[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2255570"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. d3 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxd2
15. Qxd2 a5 16. Na3 Nc5 17. Nb5 e5 18. f4 Bf5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Nxd3 21.
Rf1 Bg6 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Nd6 Qe7 24. Qxa5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Bd5 d3 27. Kf2
Rd8 28. c5 Bh5 29. Ke3 Bg6 30. b4 Kf8 31. b5 Ke7 32. b6 Ng4+ 33. Kd4 Nxh2 34.
Re1+ Kd7 35. Nb7 Rc8 36. c6+ Rxc6 37. Nc5+ Rxc5 38. Kxc5 Bh5 39. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Adorjan defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2255570"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nd5 fxe4 10. dxe4 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Ne7 15.
Rad1 c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b3 a5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 a4 20. f5 axb3 21. axb3
Nc7 22. f6 Ne8 23. Rd8 Bxf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxf6 Ra3 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nb5 Rxb3
28. Bxc5 Bh3 29. Bxh3 Rxh3 30. Nd6 Re5 31. Kg2 Rd3 32. Bb4 Rb3 33. Be1 Rg5+ 34.
Bg3 h5 35. Kh3 Kg7 36. e5 Rxe5 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Nxb7 Re4 40. c5
Rc4 41. Bf2 g5 42. Na5 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. c6 Ke6 45. Bb6 g4 46. c7 Kd7 47. Nb7
h4 48. Nc5+ Kc8 49. Ne4 Rc6 50. Ba5 Ra6 51. Be1 Ra2+ 52. Bf2 g3 53. hxg3 hxg3
54. Kxg3 Rxf2 55. Kxf2 Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2255570"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15.
Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Nxb2 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Nc4 19. h4 Bf5 20. Ng5 Bf8 21. Bxf8
Rxf8 22. Bb3 h6 23. Nf3 Kh7 24. Rad1 c6 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Nd4 Bd3 27. e6 fxe6
28. Qe5 Rae8 29. Nxe6 Rf5 30. Ng5+ hxg5 31. Qxe8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8 gxh4 33. Rde1 h3
34. R1e7+ Kh6 35. Rh8+ Kg5 36. Rxh3 Kf6 37. Rc7 Re5 38. Rxc6+ Kg7 39. Re3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d4"]
[WhiteFideId "2255570"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. c5 Ne5 15.
cxd6 exd6 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Be3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Nc4 Rad8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc1 f5 26. b3 Kf7 27. Kf1
Ke6 28. Ke2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2255570"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Ng3 b5 14. h3 Qc7 15. Qd2 g6
16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. b4 Nd7 21. Red1 Nf8 22.
Qd6 Rac8 23. Nf1 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Ne3 Rc8 28.
Rad1 Re8 29. R8d7 Ba8 30. Ng4 Be7 31. Bxe5 Rcd8 32. Bf6 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Bxb4 34.
Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2255570"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f4 Nd7 10. g5 h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. fxg5 Nde5 13. Be2 b5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. a3
Rc8 16. O-O-O b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nb3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Nxc2 21.
Kxc2 d5 22. Nc3 O-O 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Kb1 Rb8 25. Rc1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rhd1
Ba3 28. Rc2 Rxb2+ 29. Rxb2 Qxc3 30. Rb3 Qa5 31. Nc2 Bd6 32. h5 Qa4 33. Rdd3 Be5
34. g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Qe4 36. Bd4 Kf8 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Rb7 Qe4 39. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2255570"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 8. a5 O-O
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O d5 14. Qe2 Rb8 15.
exd5 exd5 16. d4 Qd6 17. Qxa6 Nxd4 18. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 cxd6 20. Rfd1 Rfc8
21. Ne1 Rb5 22. a6 Ra8 23. Ra4 e4 24. c3 b3 25. h3 Rb6 26. Rda1 Nd7 27. a7 Nc5
28. Ra5 Kf7 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Ke6 31. g4 Ke5 32. Ng2 Nd3 33. Rf1 Rb7 34. Rf5+ Ke6
35. Nf4+ Nxf4 36. exf4 Raxa7 37. Rfxd5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rf7 39. f5+ Kf6 40. Kf2 Rc7
41. Rd5 Ra7 42. Ke3 Ra2 43. Rxd6+ Kf7 44. Rd2 Ra4 45. Rd4 Ra2 46. Rd2 Ra4 47.
Rd4 Ra2 48. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 O-O 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nf1 Rb8 15. Ne3
Be6 16. h3 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 b6 18. Ne3 Qe6 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. c4 Rbc8 21. d4 Ng6 22.
dxe5 dxe5 23. Rad1 Nd7 24. Qc3 Nc5 25. b3 Na6 26. Kh2 Rcd8 27. g3 Rd7 28. Ne3
Red8 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. h4 Nc5 31. Nd5 c6 32. Nxb6 Rd3 33. Qxa5 Rxf3 34. Qxc5
Nxh4 35. a5 Rxb3 36. Re3 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Rxb3 Nxb3 39. Qb4 Nd4 40. a6 Qg4
41. a7 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 Nxg3+ 44. Kg1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4
Rc8 15. Bd3 a5 16. Qb2 Qe7 17. h3 h6 18. Bb5 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21.
