[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Winslow, Elliott"]
[Black "Yan, Ruiyang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 {[#]} h6 {Taking the "not losing a tempo with ...Bf8-d6xc5" a bit far, but it seems to be the fad these days. Starting with 4...a6. (Carlsen and others have played 4...h6!? -- and look at our own Board 3!)} (8... c4 $5 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne5 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 O-O 15. b3 Rab8 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bxc4 Bf5 20. Qd1 Bg6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rd8 23. Qf3 Qxc5 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb7 Ra7 26. Qxc6 Qe7 27. Ba6 Rda8 28. Bc4 Be4 29. Bd5 Ra6 30. Qc4 Ra4 31. Qb3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Qe6 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qxf7 36. Qd6+ Qe7 37. Qb8+ Qe8 38. Qf4 Qc6+ 39. Kg3 Ra5 40. h4 Kf7 41. Rd1 Ra8 42. e4 Re8 43. f3 Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Qc5 45. Qd2 Qe5+ 46. f4 Qxe4 47. Qa2+ Ke7 48. Qa7+ Ke8 49. Qb8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ {1-0 Carlsen,M (2855)-Mamedyarov,S (2762) Meltwater Tour Final chess24.com INT rapid 2021 (2.4)}) 9. O-O Be6 10. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Ba7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 d4 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Rxc6 Ne4 17. Bf3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qf6 20. Bc7 Rad8 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qc2 Qf4 23. Kg1 Rd2 24. Qc3 Bd5 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rd8 Rxg2+ 27. Bxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Qxd8 30. Nc5 Qh4 31. h3 a5 32. a3 Qf4+ 33. Ke1 g5 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Kd1 Qf2 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 h5 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qxg5 Qf1+ 40. Kd2 Qxh3 41. Ne4 Qh2+ 42. Ke3 Qh3+ 43. Kd4 Qd7+ 44. Qd5 Qa7+ 45. Kc3 Qa3+ 46. Kc4 Qc1+ 47. Kb5 Qf1+ 48. Ka5 Qa1+ 49. Kb6 Qg1+ 50. Kb7 Qg6 51. Ng5+ Kg7 52. b5 h4 53. b6 f6 54. Ne6+ Kh6 {1-0 Kosic,D (2495)-Mihajlovic,V (2370) MNT-chT Tivat 2011 (1.5)}) 10... Rc8 {[#]} (10... Qa5 11. Qb3 Qb4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxb4 cxb4 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Nc5 Nb5 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Ke7 21. a4 Nd6 22. Ra5 Rhb8 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bxd6+ Kxd6 26. Bd3 c5 27. dxc5+ Kxc5 28. a5 Bc8 29. Kf2 Kb4 30. a6 Kc5 31. Ra5+ Kd6 32. Ke2 Bd7 33. Kd2 Rc8 34. a7 Bc6 35. e4 dxe4 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Ra8 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Kc4 Kb6 40. Kb4 Kc6 41. Ra6+ Kc7 42. Kb5 Kb7 43. Ra1 {1-0 Thorn,E (2366)-Cederstam Barsk,C (2332) SWE-chB Uppsala 2022 (3)}) (10... cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd4 c5 $6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qb3 $16) 11. dxc5 $146 ({Asleep as usual: I should play} 11. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 (11... bxc6 $4 12. Bxa6 $18) 12. dxc5 (12. Be5 $5) 12... Bxc5 13. Be5 O-O 14. Bf3 Nd7 15. Bd4 Nb6 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Qd4 $14 {0-1 Rustemov,A (2525)-Fedoseev,V (2701) Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Apr Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (6)} Rc4 18. Qd2 d4 19. Rfd1 Rb4 20. b3 Nd7 21. Ne2 Qe7 22. Nxd4 Ne5 23. Rac1 Rb6 24. Qc3 Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Bg4 26. Qc7 Qf6 27. Qg3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qb2 29. Ra1 Rc6 30. Rdb1 Qa3 31. g3 Rfc8 32. Rd1 Qb2 33. Qd5 Rf6 34. Rf1 Rc2 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ g6 37. Qd4 Rfxf2 38. Rxf2 Rxf2 39. Qxb2 Rxb2 40. Rd1 b5 41. Rd7 Kg7 42. e4 Rxa2 43. e5 Re2 44. Rd5 Re3 45. b4 Re4 46. Rd6 Rxe5 47. Rxa6 Re4 48. Rb6 Rxb4 49. h4 Rb2 50. Kf1 b4 51. Rb7 h5 52. Rb6 b3 53. Rb7 Kf6 54. Rb5 Ke6 55. Kg1 Kd6 56. Rb7 Kc5 57. Kf1 Kc4 58. Rc7+ Kd3 59. Rd7+ Ke3 {0-1 Rustemov,A (2525)-Fedoseev,V (2701) Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Apr Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (6)}) 11... Bxc5 12. Bf3 {Insufficiently thought through -- keeping an eye on a6, so that Nxc6 has to be captured with the rook, is more logical.} (12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Be5) 12... O-O 13. Rc1 Ba7 (13... Qe7) 14. Qe2 {[#]} Qa5 $1 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b3 {This will bite White in a few moves.} (17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nf6 {draw?}) 17... Bc5 $5 {White has trouble avoiding losing an exchange!} (17... d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Ne4 (19. Na4 {isn't so bad, rim or not}) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 $11 {White's structural advantage is on paper only; Black is fine.}) 18. Na4 (18. Be5 $1 Ba3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Bxc1 $2 20. Bxd8 Qxc3 21. Bb6 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 20. Rc2 Bf5 21. e4 (21. Bg4 $5 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 {White has full compensation with Black's dreadful pawns.}) 21... dxe4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxe4 {Here also the broken pawns give White some bit of pull -- as soon as he deals with the pin.} Qe5 {[%csl Ra1]} 24. g4 $1 Bxe4 {White has nothing much whichever way he recaptures.} 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 c5 $11) 18... Ba3 $15 19. Rc2 $2 (19. Ra1 {is lame, but probably the way to go. Black is "more equal" than White.} c5 $1 $15) 19... Bf5 $17 20. Rcd2 {[#]} Re8 $1 {This move got to me: It dodges Be5, so that 21...g5 and 22...g4 really is a problem.} ({But maybe more accurate was} 20... Bb4 21. Rb2 Re8) 21. g4 {Well something had to be done!} Bg6 {even better:} 22. h4 Ne4 {Good, but} (22... Bb4 23. Rd4 (23. Rb2 Rcd8) 23... c5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 c4 $17) 23. Rd4 Be7 $2 {Permitting White to relieve all the pressure.} ({Black should play} 23... Bb4 $17) ({Or even} 23... Re6 $1) 24. h5 $11 Bh7 {[#]} 25. Bxe4 (25. Qe1 $1 $11 Qxe1+ {(necessary)} (25... Qb5 26. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 27. Nc3 Qb6 28. Rd7 $16) 26. Rxe1 $11 Rcd8 27. Bc7 Rc8 28. Bf4) 25... Bxe4 $17 {Black is back in the saddle...} 26. f3 Bh7 {[#]} 27. Nb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qd2 $17 {was best of the betters.} Qxd2 $2 (27... Qd8 $17) (27... Qb5 $17) 28. R4xd2 $11) 27... Qxa2 $19 {Totally overlooked. White crumbles.} 28. Ra4 Qxb3 29. Rxa6 Bc5 30. Kf2 {[#]} d4 $1 31. Nd3 dxe3+ 32. Kg3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Qb1 34. Rd1 {[#]} Qxd1 $1 35. Qxd1 e2 36. Qe1 Bb4 $1 37. Qxb4 e1=Q+ 38. Qxe1 Rxe1 39. Ra4 c5 40. Rc4 Rd1 41. Be3 Rd5 42. f4 Kf8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. g5 {That minute and a half on this move put me under 4 minutes (3:55).} Kd6 {And Ruiyang had (5:36)} 45. Kg4 Rd3 {Ruiyang took a minute and a half for this move, now 4:07} 46. Bc1 hxg5 47. Kxg5 Rd5+ 48. f5 {(3:02)} Rd1 {(3:29)} 49. Bb2 Rg1+ 50. Kf4 f6 51. h6 gxh6 52. Bxf6 Rf8 {[#]} 53. Bg7 $4 Rf1+ $4 54. Ke4 R8xf5 55. Bxh6 Rh5 $1 56. Be3 Rh4+ (56... Re5+ 57. Kd3 Rf3) 57. Kd3 Rd1+ 58. Kc3 Rxc4+ {(2:00)} 59. Kxc4 {(1:49) [#]} Rd5 $4 {Played after 16 seconds (including the delay) -- and a blunder!} (59... Kc6 {removes White's last gasp:} 60. Bg5 Rd4+ 61. Kb3 Rg4 62. Bf6 Kd5 63. Bh8 Rg3+ 64. Kc2 Kc4 65. Kd2 Kb3) 60. Bf2 $4 ({How did I miss} 60. Kb5 $1 $11 {Black can't undo the mess she's in now: White has e3, f2 and g1 for the bishop to keep an eye on Pc5, which can't move without getting taken, leading to rook vs. bishop: it's a surprising draw!}) 60... Kc6 61. Be3 Re5 62. Bf2 Re4+ 63. Kd3 Ra4 64. Kc3 Kd5 65. Bg1 Ra3+ 66. Kb2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shrauger, Alex Hayden"]
