[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "32096585"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Bd2 a5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bc5
15. f3 Ba6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. a4 Rhc8 19. Ke2 h6 20. g4 Ne8 21. b3
Nd6 22. Bd3 f6 23. Rhe1 e5 24. Kf1 Rh8 25. Rad1 h5 26. g5 h4 27. Bb5 h3 28. g4
h2 29. Kg2 Bg1 30. Kh1 Rac8 31. Bd3 Rh3 32. Rf1 fxg5 33. Bxa5 Ke6 34. Bb4 e4 35.
fxe4 dxe4 36. Be2 Nf7 37. Bc4+ Rxc4 38. bxc4 Ne5 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rh6+ Kd7 41.
Rxh3 e3 42. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 43. Kxg1 Nxc4 44. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "32096585"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. O-O
h4 9. Re1 hxg3 10. hxg3 Ne5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 d6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
c4 c5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Bc1 Nd7 20. Bb2 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rf1 Rb7 28.
Rdf3 Qd8 29. Rf6 Rd7 30. Qg4 Qe7 31. Qg7 Qf8 32. Qg4 Rh6 33. Bh3 Rxf6 34. Rxf6
Qh8 35. Qf5 Kd8 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. Qf3 Ke7 38. Rf5 Kf8 39. Qh5 e4 40. Rf2 Re7 41.
Re2 Qe5 42. Qh6+ Ke8 43. Qh7 Kd8 44. Qg8+ Kc7 45. a4 a5 46. Bg4 f5 47. Bh5 Rg7
48. Qf8 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "32096585"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 d5 13. g5 Nh5 14. exd5 b4
15. Ne4 Bxd5 16. Be2 O-O 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. gxf6 g6 19. Qxb4 Rfb8 20. Qd2 a5 21.
Rhf1 Nf4 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Rd2 Nh5 24. f4 Rab8 25. Be5 Qc6 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Bxh5
Qc4 28. Rxd5 Qxf1+ 29. Rd1 Qb5 30. Qd4 gxh5 31. Qd8+ Qe8 32. Qxa5 h6 33. b3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "32096585"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Ke7 14. f4 Be6 15.
Kh1 Rhd8 16. h3 Rac8 17. Rde1 Kf8 18. f5 Bc4 19. Rg1 Bb4 20. g4 d5 21. Bxh6 gxh6
22. Qxh6+ Ke7 23. g5 Rd6 24. exd5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxd5 26. Rxe5+ Kd7 27. Qg7 Kc6
28. Rd1 Rcd8 29. Rd4 b5 30. f6 Kb6 31. Qh7 Nxf6 32. gxf6 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34.
Qh5 Qd6 35. Bf3 Qxf6 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Qd6 38. Kh4 Qd4+ 39. Bg4 Qf2+ 40. Kg5
f6+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "32096585"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 d6 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bc4 c5 12. Bf4 Rb4 13. b3 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qa5 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Qd3 Be7 20. c3 Rxc4 21. Qxc4
Qb5 22. Kc2 Kd7 23. Qd3 Rg8 24. g3 Rb8 25. Rd1 Ke6 26. Rxd6+ Bxd6 27. Qxd6# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bxb6 axb6
8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. f4 f5 12. Qe2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. a3 Nd5
15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Rae1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Re5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd6 21.
g3 Rae8 22. Rfe1 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 Qc4 25. Qg6 d4 26. Re7 Qd5+ 27. Kf2
Rf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qxc6 Qh5 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. h4 Qd1 32. Qe4 Qd2+ 33. Qe2 Qc1
34. b3 Qxa3 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Qxd4 Qe7 37. Kf3 Kg8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40.
Qe4+ Qxe4+ 41. Kxe4 h5 42. Kf5 Kh6 43. Ke6 Kg6 44. f5+ Kh6 45. f6 gxf6 46. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3...Nf6"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bf3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 c5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b3 b4
15. Na4 Ne5 16. Rxd8 Raxd8 17. Bb2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rd2 19. Ng3 Be7 20. Rc1 Rfd8
21. Rc7 Kf8 22. Ra7 h5 23. Rxa6 h4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nb5 Kf8 11. Nbd4 Bg4 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nc6 16. c3 Rc8 17. g3 g6 18. Nf3 Kg7 19. Qd2 h6 20. h4 h5 21. Qf4
Qe7 22. Rd1 Rhd8 23. Kg2 b5 24. a3 a5 25. g4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rh8 27. Ng5 b4 28.
axb4 axb4 29. Rd3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Nd8 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Qxc8 Rxh4 33. Nf3 Ne6 34.
Nxh4 Qxh4 35. Re1 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qf3 39. Re3 Qh1+ 40.
