[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 {[#]} ({Black could play} 5...
Bg4) ({And} 5... Nf6 {is a King's Indian with ...a6 tossed in.}) 6. Be2 $1 $16
c5 7. O-O ({The old computers like} 7. d5 {when} Ne5 {certainly takes the game
into curious channels.}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 {A Sicilian/Maroczy Bind structure,
but what is Black's knight doing on d7? There's no pressure on d4.} Ngf6 {[#]}
(8... Qb6 $2 9. Be3 $1 $18 Qxb2 $2 10. Nd5 $1 Kf8 11. Nc2 $1 {and Black's
queen is a liability, to say the least.} Qe5 12. f4 Qxe4 13. Bd3) 9. Re1 $146 {
White also doesn't seem to know where his pieces go.} ({The last game here went
} 9. Be3 {(probably a more consistent move)} O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. f3 Nc5 12. b4
$18 Ne6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Bf1 a5 17. a3 Bc6 18. Rb1 {
0-1 (44) Rusev,K (2455)-Manolache,M (2501) Albarino 2006}) 9... Nc5 10. Bf3 Rb8
$4 11. a4 $6 (11. Be3 $16) 11... O-O (11... Bg4 $5) 12. Be3 Ne6 13. a5 Nd7 14.
Nd5 ({White should try} 14. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 15. Bg4 $1 (15. Qd2) 15... Ne5 16.
Ba7 Ra8 17. Bb6 Qe8 18. Be2 {when after a bunch of shuffling, White is getting
more than a little edge.}) 14... Ndc5 $2 {[#]} (14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 b6 $11 {when in spite of the vaguely weak a6 pawn and kingside, Black is
doing pretty well.}) 15. Ra3 {White missed some tactical chances:} (15. Nf5 $1
$18 gxf5 16. exf5 {with problems:} Nc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxc5 {Black just
can't recover enough pawns to save himself.}) (15. e5 $5 dxe5 (15... Bxe5 16.
Nxe6 Nxe6 17. b4 $1 {dares Black to get crushed on the dark squares:} Bxa1 $2
18. Qxa1) 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bb6 {Black seems to have some rare problems:} Qe8
18. Nc7 Qd7 19. Qb3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxa6) 15... Bd7 $6 {[#] White can
improve better than Black.} (15... Nxd4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 e5) (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd2) 16. b4 $18 Bxd4 17.
Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne6 $6 (18... e5 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Bg4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Bd1 $18 {is too loose for Black, what with b4-b5 and the rook swinging to the
kingside as well.}) 19. Qd2 Bc6 $2 (19... f6 {is a sad defensive situation,
sure to lead to disaster eventually:} 20. h4 $5) 20. Bg4 $1 Kg7 21. Rh3 $1 Rh8
22. Qh6+ Kg8 {But this is sadder, or should be.} 23. Bxe6 $6 {White tries to
cash in, but it's insufficient profit, giving Black some chances. Maybe.} (23.
Rd3 $1 Ng7 24. h4) 23... fxe6 24. Nf4 {[#]} (24. Rhe3 $1 {works pretty well.})
24... Qf8 $1 25. Qxf8+ $6 (25. Qh4 $1 Qf6 26. Qg4 Kf7 27. Nxe6 $1 {It's easy
to tell others to keep queens on the board when the opponent's king is in more
danger, but when it comes to doing it, it's easy to forget.}) 25... Rxf8 26.
Nxe6 {[#]} Rc8 $6 {Black avoids the interesting forcing lines.} (26... Bd7 $5
27. Nxf8 Bxh3 28. Nxg6 (28. Nxh7 {is exactly the same}) (28. gxh3 $5 Kxf8 29.
f4 {is also a technical win}) 28... hxg6 29. gxh3 Rxh3 30. Re3 {was the long
variation both players had to consider; once White was convinced the pawn
ending was winning it was off to the races.}) 27. Rc3 $1 $18 {White
consolidates the extra pawn.} Bd7 28. Nf4 Kg7 29. e5 $5 Rhf8 30. Nd5 Be6 31.
Nb6 Rce8 (31... Rc6 {was an alternative.}) 32. exd6 exd6 33. Rce3 Kf7 34. f4 $6
{A bit impatient.} h5 $6 (34... Bf5) 35. Kf2 h4 36. Nd5 $1 Bf5 37. Re7+ $1 Rxe7
38. Rxe7+ Kg8 39. Rxb7 {This should be easy, but White seems intent to make it
hard.} Bd3 40. Rc7 g5 41. g3 Be4 42. Ke3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Bxd5 44. cxd5 gxf4+ 45.
gxf4 Rb8 46. Ke4 {This is the strongest way forward, but it does require
careful calculation.} ({The momentarily passive} 46. Rc4 $5 Rb5 47. Kd4 {
intends (or should have!) rook-check and Kc4, squelching Black's counterplay.})
(46. Rc6 Rxb4 47. Rxa6 {is just great as well.}) 46... Rxb4+ 47. Kf5 Rb5 48.
