[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Arun, Siddharth"]
[Black "Weng, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[Annotator "de Firmian"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{This was the first board game of the round.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4.
d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 (7... dxe5 {may be the best way to
play this as Black}) 8. bxc3 Qc7 $5 ({now} 8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 {is good for
White since the knight exchange strenthened the white center}) 9. Bd2 b6 $5 (
9... Bd7) 10. Bd3 (10. Bb5+ $5 $14 Bd7 11. Bd3) (10. Ng5 $5 $14) 10... Bb7 11.
Qe2 Nd7 12. exd6 (12. O-O $11 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6 {is equal}) 12...
Bxd6 13. Ng5 $5 {[#] Siddharth wants to spice things up instead of a normal
position after 13. 0-0} Nf6 (13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ {
looks scary (e.g. 16...Kf8? 17. Rg7!) but Black may well be better after 16...
Be7}) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. g3 Qc4 {[#] It's hard to
argue with Nicholas if he wanted as safe secure edge in the endgame as he will
get it now.} 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. f4 Ra4 21. Ke2 Rc8 ({I like} 21...
b5 22. Rhb1 a6 {to set the black pawns on white squares and keep the white
pawn fixed on c3 as a target}) 22. Rhb1 Kf8 23. Kd3 Ke7 24. Rb5 g6 25. Rb2 Rc6
26. Rab1 Kd7 27. Rc2 Rac4 28. g4 $1 {looking for counterplay, as there is
little White can do on the queenside} f5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. h4 {using this pawn
to break up the kingside chain} Kc7 $6 {[#]} 31. h5 ({White could also get a
slight edge winning the exchange with} 31. d5 $5 R6c5 32. Be3 Re4 33. Bxc5 Bxc5
34. Re2 ({or} 34. h5)) 31... Kb7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rg1 Bb8 34. Be3 (34. Rh1 $5
$14 {/=}) (34. d5 Rc8 35. Rxg6 Bxf4) 34... b5 $1 {now 35...b4 is a possibility.
Chances are even as both sides have targets to work on.} 35. Rgc1 a6 36. Rg2
Bc7 37. Bd2 Ba5 38. Re2 Ra4 39. Rc2 Ra3 40. Re7+ Kc8 41. d5 {This long awaited
advance makes the game tactically sharp.} Rd6 42. Kd4 Ra4+ 43. c4 Bxd2 (43...
Bb6+ 44. Ke5 Bc7 {repeats}) 44. Rxd2 Rxc4+ 45. Ke5 Rd8 46. d6 {Black is a pawn
ahead while White has an active king, advanced d-pawn and active rooks. The
black rooks are also active which keeps the balance.} Re4+ 47. Kf6 Rxf4 $11 48.
Kxg6 (48. Rc2+ $1 Kb8 49. Rc6) 48... Rd7 49. Kf7 (49. Kf6) 49... Rh4 50. Ke6
Rh6+ 51. Ke5 $2 (51. Kxf5 Rdxd6 52. Rxd6 Rxd6 53. Ra7 (53. Rh7) 53... Kb8 54.
Ke5 $1 (54. Rh7) 54... Kxa7 55. Kxd6 $11 {is a drawn pawn ending, though White
must be careful}) 51... Rhxd6 52. Rxd6 Rxe7+ 53. Kf6 {[#]} Re8 $2 {Black had
three moves that won; this isn't one of them.} (53... Re2 54. Rxa6 Kb7 55. Ra3
f4) (53... Re3 54. Rxa6 Kb7 55. Rd6 (55. Ra5 Kb6 56. Ra8 f4) 55... f4 56. Rd4
Ra3) (53... Rh7 54. Kxf5 (54. Kg6 Rh2) 54... Kb7) 54. Rxa6 $11 f4 55. Kf5 Kb7 (
55... f3 56. Kg4 f2 57. Rf6 Re2 58. a3 Ra2 59. Kg3 Kc7 60. Kg2 $1 {holds the
draw}) 56. Rf6 f3 57. Kg4 Re2 58. Kxf3 Rxa2 59. Ke3 Rc2 60. Kd3 Rc8 61. Rh6 Ka7
62. Rg6 {Draw agreed. A great battle to the end.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bambou, Christophe"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[Annotator "Lewis,Ed / Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 {Edouard,Romain} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 {EW: (No longer a
beginner's move!)} O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 {[#] EL: Ed knows that Ne4
is the best move but chooses to exchange in the center first and was suprised
by Qxd4.} cxd4 (7... Ne4 8. Rc1 $5 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxd4 12.
Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. e4 Rac8 16. Rd1 d6 17. b3 Ne5 18. Nd4 a6
19. Re3 Qc7 20. h3 h6 21. Qb2 Qc5 22. a4 Kf8 23. Kh2 a5 24. Qe2 Nc6 25. Red3
Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc7 27. Qd2 Rcd7 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. f4 Bc6 30. Rf1 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5
32. Rd5 Bxd5 33. Qxg5+ Kf8 34. cxd5 Re7 35. e5 Rc8 36. Rf4 dxe5 37. Rc4 {
Artemiev,V (2716)-Aronian,L (2773) Chess.com INT 2020 CBM 196 [Edouard,Romain]
1-0}) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qh4 {[#] Here, black tries to release pressure on the f6
square by offering an exchange of queens on d8 but this simply loses a pawn or
gives up a rook for a bishop.} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. e3 Bb7 11.
Bd3 h6 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. O-O d6 14. Rfd1 e5 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. f4 Nc6
18. Nf5 Rg8 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb1 Rad8 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxe5 Qd2
24. Rf1 Re8 $18 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 Qc1+ 27. Rf1 Qxb2 28. Qf2 Qg7 29. g3 Kg8
30. Qf4 Bc8 31. Be4 Be6 32. Bd5 a5 33. e4 Qg6 34. Kg2 Bxd5 35. exd5 Re4 36. Qf5
Re2+ 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd1 {0-1, Ansh,S (2455)-Khamrakulov,D 
(2514) Chess.com Blitz 5.5.2020.}) (9... Re8 10. Rd1 e5 11. g4 $16) (9... d5 $1
{is best but who wants to play it -- Black lands in a thankless bad bishop
ending with splintered pawns.} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 {
But -- it's actually happened, twenty years ago!} 13. Rd1 (13. e3 d4 $14) 13...
Be6 14. e3 Rac8 (14... Rfc8 $5 {Black does have a development lead, and there
are some light square weaknesses for White...}) 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nc4 17.
Bxc4 dxc4 18. Kd2 Rc5 19. Kc3 a5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rd7 b5 22. Rhd1 $1 e5 $2 (
22... Rb8 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kf7 25. Ra8 a4 $16) 23. Ra7 $18 b4+ 24. axb4
axb4+ 25. Kxb4 Rfc8 26. Kc3 (26. Rad7 $1) 26... Rb5 27. Rdd7 Rb3+ 28. Kc2 Rcb8
29. Rg7+ $6 (29. Ra2 $1 $18) 29... Kh8 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rhg7+ Kh8 32. Rh7+ Kg8
33. Rag7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rhg7+ {½-½ (35) Schipper,B-Albarran,G (2275)
Torre Blanca Copa de Campeones, Buenos Aires 2002}) 10. Qxd8 Nxd8 11. Bb4 {
EL: White would like to collect his pawn now.} d6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6
14. Rxd6 $18 {[#] White is safe and happy with a pawn to the good.} e5 15. e3
Be6 16. Be2 Rac8 {Black is trying to generate play down the c- file and white
is trying to consolidate his position a pawn up.} 17. b3 b5 {[#]} 18. Ng5 $6 (
18. Kb2 $1 bxc4 19. Rc1 $1) 18... Na5 $1 (18... bxc4 19. b4 $1) 19. Nxe6 (19.
Kc2 $1 {It turns out not so straightforward -- White has to do some twisting
to claim a goodsized advantage.} Bf5+ 20. e4 Bg6 21. Kc3 $1 h6 22. Nf3 Bxe4 23.