[Black "Hao, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qd2 c4 12. a3 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. h3 Ne6 15. Bh2 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Rab1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re5 b5 20. Qe3 Qc6 21. Re1 a5 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 h6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. dxe5 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Na2 Nd7 30. Nxb4 Nxe5 31. Nxd5 f6 32. f4 Nc6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ne3 Na5 35. Kf3 g5 36. f5 Ke7 37. Ke4 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Clemens, Kristian"]
[Black "Bambou, Christophe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "Clemens,Kristian"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

{This was my fourth game against Christophe Bambou, and only once in our previous three games did I manage to put up any resistance. In our last game, I got a real "welcome back to the open section" when I lost my queen in the first 13 moves.} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8. c5 Qe7 9. Ne5 b6 (9... Nbd7 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7) 10. b4 a5 11. a3) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02] White used 8 min so far, Black used 2} 11. Qd4 Qh5 (11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 $11 {I would be happy to play this for White. I would probably try to sneak a knight in to d6 or simply develop with Ke2 or O-O followed by Rfd1 and either Rd2, Rad1 or Rac1.}) 12. O-O (12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Qh4) (12. Qe5 Qg4 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Qg3 Qb4 {The engine doesn't mind it, but this seems needlessly passive, and immediately putting my pieces in  reverse gear didn't seem like the way to go when I'm trying to prove  to myself that I can hang with a strong expert.}) 12... Nc6 13. Qh4 Qxh4 (13... Qa5 14. Rfd1) 14. Nxh4 Bd7 15. Nf3 a6 {[#] White used 22 minutes so far, Black used 14. I was happy with my position, and I think this is pretty easy to play for White: centralize or double the rooks and fight for the dark squares, particularly c5, e5, d6, etc.} 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 (16... b5 17. Be2 b4 18. Na4 Ne5 {+=}) 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rd2 {I spent some time checking whether Black has any constructive discoveries by moving the knight. I'm not entirely sure whether my decision to double on the d-file instead of playing Rac1 was strategically correct, since it's so easy for Black to trade off a pair of rooks, and the d-file didn't really help me much in the game.} (18. Rac1) 18... Be8 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 {I assessed this as equal, with some long-range chances for White if Black drifts and lets himself get into a good knight vs. bad bishop endgame with all his pawns on light squares.} Kf8 {White: 1:17 left, Black: 1:32. Here I thought I couldn't be worse, given Black's undistinguished bishop, his pawns on light squares, and my solid development. But it's hard to know what to do next, since all of Black's weak spots are covered. I considered Be2, Nd4, Bf3, but I didn't want to help his bishop get to the active c6 square, and I certainly didn't want to help him trade it off. I decided to simply bring my king to the center, solving any back-rank issues, and see what my opponent had in mind.} 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Be2 (22. h3 Nge5 23. Be2 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 {= Black can play Ke7, Rc7, Ne5,  Bc6 and claim equality.}) 22... Nce5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 {I had no problem with this exchange, because now he only has two active pieces instead of three, and he still hasn't solved the problem of his bishop.} 24. Rd4 (24. f4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Kf2 {This is totally fine for White,  but I wasn't confident in my evaluation of the minor piece imbalance.  I could see his bishop getting pretty active, and it's not that hard  to carry out f6, Ke7, e5 for Black. I played Rd4 to control the c4  square and avoid this decision altogether.}) 24... Bc6 25. f4 Nd7 {White: 58 min left, Black: 1:14. I spent 8 minutes on my next move.} 26. Rd2 {So that I have the option of not taking on e5 and isolating my pawn on e3 if he plays ...e5.} Ke7 27. Kf2 Nc5 28. Rd4 {[#] Taking control of the a4 and e4 squares. In positions like this, Capablanca was famous for temporarily ignoring his opponent's plans while figuring out the ideal squares for his pieces, then figuring out how to achieve that setup. I think it would be great if I could put my pawn on b4, my rook on c3, my knight on c5, d4, or e5, another pawn on g3, my king on d2, and my bishop wherever it can fit. I didn't end up carrying out this plan, because Black stirred up counterplay based on the c-file control and the activity of his pieces. I knew I couldn't allow ...Rc2.} Rc7 29. Rc4 Nb3 (29... Nd7 30. b4 b5 {=+}) 30. Bd1 (30. Rb4 Nc1 31. Bf1 a5 32. Rd4 Nb3) 30... Na5 {[%emt 0:00:50] White: 36 min left, Black:} 31. Rd4 {Now the knight is on a5 instead of c5, which I don't think helps Black. Whenever I get a free move, I'll play g3 to free my king.} b5 32. Be2 {To prevent ...Nc4. Now I am confident in my evaluation of the N vs. B imbalance- I'd rather have the knight, now that Black has committed his pawns to light squares.} Nb3 33. Rb4 Nc5 34. Rd4 Nb3 35. Rb4 Nc1 {[#] I knew that Black, with three wins in a row against me and a significantly higher rating, must be playing for a win, so I (rather unsportingly) decided to maintain the position and see if he would overpress and make a mistake.} 36. Bf1 (36. Rd4 Nxe2 37. Kxe2 {This would have also been fine.}) 36... Rd7 37. Rd4 (37. a4 a5 38. Rd4 b4 {And now I missed this idea, getting Black's  pawns on dark squares.}) 37... Rxd4 38. exd4 {I don't love getting an isolated queen's pawn with so few pieces on the board, but I recognized this as a special case in which it was OK, since my knight is the best and safest piece on the board, I still have my good bishop, and there's no easy way in for Black.} Nb3 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. g3 Bd5 {[#] White: 20 min left, Black: 36. I knew I needed to pick up the pace, since losing this position in a time scramble seemed like a really silly way to waste a perfectly fine position.} 41. Be2 (41. h4 Bc4 42. Bg2 Na5 43. Ne4+ Kc6 44. Nc5+ Kb6 45. Nd7+ Kc7 46. Ne5 f6 47. b4 {computer line}) 41... Na5 {It's all about the fight for c4 now. My plan was to keep my bishop on its diagonal, moving to the long diagonal if he played ...Bc4 and trading on c4 if he played ...Nc4.} 42. Bd3 Kc6 43. b4 Nb7 44. Kd2 {I liked my position, but I didn't know what to do here. This was a bit of a cop-out, although it's probably as good as any move. Maybe I should have taken advantage of his retreat to play a4.} (44. a4 Nd6 45. a5 (45. axb5+ axb5 {=})) 44... Nd6 45. a4 bxa4 46. Nxa4 (46. Bxa6 a3 47. Kc1 a2 48. Kb2 {was my plan, but he doesn't need to  play ...a3. This looked pretty suspicious for White, so I decided to  play it safe.}) 46... Bc4 47. Bc2 {The computer says the knight ending is drawn, but I decided to stick to the theme of playing against his bishop and only trading my bishop for his knight.} Kd5 48. Ke3 {[#]} Kc6 (48... Bf1 $1 {A computer move that I didn't see. My knight is  misplaced on a4.} 49. Nc5 (49. Bb3+ Nc4+ 50. Bxc4+ Kxc4 {}) 49... Nc4+ 50. Kf2 Kxd4 51. Kxf1 Ne3+ 52. Ke2 Nxc2 53. Nxa6 {}) 49. Nc3 {Now the blockade is in place again. I shouldn't have tried a4 in the first place.} Nb5 50. Ba4 {My opponent said after the game that he missed this pin, although it's definitely still drawn.} Kd6 51. Bxb5 Bxb5 {I did pick up the pace in the last 15 moves- I had 6 minutes, and my opponent had 5. I decided to trade pawns on the kingside to go for the draw instead of taking my chances in a time scramble.} 52. h4 $11 {[#]} Bc4 53. g4 f6 54. g5 fxg5 55. fxg5 hxg5 56. hxg5 e5 57. Ke4 (57. dxe5+ Kxe5 {and I have to worry about my g5 pawn.}) 57... exd4 58. Kxd4 Bf1 {Black offered a draw with 2:19 left, I accepted with 3:51 left. This was an evenly played game against one of the tournament's most dangerous attackers. What did I learn from this game? It's better to trade queens on move 13 than lose your queen on move 13!} 59. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sant, Amit"]
