[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Nimzovich (knight's tour) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "408638"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 a6 14. Bf1 Rb8 15. Rb1
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 c4 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Nd4 Ra8 21. Qd2 Ra3 22.
Qb2 Qa8 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb7 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. g4 Qa3 28. Bd2
Bg7 29. Nb1 Qa7 30. Be3 Nfxd5 31. exd5 Bxd4 32. Qe4 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Qa1 34. Kf2
Nxd5 35. Qxd5 Qxb1 36. Qxd6 Qb2+ 37. Kg3 Be6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxb5 Qc3 40. Qc5
Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kg1 c3 43. Qe5+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. Qc7 c2 46. Qb8+ Kg7
47. Qe5+ f6 48. Qxe6 c1=Q 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 51. Kh1 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Qce3+
53. Kh2 Q4f4+ 54. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "408638"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 a6 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Qxc5 10. a3 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15.
Be5 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfc8 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. f4 g6 19. g4 Qc7 20. Be5 Qb6 21. f5 Nd7
22. Bd4 Bc5 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Qh2 exf5 26. Qxc7 R8xc7 27. gxf5 Ne4
28. fxg6 Rxg6+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "408638"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 c5
9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 Ngf6 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. h3 d5 15. Nc3
Qa5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 exd4 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Bb4 Qf6 21. Bxf8
Nxf8 22. Re1 Be6 23. Rb6 a5 24. Rb5 Bd7 25. Rb2 Ne6 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Nf4
28. Kh2 h6 29. g3 Ne6 30. Kg2 Qd8 31. Qd2 Qd7 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 d3 34. Rd1
Kh7 35. Qb5 Qa7 36. Rxd3 Qa8 37. a5 Nd4 38. Qb6 Nf5 39. a6 Qe4 40. a7 g5 41. Ra3
Qa8 42. Qb1 Kg6 43. g4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "408638"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. c3 Nc6
9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qc3+ 14. Kf1 Nb4 15.
Be2 Qa3 16. g4 Rc8 17. Rh3 Ba4 18. Qe1 a6 19. Kg1 Nc2 20. Qa5 Bc6 21. Qd2 Nxe3
22. Ng5 Be7 23. f4 h6 24. Rxe3 Qa4 25. Nf3 Bb5 26. Bd1 Qc4 27. Bb3 Qc7 28. f5
Bg5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Rh3 Rxh3 31. gxh3 Qb6 32. Rd1 Bc4 33. Ba4+ Kf8 34. Qxg5
exf5 35. gxf5 Qh6 36. Qxh6 gxh6 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. f6+ Kd8 39. Rg2 Kc7 40. Rg7 Kb6
41. Rxf7 Bxa2 42. e6 Ka5 43. Bd7 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Re2 46. e7 b5 47.
e8=Q Rxe8 48. Bxe8 b4 49. Rb7 Bc4 50. f7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "408638"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3
a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxh4 15.
Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "408638"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Qf3 O-O 18. d4 a5 19. a4 Nf6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Qf4
Qxf4 22. Rxf4 b5 23. axb5 a4 24. Nd6 axb3 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. bxc6 Rc8 27. Re5
Rxc6 28. g4 h6 29. Rc5 Ra6 30. Rb5 Ra2 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rf2 Ne4 33. Rg2 Bd5 34.
Rh2 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Nxc3+ 36. Kg3 Ne4+ 37. Kf4 Nf6 38. Rb5 Re1 39. Rb4 g5+ 40. Kf5
Kg7 41. h4 Be6# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "408638"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nce2 f6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Ng5 8. Qd2
Nf7 9. f4 Nh6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Neg1 Nf5 12. Bf2 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 e6 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. O-O c5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. dxc5 Rc8 19. Rae1 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Rxe6 Bxb2 22. Qb4 Qc8 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Re7 Rxc2 25. Rxb7 a5 26. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4625498"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rc2 c6 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bd6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxe5 20. Be3 Qxd1
21. Rxd1 Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rd7 Bb8 24. a4 Bc7 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27.
gxf4 Rc3 28. Rxa7 Rxb3 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "4625498"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. Bb3 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Re1 f5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. cxd4 f4 17. Ne4 Bb4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 f3 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. Qe1 Rae8
22. Bb3 c6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Bd2 d4 25. g3 Bd7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qf1 Re2 28.
Bxa5 Qf5 29. Re1 Qxd3 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Bb6 d3 33. Be3 Rxe3 34. fxe3
f2+ 35. Kxf2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qxh2+ 40. Ke1
Bxa4 41. Rxd3 Qxg3+ 42. Qf2 Qe5 43. Rd4 Bc6 44. Qf4 Qe7 45. e4 h5 46. e5 h4 47.
Qxh4 Qxe5+ 48. Kd2 Qa5+ 49. b4 Qa2+ 50. Ke3 Qe6+ 51. Kf2 Qf5+ 52. Qf4 Qc2+ 53.
Rd2 Qc3 54. Rd8+ Kh7 55. Qh4+ Kg6 56. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Kf6 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59.
Rg8 Kd5 60. Rxg7 Kc4 61. Rg4+ Kb5 62. Rd4 Be8 63. Rf4 Bc6 64. Rd4 Be8 65. Kf4
Bf7 66. Rd7 Bc4 67. Rxb7+ Ka4 68. Ke3 Bb5 69. Kd4 Kxb4 70. Rb8 Ka4 71. Kc3 Bd7
72. Rb6 Ka5 73. Rb1 Bb5 74. Kd4 Ka4 75. Kc5 Bd7 76. Rb4+ Ka3 77. Kc4 Ka2 78. Kc3
Ka1 79. Rf4 Be6 80. Rf1+ Ka2 81. Re1 Bf7 82. Re7 Bg6 83. Re6 Bf5 84. Rf6 Be4 85.
