[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 c6 11. h3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Rf4 17. Qe2 Rh4 18. Qe5 Qb4 19. Na4 Rh5 20. Qe7 Qh4 21.
Re5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Rxh5 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 h6 12. a4 Re8 13. Ba3 Be4 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. c5
Nd5 16. Qc4 N7f6 17. c6 Qd8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne7 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. e4 e5 22.
d5 Qc8 23. Qf3 Rf8 24. h3 Nh7 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. Nc4 Nf6 27. Qf3 Qd8 28. Ne3 Ne7
29. Kf1 Nh7 30. h4 Qc8 31. g4 Ng6 32. Qg3 Nf4 33. Ke1 Nf6 34. f3 h5 35. Kd2 hxg4
36. Nxg4 Nxg4 37. Qxg4 f5 38. exf5 Qxf5 39. Rg1 Qd3+ 40. Kc1 Ne2+ 41. Kb2 Qd2+
42. Kb3 Nd4+ 43. Kc4 Qc2# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 c6 11. h3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 Rb7 17. Na4 Be6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Nc5 Rbe7 20. Qd4 Bc8 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. c4 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. b4 Kf8 26. a4 Ke7 27. f4
Rh5 28. Kf2 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Be2 Rh4 31. b5 Kd6 32. Rc1 Rf4+ 33. Bf3 Bf5 34.
Nb7+ Ke5 35. Re1+ Ne4+ 36. Ke2 d4 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. a5 Bg6 39. b6 axb6 40. a6 Rh4
41. a7 Rh8 42. Bxe4+ Bxe4+ 43. Rxe4 Ra8 44. Rxd4+ Kc6 45. Nd8+ Kc7 46. Nxf7 Rxa7
47. Nxg5 b5 48. h4 Kc6 49. h5 Kc5 50. Ne4+ Kb6 51. h6 Ra3+ 52. Ke2 Ra2+ 53. Rd2
Ra3 54. h7 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nge2 c6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. c5 dxc5
9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 a5 11. g3 O-O 12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 Na6 14. Bg2 Ndxc5 15.
Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bxb5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rd2 Bg4 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Nd4 Kg7 21. Re1
Nc7 22. Bf1 N7e6 23. Ndb5 h5 24. Bg2 Bf5 25. Red1 a4 26. Bd5 Nc7 27. Nxc7 Rxc7
28. Bf3 a3 29. Nd5 axb2 30. Nxc7 b1=Q 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Nd3 33. Ne6+ Kf7
34. Ng5+ Bxg5 35. fxg5 Ne1+ 36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Kg2 Ne1+ 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 c6 11. h3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. b3 Rb7
15. Ne2 c5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf4 Be6 18. c4 Rb4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 Rb6 21.
Rad1 d4 22. g3 a5 23. f4 Ra8 24. Bc2 Raa6 25. a4 Ra7 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Nd7
28. Re2 Kf7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Rde1 Ra8 31. h4 Re8 32. h5 Nb8 33. g4 Nd7 34. Kg3
Rf8 35. Kh4 Ke7 36. Kg3 Rd6 37. Bf5 Rf6 38. Bd3 Rb6 39. g5 Rf8 40. Kg4 hxg5 41.
fxg5 e5 42. Bf5 Rxb3 43. Rxe5+ Nxe5+ 44. Rxe5+ Kd6 45. Re6+ Kc7 46. Rg6 Rf7 47.
h6 gxh6 48. gxh6 Rb2 49. Kg5 Rg2+ 50. Bg4 d3 51. Rg7 Rxg7+ 52. hxg7 d2 53. g8=Q
Rxg4+ 54. Kxg4 d1=Q+ 55. Kf4 Qxa4 56. Ke3 Qc6 57. Kd2 a4 58. Kc3 Qf3+ 59. Kc2
Qb3+ 60. Kd2 a3 61. Qf7+ Kb6 62. Qf6+ Ka5 63. Qd8+ Qb6 64. Qa8+ Kb4 65. Kc2 Qd6
66. Qb7+ Kxc4 67. Qf7+ Qd5 68. Qf4+ Kb5 69. Qf8 Qa2+ 70. Kc3 Qb2+ 71. Kd3 Qb3+
72. Kd2 Qb4+ 73. Kc2 Qe4+ 74. Kb3 Qb4+ 75. Kc2 Qb2+ 76. Kd3 c4+ 77. Ke3 Qc3+ 78.
Ke2 Qd3+ 79. Ke1 a2 80. Qb8+ Ka4 81. Qa7+ Kb3 82. Qb7+ Kc2 83. Qg2+ Kb1 84. Qb7+
Qb3 85. Qe4+ Kb2 86. Qg2+ Qc2 87. Qb7+ Kc1 88. Qa7 Qc3+ 89. Ke2 a1=Q 90. Qg1+
Kb2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nge2 c6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. c5 dxc5
9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 a5 11. g3 Nfd7 12. Nf4 Ne5 13. Kf2 O-O 14. Be2 Na6 15.
