[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Diaz, Conrado"]
[Black "Askin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[SourceDate "2019.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 (2... d5) (2... c5) 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2
Nxd2 (6... Nf6 {is quite playable despite the loss of an entire tempo.}) 7.
Qxd2 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Bg3 Qe7 {and black tries to get in the ...
e6-e5 break}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. f4 Bf6 14. Ng4
Re8 15. Qf2 g6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bh4 Qg7 18. g4 f6 19. g5 f5 20. Qe2 a5 21.
Rf3 Qc7 22. Be1 Ra8 23. h4 $14 {White has a nice edge and can play on the
kingside, while black's queenside play is a bit slow.} Re7 24. h5 Rg7 25. Rh3
Nd8 26. Kf2 Qc8 27. Qf3 Ba6 28. Bc2 Nb7 29. Bd2 Nd6 30. Rah1 Qc6 31. Bc1 Ne4+
32. Ke1 Kf7 33. R3h2 Rc8 34. Qh3 Qa8 35. a3 Bb5 36. a4 Bc4 37. Bd1 Qa6 38. Qg2
Bd3 39. hxg6+ hxg6 40. Rh8 Nd6 41. Qh3 Be4 42. Rh2 Bd3 43. Qh6 Rxh8 44. Qxh8
Qc8 45. Qxc8 Nxc8 46. b3 Nd6 47. dxc5 bxc5 48. Kd2 c4 49. Ba3 Ne4+ 50. Kc1 Nxc3
51. Bb2 Nxd1 52. Kxd1 Rg8 53. Rh7+ Ke8 54. Ra7 cxb3 55. Bc3 Rf8 56. Rxa5 Rf7 {
Both players stopped keeping score but white eventually won} 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Askin, Michael"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 (4. dxc5) 4... a6 5. a4 d6 6. Bd3 Nh6 7.
Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Ng4 9. f4 $6 {Diagram [#] It is unclear whether white
intentionally sacrificed the exchange or missed black's next move, but either
way, the resulting position is pretty unclear, though white probably doesn't
have quite enough compensation. Instead, white should just proceed with
natural kingside play and take advantage of black's lagging development.} (9.
Ng3 Ne5 10. Be2 h5 11. f4 Ng4 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. f5 $16) 9... c4 10. Bxc4 Qb6+
11. Kh1 Nf2+ 12. Rxf2 Qxf2 13. a5 Bg4 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Ra3 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Qd4 17.
Qxd4 Bxd4 18. c3 Ba7 $17 19. b4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Nb2 h5 22. h3 Kg7 23. g3
Bf2 24. Kg2 Be1 25. Na4 Rc4 26. Bb2 Rfc8 (26... h4 $5 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. g4 Bd2
29. f5 Kh7 {and black can get ready to play ...Nf6-d7}) 27. e5 Nd7 28. Be2 Re4
(28... h4) 29. Kf3 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Bxg3 31. Kf3 h4 $6 {This leaves the
dark-squared bishop stranded. Black needs to be able to reroute the bishop
into the game.} (31... Bh4) 32. exd6 exd6 33. c4+ Kf8 $2 (33... f6) 34. c5 f6 (
34... dxc5 35. bxc5 Nxc5 36. Rc3) 35. Rc3 Be1 36. Rc4 $2 (36. Rb3 dxc5 (36...
Kf7 37. Bd4) 37. bxc5 Bxa5 38. Rxb7) 36... dxc5 37. Nxc5 Kf7 38. Re4 Nxc5 39.
Rxe1 Nd3 40. Re2 Nxb2 (40... Nxb4) 41. Rxb2 f5 $11 {The position is now equal
but white later won} 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alex"]
[Black "Lum, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 {A dynamic move
recommended by Houska in her book on the Caro-Kann. Black stops Bc1-f4 and
tries to carry out ...e7-e5} (5... Nf6) 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bf4 e5 9. dxe5
Nxe5 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Nc4 (13... Rfe8) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Qc1 Rfe8 16. Nbd4 Re7 17. Rf2 Rae8 $15 {Black has a comfortable position,
with good piece activity to compensate for the slight weakness of the isolated
pawn.} 18. Bd3 b5 19. b3 Ne5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Kf1 $6 (21. Ng3) 21... Nxd3 {This
releases the tension a bit soon. Black can instead make an improving move and
ask white why they played Kg1-f1?} (21... g6) (21... a5) 22. Qxd3 Re3 23. Qd2
Qc7 24. Nc2 R3e5 25. Qf4 $2 {Diagram [#]} Bf5 $6 (25... b4 $1 {would have
caused lots of problems for white.} 26. Qxb4 a5 27. Qd4 Bb5 28. Re1 Nd7 {and
it is very difficult for white to untangle.} 29. f4 R5e7 30. Qxd5 Qxc3 $1 31.
