[Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ishizuka, Mirai"] [Black "Kojima, Shinya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1719"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Na4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c3 Bd6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Otawa, Yuto"] [Black "Koyama, Nobuyuki"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2179"] [BlackElo "1718"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. a3 c4 18. Qa4 Nd3 19. h3 Qc8 20. Qc2 Bc5 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. Rad1 Be5 24. Be7 Re8 25. d6 Rb8 26. Rxd3 Rxe7 27. Rd5 Re6 28. Ng5 Nf6 29. d7 Qc7 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. d8=Q+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxc4 Qd7 34. Re1 Qd6 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qxb7+ Kg6 37. Qb5 Bd4 38. Qd3+ Kf7 39. Rd1 e5 40. b4 Qb6 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. Qc4 Qd8 43. Rc2 Nd7 44. Qd5 Qf8 45. Qf3 Qb8 46. Qf5 g6 47. Qg5+ Kf7 48. Bd5+ Ke8 49. Rc6 Nf8 50. Qf6 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Mukai, Hiroyuki"] [Black "Yamada, Kohei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B99"] [WhiteElo "1716"] [BlackElo "2172"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Ndxb5 Qb6 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. e5 Be7 18. h4 g6 19. Qd3 Bxd6 20. Qxd6+ Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nc5 22. g3 Ke7 23. Red1 Bf3 24. R1d2 Rhc8 25. Kb1 Kf8 26. R2d4 Kg7 27. Rd2 Rab8 28. R6d4 Bg4 29. Rd6 Bf5 30. R6d4 Rb7 31. Ka1 Ra8 32. Rc4 Na6 33. Ra4 Rbb8 34. Kb1 Ra7 35. Rd6 Rab7 36. Nd1 Nb4 37. Rd2 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Bxc2+ 39. Ka1 Bxa4 40. Rd2 Rc8 41. Nc3 Nd5 42. Nb1 Bc2 43. a3 Be4 44. Rd1 Ne3 45. Rg1 Nc2+ 46. Ka2 Bd5+ 47. b3 Nd4 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nguyen, Tuan Anh"] [Black "Tran, Thanh Tu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1899"] [BlackElo "2409"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Qc7 7. a4 b4 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nc4 e5 14. Bh3 Rad8 15. Qd2 h6 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 a5 18. Ra1 Ba6 19. Rac1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nc4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qd1 Nc3 24. Qh5 Bxc4 25. dxc4 e4 26. f4 d3 27. cxd3 exd3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bg4 g6 30. Qxh6 Ne2+ 31. Bxe2 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Rxe2+ 33. Kf3 Rf2+ 34. Kg4 Qf5+ 35. Kh4 Rxh2# 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Kojima, Shinya"] [Black "Sakai, Enju"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "1895"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 h6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 c5 17. f4 g4 18. Bh4 Qd5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 e6 21. Re5 Qc6 22. f5 Kf8 23. b3 exf5 24. Re7 Be6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Re1 Bd7 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qb8 b5 29. Bg3 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Maeda, Shuntaro"] [Black "Otawa, Yuto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E64"] [WhiteElo "1886"] [BlackElo "2179"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 e5 8. e4 Na6 9. O-O Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bd2 Ng7 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Qc1 h6 17. Ng1 Bd7 18. Qb1 Bd4 19. Nge2 Be5 20. Bh3 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxe4 Kg8 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. g4 Nc7 27. Ng3 Nce8 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Qg6 Nxg4 30. h3 Nf6 31. Qxh6 g4 32. h4 Qf7 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Nge4 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Qh3# 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Yamada, Kohei"] [Black "Kanda, Daigo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2172"] [BlackElo "1827"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb4+ 11. c3 Ba5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 e5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Re1 e4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Be3 h6 18. Nh3 Rad8 19. Nf4 Rd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Ne2 