[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Farhat, Hady"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O e6 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Re1
Ne7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. Bxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5
15. d4 b6 16. Qb3 Qd6 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Nge4 Qc7 21. Qb4
Rfd8 22. Rab1 e5 23. Rec1 Bh6 24. Rd1 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. dxe5
Rc7 28. f4 Rd4 29. g3 Rc2 30. Ne4 Rxe4 31. Bd3 Rxa2 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Rb4 Bf5
34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Bh3 36. Rb1 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Nc6 38. Rc1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kaouri, Mahdi"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. Ne4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 a5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 12. Re1 a4 13. a3 Rab8 14. c3 Na5
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Bd6 18. Qf3 c6 19. Nf5 Qxf5 20. Bxd6 Qxf3 21.
gxf3 Nd2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Kg2 Nxb1 24. Rxb1 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Re1+ Kf6 27.
Kf3 Rd8 28. Re5 Rd6 29. Re8 Re6 30. Rb8 Re7 31. Ra8 b5 32. Rb8 Ke6 33. c4 bxc4
34. dxc4 Ra7 35. cxd5+ cxd5 36. Rb6+ Kd7 37. Ke3 Kc7 38. Rb4 Kc6 39. Kd4 Re7
40. f3 Ra7 41. Rb8 f6 42. Rc8+ Kd7 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. Rxd5 Kf7 45. Rb5 Kg6 46. Kc4
Kh6 47. h4 g6 48. Kd4 f5 49. Kc5 Kh5 50. Kb6 Ra8 51. Kb7 Rf8 52. b3 axb3 53.
Rxb3 Kxh4 54. a4 Kg3 55. a5 h5 56. Rb6 Rg8 57. a6 h4 58. a7 h3 59. Rxg6+ Rxg6
60. a8=Q h2 61. Qa1 Kg2 62. Qb2+ Kg1 63. Qb1+ Kg2 64. Qc2+ Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. Nc4 d6 8. Ncd2
O-O 9. Rg1 Qe8 10. e3 e4 11. dxe4 fxe4 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. f3 d5 15.
Qb3 Kh8 16. Qc3 Ra6 17. Qxc7 Rc6 18. Qxa5 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nassar, Marwan"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1271"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qc7
9. Bd3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rae1 Ng4 15. h3
Nh6 16. Ng5 Nf7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Rxe1 20. fxg6+ Kg8 21. gxh7+
Kh8 22. Bxe1 Nf6 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. Bc3 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Qf7 26. Bxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qc3
1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Montero, Kusevic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1215"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 Rfd8 12. Bf4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 Nxd4 16. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qa4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Qe4 e6 20. Rab1 Rac8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Qc4 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 g6 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Qd1 Nc4
15. b3 Na3 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. h3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxd2 19. Nexd2 Rfe8 20. g4 Bd7 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Khoder, Mazen"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1178"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bd2 a5 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Qc1 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bh6 e6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Nxc4
15. dxc4 e5 16. f4 f5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. exf5 Rxf5 21.
Rf1 Bxc4 22. g4 Rf7 23. Rdf2 Kg8 24. fxe5 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 dxe5 26. Kh2 Bd5 27.
Re2 Re8 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Qb6 e4 30. Qxa5 Qe5+ 31. Kg2 e3 32. Qb4 Re7 33. a5 d4
34. Qb6 Rf7 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qh4 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Rf1 38. Rg2 e2 39. Rg1 Rxg1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "El Ayyash, Rawad"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1087"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qa4+ b5
15. Qxb4 Bb7 16. a4 Qd5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5+ Kd8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. f3 Kc7
21. O-O Rb8 22. Rc1+ Kb6 23. Bc6+ Ka6 24. Ra1+ Qa5 25. Rxa5# 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 c4 7. e5 Nc6 8. Nf3
Nge7 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O f6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Re1 fxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nc6 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Bd4 Rf5 19. Bg4 Rf4 20. c3 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Qb6 22. Bh3 Qxd4 23. g3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rd4 25. Qh5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Rashidi, Rabih"]
[Black "Abou El Kateh, Adham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qc4 Ng8 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Bf4 Qa5 9. Qd5 Qb4 10. Bc4 e6 11. Qb5 Nge7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Nb5
Nf5 15. g4 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. h3 f6 18. Nd6 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxf2 20. c3 Nd5
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Be2
Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Bd1 e5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. O-O Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. b4 Ne4 20. f3 Nf6 21.
Rfd1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rc8 23. Bg5 Rc2 24. b3 Rxe2 25. Rc1 Nxd5 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27.
Rc7 Kf8 28. Rxb7 Ke8 29. Rb8+ Kd7 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rb6 Rb2 32. Rxa6 Rxb3 33.
Rb6 Nd5 34. Rb5 Rxb4 35. Ra5 Rb2 36. Ra3 h5 37. h4 f6 38. Ra7 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5
40. Rg7 Kf6 41. Rh7 Nf4 42. Rh6+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 44. Rh6+ Kd5 45. Rh7 Rxg2+
46. Kf1 h4 47. Rf7 h3 48. Rh7 h2 49. Rh6 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 h1=Q 51. Rxh1 Rxh1 52.
Kg3 Rg1+ 53. Kf2 Rg2+ 54. Ke3 Re2# 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Black "Chames, Ayman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 e6 4. Be3 b6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. d5 h6 8. h3 d6 9.
dxe6 fxe6 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. Qxa8 Qc8 13. Be2 h5 14. Bf3 Be7 15.
Bc6+ Kf7 16. Bb7 Qc7 17. Bxa6 Rd8 18. Bb5 Nfd7 19. Qf3+ Nf6 20. O-O g6 21. Ne4
Qb7 22. Ng5+ Kg7 23. Nxe6+ Kh7 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Bxe8 Nfd7 26. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "El Hajj, Mohamad"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 d5 8.
Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Nxd4 10. O-O-O Ne6 11. Nxd5 Qa5 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Bc4 Qg5+
14. Qxg5 Nxg5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Rhe1 Kg7 17. e5 fxe5 18. Rxe5 Ne6 19. Red5 a6
20. Bc4 b5 21. Bb3 Nf4 22. Rd8 Be6 23. Rxh8 Kxh8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. g3 Kg7 26.
f4 Rd8 27. Rf1 Nd4 28. Rf2 h5 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Rg2 a5 31. h3 Nb4 32. g4 hxg4 33.
Rxg4 Nxa2+ 34. Kb1 Nb4 35. c3 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Fakih, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Nge7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nb5 Ng6 11. Bd6 Nge7 12. Bc7 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2
Bg4 9. Be3 Ne8 10. Qc1 Nc7 11. Bh6 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne6 13. Be3 Ned4 14. Qd1 a6
15. Be2 b5 16. Qd2 b4 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nf4 b3 19. Bd1 Rb8 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. O-O
Bh6 22. Bxb3 e5 23. Ne6 Bxd2 24. Nxd8 Rfxd8 25. Ba4 Rxb2 26. Rfb1 Rdb8 27. Bb3
Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1 a5 29. Rd1 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. g3 Rxd3 32. Kf1 Rd4 33. f3 Bc3
34. Rc1 Bb4 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Rxe4 37. f5 Rf4+ 38. Ke2 Rxf5 39. Kd3 a4 40.
Rc2 a3 41. h4 Rf4 42. h5 f5 43. h6 Rh4 44. Ke2 a2 45. Rxa2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. a3 Re8 8. d3
h6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. c3 Bd7 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Nh4 b5 14. Ba2 c5 15.
Be3 Bc6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Ba2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxc5 Bxa2 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 22. Rxa2 Rd7 23. Qe2 Rd5 24. Nf3 Rxd3 25. Nxe5 Rd5 26. Nc6 Qd6 27. Ne7+
Kh8 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Raa1 Re8 30. Qd1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nh5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Fayad, Hasan"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. Bg5 Nd4 6. Qd1 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Be6 12. Nc3 h5 13. Nb5 h4 14. Bh2 Qd7 15.
a4 a6 16. Nc3 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. f4 Qg2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. h3 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. a3
O-O 9. axb4 Re8 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O Re7 12. c5 a6 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Na4 Rd8 15.
Nd3 b5 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Rb7 18. Na4 Re7 19. Nac5 Ne4 20. Rxa6 g5 21. Bh2
Ra8 22. Qa4 Rc7 23. Bxc7 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Nd2 25. Ra1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc8 27. Be5
Qf8 28. Nd7 Qxb4 29. Ra8+ Qb8 30. Rxb8# 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Madani, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D08"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. b4 Ng6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. e3 dxe3 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bxe3 b6 14. Bf4
f6 15. Rd1 c5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. b5 Bd6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Kd2 Kc7 20. Kc2 Rd8
21. Be2 Bd4 22. f3 Re8 23. Bd3 h6 24. Be4 Re5 25. g4 Kd6 26. Rc1 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Daou, Ziad"]
[Black "Kassem, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nb6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 O-O 13. g4 f6 14. Nf3 Nf4 15.
Nxf4 Nxc4 16. Ne6 Qd7 17. Nxf8 Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 Rxf8 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Bd2 Rd8 21.
Rg1 Qd7 22. Ba5 fxe5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qc4+ Qd5 25. Qxd5+ Rxd5 26. dxe5 Rd3 27.
Kg2 Rd5 28. Rad1 Rb5 29. b3 Ra5 30. a4 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rde1 Rg5+ 33. Kh1
b5 34. Rxe7 bxa4 35. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Black "Ramadan, Wissam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 b5 8. a3
Bg4 9. e4 e6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Nc3 cxd4 15.
b4 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qxc2 17. Nxd4 Qc4 18. Qf4 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Nf3 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qc3 22. Rb1 Qxe5 23. Qd2 Qf5 24. Rb3 Rac8 25. Kh2 Rc2 26. Qf4 Rxf2 27.
Qxf5 Rxf5 28. a4 Rf2 29. a5 Rc8 30. Be3 Re2 31. Bc5 e5 32. h4 e4 33. Kh3 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Be2 b6 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa2 Bb7 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. cxd5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Bxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bf3 Rad8 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Safa, Mohamad Baker"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. Qd3 h6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Bg2 Bxe4 10. fxe4 Nxg4 11. e5 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qg5 14. Qxg5
hxg5 15. Rf1 Nd7 16. a4 Nb6 17. b3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Ne2 Bb4+ 20. c3 Be7
21. c4 Bb4+ 22. Kc2 Rc8 23. c5 b6 24. Rfg1 Rh5 25. Rg4 bxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27.
