pawns than to attack them.} 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. a5 Rhd8 23. O-O {[#]} f5 {I made what I think is my biggest mistake here. A momentary lapse of concentration -- I took the pawn without even thinking. I remember barely looking up at the board after my opponent made the move -- and then immediately realized my bishop was about to get boxed out of position after letting go of the piece. The computer suggestions a6 and Bd5 would have been much better.} 24. gxf5 (24. Bd5 $11) (24. a6 $11) 24... Bxf5 $15 25. Rb2 (25. Rbd1) 25... e4 $1 $17 26. Be2 h5 {[#] I'm feeling like I'm probably about to get squeezed out of the game and low on time, so I decide to go for it and hope my opponent makes a mistake. For the next few moves I'm spending all my time trying to calculate how to sac a rook and promote the a-pawn or find a checkmate.} 27. Rfb1 $6 (27. Qa4 Bg4 $1 28. a6 b6 29. f4 g6 $17) 27... h4 (27... Bg4 $1 $19) 28. Qa4 {[#]} Qe5 $2 (28... Qd6 29. Rd1 Qg6 $17) 29. a6 $1 b6 $1 30. Rxb6 $1 axb6 {[#] I just didn't have enough time to calculate it (I got down to seconds at some point) but 31. Rxb6 is actually the best move. In the game I pushed a7 thinking Black would have to sac a rook back to capture; I somehow missed 31... Kb7. Everything else is better for White. Sigh.} 31. a7 $4 ({The critical line is something like} 31. Rxb6 $1 $11 Ra7 32. Rc6+ Kb8 33. Qb5+ Ka8 34. Rxc5 Qe6 35. Rxf5 Qxa6 {and White has doubled pawns and a bishop for a rook and king safety.}) 31... Kb7 $19 {Now I'm just down a rook. It was clear that I was losing, but my opponent also had under a minute on his clock at some point, so I fought on.} 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Qa6+ Kc7 34. Rb1 Rd6 35. Bh5 g6 36. Be2 g5 37. Bh5 g4 38. Bf7 Be6 39. Be8 g3 40. Bg6 gxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Bc8 42. Qb5 Rxg6 43. Rb2 Qg3+ 44. Kg1 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 Bd7 46. Qa6 Rf8 47. a8=N+ Kd8 48. Nxb6 Rf1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.17"] [White "Fitzgerald, William"] [Black "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "1413"] [BlackElo "1711"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2286569907722440"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Bc2 d5 10. e5 Ng4 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb4 14. Nb3 Bh6 15. Kf2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Qb4 Rc2+ 19. Nbd2 Qf5 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. g4 Qd3 22. Rxc2 Bxe3+ 23. Kg3 Qxc2 24. Qxe7 Bxd2 25. e6 {[#]} Qc7+ 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Nxd2 Rc2 29. Nb3 (29. Nf3 Rxb2 30. a4 Kf6 $17) 29... Bc4 $19 30. Rc1 Bxb3 (30... Rxb2) 31. Rf1+ {[#]} Kg7 $4 $15 (31... Ke6 $19) (31... Ke7 $19) (31... Ke8 $19 {(less so)}) 32. axb3 Rxb2 (32... Rd2 $1 $15) 33. g5 $1 $11 (33. Rc1 $1 $11) 33... Rxb3+ 34. Kf4 $1 $11 h6 35. gxh6+ Kxh6 36. Ke5 a5 37. Kxd5 a4 38. Kc6 a3 39. d5 a2 40. Ra1 Rb2 41. d6 Rc2+ 42. Kxb6 Rb2+ 43. Kc7 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.18"] [White "Patel, Milan"] [Black "Finacom, Richard V"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1414"] [BlackElo "1822"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2286569907722441"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 d6 6. Nd2 f5 7. Bd3 f4 {[#]} 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Qd3 Qg5 12. g3 fxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. Ngf3 Qg4 15. Rh4 Qg6 16. c4 Be7 17. Rh1 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe3 b6 20. O-O-O {(legal)} Bg4 21. Rde1 O-O-O 22. Qe2 Bg5 {[#]} 23. c5 Kb7 24. c6+ Ka7 25. Kd1 Rhf8 26. Qc4 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 Bxf3 28. Re3 b5 29. Qc3 Bxh1 30. Qa5 Rxf2+ 31. Ke1 Qf7 32. Ra3 Rf1+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Be4+ 35. Kc3 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.19"] [White "Morello, Nicholas"] [Black "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1750"] [BlackElo "1528"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "147"] [GameId "2286569907722442"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. h3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Re1 Qe7 14. Qb3 Nc5 15. Qa3 Nd3 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Ncd2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bc2 20. Rc1 Ba4 21. Nb3 b6 22. Rcd1 Red7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nbd2 Bc2 25. Nc4 f6 26. Na3 Be4 27. Nb1 Na5 28. Nfd2 Bd5 29. b3 Bf8 30. f3 Be6 31. Kf2 c5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Bg1 Bh6 34. e4 Bf8 35. Be3 Be7 36. Rd1 h5 37. Nf1 Bd6 38. c4 Nc6 39. Nc3 Nd4+ 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. Nd5 h4 42. Kd3 g5 43. Nd2 Bg3 44. Nf1 Bd6 45. Nd2 f5 46. Re1 Bg3 47. Re2 fxe4+ 48. fxe4 g4 49. Nf1 Be5 50. Rf2+ Kg7 51. hxg4 Bxg4 52. Nf4 Rf7 53. Nh3 Rxf2 54. Nxf2 Be6 55. Nd2 Bg3 56. Ke2 Kh6 57. Nf3 Kh5 58. Nd3 Bg4 59. Nf2 Be6 60. Nd3 h3 61. gxh3 Bxh3 62. b4 Be6 63. bxc5 bxc5 64. Nxc5 Bxc4+ 65. Nd3 Bxa2 66. Nxd4 Bc4 67. Kd2 Kg6 68. Kc3 Bf7 69. Nc6 a6 70. Nde5+ Kf6 71. Nxf7 Kxf7 72. Kb3 Be1 73. Nb4 a5 74. Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.21"] [White "Latourette, Nicholas James"] [Black "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1676"] [BlackElo "1522"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2286569907722443"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O a5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe1 Qf4+ 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bf5 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Re8 21. Rde1 a4 22. Rhf1 Bg6 23. Rf4 a3 24. b4 Be4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Rd1 h5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Kd2 h4 30. Kc3 Kg6 31. Rh8 f5 32. Rxh4 Ra7 33. Rf4 Kf6 34. Rf2 Ke5 35. Rd2 f4 36. exf4+ Kxf4 37. Rd6 {[#]} Ke3 $1 $11 {(only move)} 38. h4 $4 (38. Re6 $1 $11) (38. Rxc6 Re7 39. Rd6 Kf2 40. Rd2+ Ke1 41. c6 $11) 38... Re7 $19 (38... Kf2 $19) (38... Ke2 $19) 39. g4 Kf2 40. Rd2+ Ke1 $19 (40... Kf1) (40... Kf3) 41. Rh2 e3 42. Rh1+ (42. h5 $5) 42... Kf2 43. Rh2+ $6 Kg3 44. Re2 Kxg4 (44... Kf3 $1) 45. Kd3 {[#]} Kxh4 $4 (45... Kf3) 46. Rxe3 $11 {[#]} Rxe3+ $4 (46... Rd7+ $11) 47. Kxe3 Kg3 48. c4 bxc4 49. b5 c3 50. b6 g5 51. b7 Kh3 52. b8=Q c2 53. Kd2 g4 54. Qh8+ Kg2 55. Kxc2 g3 56. Kd2 Kf2 57. Qd4+ Kf1 58. Ke3 Kg2 59. Qd2+ Kh3 60. Kf3 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.23"] [White "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Black "Kosuri, Dev Isak"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "1454"] [BlackElo "1639"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2286569907722444"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd5 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. f3 Re8 16. e4 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Re3 Bb6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bc7 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Kf3 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Kf4 Bc7 31. Rd3 f6 32. Re3 Bxe5+ 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Ra3 Kf7 35. Rxa7+ Kg6 36. a4 Rxc5 37. a5 Rc4+ 38. Ke3 Ra4 39. Rc7 Rxa5 40. Rxc6 Ra2 41. h3 Ra3+ 42. Kf4 b4 43. Rb6 Rb3 44. Rb5 Rb1 45. h4 b3 46. Kf3 b2 47. Kf2 $2 (47. Kg2 $19) 47... Rh1 48. h5+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.24"] [White "Milliken, William"] [Black "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Brickhouse,Christian"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "1638"] [BlackElo "1429"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2286582513394395"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 (4... Bb4) (4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7) 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5 8. Nb5 Nxe5 (8... Na6 9. Nd6+ Kf8) 9. dxe5 O-O 10. Nf3 (10. Nd6 a6) 10... a6 11. Nd6 b5 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O Nc6 14. c3 Na5 15. b3 Nb7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 b4 20. Rfd1 Na5 21. Bc2 Nc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qf3 {[%csl Ga8]} Qc5 27. Bd3 (27. Bb3) 27... Qb6 28. Qa8+ Kf7 29. Qc8 Qa5 30. Bb1 b3 31. Kf2 bxa2 32. Bxa2 Qxa2+ 33. Kf3 Qb3+ 34. Ke2 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 d3 36. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.25"] [White "Ni, Tao"] [Black "Le, Thu Anh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "1587"] [BlackElo "1419"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "46"] [GameId "2286569907722446"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. h4 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. c3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Na3 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Nc4 d5 20. e5 dxc4 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. dxc4 Qxc4 23. Ne5 Qa6 $11 {Black is up a clear pawn but it's now 0.00/d34, and it was never much higher (always under -0.10).} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.26"] [White "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Black "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B55"] [WhiteElo "1434"] [BlackElo "1582"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2286569907722447"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[#]} 5. f3 $5 (5. Nc3) 5... d6 (5... Qb6 $5 6. Nb3 e6 7. Nc3 d5 $11 {tries to "'take advantage" of White's curious 5th move.}) 6. c4 {The conspicuous point of 5.f3, which Black could have thwarted on the previous move. But it is curious that the engines (barely) prefer the knight development, even as it transposes, as noted, into a fairly rare line (compared to, say the Rauzer!).} (6. Nc3 {This would transpose into 6.f3 against the Classical Sicilian.} e5 7. Nb3 {had quite a run of games in the 1990s, including Winslow-Waitzkin, 1993 (1-0) and Winslow-P.Wolff, 1994 (0-1).}) 6... g6 (6... e6 {is allegedly best, when who knows what variation it is. Another curiousity: the engines want to develop the queen to c2,} {after} 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qc2 {Keeping the d-file open to meet} d5 10. cxd5 exd5 {with} 11. O-O-O) 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Bg7 {[#] Now we have some Maroczy Bind vs. a Fianchetto, with f2-f3 played "up front" and then some (move 5!). But why White now took on c6 I don't know. Players in the lower ratings get itchy about tension sometimes...} 9. Nxc6 $6 (9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 $14 {Note that White doesn't have to castle "King"side;} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. O-O-O $5 $14 ({or even} 12. g4 $5 Rc8 13. h4 Be6 14. b3 $14 (14. Nd5 $14))) 9... Bxc6 $6 (9... bxc6 $1 {"Capture Towards the Center." How convenient that there's a proverb.}) 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 $14 {[#]} 12. Bh6 {(Sorry, there's no checkmate. And the attempt costs White most of his advantage.)} (12. b4 $5 $14 b6 13. Rc1 {and 0-0 with a standard Maroczy Bind plus.}) 12... Rfd8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 (14. O-O-O $5) 14... Nd7 $2 {Of course, if Black leaves the king all alone...} (14... e6 15. Qd4 h6 16. h4 {[#]} d5 $3 17. cxd5 (17. g5 Qg3+ 18. Qf2 Nh5 $15) 17... exd5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Qb6 $11) 15. f4 $6 (15. h4 $1 $16) 15... f6 $5 16. b4 (16. Nd5) 16... b6 $6 $14 (16... Nb6 $11) 17. h4 h6 $16 18. h5 $2 g5 $15 {And like that, (1) the kingside is nothing (2) White's bishop has no future.} 19. fxg5 fxg5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Qd4 Rf8 23. O-O-O Rf4 24. Qc3 Kg8 25. Rd4 Raf8 26. Rhd1 Qc8 27. Qc2 {Perhaps Black was a bit hasty agreeing to a draw...} (27. Qc2 {[#]} a5 $1 {Black has a winning positional advantage with Superknight vs. Baad Bishop.} (27... R8f6 $5)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.27"] [White "Boyer, John"] [Black "McCutcheon, Bennett"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1761"] [BlackElo "1565"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2286569907722448"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nd5 d6 5. Bd3 Nxd5 6. exd5 Ne7 7. c4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bxg6 Nxg6 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Qe7+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Nh4 18. O-O h5 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Rxf7 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rdg8 22. Rf4 Bg3 23. Re4 Rh2 24. b3 Rgh8 25. Rb2 Rh1+ 26. Kg2 Be5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Bd2 R8h3 29. Bc3 R1h2+ 30. Kf1 Rxb2 31. Bxb2 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. Bxe5 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. g5 Ra6 36. Kf4 Kd7 37. Kf5 Ra2 38. g6 Rf2+ 39. Kg5 c6 40. d6 b5 41. g7 bxc4 42. Bg3 Rf3 43. Kg4 cxb3 44. Kxf3 b2 45. g8=Q b1=Q 46. Qf7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.28"] [White "Babayan, Gagik"] [Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1698"] [BlackElo "1453"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2286569907722449"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O Bf5 15. a3 Rad8 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. c3 {[#]} c5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qa2+ Qd5 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxd5 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Bxd5 25. Qd2 Bc4 26. Rfe1 Bd3 27. Qe3 Rf6 28. Rac1 Rdf8 29. Rc3 Kg7 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. g3 g5 32. Qxd3 gxf4 33. Rxe7+ R8f7 34. Rxf7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.29"] [White "Sisti, Daniel J"] [Black "Casares, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1637"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2286569907722450"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nb3 Qb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Be5 Rac8 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Rfc1 Nd6 20. h3 Nf5 21. b4 Nh4 22. Bd1 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 f5 26. Qf1 Qh2 27. Rc2 f4 28. Bg4 fxe3 29. Bxc8 Nf3+ 30. Kd1 Nxd4 31. cxd4 e2+ 32. Qxe2 Qh1+ 33. Qe1 Qf3+ 34. Kc1 Qb3 35. Qc3 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.30"] [White "Chan, John"] [Black "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1527"] [BlackElo "1626"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "150"] [GameId "2286569907722451"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 b6 6. d3 Bb7 7. Bf4 d6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qc1 Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qd2 e4 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Bg4 Qg6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Ba6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. f4 Bd3 25. f5 Qf7 26. g5 Qxf5 27. Nf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxd5 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Nh5 Rc8 31. Nf4 {[#]} Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qc4 33. Nxd3 Qxd3 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Qc8+ Bd8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Bf4 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 g6 41. Qc8 Qc5 42. Qb7+ Bc7 43. Qxe4+ Kd7 44. Qa4+ b5 45. Qd1 d5 46. Bxc7 Qxc7+ 47. Kh1 Qe5 48. Qd2 a6 49. a3 d4 50. Qf2 Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kd5 52. Qf7+ Kc5 53. Qa7+ Kc4 54. Qxa6 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qh4+ 56. Kg1 Qxg5 57. Qc6+ Kb3 58. a4 bxa4 59. Qb6+ Kc4 60. Qc6+ Kd3 61. Qa6+ Ke4 62. Qc6+ Kf4 63. Qxa4 {[#]} Kg3 $4 (63... Ke3 $19) 64. Qb3+ $11 Qe3+ (64... Kf4 65. Qf3+ Ke5 66. Qe2+) 65. Qxe3+ dxe3 66. Kf1 $11 Kf4 67. Ke2 Ke4 68. b4 Kd4 69. b5 Kc5 70. Kxe3 Kxb5 71. Kf4 Kc5 72. g4 $4 (72. Kg5 $11) (72. Ke5 $11) 72... Kd4 $19 73. Kg5 Ke4 74. Kh6 Kf4 75. Kxh7 g5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Rosston, Andrew Burkett"] [Black "Gore, Neel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1121"] [BlackElo "1362"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "127"] [GameId "2286569907722452"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:09:41]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:25:38]} 9. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:18:36]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 11. Nxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:58]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 14. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} c3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 16. Bc1 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 17. Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 18. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Nb6+ {[%emt 0:03:56]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 21. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Na5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 22. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nec6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 24. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 25. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 26. Kh2 {[%emt 0:05:35]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 28. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 29. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Be4 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 30. Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:03:06]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 32. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 33. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 34. Bd6+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 36. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 37. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e3+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 38. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:01:52]} 39. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:02:59]} 41. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 42. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Na4+ {[%emt 0:02:12]} 44. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 45. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 46. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 47. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 48. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 50. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 51. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 52. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 53. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 54. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 55. Ba3+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 56. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 57. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 58. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 59. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 60. Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 61. h5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 62. h6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 63. h7+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.31"] [White "Karpe, Ummon"] [Black "Weaver, Kyle"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Karpe,Ummon"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1301"] [BlackElo "1118"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2286569907722453"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Be7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. a4 (12. Nbd2 b5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. Nc4) 12... b6 13. Na3 a6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 Rfe8 17. Qh5 Nf8 18. g4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nb4 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxd3 22. g5 Ndxe5 23. gxh6 Bd6 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Rae1 Nd7 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxe6 Nf6 (28... fxe6 29. Qxg6 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qh2+ 31. Qg2 Rf8+) 29. Qf5 Nxe4 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 31. h5 Nf4 32. Rxe4 Ne6 33. h6 gxh6 34. Qf6+ Kxh7 35. Rg4 Qd8 (35... Rg8 36. Qxf7+ Rg7) 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.32"] [White "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Black "Tobias, Mason"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1069"] [BlackElo "1276"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2286569907722454"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bh5 15. Re3 c5 16. Rh3 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 cxd4 18. Nb5 Rc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxh5 Rxb5 21. Re1 g6 22. Rh3 Rxe5 23. Rd1 Rfe8 24. Kf1 R8e7 25. Rf3 Bg7 26. Rfd3 Re2 27. R3d2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf8 29. g4 Ke8 30. Rd3 Re4 31. f3 Re3 32. Bc2 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 Kd7 34. Bb5+ Ke6 35. Ke2 f5 36. Kd3 fxg4 37. fxg4 Ke5 38. h3 Kf4 39. Kd2 Nd5 40. Bc4 Ne3 41. b3 Kg3 42. Be6 Kxh3 43. Bg8 h6 44. Bf7 g5 45. Be6 Nxg4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.33"] [White "Martin, Bryan D"] [Black "Starkova, Valeria"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1205"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2286569907722455"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nd7 7. c4 c5 {[#]} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. dxe6 Nxe5 10. exf7+ Nxf7 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Qxb7+ Kf6 13. Qf3+ Ke7 14. Qe4+ Kf6 15. O-O g6 16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Qxd4+ Kf7 18. Bc4+ Nxc4 19. Qxc4+ Kg7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc7+ Be7 22. Bg5 Rd1+ 23. Kh2 Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Nxe7 25. Qf4+ Nf5 26. g4 Rd4 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qxh8 h6 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Qxd4 Kg6 31. Na3 Kg5 32. Rg1+ Kh5 33. Qf4 a5 34. Qxf5+ Kh4 35. Qg4# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.34"] [White "Harris, Clarence"] [Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Analyze This App"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1272"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2286569907722456"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 dxe4 {white showed up late... white 1 hours 6 min... black 1 hour 6 min} 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ngf3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 Qc8 {w 1 h... b 1 h 22 m} 11. Kh2 Bxf2 12. Rf1 Bc5 (12... Be3 13. Qe2 Bxd2 14. Bxd2) 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Qe2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 {w 48 m... b. 1 h 10 m} 16. c3 Bc5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nxe5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 {w 31 m b 43 m} 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Qg4 (22. Rd5 Rad8 23. Rfd1) 22... Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rad8 24. Rfe1 Be5 25. Bf1 a6 {w 14 m... b 37 m} 26. a4 Kh7 27. Bc4 Kg6 28. Rf1 f6 29. Kh3 Rd6 30. Kh4 Red8 {w 6 m... b 31 m} 31. Be2 Rd2 32. Kh3 R8d6 33. Rde1 Rxb2 34. Bc4 Rdd2 35. Rh1 Bxc3 {w 1 m... b 19 m} 36. Rd1 Be5 37. Be6 Rd4 38. Bf5+ Kf7 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40. Rd1 Rb4 {w 1 m ... b 12 m} 41. Rc1 c5 42. Rd1 Rxa4 43. Rb1 b5 {white resigns} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.35"] [White "Robins, Alexander"] [Black "Pirone, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1387"] [BlackElo "1061"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2286569907722457"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Qf4 Nge7 10. Bh5 g6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. f4 Nf5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Nc3 a6 16. O-O-O b5 17. Qb3 d4 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Ne4 Red8 20. Nd6 Qd7 21. g4 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rac8 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rhg1 Qe4 25. Rdf1 Rc4 26. Rg3 Rdc8 27. c3 dxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 29. bxc3 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Qd3+ 31. Qc2 Qxf1+ 32. Kb2 Qxf4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.36"] [White "Wardle, Braxton"] [Black "Turner, Robert"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "390"] [BlackElo "1278"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2286569907722458"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 (7. f3) 7... Ng4 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O-O Nxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. Ba4 Nc5 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Kh7 15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Qg1 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. gxh5 gxh5 20. Nd5 e6 21. Ne3 Rg8 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. f4 Bg7 24. Nb3 a5 25. Qd2 a4 26. Qxd6 Qxe3 27. Rhe1 Qf2 28. Qxd7 Qxc2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.37"] [White "Hack, Richard"] [Black "Blum, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1002"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "134"] [GameId "2286569907722459"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb3 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 b6 14. Nbd2 Rad8 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. b5 Na5 17. d4 a6 18. Rab1 exd4 19. exd4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 axb5 21. Rxb5 Nh5 22. Qb4 Nf4 23. Qb1 Ne6 24. e5 d5 25. Rf1 Nc4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 Nxd4 28. Rb2 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Nxc3 30. Qe1 b5 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc3 Qd4 33. Rc2 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rd4 35. Rcf3 Re7 36. Re1 Rd3 37. Rfe3 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Re6 39. Kg3 Rc6 40. Rc3 Kf8 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd4 f5 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 46. Kxc4 Ke5 47. a4 Kd6 48. Kb5 c6+ 49. Kb6 c5 50. Kb5 f5 51. a5 c4 52. Kxc4 Kc6 53. Kd4 Kb5 54. Ke5 Kxa5 55. Kxf5 Kb5 56. Kg6 Kc5 57. Kxh6 Kd5 58. g4 Ke5 59. g5 Kf5 60. g6 Kf6 61. g7 Kf7 62. Kh7 Kf6 63. g8=Q Ke7 64. Qg6 Kf8 65. Qg7+ Ke8 66. Kg6 Kd8 67. Kf6 Kc8 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.38"] [White "Carter, Mixtli"] [Black "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "961"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2286569907722460"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. Qd3 c5 14. Be3 Bd6 {[#]} 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxe5 17. Qb4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qd4 Nxf2 20. Rh2 Qe7+ 21. Kd2 Qg5+ 22. Ke1 Rae8+ 23. Kf1 Nxg4+ 24. Kg2 Nxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.39"] [White "Ching, Harvey"] [Black "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2286569907722461"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 h6 11. d4 Be7 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Bc4 Rhe8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Bxf7 g5 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 gxf4 21. Re6 Nf8 22. Re2 c6 23. Rde1 Kd7 24. f3 Bd8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bg5 28. Kd2 Nh7 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Re6 h5 31. c4 h4 32. Kd3 Nh5 33. Rg6 Bd8 34. Rh6 Ng3 35. Rh7+ Kc8 36. Rf7 Nh5 37. Ke4 a5 38. Rh7 Nf6+ 39. Kxf4 Nxh7 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "2.40"] [White "Mackley, Merlin Ethan"] [Black "Wilson, Stephen L"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "1140"] [BlackElo "779"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2286569907722462"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 {Caruana in his Ruy book only recommends this after 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nge7.} (4. Nc3) 4... a6 {Oh.} 5. Ba4 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. d5 Na7 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. c4 b4 13. a5 c5 14. dxc6 Naxc6 15. Nb3 Bc8 16. h3 Be6 17. Qe2 f5 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. c5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. cxd6 Bb5 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 h6 26. Nf3 fxe4 27. Re1 Rfd8 28. Qe2 g5 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 d3 31. Be3 Bxb2 {[#]} 32. Bd4+ $4 (32. Rb1) (32. Rd1) 32... Bxd4 $4 (32... Rxd4 $19) 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Rd8 35. Nc6 Rd6 36. Nxb4 d2 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Nxa6 Ra4 41. Rxd2 Rxa5 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Nc7 Ra2+ 44. Rd2 Ra7 45. Ne6+ Kh7 {[#]} 46. Rd7+ 1-0
