[Event "Challenger's Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Varner Murlin (WA)"] [Black "Tien Andy (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "1185"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. b4 Bb6 14. e3 Rd8 15. h3 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Ne2 Bf5 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Rad1 Bc2 {A nice shot. It took me a few minutes to come up with the right response.} 21. Rxd5 {! } Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Rb8 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Nf4 Bb5 26. Ng6 Rd8 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Bc6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 {Unstacking the pawns, but the c pawn forms a block against the advancement of the Black King.} 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 Kd6 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. e4+ Ke5 36. f4+ Kd6 37. Kc4 b5+ 38. Kd4 f6 39. g4 g5 40. f5 c5+ 41. bxc5+ Kc6 42. e5 fxe5+ 43. Kxe5 Kd7 44. f6 Ke8 45. c6 Kd8 46. Ke6 1-0 [Event "Challenger's Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Huang Ethan (WA)"] [Black "Varner Murlin (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "970"] [BlackElo "1561"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. f4 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g4 c5 12. c3 Qa5 13. Kb1 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. e4 Bg4 18. Ngf3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Rdg1 Bf5 21. Nfd2 Nxf4 22. Qf3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 b4 25. c4 Rfd8 26. Nb3 Qc7 {?!} ( 26... Rxd4) 27. h4 Qf4 28. Re1 a5 29. d5 e6 30. h5 exd5 31. cxd5 Qe5 32. Re2 Rxd5 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 35. Kc1 Rc8+ 36. Nc5 Rcxc5+ 37. Rc2 Qxc2# 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Allen Robert (WA)"] [Black "Lindsey Christian (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "828"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Bd7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nxd5 Bg5 10. Nxg5 c6 11. Nxh7 cxd5 12. Nxf8 Qxf8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qb5 Rb8 17. a3 Qd6 18. Rc1 a6 19. Qg5 Nxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Qg3 Rd8 22. Rc3 Bc4 23. O-O b5 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qc7 Qd2 26. Rxc4 Qxb2 27. Qxd8+ Kg7 28. Rh4 f5 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Rh7 f4 31. Qf7# 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Boyd Thomas (CA)"] [Black "Beck Alec (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1614"] [BlackElo "1503"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Bf4 a6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. a3 Na6 13. d6 exd6 14. Qxb7 Nac5 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Rhe1+ Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rxe5+ Be7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxe7+ (21. Qxc8#) 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Juchau Dave (WA)"] [Black "Elisara Travis (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1557"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 fxe6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Rf1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nf5 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Kg2 h6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bg3 Ne3+ 22. Kg1 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Qh3+ 24. Kf2 Bf6 25. c3 h5 26. Ng1 Qf5 27. Kg2 g4 28. Qf4 gxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Bg5 31. Ne2 Re3+ 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Hasuike Mike (OR)"] [Black "Zhang Kyle (WA)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1168"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. f4 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. c3 O-O 7. Qf3 b6 8. Nh3 h6 9. O-O Ne7 10. g4 Bd7 11. Re1 c5 12. Nf1 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Bd2 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. cxb4 Qb6 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nh7 20. Qg2 Bxb4 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Nf4 f5 23. Rab1 Ra2 24. Re2 Qa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Haining Kyle (WA)"] [Black "Miller Travis (ID)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C04"] [WhiteElo "2197"] [BlackElo "1819"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5 Na7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O c5 11. c4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb8 15. Nbd2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qa8 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 c4 19. Bg5 Rc6 20. Nxc4 Nb8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qd3 Bb4 23. d5 exd5 24. Qxd5 O-O 25. Nd4 Na6 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Raptis Nick (OR)"] [Black "Arganian David (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2379"] [BlackElo "2000"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxa2 8. c5 b5 9. Ra1 Qxb2 10. O-O Ne4 11. Ba5 Nd7 12. Qd3 Ndxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe3 e6 15. Nd4 b4 16. Nxc6 Qc3 17. Qxc3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 a6 19. Rfb1 Kd7 20. Ne5+ 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Deng Samuel (WA)"] [Black "Parker David (RI)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "1615"] [BlackElo "2040"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 h6 12. e4 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Ne2 Re6 17. Rf1 Rg6 18. Kh1 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qd7 20. Ng1 Rxg1+ 21. Kxg1 Qxh3 22. f3 Bd4+ 23. Rf2 Ng3 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Zhang Brendan (WA)"] [Black "Sang Tian (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "1939"] [BlackElo "2348"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qb3 d6 11. h4 h6 12. Rh2 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e5 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Rg1 Rae8 17. g4 fxg4 18. Rxg4 exd4 19. exd4 c5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 cxd4 22. Qd2 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Nc5 24. Qe2 Qg6 25. Rg4 Nb3+ 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Fletcher Andrew (WA)"] [Black "Elisara Travis (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1324"] [BlackElo "1557"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Nb3 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Be2 a5 14. h4 h5 15. g4 Bh6 16. gxh5 e5 17. Qg1 Bxf4+ 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. hxg6 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe2+ 21. Kb1 Nxg1 22. Rhxg1 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qb6+ 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Skorchenko Dmitry (WA)"] [Black "Colasurdo James (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2065"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Be7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nb3 Ngf6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. f3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Ra6 22. Nd2 Rc8 23. b3 Ne8 24. Nc4 Qd8 25. Qd2 Rca8 26. Rad1 f6 27. Qa2 Bc8 28. Bxa5 Rxa5 29. Nxa5 Be6 30. Nc6 1-0 [Event "Challenger's Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Varner Murlin (WA)"] [Black "Mathews Dan (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "1724"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 h5 4. Bg2 h4 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bg5 hxg3 8. hxg3 Rxh1 9. Bxh1 Bg4 10. Bxf6 Bxd1 11. Bxd8 Bc2 12. Kd2 Bxd3 13. Kxd3 Rxd8 14. Nd5 Kd7 15. Bf3 Kc8 16. Ne2 Ne7 17. Bg4+ Kb8 18. f4 Ng8 19. Rh1 Nh6 20. Bf3 c6 21. Ndc3 Be7 22. b4 Bf6 23. b5 exf4 24. gxf4 Rd7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb1+ Kc7 27. Ke3 g5 28. fxg5 Bxg5+ 29. Nf4 (29. Kd3) 29... Re7 30. Rg1 {?} (30. Nce2) 30... Nf5+ 31. Kf2 Bxf4 32. exf5 Be3+ 33. Kg2 Bxg1 34. Kxg1 Re3 35. Bxc6 Rxc3 36. Bd5 f6 37. Kf2 Kb6 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. Bf7 Ra3 41. Ke1 Rxa2 42. c5 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 dxc5 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Yang Richard (WA)"] [Black "Haining Kyle (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1701"] [BlackElo "2197"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bxc7 Qxc7 9. Bxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rac8 16. Qe4 Nxd5 17. O-O-O Nxc3 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. bxc3 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Bxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Qxb7 Be5 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. Qxb8+ Bxb8 25. Bd5 Be5 26. c3 Qxc3 27. Rc1 Qb2# 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Colasurdo James (WA)"] [Black "Shaji Karthik (WA)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2065"] [BlackElo "1787"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Bb7 11. a3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Be7 18. Bb4 Bxh4 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc5+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh7 24. Rh1 Bg5+ 25. Kb1 Rhd8 26. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Ahluwalia Anshul (WA)"] [Black "Yang Richard (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1701"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Qb6 8. e3 Bg4 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Na4 Qb5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd4 f6 17. b4 Qc4 18. Bb2 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 a6 20. Rfc1 Kd7 21. a4 Nd2 22. Bb6 Rde8 23. Rc2 Nc4 24. Bc5 f5 25. Rd1 Ke6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Rd8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Bf1 Ne5 30. Bd4 Rc8 31. Bxe5 Kxe5 32. Rdc1 Kd6 33. Bb5 c5 34. Rd1 Ke5 35. f4+ Ke6 36. Rcd2 Rhd8 37. Bc4 dxc4 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Rxd8 c3 40. Rd1 c4 41. Rc1 Kd5 42. Rxc3 Kc5 43. Kf2 Kb4 44. Rc1 Kb3 45. Ke2 c3 46. Kd3 Kb2 47. Rxc3 g6 48. Rc7 h6 49. Rg7 g5 50. fxg5 f4 51. exf4 hxg5 52. Rxg5 Kc1 53. f5 Kd1 54. f6 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Schmidt Karen (WA)"] [Black "Lindsey Christian (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "782"] [BlackElo "828"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 Bb7 7. Bxc4 Bxg2 8. bxa6 Bxh1 9. Qa4+ Bc6 10. Bb5 Nxa6 11. Bxc6+ Ke7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. e4 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6+ Kxf6 16. e5+ Kg6 17. Qc2+ f5 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Qxe6+ Kh7 21. Qxf5+ g6 22. Qf7# 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Sherrard Jerry (OR)"] [Black "Shaji Karthik (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2054"] [BlackElo "1787"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 b5 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. a3 Bb7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bf3 Be7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bh5 Kf8 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Rxg8+ Kxg8 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Rg1 Ke8 22. Bxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Jiang Brandon (WA)"] [Black "Haining Breck (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1250"] [BlackElo "1345"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qe2 c5 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Bxe6+ Kh8 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Bxc8 Nxc8 15. Ne6 Rf7 16. Nbc7 Nxc7 17. Nxc7 Qd8 18. Nxa8 Nd6 19. c3 Qxa8 20. Be3 c4 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bxd6 exd6 23. Qe6 Qf8 24. Rfe1 Rxf2 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qd8 27. Qd5 b5 28. b3 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Be5 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qf8# 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Bonrud Neal (WA)"] [Black "Juchau Dave (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1746"] [BlackElo "1612"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O e6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Nxf5 Nxc4 13. Nxg7+ Bxg7 14. Qxc4 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhg8 16. g3 b5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Kb1 a6 20. Ne4 h6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Qe4 Kb7 23. Qh7 Qc7 24. Qxh6 Qe7 25. Qf4 e5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Qf3 Qb4 28. Qxf7+ Bc7 29. Bf4 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Hasuike Mike (OR)"] [Black "Shubin Daniel (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1494"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Bh5 8. O-O