[Event "2025 King County Open"]
[Site "Bellevue, WA"]
[Date "2025.09.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sundaram, Siddarth M"]
[Black "Bimod, Karthik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[GameId "2227116625252352"]
[EventDate "2025.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,92,33,21,47,60,76,47,47,20,37,42,48,57,59,23,15,5,21,29,32,27,19,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,18,19,4,24,23,23,26,27,19,11,0,0,-39,-39,-42,-43,-43,-47,-43,-44,-44,-44,-42,-41,-40,-31,-34,-22,-14,-15,-7,-8,-14,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,-8,-22,0,0,0,-79,-53,-125,-133,-169,-177,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 ({Still known theory, but more popular is} 10... b5 {, when it's easily possible to play 20+ moves of "book." For example,} 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Qc3 Ra7 {is arguably following the most popular choice at each move. Results from here are roughly equally split, with very few draws, despite the engine suggesting about +1 for White.}) 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nfxg4 14. gxh6 Rxh6 (14... Bxh4 15. Qxh4 Qe7 {seems a crisper way to reach game-similar positions, as} 16. Qxe7+ $2 (16. Qg3 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Qe3 $15 {a tempo ahead of the game line, assuming the h-pawn won't run away somehow.}) 16... Kxe7 $17 {definitely favors Black.}) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Be2 (16. h4 {prevents ingress for the black queen via g5, at least.}) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Qh4 $1 18. Bxg4 Qxg3 ({Correctly judging endgames to be at least equal for Black. Instead,} 18... Nxg4 $6 19. Qg1 $1 Rg6 (19... Nf2 $4 20. Nf3 ({Or the more attack oriented} 20. Qg8+ Ke7 21. Nf5+ $3 exf5 22. Nd5+ Kd7 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Rhg1 Ng4 25. exf5 $18 {with overwhelming threats.}) 20... Qf4 21. Qxf2 $18 {, and if} Rf6 22. Qb6 $18) 20. Nf3 {with complications that appear to favor White, such as} Qh3 (20... Qf2 21. h3 Qxg1 22. Rhxg1 $14) 21. Qb6 $1 Qxf3 22. Rhf1 Qe3 23. Qxd6 Qg5 24. Qc7 Qe7 $4 ({Stockfish offers the defense} 24... Rg7 25. Rg1 Qe7 26. Qf4 Qg5 27. Qd6 Qe7 28. Qd4 {and still claims White is better, with more than sufficient compensation for the piece.}) 25. Rd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxf7#) 19. hxg3 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nxg4 21. Nf3 (21. Na4) 21... Ke7 22. Rh4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Kc1 Bd7 25. Kd2 Rg8 26. g4 Bc6 27. Ke3 Rg7 28. Ne2 Kd6 29. Nc1 b6 30. Nd3 Bb5 31. Ne1 Bc6 32. Nf3 f6 33. b3 a5 34. a4 Bb7 35. Nh2 Rc7 36. Kd3 Ba6+ 37. c4 Kc5 38. Kc3 $6 {A very natural, even obvious, human move. Also, according to Stockfish, slightly wrong. The engine prefers the passive-looking} (38. Nf3 Kb4 39. Nd2 {, claiming complete equality.} Rg7 (39... Bb7 40. Rh6 Rd7+ 41. Kc2 Rf7 42. g5 fxg5 43. Rxe6 Rg7 44. Rxe5 Ka3 (44... g4 $4 45. Kb2 Bc6 46. Nb1 Rh7 47. Na3 Rh2+ 48. Nc2+ Rxc2+ 49. Kxc2 g3 50. Kb2 g2 51. Rg5 $18) 45. Nb1+ Ka2 46. Nc3+ Ka3 (46... Ka1 $4 47. Rf5 $18)) (39... Rd7+ 40. Kc2 Bb7 (40... Rd4 41. Rh7) 41. Rh6 Rf7 42. g5 {transposes to the previous line.}) 40. Rh6 Rxg4 41. Rxf6 Rg3+ 42. Kc2 Rc3+ 43. Kd1) 38... Bb7 39. Rh6 $6 ({Heading back to d3, despite the loss of two moves, appears the best chance.