[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Re8 8. d4
Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 b6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Bf4 Rc8
15. Qd3 Rc6 16. b4 Qa8 17. Bh3 e6 18. Rxc6 Bxc6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Qa3 a6 21. Qd6
Nf6 22. Qxb6 axb5 23. Ne5 Bf8 24. Rc1 Bc8 25. Rc7 Re7 26. Bg5 Kg7 27. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wen, Tommy"]
[Black "Doric, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rxd5 Bd6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4
Be6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Rh5 g6 17. d5 Bf5 18. Rh4 a3 19. b3 Rc8 20. Ne2 Bxc2 21.
Qd2 Bf5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rc5 26. Ra4 Qc8 27. e7
Re5 28. Rc1 Rc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxa6 Rxe7 31. h3 Rc7 32. Rxd6 Qe5 33. Ra6 Kg7
34. Rxa3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. f4 Qe4 37. Ra4 Qf5 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. bxc4 g5 40.
fxg5 fxg5 41. Qd4+ Kg6 42. c5 h5 43. Qd6+ Kg7 44. c6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wu, Derek"]
[Black "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa6 14.
Bb4 Kf7 15. b3 Rhe8 16. c4 e5 17. O-O Re6 18. Qd2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rfe1 Rd8
21. Rac1 Rd7 22. f4 e4 23. Bc5 d4 24. Bxd4 Red6 25. Rc4 Qb6 26. Rd1 Qd8 27. Qc3
Nd5 28. Qh3 Kg8 29. Rf1 Nb6 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 e3 32. Qf3 Re6 33. f5 Re8
34. h3 e2 35. Re1 Qd6 36. Re4 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Re7 38. Qc4+ Kf8 39. Qc2 Qe5 40. b4
Kf7 41. Qc4+ Kf6 42. Qh4+ Kxf5 43. Qxh7+ Kf4 44. Qd3 Qe4 45. Qd6+ Ke3 46. Qc5+
Kd2 47. Qc1+ Kd3 48. Qb1+ Ke3 49. Qc1+ Kf2 50. Qc5+ Kxe1 51. Qc1+ Kf2 52. Qc5+
Qe3 53. Qf5+ Ke1 54. Qb1+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wen, Teddie"]
[Black "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Nc5 12. Be2 e4 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Rd1 Qg5
15. g3 Re8 16. b4 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Bh3 19. Ndb5 Qe5 20. Qd4 Qe7 21.
Qc5 Qxc5 22. bxc5 Re5 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. N3d5 Bg2 25. Rg1 Bf3 26. Rd4 Ne4 27. Nb5
Rxc5 28. Ndc3 f5 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Rb8
Rc7 34. Kd2 Rd7+ 35. Kc2 b6 36. Re1 Kd6 37. Rc8 Rf7 38. Rd8+ Kc5 39. Kc3 Bg4
40. Rd5+ Kc6 41. Rd2 a6 42. Rb1 Kc5 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. Kd4 Re7 45. a4 Be6 46. a5
bxa5 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rxa5 Bc8 49. c5+ Kc6 50. Rb6+ Kc7 51. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Rg1
a6 9. Qe2 g5 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h4 Rg8 12. Bh3 Nfd7 13. h5 b5 14. b3 Bb7 15. f4
gxf4 16. Bxf4 Rc8 17. Qe3 Qa5 18. Kb2 Nb6 19. Bf1 Nxg4 20. Qe1 e5 21. Nd5 Qxe1
22. Rxe1 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nf6 24. Rxg8 Nxg8 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Bd2 Bxd5 27. Ba5 Ra7
28. Nf5 Be6 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Bg2 d5 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Ne7 33. Nxe7 Bxe7 34.
cxd5 Bxd5 35. Bh3 Rb7+ 36. Ka1 Bb4 37. Bxb4 Rxb4 38. Rf5 Re4 39. Bf1 a5 40. Kb2
Ke7 41. Rf2 Rh4 42. Be2 Ke6 43. Kc3 f5 44. Bd1 Rh3+ 45. Kb2 e4 46. Rg2 e3 47.
Rg6+ Ke5 48. Rxh6 e2 49. Bxe2 Rh2 50. Rh8 Rxe2+ 51. Kc3 Rxa2 52. h6 Rh2 53. Kd3
a4 54. h7 Bc6 55. Kc3 a3 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doric, Nenad"]
[Black "Wen, Tommy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bg4 8.
