[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Rocha, Maimiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. d3 c6 8.
Bf4 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Rae1 Nb6 14. Bb3
Rad8 15. Qa5 Nbd5 16. Bg5 b6 17. Qa6 Qc7 18. Qa4 h6 19. Bh4 b5 20. Qa6 Rc8 21.
Bg3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bd6 c5 26. c4 bxc4 27.
dxc4 Ne4 28. Bf4 g5 29. Bc1 Nd6 30. f4 g4 31. Re5 f6 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rd1 Re6
34. Kh1 Kg7 35. Ba2 Ndxc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Rxa7 Rb6 39. Rc7 Nxb2
40. Bxb2 Rxb2 41. Rxc5 Ra2 42. Rc3 h5 43. h4 gxh3 44. gxh3 h4 45. Kg1 Re2 46.
Kf1 Re4 47. Rf3 Kf7 48. Kf2 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf8 50. Rf2 Ke7 51. Kf3 Ra4 52. Re2+
Kd6 53. Re3 Kd5 54. Rd3+ Kc4 55. Re3 Ra8 56. Kf2 Kd5 57. Rd3+ Kc4 58. Re3 Kd4
59. Kf3 Rb8 60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Kf3 Rh2 62. Re6 Rxh3+ 63. Kg2 Rxa3 64. Rxf6 Ke4
65. Rh6 Ra2+ 66. Kh3 Kxf4 67. Rxh4+ Kf3 68. Rb4 Re2 69. Ra4 Re4 70. Ra3+ Re3
71. Rxe3+ Kxe3 72. Kg2 f4 73. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. Ne1
c6 9. e4 e6 10. c3 Na6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd3 d5 13. Nd2 c5 14. Re1 Bb7 15. e5
Nd7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bf4 c4 18. Nb4 Nac5 19. a5 a6 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Ra3 Nxa5 22.
Nd4 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nab3 24. Nxb3 Nxb3 25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Nc5 27. Bf1 a5 28. Nc2
Qb6 29. Qc1 Ne4 30. Ne3 f6 31. Bg2 Nc5 32. Ng4 Nd3 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 fxe5
35. Nxe5 Nxb2 36. Ra2 Nd1 37. Re1 Nxc3 38. Rc2 Ne4 39. Nxc4 dxc4 40. Bxe4 Bd5
41. Bg2 Rab8 42. Bf1 Rb4 43. f4 a4 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Rc3 Rb3 46. Rxc4 Bxc4 47.
Bxc4 Rb6 48. Ra3 Kf7 49. g4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Allen, Alonso"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d4 Nc6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 O-O 14.
Nbd2 Nd5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rc4 Rfc8 20. Kf1
b5 21. Rh4 h6 22. Be5 Kf7 23. Nd4 a6 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. b3 Be7 26. Rh3 Ra7 27.
Rhd3 g5 28. Ne2 Rb7 29. g3 Nd5 30. Rc1 Ba3 31. Rb1 Bf8 32. Rc1 Ba3 33. Rb1 Be7
34. Ke1 h5 35. h3 Bf6 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Rbd1 Rd7 38. f4 g4 39. h4 Rc5 40. Rc1
Rdc7 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Nd4 Nf6 43. Ne2 Ne4+ 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Rc2 Nf6 46. Kd2 Nd5
47. Rc1 Nf6 48. Ke3 e5 49. fxe5 Rxe5+ 50. Kd2 Ne4+ 51. Ke1 Rce7 52. Rc2 Nc5 53.
Rd6 Re3 54. Kf1 Nd3 55. Rd2 Rf3+ 56. Kg1 Nc5 57. R6d5 Ne4 58. R2d3 Nf6 59. Nf4
0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O d5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Nc6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Qd8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. b3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8.
axb3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d5 12. Nxg5 Bd7 13. Na3 Rc8 14. Nf3 a6
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Kf8 19. Ke2 Kg7 20. Nc2 Bf6 21.
Nb4 Nxb4 22. Bxd7 Rc7 23. Bb5 Nc6 24. Ra4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rg4+ Kf8 27.
Rgh4 Rc5 28. Bd3 Ra5 29. Rb4 Ra7 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Ke7 32. Rh5 f5 33. Bf3
Bg7 34. g4 fxg4 35. Rxg4 Kf7 36. Rb4 Ke7 37. Rhb5 Rb8 38. Rxb7+ Raxb7 39. Rxb7+
Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Kd6 41. Kd3 h5 42. g3 Bf6 43. b4 h4 44. c4 h3 45. c5+ Kc7 46. Bh1
h2 47. b5 Bd8 48. b6+ Kb8 49. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 Nge7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
h6 9. e3 f5 10. d4 f4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. e4 Bg4 14. Nd5 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. Rac1 c6 18. Ba3 Nxd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. gxf4 exf4 21.
Rfd1 d4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Be4 Rb5 24. Rc5 Rb6 25. Ra5 Rd7 26. Bc5 Re6 27. f3
1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg2 Qh5 18. Be3 Bf3 19. Qf1 f5 20. Nd2 f4 21. Bxf4
Rxf4 22. Nxf3 Rxf3 23. Qe2 Qf7 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Rf1 Rf6 26. Rae1 Qd7 27. a4 Rh6
28. h4 bxa4 29. Qd1 g5 30. Qd2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O b5 7. Kb1 Bb7 8. f3
Nb6 9. Bd3 Nc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. h4 h5 12. Nh3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15.
Qe2 Qd7 16. Ng5 a5 17. e5 e6 18. Nce4 Bd5 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Bxd6
Rfc8 22. Be5 Nc4 23. c3 Qa4 24. b3 Rab8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Nc5 Qb5 27. Ka1 a4
28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Qc2 Qa5 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Rb4 Rxc5 32. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Arevalo, Josue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nh6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Nc3 Nfxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Kh1
a6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Ba7 17. g4 Rfc8 18. h4 Nc6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Ne2 Rxc1 $146
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Kf3 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bb1 h6 27.
Ba2 Kg7 28. Kg3 Bb8 29. Kf3 Bd6 30. Be3 Bd7 31. Bb6 Ne7 32. Bd8 Ng6 33. h5 Ne7
34. Nd4 Nc6 35. Bb6 Nxd4+ 36. Bxd4 Bc6 37. b4 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Bb2 Kf6 40.
Bb1 Bd7 41. Bc2 Bf8 42. Kg3 Bg7 43. Kh4 Kf7 44. Bg6+ Ke7 45. Bc2 Bf6+ 46. Kg3
Kd6 47. Bc1 Bg7 48. g5 hxg5 49. Bxg5 e4 50. h6 Be5+ 51. Bf4 Bf5 52. Ba4 Bh7 53.
Kg4 b5 54. Bd1 d4 55. Kg5 d3 56. Be3 Bb2 57. Bg4 Bc3 58. Kf4 Kd5 59. Bc5 Bd2+
60. Be3 Bxe3+ 61. Kxe3 Kc4 62. Kd2 Kb3 63. Bc8 Kxa3 64. Bxa6 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5
8. Bxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxe5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bf3 c6 14.
O-O Rd8 15. Qb4 Rd7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Be6 20. b4
d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. g3 f5 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Kf3 Ke6
27. h4 g6 28. e4 fxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Kd6 30. g4 b6 31. Rf3 Ke6 32. Rf8 a5 33. Ke3
axb4 34. axb4 Rb5 35. Rf4 Rd5 36. Rc4 c5 37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Ra4 b5 39. Ra7 Kd5
40. Rxh7 Kc4 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 Rc8 43. Rh1 Kb3 44. Rb1+ Ka4 45. g5 b4 46. f4
b3 47. g6 Ka3 48. f5 Ka2 49. Rxb3 Kxb3 50. f6 Re8+ 51. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nbd2 c4 8. Bc2
Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 g6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. f4 Bd7 15.
Nf3 b4 16. Kf2 Rb8 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Qg4 Kg7 19. Qh3 h5 20. g4 Rh8 21. Qf3 hxg4
22. Qxg4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5 24. Qg5 Qd8 25. Qxd8 Rhxd8 26. Rab1 a5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Bxb1 Ba4 30. Ke2 Kh6 31. Nf3 Be7 32. g4 Bd7 33. Bc2 Kg7 34. g5
Ba3 35. e4 Kf8 36. exd5 exd5 37. Nd4 Bc1 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Ne2 Bd2 40. Kg3 Be1+
41. Kf3 a4 42. Ke3 a3 43. Kf3 Bc6 44. Ke3 Bd7 45. Kf3 Bh3 46. Bb1 Bf1 47. Nd4
Bxc3 48. Ke3 Bb2 49. Bc2 Bg2 50. Nc6+ Kd7 51. Nd4 Bh3 52. Ba4+ Kc7 53. Be8
Bxd4+ 54. Kxd4 Be6 55. Ba4 Kb6 56. Bc2 Kb5 57. Bb1 Kb4 58. Bc2 c3 59. Bb1 Bd7
60. Ke3 Kc5 61. Kd3 d4 62. Ke2 Bg4+ 63. Kf2 Kc4 64. f5 gxf5 65. e6 fxe6 66. g6
Bh5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxc4 Bb4 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 O-O
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rc4 a5 21.
g3 Bc5 22. Qc2 Bb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe4 Rd8 25. Nc4 Bxd4 26. Kg2 Qd5 27. Qxd5
Rxd5 28. Nxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxd4 b5 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. Ke3 bxa4 32. bxa4 Ke7 33. Kd3 e5
34. Rc4 Kd6 35. Kc3 Kd5 36. Kb3 Ra7 37. f3 f5 38. Rb4 e4 39. fxe4+ fxe4 40. Kc3
Rc7+ 41. Kd2 Rf7 42. Ke2 Rc7 43. Rb2 Ra7 44. Ra2 Ra5 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. g4 g5 47.
Ra3 Kd5 48. Ra2 Kc4 49. Rd2 Kb3 50. Rd4 Rxa4 51. Rxa4 Kxa4 52. Kxe4 Kb3 53. Kf5
Kc3 54. Kg6 Kd4 55. Kxh6 Ke4 56. Kxg5 Ke5 57. h4 Ke6 58. Kg6 Ke7 59. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rocha, Maimiliano"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Picado, Jorge"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Nc2 h6 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Na7 16. Bb2 Rxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxb5 18. Bb2 Qa8 19. f3 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qb7 21. Ne3
Nh5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nf4 24. Qd2 g5 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Nc7 27. g3 Nfe6
28. Kg2 d5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Kf2 f6 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. a4 Bb4 34.
Rc8 Ke7 35. Rh8 Nc5 36. Rxh6 Nxb3 37. Kd3 Nc5+ 38. Kc4 Nxa4 39. Kxd5 Nxb2 40.
Rh7+ Kf8 41. Rb7 Bc3 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Nd3 44. Rb3 Nf4+ 45. Ke4 Be1 46. Kf5
Nh5 47. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rad1 e5 13. Bg5 b5 14. a3 Bb7
15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6 Rc7 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Bxa7 Qxa7
21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Re1 Ra8 24. Qd3 h6 25. Qd6 Qc4 26. Qd3 Qc7 27.
Qd6 Qc4 28. Qd3 Qc7 29. Qd6 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 f6 15.
O-O e5 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. f3 Rf7 18. e4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bf2
Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Be6 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Kf2 Rfe7 25. Rd1 Bb3 26. Re1 f5 27. Bc5 Re5
28. Bd4 R5e7 29. Bc5 Re5 30. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
exd5 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. O-O-O Nxc3
14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. Bxc3 f6 16. Bd4 b6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Kc7
20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Rc3+ Kb7 22. a4 Rd5 23. Rb3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Re3 e5 26. c3
Rd5 27. Rh3 h6 28. Rg3 Rd7 29. Kc2 Kc7 30. Re3 Rd5 31. h4 h5 32. f3 Kd6 33. b4
g5 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Rd3 e4 36. fxe4 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 h4 38. Ke3 g4 39. c4 Ke5 40.
c5 h3 41. gxh3 gxh3 42. Kf3 bxc5 43. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5
15. Bf3 Kh8 16. Qd3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. b3 g6 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Bh6 21. b4
axb4 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qc5 24. Rab1 f5 25. Nce3 Nd4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Nxb4
Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qxc4 30. Qb6 fxe4 31. Qxd6 Kg8 32. Qxe5 exf3 33.
Re1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 c6 11. e4 Qe7 12. h3 Be6 13. Qa4 Rfe8 14. Bg5 Qc5 15.
b3 b5 16. Qa5 a6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nf8 21. dxe6
Nxe6 22. Rac1 h5 23. Rc6 h4 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Qxa6 hxg3 26. fxg3 Qb4 27. Qd6
Qa5 28. Rd5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe3 30. Qc6 Rb8 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Nd4 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Ne2 35. Qf1 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qe3 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. Bf3 Nd4 39. Bg4 Qxe4
40. Qc4+ Kh7 41. a4 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 e4 43. a5 Qd2+ 44. Kf1 Qxa5 45. b4 Qa1+ 46.
Kf2 Nf5 47. Qxe4 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. a4
Rb8 9. h3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. d5 Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Bf4 c4 14. Nd4 Rbc8 15. Bf1
Nc5 16. f3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Nh5 20. a5 b5 21. Qxd3 e5 22.
Ne2 f5 23. Bb6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rf7 25. Rf1 Rcf8 26. Ng1 Bh6 27. Nc2 Bc8 28. Rxf7
Qxf7 29. Re1 Bf4 30. gxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Kh1 Ng3+ 32. Kg2 Nh5 33. Qe3 Qh4 34. Kh2
Nf4 35. Qg3 Qh5 36. Rf1 Qh6 37. Be3 Qh5 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Rxf4 Qd1 40. Rxf8+
Kxf8 41. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. h3 h6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Rc8 12. Qb3 b5 13. a4 c6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Ra7 Bd6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Rfa1 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qg5 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Nxg4 f5 21. Ne5
f4 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Ne5 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qg6 25. Ne5 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Bh2 Bf8 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa2 Nd5 18. Qb1 Nc6 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. Qc2
Ned5 22. Qd1 Nh5 23. Bf1 Nhf6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. Bf1 Nhf6 26. Bd3 Nh5 27. Bf1 Nhf6
28. Bd3 Nh5 29. Bf1 Nhf6 30. Bd3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Bg3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. Qd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6
15. Re1 Qc7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Nf3 a6 20. Qd2 Qc5 21.
Rbc1 Bb5 22. Bb1 Qc4 23. Qc2 g6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Bd3 Qc7 27. g4 Rh8
28. g3 Qd8 29. Kg2 Qc7 30. f4 h5 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rhg8 33. f6+ Bxf6 34.
exf6+ Kf8 35. Re3 Qf4 36. Rf1 Rxg3+ 37. Rxg3 Qxd2+ 38. Rf2 Qh6 39. Rg8+ Kxg8
40. Bc2 Kf8 41. Ne2 h4 42. Nf4 Qg5+ 43. Kf3 e5 44. Ng2 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. d4 Nd7 8.
Qd3 Ngf6 9. e4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Rad8 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne8 14. Ne4 c5
15. c3 Qb6 16. Qf2 Qg6 17. Be3 b6 18. Qf5 Nc7 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Rad1 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Nd5 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. Nc3 Bh4 25. e6 Nb8 26. d5 Rfe8 27. Nb5
Na6 28. d6 Rxe6 29. Bd5 Kf7 30. Nd4 Kf6 31. Nxe6 Rxd6 32. Bc4 Rxe6 33. Bxa6 g5
34. Rd5 g6 35. Rfd1 Re4 36. Rd6+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rxa7 Rg4+
40. Kh1 Bf2 41. Rf1 Be3 42. Be2 Rd4 43. Ra3 f4 44. Rd3 Re4 45. Bf3 Re5 46. Re1
Kf5 47. Kg2 g5 48. h3 Rc5 49. Rd5+ Rxd5 50. Bxd5 Ke5 51. Bb7 Kd4 52. Kf3 Kd3
53. Be4+ Kd4 54. Re2 b5 55. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c4 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 d5 13. a4 g5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Nh5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bg4 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Qc2
Be6 22. Qe2 Bg4 23. Qc2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d3 b6
9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfc1 Rac8
15. Ne3 Rfd8 16. Qb2 Qb8 17. Rc4 Ne7 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. h4 h6 20. Ng4 Nd7 21. h5
Bxf3 22. hxg6 Bxg4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rh4 Rd7 26. Rcc4 Rf8 27. b4
cxb4 28. Rxb4 Kg8 29. a4 Nd5 30. Rbg4 Nf6 31. Rg6 Kh7 32. Rhxh6+ gxh6 33. Rxf6
Rxf6 34. Qxf6 Qe8 35. Be4+ Kg8 36. Qxh6 Rg7 37. Kg2 Qf7 38. f4 Kf8 39. Kf3 Ke7
40. e3 Qf6 41. Qh1 Qb2 42. g4 a6 43. d4 b5 44. Qh6 Rf7 45. d5 exd5 46. Bxd5 Rf6
47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. g5 Rxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Qf2+ 50. Bf3 Qb2 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. axb5 Qh2+
53. Ke4 Qc2+ 54. Ke5 Qc3+ 55. Kd6 Qb4+ 56. Qc5 Qh4 57. Qe5 Kf8 58. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Rocha, Maimiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Bxc3 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxd4 13. Ng4 Qg5 14. Bh7+ Kxh7
15. Qxd4 f6 16. Ne3 e5 17. Qc5 Be6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 e4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
h4 Rxd5 22. hxg5 Rxc5 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rd6 Re8 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 b5 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nbd2 a4 10. c5 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nfd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. a3 f5 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. e3 Bd7
16. f3 Be8 17. Rae1 Nbd7 18. Nb1 g5 19. Nc3 g4 20. Ne2 gxf3 21. Nxf3 Ne4 22.
