[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1574"]
[WhiteFideId "3268250"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qd2 d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. f4 Nd7 14. g4
Nc5 15. g5 Qf5 16. h4 Rfe8 17. Bh3 Qe4 18. Bg2 Qe3 19. Rde1 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 a5
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 f6 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Kg3 Kg6
27. Kg4 f5+ 28. Kg3 Na4 29. b3 Nc3 30. a3 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Nxf4 32. Bf3 Kf6 33. Ke3
Ke5 34. c4 Ng6 35. h5 Nh4 36. Bh1 f4+ 37. Kd3 h6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 b6 40.
Be4 f3 41. Ke3 f2 42. Bd3 Ng2+ 43. Kxf2 Nf4 44. Be2 Kf5 45. Bf1 Nxh5 46. Ke3
Ke5 47. Kd3 Nf4+ 48. Kc3 b5 49. cxb5 Nxd5+ 50. Kb3 Nb6 51. Kc3 h5  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ellis,David"]
[Black "Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[BlackFideId "3245250"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[WhiteFideId "3205568"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 h6 5. Ne2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. f4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxe2 $2 9. Nxe2 Bc5+ 10. Kh2 $2 Re8 $2 ( 10... Ng4+)11. Ng3 c6 12. Qf3 $2 ( 12.
fxe5 dxe5 13. Nf5 )12... Nbd7 13. Nh5 $2 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Qe7 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Qf3
Rad8 17. fxe5 dxe5 $2 ( 17... Qxe5+)18. Bxh6 Rd6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Qg3 Qe7 21.
Bh6 g6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qg7#  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Le,Quang Minh"]
[Black "Bradley,Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Qd8 7. c3 d5 8. Bb3 {
 A wonderful advantage is lost. White needs to push on through the centre.}  (
8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Re1+ Nge7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Qh5 {  etc.}  )8... Nge7 9. cxd4 Bb6
10. Be3 ( 10. h3 {  was needed to stop the bishop incursion Bg4, but Black
misses the chance.} )10... O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nc3 h6 13. a3 a5 14. Qd2 Be4 15.
Nh2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Ng4 h5 18. Nh2 Nb8 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. f4 a4 21. Ba2 c6
22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Be4 24. Bb1 Bxb1 25. Nxb1 Na6 26. Nc3 c5 27. f5 cxd4 28.
Bxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Qc6 30. Nxa4 b5 31. Nc3 Qb6 32. Qf2 b4 33. axb4 Nxb4 34.
Rd2 Qxf2+ 35. Rfxf2 d4 36. Nb5 Ra1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Nec6 39. Nf3 d3 40.
e6 Nc2 41. Kf2 fxe6 42. fxe6 Kf8 43. Nc3 Na5 44. Ne4 Nc4 45. Rd1 N4e3 46. Rd2
Nxg4+ 47. Kg1 Ke7 48. Nc5 Nb4 49. Ne1 Ne5 50. b3 Rd5 51. Nd7 Kxe6 52. Nxe5 Kxe5
53. Kf2 Kd4 54. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 55. Ke2 Kc3 56. Rd1 Nf4+ 57. Ke1 Rxd1+ 58. Kxd1 Kxb3
59. Kd2 g5 60. Ke3 Kc4 61. Ke4 Ne6 62. Kf5 Kd4 63. Kg4 Ke4 64. Kg3 Kf5 65. Kf3
g4+ 66. Kg3 Ng5 67. Kf2 Kf4 68. Kg2 g3 69. Kg1 Kf3 70. Kh1 g2+ 71. Kh2 Ne4 72.
Kg1 Nf6 73. Kh2 Kf2 74. Kh3 g1=Q 75. Kh4 Kf3 {  Eschwing the immediate mate to
set up the classic mate with king and queen.}  76. Kh3 Qg3#  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "De Vas,Yonal"]
[Black "Palanti,Krishiv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[WhiteFideId "3235963"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nxd5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. g4 Rc8 13. gxh5 Rxc3 14. Qd2 Qd5
15. Qxc3 Qxh1 16. Qg3 Qd5 17. O-O-O Qxh5 18. Bg2 b6 19. Kb1 O-O 20. Rc1 Nf5 21.
Qc7 Qg5 22. Bc6 Nf6 23. Qxa7 Rc8 24. Qb7 Nd6 25. Qxb6 Nd7 26. Qb4 Ne4 27. h4
Qf4 28. Nh3 Qg4 29. f3 Qxh3 30. fxe4 Qe3 31. Qb7 Rb8 32. Qxd7 Qb3 33. Rc2 Qxa3
34. Bb7 Qa7 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Qd7  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "De Vas,Senudi"]
[Black "Huang,Hui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "3247597"]
[ECO "D92"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[WhiteFideId "3250580"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. c5 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nf4 12. O-O Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 O-O
15. Bg3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc3 d4 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Re1 Nc6 20. Nd6 Kh7 21. Qb3
f5 22. h4 f4 23. Bh2 b6 24. Ne4 Rab8 25. Qc2 d3 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Kg2 Nc4 ( 27...
Nxf3 28. Kxf3 Qh3+ {  and mate follows.}  )28. Qb4 Nxb2 29. Rab1 bxc5 30. Qxc5
d2 31. Nxd2 Qxd2 32. Re7 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Nd3 34. Qf1 Rbd8 35. Rbb7  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Pope,Andrew"]
[Black "Ting,Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Rb1 Qxb5 11. Rxb5 b6 12. a4 Ne7 13. Ba3 Nbc6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. f4 Nf5 17. Rf3 Rab8 18. g4 Nh6 ( 18... Nfxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4
)19. h3 a6 20. Rb1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bd6 Rb7 23. f5 Rd8 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Re1
Nd8 26. Bf4 b4 27. c4 Rd7 28. c5 Nc6 29. Nb3 Ra7 30. Rfe3 Nd8 31. Bg5 Ra6 32.
Bxd8 Rxd8 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Rb6 Ra8 37. c6 Ng8 38.