Bg6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 Be4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Qb5+ Nd7 16. Qxb7 Bxe5 17. fxe5 f5 18. Qc6 Ke7 19. Ba3+ Kf7 20. d5 Re8 21. g4 Nxe5 22. dxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rxf5+ Rf6 24. Qxe4 Qb6+ 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Rxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxh7+ Ke6 28. Qe7+ Kd5 29. Rd1+ Ke4 30. Qxd8 Qe3 31. Qd5+ Kf4 32. Bc1 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand Vignesh (WA)"] [Black "Deng Samuel (WA)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "1513"] [BlackElo "1615"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Bh2 Nd7 11. Qe2 d5 12. Rfe1 Bf6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bb1 Qc8 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Ng3 Ba6 18. e4 Nf6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qc8 23. Ne2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Collyer Curt (WA)"] [Black "Shaji Karthik (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2314"] [BlackElo "1787"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Rc1 e5 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. d5 Ba8 18. dxc6 Qxd2 19. Qxa7 Qa5 20. Qxa5 bxa5 21. Rc5 Rfe8 22. Rfc1 e4 23. Bg4 f5 24. Be2 Re5 25. R5c2 Ree8 26. c7 Bb7 27. Bb5 Re5 28. Bd7 Rd5 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Elisara Travis (WA)"] [Black "Sunku Charith (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "1557"] [BlackElo "1025"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. a3 Be6 8. f4 Bg4 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Rhg1 d4 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxf6+ Ke7 18. Nxh5 Rae8 19. exd4+ Kd8 20. Qd2 Re6 21. Kb1 Rhe8 22. f5 Re3 23. Nf6 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Lindsey Christian (WA)"] [Black "Sunku Charith (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "828"] [BlackElo "1025"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxe5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Ng4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. O-O e5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 f6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 exf4 19. gxf4 O-O-O 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. Ne1 Nb4 22. Rc1 d4 23. Ne4 Rhe8 24. Ng3 Bxc2 25. Nxc2 Nd3+ 26. Kf3 Nxc1 27. Nf5 d3 28. Nce3 d2 29. Nxg7 Rxe3+ 30. Kxe3 d1=Q 31. Nf5 Qe2# 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Allen Robert (WA)"] [Black "Schmidt Karen (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "782"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. e3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb4+ 8. Nxb4 Nxb4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Qd5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Rc5 Qe4 15. Re5+ Qxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bc3 O-O 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 f6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 c5 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qg4 Rf8 26. Qg6 Rg8 27. Bf5 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Fletcher Andrew (WA)"] [Black "Schmidt Karen (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1324"] [BlackElo "782"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. Ng5 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Qb3 d5 8. Nxe6 Qd7 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nxc7+ Kd7 11. Nxd5 Na5 12. Qb5+ Nec6 13. b4 Nc4 14. Qxb7+ Kd6 15. Qxa8 Kxd5 16. b5 N4a5 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. c4+ Kc5 19. Ba3+ Nb4 20. Bxb4+ Kxb4 21. Qxa7 Kxc4 22. O-O g5 23. Na3+ Kd3 24. Qe3# 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Petrov Oscar (WA)"] [Black "Sherrard Jerry (OR)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1716"] [BlackElo "2054"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Bc4 Nge7 5. d3 d5 6. Bb3 Nd4 7. Nf3 Nxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. O-O d4 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. g4 Nb4 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Qe1 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. e5 h6 18. Qg3 Be6 19. Kf2 Kh8 20. Rg1 Rg8 21. Qg6 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 Bd5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Ne7 25. Qh5 Qb6 26. Kf2 Raf8 27. Rag1 Bf7 28. Qh3 Kh7 29. Ng3 g6 30. Re1 Rg7 31. Rg1 Kg8 32. Nh5 Nd5 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 hxg5 35. fxg7 Kxg7 36. fxg5 Rh8 37. Qg3 Re8 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Qe6+ 40. Kd1 Qd5 41. c4 dxc3 42. Bxc3+ Kf8 43. Qb8+ Be8 44. Kc2 Qg2+ 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Colasurdo James (WA)"] [Black "Seshadri Sridhar (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2065"] [BlackElo "1634"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 a6 9. b4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Ng5 Nd5 14. Nce4 Be5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe5 Nf4 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bg4 Qh4 21. f3 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Rae8 24. Qxc7 h5 25. g3 Nxg3+ 26. Qxg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 hxg4 28. Kg2 Rf6 29. Rae1 Rc6 30. fxg4 Rxc2+ 31. Rf2 Rc3 32. Rf3 Rc2+ 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. e5 Re6 35. Ree3 Rh6 36. Rf2 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Re6 38. Rf4 Kg6 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Ke4 Rd1 41. Rff3 Kg5 42. Rd3 Re1+ 43. Rfe3 Rxe3+ 44. Rxe3 Kxg4 45. Kd5 Re8 46. e6 Rd8+ 47. Kc6 Kf5 48. e7 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Huang Ethan (WA)"] [Black "Hasuike Mike (OR)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "970"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bd3 b6 5. f4 Bb7 6. Nf3 d5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Ba6 f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Qb4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. a3 Qa5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qc4 Rhe8 18. Rhg1 Rd5 19. g4 g6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. h4 Re6 22. Qb3 Qb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. b4 Rd5 25. Kb2 Rd8 26. Kb3 c6 27. c4 a6 28. c5 b5 29. h5 Rd7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 Ree7 32. Rh6 Rxe5 33. Rxg6 Ree7 34. Rf1 Rg7 35. Rf6 Rg3 36. Re1 Rxd4 37. Rf7+ Kb8 38. Rh1 Rd3+ 39. Kc2 Rg2+ 40. Kc1 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Mathews Daniel (WA)"] [Black "Elisara Travis (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "1724"] [BlackElo "1557"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Na6 10. h3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. c3 Rd8 13. a3 Be6 14. Rad1 Bb3 15. Rc1 b6 16. Nh2 Rab8 17. Ng4 e5 18. f4 Re8 19. fxe5 h5 20. Nh6+ Kh7 21. Nxf7 Nc7 22. c4 Ne6 23. Bd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. h4 (26. Nf7+ Kh7 27. Rf3 Ba4 28. b3 Bd7 29. e6 {+-}) 26... Bxe5 27. Rf7 Bg7 28. Ne6 {?