[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Farhat, Hady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nf5 Nc5 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. f3 h6 11. Be3 Ncd7 12. Nb5 Nb6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nd4 Bc4
15. a5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc8 17. c4 a6 18. Qf2 Qe5 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Bd4 Qe6 21. Ne3
Rac8 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qh4 Nc6 24. Bc3 Qg6 25. Nf5 Rfe8 26. g4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Saridar, Toufic"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qg4 Qxb2 14. Nb5 Qb4
15. Rfb1 Qa4 16. Nd6 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qf4 b6 19. Rd1 Nd8 20. g4 Ne6 21.
Qg3 f4 22. Bxf4 Nxd4 23. Qd3 Nc2 24. Bg3 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 d4 26. Qe4 Rad8 27. e6
fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 d3 31. Rf1 d2 32. Qf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Al Kaoury, Mahdi"]
[Black "Jarekyan, Antranik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 b5 8. Qc2 b4
9. Nb1 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. a4 b3 14. Nxb3 Nb4 15. Qd1
Nxe4 16. Nbd2 Bxb2 17. Nxe4 Bxa1 18. O-O Bg7 19. Qb3 Nxd5 20. Qd3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Bxa4 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Nfg5 a4 25. Re1 h6 26. Qh3 a3 27. Ne6 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ne6 13. Nb3 f6 14. f4 fxe5
15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Bg5 17. Qd3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Rf1 Qg5 20. Qxg5
Nxg5 21. Nc5 Rd8 22. Ne2 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Nd4 Re8 25. b4 Bd7 26. Re1 Rf8
27. e6 Be8 28. g3 Rf6 29. Re3 Rg6 30. Ra3 Rg4 31. c3 h5 32. Rxa7 h4 33. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qe4 Nb3
15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Qe3 Nxd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxc1+ 18. Rhxc1 Nf5 19. Qxa7 Bxe5 20. Qa6 Qh4
21. Kf1 Qf4 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+
27. Ke2 Rxb2+ 28. Ke3 Qxg2 29. Rxb2 Qxh3+ 30. Ke2 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qxe4+ 32. Kf1
Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxc1 34. Rb4 Qd1+ 35. Ke3 Qd3# 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Barakat, Rafic"]
[Black "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1396"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O e6 11. h4 h5 12. Bh6 Kh7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4
Qc7 15. e5 Nd7 16. Re1 Qa5 17. g4 c5 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bb7
21. Bb5 Rad8 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nxc5 Rc7 24. b4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27.
Kb2 d4 28. Rh3 Bd5 29. Ra3 Rxa3 30. Kxa3 Ra7+ 31. Kb2 Ra2+ 32. Kb1 Ra3 33. Nd3
Bf3 34. g5 Bg4 35. Re4 Rc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne1
Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng4 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Ne2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne5
15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Nc6 20. c3 Rad8 21.
Be3 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qe6 23. a3 b5 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Qd2 a5 26. Bh6 Bh8 27. Qf2 b4
28. axb4 axb4 29. Bg5 Rb8 30. Bf3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Nxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Bxc3 33. Be3 f5
34. Bg5 Bd4+ 35. Be3 Bxe3+ 36. Qxe3 fxe4 37. dxe4 Rb2 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2
Qxe4 40. Qxd6 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4 cxd4 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Re1 h5
46. h3 Kf5 47. Re4 d3 48. Re1 d2 49. Rd1 Rd3+ 50. Kg2 Ke4 51. Kf2 g5 52. h4 g4
53. Ke2 Rxg3 54. Kxd2 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 Bxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd7 9. Qg4 Ndxe5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxg7 Ng6 12. Bd3 f5 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qh6
Bd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. h4 Qf8 17. Qg5 Qe7 18. h5 Ne5 19. Be2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Hammoud, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb3 e6 11. Rfd1 Nb6 12. Be2 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 Qd6 17. a3 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. Be2 Re7 20. b4 a6 21.
Qc5 Qc7 22. a4 Rae8 23. Rdc1 Bh6 24. Kh2 Qc8 25. Rab1 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27.
Bd1 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Rf1 Rfe3 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Qc7 32. Rf4 Rxg3 33.
Rbf1 Rg4 34. Qc1 g5 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1264"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nge7 5. O-O exf4 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Rxf4 N7g6 8.
Bxf7+ Nxf7 9. Nxf7 Qe7 10. Rf1 Rg8 11. d3 Be6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qh5 O-O-O 14. Qxg6
hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Nc3 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rf2 Kd8 20. Raf1
Ree8 21. Ne2 g5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nf5 Rgf8 24. Ng7 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Rg8 26. Nf5 Ke8
27. Kf1 Rf8 28. Ke2 Bc8 29. Ke3 Kd7 30. g3 Kc6 31. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ali Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
f3 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 b6 13. Qe3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bb7
15. Bd4 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. Rd2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qf3 Ne4 20. Re2 Qc4 21.
Rd1 Qxa2 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd5 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. g4 Rc4 27. c3
Ra4 28. Kc2 b5 29. Qg1 b4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Bc3 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1 33. Bxb4
Rh1 34. Kc3 Rxh2 35. Bc5 a6 36. Be3 g6 37. g5 Kf8 38. b4 Ke7 39. Kc4 Rc2+ 40.
Kb3 Re2 41. Bc5+ Kd7 42. Ka4 Kc6 43. Bd4 Re4 44. Bc3 Rxf4 45. Ka5 Kb7 46. Bd2
Rf5 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1223"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Nb6 Rc7
15. Qa4 c5 16. Ng6 Rb7 17. Nxf8 Rxb6 18. Qxe8 Nxe8 19. Nd7 Rxb2 20. dxc5 e5 21.
Nxe5 Rxa2 22. c6 Ba3 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bb2 25. Rxa6 g5 26. Bg3 f6 27. Nf3
g4 28. Nd4 Bd3 29. Ra8 Kf7 30. c7 Nxc7 31. Bxc7 Bxd4 32. exd4 Ke7 33. f3 f5 34.
fxg4 fxg4 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. Be5 Bb5 37. Rg8 h5 38. Rg5 Ke8 39. Rxh5 Bd7 40. Rh8+
Ke7 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1173"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1162"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Be2
Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Nh2 Nf6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 h6 15. Qd2
g5 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Rf2 Qe7 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Raf1 Rae8 20. Bf3 Ne5 21. Be2 g4 22.
hxg4 Nfxg4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Rf4 h5 25. Bd4 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxd4+ 27. Rf2 Qg5 28.
Ne2 Be3 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Rf5 Qh4 31. Nc3 g3 32. Nd1 Bxf2+ 33. Nxf2 gxf2+ 34.
Rxf2 Qxe4 35. Qb3 Qe1+ 36. Rf1 Qe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Rf4 f5 39. Rh4 Kg7 40.
Rd4 Kg6 41. Rd1 Re2 42. b4 Rc2 43. Rd4 Re8 44. g4 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Hamoushi, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1071"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
Bd7 9. a3 Qb6 10. Qc2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bxb7 Bxa4 14. b4 Qxg5
15. Qxa4 Rab8 16. Qxa7 Qd2 17. Bf3 Qc3 18. Qa4 d5 19. c5 Ra8 20. Qd1 Rxa3 21.
Rb1 Rb8 22. Qc1 Ra4 23. Qxc3 dxc3 24. b5 Ra5 25. c6 Raxb5 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. d4
Ne8 28. e3 c2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Al Madwahi, Ahmed Ali"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. b3 a6 7. h3 Bd6 8. Bb2 b5
9. a3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Ne2
Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nd7 17. f4 Qh4 18. Kg2 d4+ 19. e4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21. Bxd4
Rfd8 22. Be3 Qf6 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Qg3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. f3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3
Qxa1 28. Re2 Qd1 29. Re1 Qd2+ 30. Kf1 h6 31. h4 Kh7 32. f4 Rc3 33. Re2 Qxe2+
34. Kxe2 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Black "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. e3
Bb7 9. h3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d6 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e5 14. Bg3 f4 15.
Bh2 Bxg2 16. Rg1 f3 17. Be4 c6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. O-O-O Na6 20. Qc2 h6 21. Rd6
Rc8 22. Rgd1 Nc5 23. Bg6 Qe7 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5 Rc7 26. e4 Nb7 27. Re6 Qxa3+
28. Kb1 Nc5 29. Bxe5 Nxe6 30. Bxe6 Rcc8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd7 Rg8 33. Qd1 Qc5
1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. h3 e6 6. d4 c6 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Bb4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne4
Be7 15. Qf3 Qa5 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Ng3 Qg6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rac1 f5 20. Rxe6 Bf6 21.
c5 Kh8 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. Rce1 Nf8 24. R6e2 Bd7 25. Bc2 Nh7 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5
Qf7 28. b3 Re8 29. Re7 Qg8 30. R7e6 Ng5 31. R6e2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Re8 33. Qd7 Rxe2
34. Nxe2 Qf7 35. Qxf7 Nxf7 36. f4 Nxd6 37. cxd6 Kg8 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40.
d7 Kxd7 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. Kg6 Kf8 44. g4 Bh4 45. Kh5 Bf2 46. h4 Kf7
47. f5 Kf6 48. Nc3 Bxd4 49. Ne4+ Ke5 50. Ng3 Kf6 51. g5+ hxg5 52. hxg5+ Kf7 53.
Ne4 Be5 54. Nc5 b6 55. Ne4 Bf4 56. Kg4 Be5 57. g6+ Kf8 58. Ng5 Bc3 59. Ne6+ Ke7
60. Kf4 Bb2 61. Ke4 Kd6 62. Nd4 Bxd4 63. Kxd4 Ke7 64. Ke5 a6 65. a3 a5 66. f6+
gxf6+ 67. Kf5 b5 68. g7 Kf7 69. g8=Q+ Kxg8 70. Kxf6 c5 71. Ke5 c4 72. bxc4 b4
73. axb4 a4 74. c5 a3 75. c6 a2 76. c7 a1=Q+ 77. Kd5 Qc3 78. Kd6 Qxb4+ 79. Kd7
Qb7 80. Kd8 Qd5+ 81. Kc8 Qb5 82. Kd8 Qb6 83. Kd7 Qb7 84. Kd8 Kf7 85. Kd7 Qd5+
86. Kc8 Qb5 87. Kd8 Qe8# 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "El Dahr, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Be3 Nbd7
8. O-O-O b6 9. Ne5 Ke8 10. Nb5 Nxe4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Fawaz, Mohamad"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Bb5 a6 3. Bxc6 dxc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Be3 Qe7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. d4 Ba7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. g4 Bg6
15. c3 h5 16. g5 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Black "Habboub, Hisham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a4 a6 8. Bc4 O-O
9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 Rb8
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Na3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Rb3 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. h3 Nd7 20. Rf2 Nc5 21.