Qxb5 Qxc2 $19 {and despite being a pawn up, white's position is bordering on
lost as everything is tied down.}) 26. Ncd4 Bd3 27. Kg1 $2 (27. Qd2) 27... Qc5
28. b4 Qb6 $2 {Diagram [#]} (28... Qc4 $1 {cranks up the heat on white's
position, and white cannot hold everything together.} 29. Re1 Qxa2 {and the
knight on e2 will drop.}) 29. Kf1 Qc7 30. Qd2 Re3 31. g3 Qc4 $19 32. Re1 h5 33.
Kg2 Qc8 $2 {Black loses his nerve. Instead} (33... h4 {continuing with the
plan makes sense and is very strong. It is hard to even come up with a move
for white here.} 34. a3 a6 35. Qd1 Qc8 36. Qd2 h3+ 37. Kf1 Qc4 38. Qb2 Nd7 $1 {
Bringing the last piece into the game.} 39. Qd2 Nb6 40. Qb2 Na4) 34. Rc1 Bc4
35. Nf4 g5 36. Nh3 g4 37. Nf4 gxf3+ 38. Rxf3 {The position is now balanced and
white later won} 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Black "Busch, Jonah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bf5 12. f4 Bh6 $2 (12... Ned7 {is a sad
retreat and white is much better, but this had to be tried.} 13. g4 $5 Bxc3+
14. Rxc3 Be4 15. Nf3 Nf6 {and black is hanging on}) 13. g4 $1 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 $18
e5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qf3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Nge2 Rae8 19. O-O Nd7 20. Bxh6
Qxh6 21. Qf4 Qg6+ 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Rxf5 Ne5 25. Rcf1 a6 26. Rf6
Ng4 27. Rxf7 Rg8 28. h3 Ne5 29. Rxb7 Rg6 30. Rg1 Rh6 31. Rg3 Rf8 32. Ne4 Rh4
33. Nxd6 Rh6 34. Re7 Rxd6 35. Rxe5 Rdf6 36. Kh2 Rf1 37. Re7 h5 38. Re5 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marcus, Joel"]
[Black "Fuentes, Romulo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bf4 $6 {This is no way to challenge this invitation to
a Benoni!} (3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 $1 {is a pretty annoying line for Benoni players
to face.}) 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 (4. Nxd4 $2 e5 {is not how you want the game to
end!}) 4... Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Qd3
a6 11. Nd4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 $17 {Black has a fantastic Sicilian against
white's tame setup, and a relatively unopposed dark-squared bishop as the
bishop on f4 feels out of play here.} 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rfc8
16. h4 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 {Scoresheet unreadable. Black later won.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Tnm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. f3 fxe4 (7...
Nc6) 8. fxe4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe4 $6 {This looks good, but it is not! White has
too big of a lead in development for black to go pawn hunting.} 10. Nf3 $1 (10.
Bxe4 $2 Qh4+) 10... Nxc3 $6 (10... Nf6) 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. O-O $1 Ne2+ (12... Qh4
{is tough to find, but might be a better try.} 13. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nc6 15.
Bb2 Nb4 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3) 13. Bxe2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 {White's
huge lead in development combined with black's poor king safety give white a
winning attack.} Nc6 $6 (14... Qe7) 15. d5 (15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh6 {and with
Qh6-g7 and Bc1-g5 both on the way, white wins.}) 15... Nd4 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qe5
Rg8 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. dxe6 O-O-O 20. Qd5 c6 21. exd7+ Kb7 22. Qg5 Qxd7 23. Bb2
Rgf8 24. Bf6 Rde8 25. Rad1 Qe6 26. Qh4 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 h5 28. Bg5 (28. Rfe1) 28...