Ke2 Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Qf1 42. Qc5 Qxf2+ 43. Kd1 Ne6 44. Qb6 d4 45. Rd3 Qf1+ 46. Kd2
Qf2+ 47. Kd1 Qg1+ 48. Kc2 Qh2+ 49. Rd2 Qxe5 50. cxd4 Qd5 51. Qb2 g5 52. Qc3 g4
53. Qe3 Kg6 54. Kb2 f5 55. Rh2 Qxd4+ 56. Qxd4 Nxd4 57. Kc3 Nf3 58. Rh8 Kg5 59.
Kd3 Kf4 60. Ke2 g3 61. Rg8 Nh2 62. Ra8 Kg4 63. Rg8+ Kh3 64. Ke3 g2 65. Rxg2 Kxg2
66. Kf4 Nf3 67. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 cxd6 9. e3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. a4 Bb7
15. a5 b5 16. Ne1 Rc8 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. f3 Bg6 21. Kf2
Nf6 22. h3 h6 23. Qd1 Nd5 24. Qd2 Ne7 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Rxc6
28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qc3 Qd7 30. e4 f6 31. b4 Bf7 32. Bd1 e5 33. d5 Qa7+ 34. Kf1
Qb7 35. Be2 Be8 36. Qe3 Bd7 37. f4 exf4 38. Qxf4 Qc7 39. Kf2 Qa7+ 40. Kf1 Qc7
41. h4 Kf8 42. g4 Kg8 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Qxg5 Bh3+ 46. Kf2 Qa7+ 47.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 48. Kxe3 Kf7 49. Kd4 Ke7 50. e5 dxe5+ 51. Kxe5 Bc8 52. d6+ Kd8 53. Bf3
g5 54. Bc6 g4 55. Kf4 Be6 56. Bb7 Kd7 57. Bxa6 Kxd6 58. Bxb5 Kc7 59. Be2 Kc6 60.
Bxg4 Bc4 61. Ke3 Kb5 62. Be2 Kxb4 63. Bxc4 Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nb5 Kf8 11. Nbd4 Bg4 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 g6 14. c3 Kg7
15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 h6 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. a3 Rhf8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. h4
Ng8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Bb5 Nb8 24. Nd4 h5 25. Rd3 Nh6 26. Rg3 Ng4 27. f3 Nh6 28.
Rg5 a6 29. Ba4 Rc8 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Nc6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. h5 c5 34. Nf3 Rg8
35. Nh4 Kh7 36. Rh2 Rg7 37. hxg6+ fxg6 38. Nxg6 Qxg5 39. Qxg5 Rxg6 40. Qe7+ Kg8
41. g5 Nf7 42. Rf2 Rf8 43. Kf1 Rxg5 44. Qxe6 Rg7 45. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Qf4 Rb8 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 Nb4 15.
Ne4 N6d5 16. Qg3 Nc2 17. Rb1 Kh8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nexg5 Qf6 20. Bxc4 Nf4 21. Rd2
Na3 22. Rc1 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Ba6 24. Rxc7 Ne2+ 25. Rxe2 Bxe2 26. Ne5 Rxb2 27. h4
Bh5 28. Nd7 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rbxf2 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 31. Nxe6 Rg8 32. d5 Bg4 33. Rxa7
Rb8 34. Kf2 h5 35. Ke3 Rb2 36. Nf4 Rb1 37. Ra3 Re1+ 38. Kd4 Rd1+ 39. Rd3 Rf1 40.
g3 Kg8 41. Kc5 Kf7 42. d6 Rc1+ 43. Kd5 Ke8 44. Re3+ Kd8 45. Re7 Rd1+ 46. Kc5
Rc1+ 47. Kb4 Rb1+ 48. Kc3 Rc1+ 49. Kb2 Rd1 50. Ne6+ Kc8 51. Rc7+ Kb8 52. d7 Rd2+
53. Kc3 Rd1 54. Rc8+ Kb7 55. d8=Q Rc1+ 56. Kd2 Rxc8 57. Qd7+ Kb8 58. Qb5+ Ka7
59. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "1007998"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. h3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. c3 Rc8 13. Qf4 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Qh4 e6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ne3 Bf6 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Bf4 f6 20. Bc4 d5 21. exd5
exd5 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Be6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bb3 h5 27. Ne3
Kg7 28. Bd5 Bc8 29. Bb8 a6 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bc7 Bd7 33. Nc2 Ne6 34.
Bb6 Nc5 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. Nd4 b4 37. Ne6+ Bxe6 38. Bxe6 bxc3 39. bxc3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Bxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qb6 17. Rc3 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Ne6
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nf5 Bd7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Bc6 26. Bc4 Kf8
27. b4 a6 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Nf5+ Kf6 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. exd4 Bb5 32. Bxb5 axb5 33.
Ke2 Ke6 34. Ke3 Kd5 35. g4 g6 36. g3 f6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 c5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. h3 Ne4
15. Na5 Nxc3 16. Nxb7 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Qd2 Ng6 21.
b3 h6 22. Rad1 Re6 23. c4 Nh4 24. Bf4 Qg6 25. Bg3 Nf5 26. Kh2 Rae8 27. Rfe1 Qg5
28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qd5 Nxg3 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Kxg3 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Rd3 Kd7
34. Rd5 f6 35. Rd3 f5 36. Re3 a5 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. g3 f4+ 40. gxf4+
gxf4+ 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. h4 g6 43. a4 g5 44. hxg5 Kxg5 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. f3 Ke5 47.
Kd3 Kf5 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Nbc6 8. b4
Bb6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 f6 13. exf6 e5 14. b5 Bg4 15.
bxc6 Rxf6 16. Nbd2 Rg6 17. Kh1 bxc6 18. Bxe5 Qf8 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe2 Rf8 21.
