[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "241725"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8.
f4 a6 9. e5 axb5 10. exf6 b4 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. Nb5 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Rf3 Ra5
15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Bb6 Ra6 19. Bc5 Rf6 20. c4 Rg6 21. cxd5
exd5 22. Rb1 Rxa2 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qd1 Kh8 25. Rf2 Bg8 26. Qd3 Qd8 27. Qxd8
Nxd8 28. Bd3 Rc6 29. Be3 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Be6 31. Bd4 Bd7 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nd4
Rc5 34. Rb6 Bc8 35. Ke3 Nc6 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. g3 Ke7 38. Rb1 Ra5 39. Rb2 Kf6 40.
Nd2 Ra1 41. Nc4 Ke7 42. Rb5 Ra2 43. Bxf5 Bxf5 44. Rxf5 Rxh2 45. Rb5 Nd8 46. g4
Kd7 47. Ne5+ Kc7 48. Nf3 Rh3 49. Kf2 Ne6 50. Rb4 Rh1 51. f5 Nc5 52. Kg2 Rd1 53.
Kg3 h6 54. Rb2 Rd6 55. Ne5 Ne4+ 56. Kf4 Ng5 57. Rc2+ Kd8 58. Rb2 Kc7 59. Nf3
Nxf3 60. Kxf3 Ra6 61. Kg3 Ra1 62. Rh2 Ra6 63. Kh4 b5 64. Rc2+ Kd6 65. Rc8 b4 66.
f6 Ke6 67. g5 hxg5+ 68. Kxg5 Ra1 69. Rc6+ Kf7 70. Rc7+ Kf8 71. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1018477"]
[BlackFideId "5801605"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b5 7. cxb5 axb5 8.
Qg5 O-O 9. Qxb5 Ba6 10. Qb3 d5 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Qb8
15. Rb1 Nxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4+ 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. f3 Nxc5 19. Qd1 Bb5 20. Bxg7 Qf4
21. Rxb5 Kxg7 22. Kf2 Ra2 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Nb3 Rc3 25. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Rc4
27. Nb5 Rb2 28. Nd6 Rc6 29. Ne8+ Kg6 30. h4 f5 31. Rh3 Kf7 32. Rg3 Kxe8 33. Rg7
d4 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Black "De Waele, Warre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "742910"]
[BlackFideId "241156"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Be6
9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Ba4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Ng3 c6 15. Bc2
Qd7 16. Nf5 f6 17. N3h4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Rxe5
Bb8 22. Qd4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Ng6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Nh4 Bf5 26. Bb3 Rfe8 27. Bxd5+
Kh7 28. Qd4 Rad8 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. c4 b5 31. Qh4+ Qh5 32. Qxh5+ gxh5 33. Bc6 Re2
34. Bxb5 Rxb2 35. a4 Rdd2 36. Rf1 h4 37. Bc6 Kh6 38. Be8 Rbc2 39. Bb5 Kg5 40.
Ba6 Ra2 41. Bb5 Rdc2 42. Bd7 Kf6 43. Bb5 g5 44. g3 hxg3 45. fxg3+ Ke5 46. Rf3
Ra1+ 47. Rf1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "201324"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 b5 12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. Bd4 Bxf3 14. Bxg7 Bxg2
15. Bxg2 Kxg7 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bh3 Rc7 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21.
Rxc4 Qxa2 22. Rfc1 Qa6 23. Rc7 Qd6 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. e5 Qd7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. d6
exd6 28. exd6 Qf5 29. Rc5 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qb7+ 31. f3 Rd8 32. Rc7 Qa6 33. Qf6 Qe2+
34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4617495"]
[BlackFideId "248886"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Ne5 c6 8. a4 Bf5
9. a5 Na6 10. Bg5 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. g4 Be6 13. e3 f6 14. Nd3 Bf7 15. Bg3 Re8
16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe1 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qf2 Qd7 20. dxe5 Rf8 21. b3 Be6 22. Qe1
Nxe3 23. Qxe3 d4 24. Qd2 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Bxg4 26. Rae1 Rae8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nf2
Bf5 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nc7 31. Qc4+ Ne6 32. a6 bxa6 33. Bxc6 Qe7 34. Bd5 Re8
35. Rd1 Bf8 36. Qxa6 Kh8 37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Rd8 Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kh6
41. Kg2 Rc6 42. c4 Rb6 43. Rd3 g5 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Ke4 h5 46. Bf2 Rb7 47. c5 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1000330"]
[BlackFideId "203882"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 6. e3 d6 7. b4 Nd7 8. Bb2
e5 9. Ne2 a5 10. Rd1 axb4 11. axb4 Ngf6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. f3 Re8 14. Be2 Ra2 15.
Kf2 Qe7 16. Ra1 exd4 17. exd4 Rea8 18. Rxa2 Ra7 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. Rf1 Ra2 21. Re1
Qf8 22. Bd3 d5 23. Nf5 g6 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. c5 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 Qxe7 27. Bb1 Qh4+
28. Ke2 Ra8 29. Kd1 Bc6 30. g3 Qf6 31. Qe2 Ba4+ 32. Kc1 Kg8 33. Bd3 Nf8 34. b5
c6 35. bxc6 Qxc6 36. Qe5 Nd7 37. Qd6 bxc5 38. Qxc6 Bxc6 39. dxc5 Nxc5 40. Bc2
Ne6 41. f4 Ba4 42. Bb1 Nc5 43. Bf6 Bd7 44. Re7 Rc8 45. Kd2 Kf8 46. Re3 Be6 47.
Rc3 Ke8 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Kd4 Ne4 50. Rxc8 Kxc8 51. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "472824"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b5 9. a4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. axb5 Qc7 14. bxc6 Bxc6
15. e4 h6 16. Nh3 Nb6 17. Bb4 e5 18. f3 Qd7 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rfd1
Ree8 22. Nf4 Nfd7 23. Bd6 Qb7 24. Rdb1 Ne5 25. Ra5 f6 26. Bc5 Qc7 27. Rba1 g5
28. Nh5 Qf7 29. g4 Nbd7 30. Bd4 Reb8 31. h3 Nd3 32. Qg3 Rb2 33. Qd6 Bb5 34. Rxa7
Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Qf8 36. Qd5+ Qf7 37. Ra8+ Nf8 38. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "5801605"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1
Be7 9. h3 Rc8 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. g4 d5 13. Bg2 dxe4 14. dxe4 c4 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. g5 Nh5 18. e5 g6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 20. Ng4 Be8 21. Qe2 Rd3 22.