Qe2 29. Rfe1 Qxa2 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Bf4 Ka8 33. Ra1 Qe2 34. Qxb6 (
34. Qd7) 34... Qf1+ 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Rf8 37. Be3 Rf7 38. Rf1 Re7 39. Kf2
Kb7 40. Rb1+ Kc8 41. Ra1 Re4 42. c5 Kb7 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. h3 Kb8 45. g4 hxg4+ 46.
hxg4 Kb7 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke4 Rc3 50. Bg1 Rg3 51. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perlov, Alexander"]
[Black "Robeal, Rafik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Bxc5 Qxc5
15. Nfe5 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. a5 (17. Rac1) 17... Bb5 18. e3 Nfd5 19. Rac1 Rbc8
{Diagram [#]} 20. e4 (20. Nxf7 $1 {wins an important pawn for nothing.}) 20...
Ne7 21. Bh3 Nbc6 22. Rxd8+ $6 (22. Nxf7 $5 Bxc4 23. Nxd8 Bxb3 24. Rxc5 Rxd8 25.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Rc3 $11) 22... Rxd8 23. Nxf7 $2 Nd4 24. Qe3 Kxf7 25. e5 Bxc4 26.
b3 Ne2+ 27. Qxe2 Bxe2 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Persidsky, Andre"]
[Black "Melville, Cailen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. f3 fxe4 (7...
Nc6) 8. fxe4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe4 $6 {This looks good, but it is not! White has
too big of a lead in development for black to go pawn hunting.} 10. Nf3 $1 (10.
Bxe4 $2 Qh4+) 10... Nxc3 $6 (10... Nf6) 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. O-O $1 Ne2+ (12... Qh4
{is tough to find, but might be a better try.} 13. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nc6 15.
Bb2 Nb4 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3) 13. Bxe2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 {White's
huge lead in development combined with black's poor king safety give white a
winning attack.} Nc6 $6 (14... Qe7) 15. d5 (15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh6 {and with
Qh6-g7 and Bc1-g5 both on the way, white wins.}) 15... Nd4 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qe5
Rg8 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. dxe6 O-O-O 20. Qd5 c6 21. exd7+ Kb7 22. Qg5 Qxd7 23. Bb2
Rgf8 24. Bf6 Rde8 25. Rad1 Qe6 26. Qh4 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 h5 28. Bg5 (28. Rfe1) 28...
Qe2 29. Rfe1 Qxa2 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Bf4 Ka8 33. Ra1 Qe2 34. Qxb6 (
34. Qd7) 34... Qf1+ 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Rf8 37. Be3 Rf7 38. Rf1 Re7 39. Kf2
Kb7 40. Rb1+ Kc8 41. Ra1 Re4 42. c5 Kb7 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. h3 Kb8 45. g4 hxg4+ 46.
hxg4 Kb7 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke4 Rc3 50. Bg1 Rg3 51. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McKellar, Daniel"]
[Black "Boldi, Ethan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 {An interesting move order, indicating that black does not mind a
possible transposition to the French defense. Black might also be angling to
play the Dutch Defense with ...f7-f5, not having allowed any Bg5 sidelines
along the way.} 2. c4 d5 (2... f5) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 Bd6 (7... Be7) 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Bg3 (11. O-O) 11...
Be7 12. f3 c5 13. Nb5 Bb7 (13... a6 $6 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 c4 17.
Bf5 Qxe3 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qd2 $14) 14. O-O a6 15. Nd6 Bc6 16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. Qd2 {It is understandable to want to defend e3, but white should
probably continue with development.} (17. Rac1) (17. Rfd1) 17... Qb6 18. Nf5
Rfe8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Bf2 Ne5 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rad1 Ree8 {Diagram [#] Black is
preparing a tactic - white needs to be aware!} 23. Rfe1 $6 (23. Bf5) 23... Ne4
$1 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Nf4 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 Rxd3 $19 27. Qc2 Red8 28. Rxd3 exd3 29.