Re3 Rc7 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. d5 exd5 25. e5 Nc5 26. Bc2 d4 27. Nxd4 Qg5
28. Rg3 Qxe5 29. Nf5 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Ne6 31. Bb3 Kf8 32. Kh2 Bd5 33. Rd2 Rcd7 34.
Rb2 Bxb3 35. Rbxb3 Nd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxb6 Rxa4 38. Rf3 Rd7 39. Ra6 g6 40.
Rxg6 h5 41. Ra6 h4 42. Rf5 Rd2 43. Ra7 Ra1 44. Rfxf7+ Kg8 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Raf7+
Ke8 47. Ra7 Kf8 48. Rgf7+ Kg8 49. Rf4 Raa2 50. Rg4+ Kf8 51. Rxh4 Kg8 52. Rg4+
Kf8 53. f3 Re2 54. h4 Re7 55. Rg8+ Kxg8 56. Rxe7 a4 57. Ra7 a3 58. h5 Ra1 59. g4
a2 60. Kg2 Kh8 61. g5 Kg8 62. g6 Rb1 63. Rxa2 Rb5 64. Ra8+ Kg7 65. Ra7+ Kg8 66.
Rh7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. b4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nc4 Ree8 15. b5
axb5 16. axb5 Ne7 17. Rb1 Nc8 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Nce5 Qd8 21. exd5 Nb6
22. g4 Nbxd5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Qc8 25. Ngxf7 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxd4 27. Rb3 Ra1
28. Rg3 Qe8 29. Nf3 Qf7 30. Nxd4 Nh5 31. Rf3 Nhf4 32. Kh2 Qf6 33. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Rd8 9. Qb3 Ba5 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qa4 Bc7 14. Qc2 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 e5 16. d5 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bg4 18. Qe4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Bb6 22. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bd5 Qc7 26. h4 Qd7 27. g3 Bd8
28. Kg2 h5 29. Qe4 Bf6 30. b4 Qg4 31. Qc2 Qxb4 32. Qc8+ Qf8 33. Qf5 Qd6 34. e4
Qc7 35. Qxh5 a5 36. g4 Bd8 37. g5 Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxg7 Kd6 40. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Na4 Ba7 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Bg6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Nb4 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rc7 Bb8 23. Rxb7 Nxa2 24. Nd4 Be5 25. Nc6 Rd2 26. Nxe5 Rxe2 27.
Nxg6 fxg6 28. Nc5 Nc3 29. Ne6 Ne4 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rxg6 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Nxf2 33.
Rxh6+ Kg8 34. Nd4 Rxe3 35. Rxa6 Rd3 36. Rd6 Ne4 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. b4 Rd2 39. b5
Rb2 40. Rd5 Kf6 41. Rf5+ Kg6 42. Re5 Ng5 43. h4 Nh7 44. Kh3 Nf6 45. Rg5+ Kf7 46.
Nf3 Ne4 47. Rf5+ Kg6 48. Re5 Nf2+ 49. Kg3 Nh1+ 50. Kf4 Rxg2 51. Rg5+ Rxg5 52.
hxg5 Nf2 53. b6 Nd3+ 54. Ke4 Nb4 55. b7 Na6 56. Kd5 Nb8 57. Kd6 Kf5 58. Kc7 Na6+
59. Kc8 Kg6 60. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rc4
Bd7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Be6 17. Bd3 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Rh4+ Kg8 20. Qc2
Bxf3 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Bd5 24. Re1+ Be6 25. Rh6 Nd4 26. h3 Nf3+
27. Kh1 Nxe1 28. Qf6+ Kd7 29. Rh4 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5002150"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. h3
Be6 9. g4 d5 10. Nxe5 Bb4 11. Bg2 O-O 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Nd3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Nc6 18. O-O Bxa2 19. Rb2 Bc4 20. Rfb1 b5 21.