Ne5 Bf5 9. e3 Rc8 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Rc2 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Rfc1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Nc6 19. a3 Rc8 20. Ne5 Ndxe5
21. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. e5 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Ne4 Qd5 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. c4 Qh5 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Qg6 15. d3 Qxe4+ 16. dxe4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. b3 e5 19. Ke2 Bd6 20. Bd2 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Qh4 Bg4 9. Be2 h6 10. c3 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bd6 13. Bg5 hxg5 14. Qxh8+ Bf8
15. O-O-O Qb6 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. Re5 Ba3 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. bxa3 Nd7 20. Re3
Nb6 21. Kc2 Nc4 22. Re2 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qxa3 24. Kd3 Qa6 25. Kc2 Qa4+ 26. Kd3 Qb5
27. Rae1 Ne5+ 28. Kc2 Qd3+ 29. Kb3 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Black "Wu, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne3 h5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Nxd6+
Ke7 15. Nc4 Bh6+ 16. Ne3 Rhd8 17. Qe2 Qc5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. h3 Qd4 20. Qe1 Nxe4
21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. a3 Kf6 23. Rg1 Kg7 24. Bd3 Qd4 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bg5 27.
Rg3 e4 28. Be2 Rh8 29. c3 Qb6 30. Kb1 Bf4 31. Rg2 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qxe3 33. g5 Bf5
34. Rg3 Rh1 35. Rxe3 Rxe1+ 36. Kc2 Bg4 37. Kd2 Rxe2+ 38. Rxe2 Bxe2 39. Kxe2 f6
40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. c4 g5 43. c5 g4 44. b4 g3 45. a4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Black "Wen, Teddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Na5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bd5 Bd7
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bc6 17. e4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rfd8 19. Qc4 Rd6 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Qd6 23. Rd1 h6 24. h4 Qd7 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qxc5 e4 27. Ne1
Qa4 28. Rd2 Qxa2 29. d6 Qe6 30. Qxa7 Bg5 31. Re2 Qc4 32. Kf1 Rxd6 33. Qxb7 e3
34. Qb8+ Rd8 35. Qb4 Qa6 36. fxe3 Bxe3 37. Qe4 Bg5 38. Nf3 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Qb6+
40. Kg3 Qd6+ 41. Qe5 h4+ 42. Nxh4 Bxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Qg6 44. g4 Rh1+ 45. Rh2 Rg1
46. Qf4 Re1 47. b4 Re4 48. Qf3 Qg5+ 49. Kg3 Re3 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wu, Derek"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. b4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Rae1 dxe4 16. Nb5 exf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Bd5 Bf5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Nd4 Bd3 21.
Bxf7+ Nxf7 22. Qxd3 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wen, Teddie"]
[Black "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 Qa5 8. Bd3
Nxd5 9. exd5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nxa6 13. Ne2 Nb4 14.
Nc3 Nxd3 15. Kxd3 d6 16. a4 Ba6+ 17. Nb5 Kd7 18. Kc4 Rhb8 19. Ra3 Rb6 20. Rd1
e6 21. dxe6+ fxe6 22. Rh3 Bxb5+ 23. axb5 Ra4+ 24. Kc3 h5 25. Rg3 Rxb5 26. Rxg6
d5 27. Rb1 Rc4+ 28. Kd2 Rcb4 29. Kc2 Kd6 30. g3 c4 31. f4 d4 32. Rg8 Rb3 33.
Rd8+ Kc5 34. Rc8+ Kd5 35. Rd8+ Ke4 36. Re1+ Re3 37. Re8 Rb6 38. Rxe3+ dxe3 39.
Kd1 Kf3 40. Re7 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wen, Tommy"]
[Black "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Qd6 11. O-O-O g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nc4
Qa6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Ne5 c5 17. Nc6 bxc6 18. Qxb8 Qxa2 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 e5
21. Qb4 exd4 22. Qa3 Bh6+ 23. Kc2 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Be6 25. h5 Bg5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27.
Bxg6 Rxf2 28. Bxh7+ Kg7 29. Bd3 Qb3 30. Qxa7+ Kf8 31. Rh8+ Bg8 32. Qc5+ Be7 33.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 34. Qxd4 Qxg2 35. Re1 Ke8 36. Be4 Qg3 37. Bxc6+ Kf7 38. Bd5+ Ke8 39.
