[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,25,21,38,48,56,24,27,25,43,34,30,41,37,37,33,40,43,35,43,-28,-27,-70,-53,-41,0,0,0,8,13,5,2,0,18,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Be7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (7... h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bd4 {½-½ (35) Anand,V (2794)-Grandelius,N (2653) Douglas 2017}) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bg2 Nc6 {White has an edge.} 10. h4 O-O 11. b3 Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb2 e5 14. Na4 Qa5+ 15. Bc3 {½-½ (87) Antonio,R (2465)-Nguyen,H (2433) Tagaytay City 2017}) 13... Qc7 14. Be3 Bb7 15. O-O c5 16. c4 (16. f4 $14) 16... f5 $11 17. exf5 Bxg2 $1 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ (18... Rxf5 {is more complex.} 19. f4 d5 20. Qe2 d4 21. Bd2 e5) 19. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Rxf5+ 21. Kg2 Raf8 22. f4 h6 23. Nc3 hxg5 24. hxg5 e5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Rad1 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bxg5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxd5.} 28. Bxd6 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 {And now b4 would win. KBN-KBN} Bd8 31. a3 Kf7 32. b4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,0,0,10,0,49,46,52,61,46,56,50,37,70,31,94,87,102,91,98,96,96,96,99,96,96,96,103,102,99,99,146,146,150,141,178,165,188,187,184,153,250,250,222,222,245,226,225,193,253,260,254,233,259,259,258,258,265,248,265,265,318,318,318,318,318,318,847,241,315,305,279,206,555,524,495,517,612,553,970,887,808,289,1062,1059]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 {LiveBook: 44 Games} Bf5 {E31: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation: 4...h6 5 Bh4 c5 6 d5 d6} (8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Nge2 Nxd5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Bb1 Bg4 15. Qxd5 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bc4 17. Qxd6 {0-1 (62) Grachev,B (2672)-Naiditsch,A (2704) Germany 2012}) 9. Bb5+ Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Rb1 b5 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 {1-0 (36) Vidarte Morales,A (2353)-Coll Enriquez,L (2160) Sitges 2012}) 10. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} a6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qf5 Qd7 (14... Bxc3 $14 15. Nxc3 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nexd7) 15. Ng3 $16 Bxc3 16. Bxf6 Qxf5 17. Nxf5 gxf6 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. a4 b6 20. f3 Ke8 21. Kf2 Kd7 22. Rfb1 Rae8 23. e4 Kc7 24. g4 Rh7 25. Ng3 Ne5 26. Nh5 Nd7 27. c4 a5 (27... Rhh8 $16 28. Ra2 Rhf8) 28. Rb3 $18 Rhh8 29. Rg1 Rhg8 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rh3 Rh8 (31... Ne5 {keeps fighting.} 32. Rc3 (32. Nf4 Rgg8 $16) 32... Rh8) 32. Rc3 Rg5 33. Rh4 Rgg8 34. Ng3 Ne5 35. Rh5 Rg5 36. Rh3 Rg6 37. Nf5 Rh7 38. Rh5 Rg8 39. f4 Ng6 40. Kf3 ({Not} 40. Nxh6 Rgh8 $16) ({Stronger than} 40. Rxh6 Rxh6 41. Nxh6 Rh8 $11) 40... Rgg7 $2 {[#]} (40... Rgh8 41. Rb3 Re8) 41. Ng3 $2 (41. Nxg7 Rxg7 42. Rxh6) 41... Nf8 42. Rf5 Nd7 43. Nh5 Kd8 $2 (43... Rg6 {is tougher.} 44. Ng3 Nb8) 44. Nxf6 Nxf6 45. Rxf6 Ke7 46. e5 h5 47. g5 dxe5 48. fxe5 $2 {[#]} (48. Rxb6 Rg6 49. Rb7+ Ke8 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rcb3 e4+ 52. Kxe4) 48... Rg8 $2 (48... Rxg5 49. Rxb6 Rxe5) 49. h4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Khader, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,83,16,21,10,15,0,0,-10,0,-10,-2,-14,-3,-8,10,12,12,11,16,16,23,16,55,57,80,78,81,80,135,156,177,162,188,152,161,154,188,168,156,154,213,208,230,192,258,216,205,202,271,197,310,334,320,306,323,319,364,335,630,345,554,622,596,602,1162,1108,12834,895,767,699]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. a3 a6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 9. c5 {D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1} (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Qa4 c5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Qh4 Bf5 18. e4 Qxe4 19. Qxf6 Qxe2 20. Rxc5 Rad8 21. h3 Rd1 22. Rxd1 Qxd1+ {½-½ (22) Mann,W (2379)-Traut,G (2337) Remote email 2014}) 9... e5 10. dxe5 (10. Be2 {is more complex.} Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O e4 13. Nd2) 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. b4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Be2 Be6 {½-½ (24) Eriksson,J (2229)-Sjodin,B (2166) Taby 2007}) 11... dxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Qxe4 Qxe5 16. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 2048] [#] White has the initiative.} Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Nd6 Bd3 20. f4 (20. Nxb7 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Rab8 $11) 20... Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Ng4 ({Better is} 21... Ng6) 22. Kf3 $16 Nf6 23. Nxb7 Rab8 24. Nd6 Rxb2 25. Rxc6 h5 26. Rhc1 Rb3 27. R1c3 ({Don't do} 27. Rxa6 $6 Ng4 $14) 27... Rxc3 (27... Rb1 $16 {is a better defense.} 28. Rc1 (28. Rxa6 Rf1+ 29. Ke2 Rg1 $16) 28... Rb3) 28. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 29. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a5 (29... g6 {was called for.} 30. g4 Nd5) 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 a4 32. g5 Nd5 (32... Ne8 $142) 33. Rc5 $18 Ne7 34. Ra5 Rd8 35. Nc4 Rd3 36. Rxa4 Nd5 $2 (36... f6 37. Ra7 Kf7) 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ke4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd1 39. Ne5 f5+ 40. Kxf5 {[#] g6+ would kill now.} Ne7+ 41. Ke4 Rf1 42. Re8 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,86,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-116,-125,-143,-145,-140,-148,-134,-150,-140,-133,-143,-139,-140,-150,-137,-87,-96,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-83,-85,-196,-185,-199,-162,-150,-65,-199,-177,-175,-137,-148,-158,-156,-157,-228,-227,-228,-230,-632,-407,-416,-405,-409,-406,-519,-490,-421,-277,-409,-407,-410,-408]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Ne5 Nc6 {D21: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 sidelines} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 e6 (11... Rb8 12. Bf4 Rxb2 13. O-O e6 14. Rab1 Rb6 15. Na4 {½-½ (24) Panzalovic,S (2477)-Stojanovic,M (2588) Germany 2010}) 12. O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games} Bd6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bh4 $146 (15. Be3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd2) 15... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rfe1 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 17. Bg3 f4 $1 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Kf7 $1 20. Qf3 Kg7 $1 21. Qg4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rhf8 23. Rxe6 Rf6 24. d5 {aiming for Qd4.} Re8 $1 {[%cal Rf6e6]} 25. Qd4 Rexe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxa7+ Kg6 28. a4 (28. Qa6 $17) 28... Qe2 $19 29. b3 Qd2 30. Rf1 Qc2 (30... Qc3 $17 {And now ...Bc5 would win.} 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Bxg3 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6) 31. b4 (31. Qa8 $1 $15) 31... Bxb4 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 32. Qb8 Qc4 ({Weaker is} 32... Qxa4 33. Qg8+ Kh5 34. Qc4 $11) 33. Rb1 {[#]} Bc5 $1 34. Qe8+ {[#]} Rf7 $1 35. Rf1 (35. Qg8+ $17 Kh5 36. Rb2) 35... Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Qa1 $2 (37. a5) 37... Qc2 38. Qe1 Qxa4 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Qc2+ Kg7 41. Qe2 Ba7 42. Qc2 (42. Kh2 {is a better defense.}) 42... Qf6 43. Qd2 Bd4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,52,0,49,30,62,0,42,18,12,14,43,-4,5,-40,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-42,-70,-64,-96,-95,-99,-99,-196,-189,-206,-198,-188,-185]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f4 {B61: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...Bd7 7 Qd2} h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... Bg7 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. f5 Bh6 14. Qxc5 Rxc5 15. Nd5 Rg8 16. g3 Bg7 17. b4 Rc8 18. Nf4 Bh6 {1-0 (44) Smeets,J (2669)-Bauer,C (2612) Sestao 2010}) 12. Be2 Rg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc5 13. Qd2 e6 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bf3 b4 {1-0 (37) Kurz,C (1975)-Tapia Egoavil,C (1807) Postbauer 2007}) 13. g3 (13. Bf3 $1 $14) 13... h4 14. Rhg1 hxg3 15. hxg3 Qc5 (15... Be6 {looks sharper.} 16. Kb1 f5 17. g4 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 19. Kc1 fxg4 20. Qb4 Bh6) 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Rd5 Bh6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf4+!} 18. Rh1 Bf8 19. Rxc5 dxc5 20. Rg1 (20. g4 $11) 20... e6 21. Kd2 a6 22. a4 Bc6 23. Ke3 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kf3 (24. Kd4 $17) (24. Bxc4 Bc5+) 24... f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly better.} 25. Bxc4 {intending Bd3.} fxe4+ 26. Ke2 Bd6 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,64,89,37,131,61,64,71,165,146,165,147,137,145,195,193,228,218,291,336,291,168,167,77,29985,29986,29986,29986,29986,29982,29982,2839,3810,2562,29994,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O {B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} (10... b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Bh4 Rg8 18. Bxh7 Rh8 19. Qxg7 Rxh7 20. Qxf6 Rxh4 21. Qxf7 Rh8 22. Re5 {½-½ (34) Wang,H (2733)-Dominguez Perez,L (2730) Sochi 2012}) 11. Rhe1 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 $16 Nxf6 13. e5) 12... Rb8 {[#]} (12... Re8 $14) 13. Kb1 $146 (13. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Predecessor:} 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qg5+ 17. Bf4 Qh4 18. Bxb8 e5 19. Bxe5 Bg4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4 Rd8 22. Nf3 {1-0 (22) Nevostrujev,V (2475)-Emeljashin,Y (2085) Kemerovo 2011}) 13... Nc5 $1 $14 14. e5 Ne8 (14... dxe5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7) 15. Bxe7 $18 Qxe7 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. g4 $1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 ({And not} 18. Rxd3 Bd7 $11) 18... Qc7 19. Nf3 Nc4 {[#] intending ...b5.} 20. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6]} h5 21. Ne5 (21. g6 $142) 21... b5 {[#]} 22. g6 (22. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f6] is more deadly. White threatens Nf6+! and mate.} Nxe5 23. fxe5) 22... f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Nxe5 $16 23. Rxe5 fxg6) 23. Qh3 fxe5 24. Qxh5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} Rf7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. gxf7 Kxf7 28. Rg1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,16,0,-6,-9,-15,-38,-29,-24,0,-27,-29,-56,-64,-66,-21,-29,-7,-9,54,-51,-30,-31,-25,-59,-41,-60,-65,-116,-117,-117,-92,-92,-92,-89,-12,-135,-92,-119,-102,-119,-92,-92,-92,-119,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 Re8 12. c4 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. b3 {C47: Schottisches Vierspringerspiel} Bd6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bf4 17. Rc2 Qd6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 d4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 19... Bg4 20. Qd2 Re5 21. Qa5 Re7 {1-0 (51) Fleischanderl,F (2496)-Gronemann,J (2283) ICCF email 2001}) 20. Qc1 Bb7 21. Nc5 Ba8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht aktiver.} 22. Na6 Be4 23. Nc5 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Ne4 25. Rc6 Qd8 26. Qf4 Nc3 27. Qg4 Rb5 28. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 {[#] zielt auf Tc8 ab.} Rb8 (29... h5 $11 30. Rc8 hxg4 31. Rxd8+ Kh7) 30. Qf3 (30. Nf3 $14) 30... Nxa2 31. Ra6 Qe7 32. Rxa2 {Schwarz muss nun Dd1 beachten.} Qxe1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Rd2 (34. Qd5 $15) 34... Rd8 $17 35. Rd3 g6 36. Qf4 Rd5 {[#] ...Th5+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 37. g4 Kg7 (37... Qd7 $17 38. Qxh6 Qxg4) 38. g3 (38. Rxd4 $11 Rb5 39. g3) 38... Qd7 39. Qe4 Qd8 40. Kg2 Rd6 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Qe4 Qf6 (42... a5 $17 43. Qf4 Rd7) 43. Rf3 $1 {Precision: Weiß = 45%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 c6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. a3 a5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nb6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Nbd5 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. h4 Nf6 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bg2 Bf5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxa5 Qd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 h6 26. Nf3 Be6 27. Qe3 Ng4 28. Qe2 Bc7 29. Bc3 b5 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Bc4 32. Qe3 Qe6 33. Qc5 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35. Qe3 h5 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Bb6 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. f3 Ke7 42. g4 Ke6 43. b3 Bd8 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Bxh4 46. a5 Bd8 47. Ke3 c5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Ke4 Bc7 50. f4 h4 51. f5+ Ke7 52. a6 Bb6 53. Kf4 c4 54. Kg4 Bf2 55. Be1 Bc5 56. Bb4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,47,16,27,16,30,23,15,0,46,28,31,47,68,60,74,68,62,37,85,78,99,96,116,-48,-52,-63,-55,-107,-75,-112,-115,-125,-55,-179,-173,-182,-178,-170,-192,-185,-184,-197,-50,-51,-51,-53,-54,-89,-72,-144,-28,-48,-46,-33,-43,-111,0,-129,-129,-129,-117,-154,-129,-191,-185,-254,-267,-281,-287,-275,-152,-155,-129,-577,-568,-1458,-1441,-29970,-29971,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 e6 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} (7... Nh6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 f6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. exf6 exf6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nc5 Rad8 17. Bf4 Bc8 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Bc7 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rf8 21. a4 {1-0 (21) Fressinet,L (2717)-Al Modiahki,M (2549) Dubai 2014}) 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Nc3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. Bg5 {1-0 (33) Bashiri,A (2010)-Azadbakhsh,F (2139) Rasht 2014}) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nh2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 16. g4 Ng8 17. f4 Nce7 18. f5 $2 (18. Nf3 $16) 18... exf5 $15 19. Qg2 fxg4 20. Nxg4 (20. hxg4 $15 f6 21. Nf3) 20... b4 21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qb6 ({Black should try} 22... Bf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 23. Bxf5 Nxf5) 23. Qf2 (23. Ne3 $15) 23... Bf5 $19 24. Nf4 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Nf5 26. Nc5 Qb5 27. Bf4 Qc4 (27... Rc8 $19 28. Rc1 Bf8) 28. Ne3 $15 Nxe3 29. Bxe3 Qb5 30. Qg2 Ne7 31. Qg4 (31. h4 $142) 31... h5 (31... Nf5 $17 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kh8) 32. Qg5 Ng8 33. Qg2 Qc6 34. Nd3 {[#]} (34. Qe2 $15) 34... Qc4 (34... Ne7 $1 $17) 35. Nf4 (35. Nc5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 35... Ne7 $36 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 2080] Black is in control.} 36. b3 Qc3 37. Bf2 Qc6 38. Be3 (38. Nd3 $17) 38... Bh6 $19 39. Qd2 (39. Bd2 {is a better defense.} Qb6 40. Qf2) 39... Nf5 40. Ng2 Nxe3 41. Nxe3 {[#]} Qe6 (41... f6 $1 $19 {...Qe6 is the strong threat.