Nc5 Rad8 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Nxa6 Qa5 24. Qc5 Nd4 25. Nc7 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qd2 27. c3
Qf4# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Bg5 c6 10. c5 Rd8 11. cxd6 Rxd6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Qa4 exd4 14. e5 dxc3
15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qxa6 Re8 20. Nb5 Qe5
21. Nxc3 Qxg5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rfe1 Kg7 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Qxa7 Bc6 26. Qd4+ Kg8
27. h4 Qe7 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rc3 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. b4 Nge7 8. Nbd2
Bg4 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. a4 Bh3 11. b5 Nd8 12. c4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 h5 14. h4 Ne6 15. e3
Nf5 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Ne4 f6 18. d4 Rg8 19. c5 d5 20. Nc3 e4 21. Nxd5 Qd7 22. Nc3
exf3+ 23. Qxf3 g5 24. c6 bxc6 25. bxc6 Nxh4+ 26. gxh4 gxh4+ 27. Kh1 Qg7 28. Rg1
Ng5 29. Qxh5+ Kd8 30. f4 Rb8 31. fxg5 Rxb2 32. gxf6 Qf8 33. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 Nd7 8. h5 c5 9.
h6 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qxd6 Qe7 13. O-O-O Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ke7 15.
Rd2 Ngf6 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nge2 Nc7 18. Rhd1 Rhd8 19. Nd5+ Nxd5 20. exd5 Kd6 21.
Ng3 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Re1 Rac8 24. f4 Re8 25. fxe5+ Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Kxe5 27.
Re2+ Kf4 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4+ Kg3 30. Re7 Kxg2 31. Rxb7 Rd8 32. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Nd7
9. c4 O-O 10. a3 Rb8 11. Bd2 a6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 b5 14. Nb2 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bb7
16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Ng5 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd8 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Bf6 23. Ne4 Rb6 24. Ra7 Nc6 25. R7xa6 Rfb8 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Nxf6+ exf6
28. Rb1 Rb5 29. Kf3 f5 30. e4 dxe3 31. Kxe3 Kf8 32. d4 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kc4
Rb8 35. b5 Nd8 36. Bb4+ Kd7 37. Bc5 Ra8 38. Re1 Ne6 39. d5 Nxc5 40. Kxc5 Ra2 41.
Rb1 Rc2+ 42. Kd4 Kc7 43. b6+ Kb7 44. Ke5 Rxh2 45. Rd1 Rb2 46. Kf6 Rxb6+ 47. Kxf7
Kc7 48. Ke7 Rb8 49. d6+ Kc6 50. d7 Rb7 51. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. Bh6 Qa5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Rd1 h6 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. h4 e5 18. h5 Bg4 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd4
22. Ng4 g5 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Ne3 e4 25. Bg4 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Qc7 27. Rh1 Qd7 28. Nxh6
Kg6 29. Qe3 Rbe8 30. g4 Rf3 31. Qd2 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 e3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Kxe3
Qe6+ 35. Kf2 Qxe2+ 36. Kg3 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh3 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. b4 Nge7 8. Nbd2
Bg4 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. a4 Bh3 11. b5 Nd8 12. c4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 h5 14. h4 Ne6 15. e3
Nf5 16. Qe2 f6 17. d4 Qe7 18. Qd3 g6 19. c5 O-O 20. Qb3 Kh7 21. b6 Bb8 22. bxc7
Bxc7 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nc5 26. Qc3 fxe5 27. Qxe5 Rad8 28.
Qxe7+ Nxe7 29. Rfc1 Ne6 30. Ne4 Rd7 31. Neg5+ Nxg5 32. Nxg5+ Kh6 33. Ra2 Nd5 34.
a5 Nb4 35. Re2 Nc6 36. Rc5 Rf5 37. Rec2 Rdd5 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. Rxc6 Rxa5 40. Rc7
Rxg5 41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rc6 Ra2 43. Kf3 a5 44. e4 Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Ra2 46. Rc5+ Kf6
47. Kf3 a4 48. Ra5 a3 49. Ke3 g5 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Kf3 Ra1 52. Kg2 h4 53. gxh4
gxh4 54. f4 a2 55. e5 h3+ 56. Kh2 Rf1 57. Rxa2 Rxf4 58. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Qf6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc4 d5 8. Ncd2
Bf5 9. c4 Nge7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. c5 Bd7 13. O-O-O Be8 14. Nb3 Nf5
15. Be2 Ncxd4 16. Qb4 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bc6 18. g4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qe7 20. Rhf1 Qxc5
21. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 Ba3+ 23. Kc2 dxe4 24. Rd4 Bc5 25. Rc4 Bxe3 26. Kb1 Bb5
27. Rxe4 Bxe2 28. Rxe3 Bxf1 29. Re8 Rhxe8 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. b3 a5
9. a3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Ra2 Qb6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nb5 d5 19. f3 d4 20. fxe4 dxe3 21. Qd3 a4 22.