Qa4+ Kd8 40. Qa8+ Kd7 41. Qb7+ Qc7 42. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Black "Doric, Nenad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 Bf5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4
dxe4 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qb4+ Kf7 20. O-O
Rf8 21. Qxe4 Kg8 22. Rd6 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. h4 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Re8 26. Kh2 Qf7
27. Qd4 h6 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxa7 Qf7 32. Qd4 Qf5 33.
Kg3 Qg6+ 34. Qg4 Qf7 35. b3 Qd7 36. Qb4 Qf7 37. Qd6 Qg6+ 38. Kf4 Kh7 39. g4
Qf7+ 40. Ke3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Qd4 Kg7 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Qxf4 Qd7 45. Qf6+
Kg8 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. Qd3 Qg7 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qh4+ Kg8 50. Kf4 Qd7 51. Qg5+ Kh7
52. Qh4+ Kg8 53. Qf2 Qd5 54. Qe3 Kg7 55. Kg3 Kh7 56. Qf4 Kg8 57. Kh4 Qh1+ 58.
Kg5 Qh7 59. Qf6 Qd7 60. Qg6+ Kf8 61. Kh6 b5 62. Qg5 c5 63. Qf6+ Kg8 64. Qg6+
Kf8 65. g5 c4 66. bxc4 bxc4 67. a4 c3 68. a5 Qc6 69. Qg7+ Ke8 70. Qg8+ Kd7 71.
Qh7+ Ke8 72. Qc2 Kf7 73. g6+ Kg8 74. Qf2 Qc7 75. Qf6 Qd7 76. g7 Qd2+ 77. Kh5
Qh2+ 78. Kg4 Qg2+ 79. Kh5 Qh3+ 80. Kg5 Qf5+ 81. Kh6 Qh7+ 82. Kg5 Qxg7+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.04.02"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Nxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Qd2 e6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. c3 Qb6 11. Be2 a5 12. a4 Bc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd3 f6 15.
Qc2 f5 16. Bb5 Be8 17. Rad1 Bh5 18. Be2 Ne7 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
Rac8 22. Bg5 Ng6 23. h4 Qc7 24. Re1 h6 25. h5 Ne7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. g3 Rc7 28.
Qb5 Rc5 29. Qb6 Rfc8 30. Kg2 R8c6 31. Qb3 Qf7 32. Rh1 Rc4 33. Rhh4 Rxd4 34.
Rxd4 Qc7 35. Qb5 Kh7 36. Kg1 b6 37. g4 fxg4 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39. Qg6 Qf7 40. Qxg4
Rc7 41. Rf4 Rc4 42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. Qxc4 Qf5 44. f4 Qb1+ 45. Kf2 Qxb2+ 46. Kf3
Kh8 47. f5 Qh2 48. Qxe6 Qxh5+ 49. Ke3 Qg5+ 50. Kd3 h5 51. f6 gxf6 52. exf6 Kh7
53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kh6 58. Kc2 h4 59.
Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. f7 h3 63. Qe8 Qg6+ 64. Kb2 Qg2+ 65. Ka3
Qg7 66. Qe4+ Kh6 67. Qf4+ Kg6 68. f8=Q Qxc3+ 69. Ka2 Qc2+ 70. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Wu, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. a4 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Rhf1
Be7 15. g4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Bc4 h6 19. h4 Nxg4 20. Rd7 Bc6
21. Rdxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Ne3 23. Ba2 Bd5 24. Nxd5 Kxf7 25. Nb6+ Kg6 26. Nxa8 Kh5
27. Nc7 Kxh4 28. Nxa6 g5 29. Nxc5 g4 30. Nd3 g3 31. Ne1 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Doric, Nenad"]
[Black "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Be6 9. Ng5 Nxd4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rd1
O-O 15. Qe4 Qd6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb4 19. Rd7 Nc2 20. Rb1
Bd4 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 b5 23. Rxe7 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. e4 Kg7 26. Rc1 Nd4
27. Rc7+ Kf6 28. Bd3 Rd8 29. Rxh7 Ne6 30. Bc2 Rd2 31. Bb3 Rxb2 32. e5+ Kxe5 33.
Re7 Rxb3 34. axb3 Kd6 35. Ra7 Nc7 36. h4 Kc6 37. g4 Kb6 38. Rxc7 Kxc7 39. h5
1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Black "Wen, Tommy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Rc8 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qxa7 Bb4 13. a4 Rc7 14. Qa6 Nb8
15. Qa8 Nd5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ba3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 b4 19. Bxd5 bxa3 20. Bf3 Qxd4
21. Qxa3 Bh3 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. e3 Qf6 24. Be2 Qf5 25. Nf3 e5 26. Qc5 Re8 27. Rd5
Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Nd7 29. Bc4 h6 30. Nh4 Qf6 31. Bf1 Be6 32. Qb7 Rd8 33. b4 g5 34.