Qg4 Nxd3 22. Qc8+ Kh7 23. Rxf7 Qb8 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Qg6 Qf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Qe6 Nxb2 28. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Hamad, Chadi Syr"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 *

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1223"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Nb6 Rc7
15. Qa4 c5 16. Ng6 Rb7 17. Nxf8 Rxb6 18. Qxe8 Nxe8 19. Nd7 Rxb2 20. dxc5 e5 21.
Nxe5 Rxa2 22. c6 Ba3 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bb2 25. Rxa6 g5 26. Bg3 f6 27. Nf3
g4 28. Nd4 Bd3 29. Ra8 Kf7 30. c7 Nxc7 31. Bxc7 Bxd4 32. exd4 Ke7 33. f3 f5 34.
fxg4 fxg4 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. Be5 Bb5 37. Rg8 h5 38. Rg5 Ke8 39. Rxh5 Bd7 40. Rh8+
Ke7 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Re7+ Kxe7 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d6 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3
Bg7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. a4 h5 13. Ne4 g4 14. Nh4 Rh6 15.
f4 gxf3 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. b4 d5 19. a5 Rg8 20. b5 Ne5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5+ Qe6 25. Nb3 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Bxg3 27. Raf1
Bd6 28. Rxd5 h4 29. Rd4 h3 30. g4 Rhg6 31. Kh1 Rxg4 32. Rxg4 Rxg4 33. Nd4 Kd7
34. b6 axb6 35. axb6 c5 36. Ne2 Kc6 37. Nf4 Rg3 38. Re1 Rf3 39. Ne6 Kxb6 40.
Rb1+ Ka7 41. Rd1 Be5 42. Nxc5 Rxe3 43. c4 Kb6 44. Nd7+ Kc6 45. Nxe5+ Rxe5 46.
Kh2 Re4 47. Kxh3 Rxc4 48. Kg3 b5 49. Kf3 b4 50. Ke3 Kb5 51. Kd3 b3 52. Rb1 Kb4
53. Ra1 Rc8 54. Kd2 b2 55. Ra7 Kb3 56. Rb7+ Ka2 57. Ra7+ Kb1 58. Rh7 Ra8 59.
Kc3 Ka1 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6
b4 9. Nd1 Qa5 10. b3 Qh5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Ne3 Qg5 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. h4 Qh6 15. g4
Bxe2 16. g5 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qg7 18. Bxe2 c5 19. Bb5+ Nd7 20. O-O-O Rc8 21. Kb1
cxd4 22. Nd5 Kd8 23. Bxd7 Kxd7 24. Qxb4 Qe5 25. Qa4+ Kd8 26. Rxd4 h6 27. Rhd1
hxg5 28. hxg5 Rh2 29. R1d2 Rh4 30. Qxa7 Ke8 31. Nb6 Rd8 32. Qa4+ Kf8 33. Nd7+
Rxd7 34. Qxd7 Rxe4 35. a4 Qxg5 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Rxd6 Qh5 38. R6d4 Re6 39. Qc8
1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nf6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bb4 a5
15. Ba3 a4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Qd3 f5 19. b5 e6 20. e3 Bf8 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qa3+ Kf7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Rc4 Qe7 27. Qc3
1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. h4 h5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Bd4 e5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Be2 d5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O d4
15. Na4 c5 16. f3 Be6 17. c4 Nd7 18. g4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. a3 b5 21. cxb5 c4
22. Qc2 c3 23. Kb1 Rfc8 24. Bc1 Bf8 25. Bd3 f6 26. g5 Qf7 27. Qh2 cxb2 28. Bxb2
Bxa3 29. Bxa3 Rxa3 30. Rd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. b4 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. b5 Rfc8 12. bxc6 Rxc6 13. b4 b6 14. g4 bxc5 15.
gxf5 cxd4 16. fxe6 Bxb4 17. exd7 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Bxa1 19. Bb5 Rc5 20. Ba4 Ne4 21.
exd4 Bxd4 22. Ne2 Nxf2+ 23. Ke1 Nxh1 24. Nxd4 Rc4 25. Nc6 Rxf4 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27.
Nc8 Re4+ 28. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Barakat, Rafic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. h4 h5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. g3 d6
9. Be2 Ng4 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bd2 c6 12. Nh2 Qd7 13. Nxg4 hxg4 14. h5 f5 15. Qc2 f4
16. O-O-O f3 17. hxg6 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 fxe2 19. Rh8+ Bf8 20. Nxe2 Qe7 21. Be3 c5
22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Qb3 O-O-O 24. Qa3 Kb8 25. b4 b6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Kc2 Ka8 28.
Qa6 Rb8 29. Qa5 Be8 30. Rh1 Bxg6 31. Qa6 Qb7 32. Qxb7+ Kxb7 33. Rh4 a6 34. Rxg4
Bh5 35. Rh4 Bf3 36. Bg5 Kc7 37. a3 Kd7 38. Rh8 Ke8 39. Rh7 Kf7 40. Rh8 Rb7 41.
Bd8 Rd7 42. Bg5 Rb7 43. Rh4 Kg6 44. Be3 Rf7 45. Rh2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Jarekyan, Antranik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d3 Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Qe2
b5 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nf1 Na5 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxe6 Nxb3 13. Nxf8 Nxc1 14. Nxd7 Nxe2
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Kxe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Ne3 Kb7 19. h4 c5 20. Rad1 Rc8
21. Rd7+ Kb6 22. Rhd1 b4 23. b3 bxc3 24. Nc4+ Kb5 25. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Hammoud, Nadim"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1173"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. d3 Bg4 6. dxe4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 dxc4
8. Qxc4 Nc6 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. c3 Bc5 13. Rhg1 O-O 14.
Bg5 Qd6 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. Nb3 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 Bb6 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 Ne6 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 g6 22. Qxe5 Qh3 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Rd5 Qh6 25. h4 Nf4 26. Rd8+
Kg7 27. h5 Ne2 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. d4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. c4 Nde7 14. Nc3 Nf5 15.
Nb5 Qb6 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Qe4 a6 18. Nd6 h6 19. Qf4 Nce7 20. Ne4 Ng6 21. Qg4 Bc6
22. Nh4 Nfxh4 23. gxh4 Qc7 24. h5 Ne7 25. Nd6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd7 27. Ne4 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Nf5 29. Kg1 Rd8 30. f4 Ne3 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qe2 Nf5 34.
Ne4 Qh4 35. Bc1 Nd4 36. Qd1 Kg8 37. Ng3 Qd8 38. Ne4 Qb6 39. Kg2 Qc6 40. Qd3 b5
41. Be3 Nf5 42. Kg1 Qb6 43. Bf2 Qa5 44. Qd2 Qc7 45. Kf1 Qb7 46. Nd6 Qh1+ 47.
Bg1 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Nh4 49. Qf2 Qxh5 50. Qe2 Qg6 51. Bxc5 Ng2+ 52. Kf2 Nxf4 53.
Qe4 Qxe4 54. Nxe4 Nd3+ 55. Kf1 Nxc5 56. Nc3 bxc4 57. bxc4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Harb, Jad Jihad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. f3 Nb4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Nb6 Rad8 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. Nbxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. c3 Bc5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 e4 23. fxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 dxe4 25. Re1 e3 26. Qf3 Rf8 27.
Qe4 Qg5 28. h4 Qg3 29. Qxe3 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 h6 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Qxe4 33.
Rxe4 Rf7 34. Re6 g6 35. c4 Kg7 36. b4 Rc7 37. b5 Kf7 38. Rb6 h5 39. bxa6 bxa6
40. Rxa6 Rxc4 41. Ra8 Kf6 42. Rb8 Ra4 43. Rb6+ Kg5 44. a6 Kf5 45. Kf2 g5 46.
Ke3 Kg4 47. Kd3 Kg3 48. Rb5 g4 49. Rxh5 Rxa6 50. Rg5 Ra7 51. Ke3 Kxg2 52. Rg8
Ra2 53. Rf8 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Rf3 55. Rg8 Kh3 56. Rh8+ Kg2 57. Rh7 Rf2+ 58. Ke3 g3
59. Rg7 Kh2 60. Rh7+ Kg1 61. Rg7 g2 62. Rg8 Kf1 63. Rd8 Re2+ 64. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 g6 8. e4
d6 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 b6 14. O-O Qb7 15. Be3
Na6 16. Qd2 Rfb8 17. Rfb1 Nc7 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Ne3 a6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxd5
22. Nf4 Qc6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxg6 Rg8 27. Bf5 Kh8
28. Kh1 e5 29. Ne6 Rae8 30. Nxc7 Qxc7 31. Re1 Rg5 32. Rad1 Reg8 33. Re2 Nh5 34.
Red2 Rd8 35. Be4 Nf4 36. g3 Nh5 37. Qd3 Qg7 38. Qe3 Qh6 39. Rg2 Rdg8 40. Rdg1
Qe6 41. Qd2 Nf6 42. Rd1 Nxe4 43. fxe4 R8g6 44. Rf1 Qc4 45. Qf2 Qxe4 46. Qf8+
Rg8 47. Qf6+ R5g7 48. Qxd6 Rg6 49. Qe7 R6g7 50. Rf7 Qe1+ 51. Rg1 Qe4+ 52. Rg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1071"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg3 Nxd4 11. O-O-O d6 12. f4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Nxe4
15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 f6 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 O-O 19. Rd5 Rac8 20. Qc4 b5 21.
Rxc5+ bxc4 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Re1 g5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Kd2 Kf7 26. Kc3 Ke6 27.
Rd1 Rc6 28. Kb4 Rb8+ 29. Kc3 Bf6 30. Bf2 d5 31. Re1 e4+ 32. Bd4 Bxd4+ 33. Kxd4
Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
dxe5 Qxe5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. f3 Rd8 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. O-O-O Rxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd3 14.
Rxd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. f4 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "Hamoushi, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1264"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Black "Ali Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1228"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. b3
d5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 Rc7 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bg4 Qe7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Bh3 Bc8 19. g4 Qe8 20. Qg2 Kh8 21. Kh1
Nd7 22. g5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rxd5 Qf5 27. Rcd1
a5 28. h3 c4 29. Rc1 Rfc8 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 cxb3 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. axb3 Kg8
34. Rd2 Bb4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. f5 Ke7 37. Rh8 Rc2 38. Bd4 Bc5 39. Bxc5+ Rxc5 40.
Rxh7 Rxe5 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rb7 Rb5 43. g6 Rxb3 44. f6 Ke8 45. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Farhat, Hady"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1162"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Re1 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Nf3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc8 18. Re3 Bf5 19. Rf3 Bg4 20. Nxg4 Qxg4
21. Bf5 Qg5 22. Qd3 Ne4 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Ree3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 g6 26. Bh3 Nh5 27.
Qe2 Nf4 28. Qg4 Nxh3+ 29. Qxh3 f5 30. Qg3 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Kf7 32. f4 Re8 33. Re5
c6 34. Kf2 h5 35. Re3 a5 36. a3 Rb8 37. b3 a4 38. b4 Rh8 39. Re1 Re8 40. Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Black "Saridar, Toufic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1223"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nb5 e5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nfxd4 Bxe2 7. Nxe2 Ngf6
8. d3 c6 9. Nbc3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be3 Nfg4 14. Nce2
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Nxd1 20. Qxd1
Bxd4 21. Nxd4 c5 22. c3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qe3 24. d5 Qxe4 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. Kf1 Qf4+
27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Re5 29. Re2 Rf5+ 30. Ke1 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Rdxd5+ 32. Kc2 Qxd1+
33. Kc3 Qd3+ 34. Kb4 a5+ 35. Ka4 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Salman, Samer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1166"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Qd2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3
e5 15. O-O f5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. e4 fxe4
21. fxe4 Bg4 22. Ng3 b5 23. a3 Be6 24. Qe3 Bc4 25. Rfd1 Nd5 26. Qc5 Nxc3 27.
Qxe5 Rxe5 28. bxc3 a5 29. Rd6 c5 30. Rc6 Bf7 31. Rc1 b4 32. cxb4 cxb4 33. axb4
axb4 34. Rb6 b3 35. Rb1 Ra2 36. Kf1 Rc5 37. Rd6 b2 38. Rdd1 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Black "Al Madwahi, Ahmed Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O Bb4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14.
