[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Widjaja, Luke"]
[Black "Xia, Yusheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Kh1 Kh8 {[#]} 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. g5 Bxg5 16. Qh5 h6 17. f4 g6 18. Qh3 Bh4 19. Rg1 h5 20. Bd2 Bf2 21.
Rg5 Rg8 {[#]} 22. f5 Rg7 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bxg6 Kg8 25. Rxh5 Rxg6 26. Rh8+ Kf7
27. Qh7+ Rg7 28. Qh5+ Ke7 29. Bg5+ Rxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Qg7+ Ke8
33. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Diaz, Conrado"]
[Black "Handigol, Abhishek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Rb8 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. dxc5 O-O {[#]} 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qxd5 Rfd8 13. Qc4 Be6 14.
Qh4 Qxc5 15. Ba4 Bf5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. e4 b5 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bd5 Nc4
21. Qg4 (21. b3 Nb6 22. c4) 21... Nxb2 $6 (21... Nb6 22. Bb3 Qd7 {is still
pretty good for White, but Black might yet hold the fort.}) 22. h4 $2 {[#]}
(22. Nh4 $1 {establishes a knight on f5, *then* h4-h5 is even better.}) 22...
f5 $2 {Black had his big chance right now:} (22... Rxd5 $1 23. exd5 h5 $1 24.
Qb4 (24. Nxh5 $4 f5 $19) (24. Nf5 Qc5 25. Qh3 Bf8 $132) 24... Qxb4 25. cxb4 Bh6
$14 {Black isn't so badly off at all. Two bishops often match up well against
rook and knight, and this position is typical.}) 23. Nxf5 $18 {Now White
establishes a grip to go with the extra pawn.} Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qf6 25. Qxf6 $6
{White should keep the queens on (h5 or g4).} Bxf6 $16 26. Rab1 Na4 27. Rfc1
Rdc8 28. c4 b4 29. g3 $6 {"Uberluft"} (29. Rb3 Nc5 30. g4 $16 {Or should *this*
be "uberluft"? I should leave the German word creation to Germans...}) 29...
Nc3 $14 {/=} 30. Rxc3 $1 {Best practical try!} bxc3 31. Rc1 Rb2 32. Rxc3 Rxa2
{Hard to refuse} 33. c5 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Kf8 $6 (34... h5 $1) 35. c6 $16 (35. g4 $1
Be7 (35... h6 36. c6 $18 {after all}) 36. Nxe5 Bxc5 $2 37. Nd7+ {White would
like to keep rooks on} Ke7 38. Nxc5 Ra5 39. Rf3 $5 {Almost extravagant, when
just letting the rooks trade wins.} (39. Nb7) (39. Nb3) 39... Raxc5 40. Rxf7+
Kd6 41. Rxh7 $18 {*OH* that's a lot of pawns!}) 35... Rc7 $6 (35... h5 $1 $16
{leaves White with work to do.}) 36. Nd2 (36. g4 $1 h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Be7
39. Nxe5 Bxg5 40. Nxf7) 36... Be7 37. Rb3 Bc5 38. Nc4 f6 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rg8+
Kh6 41. g4 Ra2 42. Kg3 $6 {Hangs on to the win, just.} (42. Be6 $1 Rxf2+ (42...
Rxc6 $2 43. Bf7) 43. Kg3 $18 {Black's king is in trouble.} Rf4 44. Bd7 Bf2+
(44... Be7 45. Ne3) 45. Kh3) 42... Bxf2+ $6 (42... Ra1 $1 {Forget the f-pawn,
stop mate!} 43. Kg2 $1 {Or try...} Rc1 44. g5+ $1 {With the e-pawn about to
hang White can plow ahead.} fxg5 (44... Kh5 45. gxf6) 45. hxg5+ Kh5 46. Nxe5
{Imagine 47.Nf3, 48.Kg3, 49.Be6, 50.Bg4 Mate. Now, stop it. Can't. (Well,
...Rxc6)}) 43. Kh3 {It works like a composition.} Bc5 44. g5+ fxg5 45. hxg5+
Kh5 46. Be6 {Yes some flaws, but beyond that a wonderful game by Conrado!} 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Snyder, Larry"]
[Black "Lessler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxc4 {[#] Not a particularly exciting defense to the Catalan, nor
popular. But at least Black has rooks connecting.} Qe7 (9... Be7 10. Nc3 O-O
{would keep to the orthodox. Here's a high-level if not too exciting
encounter:} 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. e4 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh2 Nc6 18. Be3 f6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. e5 fxe5 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. fxe5
Nxe5 23. Nd6 Nf7 24. Nxb7 Rdc8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Qe3 Rxc1 28. Qxc1
Qe8 29. Qc5 Qb8 30. b4 (30. b3 $1) 30... g6 $6 31. Qe7 (31. a3 $1) 31... Ne5 $2
(31... Qe8) 32. Nc5 {Imperceptibly White has worked into a won position. Which
he then doesn't win. Just another 2700 vs. 2700 Catalan.} Qf8 33. Qg5 Nf7 34.
Qe3 Qe7 35. a4 e5 36. b5 Be8 37. Bd5 h5 38. Ne4 Kg7 39. Qc5 Qxc5 40. Nxc5 Nd6
41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf3 Nf5 43. Ne4+ Ke7 44. Ke2 Nd6 45. Kd3 Bd7 46. Nf2 Kd8 47.
Kc3 Kc7 48. Kb4 e4 49. Nxe4 Bxh3 50. Nxd6 Kxd6 51. Bf7 Bf5 52. a5 Bd3 53. Be8
Ke7 54. b6 axb6 55. axb6 Kd8 56. Kc3 Bb1 57. Kd4 Kc8 58. Ke5 Kb7 59. Kf6 Bf5
60. Bxg6 Bh3 61. Bxh5 Kxb6 62. Bg6 Bg4 63. Bf5 Be2 64. Kg5 Kc5 65. Bg4 Bb5 66.
Kf6 Kd4 67. Bf5 Be2 {½-½ Gelfand,B (2703)-Adams,M (2712) Olympiad-43 Batumi
2018 (8.1)}) 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 $1 $14 {tries to turn the moderate development
advantage into something almost tangible: doubled pawns, a bishop retreat to b6
(when d6 is vaguely weakened), anything.}) 10... h6 $1 $11 {Time well spent.}
11. a3 Rc8 {The minus sign flickers here and there in the Stockfish evaluation,
but it returns to "0.00" every time.} 12. Qd3 O-O 13. b4 Bd6 (13... Bb6 {keeps
it pegged on the zeroes.}) 14. Rd1 Bb8 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Ne4 {[#]} e5 $6 (16...
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e5) 17. Nd6 $14 {Now White can show off the Two Bishops for a
while.} Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 $2 (18... Qe8 $1 {pushes back more successfully.})
19. Rxd6 $16 Ne8 {[#]} 20. Rd2 $6 (20. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 21. Bh3 Rcd8 22. Bxd7 Rxd7
23. Nxe5 Rd2 24. Nxc6 bxc6 {when all three bishop moves (c1, c3, e5) lead to a
substantial ending advantage. If White were Fischer, Black could resign.})
20... e4 $1 {Staying in the "window."} 21. Ne5 Nxe5 (21... Bf5 $1) 22. Bxe5 Bc6
(22... Bf5) 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 a6 25. f4 $6 (25. h4) (25. a4) 25... Kf8 $6
(25... exf3 26. exf3 f6 27. Bb2 (27. Bh3 Ra8 {woops}) 27... Kf7) 26. e3 (26. f5
$5) 26... Ke7 (26... h5) 27. Kf2 f6 28. Bd4 f5 {[#]} 29. Bf1 (29. Bh3 $1 Ke6
30. g4 g6 31. Bc5 $16 {has gotten uncomfortable.}) 29... Bb5 30. Bc5+ (30. Bh3
g6 31. g4 {still causes some trouble for Black.}) 30... Ke6 31. Bxb5 axb5 {[#]
So much for "just moving" (See Soltis's antecdote about Fischer in "What It
Takes to Become a Chess Master," the beginning of Chapter 4, "More." The
bishops are gone, as is the advantage.} 32. Ke2 Ra8 33. Ra2 Nc7 34. Bd4 g6 35.