Nf3 e4 35. Nd4 Ne5 36. Ra8 Nf3+ 37. Nxf3 exf3 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qxf3 Qd2 40.
Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Bd3 Kf8 43. Kg2 h5 44. Qd4 Ke7 45. h4 gxh4 46. Qxh4+
f6 47. Qe4 Kd6 48. Qd4+ Ke7 49. Be4 Qe1 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Qxh5+ Kf8 52. b5 f5
53. Qg6 Bc4 54. Qxf5+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Black "Wen, Teddie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h4 Bg4 7. Qd3 g6 8. Nh3
Bg7 9. Ng5 Qc7 10. Qb3 e5 11. f3 Bc8 12. dxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Kf2 O-O 14. Bc4 Qc7 15.
Re1 Na6 16. Qa3 Nd5 17. c3 Be5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Be3 Re8 21. Bd4
Qf4 22. Qa4 Nc7 23. Qc2 Ne6 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Be5 Qxh4 26. Nh7 Kxh7 27. Rh1 Qxh1
28. Nxh1 Ng7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qd2 Bc6 31. Ng3 Kh7 32. Qf4 Re7 33. Nxh5 gxh5
34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/varun-krish"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh4 d4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
f4 b5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. c4 Na5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bc2 a6 20. Ne4 Nc6 21. Bd2 Nb4 22.
Bxb4 cxb4 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bb3 Nb6 25. Rfc1 Qb8 26. Qf2 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28.
h4 Rd7 29. g3 Rc8 30. Qd2 Rdc7 31. Kf2 Qb6 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Re1 Qa7 34. b3 Rc6
35. Kf3 Qc7 36. Qf2 Qd7 37. Kg2 Qd5 38. Qf3 f5 39. exf6 gxf6 40. Re2 Rc1 41.
Ng5 fxg5 42. Qxd5 exd5 43. Rxe7 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rxa2 45. Re5 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rd2 47.
Rxd5 Rxd3+ 48. Ke4 Rxb3 49. Rxb5 d3 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. h5 gxh5 52. Rxh5 Rc3 53.
Rb5 Rc4 54. Kxd3 Rxf4 55. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wen, Teddie"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nxe4 12. Ncxe4 f5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. Nc4 Qf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wu, Derek"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. O-O Qb6 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Be3 f6 14. Bd3 Be7 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qe7 18. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wen, Tommy"]
[Black "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Bc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 Qd7 12. a4 Ne6 13. a5 a6 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Nd8 16. f4 c6 17. Qd1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne6 19. Be3 O-O-O 20. Qg4 Nc5 21.
Qxg7 Nxe4 22. Rf7 Rdg8 23. Be6 Qxe6 24. Rxe7 Rxg7 25. Rxe6 Ng5 26. Rxd6 Rhg8
27. Kh1 Ne4 28. Re6 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 h5 30. Bb6 Nf5 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Rg1 Rg5 33. b4
Nf5 34. Rd1 Nh4 35. Kh1 Rd5 36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Rd2 Rg5 38. c4 Kd7 39. cxd5 Nf5
40. Kg1 h4 41. Kf2 Ne7 42. d6 Nc6 43. Bc7 Rf5+ 44. Ke2 Rf4 45. Ke3 Rxb4 46. Rf2
Nd4 47. Rf7+ Kc6 48. Bb6 Ne6 49. d7 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rd3 51. Re7 Nc7 52. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Doric, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Kb1 c5 11. h3 b5 12. Bxb5 Be6 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bf1
Ne4 15. Qe1 Qa5 16. Bd4 d5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxe4 Rab8 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5
Rb5 21. Rhe1 Ba3 22. b3 Bc5 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 cxb3 25. cxb3 Rc8 26. Nd4 Rg5
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. g3 Rxc3 29. Rdxe6 Rf5 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. R1e7+ Kg6 32. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Black "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Be2
Nc5 9. b4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ncd7 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3
