[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,51,25,68,58,58,48,67,45,108,107,75,83,89,104,91,93,104,100,130,95,96,71,75,78,91,87,82,96,305,115,516,490,644,650,1426,1402,1497,896,6175,4615,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Bb7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} c5 (9... Be7 $14) (9... Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 {1-0 (27) Arizmendi Martinez,J (2513)-Llobel Cortell,E (2402) Linares 2017}) 10. Bb5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. h3 Nf6 {1-0 (33) Ali,L (2264)-Al Fayyadh,Y (1760) Baghdad 2017}) 10... Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 {[#] 0-0 is the strong threat.} Qe7+ 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qa4+ Kd8 16. Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. O-O Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2] [#]} 19. g3 f6 $2 (19... Qf6 $16 20. Qg4 h5) 20. c4 $2 (20. Rae1 $18 Qxc3 21. Qg4) 20... g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Re8 $16 {is tougher.}) 21. Rfe1 $18 Qc3 22. Rac1 g4 23. Qxg4 ({Less strong is} 23. Rxc3 gxf3 24. Bd2 Re8 $16) 23... Qd3 24. Bf4 Qd4 25. Rcd1 Qxc4 26. Qg7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,42,32,3,21,6,11,54,51,1,97,64,208,183,180,183,179,179,249,158,293,300,399,385,403,366,689,662,739,736,1497,1485,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 g6 2. h4 d5 3. h5 Bg7 (3... dxe4 4. hxg6 fxg6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bf5 9. Qa4 Qd5 10. Nf3 Qe4+ 11. Qxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (53) Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Svidler,P (2743) Sochi 2014}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. B06: Moderne Verteidigung} Bf5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 6... Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bb5 Be6 9. Qf3 O-O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Nge2 Bxe5 13. Rh4 Bd5 14. Qh3+ Be6 15. Qf3 Bd5 16. Qh3+ Be6 17. Qf3 {½-½ (17) Vedder,H (2372)-Cuijpers,F (2447) Netherlands 2014}) 7. h6 Bf6 8. g4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bd7 {und nun wäre ...Sc6 stark für Schwarz.} 9. Bg2 c6 (9... Nc6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 10. Be3 {Und weiter mit a3 wäre nett.} e6 ({Besser ist} 10... Bg5 $1 $14) 11. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter starkem Druck.} Be7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Qf3 Rf8 (13... O-O {kämpft weiter.} 14. Bg5 Qd8) 14. O-O Na6 (14... Nd5 $16 15. Rfe1 Bc8) 15. Bg5 $18 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne4 f6 $2 {[#]} (17... f5 18. gxf5 Rxf5) 18. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 19. h7 Nh6 {[#]} 20. h8=Q $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh8 21. Qxf6+ Ke8 22. Nd6# {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,52,50,22,42,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,33,116,117,123,128,118,120,123,35,185,177,456,462,448,437,501,376,1157]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32] B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nh4 Na5 13. Bd3 {1-0 (21) Nakamura,H (2789)-Shaw,J (2454) Baku 2016}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 {LiveBook: 29 Games. With the idea Ne5.} e6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} c5 {aiming for ...c4.} 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 {0-1 (40) Crut,A (2303)-Mellado Trivino,J (2460) France 2001}) 12... b4 13. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nc6 14. Nd3 Rd8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. a5 O-O 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bc5 g5 ({Black should try} 18... Rfe8 $14) 19. Bxd5 $1 $16 Rxd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nxb4 Rb5 22. Nd3 (22. c3 $16) 22... Nc6 {[#]} (22... Be4 $14) 23. b4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] And now c4 would win.} Rd8 $2 (23... Bc8 24. c4 Rb8) (23... Nxb4 24. c4) 24. c4 Rf5 25. Ng3 Rf6 26. Nc5 Bc8 $2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 35%.