Nf4 Bf7 23. Nd3 Ndf6 24. Nfe5 Bd8 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Bf3 Ng5 27. Bg2 Qe7 28. Qe2
Be8 29. Nfd3 Bh5 30. Qf2 Nfe4 31. Qc2 Qe8 32. h4 Nf7 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Nf4 Bc7
35. Bc3 Nxe5 36. dxe5 Bg4 37. Rf2 Rd8 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Kf7 40. Rf1 Qe7 41.
Bd4 Rg8 42. Kh2 Bd8 43. Bc3 Bc7 44. Bd4 Rd8 45. Qa2 Rd7 46. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Ne1 b5 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nb4 Qe8 14. Nc6 Ra8 15. a4
bxa4 16. Nxa4 h5 17. Bg5 Kh7 18. Qb3 Rh8 19. Qa3 Qf8 20. Rac1 Ng8 21. Bd8 Bh6
22. Rc2 f5 23. Bc7 Ngf6 24. Bxd6 Qe8 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Ne7 Bb7 27. Rc7 Rb8 28.
Nc6 Bf8 29. Nxb8 Qxb8 30. Re1 Kg6 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Nb6 Nxb6 34.
Qxb6 Bxd5 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Rc6+ Nf6 38. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. b5 Nd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd4 Nf7 14. Qb3 e5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. c4 d4 17. Bc1 Bc5 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Nbd2 Bg4 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Bd3
Qd7 22. Rfe1 g6 23. Bxg6 d3 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Qc3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3 Ng4 27. Rf1
Qf4 28. Bc1 Qf5 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 e4 31. Bb2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rd7 33. Kg1 e3
34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qg7+ Ke6 36. Nd4+ Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Qf2+ 38. Kh2 d2 39. Qd5+ Ke7
40. Qxb7+ Ke6 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. Qe4+ Kf7 43. Qxh7+ Ke6 44. Qg6+ Ke7 45. Ba3+ Kd8
46. Qd6+ Kc8 47. Qc6+ Kd8 48. Qd6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kd8 50. Qd5+ Kc8 51. Bd6 Re7
52. Bxe7 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 e2 54. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qf5 8.
Be2 O-O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Rac1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. h3
Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bf3 Be4 18. Nd7+ Qxd7 19. Bxe4 h6 20. d5 exd5
21. Bf5 Qd8 22. Bxc8 Kxc8 23. Rxc6+ bxc6 24. Qxc6+ Qc7 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qxd5+
Bd6 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d3 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 f5 11. Bb3+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Qg6
15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Qh5 d5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. d4 Bd6 20. Ne2 Na5 21.
Nf4 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rf6 23. Re3 Re8 24. Rh3+ Kg8 25. Bd2 c6 26. Re1 Nc8 27. Rxe8+
Bxe8 28. Kf2 Bb8 29. Rh7 Nd6 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. Nfxe6+ Ke7 33. Nf4
Kf6 34. h4 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4+ fxe4 36. g4 Bf7 37. Be3 Bd6 38. b4 b6 39. Kg2 a5 40.
bxa5 bxa5 41. b3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Kd2 Kb6 45. Kc2 Kb5 46. Kb2 c5
47. Ka2 cxd4 48. cxd4 a4 49. bxa4+ Kxa4 50. Kb2 Kb4 51. Ne2 Kc4 52. Kc2 Be7 53.
g5 Bd6 54. Bf2 Bc7 55. Be3 Be6 56. Bf4 Bb6 57. Be5 e3 58. Bf6 Bg4 59. Nc3 e2
60. Kd2 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Be6 8. c4 O-O
9. d5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxb2 11. dxe6 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bxa1 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Bc4+
Kg7 15. Ng5 Kh8 16. Ne6 Rc8 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Nc3 Bb2 19. Bh6 Nb6 20. Be2 d5 21.
Bf3 Rc6 22. Ng5 Rf6 23. Kc2 Bxc3 24. Kxc3 e5 25. e4 d4+ 26. Kd3 a5 27. Rc1 Rc8
28. Bg4 Rc7 29. Ne6 Re7 30. Rxc5 Rfxe6 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe5 Rd6
34. Rxa5 Kg7 35. Bf4 Rd7 36. Be5+ Kf7 37. Bxd4 Nc8 38. Rd5 Rc7 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40.
Bxc5 Ke6 41. f4 Kd7 42. g4 Kc6 43. b4 b6 44. Bf8 Nd6 45. h4 Nb5 46. f5 Kd7 47.
e5 Nc7 48. Ke4 Ke8 49. Bh6 Na6 50. Bd2 Nc7 51. e6 Nb5 52. Ke5 Nc7 53. f6 b5 54.
f7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8. a3 a6
9. Bg5 b5 10. Ba2 e6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nf4
Bb7 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 c4 20. g4 Qe7 21. Qd2
Qd7 22. g5 Ng4 23. dxc4 Nce5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qb4 Bg7 26. cxd5 Bxh6 27. gxh6
Qd8 28. Qe4 Qd6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qe5 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Kf8 33. e4 f6
34. Kf2 Ke8 35. Kg3 g5 36. c4 bxc4 37. Bxc4 a5 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Bc8 40. Be2
f5 41. e5 f4+ 42. Kg2 Bf5 43. b5 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bb7 45. Be4 Kd7 46. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. Be2
b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. g3 e5 12. h3 Bb7 13. Bf3 c5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg2
c4 16. a4 Nd7 17. b4 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. O-O Bxb2 10. N1d2 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 Nf6 12. Bh6 Rg8 13. h3 g5 14. Nf3 g4 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Qb1 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 e4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nd2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Bf4 Nd8 15.
Ng5 e6 16. Qg4 Nc4 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Bg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Re8
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Nh5 Qe7 26. f4 Qf7 27. Qg4 Ne7 28.
Nf6 Bxf6 29. exf6 Ng8 30. Bg6 Qxf6 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Qg3 Nd6 33. f5 Nxf5 34.
Qc7 Qe7 35. Qa5 Nf6 36. Rf1 Kf7 37. Rae1 Ne4 38. Qxa7 Rg8 39. Qb6 c4 40. Kh1
Ke8 41. a4 Bc8 42. Qb8 Qc5 43. Qe5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Ba7 9. O-O d6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Kh1 b5 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rae1 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Rf3 Rae8 17. Ref1 Re6 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. Qh4 h6 20. Rh3 Nh7 21. Bc1
Rf6 22. Rhf3 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Qe6 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. Qe1 Ng5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rf5 g6
28. Rxg5 Bd8 29. Rg3 Bh4 30. Nd2 Bxg3 31. Nxg3 Nc5 32. Be2 Qf6 33. c4 bxc4 34.
Bxc4 Rd8 35. Nf3 Qf4 36. Qb4 Rd1+ 37. Nf1 Qe3 38. Nxe5 Qf2 39. h3 Rxf1+ 40.
Bxf1 Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Qxb7 Rb8 9. Qa6 Nb4 10. Qxa7 Rd8 11. Kd1 Bg6 12. a3 Nc2 13. Ra2 Ne7 14. b4 Nc6
15. Qa4 Ne3+ 16. fxe3 dxe3 17. Ke1 Be7 18. g3 O-O 19. Bg2 exd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qe6
21. Qb3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf4 Qd4 25. Bf3 Bf6 26. Kf1 c6 27.
Kg2 Be4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Qf3 Qxc4 30. Rc1 Qa2 31. Rxc6 Re8 32. Kf1 Bb2 33.
Qe4 Rd8 34. Qd3 Rf8 35. b5 Bxa3 36. Ra6 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qb2 38. Rxa3 Re8 39. Kf2
h6 40. Rb3 Qa2 41. Be3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Picado, Jorge"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rab1 Rb8 12. g4 Qc7 13. f4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15.
Kh1 b5 16. Ng3 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. exf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh7 21.
Qg2 Rf8 22. Rg1 Bd4 23. Nh5 Bb7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Qh7 26. Rg6 Bxd5+ 27.
cxd5 Rg8 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxd6 Rg6 30. Rd7+ Kh6 31. Ng3 Rf8 32. b3 Bf2 33.
Kg2 Bd4 34. Re1 Rff6 35. Ree7 Rg8 36. Rh7+ Kg6 37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bf4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qc2 Bh5 12. b4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. b5
Ne7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 g5 17. Qd3 gxf4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxf4 a6 20. bxa6 Rxa6
21. Nb3 Rh6 22. Raf1 Qd6 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. R4f3 Qxg3 25. Rxg3 Ra8 26. Rgf3 Rxa2
27. Rxf7 Ra3 28. Nc5 Nh4 29. Rxc7 Rxc3 30. Rxb7 Rc2 31. g3 Ng6 32. h4 Nxh4 33.
gxh4 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bxe3
15. Qe1 Bc5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Ke7 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. c4 Bc6 20. b3 Bxg3 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Be4 Bb8 23. g3 Rcd8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. Rac1 Qd7 27.
Qb2 f6 28. Rfe1 Kf7 29. Qe2 h5 30. Red1 h4 31. Ne3 hxg3 32. Nxd5 gxf2+ 33. Qxf2
exd5 34. Qg2 Bh2+ 35. Kf1 d4 36. Rc4 Be5 37. Qf3 Rh3 38. Qg2 Qf5+ 39. Ke1 Bg3+
0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. d3
c6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Rc1 a4 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Be5 15.
Qc2 axb3 16. axb3 Ra2 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. g4 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 Nd3 22. Qb1 Nxf2 23. c5 Qxc5 24. b4 Qb6 25. Kg2 Nxd1 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Nc4
Rxd1 28. Nxb6 Rb1 29. Nc4 Rxb4 30. Nd6 b5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nge7 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 Ng6 8. a4
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g3 Bf6 11. h4 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Bd4 15.
Ne2 Be5 16. c3 f5 17. Be3 fxe4 18. dxe4 Na5 19. Ba2 Qxb2 20. Bxc5 Rf6 21. Qd3
Nb3 22. Bxb3 Qxb3 23. Reb1 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Na7 15.
Rfc1 Qd8 16. Bg5 b5 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rc5 Na7 20. Rbc1 Rxc5 21.
Rxc5 Rc8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. h3 Nf8 24. Nc1 Bc6 25. Qc2 g6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Rc3 Nb6
28. Nc5 Nc4 29. Nxa6 Ra8 30. Nc5 Nc8 31. Qc1 N8b6 32. Qh6 Qf8 33. Qc1 Kg7 34.
h4 Ra7 35. Ng5 Qa8 36. h5 Rxa3 37. h6+ Kg8 38. Rxa3 Nxa3 39. Qf4 Qf8 40. Nxh7
Kxh7 41. Bxg6+ Kxg6 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Nxe6 Qh8 44. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Qh4 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nb4 12. Bd1 Nc6 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 e5 16. f5 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 gxf5 18. c3 Qd3 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. Qe1 e4 21. Be2
Qd7 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Bf4 e3 25. Nd6 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Bf3 Qc2
28. Bxc6 e2 29. Bxe8 exf1=Q+ 30. Rxf1 Rxe8 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxa4 33. Be5
f6 34. Bd6 b6 35. h3 Qd7 36. Qe7 Qxe7 37. Bxe7 a4 38. Bd8 b5 39. Be7 c4 40. Kg1
Kg8 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ba3 Bf8 43. Ke3 Bxa3 44. bxa3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. g4 h6 47.
h4 Kc6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. h5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nd2
Qc7 9. Ndf3 c4 10. Bc2 Ne4 11. Bg3 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Bd7
15. f4 Be8 16. g4 Rb8 17. Rb1 c5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. exd4 Qh6 21.
Qe3 Qh4+ 22. Kf1 Rb6 23. Nf3 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Qg2+ 25. Kd1 Qxh1+ 26. Ke2 Qg2+ 27.
Kd1 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. h3 c6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 Nf8 12. Re1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. Bf1 Rxe1
15. Qxe1 Bf5 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. f4 Be4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. f5
Nc7 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 Qe7
28. Bd2 Bc7 29. c4 Nb6 30. f6 Qd6 31. Qf2 Nd7 32. fxg7 Kxg7 33. Bc3 Kg8 34. h4
Nf8 35. c5 Qg3+ 36. Qxg3 Bxg3 37. h5 Bf4 38. Kg2 Bxg5 39. Bc4 Ne6 40. Bxe6 fxe6
41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Kf3 Bf6 43. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8. d5 d6
9. e4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2
Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 17. exd5 cxd4 18. Be4 Bg7 19. Kg2 Rf6 20. a4 Rc8 21. a5 Rxc4
22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Qb5 24. Rfa1 Rb4 25. Ra8+ Bf8 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. R1a7+ Rf7
28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Ra7+ Kg8 30. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Ne2 c5
9. c3 Qc7 10. Bd2 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. O-O a5 15. Kh1 a4
16. a3 b3 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bc1 cxd4 22.
exd6 Rxd6 23. Nxd4 N7b6 24. Ne4 Rd7 25. Rd3 e6 26. Rfd1 Rc8 27. g4 Bh6 28. Ne2
f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rg3+ Rg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nb7 Re8 34. Nd6
Re7 35. Nd4 Kf6 36. Rf1 Rd7 37. N6b5 Nc4 38. Re1 Re7 39. Nc6 Bxf4 40. Nxe7 Kxe7
41. Bxf4 Nxf4 42. Nd4 Kf6 43. Nf3 Nxb2 44. Ne5 Nfd3 45. Nxd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bh2 Bh6 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Qd2 g5 15.
Bxf4 gxf4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. b4 e6 20. Nbd2 Rc7 21. Nb3
f6 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Kf7 26. Kg1 Bf8 27. Rad1 Ra8
28. Re2 Rd6 29. c4 Ra5 30. c5 Rd7 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Rde1 Re7 33. Kh2 Bg7 34. h4
h5 35. Kh3 Ra8 36. g4 fxg3 37. fxg3 Rb8 38. g4 Rb3 39. Re3 hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rxb2
41. Rf1 Ke8 42. Ra3 Rb8 43. Ra6 Rc8 44. Kh5 Bh8 45. Re1 e5 46. Kg6 e4 47. Ng1
f5 48. Kxf5 Bxd4 49. Ne2 Rf7+ 50. Kg4 Bxc5 51. Rc1 Be3 52. Raxc6 Rxc6 53. Rxc6
Kd7 54. Rc2 Rf2 55. h5 Kd6 56. Ra2 Ke5 57. Nc3 Rxa2 58. Nxa2 Bd2 59. Kg3 d4 60.
Kf2 d3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 O-O 8.
Ngf3 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Rd8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Na5 Rb8 14. Rfd1
Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Rac1 Rdc8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Nbd5 19. Rd3 Rc7 20. e4 Ne7
21. Rcd1 b6 22. Nb3 Ng6 23. Nc4 e5 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 b5 26. Nd6 Kf8 27. Nc1
Ke7 28. Ra8 Bd7 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 Nf8 31. Nd3 N8d7 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4
Ng4 34. Bh3 Ne3 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. Kf3 Nxa3 37. Ke3 Nf6 38. Bg2 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nd4
40. Kc3 Nxf5 41. Ne5 Nd5+ 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Rxa7 d4+ 44. Kd3 Rxa7 45. Nc6+ Ke6
46. Nxa7 Kd5 47. Nxb5 f6 48. Nc7+ Kc6 49. Ne6 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. e4 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Kh7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qd6 21.
Rc1 Nf6 22. Qa5 Re7 23. Rdc4 b6 24. Qb5 Rd8 25. Qc6 Qe5 26. Rd1 Qxb2 27. Rf4
Rd6 28. Qa4 a5 29. h4 Kg7 30. g4 Red7 31. Rfd4 h5 32. R1d2 Qc1+ 33. Rd1 Qc3 34.
g5 Ng4 35. R4d3 Qe5 36. f4 Qe2 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. f5 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5
Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Rocha, Maimiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Nfd2 Nf6 8. Bg3
d6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. f3 e5 12. d5 a6 13. e4 Nh5 14. Bf2 Nf4 15. g3 Ng6
16. Bh3 Nf6 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Ne3 Kf8 20. Nf5 Bc8 21. Be3 Ne7 22. g4
Ng6 23. Bf1 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nh4 25. Qd1 Nh5 26. Qe2 Nf4 27. Qf2 Nhg2+ 28. Kd2
Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Bf6 30. Bd3 b5 31. Kd2 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qb8 33. Kc2 Qb4 34. b3 Qa3
35. Nb1 Qa5 36. Nc3 Rec8 37. Rhd1 Qb6 38. Qxb6 cxb6 39. a4 Ke7 40. Kd2 Rc5 41.
Rdc1 h5 42. Na2 g4 43. Nb4 Bg5 44. Kd1 gxf3 45. Bf1 a5 46. Nc6+ Kf6 47. Rxc5
bxc5 48. Ra2 Bh4 49. Rc2 Rg8 50. Rc3 f2 51. Bb5 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb4 c5 12. dxc5 a5 13. Bc3 Qxc5 14. e3
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rb8 16. Be2 c6 17. O-O Ba6 18. b4 Qb6 19. Rfb1 c5 20. b5 Bb7 21.
a4 Rfd8 22. Rc1 d4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Rd1 Rbd8 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Bd3
g6 28. Qd2 e5 29. Qg5 Re8 30. f3 Kg7 31. Qd2 f5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. e4 O-O 13. Nf1 Bg5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Qg5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rf1 Ng4 18. f4 Qg6 19. Rd3 h5 20. Nd1 Rae8 21. f5 Qg5
22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Kh1 Bc8 24. Rg1 Bxf5 25. Ra3 Bg4 26. Rxa7 Re7 27. Nc3 Ne8 28.