Qxd3 15. Rg1 Rd8 16. O-O-O Qf5 17. Rg3 Nh5 18. e4 Qf4 19. Ne2 Qh4 20. Rg4 Qxf2
21. Qc4 Qxf3 22. Nd4 Qxh3 23. Rdg1 Qh2 24. b5 c5 25. Qa4 Rd7 26. Nf3 Qe2 27.
Ne5 Qxd2+ 28. Kb1 b6 29. Nxd7 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Qxd7 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Rg2 Be7 33. e5
c4 34. Rc2 f5 35. Rxc4 Bc5 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Qd1 Ke7 38. Qxh5 Bxd6 39. Qg5+ Kf7
40. exd6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Doric, Nenad"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rg1 Qd5 14. Ne5
Bc5 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Bxc5 Qxe5+ 17. Be3 Qxh2 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Bb3 Ng4 20. Qe4
e5 21. f3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bf5 23. Rd5 Be6 24. Rxe5 Bxb3 25. axb3 a5 26. Rd1 a4
27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Qc5 Qb8 29. Kc2 Ra6 30. Rde1 Qa8 31. Qb5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Black "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Rc1 Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bh4 h6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. Qc2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Kg2 Re8 17. Rh1 Nhf6 18. Rh4 Nf8 19. Rch1 Re6 20. Ne2 Rd6 21.
g4 N6h7 22. f4 b6 23. g5 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Bxh7+ Nxh7 26. Qxc5 Rc8 27. Qd4
Rc4 28. Qd3 Nxg5 29. b3 Re4 30. Nc3 Nh7 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Rg6+ 33. Kf3 Rf6
34. Ke2 Rd6 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. Rh5 Qe6 37. Rg1 Nf6 38. Rc5 Ne4 39. Re5 Rc6 40.
Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Wen, Teddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 f6 8. O-O
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qf7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Be5 O-O
15. Nf3 c5 16. c3 Ne4 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Qh5 19. Nxe4 Qxe5 20. f4 d4 21. Qh3
Qf5 22. g4 Qd5 23. c4 Qc6 24. Rae1 g6 25. Ng3 Bd6 26. Rxe6 Rae8 27. Bxg6 h5 28.
Be4 Rxe6 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Qxh5 Rff6 31. f5 Bxg3 32. fxe6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Wu, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Qd3 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 a5 13. b3 f5 14. f3 Be6 15.
Kh1 h5 16. Rad1 h4 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nde4 Qe8 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Rfd1
Qb8 22. g4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Rf1 Qf8 26. Rdd1 Bd8 27. Kg2
Rdf7 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. h3 Bb6 30. Rf1 Bd4 31. Nd1 Qf7 32. Rf3 d5 33. cxd5 cxd5
34. exd5 Qxd5 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. bxc4 Re4 37. Kf1 Bc5 38. Nb2 Rd4 39. Ke2 e4 40.
Rf5 Ba3 41. Nd1 Bb4 42. a3 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rd3+ 44. Kxe4 Rxa3 45. Ne3 a4 46. c5
Rc3 47. Nd5 Rxc5 48. Kd4 Rxd5+ 49. Rxd5 a3 50. Rb5 Be7 51. Ra5 Kf7 52. Ra6 Bf6+
53. Ke4 Bb2 54. g5 Ke7 55. Kf5 Kd7 56. Kg4 Kc7 57. Kxh4 Kb7 58. Ra4 Kb6 59. Kh5
Kb5 60. Ra8 Kb4 61. Kg6 Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wu, Derek"]
[Black "Doric, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Be7 10. a3 b5 11. e5 Nd7 12. b4 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bd2 Nde5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wen, Tommy"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Re1 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3+ Nbd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Nb1 g5 20. Nc3 g4 21.
