[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.O-O Bf5 8.d3 Qd7 9.Re1
Re8 10.Nbd2 Bh3 11.Bh1 Nh5 12.Bxg7 Nxg7 13.d4 Na6 14.e4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Rad8
16.Qc2 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} f5?? {It's rarely a good idea to give yourself "airy
King" during the middle game.  See if you can find Justin's winning reply.}
17.Nce5 Qc8 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.Nf7+ Kg8 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Qg8+ Rxg8 22.Nf7# 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English: King's, 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 O-O 7.a3 Qa5 8.Bd2 d5
9.cxd5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Nxd5?? {9...Bc5 was necessary.} 10.Bxd5 {And Black is
losing material and so resigned.} {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Black "Au, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...d5"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Nxc4 Qg5 10.g3 h5 11.h4 Qf5 12.Bg2 Ng4 13.O-O {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} b5?? {A bad
case of not checking your move before you play it.} 14.Bxc6+ Bd7 15.Bxa8 bxc4
16.Qf3 g5 17.Qxf5 exf5 18.f3 gxh4 19.fxg4 hxg4 20.gxh4 Rxh4 21.Nd5 Kd8 22.Nf4
{A typical example of a chess game where one player thinks that chess is all
about attacking rather than developing your pieces and building up your
position.} {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "Melbourne "]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Riel, Bas"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.Qc2 b5 8.axb5 cxb5
9.Bxb8 Rxb8 10.Rxa7 O-O 11.e3 {Perhaps missing Anton's sneaky reply.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Ba5 {Backwards moves are always hard to see ... now the rook
is trapped.} 12.Ne5 Qb6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 13.Rxa5 Qxa5 14.Be2 {If 14.Nc6 then
14...Qa1+ hangs on to the extra material.} Bb7 15.O-O Rfc8 16.Rc1 b4 17.Qa4
Ra8 18.Qxa5 Rxa5 19.Nd1 Ba6 20.f3 Nd5 {It looks like Anton may have given the
"c" pawn back, but ... _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 b3! {A clever move
preventing White from saving his B with b3.} 23.e4 Nb6 24.Ne3 Ra4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Jordan, Bill"]
[Black "Zillmann, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 e5
9.Qc2 c6 10.h3 Re8 11.O-O Qc7? {The queen was better placed on e7 ...then f8.}
12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Bh2 f5 14.g4 Nhf6 15.gxf5 gxf5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 16.c5
{Undermining Black's pawn chain and exploiting the Q being on c7.} dxc5
17.dxe5 Nd5 18.Qxf5 Nxe5 19.Qh5 Qf7 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.Bh5+ Kf8
23.Bxe8 Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Kxe8 25.Ne4 b6 26.Rg1 Kf7 27.Nd6+ Kf6 28.Rg8 Bb7 29.Rag1
Rxg8 30.Rxg8 Ne7 31.Rf8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Voon, Richard"]
[Black "Lakner, Jay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.c4 g6"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.e4? Nxe4
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Ba3 Qxd1 13.Raxd1 Re8 14.Rd5 e4 15.Nd4
Nxd4 16.cxd4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} c6 17.Re5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.Bd6 Ra5 20.Re2
Be6 21.Rc2 Rd8 22.Bb4 Rd1+ 23.Bf1 f4 24.h4 Ra4 25.Rd2 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rxb4
27.gxf4 Bg4 28.Rc2 Kf7 29.Kg2 Ke7 30.Kg3 h5 31.c5 Rb1 32.Rd2 Rc1 33.Rb2 Rc3+
34.Kg2 Bh3+ 35.Kh2 Bc8 36.Rb4 Rxc5 37.Rxe4+ Kf7 38.Re2 b5 39.Rd2 a5 40.f3 Bf5
{#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Crowley, Regan"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Bd3 Rb8 12.a4 e5 13.d5 Nf6 14.f3 Ne8 15.c4 Nd6 16.Nc3
a6 17.a5 Bd7 18.Na4 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 f5 20.Qa3 Rbc8 21.Rfb1 f4 22.Bf2 g5 23.Rb6
Rf6 24.Rab1 h5 25.Kf1 g4 26.Ke2 Rg6 27.Qc3 Qd7 28.Rg1 h4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wan, Dennis"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Modern: 3.Nf3 d6"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.a3 Nbd7 9.O-O
Nc5 10.Bg5 a4 11.Nd2 Bd7 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 12.b4? {This is a positional
disaster.} axb3 13.Nxb3 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 {Now White just has a weak "a" pawn,
a weak "c" pawn and a weak square on c5... all because he played b4.} 15.Qd3
b6 16.Rae1 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Na1 Qe7 19.Qg3 Qe8 20.Bd3 f5 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4
g5 23.Qf3 Bc3 24.Rb1 f4 {Black is totally dominating the black squares.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 25.h4 {Now is not the time to attack ...25.h3 was more
prudent.} Bd7 26.hxg5 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 hxg5 28.g4 fxg3 29.Qxf8+ Qxf8 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8
31.Kg2 Be5 32.Nc2 Rf2+ 33.Kg1 Rd2 34.Ne1 Bd4+ {and it's mate in a few moves.}
{#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Vander Wal, Fritz W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...e6"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Nd4 Qe7
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 {Black losing his dark-squared bishop in
the Stonewall Dutch is never a good omen.} 12.Ba3 Qc6 13.d3 b5 14.Nd2 Qb6
15.e4 b4 16.exd5 Nxd5? {16...exd5 was preferable.} 17.Nc4 Qb8 18.Bxd5 exd5
19.Re1+ Kd8 {White has 2 pieces attacked ... but a crushing position.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 20.Na5 Qb5 21.Bxb4 {Pretty.   21.Rc1 was also strong.} Nb8
22.Qd2 h6 23.Qf4 {We have played 23 moves and Black has only his queen
developed!} Ra7 24.Qh4+ g5 25.Qd4 Rhh7 26.Qf6+ {It's mate in 4 moves.} {#r}
1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lim, Cassandra"]
[Black "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 c6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Ng3 d5 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Bb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.Bb2 Ba6 15.Re1 Rc8
16.Rc1 Bc4 17.f3 e4 18.Bc2 Nf8 19.Ra1 Ng6 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Qb1 Qd5 {Black is
dominating with his space advantage and his control of the weak c4 square.}
22.Bd1 Qg5 23.Qc2 Nh4 24.Qf2 Nd5 25.Rc1 Rc6 26.Nf1? {26.Rb1 was better than
removing the N from it's key defensive post.} Rg6 27.g3? {White should have
swallowed his pride and put the N back on g3.} Rf6 28.Qd2 Ree6 29.Rb1 Rf5
30.Qc1 Ref6 {It's lovely to see how a strong player uses all his pieces and
places them on good squares for a decisive attack. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 31.Nd2?? {A
final blunder but even after 31.Bc2 Black still mates in 8 moves.} Qxe3+! {#R}
0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Crowley, Regan"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Bd3 Rb8 12.a4 e5 13.d5 Nf6 14.f3 Ne8 15.c4 Nd6 16.Nc3
a6 17.a5 Bd7 18.Na4 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 f5 20.Qa3 Rbc8 21.Rfb1 f4 22.Bf2 g5 23.Rb6
Rf6 24.Rab1 h5 25.Kf1 g4 26.Ke2? {26.Be2 to try to blockade the white squares
would have left White with the better game.} Rg6 27.Qc3 Qd7 28.Rg1 h4 {And
now, even though it's only move 28, it seems that White lost on time.  What he
was thinking about we shall never know. 29.fxg4 is fine for White.  It's a
pity that everyone can't just be like Karpov and play a good move quickly and
get on with the game. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#T} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Chow, Sam"]
[Black "Stewart, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 4.g3 d6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Nge2 Qa5 8.Qc2 a6 9.a3
b5 10.b4 Qb6 11.c5 Qc7 12.cxd6 exd6 13.O-O Nbd7 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 cxb5 16.e4
Nb6 17.f4 Bb7 18.Qd3 Nc4 19.h3 Rfe8 20.g4 Rbd8 21.g5 Nh5 22.f5 Qb6 23.Kh1 f6
24.fxg6 hxg6 25.gxf6 Nxf6 26.Bg5 Rf8 27.Nf4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Ne5?? 28.dxe5
dxe5 29.Nfd5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Black "Chen, Meng Boon Marcus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Nd2
a5 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.f3 Nef6 13.Rad1 Nh5 14.Bc1 Qb6 15.Kh1 Nhf6 16.Nf4
Nxe5 17.dxe5 Ne8 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.e4 Qc7 20.Qxc7 Nxc7 21.exd5 exd5 22.Be3 g5
23.Nh5 Be6 24.f4 Bf7 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.exf6 g4 27.Bd4 Nb5 28.Be5 Rad8 29.Rc1 Nd6
30.Rc7 b6 31.Rfc1 Ne4 32.Bd4 b5 33.Bf1 b4 34.Bb5 Nd6 35.Bd7 Be8 36.Bxe8 Nxe8
37.Ra7 Rf7 38.Rxa5 Nxf6 39.Rb5 Ne4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 40.Rxb4? {Allowing Black's
N to get to f3 with counter-play.  40.Rc2 was better.} Nd2 41.a4 Nf3 42.a5 Re7
{Going for counter-play but instead 42...Ra8 gives Black good chances of
drawing.} 43.a6 Re2? {Looks threatening but is easily countered when White's
passed "a" pawn will prove decisive.} 44.Bg1 Ra8 45.Rb7! Nxg1 46.Kxg1 Ree8
47.a7 Rad8 48.Rcc7 d4 49.Rg7+ Kh8 50.Rxh7+ Kg8 51.Rbg7+ Kf8 52.Rd7 Kg8 53.Rxd8
Rxd8 54.Rb7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Holt, Stuart"]
[Black "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, Alekhine Gambit"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.e5 f6 6.f4 Nh6 7.Ng3 O-O 8.Be2 fxe5
9.dxe5 d4 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Nxb4 12.axb4 Bxb4 13.O-O Bxc3
14.Rb1 a5 15.Ba3 Bb4 16.Bxb4 axb4 17.Rxb4 c5 18.Rb5 b6 19.Qb1 Rb8 20.Bd3 Ba6
21.Rb2 c4 22.Ra2 cxd3 23.Rxa6 Ng4 24.Rf3 dxc2 25.Qxc2 Qc8 26.Qd3 Qc1+ 27.Nf1
Rxf4 28.Rh3 h6 29.Rf3 Nxe5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Black "Canfell, Mike J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2
Be6 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 a6 11.h4 h6 12.g3 Rg8 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4
c5 16.Qd3 Qb5 17.Qxb5 axb5 18.Rhe1 Rd7 19.Bf4 g5 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Bc1 Rh8
22.Bf1 Bc4 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Rd5 Rh2 25.Rf5 f6 26.Rd1 Kc7 27.Be3 Kc6 28.Rfd5 b6
29.b3 Rh7 30.Kb2 Rf7 31.Rf5 cxb3 32.cxb3 Rh7 33.c4 Bd8 34.a4 Rhe7 35.Rh1 Re5
36.Rxe5 dxe5 37.Rh6 Rd6 38.g4 e4 39.Kc2 Bc7 40.Rg6 Re6 41.Bxg5 Be5 42.Be3 Bd4
43.g5 Be5 44.gxf6 Rxf6 45.Rg4 Bd4 46.Rxe4 Bxe3 47.fxe3 Kd6 48.Kd3 Rg6 49.Rh4
Ke5 50.Rh5+ Kd6 51.Kc3 Re6 52.Rh3 Kc6 53.Rg3 Kd6 54.Kd3 Kc6 55.e4 Kd6 56.Ke3
Rf6 57.Rh3 Ke5 58.Rh5+ Kd6 59.e5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Lycett, Garry"]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD: Austrian Defence"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.a4 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O Nb4 11.Bf4 Bd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Bb3 Bc6 15.Rad1 Nbd5
16.Bg5 Nxc3 17.bxc3 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 Qc7 21.f4 Rfd8 22.Re3
Bd5 23.Bc2 f5 24.Rb1 Qxe5 25.dxe5 Bc6 26.Bb3 Kf7 27.Rd1? Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Rd8
29.Bb3 Rd2 30.Rg3 Rb2 31.c4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Bxg2 32.Bd1 Bc6 33.Bb3 Rd2 {#R}
0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Black "Siva Sankaran, Anup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Bd6 6.c4 O-O 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nc7
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nf6 13.Qxd8 Bxd8 14.Rfd1 Na6 15.Bd6
Re8 16.e5 Nd7 17.Nd4 Bb6 18.Rac1 f6 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Na4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 e5
22.Bd5+ Kg7 23.Rg4+ Kh6 24.Be4 Rh8 25.f4 Nab8 26.f5 Nc6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Bb4 Rg8 29.Rxg8 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Leibert, Xander"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2...e6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Na3 O-O
9.Bc4 Qd8 10.Nc2 Qc7 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bg5 cxd4 13.Ncxd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Bb7 15.Rac1
Qd6 16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rd2 Rad8 19.a3 Qf6 20.Qe5 Nf4 21.Qxf6 gxf6
22.Bb5 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Rd5 24.Bc6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Rc8 25.Kh1 Kf8 26.Rc3 Rd6
27.Bb5 Rcd8 28.Rc4 e5 29.Ba4 Rxd4 30.Rcxd4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Kg1 d3 33.Kf1
d2 34.Bc2 Ke7 35.Bb3 Kd6 36.Ba4 b5 37.Bd1 Kc5 38.Bb3 Kd4 39.Bc2 Kc4 40.h4 h6
41.h5 b4 42.axb4 Kxb4 43.Bd1 a5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Anshika, Jain"]
[Black "Puccini, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

{A good game by Black.  White is one of those players who tries hard to attack
whereas Black just builds up a nice position and finishes with a clever
tactic.} 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.d3 g6 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.c3 e6 8.Ng3
Ne7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qd2 d6 13.Rad1 Nbc6 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.h4
Rac8 16.h5 Nd8 17.Kh2 Nf7 18.Rh1 Nxg5 19.fxg5 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Nf5 21.Kg1 Qe7
22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Bf3 d5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 26.d4 Qd6
27.Qe1 e5 28.Bg4 Bc8 29.Bxf5 Rxf5 30.Qh4 exd4 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.cxd4 Qf4 33.Rh4
Qf2+ 34.Kh1 Rxg5 35.Rh2 Bf5 36.Rg1 Be4 37.Qh3 Rf5 38.Qh4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
Qxg1+! 39.Kxg1 Bxd4+ 40.Qf2 Bxf2+ 41.Kh1 Bg3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Nothdurft, John"]
[Black "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD: 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 a6 5.Bxc4 b5 6.Bb3 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.f3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 Bb7 14.a3 Rc8 15.Nge2 Bc5