[Black "Dasika, Archit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3 Bh5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. f4 Na5 16. Qd1 Qd7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxa5 Ng3 20. Rg1 Nf5 21. Qb3 Bd6 22. Kf2 b6 23. Bd2 Rad8 24. Rge1 Bb8 25. Kg1 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Ng3 27. Rc3 Kh7 28. Kh2 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rec1 Qf5 31. Kg2 Rde8 32. Rf1 f6 33. gxf6 Qxf6 34. h4 Qf5 35. Rf3 Bd6 36. Rc6 Bb8 37. Qf1 Qd7 38. Rc2 Rf8 39. Kg3 Bd6 40. Qh3 Rf5 41. Qg4 Be7 42. Bc1 Qd6 43. Rff2 Rh5 44. Rh2 Qb4 45. Bd2 Qb5 46. Qf3 Qd3 47. Rc3 Qb1 48. Rc6 Qxb2 49. Qg4 Bf6 50. Qd7 Re7 51. Qc8 Bxh4+ 52. Rxh4 Rxh4 53. Rc2 Qb1 54. Kxh4 Rf7 55. Bc1 Rf5 56. Kg4 Rh5 57. f5 Rxf5 58. Rh2+ Rh5 59. Rxh5+ gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 Qg6+ 61. Kh4 Qe4+ 62. Kg5 Qe7+ 63. Kh5 g6+ 64. Kg4 Qe4+ 65. Kg5 Qg2+ 66. Qg4 Qc2 67. Qd7+ Kh8 68. Kf6 Qf2+ 69. Kxg6 Qg2+ 70. Kf6 Qf1+ 71. Qf5 Qh1 72. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Xue, Tianhao"]
[Black "Diller, Bradley R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "Diller,Bradley R/Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bg5 ({Relevant:} 8. Bf4 c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Nf8 14. Rae1 Ng6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd1 b6 17. Ne3 c5 18. c3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rc2 22. Re2 Rec8 23. Rfe1 Qd8 24. Nf1 R2c4 25. Rd2 Rc2 26. Rde2 b5 27. Ne3 Rc1 28. Qg3 a5 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qf2 Qxd4 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 Bd7 33. Rd2 Qe4 34. f6 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Re8 36. Re2 d4 37. Qg3 Qg6 {½-½ Goryachkina,A (2558)-Xiong,J (2693) Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (5)}) 8... c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. f4 Nbd7 {[#]} 11. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Nf5 h6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bh4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. f5 Nf6 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Qe2 b6 19. Be5 Bb7 20. Rae1 c5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. d5 Qe5 23. f6 g6 24. Qe3 g5 25. Qh3 Kh7 26. Qd7 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Rf8 28. Qf5+ Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Rfe8 {1-0 Goergen,B (1740)-Hummel,D (1372) GER-chT U16 Dittrichshuette 2004 (1)}) 11... Qc7 $2 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. Qd2 (13. f5 N8h7 $17 {Followed by Ng5 and N5e4}) 13... Bg4 $17) 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. f5 Nb6 16. b3 $2 (16. Ng3 $1 e3 $1 17. Qd3 Nd5 18. Nce4 b5 19. Nh5 $14) 16... a5 $2 (16... Nd5 $1 $17) 17. f6 $6 (17. Qe3 $1 $14) 17... e3 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bg3 Nd5 $2 (19... Bg4 $1 20. Rae1 Nd5 $15) 20. Bxd6 $2 (20. Ne4 $1 Bxg3 21. N2xg3 b5 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Ba6 24. Rae1 $16) 20... Qxd6 $11 21. Ne4 Qe6 22. N2g3 (22. Nc5 Qd6 (22... Qg4 23. c4 b6 $8 24. Na4 $1 b5 (24... Ba6 25. Qc2) 25. Nc5 $11) 23. Ne4 Qf8 24. N2g3 h5 $11) 22... Qg4 23. Rae1 Bf5 $1 $15 24. Nxf5 gxf5 (24... Qxe4 $1 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 26. Qc4 Re6 27. h3 $1 Qh4 28. Ng4 Re4) 25. Ng3 f4 26. Nf5 Qg5 $2 (26... Kf8 $1 27. Nxh6 (27. c4 Nxf6 $17) 27... Qg6 28. Qxg6 fxg6 $11) 27. c4 $16 Nxf6 $6 (27... e2 $5 28. Rf2 Nxf6 29. h4 Ng4 $1 30. Rfxe2 Nf2+ $1 31. Kh2 $1 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Qxf5 33. Qxf2 $16) 28. h4 $18 Qg6 29. Rxf4 Kh8 30. Rxe3 Ng4 31. Rxe8+ $2 (31. Ree4 $18) 31... Rxe8 32. Qg3 h5 $1 $14 33. Rf1 Re2 34. Qf3 (34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qf4 Qf6 36. Kg1) 34... Qe6 $1 $11 35. d5 cxd5 (35... Qe5) 36. cxd5 (36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. cxd5 Rd2 38. d6 Kh7) 36... Qe5 37. Ng3 Re1 38. Qxf7 Qxg3 39. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Wu, Zhuoyuan"]
[Black "Srinivasan, Sivavishnu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. Nb3 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qd3 f5 10. Nxe5 fxe4 11. Qc3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Qe6 15. Rhf1 Ne7 16. h3 Nd5 17. Qd4 Nd7 18. Bg5 Qxe5 19. c4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc7 21. Rf4 Nc5 22. b4 Na4 23. Rxe4+ Kd7 24. Re7+ Kd6 25. Rb1 Rhf8 26. Nf3 h6 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Anderson, Michael Gene"]
[Black "Lewis, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a3 ({Relevant:} 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. a4 b4 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bc4 dxe5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 a5 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. b3 e6 20. Rd3 Qa6 21. Qc5 Rfc8 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Qg5 Qc6 24. Qf6 Bg7 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 Qd6 29. Qa8 c5 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 31. Qxa5 Qd6 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qe4 e5 34. a5 h5 35. a6 {½-½ Svidler,P (2683)-Aronian,L (2736) Airthings Play In Match Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (1.2)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 (10. Re1 c5 (10... e5 11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bh6 Nc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf8 21. c4 a5 22. Rxa4 axb4 23. Rxb4 N8d7 24. Reb1 Ra7 25. Ne1 Nc5 26. Qe3 Rca8 27. Nc2 Ra2 28. R4b2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Qa7 30. Be2 Rb8 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Na3 Qb4 33. g3 Nb3 34. Nb5 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Nxd4 exd4 37. Qd3 Qa1 38. h4 h5 39. Qd2 Nd7 40. Bxh5 Ne5 41. Be2 d3 42. Bd1 Qd4 43. h5 Qxc4 44. f4 Qxd5+ 45. Kh2 Nf3+ 46. Bxf3 Qxf3 47. Qc3+ f6 48. h6+ Kxh6 49. Qxf6 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kg1 Qb1+ 55. Kf2 Qa2+ 56. Kf1 Qb1+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Kg1 Qc8 59. Qxd6 Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qc2+ 61. Kh3 d2 62. Qf8+ Kh7 63. Qf7+ {½-½ Urazayev,A (2436)-Shimanov,A (2581) Aktobe Dvorkovich op 2023 (8)}) 11. d5 (11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. dxc5 e4 14. Nxe4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. d4 h6 19. Nc3 f5 20. Qf3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 g5 22. Bd2 Kh8 23. Re6 Qd7 24. Rce1 Bf6 25. Qxf5 Kg7 26. Qe4 Rf7 27. Rxa6 Rcf8 28. Re6 Qa7 29. Bc1 Qa5 30. Qc2 Qa8 31. R1e2 Qa5 32. Qd3 Qa4 33. c6 Qa7 34. Qxb5 Rb8 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. g3 Rb3 37. Kg2 Qa5 38. Bd2 Qxa3 39. c7 Qa8+ 40. Qe4 Qc8 41. Rc6 Rb7 42. Qe6 Rf8 43. Qxc8 Rxc8 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Rbxc7 46. Rxc7 Rxc7 47. h5 Kf7 48. Kf3 Ra7 49. Ke4 Ra5 50. d5 Ra4+ 51. Kd3 Rh4 52. f4 Rxh5 53. c4 Rh3+ 54. Ke4 h5 55. c5 h4 56. c6 Ra3 57. Be3 Ra8 58. Kf5 h3 59. Rh2 Rd8 60. Ke4 Rh8 61. c7 Ke8 62. Bd4 Kd7 63. Bxf6 exf6 64. Kf5 Kxc7 65. Kxf6 Kd6 66. Kg7 Rh5 67. Kg6 Rh8 68. f5 Kxd5 69. f6 Ke6 70. Kg7 Rh4 71. f7 Rg4+ 72. Kh6 Kxf7 73. Rxh3 Rg6+ 74. Kh5 