Transnational - some games

[Hugh Brodie]

Here are some games from the top boards of the Transnational.

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Msellek, Ilyass"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 a5
15. Rhg1 Qd5 16. Kb1 Qe4 17. Qf1 Ng4 18. Re1 Qf5 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Bxh4 22. g3 Be7 23. g4 Qh7 24. Rg3 Rfd8 25. Rh1 Rd4 26. f3 Bb4 27. Be3 Rd5
28. g5 h5 29. g6 fxg6 30. Bg5 Rf8 31. a3 Bc5 32. f4 Rf7 33. Ka2 Kf8 34. Rd3
Rfd7 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. c4 Rd4 37. Rd1 Qg8 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Qf7 40. bxc5 Qd7
41. Rxd4 Qxd4 42. Kb3 Qxc5 43. Qd3 Qb6+ 44. Kc2 Kg8 45. Qxg6 Qf2+ 46. Kc3 Qe1+
47. Kc2 Qe2+ 48. Kb3 Qe3+ 49. Kb4 Qb6+ 50. Kc3 Qe3+ 51. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Lee, Alice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nc5 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qe7 14. Rc1 Bg6
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 Rfc8 17. a3 Rc7 18. Rf2 Rac8 19. Rfc2 Nb8 20. h3 Ne8 21.
g3 Nd6 22. h4 Nd7 23. b4 Nf5 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Kf2 Rxc2+ 26. Rxc2 Nd6 27. Qc1
Rxc2+ 28. Qxc2 Qc8 29. Qc5 Qd7 30. a4 Ne4+ 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5
Qd5 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. g4 f6 36. f5 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Ke2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. f4 Bd7 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. Nc3 g5 10. Qe2 gxf4 11. e5 Qg7 12. Bxf4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qh5
Be6 15. Rf3 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Rg3 Be6 18. Bg5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rf1 Bd4
21. Bf6 Rxg3 22. Bxh8 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Bxb2 24. Bf6 c5 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Rd1 b5 27.
Bg5 b4 28. g3 a5 29. Kg2 Kd7 30. Bf4 a4 31. Kf3 h5 32. Re1 Bg4+ 33. Kg2 Bc3 34.
Rf1 Be2 35. Rf2 Bxd3 36. Be3 d4 37. Bh6 Bc4 38. Rf6 Be6 39. Kf2 a3 40. Ke2 b3
41. axb3 a2 42. Rf1 Bxb3 43. Kd3 a1=Q 44. Rxa1 Bxa1 45. h4 Be6 46. Ke4 c4 0-1

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Song, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. Bc2 Bd6 10. d4 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Rxe1+
15. Qxe1 bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Nb3 Be6 20. Qd2 c5
21. Re1 a5 22. Nc1 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rb8 26. Re2 a4 27.
Nc1 Qc5 28. Qc2 Qb5 29. Nd3 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. b4 axb3 32. axb3 Nd5 33. b4
Nc3 34. Qd2 Qb5 35. Kh2 Qc4 36. g3 Qb5 37. h4 Qc4 38. Qc2 Qb5 39. Qd2 Qc4 40.
Ne5 Qxb4 41. Qf4 Qe7 42. Nc6 Qd7 43. Nxd4 Nd5 44. Qf3 Nf6 45. Nf5 h5 46. Qe3
Qe6 47. Qf4 g6 48. Qd4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.06"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Ouellet, Maili-Jade"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. a3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 a6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rad1 Ba7 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 b5 20. Qe5 f6 21.
Qd6 Rae8 22. Qxa6 Bc4 23. Bd5+ Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+
27. Kh1 Qe2 28. Qxb5 Qxb2 29. Qc4 Kh8 30. Qd3 Ra8 31. Rh5 h6 32. Rh3 Rfc8 33.
Qe3 Rc2 34. Rg3 Rac8 35. h3 R2c3 36. Qe6 Rxg3 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39.
Rf2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qc7 41. Qf4 Qxf4 42. Rxf4 Rxa3 43. Rf3 Ra7 44. b5 Rb7 45. Rb3
Kg8 46. Kg3 Kf7 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. b6 g5 51. Rb5 f4 52.
Rb2 Ke6 53. Kc5 h5 54. Kc6 Rb8 55. b7 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. Rb5 Rf8 58. b8=Q
Rxb8 59. Rxb8 Ke5 60. Re8+ Kd4 61. Rg8 g3 62. Re8 1-0

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bartel, Mateuez"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3
Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Qd2 Nc5 15.
Na5 f5 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Rg1 Na4 18. f4 Nxb2 19. Qb4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. fxe5
Nc7 22. O-O-O f4 23. Bb6 Nb5 24. a4 f3 25. e6 Qb7 26. Bf2 Rf4 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28.
Bxd4 Rf8 29. axb5 f2 30. Rf1 Bxg5+ 31. Kb1 Bh4 32. b6 1-0