16.Nd1 Bb6 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Bb1 Nfd7 19.b4 Nc4 20.Bf4 Ke7 21.Bg3 Rhd8 22.Bf2
Bxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Nde5 24.Ra2 g6 25.Ndc3 Nc6 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Nxd1 Rd8 28.Ke1 f5
29.Ndc3 Kf6 30.f4 Nd4 31.Kf2 Nxe2 32.Kxe2 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} e5 33.g3 exf4
34.gxf4 Rd4 35.exf5 gxf5 36.a4 Nd6 37.Rd2 Rxd2+ 38.Kxd2 Nc4+ 39.Ke1 bxa4
40.Nxa4 Bc6 41.Nc5 Bb5 42.Kf2 Nb6 43.Ba2 Ke7 44.Ne6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Liu, Yi"]
[Black "Lim, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: London"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Bb5 e6 7.Ne5 Qb6 8.a4 Be7
9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 h6 11.Nxg6 fxg6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nb3 O-O-O 14.Qe2 a6 15.Bxc6
Qxc6 16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Ra3 Ne4 18.O-O Qe7 19.f3 Nd6 20.Rc3+ Kb8 21.Qh2 Ka8
22.Rd1 Rhe8 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Qe5 Rd7 25.g5 Qf7 26.Kg2 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.gxh6
gxh6 29.Kg3 Rf7 30.Kf4 e5+ 31.Kg3 Rg7+ 32.Kh2 Reg8 33.Rd2 Rg3 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
34.Rc8+ Rxc8 35.Kxg3 Rg8+ 36.Kf2 Rd8 37.c4 d4 38.exd4 exd4 39.Kg3 Ka7 40.a5 b6
41.Kf4 bxa5 42.Kxf5 Kb6 43.Ke6 Kc5 44.Ke7 Rb8 45.f4 Kxc4 46.f5 d3 47.f6
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Kd4 48.f7 Ke3 49.Rd1 d2 50.f8=Q Rxf8 51.Kxf8 Ke2 52.Rxd2+
Kxd2 53.h5 Kc2 54.Kg7 Kxb2 55.Kxh6 a4 56.Kg5 a3 57.h6 a2 58.h7 a1=Q 59.h8=Q+
Kb1 60.Qh1+ Kb2 61.Qb7+ Kc2 62.Qe4+ Kb2 63.Qd4+ Kb1 64.Qd1+ Kb2 65.Qd4+ Kb1
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dissanayake, Prasanga"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Be7 10.Be3 Nd5 11.a3 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Qd5 {White is
positionally lost so he lashes out with a desperate attack. _MARK:DIAGRAM_}
15.Nf6+ gxf6 16.Qg4+ (16.exf6 Bd6 17.Qg4+ Qg5 18.Qe4 Rd8 {and Black is safe.})
16...Kh8 17.exf6 Rg8 18.Be4 {Unfortunately there are no good lines for White.}
Rxg4 19.Bxd5 Bc5 {and Black remains a piece ahead.} {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Low, Sam"]
[Black "Chow, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ng5? f6
9.Nh3 Bc7 10.f4 b6 11.Nf2 a5 12.a4 Ba6 13.c4 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nb4 15.Ra3 Nec6
16.Qh5 Nd4 17.Re3 Qe8 18.Qxe8 Rfxe8 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.b3 Nbc2 21.Rd3 Ne2+ 22.Kh1
Rxd3 23.Nxd3 Rd8 24.Bf1 Nc3 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "2.82"]
[White "Wu, Celina"]
[Black "Kumar, Viney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Nc6"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Rb8 11.a4 a6 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Na3 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Rfd1 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Bd7 17.Nc2 b5 18.a5 Qc8 19.b4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qxh3
21.Bd4 Re4 22.Ne5 Qh5 23.Nf3 Qg4+ 24.Kf1 Qh3+ {Entry for brilliancy prize.}
{#R} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Modern: 3.Nc3"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.g3
Qb6 10.Qf2 Ne7 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Ne2 c5 13.c3 Rc8 14.O-O c4 15.Bc2 Kd8 {Black
tries to castle by hand (Kc7-b8) but it's one move too slow. _MARK:DIAGRAM_}
16.b3! Qc6 (16...Kc7 17.Ba3) 17.Ba3 b5 18.Rfb1 Nb6 19.Bc5 Nf5 20.a4 {Opening
up the position with Black's King trapped in the centre.} bxa4 21.bxc4 Nxc4
22.Bxa4 Qc7 23.Bb5 Ra8 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Qf3 Qc8 26.Rb7 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Rxf8
28.Raxa7 f6 29.Rd7+ Qxd7 30.Qxa8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Black "Hogg, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.bxc4 Nc5 11.d4 Nce4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Rc1 Qc8 14.Nf4 Rd8 15.Qe2 Nd6
16.Rfd1 Nf5 17.d5 {Look at the difference in the two armies ....White has all
his me developed in good spots and so now starts to break open the position.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} exd5 18.cxd5 Re8 19.Bh3 Bd6? {This leads to an opening up of
Black's King position.  10...Nxd5 was better.} 20.Bxf6 {or 20.Qc2!} Bxf4
21.Qd3 {Good players don't always take back!} Ba6 22.Qb1 Nxg3 23.Bxc8 Ne2+
24.Kh1 Bxc8 25.exf4 {White has far too much material.} {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Black "Jule, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g5 6.O-O g4 7.Nh4 h5 8.f3 Be7 9.d3
Bxh4 10.gxh4 Nxe5 11.fxg4 {Surely Black is better here ... but it's confusing
and easy not to play the best line. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} Qxh4 (11...hxg4 12.Nc3
Qxh4 13.Bf4 Nf3+ {and Black seems better.}) 12.g5 Qd4+ 13.Kh1 Ng6 14.Nc3 Bd7
15.Qe1 N8e7 16.Be3 Qh4 17.Bxc5 Qxg5 18.Bd4 e5? (18...Rg8 19.Bf6 Qg4 {and White
still has to demonstrate he has something for the pawn.}) 19.Be3 Qg4 20.Nxd5
Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bc6 22.Bxc6+ bxc6 23.Qf2 Qe6 24.Rae1 Qd5+ 25.Qf3 Qxf3+ 26.Rxf3
O-O? 27.Ref1 {Now Bc5 and Bh6 are threatened.} f6 28.Rxf6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Slater-Jones, Tom"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.g4 g6 9.h4
Bg7 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.O-O-O b5 13.e4 e5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 14.dxe5 Nxe5
15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.Kb1 Be6 18.Rhf1 Bf4 19.Qd4 O-O 20.Nxb5 cxb5 {#R}
0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ng, Clive"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qe2 d6
9.O-O Nd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.c4 Ngf6 12.Nc3 b6 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rd8 15.Kh1 h5
16.Nd4 Nc5 17.Bc2 h4 18.b4 Ncd7 19.a3 Rc8 20.Bd3 Nh5 21.Nd5 exd5 22.exd5 Ndf6
23.f5 g5 24.Bxg5 Kf8 25.Qe3 Ng8 26.f6 {26.Ne6+ was also strong.} Bxf6
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 27.Bg6! Qxc4 28.Bxh5 Rxh5 29.Rxf6?? (29.Bxf6 Qxd5 30.Rf3 {and
the game is unclear.}) 29...Nxf6 30.Qe7+ Kg8 31.Bxf6 Qxd5 32.Qe2 Kh7 33.Qd3+
Kh6 34.h3 {The scoresheet ends here ..... not sure whether White lost on time
or he noticed Black's next move.} {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Black "Tsai, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD: 3.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.e3 b5 8.b3 cxb3
9.axb3 a6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Ne1 Nd5 14.Nc3 Ncb4 15.Ne4 Qd7
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 Nc6 18.Nd3 Rfc8 19.Rac1 f6 20.R5c2 Qd6 21.Nc5 Ba8 22.Ra2
Rb6 23.Be1 Ndb4 24.Raa1 a5 25.Bxb4 Nxb4 26.Rxa5 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rcb8 28.Kg1 f5
29.Raa1 Re8 30.f4 Nd5 31.Ra7 Nf6 32.Rca1 Nd7 33.Nd3 {Black is going OK here so
long as he doesn't play.... _MARK:DIAGRAM_} c5?? 34.dxc5 Nxc5 35.Qh5 Rbb8?
36.Qf7+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Beaumont, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.Ndb5 Be6 15.Bxe6
Rxe6 16.Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.Nxa7 Rd2 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.a4 Nh5 20.Rfd1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rc2
22.Re1 Rxe1+ 23.Bxe1 Nf4 24.a5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Re2 25.a6 Re8 26.a7 Ra8 27.Bf2
Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Nxc3 29.Rc1 Nb5 30.Rxc6 Kg7 31.Rb6 Rxa7 32.Rxb5 Rd7 33.g4 h6
34.Kg2 Kh7 35.h4 Kg7 36.Rc5 Kh7 37.Be1 f6 38.Bc3 Rf7 39.Rc8 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lekkas, Frank"]
[Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo: 5.d3"]

{Undoubtedly the best game of the round.} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.h3 d5 8.Qe2 h6 9.Nbd2 Nh5 {Inviting White to try to win a
pawn. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 10.exd5 Nf4 11.Qe4 f5 12.dxc6+ Kh8 13.cxb7 fxe4
14.bxa8=Q exf3 15.Nxf3 Nxd3+ 16.Ke2 e4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 17.Be3? {17.Qe4! left
White with a slight edge.} Nf4+? (17...exf3+ 18.gxf3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Re8 20.Rad1
Nf4+ 21.Kf1 Bxh3+ 22.Rxh3 Qxa8 23.exf4) 18.Bxf4 Qd3+ 19.Ke1 exf3 20.Qxf3 Re8+
21.Be3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Rxe3+ 23.Kf2 Qd2+? (23...Rxf3+ 24.gxf3 Bb7) 24.Kg3 Rxf3+
25.gxf3 $10 h5 26.h4 g5 27.hxg5 Qxg5+ 28.Kf2 h4 29.Rae1 Qg3+ 30.Ke3 h3 31.Reg1
Qe5+ 32.Kf2 Qc5+ 33.Ke2 Bf5 34.Rg3 Qe5+ 35.Kf2 Qf4 36.Rhxh3+ Bxh3 37.Rxh3+ Kg7
38.Rg3+ Kf6 39.Rg4 Qc1 40.Rc4 Qxb2+ 41.Kg3 Qa3 {How can Black win from here
you may ask...} 42.Rc6+ Kf5 43.Bc2+ Ke5 44.Bb3 Qc1 45.Rc4 Qg1+ 46.Kh3 c5
47.Re4+ Kf5 48.Rc4 Qf2 49.f4 a5 50.Ra4 Qe3+ 51.Kg2 Qd2+ 52.Kf3 Qd3+ 53.Kf2
Qxc3 54.Rc4 Qd2+ 55.Kf3 Qd3+ 56.Kf2 Kg4 57.f5+ Kg5 58.Kg2 Qxf5 59.Ra4 Qd3
60.Rc4 Qe3 61.Kf1 Kf6 62.Ra4 Ke7 63.Rc4 Kd6 64.Ra4 Qd2 65.Rc4 Kc6 66.Ba4+ Kd5
67.Bb3 Qd3+ 68.Ke1 Qxc4 69.Bxc4+ Kxc4 {Win or draw? _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 70.Kd2 Kd4
71.Kc2 c4 72.Kd2 c3+ 73.Kc2 Kc4 74.Kc1 Kd3 75.Kd1 Ke3 76.Kc2 Kd4 77.Kc1 Kc5
78.Kb1 Kb4 79.Kc1 Ka4 80.Kc2 Kb4 81.Kc1 a4 82.Kc2 Kc4 {White has 2 moves which
lose and 2 moves which draw and one minute to decide. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 83.Kc1??
Kd3 {Now it's mate in 9 moves.} 84.Kd1 c2+ 85.Kc1 Kc3 86.a3 Kb3 {#r} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Black "Borsa, Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan: 4.Nf3 Be7"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.a5 Qb8 14.Ra4 Qb3 15.Qxb3
cxb3 16.Rc4 c5 17.dxc5 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Be3 h6 20.Rb4 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Rxd5
22.Rxb3 Bxc5 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Rb8+ Kh7 25.b4 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 Rb1 27.Rb7 c5 28.Rxf7
cxb4 29.Ra7 b3 30.Rxa6 b2 31.Rb6 Ra1 32.Rxb2 Rxa5 33.Rb6 e5 34.h4 Kg8 35.g4
Kf7 36.Kf3 Ra4 37.Kg3 Ra3+ 38.e3 Ra4 39.Rc6 Ke7 40.Rg6 Kf7 41.h5 Rb4 42.Ra6
Rc4 43.Rd6 Ra4 44.f3 Ke7 45.Rg6 Kf7 46.Rd6 Ke7 47.Rc6 Kf7 48.Rb6 Ke7 49.g5
hxg5 50.e4 Ra1 51.Kg4 Rf1 52.Kf5 Rxf3+ 53.Kg6 g4 54.Rb7+ Ke6 55.Rb6+ Ke7
56.Rb7+ Ke6 57.Rxg7 g3 58.Kg5 Rf1 59.Kh6 Rf6+ 60.Kg5 Rf1 61.Rg6+ Kf7 62.Kh6
Rf3 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rg5 Rf6+ 65.Kh7 Rf7+ 66.Kh8 {Black to play and draw.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} g2?? {He needed to move the rook (say Rf4) to allow his K to
move between f8 and f7 and achieve the draw.} 67.Rg8+! Ke7 68.Rxg2 Rf4 69.Kg7
Rf7+ 70.Kg6 Rf8 71.Ra2 Rf6+ 72.Kg5 Rf1 73.h6 Rg1+ 74.Kf5 Rh1 75.Ra6 Rh5+
76.Kg6 Rh1 77.Kg7 Rg1+ 78.Rg6 Rf1 79.h7 Rf7+ 80.Kh6 Rf1 81.h8=Q {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl"]
[Black "Clarke, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti: 2.c4"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.d3 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Na4 Nxa4 13.Qxa4 Nd7 14.Ba3 Qe7 15.Bxd6
Qxd6 16.Rab1 a6 17.Qb4 Nc5? 18.Nb3 b6 19.Qxb6 Nxb3 20.Rxb3 Rfc8 21.Qa5 Bg4
22.h3 Bd7 23.Rfb1 Ra7 24.Rb7 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Hacche, David"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 Bf5
9.Nh4 Be6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Qd7 12.Nd5 Ne8 13.b4 Bh3 14.b5 Nd8 15.Qc1 Bxg2
16.Nxg2 Kh7 17.Be3 Ne6 18.Qd2 c6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Nb4 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.f4 d4
23.Bf2 a5 24.Nc2 N8c7 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Na3 Nd5 27.Nc4 Bg7 28.Nb6 Nxb6 29.Rxb6
Ng5 30.Nf4 Be5 31.Be1 Rae8 32.Ng2 Bc7 33.Rbf6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Qg4! 34.R1f3
Be5 35.Ra6 Nxf3+ 36.exf3 Qxf3 37.Rxa5 Bc7 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Sheddrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Au, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov: 3...Bf5"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.cxd3 Be7 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.f4 O-O
9.Nf3 Ng4 10.Ke2 h6 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.h3 Nf6 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qxa7 Rxb2+ 15.Nd2
Nf5 16.Rhb1 Ng3+ 17.Kd1 Rxb1+ 18.Rxb1 Ne8 19.Rb8 Qf6 20.Qa6 Qe7 21.a4 Nf5
22.Ke2 c5 23.dxc5 Qxc5 24.Nd1 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Black "Sravan, Renjith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Qc1 b6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bb7 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Qb2 Kg8 15.e4 Nf6
16.Nc3 Rd8 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ne4 a6 19.Nf6+ Kg7 20.Rac1 Ra7 21.h4 Nd7 22.Bxd5 exd5
23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.e6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Chow, Sam"]
[Black "Khaled, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 4.g3 d6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.O-O e5 9.b3
Re8 10.Ba3 Bf8 11.Qc2 e4 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Qa5 14.Bb2 Nc5 15.a3 Qa6 16.b4 Qd3
17.Qd1 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Na6 19.Nb5 Ng4 20.Rc1 Bd7 21.Nc7 Nxc7 22.Rxc7 Bb5 23.Re1
b6 24.Nf4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Ne5? 25.Bxe4 Nc4 26.Bd3 Nxb2 27.Bxb5 Rec8 28.Rec1
Rxc7 29.Rxc7 a6 30.Bc6 Rb8 31.Ra7 a5 32.bxa5 bxa5 33.Rxa5 g5 34.Nh5 Be7 35.Rb5
Rxb5 36.Bxb5 f5 37.Bd7 Nc4 38.a4 Nb6 39.Be6+ Kf8 40.a5 Na8 41.Bxf5 h6 42.Bd7
Bd8 43.Bc6 Nc7 44.g4 Kf7 45.Kg2 Na6 46.Bb7 Nc5 47.a6 Bb6 48.f4 Ne4 49.Ng3 Nxg3
50.Kxg3 Bxe3 51.fxg5 hxg5 52.h4 gxh4+ 53.Kxh4 Kf6 54.Kh5 Kg7 55.g5 Bd4 56.Bc6
Bc5 57.Bb5 Bd4 58.Bd3 Bc5 59.Kg4 Bd4 60.Be4 Kf7 61.Kf3 Ke7 62.g6 Kf6 63.Ke2
Ke7 64.Kd3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wengholm, Anders"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English: Closed"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Nxb4 Nxb4 7.Nd4 c5 8.Nb5 d5