Qe5 Qf7 22. Qe7 Qf4 23. Bd3 Rh6 24. Qe5 Qf7 25. Qg3 Bc8 26. Re2 Bc7 27. Ne5 Qh5
28. Rae1 c5 29. c4 d4 30. Ndf3 Kh8 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. Nxg5 Rhf6 33. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Nc6
9. Nc3 Rb8 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. b4 b6 15. bxa5
bxa5 16. Bc3 Ra8 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Rb1 Bh3 19. Re1 Ng4 20. e3 h5 21. Qf3 Rf8 22.
Rb7 Qe6 23. Ne4 Bh6 24. Rb6 Rd8 25. Nxc5 Qe7 26. Rb7 Qe8 27. Ne4 Qe6 28. Reb1 d5
29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kg7 31. cxd5 Qxd5 32. Qe2 Nf6 33. f3 Nd7 34. Rd8 Be6 35.
Nf2 Qb3 36. Bd2 Qxa3 37. e4 Bxd2 38. Qxd2 a4 39. Qa5 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 a3 41. Ra8 a2
42. Qd8 g5 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qb3
a6 9. Bf4 Rb8 10. c4 Be4 11. Rfd1 Nf6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nac4 Nxf4+ 16. gxf4 Nxd4 17. Qc3 Qd5+ 18. f3 c5 19. e3 f6 20. exd4 fxe5 21.
dxe5 Qc6 22. Qe3 Rbd8 23. Kg3 Rd5 24. Qe4 Rfd8 25. Ne3 c4 26. f5 Bc5 27. Nxd5
exd5 28. Qg4 Qc7 29. f4 d4 30. f6 d3 31. Rac1 b5 32. b3 Be3 33. Rc3 Rd4 34. Qe6+
Kf8 35. bxc4 Bxf4+ 36. Kh3 bxc4 37. Rb1 Bxe5 38. Rb8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40.
Qxe5 d2 41. fxg7+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kxg7 43. Rg3+ Kh8 44. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nd2 e6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Qc2
Bd7 9. Rd1 Rc8 10. Qb1 Nh5 11. Bg3 g6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qc7 15.
Rfe1 Rfd8 16. a3 b6 17. b4 Bf6 18. Bf1 a5 19. b5 Ne7 20. a4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qc2
22. Qa1 Qc3 23. Qa2 Qc2 24. Qa1 Qc3 25. Qa2 Qc2 26. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. e4 Nge7 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc4 h6 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bc3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Be6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qd4 18. Qe1 Bd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qc3 Qd5
21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. dxc4 Re2 23. Rc1 Bh3 24. Ng2 g5 25. a4 c5 26. Kf1 Re4 27. b3
Kg7 28. Kg1 Re2 29. Kf1 Re4 30. Kg1 Re2 31. Ne3 c6 32. Ng2 Kg6 33. Kf1 Re4 34.
Kg1 Re2 35. Kf1 Re4 36. Rd1 f6 37. Rd2 h5 38. f3 Re6 39. Kf2 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Re3
41. Kf2 Rc3 42. Kg2 Kf5 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. h3 Kf5 45. Kg2 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4 47. Kf2
Kf4 48. Kg2 f5 49. Re2 Kg5 50. Rd2 Kf4 51. Rf2 Ke3 52. f4 Ke4 53. Kh2 Rg3 54.
Rd2 Kxf4 55. Rd6 Rc3 56. Rxc6 Rxc2+ 57. Kg1 Kg3 58. Rg6+ Kxh3 59. Rxb6 Kg3 60.
Rg6+ Kf3 61. a5 f4 62. a6 Ra2 63. Rh6 Kg4 64. Rg6+ Kf5 65. Rc6 Kg4 66. Rg6+ Kh3
67. Kf1 Kh2 68. Rg4 h3 69. Rxf4 Kg3 70. Rf6 Ra1+ 71. Ke2 h2 72. Rg6+ Kf4 73. Rh6
h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3
Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
Bf5 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Rad1 Bg6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bh2 b6 21. Nd2 Qc8 22.
Nf1 c6 23. Qf3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bb3 Qd7 26. Ng3 Qf7 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 f5
29. Re2 f4 30. Rde1 Re7 31. Bc2 Rae8 32. Qe4 Bf6 33. Qd3 Qg7 34. f3 e5 35. dxe5
Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. Qf5 Qe7 39. Kh1 Ne3 40. Qg6+ Bg7 41. Bb3+
Kh8 42. Qxc6 b4 43. Bg1 bxc3 44. bxc3 Kh7 45. Ba2 Qa3 46. Qe4+ Kh8 47. Bb1 Kg8
48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Bg6 Qa7 50. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24603295"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. e4 Ng4 14. Qc2 h6 15. h3
Nge5 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Be3 Rb4 20. Bf1 g5 21. Ra4 h5 22.
Rxb4 cxb4 23. Ne2 h4 24. g4 Nc5 25. Nd4 Ng6 26. Nc6 Qf6 27. Bd4 Qf4 28. Be3 Qf6
29. Bd4 Qf4 30. Be3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "24603295"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nb3 Nd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qd4 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Ne2 Rxg2 14.
Nbd4 Rg6 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qxh7 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Rf6 19. Qg7 Rxf2+ 20.
