[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Be5 Qe6
15. Bxd4 Bxh3 16. Qe3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Rd7 20. Nb5 a6
21. Nd4 Ng4 22. Rd3 Ne5 23. Rb3 Nc4 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. f4 Re8 26. Kf3 g6 27. Rdd3
Rxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Bxd4 29. Red3 Bxb2 30. Rb4 b5 31. a4 Bf6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxb5
d4 34. Rb4 Ne3 35. Rb5 h5 36. Rdb3 Re7 37. Rb7 Kg7 38. Rxe7 Bxe7 39. Rb5 Bf6
40. Ke4 Nf5 41. Kf3 d3 42. Rb1 dxe2 43. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 44. Kf3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Black "Alsultan, Abdullah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rcd1 a6 14. f3 Nd7
15. a3 Nde5 16. f4 Nf7 17. e5 Nb8 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. Bh5 Nfxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21.
Ne2 Rc8 22. Qe4 Rf5 23. Bg4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxa3 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27.
Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Nd4 Bc5 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. Qf4 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Qc7 32. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Alhassan, Meshari"]
[Black "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1448"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Ngf3
Nbd7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Nh2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Nhf3 Ng6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. Qf3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Qe2 Qc8 22. Ng3 Ba6 23. c4 Bb7 24. Ba4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rad1 Qe6 27. b3
Ne7 28. Qc2 f5 29. Re2 Nc6 30. a3 Ne5 31. Red2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Nd3 33. Qc3 Ne5
34. Nh5 g5 35. Ng3 Qf6 36. Kf1 Re7 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rd2 Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Nxd7 40.
Qc1 Qe5 41. Qd1 Ke7 42. Kg1 Nf6 43. Ne2 f4 44. exf4 gxf4 45. Qc1 Nh5 46. Qc3
Qxc3 47. Nxc3 Nf6 48. Kf1 a6 49. Na4 Nd7 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. Nc3 Ke5 52. Nd5 b5 53.
g3 fxg3 54. fxg3 bxc4 55. bxc4 Kd4 56. Ne3 Ne5 57. g4 Nxc4 58. Nf5+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Black "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. g3 d6 13. f4 dxe5 14. fxe5 f6 15.
a3 Bc5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Bg2 Bf5 18. Kd1 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Qxc6 Qxc3 21.
Qxe8+ Bf8 22. Qxd8 Qxa1+ 23. Bc1 Bg4+ 24. Kd2 Qa2+ 25. Kc3 Qxg2 26. Re1 Qf3+
27. Re3 Qf6+ 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Re4 f5 30. Re8 Kf7 31. Rb8 Nd7 32. Rb7 Bd6 33.
Rxa7 h5 34. Bf4 Ke6 35. Ra6 Nc5 36. Ra8 Ne4+ 37. Kd4 Bc5+ 38. Kd3 Bd6 39. b4
Bf3 40. b5 Nf2+ 41. Ke3 Bxa8 42. Bxd6 Ng4+ 43. Kf4 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
a3 Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Bxd4 d6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 a5 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. f4 Bg4
21. Rd2 b4 22. Bd4 Bh4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bf2 bxa3 25. bxa3 Bf6 26. c4 Rb8 27.
h3 Bd7 28. Be2 Rb3 29. Rd3 a4 30. Rxb3 axb3 31. g4 h5 32. f5 g6 33. Bd3 hxg4
34. hxg4 g5 35. Be3 Kf8 36. Kb1 Ba4 37. Bc1 b2 38. Bxb2 Bxb2 39. Kxb2 Bd1 40.
Kc3 Bxg4 41. a4 Ke7 42. Kd4 Kd7 43. a5 Kc7 44. c5 Bf3 45. f6 g4 46. c6 g3 47.
Ke3 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Black "Alhazzaa, Abdulrahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1315"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c4 Qd8 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Black "Alothman, Salem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1266"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Ba7 12. a4 Bg4 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc3 Nxc4
15. Qxc4 c6 16. Ne3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Nf5 d5 20. Qxb7 Rfb8 21.
Ne7+ Kf8 22. Qxc6 Qxe7 23. Qxd5 Rd8 24. Qc6 Bxd4 25. Rd1 Qb4+ 26. Kf1 Qxb2 27.
Rxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Black "Shfakah, Turki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1210"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Qb3 b6 8. e3
Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Nhf3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 fxg6
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. O-O Nf6 19. Qd3 g5 20. g3 g4 21.
Bg2 h5 22. e4 Qd7 23. e5 Nh7 24. Qg6 Qf7 25. Be4 Qxg6 26. Bxg6 c5 27. dxc5 Rxc5
28. Bxh5 Rxe5 29. Bxg4 Nf6 30. f4 Re3 31. Bf3 Rd8 32. Rae1 Rdd3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3
34. Kf2 Rd3 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Rd6 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Nd7 39. b4 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Black "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. b4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Qb3
Nd8 9. a4 a6 10. h3 h6 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Nc6 15.
Nh4 Kh8 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Nc4 Ba7 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nf5
Ng8 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Kh1 Ne7 24. Ng3 g5 25. Qe2 Qg6 26. Bb2 f5 27. exf5 Nxf5 28.
Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Qe4 Kh7 30. Qxb7 Raf8 31. Qxc7+ R5f7 32. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Albalhan, Fawaz"]
[Black "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1045"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 h6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. Qh5 d5 8.
Qe5+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. O-O Be6 14.
a3 O-O 15. c3 a5 16. Nd2 Rfb8 17. b3 Ne5 18. b4 axb4 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Bf4 bxc3
21. Nd4 Nf3+ 22. Nxf3 Bxf4 23. g3 Bg5 24. h4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Al-Shaibani, Mohammad"]
[Black "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. Bg5 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qf3 Nd4 6. Qd1 c6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. b3
Bb4 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Na4 Nxc2+ 11. Ke2 Nd4+ 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Ke1 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nxe4+ 15. Kc2 Nxf2 16. Qc1 Nxh1 17. Nc3 Nf2 18. h3 d5 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Re1 Nxd3
21. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 23. Kxd3 f6 24. Na4 b6 25. g4 O-O 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "15"]
[White "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Black "Alasad, Tareq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qe2 Be6
9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O Nd4 11. Qd1 Bg4 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Bxb4 16. exd5 O-O 17. d6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Bxd2 19. Be4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Qxd6 21. Kg2
Bg5 22. c3 Nc6 23. Rb1 Rfd8 24. Qg4 b5 25. Rbd1 Qc5 26. f4 Be7 27. f5 Bg5 28.
h4 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxc3 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Qc2+ 32. Kh3 Qxe4 33. f6 Qh7+ 34.
Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 Qh7+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 g6 38. Qh6 Qxd5 39. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Black "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. b3
Bf5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. O-O Bb8 11. Re1 Re8 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 h5 14. a4 a5 15. e4
Bg6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Nf4 h4 18. Qb3 hxg3 19. hxg3 Ra7 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. c5+ Kf8
22. Bf3 Ke7 23. Nc4 Qc8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. cxd6+ Kxd6 26. Qe3 Ke7 27. Bg4 Kf8 28.
Qa3+ Kg8 29. Qd6 b6 30. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Alothman, Salem"]
[Black "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Na4 Rb4 14. b3 h6
15. Bd2 Rh4 16. c4 Bd6 17. h3 Ng4 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. c5 Qc7 21. a3
Be6 22. b4 a5 23. Reb1 Ne4 24. Rb2 Qe5 25. Re1 Rf4 26. Qe2 Qd4 27. Qe3 Qf6 28.
bxa5 d4 29. Qe2 Nxf2 30. a6 Qg5 31. Kh2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Black "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 e5 6. O-O Be6 7. h3 Be7 8. d3
Qd7 9. Kh2 h5 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 e5 14. Kg1 h4
15. g4 Kb8 16. Be3 Rdf8 17. c4 Rh7 18. a3 Rfh8 19. b4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21.
Nd4 Qd7 22. Nxc6+ Qxc6 23. Bh3 g5 24. Qg4 Qe8 25. b5 Qh5 26. Qxh5 Rxh5 27. Kh2
 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ Kf8 9. Qxc5+ Qe7 10. Be3 Qxc5 11. Bxc5+ d6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. Nd2 Nf6 14.
O-O-O Ng4 15. c4 Kg8 16. Rdf1 Kh7 17. h3 Ne5 18. b3 c5 19. Kc2 Rhf8 20. Bb2 Nc6
21. Bc3 Rf7 22. f3 Raf8 23. h4 Nd4+ 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. b4 c5 26. b5 Bb7 27. a4
a6 28. Ra1 axb5 29. axb5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Black "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Qe7 8. Re1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bc7 14. a3 f5 15.
Ng3 e4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. Bb4 c5 19. Bxc5 Rd8 20. f4 Nxc5 21. Be2 Qf6
22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Rad1 Bb6 24. Qb3 Bd7 25. Nh5 Qe7 26. d5 Nc5 27. Qb4 Qf7 28. Ng3
Ba4 29. Rc1 Qxd5 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxa4 Bxe3+ 32. Kf1 Bxf4 33. Nh5 Bxh2 34. g3
f4 35. Nxf4 Qg5 36. Qxe4 Rf8 37. Bd3 g6 38. Qd4+ Rf6 39. Re6 Raf8 40. Rxf6 Rxf6
41. Ke2 Bxg3 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Rf7 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Black "Hussain, Hashem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Qc2
Bd7 9. a4 bxa3 10. e5 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nfd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6
Nf6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Rxa3 Rxa3 17. bxa3 c4 18. Qb5+ Kd8 19. Qb6+ Qc7 20. Qb5 Qc8
21. Qb6+ Ke8 22. Qb5+ Kd8 23. Qb6+ Ke8 24. Qb5+ Kd8 25. Qb6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Nawaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3
Bb4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. c4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Ng4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Bxe8 Kxe8 21.
f3 Nf6 22. Qg6+ Ke7 23. Qg7+ Ke6 24. f4 Qd8 25. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Mlaihan, Adel"]
[Black "Al-Shaibani, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1279"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Qf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. g4
Bxg4 9. hxg4 h6 10. Be3 Qxg4 11. Rg1 Qh5 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
Na5 15. Qb4 Nc6 16. Qa4 Be7 17. Bd5 Nb8 18. Qb3 c6 19. Bxf7 g6 20. Rh1 Qg4 21.
Be6+ Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ Nd7 23. Nh4 g5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Alasad, Tareq"]
[Black "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. c4 c5 {Mobile} 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Shfakah, Turki"]
[Black "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1210"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 Nb4 8.
Bf1 Ne4 9. a3 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxc2 12. Rac1 Nxe1 13. Bxe1 O-O 14.
Bd3 Rc8 15. b4 d5 16. Rc6 Qe8 17. Rc1 Qa4 18. e4 Qxa3 19. exd5 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "14"]
[White "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Black "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "1158"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Rd1
Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bf6 15.
Rb1 Rfe8 16. b3 Bf5 17. e4 Nb4 18. Qc4 Nxd5 19. exf5 Nb4 20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rb1 Qd6 24. Qg4 Qf6 25. h4 Rd5 26. Re1 h6 27. Qh5 Kf8
28. Ng5 Qxf5 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. Qe4 hxg5 31. Qh7 f6 32. h5 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34.
Kh2 Qxb3 35. h6 Qg8 36. hxg7+ Qxg7 37. Qf5 Qe7 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qf5 Qe5+ 40.
Qxe5 fxe5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nd5 Ned4 14. Be3 Nxc2 15.
Bb6 Qd7 16. Qxc2 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 e6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. b5 Qe7 21. Ba7
Qxc7 22. b6 Qc5 23. Bxb8 Bd7 24. Bc7 d5 25. e5 Rc8 26. Qf3 Bc6 27. cxd5 Bxd5
28. Qe2 Bc6 29. Rfd1 h6 30. Rbc1 Qa5 31. Qe1 Qa4 32. Rd6 Bd5 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34.
Bxd8 Qg4 35. Qf1 Bxe5 36. Rc8 Kg7 37. Bc7 Bd4 38. Bg3 Qe4 39. Rc1 Bxa2 40. Qe1
Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Bxb6 42. Ra1 Bd5 43. Rd1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Black "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb4 11. Bb1 f5 12. a3 Nc6 13. O-O Qf6 14. Ba2
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Kh8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Qf3 e5 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qe7 22. Rfc1 exd4 23. exd4 Re8 24. g3 Qf7 25. Qf4 Re4 26. Rxc7 g6
27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qb8+ Re8 29. Qb4 f4 30. Qc3 Kg8 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. d5 Rf8 33.
Qb4 Kg8 34. Qe4 Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Rc7 Qd8 37. gxf4 Qf6 38. d6 Qxf4 39. Qxf4+
Rxf4 40. Rxa7 Rd4 41. d7 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Black "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. Nge2 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. a4 Be7 8. f3
Bh5 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Qxh5 Nd4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4
15. Rxf4 c6 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Hussain, Hashem"]
[Black "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Qb6 9. Qd2 c4 10. Nc3 d4 11. Na4 dxe3 12. Nxb6 exd2 13. Nxa8 Bg4 14. Nc7 Nb4
15. bxc4 Nxc2 16. Rab1 Bh6 17. h3 Ne3 18. hxg4 Nxf1 19. g5 Ng4 20. Kxf1 Bg7 21.
