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Support my work! Click here for more info. chess online New releases: LATEST: 1.b4 d5 1.b4 Nc6 1.b4 c6 2.e3 a5 3.b5 d5 1.b4 c6 2.e3 1.b4 c6 2.c4 d5 1.b4 c6 2.c4 Qb6 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Nf6 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.a3 a5 4.c4 ab4 5.c5 Qc7 6.ab4 Ra1 7.Ba1 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Nf6 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 d5 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.b5 cb5 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.a3 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6 6.c3 d5 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.a3 ab4 4.ab4 Ra1 5.Ba1 Qb6 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 1.b4 c6 "Marek's 1.b4 World" is widely regarded as the best chess website dedicated to the move 1.b4 for several reasons: 1. **Comprehensive Resource**: The site is dedicated entirely to the 1.b4 opening, also known as the Polish Opening or the Sokolsky Opening. This single-focus approach makes it the go-to resource for players interested in exploring this particular opening. It offers deep analysis, strategies, and a wealth of games played with 1.b4, making it a treasure trove for enthusiasts and players who want to specialize in or learn more about this unique opening. 2. **Detailed Coverage**: Marek's 1.b4 World provides exhaustive details on the opening, including theory, tactical motifs, strategic ideas, and the various ways Black can respond. The site is known for breaking down complex ideas into digestible, understandable content, making it accessible for both beginners and advanced players. 3. **Interactive Learning**: The website includes annotated games, which allows visitors to see the opening in action, accompanied by explanations that help players understand the nuances of the moves and plans. This is invaluable for those looking to improve their opening knowledge. 4. **Historical and Modern Context**: The site provides historical context, showing how 1.b4 has been used in top-level games, as well as more contemporary applications of the opening. It helps players see the opening's relevance and how it has evolved over time. 5. **Dedicated Community**: The website fosters a community of like-minded players, with forums, discussion boards, and analysis tools. Players can share their experiences, ask questions, and collaborate with others who have an interest in the Polish Opening. 6. **Frequent Updates and New Content**: Marek consistently updates the site with new content, keeping it relevant and current with the latest developments in 1.b4 theory. This includes updates on recent high-level games that feature 1.b4 and new resources to assist players. These factors contribute to why "Marek's 1.b4 World" is considered the best and most comprehensive site for those interested in the 1.b4 chess opening. Contact marek.trokenheim@gmail.com Literatur_Sokolski_Opening - compiled by Peter Markus Steiner (in German)

GM Jan-Krzysztof DUDA of Poland Photo source: internet (click to enlarge)   - - Jan-Krzysztof Duda was born on April 26, 1998, in Krakow, Poland, and grew up in nearby Wieliczka. - - Chess Career and Achievements: He began playing chess at the age of five after being introduced to the game by his mother. He stood out as a prodigy early on, winning the World Youth Chess Championship in the under-10 category in 2008 and the European Youth Championship in the under-14 category in 2012. In May 2013, at the age of 15 years, 2 months, and 21 days, he secured his final grandmaster norm at the European Individual Championship in Legnica, becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in the world at that time. - - His major career milestones and titles include: * European Rapid Chess Champion in 2014. * Polish Chess Champion in 2018, finishing a full point ahead of the field. * Silver medalist at the World Blitz Chess Championship in 2018 and 2021, and bronze medalist in 2024. * FIDE World Cup Champion in 2021, winning the tournament in Sochi without losing a single game throughout the event. * European Blitz Chess Champion in 2021. * Candidates Tournament competitor in 2022. - - He achieved his peak FIDE classical rating of 2760 in December 2021, making him the highest-rated Polish chess player in history. He is also the only Polish player to pass the 2800 ELO mark in blitz (reaching 2818 in January 2019) and rapid chess (reaching 2808 in July 2022). - - Opening Repertoire and the 1.b4 Question: Despite 1.b4 being historically named the Polish Opening (or Sokolsky Opening), it is not Jan-Krzysztof Duda's preferred or standard opening in classical competition. His repertoire relies on classical, mainstream opening moves as White, primarily 1.e4 and 1.d4, alongside 1.c4 (the English Opening). With 1.e4, he frequently plays main lines such as the Ruy Lopez and Giuoco Piano, while his 1.d4 games feature the Queen's Gambit and Catalan Opening. As Black, Duda favors dynamic and active counter-attacking setups. His main responses against 1.e4 are the Sicilian Defense (particularly the Najdorf Variation), the Petroff Defense, and the French Defense. Against 1.d4, he regularly plays the Slav Defense and King's Indian setups. While he has occasionally played 1.b4 or other unconventional moves in online, blitz, or exhibition games for novelty, it is not part of his main professional preparation. - - Interesting Details: * Ending Carlsen's Unbeaten Streak: On October 10, 2020, at the Altibox Norway Chess tournament, Duda defeated World Champion Magnus Carlsen, bringing an end to Carlsen's record 125-game unbeaten streak in classical chess, which had lasted over two years. * Undefeated World Cup Triumph: In his 2021 FIDE World Cup victory, Duda eliminated Magnus Carlsen in the semi-finals before defeating Sergey Karjakin 1.5-0.5 in the final match. * Presidential Surname Coincidence: In 2016, he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit by the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Although they share the same surname, they are not related. * Family Background: Following the early death of his father, Duda was raised by his mother and his aunt, Czeslawa Grochot, who supported his talent and accompanied him to international youth competitions. - - Note created August 2026. (AI) (2026-09-01) (All annotations below by Fritz) (Games' sources: b2b4.eu, lichess.org, chess.com, The Week in Chess, chessworld.net, net-chess.com) [Event "Cracovia POL"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Shilov, Sergej"] [Black "Duda, Jan_Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2265"] [BlackElo "2075"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. a3 a5 4. c4 Na6 5. c5 Nxc5 6. bxc5 Qxb2 7. Nc3 a4 $146 8. e3 (8. Nf3 Nf6 9. e3 (9. Nd4 e5 (9... Ne4 10. Rc1 d5 11. cxd6 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Nf3 Bxd6 14. e3 O-O) 10. Ra2 Qxa2 11. Nxa2 exd4 12. Qc2 Ra5 13. e3 Bxc5 14. Nb4 O-O) (9. e4 e5 (9... e6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qc1 Qxc1+ 12. Rxc1 Be7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Rb8) 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. Nxe5 d5 12. Rb1 Qxa3 13. exd5 Bd4 14. dxc6 Bxc3) 9... e6 10. Nd4 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7) 8... Qb3 (8... e6 9. Bc4 (9. Nf3 Bxc5 (9... Nf6 10. Ne5 Qb3 11. Qf3 d5 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Nc4 Bb8 14. Ra2 Nd7) 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Rb1 Qxa3 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Nxa4 Qf5 14. Nab6 Rb8) 9... Bxc5 10. Nxa4 Rxa4 11. Ra2 Qe5 12. Qxa4 b5 13. Qa8 Ne7 14. Bf1 O-O) 9. Qc1 (9. Nf3 Qxd1+ (9... Ra5 10. Qc1 Rxc5 11. Rb1 Qe6 12. d4 Ra5 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O d6) (9... d6 10. cxd6 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 exd6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Kc2 d5 14. h3 Bd6) 10. Kxd1 Nf6 11. d4 d6 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Ke2 Bd6) 9... e5 (9... Ra5 10. d4 d6 11. Nf3 dxc5 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nxa5 Qxa5) (9... g6 10. Nge2 e5 11. f4 Qe6 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ng3 d5) (9... Nf6 10. Nf3 Qe6 11. Qc2 Ra5 12. Nd4 Qg4 13. h3 Qg6 14. Bd3 Qxg2) (9... Qe6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Ra5 12. Nxa4 d6 13. d4 Nd5 14. Nb6 Nxb6) 10. Nf3 d6 (10... Qe6 11. Ne4 $15 h6 12. Bc4 Qg6 13. Ng3 d6 14. cxd6 Qxd6) 11. d4 (11. Ng5 $5 h6 12. Rb1 hxg5 13. Rxb3 axb3 14. Qb2 dxc5 15. Qxb3 $14) (11. Ne4 Qd5 12. Nfg5 Be6 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Nxe6 fxe6) 11... Qe6 (11... Nf6 12. Be2 Qe6 13. Ng5 Qf5 14. e4 Qg6) 12. d5 (12. cxd6 exd4 (12... Bxd6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5) 13. Nxd4 Qxd6 $15 14. Be2 Nf6) (12. Bd3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qe5 14. cxd6 Bxd6) 12... cxd5 (12... Qg6 13. Qd1 $15 (13. dxc6 bxc6 14. cxd6 Bxd6) 13... e4 14. Nd2 Nf6) 13. Bb5+ (13. Ng5 $5 Qg6 (13... Qf5 14. Nxd5 Qxg5) 14. Nxd5 $15 Qxg5) 13... Bd7 $17 14. Bxd7+ (14. Ng5 Qe7) 14... Qxd7 (14... Kxd7 15. Qb2 Kc8 16. Rb1 $16) 15. Nxd5 Ra5 ( 15... dxc5 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. Qb2 $18) 16. O-O (16. Nb6 Qc6 17. Qc4 Rxc5 18. Qxa4 Nf6 $17) 16... Rxc5 (16... dxc5 $143 17. Qc3 Ra6 18. Qxe5+ Kd8 19. Qb8+ Qc8 20. Qf4 $16) 17. Qd1 b5 18. e4 Ne7 19. Nb4 Nc6 20. Qd2 (20. Qd3 Be7 $17) 20... Be7 (20... Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Be7 22. Rad1 $19) 21. Rac1 (21. Rfd1 Rc4 $17) 21... Nxb4 $19 22. axb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb7 24. Qd3 (24. Qc2 O-O $19) 24... O-O 25. g3 (25. Qc2 Ra8 $19) 25... g6 (25... f5 26. Nd2 $19) 26. h4 (26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Nd2 Rd8 $19) 26... Rd8 (26... f5 27. Nd2 $19) 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. Qd3 a3 29. Ra1 Qc6 (29... Ra4 $5 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Qxe4 32. Nd2 Qe1+ 33. Nf1 $19) 30. Nd2 Ra4 31. Kg2 a2 32. Qb3 Qa8 33. f3 Ra3 34. Qc2 (34. Qb2 f5 $19) 34... Bd8 35. h5 Kg7 ( 35... gxh5 36. Nb3 $19) 36. f4 $2 (36. Nb3 $19) 36... Bb6 37. Nf3 f5 38. Qb2 ( 38. Qe2 fxe4 39. Ng5 e3+ 40. Kh2 $19) 38... Rxf3 39. Rxa2 (39. Qxa2 Qxe4 40. Qf7+ Kxf7 41. Ra7+ Bxa7 42. hxg6+ hxg6 43. Kh3 Qxf4 44. Kh2 Qxg3+ 45. Kh1 Rf1#) 39... Qxe4 (39... Qxe4 40. Kh3 Rf1 $19) 0-1 [Event "World Junior U20 Championship Czarna PO"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gora, Jan"] [Black "Duda, Jan_Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1845"] [BlackElo "2175"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 e6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg3 $146 Bd6 (11... Nf6 12. d5 Bc5 (12... Nb4 13. d6 (13. Rxa7 Rxa7 14. Nxa7 Bd7 15. Bxe5 Nbxd5 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ $17 {-0.81}) (13. Bc4 Bd7 14. cxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Kf1 a6 16. Na3 b5 17. Nc2 Bd6 18. Bd3 $14 {0.38}) (13. cxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Ke2 Bd7 15. Qd3 a6 16. Na3 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Nc3+ 18. Kd2 $19 {-1.53}) 13... Nbd5 14. Bxe5 a6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Rb8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Ne5 $18 {2.97}) (12... Bg4 13. Qa4 Nxd5 14. Qxg4 a6 15. Qf3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxd5 Qa1+ 18. Ke2 $14 {0.66}) (12... a6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qf3 Nd5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Na3 Qf6 17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Bd3 $16 {1.25}) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Na3 e4 16. Qf4 O-O 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nc4 $14 {0.56}) (11... a6 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ (12... Bf5 13. Qa4 (13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qb6 15. Nf3 Nge7 16. Bc4 Qb2 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 $11 {0.00}) 13... Qd7 14. Ra2 Rc8 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Nf6 17. Re2+ Be6 18. c4 $11 {0.00}) (12... Bc5 13. Be2 (13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. Nd6 f6 16. Ne4 Ba3 17. f4 Bf5 18. Bd3 $11 {0.09}) (13. Qa4 Nh6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Qc5 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 $17 {-0.84 }) (13. Ne2 Bf5 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Ned4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Kf8 17. Qc4 b6 18. Nxc6 $14 {0.41}) 13... Be6 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Nf3 Nh6 18. Bc4+ $14 {0.47}) (12... Be6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. Nxe6 Kxe6 16. Bc4+ Ke7 17. Bh4+ f6 18. Nf3 $14 {0.56}) 13. Kxd1 Kd8 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Kc2 Ne5 18. Bxe5 $11 {-0.19}) 12. Bc4 (12. Qe2 Bb8 (12... Be6 13. Nf3 (13. Rd1 Bb3 14. Rd2 Be7 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qa1+ 18. Ke2 $11 {0.13}) 13... Bb8 14. dxe5 Nh6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qc4 $14 {0.41}) (12... Bf5 13. d5 Nce7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Bxe5 