Nc5 Ne7 39. c7 Rc8 40. Na6 Ke8 41. Rb8 Kd7 42. Rxb4 Ra8 43. Nc5+ Kxc7 44. Rb7+
Kd8 45. Ne6+ Ke8 46. Nc7+ Kf8 47. Nxa8 Nc6 48. c3 Na5 49. Rb5 Nc4 50. Rxd5 Nd2
51. Nb6 Nf3+ 52. Kg2 Nd2 53. c4 Nxc4 54. Nxc4 h5 55. Rxh5 g5 56. Rxg5 Kf7 57.
d5 Ke7 58. Rg6 Kf7 59. Ne5+ Kf8 60. d6 Ke8 61. Rg8#  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Malik,Aidan"]
[Black "De Guzman,Jessie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[BlackFideId "4321685"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1129"]
[WhiteFideId "365104803"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 a5 6. Nf3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. a3 O-O
9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rb1 b5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Ba7 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nd5 Nb6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. h4 f5 21. gxf5 Bh5
22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Bxh5 f6 26. Bf7 Rxg5 27. hxg5 Rxf7 28.
Qa2 d5 29. g6 Rd7 30. gxh7 Kxh7 31. Qe2 Qe8 32. Qg4 dxe4 33. Bf8  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Black "Dorji,Ugyen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1050"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[WhiteFideId "3218570"]

1. d4 e5 $2 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 f6 4. Bf4 fxe5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. Bxe5 Nf6 7. Nd2
Bc5 8. e3 d6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c3 Bd7 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Be2 O-O-O
14. O-O h5 15. Bf3 Rdf8 16. Qd4 Bc6 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 Kb7
20. Rd3 g5 21. Rfd1 Rf7 22. c4 Rhf8 23. f3 g4 24. f4 h4 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8
Re7 27. Rd3 g3 28. h3 Re4 29. b3 a5 30. Kf1 Kb6 31. a4 Kb7 32. Ke2 Re8 33. Kf3
Rg8 34. e4 Re8 35. f5 Rh8 36. Kf4 Rh6 37. e5 Kc8 38. f6 Rh5 39. f7 Rh8 40. e6
Rf8 41. Kf5 Rd8 42. Rxd8+ Kxd8 43. f8=Q#  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "Pope,Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. d3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bh6 8. a4 a6
9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Qd3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. h4 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Qd1 Qc6 18. O-O Qe4 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Ba3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Qxh4 ( 21... Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Qd1 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 )22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Qd5+
Rf7 24. Rfd1 Qf6 25. c5 Kf8 26. cxd6 Rfd7 27. Qc5 Ke8 28. Qxb4 Bf8 29. Bg4 Rxd6
30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxb7 Be7 32. Bf3  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Black "Ellis,David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[BlackFideId "3205568"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[WhiteFideId "3218570"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. a3 Na5 15.
Bg5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Be4 Rc7 19. Nd2 Qa8 20. Qc2 g6 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Re2 Re8 24. Rae1 Qd5 25. Qd2 Qa5 26. Qf4 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5
28. Nd2 d5 29. f4 Rb7 30. Nf3 Reb8 31. Ne5 Rxb2 32. Nc6 Rxe2 33. Nxe7+ Kf8 34.
Rxe2 Kxe7 35. a4 Rb3 36. Rc2 Ra3 37. Kf2 Rxa4 38. Kg3 Ra3 39. Kh4 Kf6 40. Kh5
a5 41. Kh6 a4 42. h4 Rb3 43. Kxh7 a3 44. h5 Rb2 45. Rc1 a2 46. Ra1 Rxg2 47. h6
Ke7 48. Kh8 Kf8 49. h7 Rb2 $4 ( 49... e5)50. Rxa2 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bradley,Luke"]
[Black "De Vas,Senudi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[BlackFideId "3250580"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Rc8 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rad1 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4
d5 15. Nc5 Nc7 16. Qa3 Nb5 17. Qh3 Qc7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Qa5 20. axb5 Qxb5
21. Nd3 Qc4 22. Rd2 c5 23. b3 Qb5 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. Nf4 Rcd8 26. Nxd5 Qa5 27. Qe3
e6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 a6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. h4 Qa2 32. Qxc5 Qb2 33. Qe7 Qd4
34. Be3 Qd5 35. c4 Qd3 36. Qc5 Qxb3 37. Qg5 Qc3 38. Rc1 Qb2 39. Bf4 Qb4 40. Qh6
Qf8 41. Qxf8+ Rxf8 42. c5 Rc8 43. c6 h5 44. c7 e5 45. Be3 a5 46. Bb6 a4 47. Rd1
Rxc7 48. Bxc7 a3 49. Bxe5 a2 50. Ra1 g5 51. hxg5 Kh7 52. Rxa2 Kg6 53. f4 Kf5
54. Kf2 Kg4 55. g3  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Malik,Aidan"]
[Black "De Vas,Yonal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "3235963"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1129"]
[WhiteFideId "365104803"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bg3 $2 ( 11. Be3 {  and White holds a pleasant
advantage.} )11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bd6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16.
Nf1 Nb4 17. cxb4 Qb6 $4 ( 17... Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Bxb5 {  and now it's Black who
holds the advantage.}  )18. Bxd7 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Qxb4 20. Rec1 g5 21. Ne3 Kg7 22.
a3 Qb3 23. Ng4 Rd8 24. Bc8 h5 25. Nge5 f6 26. Rc7+ Kf8 27. Nd7+ Ke7 28. Rxb7
Rxc8 29. Nb6+ Bc7 30. Nxc8+  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Gunawan,Tjermin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[BlackFideId "3239110"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Qf3 c6 8. Nd2
Be6 9. g4 Qd7 10. h3 Ng6 11. O-O-O Nh4 12. Qe2 f5 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Qf2 g5 15.
f4 f6 16. fxg5 fxg5 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Ngf3 h6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf4+ 21. Kb1
Qd5 22. b3 b6 23. Rhe1 Bd7 24. Kb2 ( 24. Nf6 Bg3 25. Qf1 Qf7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27.