} 39. Kd3 Kb4 (39... Rd7+ 40. Ke3 Rd4 41. g5 fxg5 42. Rg4 Kb4 43. Nf3 $15 {The position still holds chances to complicate, such as} Rxe4+ $5 44. Rxe4 Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Kxb3 46. Nxe5 Kxa4 {Now White must be very careful.} 47. Nc6 Ka3 48. Nxa5 $1 Kb4 49. Nb7 Kxc4 50. Nd6+ Kc5 $15 {may be best, though that knight must still scramble to stop all the runners.}) 40. Rh6 Rd7+ 41. Ke3 Rd4 42. Rxf6 Rxe4+ 43. Kd3 Rd4+ 44. Ke3 Kxb3 45. Rxe6 Kxc4 46. Rxb6 $15 {Material is getting low.}) 39... Bxe4 40. g5 (40. Rxf6 Rd7 41. Nf1 Rd3+ 42. Kb2 Kb4 $17) 40... Rg7 $1 41. gxf6 $2 (41. Rxf6 Rxg5 42. Rxe6 Rg3+ 43. Kd2 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rxb3 45. Rxe5+ Kd4 46. Rh5 Ra3 $17 {This is closer to winning than drawing.}) 41... Rg2 $1 {The trap snaps shut.} 42. b4+ axb4+ 43. Kb3 Bb1 $1 44. a5 b5 $1 (44... Ba2+ 45. Ka4 Bxc4 46. Z0 Ra2# {works as well.}) 45. cxb5 Kxb5 46. Rh4 Ba2# 0-1

[Event "2025 King County Open"]
[Site "Bellevue, WA"]
[Date "2025.09.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wan, Bertrand"]
[Black "Vemparala, Nikash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[GameId "2227116625244160"]
[EventDate "2025.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,83,18,14,23,4,13,11,17,31,33,20,42,38,38,38,38,34,52,38,52,45,42,33,41,13,29,-12,117,74,77,89,68,64,23,0,44,-23,30,-20,145,190,126,134,127,128,134,50,123,118,209,215,253,249,287,283,284,284,275,261,286,276,313,289,294,302,453,461,460,338,349,332,326,342,336,349,349,349,395,395,633,518,591,592,627,598]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 c5 13. g4 $5 (13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Bb1 {looks natural, as Black cannot immediately take advantage of the weakness of d4.} cxd4 15. exd4 Qb4 16. Rf2 ({Or} 16. Ne2) 16... Nxd4 $4 (16... Qxd4 $4 17. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 18. Nxd1 $18) ({Better here is something like} 16... Rfc8 17. Rd2 $14) 17. a3 Qc5 18. b4 $18) 13... Ne4 $6 (13... Nc6 14. Bc2) 14. Nxe4 (14. g5 $5 Nd7 (14... hxg5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 $16) 15. gxh6 g6 (15... Nxe5 16. hxg7 Kxg7 17. dxe5 $14) (15... gxh6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxd7 $18) 16. Qg4 $14) 14... dxe4 15. Bc4 $14 cxd4 16. g5 Nc6 17. Ng6 Qc5 (17... Qd6 $5 18. Qh5 Kh7 19. Nxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rad1 $14) 18. gxh6 $6 (18. Rc1 Qf5 (18... dxe3 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Qb3 $14 {looks messy.}) 19. Nh4 Qa5 (19... Qh3 20. Qh5 $1 Bc8 (20... Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Ne7 22. gxh6 Qh3 (22... g6 23. Qe5 $18) 23. Qg5 ({Or} 23. h7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ fxg6 25. Qxh3) 23... g6 24. Qxe7 $18) 21. gxh6 Qg4+ 22. Qxg4 Bxg4 23. Bd5 $16) 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Qg4+) 18... dxe3 19. Qg4 Kh7 $2 ({With} 19... e2+ {accurate play seems to lead to equality.} 20. Kh1 (20. Rf2 gxh6 21. Ne5+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Qd6 23. Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf7 Rf8 (24... Qd1+ $2 25. Kg2 $1 e1=Q (25... Qxa1 26. Qg6 e1=N+ 27. Kg3 e3 28. Qxh6#) 26. Rxd1 Qxd1 27. Qg6 $18) (24... Na5 25. Be6 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 e3+ 27. Kh3 exf2 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. Qf7+) 25. Qxb7 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 e1=Q 27. Rxd1 Qxd1 28. Qxc6 Rg8+ $1 29. Bxg8 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qd1+) 20... exf1=R+ 21. Rxf1 gxh6 (21... Kh7 22. Nxf8+ Qxf8 23. hxg7 Qxg7 24. Qh5+ Qh6 25. Qxf7+ Qg7) 22. Rg1 Kh7 23. Nxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qf5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+) 20. Nxf8+ Qxf8 21. hxg7 (21. Rfd1) ({or} 21. Qd7 $16) 21... Qxg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bd5 $6 (23. Rfd1 Rg8 24. Kh1 $14 {favors White, but isn't yet decisive.