Ra6+ Kb1 86. Rb6+ Ka1 87. Rb4 Bb1 88. Kb3 Ba2+ 89. Ka3 Bb1 90. Rh4 Bd3 91. Kb3
Bf5 92. Ra4+ Kb1 93. Kc3 Bd7 94. Ra7 Be6 95. Rb7+ Ka1 96. Kc2 Bf5+ 97. Kc1 Ka2
98. Rb5 Be4 99. Rb4 Bf5 100. Kd2 Bg6 101. Kc3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "4625498"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5
9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qh3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Bb5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bc5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. e4 Bb7 21. Qe3
Nf6 22. Qg5 Kg7 23. f3 Rc7 24. Rd1 Rc5 25. Qd2 Ba6 26. a4 Bb7 27. b4 Rc7 28. Qf4
Rc3 29. h4 a6 30. Bf1 Qc7 31. Qd2 e5 32. Ne2 Rc2 33. Qe3 Nh5 34. Rc1 Bc8 35.
Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. Nxc3 Nf6 38. Kf2 h5 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. a5 b5 41. Bd3 Ke7
42. g3 Bb7 43. Bc2 Bc8 44. Bb3 Be6 45. Bxe6 fxe6 46. Na2 Nd7 47. Nc1 Nb8 48. Nd3
Nc6 49. g4 Kd6 50. Kd2 Nd4 51. Ke3 Nc6 52. Kf2 Ke7 53. Ke3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "4625498"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4
O-O 9. O-O g6 10. h3 Kg7 11. Re1 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. c3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Nc3 Nh5 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Nb5
Nxg3 22. fxg3 a6 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. e5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxd6 26. Rxe6 Rad8 27. Qc2 Rf6
28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. Nh4 Rg8 30. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4625498"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rfd1 Qe8 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Bh3 a5 15.
Nd2 Bb7 16. e4 a4 17. Qc2 Ra5 18. d5 Nc5 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 Qa8 21. b4 Ra2 22.
Qb1 e5 23. Be3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "4625498"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. b4 Nf8 13. b5 Nd8 14. d4 Ng6 15. h3 h5
16. Bd5 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nh2 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ba2 exd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22.
Nc4 Bxa1 23. Nxd6+ Kf8 24. Nxc8 Qf6 25. Nb6 Ra7 26. Qxa1 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Ne6 28.
Nxg4 Nd4 29. Bc4 a5 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Nc4 Rh5 33. Nge5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5
c5 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Gligoric-Taimanov system"]
[WhiteFideId "4625498"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O c6
9. Re1 Re8 10. d5 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 Nh6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. dxc6
Be6 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Qa4 Rb8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. b3 Rb5 21. c7 Kh8 22.
Nd2 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxc7 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. Qxa6 Rbb8 26. d6 Qd7 27. Rd5 Rbc8 28.
Red1 h5 29. h3 Kh7 30. Qa5 Qc6 31. d7 Rc7 32. Rd6 Rdxd7 33. Rxc6 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2
Rxc6 35. Qxa7 Rc8 36. a4 Rcd8 37. Qc7 R8d7 38. Qxc5 Rc1 39. h4 Rdd1 40. a5 e4
41. a6 f5 42. Qc7 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Rc3+ 44. f3 exf3 45. a7 fxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ra1 47.
Qf4 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Rxb3 49. Nd2 Rbb2 50. Ke1 Rxa7 51. Kd1 Rd7 52. Kc1 Rbxd2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. b3 e5 7. d5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Nb8 9. d6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 Ke7 12. Bg2 d5 13. Nxe5 d6 14. Nd3 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Nc6 16. O-O Be6 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. c5 d5 19. Nf4 Rhd8 20. a3 g5 21. Nd3 d4
22. Nb5 Bd5 23. Nd6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 b6 25. Rfc1 Ke6 26. Nb5 Ne4 27. Nc7+ Kd7 28.
Na6 Rb7 29. cxb6 Rxb6 30. Nac5+ Nxc5 31. Nxc5+ Kc7 32. Ra1 Rd5 33. Ra2 f5 34.
Rac2 Kd6 35. Nd3 Ra5 36. Nb4 Nxb4 37. axb4 Rxb4 38. Rc6+ Ke5 39. Rc7 h6 40. R1c6
Rb6 41. Rxa7 Rxc6 42. Rxa5+ Ke6 43. h4 Rd6 44. Ra3 Ke5 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Rd3 Ke5
47. Rd1 Rd5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. g4 Rd6 50. gxf5 Kxf5 51. Ra1 d3 52. e4+ Ke5 53.
Ke3 d2 54. Rd1 g4 55. f3 gxf3 56. Kxf3 Rd3+ 57. Ke2 Kxe4 58. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 59. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O a5 13. d4 Qc7 14. c4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 a4 16. d5 axb3 17. axb3 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rfe8 19. Rg1 g6 20. e6 Bf8 21. f5
Ra2 22. Qd3 Rxb2 23. Kxb2 fxe6 24. fxe6 Rxe6 25. Kb1 Bg7 26. Qd2 Qf7 27. Rd3 Qf6
28. Qa2 h5 29. f4 Kh7 30. Rgd1 Qxf4 31. R3d2 Qf5+ 32. Qc2 Qf6 33. Qa2 Qe5 34.
Rc2 Rf6 35. Rg1 Rf3 36. Rcg2 Qf5+ 37. Qc2 Rxb3+ 38. Ka2 Rb2+ 39. Qxb2 Bxb2 40.