Nxe5 $16 {(and it's still complicated).}) 19... fxe6 20. Bg4 $6 Nxb3+ 21. Kb2
Nc5 {This has all gone South for White -- and now his king is getting
"involved" (not a good thing)} 22. f3 Rb8 (22... bxc4 {right away:} 23. Bxe6+
Nxe6 24. Rxe6 Rfd8 {gets a slightly better rook placement and would definitely
be no worse.}) 23. Bxe6+ {[#]} Kh8 $6 {Asking for various troubles (N vs. B in
a rook ending, back rank mate, loss of a tempo), but is promptly rewarded
anyway:} (23... Nxe6 24. Rxe6 bxc4+ 25. Kc2 Rb3 26. Rxe5 Rxa3 27. Rb1 $11 {
[%eval 0,0] as in}) 24. cxb5 $2 {This loses a piece; White on the other hand
does have compensation in the amount and placement of his pawns. The knight is
more clumsy than tricky in this ending.} (24. Bd5 $1 bxc4+ 25. Kc2 Rb3 26. Bxc4
Rxa3 27. Rhd1 $16) 24... Rf6 $11 25. Rd5 $2 (25. Rhd1 Nxe6 26. Kc3 Kg8 27. Kb4)
25... Nxe6 26. Rxe5 h6 (26... a6 $5 27. a4 axb5 28. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 29. axb5 Rf5 $15
) 27. Rd1 a6 28. a4 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 30. axb5 Rf5 31. Rd6 Rxb5+ 32. Kc3 {
The binary beast accesses this as -0.9 but how does black continue?} Nc7 (32...
Nf8 {head to h4!?}) 33. e4 Kg8 34. f4 Ne8 35. Rd8 Kf7 36. e5 Ke7 37. Ra8 Rb7 (
37... Nc7 $5) 38. g4 Nc7 39. Ra5 Ne6 40. f5 Ng5 41. h4 Ne4+ 42. Kd4 Nf2 43. f6+
gxf6 44. exf6+ Kf7 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 {White offered a draw here and black
accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Das, Rohan"]
[Black "Diaz, Conrado"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 Qf6 8.
Bd3 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. b4 {
[#]} Rxd2 15. Qxd2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. Bb2 Qh4 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.
Bxd1 Ng5 21. Qd3 g6 22. f4 Nxh3 23. Qf1 Bxd1 24. Qxh3+ Qxh3 25. Rxh3 Bh5 26. f5
Kd7 27. f4 a6 28. e4 Ke8 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Be5 Kd7 31. f5 Kc6 32. Rd3 Bh4+ 33.
Kd2 f6 34. Bf4 g5 35. Bg3 Bxg3 36. Rxg3 Kd6 37. Rh3 Bf7 38. c5+ Ke5 39. Ke3 b6
40. Rh7 bxc5 41. bxc5 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Lesniewski, Lucas"]
[Black "Suarez, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Be7 8. d3
c5 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rfd8
15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 b6 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Qe4 Bf6 {[#]} 20. Bd2
Ne5 21. Be2 Rd7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Bc1 Rcd8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. a3 a5 26. h4 Ne7 27.
g3 Nf5 28. Kg2 e5 {[#]} 29. h5 exf4 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Rh1+ Nh6 33.
gxf4 Qc6+ 34. e4 Qb7 35. Bf3 Re7 36. Qf8 Rf7 37. Qd6 Rd7 38. Qe6 Re7 {[#]} 39.
Rxh6+ gxh6 40. Qxf6 Rxe4 41. Bb2 g5 42. Qf5+ {Textbook realization of the
advantage one can achieve from a Flank Opening by Lucas!} 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Riese, Kayven"]
[Black "Hao, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 (7...
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 {12,500 games} 10. Rb3 {56 games!}) 8. Bh4 Qb6 {
The Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Najdorf, with ...h6 and Bh4 tossed in. Good
luck!} 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Rb3 {In the over-one-thousand games in the
database this position as occured (without ...h6 many more of course), this
has occured in .... eight games.} Qa5 12. Be2 $6 ({Computers go for} 12. Bxf6
gxf6 {although of course Black has an extra move over a lot of other lines
where ...h6 is played later. And indeed, it's already not happy for White.})
12... Be7 (12... Nbd7 {could well be better, but why not set a trap for Riese?
