[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,56,59,28,82,65,102,79,80,79,83,75,82,86,135,137,145,134,140,151,148,149,301,168,169,172,217,216,190,193,407,366,378,369,362,380,460,449,445,587,590,571,1760,1741,2072,2031,29991,29992,29999]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 {LiveBook: 104 Games} h6 {B06: Modern Defence} (6... b5 $11) (6... b5 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nb6 9. b3 Nf6 10. Ng5 Qc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne2 O-O 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (52) Cheparinov,I (2679)-Mamedov,R (2638) Budva 2009}) 7. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. h4 Qc7 8. g4 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nge2 Bb7 11. Ng3 e6 12. Nce2 c5 13. c3 {1-0 (57) Jerez Perez,A (2388)-Zancas Vidal,F (2027) Barcelona 2009}) 7... Qc7 8. Nf2 b5 {White is better.} 9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O e6 11. a4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 {[#]} 13. d5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} cxd5 14. exd5 a6 15. dxe6 fxe6 $2 (15... Bxe6 $16 16. Nfe4 O-O-O) 16. Bf4 (16. Nfe4 $142) 16... e5 $18 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Nfe4 Nf5 19. Rad1 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (19... O-O) 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Nb4 (21. Bxd4 Qxd5 22. Bc3 Qxd2 $18) 21... Qd7 22. c3 ({But not} 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qf4 (23. Qe2 O-O $16) 23... Rf8 $18) 22... Nf5 23. g4 Nxe3 24. Nxd6+ ({Weaker is} 24. Qxe3 O-O $18) 24... Kf8 25. Qxe3 Qxa4 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Nc6 Bf5 28. Qd5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rd5f7]} Ra8 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,41,33,33,21,25,25,25,113,97,105,91,100,94,105,96,273,291,313,303,312,314,343,331,329,339]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Re8 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 11 Partien. E68: Königsindisch (Hauptvariante des g3-Systems mit e2-e4)} Qe7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 Qe7 13. Re1 a5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rad1 a4 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nxa4 {0-1 (59) Kramnik,V (2803)-Nakamura,H (2784) Moscow 2013}) 11. Re1 a6 12. d5 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} c5 (12... cxd5 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} 13. exd5 (13. cxd5 b6 $14) (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nf6 $14) 13... b6) 13. a3 Rb8 14. b4 Ng4 15. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat starke Initiative.} f6 16. Bd2 Bh6 $2 {[#]} (16... Nh6 $16) 17. h3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3g4] Weiß hat entscheidenden Vorteil.} Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nxf2 19. Qxf2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nd2 {Precision: Weiß = 68%, Schwarz = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,77,77,74,50,48,46,79,47,83,61,112,118,178,165,171,147,200,147,153,143,155,141,152,123,144,116,110,105,213,216,263,268,260,256,257,262,283,263,253,258,288,276,277,277,300,291,327,298,361,331,730,638,718,631,1272,1098,1028,1024,997,972,29986,1023,958,825,920,914,1029,1038,1233,1196,1593,1509,2714,2597,29991,29989]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 e5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 {LiveBook: 46 Games} Re8 {A56: Czech Benoni} (8... Ne8 9. a3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. g4 Nf6 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. b4 b6 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rb1 Rab8 {½-½ (66) Batchuluun,T (2499)-Rozum,I (2581) Vladivostok 2016}) 9. a3 Nf8 10. b4 Ng6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. g3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. Be3 axb4 15. Rxb4 {1-0 (46) Lukov,V (2439)-Pira,D (2382) St Quentin 1999}) 11. g3 Nd7 12. Be3 a5 (12... a6 $14) 13. bxc5 $16 dxc5 (13... Nxc5 $16 {was necessary.} 14. Bxc5 dxc5) 14. Rb1 $18 Bd6 15. Bc2 Rf8 (15... h6 $16 16. Kf1 b6) 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. Qe2 b6 19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Kd1 {[%cal Be1d1,Bd1c1,Bc1b2,Bb2a1][%mdl 32]} Nf6 21. Kc1 Nfg8 {[#]} (21... Ng6 $16) 22. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 {[%cal Re5f4]} 23. f5 N6e7 24. g4 Ba6 25. Nc3 Nc8 26. Kb2 Nd6 27. Ka1 Ba7 28. Ba4 f6 29. h4 Ne7 30. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rg8 31. Rhg1 Qf8 32. Qe2 Nf7 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Rg2 Rb8) 33. g6 Nh6 34. Qh5 Bc8 35. gxh7 Kxh7 36. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] [#] Intending Bxh6 and mate.} Nexf5 37. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Qf7 38. Qg6+ (38. Rg6 $142 Qf8 39. d7 Bxd7 40. Bxd7 Rb8 41. Nde4 Re8 42. Bxh6 Rh8 43. Bxg7+ Kg8 44. Bxh8+ Qg7 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Qxe8#) 38... Qxg6 39. fxg6+ Kh8 40. Bxh6 gxh6 41. d7 Bb7 42. Nde4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4d6,Bd6e8][%mdl 32]} Kg7 43. Nd6 Bf3 44. Rbf1 Bh5 45. Ne8+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,40,0,3,11,50,30,78,69,67,41,56,57,61,63,69,54,72,67,108,93,110,68,118,116,128,138,142,151,254,240,405,392,404,304,534,326,710,701,690,496,488,486,766,735,792,779,775,737,1430,756,29993,29994,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 d6 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (7... Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bf2 c5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 {0-1 (55) Akobian,V (2673)-Moiseenko,A (2676) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 8. f3 {LiveBook: 18 Games} (8. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3a8]} c6 9. e3 $11) 8... Re8 9. e4 e5 {The position is equal.} 10. d5 Nbd7 {[#]} 11. Qc2 $1 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf8 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Ne2 h6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. O-O {1-0 (36) Handler,L-Dicu,R (2023) Herceg Novi 2008}) 12. b3 Nf8 13. Ne2 h6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. g3 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. O-O Nf6 19. b4 Bh3 20. Rfc1 h5 21. c5 h4 (21... axb4 $16 22. axb4 Qb8) 22. cxb6 $18 hxg3 $2 (22... cxb6 {keeps fighting.} 23. Nb5 (23. Bxb6 axb4 24. axb4 Qb7 $18) 23... Qb8) 23. hxg3 cxb6 24. Nb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qh2.} axb4 $2 (24... Qd7 25. Qc6 Rec8) 25. axb4 Nh5 $2 (25... Rxa1 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxa1 Bd7 28. Nxd6 Rc3) 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qh2 Bd7 28. Qxh5 Bxb5 (28... Qa6 $142 29. Rc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qa4) 29. Bxb5 Qa3 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. Be2 Qxb4 32. Qf5 Ra3 33. Rc7 Rxe3 34. Qxf7+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Black "Said, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qe3 h5 9. O-O-O Nh6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Qe4 Qa5 12. Nf3 a6 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh6 17. Nc4 Qxf2 18. Be3 f5 19. Qd3 Qf3 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qd7+ Kf7 23. e6+ Kg8 24. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. Qxc8+ Kg7 27. Qe8 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qxe6 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rg1+ Rg6 31. Rxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qxe7+ Kh6 33. b3 b5 34. Ne2 Qg4 35. Qe3+ Kh5 36. Nf4+ Kh4 37. Nd3 Qe4 38. Qf2+ Kg5 39. Qg3+ Qg4 40. Qe3+ f4 41. Qe7+ Kh5 42. Qf6 Qg5 43. Nxf4+ Kg4 44. Qxg5+ Kxg5 45. Nd3 Kf5 46. Nb4 c5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bg3 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Qb3 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Rd3 Rab8 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Nd5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Kf8 25. Rfd1 Rb5 26. Kg2 Rc5 27. Ne3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bc7 29. b4 Rc1 30. a4 Rb1 31. b5 Rb4 32. Nd5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. dxc6 Qc7 5. Nf3 Nxc6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. c3 O-O-O 8. Na3 e5 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. dxe5 Qe6 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qc4+ 15. Qe2 Qxd4 16. exf6 Rhe8 17. Be3 Qxf6 18. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Black "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bc4 dxe5 9. O-O f5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5+ Kf8 15. Qf3 c6 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Qe3 g6 18. d5 Qd6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qc5+ Kg7 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rxd7+ Kh6 25. Bxg8 Rhxg8 26. Ree7 Rh8 27. a3 Rae8 28. Kf2 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. Ke2 b5 31. Re6 Rc8 32. Ke3 Kg5 33. Ne2 c5 34. Rb6 b4 35. axb4 cxb4 36. Nd4 f4+ 37. Kd3 Kg4 38. Rxb4 Rd8 39. c4 h5 40. c5 h4 41. Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kf2 h3 43. gxh3+ Kxh3 44. Nf3 Kg4 45. Rb6 Kh5 46. c6 g5 47. Rb5 Rc8 48. Rxg5+ Kh6 49. Rc5 Rb8 50. Rc2 Kh5 51. c7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Re8 10. g4 Ne5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nfd7 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nec4 15. Nxa5 Nxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nd7 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. h5 Re8 20. Nd5 Nc5 21. Nc7 Be6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Nxd8 Bd7 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. Rxh7 Bd4 31. Nd6 Bg7 32. e5 Bc6 33. f4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e5 5. c4 Be6 6. Ng5 Be7 7. Nxe6 fxe6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Nd4 12. Qa2 c6 13. e4 Kh8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. d3 e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Bxd5 Nc7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Bg2 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Louak, Milad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4 7. Re1 Bb4 8. Re4 h5 9. h3 Nh6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qd5 O-O 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. c3 Ba5 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Qd6 Bc7 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bf8 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qe4 g6 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bc4 Rf8 24. Rf6 Be7 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Re4 Qd7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rg4+ Qxg4 32. hxg4 Rad8 33. g5 Rd4 34. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Black "Vayanos, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1+ Be7 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bb4 14. Bxf6 Be7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxe7 Kf8 18. Rae1 g6 19. Ng5 Kg7 20. Rxf7+ Kh6 21. h4 Kh5 22. Re4 h6 23. Be2# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. O-O Bb4 14. Rac1 Rxc3 15. Qb1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qe7 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. a3 Rc8 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Qa2 Qa5 22. Qe2 g6 23. h3 h6 24. Rb1 b5 25. Rc1 Nxd4 26. exd4 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,-28,-31,-52,7,-29,-25,-23,9,4,6,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-18,-22,0,0,29,25,16,24,47,31,37,28,29,34,43,34,34,43,43,22,30,29,49,49,52,35,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-218,-197,-218,-189,-5093,-5085,-5073,-5073,-5065,-4133,-1495,-5073,-1607,0,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 Nh5 {LiveBook: 62 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8... h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Be2 Qd8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bf3 Ng5 17. Bd1 {½-½ (36) Stupak,K (2573)-Gelfand,B (2729) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. Nh4 Bg6 $146 (9... Bd7 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. e4 g5 15. exd5 O-O-O 16. Ndf3 {0-1 (34) Chojnacki,S (2255)-Winiarski,M (2300) Jastrzebia Gora 2016}) 10. Nd2 Nxf4 {Black has an edge.} 11. exf4 e6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. g3 Qc7 15. Bg2 b5 16. Qe3 b4 17. O-O bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. Qe2 Rab8 21. Bh3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rfe1 Qc6 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Kg2 f6 27. Nf3 Ba3 28. Rab1 Rb6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. h5 {aiming for hxg6.} Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 32. Qa4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 33. fxg5 fxg5 {[%cal Bf6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4f3][%mdl 32]} 34. Qxa3 g4 35. Qc1 $2 (35. Qd6 $11 {and White is okay.}) 35... gxf3+ $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} ({Inferior is} 35... Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 $11) 36. Kg1 Kh7 $1 37. Qe3 $2 (37. a3) 37... Qxe3 38. fxe3 {KP-KP} Kh6 39. Kf2 Kxh5 {( -> ...Kg4)} 40. Kxf3 Kg5 (40... b5 $142 41. a3 Kg5) 41. a4 {[#]} g6 $2 ({Black should play} 41... Kg6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Kg5.} 42. Kf4 Kf6) 42. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Kg2 $11) 42... Kg4 {Black mates.} 43. Kf2 {[#]} Kh3 $1 44. Kf3 g5 45. g4 fxg4+ 46. Kf2 Kh2 47. e4 g3+ 48. Kf3 g2 49. exd5 g1=Q 50. Ke4 Qg4+ 51. Ke5 Qd7 52. d6 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 53. Kd5 g3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Altorky, Amer"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,22,41,-12,0,-3,26,22,17,23,25,23,111,0,104,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-60,-56,-62,-81,-46,-45,-20,-29,-19,-33,-14,-26,-28,-85,-79,-80,-78,-94,-69,-62,-62,-78,-68,-104,-51,-83,-88,-112,-107,-116,-121,-183,-170,-225,-195,-485,-470,-1048,-937,-4827,-4802]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. d4 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 Nh5 9. Bg3 {B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} (9. Be3 $14) (9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxa7 Bd6 16. Be3 O-O {1-0 (37) Nguyen,V (2328)-Boguszlavszkij,J (2130) Budapest 2017}) 9... Nxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} Nxe5 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Ngf3 {Droht Se5! und aus.} Bc5 $146 {[#]} (13... Be7 $11) ({Vorgänger:} 13... Qe6+ 14. Kf1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Rh4 h5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (43) Jovanovic,A-Freese,J Germany 1994}) 14. O-O (14. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5d7][%mdl 512]} Qe6 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxd7+) 15. O-O) 14... Qd6 (14... Be6 $11) 15. Ne5 ({Bitte nicht} 15. Bxc6+ $6 bxc6 16. Rfe1+ Be6 $11) (15. Rad1 $16 {Und Se4! würde nun gewinnen.} Bxf3 16. Rfe1+ (16. Nxf3 O-O-O $16) 16... Kf8 17. Nxf3) 15... Bxf2+ ({Aber nicht} 15... Qxe5 $2 16. Rae1 $18) 16. Rxf2 Qxe5 17. Qa4 Qe6 $1 18. Nf3 ({Günstiger ist} 18. Nb3 $11 O-O 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4) 18... Bxf3 $15 19. gxf3 O-O 20. Rd1 Ne5 21. Qd4 Rfd8 22. Kg2 Nc6 23. Qf4 a6 24. Bd3 Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz kämpft um Vorteil.} 25. Bxh7+ (25. Qxe5 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} Nxe5 26. Re2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3) 25... Kxh7 $17 26. Qxf7 {Weiss will mit Th1+ Matt setzen.} Rd6 27. Rh1+ Rh6 28. Rxh6+ Kxh6 29. Qxb7 Qe8 30. Kf1 {Weiss plant Te2.} Kg6 (30... Ra7 $17 31. Qb6 Kh7 32. Rh2+ Kg8) 31. Qc7 Qe6 {Weiss muss nun ...Th8 beachten.} 32. Re2 Qf6 33. f4 {[#]} Rd8 $1 34. g4 (34. Qb6 $17 {war nötig.}) 34... Rd6 $19 35. f5+ (35. Rf2 {ist wohl besser.}) 35... Kg5 {zielt auf ...d4 ab.} 36. Qc8 $2 (36. Qb6 d4 37. Qc5) 36... Ne5 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 37. Qh8 (37. Qe8 $142 Nxg4 38. Qg6+ Qxg6 39. fxg6) 37... Nxg4 38. Kg1 d4 {Precision: Weiß = 25%, Schwarz = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,76,21,19,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-6,-7,-16,-14,-20,-35,-31,-33,-114,-105,-110,0,-82,-74,-117,-85,-166,-152,-238,-148,-268,-261,-252,-239,-295,-131,-120,-56,-53,-62,-239,-211,-208,-149,-135,-140,-274,-278,-270,-260,-347,-327,-337,-335,-606,-569,-993,-955,-1080,-1064,-1227,-1173]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 Qe8 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 10. Bf4 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nc7 15. Bxe4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Be3 Qf7 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (19) Safarli,E (2664)-Kuzubov,Y (2632) Nakhchivan 2016}) 10... Nh5 11. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nc7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe3 {0-1 (39) Andreasen,P (2244)-Nielsen,A (1976) Esbjerg 2007}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. b4 e4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 Be6 17. c5 (17. Na4 $15) 17... Qf7 $1 $17 18. Rd6 Ng4 (18... Ne8 $17 19. Rxe6 Qxe6) 19. f3 (19. Nf4 $11 Bb3 20. Qb1) 19... exf3 $1 20. exf3 {[#]} Ne5 $1 21. Re1 (21. f4 $17 {is a better defense.} Bb3 22. Qb1) 21... Bb3 $19 22. Qf2 (22. Qb1 $17 {might work better.