Nf6+ Nxf6 23. gxf6 Bf8 24. Qe4 b4 25. Bf1 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Nxe5 27. Qg3 Bd6 28. Bf4
Nf3+ 29. Qxf3 Bxf4 30. Bg2 e5 31. cxb4 Rb8 32. Ra8 Kf8 33. b5 Bxb5 34. Qa3+ Kg8
35. Qa5 Qc8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Rd1 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "De Waele, Warre"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "241156"]
[BlackFideId "4617495"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Qc8 14. e6
fxe6 15. Qb3 Kf7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Be5 Bc6 20. Qc3 Bf6
21. Be2 Bd5 22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. f3 Qb7 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Qb4+ c5 26. Bd6+ Kd7 27.
Bxc5+ Bd5 28. e4 a5 29. Qxb6 Qxb6 30. Bxb6 Kc6 31. exd5+ Kxb6 32. dxe6 Rc8 33.
Rd2 Rc5 34. Bf3 a4 35. Kf2 Re5 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Kc5 38. Bd1 Kd6 39. Bxa4
Kxe6 40. Bc2 h6 41. b3 Kd5 42. Ke2 Kd4 43. Bd3 Kc3 44. Bc4 Kb4 45. Kd3 Ka3 46.
b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "203882"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. a3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. b4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
c5 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. d4 Be7 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb1 Rc8 14. Rc1 e5 15.
Be1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 a5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nc1 Be4 21. Qb2 Nc4
22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Ncb3 Qd5 24. f3 Bg6 25. e4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Bxe4 27. Qe2 Bc5 28.
Bf2 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxg2 30. Nf5 Qxf5 31. Kxg2 h6 32. Bg3 Rc8 33. Rf1 Qg6 34. Qf3
Rc2+ 35. Kh1 Ra2 36. Be5 Qe6 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Qg6 39. Qd5 Re2 40. Rg1 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "1000330"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. h4 Qd7 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. h5 h6 8. b4 f5 9.
Qg6+ Kd8 10. a3 Ne7 11. Qg3 Qe8 12. Nge2 g5 13. hxg6 Nxg6 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4
a5 16. b5 c5 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nb5 Ba6 19. Rb1 Kc8 20. Qb3 Rh7 21. Rh3 Bb7 22.
Bxh6 Be7 23. Nc7 Qg6 24. Nxa8 Bxa8 25. Qxb6 Nb4 26. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "241725"]
[BlackFideId "201324"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Qxb2 9. Bd4 Qb4+ 10. Nbd2 Qxc4 11. Nxc4 Bb4+ 12. Nfd2 Na6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. a3 Bc5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxb7 Rfc8 17. O-O Bf8 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Rbb1 e5 20. Na5 Bd7 21.
Rc4 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Rb2 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Bc5 27.
a4 Rb6 28. Na5 Bd4 29. e3 Bc3 30. Nc4 Rb4 31. Nd6 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rc4 Rxd3
34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Ne7+ Kh5 37. Rg8 f5 38. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Black "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "248886"]
[BlackFideId "742910"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 e5 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8
15. Na4 exf4 16. gxf4 d5 17. f5 Bc8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. e6 Bxb2 21. e7
Be5 22. exd8=Q Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Rxd8 24. c4 Bg3 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Nc3 Be5 27. Qf3 Qa5
28. Rd3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxa2 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Rfc1 Bd7 32. Rc7 h6 33. b4 a5 34.
bxa5 Qxa5 35. Qf4 Qa3 36. R1c3 Qa1+ 37. Rc1 Qa3 38. R1c3 Qb2 39. Kh2 Qe2 40. Rf3
Re8 41. Qd6 Ng4+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "472824"]
[BlackFideId "1018477"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. f4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qf3 Nb8 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Ng3 Nce7 14. Nh5 O-O-O
15. a4 a5 16. Qd3 Kb7 17. Nxg7 h5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 Qc6 21. Bd2
h4 22. h3 Rdf8 23. Qf6 Qd7 24. Qf5 Qc6 25. Qd3 Rhg8 26. Rf6 Qd7 27. Qf3 Ne7 28.
e6 Qd8 29. Bh6 Rg3 30. Qf2 Ng8 31. Rxf7 Re8 32. Bf4 Rxc3 33. Re1 Rc6 34. Qf3
Rxc2 35. Rd7 Qc8 36. Qxd5+ Ka7 37. Qb3 Rc6 38. Qb5 Rc2 39. Bxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7+
Qxc7 41. Qxe8 Qg3 42. Qf7+ Ka6 43. Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "chameleon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "5801605"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 d4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Nf4 Qe7 14.
Nd3 Bf5 15. Re1 Qf8 16. a3 Re8 17. Be2 a5 18. Qf4 g6 19. h4 Bxd3 20. Bxd3 Qxc5
21. Qc7 b6 22. h5 Ne5 23. Qxc5 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 bxc5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Kd2 h5 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 30. Ke1 Rb3 31. Rxa5 Rxd3 32. Ke2 Rb3 33.
Rd5 Rxa3 34. Rxd4 Kf7 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. g3 Kf7 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Kg2 Ra2 39. Rc6 Kf7
40. Rd6 Kg7 41. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4617495"]
[BlackFideId "241725"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. h3 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Ne7 15.
Ng5 Ng6 16. Bg3 Ndxe5 17. Ba2 Ke7 18. Nge4 Rhd8 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. f3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Bb1 f5 24. h4 h5 25. Ne2 Bd5 26. Bf2 c4 27. Bd4 Kd7
28. Ng3 Kd6 29. Nxh5 Nxh4 30. Bxe5+ Kxe5 31. Nxg7 a5 32. Kf2 f4 33. Bc2 Bc6 34.
Bd1 Bd7 35. Bc2 Bc6 36. Bd1 Nf5 37. Nxf5 Kxf5 38. b3 cxb3 39. Bxb3 Ke5 40. g3
fxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Bd7 42. f4+ Ke4 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. Ba2 Kc3 45. Ke3 Kb4 46. Kd2 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "De Waele, Warre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "241156"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bb1 Qa5 10. Qc1 Re8 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Be5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Nxc4 Qa6 18. Nd6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rd1 Be6 21. c4
Qc6 22. Rd4 h6 23. Qb2 b6 24. Rad1 a6 25. Nc8 Qc7 26. Nxb6 Rb8 27. Rd6 Rg5 28.
h4 Rc5 29. Qb1 Bf5 30. a4 a5 31. Qb2 Be6 32. Qb1 Bf5 33. Qb2 Be6 34. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Black "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "742910"]
[BlackFideId "472824"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 Rb8 8.
d4 b5 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Ba5 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. b4 Nbd5 13. a3 Ne7 14. O-O Nc6 15.
Nb3 Nxa5 16. Nxa5 Be4 17. Qc3 Qd5 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Bd6 20. Nc6 Ne4 21. Qc2
Bc5 22. Na5 Bd6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rad1 Be7 25. e4 Qd7 26. Nc6 O-O 27. Rd3 Ne8 28.
e5 g6 29. d5 g5 30. Ne3 Ng7 31. Rfd1 f5 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Nd5 Bd8 34. Nxd8 Rcxd8
35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Rxd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "203882"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. h3 Nh5 16. Nb3 Qxb4 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Qg4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd3 21.