Rd2 g5 16. Nh5 f6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Rc1 Be6 19. b3 Nb4 20. f4 Ng4+ 21. Bxg4 Bxg4
22. a3 Na6 23. Ne2 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rad8 26. Rcd1 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rc8
28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rd8 Rb7 30. Rc8 Nc7 31. f5 Kf7 32. Kd3 e6 33. fxe6+ Kxe6 34. Bf4
Kd7 35. Rh8 Ne6 36. Rxh7+ Ke8 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Bd6 Kg6 39. Rc8 Rh7 40. Rxc6 Rh3+
41. Bg3 Kf7 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Rh8 44. Rb6 Ra8 45. Rxb5 Ra1 46. Rb7+ Kg6 47.
c6 Rc1 48. b5 Nc5+ 49. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Nf4 Rad8 14. Nd4 Bxf4 15.
gxf4 c5 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. Ng3 Ba8 18. d4 Qd6 19. Qd3 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. Qf5 Qe7
22. Qg5 h6 23. Qh4 Rc8 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Bh3 Qc6 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qh4 Ndf6 28. Bg2
Qe6 29. Bh3 Qc6 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Rg1 g6 32. Ng3 Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc7 34. dxc5 Ne4
35. cxb6 Qxb6 36. Bd4 Qa5 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Rf1 Qc2 39. Kg1 Bc8 40. Bg2 Rg8 41.
Bxe4 Qxe4 42. Qf6 Be6 43. f3 Qc2 44. Rf2 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 g5 46. f5 g4 47. fxe6
gxf3+ 48. Kh2 fxe6 49. Qf7+ Rg7 50. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. Ng3 Ne8 10. Be2 h5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. h3 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Nf2 Nf6 18. Qd2 a6 19. a4 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Kh2 Re7 22.
a5 Rae8 23. Bf3 Nh6 24. Re2 Nh5 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Rae1 Bg6 27. Nfd1 Nf5 28. Bf2
Ng3 29. Bxg3 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Kf7 33. Ne3 Bf6 34. Qf3
Qe7 35. f5 Qe5+ 36. Kf2 Bh7 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qe4 Qd4 40. Ke2 Bg8
41. g4 Qb4 42. Qxb4 cxb4 43. Na4 b3 44. Kd3 Bd8 45. Nb6 Bf6 46. Nbc4 Ke7 47. Ke4
Bf7 48. Nd2 Bxb2 49. Nxb3 Be8 50. g5 Bc3 51. h4 Ba4 52. f6+ Kf7 53. Nd4 Kg6 54.
Nc4 Bb4 55. Ne6 Be8 56. Nf4+ Kf7 57. Kf5 Bd7+ 58. Ne6 Kg8 59. g6 Be8 60. f7+
Bxf7 61. gxf7+ Kxf7 62. h5 Kg8 63. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. d5 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bg7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
e5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qg6 Qf7 18. Qe4 Qe7 19. h4 Rf5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. g4 Rf4
22. Qg6 Nf8 23. Qh5 Nh7 24. Rd6 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Ne4 c5 27. Nexg5 Nxg5 28.
Nxg5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bxe5 30. Rxe6 Bxb2 31. a4 a6 32. Rb6 Rf8+ 33. Ke1 Bxg2 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Rxb5 c3 36. Rxc5 Re8 37. Rc7 Bd5 38. Nh7 Re6 39. Kf1 Rc6 40. Rxc6
Bxc6 41. Bd3 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8.
cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 Qc7 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Qc2 Bc6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qf5+ Kb8 14.