} Rfe8 23. Re2) 22... Rfe8 23. Nf4 (23. f4 $17 Ng4 24. Qd2) 23... g5 24. Nfe2 Nc4 25. Rd4 Bxd4 (25... Nc7 $19 {has better winning chances. And now ...Ne6 would win.} 26. g4 Ne6 27. Rxc4 Bxc4 28. gxf5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. Nxd4 $17 Ne5 (26... Rxe1+ $17 27. Qxe1 Re8) 27. Bf1 $15 Rad8 {White must now prevent ...Bc4.} 28. Kg2 $2 ({White should play} 28. f4 $15 Ng4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qf3) 28... Bc4 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 ({Stronger than} 30... Qxe8 31. Nxf5 Qe6 32. Nxh6+ Qxh6 33. Qe2 $11) 31. h4 (31. Qc2 $17) 31... Qf6 $19 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nde2 Nc7 34. Qd4 Ne5 35. Bb2 $2 (35. Bxg5 Qxg5 36. f4) 35... Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qe3 Nc4 37. Qc1 Rd2 38. Ba1 Qe6 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5 12. c3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rd7 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxe7 Rc8 21. a3 Qa2 22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. h3 Rc1 24. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Kh2 Qb2 26. f3 Kg7 27. Kg3 a5 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 Qxb5 30. Qd6 Qb2 31. Qf4 Qa1 32. h4 h6 33. Kh3 a4 34. g4 a3 35. Qe3 a2 36. f4 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. b5 Na5 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Be6 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. bxa6 Qxa6 20. Qa3 Bxb4 21. Qxb4 Qxe2 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Bg2 Bh3 25. Bf3 Qh6 26. Nf1 e4 27. Bg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qh5 29. Rcd1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Ng4 31. Rd2 Re6 32. Qd4 Nf6 33. Ne3 Rbe8 34. Ng2 g5 35. Re3 Qh5 36. h4 h6 37. Qb4 b6 38. Qb5 Qg6 39. c4 dxc4 40. Qxc4 Ng4 41. Re1 Ne5 42. Re3 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Bc3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. O-O e6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bd3 Be7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Rbe1 b6 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Nd2 Rd7 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rd1 Rbd8 27. Red2 Qb7 28. Qb3 Qa8 29. Rd3 b5 30. f3 a6 31. R3d2 Kh8 32. a4 f5 33. Nf2 bxa4 34. Qxa4 c5 35. d5 Bg5 36. Ra2 Rd6 37. Kh1 exd5 38. cxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 40. Qxa6 Rb8 41. Ra1 Kh7 42. Qe2 Qb3 43. c4 Bf6 44. Rd1 Bd4 45. Rf1 Qa4 46. h4 Rb2 47. Qe1 Qc2 48. Qe8 Qxc4 49. Re1 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. c3 Ngf6 9. h4 Bd6 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Rhe8 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Qf5 17. Nc1 Ng4 18. Be3 Ndf6 19. Rhe1 Nd5 20. Re2 Bf4 21. Rde1 g6 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Nf4 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. g3 Nd5 27. Nd3 Ndf6 28. Nfe5 Ne4 29. Rc2 Re7 30. Kc1 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 g5 32. Re2 Nd6 33. Kd1 Kd8 34. a4 f6 35. Nd3 Ne4 36. Nc5 Nxc5 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. dxc5 Ke6 39. c4 Ke5 40. Kd2 Kd4 41. b3 h5 42. a5 a6 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Ke4 45. Kc3 Kxf4 46. b4 Ke3 47. b5 f4 48. Kc2 f3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 Nh5 11. Ba2 Qc7 12. a5 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nc4 Nef4 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Ng5 h6 17. h3 Be2 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Ne3 Qxh3 22. Rfd1 Qxf3 23. Rd7 Nh3+ 24. Kh2 Ng5 25. Ng2 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Serge"]
[Black "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 d4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxc3 6. exf6 exf6 7. dxc3 Nd7 8. Bf4 Nc5 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. b4 Ne6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b5 Ng5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qc5 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. Nf4 Qxc3 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. h4 Ne4 25. Re1 f5 26. Bc4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 d5 8. Qa4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. O-O Qd3 12. Re1 Qxc4 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Nc1 Rd7 16. Bf1 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rad8 20. Nb3 g6 