Be3 Kc7 15. f4 Bd6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. Rad1 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 g5 20. Rf7
Rd8 21. Be6 Kc8 22. Rfxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Re8 24. Re7+ Kd8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Kf2
Ke7 27. Bf5 c5 28. Ke3 b5 29. a3 a5 30. b3 a4 31. bxa4 b4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. Kd4
1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qe2 Qb6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O a5 10. Na4 Qa7 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Bd4 f6 14. exd5
Ba6 15. Qxe6+ Ne7 16. d6 Qb7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Bc5 Rd7 19. dxe7 Rd5 20. Rad1 Bc4
21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Qd6 Qc8 23. Bb6 Kf7 24. Qd8 Be6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. e8=Q+ Rxe8
27. Rxe8 Qb7 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Qxd7 Qxb6 30. Rxg7+ Kh6 31. Nf5+ Kh5 32. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Black "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "El Dahr, Charbel"]
[Black "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1391"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nd5 h6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. g5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qd7 12. gxh6 gxh6 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 Kb8 16. O-O-O Ne7 17. d4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qf5 19. Rd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Habboub, Hisham"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Bc2 Rc8 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Nc3 Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb5 14. Re1 Bc4
15. Rb1 Qa6 16. Qb2 b6 17. Qb4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qb7 19. a4 h6 20. Bh4 Ng6 21. a5
Nxh4 22. Nxh4 Rb8 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. h3 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. cxb4 O-O 27. f4
Rb8 28. Ra1 a6 29. Ra4 Bb5 30. Ra5 Rc8 31. f5 Rc4 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Nf3 Rxb4
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Rb2 36. g4 g5 37. Ra3 Re2# 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. d5 b5 12. axb5 Nb6 13. Bf1 axb5 14. Rxa8 Nxa8
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxb5 c5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bc4 Nb6
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nf3 Nf5 23. g4 Nd4 24. Nbxd4 cxd4 25. Rxe6 Nc4 26. b3 d3 27.
cxd3 Rxd3 28. Ng5 Nd6 29. Re7 h6 30. Ne6 Rxb3 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rg6 Nf7 33. Rf6
Kg8 34. Kg2 Ra3 35. h3 Rb3 36. Nd4 Ra3 37. Nf5 h5 38. Nh6+ Nxh6 39. Rxh6 hxg4
40. hxg4 Kg7 41. Rb6 Rc3 42. f3 Ra3 43. Kg3 Rc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d6 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rd1 h6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Bf4
Qc4 15. Rd3 Nfd7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Be3 f5 18. e5 f4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxd3
21. exd6 Rf8 22. dxe7 Rxf4 23. e8=Q Nf6 24. Qb8 Nfd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxb7 Qf5
27. Re1 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Nf4 29. Re7 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Qxf2+
33. Kd1 Qxd4+ 34. Ke1 Nd3+ 35. Ke2 Nxb2 36. Qxa7 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Qc1+
39. Kg2 Qc3 40. Qd7 Nc4 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qa1 43. Qa7 Nd6 44. Re2 Qf1 45.
Qf2 Nf5+ 46. Kh2 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Harb, Jad Jihad"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Qd2 c6 9.
O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 a5 11. d5 b4 12. dxc6 bxc3 13. cxd7+ Bxd7 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15.
Qd5 Rc8 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Qb3 hxg4 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. fxg4 Rb8 20. Qa4 Qb7 21.
Qb3 Bb2+ 22. Kxb2 Qxe4 23. Qxb8+ Nxb8 24. Bd4 e5 25. Nh3 Qb7+ 26. Kc1 exd4 27.
Rhe1+ Kf8 28. Rxd4 Qb6 29. Rf4 Nc6 30. Ng5 Ne5 31. Ref1 Ke7 32. Ne4 Qe3+ 33.
Kd1 Rb8 34. Nd2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. Qh5
Nxe5 15. Bd4 g6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Bxh8 h6 19. Qxh6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+
21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh7+ Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Be8 26. Qxe6
Qxf4 27. Qxd5+ Qd6 28. Qb3 Kc7 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. Be5+ Kc8 31. Qh3+ Bd7 32. Qh8+
Bd8 33. Bf4 Qe6 34. Bg5 Kc7 35. Qc3+ Bc6 36. Qg3+ Kb6 37. Bxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rxd8
Qxa2 39. Qf2+ Kc7 40. Rd1 a5 41. Qd4 Qg8 42. Qd6+ Kc8 43. Qg3 Qh8 44. Qg4+ Kb8
45. Qd4 Qh5 46. b4 a4 47. Qd8+ Ka7 48. Qa5+ Qxa5 49. bxa5 Ka6 50. h4 Kxa5 51.
h5 b5 52. h6 Be4 53. Kh2 a3 54. Re1 Bh7 55. Re7 Bb1 56. h7 b4 57. Ra7+ Kb6 58.
Ra4 Kb5 59. Ra7 Kb6 60. Ra4 Kb5 61. Ra7 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Barakat, Rafic"]
[Black "Hammoud, Nadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. h4
Bg4 9. Nh2 Be6 10. h5 d5 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 f6 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. dxc4 Nd4 15.
O-O-O Qe8 16. Qxe8 Raxe8 17. b3 Nxf3 18. Bxf3 c6 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Bb4 Ne7 21. a4
f5 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Nxb7 Bxb7 24. Rd7 c5 25. Bxb7 cxb4 26. Ba6 Rf6 27. Bb7 Nc6
28. Rc7 Ree6 29. e3 Bf8 30. Rd1 Ne7 31. Rdd7 Rd6 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Rxe7 Rf7 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Bd5 Rc7 36. Rxe5 Kg7 37. Kd2 Rcd7 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. Kd4 Rh7 40. c5
Rdd7 41. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. e4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rhe1 Qf6 17. Bxe4 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Be5 20. Qd5
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Nf6 23. Bf3 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 a6 25. Re5 Qc8 26. a3 Rd8
27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxb7 Rd6 30. Ra5 Nd7 31. Rxa6 Rd2 32. Ra8+
Kh7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 b5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Rhg1 Nh5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rg2 Rfb8 17. Rdg1 Ndf6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Be2 Rg8 20. f5 a4 21.
Qd1 Qb4 22. a3 Qb3 23. Bxh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 b4 25. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Saridar, Toufic"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e5 6. dxe5 Qxe5+ 7. Be2 Bb4+
8. Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14.
Ba3 Rfe8 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Ba3 Rac8 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Bb2
h5 21. Bf3 Rb6 22. Qc2 Ne5 23. Be2 Nfg4 24. h3 Nf6 25. c4 Rc6 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27.
Bg4 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rxc4 30. Qf5 Nxg4 31. g3 R8c5 32. Qd7 Rc7 33.
Qd8+ Kh7 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Rh1+ Kg6 36. Qd6+ f6 37. Qd3+ Kf7 38. Qd5+ Ke7 39.
Qe4+ Ne5 40. Rh7 Kf8 41. Qd5 Rd7 42. Qb5 Kg8 43. Rh4 Kf8 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Qxa5
Rdd2 46. Qb4+ Ke6 47. Re8+ Kf5 48. Qf4+ Kg6 49. Qe4+ Kf7 50. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 51. Kh3
fxe5 52. Qxb7+ Kf6 53. a4 g6 54. a5 Kg5 55. Qe7+ Kf5 56. Qf7+ Kg5 57. Qe7+ Kf5
58. g4+ Kf4 59. Qf6+ Ke3 60. Qxe5+ Kf3 61. Kh4 Rc4 62. Qd5+ Re4 63. a6 Rg2 64.
Qd1+ Ree2 65. Qd5+ Re4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Bb4+ 7. c3 dxc3 8.
bxc3 b5 9. Bb3 Ba5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Re1
f6 15. Bd2 h5 16. Nh4 Qg4 17. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Jarekyan, Antranik"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
h4 Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. h5 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qc5 Be6 14. Ba6
d4 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bd3 dxc3 18. a3 cxb2+ 19. Kd2 Rxa3 20. hxg6
fxg6 21. c4 Rd8 22. Ke2 Raxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
a6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bb3 h6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 b6 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Re2 Qd7 20. Rae1 b5 21. Qc2
c6 22. Qe4 Rae8 23. Qf3 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Bd8 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Qd3+ Kh8 27. Re3 Re8
28. Rg3 Bc7 29. Bxc7 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Qxc7 31. Qd2 Re6 32. Kg1 Qe7 33. Re3 Rxe3 34.
Qxe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Kh7 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. Kf3 f5 38. e4 Kf6 39. exf5 Kxf5 40. g4+
Ke6 41. Ke4 g5 42. a3 a5 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kd3 a4 45. Kd2 Kc4 46. Kc2 c5 47. dxc5
Kxc5 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. Kd3 Kc5 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. Ke2 Kc5 52. Kd2 Kd5 53. Kd3 Kc5
54. Kd2 Kc4 55. Kc2 Kc5 56. Kd2 Kd5 57. Kd3 Kc5 58. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Hamoushi, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c4 d4 8. Ne1
Qc7 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bh3 11. Bg2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 g5 13. e3 h5 14. h3 O-O-O
15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Nc2 Qc6+ 17. f3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 g4 19. h4 Rhg8 20. d4 gxf3+ 21.
Rxf3 e4 22. Rf4 Qg6 23. Qf2 Bd6 24. d5 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 b6 26. Rd1 Qg4 27. Bg5
Rxg5 28. hxg5 Qxd1 29. Qf5+ Rd7 30. Qxe4 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1071"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. d3 h6
9. O-O Qd7 10. Kh2 O-O 11. Be3 Kh7 12. f4 Nh5 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Rxf5 Kg8 16. Rxh5 Ne7 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. g4 f5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Bd2 Qg6 21. N4g3
Ne7 22. Be4 Qe6 23. Qg1 Kh8 24. Rf1 Rg8 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Neg3 Rg6 27. Nxe7 Bxe7
28. Bxg6 Bf8 29. Nf5 Kg8 30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Be7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rf3 Ndf6 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Rg3 Rad8 16. Qe2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. h4 Rd6 19. h5 h6 20. Qc4 Qxc4
21. Nxc4 Rd3 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Rc8 24. b3 b5 25. Ncb2 Rc2 26. Rh3 Bc8 27.
Rh4 Bg4 28. g3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. h3 h6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Qd2
Re8 9. O-O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Bb3 a6 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qd3 Kf8 14. g4 c5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nh8 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 b5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Bf4 Bd4 21. Bd5
Ra7 22. Rhe1 Rae7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne4 Be5 25. Qg3 c4 26. Ng5 Qa5 27. Bxe5
Rxe5 28. Kb1 b4 29. Nh7+ Ke7 30. Bxc4 Qc5 31. Bb3 Rxf5 32. Qxg7 Qc8 33. Re1+
Re5 34. Rxe5+ dxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kd8 36. Qxh8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Salameh, Sleiman"]
[Black "Fawaz, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1173"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. c3 Rc8 12. e5 Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Rac1
b4 16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Qc7 18. g4 Red8 19. h5 Nd4 20. Qe3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rd4
22. Ng3 Nxc4 23. Qe2 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nxb2 25. Qb3 Nd3 26. Be3 Nxc1 27. Qc2 Rxg4
28. Rxc1 Qxe5 29. Kf1 Rxg3 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Bxc5 32. fxg3 Qf5+ 33. Ke1
Qf2+ 34. Kd1 Qf3+ 35. Ke1 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Farhat, Hady"]
[Black "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
Ne4 f5 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bf6 12. d4 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Nxf5
Qxc5 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Qe2 b5 17. Ng4 Bd7 18. Nfe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Be8 20. Nd3 Qc7
21. Qxe6+ Bf7 22. Qe2 Bg6 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rac8 25. Rac1 a5 26. Nf4 Bxc2
27. Ne6 Qd7 28. Nxd8 Bd3 29. Rxc8 Bxe2 30. Nc6+ Kf7 31. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1162"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 b6 10. e4 e5 11. b4 Bb7 12. d5 a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Ra7 15.