Bg5 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Rec1 Nd3 24. Rxc6 Nxe5 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rac1 Nc4 27.
Rc5 Bd7 28. Nd2 Nd6 29. Nf3 Ne4 30. Rc7 Nxg5 31. Nxg5 Rg7 32. f4 h6 33. Nf3 Be8
34. Nd4 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Bf7 36. Nc6 g5 37. Ne5 Rf8 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rxa7 Be8 40.
Re7 Ba4 41. Rxe6 Bc2 42. Nf3 g4 43. hxg4 Be4 44. Ng5 Ra8 45. Nxe4 dxe4 46. Rxe4
Rxa2 47. Kh2 Kf7 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Re6+ Kg5 50. Re5+ Kg6 51. Rb5 Rc2 52. Kh4 Rxg2
53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Kh5 Ra2 55. Rb7+ Kg8 56. g5 Ra6 57. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "201324"]
[BlackFideId "1000330"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 O-O
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. e4 Bxa6 12. Re1 Nfd7 13. Bf1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15.
Qc2 Qa5 16. Bf4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. a4 Rfb8 19. Nd2 Qa6 20. a5 Bd3 21. Qd1 c4
22. Be3 Qc8 23. Qg4 Nc5 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. a6 Ra7 27. f3 Rb5 28.
Ra2 Kf7 29. Kf2 e6 30. dxe6+ Kxe6 31. Rea1 d5 32. Ra5 Rb2 33. exd5+ Kd6 34. Ke3
f5 35. R1a2 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Kxd5 37. Ra5+ Kc6 38. Kd4 Rd7+ 39. Ke5 Ra7 40. Ra2 Kb6
41. Kd6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6+ Kxa6 43. Kc5 Be2 44. f4 Ka5 45. Nxc4+ Ka4 46. Ne5 Kb3 47.
Kd4 Kc2 48. Nd7 Bb5 49. Nf8 Kd2 50. Nxh7 Ke2 51. c4 Be8 52. Nf6 Ba4 53. Nd5 Kf3
54. Ne7 Kg2 55. Ke3 Kxh2 56. Kf2 Kh3 57. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.13"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1018477"]
[BlackFideId "248886"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 c5
9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O e6 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Rab1 Bb7 13. a4 Qc7 14. b3 Rfe8 15. d5
exd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Bc4 Bc8 18. Ng3 h5 19. Be2 h4 20. Nh1 Nh5 21. Bg5 h3 22.
g4 Nf6 23. Nf2 Rb8 24. Nxh3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf2 Qa5 27. b4 cxb4 28. Na2 Qa3
29. Kg2 b3 30. Nc1 Nc4 31. Rxb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Nxd2 33. Rxd2 Bd7 34. Bf4 Rb6 35.
Ra2 Rc8 36. Ra7 Be8 37. Na5 Nd7 38. Nc6 Bf8 39. Nd3 Nb8 40. Ncb4 Nd7 41. Ne1 Nc5
42. Nec2 Bg7 43. Be3 Rbb8 44. Bf4 Be5 45. Bxe5 dxe5 46. Re7 Kf8 47. Rxe5 f6 48.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 49. Nd4 Kf8 50. h4 Rb6 51. g5 Na6 52. Nxa6 Rxa6 53. Bxb5 Ra2+ 54. Kg3
Rd2 55. Ne6+ Ke7 56. Nf4 Rg8 57. Bc4 fxg5 58. hxg5 Kd6 59. Nd3 Re8 60. Kf4 Re2
61. Bb5 Rf8+ 62. Kg3 Re3 63. Nf4 Rxf3+ 64. Kxf3 Ke5 65. Be8 Rxf4+ 66. Kg3 Rxe4
67. Bxg6 Rd4 68. Bf7 Kf5 69. g6 Rxd5 70. Bxd5 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5801605"]
[BlackFideId "4617495"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. h4 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 e5 6. a4 c4 7. f3 cxd3 8. Qxd3
Qxd3 9. cxd3 Be6 10. h5 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Nh3 f6 14. Ke2 O-O-O
15. Nd2 Bd4 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Bf7 18. b4 Kb8 19. g4 Rd7 20. Rc2 Rhd8 21. Rb1
a6 22. Nb3 Ba7 23. Rc3 Rd6 24. a5 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. g5 Rh8 27. Rh1 fxg5 28.
Nf2 Rxh1 29. Nxh1 Kc7 30. Nf2 Bd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Rc1 Rxb4 33. Rh1 Be6 34. Rh6
Rb5 35. Rxg6 Bd7 36. Rxg5 Rxa5 37. Ke3 Rb5 38. Ng4 Kd6 39. Nf6 Ke6 40. Nxd7 Kxd7
41. Rg7+ Ke6 42. f4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 a5 44. Rg8 Rb3 45. d4 a4 46. Re8+ Kd7 47. Ra8
a3 48. e5 b5 49. Kf5 Rf3+ 50. Ke4 Rh3 51. Kf5 Kc7 52. e6 Re3 53. Kf6 Kb7 54. Ra5
Kb6 55. Ra8 Kb7 56. Ra5 Kb6 57. Ra8 b4 58. Rb8+ Ka5 59. e7 Ka4 60. Ra8+ Kb3 61.
Ra5 a2 62. Re5 Rf3+ 63. Ke6 a1=Q 64. e8=Q Qxd4 65. Qg6 Qd3 66. Qg1 Rf1 67. Qg5
Qc4+ 68. Kd6 Qd4+ 69. Kxc6 Rf3 70. Kb5 Qc4+ 71. Ka5 Rc3 72. Re3 Ka2 73. Re1 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Black "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "241725"]
[BlackFideId "742910"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nb4 7. Ne5 Nxd3+ 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h4 Nd7 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Ng5 fxg5
15. hxg5 g6 16. Ke2 Rf5 17. f4 Qb6 18. Rxh7 Rxe5+ 19. fxe5 Kxh7 20. Rh1+ Kg7 21.
Qh3 Qb5+ 22. Kd1 Kf7 23. Qh8 Bf8 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Rh7 Bd7 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. Qxf8+
Be8 28. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "De Waele, Warre"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "241156"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d4 O-O 6. c3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Bf4
c5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. Be3 Nxc5 11. Qa3 b6 12. Bd4 Re8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Qb2 Bh3 15.