Ne5 Bxe5 ( 27... Bxe1 28. Bxf5 ))24... Rhf8 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Bc4 Qa5 27. b4 Qa4
28. Qe2 Ne3 29. Rb1 Nxc4+ 30. Qxc4 Bxe5 31. Qe6+ Bd7 32. Qxe5 Bxh3 33. Re2 Qb5
34. Qh2 Bf5 35. Rbe1 Qd5 36. Nd2 Bg4 37. Re7 Qd6 38. Qg2 h5 39. Rxa7 Qf4 40.
Qxc6+  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Huang,Hui"]
[Black "Gunawan,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[WhiteFideId "3247597"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qa3 Ne4 11. Nfd2 cxd4 12. Nxe4 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 dxe4 14.
cxd4 Ba6 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. Rc5 Rab8 17. b3 Bd3 18. Kd2 Rb6 19. Ra5 a6 20. Rc1
Kf8 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Ke7 23. Re5 f5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rxc8 Kf6 26. Rxd5 exd5
27. Kc3 g5 28. Kd4 Rd6 29. Rc5 Ke6 30. a4 Rb6 31. Kc3 f4 32. a5 Rd6 33. Kd4 h5
34. b4 h4 35. h3 fxe3 36. fxe3 Rd7 37. b5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Rc7 39. Rxd5 Kf6 40. a6
Rc2 41. Ra5 Rc8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Kxe4 Re8+ 44. Kd4 Rd8+ 45. Kc5 Ra8 46. Kb6  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "De Guzman,Jessie"]
[Black "Le,Quang Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[WhiteFideId "4321685"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O
Nb6 $2 {  White had a strong advantage but this move is too timid. The king
needs to shuffle to safety and the knight can then be moved to c5 to release
the white-squared bishop. More active is}  ( 8... Be7 9. Re1 Nc5 )9. h3 Be6 10.
c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Be7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. a3 Rad8 16. Qd2
h6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qf4 Bf8 19. Bf5 Qe7 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Qf7 22. Bh7+ Kxh7
23. Qxf7 Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Bd6 25. Nh4 Ne7 26. Be3 c5 27. b4 Na4 28. bxc5 Nxc5 29.
Bxc5 Bxc5 30. a4 Rf8 31. Ra2 Rf6 32. Qd7 b6 33. Nf3 Ng6 34. Qxd5 a5 35. Rc2 Rd6
36. Rxc5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Kg8 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Rxb6 Ne7 40. Ne5+ Kg8 41. Rb7 Nd5
42. h4 Nc3 43. h5 Nxa4 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Ng6 Nb6 46. Rh8#  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Palanti,Krishiv"]
[Black "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[BlackFideId "3268250"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e3 Bg7 7. Bd3 Qb4 8.
Qc1 Nd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 Nxf4 12. exf4 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Qa3
Qxa3 15. Rxa3 Bxg2 16. Rc3 Nc6 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 O-O 20. f5 Kg7
21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Rh3 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rg2 Rh4 25. Ng5 Rxa4 26. Rg3 Rh4
27. Rf3 f6 28. Nh3 Nd4 29. Rd3 Nxc2+ 30. Kd1 Nb4 31. Rb3 a5 32. Kd2 a4 33. Rg3
b5 34. Kd1 Nd5 35. Kd2 b4 36. Kd1 a3 37. Kd2 a2 38. Kd1 a1=Q+ 39. Kd2 Rd4+ 40.
Ke2 Qd1#  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram"]
[Black "Ting,Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[WhiteFideId "3245250"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. b3 Be7
15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Re3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rh3 h6 20. Rg3 d4 21.
Ng4 Kh7 22. Qf3 ( 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qg4 Qg5 24. Qe4+ Qf5 25. Qxa8 )22... Bd7
23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf6 Rg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Rxg3 27. hxg3 e5 28. Qe6 Kg7
29. Re1 Qxc2 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Qd5+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kf6 33. Qd6+ Kf5 34. Re5+ Kg4
35. Qxd4+ Qe4 36. Qxe4#  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bradley,Luke"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. d4 e5 8. Bg5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qb6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Rad8 13. Be3 Qc7 14. c4 exd4
15. Bxd4 b6 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. e5 dxe5 ( 19... Bf8 20.
exd6 Rxd6 21. Be3 Nh4 )20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Bd6 22. Qg5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bf4
24. Qf5 Bd2 25. Ne4 Bxe1 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxf6 Rd6 28. Qe5 Bxf2+ 29. Kh2 Rd7 
0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ellis,David"]
[Black "Malik,Aidan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1129"]
[BlackFideId "365104803"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[WhiteFideId "3205568"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nxe5 dxc4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxf7+ Kc7 10. Nxh8 Be6 11. Re1 Kd7 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1+  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[BlackFideId "3218570"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bd7 5. Bg3 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Qb3 b6 8. Bd3 Nc6
9. Ne2 Nh5 10. Bf2 O-O 11. Nd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. g4 c5 14. Qc1 ( 14. g5 c4
15. gxf6 cxd3 16. fxe7 )14... cxd4 15. exd4 Ne8 16. h4 Nd6 17. Qc2 f5 18. g5
Bb5 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. O-O-O Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Nac4 22. Rde1 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Nc4 24. Qe2
Bd6 $2 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rae8 27. Rhe1 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Re1 Re8 30.
Rxe8 Kxe8 31. b3 Na5 32. Kc2 Kd7 33. Ne1 Nc6 34. Kd3 Ne7 35. c4 dxc4+ 36. bxc4
Nc6 37. Nc2 Nb4+ 38. Nxb4 Bxb4 39. a4 Be7 40. Bg3 g6 41. Bb8 a6 42. Bf4 Bb4 43.
Bg3 Kc6 44. Bf2 ( 44. d5+ Kc5 ( 44... Kd7 45. Bf4 )45. Bf2+ Kd6 46. Bxb6 )44...
Kc7 45. Bg3+ Kd7 46. d5 Bc5 47. Be5 b5 ( 47... Bf2 48. Ke2 Bxh4 49. f4 )48.
cxb5 axb5 49. axb5 Bf2 50. Kc4 Bxh4 51. f4 Bf2 52. Bd4 Bg3 53. Be3 Be1 54. b6
Kc8 55. Kc5  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "De Vas,Yonal"]
[Black "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[BlackFideId "3268250"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[WhiteFideId "3235963"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 a6 8. a4 b6 9.
