[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,101,0,12,9,18,9,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,-10,-5,-12,0,-5,-7,-7,0,0,5,0,-5,-33,7,6,6,6,12,12,40,29,29,27,28,24,34,21,39,37,64,47,131,23,31,31,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,197,155,155,155,155,155,170,160,506,256,757,620,754,754,751,737,984,952,1277,1247,1060,993,1914,1926]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. h4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Ndf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Be2 h5 14. Kb1 Be6 15. Ka1 O-O-O 16. Na4 Kb8 17. Nxb6 axb6 {1-0 (67) Volkov,S (2637)-Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2414) Linares 2017}) 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Bc8 17. a3 g6 18. Na2 Rhe8 19. Nb4 Qd6 20. Ka1 Re7 21. Qa4 Ng7 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Rc3 Ne6 24. Rhc1 (24. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb4a6]}) 24... Bd7 25. Qb3 Ka8 26. Be2 h5 27. g3 Be8 28. Bf3 f6 29. Bg2 Rdd7 30. Bh3 Bf7 31. Qc2 Re7 32. Nd3 Be8 33. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} (33. Bxe6 $5 Qxe6 34. b4 $14) 33... Kb8 (33... g5 $14) 34. a4 (34. Bxe6 $1 $16 {aiming for Bh3.} Rxe6 35. b5) 34... g5 $11 35. Nc5 g4 36. Bf1 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Qe6 38. a5 a6 39. Bd3 Qg8 (39... Ka8 $16) 40. Rb3 Kc8 {[#]} 41. Rcb1 $1 Kd8 {[#]} 42. R1b2 $1 Qg7 43. Qb1 Qf7 $2 (43... Rf7 $16 {is a better chance.} 44. Bc2 f5) 44. Rb4 Red7 $2 (44... f5 45. Bxf5 Qf6) 45. Rb6 {White is clearly winning.} Re7 46. Bf5 Bd7 47. Bg6 Qg7 48. Rxb7 Rxb7 49. Rxb7 {Qb6+ would kill now.} Bc8 50. Qb6+ Rc7 51. Ra7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,123,25,11,20,0,18,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,31,-52,-46,-161,-171,-171,-170,-178,-110,-114,-102,-112,-106,-101,-104,-105,-104,-133,-128,-118,-122,-118,-90,-284,-269,-360,-360,-343,-318,-469,-469,-437,-422,-415,-409,-566,-553,-624,-609,-564,-544,-1252,-1230,-1322,-1171,-1272,-1243,-1086,-1054,-1691,-1597,-1664,-1210,-1592,-1566,-1363,-1480,-2050,-1939,-1733,-1501,-2181,-1895,-1700,-1872,-1769,-1675,-2034,-1941,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12850]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} Nc5 11. Rd1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qe7 12. Bg5 {The position is equal.} c6 (12... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5g5]} 13. Bf4 Qe7 $11) 13. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc1 Qf8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 f5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 {0-1 (35) Burmakin,V (2560)-Loeffler,M (2365) Schwarzach 1998}) 13... a5 14. b3 h6 15. Bf4 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rd3 Ng5 18. Re3 Qd8 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rd1 a4 22. b4 a3 23. e3 Bd7 24. Nb3 ({White should play} 24. g4 $14) 24... Qe5 $15 25. Qd3 (25. Rd4 $15) 25... Bf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 26. e4 Be6 27. Bf1 {[#]} Qb2 (27... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rc8) 28. Rd2 $17 {[#]} Qc3 $1 29. Qxd6 Bf8 $36 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8e7,Be7f6][%mdl 2080] Black has strong initiative.} ({Much less strong is} 29... Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qe7 $15) 30. Qd4 Qxb4 31. Rc2 Be7 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Ra4 34. Kg2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4][%mdl 512]} 35. cxb5 $2 (35. Rc1 $17 {was the only chance.}) 35... cxb5 $19 36. Nc1 Bf6 ({Not} 36... Rxe4 37. Rc7 $19) 37. Rc2 Rb4 ({But not} 37... Rxe4 38. Bxb5 Rb4 39. Be2 $19) 38. Bd3 (38. Nd3 {is a better defense.} Rb2 39. Rxb2 axb2 40. Nxb2 Bxb2 41. Bxb5) 38... Bb2 39. Kf3 Bxc1 40. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb2 41. Ke3 Bxa2 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. gxf4 b4 44. f5 gxf5 45. exf5 f6 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Ra7 Bg8 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Ra6 Kg5 52. h4+ Kxh4 53. Rxf6 a2 54. Rh6+ Kg5 55. Rg6+ Kh5 56. Rg1 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 57. Be4 Bf7 58. f6 Rh2 59. Kf4 Rh4+ 60. Kf5 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 61. Kxe4 b2 62. Kd4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,145,16,22,14,22,24,32,40,35,28,39,29,36,36,37,45,49,37,41,37,45,45,44,39,48,48,38,-104,-130,-157,-157,-157,-154,-160,-158,-157,-159,-148,-162,-171,-118,-118,-117,-116,-64,-64,-64,-107,-97,-127,-96,-109,-55,-162,-162,-162,-163,-158,-158,-157,-160,-145,-147,-219,-220,-200,-97,-91,-32,-23,-29,-32,-8,-10,0,0,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-18,-17,-24,-16,-14,0,-24,0,-32,-43,-596,-31,-1225,-1152,-1062,-445,-438,-438,-438,-438,-397,-229,-520,-490,-488,-470,-341,-292,-6814,-884,-2072,-1633,-4922,-20,-229,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-11,-11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nc6 (3... g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. c3 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 {1-0 (29) Zvjaginsev,V (2643)-Sjugirov,S (2650) Sochi 2017}) 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. c3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. d5 Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 12. Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. a3 Na6 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Bc2 {½-½ (53) Grujic,D (2124)-Tomin,K (1926) Kragujevac 2013}) 12... Na6 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Rb1 a5 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. a3 Qc7 18. b4 (18. a4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 18... axb4 $17 19. axb4 Ncxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 Qxc2 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Rec1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rc8 (24... Bd8 $1 $19 25. Nd2 Kf8) 25. Ra1 Bb5 26. Nd2 Bd3 (26... Ba6 $17 27. Rb1 b5) 27. Ra7 $15 b5 28. f3 h6 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rb7 Bh4 (30... Ra8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bh4.} 31. Ne4 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Re1) 31. Ne4 ({White must play} 31. Bf2 $1 $15 Bg5 32. Ne4) 31... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 32. Bf2 Bxf2+ 33. Nxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc4 34. Nd1 Bxd5 35. Rxb5 Bb3 36. Nf2 (36. Ne3 $17 {was called for.}) 36... d5 37. Rc5 Rb8 (37... e4 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 38. fxe4 dxe4) 38. g4 $17 g6 ({Black should play} 38... e4 $17 39. Rc3 Rxb4 40. gxf5 exf3 41. Rxf3 Rb5) 39. Rc6 $1 $15 Kg7 40. Nd3 $1 e4 41. Ne5 Re8 42. f4 $1 e3 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Rc3 e2 45. Kf2 Bd1 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. b5 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rb8 48. Rg3+ Kh8 $1 49. Nf7+ Kh7 50. Nd6 Rb6 51. Nxf5 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} Rxb5 (51... Rf6 $5 52. Ne3 $8 d4 $15) 52. Rg7+ Kh8 {...Rb4 is the strong threat.} 53. Re7 Rb4 54. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Ke1 $15) 54... Rb3+ $2 (54... d4 $19 55. Re8+ Kh7) 55. Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kg2 $15) 55... Rf3 $19 56. Kg4 e1=Q (56... Rf1 $142 57. Kh5 e1=Q+ 58. Kxh6 Qxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 59. Nxe7 d4) 57. Rxe1 Rf1+ $1 58. Rxd1 Rxd1 59. Nxh6 {KR-KN} d4 (59... Kg7 $142 60. Nf5+ Kf6) 60. Kf3 $2 {[#]} (60. Nf7+ {was forced.} Kg7 61. Ne5) 60... Re1 $1 61. Nf7+ Kg7 62. Ne5 {[#]} Kf6 $1 63. h4 $2 (63. Kg4) 63... Kf5 (63... Re3+ $142 64. Kf2 Kf5) 64. h5 Rh1 65. Nc6 d3 $2 (65... Rh3+ $19 66. Ke2 Ke4) 66. Nd4+ $11 Kf6 {( -> ...d2)} 67. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Rh3+ 68. Kd2 Ke7 69. Nc6+ Kd6 70. Ne5 Kd5 71. Nxd3 Kd4 72. Nf2 Rxh5 73. Ke2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,85,74,47,104,104,107,104,121,106,127,119,129,94,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,99,107,101,16,12,0,0,-14,-9,-11,-8,-26,-19,-19,25,8,17,23,150,153,294,116,234,73,78,60,60,66,91,8,8,8,36,8,73,16,68,25,29,8]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Na6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Be2 c6 12. g5 {E92: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} (12. h4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Nxa4 {0-1 (45) Grischuk,A (2751)-Naiditsch,A (2686) Novi Sad 2016}) 12... Ne8 13. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 14. Nb3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß steht besser.} N7a6 $146 (14... cxd5 $14 15. Nxc5 d4 16. Nxd7 (16. Nxb7 Qb8 $11) 16... Qxd7) ({Vorgänger:} 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. h5 b4 {½-½ (34) Karavade,E (2418)-Gluhovsky,M (2263) Caleta 2017}) 15. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 16. Qd2 a4 17. h5 Qa5 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Kf2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bc6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ba5 Bxd5 25. Bxd8 (25. cxd5 $16 b6 26. Bb4) 25... Bxe4 $1 $11 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. fxe4 {[%cal Bf3e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32] zielt auf Lb6 ab.