[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Qb5 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 c3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qb3 Nd5 12. O-O Nb6 13. e3 O-O 14. Rfc1
Re8 15. Ne4 e5 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Qc2 Bd5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6
Rb8 21. Rc1 Re7 22. h4 Nc8 23. Rc2 Nd6 24. Nc3 Re6 25. Qa4 Nc8 26. Qa5 Rd6 27.
Bf3 c6 28. Qc5 Qb6 29. Ne4 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rh6 31. a4 Ne7 32. Ra5 Rb7 33. Nc5 Rc7
34. Na6 Rb7 35. Nc5 Rc7 36. Na6 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Be7 9. f5 Bd7 10. Bg5 Bc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. h4
a5 14. a4 Na6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qxc2+
20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Nxa5 d5 22. Rxd5 Rfc8 23. Rd7 b6 24. Nc4 Rg2 25. Rhd1 Rxg3
26. Nxb6 Rb8 27. a5 h5 28. Rc7 Bxh4 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. Bxf7 Bd8 31. Rc4 Rb3 32.
Rc8 Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Rd3 34. Rxd3 Nxd3 35. a6 h4 36. a7 h3 37. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Nbd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Bg2 Ng4 16. Bc1 Nc5 17. Bh3 Nf6 18. Be3 Qa5
19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. b4 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. c5 Rd8 25. f3
Qc8 26. Rfd1 Ree8 27. Qb3 Nh5 28. Na4 Qh3 29. Bf2 Ng7 30. Nb2 h5 31. Nc4 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 Qe6 33. Qe2 h4 34. Rd1 Nh5 35. a3 Be7 36. Nd6 Rb8 37. Qc4 Qf6 38. Qb3
b6 39. Qc3 bxc5 40. bxc5 Rd8 41. Qb3 h3 42. Nc4 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 Qe6 44. Qd3 Nf6
45. Na5 Nd7 46. Nb3 Nf8 47. Be3 Qc8 48. Kf2 Ne6 49. Ke2 Qb7 50. Kd1 Kg7 51. Kc2
Bd8 52. f4 Qe7 53. f5 gxf5 54. exf5 Nc7 55. Qe4 Nd5 56. g4 Qh4 57. Bd2 Qf2 58.
Qxe5+ Bf6 59. Qe4 Qg2 60. Kd3 Qxh2 61. Nd4 Qg3+ 62. Ke2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Qc7 6. Bb3 dxe3 7. Bxe3 e6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nb5 Qa5 11. Nfd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Nd6+ Bxd6
14. Qxd6 Bc6 15. Bc5 Qd8 16. Qg3 Ne4 17. Qxg7 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. f3 Rg8 20.
Rac1 Nd5 21. Rc2 a6 22. Kf2 O-O-O 23. g3 Rg5 24. Rd1 Rf5 25. g4 Rf6 26. Bxd5
Rxd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Bd4 Re6 29. Rd2 Kd7 30. Kg3 Bb5 31. Bc3 Kd6 32. Rd4 Re3
33. Rf4 Ke7 34. a4 Bd3 35. Rb4 b5 36. Rb3 bxa4 37. Ra3 Re2 38. Bb4+ Ke6 39.
Rxd3 Rxb2 40. Ba3 Ra2 41. Bf8 Rc2 42. Rd4 Ra2 43. Kf4 h5 44. gxh5 Rxh2 45. h6
a3 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bc5
8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Qf4 h6 11. h4 Bd7 12. Be2 Rh7 13. Nh2 O-O-O 14. Ng4 Rf8 15.
Nf6 Nxf6 16. Qxf6 Re8 17. h5 g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Qxf4 Qb6 20. Bc1 f5 21. exf6 e5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Be3 Nd3+ 24. cxd3 Rxe3 25. dxc4 Re4 26. Qf3 Bg4 27. f7 Rxf7
28. Qxf7 Qe3 29. Qg8+ Kc7 30. Qg7+ Bd7 31. Ra2 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qe3+ 33. Ke1 Qc1+
34. Kf2 Qe3+ 35. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 Bd7
15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rd1 Re8 18. Bd4 Bc8 19. c4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Qc3 Bb8 22. Bxg7 e3 23. fxe3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4 Bc7 9. a4 a6 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Qe1 b5
12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Qa6 15. f4 Be6 16. Qe2 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18.