Download Round 3 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 3 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Black "Chen, Quincy"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2254"] [BlackElo "2097"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "143"] [GameId "2289250030802698"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 g6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Rxc7 Bxc7 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Bg3 Nhxg3 21. hxg3 Nd6 22. Nfd2 Ba4 23. Qd3 Rf7 24. Rc3 Kg7 25. Nc1 Bb8 26. Ne2 Bd7 27. Nf4 Qe8 28. Qc2 Re7 29. Bd3 g5 30. Ne2 h5 31. e4 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Bd6 34. Bc6 Qg6 {Duda,J (2750)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2745) Doha 2025 ½-½}) 5... Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 8. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} (9. a3 $5) 9... e6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} (9... b5 $5 10. a3 b4) 10. Nh4 {[%emt 0:04:10] [#]} Bc2 $146 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (10... b5 11. g4 (11. Nxf5 exf5 12. g4 $14 fxg4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Ke2) 11... Bg6 $15 (11... Be4 12. f3 Bg6 $17) 12. f3 b4 $19 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 Kd7 15. Kf2 bxc3 (15... b5) 16. bxc3 Ra3 17. Nb1 Ra6 18. g5 Ne8 (18... Nh5) 19. h4 Bd6 20. Bh3 $4 Kc7 $2 (20... Bxf4 21. exd5 Ne7 22. dxe6+ fxe6) 21. Bxd6+ Nxd6 22. Bg2 Rha8 23. Nd2 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Ke2 b5 26. f4 b4 27. Rc1 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Nxd4+ 29. Kd1 N6b5 30. Rc1 c3 {0-1 (30) Froewis,A (2114)-Brilej,J (2336) Katowice 2022}) 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (11... Rxa2 $5 12. Rxc2 b5) 12. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. a3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:19] /} b5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:10:00]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 15. Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (15... f5) 16. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:05:09] [#]} Bh4+ {[%emt 0:06:34]} (17... Nf6) 18. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:09:48]} (19... g5) 20. Bd1 {[%emt 0:13:23]} Raf8 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 21. Rf1 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Rh7 $2 {[%emt 0:10:52]} 22. Bc2 $14 {[%emt 0:03:01]} (22. a4 $16) 22... Rfh8 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 23. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 24. e4 {[%emt 0:07:22] [#]} Be7 $2 {[%emt 0:21:08]} (24... Nc7 $11) 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (25. gxf5 exf5 (25... gxf5 26. exd5 Nf6 $1 27. dxc6+ bxc6 28. Nb1 $5 $16) 26. Rh1 $1 $16) 25... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. gxf5 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Bxd6 $1 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 28. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 29. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:15] [#]} R3h5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (29... Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Ke6 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Kg3 Nf5+ $11 34. Bxf5 Kxf5 35. Nf1 Ne7 36. Ne3+ Kg5 $3 (36... Kxg6 $4 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. Ng4+ Ke6 39. Kg5 {[%cal Gg4e3,Ge3f5]} Nf5 40. f4 Ng3 41. Ne3 Kf7 42. f5 Ne4+ 43. Kf4 $18) 37. f4+ Kxg6 $11) 30. f4 $2 {[%emt 0:05:12]} (30. Rxh5 Rxh5 31. f4 $18) 30... Ke6 $2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 31. Nf3 $2 {[%emt 0:03:03] [#]} (31. Rce1+ Kd7 (31... Kf6 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. Nf3 $18) 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. Nf3 $18) 31... Kf6 $4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (31... Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Rxh1 33. Ng5+ Kf6 34. Kxh1 Nf5 $1 35. Nh7+ Kxg6 36. Nf8+ Kf6 $1 37. Nd7+ Ke6 38. Nc5+ Kf6 39. Nxb7 Ne3 40. Bb1 Ke7 $11 (40... Na7 $11)) 32. Rxh5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 34. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 35. Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:02:34]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (36. Rxe4 $1) 36... Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 37. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 38. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 40. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 41. Rxb7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 42. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 45. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 46. d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 47. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 48. a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 49. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. a5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 51. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 52. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 53. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 55. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 56. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 57. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 58. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 59. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 61. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 62. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 63. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 64. c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 65. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 67. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 68. d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 69. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 70. Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 71. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 72. d7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Black "Diller, Bradley R"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Diller,Bradlley R"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "2122"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2289339645825493"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 9. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 11. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:06:14]} 12. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:36] [#]} O-O $6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} ({I rejected Qb4 because of the following continuation which loses my queen, but I should have considered the stronger Qb6 which equalizes.} 12... Qb4 $2 13. a3 $1 Qxb2 $4 14. Na4 $1 $18) (12... Qb6 $142 13. Bb5 (13. Na4 Qb4+) 13... Bd7 $11) 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:16:11]} 14. a3 $6 {[%emt 0:09:36]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:09:14]} ({Stockfish thought Qc7 was best and I did consider Qc7 to win the e-pawn but white gets clear compensation because of the awkward placement of my queen, lack of development, and weakness of the e6 pawn. For example, I was not comfortable with the following continuation:} 15... Qc7 $144 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Bd3 Bd7 $11) 16. Nb5 $6 {[%emt 0:08:13] This is a dubious attempt to reposition the knight on d4, but it simply loses a pawn. Best is simply 16 Rc1.} (16. Rc1 $142 $11) 16... a6 {[%emt 0:02:45] [#]} 17. Nbd4 $6 {[%emt 0:06:58]} ({White should have acknowledged the error and retreated his knight back to c3. Instead, white simply loses the e-pawn with little compensation.} 17. Nc3 $142 $11) 17... Nfxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} b5 $6 {[%emt 0:08:31]} ({Better was Ng6 which I briefly considered, but I was enamoured with b5 followed by Nc4. The drawback is that I am weakening squares on the c-file.} 19... Ng6 $142 20. Bg4 Qf6 21. Rad1 Kh8 $17) 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:34] [#]} Nc4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} ({It was essential to prepare Nc4 with Qf6 to neutralize white's counterplay on the c-file, as follows:} 20... Qf6 $142 21. Rc7 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxd4 23. Be2 Ra7 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 $15) 21. Qg3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} ({20 ...Nc4 was a mistake, because white can dislodge my knight and get strong counterplay on my weakened squares on the c-file. The position would be roughly equal with correct play, as follows:} 21. Qc3 $142 Qf6 22. b3 Nd6 (22... Nxa3 23. Qc6 Rb8 24. Nf3 Bb7 25. Qd6 b4 26. Qxb4 Nb5 27. Bxb5 Bc8 28. Qd6 Rxb5 29. Nd4 Rb7 $11) 23. Bf3 Bb7 24. Qc5 e5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Nc6 Rac8 27. Qa7 $11) 21... Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 22. Nf3 $2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} (23... Qxa3 $2 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxc4 $18) 24. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ra7 $1 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 25. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 26. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 27. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 29. h5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 30. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} e4 {[%emt 0:11:20]} ({I did consider c3, but did not like white's piece sacrifice because I lose my key central pawns even though I have material superiority. Objectively, the continuation was better. Still the continuation that I selected was not too bad, because the intact connected passed pawns are menacing.} 30... c3 $144 31. Qxc3 (31. h6 d4) 31... Qxg5 32. Rxe5 Qf6 33. f4 Be4 34. Rb2 $19) 31. Rb8 $6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 32. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:03:46]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:10] [#]} (32... Qxf8 $142 {32 ... Qxf8 may have been slightly better, but I was worried about resurrecting white's knight on f4. In retropsect, this was less annoying than the continuation that I missed with the king recapture.} 33. Nh3 g5 34. Nf4 Qd8 $18) 33. Qb8+ $6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} ({White missed his final chance to cause me mild grief with the surprising knight sacrifice on h2 which I overlooked. However, I am still winning after the dust settles, but the position is not as clear.} 33. Nh7+ $142 $1 Rxh7 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qb7+ Bd7 36. hxg6 Qxg6 37. Qxd5 Bc6 38. Qc5+ Ke8 39. Qxc4 Rg7 40. g3 Re7 $19) 33... Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 35. h6+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. fxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 38. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 41. Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Be2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 42. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf3+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Winslow, Elliott"] [Black "Seitzer, Phillip"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2237"] [BlackElo "2025"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "147"] [GameId "2289339645829590"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:03:10]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:44] [#]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:35] Premature!? Seitzer takes advantage of the moment:} Bxd2 $1 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 9. Nxd2 $8 {[%emt 0:00:15] [#]} e5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] This can only work because the N/d2 isn't pressuring d5.} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (10. Re1 $5 $14 exd4 (10... Re8 $1 11. exd5 cxd5 12. cxd5 exd4 13. Ne4 $14) 11. e5 Nc5 $1 12. Bb1 Nfe4 13. cxd5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qxd5 15. b4 Ne6 16. a4 a5 17. Ra3 $5 {is interesting, but Black must be okay ("0.17/d26" SF)}) 10... cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 13. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:05:06]} N7f6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 14. Bg5 $6 $11 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (14. h3 $14 Qb6 15. a4 $1) 14... h6 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 15. Bh4 {[%emt 0:08:22]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:15:44]} (15... Qb6 $5 $15) 16. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:17]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 20. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 22. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 23. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (23. Bxb3 $11 {(0.00s)} Ne5 24. f3) 23... Re7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 24. Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 25. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 26. Nd4 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:14:04]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 28. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. b3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be2 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 32. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. b4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 34. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Re1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 36. g4 $8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 37. axb5 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 39. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 40. Re2 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 41. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 43. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 44. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 45. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. g3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 48. Ra4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 49. b6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 50. Ke3 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. Rc4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:03] I was trying too hard to come up with something; next thing I knew I was lost.} (51. Nb3 $11) 51... Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 52. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 53. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 54. f4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Kxb6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 55. f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 56. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 57. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 58. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 59. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 61. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 62. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 63. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 64. Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 65. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:09] [#]} Kb4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} (65... Kc4 $8 $19 {is (according to the tablebase) Black's last chance to win! It threatens ...Kc3 cutting my king off from Kd2-c1-b1-a1, while is also ready to play} 66. Kd2 Kd4 $1 {preventing me from getting rid of the g-pawn with Ne5.}) 66. Kd2 $8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 67. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (67... Be4 68. Ne5 a5 69. Nxg4 a4 {Black has stopped the king's crossing to the corner, but the knight can be sacrificed at just the last moment: the only two moves are} 70. Ne5 $8 $11 (70. Nh2 $8 a3 71. Nf3 $1) (70. Ne3 $2 a3 71. Nf1 Bd3 72. Nd2+ Kb4 {[#] the knight and king are getting zugzwang'ed.} 73. g4 (73. Nf3 Kc3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rc1b2]}) 73... Kc5 $3 74. Nb3+ Kc4 75. Nd2+ Kb4 76. g5 (76. Nb1 a2 $1) 76... Bg6 77. Nf1 Kc3 78. Ng3 Bd3 79. Ne2+ Kc4 $1) 70... a3 (70... Kc3)) 68. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 69. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 70. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 71. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 72. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 73. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 74. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Black "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "1959"] [BlackElo "2042"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "2289339645829591"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. b3 {[%emt 49:12:39]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 7. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:18:34]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. Nd2 {[%emt 0:16:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:09:41]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:02:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:44]} 11. Qc1 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Re8 {[%emt 0:10:09]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:09:44]} e5 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:03:36]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 18. Qc3 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Red8 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} 20. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 23. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 26. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 27. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 28. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 29. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 30. c5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 31. a4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. f3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} exf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 33. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 34. Ng1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 35. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 36. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 37. g3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 38. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 39. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 40. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 41. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 42. b5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "Hasteer, Divija"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D96"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1847"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2289339645829592"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qb5+ Bd7 8. Qxb7 Bc6 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. exf3 a6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qa4 Qd6 14. O-O Rfb8 15. Bf4 Qxf4 16. Qxc6 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 cxb6 19. Rfe1 e6 20. Bf1 b5 21. Rd6 Rd8 22. Red1 Nd5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 {[#]} 26. b3 Kf8 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 a5 29. Bb5 Ke7 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 f4 32. Bd3 Kd6 33. h4 Bf6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Bxh7 h4 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Bf5 Bd4 38. Bh3 Bxf2 39. Be6 Be3 40. Bd7 Kb4 41. Bb5 Kb3 42. Bd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Melville, Cailen Jeremiah"] [Black "Walder, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "1868"] [BlackElo "1995"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2289339645829593"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Be3 h4 12. Nf1 O-O 13. g4 f5 {[#]} 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Qc2 Rf8 17. Rg1 Ne5 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. f4 Bf5 20. Rxg7+ Kh8 21. Ne4 Rxg7 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. fxe5 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Qc3 dxe5 26. Qxe5+ Kh7 27. Bd3 Rf8 28. d6 Qg6 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.9"] [White "Kulkarni, Neil"] [Black "Powers, Christopher"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1952"] [BlackElo "1819"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2289339645829594"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Kh1 ({Relevant:} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c3 Ne6 13. Qf3 Nf4 14. g3 Nh3+ 15. Kh1 Ng5 16. Qe3 f5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ c6 19. Rxf5 f6 20. Bc4 O-O-O 21. Raf1 Rhf8 22. h4 Ne6 23. Qxa7 Nc5 24. Re1 Rd2 25. b4 Nd7 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Kc7 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Qd2 Rf8 32. a4 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. Qe3 e4 35. Re1 Nf6 36. Bc2 Qd6 37. Bxe4 Re5 38. Qf4 Nh5 39. Qf7+ Kb8 40. Kg2 Qd2+ {Abdusattorov,N (2627)-Caruana,F (2835) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 11... O-O-O 12. c3 Ne6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ng5 15. Qxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxf6 Bc6 17. Rf5 f6 18. Rxf6 Nxe4 19. Rf5 Rhe8 20. Bf1 Nd2 21. Be2 Rg8 22. Rg1 Rg7 23. h3 Ne4 24. Kh2 Rg5 25. Rxg5 Nxg5 26. Nc4 e4 27. Ne3 b5 28. Rd1 Rf8 29. Rf1 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. Bg4+ Kb7 32. h4 h5 33. hxg5 hxg4 34. Kg3 {1-0 (34) Arenas Vanegas,D (2426)-Nemeth,M (2461) Budapest 2022}) 15. Qxf5 Nf4 16. Qxf7 Qg5 17. g3 Bc6 18. Be6+ Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 20. Rae1 Rhf8 21. Rxf8 Rxf8 {[#]} 22. Qc4 Rf2 23. Qd3 a6 24. Qe3 Qf5 25. Kg1 Bxe4 26. Qxf2 Bf3 27. Nc4 e4 28. Nd2 Qg4 29. Nxf3 exf3 30. Re8+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.10"] [White "Perlov, Daniel Robert"] [Black "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E09"] [WhiteElo "1805"] [BlackElo "1925"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2289339645829595"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf6 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. b3 c5 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Na6 19. Qa4 b6 20. c5 b5 21. Qc2 e5 {[#]} 22. Nd2 Bg5 23. Rb1 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Be6 25. Rbd1 Nc7 26. Bb2 f6 27. a3 Red8 28. Rd6 Ne8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bc3 Nc7 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. Bc6 Bc4 {[#]} 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. cxd6 Ne6 36. Bd2 Nd4 37. Bb7 Kf7 38. Bc3 $4 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Nxc3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.11"] [White "Rigel, Marlon"] [Black "McCollum, Patrick M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "1862"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2289316704446771"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qe8 {[#]} (9... Nc6 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Rd5 Be6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3 Be4 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf7 18. f3 Bd6 19. Qc2 e4 20. f4 Bxf4 21. Nxe4 Bd6 22. Qd1 Rae8 23. Nxd6 Qf2+ 24. Kh3 Re2 25. Qh1 cxd6 26. Bg5 Ne5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rh1 Qf5+ 30. Kh4 Re4+ {0-1 (30) Hansen,E (2609)-Azarov,S (2562) Chess.com INT 2022}) 10. e4 $146 (10. Rb1 Bf6 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Ba3 Be7 13. f4 e5 14. d5 Nd8 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. c5 Rf6 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. e4 b6 19. exf5 Ba6 20. Qe4 Bxc5+ 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. d6 c6 23. Rfd1 Bxc4 24. Qxc4+ Qf7 25. Qxc5 Qd7 26. g4 Rc8 27. Qxe5 Kf8 28. Rb2 Nf7 29. Qe7+ Qxe7 30. dxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rb7+ Ke8 32. Rxa7 g6 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rdd7 Kf8 35. h3 Re8 36. Rd2 Re3 37. c4 Rc3 38. Bxc6 Rxc4 39. Bd5 Rc1+ {Solsker,T (1948)-Baldursson,R (1895) Klaksvik 2014 ½-½ (74)}) 10... Nc6 11. exf5 exf5 12. Re1 Qf7 13. d5 Nd8 14. h4 Bf6 15. Bf4 b6 16. Nd4 Rb8 17. Nb5 Ra8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd4 g6 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 Nb7 25. Bg5 Bd7 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Nb8 Nc5 29. Qe3 Bd7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Nxd7 Nxd7 32. Qe8+ Nf8 33. Qc8 Qg7 34. Qxa6 Qxc3 35. Bf1 Qe5 36. Qc8 Qe7 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 bxa5 39. Qa6 Nd7 40. Qxa5 Nc5 41. Qc3+ Qf6 42. Qa5 Qd8 43. Qc3+ Kf7 44. Bg2 f4 45. Bh3 fxg3 46. Qxg3 Qf6 47. Qg4 Nd3 48. Qd7+ Qe7 49. Qxe7+ Kxe7 50. Bf1 Ne5 51. Be2 Kf6 52. f4 Nf7 53. Bd3 Nh6 54. h5 Nf5 55. hxg6 hxg6 56. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.12"] [White "Lewis, Edward"] [Black "Steger, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "1865"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2289339645829597"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Nec3 Qa5 11. Ra3 h5 12. Be2 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. O-O Nf8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. h3 h4 17. f4 Nh5 18. Bxh5 Rxh5 19. f5 gxf5 20. Qe2 Rh8 21. exf5 Nd7 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nde4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 f6 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. Qg6 Qe7 27. Bg5 Rg8 28. Bxh4 Bd7 29. Ng5 Qe8 30. Nh7+ Ke7 31. Bxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.13"] [White "Dees, Calvin"] [Black "Sevall, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1841"] [BlackElo "1827"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2289339645829598"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Ned5 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 Bg5 14. O-O Be7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. c3 Bg5 19. Qd2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 a5 23. Rae1 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Rc1 Rc5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Rc1 Qxd5 28. Bc4 Qb7 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 h6 31. Rd1 Qc6 32. Bd5 Qc2 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. a4 Qc7 35. Qd2 Qa7 36. a5 Ng4 37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Rb8 39. g3 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Ra1 43. Ke4 Kf8 44. Rb5 Ke7 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46. Kc6 Rc1+ 47. Kb7 Kd7 48. a6 Rc7+ 49. Kb6 Rc6+ 50. Ka5 Rc7 51. Kb6 Rc6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.14"] [White "Parsons, Stephen"] [Black "Wang, Chase"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "2010"] [BlackElo "1898"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2289339645829599"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. O-O Bg4 {[#]} 9. Ng5 $2 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. Rfd1 Qa5 $11) 9... Bxd1 10. Bxf7+ Kd7 11. Be6+ Ke8 $17 (11... Kc7 $19) 12. Rfxd1 Qa5 13. Bf7+ Kd7 14. a3 e5 15. b4 Qd8 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Bb6 h6 18. Na4 {[#]} hxg5 19. Nc5+ Kc8 20. Be6+ Kb8 21. Bf5 dxc5 22. bxc5 Nd4 23. Rac1 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Nd7 26. a4 Nxb6 27. cxb6 Qc5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"] [Black "Ramirez, Nazaret"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "1775"] [BlackElo "1800"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2289339645829600"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:06:05]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:09:01]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 6. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 7. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:05:50]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:05:21]} 10. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 11. gxh4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 12. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Bxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 13. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 14. Qh3 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 15. Kd1 {[%emt 0:06:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 16. fxe5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:49]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 19. Rg1 {[%emt 0:05:08]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 20. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 21. Kc2 {[%emt 0:03:22]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 22. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Nb3 {[%emt 0:09:39]} d4 {[%emt 0:11:54]} 24. cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:52]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 25. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:07:29]} 26. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.15"] [White "Kosuri, Dev Isak"] [Black "Dutter, Frederic"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1900"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "0"] [GameId "2289339645829601"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.16"] [White "Finacom, Richard V"] [Black "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E87"] [WhiteElo "1822"] [BlackElo "1522"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2289339645829602"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Nge2 Nc5 10. O-O Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qd7 14. h3 Nh7 15. Kg2 f5 16. Nc1 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 c6 18. Rh1 Nf6 19. Bf2 b5 {[#]} 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. cxb5 Qb7 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rhe1 Bd7 24. a4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Bc6 27. Qc4 Bd7 28. Qd5 Qb8 29. Rac1 Rf6 30. Bh4 g5 31. Bg3 Be6 32. Qc6 Ra7 33. Qc3 Qb6 34. Bf2 Rxf2+ 35. Nxf2 d5 {[#]} 36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. Rxc6 Bf7 38. Rec1 dxe4 39. Rd6 Bb3 40. b6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.17"] [White "Persidsky, Andre"] [Black "Fitzgerald, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "1716"] [BlackElo "1413"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2289339645829603"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] {Wild game!!!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. a4 Qc8 {[#]} 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Bf1 h4 16. Bg2 Qd8 17. Qd2 O-O 18. O-O Qc8 19. Kh2 {[#]} f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng5 Nh5 22. Rg1 Nhf4 23. Bf1 Qe8 24. a5 Ne7 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Qe2 Qf8 27. Qh5 {[#]} Rxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qf4 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ng8 31. Nh7+ Ke7 32. Rxg7+ Kd8 33. Rxg8+ Kc7 34. Bg2 {[#]} Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qe3+ 42. Kd1 Qd3+ 43. Kc1 Qxc3+ 44. Kb1 Qb3+ 45. Kc1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.18"] [White "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Black "De La Fuente Álvarez, Cibran Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1711"] [BlackElo "1481"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2289339645829604"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 f6 10. O-O Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. c4 Ndxb4 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rd1 Bd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 {[#]} 16. Nc3 Nbc2 17. Rb1 Bg4 18. f3 Qb6 19. Kf1 Bf5 20. c5 Qxc5 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. Rxb7 Rac8 24. Bd3 {[#]} Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Nd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Be3 Rxa4 29. Bxc5 Rxa2+ 30. Ke3 Rxg2 31. Bxa7 Rxh2 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.20"] [White "Talamantez, Abel"] [Black "Ni, Tao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1587"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "41"] [GameId "2289339645829605"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 {[#]} Nc6 12. Bc4 cxd4 13. exd4 e5 14. dxe5 Bg4 15. Bd5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. O-O Bxc3 19. Bxb7 Bxa1 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rxa1 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.21"] [White "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Black "Boyer, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1582"] [BlackElo "1761"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "106"] [GameId "2289333463294387"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. f4 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Ne2 Ng4 13. Ng3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Nb4 15. c3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Be7 17. a3 O-O 18. Rac1 d5 19. e5 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Nd2 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Be3 24. Rcd1 Bxf4 25. Rde1 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Rd2 28. Rb1 Re2 29. b3 cxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxe5 31. Rf4 Rd8 32. Kh2 Rd3 33. a4 Rh5+ 34. Rh4 Rxh4+ 35. gxh4 Kf8 36. axb5 axb5 37. g4 Rd5 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Kf4 Kd6 40. Rb4 Kc5 41. Ke3 Rd7 42. Rf4 f6 43. h5 Ra7 44. Re4 e5 45. g5 Ra4 46. h6 gxh6 47. gxf6 Rxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Kd6 49. f7 Ke7 50. f8=Q+ Kxf8 51. Kxe5 Ke7 52. c4 bxc4 53. Kd4 h5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.22"] [White "Uzakbaev, Nursultan"] [Black "Babayan, Gagik"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1558"] [BlackElo "1698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2289339645829607"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bd7 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Be2 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Kh1 Ncxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bd3 Ne3 13. Bxe3 Qxe3 14. Nc3 a6 15. Rf3 Qb6 16. f5 Bb4 17. Ne2 exf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Rd8 20. Rf4 Be7 21. Nd4 O-O 22. Qg4 Qg6 23. Qf3 Bc5 24. Rg4 Qb6 25. Nf5 g6 26. Qh3 Rfe8 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nxf7 {[#]} h5 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Rgf4 Rf8 31. e6 Qxe6 32. Qc3+ d4 33. Qxc5 Rexf7 34. Qxd4+ Kh7 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rd1 Qxa2 37. h3 Qe6 38. Rd3 Re7 39. Rg3 Rd7 40. Qf4 Rf7 41. Qd4 Qf6 42. Qb4 Qf4 43. Rb3 b5 44. Qxf4 Rxf4 45. Kh2 g5 46. Ra3 Rf6 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Rd3 h4+ 49. Kh2 Re6 50. Rd8 Kf5 51. Rf8+ Ke4 52. Kg1 Re5 53. Rf6 a5 54. Rg6 Kd4 55. Kf2 Rc5 56. Rd6+ Kc4 {(... unreadable) 0-1 60} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.23"] [White "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1528"] [BlackElo "1653"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2289339645829608"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d3 d5 5. e5 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Be2 {This seems very pleasant for Black. The e6 pawn is a bit backwards and I thought about playing e5, but I also realized 8... d4 would force the White knight back to b1. So I decided to try to play against the queenside a bit, but this eventually let White back into the game.} d4 9. Nb1 ({If} 9. Ne4 {then I capture and eventually win the f2 pawn, although 10... Qa5 is an important intermezzo that I had missed over the board.).}) 9... Qb6 10. Qc1 h6 11. Bxf6 {The computer suggestion 11... gxf6 would have been fun!} Bxf6 12. Nbd2 {Ok I admitted to myself that I no longer had an advantage, so I had a mental reset. My plan is now to castle and push the e-pawn. The computer is largely happy with my play until I miss a tactic.} O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nd6 Bg6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Ncd2 Rae8 18. Re1 e4 19. dxe4 Bxe4 20. Bc4+ {Well, this was silly. I'm down a piece now and my opponent never removed his foot from the accelerator until the end of the game. Nice play by my opponent.} Kh8 21. Nxe4 Be7 22. Qd2 a6 23. a4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Ng3 Qf6 26. Re6 Qh4 27. Rae1 Bg5 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. R1e4 Bf4 30. Qe2 Qd8 31. Qh5 Bg5 32. Qg6 Qd7 33. b3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bd3 c4 36. Rxd4 cxd3 37. Rxd7 Rg8 38. Qxd3 b4 39. Ne4 Bc1 40. Qh3 Rxc2 41. Qd3 Rcc8 42. g3 Rgf8 43. Qd4 Rg8 44. Nd2 Rc2 45. Rxh6# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.24"] [White "Stults, Sawyer"] [Black "Milliken, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "1521"] [BlackElo "1638"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2289339645829609"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 cxd5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Be7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Ke2 Bg4 14. Kf1 Bf6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Kf2 h6 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Kf8 22. Nf3 a6 23. h4 Bh5 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 f6 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. Be2 Kf7 28. Nd4 Bxe2 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rxe2 f5 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kd3 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 Ke6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. b3 c5 36. b4 Kd5 37. a4 Kc4 38. b5 axb5 39. a5 b4 40. cxb4 Kb5 41. bxc5 Kxc5 42. Kf4 Kb5 43. Kxf5 Kxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.25"] [White "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Black "Patel, Milan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1414"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2289339645829610"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O h6 9. Bc1 dxc4 10. a4 a5 11. b3 Nb6 12. bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. e4 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Kf8 17. Rb3 c5 18. Qb5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. Rxd4 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Nfd7 23. Rd6 Ra6 24. e5 Ke7 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26. Be4 Rc8 27. Rc6 Rac7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rb3 Rc4 30. f3 Nxa4 31. Nxa4 Rxa4 32. Rb7 Rc4 33. Bd3 Rc5 34. f4 Kd8 35. Bb5 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Kf2 Nb6 38. Be8 a4 39. Bxf7 Kd7 40. Bxg6 a3 41. Bb1 Na4 42. Ba2 Nc3 43. Bb3 a2 44. Bxa2 Nxa2 {[#]} 45. g4 Ke7 46. Ke3 Nc3 47. h4 Kf7 48. Kd4 Ne2+ 49. Ke4 Nc3+ 50. Kd4 Ne2+ 51. Ke3 Nc3 52. Kd4 Nd5 53. Ke4 Nc3+ 54. Kd4 Nd5 55. Ke4 Nc3+ 56. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.26"] [White "Brickhouse, Christian"] [Black "Acharya, Venkatagiri"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "1429"] [BlackElo "1608"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2289339645829611"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nd2 (5. cxd5) 5... e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2 Qd7 9. O-O Bh3 10. e4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Qe2 Na6 16. b3 Nc7 17. Kg1 Ne6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Red1 Bf6 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. Ne2 {[#]} Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxg4 23. Rxg4 Bxa1 24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Re4 Rxa2 26. Bc5 Rd8 27. Kg2 h6 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. b4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 f5 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 Rxd4 33. Rxb7+ Kf6 34. Rb6 Rc2 35. b5 Rd6 36. Ra6 Ke5 37. bxc6 Rdxc6 38. Ra7 g5 39. Ra5+ Kf6 40. Ra8 Rb2 41. Rf8+ Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rd8 Rcc2 44. Kf1 Rxf2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rge2 47. Rd1 Rxh2+ 48. Kg1 Rbg2+ 49. Kf1 Rxg3 50. Rd5 Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kh5 52. Rd5 Rb3 53. Kg1 Rc2 54. Rxf5 Rb1+ 55. Rf1 Rcc1 56. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Kf2 h5 59. Kg2 Rc2+ 60. Kg1 Kf3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.27"] [White "Le, Thu Anh"] [Black "Motwani, Sarina"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Le,Thu Anh"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "1419"] [BlackElo "1528"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2290033880542554"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 (12. f3) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Nd5 c6 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 (21... Kxg7) 22. Ng4 Nh5 23. f5 e5 24. fxg6 (24. Rd3 {Plan is to slow play, and aim for c5} Rd7 25. Qd2) 24... hxg6 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Rf1 Rh8 27. Rf3 Rdf8 28. Rdf1 Qd8 29. Kg1 Ng5 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Qf2+ (32. Nxe5 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 dxe5 34. Qxg5 Qd4 35. Qxg6) 32... Kg7 33. h4 Ne6 34. Qe3 Qh8 35. Qa7 Qc8 36. Qe3 Nef4 37. gxf4 Qxg4 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Qh3 (39. Qc5 Nf4 (39... Qxh4 40. Qxe5+ Kh6 (40... Kh7 41. Qc7+ Kh6 42. Qxb7) 41. Qh8+)) (39. Qg5 Qxg5 40. hxg5 Nf4) 39... Qd1+ 40. Bf1 (40. Kh2 Nf4 41. Qg3 Qd2 42. Qg5 Kf7 43. a3) 40... Nf4 41. Qe3 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qxh4+ 43. Qg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 a5 45. c5 Kf6 46. Bc4 Kg5 47. a3 Kh5 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Kg5 50. b5 cxb5 51. Bxb5 Ne6 52. c6 bxc6 53. Bxc6 {The game went on for 80-ish moves but my notation is messed up from here.} Nd4 54. Bb7 Ne2+ 55. Kf3 {...} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.28"] [White "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Black "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1454"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "44"] [GameId "2289339645829613"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. f3 d5 10. O-O-O dxe4 11. fxe4 Nbd7 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Nxc6 Nb3+ 17. axb3 Qa1+ 18. Kc2 Rxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 20. Kd3 bxc6 21. e5 Bf5+ 22. Kd4 Qf2# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.29"] [White "Casares, Nick"] [Black "Chan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1637"] [BlackElo "1527"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2289339645829614"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. h3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nd7 6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Be2 e6 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc1 g5 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. g4 Be6 15. O-O Nfg6 {[#]} 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Be3 Rxh3 19. f3 Kd7 20. Kf2 Qc7 21. e5 {[#]} Nh4 22. Ke2 f5 23. Bg5 Bf8 24. gxf5 Nhxf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Rh1 Ng3+ 27. Kf2 Nxh1+ 28. Kg2 Ng3 29. Bf4 Nh5 30. Bh2 Be7 31. Qh6 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.30"] [White "McCutcheon, Bennett"] [Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B36"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1453"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "122"] [GameId "2289339645829615"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Qd1 Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 Nxe4 17. Ne3 Nc3 18. Rb3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qc7 20. Qf3 b5 21. Ra3 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Ra5 Rec8 25. Bd2 Bc4 26. Re1 Bf6 27. Ng4 d5 28. Nxf6+ exf6 29. Bh6 Re6 30. Rc1 Rce8 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Ra7 g5 36. Rd7 Rb8 37. b5 Bxb5 38. Rxd5 Bc4 39. Rd6 Be6 {[#]} 40. f4 gxf4 41. Bxf4 Kg7 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Bxb8 Kg6 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Kf3 h5 46. Bf4 Kg6 47. Ke4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 e5 51. Bd2 f5+ 52. Kg3 Kh5 53. Bb4 Kg6 54. Bd6 Kf6 55. h4 e4 56. Bf4 Kg6 57. Bg5 Kh5 58. Kf4 Kg6 59. Ke5 Kh5 60. Kxf5 $2 {This would be winning if the bishop were on e1 or f2.} e3 61. Bxe3 Kxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Tobias, Mason"] [Black "Martin, Bryan D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1205"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "39"] [GameId "2289339645829616"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:58]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 10. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:08:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 13. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 16. h4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 17. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 18. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 20. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.32"] [White "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"] [Black "Karpe, Ummon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C38"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1301"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "100"] [GameId "2289336748855753"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Re1 Kf8 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. b3 Qf6 13. Ba3+ Nge7 14. d5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rd8 17. Qe4 Kg8 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Bb2 Qg6 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. Nbd2 Rhe8 22. h3 f5 23. Nc4 e4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rad1 Red8 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qg7 31. Qd5 e3 32. Qxf5+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Kf1 Kf5 35. Ke2 Ke4 36. Nb2 h5 37. Nd1 g4 38. Nc3+ Kd4 39. Nb5+ Ke4 40. Nc3+ Kd4 41. Nb5+ Kc5 42. Nc3 f3+ 43. gxf3 gxh3 44. Kf1 Kd4 45. Ne2+ Kd3 46. Nf4+ Kd2 47. Kg1 b5 48. Kh2 c5 49. Kxh3 c4 50. Ng2 c3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.34"] [White "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Black "Mackley, Merlin Ethan"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1140"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2289339645829618"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 d6 5. Bb2 Bd7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 h5 8. O-O h4 9. Nd4 Qe7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {[#]} O-O-O $4 (12... d5 $14) 13. h3 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4+ $18) 13... Ne4 (13... d5 $11) 14. d3 $18 Ng5 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Qxb4 Rh7 17. Nc3 f5 18. a4 Nf7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. f4 c5 {[#]} 22. Qb6 $18 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Qc6 $6 24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. Rab1 (25. Rfb1) (25. Ra3) 25... Rd7 $2 26. a5 $2 (26. Bb6+ {(gin)}) 26... Kd8 27. Qb6+ $2 {(from +6.7 to +2.8)} Qxb6 28. Rxb6 d5 $6 (28... Kc8) 29. Rfb1 Nd6 30. Bc5 Nb5 31. c4 $2 $16 dxc4 32. dxc4 Nc3 33. R1b3 $4 (33. Ra1 $16) 33... Na4 $17 34. Bd4 Nxb6 35. Rxb6 $6 (35. axb6) 35... Kc8 $2 (35... Rh6 $19) 36. c5 $6 (36. Re6 $15 {/}) 36... Rc7 (36... Rh6 $1) 37. Re6 Rc6 38. Rg6 $4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.35"] [White "Gore, Neel"] [Black "Jessup, Steven"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "1362"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "43"] [GameId "2289339645829619"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. a3 O-O 9. e4 Nf6 10. e5 $18 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Bxb7 Bxd4 15. Bxa8 Rd8 16. Be3 c5 17. Qe2 h5 18. Rad1 g6 19. Bg2 e5 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Nd5 Qf5 22. Ne7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.36"] [White "Starkova, Valeria"] [Black "Raman, Keshav V"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A80"] [BlackElo "1167"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2289339645829620"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. c4 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. O-O Be7 9. Bd3 Ne4 $14 (9... O-O $11) 10. Qc2 $6 (10. Bc2) 10... d5 $4 (10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 (11. Nxd2 Nc6 $17) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 cxd4 13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. exd4 O-O $1 $11) 11. cxd5 $18 exd5 {[#]} 12. Bb5+ (12. Bxb8 $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd3b5]}) 12... Bc6 $5 (12... Nc6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5 $18) 13. a4 $18 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxb5 15. axb5 g5 16. Bg3 (16. Nxe4) 16... Bd6 $6 (16... Nxd2 17. Qxd2 {[%cal Gd2f4,Gg3f4]} c4 18. b3) (16... f4 $6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4) 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qe2 (18. dxc5 $1) 18... Bxe5 $6 (18... cxd4 19. exd4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 $18) 19. Bxe5 $6 (19. dxe5 $1) 19... Nd7 20. Bd6 Rf6 21. dxc5 bxc5 {[#]} (21... Nxc5 $142 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qg4 h6 24. Rfd1 $18) 22. Ra6 $1 $18 c4 $6 23. Rd1 (23. Qd1 $1 Nb6 24. Be5 Rf7 25. Bc3) 23... Nb6 24. Be5 Rf7 25. Qh5 Qe7 {[#]} 26. Rda1 $4 (26. Bc3) (26. Bd4) 26... Qxe5 27. Rxb6 Qxb2 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Rb6,Rf2]} 28. Qd1 Rd8 (28... Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf1+ 30. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 axb6 $19) (28... Raf8 $1) 29. Rh6 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 c3 31. h3 c2 32. Qc1 d4 33. Rc6 d3 34. Kh2 Rf3 35. Rxa7 {[#]} Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Qh4# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.37"] [White "Harriman, Connor"] [Black "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1396"] [BlackElo "1069"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2289330643943819"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Na3 Nf6 6. Nb5 $6 (6. d4) 6... Qd8 $15 7. d4 a6 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ {[#]} 11. Ke2 $6 (11. Bd2 $15) 11... O-O $17 12. Nc2 Be7 13. Re1 b5 14. Kf1 Bb7 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Ncb4 17. Re5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rc8 19. Rae1 Bf6 $19 20. Rh5 g6 21. Rh3 h5 {[#]} (21... Bg7 $1) 22. Rxe6 $6 $19 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Ng5 Nf6 25. Nxe6 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27. f3 Qxe6 28. Be5 Qf7 29. Qd3 Qc4 30. Qxc4+ Rxc4 31. Ne3 Rcc8 32. Nf5 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Kh7 34. d5 Rg8 35. Ne7 Bh8+ 36. Nxg8 Kxg8 37. f4 {[#]} Kg7 $2 38. Rxh5 $11 Rc8 39. d6 Kf7 40. Rh3 Ke6 {[#]} 41. Kf2 $2 Bg7 $2 (41... Ng4+ 42. Kf3 Nxe5+ 43. fxe5 Bxe5 $19) 42. Rg3 $2 (42. Kf3 $11) 42... Bf8 $4 (42... Ne4+ $19) 43. Rg6 $18 Rd8 44. Rxf6+ Kd5 45. Ke2 Bg7 46. Rf5 Bxe5 47. fxe5 Re8 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Rg5 Rc8 50. h4 Rc2 51. Rg2 Rc1 52. Rd2 Rc8 53. d7 Rd8 54. Ke4 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.38"] [White "Carter, Mixtli"] [Black "Harris, Clarence"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "961"] [BlackElo "1400"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "116"] [GameId "2289339645829622"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qf3 Nxd4 7. Qd3 Bc5 8. Be3 Nxc2+ 9. Kd2 Bxe3+ 10. fxe3 Qf2+ 11. Kc1 Nxa1 12. Nd1 Qf6 13. Be2 Qc6+ 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Bf3 Qc5 16. Rf1 d6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Kd2 Qb4 19. Rb1 Be6 20. a3 Qb3 21. Bd1 Qb6 22. Qb5+ Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Rd8+ 24. Kc1 Nb3+ 25. Kc2 Bf5+ 26. Kxb3 Bxb1 27. Bf3 c6 28. Nc3 Rd3 29. Bd1 Nd5 30. Be2 Rxe3 31. Bc4 Nxc3 32. bxc3 O-O 33. Kb2 Bf5 34. h3 Be6 35. Bf1 Rd8 36. Kc2 Bf5+ 37. Kb3 Rd2 38. g4 Be6+ 39. Bc4 Bxc4+ 40. Kxc4 Re4+ 41. Kb3 Rh2 42. a4 Rxh3 43. a5 a6 44. g5 g6 45. Ka3 Rxc3+ 46. Kb2 Rc5 47. Kb3 Rxa5 48. Kc3 Rg4 49. Kb3 Rxg5 50. Kb4 Rb5+ 51. Kc4 Rg4+ 52. Kc3 Rd5 53. Kb3 Rdd4 54. Kc3 Rdf4 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rgg3 57. Ke1 Rg2 58. Kd1 Ra3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.39"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Wardle, Braxton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1002"] [BlackElo "390"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "116"] [GameId "2289339645829623"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ exf6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Kd2 f5 13. Bxf5 Bg5+ 14. Kd1 Rxe2 15. Kxe2 Bxf5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. gxf5 Qxf5 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Kd2 Kf8 20. Re4 Re8 21. Ne2 Rxe4 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23. Ng3 Qg2+ 24. Kd3 Nf6 25. Re1 Qxh2 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxb2 28. a4 b5 29. a5 a6 30. Re2 Qb1+ 31. Rc2 b4 32. cxb4 Qxb4 33. Rc5 Ke7 34. Ke4 Qxc5 35. dxc5 Ke6 36. Kd4 h5 37. Ke4 g5 38. Kf3 Kd5 39. Kg3 Kxc5 40. Kf3 h4 41. Kg4 f6 42. Kh3 Kb5 43. Kg4 c5 44. Kf5 h3 45. Kxf6 h2 46. Kxg5 h1=Q 47. Kg4 Qf1 48. Kg3 Kc4 49. Kg4 Qf2 50. Kh3 Qg1 51. Kh4 Qg2 52. Kh5 Qg3 53. Kh6 Qg4 54. Kh7 Qg5 55. Kh8 Kd5 56. Kh7 Ke6 57. Kh8 Kf6 58. Kh7 Qg7# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.40"] [White "Wilson, Stephen L"] [Black "Ching, Harvey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "779"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2289339645829624"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d4 Nxe5 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Na4 c4 11. b3 b5 12. Nb2 O-O 13. Nd2 c3 14. Nd3 cxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe1 Rc8 17. f3 Nc3 18. Rf2 Re8 19. Bd2 b4 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. a4 e5 22. Re2 e4 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Nf2 e3 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. g3 Rxc2 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qc3 29. Re1 Nf6 30. g4 Qc6 31. Nf2 h6 32. h3 Nd5 33. Qd3 Rc1 34. Kf1 Nf4 35. Qe4 Qa6+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Rxe1 38. Qe8+ Bf8 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Qe5 Nxd4 41. Qxd6 Bxd6+ 42. Kg2 Nxb3 43. Nd3 Re3 44. Nf2 Nd4 45. Kf1 b3 46. h4 b2 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "3.19"] [White "Weaver, Kyle"] [Black "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1118"] [BlackElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2289339645829625"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Nf3 e6 9. h4 h5 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. O-O-O Qd5 16. Nc3 Bxg5 17. Nxd5 $4 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 exd5 19. Re1 Nd7 20. Re7 Rf7 21. Rde2 Kf8 22. R7e3 Nf6 23. f3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Kd2 Rf4 26. c3 Rxh4 27. Kd3 Kf7 28. b3 Nd6 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rh3+ 31. Kc2 Ne4 0-1