Kg2 Rfe8 23. Rf3 axb3 24. Qxb3 Rxe4 25. Rxe3 Rae8 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qf3 Qe6 28.
a4 Rxc4 29. Nc7 Qe5 30. Nd5 Rd4 31. Nf4 c4 32. a5 Rd7 33. a6 Ra7 34. Qc6 c3 35.
Nd3 Qd4 36. Qc5 Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Qe6+ 38. g4 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Qxa6 40. Kg2 Qe6 41. Kf3
h6 42. h3 Qf6+ 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. Kg3 Qe6 45. Kf3 Qa2 46. Qc6 Qa1 47. Kg2 Qd1 48.
Kf2 Bd4+ 49. Kg3 Qxe2 50. Qc4 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bf5
9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Nd5 16. Nge2 Rg8 17. O-O Be7 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nc5 Nc4 21. Qc3
e5 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 exd4 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 d3 26. N2f4 Kf7 27. Nxg6
Rxg6 28. Nf4 Rgg8 29. Nxd3 Rac8 30. Rac1 Bd6 31. Rfd1 Bg3 32. Nb4 d4 33. Nc2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Be3 Bc6 14. Qd3 Re6 15.
Rad1 Nd7 16. f4 Qf8 17. e5 Rae8 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Nf6+
Nxf6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Ne4 24. Rd7 Nxg3 25. Rxb7 a5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Kf2 Nf5
28. Bxc5 h5 29. c3 Re4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rxf7 Rxf4+ 32. Ke1 Re4+ 33. Kd2 Kh6 34.
Rdd7 Be5 35. Bf2 Kg5 36. Kd3 Ra4 37. Rd5 Bf4 38. a3 Bc1 39. Kc2 Rf4 40. Bg3 Rf3
41. Bc7 Be3 42. Kb3 Kh4 43. Rf6 Kxh3 44. Rxg6 h4 45. Rd3 Rf2 46. Bb6 Rf3 47. Re6
Kg2 48. Bxe3 h3 49. Rd2+ Kf1 50. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 b6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Ne4 a5
15. Neg5 Be8 16. a4 Kb7 17. Rfe1 h4 18. e6 f6 19. Nf7 Bxf7 20. exf7 Bd6 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Raf8 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Re7+ Kc8 25. Ba3 Rd8 26. Ra7 Kb8 27. Re7
Rhf8 28. f4 Kc8 29. Kf2 c5 30. Kf3 Rd7 31. Re8+ Rd8 32. Re7 Rd7 33. Re8+ Rd8 34.
Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Nbd2 c5 9. Nf1 Nc6 10. Ng3 b5 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 Kh8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 c4 15.
d5 exd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. Ng5 Rff8 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Ng5
Rff8 22. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Re1 Nf5 10. Rxe4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Nd5 dxe5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Bxe5 Rad8 16. Qe1 Qc5 17. Qb4 Qd5 18. Bb3 Qc6 19. Ba4 Qd5 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21.
Bf4 a5 22. Qe1 Qc5 23. c3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 h6 26. h3 Bxa2 27. Re5 Qb6
28. Rxf5 Qxb2 29. Be5 Be6 30. Rf4 b5 31. Bc2 a4 32. Rb4 Qa2 33. Qd3 g6 34. Rd4
Kh7 35. Rd8 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe1 37. Bg3 Rxd8 38. Qxd8 Qxc3 39. Be4 a3 40. Qb8 Qc8
41. Qxc8 Bxc8 42. Be5 b4 43. Bd6 a2 44. Be5 Be6 45. Kg3 b3 46. Kf4 Kg8 47. Ke3
Kf8 48. Bf6 Ke8 49. Bc6+ Kf8 50. Kd2 Kg8 51. h4 g5 52. h5 Bg4 53. Bd5 Bxh5 54.