Qf1 Rea8 16. Nh4 g6 17. Nhf3 Qd8 18. Reb1 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 Qa8 22. Qxa8+ Bxa8 23. Nb1 Nb8 24. Nc3 Na6 25. Na2 Kg7 26. c5 Bb7 27. c6
Bc8 28. h3 h5 29. Nd2 Ng8 30. Nb3 Ne7 31. Nd2 f5 32. f3 fxe4 33. fxe4 g5 34.
Nb1 Ng6 35. Nbc3 Nf4 36. Bxa6 Bxa6 37. b5 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kf6 39. Na6 Nd3 40. Nxc7
Nc5 41. Na8 Ke7 42. Nxb6 Kd8 43. Nc4 Ke7 44. b6 Ba6 45. b7 Bxb7 46. cxb7 Nxb7
47. Kf2 Nc5 48. Ke3 Nb7 49. Nb5 Kd7 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Ne3 Nc5 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53.
Nbxd6 Nb3 54. Nc4 Nc5 55. Ng3 h4 56. Nf5 Nd3 57. Nfe3 Nf4 58. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1223"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nh6 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O f6 10. Bf4 fxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qc7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qd3 Qb6
15. Rd1 Qxb2 16. Nc3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qb3 e6 21.
Nf6+ Rxf6 22. exf6 Nxd4 23. Qd3 e5 24. Qc4+ Kf8 25. Kh1 Qd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nd7 7. e3 f6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O h5 11. h3 h4 12. Bh2 Bf5 13. Nc3 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15.
Nd2 f5 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Qxg4 Qf6 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21.
Nxa7 Ra8 22. Nb5 Nh6 23. Qf3 Qg5 24. Qh3 Nf5 25. Nf3 Qh6 26. Rfc1 Rac8 27. Rc7
Rxc7 28. Nxc7 Rc8 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Qxf5 Qd6 31. Nxh4 Rh8 32. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "El Dahr, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1264"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O Bxc3 6. bxc3 Nxe4 7. Re1 d5 8.
Bb3 Bg4 9. c4 Nd4 10. d3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qf6 12. fxe4 Nf3+ 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. cxd5
Qxf2 15. Rf1 Qe2 16. Qxe2 Nxe2 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. Rf2 Nd4 19. Rxf7 g6 20. Raf1
b6 21. Bb4 c5 22. Bc3 Ne2 23. Bd2 h6 24. Rxa7 Rhf8 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Ali Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Habboub, Hisham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 Ng4 7. O-O h6 8. h3
Nf6 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 Nh7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
d4 exd4 16. Rxe6 dxc3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qxc3 Bb4 20. Qc4 d5 21.
Qg4 Rf6 22. Bxh6 Bf8 23. Nh5 Rxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Bg5 Ne5 26. Qg4 Nxf3+ 27.
gxf3 Qd6 28. Nf4 Qb6 29. b3 Re8 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qxe8 Qc5 32. Ne6 Qc3 33. Qxf8+
Kh7 34. Rc1 Qe5 35. Qf7 c6 36. Bf4 Qf6 37. Ng5+ Qxg5+ 38. Bxg5 Kh8 39. Re1 Kh7
40. Re7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Be3
b6 9. Qd2 d5 10. Na3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd2 12. Nxd2 Ne5 13. h3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 f5 17. Bg5 N5c6 18. exf5 exf5 19. Nf3 h6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7
21. Nb5 Nc6 22. Nc7 Kf7 23. Re1 Rd6 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8
27. Ke2 Nc6 28. Kd3 g5 29. g4 Be5 30. Nd5 Ke6 31. Ne3 Ne7 32. b4 Bf4 33. bxc5
Bxe3 34. fxe3 bxc5 35. Nd2 fxg4 36. hxg4 Nd5 37. Ne4 Ke5 38. Nxc5 Nf6 39. c4
Nxg4 40. Ne4 Nh2 41. Ng3 Nf3 42. a4 g4 43. Ke2 Ng5 44. Kf2 Ne6 45. a5 Nc5 46.
Ne2 Nb3 47. a6 Nc5 48. Nd4 Nxa6 49. Nc6+ Kf5 50. Nxa7 Nc5 51. Nb5 h5 52. Nd6+
Kg5 53. Nf7+ Kf6 54. Nd6 h4 55. Ne8+ Ke5 56. Nc7 Ne4+ 57. Kg2 h3+ 58. Kh2 Nd2
59. Nd5 Nxc4 60. Nf4 Nxe3 61. Nxh3 Nf5 62. Nf2 g3+ 63. Kg2 Kf4 64. Nd3+ Ke4 65.
Nc5+ Ke3 66. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd6 8. Ne5
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxe5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 b6
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bc1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. b3
Ne5 22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Rf8 26. Bg2 Nc3 27. Re1
c5 28. Bd2 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Rf5 30. g4 Rf8 31. h4 Rd8 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Bf2 Rd2 34.
Be3 Rxa2 35. Rd1 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kh1 Bb5 38. Bf3 Rb2 39. Rd2 Rxb3 40.
Bxe2 Bc6+ 41. Kg1 Rxe3 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Kf2 Rxe5 44. Rc8 Bd5 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46.
Rxa7 c4 47. Ra6 b5 48. Rb6 c3 49. g5+ hxg5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Rxb5 Kf6 52. Rc5
Rf5+ 53. Ke1 Re5 54. Rxc3 g5 55. Kf2 Rf5+ 56. Kg3 Re5 57. Kf2 Be4 58. Rc8 Ra5
59. Rf8+ Ke5 60. Rg8 Kf4 61. Rf8+ Bf5 62. Bc4 e5 63. Be6 e4 64. Ke2 Re5 65. Bc8
Kg4 66. Bb7 Rb5 67. Bc6 Rb2+ 68. Ke3 Rb3+ 69. Ke2 e3 70. Rf6 Kf4 71. Bd7 Rb8
72. Ke1 Rb1+ 73. Ke2 Rb2+ 74. Ke1 Rb1+ 75. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Barakat, Rafic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bf6 14. Bf4 c5 15.
Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c4 17. f4 g6 18. b5 a5 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Ra2 Rc8 21. Rc2 Rc7
22. Qc3 Qd6 23. Ra2 Kg7 24. e3 Rce7 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Rd1 h6 27. Rc1 Rce7 28. Rd1
Ra8 29. Bf3 h5 30. h4 Rc7 31. Kf2 Be7 32. Rb1 Qd8 33. Rg1 Qe8 34. Rb1 Bd6 35.
Kg2 Qe6 36. Rab2 Be7 37. Kf2 Qd6 38. Ra2 Rac8 39. Rc1 Qd8 40. Rh1 Qe8 41. Rb1
Bd6 42. Rab2 Qf8 43. Ra2 Qe8 44. Rab2 Qe6 45. Nc6 Qf7 46. Ne5 Qf8 47. Ra2 Re8
48. Rd1 Qe7 49. Kg2 Qe6 50. Kf2 Rcc8 51. Kg2 Bf8 52. Kf2 Qd6 53. Kg2 Qd8 54.
Rb2 Qd6 55. Ra2 Rc7 56. Kf2 Bc8 57. Rb1 Re6 58. Bg2 Rce7 59. Bf3 Re8 60. Bg2
Be7 61. Bf3 Qd8 62. Nc6 Qd6 63. Ne5 Bf6 64. Kg2 Bd8 65. Qc2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. d3 Na5 8. Qe2
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bd7 10. c5 h6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Nh2 Re8 14. Rd3 Bc6
15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. Nh4 Be7 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Bd2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxh4 21.
Bc3 f5 22. Nd2 Qg6 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 e4 25. Qf4 Bg5 26. Qxc7 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Qg5 28. Kh1 Qe7 29. Qf4 Qe6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Qc7 Rd7 32. Qc5 Rdf7 33. Qxa7 b6
34. Qa6 f4 35. exf4 Rxf4 36. Re1 Qg6 37. Qe2 Qe8 38. Kg1 Qg6 39. Be5 Rh4 40.
Qe3 Rf3 41. Qd4 Rfxh3 42. Re3 Rxe3 43. Qxe3 Qh5 44. Qd4 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ 46.
Kg3 Qg5+ 47. Kf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. h4 h5 11. Rg1 e6 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bf6 15.
fxg6 fxg6 16. Qh2 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bf2 Nb4 19. Nxd6+ Kb8 20. Bg3 Ka8 21.
a3 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Qb6 23. Nc4 Qa6 24. Ne5 Rhg8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Be5 Be7 27.
Qh3 Rdd8 28. f4 Qc4 29. Kb1 Qd5 30. Rdg3 Qf7 31. Qg2 Bxh4 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 33.
Qxg6 Qxg6 34. Rxg6 Be7 35. f5 Rf8 36. f6 Bd8 37. f7 Be7 38. Rg8 h4 39. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Hammoud, Nadim"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 e6 12. a4 c4 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. b4 Qb6 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxc4 Nxc3 20. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 21.
Nxe2 Na6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Be4 Rb8 24. f4 Nxb4 25. Bd2 Nd5 26. Rb1 Bf8 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nf8 8. Ng3
Ng6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf5 h6 11. Ne2 Nh7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Re1 Qg5
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qc1 Qf6 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Re3 g6 19. Rf1 Qh4 20. Ne2 Qg5 21.
Qc2 Nf8 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Qe5 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Nh5 Nd7 27. Qf4
Qf8 28. Qf5 Ne5 29. Qf6 Bg4 30. Rf5 Bxh5 31. Rxh5 Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rhh3
Re8 34. Be2 Re7 35. Re3 Rae8 36. Kf2 Nd7 37. Bf3 f5 38. Rb3 fxe4 39. Be2 Ne5
40. Rhe3 h5 41. h3 Nf7 42. g4 h4 43. Rbc3 Ng5 44. Kg2 Rf8 45. Bd1 Ref7 46. Rc2
Rf1 47. Rd2 R1f4 48. Rde2 Kf6 49. Rb3 Rf7 50. Rf2 Rxf2+ 51. Kxf2 Ke5+ 52. Ke2
Nf3 53. Re3 Kf4 54. Kf2 Ke5 55. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 56. Bxf3 exf3 57. Kxf3 g5 58. Ke3 a6
59. b3 b5 60. a3 a5 61. cxb5 Kxd5 62. Kd3 Ke6 63. Kc4 Kd7 64. Kd5 Ke7 65. a4
Kd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. a3
O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rc1 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb1 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Bxb2 16. Rce1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bb7 18. Kh1 a5 19. Qh3 Qd4 20. f5 Bxe4 21. f6
Nd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. c3 h5 24. Rf4 Bxb1 25. Qe3 Qd3 26. Qf2 Bxc3 27. Bc1 Bxe1
28. Qxe1 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Saridar, Toufic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. h3
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nc4
15. Ndxc4 bxc4 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qg4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 O-O 19. Qe3 f6 20. Nf3 e5 21.
O-O e4 22. Nh2 f5 23. f4 g5 24. g3 Kh8 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. g4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Rc6 28.