Ne5 h5 16. Rc1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ng5 18. Nd2 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Ne6 20. Nef3 Bh6 21. Bxf6
exf6 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. gxf4 Rxe2 24. Qb1 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Nc3 Bxc5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. Bd3
Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Nxd2 10. Bh4 d5 11. Kxd2 d4 12. Ne2 dxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Ne5 14. a3 Bxc3+
15. Kxc3 Nxd3 16. Kxd3 e5 17. c4 f6 18. a4 Be6 19. Kc3 h5 20. f3 g5 21. Bf2 h4
22. Be3 Kf7 23. Rhd1 h3 24. g3 Rhd8 25. b3 a6 26. Bb6 Rd7 27. Rd3 Rxd3+ 28. Kxd3
Bd7 29. Ke3 f5 30. Rd1 f4+ 31. Kf2 Bf5 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Kg6 34. b4 Bc2 35.
a5 Bd3 36. c5 Kf5 37. Bc7 Bb5 38. g4+ Kf6 39. Bd8+ Kg6 40. Bc7 Kf6 41. Bd8+ Kg6
42. Bc7 Kf6 43. Bd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "203882"]
[BlackFideId "201324"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qe2 Bg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Rae1 b5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc5 19. Qxa8 Bb7 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Qa7
Qc7 22. Bd5 exd5 23. b4 Ne4 24. Qe3 Qe7 25. Qh6 f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. a3 d4 28.
Kg1 Qd7 29. Ng5 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Black "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "472824"]
[BlackFideId "248886"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 h5 6. h3 e6 7. Ndb5 d6 8. Bf4
e5 9. Bg5 a6 10. Na3 b5 11. Nd5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. c4 b4 14. Nc2 a5 15. Qf3
Rb8 16. Rd1 Rh6 17. Be2 h4 18. O-O Bg5 19. b3 Kf8 20. Ra1 Ne7 21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22.
a3 Bd2 23. axb4 axb4 24. Qd3 Bc3 25. Ra4 Qb7 26. Qe3 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Qb6
Bb7 29. Bf3 Kg8 30. Nxb4 d5 31. Qb5 dxe4 32. Be2 Bd4 33. c5 Rf6 34. Qc4 Kh8 35.
Qb5 Kh7 36. Qc4 g6 37. Nc2 Ba6 38. Qa4 Bxc5 39. Bxa6 Rxa6 40. Qc4 Qa7 41. Qxe4
Qe7 42. b4 Bb6 43. Qc4 Ra7 44. b5 Rc7 45. Qb3 Kg7 46. Nb4 Rc5 47. Nd3 Rc8 48.
Re1 Qf6 49. Qb2 Bd4 50. Qe2 Qf5 51. b6 Bxb6 52. Qxe5+ Qxe5 53. Nxe5 Rc2 54. Ng4
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1000330"]
[BlackFideId "1018477"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8.
O-O-O Ng4 9. Be1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Ng5
Nd8 15. f3 exd4 16. exd4 h6 17. h4 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ne4 a4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Bd5 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Bg3 c5 24. Be5 Qe6 25. Rhe1 cxd4 26. Bg3 Qc6 27. cxd4
Qd5 28. Kb1 Rec8 29. Qe4 Qc4 30. d5 Qc3 31. Be5 Qa3 32. Qg4 Qf8 33. d6 f6 34.
Bf4 Rc4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Bg3 Rac8 37. Rc1 Nc5 38. Qd5 a3 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. d7
Nxd7 41. Qxd7 Qb4+ 42. Kc2 Qb2+ 43. Kd1 Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Qxa2+ 45. Kf1 Rg8 46. Bf2
c3 47. Qc6 Qd2 48. Qa4 a2 49. Be3 Qd3+ 50. Kf2 Rb8 51. Bd4 c2 52. Kg3 Qd2 53.
Re8+ Kh7 54. Bb2 Qd6+ 55. Kh3 Rxe8 56. Qxe8 c1=Q 57. Qe4+ f5 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "241725"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Nb5 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 f5 9. Nc7+ Kf7 10. g4 g5 11. gxf5 gxf4 12. O-O-O Qxc7 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Nxe4
Qe5 15. Qh4+ Kf8 16. Rg1 d5 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. fxe6 Bf8 20. Rg7 Ne7
21. Nxd5 Qxg7 22. Nb6+ Ke8 23. Qh5+ Qg6 24. Nxa8 Bxe6 25. Qe5 Bg7 26. Nc7+ Kf7
27. Qxf4+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Bxf6 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Bc4+ Ke5 31. Rd7 Bg5+ 32. Kd1 Rb8
33. Ke2 h6 34. c3 b5 35. Bd3 Nd5 36. Rxa7 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 Nxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Rd8+ 39.
Ke2 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rxb2 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rc2 43. Rc4 Kd5 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Ra4
Rxc3+ 46. Kg4 Bc1 47. f4 Rc2 48. Ra6 Rg2+ 49. Kf3 Rxh2 50. Kg3 Rh1 51. Kg2 Rd1
52. Rxh6 Bxf4 53. Rh5+ Kd4 54. Kf3 Be5 55. Rg5 Rf1+ 56. Kg4 Ke4 57. Rg6 Bf6 58.
Kh5 Ke5 59. Rg2 Kf5 60. Rg5+ Ke6 61. Rg2 Rf4 62. Rg4 Rf5+ 63. Kg6 Ra5 64. Rg2
Rb5 65. Rg3 Be5 66. Rg2 Rb8 67. Rg4 Rf8 68. Kg5 Rf1 69. Kg6 Bf4 70. Rg2 Rh1 71.
Re2+ Be5 72. Rg2 Rh8 73. Rg4 Rh3 74. Kg5 Bf6+ 75. Kf4 Ra3 76. Ke4 Ra5 77. Kf4
Rf5+ 78. Ke4 Bg5 79. Kd3 Ra5 80. Re4+ Kf5 81. Re2 Ra3+ 82. Kd4 Bf6+ 83. Kd5 Rd3+
84. Kc4 Rd8 85. Kc5 Be5 86. Kc4 Rd4+ 87. Kc5 Ke6 88. Re3 Rd8 89. Rb3 Rc8+ 90.
Kb5 Kd5 91. Rd3+ Bd4 92. Rb3 Bc3 93. Ka4 Kc4 94. Rb4+ Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4617495"]
[BlackFideId "203882"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Na5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O a6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2
Rc8 16. b3 Nf5 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Qd3 e6 19. Qh3 f6 20. Ng4 e5 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22.
Qxh6 Qd7 23. h3 Qg7 24. Qd2 h5 25. Nh2 b5 26. f4 Nb7 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Ne4 Rf5
29. Rf1 Rcf8 30. Qd3 Qh6 31. Rde1 Kg7 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qg3+ Kh8 34. Qxe5+ Qg7
35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Ng5 bxc4 37. bxc4 Nd6 38. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 Rg8 40. h4 Nxc4
41. Re7+ Kh6 42. Rc7 Ne5 43. f4 Nf3+ 44. Kf2 Nxg5 45. fxg5+ Kg6 46. Rxc5 Rd8 47.
Kf3 Rd7 48. Kf4 Rd8 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. d6 Kg6 51. Rxa6 Rd7 52. Rc6 Kg7 53. Kxf5
Rf7+ 54. Ke5 Rd7 55. Ke6 Ra7 56. d7 Rxa2 57. d8=Q Re2+ 58. Kf5 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "5801605"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Qd2 Qxd2
15. Nxd2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Rfd1 b5 18. c4 Nf6 19. Be2 Rc8 20. f3 Kf8 21. b3
g5 22. Nf1 Ke7 23. Ne3 Rb7 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Rad1 Rb6 26. cxb5 axb5 27. a4 Rc3 28.