Rf6 {½-½ Hou,Y (2632)-Harika,D (2509) Speed Chess (Women) Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (3.23)}) 11... e6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Bh2 Rfd8 14. Qc1 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nb6 19. Nd2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 Nc7 22. Qd2 Nb5 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Re3 Bxb4 28. Red3 Rbc8 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Nc3 31. R1d2 Ne4 32. Rd1 Nxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Ra8 35. Rd4 a5 36. Ra4 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. Kc3 Kb5 41. Rf4 f5 42. g4 Rc8+ 43. Kb3 Rc5 44. Rd4 Kc6 45. Rd8 Rd5 46. Rc8+ Kb6 47. Kc4 Rd2 48. Rb8+ Kc6 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rc8+ Kb6 51. Rb8+ Kc7 52. Rh8 Rxf2 53. Rxh7+ Kd6 54. Kd4 Re2 55. Ra7 Re4+ 56. Kd3 a4 57. Rh7 Ke5 58. h4 a3 59. Kc2 f4 60. h5 f3 61. h6 Rh4 62. Rf7 Ke4 63. h7 Ke3 64. Kb3 f2 65. Re7+ Kd2 66. Rf7 Ke2 67. Re7+ Kd1 68. Rf7 Rh3+ 69. Ka2 Ke2 70. Re7+ Kf1 71. Rf7 Rh1 72. Kxa3 Ke2 73. Re7+ Kd3 74. Rf7 Ke3 75. Re7+ Kd4 76. Rf7 Rh3+ 77. Ka2 Ke3 78. Re7+ Kf3 79. Rf7+ Kg2 80. Rg7+ Kf1 81. Rf7 Rh2 82. Ka3 Ke2 83. Re7+ Kd2 84. Rf7 Ke3 85. Re7+ Kd3 86. Rf7 Ke2 87. Re7+ Kf3 88. Rf7+ Kg2 89. Rg7+ Kh1 90. Rf7 Rh3+ 91. Ka2 Kg2 92. Rg7+ Kf3 93. Rf7+ Ke3 94. Re7+ Kd3 95. Rf7 Rh2 96. h8=Q f1=Q+ 97. Qxh2 Qxf7+ 98. Ka1 Qa7+ 99. Qa2 Qxa2+ 100. Kxa2 {½-½ Murzin,V (2513)-Yoo,C (2466) Hou Yifan Challenge chess24.com INT rapid 2021 (1)}) 10... Rc8 11. Qd2 c5 {[#]} 12. bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d5 Qc7 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 e5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne2 Bxd5 17. Ng5 Bb7 18. c4 h6 19. Nf3 Bxe4 {0-1 Medger,G (1791)-Zachos,I (1869) Ruhrgebiet Verbandsklasse Gruppe 3 1415 Germany 2014 (2.8)}) 12... dxc5 13. d5 Ne8 14. Bh6 Qc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qxe7 c4 18. Be2 Nef6 19. d6 Qa5 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qxc3 22. exf6+ Nxf6 23. d7 Rcd8 24. Rad1 Qxc2 25. Rd6 Qf5 26. Bc6 h5 27. Re1 c3 28. Re5 Qf4 29. g3 c2 30. gxf4 c1=Q+ 31. Kg2 Qxf4 32. Kh1 Qxf2 33. Ree6 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 2000+"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Parsons, Stephen"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nbc3 Nc7 11. Nf4 e6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 f5 14. Ncxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Rae8 19. a3 Ne7 20. Ba2 Ba4 21. Rdc1 Nc6 22. Be3 Na5 23. d5 Qa6 24. e6 Nb3 25. Bxb3 Bxb3 26. Bd4 Qd6 27. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Wong, Wilson"]
[Black "Marvin, Hayes Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[Annotator "Wong,Wilson"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 {I'm unsure how to approach the Petroff and avoid draw-ish lines so I opted to just keep the center closed and be ready to play a slower maneuvering game, and build a large enough advantage over a long game to convert.} Bc5 {This hangs a pawn but maybe opponent wanted to set up a fishing pole trap.} 4. Nxe5 {Black will be under lots of pressure to make something happen now since Black is giving up their center pawn, while White still has both.} Nc6 {Main move in high rated online games.} 5. Nxc6 {Trading makes the most sense to me, just trying to finish development as soon as possible then secure the extra pawn. 5.Nf3 is also commonly played, but that seems like a really bad idea to me since it wastes time, and keeps pieces on the board, when White wants to reduce attackers and consolidate.} dxc6 {Black has a nice development lead and open lines, but White will be in time to O-O.} 6. Be2 $4 {I thought this was the only move, as passive as it is, and it looked like black would be able to win back the pawn. This move went from winning to equal. White had many alternatives, including h3, Qe2, f3, and the odd looking Qf3.} (6. h3 {Stockfish's recommendation and the best performing move. I didn't even consider this. This simple pawn move is really effective in killing Black's attacking ability, and its much safer to make this pawn move since I haven't O-O yet.}) 6... Qd4 {It looks like White will be able to win back the pawn and still have active pieces.} 7. O-O h5 {I suspected Black would go for the fishing pole setup.} (7... Nxe4 {Black had a chance to bail out into an equal position.}) 8. d3 {White's top priority is to not get checkmated. The h-file will open for Black so White needs to develop and trade in a manner so that White doesn't get mated by ...Qxh2#. Black's c5-bishop will be effective in keeping White's king from being able to flee in the short-term.} Ng4 9. Bxg4 hxg4 {Black is eyeing h2-square with their queen.} 10. Bf4 {White needs to protect h2-square.} Bd6 11. Qd2 {The top priority is to protect h2-square. When Black's queen tries to reroute to focus h2-square, f2-pawn will be unpinned, allowing f4, giving White a flight square.} g5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. g3 {White is totally safe. Black won't be able to stop an eventual f4 and tripling on h-file would take too long.} Qf6 {Black temporarily stops f4, but White will be able to break free, and there is no attack on h2-square. h2-square is too easily defendable for White.} 14. e5 {Deflecting Black's queen and freeing e4-square for White's c3-knight.} Qh6 15. f4 {White's king is safe and White will start counterplay on kingside. My main goal will be to develop both my rooks while keeping my king safe, and maybe get my knight to f6-square.Black's f7- and g4-pawns can possibly be targeted depending on where Black's light-squared bishop is or if it gets swapped off.} gxf3 16. Rxf3 Qh5 {This wastes time doing nothing.} (16... Be6 {Black could continue development.}) 17. Raf1 Be6 18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Nxg5 Bd5 20. Rxf7 Qg4 21. Qf4 {Not the best, but this gives back a pawn but gets queens off the board. I had to worry about potential ...Rxh2 tactics in the position, and it looked like material could drop after ...Qd4 so I thought this was a good decision. The ending should be easy to win since I have 2 on 0 kingside pawns, more active pieces, and Black is nowhere near ready to get counterplay.} Qe2 22. Qf2 Qxe5 23. Qf5+ Qxf5 24. R7xf5 {This endgame is easily winning. My rooks are more active and my knight can't be challenged. I can improve my pieces, making it really difficult for Black to do anything, and it shouldn't be hard to get into a position where Black has nothing better than to trade. A minor piece endgame should be easily winning, just marching down my kingside pawns, so it is beneficial for me to trade any number of rooks.} Rh5 25. h4 {I need to kill Black's counterplay then I will be free to march my kingside pawns down the board. Getting my rooks on the 7th will kill Black's king activity and possibly tie Black to a defensive position. I think b3 at some point is a good idea to kill Black's bishop and to freeze the queenside.} c5 26. b3 {The idea is to freeze the queenside, giving me time to improve my rooks and further tie down Black. Once Black has no counterplay, I'll improve my king and have it support my kingside pawns.} b6 27. Re1 Bc6 28. Re7 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Rf8 Kd7 31. Ne4 Rh6 32. Nf6+ Ke7 33. Rxe8+ Kxf6 {This is completely winning since there are pawns on both sides, it would take Black too long to push those pawns down, and Black won't be able to blockade connected passed pawns. I'm not 100% sure what the best way to go about converting this ending than to just have my king support my kingside pawns march up the board. I think pushing h-pawn ahead of g-pawn is the way, with my rook checking Black's king if Black tries to sit in front of my backward kingside pawn. Still, marching my pawns and king up the board is a very slow process, giving Black time to target my queenside pawns with their rook, but in the current position, Black's pawns haven't moved far and it would take awhile for Black to get their rook to the second rank.} 34. Kg2 Rh7 35. Kh3 Rg7 36. g4 Rf7 37. h5 (37. g5+ {I wasn't sure what to do after this, but Black's rook being on the same file lets this work since I can skewer Black's king.} Kf5 38. Re2) 37... Kg5 38. Kg3 (38. Re5+ Kf4 {I kept not seeing this resource during the game.}) 38... Rf1 39. Re5+ Kh6 40. Re6+ Kg5 (40... Kg7 {I think this ending with two connected passed pawns is a win, but if time is a factor, and Black had pawns of their own, I think I need my rook to make progress, checking Black's king out of the way.}) 41. Rg6# 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Ross, Max L"]