Download Round 4 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 4 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Diller, Bradley R"] [Black "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A23"] [WhiteElo "2122"] [BlackElo "2254"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "38"] [GameId "2291791673114640"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] {Heiserman cuts through the English subtlety and queenside pressure on weaknesses and just mops up Diller's king. Death to the Fianchetto! And he did it without even pushing his h-pawn.} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 {(Almost too easy! And shades of Bc4 (withouth d2-d4) against the Sicilian Defense. A psychological factor is at play: "How can he get away with this?")} 4. Nc3 c6 {(In the early Grandmaster Preparation book on the Sicilian by Ftacnik, a whole chapture is given to cover Bc4 without it already having gone 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4, and Ljubomir warns the reader not to take this innocent play too lightly. This must have been in play with Brad.)} 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 {Stockfish approves, even hinting at a Black edge (before it goes 0.00 on us).} (6... d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. O-O Re8 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. e4 h5 14. Ba3 h4 15. Na4 Bc7 16. c5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nac3 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qf6 21. Qd1 Bf5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Rd8 25. Qc2 Nf4 26. Bc1 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Rd1 h3+ 30. Kf1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxc5 32. Qd7 Bd6 33. Qxh3 g6 34. Kg2 Bf8 35. Qh4 Qe5 36. Bf3 {Aravindh,C (2698)-Esipenko,A (2677) Chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (78)}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 (7... Nxd5 {is the engine's preference}) 8. d4 exd4 $6 (8... Bd6 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 {Black has good play for the pawn (note the long diagonal -- Black's that is.), but some preference for White.}) 9. Nxd4 $6 (9. exd4 $14 {with 0-0 and Bg5 coming.}) 9... Bg4 $11 {(It's 0.00 time, maybe even time to remember Tal's "'equal' means Black is better" line.)} (9... Re8) (9... Nc6) 10. Qb3 $6 {(With pressure on d5 and b7 -- but White's intentions smack of entitlement. These English players!)} (10. Nde2 Nc6 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Ne4 15. Qc2 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. O-O Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Rfd1 $11 {Here White's pressure will get the d-pawn, recovery not procurement, it will just be equality. Sure enough, while typing everything went all 0.00 on me.}) 10... Nc6 $15 11. O-O Bxd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Qxb7 {[#]} Nf3+ $146 {[#]} (13... Qd6 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. Rfe1 Qf5 16. Re5 Qd3 17. Re3 Qg6 18. Re5 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Ne2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxa7 Qc2 24. Qd4 Re4 25. Qd2 Qc4 26. Rc1 Qa6 27. Re1 h6 28. a3 Qc4 29. h3 g5 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bc3 Nc5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Qxh6 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 hxg3 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qxg3 Ne4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Bc3+ d4 39. Qe5+ Nf6 40. Qxd4 {1-0 (40) Ramirez Buitrago,D (1898)-Brizuela Abreu,R (2089) Bogota 2024}) 14. Kh1 $4 {Brad slams hard into the pavement here, probably not even dreaming of the danger. If I read the times right he took a grand 35 seconds on this. Jimmy played 'va banque' as well, suggesting that perhaps he also just assumed it would happen (and he had already spent quite a bit of time earlier).} (14. Bxf3 $3 {} Bxf3 15. Bf4 $11 {!! I would think this has to be checkmate on g2 -- but White keeps Black out of h3, and Stockfish 18 makes it barely -0.10 for Black, i.e. even!}) 14... Rb8 $1 {(There is a road...)} 15. Qxa7 d4 $1 16. Nd1 (16. h3 $5 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Rb5 19. Kg2 Qd5 20. a4 Rb3 21. c4 Qc6 $19) 16... Rb5 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gb5h5,Gh5h2] "SAY MY NAME..." (I had to get this in some day)} 17. Qa6 (17. Qa3 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5h5]} 18. Bg5 Qxg5 (18... Ra5) 19. Bxf3 Ra5 20. Qd3 (20. Qb3 Qb5 {[%csl Rf1,Rf3]}) 20... Qb5) 17... Rh5 18. h4 Nd5 {Stockfish gives all these other moves as "better" but I don't see it.} (18... Qc7) (18... Qb8) (18... Ne4) 19. Qd3 $6 {It took a good minute, but now everything is mate.} (19. Bh3 Rxh4 $1) 19... Rxh4+ {A miniature to be sure!} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Black "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2245"] [BlackElo "2042"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2291791673114641"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bxg5 Bg7 10. Bf4 Ndxe5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg2 Ke7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 (17. f4 Nc6 18. c4 $11) 17... Kd6 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nf3 f6 20. c3 b5 21. Rf2 Rab8 (21... Rae8 $15) 22. d4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 f5 {Until this Black had some slight pull, now it's 0.00.} 25. Bf1 Rbc8 26. Bd3 Rhg8 27. Rg2 Rg7 28. Kf2 b4 29. h3 h5 30. Kf3 a5 31. Ree2 Rgg8 32. Ke3 Ba4 (32... Rc1 $5 33. b3 h4 34. gxh4 Rh8) 33. Rd2 Rc1 {[#] Now the blunders come, every move changing the result! White had 31 minutes left, Black 16} (33... b3 $5) 34. Be2 $4 (34. b3 $11) 34... Rh1 $4 (34... Bc2 $1 $19 35. Bxh5 Be4 36. Bf3 b3 $1 37. a3 (37. axb3 Rb8) 37... Rgc8 $19) 35. h4 $11 Rxh4 $4 36. Bb5 $4 (36. Bd1 $18) 36... Bxb5 $4 (36... Rxg3+ $1 37. Rxg3 Bxb5 $11) 37. gxh4 $18 Rg4 38. Rxg4 fxg4 39. Rc2 a4 40. Rc8 Kd7 41. Rh8 a3 42. bxa3 bxa3 43. Ra8 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Melville, Cailen Jeremiah"] [Black "Winslow, Elliott"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "1868"] [BlackElo "2237"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "140"] [GameId "2291791673114642"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] {I'll be analyzing this in full when I catch my breath.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 c6 9. g4 b5 10. h4 e6 11. Ng3 Qe7 12. h5 c5 13. Nce2 Rd8 14. Bh6 bxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. g5 Ne8 20. Bxc4 cxd4 21. Bd3 Qf7 22. Nge2 e5 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Bc4 Rdc8 25. b3 Rc5 26. f4 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. O-O Ng7 30. Qh1 Qxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Nf5 32. Rfd1 Ne6 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Rg1 e4 35. Ng3 Nxg3+ 36. Rxg3 Rc8 37. Rg4 e3 38. Re4 d3 39. Rxe6 d2 40. Rf1 Rf8 41. Rd1 Rf3 42. Rxe3 Rxe3 43. Rxd2 Re5 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rxh7 Kf5 47. Ra7 Re1+ 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Rxa2 50. b4 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Ra4 52. Ke3 Kxg5 53. Kd3 Rxb4 54. Rxa6 Rf4 55. Ke3 Rf7 56. Ra4 Kh5 57. Re4 g5 58. Ke2 g4 59. Re8 g3 60. Rh8+ Kg4 61. Rg8+ Kh3 62. Rh8+ Kg2 63. Rg8 Re7+ 64. Kd2 Kf2 65. Rf8+ Kg1 66. Rg8 g2 67. Rg6 Re5 68. Rg7 Kf2 69. Rf7+ Kg3 70. Rg7+ Kf3 {White lost on time} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Seitzer, Phillip"] [Black "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "2105"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "127"] [GameId "2291791673114643"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bg4 8. c3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 c4 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. b3 Qa6 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Bf1 Bxf3 18. Bxc4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qb6 20. Re2 Ra8 21. Ba2 Bc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 Bc5 25. Rb2 Qc7 26. Bd5 Ra1 27. Bxc6 Rxc1 28. Rb7 Qd6 29. Bd5 Rc2+ 30. Kh3 Rf2 31. c4 Qh6+ 32. Kg4 Qxh2 33. Rb8+ Bf8 34. Qxe5 h5+ 35. Qxh5 Qg1 36. Qh1 Qxh1 37. Bxh1 g6 38. Bd5 Kg7 39. Rb3 f5+ 40. Kh3 g5 41. g4 Bd6 42. gxf5 Bf4 43. Bg2 Kf6 44. Rb5 Be5 45. Be4 g4+ 46. Kh4 g3 47. Rb6+ Kg7 48. Rg6+ Kf8 49. c5 Rh2+ 50. Kg4 Rf2 51. Kh3 Rh2+ 52. Kg4 Re2 53. Kf3 Rf2+ 54. Ke3 Rb2 55. c6 Bc7 56. Bd5 Bb6+ 57. Kf4 Rf2+ 58. Ke5 Re2+ 59. Kd6 Bc7+ 60. Kxc7 g2 61. Rxg2 Re7+ 62. Kb6 Rh7 63. c7 Rh6+ 64. Rg6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Chen, Quincy"] [Black "Kulkarni, Neil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2097"] [BlackElo "1952"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "190"] [GameId "2291791673114644"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 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. Bxf6 (9. Nd5) 9... gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 (10... f5) 11. Bd3 (11. c3) 11... Ne7 {[#]} 12. Qf3 (12. Nxe7 $1 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5 $13) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 {[#]} O-O (13... Qd7 $5) 14. O-O f5 (14... Re8) (14... Qd7 $1) 15. Bxf5 e4 $1 (15... Qf6 16. Bxc8 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfxc8 $11) 16. Qxe4 Bxf5 $6 (16... Bxb2 17. Rad1 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qf6 19. Qg4+ Qg7 20. Qb4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd6][%cal Gb4b2,Gb4d6]} Qc3 21. Qg4+ Qg7 $11) 17. Qxf5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 {[#]} Bc3 $2 (18... Bxa3 $4 19. Rb3 $18) (18... Qf6 $1 19. Qxf6 $5 Bxf6 20. c4 Bd4 $1 21. cxb5 Bc5 22. Nc4 axb5 23. Rxb5 Rxa2 $14 {/=}) 19. Rb3 b4 $2 (19... Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. c4 $1 $16) 20. Nc4 $18 (20. Nb1 $1 $18) 20... Kh8 21. Ne3 Ra7 22. Nd1 Rc7 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Qd3 Qf6 25. Qxa6 Rg8 26. Qd3 Rg4 27. Rd1 Rc5 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. h3 Rg5 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rgxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rb3 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Rxc3 Rxf2 36. a4 Rf5 37. Kg3 Ra5 38. Ra3 Kf6 39. Kf4 d5 40. g4 h6 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. Kd4 f6 44. c4 dxc4 45. Kxc4 $16 Kc6 46. Kb4 Re5 47. Rc3+ $1 $18 (47. Rf3 $1 $18) 47... Kb6 {[#]} 48. Rc4 $2 (48. a5+ $2 Rxa5 49. Rf3 Rc5 50. Rxf6+ Rc6 $11) (48. Kc4 $16) (48. Rf3 Re4+ 49. Kb3 $18) 48... f5 $1 $11 49. h4 (49. gxf5 Rxf5 50. Rh4 h5) 49... fxg4 50. Rxg4 $11 h5 51. Rf4 Rd5 52. Kc4 Ra5 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. Rd4 Re5 55. Re4 Ra5 56. Ke3 Kd6 57. Kf4 Rd5 58. Rc4 Ra5 59. Rb4 Kc6 60. Rd4 Rc5 61. Rd8 Ra5 62. Rc8+ Kd6 63. Rc4 Rd5 64. Rc1 Ra5 65. Ra1 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kd6 67. Kd4 Kc6 68. Rc1+ Kd6 69. Rc4 Rf5 70. Kc3 Ra5 71. Kb4 Ra7 72. Kb5 Rb7+ 73. Ka6 Rb3 74. a5 Rb8 75. Ka7 Rb5 76. a6 Kd7 77. Ka8 Kd8 78. a7 Kd7 {[#]} 79. Rf4 Kc7 80. Rf7+ Kc6 81. Rf8 Kc7 82. Rb8 Re5 83. Rb7+ Kc6 84. Rb1 Re8+ 85. Rb8 Re7 86. Rc8+ Kb6 87. Rh8 Rxa7+ 88. Kb8 Rb7+ 89. Kc8 Rc7+ 90. Kd8 Rc5 91. Kd7 Kb7 92. Kd6 Ra5 93. Rh7+ Kb6 94. Rh6 Kb7 95. Kd7 Rb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Lewis, Edward"] [Black "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2291791673114645"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Ne3 f5 13. c3 f4 14. Nec2 Rb8 15. g3 Ng6 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. Qe2 O-O 18. h4 fxg3 19. fxg3 Ne7 20. Rf1 d5 21. exd5 a5 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Qb6 26. a4 Rbd8 27. Qf2 Qg6 28. Rg1 Rd3 29. Kf1 Rfd8 30. Re1 Qg4 31. Re3 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 R1d2 33. Rf1 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 f5 35. Nc7 f4 36. Ref3 Rd7 37. Ne8 Qe6 38. Nxg7 Rxg7 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke1 Rxg3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.9"] [White "Hasteer, Divija"] [Black "Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "1847"] [BlackElo "1959"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2291791673114646"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Ne2 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qe1 Nf8 10. Qg3 Ng6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Bf4 Nxf4 14. Nxf4 O-O-O 15. Rfe1 Rdg8 16. Bc4 h5 {[#]} 17. Nxe6 Nd5 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Ng5 Rf8 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Re7 Kd8 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Ne4 Kd7 26. a3 a5 27. Kf2 a4 28. Ke3 b5 29. Nd2 Be6 30. Kf4 f6 31. h4 Ke7 32. Nf1 g6 33. Ne3 Bb3 34. d5 Ba2 35. g4 Bb1 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Nf5+ Kd7 38. Nd4 Bd3 39. Ke3 Bc4 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kd7 42. Ng7 Bb3 43. Nxh5 f5+ 44. Kxf5 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.10"] [White "McCollum, Patrick M"] [Black "Sevall, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1827"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2291791673114647"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bf1 Qg5 16. Qf3 f5 17. Rad1 Rcd8 18. Bc1 Qe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb8 21. Bxf4 e4 22. Qg3 a5 23. Nd4 Rf7 24. Ne6 Rd7 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. c5 Na6 27. Bxd6 Qd8 28. Bxa6 bxa6 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Qc4 Qc8 31. Be5 Rde7 32. Bc3 h5 33. d6 Ra7 34. c6 Ra8 35. d7 Qc7 36. Qd4 Rh7 37. Qd5+ Rf7 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Bxe5 Rff8 40. c7 Kf7 41. d8=Q Rfxd8 42. Rxd8 Ra7 43. c8=Q g5 44. Rd7+ Rxd7 45. Qxd7+ Kf8 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.11"] [White "Wang, Chase"] [Black "Perlov, Daniel Robert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1898"] [BlackElo "1805"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2291791673114648"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {(This has been catching on, even against ...e6.)} Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O ({Relevant:} 8... a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rg1 b5 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Bb7 13. h4 Qb6 14. Qe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Nde5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Rg3 Nxc2 18. Kxc2 b4 19. f4 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ng4 21. Kb1 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Qe3 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24. Re1 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 f6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Kc2 e5 29. f5 g6 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Kd3 Rg3+ 32. Ke2 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 Rg3+ 34. Ke2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Rg3+ 36. Ke2 Rg2+ {½-½ (36) Maurizzi,M (2611)-Yuffa,D (2604) Wijk aan Zee 2026}) 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Rg1 a6 11. g4 b5 {[#]} 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. h5 Nc5 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Ne1 Qa5 19. Rg4 Rc7 20. Rd4 Nc6 21. Rd2 Rfc8 22. Rg3 Nb4 23. Bc4 Nd7 24. g6 Rxc4 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. bxc4 Ne5 27. Qa7 Rc7 28. Qb8+ Bc8 29. c5 Rxc5 30. Rxd6 Kxf7 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. h6 gxh6 33. Qa7+ Rc7 34. Qe3 Rxc3 {0-1 (34) Vaibhav,S (2594)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2577) Chess.com INT 2024}) 12... g6 13. Qh6 Rd8 14. h5 b4 15. Na4 e5 {[#]} 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Bf8 19. Nf7+ Qxf7 20. Bxf7 Bxh6+ 21. g5 Bxg5+ 22. Rxg5 Kg7 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Ne7 25. f4 Kf6 26. Rgg1 {[#]} Nf5 $2 (26... Kf7 $1 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rh1 h5 29. Nb6 $1 Rb8 30. Nc4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Nxe5+ Kg8 $1 33. Nxg6 Bg4 $11) 27. Nb6 $18 Rb8 28. Nc4 Nd4 $6 (28... Rb5 29. Rge1 Bb7 30. fxe5+ dxe5 31. d6 $1 $18 (31. Rxe5 $18) (31. Bxe5+ $18)) 29. fxe5+ dxe5 {[#]} 30. Bxd4 $4 (30. Rde1 Rxd5 31. Nxe5 $18) 30... exd4 $11 31. Rxd4 h5 32. d6 Bf5 33. Rgd1 Rb7 (33... Re8 34. d7 Re2 $11) 34. Na5 Rb6 35. d7 h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.12"] [White "Powers, Christopher"] [Black "Rigel, Marlon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1819"] [BlackElo "1862"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2291791673114649"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 a6 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. a3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nd5 20. Rd1 Nf4 21. Qd2 Bb8 22. Nc3 Qf5 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. Ne1 Bd6 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Kf1 Re7 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Qg5 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Bf8 31. Ke2 b5 32. Ne4 Qg6 33. g4 f5 34. gxf5 Qc6 35. Nc5 Qc7 36. Qa8 Qh2+ 37. Kd3 Qxb2 38. Qxa6 Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Black "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [BlackElo "1775"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2291791673114650"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O Nf6 7. b4 a6 8. d5 Nd8 9. Bd3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. a4 h6 13. Re1 Nh7 14. Qc2 g5 15. Nf1 h5 16. Be3 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. N3h2 Kh8 19. Ng3 Qh4 20. Nhf1 f6 21. Qd2 Nf7 22. c4 Nhg5 23. Bxa7 Rxa7 24. Ne3 Kg8 25. Qd1 Ra8 26. Kf1 Qh7 27. Ke2 Qg6 28. Kd2 Nh6 29. Kc3 Bd7 30. Rh1 c6 31. Qe2 Rfc8 32. Kb3 Ngf7 33. Rh2 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. a5 Rcb8 36. dxc6 Bxc6 37. Rah1 Kf8 38. Ngf5 Ng8 39. Qxg4 Qxg4 40. Nxg4 d5 41. f3 Rd8 42. Ka3 dxe4 43. Bxe4 Bxe4 44. fxe4 Rd3+ 45. Kb2 Rad8 46. Nge3 Ng5 47. Rh4 Rd2+ 48. Kc3 R8d3# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.14"] [White "De La Fuente Álvarez, Cibran Anton"] [Black "Finacom, Richard V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1481"] [BlackElo "1822"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2291791673114651"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Ne4 Qd5 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Qf4 g6 12. O-O Bh6 13. Qh4 Bg7 14. b3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Ba3 Kb8 18. Bc4 Qa5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxe7 Rhe8 21. Qc5 Bc7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Nf6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 d3 26. g4 d2 27. Rd1 Bc2 28. Bb3 Bxd1 29. Bxd1 Rd4 30. a3 Kc8 31. Nxh7 Rf4 32. Ng5 Rxf2 33. Nh3 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.15"] [White "Dutter, Frederic"] [Black "Babayan, Gagik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2291791673114652"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 a6 10. Bg5 c6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. g3 b5 15. f4 g6 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 a5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Rd3 Kd6 22. Re1 Rhe8 23. Rde3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Ra7 25. Rc3 Rb7 26. a3 Rb5 27. b3 Rb7 28. Kc2 Re7 29. Kd3 Kc7 30. Rc2 f5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Kd6 33. Re2 Rb7 34. Rb2 Ra7 35. Kc2 Re7 36. Kd3 Ra7 37. Kc3 Ra3+ 38. Rb3 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.17"] [White "Boyer, John"] [Black "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "1761"] [BlackElo "1528"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2291791673114653"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 g6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 N8d7 14. Rc2 Rac8 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Rac1 Na4 17. b3 Nab6 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nbd7 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxb8 Na3 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Bh6 26. Rxd7 Bxc1 27. Rxb7 Nb5 28. a4 Nc3 29. Bf3 Rc8 30. Ba7 Bf4 31. Rxe7 Kf8 32. Rd7 Re8 33. g3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Bg5 35. c6 Re8 36. Bc5+ Kg8 37. c7 h5 38. h4 Bf6 39. Bd4 Bxd4 40. Rd8 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.18"] [White "Acharya, Venkatagiri"] [Black "Persidsky, Andre"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "1608"] [BlackElo "1716"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2291791673114654"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nb6 15. h5 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 b4 18. Na4 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. O-O-O Rae8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rc8 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Rxb4 d5 26. Rd4 Bd6 27. Rf1 Rfe8 28. Nc3 Re3 {[#]} 29. Nxd5 Bxf4 30. Rdxf4 Rxb3 31. Nxc7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.20"] [White "Ni, Tao"] [Black "Morello, Nicholas"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Ni,Tao"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1587"] [BlackElo "1750"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "171"] [GameId "2292098914581347"] [EventDate "2026.03.24"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 {In the last TNM, Nicholas played g6 setup and I figured that this time he would play something different. 6..e5 is a very strong setup against the exchange Caro, taking out White's good light-squared bishop via a forced exchange and Black gaining the bishop pair as a potential long-term advantage, but meanwhile leaving an IQP and d4 square for White's knight.} 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 g4 {This is a surprising move and I spent about 10 minutes to think about it here. After the game, Nicholas told me that this is his preparation in this line and he rightfully guessed that this is a position I never played before and if I make some mistakes here, he can get a very good position.} 15. hxg4 {After thinking for 10 minutes I figured I have to take and accept a somewhat broken pawn structure in front of my king. However, I decided that it's okay since Black's king is also exposed and Black's pieces are still not well developed and therefore, far from invading into the dangerous zones on my camp.} Nxg4 (15... Bxg4 16. Qd4 Ne4 17. Nbd2 Qc7 $2 (17... Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd4 $11) 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 $18) 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Na3 Re3 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 {After we traded queen, I feel like my position is solid again and my pieces are slightly faster in development. Black's rook on e3 doesn't post any thread anymore.} Bd7 21. Nac2 Re4 22. Nb4 Nf6 23. Nd3 Re7 24. Rae1 Rxe1 (24... Rae8) 25. Rxe1 Re8 $6 {I was looking forward to exchange the rook. This seems to be a normal choice, but I don't think this is a good positional choice for Black, because once we entered the light pieces endgame, Black's weak d5 IQP quickly became a liability and either the knight or bishop needs to keep it defended.} 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Ne5 $2 {I made this move too quickly without careful calculation that Nc5 is a much faster way to win a pawn... This is a missed winning chance for White.} ({The right plan to win a pawn should be:} 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Nb5 a6 29. Na7 Be6 30. Nxb7) 27... Bc8 28. Kf2 f6 $6 {This is another mistake in my opinion. The knight on e5 is not doing anything and I need to reroute it to d3 and b4 to add pressure to the IQP anyways. f6 basically helps me do that but Black wastes some time to advance the passive knight on e8 to a more active square.} (28... Nd6) 29. Nd3 Kf7 30. Nb4 Nc7 31. f5 a5 32. Nd3 b6 33. g4 Bd7 34. Kg3 Nb5 $2 {This is the moment I have been waiting for: to trade Black's knight to enter a good knight vs bad bishop endgame. I know that once Black's knight is off the board, I can win this endgame because my king is in a better position and Black's bishop will have to passively keep the IQP defended.} 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. Nf4 Bc6 37. Kh4 Kg7 38. Ne6+ Kh7 39. Kg3 Be8 40. Nc7 Bc6 41. Kf4 Kg7 42. Ne6+ Kh7 43. a3 (43. Ke3 h5 44. gxh5 Kh6 45. Nf4 Kg5 46. Kd4 $3 Kxf4 47. h6 $18) 43... Be8 44. b4 h5 45. Nc7 axb4 (45... Bc6 46. b5 Bb7 47. gxh5 Kh6 48. Ne8 Kxh5 49. Nxf6+ Kh4 50. Ke5) 46. axb4 Bf7 47. gxh5 Kh6 48. Na8 b5 49. Nc7 Bxh5 50. Nxd5 Kg7 51. Nc7 Be2 52. Ke4 Kh6 53. Ne8 Kg5 54. Nd6 Bg4 55. Nf7+ Kh4 56. Kf4 Be2 57. Nd6 Kh5 58. Ne8 Kh6 59. Nxf6 Kg7 60. Ne8+ Kf7 61. Nd6+ Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf7 63. Ke5 Bd3 64. Nd6+ Kf8 65. f6 Be2 66. f7 Ke7 67. Kd5 Bh5 68. Nxb5 Bxf7+ 69. Kc5 Kd7 70. Nd4 Kc7 71. b5 Kb7 72. c4 Bg6 73. Kb4 Be4 74. c5 Bd5 75. Ka5 Ka8 76. Kb6 Kb8 77. c6 Kc8 78. Nf5 Be6 79. Nd6+ Kb8 80. c7+ Ka8 81. Ka6 Bc8+ 82. Ka5 Ba6 83. bxa6 Ka7 84. Kb5 Ka8 85. c8=Q+ Ka7 86. Qb7# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.21"] [White "Stults, Sawyer"] [Black "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1521"] [BlackElo "1711"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2292101535686047"] [EventDate "2026.03.