Bxb3 Kh7 55. Bxa2 Kg6 56. Bd8 Kg7 57. Ke3 Bg6 58. Kd4 f6 59. Be6 h5 60. Bd5 h4
61. Be4 Bf7 62. Bf5 Be8 63. Kd5 Bf7+ 64. Kd6 Bc4 65. g3 hxg3 66. fxg3 Bf7 67.
Ke7 Bg6 68. g4 Bxf5 69. gxf5 g4 70. Ke6 g3 71. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. b3 a5
9. a3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 c6 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Be3 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5
16. Nd3 Qb8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 h5 19. Bf1 Qb7 20. Ra2 Kh7 21. Rac2 h4 22. g4
Rab8 23. Qe1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nd1 Kg8 26. Qxh4 Bb5 27. Qe1 Nd7 28. N1f2 Ba6
29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Qd2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. gxf5 Ne7 33. Bg5 Nxf5 34. Ne4 Rf8
35. Qxb4 Qxd5 36. Ne1 Nd4 37. Bxa6 Ne6 38. Bc4 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 d5 40. Nc2 Qb2 41.
Bxd5 Kh8 42. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Qxd4 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Bxf5
Qxf5 9. O-O e6 10. c4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Ne2 Bxg5 15.
Ned4 Qd3 16. Nxg5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Ne7 18. b4 Na4 19. e6 f6 20. Nf7 O-O 21. Nd6 g6
22. Nxb7 Nb2 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Nc5 Kg7 25. b5 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Nd6 27. Rb3 Rfc8 28.
Nd7 Rc4 29. Rd1 Rac8 30. Ra3 R8c7 31. Rf3 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2 Ne4 34. Rb3
Nxf2 35. Rb7 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Rc3+ 37. Nf3 Rc1 38. Nb8 Kf8 39. Nd7+ Kg7 40. g3 Rc2
41. Nb8 Kf8 42. Nd7+ Kg7 43. Nc5 Kf8 44. Nd3 Nf5 45. Rxa7 Rc3 46. Nf4 Rxf3 47.
Nxg6+ Kg8 48. Ne7+ Nxe7 49. Rxe7 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Bernstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Bf4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 g5
22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 gxf4 24. Qe4 Re8 25. Qxf4 Bf8 26. Re3 Bg7 27. Rg3 Re6 28.
Qg4 f5 29. Nxf5 Qf7 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. f4 Nc4 33. Rxc7 Nxb2 34.
Nd4 Rg6 35. f5 Rg3 36. Ne6+ Ke8 37. f6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Rc1 e6 11. h4 Bb7 12. e5 Nc6 13. h5 Ne7 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rh7 20. Bg4 Kf7 21. Bxe6+
Kxe6 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Rd7 Qc6 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bg5+ Kf8 27. Rxh7
Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rh7+ Ke6 31. f3 Bd5 32. Re7+ Kf5 33. Bh6 g5
34. g4+ Kf4 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. Rd7 Be6 37. Bxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rxa7 Kf4 39. Re7 Bd5 40.
e6 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Rd7 Kg3 43. Kf1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. a3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Re1 b5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxb4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Ba3 a5 17. d5 Bxa1 18. dxe6 Bg7 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qb3 Nec6 21. Bh3 Nd4
22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Be6 Rf8 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Kg2 Bc3 27. Re3 Kg7 28.
Bxf7 Qxf7 29. Qd1 Qe6 30. Qd3 Rb8 31. h4 Bf6 32. h5 gxh5 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Qxd4+
Qe5 35. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8
9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Qd2 Kh7
16. Bc2 b6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. Rfe1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22.
Bxd6 Qe6 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. b3 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf6 27. Re5 Ne8 28.
Rd5 Nf6 29. Re5 Ne8 30. Rd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. g3 Bh3 16. Bxf6 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 gxf6 18. Nd4 Bb6 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Qh5 Re5 21.
Bd3 Kh8 22. Qh4 Bd8 23. Rc7 Re6 24. Rd7 Qe8 25. Rxb7 Re4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nd6
Qe6 28. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nb6 9. Qc2 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. h3 Re8 12. d3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Qd6 15.
Rad1 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qa6 20. b3 h5 21. Rfe1
Nc5 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bf3 b5 24. Be2 h4 25. Nf1 b4 26. Bf3 Qa5 27. Rd2 Nh7 28.
Red1 Nhg5 29. Bd5 Kh7 30. f4 Bd4 31. fxg5 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Nxg5 33. Ng4 Qc5+ 34.
Rf2 f5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Qb2+ Kh6 38. Kh1 Re3 39. Rf4 Nxh3 40.
Qh8+ Kg5 41. Qxh4# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. a3 Bd6 5. Nd2 c6 6. c4 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8. e4 Be6
9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O a5 12. Nc3 Bc7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bg5
Qd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Na4 Ne7 18. Nb6 Bxb6 19. cxb6 Qd6 20. d4 Qxb6 21. Nc5 Nf5
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Rb1 e4 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Qc7 27. Qb3 Rf7 28.