Kf2 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rbb3 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Kd7 33. Bb5+ Kc7 34.
a5 d5 35. exd5 Nxd5 36. Bc4 Kc6 37. Bxd5+ Bxd5 38. Nxd5 Kxd5 39. g4 Kc5 40. Ke3
Kb5 41. Ke4 Kxa5 42. Kxe5 Kb4 43. Kf6 Kc4 44. Kxf7 Kd4 45. Kg7 Ke3 46. Kxh7 Kxf3
47. h3 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "742910"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. h4 Nb6 13. Kb1 Nfd7 14. Rh2 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Rb8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qd2 c3 20. Qd3 Rxb2+ 21. Ka1
Qc6 22. Rg2 Be7 23. g5 O-O 24. gxf6 Rfb8 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "De Waele, Warre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1018477"]
[BlackFideId "241156"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bf4 b6 8. Nf3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qxc7 Qd5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qd1 Nbd7 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Qb5
15. b3 Bd5 16. a4 Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxb3 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Nd3 a5 22. f3 Rc4 23. Be3 Re8 24. Kf2 Rc6 25. Ra3 Rec8 26. g4 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3
28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 h6 30. h4 Ne8 31. Ba3 g5 32. Be7 f6 33. h5 Kf7 34. Bd8 Ng7
35. Bc7 Ne6 36. Bd6 Nxd4 37. Nb2 Ke6 38. Bc7 Nc6 39. Nd1 d4 40. e3 Kd5 41. exd4
Nxd4 42. Nc3+ Kc6 43. Bd8 f5 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf5 Nxf5 46. Ne2 Nc5 47. Bf6 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "201324"]
[BlackFideId "472824"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 b6 8. a3
Be7 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Bf4 g5 16. Nd7 gxf4 17. Nxf6+ Kh8 18. Qe4 Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. O-O Bb7 21. Qxf4+
Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. e3 Be7 27. Ne4 Kg7
28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. b3 Be7 31. a4 Nd7 32. Nd3 f5 33. Nd2 Kf6 34. Ke2
e5 35. e4 Ke6 36. f3 Nf6 37. Nc4 Nd7 38. Ne3 fxe4 39. fxe4 Bc5 40. Nf5 Bg1 41.
h3 Nf6 42. Kf3 h5 43. b4 axb4 44. Nxb4 Bc5 45. Nd3 Bf8 46. Ne3 Bd6 47. Nc4 Bc7
48. Ke3 Nh7 49. Nb4 Kd7 50. Nd5 Ng5 51. Ncxb6+ Kc6 52. Nc4 Bb8 53. h4 Ne6 54.
Nf6 Ng7 55. Kf3 Bc7 56. Ne3 Bd8 57. Ned5 Kd6 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Ke6 60. Nh7
Kf7 61. Ng5+ Kg6 62. Nf3 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "248886"]
[BlackFideId "1000330"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 e6 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. c3 b5 11. h4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Bc2 13. Bd2 Bb3 14. Bd3 Rxa2
15. O-O Ra4 16. c4 Bd6 17. Ne4 Ke7 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. Bf4+ Ke7 20. Rxa4 bxa4 21.
c5 b5 22. Bd6+ Kd8 23. Be4 Bd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Re1 Rg8 26. f4 f5 27. Re7 Rg7
28. Kh2 h5 29. Re1 Rg6 30. Re7 Rf6 31. Kg3 b4 32. Re1 Re6 33. Ra1 a3 34. Kf2 Nf6
35. bxa3 Ne4+ 36. Kg1 b3 37. Rb1 Nd2 38. Rb2 Re2 39. Kh1 Kc8 40. a4 Kb7 41. Be5
Ka6 42. Bc7 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Nf1+ 44. Kg1 Ne3+ 45. Kf2 Nd1+ 46. Kxe1 Nxb2 47. a5 Nc4
48. Kd1 Nxa5 49. Kd2 Nc4+ 50. Kc3 b2 51. Kc2 Kb5 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "4617495"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be5 h5 14. h4 Bh6 15.
Bxf6 exf6 16. e3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Qd1 Re7 20. Rc1 Rae8 21. Kh2
Bg4 22. Qc2 Kg7 23. b3 Bf5 24. Qc3 Qd8 25. Qxc6 Qb8 26. Rc5 Bd7 27. Qc7 Qb4 28.
Qa5 Qb8 29. Qc7 Qb4 30. Qa5 Qb8 31. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "241725"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 a6 12. Na3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15.
O-O Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rb8 17. Rab1 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qa5 20. Bf4 Rfd8 21.
Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 Bb2 23. Bc1 Bxc1 24. Rfxc1 Re8 25. Kf1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Re5 27.
Rb6 Rxd5 28. Rxa6 Kf8 29. Ra7 Kg7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Ra4 Ke6 32. f4 g5 33. g4 gxf4
34. Rxf4 Re5+ 35. Kd2 d5 36. a4 d4 37. a5 Re3 38. Rf5 Kd6 39. a6 Ra3 40. Kc2 Kc6
41. Rxf7 Kb5 42. a7 Rxa2+ 43. Kb3 Ra1 44. Rb7+ Kc6 45. Rxh7 d3 46. Rh3 Rxa7 47.
Rxd3 c4+ 48. Kxc4 Ra4+ 49. Kc3 Rxg4 50. h3 Re4 51. Kd2 Kc5 52. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "201324"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
e5 9. Nd2 e4 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. f3 exf3 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Kh1 f5 15. Rg1
Qh4 16. Nf1 Qf2 17. Bd2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "De Waele, Warre"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "241156"]
[BlackFideId "5801605"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3 f6 8.
Be3 c6 9. a4 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Nd2 Ke7 12. h4 Nd7 13. a5 Nc5 14. h5 Ne6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. c3 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Nf7 20. g3 Rad8 21. Raf1
f5 22. f4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Nf2 exf4 25. gxf4 c5 26. Nxf5+ gxf5 27. Nd1 Nd6
28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Ne3 Kd7 30. c4 Ke6 31. Rf2 Rh1 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 Nf7 34.