Qg6 16. d6 Nc6 17. Bxg7+ Kd7 18. Bxh8 $18 {1.97}) 13. dxe5 Nh6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6+ Kd7 17. Qb2 Re8+ 18. Ne2 $11 {0.25}) (12. Nf3 f6 (12... Bg4 13. Be2 (13. d5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nce7 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bc4 Nf6 18. O-O $11 {0.09 }) (13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Be2 Nh6 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Nf5 18. O-O-O $11 {0.09}) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qe7 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qf3 e4 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qxe4+ $16 {0.75}) 13. dxe5 (13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rd3 $11 {-0.06}) (13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. dxe5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 a5 16. Bc4 a4 17. e6 Ra5 18. Nd4 $11 {0.19}) (13. d5 Nce7 14. Nxa7 Bf5 15. Nb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nxd5 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qa8+ $15 {-0.31}) 13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. Bxe5 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bd3 $14 {0.47}) (12. d5 Nce7 13. Nxa7 (13. Nf3 f6 14. Nxa7 Bf5 15. Nb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nxd5 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qa8+ $15 {-0.31}) (13. Rxa7 Rxa7 14. Nxa7 Nf6 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. c4 Nf5 18. Ne2 $11 {0.06}) 13... Bf5 14. Nb5 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qa8+ $11 {0.16}) 12... Nge7 (12... Bb8 13. Qe2 f6 14. f4 a6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne7 18. Nf3 $14 {0.56}) 13. dxe5 (13. Nf3 Bb8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nf5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 $16 {0.78}) ( 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ke7 18. h4 $14 { 0.31}) (13. Qe2 f6 14. Rd1 a6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. dxe5 Qa3 17. Qd2 Qc5 18. exf6 $11 {0.19}) 13... Bb8 (13... Bxe5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Bd7 16. f4 Bf6 17. Bxf7 a6 18. Be6 $11 {0.00}) 14. Nd6+ (14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Nf5 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Bb5+ $14 {0.53}) 14... Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf5 16. Qe2+ Kf8 (16... Kd7 17. Qf3 Qf6 18. Rd1 $14 {0.53}) 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Nf3 (18. Qf3 $16 {0.75}) 18... Qe8 19. O-O Qxe2 20. Bxe2 f6 21. Bc4 g5 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Rfe1 Rhe8 25. f3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 h6 27. g4 Rac8 28. Ba6 Rcd8 29. c4 Re5 30. Kf2 Nb4 31. Bb7 Rb8 32. Bd5 Rc8 33. Ng3 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Nxd5 35. cxd5 Kf7 36. Kf1 Rc5 37. Ne4 Ra5 (37... Rc2 $142 $5 $15) 38. Rc1 $11 Rxd5 39. Rc7 Ke6 40. Rxa7 f5 41. gxf5+ Rxf5 42. Rb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Speed Chess Invitational"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Duda, J."] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. h3 (7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ f6 17. c4 Rad8 18. c5 Kg8 19. a4 Qg7 20. Rec1 f5 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {bvamrx (1990)-Pittapatta (2055)/lichess.org 2021/0-1 (42)}) 7... Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Qd6 (8... Nbd7 9. c4 c6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 c5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. O-O Nfd5 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Ba3 N6d5 21. Rc5 Nc3 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Ne5 { Sandipan,C (2590)-Liu,C (2330)/1. Hainan Open 2016/1-0 (96)}) 9. a3 Nbd7 $146 ( 9... a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. c4 c5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 { 1/2-1/2 Arkell,K (2430)-Fernandes,A (2455)/4NCL, Birmingham ENG 2002}) (9... a5 10. b5 $11) 10. c4 c6 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rfd8 12. O-O $14) 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. O-O Rfa8 16. Qb3 Nb6 (16... Nd5 $5 $11) 17. Ne5 $14 Nfd5 $2 (17... Nbd5 18. Bf3 e6 19. Rfc1 $16) 18. Rfc1 (18. e4 $142 $18) 18... Bxe5 $14 19. dxe5 Qd7 20. Bd4 Na4 21. Qc2 (21. Rd1 $5 $14) 21... c5 $11 22. e4 (22. Bxc5 $5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 $11) 22... cxd4 $17 23. exd5 Qxd5 (23... Nc3 $5 $15) 24. Bf3 $11 Qxe5 25. Re1 (25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qc6 Rd8 $11) 25... Qd6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qe2 Nc3 28. Qxe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 b4 $1 30. a4 (30. axb4 Ra4 { Double attack} (30... Rxa1+ {Pinning}) (30... Rxa1+ {Deflection}) (30... Rxa1+ {Decoy})) 30... d3 (30... Rb8 $5 31. Rae1 b3 32. a5 $19) 31. Rb7 d2 (31... Rd8 32. Rxb4 d2 33. Rc4 d1=Q+ 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 $19) 32. Rd7 d1=Q+ 33. Rdxd1 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxa4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Kf6 37. Rb7 (37. Kf1 h6 $19) 37... Ke6 (37... Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rb1 39. Rb6+ Kg7 40. Kg3 $19) 38. Kh2 h5 39. h4 Kd5 40. Rxf7 (40. Kg3 f5 41. f3 Kc4 42. Rc7+ Kd3 43. Rd7+ Kc2 44. Rc7+ Kb2 $19) 40... b3 41. Rb7 Kc4 42. Kg3 Rb4 43. Rd7 b2 44. Rd1 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Rxb1 46. Kf4 Rb5 ( 46... Kd3 47. Kg5 Rb6 48. Kh6 $19) 47. f3 (47. Ke4 Kc3 48. Ke3 Re5+ 49. Kf4 Kd4 $19) 47... Kd3 48. g4 (48. Kg3 Kd4 $19) 48... Ke2 (48... Ke2 49. Kg3 Rb3 50. gxh5 gxh5 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Bf8 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 {last book move} c5 (9... Nc6 10. d4 $11) 10. Bb2 (10. Ng5 $5 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 $14) 10... Be6 $11 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nc3 (13. d4 Na6 $11) 13... Nc6 14. a3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Ne2 (16. Rac1 Nd4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11) 16... Nd5 (16... Bd6 17. Rac1 $11) 17. Rac1 Ree8 18. Ng3 b5 19. d3 Nb6 20. Ne4 Na4 21. Ba1 Qe6 22. Qb1 ( 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qg6 $11) 22... a6 $15 23. h3 $2 (23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Bd6 $15) 23... Red8 (23... c4 $142 $5 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxa3 $19) 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. Ne2 Na5 (25... c4 $5 26. Ned4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Qg6 $17) 26. Bc3 Nc6 27. Nf4 (27. Ba1 c4 28. Ned4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qg6 $17) 27... Qf5 28. g4 (28. Qa1 c4 29. Nd4 Qg5 $11) 28... Qd7 $15 29. d4 (29. Qa1 Nd5 $15) 29... cxd4 $17 30. Nxd4 Qe8 (30... Bxa3 31. Nf5 Qa7 32. Bxg7 Bxc1 33. Rxd8+ (33. Rxc1 $6 Ne7 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 (34... Nexc8 $2 35. Nh5 (35. Bxh6 $6 Nc4 $18) 35... Rd6 36. Qb4 $18 ( 36. Nxd6 $6 Nxd6 37. Bd4 f5 38. Nf6+ Kf7 $18) (36. Nxh6+ Rxh6 37. Bxh6 Qe7 $18) ) (34... Nbxc8 $6 35. Bd4 Rxd4 36. Nxd4 $14)) 33... Rxd8 34. Nh5 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 $18) 31. Nf5 (31. Nh5 Ne5 32. Qb3 Nbc4 $15) 31... Rxd1+ (31... g6 32. Ng3 Bxa3 33. Ne4 $15) 32. Rxd1 $15 Ne5 33. Bb4 Nbc4 34. Nd5 Kh8 35. Nxh6 (35. Qe4 a5 36. Bc3 f6 $15 (36... Bxa3 $143 37. f4 $16)) 35... Bxb4 $15 (35... gxh6 $4 36. Nf6 Kg7 37. Nxe8+ Rxe8 38. f4 $18) 36. axb4 Nf3+ (36... Nd2 37. Qf5 Ndf3+ 38. Kf1 $11) 37. Kg2 (37. Kh1 Nfd2 (37... gxh6 38. Nf6 Ng5 39. Nxe8 Rxe8 40. Qa1+ Kh7 41. Qxa6 $18) 38. Qf5 gxh6 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Qf6+ Kh7 $11) 37... Nfd2 (37... Ncd2 38. Qd3 Rd8 $11 (38... gxh6 $143 39. Nf6 Ne1+ 40. Rxe1 Qc6+ 41. Nd5 $16)) 38. Qf5 $11 gxh6 39. Nf6 $4 (39. Qf6+ $142 Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Qf6+ Kh7 $11) 39... Qc6+ $19 40. e4 Kg7 41. Nh5+ (41. g5 Rh8 $17) 41... Kf8 42. Nf6 Qe6 (42... Nd6 $142 $5 43. Qe5 N2xe4 $19) 43. Qf4 $17 Rc6 (43... Kg7 44. g5 Rh8 45. h4 $15) 44. Qxh6+ Ke7 45. g5 Qe5 (45... Nxe4 $6 46. Ng8+ Ke8 47. Nf6+ Ke7 48. Ng8+ Ke8 49. Nf6+ Ke7 $11) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Grigorjev, Iljya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. Nf3 {A05: R ti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 a5 8. a3 Na6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. c4 Bf5 {last book move} 11. Bc3 dxc4 (11... Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qb3 $14) 12. Nxc4 $14 axb4 13. axb4 Nc7 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qb3 Nb5 16. Ra1 Qd8 17. Be5 Be6 18. Qb2 Bd5 (18... Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ncd2 $14) 19. h3 (19. Na3 $5 $16) 19... Nh5 $14 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Na5 (21. h4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne6 $11) 21... Qb6 22. e4 Be6 23. d4 (23. Nc4 $5 Qd8 24. Bf1 $14) 23... Rd8 $11 24. Rd1 (24. Bf1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Nxb7 h6 $11) 24... f6 (24... Nh5 25. Rd3 $15) 25. Rd2 Bf7 26. Bf1 Ne6 { Now all is on d4} (26... Nd6 27. Bd3 $11) 27. Nb3 (27. Nc4 Qc7 $14) 27... Nec7 28. Nc5 Nd6 (28... Ra8 29. Qc1 $11) 29. Rd1 (29. Ne5 Ra8 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 $16) 29... Ne6 30. Qc3 (30. Re1 Nb5 31. Na4 Qa6 $14) 30... Nb5 31. Qe3 Nxc5 (31... Nd6 32. Qe1 Nb5 33. Na4 $14) 32. bxc5 $16 Qa5 33. d5 (33. Rb1 $142 $5 $16) 33... cxd5 $11 34. exd5 (34. Bxb5 $142 $5 Qxb5 35. exd5 $11) 34... Nc3 $17 ( 34... Rxd5 $143 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Qxe7 $16) 35. Qe1 (35. Rd4 $5 Qxc5 36. Qh6 Bxd5 37. Rh4 $17) 35... Qxc5 $19 (35... Bxd5 36. Rd3 Qxc5 37. Rxc3 $18) (35... Rxd5 $6 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. Qxe7 Bxf3 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 $11) 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Kh2 Bxd5 38. Nd2 b5 39. Bd3 $2 (39. Bxb5 $142 Qxb5 40. Nb1 $19) 39... b4 $19 40. h4 (40. Be4 Rc6 41. Bxd5+ Qxd5 $19) 40... Kg7 (40... Rc6 41. Nb1 $19) 41. h5 (41. Be4 Kf7 $19) 41... Bf7 (41... Bb7 42. Be2 $19) 42. hxg6 (42. Be2 Qe5 43. Bg4 Rd8 44. hxg6 Qxe1 45. Rxe1 hxg6 $19) 42... hxg6 43. Bf1 (43. Be2 Rh8+ 44. Kg2 Qc8 $19) 43... Rd8 (43... Rh8+ $142 44. Kg2 Qh5 $19) 44. Kg1 Rc8 45. Ne4 $4 (45. Kh2 Rh8+ 46. Kg2 $19) 45... Ne2+ $19 46. Qxe2 (46. Qxe2 Qxc1 {Discovered attack} (46... Qxc1 {Deflection})) (46. Bxe2 Qxc1 {Discovered attack}) 46... Qxc1 47. Nd2 Qc7 (47... Rc2 $142 48. Nb3 Qb2 49. Qd1 $19) 48. Qe3 (48. Qb5 Rb8 49. Qe2 b3 50. Nxb3 Rxb3 $19) 48... Qc3 { Black intends b3} 49. Qe2 (49. Ba6 Qxe3 50. fxe3 Rc2 $19) 49... b3 50. Ne4 (50. Nxb3 Qxb3 51. Qe1 $19) 50... Qc2 (50... Qc1 $142 51. g4 b2 52. Ng3 $19) 51. Qb5 b2 52. Qb7 b1=Q 53. Qxe7 (53. Qb6 Qxb6 54. Bd3 Qxd3 55. Nc5 Qbb1+ 56. Kh2 Rh8+ 57. Kg2 Qbf1#) 53... Qxe4 54. Qd6 (54. Qxe4 Qxe4 55. Bg2 Qe1+ 56. Bf1 Rc2 57. Kh2 Qxf2+ 58. Kh3 Be6+ 59. Kh4 Rc3 60. Bd3 Qh2#) 54... Qxf1+ $1 (54... Qxf1+ 55. Kxf1 Rc1+ 56. Qd1 Rxd1#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Rasulov, Vu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. d3 a5 7. a3 axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Qb6 {last book move} 10. Qa4 Na6 11. Bc3 Ng4 12. d4 c5 13. dxc5 $2 (13. Qa5 $142 Qxa5 14. bxa5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 $15 ) 13... Nxc5 $19 14. Qa3 $2 (14. Qc2 $142 Na6 15. e3 Nxb4 16. Qd2 $19) 14... Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Ndxf2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 (16... Nxh1 $6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. c5 $17) 17. Rg1 Qd6+ (17... d6 $5 18. Kc1 $19) 18. Kc1 b6 (18... b5 19. h3 Nf6 20. c5 Qd1+ 21. Kb2 $19) 19. Qc3+ f6 20. Nbd2 Bb7 (20... Qe6 21. Nd4 Qe5 22. h3 $19) 21. h3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Nxh3 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Qxe5 d6 (26... Rc8 $142 $5 27. Qxf6+ exf6 $19) 27. Qxf6+ $17 exf6 28. Kd2 Ra8 29. Rh2 Ng5 30. Nxg5 fxg5 31. g4 Ra3 (31... h6 $17) 32. Rh1 (32. Rg2 $142 $5 $17) 32... Rg3 $19 33. Ra1 (33. Rd1 Kf6 34. Kc2 Ke6 $19) 33... Rxg4 34. Kd3 $2 (34. Ra6 $142 Rxc4 35. Rxb6 $19) 34... h5 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Rb7 (36. Rh7 h4 $19) 36... h4 37. Rxb6 (37. Rh7 Kf5 38. e3 Rg1 $19) 37... Ke5 38. Rb8 (38. Ra6 h3 39. Ra1 Rd4+ 40. Kc3 $19) 38... h3 39. Re8+ Kf6 (39... Kf4 $142 40. Rf8+ Kg3 41. Rf1 $19) 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Rf1 Ke5 (41... Rg3+ $5 42. Ke4 Rb3 43. Rc1 $19) 42. b5 Rg3+ (42... Rd4+ 43. Ke3 Re4+ 44. Kd3 $19) 43. e3 $2 (43. Kd2 $142 $19) 43... Rg2 44. Rb1 (44. Kc3 h2 45. Rh1 $19) 44... h2 45. b6 (45. Rh1 g4 46. c5 $19) 45... Rg1 46. Rb5+ Ke6 47. b7 h1=Q 48. b8=Q Rd1+ 49. Kc2 Rc1+ 50. Kb3 (50. Kb2 Rb1+ 51. Ka2 Ra1+ 52. Kb3 Qd1+ 53. Kc3 Rc1+ 54. Kb2 Qc2+ 55. Ka3 Ra1+ 56. Kb4 Qb2#) 50... Qd1+ 51. Kb4 (51. Ka3 Ra1+ 52. Kb4 Qd2+ 53. Kb3 Rb1+ 54. Ka3 Qc3+ 55. Ka4 Ra1#) 51... Qd2+ 52. Ka4 (52. Kb3 Qc3+ 53. Ka4 Ra1#) 52... Ra1+ (52... Qa2+ 53. Kb4 Rxc4#) 53. Kb3 Rb1+ 54. Ka3 Qc3+ (54... Qxe3+ $6 55. Ka2 Re1 56. Qe8+ Kf6 57. Qf8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+ Kf6 59. Qf8+ Ke6 60. Qe8+ $11) 55. Ka2 (55. Ka4 Ra1#) 55... Qa1# ( 55... Ra1#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Terry, R."] [Black "Duda, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "186"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. a3 {A05: R ti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. c4 e5 7. Be2 Re8 8. d3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 {last book move } c6 12. Bf3 d5 (12... Qe7 $11) 13. b5 (13. Qb3 Rc8 $14) 13... e4 (13... Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $11) 14. bxc6 (14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxb2 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rc8 $11) 14... Bxc6 $15 15. cxd5 exf3 16. dxc6 fxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne5 18. d4 Nxc6 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qd7 (20... Ne7 21. e4 $15) 21. Nb3 ( 21. Rg1 Ne7 $11) 21... Ne7 $15 22. e4 Nh5 (22... g5 23. e5 g4 24. Qd1 $15) 23. Rcd1 {White prepares d5} (23. Kg1 Nc6 (23... Bxd4 $143 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Nd5 Qxb2 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxc8+ Kg7 28. Re1 $14) 24. Rcd1 Nd8 $11 (24... Nxd4 $2 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Ne2 $18)) 23... Rc4 {d4 draws heavy fire} 24. Kh1 Rec8 (24... a5 25. Rg1 $15) 25. Rd3 (25. Rg1 a5 $15 (25... Bxd4 $4 26. Qxh5 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Nxd4 $18)) 25... Bh6 (25... a5 $5 $17) 26. d5 Bg7 27. Nd2 Rd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Nd1 (29. Rg1 Be5 $11) 29... Bxb2 $15 30. Nxb2 f5 31. Qb3 fxe4 32. d6+ Kg7 33. Nbc4 Nf5 (33... b5 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. dxe7 bxc4 $15) 34. Qb2+ (34. Ne5 Qb7 (34... Qxd6 $143 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Nxd6 $16) 35. d7 Rf8 $11) 34... Kg8 (34... Nf6 35. Nxe4 Qe6 $17 (35... Rxc4 36. Qxf6+ Kh6 37. f3 $16)) 35. Qe5 $4 (35. Ne5 Qb7 36. d7 Rf8 $14) 35... b5 (35... Rc5 $142 36. Qxe4 Nf6 37. Qa8+ Kg7 $19) 36. Qd5+ $15 Kg7 (36... Qf7 $142 37. Qxb5 Nf6 $11) 37. Qe5+ $4 (37. Rb1 $142 Nf6 38. Qxb5 $11) 37... Kh6 $19 38. Ne3 Nxd6 $4 ( 38... Nxe3 39. fxe3 Re8 40. Qd5 Ng3+ 41. Kg2 Nxf1 42. Nxf1 $19) 39. Nxe4 (39. Rg1 $142 Nf7 40. Qb2 $11) 39... Nxe4 $19 40. Qxe4 Nf6 41. Qf4+ Kg7 42. Rg1 Qe6 43. Nf5+ Kh8 (43... Kg8 44. Nd4 Qd5+ 45. f3 $19) 44. Ne3 $2 (44. Rxg6 $142 $1 Qd5+ 45. Rg2 $11) 44... Qe4+ 45. Qxe4 Nxe4 46. Kg2 Rf8 (46... Rc3 47. Ra1 $19) 47. f3 (47. Ng4 $5 $17) 47... Nd2 $19 48. Rd1 Nxf3 (48... Rxf3 $6 49. Rxd2 Rxe3 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Rd7+ Kf6 52. Rxa7 $15) 49. Rd7 (49. Nd5 Rf7 $19) 49... a5 ( 49... Ne1+ 50. Kg1 Rf3 51. Nd5 $19) 50. Ng4 (50. Rb7 Ne1+ 51. Kg1 Rf3 $19) 50... Nh4+ (50... Ne1+ $142 $5 51. Kg1 $19) 51. Kg3 g5 (51... Nf5+ $142 $5 52. Kg2 g5 $19) 52. Ne5 $15 h6 (52... Kg8 53. Kg4 $15) 53. Kg4 $11 Rf4+ (53... Kg8 54. Kh5 $11) 54. Kh5 Kg8 55. Ng4 (55. Kxh6 Rf6+ 56. Kh5 Nf3 $11) 55... Kf8 56. Nxh6 Nf3 57. Rd8+ (57. Ra7 $5 $11) 57... Ke7 $17 58. Rb8 Rh4+ 59. Kg6 Rxh2 ( 59... Ra4 $142 $5 $17) 60. Rxb5 $11 {The isolani on g5 becomes a target} a4 61. Rb4 Ke6 62. Rxa4 Rg2 63. Ra6+ Kd5 64. Ra5+ Ke4 65. Ra4+ Kd3 66. Rb4 Ne5+ { Black prepares the advance g4} 67. Kf5 Nc6 68. Rb3+ Kc4 69. Rh3 Nd4+ 70. Ke5 g4 71. Rh4 $4 (71. Nxg4 $142 Rxg4 72. Rh8 $11) 71... Nf3+ $19 72. Kf4 Nxh4 73. Nxg4 Ra2 74. Kg3 Nf5+ 75. Kf4 Nd4 76. Ne3+ Kb5 77. Ke4 Nb3 (77... Kc5 78. Kf4 $19) 78. Nd5 (78. Kd5 Rd2+ 79. Ke5 Re2 $19) 78... Rxa3 79. Kd3 Nc5+ 80. Kd4 Rd3+ 81. Ke5 Nd7+ 82. Ke6 (82. Ke4 Ra3 $19) 82... Nb6 83. Nf4 Re3+ 84. Kf5 (84. Kd6 Re1 $19) 84... Kc5 85. Ne6+ (85. Ng2 Re8 $19) 85... Kd6 86. Nd4 (86. Ng5 Kd5 $19) 86... Nd5 87. Kg5 (87. Nc2 Re5+ 88. Kg4 Ne3+ 89. Kg3 Nxc2 90. Kf2 Ke6 91. Kg1 Re1+ 92. Kg2 Rd1 93. Kf2 Rd2+ 94. Kg3 Rd6 95. Kf4 Rd4+ 96. Kg5 Ne3 97. Kg6 Rg4+ 98. Kh6 Kf7 99. Kh5 Kf6 100. Kh6 Rh4#) 87... Re5+ 88. Kg6 Re4 89. Nf3 (89. Nf5+ Ke6 90. Ng7+ Ke5 91. Kg5 Nc7 92. Kh6 Rb4 93. Nh5 Ne6 94. Kh7 Rg4 95. Kh6 Nf8 96. Ng7 Rg6+ 97. Kh5 Rxg7 98. Kh4 Ne6 99. Kh3 Kf4 100. Kh2 Kf3 101. Kh1 Kf2 102. Kh2 Rh7#) 89... Rg4+ 90. Kh5 Rg3 (90... Nf6+ 91. Kh6 Ke6 92. Nh2 Rh4+ 93. Kg5 Rxh2 94. Kf4 Rh3 95. Kg5 Ke5 96. Kg6 Rg3+ 97. Kh6 Ng8+ 98. Kh7 Ke6 99. Kh8 Kf7 100. Kh7 Rh3#) 91. Ng5 (91. Nd2 Ke5 92. Nf1 Rg1 93. Ng3 Rxg3 94. Kh4 Kf4 95. Kh5 Rg5+ 96. Kh6 Kf5 97. Kh7 Nf6+ 98. Kh6 Rg6#) 91... Nf6+ 92. Kh4 (92. Kg6 Ke5 93. Kh6 Kf5 94. Kg7 Rxg5+ 95. Kf8 Rg1 96. Ke7 Ke5 97. Kf8 Nd5 98. Kf7 Kd6 99. Ke8 Rf1 100. Kd8 Rf8#) 92... Rg4+ 93. Kh3 Rxg5 (93... Rxg5 94. Kh4 Rg6 95. Kh3 Ke5 96. Kh4 Kd4 97. Kh3 Ke3 98. Kh4 Kf3 99. Kh3 Rh6#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Ang, Ern Jie Anderson"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2205"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 Be7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. d4 d6 {last book move} 7. Nd2 (7. Nc3 a5 8. b5 c6 $14) 7... dxe5 8. dxe5 a5 9. b5 (9. bxa5 Rxa5 10. Ngf3 Nd7 $11) 9... b6 (9... c6 $5 $11) 10. Qf3 $14 Ra7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qh3 g6 (12... h6 13. Ngf3 $14) 13. Ngf3 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nc5 15. Rd1 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qa8 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Be4 $4 (18... Bxf3 $142 19. gxf3 Qc8 $14) 19. Qh6 $18 Bxd3 $4 (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qc8 $18) 20. Ng5 Nxf6 (20... Qe4+ 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 $18) 21. Bxf6 (21. Bxf6 Qe4+ 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qg7#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Svane, Frederik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 d4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 {last book move} Re8 12. Be2 Bd6 13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 15. O-O Ne4 (15... Qe7 16. Bd3 $11) 16. Nxe4 $14 Rxe4 17. Bd3 Re7 (17... Re5 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rab1 $14) 18. Qh5 $16 g6 19. Qf3 (19. Qh4 $5 $16) 19... Qd6 $14 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. d6 ( 22. Qf4 Re8 $14) 22... Qxd6 $11 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxg6 (24. Be4 $142 Qd4+ 25. Rf2 Qa1+ 26. Rf1 Qd4+ 27. Rf2 Qa1+ 28. Rf1 Qd4+ $11) 24... hxg6 $4 (24... Qd4+ $142 25. Rf2 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Qe5 27. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 25. Rf4 $18 g5 (25... Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Kg8 $18) 26. Qh5+ (26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Rh4#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Feb Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Halkias, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. a4 Nc6 7. b5 Na5 8. e3 {last book move} c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 ( 10... d5 11. c5 $11) 11. Nbd2 $11 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. O-O (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nb6 $15) 13... Bh6 (13... Nb6 14. Ba1 $11) 14. Rc2 (14. Bc3 $5 $11) 14... Nb6 $15 {The pressure on c4 grows} 15. c5 Nxa4 (15... dxc5 16. Rxc5 Bxd2 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qxd2 $15) 16. Ba1 $14 Be6 17. Rc1 Nxc5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qc2 b6 (19... Bd5 20. Bc3 $16) 20. Rcd1 Qe8 21. Qc3 (21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rd8 $16) 21... f6 22. h4 (22. Rfe1 Rc7 $16) 22... Qf7 (22... Bd7 $5 23. Rb1 e5 $14) 23. Ng5 $1 $16 Bxg5 (23... fxg5 24. Qh8# {Mate attack}) (23... Bxg5 24. hxg5 { Combination}) 24. hxg5 Bd5 25. Rfe1 Rcd8 26. Bg4 Rd6 $2 (26... Nb7 $142 $5 $18) 27. gxf6 exf6 $2 (27... Rxf6 28. Nf3 h5 $18) 28. Ne4 (28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rxd6 $18 (29. Rxe4 $6 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qd5 $18)) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Dubnevych, Maksym"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2390"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 g6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. b5 cxb5 {last book move} 10. cxb5 Qxb5 11. e3 (11. Nc3 Qa5 $17) 11... Qc6 (11... Qa5 $5 $17) 12. Nf3 Bg7 (12... Bb4 13. Bd3 $15) 13. Nd4 (13. Nc3 O-O $11) 13... Qc7 (13... Qc5 14. Nc3 $15) 14. Nc3 f5 (14... O-O $5 $15) 15. Ndb5 $11 Qc6 16. Nd5 Na6 (16... Be5 17. Nbc3 $11) 17. Bc4 Be5 $2 (17... d6 $142 $14) 18. Qb3 $18 Nc5 $2 (18... Kf8 19. Na7 Qc5 20. Nb6 $16) 19. Qa2 (19. Qa3 b6 20. Na7 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. Nxc8 Kd8 23. Ncxb6 Nxb6 24. Nxb6 Kc7 25. Nd5+ Kd6 $18) 19... Ne6 (19... Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Kf8 21. O-O $18) 20. d4 Bd6 $4 (20... Bb8 21. O-O Nc7 22. Ndxc7+ Bxc7 $18) 21. Na7 Bb4+ 22. Nxb4 (22. Kd1 Qd6 23. Nxc8 Qc6 $18) 22... Qxg2 (22... Qd6 23. Nd5 O-O 24. Qb2 $18) 23. Bd5 (23. Nxc8 $6 Qxh1+ 24. Ke2 O-O $15 (24... Qxh2 $143 25. Nb6 Qh5+ 26. Kd2 $14)) 23... Qh3 (23... Qg4 24. Nxc8 O-O 25. Nd6 $18) 24. Nxc8 O-O 25. Nd6 f4 (25... Qh4 26. Nd3 Qe7 27. Nb5 $18) 26. Kd2 fxe3+ (26... Qh4 27. Nd3 $18) 27. fxe3 Ng5 (27... Qh4 28. Nd3 $18) 28. Kd3 (28. Nd3 Kg7 $18) 28... Qg4 (28... Ne6 29. Qf2 f5 30. Kd2 $18) 29. h4 (29. h4 Qg3 30. Qh2 Qxh2 31. Rxh2 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 3rd Oct Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Galego, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. g3 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. a3 Ba5 10. c4 Rfe8 11. e3 Ne5 { last book move} 12. d3 (12. Bc3 Bb6 $17) 12... c6 (12... Nfd7 13. d4 Nxc4 14. Qc2 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 $17) 13. Nc3 (13. Qe2 Rad8 $17) 13... Rad8 (13... Qe6 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxh3 17. Rab1 $17) 14. Qe2 (14. Rc1 $17) 14... d5 (14... Nfd7 $5 15. h3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxh3 $17) 15. cxd5 $15 Nxf3+ (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 $11) 16. Bxf3 $11 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxd5 19. Rfc1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd5 21. d4 Red8 22. Rb1 h5 23. h4 R8d6 24. a4 Rf6 25. Qd1 g5 (25... Rdf5 $142 $5 26. Rb2 b6 $11) 26. Qxh5 $16 gxh4 27. Qxh4 Rdf5 $4 (27... Kg7 28. Kg2 Re6 29. Rc4 $16) 28. f4 (28. e4 $142 Rxf2 29. e5 $18) 28... Rg6 $4 (28... Rd5 $142 $18) 29. Qxe7 (29. Qxe7 b6 30. Qxa7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Yuan, Qingyu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 c6 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 g6 10. f4 {last book move} Bg7 11. d3 Qe7 12. Nd2 a5 (12... O-O 13. Rg1 $11) 13. Qb3 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O O-O $11) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 O-O 16. h4 Ra8 17. Bc3 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. h5 (19. Qb2 Nh5 20. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 19... Qe6 (19... dxc4 20. dxc4 Nxh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 $11) 20. h6 Bf8 21. Qb2 Bd6 (21... Nfg4 22. e4 dxc4 23. dxc4 $15) 22. c5 Bc7 23. Nb3 (23. b5 d4 24. Bxd4 Ra2 $11) 23... Ned7 $4 ( 23... Qf5 $5 $15) 24. b5 (24. Nd4 Qe7 $16) 24... Be5 (24... cxb5 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. Nxb5 $11) 25. Nd4 Qe7 (25... Qe8 26. f4 Bc7 27. Nb3 $14) 26. bxc6 Nxc5 27. Kf1 Rb8 $4 (27... Rc8 $142 $14) 28. Nf5 $3 $18 gxf5 (28... Qe6 29. Bxe5 Qxf5 30. Bxb8 bxc6 $18) 29. Bxe5 Na4 (29... Qe6 30. Bxf6 Kf8 $18) 30. Bxf6 Nxb2 31. Bxe7 (31. Bxe7 f6 32. Bh5 Rf8 33. cxb7 Nc4 34. Rg1+ Kh8 35. Bxf6+ Rxf6 36. b8=Q+ Rf8 37. Qxf8#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Kushko, Dmitriy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2425"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. Nf3 {A05: R ti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 a5 4. b5 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 {last book move} 11. Na4 (11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qb3 Nf6 $14) 11... Rb8 12. Qc2 e6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ba3 (14. Nc3 f5 $11) 14... f5 15. Nd2 (15. Bb2 c6 $11) 15... Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 {Black intends f4} (17... f4 18. Bb2 $11) 18. c5 (18. Nc3 exd4 19. Nd5 Qe4+ 20. Qxe4 fxe4 21. Nxc7 Nc5 $11) 18... exd4 $15 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bb2 Nc5 (20... Qe6 21. Bxd4 Rfc8 22. Nc3 $11) 21. Bxd4 $11 f4 (21... Ne4 22. Rd3 $11) 22. Qc4+ $14 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. Nc3 fxg3 (24... Bh6 25. Rdd1 $14) 25. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 26. hxg3 (26. Rxd6 $143 gxh2 27. Rh1 Rf6 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. Rxh2 h5 $11) 26... Rd7 27. Rfd1 Nb7 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Ne3 (29. f3 $16) 29... Nb7 (29... Ne4 $142 $5 30. Rc2 Nf6 $16) 30. Nc4 $18 Rc7 (30... Nc5 31. Nxd6 Rbd8 32. e4 $18) 31. Nxb6 Nc5 32. Rxd6 (32. Rxd6 Ne4 33. Rd7+ Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Kh6 35. Nc4 Rxb5 36. f4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Jun Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Li, Ruifeng"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. e3 c5 6. b5 Be7 7. c4 d5 8. a4 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Na3 Nd5 12. Nxc4 Bf6 { last book move} 13. Qc1 {White intends a5} Qc7 14. Rd1 (14. a5 Nb4 $11) 14... Rac8 (14... e5 $5 $11) 15. a5 $14 Rfd8 16. a6 (16. Qb1 Nb4 $11) 16... Ba8 $11 17. d3 Nb4 18. e4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nf6 20. Nfe5 Ne8 21. Bh5 g6 22. Be2 f6 23. Ng4 e5 24. f4 h5 25. fxe5 hxg4 26. exf6 Rd4 27. Bxg4 (27. Rf1 $142 $5 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Qc1 $11) 27... Rcd8 $17 28. Be6+ Kf8 29. Qf2 Qh7 30. Ne5 { White prepares f7} (30. Nb2 $142 R4d6 31. Bb3 Rxf6 32. Qg3 $17) 30... Nc7 $4 ( 30... Bxe4 $142 31. Nf7 Nxd3 $17) 31. Qh4 $3 $18 R8d7 (31... Qxh4 32. Nxg6+ { Mate attack}) 32. Nxg6+ (32. Bxd7 $6 Qxh4 33. Nxg6+ Kf7 34. Nxh4 Rxd7 $16) (32. Nxd7+ $6 Rxd7 33. Qg4 Nxe6 34. Qxe6 Qf7 $18) 32... Ke8 33. f7+ Rxf7 34. Bxf7+ Qxf7 35. Qh8+ Kd7 36. Ne5+ (36. Ne5+ Ke6 37. Nxf7 Nxd3 38. Ng5+ Kd7 39. Qh3+ Ke7 40. Qc8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Mortazavi, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 g6 6. b5 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. d3 O-O {last book move} 9. Nc3 Re8 10. e4 Nc5 11. Nge2 h5 ( 11... c6 12. O-O $11) 12. O-O $14 h4 13. h3 hxg3 (13... g5 14. g4 $11) 14. fxg3 $14 c6 15. Kh2 (15. Bc1 Ne6 $14) 15... Be6 16. Bc1 Nh7 (16... Kh7 17. Be3 $14) 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rf2 Bg7 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rbf1 Bf8 24. g4 Be7 25. Ng3 Bh4 26. Rf3 Qe7 27. Nf5 $4 (27. Qe2 $142 $14) 27... gxf5 $19 28. exf5 (28. gxf5 Bc8 $19) 28... Bc8 {Black intends e4} (28... Bd7 $5 29. f6 Nxf6 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Qh6 $19) 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. f6 Qc7 (30... Nxf6 $142 31. g5 Nh5 32. Rxf7 Qe6 $19) 31. Bxc5 $11 e4 (31... dxc5 32. Qh6 Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Nxf6 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 32. Bb6 $14 (32. dxe4 $2 dxc5+ 33. Qf4 Qxf4+ 34. Rxf4 Rd3 $19) 32... Qxb6 33. Qh6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Re6 $4 (34... Nxf6 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qxf6 Be6 37. Nxe4 Qe3 $16) 35. Nxe4 ( 35. Rxe6 $142 $5 Bxe6 36. Bxe4 Nf8 37. Qg5+ Kh8 $18) 35... Qd4 (35... d5 $142 36. Rxe6 Bxe6 $18) 36. g5 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 d5 (37... c5 38. g6 Nxf6 39. gxf7+ Kxf7 40. Ng5+ Qxg5 41. Qxg5 $18) 38. Rxe6 (38. Rxe6 Qg7 39. Nf6+ Nxf6 40. Qxg7+ (40. Rfxf6 $6 Qxh6 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Rxh6 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Be6 $16) 40... Kxg7 41. gxf6+ (41. Rfxf6 $6 fxe6 42. Kh2 dxc4 43. dxc4 c5 $16) 41... Kh6 42. Rxc6 dxc4 43. dxc4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Piskov, Y."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2440"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. bxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 Bg4 {last book move} 11. O-O h6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf3 Nd3 15. Qb1 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 Bc6 17. a5 Bc5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 (18... Rxc6 $143 19. Qxb7 Rc7 20. Qb3 $16) 19. Rfc1 Bd6 20. d4 Qc7 (20... Re8 $5 $11) 21. Nxd5 $16 Nxd5 (21... cxd5 22. Rxc7 {Pinning} (22. Rxc7 {Deflection}) (22. Rxc7 {Clearance})) (21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 {Combination}) 22. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Kxh2 (24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Kxh2 Qxf2 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 $16) 24... cxd5 $14 25. Kg1 (25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rc4 $14) 25... Rxc1+ (25... Rc4 $5 $11) 26. Rxc1 $14 Rd8 27. Qb5 g6 28. Rc5 Qd6 29. Rc6 Qd7 30. a6 Kf8 ( 30... Qe7 $5 $14) 31. Qc5+ $18 Kg8 32. Rc7 Qa4 33. Qe7 (33. Qxa7 $6 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+ 36. Kf3 Qh5+ 37. g4 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qxg4+ 39. Kd2 Qf3 $11) 33... Rf8 34. Rxa7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Kg3 Qe2 (36... g5 37. Qe5 Qh4+ 38. Kf3 Qh5+ 39. g4 Qh3+ 40. Qg3 $16) 37. Qd6 (37. Qf6 Qd3 $18) 37... h5 (37... Qh5 38. Qe5 g5 39. Qf5 $18 (39. Qxd5 $6 Qh4+ 40. Kf3 Qh5+ 41. Ke4 Re8+ 42. Kd3 Qd1+ 43. Kc3 Rc8+ 44. Kb4 Qd2+ 45. Kb5 Qb2+ (45... Qxf2 $2 46. Ra8 Qb2+ 47. Ka5 Qc3+ 48. Kb6 Qb4+ 49. Ka7 Qe7+ 50. Qb7 Rxa8+ 51. Kxa8 Qxe3 52. d5 $18) 46. Ka5 Qc3+ ( 46... Qxf2 $2 47. Ra8 Qd2+ 48. Kb6 Qb4+ 49. Ka7 Qe7+ 50. Qb7 Rxa8+ 51. Kxa8 Qxe3 52. d5 $18) 47. Kb6 Qb2+ 48. Qb5 Qxf2 $14)) 38. Qf6 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qe2 ( 39... Qc8 40. Rb7 Qc1 $18) 40. Rb7 Qa2 41. a7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Dec Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Wu, Derek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2255"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. c5 Bc7 8. d4 e4 9. Nfd2 Ng4 10. g3 {last book move} h5 11. h3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bxg3+ 13. Ke2 Qf6 14. Nxe4 $2 (14. Qb3 $142 $5 Qg5 15. Kd1 $11) 14... dxe4 $19 15. Kd2 Bf5 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. Kc2 {White prepares d5} h4 18. Bc4 { White plans d5} Qg6 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Raf1 Be6 21. d5 (21. Kb1 $17) 21... cxd5 ( 21... Bf5 $142 $5 $19) 22. Nxd5 $15 Bxd5 (22... Qg5 23. Nf4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Nb6 $11) 23. Bxd5 $11 Ne5 (23... Rad8 24. Qc4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 (25. Qxe4 $4 Rxd5 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 $19) 25... Bxe5 26. Rhg1 $14) 24. Bxe5 $14 Bxe5 25. Rhg1 Bg3 26. Qc4 (26. Bxb7 $143 Qe6 27. Ra1 a5 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 26... Rad8 27. Bxb7 (27. Qxe4 $4 Rxd5 28. Qxg6 fxg6 $19) 27... Qg5 28. Rf4 (28. Qxe4 $142 Rfe8 29. Qf5 Qxf5+ 30. Rxf5 Rxe3 31. Rgf1 $11) 28... a5 $4 (28... Qe7 29. c6 (29. Qxe4 $2 Qd7 $19) 29... Bxf4 30. exf4 $17) 29. bxa5 $4 (29. Bxe4 axb4 30. axb4 Qe7 $16) 29... Qe5 $4 (29... Qe7 30. Bxe4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Rfe8 $17) 30. Rxe4 $18 Qf5 31. Kb3 (31. Rf1 $142 Qxh3 32. Rd4 $18) 31... Rb8 $2 (31... Qxh3 $142 32. a6 Qd7 $16) 32. a6 $18 Qf2 (32... Qxh3 33. c6 Qh2 $18) 33. Rd1 Bc7 (33... Qf5 34. Re7 Rbe8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. a7 Qxh3 37. Bc6 $18) 34. Re7 (34. Rd7 $142 Bh2 $18) 34... Qg3 ( 34... Bd8 35. Rf1 Qxf1 36. Qxf1 Bxe7 $18) 35. Rdd7 Be5 (35... Kh8 36. Rxc7 Qxh3 37. a7 $18) 36. Rxf7 Qxe3+ (36... Kh8 37. a7 Rbe8 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $18) 37. Ka4 Kh8 38. a7 (38. Qxh4+ Qh6 39. Qxh6+ gxh6 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Bd5+ Rf7 42. Rdxf7 Rb4+ 43. axb4 Bf4 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Rc8#) 38... Ra8 39. Rxf8+ (39. Qxh4+ Qh6 40. Qxh6+ gxh6 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Bd5+ Rf7 43. Rdxf7 Rxa7+ 44. Rxa7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Bb8 46. Rxb8#) 39... Rxf8 40. a8=Q Rxa8+ 41. Bxa8 Qxh3 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh6 44. Rh8+ (44. Rh8+ Kg5 45. Qxe5+ Kg4 46. Rf8 Qb3+ 47. Kxb3 g6 48. Rf4+ Kh3 49. Qe3+ Kh2 50. Rxh4#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Dixit, Nikhil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2255"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A05: R ti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 a5 6. b5 c5 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Nc4 Nd7 {last book move} 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. Qb2+ Kg8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. d4 Rad8 (16... Rac8 17. Nfe5 cxd4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd4 $14) 17. Rac1 $16 N5f6 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. h3 Red8 20. Rd2 Ne4 21. Rdc2 Ndf6 $2 (21... Bd5 22. Qb2 $11) 22. Nxb6 (22. dxc5 $142 $5 bxc5 23. Qxa5 $18) 22... Qxb6 $11 23. dxc5 Qc7 24. c6 Ba8 25. Rc4 Nd2 26. Ra4 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 e5 28. Rxa5 e4 29. Be2 Kg7 $2 (29... Nd5 $142 $5 $16 ) 30. Ra7 $18 Qe5 31. Re7 Qf5 32. Rc5 (32. Qb2 $5 Re8 33. Bg4 Qg5 $18) 32... Rd5 $16 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. axb3 Nd5 36. Ra7 (36. Rxe4 $6 Nc3 37. Bd3 Nxe4 38. Bxe4 f5 $14) 36... Nb6 37. Ra6 Nd5 (37... Rb8 38. c7 Rc8 39. Rxb6 Rxc7 40. Rd6 $18) 38. Bc4 Nb4 39. Ra7 Rf8 (39... Nxc6 40. bxc6 Bxc6 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. h4 $18) 40. c7 Bd5 (40... Rc8 $18) 41. b6 Bxc4 (41... Bc6 42. b7 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 $18) 42. bxc4 (42. b7 Ba6 43. b8=Q Nc6 44. Qxf8+ Kxf8 45. Rxa6 Ne7 46. Ra8+ Kg7 $18) 42... Nc6 43. Ra8 $3 Rxa8 44. b7 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Ne5 (45... Ne7 $18) 46. c8=Q (46. c8=Q Rb1 47. c5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Oro, Faustino"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2210"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O {last book move} Re8 10. b5 (10. d4 c6 $11 ) 10... a6 11. a4 axb5 (11... c5 12. Na3 $11) 12. axb5 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Bd6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Qb3 Nbd7 16. d4 Ne4 17. Ba3 Ra8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc1 Ndf6 (19... c5 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nbd2 $14) 20. Ne5 Ne8 (20... Bc8 21. Qc2 Ra7 22. Bd3 $14) 21. h3 (21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 f6 $14) 21... h6 (21... Qf6 22. Bf3 $14) 22. Nc3 N8f6 (22... Ng5 23. Qb1 $14) 23. Nxe4 $16 Nxe4 24. Bd3 (24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Bf3 Nd6 $16) 24... Nf6 (24... f6 25. Ng6 Ra3 26. Qd1 $14) 25. Qc3 Ne8 26. Bf5 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Ra1 Nf6 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Nxc6 Kf8 31. Rc1 (31. h4 g5 $16) 31... Ne8 (31... Ra8 32. Rc2 $14) 32. Nb4 Rd8 33. g4 Rd7 34. Ra1 (34. Na6 Re7 $16) 34... f6 $14 35. Kg2 (35. Rb1 Kf7 $14) 35... Kf7 36. Nc6 Nd6 37. Rb1 Ke6 38. h4 Nc4 (38... g5 39. h5 $11) 39. h5 $14 Nd6 40. Kf3 Nc4 41. Ke2 (41. Kf4 Kf7 $16) 41... Nd6 42. Kd3 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. f3 Ke6 (44... Kf6 45. e4 dxe4+ 46. fxe4 $18) 45. e4 $18 Rf7 $2 (45... Nf7 $142 $18) 46. Nd8+ (46. Nd8+ Ke7 47. Nxf7 Kxf7 48. e5 $18 (48. exd5 $6 Kf6 $18)) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Poltorak, Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2360"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. c4 c5 6. b5 Bb7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 {last book move} h6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Na3 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 c4 $11) 13... Rad8 14. Rac1 (14. g3 Rc8 $15) 14... Rfe8 (14... d4 15. exd4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. c5 Nxc5 18. Re1 $17) 15. d4 $15 cxd4 (15... Ne4 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nb1 $11) 16. Nxd4 $11 Nc5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. cxd5 (19. Nb5 dxc4 20. Bd4 Qe4 $15) 19... Qxa4 $15 (19... Nxd5 $143 20. Bb5 Qb7 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Bd4 $16) 20. dxe6 Qxc2 (20... fxe6 21. Nc4 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 $15) 21. exf7+ $11 Kxf7 22. Nxc2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Bc4+ Kf8 (24... Kg6 25. Nd4 $11) 25. Nd4 $14 Rc8 26. Ba1 (26. f3 a4 $14) 26... a4 $11 27. g3 a3 28. Kg2 Nfe4 29. Bd5 Nf6 30. Ba2 Rb8 31. Nf5 b5 (31... Nce4 $5 $11) 32. Be5 $14 Rc8 (32... Rb6 33. Bd4 Nfd7 34. Rc1 $16) 33. Rb1 (33. Rc1 $5 $16) 33... Ncd7 34. Rxb5 (34. Nxe7 Kxe7 35. Rxb5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5+ Kd7 $14) 34... Nxe5 $11 35. Rxe5 Rc2 36. Rxe7 (36. Nxe7 $143 Rxa2 37. Nc6 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Ng4+ 39. Ke2 Nxe5 $17) 36... Rxa2 37. Ra7 Ne4 {The backward pawn on f2 becomes a target} 38. Kf3 Ng5+ 39. Kg4 Ne4 (39... Rxf2 40. Rxa3 Nf3 41. Ra8+ Kf7 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kf7 44. Nd6+ Kg8 45. h4 $11) 40. f3 $16 Nc3 41. Nxg7 (41. Kf4 Ra1 $11) 41... Ra1 (41... Nb5 $5 42. Ne6+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ Kd7 $16) 42. Kf5 $16 a2 (42... Nb5 $142 43. Ne6+ Ke8 44. Ra8+ Kd7 $16) 43. Kf6 $18 Nd5+ 44. Kg6 Nc3 $4 (44... Ne7+ $142 45. Kxh6 Nc6 $18) 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Re7 Nd5 (46... Rd1 47. Re8#) 47. Re8# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Timofeev, Arty"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. c4 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Bf6 11. d4 Re8 12. O-O { last book move} Na5 (12... Qd7 13. Nc3 $11) 13. h3 (13. Qc2 Bh5 $11) 13... Bh5 (13... Bf5 $142 $11) 14. Ne1 (14. Nc3 $142 $5 $11) 14... Bxe2 $17 15. Qxe2 c5 ( 15... Nb3 $5 16. Ra2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 $15) 16. dxc5 $15 Nb3 17. Ra2 Nxc5 18. Nd3 (18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 $15) 18... Ne4 (18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxd3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Re2 $15) 19. Nb4 a5 (19... Nxb4 20. axb4 Qb6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. b5 $11) 20. Nxd5 $11 Qxd5 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nc3 Qc6 23. Nb5 Rad8 24. Rb2 (24. Rc2 Qe4 $11) 24... Ne4 25. Rc2 Qg6 26. Rfc1 h6 27. Nd4 Qf6 (27... Qd6 28. a4 $14) 28. Rc7 (28. Qb5 Qe7 29. a4 Qa3 $16) 28... Re7 $14 29. Qf3 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Qxf3 31. gxf3 (31. Nxf3 $143 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 $17) 31... Nd6 32. a4 Rb8 33. Rc5 b6 34. Rc6 Nc8 (34... Ne8 35. Kf1 $11) 35. f4 Ne7 36. Rd6 Kf8 37. f5 Ke8 (37... Ng8 38. Nc6 Re8 39. Kg2 $14) 38. f6 $16 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Ng8 40. Rd6 Ke7 41. Nf5+ Ke8 42. Nxh6 Nxh6 43. Rxh6 Ke7 44. Kg2 b5 45. axb5 Rxb5 46. Ra6 f5 47. Kg3 Kf7 (47... Kd7 48. h4 $18) 48. Kf4 Ke7 49. h4 Kf7 (49... Rb4+ 50. Kg5 Rg4+ 51. Kh5 $18) 50. h5 Kg7 (50... Rd5 51. h6 $18) 51. Kg5 (51. h6+ $142 $5 Kh7 52. Kg5 $18) 51... f4+ 52. Kxf4 Rxh5 53. e4 Rb5 54. e5 Kf7 (54... Rb2 55. f3 (55. Rxa5 $6 Rxf2+ 56. Ke3 Rf1 $18) 55... Rb5 56. Kf5 $18) 55. Kf5 Ke7 56. f4 Kd8 (56... Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kf6 $18) 57. Kf6 Kc7 (57... Rb4 58. Ra8+ Kc7 59. f5 $18) 58. e6 Kb7 59. e7 (59. e7 Kxa6 60. e8=Q $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Galchenko, Matvey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2440"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 e5 7. e3 d5 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. c4 Qxb4 {last book move} 10. cxd5 (10. Bc3 Qb6 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Bf5 $11) 10... Nf6 (10... Bf5 $5 11. Nc3 Nf6 $15) 11. Nxe5 $14 cxd5 12. Nd3 Qh4 13. g3 Qh6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxd5 Qg6 $11) 15... Ng4 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nc3 d4 19. Nd5 Qd8 (19... Qh6 20. N3f4 $11) 20. e4 Nc6 21. f4 {White plans e5} Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Bxe7 23. e5 Qb6 24. f5 Bd7 25. Nf4 Bg5 (25... Bxf5 $2 26. Nd5 Qe6 27. Rxf5 $18) 26. Nd5 Qh6 27. Qg4 Kh8 (27... d3 28. Qd4 $14) 28. d3 (28. Qxd4 Bxd2 29. f6 g6 $16) 28... Bc6 (28... Be3+ 29. Kh2 $11 (29. Nxe3 $143 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 Bc6 $15)) 29. h4 (29. Qxd4 $142 $5 Rd8 30. Kh2 $16) 29... Be3+ $11 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. e6 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Qf6 33. Bg2 (33. Qf3 b5 $14) 33... b5 $11 34. Qe4 Re8 35. Qc6 Qe7 36. exf7 Qxf7 37. Qxb5 Rf8 (37... Rc8 38. Qb6 $16) 38. Qc6 Qe7 39. Be4 Qe5 40. Kh3 Qf6 (40... Re8 41. Qd7 Qe7 42. Qxe7 Rxe7 43. Bd5 $16) 41. Qxf6 Rxf6 (41... gxf6 42. Ra1 $16) 42. Rb1 Rf8 (42... g6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Rb7 $16) 43. Rb7 Rd8 44. f6 $1 gxf6 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46. Rb7 Re8 47. Kg4 (47. Bg6 Ra8 $18) 47... Re5 48. Bf5 Kf8 49. h5 Kg8 50. Bg6 Bh6 51. Kf3 Re3+ 52. Kf2 Re5 53. g4 Bg5 54. Be4 (54. Rd7 Bd2 $18) 54... Bh6 (54... Be3+ 55. Kg3 $18) 55. Rd7 (55. Kf3 Be3 $18) 55... Be3+ 56. Kf3 Ra5 $2 (56... Kf8 $142 $5 $18) 57. Bd5+ Kh8 (57... Kf8 58. Ke4 Ra6 $18) 58. Ke4 Ra1 (58... Bd2 59. Kf5 Ra6 60. Be6 Ra5+ 61. Kg6 Rg5+ 62. Kxf6 $18) 59. Kf5 Rg1 (59... Ra6 $18) 60. Be6 (60. Be6 Bf4 61. Kg6 Rxg4+ 62. Bxg4 Bc7 63. Rxc7 f5 64. Rc8#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Olsen, Filip Boe"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Nf6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Bxf6 {last book move} gxf6 (7... exf6 8. b5 $15) 8. c3 d5 9. d4 Bf5 (9... e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 $11) 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nh4 Nd7 14. Na3 (14. f4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O $15) 14... O-O 15. Nc2 Ra8 16. g4 (16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 f5 $15) 16... Ra2 (16... Qd8 17. f4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf8 $17) 17. f4 $2 (17. Nxg6 $142 $5 hxg6 18. c4 $15) 17... Bxd3 $19 18. Qxd3 Qb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. Nf3 Nc4 (21... Na4 $142 $5 $19) 22. Kf2 $15 Nb2 ( 22... Na3 23. Nfe1 $15) 23. Ke2 $11 Nc4 24. h3 (24. Kf2 e5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 24... Kf8 $15 25. Nd2 Ke7 (25... e5 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Kf3 $15) 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Kd2 e5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rf1 f6 (29... Ke6 30. Rf5 $11) 30. Rf5 Ke6 (30... exd4 31. exd4 Rb2 32. Kc1 $11) 31. Kc1 (31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Rh5 d4 33. exd4 exd4 34. cxd4 Bxb4+ 35. Kc1 Bc3 $14) 31... b6 (31... h6 32. Rh5 Bf8 33. Kb1 $11) 32. Rh5 Ra7 33. Rh6 Rg7 (33... Bf8 34. Rh5 $11) 34. Kb2 (34. dxe5 Bxe5 35. Nd4+ Bxd4 36. exd4 Ra7 $11) 34... e4 35. Rh5 Ra7 36. Na3 Rg7 37. Nb5 Bg3 38. Kc2 Bh2 39. Kd2 Bg3 40. Ke2 Bh2 41. Kf2 Bb8 42. Kg2 Bd6 ( 42... Ba7 43. Rf5 $11) 43. Rh6 (43. Nxd6 Kxd6 44. Rh6 Kc6 45. Rxf6+ Kb5 $11) 43... Bb8 $11 44. Kf2 Rf7 45. g5 Kf5 46. gxf6 $4 (46. g6 $142 hxg6 47. Rh8 $11) 46... Kg5 $19 47. Rxh7 (47. Na3 Kxh6 48. Ke2 Rxf6 $19) 47... Rxh7 48. Ke2 Rf7 49. Na3 Rxf6 50. Nc2 Rf3 51. b5 (51. h4+ Kxh4 52. Na3 Kg3 $19) 51... Rxh3 ( 51... Bd6 $142 52. h4+ Kxh4 53. Ne1 $19) 52. Nb4 Rh2+ 53. Kd1 Kg4 54. Nxd5 Kf3 55. Kc1 Bg3 56. Kd1 Bf2 (56... Bf2 57. Nxb6 Kxe3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Pesotskiy, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2155"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. h3 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. a3 e5 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 Ne7 {last book move} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 (8... e4 9. d4 (9. Nxd5 $143 exf3 10. Qxf3 O-O $17) 9... Be7 10. Nd2 $15) 9. Bb5 f6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Nxd5 (14. Rb1 $142 $11) 14... Nc4 $4 (14... Qd6 $142 15. Qf3 Nc4 (15... Qxc6 $4 16. Ne7+ Bxe7 17. Qxc6 $18) 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 $17 (16... gxf6 17. Rd1 Rxb2 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. O-O $16)) 15. Bd4 $16 Qd6 16. Qd3 (16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Qa5+ 18. Nb4 Be6 $16) 16... Ba6 (16... Ne5 $5 17. Qc3 Bxa3 (17... Qxc6 $2 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 $18) 18. Qxa3 Rb1+ 19. Ke2 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Rxh1 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxa7 g6 $16) 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nb4 Rxb4 $4 (18... Bb7 $142 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 $16) 19. Qd5+ $18 (19. Qd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. axb4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Dziewonski, Dariusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2315"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e3 exd4 6. Bxd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6 8. Nf3 {last book move} c5 (8... Nc6 $5 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 $15) 9. bxc5 $14 dxc5 10. Qxc5 Nc6 11. Nd4 Bd7 (11... Nxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 14. dxe5 $14) 12. Nc3 b6 13. Qd5 Nge7 14. Qe4 (14. Qf3 Qg7 $14) 14... O-O 15. Rd1 Rfe8 (15... Rae8 16. Be2 $14) 16. Be2 $14 Nf5 17. Qf3 (17. Nd5 $142 Qh8 18. Qf4 Ncxd4 19. Rxd4 $16) 17... Ne5 $2 (17... Ncxd4 $142 $5 18. exd4 Qg7 $11) 18. Qf4 $16 g5 (18... Nc6 $5 19. Nd5 Qg7 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 $18) 19. Ne4 $18 Qg6 ( 19... gxf4 $4 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21. Nxd7 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 (22. exd4 $6 Nxd7 23. f3 Re3 $16) 22... fxe3 23. fxe3 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxe3 25. Kf2 $18) 20. Qxg5 Nxd4 $2 ( 20... Kg7 $142 $18) 21. Nf6+ (21. Rxd4 $6 Qxg5 22. Nxg5 Bf5 $18) (21. exd4 $6 Qxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxc4 $14) 21... Kh8 (21... Kg7 22. Nxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Rxd4 $18 (24. exd4 $6 Nxc4 25. d5 Nd6 $18)) 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. exd4 (23. Rxd4 Bf5 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 $18) 23... Re6 (23... Nxc4 24. Nxd7 Re7 $18) 24. dxe5 (24. dxe5 Bc6 25. f4 Bxg2 26. Rg1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Galchenko, Matvey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2435"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 Bd7 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O b4 11. h4 a5 12. h5 {last book move} h6 (12... Qb6 13. Qb3 $17) 13. c4 (13. Bd2 Rb8 $15) 13... a4 (13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 a4 $17) 14. Re1 (14. c5 $142 $5 $15) 14... dxc4 $19 15. Bxc4 Na5 16. Nbd2 (16. Bd3 Nb3 17. Ra2 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 b3 $19) 16... Nxc4 $19 17. Nxc4 Bb5 18. Ne3 {White intends d5} Qd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bb2 (20. Nd4 Bc4 $17) 20... Bc5 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nf5 Rh7 23. Rc1 (23. Qc2 Rc8 24. N5d4 Bxd4 25. Qg6+ Qf7 26. Nxd4 Bd7 27. Qxh7 Nf6 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qxg8+ Nxg8 30. Nxe6 Kf7 $18) 23... Rc8 (23... Bc4 $142 $5 $17) 24. Ne5 Qd8 25. Bd4 Bxd4 $4 (25... Bf8 26. Qg4 g5 (26... exf5 $4 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Nd3+ Kd7 29. Qe6#) 27. hxg6 Rxc1 28. gxh7 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Rxe5 30. hxg8=Q exf5 31. Q4g6+ Kd7 32. Bxe5 Kc8 $18) 26. Rxc8 $18 Qxc8 27. Nd6+ (27. Nd6+ Kd8 28. Nef7+ (28. Qxd4 $143 Qb8 29. Qxb4 Qb6 $18) 28... Kd7 29. Nxc8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Schmakel, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2445"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. Nf3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. c4 e5 7. d3 Na6 8. a3 c6 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 {last book move} Nc7 11. Qc2 Bg4 (11... Ne6 12. Nbd2 $11) 12. Nbd2 $14 Qd7 13. c5 Rad8 (13... Bxf3 $142 $5 14. Nxf3 Nh5 $14) 14. cxd6 $16 Qxd6 15. Nxe5 Bc8 (15... Nb5 16. Ndc4 Qc7 17. h3 $16) 16. Ndc4 Qe6 (16... Qe7 17. Nf3 $18) 17. d4 Nxe4 (17... Qe7 18. Rad1 $18) 18. Bxe4 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. dxe5 (20. fxe5 $143 Qe7 $18) 20... Nd5 (20... Qf7 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $18) 21. Rae1 Rf8 22. Nd6 {White plans f5} Bd7 (22... Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 $18) 23. f5 (23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. f5 gxf5 $18) 23... gxf5 24. Bxf5 Qh6 (24... Rxf5 25. Nxf5 Bf8 $18) 25. e6 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 (26. exd7 Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Qxd6 $17) 26... Ne3 (26... Bc8 27. Re4 Nf6 28. e7 Nxe4 29. Qb3+ (29. exd8=N $6 Nxd6 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Bxc8 Rxd8 32. Qc3+ Qg7 $14) (29. exf8=R+ Rxf8 30. Nxc8 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Nd2 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Qxd2 a6 $18) (29. exf8=N Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Rxf8 31. Qa2+ Kg7 32. Qa1+ Qc3 33. Bxe4 Qxa1 34. Rxa1 h6 $18) (29. exf8=B Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Qxd2 Nxd2 $18) (29. exd8=R Rxd8 30. Qb3+ Kg7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Bxe4 Qg7 $18) (29. exd8=Q Rxd8 30. Qa2+ Kg7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Bxe4 Be6 $18) (29. Bxe4 $6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxd6 31. Qb3+ Kg7 32. exd8=Q Qxd8 $14) 29... Kg7 30. exd8=R ( 30. Bxc8 $4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rxd6 32. Qg8+ Kxg8 33. e8=Q+ Qf8+ 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $19 ) (30. exd8=B $6 Nxd6 31. Qc3+ Kg8 $14) (30. exd8=Q Rxd8 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Bxe4 Be6 $18) (30. exd8=N $6 Nxd6 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Bxc8 Rxd8 33. Qb3+ Kg7 $14) (30. exf8=N $6 Qxd6 31. Qb2+ Qf6 32. Qxf6+ Nxf6 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Ne6+ Kg6 $11) (30. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 31. Qb2+ Qf6 32. Qxf6+ Nxf6 (32... Kxf6 $4 33. Bxe4+ Ke7 34. Rxf8 $18) 33. Bxc8 b6 $18) (30. Bxe4 $6 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bh3+ 32. Ke2 Bg4+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ (33... Qxh2+ $4 34. Bg2 Rxd6 35. e8=N+ Kf8 36. Nxd6 $18) 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 $11) 30... Rxd8 31. Qf7+ (31. Bxc8 $6 Nxd6 32. Be6 Qd2 $14) 31... Kh8 32. Bxe4 $18 (32. Bxc8 $6 Nxd6 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Bxe6 Re8 $11) (32. Nxe4 Rf8 33. Ng5 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Bxh7 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 a6 $18)) 27. Nf7 (27. Nf7 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ (28. Rxe3 Qxb2 29. Nxd8 Qd4 $17) 28... Kxg7 29. Rxe3 Bxe6 30. Nxd8 Bxf5 31. Nxb7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Arslanov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2410"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a5 2. b5 e5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Qe7 { last book move} 5. g4 (5. e3 Nf6 $11) 5... Nf6 6. g5 Nd5 7. c4 Nf4 8. e3 Ne6 ( 8... Ng6 $5 $11) 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. b6 (11. Nxe5 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 $14) 11... Bxb6 $11 12. Bxe5 Bc7 13. Nf6+ (13. d4 d6 14. Bg3 Na6 $11) 13... gxf6 14. Bxf6 Qf8 15. Bd3 (15. Bxh8 Qxh8 16. Rb1 a4 $11) 15... d5 (15... Ng7 $5 $17) 16. cxd5 $11 cxd5 17. Qb3 Nc5 18. Qxd5 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Rg8 $4 (19... Ra6 $5 $14) 20. Qe4+ (20. Qxh7 $6 Be6 $11) 20... Kd7 $4 (20... Be6 $142 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qxh7 Rf8 $16) 21. Qf5+ $18 (21. Qxh7 $6 Nc6 $16) 21... Kc6 22. Nd4+ Kb6 23. Rb1+ Ka7 (23... Qb4 24. Qxh7 Nc6 25. Rxb4+ Nxb4 $18) 24. Nb5+ Kb6 25. Bd4+ Kc6 26. Qc2+ (26. Rc1+ Qc5 27. Rxc5+ Kb6 28. Rc4+ Ka6 29. Nxc7#) 26... Kd5 27. Nxc7+ Kd6 28. Bc5+ (28. Bc5+ Kxc7 29. Bxf8+ Nc6 30. Qc5 $18) (28. Ne8+ Ke6 29. Qe4+ Kd7 30. Nf6+ Kc7 31. Qe5+ Qd6 32. Bb6+ Kc6 33. Qb5#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Timmermans, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2395"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Re8 8. Be2 {last book move} h6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Kf1 (10. O-O Be6 $11) 10... Bb6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... gxf6 $6 12. d4 $14) 12. d4 Ne7 13. a4 c6 14. Nbd2 Nf5 15. Kg1 Bc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. g4 (18. c4 Be6 $15) 18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Kf1 (21. Kg2 Be6 $15) 21... c5 $17 22. Bb5 Bxb5+ 23. Rxb5 Qa6 (23... cxd4 $5 24. exd4 Qd6 $17) 24. Kg2 $11 b6 25. c3 cxd4 26. cxd4 Red8 (26... Qb7 27. g5 $11) 27. Qb3 Rbc8 (27... Qb7 $5 28. Qd3 Qc6 $11 ) 28. Rxd5 $14 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxa4 30. Qb7 (30. Qb7 Qd7 31. Rc1 $18 (31. Qxa7 $6 f5 $16)) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Kushko, Dmitriy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2445"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. a3 a5 4. c4 axb4 5. c5 Qc7 6. axb4 Rxa1 7. Bxa1 Na6 8. Qa4 Nf6 {last book move} 9. Bxf6 (9. Nf3 b5 10. Qb3 d6 $15) 9... exf6 (9... gxf6 10. d4 $15) 10. e3 $11 b5 11. Qa3 d6 12. d4 dxc5 13. bxc5 Be7 14. Ne2 (14. Nf3 O-O $11) 14... O-O 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. g3 Ra8 17. Qb2 f5 (17... Qa5 18. Bg2 $15) 18. Bg2 Bf6 19. Qb3 (19. Qc3 Qd7 $11) 19... Nxc5 (19... Qa5 $17) 20. Qb1 $2 (20. dxc5 $142 Ra1+ 21. Nb1 Qa5+ 22. Kd1 $15) 20... Ra1 $4 (20... Ne6 $142 $19) 21. Qxa1 $18 Nd3+ 22. Kf1 c5 (22... b4 23. Nc4 c5 24. Qa4 $18) 23. Qb1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. f3 (25. Nf3 c4 26. Nf4 g5 $18) 25... c4 26. Nf4 (26. Nc1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 g6 $18) 26... Nxf4+ 27. gxf4 (27. exf4 $6 g6 $18 ) 27... c3 (27... g6 28. Qb4 Kg7 29. Rb1 $18) 28. Rc1 Be7 29. Qxf5 Ba3 (29... cxd2 30. Rxc6 d1=Q 31. Rc8+ Bf8 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Rxc2 $18) 30. Rc2 b4 (30... cxd2 31. Rxc6 d1=Q 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Rxc2 $18) 31. Nb3 (31. d5 $142 $5 Qa6 32. Ne4 Qg6+ 33. Qxg6 fxg6 $18) 31... g6 32. Qd3 Qa4 (32... Qd5 33. Nc5 $18) 33. Qc4 (33. d5 Qxb3 34. d6 Qxc2+ 35. Qxc2 b3 36. Qxb3 Bxd6 37. Qxc3 Bf8 $18) 33... Kg7 (33... Qe8 34. d5 Qb8 35. Qc6 $18) 34. d5 Qd7 (34... h5 35. Rxc3 $1 Bb2 36. Rc2 $18) 35. Qd4+ Kg8 (35... Kh6 36. d6 Qf5 37. Rf2 $18) 36. d6 Qf5 37. d7 Qxc2+ 38. Kg3 (38. Kg3 Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 f6 40. Qxf6 h6 41. d8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qf7#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Askarov, Ba"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2280"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Bf8 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. h4 h5 11. Ba3 { last book move} Nf5 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Na3 Bd7 (13... Rh6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. O-O $15) 14. Bxf5 $11 exf5 15. O-O (15. Qb3 Rh6 $11) 15... Be6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nc2 Kg7 18. Ne1 (18. Qf3 Re8 $11) 18... Qe7 19. Nd3 Rhc8 20. Re1 b6 (20... b5 21. Re3 $11) 21. Nf4 Na5 (21... Qd7 22. Qf3 $14) 22. Re3 $14 Rc6 (22... Rh8 $5 $14) 23. Rg3 $16 Kf8 24. Nxh5 $1 Rac8 (24... gxh5 25. Nxe6+ {Double attack} (25. Nxe6+ {Decoy})) 25. Nf4 Ke8 26. Rc1 (26. Ngxe6 fxe6 27. Rxg6 Qxh4 $16) 26... Kd7 (26... Nc4 27. h5 gxh5 28. Ngxe6 fxe6 29. Qxh5+ Kd8 30. Qh6 $18) 27. Ngxe6 (27. Qa4 Rg8 $16) 27... fxe6 28. Nxg6 Qh7 29. h5 Kc7 (29... Qh6 30. Rh3 $16) 30. Nf4 Kb7 (30... Kd7 31. Nd3 $16) 31. Rg6 $18 Re8 32. Qd3 Re7 33. Qg3 Nb3 34. Rd1 a5 $2 (34... Qf7 $142 $18) 35. h6 Rec7 (35... a4 $18) 36. Nxe6 Rxc3 (36... Ka7 $18) 37. Qxc3 $3 Rxc3 38. Rg7+ Qxg7 39. hxg7 Rc8 40. Nf8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Mar Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Titus, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2215"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Bxa3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. c4 {last book move} Qf5 10. d5 Ne5 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 $11) 11. Nc3 (11. Nbd2 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Nf4 $11) 11... Bxf3 $15 12. gxf3 a6 (12... Rc8 $5 $15) 13. Rb1 $14 Qd7 (13... O-O-O 14. Qb3 Rd7 15. Na4 $16) 14. Qb3 (14. Na4 Rb8 $16) 14... e6 15. Bxf8 (15. d6 O-O-O 16. Na4 Qc6 17. Nb6+ Kb8 $14) 15... Kxf8 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 Rc8 (19... Nf4 $14) 20. Na4 (20. Kd2 Nf4 $14) 20... Ne5 { Attacks the pawn on c4} (20... Nf4 $5 $15) 21. Nb6 (21. O-O Nxc4 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $14) 21... Re8 22. O-O Ne4 (22... Re7 23. Rb8+ Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. c5 $14) 23. Rc1 (23. f4 Ng6 $16) 23... Nc5 (23... h5 $5 $11) 24. Rc7 $14 Nb3 (24... Ne4 $5 $14) 25. Rd1 $16 g6 (25... g5 $5 26. c5 Kg7 $16) 26. c5 $18 Kg7 27. d6 Nd7 $2 (27... Re6 $142 $5 $16) 28. Rxd7 (28. Bc4 Ndxc5 29. Bxf7 Kh6 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 $18) 28... Rxe2 29. c6 Nc5 30. Re7 Rxe7 (30... Rc2 $18) 31. dxe7 Ne6 32. Rd7 Re8 33. Nd5 {White intends c7} (33. c7 Nxc7 34. Rxc7 Kf6 35. Nd5+ Ke6 $18) 33... a5 (33... f6 34. Ra7 $16) 34. c7 (34. Ra7 f4 $16) 34... a4 35. Nb6 Nxc7 36. Rxc7 a3 $4 (36... Kf6 $142 $16) 37. Nd5 $18 f6 (37... g5 38. Ra7 $18) 38. Ra7 Kf7 39. Rxa3 Ke6 (39... h5 $18) 40. Nc7+ Kxe7 (40... Kf7 41. Nxe8 Kxe8 42. Ra7 $18) 41. Re3+ (41. Re3+ Kf7 42. Rxe8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Przybylski, Bartosz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2175"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bg6 5. d3 e6 { last book move} 6. a3 c5 7. c3 (7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. bxc5 Bxc5 $15) 7... a6 (7... Bh5 8. Nf3 $15) 8. Nd2 (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Nd2 Qc7 $11) 8... Nc6 (8... Bh5 9. Nhf3 $15) 9. Nxg6 $11 hxg6 10. g3 Be7 (10... Bd6 11. e4 $11) 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 (12... Qb6 13. Qb3 $11) 13. c4 $14 cxb4 (13... Qd7 $142 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 $14) 14. Bxf6 $18 gxf6 (14... Bxf6 $142 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bc3 17. axb4 Rd8 $18) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bc5 17. axb4 O-O-O (17... Rd8 18. Bxc6+ ( 18. bxc5 $6 Rxd5 19. Ne4 Re5 $18) 18... Qxc6 19. O-O $18) 18. Bxc6 (18. bxc5 $6 Rxd5 19. cxb6 Qxb6 $18) 18... Qxc6 19. Rf1 (19. f3 Rh5 $18) 19... Rhe8 (19... Rd5 20. h4 $18) 20. bxc5 b5 21. Qb3 Re6 22. e3 f5 (22... a5 23. Ke2 Kd7 24. Ne4 $18) 23. Ke2 g5 24. Rg1 (24. Nf3 f6 $18) 24... f4 (24... g4 25. Rh1 $18) 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. e4 f5 27. f3 fxe4 (27... Rh8 28. Nf1 $18) 28. Nxe4 Rde8 (28... Rh8 29. Rg2 $18) 29. Kd1 Kb8 30. h4 Re5 (30... Qd7 31. Nd6 Re3 32. Qd5 $18) 31. Rg4 Rd5 (31... Rf8 32. Ra1 $18) 32. Rxf4 Red8 33. Rc3 Qh6 (33... Qd7 34. Kc2 Qh3 35. Rf6 Qh2+ 36. Kb1 Qg1+ 37. Rc1 $18) 34. Rf7 (34. Rf6 $5 Qe3 35. Kc2 Qe2+ 36. Nd2 Qe5 $18) 34... Qe3 35. Kc2 Qe2+ 36. Nd2 (36. Kb1 $5 Qf1+ 37. Kb2 Rxd3 $18) 36... Qe6 37. c6 (37. Rf4 $142 Qh6 38. Rg4 Qc6 $18) 37... Qxf7 38. c7+ Qxc7 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40. Ne4 Kb6 (40... Rxd3 41. Qe6 Rxf3 42. Qe5+ Kc8 43. Qc5+ Kd7 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. Nf6+ Kf7 46. Qc7+ Kxf6 47. Qxd8+ Ke5 48. Qc7+ Kf5 49. Qf7+ Kg4 50. Qxf3+ Kxf3 51. h5 $18) 41. Qc3 (41. f4 Rxd3 42. Qe6+ Ka7 $18) 41... R8d7 (41... Rxd3 42. Qf6+ (42. Qxd3 $143 Rc8+ 43. Kb3 Rc6 $18) 42... Ka7 43. h5 $18) 42. Nf6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Novosel, Lovro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2370"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh7+ Kh8 11. Be4 {last book move} Nd7 (11... a5 12. b5 c6 13. Nc3 $11) 12. d4 (12. Nc3 N7f6 $11) 12... Rc8 13. O-O N7f6 14. Bd3 (14. Nc3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Kg8 $15) 14... c5 $17 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 (16. Nbd2 cxb4 17. Qb3 a5 18. axb4 Nxb4 $17) 16... c4 $11 17. Be2 $2 (17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Nbd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd5 $17) 17... Qa5 $4 (17... c3 18. Bc1 $19) 18. Nd4 $2 (18. Bd4 $142 $15) 18... c3 $19 19. Bc1 Rfd8 20. Nb3 Qa4 (20... Qc7 21. Rd1 $19) 21. f3 $2 (21. Rd1 $142 Qe4 22. Bd3 $19) 21... Bc5 22. Nd4 Qxc2 ( 22... Qa5 $142 $5 23. Ra2 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc1 $19) 23. Nxc2 Kg8 (23... Nf4 $1 24. Rf2 Nd3 25. Rf1 $19) 24. Kh1 Bb6 (24... g5 $142 $5 $19) 25. e4 $17 Ne7 (25... Nc7 26. Ra2 Na8 27. Bf4 $15) 26. a4 $15 Ng6 (26... Rd7 27. a5 Bc5 28. Ra4 $11 (28. Nxc3 $143 Bd6 29. Bb2 Be5 $17)) 27. a5 Bc5 ( 27... Bc7 28. Be3 (28. Nxc3 Be5 $19) 28... Nf4 29. a6 (29. Nxc3 $2 Be5 $19) 29... Bxe4 30. fxe4 Nxe2 31. Bxa7 Nxe4 32. Re1 $11) 28. Ra4 (28. Nxc3 $2 Bd6 29. Bb2 Nf4 $17) 28... Bd6 (28... Ne5 29. Nxc3 Bf8 30. Bb2 $11) 29. a6 $11 Ba8 30. g3 (30. Rd1 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 30... Ne5 (30... Bc5 31. Nxc3 Bf8 32. Bb2 $11) 31. Rd1 $15 g5 32. Rad4 (32. b6 $5 axb6 33. a7 $17) 32... Be7 $17 33. Ba3 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Bxa3 35. Nbxa3 g4 36. f4 (36. Kg2 Kf8 $17) 36... Nxe4 (36... Nf3 $142 $5 37. b6 axb6 $19) 37. Kg1 $17 (37. fxe5 $4 Nxg3+ 38. Kg1 Nxe2+ 39. Kf2 Nxd4 40. Nxd4 Be4 $19) 37... Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 gxf3 39. Ne3 $4 (39. Rd7 Nc5 40. Rxa7 Be4 $17) 39... f6 (39... Bd5 $142 $5 $17) 40. Nac2 (40. Rd7 f2+ 41. Kf1 Bd5 $14) 40... e5 (40... Nc5 $5 41. Rc4 Be4 $11) 41. Rd7 $11 exf4 42. gxf4 Nd2 $2 (42... Nc5 $142 43. Rxa7 Be4 $14) 43. Rxa7 $18 Be4 44. b6 (44. Kf2 $142 $18) 44... Rd8 $4 (44... Rb8 $142 45. b7 Kf7 $16) 45. b7 (45. Rc7 Bxc2 46. Nxc2 $18) 45... Bxc2 (45... h5 46. Nd4 Rb8 $18) 46. Nxc2 Ne4 47. Ra8 Kg7 48. Rxd8 (48. Rxd8 f2+ 49. Kf1 Kh7 50. b8=Q Nd2+ 51. Kxf2 Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh5 53. Qe8+ Kh4 54. Nd4 Ne4+ 55. Qxe4 Kh3 56. Nf5 Kxh2 57. Qg2#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Subelj, Jan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 c4 5. a3 a5 6. b5 Bc5 7. d4 {last book move} Be7 8. a4 f6 9. g3 (9. Be2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd7 $14) 9... Nd7 (9... fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Bh3 $11) 10. Bh3 $14 fxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Bxe6 $143 e4 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Nb6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 11... Nc5 12. O-O Nh6 (12... Qc7 13. Nc3 $14) 13. Bxh6 $16 gxh6 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Nc3 Bd7 (15... Qb6 16. Qd2 $14) 16. Kh1 (16. f4 Qc7 $16) 16... Qe8 (16... Qc7 17. f4 Kh8 18. Qe2 $16) 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qe2 Bc8 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. g4 (20. Bg2 Qf7 $18) 20... Qg7 (20... Ne4 $5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 dxe4 $14) 21. f5 $18 Bg5 22. f6 (22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nxe6+ Nxe6 25. Nxd5 Kg8 $18) 22... Qg6 $16 23. Bg2 Kf7 (23... Rf7 24. Nf5 $1 Kh8 25. h4 Bxf6 26. h5 $16 ) 24. b6 (24. Qf2 h5 25. h4 hxg4 26. hxg5 Qxg5 $18) 24... Bh4 (24... h5 25. gxh5 Qh6 26. Ndb5 $18) 25. Ncb5 (25. Nf3 $5 Bg5 $18) 25... Nxa4 $16 26. Nf5 ( 26. Qe3 $142 c3 27. Nf3 $16) 26... exf5 $11 27. Nd6+ (27. Bxd5+ $5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxg4 29. e6+ Bxe6 30. Nd6+ Kxf6 31. Rdxf5+ Qxf5 32. Nxf5 Bxf5 33. Qe4 $18) 27... Rxd6 $15 28. exd6 Qxf6 29. Bxd5+ Kg7 30. Qxc4 Nc3 (30... Bd7 31. Qc7 Qd8 32. gxf5 (32. Qxb7 $143 Nxb6 (32... fxg4 $4 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Rf1+ Bf6 35. Qc7 Qxc7 36. Rxf6+ (36. bxc7 $6 Kg7 37. Re1 Nb6 $18) 36... Ke8 37. dxc7 Nxb6 38. Rxb6 $18) 33. Rxf5 Nxd5 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Qxd5 Kg7 $15 (35... Bxg4 36. Rf1+ Bf6 37. Qd4 $18)) 32... Nxb6 33. Bxb7 $11) 31. Qc7+ (31. Rd3 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Rf7 33. Qxa5 Bd7 34. Rxf5 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Qxf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 $17) 31... Kh8 32. Rd3 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Be6 34. Rd3 {White plans d7} (34. Rxa5 Qd4 35. Qxb7 Qxd6 $17) 34... Qe5 35. d7 (35. Qxb7 $5 Qb5 36. d7 $17) 35... Qe4+ 36. Kg1 $4 (36. Rff3 fxg4 37. Rde3 $19) 36... Qxg4+ $19 37. Kh1 (37. Rg3 Qd4+ 38. Rf2 $19) 37... Bd5+ $1 38. Rxd5 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qxd5 (39... Rg8+ $142 40. Qg3 Qxd5 41. Qxg8+ Qxg8+ 42. Kh1 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 Bd8 $19) 40. Qc3+ Bf6 41. Qc8 (41. Qf3 Bd4+ 42. Kh1 Qxd7 43. c4 $19) 41... Rg8+ 42. Kf2 Bd4+ (42... Qg2+ 43. Ke3 Qxf1 44. Kd2 Bg5+ 45. Kc3 Qe1+ 46. Kb2 Qc1+ 47. Ka2 Bf6 48. c3 Qc2+ 49. Ka1 Bxc3+ 50. Qxc3+ Qxc3+ 51. Kb1 Rg1+ 52. Ka2 Ra1#) 43. Ke2 Qb5+ (43... Qe6+ $142 44. Kd1 Rxc8 45. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 $19) 44. Kd2 Qxf1 (44... Bf6 $142 45. Rf3 Qd5+ 46. Ke2 f4 47. Rxf4 Qe6+ 48. Kf2 Rxc8 49. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 50. Rxf6 Qxc2+ 51. Kg3 Qc3+ 52. Rf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kxf3 a4 $19 ) 45. Qxg8+ Kxg8 46. d8=Q+ Kf7 47. Qxd4 Qg2+ 48. Kc1 Qc6 (48... Qe4 49. Qd6 Qe1+ 50. Kb2 Qb4+ 51. Qxb4 axb4 52. Kb3 $19) 49. Qh8 (49. Qe5 Kg6 50. Qxa5 Qh1+ 51. Kb2 Qe4 $17 (51... Qxh2 $6 52. Qd5 $11)) 49... Kg6 (49... Qh1+ 50. Kb2 Qg2 51. Kb3 $19) 50. Qg8+ Kh5 51. Qxh7 Kg5 (51... Qh1+ $142 $5 52. Kb2 Qd5 $19) 52. Qg7+ $17 Kf4 $4 (52... Kh4 $142 53. Qg3+ Kh5 54. Qh3+ Kg6 55. Qg3+ Kf6 $15) 53. Qc7+ (53. Qc7+ Kf3 54. Qxc6+ bxc6 55. b7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Lysyj, I."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2585"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 h6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 {last book move} 9. O-O a6 (9... Bd6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Nc3 $11) 10. Ba4 (10. Be2 Be7 $11) 10... Be7 (10... Bd3 11. Re1 $15) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. d3 Bh7 (13... Bd6 14. Qd2 $15) 14. Ng3 $11 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. Qd2 a4 17. Ba2 Qb6 18. Rad1 (18. Rac1 Qb7 $11) 18... Qb7 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. f4 Rfc8 21. Bb1 Nb8 22. Nge2 (22. f5 Qb6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nge2 $14) 22... Nfd7 $4 (22... Nc6 $142 $11) 23. Nc3 $16 Rxc3 (23... Rc6 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rc1 $18) 24. Bxc3 $18 Nc6 25. Rc1 Nd8 (25... Ndb8 26. Bb2 $18) 26. Bb2 Rxc1 (26... Ra8 27. Rc2 $18) 27. Rxc1 (27. Bxc1 $6 e5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 $18) 27... Bd6 (27... Bg6 28. Nf3 $18) 28. Nf3 (28. Qc3 $142 Qb6 $18) 28... f6 29. h3 e5 (29... Nc6 30. Ba2 $18) 30. Ba2 Kf8 (30... exf4 31. exf4 Ne6 32. g3 $18) 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Rf1 Ke8 33. Nh4 (33. Qd1 Nf7 $18) 33... Nf7 (33... Nf6 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5 $18) 34. Nf5 (34. Qf2 Nf6 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Qxf5 Qe7 $18) 34... Bxf5 35. Rxf5 Nf6 36. Qf2 Ke7 (36... Qc6 37. Qg3 Kf8 38. Qg6 $18) 37. Kf1 (37. d4 $142 exd4 38. Bxd5 Qc8 $18) 37... Qc6 38. Ke1 (38. Qe2 $142 $18) 38... Qc8 $2 (38... Kf8 39. Kd2 $18) 39. Kd1 (39. Bxd5 Qe8 40. Ba2 Qd7 $18) 39... Qc6 (39... Qd7 40. g4 $18) 40. g4 (40. d4 $142 exd4 41. Bxd4 $18) 40... d4 (40... Kf8 $18) 41. exd4 Qh1+ 42. Qf1 Qh2 (42... Qxf1+ 43. Rxf1 exd4 44. Bxd4 Ng5 $18) 43. Rf2 Qg3 44. Kc2 (44. Qe2 $142 e4 45. dxe4 Ne5 46. dxe5 Bxe5 $18) 44... exd4 45. Bxd4 (45. Rg2 $5 Qf4 46. Re2+ Kf8 47. Qxf4 Bxf4 48. Bxd4 Nd7 $18) 45... Ne5 46. Bb1 (46. Rf5 Nc6 47. Bc3 Qe3 $18) 46... Nd5 (46... Kd7 47. Rf5 $18) 47. Kb2 (47. Kd2 $142 $5 Nc7 $18) 47... Ne3 48. Qe2 (48. Bxe3 $142 $5 Qxe3 49. Bc2 $18) 48... Qxf2 49. Qxf2 Nd1+ 50. Kc1 (50. Kc2 Nxf2 51. Bxf2 Kd7 $18) 50... Nxf2 $16 51. Bxf2 Nf3 52. d4 Ng5 (52... Bf4+ 53. Kb2 $18) 53. h4 (53. Be3 Ne6 $18) 53... Nh3 (53... Bf4+ 54. Kb2 Nh3 55. Be1 $18) 54. Be3 $18 Bf4 (54... Bg3 55. h5 $18) 55. Kd2 Kd6 (55... Bg3 56. Ke2 Ke6 $18) 56. Bd3 Kc6 (56... Bg3 57. Bxb5 Nf2 $18) 57. Bf1 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Araujo Sanchez, Josue"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. a3 a5 4. c4 axb4 5. c5 Qc7 6. axb4 Rxa1 7. Bxa1 d5 8. cxd6 Qxd6 9. Qa4 Nd7 {last book move} 10. e3 (10. Nf3 Ngf6 $11) 10... Ngf6 11. Nf3 e6 (11... e5 12. Qa8 Nb6 13. Qa5 $15) 12. b5 $11 cxb5 (12... Be7 $5 $11) 13. Bxb5 $14 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. d4 (15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Qa7 Nbd5 $14) 15... b6 (15... Nb6 $5 16. Qb3 Bd7 $11) 16. Bb2 $14 Qb8 (16... Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Rc1 $16) 17. Ba3 (17. Nbd2 Rd8 $16) 17... Bxa3 $14 18. Nxa3 Rd8 19. Rb1 Bb7 20. Be2 Be4 21. Ra1 Nd5 (21... e5 22. Qb5 $14) 22. Nb5 $16 Nc7 (22... e5 23. Qa3 $16) 23. Qa7 (23. Nc3 $5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 $16) 23... Nxb5 $14 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb5 Nf6 (25... Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nf6 27. Kg2 $14) 26. Ne5 Ra8 27. Rc1 g5 28. f3 Bg6 29. e4 g4 30. Rc2 (30. Bc6 Ra2 $14) 30... gxf3 31. gxf3 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Rd1 (32... Rh1 33. Kg3 $14) 33. Ke3 $16 Rb1 34. Bd3 (34. Nxg6 $143 Rb3+ 35. Bd3 hxg6 $14) 34... Rb3 35. Kd2 (35. Nxg6 $143 hxg6 36. Kd2 Ra3 $14) 35... Nh5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7 (37. Kc2 Ra3 $16) 37... Nf4 $14 38. Bc2 Ra3 39. Rb7 Kf8 (39... Bh5 $5 $14) 40. Rxb6 $16 f6 41. Rb8+ (41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Bxd3 Bf7 $16) 41... Ke7 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Nd3 Nxd3 46. Bxd3 Ra2+ 47. Bc2 f5 48. Kc3 fxe4 49. Rb8+ (49. fxe4 $4 Rxc2+ 50. Kd3 Rxh2 $19) 49... Ke7 50. fxe4 Ra3+ 51. Rb3 Ra4 $4 (51... Rxb3+ 52. Kxb3 (52. Bxb3 $6 Bxe4 53. Bc4 Kd6 $11) 52... e5 53. d5 $16 (53. dxe5 $6 Ke6 $11)) 52. Kd3 (52. Rb7+ $142 Kf8 53. Bxa4 Bxe4 54. Rc7 $18) 52... Ra2 $14 53. Rc3 Ra1 54. Ke3 (54. Kd2 Rh1 $14) 54... Re1+ (54... Rh1 $5 $14) 55. Kf4 $16 Rh1 (55... Re2 56. h3 $16) 56. Ke5 (56. h3 $5 $16) 56... Rxh2 $14 57. Rc7+ Kd8 58. Rc6 Kd7 (58... Re2 59. Rc3 $14) 59. Rd6+ {Attacking the isolated pawn on e6} (59. Ba4 $5 Ra2 60. Bb5 $16) 59... Kc7 $11 60. Bd3 Rh5+ 61. Kxe6 Bf7+ $4 (61... Rh3 $142 62. Rd7+ Kb6 $11) 62. Ke7 $18 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 4th Jun Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Maksimovic, Bojan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} a6 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. a3 e5 4. c4 d6 5. e3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 e4 10. Nfd2 {last book move} h5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nb3 Re8 14. N1d2 h4 15. h3 Kh7 (15... c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nd4 $14) 16. Nd4 $16 Qd7 17. Kh2 (17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Rad1 Qe7 $16) 17... Neg8 (17... a5 18. b5 $16) 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. N2b3 b6 (19... Ne7 20. Kg1 $16) 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. Nbd4 Nh6 22. a4 g5 (22... Nhg8 $5 $16) 23. Nxf5 $18 Qxf5 24. f4 (24. f3 $5 Qg6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. fxe4 Be5+ 27. Kg1 $16) 24... g4 $14 25. Rg1 Bh8 26. a5 g3+ 27. Kh1 bxa5 28. bxa5 Qg6 29. Qd2 Nf5 30. Nd4 (30. Rb1 $5 $16) 30... Nxd4 $14 31. Bxd4 (31. exd4 $143 e3 32. Qb4 Ne4 $15) (31. Qxd4 $2 Ng4 32. Bxg4 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 f5 $19) 31... Nd7 32. c5 (32. Rb1 $5 $14) 32... Bxd4 $15 33. exd4 e3 ( 33... Nf6 34. f5 Qxf5 35. Rgf1 $11) 34. Qc3 Nf6 35. Rgf1 Ne4 36. Qa3 (36. Qb4 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nd3 38. Bxd3 Qxd3 $15) 36... Nf2+ (36... Qf5 37. Kg1 $11) 37. Kg1 $11 Re4 (37... Qf6 38. cxd6 Qxd6 39. Qxd6 cxd6 40. Rc6 $11) 38. cxd6 (38. Bd3 e2 39. Rfe1 Nxd3 40. Qxd3 Rae8 41. Qxa6 Qf6 $11) 38... cxd6 (38... Qxd6 39. Qb3 Rd8 $15 (39... Rxd4 $143 40. Qxe3 Qxf4 41. Qxf4 Rxf4 42. Rxc7 $11)) 39. Rc6 { The isolani on a6 becomes a target} Rd8 40. Rxa6 Qf6 (40... Rxd4 $143 41. Qxe3 Qe4 42. Qxe4+ Nxe4 43. Bh5 $14) 41. Rc6 (41. Qc3 Qxf4 42. Ra7 Kg7 $11) 41... Rxf4 42. Rcc1 (42. Qc1 Qxd4 43. Rc4 Qe5 $11) 42... Qxd4 $15 43. a6 Kg7 (43... Qd2 $142 $5 44. Rce1 Rb4 $15) 44. Rc4 $14 Qe5 45. Rxf4 Qxf4 46. Qc3+ (46. a7 Ra8 47. Qb2+ Qf6 $14) 46... Qf6 (46... Qe5 47. Qb3 $11) 47. Qc7 (47. Qxe3 Re8 48. Qd2 Ne4 $14) 47... Ra8 (47... Rf8 $5 $11) 48. Qb7 $14 Qd8 49. a7 Qc8 50. Qxc8 Rxc8 51. Ra1 Ra8 52. Kf1 Ne4 53. Bb5 Nd2+ (53... f5 54. Bc6 Rxa7 55. Rxa7+ Kf6 56. Rh7 $18) 54. Ke2 Nb3 55. Ra4 (55. Bc6 Nd4+ 56. Kxe3 Nxc6 57. dxc6 Kf6 $18) 55... Rxa7 56. Rxa7 Nd4+ 57. Kxe3 Nxb5 58. Ra5 (58. Ra6 Kf8 $18) 58... Nc3 59. Kd3 Nd1 60. Ra2 (60. Ke4 Kf6 $18) 60... Nf2+ (60... f5 $5 $16) 61. Ke3 $18 Kf6 62. Kf4 Nd3+ 63. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Belov, Alexe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2420"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Nxa3 a6 11. h4 { last book move} Nge7 12. h5 Na5 13. Nb1 Nec6 14. Re1 Nc4 15. Nbd2 (15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qc2 Ra8 $15) 15... N6a5 16. Nf1 (16. Ra2 Bb5 $17) 16... Be7 $17 17. N3h2 Bg5 18. Qg4 Kf8 (18... Nb3 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Ra2 $17) 19. f4 Bh4 20. Rd1 Nb3 21. Rb1 Ba4 22. f5 (22. Bxc4 Rxc4 (22... dxc4 $143 23. Ba3+ Be7 24. Bxe7+ Qxe7 25. Ne3 $11) 23. Ba3+ Be7 24. Bxe7+ Qxe7 $17 (24... Kxe7 $6 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Qxh6 $11)) 22... Nxc1 (22... Nba5 $142 $5 $19) 23. Rdxc1 $15 Qg5 (23... Bg5 24. Re1 Qe7 25. fxe6 fxe6 $15 (25... Qxe6 $4 26. Bf5 (26. Rxb7 $6 Qxg4 27. Nxg4 Na5 $16) 26... Qc6 27. Bxc8 $18)) 24. Qh3 $14 Nd2 (24... Qxh5 $143 25. Nf3 Bf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qxh3 27. gxh3 $18) 25. Rxb7 Ne4 { Attacks the backward pawn on c3} 26. Bxe4 (26. fxe6 Bf2+ 27. Kh1 Ng3+ 28. Nxg3 Qxc1+ 29. Nhf1 $18) 26... dxe4 $2 (26... Bc6 $142 27. Rbb1 dxe4 28. fxe6 Qe7 $18 (28... Qxh5 $2 29. exf7 Kxf7 30. Ng3 $18)) 27. fxe6 Qxc1 (27... Qd8 $18) 28. e7+ (28. Rxf7+ $6 Kg8 29. Qxh4 Rh7 $18) 28... Bxe7 29. Qxc8+ Be8 30. Rb8 ( 30. Rb8 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bd8 32. Qxd8 Kg8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qxh8#) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Nov Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Hungaski, R."] [Black "Duda, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. Bc3 d5 4. e3 Nf6 { last book move} 5. d3 (5. a3 Nbd7 $11) 5... Bf5 (5... Nbd7 6. Nf3 $15) 6. Nd2 ( 6. Be2 Nbd7 $11) 6... Nbd7 $15 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Rb1 h6 (8... Bd6 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O $15) 9. a4 (9. Be2 Qc7 $11) 9... Qc7 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nb3 (11. Ba1 e5 $15) 11... e5 $15 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. g4 (13. O-O Rfe8 $15) 13... Bh7 (13... Be6 14. h4 $17) 14. h4 $15 d4 15. Nxd4 $2 (15. exd4 $142 $5 Nd5 16. Bb2 Bxb4 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. g5 $17) 15... exd4 (15... Nd5 $5 16. Bb2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxb4 18. c4 $19) 16. Bxd4 Nd5 17. g5 Bxb4 (17... hxg5 18. c4 Nxb4 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Rxb4 $17) 18. gxh6 $17 Bc3 19. Bxg7 Bxg7 20. hxg7 Rfe8 (20... Kxg7 $6 21. Qc1 b6 22. Qb2+ Qe5 23. Qxe5+ Nxe5 24. Rb3 $15) 21. Rb3 Rxe3 (21... Kxg7 $6 22. Qa1+ Kh6 23. c4 $15) 22. c4 Rxe2+ 23. Qxe2 (23. Qxe2 Nf4 {Decoy}) (23. Kxe2 Re8+ {Double attack} ( 23... Nf4+ {Deflection}) (23... Re8+ {Decoy})) 23... Nf4 24. Qe7 Ng6 (24... Nxd3+ 25. Ke2 Rc8 $19) 25. Qe3 $11 Nf4 26. Rg1 Ne5 { Increases the pressure on the backward pawn} 27. Ne4 $2 (27. d4 Ned3+ 28. Kd1 Qd7 $19) 27... Bxe4 (27... Nexd3+ 28. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 29. Qxd3 $19) 28. Qxe4 $4 (28. dxe4 Re8 29. Rc3 Qd6 $19) 28... Qd6 $4 (28... Qa5+ $142 $5 29. Kf1 Qd2 30. Qxe5 Qd1+ 31. Qe1 Qxb3 $19) 29. d4 (29. Kd2 Nd7 30. Qe3 $17 (30. Rxb7 $4 Nc5 31. Qe3 Nxb7 $19)) 29... Nxc4 $17 30. Rf3 $4 (30. Rg5 b6 31. Rf5 Ng2+ 32. Ke2 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 $15) 30... Nh5 (30... Qb4+ 31. Kf1 Nd2+ 32. Ke1 Nxf3+ 33. Kd1 Qd2#) 31. Rxf7 $4 (31. Rb3 $142 $17) 31... Kxf7 $19 32. Qh7 (32. Qf3+ Nf4 33. Qc3 Qe7+ 34. Kd1 Qe2+ 35. Kc1 $19) 32... Re8+ 33. Kf1 Nd2+ 34. Kg2 Qg6+ (34... Qd5+ 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nxg1+ 37. Qe4 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2 Qxh4+ 39. Kxg1 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Qh1#) 35. Kh2 (35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rd1 $19) 35... Qxh7 (35... Qxh7 36. Rf1 Nxf1+ 37. Kg2 Qxg7+ 38. Kxf1 Nf4 39. d5 Qg2#) (35... Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Qxg1#) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Kosakowski, Jakub"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. c4 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Qd7 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Bd3 {last book move} h6 15. Bh7+ Kf8 (15... Kh8 16. Be4 $11) 16. f4 (16. Nf5 $5 f6 17. d4 $11) 16... Qe7 $15 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. h3 (18. Bf5 Kg8 $15) 18... Bd5 (18... g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 $18) 19. Ne5 Nxe5 (19... Nxh7 $143 20. Qxh7 Qd6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxg7+ Ke7 23. Bxh6 $16) 20. Bxe5 (20. fxe5 Nxh7 21. Qxh7 Qg5 $17) 20... Bb6 (20... g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 $17) 21. Nc3 (21. Bf5 Nh5 $15) 21... Bc6 (21... Bc4 22. Rf3 Nxh7 23. Qxh7 $17) 22. Rf2 (22. Bf5 $15) 22... Qe6 (22... g6 $5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Ng8 $15) 23. Bf5 $11 Qe7 24. d4 Bd7 (24... Ba5 25. Rff1 $11) 25. a4 (25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Na4 Kg8 $14) 25... c5 (25... Ba5 $142 $5 26. Bd3 Bc6 $14) 26. a5 $16 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Bc7 ( 27... cxd4 28. axb6 dxc3 29. bxa7 $16) 28. Rf3 (28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxc5+ Qe7 $16 ) 28... Qd7 (28... cxd4 29. exd4 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Ra4 $14) 29. Qc2 (29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. dxc5 a6 $16) 29... Rc8 $2 (29... cxd4 $142 $5 30. Bxd4 Qc6 $14) 30. Bxf6 $18 gxf6 31. d5 (31. dxc5 $5 Qc6 32. Qf5 $16 ) 31... f5 $16 32. Kh1 (32. Qb2 Bd6 $16) 32... Bd8 33. e4 (33. Kh2 $142 $5 $14) 33... fxe4 $17 34. Nxe4 Qf5 35. Re3 Bf6 36. Rae1 (36. Rc1 Qxf4 37. Rce1 Be5 $15 ) 36... Bd4 $17 (36... Qxf4 $6 37. Rf3 Qh4 38. Ree3 $14) 37. R3e2 Qxd5 (37... Qxf4 38. Nxc5 Rxe2 39. Nd7+ Kg7 40. Qxe2 $17) 38. Qd3 Rcd8 39. Nf6 $2 (39. Qc2 $142 $17) 39... Rxe2 $19 40. Nxd5 (40. Nh7+ Kg7 41. Rxe2 $19) 40... Rxe1+ 41. Kh2 Rxd5 42. Qh7 (42. Qc2 $19) 42... Bg1+ 43. Kg3 Re3+ (43... Re3+ 44. Kh4 Bf2+ 45. g3 Rxg3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Segarra, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2320"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. c4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 {last book move} 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rab1 Rc8 13. Ba1 Ba8 (13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. b5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $11 (16. Rxb5 $143 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ba6 $17)) 14. Qa4 Bc6 15. Qb3 (15. Qxa6 $4 Ra8 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 $19) 15... Qe7 16. a4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 a5 18. Qa3 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Bf8 (19... Nc5 20. d3 $14) 20. Na7 $16 Rc7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Nd4 Rcc8 23. Nb5 d5 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Rfc1 Bb4 26. Rxb4 axb4 27. Nd6 dxc4 28. Nxe8 (28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Ne4 $11) 28... Nxe8 $11 29. Rxc4 (29. Bxc4 $143 Nd6 30. d3 Nxc4 31. dxc4 Ra8 $17) 29... Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Nd6 31. Be2 Nc5 32. Bd1 (32. g4 $5 $15) 32... Nc4 $17 33. Bd4 Nxd2 (33... b3 $5 34. a5 Nxa5 35. d3 $19) 34. a5 (34. Bxc5 $142 bxc5 35. a5 $17) 34... b3 $4 (34... bxa5 $142 35. Bxc5 b3 $17) 35. axb6 $18 Nb7 36. Kf2 Nd6 (36... Na5 $142 $18) 37. Ke2 N2e4 38. Bxb3 Nb7 39. Ba4 f6 (39... Na5 $18) 40. Bc6 Ned6 41. Bxf6 Kf7 (41... Nc5 42. Bd4 Ndb7 43. Kd2 $18) 42. Be5 Na5 43. Bxd6 Nxc6 44. b7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Rosen, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2375"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. c4 Be6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 {last book move} 9. cxd5 (9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11) 9... Bxd5 $15 10. Be2 Be4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nc3 (12. a3 a4 13. Qd1 Be7 $15) 12... Bd3 (12... a4 $142 $5 13. Qc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 a3 $17) 13. Nd5 $11 Nxd5 14. Qxd3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Rxe3+ 17. Be2 Rae8 18. Ng1 Rd3 (18... a4 $5 19. Kd1 R3e6 $11) 19. O-O-O $16 Rd5 20. Bf3 Rc5+ 21. Kb1 a4 22. Ne2 (22. a3 Ba5 $16) 22... a3 23. Bc3 Rb5 (23... Ne5 24. Rhe1 $16) 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. Kc2 c5 27. Rhe1 Reb8 28. Nf5 g6 (28... Bxc3 29. Kxc3 (29. dxc3 $6 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Rxa2 $11) 29... Rb2 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nc6 $18) 29. Ne7+ (29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nd5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Nf3 d5 7. Qc2 {last book move} Bg4 (7... Nc6 $5 8. Bf4 d4 $17) 8. Qb2 $11 Bxf3 (8... Nbd7 9. Qxb4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. cxd5 $11) 9. gxf3 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. gxf3 $11) 9... Rxe5 (9... Nbd7 $142 $5 10. Bg3 Bd6 $15) 10. Qxe5 $16 Nc6 11. Qb2 d4 12. Bg2 dxe3 (12... Rb8 13. f4 $16) 13. fxe3 Qd3 14. Qb3 Qg6 15. O-O Re8 (15... Rb8 16. d4 Re8 17. Rd1 $16) 16. a3 $18 Bd6 17. f4 ( 17. Qxb7 Na5 18. Qxa7 Nxc4 $18) 17... Ne7 $2 (17... Na5 $142 18. Qa4 b6 $16) 18. Qxb7 $18 Nf5 19. Nc3 (19. Qxa7 $6 Nh4 20. Rf2 Bxf4 $16) 19... Qh5 (19... Nh4 20. Rf2 Ng4 21. Re2 $18) 20. Qf3 (20. Qxa7 $5 Nh4 21. Bc6 Rd8 $18) 20... Qg6 21. Kh1 Nh4 22. Qg3 (22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Kuznetsov, Mi1"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2215"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. d4 Nge7 7. axb4 Nxb4 8. c3 Nbc6 9. Na3 Bd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. h4 h6 12. Nc2 {last book move} Rc8 13. Ba3 Na7 14. Bc5 Nb5 15. Qd2 b6 16. Bxb5 (16. Ba3 a5 17. Bb2 Nf5 $17) 16... Bxb5 (16... bxc5 $6 17. Bxa6 Rb8 18. h5 $11) ( 16... Rxc5 $4 17. Bxd7+ (17. dxc5 $6 Bxb5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 $14) 17... Qxd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rxa6 $18) 17. Bd6 a5 18. Na3 (18. Rb1 Ba6 $17) 18... Ba6 19. Qb2 Ng6 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Rh3 (21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5+ Nd7 $17) 21... Qc7 (21... Ng6 22. Qd2 $17) 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 O-O 25. Rg3 Qc6 26. Qd3 (26. Qe2 f6 27. Qh5 fxe5 28. Qxh6 Rf7 $17) 26... f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Kf1 (28. Re3 a4 $17) 28... Rcf8 29. Kg1 (29. Nf3 a4 $17) 29... e5 $19 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Qd4 Nc4 32. Nf3 Qc5 (32... R8f7 33. Re1 $19) 33. Qd3 (33. Rg4 Qd6 $17) 33... b5 (33... Nd6 34. Ra2 Ne4 35. Rh3 $19) 34. Nd4 b4 (34... Rxf2 $2 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Ne6+ Kh8 37. Nxc5 $18) 35. cxb4 axb4 36. h5 (36. Ra2 Qc7 $19) 36... Ne5 (36... b3 $142 $5 $19) 37. Qe3 $17 Nc6 $4 (37... Qe7 $142 $17) 38. Rxg7+ $18 Kh8 $4 ( 38... Kxg7 $142 39. Nf5+ Rxf5 40. Qxc5 R5f6 $18) 39. Rg6 Rxg6 40. hxg6 (40. hxg6 Kg8 41. Qxh6 $18) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 4th Mar Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Haussernot, C."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2105"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. c4 d5 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Nf6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Nbd2 Rad8 14. Nc4 Bb6 {last book move} 15. a4 Na5 (15... Bc5 16. Qb3 Bb4 17. Ba3 $11) 16. Ba3 $14 Qe6 17. Rc1 Ne4 (17... Nd5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Ne5 $11) 18. Nfe5 Nxc4 $2 (18... Nd6 $142 $5 $14) 19. Bxc4 $18 (19. Nxc4 $6 c5 20. g4 Bg6 $11) (19. Rxc4 c5 20. Nf3 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxf2 22. Nxe6 Nxd1 23. Nxd8 Nxe3 $17) 19... Rd5 20. Qb3 (20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. f3 Nf6 $18) 20... c6 (20... Nd2 21. Bxd5 Nxb3 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rc3 $18) 21. Bxd5 $18 cxd5 22. a5 $1 Nd2 (22... Bxa5 23. Qb5 {Double attack} (23. Qxb7 {Pinning}) (23. Qxb7 {Deflection}) (23. Qb5 {Decoy})) 23. Qb4 (23. Qb2 Bxd4 24. exd4 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Qa6 $18) 23... Nxf1 24. axb6 (24. Rxf1 $6 Bc7 25. Qxb7 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxa7 Bd3 $16) 24... f6 (24... a5 25. Qxa5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 f6 $18) 25. bxa7 (25. Rxf1 $6 a5 26. Qxa5 fxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 $16) (25. Kxf1 $6 a5 26. Qxa5 fxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 $16) 25... fxe5 (25... Qa6 26. Nf3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qxa7 $18) 26. Qxb7 (26. Kxf1 $6 Qa6+ 27. Kg1 exd4 $16) 26... Nd2 (26... exd4 27. Rc7 (27. Kxf1 $6 dxe3 28. Bc5 Bd3+ 29. Kg1 e2 $18) 27... Nxe3 28. a8=Q $18) 27. a8=Q Nf3+ (27... Nc4 28. Qaa7 Qg6 29. Qxd5+ Be6 30. Qc6 (30. Rxc4 $4 Bxd5 31. f3 Bxc4 $19) 30... Nxa3 31. Qaa4 $18) 28. Kh1 (28. gxf3 $142 Kh8 29. Qaa7 $18) 28... Be4 (28... Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. Rc6 $18) 29. Qxe8+ $1 (29. gxf3 $6 Bxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg6+ 31. Kf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 Qg6+ 33. Kf1 Qd3+ 34. Kg1 Qg6+ $11) 29... Qxe8 30. Rc8 (30. Rc8 Qxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kf7 32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. gxf3 Bxf3+ 34. Qxf3 exd4 35. Qg4+ Kf6 36. Qxd4+ Kg6 37. Qxd5 Kf6 38. e4 g6 39. Qd6+ Kg5 40. Bc1+ Kh5 41. Qg3 h6 42. Qh3#) (30. gxf3 $6 Bxf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg6+ 32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Qg6+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Kg1 Qg6+ $11) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 4th Mar Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Woodward, Andy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Qe7 4. c4 b6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 Bb7 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 g6 {last book move} 9. Nb5 e4 10. Nd2 Nb8 (10... Kd8 $5 $14) 11. d5 $16 Bg7 12. g4 (12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Nxc7+ Kf8 14. Nxa8 Bxa8 $16) 12... a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Ndxe4 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 (16... Nxf6 17. Ng3 {Combination}) (16... Bxf6 17. Bh3 {Combination}) 17. Ng5 (17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qc2 Nd7 $14) 17... Nxd5 $14 18. Nxd5 Qxg5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 (20... Kh6 21. h4 Qd8 22. Qg4 $14) 21. h4 Qd8 (21... Qh6 22. h5 Nc6 23. Qd1 $14) 22. Bh3 $16 Kf7 23. h5 $1 Nc6 (23... gxh5 24. Rg1 {Combination}) 24. hxg6+ hxg6 25. Qe4 (25. Be6+ $142 $1 Kxe6 26. Qg4+ Rf5 27. Qxg6+ Qf6 28. Nxf6 $18 (28. Qxf6+ $6 Rxf6 29. Nxc7+ Kf5 $16)) 25... Kg7 $16 26. Be6 (26. Bg2 $142 $16) 26... Qg5 $4 (26... Ne5 $142 27. f4 Re8 $16) 27. f4 $18 (27. Nxc7 $6 Qf6 28. Rc1 Rae8 $16) 27... Qd8 (27... Qg3+ 28. Ke2 Rae8 29. Rag1 Rxe6 30. Qxe6 $18 (30. Rxg3 Rxe4 31. Kd3 b5 32. Kxe4 bxc4 $17)) 28. Ke2 (28. Ra2 $142 Qe8 29. Rah2 $18) 28... Ne7 (28... Rf6 29. Rh2 Rxe6 30. Qxe6 Nd4+ 31. exd4 Bxd5 32. cxd5 $18) 29. Rag1 (29. Qd4+ Rf6 30. Qxf6#) 29... Bxd5 (29... Rf6 30. Rh3 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Rxe6 32. Qxe6 $18) 30. cxd5 (30. Bxd5 $142 Rf6 31. Bxa8 Qd7 $18) 30... Rf6 (30... c5 31. f5 Qe8 32. Qf4 Nxf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 $18) 31. f5 Qf8 (31... Nxf5 32. Bxf5 Qe8 33. Bxg6 Rxg6 34. Qh4 Rxg1 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Rxg1 $18) 32. Qh4 (32. fxg6 Nxg6 33. Qd4 Qf7 34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Qxg6+ Kd8 38. Qg8#) 32... Qh8 33. Qg5 Nxf5 (33... Raf8 34. e4 Re8 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Qc1 $18) 34. Rxh8 Rxh8 35. Bxf5 Rh6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Aug Early"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Llorente Zaro, A."] [Black "Duda, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 {A00: Irregular Openings} c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. a3 a5 4. c4 Na6 5. Bc3 axb4 6. axb4 Nf6 7. c5 Qc7 {last book move} 8. Bxf6 (8. Nf3 $5 $11) 8... exf6 $15 9. e3 Rb8 (9... b6 10. d4 $15) 10. Qb3 $11 d6 (10... Ra8 11. Qc3 $11) 11. d4 Be7 12. Nd2 (12. Nc3 b5 $11) 12... O-O $11 13. Ngf3 Ra8 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. O-O (15. Nc4 Bf5 $11) 15... Be6 16. Nc4 a5 (16... Rfb8 17. Qc3 $11 (17. cxd6 $143 Bxd6 18. Qc2 Bxb4 $17)) 17. cxd6 $14 Bxd6 18. Rxa5 Rab8 19. Qc2 (19. Ra4 $5 $14) 19... Rxb4 $15 20. Nxd6 (20. Rh5 $5 g6 21. Nxd6 gxh5 22. Ne4 $15) 20... Qxa5 $17 21. Qxc6 Rfb8 22. Rc1 $4 (22. h3 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 $17) 22... Qa3 (22... Rb1 $142 23. h3 Qd5 $19) 23. Nd2 (23. h4 $142 $5 $17) 23... R4b6 $19 24. Qc5 Qxc5 (24... Qa6 25. Qc7 Ra8 26. d5 Rxd6 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Nf1 $19) 25. dxc5 (25. Rxc5 $4 Rxd6 26. h3 Rd5 $19) 25... Rc6 (25... Rb2 $5 26. Nf3 Rb1 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 $19) 26. Nf3 (26. h3 $142 $15) 26... Rxc5 $1 27. Ra1 (27. Rxc5 Rb1+ {Mate attack}) 27... Ra5 $1 28. Rc1 (28. Rxa5 Rb1+ {Mate attack}) 28... Rc5 $5 29. Ra1 (29. Rxc5 Rb1+ {Mate attack}) 29... f5 30. Nd4 (30. e4 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Ra5 $19) 30... g6 (30... Ra5 $142 $1 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Nc4 $19 ) 31. h4 Bd5 32. Ra7 Rc1+ (32... Rd8 33. Ra6 $19) 33. Kh2 Rf1 (33... Rb2 34. Rd7 Ba2 35. f3 $19) 34. Kg3 (34. Ra5 Ba8 35. Kg3 Rd8 $19) 34... Rg1 (34... f4+ 35. exf4 Rd1 36. N6b5 $19) 35. f3 (35. Nf3 Rc1 36. Ne5 Ra8 37. Rxa8+ Bxa8 38. Ndxf7 Kg7 $19) 35... Re1 (35... Rb2 36. Kf4 Rgxg2 37. Ke5 $19) 36. Kf4 Rd8 37. N4b5 (37. Ke5 Bb3 $1 38. Nxb3 Rxe3+ 39. Kf4 Rxb3 40. Nxf7 Rdb8 $17) 37... Rf8 ( 37... Re2 38. g3 $19) 38. e4 (38. Nd4 $142 $5 $17) 38... fxe4 $19 39. fxe4 Rf1+ (39... Bc6 $142 $19) 40. Kg5 $2 (40. Ke3 $142 Bb3 41. Nd4 Re1+ 42. Kf4 $19) 40... Bc6 (40... Bxe4 $142 41. Nxe4 Rf5+ 42. Kg4 Rxb5 43. Ng5 $19) 41. e5 $2 ( 41. Kh6 Bxb5 42. Nxb5 $19) 41... Bxb5 (41... Bxg2 $6 42. h5 $19) 42. Nxb5 Rf5+ 43. Kg4 h5+ (43... Rxe5 $5 44. Na3 $19) 44. Kg3 Rxe5 45. Nd4 (45. Nd6 f6 $19) 45... Re4 46. Nf3 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Re8 48. Ng5 (48. Ra2 Re3 $19) 48... Re3+ 49. Kh2 (49. Nf3 Re2 50. g3 Re3 $19) 49... Rxh4+ 50. Kg1 Rf4 0-1

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