Who knew he was so unversed in the PP?}) 13. O-O {[#] But in fact nothing is
much better...} Nxe4 {Not as good as they thought!} (13... Nbd7 $5 {leaves
White wondering why he is a pawn down for nothing.}) 14. Qe1 $4 (14. Qe3 Bxh4 (
14... Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. f5 $17 {at least has
Black's king in the center.}) 15. Nxe4 O-O $1 16. Nxd6 Bf6 {Black gave back
one pawn but is coming out and still up the other.} 17. Ne4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc6
19. Qb6 Qa4 $1 $17) 14... Bxh4 15. Qxh4 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Molodyk, Mikhail"]
[Black "Argo, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 a5 8. O-O
h6 9. Kh1 g5 {[#]} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Qc4 Rh7 13. Be3 Nf8 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Ng6 16. Nd2 f5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qg8+ Nf8 19. f3 Bb4 20. c3 Rg7 {
[#]} 21. Bb6 Qe7 22. Qc4 Rb8 23. cxb4 Rxb6 24. bxa5 Rb4 25. Qxc6+ Qd7 26. Qc3
Rh4 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Rfd1 Ke7 29. Qb4+ Kf6 30. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Parsons, Stephen"]
[Black "Goode, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Rb1 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 c5 9. O-O Nc6 {[#]} 10. a3 $2 (10. Bd5 $5 Na5 11. d4 {keeps the struggle
balanced.}) 10... Na5 11. Ba2 e6 $2 (11... c4 $1 {follows through, with a
significant plus.}) 12. d4 cxd4 $6 {no hurry for this} 13. cxd4 b6 14. Qd3 h6
$6 {[#]} 15. d5 $2 (15. Bf4 $1) (15. h4) 15... exd5 16. exd5 $4 (16. Bxd5 Be6
$11 {Or maybe} 17. h4 {is some pull.}) 16... Bf5 $19 17. Qb5 Bxb1 18. Bxb1 a6
$6 {Weakening b6.} (18... Rc8 {getting the rooks and queen going is the
obvious course.}) 19. Qd3 Nb7 $6 (19... Rc8 $1 20. Qxa6 Qxd5 21. Qxb6 Rb8 22.
Be4 Qxe4 23. Qxa5 Qd3 {or some such -- Black's rooks will soon dominate.}) 20.
Be3 $6 (20. Bf4) 20... Qd6 (20... Nc5) 21. Rd1 Rfc8 22. h4 Rc3 23. Qd2 Rxa3 $2
(23... Qxa3 $1 24. Bxh6 Rxf3 $1 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. gxf3 Qxf3 27. d6 Qg4+ 28. Kf1
Rd8 29. Qc3+ (29. d7 Qh3+ {and ...Qxh4; that pawn shall not pass!}) 29... Kh7
30. Rd4 Rc8 $1 {Only move but winning.}) 24. Bxh6 {Black's advantage has
dwindled to "slight" in face of the weakened king position.} Bc3 $6 (24... Qf6
25. h5 Rxf3 $5) 25. Qg5 (25. Qc1 $1 Qb4 26. h5 $14) 25... Bf6 $6 ({SF 15 likes
...} 25... Rb3 $5 {(What is that?)}) 26. Qg4 Nc5 $4 {[#]} (26... Bg7 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Nd4 {White is throwing everything at Black's king, but...} Qe5 $1 (
28... Qf6 29. h5 $18) 29. Ne6+ $5 (29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qd7+ Kh6 31. Qxb7 Rf8 32.
Qxb6 Ra2 33. Nf3 Qc3 $1 {Black has walked a narrow path of only moves, and
even now it's unclear if it's holding up.} 34. Qd4 $5 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Ra5 36. d6
Rd8 $14) ({The same "murky" evaluation applies to} 29. Nf5+ Kh8 $1 (29... Kf8
$2 30. Qb4+ Nc5 31. Qxa3) (29... Kh7 $2 30. Qg5 $1 {looking for f4! (or h5)})
30. Nh6 Kg7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qc6 Qg7 $1 $14)) 27. Bxg6 $1 fxg6
$6 {Acquiescing but quite lost regardless.} 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Bg7+ (29. Ng5 $1
Qe7 30. d6 {Stockfish 15 (out for a month?) says mate in 10 -- we must believe.
}) 29... Bxg7 30. Qxd6 Rb3 31. Ng5 Rb4 32. h5 Rg4 33. Qg6 Rxg5 34. Qxg5 a5 35.
h6 Bc3 36. d6 a4 37. d7 Nxd7 38. Rxd7 Rg8 39. Qf5 {Except for the Exchange
loss (intentional?), a nice game. Defense is hard!} 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Powers, Christopher"]
[Black "Carron, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[Annotator "de Firmian"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O c6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 O-O {[#] This is a classic, well played Center
Counter Defense. White is a bit more active but Black has a very solid
position that is hard to crack. Both sides have gotten what they've looked for
from the opening.} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4 N5f6 15. c3
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bc2 c5 {The awaited break. White has just a small edge.}
18. Qg5 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Rh4 {going after the king. Central play would
have been} (20. Qe3 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 b6 22. Rd1) 20... Rfe8 $2 {[#]} 21. Re1 $2 ({
missing} 21. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 22. Qh5 {winning the knight back with an extra pawn}
f5 (22... Nf6 23. Qh8#) 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qh6 Rh8 26. Qxh8 Rxh8 27.