9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Qa4 Qa5 11.Qb3 O-O 12.Nc3 a6 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Qd1 Nd7
16.Be2? {This allows Black to establish a N on d3.   16.a3 was better.} Ne5
17.O-O f5 18.a3 fxg4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 19.hxg4? {Everyone takes back!  19.axb4
Qxa1 20.bxc5 would have given White the smell of some play.} Nbd3 {19...Qd8 as
also good.} 20.f4?! {desperation.} exf3 21.Bxf3 Rxf3? (21...Qd8!) 22.Rxf3
Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Rf8 24.Qg3 Qb6 25.g5 Qd8 26.b4 Rf5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Black "Zulfic, Fedja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.e5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Be6 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Rfb1 b6
16.Ng5 Bd5 17.Nh3 Nc4 18.Nf4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bb7 20.a4 Be4 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Ba6 Rc2
23.Rxc2 Bxc2 24.Bb5 Rc8 25.Nd5 Bf8 26.Ba6 Rc6 27.Nb4 Rc3 28.Rc1 e6 29.Nxc2 Ba3
30.Nxa3 Rxc1+ 31.Kf2 Ra1 32.Nc4 Rxa4 33.Bb5 Rb4 34.Ba6 Ra4 35.Bb5 Rb4 36.Ba6
{Would you play on.  The computer says after 36...Ra4 37.Bb5 Ra2+ Black is
better. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dragicevic, Domagoj"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Modern: 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.h4 h6 7.f4 h5 8.Nf3 b5 9.Ng5
Nh6 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 a5 12.f5 gxf5 13.Nf4 Nf6 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Bc6 Rb8
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 16.O-O-O fxe4 17.d5 b3 18.c3 Nhg4 19.Ba7 Bf5 20.Bxb8 Qxb8
21.Qe2 Qb6 22.Rhe1 e5 23.Nfh3 Ke7 24.Qb5 e3 25.Rf1 Bg6 26.Qc4 Bh6 27.Qe2 Ne4
28.Nxe4 Bxe4 29.Ng5 Bg6 30.Bb5 Nf2 31.Rde1 f6 32.Nf3 Bc2 33.Nd4 Be4 34.Nxb3
Bxd5 35.Nd4 Be4 36.Nc2 c6 37.Bc4 d5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Maguire, Tom"]
[Black "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan: 4.Nf3 dxc4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Ne5 Bc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.Qa4 Qd7
9.Bxc6 Qxc6 10.Qxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Rb8 12.Nd2 Rb4 13.a3 Ra4 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Bd2
O-O 16.Rfc1 Rb8 17.Rc2 Ne4 18.Rac1 c3 19.Bxc3 Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Rxb2 21.Rxc6 h6
22.R1c2 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Kf8 24.e4 Rxa3 25.Kg2 a5 26.e5 Bb4 27.Rxc7 Ra2 28.Kf1 a4
29.d5 exd5 30.Nd4 Kg8 31.e6 fxe6 32.Nxe6 a3 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Ra7
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Rd2? {34...Rc2!} 35.Ra8+ Kh7 36.Nf4 Bd6 37.Ke1 Bb4 38.Kf1 d4
39.Ra7+ Kg8 40.Nd5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Bd6? {The turning point...White is now
better.} (40...a2 41.Nxb4 Rd1+ 42.Ke2 a1=Q 43.Rxa1 Rxa1 44.Kf3 Re1 45.Nc2 Rh1
46.Nxd4 Rxh2) 41.Nf6+ Kf8 42.Ne4 Rc2 43.Nxd6 a2 44.Kg2 d3 45.Nf5 Re2 46.Kf3
Rb2 47.Ne3 d2 48.Nd1 Rb1 49.Rxa2 Rxd1 50.h4 Kg7 51.Ke2 Re1+ 52.Kxd2 Re5 53.Ra3
h5 54.Re3 Ra5 55.Ke2 Rf5 56.Re6 Kf7 57.Ra6 Kg7 58.Kf1 Kh7 59.Kg2 Rb5 60.Rf6
Kg7 61.Rf4 Kg6 62.Rf3 Ra5 63.Rb3 Ra2 64.Kf3 Rc2 65.Rb6+ Kg7 66.Re6 Ra2 67.Ke3
Ra4 68.f3 Kf7 69.Re4 Ra5 70.Kf4 Kf6 71.g4 hxg4 72.fxg4 Ra6 73.g5+ Kg6 74.Kg4
Ra7 75.h5+ Kg7 76.h6+ Kg6 77.Re6+ Kh7 78.Kh5 Ra5 79.Re7+ Kg8 80.Kg6 Ra8 81.Re6
Rf8 82.Kh5 Rf1 83.Ra6 Rf5 84.Rf6 Ra5 85.Kg4 Ra4+ 86.Rf4 Ra6 87.Rf5 Kh7 88.Kh5
Ra8 89.g6+ Kh8 90.g7+ Kh7 91.Rf8 Rxf8 92.gxf8=N+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "Winkelman, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 a6 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qc2 Qe5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qxc5
Qh5 16.Qd4 Bh3 17.Bd2 Rfe8 18.f3 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rac8 20.Rac1 Qf5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8
22.Bc3 Re8 23.Qd2 h5 24.Bd4 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Qd3 27.Kf2 h4 28.gxh4 Nh5
29.Qf1 Qf5 30.Qxa6 Nf6 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Qe2 Qe5 33.Ke1 f5 34.Kd1 f4 35.exf4
Qxf4 36.Kc2 Qa4+ 37.Kb1 Qd4 38.a3 Qc5 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.h5 Qg1+
42.Ka2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yang, Ray"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.Nc3 a5 10.b3 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Bb2 c6 14.Na4 Bxb2 15.Nxb2 a4
16.Qc2 Be6 17.Nd3 Qf6 18.Rab1 Ra7 19.Nc5 axb3 20.axb3 Rfa8 21.Qd2 Nd5 22.Bxd5
cxd5 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rfc1 Qf5 25.Rb2 Qe4 26.Rbc2 e5 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Rxc8+ Kg7
29.Rc1 Ra6 30.Rd1 Rd6 31.Qd3 Qf3 32.Rd2 Kf6 33.b4 Ke6 34.b5 Qe4 35.Qb3 Qc4
36.Qb1 Rb6 37.Rb2 Kd7 38.Rb4 Qc5 39.Qb2 Ke6 40.Qb3 Ke7 41.Qb2 Kd6 42.Kg2 Ke6
43.Qb3 Rd6 44.e4 b6 45.Ra4 Rd7 46.Ra6 Kd6 47.exd5 Rb7 48.Ra2 Qxd5+ 49.Qxd5+
Kxd5 50.Rc2 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Cannon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 a6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bf4 Rb8
9.Rc1 Bd7 10.c5 Nh5 11.Bg5 dxc5 12.dxc5 h6 13.Be3 Qc8 14.a3 Rd8 15.Bd2 e5
16.Qc2 Be6 17.Nd1 Kh7 18.b4 f5 19.Bc3 e4 20.Ne1 Nd4 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.f3 Qd7
23.c6 bxc6 24.fxe4 Rd2 25.Qa4 fxe4 26.e3 Rd8 27.Nf2 Bb2 28.Rc5 Nf6 29.Qxa6 Bd5
30.b5 cxb5 31.Qa5 Bc6 32.Ned3 Re2 33.Nxb2 Rxb2 34.Qc3 Rxf2 35.Rxf2 Nd5 36.Qc1
Ne7 37.Rf7+ Kg8 38.Rxe7 Qxe7 39.Rxc6 Qe5 40.Rxg6+ Kh7 41.Rg4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dowden, R. Anthony"]
[Black "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English: 1...e6 2.g3 d5"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Qb6 12.d3 Rfc8 13.Nbd2 a5 14.a4 Nd5 15.Rfc1 Ba6
16.Ne4 h6 17.Rab1 f5 18.Nc3 Nb4 19.Qd2 Rab8 20.Ba1 Rd8 21.Na2 bxa4 22.bxa4 c5
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Rbc8 25.Qb2 Bf8 26.Nc3 c4 27.dxc4 Bxc4 28.Nd1 Qa6 29.Bf3
Bd5 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Ne3 Rdc5 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Bd4 Rc8 34.Rc1 Rxc1+ 35.Qxc1 Qxe2
36.Qc8 Qa6 37.Qxa6 Nxa6 38.Nc4 Bc5 39.Be5 Bb4 40.Bd4 Nb8 41.Ne5 Bd6 42.Nc4 Bc7
43.Ne5 Bxe5 44.Bxe5 Nc6 45.Bc3 e5 46.Kf1 Kf7 47.Ke2 Ke6 48.f4 exf4 49.Bxg7
fxg3 50.hxg3 h5 51.Ke3 Nb4 52.Kf4 Nd3+ 53.Kg5 Nc5 54.Kxh5 Nxa4 55.Kg5 Nc5
56.g4 fxg4 57.Kxg4 Kd5 58.Kf3 Nb3 59.Ke2 Kc4 60.Kd1 Kd5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Eng, Jia Qian"]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD: Austrian Defence"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.e4 e5
9.Nb3 Bb4 10.f3 Be6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ke7 14.Kf2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 b5
16.Nd2 Nc5 17.c4 b4 18.Nb3 Nfd7 19.Bd2 Rb8 20.Na5 Rb6 21.Bxb4 Rhb8 22.a3 f5
23.Rhd1 Kf6 24.exf5 Kxf5 25.Rd2 Rxb4 26.axb4 Rxb4 27.Rcd1 Ra4 28.Nc6 Bxc4
29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Rd6 Nf6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 31.Nd8? Rc2+? (31...Nfe4+ 32.fxe4+
Nxe4+ 33.Ke3 Nxd6 34.Rxd6 Rc2 {should draw.}) 32.R6d2 Rxd2+ 33.Rxd2 Nfe4+
34.fxe4+ Nxe4+ 35.Ke3 Nxd2 36.Kxd2 a5 37.Ke3 a4 38.Nc6 a3 39.Nb4 h5 40.Na2 g6
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Black "Cronin, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...d5"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Rc1
dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.O-O c5 12.Qe2 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Nd4 Rfd8 17.f3 Bb7 18.b4 Nd7 19.Ba6 Nf6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Nc6 Rd7 22.b5 a6
23.a4 axb5 24.axb5 Ra3 25.e4 Qa8 26.Qf2 Ra2 27.Rc2 Ra1 28.g3 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qa4
30.Qe2 Qa1+ 31.Kg2 Rd1 32.Rd2 Rg1+ 33.Kf2 Rh1 34.Kg2 Rg1+ 35.Kh3 g5 36.Ra2 Qc1
37.Rc2 Qb1 38.Rb2 Qc1 39.Rc2 Qa1 40.Ra2 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Nakauchi, Gene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan (Paulsen)"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.f3
Nbd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.O-O Be7 12.Rfc1 O-O 13.Qe1 Kh8 14.Qf2 g5 15.Bxg5 Rg8 16.Be3
Nh5 17.Qf1 Bh4 18.f4 Nhf6 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Nxh4 Nxe3 21.Qf2 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Rxg4
23.Nf3 Qf6 24.Rf1 Rxf4 25.Qe3 Rg4 26.Rf2 Qg7 27.Re1 Rxc4 28.h3 Rg3 29.Qf4 Rc8
30.Ne2 Rg6 31.Qxd6 Nc5 32.Ne5 Nxe4 33.Nxg6+ fxg6 34.Qxb6 Nxf2 35.Kxf2 e5
36.Kg1 Qe7 37.Nc3 Rc4 38.Rd1 Kg7 39.Qe3 Qc7 40.Qf2 h5 41.Rd3 Qe7 42.Kh2 e4
43.Re3 Qe5+ 44.Kg1 Rd4 45.Re1 Qf6 46.Qg3 Rd7 47.Rf1 Qd4+ 48.Kh1
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} e3?? {Just about every other move draws.} 49.Rd1 Qxd1+
50.Nxd1 Rxd1+ 51.Kh2 e2 {and Black lost on time before White could play
52.Qe5+} {#t} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Scholz, Phillip"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: London System"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.a4 O-O 10.a5 Nd7 11.Be2 Qe7 12.h3 f5 13.c5 Kh8 14.Bb5 dxc5 15.a6 Bd5 16.c4
c6 17.cxd5 cxb5 18.dxe6 c4 19.Qxb5 Qxe6 20.d5 Qf7 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.d6 Rc5 23.Qb4
Qf6 24.O-O g5 25.Bh2 c3 26.Nd4 f4 27.exf4 gxf4 28.Nb3 Re5 29.Rfe1 Rfe8 30.f3
Ng3 31.Bxg3 fxg3 32.Rxe5 Qxe5 33.Qd4 Rc8 34.Kf1 Qxd4 35.Nxd4 Rc5 36.Ne2 c2
37.Ke1 b5 38.Kd2 Rc6 39.Rxc2 Rxd6+ 40.Ke3 Rxa6 41.Nxg3 Nb6 42.Nf5 Nc4+ 43.Kd4
Re6 44.g4 Kg8 45.Kd5 Re7 46.Ra2 a5 47.Nd4 Re5+ 48.Kc6 b4 49.f4 Re3 50.Kb5 Nd6+
51.Kxa5 Re4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 52.Ne2?? {52.Nb3 was fine.} b3! 53.Ra1 Rxe2
54.Rb1 b2 55.Kb4 Ne4 56.f5 Rh2 57.Ka3 Nd2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Zou, Brendan"]
[Black "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.Bd2 Bb4 8.g4 d4
9.Nb1 Qb6 10.c3 Ba5 11.Bc1 c5 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.O-O dxc3 14.bxc3 Rd8 15.Rd1 h6
16.Na3 Bxc3 17.Rb1 Nd4 18.Qe3 Qc7 19.e5 Nd5 20.Qe4 Bb4! {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
21.Bb2? Bxa3 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.Rb3 Bc5 24.Rdb1 b6 25.R1b2 h5 26.f4 hxg4 27.f5
exf5 28.Qxf5 Ne3 29.Qg5 gxh3 30.Qxg7 h2+ 31.Kh1 Rf8 32.e6 Nxg2 33.Rxg2 Qc6
34.Rb2 Be7 35.exf7+ Rxf7 36.Qh8+ Rf8 37.Qh5+ Kd7 38.Qh3+ Qe6 39.Qxe6+ Kxe6
40.Rbe2+ Kd6 41.Rg4 Bf6 42.Rge4 Kd7 43.Kxh2 Rg8 44.Rf4 Rg6 45.Kh1 Rh8+ 46.Rh2
Rxh2+ 47.Kxh2 Be5 {White resigned .... about time too...} {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Black "Maguire, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit: 5.bxa6 g6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Na6 12.a4 Qc8 13.Qe2 Nb4 14.Nb5 Ne8 15.Bd2 Na6
16.Bc3 Nec7 17.Na3 Nb4 18.Nc4 Qa6 19.h4 h5 20.Ng5 e6 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Rhd1 Rad8
23.Bxb4 cxb4 24.Qc2 Qc6 25.Rac1 d5 26.Ne3 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 d4 28.Nf1 Rd7 29.Rdc1
Be5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 30.Nf3 Bd6 31.e5 d3 32.Rc6 Rdf7 33.exd6 Nd5 34.N1d2 e5
35.Rc8 e4 36.Rxf8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Nakanchi, Gene"]
[Black "Beamont, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Dragon"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nb3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Bf3 Bf5 12.Nd4 Bc8 13.Nb3 Bf5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nd4 Rxc3
16.bxc3 Nxa2 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Ra1 Nxc3 19.Qd3 Nfxd5 20.Rxa7 f4 21.Bd2 Qb6
22.Bxc3 Nxc3 23.Rxb7 Qc5 24.Rd7 e6 25.h3 Bf6 26.Bg4 Rc8 27.Bxe6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Cronin, Henry"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Opening "French: MacCutcheon"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Ne2 c5 9.a3
Ba5 10.dxc5 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Qd2 Qxc5 14.h4 Rg8 15.hxg5 hxg5
16.Be2 Bd7 17.Rb1 b6 18.Rh7 Nc6 19.Bh5 O-O-O 20.Rxf7 Rh8 21.Be2 Rh1+ 22.Bf1
Rdh8 23.Qd3 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Qxc3+ 25.Kd1 Nd4 26.Qa6+ Kb8
27.Rxb6+ axb6 28.Qxb6+ Kc8 29.Qa6+ Kd8 30.Rxd7+ Kxd7 31.Qa7+ Ke8 32.Qa4+ Kf7
33.Qd7+ Kg6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English: Agincourt Variation"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qxc4 c5 6.Ne5 Nc6 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.Bg2
Nf6 9.d3 Rc8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 cxd4 12.Qb3 Rc1+ 13.Kd2 Rc7 14.Na3 a6 15.Rhc1
Bc5 16.Nc4 b5 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Nf3 h5 19.Ke1 h4 20.Kf1 hxg3 21.hxg3 Ng4 22.a4 b4
23.Rc4 Ke7 24.Rac1 Rhc8 25.Qd1 Ne5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nc3 d6 8.a4 b6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.f4 Bb7 {White is going OK but now makes the mistake of
further exposing his King. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 12.g5? hxg5 13.fxg5 d5 14.Rf2 Nxe4
15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.g6 Nf6 17.a5 b5 18.gxf7+ Qxf7 19.Qe2 Bd6 20.Raf1 b4 21.Na4
Qg6+ 22.Rg2 {Black to play and win... _MARK:DIAGRAM_} Bxh2+! 23.Kf2 Bg3+
24.Kg1 Rh3 25.Bf4 e3 26.Nf3 Bf2+ (26...Qh7!) 27.Rxf2 exf2+ 28.Kxf2 Ng4+ {#R}
0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Black "Rujevic, Mirko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nd2 c5 9.g4
Nc7 10.h4 h6 11.g5 Nh7 12.gxh6 Bxh6 13.h5 Bf4 14.Nf1 a6 15.a4 Bd7 16.Rg1 g5
17.Bg4 Ne8 18.Ne3 Kh8 19.Ra3 Rb8 20.Rb3 b6 21.Qe2 Nef6 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Kd1 Ng8
24.f3 Nh6 25.Ng4 Nxg4 26.fxg4 Nf6 27.Kc2 Kg7 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Dowden, R. Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Nf3
a6 10.a4 Nh5 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Be3 Bg7 13.O-O Nd7 14.g4 Nhf6 15.Nd2 h5 16.f4 hxg4
17.e5 dxe5 18.f5 e4 19.Ndxe4 Ne5 20.Bg5 Nf3+ 21.Kh1 Nxg5 22.Nxg5 Nxd5?