Rxb2 Qe4 41. Rc1 Kh6 42. Rc3 Qc6 43. Rcb3 Qa4+ 44. Kb1 Qxc4 45. Rxb7 d5 46. Rd7
d4 47. Rbb7 Qf1+ 48. Kb2 Qg2+ 49. Kb3 Qxh2 50. Rh7+ Kg5 51. Rbc7 Qe5 52. Kc4 Kg4
53. Rxc5 Qe3 54. Rd7 Qc3+ 55. Kd5 Qb3+ 56. Rc4 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nc5 b6 14. Nb3 b5 15.
a4 b4 16. a5 Ne4 17. Nfd4 Ne7 18. Rc1 e5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Qe1 Nc6 21. c3 bxc3 22.
bxc3 f4 23. exf4 Rxf4 24. c4 d4 25. Nfd2 Nc3 26. Bf3 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Rf8 28. Kh1
Nb4 29. Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. e5 Bxc3
9. Bxc3 c5 10. f4 b6 11. Nf3 a5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Be1 Qc7 15. c3 a4
16. Qe2 Ra8 17. g4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc4 19. Qf2 h5 20. h3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rc8 22. Bb4
Qd3 23. Rac1 Rc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Re1 b5 27. f5 exf5 28. e6 fxe6
29. Ng5 e5 30. dxe5 Qd5 31. Qg2 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Nf3 fxg4 34. e6 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Nh5 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 e6 11. Bh2 Ne7 12. b4 f4 13. exf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15.
Qd2 g5 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qf8 18. Be4 c6 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 e5 21. Qd3 a6
22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Qb1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Qf6 25. Rc1 Rf8 26. Rc7 h5 27. Qe1 g4 28. hxg4
hxg4 29. Nd2 Qg5 30. g3 R4f7 31. Rxb7 Qh5 32. Bg2 Bh6 33. Ne4 Nf5 34. Rxf7 Rxf7
35. Rc2 Nd4 36. Rc7 Bf8 37. Qd1 Qf5 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. a4 Be7 40. a5 Nf3+ 41.
Bxf3 gxf3 42. Qd3 Kg6 43. Qe3 Bd8 44. Nd2 Bg5 45. Qxf3 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Ne5 b6 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Ne7 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Qh5 Nf5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. h4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qe7 21. h5
Qxg5 22. O-O-O Qg4 23. Qf2 Rc7 24. Rdg1 Qe2 25. Qh4 Rfc8 26. hxg6 Rxc3+ 27. bxc3
Rxc3+ 28. Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Kf8 30. g7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nc5 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. Qxc4 e5 16. d5 c5 17. Rd1 Qd6 18. a4 f5 19. e4 Nf6 20. Be3 Rac8 21. a5 f4
22. Bd2 h5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxb4 Rfe8 26. Rab1 Rc7 27. Bd6 Rd7 28.
Bc5 Ra8 29. Rdc1 Bf8 30. Bb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Ne8 32. g3 Rf7 33. Bg2 g5 34. h4 g4
35. gxf4 exf4 36. e5 f3 37. Bf1 Rd8 38. d6 Kf8 39. e6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 g6 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. Ngf3
Bf5 9. Qc1 Qd8 10. h3 h5 11. Be2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd1 b5 14. Bc2 Qc8 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qf5 18. Qd1 a5 19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Bg3 Ra6
22. Qd2 Bh6 23. Rae1 Rb6 24. Bc7 Ra6 25. f3 Qd3 26. Qxd3 cxd3 27. Rf2 Rc8 28.
Bf4 Bxf4 29. exf4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. cxb4 e6 32. Rd1 Rb6 33. h4 Rxb4 34. Rxd3
Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. Rdd2 Kg7 37. Rfe2 Kf6 38. Kg3 Rc1 39. Kh2 Rcc4 40. Kg3 Rxd4
41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. b3 Rb4 43. Rb2 Kf5 44. Rb1 f6 45. Rb2 Rxf4 46. b4 Rc4 47. b5
Rc7 48. b6 Rb7 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. g4 Kd6 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Ke3 Kc5 53. Rc2+ Kxb6
54. Rc8 Rf7 55. Rh8 Kc5 56. Rxh5 Kd6 57. Rh8 Ra7 58. h5 Ke5 59. h6 Kf5 60. h7 e5
61. Rd8 d4+ 62. Kf2 Rxh7 63. Rb8 Rh4 64. Kg3 Rf4 65. Rd8 Ke6 66. Kf2 Rh4 67. Kg3
Rh1 68. f4 Rf1 69. fxe5 fxe5 70. Re8+ Kd5 71. Rd8+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Ne6 Rfe8 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Qe6 20. Qd3 Qe2 21.
Qh3 f5 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bg5 Qg4 24. Bf6+ Kg8 25. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. e4 d4 12. Nce2 e5 13. Bd2 a6 14. h3 Be6 15. f4
exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Ngh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Bc4 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Rac1
Re8 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Nd5 Qc6 25. Bxh6 Qxd5 26. Qg4 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Ra7 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. O-O-O c6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Kb1 Qa5
15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Rhe1 h5 17. Qf3 Nb6 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. h4 a5 20. Ne4 a4 21. N2c3
Qd8 22. Nc5 Ra7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Nxc3+ 25. Qxc3 Kf7 26. Qxc6 Qc8 27. d5
Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Rd8 29. Rb6 b4 30. d6 Rad7 31. Rxb4 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Kc1 a3
34. Rb5 Kg6 35. bxa3 Rc6 36. Kb2 Bc5 37. f3 f5 38. a4 Bf2 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4
f4 41. Rf5 Bd4+ 42. c3 Bxc3+ 43. Kb3 Bd2 44. h5+ Kh6 45. a5 Ra6 46. Kc4 Rxa5 47.