Kd2 Nd5 36. Ra1 h5 {Now it's Black "playing for two results," evenif the
engines make it 0.00.} 37. h3 {This could come back to bite White.} Ne7 38. Bb2
$2 Nc8 $6 (38... Rd8+ $1 39. Ke2 Rd3 $19 {is too much.}) 39. Kc3 (39. Bd4)
39... Nb6 (39... Nd6) 40. Kb3 Nc4 41. Bd4 {[#]} Kd5 $2 (41... Nd2+ 42. Kc2 Nf3
$19) 42. Ra2 {A precarious but adequate defense...} Ra6 {[#]} 43. a4 $4 {Wrong
rook pawn.} (43. h4 {holds.}) 43... bxa4+ 44. Rxa4 Nd2+ 45. Ka3 Rxa4+ 46. Kxa4
Nf1 47. Kb5 Nxg3 48. Kb6 {Of course this required accurate calculation.} Ne2
(48... Kc4) 49. Bf6 Kc4 50. Be7 Nc3 51. Kxb7 {Here the only scoresheet turned
in has no more moves. Black is winning, and did win.} 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott"]
[Black "Hao, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott C"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

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{For some reason I didn't look up my previous games with Max. We'd played three
times, I'd had White in all three, two Najdorfs and a Tarrasch QGD, I was 3-0
(but the first game his rating was 1661). The Tarrasch had him playing the
latest Dubov treatment instantly against me, until he finally played an
infrerior "novelty" that got him in trouble.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.
Nc3 {How many moves do you thnk Black has here? *Nine* have been played over a
thousand times each!} c5 (4... Nc6 $6 {is kind of antithetical (I might say
"lame") and scores accordingly;}) (4... b6 {is also suspect; the other seven
are all logical, sensible moves:}) (4... Be7) (4... Bb4) (4... c6) (4... dxc4)
(4... Nbd7) (4... a6 $5) ({And then there's} 4... h6 $5 {which has been tossed
into the ring, by Carlsen no less. It'll be over 1000 in no time I'm sure. Ah,
I was looking at an old database: It's over 1300 instances!}) 5. cxd5 exd5
(5... Nxd5 {has been given the treatment lately at the highest level as well.})
6. Bg5 ({In our last game we transposed to} 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 {when he blitzed
out the latest} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 {1-0 Winslow,E (2244)-Hao,M (1900) MI Peter
Grey TNM: 1800+ San Francisco 2022 (1.4) You can find it in the Archive.}) 6...
Be6 $5 {[#] This surprised me. Shows how out of touch I am: Carlsen is ½-1½
with it, the Indian kids have well over a dozen games, Firouzja -- well, he
lost. Altogether over 600 games.} 7. e3 {McDonnell-De Labourdonnais, 1834! I
wanted some sort of stock structure, but maybe blowing it up is the way to go.}
(7. e4 $5 dxe4 8. Nxe4 cxd4 (8... Be7 $5) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxb5
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Qxd4 {1-0 Gurevich,D
(2470)-Ivanov,I (2530) New York Heraldica-Ruslan 1983 (2)}) ({Vidit played} 7.
dxc5 $5 Bxc5 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nd4 a6
14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bf3 Rc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Rxc1 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxc1
Bxa2 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Qc7 Qd8 22. Rc1 Bc4 $1 {½-½ Vidit,S (2722)-Carlsen,M
(2870) Tata Steel India rapid Kolkata 2019 (6) and Magnus held the draw. Still,
it's nice to avoid Black's next move...}) 7... c4 $5 {More instant play from
Max.} 8. Be2 Nc6 ({Stockfish prefers} 8... Nbd7) 9. O-O $14 Be7 10. Ne5 Rc8
(10... h6 $5) 11. f4 $16 {[#]} Ng8 $5 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6) 12. Bxe7 $6
{White has two superior continuations, one I saw (but nowhere near deeply
enough) and the other didn't even enter my short "candidate moves" list:} (12.
f5 $3 {I tried to take seriously but failed:} Bxg5 13. fxe6 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {I
stopped at "This is really bad for me" (I think I used a shorter version of
that)} fxe6 (14... Bxe3+ $2 15. Kh1 fxe6 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Qf3 $18) 15. e4 $1
Qb6+ (15... d4 16. Nb5 $18) 16. Kh1 d4 17. Qa4+ Qc6 18. Nb5 d3 $1 19. Bxd3 $1
cxd3 20. Nd6+ Kd7 21. Qd4 $1 $18 {There was no way I was seeing all that!})
(12. e4 $5 {really throws it all up in the air, and I think I didn't consider
it (maybe I did, but quickly backed off).} f6 $5 (12... dxe4 13. d5 $1 $18
{What?}) 13. f5 $1 ({Or maybe} 13. Bh5+ $1) 13... fxe5 14. Bxe7 Ngxe7 15. fxe6
{Even now I'm glazing over.}) 12... Ngxe7 {[#]} 13. Qd2 $6 {Trying to keep it
from being clearly nothing.} (13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. axb3 {is a quickly
dwindling plus}) 13... f6 (13... a6 $1 {so now he could take with the rook.})
14. Nxc6 Nxc6 (14... Rxc6 $6 15. b3 $16 {successfully fights for the center.})
15. b3 $6 (15. Rad1 O-O 16. e4 $14) 15... cxb3 (15... Na5 $1 $11) 16. axb3 O-O
17. f5 $6 (17. b4 $1 $14 Nxb4 $2 (17... g6 18. Ra2 {some slight pressure
against Black's queenside}) 18. Rxa7 $16 {feels like some sort of successful
Minority Attack: the pawns might just be weaker than strong (as in, a passed
pawn on the 2nd rank).}) 17... Bf7 18. Bf3 $6 (18. b4 $11) 18... Na5 (18... a5
$5) 19. Rab1 b6 20. Be2 {No work on one diagonal, try the original one} Qd7 21.
Ba6 Rc7 22. Qd3 $6 (22. Nb5 Rc6 $11) 22... Nc6 {I walked into *that* tactic}
23. b4 (23. Nb5 $4 Nb4) 23... Nb8 $1 $15 24. Ne2 (24. Ra1 $15) 24... Nxa6 25.
Qxa6 $17 Qe7 $6 {Various rook moves from f8} 26. Qd3 $1 Re8 27. Rb3 {White is
close to equality (oh joy)} Rec8 (27... a5 $1) 28. b5 {[#]} g5 $1 29. h3 $2
(29. fxg6 Bxg6 (29... hxg6 30. h4 $1 $11) 30. e4 $3 {actually keeps the
balance. Stunning. Never entered my mind.}) 29... Qe4 {A surprise, which
"works"} (29... Rc4 $15) 30. Ng3 $2 (30. Re1 {gives him a chance to
"reconsider' with} Qe7) ({I had miscalculated} 30. Qxe4 $1 dxe4 31. Rb2 Rc2 $2
{(I thought good for him)} (31... h5 $11) (31... Kg7 $11) (31... Bc4 $11) 32.
Rxc2 $1 Rxc2 33. Ng3 Bd5 (33... Bc4 $2 34. Ra1 $18 Bxb5 35. Rxa7) 34. Ra1 Rc7
35. Kh2 $14 {I could live with this.}) 30... Qh4 $2 (30... Qxd3 31. Rxd3 h5 $1
{and White will be too off balance after ...h4 and ...Be8.} ({or} 31... Be8))
31. Kh2 $6 (31. Ne2 $11) 31... Rc2 {[#]} (31... Qh6 32. Ne2 Qf8 $15 {and back
around}) 32. Ne2 $4 (32. Rd1 {should hold (33.Rd2 dampens the problems).})
32... Qe4 $1 $19 {THIS time it's quite a different story!} 33. Re1 Ra2 $4 {[#]}
(33... Bh5 $1 {shakes White down.} 34. g4 Qxd3 (34... Qf3 $5) 35. Rxd3 Be8 36.
Rb3 Rd2 37. Kg2 Rcc2 38. Kf3 h5 $19 {It's going to be ...h4, ...Kf8-e7-d6, and
...Rb2.}) 34. Qxe4 $1 dxe4 35. Rc3 $1 $16 {He admitted he missed this saving
grace. I didn't realize how good it is.} Rc2 (35... Rc4 $1 36. Rxc4 Bxc4 37.
Nc3 Rc2 38. Nxe4 Bxb5 39. Nxf6+ Kg7 40. Ng4 h5 41. Ne5 Kf6 42. e4 Rd2 43. Nf3
Rd3 44. Kg3 $16 {was quite a forcing sequence, with nothing clear on the
horizon.}) 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. Ra1 (37. Rc1 $4 Rxc1 38. Nxc1 Bc4 $19) 37... Rc7
{(He offered a draw. I wrote "1/2?" on my scoresheet and then played on. I was
perusing the Rules today and see you're supposed to write (=), which I think is
all wrong. In fact, a draw offer often means "You're winning, please don't
notice and take the draw." (Except when it doesn't of course)} 38. Ra3 {Anyway,
I (often) quote from R & B (no, not Rhythm and Blues! Rocky and Bullwinkle!)
Natasha: "Boris, you have plan?"  Boris: "Of course I have plan! Plan not
always work..."} Bd5 $6 (38... Bc4 $142 39. Rc3 $1 (39. Nc3 Bd3 40. d5 Kf8 41.
d6 Rd7 42. Kg3 h5 43. h4 Ke8) 39... a6 $5 40. bxa6 b5 $1 41. Ra3 $8 (41. Ng3
Ra7 $1) 41... Ra7 $1 $16 42. Ng3 Bd3 43. h4 $5 {teeters on winning.}) 39. Nc3
Rd7 40. Kg3 Ba8 41. Kf2 $2 (41. Kg4) (41. h4) 41... h5 $1 $16 42. g3 Kf8 43.