} 42. Kg2 fxe5 43. Qxb4 Re8) 42. Kg2 $17 Rc8 43. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Rf6 $17 Qe8 44. Qf2) 43... Bxe3 $19 44. Qxe3 Rc3 45. Qg5 Qxh3+ 46. Kf2 Rf3+ {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,86,37,66,57,62,41,86,96,100,93,91,86,91,72,100,62,65,74,93,97,93,83,93,83,131,58,133,79,67,53,57,-11,-14,-14,0,-38,-16,-28,-12,-177,-94,-89,-90,-106,-87,-161,-166,-216,-223,-214,-226,-221,-217,-216,-217,-205,-146,-161,0,-205,-222,-237,-234,-398,-397,-439,-407,-777,-774,-698,-429,-417,-172,-468,-474,-29985,-4902]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 Nd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qf3 N7f6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 {½-½ (28) Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku 2016}) 6... g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Bg7 9. a3 b5 10. Bh4 e6 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nxc6 {1-0 (33) Damaso Tacoronte,C (1863)-Canizares Gil,P (1453) La Laguna 2009}) 8... Qb4 9. O-O Bg7 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Bc4 Qd8 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 ({Much weaker is} 17. Qxc3 $6 Nd5 $11) 17... Nd5 {[#] next ...f6 is good for Black.} 18. g4 (18. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nc7 19. Ng4) 18... Bc8 (18... Bxe5 $14 19. dxe5 (19. gxf5 Bc7 $14) 19... Be6) 19. Bh6 (19. c4 $142 f6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bh4) 19... Qa5 $16 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 ({White should play} 21. c4 $14 Qxd2 22. Rxd2) 21... cxd5 $11 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Re5 f6 24. Rxd5 b6 25. Qf4 $2 (25. Nf4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 25... Qxf4 ({Better is} 25... Qc6 $19 26. Qe4 Bb7) 26. Nxf4 $17 g5 27. Nh5+ {[#]} Kf7 $1 28. Kf2 (28. Re1 $17 {was called for.}) 28... a6 $19 29. Re1 Be6 30. Nxf6 exf6 ({Resist} 30... Kxf6 31. Rde5 $17) 31. Rd6 Bc4 32. Rxb6 Rab8 33. Rc6 Rbc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 34. Rb6 Rb8 35. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c4]} Rfc8 36. Rd6 Rc7 37. h4 $2 (37. Re4 {is a better defense.}) 37... gxh4 38. d5 Rb2 39. Rh1 (39. Rc1 $142) 39... Rxc2+ 40. Ke3 Re2+ 41. Kf4 Rce7 (41... Bd3 $142 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. dxc6 Rc2) 42. Rb6 $2 (42. Rxh4 Kg7 43. Rh5) 42... Bxd5 43. Kf5 (43. Rxh4 $19 R7e3 44. Rh3) 43... Kg7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 47%.} (43... R7e5+ $142 44. Kf4 R2e3 45. Rh3 Rxc3 46. Rb4 Rxa3 47. Rc4 Bxc4 48. Rxh4 Bd5 49. Rh3 Kg6 50. g5 Rf5+ 51. Kg4 Ra4+ 52. Kg3 Rxf3+ 53. Kh2 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 Rxh3 55. gxf6 Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,0,0,-8,-5,-6,2,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,7,5,0,10,0,0,0,8,8,97,87,86,85,97,97,136,77,75,29,38,0,24,20,49,11,12,0,72,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 8. e5 (8. Bd3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bf2 g5 12. Qh5 gxf4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 c4 15. Nxd5 cxd3 {0-1 (50) Hammer,J (2677)-Giri,A (2773) Stavanger 2015}) 8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bd4 Bc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qg4 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Rae1 {½-½ (43) Matsuura,E (2453)-Leitao,R (2586) Sao Paulo 2005}) 13... O-O 14. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} g6 15. Qg5 d6 16. Qe7 Ra7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 Rd8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxd6 21. Rfd1 Rad7 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. h3 Rd2 24. b4 Kf8 25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Ke7 27. a4 Bd7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 {KR-KR} 29. Kh2 e5 30. Re1 Ke6 31. f4 f6 (31... Kf5 {seems wilder.} 32. fxe5 Ra7 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Ra1 Ra5) 32. fxe5 fxe5 (32... f5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Ra1 Ra7 {[#]} 34. a5 $1 Ra6 35. Kg3 Kd5 36. Kf3 Kd4 37. Rd1+ Kc4 38. Ra1 Kd3 39. Ra3+ Kd4 40. Ra4+ Kd3 41. Ra3+ ({White should play} 41. g4 $11) 41... Kd4 $16 42. Ra4+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} (42. g4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nd6+ Kf8 9. Qf3 f6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. Rd1 b5 13. Be2 b4 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bxa6 Ra8 16. Bb7 Rxa2 17. Bd2 Rxb2 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 b3 20. Ne2 Qb4+ 21. Bd2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 b2 23. Nc3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 b1=Q+ 25. Rd1 Qxb7 26. O-O Nge7 27. Rb1 Qc8 28. Rfc1 Bh6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Qc5 Re8 31. Rd6 Rd8 32. Qb6 Qb8 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. Rbd1 Rd8 35. g3 Kf7 36. Kg2 Bg7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Ke6 39. Rb7 f5 40. f3 Bf6 41. h3 h5 42. Kf2 f4 43. g4 Nd4 44. Ra7 hxg4 45. hxg4 Nec6 46. Rh7 Nb4 47. Kg2 Nbc2 48. Kf2 Ne3 49. Rh1 Nc4 50. Rh6 Kf7 51. Rh3 Nd2 52. Rh7+ Bg7 