[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.09.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Moshe Shiloah"] [Black "Yevgeny Levanzov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B55"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [TimeControl "60/120:0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {playable.} Nc6 $6 (3... Nf6 {more accurate.} 4. Qc2 Qc7 5. d4) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 $2 {totally not logical.} (5. cxd4 Nf6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7) 5... Nf6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 $6 (7. Nf3) ( 7. Nxc6 bxc6) 7... Be6 {bluff. I knew he wouldn't play c4 and that I can delay d5, which I knew is the best.} (7... d5 8. Ng3 (8. exd5 Qxd5)) 8. O-O d5 9. Nd2 Be7 (9... Qd7) 10. h3 $6 {creating tactical weakness.} O-O 11. f4 Bc5+ (11... Qc7 12. f5 Bc8) 12. Kh2 $4 Ng4+ $1 13. Kh1 (13. hxg4 Qh4#) 13... Ne3 14. Qe1 { punishment for being not developed.} Nxf1 15. Nxf1 (15. Qxf1) 15... f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. g4 Rf7 19. Qg3 exf4 (19... e4) 20. Bxf4 Qe7 21. Ne3 $4 ( 21. Re1 Re8) 21... Qe4+ (21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 {same.}) 22. Kh2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 Re8 0-1

[Event "?"] [Site "kurnik"] [Date "2016.09.26"] [Round "-"] [White "lavina"] [Black "farkas"] [Result "0-1"] [Time "19:43:53"] [TimeControl "3600"] [WhiteElo "1216"] [BlackElo "1184"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bf5 7. Qd3 Nd7 8. h3 Ngf6 9. g4 Bxe4 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nd2 Bxh1 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f4 Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb6 16. c5 Bxd4 17. Qg1 Bxg1 18. Be2 Qxf4 19. cxb6 Bxb6 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21. b3 Qxa2+ 22. Kc3 Ba5+ 23. Kc4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Kb4 Rc2 26. Bc4 b6 27. Be6+ fxe6 28. g5 a5# 0-1

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Qe7 7. Na3 O-O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Qc1 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nh5 12. Bxh8 Qxg5 13. Nb5 f6 14. a3 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. dxc3 Nd4 18. e4 Qc5 19. cxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Ng3+ 21. hxg3 Rh8+ 22. Qh6 Rxh6+ 0-1

[Event "2016 DCC Fide Open XII"] [Site "Dallas Chess Club"] [Date "2016.9.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Yu, Kevin"] [Black "Me"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteELO "1717"] [BlackELO "1720"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5 c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ng1 Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. d3 Re8 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nd2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qh4 20. g3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Bxg3# 0-1

[Event "Mechanics' Alan Benson TNM; G/2"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2016.09.20"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Lukasiewicz, Aleksander"] [Black "Tsodikova, Natalya"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2195"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 Nge7 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rad1 b4 17. Ne4 b3 18. Qd3 Bc4 19. Qc3 Bd5 20. a3 Nb7 21. Ned2 c5 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nxb3 c4 24. Nbd2 Qb6 25. Rb1 f6 26. Qc3 Kf7 27. Rbc1 Rc6 28. Nb1 Nd8 29. Bg3 Ne6 30. Nbd2 {my score sheet states "Nd2", so I'm not sure if I played that with this knight or the other} Qb7 31. Re2 g6 32. Rce1 Bd8 32. Ne4 Qd7 33. Nc5 Qc8 34. Nd2 Bb6 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Qxc4 Bxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Qb3 Rc6 39. Qe3 Qb7 40. b4 Rec8 41. h3 a6 42. Qh6 Nf8 43. Qe3 Re6 {Here my score sheet ends. I'm not sure, but I think that the game continued with: 44. Qb3 Rce8 45. Bd6! Ree7 46. Bxe7 Hxe7 47. Rxe6 Nxe6 etc. I do remember that I won an exchange with this Bd6 motif.} 1-0

[Event "2016 DCC Fide Open XII"] [Site "Dallas Chess Club"] [Date "2016.9.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Me"] [Black "Yu, Kevin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteELO "1720"] [BlackELO "1717"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ng1 Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. d3 Re8 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nd2 Rxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bxg3# 0-1

1.h4 e5 2.f3 Be7 3.g3 d5 4.e3 Nc6 5.b3 Bd6 6.a3 e4 7.f4 Nf6 8.Bh3 a6 9.g4 h6 10.f5 Bg3+ 11.Kf1 Bxh4 12.d4 exd3 13.Qxd3 b5 14.b4 Bb7 15.Nf3 Bg3 16.Kg2 Ne4 17.Bb2 O-O 18.Nbd2 Nf2 19.Qf1 Qd6 20.Rg1 Rfe8 21.Re1 Nxh3

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Adi Federovsky"] [Black "Yevgeny Levanzov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [TimeControl "60/120:0"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 (5... Nf6 6. d4 e6) 6. d3 ( 6. d4) 6... Nf6 7. Bd2 Be7 (7... Nbd7 {more accurate.}) 8. g4 {here I was out of book already, which is a shame.} Qb6 (8... O-O) 9. Rb1 $6 {very strange. why not just 0-0-0?} Nbd7 (9... d4 10. Ne2 c5 {was a tough decision. usually d4 is weakening in this variation.}) 10. Bg2 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 (11... O-O) 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qf3 {equal, but white has a big pressure along the main diagonal.} Nd5 14. O-O O-O 15. a3 (15. b4) 15... Rad8 16. c4 {at first, I didn't like this move so much, but it's the best.} Nf6 (16... Nc7) 17. Bc3 Nd7 (17... Rd7) 18. b4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 $6 (19. d4 e5 (19... a6)) 19... Nxf6 20. a4 Qd4 21. Rfd1 { obviously, white threatens b5.} Nd7 $1 (21... Rd7) 22. Qe4 Qxe4 (22... Ne5 { again, tough decision.} 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. b5 Rfd8 25. bxc6 bxc6) 23. Bxe4 f5 { already here, I had to keep in mind that there will be a possible check from d5.} 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Bg2 Ne5 26. b5 cxb5 $2 27. Rxb5 {and I realized in horror that all my tactical shots, like Nxc4, or simply Nxd3 don't work due to Bd5+. terrible.} Rxd3 (27... Rfe8) 28. Rxd3 Nxd3 29. Bd5+ Kh8 {and my king is just terrible.} 30. Rxb7 Nf4 $2 (30... a5 31. Ra7 Nf4 32. Rxa5 Nxd5 33. cxd5) 31. Kh2 $2 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Ra8 $4 {idiotic!} (32... Rd8 33. Rxa7 g6 {may hold as my king is close.} 34. Ra5 Kg7) 33. d6 Kg8 34. d7 a5 35. Rc7 1-0

1 d4 e5 2 c4 d6 3 dxe5 Bd7 4 exd6 Nf6 5 dxc7 Qxc7 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 e3 a6 8 Be2 Bc5 9 O-O O-O-O 10 a3 Ba7 11 b4 Bb8 12 Bb2

1 d4 e5 2 c4 d6 3 dxe5 Bd7 4 exd6 Nf6 5 dxc7 Qxc7 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 e3 a6 8 Be2 Bc5 9 O-O O-O-O 10 a3 Ba7 11 b4 Bb8 12 Bb2