O-O-O g6 15. Qf4+ Qd6 16. e4 Nh5 17. Qxf7 Rd7 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Bc3
Rf8 21. Qe3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc4 24. e5 Ng7 25. b3 Qf7 26. Qxc5 Rc8
27. Qd6+ Ka8 28. Kb2 Qxf2+ 29. Rd2 Qe3 30. Rd3 Qf2+ 31. Rd2 Qe1 32. Qd7 Rb8 33.
Re2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Rc8 9. e4 Ng4 10. Qe2 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc6 13. d3 Be7 14. f5 O-O
15. Be3 b6 16. g4 Bf6 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rae1 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Qe2
Bc6 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. h4 exf5 24. exf5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nxd3 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Bg3
Rcd8 28. b3 Bf6 29. Ne4 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 Rxd1 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Rf2 Kg7 33. Re2
R8d4 34. Rf2 c4 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 c3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. e4
d6 9. gxf3 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rb8
15. Rd2 Be6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qe3 Qb4 18. f4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxd6 Qb4 21.
Rd2 c4 22. Rhd1 Ng7 23. f5 Kh8 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Qf6 Nh5 26. Qxc6 Nf4 27. Kb1 Nd3
28. Ka1 Nxb2 29. Nd5 Qa3 30. Qf6 Rfe8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. a3 Bh7 10. c4 c6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bb2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Qd3 21. Qxd3
Rxd3 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Nb1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nb2 26. Rc1 Nd3 27. Rf1 Nxb4
28. Nd2 Rd8 29. Nb3 b6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Bg6 32. h3 Nd3 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Na5
c5 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5 Bh7 37. g4 g6 38. f6 g5 39. Nc6 Nf4 40. Ra1 Bg6 41. Ne7+
Kh7 42. h4 gxh4 43. Rf1 Nxg2 44. Kxg2 c4 45. Ra1 c3 46. Kf3 c2 47. Nxg6 Kxg6 48.
Rc1 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "4152417"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Qd1 Nc4 15.
Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bb1 b5 17. e4 b4 18. Ne2 Bc6 19. Rxc4 Bxe4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxe4
Nxe4 22. Be3 Qc4 23. b3 Qb5 24. Qc2 Nf6 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Bf2 g6 27. Qc4 Qa5 28.
Rc2 Nb6 29. Qd3 Nd5 30. Qc4 Nb6 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. g3 h5 33. Qf3 Nd5 34. Kg2 Qa6
35. Nc1 Rc8 36. Qd3 Qb7 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. bxc4 Nb6 40. d5 Nxc4 41.
dxe6 a5 42. exf7+ Kxf7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Ke4 Bf6 45. Nb3 Kd6 46. Bd4 Bd8 47. Nc5
Kc6 48. h3 Kb5 49. Kd3 Bb6 50. Ne6 a4 51. Bxb6 Nxb6 52. Nf8 Nd5 53. Nxg6 a3 54.
Kc2 Nc3 55. f5 Nxa2 56. f6 Kc4 57. Ne5+ Kd5 58. f7 Nc3 59. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4152417"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+
8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bc4 b6 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. a3 N4c6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Qe4
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bb7 16. Qh4 Nd7 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Rf4 Rfd8 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Ka1 Rxd3
21. cxd3 Bd5 22. Rc4 Bxc4 23. dxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Kb1 Kf8
27. g3 Ke7 28. h4 h6 29. Rd2 b5 30. Ne5 Rc7 31. Rd3 f6 32. Ng6+ Kf7 33. Nh8+ Kg8
34. Ng6 h5 35. b3 Rc3 36. Rxc3 Nxc3+ 37. Kc2 Ne4 38. Nf4 e5 39. Nh3 Kf7 40. Kd3
Nc5+ 41. Kc3 Ke6 42. Kb4 Kd5 43. Ka5 Nxb3+ 44. Kxa6 Kc5 45. Ng1 Nd2 46. Ka5 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "4152417"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfc1 Na5 13. Qd1 Nc4 14. Rab1 b5 15.
b3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ba3 17. Rc2 Qb6 18. Ne5 Bb4 19. Qe2 a6 20. g4 Be8 21. g5 Nd7
22. Nf3 g6 23. Rbc1 Ba3 24. Rd1 Nb8 25. Nb1 Bd6 26. Ne5 Nc6 27. Ng4 Kg7 28. a3
Ne7 29. Qf2 Ng8 30. Qh4 Be7 31. Rdc1 Bd7 32. Nd2 Rfc8 33. b4 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 a5
