[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Rodriguez Garcia, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1 e5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. h3 Re8 11. a4 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. a5 Nf8 14. b4 Nh5 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. a6 Bc8 18. Bb2 h6 19. c4 Nh7 20. Qd2 Nhg5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. d5 Nf4 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. b5 Qc7 25. Ba3 Bf8 26. Red1 Rd8 27. c5 bxc5 28. Nxc5 Be7 29. Nd3 Be6 30. Nb4 d5 31. Nc6 Bxa3 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxa3 d4 34. Rc1 {[%emt 1:47:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 1:00:51]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Beukes, Dante Matthew"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd3 h6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nd2 Nd4 9. Bd1 Be7 10. Nf1 Ne6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Ne3 Nc5 13. Qd1 Be6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg5 17. Ne3 b5 18. Re1 b4 19. g3 Qd7 20. h4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. a3 b3 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. cxb3 Ne6 26. Bd2 Nd4 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Qb5 29. Bg2 Bc2 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxb3 32. Rc3 d5 33. Be3 Bc4+ 34. Ke1 Rb8 35. b4 Nb5 36. Rc1 Nxa3 37. Bc5 Nb5 38. Rd1 e4 39. Kd2 Bd3 40. f3 Na3 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Ra1 Nb5 43. Ke3 Nc3 44. Rxa7 {[%emt 1:52:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 1:32:09]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Reza, Maverick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qg3 g6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Be3 Be7 16. c4 Qa5 17. b3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 c5 19. f5 gxf5 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Bh6 Qc7 22. Rae1 Bh4 23. Re2 Ke7 24. Bxe6 Kxe6 25. Qxh7 Be4 26. Bxf8 Qxe5 27. Qxh4 Rxf8 28. Qh6+ f6 29. Nb2 Qd5 30. Rd1 Qa8 31. Nc4 {[%emt 0:59:07]} Rg8 {[%emt 1:33:13]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "McNutt, William Howard"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. a3 b4 10. cxb4 Nxb4 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be5 f6 15. Be2 fxe5 16. Bxh5+ g6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. dxe5 Rxb2 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bxc6+ Bd7 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. O-O Bg7 23. Rfd1+ Ke6 24. f4 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rb3 26. Rdc1 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Kd5 28. a4 e6 29. Kf2 Bf8 30. Ke2 Bb4 31. Rc1 c3 32. Kd3 Ra8 33. Ra1 Kc5 34. Kc2 {[%emt 1:43:44]} Kc4 {[%emt 1:18:11]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Yan, Benjamin"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 c5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bh3 Nf8 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Kg2 Ne6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. Qd3 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 c4 21. Qd2 Ng5 22. Rf1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 h5 24. Qe1 Qe6 25. Qc1 Bf6 26. Qd2 a6 27. Nxg5 Bxg5 28. Nd1 h4 29. Rf3 Bc8 30. Rc1 b5 31. Kf2 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Qh6 33. Kg1 Bg4 34. Rf4 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Re6 36. Nf2 Rg6 37. Kf1 {[%emt 1:49:00]} Bh3+ {[%emt 1:17:24]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Triplett, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Qc3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. b4 Nd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qc7 25. c6 Nf6 26. Qc5 Ne8 27. a4 h6 28. Qd4 Kf8 29. Bf3 Qa5 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. h4 Qa5 32. Qd1 Qc7 33. Qd2 Qd6 34. Qa5 Qc7 35. Qc5+ Qe7 36. Qc3 Qc7 37. Kg1 Qe7 38. Be2 Qd6 39. Bf1 Qd8 40. Qc5+ Qe7 41. Qd4 Qc7 42. Qd7 Qa5 43. Bb5 Qc7 44. Kg2 Qb8 45. Be2 Qc7 46. Bh5 g6 47. Be2 h5 48. Bb5 Qb8 49. Kf1 Qc7 50. Qd4 Ke7 51. Qc5+ Nd6 52. Bd3 Qb6 53. Qc3 a5 54. Ke2 Kd8 55. Qe5 Qb4 56. f3 Kc7 57. Bb5 Kb6 {[%emt 1:32:59]} 58. Qe3+ {[%emt 1:59:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Li, Gordon S Arai"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Na5 Qc7 13. Be2 Bg7 14. c4 e4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Rc1 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. g3 O-O 20. Nb3 e3 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rc2 a4 23. Nc1 Qd7 24. O-O Bd4 25. Kh1 b5 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 bxc4 28. bxc4 Ra3 29. f5 gxf5 30. Nd3 Rfa8 31. Nf4 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kg2 Qe8 34. Qd3 {[%emt 1:46:02]} Rg1+ {[%emt 1:19:23]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Batsuren, Dambasuren"]
[Black "Xu, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Nf4 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bf2 b5 18. Bb3 Nb6 19. O-O N8d7 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. g3 g5 24. e5 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. b4 Nc4 27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. Qf5 Re7 29. hxg5 Rf8 30. Qh3 Rxf3 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Be3 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Nc4 34. Bxh6 Rh7 35. e6 Ne3 36. exd7 Rxd7 37. Qxd7 Nf5 38. Rxf5 a5 {[%emt 1:28:48]} 39. Qg7# {[%emt 1:15:29]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Altman, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Rfd8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. Nd3 Ne6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Qb2 N6g5 20. a4 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Qd7 25. Rb1 Qf5 26. Nf4 g5 27. Bh3 g4 28. Bg2 Ne4 29. Rbc1 Rd7 30. h3 h5 31. h4 Nd6 32. Qb4 Ne8 33. Ra2 Ng7 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Qa3 Rdd8 36. Rxc7 Bc8 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxf7 Qb1+ {[%emt 1:47:12]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:56:56]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Keuchel, Destynn Ayrom"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Qxd6 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 g6 12. Na3 Bg7 13. Nc4 Na4 14. O-O Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rfd8 19. f4 Rac8 20. Kf2 e6 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Kf3 f6 23. Nc4 Nd3 24. Rxe6 Rxc4 25. Re7 Re4 26. Rxb7 Ne1+ 27. Kf2 Rd1 28. Rxa7 Nd3+ 29. Kf3 Nxc1 30. g4 Rd3+ 31. Kf2 Re2+ 32. Kf1 {[%emt 1:41:18]} Rd1# {[%emt 0:41:50]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Padmanabhan, Karthik Sai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc3 O-O 15. Nxe5 Re8 16. f4 f6 17. Bc4 Qd6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. g5 fxg5 20. d6+ Kh8 21. fxg5 Nf7 22. Bxf7 Qxf7 23. d7 Red8 24. Rhf1 Qe7 25. gxh6 Rxd7 26. hxg7+ Kg8 27. Qc4+ Kh7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qh4+ Kxg7 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Qh7+ Ke6 {[%emt 1:32:06]} 32. Rg6+ {[%emt 1:03:00]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Shinn, Jungmin"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bg3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Nb1 Qe7 15. c3 Bd6 16. Ne5 g6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 f5 19. Qa4 e5 20. f4 exf4 21. exf4 Ne6 22. Rde1 Qf7 23. b4 a5 24. Qb3 Rfe8 25. Bb5 Re7 26. a3 Rc8 27. Rd1 Rec7 28. Bf2 axb4 29. axb4 Nxf4 30. Bxb6 Nxg2 31. Bxc7 Bxc7 32. c4 dxc4 33. Qc3 Bb6+ 34. Rf2 Nf4 35. Kf1 {[%emt 1:34:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 1:05:58]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Ne2 