Be3 Bb7 10. Qd2 h5 11. Nf2 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qc2 e6 15. a5 exd5
16. axb6 Qxb6 17. cxd5 O-O 18. b4 Ned7 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Nxc5 dxc5
22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Qxc5 Qe5 24. Qd4 Qb8 25. Qb4 Qa8 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Bf4 a5 28.
Qb5 a4 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Rb4 Qa7 31. Rxa4 Qe3 32. Qd3 Qg5 33. Rb1 Nd7 34. Rab4
Nc5 35. Qc2 Bf8 36. Rb5 Qe3 37. Kf1 Ra8 38. Rxb7 Nxb7 39. Rxb7 Bc5 40. Nh3 Ra3
41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Bd1 Rd3 43. Rb3  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dorji,Ugyen"]
[Black "Huang,Hui"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "3247597"]
[ECO "C27"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1050"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qxe5 Bh6
8. d3 Re8 9. Qd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Qg5 12. Ne2 dxe4 13. O-O exd3 14.
Qxd3 Bf5 15. Qf3 Kg7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. c3 h5 18. h4 Qg4 19. Nxf5+ Qxf5 20. Qg3
Qe5 21. f4 Qe3+ 22. Qf2 Kf6 23. Kh1 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Kf5 25. Rcf1 Na5 26. c4 Nc6
27. Kh2 Re4 28. b3 Rdd4 29. g3 Ne7 30. Kh3 Ng8 31. Rg1 Nf6 32. Rf3 Ng4 33. Rgf1
Rd2 34. Rh1 Ree2 35. Re3 Rh2+ 36. Rxh2 Rxh2#  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Pope,Andrew"]
[Black "Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[BlackFideId "3245250"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 d5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh4 c5 16. c4 e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bxf6 exf3 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. Rxd6
Bxe4 22. Rxe6 Bxc2 23. Rc6 gxf6 24. gxf3 Kg7 25. Re1 Rfc8 26. Rd6 Bf5 27. Kg2
Be6 28. b3 a5 29. Re3 a4 30. Rb6 axb3 31. axb3 Ra1 32. Rb7 Kh8 33. f4 Rb1 34.
f5 Bxc4 35. Rb6 Bd5+ 36. f3 c4 37. Rc3 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rc6 39. Rxc6 Bxc6 40. bxc4
Bd7 41. c5 Rb8 42. Kf4 Rb4+ 43. Ke3 Kg8 {  At this piont, Black's time fell
below 5 minutes and he stopped recording moves.}  44. c6 Bc8 45. Rd3 Bxf5 46.
Rc3 Bc8 47. Rd3 Ba6 48. Ra3 Rb6 49. c7 Rc6 50. Rxa6 Rxc7 51. Rxf6 Kg7 52. Ra6
Rc2 53. h4 Rc5 54. Rd6 Rh5 55. Rd4 f6 56. Rg4+ Kf7 57. Re4 Re5 58. Kf4 {  And
Black's flag fell.}   1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "De Vas,Senudi"]
[Black "De Guzman,Jessie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[BlackFideId "4321685"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[WhiteFideId "3250580"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 b4 12. Nb1 $2 ( 12. Na4 {  is more
active and White is better here, with the knight eyeing up the wonderful c5
square.} )12... Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Bc2 a5 16. a3 Bd5 17. Nce5 f6
18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bb3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Rfb8 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qc2 c6 23. Reb1 g5
24. Nd2 $2 ( 24. Ne1 {  Eyeing d3 is more active.} )24... Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Rb3 26.
Rxb3 Qxb3 27. Qa2 Rb8 28. h3 a4 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Rc1 h5 31. Rxc6 Kf7 32. Ra6
Rxa3 33. g3 f5 34. Kg2 g4 35. h4 Ra2 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Ra6 Ke7 38. Ra7+ $4 ( { 
A losing move. } 38. d5 {  and this is a draw.}  38... exd5 39. Rh6 a3 40. Rxh5
Kf6 41. Rh6+ Ke5 42. Ra6 {  White may even be slightly better.}  )38... Kd6 39.
Ra6+ Kd5 40. Ra5+ Kc6 41. Ra6+ Kb5 42. Rxe6 Rc2 43. Re8 a3 44. Rb8+ Kc4 45.
Rc8+ Kb3 46. Rb8+ Kc3 47. Rc8+ Kb2 48. Rb8+ Kc1 49. Ra8 a2 50. d5 Kb1 51. d6
a1=Q 52. Rxa1+ Kxa1 53. d7 Rd2 54. d8=N Rxd8 55. Kf1 Kb2 56. Ke2 Kc2 57. Kf1
Kd1 58. Kg2 Rd2  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Gunawan,Tjermin"]
[Black "Gunawan,Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[WhiteFideId "3239110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nge2
Bb7 9. Rc1 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb1 Re8 12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qf5 g6 15.
Qh3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc3 a6 19. a3 b5 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qd1 Nf6
22. Qd2 Qd7 23. Bc2 a5 24. Bd1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. f3 $2 {  The game had
swung back and forth but this move, eschwing the a-pawn and creating the week
e3 pawn, is the turning point.}  ( 26. Qxa5 Rcd8 27. b3 cxb3 28. Rc7 {  etc.} 
)26... a4 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Rf4 $4 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3
Re2 32. Rf2 Rce8 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 34. Rb1 Rd2  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Le,Quang Minh"]
[Black "Palanti,Krishiv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 d4 6. Ne2 c5 7. Ng3 f6 $4 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Bf7+ Kd7 11. Qd5+ Kc7 12. Bxg8 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 e5 14. d3
Re8 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Bxc6 Kxc6 17. O-O b6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Nf5 Reg8 20. fxe5 Bxe5
21. Ne7+ Kd7 22. Nxg8 Rxg8 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Ke6 25. a4 g5 26. Rf5 h5 27.
a5 b5 28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. a6 b4 30. b3 Kd6 31. Rd5+ Ke6 32. Rxd4 Rb6 33. Ra4 Ke5
34. Rdxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 h4 36. Rb7 Kd4 37. Rxa7 Kc3 38. Rc7+ Kb2 39. a7 g4 40.
a8=Q gxh3 41. Qa5 hxg2 42. Qc3+ Kc1 43. Ra7 Kd1 44. Ra1+ Ke2 45. Kxg2 Ke3 46.