Rxa5 Bxa5 48. Kd3 Kg5 49. a4 f3 50. h6 Kxh6 51. Ke3 Kg5 52. Kxf3 Bb6 53. Ke4
Kxg4 54. Kd5 Ba5 55. Kc6 Be1 56. Kb5 Bd2 57. a5 Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. e4 d4 12. Nce2 e5 13. Bd2 a6 14. h3 Be6 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qd2 Qe5 20. Rf1 Qg5 21. Rf4
Ne5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Qe1 Rad8 24. Qf1 Kh7 25. Rxf6 Qg4 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. Rf6 Qg4 28.
Qf4 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 Rde8 30. Nf5 Ng4 31. e5 Nxf6 32. exf6 Bxf5 33. Bxf5+ Kh8 34.
g4 Re5 35. Kf2 Rfe8 36. Kf3 Re3+ 37. Kf2 R8e5 38. Bd3 Rc5 39. Ne2 Rxd3 40. cxd3
Rc2 41. Kf3 Rxb2 42. Nxd4 Ra2 43. Nf5 Kh7 44. h5 Rxa3 45. Ke4 Ra1 46. Nd6 Kg8
47. Nf5 Re1+ 48. Kd5 Kh7 49. Nd6 Re6 50. g5 hxg5 51. Nxf7 Rxf6 52. Nxg5+ Kh6 53.
Ne6 a5 54. Nc5 b6 55. Ne4 Rf3 56. Kc4 Kxh5 57. Nc3 Kg6 58. Nd5 a4 59. Nxb6 a3
60. Kb3 Rxd3+ 61. Ka2 Kf5 62. Nc4 Ke4 63. Nxa3 Kd4 64. Kb2 Rd2+ 65. Kb3 Kd3 66.
Nc4 Re2 67. Nd6 Re6 68. Nc4 Kd4 69. Kb4 Rc6 70. Na5 Rb6+ 71. Ka3 Kc3 72. Ka4
Rb4+ 73. Ka3 Rb1 74. Ka4 Rb6 75. Ka3 Rb4 76. Nc6 Rb5 77. Ka4 Rb6 78. Ne5 Kd4 79.
Nf3+ Kc4 80. Ne5+ Kc3 81. Ka5 Rf6 82. Nd7 Rd6 83. Nb6 Rh6 84. Kb5 Rh5+ 85. Kc6
Kd4 86. Kd6 Rh6+ 87. Kc7 Kc5 88. Nd7+ Kb5 89. Ne5 Re6 90. Nd7 Rc6+ 91. Kd8 Rd6
92. Ke7 Rxd7+ 93. Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 dxe4 6. fxe4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Ng4 8. Bf4
e5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qd6 Nde5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Be2 Rf8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bg5+ Nf6 16. O-O Ke8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Bc4 Bc8 21.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Ne2 Ke8 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Ke7 25. Re1 Rd8 26. e5 Ng4 27. Bd3
c5 28. Re4 Nh6 29. Ne2 Nf7 30. Nc3 Bb7 31. Re1 Bc6 32. a4 Rd4 33. g3 Ng5 34. Kf2
Nf3 35. Re2 Nxh2 36. Nb5 Ng4+ 37. Ke1 Bxb5 38. axb5 c4 39. Be4 Nxe5 40. Bg2 Kd6
41. Be4 Ke7 42. Bg2 Ng4 43. c3 Rd3 44. Bh3 Rxg3 45. Bxg4 Rxg4 46. Rd2 h5 47. Kf2
h4 48. Rd1 h3 49. Kf3 Rh4 50. Kg3 g5 51. Kh2 g4 52. Ra1 Rh5 53. Rxa7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bb7 9. c4 d5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15.
Rac1 b5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nd2 e4 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Rac8 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qb2+ N7f6 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxa6 Rd8 26. Be2 Qc5 27. Nc4
Kg8 28. Qd4 Qf8 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. Ne5 Rc7 31. Bc4 Qe7 32. h3 Rc5 33. Ng4 h5 34.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2047640"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 b4 7. Nce2 d5 8. e5 f6 9.
exf6 exf6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Na6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rc1 Bg4
16. Ng3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qd7 18. Bc2 c5 19. h3 Be6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 Rbc8 22.
Nd4 Bf7 23. Rb1 f5 24. Nb5 Ne6 25. Ne2 Nc6 26. Bb3 Rcd8 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Rbd1 Nc5
29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Nc7 Re5 31. Nb5 Re7 32. Nf4 Bh6 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Nxg6 Qg5 35.
Qxg5 Bxg5 36. f4 Bf6 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. fxe5 Bxe5 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Rd3 Kf6 41. Nd4
Rc8 42. Nb5 Rc5 43. g3 h5 44. Kf3 Be6 45. Kf2 f4 46. gxf4 Bxf4 47. Nd4 Bd7 48.