Qd2 a5 30. e4 Qb4 {Though black is still much better, this was not the most
accurate.} (30... a4 $1) 31. Qxb4 cxb4 32. Bb6 Ra8 33. Kf2 a4 34. Ke3 axb3 35.
axb3 Bxe4 36. Bc5 Bg6 37. Bxb4 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rxb3 39. Kd2 Rb6 40. Re8+ Kh7 41.
Re7 Ra6 42. Ke3 Ra2 43. Bd2 Ra1 44. h3 Rf1 45. Bc3 h5 46. Bd2 {Black won} 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ye, Win"]
[Black "Walder, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 (5. exd6) 5... Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7.
O-O O-O 8. c3 $5 (8. Qe2 Bg4) (8. h3) 8... Nc6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11.
Re1 e5 $11 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bf6 16. Bh6 Bg7 (
16... Rfe8) 17. Be3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Bg5 {Draw agreed,
presumably after white offered. Despite the damaged kingside structure, white
stands better with the bishop pair and should have played on. a2-a4-a5 looks
like a good idea, either chasing black's knight or inducing black to play ...
a7-a5 himself, creating a weakness for white to target.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rudyak, Felix"]
[Black "Yun, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Nge7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. c4
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Rac1 Nb4 11. Be2 c5 12. Rfd1 Nbc6 13. Bh6 Bc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qf4 $2 (15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qf4 {is a big improvement.}) 15... Nxd4 $6 (15...
cxd4) 16. e5 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 d5 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Ne4 Ng8 20. Nd6 Bc6 21. Ng5 Qe7
22. Qg4 Nh6 23. Qg3 f6 24. exf6+ Rxf6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Nde4 Rf5
28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. h4 c4 30. Ng3 Rf4 31. Rcd1 Rxh4 32. Nxe6 Rh1+ $4 {I am not
sure what black was hoping for here.} (32... Bxe6 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rxe6 Qd4
$11) 33. Nxh1 Nf5 34. Nxd8 Qg5 35. Rxd5 (35. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francis, Daniel"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. e5 Ne8 10. h4 f6 11. h5 g5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h6+ Kh8 14. e6 Nb6 15.
f4 gxf4 16. Nh3 Nc7 17. Nxf4 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Qf4 Bg6 21. g4
Rc8 22. g5 Qc7 23. Qe3 Rce8 24. Bh3 Nc4 25. Qg1 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Nf3
28. Qf2 fxg5 29. Ne2 Qd2 30. Ref1 Rf6 31. Bg4 Ref8 32. Qg2 Be4 33. Bxf3 Bxf3
34. Qh2 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baker, Nate"]
[Black "Pane, Gianluca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 (2. e4 {is one way for white to "punish" black's move order,
forcing black to play into one of the rarer lines against the Panov, or chose
something passive like an Old Indian.} d5 (2... e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4) 3. exd5
cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ (5. Qa4+ Nbd7) 5... Nbd7 {and in both lines, white
tries to keep an extra pawn.}) 2... d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 {This is
pretty tame. It is more testing for white to delay the development of this
knight and try to place it on e2.} (5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 $5 (7. Bd3))
5... Nc6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 a6 11. Be2 Bd6 12.
Nf3 O-O 13. Na4 Nb4 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc5 Qa5 16. O-O Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. a3
Nc6 $2 (18... Nc2 19. Qxb7 Qd8 20. Qxa6 Qb8 {and black has reasonable
Benko-style compensation.}) 19. Qxb7 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 d4 $2 21. exd4 $2 (21. Qxc6)
21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bh3 23. Nf3 Bg4 24. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pham, Tam Phu"]
[Black "Buchner, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 $6 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qe2+ Be6
8. Ne4 Qd5 9. Nh3 f5 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nf4 d3 12. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 13. Nfxe6 Re8
14. Nf7 Bxc5 15. O-O Rxe6 16. Bxd3 g6 17. Nxh8 Ne5 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bc3 Kd7 20.
Rae1 Nfg4 21. h3 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Kd6 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Corper, Adam"]
[Black "Latourette, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 $2 {This loses a pawn.} (5...