[Black "Perumov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Qb8 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Nd2 c5 13. Nd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. Qc3 Rd8 19. Nb3 Nce4 20. Qf3 Qa6 21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Ne3 Rc7 23. Rfc1 Rcd7 24. Ba1 h6 25. Ng4 Ng5 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qe3 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Qb7+ 29. f3 Bxa1 30. Nxa1 Nh7 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Nb3 Nf6 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Qc7 35. Qd4 e5 36. Qd3 Qc6 37. Nd2 Qc7 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 g6 40. Qd5 Kg7 41. Qe4 a6 42. Qd3 Qc5 43. Qc3 b5 44. f4 f6 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Qd3 Qc6+ 47. Qd5 Qxd5+ 48. cxd5 e4 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. d6 Kxd6 52. Kxe4 a5 53. Kd4 b4 54. Kc4 Kc6 55. e4 g5 56. e5 h5 57. h4 gxh4 58. gxh4 a4 59. Kxb4 Kd5 60. Kxa4 Kxe5 61. Kb5 Kf4 62. a4 Kg4 63. a5 Kxh4 64. a6 Kg3 65. a7 h4 66. a8=Q h3 67. Qh1 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Cooper, Lee"]
[Black "Mercado, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. e4 a6 15. Nf3 b5 16. Bd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6 18. Qe3 c5 19. a5 Qc6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd4 Qc2 22. e5 Bb4 23. Rfc1 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rfd8 27. Rac1 h6 28. h3 Kf8 29. Ne1 Be2 30. f3 g5 31. Kf2 Bd1 32. b4 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Be2+ 34. Kg1 Bc4 35. Nc2 Rd3 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ne3 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Bd3 39. R1c3 Rd8 40. f4 h4+ 41. Kg4 Re2 42. Kf3 Re1 43. fxg5 Kg7 44. Kf2 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Rd4 46. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Dutter, Frederic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c5 Bg4 10. Be3 e5 {[#]} 11. Be2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bxe2 13. Ncxe2 Ng4 14. Bf4 Re8 15. h3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Re4 17. Ne2 Nf6 18. Rb1 Qe8 19. Re1 Qb5 20. Be3 Qd7 21. Nc3 Ree8 22. Bd4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Re8 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Be3 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Bxb2 30. Be3 a6 31. Kf1 f5 32. f3 exf3 33. gxf3 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Bf2 Ba3 37. Kc3 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Kxc5 39. h4 b5 40. a3 a5 41. f4 b4+ 42. axb4+ axb4+ 43. Kb3 Kb5 44. Ka2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Tirouvingadame, Arivoli"]
[Black "Casares, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. d4 Bd6 12. Qxf3 Bg4 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qd6+ 16. Kg1 Rad8 17. Nd2 Qxc6 18. Bg5 Rd6 19. Bf4 Rdd8 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ne5 Qd5 23. Qf3 c5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Be3 c4 26. Bg5 Rc8 27. Re4 b4 28. cxb4 c3 29. bxc3 Nxc3 30. Ree1 Nd5 31. Rab1 Rc2 32. a3 Rf8 33. Nf3 Nc3 34. Ra1 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Rf5 36. Be3 Rh5+ 37. Nh2 g5 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. g3 Rc2 40. Kg2 Rc7 41. Ng4 Rf7 42. Rc1 a5 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. b5 a4 45. b6 Rb7 46. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Jian, Sheng"]
[Black "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 e5 7. d5 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bh6 Ne8 10. h4 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qf6 12. g4 Qg7 13. Qe3 h6 14. Nh3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Kh7 16. Ng3 Nb6 17. Be2 Rh8 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Na4 20. c3 b4 21. Rd4 Rb8 22. Qf2 Bd7 23. Bd1 Nc5 24. Rxb4 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1600-1999"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Tam, Hoa Long"]
[Black "Horde, Nicolas T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[Annotator "Horde,Nicolas T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Qd4 h6 $1 9. Bh4 (9. Bf4 {A little more precise} Ng6) 9... Ng6 10. Bg3 e5 (10... e6 {The calmer option} 11. Bxc4 exd5 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $1 (14... Nxd7 $6 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Rc8 17. Nf3)) 11. Qxc4 (11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5+ Be7 13. Bxc4 O-O {The variation I calculated, Black has gambited a pawn in exchange for the bishop pair and a much easier game. SF already prefers Black as the d5 pawn is difficult to maintain}) 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 (12... b5 $1 {I spent a lot of time trying to make this move work, it's a recurrent idea in those type of positions but I missed the last move} 13. Nxb5 {The critical variation to calculate} Rc8 14. Qb3 Qa5+ $1 {The key idea that I missed, I only considered Qb6} (14... Qb6 $2 {I could not find an advantage here so I discarded b5 due to this variation}) 15. Kf1 Rb8 16. a4 a6) 13. Qb3 Qa5 (13... e4 {The second option} 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qa5+) 14. Nge2 Bd6 $1 {The best square as it defends b7 with tactics} (14... Bb4 $6 {If Black had an extra tempo, the queen would had been trapped after Ba4 but White has time to castle}) 15. O-O (15. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 16. Qa6 Qxa6 17. Bxa6 Rb6 18. Bc4 Rxb2 19. O-O) 15... a6 $2 {The idea was to prevent Nb5 which is very annoying. I miscalculated that it's actually not possible} (15... O-O $1 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Rxb2 {Black has the activity and a better pawn structure}) 16. Ne4 $2 {I did not expect that move as White has an IQP and the last thing they want to do is to start trading minor pieces} (16. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 17. Qxa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Rxb2 {White is up a clean passed pawn}) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 O-O $2 (17... f5 $1 {I considered this move but did not see a clear continuation as moving either the e or f pawn drops a piece} 18. Bd3 Ne7 $1 {Threatens f5 to trap the bishop and attack the d5 pawn, this is why castling was imprecise as it loses a critical tempo} 19. h3 f4 20. Bh2 Qxd5 {Wins a clear pawn}) 18. Bxg6 $1 {The reason why f5 was necessary a move before. Black is still doing fine though with the bishop pair in an open position} fxg6 19. Nd4 $6 (19. Nc3 $1 {In our post mortem we thought this was probably the best move as the e2 knight is being rerouted to its best square on e4}) 19... Ba4 $6 {This is the critical moment of the game. The queen is the only defender of the d5 pawn. I think White did not realize the danger of the position, there's only one move to save the game} (19... Rf7 $1 {More precise as it covers the b7 pawn} 20. Nf3 Ba4 {In that order} 21. Qe3 (21. Qd3 Bb5 22. Qxg6 Bxf1 23. Qxd6 Be2) 21... Qxd5 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rfd1 Qe6) 20. Qd3 $4 {Complete implosion} (20. Qxb7 $1 {This is why Rf7 first was important to cover the b7 pawn} Rb8 21. Nc6 $1 {I saw that move after playing Ba4, this basically forces Black to give up the bishop pair} Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Rf6) 20... Qxd5 21. Qxg6 Qxd4 {Black is up an entire piece, has the bishop pair in an open position and the activity, the rest of the game is just conversion} 22. b3 Be8 23. Qe6+ Bf7 24. Qh3 Rc2 $1 {The move is targeted to counter Rd1} 25. Rad1 Rd2 $1 26. Rxd2 Qxd2 {White can't challenge the light squares anymore} 27. Qd7 Qd5 $1 {The final move to remove any counterplay for White. The queen is on the best square as she defends b7, d1 and attacks g2.} 28. h3 Be6 29. Qa4 Bc5 30. Qh4 Bd7 31. Qh5 Bc6 {White can't contest the light squares so this closes the game} 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Maheshwari, Anubhav"]