Ne2 Be5 49. Ke3 Bxh3 50. Rxd5 Rxd5 51. Bxd5 Bd7 52. Bb3 h4 53. Nf4 h3 54. Bd1 h2
55. Bf3 Bxa4 56. c4 Bd6 57. Nd3 Bd7 58. c5 Bc7 59. c6 Bc8 60. Kd4 a4 61. Kc3 a3
62. Kb3 Bd6 63. Nf2 Be6+ 64. Kc2 a2 65. Ne4+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "2047640"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 f5 8. d3
Nf6 9. O-O e5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 Qe7 12. h3 Be6 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. Qe2 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Bb2 Bf7 17. Rae1 Nb6 18. e4 Qd7 19. exf5 Qxd3 20. fxe5 Qxd2 21. e6 Be8
22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. e7 Bb5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 26. fxg6+ Kg8 27. Rf8+
Kxf8 28. gxh7 Bxe2 29. h8=Q+ Ke7 30. Qe5+ Kd7 31. Rxe2 Qd3 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bg5 Ne6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. exd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qd6 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Re3
Rc7 22. Rde1 Rec8 23. Nd1 Rc1 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 27. Qxh7
Bxd4 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Bf7+ Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3+ Kf6 31. Bxe8 Rxd1+ 32. Kf2 Qc7 33.
Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Rc1 c3 16. Qc2 cxb2 17. Qxb2 Be7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Qxg7 Bf6 20. Qg3 Qg7 21.
Qd6 Qd7 22. Qg3 Qg7 23. Qd6 Qd7 24. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6
9. Be3 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Bd7 12. Ra5 O-O 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Rxa6 Rxa6 15.
Bxa6 Nb4 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. O-O d5 18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. f3 Nxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Rb8 23. Na5 Bd5 24. Nc4 f6 25. Kf2 Bxc4 26. dxc4 Rxb2+ 27.
Kg3 Rc2 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Bc5 30. h4 Kf7 31. h5 Ke6 32. Bb2 Bd6 33. Kf2 Bc5+
34. Ke2 f5 35. Kd3 Kf6 36. f4 fxg4 37. Ke4 g6 38. Bxe5+ Kf7 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40.
f5+ Kf7 41. Kd5 Bf2 42. c5 g3 43. c6 g2 44. Bh2 Bb6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Kf3 Kxf5 47.
Bg1 Bc7 48. Kxg2 Ke4 49. Bh2 Bb6 50. Kh3 Kd5 51. c7 Bxc7 52. Bxc7 Ke6 53. Kh4
Kd7 54. Kh5 Kc6 55. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Ba3 d6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Bb2 b5 17. Qd2 Nc8 18. f4 Bg7 19. Ne4 f6 20. b4 c4 21. g4 Nb6 22. g5
fxg5 23. Bxg7 Rxe4 24. Ba1 Re7 25. Qd4 Kf7 26. fxg5 Ke8 27. Bh3 Rf7 28. Qh4 Bxd5
29. Rf1 Raa7 30. Rf6 Na4 31. Bd4 Rxf6 32. gxf6 Rf7 33. Qg5 Qa8 34. e4 Bxe4 35.
Re1 Kf8 36. Be6 Qb7 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Bxf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxe4+ Kd8 40. Re7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9.
Be3 Nd7 10. Rg1 Ndc5 11. h4 c6 12. h5 a4 13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Nd2 Rb8
16. Nb5 Qe7 17. g5 Rbc8 18. Rc1 gxh5 19. Rh1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Rxh5 f5 22. gxf6
Qxf6 23. Rh2 Kh8 24. a3 Rg8 25. Nc3 Bf8 26. Qe2 Be7 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Rxh3 Qf7
29. Kd1 Bg5 30. Kc2 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 b5 32. Rch1 b4 33. axb4 Nxb4+ 34. Kb1 Rg7 35.
Nc4 a3 36. Nxd6 Qa7 37. R3h2 a2+ 38. Kc1 a1=Q+ 39. Kd2 Qxb2+ 40. Kd1 Qaa1+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qb3 Ndf4 20. Rad1 Nxd3 21.
Qxb7 e4 22. Nf5 Qb8 23. Qxb8+ Rxb8 24. N3d4 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Ree8 26. b4 Rbd8 27.
Nc6 Rd3 28. Rc1 Nf4 29. Rc2 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc3 32. Ne3 Nxa4 33. Nd5
Kf8 34. Ne3 Nb6 35. g4 Re6 36. Nd4 Rd6 37. Nb3 Nd5 38. Nf5 Rb6 39. Nc5 Rxb4 40.
Nxa6 Rb2 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Nb8 g6 43. Nd4 Rc3+ 44. Kh2 Nf4 45. Nd7+ Kg7 46. Ne5
Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9.
Be3 Nd7 10. Rg1 Ndc5 11. h4 c6 12. g5 a4 13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Nd2 Rb8
16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Nb4 18. Nc4 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Rg3 b5 21. Na3 Ncd3+ 22.
Bxd3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qxc3+ 24. Bd2 Qc5 25. b4 Qb6 26. Nc2 Rc4 27. Be3 Qb7 28. Na3
Rc7 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rc8 31. Bd2 Bf8 32. Qe2 Be7 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Bxc3 Qa6
35. Qb2 f5 36. Nc2 Qa4 37. Ne3 f4 38. Nf1 h6 39. Nd2 hxg5 40. hxg5 Bxg5 41. Qb3
Qxb3 42. Nxb3 Bd8 43. f3 g5 44. Nd2 Kf7 45. Ke2 Bb6 46. Nb3 g4 47. fxg4 Bxg4+
48. Kd3 Bh3 49. Be1 Bf1+ 50. Kd2 Bg2 51. Kd3 f3 52. Bh4 f2 53. Nd2 f1=Q+ 54.
Nxf1 Bxf1+ 55. Kc3 Be2 56. Bg5 Bf3 57. Kd3 Bg2 58. Bh4 Bc7 59. Bg5 Kg6 60. Be7
Kh5 61. Ke3 Kg4 62. Bf8 Kg3 63. Be7 Kh2 64. Bf8 Kg1 65. Be7 Kf1 66. Bh4 Bb6+ 67.