Kg1 Rff8 21. cxd3 Rg8 22. Qxg8 Rxg8+ 23. Kf2 Bh4+ 24. Ke3 exd3 25. Kxd3 Kb8 26.
Rhg1 Rd8 27. Ke4 Qxh2 28. Rh1 Qg2+ 29. Kd3 Bf6 30. Ke3 Bxd4+ 31. Nxd4 Rf8 32.
Rhe1 Qxb2 33. Nxe6 Re8 34. Kf3 Qxa2 35. Nf4 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Qb3+ 37. Re3 Qf7 38.
Ke4 a5 39. Nd5 Ka7 40. Kd4 Qg6 41. Ra3 Qg4+ 42. Kc5 Qc8+ 43. Kd4 b6 44. Rc3 Qg4+
45. Ke5 Ka6 46. Nc7+ Kb7 47. Nd5 Qg5+ 48. Kd4 a4 49. Rc7+ Ka6 50. Nb4+ Kb5 51.
Nd5 Qd2+ 52. Ke4 a3 53. Nc3+ Kb4 54. Nd5+ Kb3 55. Rc6 b5 56. Rb6 b4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24603295"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne4
d5 9. Qa4+ Kf8 10. Qa3+ Qe7 11. Nd6 dxc4 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Bb4 a5 14. Bc5 Kg7 15.
Nxc8 Qc7 16. Bf8# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "24603295"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2
d5 9. a3 h5 10. b3 h4 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Be2 Ne7 14. c5 Rh6 15. O-O-O
Rg6 16. Rhg1 c6 17. b4 a6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Na5 Kf8 21. Kd2 Rb8 22. Bh5
Rg5 23. Be2 Qh2 24. Rh1 Qxg2 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Qxf2 27. Rdf1 Qg3 28. b6 Bxh3
29. Rf4 Nf5 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Rhxf1 h3 32. Qa3 h2 33. Nxb7 Rxb7 34. Qa8+ Rb8 35.
Qxc6 Qxe3+ 36. Kc2 Rg2+ 37. Kb1 Qd3+ 38. Ka2 Qc4+ 39. Ka3 Rg3+ 40. R1f3 Rxf3+
41. Rxf3 exf3 42. Qc7 Ra8+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24603295"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qb7 19. Qf3 b5 20. Ba1 b4 21. Rc4
a5 22. h4 h5 23. Rdc1 a4 24. Nc6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 e5 26. Rxb4 Qd7 27. Qf6 Rxc6 28.
dxc6 Qxc6+ 29. Qf3 e4 30. Qe3 f5 31. Qh6 d5 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Rb7+
Ke6 35. Qxg6+ Ke5 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qg6+ Ke5 38. Rb6 Qe7 39. e3 a3 40. Qxh5 d4
41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. exd4 Qd6 43. Qg6+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kc6 45. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Re8 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Rc1
Rac8 15. O-O Nd8 16. Bd3 c6 17. b4 f6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfe1 Nf7 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Bxe4 Re7 22. Bd3 Rce8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. h3 Kg7 25. Qd2 Be6 26. a4 Bd5 27. Nh2 f5
28. Nf1 Qf6 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nd6 31. Rc1 Re4 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Qc3 Nb6 34.
Qc5 Nxa4 35. Qxa7 Nc3 36. Rd2 Qe7 37. Qc5 Qxc5 38. dxc5 Rxb4 39. Ne3 Ne4 40.
Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rxh7 Nxc5 42. h4 Ne4 43. f3 Nd6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rxh5 Rb3 46. Kf2 b5
47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. g4 fxg4 49. Nxg4 Rb2+ 50. Ke1 Rc2 51. Kd1 Rc5 52. Rh7+ Kd8 53.
Nf6 Nf5 54. Kd2 Re5 55. f4 Re6 56. Ng4 Rd6+ 57. Kc3 Rd7 58. Rh5 Nd6 59. Ne5 Rc7
60. Rh6 Ne4+ 61. Kd4 Ng3 62. Rxc6 Rxc6 63. Nxc6+ Kd7 64. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

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. a3 Nbd7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5
Nfe4 16. Be1 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qe3 Bc5 21. f5
O-O 22. Bc3 Qxe5 23. Kb1 Rad8 24. h4 exf5 25. gxf5 Rd5 26. Rd2 Rfd8 27. Rhd1
R5d6 28. b3 a5 29. Bb2 Ba6 30. Bc3 Bb6 31. Bb2 f6 32. Bc3 Bd3 33. cxd3 Bxd4 34.
Bxd4 Rxd4 35. dxe4 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Qxe4+ 38. Ka2 Qxf5 39. Qd8+ Kh7
40. Qd2 h5 41. Ka3 g5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Qd6 h4 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kh6 46.
Qh8+ Kg6 47. Qg8+ Kh5 48. Qh8+ Kg4 49. Qd4+ Qf4 50. Qd7+ Qf5 51. Qd4+ Kg3 52.
Qc3+ Kf4 53. Qd4+ Qe4 54. Qd2+ Qe3 55. Qxa5 h3 56. Qc7+ Kf3 57. Qc6+ Kg3 58.
Qd6+ Qf4 59. Qd3+ Qf3 60. Qd6+ Kh4 61. Qh6+ Qh5 62. Qd6 Qe2 63. b4 h2 64. Qh6+
Kg4 65. b5 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Qh5 Rc8 15.