35. Nb3 axb4 36. axb4 Rc8 37. Nc5 Qa7 38. Ne5 Bxc5 39. dxc5 Qa3 40. Qe1 Be8 41.
Qc3 Qxc3 42. Rxc3 Ne7 43. Ra3 Nc6 44. Nxc6 Bxc6 45. Kf2 h6 46. h4 hxg5 47. hxg5
Kf8 48. Ra7 Ke8 49. Ke2 Bd7 50. Kd2 Rb8 51. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4152417"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6
Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nh6 12. Bc3 e6 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. O-O Nf5
15. g3 Rag8 16. Ng5+ Bxg5 17. hxg5 e5 18. Nf3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Re8
21. Rae1 Ne5 22. Re3 Ng4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. b4 Kg6 25. f4 Re3 26. Rf3 Re1+ 27.
Rf1 Re3 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. Nxf3 Ne3 30. Nd4 Nf5 31. Ne2 Ne3 32. Nd4 Nf5 33. Ne2
Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Kf3 b6 36. d4 g6 37. Kf2 Nd6 38. Nc1 Nf5 39. Nb3 Kd6 40. Kf3
Ke6 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Kf2 Nd6 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Nc1 Nf5 46. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "4152417"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. c3 O-O 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. O-O f6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. dxc5
Qc7 15. Nd2 Bc6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Rd3 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Nd4 e5 20. Ne6 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. Nd8 Bc8 25. c6 bxc6 26. Nxc6 Kf7
27. Nxa7 Bd7 28. c4 Ke6 29. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5
9. c5 Qa5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Ne4 Qa3 12. Bc1 Qa5 13. Nxd6 Nd5 14. Bb2 Nc3 15. Qc2
Qxc5 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Rac1 Re8 18. e3 Qa5 19. a3 Nb5 20. b4 Qb6 21. exd4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. b5 Qf6 25. Rfd1 a5 26. a4 Ra7 27. Qc5 Ra8 28.
Qb6 Qe7 29. h4 h5 30. Re1 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 Nd7 33. Qxb7 Rd8 34. Qc7
Ree8 35. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. O-O-O+ Kc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bc5 14.
Rd2 Kc7 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Rhd1 h5 17. h4 Rhg8 18. Bf1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 f5 20. exf5
Bxf5 21. g3 Re8 22. Kd1 b5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Be2 Bxf2 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Nxb5+ cxb5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5
9. c5 Qa5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Ne4 Qa3 12. Bc1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Nxd6 Nd5 15. Rc1
Nd7 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 h6 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rfe1 b6 21. e4 dxe3 22.
Bxe3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qf6 24. Ne8 Qb2 25. Qd1 bxc5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28.
Re2 Qb4 29. Ne5 Ba6 30. Re3 Rad8 31. Qc2 Rd2 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rexc3 Rfd8 34. Bf3
Ne6 35. Nxc6 R8d6 36. h4 Bb7 37. Ne5 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 f6 39. Nc4 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Nd6 f5 43. h5 Ng5 44. Ra3 gxh5 45. Nxf5+ Kg6 46. Nh4+ Kg7
47. Ra7+ Nf7 48. Ra6 Rc5 49. Rb6 Ra5 50. Rc6 Rb5 51. Ra6 Rc5 52. Nf3 Rf5 53. Nd4
Re5 54. Ne6+ Kh7 55. Nf4 Rf5 56. Ra7 Kg8 57. Ne6 Rf6 58. Nc5 Rf5 59. Ne4 Re5 60.
Nd2 Kg7 61. Nf3 Rd5 62. Ra6 Ng5 63. Nxg5 hxg5 64. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. c3
dxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Nf6 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Bd7 13. Bc2 Bc6 14. d3 Rc8 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Nd4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Qd6
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Rb7 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Nc5 28.
Ra7 Nxd3 29. Rxf7 Bd4 30. c5 Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Bxc5 32. Rb7 Rf8 33. Bb3+ Kh8 34.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Bf7 Kg7 36. Bc4+ Kh6 37. Bf7 Bxf2+ 38. Kh1 Bd4 39. g3 Bc3 40. h4
Bxa5 41. Kg2 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Bc4 h5 44. Bxa6 Be1 45. Rg7+ Kh6 46. Re7 Bc3
47. Bd3 Bf6 48. Rh7+ Kg5 49. Be2 Rh8 50. Rc7 Re8 51. Bf3 Re6 52. Rh7 Bd4 53.
Rxh5+ Kf6 54. g4 Be3 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Kg3 c5 57. Rf8 c4 58. Bd5 Rf6 59. Rg8+ Kh7