Qe5+ Bf6 29. Qxf5 Rg5 30. Qf4 Rg6 31. Rf2 Re6 32. Raf1 Kg8 33. Qf5 Bg7 34. g5
e3 35. Re2 Qxg5 36. Qxg5 Rxg5 37. Ng4 h5 38. Rxe3 Reg6 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Ne3 Rg3
41. Kh2 R3g5 42. Rf2 Bf6 43. h4 Rg1 44. Rxf6 Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Hamoushi, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Fawaz, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 cxd4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qxc6+ Ke7 9. Qc5+ Qd6 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Bg5 Bf5 12. e3 h6 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. c5
Qe5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Kd8 17. Qa5+ Qc7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Na4 Bc2 20. b3 Be7
21. Kd2 Bg6 22. Bd3 Kc6 23. Rhc1 f5 24. Rab1 a5 25. f4 Rhd8 26. a3 d4 27. b4
dxe3+ 28. Kxe3 axb4 29. axb4 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Rb5 31. Kc4 f6 32. Re1 Bf7 33. Kc3
Bd8 34. Nb2 Bc7 35. Nd3 Kd7 36. Kc4 Rb8 37. Kc3 Be8 38. c6+ Ke7 39. Nc5 e5 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Harb, Jad Jihad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Be6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bd3
Rg8 15. g3 d5 16. O-O Ke7 17. Qe2 d4 18. Nc2 dxc3 19. bxc3 Qb6 20. Ne3 Qc5 21.
a4 bxa4 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Farhat, Hady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Rfe1 Nf5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Qxd4 22. Rae1 Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Salman, Samer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Re8 8.
Bd3 Be6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Rc1
Re7 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rc2 b5 17. Qb4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rb2 Bf5 20. Re1 Bd3 21.
Ra1 Qc7 22. Raa2 Re6 23. Qb7 Rc6 24. Rb4 Kf8 25. Rab2 Ke7 26. f3 f5 27. Nf1 h5
28. Ng3 h4 29. Ne2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Kf6 31. e4 fxe4 32. fxe4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxb7
34. Rxb7 g5 35. Ree7 Rf8 36. Rec7 Re6 37. Rxc4 Rfe8 38. Rb2 g4 39. Rf2+ Ke7 40.
Rc7+ Kd6 41. Rfxf7 Re4 42. Rf1 Re3 43. Rc1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1162"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. c3
Nc6 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O f6 12. Be3 fxe5 13. fxe5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe8 15.
Nf4 Ba6 16. Rf2 Nd8 17. Bh3 Qf7 18. Qa4 Bc8 19. Rc1 b5 20. Qxb5 Nb6 21. Rc7 Qe8
22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. b3 Bb4 24. Nd3 Bf8 25. Bg5 Nf7 26. Nc5 h6 27. Be3 Bxc5 28.
dxc5 Nd7 29. Bd4 Nd8 30. Nh4 Nf8 31. Ng2 Ng6 32. b4 Re7 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. b5 a6
35. a4 axb5 36. axb5 Nf5 37. Bxf5 exf5 38. Nf4 Ne6 39. Nxe6 Bxe6 40. b6 Bd7 41.
e6 Bc6 42. Rxf5 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. e7+ Kxe7 45. Bxg7 h5 46. Kg2 Ke6 47. Bd4
Kf5 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. h3 Kf5 50. g4+ hxg4+ 51. hxg4+ Kg5 52. Be3+ Kg6 53. Kf4 Kf7
54. Ke5 Ke7 55. g5 Kf7 56. Kd6 Bb7 57. c6 Bxc6 58. Kxc6 Kg6 59. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "Jarekyan, Antranik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1264"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Black "Ali Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1228"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Bg7 8. f3
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Ne5 11. Ba2 Bd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bh6 Rc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qe2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Kh1 Qa5 18. f4 Bxa4 19. Bxf7 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Kxf7 21.
Qc4+ Kg7 22. Rxa4 Qh5 23. Qd4 Kg8 24. Raa1 Qe2 25. Rfe1 Qxc2 26. e5 dxe5 27.
fxe5 Nh5 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qd7 Ng7 30. Re3 b5 31. Rf3 Rg8 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1071"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bh3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. O-O h6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be3 Be7 15.
Qd2 O-O-O 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Na4 g5 18. Qc2 f4 19. Bd2 Bh3 20. Rfe1 g4 21. Nh4
Bxh4 22. gxh4 Qe7 23. Bxf4 Nxd4 24. Qd3 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. e6+ Ka8 27. Nb6+
Ka7 28. Qe3 d4 29. Qb3 Qxe6 30. Qg3 Qe4+ 31. f3 Nxf3 32. Nc4 Nxh4+ 33. Kg1 Qg2+
34. Qxg2 Nxg2 35. Ne5 Nxf4 36. Nxf7 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Al Madwahi, Ahmed Ali"]
[Black "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1396"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Qa5 8.
Bd3 Qb4 9. Bd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4 d6 14. c4 a6
15. Nc3 O-O 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20. Bh6 Nd7 21.
Rbb1 Nf6 22. Qg5 b5 23. Rfe1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Black "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1391"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Ba4 Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bc2 h6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Ne2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7
15. Kh1 f5 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Qd2 Rf6 18. Nf4 Qe8 19. h4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qd7 21. Rg3
Ng8 22. Rag1 Rf7 23. Rg6 Kh7 24. e5 Qe8 25. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 b6 8.
Bb5 Bb7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Bd2 b5 13. Bb3 Nb6 14. O-O-O c6
15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 a5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kg6 19. Qf7+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1173"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8.
Be2 Ne7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 Ng6 11. Bd2 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c4 d4 14. Ng5 Qd7 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. b5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qb4+ Kd8 21. c5
Rb8 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rc4 Qg5 25. Rxd4+ Kc7 26. b6+ axb6 27. Qxb6+
Kc8 28. Qd6 Re8 29. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Black "El Dahr, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1223"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qf6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Ng3 f6 13. Nxh5 Qxh5 14. g4 Qxh3 15.
Bd2 Qxg4+ 16. Kf1 Nf8 17. Ke2 Ng6 18. Rg1 Nf4+ 19. Ke1 Qh5 20. Rxg7 Qh1+ 21.
Rg1 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nh3+ 23. Kf1 Nxg1 24. Nxg1 h5 25. Bd5 O-O-O 26. Bxc6 Rhg8
27. Be3 Rg3 28. Bf2 Qg2+ 29. Ke2 h4 30. Qb3 a6 31. Qa3 Rdg8 32. Qb3 Qxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Rg2+ 34. Ke3 R8g3+ 35. Nf3 Kb8 36. a4 Kc8 37. Qe6+ Kb8 38. Qe8+ Ka7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Habboub, Hisham"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 c6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 d4 15.
Bc2 Qb6 16. c4 Qc7 17. a3 Bd6 18. f4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Qf2 Qb6
22. Re4 Ndxe5 23. Qxd4 Qc7 24. Bf4 f6 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Ne2 Rfd8 27. Qe3 Bf7
28. Rd4 Re8 29. Qf4 Qc5 30. Kh1 Nxc4 31. b4 Qb6 32. dxc4 Rxe2 33. Bd3 Re5 34.
Re4 Rae8 35. Rae1 Qc7 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5 39. Kh2 Kf8 40.
Kg3 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ke4 Bg6+ 43. Ke3 Be8 44. Be4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. a5 Nh7 10. d5 c5 11. a6 Nb6 12. axb7 Bxb7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Rxa6 Qc8 15.
Qe2 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rea1 Rff8 19. Ne4 Qg4 20. Bd2 Nf6 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. h3 Qf5 23. Ba5 e4 24. Nd2 Rae8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a4 e5 11. Bh2 e4 12. Ne1 a5 13. Nc2 h5 14. Na3 Nd5 15. Nb5
N7f6 16. Qb3 Bf8 17. c4 Nb4 18. c5 Ba6 19. cxd6 c6 20. Nc3 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Bxd6
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc3 Kg7 24. f3 exf3 25. Rxf3 Qe6 26. Raf1 Qxb3 27. Nxb3 Re6
28. Nd2 Ra7 29. Nc4 Nfd5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Re1 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. Ne5 a4 34.
Kf2 b4 35. Nd3 a3 36. bxa3 bxa3 37. Nc5 Rb6 38. e4 a2 39. Ra1 Rb1 40. Nb3 Nb4
41. Rc3 Ra3 42. Nd2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Hammoud, Nadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
Qe7 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. a4 a5 17. f5 O-O 18. Rae1 Qg5 19. Qf2 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rb4 21.
Nc5 Bc8 22. b3 Bxf5 23. e6 Qe7 24. Nd7 Bxe6 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Rfe1 Kg8 27. Rc3
Qd6 28. Qa7 h6 29. Qxa5 Kh7 30. Qc5 Qxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Rb6 32. a5 Ra6 33. b4 Kg6
34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 Ke5 36. Kd3+ Kd6 37. Kd4 g6 38. Re3 h5 39. Rcc3 Ra8 40. Re1
Bf5 41. Re2 Bg4 42. Rf2 Bf5 43. Rcf3 c5+ 44. bxc5+ Kc6 45. Rxf5 gxf5 46. Rxf5
Rxa5 47. Rf6+ Kb5 48. Kxd5 Ra7 49. c6 Ra5 50. Rxf7 Kb6+ 51. Ke4 Kxc6 52. Rf5
Ra4+ 53. Ke3 Rc4 54. Kd3 Rg4 55. g3 h4 56. Rf4 Rxf4 57. gxf4 Kd5 58. Ke3 c5 59.
h3 c4 60. c3 Ke6 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. f5 Kf7 63. Kf4 Kf6 64. Kg4 Ke5 65. Kg5 Ke4 66.
f6 Kd3 67. f7 Kxc3 68. f8=Q Kb3 69. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. f3 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd2 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 e6 15.
Rac1 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. g3 Qe7 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Nd4 h5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. f4
Nxe4 22. Qc2 Nc3 23. fxe5 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 d5 25. Qc1 Rd7 26. Bg5 Qf8 27. Bf6 Kh7
28. g4 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Qh6 30. Bg5 Qf8 31. Qe3 d4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Barakat, Rafic"]
[Black "Hamoushi, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Rhg1 Bb7 13. Kb1 b4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nce2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qb6 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. g5 Be7 19. Qh3 d5 20. g6 Bf6 21.
gxf7+ Kxf7 22. e5 Be7 23. f5 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. Rae1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Be6
15. f5 Bc4 16. g4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 d5 18. g5 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. f6
Bd6 22. Qh5 Rc8 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kh8 25. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Nf6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. a4 a5 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. Be3 O-O 16. Bxc5 Rd8 17. Bb6 Re8 18. Rae1 Nd5 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Nd1 Bb7 21.
Qg3 f5 22. Qe5 Ra8 23. b3 Qf7 24. Bd4 Qg6 25. Bc5 Qf7 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf3 Ng4
28. Qc3 Nf6 29. Nf2 Red8 30. Bd4 Nd5 31. Qc5 Nb4 32. Ba1 Rd5 33. Qc3 Rd7 34.
Rg3 Re8 35. Nh3 h6 36. Nf2 Kh7 37. Qd2 Qf8 38. Nd1 c5 39. Qf2 Bc6 40. Re5 c4
41. bxc4 Bxa4 42. Ne3 Nc6 43. Qe1 Nxe5 44. Bxe5 Qc5 45. d4 Qb4 46. Qe2 Rb7 47.