Rf1 Ke2 47. Re1#  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "McAteer,Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[BlackFideId "3230015"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Be6 5. d4 exd4 ( 5... Nd7 6. d5 cxd5 7. exd5
Bf5 )6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Rc8 ( 9... Ne5 10. Qg3 Bc4 11.
Bxc4 Nxc4 )10. Qg3 c5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qxg7 Rg8 13. Bh5+  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ellis,David"]
[Black "Bradley,Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[WhiteFideId "3205568"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Ng5 5. d4 Ne6 6. dxe5 Bb4 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. h4 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Qe8 12. Qxe8 Rxe8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Nd5 Kg7 15. Rh3 Rf8 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nxe6 dxe6 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20.
Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Nd8 22. Bb3 Nc6 23. Rd7 Ne5 24. Rc7 Rfc8 25. Rgg7 Rxc7 26.
Rxc7 a5 27. Bd5 b6 28. Be4 Ng6 29. h5 Nf8 30. Bf5 b5 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Bxc8 h6
33. Kd2 Nh7 34. Ke3 Ng5 35. Kd4 Nf7 36. Kc5 Kg7 37. Be6 Nd8 38. Bd5 Kf8 39.
Kxb5 Ke7 40. Kxa5 Kd6 41. c4 Kc7 42. b4 Kb8 43. Kb6 f5 44. a4 f4 45. a5 f3 46.
a6  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "De Guzman,Jessie"]
[Black "De Vas,Yonal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "3235963"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[WhiteFideId "4321685"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Ne2
d5 9. Ba2 b6 10. c3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ba6 12. Qe1 Bd3 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Rf3 Qd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Bd3 c4 21. Bc2 a5
22. Be3 Qc7 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Rd1 Rac8 25. Ne2 Nc6 26. h4 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. h5
$4 {  Black holds what should be a decisive advantage.}  28... b3 29. Bb1 Nf6
30. Rf1 Ng4 31. Qg3 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Rd2 33. hxg6 fxg6 $2 {  The h-pawn capture is
correct.}  34. e5 Qa7 35. Kh2 Rxb2 36. Be4 Qc7 37. Qg4 Qf7 38. Rh3 Ne7 39. Rd1
Nf5 40. Nd4 Nxd4 41. Rxd4 Ra2 42. Rd6 Re8 43. Rf3 b2 {  With time low, a draw
is agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Huang,Hui"]
[Black "Malik,Aidan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1129"]
[BlackFideId "365104803"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[WhiteFideId "3247597"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. h4 h6 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bf3 O-O
9. Qd2 Qe8 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxh6 f4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15.
Nge2 a5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. a3 Qa4 19. Nc3 Qb3 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nb1
Ra1 22. Qc2 Qa2 23. Kd2 b3 24. Qc3 Qa7 25. Qxe5+ Kh6 26. Rhf1 Be6 27. h5 c6 28.
hxg6 Qa5+ 29. Nc3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 cxd5 31. Rh1+ Kxg6 32. Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gunawan,Michael"]
[Black "Pope,Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. a3 Ne5 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Qb7+ 14. f3 Neg4
15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. b4 Nxe3+ 17. Qxe3 e5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. Qxd4 bxc5 20. Qd2 Ng4
21. Nd5 Ne5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rab1 Rab8 24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Re2 Re6 26. Rbe1 Rd6 27.
Rd2 Qa6 28. Re4 Qa4 29. f4 Rb3 30. Qc2 Nf3 31. Rd3 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Ne1+ 33. Rxe1
Rb6 34. Nxb6 Qc6+ 35. Nd5  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Black "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[BlackFideId "3218570"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1574"]
[WhiteFideId "3268250"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Nf3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 b5 8. a3 h5
9. Bd3 Be7 10. Be3 a5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qg3 Rg8 15. e6
fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Qxe6 Bf6 18. f5 Qe7 19. g4 Re8 20. Rae1 Qxe6 21. fxe6 Nb6
22. g5 Rxe6 23. gxf6 gxf6+ 24. Kh2 Nc4 25. Bh6+ Kf7 26. Rxe6 Kxe6 27. Bf5+ Kf7
28. b3 Nb6 29. Bf4 Nc8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxd6 Ke6 32. Bg3 c5 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rf2 d4 35. Bh4 f5 36. Bg5 Re5 37. Kg3 Re4 38. Bf4 Kf6 39. Kf3 Re1 40. Bd2 Re4
41. Bxa5 Ke5 42. Re2 Kd5 43. c4+ bxc4 44. bxc4+ Ke5 45. Bc7+ Ke6 46. Rxe4+
fxe4+ 47. Kxe4  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ting,Ian"]
[Black "Le,Quang Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. b3
$2 ( 8. c4 {  give White an edge.} )8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nf6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. h3
Bh5 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Qd7 16. Bc3 Rfb8 17. Qb3 Bg6 18. Ne5
Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 Bg6 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Qb2 Rb7 24. Rd4 Qf8
25. Kf2 Qb8 {  Draw agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gunawan,Tjermin"]
[Black "De Vas,Senudi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[BlackFideId "3250580"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[WhiteFideId "3239110"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Re1
Bc6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nf3 c4 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Qb6 14. Ba3 Bxa3
15. Rxa3 Rfb8 16. Qc2 c5 17. e3 cxd4 18. exd4 Rc8 19. Bf1 ( 19. Rea1)19... a5
20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Qc7 22. Bd3 Qd6 23. Rea1 Qc7 24. Qd2 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26.
Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qd6 $4 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxd6  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Black "Ellis,David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[BlackFideId "3205568"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[WhiteFideId "3226778"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8.
Bf4 Nd7 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qa5 11. c4 Qh5 12. Bg3 Bh6 13. d5 ( 13. Qa3 Nb6
14. Qb4 Bf8 15. Qb3 )13... cxd5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qa3 Bf8 16. Qa4 b5 17. Qh4 f5
18. Rfe1 Be7 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qf4 Be7 21. Rad1 Qb7 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh5 Be7 24.