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 a6 11. Rac1 b5 12. Be2 Ra7 13. Rfd1 Rc7 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Re8 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. Rdc5 Re6 19. Qf4 d6 20. R5c3 Qe8 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qh4 Rh6 23. Qf4 Re7 24. Rg3 Rg6 25. Nf3 Ne5 26. Rxg6 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 hxg6 28. Qxd6 Rd7 29. Qf4 Qd8 30. Kg2 Rd5 31. Rc3 Rg5+ 32. Kh1 Rf5 33. Qg4 Qd5 34. Be2 Qxa2 35. Qd4 Rd5 36. Qb6 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Rg5+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. Kh4 Qf4+ 40. Kh3 Rh5+ 41. Kg2 Qxh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.22"] [White "Milliken, William"] [Black "Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Booth,Kyle Ewart Coventry"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1638"] [BlackElo "1434"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "100"] [GameId "2292203468372694"] [EventDate "2026.03.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 {I am always happy to play against the Smith-Morra.} 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Qb8 {[#]} (12... O-O {is probably better here}) 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Bb6 Bd8 17. Bf2 b5 18. Bb3 Bb6 19. e5 {I figured I would be better after this having calculated everything on the previous move.} dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ng4+ 22. Kf1 Ncxe5 {[#]} 23. h3 Nxf3 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 {I was feeling great here, just need a plan to trade off some pieces.} Rd8 27. Rd2 Be8 28. Rg2 {[#] At this point I was worried about any sacs my opponent had. I had to burn a decent amount of clock on each move to make sure there weren't any.} Qd6 29. Rd1 Qc5 30. Re1 Qf5 {Trying to trade queens.} 31. Qb7 g6 {Worried about Bxe6 and mate threats on g7. I realize now I didn't really need to be.} 32. Bc2 Qd5 33. Qe7 Qxf3+ 34. Kg1 Rd7 {[#] At this point my clock was already much lower than my opponents and I was feeling the crunch to find a plan. I think this move was the start of things going the wrong way for me - shouldn't have disconnected rooks especially when lower on time.} 35. Qh4 {[#]} Kh7 $4 {Protected pawn - blunder. (EW: Yes, pretty much everything else wins for Black)} 36. Be4 Qxg2+ 37. Bxg2 Rad8 38. Bc6 {Trying to let me back in it??} Rd4 39. Qf6 Bxc6 {I am basically playing on increment from here on out.} 40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Qxe6 R4d6 42. Qe5+ (42. Qf7 $1 $18) 42... Kg8 $1 $14 43. Rf1 {[#]} Be8 $2 {Mistake} (43... Bb7 $1 $14) 44. Rf2 $2 (44. Qe7 $1 $18) 44... Rd1+ (44... Bf7 $1 $11) 45. Kh2 R1d6 $2 (45... Bf7 $14) 46. Qf4 $16 g5 $6 47. Qf8+ $1 $18 Kh7 48. Qe7+ Kg6 49. h4 $1 Rd2 50. Qf6+ Kh5 {[#] Flagged on this move. I wasn't sure if this was won for White at this point, felt like I maybe could have held if I had a few more minutes.} 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.23"] [White "Vazquez, Dominic A"] [Black "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Hays-Smith,Isaac"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "1454"] [BlackElo "1626"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2291799413780679"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bc5 Nxe5 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Qd3 Qb4 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. e4 d4 21. Ne2 Rd8 22. f4 (22. e5 $1 $14) 22... Qb6 (22... Bb5 $1 $15) 23. e5 (23. f5 $5) 23... Bb5 $1 {[#]} 24. Qe4 $4 (24. Qd2 $1 d3 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Na4 Bxa4 $8 27. bxa4 Bf8 28. a5 $8 Qb5 $1 $11) 24... d3 25. Ng1 d2 26. Rc3 Bf8 $19 27. Nf3 (27. Qxb7) 27... Qa5 {[#]} 28. Rc2 (28. Qe3 Bb4 29. f5 Bxc3 30. Qxh6 exf5 31. Ng5 Be8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Nxf7 Kc8 $1 $19 {}) 28... Nxc2 29. Qxc2 Be2 30. Rxd2 Bxf3 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.24"] [White "Siegel, David"] [Black "Uzakbaev, Nursultan"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "1653"] [BlackElo "1558"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2291820206801872"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 b6 {Rarely played but not unheard of.} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb7 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bb4 {My opponent has played logical moves but somehow the computer evaluation is already at +1.4. The master's database has one game at this position and White played 7. Bd3. Stockfish thinks my choice (7. d5) is just as good, but it is more committal. The dream is to put pressure on the e7 square and tear apart the kingside. Maybe some combination of d5, Bg5, kick away the dark squared bishop, d6, put my queen or a rook on the e-file, etc. That isn't quite what happened in the game but things got out of hand pretty quickly.} 7. d5 Nce7 8. Qb3 {The material is equal but Stockfish thinks White is at +1.9. If Black defends the bishop I kick it away with 9. a3; if it retreats along the e7 diagonal I play 9. Ne4; if it retreats to a5 I play 9. Bg5.} Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Ng6 {I'd love to capture twice on f6 if I could guarantee that Black would castle kingside, but he could just castle queenside, and I didn't especially want to exchange queens yet either. I also had the 11... Ne4 fork to worry about. I thought about playing 10. Bd3 to cover the e4 square but 10. O-O-O looked even stronger; 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Re1 would be completely winning for White and I liked the idea of getting the rook onto the e-file regardless. Bd3 could wait.} 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bd3 d6 {12... d6 was the best move according to the computer, but now my plan is straightforward, I'm going to try to tear apart the kingside with the h-pawn. I was expecting 12... h6 and didn't think White would be so much better afterwards. The computer finds the spectacular fishing pole 12... h6 13. h4! Second best is to capture twice on f6 and try to hunt down Black's pawns... it wasn't so obvious to me that White would be winning in that position but it did seem promising.} 13. h4 b5 14. h5 b4 15. Qxb4 {I'm winning at least a piece here.} Bxd5 16. hxg6 Be6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxh7 c5 19. Qc3 Qb6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Be4 Rab8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Ke8 24. Rh7 Kd8 25. Qd2 Kc8 26. Rxd6 Qb4 27. Rc6# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.25"] [White "Chan, John"] [Black "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Toczyski,David Paul"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "1527"] [BlackElo "1582"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "151"] [GameId "2291990485239030"] [EventDate "2026.03.24"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. d5 $6 Ne5 8. Bg5 $2 Be7 9. Qd4 Nd3+ $6 10. Bxd3 $1 cxd3 11. Qxd3 $2 Nxd5 $3 12. Bd2 $6 Be6 13. Nge2 $6 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O $6 15. Rd1 $6 Bf6 16. Qc2 Qe7 $2 17. O-O b6 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Rd6 20. h3 Re8 $6 21. Re2 $6 Qd7 22. Rde1 g6 $6 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd1 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Re1 $6 Qd6 $1 28. Qc1 Bd7 $6 29. Rd1 $1 Qc6 30. Qd2 $6 Bc8 31. Nd5 Bb7 $6 32. Qg5 Kh8 $4 33. f3 Qd6 34. Qf6+ Qxf6 $1 35. Nxf6 Re7 $2 36. Rd2 Kg7 $1 37. Ng4 f5 38. Nh2 $6 Kf6 39. Kf2 h5 $6 40. h4 $6 a5 $6 41. Nf1 f4 42. g3 fxg3+ 43. Nxg3 Bc6 44. Rd6+ Re6 $1 45. Rxe6+ $6 Kxe6 46. f4 b5 $2 47. Ke3 Kd5 $6 48. Ne2 $2 b4 49. axb4 cxb4 50. Nc1 a4 51. Nd3 Kc4 52. Ne5+ Kb5 53. Kd4 a3 54. bxa3 bxa3 55. Kc3 Be4 56. Kb3 Kc5 57. Kxa3 Kd4 58. Nf7 Ke3 59. Kb4 Kxf4 60. Kc5 Kg4 61. Kd4 Bf5 62. Ke5 Kxh4 63. Kf4 {[#] EW: All the punctuation up to here is David's, but here, if we're to believe the annoying Tablebase that Chessbase shows in the Stockfish engine window, the move that misses the win occurs now:} Kh3 $2 {(EW: It's annoying because there are no "MTM" (move to mate) numbers to guide the play, just a "-1", "0", or "1" evaluation after any move. And this makes it 0.} (63... Be6 64. Ng5 Bd5 65. Nh7 {and I *think* the point is} Kh3 66. Ng5+ Kg2 67. Ke5 Kg3 68. Kxd5 Kg4 {winning.}) 64. Ng5+ Kh2 65. Nf3+ Kg2 66. Nh4+ Kh3 67. Nf3 $1 Bc2 68. Ng5+ Kg2 69. Nf3 $1 Bd1 70. Nh4+ $1 Kf2 71. Nxg6 Bg4 72. Ne5 Bd1 73. Kg5 Kg3 74. Ng6 Bf3 75. Nh4 Bd1 76. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.26"] [White "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Black "Le, Thu Anh"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Le,Thu Anh"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1453"] [BlackElo "1419"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2291831100666348"] [EventDate "2026.03.24"] 1. e4 b6 {OG Thu circa 2023} 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 {[#]} 6. Bg5 (6. e5 $5) (6. Qe2 $5) 6... h6 7. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxf6 {Induce a long-term structural weakness on White}) 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. e5 Qd8 {The queen undeveloped.} (9... Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3) (9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qf4 11. O-O Ne7 12. Be2 (12. Qxc7 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qxf3) 12... O-O {Now Black has a good game}) 10. a3 {[#]} Be7 $6 {The bishop undeveloped. Should have committed to chop off Nc3.} (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne7 12. Be2 (12. O-O {Doesn't work} Bxf3 13. gxf3) 12... O-O 13. O-O) 11. Be4 (11. O-O-O) (11. Qf4) 11... d5 {[#] This move looks like Black's LSB is blocked, but is only temporarily as Black still has c5} 12. Bd3 (12. exd6 Bxd6 13. O-O-O O-O) 12... Nb8 {The knight undeveloped. Black reset their entire development.} (12... g5 13. h3 Qd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O) 13. O-O c5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 (14... Nc6 15. Qe3 a6 16. Bxc6+ Bxc6) 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bf1 cxd4 (16... f6 17. exf6 Rxf6) 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Nce2 $4 Nxe5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Ng3 Bd6 21. Nh5 Qd8 (21... Nd7 22. Rxe6 {I was wondering at various points whether my opponent has Rxe6 sac, which optically seems annoying} fxe6 23. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Qe5 {Not here yet}) 22. g3 Nd7 {[#]} (22... Re8) (22... Qg5) 23. Bg2 (23. Nxg7 {Now White could generate some counterplay with a knight sac} Qg5 (23... Kxg7 $4 24. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 25. Nxe6+ {Family forky fork}) (23... Bc5 24. Qxh6 Qf6) 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Ndxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Ne5 27. Nxf8 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxf8) (23. Rxe6 $2 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Re1 (25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Re1 Qf7) 25... Ne5 $3 26. Rxe5 (26. f4 Nf3+) 26... Bxe5 27. Nexg7 Bxg7 {Now Black is safe. In all honesty, I wasn't sure if it would be completely defendable after Rxe6.}) 23... Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. b4 Be5 (25... e5 26. Nb3 e4) 26. c3 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Rac8 28. Rac1 Bc6 29. Rc3 Bb5 {[#]} 30. Rec1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bc4 32. Bf1 b5 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. f4 Rb8 35. Qe3 Qf5 36. Kg2 a5 {[#]} 37. Qe5 (37. bxa5 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 (38. Kh1 Qb1+ (38... Rb1+ 39. Rc1 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxc1+ 41. Kg2 dxe4) 39. Rc1 Qa2 40. Qg1 Qxa3) 38... Qh5+ 39. g4 Qh3#) 37... Qxe5 38. fxe5 axb4 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Kh7 42. h3 Kg6 43. Rf3 Rb3 {[#]} 44. Kf2 Rxf3+ 45. Kxf3 c3 46. Ke3 c2 47. Kd2 Kf5 48. Kxc2 Ke4 49. Kc3 Kf3 50. g4 Kf4 51. Kd3 Kg3 52. Ke3 Kxh3 53. Kf3 Kh4 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Kf3 Kh3 56. Kf2 Kxg4 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.27"] [White "Casares, Nick"] [Black "McCutcheon, Bennett"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "1637"] [BlackElo "1565"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2291791674495014"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bxf4 Qf6 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 O-O-O 9. O-O Qxf3 10. Rxf3 {[#]} Nf6 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. c3 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 f6 14. b4 g6 15. a4 Bh6 16. Re2 Rhe8 17. Nf3 f5 18. Bd5 fxe4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd2 {[#]} c5 21. d5 cxb4 22. c4 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 e3 24. Re2 Re4 25. Rc1 Rde8 26. a5 Rd4 27. Kf1 Ree4 28. Rec2 Rd2 29. Rxd2 exd2 30. Rd1 {[#]} Re1+ 31. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 32. Kxe1 Kb7 33. Kd2 Ka6 34. Kc2 Kxa5 35. Kb3 Kb6 36. Kxb4 a5+ 37. Kb3 Kc5 38. Kc3 a4 39. g4 a3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Martin, Bryan D"] [Black "Weaver, Kyle"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1205"] [BlackElo "1118"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2291791674495015"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bxd5 exd5 6. Qf3 d4 7. cxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O d5 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Nf4 Bh4 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxe5 16. Rxe5 Nxe5 17. Na3 Nd3 18. g3 Bf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Nb5 Bh3 21. Nxd4 Re8 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. b3 Rxc2 24. Ba3 Rxd2 25. f4 Rg2+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.28"] [White "Karpe, Ummon"] [Black "Gore, Neel"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Karpe,Ummon"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1301"] [BlackElo "1362"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "110"] [GameId "2291791674495016"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qe4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd4 Bf8 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Qd7 Re7 23. Qd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Bf4 f6 26. Red1 g5 27. Bd6 Bxd6 28. R8xd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 f5 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. c4 Rc7 32. c5 Ke7 33. Rd3 g4 34. Rb3 e5 35. g3 Ke6 36. Rb5 Kd5 37. c6+ Kxc6 38. Rxe5 Rf7 39. a4 Kd6 40. Re2 Kc5 41. a5 b5 42. axb6 axb6 43. Rc2+ Kd4 44. Rb2 Kc5 45. Rc2+ Kb5 46. Kg2 Ka6 47. Ra2+ Kb7 48. Rb2 Re7 49. Rb5 Ka6 50. Rxf5 Re4 (50... b5 51. Rg5 b4 52. Rxg4 b3) 51. Rf4 (51. Rf8 b5 52. f4 Re2+ (52... gxf3+ 53. Kxf3) (52... b4 53. f5) 53. Kf1 Rxh2 54. f5) 51... Rxf4 52. gxf4 Kb7 53. Kf1 Kc6 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Kd3 b5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.29"] [White "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Black "Hack, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Analyze This"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "1272"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2291820719191720"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 {white 1 hour 28 minutes.... black 1 hour 30 minutes} 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qc2 e5 {w 1 h 26 m... b 1 h 25 m} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 (12. Rfd1 e4) 12... Nc5 13. Bd3 (13. Ba3) 13... f4 (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3) 14. h3 (14. Ba3 b6) 14... Nh5 15. Ba3 b6 {w 1 h 10 m... b 1 h 10 m} 16. Be2 Rf7 17. Ng5 Rd7 18. b4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bg4 Qxc4 {w 1 h 2 m.... b 1 h 4 m} 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Rfd1 (22. Qb3 Qxb3 (22... Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 23. axb3) 22... Qe6 23. Rd2 (23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3) 23... f3 24. Qb3 (24. gxf3 Qxh3) 24... fxg2 (24... Qxb3 25. axb3) 25. Rxd7 Qxb3 {w 54 m... b 58 m} 26. axb3 (26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. axb3) 26... Nf4 27. Rad1 Nxh3+ 28. Kxg2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Ne6 30. Ne2 Rf8+ {w 49 m ... b 54 m} 31. Kg2 h5 32. b5 (32. Bc1) 32... c5 33. Bc1 g5 34. Rxa7 g4 35. Rd6 Nf4+ {w 40 m... b 44 m} 36. Nxf4 (36. Bxf4 exf4) 36... exf4 37. Rg6 Rf7 38. Rxf7 (38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Rxb6) 38... Kxf7 39. Rxb6 {is this the blunder} (39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bxf4 Kf6 41. f3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 h4) 39... f3+ 40. Kg3 {is this the blunder} (40. Kg1) 40... Be5+ {w 35m... b 41 m} 41. Kh4 (41. Bf4 h4+ 42. Kxh4 Bxf4 43. Kxg4 Bd2 44. Kxf3) 41... g3 42. Rb7+ (42. fxg3 f2) (42. Kxh5 gxf2) (42. Kh3 g2) 42... Ke6 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ {w 16m ... b 39 m... black offers draw... white accepts} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.30"] [White "Turner, Robert"] [Black "Rosston, Andrew Burkett"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1278"] [BlackElo "1121"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2291791674495018"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 ({The main line has been the downright bizarre} 6. e5 $5 Qe7 $5 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6) 9. b3 {with all sorts of contortions to come.}) 6... d5 $1 {[#]} 7. e5 $6 ({Stockfish is no fan of} 7. Qe2 {but it has quite a following:} dxe4 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. O-O Qd6 12. Bb5 Ng4 13. g3 Qc5 14. a4 a6 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. h4 Rb6 17. Be3 Re6 18. Qf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Qxg4 Rxe3 21. Qd4 Re6 22. Qb4 Qd5 23. Rad1 Qf3 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rd3 Qe4 26. Qxf8 Bb7 27. f3 Qe5 28. Rd2 Rf6 29. Kh2 Bxf3 30. Rdf2 Rf4 31. Qd8 Rf6 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Rxf3 Qe5 {1-0 (33) Wei,Y (2754)-So,W (2753) Mumbai (rapid) 2025}) ({The main line *here* is the stable} 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 {with a lot of familiar names with big ratings.} O-O 10. cxd5 (10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rb8 13. Qd3 h6 14. b3 Bd6 15. Bd2 c5 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Re2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rae1 Rbe8 20. a3 Rb8 21. Rb1 Rfe8 22. b4 Bf5 23. Rbe1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 a6 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Ra8 28. b6 Rb8 29. Ba5 Qg5 30. Qc4 Qh5 31. h4 Kh7 32. a4 f5 33. Re6 Bf4 34. Be1 Re8 35. Kf1 d3 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Qxd3 Qxa4 38. Qxf5+ Kg8 39. b7 Qc4+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Qc4 42. Bf2 Qb4 43. g3 Qxb7 44. Qxf4 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qa2 46. Qf5 c4 47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. h5 Kh8 49. g4 Qa4 50. Bd4 Qc2+ 51. Kg3 Qc1 52. Qa8+ {1-0 (52) Shankland,S (2720)-Aronian,L (2775) "Road to Miami", chess.com 2022}) 10... Nxd5 11. Be4 Be6 12. Qf3 c6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 cxd5 18. b3 Bf6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Rd1 d4 21. Bf4 Qxa2 22. g4 Qa5 23. Kg2 Qb5 24. Rc1 d3 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. b4 Qxb4 27. g5 Be7 28. h4 Qb5 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Re5 Qd7 31. Bd2 g6 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qxh5 Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Bg7 35. Rf5 Qg6 36. Qf3 Qe6 37. Kg2 Qe2 38. Qf4 Qe6 39. Qf3 a6 40. Rc5 Bf8 41. Rc6 Qd5 42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. Rxa6 Rd8 44. f4 Bg7 45. Kf3 Bc3 46. Bxc3 d2 47. Bxd2 Rxd2 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. f5 h6 50. gxh6+ Kxh6 51. Kf4 Kg7 52. Ra6 Rf2+ 53. Kg5 Rg2+ 54. Kf4 Rg1 55. Rb6 Rf1+ 56. Kg5 Rg1+ 57. Kf4 Ra1 58. Kg5 Rg1+ 59. Kf4 {½-½ (59) Vachier Lagrave,M (2736)-Carlsen,M (2859) online blitz 16 Dec 2022}) 7... Ng4 $15 8. O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 {[#]} g5 $5 10. Bg3 ({This line has spanned time in chess:} 10. Bd2 O-O {Black has a huge score with this move (W0 D3 B7!)} ({Back *two* centuries ago (well, the 1800s) is the first game here:} 10... Nxe5 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Qh5 O-O-O 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Bh4 Qg7 16. Ba6+ Kb8 17. Bg3 Rhg8 18. Qd1 Ng4 19. Bf1 Ne5 20. b4 Bg4 21. Qb1 Bd4 22. Qb3 h5 23. Rab1 h4 24. Bxh4 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxf3+ 26. Bg3 Qxg3+ 27. hxg3 Rxg3+ 28. Kh2 Bxf2 29. Bh3 Rxh3+ {0-1 (29) Showalter,J-Gossip,G New York 1889}) ({Just over one hundred years ago:} 10... Qe7 $5 $15 11. Bc3 (11. Nc3 $5) 11... Be6 (11... Nxe5 $4 {was a horrible blunder by a future world champion:} 12. Bxe5 {1-0 (12) Mieses,J-Euwe,M The Hague 1921. Ugh!}) (11... O-O $1 {Stockfish 18}) 12. h3 h5 {[#]} 13. hxg4 $4 (13. Qe1 $1 $15) (13. b4 $1 $15) 13... hxg4 $19 14. g3 Qf8 15. Kg2 Rh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh6+ 17. Kg1 Qh3 18. Bd4 O-O-O 19. Bh7 Rh8 20. Qd3 Bxd4 21. Nd2 Rxh7 22. Qxh7 Qxh7 23. c3 Bb6 24. Nb3 Bf5 {0-1 (24) Mieses,J-Fuchs,A Vienna (simul!) 1923}) {Here's as far as super-GMs have gone this century:} 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. Qh5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 f6 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Qh3 Bg6 17. Qe6+ Bf7 18. Qxc6 Bb6 19. Na4 d4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. h4 Bd5 22. Qa4 gxh4 23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Qf4 Bd5 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Kh2 Qb8 28. a3 Qxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rg8 30. Be3 Be6 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Rc8 Rd1 34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Rc8 Kg6 36. Rc6 Bd5 37. Rc2 Be6 38. Rc6 Bf5 39. Rc4 h3 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2759) Paris 2018 ½-½}) 10... h5 $1 $19 11. Be2 Qe7 12. h3 h4 {[#]} 13. Bh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxg4 hxg3 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Qe2 Qe6 16. Nd2 Rxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Nf3 g4 19. Qa6 gxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxf3+ 22. Ke1 Kd7 23. Qf1 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Ke6 25. Re1 Rb8 26. b3 Rb4 27. c4 dxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Kg2 Rc5 30. Kg3 Rxe5 31. Rc1 f5 32. Rxc6+ Kd7 33. Ra6 Re3+ 34. Kf2 f4 35. Rf6 g3+ {0-1 (35) McGregor,J (1856)-Jameson,D (2081) Cardiff 2019}) (13. Bxh4 Rxh4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 O-O-O 16. Qf3 Qxe5 17. g3 Rh3 18. Kg2 Rdh8 19. Qf5+ Qxf5 20. gxf5 g4 {0-1 (20) Jackson,N (1955)-Magana,B (2091) Nairobi 2015}) 13... Nxh2 14. Kxh2 Qxe5+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. f4 gxf4 (16... Qg7 $5) (16... Qxb2 $1) 17. Bf3 (17. Nd2 $5 O-O $19 (17... Kf8 $1 $19)) 17... Be6 (17... Qxb2 $1) 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Re1 Qf6 {[#]} 20. Bg4 $6 f3 $1 {Of course! White has to trade queens, down two pawns and other Black plusses.} ({Of course} 20... Rxb2 {isn't bad either}) 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxb2 23. Bg4 Kd7 24. Bxe6+ fxe6 25. Re2 Rf8 26. Rae1 e5 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Nxb1 Rf1+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.31"] [White "Raman, Keshav V"] [Black "Tobias, Mason"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1167"] [BlackElo "1276"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2291791674495019"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qg4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Qxg6 Nxg6 20. Nd6 Re2 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Nf5 Rde8 23. Nd4 Rd2 24. Nxc6 Rc8 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Nc6 Rxa2 27. Rfe1 f6 28. Nb4 Ra8 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Ne7 31. h3 Kf7 32. Nxd5 Rd8 33. Ne3 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Ke6 35. Kf1 Nd5 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.32"] [White "Harris, Clarence"] [Black "Harriman, Connor"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1396"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2291791674495020"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 dxe4 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Qe2 {[#]} Nxe4 16. Be3 Nef6 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxe5 Rad8 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Qxb2 22. g5 Ng8 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. Re8 Rxe8 25. Qxe8 Qxa2 26. Bf1 Qxc2 27. Rd8 Qa2 28. Qf8 Ne4 29. Rb8 Qb3 30. Rd8 Qe6 31. Re8 Qd5 32. Kh2 Nxg5 33. Bg2 Qb3 34. Re7 Ne6 35. Qe8 Nf4 36. Qf8 Nh5 37. Qa8 a6 38. Re3 Qb2 39. Bf3 Qxf2+ 40. Bg2 Nf4 41. Rg3 Ne2 42. Ra3 Qg1# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.33"] [White "Wardle, Braxton"] [Black "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "390"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2291791674495021"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. exd6 Nxd6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Bf5 Qe7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Bxe6+ fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rf8 22. Ne3 Bh6 23. Ng4 Rxf3 24. Re8+ Kc7 25. Re7+ Kb6 26. Nxh6 Rxh3 27. Kc1 Rxh6 28. Rxg7 Rf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.34"] [White "Ching, Harvey"] [Black "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C07"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2291791674495022"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] {This is a fantastic melee of a game!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Rb1 (10. c4 $1 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Re1 (11. c4) (11. Bb2 Be7 12. c4 O-O $15) 11... Ndxe5 (11... Ncxe5) (11... Be7 12. c4 O-O) 12. Bb5 $6 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c4 Be7 14. cxd5 O-O $17) 12... Nxf3+ (12... a6 $1 $19) 13. Nxf3 Bd6 (13... Be7 $1 $17) (13... a6 $5 14. Ba4 Be7 $17) 14. Ng5 $2 (14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qh5 Rd8 $15 (15... f6 $15)) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Qd4 $6 {[#]} (16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qh5 Qf5 (17... Qf6) 18. Bd3 $1 Qf6 $1 $17) 16... O-O $4 (16... Bxc1 $19) 17. Qxf4 e5 18. Qh4 (18. Qf3 $1 $18) 18... h6 $6 (18... Bf5 $16) 19. Nf3 Bf5 20. Rb2 e4 21. Bxc6 exf3 22. Bxd5 Qxc3 23. Qb4 $1 fxg2+ 24. Bxg2 Qf6 25. Rbe2 Bd3 {[#]} 26. Re7 $2 (26. Rd2 $18) (26. Bb2 $18) (26. Re3 $18) 26... Qxf2 {(White is running out of pawns...)