Nxd2 Ne3+ 22. Kf2 Rc8 23. Bxg7 Nf5 24. Be5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Black "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Be7 7. dxe5 O-O 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Qc8 11. Nbd2 a5 12. a4 Qf5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bg6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Nf3 Bh5 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4+
21. Kh2 Qh5+ 22. Kg3 Be7 23. Qe4 Kh8 24. Qg4 Qxg4+ 25. Kxg4 f5+ 26. Kg3 Bc5 27.
Bg5 f4+ 28. Kg2 Rde8 29. dxc5 Nc8 30. Rd7 h6 31. Rh1 Kh7 32. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Black "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qc7 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. f4 Bg6 12. O-O Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Rf4 Be7
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nc3 Bg5 17. Rxe4 Bxd2 18. Rg4 h5 19. Rxg7 Kf8 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7
21. Rf1+ Ke7 22. Qc2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qg8 24. Qa4 h4 25. Qa5 Kd7 26. Rf3 hxg3 27.
hxg3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Al Azmi, Nawaf"]
[Black "Alhassan, Meshari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f3 Nf6 11. Bh6 Bd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 Ne5 14. Be2 b5
15. g5 Nh5 16. O-O-O Kg8 17. Kb1 a5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qc1 b4 20. Nd5 Nb6 21. Bxh5
gxh5 22. Qe3 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 a4 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nf5 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Be6 27. Rd4 b3
28. f5 bxa2+ 29. Ka1 a3 30. b3 Bd7 31. Rhd1 Rfc8 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Nxc4 Bc6 34.
Rd4 Kg7 35. Kxa2 f6 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. c3 Kg5 38. Nxa3 Kf4 39. Kb2 Bxe4 40. f6
exf6 41. Rxd6 Kg5 42. Nc4 Rf8 43. Nd2 Ba8 44. c4 f5 45. c5 f4 46. b4 f3 47. b5
f2 48. c6 f1=Q 49. Nxf1 Rxf1 50. c7 Bb7 51. Rb6 Bc8 52. Rb8 Bg4 53. b6 Rf2+ 54.
Kc3 Bf5 55. Kd4 Rxh2 56. b7 Rb2 57. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Black "Alothman, Salem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Ne2 h6
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qf4 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Rxb4 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4
21. Nc3 Rc4 22. Re2 Rb8 23. Nd1 d4 24. b3 Bf5 25. Rb2 Rc5 26. Rd2 Rd5 27. f3
Re8 28. Kf2 c5 29. Re2 Kf8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Nf2 g5 33. Ne4 Ke6
34. Rb1 Re5 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Re1 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bg6 39. a4 a5 40. Re2
Re6 41. Re1 f5 42. gxf5 Bxf5 43. Re2 Bg6 44. Rg2 Re5 45. Rg4 Rf5 46. Ke2 Re5
47. Rxg5 Rxg5 48. Nxg5 Bxc2 49. f4 Bxb3 50. Kd3 c4+ 51. Kd2 Bxa4 52. Nf3 Ke4
53. Ne5 Bb5 54. Ng4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Black "Mlaihan, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1279"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 a6 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Be2
Nh5 9. Bg3 h6 10. Bh4 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bxh5 Nf6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxh5 17. Be5 Qg5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Bg3 b5 20. Ne5 Bb7 21.
O-O Qf5 22. Rac1 e6 23. Rc7 Qe4 24. f3 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Black "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Qb5+ Kd8 14. Qb3
h6 15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Nf3+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qxb7 Qxh3 19. Qxa8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Black "Albalhan, Fawaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1045"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Ne1 b5 8. Bb3 Qc7
9. a4 b4 10. cxb4 cxb4 11. Be3 Be7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Nc2 Nc5 15. Bc4
Qb7 16. Nd4 d5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. e5 Nfe4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5
22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nb5 Rac8 24. Nd2 Rh4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Nd6 Qb8 27. Nxe4 Qxe5
28. Nc5+ Ke7 29. Rab1 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Al-Shaibani, Mohammad"]
[Black "Shfakah, Turki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "1210"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Be3 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qf3 Qa5 6. O-O-O Nd4 7. Qg3 h6 8.
Nge2 e5 9. f4 f6 10. Qg6+ Kd8 11. f5 Bd7 12. a3 Be8 13. Qg3 Rc8 14. Nd5 Ne7 15.
Bd2 Qa4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. c3 Nxd5 18. exd5 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Rxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxa3+
21. Kd2 Qa2+ 22. Ke1 Qxd5 23. Be2 Qb3 24. c4 b5 25. cxb5 Qc3+ 26. Rd2 Bxb5 27.
Qe3 Qc7 28. Kf2 d5 29. Kf1 Qc1+ 30. Bd1 Bc5 31. Qe2 Bd4 32. g3 Re8 33. Kg2 Qc8
34. Bb3 Bc3 35. Rc1 d4 36. Rdc2 Bc6+ 37. Kg1 Qxf5 38. Ra2 Re7 39. Bc4 Qg5 40.
Rb1 Kc8 41. Ra6 Ba8 42. Be6+ Rxe6 43. Rxe6 Qe3+ 44. Kf1 Qf3+ 45. Qxf3 Bxf3 46.
Re7 a5 47. Rxg7 a4 48. Rb6 a3 49. Rxf6 Bb4 50. Rxh6 Bf8 51. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Black "Alasad, Tareq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1158"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Bd7 9. Qc2 g6 10. O-O Re8 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Re1 Ng4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Rxe4 Rxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd5+ Kg7 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Qd2 b6 20. Re1 Be8 21.
Re6 Qxd5 22. Bxf6+ Kf7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Qe3 Bf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Rxc6 Re8 27.
Rxc7+ Kxf6 28. Qxe8 Qxa2 29. g3 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Black "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. a3 h6 11. Nb5 Na7 12. Nxa7 Rxa7 13. Bc3 b5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15.
Nd2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ba4 19. Qc1 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Nc5 21. d4
Qa5 22. Qa3 Nd7 23. Ra1 Nb6 24. Qb2 Rb8 25. Rbxa4 Nxa4 26. Qxb8 Qc3 27. Qxa7
Qxa1+ 28. Nf1 Qd1 29. Qxe7 Qxd4 30. Qe4 Qa1 31. e3 Nc3 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qxd6
Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Qe1 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd2 Qxf2 37. Qxe2 Qxe2 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5
hxg5 40. Bh3 Kf6 41. Bg2 Ke5 42. Bh3 f5 43. Bg2 f4 44. exf4+ gxf4 45. gxf4+
Kxf4 46. Kg1 Qh5 47. Nh2 Qc5+ 48. Kh1 Qf2 49. Nf1 Kg4 50. Kh2 Qh4+ 51. Kg1 Kf4
52. Bh1 Ke5 53. Bg2 Kd4 54. Nh2 Qe1+ 55. Nf1 Kd3 56. Bf3 Qc1 57. Kf2 Qf4 58.
Kg2 Qg5+ 59. Kf2 Qh4+ 60. Kg1 Qh3 61. Kf2 Kd4 62. Bg2 Qh4+ 63. Kg1 Qf4 64. Kh1
Qf2 65. Kh2 Kd3 66. Kh1 Ke2 67. Kh2 Kd1 68. Kh1 Ke1 69. Kh2 Qb6 70. Kh1 Kf2 71.
Nh2 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Black "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8.