} Rxc7 28. Rh4 Ne6 29. Rg4 Bf8 30. Rbg1 d5 31. exd5 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 {[#]} (32... Bxg1 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 33. Kxg1 Nf4) 33. Rh1 $1 $16 Be7 {[#]} (33... Kf8 $16 34. Rgh4 b5) 34. Kf2 $2 (34. Rgh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4h8] Droht Matt per Th8+.} Bxg5 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. d6) 34... b5 (34... Kg7 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 35. b3 axb3) 35. Rd1 $2 ({Jedoch nicht} 35. cxb5 $6 Rc2) (35. Rgh4 $18 {ist der präzise Gewinnweg. Weiss droht Th8+ und Matt.} Bc5+ 36. Kf3) 35... Bd6 36. b3 (36. Rc1 {is interesting.} f6 37. gxf6 Kf7 38. Kf3 e4+ 39. Kf2) 36... axb3 37. axb3 Ra7 38. Rd2 (38. cxb5 $16 {Td2 ist eine echte Drohung.} Ra2 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. Rc1) 38... bxc4 $11 39. Bxc4 {und nun wäre Kf3 stark für Weiss.} Ra1 40. Kf3 {Mit der Idee Th4.} Re1 (40... Kg7 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 41. Ra2 (41. Rh4 $16) 41... Bc5 (41... Kg7 $11) 42. Rxf4 (42. Be2 $5) 42... exf4 43. Kxf4 {Precision: Weiß = 33%, Schwarz = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,10,7,-44,-33,-61,-28,-41,-46,-39,-51,-43,-17,-17,-14,-12,-8,-23,-18,-26,-17,-72,-36,-43,-32,-33,-27,-120,-25,-59,-13,-68,-78,-71,-78,-140,-134,-138,-141,-141,-137,-128,-134,-140,-133,-127,-89,-79,-84,-91,-31,-33,-22,-168,324,316,417,416,406,404,389,384,385,347,1354,891,709,695,1615,1481,12838,12839,12838,739,1651,1457,622,0,1416,1254,12837,1072,12840,801,688,670,12836,12837,12838,12837,12843,12843,12844,12758,29997,29998]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 {LiveBook: 125 Games} 8. Qf2 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} (8. e4 $11) (8. h3 d4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nc4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. c3 e6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Nde7 15. a4 Ba6 {½-½ (40) Svidler,P (2743)-Jakovenko,D (2745) Kazan 2014}) 8... d4 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e4 dxe3 10. Qxe3 Qb6 11. c3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Rad8 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. h3 e6 15. Na3 Qc7 {½-½ (65) Jurkiewicz,K (2169)-Wadsworth,M (2290) Reading 2017}) 9... Rb8 10. a4 {Black has an edge.} Nd5 11. Na3 b6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Nfe5 Ncb4 14. e4 dxe3 15. Nxe3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 17. N3g4 (17. c3 $11) 17... h5 (17... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 18. Nh2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 f4 20. gxf4 Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxf4 Bxg2 22. Qxg2 (22. Kxg2 Nd5 $17) 22... Rxf4 $15) 18. Nh2 Rbd8 19. Nhf3 e6 20. g4 {[#]} (20. c3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nc6 21. Nc4) 20... hxg4 (20... g5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nxg5 Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxf4 Bxe5) 21. hxg4 $11 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} (21... Nxf4 $5 22. Bxf4 Bxf3 23. Nxg6 e5 $11) 22. Re1 (22. c3 $11) 22... Nxe5 $15 23. fxe5 Nb4 {...Bxf3 is the strong threat.} 24. Bg5 (24. Qe2 $142) 24... Bxf3 $1 $17 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxf3 Bxe5 27. Kg2 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Bd4 29. Qd2 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 (30... exd5 31. Qg5 $11) 31. Re4 Qc6 (31... Qb7 $1 $17 32. Rf1 c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Rh1 $15 Rd7 {Hoping for ...f5.} (32... Qxa4 33. Kf3 $17) 33. g5 ({Of course not} 33. Qh6 Bg7 $17) (33. Qf4 $11 Qb7 34. Qf3 (34. Qh6 c4 $17)) 33... Qxa4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rd5 $19 {and all is fine. Strongly threatening ...Rf5.} 34. Rf1 Rf5) 34. c3 $18 Qa5 {[#]} 35. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4b8]} Qa2+ 36. Kg3 {White threatens Qb8+ and mate.} Bf2+ ({And not} 36... Bg7 37. Qb8+ Rd8 38. Qxd8+ Bf8 {[#]} 39. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 40. Qxf8+ Kh7 41. Rh4#) 37. Qxf2 Rxd3+ 38. Re3 Rxe3+ $2 (38... Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rd6) 39. Qxe3 {Threatening mate with Qe5.} Qd5 40. Rf1 b5 41. Rf2 Qd6+ 42. Qf4 Qe7 43. Qe5 (43. Rh2 $142 Qd8 44. Rd2) 43... Qd7 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ (45. Qf4 $142 Qd3+ 46. Kh4) 45... Kg8 $1 46. Qxc5 a5 47. Kf4 (47. Rh2 $142 Qd3+ 48. Kf4 Qf1+ 49. Ke5 Qf5+ 50. Kd6 Qxc5+ 51. Kxc5) 47... Qd3 48. Qe3 (48. Rh2 $142 Qf5+ 49. Qxf5 gxf5 50. Rb2) 48... Qd6+ 49. Kg4 b4 50. Rd2 Qc7 51. cxb4 axb4 52. Qd4 Kh7 53. Qf4 Qa7 54. Qh2+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 10. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 13. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 16. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 18. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 21. Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 22. Rfe2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 23. Bb5 {[%emt 0:27:56]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 24. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 25. Rxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 26. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 27. a3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} a4 {[%emt 0:13:38]} 28. Rb4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 30. Rc4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:09:57]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 32. Rc5 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Re6 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 33. f5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 34. fxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:07:32]} 36. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:09] Rc7} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,81,74,45,30,20,19,22,39,41,35,31,74,25,52,54,41,0,21,-25,-18,-15,-15,-33,-33,-28,-41,-41,-29,-44,-25,-37,-10,-24,-20,-42,-42,-40,-37,-39,-26,-36,0,0,0,-15,-8,-79,-20,-20,-20,-18,-5,-48,-50,-66,-62,-114,-41,-54,-54,-54,-5,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-58,-54,-54,-54,-54,-27,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bd2 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nxe5 {A52: Budapest Gambit} Bxe5 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} d6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qc2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Nd5 g4 12. Be3 h5 13. Qd2 f6 14. f4 gxf3 15. exf3 {1-0 (26) Dreev,A (2673)-Zwardon,V (2383) Warsaw 2013}) 9... Nc6 10. e3 Be6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O g4 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. Bc3 c6 15. Nf4 Qg5 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 gxf3 $1 20. Rxf3 h5 21. Raf1 Rhg8 22. Qf2 Rg7 23. b4 h4 24. Rf8 a6 25. a4 Rxf8 26. Qxf8+ Kc7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 27. Qf3 Bc3 28. b5 Bd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Rb1 Bxe3 31. Be4 (31. c5 $1 $11 Qf4 32. Qd1) 31... Qf4 ({Black should play} 31... d5 $17 32. Bd3 Qf4 33. cxd5 Qxf3 34. d6+ Kxd6 35. gxf3 a5) 32. Bxc6 $11 Qxf3 33. Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg5 34. Rb7+ (34. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e3]} Re5 35. g3 $15) 34... Kd8 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rh8 {[#]} (36. Rb7+ $15 Kf6 37. Rb1) 36... Bf2 (36... Ra5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. Rxh4 Rxa4) 37. Rh5 Rxh5 38. Bxh5 $15 {KB-KB} a5 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Bxg3 41. Kg2 Be1 42. Kf1 Bh4 43. Ke2 Kd8 44. Bg4 e5 45. Kd3 Kc7 46. Bf3 Kb6 47. Bd5 Kc5 48. Be6 Be1 49. Bf7 Kb4 50. Be8 e4+ 51. Kxe4 {The position is equal.} Kxc4 52. Bc6 Kc5 53. Bd5 Bb4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 7. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 11. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 13. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 14. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 15. Qa4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 16. Qa3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:07:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:08:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 21. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 23. a3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 24. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Nc2 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 28. Ned4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 29. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 30. e4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 31. Kh1 {[%emt 0:05:38]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 32. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 37. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 38. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 40. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 42. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 43. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 44. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 45. Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 48. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 49. Kg3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 51. c6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. f3 Qb6 9. Nce2 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Black "Altorky, Amer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,7,-6,7,0,23,0,0,-34,0,-34,4,6,-5,0,14,-28,31,6,10,9,38,42,137,14,12,-209,-211,-233,-233,-600,-602,-604,-619,-631,-616,-625,-610,-605,-608,-582,-423,-417,-418,-390,-370,-369,-360]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. b3 f5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (9... Be6 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. Rc1 f5 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. e3 Bf6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {1-0 (32) Belous,V (2554)-Eliseev,U (2550) Moscow 2013}) 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Rb1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 {1-0 (46) Sorgic,D (2265)-Vujacic,B (2302) Belgrade 2011}) 12... Qe7 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Qe1 Rad8 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Rd1 Nd4 ({Better is} 16... Nb4 $11) 17. Rbc1 f4 18. Nce4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Bh6 (19... Bxd2 $1 $14 20. Qxd2 Bg4) 20. Rc5 ({White should try} 20. e3 $16 Nc6 21. Qe2) 20... Bg4 $11 21. f3 $2 (21. Nf3 $11 Bxf3 22. exf3 (22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 $14)) 21... Be3+ $19 22. Kh2 Bf5 {[#] ...Rd6! is the strong threat.} 23. Ra5 $2 (23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4) 23... Qe6 {( -> ...Qh6+)} 24. Nf2 Nc2 25. Qf1 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Qh6+ 27. Kg1 Qxd2 28. Rxe5 Ne3 29. Qc1 Qxc1+ {Black is winning.} 30. Bxc1 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rde8 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f6 11. Nec4 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Ba6 13. Rf4 f5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Kg7 19. Qxe6 Bc8 20. Qe8 Nd7 21. Qe7+ Kg8 22. Rf1 Qb7 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Be2 h6 13. Qb3 Ng6 14. Rac1 e4 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. Nc2 f4 17. Rfe1 Nh4 18. Bf1 e3 19. Nxe3 fxe3 20. Bxe3 Ne5 21. Kh1 Qf6 22. Ne4 Qf7 23. c5 Bf5 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. Be2 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. c6 b6 28. h3 a5 29. a4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qe4 31. Rb1 Rxa4 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 33. Rb5 Nd3 34. Rf1 Ra2 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Kg2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. Bf4 Qf7 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qf3 g5 18. Bxg5+ Kc8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Nd8 13. Bc5 Nb7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qxd5 d6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. f3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qb4+ Kg8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Be4 Qe6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Re1 Nd6 27. Qc3 f6 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Kf7 30. Kc2 Nf5 31. Kc3 Nd4 32. Re4 Ke6 33. Rxd4 exd4+ 34. Kxd4 Kd6 35. b4 h6 36. f4 f5 37. h4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. h3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Nxd5 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. h4 Bg4 15. h5 Nf8 16. Rh4 Bd7 17. b5 Ne6 18. h6 g6 19. Be3 c6 20. c4 Rc8 21. Nh2 cxb5 22. cxb5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 c4 27. Be2 c3 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 c2 30. Kf2 Qc5+ 31. Kg2 Nd5 32. Qc1 Nf6 33. Bf3 b6 34. Rf4 Qc3 35. Ra2 Rc5 36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 38. Qxc2 g5 39. Qc7 Qxh6 40. e5 g4 41. Bxg4 Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Qd5 43. Bd7 Rxe5 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qc3 Qxd7+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Ne4 dxe5 9. fxe5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc7 12. O-O Kh8 13. Nfg5 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Kh1 Bxg5 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Be3 Qf6 20. d5 Ng7 21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Bc5 Qf6 24. Bd4 Qf8 25. Rf1 Bf5 26. g4 Rc8 27. Qe1 Qd8 28. Qe5 Qf8 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rg1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qd3 b5 14. Rec1 Ne4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bd4 