[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,55,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-55,-3,-8,-3,-6,-18,-49,-22,-23,10,-18,-25,-29,-15,-29,-25,-48,70,75,69,74,89,80,81,77,406,402,1057,1057]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qd3 d5 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Nb5 a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5] The position is equal.} 12. Nd6+ Nxd6 13. Bxd6 Ne7 {[#]} 14. Bb4 $146 (14. Bxe7 $11 Kxe7 15. c4) ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Nf5 15. Bf4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd7 17. Bd3 {½-½ (79) Riff,J (2502)-Nataf,I (2541) Mulhouse 2011}) 14... Qd8 (14... Qc7 $15) 15. c4 $11 O-O 16. cxd5 exd5 17. c4 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Bc3 Qc7 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 21. Qb2 f6 22. Bh5 Rf8 ({Reject} 22... Qxc4 $6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Rac1 $16) (22... dxc4 $15 23. Bxe8 Rxe8) 23. Bb4 $1 $14 {And now Re1 would win.} Bf7 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. cxd5 {aiming for d6.} Qd7 26. Rac1 Nxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Qa4 $16) 27. Qb3 $1 $18 ({Not} 27. Rc5 Nxb4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 $16) 27... Rd8 {[#]} (27... Rc8 $142 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rxd5 h6) 28. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,-6,-7,-72,-21,-59,-40,-64,-64,-139,-62,-66,-77,-136,-122,-135,-139,-149,-145,-128,-116,-143,-124,-112,-117,-183,-166,-175,-164,-146,-112,-120,-114,-116,-118,-116,-120,-107,-105,-132,-136,-164,-162,-166,-108,-109,-92,-119,-119,-127,-115,-193,-121,-122,-118,-128,-119,-250,-250,-339,-277,-303,-320,-1024,-1020,-1020,-1000,-999,-990,-994,-908,-5057,-3449,-4133,-4133,-29971,-29973,-5281,-5093]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc1 c5 13. Nd3 a5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ {½-½ (22) Demuth,A (2538)-Libiszewski,F (2530) Palmerston North 2018}) 6... Nbd7 (6... e6 $17) 7. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Na2 O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 a6 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (24) McCarty,A (685)-Saganauer,R (1155) LSS email 2011}) 7... cxb3 $1 8. Qxb3 {Black is slightly better.} e6 9. Bd3 {[#]} (9. e4 $15) 9... Bd6 ({Black should try} 9... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 10. Qc2 (10. dxc5 Qxd3) 10... Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 a6) 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 (11. Ne4 $142 Nxe4 12. Bxe4) 11... e5 $17 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. Bg5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Be7 17. Nxf6+ (17. Nxe5 $17 Qxd3 18. Nxd3) 17... Bxf6 $19 18. Qe4 {[#] Hoping for Bxf6.} Rb8 $1 ({Worse is} 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxa8 $14) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. Rfc1 Rb7 23. f3 g6 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} a5 (26... Rc7 $1 $19 27. Rd6 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Ra2) 27. Nc6 $17 Rb6 28. Nd4 Bc4 29. Rb1 b4 30. Ke3 (30. axb4 $17 axb4 31. Ke3) 30... Kg7 ({Black should play} 30... b3 $19 {aiming for ...b2.} 31. Kd2 a4) 31. axb4 axb4 {[%cal Ba5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} 32. Rb2 Kf6 33. Nc2 (33. g3 $17) 33... b3 $19 {White must now prevent ...Re6+.} 34. Nd4 Ra6 35. Kd2 Ra2 36. Rxa2 $2 (36. Kc3 Rxb2 37. Kxb2) 36... bxa2 {KB-KN} 37. Nc2 Bb3 38. Na1 Ba4 39. Kc3 Ke5 40. Kb2 Kd4 41. Kxa2 Ke3 42. Nb3 Bxb3+ 43. Kxb3 Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 9. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 10. f4 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 11. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 13. Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:05:08]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 18. Qd1 {[%emt 0:09:04]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 19. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:08:34]} 22. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 23. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 24. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 25. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 27. d6 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 28. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:11:18]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 32. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 33. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 35. Rf1 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,67,37,43,43,81,87,96,113,124,64,52,47,110,111,128,98,97,91,112,93,89,89,88,85,127,112,131,101,97,101,104,64,50,52,91,78,214,222,256,262,29962,29942,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 O-O 13. c4 $146 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb5 Qxa2 14. Rxb7 Rab8 15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Ne4 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ra1 Rb8 {½-½ (66) Piotrowski,A (1929)-Malec,S (1740) Grodzisk Mazowiecki 2007}) 13... Qe4 14. Be3 ({Don't play} 14. Rxb7 Nxd4 15. Rb2 Bxf3 $15) 14... Rfd8 15. Qb3 {And now Bd3 would win.White is better.} Na5 16. Qc3 (16. Qb5 $16 Qc2 17. Rb2 (17. Qxa5 Qxe2 18. Ne5 b6 $16)) 16... b6 $14 17. Bd3 Qb7 {[#]} (17... Qc6 $14) 18. Qxa5 $1 $16 Qxf3 19. gxf3 bxa5 20. Kg2 Rab8 21. Rfd1 (21. Rxb8 {with more complications.} Rxb8 22. Rc1 Bg6 23. Bf1 Rb2 24. d5) 21... Bg6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bf1 Kf8 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Rb1 26. Rd2 Bf5 27. d6 ({Much worse is} 27. Bxa7 $6 Bxh3+ 28. Kxh3 Rxf1 $11) 27... Ke8 28. Ba6 Kd7 29. a4 Be6 (29... Kd8 $16) 30. Bb5+ $18 ({Not} 30. Bxa7 Nd5 $11) 30... Kd8 31. Bxa7 Nd5 $2 {[#]} (31... Bd7 $18) 32. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion. White mates.} Bxd5 33. Bb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc8 34. d7+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,-43,-32,-36,-33,-37,-8,-3,-13,-14,12,8,20,21,22,23,30,30,31,-31,0,0,-3,-42,-4,0,53,-58,36,-88,-77,-83,-91,-91,-86,-170,-166,-175,-159,-359,-226,-588,-485,-458,-473,-474,-459,-450,-366,-887,-881,-879,-863]} 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe1 a6 8. a3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (8. a4 Nb4 9. Qh4 Nxc2 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. e5 f5 13. d3 d5 14. exd6 Kd7 15. Ng5 Nd8 {1-0 (39) Staub,G (2010)-Hoffmann,A (2135) Basel 2019}) 8... b5 9. Ba2 O-O 10. d3 {The position is equal.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. Qh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {1-0 (43) Pape,R (1849)-Behrendt,M (1516) Kiel 2013}) 11. e5 Nf5 12. Ne2 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 13. g4 Nfe7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 Bg7 16. Ng3 (16. Qh4 $14) 16... Qd6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Qc7 ({Black should play} 19... a5 $11) 20. b4 (20. Ng5 $14) 20... Qa7 (20... cxb4 $1 $15 21. cxb4 Qd6) 21. Kg2 (21. Be3 $14 {stays ahead.}) 21... a5 $17 22. Bb1 axb4 23. axb4 d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 24. cxd4 (24. c4 $17) 24... cxb4 $19 25. Qe4 Nd5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 26. Ne5 $2 (26. f5 $17 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Ba2) 26... Nxd4 27. f5 $2 (27. Kh3 {is tougher.}) 27... Nf6 28. Qf4 exf5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd5.} 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxb4 {next Ba2+ is good for White.} Qd5+ 31. Kg1 $2 (31. Ne4 Nxg4 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 33. Kg1) 31... Rxe1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} 32. Rxe1 Nf3+ {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 35%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Attieh, Wael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:09:38]} 6. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Be7 {[%emt 0:15:05]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:39]} O-O 10. h3 h6 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:08:28]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 14. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} b4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 15. axb4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 17. dxc5 {[%emt 0:09:51]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 20. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:26]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 23. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 24. Kh1 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 25. c3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Nd6 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 27. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 28. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxf6 10. Qd5 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Kf8 15. O-O Ke7 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Kxd6 18. Nf5+ Kc7 19. Nd6 f6 20. a4 b6 21. Bg4 Bb7 22. Nf7 Bxe4 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rc1 Bc6 25. Be2 a5 26. Ra1 d5 27. f3 d4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. c4 Rd2 30. Kf2 Rb2 31. Ke3 Rb4 32. Kd2 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. Bd3 Kc5 36. h4 Bd7 37. g3 Be6 38. Be2 a4 39. Bd1 a3 40. Bb3 b5 41. cxb5 a2 42. Bxa2 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Rh3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb4 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. a3 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc6 17. Na2 Rc8 18. b3 Ke7 19. Rg3 g6 20. a4 Rc7 21. Rc3 Rhc8 22. Kd2 Nd7 23. Nb4 f6 24. Nxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. exf6+ Nxf6 27. Bd3 Kd6 28. Rb4 b6 29. Bxa6 Ne4+ 30. Kc1 Kc5 31. Rb5+ Kd4 32. Bb7 Rd6 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Ke3 35. c4 dxc4 36. bxc4 Rb6 37. Rb5 Rxb5 38. cxb5 Nd6 39. Bc6 Nxb5 40. Bxb5 Kxf4 41. Kd2 Kg3 42. Bc6 Kxh4 43. Ke2 Kg3 44. Kf1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. a3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Qf2 Rb8 15. Ne2 Bf8 16. g4 Nd7 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. Nd2 d5 19. e5 d4 20. Nge4 dxe3 21. Qh4 h6 22. Nf3 Nd5 23. g5 Nce7 24. gxh6 Ng6 25. Qg3 Ndxf4 26. hxg7 Bxg7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe1 Rd8 12. g4 Ne8 13. g5 b5 14. a3 Nb6 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxf5 Bf8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Rf4 f6 22. Ne3 Qf7 23. Raf1 Be7 24. Ncd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rac8 26. Bb6 Rd7 27. Bh3 Rxc2 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. g6 hxg6 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Rh4 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc4 16. Be1 Nd4 17. Bd1 Nf5 18. Rf3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb2 20. Be2 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Ncd6 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Nd5 Rfe8 24. c4 e6 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 b5 27. c5 Bd4 28. Re2 Rxc5 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Bb4 Rd8 31. Bc2 a6 32. Red2 Nc4 33. Re2 Ne3 34. Rde1 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Bf6 36. g3 h5 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. Ba5 Bd8 39. Bxd8 Rdxd8 40. Rc7 Rd2 41. Ra1 Rb2 42. a3 Rd8 43. Ra7 Rdd2 44. Rc1 Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Rbg2+ 46. Kf1 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Rhg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxg3 49. Rcc7 Rxf4 50. Kh2 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. Nbc3 exd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. a4 Ne5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Kh1 b6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bg1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qb8 20. Nxb6 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Nd5 Rde8 23. Qb3 Nd8 24. Rfc1 Nc5 25. Qb4 Qc8 26. Nec3 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Ndb7 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Ne6 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Qb2 Re7 32. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. O-O Nh6 8. Qe1 d5 9. e5 e6 10. c3 Nd7 11. h3 c5 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bf2 cxd4 14. cxd4 h5 15. Bc2 a5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Bd3 Kf8 19. a4 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Bb7 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Nd6 Ba6 23. Bh4 Qb6 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Bh6 26. Rfa1 Nb8 27. b4 Kg7 28. b5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. h3 Be6 9. d5 Bd7 10. Nd4 c5 11. Nc2 b5 12. cxb5 Bxb5 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Re1 Nbd7 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. b3 Rab8 18. f4 Ned7 19. e4 Ne8 20. Qf3 Qb6 21. Kh2 Nc7 22. Ne3 c4 23. bxc4 Nc5 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. e5 Nd3 26. Rf1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Ne8 28. Qf1 Nc5 29. Ne4 Qc7 30. Bc3 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 dxe5 32. f5 Nd6 33. Bd3 e4 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Be2 Qc5 36. Qf4 f6 37. h4 Qa3 38. Rf1 Qxa2 39. Rf2 Qa3 40. c5 Bxe2 41. cxd6 Bd3 42. d7 Qd6 43. Qxd6 exd6 44. Rb2 Rd8 45. Rb7 a6 46. Ng2 g5 47. Kg1 Bb5 48. Kf2 Rxd7 49. Rb6 Bc4 50. Ke3 Bxd5 51. Rxa6 Bb7 52. Rb6 d5 53. Kd4 h6 54. Ne3 Rc7 55. Rd6 Kf7 56. Nxd5 Bxd5 57. Rxd5 Re7 58. Ke3 Ra7 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Kxe4 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 g4 63. Rd4 Ra2+ 64. Ke3 Ra5 65. Rf4 Ra7 66. Rxg4 Ra1 67. Rb4 Rh1 68. Rb3 Kg7 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Re3 Rg1 72. Kf4 Rf1+ 73. Kg4 Rh1 74. Ra3 Rh2 75. Ra7+ Kf8 76. Ra4 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. Qh5 f5 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Qg5 Qe7 13. h4 h6 14. Qg3 Ng4 15. Re1 e4 16. Nd4 a6 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Ne6 Nbxc4 19. Nxf8 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Rd1 Nxb2 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. d6 cxd6 24. Kxb2 Bc4 25. Qf4 d5 26. a3 Qc5 27. Qd4 Qa5 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. Ra1 Rc5 30. Kc2 Rc6 31. Rdd1 b5 32. g4 fxg4 33. h5 Kh7 34. Qe5 Rf6 35. Qd4 g3 36. Qg4 b4 37. Ne2 Rc6 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Kd2 b3+ 40. Nc3 b2 41. Rab1 Rf6 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Rf1 Bxf1 44. Rxb2 Rf2+ 45. Ke1 Bc4 46. Rc2 Qxa3 47. Nd1 Rf1+ 48. Kd2 Qd3+ 49. Kc1 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Nc4 h6 9. O-O b6 10. Ne3 Bb7 11. Ng4 h5 12. Nh6+ Bxh6 13. Bxh6 Ng7 14. exd6 cxd6 15. d5 Nf6 16. c4 Rc8 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Bd3 e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bc2 d5 21. Ba4 Re7 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bd7 Re2 26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Rfe1 Rxb2 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Be3 Nxe3 30. Rxc8 Nf5 31. Rc7 Kg7 32. Rxa7 b5 33. Rd1 b4 34. Rd3 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Rf3 Kg8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nh6 39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Rb3 Rxb3+ 41. axb3 Kf6 42. f4 Ng8 43. Rb7 Ne7 44. Rb6+ Kg7 45. Rxb4 Nd5 46. Rd4 Nc3 47. Rc4 Nb5 48. Rc5 Nd6 49. b4 Kf6 50. Rc6 Ke7 51. Kh4 f6 52. f5 g5+ 53. Kh5 Ne4 54. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Be7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxe4 12. dxe4 f5 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Rf4 Kh8 15. Raf1 gxh6 16. d5 e5 17. Rxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxe5+ Bf6 19. Qxf5 Bd4+ 20. Nxd4 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Qh4 22. Ne6 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. h3 a6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Re1 d5 13. Ncd2 h6 14. c3 Bf5 15. d4 c4 16. Nh4 Bd3 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 e6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. Qg4 Kh7 21. Nd2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng2 Qe7 24. h4 h5 25. Qe2 b4 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. Nf4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Nb5 29. Qf3 Ne7 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nxc4 Qc7 32. Ne3 Qxc3 33. Rd1 Nf5 34. Ne2 Qb3 35. Rd2 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Ra4 37. g4 hxg4 38. Qxg4 Bxe5+ 39. Bf4 Bxf4+ 40. Qxf4 Nbd6 41. h5 Ne4 42. hxg6+ fxg6 43. Nxf5 gxf5 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qxe6+ Kg5 47. f4+ Kh5 48. Qxf5+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qh5+ Kg7 52. Qg4+ Kf7 53. Nc1 Qb7 54. Qh5+ Kf6 55. Qe5+ Kf7 56. Qh5+ Kf8 57. Rg2 Nf6 58. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a3 Be7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg6 15. a4 Kh8 16. a5 Rac8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Rcd8 19. Nc4 a6 20. Rfd1 Rd5 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. b4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Rd4 h6 25. g4 Kg8 26. Bc4 Nc3 27. h4 h5 28. gxh5 Bxh5 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Kf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. Rd4 Ke7 33. Kg3 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. Be6 Be8 36. Kf4 Bg6 37. e4 Bh5 38. Kf5 Be8 39. f4 Bh5 40. e5 fxe5 41. Kxe5 Bg6 42. f5 Bh5 43. f6 gxf6+ 44. Kxf6 Kc7 45. Bf7 Bg4 46. h5 Bxh5 47. Bxh5 Kc8 48. Ke7 Kc7 49. Bg4 Kb8 50. Kd8 Ka7 51. Kc7 Ka8 52. Bd7 b6 53. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Black "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1621"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Ra2 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. b5 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Re1 f6 16. Bd3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Kh8 19. Rae2 Qd4 20. Re3 Rf4 21. Nd2 Qxa4 22. Qe2 Qa2 23. Bb1 Qa5 24. Qd3 Rf5 25. Qd4 Rf7 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27. Nxf3 Qc3 28. Qxa7 Bxb5 29. Qxb7 Be8 30. Bd3 Bh5 31. Ba6 Rf8 32. Re3 Qa1+ 33. Re1 Qa5 34. Rc1 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qd2 36. Rc8 Qd1+ 37. Bf1 Qxf3 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8 39. Qc8 Qg4+ 40. Bg2 Kg8 41. h3 Qf5 42. Bxd5 Qg5+ 43. Bg2 Qxe5 44. Qa8 Kg7 45. Qb7+ Kg8 46. Qa8 Qg5 47. Qe4 Qf6 48. Qb7 Be7 49. Qe4 Bc5 50. Qa8+ Kf7 51. Qb7+ Be7 52. Qe4 Kg7 53. Qb7 h5 54. Qe4 h4 55. Qg4+ Kh6 56. Qe4 Bc5 57. Qc2 Bd4 58. Be4 Be5 59. Kf1 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 d6 8. h4 g4 9. Nh2 Nh5 10. Nxg4 Nxg3 11. fxg3 h5 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Nf6+ Kf8 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bg4 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Rf1 b5 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Nf6 Bxb3 20. axb3 Ne6 21. b4 Bb6 22. Nc3 c6 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Nxh5 fxg3 26. Qg4 Rg8 27. Qf4 Bf2+ 28. Kd2 Rg6 29. Ne2 Qe7 30. Nexg3 Bxg3 31. Nxg3 Qe5 32. Ne2 Rxg2 33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. c3 a6 35. Rf1 Rh8 36. Qe3 c5 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qf3+ Qf6 40. Qxg2 Rxh4 41. Qg1 Qh6+ 42. Qe3 Qxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Rf3 45. b4 cxb4 46. cxb4 Ke7 47. Nd4 Rh3 48. Kc3 Kd6 49. Nb3 Rh7 50. Kd4 Kc6 51. Nc5 Kb6 52. Kd5 Rh1 53. e5 a5 54. bxa5+ Kxa5 55. e6 Rh8 56. e7 Re8 57. Kd6 Kb4 58. Na6+ Kc3 59. Kd7 Rxe7+ 60. Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 b6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 h6 11. exf6 hxg5 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. g3 Be6 15. Qc2 b5 16. Nxd5 Qb7 17. Nc3 b4 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nxg5 Bxa2 20. b3 Qe5 21. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Saliba, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {+-} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,-14,-12,-26,-25,-22,-26,-39,-30,-36,-17,-15,-25,-13,-6,-21,-16,-20,-16,-50,-32,-39,-8,-57,-20,-90,-27,-22,-20,-27,-15,-40,-32,-61,-24,-61,-61,-470,-327,-343,-307,-439,-47,-134,-86,-47,-45,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29995,-29996]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 (3... f6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nge7 9. d3 Ng6 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 {0-1 (28) Nakamura,H (2746)-Korobov,A (2698) St Petersburg 2018}) 4. g3 d4 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. a4 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 O-O 10. e3 Rb8 11. O-O {0-1 (50) Petrovs,J (1844)-Berzinsh,R (2409) Riga 2018}) 8... Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. e3 O-O 11. c3 {[%cal Rc3d4]} dxc3 12. Bxc3 f5 13. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bf6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Qb2 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Bf7 16. Rfe1 e4 (16... Bxc4 {feels hotter.} 17. bxc4 e4 18. dxe4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 fxe4 20. Nd2 Nf6) 17. dxe4 {[#]} (17. Bxf6 $11 {remains equal.} Nxf6 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Nfe5) 17... fxe4 (17... Bxc3 $1 $17 18. Qxc3 fxe4) 18. Bxf6 $1 $11 Nxf6 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bh5 21. h3 Rad8 22. g4 Rd5 23. Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23. f4 $1 $15 exf3 24. Nxf3) 23... Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. hxg4 Nxg4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 25. Re2 (25. Bxe4 $142 Qxe4 26. f4) 25... Rdf5 $2 (25... Qc7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rg5.} 26. Qc2 (26. Bxe4 $2 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rg5 $19) 26... Rh5) 26. Qc2 ({Wrong is} 26. Bh3 $2 Qh4 $19) (26. Qd2 $15) 26... Qh4 $36 {[%cal Rf5f2][%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 27. Ra2 Rd8 {...Rg5 is the strong threat.} 28. Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rd2 $15 Rxd2 29. Qxd2) 28... Rg5 {Black mates.} 29. f4 Qg3+ 30. Bg2 Rh5 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,0,-3,-10,-2,-8,-9,-10,0,-34,0,-6,0,0,0,0,-3,-9,-8,-20,-17,-35,-33,-29,0,1,19,0,-9,-38,72,0,78,75,62,63,83,78,71,82,83,85,160,161,151,160,152,128,172,169,230,220,315,314,322,324,321,312,390,373,366,366,502,459,2323,1095,29990,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 c5 7. e3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Bg4 10. h3 (10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Ne2 Rc7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {1-0 (37) Granda Zuniga,J (2650)-Hoffman,A (2470) Buenos Aires 2018}) 10... Bf5 11. c3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h5 12. Na3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ne4 14. Nc2 g5 {0-1 (23) Davidovic,M (2026)-Garancovsky,P (2163) Slovakia 2009}) 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 14. Nf1 Be4 15. Ne3 Nh5 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. dxe5 $1 Bxe5 19. Ng4 {Hoping for Nh6+.} ({Avoid the trap} 19. Nxd5 $2 Qa5 $19) 19... Bg7 20. Qd3 h6 {[#]} (20... Ne5 $15 {stays ahead.} 21. Nxe5 Bxe5) 21. Nf3 ({Better is} 21. Ne6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6c7][%mdl 512]} Rxe6 22. Rxe6) 21... Qd7 (21... Rxe1 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Rxe1 f5) 22. Rxe8+ $1 $16 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bc1 Kh7 25. Qd2 f5 26. Nxh6 {And now g4 would win.} Ne5 ({Black should try} 26... Rf8) 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bg7 {[#]} 29. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} d4 30. cxd4 Re8 {[#]} (30... Qd5+ {might work better.