Bxg4 hxg4 29. Rf1 g6 30. Nd1 f5 31. Nf2 Rh7 32. Ra8 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qh5 34. Rh1 Nf6
35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Qe3 f4 38. gxf4 Qh6 39. Nd3 g3 40. h3 Nh5 41.
Re1 Nxf4+ 42. Nxf4 exf4 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Rxh6 Rxh6
47. Qe7+ Rf6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. h4 Kg6 50. Qxc7 Kf5 51. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Nb3 Ne7 13. Bc5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O
15. O-O f6 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. exf6 gxf6 18. f4 Nf5 19. Nd4 Ng7 20. Rf3 Qc7 21.
Raf1 Re8 22. Qd3 f5 23. Rh3 h5 24. Re3 Bc8 25. Re5 Qa5 26. Bb4 Qb6 27. Rb1 c5
28. Qd1 cxb4 29. cxb4 Rc7 30. a4 Rc4 31. c3 Rxc3 32. a5 Qb8 33. Qe1 Rc4 34.
Nxf5 exf5 35. Rxe8+ Kh7 36. Re7 Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qe3 Nf5 39. Qc5 Be6 40.
b5 e3 41. g3 d4 42. b6 d3 43. Qc7+ Qxc7 44. bxc7 d2 45. Rb7 e2 46. Kg2 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Qg4 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13. Qg3 h5 14. Na3
h4 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. Nb5 d4 19. c3 e5 20. cxd4 exd4
21. Bf4 Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd4 Qc6 24. Nxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rb1
d6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Ndf6 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Ba1 Qd7 15.
Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. d5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nf6 19. Qc3 b5 20. Ng5 b4 21. Qb2 h6
22. Nh3 Nd7 23. f4 Nf6 24. e4 Bc8 25. Nf2 Ng4 26. Re1 Nxf2 27. Qxf2 e6 28. e5
exd5 29. cxd5 Bf5 30. Rac1 Rfe8 31. exd6 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxd6 33. Qe3 Rc8 34. h3
h5 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Kh2 c4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Qc8 40. Qe3 a5
41. Qb6 Qc2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7 Qxa2 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Qf6 Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47.
Qe7 Qc4 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg3 c5 8. Qc2
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Be6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qb1 Nxd4
15. exd4 e5 16. d5 Qe7 17. f3 O-O 18. g4 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. O-O f5 21. gxf5
gxf5 22. Nf2 h5 23. Rce1 Bh6 24. Qd1 Qh4 25. Nh3 Rf7 26. f4 Rg7 27. Re3 Kh8 28.
Qe1 Qg4 29. Qe2 Qg6 30. Kh1 e4 31. Bb1 a6 32. c4 Rgg8 33. Rf2 Qf7 34. Kh2 Rg4
35. Bc2 Bg7 36. Ng5 Qg6 37. Qd2 Bf6 38. Rh3 Bxg5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Qe2 Rg4 41.
g3 Be8 42. Rg2 Qf6 43. Qe3 Qg5 44. Qc3+ Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. Bd1 Rg5 47. Rh4
Kf6 48. Rf4 Ke5 49. Rh4 b5 50. b3 bxc4 51. bxc4 Kd4 52. Be2 Rg7 53. Rf4 a5 54.
Rf1 Rb7 55. Rd1+ Kc5 56. Kh3 Rb3 57. Kh4 Rcb8 58. Rf1 Bd7 59. Ra1 f4 60. Bxh5
Rxg3 61. Rag1 Rxg2 62. Rxg2 Rb3 63. Rg7 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Picado, Jorge "]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
f6 9. c3 Rb8 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Ne3 d4 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. a4 a6 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Bd2
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na3 e5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rec1 Ba5 20. Rc5 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Qa5
22. Rd1 Rfc8 23. Bf1 Nd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be2 Rc5 26. Nc2 Nec6 27. Qa3 Qxa3
28. Nxa3 Be6 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. h3 Nb7 31. Bg4 Bf7 32. Nf3 Kg8 33. Ne1 Kf8 34. f4
Ke7 35. Rd2 Na5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nac2 Nb3 38. Rf2 Nxc2 39. Nxc2 Nc1 40. Nb4
Ba2 41. h4 Bb1 42. Rd2 Nb3 43. Rd1 Rc1 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Kf1 Kc5 46. Na6+ Kd6 47.
Nb4 Kc5 48. Na6+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d4 Ng6 12. a4 c6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxb6 axb6
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. b3 f6 20. Rad1 Nc5 21.
Nxb6 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Nxb3 23. Nc4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nc5 25. Nd6 Ra8 26. Nf5+ Kf7 27.
Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kf7 29. Nd6+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nd3 Nf6 13. Qe1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Qe2 Bd7 21.
Rf1 Bg7 22. Nf2 Rf8 23. Ne4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. g4 Ke7 27.
Kf2 Bf6 28. Kg3 a5 29. h4 g5 30. h5 Bg7 31. b3 Bf8 32. Nc3 Bg7 33. Be4 Kf6 34.
Kf3 Bf8 35. Ne2 Bg7 36. Ng3 Bf8 37. Bf5 Be8 38. Ke4 Bg7 39. Be6 Bf8 40. a3 b5
41. Kd3 c6 42. Ne4+ Ke7 43. Kc3 c5 44. cxb5 Bxb5 45. Nd2 Bg7 46. e4 Kd8 47. Nc4
Bxc4 48. Kxc4 a4 49. b4 cxb4 50. Kxb4 Kc7 51. Kxa4 Kb6 52. Kb4 Bf6 53. a4 Bd8
54. a5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 b5 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. f4 e5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. fxe5 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Qxd5 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. a4 Rb8 19. Bc3 O-O 20. Rad1 Qxb3 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 b4 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Rf3 Qxd4 26. Rh3 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Qd5+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rb1 b6 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Na5
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Rb2 Rac8 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qf4 21.
g3 Qd6 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nc6 24. Rd1 Qb4 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Na5 27. Qf5
Bc8 28. Qd3 Bg4 29. h3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Nb7 31. Rb1 Qd6 32. Bd3 Nc5 33. Bc2 g6 34.
Rd1 Re8 35. h4 Re5 36. Qf4 Kg7 37. Qd4 Kg8 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Kh2 Qf6 40. Kg2 Qxf4
41. gxf4 Re2 42. Bb1 Kf6 43. Kf3 Re7 44. Rd2 Re1 45. Bc2 Ke7 46. d6+ Kd7 47. f5
gxf5 48. Bxf5+ Ne6 49. Kg4 Re5 50. f4 h5+ 51. Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Bg4 5. e3 Qd7 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg3
Nf6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ng8 16. d4 Ne7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Na4 b6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21.
Qa3 Ng6 22. f4 Nh4 23. Rf2 Nf5 24. Re2 Qb5 25. Kf2 Qd7 26. Rec2 Qd8 27. g3 g5
28. Qd3 h5 29. Rg1 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Qe2 Nh6 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Qxa6 b5 34. Nc5
Rb6 35. Qa3 Ra8 36. Qb3 Ra7 37. a3 c6 38. Rcc1 f5 39. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nh4 Be4 6. Bxe4 Nxe4 7. Nd2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nhf3 O-O 10. c4 c6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 c5 14. Bf4 Nxe5
15. dxe5 dxc4 16. exf6 cxb3 17. Bxc7 Bxf6 18. axb3 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bf6 20. Rd1
Rfc8 21. Rd7 b5 22. e4 Bc3 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 a5 25. Rxf7 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4
27. Rf3 c3 28. Rc2 a4 29. Rfxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 a3 31. Rc1 a2 32. Ra1 Kf8 33. Nd3
Ra4 34. e5 Kf7 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. Nc5 Rc4 37. Nxe6 Rc2 38. Nf4+ Kf5 39. Nd3 Rd2
40. Nb4 Rb2 41. Nxa2 Kxe5 42. Nc3 Kf5 43. Nd1 Rb4 44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Ne3 Rd4 46.
Kg2 g5 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E78"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qb4 13. a5 b5 14. Rfb1 bxc4 15.
Ra4 Nxe4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rxb4 19. Rc1 Rfb8 20. h3 Bf5 21.
Bd2 Rxb2 22. Qxc4 Rb1 23. Rxb1 Bxb1 24. g4 Nf6 25. g5 Ne4 26. Be1 h5 27. h4 f5
28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ng1 Bd4 30. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. c3 e6
9. Qc2 Ne7 10. a4 a6 11. e4 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Nc4 Nf8 15. Ne3 f5
16. Rad1 Kh8 17. c4 Nc6 18. Bf1 Nb4 19. Qb3 fxe4 20. Qxb4 exf3 21. Bg3 a5 22.
Qd2 Qd7 23. b3 Qf7 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nh2 fxg2 26. Bxg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rcd8 28. Nf3
Nh7 29. Re2 Rf8 30. Qd3 Rde8 31. Rde1 Re7 32. Re4 Bh6 33. d5 e5 34. Nd4 Nf6 35.
R4e2 Nd7 36. Ne6 Nc5 37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. Qc3 Bg7 39. Re4 Ree8 40. R1e3 Ra8 41.
Qe1 Bh6 42. Rd3 Qf5 43. Qe2 Rab8 44. Rf3 Qxf3+ 45. Qxf3 Rxf3 46. Kxf3 Rxb3+ 47.
Ke2 Ra3 48. f3 Bg7 49. Be1 Rxa4 50. Bc3 Kg8 51. Kd3 Ra2 52. Re1 Kf7 53. Rb1 Bf6
54. Be1 Bd8 55. Rb7 Ke8 56. Kc3 a4 57. Bd2 Ra3+ 58. Kb2 Rxf3 59. Ra7 a3+ 60.
Kc2 Kd7 61. Bc3 Bxh4 62. Rxa3 Be1 63. Bb2 Rxa3 64. Bxa3 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne5 f5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. a5 a6 15.
Qe2 b5 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. f3 Nd6 18. b4 Rf6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Nf3 Rg6 21. Ra2 Bc6
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rh6 24. Rf3 g5 25. g3 g4 26. Rf4 Qg5 27. Qg2 Rh3 28. Bf1
Rh5 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Na4 Rb8 18. c5 Rbd8 19. Ba1 a5 20. Qe1 Be6 21.
Bf3 Bd5 22. Nb6 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ng4 24. Rh3 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27.
Re1 f6 28. Re2 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Kg3 e5 31. Rh4 Rd8 32. Ra4 Nxc5 33. Rxa5
R8d4 34. Rxc5 Rf1 35. Nc4 h5 36. Nxe5 fxe5 37. Rcxe5 Rf6 38. R5e4 Rd5 39. a4 c5
40. b4 cxb4 41. Rxb4 Rd3+ 42. Kh4 Kg7 43. a5 Kh7 44. g3 Ra3 45. Rb6 Rxb6 46.
axb6 Rb3 47. Re6 Rb4+ 48. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nd5 7. Bd2 d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bc3 Nb4 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rae1 Bd7
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 d5 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Qxb5 Ne4 20. Qd3 b6 21. b4 a5
22. a3 axb4 23. Bxb4 bxc5 24. dxc5 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Ra4 26. Qb3 Rda8 27. Qc2 g5 28.
Nd2 Nf6 29. f3 Qe5 30. Nf2 Bd8 31. Rfe1 Qf4 32. Nd3 Qh4 33. Nf1 Bc7 34. Qf2 Qh5
35. Ng3 Qh4 36. Nf1 Qh5 37. g4 Qg6 38. Ne5 Qh7 39. Nc6 Re8 40. Qc2 Ra6 41.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 42. Nd4 Ra4 43. Nb5 Bf4 44. Rc2 Kg8 45. Ng3 Rc8 46. Rce2 Rc6 47. Rg2
Rc8 48. Ne2 Ra6 49. Nxf4 gxf4 50. g5 hxg5 51. Rxg5+ Kh7 52. Kf2 Rg8 53. Rxg8
Nxg8 54. Nd6 Nh6 55. Rg1 f6 56. Ne8 e5 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rd7 d4 59. Rd6 Ra8 60.
Nxf6 Nf5 61. Rd7 Ng7 62. c6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Rfd1 Nhf4 16. Bf1 g6 17. g3 Ng5 18. Kh1 Nf3 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Bg2
Nfd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bd5 d3 27. Qxd3
Rxb2 28. Qf3 Qb6 29. Kg2 Bd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nge7 7. Na4 Bxb2 8.
Nxb2 d5 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Nf4 d4 11. O-O Qd6 12. e4 Rb8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nbd3 e5
15. Nd5 a5 16. Nxc5 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c5 Kg7 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21.
bxc4 Rfd8 22. Rab1 Nb4 23. a3 Nc2 24. d3 Nc6 25. Rb2 Ne3 26. fxe3 dxe3 27. Nd5
Nd4 28. Nxe3 Ne6 29. Nd5 Nxc5 30. Rfb1 Rd6 31. Bf1 a4 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 f5
34. Rb5 Ne6 35. Nc3 Nd4 36. Rb6 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Nc2 38. Nc5 Ra8 39. Nxb7 Kh6 40.
Rb2 Ne3 41. Re2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 b5 14. f5 b4
15. Na4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 e5 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Rhe1 Rc8 19. Kb1 Bg5 20. Qd3 Be7 21.
Nd2 O-O 22. Nc4 Rcd8 23. Nab6 Bh4 24. Re2 a5 25. Nd5 Qc5 26. Nce3 Ra8 27. Nc4
a4 28. Ndb6 axb3 29. Nxa8 bxc2+ 30. Rxc2 Rxa8 31. Nxd6 Qa5 32. Re2 Qa2+ 33. Kc2
Ba6 34. Qf3 b3+ 35. Kc3 Qa5+ 36. Kxb3 Rb8+ 37. Kc2 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. b4 c5 8.
bxc5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Bd3
Rc8 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc3 Bxg2 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rg1 Qg4 19. Qb4 Qh3 20. Qf4 Nd7
21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Be4 23. d4 Bc2 24. Nd2 b6 25. Rc1 Ba4 26. cxb6 Rxc1+ 27.
Bxc1 Nxb6 28. Ke2 Rc8 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Re8 31. f3 f5 32. Kd3 Bb5+ 33. Ke3
fxe4 34. fxe4 Bc6 35. e5 Nd5+ 36. Kd3 Rf8 37. Kc4 Nb6+ 38. Kc5 Bd5 39. Bf4 Kf7
40. Rb1 Rc8+ 41. Kd6 Rc6# 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 e6 6. O-O-O b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. f3
h6 9. Kb1 Ne7 10. g4 f5 11. Nf4 Nf8 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Rg1 fxe4 14. fxe4 a6 15.
Be2 Rh7 16. Nxg6 Nexg6 17. Bh5 Qh4 18. Bxg6+ Nxg6 19. Rxg6 O-O-O 20. Rdg1 Rd7
21. Qg2 Kb8 22. Rg4 Qh5 23. a3 Ka7 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Bf2 Bf6 26. R1g2 Rd7 27. Qd3
Rde7 28. Be3 Rhg7 29. Rxg7 Bxg7 30. Bf4 Rf7 31. Rf2 Qg4 32. Bg3 Rxf2 33. Bxf2
Qg2 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. hxg3 c6 36. Kc1 Bc8 37. Kd2 Kb7 38. Ke3 Bf6 39. Kd3 Bh3
40. Be3 h5 41. Bf4 Be7 42. Ke3 a5 43. e5 d5 44. Nd1 h4 45. Nf2 Bf5 46. c3 hxg3
47. Bxg3 Bg5+ 48. Bf4 Be7 49. Kf3 c5 50. Ng4 Kc6 51. Nf6 Be6 52. Ke3 Kb5 53.
Kd2 cxd4 54. cxd4 Kc4 55. Be3 b5 56. Ne8 Kb3 57. Nc7 Bg8 58. Nxb5 Kxb2 59. Kd1
Kb3 60. Kd2 Kc4 61. Nd6+ Kb3 62. Nb7 a4 63. Nc5+ Kxa3 64. Kc3 Bh4 65. Bc1+ Ka2
66. Nxa4 Be1+ 67. Bd2 Bh4 68. Kb4 Be7+ 69. Kb5 Kb3 70. Nb6 Kc2 71. Bb4 Bh4 72.
Kc6 Kd3 73. Bc5 Bf2 74. Nxd5 Bxd4 75. Nf4+ Kc4 76. Bxd4 Kxd4 77. Kd6 Ba2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Qb3 e6 8.
Nb5 Qc6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nxa7 Qxe4 11. Nxc8 Nxc8 12. Bd3 Qa4 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. O-O
Nc6 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Bxa4 Nxb7 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 Kf6 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. Rc1 Ke7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nc4 Nd8
27. Nb6 Re5+ 28. Kf1 Nc6 29. Rd1 Nb8 30. Nc8+ Kf6 31. Nb6 Ke7 32. a4 Re4 33. b3
Rd4 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Nc4 Nc6 38. f4 Nb4+ 39. Kd2 Kd5
40. Ne5 g5 41. g3 gxf4 42. gxf4 Ke4 43. a5 Kd5 44. Nd3 Na6 45. b4 Kc4 46. h4 h5
47. Kc2 Nc7 48. Kd2 Kb5 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. Kd2 Kb5 51. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Bh2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5
15. a4 Nc4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 e5 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. d5 Rfd8 21.
f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 Nxe4 10. cxb5 Be6 11. b6 Rb8 12. Bxa6 Rxb6 13. Bc4 Rb8 14. O-O Be7
15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. b3 Nd5 20. Nc4 Nf4
21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Qe2 Rbf8 23. Rad1 Rd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Be3 Be6 9. f4 h5 10. h3 h4 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxh5 Rxh5 13. f5 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qd7
15. Nb5 Bf6 16. Bb6 Kf8 17. Nxa7 Kg7 18. c3 Ne5 19. Bd4 Rb8 20. fxg6 Rg5 21.
Kh1 Rxg6 22. Qe2 Rg3 23. Rf5 Rh8 24. Bf2 Rg6 25. Bg1 Rg3 26. Bf2 e6 27. Rf4 Rg6
28. Be3 Rg3 29. Bf2 Rg6 30. Bg1 Rg3 31. Bh2 Rg5 32. Nb5 Rh6 33. Rg1 Qc6 34. Nd4
Qb6 35. b4 Rhg6 36. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15.
e4 Bd7 16. Qb3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qa5 Qd7 21.