f5 d3 19. Qd1 Bc8 20. c3 Na5 21. h3 Nb3 22. Bg5 Bb7 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. Bxf6 gxf6
25. Nb1 Bc5 26. Qg4 Kf8 27. Nf3 Be3 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Re1 Bf2 30. Rf1 Be3 31. Re1
Bf2 32. Rf1 Bc5 33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Nh4 Qd8 35. Nf3 Qb6 36. Qg7 Qd8 37. Nbd2 Nxd2
38. Nxd2 Be3 39. Nxc4 Rg8 40. Qxh7 Rh8 41. Qg7 Rg8 42. Qh7 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Black "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]
 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Ne2 Bd6 9. Ng3 c5 10. Nd2 Nb8 11. Nc4 Nc6 12. a4 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. h3 f6 15.
Ne3 Rf7 16. Nef5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Nf5
Bf8 22. g4 b6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Qd7 25. Qg2 a6 26. Rf3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Kh1 Qc6 29. Bh2 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Raf1 Rd7 33. g5 fxg5 34.
Qxg5 cxd3 35. cxd3 Be7 36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Qf5 Bb4 39. Be5 g6 40.
Qg5 Qe6 41. Kg2 Bd6 42. Bxd6 Rxd6 43. h4 Kg7 44. h5 h6 45. Qf4 Qe7 46. Qg4 Kh7
47. Rf4 gxh5 48. Qxh5 Rg6+ 49. Kf3 Kg7 50. Qd5 Qa7 51. e5 Qe7 52. Qxd4 h5 53.
Rf5 Qe6 54. Rxh5 Qf7+ 55. Qf4 Qd5+ 56. Qe4 Qb3 57. Rh1 Qb2 58. Re1 Qg2+ 59. Ke3
Rg3+ 60. Kd4 Rg4 61. e6 Kf8 62. Rf1+ Ke8 63. Rf4 Qb2+ 64. Ke3 Qc1+ 65. Kf3 Qd1+
66. Ke3 Qc1+ 67. Kf3 Qd1+ 68. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. e4 c6 15.
Nf4 Bg4 16. Qd3 g5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nfe2 cxd5 19. exd5 Rc8 20. Rb1 Nc4 21. Nd4
Ne5 22. Qd2 Bxh3 23. Rxb6 Bxg2 24. Rxf6 Bxf1 25. Rxh6 Bd3 26. Rh5 Bg6 27. Rxg5
Qf6 28. Kg2 Kh7 29. Qe1 Nd3 30. Qh1+ Kg8 31. Be3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 c5 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Nbc3 O-O-O 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rad1 Bc4 17. b3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bxc3 19. bxc4 Be5 20. a4 Kc7
21. Rd5 Rhe8 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Kg1 Kc6 24. Kf2 Bg7 25. R5d3 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27.
Rd5 Re5 28. Ng3 Rxd5 29. cxd5+ Kc7 30. Nxf5 Be5 31. Rb1 h5 32. Ke3 Re8 33. f4
Bc3+ 34. Kf3 Rb8 35. Rb3 Bf6 36. c4 Re8 37. Rxb7+ Kxb7 38. Nxd6+ Kb6 39. Nxe8
Bd8 40. f5 Kb7 41. f6 Kc8 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Black "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. O-O Nxb3 13. axb3 e6 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Bxa7 Be6 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20. Bc3 Kf7
21. Rfd1 Bf8 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. Rab1 Ra6 24. Rd3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb6 26. b4 Rc4 27.
Rxc4 dxc4 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. f3 Bf5 30. Rd4 Be6 31. Kf2 Rc7 32. Rd1 Rc6 33. Ke3
Bf5 34. Rd5 Ke7 35. g4 Be6 36. Rb5 Bc8 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. h4 Kc7 39. Rd5 Rd6 40.
Rc5+ Rc6 41. Ra5 Ra6 42. Rxa6 bxa6 43. Bxf6 Kd6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Kf4 hxg4 46.
fxg4 Ke6 47. Bc3 Kf7 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Kg8 50. Ke5 Bg4 51. h6 Bd7 52. Kd6
Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 c6 11. Nge2 a4
12. Nc1 Qa5 13. Nd3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nfd7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. O-O-O b6
18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Qe2 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Na3 Bc8 24.