Kb1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Kfoury, Raymond"]
[Black "Sayah, Hisham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1544"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d5 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Qd1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 a6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Qg3 Rab8
15. Bd2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qd3 b4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Rab1 Ra8 20. Qc4 Qa5 21. a3
Qb6 22. axb4 cxb4+ 23. Kh2 Ra4 24. Rf3 Rfa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Qd1 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Qc8 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 b5 16. a3 a5 17. c3 Rb8 18. b4 Bxc3 19. Bd2 axb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Rc1
Qc4 22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 b4 25. Rec2 Rec8 26. Kh2 b3 27. Rxc3
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 b2 29. f3 b1=Q 30. Rc7 Rb7 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kg4 h5+
34. Kf4 g5+ 35. Kxg5 Qg3+ 36. Kxh5 Kf6 37. f4 Qxf4 38. Rg8 Rb8 39. Rg4 Rh8# 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Kamar, Mohamad"]
[Black "Al Hajj, Rawad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Qd5
8. d4 Bb6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Ng6+ Qe6 11. Qxe6+ Bxe6 12. Nxh8 O-O-O 13. Nxf7 Bxf7
14. O-O Re8 15. Bf4 Re2 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rf8 18. Re7 Kd8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20.
Rxb7 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5+ 22. Kf1 Re8 23. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8. O-O
a6 9. e4 Qc7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxb6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. f3 Nd7 18. Bc7 Nf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfc8 21.
Rfd1 Ne8 22. e5 Ra7 23. f4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 a5 25. c5 Rc6 26. Rc4 g6 27. b3 Ng7
28. Bb8 Re7 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. a3 Ng7 32. g4 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Ne8 35. b4 Rc8 36. Bd6 Nxd6 37. exd6 Kf8 38. c6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d6 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f3
a6 9. Be3 d5 10. O-O dxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qb3 Nc5
15. Qc4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 O-O 17. Rf1 Bd6 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. N2f3 Qg6 20. b4 b5 21.
Qd5 c6 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. bxc5 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 hxg5 26. Bf3 Rac8 27.
a4 Rfe8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra7 Be6 30. Bxc6 Red8 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Bd7 Rxc5 33.
Bxe6+ Kh7 34. Rff7 Rxc3 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Bf5 Rh8 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Nassar, Marwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
e5 9. Ne2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. O-O a5 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Qe1 b6 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Rf3 Bb7 16. h3 Nf6 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Rxf7 Qxf7 19. Bxe4 Rab8 20. Nf4 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. e6 Qe8 24. Qe5 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Re4 26. Qf5 Qc5+ 27.
Qxc5 bxc5 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Rd7 g5 30. e7 Rxb2 31. Nd5 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rbe1 33. Nf6+
Kf7 34. e8=Q+ Kxf6 35. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. dxc5 Bf5 6. b4 e6 7. h4 a6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. g4 Qb8 10. Qd4 Bxc2 11. Nc3 h5 12. Nf3 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Bg6 14. h5 Ne7 15.
Bd2 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Na4 Rb5 18. Nb6 Be4 19. Rc1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 21.
Kd1 Nf5 22. Qa3 Rxb6 23. Qa7 Rb2 24. Re1 Qb8 25. Qa4 Qb7 26. Ba5 Qa6 27. Rc3
Rb5 28. Ra3 Rxh5 29. Qg4 Rh4 30. Qxf5 Rxa5 31. Rb3 Rd4+ 32. Kc1 Rxc5+ 33. Kb1
Rd1+ 34. Kb2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Rb1 Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3
Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4 c4 13. Be2 f6 14. a4 Qc7 15.
O-O g5 16. Ne1 h5 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Rdg8 19. Bxh5 Rg7 20. Bf3 f5 21. Kf2
Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Bg3 23. Qc2 Nd8 24. b5 Qd6 25. Rb4 Nf7 26. a5 Qe7 27. b6 a6 28.
Qb2 Nd6 29. Kd1 Kb8 30. Kc1 Rgh7 31. Nb1 Rh1 32. Qe2 R8h2 33. Nd2 Nb5 34. Kb2
Qh4 35. Nc2 Qh7 36. Na3 Nd6 37. Kc2 Bh4 38. Rxh1 Rxh1 39. Rb1 Be7 40. Kb2 Nf7
41. Rxh1 Qxh1 42. Nc2 Nd8 43. g4 Qh8 44. Nb4 Qe8 45. gxf5 Ba4 46. Nf1 Qb5 47.
Qe1 Nc6 48. Bd1 Nxb4 49. cxb4 Bxb4 50. Bxa4 Ba3+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ramadan, Wissam"]
[Black "El Ayyash, Rawad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. a4 Nc6 8. a5
Nxa5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. b3 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 f6 14. Bc3 Nc6
15. Qf4 O-O 16. Bd3 e5 17. Qh4 e4 18. Be2 Bf5 19. O-O a6 20. Qf4 Ne7 21. Ba5
Qc6 22. b4 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 axb5 24. Bb6 Bd7 25. Bc5 Qe6 26. Ra5 Rxa5 27. bxa5
Rc8 28. Rb1 Ng6 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Qc6 31. Qf5 Rc7 32. Bb6 Qxb5 33. Bxc7
Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Qxc7 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Qc8+ Nf8 37. Ke2 d4 38. Qc5 Qd7 39. Qc4+ Ne6
40. g3 h6 41. Kd2 Kh7 42. Qe2 f5 43. g4 Nf4 44. Qf1 e3+ 45. Ke1 g5 46. Qc4 fxg4
47. Kf1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Daou, Ziad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nd4 7. Be3 Nxf3+ 8.
gxf3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qe2 e5 12. Be3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Nf4 14.
Bxf4 exf4 15. Rdg1 c6 16. Rg4 Qf6 17. Qd2 g5 18. h4 Bh6 19. Qg2 Rg8 20. hxg5
Bxg5 21. Rxh7 O-O-O 22. Rh5 Qd4 23. Rhxg5 Rxg5 24. Rxg5 Qe3+ 25. Kd1 Rh8 26.
Rg8+ Rxg8 27. Qxg8+ Kc7 28. Qg2 b5 29. Ne2 d5 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Qf6+ Kd7 32.
Qxf4 Qxf4 33. Nxf4 dxe4 34. dxe4 a5 35. Kd2 c5 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Nd5 a4 38. f4
Kc6 39. f5 Kd6 40. f6 Ke6 41. e5 Kxe5 42. f7 c4+ 43. Ke3 b4 44. f8=Q Kxd5 45.
Qxb4 a3 46. Qxa3 c3 47. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Rashidi, Rabih"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Qa4+ Qxa4 6. Nxa4 Nc6 7. e3 Nb4
8. Ke2 Bf5 9. Bd2 Bd3+ 10. Kf3 Be4+ 11. Ke2 e6 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nc3
Bg6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. g3 Rab8 17. Bg2 b5 18. b4 a6 19. e4 e5 20. d5 Nd7 21. h4 f5
22. f3 Nb6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bh3 Bxh3 25. Nxh3 Nc4 26. Ra1 h6 27. Nf2 Rf7 28.
Nfe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamed"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Ngxe5 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Be2 Re8 9. O-O b6 10. a3 Bf8 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Bc3 d6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 c6
15. Nf4 Qg5 16. Nh3 Qg6 17. Nf4 Qg5 18. Nh3 Qh6 19. Qf4 Qg6 20. Qg5 Qe6 21. Nf4
Qe7 22. Qg3 Bc8 23. Rfd1 Bf5 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Qg5 Be4 27. Nh5 Re6
28. Nf4 Ree8 29. Nh5 h6 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Qh3 Qe7 32. f4 Ng6 33. Nxg7 Kh7 34.
Nxe8 Qxe8 35. Bd3 d5 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. cxd5 Bc5 38. Bd4 cxd5 39. Bxc5 bxc5 40.
Qf3 Qe6 41. f5 Nh4 42. fxe6 Nxf3+ 43. gxf3 fxe6 44. Rg2 d4 45. exd4 cxd4 46.
Kf2 e5 47. Ke2 Rb8 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Ke4 Re3+ 50. Kd5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Kamar, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Nbd7 5. f4 e6 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
c5 9. c3 Qc7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Rf3 Ne4 12. Rh3 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Nxg6 Ndf6 15.
Qh4 Rg8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rg7 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Bd3 Re8 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bd2 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qc2 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Rg3 Qxb2 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7
27. Qe1 Rc8 28. Ba3 Qb3 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Qg5 Rc7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Sayah, Hisham"]
[Black "Kaouri, Mahdi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. h3 cxd3 8. Re1
Bc5 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qb3 Nc2 12. Rxd3 Nxa1 13. Qc4 Qe7 14. Ne1 O-O
15. Qb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nxe4 17. b4 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Montero, Kusevic"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. d4
d5 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. e4 h6 13. Ba3 a5 14. Bxb4 axb4 15.
Ngf3 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Nc4 Qb7 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rfd8 23. h3 Be6 24. f4 Ra5 25. f5 gxf5 26. exf5 Bd5 27. Bf1
Bf3 28. Bc4 Bd5 29. Qf2 Qa7 30. Re3 Bxc4 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. f6+ Kg8 33. Qxh6 exf6
34. exf6 Qxe3+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Madani, Nicolas"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1215"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. a3 Qb6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nb3 Qa7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15.
Nf1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rc7 17. Bxh6 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Be3 b6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21.
Qxg5 b5 22. Ng3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Qg6 Ne7 26. Qg5 Nf5 27. Ne5
Bc8 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Rad1 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Kfoury, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1463"]
[BlackElo "1544"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f5 12. h4 Qe7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 Qf7 15. g4
fxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf8 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. Rg2 Nf5 20. Rdg1 Nh7 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Rxg7 c5 24. Bf6 Nxf6 25. exf6 Be6 26. R1g6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Fakih, Mohamad"]
[Black "Farhat, Hady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 h6 7. Qh5 Qe7 8.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 9. Qxc5 Qg6 10. Qe5+ Ne7 11. O-O d6 12. Qf4 Rf8 13. Qe3 c5 14. Nc3
Rf7 15. Re1 Bb7 16. f3 Kd7 17. b3 Raf8 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Ng3 Qf6 21.