Rfe1 Bh6 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nc6 Rb7 25. Ra5 Nd7 26. Rea1 Qb6 27. Ra7
f6 28. R1a6 Qc7 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Ra7 Qc8 31. Qa5 Rf8 32. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 Qc7 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be3 Rab8 14. Na4 Ba8 15.
c5 b5 16. Nb6 Bb7 17. Qd2 d6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. g3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1
Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3
Qb6 9. Qc1 Bd7 10. O-O Rac8 11. a4 a6 12. Qb1 c4 13. Bc2 Na5 14. Ne5 h6 15.
Ndf3 Be8 16. Ra2 Nd7 17. Qd1 Qd8 18. Bb1 f5 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Bh2
Bf6 22. Bc2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qg5 24. Bf4 Qe7 25. Qf3 g6 26. Bxh6 Rf7 27. Qg3 Rh7
28. Bg5 Qf7 29. Raa1 Nc6 30. Bd1 Bd7 31. h4 Re8 32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf2 Na5 34. h5
Rg8 35. Rh1 Nb3 36. h6+ Kh8 37. Qh4 Rf8 38. Bxb3 cxb3 39. Ra3 Kg8 40. Rha1 Qe8
41. Qh1 b5 42. axb5 Bxb5 43. Rxb3 Qc6 44. Rb4 Ra7 45. Ra5 Kh7 46. Rbxb5 Qxb5
47. Rxb5 axb5 48. Qf1 Rb8 49. Qe2 Rc7 50. g4 Rc4 51. gxf5 exf5 52. Qf3 Rbc8 53.
Qxd5 b4 54. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Na4 Be7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 b6 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Nb5 Bf5 19. Qb3 Be4 20. f3 Bc2 21.
Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxb5 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. e4 d4 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. Bc4
Nd7 28. f4 Rb8 29. b3 Qg6 30. Bd3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d6 5. c4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d5
c6 9. e4 O-O 10. Nd4 cxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Re1 Re8 15. f4
Ned7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rac1 b5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. cxb5 Qb6 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Na4 Qa7
22. Kh1 Bc4 23. Nc6 Qa6 24. Rxe7 Qxa4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxc4 Nb6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Re4 Ra8 29. Re2 Nc4 30. Qc2 Qb5 31. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Picado, Jorge"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nbc3 d6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. g4 O-O 8. Bg2
Ne8 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Qd2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Nce2 a5 15. f4
Nce6 16. f5 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bh6 Qb6 20. Rce1 Qc5 21. h4
Bb7 22. h5 Qe5 23. Rf3 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. g5 f6 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. gxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Rf1+ Kg7 31. hxg6 Kxg6 32. Bh3 e5 33. Rf3 Rg8
34. Kf2 Rg7 35. Bf5+ Kg5 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rh3 Bc6 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. Re6+ Kd8 40.
Rxd6+ Kc7 41. Re6 Rg8 42. Rxe5 Rh8 43. Re7+ Kd6 44. Re6+ Kc7 45. Kg2 a4 46. c5
Rb8 47. Re7+ Kd8 48. Re6 Kc7 49. Kg3 a3 50. bxa3 bxa3 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. Ra7 Ra8
53. Rxa8+ Bxa8 54. Be6 Bc6 55. Kf4 Bb5 56. Bc4 Bxc4 57. dxc4 Kd7 58. e5 Kc6 59.
e6 Kxc5 60. e7 Kxc4 61. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h4
cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qh5 f5 13. O-O-O Be8 14. Qe2 Bf7
15. g4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. Rdg1 Bd6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. gxf5+ Kh8 20. Qe3 Bg8 21.
fxe6 Qe7 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Rg1+ Qg7 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qh3 Ne7 26. Qg4+ Kh8
27. Nf3 Rf6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxf2 30. Qh5 Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Qb4 Rg8 33.
a3 Rg1+ 34. Ka2 Rg7 35. Qd6 Rd2 36. Bb1 Rf2 37. h5 Rf8 38. Bg6 Nxg6 39. hxg6
Re8 40. Qxd5 Rge7 41. Qf3 Rxe6 42. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Qg4 Kh8 11. h4 d6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. h5 g5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Nxe4 Nf6 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. f3 Qe7 18. O-O-O d5 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qb4 21. b3
Qc3+ 22. Kb1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Re1 Rad8 25. h6 gxh6 26. Qxe6 Kh7 27. Qe7+
Kg6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f4 Rf6 20. Qg2 Qf7 21. Nf3 Kh8
22. Ne5 Qh5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bf3 26. Qd2 Rg6 27. Rf1 Qg4
28. Qf2 Be2 29. Rfe1 Bf3 30. Bd2 h5 31. Re3 Ba8 32. Qe2 Qh3 33. Qf1 Qg4 34. h3
Qh4 35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Qe2 Qe6 37. Rg1 Rh6 38. b3 Qc6 39. c4 Ree6 40. Qd3 bxc4 41.
Qxf5 Kg8 42. bxc4 Qxc4 43. Rc1 Qb5 44. Rc7 Qe8 45. Rec3 Bc6 46. Qd3 Kh8 47. f5
Rxe5 48. Bxh6 Re2+ 49. Kg1 Bb5 50. Bxg7+ Kh7 51. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
Re8 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a5 13. h3 b5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Be2 a4 16. g4 axb3 17. axb3 Bb7 18. g5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Rhg1 Ng6 21. Ng3
Bxg3 22. Rxg3 b4 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Bd4 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. h4 Qe4 27. h5
Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Ne7 29. Bb2 Rc8+ 30. Kb1 Nc6 31. h6 g6 32. Nh2 Na5 33. e4 dxe4
34. Ng4 Nb7 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Bxf6 Nc5 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Bg7+ Ke7 39. f3 Ke6 40.
fxe4 Rd8 41. Kc2 Rc8 42. Kb2 Rd8 43. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Ncxe4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Nd7
8. d4 Nf6 9. Qd3 c6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qe4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. c3 c5 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. c4 Rac8 20. Bc1 e5 21.
Rfe1 Re8 22. f3 Bg7 23. g4 Rcd8 24. b3 Bf6 25. Be4 Bh4 26. Rf1 Bxe4 27. Qxe4
Bg5 28. Rfe1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Qg5 30. Kf2 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Rcd1 Qh3 33. Kg1
Qf5 34. Rd3 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Kf7 36. f4 Kf6 37. fxe5+ Rxe5 38. Rexd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4
Re2 40. Rf4+ Ke6 41. Rf2 Rxf2 42. Kxf2 Ke5 43. Ke3 g5 44. h3 a5 45. a3 h5 46.
Kd3 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. b4 g3 49. Ke3 g2 50. Kf2 Kd4 51. c5 bxc5 52. bxa5 c4
53. a6 c3 54. a7 c2 55. a8=Q g1=Q+ 56. Kxg1 c1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bh4 a5 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qd3 Bxb3 14. axb3 g5
15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 Kh7 18. Qg4 f5 19. exf5 Qd7 20. Re4 Qxf5 21.
Qxf5+ Rxf5 22. Rc4 Raf8 23. f3 d5 24. Rxc6 d4 25. Rc7 R5f7 26. Nd5 Bd8 27.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 28. c4 Rb7 29. Ra3 Kg6 30. Kf2 Kf5 31. Ke2 e4 32. Kd2 h5 33. Kc2 e3
34. Kd3 Ke5 35. g3 Rf7 36. f4+ gxf4 37. Nxf4 Bb6 38. Ra4 h4 39. b4 axb4 40.
Rxb4 Bc5 41. Rb5 Kd6 42. b4 Ba7 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. b5+ Kb7 45. c5 hxg3 46. hxg3
Rg7 47. Ne2 Rg4 48. Rd7+ Ka8 49. b6 Bb8 50. c6 Rg6 51. c7 Bxc7 52. bxc7 Kb7 53.
Kxd4 Kc8 54. Rf7 Re6 55. Kd3 Re5 56. Nd4 Kb7 57. Ke2 Re4 58. Nf5 Re6 59. Nxe3
Rg6 60. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 c4 6. Bc2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Ne2
Bg6 9. O-O Qb6 10. b3 e6 11. Nd2 cxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. e4 O-O 14. Kh1 Bb8 15.
e5 Qc7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Rf3 f6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bh4 Kf7 20. c4 Ne7 21. cxd5 Nxd5
22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Qc2 Rh8 24. Bg3 f5 25. h3 Bc7 26. Kg1 b5 27. hxg4 bxc4 28. bxc4
Nb4 29. Qa4 a5 30. g5 Bb6 31. Bf2 Rc8 32. Qb5 Rb8 33. Qa4 Rc8 34. Rc3 Qe7 35.
Rd1 Rcd8 36. Qb5 Rb8 37. Qa4 Rhd8 38. Rb3 Qa7 39. c5 Bxc5 40. Ra3 Bb6 41. Rb1
Qd7 42. Qd1 Rbc8 43. Rc1 Rxc1 44. Qxc1 Rc8 45. Qb2 Rc2 46. Qb3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Na5 14. Nd2 Nc4 15.
Nxc4 Rxc4 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bf1 Rcc8 18. Qb3 h5 19. Bb5 Qd6 20. Be2 h4 21. Nb5
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb6 23. Qb4 Rd8 24. Qc5 Qa5 25. b4 Qa4 26. Qxa7 Qb3 27. Qc5 Qb2
28. Bf1 hxg3 29. hxg3 e5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 exd4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rc8
34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Bg2 Be6 36. a4 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 f5 39. f4 Kd6 40. Kd3
Kc6 41. Bf3 g6 42. Kc3 Kb6 43. Be2 Bd7 44. a5+ Kc7 45. b5 b6 46. a6 Be6 47. Kd2
Bd7 48. Ke3 Be6 49. Kf3 Bd7 50. Kg2 Be8 51. Kh3 Kb8 52. Kh4 Kc7 53. Kg5 Kc8 54.
Kf6 Kc7 55. Ke7 Bd7 56. a7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 Re8 11. Nh5 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 g6
15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Qxe8+ Bf8 19. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 h6 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nd3 c6 14. Qb3 c5 15. Qc2 b6
16. a3 Bd7 17. b4 Qc7 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 a6 22.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Nxb2 fxe4 25. fxe4 Kf7 26. Nca4 Nc8 27. Bf3 Ng8 28.
Kf2 Bf6 29. Ke2 Bd8 30. Kd3 h5 31. h4 Ke8 32. Bd1 Nge7 33. Nc3 Nb6 34. Nca4
Nec8 35. Nxb6 Nxb6 36. a4 Nc8 37. a5 Kf7 38. Ba4 Bxa4 39. Nxa4 Ke8 40. Nb2 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. g4 h5
9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Nf3 b6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. b3 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. Nb5 f5 16.
f3 O-O 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. O-O-O Raf8 21. Kc2 Kh7 22.
Rdf1 Qb6 23. Rh2 f4 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. Kc1 Bf8 26. Bf1 Nc8 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Rxh3
c6 29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. Rh2 Ne7 31. Nb1 Qb6 32. N1c3 Nc6 33. Nd5 Qb7 34. Qd2 Kg7
35. Kb2 Ra8 36. Rd1 Qb8 37. Qg2 Nd4 38. Qh3 Rb7 39. Ndc3 Qc8 40. Qxc8 Rxc8 41.
Rf2 Kf7 42. Nb1 Ke6 43. N1a3 Be7 44. Nc2 Bd8 45. Ne1 Bb6 46. Nd3 Rcb8 47. Rdf1
Rc8 48. Ka2 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. Ne2 b5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Ra6 Bb6 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Ne3 d5
21. exd5 cxd5 22. Re1 e4 23. dxe4 Rxe4 24. Raa1 Rde8 25. Red1 d4 26. Nd5 Bc5
27. b4 R8e5 28. bxc5 Rxd5 29. b4 Re2 30. Rdc1 Rd7 31. Kf1 Re6 32. Rd1 f5 33.
Rd3 g4 34. c3 gxh3 35. gxh3 Re4 36. Rad1 Rde7 37. cxd4 Kf7 38. Ra3 Re2 39. d5
Rb2 40. Rda1 Ree2 41. Rxa7+ Kg8 42. d6 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 f4 44. d7 Rg2+ 45. Kh1
Rh2+ 46. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 e5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. Be4 Re8 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ncxe5
Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Re6 22. Red1 Rb8 23. Rd2 c5 24. Rad1 Bf6 25. Rc2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7
27. Rd5 Reb6 28. b3 c4 29. b4 Rb5 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Rh3 Nc6 12. Rg3 Rg8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qf4 g5 15.
Qe3 c4 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Bg4 Ke8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh3 b5 20. a3 a5 21. Nxg5 Rb8
22. Nh7 Rg6 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. exf6 Nc6 25. Bh5 Qb6 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. Bxf7 Nd8
28. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 Bf5 6. g4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Ne2
e6 9. Be3 Rb8 10. b3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 Bh4+ 13. Ng3 h5 14. Bf2 hxg4 15.
fxg4 Qg5 16. Qf3 Nh6 17. h3 O-O 18. Be3 Qe7 19. O-O f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qg2
Rbf8 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. g5 Qd6 24. gxf6 Qxg3 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Nf3
Bf5 28. Kg2 Bf4 29. Kf2 Bxh3 30. Ne5 c5 31. Rg1+ Bg5 32. dxc5 Kf8 33. f7 Bf5
34. b4 Bh7 35. a4 Bf6 36. Nd7+ Kxf7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. b5 d4 39. cxd4 axb5 40.
axb5 Be4 41. Ke3 Bd5 42. Kf4 h5 43. Rg5 Bc4 44. b6 cxb6 45. cxb6 Ba6 46. Ra5
Bb7 47. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Qd3
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Qg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ncxe4 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 Rg6
15. Qh4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5 Bd7 18. Ba3 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 O-O-O 20. Kh1 Rd2
21. Bf1 Qb6 22. c5 Qe6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Qe1 Qd5 25. c6 Rgxg2 26. cxb7+ Kxb7
27. Rb1+ Ka8 28. Rb8+ Kxb8 29. Bd6+ Ka8 30. Qxe5 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be6 5. d3 Nf6 6. a3 a5 7. Nd2 Bc5 8. e3 O-O
9. Ne2 Qd7 10. h3 h5 11. h4 Ng4 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Bb6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Nf3
Rfe8 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Re7 20. c3 Rde8 21. Rae1 g6 22.
b4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Kf2 c6 27. Ngh3 Bxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Bd8 12. O-O Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Bxa2 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bd3 h6 19. b4 Be6 20. Rb1 a6 21. Rfc1
Qd8 22. Bf5 Qf6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Nd2 Rfe8 25. Nb3 Nf6 26. Na5 Qe7 27. Nc4 Rad8
28. Ne5 Nd5 29. Qc5 Qe6 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Qc2 Nd5 32. Qc4 Qe7 33. Nf3 Qe4 34. Nd2
Qg6 35. Nf1 Qg5 36. Qd3 Rd6 37. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
c6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Re1 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15.
Qf3 b4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. Nd4 Rfd8 18. Rd1 Na4 19. Kh1 c5 20. Nc2 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Rd8 22. Qe1 Qd7 23. b3 Nc3 24. Bb2 Qd3 25. Ne3 Bxe4 26. Bxc3 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2
bxc3 28. Rd1 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 Rd3 30. Qe2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qd5 32. Ke2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Bxf6 Qxf6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Qd8 6. f4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Bd3 a6 14. O-O g6
15. Nc3 h5 16. g3 Rc8 17. h3 Bb4 18. Rac1 Ba5 19. Kg2 Ke7 20. Kf3 Rc7 21. f5
gxf5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bxf5 Rxc3+ 24. bxc3 exf5 25. Kg2 Rg8 26. Rf4 Ke6 27. Rcf1
Bb5 28. R1f3 Be2 29. Re3 Bc4 30. Ref3 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. c3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Nh5 Be7 16. Ng3 Bf6 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qc1 Bxf3 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. gxf3 Nd3 21.
Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Ne4 Rxf3 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qe3 Rf5 25. f3 Qc6 26. Kf2 Rh5 27.
Kg1 Qd5 28. b3 Rh3 29. Rf1 e5 30. Kg2 Rh5 31. Rf2 Qe6 32. Kf1 Rf5 33. c4 Qd6
34. Rd2 Rxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qxd2 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7 e4 38. Qe7 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qf3+
40. Ke1 e3 41. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. d3 c6 8.
Bf4 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Rae1 Nb6 14. Bb3
Rad8 15. Qa5 Nbd5 16. Bg5 b6 17. Qa6 Qc7 18. Qa4 h6 19. Bh4 b5 20. Qa6 Rc8 21.