Bd3 f4 25. Bb5 Qe7 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Qc2 Bf6 28. Rdg1+ Kh8 29. h4 Rf7 30. h5 a3
31. bxa3 Bh4 32. Ka1 Bg3 33. Rb1 Ba6 34. Bxa6 Rxa6 35. h6 Rfa7 36. Rb5 Kg8 37.
Qb2 Kf7 38. Rb8 Qd7 39. Rb1 Qa4 40. Rc1 Qd7 41. Rb1 Qa4 42. Rc1 Qd7 43. Rh8 Kf6
44. Rf8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf6 46. Rb1 Qf7 47. Rd8 Qc7 48. Rxd6+ Qxd6 49. Nxd6 Rxd6
50. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. O-O
Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Ned4 Ng6 13. Qg3 Be7 14. Re1 Qb6
15. Be3 Qxb2 16. h4 h5 17. Rab1 Qa3 18. Rxb7 Qxd3 19. Rxa7 Bb4 20. Ra1 Bc5 21.
Rb7 Qa6 22. Rab1 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qa4 24. Qg5 Rc4 25. Rb8+ Rc8 26. R8b7 Rc4 27.
Rb8+ Rc8 28. R8b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 c5 9. Rd1 Bb7 10.
Nc3 Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. f3 Ne5 16. Nc2
Rfd8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Rac8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. a3 Ke7 22. Ke2
g5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 g4 25. f4 Nc6 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Bd1 e5 28. Ned5 Nxd5
29. exd5 Ne7 30. fxe5 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Ke3 Bxg2 33. Bxg4 a5 34. Kd4 b4
35. axb4 axb4 36. Kc5 Ke7 37. Kxb4 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Kc5 Ke5 40. Be2 Bh3
41. b4 Bd7 42. Bf3 h6 43. Bc6 Bh3 44. b5 Bf1 45. b6 Ba6 46. Bg2 Bc8 47. h4 Ba6
48. Kc6 Kd4 49. Kc7 Kc5 50. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Na3
Qa5 9. Nc2 bxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. e3 d3 12. Qxd3 Be4 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nh4 Qc3 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rb1 Na5 17. f3 Nd6 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Ndc4 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Qd3 Qd6 23. Qe4 Qc6 24. Qd3 g6 25. Nb4 Qc5 26. Qxd7 Kg7 27. Qg4 h5 28.
Qg5 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Nxe3 30. Rc5 Nac4 31. Rc1 Rhc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Nxa6 g5 34.
Ng2 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Ne3+ 36. Kf2 Rxc1 37. Kxe3 Rc4 38. Nb8 Ra4 39. Nd7 f6 40. h3
Rxa2 41. Nc5 Rh2 42. f4 exf4+ 43. gxf4 Rxh3+ 44. Ke4 g4 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. Nd4
Rh1 47. Ne2 Re1 48. Kf5 h4 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

{[%evp 81,81,1863]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5
7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. a3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 b5 12. Rb1 Rab8 13. Nb3 a5
14. Nxa5 Nxa5 15. bxa5 Qa7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Qxa5 18. Bf4 Rb6 19. dxc5 dxc5
20. Bc7 Rc8 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Ng5 c4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. e5 Rd8 25. Qe2 Nd5 26.
Rbd1 Bf8 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Rd4 Bc5 30. Rf4 d4 31. Rf6 Qd5 32. Qf4
Be7 33. Qh6 Bf8 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxg6+ Bg7 36. e6 Rd6 37. Re4 Qb7 38. Qe8+
Kh7 39. Rh4+ Bh6 40. e7 Qf3 41. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f3 Rc8 13. Kh1 c5 14. Na2 Ba5 15.
dxc5 Rxc5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Bb2 Rcc8 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bc7 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21.
Qc3 Bd8 22. Rf1 Re8 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxc8 Qxb3 25. Bxf6 Qf7 26. Nc3 Bxf6 27.