Ke6 (48. Kg6 $1 Kf8 49. f5 {was White's original intention.}) 48... Rxa5 49. f5
(49. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 50. Kxd6 {wins with the d-pawn}) 49... Ra2 50. Rc8+ (50. Kxd6
$1) 50... Kh7 (50... Kg7 $6 51. f6+ Kg6 52. Rg8+) 51. f6 (51. Kxd6) 51... Re2+
52. Kxd6 {Has the "advantage" of reaching 7 pieces, so the Lomonosov Tablebase
can tell all. (It's mate in 25.) [#]} (52. Kf7 $1 a5 53. Rc1 Kh6 54. Rh1+ Kg5
55. Kg7) 52... Kg6 53. Rf8 (53. Rc6 $1 {is fastest.}) 53... a5 54. Kc7 a4 55.
Ra8 {Actually best.} Kxf6 56. Rxa4 (56. d6) 56... Ke5 57. d6 Ke6 58. d7 Rc2+
59. Kd8 Rg2 60. Ra6+ Kd5 61. Kc8 {The rook blocks the checks on b6.} 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Makhanov, Gaziz"]
[Black "Fong, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 {After a long
thought! You'd think he'd never seen the Sveshnikov before!} Bb4 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 9. Bh4 g5 (9... d6
$15 10. Qd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6) 10. Bg3 $11 Nxe4 11. Qd3 {[%cal Rd3e4] [#]} d5
$6 $146 ({Previously seen (and perhaps better) was} 11... Ne7 12. Qxe4 (12.
O-O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3+ 14. Kb1 Qc7 (14... d5 $1 $19) 15. h4 d5 16. Bxd5 Rd8
17. Bxf7+ Kg7 {0-1 (44) Ali,S (2051)-Tarigan,G (2132) Penang 2018}) 12... d5
13. Bxd5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxd5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Bxe5 Ng6 17. Bd4 Re8+ 18. Kd2
Nh4 {White is up a pawn, but its value is not so significant.}) 12. Bxd5 $16
{[#]} Nxc3 {White took control after the opening but for whatever reason (they
did take a lot of time!) acceded to the perpetual.} (12... Nxc3 13. Qg6+ $1 Kh8
14. Qxh6+ Kg8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3 $1 {(a familiar trick in many openings)}
Be7 (16... Bd6 17. bxc3) 17. h4 $1 {Perhaps *this* is what Makhanov missed!}
(17. Bxe5 $4 Bf6 $1 { and it's Black's attack that wins!}) 17... Qd6 (17... g4
$4 18. Bxe5 Bf6 (18... f6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Bxc3) 19. Bxf6 Re8+ 20. Kf1 Ba6+
21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kh2 $1 $18 {(Did you think that 17.h2-h4 was just about
attacking? No, it was an airhole for the king!)}) 18. Qh5 $1 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6
20. bxc3 {is slightly in White's favor, and worth continuing if you're not too
short on the clock.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Askin, David"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. a3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. h4 h6 10. Ne5 Kh7 11. Qc2 d6 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nf3 Nbd7 15. Ng5+
hxg5 16. hxg5+ Nh5 17. O-O-O Qxg2 18. Rdg1 Qb7 19. Qe2 Kg8 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21.
Qxh5 Rfe8 22. Rh1 Nf8 23. g6 e5 24. Bh6 c6 25. Ne2 Re6 26. Ng3 Rf6 27. Nxf5
Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Re8 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Qc8+ 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Bxh6 33.
Rxh6 Kg7 34. Rh4 Rc8+ 35. Kd3 Nxg6 36. Ra4 Rc7 37. Rg4 Kf6 38. Rg3 Rc5 39. e4
Nf4+ 40. Kd2 Rc4 41. f3 Rd4+ 42. Kc2 Rd3 43. a4 Re3 44. Rg8 Rxf3 45. Ra8 Rf2+
46. Kc3 Re2 47. Rxa7 Rxe4 48. Rd7 Nxd5+ 49. Kb3 Ke6 50. Rh7 Rf4 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Stafford, Adam"]
[Black "Estolas, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. h3 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4
15. e5 Ne4 16. Qd4 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. O-O b5 19. Nc5 O-O 20. Bd2 Nd5 21.
a4 b4 22. a5 Rb8 23. Rfb1 f6 24. c4 bxc3 25. Rxb8 cxd2 26. Rd1 fxe5 27. fxe5
Ne7 28. Rxd2 Nc6 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxd7 Nxa5 32. Rc7 Nb3 33. Rc6
Nd4 34. Rxa6 Kf7 35. Kf2 Kg6 36. g4 h5 37. Ke3 Nc2+ 38. Kd2 Nd4 39. Kd3 Nf3 40.
gxh5+ Kf7 41. Ke4 Ng5+ 42. Kd3 Nxh3 43. Ke3 Ng5 44. Ra3 Ke7 45. Kf4 Nf7 46.
Ra7+ Kf8 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. Rg8 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 (4. g3 {is the timeworn (and perhaps
tiresome?) main line against the Classical Dutch.}) 4... Bb4 {All about e4.} 5.
Bd2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O a5 {A sort of Bogo-Indian where ...f5 is in
"for free." If nothing else, this means Black hasn't had to first play ...Ne4,
so the long diagonal is open for Black's bishop.} 9. Ne5 $6 {And there goes
any plus for White.} (9. a3 Bxc3 (9... Be7 10. Qc2 {is even a bigger disparity
between computer evaluation (+1.04: clear advantage) and results (Black has
scored 75%).}) 10. Bxc3 {may have scored well for Black, but the computers are
confident White has a moderate advantage.}) 9... Bxg2 $1 $11 10. Kxg2 Qe8 {
Dutch players are used to all sorts of behind-the-line maneuvers.} ({But here} 
10... d6 11. Nd3 Qd7 $5 {clears the way for ...Nc6, and Black is no worse.})
11. f3 {The position is equal.} d6 12. Nd3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({
Even way out here this position has been reached, by a pretty strong player,
who played} 13... Qc6 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Nf4 d5 $2 (15... e5 $1 {says the
computer, when White doesn't have enough going in any direction to sway it off
"=".}) 16. cxd5 $4 (16. Qd3 $16) 16... Nxd5 $4 (16... Qxc3 $1 17. dxe6 {
and now the key move is} g5 $1 (17... Nb8 18. e4 $1 {with the extra knight is
no equal to the central pawn mass.}) 18. Qd3 (18. Nd3 Nd5 $1) 18... Qxd3 19.