Qd7 20. Bb2 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. b4 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Kd2 Kc7 29. Kd3 Kb7 30. Bd4 Kc7 31. h4 f5 32. h5 Be8 33. Bf3 g6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. e3 Kc6 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. g4 Bf7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Bg2 Be7 40. Kd3 Bg6 41. Kd2 Bd8 42. Bf1 Bh4 43. f3 Bg5 44. Bd3 Bh7 45. Ke2 Be7 46. Kf2 Bg6 47. Bf1 Bh4+ 48. Ke2 Bg5 49. Bh3 Kd7 50. f4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 c4 9. Bc2 b5 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qh5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. Qe5 O-O 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Qb5 19. Qc1 Qh5 20. Re5 Qg4 21. Qc2 g5 22. Qd2 Rd5 23. Rae1 Red8 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 Qh5 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Ne4 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. c4 f6 30. cxd5 fxe5 31. Rxe4 exd4 32. dxe6 d3 33. e7 Re8 34. Rd4 Rxe7 35. Rxd3 Kf6 36. Rd2 b5 37. f3 a5 38. Kg1 h5 39. Kf2 Kf5 40. Rd5+ Re5 41. Rxe5+ Kxe5 42. Ke3 h4 43. f4+ gxf4+ 44. gxf4+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Rc1 e5 10. Bb1 e4 11. Ng1 Bg4 12. Nce2 Qa5 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Nge2 Qa6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Qxc6 18. O-O Qd7 19. Nf4 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. d3 g5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Qd4 f5 25. Qxa7 Qc6 26. Qa3 Rc8 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. b4 Kf7 29. Qa5 Kf6 30. g4 b5 31. a4 Nc7 32. axb5 Nxb5 33. Qa1+ Kg6 34. Qe5 Re8 35. Qxf5+ Kh6 36. Rd5 Rg8 37. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qe1 Nbd7 14. Nb1 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Nh5 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Qd1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 d5 19. Rc1 Qxg3 20. Qe2 Qf4 21. Rce1 Rac8 22. Nb3 Rc3 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Ne1 Nf6 26. Nd2 e5 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Nd3 Qh4 30. Qf3 Ng3 31. Qxg3 Qxg3 32. Ne1 Qg4 33. Rd7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Saeed, Riad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 c6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. d4 a6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 f6 14. O-O-O Na5 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxa8 Bf5 20. Bd5 Qc8 21. Rd2 g5 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Kb1 a5 25. d5 a4 26. d6 Bd7 27. Re1 g4 28. Nh4 f5 29. Red1 Be6 30. b3 Qc3 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 a3 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qxd4+ 35. Ke2 f4 36. c3 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 a6 6. a4 c6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Ne4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Nd7 11. a5 f5 12. Nd2 N7f6 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. c3 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Nxg4 fxg4 20. Ne4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf4 23. Qxg4 e5 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. g3 Bh6 27. Rf1 Re8 28. b4 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rf3 Kg8 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Ke2 g6 34. Nc5 Kg7 35. Kd1 Kg8 36. Kc2 Bg7 37. Kb3 Bf8 38. Kc4 Kg7 39. h3 h6 40. Ne4 Rc7 41. g4 Rd7 42. h4 Be7 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Bg5 45. Kc5 Be7+ 46. Kb6 Bd8+ 47. Ka7 Be7 48. Kb8 Bh4 49. Nc5 Re7 50. Rf1 Bg3 51. Rg1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 Qe7 7. a3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Ba7 10. b4 e4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bb2 h5 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nd5 f5 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. Qg5 Ne7 22. Nf4 Kh7 23. d5 Rg8 24. Ne6 c6 25. Qf4 g5 26. Nxg5+ Kg6 27. Ne6 Kh7 28. Qh4 Rg6 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Ng5 Kf8 31. Ne6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Rc8 12. a3 c4 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h4 h6 15. N1h2 Nab8 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. Be3 b5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. f4 h5 21. Nh2 g6 22. Qd1 Nc6 23. g4 Qd8 24. Bf2 Be7 25. gxh5 Bxh4 26. Qg4 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ne7 28. Nhf3 Nf8 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Ng5 Nf5 31. h6+ Nxh6 32. Rxh6 f5 