Kd3 Bf3 68. Be7 Be2+ 69. Kd2 Bc7 70. Bh4 Bf3 71. Ke3 Bg2 72. Kd3 Bh3 73. Ke3 Bg4
74. Kd3 Kg2 75. Ke3 Bb6+ 76. Kd3 Kf3 77. Be7 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. d4 Qf6 14. Rb1 exd4 15.
cxd4 d5 16. e5 Qg6 17. Be3 Bxh3 18. Nh4 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Bxg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. g4 g5
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 c5 24. dxc5 Rxe5 25. Bf2 f6 26. Bd4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rb4 28.
Bf2 Kf7 29. Re6 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 Bb8 31. Bd4 Rb4 32. Bc3 Rc4 33. Bd2 Rxc5 34. Ra8
Rb5 35. a4 Rb7 36. a5 Ba7+ 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Rh8 Rb2 39. Rxh7+ Ng7 40. Kh3 Ra2 41.
Kg4 Ra4+ 42. Kh3 Bd4 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Kh3 Kg8 45. Rh6 Nxf5 46. Rh5 Kg7 47. f4
Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Rh8 Nh4+ 50. Kh2 Nf3+ 51. Kh1 Ra1 52. Kg2 Nxd2 53. Nxd2 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2106388"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6
9. Be3 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nbd7 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. c4 Rb8 15. Nc3
Nh7 16. O-O Ng5 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. Na5 Ba8 19. b4 Bg5 20. Nb3 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nf4 22.
Qd2 h5 23. Rxa6 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nf6 25. Bf3 g6 26. Na5 Qd7 27. Nc6 Rb7 28. Bxf4
Bxf4 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Rfa1 Rh8 31. Ra7 Nh7 32. b5 Ng5 33. Bg2 Qc7 34. Qb2 Nh3+
35. Kf1 Qb6 36. R1a6 Qc5 37. Rxb7 Qc4+ 38. Ke1 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Qc5+ 40. Kf1 Qc4+
41. Kf2 Qc5+ 42. Kf1 Qc4+ 43. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2106388"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be6 8. Bb2
f6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Qc2 O-O-O 11. Rfd1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qe4 c6 14. Na4 Bf5
15. Nxb6+ axb6 16. Qf3 d3 17. Rdc1 Bg4 18. Qf4 dxe2 19. Qa4 Kb8 20. Rxc6 Qxd2
21. Bc3 Qd1+ 22. Be1 Qxa1 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5 a4 9.
Qd1 g6 10. g4 Be6 11. a3 h5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. f4 h4 15. Bd2 f6 16. Rg1
Bg7 17. Qf3 O-O 18. O-O-O e5 19. Nb4 exd4 20. exd4 fxg5 21. Rxg5 Bxd4 22. Bd3
Nxc5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxg6+ Kh7 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. Rd6 Qf7 27. Re1 Nbd7 28. Re7
Qxe7 29. Qxf5+ Kg8 30. Rg6+ Bg7 31. Nxc6 Nb3+ 32. Kd1 Qf7 33. Qg5 Re8 34. Nxd5
Kh7 35. Nce7 Rxe7 36. Nxe7 Nf6 37. Nf5 Bh8 38. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxf4 7. exf4 Qc7 8. g3
Qxc5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nc5 15.
Bc2 a5 16. N2f3 Nfe4 17. Ng5 g6 18. h4 a4 19. a3 Rae8 20. Kh2 e5 21. fxe5 Qxe5
22. Nh3 Qf6 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Bc8 25. Nf4 Bb7 26. Kg1 Kg7 27. Rad1 Nf6 28.
Nd4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nfe4 30. Nd3 Rd8 31. Nb4 Kf8 32. Bb1 Nd2 33. Kg2 Nc4 34. Re2
Nb3 35. Ba2 Nc1 36. Re1 Nxa2 37. Nxa2 Nxb2 38. Rb1 Nc4 39. Rb4 Ra8 40. Nc1 Nxa3
41. Rxb6 Ba6 42. Nc6 Nc4 43. Rb4 a3 44. Nd4 Bc8 45. Na2 Bd7 46. Kf3 h5 47. Ke2
Re8+ 48. Kd1 Bg4+ 49. f3 Bf5 50. Rb5 Re3 51. Rxd5 Rd3+ 52. Kc1 Rd2 53. Rd8+ Ke7
54. Nc6+ Kf6 55. Rxd2 Nxd2 56. Kxd2 Be6 57. Ncb4 g5 58. Ke3 gxh4 59. gxh4 Ke5
60. Nc1 Kf5 61. Nc2 a2 62. Na1 Ke5 63. Nd3+ Kf5 64. Kd4 Bc8 65. Nc5 Kf4 66. Ne4
Kxf3 67. Ng5+ Kg4 68. Nxf7 Kxh4 69. Nd6 Bd7 70. Ne4 Be6 71. Ke5 Bg8 72. Kf4 Kh3
73. Nf6 Bf7 74. Ne4 Kg2 75. Kg5 Kf3 76. Nd6 Bg8 77. Kxh5 Ke3 78. Kg5 Kd2 79. c4
Kc3 80. c5 Bd5 81. Kf4 Kb2 82. Ke5 Ba8 83. Nb5 Kxa1 84. Nc3 Kb2 85. Nxa2 Kxa2
86. Kd6 Kb3 87. c6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5 a4 9.
Qd1 g6 10. g4 Be6 11. f4 Bg7 12. a3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 h5 14. g5 Bf5 15. Bd2 h4 16.