Qc7 5. c4 e5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. d4 e4 9. Nf4 Qd8 10. Be2 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. Rc1 a6 14. f3 O-O 15. fxe4 Bxf4 16. exf4 dxe4 17. d5 Ne7 18. O-O Nf5 19. Rf2 Ne3 20. Qd4 Nf5 21. Qd1 Ne3 22. Qd4 {[%emt 1:10:32]} Nf5 {[%emt 1:24:12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. d5 Nd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 e6 12. Bf4 c4 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Qd3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bf4 18. c4 Bh6 19. f4 Bg4 20. e5 Kh8 21. Nd4 f6 22. Qe4 Rae8 23. e6 f5 24. Qe3 b6 25. Rae1 Rf6 26. Bc6 Re7 27. Bd7 Bg7 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Rf8 30. Nc6 Rfe8 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. e7 Kg8 33. Rf4 Kf7 34. Rd4 Rxe7 35. e6+ Kf8 36. Nxe7 Bxd4 {[%emt 1:15:09]} 37. Nd5 {[%emt 1:40:28]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Metpally, Jason"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nd2 Nb6 9. a3 Be7 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qd3 13. Qxd3 cxd3 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Nb5 e5 18. Nxa7 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Rxd3 Be8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. e4 Bc5+ 23. Kf1 Ra8 24. Nxb7 Bd4 25. Nd6 Rxa7 26. Nxe8 Nxe8 27. Ke1 Na4 28. Ra2 Rc7 29. Kd1 Nd6 30. Bf1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Kd2 Nc5 33. Kd1 {[%emt 0:58:21]} Nd3 {[%emt 1:14:25]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Fan, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bf6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 N4a6 15. c4 h6 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Nh4 Nc7 18. d6 Bxg2 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. Qg4 g6 {[%emt 1:06:10]} 21. Nxg6 {[%emt 1:04:13]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nakada, Akira Wood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 9,35,7,9,9,11,10,0,0,14,-3,-4,-6,0,-5,-8,0,8,1,0,0,10,9,5,10,16,32,32,35]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 7. d4 b5 8. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Na6 9. dxc5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Rc8 (9... Bxc5 {seems wilder.} 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Qd1 Nb8) 10. O-O Bxc5 11. Qb3 Qb6 {[%cal Oc5f2] [#]} 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Na3 Bc6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc7 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Be3 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 O-O 18. Rac1 {½-½ Pitantanakij,O (1564)-Jeeradit,M (1278) THA-ch 46th Bangkok 2023 (3)}) 12... Bc6 13. Ne5 {Dodges Ng4} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bd4 15. Nf3 {[#] aiming for Nxd4.} Bxc3 16. Be3 Qa5 {Threatens to win with ...Bb4.} 17. bxc3 {a4 is the strong threat.} Nd5 {[%emt 1:26:01] Strongly threatening ...Nxe3+.} 18. Bxa7 {[%emt 1:30:43] Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 f5 13. Bd3 f4 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. Bc2 Be5 16. O-O-O a6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Ne2 a5 21. Bd1 a4 22. a3 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Nc1 Rfb8 25. Be2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Bxe2+ 28. Kc2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 c6 30. Rd1 Ra5 31. Nd3 cxd5 32. Nxf4 Rc5+ 33. Kd2 Rb2+ 34. Ke1 dxe4 35. fxe4 Rc4 36. f3 {[%emt 0:21:13]} Rh2 {[%emt 1:48:30]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Shen, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qe4 Rab8 14. h4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc5 16. Qe3 Rbc8 17. Rhd1 b5 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. h5 h6 20. Rd6 Qb7 21. f3 a5 22. R1d4 f6 23. Nd7 e5 24. R4d5 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Qc6 26. Qd3 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Rxb5 Qa7 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Qc5 Qf7 31. Rb7 Qxb7 32. Qxf8+ Kh7 33. Qc5 Qf7 34. Qxa5 Qxh5 35. Qe1 Qh2 36. Qe2 Qg1+ 37. Kd2 f5 38. a4 Qd4+ 39. Qd3 Qxb2 40. Qxf5+ Kh8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc3 Qb8 43. a5 e4 44. fxe4 Qf4+ 45. Qe3 Qd6+ 46. Qd3 Qf4+ 47. Ke2 Qg5 48. e5+ Kh8 49. Qe4 Qh5+ 50. Kd2 Qg5+ 51. Kc3 Qe7 52. Qa8+ Kh7 53. Qd5 Qa3+ 54. Kd2 Qb4+ 55. Ke2 Qa4 56. Qd3+ Kh8 57. a6 {[%emt 1:53:39]} Qg4+ {[%emt 1:45:11]} 58. Ke1 Qb4+ 59. c3 Qh4+ 60. g3 Qh1+ 61. Kf2 Qh2+ 62. Kf3 Qh1+ 63. Kg4 Qc6 64. a7 Qe6+ 65. Qf5 h5+ 66. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Wang, Wesley"]
[Black "Batsuren, Dambasuren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 f6 9. c4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Bxe5 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bd3 a5 14. b5 Bd7 15. O-O Be8 16. h3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Ne5 g6 24. f4 Bg7 25. a4 Rc3 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. Qg4 Qe7 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Bf5 Qxe5 30. fxe5 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Rxd5 Kf8 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rb6 Bxe5 36. Rxb7+ Bd7 37. Ra7 Bc3 38. b6 Bd4 39. Ra6 Bc8 40. Ra8 Kd7 41. Rxa5 Kc6 42. Ra8 Bb7 43. Rf8 Kxb6 44. Rxf5 h6 45. Kh2 Bc6 46. a5+ Ka6 47. g4 Bb5 48. Kg3 Kxa5 49. Kh4 Kb6 50. Kh5 Be3 51. Re5 Bf4 52. Re4 Bd2 53. Re6+ Kc7 54. Rxh6 Be8+ 55. Rg6 Kd7 56. g5 Ke7 57. Kh6 Bxg6 58. Kxg6 {[%emt 1:57:49]} Bxg5 {[%emt 1:57:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Marek, Matyas"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 Nf6 9. d3 cxd3 10. Bxd3 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. Re1 Bc5 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 d6 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Na5 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. Rb1 Rfb8 24. Rb4 Rb7 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. Re1 Rab8 27. Reb1 Nab3 28. Nxb3 Bxb3 29. a5 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. f3 f5 32. Rc1 Bf7 33. Qh3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Qc8 Qa7+ 36. Kh1 Qe3 37. Be1 Rc4 38. Rxc4 Qxe1 39. Rc1 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 {[%emt 1:31:52]} Qe3 {[%emt 1:11:52]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Dhanush Bharadwaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2 Nh6 9. Ngf3 Nf5 10. c4 Bb4 11. b3 a5 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Rfc1 a4 15. Rab1 axb3 16. cxd5 b2 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Bc3 Qa6 20. Qd2 Qxa2 21. Qg5 Qd5 22. Qxh5 Ra3 23. Bxb2 Rxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Nxh4 26. Rd3 Na6 27. Ba3 Rd7 28. Bd6 Nf5 29. Rdb3 Nxd6 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. R7b6 Nc7 33. Rxc6 Nd5 34. Rxe6 Rf4 35. Rb3 Nf6 36. Re7 Rf5 37. Kf1 Kh7 38. Reb7 Kh6 39. R7b4 Rc5 40. f4 Rc8 41. Kg2 Rf8 42. Rb8 Rxb8 43. Rxb8 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kh6 45. Rb1 Kg6 46. Rg1+ Kf7 47. f5 Nd5 48. Rd1 Nf6 49. Kf4 Nh5+ 50. Ke5 Nf6 51. f3 Ke7 52. Rd6 Nh5 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Rg6 Kf8 55. f6 gxf6+ 56. Rxf6+ Ke7 57. Rh6 Ng3 58. Rh7+ Kf8 59. f4 Kg8 {[%emt 1:56:49]} 60. Rh3 {[%emt 1:22:58]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Andersen, Gunnar"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. a4 Nc6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e4 b6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ndb4 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. c4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Na5 21. Qe5 a6 22. Rad1 Qh4 23. Nc7 Rbd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Nxa6 Bd4 26. Qe4 Qd7 27. Nb4 Bc5 28. Nd3 Bd4 29. Nb4 Rd8 