Nc2 Nd8 35. Na1 Kd6 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Kh4 Ke7 39. Kg5 Kf7 40. Kh4 Kg6
41. Kg3 Kh5 42. Kh3 Ne2 43. Nc2 Nxf4+ 44. Kg3 Nd3 45. b3 Kg5 46. Kf3 Ne5+ 47.
Ke3 Nc6 48. a6 bxa6 49. Ne1 Na5 50. Nf3+ Kf6 51. Nd2 Nc6 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "203882"]
[BlackFideId "248886"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Re1 d4 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Ndf3 Ne8 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Nxe5 Nd6 14. c3
dxc3 15. bxc3 Qe7 16. Nxf7 Nxf7 17. d4 Nd7 18. f4 Nf8 19. f5 Bd7 20. Qd3 Rd8 21.
e5 Be8 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rf1 Nh6 24. f6 gxf6 25. exf6 Qd7 26. Qg5 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "1018477"]
[BlackFideId "742910"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. d5 Nf6 14. dxe6
Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Qxd2 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nxd2 Rd8 18. e5 Rxd2 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. a4
Rc6 21. g3 Rc4 22. Rfe1 Rcc2 23. Rad1 Rxf2 24. Re7 Rg2+ 25. Kf1 Rgd2 26. Rxd2
Rxd2 27. Rxa7 Rxh2 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 Rh2+ 31. Kf1 Rh1+ 32. Kf2
Rh2+ 33. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1000330"]
[BlackFideId "472824"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qd2
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 c6 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd6 14. O-O Nd7 15.
b5 Rfd8 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Qb5 Nf8 19. Ne1 Qb7 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. Nb4
Ne7 22. Ne2 Bg5 23. g3 Nf5 24. Qd3 Qd7 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Ne7 27. Kg2 h5 28.
h4 Bf6 29. Qe2 g6 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Rc1 a5 32. Nd3 Rc8 33. a4 Qe6 34. Nf4 Qf5 35.
Qd1 Rc4 36. Nb5 Qc8 37. Ne2 Nf5 38. Rxc4 Qxc4 39. Nec3 Qc6 40. Kg1 Ne7 41. Qf3
Qc4 42. Qe2 Qc6 43. Qa2 Kf8 44. Qa3 Kg7 45. Qd6 Qc4 46. Nc7 Qxc3 47. Ne8+ Kf8
48. Nxf6 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qc8 50. Nxd5 Qb7 51. e4 Ke8 52. Nc7+ Kf8 53. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "4617495"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rd2 Ne3 17. Bd3 f5 18. Re1 f4 19. Nc3 Re8 20. Nd1 Nf5 21.
Rde2 Nh4 22. Be4 Ba6 23. Bxc6 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rac8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Nc3 Kg7 27.
Ne4 h6 28. Rd2 Re7 29. b4 g5 30. Kb2 Kg6 31. c4 Nf5 32. c5 Nd4 33. Kc3 Kf5 34.
h3 h5 35. Nf2 a5 36. a3 axb4+ 37. axb4 Ra7 38. Kc4 Ra1 39. Kd5 Ra4 40. c6 Nxc6
41. Kxc6 Rxb4 42. Kc5 Rb3 43. Rd6 g4 44. hxg4+ hxg4 45. Nxg4 Rc3+ 46. Kb4 Rc2
47. Rd5 Kg5 48. Nxe5 Rxg2 49. Kc4 Kh4 50. Kd3 Kg3 51. Ke4 Ra2 52. Rd8 Ra4+ 53.
Kf5 Kf2 54. Kg4 Ke3 55. Rd3+ Ke2 56. Rb3 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1019554"]
[BlackFideId "203882"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. Nb3
h5 9. a4 h4 10. a5 a6 11. h3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O
16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Qe1 Bd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3
22. Qe4 Rad8 23. b4 Qc7 24. Rc4 R8d5 25. Re1 Rd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd5 28.
Rd4 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd8+ Qxd8 31. Qxe5 Qd2 32. b5 axb5 33. a6 bxa6 34. c6
f6 35. Qc5 Qf4+ 36. g3 hxg3+ 37. fxg3 Qc7 38. h4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5801605"]
[BlackFideId "241725"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. d3 c5 8. e4 Nc6
9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Kh8 11. h4 h6 12. Nbd2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4 e5 15. Nxf6
Bxf6 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Be4 Qd7 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Kg2 h5 21. Bg5 Qg6
22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nxc5 Rf5 24. Ne4 Ng8 25. Ng5 Nh6 26. Qe4 Ng4 27. a3 Raf8 28.
Ra2 Qf6 29. b4 b6 30. c5 g6 31. Qb7 Rxg5 32. hxg5 Ne3+ 33. Kg1 Qe6 34. fxe3
Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qxa2 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qxa7+ Kg8 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qb7+ Kh8 40.
Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qc7+ Kg8 42. cxb6 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qxd3 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46.
exd4 Qe4+ 47. Qf3 Qc2+ 48. Kh3 e4 49. Qg2 Qc6 50. a4 Qd7+ 51. Kh2 Qxd4 52. a5
Qxb4 53. a6 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "1018477"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3
Bf8 9. Be2 h6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5
15. O-O Ng4 16. h3 Qh4 17. Be1 Bd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19. f4 Qd8 20. fxe5 Nxe3 21.
Qg6 Nxf1 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxf1 dxe5 24. Bg3 Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Qd6 26. Ne4 Qd4 27.
Nf6 Bf5 28. Ne8 Qd7 29. Qf8+ Kh7 30. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Black "De Waele, Warre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "472824"]
[BlackFideId "241156"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bg7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nfd7 14. Bf4 Nc5
15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Qe3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nc8 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Be5 Nd6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 a5 23. Rd4 Ra6 24. Qe5+ f6 25. Qe3 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. c4
b5 28. b3 Ra3 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. Re4 e5 31. dxe6 Rxb3 32. Qc1 Re7 33. Rd4 Rd3 34.
Rc4 Qa5 35. Rc5 Qb6 36. Rc6 Qa5 37. Rc5 Qb6 38. Rc6 Qa5 39. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "742910"]
[BlackFideId "1000330"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be3
Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15.
Be2 Bc6 16. g5 Qb7 17. h5 f5 18. h6 g6 19. Bg7 Rf7 20. Rh4 Nf8 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Bxf8 Rfxf8 23. f4 e5 24. Qe3 exf4 25. Qd4 Be4+ 26. Ka1 Bd8 27. Rxf4 Re8 28. Nxe4
fxe4 29. Rdf1 Bxg5 30. Rf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qg7+ Ke6 33. Bg4# 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "248886"]
[BlackFideId "201324"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. b4 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. b5
Nc5 16. Bxf6 Nxa4 17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. Bxd8 Nxd1 19. Bc7 Nb2 20. Nc3 a4 21. Ra1
Rfc8 22. b6 Nc4 23. Nb5 Ra5 24. Bf1 Rxb5 25. Bxc4 Rxb6 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxb6
Ra8 28. f3 a3 29. c4 a2 30. c5 d5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Bc7 Ke6 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4
Be4 35. Kf2 Bb1 36. Be5 g5 37. c6 Kf5 38. c7 gxf4 39. Bd6 Rg8 40. Be7 Ra8 41.