Ndxb5 axb5 9. Nxb5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qb7 14.
c4 Be6 15. Bc3 O-O 16. O-O Nc6 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bf6 20. b3
Rfe8 21. f4 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 h6 25. Qd3 Qb4 26. Re7
Qa3 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 d6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Nb4 12. c3 Nc6 13. a3 a6 14. Ba2 Ba7
15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. d4 Rad8 17. Bd5 f6 18. Kf1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 c6 21.
Be6 g6 22. d5 Rfe8 23. Rac1 c5 24. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Black "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1266"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. d3 a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Qg3 f5 11. Ne5 Nd4 12. Rf2 Bh4 13. Qf3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alothman, Salem"]
[Black "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Qe7 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Nd2 b6 12. c4 Ne5 13. Kh1 g6 14. f4 Bg7
15. Rab1 Qg4 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Nf3 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Nd4 Qg4
21. Qf3 Qh4 22. Rbe1 Rae8 23. Nc6 a5 24. b3 Qg5 25. Qf4 Qh5 26. e5 g5 27. Qf6
g4 28. Rf5 Qg6 29. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Black "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Na4 Qc7
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Bd3 Qb8 19. Nc5 Qa7 20. Rfc1 Bxc5 21.
bxc5 Ba6 22. Bxf6 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxf6 24. Ne5 Re6 25. Qb3 Ne4 26. Qb7 f6 27.
Qxa7 Rxa7 28. Nd3 Ree7 29. Ra1 Nd2 30. Nb4 Rac7 31. Ra2 Nc4 32. h3 Kf7 33. Ra6
Re6 34. Rca1 Ke7 35. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Nawaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qb3 b5 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Rc1 Qe6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. Nf3 c4 18. b3 Ba3 19. Ra1 Bb4+ 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Qd1
c3 22. O-O cxd2 23. a3 Bc3 24. Ra2 Qb6 25. a4 Na6 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Rc2 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Black "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. g4 Bd7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. h4
Nd5 9. Bxe4 Bxh4 10. O-O-O Bc6 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4+ Kg8 14. g5
Nxc3 15. dxc3 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Qe7 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Rdg1 Qb5 19. Qg4 Bxe4 20.
Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Mlaihan, Adel"]
[Black "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1279"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 e6 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Ndb5 Bd7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Nf6 14. c4 O-O
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Re1 Qb6 21.
Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Nh5 23. Nc6 Nxf4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Re5 Be6 26. Rxa7 Rb8 27.
Re3 d4 28. Rf3 g5 29. g3 Bg4 30. Rxf4 gxf4 31. gxf4 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Shfakah, Turki"]
[Black "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1210"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8.
Bf4 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bc1 Bd6 13. a3 c5 14. c4 Ne5 15.
b3 Nxd3 16. Nc3 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bg4 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Be5 20. Rad1 Qg5 21.
Nd5 Qh6 22. g3 Rad8 23. Qg4 Rc8 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 Bd4 26. Rfe1 Re6 27. Kg2
Qf6 28. f4 Qd8 29. Na7 Rg6 30. Qf3 Qb8 31. Qh5 Qxa7 32. Qxh7 Qb6 33. Rd3 Rh6
34. Qf5 Kg8 35. h4 g6 36. Qd5 Kf8 37. e5 Rh5 38. Qd7 Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Black "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. a3 f5 12. Bc2 Qf6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. c5 Bf8 15.
Bf4 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qf7 18. b4 Bc6 19. Qd3 Be4 20. Rxe4 fxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Rcd8 24. f4 Kf7 25. Bc2 c6 26. Bb3+ Kg6 27. Rf1
(27. f5+ Kh7) 27... Be7 28. f5+ Kh7 29. Bf7 Rf8 30. Be6 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32.
Rd1 Rff8 33. d5 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Rb8 36. g4 g5 37. f6 Kg6 38. f7 Kg7
39. b5 Rc8 40. c6 bxc6 41. bxc6 Kf6 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Bf3 Kd6 44. Ke3 Rf8 45. c7
Kxc7 46. Bd5 Kd6 47. Bb3 Ke5 48. h3 Rc8 49. Kd3 Rd8+ 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Ke4 Kg7
52. Kf5 Rd3 53. Bc4 Rxa3 54. Ke6 Re3+ 55. Kd6 Kf8 56. Kc6 Rxh3 57. Kb7 a5 58.
Kb6 a4 59. Kb5 Rg3 60. Be6 a3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Al Azmi, Nawaf"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O-O Qxa2 12. c3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Bf5 15. Qf2 Rac8+ 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Alothman, Salem"]
[Black "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Qd2 b5 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Nxe4 19. Rxb4 Nxd2 20. Rb6 Bf6 21.
Rxc6 Ne4 22. Ra3 Nxc3 23. Raxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxa6 Rxc2
27. Bb5 Kf7 28. Ba4 Ra2 29. Bb5 Kf6 30. Bc4 Ra4 31. Be2 d5 32. Kf2 d4 33. Bc1
Ra2 34. Kf3 g5 35. Bd3 h6 36. h4 Ke5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 Ra3 39. Ke2 Ra2+
 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Black "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 a6 11. h3 e6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Ne8 14. Bf4 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Qb6 16. Nf3 Bb5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Bxb6 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rc8 20. Ba5 Nc7
21. a4 Na8 22. Nd4 Rfe8 23. f4 Bf8 24. Nc2 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 b6 26. Bb4 a5 27. Ba3
Nc7 28. b4 Be7 29. Bb2 Na6 30. b5 Nc5 31. Nd4 Ne4 32. Rc2 Rc4 33. Nc6 Bc5 34.
Ke2 Ng3+ 35. Kf3 Nf5 36. Bc1 Rc8 37. Raa2 Ne7 38. Nxe7+ Bxe7 39. Ke2 Rxc3 40.
Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Be3 Bc5 42. Bd2 Rg3 43. Kf1 Kg7 44. Be1 Rb3 45. Bh4 h5 46. Ke2
Rb4 47. Kf3 Rb1 48. Ke2 Rb3 49. Kf1 d4 50. Ke2 d3+ 51. Kd1 Be3 52. Ra1 Rb2 53.
g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Rh2 55. Be1 d2 56. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Black "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 d5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O Bxf4 8.
exf4 O-O 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 c5 11. a4 c4 12. Qa3 Qc7 13. g3 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Nd7 16. Rfb1 a5 17. Qe7 Bc6 18. Ra2 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bd1 a4 21. Rba1
Rae8 22. Qa3 Nb6 23. Nf1 Bc6 24. Qc5 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. f3 Nd7 27. Qb4 Ref8
28. Ne3 e5 29. Rb1 exd4 30. cxd4 Re8 31. Ra3 Rfe6 32. Qd2 Nb6 33. Kf2 h5 34.
Bc2 g6 35. Ng2 Re2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 c3 38. Rxc3 Nc4 39. b3 axb3 40.
