[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