Rxh8 $16 {is a clear edge to White}) 21... g6 $1 $11 {This should have been
played on move 20. The game is equal now.} 22. f4 $6 {With no easy way into
the black position Christopher charges ahead, but this move weakens White more
than Black.} (22. Ba4) 22... Rd5 ({also} 22... Rd2 $1 23. Bb3 (23. Ba4 Red8)
23... Rxb2 $19) 23. Re5 Rxe5 $6 {letting the white rook on h4 back in the game}
(23... Rc8 $1 $17) 24. fxe5 Nd7 (24... Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Nd7 $15) 25. Qh6 (25. Qxe7
Rxe7 $11) 25... Nf8 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Qe3 b6 28. Bb3 Rd7 29. Qe4 Rc7 30. Ba4 (30.
Qd4) 30... Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qc5+ $2 {The wrong choice of endings.} (31... Qg5 $1 {
keeping the queens on allows Black to attack the e5 and b2 pawns. Joel would
then have a clear edge.}) 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. b4 $1 cxb4 {[#]} 34. c4 $3 {
A brilliant move that should win the game. The passed c-pawn should win the
knight with the black king and knight so restricted.} g5 35. c5 Ng6 36. c6 Ne7
37. c7 a5 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Kg3 $6 (39. Bd7) 39... Kg6 40. Bc2+ f5 41. exf6+ $6 {
It just got a lot harder. One suspects a time scramble!} (41. Kf3 $1) 41...
Kxf6 42. Be4 $6 (42. Bxh7 $16 {is still a solid plus, with another passed pawn
via g3 and h4 possible.}) 42... a4 43. Bxh7 {[#] Now this needs to be taken} a3
$2 (43... b3 $1 {is a draw; the passed pawn created neatly counters White's
monster on c7.} 44. axb3 a3 45. Bb1 e5 46. Kg4 e4 {is a draw}) 44. Bc2 e5 45.
Kf3 $2 (45. Kg4 $1 e4 46. Bxe4 b3 47. Bb1 $1 b2 48. g3 {The h-pawn will be
enough to distract Black's king, when White will send his king after Black's
pawns -- and the *other* rook pawn will decide. (Black's knight is helpless of
course.)}) 45... Ke6 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. g3 {[#]} Ke6 $2 (47... Kxc7 $1 {Freedom
for the knight!} 48. Kxe5 Nc6+ {Black plans ...Na5 (or ...Nd4) and ...b3! when
White can't win.}) 48. h4 $1 Kf6 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Kxe5 Nc8 {now an exchange
of time pressure slips} 51. Bf5 $2 (51. Ke6) 51... Nb6 $2 (51... b3 $1 $11) 52.
Be6 $1 {the end} Kg6 53. Kd6 {A great battle and a fascinating ending.} 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: 1800+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sankar, Arjun"]
[Black "Macnee, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Re8
15. c4 Be6 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Bd6 Nc6 18. Bf3 f5 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nd4 21. Qd3
Nb5 22. Bb4 Qd7 23. d6 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Re6 $2 25. Qxf5 Nd4 26. Qe4 Rg6 27. Bc5
Ne6 28. Be3 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Qe7 Rxd6 31. Qxd7 R8xd7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc1
b5 34. Rc2 Kf7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 h5 37. b3 h4 38. Kf3 g5 39. Kg4 Re6 40. a3
Rd6 41. b4 a5 42. bxa5 Ra6 43. Rc5 Rxa5 44. Rxg5 f3 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Rxf3 Ra4+
47. Rf4 Rxa3 48. Kxh4 Ra4 49. Kg3 Rxf4 50. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Croce, Dominic"]
[Black "Maliev, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1519"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc2
Na5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nfxd4 Bc5 11. Bf3 Qd7 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Ne3 Bb7 15.