Qb2 Raf8 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Qe5 Nd6 31. Bh3 Rf6 32. Rb6 Nc4 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. Bxe6+
Kh8 35. Rd6 c3 36. Rd7 Qxe6 37. Qc7 Qg8 38. Qxc3 h6 39. Rxb7 Rf7 40. Rb5 Kh7 41.
Qe3 Qg6 42. Rb2 Rf3 43. Qd4 Qc6 44. Rb8 R3f6 45. a4 Qe6 46. a5 Qf5 47. a6 Rxa6
48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Rg8+ Kh5 50. g4+ Qxg4+ 51. Rxg4 Kxg4 52. Qxe4+ Kg5 53. Qe3+ Kh4
54. Qd4+ Kg5 55. h4+ Kh5 56. Qd5+ Kg6 57. Qd3+ Kh5 58. Qxa6 Rg7+ 59. Kh2 Rg4 60.
Qe2 Kxh4 61. Qe5 Rg5 62. Qf6 Kh5 63. f4 Rg4 64. f5 Rg5 65. Qf7+ Kg4 66. f6 Kf3
67. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Larsen system"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Ne1 e5
9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a5 11. Nd3 Na6 12. e4 Bd7 13. f3 b5 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Rc1 f5
16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Qxh5 exd3 19. Qd1 b4 20. Nb1 Bxb2 21. Qxd3 Bxc1 22.
Rxc1 Re8 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Qf3 Ne4 26. Qh5 Rc4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Bf2
Rc2 29. Nd2 Re8 30. Bd4 Qe7 31. Nf3 Qf7 32. Qh4 Ree2 33. Qg5+ Qg6 34. Qd8+ Be8
35. Nh4 Qg4 36. Rf1 Rxh2 37. Qxe8# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 h6 8. e4 dxc4
9. dxc4 Qe7 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. f5
Bc8 16. g4 Bb4 17. Nd1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxh4 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Nf2 Nf6 21. Rg1 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Bxf5 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Bxh6 g6 26. Raf1 Qd3 27. Qg2 Rd4
28. Rf3 Qe4 29. Rgf1 Re7 30. Bg5 Red7 31. Bf6 Rd1 32. Qh3 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qg4 34.
Rg3 Qd1 35. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 e4 38. Rh3 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rd2+ 40. Kf1
Rd1+ 41. Ke2 Rd2+ 42. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Larsen system"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Ne1 e5
9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. Nc2 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7 15.
b3 h5 16. h4 Rfe8 17. Bb2 b5 18. cxb5 Ne7 19. a4 d5 20. Rc1 d4 21. Nb4 Nf5 22.
Rh1 e4 23. Rc6 a5 24. Na6 Rac8 25. Qc1 e3 26. f3 d3 27. Bxg7 dxe2 28. Re1 Nxg7
29. Rc2 Nf5 30. Rexe2 Nd4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qxe3 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 Qf5 34. Qe4 Rc2+
35. Kg1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Qf6 37. Qe2 Qa1 38. Qf2 Qb1 39. b6 Qxb3 40. Nc5 Qxb6 41.
Ne4 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 f6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qh4 exf4 8. Ne2
Bd7 9. O-O Nce7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxf4 O-O-O 12. Qh3 Qxh3 13. Nxh3 Rf8 14. Na3
c6 15. c4 Kd7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Be7 18. e4 Nb6 19. d4 Nh6 20. Ne3 Nf7 21.
Rad1 Nd6 22. e5 Ne4 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Nf4 Nfd5 25. Nexd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27.
Bc1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Re8 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Bf2 h5 31. h3 Re4 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1
Ke6 34. Ke2 a6 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. g4+ hxg4+ 37. hxg4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Ndf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 f6 12. h4 fxe5 13. dxe5 Nh6 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Rhf1 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nh2 20. f4 Nxf1+
21. Rxf1 c5 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rc3 g6 24. Rb3 Rc7 25. Rb8+ Bc8 26. Nc3 Kg7 27. Nb5
Rb7 28. Rxc8 Rxb5 29. b3 Ra5 30. a4 c4 31. bxc4 Rxa4 32. Rc7+ Kh6 33. cxd5 exd5
34. Rf7 a5 35. e6 Re4 36. e7 a4 37. f3 Re6 38. f5 a3 39. fxe6 a2 40. e8=Q a1=Q
41. Qf8+ Kh5 42. Rxh7# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. g5 Nd7 8. Ne2 e5 9.
Bh3 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. f4 Qc7 12. f5 Bh7 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Nbc3 Kb8 15. d3 Bc5+
16. Kh1 Be3 17. Bc1 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd6 19. a4 a5 20. Bg2 Qb4 21. Qe1 Nc5 22. Qg3
f6 23. Qe1 Rd6 24. g6 Bg8 25. Ng3 Na6 26. Nce2 Qc5 27. Qc3 Qb6 28. Rad1 Nb4 29.