Bd6 Rc8 42. Kf3 Be4+ 43. Kf2 Bb1 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. Bxf4 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Rc3 47. Bd6
h4 48. Kg2 Ke4 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Kf3 51. Be5 Rc5 52. Bd6 Rc6 53. Be5 Rc5 54.
Bd6 Rc1+ 55. Kh2 Rc2+ 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rg8 58. Kh2 Rc8 59. Kg1 Re8 60. Be5
Rg8+ 61. Kh2 Ke4 62. Bd6 Kd5 63. Bf4 Kc4 64. Bg5 Rc8 65. Bf4 Kb3 66. Kg2 Be4+
67. Kf2 Bf5 68. Be5 Re8 69. Bd4 Re4 70. Bg7 Bxh3 71. Rc1 Rc4 72. Rh1 Bf5 73. Bf6
h3 74. Be5 Bc8 75. Kg3 Rg4+ 76. Kf3 Rc4 77. Ke3 Rc2 78. Kf4 Rc4+ 79. Ke3 Rc5 80.
Kf4 Rc2 81. Kg3 Re2 82. Bd4 Kc4 83. Ba1 Rg2+ 84. Kf3 Rc2 85. Kg3 Kb5 86. Be5 Rc5
87. Kf4 Rc4+ 88. Kg3 Re4 89. Ba1 Ka4 90. Bf6 Re6 91. Bd4 Rd6 92. Be5 Rb6 93. Rd1
Rb3+ 94. Kh2 Re3 95. Rd8 Re2+ 96. Kg1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. h5 O-O 11. h6 Bh8 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Kf1 Ndf6 15.
Qxb6 axb6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Bxd6 Bd4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Nf3 Rac8 21.
Kg1 f6 22. Rc1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Kf7 24. Kg2 Rcd8 25. Bh2 Rd7 26. Rhe1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Bxc3 28. bxc3 f5 29. Bb8 b5 30. cxb5 Rxd5 31. a4 c4 32. Rb1 Nf6 33. Ba7 Rd2 34.
Rb4 Nd5 35. Rxc4 g5 36. Bd4 Ra2 37. Rc5 Ke6 38. c4 Nf4+ 39. Kh2 Nd3 40. Rc7 Rxa4
41. Kg3 Rb4 42. b6 Rb1 43. Rxh7 Rh1 44. Kg2 Rd1 45. Be3 f4 46. Rxb7 fxe3 47.
fxe3 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Ne1 49. Rb8 Rg2+ 50. Kh3 Rg1 51. Rf8 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4617495"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. e3 a4 12. Qe2 e6 13. Rfc1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. Ba3
Re8 16. b4 Na7 17. Bb2 c6 18. a3 Nb5 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Re1 Red8 21. Rad1 Ne7 22.
Be2 Nd6 23. Ne5 b5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Qb1 Qb6 26. Rc5 Nb7 27. Rc2 Bxe5 28. dxe5
Nf5 29. Bf3 c5 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Qf3 33. Qc2 Nh4 34. gxh4
Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5801605"]
[BlackFideId "742910"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bg4 5. f3 Bd7 6. f4 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Qc1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bb2 e5 15.
Bf3 Bc6 16. fxe5 Ng5 17. exf6 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 d4 19. f7+ Rxf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21.
Qe1 dxe3 22. Qf1+ Kg8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. dxe3 Qg5 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nf3 Qxe3+ 27.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Rd2 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Ke5 33.
Kd3 b5 34. a3 Kd5 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 h6 37. c3 a6 38. g4 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40.
h4 Ke5 41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1000330"]
[BlackFideId "241725"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O c5
9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qe5 15.
Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Nf5 h5 17. b4 Bf8 18. Bb2 Re8 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Qh3 Ne5
22. Rac1 Qb3 23. f4 Qxb2 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Ne3 Qxb4 26. Ncd5 Bxd5 27. Rc7+ Kg6
28. Nxd5 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Rd3 Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "203882"]
[BlackFideId "472824"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 Bd6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. h3 Re8 8. g4 Nd4
9. g5 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Rg1 Kf8 13. Qg3 d6 14. Bh6 Ng4 15.
Be3 Bh4 16. Qg2 d5 17. Nxd5 c6 18. hxg4 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Bg5 20. Qh2 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Qg5 22. Kd2 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1018477"]
[BlackFideId "201324"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nfd7 11. a3 Nc6 12. Kb1 Nce5 13. h4 Nb6 14. Qf2 Nbc4 15.
Bc1 Rc8 16. b3 Nxa3+ 17. Bxa3 Rxc3 18. Bb2 Qc8 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. g5
Nd7 22. Bh3 O-O 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxd7 Rxf3 26. Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1
Bxe4 28. Qf2 Qd5 29. Ka2 h6 30. gxh6 Bf6 31. hxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qf7 Qe5 33. Qe8+
Qxe8 34. Bxe8 Bxc2 35. Rc1 Be4 36. Rc7 Bd4 37. Bc6 Bd3 38. Rb7 Bc5 39. Kb2 b4
40. Bd5 Bd4+ 41. Ka2 Bc5 42. Re7 a5 43. h5 Bd4 44. Be4 Bxe4 45. Rxe4 Be5 46. Rg4
Kh7 47. Rg6 Bf4 48. Kb1 d5 49. Ra6 Bd2 50. Kc2 Bc3 51. Rxa5 d4 52. Ra6 Kg7 53.
Kd3 Kh7 54. Rd6 Kg7 55. Rxd4 Kh6 56. Rd5 Be1 57. Kc4 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "De Waele, Warre"]
[Black "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "241156"]
[BlackFideId "248886"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. a3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Qg4 Qe7 16. b4 Qe6 17. Qg3 Rfc8 18. O-O c5 19. Rcd1 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Bd5 21. h3
a5 22. Bd6 Bc4 23. Rfe1 Bd3 24. Rc1 b5 25. Bc5 h6 26. Kh2 Rc6 27. Be7 Kh7 28.
Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Bd6 Qc4 30. Qg4 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Be5 Ra7 34. Ra1
Rb7 35. h4 Qd5 36. Qg3 Be2 37. Ra8 b3 38. Rb8 Rf7 39. Rf8 Rb7 40. Rb8 Rf7 41.