Bb2 Qe6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rad1 Rf4 24. c4 h5 25. Ne2 R4f6 26. Nc3 h4 27. h3 Rg6
28. Re2 Rg3 29. Rf2 Kd8 30. Na4 Kc8 31. Qc3 Qh5 32. Re1 Rf4 33. Qd2 Rf6 34.
Ree2 Kb8 35. Qe3 Bc8 36. e5 Re6 37. Qc3 Qf5 38. exd6 cxd6 39. Qe1 Rgg6 40. Rxe6
Rxe6 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 Qf4 43. Nc3 Qc1+ 44. Nd1 Bf5 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1
Kc7 47. Qe7+ Bd7 48. Qe2 Bf5 49. Kh1 Kd7 50. Nc3 Qe5 51. Kg1 Qd4+ 52. Kf1 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. O-O
a6 9. Re1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. a3 c6 12. Rb1 Nh7 13. Rf1 Qh4 14. Qf3 Qf6 15.
Qxf6 Nxf6 16. b4 b5 17. Ba2 O-O 18. a4 Be6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. cxb3 d5 21. Rfe1
Rfe8 22. Ra1 dxe4 23. dxe4 Red8 24. Rac1 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 26. Kf1 Rad8 27.
Re3 R2d3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. axb5 cxb5 30. h4 Rd4 31. Re1 Rxb4 32. g3 Rxb3 33.
Rc1 b4 34. Na4 Nxe4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Nxg3+ 37. Kg2 e4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1271"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. O-O-O a5 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Ndf3 a4 13. a3 Na5 14. Bh4 Qe8 15.
h3 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Qxa4 Rff8 20. Bb1 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 Rxa4 22. Nd2 Raa8 23. g4 b5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Bc2 Ra7 26. Bb3 c6 27. Nb1
f4 28. Rhe1 fxe3 29. fxe3 Bg3 30. Re2 Qe6 31. e4 Re8 32. Rf1 Bf4+ 33. Kc2 Kh8
34. Ref2 Rf7 35. e5 Qg6+ 36. Kd1 Qxb1+ 37. Ke2 Qxb2+ 38. Kd3 Qxb3 39. Rxf4 Qc4+
40. Kd2 Rxf4 41. Rxf4 h6 42. Rf3 Qa2+ 43. Kd3 Qxa3 44. Re3 b4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Black "Fayad, Hasan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. Bc4 b5 4. Bxb5 c6 5. Bc4 Na6 6. d3 Nb4 7. c3 Na6 8. Ng5
Nf6 9. Nxf7 Qa5 10. Nxh8 Bc7 11. O-O Nc5 12. b4 Qb6 13. bxc5 Qxc5 14. Bg5 Ba5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Qxf6+ Kc7 19. Nf7 Kb7 20. Nd6+ Kb8
21. Nxc8 Kxc8 22. Qh8+ Kb7 23. Qxh7 Kc7 24. Be6 Rd8 25. Rd1 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Qxc3
27. Qg7 Kd6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Qf6+ Kc5 30. Qxd8 Qb4 31. Qe7+ d6 32. Rac1 Qb2 33.
Bb3+ Kb4 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Black "Khoder, Mazen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1178"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. h3 cxd3 8. Re1
Bc5 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Rd1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Black "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1087"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 e6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Ne5 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Rc1 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. Nd4 a4 17. Bf2 Rc8 18. Ne3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Kassem, Ali"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 d5 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be2
e6 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Nc6 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15.
Nd3 Rfe8 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Be1 f6 18. Nc3 Ng5 19. Na2 Bb8 20. Qc1 Qc7 21. Nab4
Qh2# 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Abou El Kateh, Adham"]
[Black "Safa, Mohamad Baker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Qe7 4. c3 a6 5. O-O b5 6. Bd5 Bb7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
O-O-O 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Na3 Bc5 13. Nac2 Rhe8 14. Kh1 g6
15. Qd2 h5 16. Re3 Ne5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. b3 c6 19. a4 Ra8 20. g3 g5 21. Re2 h4
22. Nf5 d5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ncd4 Rd8 26. f4 Bxd4 27. cxd4 dxe4
28. Rxe4 Qxf5 29. Rxe5 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb3 31. Re7+ Kb6 32. fxg5 hxg3 33. Qf4
Qd5+ 34. Kxg3 Rg8 35. Qc7+ Ka6 36. Qa7# 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nc6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nh4 Be6 8.
Bd3 Bb4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. Bxf5 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. a3
Nd5 15. Be4 c6 16. c4 Ne7 17. d5 f5 18. Bf3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rad8 20. Qb3 b6 21.
h3 Ng6 22. g3 Ne5 23. Bg2 Nd7 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Qb4 Qd7 26. Qc4 Rc8 27. Qe2 Rfe8
28. b4 Ne4 29. Qd3 Rcd8 30. Rfd1 Re5 31. f3 Nxg3 32. Kf2 Nh5 33. f4 Re7 34. d6
Re6 35. Rc6 Nf6 36. b5 Ne8 37. Qxf5 Nxd6 38. Qc2 g6 39. Rc7 Ne4+ 40. Ke1 Qe8
41. Rxd8 Qxd8 42. Rc8 Qxc8 43. Qxc8+ Kg7 44. Bxe4 Rxe4 45. Ke2 Ra4 46. Qc3+ Kg8
47. Kd3 f5 48. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Chames, Ayman"]
[Black "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. d3 a5
9. b5 Na7 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Re8+ 12. Be2 d5 13. c5 c6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. O-O
Nxb5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Re1 Qf4 18. g4 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Al Hajj, Rawad"]
[Black "El Hajj, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8.
Bf3 Be6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nxc6 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. e5 Nh6
9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 d5 11. Ng3 e6 12. a5 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Be2 b3 15. Bd2 Nb8 16.
f5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 O-O 20. Re1 g5 21. Bg3 f4 22. Bf2 Nc6
23. e6 Qd6 24. Nd2 Ne7 25. Bh5 Ng6 26. Ra4 Bc6 27. Rb4 Rab8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29.
Qb1 Be8 30. Qf5 Nf8 31. Bf3 Rb5 32. e7 Ng6 33. Qc8 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Bxd7 35. e8=Q+
Bxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Rd8 Ne7 38. Bh5+ Ke6 39. Be8 Rxa5 40. Bd7+ Kf7 41. Be8+
Ke6 42. Bd7+ Kd6 43. Be8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. g4
Bg6 9. c5 Nd5 10. Qb3 Ndb4 11. Bb5 Nc2+ 12. Kf1 Nxa1 13. Qa4 e6 14. Ne5 Be7 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Kg2 Nc2 18. Qxc2 Nxd4 19. Qa4 Bxc5 20. Rd1 Qh4 21.
Rh1 Rd8 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. Rd1 Qf3+ 24. Kf1 Qxh3+ 25. Ke1 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 e4 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Qg5 13. Ba3 Rae8 14. Qb1
f5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxc7 Rbc8 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Bc5 Ng6 19. Rfd1 Rcd8 20. Bf1 Rd7
21. Rab1 h5 22. d5 h4 23. Qh3 Nd8 24. Bd4 Qg5 25. c5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Be3 Nf5 8. O-O
Rc8 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 h6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Qf2 Nd8 13. Nh4 Bb5 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5
15. Nd2 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17. Rxb7 Be7 18. Rxa7 Bxh4 19. Qxh4 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 g5
21. Qh5 Qxd2 22. Raxf7 Nxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qxe6 Qb4 25. Qxd5+ Ke8 26. Qe6+
Kd8 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Qd6+ Ke8 29. Qg6+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "El Ayyash, Rawad"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. f3 Nc6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nge2
Qe7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nbd7 14. b4 Ba6 15.
e4 Rfc8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Be3 Nh5 18. g3 a5 19. Qb3 Qf6 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Kf2 Qf6
22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Kg2 Nhf6 24. Rfb1 h6 25. Qd2 Qe8 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Ba6 28.
c6 Nf8 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Qd3 Rca8 31. Rb7 Qc8 32. Rab1 Qd8 33. a4 Ne8 34. R1b2
f6 35. Ne2 Ng6 36. h4 h5 37. Qb1 Rc8 38. Qh1 Raa8 39. Qh3 Nf8 40. Ba7 Kh7 41.
g4 hxg4 42. Qxg4 g6 43. f4 exf4 44. Nxf4 Ng7 45. h5 g5 46. h6 Ne8 47. Qf5+ Kxh6
48. Ne6 Nxe6 49. Qxe6 Ng7 50. Qf7 Nh5 51. Kf3 Qe8 52. Rxc7 Rxc7 53. Qxc7 Qe5
54. Rb7 Qf4+ 55. Ke2 Qxe4+ 56. Kd2 Qxd5+ 57. Kc3 Qf3+ 58. Kc4 Qe2+ 59. Kc3 Qf3+
60. Kb2 Qe2+ 61. Ka3 Qd3+ 62. Rb3 Qd1 63. Ka2 Qc2+ 64. Ka3 Qc1+ 65. Rb2 Qc3+
66. Ka2 Qc4+ 67. Ka3 Re8 68. Qxd6 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kaouri, Mahdi"]
[Black "Madani, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Nb5 Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ Nc6 13. f5 O-O 14. c3 Bg7
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qg3 exf5 17. exf5 Re8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. fxg6 hxg6
21. Qxg6 Rad8 22. Bg3 Qf7 23. Qg4 Re6 24. Rf3 Rde8 25. Raf1 Kf8 26. Bh4 Ke7 27.
Qa4 Qg6 28. Qxc6 Kf7 29. Qd5 Kf8 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Re3 Bh6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Re1
f5 34. Bxd6 Bd2 35. Re2 Qh6 36. h3 Be3 37. Qxf5+ Rf6 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kh7
40. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Montero, Kusevic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 h6 5. Bf4 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8. f3
Nh5 9. Be3 d6 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. Nh3 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Bc8 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. g4
Nhf6 16. Rg1 g5 17. Be3 a5 18. Nf2 O-O-O 19. Nh1 Ne8 20. Ng3 Ng7 21. Nf5 Nxf5
22. gxf5 f6 23. Qc2 Rdg8 24. Bh3 Rg7 25. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "R, Rabih"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
d3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. g4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bf3 Rfb8 19. Rd2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ra3
21. Rb1 Rba8 22. Rxb6 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Rxb7 Rd2 25. d4 Rd3 26. Kg2 Bxc4
27. Rxe7 Rxc3 28. Rd7 Bf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxf3 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Kg3 Kf8 32. Rd8+ Ke7
33. Rh8 Ke6 34. Rxh7 Kd5 35. h4 Kxd4 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Ke5 38. f3 d5 39. Rh8
Rd6 40. Kg4 d4 41. Re8+ Kf6 42. Re2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nassar, Marwan"]
[Black "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qb3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Nc3 b6 12. b4 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Bc4 14. Nd2 b5 15. a4
a6 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bf3 Re8 18. e4 h6 19. h4 Bf8 20. e5 Nh7 21. b5 axb5 22.
axb5 cxb5 23. Nxb5 Ra5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Qa4 Nf6 28.