(22...Bh6!) 23.Qxg4 Bf6 24.Nce4 Bxg5 25.Nxg5 Nf6 26.Qg3 Nh5 27.Qe3 Re8
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 28.Qf3?? (28.Ne4 {was OK.}) 28...Qxg5 29.fxg6 Ng3+ 30.Kh2
Nxf1+ 31.Rxf1 f6 32.Bc4+ Kg7 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Black "Jordan, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine: 4.c4 Nb6"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nf3 Re8
9.O-O Bg4 10.Be3 Nc6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Rc1 d5 13.c5 Nc8 14.h3 Bf5 15.Nh2 h6 16.Qd2
N8e7 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Ng6 19.g3 Nf8 20.Bf3 Ne7 21.Rfe1 Ne6 22.Bg2 c6 23.f4
b6 24.cxb6 axb6 25.g5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Nf5?? {Missing a sneaky tactic that
would have saved the piece.   Can you see it?} (25...hxg5 26.fxg5 Nf5
(26...Be5 27.dxe5 d4)) 26.gxf6 Nxg3 27.fxg7 Qh4 28.Qf2 Qg4 29.Kh2 Nf5 30.Bh3
Qh5 31.Qe2 Qh4 32.Qg4 Nexd4 33.Bxd4 Rxe1 34.Qxh4 Nxh4 35.Rxe1 Nf3+ 36.Kg3 Nxe1
37.Bf5 c5 38.Bf6 d4 39.Nd5 Re8 40.Kf2 d3 41.Be5 Rxe5 42.fxe5 d2 43.Ke2 b5
44.Be4 c4 45.bxc4 bxc4 46.Kxd2 Nd3 47.Bxd3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Black "Mallari, Donato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...g6"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.c3 d5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.dxc5 e5 7.Na3 a6 8.O-O Nge7 9.e3
O-O 10.c4 d4 11.exd4 exd4 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Qd2 d3 14.Rfe1 Bf5 15.Rad1 Qd7 16.Nh4
Bg4 17.Qxd3 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Bxb2 19.Rb3 Bxa3 20.Rxa3 Be6 21.Rae3 Red8 22.Bg5 Rd7
23.Bf6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} h6? {Black has a difficult game but this sheds another
pawn.} 24.Bxc6 Nxc6 25.Nxg6 Nd4 26.Ne5 Rdd8 27.Bxd8 Rxd8 28.Rb1 Bh3 29.f3 Nc2
30.Re2 Nd4 31.Rf2 Re8 32.Re1 Rc8 33.Rd2 Ne6 34.c6 bxc6 35.Kf2 Bf5 36.g4 Bh7
37.Nxf7 Nc5 38.Nxh6+ Kh8 39.Re7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Zulfic, Fedja"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.h4
Nc5 10.f3 c6 11.h5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.Nh3 a4 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Nd1 Qd8 16.Nhf2 b5
17.Bh6 Qe7 18.Qg5 Rfb8 19.Ne3 Qf8 20.Bxg7 Qxg7 21.h6 Qh8 22.Nd3 Ne8 23.Qe7 Qf6
24.Qxf6 Nxd3+ 25.Bxd3 Nxf6 26.Kd2 Kf8 27.Rac1 Ke7 28.Nc2 b4 29.Ne3 Ne8 30.Be2
f6 31.Bd3 Kd8 32.Nc4 Ra7 33.Be2 Ke7 34.Bd3 Nc7 35.Ne3 Na8 36.Rc4 Kd8 37.Rf1
Nc7 38.Rcc1 Ke7 39.Rh1 Kf7 40.Rhg1 Ke7 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Black "Chow, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1
h6 9.Bf4 c6 10.Kc2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Be5 12.Be3 Bc7 13.f3 b6 14.a4 a6 15.Be2 Bb7
16.Rhd1 O-O-O 17.b4 Kb8 18.Nc4 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Rd2 f4 21.Bg1 Rhg8 22.Bf1 b5
23.Nb2 Nb6 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Re1 Nd5 26.Nd3 Bc8 27.Nc5 Rg8 28.Kb3 Bd6 29.c4 Nc7
30.Kc3 Bf5 31.Bd4 h5 32.Re2 Rg6 33.Ra2 e5 34.Bg1 Bxc5 35.Bxc5 e4 36.fxe4 Bxe4
37.Kd4 Bf5 38.axb5 axb5 39.cxb5 cxb5 40.Ke5 Bc8 41.Bd3 {White is clearly
better but Black could fight on with 41...Re6+, instead he played...
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Rg4?? 42.Ba7+ Ka8 43.Be4+ Bb7 44.Bb6+ Kb8 45.Bxc7+ Kxc7 46.Ra7
{#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.f3 e6 8.Qd2 h5
9.a4 b6 10.Bc4 Ne5 11.Ba2 Qc7 12.Qe2 Be7 13.f4 Neg4 14.Bd2 h4 15.h3 Nh6 16.Rf1
g6 17.O-O-O Bd7 18.Be1 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ndxb5 Qb8 21.Kb1 Ra5 22.Nd4 Qa8
23.Ncb5 O-O 24.Bxa5 Qxa5 25.Nc3 Ra8 26.f5 d5 27.Nb3 Qa7 28.Qf2 Nxe4 29.Qxa7
Nxc3+ 30.bxc3 Rxa7 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Nd4 Nf5 33.Rfe1 Kf7 34.Nf3 Kf6 35.Bb3 Bc5
36.Ne5 Bb5 37.Rd2 Ng3 38.Nd3 Bb6 39.Nf2 Rc7 40.Kb2 Ba5 41.Re3 Nf1 42.Rf3+ Ke7
43.Rd4 Nh2 44.Re3 Nf1 45.Rf3 Nh2 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 46.Rfd3?! {Anton should
repeat the position and take a draw but bravely plays for more.} Bxd3 47.Rxd3
Nf1 48.Ng4 Ng3 49.Ne3 Ne4 50.Bxd5!? {50.Nd1 objectively was best but Black has
all the play.} Nf2 51.Bc4 Bb6 52.Rd4 Bxd4 53.cxd4 Nd1+ 54.Nxd1 Rxc4 55.c3 {The
position has clarified and Black should win comfortably but good players often
have to be beaten several times in the game before you get the full point.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Rc8 56.Kc2 Kf6 57.Kd3 Kf5 58.Ke3 g5 59.Kf3 g4+ 60.hxg4+ Kg5
61.Ke4 Kxg4 62.Ne3+ Kg3 63.c4 Ra8 64.d5 exd5+ 65.cxd5 Re8+ 66.Kd4 Kf4 67.Nf1
{If Black find the best move here White is as dead as a Dodo.   What would you
play? _MARK:DIAGRAM_} Re2?? {Throwing the win away.  67...Re1 68.Nd2 Re2 was
the way to go.} 68.d6 Rxg2 69.d7 Rg8 70.Kd5 Kf5 71.Kd6 Kf6 72.Nh2 h3 73.Ng4+
Kg5 74.Nh2 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Black "Yang, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 Nd7
9.Bb5 Qa5 10.c4 Qc7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nf3 c4 13.c3 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bc2 Nf8 16.a4
bxa4 17.Rxa4 Ne7 18.Bc1 Ne6 19.Ba3 Bd7 20.Bd6 Qd8 21.Ra2 Nc8 22.Ba3 Na7 23.Bb4
Nb5 24.Ba5 Qe7 25.O-O Nf4 26.Kh1 Qe6 27.Ng1 g6 28.Bb4 Qb6 29.Qc1 Ne6 30.Ba5
Qc6 31.Qh6 Qc8 32.f4 Nbc7 33.g4 Nd8 34.f5 Nc6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 35.e6 Nxe6
36.fxe6 Bxe6 37.Ba4 Bxg4 38.Qg7 Rf8 39.Bb4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Hamilton, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Snyder, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.d3 e5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.Nd2 Qc7 9.O-O
O-O 10.Nc4 Nd4 11.f3 Be6 12.Ne3 Rab8 13.c3 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 b5 15.d4 c4 16.d5 Bc8
17.f4 Nd7 18.Nf5 Bf6 19.Ba3 Nc5 20.bxc4 bxc4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 21.Nxd6 Qxd6
22.Qxc4 Be7 23.fxe5 Qb6 24.d6 Nd7+ 25.Kh1 Ba6 26.Qd5 Bb7 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
27.dxe7 Bxd5 28.exf8=Q+ Nxf8 29.exd5 Qe3 30.Bd6 Rb2 31.e6 Qe2 32.exf7+ Kh8
33.Rg1 Ng6 34.Rae1 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Yi"]
[Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...d5"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4
Bg6 10.Nh4 Be7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Qd7 14.Rad1 c4 15.Qc2 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.f4 b5 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6
9.Bd2 Bb7? {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 10.Nxd5! Nxd5 11.cxd5 Bxd2 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bxh7+
Kh8 14.Nxd2 Qh4 15.Be4 Nf6 16.g3 Qh6 17.Bg2 Ba6 18.Nc4 g6 19.h3 Nh7 20.Ne5
Bxf1 21.Nxg6+ Kg7 22.Nxf8 Rxf8 23.Rxf1 Ng5 24.h4 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Rxf3 26.Qxc6
{#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Chow, Samuel"]
[Black "Cannon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O a6 7.Rb1 e5 8.d3 h6 9.b4
Nh5 10.e4 Be6 11.a4 Qc8 12.b5 b6 13.Nd5 Kh7 14.d4 axb5 15.axb5 exd4 16.Nxd4
Nd7 17.f4 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Re8 19.Nc6 Nc5 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.e5 Ng8 22.Be3 Nb7 23.Be4
Qg4 24.Kg2 dxe5 25.fxe5 {Defending f7 isn't easy.   25...Qd7 runs into 26.e6
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Ra3 26.Rf4 Qh5 27.Bf3 Qg5 28.h4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Richards, Heather S"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.g3 dxe4 5.dxe4 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Nfd2 b6 12.Nc4 Ba6! {A painful pin which Black now
exploits. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 13.c3 Qe6 14.Nbd2 Na5 15.b3 Bc5 16.h3 Ne8 17.Kh1 Nd6
18.f4 Naxc4 19.bxc4 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 Qxc4 21.Qc2 Nb5 22.Bb2 Nd4 23.Qd1 Ne2 24.Qe1
exf4 25.gxf4 Rad8 26.Kh2 Be3 27.Rf3 Qxe4 28.Rg3 Qd3 29.Bf1 Bxf4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Dowden, R. Anthony"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.g3 g6"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Re8 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3
Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.b5 Nd4 16.Nxd4
exd4 17.Nd5 Ra2 18.Re1 Bg7 19.Nb4 Ra7 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 h5 22.h4 g5 23.hxg5
Qxg5 24.Qc1 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxe2 26.Bxb7 Bf5 27.Rd1 h4 28.Bf3 Rb2 29.Nd5 Be6
30.gxh4 {White is better but Black can exchange on d5 and get bishops of
opposite colour.  Is it worth playing on? _MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nc3"]

{This is a really well played game by Black, and a candidate for the
brilliancy prize.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.e3 g6 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 c5
7.Bd3 c4 8.Be2 b5 9.a3 Qb6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe1 a5 12.Ne5 h6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.g4 b4
15.Na4 Qd6 16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Ne4 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.axb4 axb4 20.Qxb4 Bc6 21.Nc5
Qh3 22.Rxa8 Qxe3+ 23.Kh1 Rxa8 24.Nxe4 Bxd4 25.Qd2 Qxe4+ 26.Bf3
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Ra1! 27.Bxe4 (27.Rxa1 Qxf3+ 28.Qg2 Qxg2+ 29.Kxg2 f6 {and
Black is better.}) 27...Rxf1+ 28.Kg2 Rg1+ 29.Kh3 Bd7+ 30.f5 dxe4 31.Qxd4 Bxf5+
32.Kh4 Rg4+ 33.Kh3 Rxg5+ 34.Kh4 Rg4+ 35.Kh3 Kh7 36.Qe3 Rg1+ 37.Kh4 g5+ 38.Kh5
Bg6# 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English: 1...e6 2.Nc3 d5"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qc2 c6
9.h4 g6 10.g4 Bg7 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Kb1 Qe7 13.Bd3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b6 15.e4 Bb7
16.Rhe1 b5 17.Bd3 b4 18.Na4 c5 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 Qf6 21.Be4 Rfe8 22.g5 hxg5
23.Nxg5 c4 24.Re3 Ne5 25.Nc5 Rab8 26.Nxb7 Rxb7 27.d6 Rbb8 28.Bd5 Rf8 29.d7
Rbd8 {The computer likes 30.Rxe5, Qxe5 31.Bxc4 +1.74 for White!