Qc5 Qe7 28. Qc4+ Qe6 29. Nd5 Be5 30. Qb3 b6 31. Qf3 h5 32. h3 Kg7 33. Nf4 Bxf4
34. Qxf4 Qxe4 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qxa7 Qc4 37. Rb1 Rf8 38. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5 c6 9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nd7
14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 Qb8 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. h4 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. d5
c4 21. Qc2 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nb6 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd4 Bf6 26. Nc6
Qd6 27. Nxa7 Rc5 28. a4 c3 29. Nb5 Qd2 30. a5 Rxb5 31. axb6 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Rb1+
33. Bf1 Rxb6 34. Bd3 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Bc4 h5 39.
Ra2 Rxa2+ 40. Bxa2 c2 41. Kd2 Bc3+ 42. Kxc2 Be1 43. f4 Bxg3 44. Kd3 Bxh4 45.
Ke4 g6 46. Kf3 f6 47. Bb1 Kf7 48. Bc2 Be1 49. Bd3 Kg7 50. Bc2 Kh6 51. Bd3 Bd2
52. Bc2 h4 53. Kg4 Bxe3 54. Kxh4 Bxf4 55. Kg4 Bg3 56. Kxg3 Kg7 57. Kg4 Kh8 58.
Bxg6 f5+ 59. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+
10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. e4 Qa5 15. Qb2 b6 16.
a3 Ne7 17. h4 Qb5 18. Qa1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Ne5 f6 21. Bf1 Qa4 22. Nc4 Qc6
23. Rd1 b5 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Qc5 26. Na5 Qb6 27. Nb3 Qd6 28. Qd4 Rc7 29. Qb4
Nc8 30. h5 a6 31. h6 gxh6 32. Qh4 Kg7 33. Bh3 Ne7 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. Nc5 Ng6 36.
Qg4 Re7 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. Qf5 Kf7 39. Qh5 Kg8 40. Rc1 Qb8 41. Qxh6 Rd7 42. Rc6
Qe8 43. Rxa6 Qc8 44. Rc6 Qa8 45. Kh2 f5 46. Ng5 Qb7 47. Rxg6+ hxg6 48. Qxg6+
Kf8 49. d6 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd1 exd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Be2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bc3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc5 16. O-O Be6 17. Qc2 g6 18. Qb2 Rab8 19. a4 Rfc8 20. h3 a6 21.
Ra3 Qe7 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Rb3 Qa5 27. Bf3
Rc7 28. Kh2 b6 29. Qa3 Rc4 30. Qd6 Rbc8 31. Rxb6 Qxc3 32. Qe5 R4c6 33. Rxc6
Qxc6 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rc4 37. Ra5 Rc6 38. g4 h6 39. h4 Kf8
40. Kg3 Ke7 41. f3 Rb6 42. e4 Rc6 43. Kf4 Rb6 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb6 46. h5
g5 47. Kg3 Kf8 48. Rc5 Kg7 49. a5 Rd6 50. Kf2 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Ra2 52. Rf5 Ra4 53.
Kd3 Rb4 54. Kc3 Rb1 55. Kc4 Ra1 56. Kb4 Ra2 57. Rd5 Rf2 58. Rf5 Rc2 59. Kb3 Rc1
60. Kb2 Rc6 61. Rd5 Rf6 62. Rd3 Rc6 63. Kb3 Rc1 64. Kb4 Rb1+ 65. Rb3 Rc1 66.
Ra3 Rc2 67. Kb3 Rc1 68. Kb4 Rc2 69. Rd3 Rb2+ 70. Kc4 Rc2+ 71. Kb3 Rc1 72. Rd5
Rf1 73. Rf5 Rc1 74. Kb4 Rc2 75. Kb3 Rc1 76. Kb2 Rc6 77. Rd5 Rf6 78. Rd3 Rc6 79.