Rfd1 O-O 16. Ng4 Qc7 {[#]} 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Rae8 21. Qxa6 Rf5 {[#]} 22. Nf6 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rxg5 24. Rf1 Rxd5 25. Nxe8 {[#]}
Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Sobel, Steve"]
[Black "Tsolias, Yorgos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1559"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. d5 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Qxa4 O-O 13. Nxc4 Bd5 14. Nxd6
Bxc6 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 Bd5 18. Bf4 c6 19. Rfd1 Qh4 20. b3 Rfe8
21. Bg3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Kf1 Rae8 24. Rd2 h5 25. f3 R4e6 26. Rb1 g5 27. h3
g4 28. fxg4 Rg6 29. Rd4 f5 30. Ra4 fxg4 31. h4 Rge6 32. Rb2 Be4 33. Rd2 Rf6+
34. Kg1 c5 35. Re2 Bc6 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rc4 Rf5 38. Bf2 Bb5 39. Rc1 Rd5 40.
Bxc5 Rd2 41. a4 Bc6 42. Be3 Rxg2+ 43. Kf1 Rg3 44. Bf2 Rf3 45. Rxc6 Kf7 46. Kg2
Rxb3 47. Rxa6 Ra3 48. a5 Ra4 49. Ra8 Ke6 50. a6 g3 51. Kxg3 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 Rg7
53. a7 Rf7+ 54. Ke2 Re7 55. Rh8 Kd7+ 56. Kf1 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Basovnik, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 e5 3. b5 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c4 e4 8. Nd4
Be5 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Nf3+ 13. Nxf3 exf3 14. Bxf3
Rb8 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. a4 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Rfb1 Rc8
21. d4 Qe7 22. Bf5 Rfe8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rc7 26. a5 g6 27.
Rab3 Qd5 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kg7 30. a6 c5 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Qb2+ Kh7 33.
Qh8# 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Jade, Valerie"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Qe7+ 5. Ne2 Be6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Nd2 h6 8.
O-O g5 9. Be5 Bg7 10. c4 c6 11. f4 O-O 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. fxg5 Ne3 14. Qc1 Nxf1
15. Nxf1 Qxg5 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Nfg3 Bg4 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21.
Qf4 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Henderson, Se"]
[Black "Albukerk, Eli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "790"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ng6 12. Ng3 Nce7 13. Qg4 Qc8 14. Nf5 Nxf5
15. Qxg6 Nh4 16. Qh5 Qd8 17. g3 Qf6 18. Rf1 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Ne1+ 20. Kh1 Nf3 21.
Be3 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Kg2 Kh7 25. a4 Kg6 26. b4 d5 27. Bxd5
c6 28. Bc4 Be7 29. a5 a6 30. Ra2 Rh8 31. Rd2 Rh5 32. d4 Bf6 33. d5 Rd8 34. Rd3
cxd5 35. Bxd5 Rd7 36. Rfd1 Rh8 37. c4 Be7 38. c5 f5 39. exf5+ Kxf5 40. Rf3+ Kg6
41. Bf7+ Kh6 42. Rxd7 e4 43. Re3 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Spolarich, Michael"]
[Black "Barreyro, Romeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "817"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bxg3 6. hxg3 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 c6 8.
Ne5 Qb6 9. Rb1 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh5 Qc7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4
15. Rb3 Bd7 16. Bd3 g6 17. c4 Qc7 18. e4 d4 19. c5 b5 20. Qf2 O-O-O 21. Qxd4
Be8 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Nf3 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 f5 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. e5 Qe7 28.
Nd4 Qd7 29. Nf3 Qd5 30. Bc2 Qc4 31. Qe2 Qd5 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Bxd3 h6 34. Ke2
Kd7 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. g4 h5 37. g5 Rf8 38. Ke3 Bf7 39. Nd4 Be8 40. Be4 Rc8 41.
Rh1 Kf7 42. Rh4 Bd7 43. Kd3 Rfd8 44. Kc2 Rc7 45. g4 Rh8 46. Rbh3 Ra8 47. gxh5
gxh5 48. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Horde, Nicolas"]
[Black "Tam, Hoa Long"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1218"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Nf3 g6
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15.
Nd2 Ne7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. h4 h5 18. Qg5 Bd7 19. Qf6 Rf8 20. Ng5 Ba4 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Qxe6 Qc6 23. Qe5 Bb5 24. Rfe1 O-O-O 25. Qxe7 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Qb6 27. Qc5+
Qxc5 28. bxc5 Rf4 29. g3 Rf3 30. Re3 Rdf8 31. Ra2 d4 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Rd2 Kc7
34. Kf1 Kc6 35. Ke2 Rf5 36. Rc2 Rxc5 37. Rxc5+ Kxc5 38. f3 b5 39. g4 a5 40. Kd2
Kd5 41. Kc2 Ke5 42. Kb3 Kf4 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. a4 Kxf3 45. axb5 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Ahrens, Richard"]
[Black "Casares Jr, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1064"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "de Firmian"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 b5 {Nick plays aggressively to hold onto
the pawn. The game is already a hard battle after only 4 moves.} 5. a4 $1 b4 6.