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English: Agincourt Variation"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 d4 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Na3 Nf6 9.Nc2
O-O 10.Rb1 e5 11.b4 Re8 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.bxc5 Be7 15.e3 Bxc5 16.exd4
exd4 17.Rb5 b6 18.Ng5 Bd7 19.Bd5 Rf8 20.Re1 Rae8 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Rb1 Qd8 23.a3
Kg7 24.f4 f5 25.Nd2 Bc5 26.Qf3 Qf6 27.Nb3 Nd8 28.Nxc5 bxc5 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Re1
g5 31.Rxe8 Bxe8 32.Qe2 Bg6 33.Ne1 gxf4 34.gxf4 Nf7 35.Nf3 Bh5 36.Bxf7 Bxf7
37.Ne5 Be8 38.Qg2+ Kf8 39.Qd5 {Here the computer says that White is +2.14 ...
but a possible winning method for White is not clear to a mere human.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Qe7 40.Kf1 Kg7 41.Qg2+ Bg6 42.Ke2 Qh4 43.Qg3 Qxg3 44.hxg3 Be8
45.Ke1 Kf6 46.Kd2 Ke6 47.Kc1 Ba4 48.Kd2 Be8 49.Ke1 Kd6 50.Kd2 Bh5 51.Ke1 Bg4
52.Kd2 Bh3 53.Ke1 Bg2 54.Kf2 Bh1 55.Ke2 h5 56.Kf2 Ke6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Puccini, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bf4 Rb8
9.Rc1 b5 10.Nd5 Na5 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.c5 Bg7 13.b3 b4 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Bh6 Bh8
16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 d5 19.c6 Rb6 20.Rc5 Nxc6 21.Rxd5 Qc8 22.Be3
Qxh3 23.Rc1 Na7 24.Rg5 Qd7 25.d5 Rb7 26.d6 cxd6 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Rg4 Bc3 29.Qd3
Nc6 30.Qe4 Qd7 31.Rh4 d5 32.Qd3 e5 33.Qxa6 d4 34.Bg5 e4 35.Rd1 Qd5 36.Bc1 d3
37.Be3 Ne5 38.Rf4 Ra8 39.Qb6 {Black has played well after losing the exchange
but now instead of 39...Nd7 or the more obvious 39...Rxa2 with an advantage of
3-4 points he blunders. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} dxe2?? 40.Rxd5 e1=Q+ 41.Kg2 Nf3
42.Rxe4 (42.Rd8+ Rxd8 43.Qxd8+ Kg7 44.Rxe4 {and White wins.}) 42...Qg1+
43.Kxf3 Qh1+ 44.Kf4 Qh6+ 45.Rg5 f6 46.Qe6+ Kh8 47.Rc4 fxg5+ 48.Ke4 Qh1+ 49.f3
Qb1+ 50.Kd5 Qd3+ 51.Kc6 Qd8 52.Bb6 Qf8 53.Kb5 Bg7 54.Rxb4 Re8 55.Qc6 Rc8
56.Qd7 Rb8 57.Rc4 h5 58.Qc6 Qf5+ 59.Ka6 Kh7 60.b4 Qd3 61.a4 Ra8+ 62.Qxa8 Qxc4+
63.Ka5 Bc3 64.Qf8 Qd5+ 65.Bc5 Bg7 66.Qe7 Qxf3 67.b5 Qa8+ 68.Kb4 Qd5 69.b6 Qd2+
70.Kb5 Qd3+ 71.Kc6 Qf3+ 72.Kc7 Qxg3+ 73.Bd6 Qc3+ 74.Kb8 g4 75.b7 g3
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 76.Qc7?? (76.Bc5 {and White wins.}) 76...g2 {Now its a draw.}
77.Qxc3 Bxc3 78.Bc5 Be5+ 79.Kc8 h4 80.b8=Q Bxb8 81.Kxb8 h3 82.Bg1 g5 83.a5 g4
84.a6 g3 85.a7 h2 86.a8=Q hxg1=Q 87.Qe4+ Kh6 88.Qe6+ Kg5 89.Qe5+ Kg4 90.Qe4+
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kelly, Adam"]
[Black "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.f3 (Kmoch)"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.e4 O-O 8.Bg5 e5
9.Ne2 b6 10.Nc1 Qe7 11.Nb3 Nd8 12.Qd2 Ne6 13.Be3 Nh5 14.d5 Nc5 15.Nxc5 bxc5
16.Bd3 g6 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.h4 f5 19.Qg5 Qf7 20.h5 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Bf5 22.hxg6 Qxg6
23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.Rb1 e4 26.O-O Re5 27.Rfe1 Rae8 28.Bxg7 Kxg7
29.Rb7 exf3 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.gxf3 Re3 32.Rxc7+ Kf6 33.Rd7 Ke5 34.Re7+ Kf4
35.Re6 Rxc3 36.Rxd6 Rxc4 37.Rxg6 Kxf3 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 38.Ra6? (38.Rc6 Rg4+
39.Kf1 c4 40.d6 Rh4 41.Kg1 Rd4 42.d7 Rxd7 43.Rxc4) 38...Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Ke4 40.Kg2
Rd1 41.Kf2 Rxd5 42.Rxa7 Kd3 43.Ke1 Kc2 44.Ra5? (44.a4 $10) 44...Re5+?
(44...Rd1+ 45.Ke2 Rd2+ 46.Ke1 c4 {winning.}) 45.Kf2 Kb3 46.Kf3 Kc4 47.Ra4+ Kd3
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 48.Kf4?? {The final mistake.  The King is going in the wrong
direction!} (48.Ra5 Re3+ 49.Kf2 Re2+ 50.Kf3 Rc2 51.Ra6 c4 52.Rd6+ Kc3 53.Rc6
Ra2 54.Ke3 Rxa3 55.Ke2 Ra2+ 56.Kd1 {should draw.}) 48...Rd5 49.Re4 Rd4
50.Rxd4+ Kxd4 51.Kf3 Kd3 52.Kf2 c4 53.Ke1 Kc2 54.a4 c3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Maguire, Tom"]
[Black "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Bf4 a5 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Be3 f5 14.Nb3 Nb6 15.Ne5 Bf6
16.cxd5 exd5 17.f4 gxf4 18.gxf4 Kh8 19.Rf3 Qe8 20.Rh3 Rg8 21.Kh1 Nc4 22.Nxc4
dxc4 23.Qxc4 Be6 24.d5 Bf7 25.Qd3 Rxg2 26.Kxg2 Bxd5+ 27.Kf2 a4 28.Qxf5 Be4
29.Qc5 axb3 30.Rxh5 {a complicated position. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} b6?? {Trying to
take advantage of the Q being tied to the R.} (30...Rd8 {and White is only
slightly better.}) 31.Qd6 Bg7 32.Rg5 Rd8 33.Qb4 h6 34.Rxg7?! {Not necessary
but still sufficient to win.} Kxg7 35.Rg1+ Kh7 36.axb3 b5 37.Bd4 Rd7 38.Bc3
Rf7 39.Qd4 Bg6 40.Ke1 Qf8 41.e3 c5 42.Qd5 Qe7 43.Qe5 Qxe5 44.Bxe5 Rd7 45.h4
Bh5 46.Kf2 Rd2+ 47.Kg3 Re2 48.f5 Kg8 49.Kf4+ Kf8 50.Bd6+ Kf7 51.Bxc5 Rxb2
52.e4 Rxb3 53.e5 b4 54.e6+ Kf6 55.Bd4+ Ke7 56.Ke5 Rf3 57.Bb6 Rc3 58.f6+ Kf8
59.Bd8 Re3+ 60.Kf5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Neo-Indian: 3.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O dxc4 8.e4 Nb6
9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 Qe8 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Black "Liu, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6
9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 Bd6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2
Qxd4 16.Ra3 Qe5+ 17.Rg3+ Kh8 18.Qg4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} f5?? (18...Qg5 19.Qf3 Qf5
20.Qxf5 exf5 {and White is slightly better.}) 19.Qg5 b5 20.f4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Dowden, R. Anthony"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English: Caro-Kann Defence"]

1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bf4 Ne4 10.Rc1 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Bd7 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qa4 Bd6
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Chow, Samuel"]
[Black "Slater-Jones, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 3.g3 c6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.c4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Ne5 c5
9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Nxc4 Qxc5 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Qb5 Nb4 13.Rd1 Qxb5 14.Nxb5 Rd8 15.Rxd8+
Bxd8 16.Bd2 Nbd5 17.Nbd6 Rb8 18.Ne5 Be7 19.Nexf7 Bd7 20.Rd1 Be8 21.Nxe8 Kxf7
22.Nxf6 Bxf6 23.e4 Nb6 24.b3 Rd8 25.Bf3 Nd7 26.Be3 Ne5 27.Be2 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1
Nc6 29.f4 e5 30.Kf2 Ke6 31.a3 Nd4 32.b4 Kd7 33.Ke1 Kc6 34.Kd2 a6 35.Kd3
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} a5?? {Black was no doubt focusing on the threat 36.Bxd4 and
37.e5 but he missed ....} 36.fxe5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2...d6 3.d4 Nf6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nxe4 5.cxd6 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Nxd6 7.Nc4 e5 8.c3 f6
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qa4 Nf5 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.b4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Be7 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Rxd6
O-O 16.Rxe6 Qxe6 17.b5 Kh8 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Qc4 Qd6 20.Be2 Rab8 21.O-O Rfd8
22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 24.Qc5? (24.Kf2 {and White is
better.}) 24...Qb6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.a4 Ra8 27.Nd2 (27.Bd1 b5) 27...Rxa4 28.Bf3
Ra3 29.c4 Ra2 30.Nf1 b5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Puccini, Jack"]
[Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch: 4.Nxd4 Nf6"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 a5 10.f4 Ba6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Be3 d5 13.Qg4+ Kb8 14.Bxb6 cxb6 15.cxd5 Bc8
16.Qf3 cxd5 17.O-O-O f6 18.Rxd5 Rxd5 19.Qxd5 Bb7 20.Qb5 fxe5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
21.fxe5?? (21.Qxb6 $10) 21...Qg5+ 22.Kc2 Ba3 23.Be2 Rd8? (23...Rc8!) 24.Rd1
Rxd1 25.Bxd1 Qc1+ 26.Kd3 Bb4 {and White is lost.} 27.Qe8+ Bc8 28.Bc2 Qf1+
29.Kd4 Bc5+ 30.Kd5 Qxg2+ 31.Be4 Qd2+ 32.Kc4 Qd4+ 33.Kb5 Qb4+ 34.Kc6 Qxc3
35.Bf5 Bg1+ 36.Kd5 Qd4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Maguire, Tom"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bb2 b6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bxd7
Qxd7 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.a3 Bc5 18.Qe2 Rac8 19.b4 Be7 20.Nd4 Rc4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
21.b5? {Allowing Black's B a good square.  21.f5 was the best chance.} Bc5
22.Nc6 Nc3 23.Bxc3 Rxc3 24.Kh1 Rxe3 25.Qg4 d4 26.Rf3 Qd5 27.a4 a6 28.Rd1 Qe4
29.Rxe3 dxe3 30.Qf3 Qxf3 31.gxf3 axb5 32.axb5 Ra8 33.Kg2 Ra2+ 34.Kg3 g6 35.Rb1
Kg7 36.Nb4 Rd2 37.Nc6 e2 38.Re1 Rb2 39.f5 exf5 40.f4 Rb3+ 41.Kg2 Re3 42.Nb8 h5
43.Nd7 Bd4 44.Nf6 Bc3 45.Kf2 Bxe1+ 46.Kxe3 Bh4 47.Kxe2 Bxf6 48.exf6+ Kxf6
49.Ke3 h4 50.Kd4 Ke6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Black "Rujevic, Mirko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3
Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 Nb4 16.Bb1
Bb7 17.a3 Na6 18.d5 a4 19.Nbd2 Nc5 20.Nh2 Rfc8 21.Qf3 Qa5 22.Nhf1 Ba6 23.Bxc5
Rxc5 24.Bd3 b4 25.Bxa6 Rxa6 26.Rec1 b3 27.Qd1 Ra8 28.Rxc5 Qxc5 29.Rc1 Qd4
30.Ng3 g6 31.Ne2 Qd3 32.Rc3 Qb5 33.Rc4 Bd8 34.Nc3 Qd7 35.Rc6 Ba5? {Banking on
White not being able to take the "a" pawn but... _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 36.Nxa4 Bxd2
37.Nb6 Qb7 38.Nxa8 Ba5 39.Qc1! {Black must have missed this.} Kg7 40.Nc7 Bb6
41.Kh2 Bd4 42.Ne6+! {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Nakauchi, Gene"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2
c5 10.Qc2 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qb6 13.Na3 Ba6 14.b3 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bxa1
16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.Nac4 Qc7 18.Nb2 Nc6 19.Qb1 Bxb2 20.Bxb2 Bxe2 21.Re1 Bg4 22.a3
Bf5 23.Qc1 Qb7 24.Qc4 e5 25.f4 Be6 26.Qd3 Qe7 27.Qf3 Rc8 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.Bxe5
Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Qd6 31.Qc3 Rd8 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 32.Ne4?? {Tempting but losing. 
