[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,88,89,92,98,75,88,66,77,52,62,42,46,41,56,39,60,28,33,22,33,-29,0,-52,0,-152,-135,-292,-308,-408,-278,-318,-324,-300,-282,-281,-65,-72,-72,-60,-79,-63,-32,-38,-37,-37,-20,-20,-19,-20,-13,-13,-3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Na6 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. a3 Qe7 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 13. Nd2 Nh6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 b6 16. h3 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nf7 18. Re1 Bh6 19. Nf1 Bg5 20. Bg3 Bf4 21. Ne2 Bxg3 22. Nexg3 Nc7 23. Ne3 Qe8 24. Qd2 {½-½ (24) Kosic,D (2478)-Damljanovic,B (2568) Neum 2014}) 14... Nf7 {White is better.} 15. Qc2 Bh6 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. f3 Ne8 18. Kh1 Ng7 19. Bf2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g3 Qf6 22. Bg1 Bd7 23. g4 (23. Rb1 $14) 23... Bf4 24. gxf5 ({White should try} 24. Ne2 $11) 24... Nxf5 (24... Qh6 $1 $15 25. f6 Bxd2 26. fxg7 Kxg7) 25. Nde4 $2 (25. Ne2 $11) 25... Qh6 $17 26. Re2 $2 (26. b4 $17 {keeps fighting.} cxb4 27. axb4) 26... Kh8 $19 27. Nb5 Ng5 {[#] aiming for ...Nxe4.} 28. Rg2 {intending Nxg5.} Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Ng3+ 30. Rxg3 Bxb5 $2 ({Better is} 30... Bxg3 $19 31. Nxd6 Bf4) 31. Be3 $1 $15 {[%cal Re3f4]} Bxe3 32. cxb5 Rg8 33. Rg4 Qh3 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 h5 36. Rg3 {The position is equal.} Bf4 37. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 38. Kh3 Kg7 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,119,18,40,19,39,25,25,26,43,33,20,18,30,15,12,12,25,9,9,15,19,10,11,14,14,14,19,16,25,25,34,18,33,29,47,46,47,42,45,42,53,47,61,54,59,58,55,27,42,20,25,20,43,33,39,35,47,54,34,50,35,33,117,117,117,119,132,130,128,129,181,177,156,218,369,327,582,581,516,544,696,936,936,914,759,899,936,934,932,911,925,925,789,720,12848,29960,9475,5700,29976,5110,2318,1430]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. O-O c6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Qe3 Re8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 11. Na3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 {White has an edge.} Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Rxe5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 f6 18. Rab1 Re7 19. b5 Bd7 20. e5 Rxe5 21. bxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra5 24. Nc4 Rxa2 25. Nxb6 axb6 {½-½ (25) Roeder,M (2467)-Balashov,Y (2575) Germany 2000}) 17... Kf8 18. Nb4 Re7 19. Nd3 Be6 20. Nc5 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bc8 23. f4 f6 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. b3 Rd7 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Bf3 Nd7 30. h4 Nf8 31. g4 h6 32. f5 Nd7 33. Kf4 g5+ 34. Ke3 Re8 35. Rh1 c5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 (38. Nxc5 b6 $15) 38... Kd6 $1 39. Kf2 Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Rh6 Ke7 (40... Bxf5 $1 $14 41. gxf5 Rxf5) 41. Rh7+ $16 Kd6 42. Rf7 (42. Bxb7 $6 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 Re7 $11) 42... Re8 43. Rxf6+ Ke5 44. Rf7 Kf4 (44... a6 $16 45. Rc7 (45. Bxb7 Bxb7 46. Rxb7 Kf4 $16) 45... b6) 45. Rc7 $18 ({And not} 45. Bxb7 Bxb7 46. Rxb7 Rf8 $11) 45... b6 46. Rxa7 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra4+.} b5 $2 (46... Rd8 47. Be2 Rd6) 47. Rc7 Ba6 $2 (47... Rh8 {keeps fighting.} 48. Re7 (48. Rxc5 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Rxa2 $16) 48... Rh2+ 49. Bg2 Kxg4) 48. Rxc5 Re3 49. Be2 Rh3 50. f6 {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Rh8 52. Rf5+ Ke3 53. f7 {Hoping for Re5+.} Rf8 54. Rf6 Bc8 55. Bxb5 Bxg4 56. Bc4 Rd8 {[#]} 57. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe2 58. Re6+ Kd3 59. Rxe2 (59. Re8 $142 Rxe8 60. fxe8=Q Bg4 61. Qe5 Bf3 62. Qxg5 Ke4 63. Kd2 Kd4 64. Qe3+ Kd5 65. Qxf3+ Ke6 66. a4) 59... Rf8 60. Re7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,-3,0,-26,-6,-44,-19,-19,43,38,24,-10,0,-16,-12,0,0,-33,-7,-10,0,-10,9,30,41,46,60,0,0,7,32,26,329,314,329,321,319,318,337,297,325,281,283,269,273,287,1630,1570,1596,1485,29990,29990,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qe2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. d3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Kh1 e6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qe1 Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Qh4 Nh5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. e5 f5 15. exd6 Rxd6 {½-½ (44) Gashimov,V (2758)-Zubov,A (2581) Warsaw 2009}) 6... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nbd7 7. e5 Nh5 8. d4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bh6 10. g3 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Bg4 13. Rd1 a5 {1-0 (69) Sikora,R (1862)-Luczka,S (1630) Zamosc 2013}) 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 {The position is equal.} Ng4 (8... Nh5 $11) 9. h3 $14 Nh6 $1 10. e6 f6 11. g4 Nc6 12. d3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. O-O Qc7 17. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc6 18. Ng3 ({White should play} 18. a4 $14) 18... g5 $11 19. Bd2 f5 {[#] Hoping for ...Be5!} 20. Bxg5 fxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Be5 $1 $11 21. Rf4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 fxg4 23. Bxh6 Rf6) 21. Bxe7 $18 Rf3 22. Rxf3 gxf3 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Bg5 Qc5 26. Qd2 Nf5 {[#]} 27. Qf4 $1 h6 $2 (27... Nxg3 28. Qxg3 Qf5) 28. Nxf5 f2+ 29. Kxf2 {Bf6! would kill now.} Qc6 30. Re4 {White mates.} hxg5 31. Qxg5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg5g7]} Qc7 32. Rh4+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,59,30,56,47,47,47,40,37,65,57,139,137,124,133,124,120,149,88,236,243,236,243,275,251,252,264,296,318,270,216,385,322,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Nbd7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. f5 Bd7 {[#]} 15. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Qxg7 {½-½ (88) Cheparinov,I (2687)-Kuzubov,Y (2578) Cala Mayor 2008}) 15... b5 16. a3 $1 Rc8 (16... h6 $14) 17. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 18. h4 Bc6 {Threatening ...Bxe4!} 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bg4 ({Better is} 20. Rhg1) 20... Rb8 (20... a5 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. f6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6g7]} gxf6 22. Bxd7+ $1 ({Don't play} 22. gxh6 $6 Bf8 $16) 22... Qxd7 {[#]} 23. gxf6 $1 Bxf6 {[#]} 24. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d7][%mdl 512]} Qc8 (24... dxc5 25. Rxd7) 25. Rxd6 Be7 26. Rd2 a5 $2 (26... b4) 27. Nd5 Bxc5 $2 (27... Bxd5 $18 28. Rxd5 Qc7) 28. Nf6+ {White mates.} ({Less strong is} 28. Qxc5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qc7 $18) 28... Ke7 29. Qxc5+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,76,13,14,12,8,11,11,13,17,10,31,20,10,18,39,-10,-2,-13,-9,-6,-17,-64,-45,-37,-37,-220,-210,-217,-218,-218,-198,-211,-227,-218,-193,-212,-193,-182,-184,-177,-181,-262,-245,-431,-427,-439,-381,-501,-499,-884,-877,-870,-832,-29997,-29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nd5 11. Bxd5 {E57: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} exd5 (11... Bxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Nc5 Qd5 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Ne4 h6 {1-0 (77) Kamsky,G (2746)-Prasca Sosa,R (2415) Istanbul 2012}) 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 9 Partien} 13. Re1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} h6 14. Qb3 Rb8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... b6 15. Rac1 a6 16. Ne2 Bf5 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Ne5 Rac8 {½-½ (30) Soysal,S (2367)-Kiremitciyan,A (2240) Kocaeli 2017}) 15. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} Be6 16. Rad1 Nf5 17. Ng6 Re8 18. Nf4 Qf6 19. Qa4 Nh4 $1 20. Nh5 ({Doch nicht} 20. Ncxd5 Qg5 $17) 20... Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxf3 {Droht ...b5 und aus.} 22. Rxe6 (22. Ng3 {wird mattgesetzt.} Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Kh7 25. Qh8+ Kxh8 26. Nh1 Qg2#) 22... Rxe6 23. Ng3 h5 $1 $40 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 160] Droht stark ...h4. Weiss muss sich nun genau verteidigen.} 24. Qb5 $2 ({Falsch wäre} 24. Qxa7 $2 Rbe8 $19) (24. h4 $1 $15) 24... h4 $19 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 hxg3 27. hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel [#] KTT-KTS} Re2 $1 28. b4 Rc8 29. Ne3 Ra2 30. Rd3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. d5 (32. Nc4 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 32... Ree2 33. Rc3 $2 (33. Kf3) 33... Rxf2+ 34. Kh3 Rad2 35. b5 Kh7 36. Rc7 (36. Ng4 $142 Rfe2 37. Ne3) 36... f5 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rf2h2]} 37. Kh4 Kh6 {[%cal Rf2h2]} 38. g4 g5+ {Precision: Weiß = 31%, Schwarz = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Black "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,30,29,28,25,27,33,0,11,8,23,-24,22,0,17,10,10,-15,-9,-12,25,20,29,-8,13,8,33,17,31,34,25,-63,36,-523,-516,-504,-423,-469,-361,-536,-393,-379,-375,-375,-374,-363,-362,-374,-366]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. f3 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} Nf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Ba4 {White is slightly better.} (10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. b3 O-O 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {½-½ (42) Saenko,O (2516)-Saglione,E (2547) ICCF email 2010}) 10... b5 11. Bb3 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. g4 O-O 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. h4 b4 {1-0 (26) Just,A (1982)-Diederichs,L (1847) Bad Wiessee 2013}) 12. a3 Nxb3 (12... e5 $5 13. Nde2 $8 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Be6 $11) 13. Nxb3 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Bh6 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Rc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e5 21. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 22. Rfd1 (22. Nd4 $11) 22... Kg8 ({Black should try} 22... Bxb3 $15 23. cxb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 d5) 23. Qxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23. Nd4 $14 {stays ahead.}) 23... Qxd6 $19 24. Rxd6 Bxb3 25. c3 Rc6 26. Rd7 (26. Rd2 $142) 26... a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 27. h3 {[#]Black is winning.} b4 $1 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Kh2 Ba4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Milan, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,0,0,0,31,0,0,-14,26,20,44,40,63,35,63,29,49,27,79,40,69,28,35,30,165,76,76,70,73,60,143,149,185,183,354,352,643,605,614,596,642,653]} 1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 (3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Bg6 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (35) Aronian,L (2785)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 3... cxd5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bc5 7. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d4 Bb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd7 {1-0 (26) Schmidt,C (1322)-Draper,M (1052) Lansing 2004}) 7... O-O 8. b4 {The position is equal.} Bb6 9. Bb2 Ne8 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1b2,Bb2d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} a6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Rc2 Ba7 13. Qa1 b5 (13... Nd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. Rcc1 Rb8 15. Nd1 Bb7 16. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne5 {[#]} (16... Nef6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 17. Nxb5 (17. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} fxe6 18. Bxe5) 17... axb5 $16 18. Bxe5 Ra8 19. Nb2 Qb6 ({Black should try} 19... f6 $14 20. Bc3 Nd6) 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nc5 Bb8 $2 (21... Bc8 22. Bd4 Qb8) 22. Bxb8 $18 Ba6 $2 (22... Rxb8 23. Nd7 Qd8) 23. Nxa6 {White is clearly winning.