Rf8 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1018477"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qb1 Qxb1 10. Raxb1 O-O-O 11. dxc5 d4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Nb5 Bxc5 14. Bh4 a6
15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Bxc2 17. Bc4 Rxd6 18. Rb2 Bf5 19. Nd2 Nge7 20. g4 Bxg4
21. Ne4 Rhd8 22. Nxd6+ Rxd6 23. Bg3 e5 24. f4 e4 25. f5 Ne5 26. Be6+ Kc7 27.
Bxe5 fxe5 28. Rg2 h5 29. h3 Bxh3 30. Rc1+ Rc6 31. Rxc6+ Kxc6 32. Rxg7 Bxf5 33.
Rxe7 Kd6 34. Bxf5 Kxe7 35. Bc8 a5 36. Bxb7 e3 37. Kg2 Kd6 38. Kg3 Kc5 39. Bf3 d3
40. Bxh5 Kd4 41. Kf3 e4+ 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Maerevoet, Sim"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "241725"]
[BlackFideId "203882"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. d5 Na5 7. e4 d6 8. h3 O-O
9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 e5 12. Bd2 Nh5 13. Ne2 f5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6
16. dxe6 Nc6 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. Bb1 Nd4 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Qe8 22.
Qxe8 Rbxe8 23. Ra3 Rxe6 24. Re1 Kh8 25. f3 h5 26. Rd3 Rg6 27. Bc3 h4 28. Bxd4
cxd4 29. Rb3 Rf7 30. Rb6 Rgf6 31. Bd3 Bh6 32. b4 Be3+ 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. a5 Re7 35.
b5 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Bb1 axb5 38. Rxb5 Rfe6 39. Rf5 Re5 40. Ref1 Rxf5 41.
Rxf5 d3 42. g3 Rf7 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. gxh4 Kf6 45. Kg3 Kf5 46. h5 Bh6 47. Kf2
Ke5 48. Ba2 e3+ 49. Ke1 Bg5 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "1019554"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 b5 6. d6 Nc6 7. O-O exd6 8. Nc3 a6
9. Qxd6 Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Nxe7 11. Be3 d6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Rxd6 Nf5 14. Rb6 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 b4 16. Na4 Bd5 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 O-O 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bxb2 21. Nd2
Rab8 22. Nc4 Kg7 23. Nc7 1-0

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ruzhansky, Elias"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "472824"]
[BlackFideId "4617495"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2
d4 9. Nb1 Qb6 10. b3 a5 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a4 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bg2 axb3 15.
cxb3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. dxc4 e5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Bf1 O-O 21. Qc2
Qd6 22. b4 c5 23. b5 Ra5 24. a4 Rfa8 25. Ra3 Nb6 26. Rea1 Qe6 27. Kg2 R8a7 28.
Bd3 Nc8 29. Qe2 g6 30. Bc2 Nd6 31. Bb3 b6 32. Re1 Rd7 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. Raa1 Re7
35. Rf1 f5 36. f3 Rf7 37. Rae1 fxe4 38. fxe4 Raa7 39. Qe2 Qc8 40. Bc2 Qg8 41.
Bb3 Qa8 42. Kg1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Rf7+ 44. Kg1 Qa5 45. Rc1 Qb4 46. Qd3 h5 47. Rf1
Rxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Nb7 49. g4 h4 50. g5 Qa3 51. Kg2 Qc1 52. Bd1 Qxg5+ 53. Bg4 Na5 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Dauw, Sterre"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "248886"]
[BlackFideId "5801605"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf3 Nb6 14. O-O-O Nc4 15. g5
Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Nd7 17. gxh6 Rxh6 18. h5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Na5 Bc8 21. Nc6 Rf6
22. Rd3 Bf8 23. Rg1 Be6 24. Rg3 Rf4 25. Nb4 Rh4 26. b3 Rh2 27. Rg2 Rxg2 28. Bxg2
Be7 29. Kb2 Bh4 30. Rxd6 Bxf2 31. Ncd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Bg4 33. h6 Ke7 34. Rc6 gxh6
35. Rxh6 Rg8 36. d6+ Kf8 37. Bh3 Kg7 38. Bxg4 Kxh6 39. Bh3 e4 40. d7 e3 0-1

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Csonka, Balazs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "201324"]
[BlackFideId "742910"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 c5 8. Bf3
Ra7 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. Bxb7 Rxb7 11. O-O Rd7 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rfc1 e5 19. Nf3 Rd5 20. Rxa4 Qb6
21. Rac4 h6 22. h3 Rfd8 23. Rc8 Qf6 24. Qc4 Qd6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qc8 e4 27.
Nd4 g6 28. Qb7 Rd7 29. Qxe4 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. b3 Kg7 32. g3 a5 33. h4 h5 34.
Qe8 Nd7 35. Qe7 Kg8 36. Kh2 Qc8 37. Qd6 Kg7 38. Nc6 Nf6 39. Nd4 Ng4+ 40. Kg2 Qc3
41. Qe7 Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd7 Kg8 44. Nf3 Qxb3 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qxa5 Qb7 47.
Qc3+ Kg8 48. Qd4 Nh2 49. e4 Nxf3 50. Kxf3 Qb3+ 51. Kf4 Qb5 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qd5
Qb6 54. Qe5+ Kg8 55. f3 Qd8 56. Qc3 Qd6+ 57. e5 Qd7 58. g4 hxg4 59. fxg4 Qd8 60.
Kg3 Qd1 61. Qe3 Kg7 62. Qf2 Qd3+ 63. Qf3 Qd8 64. Qc3 Kg8 65. Qe3 Qd1 66. Kf4 Qd8
67. Kg3 Qd1 68. Qf3 Qe1+ 69. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th Ghent Open 2023"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "De Waele, Warre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1000330"]
[BlackFideId "241156"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. h3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Rd1 e5 13. O-O Re8 14. Bc1 exd4 15.
exd4 b4 16. Nb1 b3 17. axb3 Nb4 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qe1 a5 20. Na3 Nd5 21. Nc2 Bb4
22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. Bc4 Nd6 24. Be3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qh4 26. Kh2 Nf5 27. Rd2 Rad8 28.
Rg1 h6 29. Rg4 Qf6 30. Qg1 Nh4 31. Be2 Nd5 32. Rd3 Nf5 33. Kh1 Qd6 34. Bd1 Re6
35. Bd2 Rde8 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. Rf4 Nd5 38. Rg4 h5 39. Rg3 Nxg3 40. fxg3 Rg6 41. g4
Rge6 42. Qf1 Nf4+ 43. Bxf4 Qxf4 44. Qf2 Re1 45. Qd2 Qf6 46. g5 Qf5 47. h4 f6 48.
Rc3 fxg5 49. hxg5 Qd7 50. f4 Qb5 51. Qd3 Qxd3 52. Rxd3 R8e3 53. Rd2 g6 54. Kf2
Re7 55. Be2 Rc1 56. d5 Kg7 57. Bf3 Rb1 58. Kg3 Re3 59. d6 cxd6 60. Kf2 Rxb3 61.
Rxd6 R1xb2+ 62. Be2 Rc3 0-1