60. Rc8 Bf4+ 61. Kg2 Be5 62. Be4+ Kg7 63. Rxc4 Rf4 64. Kh3 Kf6 65. Rc6+ Ke7 66.
Bf5 Bf6 67. Rc7+ Kd6 68. Rd7+ Ke5 69. Rb7 Rf3+ 70. Kg2 Ra3 71. Rb6 Bg5 72. Re6+
Kd5 73. Re2 Bf4 74. Be4+ Kd6 75. Bf3 Rd3 76. Re8 Rd2+ 77. Kf1 Bg3 78. Rd8+ Ke5
79. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 d6 7. d4 Qa5+ 8. Bc3
Qc7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 f5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Qb6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Rd5 Qb6 21. Rb5
Qc7 22. bxa4 Ra7 23. Rfb1 Rb8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. R1b4 Rba8 26. Qd1 Kf7 27. h4 h5
28. Qb3 Kf8 29. Rb6 Qf3 30. c5 Rc8 31. Rf4 Qe2 32. Qe6 Rxc5 33. Qxg6 Qd1+ 34.
Kh2 Qe2 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 Qxb5 37. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 Nh6 8. d3
O-O 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Nxe5 Bg7 11. d4 Be6 12. Qc3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e3 Rac8
15. Qa3 c5 16. d5 Bg4 17. Nc3 b5 18. Qa6 b4 19. Ne4 Bxb2 20. Rac1 c4 21. Rc2 Bg7
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 c3 24. f3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. e4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical (Cordel) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Re1 b5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. b3 b4 15. Bb2
bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe7 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. d5 Nf4 20. b4 Bb6 21. Nc4 Ba7 22.
Na5 N6h5 23. Bd2 Bb6 24. Nc4 Bb7 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. Be3 b5 27. Kh2 Bc8 28. a4 Rf8
29. axb5 axb5 30. g4 Nf6 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 Qe5 33. Nc6 Qg5 34. Nxd8 Bxg4 35.
f3 Bxh3 36. Rg1 Qh4 37. Qe1 Qh5 38. Rg5 Qxg5 39. Kxh3 Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Rxd8 41. Bd3
g5 42. Qh1 Qg6 43. Rd1 Qg7 44. Bxb5 Rb8 45. Rc1 g4 46. Kf2 h5 47. Bd3 Qg5 48.
Ke2 Rxb4 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Qc1 gxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Qg3+ 52. Ke2 Qg2+ 53. Ke1 Qg1+ 54.
Ke2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. g3
e6 9. Bg2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng8 11. Be3 Ne7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
h4 Bc6 16. Kh2 Rc8 17. a3 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. h5 h6 20. Kh3 Ne7 21. b4 Bd4 22.
Nd1 Ba4 23. Rc1 Qa7 24. c3 Bb6 25. Nb2 Bb5 26. Nd3 d4 27. c4 Bxc4 28. g4 Nd5 29.
Be4 Bxd3 30. Bxd3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qb8 32. Re1 Qc7 33. Bxh6 gxh6 34. Qxh6 Qc3 35.
Rd1 Rd7 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne2 d6 14. b3 c5 15. Rb1 d5
16. dxc5 dxe4 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Bxe4 Qxc5 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Qd7 Nc5
22. Qh3 h6 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. Bxh6 Ne6 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Nf4 Nxf4 28.
Bxf4 Nd5 29. Ng5 Rfd8 30. Bd2 Nc3 31. Bxc3 bxc3 32. Re1 Qd5 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Ne4
c2 35. Rbc1 Rac8 36. h3 Qxb3 37. Ng5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. b4 Bd7 7. c3 a5 8. Qb3
axb4 9. cxb4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Qf6 11. Nge2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 h4 15.
Bc7 Rc8 16. Bb6 Bg7 17. Ne2 h3 18. gxh3 Rxh3 19. Ng3 Ne5 20. Bxd7+ Nxd7 21. Qa4
Qf3 22. O-O Ke7 23. Rfe1 Rch8 24. Bc7 Rxh2 25. Nf5+ exf5 26. Bxh2 Be5 27. Rxd5
Bxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. Qc2 Qe6 31. Qd3 Be5 32. Rd2 f4 33. Qe4 fxe3
34. fxe3 Qc6 35. Qf5 Rd8 36. Qxg5+ Qf6+ 37. Qxf6+ Nxf6 38. Rc2 Nd5 39. Ke2 Nxb4
40. Rc4 Nxa2 41. c6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Nc3+ 43. Kf3 Nd5 44. Ra6 f6 45. Ke4 Nc3+ 46.
Kf5 Rd1 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. Ra6+ Kc5 49. Ra5+ Kc4 50. Ra8 Rf1+ 51. Ke6 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

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 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Qe2
Nd7 16. Reb1 Rfb8 17. Qe1 Nb6 18. h3 d4 19. Ne2 Na4 20. Nh2 Nd8 21. Ng4 Nf7 22.
f4 exf4 23. e5 Qd7 24. Nxf4 c5 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Nh5 Rg8 27. Rf1 Raf8 28. Rf2 Qe8
29. Nf4 Nd8 30. Raf1 Rf5 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Ne2 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Nc6 34. Nh2 Rf8 35.
