[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Schuster, Karsten"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2259"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D10"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "96"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507139676"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qb3 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nxh5 Nxh5 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Nxb5 Na5 16. Qd1 axb5 17. Qxh5 g6 18. Qe2 b4 19. Rc5 Nb3 20. Qe1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5 22. Rc1 Qxa2 23. Qxb4 Rab8 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rfc8 26. a4 Rb4 27. Bb5 Rc7 28. c6 Kf8 29. g4 Ke7 30. Kg2 Kd6 31. Kg3 Ra7 32. Rc2 Kc7 33. Rc1 Raxa4 34. Bxa4 Rxa4 35. Kh4 h6 36. f4 Ra3 37. f5 Rxe3 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Rf1 g5+ 40. Kh5 Rxh3+ 41. Kg6 Kxc6 42. Rf6 d4 43. Kg7 Kd5 44. Rf8 d3 45. Rd8+ Ke4 46. Kf6 e5 47. Re8 Rf3+ 48. Kg6 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Buchenau, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2190"] [ECO "C00"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "33"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507246417"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qd2 Bxf2+ 9. Qxf2 Qxb2 10. Kd2 Qxa1 11. Bb5 Qxh1 12. Qc5 Qxg2+ 13. Kc1 f6 14. exf6 Kf7 15. Qe7+ Kg6 16. Nh4+ Kxg5 17. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2643"] [ECO "B30"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "54"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507377825"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O d6 6. e5 f6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. b3 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 e5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 f5 14. Nc3 f4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Qe2 Nh4 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Qe4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. Rg1 Qh3 21. Qxc6 Rad8 22. Nb5 Rf6 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rxg7 Nxf3 25. Rg2 Rg6 26. Rag1 Qxh2+ 27. Rxh2 Rxg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Decker, Thomas"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2299"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D17"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "103"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507525652"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e4 e6 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O f5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Na2 Qe7 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Bd2 c5 19. Rfc1 Bxa4 20. Qe3 f4 21. Qf2 c4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. e5 Qd5 27. Bxf4 b3 28. h4 h6 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. Qe3 b6 31. Rc3 Qe7 32. g3 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Rc8+ Be8 35. Qxb3 b5 36. Qxb5 Rxb2+ 37. Qxb2 Kh7 38. Qc2+ Bg6 39. Qc3 Qb7 40. Rc7 Qb6 41. h5 Bxh5 42. Qc5 Qb2+ 43. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 44. Rxc2 Bg6 45. Rc7 Bf5 46. d5 exd5 47. g4 Be6 48. Re7 Bg8 49. e6 d4 50. Be5 h5 51. Rxg7+ Kh6 52. g5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2239"] [ECO "C45"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "69"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507603670"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Be6 10. O-O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. f4 N5c6 16. g4 Rae8 17. h4 b5 18. Qf2 b4 19. Na4 Qc8 20. h5 Kh8 21. g5 f6 22. h6 g6 23. Qg3 Qe6 24. Rhe1 fxg5 25. fxg5 Qe5 26. Qe3 Rf4 27. Bxa6 Qxg5 28. c3 Ref8 29. cxb4 Nxb4 30. Qc3+ R8f6 31. Qxb4 Rxe4+ 32. Qd2 Qe5 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34. Re1 Qa8 35. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Moral Garcia, Serafin"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "B90"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "60"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507726717"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. c3 Rc8 15. Nd2 b5 16. a4 Ne7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bb6 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. Ra6 Rb8 22. Rfa1 h6 23. Bb3 Qc6 24. Nh4 Ra8 25. Qf3 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxa6 28. g4 b4 29. Ng2 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Marchesich, Giovanni"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2220"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "B22"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "62"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507825277"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Na3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Nbxd4 e5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. h3 e4 16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Rxe4 Ne5 20. f4 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxg5 22. Rxe8 Bc6+ 23. Kg3 Rxe8 24. fxg5 Re2 25. Bf4 a5 26. Rd1 Nd7 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nc5 29. Be3 Nd3 30. Nd4 Be5+ 31. Kh4 Ne1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Wafa, Hamed"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2304"] [ECO "C50"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "70"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507903270"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Na5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. b4 b5 10. Qxa5 Qxa5 11. bxa5 Bd8 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. d4 Re8 15. Re1 Rxa5 16. Rxa5 Bxa5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ba3 h6 19. Bd6 Nd7 20. Rd1 Bd8 21. h3 Bf6 22. Nbd2 Nb6 23. Nb3 Rd8 24. Na5 Ke6 25. Ra1 Rxd6 26. Nb3 Na4 27. c4 Rd3 28. Nfd2 Be7 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Kf1 Nc5 31. Nxc5+ Bxc5 32. Ke2 