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
f3 e5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Qa6 e4 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Qd6 Qa5 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7
exf3 21. exf3 Rfc8 22. Bd6 Nd7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Rhd1
Rac8 27. Kc2 h6 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 f6 30. Bb4 Re8 31. Rd4 Re5 32. Bd6 Rb5
33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Kc3 Ke6 35. Bf4 a5 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rd2 Ke6 38. a3 Rb3+ 39. Kd4
c3 40. bxc3 Rxa3 41. c4 Rb3 42. Bc7 Kd7 43. Bxb6 Rxb6 44. Ra2 Ra6 45. Kc5 Kc7
46. Ra4 Ra8 47. Kb5 Rb8+ 48. Kc5 Ra8 49. Kb5 Rb8+ 50. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
Be3 c6 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qd2 d4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxc2 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Bxa7 h5 17. Rf2 Bd3 18. Rd1 hxg4 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Rg2 Bf5
21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Ne4 Be6 23. Rd2 Bh6 24. Rd4 Kb8 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. e6 Bxe6 27.
Nxe6 fxe6 28. Kg2 Kc8 29. Kg3 Bg7 30. Rd2 e5 31. Kxg4 Bh6 32. Rd6 Bxf4 33. h4
Rg8 34. b3 Bc1 35. Re6 Kd7 36. Rxe5 Re8 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. h5 gxh5+ 39. Kxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Boslocic, Marin"]
[Black "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. a4 a6
15. Ba3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd3 17. Qa2 h6 18. a5 Ba7 19. Qb1 Qxc3 20. Rc1 Qd3 21.
Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Bb2 Rb3 23. Bc3 f6 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Ke2 Bd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 27. Kf1
Nb5 28. Be1 Rb2 29. Rd1 Rd4 30. f3 Kf7 31. Rab1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 h5 33. Ke2 Ke6
34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Kd6 36. Kc2 b6 37. Kd3 bxa5 38. bxa5 Kc5 39. g4 hxg4 40.
fxg4 Nd6 41. h4 Nf7 42. Bc3 Kb5 43. Bd2 c5 44. Bc3 c4+ 45. Kc2 Kc5 46. Bb2 Kb4
47. Bc3+ Kb5 48. Bb2 Kxa5 49. Ba3 Nd8 50. Bd6 Ne6 51. h5 Kb5 52. g5 fxg5 53.
Bxe5 Nf4 54. Bxg7 Nxh5 55. Bh6 g4 56. Kd2 a5 57. Ke3 a4 58. Bf8 g3 59. Kf3 c3
60. e5 c2 61. Ba3 Kc6 62. e6 Kc7 63. Kg2 c1=Q 64. Bxc1 Kd6 65. Kf3 Kxe6 66. Ke2
Kd5 67. Kd3 Kc5 68. Ba3+ Kb5 69. Bd6 g2 70. Bh2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Hugh Brodie]

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyul"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 a6 5. h5 c5 6. g4 Bd7 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. f4 e6 9.
Be3 f6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Bh3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nf7 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Qe2 d4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. O-O-O Bb5 19. Qh2 Rc8 20. Nb3 Qe3+ 21. Qd2
Qxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Bc6 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Nxe5 25. Re2 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Nf4 27. Re4
O-O 28. a3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 Qf6 14. Qe1 c5
15. Qf2 g6 16. Be2 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bf3 e4 19. Be2 Rad8 20. Rc2 Nb8 21. Nb1
Nc6 22. a3 Nd4 23. Rd2 Nb3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Ba6 26. Qe1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Heimann, Mark"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Qb1 Nb4 14. Ne4 Nd3 15.
Ned2 Nd5 16. Nxc4 N3f4 17. Bd1 Qb5 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Qa4 Ba6 20. Nfd2 Bb4 21.
Qxb5 Bxb5 22. b3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. Rf3 c5 25. Ne4 cxd4 26. exd4 Bc6 27. Rg3
Be1 28. Rd3 Rad8 29. Ncd6 Nf4 30. Rf3 g5 31. Re3 Bb4 32. g3 f5 33. gxf4 gxf4
34. Rh3 fxe4 35. Rxh6 f3 36. Bc2 f2+ 37. Kf1 Rxd6 38. exd6 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bc4 h6 14. Bh4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe7 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxc4 17. Qxd6 Rfc8 18. Qxd7 Rc7 19. Qd6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 bxc4 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
Qxc4 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nc3 Qb8 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. e4 Rc8
15. a4 Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Ba6 17. d4 Qb6 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Nd2 Rab8 21.
Ba1 Ne5 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. axb5 Bf8 25. Nc4 Qxb5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27.
Nxe5 Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Ra1 g6 30. Bf1 Rb7 31. Rxa5 Nxd5 32. Bc4 Nb6 33.
Ba2 Rc7 34. Ra6 Nc8 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Rc6 Nd6 37. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Lenderman, Alexandr"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. e4 Be7 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qg5 12. g3 Bf5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5
15. O-O g5 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6 Qxf3 19. Rae1 Kd8 20. Rc1 Rg8 21.
Qxa6 Rg6 22. Qa5+ Ke8 23. Rc3 Qf5 24. Qxd5 Qe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. b3 Ra6 27. a4
Rab6 28. Ra1 Rb4 29. Rd3 Ke7 30. a5 Ra8 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rb5 33. a6 Rb6 34.
a7 1/2-1/2