Nxd3 Nb8 {and Black should win.}) 17. Nxd5 $2 (17. Bd2 $1 $16) 17... exd5 18.
Bd2 Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Aditya,M (2211)-Rahman,Z (2526) Mumbai 2017}) 14. Qd2
(14. Qa4 e5 {doesn't change much.}) 14... e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {Black would
seem to have a bit of initiative, but Stockfish 14.1 is adamant about 0.00.}
16. Rae1 $6 Rd8 (16... Qe6 17. b3 h6) 17. Qe3 Qe6 18. b3 Rfe8 19. c5 $2 (19.
Qc1 $11) 19... Nd5 {Black is ready, and gets things going, starting with a
Double Attack} 20. Qc1 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 21. Nf4 Nxf4+ 22. Qxf4 Nxc5 23.
Qxc7 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rc7g7]} Rd7 24. Qf4 Red8 ({Tactics justify} 24... exf3+
$17 25. Rxf3 (25. exf3 Nd3 $1 $19) 25... Ne4 26. Rc1 Rf7 $17) 25. Qg5 $6 {
Just more trouble.} (25. Kg1 $15) 25... Qg6 $2 {Trading queens when the
opponent's king is more exposed?} ({Just} 25... h6 $17) 26. Qe3 $2 (26. Qxg6
$11 {and White stays safe.} exf3+ (26... hxg6 27. f4) 27. exf3 hxg6 28. Re2)
26... Re8 $2 (26... exf3+ $19 27. Qxf3 (27. exf3 {would be positionally best
except for} f4 $1 $19) 27... Rd5 {is also, perhaps surprisingly, a big
advantage for Black. Perhaps it's those rusting rooks?}) 27. Qc1 (27. Rd1 $15)
(27. f4 $1 $11 {is best, paradoxically blocking it up some with bishop vs.
knight: but now the knight has no further squares, and the bishop is doing
just fine.}) 27... e3 $2 ({Again it's} 27... exf3+ 28. exf3 Nd3 $1 (28... Red8
$17) 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qc2 Rd6 {that knight is definitely the superior minor
piece.}) 28. Rd1 Rf7 $2 (28... Rc7 $1 $14) 29. Kh1 {Good,} ({but better is} 29.
Rd5 $1 f4 30. Be5 $1 $16 {when it's very difficult for Black.}) 29... f4 $2 (
29... Rc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. g4 $2 {[#]} (30. gxf4 $18 {Rg1 is the
strong threat.} Qf5 31. Rd4) 30... h5 {Sensible, but not leading to anything.}
(30... Rc7 $1 $17 {is Stockfish's adamant improvement, intending what? To come
in through the c-file!?}) 31. Rg1 $2 {[#]} ({Well, "not leading to anything"
after} 31. gxh5 $1 Qxh5 32. Qc2 $6 Qf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 $15) 31... Ne4 $1 {
Guy in his element. Now it's Black with dangerous pawns.} 32. Rd5 $2 $19 (32.
Be1 $15 {was the only move to approximate balance:} Nf2+ 33. Bxf2 exf2 34. Rgf1
) 32... hxg4 {Black could have tossed in the check.} 33. Be1 {[#]} g3 $1 34.
Rg2 (34. hxg3 fxg3) 34... Nf2+ 35. Kg1 gxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qh6+ {What a bad dream
for White.} 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Lesniewski, Lucas"]
[Black "Wang, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qb3 Qd6
15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 b5 18. Bg4 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rc5 Bd5
21. Qc2 Re8 22. Rc1 c6 23. Qc3 f5 24. Nb3 Re6 25. Na5 Rc7 26. a4 g5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Rxb5 Rf7 29. Rb7 Rxb7 30. Nxb7 Qe7 31. Nc5 Rf6 32. Ra1 f4 33. Ra8+ Kg7
34. Rb8 Rf7 35. Rb7 Qe8 36. Qb4 Rxb7 37. Qxb7+ Qf7 38. Kf1 h5 39. Ke1 h4 40.
Kd2 Qxb7 41. Nxb7 h3 42. gxh3 Kg6 43. exf4 gxf4 44. Nd6 Kg5 45. b4 Kh4 46. Nf5+
Kxh3 47. Ne7 Bc4 48. Nxc6 Kxh2 49. Ne5 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Faulkner, Charles"]
[Black "Bambou, Christophe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. h4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 f6 7. Bf4 cxd4 8. exd4
e5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. c3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nc2 {[#]} Nxf2 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Rh2
Ng4 15. Rh1 O-O 16. Qf4 Re8+ 17. Be2 Re4 18. Qf3 Nce5 19. Qf1 Ne3 20. Nxe3 Qxe3
21. Nd2 Nd3+ 22. Kd1 Nf2+ 23. Ke1 Nxh1 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxh1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Carron, Joel"]
[Black "Heidari, Ako"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bf4
Bg7 9. Qd2 h6 10. h3 g5 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 Ng6 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. b4
Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Rab1 Nh7 18. c5 Ng5 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Bd7 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8
22. c6 Kg8 23. a4 Kh7 24. a5 Rcg8 25. Nxg5+ hxg5 26. Qg4 Kg6 27. Nb5 Rh4 28.