Rbxb3 g5 41. Ne3 Nxe3 42. Rxe3 Qa7 43. Rbc3 Bd7 44. Rc5 Qa2 45. Re5 Qa1 46. Ke3
Be6 47. Kd3 Bf5+ 48. Ke3 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qa1 50. Rexd5 Bxc2 51. Rxc2 Qd1 52. Re2
Kf7 53. Rxg5 Qxd4+ 54. Kg2 h4 55. Rg4 Qd3 56. Rf4+ Kg6 57. Re6+ Kg5 58. Re5+
Kg6 59. Rxh4 Qd2+ 60. Kh3 Qd1 61. f4 Qf1+ 62. Kg4 Qd1+ 63. Kh3 Qf1+ 64. Kg4
Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Albalhan, Fawaz"]
[Black "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1045"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Qxd8 Raxd8
15. Bg5 b5 16. Na3 a6 17. Nc2 Bb6 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Bg5 c4 20. Kh1 Nxf2+ 21. Kg1
Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nxg5 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bh3 Nc5 25. Nb4 Nxb4 26. cxb4 Nd3 27. Re2 Nxb4
28. a3 Nd3 29. Kg2 Kh8 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Black "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bd7 6. a3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. c3 a6
9. Ba4 Nh5 10. Bb3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Re1 Ne5 13. d4 Ng6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Qc2 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 20. Re2 Qh4 21. Nf3
Qh5 22. Nh2 f3 23. Nxf3 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxf3 25. Re3 Qf4 26. Rg3 Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Black "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Bg5 Nd4 7. Bg2 h6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 hxg5 10. Ne2 Nxf3+ 11. Kf1 g4 12. h4 g5 13. Kg2 gxh4 14. c3 d5 15.
Qc1 dxe4 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bh6 18. Qc5 h3+ 19. Kf1 Qd6 20. Qb5+ Qc6 21. Qb4
Nd5 22. Qa3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Alasad, Tareq"]
[Black "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. c4 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. h3 c6 8. Be2
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. O-O Be6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bb5 Nc6
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Be7 Rc8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rc1 Qc4
21. a4 a5 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. c4 Bd7 24. Qb3 b6 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Ra1 Be6 27. Qc3
Bxc4 28. Qa3+ Ke8 29. Rc1 Qe6 30. Qc3 Ba6 31. Qb2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qd6 33. Qc3
Qc5 34. Qxc5 bxc5 35. Nb3 c4 36. Nxa5 c3 37. Nb3 Kd7 38. f3 Kc6 39. Kf2 Bc4 40.
Nc1 Kc5 41. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Black "Al-Shaibani, Mohammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1158"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nxd5 Nxd4 7. Bf4 Nxb3
8. Rd1 Bb4+ 9. Nxb4 Nd4 10. e3 Qe7 11. Rxd4 Nf6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. a3 Rfd8 14.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Be2 Nd5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bf4 Rc5 20. Nd4
Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Alhassan, Meshari"]
[Black "Mlaihan, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1448"]
[BlackElo "1279"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 c6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Be7 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. h3 c5 11. Qc2 c4 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. Bh2 O-O 14. e4 Ndf6 15.
exd5 Qxd5 16. a4 a5 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. g4 Bd6 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Qd1 Nf6 21. Qf3
Qxf3 22. Nexf3 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Nd5 24. Ne5 Nf4 25. Nexc4 Nd3 26. Re2 g5 27. Nb6
Nf4 28. Re3 Nd5 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Re5 Nf4 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Black "Shfakah, Turki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1210"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. a3
a6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qd2 e5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15.
Nxa8 Nxe4 16. Qd5 Qf5 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Nc7 Bf7 22. Nxa6 c5 23. O-O-O e4 24. Nd2 g5 25. Ba5 Bd5 26. Bc3 Rh7 27. Nc7 Bb7
28. Nf1 Kf7 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Black "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Qc7 12. h3 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Qg3 14. c4 Qxh4 15.
Kxh2 Bg6 16. Qe3 Nbd7 17. Qf2 Qxf2 18. Rxf2 b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. e4
Nb6 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Be7 Rd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. c5 Nc4 27. Kg3 Rb2
28. c6 Rc7 29. Nxc4 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 dxc4 31. f4 Bd3 32. Ke3 Kf8 33. d5 Ke7 34. f5
exd5 35. Bxd5 Kd6 36. Kd4 Re7 37. Rc1 Re2 38. Bxc4 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Bxf7
Kxc6 41. h4 h6 42. Bb3 Bb1 43. Ke3 Kc5 44. Kf4 Kd6 45. g5 hxg5+ 46. hxg5 fxg5+
47. Kxg5 Ke7 48. f6+ Kf8 49. Kf4 a5 50. a3 Bd3 51. Ke5 Bb5 52. Kd4 a4 53. Bd5
Be8 54. Kc5 Bd7 55. Kb4 Be8 56. Bc4 Bd7 57. Bb5 Bc8 58. Bxa4 Kf7 59. Bb5 Kxf6
60. a4 Ke7 61. Kc5 Bd7 62. Kb6 Bc8 63. Kc7 Bf5 64. a5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Black "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rab1 a5
15. Na4 Nd6 16. Nc5 Nb6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Nd5 21.
Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 f6 23. Nc4 Nb4 24. a3 Nd3 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Re7 27. Nc4
c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. b4 Nd3 30. h3 g6 31. Nb2 Ne5 32. Rd1 Rc7 33. Na4 Kf7 34.
Nc5 f5 35. Rd8 Ke7 36. Rb8 Nc4 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Nxa3 39. Kh2 Nc2 40. b5
Na3 41. b6 Nc4 42. g4 Nxb6 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. h4 Nd5 46. Nc5 Nc3 47.
Nd7+ Ke7 48. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Alothman, Salem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. h3 c6 12. d4 Qe7 13. d5 Ne8 14. Qd3 f5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Rd8
21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Qe6 Qd7 23. g4 h6 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nf3 Nxe4 26. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Rc7 28. Nc4 b5 29. Ne3 Kg8 30. Rd4 Re7 31. Nf5 Re6 32. Kg2 Re8 33. h4 g6
34. Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Rxd6 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rxc2 37. Rxg6+ Kh7 38. Rxa6 Rxb2 39. Ra7+
Kg6 40. Kf4 Rxb3 41. h5+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Rb4+ 43. Kg3 Kg5 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rg6+ Kf7
46. Rxh6 Rb1 47. Rb6 b4 48. Kf4 b3 49. Kg5 b2 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Black "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Qd7 9. b3 O-O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 h5 13. Qf3 Qxd4 14. Rd1
Qe5 15. Bf4 Qf5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nb5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxf3 19. Bxc7+ Kc8 20. gxf3
Nxc4 21. bxc4 a6 22. Rc1 axb5 23. cxb5 Kd7 24. b6 Ra8 25. Be5 f6 26. Rc7+ Kd8
27. Rxg7 Rxa2 28. Bxf6+ Kc8 29. Rc7+ Kb8 30. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Nawaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 c5 12. h3 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15.
Ne4 Qc7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 Qc6 18. e4 Nf6 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qg3 Rf6
22. f3 Rg6 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. e5 Qxf3 25. Qxf3 Bxf3 26. Bf1 Nb6 27. Kh2 Be4 28.