}) 23... Rd8 $2 (23... Rb8 24. Bxe4 Nd4 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 $13 {Black's advanced pawn offers decent compensation for the exchange.}) 24. Bxe4 Rd2 (24... Re8 25. Bf3 $16) 25. Rfe1 Rxb2 26. Rxe3 Kf6 (26... Nd8 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Re7 Nc5 29. Rxa7 {is likely winning, but does require work.}) 27. Rc1 Na5 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Rc7 Nd6 30. Rxa7 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Kf5 32. Rb3 Rc1 33. Rxb6 Ne4+ 34. Ke2 f6 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36. Kf3 Rf1+ 37. Ke2 Rh1 38. Rh7 Rc1 39. Rh4 Rc5 40. Rh5+ Kxf4 41. Rxc5 Nxc5 42. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "2025 King County Open"]
[Site "Bellevue, WA"]
[Date "2025.09.27"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Wang, Ted"]
[Black "Loving, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[GameId "2227097801191424"]
[EventDate "2025.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,96,25,28,70,64,64,58,58,50,66,64,67,43,50,43,30,40,35,28,48,40,130,94,102,96,87,65,156,183,202,130,144,65,68,0,0,-64,-60,-85,-86,-86,-86,-92,-93,-109,-111,-111,-109,-123,-110,-128,-113,-152,-163,-195,-195,-191,-204,-201,-168,-254,-260,-263,-279,-268,-241,-252,-252,-255,-271,-286,-295,-295,-275,-283,-293,-285,-285,-292,-285,-317,-313,-329,-333,-328,-328,-396,-298,-333,-328,-439,-439,-439,-439,-493,-520,-653,-664]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 (3... Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5) 4. Nf3 (4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 {would also reach the game positions.}) 4... Bg4 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Bxf3 ({Of course not} 7... Nxe5 $4 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Qxg4 $18) 8. Qxf3 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. c4 (10. O-O Nf6 11. c4 {is more standard, and also the end of my theoretical knowledge of the line.}) 10... Nge7 $2 ({Well, this can't be right. Now it will take two moves to complete development of the knight, and it also clogs up the e7-square, useful for both bishop and queen to at least pass through en route to someplace better than their home squares.} 10... Qf6 $5 {offers a pressure-relieving queen exchange while at least hinting at mayhem on b2.} 11. Nd2 (11. Qxf6 Nxf6) (11. Qg3 $1 Qxb2 (11... Rc8 $13 {is a safer, yet still complex, option.}) 12. Qc7 Qxa1 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Ke7 $16 {and while White certainly has a big attack, one might be a bit concerned about playing a rook down without plenty of home preparation. Time to go down the rabbit hole:} 15. Z0 ({The principled continuation would be} 15. O-O {, when} Rd8 16. Qb7+ Ke8 (16... Rd7 17. Qb8 Rd8 18. Qxa7+ Rd7 19. Qa3 $18) (16... Kf6 17. Nd2 Qxa2 (17... Qe5 18. Nf3 Qb8 19. Bd4+ Kg6 20. Nh4+ Kh6 21. Qxf7 {definitely leads to mate.}) 18. Qc7 h6 (18... Ra8 19. Bd4+ Kg6 20. Qg3+ Kf5 21. Qf3+ Kg6 22. Qg4+ Kh6 23. Be3+ g5 24. Qxg5#) 19. Qxd8+ Be7 (19... Kg6 20. Qxf8) 20. Qb8 Kg6 21. c6) 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. c6 {introduces a dangerous advanced potential shape-shifter to the action.