O-O Ne7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O 18. c3 Rc5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc2 a5 21. a3 d5
22. Ne3 Qf6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Qg6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qf3+ Kg8 27. Kg2 Rc8 28.
Ng4 Qc2+ 29. Kh3 Rf8 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 h5 32. Ne3 Rf2 33. b3 Ra2 34. c4 bxc4
35. bxc4 d4 36. Ng2 e5 37. Rd1 e4 38. Nf4 e3 39. c5 Rc2 40. Nd3 Rc3 41. Nf4 Rxc5
42. Kg2 Rc3 43. Rd3 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Rxh2 45. Ne2 Be5 46. Ke1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

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. a3 Nbd7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5
Nfe4 16. Be1 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nce2 Be7 20. f5 Qb6 21. Kb1 O-O
22. Nf4 Bg5 23. Rf1 a5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Ba6 26. Rf3 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Nc5 28.
Rf3 Rfe8 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rc3 Ne4 31. Rc6 Kf7 32. Bxa5 Nf2 33. Rd2 Nxg4 34. Bc7
Bf1 35. h3 Bxh3 36. Rc3 Rac8 37. Nb5 Nxe5 38. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Bd7 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 a5 12. e3 b4 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. Be2 Rfb8 17. O-O Qd6 18. Rfc1 Ra7 19. Rc5 bxa3 20. bxa3 Rab7
21. Bd3 Rb2 22. Qc1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. h3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. c4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rb1 Qb8 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 e6 15. Rd2
Rd8 16. Rbd1 Qc7 17. Rxd6 Nde5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Nd1 Nd4 22. Bd3 Bg7 23. Bc3 a5 24. Bb1 Nxb3 25. Bxg7 Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Kxg7 27. Qxb3
Qxb3 28. axb3 Kf6 29. f4 Ke7 30. e5 Kd7 31. Kg1 Ba6 32. Be4 a4 33. bxa4 Bxc4 34.
Kf2 Bb3 35. Ke3 Bxa4 36. Bd3 Bc6 37. g3 Kc7 38. Kd4 Ba4 39. Be2 Bd7 40. Bd3 Kc6
41. Be2 b5 42. Bd3 Kb6 43. Be4 Bc6 44. Bc2 Bd5 45. g4 b4 46. f5 b3 47. Bd3 b2
48. Bb1 Bg2 49. h4 Bh3 50. fxg6 fxg6 51. Kc3 Bxg4 52. Kxb2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bg5
c5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d5 b4 11. Na4 exd5 12. Qe3+ Be7 13. Nxc5 Qb6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15.
Nb3 Qxe3 16. fxe3 a5 17. g3 a4 18. Nbd4 Nb6 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Bd7 21. Bg2 O-O
22. Kf2 Rfe8 23. Nh4 Bf8 24. Nhf5 Ra3 25. Rb1 h5 26. h4 Re5 27. Bh3 Bc5 28. Rbc1
Ra5 29. Rc2 Kf8 30. g4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Re4 33. Rc6 Nd7 34. Rc7 Ke8
35. e3 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Rb2 37. Bf1 Kd8 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Bd3 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qe3
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Rxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. c3 e6 16. Qe4 Bg7 17. Be3 d5 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Nb3 e5 21. Rd1
Rac8 22. Qb5 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bb5 Rd6 25. f4 Bh6 26. g3 d4 27. cxd4 exf4
28. Bxf4 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Rc2 30. d5 Kf8 31. a4 Rxb2 32. Rd3 Ke7 33. Nd2 Rf6 34.
d6+ Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxb5 36. Rd4 Rh5 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Rc4 Rd5 39. Nf3 f6 40. Kg3
Ra5 41. Rc7 Rxa4 42. Rxh7 a5 43. Rb7 Rb4 44. Ra7 a4 45. Nh4 Rb3+ 46. Kg4 f5+ 47.
Kg5 Rg3+ 48. Kh6 Rxh3 49. Kg5 Rg3+ 50. Kh6 b5 51. Nxg6 Kd5 52. Kg7 a3 53. Kf6 b4
54. Kxf5 Rg1 55. Ne5 Kd4 56. Nc6+ Kc3 57. Nxb4 Kxb4 58. Kf6 Kb3 59. f5 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E03"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Qa4 Nbd7, 6.Qxc4"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Be3 Rb8 8.
Qc1 b5 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Bxb7 Rxb7 11. Ngf3 Be7 12. Nb3 Qa8 13. O-O a5 14. Qc6 O-O
15. Nxa5 Rb6 16. Qxa8 Rxa8 17. Nb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rba6 19. a3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rac1 Bf8 23. Ne5 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Rc7 f6 27. Nf3
Nd5 28. Rb7 e5 29. Rd1 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Nd2 Rd1 33. Ne4 Rd4
34. Kf3 Rb4 35. Rxb4 Nxb4 36. Nd6 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Nf5+ Kf7 39. Kd2 g6 40.
Ne3 Ke6 41. Kc3 Nc6 42. Nc2 Kd6 43. b4 Kd5 44. f3 Na7 45. Ne3+ Kc6 46. Kc4 Nb5
47. Ng4 Nd4 48. Nxf6 Nxe2 49. Nxh7 Ng1 50. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 a5 9. g3 Ba6 10. c4 Nb6 11. b3 a4 12. Bb2 Qe6 13. Bh3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qe7 15.