Qa7 Rc8 29. Qd4 Nd7 30. Ra7 Rb8 31. Be2 Nb6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamed"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Ne4 12. c5 Bg5 13. Nxe4 Bxf4 14. Ng3 Bxg3 15.
hxg3 Qc7 16. Qc3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Qe1 f6 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Rdc1 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Ng5 22. Kg2 e5 23. f4 Ne6 24. Bf5 Nd8 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Bg4 exd4 27. exd4 Nf7
28. Be6 Raa8 29. Rc3 Kh8 30. Bxf7 Qxf7 31. Re3 Rae8 32. Raa3 h5 33. Rab3 Rb8
34. Re7 Qf6 35. Re5 h4 36. Rh5+ Kg8 37. Rxh4 Rbe8 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. Qxe3 g5 40.
Rg4 Rf7 41. Rxg5+ Rg7 42. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Black "Khoder, Mazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1178"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 d6 7. Nxb4 Nxb4 8.
c3 Nc6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. a4 Bd7 13. b4 c6 14. b5 Qc8 15. Qd3
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qe3 dxc4 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. dxe5 Rae8 20. Nd4 Qd5 21. f4 f6
22. e6 Nh4 23. Qg3 Bxe6 24. Qxh4 Qc5 25. Ba3 Qc8 26. Qf2 Bd7 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28.
Bb4 Qd7 29. f5 Bf7 30. a5 a6 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Re7 Qd5 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Nxf3 Bd5
35. Nd4 Rc8 36. Rd7 Bc6 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Bc5 Re8 39. Re7 Rxe7 40. Bxe7 Kf7 41.
Bd6 g6 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Bc5 Kd5 46. Bd4 Ke6 47. Kf4
Kd5 48. Kf5 c5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 a6 5. c4 Qd6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 10. Bxb7 Rd8 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Bg2
e5 15. Be3 Nde6 16. Bc6+ Nd7 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Ne4 Ke7 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. c5 Rb8
21. cxd6+ cxd6 22. b3 d5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5+ Ke6 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. b4 a5 27.
a3 h5 28. f4 e4 29. Rxe4+ dxe4 30. f5+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Abou El Kateh, Adham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bh6
Bd7 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bd1 Bg4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Bxe2 14. Bxe2
Qb6 15. c4 dxc3 16. bxc3 Qc5 17. c4 Qd4 18. Qb4 b6 19. Qb3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Rc7
21. Kh1 Rac8 22. Rcd1 h5 23. f4 Nd7 24. Qb4 Nc5 25. Qd2 a6 26. f5 b5 27. Qg5
Qf6 28. Qe3 g5 29. d4 Nd7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Rc3 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Nb6
34. Qe3 Nc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. e5 dxe5 37. dxe5 Qh6 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Qa3 Kg8 40.
fxe7 Rc8 41. Qd3 Qc6 42. Qf5 Qc1 43. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "El Hajj, Mohamad"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6
8. e5 Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O Nh6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Qc3 b5 14. Nd6
Qg5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nxd6 17. exd6 bxc4 18. Re1 Ba6 19. Re7 Rad8 20.
Rde2 c3 21. R2e5 cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Bc4 23. Ra5 a6 24. g4 Rfe8 25. Rae5 Kf8 26. f4
f6 27. Re3 Bf7 28. g5 Rb8+ 29. Kc3 Rxe7 30. dxe7+ Ke8 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Rh3 Bg6
33. Re3 Rb5 34. a4 Rc5+ 35. Kb2 Rxc2+ 36. Ka3 a5 37. h4 Bf7 38. Rb3 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Chames, Ayman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c4 Nc6 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O Bd7
9. Ne1 Nf6 10. f4 Nc8 11. e5 Ng8 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. f5 Bd7 14. e6 Nf6 15. exd7+
Qxd7 16. Bf3 Nb6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Nd3 O-O-O 19. Bf4 g5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Na4
Nxa4 22. Qxa4 a5 23. a3 g5 24. Bd2 b6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 b5 27. cxb5 Qb6+ 28.
Kh1 Qd4 29. Qc2+ Kd7 30. Bc6+ Kc7 31. Bc3 Qh4 32. Bxf6 d5 33. Bxh8 Bd6 34. Be5
Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Kd6 36. Nf7+ Ke7 37. Rae1+ Kf8 38. Nxd8+ Kg7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40.
Qh7# 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Daou, Ziad"]
[Black "Fakih, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8. hxg3
e6 9. e3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qa5 14. Qc2 b6 15.
Kd2 Bb7 16. Ke2 O-O-O 17. Nd2 c5 18. a4 Ba6 19. Qd3 Kb7 20. Nb3 Bxc4 21. Nxa5+
1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Black "Ramadan, Wissam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nge7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 Nf5 12. Ne2 Na5 13. b4 Nc4 14. Qd3 Bd7
15. Nd2 Bb5 16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qe4+ 20. Be2 Nd2
21. Qe3 Qxb1+ 22. Bd1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rc1 24. Qd2 Rfc8 25. Rg1 R8c2 26. Qg5 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Kamar, Mohamad"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 b5 6. Bc2 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. d4 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kfoury, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[BlackElo "1544"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Re1
h6 9. a4 a5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bd3 Bd7 15.
Nc4 Qe7 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Bc2 Re6 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. Bb3 Rf6 23. Qg3 Rg6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Sayah, Hisham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1215"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Be3 b6 8.
Nbd2 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. b4 Qc6 14. Qe2
a5 15. Nd4 Qb7 16. Rc2 axb4 17. cxb4 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. N2b3 e5 20. Nb5
Qd7 21. f3 Ra4 22. Qc4 Rxa2 23. Nc5 bxc5 24. Qxa2 Qxb5 25. bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1
h5 27. Rb1 g5 28. h3 Bf8 29. Rb7 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "1271"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. d5
Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 e6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qe4 f5 13. exf6 Ndxf6 14. Qg6+ Kd8 15.
Bxc4 a6 16. O-O Bd7 17. dxe6 Bc6 18. Ne5 Kc8 19. Rbd1 Qc7 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
Rfe1 Kc7 22. e7 Re8 23. exf8=Q Rexf8 24. Qxg7+ Kb8 25. Re6 Rhg8 26. Rxc6 Rxg7
27. Rb6 Nd7 28. Rxh6 Nde5 29. Bxa6 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Nge5 31. Bb5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Farhat, Hady"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2
Rad8 15. Qxh6 Rf8 16. Qxf6 Be7 17. Qh6 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5+ Kf8 20. f4
Qd4+ 21. Kh1 f6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. f5 Rh7 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Rad1 c5 27.
Ne2 Qe5 28. Rf4 Kf7 29. Rg4 Reh8 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Qxc7 Rc8 32. Qxb7 Qd6 33. Qd5+
Qxd5 34. exd5 Bxf5 35. Ra4 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Safa, Mohamad Baker"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "1087"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Nh3 Bg4 5. Qf4 e5 6. Qe3 Be7 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Be6 11. Qxb7 Nbd7 12. d3 c4 13. f3 Nc5 14. Qb4
Rb8 15. Qd2 cxd3 16. cxd3 d5 17. O-O Rc8 18. Nc3 d4 19. Ne2 Na6 20. b3 Bb4 21.
Qg5 Rc2 22. Rf2 Be1 23. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Kassem, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. a3
Re8 9. b4 Bd4 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 c6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2
c5 16. Qd2 Bc8 17. c3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 d5 19. Bb3 d4 20. Bb2 Ng6 21. a5 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Fayad, Hasan"]
[Black "Al Hajj, Rawad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. h4 Bc5 4. Nh3 Ng4 5. Qxg4 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Bb2 Bxh4 8.
Nd5 c6 9. Bxe5 g6 10. Nc7 Bf6 11. d4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxc7 13. Nf4 Qxe5 14. Nxg6
Qxa1+ 15. Ke2 fxg6 16. Qh4 Qg7 17. Ke3 d5 18. c4 dxe4 19. c5 h5 20. g4 Bxg4 21.
Kxe4 Nd7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Re1 Rae8+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3
Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Re5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Rh5 Bd6 19. Nf3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nf8
21. g4 Rd7 22. g3 b5 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rh6 f6 25. g5 Qd8 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. Qe2 Rb7
28. Ne5 a5 29. Qe3 b4 30. Ng4 Qg7 31. Qg5 bxc3 32. bxc3 Qe7 33. Qe5 Qg7 34.
Nf6+ Kf7 35. Rah1 Qxf6 36. Rxh7+ Nxh7 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7 Qxe5 39. dxe5 Rc8
40. Rb3 Rc4 41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Ra4 44. Kh3 Rxa2 45. f4 a4 46. Kg4
a3 47. Kg5 Ra1 48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Kxe6 Kd8 50. Kd6 Kc8 51. e6 a2 52. e7 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "El Ayyash, Rawad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. d3 Be6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. Bf4 a6 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. Bh6 f6 14. Ne4 Bf7 15.