Nf3 Qd7 36. Qg4 Rf5 37. Nexd4 h5 38. Qg6 Nxd4 39. Ng5 Bxg5 40. Rxf5 Nxf5 41.
Bxg5 h4 42. c3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 Nxf4 7. exf4 Qa5 8.
c3 Qxc5 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 Kf8 12. Nb3 Qd6 13. Qd2 Bh6 14. g3 Bd7 15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 f6 17. Rac1 Kf7 18. Kg2 Rac8 19. a3 Bg7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 e6 23. h4 Bf8 24. h5 Kg7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qc2 Be8 27. Nh4 f5 28.
Nf3 Qc6 29. Qe2 Be7 30. Qd2 Bf6 31. Ne5 Qc7 32. Qc2 Qxc2 33. Bxc2 g5 34. fxg5
Bxg5 35. f4 Bd8 36. Kf3 Bb6 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Bd1 Ke7 39. Be2 Kd6 40. b3 Ba5 41.
b4 Bd8 42. Bd3 a5 43. Be2 axb4 44. axb4 Kc7 45. g4 fxg4 46. Bxg4 Kd6 47. f5 exf5
48. Bxf5 Bf6 49. Nd3 b6 50. Nf4 Bf7 51. Bd3 Bg5 52. Kf3 Bf6 53. Ke3 Be8 54. Be2
Bc6 55. Bd3 Bg5 56. Be2 Bd7 57. Bd3 Bg4 58. Bc2 Bh6 59. Bd3 Ke7 60. Bc2 Kf6 61.
Bb3 Kf5 62. Bc2+ Kf6 63. Bb3 Kf5 64. Bc2+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Qe7 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Rae8 14. O-O Nxc3 15.
Nxc3 Na5 16. Nb5 Bb7 17. Qd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe4+ 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Nd6 Re6 21.
Rad1 Rd8 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Nc6 24. b5 Na5 25. e4 g6 26. f4 Rf8 27. Rf3 f6 28.
Rd5 Kg7 29. g4 Re7 30. h4 Rb8 31. g5 Nb7 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. e5+ Ke6 34. f5+ gxf5
35. Nxf5 Rg8+ 36. Kh3 Rf7 37. Nd4+ Ke7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Bc3 Qe7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rd1 Bd7
15. Nd2 Be8 16. Ne4 a4 17. Rac1 h6 18. h4 Na5 19. Bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc5 Nb6 21. Rxd8
Nxc4 22. Nxb7 Nxe5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nxa5 Qb5 25. Nc6 Qxb2 26. Rd1 Nxc6 27.
Bxc6 Qxa3 28. Be4 f5 29. Bd3 Qb3 30. Rb1 Qc3 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Ra8 a3 33. Ra6 c5
34. Ra4 Kf6 35. h5 Qb2 36. Bc4 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5
9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxf4 12. exf4 Bxc6 13. Qf3 Rac8 14. h6 g6 15. O-O
Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qf8 18. Qh3 Nh5 19. g3 Qxh6 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Qh4 Kg7
22. Bxh5 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Kg2 Rc6 26. Re3 Be8 27. Rce1 Bg6 28.
Nh4 cxd4 29. cxd4 Kf7 30. f5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7 f4 34.
gxf4 Kf5 35. Rxh7 Kxf4 36. Rxh5 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Rg5 38. Rxg5 fxg5 39. Re5 Rc2 40.
Rxd5 Rxb2 41. a4 g4 42. Rb5 Rxb5 43. axb5 Ke4 44. Kg2 Kxd4 45. Kg3 Kc5 46. Kxg4
Kxb5 47. f4 Kc6 48. Kf5 b5 49. Ke4 Kd6 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Kc5 Kf5 52. Kxb5 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bf4 Be4 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Bd5
15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rad8 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. e3 Qa5 20. Qc3 Ra8 21.