[Black "Tagatac, David M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
[BlackElo "1284"]
[Annotator "Tagatac,David M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bb3 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 Nd8 14. d4 Nd7 15. d5 f6 16. Ne6 Nxe6 17. dxe6 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bxe6 19. b4 Nd7 20. a4 Nb6 21. b5 a5 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Nc4 24. Qd5 Nb6 (24... Qf7) 25. Qxb7 c6 $6 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. Nxa5 cxb5 28. Nc6+ Ke6 29. axb5 $1 Bb8 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 31. c4 $2 Bc7 32. Rc1 $6 Bb6 33. Kf1 Bc5 34. f4 Nb6 (34... exf4) 35. f5+ Kd7 $1 36. Ra1 (36. Be1) 36... Ra8 (36... Nxc4 37. Bf2 Na3 38. Nxe5+ fxe5 39. Bxc5 Nxb5 40. Bb4 Rc8 41. Ra5 Nc3 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Bxd6 Nxe4 44. Bxe5 Rc5 45. Bb8 Rb5 46. Bc7 Ke7 47. Ke2 Rxf5 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Be5+ Ke6 50. Bg7 Nb3 51. Ra8) 37. Rxa8 Nxa8 38. Ke2 Nb6 39. Kd3 Na4 40. Kc2 Nb6 41. Kb3 Be3 42. Nb4 Bf4 43. Bf2 Kc7 44. g3 Bd2 45. Bxb6+ Kxb6 46. Nd5+ Kb7 47. Nxf6 Bg5 48. Nxh5 Bxh4 49. gxh4 Kb6 50. f6 Kc5 51. Kc3 d5 52. cxd5 Kxb5 53. f7 g3 54. Nxg3 Kc5 55. f8=Q+ Kb6 56. Qc8 Kb5 57. d6 Kb6 58. d7 Ka7 59. Qc7+ Ka6 60. d8=Q Kb5 61. Qdb8+ Ka4 62. Qca7# {1-0} 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Black "Fitzgerald, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1129"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Be6 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 c6 9. c4 b6 10. a4 Qc7 11. e4 c5 12. b5 a6 (12... Rfb8) (12... Ne8) 13. Ng5 Nb8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nb3 a5 {[#]} 16. Nd2 Nbd7 17. Nf3 h6 18. g3 Nh7 (18... Rf7 19. Nh4 g5 20. Ng2 Rg7) 19. Re1 $2 (19. Ne1) 19... Rad8 (19... Kf7 $5) 20. Bf1 (20. Rf1) 20... Rf7 21. Re3 Bg5 22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23. h4 Nh7 24. Bh3 Ndf8 25. Rf3 Rdd7 26. Bc1 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Rf7 28. Qg2 (28. Qh5 Nf6 29. Qe2) 28... Qe7 {[#]} 29. f4 $2 exf4 30. Bxf4 Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Ra4,Rd3,Rf2] [#]} 31. Rf1 (31. Ra2 Qd4+ 32. Qf2 Qxd3 33. Qe2 $17) 31... Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Qxd3 $19 33. Rf2 e5 $1 34. Bd2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 Qxe4 (35... Qxc4) 36. Bf1 Nf6 37. Be2 Ng4+ 38. Bxg4 Qxg4 39. Qf1 Qd4 40. Qc1 Qf2+ 41. Kh3 Qf5+ 42. Kh2 Ne6 43. Qd1 Nd4 44. Be3 Qc2+ 45. Qxc2 Nxc2 46. Bc1 Kf7 47. g4 Kf6 48. Kg3 Nd4 49. Kf2 {[#]} e4 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Bd2 Nc2+ 52. Ke2 {[#]} e3 $1 53. Bc3+ Ke4 54. Bxg7 Nd4+ 55. Ke1 Nf3+ (55... Kd3 56. Bxd4 cxd4 57. g5 e2 58. Kf2 (58. gxh6 Ke3 59. h7 d3 60. h8=Q d2# {[#]}) 58... Kd2) 56. Ke2 Ng1+ (56... Nd4+ 57. Bxd4 cxd4 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 d3+ 60. Ke1 Kf5) 57. Kf1 e2+ $1 58. Ke1 Kd3 59. Bxh6 Nf3+ 60. Kf2 e1=Q+ 61. Kxf3 Qxh4 62. g5 Kxc4 63. Ke3 d5 64. Kd2 Kb3 65. Kc1 $1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Aldenderfer, Kris K"]
[Black "Morello, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1256"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. a3 b5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Nd4 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd7 20. Rxc6 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. h3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Kf1 Qc1+ 26. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Ke2 Rb1 28. b3 Rb2+ 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. f3 Rxg2 31. a4 Ra2 32. Nc6 Ra3 33. Nd4 Ke8 34. Kf4 f6 35. Kf5 Ke7 36. a5 g6+ 37. Kf4 Kd7 38. b4 Ra4 39. Nc2 Kd6 40. h4 Kc6 41. Nd4+ Kb7 42. h5 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Schuster, Zack"]
[Black "Fisher, Brett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1242"]
[BlackElo "1344"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Re1 Qd7 12. d5 Ne7 13. b4 c6 14. a4 cxd5 15. cxd5 h6 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Rc4 18. Qb3 Rec8 19. Rac1 a6 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ne8 22. Bg2 f5 23. f3 Nf6 24. b5 {[#]} Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 axb5 26. axb5 fxe4 27. fxe4 Qc7 28. Ba3 Ng4 29. b6 Qd8 30. h3 Nf6 31. Nc3 h5 32. Na4 Nc8 33. Bc1 Kh7 34. Bg5 Bh6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Qc3 Qd8 37. Qc7+ Qxc7 38. bxc7 Be3+ 39. Kf1 b5 40. Nc3 b4 41. Nb5 b3 42. Ke2 b2 43. Na3 Bc5 44. Nb1 Kh6 45. Kd2 Bb6 46. Kc2 Bxc7 47. Kxb2 {[#]} Kg5 48. Kc2 h4 49. g4 Kf4 50. Kd3 Kg3 51. Bf1 Kf2 52. Nd2 Ba5 53. Be2 Bxd2 54. Kxd2 Kg2 55. Ke3 g5 56. Bf3+ Kxh3 {[#]} 57. Kf2 Kh2 58. Be2 Ne7 59. Bf3 Ng6 60. Be2 Nf4 61. Bf3 Nd3+ 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. Bh1 Nf4+ 64. Kf1 Kxg4 65. Kg1 Ne2+ 66. Kf2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Karpe, Ummon"]
[Black "McKemey, Hector Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1114"]
[BlackElo "1410"]
[Annotator "McKemey,Hector Scott"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 {My Benoni gets rejected for a third time! "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined."} d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 $6 b6 $2 {I wanted to prevent c5 as was played in my game against Brett, but to be honest I am not as familiar in these Indian structures as I should be. Note to self...} (7... Bb4 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rc1 Qxa2 {I saw this line as b3 did seem a bit funny and I wanted to punish, but taking on a2 seemed questionable--maybe my queen will get trapped...}) 8. g3 $6 Bb7 9. Bg2 $6 Rc8 $2 {Again, pinning the knight was best.} 10. Ne5 $6 Na5 $6 (10... Bb4 11. Bb2 (11. cxd5 $4) 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Nxc4 14. Bxc8 Nxb2 15. Qc2 Qxc8 $19 {I was considering Nxe5, Na5, and Bb4, but certainly did not calculate this disgusting engine line.}) 11. Bb2 Be7 {I continue failing to punish this b3 move.} 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Bxb7 $1 {Happy to trade off this bishop but my knight on b7 looks a bit funny now.} Nxb7 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Ne2 Nd6 (16... Bg5 {I looked at this Bg5 move but didn't like f4. Apparently I just drop back and am better $2} 17. f4 Bf6 $15) 17. Ne5 Rxc1 {Playing it safe. I did consider Nf5 but calculated the following.} (17... Nf5 18. Rxc8 (18. g4 {Scary but I just go to h4.}) (18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {I saw this line and didn't like it. Computer says I'm slightly better.}) 18... Qxc8 {meh}) 18. Qxc1 Qc7 $6 {Again, knife f5 is the play here. Trading queens gives away my advantage, although in this moment I did not think I was slightly better. I figured the e5 knight was too strong, and Nc6 was coming $1 Apparently Qa8 and I'm fine. I still felt like I was untangling.