O-O) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qe7 8. Nf3 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Kb8
12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Be3 c5 14. O-O-O Bxb3 15. axb3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Rhf8 17. f4 f5 18.
e5 Qe6 19. Kc2 b5 20. Qf2 Nxe5 $2 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. b4 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casares Jr., Nick"]
[Black "Kuczek, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. e5 $2 dxe5 7. O-O (7.
Nxe5 Qh4+) 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Nf6 10. Na4 Bd6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qc4 Qd7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. b4 Rhe8 17. b5 Kb8 18. a4 Qe6
19. Qe2 b6 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qd6 22. Rfa1 Qd2 23. Qf1 e4 24. a5 Rd7 25.
axb6 cxb6 26. Rd1 Qxc2 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Qxf4+ Ne5 29. Qg3 $4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Wonsever, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 {Not a bad move, but not particularly useful.} Bf5 4.
Bf4 Nbd7 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Qb6 7. b3 Rc8 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Nbd2 cxd4
11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 (12. Nxd4 e5) 12... e5 13. Bg3 dxe3 14. Nxe4 Qb4+ 15. c3
Qxe4 16. f3 Qg6 17. O-O Qxg3 18. c4 Bc5 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. b4 Bd4 22.
Rab1 Nh5 23. Qc2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yanofsky, Kevin"]
[Black "Cole, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 $6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 (3... c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5 $5 {is,
unbelievably, a try for black though white remains better.}) 4. Nf3 $1 {This
is the correct way to punish black's suspect opening.} (4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {
gives black counterplay}) 4... Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. e4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9.
Bb5+ Nfd7 10. h4 h5 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Qxe6+ Be7 13. Qxg6+ Kf8 14. Rh3 Qe8 15.
Rf3+ Bf6 16. Qf5 a6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bb3 Nc6 19. Rd3 Ne7 20. Qf3 Ng6 21. g3 Rd8
22. Re3 Rh6 23. e5 Ndxe5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qf5 Rd3 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxe3+
28. Bxe3 Qe5 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Qc6 Kf8 31. Qa8+ Ke7 32. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boldi, Nicholas"]
[Black "Anderson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bg5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Qd3 $4 Qxg5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. h4 Qf4 12. Nd6 Ne8 13. Nxe8 Rxe8 14. g3
Qc7 15. h5 d5 16. h6 dxe4 17. Qe3 g6 18. Bg2 b6 19. Bxe4 Bb7 20. Qg5 f5 21. Bg2
Qe7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. O-O Na5 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Rd1
Nb7 28. f4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Kf3 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. g4 Nd6 33. g5 Nxc4 34.
Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Kd5 {Scoresheet unreadable but black later won} 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carron, Joel"]
[Black "Robertson, Wade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1491"]
[BlackElo "957"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Re8
15. Qd3 Qc7 16. g4 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Ne2 Kg7 20. Kf2 Nef6
21. Ng3 Ng8 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Qf5 Nf8 24. Be2 Qd7 25. Qe5+ f6 26. Qf5 (26. Nxf6
Qf7) 26... Qxf5+ 27. gxf5 Nd7 28. c4 Ne7 29. g4 Kg8 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. Bc4 Kf7
32. Ng3 N7b6 33. Bb3 Ke7 34. Ne2 Nb4 35. Nc1 N6d5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Nd3 Kd6 38.
Kg3 b6 39. h4 a5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kf3 Nb4 42. Nxb4 axb4 43. Ke4 c5 44. dxc5+
bxc5 45. b3 Kc6 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Kd3 Ke5 48. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harris, John"]
[Black "Simpkins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 (3. d4 $1) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Na6 6. Nge2 e4 7.
d3 exd3 8. Qxd3 Nc5 9. Qxf5 d5 10. Qe5+ Be7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4
Nd3 {Diagram [#]} 14. Nxc6 Bc5 15. Na5 Ne5 16. Nxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2
O-O 19. Nd5 Nd3 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Bxc4 Nxc1 23. Raxc1 Rxb2 24.
Bb3 Ba3 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. e4 Rd2 27. e5 Rf3 28. e6 Re2 29. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bradley, Christopher"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Sos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 (5... Be7) 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7.