Rfc1 h6 22. a4 Qf5 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. b4 e5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. b5
cxb5 28. axb5 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rxb5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Kg6 32. Rb8 Nd7 33. Rxb7
Ne5 34. Bd1 Rb2 35. Rc7 Nd3 36. Rc3 Nxf2 37. Bc2+ Ne4 38. Kf3 f5 39. Rc6+ Nf6
40. g4 Kg5 41. gxf5 b5 42. Rc7 Nh5 43. Rc6 Nf6 44. Rc7 Nh5 45. Rc6 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. e4 Ng4 14. a5 b5 15. axb6
Rxb6 16. Qc2 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. b3 Bg4 19. Re3 Rfb8 20. h3 Bc8 21. Rb1 g5
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Na4 Rb4 24. Nb2 Bd4 25. Rf3 a5 26. Re1 Ba6 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28.
Kxf1 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 a4 30. e5 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 axb3 32. Kg2 c4 33. Qd2 h6 34. e6 b2
35. Qc2 fxe6 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 b1=Q 38. Qxc4 Qb7+ 39. Kh2 Qe7 40. Qe4 Rf8
41. Qg6+ Qg7 42. Qc2 Qf6 43. Kg2 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...b6"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Ne2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng3 Ne4
15. Bc3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 c4 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Qd3 Rc8 21.
Rfd1 Ba3 22. Bf6 Nxf6 23. Qxa3 Qb6 24. Nd4 h6 25. Nf5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qe6 27. Nd4
Qb6 28. Qc5 Qb2 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Qc6 Qb2 31. a4 Rf8 32. Qc2 Qb4 33. Nc6 Qg4 34.
Nd4 Rb8 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. Nxf5 g6 37. Nd4 Rb4 38. a5 Rc4 39. Rb1 Ne4 40. f3 Nxg3
41. Rb7 h5 42. Rxa7 h4 43. Kh2 Nf1+ 44. Kh3 Nxe3 45. Nb5 Nf5 46. Rc7 Ra4 47. Nc3
Rxa5 48. Rd7 Ne3 49. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 50. Kg5 d4+ 51. Kh6 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Qe7 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Na5 15.
Qd1 Bxc4 16. Nd5 Qe5 17. b4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nd4 19. Nf4 Rae8 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rc1
d5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. O-O Ne6 24. Nd5 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Qa4 c3 27. Rc1 Qe5
28. Qxa7 Rb8 29. Qa5 Rb3 30. a4 Rfb8 31. Bf1 g6 32. h4 Kg7 33. Rc2 Ra3 34. Rc1
Rb2 35. Bc4 Qf6 36. f4 c2 37. Qd2 Rb1 38. Qxc2 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1126881"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 c5 8. Bd3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O b5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ng3 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rc8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nh3 Qc2 20. Qg4 Qg6 21. Qe2 Rc4
22. Nf4 Qg5 23. Nfh5 Rfc8 24. f4 Qh4 25. Kh1 g6 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. exf6 Qxf6 28.
Rab1 Nb8 29. Rb7 Nc6 30. Ne4 Qxf4 31. Ng3 Nxd4 32. Qd3 Rc1 33. Rb1 Rxe1+ 34.
Rxe1 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Nf1 Qc4 37. Qd1 Qe2 38. Qb1 Nf5 39. Kg1 d4 40. h3 d3
41. Qb4 Ne3 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 44. Kh2 d2 45. Qd6 g5 46. Qd7 Qe5+ 47.
Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Kb1 b6
15. g4 Be6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne5 c5 18. f4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rac8 20. Rhd1 Qe7 21.
Qg2 Rc5 22. g5 Ne4 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc5 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. h4
Kh7 28. a3 Rc8 29. Rd6 Ne4 30. Qc2 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 Rae8 14. b5 Nd8
15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qb8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Bd1 Kh8 20. Nd2 Bf7 21. Qa3
b6 22. Bf3 Nb7 23. Ndc4 Rd8 24. Rad1 Bg6 25. h4 Be8 26. Qb4 Nd6 27. g3 Ng6 28.
a4 Bf7 29. h5 Ne7 30. h6 gxh6 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Qb2 h5 33. d5 e5 34. Nc4 Qc5 35.