Ke2 h4 $2 (43... Ke7 $1 $14) 44. g4 Bd5 45. Kd2 (45. Nxd5 Rxd5 46. Rb3 Rd8 47.
Kd2 $18 {which I really was not sure of at the time. (Which, by the way, I had
little of)}) 45... Ke8 $6 46. Ra4 (46. Nxd5 $1 Rxd5 47. Rxa7 Rxb5 48. Kc3 $18
{[#] White's king is slipping into d5 and further.}) 46... Kd8 (46... Ba8 $1)
47. Kc2 {Yes, again} Ba8 {Ratz!} 48. Kb3 Kc8 49. Rc4+ Kb8 50. Kb4 Bb7 {[#]} 51.
d5 $1 Re7 52. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 53. Nxe4 Bxd5 54. Nxf6 Bf3 $5 (54... Bg2 55. Nh7 Kc7
(55... Bxh3 56. f6) 56. f6 Bd5 57. Nxg5 Kd6 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. e4 Ba2 60. f7) 55.
e4 (55. Nh7 $1 Bxg4 56. f6 Bh5 57. Nxg5) 55... Kc7 56. e5 Kd8 57. Kc4 (57. Nh7)
57... Ke7 58. Nd5+ Kd8 59. e6 Be2+ 60. Kd4 Bxb5 61. f6 Bc6 62. e7+ $2 (62. f7)
62... Ke8 63. Ke5 $6 {[#]} (63. Ne3 $1 {is easy -- in fact, mate in 12.}) 63...
b5 (63... Bxd5 $1 64. Kxd5 Kd7 {I thought this draws! But my pawns are just too
far advanced and his not far enough:} 65. Ke5 $1 b5 66. Kf5 b4 67. Kg6 ({or}
67. Kxg5 b3 68. Kg6 b2 69. Kf7 {also wins}) 67... Ke8 68. Kg7 {and that f-pawn,
which I so brutishly pushed back on moves 11 and 17, is the hero.}) 64. Nb4 Bd7
65. Kd6 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Karthi, Jashith"]
[Black "Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The Grunfeld Defense. A favorite of many notable
champions, such as Fischer and Kasparov, and prominently played by current
World Champion title challenger Ian Nepomniatchi. It enjoys the reputation of a
dynamic yet also fickle opening. As seen in this game, the opening must be
handled with precision lest one doesn't want to end up with a lost position all
of sudden.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 {We've reached a crossroads in
the exchange variation where White has three options to go for: the Classical
(7.Bc4), the Modern (7.Nf3), and the so-called, by yours truly, Neural Network
(7.Be3), mainly due to its revival after employment by AlphaZero. In this game,
my opponent decided to go for the latter.} 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 {Transposing back
to 7.Be3. I will have to say -- this is quite a cumbersome line to face,
especially in the main line, since it tends to yield endgames that are quite
unpleasant for Black. Nonetheless, as long as Black plays energetically, he
should emerge completely fine.} Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 $6 {I can only chastise myself
once again for misremembering my move orders.} (9... O-O) 10. Rc1 $6
{Thankfully, my opponent doesn't make use of the opportunity created by the
unprotected b7-pawn. The following line is much more venemous to Black:} (10.
Rb1 {was played in the famous Kramnik - Kasparov world championship match and
was the first of two games to be won by Kramnik!} a6 11. Rxb7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6
13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Bd5 Bc3 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4
19. Rxe7 Ra7 20. Rxa7 Bxa7 21. f4 Qd8 22. Qc3 Bb8 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. e5 g5 25. Re1
Qxf4 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Kg7 29. Rxa6 Rf5 30. Be4 Re5 31. f3 Re7
32. a4 Ra7 33. Rb6 Be5 34. Rb4 Rd7 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 h5 37. Rb5 Kf6 38. a5
Ra2 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40. Bd5 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2770)-Kasparov,G (2849) World-ch
London 2000 (2)}) 10... O-O $6 {Transposing back to the main line, but Black
should've taken advantage of the shuffled move order:} (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6
12. Rb1 a6 13. Rxb7 Nc6 {and Black has solved all his problems, while White is
struggling to figure out where he should hide his king:} 14. f4 O-O 15. Bg2
Rab8 16. Rb3 Rxb3 17. axb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb5 19. e5 Rc8 20. d5 Nb4 21. Qe2 Nc2+
22. Kf1 Qxb3 23. Kg1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc3 25. Qe2 Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Qxd5 27. h4 Bh6 28.
h5 Bxf4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qxa6 Qf3 {0-1 Duda,J (2743)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)
Skilling op Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2020 (6)}) 11. Be2 Rd8 $6 {Second most
played option in my database, but it is just not that good. White was planning
on play d4-d5 anyway, so why waste a tempo and oblige him? Black has to play
energetically and had two much better options.} (11... e6) (11... Nd7) 12. d5
Nd7 $6 {Too slow. Black should've played this on the last move. Right now it
was vital to blockade c3-c4.} (12... c4 {is not hanging due to} 13. Bxc4 $6 Rc8
$15 {and White is dropping the c-pawn.}) 13. c4 Qxd2+ {I didn't notice anything
useful that could be done with queens on board, so I decided to trade them off.
The sad truth is that Black is stuck in a conundrum of dealing with the center
pawn-chain anyhow.} 14. Nxd2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 e6 $6 {Trying to dismantle the
center structure, though my pieces aren't well-positioned for it. An argument
could've been made for the other lever.} (15... f5 16. Rhd1 b6 17. f4 fxe4 18.
Nxe4 Re8 $16 {scores better on my machine, but definitely doesn't look close to
appetizing.}) 16. f4 Rac8 $146 {Not the best novelty out there. The idea is to
add some protection to the pawn to free the knight, but Black just doesn't have
enough tempi. Black should've went with his predecessor's pick and tried to
create activity on the e-file.} (16... Re8 17. Kf2 exd5 18. cxd5 Nf6 19. Kf3 b6
20. Rhe1 Rad8 21. Bf2 Rd7 22. Nc4 Rde7 23. Ne5 g5 24. g3 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Nd7 26.
Rcd1 Nxe5+ 27. Kg2 c4 28. Bd4 Nd3 29. Bxg7 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kxg7 31. Kf3 b5 32.
e5 b4 33. Ke4 b3 34. axb3 cxb3 35. Kd3 a5 36. Kc3 a4 37. Kb2 Rc8 38. Ka3 Rb8
39. d6 Kf8 40. Rb1 Rb5 41. Kxa4 Rxe5 42. Rxb3 {½-½ Tosunoglu,K-Keller,M (2225)
Finkenstein op 1998}) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bf8 {Only move. The bishop must be
repositioned to cover the weak dark squares in case of Nd2-e4.} ({I was
half-tempted to sacrifice the knight for the two pawns, but unfortunately there
are still too many pawns and pieces on the board for this to be effective.}
18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 $18) 19. Ne4 Be7 {[%csl Yd6,Yf6,Yg5] Covering d6, f6,
and g5.} 20. Rhd1 b6 {Adding some protection to the pawn before the action
begins.} 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nf8 (22... Kf7 $4 {doesn't work due to} 23. Rcd1
Ke7 24. f5 $1 $18) 23. Rcd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Kf7 25. a4 {Black has put up quite
the resilient defense with a series of computer-approved moves, but flunks at
the next turn.} Ke7 $2 {It's vital to keep the king off the dark squares as
they're quite weak to White's bishop. The f8-knight covers the e6-pawn anyway.}
(25... Ke8 $1 26. a5 $6 Rd8 27. Rc6 Kd7 28. Rd6+ Kc7 29. axb6+ axb6 30. Rxd8
Kxd8 $11 {was what I was calculating, which is a dead draw.}) 26. a5 {Black
could still struggle to hold on, although he's borderline losing.} (26. Bf2 $1
h6 27. g4 $18 {and Black no longer has access to Rd8.}) 26... Rd8 $4 {but this
just loses on the spot.} (26... bxa5 27. Ra6 Rc7 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Bxc5+ Kd7
30. Bxa7 Kc6 31. Bb8 Nd7 32. Bd6 Nb6 33. Kd3 Nc8 34. Bf8 $18 {is winning for
White, but requires precision.}) 27. axb6 axb6 ({For some reason I briefly
calculated this line before playing 26...Rd8 not realizing White has the option
to take with check.} 27... Rxd6 28. bxa7 Ra6 $19) 28. Rxb6 Nd7 29. Rc6 Rb8 30.