Ne4 Bf5 7. Nc5 $6 ({Either} 7. Ng3) ({or} 7. f3 {should give White an edge in
the opening}) 7... e6 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 {[#] So from a sharp
opening we get an endgame. Things are pretty even but Black is for choice
since White can't castle.} Nf6 11. Bd2 a5 12. Nf3 $6 (12. f3 $1 Nbd7 13. e4 Bg6
14. Be3) 12... Nbd7 13. Nd4 {[#]} Ne5 $1 {This active counter gives Black the
initiative.} 14. Nxf5 (14. Be2 Ne4) 14... Nxc4 15. Nd6+ (15. Nxg7+ $2 Kf8 {
traps the knight}) 15... Nxd6 16. cxd6 Rd8 (16... O-O-O {also attacks the
d-pawn and gets the black king working}) 17. e4 $6 {Richard sees he will lose
the d6 pawn and panics a bit. More defensive chances were to be had with} (17.
f3 Rxd6 18. e4 Nd7 19. Ke2 {and Black will have a lot of work to do to try to
convert the pawn}) 17... Nxe4 18. Be3 Nxd6 19. Ke2 Nc4 20. b3 ({perhaps} 20.
Rhc1 Nxb2 21. Rxc6 {could cause a little trouble}) 20... Nxe3 21. Kxe3 Rd5 $1
22. Rhd1 Ke7 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 Kd6 {stopping any potential counterplay.
Now Black is a solid two pawns to the good and can convert easily.} 25. f4 Re8
26. Kd4 f6 {[#] The black pawns will march up the center now. There is nothing
White can do.} 27. Rc5 e5+ 28. fxe5+ fxe5+ 0-1

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Thibault, William"]
[Black "Olson, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "997"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8.
Nf5 Qf6 9. Qb3 Nge7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bc7 12. Nf3 b6 13. h4 a5 14. Bg5 a4
15. Qa3 Qe6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bb4 h6 19. Bb5 Ra7 20. Bd6 Bd8 21.
Nxe5 Ra5 22. c4 Bb7 23. Bxd7 Qf6 24. Bxe8 Qf4+ 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Gu, Thomas"]
[Black "Cao, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "1290"]
[BlackElo "1078"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bg4 8.
Bxb4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nh6 10. Bd2 Nxd4 11. Qc3 Qf6 12. Be3 c5 13. Bb5+ Nxb5 14.
Qxf6 gxf6 15. Bxh6 Nd4 16. Na3 Rg8 17. Nc4 Nc2+ 18. Ke2 Nxa1 19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20.
Nf5+ Ke6 21. Rxa1 Rxg2 22. Rd1 Ke5 23. Ke3 Rxh2 24. Bf4+ Ke6 25. Rd6# 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Hule, Pratyush"]
[Black "Hollon, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1188"]
[BlackElo "911"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Ba4 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nc3 c5 14. Be3
Bd4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. f3 Nc6 17. Bb3 c4 18. Ba4 h6 19. Nh3 Ne7 20. Nb5 Rd2 21.
Rf2 Rfd8 22. Nc3 Ng6 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bd5 26. Ne3 Be6 27.
Bb5 Kf8 28. Bxc4 Ke7 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 30. b4 Kd6 31. c4 Kc6 32. Nf5 Ne8 33. g3 Ne5
34. Nd4+ Kc7 35. c5 a6 36. Nf4 Nf6 37. a4 Nc6 38. Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Kf2 g5 40. Nd3
Nd5 41. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Hack, Richard"]
[Black "Sharan, Shubhankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b3 c5 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qc4 Nd5
15. c3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 O-O 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. exd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. c4 Rfd8 21.