} (26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rf4 28. Nxb7 Rxc4) 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. e4 Re8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. Qxc4 Qxb2 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Qd3 Qb5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qg5 Ng6 19. Rfb1 Qa6 20. Nc5 Qa3 21. Rb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 h6 23. Qg4 Rd8 24. Bc3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Bc4 Bxd4 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e5 Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb3 d5 11. h3 c6 12. c3 Ne4 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Nf3+ 17. Kh1 Nxd2 18. Rg1 Qf3+ 19. Kh2 Qxf2+ 20. Rg2 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 Bf5 8. e4 Bg6 9. O-O Nd4 10. d3 c6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Na4 f5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bc1 f4 16. g4 Qh4 17. f3 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 h5 21. a4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Kf7 23. Kf2 Rh8 24. Ba3 Rh2 25. Rh1 Rah8 26. Rxh2 Rxh2 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 Kf6 29. Bg2 Be8 30. Bf1 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. c5 Nd8 33. Ke1 Nc6 34. Kd2 Bf7 35. Be2 Bb3 36. Ke1 g6 37. Kf2 Bc2 38. Kg2 a5 39. bxa5 Nxa5 40. Kh3 g5 41. Kg2 Nc6 42. Kf2 b4 43. Bb2 Ke6 44. Ke1 Kd7 45. Kd2 Ba4 46. Bd1 Bxd1 47. Kxd1 Na5 48. Kc2 Kc6 49. Kd1 Kxc5 50. Kc2 Kb5 51. Kb1 Nb3 52. Kc2 Ka4 53. Kd1 Na5 54. Kc2 Nc6 55. Bc1 Ne7 56. Bd2 Ka3 57. Kb1 Kb3 58. Be1 Ng6 59. Kc1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. e4 Ndb4 7. a3 Nxd4 8. axb4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bxf3 11. Rg1 e6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Rxg7 h6 14. Be2 Be5 15. Rg3 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Bxg3 17. hxg3 c6 18. Be3 b6 19. Bxb6 a6 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Be3 Rg6 22. Na4 f5 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Nc4 Ra8 25. Ne5 Rf6 26. Nxc6 Kd7 27. b5 Rff8 28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. bxa6 Rfb8 30. Nc4 Rb4 31. Kd3 h5 32. Kc3 Rbb8 33. exf5 exf5 34. b4 Kc6 35. a7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 Qxb3 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. axb3 Bd6 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Nf3 a6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. e4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Bg6 17. c5 O-O 18. f3 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Rfd8 20. Bc3 f5 21. Rae1 fxe4 22. fxe4 b6 23. cxb6 Rb8 24. d5 Re8 25. e5 Rxb6 26. d6 Rb7 27. Rd1 Be4 28. Rf4 Bc6 29. Rc4 Bd7 30. Rc7 Reb8 31. Rc4 h6 32. Ra1 Kh7 33. Rf4 Bb5 34. Rd1 Rd7 35. Rd2 Re8 36. h3 Re6 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Rg4 Re6 39. Bd4 Rg6 40. Rf4 Re6 41. Rc2 Re8 42. Rg4 g6 43. Rf4 Kg8 44. g4 Kf8 45. Rf6 Kg8 46. h4 Kh7 47. h5 g5 48. b3 Re6 49. Rff2 Re8 50. Rc3 Kg8 51. Rf6 Re6 52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. Rf2 Rb7 54. Rc7 Rxc7 55. dxc7 Rc6 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. e6 Rc2+ 58. Kg3 Bd3 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. e7+ Ke8 61. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Black "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 e6 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nce2 Re8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qa5 Bf8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. f5 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. c3 Bf8 23. f6 c5 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Kh3 Bh6 28. g4 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Kh7 30. Kh4 hxg4 31. Kxg4 Rh8 32. Rh1+ Kg8 33. Rxh8+ Kxh8 34. Ra1 c4 35. b4 Kg8 36. Bc5 Ra8 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Ke3 Bb5 39. Kd4 Rc8 40. Rh1 Ba4 41. Bd6 Bb5 42. Ke3 Ba4 43. Kd2 Bb5 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Kc2 Rc8 46. Bc5 Ra8 47. b3 Rc8 48. Ra5 Rc6 49. bxc4 Bxc4 50. Kb2 Bb5 51. Ra1 Rc8 52. Kb3 Rc6 53. Rh1 Rc8 54. Rh4 Ra8 55. Bd6 Rc8 56. Kc2 Ra8 57. Kd2 Rc8 58. Rh1 Ra8 59. Ke3 Rc8 60. Bc5 Ra8 61. Rh2 Rc8 62. Kd4 Ra8 63. Ra2 Rc8 64. Ra5 Ra8 65. Ke3 Rc8 66. Bd4 Kf8 67. Kd2 Ke8 68. Bc5 Kd7 69. Ra1 Rh8 70. Bd4 Rh5 71. Rg1 Bc4 72. Rg3 Rh2+ 73. Ke3 Re2+ 74. Kf3 Rh2 75. Bf2 Kc6 76. Rg1 Rh5 77. Kf4 Rh8 78. Bg3 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Be3 Nc7 11. Nf4 c5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rf2 Nd4 16. Raf1 Rb8 17. Kh2 e6 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Rxe2 f5 20. e5 b6 21. Rd1 Nf8 22. b3 Qe7 23. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 Ne5 17. h5 Rac8 18. g6 Nxf3 19. gxh7+ Kxh7 20. Nxf3 Bxe4 21. Bd3 d5 22. Rdg1 Rfd8 23. Bd4 f6 24. Qg2 Rg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Ng5 fxg5 27. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Bb5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. Qf3 c6 10. Qh3 Nb4 11. Rd1 g6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. a3 Nd5 15. Rd3 Nd7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 a4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. c4 Be6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf3 b5 23. Nd4 Qc8 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Nxf5 Be4 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Bf5 28. Qc3 Be4 29. Re1 Bd5 30. e6 Re7 31. Bg5 Rg7 32. Bf6 Rc7 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Re7 35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. Qe5 Bc4 37. h4 Bd5 38. h5 gxh5 39. f4 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 Qe7 41. Re3 h4 42. f5 Qg5 43. g3 h3 44. e7 Bf7 45. e8=Q+ Bxe8 46. Qxe8+ Kg7 47. Re7+ Kh6 48. Re6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Amer, Majeed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 d6 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c5 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Qe2 Bd8 19. d4 c4 20. f4 Ne7 21. Nxd6 Nc8 22. fxe5 Nxd6 23. exd6 Qb7 24. e5+ Ne4 25. Bc1 f5 26. exf6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nh5 8. Be2 Ng7 9. O-O Qa5 10. f4 d5 11. exd6 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 Qxd6 13. Qe1 f5 14. Bf3 Ba6 15. Rf2 Rc8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bc5 e6 18. Bd4 Kf7 19. Rd1 Bc4 20. Be5 Qb7 21. Rfd2 Bd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 26. R1d6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. c5 b5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e3 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Qc2 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Qf5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bc8 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bxe5 Qc6 22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Bxd5 Bxe5 24. Bxc6 Bxd4 25. exd4 Bh3 26. d5 f5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saad, Charbel"]
[Black "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qg3 b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. e6 Bxe6 17. f5 Bd7 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Bh6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxe2 21. c3 Be5 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Qxe2 gxh6 24. Qh5 Kh8 25. Rce1 Rg8 26. Qf3 Qa8 27. Rf2 d4 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Rd2 Bd5 30. b3 dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. fxe5 Nxe4 4. Nf3 d5 5. d3 Nc5 6. b4 Na4 7. Ba3 Nb6 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. c3 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16. f4 Re8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Rag1 Nc4+ 19. Kc1 Nxa3 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Kb2 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxc4 Kg7 27. Rf1 Qe6 28. Qd4 b6 29. Rh2 c5 30. Qd2 a5 31. Rhf2 Ra7 32. b5 Rd7 33. Qc2 Re7 34. Rd1 Qxh3 35. Rd6 R5e6 36. Rd8 Qg4 37. Rdd2 Qc4 38. a4 Re3 39. Rh2 Rg3 40. Rde2 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Rf3 42. Rh2 Re3 43. Qd2 Qe4 44. Kc1 Re1+ 45. Kb2 Qe3 46. Qc2 f5 47. Rd2 Qe4 48. Rd7+ Kf8 49. Qxe4 Rxe4 50. Rd6 Rxa4 51. Rxg6 Ke7 52. Rxb6 f4 53. Rb7+ Ke6 54. Rb8 Ke7 55. b6 Kd7 56. Rf8 Kc6 57. Rf6+ Kb7 58. Kb3 Ra1 59. Kc4 Rc1 60. Kb5 Rb1+ 61. Kxa5 Rc1 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Kxc5 f3 64. Rf7+ Kc8 65. Rxf3 Kb7 66. Rf7+ Kc8 67. Kc6 Kd8 68. Rd7+ Ke8 69. c4 Rb4 70. c5 Rb3 71. Rd5 Ke7 72. b7 Ke6 73. Rd6+ Ke7 74. Kc7 Rc3 75. Rd7+ Ke6 76. b8=Q Rxc5+ 77. Kb6 Rc1 78. Qd6+ Kf5 79. Rf7+ Ke4 80. Qf4+ Kd5 81. Qxc1 Ke6 82. Qf4 Kd5 83. Rf5+ Ke6 84. Qe5+ Kd7 85. Rf7+ Kd8 86. Qc7+ Ke8 87. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Saeed, Riad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Be2 Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Qe1 f5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Nf3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Ra3 Qg6 21. Kh2 Kh7 22. Re3 Rg8 23. Qf2 Rg7 24. b3 Rag8 25. R3e2 Nb4 26. Nh4 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Nd3 28. Rg1 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Bd3 30. Rd2 Be4 31. g3 Qxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Rxg3 33. h4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Black "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 d6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Bc2 a5 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Re1 Nd8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nh7 16. d4 Neg5 17. Rf1 Nxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Milan, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Ng8 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nd5 7. a3 Be7 8. c4 Bb7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 d6 13. Re1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qxc6 a6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Qxc7 Ra8 21. Bb7 Ra7 22. Red1 Qe8 23. Qxb6 Qb8 24. Rxd5 Rxb7 25. Qd4 Qa8 26. e6 f6 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. exd7 Bd8 29. Ng5 Qa6 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg7 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc6 Qa7 34. Rxf6 Rxd7 35. Rd6+ Kh6 36. Rxd7 Qb8 37. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Black "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Be3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd7 10. Qc2 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Qe2 b4 15. c4 Bb7 16. h4 f5 17. Bg5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Bxe7 Qxa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Bxf8 Ra7 22. Bc5 Qa1 23. Bxa7 Qxa2+ 24. Ke3 b3 25. g4 Nc6 26. Qxc6 Qa3 27. Bc5 Qc1+ 28. Kf3 Qc3 29. Ke2 Qxe5+ 30. Be3 f4 31. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,96,14,12,0,0,-6,-20,-15,-17,-33,-22,-39,-21,-37,-9,-25,-22,-37,-8,-19,-33,-51,-56,-72,-59,-53,-57,-85,-81,-83,-72,-89,-84,-74,-64,-55,-70,-77,-45,-42,-37,-51,-31,-42,-32,-31,-7,-9,-10,-177,-185,-166,-161,-185,-178,-182,-141,-647,-644,-634,-644,-607,-605,-1091,-1090,-1550,-1417,-1943,-1010,-5522,-1010,-5598,-1010,-3749,-1010,-5293,-2832,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8. Re1 Be7 {LiveBook: 24 Games. B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} 9. Nf3 (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Nxd1 O-O-O 14. Re1 Nd5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Rb1 {½-½ (35) Kalashian,D (2358)-Hakobyan,A (2417) Yerevan 2016}) 9... Qc7 10. Be3 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 a6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nd5 Qxc1 17. Nxe7+ {½-½ (66) Loeffler,P (1143)-Lindner,S (1325) Sebnitz 2005}) 11... a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne2 Rfd8 14. Ng3 h6 15. c3 Bf8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bb1 Ng4 18. h3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qg4 Be8 22. Nh5 Qe7 23. Ng3 Rd2 24. Re2 Rad8 25. Nf1 R2d6 26. Ree1 g6 27. Rcd1 h5 28. Qe2 Bh6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (32. Nh2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 32... Qxd3 $1 $19 33. Bxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bc1 34. b3 Bxa3 35. Ne3 Bc5 {Strongly threatening ...Bxe3.} 36. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. b4 $17 Bb6 37. Kf1) 36... Bxe3 37. fxe3 {[#] KB-KB} a5 $1 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 38. Kf2 a4 39. c4 a3 {Hoping for ...bxc4.} 40. Bb1 b4 41. Ke2 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Ba2 (42. Bxe4 a2) 42... Kf8 (42... g5 $142 43. Kd2 f5) 43. Kd2 Ke7 (43... g5 $142 44. Ke1 f5) 44. Ke2 Kd6 (44... g5 $142 45. Kf1 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4) 45. Kd2 g5 46. Ke2 h4 {Black mates.