a6 23. h3 Bg6 24. Bd4 Nd5 25. Rd1 Ne7 26. Rd2 Bb6 27. Be3 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 f5 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. b3 g5 31. Ne2 Bd5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 Kg7 34. c4 Bf7 35. Bc3+ Kh7 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Kg6 38. Bh3 Kh5 39. Nxf5 Nc6 40. Kg2 Ne5 41. Kg3 Be6 42. Ng7+ 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Tran, Thanh Tu"] [Black "Higashino, Tetsuo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2064"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Qh4 h6 6. e4 d6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O Bg7 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. Nd5 g5 13. Qg3 Kf8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nc7 f5 16. Nxa8 f4 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. Rd8+ Kf7 19. Rxh8 g4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Ne5+ Kf8 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ng6+ 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Shioguchi, Tatsuya"] [Black "Kojima, Shinya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "1950"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 a5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Qb3 Nf6 17. Bd3 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxc5 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qh4 Rd8 23. Bxb4 Be4 24. Bxc5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 26. Qd4 Ba6 27. Ba7 Qc8 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Nd5 30. Nd4 Nc7 31. f3 Nb5 32. Nc2 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. e4 e5 35. Nb4 Bb7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd3 Nc7 38. Kc4 g6 39. Bb6 Na6 40. Nd3 f5 41. exf5+ gxf5 42. b4 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Nf4+ Kf5 45. g3 Kg4 46. b5 Nb8 47. Ne6 Nd7 48. Bd4 Kh3 49. Nd8 Ba8 50. b6 Kxh2 51. b7 Bxb7 52. Nxb7 Kxg3 53. Nd6 Kf3 54. Nf5 h5 55. Kc3 Nf8 56. Kd2 Ng6 57. Bf6 Kg4 58. Nd6 Kf3 59. Bg5 h4 60. Nxe4 h3 61. Nf2 Kxf2 62. Be3+ Kg2 63. Ke1 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Otawa, Yuto"] [Black "Nagataki, Kota"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2179"] [BlackElo "1904"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Kb1 N4d5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Rc1 Be6 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. f4 a5 17. Nf3 a4 18. b4 Nd5 19. h4 a3 20. Ka1 h5 21. Ng5 Kh8 22. Bc4 Bg8 23. Bf2 Ra4 24. Bb3 Rxb4 25. e6 Qb5 26. Rhd1 c5 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxf4 29. Rf3 Ne2 30. Rxc5 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Kitagami, Show"] [Black "Yamada, Kohei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "1902"] [BlackElo "2172"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. c4 Ba4 16. Nb3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Rxc4 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Nxc1 Nd5 21. Bd4 a5 22. e4 Nb4 23. Bb6 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Kf1 a4 26. Ke1 Ne5 27. h3 Ba3 28. Kd1 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Kc2 Kf7 31. Nd3 Ke6 32. Bd4 Nxd3 33. Kxd3 g5 34. Kc4 g4 35. h4 Bc1 36. Kb4 Kd5 37. Bb6 a3 38. Kc3 Ke4 39. Kc2 Bb2 40. Kd2 Bd4 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. Kc2 Ke4 43. Kb3 Kf3 44. Kxa3 Kxf2 45. Kb4 f4 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Yamada, Kohei"] [Black "Tran, Thanh Tu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2172"] [BlackElo "2409"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8. f4 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O-O h5 12. Qg3 h4 13. Qe1 Nge7 14. g4 g5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxg5 Bg7 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rf1 Nd5 20. Qf2 O-O-O 21. Bd2 Rdf8 22. Ba5 Qc6 23. c4 Nc7 24. Bb4 Ne8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxh4 Qb6 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Qg3 Bc6 29. Nd6+ Nxd6 30. Qxd6 Rd8 31. Qe7 Bf8 32. Qxf7 Bd7 33. Qxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kc7 35. g6 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kojima, Shinya"] [Black "Otsuka, Shou"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2118"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qf3 c5 14. Nde2 Nh4 15. Qf4 