Nxe5 Bxd5 36. Nd3 Qc7 37. Bxh5 Ng6 38. Rc1 Qb7 39. Nb4 Bh1 40. Nc6 Bxc6 41. bxc6
Qc7 42. Re6 Ne5 43. Qc2 Nd3 44. Rd1 Nc5 45. Rxd8 Qxd8 46. Re1 Qd6 47. Bf3 Rf7
48. Qf5 Kg7 49. Kg2 Re7 50. Rh1 Kg8 51. Qg4+ Kf8 52. Rd1 Qc7 53. Qf5 Kg7 54. Rd4
Ne6 55. Rd2 Ng5 56. Bd5 Re5 57. Qf4 Qe7 58. Qc4 Qc7 59. f4 Re3 60. Qd4 Qe7 61.
fxg5 Re2+ 62. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 63. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O b5
15. Kb1 a5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. g4 a4 18. g5 b4 19. Nxa4 Ne4 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Nd2 Nxf2
22. Bxf5 Nxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxe3 24. Nd3 Rae8 25. Rc1 Ne7 26. Ne5 g6 27. Bg4 Ra8 28.
Nb3 Re4 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Nc5 f5 31. gxf6 Rxf6 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Qe3 Nd5 34. Qxe4
Rf4 35. Qe2 Ne7 36. Nc4 Qf6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ne5 h5 40. Bd1 Rxd4
41. Nxc6 Nxc6 42. Rxc6+ Ke5 43. Kc1 Rh4 44. Rxg6 Rxh3 45. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Bd6 8. Qxb7
Bxf4 9. Qxc6+ Kf8 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. exd6 Nc8 14. d7 Nb6
15. Bb5 Ke7 16. Nd2 e5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd7 20. Kd2 Rhd8 21.
Ke3 Bc6 22. f3 f5 23. Rac1 f4+ 24. Ke2 a5 25. Bd3 Bd5 26. Rc5 a4 27. Rhc1 Rab8
28. R1c2 h6 29. Ra5 Rb4 30. a3 Rd4 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Raa7 Bb3 33. Bc2 Rd2+ 34.
Ke1 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Ra5 Re8 37. Rc5 Bb3 38. g3 Kf7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Rc6+
Re6 41. Rc5 Rd6 42. gxf4 exf4 43. Kg2 Rd2+ 44. Kh3 Be6+ 45. Kh4 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 Ne4 8. e3
Qa5 9. a3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. Ra2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Nf3 Nc7
15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. O-O Bd6 17. a4 Qe7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Re1 Rfd8 21.
e4 Rd7 22. Rae2 Bb4 23. Rd1 Ba5 24. g3 Rcd8 25. Kg2 Qb4 26. Qa2 Bb6 27. Red2 Re7
28. Qc2 h6 29. h4 Rde8 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Red2 Ba5 32. Rb1 Qd6 33. Re2 Qg6 34. Qc5
Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxa5 Rd5 37. Qe1 Qc2 38. Rxb7 Rf5 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2059630"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bf5 8.
a4 a6 9. c3 e6 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Re1 Nd7 14. a5 Qd8 15. Bd3
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b6 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Ra2 Rfc8 20. Rea1 Ra7 21. b3 Rca8
22. h4 Bd8 23. g3 Bc7 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Ra4 Rab7 26. Kg2 Qb5 27. Qc2 Qb6 28. Qd3
Qb5 29. Qb1 Qb6 30. Qc2 Nf6 31. Qd3 Ng4 32. Ne1 Qb5 33. Kf3 Nge5+ 34. dxe5 Nxe5+
35. Ke2 Nxd3 36. Nxd3 e5 37. c4 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Bb6 39. Bxb6 Qxb6 40. Rc5 e4 41.
Nxe4 Re8 42. f3 Qxb3 43. Raxa5 Rd7 44. Ne5 Qd1+ 45. Ke3 Qe1+ 46. Kf4 Rde7 47.
Ra4 Rxe5 48. Rxe5 Qc1+ 49. Kf5 Qc8+ 50. Kf4 Rxe5 51. Nd6 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualE 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2059630"]
[EventDate "2020.09.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 g6 13. O-O Ng7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Bf5 16. b5 Ra3 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rb3 Qa5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxa3
Qxa3 22. Qa1 Qb4 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Ne1 Nc4 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. Qa7 Re8 27. Qc5 Qd7 28.
Ra1 Be7 29. Qa7 Qf5 30. Nf4 Bd6 31. Nfe2 Qf6 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Qxa8+
Kg7 35. Qe8 Nb2 36. Nc1 Bb4 37. N3e2 Bd6 38. g3 Bc7 39. Nf4 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Nc4
41. Nd3 Nd2 42. Kg2 Ne4 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. Nxe5 c5 45. f3 Nd6 46. dxc5 Nc4 47.
Nxc4 dxc4 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. e4 g5 50. Ke3 gxf4+ 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Kxc4 Kd7 53. Kd5
Kc7 54. Ke5 Kc6 1-0