Kg2 O-O 16. Rd1 a3 17. Bc3 d5 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Nd2 dxc4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nxc4
Bxc4 22. Qe3 Bd5+ 23. Kh2 Rfe8 24. Rab1 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rb4 Bd5 27. Rd2
Rxe5 28. Bg2 g6 29. Rc2 Ra7 30. Bf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "24603295"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. b3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. e3 Bg6 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
Qc1 Qc7 16. a3 Ba5 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nce2 Ne5 20. Nf4 Be4 21. f3 Bg6
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Kh2 Ned7 24. e4 Re7 25. Qd2 Ne5 26. Qc3 Rde8 27. Nb3 Bf2 28.
Rf1 Bxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Nxc4 30. Kh2 d5+ 31. f4 Nxb2 32. Qxb2 Nxe4 33. Rde1 Ng3 34.
Kxg3 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Nc5 Re3+ 38. Kh2 Rxa3 39. Qd2 b6 40. Nd3
Qf6 41. Ne5 g5 42. Qf2 c5 43. bxc5 bxc5 44. Nd7 Qxf4+ 45. Qxf4 gxf4 46. Bxd5 Rc3
47. Kg2 a5 48. Kf2 a4 49. Ke2 a3 50. Kd2 Rxh3 51. Nxc5 a2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24603295"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nd2 g6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Rc1 a4 13. b4 a3 14. Bc3 Qd6 15. Nf3
Ba6 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Bb7 18. Be5 Qe6 19. Rc7 Rfb8 20. Qd4 Ne8 21. Rc5 Rc8
22. Rfc1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Qc3 Nf5 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qxa3 d4
28. Qc5 dxe3 29. fxe3 Bb7 30. a4 Qa2 31. Qc4 Qa3 32. Bd3 Nxe3 33. Qd4 Qc1+ 34.
Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Kg3 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Nb2 37. Be4 Qa1 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ f6 40. b6
Qa3+ 41. Kf2 Nxa4 42. b7 Qa2+ 43. Kg3 Qb3+ 44. Bf3 Nb2 45. Qd8 Nd3 46. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24603295"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. e3 Na6 12. Qxc4 Nb4 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
e4 b6 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Be7 18. h4 Rc8 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Bh3 Ra8
22. Nd4 Re8 23. Nf5 Bc8 24. Nb5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Qf6 26. Bb1 Re7 27. Nd4 Rae8 28.
Nf5 Re5 29. Qg4 Kf8 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Rd4 Ree8 32. Ne3 Re7 33. Rc4 Rde8 34. Re4
Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Qxb2 36. Nf5 Qf6 37. Rc1 Na6 38. Bb1 Nc5 39. Rc4 Re1 40. Bc2 Qa1
41. Be4 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Re1 43. Bg2 Re8 44. h5 Qf6 45. Rc2 Re5 46. Ne3 Rg5 47. Qd1
Qe5 48. Kg1 Rxh5 49. Nc4 Qg5 50. f4 Qf5 51. g4 Qxf4 52. gxh5 Qh2+ 53. Kf1 Bg3
54. Qf3 Qh4 55. Ne3 Be5 56. Rf2 f6 57. Qg4 Qh2 58. Nf5 g5 59. hxg6 Nd3 60. g7+
Kg8 61. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24603295"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Rad1 Rc8
15. Qe2 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. dxc6 Rxe2 19. Bxe2 Qc7 20. cxb7 Qxb7
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. h3 Re5 24. Bf3 Qa6 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Rd7 Qxa3 27.
Rxa7 Qc3 28. Rb7 Re1 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Nf5 Kg8 33.
Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kg6 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nd5 Qd4 37. Rxb6 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qd4 39. Bg2
f5 40. Rb4 Qe5 41. Nf4 Qe1 42. Rb3 Qe5 43. Rd3 Qc7 44. h4 Qc2 45. Re3 Qd2 46.
Re2 Qd4 47. Bh3 Qc5 48. Rd2 Qe3 49. Rd5 Qf2+ 50. Ng2 f4 51. Rg5+ Kf8 52. gxf4
Qf3 53. h5 Qc6 54. Re5 Kg7 55. Rg5+ Kh6 56. Bg4 Qc1 57. Rf5 Kg7 58. Rg5+ Kh6 59.