hxg4 Qxg4 22. Nh2 Qg6 23. Ne2 Bb7 24. Nf4 Qf5 25. Qxb5 Re4 26. Ne2 Rg8 27. Ng3
Qg6 28. Nf3 Bxd5 29. Kf1 Rg4 30. Re2 h5 31. Nh2 h4 32. Nxg4 Qxg4 33. Rc1 hxg3
34. fxg3 Qxg3 35. Rf2 Ke6 36. Rxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qxd5 Qxe3 38. Rc3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Black "Wen, Tommy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
d6 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rae1 Rfe8
15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Qg4 g6 17. f5 e5 18. Be3 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf6 21. Qf3
Qb7 22. Be4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rac8 24. b3 Rc3 25. Rf3 Rec8 26. Ref1 R8c4 27. bxc4
Rxc4 28. Qd3 e4 29. Qd1 exf3 30. Qxf3 Bf8 31. f6 Rxc2 32. a3 Rc3 33. Qe4 Qc8
34. h3 h5 35. Re1 Rc4 36. Qf3 Kh7 37. Bd2 Qf5 38. Qe2 Qxf6 39. Rf1 Qg7 40. Qe8
f5 41. Bg5 Re4 42. Qc8 Be7 43. Bxe7 Qxe7 44. Qxa6 Ra4 45. Qxb5 Rxa3 46. Qc6 Rg3
47. Qc4 Qe5 48. Qh4 Ra3 49. Qb4 Ra1 50. Qb7+ Kh6 51. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 52. Kh2 Qe5+
53. Kg1 f4 54. Qf7 Qf5 55. Qg8 Qf6 56. h4 Qxh4 57. Qf8+ Kg5 58. Qxd6 Qe1+ 59.
Kh2 Qg3+ 60. Kg1 Qe3+ 61. Kh2 f3 62. Qd8+ Kg4 63. Qd7+ Kh4 64. Qd8+ Qg5 65. g3+
Kg4 66. Qc8+ Qf5 67. Qc4+ Kg5 68. Qc1+ Kf6 69. Qc3+ Kf7 70. Qc7+ Kg8 71. d6 Qe4
72. d7 Qe2+ 73. Kh3 Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Black "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 Ne4 6. c3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d3
Nd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Rd5 b6 14. b4 Qa6 15.
bxc5 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa4 17. Nbd2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nb4 19. Rd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 bxc5 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. cxb4 Be6 23. Qxc5 Rfd8 24. e5 Rac8 25. Qe3 Qxb4 26. Nf3 Qc3 27.
Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Ng5 Bf5 29. h3 h6 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rdc8 32. Bd5 Rc1+ 33.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc5 35. Bb3 Rxe5 36. f4 Re3 37. Kf2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Qa5+ 12. c3 O-O 13. Ne5 Rd8 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Qf4 Rd5 18. Bc4 Rdd8 19. Re3 Nd5 20. Bxd5
Rxd5 21. c4 Rd2 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Qh4 Rd1 24. Qg4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qd6 26. h3 Qd4
27. Qh5 Qf4 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 g6 30. Ng4 h5 31. Ne3 Qe4 32. b4 Qc6 33. Qd4
Qe4 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qb8 a5 36. b5 f5 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qxb6 f4 39. Nd5 exd5 40.
Qxb7 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Qxd5 Qg3+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wen, Teddie"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be3 exd5
9. cxd5 b6 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nac7 13. a4 a6 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Qd2
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 Bd7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Nf6 20. Bg5 Rb6 21. Rfd1 Ne6
22. Bxb5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qb8 24. Ra5 Ne8 25. Bc4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc6 27. Bd5 Rc7
28. h4 Kg7 29. Kh2 h6 30. Qg3 Ra7 31. Rxc5 Rc7 32. Ra5 Nf6 33. Ra6 Re8 34. Ra8
Qb6 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. h5 Nf6 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. c4 Re7 39. Qf3 Qb2 40. Kg1 Ra7
41. Qf4 Ra1 42. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Qxe5 dxe5 45. c5 Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke7 47.
Kf3 Nd7 48. c6 Nf6 49. Ke3 g5 50. g3 Ng4+ 51. Ke2 Nf6 52. f3 h5 53. Ke3 h4 54.
Kf2 Nh5 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Bc4 Kd6 57. Bb5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Wen, Tommy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Doric, Nenad"]
[Black "Wu, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "14"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. e4
Ngf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nd3
15. Re2 Qb6 16. Na3 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Bd5 19. Rec2 Qb7 20. Rc3 Rac8
21. Bf1 Rfd8 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. b3 Bc6 24. Nxc4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nd4+ 26. Kg1 Nf3+ 27.