30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Bc5 33. Kg2 Rd4 34. Kf3 Bd6 35. Ke3 Bc5 36. Kf3 Bd6 37. Ke3 Rc4 38. Bb5 Bxf4+ 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. h3 g6 41. Re1 Bd6 42. Re4 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 f5+ 44. Kd3 Kf7 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Bc6 Bc7 47. Kb5 Kd6 48. Bb7 Bd8 49. f3 g5 50. Bc8 h5 51. Kc4 Ke5 52. Kd3 Be7 53. Ke2 Ba3 54. Bd7 Bc1 55. Bc8 Bf4 56. Bd7 g4 57. fxg4 hxg4 58. hxg4 fxg4 59. Kd3 Kd5 60. Bc8 Bd6 61. Ke3 Bh2 62. Kd3 Bf4 63. Kc3 Bg5 64. Kd3 Bc1 65. Kc3 Ke4 66. Kc4 Bd2 67. Bxe6 {[%emt 1:48:20]} g3 {[%emt 1:55:32]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.05"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Daniels, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. a4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 f5 12. g4 Qd7 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Ng3 fxe4 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. dxe4 e6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. f5 e5 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Rf8+ Kc7 23. Qxg5 h6 {[%emt 0:53:18]} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:55:49]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Qc5 d6 15. Bxd8 dxc5 16. Bb6 Ne5 17. Bxc5 Bd7 18. Be2 Rc8 19. b4 Bc6 20. f3 Kf7 21. O-O h5 22. Rac1 g5 23. Bb6 Be8 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Nc3 Be8 26. Ne4 Bc6 {[%emt 1:31:29]} 27. Nc3 {[%emt 1:06:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5 Nxe5 10. O-O exd5 11. Nxd5 Bd6 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Qb3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc5 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. e3 g5 22. Bf5 gxf4 23. Bxg4 fxe3 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. fxe3 Qg5 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Re1 Re6 28. Kg2 Bxe3 29. Qb3 Rae8 30. Qxb7 Bb6 31. Rxe6 Qd2+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 34. Kh3 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 {[%emt 1:47:56]} Qe2+ {[%emt 1:16:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Beradze, Irakli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 21,111,14,14,4,10,5,8,24,19,1,12,0,60,8,19,2,2,15,17,12,17,13,10,0,47,38,54,38,41,52,284,302,361,360,345,342,370,371,369,369,361,291,310,261,297,293,375,348,388,390,389,389,423,420,470,378,393,397,398,398,376,389,384,381,465,414,464,464,459,354,369,281,420,462,457,462,451,456,550,540,728,726,712,708,29971,29972,29963,29963,5077,1213,933,983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} (12. Bxe6 {simplifies} Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15. Qc2) 12... d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 {13...Bxd5 scores better than 13...Nxd5.} 14. Ng3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 15. Be3 (15. b4 {looks sharper.} Rad8 16. a4 b5 17. Be3) 15... Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Re7 {[#]} ({Black should try} 16... Rad8 $11) 17. Nd2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} (17. Nh4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Nh4 g6 19. Rae1 Kg7 20. d4 e4 21. f3 Bxa2 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. b3 c5 24. Ngf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh7 26. R3e2 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Rg8+ 28. Rg2 {1-0 So,W (2773)-Sjugirov,S (2696) Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Jul Early blitz 2022 (10)}) 17... Be6 $11 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Bf5 20. Rae1 Bg6 21. Qh4 Rae8 22. Rg3 Qf5 (22... Kh7 $11) 23. Ne4 $14 Kh8 24. Bd1 {[%cal Bc2d1,Bd1b3,Bb3d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} Qe6 25. Bb3 Qd7 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (25... Qc8 $14) 26. Nf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Double Attack} Qd6 (26... Qd8 27. Nxe8) 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Qg4 {[%cal Ob3f7] Bxf7! is the strong threat.} Qf8 29. Bd5 Nd8 30. Rge3 Qd6 31. Be4 Re6 32. Rg3 c5 33. h4 {Threatens to win with h5.} h5 34. Qf3 Bxe4 35. dxe4 ({Less strong is} 35. Rxe4 g6 36. Re1 Kh7 $16) 35... g6 36. Rd1 Qb6 37. Qe3 {Hoping for Qg5.} Kg7 {[#]} 38. b4 $1 Qc7 (38... Re7 39. bxc5) 39. Qxc5 (39. bxc5 Rf6 40. Qg5 Ne6 41. Qxh5 Qxc5 $18) 39... Rc6 40. Qe3 Ne6 41. Qd2 Nf4 42. Re3 Rf6 43. Kh2 Qc8 44. Qd7 Qc4 45. Qe8 {White threatens Rd8 and mate.} ({Not} 45. Qxb7 Qxa2 46. Rf3 Qe2 $18) 45... Ne6 {Dodges Rd8} 46. Qb8 Rxf2 (46... Qxa2 $142 47. Qxe5 Qxf2) 47. Qxe5+ Kh7 48. Qg3 {Repels Nf4} Rf4 49. Rd7 {[%cal Bd1d7,Bd7e7,Be7f7][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Rf3.} Qc6 50. Re7 Rg4 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Qf2 {And now g3 would win.} g5 53. Qf5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf5h7]} Qd6+ 54. e5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf5h7]} Rxh4+ 55. Rh3 (55. Kg3 $142 Rg4+ 56. Qxg4 hxg4 57. exd6 Kxf7 58. Kxg4) 55... Rxh3+ {[%emt 1:55:43]} 56. Kxh3 {[%emt 1:51:48] Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.44} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 b6 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. b3 Nf4 14. f3 h5 15. g3 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Ne6 17. Ne2 f5 18. Rb1 O-O 19. O-O f4 20. Bf2 Bh6 21. Kg2 Bg5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Kg7 24. Qc3 Rh8 25. Qb2 Rab8 26. Rh1 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Bf6 28. Rb1 Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Be1 Be5 31. Bh4 Bf6 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Qb1 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. Qh1+ Kg7 37. Qh4 b5 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. axb5 a4 40. b6 Qxb6 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qxa4 Qb1 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qxc5 Qc1 46. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 47. Kh3 Kh7 48. Qd7+ Kh6 {[%emt 1:50:09]} 49. g5+ {[%emt 1:47:17]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. e4 a4 14. a3 Bd7 15. h3 Re8 16. Be5 Qc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nce4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxd7 Rad8 24. Qxa4 Nxb2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qb4 Qxe5 27. Re1 {[%emt 1:41:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 1:24:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[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 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. Ng3 h6 17. Nh2 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng4 Nc5 20. Bc2 Ncd7 21. Be3 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nh5 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Be6 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Qf3 Rad8 28. Ng3 g6 29. Ne4 Bg7 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. Qb7 Rb8 32. Qc7 Kh7 33. Bb3 Bxb3 34. axb3 Qe6 35. Ne4 Nf6 36. Rd6 Qf5 37. Nxf6+ Bxf6 38. g4 Qf3 39. Qc6 Qxc6 40. Rxc6 Bg7 41. Rxa6 Rfd8 42. b4 Rb7 43. Kf1 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f4 e4 46. Ke2 Kg8 47. Rg1 Kf7 48. Rgg6 Rbd7 49. Rgb6 Rd1 50. Rb7+ Kf8 {[%emt 1:49:56]} 51. Bd4 {[%emt 1:49:30]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Batsuren, Dambasuren"]