Rf5 Kg7 60. Re5 Qd2 61. Re3 Kh6 62. Rg3 Qf2 63. Bf3 Qd2 64. Bg4 Qf2 65. Rd3 Qc2
66. Re3 Qd2 67. Bf3 Qf2 68. Be4 Qd2 69. Rh3 Qe2 70. Bf3 Qd2 71. Kg3 Qd4 72. Rh1
Qd2 73. Re1 Qc3 74. Re2 Qd4 75. Ne3 Qg7+ 76. Kf2 Qd4 77. Kg3 Qg7+ 78. Ng4+ Kh7
79. h6 Qg6 80. Kf2 Qb6+ 81. Kg2 Qg6 82. Re5 f5 83. Re7+ Kh8 84. Rg7 Qh5 85. Rg8+
Kh7 86. Nf6+ Kxh6 87. Nxh5 Kh7 88. Rg5 Kh6 89. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "24603295"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Bd6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bf5 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Kh2
Rab8 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd4 18. e3 Ne6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rc3 c6 21. Qf3 Bg6
22. Rd1 Rbd8 23. Rcc1 f6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. h4 Qd7 26. Bh3 Qe7 27. d4 exd4 28. Bxd4
h5 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Bb6 Rd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Bc5 Be4 34. Kg1 Rc6
35. Rd1 Kg6 36. Kf1 Bf3 37. Rb1 b6 38. Bd4 Kf5 39. Ke1 b5 40. Bc5 Re6 41. Kd2
Re4 42. Bd4 Re7 43. Rc1 Kg4 44. Rc6 Kh3 45. Rxa6 Kg2 46. Ke1 Rc7 47. Bc5 d4 48.
Bxd4 Rc2 49. Ra7 g5 50. Rf7 g4 51. Rxf6 Rxf2 52. e4 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Rxe4+ 54. Kc2
Rxd4 55. Rf5 Rd5 56. Rf4 Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24603295"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
Bd6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. a3 Be5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Ned7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15.
Bg2 c6 16. O-O f6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 e5 19. d4 exf4 20. exf4 Rde8 21. Qf2 Rhf8
22. Rae1 Qxa3 23. Ra1 Qd6 24. Rxa7 fxg5 25. Ra8+ Nb8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Nxf4
28. Nf3 gxh4 29. Qxh4 Kc7 30. Ne5 Qf6 31. Qg4 Qf5 32. Qh4 g5 33. Qe1 Qxc2 34.
Qa5+ Kd6 35. Qb4+ Ke6 36. Bf1 Rh8 37. Ng4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24603295"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. b3 Be6
15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bc3 Ba3 19. Rb1 a5 20. Ba1 Bf8 21.
Rbc1 c5 22. Qd2 c4 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Bc3 cxb3 25. axb3 Qxb3 26. Bxa5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Ra8 28. Bc3 Ra2 29. Qd4 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. h4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc2 33. f3 Qf2 34.
h5 f6 35. Qb6 Bf7 36. Bd4 Bxh5 37. g4 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Qg3+ 40. Bg2
Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. O-O
Re8 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxe2 15.
Nxe2 Rxe2 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Bc3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qf8 19. Rd1 Ne8 20. b4 a6 21. a4
Rd8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. cxb5 Nc5 25. b6 Qe7 26. Bb4 Ra8 27. Bxc5 dxc5
28. Qd7 Kf8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7 31. Bc6 Nd6 32. b7 c4 33. Kf1 c3 34. Rc1
Nxb7 35. Rxc3 Nd6 36. Bd5 Rb5 37. Bb3 g6 38. Kg2 h5 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. h4 Kg7 41.
Rd3 Rb6 42. Bd5 Nf5 43. Be4 Rf6 44. Bxf5 Rxf5 45. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Be2 O-O 7. h4 c6 8. Nc3 c5
9. h5 Qb6 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. a3 Qxd4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Be3
d4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxh5 19. Ndb5 Nf4 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. Rc1 a6
22. Nc7 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Rac8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxc3 26. Bxb7 a5 27. O-O Rb8
28. Bd5 e6 29. Bb3 Rbc8 30. Rfe1 Kg7 31. g3 h5 32. Rcd1 Bxc2 33. Bxc2 Rxc2 34.
Rd7 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Bg2 Bd5 12. O-O e6 13. Bc3 Be7 14. Be5 Rb7
15. Ne3 O-O 16. Nxc4 Nd7 17. Bd4 c5 18. Be3 Nb6 19. Na5 Rc7 20. b3 Rfc8 21. Bf4
Rd7 22. Rfd1 h6 23. h4 Kf8 24. Nc4 f6 25. Bh3 Kf7 26. Be3 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28.
Bg2 Rcd8 29. Na5 Rc8 30. Rd2 Rdc7 31. Rdc2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Nd5 33. Bd2 Nb6 34. e4
Rd7 35. Be3 Rdc7 36. Kf1 Bd6 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Nc4 Rc6 39. e5 Nxc4 40. exf6+ Kxf6
41. Rxc4 a5 42. Rg4 Rg8 43. Ra4 Ra8 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Rac4 Rac8 46. Ke2 Be7 47.
g4+ Kf6 48. f3 Rh8 49. Bd4+ e5 50. Bxc5 Bxc5 51. Rxc5 Rh2+ 52. Ke3 Rxc5 53. Rxc5
Rxa2 54. Rc6+ Kf7 55. Ke4 a4 56. bxa4 Rxa4+ 57. Kxe5 Rf4 58. Rc3 Kg6 59. Rc6+
Kg7 60. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. c4 c6 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 Re8 15. Rfe1
Rc8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. Bh3 Rc6 18. e4 Na6 19. Ne5 Rd6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e5 Rc6 22.
exf6 Bxf6 23. Nf3 Nb4 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Re1 Qb8 27. Bd7 Rc7 28.