Ng6 16. Qg3 Rxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qf3 d5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Nf4 Ng5 21. Qh5 d4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg5 gxh5 24. Bxd8 Bxa2 25. Be7 Be6 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Re5 b6 28. Rxh5 Ke7 29. f4 f6 30. Kf2 Bd7 31. b3 Bc6 32. a5 Kf7 33. b4 Be4 34. bxc5 Rd8 35. cxb6 axb6 36. axb6 f5 37. Rd2 Ke6 38. c3 d3 39. Ke3 Rb8 40. Rg5 Rxb6 41. Rg6+ 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Nagataki, Kota"] [Black "Tanaka, Satoshi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "1904"] [BlackElo "1991"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 Na5 9. Ba2 b5 10. Be3 c6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O Bxa2 13. Rxa2 d5 14. b4 Nb7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. c3 Rfc8 17. Qb3 e4 18. Nd4 Nd6 19. Rd2 a6 20. Bg5 exd3 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxd5 Qg6 23. Nc6 Qe4 24. Qxd6 Rxc6 25. Qxd3 Qe7 26. Rfd1 h6 27. Qf3 Rac8 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qxc6 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qa4 32. c4 g6 33. cxb5 Qxb5 34. Qxb5 axb5 35. Kg3 f6 36. Kf4 Kf7 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Kc3 g5 40. Kb3 f5 41. a4 h5 42. a5 h4 43. f3 Kc6 44. Kc3 Kd5 45. Kd3 Kc6 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. a6 Kc6 48. Ke5 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.04"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Sakai, Enju"] [Black "Otawa, Yuto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "2179"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Ne4 14. c4 a6 15. cxd5 Nc3 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Qf6 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rad8 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Bc4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qc3 Rfd8 24. Re4 g6 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. Rh4 h5 27. Rf4 Rf5 28. Re4 Nb4 29. Nh4 Rb5 30. Nf3 Nd5 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. Nd2 Nc3 33. Rde1 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qe6 35. Re3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. Rf3 Qd5 38. Qe3 Rc6 39. g3 Re6 40. Rf4 Rxb3 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Qf4+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ Qd7 44. Qc5+ Ke8 45. Ng5 Rb5 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Nagataki, Kota"] [Black "Kojima, Shinya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "1904"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 f5 15. Qb4 b6 16. a4 a5 17. Qa3 f4 18. Bd2 Nf5 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 g5 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxa5 h5 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nh6 26. Rb1 Nxg4 27. Rb7 Rf7 28. Qa7 Nh6 29. Ba5 g4 30. Bxc7 Qf6 31. Nd2 Nf5 32. Ne4 Qh4 33. Bxd6 Rxb7 34. Qxb7 Nd4 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxe5+ Kg6 37. Bxd4 f3 38. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Otawa, Yuto"] [Black "Yamada, Kohei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "2179"] [BlackElo "2172"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Nc1 Qe7 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Be2 g5 14. Bf2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. O-O Be6 17. Re1 Qf8 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. dxc5 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Rd2 22. Qb5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qb8 24. Qxc6 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 26. Kf2 Nf4 27. Rb1 Qb7 28. Rb2 Qxb2+ 29. Ke3 Qe2+ 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Tran, Thanh Tu"] [Black "Gishi, Takeshi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "1995"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5 Nxh5 4. d4 d5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bf5 8. Nc5 b6 9. Nb3 Qd5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. g4 Qe4 14. Rg1 Nf4 15. Nd2 Qe6 16. Ba6+ Kb8 17. Qf3 Qd5 18. Bxf4 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 e5 20. dxe5 Nc5 21. Bb5 Ne6 22. Be3 h5 23. g5 Kb7 24. Rd1 h4 25. Rh1 h3 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Bd7 Nc6 28. Rxh3 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. Be8 