[Black "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Ne4 b5 16. g4 Qe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Qf8 19. a4 bxa4 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qd3 Ne3 22. Qxe3 f5 23. Rxa4 fxe4 24. Qd2 e3 25. Qc1 Nc7 26. Qc4 a5 27. Rf1 Bf6 28. Be1 Reb8 29. g5 Bd4 30. Bxa5 Nb5 31. b3 Bg7 32. Be1 Nd4 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Be4 Ra1 35. f5 Qe7 36. Bg2 Qxg5 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. b4 Be5 39. bxc5 Rxe1 40. Rxe1 Qf4 41. Qc1 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 {[%emt 1:51:30]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:59:29]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Qc2 Qxa3 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. O-O Be2 19. Nxe4 Bxf1 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxf1 Qxc5 23. c4 Kg8 24. Rb1 Na5 25. h4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Rxb7 a6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 28. Rc7 {[%emt 1:44:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Rad8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Be3 f5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. d4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd6 17. Qxe5 Rde8 18. Qh5 Rf5 19. Qh4 Re4 20. Qg3 Re2 21. Rd2 Re6 22. Qd3 Rg6 23. Kh2 Rfg5 24. Rg1 Nf5 25. Re2 Nh4 26. f4 Rg3 27. Qxg3 Rxg3 28. Kxg3 Qf5 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Re5 Qf6 31. Rge1 Nf5+ 32. Kh2 Qg6 33. Nd2 Qg3+ 34. Kg1 g6 35. R5e4 Kg7 36. Nf1 Qd3 37. g4 Nd6 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. R1e3 Qb1 40. Rxc7 Ne4 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Kg2 Qxb2+ 44. Kf3 Nxc3 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rc7+ Kf8 47. Rxb7 Nd5 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Rb8+ Kf7 {[%emt 1:47:40]} 51. Rb7+ {[%emt 1:41:50]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Chandran, Kapil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Ne7 9. Qe3 b5 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5+ Ne7 14. a4 f6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rfe1 Kf7 17. Bc5 d6 18. Ra7 Rb7 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxd6 Qd7 21. Qc5 Ng6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bxb5 Qg4 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. h3 Qg5 26. Re3 Qf5 {[%emt 1:19:24]} 27. c4 {[%emt 1:24:48]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Ehsani, Yassamin"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qe2 d5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Na5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. f3 Nd7 16. cxd5 c4 17. Be4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. d6 Red8 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Rd4 Rxd6 22. Rcd1 Rcd8 23. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. a4 e5 26. Bc1 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Qb3 28. Qe2 Qxa4 29. Bb2 exd4 30. Rxd4 {[%emt 1:45:30]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:58:20]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 13,76,16,21,0,0,0,14,22,40,27,22,18,22,15,35,32,35,35,38,28,36,35,39,40,17,0,159,148,171,69,63,64,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-508,-452,-1351,-1312,-1237,-1193,-1195,-378,-373,-384,-668,-313,-470,-468,-658,-635,-607,-623,-704,-596]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 6...Bxc3+.} 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bg5 {E45: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2 Ba6.} h6 9. h4 {[%cal Oe4e5] e5! would be deadly.} e5 {[%cal Oe5d4] Strongly threatening ...exd4!} 10. d5 {The position is equal.} Nd4 11. a3 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. exf5 d6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Bc8 16. Qf3 Bxh4 17. Bd3 Bg5 {0-1 Sarana,A (2668)-Artemiev,V (2701) Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Jan Late blitz 2023 (11)}) 12. b4 Be7 {[#]} 13. Nf5 $1 Re8 (13... Nxf5 {simplifies} 14. exf5 Bc8 15. Be3 d6) 14. Be3 c5 15. b5 (15. Nxe7+ {simplifies} Qxe7 16. Rb1 Nh7 17. Bd3) 15... Bc8 16. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} d6 17. g5 Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 $1 19. Bg2 (19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 (20. gxf6 $2 Bxf6 21. Nb1 d3 $19) 20... Nd7 $16) 19... Nd7 $2 ({Better is} 19... Nxf5 $1 $11 20. gxf6 Bxf6) 20. Bxe4 $16 (20. gxh6 $6 Nxf5 21. hxg7 (21. Nxe4 Bxh4 22. Kd2 Nf6 $17) (21. Bxe4 $2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bf6 $19) 21... Bf6 $11) 20... Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5f3,Bf3h2][%mdl 32]} (20... hxg5 $2 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Qh5 $18) 21. Rg1 (21. gxh6 $18 Bf6 22. Qh5) 21... hxg5 $14 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 (23. Rxg5 $16 Nef3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxg5 25. Be4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxf5 27. Nxd6) 23... Nef3+ $11 24. Kf1 Nh2+ $1 {Excellent horsemanship.} (24... Nxg5 25. Qg4 Nb3 26. Rd1 $18) 25. Kg2 Qxg5+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 {And now Rh1 would win.} Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Kf1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 29... Ne2 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 29... Qxf5+ 30. Qg4 $11) 30. f6 (30. Qf1 $142 Re8 31. Kh2) 30... Qf5+ (30... Nxg1+ $2 31. Qxg1 Qh7+ 32. Kg2 $19) 31. Kg2 Qg5+ (31... Nxg1 $2 {perishes.} 32. Qxg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Qg2 Qxf6 35. Re1 $19) 32. Kh2 Nxg1 $2 ({Not} 32... Qxg1+ 33. Qxg1 Nxg1 34. Rxg1 $11) (32... Qh5+ 33. Kg2 Re8) 33. Qxg1 Qxf6 {KQR-KQR} 34. Rc1 $2 (34. Qf1 g6 35. Kg1) 34... Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Re8 {Prevents Qe1. Black is clearly winning.} 36. Re1 (36. Rc3 $142 Re2 37. Qf1 Qe4+ 38. Kh2) 36... Re4 37. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Kh3 {[%emt 1:30:55]} Qh7+ {[%emt 0:52:12] Quite a comeback for Black. Artfully played by Oparin.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.67/Black=0.52} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 11,99,8,17,13,37,22,24,12,24,21,20,15,23,14,47,30,65,70,66,64,63,45,49,55,62,46,59,46,53,16,50,39,48,20,50,20,30,29,47,11,10,-50,-26,-31,38,39,40,42,27,47,22,25,326,323,328,325,321,329,399,318,318,318,622,568,615,587,616,571,493,493,493,493,493,493,724,701,711,618,710,689,665,639,535,179,171,0,0,0,164,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {7.Re1 is a critical line. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Nb3 {Threatens to win with Ng5. White has an edge.} Qf6 {[#]} 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxh5 Bg4 12. Qg5 Be2 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Bxc4 16. Nd2 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 {0-1 Vignesh,N (2436)-Wagner,D (2590) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2020 (5)}) 10... Qg6 {[%cal Oc8h3]} 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Bd7 (12... Bxe3 {simplifies} 13. fxe3 Nf6 14. Qe1 Qh6) 13. d4 O-O 14. Be2 {[%cal Of3e5]} Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ne1 Ne7 17. Nd3 Qg5 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Nd2 Qg5 {Dodges Bg4} 21. Qb3 Bc8 22. a5 (22. e5 {feels hotter.} Nf5 23. Bf3 c6 24. Ne4) 22... Kh8 23. Bf3 {Strongly threatening e5.} Ng6 24. Qd5 Qd8 25. Qh5 (25. e5 {simplifies} dxe5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Rfe8 29. Rae1) 25... c5 26. e5 (26. dxc5 dxc5 27. Be2 f5 $15) (26. d5 $11) 26... dxe5 $1 $15 27. Ne4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4g5,Bg5f7][%mdl 32]} (27. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 28. Nc4 Bd6 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 g6 $19) (27. Nxe5 cxd4 28. Ndc4 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Be6 $17) 27... cxd4 (27... f6 $15 28. Nexc5 (28. Ndxc5 exd4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 $17) 28... exd4 29. cxd4 (29. Nxb7 Bxb7 30. Bxb7 dxc3 $17) (29. Bxb7 dxc3 30. Bxc8 Qxc8 $15) 29... Qxd4) 28. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7] A dynamic duo of knights.