Qh5 Qe1+ 48. Nf1 Ree7 49. Qg6+ Kg8 50. Re3 Qc1 51. Qg3 Rb1 52. Qf2 Qxc2 53.
Qxc2 Bxc2 54. Kf2 Rb3 55. Re2 Bd3 56. Ra2 Bxc4 57. Nd2 Rf3+ 58. Kxf3 Bxa2 59.
Ke3 Bd5 60. g3 a4 61. Bd6 Rb7 62. Kd3 Rb2 63. Kc3 Ra2 64. Bb4 Ra1 65. Kb2 Rh1
66. Ka3 Rxh2 67. Kxa4 Rg2 68. Kb5 Rxg3 69. Nc4 Bxc4+ 70. Kxc4 h5 71. d5 exd5+
72. Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. Bg5 f6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bd3 e4 15. Be2 Qe7
16. Qd2 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qf5 21. O-O Nd7 22.
Rac1 Rac8 23. Bc4 Ne5 24. Rfd1 Rf7 25. Rc2 Rcf8 26. Qe3 b6 27. Ba6 Re7 28. b3
h5 29. Re2 Kh7 30. Kf1 Ng6 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. hxg5 h4 33. Bh2 g3 34. Bg1 Rf5 35.
Bc4 Rxg5 36. Rde1 Rge5 37. Re3 Bh6 38. R3e2 Nf4 39. Rc2 h3 40. fxg3 Nxg2 41.
Ree2 Rf7+ 42. Rf2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Ne4
e5 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Kb1 Ba3 17. Ba1 a5 18. g3 a4 19. gxf4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qa7
21. fxe5 Reb8 22. d4 Be7 23. Bb2 Ne3 24. Rd3 Nc4 25. Qg2 Na5 26. Rg3 Bh4 27.
Nf6+ Kh8 28. Qe4 Bxf6 29. exf6 Re8 30. Qc2 g6 31. d5 Qf7 32. h4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qb3 Qxe5+ 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. f4 Qe6 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Qa4 Nxe2 14.
Nxe2 Kb8 15. f5 Qe4 16. Bf4+ Ka8 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qc3 Qc4 19. Qf3 e5 20. fxe6
Bb4+ 21. Kf1 fxe6 22. a3 Be7 23. Rc1 Qe4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. Rc6 Nd5
27. Rxe6 Nxf4+ 28. Nxf4 Bf6 29. b3 Rhe8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Nd5 Rd8 32. Nf4 Rd2
33. Re1 Bd4 34. Nh3 e3 35. Kf3 exf2 36. Rf1 Rd3+ 37. Ke4 Rxh3 38. Kxd4 Rxh2 39.
Ke3 h5 40. Kf4 Rh3 41. Rxf2 Rxb3 42. Kg5 Rxa3 43. Kxh5 Rg3 44. Kh4 Rg1 45. Rf7
a5 46. Kh3 a4 47. Kh2 Rg5 48. Kh3 a3 49. Rf2 Ra5 50. Ra2 b5 51. Kg4 b4 52. Kf3
b3 53. Ra1 b2 54. Rb1 a2 55. Rxb2 a1=Q 56. Rb8+ Kxb8 57. Ke4 Qe5+ 58. Kd3 Rd5+
59. Kc4 Rd4+ 60. Kc3 Qe3+ 61. Kc2 Rd2+ 62. Kc1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Black "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1264"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. g3 Be6 8. Bg2
a6 9. a4 f5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Kh2 Nd4 12. f4 Ng6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. exf5 Rxf5 15.
g4 Rxf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Bf3 c6 18. Rb1 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21.
Qf3 Rf8 22. Ne2 Ne6 23. Qg2 Nc7 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27.
Qf2 Ne6 28. Kh1 h6 29. Qf5 Qd6 30. Kg2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rc1 Qa6 33. Qxd5
Kh8 34. Qe4 Kg8 35. Rc6 Qb7 36. Qxe6+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ Kg8 38. Re6 Qxe4+ 39. Rxe4
Kf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Fawaz, Mohamad"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qf3 c5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Nge2 Bf6 13. h4 Na6 14. a3 Nc8
15. Bxf5 Bxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Nxc3 Ne7 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Ng5 b5
21. Qe2 Qc8 22. f3 bxc4 23. g4 Bd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rf6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27.
Qh8+ Ng8 28. Nh7+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kf8 30. Nh7+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Saridar, Toufic"]
[Black "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. f4 Be7 6. Qf3 O-O 7. O-O-O exd4 8.
Bxd4 c5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Kb1 Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 c4 15.
Bxc4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Ne5 17. Qf4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Ba6 19. Qd4 Rfc8 20. h4 Rc5 21.
Nh3 Bc4 22. b3 Be2 23. Rc1 Rc3 24. Qxa7 Qd8 25. Nf4 Bb5 26. Nh5 Be2 27. Nf4 Bf3
28. Rhf1 Be4 29. Qd4 Bf5 30. Nh5 Qf8 31. Rxf5 Ra8 32. Rcf1 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Harb, Jad Jihad"]
[Black "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd5 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qe7+ 8.
Qe2 Ne3 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 O-O 11. g3 Re8 12. Kc3 c5 13. gxf4 cxd4+ 14. Nxd4
Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qf6+ 16. Nd4 Nd5+ 17. cxd5 Rxe2 18. Bxe2 Bd7 19. Be3 Re8 20. Kd2
Qe7 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1162"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O Re8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Qa5 16. f4 Rac8 17. Qb1 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Nd4 Qa5 20. f5 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 exf5 22. Qxf5 Qd2 23. Rf1 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Re7 25. e6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27.
Qc2 Qe2 28. Qc8+ Re8 29. Qf5 Qe6 30. Qf3 f6 31. g4 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. h3 Re2
34. Rd1 Re5 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Rc7+ Re7 37. Rc5 Rd7 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Kf3 Ke5 40.
Ke3 g6 41. b4 f5 42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5 fxg4 44. hxg4 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kf3
Rh7 47. Kg3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Farhat, Hady"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c3 c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Nb6 9. e4 e6 10. e5 Ne8 11. b3 Nc7 12. a4 a5 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 f5 15. Bf1 b6
16. Ng2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Ng5 Re8 19. h4 Nf8 20. h5 h6 21. Nh3 g5 22. g4 f4
23. Qd3 Nh7 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. Ne1 Qf7 26. Nf3 Raa8 27. Kg2 c5 28. Bd2 Qe7 29. Rh1
Rf8 30. Bc1 Na6 31. Ba3 Ra7 32. Qb5 Qd7 33. Qxb6 Rb8 34. Qxa5 Bf8 35. Rhc1 Be7
36. Rab1 Bd8 37. Bxc5 Bxa5 38. Bxa7 Qxa7 39. b4 Bd8 40. b5 Nc7 41. b6 Rxb6 42.
Nd2 Kf7 43. Rxb6 Qxb6 44. Rb1 Qc6 45. Rb8 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Jarekyan, Antranik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[BlackElo "1071"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e6 8. Nh4
Bh7 9. e4 Be7 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qe2 Ng8 12. Bh3 Qc7 13. Bf5 Kf8 14. Bxh7 Rxh7
15. Nf5 Re8 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Bf4 Ndf6 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Kf1 Ne7 21.
Re2 Qd7 22. Kg2 g5 23. Bd2 Rh8 24. Qxf6 Kg8 25. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Al Madwahi, Ahmed Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1173"]
[BlackElo "1223"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Nf1
h6 9. Ng3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf4 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Qc1 Qf6+ 20. Kg1 Qe5
21. Bf4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 b6 23. Qxc7 Bxh3 24. Be5 Qd5 25. Rg1 Rac8 26. Rad1 Bxg2+
27. Kh2 Rxc7 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxc7 Rc8 30. Rd1 Bxa2 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Bxd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Ali Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1166"]
[BlackElo "1228"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. f3 O-O 10. fxe4 Bxe4 11. Bd3 Qg5 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Qxe6+ Kh8
15. Qh3 dxc4 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. d5 Rad8 19. dxc6 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qd8+
21. Bd4 Rf7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Ke2 Qd5 24. Ne5 Kg8 25. Nxf7 Qh5+ 26. Kd2 Qxf7 27.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rf1 a5 30. e4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "El Dahr, Charbel"]
[Black "Habboub, Hisham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qg5 6. d4 Qxg2 7. Qf3 Qxf3
8. Nxf3 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O f6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14.
Rd3 Bxf3 15. Rg1 g6 16. Rg3 Bh5 17. Kb1 f5 18. Rd2 Rf8 19. f4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6
21. Ng5 Nd5 22. Nh3 Re8 23. Bf2 Rhf8 24. Rdd3 Nxf4 25. Rde3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 Nxh3
27. a3 Rf3 28. c3 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Kd7 30. Kc2 Kd6 31. Kd3 c5 32. b4 cxd4 33. cxd4
a5 34. Bd2 axb4 35. Bxb4+ c5 36. dxc5+ Bxc5 37. Bxc5+ Kxc5 38. Kc3 Nf2 39. Kb3
Ne4 40. a4 b5 41. a5 b4 42. a6 Kb6 43. a7 Kxa7 44. Kxb4 Be2 45. g4 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d6 3. e4 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. d5
Nb8 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbc3 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. a3 Rb8 14. Rb1 b5 15. f4
b4 16. Na4 f6 17. Kh2 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nc1 Ba6 21. Rf2 Qa5
22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Rfc8 24. h4 Rc7 25. Qd1 Bc8 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Qh5 Ba6 28.
Qf7+ Kh8 29. Bh3 Bf6 30. Qe6 Bd3 31. Rd1 Bxe4 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qxf6+ Rg7 34.
Bh6 Qc7 35. Rc1 Qe7 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37. Qxd6 Rf8 38. Rf1 Rg8 39. Rg1 b3 40. Qe6
Bf3 41. d6 e4 42. Qxb3 Qd4 43. Qc3 Qxc3 44. bxc3 Rd8 45. d7 e3 46. Re1 e2 47.
Kg1 Kg7 48. Kf2 Bc6 49. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Qf2 Qc8 13. Kb1 d5 14. exd5 Nfxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bb6 Qe6 17. Qe3 Bg5 18. Qxg5 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Qxb3 20. Rd7 Qc2+
21. Ka1 Qxa4+ 22. Kb1 Qxd7 23. Be2 Qa4 24. Qxe5 Rac8 25. Bc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Barakat, Rafic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. a3 Nc6 5. Nf3 h6 6. O-O Be6 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. c4
Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Bf6 11. Qa4 a6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfe8
15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. Na5 Bxf3 17. Nxc6 Bxe2 18. Re1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 bxc6 20. Qxa6 Rb8
21. Rc2 Rb6 22. Qc4 Reb8 23. Bc1 Ne7 24. b4 Qd4 25. Qe2 Ng6 26. Be3 Qd6 27. Rd1
Qe6 28. Bxb6 cxb6 29. Rxc6 Qb3 30. Qd3 Qa4 31. Rdc1 Ne7 32. Rc7 Qe8 33. Rd7 Ng6
34. Rcc7 e4 35. Qxe4 Ne5 36. Rd5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qa8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 g6 40.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nb3 Rac8 14. Rc1
a6 15. Nfd2 Bf5 16. Nf1 b5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bd3 g6 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Qa7+ 21.