Bg3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bd6 c5 26. c4 bxc4 27.
dxc4 Ne4 28. Bf4 g5 29. Bc1 Nd6 30. f4 g4 31. Re5 f6 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rd1 Re6
34. Kh1 Kg7 35. Ba2 Ndxc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Rxa7 Rb6 39. Rc7 Nxb2
40. Bxb2 Rxb2 41. Rxc5 Ra2 42. Rc3 h5 43. h4 gxh3 44. gxh3 h4 45. Kg1 Re2 46.
Kf1 Re4 47. Rf3 Kf7 48. Kf2 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf8 50. Rf2 Ke7 51. Kf3 Ra4 52. Re2+
Kd6 53. Re3 Kd5 54. Rd3+ Kc4 55. Re3 Ra8 56. Kf2 Kd5 57. Rd3+ Kc4 58. Re3 Kd4
59. Kf3 Rb8 60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Kf3 Rh2 62. Re6 Rxh3+ 63. Kg2 Rxa3 64. Rxf6 Ke4
65. Rh6 Ra2+ 66. Kh3 Kxf4 67. Rxh4+ Kf3 68. Rb4 Re2 69. Ra4 Re4 70. Ra3+ Re3
71. Rxe3+ Kxe3 72. Kg2 f4 73. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. Ne1
c6 9. e4 e6 10. c3 Na6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd3 d5 13. Nd2 c5 14. Re1 Bb7 15. e5
Nd7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bf4 c4 18. Nb4 Nac5 19. a5 a6 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Ra3 Nxa5 22.
Nd4 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nab3 24. Nxb3 Nxb3 25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Nc5 27. Bf1 a5 28. Nc2
Qb6 29. Qc1 Ne4 30. Ne3 f6 31. Bg2 Nc5 32. Ng4 Nd3 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 fxe5
35. Nxe5 Nxb2 36. Ra2 Nd1 37. Re1 Nxc3 38. Rc2 Ne4 39. Nxc4 dxc4 40. Bxe4 Bd5
41. Bg2 Rab8 42. Bf1 Rb4 43. f4 a4 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Rc3 Rb3 46. Rxc4 Bxc4 47.
Bxc4 Rb6 48. Ra3 Kf7 49. g4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d4 Nc6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 O-O 14.
Nbd2 Nd5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rc4 Rfc8 20. Kf1
b5 21. Rh4 h6 22. Be5 Kf7 23. Nd4 a6 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. b3 Be7 26. Rh3 Ra7 27.
Rhd3 g5 28. Ne2 Rb7 29. g3 Nd5 30. Rc1 Ba3 31. Rb1 Bf8 32. Rc1 Ba3 33. Rb1 Be7
34. Ke1 h5 35. h3 Bf6 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Rbd1 Rd7 38. f4 g4 39. h4 Rc5 40. Rc1
Rdc7 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Nd4 Nf6 43. Ne2 Ne4+ 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Rc2 Nf6 46. Kd2 Nd5
47. Rc1 Nf6 48. Ke3 e5 49. fxe5 Rxe5+ 50. Kd2 Ne4+ 51. Ke1 Rce7 52. Rc2 Nc5 53.
Rd6 Re3 54. Kf1 Nd3 55. Rd2 Rf3+ 56. Kg1 Nc5 57. R6d5 Ne4 58. R2d3 Nf6 59. Nf4
0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O d5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Nc6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Qd8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. b3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8.
axb3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d5 12. Nxg5 Bd7 13. Na3 Rc8 14. Nf3 a6
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Kf8 19. Ke2 Kg7 20. Nc2 Bf6 21.
Nb4 Nxb4 22. Bxd7 Rc7 23. Bb5 Nc6 24. Ra4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rg4+ Kf8 27.
Rgh4 Rc5 28. Bd3 Ra5 29. Rb4 Ra7 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Ke7 32. Rh5 f5 33. Bf3
Bg7 34. g4 fxg4 35. Rxg4 Kf7 36. Rb4 Ke7 37. Rhb5 Rb8 38. Rxb7+ Raxb7 39. Rxb7+
Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Kd6 41. Kd3 h5 42. g3 Bf6 43. b4 h4 44. c4 h3 45. c5+ Kc7 46. Bh1
h2 47. b5 Bd8 48. b6+ Kb8 49. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 Nge7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
h6 9. e3 f5 10. d4 f4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. e4 Bg4 14. Nd5 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. Rac1 c6 18. Ba3 Nxd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. gxf4 exf4 21.
Rfd1 d4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Be4 Rb5 24. Rc5 Rb6 25. Ra5 Rd7 26. Bc5 Re6 27. f3
1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg2 Qh5 18. Be3 Bf3 19. Qf1 f5 20. Nd2 f4 21. Bxf4
Rxf4 22. Nxf3 Rxf3 23. Qe2 Qf7 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Rf1 Rf6 26. Rae1 Qd7 27. a4 Rh6
28. h4 bxa4 29. Qd1 g5 30. Qd2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O b5 7. Kb1 Bb7 8. f3
Nb6 9. Bd3 Nc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. h4 h5 12. Nh3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15.
Qe2 Qd7 16. Ng5 a5 17. e5 e6 18. Nce4 Bd5 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Bxd6
Rfc8 22. Be5 Nc4 23. c3 Qa4 24. b3 Rab8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Nc5 Qb5 27. Ka1 a4
28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Qc2 Qa5 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Rb4 Rxc5 32. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nh6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Nc3 Nfxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Kh1
a6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Ba7 17. g4 Rfc8 18. h4 Nc6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Ne2 Rxc1 $146
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Kf3 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bb1 h6 27.
Ba2 Kg7 28. Kg3 Bb8 29. Kf3 Bd6 30. Be3 Bd7 31. Bb6 Ne7 32. Bd8 Ng6 33. h5 Ne7
34. Nd4 Nc6 35. Bb6 Nxd4+ 36. Bxd4 Bc6 37. b4 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Bb2 Kf6 40.
Bb1 Bd7 41. Bc2 Bf8 42. Kg3 Bg7 43. Kh4 Kf7 44. Bg6+ Ke7 45. Bc2 Bf6+ 46. Kg3
Kd6 47. Bc1 Bg7 48. g5 hxg5 49. Bxg5 e4 50. h6 Be5+ 51. Bf4 Bf5 52. Ba4 Bh7 53.
Kg4 b5 54. Bd1 d4 55. Kg5 d3 56. Be3 Bb2 57. Bg4 Bc3 58. Kf4 Kd5 59. Bc5 Bd2+
60. Be3 Bxe3+ 61. Kxe3 Kc4 62. Kd2 Kb3 63. Bc8 Kxa3 64. Bxa6 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5
8. Bxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxe5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bf3 c6 14.
O-O Rd8 15. Qb4 Rd7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Be6 20. b4
d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. g3 f5 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Kf3 Ke6
27. h4 g6 28. e4 fxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Kd6 30. g4 b6 31. Rf3 Ke6 32. Rf8 a5 33. Ke3
axb4 34. axb4 Rb5 35. Rf4 Rd5 36. Rc4 c5 37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Ra4 b5 39. Ra7 Kd5
40. Rxh7 Kc4 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 Rc8 43. Rh1 Kb3 44. Rb1+ Ka4 45. g5 b4 46. f4
b3 47. g6 Ka3 48. f5 Ka2 49. Rxb3 Kxb3 50. f6 Re8+ 51. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nbd2 c4 8. Bc2
Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 g6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. f4 Bd7 15.
Nf3 b4 16. Kf2 Rb8 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Qg4 Kg7 19. Qh3 h5 20. g4 Rh8 21. Qf3 hxg4
22. Qxg4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5 24. Qg5 Qd8 25. Qxd8 Rhxd8 26. Rab1 a5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Bxb1 Ba4 30. Ke2 Kh6 31. Nf3 Be7 32. g4 Bd7 33. Bc2 Kg7 34. g5
Ba3 35. e4 Kf8 36. exd5 exd5 37. Nd4 Bc1 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Ne2 Bd2 40. Kg3 Be1+
41. Kf3 a4 42. Ke3 a3 43. Kf3 Bc6 44. Ke3 Bd7 45. Kf3 Bh3 46. Bb1 Bf1 47. Nd4
Bxc3 48. Ke3 Bb2 49. Bc2 Bg2 50. Nc6+ Kd7 51. Nd4 Bh3 52. Ba4+ Kc7 53. Be8
Bxd4+ 54. Kxd4 Be6 55. Ba4 Kb6 56. Bc2 Kb5 57. Bb1 Kb4 58. Bc2 c3 59. Bb1 Bd7
60. Ke3 Kc5 61. Kd3 d4 62. Ke2 Bg4+ 63. Kf2 Kc4 64. f5 gxf5 65. e6 fxe6 66. g6
Bh5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxc4 Bb4 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 O-O
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rc4 a5 21.
g3 Bc5 22. Qc2 Bb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe4 Rd8 25. Nc4 Bxd4 26. Kg2 Qd5 27. Qxd5
Rxd5 28. Nxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxd4 b5 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. Ke3 bxa4 32. bxa4 Ke7 33. Kd3 e5
34. Rc4 Kd6 35. Kc3 Kd5 36. Kb3 Ra7 37. f3 f5 38. Rb4 e4 39. fxe4+ fxe4 40. Kc3
Rc7+ 41. Kd2 Rf7 42. Ke2 Rc7 43. Rb2 Ra7 44. Ra2 Ra5 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. g4 g5 47.
Ra3 Kd5 48. Ra2 Kc4 49. Rd2 Kb3 50. Rd4 Rxa4 51. Rxa4 Kxa4 52. Kxe4 Kb3 53. Kf5
Kc3 54. Kg6 Kd4 55. Kxh6 Ke4 56. Kxg5 Ke5 57. h4 Ke6 58. Kg6 Ke7 59. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Picado, Jorge"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Nc2 h6 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Na7 16. Bb2 Rxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxb5 18. Bb2 Qa8 19. f3 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qb7 21. Ne3
Nh5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nf4 24. Qd2 g5 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Nc7 27. g3 Nfe6
28. Kg2 d5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Kf2 f6 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. a4 Bb4 34.
Rc8 Ke7 35. Rh8 Nc5 36. Rxh6 Nxb3 37. Kd3 Nc5+ 38. Kc4 Nxa4 39. Kxd5 Nxb2 40.
Rh7+ Kf8 41. Rb7 Bc3 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Nd3 44. Rb3 Nf4+ 45. Ke4 Be1 46. Kf5
Nh5 47. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rad1 e5 13. Bg5 b5 14. a3 Bb7
15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6 Rc7 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Bxa7 Qxa7
21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Re1 Ra8 24. Qd3 h6 25. Qd6 Qc4 26. Qd3 Qc7 27.
Qd6 Qc4 28. Qd3 Qc7 29. Qd6 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 f6 15.
O-O e5 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. f3 Rf7 18. e4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bf2
Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Be6 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Kf2 Rfe7 25. Rd1 Bb3 26. Re1 f5 27. Bc5 Re5
28. Bd4 R5e7 29. Bc5 Re5 30. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
exd5 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. O-O-O Nxc3
14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. Bxc3 f6 16. Bd4 b6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Kc7
20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Rc3+ Kb7 22. a4 Rd5 23. Rb3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Re3 e5 26. c3
Rd5 27. Rh3 h6 28. Rg3 Rd7 29. Kc2 Kc7 30. Re3 Rd5 31. h4 h5 32. f3 Kd6 33. b4
g5 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Rd3 e4 36. fxe4 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 h4 38. Ke3 g4 39. c4 Ke5 40.
c5 h3 41. gxh3 gxh3 42. Kf3 bxc5 43. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5
15. Bf3 Kh8 16. Qd3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. b3 g6 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Bh6 21. b4
axb4 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qc5 24. Rab1 f5 25. Nce3 Nd4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Nxb4
Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qxc4 30. Qb6 fxe4 31. Qxd6 Kg8 32. Qxe5 exf3 33.
Re1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 c6 11. e4 Qe7 12. h3 Be6 13. Qa4 Rfe8 14. Bg5 Qc5 15.
b3 b5 16. Qa5 a6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nf8 21. dxe6
Nxe6 22. Rac1 h5 23. Rc6 h4 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Qxa6 hxg3 26. fxg3 Qb4 27. Qd6
Qa5 28. Rd5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe3 30. Qc6 Rb8 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Nd4 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Ne2 35. Qf1 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qe3 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. Bf3 Nd4 39. Bg4 Qxe4
40. Qc4+ Kh7 41. a4 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 e4 43. a5 Qd2+ 44. Kf1 Qxa5 45. b4 Qa1+ 46.
Kf2 Nf5 47. Qxe4 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. a4
Rb8 9. h3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. d5 Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Bf4 c4 14. Nd4 Rbc8 15. Bf1
Nc5 16. f3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Nh5 20. a5 b5 21. Qxd3 e5 22.
Ne2 f5 23. Bb6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rf7 25. Rf1 Rcf8 26. Ng1 Bh6 27. Nc2 Bc8 28. Rxf7
Qxf7 29. Re1 Bf4 30. gxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Kh1 Ng3+ 32. Kg2 Nh5 33. Qe3 Qh4 34. Kh2
Nf4 35. Qg3 Qh5 36. Rf1 Qh6 37. Be3 Qh5 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Rxf4 Qd1 40. Rxf8+
Kxf8 41. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. h3 h6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Rc8 12. Qb3 b5 13. a4 c6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Ra7 Bd6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Rfa1 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qg5 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Nxg4 f5 21. Ne5
f4 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Ne5 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qg6 25. Ne5 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Bh2 Bf8 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa2 Nd5 18. Qb1 Nc6 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. Qc2
Ned5 22. Qd1 Nh5 23. Bf1 Nhf6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. Bf1 Nhf6 26. Bd3 Nh5 27. Bf1 Nhf6
28. Bd3 Nh5 29. Bf1 Nhf6 30. Bd3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Bg3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. Qd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6
15. Re1 Qc7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Nf3 a6 20. Qd2 Qc5 21.
Rbc1 Bb5 22. Bb1 Qc4 23. Qc2 g6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Bd3 Qc7 27. g4 Rh8
28. g3 Qd8 29. Kg2 Qc7 30. f4 h5 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rhg8 33. f6+ Bxf6 34.
exf6+ Kf8 35. Re3 Qf4 36. Rf1 Rxg3+ 37. Rxg3 Qxd2+ 38. Rf2 Qh6 39. Rg8+ Kxg8
40. Bc2 Kf8 41. Ne2 h4 42. Nf4 Qg5+ 43. Kf3 e5 44. Ng2 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. d4 Nd7 8.
Qd3 Ngf6 9. e4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Rad8 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne8 14. Ne4 c5
15. c3 Qb6 16. Qf2 Qg6 17. Be3 b6 18. Qf5 Nc7 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Rad1 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Nd5 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. Nc3 Bh4 25. e6 Nb8 26. d5 Rfe8 27. Nb5
Na6 28. d6 Rxe6 29. Bd5 Kf7 30. Nd4 Kf6 31. Nxe6 Rxd6 32. Bc4 Rxe6 33. Bxa6 g5
34. Rd5 g6 35. Rfd1 Re4 36. Rd6+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rxa7 Rg4+
40. Kh1 Bf2 41. Rf1 Be3 42. Be2 Rd4 43. Ra3 f4 44. Rd3 Re4 45. Bf3 Re5 46. Re1
Kf5 47. Kg2 g5 48. h3 Rc5 49. Rd5+ Rxd5 50. Bxd5 Ke5 51. Bb7 Kd4 52. Kf3 Kd3
53. Be4+ Kd4 54. Re2 b5 55. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c4 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 d5 13. a4 g5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Nh5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bg4 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Qc2
Be6 22. Qe2 Bg4 23. Qc2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d3 b6
9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfc1 Rac8
15. Ne3 Rfd8 16. Qb2 Qb8 17. Rc4 Ne7 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. h4 h6 20. Ng4 Nd7 21. h5
Bxf3 22. hxg6 Bxg4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rh4 Rd7 26. Rcc4 Rf8 27. b4
cxb4 28. Rxb4 Kg8 29. a4 Nd5 30. Rbg4 Nf6 31. Rg6 Kh7 32. Rhxh6+ gxh6 33. Rxf6
Rxf6 34. Qxf6 Qe8 35. Be4+ Kg8 36. Qxh6 Rg7 37. Kg2 Qf7 38. f4 Kf8 39. Kf3 Ke7
40. e3 Qf6 41. Qh1 Qb2 42. g4 a6 43. d4 b5 44. Qh6 Rf7 45. d5 exd5 46. Bxd5 Rf6
47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. g5 Rxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Qf2+ 50. Bf3 Qb2 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. axb5 Qh2+
53. Ke4 Qc2+ 54. Ke5 Qc3+ 55. Kd6 Qb4+ 56. Qc5 Qh4 57. Qe5 Kf8 58. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Bxc3 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxd4 13. Ng4 Qg5 14. Bh7+ Kxh7
15. Qxd4 f6 16. Ne3 e5 17. Qc5 Be6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 e4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
h4 Rxd5 22. hxg5 Rxc5 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rd6 Re8 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 b5 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nbd2 a4 10. c5 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nfd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. a3 f5 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. e3 Bd7
16. f3 Be8 17. Rae1 Nbd7 18. Nb1 g5 19. Nc3 g4 20. Ne2 gxf3 21. Nxf3 Ne4 22.