}) (15. Qb7+ Kf6 16. O-O Re8 {is certainly still an interesting attack, but appears to have given Black another option for development.}) (15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qb7+ Ke8 17. Qxa8+ {regains the rook with check, but also gives Black more space for the king, and incidentally also leaves two white pieces en prise. After} Kf7 18. O-O $13 {Stockfish calls it even.}) ({White can, of course, bail out with an instant draw through perpetual check repetition:} 15. Qc7+ Kf6 16. Qf4+ Ke7 (16... Kg6 $4 17. Qg5#) 17. Qc7+)) 11... Nge7 12. O-O-O $5 $14 {with bishop-pair and slightly preferable development, but lots of chess to go.}) 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. O-O (12. Rd1 $16) 12... a6 13. Rad1 Qc7 (13... Qc8 14. Bxc4 Ne5 {, but still good for White.}) 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Bxc4 Ng6 16. Ne4 $2 ({Here's where White misses a big opportunity.} 16. Nd5 $3 Nxf4 (16... exd5 17. Qxd5 $18 {, as f7 is exceedingly difficult to defend.}) (16... Nce5 17. Nf6+ $3 ({Flashy, though the more prosaic} 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf4 {is also very strong.}) 17... gxf6 (17... Ke7 18. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 19. Bd6+ Kd8 20. Qxb7 Nxf6 21. Qxa8+ $18 {and wins:} Kd7 22. Qb7+ Ke8 23. b4 Qd8 24. Bc7 Qd7 25. Qb8+ Ke7 26. Bd6+) 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. b4 Qa4 20. Bb3 Qb5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ {with a mating attack.}) 17. b4 $1 Qd8 18. Qxf4 Rc8 19. Nb6 (19. Qe4) (19. Qg3) (19. Rfe1 {are all good.})) ({Stockfish also suggests} 16. b4 $3 {since} Qxb4 (16... Qa3 17. Rb1 $1 Nxf4 (17... Bxc5 18. Bc1) 18. Rb3 $18) (16... Nxb4 17. Qxb7 $18) 17. Nd5 $3 {is again winning.}) 16... Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxc5 18. Rd3 $2 (18. Ng5 O-O 19. Nxf7 (19. Rd7 $5 Ne5 $1 20. Qe4 $1 (20. Qxe5 $4 Bxf2+) (20. Rxb7 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxg5 $15) 20... g6 21. Rxb7 $13 {since with the white queen on the h1-a8 diagonal,} Nxc4 {is met by} 22. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxa8 {and winning chances are sparse.}) 19... Nd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxe6 Qc5 {appears to be heading for a draw by repetition.}) 18... Be7 $15 {Black calmly consolidates and begins to use the extra pawn to take over the game.} 19. Rg3 Qe5 $1 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bb3 O-O 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rc3 Rad8 24. Rfc1 Rd4 25. Re3 Rfd8 26. Rf1 $6 ({-1.57:} 26. g3) 26... Na5 27. f5 Nxb3 28. axb3 exf5 29. Rxf5 Bf8 30. Nc3 $6 (30. Rff3 {deters ...Rd3, but Black's position is technically winning in any case.}) 30... Rd2 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Nxe2 Rd2 33. Kf2 Rxb2 34. Rf3 b5 35. Rd3 a5 36. Kf3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Rd8 g6 39. Ra8 a3 40. h3 Kg7 41. Ra5 Bb4 42. Ra4 Bc5 43. Ra5 Be7 44. Ra6 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Bc5+ 46. Ke1 Rb2 47. Kd1 Bb4 48. Nf4 a2 0-1

[Event "2025 King County Open"]
[Site "Bellevue, WA"]
[Date "2025.09.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kona, Vidip"]
[Black "Wan, Bertrand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[GameId "2227097801191424"]