Bxc5+ Nxc5 31. Rxc5 {The rest is quite elementary.} Kd7 32. Ra5 Rb4 33. Ra7+
Ke8 34. Rxh7 Rxc4 35. Kf3 Kf8 36. Kg4 Rc2 37. g3 Kg8 38. Ra7 Rxh2 39. Kg5 Rg2
40. Kxg6 Rxg3+ 41. Kf6 Rf3 42. Ra4 {Unfortunately, it's not a Philidor position
when your opponent has two pawns. Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Dasika, Archit"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Re8 8. h3
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Nh5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxc5 Nf4 14. Qd1 Qd7
15. Be3 {[#]} Nxg2 $6 16. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 $16 Bg4 $2 (17... f5 $5) 18. Ng5
Qh4 19. Qe1 $2 (19. f3 $1) 19... Bd7 20. f3 Qxe1 21. Rfxe1 h6 22. Nh3 (22. Nxf7
$5 Kxf7 23. a4 $15) 22... Bxh3 23. Nb5 {[#]} Red8 $1 24. Nxc7 Rac8 25. Rec1 a6
26. Rc3 Bf8 27. Rac1 g5 28. Rb3 b5 29. Nxa6 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bd7 31. Be3 Ra8 32.
Nc7 Rxa2 33. Nxb5 g4 34. fxg4 Bxg4 35. Bxh6 Bc5+ 36. Kg2 Bd1 37. Rg3+ Kh7 38.
Bc1 Bc2 39. Nc3 Ra1 40. Be3 Bd4 41. d6 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Bxe4+ 43. Kf2 Rd1 44. Bc5
f5 45. c4 Bc6 46. Rb3 Kg6 47. Rb6 Bd7 48. Rb7 Ba4 49. Ra7 Bc6 50. Ke2 Rc1 51.
Rc7 Ba4 52. Be3 Rc2+ 53. Kd3 Ra2 54. d7 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kc3 Bxd7 57. Rxd7
Ra3+ 58. Kd2 f4 59. Bc5 Rh3 60. Bd6 Kf5 61. c5 Rh2+ 62. Ke1 f3 63. Re7 Re2+ 64.
Kf1 e4 65. c6 Rc2 66. c7 Rc6 67. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Sanguinetti, George A"]
[Black "Garcia, Eugenio Vargas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bf5 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Rfe8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5
15. Bg3 Bc7 {[#]} 16. f3 exf3 17. Rxf3 Bg6 18. Rcf1 Rad8 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. b4 Nb6
21. Be2 Rfe8 22. R3f2 Rd7 23. Bg4 Rde7 24. Bf5 f6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Nf3 exd4
27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. exd4 Rce7 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. h3 g5 31. Nd2 Nf4 32. Ra1 a6 33.
Nc4 Re6 34. Rd2 Kh7 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. Rad1 Kh5 37. Nb6 Kh4 38. d5 cxd5 39. Nxd5
Nxd5 40. Rxd5 Kg3 41. R5d3+ Kh2 {[#]} 42. R1d2 Re1+ 43. Kf2 Rg1 44. Kf3 Ree1
45. Kg4 Rxg2+ 46. Rxg2+ Kxg2 47. Rd2+ Kf1 48. Kf3 f5 49. Rf2+ Kg1 50. Rg2+ Kh1
51. Rxg5 Rb1 52. Rxg7 Rf1+ 53. Ke2 Rb1 54. Rxb7 Rxb2+ 55. Kf3 Rc2 56. Rc7 Kh2
57. Rc6 Rc1 58. Rxa6 Rxc3+ 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kxf5 Rxb4 61. Rh6 Rb3 62. h4 Kg3
63. h5 Kh4 64. Rh8 Rb5+ 65. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Walder, Michael"]
[Black "Admassu, Yonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

{[%evp
0,56,19,-12,-20,-68,-53,-51,2,2,21,-30,-33,-2,15,-33,-13,-43,-20,-30,-27,-31,18,-4,43,9,69,69,85,113,145,137,137,122,169,158,149,166,184,188,215,184,239,241,236,235,349,171,187,187,187,170,157,141,253,242,247,267,256]}
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 Be6 {A25:
English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} 8. Nd5 a5
9. a3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 {[%eval 50,34] [%wdl 90,906,4]} (9... h5 $11 {[%eval
12,30] [%wdl 30,956,14]}) ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. O-O Qd7 11. Nec3 Nd8 12.
Bd2 Rb8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qb5 16. Bc3 Bg7 17. a4 Qb6 18. Ra3
{1-0 (40) Cvek,R (2404)-Skliba,M (2111) Czech Republic 2001}) 10. Nec3 $14 h5
11. h4 Nd8 {[%eval 97,23] [%wdl 284,715,1]} (11... O-O $14 {[%eval 38,29] [%wdl
61,933,6]}) 12. Rb1 {[%eval 60,29] [%wdl 108,889,3] White is more active.}
({White should try} 12. d4 $1 $16 {[%eval 97,23] [%wdl 284,715,1]}) 12... Bxd5
{[%eval 144,24] [%wdl 638,362,0]} (12... O-O $14 {[%eval 60,29] [%wdl
108,889,3]}) 13. cxd5 $16 ({But not} 13. Nxd5 $6 O-O $14) 13... c5 $2 {[%eval
351,24] [%wdl 999,1,0]} (13... Ng4 $16 {[%eval 132,29] [%wdl 541,459,0] was
called for.}) 14. Bh3 $18 Qc7 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. O-O Ng4 {[%eval 490,25] [%wdl
1000,0,0]} (16... Bh6 $142 {[%eval 339,29] [%wdl 999,1,0]} 17. Bd2 Ra6) 17.
Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Qe7 19. e4 Bf6 20. Bg5 Kg7 {[%eval 627,28] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}
(20... Bxg5 $142 {[%eval 400,26] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 21. hxg5 (21. Qxg5 Qxg5 22.
hxg5 b6 $18) 21... Ke8) 21. Bxf6+ Qxf6 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. f4 {[%cal
Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] And now f5 would win.} f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. h5 Rxh5
27. f5 Qg5 28. f6+ Kf8 29. Qxg5 Rxg5 30. Nxd6 Ra6 31. Ne4 {[%csl Bc5,Bg5]} Rf5
32. Nxc5 Rd6 33. Rxf5 {[%eval 258,29] [%wdl 987,13,0]} (33. Rh1 $142 {[%eval
487,25] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 33... gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} 34. Re1
$1 b6 35. Na4 ({Worse is} 35. Rxe5 bxc5 36. Rxf5 Nf7 $11) 35... Nf7 {[%eval
384,25] [%wdl 1000,0,0] [#] This costs Black the game.} (35... b5 $16 {[%eval
158,30] [%wdl 691,309,0] was worth a try.}) 36. Rc1 $1 Rxd5 37. Rc8+ Nd8 38.
Nxb6 Rxd3 39. Nc4 {[%csl Ba5,Be5]} e4 {[%eval 1040,25] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (39...
Rd5 $142 {[%eval 419,28] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 40. Rc7 Nf7) 40. Ne5 Rd2+ 41. Kf1
{aiming for Rc7.} Rd6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 {Strongly threatening b5.} Ke8 44.
f7+ Ke7 {[#]} 45. Rxd8 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Rxd8 46. Nc6+ Kxf7 47.
Nxd8+ {KN-KPP} Ke7 48. Nc6+ Kd6 49. Nd4 Ke5 {[#]} 50. b5 $1 Kxd4 (50... Kd5 51.
Nxf5) 51. b6 Ke3 52. b7 Kf3 53. b8=Q {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26
(precise) /Black=0.54} 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Ross, Max L"]
[Black "Khristoforov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 Ne4 6. Bh4 Qb6 7. Qc1 e6 8. O-O
g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Nbd2 h4 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 f6 15.
c3 Bd6 16. Nh2 Bg6 17. Ng4 f5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ke7 20. b4 Rhg8 21. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Dutter, Frederic"]
[Black "Casares, Nick Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Qf6 9. Qg3 Be7 10. f4 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 O-O-O 12. f5 Qd6 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nc4 Qe7
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Kb8 17. a4 Nh6 18. Rfb1 g5 19. b4 Rd4 20. b5 Ng4 21. Qf3
Rxc4 22. dxc4 Qc5 23. Rf1 Qxc4 24. Qd3 Qc5 25. bxa6 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. axb7
Qb6 28. c3 Qa7 29. a5 h4 30. a6 g4 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. bxc8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Toledo Guerrero, Fernando"]
[Black "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 (3... d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4) 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6.