} (28. Rcf1) 28... Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Re8 30. Bd5 Rxe2 31. Rcf1 (31. Bf3 Re3 32. Kf2) 31... d3 32. R7f3 Bc2 33. Rf7 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 d2 35. Bf3 Re1 36. Bg2 d1=Q 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrov Oscar (WA)"] [Black "Haining Kyle (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "1716"] [BlackElo "2197"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxd5 12. Nxb5 Ndb4 13. Nc3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nb4 15. d4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 18. Be3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. Be3 Rxb2 21. Rad1 Kg7 22. Rd3 Ba6 23. Rd7 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc2 25. Nd5 e6 26. Nc7 Kf6 27. Bh6 Rb8 28. Kg1 Ne5 29. Rd1 Rxc7 30. Bf4 Rcb7 31. Re1 Nd3 32. Rf1 Nxf4 33. Rxf4+ Ke7 34. Kh2 f5 35. Rh4 e5 36. Rxh7+ Kf6 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. a4 e4 39. h4 e3 40. h5 e2 41. h6 e1=Q 42. h7 Rxh7# 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Colasurdo James (WA)"] [Black "Ahluwalia Anshul (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2065"] [BlackElo "1639"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qg5 12. O-O c5 13. f4 Qh6 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. exd4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Rf3 f5 18. Raf1 b6 19. Bb5 g6 20. Bc6 Rb8 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qb3 Be6 23. Re3 Rfc8 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rxe6 Rc4 26. Qb5 Rd8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 29. Rf3 Kg7 30. Re3 Qxf4 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Re3 Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Rh3+ Kg5 35. Qe7+ Kg4 36. Qh4# 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Zhang Eric (WA)"] [Black "Collyer Curt (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "1795"] [BlackElo "2314"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 b6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. a3 Bf8 11. Nd2 g6 12. Bf3 Bg7 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O c5 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. N4b3 Rac8 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. a4 Qa3 23. Rc2 Qxa4 24. Rfc1 Qa3 25. Nb1 Qb4 26. N1d2 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Na1 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Nxb5 30. Rca2 Nd6 31. Rxa7 Kf7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Ra4 Ne4 34. Nxe4 fxe4 35. Rb4 Rc6 36. Kf1 d5 37. cxd5 exd5 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Rb5 Ke6 41. Kd1 Rd6 42. Kc2 Kd7 43. Kc3 Kc6 44. Rb2 Kc5 45. Rd2 g5 46. h3 Rd8 47. Kb3 Ra8 48. Rc2+ Kd6 49. Rc1 h5 50. g3 Rf8 51. Rc2 h4 52. Re2 Rf3 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. Kd2 hxg3 55. fxg3 Rxg3 56. Rh2 Rg1 57. Rf2 Kc4 58. Rh2 Ra1 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Sang Tian (WA)"] [Black "Skorchenko Dmitry (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2348"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. c3 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Qc7 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Rac8 12. Nd2 e6 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. a3 b5 15. b4 c4 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. Nhf3 f5 18. Ne5 Nf7 19. g4 Nd6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. g5 h6 22. h4 hxg5 23. hxg5 a5 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 axb4 29. axb4 Qa7 30. Qd1 Qa8 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Qa1 Qb7 33. Qa5 Bf8 34. Qa1 e5 35. Qe1 exf4 36. exf4 Ne4 37. Nxe4 fxe4 38. Bc1 Qa7 39. Qe2 Qa1 40. Qg4 Qxc3 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qxd5 Bg7 43. Qe6 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Bxd4 45. f5 Qf2+ 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Thomas Damarcus (WA)"] [Black "Seshadri Sridhar (WA)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2014"] [BlackElo "1634"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O h6 7. d4 Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c6 11. Bd3 b6 12. c4 c5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Qd3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 e5 20. Bb2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. a4 Rfe8 23. h3 Qc7 24. Re2 Nc5 25. b4 e4 26. Qf1 Ncd7 27. Qf2 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rae1 Qc3 30. c5 Qxb4 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Rb1 Qc3 33. Rxb6 e3 34. Qf5 Rd2 $19 {This game may not be right. I have had to make many guesses as to what the recorder meant to record, due to illegibilities and erroneous recordings. If it reached this point, an apparant win for Black, then it is a crying shame that Black accepted the draw offer. Just because the opponent is almost 400 points higher rated, does not mean every draw offer should be accepted. As I write, Houdini4 gives the position a rating of (-8.35). That passed pawn will cost a piece.