Rd2 Ka7 30. Qa1 Qc5 31. Qd1 Qb6 32. c3 Na6 33. d4 exd4 34. Nxd4 Nc7 35. Qe2 Nc8
36. e5 fxe5 37. Qxe5 Rf6 38. Rdf2 Nd6 39. Qe7 Nce8 40. Ne6 Bxe6 41. fxe6 Rxg6
42. Nf5 Qc5 43. Nxd6 Nxd6 44. Qd7 Rg4 45. e7 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1 Re8 47. b4 axb4 48.
cxb4 Rxb4 49. a5 Rb2 50. a6 Kxa6 51. Ra1+ Kb6 52. Qd8+ Kb5 53. Qa5+ Kc4 54. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a5 7. c4 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 e6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. a3 Re8 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nb3 Re7 21. Nxa5 Rc7
22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. Bf1 h5 25. h4 Be7 26. f4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1 28.
Qxc1 Qb6 29. Nb3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Qa7 31. Ke3 Qb6 32. Bd3 Qa7 33. Nc5 Be8 34. Kd2 Qb6
35. Qc3 Qa7 36. Kc1 Qb6 37. Kb2 Qa7 38. Qd2 Qb6 39. Qe2 f5 40. exf6+ Bxf6 41.
Qe3 Bf7 42. Bf1 Qa7 43. Bh3 Qb6 44. Kb3 Kh7 45. Bxe6 Bxd4 46. Qxd4 Bxe6 47. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. d4 Nd7 6. g3 f5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Ne2
Bd6 9. O-O h5 10. c4 dxc4 11. bxc4 h4 12. c5 Be7 13. Nbc3 Kf8 14. Rb1 c6 15. Nf4
Kg7 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Ncxd5 cxd5 18. Qd4+ Bf6 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. c6 b5
22. Rfc1 Rb6 23. Bf3 Be6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rd1 e5 26. Rd7+ Kh6 27. Bd5 a5 28.
Rc1 Rc8 29. e4 b4 30. Rc5 a4 31. Rb7 Rxb7 32. cxb7 Rxc5 33. b8=Q h3 34. Kf1 Rc1+
35. Ke2 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rc3+ 37. Kd2 Bg5+ 38. f4 Bf6 39. Qxb4 exf4 40. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "410608"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. c4 dxe5 10. Nc3 e4 11. Ne1 Nc5 12. Nc2 f5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qc1 a5 15. Rd1
Qe7 16. Ncd5 Qf7 17. Nf4 Rad8 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Ned5 Qe5 20. h4 Bf7 21. Qe3 b6
22. a3 a4 23. b4 Nb3 24. Rab1 Ncd4 25. Bf1 Nc2 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Nxa3 28.
Rb2 Nxc4 29. Ra2 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 a3 31. e3 Rd8 32. Nc3 Nbd2 33. Be2 c6 34. Kh2 b5
35. g4 Ra8 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bxc4 Nxc4 38. Nfe2 Nxe3 39. Ra1 Nc2 40. Rc1 Nxb4
41. Nd4 a2 42. Nxa2 Rxa2 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kg4 Rxf2 45. Kf5 Kg7 46. Rg1+ Bg6+ 47.
Ke6 Kh6 48. Ke5 e3 49. Ne6 e2 50. h5 e1=Q+ 51. Rxe1 Nd3+ 52. Kf6 Nxe1 53. hxg6
hxg6 54. Ng5 f3 55. Nf7+ Kh5 56. Ne5 Re2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Nd4 Nxc4 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. dxe6 c6 12. Qb3 d5 13. Qxb7 Qd6 14. Qb3 Rab8 15.
Qc2 Qxe6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Na4 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bd4 19. e3 Bb6 20. b3 Ne5 21. Bb2 Rbc8
22. Rbc1 h5 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qe2 h4 25. Rfd1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Ng4 27. Re1 Rfe8 28.