O-O Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Nd5 11. Qf3 Ne7 12. Qxf7+
Kd7 13. Nxd4 Kc8 14. Ne6 Qd5 15. Qe8+ Qd8 16. Qxd8# 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Lazarus, Isaac"]
[Black "Moisselin, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 {[#]} 10. Nf3 $2 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qd4 $1 $11) 10... Bb4+
$2 (10... g5 $1 11. Bg3 Qc7 $1 $17) 11. Kf1 (11. c3 $1 $11 {Let him have his
fun, it just favors White.} Be7 $1 $11 (11... g5 12. Nxg5) (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3
Bxc3+ 13. Kf1 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 $14)) 11... g5 $17 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 $6 (13. h3 Qc7
14. c3 Bf8 15. Bh2 O-O-O) 13... Nxg3+ 14. fxg3 g4 $19 15. Ne1 Bc5 16. Qd2 f6
17. b4 Be7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rd1 Be5 20. Nd3 Bxg3 21. Kg1 Rf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.
Bxf1 Qf6 (23... e5 $1) 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. Bd3 {[#]} e5 $2 {But not now!} 26. Ne2
$14 {(Woops!)} e4 $6 (26... Bxh4 $1 27. Rxh4 Qg5 28. g3 e4 {White will have
pretty good compensation for the pawn.}) 27. Nxg3 exd3 28. Qxd3 Bc8 (28...
O-O-O $5) 29. Kh2 {Sensible, and a long time coming...} ({But} 29. Qd4 $1
{first "gets there first" (where "there" is centralized, and what "gets" is the
queen)} Be6 30. Kh2 O-O-O 31. Rf1) 29... a5 30. b5 Bd7 31. Rf1 O-O-O 32. bxc6
Qxc6 33. Nf5 Kc7 {[#]} 34. g3 $2 (34. Ng3 $1 $14) 34... Qc5 $2 (34... Qc4 $1
35. Ng7 $1 $15) 35. Nd4 Rf8 36. Rf4 {[#]} b5 $2 (36... Rxf4 37. exf4 Qc4 38.
Qe3 $11) 37. Qh7 $1 Re8 (37... Kc8 $5 $16) 38. Rf7 Rxe3 39. Rxd7+ Kc8 40. Rf7
Re8 41. Qf5+ Kb8 42. Qd7 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Rex, Tobiah"]
[Black "Parsons, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[Annotator "Parsons,Stephen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

{[%evp
0,45,28,-20,-14,-5,-1,-4,94,101,136,132,141,124,124,116,149,134,155,121,164,162,162,179,179,190,187,87,97,125,143,73,74,74,102,95,95,95,95,37,49,53,51,-85,-3,-127,-138,-75]}
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bb4 $2 {Mouse slip} 4. e5 $1 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Ng8 6. Qg4
g6 7. d4 d5 8. Bg5 Qd7 {White is already much better} 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd3 Nc6
{Preparing Nxe5 ideas} 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. O-O h6 $2 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd3 14.
Rad1 Qf5 (14... Qb5 15. Qd4) 15. Qd4 Qxg5 16. Qxd7+ Kf8 {Did not seem all that
appealing...}) 13. Bh4 $2 {For some reason the computer give Nxe5 here a better
evaluation, but I was still concerned with my d8 square} (13. Nf4 $1 Qa5 14.
Nxg6 $3 {is great for White}) 13... g5 14. Bg3 f5 $2 15. exf6 $2 (15. Qh5+ $1
{apparently both players missed this simple move}) 15... Nxf6 {Black is back in
the game} 16. c4 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Nxg4 $1 18. Bxc7 Ne7 $6 19. Bd6 $2 Bc6+ {Now
the white squares are weak in White's camp} 20. Kg1 Rd8 21. Ba3 $2 Bf3 22. h3
$4 Ne5 $1 23. Nc1 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Nf5 (24... Be2 $1 25. Rfe1 Bxd3 26. Rxe6 Rh7
27. Rae1 Rd7 28. d5 Bxc4 29. d6 Bxe6 30. Rxe6 {and Black saw all of this, but
opted to avoid any complications despite the position wining concretely}) 25.
Nc5 $4 {An unfortunate blunder in an other wise great game from white} (25. Ne5
$1 {keeps the game going}) 25... Rxd4 26. Bb2 Rh4 $1 {A mating net forms} 27.
Be5 Rxh3 28. Bh2 Nd4 29. Rfe1 Ne2+ {The simplest way to simplify} 30. Rxe2 Bxe2
31. Re1 Bxc4 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6+ {Black should win easily} Kd7 34. Rd6+ Ke7
35. Bg3 $6 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Krayushkin, Igor"]
[Black "Kaplan, Glenn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

{[%evp
0,30,30,37,83,75,50,75,97,82,77,71,56,23,23,30,26,24,69,71,64,50,37,15,21,42,80,46,120,123,99,115,107]}
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Nfd7 7. e6 fxe6 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Ke8 11. Bb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Nf3 Na5 14.
Rhe1 Nxb3+ 15. cxb3 Rf8 16. c4 Rf5 17. Bh4 a5 18. Nd4 Rh5 19. Bg3 c6 20. Bc7
Ra6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Re4 c5 24. g4 Rh3 25. Bg3 a4 26. Kb2 h5 27.
gxh5 Rxh5 28. Rde1 Nc8 29. Bh4 e6 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Nxd6 32. Rf4+ Rf5 33.
Bg3 Rxf4 34. Bxf4 Ne4 35. Be3 axb3 36. f3 Nd6 37. Kxb3 b6 38. Bf4 Ke7 39. Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Gu, Chunhui"]
[Black "Briancon-Marjollet, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. e5 d5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. f5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 c6 14. Qf4 Bc5+
15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. c3 g6 20. Rf6 Bb6 21.
Rf1 O-O-O 22. Rxf7 Qb5 23. Qb4 Qe2 24. Qe7 Qa6 25. Re1 Rhe8 26. Qf6 Qd3 27. Bf4
Bf2 28. Rc1 Be3 29. Bxe3 Qxe3 30. Qf1 Rxe5 31. Rf3 Qg5 32. Rg3 Qd2 33. Rb1 Rde8
34. h3 Re1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 36. Rf3 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "16"]
[White "Macnee, Felix"]
[Black "Phillips, Michael Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1492"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. b5 Bd6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 c6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. g3 Be7
15. Ng2 cxb5 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxe6 Rxe6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. cxb5 Rd6 20. Rfd1 Qd7
21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Nf4 Ng4 23. d4 exd3 24. Rxd3 Nf6 25. Rcd1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Qe8
27. a4 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 h6 29. Kf2 Qc8 30. h3 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "17"]
[White "Hule, Pratyush"]
[Black "Kingma, Karl Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1683"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Ke2
Bd7 9. Bb2 Nh6 10. g3 Nf5 11. Bh3 Qa6+ 12. Qd3 Ncxd4+ 13. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 14. Ke3
Nb5 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 d4+ 17. Kd2 dxc3+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kd1 O-O-O 20. Ke2
Bc6 21. Qc4 Qb2+ 22. Ke1 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+ 24. Ke1 Qd2+ 25. Kf1 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "18"]
[White "Wong, Wilson"]
[Black "Bhingarkar, Pratyush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Qc7 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nb6 15.
Qa5 Nc4 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. O-O-O b5 19. Na5 Rc7 20. Bb6 $6 Bxg5+
$6 (20... Rc8) 21. Kb1 Rd7 22. Nc6 $2 (22. c4 $1 $11) 22... O-O (22... f5 $1)
23. h4 Bf6 (23... Bf4 $17) 24. Nb4 Ra8 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Rd2 Nf6 27. Bxd8 Raxd8
28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Rhd1 Kf8 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rd5 Ke7 32. Ra5 Ra7 33. Rg1 Ke6 34.
Rxa4 f5 35. c4 Rb8 36. Rg7 Kf6 37. Rg5 fxe4 38. fxe4 Rab7 39. Rg2 Rb6 40. Ka2
Ke6 41. Ra3 f5 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Rf3+ Ke6 44. h5 e4 45. Re3 Ke5 46. Rge2 d5
47. cxd5 Kxd5 48. Rxe4 Rxb2+ 49. Ka3 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 {[.... 70-72 moves]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "19"]
[White "Gu, Thomas"]
[Black "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1403"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,22,30,25,63,60,64,43,50,50,50,35,36,35,37,37,26,0,0,18,53,1,25,1,126]}
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 g6 9. Ne2 Be6 10. h4 f5 11. h5 f6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. g4 Qd7 14. gxf5 gxf5
15. Bh6 Rf7 16. O-O-O Rh7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Rxh6 19. Rdg1+ Kf7 20. Rxh6 Bf4+
21. Kb1 Bxh6 22. Re1 Nc6 23. Nxe6 Qd6 24. Bxf5 Ne5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Qh2 Rh8 27.
Qh5+ Ke7 28. Nc5+ Ne5 29. Nd3 Bg7 30. Qe2 Kd8 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Qf6 33.
Qd3 Kc7 34. Ng4 Qd6 35. Qe3 Rf8 36. Qe7+ Qxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kb6 38. Ne3 Bf6 39.
