[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,99,22,3,37,22,41,32,30,20,20,27,37,24,69,38,50,51,38,26,29,0,22,8,41,39,44,41,45,37,94,94,94,94,86,91,97,95,87,84,99,92,89,86,103,66,88,80,120,110,108,111,116,116,122,109,157,143,180,189,180,139,235,229,242,226,457,489,620,525,956,927,1053,1217,1199,1170,1155,0,0,0,1135,1068,29983,29984,29988,29988,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,12839]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 31 Games} g6 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 O-O 9. g4 d6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. gxf5 exf5 12. h4 Nh5 13. Bh2 Nd7 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 {0-1 (27) Renner,C (2375)-Smerdon,D (2506) Germany 2015}) 8... O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. c3 d6 10. e4 Qe8 {White must now prevent ...fxe4.} 11. Bg3 Bh6 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. Rhe1 Nh5 14. exf5 exf5 15. Bc4+ d5 16. Qf1 $1 Qf7 (16... Qc8 {is interesting.} 17. Be2 a5 18. Bh4 Nhf6 19. Bg5 Bg7) 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bd6 (19... Bh6 $14) 20. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Qf6 21. f4 h6 22. Ngf3 $1 Qg7 23. Ba6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Nf6 25. Ne5 Kh7 26. Ndf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3h4,Bh4g2,Bg2e3][%mdl 32]} Ne4 27. Qb7 Qg8 $1 28. Nh4 Rf6 {[#]} 29. Ng2 $1 Rff8 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. h3 Qe6 32. g4 Rab8 33. Qc6 b5 {[#]} 34. Nxg6 $1 (34. gxf5 $6 gxf5 35. Qa6 Rg8 $16) 34... Rfe8 {And now ...Rb6 would win.} 35. Nc2 ({Much less strong is} 35. gxf5 $6 Qc8 $16) 35... Ne4 (35... Qc8 $16 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Qxe8 Rxe8) 36. Ne5 $1 $18 fxg4 37. hxg4 {Threatens to win with f5.} b4 $2 (37... Rb6 {keeps fighting.} 38. Qd7+ Qxd7 39. Nxd7 Rb7) 38. c4 b3 39. axb3 Rxb3 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 40. cxd5 Qxd5 41. Qxe8 {Threatening mate with Qg6+.} ({Inferior is} 41. Qxd5 Nc3+ 42. Ka1 Nxd5 $14) 41... Nc3+ 42. Kc1 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Na2+ 43. Kb1 Nc3+ $1 44. Kc1 {Qg6+ would kill now.} Na2+ 45. Kd2 {White threatens Qg6+ and mate.} Bb4+ 46. Nxb4 {White mates.} Qxd4+ 47. Ned3 Rxb2+ 48. Nc2 Qc3+ 49. Ke3 Rxc2 50. Ke4 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 51%.} (50. g5 $142 Re2+ 51. Rxe2 Qc4 52. g6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Rb2 Nb4 55. Rxb4 Qe6+ 56. Qxe6+ Kh8 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. Rb8#) 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,60,29,20,31,31,31,29,42,18,33,29,25,16,15,19,37,21,36,38,37,35,79,21,29,22,33,-7,0,-14,-10,-10,-16,-24,-23,-27,-29,-80,-72,-127,-108]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 {LiveBook: 13 Games. White has an edge.} (12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nfd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nc4 {1-0 (45) Rodshtein,M (2695)-Brunello,S (2555) Douglas 2017}) 12... Bd7 13. Nf3 O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Kb1 {1-0 (51) Misovic,S (1872)-Vujacic,B (1903) Cetinje 2007}) 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Rhe1 Nfd7 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Ka1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be6 21. f4 Rc8 22. Na4 (22. f5 $16 Bd7 23. e4) 22... Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 24. Nf3 (24. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Nxe5 25. dxe5 $14) 24... Nb6 25. Qa5 f6 26. Nd2 Rhe8 27. Nb3 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 28. Qc3 Nd6 29. Na5 (29. Qc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Bf5 $17 30. g4 ({White should play} 30. Nb3) 30... Bxd3 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,22,22,37,25,28,23,18,12,8,0,21,17,20,25,0,11,8,24,13,4,0,139,96,117,0,39,35,33,7,99,-195,-207,-177,-3,-446,-449,-408,-435,-442,-440,-400,-163,-1035,-1009,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (7. a4 bxc4 8. bxc4 e6 9. c5 a5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rb1 Be7 {½-½ (39) Matlakov,M (2728)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bg6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Nh4 e6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (31) Osborne,M (2245)-Foo,W (2009) North Shields 2012}) 13... Ne4 14. f4 c5 15. Bg2 f5 16. gxf6 Ndxf6 17. O-O Bd6 18. a3 {Threatening axb4.} a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. Bc1 g5 (19... Kf7 $11) 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nd4 (21. axb4 $16 Bxb4 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Bb2) 21... Qb6 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. f5 g4 (23... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Ne6 Nc3) 24. hxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. fxe6 $16 {keeps the pressure on. Hoping for cxd5.} gxh3 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Bd2) 24... Qd6 $19 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rd6h2] [#]} 25. Rf4 Nc3 $2 (25... e5 $19 26. Nb5 Qd8 27. Rxe4 dxe4) 26. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Qd3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} e5 27. c5 Bxc5 28. g5) 26... Qxf4 $1 ({Stronger than} 26... Nxd1 27. cxd6 e5 28. Rf1 $11) 27. exf4 Nxd1 28. Nxe6 Nxg4 29. Bxd5 Rd8 (29... Rc8 $142 30. Bb7 Rxc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 32. Kg2 Nge3+ 33. Kg3 Nxf5+ 34. Kg4 Nde3+ 35. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 36. Kf3 Bb6) 30. Bf3 $2 {[#]} (30. Nxd8 Bxc5+ 31. Kg2 Kxd8 32. Rxa5 Nge3+ 33. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 34. Kg3 Nxf5+ 35. Kf3) 30... Rd3 31. Ba3 Rxf3 32. Bxb4 Nde3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,169,18,18,27,27,29,29,0,11,-14,-14,-14,-10,-27,-19,-23,-30,-37,0,-13,0,7,4,0,-25,-25,-7,-49,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-43,-52,-49,-60,-45,-69,-74,-75,-73,-81,-62,-81,-75,-81,-75,-74,-60,-66,-42,-42,-40,-44,-41,-47,-45,-62,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-91,-54,-77,-62,-74,-64,-74,-70,-135,-89,-121,-121,-127,-93,-90,-99,-90,-90,-91,-99,-99,-86,-87,-12,-149,0,-451,-12,-12,0,-381,0,-19,-8,-8,-8,-90,-90,-247,-98,-247,-247,-310,-145,-272,-12,-12,-12,-14,-14,-87,-64,-158,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O b5 (4... Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Rd1 a5 11. Na3 Na6 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Qc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nfe5 Bd5 16. Qc3 b6 {½-½ (36) Dubov,D (2666)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 5. a4 b4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 6. c4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} bxc3 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. Ba3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nd4 {0-1 (30) Pantsulaia,L (2600)-Khurtsidze,N (2420) Baku 2009}) 8... c5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Re1 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O (13... Nxe4 {is more complex.} 14. Rxe4 Bb7 15. Re1 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7) 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Rxc3 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rc7 22. Ra6 Rd8 23. Rea1 Nc8 24. Bc6 g5 25. Kg2 Rd4 26. h3 Kf8 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. Bc6 h6 29. R1a2 Rd6 30. R2a4 f5 31. g4 Kf6 32. Ra3 Rh7 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Rc3 Re7 35. Bf3 Rxa6 36. bxa6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd6 $1 37. Rb3 Ke6 38. Bc6 Rc7 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Bd5 Re7 41. Rb3 (41. Rc3 $15) 41... Re5 42. Bb7 Rb5 43. Rc3 Nxb7 $17 {KRN-KR} 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. axb7 Rxb7 46. Rxh6 {KR-KR} a5 {...Ra7 is the strong threat.} 47. Ra6 Rb5 48. Ra8 Rc5 ({Black should play} 48... Kf4 $1 $17 {next ...Rd5 is good for Black.} 49. Ra6 Ke5) 49. Ra7 (49. Kg3 $1 $11) 49... Kd4 {[#]} (49... f4 $1 $17 50. Kf3 Kd5) 50. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. f4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 50... Rc3+ $2 ({Black should try} 50... f4+ $1 $19 51. Kg4 Kc4) 51. Kg2 $1 $11 Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Ra3 $11 52. Rg7 a4 53. Rxg5 Rb3 54. Rxf5 a3) 52. Kg3 $19 {[#] Now f4 and White clings on.} Ke5 $2 (52... f4+ $1 $19 53. Kg4 Kc4) 53. Ra8 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 $1 Ra3 {aiming for ...a4.} 55. Rg8 (55. Re8+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Kf4 56. Rh8) 55... Kf4 $17 56. Ra8 $2 (56. Rh8 $17 {was necessary.}) 56... Ra1 (56... a4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 57. Rh8 Rb3) 57. Ra7 (57. Rh8 $17 {might work better.}) 57... a4 $19 58. Ra8 Ra2 (58... Ke4 $19 {is more deadly. And now ...a3 would win.} 59. Re8+ Kf4) 59. Ra7 (59. Rh8 $17) 59... g4 $2 (59... a3 $19 {Hoping for ...Ke4.} 60. Ra4+ Ke5) 60. hxg4 $11 Kxg4 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1.} (60... fxg4 $2 61. Rf7+ Kg5 62. Rg7+ Kf5 63. Rf7+ Kg6 64. Rc7 $17) 61. Ra8 Kf4 {White must now prevent ...Ra1.} 62. Ra7 Ra1 63. Ra8 {[#]} a3 $2 (63... Ra3 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 64. Ra7 Ra2) 64. Ra4+ {The position is equal.} Ke5 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Kf4 Kc5 67. Kxf5 Kb5 68. Ra8 Kb4 69. f4 Rc1 70. Rb8+ Kc3 71. Ra8 Kb2 72. Rb8+ Ka1 73. Kg6 Rg1+ 74. Kf6 a2 75. f5 Rb1 76. Ra8 Kb2 77. Kg7 Rg1+ 78. Kf7 a1=Q 79. Rxa1 Rxa1 {KR-KP} 80. f6 Kc3 81. Kg7 Rg1+ 82. Kh7 Rf1 83. Kg7 Rg1+ 84. Kh7 Rf1 85. Kg7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,98,-20,14,0,0,0,9,11,3,-3,2,-4,-10,0,0,0,4,-19,-18,-18,0,4,30,16,49,-31,-30,-28,-20,-25,-37,-30,-37,-33,-13,-7,0,-60,-30,-36,0,-37,-27,-25,-47,-53,-45,-506,-495,-702,-701,-700,-698,-670,-687,-663,-661,-655,-655,-703,-697,-691,-562,-819,-808,-812,-659,-932,-911,-1573,-1539,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 Rb8 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nd1 h5 {B26: Sizilianisch (Geschlossenes System)} (9... e5 10. b3 Nd4 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nb2 O-O 13. a3 a5 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ra2 Nb5 17. Rd1 Be6 {0-1 (83) Lerch,P (2415)-Dvoirys,S (2552) Pardubice 2017}) 10. h3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 11. O-O Bd7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 12. f4 Qc8 13. Kh2 a5 14. c3 $146 a4 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. e5 Nh7 18. exd6 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxd6 20. dxc5 Bb5 21. Qc2 Nf5 22. Bf2 (22. Rb1 $14 O-O 23. c4 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Qxc5 25. cxb5 (25. Rxb5 Qxe3 26. Rf3 Qa7 $14) 25... Qxe3 26. Rf3) 22... h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Droht ...hxg3+ und aus. Schwarz hat Druck.