Nf4 Bf7 23. Nd3 Ndf6 24. Nfe5 Bd8 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Bf3 Ng5 27. Bg2 Qe7 28. Qe2
Be8 29. Nfd3 Bh5 30. Qf2 Nfe4 31. Qc2 Qe8 32. h4 Nf7 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Nf4 Bc7
35. Bc3 Nxe5 36. dxe5 Bg4 37. Rf2 Rd8 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Kf7 40. Rf1 Qe7 41.
Bd4 Rg8 42. Kh2 Bd8 43. Bc3 Bc7 44. Bd4 Rd8 45. Qa2 Rd7 46. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Ne1 b5 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nb4 Qe8 14. Nc6 Ra8 15. a4
bxa4 16. Nxa4 h5 17. Bg5 Kh7 18. Qb3 Rh8 19. Qa3 Qf8 20. Rac1 Ng8 21. Bd8 Bh6
22. Rc2 f5 23. Bc7 Ngf6 24. Bxd6 Qe8 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Ne7 Bb7 27. Rc7 Rb8 28.
Nc6 Bf8 29. Nxb8 Qxb8 30. Re1 Kg6 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Nb6 Nxb6 34.
Qxb6 Bxd5 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Rc6+ Nf6 38. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. b5 Nd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd4 Nf7 14. Qb3 e5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. c4 d4 17. Bc1 Bc5 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Nbd2 Bg4 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Bd3
Qd7 22. Rfe1 g6 23. Bxg6 d3 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Qc3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3 Ng4 27. Rf1
Qf4 28. Bc1 Qf5 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 e4 31. Bb2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rd7 33. Kg1 e3
34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qg7+ Ke6 36. Nd4+ Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Qf2+ 38. Kh2 d2 39. Qd5+ Ke7
40. Qxb7+ Ke6 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. Qe4+ Kf7 43. Qxh7+ Ke6 44. Qg6+ Ke7 45. Ba3+ Kd8
46. Qd6+ Kc8 47. Qc6+ Kd8 48. Qd6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kd8 50. Qd5+ Kc8 51. Bd6 Re7
52. Bxe7 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 e2 54. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qf5 8.
Be2 O-O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Rac1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. h3
Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bf3 Be4 18. Nd7+ Qxd7 19. Bxe4 h6 20. d5 exd5
21. Bf5 Qd8 22. Bxc8 Kxc8 23. Rxc6+ bxc6 24. Qxc6+ Qc7 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qxd5+
Bd6 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d3 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 f5 11. Bb3+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Qg6
15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Qh5 d5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. d4 Bd6 20. Ne2 Na5 21.
Nf4 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rf6 23. Re3 Re8 24. Rh3+ Kg8 25. Bd2 c6 26. Re1 Nc8 27. Rxe8+
Bxe8 28. Kf2 Bb8 29. Rh7 Nd6 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. Nfxe6+ Ke7 33. Nf4
Kf6 34. h4 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4+ fxe4 36. g4 Bf7 37. Be3 Bd6 38. b4 b6 39. Kg2 a5 40.
bxa5 bxa5 41. b3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Kd2 Kb6 45. Kc2 Kb5 46. Kb2 c5
47. Ka2 cxd4 48. cxd4 a4 49. bxa4+ Kxa4 50. Kb2 Kb4 51. Ne2 Kc4 52. Kc2 Be7 53.
g5 Bd6 54. Bf2 Bc7 55. Be3 Be6 56. Bf4 Bb6 57. Be5 e3 58. Bf6 Bg4 59. Nc3 e2
60. Kd2 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Be6 8. c4 O-O
9. d5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxb2 11. dxe6 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bxa1 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Bc4+
Kg7 15. Ng5 Kh8 16. Ne6 Rc8 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Nc3 Bb2 19. Bh6 Nb6 20. Be2 d5 21.
Bf3 Rc6 22. Ng5 Rf6 23. Kc2 Bxc3 24. Kxc3 e5 25. e4 d4+ 26. Kd3 a5 27. Rc1 Rc8
28. Bg4 Rc7 29. Ne6 Re7 30. Rxc5 Rfxe6 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe5 Rd6
34. Rxa5 Kg7 35. Bf4 Rd7 36. Be5+ Kf7 37. Bxd4 Nc8 38. Rd5 Rc7 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40.
Bxc5 Ke6 41. f4 Kd7 42. g4 Kc6 43. b4 b6 44. Bf8 Nd6 45. h4 Nb5 46. f5 Kd7 47.
e5 Nc7 48. Ke4 Ke8 49. Bh6 Na6 50. Bd2 Nc7 51. e6 Nb5 52. Ke5 Nc7 53. f6 b5 54.
f7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8. a3 a6
9. Bg5 b5 10. Ba2 e6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nf4
Bb7 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 c4 20. g4 Qe7 21. Qd2
Qd7 22. g5 Ng4 23. dxc4 Nce5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qb4 Bg7 26. cxd5 Bxh6 27. gxh6
Qd8 28. Qe4 Qd6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qe5 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Kf8 33. e4 f6
34. Kf2 Ke8 35. Kg3 g5 36. c4 bxc4 37. Bxc4 a5 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Bc8 40. Be2
f5 41. e5 f4+ 42. Kg2 Bf5 43. b5 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bb7 45. Be4 Kd7 46. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. Be2
b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. g3 e5 12. h3 Bb7 13. Bf3 c5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg2
c4 16. a4 Nd7 17. b4 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. O-O Bxb2 10. N1d2 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 Nf6 12. Bh6 Rg8 13. h3 g5 14. Nf3 g4 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Qb1 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 e4 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nd2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Bf4 Nd8 15.
Ng5 e6 16. Qg4 Nc4 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Bg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Re8
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Nh5 Qe7 26. f4 Qf7 27. Qg4 Ne7 28.
Nf6 Bxf6 29. exf6 Ng8 30. Bg6 Qxf6 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Qg3 Nd6 33. f5 Nxf5 34.
Qc7 Qe7 35. Qa5 Nf6 36. Rf1 Kf7 37. Rae1 Ne4 38. Qxa7 Rg8 39. Qb6 c4 40. Kh1
Ke8 41. a4 Bc8 42. Qb8 Qc5 43. Qe5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Ba7 9. O-O d6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Kh1 b5 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rae1 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Rf3 Rae8 17. Ref1 Re6 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. Qh4 h6 20. Rh3 Nh7 21. Bc1
Rf6 22. Rhf3 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Qe6 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. Qe1 Ng5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rf5 g6
28. Rxg5 Bd8 29. Rg3 Bh4 30. Nd2 Bxg3 31. Nxg3 Nc5 32. Be2 Qf6 33. c4 bxc4 34.
Bxc4 Rd8 35. Nf3 Qf4 36. Qb4 Rd1+ 37. Nf1 Qe3 38. Nxe5 Qf2 39. h3 Rxf1+ 40.
Bxf1 Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Qxb7 Rb8 9. Qa6 Nb4 10. Qxa7 Rd8 11. Kd1 Bg6 12. a3 Nc2 13. Ra2 Ne7 14. b4 Nc6
15. Qa4 Ne3+ 16. fxe3 dxe3 17. Ke1 Be7 18. g3 O-O 19. Bg2 exd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qe6
21. Qb3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf4 Qd4 25. Bf3 Bf6 26. Kf1 c6 27.
Kg2 Be4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Qf3 Qxc4 30. Rc1 Qa2 31. Rxc6 Re8 32. Kf1 Bb2 33.
Qe4 Rd8 34. Qd3 Rf8 35. b5 Bxa3 36. Ra6 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qb2 38. Rxa3 Re8 39. Kf2
h6 40. Rb3 Qa2 41. Be3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Picado, Jorge"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rab1 Rb8 12. g4 Qc7 13. f4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15.
Kh1 b5 16. Ng3 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. exf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh7 21.
Qg2 Rf8 22. Rg1 Bd4 23. Nh5 Bb7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Qh7 26. Rg6 Bxd5+ 27.
cxd5 Rg8 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxd6 Rg6 30. Rd7+ Kh6 31. Ng3 Rf8 32. b3 Bf2 33.
Kg2 Bd4 34. Re1 Rff6 35. Ree7 Rg8 36. Rh7+ Kg6 37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bf4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qc2 Bh5 12. b4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. b5
Ne7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 g5 17. Qd3 gxf4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxf4 a6 20. bxa6 Rxa6
21. Nb3 Rh6 22. Raf1 Qd6 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. R4f3 Qxg3 25. Rxg3 Ra8 26. Rgf3 Rxa2
27. Rxf7 Ra3 28. Nc5 Nh4 29. Rxc7 Rxc3 30. Rxb7 Rc2 31. g3 Ng6 32. h4 Nxh4 33.
gxh4 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bxe3
15. Qe1 Bc5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Ke7 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. c4 Bc6 20. b3 Bxg3 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Be4 Bb8 23. g3 Rcd8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. Rac1 Qd7 27.
Qb2 f6 28. Rfe1 Kf7 29. Qe2 h5 30. Red1 h4 31. Ne3 hxg3 32. Nxd5 gxf2+ 33. Qxf2
exd5 34. Qg2 Bh2+ 35. Kf1 d4 36. Rc4 Be5 37. Qf3 Rh3 38. Qg2 Qf5+ 39. Ke1 Bg3+
0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. d3
c6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Rc1 a4 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Be5 15.
Qc2 axb3 16. axb3 Ra2 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. g4 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 Nd3 22. Qb1 Nxf2 23. c5 Qxc5 24. b4 Qb6 25. Kg2 Nxd1 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Nc4
Rxd1 28. Nxb6 Rb1 29. Nc4 Rxb4 30. Nd6 b5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nge7 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 Ng6 8. a4
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g3 Bf6 11. h4 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Bd4 15.
Ne2 Be5 16. c3 f5 17. Be3 fxe4 18. dxe4 Na5 19. Ba2 Qxb2 20. Bxc5 Rf6 21. Qd3
Nb3 22. Bxb3 Qxb3 23. Reb1 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Na7 15.
Rfc1 Qd8 16. Bg5 b5 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rc5 Na7 20. Rbc1 Rxc5 21.
Rxc5 Rc8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. h3 Nf8 24. Nc1 Bc6 25. Qc2 g6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Rc3 Nb6
28. Nc5 Nc4 29. Nxa6 Ra8 30. Nc5 Nc8 31. Qc1 N8b6 32. Qh6 Qf8 33. Qc1 Kg7 34.
h4 Ra7 35. Ng5 Qa8 36. h5 Rxa3 37. h6+ Kg8 38. Rxa3 Nxa3 39. Qf4 Qf8 40. Nxh7
Kxh7 41. Bxg6+ Kxg6 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Nxe6 Qh8 44. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Qh4 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nb4 12. Bd1 Nc6 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 e5 16. f5 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 gxf5 18. c3 Qd3 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. Qe1 e4 21. Be2
Qd7 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Bf4 e3 25. Nd6 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Bf3 Qc2
28. Bxc6 e2 29. Bxe8 exf1=Q+ 30. Rxf1 Rxe8 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxa4 33. Be5
f6 34. Bd6 b6 35. h3 Qd7 36. Qe7 Qxe7 37. Bxe7 a4 38. Bd8 b5 39. Be7 c4 40. Kg1
Kg8 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ba3 Bf8 43. Ke3 Bxa3 44. bxa3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. g4 h6 47.
h4 Kc6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. h5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nd2
Qc7 9. Ndf3 c4 10. Bc2 Ne4 11. Bg3 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Bd7
15. f4 Be8 16. g4 Rb8 17. Rb1 c5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. exd4 Qh6 21.
Qe3 Qh4+ 22. Kf1 Rb6 23. Nf3 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Qg2+ 25. Kd1 Qxh1+ 26. Ke2 Qg2+ 27.
Kd1 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. h3 c6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 Nf8 12. Re1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. Bf1 Rxe1
15. Qxe1 Bf5 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. f4 Be4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. f5
Nc7 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 Qe7
28. Bd2 Bc7 29. c4 Nb6 30. f6 Qd6 31. Qf2 Nd7 32. fxg7 Kxg7 33. Bc3 Kg8 34. h4
Nf8 35. c5 Qg3+ 36. Qxg3 Bxg3 37. h5 Bf4 38. Kg2 Bxg5 39. Bc4 Ne6 40. Bxe6 fxe6
41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Kf3 Bf6 43. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8. d5 d6
9. e4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2
Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 17. exd5 cxd4 18. Be4 Bg7 19. Kg2 Rf6 20. a4 Rc8 21. a5 Rxc4
22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Qb5 24. Rfa1 Rb4 25. Ra8+ Bf8 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. R1a7+ Rf7
28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Ra7+ Kg8 30. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Ne2 c5
9. c3 Qc7 10. Bd2 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. O-O a5 15. Kh1 a4
16. a3 b3 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bc1 cxd4 22.
exd6 Rxd6 23. Nxd4 N7b6 24. Ne4 Rd7 25. Rd3 e6 26. Rfd1 Rc8 27. g4 Bh6 28. Ne2
f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rg3+ Rg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nb7 Re8 34. Nd6
Re7 35. Nd4 Kf6 36. Rf1 Rd7 37. N6b5 Nc4 38. Re1 Re7 39. Nc6 Bxf4 40. Nxe7 Kxe7
41. Bxf4 Nxf4 42. Nd4 Kf6 43. Nf3 Nxb2 44. Ne5 Nfd3 45. Nxd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bh2 Bh6 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Qd2 g5 15.
Bxf4 gxf4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. b4 e6 20. Nbd2 Rc7 21. Nb3
f6 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Kf7 26. Kg1 Bf8 27. Rad1 Ra8
28. Re2 Rd6 29. c4 Ra5 30. c5 Rd7 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Rde1 Re7 33. Kh2 Bg7 34. h4
h5 35. Kh3 Ra8 36. g4 fxg3 37. fxg3 Rb8 38. g4 Rb3 39. Re3 hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rxb2
41. Rf1 Ke8 42. Ra3 Rb8 43. Ra6 Rc8 44. Kh5 Bh8 45. Re1 e5 46. Kg6 e4 47. Ng1
f5 48. Kxf5 Bxd4 49. Ne2 Rf7+ 50. Kg4 Bxc5 51. Rc1 Be3 52. Raxc6 Rxc6 53. Rxc6
Kd7 54. Rc2 Rf2 55. h5 Kd6 56. Ra2 Ke5 57. Nc3 Rxa2 58. Nxa2 Bd2 59. Kg3 d4 60.
Kf2 d3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 O-O 8.
Ngf3 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Rd8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Na5 Rb8 14. Rfd1
Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Rac1 Rdc8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Nbd5 19. Rd3 Rc7 20. e4 Ne7
21. Rcd1 b6 22. Nb3 Ng6 23. Nc4 e5 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 b5 26. Nd6 Kf8 27. Nc1
Ke7 28. Ra8 Bd7 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 Nf8 31. Nd3 N8d7 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4
Ng4 34. Bh3 Ne3 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. Kf3 Nxa3 37. Ke3 Nf6 38. Bg2 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nd4
40. Kc3 Nxf5 41. Ne5 Nd5+ 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Rxa7 d4+ 44. Kd3 Rxa7 45. Nc6+ Ke6
46. Nxa7 Kd5 47. Nxb5 f6 48. Nc7+ Kc6 49. Ne6 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. e4 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Kh7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qd6 21.
Rc1 Nf6 22. Qa5 Re7 23. Rdc4 b6 24. Qb5 Rd8 25. Qc6 Qe5 26. Rd1 Qxb2 27. Rf4
Rd6 28. Qa4 a5 29. h4 Kg7 30. g4 Red7 31. Rfd4 h5 32. R1d2 Qc1+ 33. Rd1 Qc3 34.
g5 Ng4 35. R4d3 Qe5 36. f4 Qe2 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. f5 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5
Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Nfd2 Nf6 8. Bg3
d6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. f3 e5 12. d5 a6 13. e4 Nh5 14. Bf2 Nf4 15. g3 Ng6
16. Bh3 Nf6 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Ne3 Kf8 20. Nf5 Bc8 21. Be3 Ne7 22. g4
Ng6 23. Bf1 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nh4 25. Qd1 Nh5 26. Qe2 Nf4 27. Qf2 Nhg2+ 28. Kd2
Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Bf6 30. Bd3 b5 31. Kd2 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qb8 33. Kc2 Qb4 34. b3 Qa3
35. Nb1 Qa5 36. Nc3 Rec8 37. Rhd1 Qb6 38. Qxb6 cxb6 39. a4 Ke7 40. Kd2 Rc5 41.
Rdc1 h5 42. Na2 g4 43. Nb4 Bg5 44. Kd1 gxf3 45. Bf1 a5 46. Nc6+ Kf6 47. Rxc5
bxc5 48. Ra2 Bh4 49. Rc2 Rg8 50. Rc3 f2 51. Bb5 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb4 c5 12. dxc5 a5 13. Bc3 Qxc5 14. e3
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rb8 16. Be2 c6 17. O-O Ba6 18. b4 Qb6 19. Rfb1 c5 20. b5 Bb7 21.
a4 Rfd8 22. Rc1 d4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Rd1 Rbd8 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Bd3
g6 28. Qd2 e5 29. Qg5 Re8 30. f3 Kg7 31. Qd2 f5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. e4 O-O 13. Nf1 Bg5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Qg5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rf1 Ng4 18. f4 Qg6 19. Rd3 h5 20. Nd1 Rae8 21. f5 Qg5
22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Kh1 Bc8 24. Rg1 Bxf5 25. Ra3 Bg4 26. Rxa7 Re7 27. Nc3 Ne8 28.
Bxg4 hxg4 29. Rf1 g6 30. Nd1 f5 31. Nf2 Rh7 32. Ra8 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qh5 34. Rh1 Nf6
35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Qe3 f4 38. gxf4 Qh6 39. Nd3 g3 40. h3 Nh5 41.