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Otsuka, Shou"] [Black "Furuya, Masahiro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2118"] [BlackElo "1935"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 b4 7. e5 bxc3 8. exf6 exf6 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd7 11. Qxc6 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Ba3 16. Qf4 Nb6 17. Rab1 Bf5 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Be6 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Qh4 h6 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qb7 Bc1 25. d5 Bxd2 26. dxe6 Qxc3 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. e7 Qc6 29. Qf8+ Kh7 30. Bxf5+ 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Kojima, Shinya"] [Black "Yamada, Kohei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2172"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Bb3 e6 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Rac1 Nbxc4 16. Nd1 b5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb5 21. a4 Qb3 22. Bd4 a5 23. Rf3 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Qf2 Ba6 26. Nc3 Rab8 27. Rd2 Rfc8 28. g3 Rc6 29. Re3 Qc5 30. Kg2 Rb4 31. f5 Rcb6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Qf6 Qxe3 34. Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Rd5+ g5 40. g4+ Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qe6+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Tran, Thanh Tu"] [Black "Nagataki, Kota"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "1904"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. g5 Nfd7 8. a3 c5 9. e3 a6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 12. Bxb8 Nxb8 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Higashino, Tetsuo"] [Black "Kitagami, Show"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2064"] [BlackElo "1902"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. h3 Nb6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 a4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. bxa4 Bd7 13. Bc3 Na5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Rb1 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Rxb7 c5 18. a5 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxd4 21. a6 e6 22. Bc6 d5 23. Kg2 Qd6 24. Bb5 e5 25. Rc1 Rad8 26. a7 Bc5 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Bd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.05"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Shiomi, Ryo"] [Black "Otsuka, Shou"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2063"] [BlackElo "2118"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be3 d5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. c3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nd3 15. g4 h5 16. Nf4 Nxb2 17. Rd4 hxg4 18. e6 g5 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Ne2 gxh3 21. Bxe4 Bf6 22. Rd6 Nxa4 23. Bc2 Be5 24. Rh6 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Rdd6 Rh8 28. Bb3+ Ke8 29. Bd2 Rxh6 30. Rxh6 Bxd2 31. Rh8+ Kd7 32. Rxa8 Bf4 33. Rh8 b5 34. f3 Bxf3 35. Rxh3 Bd5 36. Bc2 a4 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Kd3 a3 0-1 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.06"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Kojima, Shinya"] [Black "Tran, Thanh Tu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2409"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 Rb8 11. b3 f5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Rc1 d5 15. a3 Na6 16. Na4 Re8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Ra1 Rb7 19. Qf2 d4 20. Bd2 c4 21. dxc4 c5 22. Nb2 h6 23. Nd3 Rg7 24. b4 Bb7 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Bb4 Bb6 28. c5 Bc7 29. Nxd4 Be4 30. Rad1 Qb8 31. Qe2 g5 32. fxg5 Rxg5 33. Rf2 Qa8 34. Nb5 Bxe5 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Rd2 Bxd6 37. cxd6 a5 38. Bc3 Qc6 39. Be5 Rd7 40. h3 Kh7 41. Kh2 Rg6 42. Qe3 Qa4 43. Bb2 Rg8 44. Rf4 Qb5 45. Rh4 Rg6 46. Qd4 Qb8 47. c4 Rdg7 48. Qxg7+ Rxg7 49. Bxg7 Kxg7 50. Rxe4 fxe4 51. c5 Kf6 52. c6 e3 53. c7 Qxc7 54. dxc7 exd2 55. c8=Q d1=Q 56. Qf8+ Kg6 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Qf8+ Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.06"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Yamada, Kohei"] [Black "Higashino, Tetsuo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2172"] [BlackElo "2064"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Nh2 g5 11. f4 Nh5 12. Ne2 gxf4 13. Nxf4 Ng3 14. Rg1 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qf2 Rg8 18. Ng4 h5 19. Qxg3 hxg4 20. h4 Be6 21. a3 Kd7 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Kd1 Qc5 24. Ne2 Qxa3 25. Nxd4 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qc5 27. Kd2 g3 28. c3 Rg4 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Ra1 a5 31. Rhb1 Rhxh4 32. Nf3 Rh2 33. Qxc5 Rxg2+ 34. Ke3 bxc5 35. Ne5+ Kd6 36. Nxg4 Bxg4 37. Rg1 Rxg1 38. Rxg1 c4 39. Rxg3 Bd1 40. Kd4 cxd3 41. Rxd3 Bb3 42. c4 a4 43. c5+ Ke6 44. Rh3 f6 45. Rf3 Bc2 46. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.06"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Otsuka, Shou"] [Black "Tanaka, Satoshi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2118"] [BlackElo "1991"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 O-O 7. dxc5 Qe7 8. Qd4 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 d6 14. f4 c5 15. Qd2 Neg4 16. fxg5 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Rfd8 18. Bxe7 Rxd2 19. h3 Ne3 20. Rf2 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Nxc2 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. a4 Nxb5 24. axb5 Re8 25. Rd7 Bc8 26. Rc7 Nf4 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 hxg5 29. d6 Kg7 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. d7 Ra8 32. d8=Q 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "2022.11.06"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Sakai, Enju"] [Black "Furuya, Masahiro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "1935"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nh3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Nc6 8. f4 d6 9. f5 Nf6 10. Nf4 Ne5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Be3 gxf5 13. Nh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 fxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O-O 16. Rad1 Rdf8 17. c3 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 h6 20. Nf3 Qb7 21. Kh2 Qd5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxa2 25. Rd2 Qd5 26. c4 Qc6 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5+ Qd7 29. Qe4 Qb7 30. Qg4+ Qd7 31. Qg7 Qe8 32. Re2 Kd8 33. Qg4 Rf8 34. Qe4 Kc7 35. cxb5 axb5 36. b4 e5 37. Ra2 Kb6 38. bxc5+ dxc5 39. Qe1 Qf7 40. Qa5+ Kc6 41. Qa6+ Kc7 42. Rc2 Qd5 43. Qxb5 Kd6 44. Qb6+ Qc6 45. Qb1 Ra8 46. Rf2 Re8 47. Rf6+ Re6 48. Qb8+ Kd5 49. Qb3+ c4 50. dxc4+ Kc5 51. Rf2 Qb6 52. Qe3+ Kxc4 53. Rc2+ Kd5 54. Rd2+ Kc6 55. Qe4+ Kc7 56. Qh7+ Kc6 57. Qd7+ Kc5 58. Rc2+ 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Endo, Shuma"] [Black "Donaldson, Sheldon"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1248"] [BlackElo "1604"] [PlyCount "107"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 $6 {I should have played d5 here, but I had studied the KID and wanted to lead the game to known waters...} 3. Bf4 {I maintain the London System should be banned...} Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h4 h5 6. Be2 d6 7. Qd2 a5 8. f3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 c6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ne8 15. Rd1 f6 $2 {Now we come to the first major mistake, f6 just weakens the g-pawn for no reason, I should have offered the trade of Bishops, but didn't want to invite a perpetual...} (15... Bf6 16. Bh6 Ng7 {as you can clearly see, there is no perpetual...O_o}) 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Nh3 Bh6 18. Bxh6 $6 (18. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 19. hxg5 Bg7 $16 {the disgusting engine line that no human would play...}) 18... Kxh6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Rhg1 Nc5 21. Rd6 Be6 22. Nf2 Rad8 23. Rgd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 g5 25. hxg5+ fxg5 $4 {A huge blunder, up until this point I was pretty confident, I wanted to have connected pawns in order to try and create a passer, but this weakens the e5 pawn, Shuma would exploit this... BELIEVE THAT $1} (25... Kxg5 26. gxh5 Nxh5 27. Nd3 Nxd3+ 28. Bxd3 Bh3 29. Kd2 Kf4 $15) 26. gxh5 $1 Nxh5 $6 {... this capture allows a bunch of tactics...Kh7 was better.} 27. Ng4+ $4 {despite winning the pawn, there was something better. } (27. Na4 Nxa4 28. Rxe6+ Kg7 29. Rxe5 $18) 27... Kg7 28. Nxe5 $4 {Na4 still.