32.Re2 was OK.} Qd1+ 33.Kf2 Rd3 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Rd5 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Rxc3 37.Rd8+
Kg7 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Black "Clarke, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti: 2.c4"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.a5 e6 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Bd2
Bd6 10.Na4 Bc7 11.Qb4 Ne4 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Qb3 Qe7 14.Be2 O-O 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Na2
Nxd2 17.Nxd2 Qg5 18.Bf3 Re8 19.Nc1 Nf6 20.Ne2 h5 21.h4 Qh6 22.Kf1 Re7 23.g3
Ra8 24.Nf4 Qh7 25.Kg2 Rae8 26.Qd1 Ng4 27.Bxg4 hxg4 28.Qb3 Bc2 29.Qc3 Be4+
30.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 31.Kh2 Qf3 32.Rhf1 g5 33.Ng2 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} gxh4? (33...f5
$19) 34.Nxh4 Rxe3?? {a terrible oversight.  34...Qe4 was still better for
Black.} 35.Nxf3 Rxc3 36.bxc3 gxf3 37.Rfe1 Re2 38.Rxe2 fxe2 39.Re1 Bc7 40.Rxe2
Bxa5 41.Rc2 b5 42.Kg2 Bb6 43.Kf3 Kg7 44.Ke3 a5 45.Kd3 f6 46.Re2 Kf7 47.f4 Bc7
48.f5 Bxg3 49.Re6 b4 50.cxb4 axb4 51.Rxc6 Ke7 52.Re6+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.b3 a6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.f4 e5 8.Qd2 b5
9.Nf3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Rc8 14.Bd3 exf4 15.Nd4
Nxd5 16.Nf5 Ne5 17.Be4 Ne3 18.Nxe3 fxe3 19.Qxe3 O-O 20.Kb1 f5 21.Bd5+ Kh8
22.Rd2 Bf6 23.h3 Rce8 24.Qf2 Nd7 25.Rhd1 Bxb2 26.Kxb2 Nf6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
27.Qxf5 Ne4 28.Qxf8+ Rxf8 29.Bxe4 Qe7 30.Bf3 Rd8 31.Re2 Qf6+ 32.Kb1 g6 33.Rde1
Rd7 34.Re6 Qd4 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.R8e7+ Rxe7 37.Rxe7+ Kg8 38.a3 h5 39.Re1 Kf7
40.Rd1 Qc5 41.Kb2 Qe5+ 42.Kb1 Ke6 43.b4 Kd7 44.Rd3 Kc7 45.g4 h4 46.Kc1 Qh2
47.Bd5 Qg1+ 48.Kd2 Qf2+ 49.Kd1 Kd7 50.Bb7 Kc7 51.Bd5 Kb6 52.Bg8 Qf1+ 53.Kd2
Qf2+ 54.Kd1 Qf1+ 55.Kd2 Qf4+ 56.Kd1 a5 57.bxa5+ Kxa5 58.Bd5 Kb6 59.Bg8 Kc5
60.Rd5+ Kc6 61.Rd3 Qf1+ 62.Kd2 Qf4+ 63.Kd1 Kd7 64.Bd5 Qf1+ 65.Kd2 Qf2+ 66.Kd1
Ke7 67.Bc6 Qg1+ 68.Kd2 Qf2+ 69.Kd1 Qc5 70.Bd5 Kf6 71.Bg8 Qg1+ 72.Kd2 Qf2+
73.Kd1 Ke5 74.Ba2 Kf4 75.Bd5 Qf1+ 76.Kd2 Qf2+ 77.Kd1 Qf1+ 78.Kd2 Ke5 79.Ba2
Qf2+ 80.Kd1 Qg1+ 81.Kd2 Qh2+ 82.Kd1 Qh1+ 83.Kd2 Qg2+ 84.Kd1 Qf1+ 85.Kd2 Qf2+
86.Kd1 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Lekkas, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4
a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Re8 13.Qb3 c5 14.Ba3 Rf8 15.Rfb1 Ra6 16.Bc1
Ne8 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English: 1...e6 2.Nf3 d5"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 dxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 h6 10.Be2 e5 11.O-O {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Yang, Ray"]
[Black "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan: 4.Nf3 c5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qa4 Be6 15.Nd2
d3 16.exd3 Qxb2 17.Nc4 Qd4 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qxc6 Qxd3 20.Ne3 Rac8 21.Qa4 a6
22.Rfd1 Qe2 23.Re1 Qd3 24.Red1 Qe2 25.Re1 Qd3 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Chow, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Ng5 O-O 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Na6 12.Qh3 h6 13.Nf3 h5 14.Rg1 Qd7 15.g4 Rfd8
16.Qh4 hxg4 17.Ng5 Nc5 18.Be3 Nd3+ 19.Kf1 Nc4 20.Rxg4 e5 21.Rg3
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Nxe3+ 22.Rxe3 Nf4 23.Nxf4 exf4 24.Rf3 Qxd4 25.Rxf4 Qc4+
26.Kg2 Rd7 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Qxg6 Kg8 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.b3 Qb5 31.Ne6+ Ke7 32.Qxg7
{#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Puccini, Jack"]
[Black "Maguire, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: 3.Nd2 dxe4"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4
Nf6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Be3 Bd6 18.Nh4 Qxh5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 19.g4 Qd5 20.Rdg1 g5
21.Nf5 exf5 22.gxf5 Qxh1?? {Panic perhaps?   22...Qxf5 23.Rxh6 Rfe8 seems to
hold.} (22...Qxf5 23.Rxh6 Rfe8 $17) 23.Rxh1 Kg7 24.Qd2 Ne4 25.f6+ Kxf6 26.Qd3
Rae8 27.f3 Ng3 28.Rxh6+ Ke7 29.d5 f6 30.dxc6 bxc6 31.Bxg5 Be5 32.Rh7+ Rf7
33.Qa3+ Ke6 34.Qb3+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...d5"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6
9.O-O e5 10.h3 a6 11.Qc2 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.a3 Re8 14.d5 Ne7 15.e4 c6 16.dxc6
Nxc6 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nxe4 20.Bf3 Rc8 21.Qd1 Rc4 22.Ne2 Bb8
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 23.b3?? {Allowing Black a nice series of forcing moves to win
the game.} (23.Be3) 23...Qc7 24.g3 Ng5 25.Bg2 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qc6+ 27.f3 Rc2 {#R}
1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.e4 h6 13.Be3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Qxc5 Nxc5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nd4 a6 19.Nf5 Rad8 20.Nd6 Ba8 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 f6
23.Bxa8 Rxa8 24.exf6 gxf6 25.Rab1 Rfd8 26.c4 Kf8 27.cxb5 Ke7 28.Nc4 Rxd1+
29.Rxd1 axb5 30.Ne3 Rxa2 31.Rb1 Ra5 32.Nc2 e5 33.Nb4 Kd6 34.Kg2 {Bobby is a
pawn ahead and manages to find a way to make progress .... helped by Junta's
time trouble. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} Ne4 35.f3 Nc5 36.Kh3 Ne6 37.Kg4 Nd4 38.f4 f5+
39.Kh5 e4 40.Kxh6 Kc5 41.Rb2 Kc4 42.h4 e3 43.Rb1 e2 44.Kg6 Ra4 45.h5 Rxb4
46.Rc1+ Kd3 47.h6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Qd3 Qd7 12.Nd2 b5 13.a4 b4 14.Ne2 d5 15.a5 Nc6
16.Nc1 h6 17.Bb6 Nd4 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nc4 Bf6 20.Ne2 Rac8 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Nb6
Nxb6 23.axb6 Qc6 24.Rxa6 Qxc2 25.Nf4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Qxb2?? {25...e5 is
equal, but now White plays precisely to win material.} 26.b7 Rb8 27.Nxe6 Rf7
28.Nc5 Be5 29.Qe4 d3 30.Nxd3 Qc2 31.Rc6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Black "Ng, Clive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4
g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Nde4 h6 15.O-O Nf6 16.Rc1 c5
17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.b4 Nd4 20.b5 Bd7 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.bxc6 Nxf3+
23.Qxf3 Bxc6 24.Qd3 Kg7 25.Rfd1 Be7 26.h3 Qa5 27.f3 Qa6 28.Qe2 Ba4 29.Nxa4
Qxa4 30.c5 dxc5 31.Bxe5+ Bf6 32.Rd6 Qe8 33.Rxf6 Rxf6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 34.Qb2
(34.Bxf6+ Kxf6 35.Qxe8 Rxe8 36.Rxc5 Re6 37.Ra5 a6 {and White should win
comfortably.}) 34...Rc6 35.Bxf6+ Rxf6 36.Kh1 Qe7 37.Qc3 Kg6 38.Qd3+ Kg7 39.Qd5
Qf7 40.Qxc5 Qxa2 41.Qd4 Qa5 42.Ra1 Qf5 43.Rxa7+ Kg6 44.Qd8 Qe6 45.Re7 Qc4
46.Qe8+ Rf7 47.Qg8+ Kf6 48.Rxf7+ Qxf7 49.Qxf7+ Kxf7 50.Kg1 Ke6 51.Kf2 Kf5
52.Ke3 h5 53.g3 Ke5 54.Kd3 Kd5 55.g4 hxg4 56.hxg4 Ke5 57.Ke3 Ke6 58.Ke4 Kf6
59.Kd5 Kf7 60.Ke5 Kg6 61.Ke6 Kg7 62.Kf5 Kh6 63.Kf6 Kh7 64.Kxg5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 a5 7.a3 d5 8.Qb3 Na6 9.d3
dxc4 10.dxc4 Qb6 11.Nbd2 axb4 12.axb4 Bd7 13.Rb1 Bf5 14.Bd4 Qc7 15.Rc1 c5
16.Be5 Qc8 17.b5 Nb4 18.O-O Qe6 19.Ra1 Bh6 20.Qb2 Ng4 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.e4 Nxe5
23.exf5 Nxf3+ 24.Nxf3 Qxf5 25.Rd1 Bg7 26.Qe2 Bf6 27.h3 Ra2 28.Qe3 Nc2 29.Qe2
Rb2 30.Rd2 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Rc1 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Qd2 e6 34.Rb8 Rb1 35.Qd6 g5 36.Qf8+
Kg6 37.Rxb7 Bg7 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 38.Qe7? (38.Qg8 Kh6 39.Rxf7 Qg6 40.h4 gxh4
41.Nxh4 Qg4 42.Bf3 {and White wins.}) 38...Nd4 39.Nxd4 Bxd4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
40.Be4?? {The drawing move, but both players missed a brilliant reply .... can
you see it<} Qxe4?? (40...Rh1+!! 41.Kxh1 Qxe4+ 42.Kh2 Qf5 {and Black wins.})
41.Qxf7+ Kh6 42.Qf8+ Kg6 43.Qg8+ Kh6 44.Qf8+ Kg6 45.Qf7+ Kh6 46.Qf8+ {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Jordan, William"]
[Black "Dowden, R. Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, Paulsen"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.a3 Qb6 7.b4 cxd4 8.b5 Na5 9.cxd4
Bd7 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Na4 Qc7 12.b6 Qc6 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.dxc5 axb6 15.cxb6 Ng4
16.Be2 Qxb6 17.O-O Nc6 18.Bf4 O-O 19.h3 Nh6 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Qd2 Kg7 22.Qf4 f6
23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Qh5 Qb2 25.Qxh6 Nxe5 26.Rfe1 Nxf3+ 27.Bxf3 Rf7 28.Rab1 Qxa3
29.Rxb7 Rg8 30.Kh2 Qd6+ 31.g3 e5 32.Bg4 Rg6 33.Qd2 Be6 34.Rxf7 Bxf7 35.Ra1 Be6
36.Bh5 Rg7 37.Qh6 Bg8 38.Be2 Rg6 39.Qc1 e4 40.h4 d4 41.h5 Rg5 42.Ra6 Qe5
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 43.Qc6 d3 44.Bd1 e3 45.f4 Qb2+ 46.Kh3 Rg7 47.Rb6 Qf2 48.Bg4
f5 49.h6 fxg4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Lakner, Jay"]
[Black "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird: 1...d5 2.g3"]

1.f4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.h3 Rb8 9.e4
d4 10.Ne2 b5 11.g4 Ne8 12.Ng3 Kh8 13.Rf2 f6 14.Bf1 Nd6 15.Rg2 f5 16.gxf5 exf5
17.e5 Ne8 18.h4 Bxh4 19.Nh1 Be6 20.Rh2 Be7 21.Nf2 Rb6 22.Nh3 Bg8 23.Bd2 Nb4
24.a3 Nd5 25.Nhg5 Rh6 26.Qe2 Nec7 27.c4 dxc3 28.bxc3 Ne6 29.Rxh6 gxh6 30.Nxe6
Bxe6 31.Qh2 Rg8+ 32.Kf2 Rg6 33.Be2 a5 34.Rh1 c4 35.d4 Bxa3 36.Ng5 Bg8 37.Bh5
Rg7 38.Nf3 Be7 39.Rb1 b4 {Black is well on top now. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 40.Rc1
bxc3 41.Bxc3 Nxc3 42.Rxc3 a4 43.Ke3 Bb4 44.Rc2 Qd5 45.Nd2 Bxd2+ 46.Rxd2 c3
47.Rd1 Qe4+ 48.Kf2 c2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savige, Colin"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 3.f3 g6"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nbd7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Qd2 Ne5 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nc2 a6 12.Be2 Be6 13.b3 Ne8 14.Bh6 Qh4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Jule, Alex"]
[Black "Zulfic, Fedja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian: Fianchetto System"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c6 7.c3 Nbd7 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Dissanyake, Prasanga"]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rf2 Qb8 17. Qb3 Qa8 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe2 Rc7
21. Nab1 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Bc5 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Qf1 b5
27. Kh1 Bxf2 28. Qxf2 b4 29. Na4 Qd8 30. Nc5 Qd6 31. Ne4 Qxf4 32. g3 Qe5 33.
Qb6 Qf5 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Nf2 Qd7 36. Qxb4 Qb5 37. Qxb5 axb5 38. d6 Bxf3+ 39.
Kxf3 Rd8 40. Ne4 f5 41. Ng5 Rc6 42. d7 Rc7 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Australian Open Chess Championships 2019"]
[Site "Box Hill Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jain, Anshika"]
[Black "Hawkins, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Opening "Two Knights: 4.Ng5"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Nc3 Nb7 12.Nce4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bc7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6
f6 16.b3 Nd6 17.Ba3 Be6 18.Nxd6 Bxd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Bxg6 Qd7 21.Bh5 Bf5
22.Re3 Kh8 23.Rf3 Bxc2 24.Rxf6 Rg8 25.Rf7 Qd8 26.Rc1 Be4 27.f3 Bd3 28.Rxc6??
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Qd4+ 29.Qe3 Qa1+ {White resigned.} {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Bh4 Qd7 12.Qc2 Qc6 13.Qxc6 Nxc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nf3 Ne7
16.e3 Bb7 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.Bd3 Rab8 19.Ke2 Kf8 20.Rhd1 c5 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Rxc5
bxc5 23.Rd2 Bd5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Liu, Yi"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.h4 c5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.O-O-O b5 14.cxb5 Bb7 15.dxc5
Nxc5 16.Kb1 Rac8 17.Rhe1 Kh8 18.h5 e5 19.Bg6 e4 20.Nd4 Nd3 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
21.Qa4? {21.Nc3 was better.  Now things get horrible.} Nxe1 22.Rxe1 Qxf2
23.Qd1 e3 24.Nc2 Bxg2 25.Re2 Bf3 26.Rxf2 exf2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Dowden, R. Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 4.e5 b6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bf8 6.h4 a5 7.h5 h6 8.f4 Ne7 9.g4 Qd7
10.Be3 Ba6 11.Nce2 a4 12.Nf3 Nbc6 13.Bd2 Bb5 14.Bh3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 g6 16.hxg6
fxg6 17.Qd3 h5 18.O-O-O hxg4 19.Bxg4 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Nf5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Ng5 Ne7
23.Rh7 O-O-O 24.Nf7 Re8 25.Qa6+ Kb8 26.Bb4 Qc6 27.Nd6 Rd8 28.Nb5 Qc4
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 29.Qa7+? (29.Kd2 Nc8 30.Bd6 Rxd6 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Nxc7 Rc6
33.Ne8 {and White is much better.}) 29...Kc8 30.Qxc7+ Qxc7 31.Nxc7 Kxc7
32.Bxe7 Rd7 33.Bd6+ Bxd6 34.exd6+ Kxd6 35.Rxd7+ Kxd7 {The dust has settled. 