Qd7 f3 29. Qf5+ Qxf5 30. exf5+ Kxf5 31. gxf3 e4 32. fxe4+ Kf4 33. f3 Rxh3 34.
Kf2 bxa5 35. bxa5 Rh2+ 36. Ke1 Rb8 37. Rf2 Rh1+ 38. Rf1 Rh2 39. Rf2 Rh1+ 40.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 a6 42. Na3 Rxb1+ 43. Nxb1 Kxf3 44. Nd2+ Ke3 45. Nb3 Bc3 46.
Nc5 Bxa5 47. Nxa6 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Cortinas, Marty"]
[Black "Mahooti, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. e3 a6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. a3 Be6 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rac1 g5
15. Rfe1 g4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Red1 Rac8 21.
Nf4 Bf7 22. b4 Nd8 23. Qc5 Qg5 24. Rd2 c6 25. Qd6 h5 26. Be2 Be8 27. Rdc2 Ra8
28. a4 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. g3 Kg7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Kh6 33. bxc6 Bxc6 34.
Rb2 Ne6 35. Bd1 Ng5 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Bxf3 gxf3 38. Ke1 Kg5 39. Kd2 Ra5 40. h4+
Kh6 41. Rbc2 Ra3 42. Rc5 Rd6 43. R5c3 Ra5 44. Nh3 Kg6 45. Ng5 Ra2+ 46. R3c2 Ra3
47. Rc3 Rxc3 48. Kxc3 Bd7 49. Kb4 Rb6+ 50. Ka3 Ra6+ 51. Kb2 Rb6+ 52. Ka3 Bc6
53. Ne6 Ra6+ 54. Kb2 Rb6+ 55. Kc3 Bb5 56. Nf4+ Kh6 57. Nxd5 Rc6+ 58. Kd2 Rxc1
59. Kxc1 Kg6 60. Nf4+ Kh6 61. Kb2 Be8 62. Kc3 Kg7 63. Kb4 Kf6 64. Kc5 Ke7 65.
Kb6 Kd6 66. Kxb7 Kd7 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Black "Acosta, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. h3 Be7
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rc1 Rad8 15.
Qe2 Bf8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Ne2 Qb8 18. Ng3 Bc8 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ng3 Bg7 21. Rfe1 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 Qb6 24. Bc3 b4 25. Bb2 Bb7 26. Ra2 Ra8 27. Rea1 Rxa2 28.
Rxa2 g5 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Qd2 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 {[#]} 32. Nxg5 $1 Re5 (32...
hxg5 33. Qxg5+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ {and mate}) 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. Ne4 Qd8 35. f4 (35.
Nxh6+ $1) (35. Ra7 $1) 35... Qc8 36. Nfxd6 Bxd6 37. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Sun, Kevin"]
[Black "Lama, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Nd2 Qc7
15. h3 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Rfe1 Rce8 18. Nb3 {[#]} e5 19. Rad1 e4 20. Be2 Nd7
21. Bf1 Ne5 22. Re3 Rf6 23. Nd4 Ref8 24. Rd2 Qg5 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Kh2 Bd7 27.
Qb3 {[#]} Ng4+ 28. Kg1 Qxg3 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qxd7 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Gimelfarb, Ilia"]
[Black "Kaplan, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nb1 Qc7 13. Qxb4 Rab8 14. Qe1
Be6 15. Nc3 Nfd7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxa2 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Ne5 20. Nd5
Qd7 21. Rc3 Rbc8 22. Qe3 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. h5 Rh8 25. b4 e6 26. Nf4 Na4 27.
Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qxa7 Nc3 29. hxg6 Nxg6 30. Ngh5+ Kg8 31. Nxg6 Ne2+ 32. Kd1 Nc3+
33. Ke1 Qc4 34. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Allen, Ronald"]
[Black "Mercado, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 Nf6 14. c5 h5 15. a5 Ng6
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 g4 18. Nxa7 {[#] Deep in the Mar Del Plata Variation:
White and Black are both going all-out here.} g3 19. Bb6 {[%cal Rb6d8]} ({
And not} 19. hxg3 fxg3 20. Bb6 Qe7 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 $17 {and what's to stop a
knight move and ...Qh4?}) 19... Qe7 20. Rc1 (20. Bb5 $18 {is the chip choice.})
(20. Nxc8 Rfxc8 (20... gxh2+ {White has a perfect score, with either taking or
hiding in front of it.}) 21. Bb5 {is rather annoying. White's control of the
light squares often permits a solid defense.} (21. Kh1 {is also good, and has
been played.})) 20... gxh2+ $2 (20... Nd7 $1 $14 {is the only move:} 21. Nxc8
Rfxc8 22. Bb5 $2 (22. Bc7 Nf6 23. Bb6 Nd7) 22... Qh4 23. h3 Nxb6 24. axb6 Qd8 {
picks off White's favorite pawn, with -- a won game.}) 21. Kh1 $18 {[#]} Nh7
$146 (21... Bd7 {has been played, but it didn't turn out well:} 22. Rc7 Rab8
23. Bb5 Qe8 24. Qa4 Rf7 25. Bxd7 (25. Rf2 $1) 25... Nxd7 26. Nd3 Bf8 27. Rfc1
Qe7 {1-0 (37) Garcia Roman,D (2427)-Dalo,H (2049) Barbera del Valles 2011} {
and now snazziest is} 28. Nc6 $1) 22. Rc7 Qg5 23. Qc2 ({It's all good:} 23.
Nxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rxb7 $18) 23... Ne7 24. Nd3 $6 {unnecessary} h4 25. Rc1 ({
Then again, having played A maybe B should follow:} 25. Nf2 h3 26. gxh3 $1 {
is the better capture but both win.}) 25... h3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg5g2]} 26. Bf1
Kf7 $6 {[#] Objectively Black is busted, but in practice anything can happen
-- just see many games in this line, for instance Beliavsky vs. Nakamura for a
famous example.} 27. Nc6 $5 {Flashy, almost a bit too flashy.} (27. gxh3 {
shuts it down. And there's the fatal hint, when the computer considers} Kg8 {
as Black's best move!}) 27... bxc6 28. Qxc6 Ba6 29. Qxd6 hxg2+ 30. Bxg2 {
White wants to mate with Qe6+.} Bf6 (30... Bxd3 $4 31. Qe6+ Ke8 32. Rc8+ Rxc8
33. Rxc8#) 31. Qe6+ (31. Rxe7+ $1 Bxe7 32. Nxe5+ Kg7 (32... Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh8
34. Ng6+ Kg7 35. Nxe7 {mops up -- Bd4+!}) 33. Rc7 {would be a crisp finish.})
31... Kg7 {[#]} 32. d6 $1 Bxd3 33. dxe7 Rfe8 {[#]} 34. Rc8 $4 ({It takes
Stockfish a while (and plenty humans would never find it) to play} 34. Qd5 $1
$18 {[%cal Rd5a8] Qxa8! is the strong threat.} Bxe7 {[#]} 35. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 36.
Qxa8) 34... Raxc8 {And Black hangs on...} 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8 Bxe7 37. a6
Qh6 (37... Qf6 $11 38. Qb7 Qh4 {is a nice shift.}) 38. Qc7 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc7e7]
} Qh4 {[#]} 39. a7 ({The last chance to try to make something of the ruins:} 
39. Qxe5+ $5 $16 Bf6 40. Qa5 Bxa6 41. Qxa6 {White has the "chances," but they
dwindle after} Qe1+ 42. Qf1 (42. Bf1 Ng5) 42... Qxf1+ 43. Bxf1 Bxb2 44. Kxh2
Nf8 45. Bb5 Ng6) 39... Qe1+ $11 40. Kxh2 Qh4+ {Black's defense is rewarded
with a draw. Too bad for Tsolias, his sharp and creative play should have been
capped with a win!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Barreyro, Romeo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. b4 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. c4 Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Rc8 12. Ra3 Qe7 13. Qa1 Nc5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne6 16. Bf3 d5 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be2 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rcd8 21. d5
Bxb2 22. Qxb2 f5 23. f4 Qd6 24. g3 Rfe8 25. Raa1 h6 26. Qa3 Qf6 27. Qc3 Qf7 28.
Qe3 Kh7 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. Bd1 Bc8 31. Bb3 Bb7 32. Rg1 h5 33. Rad1 Qe7 34. h3 Rgf8
35. Kh2 Qd6 36. Rdf1 Rde8 37. g4 Rg8 38. Bd1 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bc8 40. Kg3 fxg4 41.
Qc3 g5 42. Bxg4 gxf4+ 43. Rxf4 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Parsons, Stephen"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. h3
Nh5 9. Be3 Nf4 10. g3 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Nb6 12. O-O-O f5 13. h4 f4 14. gxf4 exf4
15. Bd4 Bg4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c5 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nxc5 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rd3 Nxd3+
21. Qxd3 a6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. f3 Bd7 24. h5 Kg7 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qxc7 Rf7 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Qb6 Rff8 29. Qc7 Rf7 30. Qb6 Qe7 31. Kb1 Rff8 32. Nde2 b4 33. Qxb4
Rfb8 34. Qd4+ Qe5 35. Qd2 g5 36. Rg1 Kf6 37. Nc1 Rb4 38. Nd3 Qd4 39. e5+ Kf5
40. Rxg5+ Kxg5 41. Ne4+ Kg6 42. Nxf4+ Kf5 43. Ng3+ Kxe5 44. Nd3+ Kf6 45. Ne4+
Kf7 46. Qf4+ Kg8 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Nh5+ Kg6 49. Qxd6+ Kxh5 50. Qh2+ Qh4 51. Qe5+
Qg5 52. Qh2+ Kg6 53. Qd6+ Kh5 54. Qxb4 Qg1+ 55. Kc2 Rc8+ 56. Kd2 Qg2+ 57. Ke3
Re8+ 58. Kd4 Qg1+ 59. Kc3 Rc8+ 60. Kd2 Qh2+ 61. Ke3 Re8+ 62. Kd4 Qg1+ 63. Kc3
Re3 64. Kd2 Rxd3+ 65. Kxd3 Bb5+ 66. Ke4 Qg6+ 67. Ke5 Qe8+ 68. Kd4 Qe2 69. f4
Kg4 70. Kc5 Kf5 71. Qd4 Qe7+ 72. d6 Qa7+ 73. Kd5 Bc6+ 74. Kc4 Bb5+ 75. Kd5 Qb7+
76. Kc5 Qc6+ 77. Kb4 Qe4 78. Qxe4+ Kxe4 79. a4 Bd7 80. Kc5 Kxf4 81. a5 Ke5 82.
Kb6 Kxd6 83. Kxa6 Kc6 84. b4 Bc8+ 85. Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Ashwin"]
[Black "Guo, Dean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nd5 e6 7. Ne3 Nge7 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nf4 11. Bc1 e5 12. g3 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. O-O b6 15.