21. Bf3 Rd3 22. Be2 R3d7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nc7 25. Be7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Rc8 8. O-O Nh6 9. h3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. Qd3+ Kh8 17. Qe3 Kh7 18. Nbd2 Rg8+ 19. Kh1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd8 21. Rg1 Nb8 22. Rxg8 Qxg8 23. Rg1 Qd8 24. h4 Qh8 25. Qd3+ f5 26. exf6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saeed, Riad"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Kg7 10. Qd2 Rh8 11. c4 Nb6 12. Qc3 e6 13. b3 Nc6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. a3 Nd7 16. f4 Kh7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Rf3 Rad8 20. Rh3 Kg7 21. b4 Qf8 22. g4 Rh7 23. Rf1 Qh8 24. Nf6 Nxf6 25. exf6+ Kg8 26. Be4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Bxe4 28. Re3 Bb7 29. Be5 g5 30. Bxc7 Rc8 31. Qe5 h5 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33. Rd1 Rh6 34. Qg7+ Qxg7 35. fxg7+ Kxg7 36. g5 Rh7 37. Be5+ Kg6 38. Rd4 h4 39. h3 a6 40. a4 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. c5 Bd5 43. Bf6 Ra8 44. Rc3 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Ke1 Ra6 47. Rxd5 exd5 48. c6 Ra8 49. c7 Rc8 50. Be5 Kf5 51. Rc5 Ke6 52. Rxb5 Rh5 53. Rb6+ Kd7 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Rxd5 f6 56. Rd8 fxe5 57. Rxc8 Kd7 58. Re8 Kxc7 59. Rxe5 Kd6 60. Ke2 Rh8 61. Kf3 Rc8 62. Kg4 Rf8 63. b5 Rf7 64. g6 Rf8 65. Kg5 Rg8 66. Re3 Rb8 67. g7 Rxb5+ 68. Kg6 Rb8 69. Kh7 Rb7 70. Kh8 Rb3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Nd6 Rb8 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 h6 20. Re1 b5 21. Re5 Qe8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qc3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 bxc4 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. Kc3 f4 33. Kb4 Kd6 34. Kb5 g5 35. Ka6 Kc6 36. a4 h5 37. Kxa7 g4 38. f3 g3 39. Ka6 Kc7 40. Kb5 Kd6 41. Kb6 Kd7 42. Kb7 Kd8 43. a5 Kd7 44. a6 c3 45. bxc3 Kd8 46. a7 Kd7 47. a8=Q Kd6 48. Qf8+ Kd7 49. Qxf4 Ke6 50. Kc6 Ke7 51. Qd6+ Ke8 52. Qc7 Kf8 53. Kd6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ng5 e6 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. e4 g5 11. Bc1 g4 12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Ng6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15. f3 Qf6 16. Nf4 e5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Nb4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 h5 20. c3 exd4 21. c4 c5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Qc2 Rf8 24. Bf4 b6 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Rae1 Bd7 27. Bd6 Rfe8 28. Be4 Rac8 29. Bd5 Be6 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Rh5 Qxd6 32. Rf1 d3 33. Qxd3 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Rc7 35. Qg6+ Rg7 36. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. b3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Rc8 7. c4 c6 8. c5 a5 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Rb8 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Re8 16. Kh1 Bf6 17. Rc1 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qc7 19. Qa4 Ra8 20. Red1 Reb8 21. Nd2 Bg6 22. Nf3 e5 23. Rd2 e4 24. Ng1 Bd8 25. f4 exf3 26. Nxf3 Be4 27. Rf1 Nf6 28. Ne5 Rc8 29. Rb2 Rab8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Nxc6 Qd7 32. Bb5 Qg4 33. Rg1 Rxb5 34. Qxb5 Bxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Be6 8. d3 Qc8 9. Rb1 Bh3 10. d4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. d5 c5 13. f3 h5 14. Bg5 Nh7 15. Be7 Qd7 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Qa4 Qe7 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qc2 h4 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Na4 Bh6 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. g4 h3+ 24. Kh1 b6 25. Qa4 Rc8 26. Rbd1 Rd8 27. Qc6 Rd6 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Rd3 Ng5 30. Rfd1 Qf6 31. Ng1 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Qf4 33. Re1 Qf2 34. Re2 Qf6 35. Rf3 Bf4 36. Nxh3 Rd8 37. Qc6 Rd6 38. Qa4 g5 39. Nxf4 gxf4 40. Qd1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Black "Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 Bd7 9. d4 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Bg5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. d5 Na7 15. Nbd2 c6 16. c4 Nc8 17. Nf1 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Ndxe7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nxe5 Nb6 21. Ne3 Rb7 22. Rb1 Qb8 23. N5c4 Be8 24. Nd6 Rd7 25. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Black "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bf4 d5 6. e3 Nd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Rc1 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nb1 Nd5 21. Bh2 Qe7 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Nd2 Qa3 24. Qxa3 Rxa3 25. Nb1 Rb3 26. Bd6 f5 27. Re2 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nxc3 29. Reb2 Nxb1 30. Rxb1 Ra8 31. Kf1 Ra2 32. Ke1 Kf7 33. Bb4 Ke6 34. Bc3 Kd5 35. Bb4 Be8 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Ba5 c3 38. Rb3 Kc4 39. Rb4+ Kd3 40. Rb1 Re2+ 41. Kf1 Rb2 42. Rd1+ Kc4 43. Bxc3 Kxc3 44. d5 Rd2 45. Ke1 Rxd1+ 46. Kxd1 Kb2 47. Kd2 b4 48. d6 Ka2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Saab, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. c3 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 exf4 9. d4 d5 10. Bxf4 Qe7 11. O-O dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. Re1 Qxe1+ 14. Qxe1+ Be7 15. Bd6 Nc4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. Nd2 Ndf5 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. Re1 Nhg6 22. h4 O-O 23. h5 b5 24. hxg6 bxc4 25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxe7 Rde8 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 g5 29. Re7 Kg6 30. Rxa7 f5 31. gxf5+ Kxf5 32. Re7 g4 33. a4 g3 34. a5 Kf6 35. Re1 Kf5 36. a6 c5 37. dxc5 g2 38. a7 Kf4 39. a8=Q Kg3 40. Qxg2+ Kh4 41. Kf2 Kh5 42. Rh1# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Ng3 b5 11. a3 Ne8 12. Be2 f5 13. Bf2 f4 14. Nf1 Nf6 15. Nd2 Qe8 16. b4 Nbd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bb7 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. O-O Ne8 21. Na5 Ndf6 22. Qd3 Bc8 23. Rfa1 Bd7 24. R4a3 Nc7 25. Qd2 Rfb8 26. Qb2 Qe8 27. Nc4 g5 28. Nb6 g4 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxa6 Nxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 gxf3 33. gxf3 Bh3 34. Bh4 Qh5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Ra7 Bf8 38. Ra6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5 9. b3 Rc8 10. Rb1 h6 11. Na2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f3 Nfxe4 18. Bxh6 Bxd4+ 19. Kf1 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21. Qxe7 Rfe8 22. Qxc7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxc7 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Bf4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rd7 27. Rb8 Kg7 28. Bxd6 Kf6 29. g4 Ke6 30. Bg3 Kd5 31. Re8 Bb2 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Bc3 34. Re4 a5 35. Rc4 Bd4 36. Rc1 Bc6 37. Be1 Ra7 38. Rc4 Ra6 39. Ke2 Bd7 40. Kf1 Be5 41. h3 Rc6 42. Re4 Rc1 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 O-O 12. b4 Bb7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Ne2 Nb8 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qa8 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qc2 Kf8 23. Qxc8+ Nxc8 24. Kf1 Nb6 25. Nd2 Nfd7 26. Ke2 d5 27. e5 Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Be4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. f4 Ke8 32. f5 Bf8 33. f6 Nb6 34. Kd2 a5 35. bxa5 Na4 36. Kc2 Bxa3 37. Bc1 Bb4 38. a6 Kd7 39. a7 Nb6 40. Bd2 Bf8 41. Ba5 Na8 42. Ne2 g5 43. g4 Kc6 44. Ng3 b4 45. Nf5 b3+ 46. Kc3 Kb5 47. Bd8 Bb4+ 48. Kb2 Ka4 49. Be7 c3+ 50. Kc1 Ba3+ 51. Bxa3 Kxa3 52. Ne3 Ka2 53. Nxd5 b2+ 54. Kc2 b1=Q+ 55. Kxc3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bd2 c5 9. d5 Ngf6 10. h3 a6 11. Qc1 Rb8 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. O-O Nf8 15. Re1 e6 16. Bd3 exd5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bd7 19. Bf4 Ne8 20. Bg5 Qb6 21. Rb1 Ng7 22. Bf6 Re8 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nd7 26. Ne4 Ne5 27. Qc3 Nxd3 28. Nxd3 Bf5 29. f3 Qc7 30. Ndf2 Bd7 31. b3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Qa1 Qb8 34. Ng4 Bxg4 35. hxg4 bxc4 36. bxc4 h6 37. g5 h5 38. Qa6 Nf5 39. Qb5 Qf8 40. Bxh8 Kxh8 41. Qb2+ Nd4 42. Qb6 Nf5 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Qe7 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. gxf5 Qxe4 47. Qb2+ Kh7 48. Qh2+ Kg7 49. Qxd6 Qg4+ 50. Kh1 Qh4+ 51. Kg2 Qxg5+ 52. Kh2 Qh4+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qxc4 55. fxg6 Qh4+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kh2 Qe2+ 58. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Amer, Majeed"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. c4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Rb8 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Bxb2 12. Bxb2 Rxb2 13. Qc1 Rb4 14. Qc3 e5 15. Nxe5 Qf6 16. f4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qd8 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. e6+ Bxe6 20. Qxh8 Qd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Ra3 Nf6 23. Nb3 Ng4 24. h3 Ne5 25. Nxa5 c5 26. Nb3 Nxd3 27. Na5 Ne5 28. Nb3 Nxc4 29. Ra1 Rxb3 30. a5 Ra3 31. Rxa3 Nxa3 32. a6 Nb5 33. Kf2 Bc8 34. a7 Nxa7 35. Ke2 Ba6+ 36. Kd2 Nc6 37. g3 Ne5 38. h4 Nf3+ 39. Kd1 d3 40. g4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. b4 b5 14. O-O Bd8 15. Nb3 Bc2 16. Na5 Bxa5 17. Rxa5 Be4 18. Nd2 Bh7 19. Rfa1 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc7 Re6 27. g4 g5 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Kf1 Nd7 30. Bd1 Ne5 31. Bc2 Rf6 32. Bf5 h5 33. Ke2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Ng6 35. Rd8 Ne7 36. e4 dxe4 37. Bxe4 Re6 38. Kd3 Ng6 39. f3 Ne5+ 40. Kd4 Kf6 41. b3 Ke7 42. Rg8 Kf6 43. Rc8 Ke7 44. Rg8 Kf6 45. Rh8 Ng6 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47. Rd8 Kf6 48. Rd6 Rxd6+ 49. cxd6 Ke6 50. Kc5 Kd7 51. Kd4 Kxd6 52. Ke4 c5 53. bxc5+ Kxc5 54. Kf5 Kb4 55. Kxg5 Kxb3 56. Kf6 Kc3 57. Kxf7 b4 58. g5 b3 59. g6 b2 60. g7 b1=Q 61. g8=Q Qb3+ 62. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. a3 a5 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. exd4 Qg4 17. Rae1 Qg6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Rf4 Re6 20. Re3 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Nxf6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Kf3 a4 29. Kf4 Nc4 30. Ke4 c6 31. d5 cxd5+ 32. Kxd5 Nxb2 33. Kc5 f5 34. Kb4 Kf7 35. Kc5 Ke6 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. c4 b6 38. Kc3 Nd1+ 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. Kxa4 Kc5 41. Kb3 Ne3 42. g3 Nxc4 43. a4 Nd2+ 44. Kc3 Nf1 45. Kd3 Nxh2 46. Ke3 Kb4 47. Kf4 g6 48. Ke5 Nf1 49. Kf6 Nxg3 50. Kxg6 f4 51. Kxh6 f3 52. a5 bxa5 53. Kg5 f2 54. Kg4 Nh1 55. Kf3 f1=Q+ 56. Ke4 a4 57. Ke3 a3 58. Kd2 a2 59. Kc2 a1=Q 60. Kd2 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Black "Saad, Charbel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Qd2 g6 13. Nh2 Nb6 14. b3 Bg7 15. Bh6 f5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Ng4 Qe7 20. Qh6+ Kh8 21. Qd2 Nbd7 22. f4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qg7 25. Qe3 h5 26. Qh6+ Qxh6 27. Nxh6 Kg7 28. Nb5 Na6 29. Ng4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Re8 31. Kf2 Ne5 32. Kg3 Nd3 33. Nd4 Re3+ 34. Kh2 Nac5 35. Rf1 Re4 36. Nb5 Na6 37. Kg3 Nac5 38. Rf4 Re7 39. Rf2 Nxf2 40. Kxf2 Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Nc5 42. Nd4 Kf6 43. Ne6 Nd3 44. a3 Nc5 45. b4 Nxe6 46. dxe6 Kxe6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milan, Sami"]
[Black "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. O-O-O Nd4 8. Qe3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 h6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h4 Qc6 14. Bg2 Kb8 15. Rc1 Rhe8 16. Bh3 Bxh4 17. Bg4 Bg5 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Qh3 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 a5 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bd1 h5 23. Qh4 a4 24. a3 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. f3 d5 27. Be2 d4 28. Qe1 Rd6 29. Ka1 Rb6 30. Rb1 Qc5 31. Bd1 Qd6 32. Be2 Qf6 33. Qh4 Qf4 34. Rh1 g5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O-O 9. d5 Nb6 10. Bxb6 Qxb6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. Qf3 e6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Re2 Bb4 17. Nxh6 Rh8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Kb8 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rxe6 Rhe8 23. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Bxd6+ 25. g3 Rc1 26. Qd7 Ree1 27. Qd8+ Ka7 28. Qg5 Rxc2 29. Qf5 Rxb2 30. h4 Rc1 31. Qf3 Rbc2 32. Ne4 Ra1 33. Qb3 Raxa2 34. Nc3 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Rfb2 36. Qd1 Rh2+ 37. Kg4 Rag2 38. Ne4 Re2 39. Qd4+ Kb8 40. Nxd6 cxd6 41. Qf4 Re5 42. Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qxd6 Rhe2 44. Qc5+ Ka8 45. Qd4 R5e4+ 46. Kf3 Rxd4 47. Kxe2 Rxd5 48. Kf3 b5 49. Ke4 Rd1 50. g4 0-1