} Qxa6 24. Be5 Qa8 25. Rc5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,61,43,47,43,39,58,40,44,36,39,0,19,-166,-140,-138,-122,-168,-108,-141,-118,-127,-125,-97,-96,-94,-49,-58,-61,-64,-40,-22,-41,-59,-60,-64,-38,-31,-4,-12]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. Rb1 {LiveBook: 8 Games. E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (13. Bg2 a5 14. h4 Nf6 15. Bh3 Kh8 16. Kg2 c6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. h5 f4 20. hxg6 Qb6 21. Qb3 {1-0 (34) Mchedlishvili,M (2590)-Cori Tello,J (2641) Linares 2017}) 13... Nf6 14. b4 Qd7 15. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} Rf7 16. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c5 Raf8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Be3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nfxd5 20. Ng5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {0-1 (36) Horak,J (2196)-Weichhold,P (2382) Teplice 2013}) 16... gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Nb5 $2 {[#]} (18. Be3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 18... Nexd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qb3 (19. cxd5 Qxb5) 19... Ne7 20. Rd1 {[#]} a6 (20... h5 $1 $19 21. Bf1 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. gxh4 Bh6) 21. Nc3 Qe6 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Kh2 c6 24. a4 Rd8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 d5 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qb6 Qc8 29. Na4 Nf6 30. Bf1 Nd7 31. Qb3 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,113,6,18,14,3,4,27,6,22,18,27,25,44,0,13,25,64,62,58,73,218,217,258,238,277,276,460,442,460,452,453,448,443,450,433,397,449,443,457,372,374,372,361,347,436,283,283,283,275,268,256,256,493,493,483,483,495,438,435,428,404,116,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,103,0,299,0,105,112,120,120,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} 9. Nxc6 {D04: Damenbauernspiele} bxc6 10. c4 Qc7 (10... a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Qc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 e5 15. Rd1 d4 16. exd4 exd4 {0-1 (36) Adly,A (2594)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014}) 11. Qd4 $146 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} ({Vorgänger:} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 Rac8 15. b4 Qd8 16. Na4 Qd6 {1-0 (63) Norowitz,Y-Matlin,A (1866) ICC INT 2009}) 11... Re8 (11... Ba6 {seems wilder.} 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Na4 dxc4 14. Qc3 Ne8) 12. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e5 13. Qh4 h6 14. Rac1 g5 (14... d4 $5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bf5 $11) 15. Qg3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h4 f5 (17... Qe7 $16 {war nötig.}) 18. hxg5 $18 f4 19. Qh4 Qe7 20. exf4 hxg5 $2 (20... exf4 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. gxh6 Qe5) 21. fxg5 Bf5 22. c5 Rad8 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. Qxe4 Bd5 25. Qe3 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 ({Viel schwächer ist} 26. bxc4 Qe6 $18) 26... Rd5 27. g6 e4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Re1 Re5 30. f4 exf3 31. Qxe5+ Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KT-KT} Re2 $2 (33... Kxg6 {ist wohl besser.} 34. Kf2 a5) 34. Ra4 Kxg6 35. Rxa7 Kg5 36. Ra4 Rc2 37. b4 Kf4 38. Ra3 $2 (38. Ra8 $18 {bietet bessere Gewinnchancen.}) 38... Rb2 $16 39. Ra4 (39. Kf1 $16) 39... Kg3 {[%cal Rb2b1] [#]} 40. Kf1 Kxf3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 41. Ke1 Ke3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 42. Kd1 {Und weiter mit Kc1 wäre nett.} Kd3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 43. Kc1 Rh2 44. a3 Kc3 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 45. Kd1 {Droht stark Ta6.} Ra2 (45... Kd3 $1 $11 46. Ke1 Ke3) 46. Ra6 ({Günstiger ist} 46. Ke1 $16) 46... Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Kd3 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.} 47. Ke1 Ke3) 47. Kc1 $2 (47. Rxc6 $18 {zielt auf Ta6 ab.} Rxa3 48. Rb6) 47... Kd5 (47... Kc3 $1 $11 48. Kd1 Kd3) 48. Kb1 Rh2 49. Rb6 Kc4 {[#]} 50. Rxc6 ({Weiss braucht} 50. Kc1 $1 $16 Kd5 51. Ra6) 50... Kc3 $1 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 51. a4 Kxb4 52. Rc8 Kxa4 53. Rb8 Rh5 54. c6 {Beabsichtigt c7 und Matt.} Rc5 55. Rc8 {Und c7 würde nun gewinnen.} Kb5 56. c7 Kb6 57. Kb2 {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,107,6,16,10,20,0,0,0,0,-30,-27,-96,-105,-98,-91,-103,-98,-108,-100,-127,-75,-63,-75,-93,-89,-102,-110,-86,-58,-122,-50,-55,-56,-56,-60,-43,-35,-41,-28,-40,-34,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-13,-6,-27,-24,-52,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-191,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. h3 d6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Qa4 $146 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 a6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa3 c4 14. b4 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bd5 17. Qb2 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Reb8 {½-½ (35) Genov,P (2465)-Serafimov,T (2401) Mulhouse 2006}) 11... Qd7 12. Kh1 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qh4 (15. Qxd7 $11 {remains equal.} Nexd7 16. Nc4) 15... Nxf3 $17 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qb5 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Kg1 Qc6 (19... Qe2 $142 20. Rfe1 Qc2) 20. Qc4 Ne4 21. Rfd1 {[#]} Rb6 $1 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Reb8 24. b3 (24. Rc2 $15) 24... a5 ({Black should play} 24... Qb5 $17 25. Qxb5 axb5) 25. e4 $1 $15 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} (26. bxa4 Rxb1+) 26... axb3 27. axb3 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Rd5 Qe6 30. Qxc5 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. f4 Rf1 35. Qc4 Rf2 36. Qe4 Qd2 37. Rxe7 Qxf4+ 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11 {KR-KR} 39. Kg3 Rc4 40. Re3 f5 41. Kf2 g5 42. Ke2 f4 43. Rf3 h5 44. Kd3 Ra4 45. c4 Ra2 46. g3 $2 (46. h4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 46... Ra3+ $2 ({Black should try} 46... fxg3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...g2.} 47. Ke4 g2) 47. Ke4 {The position is equal.