a3 Re8 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Nc2 h6 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. c4 Nd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qf1 f5 24. Nxc5 Qxe1 25. Nxb7 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rd7 27. Na5 bxa5
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bf8 30. b5 Kg7 31. h4 Bb4 32. Bf4 h5 33. Rc1 Rde7 34. Rc2
Re1+ 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. Bd2 R1e2 37. Kf3 Kf7 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Chanoff, Eli"]
[Black "Ginzberg, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "839"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. f4 Bf5 8.
Nf3 e6 9. h3 h6 10. g4 Bh7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 {[#]} 13. Nxf7 Rf8 14. Qxe6
Bg8 15. Nd6+ Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Rhe1 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nb6 20.
Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfe8 22. Rd4 c5 23. Rd3 Nxc4 24. Bc3 Bxf4+ 25. Kb1 Rxd3 26.
cxd3 Ne3 27. Re1 Re7 28. d4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 b6 30. Re2 Kd7 31. Rf2 Nd5 32. Rf3 g5
33. a3 a5 34. Rd3 Kc6 35. Ka2 a4 36. Rd1 Be3 37. Bh8 Re4 38. Rd3 Kc5 39. Rd1 b5
40. Rf1 Bf4 41. Rf3 Re3 42. Rxe3 Nxe3 43. Bg7 Nd1 44. Bxh6 Nf2 45. h4 Nxg4 46.
Bxg5 Bxg5 47. hxg5 Ne5 48. Kb1 Kd5 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. Kb1 {[#]} b4 51. axb4 Kxb4
52. Ka2 Ng6 53. Ka1 Kb3 54. Kb1 Ne5 55. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Fairchild, JP."]
[Black "Imbens, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1229"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 exf5 10. Qh4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nd5 Kf8 14. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Atroshchenko, Ian"]
[Black "Ratliff, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1135"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc5 8. Bd3
Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Nh5 10. h3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5 Rf5
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Nb5 Qe8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. b3 a6 19. Ba3 Qg6 20. Qg4 Qf7 21. Qb4
Rf8 22. f3 Rg5 23. Qxb7 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. Bc1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Banfi, Vittorio"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Na4 Nb6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc5 Ba8 14. e3 Nfd5
15. Qf3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 O-O 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Qf3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 c3 20. e4 Nb4 21.
a3 f6 22. Nc4 Qd4 23. Nd6 Qxc5 24. Nxc8 Na2 25. Rc2 Qxa3 26. Ra1 Qb2 27. Rxb2
cxb2 28. Rb1 Rxc8 29. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Anderson, Benjamin"]
[Black "Massop, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
e5 Ng4 9. Qe2 f6 10. Rd1 Ngxe5 11. Bxe6 Qa5 12. Bb3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 d6 14. Bf4
Bd7 15. Ne4 Ne5 16. Qg3 g5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Rd4 Qa5 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ke7
21. Rd5 Qa6 22. Bxg5 Rhg8 23. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Sawhney, Yuvraj"]
[Black "Chambers, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nxf2 8.
Kxf2 dxc3+ 9. Kg3 d6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxc3 e5 14. h3
Qf5 15. Kh2 O-O 16. Re1 d5 17. Nxd5 e4 18. Be7 cxd5 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nd4 Qf4+
21. Kg1 Bc5 22. Rc1 Bb6 23. Kh1 c5 24. Nc6 Qd6 {[#]} 25. Qxd5+ Qxd5 26. Ne7+
Kf7 27. Nxd5 Bb7 28. Nc3 Re8 29. Re2 Kf6 30. Rce1 Kf5 31. Rf1+ Kg6 32. Rfe1 Kf5
33. Nb5 Re6 34. Rd1 Kg5 35. Nc3 Rh6 36. Rd7 Bc6 37. Rxg7+ Kf4 38. Rg4+ Ke5 39.
Re1 Ba5 {(Score has been unreadable for a while.)} 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Uzakbaev, Nursultan"]
[Black "Rex, Tobiahs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. Be3 c5 7. c3 Bg4 (7...
Bf5) 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qf4 Qd3 $2 {[#]} (11... Nc6 {
enables Black to get to the d-file first.}) (11... g5 $5 12. Nxg5 Rg8 13. h4 h6
14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne4 {Might look wild to humans; the computer just makes it even.