Rac1 e6 16. Nc5 Nce7 17. e4 Nb6 18. Bh3 Qd6 19. e5 fxe5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3
Ned5 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Bg8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. dxc4 Nb4 27. a3
b6 28. Nxe6+ Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxe6 Re8 31. axb4 Rxe6 32. Kf1 Re4 33. Rc3
Kf6 34. f3 Re6 35. Kf2 h5 36. h4 Kf5 37. Rd3 Kf6 38. Rd7 c5 39. bxc5 bxc5 40.
Rc7 Ke5 41. Rd7 Rb6 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 Rb6 46.
Kg5 Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Re6 50. c5 Kg8 51. Rb7 Rc6 52. Rb6
Rxc5+ 53. Kxg6 Rc8 54. Rxa6 Kh8 55. g5 Rg8+ 56. Kh6 Rd8 57. h5 Rg8 58. Ra7 Rd8
59. g6 Kg8 60. Ra5 Rc8 61. Kg5 Rd8 62. h6 Kh8 63. Ra6 Rc8 64. Kf6 Rf8+ 65. Ke7
Rg8 66. Rd6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Kaouri, Mahdi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Qa5 6. Rc1 Ne4 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Ke2 cxd4 10. Qb3 e5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Kd1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Re1 Nf8 12. d5 Ng6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b4 c6 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. b5 Bd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Be6 19. Red1 f5 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Qa4
b6 22. Qb4 Rc5 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Nb3 Rc7 25. Rbc1 Rcd7 26. Rd2 Qg5 27. Rcd1 Qe7
28. a4 f4 29. exf4 Nxf4 30. Bf3 Rc7 31. Rc1 Qf7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nassar, Marwan"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 e6 6. Bxb8 Qxb8 7. Bb5+ Kd8 8.
O-O c4 9. Ba4 Bd6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 Bg6 13. b3 b5 14. Ng5 Ke7 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. f4 Rhb8 19. Ndf3 Nd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Rf8 22. Qa3+ Ke8 23. Rab1 Rb8 24. e4 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nb6 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Qc1
f6 28. Nh7 Rf7 29. exd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Montero, Kusevic"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c6 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. d3 Nc5 11. Qa3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Ncd7 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. Rab1 e6
15. Qb2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rab8 17. Ne4 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qa3 a6 20. Qd6 Qd8 21.
Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Nf5 23. Rb6 Nd4 24. Kg2 Nxf3 25. Kxf3 Qc7 26. h4 h5 27. d4
Rfd8 28. a4 Rd7 29. a5 Qd8 30. e3 Qf6+ 31. Kg2 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rfb1 Kg7
34. Rxc6 e5 35. dxe5 Re8 36. Rc5 Kg6 37. Rb6+ Kg7 38. Kf3 Re6 39. Kf4 Rd2 40.
Rxe6 Rxf2+ 41. Kg5 fxe6 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Kg6 Kf8 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. Kxe6 Kd8 46.
Rxb7 Rc2 47. Kd6 Kc8 48. Rc7+ Kb8 49. e6 Rd2+ 50. Kc6 Rd3 51. Rd7 Rxe3 52. e7
Re6+ 53. Kd5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Rashidi, Rabih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. c3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qb3 O-O 8. a4
Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. g4 b5 11. Bb3 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Rxa4 13. Bxa4 Na6 14. b4 b5
15. Bb3 c5 16. g5 Nh5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Ne2 Nb3 20. Be3 Na5 21. Nd2
Rc8 22. O-O Bc4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bc1 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Bxe3 27. Rb1
Bxg5 28. Rxb5 Bf6 29. Bb3 h6 30. Rb7 Nf4 31. Rxf7 Kh7 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. c4 Kg6
34. Rd7 Kg5 35. Rd5+ Kh4 36. e5 Be7 37. Rd7 Bc5 38. Rxg7 Rb8 39. Rg4+ Kh3 40.
Rg6 Kh4 41. Bc2 h5 42. Rf6 Be3 43. Rd6 Rb2 44. Be4 Re2 45. Rd1 Bc5 46. e6 Kg5
47. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamed"]
[Black "Daou, Ziad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. c3 b6 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Ne5 Nf8 10. Nc6 Qd7 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxe8 Rxe8 14. O-O Nh5
15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 c5 19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Qe2 cxd4 21.
Rxd4 e5 22. Rh4 Nf6 23. Na3 Qe6 24. Rc4 Rf8 25. Rc7 Bc8 26. Rxa7 e4 27. Nb5 Ng4
28. f3 exf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Nd4 Qg6 31. Kg2 Nc6 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Rd1 b5 34.
Re7 b4 35. b3 Qh6 36. Rh1 Qf6 37. Re4 Ba6 38. Qd2 Rd8 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Ramadan, Wissam"]
[Black "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 d6 8. e3
Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 f4 12. Be4 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. e4 Rf6 15.
Nf3 h6 16. Nh4 Nd7 17. Nf5 Qf7 18. b4 b6 19. O-O-O a5 20. Qh3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra2
22. f3 Ra4 23. g3 Rxb4 24. gxf4 Rxc4+ 25. Kb2 exf4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1463"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Bf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. Be4 Nd5 12. Qd3 h6 13. Qh3 Bg5 14. f4 Nxf4
15. Rxf4 Qxd4+ 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 g5 19. Be3 f5 20. Bc2 Nd7
21. Nc4 b6 22. Nd6 Ne5 23. b4 Nf7 24. Rd1 f4 25. Bc1 Ne5 26. Bb2 f3 27. Nce4
Ng4 28. Rd2 e5 29. h3 Ne3 30. Bb3+ Kh7 31. Bxe5 fxg2 32. Nf6+ Kg6 33. Re2 Nf5
34. Bd5 Nxd6 35. Ng8 Bxh3 36. Ne7+ Kh5 37. Rxg2 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Rad8 39. Nc6 Nf5
40. Bf7+ Rxf7 41. Nxd8 Rd7 42. Nc6 Kg4 43. Bc3 Nh4+ 44. Kf2 Nf3 45. b5 Rd3 46.
Bg7 Rd2+ 47. Ke3 Rxa2 48. Bxh6 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Kf4 50. Nb4 Rb3 51. Nc6 Rb2+ 52.
Kf1 Kg3 53. Bg7 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Kamar, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ne5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
h3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. a3 h6 14. Be3 Re8 15.
Rad1 Bf8 16. Ba2 Nh4 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nb3 Bxh3 19. Re3 Bxg2 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rg3
Bxe4 22. f3 Nxf3+ 23. Kf2 Ng4+ 24. Rxg4 Qxg4 25. Nxe4 Qxf4 26. Qxf3 Rxe4 27.
Qxf4 Rxf4+ 28. Kg3 Re4 29. Kf3 Rce8 30. Rd5 R8e5 31. Rd1 g5 32. Na5 Rf4+ 33.
Kg3 Re3+ 34. Kg2 h5 35. Nxb7 h4 36. Nxd6 Rg3+ 37. Kh2 Rf2+ 38. Kh1 Bxd6 39.
Rxd6 Kg7 40. Rd7 h3 41. Rd1 Rgg2 42. Rc1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Madani, Nicolas"]
[Black "Farhat, Hady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Ne5 9. Bb3 a6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nf3 Bc6 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Re8
15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Rae1 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. g3 Ne7
21. Rd1 Nf5 22. Rf2 Nxg3 23. Rg2 Nf5 24. Rdd2 Re3 25. Kf2 Rae8 26. a3 h6 27.
Nd1 R3e4 28. Nc3 Rxf4 29. Rd3 Ne4+ 30. Nxe4 Rfxe4 31. Kg1 Re3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33.
Nh2 Rxh3 34. Rf2 Rg3+ 35. Kh1 Ne3 36. Rd2 Rg5 37. Nf3 Rxd5 38. Re2 Nc4 39. Re7
Nxb2 40. Rxc7 b6 41. Rc3 Na4 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. Ne1 Ke7 44. Nd3 a5 45. Rc7+ Kf6
46. Kf3 Nc5 47. Nf4 Rf5 48. Ke3 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 Bd7 8. e4
Bg4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Qe2 h6 13. Ngf3 Be6 14. Nb3 Qc8 15.
Kh2 b6 16. Qe4 Ncb4 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qe4 Nd8 20. Nbd4 Nf6 21. Qe2 Re8
22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. Qb4 Qd6 25. Qb3 Ne6 26. Nh4 Kh7 27. Bd2 Nd4 28.
Qxf7 Ng8 29. Rac1 Rf8 30. Qc4 b5 31. Qb4 c5 32. Qa5 Rxf2 33. Be3 Rxc2 34. Bxd4
Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Bxd4 36. Qd2 Nf6 37. Rf1 Be5 38. Qf2 Qxd3 39. Re1 Qd4 40. Qf3 Rf8
41. Qe2 Bd6 42. Nf3 Qd5 43. Ne5 Qd4 44. Nc6 Qh4 45. Qf3 Qg5 46. Re3 h5 47. Kg1
0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Chames, Ayman"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1215"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. a3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Nf3 c4 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nh3 Nce7
9. g4 Ng6 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 a5 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Nd2 b5 14. Qg4 Bb7 15. h4 b4
16. Ndf3 bxa3 17. Nxe6 Qd7 18. Nfg5 fxe6 19. bxa3 Bc8 20. h5 N8e7 21. Bh3 Nf5
22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Bg2 a4 24. Qg5 Qd7 25. Qe3 Ngh4 26. Rb1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Black "El Hajj, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Bxd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Qf5
15. Ne2 Bc5 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. c3 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bxe1 19. Qxe1 O-O 20. Qg3 Qf6
21. Be3 Rad8 22. d4 Rfe8 23. Kh2 h5 24. Bg5 Qg6 25. Bxd8 Qxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Rxd8
27. Kh4 g6 28. Kg5 exd4 29. Rd1 c5 30. Kf6 Kf8 31. g4 Rd6+ 32. Ke5 Re6+ 33. Kd5
dxc3 34. bxc3 Ke7 35. Kxc5 Re3 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rb1 b5 38. Kb6 Rxc3 39. Kxa6
Ra3+ 40. Kxb5 Rxh3 41. a4 h4 42. a5 Kd8 43. a6 Kc7 44. a7 Ra3 45. Rf1 Rxa7 46.
