[Event "World Open"] [Date "2014.7.3"] [Round "3"] [White "Alex Jiang"] [Black "Ali Armaan Merchant"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Na4 Qb4 12. b3 Qxf4 0-1

[White "Nidhi"] [Black "Subbarao"] 1. f4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Be2 Be6 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Qf6 14. 0-0 h5 15. Qe2 h4 16. b4 b5 17. Bb2 Qg6 18. Qc2 0-0-0 19. Rfc1 Rd6 20. a4 Kd7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qc5 h3 23. g3 Rc8 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qe2 Rxb4 26. Ba3 Nxd4 27. exd4 Rbxd4 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1+ Ke7 31. Qb5

[Site "Chess.com iPhone"] [Date "2014-07-04 18:13:09 +0000"] [White "MerlinTHE1"] [Black "aicochea"] 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Bg4 7. Qb3 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. d6 Bxd6 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Bc4 Qe7+ 12. Kf1 Ne4 13. Qxb7 Kg7 14. f3 Rhf8 15. Be2 c5 16. h3 Ng3+ 17. Kg1 Nxe2+ 18. Kf2 Bg3+ 19. Kf1 Nf4 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. fxe4 Nxh3#

[White "benjacek"] [Black "GuestLVGR"] [Date "2014.07.04"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qf6 10. Qc3 Bd6 11. Qxc6 Ke7 12. Qxa8 g6 13. Qd5 Nh6 14. Rd3 Ng4 15. Rf3 Qe6 16. Bg5 Kd7 17. Rxf7

[White "benjacek"] [Black "GuestLVGR"] [Date "2014.07.04"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qf6 10. Qc3 Bd6 11. Qxc6 Ke7 12. Qxa8 g6 13. Qd5 Nh6 14. Rd3 Ng4 15. Rf3 Qe6 16. Bg5 Kd7 17. Rxf7

[Event "SocialChess"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2014.07.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Patrick123 (1417)"] [Black "alex5555 (1410)"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Nh5 11. g4 Bxg5+ 12. Nxg5 Nf4 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 Ng2 15. g5 h5 16. Ne2 Nxh4 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Rdg1 Re8 19. Nhf4 d5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf4 Be6 22. Nxh5 Qe7 23. e5 Bxa2 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. gxf6 Qxe5 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Tuesday Night Marathon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2014.7.4"] [Round "4"] [White "Nagle"] [Black "Robert Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "1402"] [BlackELO "1340"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {I knew from looking at my opponent's past games that he plays the Petroff. I saw he lost a game to an expert against a particular line, so I decided to play that one.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {While the other Petroff lines focused on having a pawn at d4, which seemed nice for center control, the plan here seemed so clear to me -- make use of the two open files in the middle! I liked that I could understand where this line was going and that helped me pick it. The line prep stops roughly here.} 6... Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 Qf6 {This queen move felt maybe premature to me. I'm not sure, but it definitely got me looking for combination / attacking ideas, because it seemed premature.} 9. Bg5 {Maybe too aggressive. Perhaps this wastes my advantage, moving this piece twice, and I should've just castled. But I was really trying to figure out why felt ...Qf6 felt off to me.} 9... Qe6 {Lining up the queen and king begins a first tactical impulse to get a rook on that file...} 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 {I could've just played Re1 straightaway here! It takes me another move to realize it. } 11... g5 12. Re1 O-O-O {A friend of mine pointed out I had Nxg5! here, which I totally didn't look at over the board. Complicated line but it looks like White can win the exchange and a pawn here (Nxg5 ...Bxe2, NxQ, BxQ, NxR, Bf3, NxN, BxN.) Anyhow, that didn't cross my mind OTB. I think it takes me a little bit to realize that the light squares tactical theme of the king and queen being on the same diagonal. } 13. Bd3 Bxf3 {I feel like this just helps me with my development / putting rooks on the d and e files plan, and helps get my queen to a square that's tactically important now (since after ...O-O-O, the light squared bishops wants to go to f5.) I think this was not the move he wanted here.} 14. Qxf3 Qd7 {That's trouble for Black. Now it's just a matter of getting to Bf5.} 15. Bxg5 {!} 15... hxg5 16. Bf5 Bh6 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 {And it's straightforward from here...} 18. Qf6 Rh7 19. Re8+ Nd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qf5+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.07.04"] [White "Kingjoshua7147"] [Black "dnep7777"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1176"] [BlackElo "1241"] [TimeControl "15|10"] [Termination "Kingjoshua7147 won by checkmate"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 f6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 h6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Nd7 7.Nb5 Bd6 8.Bxd6 cxd6 9.Nxd6+ Ke7 10.Nxf5+ exf5 11.Nh4 Nf8 12.Nxf5+ Kf7 13.c4 Ke6 14.Nxg7+ Kf7 15.Nh5 Ne7 16.Qb3 Kg6 17.Nf4+ Kg7 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rb8 20.O-O b6 21.e4 Ng6 22.e5 fxe5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Qc3 Re8 25.f4 Kh7 26.fxe5 Rc8 27.Rf7+ Kg6 28.Qd3+ Kh5 29.Qf5+ Qg5 30.Bf3# 1-0

[Event "World Open"] [Date "2014.7.4"] [Round "4"] [White "Isaac Daniel Partee"] [Black "Alex Jiang"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Qd2 f5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Qd2 Ncd4 16. g4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Be2 O-O 19. g5 b5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. O-O-O Bf5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 bxc4 24. Qh3 h5 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4 Rxf6 28. Re1 Rc7 29. Re6 Rcf7 30. gxf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxc4 Rxe6 32. Qxe6 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 Qc5+ 34. Kb3 Qb5+ 35. Kc3 Qc5+ 36. Kb3 Qb5+ 37. Kc3 Qc5+ 38. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"] [Date "2014.7.4"] [Round "5"] [White "Alex Jiang"] [Black "Michael Giordano"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f3 a6 10. Bb3 d6 11. Qd2 Na5 12. O-O-O Nxb3+ 13. Nxb3 O-O 14. g4 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. g5 b5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxc5 Bb7 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Bd6 Ba5 23. Re3 Rc4 24. Be5 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Bxe4 27. Bb4 f6 28. a4 Kf7 29. h4 Bd5 30. a5 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Kd2 e4 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Kd4 Ba8 35. Kc5 h6 36. Kb6 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kf5 38. Bd2 Kg4 39. Kxa6 Kf3 40. Kxb5 e3 41. Bb4 g6 42. c4 Kf2 43. c5 e2 44. c6 e1=Q 45. Bxe1+ Kxe1 46. Kb6 Ke2 47. c7 Be4 48. c8=Q 1-0