Nbxd2 (7. Qxd2) 7... b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 Bb7 12. e3
Rac8 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bc4 15. Nbd2 c5 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. dxc5
Rxc5 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Qa4 a5 21. Bh3 g5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Red1 R8c7 24. Qc2 g4
25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. e4 Nd3 28. Rxd3 $2 cxd3 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Qa1+
31. Kg2 f6 32. Rxa5 d2 33. Ne3 d1=Q 34. Nxd1 Qxd1 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37.
a4 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qxe4 39. a5 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb8 41. Re7 Qa8+ 42. Kg1 Qxa5 43. Re3
h5 44. Re8 Qa3 45. Re3 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Kg5 47. Re7 Qc6+ 48. Kg1 Qd6 49. Re3 f5 50.
Kg2 f4 51. gxf4+ Kxf4 52. Re1 h4 53. Kg1 h3 54. Kf1 Qd3+ 55. Kg1 Qf3 56. Kf1
0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Babayan, Gagik"]
[Black "Harris, Clarence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1469"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bf4 c4 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Bxc7 Rc8 14. Bb6 Bd6
15. Nf5 Be5 16. Nc3 Rc6 $4 {and I assume that black resigned before white
could play 17. Rd8#} 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malykin, Erika"]
[Black "Frank, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. b4
Rc8 15. Ra2 Nc6 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Bd2 a5 19. b5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
f4 Bf6 22. a4 b6 23. g4 h6 24. e4 e5 25. Rf1 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bd4 27. Rc2 Re8 28.
Kf3 Be5 29. Be3 Re6 30. Rfc1 Rf6+ 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34.
Rc6 Bf4 $4 35. Rxf6 Bxe3 36. Rxf7 Kg6 37. Rf5 Bd4 38. e5 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mercado, Adam"]
[Black "Adams, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1406"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 (4... Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4
Bc5 $1 {is worth looking into if you play 1. e4 e5 with black!}) 5. c3 Nf6 6.
e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Qd5 12. cxd4
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nc3 a6 15. Rd1 Qh4 16. Qe3 Bf6 17. Nd5 O-O-O 18. Nxf6
Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Qxf6 20. Kc1 Kb8 21. Rd1 b6 22. Rd4 c3 23. bxc3 Bxa2 24. g4 Be6
25. g5 Qe7 26. Kb2 Qc5 27. Qe4 Qb5+ 28. Rb4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30. Rf4 Be6 31.
Rf6 Kc8 32. f4 Kd7 33. f5 Bc4 34. g6 hxg6 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Rxg6 a5 37. Be3 b5
38. Bd4 c6 39. Rg5 Re8 40. Rg2 a4 41. Rd2 Kc7 42. Bc5 Re5 $4 43. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cunningham, Charles"]
[Black "Sadowsky, Jacob"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1414"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. a3 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 $4 7. Nxe4 d5
8. Nxc5 dxc4 9. h3 b6 10. Ne4 f5 11. Nc3 e4 12. Nh2 Bb7 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Qd6
15. d3 exd3 16. cxd3 g5 {Diagram [#]} 17. dxc4 $4 (17. d4 $1 Rad8 18. Qh5)
17... Qxd1 18. Rxd1 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxc4 20. Bxc7 Rf7 21. Bf4 Rg7 22. g3 Re7 23.
Nf1 Bf3 24. Rd4 Re4 25. Rd7 Rae8 26. Rc1 b5 27. Ne3 a6 28. Rc3 h5 29. Kh2 R8e6
30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Rxf3 Rc6 32. Be3 c3 33. Rxf5 c2 34. Bh6 Rxh6 35. Rc5 Rf6 36.
Rxc2 Re8 37. Rcd2 Re5 38. Kg2 a5 {Scoresheet unreadable. White later won} *

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Otterbach, Renate"]
[Black "Mays, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1281"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d6 6. Qb3 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. cxd4 Qxd4 11. Qf3+ Ke8 12. O-O Rf8 13. Qe2 Bc5 14.