Nxd5+ Kc5 40. Nxf6 Rxf6 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "20"]
[White "Chitta, Adithya"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. h4 c5 8. d5
Qa5 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. f3 Nh5 11. Bf2 Nf6 12. g4 a6 13. Bg3 Ne8 14. h5 Rb8 15. Bf1
Bd7 16. Bf4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bh6 b4 19. Nd1 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxg4 21. Be2
Bxh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Ne3 Qd8 24. Nc4 Qc8 25. Ng5 h6 26. Bxh5 Nxh5 27. Nh3 Qg4
28. Nf2 Qg5 29. O-O-O Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Ra8 31. a3 bxa3 32. bxa3 Ra4 33. Kc3 Rb8
34. Rd3 Kg7 35. Rf3 Nf6 36. Rfh3 h5 37. Re3 Rba8 38. Nd1 Rb8 39. Nf2 Rb7 40.
Nd3 Ng4 41. Re2 Nf6 42. e5 Nxd5+ 43. Kd2 Rxc4 44. Rg2 Rg4 45. Rxg4 hxg4 46. Rg1
c4 47. Nb4 Nxb4 48. axb4 Rxb4 49. exd6 exd6 50. Kc3 Ra4 51. Rxg4 Kf6 52. Rf4+
Ke6 53. Re4+ Kd7 54. Rf4 f5 55. Rf2 Ke6 56. Rg2 Kf6 57. Rd2 Ra6 58. Kxc4 g5 59.
Kb5 Ra1 60. Rxd6+ Ke5 61. Rg6 Kf4 62. Kc5 Rd1 63. Kc4 g4 64. Kc3 Kf3 65. Kc2
Rd8 66. Rf6 f4 67. Rh6 Kg2 68. Rg6 g3 69. Re6 Kf2 70. Rh6 f3 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "21"]
[White "Galvin, Connor"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1112"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

{[%evp
0,49,23,16,85,67,71,55,82,57,26,2,17,13,37,33,65,41,45,46,22,31,73,73,88,94,116,120,285,312,309,294,498,585,585,153,239,215,228,226,280,248,235,311,464,464,459,458,804,364,29999,-30000]}
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Rb1
Nge7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. a3 Be7 12. h4 Qd8 13. h5 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15.
Qg4 g5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. g3 Bf6 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Bxg6 Qe7 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Nb5
fxg6 22. Nd6+ Qxd6 23. exd6 Nxd4 24. Be7 g5 25. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "22"]
[White "McCutcheon, Bennett"]
[Black "Cooper, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1108"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bd7 5. c4 Bc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb4 8. c5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Nbc6 14. Rc1
Bb6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Bf4 Nb4 19. a3 Rxc1 20. Bxc1
Nc6 21. b4 Rc8 22. Bb2 Ne7 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 f6 25. Bb2 Kf7 26. g4 Ng6 27.
exf6 gxf6 28. g5 Bd8 29. Bc1 e5 30. h4 e4 31. Nd4 Nxh4 32. Nb5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2
fxg5 34. Nd6+ Kg6 35. Nxb7 Bb6 36. Nc5 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Ne5 38. Be3 Kf5 39. Kg3 h5
40. a4 Nc6 41. f3 h4+ 42. Kf2 exf3 43. Kxf3 g4+ 44. Kg2 d4 45. Bd2 d3 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "23"]
[White "Barreyro, Romeo Belmes"]
[Black "Ahrens, Richard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[BlackElo "1103"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Ng5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 f5 10. Ne6 Qd6 11. Nxf8 Rxf8 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. c4 e6 14. a3
Rh8 15. Bc3 Rhg8 16. O-O-O g6 17. b4 a6 18. h4 h5 19. Kb2 Ne7 20. d5 exd5 21.
Be5 Qc6 22. Rc1 Rd7 23. cxd5 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. d6 Nd5 26. dxc7 Nxe3 27. Rc5
Nc4+ 28. Kc3 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Rxc7 30. Rd1 b6 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. Rd5 Kc6 33. Rd6+
Kc7 34. Rd5 Rd8 35. Rxb5 Rd3+ 36. Kc4 Rxa3 37. Rd5 Rd3 38. Rxd3 exd3 39. Kxd3
Kd7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kf4 b5 42. g3 Kd5 43. Kg5 Kxe5 44. Kxg6 f4 45. gxf4+ Kxf4
46. Kxh5 Kf5 47. Kh6 Kf6 48. h5 Kf7 49. Kg5 Kg7 50. Kf5 Kh6 51. Ke5 Kxh5 52.
Kd5 Kg6 53. Kc5 Kf7 54. Kxb5 Ke7 55. Kb6 Kd7 56. b5 Kc8 57. Ka7 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "24"]
[White "Schmidt, Otto Albert"]
[Black "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1089"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qd2 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 b5 12. f3 a5 13. e4 Nb6 14. Be5 Ba6 15.
Rhg1 b4 16. Nb1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc4 18. exf5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxf5 20. Rde1 Qc7 21.
Qe2 Bg5+ 22. Nd2 Bf4 23. g3 Rxe5 24. Qd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 e5 27.
Qf5 Re8 28. h4 Qf7 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 Qxf3 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. Qxc6 Qf2+ 33.
Kd1 Qd4+ 34. Ke2 Qe4+ 35. Kf2 h6 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. g4 a4 38. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 39. gxf5
g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. a3 bxa3 43. bxa3 Kf6 44. Kg4 d4 45. Kf3 Kxf5
0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "25"]
[White "Yamamoto, Craig"]
[Black "Toczyski, David Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1081"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. f3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nge7 6. d3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Bd4 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. O-O Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Qxd4+ 20. Rf2 Qxb2
21. Rb1 Qd4 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Qd1 Nc3 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "26"]
[White "Hollon, Nick"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1074"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 c4
9. Bc2 b5 10. b4 a5 11. Bd2 axb4 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Nc3 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 b4 16. Ne2 Ne7 17. Qb2 Rb8 18. Rfb1 O-O 19. g4 Ng6 20. Qd2 c3 21. Qc1 Bb5
22. Ng3 Bd3 23. Rb3 Be4 24. Ne1 Nh4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nc2 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Qe7 28.
Qe3 Nd2 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Qxc3 Ra4 31. Qxd2 Qb7 32. Kg1 Rc8 33. Ne3 Ra3 34. Rc1
Rd3 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Qb4 Qd8 37. Nc2 Qh4 38. Ne3 h5 39. Qa4 Qd8 40. Nc2 hxg4
41. Qc6 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Qh4 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qxe4+ g6 45. a4 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "27"]
[White "Brown, Nicholas M"]
[Black "Blum, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1033"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. c5 Be7 12. Bg3 Qd8 13. b4 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15. Rfe1
Re8 16. h3 Bf8 17. Bh4 Qb8 18. Na4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bg3 Qe6
22. cxb6 a6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Ne4 25. Bc7 Qe7 26. f3 Nxc5 27. Bf1 Ne6 28.
Bh2 Qf6 29. Rad1 Rad8 30. e4 d4 31. e5 Qg5 32. Re4 c5 33. Rg4 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qxa3
35. Bd3 Qa5 36. Qc1 Ng5 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Qxb6 39. h4 Qe6 40. Rf4 Nh7 41.
Qxc5 Qxe5 42. Qc4 Qe6 43. Rxd4 Qxc4 44. Rxc4 Rd1+ 45. Bg1 Ra1 46. Rc7 Nf6 47.
Kh2 Rxe4 48. Rxe4 Nxe4 49. Bd4 Rf1 50. Ra7 Rf4 51. g3 Nxg3 52. Kxg3 Rxd4 53.
Rxa6 f6 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. Ra7 Kg6 56. Rb7 h5 57. Rc7 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Kf5 59. Rc5+
Kg6 60. Rd5 f5 61. Rd6+ {Here the yellow sheet was already written on, thus
unreadable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "28"]
[White "Nolen, Sam"]
[Black "Tam, Hoa Long"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1011"]
[BlackElo "1460"]
[Annotator "Nolen,Sam"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bc4 b5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 $5 {12. a4 is faster but I
think this move followed by c4 makes a lot of sense.} Nd7 13. c4 Qa5 $2 14. Qb3
(14. c5 Bc7 15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. d5 {and White is winning}) 14... a6 15. Bd2 (15.
cxb5 {right away is best} axb5 (15... cxb5 16. Qd5) 16. Rxc6) 15... Qd8 16.
Rfe1 Re8 17. Qd3 $2 Nf8 (17... Bg6 $1 18. Qb3) 18. Nh4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ra7 20.
Nf5 (20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Nf5 $1 Rd7 22. Qf3 Qd8 23. Qxc6) 20... Bb8 $2 (20...