Kh1 Ng4 22. Rf1 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. f5 Bd7 25. Rc2 Qb6 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Nd4
Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Re8 29. Rc1 b4 30. Qf3 bxc3 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rf1 Re7 33. bxc3
Bb5 34. Rd1 Rce8 35. h3 Re3 36. Qf4 Qb8 37. Qxb8 Rxb8 38. Nf1 Rxc3 39. Rb1 Re8
40. Nxb5 axb5 41. Nd2 Re2 42. Nf3 Rxa2 43. Rxb5 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Rd1 45. Ng5 Rdd2
46. Kh1 d4 47. Rb7 Rxg2 48. Nxf7 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Rxh3 50. Ne5 d3 51. Rb8+ Kg7 52.
Rb7+ Kf6 53. Nd7+ Kf5 54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rb4+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. O-O-O Rd8 14.
Kb1 e5 15. Bc1 Be6 16. h4 Rac8 17. g4 Rc7 18. f3 Rb8 19. b3 a5 20. a4 d4 21.
Bb2 Bd7 22. Rh2 Rcb7 23. f4 Bxa4 24. Ka2 Bc6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Rf2 Rd7 27. h5
a4 28. Bc4 axb3+ 29. cxb3 Be4 30. Bd3 Bd5 31. Bc4 Ra7+ 32. Kb1 Bxc4 33. bxc4
Rc7 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rc2 Rb4 36. Rd3 Rcxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Ka2 f6 39. Kb3
Rc8 40. Bxd4 Rd8 41. Kc4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 43. Kxd4 Kf7 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. Kf4
Kd5 46. Kf3 Kd4 47. Kf4 Kd3 48. Kf3 g5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Kg3 Ke3 51. Kh2 Kf3 52.
Kh3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Hamoushi, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Rc1
Rfc8 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. Qd1 c4 19. Nd2 f5 20. g3 a5 21. Nb1
b4 22. Bg2 Nf6 23. a4 Rac8 24. b3 c3 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. Bf1 Rdc8 27. Bd3 Qd6 28.
Qe2 Ne4 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Rec1 Rec7 31. Re1 Kg7 32. Rec1 Qd7 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34.
Ra2 Rf8 35. Rcc2 Bc8 36. Kg1 Qe6 37. Qf1 Ba6 38. Qe1 Bd3 39. Kg2 Qg4 40. Kg1
Bxc2 41. Rxc2 Qc8 42. Qe2 Rf6 43. Qd1 Rcf7 44. Re2 Qg4 45. Qc2 Rf5 46. Kh1 Qh3
47. Qd1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Hammoud, Nadim"]
[Black "Saridar, Toufic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. N2f3 Bg5 14. Nxg5
Qxg5 15. Nf3 Qf5 16. Qd4 Nf6 17. Qh4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd3 19. Bxf6 Nxc1 20. Be4
Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. gxf4 Qxe4+ 23. f3 Qg6+ 24. Bg5 f6 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. f4 Qb6 11. Qf3 f5 12. Nf2 Bc5 13. Nd3 Be3 14. c4 Bxc1 15.
Rxc1 Ne7 16. b4 O-O 17. Nc5 a5 18. Rd1 axb4 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 bxa3 21. Qc3
a2 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Ra1 Qb1+ 24. Kf2 Rd1 25. Be2 Rxh1 26. Qd2 Qxa1 27. Qd7 Qe1+
28. Kf3 Ra3+ 29. Bd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Ng4 7. h3 Nxe3 8. fxe3
Nd7 9. Bc4 e5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. Rhf1 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Nf6 15.
Ng3 Ba6 16. Rf2 Qe7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qd6 Qa7 19. Qd2 Bh6 20. Kb1 Bxe3 21. Qd6
Ne8 22. Qxe5 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Fawaz, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. c5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. b4 Ng4 13. Bg3 g5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15.
Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 hxg4 17. Rxh8+ Ke7 18. Rxa8 Qc6 19. Rc8 Kf6 20. Rxc7 Qe8 21.
Rxb7 Kg6 22. a4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. Nf3 Ngf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e4 Nb6 8. Be3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 g5 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Ne2 e5 13. d5 Nf4 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15.
Bb5+ Kf8 16. O-O-O a6 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Nf5 b5 20. Qb4 Bd8 21. Qxd6+
Qxd6 22. Nxd6 Bb6 23. Rh2 f6 24. Nf5 Kf7 25. Kb1 Bc5 26. h4 Kg6 27. Rdh1 h5 28.
Rg1 Rac8 29. Bf1 Rc7 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Bh3 Rg7 32. Bf5+ Kf7 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. a3
Kf6 35. Rgh1 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Nxd5 37. Rxh5 Nxe3 38. Rh6+ Kf7 39. Rb6 Nxf5 40.
exf5 Kg8 41. Re6 Rd5 42. Rhh6 Rh7 43. Rhg6+ Kf7 44. Ref6+ Ke7 45. Re6+ Kf7 46.
Rxg5 Rh3 47. Rb6 Rxf3 48. Rxb7+ Kf6 49. Rg6+ Kxf5 50. Rxa6 e4 51. Rf7+ Ke5 52.
Re7+ Kd4 53. Rae6 Rf1+ 54. Ka2 Re1 55. Kb3 Re3+ 56. Ka2 Rc5 57. Rd7+ Rd5 58.
c3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Re8 14. Nd2 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. a3 Qg5 20. Nc3 Nf6 21.
Ne2 Ng4 22. Nf4 h5 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Nf6 25. Red1 Rad8 26. Kf1 g6 27. Ke1
Ng4 28. Nh3 Kg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ng5 Nf6 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 b6 33. b4 bxc5
34. bxc5 Ng4 35. Ke2 f5 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nd4 Ne5 38. f4 Nd3 39. Nxc6 a6 40. Nb4
Nxc5 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Kc4 a5 44. Nc2 Kc6 45. Nd4+ Kb6 46. Nc2 Nd3
47. Nd4 Ne1 48. a4 Nxg2 49. Nc2 h4 50. gxh4 Nxh4 51. Kd5 Nf3 52. Nd4 Nd2 53.
Ne6 Nb3 54. Nf8 Nc5 55. Nxg6 Nxa4 56. Kc4 Nb2+ 57. Kc3 Nd1+ 58. Kd2 Nb2 59. Ne7
Nc4+ 60. Ke2 Nd6 61. Kd2 Kc5 62. Kc3 a4 63. Ng6 Nb5+ 64. Kc2 Na3+ 65. Kc3 Nc4
66. Nf8 Nxe3 67. Ne6+ Kd6 68. Nd4 Kd5 69. Ne2 Ng2 70. Ng3 Nh4 71. Ne2 Ng6 72.
Ng3 Ke6 73. Ne2 Ne7 74. Kb4 Nd5+ 75. Kxa4 Nxf4 76. Nxf4+ Ke5 77. Ne2 f4 78. Kb3
f3 79. Kc2 e3 80. Kd3 f2 81. Ng3 Kf4 82. Nf1 Kf3 83. Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1162"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 c5 12. Bh6 a6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nh4 Nf4 15.
Bd1 Qd8 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. b3 g5 18. Ne2 Rg8 19. Bc2 Kh8 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Kh1 Bg4
22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Rg1 Rg6 24. Rgf1 Rag8 25. g3 Bxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qg5 27. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Black "Salman, Samer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Nge7 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ Nxc6 7. a3 Na5 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 h5 10. Qg3 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. b4 Nc4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15.
Bf6 Rg8 16. Rfe1 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qg5 Qe7 19. Qh6 Rg8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. a4
Qh4 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rad1 O-O-O 24. Qc1 g5 25. Nd2 g4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Ne4 Bxa4
28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Qe3 Bc6 30. Ra1 f5 31. b5 axb5 32. Qa3 Qg7 33. Qa7+ Kc7 34.
Qb6+ Kd7 35. Rad1 Bd5 36. Nxf5 exf5 37. Rxd5+ Kc8 38. Red1 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Qg5
40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Ra1 Kd7 42. Qxb7+ Ke6 43. Qb6+ Kxe5 44. Re1+ Kd4 45. Rd1+ Kc3
46. Qxd8 Kxc2 47. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Harb, Jad Jihad"]
[Black "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1396"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O Qa5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Bxd6 Nge7 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. Bxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nxa8
Ne5 15. Rac1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Be5 18. Bb5 Kg7 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bxd7
Qxd7 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Nxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxc8 Qxa2 24. Qe3 b5 25. f4 Bb2 26. R8c2
Bxc1 27. Qc3+ f6 28. Rxa2 Bxf4 29. Rxa7+ Kh6 30. g3 Be5 31. Qe3+ g5 32. Rb7 b4
33. Rxb4 Kg6 34. Rb5 h6 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. h4 Kh5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kg2 Kg6 39.
Qf3 Kh6 40. Qf6+ Kh5 41. Qxe5 Kg4 42. Qf5+ Kh5 43. e5 Kh6 44. e6 Kh5 45. e7 Kh6
46. Qxg5+ Kxg5 47. e8=R Kg4 48. Rf8 Kg5 49. Kf3 Kh5 50. Rg8 Kh6 51. Kf4 Kh5 52.
g4+ Kh6 53. Kf5 Kh7 54. Rg5 Kh6 55. Kf6 Kh7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "Al Madwahi, Ahmed Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1264"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 h6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Be7 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nbxd4 cxd4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. c3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7
15. a3 a5 16. Rc1 Nh7 17. Bd2 a4 18. Ba2 Bg5 19. Nxg5 Nxg5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Ne6 22. Be3 d5 23. Qg4 g5 24. Qh5 Kg7 25. Qg4 Qd6 26. Rf5 Nc7 27. Bc5 Qc6 28.
Bd4+ f6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bd7 32. Qf3 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Rac8 34.
Qd7+ Kg6 35. Qxb5 Rcd8 36. Bb6 Rb8 37. d6 Rfd8 38. Qc5 Rdc8 39. Qd4 Rc6 40. d7
Rcxb6 41. Qxb6 Rxb6 42. d8=Q Rxb2 43. Qe8+ Kf5 44. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Black "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1223"]
[BlackElo "1391"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 h6 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. O-O c6 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nh7 18. Re1 Qc7 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21.
Bxg6 Qxg3 22. Be4 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rad8 24. Qb3 Rxf3 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Bxh6 Qf6
27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Black "Farhat, Hady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1166"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Nge2 e5 11. O-O-O e4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qe1 Bxh4 19. g3 Be7 20. f3 Ng5 21. f4
Qb3 22. Qc3 Qxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rhf1 f5 26. h4 g5 27. h5 gxf4
28. Rxf4 Bg5 29. Rff1 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Habboub, Hisham"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1173"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Bxd5 Qxe5 7. Qxe4
Qxe4+ 8. Bxe4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Na4 Bd6 12. b3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Be5 14.
f4 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Bxf4 16. Rae1 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Rfe8 19. Rf2 Bxd2 20.
Rexe2 Rad8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. h3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Be3 24. Rf3 Bg1+ 25. Kg3 Re2 26.
Rd3 g5 27. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Ali Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Jarekyan, Antranik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1071"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 *

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O Qb4 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Qxg4 Nxd4 12. e5 Qxe5 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Nc7+
Kd8 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxa8 b6 17. c3 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Kc8
21. a4 e6 22. Rd3 d5 23. Rf3 Be5 24. Rxf7 Kb8 25. Re1 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Barakat, Rafic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
Re8 9. Nf3 c6 10. Qc2 a5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Nd6 14. f4 f5 15.
Rf3 Nd7 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf7 19. Qd6 Bg4 20. Rg3 Bf5 21.