Nb4 f6 17. Rg1 h3 18. Qf3 fxg5 19. Rxg5 e5 20. Rxf5 Qh4+ 21. Kd1 gxf5 22. fxe5
Qg4 23. Be2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxf3 25. Bxf3 Nxe5 26. Bh1 Nbd7 27. Kc2 Nxc5 28. Rf1
Rf8 29. Be1 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Bg3 Ng4 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Ke2 c5 34. Nc6 Rd3
35. Bf4 Kd7 36. Ne5+ Nxe5 37. Bxe5 Ke6 38. Bf4 Rg8 39. Bg3 Rgd8 40. Be1 Rg8 41.
Bg3 Rg7 42. Rc1 Rb7 43. Nd1 Kd5 44. Nf2 Rb3 45. Rc2 b4 46. Nxh3 bxa3 47. Nf4+
Kc6 48. bxa3 Rxa3 49. Ne6 c4 50. Nd8+ Kb6 51. Nxb7 Kxb7 52. Rxc4 Ra2+ 53. Kd1 a3
54. Be5 Rg2 55. Rc2 Rg1+ 56. Kd2 a2 57. Rc5 Kb6 58. Rd5 a1=Q 59. Bxa1 Rxa1 60.
Rxf5 Ra2+ 61. Kc3 Rxh2 62. Kd4 Kc6 63. Kxe4 Kd6 64. Rg5 Ke6 65. Rg6+ Kf7 66. Rc6
Rh4+ 67. Kd5 Rh5+ 68. Kd4 Ra5 69. e4 Ke7 70. Rh6 Ra4+ 71. Ke3 Ra5 72. Kf4 Rb5
73. Rg6 Ra5 74. Rg7+ Kf6 75. Rd7 Ra1 76. Rd6+ Ke7 77. Ke5 Ra5+ 78. Rd5 Ra6 79.
Rb5 Rh6 80. Rb7+ Kd8 81. Kd5 Ke8 82. e5 Kd8 83. Rf7 Ke8 84. Rf6 Rxf6 85. exf6
Kf7 86. Kc4 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. g4
h6 9. h4 Qb6 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1 13. Qxh1 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qh7 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Bh3+ Kb8 18. Qxf7 Ka8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe6 Bd6 21.
Qxd5 Bc7 22. Qe4 Nd3+ 23. Ke2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 25. Kf3 Qd6 26. Qg4 Qf8+ 27.
Ke4 Qe8+ 28. Qe6 Qd8 29. Rf1 Qd3+ 30. Kf3 Qe2+ 31. Ke4 Qd3+ 32. Kf3 Bb8 33. Re1
Rxb2 34. Bf1 Qc2 35. Re2 Qb1 36. Rxb2 Qxb2 37. Qxg6 Qxc3 38. Bd3 a6 39. Be4 Ka7
40. Qf7 Qb2 41. g6 Be5 42. Qd5 Kb8 43. Qxc5 Bg7 44. Qd6+ Ka7 45. a4 Qc3 46. Qd5
Qc7 47. a5 Kb8 48. Qf7 Be5 49. Qxc7+ Kxc7 50. Kg4 Kd6 51. Bxb7 Ke7 52. Bxa6 Bc3
53. Bc4 Kf6 54. a6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Bf4 Qc8
9. Bg2 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Be7 12. Qd1 Bd8 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. b5
Qa5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. e3 Bd3 18. Rfd1 Bc4 19. Qb2 cxb5 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Nd2 b6 22.
Qb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 a5 24. bxa5 bxc5 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. e4 cxd4 27. exd5 Nc5 28.
dxe6 Rxa5 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Nb1 c3 32. Nxc3 dxc3 33. Rxc3 Nce4 34.
Rc7+ Re7 35. Rc2 g5 36. Bg2 g4 37. h3 h5 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Re1 Ng5 40. Rxe7+
Kxe7 41. Rc3 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Ra2 43. Re3+ Kf7 44. Kg1 Nh3+ 45. Bxh3 gxh3 46. Rf3
Kg6 47. Kh2 Ne4 48. g4 Nxf2 49. Kg3 Ne4+ 50. Kf4 Ng5 51. Rb3 Rf2+ 52. Kg3 Rg2+
53. Kh4 h2 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Rb7+ Ke6 56. Rb6+ Kd7 57. Rb7+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Bb5
Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Re8 12. Nxc6 Bf8 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. O-O Qb7
15. b3 Rec8 16. Rac1 h6 17. h3 a5 18. c4 cxd4 19. exd4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Qb4 21. Qb3
a4 22. Qxb4 Bxb4 23. Nb1 a3 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd5 26. Rf3 Nb4 27. Bc1 Nc2
28. Rd1 Rcb8 29. d5 Be4 30. Rf4 exd5 31. cxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rb1 33. Rd1 Nb4 34.
Rf1 f6 35. Bd2 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Nxa2 37. Nc4 Kf7 38. Rf3 Rc8 39. Rxa3 Nc1 40. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13302485"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5 a4 9.