} Nf4 29. Bd1 Rh8 30. Ne2 Ng2 $4 {the penultimate blunder...I am down material, so I didn't want to trade...but that would have been best.} (30... Nxe2+ 31. Bxe2 Kf6) 31. Nd4 Bh3 $4 {And that was it, maybe it was the time trouble I had like 15 minutes left, while Shuma had over an hour...or maybe the swiveling of his chair...but this is a horrible move, resignable} (31... Kf6 32. Nc4 a4 33. b4 axb3 34. axb3 $16) 32. Rg6+ $1 {Shuma now blitzes out strong move after strong move, crushing my position and my soul...} Kh7 33. Rxg5 Nf4 34. Nf7 Rf8 35. Rxc5 Rxf7 36. Ne2 Nxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Kg6 38. Rxa5 Bg2 39. Ra7 Rd7 40. Ra8 Kf6 41. Rf8+ Ke7 42. Rf4 Bh3 43. Rh4 Be6 44. f4 Rd4 45. e5 Bf5 46. c3 Ra4 47. a3 b5 48. Bd1 Ra8 49. Bc2 Bxc2 50. Kxc2 Rd8 51. f5 Rd5 52. Re4 Kf7 53. e6+ Ke7 54. f6+ {It was in this position that I resigned as there is nothing left to be done, the e-pawn is unstoppable.} 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Donaldson, Sheldon"] [Black "Togawa, Kentaro"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1410"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Reb1 b6 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qc7 21. Bd4 Ne7 22. Qa2 Nc8 23. Qa3 Qd7 24. f4 Rc7 25. Ra2 Ne7 26. g4 O-O 27. Rf2 Rfc8 28. Qb3 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 g6 31. Rh2 Kg7 32. Kg2 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Kxh8 34. Rh1+ Kg7 35. Qb1 Rc8 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Nxf5 38. Qxf5 $3 {WWTD... always ask yourself, What Would Tal Do... $2} Rg8 (38... exf5 $6 39. e6+ f6 40. exd7 Rd8 $18) 39. Qf6+ {Up a piece and completely winning, I exchanged Queens and ended up winning easily...} Kf8+ 40. Kf2 Qxb5 41. Qd8+ Qe8 42. Qxe8+ Kxe8 43. Ra1 Rh8 44. Rxa7 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. Rb7 Kf8 47. Rxb6 Rxb6 48. Bxb6 Kg7 49. Bd8 Kf8 50. Bf6 Kg8 51. Kg4 Kf8 52. Kg5 Ke8 53. Kh6 Kd7 54. Kg7 Ke8 55. Kg8 Kd7 56. Kxf7 1-0 [Event "Japan Open 2022"] [Site "Tokyo, Japan"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Donaldson, Sheldon"] [Black "Kano, Meixner"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [PlyCount "95"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 $5 {An aggressive line from Adhiban's e4 Chessable course, I highly recommend it.} e6 4. O-O d5 5. Bb5 $5 {The e-pawn is sacrificed to destroy Blacks pawn structure.} dxe4 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 {Pawn structure looking like a Hobo's teeth...} 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 $6 (10... Qd4 11. Qe2 {Winter is Coming for the e-pawn}) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qd5 13. d3 Rd8 14. Bf4 $6 {Ra4 would have been better...but nothing silly, like a3 $4} (14. a3 Qxe4 15. dxe4 Rxd1# {Can you imagine it $6}) 14... Bf6 $1 15. Qc1 O-O 16. Rc4 Qf5 17. Be3 Bd4 18. Rb1 $6 {h3 would have been better just taking care of the Back Rank.} Rd7 19. b4 Bxe3 $1 20. Qxe3 cxb4 21. Rcxb4 Qd5 22. Rc4 Rfd8 23. h3 h6 24. Qc5 {The game has been very even, so I decided to go into the Ending and try to exploit Black's weak pawn structure.} Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rc7 26. a4 Rdd7 27. Rb4 Rd5 28. Rbc4 Rxc5 $1 29. Rxc5 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. d4 $6 {I want to restrict Black's King before bringing my own Monarch into the Game...not truly the best plan...but better than no plan.} (31. Ra5 f5 32. Ke2 g5 33. g4 Kf6 34. d4 h5 35. gxh5 $14 {How the Engine would have played...}) 31... Kd6 32. c3 $6 {Ke2} f6 33. f4 g5 34. g3 {It was around this time that my opponent asked the arbitrators about the correct way to offer a draw, so I had a pretty good idea what was on my opponents mind;)...I was determined to Win and would have played on, no matter what...} Rg7 35. Kf2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kc7 $6 37. Rh5 Rg6 $1 38. f5 Rg5 39. Rxg5 hxg5 40. fxe6 Kd6 $1 41. Kg3 Kxe6 $4 { And after close to 3 hours of chess one bad move seals the deal, Black has to play f5 to keep my King passive...} (41... f5 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Kxe6 44. c4 Kf6 45. Kg3) 42. Kg4 $1 a5 43. c4 $1 Kd6 44. Kf5 $1 Ke7 45. d5 cxd5 46. cxd5 Kf7 47. d6 g4 48. hxg4 {Black resigned as there is nothing left to be done, one of these pawns is Queening.} 1-0