Ng5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rc8 26. Qg7 ( 26. Bh4 f6 27. Qg7 Nc5 )26... Rf8 27. Bd6  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "De Vas,Yonal"]
[Black "Huang,Hui"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "3247597"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[WhiteFideId "3235963"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Na2 Re8 15. Nc1
Bb7 16. Nf2 Rac8 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. a5 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Qd8 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Qe2 Nxc4
22. Rxc4 Qe7 23. Re1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Re4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 c4 27. Nd4 d5 28.
Ng3 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 b3 31. Rd2 Re7 32. Ne2 f5 33. Nc3 Rd7 34. Na4
Rb8 35. Nb6 Rdd8 36. Be5 Rb7 37. Nxd5 Kf7 38. Bf6 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Kxf6 40. Rc5
Rd7 41. Rxc4 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb2 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. Rxa6 Ra2 46. Rb6
b2 47. a6 Kd4 48. a7 Kc3 49. Rc6+ Kb3 50. Rb6+ Kc2 51. Rc6+ Kb1 52. Rc7 Ka1 53.
Rb7 b1=Q 54. Rxb1+ Kxb1 55. a8=N Rxa8 56. Kf4 Ra7 57. Kg5 Kc2 58. h3 Kd3 59.
Kf4 h6 60. Kg3 Ke3 61. Kh2 f4 62. h4 Ra1 63. h5 g5 64. Kh3 Kf2 65. Kh2 Rg1 66.
g3 Rxg3 67. Kh1 Rh3#  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gunawan,Michael"]
[Black "McAteer,Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[BlackFideId "3230015"]
[ECO "A91"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Ne4 7. Qc2 h5 8. Rd1 h4
9. Nc3 hxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Ng6 Rh7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Be3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 Qh5 19. f3 f5 $4 ( 19... Qh2+ 20.
Kf2 ( 20. Kf1 Qxg3 )20... Rg7 )20. Kf2 Qg5 21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Rh1 Rg7 23. Rh8+ Ke7
24. Qf4 e3+ 25. Kxe3 Qxg3 26. Qxg3 Rxg3 27. Kf2 Rg7 28. cxd5 exd5 29. f4 Kd6
30. Rc3 b6 31. Rh6+ Be6 32. Re3 Re8 33. Bf3 Ree7 34. Bg2 Kd7 35. Reh3 c5 36.
dxc5 bxc5 37. Ra3 Ke8 38. Ra5 Rg4 39. e3 d4 40. exd4 Rxf4+ 41. Ke3 Rg4 42. Rh8+
Bg8+ 43. Kf2 cxd4 44. Bc6+ Kf8 45. Rxf5+ Kg7 46. Rhh5 Rc7 47. Rhg5+ Rxg5 48.
Rxg5+ Kh8 49. Rh5+ Kg7 50. Rg5+ Kf8 51. Rf5+ Ke7 52. Be4 Bxa2 53. Re5+ Kd6 54.
Rd5+ Bxd5  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Pope,Andrew"]
[Black "De Guzman,Jessie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[BlackFideId "4321685"]
[ECO "C66"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Re1 Qc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. e6 ( 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Nd5
Ne5 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. f4 )12... fxe6 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qg4 $4 ( 14. Rxe6+ Kd8
15. Bg5 )14... O-O-O 15. Qxe6 {  The only recorded move is Rxe8 and following
moves are non-sensical. Play continued beyond move 60 wiyh White eventually
winning.}   0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram"]
[Black "Bradley,Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[WhiteFideId "3245250"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qe3 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bxb5 axb5
15. Nxb5 Qb7 16. Qxe5 Qxb5 17. Qxe7 Be6 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Qc7 Ne4 20. Be3 Rxa2
21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Qf4 Qe2 23. Ra1 Bd5 24. Qf5 Bc6 25. Qf4 Qxc2 26. Qc7 Qxb2 27.
Re1 Qb7 28. Qf4 Qb8 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qf5 Qe5 31. Qc2 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Rb1
Rb4 34. Rd1 c4 35. Rd8+ Ne8 36. Rc8 Bb5 37. Bd4 f6 38. Rb8 Kf7 39. f4 Ke6 40.
Rd8 Rb3 41. Kh2 c3 42. Rc8 Nd6 43. Rxc3 Rxc3 44. Bxc3 h5 45. g4 Be2 46. gxh5
Bxh5 47. Bb2 Kf5 48. Bc1 Ke4 49. Kg2 Nf5 50. Kf2 Nh4 51. Kg3 Ng6 52. Bd2 Kd3
53. Bc1 Ke2 54. Ba3 Nh8 55. Bf8 g6 56. Bg7 Nf7 57. Bxf6 {  No more moves
recorded. Somehow this was drawn.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Malik,Aidan"]
[Black "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[BlackFideId "3268250"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1129"]
[WhiteFideId "365104803"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d4 Bf5 7. O-O Qc8 8. Re1
Bh3 9. Bh1 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. e4 dxc4
15. Qc2 b5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Na6 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nd3 21.
Ne6 fxe6 22. dxe6 Qe7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rcd1 Nxe1 25. Qd5 Nf3+ 26. Qxf3 Re8 27.
Re1 f5 28. Qc6 b4 29. Qxc4 Bxb2 30. Re2 Bc3 31. h4 Bf6 32. h5 Kg7 33. g4 fxg4
34. Qxg4 Qb7 35. f4 Qb6+ 36. Kh2 Qd6 37. Kg3 Qd5 38. f5 Qd3+ 39. Qf3 Bh4+ 40.
Kg4 Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 gxf5 42. h6+ Kxh6 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. Ke5 Bg3+ 45. Kd5 Kf6 46.