} Rxf3 $1 48. Kxf3 fxg3 49. Kxg3 {KPP-KPP} Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke4 Kd6 52. Kf5 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g3]} 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Kxg4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,-15,-9,-16,16,14,22,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,6,49,51,48,47,74,56,77,90,118,76,95,103,160,161,152,152,204,203,206,196,251,270,335,325,331,326,588,580,952,937,952,895]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5 (5. Be3 Ne7 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd3 e5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nge2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 exd4 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Nxd4 {½-½ (65) Savchenko,B (2599)-Riazantsev,A (2684) Rostov on Don 2014}) 5... b6 6. a3 $146 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} ({Predecessor:} 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be3 Nf5 9. Bf2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. O-O Nc7 {1-0 (37) Senador,E (2380)-Viswanath,S (1967) Kuala Lumpur 2007}) 6... Bf8 7. f4 Nh6 8. Qh5 {The position is equal.} Nf5 9. Nf3 g6 10. Qh3 c5 11. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. b4 a6 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. O-O f5 20. c4 dxc4 (20... b5 $142) 21. Bxc4 $16 Rf7 22. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1c1,Bc1c6][%mdl 32]} Qc7 (22... g5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 23. Bb2 (23. fxg5 f4 $16) 23... Qe7) 23. Rac1 $18 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe6!} Qb7 24. Be2 {[%cal Bc4e2,Be2f3,Bf3c6][%mdl 32]} Rc7 (24... Bd7 $142 25. Bf3 Qa7) 25. Bf3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qa7 27. Rc6 Bf8 $2 {[#]} (27... Qf7 28. Bxb6 Bd7) 28. Bxb6 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 29. Rc7 Qe8 30. Bc6 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Black "Bitar, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,108,-24,-26,-27,-42,-4,-6,5,0,37,35,43,11,54,35,49,52,77,93,93,62,75,35,74,27,168,80,194,198,197,185,209,171,210,197,315,278,270,253,253,254,254,254,253,254,254,198,281,250,298,249,292,256,282,251,247,247,817,818,1000,864,1458,695,954,988,987,966,1026,515,504,454,431,401,380,297,293,271,363,319,364,364,436,434,421,337,565,532,653,653,584,510,672,673,699,675,621,615,977,935,846]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bc5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Be6 (6... a6 7. Nge2 b5 8. d3 bxc4 9. dxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. Rad1 a5 14. Na4 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 {0-1 (68) Urbanc,P (2262)-Kovacevic,A (2515) Portoroz 2016}) 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} a6 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 h5 10. Qd2 Nh7 11. Be3 Nd4 12. f4 f6 13. Rb1 a5 14. f5 Bf7 15. Bf2 {0-1 (34) Safronov,Y (2190)-Sambursky,V (2138) Zheleznogorsk 2016}) 9... Ba7 10. Bxa7 Nxa7 11. Nd5 Ng8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Be6 16. d4 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Nge7 (17... Bxd5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 18. cxd5 (18. Bxd5 Nf6 $14) 18... Nxd4) 18. f5 (18. Nxe7+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Nxe7 19. Qb4 (19. fxe5 Bxc4 20. Nc3 dxe5 $11)) 18... Nxf5 (18... Bf7 $16) 19. gxf5 $18 Bxf5 20. b3 Bg6 21. Rhf1 exd4 22. Nxd4 Ne5 (22... Nxd4 $142 23. Qxd4 Kb8) 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Be4 g6 25. Qg2 c6 26. Nd3 Nxd3+ 27. Rxd3 d5 28. cxd5 cxd5 (28... Bxd5 {might work better.} 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qg4+ Kb8) 29. Nc2 Rhe8 30. Bf3 Qd6 31. Rfd1 Re5 32. Kb2 Qf6 33. Kb1 Qc6 $2 {[#]} (33... g5 34. Bxd5 Rexd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 h6 37. Qg4+ Kb8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 34. Nb4 Qb5 35. Nxd5 Kb8 36. Nc3 (36. Qg3 $142 Rde8 37. Re3) 36... Qxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Qg3 Rde3 39. Nd1 Re1 40. Kc2 Ka8 41. Kd2 Re8 42. Qxe1 ({Weaker is} 42. Qc7 R1e7 $18) 42... Rxe1 43. Kxe1 Kb8 44. Kd2 Kc7 45. Kd3 b5 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Ne3 Be8 $2 {[#]} (47... a5 {was necessary.} 48. h4 Be6) 48. b4 {White is clearly winning.} Bd7 49. h4 Bc8 50. Ng4 Be6 51. a3 Bf5 52. Ne5 Be6 53. Bb7 h6 54. Nxg6 h5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,12,-1,0,-16,20,16,24,15,11,19,16,14,36,0,6,-15,0,-12,42,-21,0,0,-23,-19,-15,-10,-6,-23,0,-14,0,0,18,0,14,-86,-48,-128,-135,-592,-586,-561,-562,-709,-709,-820,-509,-503,-502,-471,-472,-450,-259,-374,-202,-200,-195,-195,-160,-152,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. f4 d6 {B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines} 8. h3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rb8 9. Kh2 (9. a4 a6 10. g4 Nd7 11. Ng3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (36) Alonso Moyano,J (2420)-Dziuba,M (2589) Linares 2013}) 9... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 $1 Nd7 12. d3 b5 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Qb6 14. Bb2 b4 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. a3 a5 17. a4 {1-0 (37) Sinton,P (1792)-Feenstra,J (1933) Dunedin 1999}) 13... b4 14. g4 a5 15. b3 Qc7 16. a3 Qc5 (16... bxa3 $11 17. Rxa3 Rb5) 17. a4 (17. Ra2 $14) 17... Bb7 18. Ng3 Rbc8 19. Ra2 Rc7 20. h4 e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 21. g5 f5 22. Bh3 Kf7 23. h5 Nb6 24. Re1 Re8 25. hxg6+ (25. Qe2 $11 {remains equal.} Rce7 26. h6) 25... hxg6 $17 26. exf5 ({Better is} 26. Qf3 $15) 26... exf5 27. Bxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Rxe8 $17 {is tougher.} Kxe8 28. Bg2) 27... Rh8+ $19 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. f5 Be5 ({And not} 29... Bxf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Qf3 $15) 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Re4 Bxg3 32. Kxg3 Rxh3+ 33. Kxh3 {[#] aiming for Kg3.