} h6 {[#]} 29. Nxf7+ $40 {[%mdl 192] Remove Defender. Black needs to defend precisely.} Rxf7 30. Be4 {Dodges Bf5} Re6 31. Bxg6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxg6 {[%mdl 8192]} 32. Nxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (32. Qxg6 Rf6 33. Qe4 (33. Nxe5 Rxg6 34. Nf7+ Kh7 $17) 33... Bf5 34. Qxb7 Bxd3 $16) 32... Rff6 {[%cal Oh8h7] ...Kh7! is the strong threat.} 33. Nxg6+ Kh7 34. Ne7 dxc3 35. Rad1 Qf8 {White must now prevent ...Be6.} 36. bxc3 f3 $2 (36... Be6) 37. g3 Be6 {[#]} 38. Rd6 $1 g6 (38... Bc4 39. Rxf6) 39. Qh4 Qxe7 {[#]} 40. Rdxe6 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 41. Rxe6 Rxe6 {[%cal Re6e1][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 42. Kf1 {Inhibits Re1+. Qb4 would be deadly.} Re2 (42... Kg7 $142 43. Qb4 Rf6 44. Qxb7+ Rf7) 43. Qb4 $1 Rxf2+ 44. Ke1 Be3 45. Qxb7+ (45. Qe7+ Kg8 $11) 45... Kg8 46. Qd5+ (46. Qxa6 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 $11) 46... Kf8 47. Qd6+ $2 (47. g4 Re2+ 48. Kd1) 47... Kf7 {[#]} 48. Qd7+ $2 ({Not} 48. Qxa6 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 $11) (48. h4 $1 $18) 48... Kf6 $11 49. Qd6+ $2 (49. Qd8+ $11 Ke6 50. g4 (50. Qe8+ Kd5 $11)) 49... Kf7 $18 {[%emt 1:49:51] [#]} 50. Qd7+ $2 {[%emt 1:55:30] An exciting game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.39} ({And not} 50. Qxa6 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 Re2+ 53. Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 $11) (50. h4 $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Black "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 16,53,25,0,41,29,61,0,87,91,141,133,148,146,167,172,174,164,170,139,180,164,230,223,270,273,643,660,690,663,756,763,758,745,678,630,640,639,705,529]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 b5 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3.} 10. e5 ({Don't play} 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Bf5 $15) 10... dxe5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b4.} 11. Bxc5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} ({Inferior is} 11. Nxb5 e4 12. Nd2 Nxd5 13. Bxc5 e3 $17) (11. Bxb5 $14 Nbd7 12. O-O) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxb5 e4 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. dxc6 Qa5 15. a4 a6 16. Be2 Nf6 17. O-O {1-0 Sargissian,G (2664)-Indjic,A (2612) FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 (5)}) 11... Re8 (11... b4 $11 12. Bxb4 Re8) 12. Bxb5 $16 Nbd7 {[#]} (12... Bd7 $142 13. Be2 Bc8) 13. Be3 $1 {White has more active pieces. The black rooks are badly placed.} Rb8 {[%cal Ob8b5]} 14. O-O (14. Bxa7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rxb5 15. Nxb5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Qxa7 $19) 14... a6 15. Bc6 Rxb2 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Rb1 {Prevents Qb4.} Rd8 {[#]} (18... Rxb1 $142 19. Qxb1 Rf8) 19. Qa4 $1 $18 h6 20. Qa5 g5 $2 {[#]} (20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Re8) 21. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection. White is clearly winning.} Nxc5 (21... Qxc5 22. Qxd8+) 22. Rxb8 Nce4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 {[#]} 24. d6 $1 Nxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Bb7 Qd7 {[%emt 1:19:14] [#]} 27. Qxd8+ $3 {[%emt 1:08:44][%mdl 576] Remove Defender. White took control after the opening.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.60} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Qf2 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. Qg3 g6 16. Be2 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rd4 Qb6 19. e5 Nxc2 20. Bb5+ axb5 21. Kxc2 b4 22. Rd3 Qb7 23. Na5 Qa6 24. exd6 bxc3 25. dxe7 Nd7 26. Qc7 Rxb2+ 27. Kxc3 Kxe7 28. Bc5+ Ke8 29. Kxb2 Qb5+ {[%emt 1:39:20]} 30. Nb3 {[%emt 1:29:26]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Qe8 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Nc4 Kh8 13. Bb1 exd4 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 14. cxd4 {[%emt 1:30:40]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Zhurbinsky, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. f3 e5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qxd7 Rad8 17. Qxc7 Bxf3 18. O-O Qe3+ 19. Rf2 Ba8 20. Qxc4 Rd4 21. Qc7 h5 22. Kf1 h4 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Qd5 26. Ke1 Rd8 27. Qc1 Re8 28. Qf4 hxg3 29. Qxg3+ Kf8 30. Nc3 Qe6 31. Qf4 Qg6 32. Rf1 a6 33. Qb4+ Re7 34. Qd4 Qh6 35. Rf4 Qxh2 {[%emt 1:05:33]} 36. Qd8+ {[%emt 1:09:35]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Black "Koustav Chatterjee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 Bg4 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bc1 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. Re1 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. Bb3 Nb6 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bg5 23. Qd2 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Raxb8 26. Nh2 a5 27. Rec1 a4 28. Bd1 f6 29. Nf3 Rfd8 30. Rc7 Bf7 31. a3 Nd7 32. Rac1 Nf8 33. Kf1 Ne6 34. Ra7 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Ke1 Nf4 37. Kd2 Rd8 38. h4 Be6 39. g5 fxg5 40. Nxg5 Bd7 41. Rc5 h6 42. Nf3 Be8 43. Ne5 Rd6 44. Bg4 h5 45. Bf5 Kf8 46. Rc8 Ke7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc8 Ke7 49. Nf3 b4 50. axb4 g6 51. e5 Rb6 52. Be4 Rxb4 53. Kc2 Bb5 54. Rc7+ Ke8 55. Rc8+ Ke7 56. Rc7+ Ke8 57. Ng5 Rb3 58. e6 Bxd3+ 59. Bxd3 Nxd3 60. Ne4 Nb4+ 61. Kc1 Re3 62. Nd6+ Kf8 63. Rf7+ Kg8 {[%emt 1:55:11]} 64. e7 {[%emt 2:02:30]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Brodsky, David"]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 9,69,0,0,-37,-21,-29,69,63,51,63,94,49,28,3,100,114,136,136,106,130,129,130,214,190,173,0,0,0,100,89,67,64,58,62,144,137,299,286,274,0,270,249,258,156,297,66,177,33,43,56,68,92,431,397,481,499,985,925,892,711,550,469]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Be7 7. e5 d5 ({Better is} 7... Ne4 $11) 8. exf6 $14 {White is slightly better.} Bxf6 {[#]} 9. b5 $146 {aiming for Be2.} (9. Qe2+ Be6 10. b5 dxc4 11. bxc6 dxc3 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Kd2 dxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Bxc3+ {0-1 Gass,U (2045)-Vitenberg,N (2315) Basel Christmas op 2022 (1)}) 9... Nb4 10. Qe2+ (10. Nxd4 $2 dxc4 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $19) 10... Be6 $1 11. Ba3 (11. Nxd4 $2 dxc4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 $19) (11. Bb3 {is more complex.} dxc3 12. a3 d4 13. Nxc3 d3 14. Qd2) 11... c5 (11... dxc4 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Bxb4 d3) 12. bxc6 $1 $16 (12. cxb4 $2 dxc4 13. Qe4 O-O $19) 12... Nxc6 13. Bb5 dxc3 14. O-O $1 {White is more active.} Qa5 15. Ne5 a6 (15... Qc7 $16 {was necessary.} 16. Ng4 d4) 16. Bxc6+ $18 (16. Nxc6 $2 Qxb5 17. Qxb5 axb5 $19) 16... bxc6 {[#]} 17. Bd6 (17. Nxc6 $2 Qb5 18. Qxb5 axb5 $19) (17. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5] And now f5 would win.} g6 18. Qe3 (18. Nxc6 $2 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxc6 $19)) 17... d4 $1 $11 {White must now prevent ...Qd5.} 18. Nd3 (18. Nxc6 $2 Qb6 19. Nxd4 (19. Qe4 $2 Rc8 $19) 19... Bxd4 $19) 18... Ra7 (18... O-O-O $11 19. Bg3 h5) 19. Nc5 Qd8 20. Nxe6 Qxd6 21. Nxg7+ ({Reject} 21. Nxd4+ Re7 22. Nf5 (22. Qxa6 Qxd4 23. Nxc3 O-O $15) 22... Rxe2 $15) 21... Kd8 (21... Kf8 $1 $14 22. Nh5 Rg8) 22. Nf5 $16 d3 $2 (22... Qd5 $16 {is a better defense.} 23. Qd3 h5) 23. Qe3 $18 Qd7 24. Qc5 $2 (24. Qf4 $18 {Strongly threatening Qb8+.} Rc7 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Rab1) 24... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... c2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 25. Nd2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Re8) 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Rad1 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} ({Worse is} 26. Qxc3 Qxf5 27. Rab1 Qd5 $14) 26... Be5 {Dodges Nd6} (26... Re5 $16 27. Qc4 (27. Qxc3 Qxf5 28. Rxd3+ Rd7 $16) 27... d2) 27. Ne3 $2 (27. Rfe1 $18 f6 28. g4) 27... Rb7 (27... Kc8 $14) 28. Qc4 (28. Qa3 $18) 28... d2 $14 29. Qxa6 {[%cal Od1d2]} Rb5 30. a4 {Some like it hot} Rb2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rd5 $16 {is a better chance.}) 31. Nc4 $18 Rc2 {[#]} 32. Nxd2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy. White is clearly winning.} Bd4 (32... Rxd2 $142 33. Qa5+ Bc7 34. Qxd2 Qxd2) 33. Nf3 c5 34. Nxd4 cxd4 {[%emt 1:42:14]} 35. Qf6+ {[%emt 1:48:00] A superb game by Brodsky.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.78} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Beradze, Irakli"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 Nb6 8. Qd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Be6 12. a3 c6 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nbd7 {[%emt 1:27:19]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. exd4 Rd8 14. Rc2 Bd7 15. Re2 Bc6 16. Qc2 Bb6 17. Rfe1 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qf8 19. Rxe6 Nc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Ne5 Re8 22. Re4 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Kh8 24. Rf4 Qc5 25. Rf5 Qa5 26. g3 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Rxf7 Qxe5 29. Qg6 Qg5 30. Rxg7 Qxg6 31. Rxg6 Rd8 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33. Re6 Rd4 {[%emt 1:43:42]} 34. b3 {[%emt 1:37:43]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 9,94,36,32,14,30,6,3,5,4,4,5,4,23,25,22,22,29,16,16,16,34,17,25,8,4,0,1,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-15,-5,-5,0,-19,-19,-23,-24,-24,-20,-23,-19,-19,-16,-49,-24,-49,-49,-59,-59,-59,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-59,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,0,-38,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Be7 5. a4 Be6 6. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Nd5 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. h3 Nb8 12. Qd3 Na6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. c3 Nac5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. b4 Kh8 {1-0 Drygalov,A (2475)-Dubov,D (2716) Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Early blitz 2023 (7)}) 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. b3 f5 14. Ba3 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Nd7 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. R4e2 Nf8 18. Bc1 Qd7 19. Re4 Ng6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Raf8 22. f3 b6 23. Rg4 Rf5 24. Bd2 Qf7 25. Rg5 Rxg5 26. Bxg5 h6 27. Be3 Ne7 28. c4 Qf6 29. Qe4 g5 30. Qg4 Nf5 31. Bf2 Kh7 32. Rf1 Qg6 33. Qe4 Ne7 {[%cal Bf5e7,Be7g8,Bg8f6][%mdl 32]} 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. h3 Ng8 36. Be3 Nf6 37. g4 Nd7 38. Kf2 {[%cal Oh3h4]} Nc5 39. Bxc5 bxc5 $15 {KR-KR} 40. Re1 h5 41. Re4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rh8 (42... Rb8 $5 43. Re3 $8 Rh8 $11) 43. Kg2 Kf7 (43... Rb8 $5 44. Re3 $8 Kf7 $11) 44. Re1 Kf6 45. Kg3 Rb8 46. Re3 Rh8 47. Re1 $1 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 1:54:00] Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 18,37,13,17,18,-12,-12,-12,-7,-19,-20,-20,-18,-20,-20,-11,-10,-15,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1e1,Be1e5][%mdl 32]} Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7f6,Bf6d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 {10...Re8 scores better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Nc3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Bxd4 13. Nd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf4.} b6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. Ne7+ Kf8 15. Nxc8 Nxc8 16. Qb4+ c5 17. Qxb7 Ne7 18. c3 Bf6 19. Be3 d6 {1-0 Fiorito,F (2291)-Bjelobrk,I (2405) Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Sep Late blitz 2022 (1)}) 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Rd1 Bxb2 16. Qb4 {[%csl LRb2,LRd6] Wards off Ba3. Threatens to win with Nxc7.} Bf6 {Threatening ...Bxd5.} 17. Bxd6 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {[#] Hoping for Be5.} cxd6 {[%emt 1:01:00]} 19. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:06:43] An uneventful encounter.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd7 9. Nbxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Be7 12. Qa4 Qc7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Be5 Qc8 16. Be2 c5 17. O-O Qc6 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. c4 Nd7 21. cxd5 Nxe5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. f4 Ng6 24. g3 Bf6 25. Nc4 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 e5 27. f5 Ne7 28. Bd3 Rab8 29. Rae1 Nd5 30. Re2 Rfe8 31. Rfe1 Kf8 32. Kf3 Re7 33. h4 Rb4 34. Rc2 Nb6 35. b3 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 a5 37. a4 Rb6 38. g4 g6 39. Rg2 Rg7 40. Ree2 gxf5 41. gxf5 Rh6 42. Re4 Rxg2 43. Kxg2 Bc3 44. Be6 Ke7 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Kg4 Kg7 47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Kg3 Rh5 49. Kf3 Rh6 50. Ke2 Bd4 51. Rg4 Bc3 52. Re4 Bd4 53. Kf3 {[%emt 1:55:17]} Bc3 {[%emt 1:53:49]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a4 Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bg5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5 b6 16. Qe4 Ra7 17. Bd3 g6 18. h4 Bb7 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qg3 Bd5 21. Rac1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rc5 b4 24. Rdc1 Kg7 25. Qf4 Ba8 26. Kh2 Nd5 27. Qg3 Qf6 28. Be4 Nf4 29. Re1 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Nd5 31. Nd3 Ra1 32. Nf4 Qf5 33. f3 Rd8 34. Rb5 Rd1 35. Rb7 Kg8 36. Nh3 Rd2 37. b3 Rf8 38. Ra7 Nc3 39. Re5 Qf6 40. Rxh5 Ne2 41. Qe5 Qxe5+ 42. Rxe5 Nxd4 43. Re3 Rc8 44. Ng5 Rcc2 45. Re4 Rxg2+ 46. Kh3 {[%emt 1:43:34]} Nf5 {[%emt 1:44:07]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Marek, Matyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Qb6 6. Nb5 a6 7. Be3 Qa5+ 8. N5c3 Nc6 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. a3 Be6 13. h3 Rab8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Nb3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Nf6 19. Re1 Bf7 20. Bd3 Bg6 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. Rcd1 Kh8 23. Be2 Qe6 24. Bf1 Qf7 25. b5 Nd8 26. c5 Rc8 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Nd2 a5 29. Nc4 Nb7 30. Nb6 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Bc4 Qe8 33. Nbd5 Nfe4 34. Nxe4 fxe4 35. Rf1 e6 36. Ne3 Qe7 37. Kh1 Nd3 38. f5 exf5 39. Bxd3 exd3 40. Qd2 Qe4 41. Rfe1 f4 42. Ng4 Qb7 {[%emt 1:48:59]} 43. Nf2 {[%emt 1:51:34]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Dhanush Bharadwaj"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 9,48,-25,-18,-26,-2,-35,-32,-38,-30,-71,-65,-85,-85,-89,-81,-91,-94,-125,-91,-125,-116,-118,-110,-133,-145,-170,-171,-301,-291,-565,-562,-702,-693,-691,-63,-682,-679,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 d4 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bg2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} e5 7. d3 Bc5 8. O-O {[%cal Ob3b4] Black is slightly better.} O-O {[#]} 9. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Ne1 a5 11. Nc2 Bg4 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Qd7 14. Nc2 Rfe8 15. Re1 {0-1 Shahade,G (2476)-Hammer,J (2645) San Francisco Mechanics Institute op rapid 2019 (3)}) 9... h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3 12. Re1 f5 13. Bh1 {White is weak on the dark squares} Qg5 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. Bc1 Qf6 {[%cal Oe5e4] Black is much more active. The white rooks are badly placed.