Rxf7+ Kb8 47. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Khoder, Mazen"]
[Black "Fakih, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1178"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 Bd6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qf6 12. Qg3 h6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4
Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Qd4+ 16. Kh2 g5 17. Rf5 b5 18. c3 Qa7 19. Ne5 O-O-O 20. Nxc6 Qb6
21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxf7 Nc5 23. Qg4+ Kb7 24. d4 Qg6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. exf5 Nd3
27. b4 Re8 28. Rf1 Re2 29. Rh7 Nf4 30. Rg1 Nd5 31. Rxh6 Rf2 32. Re6 Nxc3 33.
Re5 Ne2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Rf1 Kc6 36. f6 Re8 37. f7 Rf8 38. Kg3 Kd5 39. Kg4
Kxd4 40. Kxg5 c5 41. bxc5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1087"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nd5 Nxe4 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Qf3 Ndf6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Qxa8 Bb4+ 11. c3 Bc5 12. Qc6+ Nd7 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14.
Qf3 O-O 15. Nh3 Nb6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bd3 c4 18. Bc2 Qh4 19. Rg1 Bg4 20. Qe4 f5
21. Qxe5 Qh5 22. f3 Re8 23. Rd8 Qh4+ 24. Kf1 Qxd8 25. Qf4 Bxh3 26. gxh3 g6 27.
h4 Qe7 28. Bd1 Nd5 29. Qxc4 Qe6 30. h5 Ne3+ 31. Kf2 Nxc4 32. Bb3 Qe3+ 33. Kg3
f4+ 34. Kg2 Qd3 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. h4 Kh7 37. Bxc4 Qxc4 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Rg4 Rd8
40. c4 Rd1 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a3 g5 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bg4+ e6
15. Nce4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 h5 17. Bxh5 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Rxh5 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. b4 Qf4
21. Qxf4 Bxf4 22. c4 a5 23. b5 Ne5 24. c5 g4 25. g3 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nxe1 27. gxf4
Nf3 28. hxg4 Rxc5 29. Ke2 Nh2 30. f3 Rc3 31. Rh1 Nxf3 32. Rh3 Ng1+ 33. Kd2 Rxh3
34. Ke1 Rh4 35. Kf2 Rxg4 36. f5 exf5 37. exf5 Rf4+ 38. Kxg1 Rxf5 39. a4 b6 40.
Kg2 Kd7 41. Kg3 Kd6 42. Kg4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Abou El Kateh, Adham"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Bb3 h6 8. f4
hxg5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. Nf3 Nxe4 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. Nxe5
Bf6 15. Qxg4 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Qd6 17. Bb3 Ke8 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Ng4 Raf8 20. h3 d3
21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. Qxd3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Rae1+ Kf8 25. Qxd8+ Kg7 26. Re7+
Kg6 27. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Sayah, Hisham"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Bd7 8. Be3
a6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. a3 d5 12. Qe2 d4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd1 e5 15.
b4 Nh5 16. g3 Qd7 17. Kg2 Rf7 18. Ng1 Qe6 19. Qxh5 Raf8 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. f3 Nd8
22. g4 Ne6 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Qe1 Qh6 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Al Hajj, Rawad"]
[Black "Kassem, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Safa, Mohamad Baker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1271"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Bf4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 h6 7. h3 g5 8. Bh2 e6
9. Nc3 a6 10. g3 Nd5 11. Qd2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bg7 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. g4 O-O 15. Bg2
f5 16. Be5 f4 17. e4 Ne7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. d5+ Rf6 20. dxe6 Qc8 21. Rd7 Qf8 22.
Rxc7 Bxe4 23. O-O Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rb8 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Rdd7 Re8 27. Bb7 Kg8 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rc8 Re8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qxf6 Qf8 32. Qe5 Qg7 33. Qe4 Qe7 34.
Bxa6 Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Bxb5 Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. a4 Kxe6 40.
a5 Kd5 41. a6 Kc5 42. a7 Kxb5 43. a8=Q Kb4 44. Qd5 Kb3 45. Kf1 f3 46. Ke1 h5
47. gxh5 g4 48. hxg4 Kb4 49. h6 Kb3 50. h7 Kb4 51. h8=R Kb3 52. Kd1 Kb4 53.
Rb8+ Ka4 54. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Black "Fayad, Hasan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qg4 e6 12. O-O h6 13. Qh4 Bg7 14. Qg4 hxg5
15. d3 Bf6 16. Rd1 Bxe5 17. dxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qf6 19. Bxg5 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qxc2
21. Ra1 Bc4+ 22. Ke1 Bd6 23. Rac1 Bb4+ 24. Bd2 Bxd2+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kaouri, Mahdi"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Nge2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bd2 d6 8. e4 e6
9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Qe7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. a5
Bd7 16. Qf3 g5 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Bc3 g4 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. Bxb5 Nxe3 21. Bxe5 Bxe5
22. fxe3 axb5 23. hxg4 b4 24. Rfb1 Ra6 25. Nf4 Rfa8 26. Nd5 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Rxa5
28. b3 Ra2 29. Nb6 Kg7 30. Nc4 Kf6 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32. Rd1 b5 33. Nd2 Rc2 34. Kf1
c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Nf3 b3 37. Ne1 Ra2 38. Rd5 Bg3 39. Nf3 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 b2 41.
Nd2 Re1+ 42. Kf3 c3 43. Nb1 c2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Montero, Kusevic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3
Bd7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. g4 Rc8 12. Bb3 Qa5 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Qxh5 15.
O-O-O Qxf3 16. Rdf1 Nxe4 17. Qe1 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Nd2+ 19. Ka1 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Qg4
21. Ne4 Bc6 22. Nf6+ exf6 23. Bxf6 Bg7 24. Bg5 Qe4 25. Qc1 Rce8 26. c3 Ba4 27.
Rf4 Qe1 28. Rxa4 Qxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Re1 30. Kb1 Bh6 31. Kc2 Rxc1+ 32. Kd3 a6 33.
Rd4 Rd8 34. Rb4 b5 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Rb1 37. Kc2 Rc8 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Rxa6
Rb8 40. Bc4 R8xb2 41. Ke4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Ng8 6. Bd3 b6 7. f4 Nh6 8. Qf3 c6
9. h3 Ba6 10. g4 Bxd3 11. cxd3 e6 12. h4 Nd7 13. Nge2 a5 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. a3 a4
16. f5 exf5 17. g5 Ng4 18. Bg1 b5 19. Na2 O-O 20. Nb4 Rac8 21. Kd1 Rfd8 22. Rc1
Nb8 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Nf4 Bf8 25. h5 Qxg5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rc2 Bg7 28. Rg2 Bh6
29. Rxh6 Qxh6 30. Rg3 Nd7 31. Rh3 Qg7 32. Nc2 Kf8 33. Ne3 Nxe3+ 34. Bxe3 Ke7
35. Nxd5+ cxd5 36. Bg5+ Ke6 37. Bh6 Qg8 38. Qg2 Rc6 39. Qd2 Rb8 40. Qb4 Qe8 41.
Bg5 Qf8 42. Qd2 Rbc8 43. Qa5 Rb8 44. Bh6 Qe7 45. Qd2 Rh8 46. Rh2 Rb8 47. Bg5
Qf8 48. Bh6 Qc8 49. Qb4 Rb7 50. Bg5 Qf8 51. Rh8 Qxb4 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. Qxe5 O-O 9. O-O Bf6 10. Qh5 c6 11. d4 Bxd4 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1
g6 15. Qh3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Be3 d5 18. Qh6 Qf5 19. Bd4 f6 20. Rf1 Qg5 21.
Qxg5 fxg5 22. Rfe1 Bf5 23. h3 a5 24. a4 Rae8 25. c4 Be6 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Bb6
Bxb3 28. cxb3 Nd2 29. Bxa5 Nxb3 30. Bb4 Nxa1 31. Rxa1 Rf4 32. a5 Rfe4 33. Bd2
h6 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Rc4 36. Ra8 Rf8 37. Ra7 Rc2 38. Be3 c5 39. Rc7 Re8 40.
Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Bxc5 Kf7 42. Kg1 Ke6 43. Kf2 Rc8 44. Bb4 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 h5 46. Ba5
g4+ 47. hxg4 hxg4+ 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Bb4 Rb2 50. Bd6 Rd2 51. Bb8 g5 52. Bc7 Rd3+
53. Kf2 Rd2+ 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. Ba5 Ra2 56. Bc7 Kh5 57. Bb8 Ra3+ 58. Kh2 Kh4 59.
g3+ Kh5 60. Bd6 Ra2+ 61. Kh1 Kg6 62. Bc7 Kf5 63. Bb8 Ke4 64. Bc7 Kf5 65. Bb8
Ke4 66. Bc7 Kf3 67. Bb8 Rg2 68. Bf4 gxf4 69. gxf4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. b3 a6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Ng3
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Be2 Ng4 11. h3 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd2 h6 15.
a3 Qd6 16. a4 Be6 17. Nh4 Nd4 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Bd1 b5 20. c3 Nf5 21. Nhxf5 Bxf5
22. Bc2 Bg6 23. f4 d4 24. f5 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Nd5 26. Qxc5 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxf5 28.
Re5 Be6 29. Qf2 Nb4 30. Re2 Nxc2 31. Rxc2 Bxb3 32. Re2 Qxd3 33. Nf5 Be6 34. Nd4
Re8 35. axb5 axb5 36. Nf3 Rd8 37. Qe1 Qd1 38. Kh2 Qxe1 39. Rxe1 b4 40. Rb1 b3
41. Ne5 Rd2 42. Nf3 Ra2 43. Nd4 Bd5 44. Kg3 Rxg2+ 45. Kf4 b2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
dxc5 dxc4 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Qxc4 Nxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nde5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rad1 Nf7 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Qg3 O-O 20. Nd6 Rad8
21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qe3 g5 25. Bg3 h5 26. h4 gxh4 27.