} 23. gxh4 Nf6 $1 24. Rb1 Bxe2 ({Vergiftet wäre} 24... Nxh4 $2 25. Bxh4 Bxe2 26. Bxf6 $18 (26. Qxa4+ Kf8 $14) (26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Bxf6 Bxf1 $16)) 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Qxe2 Bh6 {[%cal Bg7h6,Bh6f4,Bf4h2][%mdl 32]} 27. Kg1 Bxf4 28. Re1 (28. Qb2 $11) 28... Bh2+ 29. Kh1 O-O 30. Qf3 Bg3 31. Ne3 Bxf2 $1 32. Qxf2 Ne4 33. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Bxe4 $15 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe4 35. Qf3 Nxc5 36. Re2) 33... Qg3 $19 34. Re2 (34. Qe2 $142 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nxh3+ 36. Kh1) 34... Nxe3 35. Qxe4 Rd8 {[#] ( -> ...Td1+)} 36. Qxe3 Rd1+ 37. Qg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTL} 39. c6 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 40. h5 Kg7 41. hxg6 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 42. Rf2 Kxg6 43. Bd5 e4 44. Be6 f4 {[#] Und weiter mit ...f3 wäre nett.} 45. Bd5 Qe1+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 46. Rf1 Qg3+ 47. Kh1 Qxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Qh4+ {Precision: Weiß = 19%, Schwarz = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Black "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,2,20,4,58,56,65,68,76,41,56,25,52,39,62,45,57,28,29,38,44,29,37,26,60,74,109,104,82,46,91,56,54,31,245,259,480,469,589,592,587,578,512,373,366,356,331,247,236,161,323,299,283,292,287,255,230,250,237,239,357,354,352,139,350,323,325,271,271,0,403,380,416,396,723,789,751,791,742,706,799,795,1201,1145,1447,2202,29968,29968,29963,29965,5189,5193,29984,29985,5616,2051,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 e5 {LiveBook: 40 Partien} 9. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] B30: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} (9. h3 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Bf6 {1-0 (61) Andreikin,D (2737)-Ladva,O (2510) Tallinn 2016}) 9... h6 $146 (9... exd4 $11 10. cxd4 cxd4) ({Vorgänger:} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {1-0 (34) Teterev,V (2504)-Poloch,P (2301) Ceske Budejovice 2016}) 10. d5 $14 Nb8 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32] Weiß steht etwas besser.} Nh7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne3 {Schwarz muss nun Sxe5! beachten.} Bc8 15. h4 Nf6 16. Nh2 Qe8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. c4 Na6 19. a3 Nc7 20. b4 b6 21. Bb2 Bd7 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxe5 Nce8 $2 ({Günstiger ist} 24... dxe5 $14 25. d6 Bxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxd6 Rb8) 25. Bc3 $18 h5 $2 (25... Nh5 26. Rb1 Bf6) 26. Bf1 Ba4 27. Qxa4 Ne4 28. Qc2 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxg3 31. Re2 {Droht stark Dc2.} Bf6 32. Qe1 Bxh4 $2 (32... Qxe1 33. Rdxe1 Bxh4) 33. Qxg3 Bxg3 34. Bh3 Rb8 35. Be6+ Kh7 36. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g3]} Bf4 37. Rg1 Rb3 (37... g5 {ist wohl besser.} 38. Nf3 g4) 38. Bd7 Nf6 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 {[#]} 40. Be6 $1 Rh3 41. Rgg2 Ng4 {[#] Mit der Idee ...Tb8.} 42. Ne7 $2 ({Der einzige Zug:} 42. Kg1 $1 $18 Rxh2 43. Rxh2 Nxh2 44. Rxh2 Bxh2+ 45. Kxh2) 42... Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bxh2 $11 43. Rxh2 (43. Ng6+ Kg7 $17) 43... Rxh2+ 44. Rxh2 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Nxh2) 43. Bxg4 hxg4 44. Rxg4 Be5 $2 (44... Kh7 45. Nc6 a6) 45. Ng6+ Kh7 46. Nxe5 dxe5 47. Kg2 Rxa3 48. Rg3 Ra4 49. Ng4 Rg6 50. Nxe5 Rf6 51. Re4 Ra2+ 52. Kh3 Rh6+ 53. Rh4 Rxh4+ 54. Kxh4 Re2 55. Nd7 Re7 56. Nf6+ {Precision: Weiß = 58%, Schwarz = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Said, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. e3 Ne5 10. b3 d6 11. f4 Ned7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Kh2 Rb8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. f5 e5 18. fxe6 Nxe6 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. Nde2 Bc6 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Rf3 Nc5 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. h4 Qe5 25. Qc3 Nf5 26. e4 Nxh4 27. Rf2 Nxg2 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxe8 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Ne3 31. Nxd6 Ng4+ 32. Kg1 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Rd8 34. Ke3 f6 35. b4 Ne6 36. a4 Ke7 37. c5 h5 38. Nd5+ Bxd5 39. exd5 Nc7 40. Kd4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Ne5 c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. b4 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. Nf3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bg6 17. Ra6 Rfc8 18. Bg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Rc7 20. Rfa1 Qe5 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 c5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Rxc3 26. Ra5 Be4 27. f3 Bg6 28. Kf2 Bd3 29. Rxd5 Rc1 30. Ne2 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Qf2 h6 13. h5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 g5 15. Be2 a6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rhg1 Bxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. f4 Nd7 21. fxg5 fxg5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qf5 Ne5 24. Bd3 Rh8 25. Rde1 Qe8 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kg8 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Bf5 Qe8 30. Bg6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Black "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,45,42,39,156,151,353,356,362,366,363,364,368,357,360,352,420,412,482,466,487,487,495,489,505,504,478,412,506,473,526,539,549,521,952,930,1212,1208]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {LiveBook: 28 Games. B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Ne3 {½-½ (53) Anand,V (2786)-Nakamura,H (2784) Moscow 2013}) 6... e6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 6... Nf6 $14) 7. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5,Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Be4 $2 {[#]} (7... Bg6 $16) 8. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4a5] White is winning.} Bxc2 9. Nxa5 Bxd1 10. Kxd1 b6 11. Nc4 Nf6 12. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. h3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 {1-0 (49) Csatari,L (1611)-Csontos,D (1570) Hungary 2014}) 12... Nfd7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Bg2 a5 16. Kc2 h5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Nce4 Bf6 19. Rad1 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 20. Nc4 b5 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Nxg6+ Kf7 23. Nd6+ {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Nd4 10. O-O Ke8 11. Bxf7+ Kd7 12. Bc4 e6 13. Nf7 Rg8 14. Nxe5+ Ke7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Bg5+ Kf7 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20. Bb5 Bb4 21. a3 Ba5 22. Nd6+ Kg6 23. Bf4 Ng4 24. Bd3+ Kf6 25. Ne4+ Kf5 26. Rf1 Bb6+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Nxf2+ Kf6 31. Ng4+ Kf7 32. Bb4 Kg8 33. Ne5 a5 34. Bc3 b6 35. Be4 Ra6 36. Nc6 Re8 37. Rd1 Bb7 38. Rd7 Bxc6 39. Bxc6 Rb8 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 Rd8 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Bf6+ Kxf6 44. Rxd8 Ra7 45. Rd7 Ra6 46. a4 e5 47. Kg1 Ke6 48. Rh7 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kc5 50. Bb5 Ra7 51. Kf2 Rf7+ 52. Ke2 Rf4 53. Rc6+ Kd5 54. Rxb6 Rb4 55. Kd3 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Re4+ 57. Kd3 Rd4+ 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Re6 Kf5 60. Re8 Rd1 61. h3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,29,20,23,42,32,54,24,38,12,32,19,34,25,35,37,126,-8,28,18]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Ne7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O {LiveBook: 34 Partien} f5 {A21: Englische Eröffnung} (7... c5 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Nbc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {½-½ (23) Saric,A (2563)-Jovanovic,Z (2541) Opatija 2015}) 8. d4 e4 9. Qb3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. f3 exf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. b4 Nf6 12. Qb3 c6 13. b5 Be6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 {0-1 (38) Wolstencroft,D (2180)-Ludgate,A (2275) Isle of Man 1994}) 9... c6 10. Bd2 Na6 11. f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Kh8 13. Nf4 d5 (13... Nc7 $14) 14. c5 (14. cxd5 $16 {Droht Da3 und aus.} Nc7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rf2) 14... g5 15. Nh5 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,50,9,13,4,14,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-22,-23,-18,-12,-4,-25,-34,-57,-5,-31,-22,-75,-72,-124,-117,-757,-757,-719,-719]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qc4 12. Nxc6 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} bxc6 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 13. b3 (13. c3 Be6 14. b3 Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. h3 Bd4 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Be3 Bd4 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Be3 Bd4 {½-½ (22) Jobava,B (2727)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 13... Qc3 14. Qe2 {The position is equal.} a5 15. Be4 $1 Ba6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxa1 19. Bc5 Bf6 {0-1 (27) Hendriks,S-Hoffmann,U (2035) Kleve 1999}) 18. Rac1 Qxd3 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rdc8 (20... a4 $15) 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Qf3 (22. Qc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... a4 $17 23. bxa4 (23. Bc5 $142) 23... Rxa4 24. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Re1 $17) 24... Rxc6 $19 25. Rd8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,27,-5,12,3,10,8,29,-3,16,-50,-27,-44,-40,-73,-49,-97,-80,-81,-65,-98,-100,-167,-39,-379,-373,-367,-383,-390,-383,-468,-422,-550,-562,-569,-556,-549,-515,-593,-568,-761,-741,-732,-725,-856,-549,-770,-774,-814,-791,-779,-749,-991,-947]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Re8 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc5 b6 15. Bb4 a5 16. Bc3 Nd7 {0-1 (63) Slipak,S (2456)-Perez Ponsa,F (2577) Buenos Aires 2016}) 9... h6 10. Be3 c6 11. Qe2 {The position is equal.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Rab1 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Nh4 Qd6 16. exf5 e4 17. Nxg6 Ne5 18. Nxf8 Bxf5 19. Bf4 Rxf8 20. Kh2 Nd5 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe4 {1-0 (23) Varho,I (1931)-Ruell,M (1749) Bad Homburg 2015}) 12. Rad1 {[#] Hoping for Nxe5!} Qc7 13. Nh4 (13. Ne1 $11) 13... a5 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. Rfe1 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...b4 would win. White is under strong pressure.