Rc3 Rd6 80. Kc2 Re6 81. Rc5 Rf6 82. Rf5 Rc6+ 83. Kd3 Rc1 84. Ke3 Ra1 85. Rc5
Ra3+ 86. Kf2 Ra1 87. e5 Ra2+ 88. Kg3 Ra1 89. Rd5 Ra2 90. Rd7 Re2 91. Re7 Kf8
92. Ra7 Rxe5 93. Rxa6 Kg7 94. Ra8 Re2 95. Rb8 Ra2 96. Rb5 Kh7 97. Rc5 Kg7 98.
Rf5 Kg8 99. Rf6 Kg7 100. Ra6 Kh7 101. Ra8 Kg7 102. a6 Kh7 103. a7 Kg7 104. Kh3
Kh7 105. Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. e3 exd4 11. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qf3 Bb7
15. Qh3 h6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bc4 Nc6
12. Qf3 Be6 13. O-O g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Ba2 Ne7 18.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rfd1 f5 21. Ng3 Rf7 22. f3 Bh6 23. Kh1 Be3 24.
exf5 gxf5 25. c3 f4 26. Ne4 Rg7 27. cxd4 exd4 28. Nd2 h5 29. Nf1 Qg6 30. Nxe3
dxe3 31. Qxg6 Rxg6 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc6 34. Re1 Rc2 35. g3 h4 36. gxf4 h3
37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxh2 41. Rxe3 Rxb2 42. Kg1 Kf7
43. Rc3 a5 44. a4 Ke6 45. Rc5 b6 46. Rh5 Rb4 47. Kf2 Rxa4 48. Rh6+ Kf5 49. Rxb6
Kxf4 50. Rf6+ Kg5 51. Rf8 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 a4 53. Rh8 a3 54. Rxh3 Kf4 55. Rh4+ Kg3
56. Rg4+ Kxf3 57. Ra4 Ra1+ 58. Kh2 Ra2+ 59. Kh3 Ra1 60. Kh2 Ke3 61. Kg2 Kd3 62.
Kf2 Kc3 63. Ra8 Kb3 64. Rb8+ Ka2 65. Ke3 Rb1 66. Rh8 Kb2 67. Rb8+ Kc2 68. Rc8+
Kb2 69. Rb8+ Ka1 70. Rg8 a2 71. Kd3 Kb2 72. Rb8+ Kc1 73. Rc8+ Kd1 74. Rh8 Rb3+
75. Kc4 Rc3+ 76. Kb4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

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 Rb8 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd6 Ba6+
15. Ke1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 f6 17. Qe2 fxe5 18. fxe5 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. g3 Qb6
21. b4 d4 22. Bb2 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rf8+ 24. Kg2 d3 25. Qe5 Qf2+ 26. Kh3 Rf6 27.
Qb8+ Rf8 28. Qe5 Rf6 29. Qb8+ Rf8 30. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e5 a6 9.
Nd6 Ne8 10. Nxe8 Rxe8 11. Ne4 Be7 12. c3 Qa5 13. Nd6 Rf8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. Bd3
Nxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxe5 Qa4 19. O-O Qc2 20. Qd4 Qxb2 21. Qxd7
Bc5 22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Qxb7 Qe2 24. Bc7 Qc4 25. Be5 Rfd8 26. Ra1 Rc6 27. Kh1 Bf8
28. Bd4 Rd5 29. Qb8 a5 30. Rfb1 e5 31. Be3 Qxc3 32. h3 Rcd6 33. Rc1 Qb4 34. Qa8
Rd8 35. Qa7 e4 36. Qa6 R8d6 37. Qa8 Rd8 38. Qa6 Qb5 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 40. Rc4 f5
41. g4 g6 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Rc7 f4 44. Rg1+ Kh8 45. Bxf4 Bd6 46. Bxd6 Rxd6 47.
Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rc7+ Kh8 49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. Rc7+ Kh8 51. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. c3 Qc7 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Ndf3 f6 10. Nd3 c4 11. Nf4 Re8 12. h4 Nf8 13. Bh2 b5 14. g4 Nc6 15. g5
f5 16. g6 Nxg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rg1 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
Rxe5 22. Qd4 Re6 23. Bg2 Bb7 24. O-O-O b4 25. cxb4 a5 26. b5 Rd8 27. Qa7 Qb4
28. Qxb7 c3 29. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Bd3 f4 20. Bf2 Ne5
21. Be2 Rg8 22. Nb6 Raf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 b5 25. Rc7 Bf6 26. Ke1 b4 27.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 28. Kf1 h5 29. Be1 a5 30. Bd2 Ng6 31. Rc4 Bb2 32. Be1 h4 33. Bf2 h3