} 27. Qg4 Bg6 (27... Bf5 $5 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 $14) 28. R1e2 $1 Qc5 29. Bb2 $1 $16 Rad8 $2 {[#]} (29... Qh5+ 30. Qxh5 Bxh5 31. R2e3 $16) (29... Qf5 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 31. Bxb7 $16 (31. a4)) 30. R2e6 $2 {(It was already on...)} h5 $4 (30... Qc2 $1 $11) 31. Qxg6 $3 $18 Rd1+ (31... Qc1+ 32. Bxc1 fxg6 $18 {(two bishops better than four pawns!)}) 32. Kh2 Qg1+ (32... Rh1+ 33. Kxh1 $1 ({A much faster mate than} 33. Bxh1)) 33. Kg3 (33. Kh3 $1 {will be easier}) 33... h4+ (33... Qf2+ 34. Kxf2 fxg6+ 35. Ke2 $18) 34. Kh3 $1 fxg6 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rgxg6+ Rd4 {[#]} 37. Bd5 $4 {[#]} (37. Rg4 $1 $18 Rf6 38. Re8+ {#10} (38. Bxd4 $1 $18 Qxd4 39. Re8+ {#8}) (38. Rxf6 $18 {is also winning, but will take a while})) 37... Qf1+ $1 38. Rg2 Qh1+ {(Black mates in 2)} (38... Qh1+ 39. Rh2 Rf3+ 40. Bxf3 Qxf3#) 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.35"] [White "Jessup, Steven"] [Black "Robins, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C54"] [BlackElo "1387"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2291791674495023"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. Qe2 $2 (8. O-O $1 Bxc3 $1 9. d5 $1 Bf6 $1 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 $11 {is the famous line from eternity.}) 8... Qe7 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxe7+ $6 (10. Kxd2 $1 $17) 10... Bxe7 (10... Nxe7 $1 $19) 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Nd5 (12. Rhe1 a6 $17) 12... Bb4+ $2 (12... Bd8 $19) (12... Bd6 $19) 13. Kc2 $2 (13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rhe1 $11 {d5}) 13... Ba5 (13... Bd6 $1 $17) 14. Rac1 (14. a3 $1 $17) 14... Nb4+ 15. Kb1 (15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. a3 Be7 $19) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Bb3 d5 18. g4 Bxg4 19. Ne5 Bf5+ 20. Ka1 Bc7 21. h4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rfe8 23. Rce1 Re6 24. h5 Be4 25. Rhf1 Rae8 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Rd7 Rb8 32. Rd4 Ke7 33. Rxe4 Rd8 34. Kb1 Rd2 35. Rf4 Ke6 36. Kc1 Rd5 37. Rg4 g6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. f4 Kf5 40. Rh4 Rd4 41. Rh7 Rd7 42. Rh4 b5 43. Kc2 a5 44. Kc3 f6 45. exf6 Kxf6 46. b4 a4 47. Rh8 Kf5 48. Rc8 Rd6 49. Rf8+ {[#]} Ke4 $2 (49... Rf6 $1 $19) 50. a3 $1 $11 Rd3+ 51. Kb2 Rf3 52. Rf6 $1 Rxf4 53. Rxg6 $11 {[#]} Kd5 54. Rg8 Kc4 {[#]} 55. Rc8 $2 (55. Rg2 $1 $11) 55... Rf2+ 56. Kc1 Kb3 57. Rxc6 Kxa3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.36"] [White "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Black "Gulevich, Aaron"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "1069"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "43"] [GameId "2291791674495024"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bb4 10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 bxc6 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qg4 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Qc4 Qe7 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Rxd7 Qxe4 20. Rb1+ Ka8 21. Rxc7 Rhe8 22. Qxa7# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.37"] [White "Wilson, Stephen L"] [Black "Blum, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "779"] [BlackElo "1002"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "134"] [GameId "2291791674495025"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 (3. d4) 3... Bg4 (3... Be6) 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 c5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Rg1 Nc6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. h4 Qb6 14. c4 Be7 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nh5 17. Nf1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. N1d2 O-O-O 20. Qc2 f6 21. Qc3 Be8 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Bd7 24. Ra1 Rh3 25. Ke2 f5 26. Rh1 Rdh8 27. Rxh3 Rxh3 28. Rg1 fxe4 29. Nxe4 g6 30. Nf6 Bc6 31. Nd5 Kd7 32. Rg4 Rh5 33. Nxe7 Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Kxe7 35. Kxf4 Rh3 36. Rg3 Rh1 37. d4 Rb1 38. Re3+ Kf7 39. d5 Rxb2 40. f3 b5 41. cxb5 axb5 42. Kg4 Rd2 43. f4 Rxd5 44. Rh3 Kg7 45. Re3 Rd4 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rd7 b4 48. Rd8+ Ke7 49. Rg8 Kf7 50. Rd8 Rd3 51. f5 Rd4+ 52. Kf3 gxf5 53. Rd7+ Kg6 54. Rd8 Kxg5 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Ke3 f4+ 57. Kf3 Rd3+ 58. Kxf4 Rxb3 59. Rf8+ Ke6 60. Re8+ Kd5 61. Re1 c4 62. Rd1+ Rd3 63. Rh1 c3 64. Rh5+ Kc4 65. Ke4 d5+ 66. Kf4 c2 67. Rh1 Rd1 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.38"] [White "Parsons, Stephen"] [Black "De Firmian, Christopher"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2010"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2291791674495026"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 e6 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 d5 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. h3 Nc4 17. Bg3 b5 18. Nd4 b4 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 {[#]} 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. b3 Na3 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Qc8 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Bd3 Qb6 26. Rc1 Nb5 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 {[#]} 28. Qg4 O-O 29. Rc7 Bd3 30. Be5 Bg6 {[#]} 31. Qxg6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.39"] [White "Clemens, Kristian"] [Black "Foerster-Yialamas, Lucas"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1993"] [BlackElo "2216"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "158"] [GameId "2291791674495027"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 c5 $5 (5... Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3) (5... Nb6 6. Nf3 (6. Bg5) (6. Bf4) 6... Bg7 7. Bg5 (7. Bf4)) 6. e4 (6. dxc5 $5) 6... Nxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {("not very interesting," R.Edouard 2021 note)} (8. Bxd4 e5 $1 9. Bxe5 (9. Bc3 $5 Bd6 $5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. h3 f6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Qxc6 Bc5 18. Qa4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qf7 20. b3 Qb7 21. Be1 Kf7 22. Rc2 Ke7 23. Kh2 g5 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Bb4 26. Qa4 Rxc2 27. a3 Bd6 {0-1 (27) Wojtaszek,R (2700)-Dubov,D (2714) Terme Catez 2021}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Bc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5) 8... Qxd4 9. Bxd4 f6 10. Bb5+ (10. Bc3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Rd1 Ke7 15. Rf1 g5 16. g3 Ne5 17. Bd5 Bg4 18. gxf4 Nf3+ 19. Rxf3 Bxf3 20. Bxb7 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Bxf4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. h3 Rc8 24. Kf3 h5 25. Rd5 Rc6 26. a4 Rb6 27. Rf5 Be5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxg5 Rb3+ 30. Kg2 Rxb2+ 31. Kg3 Rb3+ 32. Kh4 Kd6 33. Rg7 a5 34. Ra7 Rb4 35. Rxa5 Rxe4+ 36. Kxh5 Rb4 37. Ra8 e4 38. a5 Kd7 39. a6 e3 40. Ra7+ Ke6 41. Ra8 Kf7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Rc7 e2 44. Rc1 Ra4 45. Re1 Rxa6 46. Rxe2 Kg7 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Re4 Kg7 49. h4 Rh6+ 50. Kg4 Rg6+ 51. Kh3 Kh6 52. Rf4 Rg7 53. Rg4 Rxg4 54. Kxg4 Kg6 55. h5+ Kh7 56. Kg5 Kh8 57. Kg6 Kg8 58. h6 Kh8 59. h7 {½-½ (59) Yoo,C (2607)-Woodward,A (2523) Saint Louis 2024}) 10... Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Rc1 e5 13. Be3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Ke7 16. Rc7 b6 17. Ne2 Kd6 18. Rc3 Nc5 19. Ke3 Rhd8 20. b4 Ne6 21. Rhc1 f5 22. f4 fxe4 23. Kxe4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 25. Kxf4 {[#]} Rf8+ 26. Kg3 Rf5 27. Rc6+ Kd5 28. h4 Re8 29. b5 Re3+ 30. Kh2 Rf4 31. Rc7 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Ra3 {[#]} 33. Rd1+ Ke5 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Re2 Rb4 36. Rf2+ Kg5 37. Rxh7 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Rxb5 39. Rb7 Rba5 40. Rg7 Rxa2 41. Rf3 R2a3 42. Rf8 Rd5 43. Rc8 Rd6 44. Re7 a5 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Rb5 Re3 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rb8 Ree6 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rb8 Rc6 51. Rb7 Re5 52. R5xb6 Rxb6 53. Rxb6+ Kf5 {[#]} 54. Ra6 $2 (54. Kg3 $11 {(tablebase)}) 54... g5 $8 55. Kg3 Ke4 56. Kg4 Kd4 57. Kh5 Kc4 58. g4 Kb3 59. Rb6+ Kc4 60. Ra6 Rb5 61. Re6 a4 62. Re4+ Kb3 63. Re3+ Kb4 64. Re4+ Ka5 65. Re3 Rc5 66. Rd3 Kb4 67. Rd4+ Kb3 68. Rd3+ Kc4 69. Re3 Ra5 70. Re4+ Kd3 71. Re1 a3 72. Ra1 a2 73. Kg6 Kc4 74. Rxa2 Rxa2 75. Kxg5 Kd5 76. Kf6 Rf2+ 77. Kg6 Ke6 78. g5 Rg2 79. Kh6 Kf5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: Extra Rated"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "4.40"] [White "Sisti, Daniel J"] [Black "Ramirez, Nazaret"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1800"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2291791674495028"] [EventDate "2026.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 (7. dxc5 $5 Qxb2 8. Nd4 e5 $5 9. Bxe5 $1 Bg4 10. Rb1 (10. f3 $5 Nxe5 11. Nb5 $11) 10... Qa3 $8 11. f3 Nxe5 12. fxg4 Bxc5 13. Nb5 $11 (13. Bb5+ $11)) 7... c4 8. Qxb6 axb6 $15 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. cxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd3 13. Nh4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Bd7 15. Nhf3 h5 16. Ne5 g6 17. Ndf3 Bh6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Ne4 {[#]} 20. h4 $2 (20. Bf3 $1 $11) 20... Nd2 21. Rfe1 Nb3 $1 $19 22. Ra2 $6 (22. Rad1 Bf5 $1) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxd7 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Kxd7 25. Ra1 b5 26. Re5 Kd6 27. f4 f6 28. gxf6 exf6 29. Re2 Rhe8 30. Rd2 Kc5 31. Rad1 Rad8 32. b4+ Kc6 33. Kf2 Re4 34. g3 d4 35. Kf3 f5 36. Kf2 d3 37. Rc1 Kd5 38. Rc3 Rde8 39. Rcc2 Kd4 40. a4 c3 41. Rd1 d2 42. a5 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Rxd1 45. a6 Ra1 0-1
Download Round 5 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 5 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Heiserman, Jimmy"] [Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2254"] [BlackElo "2245"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2294644484617141"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] {Tsodikova made excellent use of the two bishops to reduce Heiserman to the same score, 4-1. Nobody else, but a crowd a half point below them...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 {Perhaps one could call this unnecessarily commital. So for example in Heiserman-Winslow, last TNM, I made it a delayed Gruenfeld in a couple moves. Perhaps strategically provocative, as he is a Gruenfeld player himself! But it worked out, somehow. I'll use this as another excuse to present the game (why not!):} (4... O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 ({He could have played} 6. d5 {which is very likely to be a transposition with the current game}) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxd5 Bg7 10. Ne3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13. Kc3 Nc6 14. Rd1 g5 15. h3 h5 16. b4 g4 17. b5 gxf3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. gxf3 c5 20. Kc2 cxd4 21. Nd5 Bb7 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. Kb1 Rb8 25. Kc2 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rdc8+ 27. Kd3 Rc3+ 28. Ke4 Re8+ 29. Kf4 Be5+ 30. Kg5 Rxf3 31. Bb5 Bf6+ 32. Kxh5 Rf4 {0-1 (32) Heiserman,J (2280)-Winslow,E (2200) San Francisco 2026 [Winslow,Elliott]}) 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 {(Quite a different story from his days of 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Be3!)} c5 7. d5 {[#] is currently scoring better than 7.Be2.} Na6 ({Stockfish is big on} 7... Bf5 {but not by much}) 8. Be2 Nc7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 (10... e6 {10...g5 0.31} 11. Nd2 (11. dxe6 $16 Bxe6 12. e4) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 g5 13. Bg3 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Bxd6 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 {[#]} Qxd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Nc3 $11 18. Qd3 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 c4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qxe2 Qxd6 $11) 18. e4 $18 Qe5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. Ne3 Bc6 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qc2 b6 24. Bg4 {1-0 40, Dubov,D (2710)-Valdes Romero,L (2402) Titled Tuesday, 11 May 2021}) 11. Bg3 {[%emt 3:07:29] The position is equal.} Nh5 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:29]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:32] [#]} 13. fxg3 $146 {[%emt 0:00:22] A bit experimental. The structural minuses erase any advantage the knights might have going for them. And the f-file usually has to figure in this capture, but not here.} (13. hxg3 a6 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 14. a4 Rb8 15. Ra2 Bd7 16. a5 b5 (16... Ne8 $11) 17. axb6 (17. g4 $15) 17... Rxb6 $11 18. f4 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 $6 (19... Bxe6 $11 {is more appropriate.} 20. Qc2 Re8) 20. Nde4 Ne8 $2 {[#]} (20... Qe7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 21. Qd2 ({Better is} 21. fxg5 $1 $16 hxg5 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (22... Bxf8 23. Bh5 $1 $18) 23. Qf1+ $2 $14 (23. Bh5 $18) 23... Nf6 24. Bd1) 21... gxf4 22. gxf4 e5 $2 ({Black should play} 22... Qe7 $14) 23. Nd5 $18 Rb8 24. g3 $2 (24. Rxa6 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bc8 25. Ra7) 24... exf4 25. gxf4 {[%cal Of1f2]} Bf5 26. Bf3 Kh8 {[#]} 27. Rf2 $1 Bxe4 (27... Rf7 $16) 28. Bxe4 $18 Nf6 29. Bb1 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Qe7 (30... Rg8) 31. Qd3 $18 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rd3h7]} Bf6 32. Kf1 (32. b3 $18 {[%cal Of2h2] and Rh2! should not be overlooked} Rbe8 33. Kh2) 32... Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Bh4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 33. Rxa6 $2 ({White has to play} 33. b3 $18) 33... Qg7 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Bh4.} 34. b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Ke2 $1 $11) 34... Bh4 $19 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 35. Rfa2 (35. Qh7+ $19 Qxh7 36. Bxh7 Kxh7 37. Rd2) 35... Qg1+ {0-1 (35) Fernandez de Bobadilla,G (2231)-Zambrana Petisme,R (2108) Escaldes 2019}) 13... e6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 14. dxe6 {[%emt 0:19:42]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:59] Threatening ...d5.} 15. Nde4 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Be5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:17][%cal Ob7b5]} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:19:40]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:09:07]} 18. Bf3 {[%emt 0:08:02]} (18. Ng3 $15) 18... Kg7 {[%emt 0:19:33]} (18... d5 $17 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxd5 $11) 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 (21... Qxf6 22. Bxd5 Qd6 23. Rad1 $11) 22. Bxd5 Bxb2) 19. Ne2 {[%emt 0:12:56]} (19. Rad1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 19... d5 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:06:36]} (19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 Be5 21. Rxb7 $11) 20. cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} (20. N4g3 $142) 20... Nxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (20... Bxb2 $2 21. d6 $18 (21. Qb1 Nxd5 22. Qxb2+ f6 $18)) 21. N4g3 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Kg8 $19 {[%emt 0:04:12] Active counter play!} 22. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Bxd5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} (22... Rxd5 $19 23. Qe4 Qc7 $1 $19 (23... Bxb2 24. Nf5 $17)) 23. Nf5 $17 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:40][%cal Od5c4]} 24. Rad1 $2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} (24. Qc2 $17) 24... Bc4 $2 {[%emt 0:06:03] This pair of bishops is nice.} (24... Bxa2 25. Qa3 Bc4 $19) 25. Nxh6+ $4 {[%emt 0:01:39][%mdl 8192]} (25. Qc2 Ba6 $15) 25... Qxh6 $19 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 26. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxh2+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 28. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} fxe3+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} 30. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg3+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxb2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 33. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (33... Bh4 $1 {leads to mate, not "just" a winning advantage.}) 34. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:08] [#]} e2 $1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 35. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e1=N+ $1 {[%emt 0:01:00] Weighted Error Value: White=1.21/Black=0.50} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Seitzer, Phillip"] [Black "Diller, Bradley R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "2122"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2294644484617142"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 {7.Re1 is the modern continuation.} d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 {[%emt 3:08:25]} 9. f4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} (9. Bf4 $14) 9... c5 $15 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 11. Rf2 $146 {[%emt 0:05:15] Black is slightly better.} (11. cxd5 {11.b3 -0.47} exd5 (11... Nxd5 $17 12. Nxd5 Bxd5) 12. g4 (12. Bd2 $11) 12... Ne4 $17 13. Qe1 ({White should try} 13. Qd3) 13... cxd4 $17 14. Nxe4 $2 (14. exd4 $17 Nxe5 15. dxe5) 14... dxe4 $19 15. exd4 f6 (15... Nxe5 $142 16. dxe5 Ba6) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Be3 (17. Qd1 $142) 17... Qxg4 {½-½ (73) Kosteniuk,A (2488)-Narva,M (2421) Chess.com INT 2024}) (11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Ne4 13. Qe1 cxd4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. exd4 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Be3 Qxg4 {½-½ (73) Kosteniuk,A (2488)-Narva,M (2421) Chess.com INT 2024}) 11... cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 12. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 13. Rc2 {[%emt 0:33:00]} (13. cxd5 $11 Bxc3 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 $11) (13... exd5 14. Bd2 $11) (13... Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nd3 $11) 14. Nxf7 (14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. c4 Nxe5 $15)) 13... Qc7 {[%emt 0:18:55]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:06:45]} (14. Nb5 $11 Qb8 15. a3) 14... Bxc3 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:07:07]} (14... dxc4 $2 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bxb4 $18) 15. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:08:59]} 17. cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:27][%cal Oe5f7]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (17... Nxe5 $15 18. fxe5 Rxc3 (18... Nxd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 $17) 19. bxc3 Nxd5) 18. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 19. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} (20. Rd1 $1 $15) 20... Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} (20... Ne7 $17 {...Bxg2 is the strong threat.} 21. Bxb7 Qxb7) 21. f5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:04:32][%cal Bf4f5,Bf5e6,Be6f7][%mdl 32]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:07:36]} 22. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (22. Qa3 {simplifies} exf5 23. Qd6 Bb7 24. Bxd5 Qxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. exd6 Rc2 27. Rd1) 22... Ne7 $2 {[%emt 0:05:45][%mdl 8192]} (22... Qb7 $11) 23. fxe6 $18 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. exf7+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf8 25. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Kg1 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 27. Bf2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (28... Qd5 29. Qa4 Nc6) 29. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} (30. Qa4 $1 $18) 30... Rc2 {[%emt 0:06:58]} (30... Rc4 $16 31. Qa3 Rc2) 31. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:18][%csl Ge1][%cal Rb4e7]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (31... Rc7 {is a better defense.} 32. Bd4 Kxf7) 32. Rf1 $2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (32. Bd4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} a5 33. Qd6 (33. Qxb6 Qd5 $16)) 32... Kg8 $2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (32... Qf3 $16) 33. Qd6 $2 {[%emt 0:05:08]} (33. Qa4 $18 Rc8 34. Qxa7) 33... h6 $11 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 34. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:01:23][%csl Of7][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} (35. Qxe7 $2 Qg2#) 35... Nxd5 $14 {[%emt 0:00:01][%mdl 4096]} 36. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:05][%cal Of1f2]} (36. Bxa7 Rxb2 37. Ra1 Nb4 38. a4 Nc2 39. Rc1 Ra2 40. Bb6 $14) 36... Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 37. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra1 $6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (39... Rc1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (39... h5) (39... Rb7) 40. Bd4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (40. Rd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Nf6 41. Bd4) 40... Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:40] Prevents Rc2.} 42. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 43. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (43... Ne3+ $1 $11 {deserves consideration.} 44. Kf3 Nc4) 44. Bc3 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 45. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} (45. Ba5 $14 Rc1 46. Kf3) 45... Re1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ra1 $2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (46... Re6 $11 47. Bc5 Rc6) 47. Be5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (47. Kf3 $1 $18) 47... Re1 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ra1 $2 {[%emt 0:00:02] [#]} (48... Re6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 49. Bb8 Rb6) 49. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (49. Kf3 $1 $18) 49... Re1 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:00:01] [#]} 50. a3 $2 {[%emt 0:01:21][%mdl 40960] TA: "Quite a comeback for Black." Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.51} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Horowitz, Phineas F"] [Black "Chen, Quincy"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "2097"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2294644484617143"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 ({Relevant:} 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. h4 Nh5 12. e3 a4 13. Nbd2 a3 14. b3 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. cxd5 Nxf4 17. exf4 cxd5 18. Qc7 Rb8 19. Nf1 Nf6 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Ne5 g6 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Kg7 25. Rdc1 Ng8 26. Bh3 Ne7 27. R6c2 b5 28. Kf1 Rb6 29. Bg4 h5 30. Be2 Kf8 31. Bd3 Ke8 32. Ng2 Kd7 33. Ne1 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Nxc8 35. Nf3 Na7 36. Ke2 Nc6 37. Ke3 Nb4 {Rodshtein,M (2645)-Abdusattorov,N (2771) Samarkand 2025 ½-½}) 8... exd5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qc2 {[%emt 3:08:14]} Nb6 11. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:52] [#]} h6 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:01:48]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Bc1 Qc8 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Qc1 {½-½ (15) Martens,M (2415)-Hoeksema,H (2405) Enschede 1994}) (11... Nc4 $11) 12. h3 {[%emt 0:05:34]} (12. Ne5 $1 $14) 12... Be6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 13. Rfe1 $6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} (13. Ne5) 13... Qc8 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 14. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} (14. h4) 14... Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Qc1 {[%emt 0:04:51]} (15. Qb3) 15... Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:09]} (15... Ne4 $1) 16. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:29:22]} 17. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nd7 $6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} (17... Bd6) 18. e4 {[%emt 0:18:05]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 19. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nb6 $6 {[%emt 0:07:11]} (19... Be6) (19... Rd8) 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:26]} (20. Nc5 $1) 20... Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} (20... Be6) (20... Bd6) (20... Re8) 21. f4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 22. Qf2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} (23. Rc1 Qc7 24. Be4) 23... Be7 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 24. g4 $6 {[%emt 0:04:05] [#]} Bxa2 $2 {[%emt 0:05:41]} (24... Nd7 25. Qg3 Qc7 $11) 25. g5 $16 {[%emt 0:07:43]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 26. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 27. Kh1 $18 {[%emt 0:04:12]} (27. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 (27... gxf6 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6) 28. gxf6 g6 29. Rd3 {(and everything else)} Qd6 30. Rg3 Qxd4 31. Qf5 $1) 27... Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:09] [#]} 28. Nf6+ $1 {[%emt 0:06:06]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 29. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxe1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} (29... Be6 30. Qg3+ Kf8 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qg8+ Bf8 33. Nxf7) 30. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 31. Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} (32. Nd7+ $1 {and mate next!}) 32... Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} (33. Nxf7+ $1) 33... Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 34. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Nxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Re8+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Qxa2 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Seshadri, Sudarshan"] [Black "McCollum, Patrick M"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2294644484617144"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 {[#]} 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ne1 d5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 $14 Bf6 $16 (11... h6 12. f3 e5 $14) 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 {[%emt 3:03:39]} Ne7 14. Bf2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:20]} c6 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 17. e4 {[%emt 0:02:57] [#]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:01]} 18. Be3 $11 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:03:27]} 19. Bxf1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (19. Rxf1 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qf4 Qe7 $11) 19... Ne8 $2 {[%emt 0:16:17]} (19... dxe4 $11) (19... dxc4 $11) (19... Nxc4 $11) 20. e5 $18 {[%emt 0:05:38]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:45] [#]} 22. c5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 23. h4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (23. Qc2 $1 $18) (23. Qb3 $1 $18) (23. Qb1 $1 $18) 23... Be8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 24. Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 26. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 27. Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:53] [#]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 28. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rxf5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (28... exf5 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Ng5 h6 31. Nh3 Ne6 $14) 29. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} (29. g4 $1) 29... a6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (29... Qe8) 30. a4 {[%emt 0:05:54]} Bd8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} (30... Qe8 31. g4 Rf7 $16) 31. g4 {[%emt 0:08:33]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:17] [#]} 32. Bg5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} (32... h6) 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:35]} (33. h5 $1 $18) (33. Bxd8 $1 Qxd8 34. h5 $18) 33... Bxg5 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 34. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:01:47]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 36. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (36. Kg2 $1 $18) 36... Ng7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (36... Qe7 $16) (36... Ng7 $16) 37. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 38. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 40. h6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 41. g5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nc7 $2 {[%emt 0:01:25] [#]} (41... Qf8 42. Qxe6 Kh7 43. b4 Qf4 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qxe8+ Kxg5 46. Qg8+ Kxh6 47. Qg1 $1 $18) 42. Qf6+ $1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} (42. Qf6+ Qxf6 43. exf6 $1 (43. gxf6 $18) 43... e5 44. g6 $8 Ne6 45. Kf3 $1) 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Kulkarni, Neil"] [Black "Hasteer, Divija"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1952"] [BlackElo "1847"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2294644484617145"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Bb2 e5 {[#]} 10. Ba3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Bxf4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Be2 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. O-O Be5 17. Qf2 Qd7 18. Rab1 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21. c4 b5 22. cxb5 Rc5 23. Rbd1 Rec8 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. a4 Rc2 26. Qf6 Re2 27. Rf2 Rcc2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qf3 Rc2 30. d6 Kg7 31. h3 f6 32. Qd5 Qf5 33. d7 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 e4 35. Qxe4 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Cawthon, Jeremy David"] [Black "Melville, Cailen Jeremiah"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "1868"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2294644484617146"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. f4 Nh6 ({Relevant:} 10... Ne7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bd3 Kb8 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Nh4 d4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bf2 g5 18. Ng6 Rg8 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nxf8 Rgxf8 21. Bg3 Nb4 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Qd2 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb6 25. Rd1 Bb5 26. Qd2 Be2 27. Rc1 d3+ 28. Kh1 Qd4 29. h3 a6 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Be1 Rg8 32. b3 g4 33. Rc4 Qd7 34. h4 g3+ 35. Kh3 Qf7 36. Qf4 Qg7 37. Rd4 Qc7 38. Bxg3 Qc3 39. Kh2 Bg4 40. Qe3 {Paichadze,L (2532)-Grigoriants,S (2542) Skopje 2024 1-0 (116)}) 11. Na3 O-O-O $11 {[#]} 12. b4 $2 $15 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Kh1 Kb8 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bg1 h5 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nc2 h4 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. h3 Bc6 19. Ne1 Rg8 20. Bf2 Qh7 21. Nf3 Be7 22. b4 Rg6 23. bxc5 Rdg8 24. Nd4 Be8 25. Rb1 Bxc5 26. Nxe6 Bxf2 27. Qxd5 Qd7 28. Rxb7+ Qxb7 29. Qd6+ Ka8 30. Nc7+ Kb8 31. Ne6+ Ka8 32. Nc7+ {½-½ (32) Sidorchuk,R (2161)-Kuchkin,M (2086) Moscow 2008}) 12... Nf5 13. Bd3 g6 $17 (13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Bxb4) 14. Bxf5 $6 gxf5 15. Be3 Kb8 (15... d4 16. cxd4 cxb4) 16. Rc1 h5 17. Qe2 {[#]} c4 $2 (17... Bc6 18. bxc5 Qa5 $17) (17... Ba4 18. Rf2 Qc6 $17) 18. Qf2 (18. Nc2 $14) 18... b6 19. Nc2 Be7 $2 (19... Ba4 20. Nd4 Rh6 $11) 20. Nd4 $16 Rh6 21. a4 Rg8 22. Qa2 Rhg6 23. Rc2 R8g7 24. Ra1 Qc8 25. b5 Bc5 26. a5 h4 27. axb6 Bxb6 28. Kh1 h3 29. g3 Qb7 30. Qa3 Qc7 31. Rca2 Be8 32. Rf2 Bc5 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 34. Qxc5 d4+ 35. bxc6 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.9"] [White "Zavgorodniy, Andrew"] [Black "Clemens, Kristian"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C29"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "1993"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2294644484617147"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe4+ 8. Qxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 9. d4 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Bxe4 Nxe5 11. Rb1 Bd6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. d3 Rb8 15. Be3 b6 16. Bc6 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Kd2 Re8 19. Rhe1 Rbb8 20. a4 f6 21. c4 Kf7 22. a5 Re5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bg1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Ra8 26. Ke2 Ra2 27. Kd2 h5 28. Bd4 Ke6 29. Re1+ Kf7 30. Rb1 Ra5 31. Rb5 h4 32. gxh4 Bxh2 33. Bf2 Bf4+ 34. Ke2 Ra2 35. Kf3 Bd6 36. c3 Ke6 37. Rb1 Rc2 38. Be1 Rh2 {Romanov,E (2599)-Rakhmanov,A (2651) Cheboksary 2021 0-1 (69)}) 9... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... exd3 10. cxd3 Bd7 11. Bg2 Bc6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. O-O Be7 14. d4 O-O 15. Bf4 Bd5 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. Rab1 Nb6 19. Ne4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. a4 Rc4 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Rxd4 24. Re1 Bb4 25. Re2 Bxa5 26. Rxa7 Bc7 27. Kf3 h6 28. h4 Rd3+ 29. Kg2 Rd4 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Kg2 {½-½ (31) Leszko,B (2260)-Szeberenyi,A (2260) Budapest 2024}) 10. Bg2 Bf5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Rf1 g6 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Rd2 Na5 16. Rxf7 Nc4 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxe5 21. Rf4 Bf3 22. Bh3+ Kb8 23. Be6 Re8 24. Bd5 $11 Nc6 $4 (24... a6) (24... Bg2) (24... Kc8) (24... Be7) (24... Bh1) 25. Nb5 $2 (25. Rf7 $18) 25... Bc5 $2 (25... Re5 $1 $11) 26. Rf7 $1 $18 Rf8 27. Bf4+ Kc8 {[#]} 28. Rc7+ (28. Be6+ Kd8 29. Z0 (29. Rd7+ Ke8 30. Nc7#) (29. Bg5+ Ke8 30. Nc7#)) 28... Kd8 29. Rxb7 Na5 30. Bc7+ Kc8 31. Bxa5 e3 32. Rc7+ Kb8 33. Bxf3 Rxf3 34. Rxc5 e2 35. c4 Rf1+ 36. Kb2 e1=Q 37. Bxe1 Rxe1 38. Nd6 a6 39. Rc8+ Ka7 40. c5 h5 41. Rc7+ Ka8 42. c6 Re5 43. Rd7 Rc5 44. c7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.10"] [White "Perlov, Daniel Robert"] [Black "Lewis, Edward"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "1805"] [BlackElo "1927"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2294644484617148"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 b6 (9... dxc4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 Nf6 14. Qe5 Nd7 15. Qe4 Nf6 16. Qe5 Nd7 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qe5 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Woodward,A (2557)-Rodshtein,M (2645) Samarkand 2025}) 10. Rfd1 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb2 {[#]} Bd6 $146 (13... Ne4 14. Rac1 f5 15. h4 Bd6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qe8 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Qxe2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Qe2 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qxe5 26. Rd7 a5 27. Kh2 f4 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxf2 30. gxf4 Rxf4 31. Bd3 Rxh4+ 32. Kg2 Rd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Kf3 g6 35. Kf4 Kg7 36. Kg5 Be3+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kf3 Bc1 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. a4 g5 41. Bb5 g4 42. Be8 h4 43. Bh5 {Aynaoglu,E (1894)-Gkavardinas,A (2313) Sofia 2025 0-1}) 14. b4 Bc4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. a3 Ba6 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Qb2 e5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 exd4 26. Bc4 Bb7 27. Bd3 a5 28. bxa5 Bxa3 29. Qc4 Qb4 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 31. Nb3 bxa5 32. Nxd4 Kf8 33. Bb5 g6 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. e3 Kd6 36. Ke2 Bd5 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. e4 $2 (38. Ba4 $15 Be1 39. f4 f5 (39... f6 40. Be8 g5 41. fxg5 fxg5 42. Nf5 h5 43. h4 $1 $11 (43. Bxh5 $4 a4 $19)) 40. Kc2 Bf2 41. Kd2 Bg1 42. h3 Bh2 43. Be8 Bxg3 44. Bxg6 Bxf4 $15) 38... Ba2 $19 39. Ba6 a4 40. Nc2 Bb1 41. Bb7 f6 42. Bd5 a3 43. f4 f5 44. Bb3 fxe4+ 45. Ke2 Bxc2 46. Ba2 Kd4 47. g4 Bd3+ 48. Kf2 e3+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.11"] [White "Wang, Chase"] [Black "Dees, Calvin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1898"] [BlackElo "1841"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2294644484617149"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. Be2 ({Relevant:} 4. d4 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 Nge7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. f4 Nf5 12. Qd2 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 h5 14. Bd3 Nce7 15. Rf3 h4 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. Nc3 Kb8 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. b4 Bf2 20. a4 Ng3+ 21. hxg3 hxg3 22. a5 Qc6 23. Bb2 Rxh3+ {0-1 (23) Anand,V (2743)-Nihal,S (2716) Kolkata 2026}) 4... Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. O-O Ne7 {(scores better than 6...c5)} 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c5 {[#]} 9. c4 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qa4 Ndxe5 12. Be2 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rab1 a6 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 f4 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Bxf4 Bxh6 22. Bxh6 Rf7 23. Bd3 e5 24. c3 Qh4 25. Be3 Raf8 26. Bc2 Kg7 27. Bb3 Rd7 28. Rbd1 d4 29. cxd4 Nxd4 30. Ba4 b5 31. Bb3 Rfd8 32. Rfe1 Nxb3 33. Rxd7+ Rxd7 34. axb3 Qb4 35. Rf1 Qxb3 36. Bc1 Rd1 37. g3 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qd1+ {Ortiz Galina,L-Ribeiro,R (1783) Tornelo INT 2021 0-1}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. dxe6+ fxe6 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Be4 N7c6 16. b3 Bc5 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bb2 Rhf8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Rac1 Kd6 21. Bxc6 d3+ 22. Kh2 Kxc6 23. Ne4 Rb5 24. Nxc5 {[#]} d2 25. Nxe6+ dxc1=Q 26. Rxc1+ Kd5 27. Nc7+ Ke4 28. Nxb5 Rd8 29. Re1+ Kf5 30. Nd4+ Kg6 31. Re6+ Kh7 32. Re7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 2000+"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.12"] [White "Sevall, Daniel"] [Black "Powers, Christopher"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Powers,Christopher"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "1827"] [BlackElo "1819"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "207"] [GameId "2294829440209567"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5) (5... h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 (7. g3) (7. Qb3)) 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5) (5... Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5) 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qb3 ({Relevant:} 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 e4 14. Nxe4 Bxb2 15. Rc2 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Ba3 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Nfd2 Bb4 19. Rc7 Rad8 20. Qh5 Bg6 21. Qxa5 Bxa5 22. Rd1 Bh5 23. f3 Nd7 24. Rcc1 b5 25. a4 Bb6 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. Ke2 Nd3 28. Rc3 Nb2 29. Rb1 Nxa4 30. Bxa4 bxa4 31. Rc4 Bg6 32. Rxa4 f5 33. Ng5 Rfe8 34. Ra2 Bxe3 35. Nh3 Bxd2+ 36. Kf1 Be3 {Montaigu Dupont,G (1856)-Berend,E (2252) Nancy 2026 0-1}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qh5 17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Rf1 Bf6 19. e4 b5 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. e5 b4 23. axb4 Ba6 24. Rf4 Re8 25. exf6 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+ 27. Ke3 gxf6 28. b5 Rxf4 29. gxf4 cxb5 30. b4 Ke7 31. g3 Kd6 32. Kd4 f5 33. Nd5 Bb7 34. Nf6 h6 35. Ng8 h5 36. Nf6 Bf3 37. Ne8+ Kc6 38. Ng7 Bg4 39. Ke5 {Spindelboeck,G (2267)-Schink,B (2027) Graz 2010 ½-½}) 10. h3 Bd6 11. Rfe1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re6 15. Bf5 dxc4 16. Qc2 Rxe3 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Bxe3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 b6 21. Rac1 Be6 22. Red1 Be7 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bg5 Kf8 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Nf4 b5 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. b3 a5 30. bxc4 b4 31. Kf1 Bc7 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Ke2 Be5 34. Kd3 c5 35. Kc2 a4 36. Re1 Kf7 37. Re4 Bd4 38. f4 Bf2 39. g4 Bh4 40. Re2 Bg3 41. f5 Be5 42. h4 exf5 43. gxf5 Kg7 44. Re4 Kh6 45. Rg4 Kh5 46. Re4 Bg3 47. Re2 Kxh4 48. Kd3 Kh5 49. Ke4 Be5 50. Rd2 a3 51. Rg2 Bb2 52. Rg3 Kh4 53. Rb3 Kg5 54. Rg3+ Kh4 55. Rb3 Kg5 56. Rh3 Kg4 57. Rf3 Bd4 58. Rb3 Bb2 59. Rd3 Kg5 60. Re3 Kg4 61. Rd3 Kg5 62. Rg3+ Kh4 {I tried to claim a draw by threefold repetition here, but the claim failed since I had missed a move in my notation and it confused things} 63. Rb3 Kg5 64. Kd5 Bd4 65. Ke4 Bb2 66. Re3 Kg4 67. Rf3 Kg5 68. Kd5 Kg4 69. Rb3 Bd4 70. Ke4 Kg5 71. Rb1 Bb2 72. Rg1+ Kh4 73. Kd5 Bd4 (73... b3 {I could've gone for the break here, but it would be a tempo down over what happened later in the game}) 74. Rb1 Kg4 75. Ke4 Bb2 {[#]} 76. Kd5 $2 ({EW:} 76. Rg1+ Kh3 (76... Kh5 77. Kd5 b3 78. axb3 a2 79. Kxc5 {and *White* is winning} a1=Q 80. Rxa1 Bxa1 81. Kd5 Kg5 82. Ke6) 77. Rd1 $1 $11 {and with Rb3(+) coming, White shuts ...b3 down.}) 76... b3 77. axb3 a2 78. Rf1 a1=Q 79. Rxa1 Bxa1 80. Kxc5 Kxf5 {EW: This is a win according to Tablebases.} 81. Kd5 Kg4 $2 {EW: It so happens the king is needed elsewhere.} (81... Kg6 $1 {[%cal Gg6f7,Gf7e7,Ge7d7] The king stops the pawns! Black is winning (Stockfish sees mate in 29 or so)}) (81... Be5 $1 {first also wins} 82. c5 Kg6 $1 $19) 82. c5 $11 Be5 83. b4 Bb8 84. b5 f5 85. b6 f4 86. c6 f3 87. c7 Bxc7 88. bxc7 f2 89. c8=Q+ Kg3 90. Qg8+ Kh2 91. Qh7+ Kg1 92. Qg6+ Kh1 93. Qh5+ Kg1 94. Qg4+ Kh1 95. Qh3+ Kg1 96. Qg3+ Kh1 97. Qd3 Kg1 98. Qe3 Kh1 99. Qc1+ Kg2 100. Qd2 Kg1 101. Qe3 Kh1 102. Qf3+ Kg1 103. Qg3+ Kh1 104. Qxf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Chernobilskiy, Mikhail"] [Black "Finacom, Richard V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1775"] [BlackElo "1822"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "100"] [GameId "2294644484617151"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 e6 {[%emt 3:09:14]} 7. Be3 Nge7 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:08:29]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:11:47]} 9. Bd4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} 12. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:19]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 16. c3 {[%emt 0:09:25]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 18. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 19. Rab1 {[%emt 0:10:24]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 20. Nb3 {[%emt 0:06:28]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rab7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 23. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 25. cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 26. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 28. Qa2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 30. Na5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 31. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 33. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 34. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 36. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 37. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 38. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 39. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 40. Qxh7+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 43. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 44. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 45. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 46. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 47. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 49. Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 50. Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.14"] [White "Acharya, Venkatagiri"] [Black "Boyer, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1608"] [BlackElo "1761"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2294644484617152"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. c3 e5 6. Nb5 a6 $2 7. Be3 Qd8 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qf6 10. Bc5 Qxd6 11. Bxd6 Nge7 12. Nd2 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O 15. Nc4 f6 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Nxc8 $2 (18... Rxc8 19. Kd2 $18) 19. Bc5 $6 Rb7 $6 20. b4 $6 Nb6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Bxa6 Ra8 24. b5 Nb8 25. O-O Nxa6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rd1 d6 28. f3 Kg8 29. g3 Rc6 30. Rd3 Kf7 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Ke6 33. Kf2 g6 34. h4 f5 35. Ke3 Rc4 36. exf5+ gxf5 37. h5 d5 38. Kf3 Rc7 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Rd3 Rc5 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Kh4 h6 43. Rg3 Rc6 44. Kh3 Kd6 45. Kg2 Rc4 46. Rf3 Re4 47. Rg3 Rxf4 48. Rg6+ Ke5 49. Rxh6 Rc4 50. Ra6 Rxc3 51. h6 Rc7 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Kg2 Rc4 54. Kg3 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rg1 56. Kh2 Rg5 57. Kh3 Rh5+ 58. Kg3 d4 59. Kf3 d3 60. Ke3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.16"] [White "Wickliffe, Zachary"] [Black "Ni, Tao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1711"] [BlackElo "1587"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2294644484617153"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 Na5 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Qc7 12. a4 Nec6 {[#]} 13. b4 cxb3 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Be7 17. Bxb3 O-O 18. Bf4 Nb4 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Ne1 Bd5 22. Rc3 Bxb3 23. Rxb3 a5 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Qd1 Rg8 26. Qb1+ Kh8 27. Nc2 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Qxd4 29. Rf3 Rac8 30. Rd1 Rxc2 31. Rxd4 Rc7 32. Bd2 b6 33. Rxf7 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Rd8 Kg8 36. Rb8 Rc5 37. Rxb6 Rxe5 38. Rb5 Re2 39. Bxa5 Ra2 40. Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.17"] [White "Babayan, Gagik"] [Black "De La Fuente Álvarez, Cibran Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "1698"] [BlackElo "1481"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2294644484617154"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 ({Relevant:} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Nc4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne3 h6 15. Qc2 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. g3 f5 20. Bg2 Qd6 21. Nb3 Kh7 22. Be3 c4 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Nc5 e4 25. Red1 Qe7 26. Ra6 Rec8 27. Qa4 Nd8 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rd7 Qe8 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Bd4 Rg8 32. Qa7 Qxd7 33. Qxd7 Rxb2 34. Bf1 Kh8 35. Bxc4 Bxd4 {Hansen,E (2606)-Stany,G (2522) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 6... Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 {[#]} 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 b4 10. cxb4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxb4 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf3 Nc3 20. Nd4 Nxd1 21. Rxc7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Ra3 23. Nc6 Be6 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Nd5 Rb3 26. Kh1 Be5 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. exf4 Rxb4 29. Bg4 f5 30. Bd1 Rd8 31. Bc2 d5 32. Re1 Bg8 33. g3 d4 34. Rd1 Bd5+ 35. Kg1 Be4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Re7 d3 38. Rd2 Rdb8 {Garban,M (2181)-Pacher,M (2371) Slovakia 2025 0-1 (84)}) 9... a5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rb8 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. b4 Rb7 16. O-O Qa8 17. f3 a4 18. Rc5 Nh5 19. g4 Nf4 20. Kh2 Qa6 21. Rg1 Rc8 22. Bf1 Rbc7 23. Nb1 Bf8 24. Qc1 Qb6 25. Nc3 Rxc5 26. bxc5 Rxc5 {[#]} 27. Nxa4 Rxc1 28. Nxb6 Be8 29. Bxc1 e6 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Rg2 Bxa3 32. Ra2 Bc5 33. Nc8 Bd7 34. Na7 b4 35. Nc6 Bf8 36. Rb2 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Bd6 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Ra2 Bb8 40. Ra8 Bc7 41. Ra7 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.18"] [White "Mays-Smith, Isaac S"] [Black "Tam, Hoa Long"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "158"] [GameId "2294644484629443"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. Nb5 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. h4 Rfe8 14. Qb3 Nd8 15. Rac1 c6 16. Ne5 Ne6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rc3 a4 21. Qd1 Nc7 {[#]} 22. Bf2 Qxe2 23. Qc1 Qe6 24. Qf4 Nb5 25. Re3 Qd7 26. g4 Bh7 27. Kh2 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Re8 29. Bh3 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Nxd6 {[#]} 31. Bf4 Nc4 32. Rf2 Re1 33. g5 h5 34. Bc8 Rd1 35. Bxb7 Rxd4 36. Kg3 Na5 37. Bc8 Rc4 38. Bc7 Nb3 39. Re2 Bg6 40. Ba6 Rc1 41. Be5 {[#]} d4 42. Bf4 Rd1 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Bc4 d3 45. Be3 Na5 46. Ba6 Rb1 47. Rd8 Rxb2 48. Bxd3 Bxd3 49. Rxd3 Rb3 50. Rxb3 axb3 {[#]} 51. Bd4 Nc4 52. Kf4 c5 53. Bc3 b2 54. Bxb2 Nxb2 55. Ke4 Kg6 56. f4 f6 57. f5+ Kf7 58. g6+ Ke7 59. Kd5 c4 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. Kc3 Na4+ 62. Kxc4 Ke5 {[#]} 63. Kb4 Nb6 64. Kc5 Nc8 65. Kc6 Kxf5 66. Kb7 Nd6+ 67. Kc6 Nc4 68. a4 Ke4 69. Kc5 Kd3 70. Kd5 f5 71. a5 Nxa5 72. Ke5 Nc6+ 73. Kxf5 Nd4+ 74. Kf4 Ne6+ 75. Kf5 Nf8 76. Kg5 Ke4 77. Kxh5 Ke5 78. Kg4 Kf6 79. h5 {[#]} Nxg6 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.20"] [White "Sloan, Sacha Marino"] [Black "Latourette, Nicholas James"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1676"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2294644484629444"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Rb1 g5 {[#]} 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Nb8 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Nbd7 16. h6+ Kh7 17. Bh4 Rg8 18. Rh2 Rb8 19. Kd2 Rg6 20. Rbh1 Qg8 21. Bg3 b5 22. Bb3 c5 23. d4 d5 {[#]} 24. dxe5 Nxe4+ 25. Ke1 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Rxg3 27. Qe2 Qg5 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.21"] [White "Patel, Milan"] [Black "Siegel, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Siegel,David"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1414"] [BlackElo "1653"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2294692551154523"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Ne5 {(This was a long think. I have to make sure I can castle without losing something on the queenside of the board. I'm always worried about White playing Bb5 and Qa4 at some point, but I have a lot of resources here. For example if I take on e5 then White has to recapture before playing Bb5; the other knight can block; I can kick things away with a6-b5-c4; I calculated as far as I could and I thought I was in pretty good shape.)} Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Nf3 {(My opponent's queen is suddenly seeing a lot of squares and I didn't love the idea of my opponent playing 10. c4, so I played it myself. I spent a long time calculating before I decided it was ok.)} c4 10. Nd4 {Previously I had calculated 10... Bg6 but now that I was faced with the move I figured Be4 would be more of an annoyance for my opponent. I thought 11. f3 would lead to issues with king safety for White but the computer likes it.} Be4 (10... Bg6) 11. h4 {[#] (I missed the tactic here...)} a6 12. f3 {(Oops. At least I'll win the pawn back but there was no need to do that to myself. I've given up a small advantage and the position is now pretty even.)} Bd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7 15. Ne2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Bd6 {[#] (I figured I probably couldn't be losing but I wasn't super enthusiastic about playing this one out.)} 19. Kf2 h5 20. Rae1 Kd7 21. Ke3 b5 22. a3 a5 23. Kd3 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ra1 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rhb8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rb1 Ra7 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Ke7 31. g5 f6 32. g6 f5 {(Ok I actually made a draw offer at some point and my opponent rejected it, but now I've made a bit of a breakthrough. My king is really active and it's going to be hard for White to defend the kingside pawns while also preventing my rook from infiltrating.)} 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Rg1 Ra8 35. h5 Rh8 36. Rh1 Kg5 37. Rg1+ Kf6 38. Rh1 Kg5 39. Rg1+ {(Obviously White can't just let me take the pawns so at least I have a pretty safe perpetual here. The question is whether I have something more. I repeated moves a couple times to gain a minute from the increment and then sat here and thought about it for the remainer of my time, something like half an hour. If I go for Kh6, I'm possibly trapping my king in the corner of the board, but White's rook is going to be tied down to the protection of the a-pawn, and my own rook might have free range of the rest of the board. It seemed promising. But there were a lot of tactical considerations that I couldn't quite figure out and it seemed possible that I might just be losing. Very complicated position. So I decided to take the draw. Great game by my opponent, such a great fighter!)