} 31. Qf3 Bxh6) 31. Qf3 $1 $18 Nf6 (31... fxg4 $142 32. Nxg4 Rf8) 32. gxf5 Bxh6 33. fxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kxg6 34. Bxh6 Rg8 35. Bf4 Qf5 36. Bg3 Qc2 37. d5 Ne4 (37... Re8 $142 38. d6 Qc6 39. Qxc6 bxc6) 38. Rd4 Nxg3 39. Qxg3+ Kf7 40. Rf4+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,-10,0,-13,12,28,10,11,16,19,75,9,17,18,30,16,40,27,47,29,58,48,58,39,49,53,72,39,70,51,54,59,52,25,57,54,61,69,69,70,79,0,2,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,6,-14,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-46,-22,-19,0,-48,-6,-55,-35,-33,-35,-43,-43,-59,-59,-68,-59,-68,-59,-68,-68,-108,-108,-108,-108,-127,-122,-122,-118,-119,-99,-604,-595]} 1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 (2... g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Ngxe5 10. Qc1 a5 {0-1 (37) Tan,J (2502)-Niemann,H (2466) chess.com INT 2019}) 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qa4+ c6 13. Bg5 b5 {1-0 (41) Klein,G (2009)-Walcher,C (1776) Seefeld 2007}) 9. Nc3 a6 (9... O-O $11) 10. b4 (10. Nh4 $16) 10... O-O $11 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rc1 c6 14. Qb3 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Re7 16. Qb2 Rae8 17. e3 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Na4 f6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} f5 22. Ne2 Nf7 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. h4 Nd6 25. Nd2 ({White should try} 25. a4 $16) 25... Nb5 $1 26. a4 Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 27. Qc3 Ne6 (27... Kf7 {keeps more tension.} 28. Red1 Ne6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Nb3 Ba8) 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Nf3 Nd7 31. Nd4 Rd6 32. Nb3 $1 Kf7 33. Red1 Ke7 34. a5 b5 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Rd2 Ne5 37. Rd4 h6 38. Rcd1 Rf6 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40. R4xd3 Be6 41. Rc1 Bf7 42. Rd4 Kd6 43. Rc5 g5 44. Bf3 Bg6 45. Rc1 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. exf4 gxf4 47. g4 Rfe6 48. Rxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kg2 $17) 48... Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 6. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 7. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:52]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:54]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 13. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 15. a5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 16. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 17. a6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 20. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 21. d5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} b4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 22. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 23. exd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxb2 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 24. dxc8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} bxc1=Q {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 27. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:09:26]} 28. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 29. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 31. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 34. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 36. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Kc1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 39. a7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ba3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,-25,-19,-52,0,-18,-8,-10,-13,-42,-11,-10,-1,-35,27,-33,0,0,0,-2,25,3,19,-32,-38,-39,-19,-30,-14,-20,-19,-25,-16,-40,-33,-28,-51,-82,-7,-11,-7,-8,-2,-133,-172,-188,-56,-55,-47,-93,-102,-99,-103,-97,-92,-200,-190,-202,-195,-196,-188,-310,-321,-501,-488,-511,-484,-559,-604]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d3 (5. e3 Be7 6. d3 Be6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nd2 a5 9. a3 Qd7 10. h3 d4 11. e4 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 {½-½ (42) Kamsky,G (2762)-Grischuk,A (2764) Beijing 2012}) 5... Bc5 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Bg4 (6... d4 $15 7. exd4 Bxd4) 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Nd2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nf3 d4 12. e4 h6 {0-1 (47) Troia,E (2297)-Belletti,L (2382) ICCF email 2014}) 10. a3 a5 11. g4 Qe7 (11... d4 $15) 12. Ng3 (12. O-O $11) 12... O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qe2 Nh7 15. Nf3 Bc8 16. e4 (16. c3 $11) 16... dxe4 17. Qxe4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Ng5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. c3 Qe6 20. b4 Bb6 21. Qe2 Ne7 22. c4 Ng6 23. Nh5 Bd4 ({Black should play} 23... c6 $17) 24. Bd5 $11 Qd6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qf3 (26. Qd2 $1 $11) 26... c6 $17 27. Be4 {[#]} axb4 (27... Nh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 28. Qe2 f5) 28. axb4 $15 Qxb4 29. Ng3 Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 30. Qd1 Qd6 31. Qd2 f6 32. Nf5 (32. Rfe1 $17) 32... Bxf5 $1 $19 33. gxf5 {[#]} g6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. fxg6 Rde8 {[%cal Bd8e8,Be8e3,Be3g3][%mdl 32] ...Rxe4! is the strong threat.} 35. f4 (35. Bg2 $142) 35... f5 36. Bh1 (36. Bg2 $142) 36... Re3 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Qf2 Nxg6 38. fxg5 Rg3+ {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,27,56,44,246,172,170,120,110,117,514,391,424,413,418,410,759,743,751,739]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Nd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bb4.} a6 $2 {B06: Modern Defence} (6... Na6 $14) (6... Na6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bc3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qxd6 Qxf2 13. Qf4 Kg7 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Qe5 {1-0 (43) Ponkratov,P (2605)-Pridorozhni,A (2512) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7. Nf3 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Qc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b5 8. Be3 Qc6 9. Nb6 Bxb2 10. Nxa8 Bc3+ 11. Nd2 Qxa8 12. Rb1 Qxe4 13. Rb3 Qc6 14. Be2 {0-1 (39) Kraus,Y (2102)-Slonimskij,A (2207) Jerusalem 2014}) 8. Bd3 e6 {White is better.} 9. Qe2 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (9... d6 $16 {is a better chance.}) 10. Ne5 {Played: Bd2-c3} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,41,17,13,-13,-6,-57,-48,-98,-105,-185,-161,-240,-164,-143,-102,-131,-150,-133,-135,-162,-175,-611,-591,-904,-909,-1124,-894,-651,-643,-29997]} 1. c4 f5 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. d4 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. O-O e4 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Nc7 12. d5 c5 13. Nf4 Ng4 14. e4 Ne5 15. Be2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 {0-1 (59) Deglmann,L (2342)-Kindermann,S (2517) Germany 2008}) 9. d5 (9. Qb3 $11) 9... Nbd7 $15 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 10. Nd4 {Black is slightly better.} Ne5 11. Qb3 (11. O-O $17) 11... c5 12. Nc2 (12. Ne6 $142 Bxe6 13. dxe6) 12... Qe8 13. O-O Qh5 14. Ne1 Nfg4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2]} 15. h3 a6 {Played: Ne5-f3} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 c6 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. e3 Qb8 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Ba3 c5 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Bb2 Ne4 19. dxc5 Ndxc5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Nxa4 22. Qa2 a6 23. Qxa4 axb5 24. Qa1+ Kg8 25. cxb5 Nd6 26. Nd4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Nc6 Qc7 29. Qf6 Bxc6 30. bxc6 b5 31. Rc5 Qb6 32. c7 Nb7 33. Rxd5 Rxc7 34. h4 Rc8 35. Rd7 Nd8 36. h5 gxh5 37. Be4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc8 39. Qh6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 b6 11. e4 Bb7 12. d5 Ng4 13. Bb2 Nge5 14. Nd2 cxb4 15. axb4 a5 16. Ba1 Ba6 17. b5 Bb7 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Nd4 Nxc4 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. bxc6 Nde5 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ e5 25. Qxc4 Qc7 26. Rb5 Ra8 27. Rfb1 Reb8 28. Qa4 Ra7 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. Qa1 a4 32. Qa3 h6 33. R1b4 Ra5 34. Rxa4 Rba8 35. Raxa5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 bxa5 37. Qb3 Qa7 38. Qb7 Qd4 39. c7 Qxc4 40. c8=Q Qxe4 41. Qc3 a4 42. Qbb4 Qxd5 43. Qxa4 Qb7 44. Qab4 Qa8 45. Qd2 Qf3 46. Qbxd6 Qe4 47. Q2d5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 Nge7 6. e5 d5 7. exd6 Nf5 8. Nf3 Bxd6 9. d3 b6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bd2 Nd6 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. c3 Na5 15. Ne5 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qxd3 17. Nxb6 Rd8 18. Rf2 c4 19. Qf1 Bc5 20. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bd5 23. Ne3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxd2+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kd7 27. b4 Rc8 28. c4 Rb8 29. b5 Kd6 30. Ng4 f6 31. Ke2 Kc5 32. Kd3 Kb4 33. bxa6 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nh5 7. Bg5 Nd7 8. c4 Re8 9. Nc3 Nf8 10. Rc1 Ne6 11. Bh4 h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f4 Nf8 14. e4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. Bd3 c6 20. Qd2 N8h7 21. Rce1 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rad8 24. Qf2 g5 25. Bg3 Nh5 26. e5 Nxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Rxe5 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxf7 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Qb6 31. Qe7 Rg8 32. Ne4 Qxb2 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Rxg7 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qxc4+ 40. Ke3 Qc3+ 41. Ke4 Qc4+ 42. Ke5 Qf4+ 43. Ke6 Qc4+ 44. Kf5 Qd3+ 45. Kg4 Qd1+ 46. Kg3 Qd3+ 47. Kh2 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 Nxb3 7. axb3 Nf6 8. Qd3 Bb7 9. d5 e5 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Be3 c5 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nbd2 Qd7 16. Nb3 Ra4 17. Rfc1 Bd8 18. h3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qd3 e4 21. Qd1 exf3 22. Qxf3 f4 23. Ba7 Ba8 24. Bd4 Qf5 25. g4 Qf7 26. Nd2 Bxd5 27. Qd3 Bc4 28. Qe4 Bd5 29. Qd3 Qb7 30. f3 Re8 31. Rxa4 bxa4 32. Nc4 Qb5 33. Ne5 Qxd3 34. Nxd3 Bxf3 35. Rc8 Kf7 36. Kf2 Bh4+ 37. Kxf3 Rxc8 38. Nxf4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. h3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bh2 c5 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. c4 Ba8 16. d5 h6 17. Nge4 b5 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. axb5 axb5 20. cxb5 Bxd5 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Nd7 23. Nxd6 exd6 24. Bxd6 Qb7 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd6 Ne5 27. b6 c4 28. Qb5 Qe4 29. Rc1 Qf5 30. Rd5 Qe6 31. b7 Qe7 32. Qa5 Rxb7 33. Rb5 Rd7 34. Kh1 Nd3 35. Rc2 Qe4 36. Qd2 Nf4 37. exf4 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nb6 8. O-O a6 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14. c4 Bc6 15. Qe3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Nc8 21. b3 c6 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. g4 Nc8 24. Qe4 Nd6 25. Qe5 Ne8 26. Qe4 Nd6 27. Qe5 Ne8 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Qe5 Qf6 30. Qe4 Nd6 31. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bd2 a6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Rc1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nge7 13. f4 Ng6 14. e5 Be7 15. c5 O-O 16. Ne4 Nh4 17. Bf2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd4 Qf4 20. Bg3 Qh6 21. Nd6 Bf6 22. Qf2 Nf5 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bd6 Re8+ 26. Kd1 b6 27. cxb6 Bxb2 28. Bc7 Bxc1 29. Nxc1 Bb7 30. Bd3 f4 31. Nb3 Re3 32. Bc2 Rae8 33. Nd4 Qf6 34. Qd2 Bxg2 35. Rg1 Bf3+ 36. Kc1 Qe7 37. Qb4 Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kd2 Re8 41. Nxf3 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Black "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Bc4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4 b6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf4 12. Kh2 Qc7 13. g3 Ne6 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rfd1 Ndc5 16. h4 h6 17. Rg1 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Kh1 Bc8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Ne1 Ne6 26. Nf3 Nd4 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Nd1 Bg4 30. f3 Bxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qxc4 32. Qf5 Qxc2 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qxf6 Qxd1+ 36. Kh2 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb2+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qc2+ 41. Kg1 Qc4 42. h5 gxh5 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qxh5 Qe6 45. Qe2 c5 46. Qa6 c4 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qd8 Qf6 49. Qd5 d3 50. Qxc4 d2 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Black "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ba3 18. Rc2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 c5 20. Rbd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Qc5 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Ng4 Qc6+ 26. Qf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Nxg4 28. Kxg4 Rc5 29. Rd7 Ra5 30. a4 g6 31. Kf4 Kg7 32. Ke4 Kf6 33. Kd4 e5+ 34. Kc3 Ke6 35. Rc7 f5 36. Rc6+ Kf7 37. Kb4 h5 38. c5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 bxc5+ 40. Kxc5 g5 41. b4 g4 42. Kd5 Kf6 43. b5 f4 44. Ke4 fxg3 45. fxg3 Ke6 46. a5 Kd6 47. b6 axb6 48. axb6 Kc6 49. Kxe5 Kxb6 50. Kf5 Kc5 51. Kg5 Kd4 52. Kxh5 Ke5 53. Kxg4 Kf6 54. Kh5 Kg7 55. Kg5 Kh7 56. Kf6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. h3 g6 15. Ne1 Bg7 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Nf4 a5 18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Qb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nde5 Ba6 25. Qa4 Qd8 26. Bd3 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 f6 29. Qd1 Kf7 30. Qf3 Nc6 31. Nf4 Qd6 32. Qg4 Ne7 33. Nd3 Nc6 34. Nf4 Ne7 35. h4 e5 36. Nd3 Qe6 37. Qd1 exd4 38. exd4 Qe4 39. Ne1 Qxh4 40. Nf3 Qe4 41. Qb3 Qe6 42. Qc3 g5 43. Nh2 h5 44. Nf1 h4 45. Qf3 Kg6 46. Qd3+ f5 47. Qb5 g4 48. Ne3 f4 49. Qe8+ Kg5 50. Nf1 g3 51. fxg3 hxg3 52. Qh8 Ng6 53. Qd8+ Kg4 54. Qc7 Kh5 55. Qh7+ Kg5 56. Qc7 Qe1 57. Qc2 Nh4 58. Qd2 Qxd2 59. Nxd2 Nf5 60. Nf3+ Kf6 61. Kf1 Ne3+ 62. Ke2 Nxg2 63. Ne5 Nh4 64. Nd7+ Kf5 65. Nxb6 Ke4 66. Na4 f3+ 67. Kf1 Kxd4 68. Nc3 Nf5 69. Ke1 Ne3 70. Nd1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Zeid, Jreikh ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {+- forveit} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Qxd5+ 9. Nfd2 f5 10. Nc3 Qd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Nc3 Qd4 13. Ncxe4 fxe4 14. c3 Qe3 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe4 Bb6 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. b3 Nc6 22. Ba3+ Kg8 23. Bc4+ Kh7 24. Ng5+ Kh6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Nxh8 Rd8+ 27. Ke1 Kxh8 28. Rd1 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Bc2 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Bc1 Rf8 32. Be3 Na5 33. Bd5 Bd3+ 34. Kg1 c5 35. b4 Nc4 36. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 37. bxc5 Na5 38. Re3 Bf5 39. Kf2 g5 40. g3 Rc8 41. Re5 Rf8 42. Rhe1 gxf4 43. Re8 fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Rxe8 45. Rxe8+ Kh7 46. Re7 Bc8 47. Kf4 Kh6 48. Ke5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 Nbd7 12. h3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bc2 Rad8 21. Qd2 b6 22. Rad1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne5 Bd5 25. Re3 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Qb4 Qc6 28. Qc5 Bxg2 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qf4 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Bxh3 32. Rd2 Kg7 33. Rf2 Rf8 34. Qe5+ f6 35. Qg3 f5 36. Qxh3 Qe6 37. Qg3 Kh7 38. Qf4 Re8 39. Rf3 b4 40. Rh3 Kg8 41. Qxh6 Kf7 42. Qf4 Rg8 43. Rh7+ Rg7 44. Qc7+ Ke8 45. Rxg7 Qxe3+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Black "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. a4 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Kf8 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Bd5 Qxc2 20. Bxa8 Bd7 21. Bd5 Qxa4 22. Qe3 Qb5 23. Qb3 exd5 24. exd5+ Kf8 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qxf6 Qb4 28. Re7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Bf5 30. Qg5+ Bg6 31. h4 h5 32. Qf6 Kh7 33. Rc1 Qg4 34. Rc7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd5 36. f4 Qf5 37. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 O-O-O 8. c4 Qh5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nf4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 g5 12. Nd3 h6 13. Nc2 Bg7 14. b4 Ng4 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nb3 Rd7 17. a4 Rhd8 18. a5 Kb7 19. b5 Nb8 20. c5 c6 21. cxb6 Nxe3 22. Nc5+ Kc8 23. fxe3 Re7 24. bxa7 Rxa7 25. b6 Re7 26. a6 Nd7 27. b7+ Kc7 28. a7 Nxc5 29. a8=Q Nxb7 30. Qa6 e5 31. Rab1 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. d4 Re8 11. O-O b6 12. dxe5 Rxe5 13. Nd4 Na5 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. a4 Rxc3 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rc5 19. Bb2 Re6 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. Bd4 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Bh3 Re7 24. Rac1 Nc4 25. Bg2 Ne4 26. Rfd1 f6 27. Ba1 Ncd2 28. f3 Nb3 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. fxe4 Nxa1 31. Rxa1 dxe4 32. Rc4 f5 33. Rca4 a5 34. Rc4 Rb3 35. Rc6 Rd7 36. Bf1 Rb2 37. Bc4+ Ke7 38. Re6+ Kd8 39. h4 Rdd2 40. Bf1 g6 41. Re5 Rd6 42. Rb5 Rc2 43. Rab1 Kc7 44. R5b2 Rc3 45. Rb3 Rc2 46. Ra1 Kc6 47. Rbb1 Kd7 48. Rc1 Rcd2 49. Bb5+ Ke6 50. Rc6 Rb2 51. Bc4+ Ke5 52. Rxd6 Kxd6 53. Bg8 h6 54. Bh7 Re2 55. Ra3 a4 56. Bxg6 b5 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Bxf5 Ke5 59. Bd7 Rb3 60. Ra2 a3 61. Ke1 b4 62. Rc2 Rxe3+ 63. Kf2 Rf3+ 64. Kg2 b3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Attieh, Wael"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. f4 Bg4 7. Bf3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Kh2 g5 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. d4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Qd7 18. dxc5 e5 19. Ng1 Nd4 20. c3 Nf5 21. Qe2 Nh6 22. Kg2 e4 23. Bf4 O-O-O 24. Rad1 Rdg8 25. c4 Nhg4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27. N5h3 Nf6 28. cxd5 Bxc5 29. Qc4 b6 30. b4 Qg4 31. bxc5 b5 32. Qxb5 Nh5 33. Qb8+ Kd7 34. c6+ Ke7 35. Qd6+ Ke8 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. dxe6 Ke7 38. Rd7+ Kxe6 39. Rxa7 Kd5 40. c7 Rc8 41. Rb7 Rhg8 42. Rb8 Nf6 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Rd1+ Kc6 45. Rd8 Kb7 46. Rxc8 Kxc8 47. Ng5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,55,-1,-17,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-29,-10,0,-2,-22,-6,-64,-11,-18,16,-28,-21,-19,-14,-27,-29,-39,92,89,96,92,97,89,92,91,428,420,1241,1233]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qd3 d5 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Nb5 a6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd6+ Nxd6 13. Bxd6 Ne7 $1 {[#]} 14. Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Nf5 15. Bf4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd7 17. Bd3 {½-½ (79) Riff,J (2502)-Nataf,I (2541) Mulhouse 2011}) 14... Qd8 15. c4 O-O 16. cxd5 exd5 17. c4 ({Better is} 17. Bf3 $11) 17... Bf5 (17... Re8 $1 $15) 18. Qb3 $11 Be6 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Bc3 Qc7 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 21. Qb2 f6 22. Bh5 Rf8 {[#]} ({Much worse is} 22... Qxc4 $6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Rac1 $16) (22... dxc4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 23. Bxe8 Rxe8) 23. Bb4 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Re1.} Bf7 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. cxd5 {And now d6 would win.} Qd7 26. Rac1 Nxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Qa4 $16 {is a better chance.}) 27. Qb3 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 27. Rc5 Nxb4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 $14) 27... Rd8 {[#]} (27... Kh8 $142 28. Rxd5 Qe8) 28. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 33280] Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 41%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,-4,-4,-80,-43,-57,-79,-69,-61,-125,-62,-77,-80,-142,-128,-150,-154,-141,-140,-160,-106,-158,-147,-131,-120,-176,-168,-153,-157,-163,-122,-114,-114,-112,-112,-122,-117,-118,-114,-135,-127,-165,-167,-153,-104,-103,-94,-124,-104,-144,-122,-197,-118,-121,-117,-139,-129,-238,-233,-324,-285,-366,-338,-1277,-1306,-1321,-1235,-1080,-923,-1372,-1118,-5622,-4779,-4050,-3629,-29975,-29975,-29978,-29977]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. a4 $11) (6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc1 c5 13. Nd3 a5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ {½-½ (22) Demuth,A (2538)-Libiszewski,F (2530) Palmerston North 2018}) 6... Nbd7 7. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Na2 O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 a6 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (24) McCarty,A (685)-Saganauer,R (1155) LSS email 2011}) 7... cxb3 8. Qxb3 {Black is better.} e6 9. Bd3 {[#]} ({White should play} 9. e4 $1 $15) 9... Bd6 (9... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 10. Qc2 (10. dxc5 Qxd3) 10... Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 a6) 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 (11. Bb2 $142) 11... e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. Bg5 Nxd3 ({Better is} 14... d4 15. Nxb5 h6) 15. Qxd3 (15. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 16. Qxd3) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Be7 17. Nxf6+ (17. Qe2 $17) 17... Bxf6 18. Qe4 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Rb8 ({And not} 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxa8 $14) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. Rfc1 Rb7 23. f3 g6 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} 27. Nc6 Rb6 28. Nd4 Bc4 29. Rb1 b4 30. Ke3 (30. axb4 $17 axb4 31. Ke3) 30... Kg7 (30... b3 $19 {Hoping for ...b2.} 31. Kd2 a4) 31. axb4 $17 axb4 32. Rb2 Kf6 33. Nc2 (33. g3 $17) 33... b3 $19 {aiming for ...Re6+.} 34. Nd4 Ra6 35. Kd2 Ra2 36. Rxa2 $2 (36. Kc3 Rxb2 37. Kxb2) 36... bxa2 {KB-KN} 37. Nc2 Bb3 38. Na1 Ba4 39. Kc3 Ke5 40. Kb2 Kd4 41. Kxa2 Ke3 42. Nb3 Bxb3+ 43. Kxb3 Kf2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 78%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 6. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 7. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:52]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:54]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 13. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 15. a5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 16. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 17. a6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 20. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 21. d5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} b4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 22. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 23. exd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxb2 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 24. dxc8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} bxc1=Q {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 27. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:09:26]} 28. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 29. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 31. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 34. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 36. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Kc1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 39. a7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ba3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 4. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 6. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:37]} e6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:55]} 10. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 13. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:05:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 10. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. Qb3 {[%emt 0:13:22]} c5 {[%emt 0:20:14]} 12. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 O-O-O 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Qb4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxa7 Nxe5 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. Bf3 Rd2 17. Nb5 Rxb2 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rxc6+ Kb7 21. Rc7+ Ka6 22. Bd4 Rc2 23. a3 Rxc7 24. Nxc7+ Kb7 25. axb4 Kxc7 26. Bxg7 Rd8 27. f3 Kb6 28. Bc3 Bc2 29. Kf2 Rd1 30. Ra5 Rd5 31. Ra2 Bg6 32. Ra8 Rd7 33. Rb8+ Rb7 34. Rd8 Kb5 35. Rc8 Rd7 36. Rc5+ Kb6 37. Ke2 Rc7 38. Rxc7 Kxc7 39. Bf6 Kc6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Kf4 Bd3 42. h4 Bf1 43. g3 Be2 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. Kf4 Be2 46. h5 Kc4 47. Be7 Kd5 48. Ke3 Bc4 49. Kf4 Be2 50. Bf8 e5+ 51. Ke3 Bc4 52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 Ke6 54. Ke4 Be2 55. h6 Bh5 56. b5 Kd7 57. Kd5 Kc7 58. Kc5 Kb7 59. Bd6 Bg6 60. Be5 Bd3 61. Bd4 Bg6 62. Kd5 Bd3 63. Kc5 Bg6 64. g4 Bd3 65. g5 Bg6 66. Be3 Bd3 67. Kd4 Bg6 68. Kd5 Bd3 69. Ke5 Bg6 70. Kf6 Kc8 71. Ke7 Kb7 72. Kd6 Bd3 73. Kd5 Bxb5 74. g6 fxg6 75. Bg5 Kc7 76. Ke6 Bc4+ 77. Ke7 Kc8 78. Ke8 Bd3 79. Ke7 Be4 80. Kd6 Bd3 81. Ke6 Bc2 82. Kd6 Bd3 83. Ke7 Bc2 84. Ke6 Bd3 85. Ke7 Bc2 86. Ke8 Bd3 87. Kf7 Kd7 88. Kf8 Bc2 89. Kf7 Bd3 90. Kg7 Ke8 91. Kg8 Bc2 92. Kg7 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Attieh, Wael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Ne5 c6 8. Nc3 h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Be3 Kf8 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. b4 a6 18. h4 Bc7 19. f4 Bd7 20. g4 Rd8 21. h5 Bc8 22. Rb1 Bd7 23. a4 Ra8 24. Kf2 Rb8 25. a5 Rd8 26. Kf3 Rb8 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Ba7 Rd8 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30. Kf3 Rb8 31. Ba7 Rd8 32. Rg1 Ra8 33. Bc5 Bd8 34. g5 f5 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. d4 c4 15. Bc2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Rae1 a5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Be4 Rcd8 22. Nf3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nd2 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ra5 26. cxb4 Rb5 27. Qc3 Qb7 28. b3 cxb3 29. Nxb3 Rxb4 30. Nc5 Qb5 31. Rd1 Bxe5 32. Nd7 Rc4 33. Qe3 Bxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qxd7 35. d5 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. c5 Nd5 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 f5 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Rad1 h6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Bd4 f4 20. Qg4 Rf5 21. Rde1 Rd8 22. Re4 Qf7 23. Kh2 h5 24. Qf3 g5 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qh7+ 27. Kg2 Rf7 28. Rh1 Qg6 29. Ree1 Rdd7 30. Rh5 Rh7 31. Qh3 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxh7 Qxh7 34. Qb3 Rd5 35. Qxb7 f3+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Bf4 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. N1d2 Nd5 17. Bg3 Kh8 18. a3 Ndf6 19. c4 Nh5 20. Re6 Ngf6 21. Bh2 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qf7 24. c5 dxc5 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. Nxg6+ Kh7 27. Nf3 Kxg6 28. Bc4 Qe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Ne5+ Kh7 31. Bd3 cxd4 32. f3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 c5 34. Qxf5+ Kg8 35. g4 Nxg4 36. Nxg4 d3 37. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Ne1 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qe2 b4 14. Nb1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nb3 17. Ra3 c4 18. d4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rxb1 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Nc2 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rcf3 exd4 24. Na3 Rb4 25. h3 Ne5 26. R3f2 Be6 27. Bf4 d3 28. Kh2 Ra8 29. Nb1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {+- forveit} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nb6 7. Bd3 exf5 8. exf5 Ne7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bg5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rae8 15. Nc3 Qg4 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Ne2 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Kf2 f6 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Bc3 Ne3 23. Ng3 R4e7 24. Rh1 Nxc2 25. Rc1 N2b4 26. Rcd1 Nd5 27. Bd2 f5 28. Bg5 Bf6 29. h4 f4 30. Nf1 Re2+ 31. Kg1 Rxb2 32. h5 Ree2 33. N1d2 Bxg5 34. hxg6 Ne3 35. Rh2 Bf6 36. Rh7 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Salman, Samer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bc8 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Ncb5 Qb8 19. b4 Na6 20. Qa3 Qc8 21. Rc1 Nh5 22. Bxh5 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 gxh5 24. Re3 Kh8 25. b5 Nc7 26. Ree1 a5 27. Qf3 Rg8 28. Kh2 e5 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Qc3+ Rg7 32. Bh6 Ne8 33. Bxg7+ Nxg7 34. Re3 Bf5 35. Ne7 Qc5 36. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Re8 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. c4 Qf6 13. b4 Qh6 14. Ne1 Re6 15. f4 Nf8 16. Rf3 Rg6 17. f5 Rg4 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. e4 Nd7 20. d3 Qd8 21. Bc1 d5 22. h3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Rh4 24. a5 Nf6 25. Bg5 Qd4+ 26. Kh2 Rxe4 27. Qa2 Qxc4 28. Qd2 Rd4 29. Qe3 Re4 30. Qb6 Qd4 31. Qc7 Qd7 32. Qb6 Nd5 33. Qc5 f6 34. Bd2 Qe7 35. Qc2 Rd4 36. Rg3 Nxb4 37. Qb3+ Qf7 38. Bxb4 Qxb3 39. Rxb3 Bxf5 40. Nf3 Rd7 41. Rb2 Rad8 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Bxd2 e4 44. Nh4 Bc8 45. Be3 Rd3 46. Bb6 g5 47. Re1 f5 48. Nf3 h6 49. Ne5 Rd5 50. Nc4 Be6 51. Ne3 Rd2 52. h4 Rd3 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Nf1 Kf7 55. Ng3 Kg6 56. Ne2 Bd5 57. Rc1 Rd2 58. Nc3 f4 59. Nxd5 cxd5 60. Kh3 Kf5 61. Bc7 g4+ 62. Kh2 f3 63. Rf1 Rxg2+ 64. Kh1 g3 65. Rd1 Rh2+ 66. Kg1 f2+ 67. Kf1 Rh1+ 68. Ke2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Bc6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Bd4 Ndc5 10. Qe3 Ne6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bg5 14. f4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bh6 16. O-O-O g6 17. Kb1 O-O 18. g4 Bd7 19. g5 Bg7 20. h4 c5 21. Nf3 Bg4 22. Be2 d4 23. Nh2 Be6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 h5 26. gxh6 Bxh6 27. h5 g5 28. Bf5 Kh8 29. c3 gxf4 30. Bc2 Qc7 31. Qd3 f5 32. exf6 Rxf6 33. Rde1 Qf7 34. Re5 f3 35. Rhe1 Be3 36. cxd4 cxd4 37. R5xe3 dxe3 38. Qxe3 f2 39. Rf1 Re8 40. Qc3 Re1+ 41. Qxe1 fxe1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. a4 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Ra3 a5 11. Nge2 Qd7 12. Nc1 Ne8 13. Nd3 Nxd3+ 14. Bxd3 b6 15. O-O f5 16. Be2 f4 17. Na2 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Be1 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4 Nf6 22. h3 Qf7 23. Bf3 Qg6 24. Qg2 Kf7 25. Rd3 Rh8 26. Kf2 Ba6 27. b3 Rh6 28. Nc3 Rah8 29. Rh1 Qh7 30. Bd1 Rh4 31. Kg1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1621"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. e5 Ng8 8. e6 Nf6 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bf4 d6 14. Bc4+ Nd5 15. Bxd5+ cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Be6 17. Qf3 Qc4 18. Bxd6+ Bf6 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nxf6 exf6 22. O-O-O Be6 23. Rhe1 Rhe8 24. Qd3 Qa4 25. Ba3 Rad8 26. Qf3 Qb5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qe3 Qd5 29. Qxa7+ Rd7 30. Qe3 Qxa2 31. Qxe6+ Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Kxe6 33. Bc5 Kd5 34. Bd4 f5 35. g3 Re7 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kb3 Re8 38. Be3 Rb8+ 39. Kc2 Kc4 40. Bd4 g5 41. b4 Ra8 42. Kd2 Re8 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Re4 45. Bf6 f4 46. Bd4 f3 47. h5 Re2+ 48. Kd1 Kd3 49. Kc1 Re1+ 50. Kb2 Rh1 51. Kb3 Rxh5 52. Ka4 Kc4 53. Bf6 Rh2 54. Bd4 Rh1 55. Ka5 h5 56. Kb6 h4 57. Kc6 Rb1 58. Kd6 Rb2 59. Ke6 h3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Ne5 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. Kh1 Nc4 20. Nb1 Na5 21. Ba2 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nc3 Bf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bb1 Bh4 27. Rg1 Rf2 28. Bd3 Nb3 29. Nd1 Rxf3 30. Be2 Rf6 31. Be3 Nd4 32. Bg4 h6 33. Bd2 Bg5 34. Bb4 Rf4 35. Bh3 Rh4 36. Nf2 Be3 37. Rf1 Bxf2 38. Bxe6 Nxe6 39. Rxf2 Rf4 40. Kg1 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Nf4 42. Bd6 f6 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rd1 c6 14. e4 b5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qa6 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Qe4 Rc7 20. Rac1 g6 21. f4 Qa5 22. f5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Ng7 25. Qg4 b4 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. Bb3 Qa6 28. Bc2 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Be4 Rd7 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Kf2 Ne6 33. Bc6 Rd1 34. Ba4 Rh1 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Kf2 Rh1 37. h4 Rh2+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. Bb3 Nd8 40. Rc7 Bf8 41. Rxa7 Kg8 42. Ra8 Nc6 43. Ke4 Kg7 44. Ra6 Nd8 45. Ra7 Re2 46. Kf3 Rxe3+ 47. Kf4 Rxe5 48. Rd7 Rf5+ 49. Ke4 Nc6 50. g4 Rf1 51. Rc7 Ne7 52. Rc4 Rg1 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. Rd4 Nc3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {+- forveit} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Bd2 a6 10. a3 b5 11. b4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. h4 Nb6 15. Be3 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Qxb5+ Kf8 20. Qxb6 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Qxb6 22. Nd7+ Ke7 23. Nxb6 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bc6 25. Be3 Bxh4 26. Rxg7 Bf6 27. Bg5 h5 28. Nc4 Bxg5 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Rxg5 h4 31. Rg2 h3 32. Rh2 f6 33. Nd3 Rh4 34. f4 Bg6 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Nc5 Bf5 38. Nd7 Rh6 39. b5 Rg6 40. Nb6+ Kd6 41. Nc4+ Kd7 42. Nb6+ Kc7 43. Nc4 Rg3+ 44. Kf2 Rc3 45. Ne3 Rxa3 46. Nxf5 exf5 47. Rh1 Rd3 48. Ke2 Rb3 49. Kf2 Kd6 50. b6 Kd5 51. b7 Kxd4 52. Rxh3 Rxb7 53. Rh6 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Rxf6 Kxf4 57. Rf8 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 Kg4 59. Rg8+ Kf3 60. Ke1 f4 61. Rf8 Re2+ 62. Kf1 Re4 63. Rh8 Ke3 64. Rh2 f3 65. Rh8 Rc4 66. Re8+ Kf4 67. Rf8+ Kg3 68. Rg8+ Rg4 69. Rxg4+ Kxg4 70. Kf2 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,29,28,27,35,0,0,0,13,7,12,12,14,0,-2,-18,-15,-18,-21,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-13,-20,-90,-97,-89,-93,-91,-8,-50,-48,-51,-56,-108,-97,-143,-142,-144,-139,-154,-147,-148,-145,-162,-160,-160,-160,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-168,-141,-178,-168,-101,-39,-69,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-238,-237,-188,-49,-122,-119,-169,-155,-218,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-53,-72,-64,-27,-27,-27,-67,-59,-29979,-29980,-29978,-29979,-6179,-5052]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bf5 7. Qa4+ (7. Nge2 {looks sharper.} Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bd3) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 {The position is equal.} Bxc3+ (8... O-O 9. Nge2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Qxb5 {1-0 (46) Moiseenko,A (2640)-Bernadskiy,V (2547) Kiev 2018}) 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qa3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Ne5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {1-0 (39) Heinich,M (1920)-Tscharotschkin,M (2130) Bad Woerishofen 1995}) 11... Ne4 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bh2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. O-O c6 16. Be2 $1 Rfe8 17. Qd1 Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. Bg4 (18. Bd3 $11) 18... Bxg4 $17 19. Qxg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 b5 ({Black should try} 20... Nd2 $17 21. Rfd1 Nc4) 21. Rfe1 Nd2 22. Rc2 Nc4 23. Bf4 (23. g5 $15) 23... h6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Bf4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 27. Bg3 a5 28. Rce2 Rae8 29. Bh2 f5 $1 30. Be5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. a4 bxa4 33. Ra1 Re4 34. Rea2 Kf7 35. Rxa4 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 {KR-KR} Ra8 37. Kf1 Ke6 38. Ke2 Kd6 (38... c5 $17 39. c4 dxc4) 39. g4 $15 Kc5 {Hoping for ...Kb5.} 40. gxf5 Kb5 41. Rg4 a4 42. Kd3 $2 (42. Rb4+ $1 $11 Kc5 43. f6) 42... a3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...a2.} 43. Rg1 Rf8 (43... a2 $19 44. Ra1 Kc5) 44. Rb1+ (44. f4 $1 $15) 44... Kc5 $17 45. Ra1 {[#]} Ra8 $1 ({Don't take} 45... Rxf5 46. f4 $15) 46. f3 {[#]} (46. Kc2 $17 {might work better.}) 46... a2 $2 ({Better is} 46... Kd6 $1 $19 {...Ke5 is the strong threat.} 47. f6 Ke6) 47. f6 $11 Kd6 48. Kc2 $1 Ke6 49. Kb2 Rf8 50. Rxa2 Rxf6 51. f4 g4 52. Kc2 g3 {And now ...Rh6 would win.} 53. Kd3 Rg6 {White must now prevent ...g2.} 54. e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Ra1 $15) 54... g2 55. f5+ Ke5 56. fxg6 g1=Q {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,42,51,40,-37,-22,-32,-7,-19,-15,-34,-41,-20,19,0,4,12,11,-6,22,17,14,6,52,47,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,6,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-26,-14,-14,-29,-31,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1533,8,29979,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 9. Nf3 (9. Be2 $14) (9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 {1-0 (43) Cheparinov,I (2711)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 9... Qa5 {Hoping for ...Nxe4.} 10. Qd2 a6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Rab8 13. a3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 {½-½ (69) Christensen,B (2243)-Jakobsen,P (2255) Denmark 2013}) 11... b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bd7 (13... Qxa2 {seems wilder.} 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O Qa5 16. Qe2 d5) 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. b3 Ra3 17. Bc4 Nb4 18. O-O Nxa2 19. Ra1 Rba8 20. Rxa2 Rxa2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 22. e5 Ne4 23. Rd1 Be6 (23... Bc6 {with more complications.} 24. Rc1 Bxe5 25. b4 Ra3 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxc6 Rb3) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bd4 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Rd7 Kf8 29. b4 Ke8 30. Rd4 Re2 {Threatening ...Nxh3+!} 31. Bc7 Ne4 32. Kf1 Rc2 (32... Nc3 {keeps more tension.} 33. Rh4 Ra2 34. Be5 Nd5 35. g4 Ne3+) 33. Rxe4 Rxc7 34. Rxe6 {KR-KR} Kd7 35. Re2 Rc4 36. Rb2 Kc6 37. Kf2 Kb5 38. Re2 Rxb4 39. Rxe7 {[#] Black must now prevent Rb7+.} Rh4 $1 40. Kg3 Rh5 41. Rc7 Kb6 42. Rc3 Rg5+ 43. Kf3 Kb7 44. g3 Kb6 45. g4 Kb7 46. h4 Ra5 47. Kf4 h6 48. Re3 g5+ 49. Kg3 gxh4+ 50. Kxh4 {aiming for Re6.} Kc7 51. Re6 Kd7 52. Rxh6 {Threatens to win with Rf6.} Ke7 $1 53. Rh5 Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Ra8 $11) 54. Rf5 $18 {Strongly threatening g5.} Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Ra8 $11) 55. Rxf6 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,0,0,0,8,7,21,24,16,10,34,18,28,14,30,13,10,14,12,0,30,0,60,27,35,30,39,33,29,33,32,22,29,18,27,26,25,17,23,25,25,20,37,20,29,13,16,7,8,2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} h6 (8... b6 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g6 15. Ne3 Bg7 {½-½ (30) Navara,D (2712)-Gelfand,B (2739) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 9. Bc2 Be6 10. d4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nc4 {1-0 (26) Mammadov,Z (2351)-Smirnov,V (1957) Kirishi 2011}) 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Be4 (17... Rxe1 $11 18. Rxe1 Bxa2) 18. Bxe4 (18. b4 {feels hotter.} Ncd7 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bb3 a5 21. a3) 18... Ncxe4 19. Qc2 d5 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rad1 a6 22. Re2 Qc7 23. Rde1 b5 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bf2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Qd7 27. Qd1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nfxe8 29. Qe2 Nc7 30. Ne3 Nc4 31. b3 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,12,47,5,7,5,44,44,47,25,18,15,28,9,82,92,76,89,107,98,113,112,112,112,116,118,118,89,108,111,115,118,118,118,119,108,106,91,93,103,103,95,95,100,144,91,98,91,82,87,146,115,115,114,187,120,196,206,200,197,197,198,211,196,29997]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nf3 (5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. e3 d6 8. b4 Qe8 9. Nge2 e5 10. f4 a6 11. O-O e4 12. Bb2 Qh5 {½-½ (48) Indjic,A (2611)-Bauer,C (2647) Budapest 2017}) 5... O-O 6. b4 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. e3 a5 9. Bd3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (26) Kotanjian,T (2546)-Prakash,G (2332) Mumbai 2011}) 7. Bb2 Bf6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O d6 11. b5 Nd7 (11... Nxc3 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Bxc3 Qe8) 12. Bxe4 $1 $16 fxe4 13. Nd2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Nxd5 Nc5 17. dxc5 Bxd5 18. Qc2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 bxc5 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Qc2 a6 22. bxa6 ({Not} 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 axb5 $15) 22... Rxa6 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxa3 25. Qc2 Ra5 26. Qc3 Qa6 27. Rfd1 (27. Rcd1 $142) 27... Ra2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd6 (29... Qc6 $142) 30. Qc2 Rb8 31. g3 Rb5 {[#]} (31... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 32. Qxc5 Rb1) 32. Qe4 ({White should try} 32. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Qf8 {[#]} 33. Qf5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank}) 32... Rb8 (32... Qf8 $16) 33. Qf5 $18 {White is clearly better.} Rf8 34. Qxc5 Qf6 35. Rc2 Rf7 36. Qc6 Qe5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 47%.} (36... Qf5 $18 37. f4 g6) 37. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,1,3,10,17,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,-36,-9,-21,0,-22,-25,-85,-88,-103,-78,-174,-178,-199,-225,-410,-167,-167,-167,-173,-169,-158,-158,-163,-158,-167,-151,-160,-39,-195,-204,-216,-181,-212,-212,-496,-454,-831,-837,-823,-716,-900,-764,-737,-710,-5197,-5073,-29989,-29987,-29987,-29986,-29989,-29980,-29982,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983,-29976,-10234,-29990,-29991,-29991,-818,-795,-778,-722,-706,-1077,-635,-29979,-29980,-29972,-4586,-29986,-29987,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29997]} 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 {½-½ (40) McShane,L (2647)-Anand,V (2783) Germany 2018}) 6... cxd5 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O $146 {Black must now prevent Nxd5!} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (22) Esquivia Cuadrado,F (2000)-Prieto Gomez,C (1725) Cali 2014}) 10... Bxc3 $1 11. Nxc3 h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nb5 Ne8 {...a6 is the strong threat.} 15. Rc1 Nc4 16. b3 (16. Rxc4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} dxc4 17. Bxe4) 16... Nb2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb2d1]} 17. Qd2 Nd3 18. Rc2 (18. Rcd1 $17) 18... a6 $19 19. Nc7 Nxf4 20. Nxe8 $2 (20. Nxa8 {is the only way for White.} Nxg2 21. Kxg2) 20... Nh3+ ({Less strong is} 20... Rxe8 21. exf4 Qd7 22. Rcc1 $15) ({And not} 20... Qxe8 21. gxf4 Qe7 22. Rc5 $11) (20... Nxg2 $142 21. Nc7 Bh3) 21. Bxh3 Bxh3 22. Nc7 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc8 24. Qa5 Qd6 {aiming for ...b6.} 25. Rc3 Rcd8 26. Qc5 Qd7 (26... h5 $17 27. h4 g6) 27. Kg2 $2 (27. Qb6 $1 $15) 27... Qf5 28. Qb6 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4] Strongly threatening ...h4!} ({Weaker is} 28... Qf3+ 29. Kg1 $17) 29. h4 Rd7 30. Qxb7 $2 (30. Rc5 Rfd8 31. Qxb7) 30... g5 $1 31. hxg5 (31. Qxa6 $142 gxh4 32. Qe2) 31... h4 32. gxh4 f6 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 33. Qxa6 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 fxg5 35. Qe6+ Rdf7 36. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kh2 Kh8 41. Qe5+ Rg7 42. Rc2 g4 43. Rg2 {[#]} Rf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Qb8+ Rg8 (44... Kh7 $142 45. Qg3 Rxd5 46. Qxf3 exf3 47. Rg1 g3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Rxg3 Rh5+ 49. Kg1 Rxg3+ 50. Kf2 Rhh3 51. e4 Rg2+ 52. Ke3 f2+ 53. Ke2 f1=R+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank} 54. Kxf1 Rd2 55. Ke1 Ra2 56. Kf1 Rh1#) 45. Qg3 Rh5+ 46. Kg1 Qxg3 (46... Qd1+ $142 47. Kf2 Rc8 48. Nc3 Rf8+ 49. Qf4 Rxf4+ 50. exf4 {[#]} g3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 51. Rxg3 Rh2+ 52. Rg2 Qf3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 53. Ke1 Qxg2 54. f5 Rh1#) 47. Rxg3 Rxd5 48. Rg2 Kh7 49. Rf2 Kg6 50. Rf4 Kg5 51. Rxe4 Kh4 (51... Rb8 $142 52. Kg2 Rf5 53. Re7 Rxb3 54. Rh7 Rxe3 55. Rg7+ Kf4 56. Rc7 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Kg1 g3 59. Rc8 g2 60. Rh8 Kg3 61. Rg8+ Kf3 62. Rc8 Rb1+ 63. Rc1 Rxc1+ 64. Kh2 Rh5#) 52. Kg2 Rc8 {Black mates.} 53. Re7 Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Rf5+ 55. Ke1 Rb2 56. e4 Rff2 57. d5 Rg2 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,33,60,52,63,61,100,101,101,89,93,91,91,95,98,39,39,42,57,27,75,54,98,93,118,117,118,100,79,91,126,110,116,110,104,95,185,93,97,88,106,-5,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,-4,36,0,618,509,1214,-100,637,625,509,443,188,7,443,443,434,0,642,589,550,564,741,749,734,662,716,516,718,702,629,583,793,783,684,-521,0,-521,-504,-571,0,-1118,-1118,-1013,-936,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. d5 h6 (5... e4 6. g4 Nxg4 7. fxg4 Qh4+ 8. Kd2 e3+ 9. Kxe3 Qg5+ 10. Kf2 Qh4+ 11. Ke3 Qg5+ 12. Kf2 Qh4+ 13. Ke3 Qg5+ {½-½ (13) Volkov,S (2568)-Sjugirov,S (2654) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 6. e4 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} Bh7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 {White is better.} Be7 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O g5 12. Rab1 Nh5 {0-1 (45) Jaklin,D (1916)-Brankovan,M (1938) Paracin 2013}) 9... Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Be3 h5 12. b4 ({White should try} 12. h4 $16) 12... cxb4 $14 13. Rxb4 b6 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. a4 Rg8 16. a5 g5 17. axb6 (17. Bxg5 $2 Rxg5 18. axb6 (18. Qxg5 $2 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin, Discovered Attack} 19. Qxh5 Nxb4 $19) 18... Qg8 $19) 17... axb6 18. Kh1 g4 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Bf8 21. Bd4 Bg7 22. Nb5 Qe7 (22... Ne5 $16) 23. Rbb1 (23. Qb2 $1 $18) 23... h4 $16 24. Rbe1 Ne5 25. Bxb6 ({White should play} 25. Bxe5 $16 dxe5 26. d6) 25... Nxd3 26. Nxd3 {Strongly threatening Qg5.} Nxe4 27. Qf4 f5 28. Bd4 {Threatens to win with Bxg7+.} h3 {...Bxd4 is the strong threat.} 29. g3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Ra2 30. Nb4 Rg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Bxd4 $11 31. Nxa2 Be5) 31. Nc6 $18 Qd7 {[#]} (31... Qf8 $142 32. Rxe4 fxe4) 32. Ra1 $2 (32. Rxe4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Re7.} Bxd4 (32... fxe4 33. Nxd6) 33. Re7) 32... Nd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Bxd4 $17 33. Ncxd4 (33. Nbxd4 Qg7 $15) 33... Qg7) 33. Ra7 Qxa7 34. Ncxa7 Nxf1 35. Qxf1 $2 (35. Nxd6 $18 {[%cal Rd6f7]} Rf8 36. Nc6 (36. Qxf1 $2 Bxd4 37. Nab5 Rg1+ 38. Qxg1 Bxg1 $19) 36... Rxh2+ 37. Kg1) 35... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... f4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 36. Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re8 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bg6 39. Qxh3 Rc2 40. Qd7+ (40. Qf1 Be4+ 41. Kg1 Rf8 $11) 40... Kf8 41. Qxd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qc6+ Kg5 44. Qxe8 (44. h4+ Kh5 $11) 44... Bxe8) 36. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 37. Nd4 $2 ({White has to play} 37. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7e8]} Ree2 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 37... Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... f4 $11 38. Ne6+ (38. gxf4 $2 Be4 $19) 38... Rxe6 39. dxe6 Be4 40. Qxf4 (40. Qa1+ $2 Kg8 $19) 40... Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rxf4 42. gxf4 Kf6) 38. Nab5 Ra8 39. Nc3 f4 {intending ...f3.} 40. Ne6+ Kg8 41. Nxf4 Rc2 42. Nfe2 Rf8 43. Qe1 Re8 44. Qd1 Re3 45. Kg1 Bd3 {[#]} 46. Nd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. c5 $1 $18) 46... Rg2+ $19 47. Kh1 {[#]} Rf2 $1 48. Qxg4+ {[#]} Kf7 $2 (48... Kf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 49. Nde2 (49. Qc8+ {is a self mate.} Kf7 50. Qb7+ Kf6 51. Qb1 Bxb1 52. Kg1 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rxc3 54. Ne2 Bd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Ke1 Rxe2+ 56. Kd1 Ra3 57. g4 Ra1#) 49... Rfxe2 50. Nxe2 Rxe2) 49. Qh5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Nde2 $11 Rexe2 50. Nxe2 Rxe2 51. Kg1 Rg2+ 52. Kh1) 49... Bg6 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 50. Qd1 Rxc3 51. Qe1 {[#]} Be4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Kg1 (52. Qxe4 Rf1#) 52... Rg2+ {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 35%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,95,47,40,38,34,37,37,43,37,40,24,37,41,43,5,0,0,0,-23,-40,-55,-44,-49,-48,-54,-50,-48,-40,-46,-46,-32,-35,-46,-35,-29,-27,-78,-62,-85,-72,-141,-16,-11,-20,-31,34,39,52,40,36,0,0,0,0,-36,-10,-22,0,-16,0,0,18,0,0,-22,-24,-67,-77,-417,-383,-364,-350,-507,-491,-605,-440,-605,-577,-550,-539,-29995,-29996,-29999]} 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. f4 Qxd1+ {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} 9. Kxd1 Nf6 10. Bd2 O-O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. Ke2 (11. Bg2 Ne7 12. Ke2 Kb8 13. Na4 Nf5 14. Rhd1 Nd5 15. b4 h6 16. Nc5 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. h3 Be7 19. a4 {1-0 (49) Ding,L (2772)-Stevic,H (2616) Antalya 2017}) 11... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 12. Rc1 Kb8 13. Bg2 Nf5 14. Rhd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rhg1 h6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nc5 {½-½ (26) Wu,S (2435)-Ong,C (2315) Singapore 1997}) 14... h6 15. Be1 c6 16. Kf1 Be7 17. a3 g5 18. Ne2 Nh4 19. Ba5 Rdg8 20. Bh1 Ng4 21. h3 Nh2+ 22. Kg1 N4f3+ 23. Bxf3 $1 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Bd6 26. Bb4 Bc7 27. Be7 {[#]} (27. e4 $142) 27... f5 ({Better is} 27... Rg6 $1 $17 28. Rg1 Re8) 28. Bf6 $11 Rh7 29. Be5 g4 (29... Rd7 $15) 30. hxg4 $14 Rxg4 31. Rg1 h5 32. Bxc7+ Kxc7 33. Rg3 Rhg7 34. b4 Nf3 35. b5 Nd2 (35... Rxg3 {feels hotter.} 36. fxg3 Nd2 37. d5 exd5 38. Nd4 Rg6) 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Rxg4 Rxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Nc3 Kd6 39. Rd1 Nf3 40. Nb1 Kd5 41. Nc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. a4 $17) 41... Kc4 $19 42. Ne2 h4 43. a4 (43. d5 $142 exd5 44. Nd4 Nxd4 45. Rxd4+ Kb3 46. Kh2) 43... a5 44. Rb1 Kd3 45. Rb2 Rg7 46. Ra2 h3 {( -> ...Rg2!)} 47. Rb2 {[#] If only White now had time for Ng3....} Rg2 $1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg2h2][%mdl 512]} 48. Ng3 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Black "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O d4 6. d3 Be7 7. b4 cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Bxa3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfb1 Nc5 14. Qa3 a6 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Rxb3 Nc6 18. Ng5 f5 19. Rb6 h6 20. Nf3 e5 21. Nd2 Rf6 22. c5 Ne7 23. Nc4 Rxb6 24. Nxb6 Rb8 25. Nc4 Be6 26. Nxe5 Bd5 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Bxd5+ Nxd5 29. Rxb7 Rxc5 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Nf3 a5 32. Nxd4 Kg6 33. Kg2 a4 34. Ra8 Nc3 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. g4 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Rg5+ 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. e4 Rh5 41. Kg4 Rxh2 42. f4 Rd2 43. Nf3 Rg2+ 44. Kf5 Rg3 45. Ne5+ Ke7 46. d4 h5 47. d5 Nb5 48. Nc6+ Kd7 49. e5 a3 50. Na7 Nd4+ 51. Ke4 Nb3 52. e6+ Ke7 53. Nc6+ Kf6 54. Ra7 Nc5+ 55. Kd4 Nxe6+ 56. dxe6 Kxe6 57. Ke4 h4 58. Nd4+ Kf6 59. Ra6+ Kf7 60. Nf5 Rb3 61. Nxh4 g5 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. Ra8+ Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. Ng6 gxf4 66. Kxf4 Rc3 67. Kf5 Rc5+ 68. Kf6 Rc6+ 69. Kg5 Rc3 70. Nf4 Rc5+ 71. Kf6 Rc3 72. Ne6 Rf3+ 73. Kg6 Rg3+ 74. Ng5 Kf8 75. Kf6 Ke8 76. Ne4 Re3 77. Ke5 Rb3 78. Ke6 Kd8 79. Nd6 Rh3 80. Rd7# 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 e6 8. O-O d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Bc2 Be7 14. Qd3 f5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bxe6+ Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Nb3 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Qxf5 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. Nxe5 Nf4 14. Qf3 Qxe5 15. Bxe7 Nh3+ 16. gxh3 Qxe7 17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nd7 19. Na4 Ne5 20. Qe3 Qh4 21. f4 Ng6 22. Rf1 Bxh3 23. Rf3 Be6 24. Nc5 Bxb3 25. cxb3 b6 26. Nd3 c5 27. Kh1 Qe7 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. f5 Nh4 30. Rf4 g5 31. f6 gxf4 32. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 h6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 g5 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Bxf7 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Rxd4 16. Nf5 Re4 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc5 Rc4 20. Bd4 Rh7 21. Rac1 Rf7 22. b3 Rc6 23. Re5 e6 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Be3 Bg7 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 a5 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Ne4 Kc6 31. Be3 Nd5 $11 32. Nd2 Kb7 33. Nc4 Ka6 34. Kf1 Nc3 35. Ke1 Nb1 36. Bc1 Bc3+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. f4 g4 39. Be3 Bf6 40. Kd3 Na3 41. Nd2 Bc3 42. Ne4 Nb1 43. Nc5+ Kb6 44. Nxe6+ Kc6 45. Nd8+ Kd7 46. Nf7 h5 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Ng5+ Kf5 49. g3 c6 50. Bb6 Nd2+ 51. Kd3 Nf1 52. Bxa5 Nxh2 53. Bb6 h4 54. gxh4 Kxf4 55. Ne4 Be5 56. a5 Bb8 57. a6 Kf5 58. a7 Bxa7 59. Bxa7 Nf3 60. Bf2 Nh2 61. Ke3 Nf3 62. Ng3+ Kg6 63. Kf4 Nh2 64. h5+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d4 e6 14. Re1 Be4 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. h4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf6 21. f3 Rd5 22. Rc2 Qd6 23. Nc6 Rc8 24. Rec1 Rc7 25. b4 Rd1 26. Rxd1 Qxd1 27. Qc3 Qd5 28. a4 e5 29. e4 Qd6 30. b5 Nd7 31. Rd2 Qe6 32. Nd8 Rxc3 33. Nxe6+ Kf6 34. Rxd7 Kxe6 35. Rxa7 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. g4 f5 38. gxf5+ gxf5 39. Rxh7 fxe4 40. fxe4 Rxa4 41. Rh6+ Kd7 42. Rxb6 Rxe4 43. Rh6 Rb4 44. b6 Ke8 45. h5 Kd7 46. b7 Kc7 47. Rh7+ Kb8 48. Ke2 Rh4 49. Ke3 Ka7 50. Kf3 Kb8 51. Kg3 Rh1 52. Kg4 e4 53. Re7 Rg1+ 54. Kf5 Rf1+ 55. Kg6 Rg1+ 56. Kh7 Re1 57. h6 e3 58. Kh8 e2 59. h7 Ka7 60. Kg8 Rg1+ 61. Kf8 Rh1 62. Kg7 Rg1+ 63. Kf8 Rf1+ 64. Kg8 Rg1+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 h5 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nf5 9. Ng5 c5 10. Bxg4 hxg4 11. Qxg4 cxd4 12. Nd1 Qc7 13. Nf2 Qxc2 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxg6+ Kd7 16. Ng4 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Nh4+ 18. Kg3 Nxg6 19. Bd2 Nh4 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. b4 Nf5+ 22. Kg4 Rxh2 23. Rfd1 Nd7 24. Nxd5 Rh4+ 25. Kg5 Bh6+ 26. Kg6 Ne7+ 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Rh1 Rg8+ 29. Kh7 Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 b5 9. f4 d6 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Qh5 Nf8 13. f5 exf5 14. Nxf5 g6 15. Ng7+ Kd8 16. Qg4 f5 17. gxf6 h6 18. Qf3 Rg8 19. Bxh6 Rh8 20. Qf4 b4 21. fxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bg5 Nc6 23. Nd5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Bh2 Be5 14. O-O Nf4 15. Nc4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Re8 18. f4 b6 19. Rae1 f6 20. Qg3 Rb8 21. f5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. fxg6 Rg5 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qf4 Qg7 26. Rf2 Qg6 27. Qxd6 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Rg8 29. Ree2 Rg1 30. Qf4 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. a3 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. f4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nd4 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nbc3 Bf5 15. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. Re1 c6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Qg3 h5 20. Rf1 Re3 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Re8 23. Rf1 Re3 24. Qf2 Qe5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. dxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qxd7 Qxc2 29. Bg8 Qxb2 30. h4 Qg7 31. Qd2 Qe7 32. Qd4 Qe5 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Rf7 g5 35. Rxb7 g4 36. Kh2 a5 37. Rb6 Rc5 38. Ra6 Kg6 39. Be6 Rc3 40. Rxa5 g3+ 41. Kh3 Kf6 42. Bd7 c5 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Bb5 Kd8 45. Ra7 Rb3 46. a4 Rb4 47. Rh7 c4 48. Rxh5 c3 49. Rc5 Rb3 50. h5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Attieh, Wael"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 a6 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 b5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. a4 b4 10. d5 Nb8 11. cxb4 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. b5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. Nc3 Na5 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Bd4 f6 18. b4 Nc6 19. a5 Kh8 20. Qa4 Nce5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Be3 Nf6 23. b5 Qc8 24. Rfc1 Qe6 25. b6 Nd7 26. a6 Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nd5 Bh6 29. Rxc5 Qf7 30. f3 e6 31. Rc7 Qe8 32. b7 exd5 33. Qd7 Be3+ 34. Kh1 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nbd2 c6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5 h6 14. Qg6 Nf6 15. Bxh6 Qc7 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. Bg5 Qxg6 18. Bxg6 Nh7 19. Bh4 Bc7 20. Be7 Rfc8 21. Re1 Bd8 22. Ba3 Nf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rxe6 Bf6 25. g4 c5 26. c3 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. g5 Be7 30. b3 Bd6 31. h4 Rb8 32. Kf1 Rb6 33. Bd3 a5 34. h5 Bf4 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 c5 37. f4 c4 38. bxc4 dxc4 39. Bxc4 Rb4 40. Bd3 Rxf4+ 41. Ke2 Rf5 42. h6 Rxe5+ 43. Kf3 gxh6 44. Be4 hxg5 45. Bc2 Ke7 46. Kg4 Kf6 47. Bb3 a4 48. Bg8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 h5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. b4 Kb8 12. Nb3 e4 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 h4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. d4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Qd2 Rdg8 20. Bf1 Rh6 21. O-O-O Rhg6 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Qe2 Be7 24. Qb5 Rg1 25. Rxg1 Rxg1 26. Na6+ Ka8 27. Qxd5 f6 28. Nxc7+ Kb8 29. Nb5 Be6 30. Qh5 Bb3 31. Qe2 a6 32. Kb2 Bc4 33. Qxc4 Qxc4 34. Bxc4 Rxd1 35. Nc3 Rg1 36. Nxe4 Kc7 37. Be6 b6 38. Kb3 Rb1+ 39. Ka2 Rf1 40. Kb3 Rg1 41. Kc3 Rg2 42. Kb3 Rh2 43. Kc3 Kd8 44. Kb3 Rh1 45. c4 Kc7 46. c5 a5 47. cxb6+ Kxb6 48. bxa5+ Kxa5 49. Kb2 Kb6 50. Bg4 Kc7 51. Be6 Rf1 52. Bg4 Re1 53. a4 Kb6 54. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a3 d6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Bh6 Qc7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc3+ Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Rfb1 Rd2 23. Rxb7 Rxe2 24. Ra7 Rxc2 25. Rxa6 Rb2 26. Ra7 e6 27. Rd7 c3 28. Rdd1 c2 29. Rdc1 Rcb8 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. exd6 exd6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Ne4 Qh5 19. Rae1 b6 20. Qc4 Qg6 21. Re3 Ne7 22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxe7 c5 24. dxc5 Rfc8 25. cxb6 Rd8 26. Qa4 Kf8 27. Qa3 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. bxa7 Ra8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe1 c4 9. Bc2 Bf5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ne5 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. e4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Qe7 19. Re1 Qf6 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rf1 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Rd1 Re2 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Kf1 Re4 27. Kf2 Nf5 28. g3 Re6 29. Bf4 Kf7 30. g4 Nd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. h4 Re6 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. b3 b5 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd2 Kd6 41. Kc2 Kc6 42. Kb2 Kb5 43. Ka3 g5 44. hxg5 g6 45. Kb2 Ka4 46. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1621"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Bg5 Bxf2+ 7. Kd2 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. e3 O-O 11. Nh3 f4 12. gxf4 Bh4 13. Qh5 d6 14. Rhg1 Be6 15. Qg6 Bf7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qf5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Be4 g6 20. Rxg6+ Bxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rg1 Qf6 24. f5 c6 25. Rg6 Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rf6 27. Re7 Rb8 28. Rd7 Kg8 29. b4 a6 30. a4 b5 31. Bxc6 bxa4 32. b5 axb5 33. cxb5 Rxf5 34. Ra7 e4 35. dxe4 Rfxb5 36. Bxb5 Rxb5 37. Rxa4 Rb2+ 38. Kd3 Rxh2 39. Nf4 Bf6 40. Ra5 Be5 41. Ng6 Bg3 42. Rg5 h4 43. Nxh4+ Kf7 44. Nf3 Rg2 45. Nd4 Rg1 46. Ne2 Rd1+ 47. Kc2 Bh4 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. d5 Re8 16. Bh3 Bd8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Bxf5 Bf6 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. dxe6 Re8 24. Rd7 Be4 25. Re1 Rxe6 26. f3 Bf5 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. Rxa7 Bxb2 29. Rb7 Bxc4 30. Rxb6 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 Bxa2 32. Rd6 Bb1 33. Kf1 Ba2 34. Ke2 Bf6 35. Bxh6 Kf7 36. Bc1 c4 37. Ba3 Bb1 38. Rb6 Bd3+ 39. Kd2 Bf1 40. Bb2 Bg2 41. Bxf6 gxf6 42. Ke2 Bh3 43. g4 f5 44. g5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,3,0,13,10,95,103,125,125,120,124,126,118,122,131,124,120,150,135,172,-57,136,-2,-10,-39,39,-45,-44,-36,-66,-44,-34,-41,-33,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,155,144,147,0,164,0,173,165,137,164,164,165,175,160,211,141,195,153,257,246,340,306,315,287,430,306,464,482,541,536]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 {C02: French: Advance Variation} (9... Ne7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb3 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. N3d2 Na5 15. h4 Be7 16. h5 h6 17. Bh2 Ba4 18. Qc1 O-O-O {½-½ (30) Bruzon Batista,L (2673)-Akobian,V (2640) Saint Louis 2018}) 10. O-O O-O-O (10... Nh6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. b3 $16 {[%cal Rb3c4]} cxb3 {[#]White is better.} 12. c4 $1 (12. Nxb3 $6 Ba4 $11) 12... Ba4 13. c5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qc7 14. Bb2 Nh6 15. Bc3 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc6 16. Nxb3 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 {1-0 (30) Pokazanjev,N (2425)-Fadeev,S (2138) Novokuznetsk 2007}) 16. Qc1 g4 17. Ne1 Nf5 18. Qb2 $2 {[#]} (18. Bxg4 $18 Bb5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bxa5 (20. Nxb3 Nxb3 21. Rxb3 Bxf1 $14) 20... Qxa5 21. Rxb3) 18... Nc6 $2 (18... Nc4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512] stays ahead.} 19. Bxc4 (19. Nxc4 dxc4) 19... dxc4) 19. Nd3 (19. Bxg4 $16 Nh6 20. Be2) 19... h5 $11 20. Nb4 {[#]} (20. Bd1 {keeps more tension.} Bb5 21. Be2 Bc4 22. Rfe1 Rhg8 23. Nf4) 20... Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. dxe5 ({White should try} 21. Nxb3 $14 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Na5) 21... d4 $15 22. Nxb3 dxc3 ({But not} 22... Qxe5 $2 23. Be1 $18) 23. Qxc3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 Nd4 25. Qe3 Bxc5 26. Rfc1 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. gxf3 (27. Bxf3 Bxe3) 27... Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rd2 29. Kf2 Rhd8 30. Rxc7+ Kxc7 31. Rc1+ Kb8 {Threatens to win with ...a5.} 32. Rb1 {And now Nc6+ would win.} Kc7 {Strongly threatening ...a5.} 33. Rb3 gxf3 34. Kxf3 f6 $2 (34... Rg8 $11) 35. Rc3+ $16 Kb8 36. Rb3 Kc7 $1 ({Reject} 36... Rf8 $6 37. e4 $16) 37. Rc3+ Kb8 $1 38. exf6 {Hoping for e4.} Rf8 39. e4 {aiming for e5.} Rxf6+ 40. Ke3 Rd7 41. Nd3 Rc7 (41... Rg7 $16 42. Rc5 (42. Bxh5 Rh6 $16) 42... Rh6 43. Rxh5 Rgh7) 42. Rb3 h4 (42... Rg7 $16 43. Rb5 (43. Bxh5 Rh6 $16) 43... Rh6 44. Rxh5 Rxh5 45. Bxh5 Rg2) 43. h3 a6 (43... Kc8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 44. Bg4 Kd7) 44. Bg4 $18 Ka7 45. Nf4 Rc1 {intending ...Re1+.} 46. Nxe6 Rg1 (46... Re1+ $142 47. Kd4 Rf7) 47. Ng5 Rb6 (47... Re1+ $142 48. Kd4 Rf8) 48. Rd3 Rb5 49. Nf3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,91,44,30,33,31,50,25,47,35,33,35,52,42,30,38,28,22,28,16,29,-7,9,22,43,46,38,33,41,40,38,23,36,35,49,0,27,10,18,0,11,8,29,29,29,29,225,225,300,329,294,322,379,148,475,327,324,234,482,440,491,502,1220,488,461,442,29989,29990,29993,29991,29995,2313,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. a5 e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 10. dxe5 (10. h3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Bc4 Nf8 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bf1 N8d7 15. Ng5 a6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Be3 {1-0 (58) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Radjabov,T (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 10... dxe5 11. Qb1 Re8 {White has an edge.} 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Nf8 13. Qa2 Be6 14. Qa3 h6 15. Bc5 Red8 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 {½-½ (29) Lutz,C (2554)-Topp,M (2096) Germany 2015}) 12... Ng4 13. Bc1 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 14. b4 Ne6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qa2 Nd4 18. Ng5 ({But not} 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nxd4 (19. Rxd4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxc3 $15) 19... Nxe4 $15) 18... Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Be6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Qc4 Ne8 22. Nc3 Bf8 23. Na4 Nd6 24. Qd3 Ree8 25. Rd2 Red8 26. Bg5 Be7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Rad1 Kf8 29. Qe3 {Strongly threatening Qc5.} Nb5 $1 30. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Rd7. Black is under pressure.} Kg7 $2 {[#]} (30... Rd6 $11) 31. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7e7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf6 {intending ...Rxd7.} 32. Nxb7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qe6 34. Rd3 $2 (34. Nc5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Qf6 35. a6) 34... Qa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qe7 $16 {is tougher.}) 35. c3 Re8 36. Kh2 Re6 $2 (36... Qe6 37. Qd2 h6) 37. Nc5 Rf6 38. f3 Qc2 (38... Rd6 $142 39. Rxd6 Nxd6) 39. Nd7 (39. Qg5 $142 Qa2 40. Qxe5) 39... Re6 {[#]} 40. Qc5 $1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rc5f8][%mdl 512]} Kh6 (40... Re8 $18) 41. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg5 42. Qxf7 Qxd3 {[#]} 43. Qxe6 (43. h4+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh4 44. Qxh7+ Kg5 45. Kg3 Qxe4 46. fxe4 Nxc3 47. Qh4#) 43... Qxc3 44. Qf6+ {White mates.} Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 {[#]} 46. h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 8. Rb1 {[%emt 0:07:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:09:23]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:06:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:06:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:16:18]} 13. Nde4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 14. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 15. e3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:07:16]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 20. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 22. Bg2 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 23. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Be5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 24. a4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 25. e4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:06:11]} 26. axb5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Bd4+ {[%emt 0:01:40]} 27. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 28. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:10:52]} 29. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 31. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 32. Qxf5+ {[%emt 0:02:02]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Be5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 34. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 36. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Re2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 38. Bxe5+ {[%emt 0:03:19]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 39. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 40. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 42. b6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 43. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 44. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 45. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 46. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 47. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 49. Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 51. h4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} f4+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 10. e6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 11. exd7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 12. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 14. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:09:54]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:11:51]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:32:58]} 20. f3 {[%emt 0:18:26]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 21. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 22. Nxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 23. Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 25. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd5 26. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} a6 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 27. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:16:39]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. b3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:50]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nce5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 14. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} 15. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 16. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:47]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 19. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 20. g3 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:05:40]} 21. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nh4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 23. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 24. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 25. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 26. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 29. f4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 30. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 32. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 34. Be5+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 35. Bxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 37. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10] Kd5} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Qd4 {B06: Modern Defence} (6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Ne2 Qxc5 8. O-O b6 9. Rb1 Ba6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 d6 {0-1 (43) Saric,I (2669)-Piorun,K (2651) Katowice 2017}) 6... Nf6 7. Qb4 Qxb4 8. cxb4 Nxe4 9. f3 Nf6 10. Bb2 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 {1-0 (24) Grover,S (2496)-Petrisor,A (2408) Chennai 2011}) 11. cxb6 axb6 12. a3 O-O 13. O-O-O Nh5 14. Bb5 d6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Rhe1 Kf8 18. Kb1 Nf4 19. g3 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Ne6 21. f4 Rc4 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rd5 f4 24. Rh5 fxg3 25. Rxh7 Rg4 26. hxg3 Nc6 27. Rf1 Ncd8 28. Rf3 Rc8 29. Re3 Rcc4 30. Nc3 Rc7 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Rf3 Ke8 33. Bf6 Rg8 34. Bh4 Ng5 35. Bxg5 Rxg5 36. c4 b5 37. Re3 Ne6 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Ne4 Re5 40. Nc5 Rxe3 41. Nxb7 Rxa3 42. cxb5 Rxg3 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Re8 Rb3+ 45. Ka2 Rxb4 46. Rxe7 Ra4+ (46... Kf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e7]} 47. Rd7 Nd4 48. Nxd6 Ke6 $15) 47. Kb2 Ra7 48. Rd7 Nd8 49. Rxd8 Rxb7 50. Rxd6 Rxb5+ 51. Kc3 Re5 52. Kd3 f6 53. Ra6 Kg6 54. Ra1 f5 55. Kd2 $2 (55. Rf1 $11) 55... f4 $2 (55... Kg5 $19 56. Rg1+ Kh4 57. Rh1+ Kg3) 56. Re1 Ra5 57. Ke2 Kg5 58. Kf2 $11 Ra2+ 59. Re2 Ra3 60. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. h3 h4 13. d5 a6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Rd4 g5 16. Bf5 c5 17. Re4 Rxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. g3 Nd7 21. gxh4 Rg8 22. hxg5 fxg5 23. h4 Kg7 24. hxg5 Kf8 25. g6 Rxg6 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Qh3 Nf6 28. Bh6+ Kxh8 29. Bf8+ Kg8 30. Bxe7 Bxe7 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Ng3 Nxd5 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 35. Qb7+ Ke6 36. Qc6+ Ke5 37. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5 Ra5 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Ne5+ Nxe5 12. dxe5 Kxc7 13. exf6+ Kc6 14. fxe7 Bxe7 15. a3 Bf6 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 b5 18. O-O h5 19. f3 h4 20. Bf2 Raa8 21. Rad1 Rhe8 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Be7 24. Kf1 b6 25. Kg1 Bc5 26. e4 Be6 27. a4 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rd7 29. axb5+ Kc5 30. Rd4 Red8 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {+- forveit} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Be3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. Nge2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. f4 Bd7 12. g4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ng3 Nd4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxe5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nce2 Bxg4 20. Qh6 Qc7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. O-O e6 23. Qxg6 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Re7 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Qh5 Kd8 27. Qh4 Kd7 28. Nxd4 Rh8 29. Qe4 f5 30. Qc6+ Qxc6 31. Nxc6 Bh2+ 32. Kf2 Ree8 33. Ra7+ Kd6 34. Ra6 Kc7 35. Nd4 Bd6 36. Nxb5+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Black "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Qc2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. Qf5 Nhf6 14. Ne5 c6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxd7 Rc2 20. Rdc1 Rxb2 21. Rc7 Rb8 22. Rac1 g6 23. a4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. R7c5 Ba6 26. Bc6 b4 27. Bxd5 Bd3 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. R5xc4 Kg7 30. R4c2 Rb3 31. g4 Kh6 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Rb2 b3 34. Kf3 Re8 35. Rcb1 Rb8 36. Ke2 Rc3 37. Kd2 Rbc8 38. Rxb3 Rc2+ 39. Ke1 Kg5 40. h3 Kh4 41. e4 R2c3 42. Kd2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 R8c3+ 44. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Ke5 Rxh3 47. d5 Rd3 48. Rh1+ Kxg4 49. Rxh7 Rf3 50. Rh2 Rd3 51. Rg2+ Kh4 52. Kf6 Rf3+ 53. Ke7 g4 54. d6 Kh3 55. Rg3+ Rxg3 56. fxg3 Kxg3 57. d7 Kh2 58. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 b5 9. g3 Qb6 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. O-O a5 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Rc1 b4 16. Rf2 O-O 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rfc2 Nb8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc2 Ba6 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qc6 24. Ne1 Qxc2 25. Nxc2 Nc6 26. Ke2 Na7 27. Bc1 Nb5 28. Bb2 f5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. g4 h6 31. Ke3 Bh4 32. a3 bxa3 33. Nxa3 Nxa3 34. Bxa3 Be1 35. Bc1 Kf7 36. Bd2 Bxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Kf6 38. h4 h5 39. g5+ Kf5 40. Ke3 Kg4 41. g6 Kg3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Salman, Samer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Qc3 O-O 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. e5 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Qh5 14. Nef3 Bd5 15. h3 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd4 Qh5 19. c4 Be6 20. Qc3 Qg6 21. Bd4 Rae8 22. Nf1 c5 23. Be3 Bxh3 24. Bg5 Bxg2 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. f4 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Qe4 28. Qd3 Bxf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Rd7 b6 33. Rxc7 Re6 34. Kf2 h5 35. Kf3 Kh7 36. Kf4 h4 37. Rd7 h3 38. Kg3 Rh6 39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Rd5 Kf6 41. a4 a5 42. b4 axb4 43. a5 Ke7 44. axb6 Rxb6 45. Rxc5 b3 46. Re5+ Kd6 47. Re1 b2 48. Rb1 Kc5 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 a6 7. Nge2 Nh5 8. g3 Bg4 9. Qc2 Bf3 10. Rg1 Bg5 11. h4 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 Nf6 13. Qe3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Nbd7 15. f4 h6 16. f5 Nh7 17. Qf2 b6 18. g4 f6 19. Bd1 Ke7 20. Ba4 Rb8 21. Bc6 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Qa5 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. Rg3 Nc8 26. O-O-O Na7 27. Bc4 Rb7 28. Nb1 Rhb8 29. Ra3 Qc7 30. Rd2 Kf8 31. Nc3 Kg8 32. Nd1 Nf8 33. g5 Qf7 34. gxh6 g6 35. Rg3 Kh7 36. Qe3 Qe8 37. Qg1 Qa4 38. Rc2 Nb5 39. fxg6+ Kg8 40. h7+ Kg7 41. h5 Nd4 42. h6+ Kxh6 43. h8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Attieh, Wael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 Be6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Nd5 Nd8 12. Nec3 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qa3 b6 15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qa6 Qb7 17. Qa4 a5 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Qc8 21. d5 c5 22. Nb5 f6 23. b3 Nf7 24. f4 Bh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Nc7 Rf8 27. Rxe7 Nh6 28. Qd7 Nf5 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Ne6 Rg8 31. Bc3 Nxg7 32. Bxf6 Qh6 33. Qf7 Qg6 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36. Nxg7 Kxg7 37. a4 Re8 38. Kf2 Re4 39. Rd1 Kf6 40. Kf3 Re7 41. Rd3 Re1 42. Re3 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. f3 Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qd2 Re8 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Ng3 a6 11. h4 h5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Be6 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Be3 Ne5 20. b3 a5 21. Rhd1 a4 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Bd4 Bh6 25. Rf2 Red8 26. f4 a3 27. Rdd2 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 e5 29. Rf6 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Rxc6 Ra4 32. Rd6 Rxb4+ 33. Kc1 Bxa2 34. Ne2 Rb1+ 35. Kc2 Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rxe2 37. c6 Be6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. c7 a2 40. c8=Q+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bb3 Bxe5 14. Bxa7 Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Qxa7 16. h4 d6 17. Qf3 h5 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. Rhe1 Be6 20. Kc1 Qa3+ 21. Kd2 Rfc8 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Re3 Bxb3 24. axb3 e5 25. Qa4 Qc5 26. c4 Ra8 27. Qd7 Rc7 28. Qh3 Qd4+ 29. Ke1 Ra1 30. Red3 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Ra2 32. Rxd6 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Re2 35. R6d3 e4 36. Rg3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Qf4 38. Kh1 Rf2 39. Rxg6+ fxg6 40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Qxd7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ngf6 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Kb1 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 O-O 12. g4 Qc8 13. Nd2 c5 14. d5 Ne5 15. f3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ba6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Nc1 Qb5 19. Nc4 Qa4 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. f4 Qc7 22. h5 b5 23. Ne3 c4 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Qc5 26. Rh3 Rac8 27. Rdh1 Qd4 28. Nd1 b4 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Qg3 cxd3 31. Qxe5 Bxe5 32. Nxd3 Bxd3+ 33. Rxd3 Rc4 34. Nf2 Rfc8 35. Rdd1 a5 36. Nd3 Rxe4 37. Rc1 Rxc1+ 38. Rxc1 gxh5 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Re8 Rd4 41. Nxe5 dxe5 42. Rxe7 Rxd5 43. Kc2 h4 44. Rc7 h3 45. Kb3 e4 46. Rc2 Rxg5 47. Rh2 f5 48. Rxh3 f4 49. Kc2 f3 50. Kd2 Rg2+ 51. Ke1 Rxb2 52. Rh4 Re2+ 53. Kf1 a4 54. Rh5 Rxa2 55. Re5 Re2 56. Rb5 b3 57. Rb7+ Kf6 58. Rb6+ Kf5 59. Rb5+ Kf4 60. Rb7 b2 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. b4 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Qb3 Nd8 12. f4 h6 13. Nf3 exf4 14. Nd4 Kh8 15. Nd2 Nh5 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nf3 g5 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Qc2 Rg8 20. d4 g4 21. h4 Nh5 22. c4 Bxh4 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. Rad1 Qe6 26. Rd5 f3 27. Nc1 Nf4 28. g3 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qf7 30. Qe4 Qg6 31. Qe3 Nf7 32. Nd3 Qg5 33. Qf2 e4 34. Bc1 Qf5 35. Nf4 Ng5 36. Be3 Rae8 37. Qd2 Be5 38. Bd4 Bxd4+ 39. Qxd4+ Qe5 40. Qe3 h5 41. Rd1 Nf7 42. Kf2 Nd6 43. Ne6 Nf5 44. Qf4 e3+ 45. Kg1 Qxf4 46. gxf4 e2 47. Re1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. O-O-O b5 7. f3 b4 8. Na4 h5 9. Qxb4 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Rb8 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. Qc3 Nd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 e6 17. Nh3 O-O 18. Ng5 Nc5 19. Rd6 Ba6 20. Be3 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 Qb5 22. f4 Rbc8 23. Bc5 Rc7 24. Rhd1 Re8 25. Rd8 Rc8 26. R8d7 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qg3 Qb6 29. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Re1 O-O 16. h3 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18. g5 b4 19. Nd1 Nh5 20. Bh2 g6 21. h4 a5 22. Ne3 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd5 Rfe8 25. Be2 Ng7 26. b3 Ne6 27. Rhg1 Qc5 28. Bd1 Kg7 29. Ref1 Nc7 30. h5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Qc3 32. Bxe5+ Qxe5 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Qg2 Rf8 35. Re1 Qxg5 36. Qxg5 Bxg5 37. Rxg5 h6 38. Rg2 Rce8 39. Reg1 g5 40. Bg4 Re5 41. Be6 Kg6 42. Kc1 Rf4 43. Kd2 Rd4+ 44. Kc1 h5 45. Rd2 Rde4 46. Kb2 g4 47. a3 Kg5 48. Rf2 h4 49. Rgf1 h3 50. Rf5+ Rxf5 51. Bxf5 Rf4 52. Bd3 h2 53. Rh1 g3 54. Be2 g2 55. Rxh2 g1=Q 56. Rh5+ Kf6 57. Bd3 Qd4+ 58. Ka2 Rh4 59. Rf5+ Ke7 60. Rf1 Rg4 61. Re1+ Kd8 62. Rf1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. d4 c5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 c4 16. Nd2 a4 17. Rab1 Qc6 18. Qg4 Bh8 19. Bg5 Ng7 20. Qe2 b5 21. g4 Rae8 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. h4 h5 24. Bh6 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Kh7 26. Bxg7 Bxg7 27. Nf3 Rh8 28. h5 Nf8 29. Re3 Kg8 30. hxg6 Nxg6 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Bh6 33. Ng5 Ke7 34. Rf3 Rbf8 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxg6 Rxf3 37. Bxf3 Qe8 38. Qf6+ Kd7 39. Rh1 Qf8 40. Qxf8 Rxf8 41. Rxh6 a3 42. bxa3 Ra8 43. Bg4 Rxa3 44. Bxe6+ Ke7 45. Bxd5 Rxc3 46. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.04.30"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ndf6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nh5 11. c3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Nf3 h6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17. f4 f5 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Be2 Be8 20. Qd1 h5 21. Bf1 Qg4 22. Qxg4 hxg4 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh3 Kf7 25. Rh2 Rh8 26. Kg2 Bb5 27. Rah1 Rh6 28. g4 Bd3 29. g5 Rh4 30. Kg3 Rah8 31. g6+ Ke7 32. Rd1 Be4 33. Rdd2 R4h6 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,-1,-14,29,0,0,8,9,3,10,0,8,-2,19,-24,-27,-62,-33,-66,-56,-91,-14,-39,-21,-39,-19,-98,-91,-132,-129,-279,-220,-280,-262,-248,-230,-250,-243,-230,-227,-555,-526,-822,-552,-695,-694,-673,-662]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (9... c4 $5 10. Be2 $8 Nc6 $11) 10. a4 c4 11. Be2 f6 {The position is equal.} 12. exf6 exf6 13. Ba3 Kf7 14. Nd2 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bh6 15. Bf3 Qa5 16. Bb4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 Qd8 18. Re1 {0-1 (53) Gdanski,J (2535)-Krasenkow,M (2661) Plock 2000}) 15. f4 Bf8 16. Bc1 Bd6 17. Nf3 Ne7 18. g4 Ke8 (18... Qc7 $17 19. Rf2 Kg7) 19. Qe1 Kd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Nh4 (21. g5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Qg8 22. Kh1 Re8 23. a5 (23. Nf3 $17 {was necessary.}) 23... h5 $19 (23... bxa5 24. Qf2 $15) 24. gxh5 Bxh3 25. Rg1 Qe6 {White must now prevent ...Nf5.} ({Not} 25... bxa5 26. Bf3 $17) 26. Bf3 Qxe1 27. Rxe1 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4][%mdl 512]} 28. Rxe7+ $2 (28. axb6 {is tougher.} axb6 29. Ng2) (28. fxg5 Nf5) 28... Rxe7 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 28... Kxe7 29. Ng6+ Kd7 30. Nxh8 $11) 29. Ng6 Re1+ {Played: g5-g4} 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 2. e4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 4. Nge2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. g4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:07:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 9. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:24]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. g5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:09:35]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 15. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:02]} 16. Kb1 {[%emt 0:09:01]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. Rdf1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. gxf6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 20. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 21. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 23. Bh3 {[%emt 0:08:25]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 24. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ndf8 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 26. Rff1 {[%emt 0:10:05]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 27. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 28. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 29. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} N6h7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 30. Qg2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bh8 $2 {[%emt 0:06:31]} (30... Ka7 31. e5 dxe5) 31. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (31. e5 $142) 31... b5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (31... Rd7 $142 32. Nfe2 Nf6) 32. Qg2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 33. Nfe2 {[%emt 0:02:47]} ({White should try} 33. e5 $18) 33... Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 34. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} (35. e5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 35... Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 36. Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} ({White should try} 38. h5 $16) 38... c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 41. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:06]} (41... Nh7 $142 42. Rf1 (42. Rxg6 Rxe4 43. Nef4 Nf6 $16) 42... Nf6 43. Nxf6 (43. Rxg6 $2 Nxe4 44. Rf5 Qa5 $19) 43... Bxf6) 42. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 45. h5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 46. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 48. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 49. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (49... Kb8 $142 50. c3 Nd8) 50. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 51. g7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxg7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 52. Rdxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 53. Rxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxg4 $18 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 55. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 56. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 57. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 58. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. c3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 60. b4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 61. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 62. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 63. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 64. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 65. Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,24,49,35,75,52,78,76,104,70,91,91,84,79,110,103,106,98,132,132,147,127,140,138,274,275,297,264,272,266,277,265,354,368,424,437,437,429,1070,1059,1171,1097,1398,1401,1406,1386,1395,1406,1406,1410,1411,1399,1399,1365,1348,1348,1299,1252,1250]} 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. g3 (4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Ngf6 9. g4 g6 10. Bc4 O-O-O 11. Bxf7 Kb8 12. O-O-O {1-0 (23) Mareco,S (2661)-Barreno Anleu,H (2025) Guatemala City 2019}) 4... e5 5. Nge2 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. d5 b4 12. dxc6 Qxc6 {½-½ (37) Klimaszewski,D (2148)-Cap,P (1819) Bialystok 2017}) 6. h3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Bg2 h4 {[#]} 8. g4 $1 {White is better.} Ng6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. f5 Nf8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qe1 N6h7 15. Ng1 Ng5 16. Qf2 {Black must now prevent f6!} b6 {[#]} (16... Bc8 $16 {was necessary.} 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa7 b5) 17. f6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh3 (17... Bxf6 18. Bxg5) 18. Bxh3 gxf6 19. g5 Nh7 20. dxe5 (20. Qxh4 $2 O-O-O $19) 20... dxe5 21. Rad1 ({Weaker is} 21. Qxh4 O-O-O $17) 21... Rd8 22. gxf6 {White is clearly winning.} Bxf6 23. Bg5 Bxh3 (23... Nxg5 $142 24. Qxf6 Rg8 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxe5+ Kf8 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kf8) 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 {White threatens Rxd8+ and mate.} Bxf1 26. Qxh8+ Ke7 27. Qxh4+ Ke8 28. Rxf1 Qd6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qxd8+ Kxd8 33. Nf3 f6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 6. f3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:40] A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 9. h4 $146 {[%emt 0:03:14]} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. O-O-O h5 11. Kb1 Qb8 12. Nc1 O-O 13. Be2 a4 14. h3 Nh7 15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (36) Ratkovic,M (2378)-Saric,S (2422) Kragujevac 2016}) 9... Nh5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 10. Nge2 {[%emt 0:03:25]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:16]} 11. exf5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:10:00]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:17:34]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 14. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 15. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:19:35]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} (16. Bxc5 $1 $11 dxc5 17. Re1) 16... h5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 17. Ng3 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:14:45]} 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:11:21]} 19. Rdf1 {[%emt 0:06:28]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 20. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:12:17]} e4 {[%emt 0:06:33]} ({Better is} 21... Nd3+ $15 22. Kb1 Rf2 23. Rxf2 Ngxf2) 22. Ncxe4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 25. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:05:17]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 27. Qf5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 29. Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 30. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 32. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 34. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 36. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 37. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 38. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 39. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 41. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 42. Ne2+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 44. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. a4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 46. a5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. b4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 49. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 50. Nd4+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 51. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 52. b5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 53. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 54. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 55. a6+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 56. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 57. Kc4 $11 {[%emt 0:02:29]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 58. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 59. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 60. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,34,46,5,42,47,34,42,50,43,50,30,36,36,41,30,54,18,28,12,17,-83,-94,-65,10,-46,10,10,16,0,25,0,0,0,81,88,89,87,91,88,118,106,101,62,716,18,704,689,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O Nfd7 8. d5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (8. Be3 Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na5 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. e5 b6 16. Bg4 Nab7 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. c4 Ne4 {1-0 (37) Ding,L (2714)-Zhao,J (2603) Danzhou 2014}) 8... Nc5 (8... Bxc3 $5 9. bxc3 Nc5 $11) 9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Ndxe2 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 a5 12. b3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Qe7 15. a3 Nb6 {½-½ (24) Patterson,R (2149)-Kaufman,R (2292) Richmond 2017}) 11... a5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. b3 c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nd4 a4 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. f4 (17. Be3 $11) 17... axb3 $17 18. axb3 e5 (18... Nbd7 $15 19. b4 Na6) 19. dxe6 (19. fxe5 $1 $11 Bxe5 20. Rf1) 19... Nxe6 (19... Bxd4+ $1 $15 20. Rxd4 Nxe6) 20. Nxe6 $11 fxe6 21. f5 Nd7 22. Rf1 {[#] Strongly threatening f6.} exf5 23. exf5 Re5 (23... gxf5 $11 24. Na4 Ne5) 24. Ne4 $16 {And now f6 would win.} Rxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Nc5 28. Qxf5 ({Don't play} 28. Nxf5 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 $11) 28... Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rf8 $14 29. Qb1 Qxb3) 29. Qf7+ $18 Kh8 30. Re1 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} h6 31. Bf6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} Qe7 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Nd2 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne6 14. Rad1 h5 15. Nf3 Nh7 16. h4 Nef8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qb4 {0-1 (48) Kanibalotzka,E (1851)-Heinig,W (2332) Dresden 2008}) 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Na4 Qe7 16. c5 Be6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Nc4 Rf8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nd6 e4 21. Nc3 Kh8 22. Ne2 Be5 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. Qe2 Ng7 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. g4 Nf4 27. Qe3 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 f4 29. Nf5 $19 (29. Qe1 h5 30. f3) 29... fxe3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. O-O g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Rfc1 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbd7 13. Na5 dxc4 14. Nxb7 Nb6 15. Bd6 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Re6 20. Nb7 Rb8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Nb3 Rb6 23. Rac1 Ra6 24. a3 Rc7 25. g3 Bf8 26. Nc5 Ra5 27. Nd3 Ra6 28. R1c2 Bd6 29. R4c3 Rb6 30. d5 c5 31. b4 c4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rb5 34. Rd4 Kf8 35. Kf1 f6 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. a4 Rb8 38. Rc4 g5 39. f3 h5 40. b5 g4 41. Nf4 Be5 42. Ng6+ Kd6 43. Rc6+ Kxd5 44. Ne7# 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Be6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. d3 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Rc7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Nd1 b6 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Qg5 Ne8 20. Bg4 Nxb3 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxe5 Qg6 23. Qf4 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 f6 25. Qc4+ Kf8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qe6 Rd8 28. Bf4 f5 29. Qb3 b5 30. Rc1 a4 31. Qb4+ Kg8 32. Rc5 Rc8 33. Qc3 Qe6 34. Re5 Qd7 35. Qc5 Nd6 36. Re3 Rd8 37. Bxd6 Qxd6 38. Qxf5 Qxa3 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qxc6 Rb8 41. Re8+ Qf8 42. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ Ke6 12. Qxb4 c5 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. Nf3 Re8 15. O-O Kf7 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Nc3 Bg4 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. h3 Be6 22. b3 Nd2 23. Rfe1 Rec8 24. Ncb5 Ne4 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. f3 a6 27. Nd4+ Ke5 28. Rad1 Rd8 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Nf3+ Kf4 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nh2 Rd2 33. g3+ Kf5 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Re1 Kd5 36. Nf1 Rxa2 37. Ne3+ Ke5 38. Kf1 Kd4 39. Nf5+ Kd5 40. Nxg7 Rb2 41. Re3 b5 42. Ke1 a5 43. Kd1 a4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Kc1 Rf2 46. Nh5 Rf3 47. Re2 Kd4 48. Kc2 a3 49. Kb1 e3 50. Kc2 a2 51. Re1 Rf2+ 52. Kb3 Kd3 53. Nf4+ Ke4 54. Kc3 Kf3 55. Nd3 Rd2 56. g4 Rh2 57. Kd4 e2 58. Ra1 Rxh3 59. Rxa2 Rh2 60. g5 Kg4 61. Ne1 Kxg5 62. Ke3 Rh3+ 63. Kf2 Rh2+ 64. Kg3 Rh1 65. Rxe2 Rh6 66. Nf3+ Kf6 67. Ra2 Rg6+ 68. Kf4 h5 69. Ra6+ Kg7 70. Ra7+ Kh6 71. Kf5 Rb6 72. Ne5 h4 73. Ng4+ Kh5 74. Rh7+ Rh6 75. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. h4 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nge2 f5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Rg1 Qf7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qd2 fxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bg4 16. Rd2 h5 17. Kb1 Kh7 18. Qg3 Bh6 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. b4 a5 21. Nb5 axb4 22. Nxc7 Ra5 23. Rb3 Nc5 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxb4 Rxa2 27. Qe1 Rfa8 28. Qc3 R8a3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 a6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bd5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. a3 Ne7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. c3 O-O 18. Be7 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Qh5 20. Ne5 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Ra7 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. h4 f6 25. Ng6 Bd5 26. h5 Bc4 27. Re3 e5 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Bb5 31. Ra5 c4 32. Re2 Rad7 33. Ra3 Rb1 34. f3 Rdd1 35. Bf2 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Rxh5 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nf5 Bf8 39. Ra2 Kg6 40. Ne3 f5 41. Nxf5 Kxf5 42. Bb6 Rhh1 43. Bc7 Rhe1 44. Rd2 h5 45. Kh2 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 h4+ 47. Kf2 Bc5+ 48. Rd4 exd4 49. g4+ hxg3+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Re1 e5 10. Nb3 Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 exd4 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rae1 Rac8 20. a3 Rc6 21. Nc1 Rfc8 22. Ne2 Rb6 23. Nf4 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Nd5 Rc6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Rxd4 Rxb2 28. f3 Rc6 29. Re7 Rcc2 30. Rg4 Kg7 31. Kh2 Kf6 32. Re3 h5 33. Rg3 Rb1 34. h4 Rc4 35. Rh3 Ra1 36. g4 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 hxg4 38. fxg4 Ra4 39. g5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Be3 h5 10. Na3 Bh6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bf2 Nf8 13. Nc2 Nh7 14. a4 g5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. fxg5 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Bc8 20. Nxf5 Be6 21. Ng7+ Kd7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rf7+ Kc6 24. Qe2 Qg8 25. Qb5+ Kb7 26. Raf1 Qg5 27. a5 Rag8 28. a6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[PlyCount "261"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bf3 b5 12. Nxb5 Bc4 13. Nxa7 Nxa7 14. Bxa7 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Qc7 16. Bd4 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Rxc2 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Nd4 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Nb5 Rc5 22. a4 Nb6 23. Be2 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rxc3 25. a5 Nc8 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Rb8 Kg7 28. Ba6 Ra7 29. Bxc8 Rxa5 30. Rb7 Kf6 31. Bh3 h6 32. Ke2 g5 33. fxg5+ Rxg5 34. Ke3 Re5 35. Kf4 Rc5 36. Rb2 Ra5 37. Rd2 Rc5 38. Rd5 Rc2 39. Rf5+ Kg7 40. Ke3 Ra2 41. Rf2 Ra5 42. Bd7 e6 43. Kd4 Ra7 44. Bb5 Rc7 45. Rf3 Rc2 46. Be8 Rc7 47. Rc3 Re7 48. Rc8 Ra7 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Rc2 Ke5 51. Bc6 f5 52. exf5 Ra3+ 53. Ke2 Kxf5 54. Rb2 d5 55. Kf2 Rc3 56. Bd7 Rc7 57. g4+ Kxg4 58. Bxe6+ Kf4 59. Bxd5 Rc3 60. Rb4+ Kg5 61. Re4 Rc2+ 62. Kg3 Rc3+ 63. Kf2 Rc2+ 64. Kf3 Rc3+ 65. Ke2 Rc2+ 66. Ke3 Rxh2 67. Re8 Rb2 68. Rg8+ Kf6 69. Kf4 Rf2+ 70. Bf3 Rb2 71. Rc8 Rb6 72. Be4 Ke7 73. Bd5 Kd6 74. Be4 Ke7 75. Rh8 Rf6+ 76. Ke5 Re6+ 77. Kd5 Rd6+ 78. Kc5 Ra6 79. Rh7+ Kf8 80. Bc6 Ra1 81. Rxh6 Ke7 82. Kd5 Ra5+ 83. Kd4 Ra1 84. Ke5 Re1+ 85. Be4 Rf1 86. Rh7+ Rf7 87. Rh6 Rf1 88. Re6+ Kf7 89. Ra6 Kg7 90. Ra7+ Rf7 91. Ra6 Rf1 92. Rg6+ Kf8 93. Kd6 Kf7 94. Ke5 Ke7 95. Re6+ Kf7 96. Rb6 Kg7 97. Bf5 Re1+ 98. Kf4 Rg1 99. Bg4 Rf1+ 100. Kg5 Kf8 101. Bf5 Ke7 102. Re6+ Kf7 103. Rd6 Rg1+ 104. Bg4 Ke7 105. Rd7+ Ke8 106. Ra7 Kd8 107. Kf5 Re1 108. Kf6 Re3 109. Rd7+ Ke8 110. Rc7 Kf8 111. Be6 Rf3+ 112. Bf5 Re3 113. Rh7 Rg3 114. Rh8+ Rg8 115. Rh2 Rg1 116. Rd2 Re1 117. Bd3 Re3 118. Rb2 Rf3+ 119. Bf5 Re3 120. Rh2 Rg3 121. Rh4 Rg2 122. Rc4 Re2 123. Rc7 Re1 124. Bd3 Re3 125. Rc8+ Re8 126. Rc5 Re3 127. Rd5 Re1 128. Bb5 Kg8 129. Rd8+ Kh7 130. Bd3+ Re4 131. Bxe4+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 b6 12. g4 g5 13. Bg2 c6 14. O-O cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Ncxe4 17. Nxe5 Nxc3 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Qe4+ Kf8 21. Rxc3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Be5 23. Rc6 Qb8 24. Qa4 Bf6 25. Qb5 Bd8 26. Be4 Ne5 27. Rc1 h5 28. Bf5 hxg4 29. Rc8 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Qxc8 31. Bxc8 gxh3 32. Bxh3 Rxh3 33. Qd7 Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kxf3 g4+ 36. Ke4 Bh4 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. f4 c6 6. Bb3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qd8 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Be3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Bc4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nc4 d5 17. Nd2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Ngf6 19. c4 bxc3 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. bxc3 O-O 22. Qc4 Rab8 23. Bc1 h5 24. Ba3 Rfc8 25. Nc1 Nd5 26. Qd3 Qd8 27. O-O Nxc3 28. Bc5 Nd5 29. Qd2 Rb7 30. Nd3 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Nc5 Rb4 33. Rae1 Kg8 34. Qd3 Nc7 35. Rd1 Qd5 36. Rfe1 Rb2 37. Re2 Rcb8 38. Red2 Qa2 39. Qc3 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Qd5 42. Qf3 Qc4 43. Kg2 Qc1 44. Rf2 Nd5 45. Nd3 Qc3 46. Qe4 Rd1 47. Rf3 Qc2+ 48. Kh3 Qxa4 49. Nc5 Qxd4 50. Qe2 Rd2 51. Nxe6 Qb2 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd6 13. Bd2 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Nc5 15. Qe2 Nce4 16. Bf4 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qb5 18. Qc2 Qd5 19. Qe2 Qb5 20. Nc4 Qh5 21. Qf3 Qb5 22. b3 Qd5 23. O-O-O b5 24. Ne5 O-O 25. g4 h5 26. gxh5 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Nf2 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Nxh1 30. Rxh1 Rac8 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. h5 c5 33. Nd7 Rfe8 34. h6 cxd4 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Nf6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Attieh, Wael"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Qd2 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf4 Qg3 17. d4 Ng6 18. Rf3 Qh4 19. Bc4+ Kh7 20. Raf1 Be4 21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Rxf8 Nxf8 23. Bd3 d5 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. c4 c6 27. Bg3 Nf6 28. Be5 Bxd3 29. Qxd3+ Ne4 30. cxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nxe5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxd4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nf6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nb3 Kf7 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. Rac1 Rd6 20. Rd4 Rb8 21. Ra4 Rb7 22. Nc5 Rxb2 23. Rxa7+ Kg6 24. Re1 Nc3 25. Nxe6 Rdd2 26. Nf4+ Kh6 27. Nh3 Rxa2 28. Rc7 Ra6 29. Re6+ g6 30. g3 Nb5 31. Rcxc6 Ra1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Ra2 34. Kf1 Nd4 35. Rc5 Nf3 36. Kg2 Ne1+ 37. Kf1 Nf3 38. Kg2 Ne1+ 39. Kh1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb8 11. Nh2 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nh5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Nxf4 exf4 16. Qf3 g5 17. Bd2 a5 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Bc3 b5 20. Bd4 Bb7 21. Nf3 Re8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Qe2 Bf8 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28. Bxf6 Kf7 29. Bd4 Bd6 30. Ra1 Bc7 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Bg7 Bd8 34. Bxh6 Kf7 35. Bxg5 Bxg5 36. Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O d5 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. Ne4 b6 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Be3 Bg4 16. f3 Bh3 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 b5 20. Qc1 e6 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. c3 Bg7 23. Qe3 Rd5 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Rd2 h6 26. Nf2 Re5 27. Ne4 f5 28. d4 cxd4 29. cxd4 Red5 30. Nc3 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 Rxb2 35. Nd5 Rxa2 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rb7 a6 39. Nc7 Be5 40. Ne6+ Ke8 41. Rb6 g5 42. Nc5 h5 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Rxe5 g4+ 45. fxg4 fxg4+ 46. Kh4 Rxh2+ 47. Kg5 a5 48. Nb7 Rh3 49. Nd6+ Kf8 50. Kf6 Kg8 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. e4 Be7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 a6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 h6 16. Qe2 f6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. Bc2 Nc7 20. Bb3 a5 21. Rfc1 a4 22. Bd1 Nd5 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. Be2 Qe8 25. Ne1 Qg6 26. Bf3 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Nd3 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 Rc8 31. a3 Kf7 32. Kf1 f4 33. f3 Rc7 34. Ke1 Bc8 35. Kd2 Bd7 36. Nxd7 Rxd7 37. Rc5 Rb7 38. Kc3 Kg6 39. Kb4 Kf5 40. h3 g6 41. Rxb5 Rc7 42. Rc5 Rb7+ 43. Rb5 Rc7 44. Kxa4 Rc2 45. Rb8 g4 46. hxg4+ Kg5 47. b4 Kh4 48. Rb6 Kg3 49. Rxe6 Kxg2 50. Rxg6 Kxf3 51. e6 Kg2 52. b5 f3 53. b6 Rc8 54. Rf6 f2 55. Kb5 f1=Q+ 56. Rxf1 Kxf1 57. e7 Ke2 58. b7 Re8 59. Kc6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. dxe6 Nc6 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Be3 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Kf2 Rxe3 11. Kxe3 Qe7+ 12. Kf2 Nxd4 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Kf1 Qe3 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nh3 c6 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Qd1 Rd8 19. Na4 Ne6 20. Qe2 Qd4 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rd1 Qh4 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Qc2 Ne6 25. Qc3 c5 26. Qe1 Qxc4+ 27. Kg1 Nd4 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Ne4 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxe4+ 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Qd2 Rf8+ 33. Ke1 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,14,16,3,10,0,0,0,19,6,19,13,35,19,30,24,55,10,41,40,41,41,76,56,66,68,84,58,73,38,51,71,53,56,67,56,54,71,64,63,70,81,79,76,117,111,106,90,103,89,76,97,112,66,61,61,75,47,52,24,51,31,40,15,31,29,58,58,58,58,58,58,68,65,144,125,160,164,157,152,156,145,271,254,300,255,570,592,595,408,1667,1390,29965,5716,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nc6 {[#] ...Nd4 is the strong threat.} 7. c3 {And now Nd5 would win.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc5 8. d4 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Ne6 10. d5 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 {1-0 (37) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 O-O-O 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. Kf2 Ned5 13. Nd3 c5 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 cxd4 16. Bb2 g6 17. Na3 Bg7 18. Nc2 Rhe8 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20. g4 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Ng7 22. Bh3 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rad1 Na8 25. Nf4 Nc7 26. Rhe1 a6 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Bf1 Red8 29. g5 Bf5 30. Red1 b6 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Kb7 33. Re1 Kc6 34. Rd4 Rf8 35. Kg3 f6 36. Nd3 fxg5 37. hxg5 Rf5 38. f4 Rff7 39. Rde4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} a5 40. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kb7 41. Rd4 Kc6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 41... Kc8 $14) 42. b4 $1 $16 axb4 43. axb4 ({But not} 43. Nxb4+ $6 Kb7 $14) 43... Kb7 44. b5 Kc8 45. Nb4 d5 (45... Rf5 $16 {was worth a try.} 46. Nc6 Rc5) 46. Nxd5 $18 Nxd5 47. cxd5 {KRR-KRR} ({Less strong is} 47. Rxd5 Rc7 $16) 47... Kb7 $2 (47... Rf5 {is tougher.} 48. Re8+ Kc7 49. d6+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Rxd6 50. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 51. Rxd6+ Kxe7 52. Rxb6 Kd8) 48. d6 Rf8 49. Kg4 Rfd8 (49... Ra8 $142 50. Re7 Kc8 51. Re8+ Rd8 52. d7+ Kc7) 50. Re7 Kc8 51. Rc4+ Kb7 52. f5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,117,46,17,18,20,51,14,18,22,38,46,108,102,109,54,46,52,95,90,87,-153,-162,-125,-144,-108,0,0,0,-13,-19,-66,0,0,20,-264,-236,-222,-162,-254,-247,-345,-385,-359,-331,-295,-203,-212,-210,-212,-212,-212,-212,-212,-212,-212,-209,-202,-200,-395,-390,-366,-378,-355,-313,-440,-413,-422,-418,-388,-269,-263,-275,-277,-269,-264,-264,-247,-193,-191,-197,-524,-170,-169,-164,-164,0,0,0,-164,-163,-158,-148,-143,-112,-112,-50,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. Re1 (7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nc4 d5 10. Ncxe5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe4 14. Nd3 {½-½ (34) Giri,A (2783)-Matlakov,M (2700) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... Bg7 8. d4 g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxf3 Ng6 14. Nd2 {0-1 (31) Huschenbeth,N (2549)-Grandelius,N (2646) Batumi 2018}) 9. dxe5 gxf3 10. exf6 Bxf6 (10... Qxf6 $14 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Be6) 11. Qxf3 $16 Ne5 12. Qe2 (12. Qd1 $1 $16) 12... Rg8 $1 $14 {Threatens to win with ...Bg4.} 13. Kh1 ({Don't go for} 13. Bxh6 $2 Bg4 $19) 13... Rxg2 14. Kxg2 Bg4 15. f3 $2 ({And not} 15. Qf1 Bf3+ 16. Kg1 Bg5 $17) (15. Qc2 $1 $16 {and life is bright.} Bf3+ 16. Kf1 Nxc4 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nd2 (19. Bxh6 Rh8 $17) 19... Nxd2+ 20. Bxd2) 15... Bxf3+ $17 16. Qxf3 Nxf3 17. Kxf3 Be5 (17... Qd7 $1 $17 18. Bf4 O-O-O) 18. Ke2 Qh4 19. Kd1 O-O-O 20. Na3 d5 (20... Bxh2 $15 21. Re2 (21. Bxf7 Rf8 $11) 21... Re8) 21. exd5 $11 b5 22. Bxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Rxe5 $11 bxc4 23. Bd2) 22... Rxd5+ $19 23. Bd2 Bf4 24. Ba6+ {[#]} (24. Kc2 $142 Rxd2+ 25. Kb3) 24... Kd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Re2 {[#]} Qg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nc4 Bxd2 27. Bb7 Qg1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 28. Kc2 Qxa1 29. Bxd5 Qc1+ 30. Kd3 Bg5 31. Nd2 c5 32. Bxf7 Qxb2 33. Bb3 Qc1 34. Ne4 $2 (34. Bc4 {was worth a try.}) 34... Qb1+ 35. Kc4 Qf1 36. Ng3 Qf3 {Hoping for ...Bf6.} 37. Re5 (37. Ba4 $142) 37... Bf6 38. Rd5+ Ke8 39. Rd3 Qc6 40. Re3+ Kd8 41. Ne4 Qa6+ 42. Kd5 Be7 43. Rg3 Qb7+ 44. Ke5 Qc7+ 45. Kd5 $2 (45. Kf5 {is tougher.} Bg5 46. Nxg5 hxg5 47. Rg4) 45... Kc8 $2 (45... Qf4 46. Bc2 Qf7+ 47. Ke5 Bf8) 46. Rg8+ Kb7 47. Rg7 Kb6 48. Rg6+ Kb7 49. Rg7 $1 {[#]} Qd7+ $1 50. Ke5 Kc7 51. Rf7 Kb6 52. Bd5 Kb5 ({Better is} 52... Ka5 $17 53. h3 a6) 53. c4+ $15 Ka5 54. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3a3] Threatening Ra3+.The position is equal.} Qa4 55. Rb3 {Rb5+ is the strong threat.} a6 $1 56. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Qe8 {And now ...Bg5+ would win.} 57. Ra3+ Kb6 {White must now prevent ...Bf8+.} (57... Kb4 $5 58. Rb3+ $8 Ka5 59. Ra3+ Kb6 60. Rb3+ Kc7 61. Rb7+ Kc8 $11) 58. Rb3+ Ka5 {aiming for ...Bg5+.} 59. Ra3+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 17. c5 {[%emt 0:04:59]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 18. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:06:40]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 19. Nb7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 20. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 21. N5d6 {[%emt 0:13:34]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 22. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 23. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 24. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:09:18]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:07:02]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 27. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 28. Rc4 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:03:57]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 30. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 31. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Nc1 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 32. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 33. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne1+ {[%emt 0:04:02]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 37. Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 39. g5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:12:26]} 40. Rf4 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 41. Nd6 {[%emt 0:04:42]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 42. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} 4. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 7. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:07:04]} exd5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:05:56]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 13. bxc5 {[%emt 0:05:52]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 15. Bb2 {[%emt 0:18:43]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:07:19]} 16. Bh3 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:09:18]} 18. Nf5 {[%emt 0:10:52]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 19. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:07:01]} 20. Rab1 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:12:40]} 21. Qd3 {[%emt 0:08:14]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 22. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. exd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:05:36]} 25. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 27. N5d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 28. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 29. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 30. d4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 31. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 32. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 33. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 34. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 35. Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 36. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 39. a5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 40. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 41. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 42. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 43. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 44. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 45. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 47. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 48. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 49. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 50. f3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 51. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 53. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 54. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 55. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. b3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 12. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 16. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 18. bxc4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 19. Nxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 21. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 22. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 23. Ng5 {[%emt 0:05:38]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 24. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:02:11]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 25. Re2 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 27. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rde2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Rde2 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 4. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:09:54]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 10. Nd1 {[%emt 0:07:46]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:06:21]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 12. Nf2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 13. e5 {[%emt 0:15:27]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 14. Qxf3 d5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} h5 {[%emt 0:09:21]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 17. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 18. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:56]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 19. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 20. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 21. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:09:53]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 24. Rf3 {[%emt 0:17:27]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 25. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 27. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 30. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 31. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 32. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 33. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 35. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 36. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. a5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 38. a6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 39. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 40. a7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} f3+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 8. Bb5 {[%emt 0:12:25]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:08:24]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:09:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 15. Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 16. Qe3 {[%emt 0:09:43]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:13:12]} 17. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Nd4 {[%emt 0:06:26]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 19. N2f3 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:06:25]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:07:53]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 22. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 24. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 25. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 26. Ng5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 27. h4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 28. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 29. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 30. Qf4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 31. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bc4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bf1 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. a4 a5 15. b4 Ra8 16. Nb3 axb4 17. a5 Qd8 18. cxb4 Bb7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 g5 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. Qd6 Qe8 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. h3 f6 25. Qc7 Ba8 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Bb1 Rfe8 28. Rd2 Bf8 29. Qa7 c5 30. Red1 Nb8 31. Qxa8 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 c4 33. Qd5+ Kg7 34. Qxb5 Rd8 35. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c4 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Bh7 12. Rc2 Ne8 13. Qa1 Bf6 14. Rfc1 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bh3 Qxb2 18. Rxb2 Ndf6 19. Nd4 Nd6 20. Nf1 Rfe8 21. Ne3 Re5 22. Rc5 Re7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. Rc1 Nfe8 26. Nd1 Nc7 27. Nc3 Ra8 28. Bg2 Nf5 29. Nb3 Nd6 30. Nc5 Ncb5 31. N3a4 Bf5 32. Nb6 Rae8 33. e3 g5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Nxd5 b6 36. Nxe7+ Rxe7 37. Na4 Bxd3 38. Nxb6 Be4 39. Nc8 Nxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kg7 41. Rc5 Nd6 42. b5 Bf3 43. b6 Nb7 44. Rc7 Re6 45. h3 h5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qc6 12. Qb5 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Qb3 Qc6 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Qc2 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Nb4 22. Qb3 Qf6 23. Bc7 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. a3 Nxd5 28. Rxb7 a5 29. Rfb1 Kg7 30. Ra7 a4 31. Rbb7 Nc3 32. Rxf7+ Kh6 33. Rxh7+ Kg5 34. h4+ Kf4 35. g3+ Kg4 36. Rhf7 Be5 37. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 e6 6. e4 d6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Nc3 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. f4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bf2 Ne8 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. a4 h6 17. h4 Nef6 18. g4 Nh7 19. Re3 Qd8 20. Rh3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qd2 f6 23. Bf1 Kf7 24. Bc4+ Ke8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qc7 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. Raa3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Bd8 30. Rb7 Qa5 31. Bc6# 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. e4 d4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. Na3 Rd8 16. Nc4 Qc5 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Ba5 Re8 19. Bc7 Nh7 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. a5 Re8 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Nc4 Re6 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Rc6 27. fxg5 Qxg5 28. Bf4 Qg6 29. Bxh6 b5 30. axb6 Nxb6 31. Ne5 Rxc1 32. Nxg6 Rxd1 33. Nge7+ Bxe7 34. Nxe7+ Kh8 35. Rxd1 Be6 36. Nc6 Rg8 37. Nxd4 Bh3 38. Rd2 Nf6 39. Kf1 Bd7 40. Bf4 Kh7 41. Nf3 Bb5 42. Ng5+ Kg6 43. Bh3 Nh5 44. Be3 Nc8 45. Bf5+ Kf6 46. Bxc8 Rxc8 47. Rf2+ Kg6 48. Rd2 Nf6 49. Kg2 Ng4 50. Bf4 f5 51. h3 Nf6 52. Kf3 Nh5 53. Ne6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 Na6 8. Bd3 Nc7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxb2 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd3 Rf6 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. a4 b6 18. h4 Bd7 19. Nh2 Qf8 20. Qc3 Kg8 21. Bc2 Re8 22. Qg3 Rf4 23. Be4 Qf6 24. h5 g5 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. g3 Rf6 27. Qd1 Rf8 28. Qe2 Kh8 29. Bg2 Re8 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. Qxg4 Rf8 32. Re2 Rf5 33. Bh3 Re5 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Qxg5 Qf6 36. Qe3 Ne8 37. f4 exf4 38. Rxf4 Qa1+ 39. Bf1 Rxf4 40. Qxf4 Qf6 41. Qb8 Qf8 42. Qxa7 Qh6 43. Qxe7 Nd6 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. g4 Nf7 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qg3 Qd2 48. Qf2 Qg5 49. Be2 Ne5 50. Kg2 Qd2 51. Kg3 Qc3+ 52. Kh4 h6 53. Qg3 Qd4 54. Kh3 Nf7 55. Kh2 Qb2 56. Qe3 Qf6 57. Kg3 Ng5 58. Bd3 Nf7 59. Bg6 Ng5 60. Bf5 Nf7 61. Qe6 Qc3+ 62. Kh4 Qf3 63. Qg6+ Kf8 64. Be4 Qf2+ 65. Kh3 Ng5+ 66. Qxg5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 h6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nc5 O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. g3 b5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Be3 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Qd3 Rfa8 21. Rfb1 Bxa3 22. Nh4 Bb4 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Ng6 Rb8 25. Nf4 Nd8 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Qh5 Qc7 28. Qe2 b4 29. Qa6 Qb6 30. Qa4 Qb5 31. Qb3 Qe8 32. h4 Nc6 33. Ra1 Qf7 34. Ra6 Nd8 35. Bd2 Qb7 36. Ra4 Kf7 37. h5 Nc6 38. Be3 Qb5 39. Ra1 Qc4 40. Qd1 b3 41. g4 Qc2 42. Qf3 b2 43. Rf1 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 45. Kh2 Qe4 46. Qxe4 fxe4 47. Ng6 Rd1 48. g5 hxg5 49. Bxg5 Nxd4 50. Be3 Nf5 51. Bb6 d4 52. Nf4 Rb1 53. Ba5 Rb2 54. Kg1 d3 55. Kf1 Bc5 56. Nh3 e3 57. Ng5+ Ke7 58. fxe3 Bxe3 59. Ne4 Nh4 60. Bc3 Rb1+ 61. Be1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 f5 7. Nxe5 fxe4 8. Bb5 Qf6 9. d4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. f4 Be7 12. c4 a5 13. Qa4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Ba6 15. a3 Be7 16. b3 dxc4 17. bxc4 O-O 18. Nxc6 Bd6 19. Be3 Qe6 20. g3 Bxc4+ 21. Kd2 Ra6 22. Nxa5 Bd5 23. f5 Qxf5 24. Raf1 Qh3 25. Qb5 Qe6 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Rf1 Rb6 28. Qa4 Rb2+ 29. Kc3 Rxh2 30. Qb5 Qd6 31. Qc5 Qxc5+ 32. dxc5 Be7 33. Kd4 c6 34. Ke5 Re2 35. Bg1 Ra2 36. Rb1 Rxa3 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Nb7 Rxg3 39. Nd6+ Kg6 40. Re8 Bf6+ 41. Kf4 Rxg1 42. Nxe4 Bxe4 43. Rxe4 Rc1 44. Kg4 Rxc5 45. Kh3 h5 46. Re2 Rc3+ 47. Kh2 Kf5 48. Rf2+ Ke4 49. Rd2 Be5+ 50. Kg2 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Rh3 52. Kg1 Bd4+ 53. Kg2 Ra3 54. Re2+ Be3 55. Kg3 g5 56. Kh3 Kf3 57. Rg2 g4+ 58. Kh4 Kxg2 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Salman, Samer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. e5 Qe7 8. O-O Nd5 9. Qxd4 Qc5 10. c3 Qxd4 11. cxd4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Rd1 d6 15. d5 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. exd6 O-O-O 18. Bf4 g5 19. d7+ Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. Bg3 Nd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Ne6 25. Be5 Rg8 26. Rc1+ Kd7 27. Rc6 a5 28. Rb6 b4 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Bc6+ Kd8 31. Rb8+ Ke7 32. Re8# 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Attieh, Wael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Be6 7. e3 Qd7 8. h3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nd5 10. c4 Nb6 11. g4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. O-O Bd6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. a3 Qd7 16. Bc1 Ne7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 f6 19. Nh4 g5 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Nf3 Qe8 22. Nh2 h5 23. Qe2 Qf7 24. Bf3 h4 25. Ng4 Nd7 26. Bd2 Qh7 27. e4 Ng8 28. Qe1 b6 29. b4 c5 30. Bd1 Qe7 31. Qe2 Qh7 32. Bb3 Nh6 33. f3 Nxg4 34. fxg4 Qe7 35. Rfb1 cxb4 36. axb4 Bxb4 37. Bxb4 Qxb4 38. Ba4 Qd6 39. Qb2 Rfc8 40. Kf2 Nc5 41. Ke2 Nxa4 42. Rxa4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. f4 d6 11. g4 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 f6 17. g6 h6 18. f5 Rfb8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Nf8 21. Rf3 Bd8 22. g7 Nh7 23. Rh3 Qxg7+ 24. Rg3 Ng5 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. h4 Be7 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Kxh1 Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Nd7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Bf6 18. Rc2 Ne5 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Na5 Qd7 22. b4 Be5 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Rcf2 Qe7 25. Bd4 Qh4 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rf4 Qh6 28. Qd4 Re7 29. c5 Qg6 30. Nc4 dxc5 31. bxc5 Nd3 32. Rf5 Qxf5 33. Ra1 Nxc5 34. Nd6 Qd7 35. Nxc8 Qxc8 36. h3 h6 37. Rc1 b6 38. Qc4 Qd8 39. Rd1 Rd7 40. Qd4 Rd6 41. a4 a5 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. Bd2 b4 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 Nc7 14. Rac1 Nb5 15. Nc4 bxc3 16. Be1 Nb4 17. Qe2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. a3 Na6 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Rb1 Ba6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nxe4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bf2 Nd5 26. Qa4 Bb5 27. Qa3 Nc7 28. f4 d5 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Bxd3 31. Bxd4 Nb5 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1621"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 d6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bf3 Rac8 13. Nde2 b5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Qe1 b4 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Qf2 Rf8 18. Nb6 Be8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Nc4 Na5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. b3 Nc5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. e5 Rbc8 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Qe1 Rc7 27. Rf2 Qb6 28. Rd2 f6 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Rcd1 Rd8 31. Qf2 Bc8 32. a5 Qxa5 33. Nc6 Rxc6 34. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1647"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Rc8 11. e4 b5 12. e5 Bf5 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Bf4 Be6 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. Nbd4 Bc4 20. Qe3 e6 21. b4 Nb6 22. Bh6 Nd5 23. Qg5 f6 24. Qh4 Nc3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. exf6+ Rxf6 27. Ng5 h6 28. Ngxe6+ Bxe6 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rd7+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O e6 8. a3 Ne7 9. Qe1 a6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nd1 c5 12. c3 f5 13. Bd2 h6 14. b4 Kh7 15. h3 Rc8 16. Nb2 d5 17. e5 c4 18. Bc2 b5 19. Nd1 Ra8 20. Qe2 a5 21. Re1 axb4 22. cxb4 Nb6 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Reb1 Ra6 25. Rb2 Qa8 26. Rba2 Qa7 27. Bc1 Ra8 28. Bb2 Be8 29. Ne1 Na4 30. Bd1 Nxb2 31. Qxb2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.01"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. f3 a6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bd2 b5 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nde2 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Bc5 12. Na2 Qb6 13. b4 Bf2+ 14. Kf1 Ne5 15. Nac1 Nfg4 16. c3 Bh4 17. Nd4 Nf2 18. Qe2 Nxh1 19. Be3 Qb8 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Be7 22. Kg1 Bb7 23. Qg4 Bxe4 24. Qxg7 Rf8 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. Ne2 h5 27. Kxh1 d6 28. Nf3 Qc6 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxa8+ Qxa8 31. Ned4 Qa1+ 32. Bg1 Qxc3 33. Qh6 Rg8 34. Qxh5 Qb2 35. Qxb5+ Qxb5 36. Nxb5 Bxf3 37. gxf3 f5 38. Bf2 Kd7 39. Bg3 Bf6 40. Kg2 Rb8 41. Na3 d5 42. Bf2 Rb2 43. Kf1 Kc6 44. Kg2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 10. f4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 13. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Qe1 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 15. Qh4 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. Rf3 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 17. f5 {[%emt 0:11:34]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 18. Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Rf1 {[%emt 0:18:51]} N8h7 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 20. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c4 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 21. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:42]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 22. Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 23. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:08:33]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. e4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 25. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. d5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:10:59]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 28. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:08:32]} 29. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 31. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 36. g4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 37. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. g5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,28,33,29,39,30,35,32,45,0,44,40,33,24,36,33,56,59,49,60,88,65,65,67,65,62,68,72,68,52,59,1,4,0,23,-131,-28,-31,-20,-21,-26,-27,-29,-32,-22,-25,-19,-25,-21,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} d6 9. Nc3 (9. d5 Na5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd2 Bxb2 12. Bxa5 Bxa1 13. Nc3 {1-0 (24) Navara,D (2733)-Salgado Lopez,I (2624) Germany 2019}) 9... Nge7 10. d5 Na5 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bb7 13. Rb1 {1-0 (39) Corrales Jimenez,F (2504)-Narciso Dublan,M (2525) Barbera del Valles 2008}) 11... O-O 12. Bd4 f6 13. O-O c5 14. dxc6 $1 Nexc6 15. Nd5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. a4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nf4 {aiming for Ne6.} Qe7 20. Qg4 (20. Re1 $14) 20... bxa4 $11 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. h4 $2 {[#]} (22. Bxa4 $11 Bxa4 23. Rxa4) 22... Qe5 (22... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5g4][%mdl 512]} 23. exf5 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 Be5) 23. Bxa4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 f5 25. Qf3 Qxb2 26. Qd1 Qb5 27. h5 fxe4 28. Raxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Be5 30. Nd3 {The position is equal.} Qd5 31. Qe2 {[%cal Rd3e5]} Bg7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Nf4 Qf5 34. Qc4+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...g5.} 35. Nh3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rh4+.} Be5 (35... d5 $5 36. Rh4+ $8 Kg8 37. Qxa6 Re8 $11) 36. Qxa6 Kg7 37. Re1 g5 {...g4 is the strong threat.} 38. f3 g4 39. fxg4 Qxg4 {And now ...Qg3! would win.} 40. Qd3 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,171,25,31,22,33,29,40,16,22,18,21,1,33,28,25,38,35,20,64,27,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,16,0,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-1,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-66,0,0,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,152,72,112,52,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,120,263,245,1360,77,502,467,647,409,409,408,29970,29972,29968,208,152,80,29969,29968,29969,29970,29969,29968,29968,29969,29969,29967,29967,0,29968,29967,29967,29967,29969,29970,29967,29972,29973,29972,29971,29971,29971,29971,29971,29973,29976,29977,29978,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bd3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nc6 7. Ne2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bb7 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. Bf3 O-O 11. O-O {½-½ (52) Gelfand,B (2719)-Rapport,R (2692) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 exd5 10. e5 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nbc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 f6 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. e6 Qc8 $1 16. Re3 Rd6 17. Rde1 Nd8 {[%cal Rd6e6]} 18. Nb5 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 Nxe6 20. Qe3 Kf7 21. Nxc7 Nxc7 22. Qxe7+ Kg8 23. Rc1 Rf7 24. Qa3 Qb7 25. Qd6 {Black must now prevent Qd8+.} g6 26. h4 h5 (26... Nb5 $11 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Kg7) 27. a4 (27. Rc6 $16) 27... Ne8 $1 $11 {[%cal Re8d6]} 28. Qd8 Qd7 29. Rc8 Kf8 30. g3 Re7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Ne1 Kf7 33. Ra8 Nd6 34. Nc2 Nf5 35. b4 Rc7 36. Ne3 Nxe3 37. fxe3 {KR-KR} Ke6 38. Kf2 Rc4 39. a5 Rxb4 40. a6 Ra4 41. Rxa7 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 43. Ra8 b4 44. a7 Kf5 45. Rd8 Rxa7 {Hoping for ...Rb7.} 46. Rxd5+ Ke6 47. Rb5 Ra1 (47... Ra4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 48. Rxb4 $16 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 Rg1 50. Kf2 Rd1 51. Rb5 Ra1 52. Rb2 (52. e4 $142) 52... Rd1 53. Re2 (53. Rb7 $16) 53... Kd5 (53... g5 $14) 54. Re1 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Ra1 Rb2 57. Ra6+ Ke7 58. d5 Rb4 59. Ra7+ Kf8 {[#]} (59... Kd6 $16) 60. d6 $1 $18 {Intending Ra8+ and mate.} Rb8 $2 (60... Ke8 61. Rg7 Rb6 62. Rxg6 Rxd6) 61. Rd7 $2 (61. Ke4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Ke8 62. Kd5) 61... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Rb1 $16 {is more resistant.}) 62. e4 Re6 63. Rd8+ Kf7 {Black hopes to continue with ...g5.} 64. Kf4 Re5 (64... Kg7 $18 65. Ke3 f5) 65. d7 Re7 {[#]} 66. e5 $2 (66. Rf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} Kxf8 67. d8=Q+ Kf7 68. Qh8 Re8 69. Qh7+ Ke6 70. Qxg6 Rh8 71. e5) 66... fxe5+ 67. Ke4 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (67... Ke6 $16) 68. Kd5 {Played: Rd8-g8} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 6. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:11:31]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:03:01]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:51]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:07:46]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:16:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:21:04]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:11:29]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 13. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:14:39]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 16. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:12:05]} 18. Re1 {[%emt 0:15:51]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 19. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 20. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 22. a5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 23. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 25. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 28. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 29. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 30. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 33. c3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 34. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 35. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 b6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:02:29]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 9. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:28:36]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 12. hxg3 {[%emt 0:06:51]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. a5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c6 {[%emt 0:10:25]} 15. Ne1 {[%emt 0:07:34]} O-O {[%emt 0:12:26]} 16. Bf3 {[%emt 0:06:07]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:09:36]} 17. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 19. Qb3 {[%emt 0:18:28]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 20. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 21. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:14:39]} 22. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:08:24]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 25. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 26. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 27. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bxe1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 28. Rfxe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 30. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 32. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 34. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 35. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Qe5 f6 37. Qf5 Rf7 38. Qh3 Qd3 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:04:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nge2 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. Rd2 {[%emt 0:08:42]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 13. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 16. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 17. Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 18. b4 {[%emt 0:11:50]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 19. Kb2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 20. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 22. Nc5 {[%emt 0:08:21]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 23. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 25. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rdd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Kc3 {[%emt 0:08:00]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 28. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 30. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 31. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 32. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 35. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 40. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. g3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 42. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 43. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 45. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Be3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 46. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 47. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 49. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 50. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 54. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 56. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 58. Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 59. Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 60. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 61. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 62. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 63. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 h5 6. Nge2 h4 7. d4 Nh6 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. O-O hxg3 10. hxg3 Qxc5 11. Qd5 Qxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. d6 e6 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Rd1 a6 16. Na3 Rb8 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Nc2 b6 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Ncd4 Bb7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Nxc6+ Bxc6 24. Nd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne8 27. Rd1 Kc8 28. b4 Rh5 29. f4 Rd5 30. e4 Rxd6 31. Rc1+ Kd8 32. Nf3 Ke7 33. Rc2 Rd3 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Ke2 Ra3 36. Ne5 Rxg3 37. Rc7 Rg2+ 38. Ke3 Rxa2 39. Ra7 Ra3+ 40. Kd4 Ra4 41. Nd3 Kf8 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bf4 c6 10. Be5 f6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rae8 16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 a6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nf3 g5 21. b4 Ng6 22. b5 axb5 23. Ra7 f4 24. Nd2 Bg4 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. exf3 fxg3 27. hxg3 Re2 28. Rd1 Bf8 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Ne5 33. Ke2 Re7 34. Kf1 Nd3 35. Nb3 Kf7 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ke8 38. f5 Kf7 39. Na5 Nxc5 40. Kg2 d4 41. b4 d3 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 c4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ne5 Qd8 12. Ndxc4 Nd5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. f4 b6 17. Rf3 Bb7 18. Rh3 Bd6 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. Rg3 Ne4 22. Re3 Rf6 23. Re1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rg6 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rg3 Rxg3 27. hxg3 Rd8 28. Be3 Qc6 29. Bd4 Qd5 30. b3 Rd7 31. g4 g6 32. g5 b5 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Rd2 a5 35. c4 b4 36. Be3 Kf7 37. Rxd7+ Qxd7 38. Bb6 Qb7 39. c5 Qd5 40. Kh2 Qd4 41. Qa6 Qf2 42. Qa7+ Kf8 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kf8 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qxe6+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 a6 7. e5 d5 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Bc5 11. Kh1 Nxe2 12. Nxe2 b5 13. d4 Be7 14. Ng3 g6 15. c3 Nb6 16. Bd2 a5 17. a3 Rb8 18. Qe2 Na8 19. Rf2 Nc7 20. Raf1 h6 21. Qd1 Bd7 22. Ne2 h5 23. Ng5 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. g4 bxc3 26. bxc3 h4 27. Qc2 O-O 28. f5 Bxg5 29. f6 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 Kh7 31. Qg5 Rh8 32. Nf4 Qf8 33. Qxh4+ Qh6 34. Qg3 Kg8 35. Ra2 Qh4 36. Qg2 Nb5 37. Raf2 Nxc3 38. Rf3 Rb1 39. Rh3 Rxf1+ 40. Qxf1 Qxg4 41. Rxc3 Rh4 42. Ne2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Rg4+ 44. Rg3 Rxg3+ 45. hxg3 Qe3+ 46. Kh2 c3 47. Nxc3 Qxc3 48. Qf4 Qc2+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Qh5 52. Qc1 Qh3 53. Qa3 g5 54. Qa8+ Kh7 55. Qf8 Qxg3+ 56. Kh1 Kg6 57. Qg7+ Kf5 58. Qxf7 Kg4 59. Qg6 Bb5 60. f7 Bf1 61. Qxe6+ Kh4 62. Qh6+ Kg4 63. Qe6+ Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. Ne1 Bb7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nef3 c5 12. c3 Ndf6 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rae1 h6 15. Ne5 c4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ndxc4 Ba6 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qxa6 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qc7 21. Ne5 Rb8 22. Qe2 Rfc8 23. c4 Qa5 24. b3 Qb4 25. f5 a5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Ng4 Nd7 28. Rb1 Rf8 29. c5 Rbc8 30. Qa6 Rce8 31. Qe2 e5 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33. Qh5 Nf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 a5 11. Ndb5 Be6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Na4 f5 14. Qd2 fxe4 15. fxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Nce5 17. b3 Qc8 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. h4 Qc7 20. h5 Nf6 21. hxg6 Bxg6 22. Ne6 Qc6 23. Nb6 Nxe4 24. Qc1 Ng3 25. Rf2 Qe4 26. Nxg7 Qh4 27. Rf4 Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Ng3+ 29. Ke1 Nd3+ 30. Kd2 Nxf4 31. Nxa8 Ne4+ 32. Kc2 Nc5+ 33. Kd2 Kxg7 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Qe3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Qd2 h6 10. a4 a6 11. b4 g5 12. Qd1 Ng6 13. Ne2 e5 14. d5 Nf6 15. Ng3 Bc8 16. c4 O-O 17. c5 Ne7 18. Rc1 Ng4 19. Bd2 f5 20. h3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Qe4 Rf7 26. Bc4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Bxd5 29. Qg4 Bg7 30. Bd3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Kh8 32. Qh5 Qf8 33. Bxg5 Rxf3 34. Bxe7 Qf4 35. Qg6 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Rc1 Nge7 10. a3 Bc5 11. Ba2 Ba7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nd5+ exd5 14. exd5 Kf8 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Ng5 f6 17. Nf7 Rg8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qxh7 Bf5 20. Qh6+ Rg7 21. Qh8+ Rg8 22. Qxf6 Qe7 23. Qc3 Rg7 24. Rce1 Qh4 25. Nd6 Rh7 26. h3 Qd4 27. Qb3 Rg7 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qe6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Attieh, Wael"]
[Black "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 g5 15. Bg3 a6 16. f3 Bc5 17. Bf2 Nd5 18. Rfd1 O-O-O 19. Nb3 Be7 20. c3 Rd7 21. c4 Nb4 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. a3 Nc6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. b3 Kd7 29. Kf2 Na5 30. h3 f5 31. Bf8 h5 32. Bh6 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. fxg4 fxg4 35. Kg3 Nxb3 36. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qe2 g6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 f5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qd5+ Kg7 18. Bb5 Rfd8 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Qe6 Qe8 22. Qd6 Qe7 23. Rd1 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Kf1 Kf6 27. Ke2 Ke6 28. Bc4+ Kf6 29. Bd5 b6 30. Kd3 e4+ 31. Kc4 Ne6 32. Kb5 Nf4 33. c4 Nxg2 34. Ka6 Nf4 35. Kxa7 Nxd5 36. cxd5 f4 37. Kxb6 e3 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. d6 Ke6 40. Kc7 e2 41. d7 e1=Q 42. d8=Q Qa5+ 43. Kc8 Qa8+ 44. Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Re1 c4 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Re2 Qb6 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bg5 a5 19. Nd4 b4 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Bxa4 Re5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Qf4 Rxg5 26. Qxg5 Rb8 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 c2 29. Ba4 Rb2 30. Rb3 Nxe4 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Bxc2 Nc3 33. a4 Ba3 34. Bb3 Kg7 35. Re3 Bb4 36. g3 Nb1 37. Kf1 Bc5 38. Rd3 f5 39. Bc2 Na3 40. Rc3 Kf6 41. f4 g5 42. Bd3 h5 43. Kg2 Bb4 44. Rb3 h4 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. gxh4+ Kxh4 47. Bxf5 Nc4 48. Bg4 Bc5 49. Rb5 Ne3+ 50. Kf3 Nc4 51. Rb8 Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. h4 Ne5+ 54. Kg3 Nf7 55. h5 Be3 56. Rg6+ Ke7 57. Re6+ Kf8 58. Rxe3 Ng5 59. Kf4 Nf7 60. Re6 Kg7 61. Re7 Kf6 62. Rxf7+ Kxf7 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Haidar, Wassim"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Rb8 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bf4 d6 8. O-O h6 9. h4 Nf6 10. Qc1 Bd7 11. Re1 Kf8 12. e4 e5 13. Bd2 Kg8 14. Nh2 Nb4 15. Bf1 Qc8 16. a3 Nc6 17. f4 Bh3 18. f5 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nd4 20. Qd1 b5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 h5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qd7 25. f6 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Rxh6 27. Qe3 Rh8 28. Kg2 Kh7 29. Qe2 Rhc8 30. Rf5 Rh8 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 32. Rg5 Kf8 33. Rh1 Qd8 34. Qf3 Qa5 35. Rf1 Qd2+ 36. Rf2 Qc1 37. Qg4 Rh6 38. h5 Rd8 39. Rgf5 Rh7 40. Rg5 Rh6 41. Rgf5 Rh7 42. Rf1 gxf5 43. Qxf5 Qh6 44. g4 Rh8 45. Rf2 Rg8 46. Kg3 Rg5 47. Qf3 Kg8 48. Rh2 Kh7 49. Rh3 Rdg8 50. Rh4 Qf8 51. Qf2 Qc8 52. Qf3 c4 53. d4 exd4 54. Qf4 Qd7 55. h6 d3 56. e5 dxe5 57. Qe4+ R8g6 58. d6 d2 59. Qd5 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. e3 h6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. Qb3 e6 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxb7 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O Rab8 16. Rd1 Kc6 17. b3 Rhc8 18. Bb2 Bb4 19. Rac1 Kd7 20. Kf1 Rc6 21. Ne2 Ra6 22. a4 Ba5 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Ke2 Rb7 25. Ba3 Bc7 26. Rc3 Bxe5 27. Rdc1 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. f4 a6 30. g4 Be4 31. Rc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Ra7 33. a5 Bb1 34. Kd2 g6 35. Kc1 Bd3 36. Kb2 Rb7 37. Kc3 Bf1 38. Rb6 Rxb6 39. axb6 Bh3 40. Kb4 Bf1 41. Kc5 Bd3 42. Nc6 Kc8 43. Na5 Kd7 44. b4 Be2 45. h3 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. h4 Bb5 48. Nb3 Bf1 49. Nd4 Bd3 50. Nc6 Kc8 51. Ne5 Bg6 52. Kc6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. a3 a6 9. h3 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rab1 b5 12. Ba2 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nh2 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. c3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 e5 21. Rf2 Rad8 22. Qc2 f5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qb3 Bd5 25. Qa3 Qb6 26. Nf1 Bb7 27. c4 e4 28. dxe4 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bxa3 30. Rxb6 Bxe4 31. Nf4 Rg8 32. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Al Onizan, Fahad M"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. c3 Be7 9. a4 Na5 10. Bc2 c6 11. d3 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nbd2 c5 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nxe4 17. Nxg6 Nxd2 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qh5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 f5 15. g6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. e3 f6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7 12. Bg3 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Nxf5 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Nc4 19. b3 Ne5 20. Ke2 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 Rae8 22. Rhd1 Re4 23. Rd2 f5 24. g3 Kf7 25. h4 Kf6 26. Ke2 Rfe8 27. Rc3 f4 28. Kf3 fxe3 29. Rxe3 a5 30. a3 h5 31. Rd1 Rxe3+ 32. fxe3 Re4 33. Rd4 Ke5 34. Rd1 g6 35. Re1 a4 36. Rb1 d4 37. exd4+ Rxd4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxb7 Rxa3+ 40. Kf2 Rc3 41. Rg7 Kf6 42. Rc7 Rxc5 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Kf4 Rc4+ 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rg7 Rg4 48. Rg8 c5 49. Rd8+ Ke5 50. Rd1 c4 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]

{[%evp 29,62,1,2,0,12,0,0,-14,-4,-15,-16,-27,-10,-25,-25,-23,-25,-34,-5,-33,-27,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Ne5 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nc4 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Kf8 21. Kf1 {½-½ (21) Rabiega,R (2498)-Fedorovsky,M (2498) Germany 2016}) 19... Nxc5 20. b3 f6 21. Nf3 e5 22. c4 Kf7 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Ne6 25. g3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {The position is equal.} Rd8 (26... g5 {seems wilder.} 27. Ke3 h5 28. Rd5 b6 29. h4 g4) 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 $15 {KN-KN} 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. a3 Nf7 30. Nd2 f5 31. b4 g5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 46%.} (31... g6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]

{[%evp 9,109,24,56,49,44,36,42,45,36,29,37,41,46,42,62,72,63,42,89,75,139,129,142,139,179,169,234,172,172,76,78,72,85,64,84,43,55,43,114,-178,161,128,190,186,233,224,281,273,389,383,382,376,362,356,445,441,443,474,472,466,539,539,620,549,618,487,542,534,596,586,660,658,658,650,750,725,685,675,684,684,674,669,645,654,647,643,727,720,1431,1442,29980,29981,29980,29982,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29984,29993,29994]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nh3 d6 (5... d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 h6 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. Rac1 g5 12. Be5 Nbd7 13. f3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 dxc4 16. Nb1 gxf4 17. gxf4 {½-½ (55) Aronian,L (2792)-Carlsen,M (2855) Leuven 2016}) 6. O-O {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ {White is slightly better.} Kxd8 9. Ng5 {Hoping for Nf7+.} Ke8 10. e4 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Nge4 {½-½ (62) Kaganskiy,G (2315)-Khmelniker,I (2225) Tel Aviv 2002}) 11. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} fxe4 12. Nxe5 Bf5 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Bf4 g5 ({Black should try} 14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nbd7) 15. Ng4 $16 gxf4 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Nfxe4 Be5 (17... Bb4 $142 18. a3 (18. gxf4 Na6 $18) 18... Bxc3) 18. Rad1 Na6 19. Ne2 (19. Rfe1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bg2 a5 22. b3 Rad8 23. Bf3 h5 (23... fxg3 $14 24. hxg3 (24. fxg3 Rhf8 $14) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 h5) 24. Bxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Nxf4 $16 {and life is bright. And now Ng6+ would win.} Bxf4 25. Rfe1+ (25. gxf4 Nd3 $16) 25... Kf6 26. gxf4) 24... Kf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Rxd1 $19 25. Rxd1 Rxh5 26. gxf4 Bc7) 25. Bf3 ({Of course not} 25. Nxf4 $6 Rdg8 $11) 25... Rdg8 (25... fxg3 $16 {was called for.} 26. fxg3 Ke7) 26. Kg2 $18 Rg7 27. h3 Ne6 28. Bg4 Bc7 (28... Re7 $142 29. h4 Nc5) 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 30. Nd4+ Kf6 31. g4 Rd7 {Threatening ...Rhd8.} 32. Nf3 Rhd8 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Re1 a4 35. bxa4 Rd3 36. h4 Ra3 37. Ng5 f3+ 38. Nxf3 Rxa2 39. Ng5 Bb6 40. Re6+ Kg7 41. Re7+ Kg8 42. Ne4 Rxa4 43. c5 Ba5 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Rxb7 Bc3 46. Nd7+ Ke8 47. Kf3 Ra2 48. g5 Bd4 49. Nf6+ Bxf6 50. gxf6 {KR-KR. White mates.} Ra3+ 51. Kg4 Ra1 52. h5 Rh1 53. Kg5 Rg1+ 54. Kf5 Rh1 55. f7+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Khodashenas, Mersad"]
[Black "Eiti, Bashir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Na4 Be7 14. Ne5 Qxd4 15. Rhe1 Nfd7 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Bh6 Qc7 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bh6 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. h4 Nd7 22. h5 Nc5 23. hxg6 Rxg6 24. g5 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Ra5 27. Qe4 Rd5+ 28. Ke2 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Rgxg5 30. Qxh7 Rh5 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qg4 c5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Qa7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Ne5 Qa1+ 38. Qc1 Qa8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. d4 O-O 8. d6 exd6 9. O-O a6 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Bf4 Bc6 12. Nc2 Re8 13. h3 Ne4 14. Be3 f5 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. f3 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Qf2 b6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Qh4 b5 24. Ne3 Be5 25. Nf1 Qf7 26. a3 a5 27. Rad1 Bd5 28. Rd2 Bb3 29. Rde2 Bg7 30. Re7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Qf8 32. Ra7 a4 33. Be7 Qe8 34. Bf6 Bf7 35. Re7 Qc6 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qf4 Kg8 38. h4 Re8 39. Rc7 Qd5 40. Kf2 Qd1 41. Qd2 Qxd2+ 42. Nxd2 Rd8 43. Ke1 Re8+ 44. Kf2 Rd8 45. Nf1 f4 46. Rxc5 Bc4 47. Re5 Rd1 48. Re1 Rd5 49. Rc1 Kf7 50. Rc2 Rd1 51. Ne3 fxe3+ 52. Kxe3 Re1+ 53. Kf2 Rd1 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kf4 h6 56. g4 Re1 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Be6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. e3 Qd7 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qf4 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe6 19. Nb5 Qe4+ 20. Qxe4 dxe4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxa7 Rcd8 23. Nb5 Rd3 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd3 Ra8 28. Rxd4 Rxa2 29. Rd6 b5 30. Rb6 Kg7 31. Rxb5 Kg6 32. b4 Rb2 33. Rb8 f5 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Rb6+ Ke7 36. h4 Kd7 37. Rf6 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 18. Rfd1 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfc8 20. b4 Rc2 21. Bf1 Rb2 22. b5 Rc8 23. a4 Kf6 24. a5 h5 25. Rdd1 Ke5 26. g3 Rcc2 27. b6 axb6 28. a6 Rc8 29. Rdb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rb8 31. Rxb6 Ra8 32. f4+ Kd4 33. Kf2 Kc5 34. Rb1 Bc8 35. Rc1+ Kb6 36. Rb1+ Kc7 37. Ra1 Kb6 38. Ke3 Ra7 39. Kd4 Re7 40. Kxd5 Re3 41. a7 Bb7+ 42. Kd4 Re4+ 43. Kd3 Re8 44. Kd4 Re4+ 45. Kc3 Re3+ 46. Bd3 Re8 47. Bc4 Rf8 48. Kd4 f6 49. Bd5 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Qd2 c5 9. e5 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Nc6 12. Bg3 Nb4 13. Rd1 Be6 14. b3 Ra7 15. a3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Rd7 17. Qe3 Ng4 18. Rxd7 Nxe3 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Ke2 Nxc4 21. Ne4 Nxa3 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bxb6 Bxb3 24. Nh3 Bc4+ 25. Kf2 f5 26. Nc5 Rd5 27. Nf4 Bd4+ 28. Kg3 Be5 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4 e5 9. Bh2 Nd7 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. b4 e4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. b5 Ne7 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 Qh4 19. Bg3 Qh6 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rf4 Qg7 22. Raf1 h6 23. d5 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. R4f3 f4 26. exf4 g4 27. Rd3 Bf5 28. Re3 Bd4 29. Bf2 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Bd7 31. Qg3 Rae8 32. Nb3 Kg8 33. Bd4 Nf5 34. Qd3 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Qh6 36. Qg3 Qg7 37. Qd3 Re7 38. f5 Qg5 39. Ne6 Bxe6 40. dxe6 Rg7 41. g3 Qf6 42. Qd5 c6 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Qxc6 Qe5 45. Rf2 Qxg3+ 46. Qg2 Qe3 47. Qd5 Kh8 48. f6 g3 49. Qh5+ Rh7 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Hassweh, Mwaffaq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 a6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Re8 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bb1 Bg4 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bxh6 Qd7 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxd4 20. Qc2 Qc4 21. Qg2 Qf7 22. a3 Qe7 23. Ba2+ Kf8 24. Qh3 Qd7 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd8 27. Qxf6+ Kc8 28. Rad1 {... 36 moves} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "EL Mahmoud, AbdulAziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {+- Forveit} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Al Salman, Mohamad"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O a6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qd2 Bxg5 13. Nfxg5 h6 14. Nh3 c5 15. f4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 N7xb6 18. Kf2 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. g4 Ke7 24. Kg3 c3 25. bxc3 Nxc3 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bc8 29. Rc3 Nc4 30. Nf2 f6 31. Nd3 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Kd7 34. Bc6+ Ke7 35. Bf3 Bd7 36. Rc7 Rc8 37. Ra7 Rc5 38. Bg2 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rc5 40. Be4 Kd8 41. Ra8+ Bc8 42. Bb7 Kd7 43. Bxc8+ Rxc8 44. Rxa6 Rc3 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rb6 Rc5 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kf3 Rxe5 49. Kf4 Re2 50. h4 Ra2 51. Rxb5 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Hariri, Nizar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bh5 15. e4 Rad8 16. Be3 d4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Bd2 Bc7 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxd3 22. Bg5 Bxf3 23. Bxd8 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Rxd8 26. Qa3 Qh6 27. Qd3 Qe6 28. Qc4 Qg6 29. Rcd1 Be5 30. b4 h5 31. Qc5 f6 32. Rd3 Qg4 33. Kg2 a6 34. a4 h4 35. h3 Qe6 36. Re2 hxg3 37. Qc2 Kf7 38. Qb3 Qxb3 39. Rxb3 Ke6 40. a5 g5 41. Kf3 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rh4 43. Rd3 g4 44. hxg4 Rxg4 45. Re1 Rh4 46. Re2 Rh2+ 47. Kf3 Rh1 48. Rb2 Rc1 49. Kg4 Rc3 50. Rbd2 Rc4 51. Rb2 Bd6 52. Rdb3 Rc1 53. Rd3 Bxb4 54. Kxg3 c5 55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Kg4 Ke5 57. Rf3 Rg1+ 58. Kh5 Kxe4 59. Rxf6 d3 60. Rff2 Ke3 61. Rh2 d2 62. Rb3+ Kd4 63. Rh4+ Kd5 64. Rd3+ Kc6 65. Rxb4 cxb4 66. Rxd2 Kb5 67. Rd7 Kxa5 68. Rxb7 Ka4 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 f6 6. Nh3 Qe7 7. O-O Nh6 8. Qh5+ Qf7 9. Qxf7+ Nxf7 10. fxe5 fxe5 11. Nf2 O-O 12. a3 a6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bg4 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 h5 16. Nf2 Nh6 17. Nc3 Ne7 18. d3 Rf7 19. Nh3 Raf8 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Ng5 Rf5 22. Nf3 Rf6 23. Ne2 Nf7 24. c4 c6 25. b4 Rh6 26. e4 d4 27. Bc1 Rf6 28. Ng3 g6 29. Bd2 Kg7 30. c5 Bc7 31. h4 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 d5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. O-O Na5 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. c5 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 bxc5 17. dxc5 e5 18. Qf5 Nc6 19. b4 d4 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qd3 a5 23. f4 f6 24. Nc4 axb4 25. axb4 Nc6 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. b5 Ne7 29. fxe5 d3 30. Nf4 Nxe5 31. Qd4 Qd7 32. Nxd3 N7g6 33. c6 Qc7 34. Ra7 Nxc6 35. bxc6 Qxc6 36. Nb4 Qb6 37. Nc2 Kg8 38. Qxb6 Rxb6 39. Nf5 Rf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Ncd4 Ne7 42. Nxe7 Kxe7 43. Re1+ Kf8 44. Rc1 Rb7 45. h3 g6 46. Ne6+ Ke7 47. Rc7+ Rxc7 48. Nxc7 Kd6 49. Nb5+ Kc5 50. Nc3 Kd4 51. Nd1 f5 52. Kf2 g5 53. Ne3 Ke4 54. Nf1 f4 55. Nh2 h5 56. Ke2 Ke5 57. Nf3+ Kf5 58. Nd2 g4 59. h4 Ke5 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Nb3+ Kc4 62. Na5+ Kd3 63. Nc6 Ke4 64. Nd8 Kf5 65. Nf7 Kf6 66. Ng5 Ke5 67. Ke2 Kf5 68. Kd3 Ke5 69. Nh7 Kf5 70. Kd4 f3 71. gxf3 gxf3 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Kf2 Kxh4 74. Kxf3 Kh3 75. Nf6 Kh4 76. Nxh5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Black "Hasan Ali Prince"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1621"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bf2 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Bf8 16. Rfe1 d5 17. e5 Nfe4 18. Bh4 Rd7 19. Nce2 Na4 20. b4 Nac3 21. Rd3 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Rc8 23. h3 Nc3 24. Red2 a5 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Rd3 Qc4 27. Be2 axb4 28. Rb3 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. axb4 Rxc2 32. Bxb5 Rdc7 33. Bd8 R7c3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Bb6 f6 36. Bc5 fxe5 37. fxe5 Kf7 38. Be2 Kg6 39. Bg4 Bc8 40. Kf1 h5 41. Bf3 Ba6+ 42. Ke1 Kg5 43. Kd2 Rxf3 44. gxf3 Kf4 45. Bd6 Kxf3 46. h4 Kf4 47. Kc3 g5 48. hxg5 Kxg5 49. Kd4 h4 50. Be7+ Kg4 51. Ke3 Kg3 52. Bxh4+ Kxh4 53. Kf4 Kh5 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Salman, Samer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. h3 b5 6. Bb3 Na5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d4 exd4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. c4 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Bb4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. f3 g5 20. c4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qe6 22. Bf2 Nd7 23. Qb2 Bc6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. Rad1 Rfb8 26. Qa1 h5 27. Rxd7 hxg4 28. Rxc7 gxh3 29. Qe5 Re8 30. Qc5 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Ba4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Qxh3+ Kg7 35. Bc3+ f6 36. Qe6 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qh7+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Be1 Qb7 40. c5 Qc6 41. Qf5 Bb3 42. Bc3 Kf7 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kf8 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Bd4 a5 49. Qg6 Ke7 50. Qg7+ Bf7 51. Qh8 a4 52. Qb8 Qd7 53. Qb4 Qc6 54. Qa5 Qd7 55. Qb4 Qc6 56. Kf2 Bb3 57. Ke3 Qe6+ 58. Kd2 Qc6 59. Qb8 Qd7 60. Kc3 Bf7 61. Qb6 Qe6 62. Qa7+ Kd8 63. Qxa4 Qe1+ 64. Kb2 Qd2+ 65. Ka3 Qd3+ 66. Kb2 Qd2+ 67. Ka3 Qd3+ 68. Kb2 Qd2+ 69. Kb1 Bg6+ 70. Ka1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. e3 Be7 7. Nd2 Be6 8. Ne2 d4 9. e4 Qd7 10. h3 O-O-O 11. a3 Kb8 12. Nc1 Qc7 13. Qe2 h5 14. Na2 Nd7 15. O-O-O g6 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Nc1 Bg5 18. h4 Bh6 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Qd7 21. Rhh1 Ne7 22. Rdf1 Qc7 23. a4 Rdf8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh2 f5 26. f3 Be3 27. Qg2 Rf6 28. Ne2 Rhf8 29. Bc1 Nxa4 30. bxa4 Qa5 31. Bxe3 dxe3 32. Nc1 Qxa4 33. Qe2 Ra6 34. Nb3 f4 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Qe1 Nc6 37. Qc3 Nd4 38. Qxc5 Qa2+ 39. Kc1 Nxb3+ 0-1

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O e5 11. Qd3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Qf5+ Kb7 14. Nb3 Bg6 15. Qf3 Kb8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. c4 Be4 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Qb3+ Ka8 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. cxd5 Rb8 26. Qa4 Qxd5 27. Rad1 Qf5 28. f3 Bd3 29. Qc6+ Rb7 30. Rfe1 a6 31. Re7 Qb5 32. Qxb7+ Qxb7 33. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Re8 7. Bc4 a6 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nh5 11. g4 b5 12. Be2 b4 13. Nd5 Bb7 14. Nxc7 Rc8 15. Nxa8 Bxa8 16. gxh5 Bxe5 17. b3 Rxc2 18. Rd8+ Kg7 19. h6+ Kf6 20. Bg5+ Ke6 21. Bc4+ Rxc4 22. bxc4 Bxf3 23. O-O Nc6 24. Re8 f6 25. Be3 f5 26. c5 Be2 27. Re1 Bb5 28. f4 Bc3 {... 45 moves} 1-0

[Event "10th Beirut Open-ch 2019"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {+- Forveit} 1-0