White is winning, but he gets a little help next move. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 36.b3
axb3?? {Now it's easy.  White can just march his King to the kingside and he
always has the threat of the outside passed pawn on the queenside.  Instead
36... Ke7 left White with some problems to solve.} 37.cxb3 b5 38.Kd1 Ke7
39.Ke1 Kf6 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Kg3 Ke7 42.Kh4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Black "Puccini, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.c5 d5 13.Rad1 Na5 14.Qa3 Nc6 15.Qb3 Na5
16.Qc2 Kh8 17.b4 Nc6 18.b5 Ne5 19.f4 Neg4 20.Bd4 e5 21.fxe5 Nxe4 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.c6 bxc6 25.Qxc6 Qxc6 26.bxc6 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Nxe5 27.c7 Nd3
28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.Bg4 e6 30.Bxe6 e3 31.Bg4 Nf2 32.Rd8 Nh3+ 33.gxh3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Gusain, Daniel"]
[Black "Chow, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...b6"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bxc3
9.Rb1 Nc6 10.Be4 Ba6 11.Rb3 Bxf1 12.Qxf1 Ba5 13.Ba3 f5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Qc4
O-O-O 16.Ne5 Nb8 17.Rf3 d5 {Now the game hinges on where White puts his Q.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 18.Qa4?? (18.Qe2) 18...Qxe5!! 19.dxe5 dxe4 {Black has too much
material for a mere Q.} {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Black "Winkelman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nf3"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.b3 d4 6.b4 O-O 7.Bb2 e5 8.Nxe5 Bxb4
9.O-O Re8 10.Nf3 c5 11.e3 Nc6 12.Na3 Be6 13.exd4 cxd4 14.d3 Qd7 15.Nc2 Bc5
16.Re1 Bf5 17.Qd2 h6 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Ncxe1 Ng4 21.Qe2 Qe6
22.Qxe6 fxe6 23.Nh4 Bb4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 24.Bxc6 Bxe1 25.Nxf5 bxc6 26.Nxd4
Bxf2+ 27.Kg2 Ne5 28.Nxe6 Nxd3 29.Bc3 g5 30.Kf3 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Bb6? 31.Ke4!
Kf7 32.Nxg5+ hxg5 33.Kxd3 a6 34.Ke4 Ke6 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4 Bd8 37.h5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Black "Dragicevic, Domagoj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Bg5 b4 14.Bxf6 bxc3 15.Bxe7 cxb2
16.Bxf8 bxa1=Q 17.Rxa1 Kxf8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qc4 Qd7 20.Rb1 Ke7 21.Ng5 Kf6
22.h4 h6 23.Rb7 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Qc8?? {23...Na5 was even.  Now White has mate
in 9 moves but he missed it.} 24.Rc7? (24.Qb3!!) 24...Qe8 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qxc6
Rd8 27.Ra7 Qxa2 28.Qc7 Qg8 29.Rxa6? (29.h5!) 29...Qf8 30.Ra3 Kg6 31.Rg3+ Kh7
32.Rxg7+ Qxg7 33.Qxd8 Qg4 34.Qe7+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qxd6 Qe2 37.Qe7+ Kg8
38.Qxe5 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qxf2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Black "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Neo-Indian: 3.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 Ne4
9.Bc1 c6 10.b3 b5 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 bxc4 13.bxc4 Ba6 14.Rd1 Bf6 15.Bb2 Rb8
16.e3 Qa5 17.Bc3 Qc7 18.Qa4 Qc8 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Rdc1 Bb5 21.Qa3 Qa6 22.Bb4
Rfc8 23.Nb3 Nb6 24.Qxa6 Bxa6 25.Bd6 Rxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Bc5 Bc4 28.Bf1 Bd8
29.Rc2 Bxf1 30.Kxf1 Na4 31.Ke2 f6 32.Kd3 a6 33.Bb4 Rxc2 34.Kxc2 Kf7 35.Ba5 Ke7
36.Bxd8+ Kxd8 37.Nd2 Nb6 38.Nb3 Nd7 39.Kc3 Kc7 40.Kb4 Kb6 41.a4 h5 42.h3 g5
43.g4 h4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 44.f4? f5! 45.Nc5 a5+ 46.Kc3 Nxc5? {Now its a draw.}
(46...Kc6!) 47.dxc5+ Kxc5 48.fxg5 fxg4 49.g6 gxh3 50.g7 h2 51.g8=Q h1=Q
52.Qc8+ Kd6 53.Qd8+ Kc6 54.Qc8+ Kd6 55.Qd8+ Kc6 56.Qc8+ Kd6 57.Qd8+ {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov, 5.Nc3"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 a6 8.Qe2 Bd7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.f3 Nxb3+ 12.cxb3 Be7 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.b4 Rc8 15.a3 O-O
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.g4 Rfd8 18.Rhd1 Qa8 19.Nb3 Bc6 20.Na5 Nd7 21.h4 Bf8 22.h5 Ne5
23.g5 Be8 24.h6 g6 25.Bb6 Rd7 26.f4 Nc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.f5 Rb7 29.Qe3 Bd7
30.fxe6 Bxe6 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.exd5 Re7 33.Qf3 Re5 34.Rxc4 bxc4 35.Qf6 Rf5 36.Qd8
Qxd8 37.Bxd8 f6 38.gxf6 Bxh6 39.Re1 Bf8 40.Rd1 Kf7 41.a4 Ke8 42.Bb6 Kd7 43.Rd4
h5 44.a5 g5 45.b5 axb5 46.a6 Kc8 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 47.b4 $10 {White is winning
after 47.b3 or 47.Rd1} g4?? (47...Re5 $10) 48.Re4 Re5 49.Rxe5 dxe5 50.Bc5 h4
51.d6 h3 52.a7 {If.52...Kb7 53.d7 h2 54.a8=Q+ wins. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Black "Wengholm, Anders"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.Qd2 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Bf2 b6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.b3 Rc8
16.Be3 Re8 17.Kh1 Nc5 18.Bd1 Nd7 19.Bc2 a6 20.a4 Nc5 21.Rce1 Bc6 22.Bh6 Qc7
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.f4 Nd7 25.Re3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bd3 bxc4 28.Bxc4 Nb6 29.Be2
f6 30.h4 Ra8 31.h5 Ra3 32.Bd1 Rea8 33.Rh3 Bd7 34.g4 Rh8 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.Rxh8
Kxh8 37.g5 Kg7 38.gxf6+ exf6 39.Rg1 Qc5 40.f5 Be8 41.Bh5 Nd7 42.Bxg6 Bxg6
43.Rxg6+ Kf7 44.Rg3 Ra1+ 45.Kh2 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Ne5?? (45...Qe5 {and White is
only slightly better.}) 46.Qg2 {or 46.Qe2} Ke7 47.Nd5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Kethro, Michael"]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Bd3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bg7
16.O-O Rd8 17.Qc2 b5 18.e5 Be6 19.Bxc5 Qxa2 20.Qxa2 Bxa2 21.Bd6 Bf8 22.Be4
Bxd6 23.exd6 Ra7 24.Rfd1 Rad7 25.Ra1 Bb3 26.Bc6 Bxd1 27.Bxd7 Ba4 28.Bc6 Rxd6
29.Bf3 Rd3 30.c4 Rd4 31.cxb5 axb5 32.g3 Bc2 33.Ra2 Bd1 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Kf2 Rd2+
36.Ke3 Bxf3 37.Kxf3 Rxh2 38.Rb8 Rb2 39.Rb7 Rb3+ 40.Kg4 h5+ 41.Kh4 Rb1 42.Kh3
Kf6 43.Rc7 Rd1 44.Rc6+ Kg7 45.Rc5 b4 46.Rb5 Rd4 47.Rb6 Rc4 48.Ra6 b3 49.Rb6
Rc3 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 51.Kf3 b2 52.Rb7 Kf6 53.Rb5 Ke6 54.Rb8 Kd5 55.Ke3 Kc4 56.Rb7
Rc3+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Rujevic, Mirko"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Loewenthal"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nge7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Qc7 12.c3 Be7 13.Be2 O-O 14.Qd2 Be6 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Bh4+ 17.g3 Be7 18.Nc2 Ne5 19.Nd4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Qe2 Qc5 22.Be3
Qe5 23.Bf4 Qc5 24.Be3 Qc8 25.Qc2 Re8 26.O-O Bh3 27.Rfe1 Bf8 28.a4 Rb8 29.axb5
axb5 30.Nf5 d5 31.Bf4 Rb7 32.Nd4 Bc5 33.Qd3 Rbe7 34.Qxb5 dxe4 35.Be3 Bxd4
36.cxd4 Rb7 37.Qe2 Bg4 38.Qd2 Qb8 39.Rab1 Rb3 40.Bf4 Qb6 41.Re3 Rb4 42.d5 Rd4
{_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 43.Qe1? (43.Rb3! {was the best option ... but hard to see in
time trouble.}) 43...g5 44.Bxg5 hxg5 45.Kh1 Rc8 46.Qf2 Rd3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Cristan, B"]
[Black "Jordan, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni: 3.d5 g6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Na6 8.Be2 Nc7 9.O-O
a6 10.a4 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.a5 Nd7 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.g4 Ne8 16.Kh2 Nef6
17.Rg1 Ng8 18.Bd3 Ne7 19.Ne2 b5 20.b3 Nf6 21.cxb5 axb5 22.a6 b4 23.g5 Qd7
24.Rg3 Nh5 25.Rg4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Nxd5 26.exd5 e4 27.Bxe4 Bxa1 28.gxh6 f5
29.Ng5+ Kh8 30.Ne6 Rf6 31.Bg5 fxg4 32.Bxf6+ Nxf6 33.Bxg6 Be5+ 34.Kh1 Bxa6
35.hxg4 Nxd5 36.Bf5 Qe7 37.f4 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Bxe2 39.Qxd5 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Qg2
Bxf4+ 42.Nxf4 Qxf4+ 43.Kg1 Qe3+ 44.Qf2 Re8 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.68"]
[White "Mitelman, Boris"]
[Black "Wu, Celina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.c3 d6 10.d4 h6 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.d5 Nf6 15.Ng3 Qd7 16.Nf5
Rfc8 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Nxh6+ Kg7 19.Nf5+ Kf8 20.Ng5 Ke8 21.f4 Ng8 22.Qh5 Bxg5
23.Qxg5 Ne7 24.Ng7+ Kf8 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Rf1 Ng6 27.Qxg6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Be3 Na6 12.a4 Nb4 13.Qc1 Nbd5 14.Bd2 Rfc8 15.Qc2 c5
16.axb5 cxd4 17.Qd3 Nb4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Nxd4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rd8 21.Qf3 e5 22.Ra6
Qc5 23.Nf5 Ne8 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} 24.b6! Qc4 25.Rxa7 Rab8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nc3
Bxc3 28.bxc3 Rb8 29.Ra8 e4 30.Rxb8 exf3+ 31.exf3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kuybokarov, Temur"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Rossolimo, 3...g6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 Qb6 6.Qe2 cxd4 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Rd1 Nc7 10.a4 Nxb5 11.axb5 d3 12.Qxd3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bh6 Bb8 15.Na3
Qc7 16.f4 b6 17.Nc4 Bb7 18.Rd2 Rg8 19.Re1 f6 20.Qe2 e6 21.b4 Ke7 22.g4 a6
23.g5 f5 24.Ne5 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Be4? {24...Bc8 is best but Black is in
trouble anyway.} 25.Rxd7+ Qxd7 26.Nxd7 Kxd7 27.Rd1+ Ke7 28.Qd2 Ra7 29.Qd4 {#r}
1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Black "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6
Qxf6 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.Qb3 Bd6 13.a3 Ne7 14.Qc2 Ng6 15.b4 Rfe8
16.Qd2 c6 17.Na4 Re7 18.Nc5 Bg4 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.a4 Nf4 21.Bd1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3
Nh3+ 23.Kh1 Ng5 24.Bd1 Bxc5 25.bxc5 Ne4 26.Qc2 Nxf2+ {Black is winning easily
here but mistakenly swapped N for B.  He allowed White to eventually equalise
but then outplayed him in a rook endgame. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 27.Kg1 Nxd1 28.Raxd1
Rxe3 29.Rf1 Qg5 30.Qf2 R8e7 31.Rd2 g6 32.Rb2 Qg4 33.Rxb7 Rxb7 34.Qxe3 Kh7
35.h3 Qh4 36.Qe5 f5 37.Re1 a5 38.Kh2 h5 39.Re3 f4 40.Rf3 Rf7 41.Qe6 Qf6
42.Qxf6 Rxf6 43.Rb3 g5 44.Rb6 Kg6 45.g4 fxg3+ 46.Kxg3 Kf5 47.Rb8 Ke4 48.Rd8
Kxd4 49.Rd6 Ke5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Dowden, R. Anthony"]
[Black "Nakauchi, Gene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English: Symmetrical, 2.g3"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O h5 6.e3 d5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nc3 a6 9.e4 d4
10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Bf4 Bxf4 12.gxf4 e5 13.Qd2 Qf6 14.Kh1 Kf8 15.a3 exf4 16.Nxf4
Nde5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.f4 Ng4 20.e5 Qd8 21.Qe1 Be6 22.Rc1 Bxd5
23.cxd5 Ne3 24.Rxc5 Nxf1 25.Qxf1 g6 26.Qf2 Rc8 27.Qxd4 Rxc5 28.Qxc5+ Kg7 29.d6
Qh4 30.Qc3 Rc8 31.Qd2 Rc2 32.Qd1 Qf2 33.Qf1 Qd4 34.h3 Rxb2 35.Qf3 Rf2 36.Qe4
Rxf4 37.Qxd4 Rxd4 38.Bxb7 Rxd3 39.Bxa6 Rxh3+ 40.Kg2 Rxa3 41.d7 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 Rd2
43.Bb5 Kf8 44.Ke3 Rd1 {White now has a choice, 45.Ba4= or 45.Bd3 0-1.  