} Kf6 40. Rh1 Kg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.22"] [White "Agdamag, Samuel"] [Black "Le, Thu Anh"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Le,Thu Anh"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1528"] [BlackElo "1419"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2294604716581798"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g4 Bg7 (3... h6 4. h4 d5) 4. g5 Nh5 $1 5. Bxg7 Nxg7 6. Qc1 d6 (6... e5) 7. Qb2 e5 8. f4 (8. h4) 8... Qe7 (8... Nc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Nh5) 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Bh3 Nh5 12. Bxd7+ $1 Bxd7 13. Nxd6+ $4 (13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Nf2 (15. Qxe5 $4 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe4) 15... O-O 16. Nxe5 Rfe8) 13... Qxd6 14. fxe5 Qe6 (14... Qd5 15. Nf3 (15. e6 Qxh1 (15... O-O 16. exd7 Qxh1) 16. Qxh8+ Ke7 17. Qxa8 (17. Qd4 Bxe6 18. Qb4+ Ke8 19. O-O-O Qxh2) 17... Qxg1#) 15... Bg4) 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Qd4 Kb8 17. Qb4 Rhe8 18. a4 Qe7 19. Qc3 Bg4 20. d4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxg5 22. Qxf7 $6 (22. e3) (22. h4 Qg3+ 23. Qxg3 Nxg3 24. Rg1 Nf5) 22... Qh4+ 23. Kd1 (23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rxd4 25. Rhd1 Re4 26. Rd7 R4xe5 27. Rad1 Rxe2+) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Ke1 Qxa1+ 25. Kf2 Qxh1 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.23"] [White "Morello, Nicholas"] [Black "Chan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1750"] [BlackElo "1527"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2294644484629447"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] {Nicholas Morello played a solid game to a totally won position, then started blundering -- and it was so good it took three blunders to lose. "Chan-hi'ed" again!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 d6 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 h6 6. h3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Be2 Nf8 9. a4 a5 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bh2 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Bd3 N8d7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bd3 b6 18. e4 Nd7 19. e5 {[#]} d5 20. Bf4 g5 21. Be3 Nf8 22. Qd2 c5 23. Bb5 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Qe2 Kg7 26. b3 Rh8 27. Nh2 Nf8 {[#]} 28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 Ng6 30. Be3 Bg5 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Ng4 Nh4 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Nf6 Ng6 36. Qxg5 cxd4 37. Nh5+ Kg8 38. Qxe7 Nxe7 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. cxd4 Nf5 41. Rf4 Rc3 42. Rb1 Rg3 43. Kh2 Rg6 44. Rc1 Ne3 45. g4 $18 Rg5 46. Rc3 Nd1 {[#]} 47. Ne8+ $4 {(a horrible blunder -- but White is *STILL* winning!)} Rxe8 48. Rc7 $2 (48. Rd3 $1 Nb2 49. Rd2 Nxa4 50. bxa4 $18) 48... Rf8 {[#] (score says "48...Ref")} 49. Rb7 $4 (49. Rf3 $1 $18 {The knight isn't getting out.}) 49... Nc3 $1 $19 50. Rf2 Ne4 51. Rc2 Rg6 52. Rxb6 Rh8 53. Kg2 Ng5 54. Rc3 Rgh6 55. Rbc6 Nxh3 56. Rc7 Ng5 57. Rg3 Rh2+ 58. Kf1 Rb2 59. Rc1 Rhh2 60. Rg1 {It's mate in 3, so:} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.24"] [White "McCutcheon, Bennett"] [Black "Ploquin, Phil"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "C21"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1664"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2294644484629448"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5 {[#]} 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Qb6 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Nxf7 Rf8 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. O-O {[#]} Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bg5+ Rf6 ({Worse is} 14... Kc7 15. Be7) 15. Qf3 Kc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5 Nc6 18. Qxh7 b6 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. f4 Qd5 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. Qh3 Ng6 {[#]} 24. Qb3 Nxf4 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Bc4 b5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. g3 Rf8 29. Ref1 Re8 30. Rf5 Re5 31. Rxf6 Be6 32. a3 c4 33. Rd1 Re2 34. Rf2 Re4 35. Rfd2 Bg4 36. Rxd4 Bxd1 37. Rxe4 Bxc2 38. Rd4 d6 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Rf4 Ke6 41. Ke3 d5 42. h4 a5 43. Kd4 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45. Rf2 Be4 46. g4 c3 47. bxc3 bxc3 48. Kxc3 Ke5 49. h5 d4+ 50. Kd2 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.25"] [White "Toczyski, David Paul"] [Black "Stults, Sawyer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1582"] [BlackElo "1521"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2294644484629449"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nd2 (11. Be3 Nf6 12. f3 Bb6 13. Kf2 Ke7 14. Na3 Be6 15. Bb3 {½-½ (15) Riff,J (2494)-Degraeve,J (2546) Brest 2019 CBM 190 Extra [ChessBase II]}) 11... Nf6 12. Re1 {[#]} Bb6 $146 (12... Bc7 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. h3 f6 15. Be3 Bb6 16. Bb3 Ke7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Bc2 Be6 19. b4 Nd7 20. a4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Nb6 22. a5 Nc4 23. Ree1 Rad8 24. Kf1 g5 25. Ke2 Nd6 26. Rd2 Nb5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bd3 Nxc3+ 29. Ke3 a6 30. Rc1 Na2 31. Rb1 h5 32. Nd2 Rd4 33. h4 Rxb4 34. Rc1 Nxc1 {0-1 (34) Rahman,A-Winter Atwell,A (2103) Chess.com INT 2025}) 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Ne3 a5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Nf1 Bd6 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Ng3 f6 20. Be3 g6 21. b3 Ng7 22. Rad1 Be7 23. Re2 Rfd8 24. f3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ne8 26. Rb2 Nd6 27. Ne2 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Bf2 Rd8 30. Rb1 Bg5 31. g4 Ne3 32. h4 Bf4 33. Nxf4 exf4 34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. a4 Rh2 37. c4 e2+ 38. Bxe2 Rh1+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.27"] [White "Quinn, Dahlia"] [Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "E74"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1453"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2294644484629450"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 h5 11. f3 Rh8 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 Qd7 14. O-O-O Nc7 15. Rg1 a6 16. g4 b5 17. Bd1 bxc4 18. Qg2 Nb5 19. Ba4 Qb7 20. Bd2 Nd4 21. gxh5 Nxh5 22. f4 Bh6 23. f5 Bxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Rhg8 25. Bd1 Rab8 26. Rh2 Qd7 27. Rhg2 Rbf8 28. Qg5 {(Black lost on time)} (28. Qg5 Nf6 {(+2.40/d23)}) 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Weaver, Kyle"] [Black "Raman, Keshav V"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1118"] [BlackElo "1167"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2294644484629451"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Bf3 exd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 {[%emt 3:08:31]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 10. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Qe7+ {[%emt 0:01:54]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 12. Bb3 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 13. Qg3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Qe7+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 16. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 17. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:02:29]} g5 {[%emt 0:07:32]} 19. Qc4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 20. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:57]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:38]} 21. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 22. c3 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 23. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:04:53]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:08] [#]} 26. Qg4 $4 {[%emt 0:05:04]} (26. Qxb6 $1 axb6 27. Ne4 Rfe8 $15) 26... c4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 27. Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 28. Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 29. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.28"] [White "Rosston, Andrew Burkett"] [Black "Martin, Bryan D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1121"] [BlackElo "1205"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2294644484629452"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. c4 h6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Rfe1 Qc7 11. Rac1 e5 12. d5 a6 13. b4 c5 14. a3 g5 15. Rb1 Nh5 16. g3 Ndf6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Ra7 21. Rb2 O-O 22. Reb1 Bc8 23. Ba5 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Nb3 a5 27. Na1 Nhf6 28. Nc2 Kf8 29. Ne3 Ng8 30. Nf5 Ndf6 31. Nc3 Bxf5 32. exf5 Ne7 33. Rb8 Ke8 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Bc2 Ra8 36. Kg2 g4 37. h3 Kc7 38. Nb5+ Kd7 39. Nxd6 gxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Nfg8 41. Nxf7 Rf8 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Nd6+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.29"] [White "Hack, Richard"] [Black "Mackley, Merlin Ethan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1140"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "147"] [GameId "2294644484629453"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nc3 b4 5. Na4 d6 6. b3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bb2 Bd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxa4 11. bxa4 O-O 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bc2 Nfd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 f5 17. Bb3 Nf6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Rf3 e5 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Rg3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rd1 Rf6 24. Qb2 Kf7 25. Rh3 h5 26. Qc2 Qa6 27. Rc1 Rfe6 28. Kf2 Qc8 29. a5 Nd7 30. Rf3 Nf6 31. h3 Qc7 32. Qe2 Qxa5 33. Qb2 Re7 34. Rd1 Qa6 35. Qd2 R4e6 36. Qc2 Ne4+ 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. Rd3 Qb7 39. Ba4 Qe4 40. Bb3 a5 {[#]} 41. Rxc3 bxc3 42. Qxc3 Qa8 43. Ba4 Re4 44. Bc2 R4e6 45. Kf2 Rb7 46. Ba4 Rb4 47. Bb5 Qb7 48. a3 {[#]} Rxb5 49. cxb5 Qxb5 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 a4 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Rg3 Rg6 54. Qc2 Rxg3 55. Qxf5+ Ke7 56. Qh7+ Kf6 57. Kxg3 (57. Qf5+ Ke7 58. Qh7+ Kf6) 57... Qb3 58. Qh6+ Ke7 59. Qg7+ Ke6 60. Qg8+ Kf5 61. Qg5+ Ke4 62. Qe7+ Kd5 63. Kf3 Kc6 64. Qe8+ Kb6 65. Qb8+ Kc6 66. Qe8+ Kc7 67. Qe7+ Kc6 68. f5 Qd1+ 69. Ke4 Qg4+ 70. Kd3 Qxf5+ 71. Ke2 Qc2+ 72. Kf3 Qd1+ 73. Kf4 Qf1+ 74. Ke4 {(score loses legality; 1/2 98)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.30"] [White "Harriman, Connor"] [Black "Cao, Danny Du Uy"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Cao,Danny"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1396"] [BlackElo "1272"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2294559394725993"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 (4... Nc6) 5. Nf3 Bd7 {white 1 hour 31 min.... black 1 hour 27 minutes} (5... cxd4 6. cxd4) 6. Bd3 Bb5 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 (7. Nxd4 Nc6) 7... Bb5) 7. O-O Nc6 (7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nc6) 8. Bxb5 Qxb5 9. a4 Qb6 (9... Qa6) 10. dxc5 (10. Be3 cxd4) 10... Bxc5 {w 1 h 19 m... b 1 h 18 m} (10... Qxc5 11. b4 Qb6) 11. b4 Be7 (11... Bf8 12. Qe2 g6 (12... Nge7)) 12. Qe2 Nh6 (12... Qc7) (12... Nxb4 13. cxb4 Bxb4) 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. a5 Qc7 (14... Qd8) 15. Qe3 Bf8 {w 1 h 7 m... b 1 h 5 m} 16. a6 b6 (16... bxa6 17. Rxa6 Qb7 18. b5 Nb8) 17. Na3 Bg7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nb5 Nxe5 {w 51 m ... b 53 m} 21. Nfd4 (21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxe5) 21... Rc8 (21... Ng4 22. Nc6+) 22. Rae1 Ng4 23. Qh3 (23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3) 23... Bxd4 (23... Ne5) 24. Nxd4 Qf4 25. g3 Qg5 {[#] w 37 m... b 37 m} 26. f4 Qg6 (26... Qg8 27. Nf5+ Kd7 28. Nxh6 Nxh6 29. Qxh6) 27. f5 Qg7 (27... Qg8 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe6+) 28. f6+ Qxf6 (28... Nxf6 29. Nf5+ Kf8 30. Nxg7 Kxg7) 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Rxe6+ fxe6 {w 33 m ... b 26 m} 31. Qxe6+ Kf8 (31... Kd8 32. Nc6+ (32. Qxf6+)) 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. Ne6 Rc7 34. Nxc7 Rf8 35. Qxh6 d4 36. Ne6 Rf7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qd8+ Rf8 39. Qxf8# 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.31"] [White "Pirone, John"] [Black "Karpe, Ummon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1061"] [BlackElo "1301"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "24"] [GameId "2294644484629455"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O-O 10. Bxh5 Nxd4 11. Bxf7 Qf5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.32"] [White "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"] [Black "Wardle, Braxton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "390"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2294644484629456"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 b6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nf3 bxc5 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. Nbd4 Qc7 15. Nb3 Ng6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Re1 h6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20. c3 Nb6 21. h4 Nc4 22. g3 Qd8 23. h5 Ne7 24. g4 Nc6 25. Kh2 Nxd4 26. cxd4 f6 27. Rg1 Rab8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Rb8 30. Qg6 Qe8 31. Qd3 Rb2 32. Kg3 Rxa2 33. Rb1 Rb2 34. Ra1 a5 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Re1 a4 37. Kg2 a3 38. Nh4 Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kf8 40. Nxh6 a2 41. Qh7 {[#]} e5 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Nf5+ Kd8 45. Qxd5+ Qd7 46. Qg8+ Qe8 47. Qd5+ Qd7 48. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.33"] [White "Kojevnikov, Alexander"] [Black "Turner, Robert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1069"] [BlackElo "1278"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2294644484629457"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Bg5 g6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nde5 17. Bf1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. Nf3 Be4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bc4 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd5 Rg4 24. Bh6 Re8 25. c4 Rh4 26. f4 Rxh6 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. g3 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Re2 30. Bxf7+ Kf8 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.34"] [White "Starr, Albert Martin"] [Black "Harris, Clarence"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1400"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "113"] [GameId "2294644484629458"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. b5 Ne5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Qd7 8. Bxg4 Qxg4 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. O-O Nf6 11. d3 e5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. c4 b6 14. a4 O-O 15. a5 Rfc8 16. a6 c5 17. h3 h5 18. f4 Rd8 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Rf3 h4 24. Nf1 Ne4 25. Rc2 Rdc8 26. Ne3 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Nf5 Ne4 29. Ne3 Ng3 30. f5 Nh5 31. Kf2 f6 32. Nd5 Rd7 33. Nf4 Ng3 34. Ng6 {[#]} Re8 $4 (34... d5 35. Rf4 $8 $11) 35. Nxh4 $18 Nh1+ 36. Kg1 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rde7 38. g4 Rd1 39. Ng2 Re4 40. Re3 Red4 41. Re1 Rxe1 42. Nxe1 Rd1 43. Re2 Nf2 44. Rxf2 Rxe1 45. Rd2 Re4 46. Rxd6 Rxc4 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Rd7 Rc5 49. Rxa7 Rxb5 50. Rb7 Rb2+ 51. Kg3 b5 52. a7 Ra2 53. Kh4 b4 54. Kh5 Ra3 55. h4 b3 56. g5 fxg5 57. hxg5 1-0 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.35"] [White "Blum, Paul"] [Black "Ching, Harvey"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "1002"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "46"] [GameId "2294644484629459"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Bb4 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Na4 Nxb3 11. Bxb4 Nxa4 12. Bxf8 Nxb2 13. Qb1 Nxa1 14. Qxb2 Qxf8 15. Rxa1 Qd6 16. c4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qxb2 18. Rxb2 b6 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nc6 Bb7 21. d5 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Rd8 23. Z0 $4 Rd1# 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.36"] [White "Gulevich, Aaron"] [Black "Carter, Mixtli"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"] [ECO "D50"] [BlackElo "961"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2294644484629460"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 dxc4 6. e4 Be7 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bxc4 Nxd4 12. Bxf6 Bxa4 13. Bxd8 Nc2+ 14. Ke2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 Rxd8 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Ke3 b6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Bc6 Ba6 21. Rb4 Rd6 {[#]} 22. Ba4 Bb7 23. Rc4 c5 24. Bc2 Ba6 25. Ra4 b5 26. Ra5 Rc8 27. a4 b4 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Bb3 Rc3+ 0-1 [Event "2026 Spring TNM: U1600"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "5.37"] [White "Jessup, Steven"] [Black "Wilson, Stephen L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [BlackElo "779"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2294644484629461"] [EventDate "2026.03.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Re1 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Nb5 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5+ c6 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. b3 Nf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd7 19. Qg4 Bc7 20. Qxg7 Rhg8 21. Qxf7 Qxf7 22. Nxf7 Rdf8 23. Nxh6 Rg6 24. h4 Bf4 25. g3 Bxc1 26. Raxc1 Rxh6 27. d5 c5 28. b4 b6 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Re7 Kb8 31. Rd1 Rhf6 32. Rd2 Rd6 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. g4 Rfxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. h5 Rg5 37. Kg3 Nd3 38. h6 Rg8 39. h7 Rh8 40. Rg7 Rxh7 41. Rxh7 a5 42. g5 Ne5 43. f4 Ng6 44. f5 Ne5 45. g6 b5 46. g7 1-0

Rounds are starting on time at Mechanics' so be sure to be on time. Clocks will not be delayed in starting for any reason.

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Standings

Standings are updated after each round.

SwissSys 11.79.7 - Standings. 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Total
1	1-2	Jimmy Heiserman	2254 (2087)	W25	W10	W11	W3	L2		H---	4.0
2		WFM Natalya Tsodikova	2245 (2123)	D16	W17	H---	W10	W1		H---	4.0
3	3-8	Bradley R Diller	2122 (1972)	W13	W5	W9	L1	D4			3.5
4		Phillip Seitzer	2025 (1912)	D17	W24	D6	W9	D3			3.5
5		Sudarshan Seshadri	2000 (1856)	W23	L3	D12	W13	W18			3.5
6		IM Elliott Winslow	2237 (2010)	D7	W26	D4	W15	H---			3.5
7		Neil Kulkarni	1952 (1804)	D6	H---	W20	D11	W12			3.5
8		Phineas F Horowitz	1925 (1840)	L9	W19	W22	H---	W11			3.5
9	9-10	Jeremy David Cawthon	2105 (1938)	W8	W12	L3	L4	W15			3.0
10		Andrew Zavgorodniy	2042 (1874)	W15	L1	W16	L2	W25			3.0
11	11-14	Quincy Chen	2097 (1918)	W14	W22	L1	D7	L8			2.5
12		Divija Hasteer	1847 (1744)	W19	L9	D5	W16	L7		H---	2.5
13		Edward Lewis	1927 (1792)	L3	D23	W26	L5	W22			2.5
14		Chase Wang	1898 (1739)	L11	L21	W19	D22	W24			2.5
15	15-21	Cailen Jeremiah Melville	1868 (1765)	L10	W25	W21	L6	L9			2.0
16		Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza	1959 (1835)	D2	W18	L10	L12	H---	H---	H---	2.0
17		Marlon Rigel	1862 (1783)	D4	L2	D18	D20	H---	H---	H---	2.0
18		Patrick M McCollum	2000 (1685)	D24	L16	D17	W23	L5			2.0
19		Stephen Parsons	2010 (1871)	L12	L8	L14	B---	X26			2.0
20		Christopher Powers	1819 (1849)	H---	H---	L7	D17	D23			2.0
21		Michael Walder	1995 (1868)	L22	W14	L15	H---	H---			2.0
22	22-25	Daniel Robert Perlov	1805 (1720)	W21	L11	L8	D14	L13			1.5
23		Daniel Sevall	1827 (1732)	L5	D13	D24	L18	D20			1.5
24		Calvin Dees	1841 (1931)	D18	L4	D23	H---	L14		H---	1.5
25		Kristian Clemens	1993 (1904)	L1	L15	H---	X26	L10	H---		1.5
26	26-27	Eric Steger	1865 (1863)	H---	L6	L13	F25	F19			0.5
27		Raghu Rajaram	1883 (1708)	H---	U---	U---	U---	U---			0.5

SwissSys 11.79.7 - Standings. 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Total
1	1	Richard V Finacom	1822 (1822)	D10	W19	W27	W17	W2			4.5
2	2	Mikhail Chernobilskiy	1775 (1872)	W13	W18	W8	W4	L1			4.0
3	3-9	Frederic Dutter	1900 (1764)	W15	D4	D22	D7	X25		H---	3.5
4		Hoa Long Tam	1656 (1709)	W16	D3	X14	L2	W15			3.5
5		John Boyer	1761 (1797)	L26	W20	W32	W28	D9			3.5
6		William Milliken	1638 (1811)	D11	D34	D16	W30	X24	H---	H---	3.5
7		Gagik Babayan	1698 (1755)	L27	W38	W26	D3	W17			3.5
8		Nazaret Ramirez	1800	W20	W26	L2	X22	H---			3.5
9		Venkatagiri Acharya	1608 (1714)	H---	H---	W34	W23	D5			3.5
10	10-14	Tao Ni	1587 (1573)	D1	D11	D35	W33	D12	H---		3.0
11		Thu Anh Le	1419 (1527)	D6	D10	L25	W38	W28			3.0
12		Zachary Wickliffe	1711 (1765)	W21	D24	L17	W16	D10			3.0
13		Daniel J Sisti	1565 (1562)	L2	W37	H---	X35	H---			3.0
14		Nicholas James Latourette	1676 (1749)	H---	W31	F4	H---	W27	H---	U---	3.0
15	15-25	Isaac S Mays-Smith	1626 (1765)	L3	W21	D19	W29	L4			2.5
16		Sawyer Stults	1521 (1682)	L4	B---	D6	L12	W32			2.5
17		Cibran Anton De La Fuente Ãlvarez	1481	H---	X36	W12	L1	L7			2.5
18		David Siegel	1653 (1727)	W38	L2	L28	W26	D19			2.5
19		Milan Patel	1414 (1681)	W37	L1	D15	H---	D18			2.5
20		Bennett McCutcheon	1565 (1669)	L8	L5	D38	W37	W36			2.5
21		John Chan	1527 (1603)	L12	L15	W37	D32	W33			2.5
22		Dev Isak Kosuri	1639	D30	W29	D3	F8	H---			2.5
23		Andre Persidsky	1716 (1798)	H---	X---	D24	L9	H---			2.5
24		William Fitzgerald	1413 (1647)	B---	D12	D23	H---	F6			2.5
25		Sarina Motwani	1528	H---	H---	W11	H---	F3			2.5
26	26-31	Nursultan Uzakbaev	1558 (1649)	W5	L8	L7	L18	X34			2.0
27		Sacha Marino Sloan	1522 (1702)	W7	H---	L1	H---	L14			2.0
28		Samuel Agdamag	1528 (1585)	H---	D33	W18	L5	L11			2.0
29		Dominic A Vazquez	1454 (1633)	H---	L22	W31	L15	H---			2.0
30		Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth	1434 (1649)	D22	D32	H---	L6	H---			2.0
31		Dahlia Quinn	1522 (1664)	H---	L14	L29	H---	W38			2.0
32	32-36	David Paul Toczyski	1582 (1736)	H---	D30	L5	D21	L16			1.5
33		Nicholas Morello	1750 (1805)	H---	D28	H---	L10	L21			1.5
34		Christian Brickhouse	1429 (1625)	H---	D6	L9	H---	F26			1.5
35		Abel Talamantez	1800 (1783)	H---	H---	D10	F13	U---			1.5
36		Phil Ploquin	1664 (1698)	H---	F17	H---	H---	L20			1.5
37	37	Nick Casares	1637 (1429)	L19	L13	L21	L20	B---			1.0
38	38-39	Andrew Braithwaite	1453 (1630)	L18	L7	D20	L11	L31	H---		0.5
39		Carl Anthony Pickering	1783 (1764)	H---	U---	U---	U---	U---			0.5

SwissSys 11.79.7 - Standings. 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon: U1600

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Total
1	1-2	Andrew Burkett Rosston	1121 (1695)	W11	W5	F3	W9	W7			4.0
2		Keshav V Raman	1167	H---	H---	W22	W12	W3			4.0
3	3-6	Kyle Weaver	1118 (1620)	W8	D4	X1	W7	L2			3.5
4		Ummon Karpe	1301 (1634)	W26	D3	W11	L5	W16		H---	3.5
5		Neel Gore	1362	W20	L1	W21	W4	H---			3.5
6		Connor Harriman	1396	H---	U---	W18	W23	W15			3.5
7	7-10	Bryan D Martin	1205 (1585)	W21	W22	W12	L3	L1			3.0
8		Richard Hack	1500 (1598)	L3	W24	X25	D15	D10			3.0
9		Robert Turner	1278 (1563)	H---	W14	H---	L1	W18		H---	3.0
10		Merlin Ethan Mackley	1140 (1624)	F27	W26	W13	H---	D8			3.0
11	11-17	Romeo Belmes Barreyro	1500 (1744)	L1	W20	L4	W19	D14			2.5
12		Mason Tobias	1276 (1608)	W19	W18	L7	L2	H---			2.5
13		Albert Martin Starr	1500 (1565)	L18	W19	L10	D14	W23			2.5
14		Braxton Wardle	390	H---	L9	W24	D13	D11			2.5
15		Danny Du Uy Cao	1272 (1539)	H---	W23	H---	D8	L6			2.5
16		John Pirone	1061 (1490)	H---	W17	H---	H---	L4			2.5
17		Alexander Robins	1387 (1690)	H---	L16	H---	W21	H---			2.5
18	18-22	Alexander Kojevnikov	1069 (1453)	W13	L12	L6	W25	L9			2.0
19		Harvey Ching	unr.	L12	L13	W26	L11	W24			2.0
20		Mixtli Carter	961	L5	L11	L23	B---	W25			2.0
21		Steven Jessup	unr.	L7	B---	L5	L17	W26			2.0
22		Valeria Starkova	unr.	B---	L7	L2	H---	H---			2.0
23	23-24	Clarence Harris	1400 (1541)	D24	L15	W20	L6	L13			1.5
24		Paul Blum	1002 (1442)	D23	L8	L14	W26	L19			1.5
25	25	Aaron Gulevich	unr.	H---	H---	F8	L18	L20			1.0
26	26-27	Stephen L Wilson	779	L4	L10	L19	L24	L21	H---	H---	0.0
27		Abhinav Ketineni	unr.	F10	U---	U---	U---	U---			0.0

Pairings

Round 2-7 pairings are posted on Monday by 8pm. Turn in Bye request by Monday at 6:00 PM!

Pairings for Round 5. 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1	0	Jimmy Heiserman (2254 4.0)	1	WFM Natalya Tsodikova (2245 3.0)
2	½	Phillip Seitzer (2025 3.0)	½	Bradley R Diller (2122 3.0)
3	1	Phineas F Horowitz (1925 2.5)	0	Quincy Chen (2097 2.5)
4	1	Sudarshan Seshadri (2000 2.5)	0	Patrick M McCollum (2000 2.0)
7	1	Neil Kulkarni (1952 2.5)	0	Divija Hasteer (1847 2.5)
8	1	Jeremy David Cawthon (2105 2.0)	0	Cailen Jeremiah Melville (1868 2.0)
9	1	Andrew Zavgorodniy (2042 2.0)	0	Kristian Clemens (1993 1.5)
10	0	Daniel Robert Perlov (1805 1.5)	1	Edward Lewis (1927 1.5)
11	1	Chase Wang (1898 1.5)	0	Calvin Dees (1841 1.5)
12	½	Daniel Sevall (1827 1.0)	½	Christopher Powers (1819 1.5)
13	0 F	Eric Steger (1865 0.5)	1 X	Stephen Parsons (2010 1.0)
	½	IM Elliott Winslow (2237 3.0)		BYE
	½	Michael Walder (1995 1.5)		BYE
	½	Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza (1959 1.5)		BYE
	½	Marlon Rigel (1862 1.5)		BYE

Pairings for Round 5. 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
5	0	Mikhail Chernobilskiy (1775 4.0)	1	Richard V Finacom (1822 3.5)
14	½	Venkatagiri Acharya (1608 3.0)	½	John Boyer (1761 3.0)
15	0 F	Sarina Motwani (1528 2.5)	1 X	Frederic Dutter (1900 2.5)
16	½	Zachary Wickliffe (1711 2.5)	½	Tao Ni (1587 2.5)
17	1	Gagik Babayan (1698 2.5)	0	Cibran Anton De La Fuente Ãlvarez (1481 2.5)
18	0	Isaac S Mays-Smith (1626 2.5)	1	Hoa Long Tam (1656 2.5)
19	0 F	William Fitzgerald (1413 2.5)	1 X	William Milliken (1638 2.5)
20	0	Sacha Marino Sloan (1522 2.0)	1	Nicholas James Latourette (1676 2.0)
21	½	Milan Patel (1414 2.0)	½	David Siegel (1653 2.0)
22	0	Samuel Agdamag (1528 2.0)	1	Thu Anh Le (1419 2.0)
23	0	Nicholas Morello (1750 1.5)	1	John Chan (1527 1.5)
24	1	Bennett McCutcheon (1565 1.5)	0	Phil Ploquin (1664 1.5)
25	0	David Paul Toczyski (1582 1.5)	1	Sawyer Stults (1521 1.5)
26	1 X	Nursultan Uzakbaev (1558 1.0)	0 F	Christian Brickhouse (1429 1.5)
27	1	Dahlia Quinn (1522 1.0)	0	Andrew Braithwaite (1453 0.5)
	1	Nick Casares (1637 0.0)		BYE
	½	Nazaret Ramirez (1800 3.0)		BYE
	½	Andre Persidsky (1716 2.0)		BYE
	½	Dev Isak Kosuri (1639 2.0)		BYE
	½	Daniel J Sisti (1565 2.5)		BYE
	½	Dominic A Vazquez (1454 1.5)		BYE
	½	Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth (1434 1.5)		BYE

Pairings for Round 5. 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon: U1600

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
6	0	Kyle Weaver (1118 3.5)	1	Keshav V Raman (1167 3.0)
28	1	Andrew Burkett Rosston (1121 3.0)	0	Bryan D Martin (1205 3.0)
29	½	Richard Hack (1500 2.5)	½	Merlin Ethan Mackley (1140 2.5)
30	1	Connor Harriman (1396 2.5)	0	Danny Du Uy Cao (1272 2.5)
31	0	John Pirone (1061 2.5)	1	Ummon Karpe (1301 2.5)
32	½	Romeo Belmes Barreyro (1500 2.0)	½	Braxton Wardle ( 390 2.0)
33	0	Alexander Kojevnikov (1069 2.0)	1	Robert Turner (1278 2.0)
34	1	Albert Martin Starr (1500 1.5)	0	Clarence Harris (1400 1.5)
35	0	Paul Blum (1002 1.5)	1	Harvey Ching (unr. 1.0)
36	0	Aaron Gulevich (unr. 1.0)	1	Mixtli Carter ( 961 1.0)
37	1	Steven Jessup (unr. 1.0)	0	Stephen L Wilson ( 779 0.0)
	½	Alexander Robins (1387 2.0)		BYE
	½	Neel Gore (1362 3.0)		BYE
	½	Mason Tobias (1276 2.0)		BYE
	½	Valeria Starkova (unr. 1.5)		BYE