Qe4 Rb8 22. Qe2 a6 23. Kh1 b5 24. d5 Bb4 25. Rf1 exd5 26. Rxd5 Re8 27. Qd3 Nc5
28. Qf5 bxc4 29. bxc4 Rbc8 30. Ng5 f6 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Cadimas, Freddie"]
[Black "Admassu, Yonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "779"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Qe2 {[#]} Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Nxc3 11. Nxd8 Nxe2 12. Bxe2 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bc3+
14. Kf1 Rxd8 15. Bf3 d5 16. Rb3 Bg7 17. g3 h6 18. Kg2 e5 19. Rd1 d4 20. Bxb7
Bxb7+ 21. Rxb7 dxe3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kf3 exf2 24. Kxf2 e4 25. Re7 f5 26. Ke3
Bd4+ 27. Ke2 e3 28. Rxa7 Bxa7 29. Ke1 Rd2 30. c4 g5 31. a4 f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33.
Kf1 f3 34. Ke1 Ra2 35. Kd1 f2 36. Kc1 f1=Q# 0-1

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Sankar, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Lou, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1172"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. c4 d6 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Qc1 e5 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd7
15. Rb1 f5 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qd7 21.
Rfd1 f4 22. Ne4 Bh3 23. Nxc5 Qf5 24. Be4 Qg5 25. Bf3 Re7 26. Ne4 Qh6 27. Qd2 g5
28. Qb4 Rf7 29. Qa5 b6 30. Qd2 Qg6 31. Qc2 h5 32. Bg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 fxg3 34.
fxg3 Rh7 35. Qd2 Bf6 36. Rf1 Rf8 37. Rf2 g4 38. Rbf1 Rhf7 39. Nd6 Bg5 40. Qb4
c5 41. Qb5 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Qxd6 44. Qe8+ Qf8+ 45. Qxf8+ Kxf8 46.
e4 Ke7 47. b3 Kd6 48. Kg2 Kc6 49. h3 gxh3+ 50. Kxh3 {[...]} 0-1

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Mott, Julien"]
[Black "Brickhouse, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1144"]
[BlackElo "1039"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 ({Is it worth noting that Bg5 happened even earlier
in the just-played So-Carlsen Armaggedon game in Norway? It's a different
story of course, but still... Oh, and So won in 50 moves.} 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12.
b4 Nf8 13. b5 Na5 14. Bd5 c6 15. Ba2 {You might think Black has attacking
chances on the kingside, but they just never really materialized.}) 3... Bc5 4.
Bc4 Nf6 {Four Knights? Italian Game? Giuoco Pianissimo?} 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. h3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12. f4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Bb3 {[#]} a5 $1 17. a3 Ra6 $1 18. c3 Rg6 19. Rf3
Qh4 20. Qe1 Re8 21. cxd4 $6 cxd4 $6 (21... Nxd4 $1) 22. g4 Re3 $2 (22... Qe7) (
22... Qd8) (22... h5) 23. Qxh4 $11 Nxh4 24. Rxe3 dxe3 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6
27. Kh2 Rb6 28. Kg3 $6 (28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. Re8) 28...
Rxb2 29. Re1 $4 (29. Nd4 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rc2 {appears to hold pretty
easily.}) 29... g5 $1 $19 30. f5 b5 31. Nf4 gxf4+ 32. Kxh4 f6 33. Rc1 e2 34.
Kh5 Rc2 35. Rxc2 e1=Q 36. Kg6 Qe8+ 37. Kxf6 f3 0-1

[Event "MI Conway TNM: u1800"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Wei, Brian"]
[Black "Blum, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1142"]
[BlackElo "1048"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Qb4 Qxb4 11. cxb4 O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bf4 Ndf6 14. Ng5
b6 15. c5 Nh5 16. O-O Nxf4 17. exf4 b5 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nh3 Bd7 20. Ra2 Rf7 21.
f3 Nc3 22. Rc2 Na4 23. g4 Re8 24. g5 h5 25. Nf2 g6 26. Bf1 a6 27. Nd3 Rh7 28.
Kf2 Ra8 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Kd3 h4 32. Rce2 h3 33. Kc2 Rh4 34. Nd3 Bd7
35. Re3 a5 36. Be2 Kf8 37. Rg1 Ke7 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Nd3 Kd8 40. Rxe6 Kd7 41.
Rd6+ Kc7 42. Re1 Nb6 43. cxb6+ Kxd6 44. b7 Rb8 45. Nc5 axb4 46. axb4 Rxf4 47.
Ra1 Kc7 48. Ra8 Rxd4 49. Ne6+ Kxb7 50. Rxb8+ Kxb8 51. Nxd4 1-0