Rad1 Nd5 29. g3 Nxf4 30. gxf4 c4 31. Rd2 h5 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rd6 Kf7 34. Red1 Bd5
35. Rxa6 Rxd7 36. Rd2 h4 37. Rb6 Bc6 38. Rd6 Rxd6 39. exd6 Bd7 40. Bg2 Rg3 41.
Rb7 Ke8 42. Bf1 Rf3 43. Kg1 e5 44. fxe5 Re3 45. a4 bxa4 46. Bxc4 Rxe5 47. Rb8+
Bc8 48. Rxc8+ Kd7 49. Rc7+ Kxd6 50. Rxg7 Rc5 51. Rg6+ Ke5 52. Bf1 Rd5 53. Ra6
Rd4 54. Bb5 Rd1+ 55. Kf2 Rd2+ 56. Ke3 Rxb2 57. Bxa4 Rh2 58. Ra5+ Kf6 59. Bd7
Rxh3+ 60. Kf4 Rh1 61. Ra6+ Kg7 62. Bxf5 h3 63. Kg3 h2 64. Kg2 Rf1 65. Rg6+ Kf7
66. Kxh2 Rxf5 67. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Black "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 b6 4. c3 Bb7 5. Qb3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rfe1 e5 12. e4 d4 13. h4 dxc3 14. Qxc3 Ba6
15. Nc4 Re8 16. Nh2 Nd4 17. Ng4 Bc8 18. Nge3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bg4 20. Nce3 Bf3 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qd2 Rac8 24. Rac1 Qg6 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Kh2 h6 27. Bh3
Rc6 28. Bd7 Rce6 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. b4 Re6 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 g5 33. Nf4
gxf4 34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Rxh5 fxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bxh5 37. f4 Ra6 38. Ra1 Be2 39. Kf2
Bxd3 40. a4 Bc2 41. a5 d3 42. Ke3 Rd6 43. Kd2 Rd4 44. Ke3 Rb4 45. Ra3 Rb1 46.
Rc3 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Re2+ 48. Kc1 d2+ 49. Kxc2 d1=Q+ 50. Kxd1 Rxe4 51. Rc7 a6 52.
f5 Rxh4 53. Ra7 Ra4 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Black "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1266"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nc6 9. Qb5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. fxg3
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Rd3 a6 17. Qb4 Rfc8 18. Rc1 b5 19. Ne2 Qb6+ 20. Kf1 Rc4
21. Qb3 a5 22. c3 Rac8 23. Qd1 h6 24. Rf3 Re4 25. Nf4 Qc6 26. Qd3 b4 27. Re3
Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rxf4+ 29. Ke2 d4 30. Rg3 dxc3 31. bxc3 Qc5 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Qxf3
Qc4+ 34. Qd3 Qxa2+ 35. Rc2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Black "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. h3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nc6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nh7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxh7 Rxh7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rfd1 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21.
e4 d4 22. Qxd4 Qg5 23. e5 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rc7 25. Qd6 Kd8 26. Rac1 Qxd6 27. Nxd6
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bc6 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Nc8+ Ke8 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nc8+ Ke8 33. Nd6+
Kf8 34. Rd4 Rc7 35. Rc4 Rd7 36. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Black "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3
h6 9. Na4 Ba7 10. Qe2 Rb8 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. b3 Bd7 14. O-O Re8 15.
Nc3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Nh7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qg5 19. Qd3 Qg6 20. Qf3 Ng5 21. Qg3
Kh7 22. Kh2 Ne6 23. Qxg6+ Kxg6 24. Rad1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 c5 26. Rc4 Bb5 27. Nxb5
axb5 28. Rc3 Ra8 29. b4 c4 30. g4 Ra4 31. Kg3 Rea8 32. Ra1 Rxb4 33. Re3 Rba4
34. Rb1 Rxa3 35. Rxb5 Rxe3+ 36. fxe3 Ra3 37. Kf4 Rc3 38. Rb2 Kf6 39. h4 g5+ 40.
hxg5+ hxg5+ 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Rb7 c5 43. Rb2 Ra3 44. Rb7 Ke6 45. Rb1 Ra2 46. Rc1
c3 47. Ke2 c4 48. Rb1 Rb2 49. Rc1 Ke5 50. Kf3 f6 51. Rd1 Rxc2 52. Rd5+ Ke6 53.
Rd4 Rc1 54. Rxc4 c2 55. Ke2 Rg1 56. Rxc2 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 Rxc2 58. Kxc2 Ke5 59. Kd3
d5 60. exd5 Kxd5 61. e4+ Ke5 62. Ke3 Ke6 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Kf3 Kd4
 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Shfakah, Turki"]
[Black "Alasad, Tareq"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1210"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. b3 a6 6. Be2 f6 7. Bf4 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. O-O Qb6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qd1 O-O-O
15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 Kb8 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Bf2 Nc6 19. Rc1 Bc5 20. c3 dxc3 21. Rxc3
Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Black "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Ne4 11. b4 f5 12. Bd3 b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ra3 a6 15. Ne2
Rfe8 16. Rd1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Bh2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. f4 h5 21. g3 Kf7 22.
Bxe4 fxe4 23. Raa1 Bc8 24. Nc1 h4 25. g4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 g5 27. Nb3 Re7 28. Kf2
Kg6 29. Ke2 Rf7 30. Rf1 Raa7 31. Nd4 Rac7 32. fxg5 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Rf7 34. Rxf7
Kxf7 35. Nxc6 Bd7 36. Nd4 Kg6 37. Kd2 Kxg5 38. Kc3 Kg6 39. c6 Bc8 40. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Black "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bxg6 Bxh3 15.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. gxh3 Rg8 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Ne5+ Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxh3 20. exf6 Bxf6
21. Qf3 h5 22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Qh1 Qg4 24. Ne4 h4 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Re4 Qg5 27.
Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Qc7 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Qa4 Bd6 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. a3 Ne4
15. Rfd1 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Nf6 17. Rdc2 Ne4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6
21. Qd4 Qd6 22. e4 e5 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 b6 25. Rb5 d4 26. Rxe5 Rfc8 27. Re1
Rc5 28. Re6 Ne8 29. Rxb6 Rac8 30. Kf1 g6 31. f4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Nc7 33. Rb7 Ke8 34.
Re2 Ne6 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 Rc1 37. f5 Rf1+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 gxf5 40. exf5
Nf4 41. Bb5+ Kf8 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Rd7 Rc5 44. Bd3 Ke8 45. Rd6 Ke7 46. Re6+ Kf7
47. Ke4 Nf6+ 48. Kxd4 Rd5+ 49. Kc4 Rd8 50. Ra6 Ng4 51. Be4 Ne3+ 52. Kc3 Nd1+
53. Kb3 Rb8+ 54. Kc2 Ne3+ 55. Kd3 Rb3+ 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Alothman, Salem"]
[Black "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 Na6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bxa6 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qxa6 6. Nc3 d5 7. e5 c5 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nce2 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. f4 Be7 13. Qd3 Qa5 14. Rfc1 O-O
15. c4 Rac8 16. cxd5 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qb4 20. Qxd7 Rd8
21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Rd3 23. Bd2 h6 24. Nxa7 Nh4 25. Nc8 Bd8 26. Rc3 Rd7 27.