} 47. Kf2 Kc5 48. g4 f5 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,96,-3,-2,-22,-24,-50,-29,-52,-54,-60,-60,-72,-73,-71,-73,-60,-65,-112,-106,-105,-112,-100,-94,-153,-161,-147,-154,-157,-157,-186,-181,-218,-213,-206,-195,-213,-220,-220,-214,-587,-550,-556,-552,-453,-460,-593,-585,-671,-651,-716,-704,-603,-541,-995,-941,-875,-895,-917,-866,-1469,-666,-1534,-1464,-1584,-1555,-29959,-29949,-29964,-29960,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29971,-6109,-6087,-29975,-29966,-5531,-5531]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. e4 d4 9. cxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (9. c4 e5 10. Ne1 Rb8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Kh2 Qc7 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. Bg4 Nxg4+ 15. hxg4 Qd7 16. f3 h5 {0-1 (26) Gevorgyan,D (2457)-Markos,J (2559) Riga 2012}) 9... cxd4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 e5 12. Nc4 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Be6 16. f4 Nd7 {½-½ (30) Sale,S (2385)-Ljubicic,F (2414) Split 2009}) 11... Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 12. Qc2 e5 13. Rf1 Qe7 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Nc4 Ra6 16. f4 a4 17. Nf3 Nb3 18. Rb1 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Bg5 ({White should play} 20. Ncd2) 20... Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...b5 is the strong threat. Black is in control.} 21. Qe2 {[#]} h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 22. Bc1 Be6 23. Ncd2 Qc2 24. Re1 Nca5 25. Nxb3 Qxe2 ({Inferior is} 25... Qxb1 26. Nxa5 Qa2 27. Nc4 $14 (27. Nxb7 Bg4 $11)) ({Less strong is} 25... Qxb3 26. Nh4 $15) 26. Rxe2 {Black must now prevent Nxa5.} Nxb3 27. Bd2 Bg4 28. Rf2 $2 (28. Rf1 {nothing else works.}) 28... Bxf3 $19 29. Bb4 Bxg2 30. Bxf8 Bh3 (30... Bxf8 $2 31. Kxg2 Nc5 32. Rbf1 $19) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rc2 Rc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Kf2 c5 35. Ke2 Bg4+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. Rh1 h4 38. gxh4 Kf6 (38... Bh5 $142 39. Rg1 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. dxc4 Nc5) 39. Rg1 Bh5 40. Ke1 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. dxc4 d3 42. Rg2 Bf3 43. Rf2 d2+ 44. Rxd2 Nxd2 45. Kxd2 Bxe4 46. Kc3 Kf5 47. Kb4 Bc6 48. Kc5 Be8 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,-96,-82,-109,-114,-137,-129,-266,-286,-282,-316,-416,-409,-634,-635,-722,-493,-565,-545,-649,-647,-616,-628,-678,-591,-854,-852,-907,-892,-875,-807,-751,-683,-683,-668,-1277,-616,-786,-630,-653,-612,-645,-643,-638,-633,-602,-595,-635,-621,-775,-773,-764,-768,-763,-758,-751,-738,-1045,-1025,-1632,-1629]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 Ne7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Qf3 {C02: French: Advance Variation} (12. Be3 Qxe5 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Bb1 Ng6 15. g3 Qd6 16. h4 d4 17. Qxd4 Ne5 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Red1 O-O-O 20. Be4 {0-1 (39) Brooks,M (2451)-Kraai,J (2509) Saint Louis 2011}) 12... Ng6 13. Qg3 Be7 14. Bg5 $146 (14. Bc2 $17) ({Predecessor:} 14. Re2 O-O 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 d4 19. Ne4 Bb5 {0-1 (29) Schwab,F (1989)-Hasenohr,B (2240) Celerina 2016}) 14... Bxg5 $19 15. Bxg6 Bh4 ({Don't take} 15... hxg6 16. Qxg5 Rh5 17. Qg3 $17) 16. Ne2 Qb4 ({Less strong is} 16... Bxg3 17. Nxd4 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 $19) 17. Qh3 (17. Bxf7+ $142 Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. a3) 17... fxg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 18. a3 Qe7 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Be7 22. Rac1 Qf2 23. Qg4 d4 24. Red1 {[#]} d3 $1 25. Rxd3 Bc6+ 26. Rxc6 Qf1+ 27. Ng1 {Black must now prevent Rcd6!} Qxd3 28. Rxe6 Qf5 29. Qh3 Qe4+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rc8 32. Rb6 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Rc7 34. Ne2 O-O 35. b4 Rd8 36. Ke3 {[#]} a5 $1 37. Rb5 (37. bxa5 Bc5+) 37... axb4 38. axb4 Rd1 39. Nd4 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,37,76,9,0,0,10,18,22,16,97,90,99,50,70,13,70,58,62,-111,-110,-118,28,22,87,-61,6,-10,-5,-44,-6,-8,-8,-8,-8,-166,-166,-172,-167,-177,-171,-181,-173,-193,-165,-262,-263,-412,-387,-806,-796,-5847,-1139,-5847,-5794,-5082,-3027]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (7. e4 $16) 7... Nh5 $11 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 {The position is equal.} g5 10. Nd2 gxh4 (10... Qb6 $11 11. Rb1 Bf5) 11. Qxh5 $16 e6 12. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Qg5 13. Qxg5 hxg5 {0-1 (59) Sakaev,K (2594)-Yuffa,D (2534) Sochi 2016}) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 (13. Nxd5 $14 Qa5+ 14. b4) 13... Nd7 (13... Qb6 $11 14. O-O-O Nd7) 14. Qxh4 $14 Qa5 15. Qc4 $2 (15. Rc1 $14) 15... Nb6 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 16. Qb3 {[#]} Bf5 (16... Nxd5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Rc1 (17. Qxd5 Bxc3+) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 17. Nd2 $11 Rac8 (17... Qb4 $11) 18. e4 (18. Rc1 $16) 18... Bg6 (18... Rfe8 $15 19. f3 c4) 19. Be2 c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. Qc2 Nxd5 (20... Rfe8 $5 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 21. O-O Nxd5 22. Nxc4 (22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rad1 Bxe4 $17) 22... Qc5 23. Nxd5 Bxe4 $11) 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 Bxc2 23. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (23. Nxc4 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxb2 25. Kd2 Bxa1 26. Kxc2 (26. Rxa1 Rc8 $11)) 23... Bd3 $1 $19 24. Bxd3 cxd3 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 25. O-O Bxb2 26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Rfd1 Re8 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 28. g3 (28. Nf3 $142) 28... Bd4 29. Nf3 (29. Rb4 $142 Bb6 30. Re4) 29... Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 $2 (30. Kg2) 30... Bc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxd3 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rxf3+ 33. Kg2 Rxd3 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. c3 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Ne5 Qa6 16. a4 b6 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Qb5 Qb7 19. a5 Bd8 20. Nd3 a6 21. Qa4 c4 22. axb6 cxd3 23. Qxa6 Rb8 24. Bxb8 Qxb8 25. Qxd3 Bxb6 26. b3 e5 27. h3 g5 28. Qf5 Bc7 29. b4 Ne4 30. Rac1 g6 31. Qg4 exd4 32. exd4 Bf4 33. Rc2 Rc8 34. g3 Bd2 35. h4 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. hxg5 Bxd4 38. Kg2 Qxb4 39. Qc8+ Qf8 40. Qxf8+ Kxf8 41. Rd1 Bxf2 42. Rxd5 Bb6 43. Kf3 Nc5 44. Rd6 Bc7 45. Rc6 Ne6 46. Kg4 Bd8 47. Rc8 Kg7 48. Rc6 Nxg5 49. Kf4 Ne6+ 50. Kg4 Kh6 51. Rd6 Bc7 52. Rc6 Be5 53. Rc4 Ng5 54. Rc2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Rb8 9. Nh2 b5 10. f4 b4 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Qe1 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne7 17. Qh4 d4 18. Rf2 f6 19. Nf3 fxe5 20. Qxe7 Bf6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e5 Qc7 4. Qe2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxc1+ 9. Qd1 Qxb2 10. Nc2 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Nf6 14. Qd4 O-O 15. O-O d6 16. Nb4 Be6 17. Ra1 Qe5 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Nf3 a5 21. Nc2 Rac8 22. Ne3 e4 23. Ng5 Rd2 24. Bd1 Bd7 25. Bb3 e6 26. Nc4 Rd3 27. Rb1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxc4 29. g3 Bc6 30. Rb1 Rc2 31. Re1 Ng4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxf2 34. Rd4 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 e5 36. Rh4 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. Kf1 e3 39. Re4 Nxe4 40. Ke1 Rxh2 41. g4 Ng3 42. Kd1 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Ra2 44. Kd1 e2+ 45. Ke1 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 e1=Q+ 47. Kf3 Rxa3+ 48. Kf4 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Black "Khader, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Be2 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O d6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Rab1 Nc4 14. Qe1 Rc8 15. h3 b5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Nd1 Rfc8 19. c3 e5 20. Nc2 d5 21. Be1 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd6 23. f3 Ndxe4 24. fxe4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. Nf2 Bc6 27. Nb4 a5 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Bd2 Rcb6 30. Nd1 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxe4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 Nd2 34. Rbd1 Nxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxb2 36. Nxc4 Rc2 37. Nxe5 Rbb2 38. Rg1 Rxc3 39. Rf1 Rcc2 40. Rg1 Ra2 41. h4 Rxa3 42. h5 Rc5 43. Re1 f6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1262"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Rfe1 