Re3 f4 47. Re4 h5 48. Kd6 f3+ 49. Kd7 Re7+  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Ting,Ian"]
[Black "Gunawan,Tjermin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[BlackFideId "3239110"]
[ECO "D04"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 e6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 Rc8 11. Qc1 O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. b3
bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. c5 Nbd5 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rd3 Qf6 20. Qe1 Ng5
21. Ne5 Qd8 22. h4 Nh7 23. f3 Nhf6 24. Qg3 Nb4 25. Rd2 Rxc5 26. Rad1 Rc8 27.
Ng4 Nxg4 28. Qxg4 Nd5 29. Qh5 Qd6 30. Qe5 Qe7 31. g3 Rfd8 32. f4 Rc3 33. Kf2
Ne3 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Kxe3 Qa3+ 36. Kf2 Rd5 37. Rb1 Qc3 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+
Kxh8 40. Rc2 Qxc2+ 41. Ke1 Qxa2 42. g4 Rb5 43. h5 Rb1#  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Black "Le,Quang Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[WhiteFideId "3218570"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg3 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Qc2 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nc4 c5 20. b5 Nb8 21. Ne3 f6
22. Bc4 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Qd3 f5 26. Ng5 Bxe4 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28.
Rxd6 Bf8 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kf6 31. Nxd8 Ke7 32. Nc6+ Ke8 33. Nd5 Bd6 34. f3
Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Bc7 36. Nxa7 e4 37. f4 e3 38. Kf1 Nf6 39. Rd3 Ng4 40. Nc6 Kf8 41.
Rd7 Bd6 42. Rxd6 Kg7 43. Ne5 Nxe5 44. fxe5 Kh6 45. e6 Kg5 46. e7 Kg4 47. e8=Q
e2+ 48. Bxe2+ Kxg3 49. Qe3+ Kh4 50. Qf4#  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Palanti,Krishiv"]
[Black "De Vas,Senudi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[BlackFideId "3250580"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bxd6 Qxd6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rfe8 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Ndf3 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Re1 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nd7 Red8 21.
Re2 Rxd7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Rb1 Rd2 26. Kf1 g6 27.
Ke1 Rd5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 Rb5 30. Kd2 Rxb4 31. cxb4 Kf8 32. Ke3 f5 33. g4
fxg4 34. hxg4 Ke7 35. g5 Kd6 36. f4 exf3 37. Kf2 e5 38. a3 e4 39. a4 Ke5 40.
Kg3 e3 41. a5 e2 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Ke1 Kg3 44. b5 axb5 45. a6 Bxa6 46. Kd2 f2 47.
Kxe2 b4+ 48. Kd2 f1=Q 49. Kc2 Qd3+ 50. Kb2 Bc4 51. Kc1 Qe2 52. Kb1 Qd2 53. Ka1
Qa2#  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Huang,Hui"]
[Black "Hardegen,Kathryn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[BlackFideId "3226778"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[WhiteFideId "3247597"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 a6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3
cxd4 9. exd4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "De Guzman,Jessie"]
[Black "Ellis,David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[BlackFideId "3205568"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[WhiteFideId "4321685"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4
Qc7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. c5 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
b4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Re1 a5 20. bxa5 Bd8 21. Rxe8+
Nxe8 22. a4 Bxa5 23. Qb2 Nf6 24. h3 Re8 25. Be5 Ne4 26. Bg4 f5 27. Bh5 Bc3 28.
Qc2 Bxa1 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Nxe4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxe4 32. Qc3 Qe7 33. f3 Re1+ 34.
Kf2 f4 $4 35. Qxe1 Qh4+ 36. Kf1 Qh6 37. Qe5 g5 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qxb7 Qg6 40.
Qb3 g4 41. hxg4 Qh6 42. Qb1+ Kh8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qe5 Qh1+ 45. Kf2 Qh4+ 46. Ke2
 1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "McAteer,Ian"]
[Black "Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[BlackFideId "3268250"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[WhiteFideId "3230015"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8.
Qc1 O-O 9. Ne2 d5 10. Nbc3 Be6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nf4 Qd8 13. a3 Na5 14. Qd1 Rc8
15. Rc1 a6 16. Na4 Re8 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Nfxe6 fxe6 21.
Nd7 Qd6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rf8 24. Qg5 Kg7 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. g4
Nc6 28. Qg3 Ne7 29. h4 Qa4 30. Qd6 Kf7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. g5 Qxa3 33. Be2 Rc6
34. Qd8 Qxb4 35. Qh8 Qd6 36. h5 e5 37. Bg4 gxh5 38. Qxh7+ Ke8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40.
Bxh5+ Ng6 41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qxb7 exd4 43. exd4 Kd8 44. Re1 Ne7 45. Bg4 Rb6 46.
Qa7 Ke8 47. Rxe7+ Qxe7 48. Qxb6 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Bf3 Qh4 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52.
Qf6+ Ke8 53. g6 Qxf6  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bradley,Luke"]
[Black "Gunawan,Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ne8 13. Qg4 Qc7 14. Nf3 Rc8
15. Bf4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Ne3 Qc3 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Nd5 Qxc2 21.
Bg5 Nd3 22. Rxd3 Qxd3 23. Ne7+ Bxe7 24. Bxe7 Qg6 ( 24... Rc4 25. Qg3 Nc7 26.
Bxf8 Kxf8 {  and Black stands better.}  )25. Qb4 Nc7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qxb7 Qc2
28. h3 Qc4 29. Ng5 Nd5 30. a3 h6 31. Ne4 Qb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Nd6
b4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Rc1 Rf4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Kg6 39. g3 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 Ne3
41. g4 Rf3 42. Rg8 f5 43. gxf5+ Nxf5 44. Re8 Nxd6 45. exd6 Rd3 46. Rd8 Kf6 47.