34. Rc7 Bf6 35. Bb6 Nh4 36. Ra7 Rg2 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Bg1 Bc3 39. Rxa5 Bd2 40.
Bd4+ Kf7 41. e5 Be3 42. e6+ Kg6 43. Bd3+ Kg5 44. Bxe3 fxe3 45. Ra8 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 dxe4
13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Rxd4 Nxb3 18. axb3
Bf6 19. Rd7 Bxb2 20. Ra2 e5 21. Be3 Bd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 a5 24. Rd7 b5
25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Rb7 a4 27. Rxb5 axb3 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxb3 g5 30. Rb6 Kg7
31. Kg2 f6 32. h3 Ra4 33. Kf3 Kg6 34. Rb3 Rc4 35. Rd3 Kf5 36. Rd5+ Kg6 37. Ke3
Ra4 38. Rd4 Ra3+ 39. Ke4 Rb3 40. Rd3 Rb4+ 41. Rd4 Rb3 42. Rd3 Rb4+ 43. Kf3 Ra4
44. Re3 Rb4 45. Re4 Rb3+ 46. Kg2 Rb2 47. Rc4 Ra2 48. Rb4 Rc2 49. h4 gxh4 50.
Rg4+ Kh5 51. Rxh4+ Kg5 52. Re4 Ra2 53. Kf3 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Ra2 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56.
Re3 Ra2 57. Rb3 f5 58. Rb5 Ra3+ 59. Kg2 Ra2 60. Rc5 Rb2 61. Ra5 Kg4 62. Ra3 Kg5
63. Kf3 Rc2 64. Re3 Ra2 65. Re2 Ra3+ 66. Kg2 Rb3 67. Ra2 Kg6 68. Ra8 Rb2 69.
Rf8 Ra2 70. Re8 Rb2 71. Kf3 Ra2 72. Re2 Ra3+ 73. Kg2 Rb3 74. f4 Rb1 75. Re5 Ra1
76. Rb5 Rc1 77. Rb6+ Kg7 78. Kh3 Rh1+ 79. Kg2 Ra1 80. Rb2 Kg6 81. Kh3 Rh1+ 82.
Rh2 Rxh2+ 83. Kxh2 Kh6 84. Kg1 Kg7 85. Kf2 Kf6 86. Kf1 Kf7 87. Ke2 Ke6 88. Ke3
Ke7 89. Kd3 Kd7 90. Kc3 Kc7 91. Kb3 Kb7 92. Ka3 Kc6 93. Kb4 Kd5 94. Kc3 Ke4 95.
Kc4 Kf3 96. Kd4 Kxg3 97. Ke3 Kg4 98. Ke2 Kg3 99. Ke3 Kg2 100. Ke2 Kh3 101. Kf3
Kh4 102. Ke3 Kg4 103. Ke2 Kxf4 104. Kf2 Ke4 105. Ke2 f4 106. Kf2 f3 107. Kf1
Kf5 108. Kf2 Kf4 109. Kf1 Ke3 110. Ke1 f2+ 111. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc4
Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Ne1 a6 18. f3 b5 19. Bd3 e5 20. Bc2 e4 21. f4 Bd5 22. b3
Qf6 23. Rab1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 b4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qd1 Qxd1 28. Bxd1
a5 29. Nc2 Nd3 30. Nd4 Bd5 31. Bc2 g6 32. Kf1 Nc5 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Kd2 Ke7 35.
g3 h5 36. Bd1 Ne6 37. Nxe6 Bxe6 38. Be2 Bh3 39. Bc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Bd3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 c4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. f3 b5 15. g4
a5 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. g5 Nd7 18. f4 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. exd4 b4 21. Qh4 g6 22.
f5 bxc3 23. f6 Qf8 24. bxc3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc5+ 26. Qf2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. Be3 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Nc3 c6 11. f4 g6 12. Ne2 Bf5 13.
Qb3 Qc8 14. Ng3 b6 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Qa4 Kd7 17. h3 h5 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. c4 dxc4
20. Qxc4 Kb7 21. e6 Rad8 22. exf7 Rhf8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5
26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rxf7 28. Kg2 d4 29. Bd2 Bc7 30. Kf3 Rh7 31. Rc4 d3 32. Rd4
Rh3+ 33. Ke4 Rg3 34. g5 Kc6 35. a4 Bd6 36. b4 a6 37. b5+ axb5 38. axb5+ Kc7 39.