Ndf6 17. Nh4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Nf3 Re6 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rae8 24. Re2 Re4 25. f3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5+ 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. f4 f5 34. gxf5+ Kxf5 35. g3 g6 36. a3 h5 37. b4 Bg1 38. a4 a6 39. a5 Ba7 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Bc3 d4 42. Be1 d3+ 43. Kd2 Be3+ 44. Kd1 Kf3 45. Bd2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Kxg3 47. Kxd3 h4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 e6 8. O-O Ne7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf5 11. g4 Nh4 12. Qg3 Be7 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 f5 17. gxf5 O-O-O 18. Kg2 Rdf8 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20. Kxh1 Rxf5 21. Qg3 Qd8 22. Be3 Qh8+ 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. Rg1 Qh7 25. dxc5 Qe4+ 26. Kf1 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Kf1 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Be2 Rb8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne8 15. Be2 Nc7 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Bd3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Rb6 21. Bf4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bitar, Joe"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Rb1 d6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Ba6 14. b4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 h6 16. Be3 Qb7 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. Bxh6 Qd7 20. a4 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 Qc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rg5 f6 25. Rg3 Rh8 26. Bd3 Rh6 27. Qe2 Nc5 28. Bb5 Qb7 29. e5 Ne4 30. Rd3 f5 31. exd6 Rbh8 32. h3 Rxh3+ 33. Rxh3 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Nxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Qc7 6. d4 d6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nc4 h6 12. Nfxe5 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 f6 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Nh4 Ne5 20. f3 Bh5 21. Bd1 Rae8 22. Nf5 Bg6 23. g4 Bd8 24. Kf2 c4 25. Rh1 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Qa7+ 27. Kg3 Bb6 28. Bc2 Be3 29. Qe2 Kh7 30. Rae1 Bc5 31. Nb1 Qf7 32. f4 Nd7 33. Qg4 Rg8 34. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. e5+ f5 37. e6 Nf6 38. Kf3 h5 39. Reg1 Bxg1 40. Rxg1 Rc8 41. Re1 Rc5 42. Rd1 Rxd5 43. Re1 Re8 44. Kg3 Ng4 45. Kh4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nxd4 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Qxb2 10. Nd2 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Qd4 Bf6 14. Qd3 Bxa1 15. Nxa1 Ne7 16. c4 O-O 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb3 Rd8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bd1 Nf6 21. Qc3 Rac8 22. Qb2 Be8 23. Nf3 Qxd1 24. h3 Qc2 25. Qa3 Bc6 26. Nh4 Rd2 27. Rf1 Qxa2 28. Qg3 Ne4 29. Qe3 Rcd8 30. Nf3 Re2 31. Qxe2 Qxe2 32. Nh2 Rd7 33. Ng4 h5 34. Ne3 Nxf2 35. Nc4 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saab, Riad"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. h4 Nf6 9. Qf3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. c4 Rc8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Nxa5 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bd5 20. Ba4+ Kf8 21. Bb5 Nxb2 22. Bb4+ Kg8 23. Ke2 Rc2+ 24. Ke3 e5 25. Rhc1 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Black "Ward, Serge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Nc3 bxa4 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Qxa4 O-O 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 Qc7 13. b5 axb5 14. Qxb5 Ba6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. f3 Nd7 8. Nge2 Ne7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Nf6 12. h5 Nxh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qh6+ Kh8 16. e5 Neg8 17. Qh3 h6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. d5 Qe7 20. f4 b5 21. Bb3 b4 22. Na4 exd5 23. Rhe1 c6 24. Qd3 a5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 d5 27. Bb3 Ba6 28. Qd4+ Qf6 29. Nc5 Bb5 30. Nd7 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Rfd8 32. Ne5 Rab8 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Ne6+ 1-0