Kg2 Nd4+ 28. Kg1 Nb5 29. Qb2 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Bd5 31. h4 Rc7 32. Qe5 Bxc4 33. Bxc4
Rcd7 34. Be2 Rd2 35. h5 h6 36. Bg4 Rxa2 37. Rc7 Ra1+ 38. Qxa1 Qxc7 39. Bf3 Qb6
40. Qc3 a5 41. Be2 Rb8 42. Bc4 Qc5 43. Qd3 Qxh5 44. Qd6 Rf8 45. Kg2 Qf5 46. Kg1
Qe4 47. Bd3 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qb4 49. Qe5 Qxb3 50. Be4 a4 51. Qc5 a3 52. Bh7+ Kxh7
53. Qxf8 a2 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Black "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qh5 O-O
8. Ne2 Qe7 9. Bd2 g6 10. Qf3 Bf5 11. O-O-O Be4 12. Qh3 b5 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Nc3
Bxd3 15. Rhe1 Qd8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Bf4
Bb4 21. a3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Nb6 23. Qc5 Kg7 24. b3 Qd7 25. f3 Re8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8
27. Kb2 h5 28. h4 Nd5 29. Bd2 Qe2 30. Qxc6 Ne7 31. Qc3 Qxg2 32. Qd3 Nd5 33. Qe4
Qxd2 34. Qxd5 g5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Qe4 h4 37. f4 Qg6 38. Qh1 Qg4 39. d5 Qxf4
40. d6 Qe5+ 41. Ka2 Qxd6 42. Qxh4 Qc5 43. c4 bxc4 44. bxc4 a5 45. Kb3 Kg6 46.
Qg3+ Kf5 47. Qf3+ Ke6 48. Qe4+ Kd6 49. Qe8 Qb6+ 50. Kc3 Qc7 51. a4 Qd7 52. Qb8+
Qc7 53. c5+ Kc6 54. Qb5+ Kd5 55. Qc4+ Kc6 56. Qb5+ Kd5 57. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Wen, Teddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 10. Be3 Na6 11. h3 Nc7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Bd2 b5
15. Rhe1 a5 16. Nc1 a4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21.
Nd3 Kg7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rd8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh8 26. Kc2 Rh4 27. g5
fxg5 28. Bxg5 Rh5 29. Bd2 Rh3 30. Qe2 Qf5 31. Qe4 Qf6 32. Rg1 Rh4 33. Rg4 Rh5
34. Rg1 Rf5 35. Rh1 Bf4 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Qg5 38. Re1 a3 39. bxa3 Qg3 40.
Kb3 Qh2 41. Rc1 Qd2 42. Rc2 Qd1 43. Nb2 Qe1 44. Qd3 Qxe3 45. Qxe3 Nxe3 46. Re2
Nd5 47. a4 bxa4+ 48. Nxa4 g5 49. Nc5 g4 50. a4 Rf3 51. Rc2 g3 52. Ne4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wen, Tommy"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 d6 10. a4 b6 11. a5 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Nc3 Ngf6 15.
Bh6 Ne5 16. Bd3 Nfg4 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qg3 O-O 20. Na4 Bb7 21. Rac1
Qd8 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Bf4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc5 dxc5 26. Bxb8 Bxe4 27. Qc7
Qxc7 28. Bxc7 Bd5 29. Bb6 c4 30. f3 Bf6 31. Rc2 Rb8 32. Kf2 Rb7 33. Ke3 Bg5+
34. f4 Bf6 35. g3 h5 36. Ra1 Kg7 37. h3 Rb8 38. Rg1 Be7 39. Rf1 f5 40. Kd2 Kf7
41. Kc1 Bd8 42. Bxd8 Rxd8 43. Rg1 Rb8 44. Rc3 Rb5 45. Ra3 Ke7 46. g4 hxg4 47.
hxg4 fxg4 48. Rxg4 Be4 49. Rg5 Bf5 50. Rgg3 Rb4 51. b3 Kf6 52. Kd2 cxb3 53.
Rgxb3 Rxf4 54. Rb6 g5 55. Rxa6 g4 56. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wu, Derek"]
[Black "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 b5 12. a4 Qb6 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Bh6 Rf7 16. Qb3 Nab4 17. Rfc1 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nc6 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Nfd2 Kh8 21. h4
Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rbxf8 23. Nf3 Rg7 24. g3 f5 25. Nc5 f4 26. Kh2 fxg3+ 27. fxg3 Rxf3
28. Qxf3 Qxb2+ 29. Kh3 Qxc1 30. Nxd7 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc2 O-O
15. Qh5 d5 16. exd5 e4 17. Be2 f4 18. O-O-O Qd6 19. f3 f5 20. g3 Bd7 21. Kb1 a5
22. Nd4 b4 23. c4 Qb6 24. Qg5 Rae8 25. gxf4 Kh8 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 exf3 28.
Bxf3 Rxe6 29. Rd7 Rg6 30. Qe7 Rg1+ 31. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 32. Bd1 Rg8 33. Rd8 Bd4 34.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Nd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c6 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. Be2 f6 12. g4 e5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. exd4 f5 15.