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Somisetty Praneeth (WA)"] [Black "Lindsey Christian (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1055"] [BlackElo "828"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 b6 5. Nf3 Ba6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Na3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 b4 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Rd8 13. a3 cxd4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. b5 Nxe5 16. Ba5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxc4 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Qe2 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Qc5 21. g3 Nf6 22. Kg2 Qd5+ 23. f3 Bc5 24. Rhc1 Ke7 25. Qc4 Bb6 26. Qb4+ Qd6 27. Rxa7+ Bxa7 28. Rc7+ Nd7 29. Qxd6+ Kxd6 30. Rxa7 Rb8 31. Ra4 Kc5 32. Kf2 Rxb5 33. Ra2 Ne5 34. Ke2 d3+ 35. Ke3 Kc4 36. Ra3 Rxb2 37. f4 Re2# 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Sunku Charith (WA)"] [Black "Rajesh Anirudh (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1025"] [BlackElo "935"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nb3 b6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rac1 Nce7 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nc6 Qd6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxd5 Kh8 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. Bxa8 Qxe6 21. Bf3 Re8 22. Qe3 Qf7 23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. g3 Qb4 26. Rxc7 a5 27. Be4 Qd6 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Bd5 f5 30. Rf7 g6 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rg8+ Kf6 34. gxf4 g5 35. Kg2 gxf4 36. Kf3 a4 37. Kxf4 axb3 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Rxf5 bxa2 40. Bxa2 b5 41. Ke5 b4 42. Rf6 b3 43. Bxb3 h5 44. h4 Kd7 45. Re6 Kc7 46. Kd5 Kb7 47. Rc6 Ka7 48. Kc5 Kb7 49. Be6 Ka7 50. Bc8 Kb8 51. Kb6 Ka8 52. Bh3 Kb8 53. Bf5 Ka8 54. Rc8# 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Puri Ishaan (WA)"] [Black "Bonrud Neal (WA)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1721"] [BlackElo "1746"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bxf6 Rg8 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. Qxh7 Rg4 14. h3 Rg6 15. Qxg6 Nxg6 16. Bxd8 Kxd8 17. O-O-O Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Ke7 19. c3 Bb7 20. f3 Nh4 21. Rd3 Rg8 22. Rg1 Nd8 23. Ka1 Rg3 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Rxg3 Bxg3 26. Bd3 Ne6 27. Kb1 Nc5 28. Bc2 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Kc1 Bf4+ 31. Kd1 Bxg2 32. Nc2 Bxh3 33. Nb4 Be6 34. b3 Nf5 35. Nxa6 Ne3+ 36. Ke2 Nd5 37. Nb4 Nxc3+ 38. Kd3 Nd5 39. Nc6+ Kf6 40. a3 Bf5+ 41. Ke2 Nc3+ 42. Kf2 Ne4+ 43. Ke2 Nc3+ 44. Kf2 Nb1 45. a4 bxa4 46. bxa4 Nc3 47. a5 Be4 48. Nb4 Nd5 49. Nxd5+ Bxd5 50. a6 Bg5 51. Rb1 Bh4+ 52. Ke3 Bc4 53. a7 Bd5 54. Rb8 Bg5+ 55. Kf2 e4 56. a8=Q e3+ 57. Ke1 Bxa8 58. Rxa8 Ke5 59. Ke2 Bf4 60. Ra3 d5 61. Rd3 Ke4 62. Rd1 d4 63. Rd3 Bd6 64. Rb3 Bc5 65. Rd3 Bb4 66. Rd1 Bd2 67. Rxd2 exd2 68. Kxd2 d3 69. Kd1 Ke3 70. Ke1 d2+ 71. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Huang Jared (WA)"] [Black "Wu Ethan (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A84"] [WhiteElo "1173"] [BlackElo "1466"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Nd2 f4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Rxf4 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qg3 Qf7 20. h3 Qf6 21. e3 Rf5 22. Kh2 Rf8 23. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 26. Kg3 Rxb2 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Bxb1 Kf7 29. a3 Kf6 30. Bxh7 g6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Kf4 Kf6 34. e4 Bf7 35. Ke3 b6 36. Kd2 c5 37. Kc3 Kg6 38. a4 a5 39. d5 Kh5 40. d6 Be6 41. e5 Kxh4 42. Kd3 Kg5 43. Ke4 Kg4 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Kd5 Bxa4 46. e6 Bb3+ 47. Kd6 Bxe6 48. Kxe6 a4 49. Kd6 a3 50. Kc6 a2 {At this point the notation falls apart (or maybe a couple moves earlier). Black promotes the a-pawn, and later the c-pawn, with mate somewhere around move 61 or so.} 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Zhang Eric (WA)"] [Black "Smolak Frederick (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "1824"] [BlackElo "1389"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nfd7 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Rd1 Na4 14. Nxa4 Rxa4 15. a3 Qb6 16. Qc2 Qb5 17. Rb1 c4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Bb4 Ne5 22. f4 Nd3 23. Qxc4 Nxb4 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxb4 Raa5 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. b4 e6 28. a4 Rb7 29. a5 Kf8 30. b5 Ke8 31. b6 Kd8 32. a6 Rb8 33. a7 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Seshadri Sridhar (WA)"] [Black "Parker David (RI)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "2040"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qc2 Ba6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qb4+ 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. O-O Nd5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. b3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Rfc1 Nc3 22. Qe1 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxe4 25. h3 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 f6 27. Nc4 Kf7 28. Kh2 h5 29. Ne3 Bd6 30. f4 h4 31. Bxh4 Bxf4+ 32. Bg3 Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rd3 34. Re2 Rcc3 35. Kf3 Rxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 e5 38. g3 g5 39. h4 Ke6 40. h5 Bb5 41. b4 Be8 {There was at least one error in the last five move pairs. My guesses may be incorrect.} 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Haining Kyle (WA)"] [Black "Pupols Viktors (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "2197"] [BlackElo "2205"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b3 Ne7 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Kg2 h6 15. h3 Be6 16. h4 Bg4 17. Nh2 Bd7 18. h5 Nh8 19. Rf1 Be8 20. g4 g5 21. Ndf3 Nf7 22. Re1 c5 23. Nf1 Bc6 24. Ng3 Rfe8 25. Nf5 a5 26. Nd2 a4 27. c4 axb3 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb3 Reb8 30. a3 Bd7 31. Ree3 Be6 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Bc1 Bf8 34. Nf3 c4 35. Rc3 Rb3 36. Rxb3 cxb3 37. Bb2 Nd6 38. Nxe5 Nxe4 39. Nd4 Bd5 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Nb5 Bd6 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Collyer Curt (WA)"] [Black "Sang Tian (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "2314"] [BlackElo "2348"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Qf3 Qd7 7. Bb5 Nc6 8. Nge2 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb4 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nf4 c6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Kh8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Ng6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. c3 Rae8 21. Bc2 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re3 Re5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. h3 Kg8 27. Bf5 Qe7 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qg4 Kf7 30. b4 Qe6 31. Qh4 Qf6 32. Qg4 Qf5 33. Qg3 Qf4 34. Qd3 Kf6 35. Qd1 d4 36. cxd4 exd4 37. g3 Qe4 