Be3 Qb4 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nc3 b6 18. Rac1 Ba6 19. Qg4+ Ke8 20. Nd5
Rf7 21. Qe6+ Kd8 {The rest of the scoresheet is unreadable but black somehow
won this position.} 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cendejas, Jon"]
[Black "Chambers, Don"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "952"]
[BlackElo "1127"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 h6 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Be3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. c4 Be6 12. Re1 f6 13. Qc2 {At this point the
scoresheet reads ...Nb4 but black later won} 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendes Da Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Cendejas, Juan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "990"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 c4 $6 8. Bc2
h6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. h3 g5 12. Nh2 h5 13. Qf3 Ke7 14. O-O-O b4 15.
e4 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb4 17. Kb1 Qb6 18. Rhe1 Bb7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nhf3 Rhg8 21. g4
hxg4 22. hxg4 a5 23. Rh1 Rab8 24. Rh5 Rgc8 25. Nxg5 Ba6 26. Rdh1 Nf8 27. Nh7
Nxc2 28. Kxc2 Ng6 29. Nf6 Rf8 30. Rh7 Nf4 31. Re1 Nd3 32. Rb1 Nb4+ 33. Kd1 Nxa2
34. Qa3+ Nb4 35. Nf3 Kd8 36. Kd2 Qb5 37. Qe3 Nd3 38. Ke2 c3 39. Ne1 Nxe5+ 40.
Nd3 Nxd3 41. Kf3 c2 42. Qh6 Qb4 43. Rh1 Kc7 44. Nxd5+ exd5 45. Qxa6 Ne1+ 46.
Kg3 c1=Q 47. Qa7+ Rb7 48. Qc5+ Qcxc5 49. dxc5 Qe4 {White lost on time here.}
0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greene, Sam"]
[Black "Capdeville, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bc4 $6 (5. d4) 5... d5 6. Be2 Be7
7. d3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Nd4 Nf8 13. Kb1
c5 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. h4 d4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be5 18. g3 f5 19. Ng5 Nf8 20.
Rde1 h6 21. Nh3 Qd7 22. Reg1 Nh7 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rxg4 Re7 25. Rg6 Re6 26. Qxh6
Rxg6 27. Qxg6 Qd6 28. Rg1 Qxg6 29. Rxg6 Nf8 30. Rg2 Ng6 $4 31. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zeller, William Patrick"]
[Black "Cortinas, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Ne4
9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O e5 15.
Rc1 Be6 16. c5 Qc7 17. a4 exd4 18. Qxd4 a6 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rb1 Bg4 21. Bf1 Qf7
22. f3 Bf5 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 dxe4 27. Rd2
Rf8+ 28. Ke2 h6 29. Rd4 Re8 30. Rd7 Rb8 31. Re7 Rf8 32. Rxe4 Rd8 33. Rd4 Re8
34. Rd7 Re4 35. Rxb7 a5 36. Kd3 Rg4 37. g3 axb4 38. a5 b3 39. a6 Ra4 40. a7 b2
41. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lillies, Alex Pierre"]
[Black "Xu, Jayden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qh4 Ne5 12. Be4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc6 14. Rd1
Qf6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 e5 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Rd6 f6 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. N2g3 Nd4
21. c3 Bg4 22. f3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Ng3 Bc2 26. R1d2 Ba4 27.
Ne4 Rc7 28. Qd3 Bb3 29. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lesquillier, Walter"]
[Black "Charles, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Bb4 10. e3 Re8 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nf6 15.
d5 Nd4 16. f4 c5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Ba6 21. Rfe1
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rc8 23. a4 a5 24. Rab1 Nd7 25. Bh3 {Scoresheet unreadable but
white later won} 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Birdsall, Erik"]
[Black "Rakonitz, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. Ne5 exd3 5. Bxd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qe4 Qh6 13. g3 Rb8 14. Ne2 c5
15. c4 Bd7 16. Rac1 g6 17. Bb1 Bc6 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rfd8 20. Nf4 Be7 21.