} 16. a3 Bc3 17. Rb1 Rae8 {[%cal Oe5e4]} 18. Bb2 (18. Bd5+ {is a better defense.} Kh8 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2) 18... e4 $19 19. dxe4 $2 {[#]} (19. Bg2 {might work better.} Bxg2 20. Kxg2) 19... fxe4 (19... Bxd2 20. Qxd2 fxe4 21. f3 $17 (21. e3 $2 Ne5 $19)) 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 {[%cal Of2f3]} Qxf2+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 22. Kh1 Ne5 {( -> ...Ng4)} (22... Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 $14) 23. e3 Rf3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf2g2]} (23... Bxb2 $2 {loses.} 24. Re2 (24. Bxb7 Rf3 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Ng4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Rxb2 Qxb2) 24... Ng4 25. Rexb2 Qxe3 26. Qd3 (26. Bxb7 $2 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 $19) (26. Bd5+ $2 Kh7 $19) 26... Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Re1 $17) 24. Rg1 {[%emt 1:29:41] [#]} Ng4 $1 {[%emt 0:39:42] White got outplayed after the opening. An entertaining game by Hakobyan.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.75/Black=0.03 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Andersen, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d6 6. e5 d5 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Na4 O-O 11. Ba3 f6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. c3 e5 15. Ne1 Be7 16. Ba3 Nf4 17. f3 Ne6 18. Nc2 Bd6 19. Kh1 Qf7 20. d4 Ba6 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf2 Bd6 23. Nd4 Qh5 24. f4 Qh6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Nxc5 Qh6 27. g3 Bc8 28. Qd2 Bg4 29. Qb2 g5 30. Nd3 Bxa3 31. Qxa3 Bf5 32. Nc5 gxf4 33. gxf4 Qd6 34. Qb4 Rf6 35. Rg1+ Bg6 36. Qd4 Raf8 37. Rg4 R8f7 38. b4 Qe7 39. Kg2 Rg7 40. Rg3 Bf5 41. Rff3 Rfg6 42. Qe5 Qf8 43. Re3 h5 44. Rxg6 Bxg6 45. Rg3 Kh7 {[%emt 1:32:10]} 46. Ne6 {[%emt 1:43:57]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Tarantin, Joseph"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2 b5 9. g3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Nf1 a4 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. Qd1 Kh8 17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Bf4 Nd8 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Ne3 g5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Nd5 Qxe5 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:50:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 1:05:48]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Re8 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ndc4 Bf8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 a4 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 Ndf6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bc3 Ra8 21. Nc2 Re6 22. Bh3 Re8 23. Rfe1 b5 24. Kh1 Rb8 25. Nb4 Rb6 26. Bg2 Nc4 27. e4 Bxb4 28. Bxb4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Rxc6 30. Ra2 Rce6 31. Rae2 h5 32. Bc5 Nd7 33. Bb4 c5 34. dxc5 Qc7 35. Bh3 Nde5 36. Qc3 Rf6 37. Rf1 Qc6 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Re1 Rd8 40. Rf1 Qc6 41. Bg2 Rd3 42. Qa1 h4 43. gxh4 Qc7 44. h3 Ne3 45. Rg1 Nxg2 46. Rxg2 Rxh3+ 47. Kg1 Rxh4 48. Qf1 Qd7 49. Qf5 {[%emt 1:54:58]} Qd4+ {[%emt 1:27:11]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:16:47]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 9,17,29,39,13,8,6,29,16,28,29]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a4 O-O 6. Nc3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} d6 7. a5 a6 8. O-O h6 {[%emt 0:10:13]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:11:00] [#] An uneventful encounter.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} {Predecessor:} Re8 $146 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. b4 Bf8 {½-½ Oparin,G (2681)-Van Foreest,J (2707) EU-Cup 38th Durres 2023 (5.4)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Beradze, Irakli"]
[Black "Raja Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 9,91,17,38,27,34,27,29,21,17,36,6,16,32,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-16,48,22,45,3,74,79,77,48,102,114,110,113,169,105,119,114,174,82,76,72,79,89,75,85,91,66,68,63,64,60,76,89,91,58,135,114,143,162,150,147,143,47,47,34,48,8,90,64,56,0,29,42,58,71,101,95,543,529,537,534,533,523,504,503]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. e3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 {White has an edge.} h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 h5 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5 {[#]} Rc8 $146 (14... h4 $11 15. Nf5 Qd7) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. a4 a5 16. Nge2 O-O-O 17. O-O Kb8 18. f4 f6 19. Bf5 Bg8 20. b3 gxf4 21. Nxf4 fxe5 {0-1 Bonsack,L (2372)-Baranowski,T (2375) ROM 100/B email 2018}) 15. O-O $14 (15. Nf5 {is more complex.} Kd7 16. a4 a5 17. O-O) 15... h4 (15... Kd7 {is interesting.} 16. Nf5 Rc7 17. a4 a5) 16. Nge2 (16. Nf5 {looks sharper.} Kd7 17. a4 a5 18. b3) 16... Bh6 (16... Kd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. f4 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 (18... Qe7 $1 $14) 19. Rxf4 $16 Qg5 {Prevents Bf5.} 20. Raf1 Kd7 (20... Kd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 21. a4 ({White should try} 21. Na4 $18) 21... a5 22. R1f2 (22. Nd1 {feels hotter.} Kc7 23. Qc5 Nd7 24. Qd6+) 22... Rcg8 {[#]} (22... Kd8 $16 {was necessary.} 23. Qb3 Kc7) 23. Nd1 ({But not} 23. Qb3 $6 Qd8 $16) (23. Nb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5d6] aiming for Nd6.} Nc8 24. Qc3) 23... Qe7 24. Qd2 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. b3 Nc8 27. Nb2 {[%cal Bd1b2,Bb2d3,Bd3c5,Bc5a6][%mdl 32]} Ne7 28. Bc2 b6 29. Nd3 Rc8 30. a5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} bxa5 31. Nc5+ Ke8 (31... Kc7 $14) 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. Ra2 Ra8 {[#]} 34. Na6 $1 {White has more active pieces. The black rooks are badly placed.} Ra7 {Dodges Nc7+} 35. Rxa5 ({White should play} 35. Nxb4 $1 $16 h3 36. g3) 35... Bc8 $1 $14 36. Ra4 {Hoping for Nc5.} Bxa6 37. Bxa6 {[%cal Oa6b7]} Rh6 (37... Kd7 $11) 38. Rf1 Rg6 39. Rf4 {Inhibits Rg4.} (39. Be2 $1 $14 Rxa4 40. bxa4) 39... Rg5 40. Kf2 $1 Ng6 41. Rf6 Rc7 42. Rxb4 {Black must now prevent Rb8+.} c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (42... Kf8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 43. Rb8+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 44. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rb8e8]} Nxe5 45. dxe5 Rxe5 {[%emt 1:46:00]} 46. Rh6 {[%emt 1:53:30] Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 19,128,37,40,42,46,53,46,43,88,78,101,84,106,91,192,187,277,104,101,93,102,97,89,98,90,108,128,66,65,78,84,84,84,81,93,88,95,87,85,77,74,69,80,78,81,71,89,80,101,106,95,96,108,78,78,82,91,72,80,72,80,79,81,87,99,68,68,0,85,0,70,65,65,67,77,70,73,66,69,71,69,70,84,86,87,56,55,61,45,49,68,56,67,20,39,0,16,15,17,0,0,0,15,6,6,7,8,4,8,4,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 a6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 10...Qe7.} 11. b3 {E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6.} Ba7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Qd6 14. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4h4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 {[#]} 15. Rc4 $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 15. Ned4 Rad8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 g6 18. Bb1 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4 {0-1 Madaminov,M (2484)-Xu,X (2608) Abu Dhabi op 29th 2023 (3)}) 15... Bb8 16. Rh4 Ne4 (16... Ne5 $16 {was worth a try.} 17. Nxe5 Rxe5) 17. Ng3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3e4]} f5 (17... h6 $142) 18. Bxe4 $2 (18. Rxh7 $1 $18 Kxh7 19. Bxe4) 18... dxe4 $16 {[#]} 19. Rxh7 $3 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Re7 (19... Kxh7 $2 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qh5 $18) 20. Ng5 {Qh5 would kill now.} Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxg3 22. fxg3 {Hoping for Rd6.} Be8 23. Rd6 {White is much more active.} (23. Rf1 $16) 23... Ne5 $1 $14 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rh4 Rc8 {[#]} 26. Rf4 $1 Rc3 27. g4 fxg4 28. Rxg4 ({And not} 28. Nxe4 Rxe3 29. Rd4 Bc6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 $17) 28... Rxe3 29. Kf2 {[%mdl 64] Prevents Re1. Deflection} Rd3 30. Nxe4 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc6 32. Nc4 {Against Ra5} Rf5+ 33. Ke2 Bb5 34. h4 Kh7 35. Rd4 Re5+ 36. Kf2 Rf5+ 37. Ke1 Bc6 38. Ne3 Ra5 39. Rd2 Rh5 {[#]} 40. g3 $1 Re5 41. Kf2 Re6 42. Ng2 Re5 43. Ne3 Re6 $1 44. Ng2 Re5 $1 45. Nf4 g5 46. Re2 Rf5 47. hxg5 Rxg5 48. Re7+ Kh6 49. Re6+ Kh7 50. Nd3 Rf5+ 51. Ke2 Rg5 52. Nb4 Bh1 53. Kf2 Rf5+ 54. Kg1 Bf3 55. Nd3 Bc6 56. Nf4 (56. Ne5 $14 Bd5 57. Re7+ Kg8 58. g4) 56... Rc5 $11 57. Kf2 Rc2+ {The position is equal.} 58. Re2 Rc3 59. Re3 Rc2+ 60. Re2 Rc3 61. Ne6 Rf3+ 62. Ke1 {Ng5+ would be deadly.} Rxg3 63. Nd4 Bg2 64. Kf2 {[%emt 1:58:02]} Rg4 {[%emt 2:01:07] Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. An exciting game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd4 Rd8 17. Qxb6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qxb2 19. Qxc6 Rdc8 20. Qe4 Re8 21. Qd4 Rxe2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Reb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Bc4 25. Rb2 g5 26. f3 Kg7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ke3 Ke5 29. Rc2 Bd5 30. f4+ gxf4+ 31. gxf4+ Kf6 32. Rd2 {[%emt 1:39:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:39:31]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Be5 c6 9. e3 Qe7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rac1 g6 15. Rfe1 Kg7 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Nce4 19. h3 Ng5 20. Be2 Bf5 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Red1 Nge4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qd4+ Nf6 25. b4 Rc8 26. Qa7 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rc5 Ne4 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bd3 Nf6 31. Qd4 Qc7 32. Qb2 Qd6 33. Qc3 Bd7 34. Nd4 Kf8 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. a4 Kd8 37. a5 Ke7 38. Bd3 h5 39. Nb3 Bc6 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. f4 Be8 42. Kf2 Bd7 43. Ke2 Be8 44. Kd2 Bd7 45. Kc1 Be8 46. Kb2 Bd7 47. Kb3 Kd8 48. Kb2 Ke7 49. Nb3 Ba4 50. Nc5 Bc6 51. Qd4 Nd7 52. Kc3 Nf6 53. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 54. fxe5 Ne8 55. h4 Nc7 56. Kd4 Ne6+ 57. Nxe6 Kxe6 58. Be2 Kf5 59. Bf3 Ke6 60. g4 hxg4 61. Bxg4+ Ke7 62. Bf3 Ke6 63. Bg2 Ke7 64. Bxd5 Bxd5 65. Kxd5 Kd7 66. e6+ fxe6+ 67. Ke5 Ke7 68. e4 Kf7 69. Kd6 Kf6 {[%emt 2:00:33]} 70. Kc7 {[%emt 2:03:08]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Koustav Chatterjee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 13,158,7,17,8,8,8,5,8,11,0,0,0,21,0,18,9,6,0,11,0,12,10,12,13,20,-20,10,0,37,25,35,40,35,31,61,16,12,16,11,14,10,25,25,22,25,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-72,-72,-81,-74,-64,-139,0,-113,-100,-90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,161,168,166,4,3,4,3,-45,-48,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. d4 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation.} exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 (10... g5 {seems wilder.} 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nfd2 h5) 11. Qe3 (11. Qc3 {is more complex.} Na4 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. Qb3) 11... Ne6 12. Bg3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Ne2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qc8 18. Qc4 b5 {1-0 Sanal,V (2595)-Chigaev,M (2621) Wch Blitz Samarkand 2023 (18)}) 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Ne5 Bc5 16. Qc1 Bc8 17. Nd3 {next Nxc5 is good for White.} Ba7 18. Kh1 f6 19. f4 Nc5 20. f5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Qf7 22. a3 Rd7 23. Ne2 Rfd8 24. Nf4 {White is more active.} Re7 25. Qc2 g6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rf1 g5 28. Ne2 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Qd2 Qg6 {[%cal Rd8d3]} (30... Rxd3 $2 31. Qxg5+ Bg6 32. Nf4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 $18) 31. d4 {[%cal Og3c7]} (31. Ng1 {feels hotter.} Bb6 32. Qb4 Re3 33. Nf3) 31... c5 32. d5 c4 33. Rde1 {White is weak on the light squares} (33. d6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rf7 34. Nd4 cxd6 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. Qe2) 33... Rde8 $1 $17 34. d6 cxd6 35. Qd5+ Qf7 (35... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]} 36. Qxd6 Bf7 $17) 36. Qd2 (36. Rxf5 $15 Qxd5 37. Rxd5) 36... Qg6 ({Black should try} 36... Be3 $17 37. Qd1 Bc5) 37. Bxd6 (37. Qd5+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Be6 38. Qxd6) 37... Re6 $1 38. Ng3 (38. Qd5 $2 Be4 39. Qxc4 b5 $19) 38... Bd3 {A strong pair of Bishops.} (38... Rxd6 $2 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Qxd6 $18) (38... Rxe1 $17 39. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 Qxd6 41. Nxf5 Qd7) 39. Rxe6 $11 Rxe6 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. Bb4 {aiming for Bc3.} (41. Qc3 $2 Qg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 41... Bd4 42. Rd8 Qg7 {[#]} (42... Qf6 $11 43. Rf8 Qg7) 43. Qd1 $1 $18 g4 {[#]} 44. Nf5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf5 $11 45. Rxd4 (45. Qxd4 {simplifies} Qxd4 46. Rxd4 Re2 47. Kg1) 45... Re4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 46. Rd8 (46. Rd5 $11 Qf7 47. Rd8) 46... Qxb2 $15 {[%cal Oa6a5] And now ...a5! would win.} 47. h3 Qe2 (47... gxh3 48. Qh5+ Kg7 49. Qg5+ (49. Qxf5 $2 Qxg2#) 49... Bg6 50. Rd7+ (50. gxh3 Qb1+ 51. Qg1 Re3 $17) (50. gxh3 Qb1+ 51. Qg1 Re3 $17)) ({Better is} 47... Be6 $15 48. Re8 Qe2 49. Qxe2 Rxe2 50. hxg4 Bxg4 51. Rxe2 Bxe2) 48. Qa1 $11 {White wants to mate with Rh8+. The position is equal.} Re8 {Dodges Rh8+} (48... gxh3 {gets mated.} 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rg8+ (50. gxh3 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Rg4+ 52. hxg4 Qg3+ 53. Kh1 Be4#) 50... Kf7 51. Qg7+ Ke6 52. Qe7+ Kd5 53. Qd6#) 49. Rxe8 Qxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQB} 50. Qf6 {Inhibits gxh3.} Qe6 51. Qh4+ Kg6 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 52. Qg3 Kf7 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 53. h4 Kg6 54. Kh2 Qf6 55. Be1 b5 56. Bb4 Bd7 (56... Kh5 {simplifies} 57. Be1 c3 58. Bxc3 Qxh4+ 59. Qxh4+ Kxh4 60. g3+ Kg5) 57. Bc3 Qe7 58. Bd2 Bf5 59. Bg5 Qe6 60. Qc7 Qd7 61. Qc5 Qe6 62. Bf4 Qf6 63. Kg3 Qc3+ 64. Be3 {[%cal Oh4h5] h5+! would be deadly.} Qe1+ 65. Kf4 Qf1+ 66. Ke5 Qa1+ (66... Qxg2 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Kxf5 Qf1+ 69. Bf4 (69. Kxg4 Qe2+ 70. Kf5 Qxe3 $11) 69... Qd3+ 70. Qxd3 cxd3 71. Kxg4 $18) 67. Kf4 (67. Bd4 $5 Qe1+ $8 68. Be3 Qg3+ 69. Bf4 Qc3+ 70. Qd4 Qxd4+ 71. Kxd4 $11) 67... Qf1+ 68. Kg3 Qe1+ 69. Bf2 {The board is on fire.} Qc3+ 70. Kh2 {[%cal Oh4h5] h5+! is the strong threat.} Qf6 71. Be1 c3 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 72. Bxc3 (72. Qxc3 {simplifies} Qxc3 73. Bxc3 Be6 74. Be1) 72... Qxh4+ 73. Kg1 Qd8 74. Qc6+ Kf7 75. Be5 (75. Qxa6 Qd1+ 76. Kh2 g3+ 77. Kxg3 Qg4+ 78. Kh2 Qf4+ 79. Kh1 Qc1+ 80. Kh2 Qxc3 $15) 75... Qe7 76. Qd5+ Qe6 77. Qb7+ Qe7 78. Qd5+ Qe6 79. Qd4 {[%emt 2:04:15]} Qc4 {[%emt 2:07:31] An exciting game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Team-ch 2024"]
[Site "McAllen"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Brodsky, David"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:04:34]} *