Bxh4 Ne5 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qxe5 Kg7 30. Re3 h4 31. Rf3 Rd5 32. Qe7+ Kg6 33. g4
hxg3 34. Rxg3+ Bg4 35. Rxg4+ Rg5 36. Qe8+ Kh6 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Qg8+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. b4
Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bb2 Ndf6 13. Rc1 g5 14. Nd2 a5 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Nf6 17. b5 Nd7 18. g4 f4 19. e4 Qe8 20. Kf2 Qg6 21. Rh1 Rae8
22. h4 h6 23. Bd3 e5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qb3 Kg7 26. Bb1 Rh8 27. Kg2 Qe6 28. Rcd1
Kg6 29. Bc2 exd4 30. Rxd4 Ne5 31. Rdd1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Nxg4 33. Qc3 Ne5 34. a4
Re7 35. Kf2 g4 36. fxg4 Nxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qxe4 38. Rg1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Nassar, Marwan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Bxc4 Nd6 6. Bb3 c6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qf5 14. Bd1
Qxf3 15. Bxf3 O-O-O 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 e6 20. Bf3
Nf5 21. Ba5 Rd7 22. g3 Be7 23. Bc3 Bf6 24. Bg2 Rc8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Be4 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Nd4 28. Kg2 f5 29. Bb1 f6 30. Rd1 Kc7 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 f5 33. gxf5
exf5 34. Rh1 Kd6 35. Rh4 Rg7+ 36. Kf1 Rg1+ 37. Kxg1 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nxh4+ 39. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "El Ayyash, Rawad"]
[Black "Rashidi, Rabih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Be2
Rc8 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 c5 11. b3 Ba6 12. Qa2 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bg3 Bd6 15.
cxd5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxg3 17. dxe6 Bxh2+ 18. Nxh2 fxe6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Rac1 a6
21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Nf3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Qd3 e5 25. Qf5 exd4 26. exd4 b4 27.
axb4 cxb4 28. Na4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qd5 30. Qd3 a5 31. Nc5 Nh5 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33.
Rc5 Nf4 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Ne5 Qe6 36. g3 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Qxe6 Nxe6 39. Rc4
Nxd4 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nd6 Nxb3 42. Nxe8 Nd2 43. Rd4 Nb3 44. Rd8 a4 45. Nd6+ Kh7
46. Ra8 Nc5 47. Nc4 a3 48. Ra7 Kg6 49. f4 Kf6 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ra5 Kd5 52. Nxa3
bxa3 53. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg7 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qc2 a5 14. O-O a4 15. Nxa4
Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Bxa4 17. Bd3 Na6 18. b3 Nc5 19. Bc2 Bb5 20. Nd4 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
Nfxe4 22. Bb2 O-O 23. Re1 Rxa2 24. Bc1 Bxd4 25. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 26. Kg1 Re2+ 27. Kf1
Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Nxe4 29. Ke2 f5 30. Kd3 Bf2 31. g4 Rc8 32. Bb2 b5 33. b4 Rc4 34.
gxf5 gxf5 35. h4 Rxb4 36. Bc1 f4 37. Bxf4 Nc5+ 38. Kc3 Rxf4 39. h5 b4+ 40. Kc2
Bd4 41. h6 Rf2+ 42. Kc1 Nd3+ 43. Kb1 Be3 44. Ka1 b3 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Khoder, Mazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1178"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. Bc4 c6 14. Bg5 b5
15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Qg3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne2+ 20. Rxe2
Rxd1+ 21. Kh2 h5 22. Qh4 Rd6 23. f4 Qd8 24. Qg3 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qd7 26. Qh4 Re5
27. Qg3 Rxe4 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxe4 Rg6 30. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Daou, Ziad"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Nd5 7. axb5 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 cxb5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Rxa7 e6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa1 Bd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Rb1 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Qb2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rb8 19. Be2 Qc6 20. Bf3 Qb6
21. Qa1 e5 22. Bd5 exd4 23. Bxc4 Qc5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. cxd4 Qa3 26. Qxa3 Bxa3
27. Kf1 Bd6 28. h4 b4 29. e4 Rd8 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Bf8 32. f4 Kh5 33. e5 Rc8
34. d5 Rc3+ 35. Ke4 Kg4 36. d6 Rc4+ 37. Kd5 Rxf4 38. e6 Rf5+ 39. Kc6 Rf6 40.
Rxb4+ Kg3 41. Kd7 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Ramadan, Wissam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nef6 10. Be5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. c4 e6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Rac1 c5
15. cxd5 c4 16. Be4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 exd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. Nd5 Qd6 21.
Rxc4 a6 22. Qb3 b5 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Nb4 a5 26. Nd3 Qf5 27. Rc1
Rd8 28. e4 Qxe4 29. Re1 Qxd3 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qxb5 Qd1+ 33. Kh2
Be7 34. g3 Qe1 35. Qb6 Qd2 36. Kg2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Farhat, Hady"]
[Black "Abou El Kateh, Adham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rfe1 Ne5 12. Bxd7 Nfxd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nd5
Nc4 15. c3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Qa5 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Na3 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. Rad1
Qb4 21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Rg3 Rc7 23. Rc1 a6 24. Rc4 Qa5 25. b4 Qb6 26. bxc5 dxc5 27.
Rb3 Qe6 28. Rc2 b5 29. Nb1 Rd8 30. Nd2 c4 31. Rg3 Rcd7 32. Nf3 f6 33. Nh4 Kf7
34. f4 Rd3 35. Rf3 Qb6+ 36. Kh2 Rd1 37. Rf1 R1d3 38. e5 Qe6 39. f5 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Al Hajj, Rawad"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[BlackElo "1215"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
e4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Qe2 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. Rad1 f5
15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Bh3 Rf8 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Qe3 e4 19. Ng5 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 exd3
21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Qf6 23. Bh5 Qxb2 24. Re1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 d2
27. Bf3 Rf8 28. Kg2 h6 29. Bd1 Rd8 30. Bf3 Nd3 31. Rh5 Ne1+ 32. Kf1 Nxf3 33.
Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nb5 e5 7. dxe5 Nh5 8.
Be3 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 d4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 Nf4 13. Qe4 Bb4 14. Rc1
Nd5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Bb5+ Qxb5 19. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3
Qb2 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rb2 Rxc3 25. O-O b6 26. h3 Kg7
27. Ng5 Rc6 28. Ne4 Re8 29. f4 f5 30. Nd6 Re7 31. g3 Rc3 32. Kh2 Ne3 33. Re1
Nc2 34. Re2 Nd4 35. Rf2 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Ne1+ 38. Kh2 Nd3 39. Rfc2 Ra1
40. Rb3 Nc5 41. Ra3 Kf8 42. Nc8 Re8 43. Nxa7 Ra8 44. Nb5 Rxa3 45. Nxa3 Nd3 46.
Nb5 Ne1 47. Re2 Nf3+ 48. Kg2 Ne1+ 49. Kf2 Nd3+ 50. Ke3 Nc1 51. Re1 Nb3 52. Rxa1
Nxa1 53. Kd2 h6 54. Nd6 Ke7 55. Nc8+ Ke6 56. Nxb6 g5 57. Nc4 g4 58. h4 h5 59.
Kc3 Kd5 60. Nd6 Ke6 61. a4 Kd7 62. Kb2 Kc6 63. Kxa1 Kd5 64. a5 Kd4 65. a6 Ke3
66. a7 Kf2 67. a8=Q Kxg3 68. Nxf5+ Kxf4 69. Nd4 g3 70. Qg2 Kg4 71. Ne2 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "El Hajj, Mohamad"]
[Black "Madani, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 O-O 7. Qf3 d6 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qf4 Qd7 11. f3 Be6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. a3 Bc5+ 14. Be3 Nh5
15. Qh4 Qxh4 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. g3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kf1 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Fakih, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1271"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. a3 a6 8. O-O Be6
9. Bb3 O-O 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Kh2 Bxf2 12. Rf1 Ba7 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. c4 Ng6 15. Rb1
Rab8 16. Ba2 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 b5 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Rbc8 21. Rfc1 Be3
22. Re1 Rc7 23. d4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qd3 Bxd4 26. Nexd4 d5 27. Nb3 dxe4
28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Nbd2 Rc3 30. Bb2 Rcd3 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 f6 33. Rbe1 R7d5
34. Rc1 Kh7 35. Rc3 Rxc3 36. Bxc3 Kg8 37. Nh4 Nxh4 38. Rxh4 Rd3 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Black "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1087"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Ng5 d5 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Bc5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. cxb4 Nxb4
15. a3 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kh2 Qf4+ 19. Kh1 Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Qf4+
21. Kh1 Qf3+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Fayad, Hasan"]
[Black "Chames, Ayman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. a3 Nf6 5. f3 cxd4 6. Ne2 dxc3 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. h3
h6 9. g4 Be7 10. Nd2 d5 11. Rb1 Bd6 12. Bb2 Bxa3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Bg2 O-O 15.
f4 b6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Ba6 19. Rb3 Qe7 20. g5 hxg5 21. fxg5
Qxg5 22. Qg4 Qh6 23. Ra3 Bb5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rfc8 26. Ke2 Rc2 27. Rd3
Rac8 28. Qf4 Qh5+ 29. Rdf3 Rf8 30. Kd3 Qg6+ 31. Ne4 dxe4+ 32. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 33.
Kxe4 Rh2 34. Ra3 a5 35. d5 Re2+ 36. Re3 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Black "Sayah, Hisham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. c3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nd6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Nf5 8. O-O
Nxh4 9. Nxh4 Bd6 10. Re1 a6 11. d4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Qd5 Qf6 15.
Re3 O-O-O 16. Rf3 Qg5 17. Rg3 Qc1+ 18. Bd1 Qxb2 19. Rxg7 Ne7 20. Qf7 Rhf8 21.
Qh5 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Safa, Mohamad Baker"]
[Black "Kassem, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. a3 O-O 6. Bc4 c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Be3
Nb6 9. b4 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Ng4 11. hxg4 Bxc3+ 12. Nd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Bxg4 14. Bh6
e5 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. f3 Be6 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qb2 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 a5
21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. O-O Rc5 23. Rc1 b5 24. c3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kg3 b4 27. Nb1
bxc3 28. Nxc3 h5 29. Kh4 f6 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Rc4 32. Rc2 Kf8 33. Rc1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Kaouri, Mahdi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Nbd2 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 b6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. b4 a6 15.
Qb1 Rac8 16. Rac3 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. c5 exd4 19. exd4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 bxc5 21.