Rce1 Rd2 22. b3 Rbd8 23. e4 Kg7 24. a3 f6 $4 25. Nxe6+ Kf7 26. Nxd8+ Rxd8 27.
e5 f5 28. e6+ Kg7 29. g4 Rd2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Bh4+ 32. Kf1 Bxe1 33. Kxe1
fxg4 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Kg3 Kxe6 36. Kxg4 Kf6 37. h4 h6 38. h5 g5 39. Bd3 Ke5 40.
a4 a5 41. Bf1 {Scoresheet unreadable but black won} 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kim, Andy"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 b6
15. Ne5 Bb7 16. c5 $1 Qc7 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nd6 Re7 19. Be4 Red7 20. Rd2 Ne8 21.
Nxe8 Rxe8 22. Rc1 b5 23. b4 Red8 24. Rcd1 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Qc3 Qf4 27. f3 h5
28. g3 Qg5 29. Kf2 f5 30. f4 Qf6 31. Bb1 Bc8 32. Ba2 Re7 33. Qf3 Bd7 34. Qxh5
g6 35. Qf3 Rh7 36. Ke3 Re8 37. Kd3 Rhe7 38. h4 Rd8 39. Kc3 Kg7 40. h5 Rh8 41.
Rh1 g5 42. fxg5 Qxg5 43. Rdh2 Rh6 44. Rg2 Kh8 45. Qf4 Qxf4 46. gxf4 Rg7 47.
Rxg7 Kxg7 48. Kd3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Be8 50. Kf2 Bxh5 51. Bb1 Kg6 52. Bd3 Bg4 53.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 54. Bf1 Kg6 55. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Starr, Albert"]
[Black "Newey, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e3 e5 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. g3
Re8 9. Bb2 Bh3 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. f4 h6 14. fxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Ngf3 Rxe3 17. Nf1 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Re8 19. Qd2 Re6 20. c3 Qe7
21. Re1 Nge5 22. Re3 d4 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. c4 b6 26. a3 Re2 27.
Qf4 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. b4 Re2 30. g4 Ra2 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Ng3 Rxa3 33. Ne4
Rxd3 34. Nxc5 Rc3 35. Kf2 Rxc4 36. Nb3 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baer, Michael"]
[Black "Bryan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "429"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Nf1 Bh6 $4 11. Bxh6 Re8 12. h3 Kh8 13. Ng3 Ng8 14. Bd2 d5
15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. exd5 exd5 18. h4 b5 19. h5 e5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Qg4 Rf6 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Bxd8 Rcxd8 24. Qxg6 Nge7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. d4 Rf7 27.
dxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Nc6 29. Rg5+ Rg7 30. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdamag, Samuel"]
[Black "Dunlap, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1057"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nf6 9. Bxc5 b6 10. Be3 c5 11. c4 Ng4 12. Bd2 e5 13. h3 Nxf2 $4 14. Kxf2
Bb7 15. Rf1 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qc6 17. Kg1 f6 18. Be3 f5 19. Nxe5 Qe6 20. d4 cxd4 21.
Bxd4 O-O-O 22. c3 Bxe4 23. Qb3 Rhe8 24. c5 Qxb3 25. axb3 bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxe5 27.
Bd4 Rb5 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 Rb2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Re8 32. a6 Kb8 33. a7+ Ka8
34. Ra5 Bd3 35. Be3 f4 36. Bxf4 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Be5 Be2+ 39. Kf4 Bd3 40.
g3 Rf2+ 41. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sullivan, George"]
[Black "Bayaraa, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "958"]
[BlackElo "1175"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxf5 Qxf5 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nd8 14. Re2 Ne6
15. Bc1 Qh5 16. Kh1 Ng5 17. g4 Qh6 18. e4 f6 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Ne5 Rae8 21. f3
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxf3 23. exd5 Qh3 24. Qd2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Winter TNM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubensky, Walter"]
[Black "Tabatabai, Ashton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1138"]
[Annotator "Derek O'Connor"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bb4 (4... Nxe4) 5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 O-O 7.
Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 Qxg5 9. d3 Bh3 10. Qf3 Nd4 11. Qxh3 Bd2 12. f4 Bxf4 13. Bxf4
Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Nxf4 15. Qf3 Kh8 16. g3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qd2 18. Rf2 Qa5 19. c4 Rac8
20. Rc1 c6 21. dxc6 Rxc6 22. a3 Rfc8 23. Qxf7 Qd8 24. Qxb7 d5 25. b4 dxc4 26.
b5 Rc5 27. Qxa7 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 cxd3 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rf8+ Qg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32.
Qxc5 e4 33. Qd5+ Kf8 34. Qxe4 1-0