Re6) 21. Rce1 $2 (21. Rxe8) 21... Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Rd7 $2 23. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 24. Nxc6
Qc7 (24... Bh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qc7+ 26. Kg1 Qxc6 27. Qe8 Kg8 28. Bb4 {and Black is
getting mated}) 25. Nxb8 Qxb8 26. cxb5 (26. Qe8 {is still good here. This is
the key idea White misses to finish off the game early.}) 26... axb5 27. Be3 $4
(27. Qe8 {is still good!} Rd8 28. Qxf7 Ng6 29. a3 Rf8 30. Qd7) 27... h6 28. Qd2
Rd5 29. Qb4 Ne6 30. Rd1 $2 (30. a4 $1) 30... Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Kf1 f5 33.
g3 g5 34. f4 f6 35. d5 Nc7 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. fxg5 fxg5 $2 (37... hxg5) 38. Bd4+
Kf7 39. Be5 Rd7 40. Bxc7 $2 (40. d6 Na6 41. Rd5 Nb4 42. Rxb5 Nxa2 43. Ke3)
40... Rxc7 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Kd4 $2 (42. Rf1 $1 Kf6 43. Re1) 42... Kd6 43. b3 b4
$4 (43... Rc5 {saves the game.}) 44. Re1 Rc3 45. Re6+ Kd7 46. Rxh6 Rxg3 47. Ke5
f4 48. Rh7+ Kd8 49. Kd6 Kc8 50. Rh8+ Kb7 51. Kd7 f3 52. d6 Rxh3 $4 53. Rxh3 g4
54. Rh7 g3 55. Ke8+ Kc6 56. d7 f2 57. Rf7 g2 58. Rxf2 g1=Q 59. Rf6+ Kb7 60.
d8=Q Qg8+ 61. Kd7 Qd5+ 62. Ke8 Qg8+ 63. Rf8 Qg6+ 64. Rf7+ Kc6 65. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "29"]
[White "Karwat, Joseph"]
[Black "Myers, Steven Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1408"]
[BlackElo "979"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Nc5 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. b4 Na4 12. Nxa4 Qxa4 13. a3 O-O 14. c4 c6 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. Qd3 c5 17. Rb1 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. a4 Rfc8 21. Ba3
b6 22. a5 Bd8 23. Rb1 Rb7 24. Rb5 a6 25. Rb4 Rcb8 26. Qe3 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28.
Rxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Qxb5 30. Bxd6 Nd7 31. Qc3 Qb7 32. Bxe5 f6 33. Bd4 Be7 34.
Qb3 Qc7 35. d6+ 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "30"]
[White "Raahemifar, Keyan"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "845"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qe3 Rad8 14. Qh3
g6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. c4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 f6 18. Qg4 Bc8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qg3 fxe5
21. Qxe5 Qf7 22. Qg3 Rde8 23. h4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 {[#]} 25. Rde1 Re4 26. Rxe4
Qxe4 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Kh2 Ke6 32. f3 e3
33. Kg1 Kd5 34. Kf1 Kxd4 35. Ke2 c5 36. g4 c4 37. h5 g5 38. h6 b5 39. f4 gxf4
40. g5 f3+ 41. Ke1 Kd3 42. g6 f2+ 43. Kf1 Kd2 44. g7 e2+ 45. Kxf2 e1=Q+ 46. Kf3
Qe8 47. Kf4 Kc2 48. Kg5 Kxb2 49. Kf6 c3 50. a4 bxa4 51. Kf5 c2 52. Kf4 c1=Q+
53. Kf5 Qf7+ 54. Ke5 Qg5+ 55. Kd6 Qxh6+ 56. Kc5 Qf5+ 57. Kd4 Qh4+ 58. Ke3 Qhe4+
59. Kd2 Qfd5# 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "31"]
[White "Olson, David R"]
[Black "Ahearn, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "819"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. a3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne4 Bb6 8.
b4 Nf4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxe5 Nfe2+ 14. Kh1
Qh4 15. f3 Rf4 16. c3 {[#]} Rxe4 ({Everybody should know (and love to play)
Anastasia's Mate:} 16... Qxh2+ $1 17. Kxh2 Rh4#) (16... Ng3+ 17. Nxg3 Qxh2+
{will still work, with the same double check and mate, but why bother. :-)})
17. fxe4 (17. Qe1 $1 {actually avoids checkmate for the foreseeable future!
And, Black has a few pieces hanging! Fortunately for him, he has a couple of
knight moves that still win:} Nf5 $1 {and now only} (17... Nc2 $1 {is
technically the better move after} 18. Qxh4 Rxh4 {still no end in sight
though.}) 18. Qxh4 {avoids mate.} Rxh4 {and some h- or g-pawn move. Yech. But
so messy! Anastasia is the way to go!}) 17... Ng3+ 18. Kg1 Nde2# 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "32"]
[White "Mullins, Thomas N"]
[Black "Calvert, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "802"]
[BlackElo "1364"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 e4 13. Re1 Be6 14. Qc3 Rc8
15. Qd2 O-O 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxd5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. c4 Rxc4
21. Rab1 Bxd5 22. Qe2 Rdc8 23. Rbc1 Qb2 24. Qd1 Be6 25. Re2 Bg4 26. f3 exf3 27.
Rd2 f2+ 28. Rxf2 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxc2 30. Rdf1 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rc1+ 32. Rf1 Rc2 33.
Rd1 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "33"]
[White "James, Charles"]
[Black "Vasishta, Skanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "478"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 Nd7 6. e3 f6 7. h3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. Nxf5 Be7 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. O-O
Rd8 15. Qf3 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Be5 Rh7 20. Bc4+ Nd5
21. Nxd5 Rf7 22. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "34"]
[White "Ell, Adeline Christiana"]
[Black "Clark, Drew H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "277"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 d6 7. Qc2 Bg4 8. d4 e4
9. Nd2 d5 10. a3 Be7 11. f3 exf3 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Rg1 O-O 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rg2
Bg6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qf4 18. Ne2 Qh4+ 19. Rf2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc3
Bf6 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. O-O-O Rae8 24. Qg3 Qh6+ 25. Rd2 Bh4 26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Rg2
Bxg2 28. d5 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxg2 Qxg2 31. Nf4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "35"]
[White "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"]
[Black "Le, Thu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1310"]
[BlackElo "103"]
[Annotator "Le,Thu"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bb5+ $6 Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Be3 Nf5 9. Bf4 $6 Be7 $6 10. g4 $4 {This seems aggressive too early $2 Maybe I
can take advantage with Queenside castling or Kd7, though it can be risky and
g4 isn't much of a real Kingside threat at this point} Nh4 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4
cxd4) 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd2 Be7 {I considered h5 but didn't think
that this was the right time yet -- a) if gxh5, can't take back because Qd1 b)
if g5, there's Bf4. Anyway, Stockfish says h5 is best.} 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Re1
O-O-O $6 16. Qd4 $6 g5 {My idea was to sac a pawn to open up the g file for the
Rook.} 17. Bxg5 $2 (17. Be3 b6 {[%eval -32,0]} 18. a4) 17... Bxg5 $6 {I
considered 2 other variations below but didn't want to open up files for their
Rooks on the Queenside, which could be challenging to defend against. But
Stockfish said I was seeing ghosts again $2} (17... Nxb3 18. cxb3 (18. axb3 $2)
18... Bxg5 $1 (18... Kb8 19. Rac1)) 18. Qxc5 $1 {Alrighty now it's a forced
endgame with a pawn down for Black} (18. Nxc5 h5 {[%eval -136,0]}) 18... Qxc5
19. Nxc5 h5 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Nd3 {Very nice move since it prevents Bf4 and
guards the e5 and b2 pawns} Rdh8 $6 {Should have gone Rg8 to claim the open
file} (21... Rg8) 22. f4 Bd8 23. Re2 $1 Rg8+ 24. Rg2 Bb6+ 25. Kh1 Rxg2 $2
{Where Black started to go wrong. Should have just kept the Rook} (25... Rf8
26. Rf1 {[%eval 0,0]} Rfh8 {[%eval 0,0]}) 26. Kxg2 Rh6 27. Rh1 $6 f6 $2 {To
split up White's central pawns} 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. c3 $6 Bc7 30. Kg3 $6 Rg6+ 31.
Kf3 Rf6 32. Ke3 Rf5 33. h4 e5 $2 {The idea is to clean up White's f-pawn, then
trade the Bishop for the Knight and block the h pawn with the Rook & King. This
is a mistake because White has a more active King, plus White's Rook can cut
off Black's King at the open g-file} 34. fxe5 Bxe5 (34... Bxe5 35. Nxe5 {[%eval
721,0]} Rxe5+ {[%eval 425,0]} 36. Kf4 {[%eval 361,0]} Rh5 {[%eval 384,0]} 37.