33. Qh4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Ward, Serge"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d3 O-O 13. Qg3 Qd6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Qg6 18. Ne2 Bg5 19. Rf1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rab8 21. b3 Qd6 22. a4 c5 23. Qg5 Qg6 24. Qe7 Qd6 25. Rxf7 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Rxc7 g5 29. Rxc5 h6 30. Rc6 Rfc8 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rc1 Rc3 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 a5 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. d4 Ke6 37. d5+ Kd6 38. dxc6 Kxc6 39. e5 Kd5 40. Re1 Ke6 41. c4 h5 42. c5 Kd5 43. e6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. e7 f3 46. e8=Q fxg2 47. Qe5+ Kc6 48. Qd6+ Kb7 49. Re7+ Kc8 50. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. b4 Bxb4 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Ne4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be7 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qg3 Qe6 20. Ba3 Re8 21. f4 c4 22. Bc5 a5 23. Bd4 Qg4 24. Qc3 Qf5 25. Rf3 Be6 26. h3 h5 27. Raf1 Reb8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Rg3 Qe2 31. Re3 Qxa2 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Rb3 34. Qxb3 cxb3 35. e6 Qb1+ 36. Rf1 Qg6+ 37. Kf2 fxe6 38. Rg1 Rf8+ 39. Rf3 Qxg1+ 40. Kxg1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Saad, Charbel"]
[Black "M amer, Hossam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ba7 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Nxd4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. f4 Kh8 18. f5 Qe7 19. Rae1 c5 20. Bd1 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. a4 Nxf5 23. Qh3 Nxh6 24. Qxh6 Rg6 25. Qh3 Reg8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bc2 Qe5 28. Rg1 Qxb2 29. Rxg6 Rxg6 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Bb1 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. a4 a6 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Red1 Rd8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 e4 22. Nd4 Rxd5 23. Rd2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxe4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bg4 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qe7+ 8. Qe3 Qxe3+ 9. fxe3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Rc7 Nb6 18. Rxb7 Rac8 19. O-O Be6 20. Rxa7 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Nc3 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc4 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne5 Ra8 28. Nc6 Nc4 29. a4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Nxa4 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxd5 Ke8 33. Ke2 Nab2 34. Nc3 Kd7 35. Nd1 Na4 36. Kd3 Nab6 37. Nc3 Nb2+ 38. Ke4 N2c4 39. g4 Ke6 40. d5+ Kd7 41. Kd4 f6 42. h4 h6 43. Ne4 Nb2 44. Nc5+ Ke7 45. d6+ Kd8 46. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Black "Bitar, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bd7 17. Nd2 Qf4 18. Nf1 Rad8 19. a4 c5 20. Qf3 Qg5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. Bd5 Re2 26. Ne3 Rxb2 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. axb5 axb5 29. R3d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re8 31. Rd3 Ba7 32. Qg5 h6 33. Qf4 Bb8 34. Qd4 Be5 35. Qd5 Qa6 36. g3 Bf6 37. Ng4 Bxc3 38. Nxh6+ gxh6 39. Rf3 Rf8 40. Kg2 b4 41. h4 Qe6 42. Qd3 Rc8 43. g4 Bg7 44. Re3 Qc6+ 45. f3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Black "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8. h4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O-O a5 11. g4 Qe7 12. h5 b5 13. Nge2 Nc5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Be2 b4 19. Nb1 Bxa2 20. b3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Nxb3+ 22. Kb2 Nd4 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qxg6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nf5+ Nxf5 27. gxf5 a4 28. Rhg1+ Kh8 29. Rd6 a3+ 30. Ka2 c5 31. Nd2 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nb3 Rc8 34. Be6 Rc7 35. Nd2 Rg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Nc4 h5 38. Nxe5 h4 39. Nd3 h3 40. Nf2 h2 41. Kb1 Nh5 42. Nh1 Nf4 43. Bc4 Kf6 44. Kc2 Ng2 45. Kd2 Nh4 46. Ke2 Ng2 47. Kf2 Nf4 48. Ke3 Ng2+ 49. Kd2 Nh4 50. Ke2 Ng2 51. Nf2 Nf4+ 52. Kd2 Kg5 53. f6 Kxf6 54. Ng4+ Kg5 55. Nxh2 Ne6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Rac1 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Na5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Bf1 Bg4 20. Qf4 Be6 21. Ne4 Qd4 22. b4 Nc6 23. Red1 Qb6 24. Nc3 Bxa2 25. Nd5 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Nxb4 Bb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Ne8 9. Bg5 Nef6 