53. Rh3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Altorky, Amer"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,24,35,0,0,-1,43,-98,-120,-118,-113,-201,-197,-201,-192,-208,-191,-182,-192,-223,-207,-215,-214,-213,-208,-230,0,-189,-19,-10,13,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-178,-97,-255,-20,-18,0,-19,-33,-158,-131,-152,-147,-972,-976,-935,31,33,19,28,48,43,117,-29993,0,0,4,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 c4 12. Be3 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} Ba6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 13. Nfd4 (13. Rf2 Qa5 14. Ng3 cxd3 15. cxd3 h5 16. g5 Nd7 17. d4 b3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. f5 d5 {1-0 (39) Gasanov,E (2484)-Almasi,I (2398) Zalakaros 2017}) 13... Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 {0-1 (43) Ogashawara,G (1790)-Sztokbant,B (2059) Sao Jose do Rio Preto 2012}) 14. Nf3 Qc7 (14... Nd7 {seems wilder.} 15. d4 Nf6 16. Ne1 d5 17. e5 Ne4) 15. b3 (15. Rc1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 15... cxd3 $17 16. cxd3 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. dxe4 (17. Rc1 $17 Nc3 18. Qd2) 17... Bxa1 $19 18. Qxa1 {Hoping for Re1.} Bxe2 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. f5 e5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Nf3 {intending Ng5.} Re8 $2 ({Black should play} 24... e5 $19 25. Rd1 Qb5) 25. Rd1 $2 (25. Ng5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 25... Nc6 $2 (25... e5 $19 26. Qb2 Nb7) 26. Ng5 $11 Ref8 {[%cal Be8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7f2,Bf2c2][%mdl 32]} 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 28. Qb2 e5 29. Qd2 Nd4 30. Qxb4 Qc7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 31. Kh2 Rf2 32. Rc1 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b4]} 33. Qa4 $2 {[#]} (33. Qxb6 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} axb6 34. Rc7 Rxa2 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7+ Ke8 37. Ra7) 33... Bb5 $1 $19 34. Qb4 $2 {[#]} (34. Qa3 $17 Ne2 35. Rd1 (35. Rc8+ $2 Kf7 $19)) 34... Kf7 $2 ({Don't play} 34... Rxa2 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Qe1 $17) (34... Ne2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2c1]} 35. Qd2 (35. Rc8+ $2 Kf7 $19) 35... Nf4 36. Bxf4 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Qf2) 35. Qc3 $1 $11 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Qc5 ({Stronger than} 35... Rxa2 36. Qc8 $18) 36. Qe3 Rc2 37. Rd1 (37. Rxc2 $15 Qxc2 38. Qd2) 37... Re2 $17 38. Rf1+ Ke6 39. Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rc1 $17 Qb4 40. a3) 39... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kxg2 Qc2+ $2 (40... Bxf1+ $19 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Qd2 Qxe4 43. Kxf1 Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Qxh3) 41. Rf2 $14 Qxe4+ 42. Kg3 {aiming for Qf6+.} Qd3+ ({Of course not} 42... Qe1 $6 43. Qf6+ Kd5 44. Kh2 $16) 43. Qe3 Qd1 ({Black should try} 43... Ne2+ $14 44. Kh4 d5) 44. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rf8 $16) 44... Qh1 $2 (44... Qg1+ {mates} 45. Kh4 Nxe2 46. Rf6+ Kxf6 47. Bg5+ Kg7 48. Bf4 Qf2+ 49. Bg3 Nxg3 50. Kg5 Qf6#) 45. Qe3 $11 Bc6 46. Rh2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 27%, Black = 40%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Ward, Serge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 Bg6 12. c4 c6 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Rf2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe3 16. Bxg6 Qxe5 17. Re2 Qf6 18. Bc2 dxc4 19. Qe1 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Rd6 22. Kf2 Rad8 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Kg7 25. a4 Rd2 26. a5 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Rd7 28. Ra4 Rd5 29. Rb4 Rxa5 30. Rxb7 Ra1 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Kd1 Ra3 33. Kd2 a5 34. Rb6 Ra1 35. Rxc6 Rh1 36. Bd1 Rxh2+ 37. Be2 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rxc4 h4 40. Ra4 h3 41. Rxa5 Kg6 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Bf3 Rg1 44. Rh5 Rc1 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Rxh3 e5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. Rh5+ Kf4 49. Bd5 f5 50. Be6 Rd1+ 51. Kc4 Ke3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qe3 Qb4 16. b3 c5 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qb6 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. R4d2 Rab8 22. Re2 Qb5 23. Rde1 Rb7 24. g3 Rbc7 25. Kg2 a6 26. h4 h5 27. Rd2 Rc1 28. Rde2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qc6 30. Kg1 Kh7 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Qe3 Bh6 33. Qe2 Rb8 34. Qf3 Qc7 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. a3 Kg8 37. b4 Bf8 38. Nc3 Rc8 39. Ne2 Re8 40. Rc1 Rc8 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bf4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Nd3 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Nbd7 10. Nd2 g5 11. Nh3 g4 12. Nf4 h5 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. c4 dxc4 15. e4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nxc4 