Bxa6 Rc6 22. Bc4 d5 23. Bd3 c4 24. Qb2 Rb6 25. Bf5 Rxb4 26. Qd2 g6 27. Qg5 Qd6
28. g3 h6 29. Qxh6 gxf5 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qxf5 Ne4 32. Re3 Qe6 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34.
h4 Rb2 35. Rf1 c3 36. Rc1 Rc6 37. Ne1 Ndf6 38. Nd3 Rd2 39. Ne5 Rc8 40. f3 Nxg3
41. Rce1 c2 42. Nd3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 c1=Q 44. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 45. Kf2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Montero, Kusevic"]
[Black "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 a5 11. b3 Qc7 12. a3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. h3
Bxh4 16. hxg4 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qxg3 18. Rf3 Qxg4 19. Qf4 Qh5 20. Rh3 Qd1+ 21. Kh2
Qxc2 22. Qf5 Nf6 23. Bg5 Ne7 24. Qf3 Ng6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh5 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Nf4+ 28. Kf2 Nxh5 29. Rxh5 Rfc8 30. Rg1+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 Ke7 32. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamed"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. e3 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. e4 f4 16. b4 Nf6 17. c5 c6 18. f3 Rd8 19. Nc4 Rd4 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rxd4
exd4 22. Qxd4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Qc2 g5 26. Qc3 Kg7 27. Rd6 Re8
28. Bc4 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Re6 Nd7 31. Rd6 Nf6 32. Be6 Ne8 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34.
Bg4 Re7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Bc8 b6 37. cxb6 axb6 38. e5 Nc7 39. a4 Nd5 40. b5 c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "El Ayyash, Rawad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Be2
c5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Bf3 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15.
Be2 Kh8 16. Bh4 Qd6 17. Bg3 Qc6 18. f3 h5 19. Rab1 Rg8 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Rf2
Raf8 22. Rbf1 Rg6 23. Bd3 Rh6 24. Bf4 Rh5 25. Bg3 Kg7 26. Qd1 Rfh8 27. Be2 Rg5
28. Be5 dxc4 29. e4 Rh6 30. Bf4 Nh7 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. Bxg4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Qd6
34. h3 Qxd4 35. Nxc4 Qxd1 36. Rxd1 Nc5 37. e5 Bd5 38. Nd6 Nce4 39. Rc2 Nc5 40.
Nc8 Nd7 41. Nxa7 Nxe5 42. Be2 Rh4 43. Bb5 f5 44. Nc6 Kf6 45. Nxe5 Kxe5 46. Re1+
Kd6 47. Rec1 Rb4 48. a4 Ne4 49. Bc6 Bb3 50. Bxe4 Rxe4 51. Rb2 Bxa4 52. Rxb6+
Ke5 53. Kf2 Be8 54. Re1 Rxe1 55. Kxe1 f4 56. Kd2 Bg6 57. Rb5+ Kf6 58. Ke2 e5
59. Kf3 Bh5+ 60. Ke4 Bg6+ 61. Kd5 Bd3 62. Rc5 Bf1 63. Rc2 Kf5 64. Rf2 Bd3 65.
Rd2 Be4+ 66. Kd6 Ba8 67. Ra2 Bb7 68. Re2 e4 69. Rb2 Ba6 70. Kd5 e3 71. Rb1 Bd3
72. Rg1 Be4+ 73. Kd4 e2 74. Re1 Bxg2 75. Rxe2 Bxh3 76. Rf2 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Nassar, Marwan"]
[Black "Daou, Ziad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ramadan, Wissam"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. c5 Qa5 7. Nd2 e5 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Bg4 Re8 13. Bf5 Nf8 14. Bxc8 Raxc8 15.
Na4 b5 16. Nc3 Ng6 17. Re1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne2 Re6 20. Ng3 Rce8 21. Qd2
Nf8 22. Nf5 Kh7 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Qa5 Rd7 25. Qa6 Bd8 26. a4 b4 27. Qd3+ e4 28.
Qd2 a5 29. Qc2 Kg8 30. Qe2 Qa7 31. f4 Rf6 32. Qh5 Bc7 33. Ne8 Rg6 34. h4 Re7
35. f5 Rg3 36. Nd6 Qb8 37. f6 Rd7 38. fxg7 Bxd6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Rxf3
a6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Rf1 e6 11. a3 Ne7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Qe1 d5 15. Ba2
d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Qd1 Nec6 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Bf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bd4 21. Bxd4
Nxd4 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Rfe1 h5 24. f5 Qg5 25. f6 e5 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. Rc3 h4 28.
Bd5 b6 29. Rec1 Rfd8 30. Bb7 Rc7 31. Bd5 Rd6 32. Rf1 Qh5 33. Re1 g5 34. b4 Kh7
35. bxc5 bxc5 36. a4 Kg6 37. Kh1 Rxf6 38. Qb2 Qh8 39. Rec1 Qc8 40. Rc4 g4 41.
Rg1 g3 42. Rgc1 Rf2 43. Qa3 Qxh3+ 44. gxh3 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1215"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Rxf3
a6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Rf1 e6 11. a3 Ne7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Qe1 d5 15. Ba2
d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Qd1 Nec6 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Bf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bd4 21. Bxd4
Nxd4 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Rfe1 h5 24. f5 Qg5 25. f6 e5 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. Rc3 h4 28.
Bd5 b6 29. Rec1 Rfd8 30. Bb7 Rc7 31. Bd5 Rd6 32. Rf1 Qh5 33. Re1 g5 34. b4 Kh7
35. bxc5 bxc5 36. a4 Kg6 37. Kh1 Rxf6 38. Qb2 Qh8 39. Rec1 Qc8 40. Rc4 g4 41.
Rg1 g3 42. Rgc1 Rf2 43. Qa3 Qxh3+ 44. gxh3 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nxc5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 a6 14. Bd3 e6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Rae1 O-O-O 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. c4 Kb8 21. cxd5
Qxd5 22. Be4 Qb5 23. a4 Qb4 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. Ba7+ Ka8 27. Bf3 Bc5
28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. b4 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 Rc4 31. Rb2 Rhc8 32. g3 Ka7 33. b5 a5 34.
b6+ Kb8 35. Ra1 R8c5 36. Rb5 Bd7 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd1 Kc8 39. Bxb7+ Kxb7 40.
Rxd7+ Kxb6 41. Rxf7 Rc7 42. Rxc7 Kxc7 43. Kg2 Kd7 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Ke4 h6 46.
Kf4 g6 47. Ke4 h5 48. h4 Ke7 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Kg5 Kxe5 51. Kxg6 Kd4 52. Kxh5 Kc4
53. g4 Kb4 54. g5 Kxa4 55. g6 Kb4 56. g7 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. g4 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bc5 11. Be3 Qb6 12. O-O e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5
Bxe3 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Abou El Kateh, Adham"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Ne2 Bg4 6. f3 Bf5 7. Nc3 Qd6
8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 g6 10. g4 Bd7 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c3 f5 13. Nc5 Qe5+ 14. Qe2 Qxc5
15. d4 Qd6 16. Be3 Na6 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. d5 c5 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Bf4 Bg7 21.
Qc4 b5 22. Qe2 Rhe8 23. Rhe1 h6 24. h4 c4 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Red1 Nd3+ 27. Rxd3
cxd3 28. Rxd3 e5 29. Bg3 e4 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Bf2 Bf4+ 32. Kc2 e3 33. Bg1 Re5 34.
c4 bxc4 35. Rd4 Rxd5 36. Rxc4+ Kb8 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 Rd2+ 39. Kc1 Rd1+ 40.
Kc2 Qd2+ 41. Qxd2 R1xd2+ 42. Kc3 R8d3+ 43. Kb4 Rxb2+ 44. Kc5 Rxf3 45. gxf5
Rxf5+ 46. Kd6 Rb6+ 47. Kd7 Rf7+ 48. Ke8 Rc7 49. Re4 Rbb7 50. Kf8 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Khoder, Mazen"]
[Black "Madani, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1178"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Rashidi, Rabih"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Chames, Ayman"]
[Black "Farhat, Hady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nxd4 7. a3 Ba5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bc1 O-O 11. f3 h6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qd2 d6 14. O-O-O Be6
15. Na4 Qe7 16. c4 Red8 17. h4 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Qc3 Bb5 21.
Nxb6 cxb6 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Qd4 Rc4 24. Qe3 Rdc8 25. Rd2 Nd7 26. g4 a5 27. Rd5
Bc6 28. Rh5 Nf6 29. Rf5 Nh7 30. g5 h5 31. Rg1 g6 32. Qb3 Bxe4+ 33. fxe4 Qxe4+
34. Ka2 Qxf5 35. bxa5 Qd5 36. Ka1 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Sayah, Hisham"]
[Black "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nd3 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2
Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Bd6 9. b3 Nf6 10. f3 Bf5 11. Bb2 h6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nc3 Bg3 14.
Ne4 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ndf2 Bxf2 17. Kxf2 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19. d3 Re5 20.
Rhe1 Rae8 21. g4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 Kg7 24. Kf2 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Al Hajj, Rawad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nxe4 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rfe1 Rae8 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Bb5 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20.
Bxe2 Nb4 21. Bc4 Re8 22. Kf1 a6 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Re1 Nc6 25. Bb3 h6 26. Ne4 Re8
27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Rc8 b5 30. Rxc7 Nd4 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 h6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Be6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. c4 Qd6 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Ra3 Nxd3 20. Re3 Qxa3 21.
Qb1 Qc3 22. Qc1 Nxc1 23. Re1 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1189"]
[BlackElo "1087"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O Qb8 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Kg8 14. f4 e5
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Kg7 18. g5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bc6 20. Bd3 f5 21.
gxf6+ Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxe4 23. Rhf1 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Rc7 26. Re6 Rc5
27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Rxb7 a5 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "El Hajj, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d5 7. Bb5 dxe4 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qd5 10. d4 exd3 11. Nxd3 Qxg2 12. Qe2+ Be6 13. Qf1 Qe4+ 14.
Be3 O-O 15. O-O-O Rfb8 16. Nc5 Qe5 17. Bd4 Qd5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Fayad, Hasan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1271"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 0-1

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Fakih, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kassem, Ali"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 *

[Event "2016 Qualification Lebanese Chess Champi"]
[Site "beirut"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Safa, Mohamad Baker"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]

 0-1