Re1 Nxf4+ 42. Nxf4 exf4 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Rxh6 Rxh6
47. Qe7+ Rf6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. h4 Kg6 50. Qxc7 Kf5 51. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Nb3 Ne7 13. Bc5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O
15. O-O f6 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. exf6 gxf6 18. f4 Nf5 19. Nd4 Ng7 20. Rf3 Qc7 21.
Raf1 Re8 22. Qd3 f5 23. Rh3 h5 24. Re3 Bc8 25. Re5 Qa5 26. Bb4 Qb6 27. Rb1 c5
28. Qd1 cxb4 29. cxb4 Rc7 30. a4 Rc4 31. c3 Rxc3 32. a5 Qb8 33. Qe1 Rc4 34.
Nxf5 exf5 35. Rxe8+ Kh7 36. Re7 Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qe3 Nf5 39. Qc5 Be6 40.
b5 e3 41. g3 d4 42. b6 d3 43. Qc7+ Qxc7 44. bxc7 d2 45. Rb7 e2 46. Kg2 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Qg4 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13. Qg3 h5 14. Na3
h4 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. Nb5 d4 19. c3 e5 20. cxd4 exd4
21. Bf4 Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd4 Qc6 24. Nxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rb1
d6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Ndf6 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Ba1 Qd7 15.
Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. d5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nf6 19. Qc3 b5 20. Ng5 b4 21. Qb2 h6
22. Nh3 Nd7 23. f4 Nf6 24. e4 Bc8 25. Nf2 Ng4 26. Re1 Nxf2 27. Qxf2 e6 28. e5
exd5 29. cxd5 Bf5 30. Rac1 Rfe8 31. exd6 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxd6 33. Qe3 Rc8 34. h3
h5 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Kh2 c4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Qc8 40. Qe3 a5
41. Qb6 Qc2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7 Qxa2 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Qf6 Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47.
Qe7 Qc4 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg3 c5 8. Qc2
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Be6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qb1 Nxd4
15. exd4 e5 16. d5 Qe7 17. f3 O-O 18. g4 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. O-O f5 21. gxf5
gxf5 22. Nf2 h5 23. Rce1 Bh6 24. Qd1 Qh4 25. Nh3 Rf7 26. f4 Rg7 27. Re3 Kh8 28.
Qe1 Qg4 29. Qe2 Qg6 30. Kh1 e4 31. Bb1 a6 32. c4 Rgg8 33. Rf2 Qf7 34. Kh2 Rg4
35. Bc2 Bg7 36. Ng5 Qg6 37. Qd2 Bf6 38. Rh3 Bxg5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Qe2 Rg4 41.
g3 Be8 42. Rg2 Qf6 43. Qe3 Qg5 44. Qc3+ Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. Bd1 Rg5 47. Rh4
Kf6 48. Rf4 Ke5 49. Rh4 b5 50. b3 bxc4 51. bxc4 Kd4 52. Be2 Rg7 53. Rf4 a5 54.
Rf1 Rb7 55. Rd1+ Kc5 56. Kh3 Rb3 57. Kh4 Rcb8 58. Rf1 Bd7 59. Ra1 f4 60. Bxh5
Rxg3 61. Rag1 Rxg2 62. Rxg2 Rb3 63. Rg7 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Picado, Jorge"]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
f6 9. c3 Rb8 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Ne3 d4 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. a4 a6 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Bd2
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na3 e5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rec1 Ba5 20. Rc5 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Qa5
22. Rd1 Rfc8 23. Bf1 Nd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be2 Rc5 26. Nc2 Nec6 27. Qa3 Qxa3
28. Nxa3 Be6 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. h3 Nb7 31. Bg4 Bf7 32. Nf3 Kg8 33. Ne1 Kf8 34. f4
Ke7 35. Rd2 Na5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nac2 Nb3 38. Rf2 Nxc2 39. Nxc2 Nc1 40. Nb4
Ba2 41. h4 Bb1 42. Rd2 Nb3 43. Rd1 Rc1 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Kf1 Kc5 46. Na6+ Kd6 47.
Nb4 Kc5 48. Na6+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d4 Ng6 12. a4 c6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxb6 axb6
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. b3 f6 20. Rad1 Nc5 21.
Nxb6 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Nxb3 23. Nc4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nc5 25. Nd6 Ra8 26. Nf5+ Kf7 27.
Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kf7 29. Nd6+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nd3 Nf6 13. Qe1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Qe2 Bd7 21.
Rf1 Bg7 22. Nf2 Rf8 23. Ne4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. g4 Ke7 27.
Kf2 Bf6 28. Kg3 a5 29. h4 g5 30. h5 Bg7 31. b3 Bf8 32. Nc3 Bg7 33. Be4 Kf6 34.
Kf3 Bf8 35. Ne2 Bg7 36. Ng3 Bf8 37. Bf5 Be8 38. Ke4 Bg7 39. Be6 Bf8 40. a3 b5
41. Kd3 c6 42. Ne4+ Ke7 43. Kc3 c5 44. cxb5 Bxb5 45. Nd2 Bg7 46. e4 Kd8 47. Nc4
Bxc4 48. Kxc4 a4 49. b4 cxb4 50. Kxb4 Kc7 51. Kxa4 Kb6 52. Kb4 Bf6 53. a4 Bd8
54. a5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 b5 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. f4 e5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. fxe5 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Qxd5 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. a4 Rb8 19. Bc3 O-O 20. Rad1 Qxb3 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 b4 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Rf3 Qxd4 26. Rh3 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Qd5+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Flores, Manuel"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rb1 b6 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Na5
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Rb2 Rac8 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qf4 21.
g3 Qd6 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nc6 24. Rd1 Qb4 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Na5 27. Qf5
Bc8 28. Qd3 Bg4 29. h3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Nb7 31. Rb1 Qd6 32. Bd3 Nc5 33. Bc2 g6 34.
Rd1 Re8 35. h4 Re5 36. Qf4 Kg7 37. Qd4 Kg8 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Kh2 Qf6 40. Kg2 Qxf4
41. gxf4 Re2 42. Bb1 Kf6 43. Kf3 Re7 44. Rd2 Re1 45. Bc2 Ke7 46. d6+ Kd7 47. f5
gxf5 48. Bxf5+ Ne6 49. Kg4 Re5 50. f4 h5+ 51. Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Bg4 5. e3 Qd7 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg3
Nf6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ng8 16. d4 Ne7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Na4 b6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21.
Qa3 Ng6 22. f4 Nh4 23. Rf2 Nf5 24. Re2 Qb5 25. Kf2 Qd7 26. Rec2 Qd8 27. g3 g5
28. Qd3 h5 29. Rg1 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Qe2 Nh6 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Qxa6 b5 34. Nc5
Rb6 35. Qa3 Ra8 36. Qb3 Ra7 37. a3 c6 38. Rcc1 f5 39. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nh4 Be4 6. Bxe4 Nxe4 7. Nd2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nhf3 O-O 10. c4 c6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 c5 14. Bf4 Nxe5
15. dxe5 dxc4 16. exf6 cxb3 17. Bxc7 Bxf6 18. axb3 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bf6 20. Rd1
Rfc8 21. Rd7 b5 22. e4 Bc3 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 a5 25. Rxf7 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4
27. Rf3 c3 28. Rc2 a4 29. Rfxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 a3 31. Rc1 a2 32. Ra1 Kf8 33. Nd3
Ra4 34. e5 Kf7 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. Nc5 Rc4 37. Nxe6 Rc2 38. Nf4+ Kf5 39. Nd3 Rd2
40. Nb4 Rb2 41. Nxa2 Kxe5 42. Nc3 Kf5 43. Nd1 Rb4 44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Ne3 Rd4 46.
Kg2 g5 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E78"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qb4 13. a5 b5 14. Rfb1 bxc4 15.
Ra4 Nxe4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rxb4 19. Rc1 Rfb8 20. h3 Bf5 21.
Bd2 Rxb2 22. Qxc4 Rb1 23. Rxb1 Bxb1 24. g4 Nf6 25. g5 Ne4 26. Be1 h5 27. h4 f5
28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ng1 Bd4 30. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. c3 e6
9. Qc2 Ne7 10. a4 a6 11. e4 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Nc4 Nf8 15. Ne3 f5
16. Rad1 Kh8 17. c4 Nc6 18. Bf1 Nb4 19. Qb3 fxe4 20. Qxb4 exf3 21. Bg3 a5 22.
Qd2 Qd7 23. b3 Qf7 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nh2 fxg2 26. Bxg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rcd8 28. Nf3
Nh7 29. Re2 Rf8 30. Qd3 Rde8 31. Rde1 Re7 32. Re4 Bh6 33. d5 e5 34. Nd4 Nf6 35.
R4e2 Nd7 36. Ne6 Nc5 37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. Qc3 Bg7 39. Re4 Ree8 40. R1e3 Ra8 41.
Qe1 Bh6 42. Rd3 Qf5 43. Qe2 Rab8 44. Rf3 Qxf3+ 45. Qxf3 Rxf3 46. Kxf3 Rxb3+ 47.
Ke2 Ra3 48. f3 Bg7 49. Be1 Rxa4 50. Bc3 Kg8 51. Kd3 Ra2 52. Re1 Kf7 53. Rb1 Bf6
54. Be1 Bd8 55. Rb7 Ke8 56. Kc3 a4 57. Bd2 Ra3+ 58. Kb2 Rxf3 59. Ra7 a3+ 60.
Kc2 Kd7 61. Bc3 Bxh4 62. Rxa3 Be1 63. Bb2 Rxa3 64. Bxa3 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne5 f5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. a5 a6 15.
Qe2 b5 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. f3 Nd6 18. b4 Rf6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Nf3 Rg6 21. Ra2 Bc6
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rh6 24. Rf3 g5 25. g3 g4 26. Rf4 Qg5 27. Qg2 Rh3 28. Bf1
Rh5 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Na4 Rb8 18. c5 Rbd8 19. Ba1 a5 20. Qe1 Be6 21.
Bf3 Bd5 22. Nb6 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ng4 24. Rh3 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27.
Re1 f6 28. Re2 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Kg3 e5 31. Rh4 Rd8 32. Ra4 Nxc5 33. Rxa5
R8d4 34. Rxc5 Rf1 35. Nc4 h5 36. Nxe5 fxe5 37. Rcxe5 Rf6 38. R5e4 Rd5 39. a4 c5
40. b4 cxb4 41. Rxb4 Rd3+ 42. Kh4 Kg7 43. a5 Kh7 44. g3 Ra3 45. Rb6 Rxb6 46.
axb6 Rb3 47. Re6 Rb4+ 48. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nd5 7. Bd2 d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bc3 Nb4 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rae1 Bd7
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 d5 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Qxb5 Ne4 20. Qd3 b6 21. b4 a5
22. a3 axb4 23. Bxb4 bxc5 24. dxc5 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Ra4 26. Qb3 Rda8 27. Qc2 g5 28.
Nd2 Nf6 29. f3 Qe5 30. Nf2 Bd8 31. Rfe1 Qf4 32. Nd3 Qh4 33. Nf1 Bc7 34. Qf2 Qh5
35. Ng3 Qh4 36. Nf1 Qh5 37. g4 Qg6 38. Ne5 Qh7 39. Nc6 Re8 40. Qc2 Ra6 41.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 42. Nd4 Ra4 43. Nb5 Bf4 44. Rc2 Kg8 45. Ng3 Rc8 46. Rce2 Rc6 47. Rg2
Rc8 48. Ne2 Ra6 49. Nxf4 gxf4 50. g5 hxg5 51. Rxg5+ Kh7 52. Kf2 Rg8 53. Rxg8
Nxg8 54. Nd6 Nh6 55. Rg1 f6 56. Ne8 e5 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rd7 d4 59. Rd6 Ra8 60.
Nxf6 Nf5 61. Rd7 Ng7 62. c6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Rfd1 Nhf4 16. Bf1 g6 17. g3 Ng5 18. Kh1 Nf3 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Bg2
Nfd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bd5 d3 27. Qxd3
Rxb2 28. Qf3 Qb6 29. Kg2 Bd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nge7 7. Na4 Bxb2 8.
Nxb2 d5 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Nf4 d4 11. O-O Qd6 12. e4 Rb8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nbd3 e5
15. Nd5 a5 16. Nxc5 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c5 Kg7 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21.
bxc4 Rfd8 22. Rab1 Nb4 23. a3 Nc2 24. d3 Nc6 25. Rb2 Ne3 26. fxe3 dxe3 27. Nd5
Nd4 28. Nxe3 Ne6 29. Nd5 Nxc5 30. Rfb1 Rd6 31. Bf1 a4 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 f5
34. Rb5 Ne6 35. Nc3 Nd4 36. Rb6 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Nc2 38. Nc5 Ra8 39. Nxb7 Kh6 40.
Rb2 Ne3 41. Re2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 b5 14. f5 b4
15. Na4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 e5 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Rhe1 Rc8 19. Kb1 Bg5 20. Qd3 Be7 21.
Nd2 O-O 22. Nc4 Rcd8 23. Nab6 Bh4 24. Re2 a5 25. Nd5 Qc5 26. Nce3 Ra8 27. Nc4
a4 28. Ndb6 axb3 29. Nxa8 bxc2+ 30. Rxc2 Rxa8 31. Nxd6 Qa5 32. Re2 Qa2+ 33. Kc2
Ba6 34. Qf3 b3+ 35. Kc3 Qa5+ 36. Kxb3 Rb8+ 37. Kc2 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. b4 c5 8.
bxc5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Bd3
Rc8 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc3 Bxg2 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rg1 Qg4 19. Qb4 Qh3 20. Qf4 Nd7
21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Be4 23. d4 Bc2 24. Nd2 b6 25. Rc1 Ba4 26. cxb6 Rxc1+ 27.
Bxc1 Nxb6 28. Ke2 Rc8 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Re8 31. f3 f5 32. Kd3 Bb5+ 33. Ke3
fxe4 34. fxe4 Bc6 35. e5 Nd5+ 36. Kd3 Rf8 37. Kc4 Nb6+ 38. Kc5 Bd5 39. Bf4 Kf7
40. Rb1 Rc8+ 41. Kd6 Rc6# 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 e6 6. O-O-O b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. f3
h6 9. Kb1 Ne7 10. g4 f5 11. Nf4 Nf8 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Rg1 fxe4 14. fxe4 a6 15.
Be2 Rh7 16. Nxg6 Nexg6 17. Bh5 Qh4 18. Bxg6+ Nxg6 19. Rxg6 O-O-O 20. Rdg1 Rd7
21. Qg2 Kb8 22. Rg4 Qh5 23. a3 Ka7 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Bf2 Bf6 26. R1g2 Rd7 27. Qd3
Rde7 28. Be3 Rhg7 29. Rxg7 Bxg7 30. Bf4 Rf7 31. Rf2 Qg4 32. Bg3 Rxf2 33. Bxf2
Qg2 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. hxg3 c6 36. Kc1 Bc8 37. Kd2 Kb7 38. Ke3 Bf6 39. Kd3 Bh3
40. Be3 h5 41. Bf4 Be7 42. Ke3 a5 43. e5 d5 44. Nd1 h4 45. Nf2 Bf5 46. c3 hxg3
47. Bxg3 Bg5+ 48. Bf4 Be7 49. Kf3 c5 50. Ng4 Kc6 51. Nf6 Be6 52. Ke3 Kb5 53.
Kd2 cxd4 54. cxd4 Kc4 55. Be3 b5 56. Ne8 Kb3 57. Nc7 Bg8 58. Nxb5 Kxb2 59. Kd1
Kb3 60. Kd2 Kc4 61. Nd6+ Kb3 62. Nb7 a4 63. Nc5+ Kxa3 64. Kc3 Bh4 65. Bc1+ Ka2
66. Nxa4 Be1+ 67. Bd2 Bh4 68. Kb4 Be7+ 69. Kb5 Kb3 70. Nb6 Kc2 71. Bb4 Bh4 72.
Kc6 Kd3 73. Bc5 Bf2 74. Nxd5 Bxd4 75. Nf4+ Kc4 76. Bxd4 Kxd4 77. Kd6 Ba2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Qb3 e6 8.
Nb5 Qc6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nxa7 Qxe4 11. Nxc8 Nxc8 12. Bd3 Qa4 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. O-O
Nc6 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Bxa4 Nxb7 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 Kf6 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. Rc1 Ke7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nc4 Nd8
27. Nb6 Re5+ 28. Kf1 Nc6 29. Rd1 Nb8 30. Nc8+ Kf6 31. Nb6 Ke7 32. a4 Re4 33. b3
Rd4 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Nc4 Nc6 38. f4 Nb4+ 39. Kd2 Kd5
40. Ne5 g5 41. g3 gxf4 42. gxf4 Ke4 43. a5 Kd5 44. Nd3 Na6 45. b4 Kc4 46. h4 h5
47. Kc2 Nc7 48. Kd2 Kb5 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. Kd2 Kb5 51. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Bh2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5
15. a4 Nc4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 e5 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. d5 Rfd8 21.
f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 Nxe4 10. cxb5 Be6 11. b6 Rb8 12. Bxa6 Rxb6 13. Bc4 Rb8 14. O-O Be7
15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. b3 Nd5 20. Nc4 Nf4
21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Qe2 Rbf8 23. Rad1 Rd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Be3 Be6 9. f4 h5 10. h3 h4 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxh5 Rxh5 13. f5 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qd7
15. Nb5 Bf6 16. Bb6 Kf8 17. Nxa7 Kg7 18. c3 Ne5 19. Bd4 Rb8 20. fxg6 Rg5 21.
Kh1 Rxg6 22. Qe2 Rg3 23. Rf5 Rh8 24. Bf2 Rg6 25. Bg1 Rg3 26. Bf2 e6 27. Rf4 Rg6
28. Be3 Rg3 29. Bf2 Rg6 30. Bg1 Rg3 31. Bh2 Rg5 32. Nb5 Rh6 33. Rg1 Qc6 34. Nd4
Qb6 35. b4 Rhg6 36. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15.
e4 Bd7 16. Qb3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qa5 Qd7 21.