Qf3 Rf8 29. Qf4 Rce8 30. h3 Ngf6 31. Qh4 Re7 32. Rf1 c5 33. Rcd1 Ref7 34. Bxf6
Rxf6 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 d4 38. exd4 e3 39. Qg4 Qxg4+ 40. hxg4
Rxf4 41. dxc5 bxc5 42. Re1 Rxg4+ 43. Kf1 Rf4+ 44. Ke2 Rf2+ 45. Kxe3 Rxa2 46. Kd3
Rf2 47. Re5 Kf7 48. Rxc5 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne2 a4
9. Ba2 h6 10. h3 c5 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3 g6 13. c4 Be6 14. cxb5 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 Qa5+
16. Nd2 Nbd7 17. O-O Qxb5 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 O-O 22.
Ra1 Ra6 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Rf1 Qe6 25. Kg2 Ne8 26. h4 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. h5 Ne5
29. Qd1 Rb6 30. hxg6 Rxb2+ 31. Kh3 Qa2 32. g5 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. h3 h6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bh2 c6
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Ng6 Qb6 13. Nxe7+ Kh7 14. Nxf5 Qxb2 15.
Nxg7+ Kxg7 16. Ne2 Qa3 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bg3 c5 21. Bf5 h5
22. Qd3 c4 23. Qe2 Rae8 24. Rbe1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. d5 Qc5 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. d6
c3 29. Rd4 Bxa2 30. Ra1 Bf7 31. Rxa7 Kg8 32. Qd1 b5 33. Rc7 Qa3 34. d7 Rd8 35.
Rd6 Ne8 36. dxe8=N Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Rd8 38. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. g3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Bc6 7. O-O Ne7 8. h4 Nf5
9. d3 Nd7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Bf4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. h5 Nb6 15. Qe2
Nd5 16. Bd2 b5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. g5 h6 20. g6 Ne7 21. Qg4 Bxg2 22.
Nxb5 Qc6 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. exd6 Bf3 25. gxf7+ Kd8 26. Qxh4 Qxd6 27. Bf4 Qd5 28.
Rab1 Kd7 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Qf5 31. Qg3 Qxf7 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Rxe6 Bg4 34.
Re3 Bd7 35. Qxc5 Qf6 36. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nf3 Nbd7
9. Ng5 Nc5 10. b4 h6 11. bxc5 hxg5 12. c6 Ba6 13. Qa4 Bc8 14. Bxg5 Be7 15. Bd2
g5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Bxg5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 19. g4 Be6 20. Rd1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7
22. Rxf5 O-O-O 23. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Ba2 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Rg1
Bxa2 9. Rxa2 Nbd7 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nf5 f6 14. h4 gxf5 15.
g6 Re8 16. Qh5 h6 17. exf5 Bf8 18. g7 Bxg7 19. b4 Re7 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxh6 Qe8
22. Rg6 Qd7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 d5 25. c4 Rd8 26. Rd2 d4 27. Rd3 Rf8 28. Rdg3
Rff7 29. Qg4 d3 30. Kd2 Qd4 31. Rxd3 Qxf2+ 32. Kc3 Qe1+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Rd2 Qc5
35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bxg7 Qxc4+ 37. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "662399"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3 Naxc5 11. Nbd4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nc5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. a3 a4 15.
Nc2 Nb3 16. Rad1 d4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 b5 19. Qg4 Rd8 20. Ne2 b4 21. Nf4
Kh8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Bd2 Qxd3 25. Bc3 Qg6 26. Rd4 Bb7 27. h3 Rgc8
28. Rfd1 Bf8 29. Be1 Kg8 30. Nf4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Bc6 32. Nd3 Bd5 33. Ra1 Rd8 34.
Nc5 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxb2 36. Rdxa4 Rc2 37. Ra5 h6 38. f3 Rb8 39. R5a4 Rbb2 40. Rf4
Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Bc6 42. Rb4 Rbc2 43. Ra6 Rh2 44. Kg1 Rcg2+ 45. Kf1 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualH 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "662399"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Ba2 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Rg1
Bxa2 9. Rxa2 Nbd7 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nf5 f6 14. h4 Kh8 15.
Nxe7 Qxe7 16. h5 f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qg4 Kg7 20. Rh1 Rh8 21. Rxh8
Kxh8 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Ra1 d5 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. Be3 d4 27. Bd2 Nb6 28.
Qh2 Nd5 29. Ng3 Rf3 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Ke2 Qg4 32. Rg1 Rg3+ 33. Kf1 Rxg1+ 34. Qxg1
Qd1+ 35. Be1 Qxc2 36. Qg3 Nef4 37. Qg4 Qxd3+ 38. Kg1 Qxe4 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qxb7+
Ne7 41. Bb4 Qg2# 0-1