Nd6 f6 28. Nc5 Bb6 29. Kf1 Rc7 30. Ncxb7 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Black "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Bc5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Be3
Qc8 16. a5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. e5 Bf5 20. Qb3 Nhf4 21. e6 fxe6
22. dxe6 Re8 23. Re3 Kh7 24. Rae1 c6 25. Na4 Ne7 26. Nb6 Qc7 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28.
Nh4 Nfd5 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Rf3 Qxa5 31. Re5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Nd4 33. Qd3+ Kh8 34.
Rf7 Qxb2 35. Qg3 Rg8 36. e7 Nxe7 37. Rfxe7 Nf5 38. Rxf5 Rd8 39. Rff7 b5 40.
Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Black "Alhassan, Meshari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. Rb1 b6 13. b3 Ng4 14. Qd3 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Qe3 Qb7 18. Rd3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qxe4 21.
Rbd1 Qe2 22. Rc1 Qxd3 23. h4 Rac8 24. g3 Rc5 25. Re1 Re5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. h5
Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qxh5 29. Qe3 Rd8 30. f4 Rd1 31. Qxe5 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Black "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Bxe7 Bxf3 12. Ba3 Bxd1 13. Nf6+ Kd8 14.
Nxh5 Bxh5 15. b4 b5 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Kxe8 18. c4 dxc3 19. Rxc3 Kd7 20.
Rg3 Re8 21. h3 Bg6 22. Kf1 Re4 23. Rd3+ Rd4 24. Rb3 Rd3 25. Rxd3+ Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Black "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
h3 Bd7 9. g4 h6 10. Bd2 Bc6 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Qxa7 Qe8 14. Nd5
Kd7 15. f4 Ra8 16. Qd4 Qb8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. e6+ fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kd8
21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. f5 Bf6 23. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Al-Shaibani, Mohammad"]
[Black "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qf3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Qg3 g6 8. O-O-O
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. h4 Nd4 12. h5 Nxe2+ 13. Ngxe2 Bg4 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd7 17. Rde1 Bd6 18. d4 b5 19. Ref1 b4 20. Nd1 Ne4 21. Qe3
Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Bxe2 23. Qxe4 Bxf1 24. Qxa8+ Bf8 25. Ne3 Bb5 26. Nd5 Kf7 27. Nf6
Qe6 28. Nxh7 Bh6+ 29. Kb1 Qg4 30. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Alasad, Tareq"]
[Black "Albalhan, Fawaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "1045"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e3 e5 2. c4 Bc5 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ng5 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
Be7 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Nh3 a6 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. Nf4 Bc6 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Bd2 O-O
15. O-O 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Mlaihan, Adel"]
[Black "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "1279"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Qb3 Bxc4 8. Qxb7
Kd7 9. Qxa8 Bxd3 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 Bxe4 12. Nbd2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e4 14. Ng5 Bxf2+
15. Kxf2 Qf6+ 16. Ke2 Qxc3 17. Bd2 Nd4+ 18. Kf2 Qxd2+ 19. Kg3 Qxg5+ 20. Kf2 e3+
21. Ke1 Qg3+ 22. Kd1 Qf2 23. Qe4 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3
Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Nd2 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15.
Be2 Bxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 dxe4 20. Nc5 Bd5 21.
Qd2 Qa8 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Qc3 Qa7 24. Na6 Nxa6 25. Qxa5 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27.
Rxa6 Rxb2 28. Bc4 Bb7 29. Ra2 Rxa2 30. Bxa2 Kf8 31. g4 g5 32. Kh2 Ke7 33. Bb1
h6 34. Kg3 Kd6 35. f3 exf3 36. gxf3 e5 37. dxe5+ Kxe5 38. f4+ Kd6 39. fxg5 hxg5
40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Ke2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Black "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Nd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 c4
15. d4 Nxe4 16. Re1 d5 17. Qg4 Rf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Re5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Nh5 22. Nxh5 Rxh5 23. Bg5 Qf7 24. Be3 b6 25. a4 Rb8 26. a5 b5 27. Bc5 a6 28.
Bd6 Rb7 29. Qf2 Rf5 30. Qc5 Qd7 31. Rd1 h6 32. Rd4 Kh7 33. Rg4 Rg5 34. Rf4 Qd8
35. h4 Rg6 36. Rf8 Qxh4 37. g4 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 h5 39. Qc8 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 h4+ 41. Kh3
Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Kh6 46. Rh8+ Kg5 47. Qd8+
Kf4 48. Qf8+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Black "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bg2 c6 10. Nxg6 (10. h4 Bb4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2) 10... hxg6 11. Qd3
Na6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxa6 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. f3 Bb4 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. a3
Be7 18. Ne2 Rh4 19. Bg5 Rh7 20. Kf2 Nxg4+ 21. hxg4 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Bxg5 23. c3
Be7 24. Rh7 Bf6 25. f4 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5 27. Rxg7 Bh4+ 28. Ke3 Rd7 29. Nf4 Bf6
30. Rg8+ Kc7 31. g5 Be7 32. g6 fxg6 33. Rxg6 e5 34. Ne6+ Kb7 35. dxe5 Ka6 36.
Rg7 Kb5 37. Nd4+ Kc4 38. Ke4 Rc7 39. e6 Kc5 40. Nf5 Bd6 41. Rxc7 Bxc7 42. e7
 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Alhassan, Meshari"]
[Black "Alothman, Salem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1448"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Qc2 c4 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Qc1
e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Ngf3 h6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4
15. O-O Rac8 16. Bd3 Rxc3 17. Qd1 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Rxd3 19. Qh5 Rxe3 20. Rxf5 exf5
21. Qxf5 f6 22. Bf4 Rxb3 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Bxh6 Rf7 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Re1 Qxd4+ 27.
Kh1 Qxf4 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Qe6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Black "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. g4 Ndf6
15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Ke2 Qe4 19. Qd2 c5 20. a3 cxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Rac8 23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Nxa7 Rxc3 25. Rhc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ra8
27. Nb5 Ra5 28. Rc7 Rxb5 29. Rxd7 Kf8 30. a4 Ke8 31. axb5 Kxd7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33.
Kd4 g5 34. f3 b6 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 f6 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6
40. Kc4 Ke5 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Black "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Qc2 g5 11. Be5 g4 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Ne2 Bg5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qc3 Rf5 18. b4 Qxe5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Rf7 21.
a4 Raf8 22. Qc2 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Bxe3 24. N4b3 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 e3 26. Nc5 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Black "Alasad, Tareq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 d5 8. Bd3 a6
9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Na4 Qb4 12. a3 Qa5 13. dxc5 b5 14. b4 Qxa4 15. Bc2
Qxc2 16. Qxc2 bxc4 17. Nd4 Na7 18. f3 O-O 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Bd7 21. e4 Rac8
22. e5 Nh5 23. Qc1 g5 24. g3 Ba4 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Qe3 Ra8 27. h4 Rg8 28. hxg5
Rxg5 29. g4 Rag8 30. Rh1 Bd7 31. Kf2 f5 32. Rxh5 R5g6 33. Rah1 fxg4 34. Rxh6+
Kg7 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Black "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1158"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. e4
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Rde1 b5 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. b3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb5
21. Bc3 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rab8+ 23. Ka1 Rxc4 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. Rd3 Nd5 26. Rb1 Rc8
 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "10"]
[White "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Black "Al-Shaibani, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1266"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
e5 b5 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Re1 Bb7 17. f3 a5 18. a3 Ra6 19. Rd7 Rb8 20. Rxf7 Kh8 21.