Be6+ Kf8 29. Bxd5 Qd8 30. Bc4 Re7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qd2 g5 33. Qd1 Kg7 34. Nd2
Bd4 35. Qf3 Bg6 36. Ne4 b6 37. Kg2 h5 38. h3 Qe5 39. Nd2 Qe7 40. Ne4 Qe5 41. Nd2
Qe7 42. Nf1 Qf6 43. Ne3 Qe5 44. Nd5 Qd6 45. Ne3 Qd7 46. Nd5 Qd6 47. Qe2 Bf7 48.
Ne7 Kf6 49. Qf3+ Kxe7 50. Qxf7+ Kd8 51. Qxh5 Qf6 52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Ke7 54.
h4 gxh4 55. gxh4 Kf6 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Kf3 Bf6 58. h5 Bg5 59. Kg3 Ke5 60. Kg4 Bh6
61. Kf3 Bg5 62. Ke2 Bh6 63. Bg8 Bg5 64. Kf3 Bh6 65. Bc4 Bg5 66. Kg4 Bh6 67. d4+
cxd4 68. Kf3 Bg5 69. Ke2 Ke4 70. f3+ Kf4 71. Bd5 Ke5 72. Ba8 Be3 73. Kd3 Kf6 74.
Be4 Kg5 75. Kc4 Kxh5 76. Kxb4 Kg5 77. Kb5 Kf4 78. Bd3 Kxf3 79. Kxb6 Bf2 80. a5
Ke3 81. a6 Kxd3 82. a7 Ke2 83. a8=Q d3+ 84. Kb5 d2 85. Qe4+ Be3 86. Qg4+ Ke1 87.
Qf3 Bf2 88. Qe4+ Kf1 89. Qd3+ Ke1 90. Qe4+ Kf1 91. Qh1+ Ke2 92. Qh5+ Ke1 93.
Qe5+ Kf1 94. Qf4 Ke2 95. Qg4+ Ke1 96. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. O-O Rac8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nd8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nc3 c6 16. b5 f5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba3 Nf7 19. Rb6 e4 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. dxe4
Nxc4 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Rb3 Nxa3 24. Rxa3 d5 25. Rd3 Rff8 26. Qa4 Qf6 27. h4 Kh8
28. Nf4 Bg8 29. Rc1 h6 30. Rd2 Bf7 31. Rdc2 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rxc6 Be8 34.
Rxf6 Rxc1+ 35. Kh2 Bxa4 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Nxf8+ Kh8 38. Rf5 Bc2 39. Rf7 Kg8 40.
Bxd5 Bxf8 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Be4 Bxe4 43. Rxc1 g4 44. Rc4 Bf3 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. Kf1
Bd6 47. Ke1 Kf6 48. Kd2 Ke6 49. Kd3 Be5 50. Ra4 Bd6 51. Rc4 Kd5 52. Rd4+ Ke5 53.
Rc4 Kf5 54. Rd4 Be5 55. Rc4 Bg2 56. Ke2 Be4 57. Rc5 Ke6 58. Ra5 Bd5 59. Rxd5
Kxd5 60. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. a4 g6 13. Bd3 Kg7 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
a5 c4 16. Be2 b5 17. a6 Bc6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. b3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Rb8
22. Rfb1 Bd5 23. Qb2 f6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nf2 Bc6 26. Qc2 f5 27. Rb2 Qd7 28. Rab1
Rhc8 29. c4 b4 30. c5 g5 31. Nh3 gxf4 32. Nxf4 Bg5 33. g3 h4 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35.
Rxb4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Rh8 38. Kf2 Qe7 39. Ke1 Rh2 40. Qb2 Qh4+ 41.
Kd1 Qf2 42. d5+ Kg6 43. Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h4 7. Bg2 Bf6 8. Be3
Ne5 9. Qb3 hxg3 10. hxg3 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Ng4 12. Nd5 Nxe3 13. Qxe3+ Kf8 14. O-O-O
d6 15. Nb5 Bf5 16. c5 Rc8 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxb7 Re8 19. Qd2 Qe5 20. Qc3 Qxe2
21. Nxc7 Rb8 22. cxd6 Rxb7 23. d7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Nf6 25. Ne6+ fxe6 26. Qc8+ Ne8
27. Qc5+ Kg8 28. Rxb7 Nf6 29. Rb8+ Kf7 30. Rf8+ Kg6 31. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualA 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Qa4
O-O 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa3 Nd7 12. Nb3 Rfb8 13. O-O a5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. dxc5 Qc7 16. b3 e5 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Bd3 19. Qb2 f6 20. Qd2 Be4 21. c4
Qxc5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 a4 25. Red1 Qf7 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. Rd2
h6 28. h3 Rh4 29. Kh2 Qh5 30. Qf1 Qxf3 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rc8 33. Rd7 Ra4
34. Rb1 Kh7 35. Rbb7 Rg8 36. Rb2 Rga8 37. Rbb7 Rg8 38. Rd6 Kg6 39. Rd2 Rga8 40.
Rdd7 Rg8 41. Rdc7 Rxa2 42. Rxc6 Raa8 43. Rb5 Rac8 44. Rcb6 Kh7 45. Ra5 Rc7 46.
h4 h5 47. Kf3 Rgc8 48. Kg3 Rc4 49. f3 Rc1 50. Ra7 R8c2 51. Rxf6 Rg1+ 52. Kh3
Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kh3 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