Be3 Kd7 40. Rxd3 Rg2 41. Bxb6 Ke6 42. Rb3 Re2+ 43. Be3 Re1 44. b6 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Re8 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Rc1 a6 12.
Nc3 Bd6 13. Bb1 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5
Bxd5 19. Rfd1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rad8 21. Qh3 Nf8 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rcd1 c4
25. Rd5 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. Bf4 Qc6
13. g5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Qc3 Ne7 17. Bg2 Qb5 18. Rhg1 Ng6 19.
Bd6 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 f6 22. Ka1 Kf7 23. Rb1 Ba8 24. Bh3 Qh4 25. Rb6
Rhe8 26. Rxa6 Qxe4 27. Re1 Qd5 28. Bg3 Rc6 29. Ra7+ Kg8 30. Ra5 Qd8 31. Qa3 Nf8
32. Ra7 Qd4+ 33. c3 Qd2 34. Rg1 g6 35. Qc1 Qxc1+ 36. Rxc1 e5 37. Rd1 Rb6 38.
Bf2 Rb5 39. Bd7 Nxd7 40. Rdxd7 Bd5 41. a4 Rb7 42. Raxb7 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 f5 44. a5
f4 45. a6 e4 46. a7 e3 47. Bxe3 fxe3 48. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Black "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qd4 9. Qxd4 cxd4 10. Na3 Nfd7 11. Nd3
Nc6 12. Bd2 Nde5 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. h3 d3 15. Bc3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Nxd3 Nxd3
18. exd3 Rxd3 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Rxd3 Bxd3 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. b3 Rb8 23. g4 Be6 24.
Nb5 a5 25. c5 g5 26. Na7 Bf6 27. Be4 Kg7 28. Kg2 Ra8 29. Nb5 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rb8
31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Nc7 Bd7 34. c6 Bxc6 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 e6 37.
Ra6 Be5 38. Na8 Rb5 39. Nb6 Bc3 40. Nc4 Rd5 41. Rd6 Rxd6 42. Nxd6 Kg6 43. Nc4
f5 44. f3 h5 45. Kf2 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kf6 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Kd3 Be1 49. Ne3 Kf6 50.
Ke2 Bc3 51. gxf5 Ke5 52. Kd3 Bb4 53. fxe6 Kxe6 54. Ke4 Be7 55. Nc4 Bd8 56. Ne5
Bb6 57. Nc6 Kd6 58. Nd4 Kc5 59. a3 Kd6 60. Nf5+ Kc5 61. Ne3 Kb5 62. Nc4 Bc7 63.
Kd5 a4 64. b4 Bf4 65. Kd4 Bc1 66. Kc3 Kc6 67. Kc2 Bf4 68. Nb2 Kb5 69. Nd1 Kc4
70. Nc3 Bb8 71. Nxa4 Kd4 72. Nc5 Bd6 73. Ne6+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Han, Yichen"]
[Black "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 c6 11. Nge2 a4 12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 hxg4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. Nxh5
gxh5 16. Rxh5 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. O-O-O a3 19. b4 Na4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. Bh6
Qf6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg5+ Bg6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Bd3 e4 26. Bxe4 Qa1+ 27. Kc2
Qb2+ 28. Kd3 Rxf3+ 29. Ke2 Rf6 30. Rxg4 Rxb4 31. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 Rh2 33.
Rxg6+ Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
f4 Nfd7 16. Bf2 Nf8 17. Kh2 h5 18. a3 Nfd7 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 gxf5
22. Qxf5 Nf6 23. Qc2 Ra5 24. Nh4 e4 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nxe4 Rce5 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6
28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Nf3 Qxb2 30. Qxa4 Re2 31. Rg1 Bf5 32. Qa5 Bg6 33. h4 Kg7 34.