O-O-O Ne6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qg5 18. Bf3 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Ng5 20. Bd1 fxg4 21.
hxg4 Bd7 22. Rf1 Rf4 23. Ne2 Rxg4 24. f4 Rf8 25. c4 Be6 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Nc3
Rgxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Bb3 Kg7 31. Rxd5 Rf7 32. Rd8 Re7 33. e6
h5 34. Rd7 Kf6 35. Bc2 h4 36. Rd4 h3 37. Rf4+ Kg7 38. Rg4 h2 39. Rh4 Nf3 40.
Rh3 Rxe6 41. Bd1 Re1 42. Kc2 Nd4+ 43. Kc3 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wen, Teddie"]
[Black "Doric, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bf6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. e4 b5
15. Be3 Re8 16. Bf1 b4 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. h3 a5 19. Bb5 Re7 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nc4 Ba6
22. Bc6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bc3 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. e5 Qd8 27. e6 Re8 28.
Rf1 f5 29. Rbd1 Qb6 30. Rf2 Ne7 31. Rc2 Rb8 32. Rb1 Bf6 33. g4 g6 34. g5 Bg7
35. Kh2 Qb7 36. Rd1 a4 37. Rcc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jukic, Branimir"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O
Bc4 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ned2 Bg5 17. Kb1 Bd5 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. f3 Qb4 20. Qd3 c5 21.
c3 Qb6 22. c4 Bc6 23. Qd6 Rb8 24. Rc1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Wen, Tommy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Rb8 12. c4 c5 13. Nc3 Be7 14. b3 Bc6 15.
Bf4 Nd7 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. h3 O-O 19. g4 Bb7 20. Bg3 Nc6 21. f4 Nd4
22. g5 Rfe8 23. h4 Bf8 24. Bf2 g6 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Rd7 27. Rde1 d5 28.
exd5 Red8 29. Bh3 exd5 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qd3 d4 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. Rg1 Bd6 34. Bg3
Bc8 35. Qe4 Qd7 36. Qg2 Qg4 37. Rf1 d3 38. Rd2 Bc7 39. Rff2 Ba5 40. Kg1 Bxd2
41. Rxd2 Bb7 42. Z0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Black "Wu, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 Qe8 7. h3 h6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh2 e4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. b4 a5 14. O-O Qe7 15.
Be2 b6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. b5 Rac8 18. Nc4 Nfd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qb3
h5 22. f4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Doric, Nenad"]
[Black "Wen, Teddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Rb8 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rd4 Re8
15. e6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Rg4 e5 18. Rg5 Qd6 19. Re1 e4 20. fxe4 Qf4+ 21. Kb1
Ne6 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Ng7 24. Rf1 Qh4 25. exd5 Bg4 26. dxc6 Rf8 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe4 Qg5 29. Nd5 Be6 30. Nc7 Qf5 31. b4 Qxe4 32. Bxe4 Kf7 33. b5
Nf5 34. a4 Nd6 35. Bf3 Bc4 36. Kb2 e5 37. Ka3 Ke7 38. Kb4 Rf4 39. Ka5 e4 40.
Bh5 e3 41. Ka6 Bxb5+ 42. axb5 Ra4# 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles IM Norm 2023"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Zaloznyy, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qa4 a5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxb4 axb4 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 f6 14. Rc1
fxe5 15. Rxc6 Nf6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Bb1 d4 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Bb7 20. Rb6 Be4 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxb4 Rxa2 23. O-O Rc8 24. Bg3 d3 25. Bxe5 d2 26. Bf4 Rc1 27. Bxd2
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nxd2+ 29. Ke2 Nb1 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Kc2 Ra1 32. Rb3 Kf6 33. Rf3+
Ke6 34. h4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. g4 Ke5 37. Rd3 Kf4 38. f3 Kg3 39. b3 Kf2 40.
Kb2 Ra6 41. Kxb1 Ke2 42. Rc3 Rb6 43. Kb2 Rb5 44. Ka3 Rb8 45. b4 Kd2 46. Rc5 Ke3
47. Rf5 1-0