[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "13"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Nc3 Qc8
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Be4 13. Qc1 Bd6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
Qb7+ 16. Kg1 Qa6 17. Nc4 Qxa2 18. Qc2 Qa6 19. Ra1 Qb5 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Rc7 a5 22.
Ba3 Nf6 23. Bxd6 Rfd8 24. Rc6 Qd5 25. Bc7 Rdc8 26. Rc1 Qxd4 27. Bxb6 Rxc6 28. Qxc6
Qd5 29. Qc8+ Ne8 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 h6 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Bxa5 Rxb3 34. Rc8 Kf8 35.
Bd2 Ke7 36. Be3 Rb5 37. Ra8 Nd6 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Rd7 Nc4 40. Rc7 Nd6 41. Rc5 Rb1+
42. Kg2 Nf5 43. Bf4 Re1 44. Be5+ Kg6 45. g4 Ne7 46. Kf3 f6 47. Bd6 Nd5 48. e4 Nb6
49. Rc6 Rb1 50. Rc7 Rd1 51. Rc6 Nd7 52. Ke2 Rh1 53. Rc7 Ne5 54. Bf8 Nxg4 55. Rxg7+
Kh5 56. Kf3 Rg1 57. h3 Ne5+ 58. Ke2 Rxg7 59. Bxg7 Nd7 60. f4 Kg6 61. Bh8 Kh7 62.
e5 Kxh8 63. f5 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Black "Sheehan, Ethan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6
9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3
Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Re8 21. g4 Nc6 22.
g5 hxg5 23. Rg1 Ne7 24. Bh5 Nf5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qg6+ Kg8 28. Ng5
Nf6 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Rd3 Nh6 31. Rh3 Qa5+ 32. Kd1 Qd5+ 33. Kc1 Qd4 34. Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Nb8 10. Re1 c6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. c3 Nbd7 15. Bc2 Bb7 16.
d4 c5 17. d5 g6 18. b3 Bg7 19. c4 b4 20. Be3 a5 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. a4 Bc8 23. Nh2 Ra7
24. Re2 h5 25. Nf3 Kg8 26. Rf1 Nh7 27. Ne1 Ndf6 28. Nf3 Kh8 29. Ree1 Qe7 30. Ne2
Nd7 31. Nh2 h4 32. Qc1 g5 33. g3 Ndf8 34. g4 Ng6 35. Nf3 Nf4 36. Nxf4 exf4 37. Bd2
Nf8 38. e5 dxe5 39. Qb1 Qd8 40. Bc1 f6 41. Re2 Bd7 42. Nd2 Qc8 43. f3 Rd8 44. Ne4
Be8 45. Bb2 Ra6 46. Nf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Bharathakoti, Harsha"]
[Black "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Rc8 12. Bd3 Rxc5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O Qc8 15. a4
Bf5 16. Rfc1 Re8 17. Ba3 Rc7 18. Nd4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 a6 20. Rab1 Ng6 21. a5 Ne4 22.
Ne2 Qf5 23. f3 Ng3 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 25. Nd4 Nxe3 26. Re1 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Black "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2
9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qc4 Kd8 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Be2 b5 15. Qd3
Ra7 16. Bg4 Rc7 17. Rb3 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Nc6 20. O-O Nd4 21. Nd5 Nxb3 22.
axb3 Qa3 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Nxc7 Kxc7 25. Ra1 Qd4 26. Qf1 Kb7 27. c3 Qc5 28. Be6 Be7
29. Bd5+ Kb6 30. b4 Qe3 31. Rxa6+ Kc7 32. Rc6+ Kd8 33. Be6 Ke8 34. Rc8+ Bd8 35. Qxb5+
Kf8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Qf1  1-0

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Bora, Safal"]
[Black "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Ne3 Nd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c6 Rc8 15. Bf4
Nc5 16. Rd1 d4 17. Be5 Ne6 18. Qe4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nd2 d3 22. e3
Qxb2 23. Rab1 Qc2 24. Qxb4 Rb8 25. Qa5 Rb2 26. Rxb2 Qxd1+ 27. Bf1 Qc1 28. Rb1 Qc2
29. c7 Bc8 30. Rb8 Nxa4 31. Rb3 Nb6 32. Rxd3 Qxc7 33. Ra3 Bb7 34. Bg2 Qc1+ 35. Nf1
Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Nc4 37. Ra1 Nxa5 38. Rxc1 Nb3 39. Rb1 Nc5 40. Rb5 Rc8 41. Nd2 Kf8 42.
Kf3 Ke7 43. Ne4 Nxe4 44. Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O a6 5. Re1 Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bd5 Bb7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. a3 d6 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qh3 g5 14. Qd3 g4 15. a4 b4 16.
Na2 Nf6 17. Nxb4 Qd7 18. Bg5 h4 19. c3 Rh5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rad1 h3 22. g3 Kf8 23.
Nbc2 Rd8 24. Ne3 Rg5 25. Qe2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Bxe4 27. Nxg4 Ba8 28. d5 Qb7 29. Ne3 exd5
30. Rd4 Re8 31. Qf1 Qxb2 32. Rh4 d4 33. Rh8+ Rg8 34. Nf5 Rxh8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36.
Qe1+ Kd7 37. Qe7+ Kc8 38. Nxd6+ Kb8 39. Qe1 Qc3  0-1

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Bb5 Nd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 Be7 11. Qd1 c4 12. e4 Bg6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nf1 b5 15. Ne3 Nb6
16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bh7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5 20. Bg4 Rd8 21. Nf5 O-O 22. Be3 d4
23. Bxd4 Qc7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. O-O Na4 26. Qc1 Nc5 27. Qe3 Ne6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29.
Qg3 Rd7 30. Rfe1 Rfd8 31. Qh4 b4 32. Bxa7 bxc3 33. bxc3 Ra8 34. Bd4 Bd3 35. a4 Rd5
36. Ra2 Kh7 37. Rea1 Rda5 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Kg1 R8a6 40. f3 Bc2 41. Qg3 Bd3 42. e6
f6 43. e7 Qxh5 44. Re1 Ra8 45. Rb2 Re8 46. Rb8 Rg5 47. Rxe8 Qxe8 48. Qd6 Ra5 49.
Qd8  1-0

[Event "17th Annual SPICE Cup Open"]
[Site "DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis - Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Zeltsan, Joseph"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Annamaria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4
a6 9. Ba4 Nge7 10. Bd6 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qc1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Qf4 Nc8 15. Be5
O-O 16. Bxd4 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Rad1 d6 20. h4 h6 21. h5 Qxb3 22.
Nd4 Qc4 23. Nce2 Qc5 24. hxg6 Qg5 25. Nf5+ Kxg6 26. Qf3 Kh7 27. Neg3 Qf6 28. Rd4
Rg8 29. Rc1 Ra7 30. Rc7 Rg6 31. Nh5 Qe6 32. Nfg3 Ba8 33. Nf4 Qf6 34. Rxc8 Qxd4 35.
Nxg6 fxg6 36. Qf8 Qg7 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Qxa8 Qxb2 39. Qb7+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qd7+
Qg7 42. Qxd6 Qb7 43. Qb4 Qc7 44. Nf1 Qg7 45. g3 Qe5 46. Ne3 h5 47. Nd5  1-0