Rfe1 Bh6 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nc6 Rb7 25. Ra5 Nd7 26. Rea1 Qb6 27. Ra7
f6 28. R1a6 Qc7 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Ra7 Qc8 31. Qa5 Rf8 32. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Black "Rios, Edgard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 Qc7 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be3 Rab8 14. Na4 Ba8 15.
c5 b5 16. Nb6 Bb7 17. Qd2 d6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. g3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1
Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3
Qb6 9. Qc1 Bd7 10. O-O Rac8 11. a4 a6 12. Qb1 c4 13. Bc2 Na5 14. Ne5 h6 15.
Ndf3 Be8 16. Ra2 Nd7 17. Qd1 Qd8 18. Bb1 f5 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Bh2
Bf6 22. Bc2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qg5 24. Bf4 Qe7 25. Qf3 g6 26. Bxh6 Rf7 27. Qg3 Rh7
28. Bg5 Qf7 29. Raa1 Nc6 30. Bd1 Bd7 31. h4 Re8 32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf2 Na5 34. h5
Rg8 35. Rh1 Nb3 36. h6+ Kh8 37. Qh4 Rf8 38. Bxb3 cxb3 39. Ra3 Kg8 40. Rha1 Qe8
41. Qh1 b5 42. axb5 Bxb5 43. Rxb3 Qc6 44. Rb4 Ra7 45. Ra5 Kh7 46. Rbxb5 Qxb5
47. Rxb5 axb5 48. Qf1 Rb8 49. Qe2 Rc7 50. g4 Rc4 51. gxf5 exf5 52. Qf3 Rbc8 53.
Qxd5 b4 54. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Na4 Be7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 b6 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Nb5 Bf5 19. Qb3 Be4 20. f3 Bc2 21.
Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxb5 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. e4 d4 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. Bc4
Nd7 28. f4 Rb8 29. b3 Qg6 30. Bd3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Alfaro, William"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d6 5. c4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d5
c6 9. e4 O-O 10. Nd4 cxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Re1 Re8 15. f4
Ned7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rac1 b5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. cxb5 Qb6 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Na4 Qa7
22. Kh1 Bc4 23. Nc6 Qa6 24. Rxe7 Qxa4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxc4 Nb6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Re4 Ra8 29. Re2 Nc4 30. Qc2 Qb5 31. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Picado, Jorge"]
[Black "Medrano, Randall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nbc3 d6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. g4 O-O 8. Bg2
Ne8 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Qd2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Nce2 a5 15. f4
Nce6 16. f5 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bh6 Qb6 20. Rce1 Qc5 21. h4
Bb7 22. h5 Qe5 23. Rf3 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. g5 f6 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. gxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Rf1+ Kg7 31. hxg6 Kxg6 32. Bh3 e5 33. Rf3 Rg8
34. Kf2 Rg7 35. Bf5+ Kg5 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rh3 Bc6 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. Re6+ Kd8 40.
Rxd6+ Kc7 41. Re6 Rg8 42. Rxe5 Rh8 43. Re7+ Kd6 44. Re6+ Kc7 45. Kg2 a4 46. c5
Rb8 47. Re7+ Kd8 48. Re6 Kc7 49. Kg3 a3 50. bxa3 bxa3 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. Ra7 Ra8
53. Rxa8+ Bxa8 54. Be6 Bc6 55. Kf4 Bb5 56. Bc4 Bxc4 57. dxc4 Kd7 58. e5 Kc6 59.
e6 Kxc5 60. e7 Kxc4 61. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h4
cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qh5 f5 13. O-O-O Be8 14. Qe2 Bf7
15. g4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. Rdg1 Bd6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. gxf5+ Kh8 20. Qe3 Bg8 21.
fxe6 Qe7 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Rg1+ Qg7 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qh3 Ne7 26. Qg4+ Kh8
27. Nf3 Rf6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxf2 30. Qh5 Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Qb4 Rg8 33.
a3 Rg1+ 34. Ka2 Rg7 35. Qd6 Rd2 36. Bb1 Rf2 37. h5 Rf8 38. Bg6 Nxg6 39. hxg6
Re8 40. Qxd5 Rge7 41. Qf3 Rxe6 42. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Qg4 Kh8 11. h4 d6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. h5 g5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Nxe4 Nf6 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. f3 Qe7 18. O-O-O d5 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qb4 21. b3
Qc3+ 22. Kb1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Re1 Rad8 25. h6 gxh6 26. Qxe6 Kh7 27. Qe7+
Kg6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Black "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f4 Rf6 20. Qg2 Qf7 21. Nf3 Kh8
22. Ne5 Qh5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bf3 26. Qd2 Rg6 27. Rf1 Qg4
28. Qf2 Be2 29. Rfe1 Bf3 30. Bd2 h5 31. Re3 Ba8 32. Qe2 Qh3 33. Qf1 Qg4 34. h3
Qh4 35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Qe2 Qe6 37. Rg1 Rh6 38. b3 Qc6 39. c4 Ree6 40. Qd3 bxc4 41.
Qxf5 Kg8 42. bxc4 Qxc4 43. Rc1 Qb5 44. Rc7 Qe8 45. Rec3 Bc6 46. Qd3 Kh8 47. f5
Rxe5 48. Bxh6 Re2+ 49. Kg1 Bb5 50. Bxg7+ Kh7 51. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Black "Diego, Humberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
Re8 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a5 13. h3 b5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Be2 a4 16. g4 axb3 17. axb3 Bb7 18. g5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Rhg1 Ng6 21. Ng3
Bxg3 22. Rxg3 b4 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Bd4 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. h4 Qe4 27. h5
Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Ne7 29. Bb2 Rc8+ 30. Kb1 Nc6 31. h6 g6 32. Nh2 Na5 33. e4 dxe4
34. Ng4 Nb7 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Bxf6 Nc5 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Bg7+ Ke7 39. f3 Ke6 40.
fxe4 Rd8 41. Kc2 Rc8 42. Kb2 Rd8 43. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Black "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Ncxe4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Nd7
8. d4 Nf6 9. Qd3 c6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qe4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. c3 c5 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. c4 Rac8 20. Bc1 e5 21.
Rfe1 Re8 22. f3 Bg7 23. g4 Rcd8 24. b3 Bf6 25. Be4 Bh4 26. Rf1 Bxe4 27. Qxe4
Bg5 28. Rfe1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Qg5 30. Kf2 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Rcd1 Qh3 33. Kg1
Qf5 34. Rd3 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Kf7 36. f4 Kf6 37. fxe5+ Rxe5 38. Rexd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4
Re2 40. Rf4+ Ke6 41. Rf2 Rxf2 42. Kxf2 Ke5 43. Ke3 g5 44. h3 a5 45. a3 h5 46.
Kd3 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. b4 g3 49. Ke3 g2 50. Kf2 Kd4 51. c5 bxc5 52. bxa5 c4
53. a6 c3 54. a7 c2 55. a8=Q g1=Q+ 56. Kxg1 c1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Black "Flores, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bh4 a5 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qd3 Bxb3 14. axb3 g5
15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 Kh7 18. Qg4 f5 19. exf5 Qd7 20. Re4 Qxf5 21.
Qxf5+ Rxf5 22. Rc4 Raf8 23. f3 d5 24. Rxc6 d4 25. Rc7 R5f7 26. Nd5 Bd8 27.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 28. c4 Rb7 29. Ra3 Kg6 30. Kf2 Kf5 31. Ke2 e4 32. Kd2 h5 33. Kc2 e3
34. Kd3 Ke5 35. g3 Rf7 36. f4+ gxf4 37. Nxf4 Bb6 38. Ra4 h4 39. b4 axb4 40.
Rxb4 Bc5 41. Rb5 Kd6 42. b4 Ba7 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. b5+ Kb7 45. c5 hxg3 46. hxg3
Rg7 47. Ne2 Rg4 48. Rd7+ Ka8 49. b6 Bb8 50. c6 Rg6 51. c7 Bxc7 52. bxc7 Kb7 53.
Kxd4 Kc8 54. Rf7 Re6 55. Kd3 Re5 56. Nd4 Kb7 57. Ke2 Re4 58. Nf5 Re6 59. Nxe3
Rg6 60. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 c4 6. Bc2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Ne2
Bg6 9. O-O Qb6 10. b3 e6 11. Nd2 cxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. e4 O-O 14. Kh1 Bb8 15.
e5 Qc7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Rf3 f6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bh4 Kf7 20. c4 Ne7 21. cxd5 Nxd5
22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Qc2 Rh8 24. Bg3 f5 25. h3 Bc7 26. Kg1 b5 27. hxg4 bxc4 28. bxc4
Nb4 29. Qa4 a5 30. g5 Bb6 31. Bf2 Rc8 32. Qb5 Rb8 33. Qa4 Rc8 34. Rc3 Qe7 35.
Rd1 Rcd8 36. Qb5 Rb8 37. Qa4 Rhd8 38. Rb3 Qa7 39. c5 Bxc5 40. Ra3 Bb6 41. Rb1
Qd7 42. Qd1 Rbc8 43. Rc1 Rxc1 44. Qxc1 Rc8 45. Qb2 Rc2 46. Qb3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Na5 14. Nd2 Nc4 15.
Nxc4 Rxc4 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bf1 Rcc8 18. Qb3 h5 19. Bb5 Qd6 20. Be2 h4 21. Nb5
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb6 23. Qb4 Rd8 24. Qc5 Qa5 25. b4 Qa4 26. Qxa7 Qb3 27. Qc5 Qb2
28. Bf1 hxg3 29. hxg3 e5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 exd4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rc8
34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Bg2 Be6 36. a4 Kf8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 f5 39. f4 Kd6 40. Kd3
Kc6 41. Bf3 g6 42. Kc3 Kb6 43. Be2 Bd7 44. a5+ Kc7 45. b5 b6 46. a6 Be6 47. Kd2
Bd7 48. Ke3 Be6 49. Kf3 Bd7 50. Kg2 Be8 51. Kh3 Kb8 52. Kh4 Kc7 53. Kg5 Kc8 54.
Kf6 Kc7 55. Ke7 Bd7 56. a7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Black "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 Re8 11. Nh5 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 g6
15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Qxe8+ Bf8 19. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Pilarte, Rene"]
[Black "Espinoza Solano, Jose Nahum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 h6 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nd3 c6 14. Qb3 c5 15. Qc2 b6
16. a3 Bd7 17. b4 Qc7 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 a6 22.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Nxb2 fxe4 25. fxe4 Kf7 26. Nca4 Nc8 27. Bf3 Ng8 28.
Kf2 Bf6 29. Ke2 Bd8 30. Kd3 h5 31. h4 Ke8 32. Bd1 Nge7 33. Nc3 Nb6 34. Nca4
Nec8 35. Nxb6 Nxb6 36. a4 Nc8 37. a5 Kf7 38. Ba4 Bxa4 39. Nxa4 Ke8 40. Nb2 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Velasquez, Rommel"]
[Black "Castillo, Rommel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. g4 h5
9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Nf3 b6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. b3 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. Nb5 f5 16.
f3 O-O 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. O-O-O Raf8 21. Kc2 Kh7 22.
Rdf1 Qb6 23. Rh2 f4 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. Kc1 Bf8 26. Bf1 Nc8 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Rxh3
c6 29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. Rh2 Ne7 31. Nb1 Qb6 32. N1c3 Nc6 33. Nd5 Qb7 34. Qd2 Kg7
35. Kb2 Ra8 36. Rd1 Qb8 37. Qg2 Nd4 38. Qh3 Rb7 39. Ndc3 Qc8 40. Qxc8 Rxc8 41.
Rf2 Kf7 42. Nb1 Ke6 43. N1a3 Be7 44. Nc2 Bd8 45. Ne1 Bb6 46. Nd3 Rcb8 47. Rdf1
Rc8 48. Ka2 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rocha, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Picado, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. Ne2 b5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Ra6 Bb6 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Ne3 d5
21. exd5 cxd5 22. Re1 e4 23. dxe4 Rxe4 24. Raa1 Rde8 25. Red1 d4 26. Nd5 Bc5
27. b4 R8e5 28. bxc5 Rxd5 29. b4 Re2 30. Rdc1 Rd7 31. Kf1 Re6 32. Rd1 f5 33.
Rd3 g4 34. c3 gxh3 35. gxh3 Re4 36. Rad1 Rde7 37. cxd4 Kf7 38. Ra3 Re2 39. d5
Rb2 40. Rda1 Ree2 41. Rxa7+ Kg8 42. d6 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 f4 44. d7 Rg2+ 45. Kh1
Rh2+ 46. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gutierrez, Oscar"]
[Black "Alfaro, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 e5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. Be4 Re8 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ncxe5
Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Re6 22. Red1 Rb8 23. Rd2 c5 24. Rad1 Bf6 25. Rc2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7
27. Rd5 Reb6 28. b3 c4 29. b4 Rb5 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Medrano, Randall"]
[Black "Mejia, Donaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Rh3 Nc6 12. Rg3 Rg8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qf4 g5 15.
Qe3 c4 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Bg4 Ke8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh3 b5 20. a3 a5 21. Nxg5 Rb8
22. Nh7 Rg6 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. exf6 Nc6 25. Bh5 Qb6 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. Bxf7 Nd8
28. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Flores Talavera, Luis"]
[Black "Ortiz, Heriberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 Bf5 6. g4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Ne2
e6 9. Be3 Rb8 10. b3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 Bh4+ 13. Ng3 h5 14. Bf2 hxg4 15.
fxg4 Qg5 16. Qf3 Nh6 17. h3 O-O 18. Be3 Qe7 19. O-O f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qg2
Rbf8 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. g5 Qd6 24. gxf6 Qxg3 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Nf3
Bf5 28. Kg2 Bf4 29. Kf2 Bxh3 30. Ne5 c5 31. Rg1+ Bg5 32. dxc5 Kf8 33. f7 Bf5
34. b4 Bh7 35. a4 Bf6 36. Nd7+ Kxf7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. b5 d4 39. cxd4 axb5 40.
axb5 Be4 41. Ke3 Bd5 42. Kf4 h5 43. Rg5 Bc4 44. b6 cxb6 45. cxb6 Ba6 46. Ra5
Bb7 47. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Diego, Humberto"]
[Black "Vallecillo, Saul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Qd3
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Qg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ncxe4 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 Rg6
15. Qh4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5 Bd7 18. Ba3 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 O-O-O 20. Kh1 Rd2
21. Bf1 Qb6 22. c5 Qe6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Qe1 Qd5 25. c6 Rgxg2 26. cxb7+ Kxb7
27. Rb1+ Ka8 28. Rb8+ Kxb8 29. Bd6+ Ka8 30. Qxe5 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Avalos, Carlos"]
[Black "Vasquez, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1831"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be6 5. d3 Nf6 6. a3 a5 7. Nd2 Bc5 8. e3 O-O
9. Ne2 Qd7 10. h3 h5 11. h4 Ng4 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Bb6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Nf3
Rfe8 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Re7 20. c3 Rde8 21. Rae1 g6 22.
b4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Kf2 c6 27. Ngh3 Bxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Rios, Edgard"]
[Black "Berrios, Natanael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Bd8 12. O-O Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Bxa2 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bd3 h6 19. b4 Be6 20. Rb1 a6 21. Rfc1
Qd8 22. Bf5 Qf6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Nd2 Rfe8 25. Nb3 Nf6 26. Na5 Qe7 27. Nc4 Rad8
28. Ne5 Nd5 29. Qc5 Qe6 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Qc2 Nd5 32. Qc4 Qe7 33. Nf3 Qe4 34. Nd2
Qg6 35. Nf1 Qg5 36. Qd3 Rd6 37. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Arevalo Lopez, Josue"]
[Black "Allen, Alonzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
c6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Re1 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15.
Qf3 b4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. Nd4 Rfd8 18. Rd1 Na4 19. Kh1 c5 20. Nc2 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Rd8 22. Qe1 Qd7 23. b3 Nc3 24. Bb2 Qd3 25. Ne3 Bxe4 26. Bxc3 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2
bxc3 28. Rd1 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 Rd3 30. Qe2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qd5 32. Ke2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Espinoza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Loaisiga, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Bxf6 Qxf6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Qd8 6. f4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Bd3 a6 14. O-O g6
15. Nc3 h5 16. g3 Rc8 17. h3 Bb4 18. Rac1 Ba5 19. Kg2 Ke7 20. Kf3 Rc7 21. f5
gxf5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bxf5 Rxc3+ 24. bxc3 exf5 25. Kg2 Rg8 26. Rf4 Ke6 27. Rcf1
Bb5 28. R1f3 Be2 29. Re3 Bc4 30. Ref3 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semifinal NCA 2018"]
[Site "Nicaragua"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Salgado, Wilbert"]
[Black "Escorcia Obando, Carlos David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[Annotator "FENANIC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.02.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. c3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Nh5 Be7 16. Ng3 Bf6 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qc1 Bxf3 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. gxf3 Nd3 21.
Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Ne4 Rxf3 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qe3 Rf5 25. f3 Qc6 26. Kf2 Rh5 27.
Kg1 Qd5 28. b3 Rh3 29. Rf1 e5 30. Kg2 Rh5 31. Rf2 Qe6 32. Kf1 Rf5 33. c4 Qd6
34. Rd2 Rxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qxd2 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7 e4 38. Qe7 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qf3+
40. Ke1 e3 41. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2