38. Qa1 Ke6 39. Qa8 d3 40. Qg8+ Ke5 41. Qd8 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 d2 43. Qd6+ Ke4 44. f3+ Ke3 45. Qe6+ Kd4 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Parker David (RI)"] [Black "Collyer Curt (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "2040"] [BlackElo "2314"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. a5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd5 19. e4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22. cxd4 Rc4 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 h6 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. d6 Rxf4 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. dxe7 Re4 31. Rd7 a6 32. Rxb7 Kg6 33. Rb6+ Kg5 34. h4+ Kh5 35. g3 Rxe7 36. Rxa6 Re2 37. Rb6 Ra2 38. a6 g6 39. Rf6 g5 40. Rxf5 Kg4 41. Rf2 Rxa6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kg2 Ra3 44. Kh2 Re3 45. Rg2 Kf3 46. g4 Kf4 47. Kh1 Rh3+ 48. Rh2 Kxg4 49. Rxh3 Kxh3 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Rajesh Anirudh (WA)"] [Black "Tu Robin (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "935"] [BlackElo "1717"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ngf6 11. Re1 e5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Rad1 Re8 16. f3 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxd6 Nd7 19. Nd5 Rxa2 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Rxb6 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxb6 23. Rb1 Be6 24. h3 Bd4 25. Bd1 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27. Ba4 Ra8 28. Bb5 Be5 29. Kg1 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Rc1 31. Ke3 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. f4 Bxf4+ 34. Kxf4 f5 35. Kg3 Rxe4 36. h4 Rg4+ 37. Kf3 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. g3 Ra4 40. Kg2 Ra3 41. Kh3 f4 42. Kg2 Rxg3+ 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. Kf2 g4 48. Kf1 Kf3 49. Ke1 Rg2 50. Kd1 Ke3 51. Kc1 Kd3 52. Kb1 Kc3 53. Ka1 Kb3 54. Kb1 Rg1# 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Elisara Travis (WA)"] [Black "Boyd Thomas (CA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "1557"] [BlackElo "1614"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 h6 5. Bh4 Nc6 6. e3 Qd6 7. Nb5 Qb4+ 8. c3 Qa5 9. Bg3 Rc8 10. b4 Qb6 11. a4 a5 12. Qb3 e6 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. Rc1 Na7 15. Nh3 Nxb5 16. axb5 Nh5 17. Bf2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qa3 19. Qb1 f5 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. Rg1 g5 22. Kf1 Bd6 23. Be1 b6 24. Rc2 Qa8 25. Ra2 Qb7 26. Qa1 Rb8 27. Ra7 Qc8 28. Qa6 Bxh2 29. Rg2 Bd6 30. h4 Rg8 31. c4 Kf7 32. c5 bxc5 33. Qxd6 Ne8 34. Qe5 c4 35. Bc2 Rxb5 36. Ba4 Qb8 37. Ra6 Rb6 38. Bxe8+ Kxe8 39. Rxb6 Qxb6 40. Ra2 Kf7 41. h5 Rc8 42. Ra5 c5 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. dxc5 Qxc5 45. Bc3 Qb6 46. Kf2 f4 47. Bd4 fxe3+ 48. Bxe3 Qb1 49. Qc7+ Ke8 50. Bc5 Qb2+ 51. Kg3 Qf6 52. Qc8+ 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Sang Tian (WA)"] [Black "Smolak Frederick (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2348"] [BlackElo "1389"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Rc1 Ndf5 13. Na4 Nxe3 14. Nxb6 Nxd1 15. Nxa8 Nxb2 16. Be2 Be7 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nbd4 a5 21. Rb1 Na4 22. Nxc6 Kxc6 23. Bb5+ Kb6 24. Bxa4+ Ka7 25. Rfc1 Kb8 26. Bc6 Bb4 27. a3 bxc6 28. axb4 Kc7 29. b5 Rb8 30. Nd4 a4 31. Rxc6+ Kd7 32. Ra6 Nf5 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. Nc6 Rb6 35. g4 Nh4 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rd7 g6 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Nxb8 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Nxe5 42. b6 a3 43. b7 a2 44. Ra1 Nc4 45. Nc6 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Smolak Frederick (WA)"] [Black "Anand Vignesh (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "1389"] [BlackElo "1513"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rc1 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6 e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Rc7 Ng6 19. Bh5 Qe5 20. Rxc8 Raxc8 21. Bxg6 Qxd4 22. Be7 Qxb2 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Bxf5 e3 26. fxe3 Qe2 27. e4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qe2 29. Rd1 Qh5 30. h3 Bf6 31. Bg4 Qg6 32. Qh5 Qxe4 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Bf3 Qc2 35. Bd5+ Rf7 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rf1 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Schmidt Karen (WA)"] [Black "Beck Alec (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "782"] [BlackElo "1503"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. e3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Nd2 Bxa1 14. O-O Qc3 15. Qxc3 Bxc3 16. Nf3 Bb4 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. cxd5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 cxd5 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. g4 Ke7 22. Rb1 Rhc8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Rc2 25. a4 Ra2 26. a5 a6 27. Rc5 Kd7 28. f4 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. h3 Rxa5 32. Kg2 b5 33. Kf2 b4 34. Ke2 b3 35. Kd2 Rc5 36. Kd3 b2 37. Kd4 Rc4+ 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Sherrard Jerry (OR)"] [Black "Tiglon Bryce (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2066"] [BlackElo "2337"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bb3 Bb6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nh4 Kh7 14. Nc4 f5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qe2 f4 17. a3 c5 18. O-O Rg8 19. Kh2 Nc6 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Rg1 Rg7 22. Rae1 Re8 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Rd7 29. Rd1 Kg6 30. g3 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Kf6 32. Kf4 d3 33. Rb5 Rd6 34. Ke4 Red8 35. f4 d2 36. Rb3 R8d7 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. Rb5+ Kf6 39. Rb3 Rd5 40. Ke2 R7d6 41. Rg3 Kf5 42. Rg7 Rd7 43. Rg4 Rd4 44. Rg3 Re4+ 45. Kf2 Rxf4+ 46. Ke2 Re4+ 47. Kf2 e5 48. Rb3 Rd6 49. Rc3 Red4 50. Ke2 Rg6 51. Rf1+ Ke4 52. Re3+ Kd5 53. Kd1 Rc6 54. Rc3 Rxc3 55. bxc3 Rf4 56. Rg1 Rf2 57. Rg6 e4 58. Rg3 h5 59. Kc2 Ke5 60. Rg5+ Kf4 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Kou Jeffrey (WA)"] [Black "Rajesh Anirudh (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "1355"] [BlackElo "935"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Ne5 Be6 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. d5 Bf5 11. d6 Be6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxe7 Bxe7 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Qxe4 Bf6 16. O-O a6 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bf4 Nc5 19. Qe3 Qxd3 20. Qe1 Qf5 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Qh5 23. Rfe1 g5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rac1 Qxh6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxd7 Bxc3 28. Qb7 Rae8 29. h3 Bxb4 30. Qxa6 Bd6 31. Qf1 g4 32. Rb1 gxh3 33. gxh3 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Qd5+ 35. f3 Qd2 36. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. Rb2 Rxb2 40. f4 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Re1# 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Petrov Oscar (WA)"] [Black "Pupols Viktors (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1762"] [BlackElo "2213"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Qf3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Qb6 12. Qf2 a6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nf3 b5 15. Rac1 b4 16. Na4 c5 17. b3 Bd7 18. Nb2 Rfc8 19. f5 Bc6 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Qg3 Bf6 22. Nbc4 Ne5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bh6 Kh8 26. Be3 Bb5 27. Bxc5 Qd8 28. Nc4 Be7 29. Bb6 Qb8 30. Be3 f6 31. Rfd1 a5 32. Qf2 Bf8 33. Nb6 Ra6 34. Nd5 Rc6 35. g4 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Rc8 37. Be3 Qb7 38. d4 exd4 39. Bxd4 Qc6 40. Rd2 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qb1 42. Qf4 Bd3 43. Nxf6 gxf6 44. Bxf6+ Kg8 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. e5 Ke8 47. Qg8 {?} Qf1+ 48. Kg3 Bxf5 49. e6 Qe1+ 50. Kf4 Qxd2+ 51. Kxf5 Rc5+ 52. Be5 Qc2+ 53. Kf4 {'time' ( White's flag may have fallen, but Black had a mate in six, anyway.)} 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Bonrud Neal (WA)"] [Black "Kou Jeffrey (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "1747"] [BlackElo "1355"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d3 Nd4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 Nb3 10. Qe2 Nxa1 11. Na4 O-O-O 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. fxe5 Re8 14. b3 Rxe5 15. Bb2 Rg5 16. Bxa1 Qh5 17. Bb2 Rg3 18. f4 Rf3+ 19. Ke1 Qh4+ 20. Kd1 Rg3 21. Bxf7 Qxf4 22. Be6+ Kb8 23. Rf1 Qd6 24. Be5 Qe7 25. Bxg3 Nf6 26. Bg4 Rd8 27. Kc1 c4 28. Kb2 Qc5 29. Be1 b5 30. dxc4 b4 31. Bf2 Qe5+ 32. Kb1 Nxe4 33. Be1 Qd4 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. cxd3 Rxd3 36. Bxb4 c5 37. Ba5 Nf6 38. Kc2 Rg3 39. Be6 Re3 40. Re1 Rf3 41. Bc3 Kc7 42. Be5+ Kc6 43. Bxf6 Rxf6 44. Bd5+ Kd6 45. Kd3 Rg6 46. Rf1 Rg3+ 47. Rf3 Rg2 48. Rf6+ gxf6 49. Bxg2 Ke5 50. Ke3 a5 51. a3 f5 52. h4 f4+ 53. Kd3 Kf5 54. Bh3+ Ke5 55. Bg4 h6 56. h5 Kf6 57. Ke4 Kg5 58. Bf3 Kf6 59. Kd5 Kg5 60. Kxc5 Kh4 61. Kd4 Kg5 62. c5 Kf6 63. b4 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Boyd Thomas (CA)"] [Black "Zhang Kyle (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1614"] [BlackElo "1149"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 exd5 9. Nxd5 Bc5+ 10. Be3 Bxe3+ 11. Nxe3 Bh5 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Ne5 Rd2 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rf2 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Kf7 22. Kf3 Ke6 23. h3 g5 24. a3 g6 25. c4 c5 26. b4 cxb4 27. axb4 c6 28. Nc2 Ke5 29. Ke3 Ne4 30. Nd4 Nd6 31. Nxc6+ Ke6 32. Kd4 Nc8 33. c5 Kd7 34. Kd5 Kc7 35. b5 Kd7 36. Ke5 a5 37. Nxa5 Ke7 38. Nc6+ Kf7 39. b6 h5 40. b7 Ne7 41. Nxe7 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Zhang Kyle (WA)"] [Black "Haining Breck (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1149"] [BlackElo "1345"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Re1 Nfd7 10. a3 Ne5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bf4 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne6 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Raa1 Nd4 17. Qd3 a6 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. e5 Rad8 20. exd6 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 e6 22. Bh4 Rc8 23. Bg5 f5 24. Qb3 Rfe8 25. Bh6 Nd8 26. Bf4 Nf7 27. c3 Rc6 28. Rd2 Nxd6 29. Red1 Qf7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Kg7 32. Rb6 Re7 33. c4 e5 34. Qc3 Qe8 35. Bg5 Rf7 36. f4 h6 37. Bh4 Kh7 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. fxe5 g5 40. e6 Re7 41. Bf2 Kg6 42. Bc5 Re8 43. e7+ Kf7 44. Rxb7 Rc8 45. Bb4 Rxc4 46. Kh2 Re4 47. Rb6 f4 48. Rxh6 Kg7 49. Rxa6 Re2 50. Ra8 Kf7 51. e8=Q+ Rxe8 52. Rxe8 Kxe8 53. a4 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Mathews Daniel (WA)"] [Black "Xuan Owen (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1724"] [BlackElo "1479"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 Rad8 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Rd7 18. Re5 Rd5 19. Rae1 Bd3 20. b3 Ba6 21. c4 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Ra8 23. Rc5 Bb7 24. Ne5 Kf8 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rc8 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. Rc5 h6 30. Ke3 Rb8 31. f4 Rb6 32. Ra5 a6 33. Kd3 Kc8 34. b4 Kb7 35. a4 Kb8 36. c5 Rb7 37. Rxa6 f5 38. h4 g6 39. Kc4 Kc8 40. Ra8+ 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Haining Breck (WA)"] [Black "Mathews Daniel (WA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "1724"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bf6 8. Ne2 Nge7 9. O-O Ng6 10. c3 O-O 11. Ng3 e5 12. dxe5 Ncxe5 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Qd7 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rfe8 18. Be3 Re6 19. c4 Ne7 20. Re1 Rd8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxa7 b6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. b3 Kf7 27. Ra2 Ke7 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Rc6 Nf6 30. f3 Ra7 31. a4 Kd7 32. Rb6 Nd5 33. Rb5 Kc6 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. g4 Re7 36. Rb8 Kc5 37. Rb5+ Kd4 38. a5 Kc3 39. a6 Ra7 40. Rb7 Rxa6 41. Rxg7 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Kd4 43. Rxh7 Ne3 44. Kf4 Rxg2 45. Rd7+ Nd5+ 46. Kg5 Ke5 47. Rf7 Rf2 48. Kh4 Nf4 49. g5 Rxf3 50. b4 Ng6+ 51. Kh5 Rxf7 52. Kxg6 Rb7 53. Kh6 Kf5 54. g6 Kf6 55. b5 Rg7 56. b6 Rxg6+ 57. Kh5 Rg8 58. Kh4 e5 59. b7 e4 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Huang Jared (WA)"] [Black "Allen Robert (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D73"] [WhiteElo "1173"] [BlackElo "1700"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 Na6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. d5 b6 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Nc6 Ra8 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Nb5 Nxc6 17. Nxc7 Qc8 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Rxc6 e6 20. Rfc1 exd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. Rc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bf4 Bb7 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. Qc2 Nc5 27. b3 Qd8 28. d6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 h6 30. Qe2 Ne6 31. Be5 Bf8 32. Qc4 Qa8+ 33. Kg1 Ng5 34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Bxd6 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Kf3 Bc5 40. a3 a5 41. Ke2 g5 42. g4 h5 43. f3 Kg6 44. Kd3 f6 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. Rc8 Kg6 47. Kd5 Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rxc5 bxc5 50. Kxc5 f5 51. Kd5 fxg4 52. fxg4 Kf6 53. h3 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Beck Alec (WA)"] [Black "Huang Jared (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "1503"] [BlackElo "1173"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bg5 d4 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Ned2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. g3 Rd8 14. Bg2 d3 15. O-O Bf5 16. Re1 Nc6 17. e4 Bg4 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rac1 Be2 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qd4 23. Rc4 Qf6 24. Rc3 Rd7 25. Rxd3 Rad8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Nc4 h6 28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. Rd1 Re7 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. f3 a6 32. Qd5 Qb6+ 33. Qc5 Qxc5+ 34. bxc5 Rc7 35. Rc1 b6 36. c6 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 Rxc6 40. e5+ Kd7 41. Rxc6 Kxc6 42. f4 g6 43. g4 b5 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 h5 46. f6 Kd7 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Kb6 Kxe5 49. Kxa6 Kxf6 50. Kxb5 Ke7 51. a4 f5 52. Kc5 f4 53. Kd4 f3 54. Ke3 f2 55. Kxf2 Kd6 56. Kg3 Kc5 57. Kh4 Kb4 58. Kxh5 Kxa4 59. Kg5 Kb4 60. h4 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Ahluwalia Anshul (WA)"] [Black "Sherrard Jerry (OR)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "2066"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Re8 15. Bc2 Qe7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd2 d4 20. Nb5 Rcd8 21. Rde2 Qh5 22. Bd3 Qd5 23. f3 dxe3 24. Nc7 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Nxe8 Nxe8 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Kf8 29. Re5 a4 30. Rxc5 Nd6 31. Ra5 Ke7 32. Rxa4 Nb5 33. Rb4 Bc6 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Kd3 g5 37. Rc4+ Kd5 38. a4 Nd6 39. Rd4+ Ke5 40. g3 Bxf3 41. Rb4 f5 42. a5 Be4+ 43. Ke2 Bc6 44. a6 Bb5+ 45. Ke3 Bxa6 46. Rb8 f4+ 47. gxf4+ gxf4+ 48. Kf2 Bd3 49. Rf8 Ne4+ 50. Kf3 Nf6 51. Rxf6 Kxf6 52. Kxf4 Ke6 53. Kg4 Kd5 54. Kg3 Kc4 55. Kg2 Kb3 56. Kg3 Kxb2 57. Kf2 Kc2 58. Kg2 Kd2 59. Kf2 Be4 60. h4 h5 61. Kg3 Ke3 62. Kh3 Kf4 63. Kh2 Kg4 64. Kg1 Kxh4 65. Kh2 Kg4 66. Kg1 h4 67. Kf1 h3 0-1 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Olson Travis (WA)"] [Black "Deng Samuel (WA)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "1845"] [BlackElo "1615"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bg5 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qe8 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Bh4 f5 13. O-O-O c5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Ne5 18. h3 c4 19. Kb1 b5 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. g4 Qd7 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Bg4 Rxf2 26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. e4 Rf4 28. Rde1 a5 29. Kc1 Bd7 30. Kd2 Rf2+ 31. Re2 Rf3 32. Re3 Rf4 33. Ke2 g5 34. Rg1 h6 35. Rgg3 Kf7 36. Ref3 Kf6 37. b3 h5 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Rxf4+ exf4 40. Rc3 Ke5 41. Kf3 g4+ 42. hxg4 hxg4+ 43. Kf2 Kxe4 44. Rxc4+ Kxd5 45. Rxf4 a4 46. Ke3 Kc5 47. Rd4 Bb5 48. Rxg4 Bc4 49. Rg5+ Kc6 50. Kd4 Bb3 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. Rg6+ Kd7 54. Kb5 Kc7 55. Rg7+ Kd6 56. Rg2 Kd7 57. Rd2+ Ke6 58. Kc5 Ke5 59. Re2+ Kf5 60. Kd4 Kf6 61. Kc5 Kf5 62. Kd6 Kf6 63. Rf2+ Kg6 64. Ke5 Kg7 65. Rf6 Kg8 66. Kd6 Kg7 67. Ke7 Kh7 68. Kf8 Bc4 69. Rf4 Bb3 70. Rg4 Kh6 71. Ke7 Kh5 72. Rg1 Bc2 73. Kd6 Bb3 74. Kc5 Be6 75. Kb4 Bd7 76. Rg7 Bc6 1-0 [Event "Challengers' Cup"] [Site "Seattle, WA"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Pupols Viktors (WA)"] [Black "Raptis Nick (OR)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2213"] [BlackElo "2375"] [PlyCount "200"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb3 e6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. b5 Rfc8 13. Ba3 Qe8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Be2 c5 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 Bxc6 19. Ba6 Nb8 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. e4 Nc6 22. e5 Na5 23. Qb1 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nd5 25. Qc1 Rc8 26. Qg5 Nc3 27. Rf1 Nxa2 28. h4 Nb4 29. Be4 h6 30. Qg3 Rc3 31. Qf4 Nb3 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qf6 Nd5 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Qf7 37. Qxh6 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Nxd4 39. f4 Ne2+ 40. Kh1 Qf5 41. Qg5+ Qxg5 42. fxg5 Nc3 43. f4 b5 44. f5 Ne4 45. Ra1 Ng3+ 46. Kg2 Nxf5 47. Rxa7 b4 48. Rb7 Nd6 49. Rxb4 Ne4 50. Rd4 Nxg5 51. Rxd5 Ne6 52. Kg3 Kf7 53. Rxh5 {(And now, in spite of the fact that this is often thought of as a book draw, these two masters vied on for many a move before coming to that conclusion themselves.)} Ke7 54. Kg4 Kd6 55. Ra5 Nc5 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. Ra1 Ne6+ 58. Ke3 Nc5 59. Rd1+ Ke5 60. Rd8 Ne6 61. Re8 Kd5 62. Ra8 Nc5 63. Rh8 Ke5 64. Rh5+ Kd6 65. Kd4 Ne6+ 66. Kc4 Nf4 67. Rf5 Ne6 68. Rd5+ Ke7 69. Rd1 Kf6 70. Kd5 Nf4+ 71. Ke4 Ne6 72. Rd6 Ke7 73. Rb6 Kd7 74. Ke5 Nc7 75. Rb1 Kc6 76. Rd1 Kc5 77. Rc1+ Kb6 78. Kd6 Nb5+ 79. Kd7 Na3 80. Rc3 Nb5 81. Rc4 Na3 82. Rc8 Nb5 83. Rc1 Nd4 84. Rh1 Kc5 85. Rh4 Kd5 86. Rh5+ Ke4 87. Kd6 Nf5+ 88. Kc5 Ke5 89. Rg5 Ke4 90. Rg8 Ne3 91. Re8+ Kd3 92. Re5 Ng4 93. Re6 Ne3 94. Re8 Nf5 95. Ra8 Ne3 96. Ra4 Nc2 97. Rc4 Kd2 98. Rh4 Kd3 99. Rh3+ Ne3 100. Rg3 Ke4 {(Through all that and only one repetition of position!)} 1/2-1/2