Qd1 g6 10. g4 Be6 11. a3 Bg7 12. f4 Nfd7 13. Nd3 h5 14. f5 gxf5 15. g5 h4 16.
Nf4 Nf8 17. Bd3 Bc8 18. Qf3 e6 19. Bd2 Nh7 20. g6 Ng5 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qe2 Na6
23. O-O Bf6 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Rg1 Qe7 26. Rg2 Rag8 27. Rag1 Nc7 28. Be1 e5 29.
dxe5 Qxe5 30. Nd1 d4 31. exd4 Qxf4 32. Bd2 Qf3 33. Bxg5 Qxe2 34. Bxe2 Bxd4 35.
Rf1 Be6 36. Bf3 Nd5 37. h3 Bf6 38. Bc1 Rg3 39. Kh2 f4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 a5 15.
g4 Ba6 16. h4 Qb8 17. h5 Bb5 18. Bg2 Bxa4 19. Rhe1 Rc8 20. Kb1 Ncxe5 21. b3 Nxg4
22. Qg3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bc6 24. Rg1 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe6 Nf8 27. Rf6 Kg7 28.
Qh4 Nd7 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Bg3 Rb8 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Nhf3 Bxg3
15. hxg3 Qd6 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Qc2 a5 18. Qd3 h6 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qa7 21. Nb3
b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nc5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb2 25. Ra1 Ra2 26. Qf1 Ra8 27. Rxa2 Qxa2
28. Nh2 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 Qd2 30. Re3 Ne7 31. Rf3 Nf5 32. Qb1 h5 33. Qb7 Qa2 34. Qd7
Nh6 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rf4 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Qb1 39. Kh4 Qh1+ 40. Kg5
Qxg2 41. Qg6 Nf6 42. Rxf6 gxf6+ 43. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 a5 15.
g4 Ba6 16. h4 Qb8 17. h5 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. b3 f6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rf7
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rhe1 h6 24. Kb1 a4 25. f5 exf5 26. gxf5 d4 27. Bxd4 Rxf5 28.
Qg2 Rg5 29. Qe4 axb3 30. axb3 Rf8 31. Bb2 Qc5 32. Rd7 Nb8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rxg7+
Rxg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 a5 12. a4 Rac8 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qb5 Qa7 17. Ne1 Ne8 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Nd3 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Nf6 21. Nd3
b6 22. f4 Rc7 23. g4 Ne7 24. Rc2 Rdc8 25. Rac1 Qa6 26. Kf1 Qb7 27. Nf2 Rc6 28.
h4 R8c7 29. Kg1 Qc8 30. Qd3 Qb8 31. Qe2 Qc8 32. Qd3 Qd8 33. Nf3 Rc8 34. Ne5 R6c7
35. c4 cxd4 36. exd4 Nc6 37. Qe3 dxc4 38. Nxc6 Rxc6 39. bxc4 Rd6 40. Rd2 Qd7 41.
g5 Ne8 42. Ne4 Rdc6 43. Qb3 Nd6 44. Nxd6 Qxd6 45. d5 exd5 46. Qf3 Rxc4 47. Rxc4
Rxc4 48. Rxd5 Qxf4 49. Qxf4 Rxf4 50. Rb5 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 a5 15.
g4 Ba6 16. h4 Qb8 17. h5 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. b3 Rac8 20. Kb1 Rc7 21. h6 g6 22.
Nc5 Ncxe5 23. fxe5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qf4 Qc3 26. Rhe1 Rc8 27. Re2 a4 28.
Rd3 Qc5 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. g5 a3 31. Qe3 d4 32. Qf4 d3 33. Rxd3 Nb6 34. Qd4 Qb5 35.
c4 bxc3 36. Qxc3 Nd5 37. Qc4 Qb6 38. Qc1 Qd8 39. Rc2 Qd7 40. Qxa3 Qd8 41. Qc1
Qd7 42. Qd2 Qb7 43. Kb2 Ra8 44. Rd4 Qb8 45. Qe1 Qa7 46. Ra4 Qb8 47. Rxa8 Qxa8
48. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter QualB 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Rc8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qg4 Nxf4 14. exf4 O-O
15. Ne2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 b4 17. Ng3 f5 18. Qf3 a5 19. b3 g6 20. Kh1 Be7 21. Ne2 Bf6
22. Ng1 Re8 23. Qg3 e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. f4 Bg7 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Rfe1 Ba6 28. h4
Bxd3 29. cxd3 h5 30. Ne5 Kh7 31. Re2 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qe6 33. Qe3 Rc3 34. Rc1 d4
35. Qf4 Rec8 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Qg5 Rd7 38. Qf4 Rd5 39. Rc1 Rdc5 40. Rd1 Rd5 41.
Qg3 Kg7 42. Rf1 Rcc5 43. Qf4 Rxe5 44. Qxd4 Qf6 45. Rxe5 Rxe5 46. Qf4 Re2 47. Rc1
Re7 48. d4 Qe6 49. Rc5 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qe4 51. Qg5 Rf7 52. Rc4 Qg4 53. Qxg4 hxg4
54. Rc5 f4 55. Rxa5 Rc7 56. Rc5 Ra7 57. Rc2 Kf6 58. Kg1 Ke6 59. Kf2 Kd5 60. g3
f3 61. Ke3 Re7+ 62. Kf4 Re4+ 63. Kg5 Kxd4 64. Kxg6 Ke3 65. Kf5 Rd4 66. Ke5 Rd2
67. Rc1 f2 68. h5 Re2 69. h6 Re1 0-1