Kg4 {[%eval 464,0]} Rh8 {[%eval 368,0]} 38. Kg5 {[%eval 393,0]} Kd7 {[%eval
444,0]} 39. h5 {[%eval 559,0]} Ke7 {[%eval 508,0]} 40. h6 {[%eval 509,0]} Kf7
{[%eval 512,0]} 41. Rf1+ {[%eval 512,0]} Ke7 {[%eval 523,0]}) 35. h5 $6 {Butttt
I got away with it $3 $1} Bh8 {Sliding the Bishop out} 36. Nf4 $2 {Now the
Knight is coming to guard the h8 square, also making it more tricky for Black's
King to walk over} Bf6 37. Ng6 Bg5+ $6 {Trying to push White's King away and
create counterplay} 38. Kd4 $2 Bf6+ $6 39. Kc5 $2 d4+ 40. Kc4 dxc3 41. bxc3 b5+
$6 42. Kb4 $6 a6 $6 {So that Black's Rook can be sent away instead of
protecting the b pawn} 43. h6 $2 {And here's my chance for a draw $3 $1} Rg5
44. Nf8 (44. Nf4 Rg4) (44. Nh4 Rg4+) 44... Be7+ 45. Kb3 Bxf8 46. h7 Bg7 $1 47.
h8=Q+ Bxh8 48. Rxh8+ Kb7 49. Rh7+ Kb6 50. Rh6+ Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "36"]
[White "Sharma, Keshav"]
[Black "Sisti, Daniel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "1276"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Qd2 c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. e5 Ne8
15. h3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 dxe5 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Bxe5 e6 21.
Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nc6 Qxb2 24. Rd7 Nf6 25. Rd8 Qxa2 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.
Nd8 Kg7 28. Qb7 e5 29. Rc1 e4 30. Rc7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Bd6+ 32. g3 Bxc7 33. Qxc7
Qa2 34. Qf4 Qd5 35. Qc7 a5 36. Nc6 Qc5 37. Kg2 a4 38. Qb7 Qd5 39. Kf1 a3 40.
Nb4 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "37"]
[White "Singer, Andrew"]
[Black "Chei, Morsy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1274"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Kh1 Rb8 13. Bh6 Qa5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rad1 h5 16. f4 Neg4 17. h3 {[#]} Bd7 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2
Nxe4 21. Rd3 g3 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Ne2 e6 24. Ndc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 a5 26. a3 d5 27.
Rxg3 Bb5 28. Re1 Rbc8 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Ree3 Rh4 31. Ne2 a4 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. c3
Bb5 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Ref3 f5 36. Rh3 Rg4 37. Rhg3 Rh4 38. Rh3 Rch8 39. Kf2 Kf6
40. b4 Ba4 41. Ke2 b5 42. Kd2 R8h5 43. Ne2 Rxh3 44. Rxh3 Rxh3 45. gxh3 Bb3 46.
Nd4 Bc4 47. Ke3 e5 48. fxe5+ Kxe5 {[#]} 49. Nc6+ Kd6 50. Na5 g5 51. Nxc4+ dxc4
52. Kf3 Kc6 53. Kg3 f4+ 54. Kf3 Kb6 55. h4 gxh4 56. Kxf4 Kc6 57. Kg4 Kd5 58.
Kxh4 Ke4 59. Kg5 Kd3 60. Kf5 Kxc3 61. a4 Kxb4 62. axb5 Kxb5 63. Ke4 Kb4 64. Ke3
Kc3 65. Ke2 Kc2 66. Ke1 c3 67. Ke2 Kb1 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "38"]
[White "Baker-Williams, Tyler"]
[Black "Maheshwari, Anubhav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1254"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nxe4 $4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxe4 d5 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qc2 e5 9. Bb5 e4 10. Nh2 Qg5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ng4 f5 13. Ne3 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4
15. Nc4 Qxg2 16. Rf1 d3 17. Qc3 Qf3 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Qa5+ Ke8 20. Qe5+ Kf7 21.
Qxf5+ Qxf5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. f3 Qxh3 24. fxe4+ Ke8 25. Ne3 Bb4 26. a3 Qg3+ 27.
Rf2 Bd6 28. Ne2 Qh4 29. Ng1 Bg3 30. Kf1 Bxf2 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Bd4 33. Kg2
Qg5+ 34. Kf3 Qxf5+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+ 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Ke4 Bxg1 38. Kxd3 Qf5+ 39. Kc3
Qc5+ 40. Kb3 Rf3+ 41. Ka2 Rd3 42. Rb1 Bd4 43. a4 Qc4+ 44. b3 Qc2+ 45. Bb2 Qxb3+
46. Ka1 Qa3# 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "39"]
[White "Chanoff, Eli Kleiner"]
[Black "Gay, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1210"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Bg4 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 Be7 9. dxe5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Rad1
Rd8 {[#]} 15. Rxd7 Rxd7 16. Nxe5 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. b3 a5 20.
Bd4 c5 21. Be3 c4 22. e5 c6 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. h3 h6 25. Qe4 c5 26. bxc4 Rxb1+ 27.
Qxb1 Qxe5 28. Qd3 Bf6 29. Bd2 a4 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 Be7 32. f4 Kh7 33. g4
Kg6 34. Kf2 f5 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Kh5 37. Kf3 Bd6 38. Bf4 Bxf4 39. Kxf4 g6
40. a3 Kh4 41. Kf3 Kxg5 42. Kg3 f4+ 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Kf2 g5 45. Kg2 Ke4 46. Kf2
Kd3 47. Kf3 Kxc3 48. Kf2 Kxc4 49. Ke2 Kb3 50. Kf2 c4 51. Ke1 c3 52. Kd1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "40"]
[White "Akkurt, Bugra"]
[Black "Smets, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxe5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Qf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. cxd4 e6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Be7
15. a3 O-O 16. h3 a6 17. Rac1 b5 18. b4 Rc4 19. Re3 Rxd4 20. Be5 Rc4 21. Qg3
Nh5 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Qg4 f6 25. f3 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxg4 27. fxg4 d4
28. Rd3 e5 29. Be1 Rc8 30. Rcd1 Bd8 31. h4 Rc2 32. Rg3 Qd5 33. Bf2 Qa2 34. Rf3
Qb2 35. h5 h6 36. Rf1 Rc3 37. Rf5 Qxa3 38. Kh1 Rc1 39. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 40. Kh2 Bc7
41. Bg3 Qb2 42. Kh3 d3 43. Rf2 Qxb4 44. Rf1 d2 0-1

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "41"]
[White "Sharan, Shubhankar"]
[Black "Athreya, Nagendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Nxe4 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. f4 Rh5 18. Bf3 Qh3 19. Bxh5 Qxh5 20. e4 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 d4 23. e5 Bf3 24. Kf2 Bg4 25. Rd2 d3 26. Ng1 c4 27. h3 Bf5
28. g4 Be4 29. Ke3 Bc6 30. Rc1 b5 31. a4 a6 32. b3 Bd5 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Nf3 a5
35. Ne1 f6 36. Nxd3 Rc8 37. Kd4 Be6 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. Nc5 Rxd2 40. Kxd2 Bd5 41.
e6 Kf8 42. Kc3 Ke7 43. f5 g6 44. Kd4 Bg2 45. Rxc4 Bxh3 46. Nb7 gxf5 47. gxf5
Bxf5 48. Nxa5 h5 49. Nc6+ Kxe6 50. a5 Kd6 51. a6 Bc8 52. a7 Bb7 53. Na5 Bg2 54.
Rc6+ Bxc6 55. Nxc6 Ke6 56. a8=Q Kf5 57. Qc8+ Kf4 58. Ne7 h4 59. Qf5+ Kg3 60.
Ke3 h3 61. Qf2+ Kg4 62. Nf5 h2 63. Qf4+ Kh3 64. Qh4+ Kg2 65. Qg3+ Kh1 66. Nh4
f5 67. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "2023 Spring TNM: Under 1600"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "42"]
[White "Langendorf, Brian Keith"]
[Black "Levin, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[BlackElo "1114"]
[Annotator "Langendorf,Brian"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 Bb6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bxb7 Bg4 17. Qd2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxd4 19. Qf4 Bxb2 20.
Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Rc1 Rd7 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Kg2 $4 {Ouch! I left the bishop en prise.
When deciding the best way to deal with the attack on the bishop I became
distracted by other issues that had been nagging me for several turns. Note to
self, always double check that I've attended to the basics before making a
move.} Rxa6 24. Rc7 g6 25. Rc4 Kg7 26. f4 Rd8 27. a4 Rd4 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4
Rc6 30. Re2 a5 31. Ra2 Kf8 32. Kf3 Re6 33. Rc2 Be7 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc4 Re1 36.
Re4 Rxe4 37. Kxe4 f5+ 38. Ke5 Bf6+ 39. Ke6 Bc3 40. h3 h5 41. Kd5 Be1 42. Kd4
Bxg3 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kf3 Be1 45. Ke2 Bb4 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Kd4 g5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5
49. Ke3 Kh4 50. Kf4 Kxh3 51. Kxf5 Kg3 0-1