}) 12. Qa4+ $2 (12. Na3 $1 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qe4 14. O-O {maintains an advantage.})
12... Bd7 $2 {Moving to a worse square;} (12... b5 $1 {is a useful space grab,
with advantage Black.} 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Nc6 15. Ke2 O-O-O 16. Rd1 Kb7)
13. Qd1 c4 14. Qxd3 cxd3 15. Nbd2 Nc6 16. O-O O-O 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Bf4 Bf5 19.
Nd6 Nxe5 $4 (19... Bg6 $11) 20. Bxe5 $4 (20. Nxf5 $18) 20... Bxd6 21. Bd4 b6
22. Nh4 Bg4 23. f3 Bc8 24. g4 Bc5 25. Bf2 d2 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Kf2 Ba6 28. Rfd1
Rfe8 29. Ng2 Be2 30. Ne3 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd3 32. Nf1 Re1 33. Rxd2 $2 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Tsolias, Georgios"]
[Black "Chambers, Don"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 $5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Ng5 Nd8 10. Qb5+ Nc6 11. Qxc5 d3 12. f4 h6 13. Nf3 Nge7 14. Qc4 Qd7
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 O-O-O 17. Be3 Nc6 18. O-O Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4
Rxd4 21. Nd2 c5 22. Rac1 b6 23. Rc4 Rxc4 24. Nxc4 b5 25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. Nxb5 c4
27. Nd6 Rf8 28. f5 g6 29. fxe6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 c3 31. bxc3 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Hallacy, Christopher"]
[Black "Hack, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. h3 e5
9. Qd2 Na6 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. e3 Bd7 13. d4 e4 14. Ng1 d5 15. c5 Qc7
16. Nge2 Bh6 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Ng5 19. Bg2 Rfe8 20. Nf4 Nge4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. O-O-O Rae8 24. Rde1 Be6 25. h4 Bf7 26. Rhf1 Qe7 27. Rf3 Bxf4
28. gxf4 Qxh4 29. b5 Qg4 30. Qe2 Kg7 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Kb1 g5 33. fxg5 Bh5 34.
Bc1 Qxf3 35. Qxf3 Bxf3 36. Kc2 Rxd4 37. exd4 Rxe1 38. Bd2 Re2 39. Kd3 Rxd2+ 40.
Kxd2 Kg6 41. Ke3 Be4 42. Kf4 Bb1 43. a3 Kf7 44. Ke5 Ke7 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Kg3 Kf7
47. Kf4 Kg6 48. Ke5 Kxg5 49. Kd6 f4 50. Kxc6 f3 51. Kb7 f2 52. c6 Bf5 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Craig, Aaron"]
[Black "Hule, Pratyush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1491"]
[BlackElo "970"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
Bg4 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 f5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nb6 14. Bf7+ Kd7 $4
15. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Elias, Juan"]
[Black "Long, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nc6 8. c3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Qa4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qb3 Bb4 14. a3 Qb6
15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Qc2 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Qe4 20. Qg3 Nh5
21. Qh2 Qxf4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Rfe1 O-O 24. Qg2 a6 25. Qf1 Rac8 26. Qe2 Qg6 27.
Qe3 Qf6 28. Qb6 Qe7 29. Re5 Nf6 30. Rae1 Qc7 31. Qb4 b5 32. Qf4 Nd7 33. Rg5
Qxf4 34. gxf4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Suarez, Sebastian"]
[Black "Giusti, Ambrogino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 c6 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qg3
O-O-O 15. Rfe1 Rg8 16. Re4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qe3 b6 19. a4 Rd7 20. Ra3 Qc7
21. Rc3 Rd5 22. Rec4 c5 23. b4 Re5 24. Re4 Rd5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27.
Rc4 Kd7 28. Rxc5 Qd6 29. Rb5 Qc7 30. Qd4+ Ke7 31. Qb4+ Kf6 32. Rb7 Qe5 33. Qe7+
Kg6 34. Qxf7+ Kg5 35. Rb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 Rb8 37. Qxg7+ Kf5 38. g4+ Kf4 39. Qf6#
1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Black "Dayton, Cathal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1447"]
[BlackElo "784"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Ne5 Qd6 9. c5 Qe7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Qd7 12. Qxa8+ Ke7 13. Qxa7 Bf5 14.
Qb7 c6 15. Ba6 Qxb7 16. Bxb7 Kd7 17. a4 Be7 18. a5 Bd3 19. a6 Ne8 20. Nb3 Nc7
21. a7 Na8 22. Bd2 Kc7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Ba5+ Kc8 25. Bb6 Bd8 26. Na5 Bb5 27.
Kd2 f6 28. f4 Kd7 29. b4 e5 30. Rhc1 Bc7 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. Nb3 Bc4 33. Kc3 Bb5
34. fxe5 fxe5 35. dxe5 Kd7 36. Nd4 Kc7 37. Nxb5+ cxb5 38. Rf1 Kb7 39. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Olson, David"]
[Black "Casaes, Marcus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg2 Nb4 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nh4 c6 8. a3
Na6 9. b4 d5 10. Nxf5 d4 11. Nxe7 dxc3 12. Nxc6 Qf6 13. Nxe5 Bxb4 14. Qa4+ Ke7
15. Qd7+ Kf8 16. O-O Qxe5 17. axb4 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Fleming, Maxwell"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nd2 h6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. c4 e5 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nb3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 c5 11. e4 g5 12. Ne2 Bg7 13. h4 g4 14. f4 gxf3 15.
gxf3 Nh5 16. Bf2 Rf8 17. O-O-O f5 18. Rdf1 f4 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Rd1 b6 21. Nd2 a5
22. Qc2 a4 23. Rh2 Kf7 24. Rg2 a3 25. b3 Bf6 26. Rh1 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Ndb1
Ra8 29. Kd2 Bg7 30. Qc1 Qf6 31. Rg1 Kf8 32. Nxa3 Ng3 33. Bxg3 fxg3 34. Rxg3
Qf4+ 35. Kc2 Qxg3 36. Kb1 Qxf3 37. Nab5 Qd3+ 38. Ka1 Bxb5 39. Nxb5 Qe2 40. Nc3
Qf2 41. h5 Kg8 42. a4 Rf8 43. Nb5 Qe2 44. Qb2 Rf1+ 45. Ka2 Qe3 46. Ka3 Qg1 47.