} (18... Nf5 19. Nc6 Qa8 20. Nxe7+ Ndxe7 $15 21. Qd2 $17 (21. Qc7 $4)) 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Rc1 Nd5 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Nb5 $6 (22... Bf6 {should have played this first...}) 23. Rc4 Bf6 $6 (23... Ba3) 24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Kg2 $6 Rd7 27. Kf3 Kg7 28. Ke3 Nc7 29. h3 Nd5+ 30. Ke2 h5 31. Kf3 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Ke4 Nd5 34. g4 Kg6 35. a3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kg5 37. f3 Kh4 38. Bc1 $2 {A fatal mistake. Now I walk in unopposed as the white king doesn't have the tempi to get back. The white king is stuck $1} Kg3 $1 39. Bd2 b5 $2 {A mistake I saw as soon as I played it. I wanted just to sure up those pawns but should've kept the king walk going.} 40. Be1+ $1 Kg2 41. Bd2 $2 {I noted to Ummon after the game that f4 here did have me worried and was likely still a draw.} (41. f4 Kf1 42. Bh4 Ke2 43. f5 Nc3+ {Perpetual.}) 41... a6 {Another miss, keep the king walk going $1} (41... Kf2) 42. Be1 Kf1 $1 43. Bh4 $6 Ke2 44. Bg3 $2 {Ummon here picked up the bishop to go Bxf3, then realised it was defended by the knight. Unfortunately there aren't any good squares for the bishop but he must move it. This move also blocks the king's escape.} Nc3+ 45. Kf4 Kd3 46. g5 Ne2+ 47. Kg4 Nxg3 48. Kxg3 fxg5 49. Kg4 f6 50. Kh5 Kxd4 51. Kg6 Ke5 52. b4 Kf4 53. Kxf6 Kxf3 54. Kxg5 e5 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Cao, Danny Du Uy"]
[Black "Le, Thu Anh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1190"]
[BlackElo "1187"]
[Annotator "Le,Thu Anh"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Qb6 $5 {Ha, I mixed up with my opening line against the London.} (3... g6) 4. c4 g6 5. Be2 (5. d5) 5... Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. exd4) 8... d6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. h3 Qc7 {I got tired having to add an extra Na4 tempo for each calculation. Also a6 b5 seems like a good plan.} 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bf3 e5 15. dxe5 (15. g4 Be6 16. dxe5 dxe5) (15. d5 {Blocks White's LSB and makes it bad in the middle-game. Though, the pawn chain looks pretty nice for the endgame if White is able to trade-off the LSB.} h5) 15... dxe5 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Ne4 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {I anticipated this sequence and took awhile trying to figure out how to deal with it.}) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Rad1 e4 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 (22... Kxg7 23. Qb2+ Kf7 {The king gets out more efficiently. I didn't want to potentially run into tactics so I took with the queen instead.} (23... Qe5 24. Qxe5+ Rxe5 25. Rxd8) (23... Kf8 24. Qh8+ {Why are queens scary $2})) 23. Qc2 Qe5 24. Rfe1 Qc5 {Prevents White from playing 1) f3 2) c5 3) Rd5} 25. Rxd8 (25. Qc3 Kf7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2) 25... Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 {Now White has an open queen file. Black has the K-side pawn majority and White on the Q-side. However, White's king is closer to Black's pawns than Black's king is to White's pawns. White's c-pawn is dangerous, and now can be aided with the queen roaming in Black's half of the board.} Qb4 {So that White wouldn't have a forced queen trade, or take the b7 pawn. Ironically, the queen trade would have been better for Black and I miscalculated.} (27... Qe5 28. Qd5+ Qxd5 29. cxd5 Kf7 30. d6 Ke6) 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Qe3+ Kg7 $1 (30... g5 {would be bad} 31. g4 fxg4 (31... f4 32. Qxe4 {hangs a pawn}) 32. hxg4) 31. Qd4+ Kf7 {I took about 10 minutes here to decide if I should go through the repetition. This is objectively probably not the best move, but I wanted to play it out! I have the K-side majority and a slightly better king, albeit still in defense mode due to White's queen and the c-pawn.} 32. Qd7+ Qe7 33. Qd5+ Kf6 34. Kf1 (34. h4 h6 35. Qd4+ Kf7) 34... Qa3 35. Qd8+ (35. Qxb7 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Ke3 (37. Ke1 Qxa2 38. Qb6+ Ke7 39. Qc5+ Ke6) 37... Qd3+ 38. Kf4 g5# {This is mate.}) 35... Qe7 36. Qxe7+ $2 {I was happy my opponent traded queens, as I thought White was slightly better up until this point. White can slowly make progress while keeping Black down a tempo when needed with queen checks. Now Black has a nice K+P endgame with the better king.} (36. Qb6+ Ke5 (36... Kf7 37. g3) 37. c5) 36... Kxe7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. g3 (39. f4+ {White's best bet to draw} exf3 40. gxf3 f4+ 41. Kd3 g5 42. b4 h6) 39... g5 40. b4 f4+ 41. gxf4+ gxf4+ 42. Ke2 Kd4 43. f3 e3 44. c5 Kc4 45. a3 Kb3 46. Kd3 Kxa3 47. Kc3 Ka4 48. h4 h5 {zugzwang.} 49. Kd3 Kxb4 50. Ke4 e2 51. Kxf4 e1=Q 52. Kg5 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Clark, Drew H"]
[Black "Hollon, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[Annotator "Hollon,Nick"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bg5 12. Bf2 Bxd3 $2 {Black trades off his good bishop and gives White a nice lead in development} (12... Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6) 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 Bf4 16. h5 h6 17. Ke2 {White clears the way for the rook to come to the kingside} (17. Nd2 {would have allowed White to castle long}) 17... Rc8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Qf5 Qd7 20. Nc4 O-O 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Kd3 (22. Nxd6 $4 Rxc2+) 22... Nc5+ 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nb6 $4 {The knight can't save the d-pawn} (24. Rad1 {Activating the rook with an x-ray on Black's d-pawn} Rxd5+ 25. Ke2 {White wins the pawn back and gets a good position} {EW: No, Black is winning after} Rc5 26. Kd3 d5) ({EW:} 24. c3 $5 b5 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Rc4 $1 $17 (26... Rxd5 $2 27. Rhd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. a4 $1 {happens to be even (Stockfish).})) 24... Rb5 25. Nc4 Rxd5+ 26. Kc3 Rc8 27. Kb3 Rb5+ 28. Kc3 d5 29. a4 Rxc4+ 30. Kd3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: 1200-1599"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Harris, Clarence"]
[Black "Karwat, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbc6 8. Re1 Bc7 9. e5 Ng6 10. Nb3 c4 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh6 cxb3 14. axb3 Re8 15. c3 Bd6 16. d4 Bf8 17. Bd2 a6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. Bd3 f5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bh6 Bf6 22. h4 Bg7 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bh6 Nf8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Qf6 27. Qh5 Re7 28. Nh3 Rg7 29. Nf4 Ng6 30. Nxg6 Rxg6 31. Kh2 Rg7 32. Rg1 Kh8 33. f4 Rag8 34. Rg2 Rg4 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Re1 Qg6 37. Qxg6 R4xg6 38. Re3 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Bxe8 40. Re2 Bd7 41. Re3 Re6 42. Rxe6 Bxe6 43. b4 Bf7 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Kf3 Be6 46. Ke3 Kg6 47. Kf2 Kh5 48. Kf3 Na7 49. b3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Sangani, Nikhil"]
[Black "Massop, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1059"]
[BlackElo "1143"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Bc4 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 Ng6 10. Bc7 Qf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Re1 Nge5 (12... d6 $1 $11) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rc1 $6 (14. Bf1 $1 $14) 14... Nxc4 15. Rxc4 {[#]} d5 $6 (15... Qxb2 $1 16. a4 a6 17. Nd6 b5 $11) 16. exd5 exd5 $6 (16... Qxb2 17. d6 Bh4 18. Rxh4 Qxb5 19. h3 $16) 17. Rf4 Qxb2 $6 (17... Qa6 18. Rxe7 Qxb5 19. Be5 $16) 18. a4 $1 $18 Bg5 (18... Bf6 19. Bd6 $1 (19. Re2 Qa1 $11) 19... Rd8 20. Rb4 $18) 19. Re2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd7 22. Nc7 Rac8 23. h3 Bxa4 24. Nxd5 Rfe8 25. Qg4 Rc6 26. Bg5 Rg6 27. Nf4 Ra6 28. Nh5 Bd7 29. Qg3 Rg6 30. Nf4 Rb6 31. Nd5 Rg6 32. Nf4 Rb6 33. h4 h6 34. Nd5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Kf8 37. h5 Be6 38. h6 gxh6 39. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Myers, Steven Lee"]