Re1 Re6 22. Qc5 b5 23. Nd1 Qc7 24. h3 Rae8 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Qxe7 R8xe7 27. Nf2
Kf7 28. g4 Be4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd3 Kd6
34. f5 Rf7 35. Rcf1 Rf6 36. Rf4 Re8 37. h4 Rc8 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rf7 40. Rh1
Rcf8 41. e4 dxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Re8+ 43. Kf3 Kd5 44. Rh7 Rfe7 45. Kg4 Re4 46. Rxg7
Rxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Re4+ 48. Kf3 Re1 49. Rd7+ Kc4 50. g6 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Arkadan, Adib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 b6 18. Qf2 Rab8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qb7 21.
Bb5 Qc7 22. a3 Qb7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na6 25. Rc6 Nc7 26. Rxb6 Qa8 27. Bc6
Qa3 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. b5 Qd3 30. Rc1 Nxb5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 32. Qc2 h5 33. h3 Qb3
34. Qxb3 Rxb3 35. Bf2 Be5 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Rc2 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2 39. Rxb2 Bxb2
40. Kd3 g5 41. Be3 Kg6 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 f6 44. Kc4 Kf7 45. Kb5 Ke8 46. Kc6
Be5 47. Bd2 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Rc1 g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne4 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. f3 Bg6 19. fxe4 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21.
Qf3 Kg7 22. Rf2 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. e5 Re6 25. Ne4 b6 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Qxc6
Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 30. Rc7 Rxd6 31. Rxa7 Re6 32. d5 Rd6 33. e4
Bxe4 34. Rfxf7+ Kg6 35. Rfd7 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. Ra6 Kg7 38. b3 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Jouni, Hassan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 h5 7. Nf2 Be7 8. Qf3
Bxh4 9. Qxf4 Bg5 10. Qf3 Rh6 11. Rxh5 Rf6 12. Rxg5 Nh6 13. Qg3 Be6 14. d4 c5
15. Rg8+ Nxg8 16. Qxg8+ Ke7 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Bg5 Ke7 19. e5 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Saridar, Toufic"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 O-O-O 7. c4 Qd6 8.
d5 Nb4 9. Na3 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. Qa4 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Ne5
Bg6 15. Bc4 Nxd5 16. Rd1 Nge7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. bxc3
f6 21. Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Be3 Kc7 23. Rd1 Bd6 24. a4 Rd8 25. Rb1 Ne5 26. Bd5 Nc6 27.
g3 Be5 28. Be4 b6 29. Bxh7 Bxc3 30. Bf4+ Be5 31. Bxe5+ Nxe5 32. Kf1 Rd4 33. Bc2
Nf3 34. Ke2 Rd2+ 35. Kxf3 Rxc2 36. Re1 Kd6 37. Rd1+ Kc6 38. Rd8 c4 39. Rc8+ Kd5
40. Ra8 a5 41. Rb8 Rb2 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Kd2 Kd4 44. Rd8+ Kc5 45. Rb8 Rd3+ 46.
Kc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Salman, Samer"]
[Black "Hammoud, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Re8 9. Qd2 Nf8 10. Nh2 Bd7 11. Ng4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Bh5 Ng6
15. Bh6 f4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. O-O-O Qf6 18. g3 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Rdh1 Rh8
21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. gxf4 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Kd2 Kg7 26. Ne2 g5
27. Kd3 Kf6 28. c4 Ke5 29. b4 a6 30. Nd4 g4 31. Ne2 Be8 32. Nd4 Bg6 33. f3 g3
34. Ne2 Bh5 35. Ng1 Bg6 36. a4 c6 37. a5 cxd5 38. cxd5 Be8 39. Kc4 Bb5+ 40. Kc3
Bf1 41. Kd2 Kd4 42. Ne2+ Kc4 43. Ke1 g2 44. Ng1 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nge7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14.
Qxe2 Rfe8 15. Rab1 h6 16. Rb5 Qd7 17. Rfb1 b6 18. Rh5 Ne7 19. Qg4 Ng6 20. Rh3
Qa4 21. Rb3 e5 22. Re3 exd4 23. cxd4 Ne5 24. Qg3 Nc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. h3 Nd2
27. Rd3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Tabaja, Ali"]
[Black "Hamoushi, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1264"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Bb3
a6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Bh6 e5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Nd4 18. Ba2 Bxh3 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Qg3
Bxa2 22. Rxa2 h5 23. Nd5 h4 24. Qxh4 Rh8 25. Qxh8+ Rxh8+ 26. Kg1 Ne2# 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1162"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rc1 Nf8 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nxd7
Bxd7 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Qe2 Qg5 17. f4 Qh4 18. Bd3 a5 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Rce1 Nb4 21.
Bb1 Nd5 22. Rf3 Nf6 23. Rh3 Qg4 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxg4+ Kf8 26. Rxh7 Ke7 27.
Qh5 Rf8 28. Qc5+ Ke8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Kabalan, Farah"]
[Black "Harb, Jad Jihad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1629"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Ba6 12. Kf3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nd6+ Ke7
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Kxe4 d5+ 17. cxd5 cxd5+ 18. Kf3 Bb7 19. h3 Rhf8 20. Kg3 Bd6
21. Qg4 Qd4 22. Qg5+ Kd7 23. Bb5+ Bc6 24. Bxc6+ Kxc6 25. Rf1 Rf6 26. Kh2 Qe4
27. Rf3 Raf8 28. Qxg7 Bxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Fawaz, Mohamad"]
[Black "Khatib, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Kh2 Na5 13. Ne2 d5 14. f3 c5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Bf2 Rac8 17. c4 Nb4 18. Nc1 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Qxd3 20. Bc2 Qd7 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Kg1 f5 24. Ng3 Rfd8 25. Qb1 g6 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8
28. Qe1 Nc4 29. Bb3 Bh4 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 e4 32. Nf1 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kf7 34.
Qc1 g5 35. h4 Ne5 36. Bxe6+ Kxe6 37. Ke2 exf3+ 38. gxf3 Qc6 39. Qe3 Kf6 40.
hxg5+ hxg5 41. Nh2 b4 42. Kf2 c4 43. Qd4 Qc7 44. Ke2 Kg6 45. Qd5 Kf6 46. Qd4
Ke6 47. Kd1 Nd3 48. Qe3+ Kf6 49. Qd2 Qd6 50. Kc2 Qd4 51. Nf1 Qxb2+ 52. Kd1 Qa1+
53. Ke2 Nc1+ 54. Kf2 Nd3+ 55. Ke2 Qe5+ 56. Kd1 Qd4 57. Kc2 Qb2+ 58. Kd1 Qxd2+
59. Nxd2 c3 60. Nc4 Nb2+ 61. Nxb2 cxb2 62. Kc2 b1=Q+ 63. Kxb1 Ke5 64. Kc2 Kf4
65. Kb3 Kxf3 66. Kxb4 g4 67. a4 g3 68. a5 g2 69. Kb5 g1=Q 70. Ka6 Ke2 71. Kb7
f4 72. a6 Qe3 73. a7 Qxa7+ 74. Kxa7 f3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. O-O e5 7. h3 O-O 8. c4 c6
9. b3 Bf5 10. Nh4 Bh7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 g5 13. Nhf3 e4 14. Ne1 Qe7 15. dxe4
dxe4 16. e3 Ne5 17. Rd1 Ned7 18. Bd4 Be5 19. Qc3 Bxd4 20. exd4 c5 21. Nc2 Rad8
22. d5 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Re3 Re7 25. Bh1 Nf8 26. Rde1 Rde8 27. Na3 a6 28.
Nc2 Bf5 29. Bg2 N8h7 30. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Farhat, Hady"]
[Black "Habboub, Hisham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. c5 a6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 Ng6 13. c6 Re8 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Ne5
Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Nd2 e5 19. Qh5 Qd6 20. O-O exd4 21. Bxd4 Nf4
22. Qd1 Nd3 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxd3 Rh4 25. g3 Rh6 26. Rfd1 Bh3 27. Be5 Qxe5 28.
Qd8+ Qe8 29. Qxc7 g6 30. Qxb6 Qe4 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Qxd4 34.
exd4 g5 35. d5 Rd6 36. b6 Bc8 37. Rb1 Rd8 38. Rb5 Kf6 39. Rxa5 Ke7 40. Ra8 Bh3
41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. b7 Kc7 43. d6+ Kb8 44. d7 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e3 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 16. Rab1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Na4 Rab8 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Nc5
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Ra8 22. Nxa6 h6 23. Nc7 Rxa2 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Rxc6 Rxf2 26. Kh1
Rf1+ 27. Kh2 Be5+ 28. g3 Rf3 29. Nxd5 Rxg3 30. Kh1 Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rxb3 32. Rc5
Rg3+ 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. Ke2 g5 35. Rc6 h5 36. Ne3 f6 37. Nc4 h4 38. Kf2 Bd4+ 39.
Kf1 h3 40. Nd6 h2 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kxg7 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Nxg3 Be5 45. Kg2
Bxg3 46. Kh1 f5 47. Kg2 f4 48. Kh1 Kf5 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kxf3 h1=Q+ 51. Kxg3 Qe1+
52. Kf3 g4+ 53. Kg2 Kf4 54. Kh2 g3+ 55. Kg2 Qf2+ 56. Kh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Ali Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Al Madwahi, Ahmed Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe7 10. Qe2 f6 11. Nxc6 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 bxc6 13. Re1 Bd6 14.
Kf1+ Kf7 15. Kg1 Rhe8 16. Rf1 Re2 17. c4 Nb4 18. Nc3 Re7 19. Be3 Nxd3 20. b3
Be5 21. Bd2 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 c5 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Rd2 Ree8 25. h3 Nf4 26. Ba5 Rxd2
27. Bxd2 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nb4 29. Bxb4 cxb4 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. Rd2 g5 32. f3 a5 33.
Rd5 Re5 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd8 c5 36. Ra8 Rb7 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ra6+
Ke7 40. Ke3 h5 41. Ke4 Rd7 42. Kf5 Rd2 43. g3 Rd3 44. Ke4 Rd6 45. Ra5 Re6+ 46.
Kd5 Re5+ 47. Kc6 Rf5 48. f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Rxf4 50. Rxc5 Rh4 51. Rf5 Ke6 52. Rf3
f5 53. Kb5 Re4 54. c5 Kd7 55. Rxf5 Rh4 56. c6+ Ke6 57. Rf8 Rxh3 58. c7 Rc3 59.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 60. Rxc8 Kf5 61. Rh8 Kg4 62. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Black "Farhat, Mohamad Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1223"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf1
Be6 9. Bb5 Qd7 10. Ng3 a6 11. Ba4 Rab8 12. O-O b5 13. Bc2 Rfd8 14. Re1 b4 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 b3 17. axb3 Bb4 18. d5 Bxe1 19. dxe6 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qxe6 21.
Nf5 Nxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Ng3 Qb4 24. Nd2 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Club Christmas Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Hamdoun, Jad"]
[Black "El Dahr, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1173"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. Bh6 Nxe4 11. fxe4 Bxd4 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Rf1 f6 14. Qh6+ Ke8
15. Qxh7 Ne5 16. Qg8+ Kd7 17. Be6+ Kc7 18. Nd5+ Kc6 19. Qxd8 Bxe6 20. Nxe7+ Kc5
21. Qxa8 Bxb2 22. Qa7+ Kc4 23. Rb1 Bc3+ 24. Kd1 Bg4+ 25. Kc1 Be2 26. Rxb7 Nd3+
27. cxd3+ Kxd3 28. Qxa6+ Ke3 29. Rf3+ 1-0