d7 e5 48. Kg2 Ke7 49. Re8+ Kxd7 50. Rxe5 {  This is a Tablebase draw, but the
players don't know that and  play continues ...}  50... g5 51. Rf5 Ke7 52. Rb5
Kf6 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Rb4 Kg6 55. Rb1 Rd6 56. Rh1 h5 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Ke3 Re6+
59. Kf3 Re4 60. Rc1 g4+ 61. hxg4+ hxg4+ 62. Kg3 Re3+ 63. Kf2 Rf3+ 64. Kg2 Kf4
65. Rc4+ Kg5 66. Rc8 Rf5 67. Rg8+ Kf4 68. Rc8 Re5 69. Rc4+ Re4 70. Rc7 Re2+ 71.
Kf1 Ra2 72. Rc8 g3 73. Rc7 Ra5 74. Kg2 Ra2+ 75. Kg1 Kf3 76. Rc3+ Kf4 77. Kf1
Ra5 78. Kg2 Ra2+ 79. Kh1 Rf2 80. Kg1 {  Draw agreed.}   1/2-1/2

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram"]
[Black "De Vas,Yonal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[BlackFideId "3235963"]
[ECO "B34"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[WhiteFideId "3245250"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bf3 e6 13. Bh6 Rc8 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. h4 h5 16. Rh3 Qc7 17. Rg3 Rfd8 18. Nb5 Qc4 19. Nc3 d4 20. Bxb7 dxc3
21. Qxc3 Qxa2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qa3 Qc4 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxh4 26. g3 Qh2
27. Qf1 h4 28. gxh4 Qxh4 29. c4 Qf4+ 30. Kb1 Nd7 31. Qe2 Nc5 32. Bf3 Nb3 33.
Bb7 Nd2+ 34. Ka1 Nxc4 35. Qc2 Nb6 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Qe1 Qa4+ 38. Kb1 Qb3 39. Bg2
Nc4 40. Qe2 Na3+ 41. Ka1 Nc2+ 42. Kb1 Nb4 43. Qe5 Qc2+ 44. Ka1 Qc1#  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gunawan,Tjermin"]
[Black "Donaldson,Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[BlackFideId "3218570"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[WhiteFideId "3239110"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. b4 Nbd7 11. b5 Ne4 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be4
15. Ra6 Rfc8 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 f6 18. Rfa1 e5 19. Bd2 Rc7 20. e4 Nb8 21.
R6a4 Rd7 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Be6+ Kf8 25. Bxd5 Nc6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Rc8 29. Be3 f5 30. Ra6 g5 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 g4 33. Kg2
Kg7 34. h3 h5 35. c6 Kf7 36. d5 Bd6 37. c4 Rb8 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. Rb7 Ra8 40. Ba7
Kd8 41. Rh7 Bf8 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Rf7 Ke8 45. Rxf5 Rc7 46. Bb6 Rc8
47. Kxg4 Be7 48. Rh5 Kf7 49. c5 Rg8+ 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. d6 Kg6 52. Rh1  1-0

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "De Vas,Senudi"]
[Black "Pope,Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[WhiteFideId "3250580"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. Nb5
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bc4 Be6 $4 {  A tactic is missed!}  12. Nf3 (
12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Nc7+ )12... O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 a6 15. Bxd5
Bxd5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Ng5 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Na4 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 c4 24. Nb6 Ne5 25. Kg2 Re6 26. Na4 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Nxf3
28. Rc1 h6 29. Nc5 b5 30. Ne4 Re6 31. Nc3 Ne5 32. Re1 Nd3 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Nd1
Kf7 35. Kg2 b4 36. Kf3 e5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. b3 cxb3 39. axb3 Nc5  0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Le,Quang Minh"]
[Black "Malik,Aidan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1129"]
[BlackFideId "365104803"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. Re2 h6 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Nf8 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Nh4 $2 ( 18. Qf5 {  The sac on g4 needs
to be avoided.} )18... Nxg4 19. Qf5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qe7 21. Qg4 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5
23. Nhf3 Ne6 24. Rae1 Re7 25. Kg2 Rae8 26. Kf2 Kh7 27. c4 Rh8 28. a3 Kg6 29.
Kg2 Kf5 30. c5 Bc7 31. Nf1 Rhe8 32. Kf2 b6 33. cxb6 Bxb6 34. Ng3+ Kf6 35. Ne5
g6 36. Nxc6 Rh7 37. Kg2 Bc7 38. Nxa7 $4 ( 38. Rf1+ {  Before going for the
pawn.} )38... Bxg3 39. Kxg3 Rxa7 40. Rf2+ Kg7 41. Rc1 Rb8 42. Rc6 Re7 43. Kg4
Rb3 44. Rc3 Rb8 45. Rfc2 Rh8 46. Rc8 Rh4+ 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Kf2 Rf7+ 49. Ke2
Nxd4+ 50. Kd3 Nxc2 51. Rxc2 Rfe7 52. Rc5 Rxe3+ 53. Kd2 Rxh3 54. Rxd5 Rh2+ 55.
Kc3 Re3+ 56. Kc4 Rc2+ 57. Kb5 Rxb2+ 58. Kc4 Rxa3 59. Rxg5 Rf3 60. Ra5 Rb6 61.
Ra7+ Kf6 62. Ra8 Rf5 63. Rf8+ Ke5 64. Re8+ Re6 65. Rd8 g5 66. Rd5+ Kf4 67. Rd1
Re3 68. Rf1+ Rf3 69. Rd1 g4 70. Rd4+ Kg3 71. Rd1 Kh2 72. Rd2+ Rf2 73. Rd8 g3
74. Rh8+ Kg1 75. Rg8 g2 76. Kd4 Kf1 77. Ke4 g1=Q 78. Rxg1+ Kxg1 79. Kd4 {  No
one ever won by resigning. See McAteer-Huang on board 3.}  79... Re2 80. Kd3
Re8 81. Kd4 Rf1 82. Kd5 Rd1+ 83. Kc6 Rc8+ 84. Kb7 Rc2 85. Kb6 Rb1+ 86. Ka5 Ra2#
 0-1

[Event "2025 Gufeld Cup"]
[Site "Perth AUS"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Palanti,Krishiv"]
[Black "Ting,Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[BlackFideId "0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2025.04.20"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[WhiteFideId "0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. c3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5
Qb6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Nxf7 Bxf4 11. Nxh8 Bd6 12. Na3 Ke7 13. Ng6+ hxg6 14. Qxg6
Rg8 15. Rb1 Qa6 16. b3 Qxa3 17. Ra1 c4 18. O-O a6 19. Rfb1 Qa5 20. b4 Qd8 21.
a4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra2 Ne4 24. Rba1 Nxc3 25. Ra7+ Bc7 26. Qg5+ Kd7 27. Qg6
Qf6 28. Qh7 Rf8 29. f3 Na4 30. e4 Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 Qxa1+ 32. Kf2 Qd4+  0-1