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ncxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Rxd8 15. g4 f5 16. f3 e4 17. Rc1 exf3 18. Bxf3 fxg4 19. hxg4 Re8+ 20. Kf2 Rf8 21. Kg2 Bd4 22. Rhe1 Bxg4 23. Re7 Bxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Bf6 25. Rxc7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. c5 Ke7 28. c6 b5 29. Re1+ Kf7 30. Re3 g5 31. Nd2 Be5 32. Ne4 g4 33. Ng5+ Ke7 34. Ne6 h5 35. Ra3 h4 36. Nc7 Rf8 37. Nxb5 h3+ 38. Kg1 h2+ 39. Kg2 Rf1 40. Rxa7+ Kf6 41. Rh7 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 g3+ 43. Ke2 h1=Q 44. Rxh1 Rxh1 45. c7 Rc1 46. Kf3 Kg5 47. a4 Kh4 48. a5 Kh3 49. a6 g2 50. a7 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Rf8 52. c8=Q+ Rxc8 53. Nc7 g1=Q 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Nxa8 Qa7 56. b5 Qxa8 57. b6 Qb7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. b3 dxc4 4. bxc4 Qd4 5. Qd2 Qxa1 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb2 Qxb2 8. Bxb2 a6 9. e4 Bb4 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nge2 e5 12. Kd1 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bg4+ 14. Kd2 O-O-O 15. h3 Nxe4+ 16. Kc2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Kxc3 Bf5 19. g4 g6 20. Nd5 Ne5 21. Ne7+ Kb8 22. d4 Nf3 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bg2 Bd7 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Rb1 Nf4 27. Bf3 Rde8 28. Kd2 c6 29. Bd1 cxd5 30. Ba4 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 a5 8. b3 b5 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 b4 11. Ne2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Ne4 13. a4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. f4 h6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. c4 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxd4 20. exd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qc5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Qh4 Qa3 26. Ra1 Qc5 27. Qf6 Kf8 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Qg7+ Ke7 30. Bd4 Qc2 31. Ne5 Nd6 32. Ng4 Qf5 33. Nxh6 Qc2 34. Ng4 Kd8 35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Rc1 Kc8 37. Bb6 Re7 38. Qf8+ Re8 39. Qxd6 Ra7 40. Bxa7 Re7 41. Qxe7 Qxe5 42. fxe5 Kb7 43. Qxc7+ Ka6 44. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Saab, Riad"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Qd5 4. Qf3 f5 5. Nc3 Qxf3 6. Nxf3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Kd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O a6 10. Nbd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. d3 e5 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Re8 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Rb1 h5 18. Nh4 Re6 19. d4 Ne7 20. Bg5 e4 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. d5 Rf6 23. f4 Rd6 24. b4 b5 25. Rbc1 Bb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Re2 Kf7 28. Rb3 Bf6 29. g3 Rxd5 30. Ng2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Rd8 33. Kf1 h4 34. Ra3 Rd1 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. c3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Rh2 39. Kg1 Rh3 40. Kg2 Rh8 41. Rxa6 Bxc3 42. Nf3 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 Bd4 44. a4 bxa4 45. Rxa4 Bb6 46. g4 Rh3+ 47. Kg2 fxg4 48. b5 Kf6 49. Rc4 Kf5 50. Rc1 Rb3 51. Rf1 Rb2+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Louak, Milad"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6 13. Qh5 Nc5 14. f3 b5 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. b4 Nd7 17. h4 g6 18. Qh6 Bg7 19. Qg5 Nf6 20. Rh3 Qd7 21. Rg3 h6 22. Qe3 Nh5 23. Rg4 Kh7 24. Ne2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. Rxg3 h5 28. Qe2 Qe7 29. f4 Qxh4 30. Qf2 Qxf4+ 31. Qxf4 exf4 32. Rg5 Kh6 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Bxf5 Rf8 35. Be4 Bc3 36. a3 h4 37. Rd3 Be5 38. Rh3 Kg5 39. Kd2 Bd4 40. c3 Be3+ 41. Kd1 Re8 42. Bd3 Bf2 43. Be2 Re3 44. Rxe3 Bxe3 45. c4 bxc4 46. Bxc4 Kg4 47. Bxa6 Kg3 48. Bf1 Kf2 49. Bd3 Kxg2 50. Ke1 f3 51. Bf1+ Kg3 52. a4 h3 53. Bxh3 Kxh3 54. b5 Bb6 55. Kf1 Kg3 56. a5 Bxa5 57. b6 Bxb6 58. Ke1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Black "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. Bxe5 d4 7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qg3 dxe3 9. dxe3 Ne4 10. Bxc7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Milan, Sami"]
[Black "Vayanos, George Marwan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. cxd4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Qd6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nb5 Ng4 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 c5 16. h3 cxd4 17. Qb1 Bd2 18. hxg4 0-1