Unfortunately he chose the later. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 45.Bd3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Ryjanova, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.c4 c5 5.Nc3 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qf4 Bg7
9.O-O Rc8 10.Rb1 d6 11.b3 O-O 12.Qh4 Nb8 13.Be3 a6 14.Rbc1 Nbd7 15.Bh3 Rc7
16.g4 h5 17.gxh5 gxh5 18.Nd4 e6 19.f3 Ne5 20.Qg3 Kh7 21.Bg2 Rg8 22.Bg5 Bh6
23.h4 Rc5 24.f4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Neg4 26.Qd3+ Kh8 27.Nf3 Qc7 28.Kh3 Ne8 29.Ne4 Rf5
30.Ng3 Rxf4 31.Nxh5 Rf5 32.Kxg4 f6 33.Ng3 fxg5 {The game is in the balance
here.  34.Nxf5 is better for White. _MARK:DIAGRAM_} 34.hxg5? Rfxg5+ {and
34...Bxg5 was better for Black!} 35.Nxg5 Rxg5+ 36.Kh3 {now White is winning.}
Qg7 37.Rf3 Rg6 38.Rcf1 Nf6 39.Qxd6 Bg5 40.Rh1 Bh4 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Kg2 Rh6
43.Qf4 Bg5 44.Rxh6+ Kxh6 45.Qe5 Qe7 46.Nf5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yang, Ray"]
[Black "Ng, Clive"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2
Rb8 10.d5 Na5 11.b3 c5 12.Rc1 b5 13.Qe1 b4 14.Nb1 Ne4 15.Be3 e6 16.Nfd2 Nf6
17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bh3 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qf6 22.Qd2 Kh7
23.Rcd1 Rbd8 24.Qd5 Qe6 25.Bf4 Rfe8 26.Rfe1 Be5 27.Bxe5 Qxd5+ 28.Rxd5 Rxe5
29.Rd3 Nb7 30.f4 Re7 31.Nd2 f5 32.Nf1 a5 33.Ne3 a4 34.Nd5 Rf7 35.Re3 Kg7
36.Re6 Na5 37.Rb1 Nc6 38.Rd1 Nd4 39.Rxd4 cxd4 40.Nxb4 axb3 41.axb3 Rb8 42.Nc6
Rxb3 43.Rxd6 Rb6 44.c5 Ra6 45.Kf3 Rc7 46.Nxd4 Rxd6 47.cxd6 Rc3+ 48.e3 Kf7
49.h3 h5 50.d7 Ke7 51.Ne6 Kxd7 52.Nf8+ Ke7 53.Nxg6+ Kf6 54.Ne5 Ra3 55.g4 hxg4+
56.hxg4 fxg4+ 57.Nxg4+ Kf5 58.Nf2 Rc3 59.Ne4 Ra3 60.Ng3+ Kf6 61.Ne2 Ra2 62.e4
Ra3+ 63.Kg4 Re3 64.Ng3 Ra3 65.e5+ Ke6 66.Ne4 Ra8 67.Ng5+ Kd5 68.e6 Rf8 69.Nh7
Rxf4+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Clarke, Matthew"]
[Black "Puccini, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1
Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a4 a5 14.Nd3 b6 15.b4 axb4 16.Nxb4 Nf6
17.g4 fxg3 18.hxg3 h5 19.Be3 Ng6 20.Bxg5 h4 21.g4 Nf4 22.Bxh4 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
Nxe4!? 23.Nxe4? (23.Bxd8 Nxc3 24.Qd2 Ncxe2+ 25.Kf2 Rxd8 26.Nc6 Rf8 27.Rfe1 Nd4
28.Nxd4 exd4 $10) 23...Qxh4 24.Qe1 Qh6 25.Ra2 Kf7 26.Bd1 Rh8 27.Qg3 Qg6 28.Rh2
Rxh2 29.Qxh2 Bxg4 (29...Bd7 {was simpler and better.}) 30.Qg3 Bd7 31.Qxg6+
Nxg6 32.Bc2 Bh6 33.Kf2 Rh8 34.Nd3 Nf4 35.Rh1 Nxd3+ 36.Bxd3 Be3+ 37.Kg2 Rxh1
38.Kxh1 Bxa4 39.Nc3 Bd7 40.Nb5 Kf6 41.Kg2 Kg5 42.Kf1 c6 43.Nxd6 cxd5 44.cxd5
Kf4 45.Ke2 Bc5 46.Nb5 Bh3 47.Nc7 Bd6 48.Nb5 Bc5 49.Nc7 Bd7 50.Ne6+ Bxe6
51.dxe6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Dale, Ari"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"]

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 Nd7 10.d5 b5 11.Nf3 Bb7 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bb1 Rd8 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 f6
16.Qe3 Qb6 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Kf1 Kd7 19.Ke2 Kc8 20.Rhd1 e5 21.dxe6 Nxe6 22.f3 Rhe8
23.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 24.Kxe3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxe6 26.h4 h6 27.Kf4 Kc7 28.h5 gxh5 29.Rh1
Re5 30.g4 Kd6 31.Ke3 hxg4 32.fxg4 Rg5 33.Rxh6 Ke5 34.Rh7 Bc6 35.Re7+ Kd6
36.Rxa7 Rxg4 37.Rf7 Ke6 38.Rc7 Kd6 39.Rf7 Ke6 40.Rc7 Be8 {_MARK:DIAGRAM_}
41.a4?! Rg3+ 42.Kd4 Rg1 43.Ba2 {Ari is going for broke...} Ra1 44.axb5 Rxa2
45.Kxc4 {But the Bishop prevailed.} Kd6 46.Rb7 Rb2 47.Rb6+ Ke5 48.Kc5 Bg6
49.Rb7 Bxe4 50.Re7+ Kf4 51.c4 Ke3 52.Kb6 f5 53.c5 f4 54.c6 f3 55.c7 Rc2 56.Re6
f2 57.Rc6 Rxc6+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Chow, Samuel"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3
Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Nb5 Ng4 12.h3 c6 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Qb3 d5 16.c5 a4
17.Qb4 cxb5 18.Qxb5 Qc7 19.Kf2 Rfe8 20.Bd2 h5 21.Qb6 Qc8 22.Bf4 Bf5 23.b3 Ra6
24.Qb4 Bf8 25.Qd2 axb3 26.Rxb3 Bxc5 27.Rc1 Rae6 28.Rc2 Qc6 29.a4 Qxa4 30.Rxb7
{Black has just to play 31...Rxe2+ to win easy...but he chickens out.
_MARK:DIAGRAM_} Bb4 31.Qc1 Bc3 32.Qb1 Kg7 33.Bf1 Ra6 34.Qb5 Qxb5 35.Rxb5 Be6
36.Rc1 Kf6 37.Rb8 Rxb8 38.Bxb8 Bd2 39.Rb1 g5 40.Bg2 Be3+ 41.Kf1 h4 42.g4 Kg6
43.Bh3 f5 44.Be5 Rc6 45.Kg2 f4 46.Rb7 Rc2 47.Rg7+ Kh6 48.Re7 Bg8 49.Rc7 Rxe2+
50.Kh1 Re1+ 51.Kg2 Bh7 52.Bg7+ Kg6 53.Bf8 Re2+ 54.Kh1 Re1+ 55.Kg2 Re2+ 56.Kh1
Re1+ 57.Kh2 Bf2 58.Rg7+ Kf6 59.Rxh7 Bg3+ 60.Kg2 Rd1 61.Bc5 Rd2+ 62.Kg1 Rxd3
63.Rh6+ Kf7 64.Rd6 Rxf3 65.Rxd5 Ke6 66.Rd8 Bf2+ 67.Kg2 Rg3+ 68.Kxf2 Rxh3
69.Bxd4 Rg3 70.Re8+ Kf7 71.Re1 Rxg4 {Now 72.Kf3 draws. _MARK:DIAGRAM_}
72.Rg1?? Rxg1 73.Kxg1 Kg6 74.Bb6 Kh5?? {Black returns the favour.  Virtually
any other move won.} 75.Bc7 Kg4 76.Kg2 Kf5 77.Bd8 Kg4 78.Bc7 h3+ 79.Kh2 Kh4
80.Bd6 Kg4 81.Bc7 Kf3 82.Kxh3 g4+ 83.Kh2 g3+ 84.Kg1 Kg4 85.Bxf4 Kxf4 86.Kg2
Kg4 87.Kg1 Kf3 88.Kf1 g2+ 89.Kg1 Ke4 90.Kxg2 Ke5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "2019 Australian Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...c5"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bd2 O-O 8.a3 b6 9.Rb1
Bb7 10.b4 cxb4 11.axb4 Ne5 12.Nh4 Bxg2 13.Nxg2 d5 14.f4 N5c6 15.b5 Na5 16.cxd5
Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.O-O Nb7 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Qa4 Nc5 22.Qa3 Bf8
23.Qa1 Ne4 24.Be3 Bg7 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Qa6 Nc3 27.Re1 Nxb5 28.Qa4 Rc7 29.Kf2
Nc3 30.Qxd7 Rxd7 31.Nh4 Nd5 32.Nf3 Nxe3 33.Kxe3 Rc7 34.Rb1 Kf8 35.d4 Ke8
36.Kd3 Kd8 37.e4 Kc8 38.Rb3 Kb7 39.Ne5 f6 40.Nc4 Rd7 41.Na5+ Ka8 42.Nc4 Rd8
43.h3 Bf8 44.Ke3 Rb8 45.e5 fxe5 46.fxe5 b5 47.Na5 b4 48.Ke4 Rb5 49.Rf3 Rxa5
50.Rxf8+ Kb7 51.Rf7+ Kc8 52.Rf8+ Kc7 53.Rf7+ Kc6 54.Re7 b3 55.Rxe6+ Kd7
56.Rd6+ Kc7 57.Rf6 b2 58.Rf7+ Kb6 59.Rf6+ Kb5 60.Rf1 Ra1 {#R} 0-1


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Kethro, Michael"]
[Black "Clarke, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "Slav: Chameleon, 5.e3"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1
Rxh2 15. f4 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Nc6 17. Rh8+ Bf8 18. e4 O-O-O 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Nc5
21. Ng5 b5 22. Bb3 Nd4 23. Qe3 Ncxb3 24. axb3 Nc6 25. Qc3 Kb7 26. Rxf8 Rxf8
27. Ne4 Rd8 28. Nc5+ Kc8 29. Nxa6 Qd7 30. Nb4 Kb7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Nd3 Qd5 33.
Qe3 Nd4 34. Nb4 Qxb3 35. Qe4+ Nc6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Black "Glissan, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d4 d6 8. Ng5
d5 9. exd5 Nxd4 10. Re1 Nxb3 11. Rxe5+ Be7 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Re2
Bc5 15. h3 Nf6 16. c4 c6 17. Bg5 cxd5 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 Rad8
21. Nc3 Rfe8 22. Rc1 Ba7 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. d6 Bb7 27.
Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rd7 29. Ne5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Savige, Colin"]
[Black "Wengholm, Anders"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...c5"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nc2 Qc7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b3 Qb8 15.
Bd3 Qa8 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Be1 Ne5 18. Bb1 Bf8 19. Bh4 Ned7 20. Qd2 Be7 21. Bg3
Red8 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Na4 Nfd7 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. f4 Ng6 27. Nf1 Bf8
28. Nd2 Nd7 29. Nf3 Qb8 30. Nd4 Re8 31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. a4 Qc8 33. Qd2 Nf6 34.
Bf2 Be7 35. g3 Nf8 36. Bd3 N8d7 37. Qe2 h6 38. Bc2 d5 39. e5 Nh7 40. Bd3 dxc4
41. Bxc4 Nb8 42. Be3 Nf8 43. Ne4 Rd8 44. Rxd8 Qxd8 45. Rd1 Qc8 46. Bd4 Nfd7
47. Bd3 Nc5 48. Nxc5 Bxc5 49. Bxc5 Rxc5 50. Qe4 g6 51. h4 h5 52. Kh2 Nd7 53.
Qe2 a5 54. Bc4 Nb8 55. Rd6 Qc7 56. Qd3 Kg7 57. Qe4 Rc6 58. Rd4 Kf8 59. Kh3 Ke7
60. g4 hxg4+ 61. Kxg4 Qc8 62. Qd3 Qc7 63. h5 gxh5+ 64. Kxh5 Qc8 65. Qh7 Nd7
66. Qg7 Rc7 67. f5 Qf8 68. Rxd7+ Rxd7 69. f6+ Ke8 70. Bb5 Qc5 71. Qg8+ {#r}
1-0


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Kiripitige, Punala"]
[Black "Nemeth, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Qe8 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. c3 Rad8 14. Qc2 Ne8
15. b4 Nd6 16. Bb3 c5 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21.
Bxc4 Rcc8 22. Bd5 Nc5 23. Qc2 Rd7 24. c4 Rdc7 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Bg3 Kh8 27. Qa3
f6 28. Nd2 Bf8 29. f4 Qg7 30. Qf3 Nd7 31. Nb3 Ba6 32. Rc1 Bd6 33. Kh2 exf4 34.
Bxf4 Ne5 35. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 36. g3 Qe7 37. Kg2 Rec8 38. Qd3 Qa3 39. Rc2 Qd6 40.
Rec1 Qe7 41. Qe3 Bd6 42. Qf3 Qe5 43. h4 Kg7 44. a4 Bb7 45. a5 bxa5 46. Nxa5
Ba8 47. Nb3 Ba3 48. Rd1 Bb4 49. Bxa8 Rxa8 50. Rd5 Qe7 51. c5 a5 52. Rc4 Rb8
53. Qf4 Rbc8 54. e5 fxe5 55. Rxe5 Qf7 56. Nd4 Re7 57. Rxe7 Qxe7 58. Qg4 Rf8
59. Ne6+ Kg8 60. Nxf8 Kxf8 61. c6 Bd6 62. Re4 Qf7 63. Qc8+ Kg7 64. Qd7 Kf6 65.
Qxd6+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Spuler, David"]
[Black "Dragicevic, Domagoj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. a4 d5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd1 dxe4 13. dxe4 b6 14. Rf3 Nc6
15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Nf2 Na5 17. Bxa5 bxa5 18. Rd1 Rb8 19. e5 Qb6 20. Nd3 Bb7 21.
Rh3 Rbe8 22. Qh4 h6 23. Qf2 Be4 24. Re1 Bf5 25. Rf3 Rc8 26. h3 h5 27. Kh2 Rfd8
28. Qh4 Qb7 29. g4 Bxg4 30. Rf2 Bf5 31. Rd2 Rd7 32. Qf2 Bh6 33. Rf1 Kh7 34.
Qg3 Rdd8 35. Rfd1 Rg8 36. h4 Rgd8 37. Qf2 Bf8 38. Kg3 Be7 39. Ne1 Bb4 40. Rxd4
Qh1 41. Qe3 Rxd4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nemeth, John"]
[Black "Cannon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Re8 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rb1 d5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. Be3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. Rd2 Nf8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rbd1 Bf8 18. Qb3 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Red8 21.
c5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Ra1+ 23. Kg2 Qb8 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Dragicevic, Domagoj"]
[Black "Jiang, Bill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov, 5.Nc3"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qg4 Nf6 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Kf2 f6 14. g4 Be7
15. a4 Bb7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Ng3 g6 18. Be2 Rad8 19. c4 b4 20. c5 Bxc5 21. Rac1
Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Kg7 23. Nf1 Nb6 24. b3 Rd4 25. a5 Na8 26. Nd2 Nc7 27. Bc4 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Borsa, Cristian"]
[Black "Kargosha, Bahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...O-O"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Nf3 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O c5 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1
Qc7 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qf4 Red8 18. e4 e5 19. Qh4 Qb7 20. Rc2 Qxe4
21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe5 Nxf2 23. Rxf2 dxe5 24. Bd5 Bxc4 25. Rfd2 Bxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Rxd5 f6 28. Rd7 Rb8 29. Rc7 Rxb2 30. Rxc5 Rb7 31. a4 Kf7 32. a5 Ke7
33. a6 Rd7 34. Rc6 Kd8 35. Rc3 Rd6 36. Rb3 Rxa6 37. Rb7 g6 38. g4 f5 39. gxf5
gxf5 40. Rf7 f4 41. Kf2 Ke8 42. Rf5 Re6 43. Rh5 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Rh3 e4 46.
Ra3 Re7 47. Ra6+ Kd5 48. Rxh6 e3 49. Ra6 f3+ 50. Ke1 f2+ 51. Ke2 Rf7 52. Ra1
f1=Q+ 53. Rxf1 Rxf1 54. Kxf1 a5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Lakner, Jay"]
[Black "Richards, Heather"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird: 1...d5 2.g3"]

1. f4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne4
Nd5 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. h3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nf6 12. Ne1 e5 13. f5 gxf5 14. Rxf5 Ne8
15. g4 Nd6 16. Rh5 Ne7 17. Qc1 f6 18. b3 c5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Nd3 Qe8 21. Bf3 Qg6
22. Nf2 a6 23. a4 Qf7 24. a5 Nc6 25. Nh1 b5 26. axb6 Qb7 27. Bh6 Rf7 28. Kh2
Qxb6 29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. Qh6 Rf8 31. Ng3 d3 32. Nf5 Nxf5 33. exf5 dxe2 34. g5
Ne7 35. g6 e4 36. Bxe4 Qd6+ 37. Kg2 Qe5 38. Rg1 Qxe4+ 39. Kh2 hxg6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "AUS Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.31"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Maguire, Tom"]
[Black "Liu, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD: 3.Nf3 Nf6"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 b6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxa8 Qxd4 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Rd1 Qc5 13. Be3 Qb5 14. Nc3
Qa6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bg2 a4 19. Bf4 Qb5 20. Rd4 Ba6
21. Rad1 h6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf7 24. Rxe6 Rd8 25. Bc6 Qa5 26. Kg2 a3 27.
bxa3 Bc8 28. Re7 Qxa3 29. Rc7 Be6 30. Qb1 Qa5 31. Bf3 g5 32. Re7 Bd5 33. Bc7
g4 34. Bxd8 gxf3+ 35. exf3 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Qd5+ 37. Ke2 Qxd8 38. Re3 Qf6 39.
Kf1 Qc6 40. Qxf5 b5 41. Re6 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qa8 43. Rg6+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ {#r} 1-0