Kh1 Re3 35. a4 Qf2 36. Rf1 Qxg3 37. Qb6 Re2 38. Rg1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. a3 e6 11. b4 h6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bd2 Re8 14. e3 Nf6 15. Re1 e5
16. d5 Ne7 17. e4 Nh7 18. Nh2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ng6 22. Qd3
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 25. Ne2 Re8 26. Nf3 Nf8 27. Nfd4 Kh8 28. Rf1
Ng6 29. c5 dxc5 30. bxc5 Bf8 31. c6 bxc6 32. dxc6 Bc8 33. Nc2 Bd6 34. Kh1 Kh7
35. a4 Rg8 36. Bd5 Rg7 37. Ne3 Bc5 38. Ng2 Ne7 39. Bf3 a5 40. Qc4 Bb6 41. Rd1
Be6 42. Qb5 Ng6 43. Bd5 Bc8 44. Qd3 Ne7 45. Qc4 Nxd5 46. Qxd5 Be6 47. Qf3 Bf7
48. Ng3 Qg6 49. Kh2 Be8 50. Rc1 Qf6 51. Qc3 Rg6 52. Qe5 Bxc6 53. Qe2 Bxg2 54.
Qxg2 Qd4 55. Re1 Bc5 56. Qa2 Qxf4 57. Qf7+ Rg7 58. Qxf5+ Qxf5 59. Nxf5 Rg5 60.
Rf1 Bb4 61. h4 Rg4 62. Kh3 Re4 63. Ng3 Re7 64. Rf6 Re3 65. Kg4 Rd3 66. Nf5 Bd2
67. Rc6 Rc3 68. Re6 Rc5 69. Ng3 Rc4+ 70. Re4 Rc5 71. Rd4 Bc1 72. Rd7+ Kg8 73.
Nh5 Kf8 74. Rh7 Bb2 75. Rxh6 Rc4+ 76. Kg3 Rxa4 77. Re6 Kf7 78. Re2 Rb4 79. Nf4
Rb3+ 80. Kg4 a4 81. Re4 a3 82. Ra4 c5 83. Kf5 c4 84. Ra7+ Ke8 85. Ke4 Rb6 86.
h5 c3 87. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10.
Nc3 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 O-O 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Bg5
Qc8 17. Qf4 Ne7 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Nf5 Rxe5 22. Nd6
Bc6 23. b4 Qc3 24. Rc1 Qb2 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qc4 Re6 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Ng5 b5
29. Qd3 Rg6 30. h4 Qxb4 31. a3 Qxh4 32. Qb3+ d5 33. Rxc6 Rxg5 34. g3 Qe4 35.
Qxb5 Qf3 36. Re6 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qxe6 40. Rf2 Rc8 41.
Qb2 Qb6 42. Qxb6 axb6 43. Rb2 Rc6 44. Rb5 Rd6 45. Kf2 d4 46. Ke2 Kf7 47. Kd3
Kf6 48. a4 g5 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rxa5 h5 51. Ra2 h4 52. Ke4 d3 53. Rd2 Rd8 54. Ke3
Kf5 55. Kf3 g4+ 56. Kg2 Ke4 57. Kf2 Rf8+ 58. Ke1 h3 59. Ra2 g3 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6
8. e4 Nge7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bc7 11. e5 Ng6 12. Re1 Bb6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bg5
Qf7 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Ne2 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. g3 Qf6 19. Bb5 e5 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. b4 Bd7 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Nc2 Bh3 26. f4 Rxe3 27.
Nxe3 Re8 28. Rac1 Qe7 29. Rc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Vardaan, Nagpal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7
8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Nxf5
Bxf5 15. f3 a6 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. h4 b5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8
21. Bd4 Bg6 22. Ne2 Kg8 23. Ng1 Rc8 24. Nh3 c5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Bd3 Qf6 27.
Kb1 Bxb2 28. Qxg5 Qxg5 29. Nxg5 Bf6 30. Bxg6 Bxg5 31. Bf5 Re8 32. Be4 Bf6 33.
Rh1 Bg7 34. Rh5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southend Masters 2023 (GM Title Norms)"]
[Site "Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Black "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9.
Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Ne5
Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be7 Bxe7 18. Rxe7 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Rab8 20. Re5 Qc7 21. Rae1
Rbd8 22. h4 Qd6 23. a4 b6 24. R1e4 Rd7 25. Qd3 c5 26. h5 cxd4 27. hxg6 Qxg6 28.
Qh3 f5 29. Rh4 Rf6 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rf8+ Kxf8 32. Qh8+ 1-0