} Bxf5+ (33... Qxf5+ $142 34. Kg2 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Kg8 37. Re8+ Kg7) 34. Rg4 (34. Kg2 $142 Bxe4+ 35. dxe4 Qxe4+ 36. Qf3+ Qf5 37. Qxf5+ gxf5 38. Bf4) 34... Bxg4+ (34... Kg8 $142 35. Kg3 Qe5+ 36. Kg2 Re7) 35. Qxg4 {Black is clearly better.} Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Qh1+ $2 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 45%.} (37... Qf2 $17 38. Qg2 Qf5+ 39. Qg4 Nd5 40. Qxf5+ gxf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Ward, Serge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Qd2 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. O-O-O Nxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxe5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. Nxc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 exf4 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. bxa3 Kg7 22. Nc7 fxg3 23. Rd7 Be5 24. Nd5 Kg6 25. Rf1 f6 26. Ne7+ Kh5 27. Rh1+ Kg4 28. Ng6 Bf4+ 29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. Rd4 Kg5 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Kd2 Re3 33. Rdxf4 Rxa3 34. Rxf6 Rxa2 35. R6f3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bxb5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxb5 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. c4 Qa4 14. O-O Nd7 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Re3 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rab8 19. Bc3 Qa4 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Rae1 Nh5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qf6 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 Re5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Qxa6 f5 28. f3 h5 29. Qxg6 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. e4 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 a6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. exf5 Bxg2 20. fxg6+ Nxg6 21. Kxg2 e4 22. Nd5 Bxb2 23. Nxc7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ne5 25. c5 bxc5 26. Nxa6 Ra8 27. Nxc5 Rxa2 28. Nxe4 Ra4 29. Nf6+ Kg6 30. Nd7 Nf7 31. Nc5 Rc4 32. Nd3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,119,62,71,116,33,114,96,111,62,66,67,79,77,93,93,83,71,75,20,20,25,28,8,10,9,9,0,19,9,33,0,0,0,-8,-5,0,0,0,-37,-40,-41,-45,-32,-35,-61,0,-88,-91,-98,-104,-87,-80,-98,-19,-40,-25,-35,-36,-26,-27,-70,-44,-106,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. d5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} Na5 (9... Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. O-O Nfd7 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Qxa7 17. Bxa7 Rxb2 {½-½ (72) Savchenko,B (2540)-Ajrapetjan,Y (2502) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd7 11. Qc2 ({White should play} 11. Bd2 $16) 11... c5 $146 (11... c6 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Be3 a6 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Na4 c5 16. b3 e6 {0-1 (64) Karnaukh,A (2242)-Ianov,V (2361) Kiev 2010}) 12. b3 e6 13. Bb2 exd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. O-O b6 16. Rae1 Nb7 17. Bd3 Qh4 18. Qd1 (18. Kh2 $16) 18... Bd4 $11 19. Na4 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Ne5 21. Be2 Re8 {Hoping for ...Nf3+!} 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h5][%mdl 32]} 25. b4 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Bd3 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 $1 Nf6 28. Rf3 Qe1 29. Qxe1 Rxe1 30. Rf1 Re3 31. Nb2 Nh5 (31... Kg7 $15) 32. Rf2 (32. g4 $11 Ng3 33. Rf2) 32... f5 $17 33. g4 {[#]} fxg4 $1 34. hxg4 Nf6 35. Rg2 Nd8 (35... Rf3 $17 36. Re2 Rxf4) 36. Bc2 $1 $11 Nf7 37. g5 Nh5 38. Nd3 Kg7 39. Rf2 h6 (39... Ng3 {keeps more tension.} 40. Nb2 Ra3 41. Kg2 Rxa2 42. Kxg3 Rxb2 43. b5 h6) 40. c5 (40. Rg2 $15) 40... dxc5 (40... hxg5 $17 41. fxg5 Nxg5 42. cxd6 Nf6) 41. bxc5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 42. fxg5 bxc5 43. Nxc5 Nxg5 {White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 44. d6 Ne6 45. d7 {And now Nxe6+ would win.} Nd8 46. Bb3 {aiming for Rf7+!} Nf6 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4+.} 47. Rf4 Re2+ 48. Kh3 Re5 (48... d3 {is more complex.} 49. Rd4 d2 50. Ne6+ Rxe6 51. Bxe6 Nxe6 52. Rxd2 Nd8) 49. Ne6+ $1 Rxe6 50. Bxe6 Nxe6 {[#]} 51. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd8 (51... Nxd4 52. d8=Q) 52. Ra4 Kf7 53. Rxa7 Ke7 54. Kh4 Ne6 55. Ra3 (55. a4 {looks sharper.} Nxd7 56. a5 Kd6 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Kg3) 55... g5+ 56. Kg3 Nxd7 57. Re3 Ndc5 58. Kg4 Kf6 59. Rf3+ Kg6 60. Re3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. g3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. c3 Bb7 7. c4 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bh3 Re8 13. O-O d5 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Ndf3 d4 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f4 Nbd7 18. Ngf3 Ne4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e3 Nc3 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. Qd3 Qc6 23. exd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Bg2 Re3 27. Qc2 Rae8 28. Nh4 Qd7 29. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Nxg2 Re2 32. Rae1 c2 33. Rc1 Bb2 34. Nf4 Rd2 35. Nd5 Ree2 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Rxf6 Rd1+ 38. Rf1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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 Nf6 5. Ng3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Ne5 c5 11. c3 b6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Nc6 Bb7 14. Nxd8 Bxf3 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. gxf3 Kg8 17. Ne4 Bc7 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Altorky, Amer"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,15,8,15,12,34,35,20,16,18,29,14,0,56,39,62,63,74,68,61,74,73,65,250,235,241,243,239,137,231,225,231,226,574,573,535,411,407,395,390,326,350,339,347,325,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Nc3 c6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 12. Nb5 cxd4 $146 {The position is equal.} (12... Be7 {feels hotter.} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 a6 15. Nd4 Bd6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bf4 a6 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Qd2 d4 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (37) Fressinet,L (2668)-Bacrot,E (2696) Balagna 2017}) 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 {Hoping for Ng6.} Re8 15. Re1 Qb6 16. Qd2 Bd7 (16... Na6 $11) 17. Bxh6 $14 {Black must now prevent Qg5.} gxh6 18. Qxh6 {Ng4 is the strong threat.} Ne4 $1 19. Qh5 Qf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Be6 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 21... Kf8 $14) 22. Ng4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Qg7 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Qc5+ Re7 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Nxe7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Qxe7 $2 (26... Nd7 27. Qc7 (27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Kxe7 $18) 27... Qxe7 28. Rxd4 (28. Qxb7 Rb8 $18) 28... Nf6) 27. Qxd4 {[%cal Rd4h8]} Ke8 28. Rh4 {[%cal Be4h4,Bh4h8,Bh8f8][%mdl 32]} Nd7 29. Rh8+ Nf8 30. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Qa4+.} a6 31. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 32. a5 Rxc2 $2 {[#]} (32... Qc5 $18 33. Qd2 Qe5) 33. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 88%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. e4 Re8 10. Re1 d4 11. a4 Bb4 12. Rf1 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Ng5 Qa5 16. Nb1 Rad8 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. f4 Ree8 19. f5 Nf8 20. Ba3 c5 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. g4 N6d7 24. g5 g6 25. f6 Ne6 26. Qg4 Nf4 27. Qh4 Qd6 28. Bf3 h5 29. Nc4 Qc7 30. a5 b5 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bg4 b5 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Bxh5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Qc5 36. e5 bxc4 37. g6 Nxf6 38. gxf7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Kxf7 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Kf2 Qf8 42. Rg1+ Kh7 43. Qg6+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saad, Charbel"]
[Black "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. Qd2 Ng4 9. O-O-O Nxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Be2 d6 12. h4 h6 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Rdf1 Rc8 16. g5 h5 17. Bd1 Nc4 18. Qf2 Rf8 19. c3 Bc6 20. Rh2 Ne5 21. Kb1 Bd7 22. Rg2 Nd3 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Qf3 Bg4 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Nd7 27. h5 Ne5 28. Qh3 f6 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Nxe7+ Kxg5 32. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Said, Riad"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. h3 Rb8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qc2 Qe6 18. Qc5 b6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. e6 Nc5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Red1 Rbe8 24. b4 Nd3 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxd3 Rxb4 27. Rd7+ Ke6 28. Rad1 Rb1 29. R7d6+ Ke7 30. Kf1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 g5 32. e4 c5 33. Rd5 Rc8 34. Ke2 a5 35. Kd2 b5 36. Kc2 a4 37. f4 Ke6 38. Kd3 c4+ 39. Kc2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Qe2 a5 12. Bd3 Nc4 13. Bc1 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. O-O g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. Re1 O-O 19. c3 Qc5 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qf3 Rfe8 22. Bg5 Bxd4 23. cxd4 e6 24. Qf6 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qh4 h5 27. Bf6 Rc2 28. Qg5 Kh7 29. g4 Rc4 30. gxh5 Bxh3 31. hxg6+ fxg6 32. f3 Rc2 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Qb4 10. a3 Qa5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. a4 Nbd7 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qc2 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rfd1 Rd4 21. f3 Bc6 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Ne2 Bh6 25. Nxd4 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bxd4 27. Qb3 Kf7 28. Rac1 Ne8 29. Be2 Nd6 30. Qa2 Nc8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 e6 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. e5 Nh7 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qc1 Bb7 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Re2 Ned5 21. Bxh6 Nxc3 22. Rc2 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Black "Saeed, Riad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Ne8 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. f3 f5 19. c3 Ne6 20. Bc2 f4 21. Bf2 Kf7 22. c4 b6 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nd5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 Rac8 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Qe2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxc5 19. Ra4 g6 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Qf6 Rd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. c3 Qxa5 24. b4 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. c4 Bd4 27. Rc1 b6 28. Be4 Rc7 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. f3 a5 32. b5 a4 33. Bb1 a3 34. Ba2 f5 35. Kd3 Bb2 36. Rc2 Rd7+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Rd2 Bc5 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Bb1 Kf6 42. g3 h5 43. Ba2 Kg5 44. Bb1 h4 45. g4 e4+ 46. fxe4 fxg4 47. e5 gxh3 48. e6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,-14,0,-79,-39,-91,-11,-14,25,23,25,35,35,28,101,110,105,6,18,12,10,12,10,-36,-36,-62,-49,-97,-93,-197,-170,-162,-159,-197,-185,-189,-184,-229,-226,-366,-368,-339,-304,-911,-884,-1198,-1157,-29981,-29982,-29992,-29975,-5585,-4679,-2130,-1379,-1378,-1378,-1370,-1377,-1345,-1335,-1297,-1270]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} (6. Be2 $11) (6. Qe2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Na3 d5 9. Bb3 b6 10. O-O Qd7 11. e5 Rd8 12. Nb5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Qxb5 {1-0 (47) Krol,W (2388)-Grochowski,M (2252) ICCF email 2010}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 (7. Nxd4 $15 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3) 7... Qb6 $146 (7... d5 $17 8. exd5 exd5) ({Predecessor:} 7... d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nge7 {0-1 (32) Zukauskas,A (1760)-Vanagaite,G (2044) Palanga 2014}) 8. e5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 d5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 (11... Nge7 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Nxd4 $16 ({Stronger than} 12. Qa4+ Nc6 $17) 12... Qxd4 {[#]} 13. Nf3 ({Better is} 13. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (13... dxe4 14. Bb5+) 14. Nd6) 13... Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Be3 Qd8 16. h4 h5 17. Ng5 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6g4,Bg4e3,Be3d1][%mdl 32]} 18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Bd6 (19. Bd4 $17 {was the only chance.}) 19... Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 ({Much less strong is} 20... Rxf8 21. Nh7 $15) 21. O-O Ng4 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. b4 (24. Rce1 {keeps fighting.}) 24... Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Rxc1.} 25. Rcd1 Ne3 26. Bb5 $2 (26. Qf2 Qb6 27. Qg3 Nxf1 28. Rxf1) 26... Bxb5 $19 27. Qxb5 Nxd1 28. Qxb7 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Ne4+ 30. Kh2 Nxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. fxg5 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Rhf8 34. Qe7 Qxe5 35. b5 Rc4 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qe2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Qb5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Qa4 Nd4 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. O-O Nxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4+ Kd7 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rg4 g6 24. b4 Bd6 25. a3 b5 26. Re4 Rc3 27. Re3 Rhc8 28. Rce1 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Rxc2 30. e4 Be5 31. Rf1 Ke7 32. Rf3 Re2 33. Rd3 Rxe4 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. h3 Rd4 36. Rf3 Kxd5 37. Ke3 Kc4 38. Ke2 Re4+ 39. Kd2 Bg7 40. Kc2 Re2+ 41. Kb1 Bc3 42. Rf1 Kb3 43. g4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Qa5 9. O-O b5 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Ndf3 Bb7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bg3 f5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Be5 Bf6 18. Qh5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rf6 20. Rae1 Raf8 21. Qe2 Bc8 22. Bxb5 a6 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. a3 a5 25. c4 Qxd4 26. cxd5 Rb8 27. dxe6 Rxb2 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. R5xe3 Be8 30. e7 g6 31. Re5 a4 32. Rd5 Rfb6 33. h3 Kg7 34. Rd8 Rb8 35. Rc1 R2b7 36. Ba6 Rb1 37. Kh2 Rxc1 38. Rxb8 Kf7 39. Bb5 Bxb5 40. Rxb5 Kxe7 41. Rb4 Rc2 42. f3 Kf6 43. Rxa4 Kg5 44. Kg3 Ra2 45. f4+ Kh5 46. Ra7 h6 47. Kf3 Rb2 48. Re7 Ra2 49. Ra7 Ra1 50. a4 Rf1+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. a5 Ra3+ 53. Kh2 Ra2 54. a6 Rf2 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. Ra8 Ra3+ 57. Kh2 Ra2 58. a7 Kh4 59. Rh8 h5 60. a8=Q Rf2 61. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Vayanos, Georges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nf1 Na5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. N1h2 b4 13. O-O bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qe3 d5 20. e5 d4 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. exf6 Qb5 23. Rfb1 Qc6 24. Qf4 Rfd8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Black "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. a4 a5 19. c4 Nf6 20. b3 h6 21. Rfe1 Bf8 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Rg1 Rb8 24. Bf4 Ra8 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Bf4 Ra8 27. Be3 Bg7 28. Rge1 Rd7 29. Re2 Qc7 30. g3 g5 31. Bg2 Rad8 32. Red2 Kh8 33. Kg1 e5 34. dxe5 Qxe5 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Qd2 Qc7 38. Bd4 c5 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bd5 b6 41. Qe3 Qe5 42. Qd3 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe5 44. Bxf7 Nf8 45. Bd5 Kf6 46. Bf3 Qd4 47. Qe3 Qxe3 48. fxe3 Ng6 49. Be4 Ne7 50. Kf3 Nc8 51. Bd5 Kf5 52. e4+ Kf6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Ne7 55. Ke3 Ng6 56. Bf7 Ne7 57. Bd5 Nc8 58. Bb7 Nd6 59. Bd5 Ne8 60. Bf7 Nf6 61. Bg6 Nd7 62. Bf7 Nb8 63. Bd5 Na6 64. Kd3 h5 65. Ke3 Nb4 66. Bf7 h4 67. gxh4 gxh4 68. Bh5 Nc2+ 69. Kd3 Nb4+ 70. Ke3 Nc2+ 71. Kd3 Nd4 72. Bd1 Ne6 73. Ke3 Ng5 74. Bg4 Nxe4 75. Bd1 Ng5 76. Bg4 Nf7 77. Bh5 Nh6 78. Bg6 Kf6 79. Bh7 Nf7 80. Kf4 Nh6 81. Bd3 Kg7 82. Kg5 Nf7+ 83. Kxh4 Kh6 84. Be4 Ng5 85. Bd5 Nh7 86. Kg3 Nf6 87. Kf4 Ng8 88. Ke5 Kg5 89. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a4 a5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Nb3 Rb8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Rc3 O-O 17. Re1 Qb4 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. h3 c5 20. b3 Rb7 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Rc1 Rbc7 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 h6 25. Nd4 c4 26. Rb1 cxb3 27. Rbxb3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxa4 30. Qa3 Qb4 31. Qa1 Bd7 32. Nc2 Qb6 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. Kh2 a4 35. Kg3 Qb4 36. Kf3 a3 37. Nc2 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qxc2 39. Qxa3 Qe4 40. Qc3 Qc4 41. Qa3 Ba4 42. Qa1 Bc2 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. exd4 Kh7 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. h4 Kf5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Kf3 Bd1+ 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. g3+ Ke4 53. Ke1 Bb3 54. Kd2 Kxd4 55. Ke2 Kc3 56. g4 d4 57. Ke1 d3 58. Kf2 d2 59. Kg3 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Black "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1383"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd4 c5 11. Be3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. Bc3 Bb7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Be2 Be4 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rc8 21. Nd2 Bg6 22. Nc4 Bf6 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Bd4 27. Kf1 Be4 28. f3 Bc6 29. Bd3 Be5 30. h3 Bd4 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Kd2 Be5 33. Bc2 Bf4+ 34. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. a3 Bg6 8. e5 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Na4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc7 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Rac1 h5 20. Kh1 Nh6 21. f4 Nf5 22. a4 a5 23. Rf3 Rc4 24. Ra1 Rhc8 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nh6 27. Qh7 Nxg4 28. Qxg7 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Ne4 30. f5 Rxc2+ 31. Kh3 exf5 32. Rxf5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. c3 Bc5 8. O-O Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Ba7 11. Re1 d6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. Bxa7 Nxa7 15. Nxe5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qg5 18. Ng4 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Rd2 22. Bb3 c5 23. Bd5 c4 24. Rab1 Nc8 25. Red1 Re2 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Nd6 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. e5 Ne4 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rxd8 Nc5 33. Rc8 Nd3 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. e6 Kf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. b3 Nc5 39. Rd6 Ke7 40. Rc6 Nxe6 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Rxc4 Kd6 43. Re4 Kd5 44. Re3 g6 45. g3 Ng5 46. Rd3+ Kc6 47. f4 Ne4 48. Kg2 Kc5 49. Re3 Kd5 50. Rd3+ Kc5 51. Re3 Kd5 52. f5 g5 53. Kf3 Nd2+ 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Rxe4 Kxe4 56. f6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. a3 a6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Ndxe4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bd3 Na5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rb1 a5 17. Bc3 a4 18. O-O Be6 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. Be4 c6 21. Nf3 Qb5 22. Bd3 Qh5 23. e4 f6 24. e5 Bd5 25. Be4 f5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Qd3 Rac8 28. Bd2 f4 29. Qb5 Nxd2 30. Nxd2 Rc2 31. Qxd5+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Nf3 h6 34. Rfc1 Re2 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. h3 b6 37. Rbc1 Ra2 38. R1c3 g5 39. Rb8 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Rg7 41. Rxb6 Ra2 42. Rbc6 Rxf2 43. Rc2 Rf1 44. d5 Ra1 45. d6 Bf8 46. Rc7 Rxa3 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc8 Kg7 50. d7 Be7 51. d8=Q Bxd8 52. Rxd8 Re3 53. Ra8 a3 54. b5 Rb3 55. b6 Rxb6 56. Rxa3 Re6 57. Ra5 Re8 58. Nd4 Kg6 59. Ra6+ Kh5 60. e6 Kg6 61. e7+ Kf7 62. Nf5 Rb8 63. Rd6 Rb2 64. Rd8 Re2 65. e8=Q+ Rxe8 66. Nd6+ Ke7 67. Rxe8+ Kxd6 68. Rh8 Ke5 69. Rxh6 Kf5 70. Rh5 Kg6 71. Rh8 Kg7 72. Ra8 Kg6 73. Ra4 Kf5 74. g3 fxg3+ 75. Kxg3 Kg6 76. h4 gxh4+ 77. Kxh4 Kf6 78. Ra5 Ke6 79. Kg4 Kd6 80. Kf4 Kc6 81. Rh5 Kd7 82. Rh6 Ke7 83. Kf5 Kf7 84. Rh7+ Kg8 85. Ra7 Kf8 86. Ke6 Kg8 87. Kf6 Kh8 88. Kg6 Kg8 89. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 c6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qd2 Be4 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Ne2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Black "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Rxe5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Qd2 a6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bb2 Rc5 15. Nd5 Qf8 16. Rab1 Nce5 17. Bd1 Rb8 18. f4 c6 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. fxe5 Nxe4 21. Qd4 Rxe5 22. Qd3 d5 23. Ng4 Re6 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Bf3 Qf8 26. Qd4 b5 27. cxd5 Rd8 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 f5 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Nh6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Black "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Qa4 Bxf3 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qxc6+ Nd7 9. gxf3 Be7 10. Qxd5 Bf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rg1 Nb6 14. Qb5 Rad8 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. d5 Rfd8 17. O-O-O c6 18. Qa6 cxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Qxa7 Rc7 21. Qa4 e4 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23. Nd4 Nxe3 24. Rge1 Bg5 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kb1 h6 28. Nc6 Rd6 29. c4 Rb7 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qxb7 Qe2 32. Qb3 Rf6 33. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 34. Rxd3 Rf1+ 35. Kc2 Rf2+ 36. Rd2 Rf4 37. b3 g5 38. d6 Rf6 39. d7 Rxc6 40. d8=Q f5 41. Qd7+ Kh8 42. Qxc6 f4 43. Rd7 f3 44. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. a3 Nb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. b4 Qf6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bc3 Nxc3 21. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxe5 24. a4 d4 25. b5 dxe3 26. bxc6 exf2+ 27. Qxf2 bxc6 28. a5 Qe3 29. Rb1 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Louak, Milad"]
[Black "Amer, Majeed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 Nxc6 7. Qd5 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Qg5 Bg7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O-O b5 15. Nd5 Rd7 16. f3 f5 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f4 19. Rde1 Be5 20. Bh4 h6 21. Bf2 Re7 22. Bd4 Rfe8 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Re2 26. Rd2 Re1+ 27. Rd1 Re5 28. Rd4 g5 29. b3 Kf7 30. c4 a6 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Kf6 33. Kd2 Ke5 34. cxb5 a5 35. Kd3 h5 36. a3 g4 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 f3 39. gxf3 gxf3 40. Ke3 f2 41. Kxf2 Kxe4 42. Kg3 Kxd5 43. Kh4 Ke4 44. Kxh5 d5 45. Kg6 d4 46. h4 d3 47. h5 d2 48. h6 d1=Q 49. h7 Qd4 50. Kf7 Qh8 51. Kg6 Kd5 52. b6 cxb6 53. b5 Kc5 54. Kh6 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Ng4 8. Bc1 Be6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Nb6 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Nc6 Rc8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. f4 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. h4 O-O 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 f6 28. Rd7 Bc5 29. Kd2 fxg5 30. hxg5 Rf5 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rxh7 Kg6 33. Rh2 Be7 34. Rc8 Bxg5+ 35. Ke2 Rf6 36. Re8 Kf5 37. Reh8 Ke4 38. R2h3 Bc1 39. R3h4+ Bf4 40. Rg8 Re6 41. Rxf4+ exf4 42. Rxg7 f3+ 43. Ke1 f2+ 44. Ke2 0-1