Nb6 19. Na5 Nd5 20. Nb3 Ng7 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Be4 Nf5 23. Nc5 Nc7 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qd2 h4 26. Rc4 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rh3 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Qc2 Rdh8 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 R8h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. f3 Bb7 10. Nf5 Nbd7 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O g6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qe8 16. Rde1 Qb8 17. g4 b5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Reg1 Ne5 21. Be4 Qd8 22. f4 Nc4 23. Qd3 Qf6 24. c3 Nxf4 25. Qf3 Nh5 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxg6+ Kh7 29. Rxf6 Re7 30. Bg5 Rg7 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Bf6 Re8 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Re6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Black "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Bb6 7. Bc4 Nge7 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. f4 N5c6 11. e5 Qh6 12. Rf3 d5 13. f5 g5 14. Rh3 Qf8 15. e6 Nxd4 16. exf7+ Kd8 17. Bxd4 Bxf5 18. Re3 Qxf7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qd4 Kc7 21. Qe5+ Kd7 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Ref3 Rhf8 25. g4 Nc6 26. Qxd5+ Qd6 27. Qxd6+ Kxd6 28. Nc4+ Kc7 29. Bd1 Re4 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxc4 32. Rxg5 Re4 33. Kf2 Ne5 34. Rg7+ Kc6 35. h3 h6 36. Bf3 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 Re6 38. Rf7 a5 39. h4 Re1 40. Kg2 Re2+ 41. Rf2 Re4 42. Kf3 Re6 43. g5 h5 44. Rg2 Re8 45. Kf4 Rf8+ 46. Ke5 Kd7 47. g6 Ke7 48. Rg5 Rg8 49. g7 Kf7 50. Kf5 a4 51. a3 b5 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Rxb5 Rxg7 54. Rb4 Rh7 55. Kg3 Rg7+ 56. Kh3 Rg1 57. Rxa4 Ke5 58. Rb4 Ke6 59. Kh2 Rg8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 e6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Be2 O-O-O 7. O-O h5 8. d4 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. a4 Bb4 13. Ne5 Qf5 14. Bxc6 Nh6 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Qd3 Qf4 17. Qf3 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Nd3 Qa5 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Nxd5 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. h3 c6 24. hxg4 cxd5 25. Re7+ Ka8 26. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. e3 Qd7 11. Bf3 Bg4 12. Ng2 Qf5 13. Bxg4 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nfxd5 Rfe8 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bd2 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bb4 Rc6 22. d5 Rb6 23. Rac1 h6 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Rfd1 Ne8 26. Rc4 Nc7 27. e4 Nb5 28. Rd3 Nxa3 29. Rxa3 Rxb2 30. Rxa7 f5 31. exf5 Ree2 32. Rf4 Red2 33. h4 Rxd5 34. f6 Kf7 35. fxg7+ Kxg7 36. Ra8 Re5 37. Rd8 Re6 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Kg2 h5 40. a4 Ra2 41. Rxb7 d5 42. Rb5 Rd6 43. a5 Ra3 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb3 46. Rd4 Rxb6 47. Rxd5 Ra6 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. f4 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 Ra4+ 52. Ke5 Ra5+ 53. Kf6 Ra6+ 54. Kf7 Ra7+ 55. Ke6 Ra6+ 56. Kf7 Ra7+ 57. Ke6 Ra6+ 58. Kf5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Rb3 62. f5 Rb2+ 63. Kh3 Rf2 64. g4 hxg4+ 65. Kxg4 Rg2+ 66. Kf3 Rxg5 67. hxg5+ Kxg5 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Kf4 Kf7 70. Ke5 Ke7 71. f6+ Kf7 72. Kf5 Kf8 73. Kg6 Kg8 74. f7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 Nf6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qa4 Nb6 10. Qd1 Be7 11. a4 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 f5 14. Nb5 Bf6 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. h3 Rb8 17. e4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nd4 19. Nfxd4 exd4 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh2 Nb6 22. f5 Bf7 23. e5 Bd5 24. Qc2 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Nd5 26. Qe4 Ne3 27. Rf2 b6 28. f6 Bxf6 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Re1 Re8 34. Re2 Re4 35. Kg2 c4 36. Nd6 Rd4 37. Nxc4 Kf7 38. Rxe3 b5 39. axb5 a4 40. b6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saeed, Riad"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bc2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. Qe2 e6 14. a4 b4 15. cxb4 Bb7 16. Qc4 Qd7 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. b5 Qb4 21. Qe1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 axb5 24. Nc3 Nd2 25. Nxb5 Ba6 26. Be3 Bxb5 27. Bxd2 Bc4 28. Rac1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. c4 e6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Qc2 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. e4 Nh7 16. Qe2 Bg5 17. f4 Be7 18. Kh2 Nb6 19. b3 Qd7 20. e5 Rac8 21. a4 c5 22. a5 Na8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 cxd4 26. Ba3 Rc3 27. Qe5 Rxb3 28. Qxd4 Nf6 29. Rfb1 Rb5 30. Bb4 Ne4 31. Bf1 Rf5 32. Bxb5 axb5 33. a6 b6 34. Re1 Nxd6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Rac1 Qd7 37. Rc2 Rh5 38. g4 e5 39. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nxe4 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bf3 h6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 e5 19. Rfd1 exd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rdd1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rab8 23. Bc2 a6 24. Qe4 Nf6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qe3 Ng4 27. Qe4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Nf6 29. Qc6 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. a4 Rb6 32. Ke1 b4 33. Kd2 Rd6+ 34. Kc1 a5 35. Rb2 Nd5 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. Bd1 Nf4 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Nxg2 40. Be2 c3+ 41. Kc2 Nf4 42. Bc4 Kf8 43. Bb5 Ke7 44. Kb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Saad, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qc2 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c5 Qb4 11. a3 Qa5 12. O-O a6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rad1 b5 15. Rfe1 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nfd5 17. Nd6 Bb7 18. Bh4 f5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. f4 Nc8 22. Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Qd2 d6 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Bb1 Rfd8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nfg5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd5 15. c4 Qf5 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. dxe5 Rfd8 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Bd4 24. b3 Bxe5 25. Kf1 Bd4 26. Ke2 f5 27. f4 Kf7 28. Kd3 c5 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. Kxc3 e5 31. fxe5 Ke6 32. Kd3 Kxe5 33. g3 g5 34. Ke3 h5 35. h3 g4 36. h4 a5 37. a3 f4+ 38. gxf4+ Kf5 39. a4 b6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O h6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Nfd2 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. Qe3 Na6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qb5 Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Be3 Rec8 23. Rfc1 Kf8 24. b4 Rab8 25. Rab1 a6 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Kd3 Rb6 29. Bd2 Rcb8 30. Rb2 h5 31. Rcb1 g5 32. f3 g4 33. fxg4 hxg4 34. Rf1 f6 35. Bf4 Rh8 36. Re2 a5 37. Rfe1 Rh7 38. Bd2 axb4 39. Bxb4 Bxb4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Ra1 Rb7 42. Ra8 Re7 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Rg8 Rb3+ 45. Kc2 Rf3 46. Rxg4 Rf2+ 47. Kd3 Rxh2 48. Ke3 Ra2 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Rg8 Rf2+ 51. Ke3 Rc2 52. g4 Rc3+ 53. Kd2 Rg3 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Rg7+ Ke6 56. Rg8 Kf7 57. Rc8 Rxg4 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. Rxc6 Rxd4 60. Rd6 Kf5 61. Ke3 Re4+ 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Rd8 Ra4 64. Rh8 Ra3+ 65. Ke2 f5 66. Rh4 f4 67. Kf2 Ke4 68. Ke2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Black "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ne4 Qa5+ 11. Qc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 b5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. c4 Bb7 16. cxb5 a5 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rfd1 c4 20. Rac1 c3 21. Bd3 Be7 22. Ne5 Ba3 23. Rc2 Bb2 24. Nc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Rc8 26. Bd3 Bd5 27. Rb1 Ba3 28. b6 Bb7 29. Rb3 Bb2 30. h3 h5 31. Rbxb2 cxb2 32. Rxb2 Rc3 33. Bb5 g5 34. Ba4 Kg7 35. Rb5 Rc6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. e5 Bc5 8. Ne4 Qb6 9. O-O f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nh4 Qd8 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Qxc5+ d6 15. Qh5 b5 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Nf5+ exf5 18. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nfd7 7. Nge2 c5 8. d5 Qa5 9. a3 a6 10. Rc1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bd2 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb1 Bxb2 15. Rc4 Ne5 16. Bxb4 Qb5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. h4 Ba6 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Bd2 Rc2 24. h5 Rb2 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxe2+ 27. Kd1 g5 28. g3 Bd3 29. f4 Ra3 30. Bd4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Qc2 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 c4 9. Nbd2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Rc8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. c4 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. f4 e5 17. h3 exd4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 h5 21. Nf3 Qa5 22. Qb2 Qc5+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Kg7 25. Kf2 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Rc7 27. Ke3 Rce7 28. Kd3 f5 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 fxe4+ 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Rec1 Red7 33. Rc7 Bf5 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rd1 Kf6 36. g3 Rc7 37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. Kd2 Kg8 40. Rd5 Rf7 41. Ke3 Kg7 42. Rd6 Rf6 43. Rd7+ Rf7 44. Rd6 Kh7 45. Kd4 Rg7 46. Rf6 Rxg3 47. Rxf5 Kg6 48. Re5 h4 49. Rxe4 h3 50. Re1 h2 51. Rh1 Rh3 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kd5 Kf5 54. Kc5 Kxf4 55. Kb6 Kg3 56. Kxb7 Kg2 57. Rxh2+ Kxh2 58. Kxa6 Re3 59. a4 Rxb3 60. a5 Kg3 61. Ka7 Kf4 62. a6 Ke5 63. Ka8 Kd6 64. a7 Rf3 65. Kb7 Rf7+ 66. Kb8 Rxa7 67. Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 e6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Na4 Rb8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Nc4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nc5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Amer, Majeed"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. Ne5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 c6 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Qb3 Qd5 10. Qxb7 Qxe5+ 11. Kd1 e6 12. Qxa8 Ne4 13. d4 Nxf2+ 14. Kd2 Qxd4+ 15. Ke2 Bc5 16. Qxb8+ Ke7 17. Qxh8 Qe4+ 18. Kf1 Nxh1 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Qxg7+ Kd6 21. Qf8+ Kc7 22. Qxc5 Ng3+ 23. Kf2 Nh1+ 24. Kg1 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Nf2 26. Qxa7+ Kd6 27. Qb8+ Kd7 28. Qa7+ Kd6 29. Qd4+ Kc7 30. Bh4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bitar, Joe"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Bb3 c5 8. f4 Ng4 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bd5 Rb8 11. e5 Qb6 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Qe2 dxe5 15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. h3 c4+ 18. Kh1 h5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxe5 Be7 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Rd8 24. Ne2 Rh4 25. Qg3 Rd3 26. Qf2 Rdxh3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Bd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nxb4 Nxg3 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. fxg3 Rb8 16. Qd2 Rb7 17. O-O Qb8 18. Rab1 Rb5 19. d4 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qd3 d5 22. Qxf5 e4 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Nxg5 Rxb2 26. Rf8+ Kd7 27. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,40,27,-182,-183,-201,-201,-201,-195,-240,-246,-231,-204,-208,-207,-210,-205,-279,-141,-204,-168,-176,-170,-195,-178,-411,-374,-797,-449,-435,-442,-442,-435,-491,-414,-451,-316,-297,-300,-417,-418,-486,-464,-599,-453,-574,-551,-796,-738,-761,-585,-1042,-1027,-1535,-1568,-4990,-3423,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29979,-6216,-6141,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29991,-29992,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 3. Bc4 h6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 $2 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. c3 $11 {and White is okay.}) (6. a4 d6 7. c3 a5 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nd2 Ke7 13. Re1 Rd8 {0-1 (39) Kobalia,M (2596)-Inarkiev,E (2694) Sochi 2017}) 6... Nxe5 $19 7. d4 Nxc4 8. dxc5 {Black is clearly better.} O-O 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qe2 d5 11. f3 Na5 12. Bf4 b6 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. Bxc7 Bxb5 15. Bxd8 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 Bxe4 {0-1 (31) Sepesi,S (1350)-Tomcik,M (1398) Brezova pod Bradlom 2006}) 9... Re8 10. Nc3 d6 11. b3 {[#]} Ne5 $1 ({Worse is} 11... dxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. bxc4 $15) 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nb5 Re7 ({Black should play} 13... Bg4 $19 14. Qd2 {[#]} Bf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Nxd6 Re6) 14. Nxd6 (14. Qxd6 $17 {was necessary.} Bd7 15. Nd4) 14... Rd7 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Qc1 Rc7 17. Bb2 $2 {[#]} (17. Rd1) 17... Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Nc4 $2 (18. cxd3 Rxc1 19. Raxc1) 18... Qxe1+ ({And not} 18... Nxc1 19. Nxa5 Nxa2 20. Rxa2 $11) 19. Qxe1 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Na3 a6 22. c4 b4 23. Nc2 a5 24. e5 Nd7 25. Nd4 Nc5 26. Rd1 Re7 27. Nc6 Rd7 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 28. Nd4 Ne6 29. h3 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Bb7 31. f4 Rad8 32. Rc1 Rxd4 33. c5 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Rxa2 {Black mates.} 37. g4 Rb2 38. Kd1 Rxb3 39. Kc2 a4 40. f5 Be4+ 41. Kd2 a3 42. c6 Bxc6 43. e6 a2 44. Kc2 Rb1 45. Kd3 a1=Q 46. h4 Qc3+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Black "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Be5 Kg8 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Re1 Rf8 15. Re3 Be8 16. Rh3 Bg6 17. Rc1 a6 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Nf4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxf4 21. c3 Qb6 22. Rc2 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 g6 24. Kf1 Qb5+ 25. Ke1 Re4+ 26. Kd1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vayanos, Georges"]
[Black "Louak, Milad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Qh6 O-O-O 13. f4 Nxc2 14. Bd2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 exf4 16. Qxf4 d5 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. e5 Be7 20. Qf3 Qxd5 21. Qe2 Qxd3 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. Bf4 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Ka8 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rxd1# 0-1