Rd1 c5 22. Rxb7 Re8 23. Rxb5 a4 24. Bc4 Rg6 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "12"]
[White "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Black "Mlaihan, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1279"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. h3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nh4 c6 8. Nf5
Bxf5 9. exf5 Nbd7 10. b3 a5 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4
15. Bd3 Re8 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qg3 a4 18. Bxh6 Nh5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Bg5 Bxf2+ 21.
Rxf2 Qxa1+ 22. Kh2 Re1 23. Qxh5 Rh1+ 24. Kg3 Qe5+ 25. Bf4 Qd4 26. Rf3 Rd1 27.
Bc2 Rd2 28. Bxd2 Qxd2 29. Be4 Qe1+ 30. Kf4 Re8 31. Re3 Qf2+ 32. Qf3 Qxa2 33.
bxa4 Qxc4 34. Kg3 d5 35. Bd3 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxa4 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. f6+ Kh6 39.
Qh8+ Kg5 40. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Alshourfaa, Hazaa"]
[Black "Alhamdan, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. g4 f5 11. g5 b5 12. Qe1 b4 13. Ne2 fxe4 14. dxe4 Ba6 15. Qf2
Qd7 16. a3 Nd4 17. Nfxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxf1 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bxf1 a5 21. axb4
axb4 22. b3 Qxe4 23. Ra7 Rf7 24. Bb2 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Rxe7 d5 27. Be5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Alothman, Salem"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Taher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Kf8
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe5 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb2 21.
Bg4 Rd8 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rc7 25. Rdc2 Rac8 26. a4 b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Kf1 Kf6 29. Ke2 Ke5 30. Kd3 bxc4+ 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33.
bxc4 f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Ke3 f4+ 36. Kd3 h5 37. f3 h4 38. h3 e6 39. Kc3
 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Maqseed, Nasser"]
[Black "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bc8 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Rb8 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc1 d4 20. Bc4 Re4 21.
exd4 cxd4 22. f3 Rh4 23. g3 Rh6 24. Qxd4 Qc7 25. Qe5 Qb7 26. Ba6 Qa8 27. Rxc6
Qxc6 28. Qxb8+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Alotaibi, Khaled"]
[Black "Aladsani, Samer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bh6 Bg7 12. h4 e6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h5 Qe7
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. O-O-O Rxf2 18. d6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1
Qxd6 21. e5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nd6 Qg7 24. Qh4 Qxe5 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Black "Huwaidi, Fahad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. h4 c5 10. Nge2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 d5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. O-O-O Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qd5 19. Rh2 Rfd8 20. c3 Rac8 21.
Rdh1 Bg6 22. Qe3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Nb5 Bg6 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. g4 f5 27. gxf5
exf5 28. Kd2 b5 29. Ke3 a6 30. Kf3 Rcd7 31. Rd2 a5 32. Rd5 Be8 33. Rdd1 Bh5+
34. Ke3 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 g6 36. Rd5 Rb8 37. Nxf5 Rxd5 38. Ne7+ Kf7 39. Nxd5 Ke6
40. Nf6 Rd8 41. Nxh7 Kf5 42. Nf6 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Kxf4 44. e6 Re3+ 45. Kd2 Rxe6 46.
Nd5+ Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Alrashidi, Yousef"]
[Black "Al Azmi, Khalaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 Qxd1+
8. Rxd1 fxe2 9. Bxe2 f6 10. Bb5 b6 11. Bh4 e5 12. O-O Be6 13. Ba6 Bc5 14. Bb7
Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Re1 Ke7 17. a4 Rd8 18. c3 a5 19. h3 g5 20. Bg3 h5 21.
Rb1 Bb3 22. Kf1 Rd2 23. Ke1 Rc2 24. Ba6 h4 25. Bd3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Al Mousawi, Omran"]
[Black "Alhassan, Meshari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 Re8 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. exd5 d6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1
Qf8 15. Nd4 a6 16. h3 Re8 17. Rd1 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Bf1 Bc8 21. f4
Nh5 22. Qf2 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 Ng6 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nc6
Re3 28. Bd3 Nf4 29. Bf1 Bd7 30. Nb4 Rxc3 31. Nxa6 Ra3 32. Nxc7 Rxa2 33. Rb1 Ra7
34. Nb5 Bxb5 35. Rxb5 Rb7 36. Kf2 Ng6 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. g3 Ne5 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. g4
f6 41. h4 Ng6+ 42. Kg3 Kh6 43. h5 Ne5 44. Kf4 Kg7 45. Kf5 Kf7 46. h6 Rb8 47.
Be2 Rb7 48. g5 fxg5 49. Kxg5 Ng6 50. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Alsharhan, Musaed"]
[Black "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Ne2 Be6 7. Bb3 a5 8. Ba4
O-O 9. Ng3 Rb8 10. c3 b5 11. Bc2 b4 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4+ 15.
Bd2 Bc4 16. a3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Rb2 18. Qc3 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 d5 20. e5 Re8 21. Ne2
Ne4 22. O-O f6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rfe1 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Rd1
Qf6 28. f3 Nd6 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Qc5 c6 31. Qxa5 Qd6 32. Qa8 Kf7 33. Qb7+ Kf8
34. Qc8 Kf7 35. a4 Nc7 36. Qb7 c5 37. a5 Kf8 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. a6 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Karkari, Faisal"]
[Black "Alkandari, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1266"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. a3 a6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Rad1 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 c6 16. Ba2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 b5 18. d4 Bb6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf5 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qf3 Rd2 23. Re2 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Qd7 25. b4 Kh8 26. Qxf7 Qd8 27. Bb3
Kh7 28. Bxd1 1-0

[Event "Kuwait championship 2018  First Stage "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "11"]
[White "Albalhan, Fawaz"]
[Black "Alzoabi, Meshal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1045"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.12.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. a3 a6 6. Bxc4 Nd5 7. Nge2 c6 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a4 Qd7 14. O-O Bg5 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Bb1 Kg8 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qc2 g6 21. Ng3 c5
22. Nh5 Qc6 23. f3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. cxd4 Nd5
28. Qd2 bxa4 29. Rc1 Qb6 0-1