} 17. b3 b4 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Qd6 (19. Qe1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 19... Qc8 (19... Qxd6 $19 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21. Rxc6 Rd1+ 22. Bf1 Nd7) 20. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Nc1 $15) 20... Rd8 $19 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bh3 Bf8 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Kg2 {Now Nc1 and White clings on.} Bc5 25. Rf3 Kg7 26. Nc1 Rd2 27. Nd3 Bd4 28. Kg1 Rxa2 29. Bf1 Ra1 30. Ng2 Bc8 31. Nde1 Bh3 32. Nc2 Rc1 33. Nge1 Bg4 34. Nxd4 Rxe1 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 b5 7. f4 Bb7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. e5 Nd5 12. e6 Bc8 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. h3 Qc8 17. O-O Qe6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng3 Qd7 22. Nh5 Na6 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. c4 e6 26. Qc3 Kf7 27. c5 Nd5 28. Qc1 Rhg8 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. Rf1 Rg3 32. Qxc6 Qxc6 33. Nxc6 Rag8 34. Rf2 Ne3 35. Nxa5 Rxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rc2 38. Nb3 Rb2 39. Nc5 Nc2 40. Nd3 Rb6 41. a4 Nxa1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Khader, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,-11,-11,-20,-27,-29,-25,-16,-66,-35,-61,-43,-56,-20,-24,-20,-18,-16,-15,-6,-49,-53,-50,-32,-50,-50,-133,-71,-93,-91,-95,-97,-206,-119,-263,-267,-331,-328,-333,-322,-758,-753,-1290,-1290,-1203,-1187,-1086,-714,-997,-776,-649,-449,-427,-382,-1623,-1595]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nd7 (3... e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Rad8 12. Qb3 a6 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 {1-0 (58) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017}) 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. d3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Ngf6 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c6 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd6 10. f4 Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc5 11. d4 Bb4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (68) Azaladze,S-Voskanian,G Tbilisi 2002}) 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 $1 c5 13. d4 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 14. c4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rd8 16. Qa4 O-O 17. O-O Be4 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Rac1 {[#]} (19. Qb3 $15) 19... Nb8 (19... f6 $142 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 20. exf6 Nxf6) 20. Qb3 Nc6 21. Qc3 Rd7 22. Rd2 (22. dxc5 $17 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1) 22... Rfd8 ({Better is} 22... Bxf3 $19 23. Bxf3 cxd4 24. exd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxd4 Qc5) 23. Rcd1 (23. dxc5 $17 {was the only defense.} bxc5 24. Rcd1) 23... Bxf3 $19 24. gxf3 cxd4 25. exd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Kf2 $2 ({Of course not} 26. Rxd4 Qc5 $19) (26. Qe3) 26... Qxe5 27. Bf1 Qxh2+ 28. Bg2 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 e5 30. c5 bxc5 31. Qxc5 Ne6 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 $2 (33. Qc8+ Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Qc5) 33... Nxc5 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5 Nxf4 15. Bxe8 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Nde4 a6 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Nc5 Rd2 21. g3 Rxb2 22. N5a4 Rc2 23. Rac1 N4e6 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Nc5 Bh6 27. f4 e5 28. Ne2 Bf5 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Nxb7 Ne6 31. Nd6 Bg4 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Ne8 Bf3 34. Bxa6 Bd5 35. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bxb5 8. Qxb5+ Qd7 9. Ne5 Qxb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rac1 Na6 15. Rcd1 Nb4 16. Rc1 Na6 17. Rcd1 Nb4 18. Rc1 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Serge"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e5 Nc6 7. Qa4 Ng8 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rd2 b5 14. Qe4 Qc8 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. g4 Rc7 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qe3 Rd8 21. Bxh6 Bh8 22. Bf4 e6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Bf6 Qb7 25. Rhd1 d5 26. Qh6 Nxe5 27. Bxh8 Kxh8 28. Nxe5 Rec8 29. g5 Rc5 30. Ng4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxg4 Qb6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nc3 Nc2 12. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saeed, Riad"]
[Black "Altorky, Amer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. O-O h6 9. Nd5 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. a3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. b4 Ba7 14. c4 f5 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Be3 e4 17. Nh2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 b6 19. Qd4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Rc8 21. Rac1 Ne5 22. Rc2 a5 23. c5 a4 24. Ba2 Bb5 25. Rd1 Bd3 26. Rc3 bxc5 27. bxc5 Kh7 28. c6 Qg5 29. Rd2 f4 30. Rdxd3 exd3 31. Bb1 fxe3 32. Bxd3+ Nxd3 33. Qxd3+ Qf5 34. Qxe3 Qb1+ 35. Nf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Bd6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. a4 Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. e5 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Bc6 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. b3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qe8 22. h4 Nd5 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. h5 Qf8 25. Nxa5 Qc5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 a6 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rg1 Ndf6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 b5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Rg5 Nhxf4 20. exf4 Nxf4 21. Qf3 Kf8 22. Qg3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 f5 24. Qf3 Rac8 25. Rh5 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Rxh7 Red8 28. Rh4 Rxd4 29. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[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. Bd3 d6 6. h3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3 Qc7 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Nbd2 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Nh5 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Bc4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Nhf4 17. Rd2 a6 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rd5 c4 21. Nc1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Ne2 Be6 24. R5d2 b5 25. Nfd4 Bc8 26. f3 a5 27. Rb1 b4 28. Qd1 Be5 29. Kf1 Qb6 30. Rc1 Ba6 31. Ke1 Rbd8 32. Kf1 Rd6 33. Rb1 Red8 34. Rc1 Qc5 35. Ke1 Bc8 36. Qc2 bxc3 37. bxc3 f5 38. Rb1 fxe4 39. Rb5 Qxb5 40. Nxb5 Rxd2 41. Qxe4 R2d5 42. Qxc4 Be6 43. Kf2 Bf7 44. Qc6 Rd2 45. a4 Ra2 46. Nbd4 Bxd4+ 47. cxd4 Rb8 48. d5 Rbb2 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qc3+ Kh6 51. Qd4 Rxe2+ 52. Kg1 Rxg2+ 53. Kf1 Rgb2 54. Qxf4+ Kg7 55. Qd4+ Kg8 56. Qd1 Rd2 57. Qb1 Bxd5 58. Qb8+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Ke6 60. Qc8+ Ke5 61. Qh8+ Kf4 62. Qf6+ Ke3 63. Qg5+ Kxf3 64. Qg4+ Ke3 65. Qg5+ Kd4 66. Qf6+ Kd3 67. Qa6+ Kc3 68. Qxa5+ Kd4 69. Qb6+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Louak, Milad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. e4 Be7 9. Bxc4 Na5 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e5 Be7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 f5 17. Rfe1 Rf7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rab1 c6 22. Rb4 Rd8 23. h3 c5 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. Bb5 cxd4 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. cxd4 Red7 28. Rc1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxc6 Ra4 31. Rxe6 Rxa2 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Rd6 Ke7 34. f4 Ra4 35. g3 a5 36. Ke2 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 a4 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 h6 40. h4 h5 41. Kc3 a3 42. Kb3 a2 43. Kxa2 Ke6 44. Kb3 Kd5 45. Kc3 Kc5 46. Kb3 Kd5 47. Kb4 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. e6 Ke8 51. Kd6 Kd8 52. e7+ Ke8 53. Ke6 g5 54. Kxf5 gxf4 55. gxf4 Kxe7 56. Kg5 Kf7 57. Kxh5 Kf6 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. h5+ Kg7 60. Kg5 Kh8 61. Kg6 Kg8 62. f5 Kh8 63. f6 Kg8 64. h6 Kh8 65. Kf7 Kh7 66. Ke8 Kg8 67. h7+ Kh8 68. f7 Kxh7 69. f8=Q Kg6 70. Qf7+ Kg5 71. Ke7 Kg4 72. Qf6 Kg3 73. Qf5 Kg2 74. Qf4 Kg1 75. Qf3 Kh2 76. Qg4 Kh1 77. Ke6 Kh2 78. Ke5 Kh1 79. Kf4 Kh2 80. Kf3 Kh1 81. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 c6 11. g4 Nc5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. h4 b5 14. Na3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nd5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Qxd5 Ba6 18. Qd7 Qa5 19. a3 Red8 20. Qc6 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Qe4 b4+ 24. Kf2 bxa3 25. b4 axb2 26. bxa5 b1=Q 27. Kg3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Ne5 7. d3 d6 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Ne8 13. Be3 f5 14. f4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Bf2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rae1 h6 20. Nc1 a4 21. Nd3 b5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Qb2 Ra8 25. Nd2 Bf5 26. Rf3 Qa5 27. cxb5 Qxb5 28. Nc4 Rb8 29. g4 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Black "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,144,31,20,26,6,6,0,30,7,23,23,36,27,241,235,241,232,291,236,259,230,447,416,445,164,177,163,213,25,27,22,31,0,0,-52,-52,-51,18,20,60,-68,-64,-64,-69,-72,-79,-79,-66,-79,-78,-79,0,0,0,-96,11,14,443,443,443,442,420,413,592,591,587,578,600,619,611,600,1096,1064,1031,1005,993,1010,1309,1254,1118,1014,5097,5189,29971,29973,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29983,29984,29984,29983,29984,29984,29984,29984,29985,29986,29985,29986,29987,29990,29991,29991,29988,29993,29993,29994,29992,29995,29995,29996,29995,29995,29996,29996,29996,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} exd5 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 (7... c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. g4 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rhg1 b5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf4 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Nh5 Rec8 21. Nd4 Ne5 {0-1 (39) Rajkovic,D (2486)-Miladinovic,I (2571) Kragujevac 2009}) 8. Bxf6 {White has an edge.} (8. Bf4 {seems wilder.} O-O 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Be5) 8... Bxf6 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Na4 Re8 14. Nb6 {0-1 (38) Hartai,Z (1611)-Zahonyi,A (1745) Hungary 2002}) 9... Be6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 Qd7 12. O-O O-O-O $2 {[#]} (12... O-O $11) 13. b4 $18 Na7 14. Rfb1 c6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5+ Nc6 $2 (16... Kb8) 17. Na7+ Kc7 {[#]} 18. Rb2 $2 (18. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 19. Rc1) 18... Ra8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6+ $2 (20. Qd2 $18 Qd6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4) 20... bxc6 $11 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rab1 Bc8 22. Nd2 c5 23. Nf3 (23. Bf1 $11) 23... c4 $15 24. Bc2 Bd7 (24... Re8 $15) 25. Rb7+ $11 Kd8 26. Rb8+ (26. Ne5 $14 Bxe5 27. dxe5) 26... Rxb8 $15 27. Rxb8+ Bc8 28. Kf1 Kc7 29. Rb1 Re8 30. h3 Be7 31. a4 Bd7 ({Black should play} 31... Be6 $17) 32. Ne5 $11 Be6 33. e4 (33. a5 $11) 33... dxe4 (33... Bd6 $17 {aiming for ...Bxe5.} 34. Ng4 dxe4) 34. Bxe4 {Hoping for Rb7+.} Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Bd6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 35. Rxb8 $18 Kxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 36. Nc6+ Kc7 37. Nxe7 Kb6 (37... Kd6 {was called for.} 38. Nf5+ Bxf5 39. Bxf5 Kd5) 38. d5 Bd7 39. Nc6 f5 40. Bf3 g5 41. Ke2 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. Be4 Kc5 44. Kd2 h5 45. f4 gxf3 46. gxf3 h4 47. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} h3 48. f5 {White mates.} h2 49. f6 Be8 50. Kc3 Bg6 51. Bh1 Bf7 52. Ne5 Bxd5 53. f7 Bxf7 54. Nxf7 Kb6 55. Kxc4 Ka5 56. Kb3 Kb6 57. Ne5 Kc5 58. Ng4 Kb6 59. Nxh2 Kc5 60. Nf3 Kb6 61. Kb4 Kc6 62. Ka5 Kb7 63. Nd4+ Kc7 64. Kxa6 Kb8 65. Kb6 Kc8 66. a5 Kb8 67. a6 Kc8 68. a7 Kd8 69. a8=Q+ Ke7 70. Qa5 Kf6 71. Qf5+ Ke7 72. Bc6 Kd8 73. Qd7# {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Nb6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Be2 Kh8 13. Qg3 Nfd7 14. f4 Bf6 15. a4 Rfe8 16. a5 Nc8 17. Bg4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nf6 20. Bxc8 Rexc8 21. Qd3 Qxa5 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. e5 Ng8 25. Ne4 h6 26. Rd7 Re7 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Qd6 Ng6 29. f5 Re8 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Rxe5 32. Rd7 Rg5 33. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. h3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Rad1 d3 20. f3 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Raxe8 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Be5+ Bf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Ref8 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Kh2 Kg6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. g4 Ke5 30. Kg3 Kd6 31. b4 a5 32. a3 Bc6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Ke1 axb4 35. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 d6 9. f3 a6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O b5 14. a3 a5 15. Ne2 Qb8 16. Be3 b4 17. a4 Qe8 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. g4 Bxa4 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Rhg1 Bf6 23. Qd5 Be5 24. f4 e6 25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Qd2 a4 27. fxe5 axb3 28. Kb1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 d4 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. a4 e5 12. Ba3 Qe7 13. Bc1 h6 14. Nh4 Na5 15. Nb2 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ng4 18. Qc1 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 g5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Ne3 22. Rf2 Nc6 23. Nd1 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 Ne5 25. Qh5 Qe6 26. Raf1 Qg6 27. Qd1 Nd7 28. Bh3 Rad8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Rf6 Qg7 31. Qh5 Kh7 32. Qh3 Re7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qxc5 Ree8 35. Qxa7 Re6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qxd4+ Kg8 39. Qb6 Qe7 40. e5 Kh8 41. Qd6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amer, Majeed"]
[Black "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. c3 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Nfd4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f4 e6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bb7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bh6 Qc6 21. Rf2 Bxh6 22. Nd4 Qxc3 23. Ne2 Qe5 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. d4 Qe7 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Ng3 Nxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Rac8 29. Bb1 Qg5 30. Qxd6 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bitar, Joe"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,0,0,10,-2,16,-16,13,9,15,-28,-29,-77,-88,-75,-81,-73,-72,-67,-50,-83,-78,-151,-68,-116,-82,-214,-223,-188,-205,-204,-86,-73,-18,-170,-169,-155,-157,-868,-878,-826,-810]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O g6 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f3 O-O {B57: Classical Sicilian: Sozin with 6...Qb6} 12. Qd2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Rbd1 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. Qf2 e5 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. a4 d4 19. Bd2 {0-1 (26) Penalver,M (1930)-Lillo Castany,V (2319) Barcelona 2014}) 13. Bh6 Bh8 {The position is equal.} 14. Kh1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 15. Qd3 a4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 ({Not} 18. Bxd5 $2 Ba6 $19) 18... Bf5 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Bd3 e5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 21. c3 {[#]} (21. Ng3 $142) 21... Be6 ({Better is} 21... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 22. Bc2 Bb5) 22. Qg5 e4 23. fxe4 (23. Bb5 $17 {was called for.} exf3 24. Bxe8 fxe2 25. Rxf6 Rxe8 26. Rf2) 23... dxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 24. Bb5 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc7h2][%mdl 512]} 25. Qh4 Reb8 (25... Nxh6 $19 26. Bxe8 Nf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5) 26. Bf4 $17 Be5 (26... Ne5 $17 27. Nd4 Bxa2) 27. Bxe5 $2 (27. Nd4 $11) 27... Qxe5 $19 28. c4 Rd8 29. Rfd1 $2 (29. Qg3 $17) 29... Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 g5 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Black "Saad, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Ne8 10. h4 c5 11. Qh5 f5 12. g4 Qe7 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Nf3 Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bxf5 Nb6 17. Bd3 Nc7 18. Rg1 Ne6 19. Bh2 Bd7 20. O-O-O Kg8 21. Be2 Be8 22. Rg2 a5 23. Ng1 Ba4 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Nh3 d4 26. Rg3 dxe3 27. fxe3 Rfe8 28. Rg1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. e3 e5 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O e4 8. dxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Ng5 Nb4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Be2 14. Re1 Nxe1 15. Bd2 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Saab, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Bg4 9. Be3 Na6 10. Ba2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 h5 13. Qh3 Kd8 14. Qe3 Nh6 15. h3 Ke8 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. c4 d5 18. exd5 bxc4 19. Bxc4 cxd5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxe5+ Qe6 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. Nf4 Ke7 24. Ng6+ Kf7 25. Nxh8+ Rxh8 26. Rac1 Re8 27. Rc7+ Re7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rc1 a5 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Ra7 e5 32. Rxa5 Ke6 33. b4 Nf5 34. Kf1 Nd4 35. Ke1 e4 36. dxe4 dxe4 37. Kd1 Nc6 38. Ra6 Kd5 39. Kc2 Nd4+ 40. Kb2 Kc4 41. Ra5 Nb3 42. Rxh5 Nd2 43. Rc5+ Kd4 44. Rc7 Nc4+ 45. Kb3 Nd2+ 46. Ka2 Kd3 47. Rxg7 Nc4 48. h4 e3 49. fxe3 Nxe3 50. b5 Nf5 51. Rg4 Nd4 52. Rxd4+ Kxd4 53. b6 Ke5 54. b7 Kf5 55. b8=Q Kg4 56. Qb4+ Kg3 57. h5 Kxg2 58. h6 Kg3 59. h7 Kf3 60. h8=Q Ke3 61. Qh3+ Kf2 62. Qd2+ Kg1 63. Qhg2# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 Bg4 8. b4 Nd4 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Ne2 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Ng1 Bg4 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. d4 Rfe8 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 g6 21. Nf3 Re7 22. e5 Qf5 23. Nh4 Qd7 24. Qe4 c6 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Qd3 Rae8 27. Nf3 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Qe6 29. Qd2 Qe4+ 30. f3 Qe3 31. Qxe3 fxe3 32. Ng2 e2 33. Re1 g5 34. c4 Nf4 35. Nxf4 gxf4 36. Kg2 f5 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Kg6 40. b5 cxb5 41. c5 d5 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. Kg2 a5 44. Kf2 Kh4 45. Kg2 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Kf2 b3 48. Ke2 b2 49. Kd2 b1=Q 50. Kc3 Qe1+ 51. Kb3 Qe3+ 52. Kb4 Qxd4+ 53. Kb5 Qb2+ 54. Ka4 d4 55. Ka5 d3 56. Ka4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milan, Sami"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. cxd4 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Ne7 9. O-O d6 10. Qb1 h6 11. Qd1 Qe8 12. e4 Ng6 13. Bd3 Nf4 14. Bc2 Bg4 15. Re1 Qc8 16. Re3 Re8 17. Bb3 Nh7 18. Qf1 Ne6 19. Nh4 Nxd4 20. Ndf3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Nf6 23. Rg3 Rxe4 24. Nhf3 Rg4 25. Rxg4 Nxg4 26. Re1 Qf8 27. Nh4 Ne5 28. Re3 f5 29. Qb1 f4 30. Rc3 c5 31. Ne2 Qf6 32. Nf3 Bb5 33. Qe4 Bxe2 34. Qxe2 Re8 35. Qb5 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nd5 d6 7. d4 Bxd4 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nb4 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. a3 Bg6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nxa6 Bb6 17. b3 d5 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. exd5 Bxd3 20. Bxe5 Qxd5 21. cxd3 Rxa6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Re4 Qxd3 24. Rae1 f5 25. Re5 Qd4 26. Rb5 Rxa3 27. g4 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. O-O Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Ne5 8. g4 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bg6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Nxe4 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nf4 Bh7 14. Be3 Be7 15. c3 Bg5 16. Nh5 O-O 17. b4 b6 18. a4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bg6 20. Qd3 Ng3 21. Qd2 Bxh5 22. gxh5 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qe7 24. e4 Rad8 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Kh2 Qxe4 27. Rg1 Qxf3 28. Qxh6 Qxc3 29. Rg5 Qd2+ 30. Kh1 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxh5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vayanos, George"]
[Black "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Ng4 d5 6. d3 Qxg4 7. c3 Qxg2 8. Rf1 Nf3+ 9. Ke2 Bg4 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Bxd5 Nxh2+ 12. Kd2 Nxf1+ 13. Ke1 Bd7 14. Bb3 Nf6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qf4+ Ke8 18. Be3 Nfxe3 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. fxe3 Qg1+ 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rf8+ 24. Kg2 Bxc3 25. d4 Nxe3+ 26. Kg3 Bxd4 27. Rxb7 Bxe5+ 28. Kh4 Ng2+ 29. Kg5 Bf4+ 30. Kh5 g6# 0-1