[EventDate "2025.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,81,25,19,18,-11,33,-13,-11,1,-5,0,0,0,22,18,17,20,20,29,25,21,47,49,54,50,73,45,47,34,28,22,12,20,58,63,95,-19,-11,-99,0,-78,-74,-101,-79,-94,-79,-100,-108,-142,-97,-157,-149,-216,-210,-187,-179,-184,-193,-191,-202,-262,-286,-300,-57,-74,-64,-84,-36,-13,9,-8,-64,-138,-127,-83,-141,-229,-141,-207,-215,-229,-230,-228]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 e5 4. d3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 a5 9. d4 Re8 10. b3 Bf8 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Ng4 17. Qd4 Ne5 18. Rad1 a4 19. f4 $2 ({Opens up some tactics on the g1-a7 diagonal and generally weakens the king position. Safer is} 19. Ne4 $13) 19... Nxc4 $1 (19... Ned7 $15 {is also quite acceptable, with queenside pressure.}) 20. Rxe8 $2 ({It's not necessary to surrender the e-file before countering with} 20. Nd5 {, when after} cxd5 21. bxc4 {Black doesn't have ...Re2.} Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 a3 23. Ba1 dxc4 $15 {White has at least partial compensation, even after queens exchange, in the active bishop-pair, queenside pawn weaknesses, and sllightly awkward black knight.}) ({Of course White can't accept the piece:} 20. Qxc4 $4 Nd3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Qg1+ 24. Rxg1 Nf2# {is the classic smothered mate.}) 20... Rxe8 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. bxc4 Re2 23. Bc3 dxc4 24. Bd5 (24. Qxc4 Nb3+ (24... Rc2 $5) 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qc7 $17) 24... Nd7 25. a3 (25. g4 Rxa2 26. g5 g6 $17) 25... Rc2 26. Bb4 Rc1 27. Kg2 Rxd1 (27... Qxd4 28. Rxd4 c3 29. Be4 (29. Bxb7 d5 30. Bxd5 c2 31. Rc4 Nb6 $19) 29... Nf6 30. Bd3 d5 $19) 28. Qxd1 Nf6 29. Bf3 d5 30. Qxa4 (30. Bc3 Qb3 31. Bxf6 Qxd1 32. Bxd1 gxf6 33. Bxa4 Bxa3 $19) 30... Bxb4 31. axb4 Qa6 $6 ({Unnecessary. Black can restrain the kingside and create a flight square against back-rank attacks with} 31... h5 $19) 32. Qxa6 bxa6 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. g4 Kc6 37. g5 Ne4 38. h4 (38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Kxc4 e3 40. Kd3 Kb5 $19 {Outside (distant) passed pawns rule king and pawn endings.}) 38... f6 $6 (38... Kb5 $19) 39. Bh5 (39. h5 {makes things a little more difficult for Black.} h6 {and don't take ...hxg5, for sure, but there are also some queening races in which White appears a move or two slow, but it still poses questions.}) 39... Nd6 40. Bg4 Nb5+ 41. Ke3 0-1

[Event "2025 King County Open"]
[Site "Bellevue, WA"]
[Date "2025.09.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Degenbaev, Aziz"]
[Black "Shenoy, Siddharth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[GameId "2227116625252352"]
[EventDate "2025.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc5 Nxc5 {Aziz now demonstrates a classic threat that always looms over the French Defense.} 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Bxg5 14. fxg5 d4 $2 (14... Nd7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rf3 Ndxe5 17. Rh3 f5 18. g6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 $16) 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rf4 Nxe5 17. Rh4 f6 18. Bxd4 Ncd7 19. gxf6 (19. Ne4 fxg5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 $18) 19... Nxf6 20. Qxe5 Kf7 $6 (20... Qd7 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Rd3 Rac8 23. Rg3 {White dominates the board.}) 21. Rf1 Rh8 (21... Bb7 22. Rxf6+ gxf6 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Bc5+ Kd7 25. Rd4+ Kc6 26. Rxd8 Rfxd8 27. Bb4 $18) 22. Rxh8 Qxh8 23. Ne4 1-0