Ka2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Chai, Cloe"]
[Black "Thibault, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1254"]
[BlackElo "1014"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 d6 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Rdf1 a5 13. Rhg1 a4 14. a3
Qa5 15. g4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. h4 h5 18. g5 Rb6 19. Nd1 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bxb2
21. Nxb2 Rxb2 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Rbc1 e5 24. Kc3 Ra2 25. Ra1 Rbb2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2
27. Re1 Rxa3+ 28. Kb2 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Gimelfarb, Natan"]
[Black "Gu, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1125"]
[BlackElo "997"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. c4 Qd8 7. d5 Bf5 8. dxc6
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Rd8+ 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. cxb7 Rb8 12. f3 Rxb7 13. b3 Rd7 14. Ke1 Bd6
15. b4 cxb4 16. c5 Bc7 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. c6 Nf6 20. Bg5 Rd8 21. Rd1
Ba5 22. Nc4 (22. Nb3) 22... b3+ {[#]} 23. Nxa5 $4 (23. Bd2 $18) 23... Rxd1+ 24.
Kxd1 b2 $1 25. Ke2 b1=Q 26. Kf2 Qc2+ 27. Kg3 {The last move on the scoresheet
that makes sense.} {Here the computer notices mate in 6:} Nh5+ 28. Kh4 Qxg2 29.
Kxh5 Bg6+ 30. Kh4 Qf2+ 31. Kg4 h5+ 32. Kh3 Bf5# {[%eval -32755,25]} 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Chandramouli, Prasanna"]
[Black "Ahrens, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "921"]
[BlackElo "1091"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Ndxe2 c5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 b6 14. c3 f5 15.
f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Qd7 17. Ne6 Rf7 18. c4 g6 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rf2
Rc8 22. Raf1 h5 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Qg5 Rg8 25. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Gulbis, Andrejs"]
[Black "Obrien, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "845"]
[BlackElo "1036"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Qd2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 d5 10. f4 d4 11. fxe5 dxe3 12. Qxe3 Ng4 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. Qe2
Qg5 15. f4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Qxf4 17. d4 Rd8 18. d5 Bb4 19. Rf1 Qh4 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21.
Rxf2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 O-O 23. Rb1 cxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5+ 25. Kc1 Rfd8 26. Rb7 Rd1+
27. Kb2 Nc4+ 28. Kb3 Na5+ 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM Extra Games"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Chin, Alexander Pa"]
[Black "Svoboda, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. d4 d6 7. d5 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. e6 fxe6 10. dxc6 bxa4 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15.
Qe4 Qb6 16. Na3 Rf5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. g4 d5 19. Qg2 Rf8 20. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Qe2
Qd6 22. Nf3 a5 23. Bh6 Ba6 24. Qe5 Qxe5+ 25. Nxe5 Rfc8 26. O-O-O Bb5 27. c4
Bxc6 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. cxd5 Rb6 30. dxe6 Rab8 31. Rd2 Rxe6 32. g5 Re5 33. Rf1
Rf5 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rd5 e6 36. Rxc5 {(scoresheet now illegal -- White won,
60)} 1-0

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM Extra Games"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Ahmed, Enile"]
[Black "Malykin, Erika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nd5 5. Bg3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qa4 Qb6 8.
Qc2 Be7 9. Nd2 h5 10. e4 h4 11. Nc4 Qc5 12. exd5 hxg3 13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. cxd7+
Bxd7 15. fxg3 Rxh1 16. Ne2 Qxc4 17. b3 Qg4 18. c4 Bb4+ 19. Nc3 Qxg3+ 20. Ke2
Bxc3 21. Rd1 e5 22. Qd3 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "MI Nov-Dec TNM Extra Games"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Brickhouse, Christian"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "452"]
[BlackElo "1149"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. e4
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. exf5 exf5 11. Ne2 Re8 12. O-O h6 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 g5
15. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 16. Be5 f6 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Qb7 fxe5 19. Qxc6 Kh7 20. Rad1
Re7 21. dxe5 Qg8 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7+ Kh8 24. Qxf5 Rf8 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. Qa4
Qxe5 27. Qxa7 Qxc3 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. a4 Ra8 30. Qa3 g4 31. Rc1 Rf8 32. Qc3 Qxc3
33. Rxc3 Ra8 34. Rc4 h5 35. h3 gxh3 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. f4 Rg8 38. Rxc7 h4 39. Kxh3
Rxg3+ 40. Kxh4 Rd3 41. a5 Ra3 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Kg5 Kf8 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. f5 Kd8
46. Kf7 Kc8 47. a6 Kb8 48. Rb7+ Ka8 49. Rb6 Ka7 50. Re6 Rf3 51. f6 Rh3 52. Ke7
Rh6 53. f7 Rh7 54. Ke8 Rh8+ 55. f8=Q Rxf8+ 56. Kxf8 Ka8 57. Re7 Kb8 58. Kf7 Ka8
59. Ke6 Kb8 60. Kd6 Ka8 61. Kc6 Kb8 62. Rc7 Ka8 63. Kb6 Kb8 64. a7+ Ka8 65.
Rc8# 1-0