[Black "Schaezlein, Charlie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "979"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. Be2 h6 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 Bd6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Ne4 13. c3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 a5 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Nc5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne1 a4 19. Bc4 Qb8 20. g3 Bh3 21. Ng2 a3 22. b3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Bb4 24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Be2 Rc8 26. f3 exf3 27. Bxf3 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Qd6 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Nf4 Rac8 31. Nd3 Ba5 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. Rc4 Bb6 34. Ne4 Qe7 35. Rdc1 Rac7 36. Ra4 f5 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Ra7 39. Rac4 Ra6 40. Bxc6 Raxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxc6 e5 43. d5 Qd7 44. Rc5 Qd6 45. Ra5 Qb6 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Kf2 Qc5 48. Ke2 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 e4+ 50. Kf4 Qf2+ 51. Ke5 Qxe3 52. Rxa3 Qb6 53. Kxf5 g6+ 54. Kxe4 Qb4+ 55. Ke5 Qe7+ 56. Kd4 Qxa3 57. Kc4 Qxa2 58. Kc3 Qxh2 59. Kb4 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Mackley, Merlin Ethan"]
[Black "Pirone, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "741"]
[BlackElo "822"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O $2 7. c3 $2 (7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 $16) 7... b5 8. Bc2 (8. Bb3) 8... d5 $1 9. d4 $1 {[#]} Qd6 $4 (9... Nxe4 $11) 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 $1 $18 Nd7 13. Be4 Nb6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Be3 Be6 16. Bxb6 Rxb6 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Bf3 Bd5 19. Nf5 Re6 20. Bxd5 Rxe5 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Nd2 Kxe7 23. Re1 Rdxd5 24. Rxe5+ Rxe5 25. Nf3 Re2 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 1-0

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Halle, Zachary"]
[Black "Dolan, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "610"]
[BlackElo "1146"]
[Annotator "Winslow,Elliott"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 (5. Nb5) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxe4 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Qe3 Qd5 13. c4 Qd6 14. Bb2 Nb4 15. Qc3 a6 16. c5 Qe7 17. Qxb4 axb5 18. Qxb5 Nd5 19. Rfe1 f5 20. c6 bxc6 21. Qxc6 Nf4 22. Qc5 Qg5 23. Kh1 {[#]} Bf3 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qf1 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: u1200"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Langendorf, Brian Keith"]
[Black "Braithwaite, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "739"]
[BlackElo "616"]
[Annotator "Braithwaite,Andrew"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nge2 {This is the first time I've faced the move Nge2 in this sort of setup, which proved quite venomous keeping the LSB open to d5 and threatening Nf4 down the line} Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 {I spent some time making sure this was the best square for my LSB, checking both the potential pawn attacks as well as the weakening of b7} 10. Qb3 Na5 {And this move defending both d5 and b7 was what I needed to see in order to play Bf5} 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. b4 {Opening up a big hole on c4 and challenging me to occupy it immediately} Nc4 13. Nf4 {I knew I would see this move eventually} Nb6 {The queenside knight's journey continues} 14. Qb3 e6 {Again, burned some time making sure I wasn't going to get my bishop trapped by closing the pawn chain behind it} 15. Ba3 Nc4 {Now that d5 is finally defended by a pawn, back to the outpost! With threats of Nd2} 16. Rad1 Ne4 {At this point my DSB and knight aren't really participating, so I decided this was the best way to get them active, even at the cost of my pawn structure} 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. b5 {Attacking the rook on f8} Nxa3 {And now that my knight is no longer defended by the pawn on d5, it's time to convert it into the bishop pair and dominance over the dark squares, which are weak around my king} 19. Qxa3 Qb6 {Defending a7, with plans of an e5 break} 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 $6 Rxc1+ {Winning the b5 pawn} 23. Qxc1 Qxb5 24. Qc8+ Bf8 25. Qd8 {I didn't see the purpose of this move, which drops the a2 pawn as well} Qb1+ 26. Bf1 Qxa2 $17 27. Qc7 Qb1 28. h3 g5 {Attacking the defender of h3. I was also running low on time and looking for a way to trade off some minors, calculating that the pin on the bishop meant I would keep the recapture initiative after the expected reply of g4} 29. g4 gxf4 30. gxf5 fxe3 $6 31. Qg3+ $1 {And here's the move I missed when I played g5, which regains the initiative for White (and seems to offer White the possibility of a perpetual?)} Kh8 32. fxe3 $2 {In his eagerness to relieve the threat of e2, White missed Qe5+ here which would seem to open up a draw by perpetual?} (32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qg3+ Kh8 34. Qe5+) 32... f6 33. Qb8 Kg8 34. fxe6 {And now White is the one with a pin against the bishop and threats to promote} Qb4 {Defending e7 at all costs} 35. Qc8 {Preparing Bc4, although maybe White can play it immediately?} (35. Bc4 Qxc4 36. e7 $1) 35... a5 {Taking the opportunity to stir up some counterplay} 36. Bc4 {Threatening the crushing e7} Qe1+ 37. Bf1 Qxe3+ {And now the passed pawn count is a ridiculous 4-to-2} 38. Kg2 Qg5+ {Swinging the queen back to defend e7} 39. Kf2 f5 {And now, even under 5 minutes on my clock, I feel like I can finally breathe [SF notes I missed the crushing e3+ here]} (39... e3+ 40. Ke2 Qb5+ 41. Kxe3 Qxf1) 40. Bc4 Kg7 41. Qxb7+ Qe7 {Blocking out White's attack, and now he's the one looking for continuations and burning down his block} 42. Qd5 a4 {[Better via SF is Qh4+]} (42... Qh4+) 43. Qe5+ Qf6 44. Qg3+ Qg6 (44... Kh6) 45. Qc7+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Be7 47. Qd7 $2 {Misplacing the queen and beginning to lose the thread} a3 48. Ba2 $4 e3+ $1 {I'd been under a minute for a few moves, but I spotted e3 here immediately and was grateful for the endgame practice I'd accumulated over the past two weeks. I'm learning!} 49. Kf3 (49. Kxe3 Qg3+ 50. Kd2 Qf2+ 51. Kd1 Qxa2) 49... e2 {Advancing the Trojan passer} 50. Qe8 {And here White, under 2 minutes himself and trying to find a way to save the position (in postmortem, he said he was trying to set up checks against my king), blundered his queen with an immediate and audible "F*CK"} Qxe8 {Up a full queen, Black captured the bishop on a2 and promoted the a-pawn to mate the opponent with 20 seconds left on my clock. Progress!} 0-1

[Event "2024 New Year TNM: Extra Rated"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Land, Sean"]
[Black "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "868"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. c3 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. Be5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd5 20. Qg4 Bf8 21. h4 Qb3 22. h5 Qc2 23. Qh3 Rd5 24. g4 Rb5 25. g5 Bxa3 26. Rbc1 Qxb2 27. Qe3 Rb3 28. h6 Bf8 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. Rh1 g6 31. Qf3 Be7 32. Bf6 Qa3 33. Ra1 Qd6 34. Rxa7 Rb8 35. Be5 Qd8 36. Bxb8 Qxb8 37. Rha1 Bf8 38. Qf6 Qd6 39. Ra8 Qd5+ 40. Kg1 Qd6 41. Qg7# 1-0