Rd8 33. Nb3 Be7 34. Ra5 Kf7 35. Nd2 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Alonso, Rap2"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2130"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A06"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "120"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333508026443"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qb1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 h6 21. Ne2 Bb8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nxb8 Rxb8 28. Qb2 Kg7 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Qf4 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 f5 36. Kf4 f6 37. e4 fxe4 38. Kxe4 Kg6 39. h3 Kf7 40. Kd4 e5+ 41. Kc5 Ke6 42. Kb6 Kd5 43. Kxa6 Ke4 44. Kxb5 Kf3 45. a4 Kxf2 46. a5 e4 47. a6 e3 48. a7 e2 49. a8=Q e1=Q 50. Qc6 Qe5+ 51. Qc5+ Kxg3 52. Kc4 Kf3 53. Qc6+ Qe4+ 54. Qxe4+ Kxe4 55. b4 f5 56. b5 f4 57. b6 f3 58. b7 f2 59. b8=Q f1=Q+ 60. Kc5 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Lashkin, Jegor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2517"] [ECO "B52"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "139"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333508100350"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 h6 14. h4 O-O 15. Rc1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rc3 Raf8 18. Rce3 Bd6 19. Bc3 Bf4 20. R3e2 Qf7 21. Qd3 Bd6 22. Re3 Rg6 23. Qe2 Qf4 24. h5 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Rf5 28. Ne5 Rg5+ 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Nxe5 31. Qg2 Qxh5 32. dxe5 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Qf5+ 34. Ke2 Qc2+ 35. Bd2 Qc4+ 36. Kd1 Qb3+ 37. Kc1 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Qd3+ 39. Ka1 Bd4 40. Bc1 Qxa3+ 41. Kb1 Qd3+ 42. Qc2 Qxg3 43. Re2 b5 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qxe6 Qd3+ 46. Rc2 b4 47. b3 Qxb3+ 48. Bb2 Qd3 49. Qxd5 b3 50. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 51. Ka1 Qf5 52. Qd1 Qe6 53. Qd3+ Kg8 54. Bc3 Kf7 55. Kb2 a6 56. Qf3+ Ke7 57. Bb4+ Ke8 58. Qf8+ Kd7 59. Qxg7+ Kc6 60. Qg2+ Kb5 61. Qb7+ Kc4 62. Bc3 Kd3 63. Qf3+ Kc4 64. Qe4+ Kb5 65. Qb4+ Kc6 66. Qa4+ Kc5 67. Qa5+ Kc4 68. Qc7+ Kd5 69. Qb7+ Kc4 70. Qxb3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Fawzy, Adham"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2498"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A36"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "77"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333508116780"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. b3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. f4 Nc8 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rfd8 21. h4 h5 22. Kh2 Ne7 23. Rd2 e5 24. Qe3 f5 25. Rcd1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 exf4 28. Qxf4 Nf5 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. c5 Qd8 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. hxg5 Re7 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. cxd6 Re6 35. d7 Rd8 36. Rc1 Kf7 37. Rc8 Ke7 38. Ng8+ Rxg8 39. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Schuster, Karsten"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2259"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D10"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "96"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507139676"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qb3 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nxh5 Nxh5 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Nxb5 Na5 16. Qd1 axb5 17. Qxh5 g6 18. Qe2 b4 19. Rc5 Nb3 20. Qe1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5 22. Rc1 Qxa2 23. Qxb4 Rab8 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rfc8 26. a4 Rb4 27. Bb5 Rc7 28. c6 Kf8 29. g4 Ke7 30. Kg2 Kd6 31. Kg3 Ra7 32. Rc2 Kc7 33. Rc1 Raxa4 34. Bxa4 Rxa4 35. Kh4 h6 36. f4 Ra3 37. f5 Rxe3 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Rf1 g5+ 40. Kh5 Rxh3+ 41. Kg6 Kxc6 42. Rf6 d4 43. Kg7 Kd5 44. Rf8 d3 45. Rd8+ Ke4 46. Kf6 e5 47. Re8 Rf3+ 48. Kg6 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Buchenau, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2190"] [ECO "C00"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "33"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507246417"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qd2 Bxf2+ 9. Qxf2 Qxb2 10. Kd2 Qxa1 11. Bb5 Qxh1 12. Qc5 Qxg2+ 13. Kc1 f6 14. exf6 Kf7 15. Qe7+ Kg6 16. Nh4+ Kxg5 17. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2643"] [ECO "B30"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "54"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507377825"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O d6 6. e5 f6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. b3 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 e5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 f5 14. Nc3 f4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Qe2 Nh4 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Qe4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. Rg1 Qh3 21. Qxc6 Rad8 22. Nb5 Rf6 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rxg7 Nxf3 25. Rg2 Rg6 26. Rag1 Qxh2+ 27. Rxh2 Rxg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Decker, Thomas"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2299"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D17"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "103"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507525652"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e4 e6 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O f5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Na2 Qe7 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Bd2 c5 19. Rfc1 Bxa4 20. Qe3 f4 21. Qf2 c4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. e5 Qd5 27. Bxf4 b3 28. h4 h6 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. Qe3 b6 31. Rc3 Qe7 32. g3 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Rc8+ Be8 35. Qxb3 b5 36. Qxb5 Rxb2+ 37. Qxb2 Kh7 38. Qc2+ Bg6 39. Qc3 Qb7 40. Rc7 Qb6 41. h5 Bxh5 42. Qc5 Qb2+ 43. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 44. Rxc2 Bg6 45. Rc7 Bf5 46. d5 exd5 47. g4 Be6 48. Re7 Bg8 49. e6 d4 50. Be5 h5 51. Rxg7+ Kh6 52. g5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2239"] [ECO "C45"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "69"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507603670"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Be6 10. O-O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. f4 N5c6 16. g4 Rae8 17. h4 b5 18. Qf2 b4 19. Na4 Qc8 20. h5 Kh8 21. g5 f6 22. h6 g6 23. Qg3 Qe6 24. Rhe1 fxg5 25. fxg5 Qe5 26. Qe3 Rf4 27. Bxa6 Qxg5 28. c3 Ref8 29. cxb4 Nxb4 30. Qc3+ R8f6 31. Qxb4 Rxe4+ 32. Qd2 Qe5 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34. Re1 Qa8 35. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Moral Garcia, Serafin"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "B90"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "60"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507726717"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. c3 Rc8 15. Nd2 b5 16. a4 Ne7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bb6 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. Ra6 Rb8 22. Rfa1 h6 23. Bb3 Qc6 24. Nh4 Ra8 25. Qf3 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxa6 28. g4 b4 29. Ng2 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Marchesich, Giovanni"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2220"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "B22"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "62"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507825277"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Na3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Nbxd4 e5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. h3 e4 16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Rxe4 Ne5 20. f4 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxg5 22. Rxe8 Bc6+ 23. Kg3 Rxe8 24. fxg5 Re2 25. Bf4 a5 26. Rd1 Nd7 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nc5 29. Be3 Nd3 30. Nd4 Be5+ 31. Kh4 Ne1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Wafa, Hamed"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2304"] [ECO "C50"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "70"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333507903270"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Na5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. b4 b5 10. Qxa5 Qxa5 11. bxa5 Bd8 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. d4 Re8 15. Re1 Rxa5 16. Rxa5 Bxa5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ba3 h6 19. Bd6 Nd7 20. Rd1 Bd8 21. h3 Bf6 22. Nbd2 Nb6 23. Nb3 Rd8 24. Na5 Ke6 25. Ra1 Rxd6 26. Nb3 Na4 27. c4 Rd3 28. Nfd2 Be7 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Kf1 Nc5 31. Nxc5+ Bxc5 32. Ke2 Rd8 33. Nb3 Be7 34. Ra5 Kf7 35. Nd2 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Alonso, Rap2"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2130"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A06"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "120"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333508026443"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qb1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 h6 21. Ne2 Bb8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nxb8 Rxb8 28. Qb2 Kg7 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Qf4 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 f5 36. Kf4 f6 37. e4 fxe4 38. Kxe4 Kg6 39. h3 Kf7 40. Kd4 e5+ 41. Kc5 Ke6 42. Kb6 Kd5 43. Kxa6 Ke4 44. Kxb5 Kf3 45. a4 Kxf2 46. a5 e4 47. a6 e3 48. a7 e2 49. a8=Q e1=Q 50. Qc6 Qe5+ 51. Qc5+ Kxg3 52. Kc4 Kf3 53. Qc6+ Qe4+ 54. Qxe4+ Kxe4 55. b4 f5 56. b5 f4 57. b6 f3 58. b7 f2 59. b8=Q f1=Q+ 60. Kc5 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Lashkin, Jegor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2517"] [ECO "B52"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "139"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333508100350"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 h6 14. h4 O-O 15. Rc1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rc3 Raf8 18. Rce3 Bd6 19. Bc3 Bf4 20. R3e2 Qf7 21. Qd3 Bd6 22. Re3 Rg6 23. Qe2 Qf4 24. h5 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Rf5 28. Ne5 Rg5+ 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Nxe5 31. Qg2 Qxh5 32. dxe5 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Qf5+ 34. Ke2 Qc2+ 35. Bd2 Qc4+ 36. Kd1 Qb3+ 37. Kc1 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Qd3+ 39. Ka1 Bd4 40. Bc1 Qxa3+ 41. Kb1 Qd3+ 42. Qc2 Qxg3 43. Re2 b5 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qxe6 Qd3+ 46. Rc2 b4 47. b3 Qxb3+ 48. Bb2 Qd3 49. Qxd5 b3 50. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 51. Ka1 Qf5 52. Qd1 Qe6 53. Qd3+ Kg8 54. Bc3 Kf7 55. Kb2 a6 56. Qf3+ Ke7 57. Bb4+ Ke8 58. Qf8+ Kd7 59. Qxg7+ Kc6 60. Qg2+ Kb5 61. Qb7+ Kc4 62. Bc3 Kd3 63. Qf3+ Kc4 64. Qe4+ Kb5 65. Qb4+ Kc6 66. Qa4+ Kc5 67. Qa5+ Kc4 68. Qc7+ Kd5 69. Qb7+ Kc4 70. Qxb3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.28 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Fawzy, Adham"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2498"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A36"] [EventDate "2025.01.28"] [PlyCount "77"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2141333508116780"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1578"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. b3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. f4 Nc8 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rfd8 21. h4 h5 22. Kh2 Ne7 23. Rd2 e5 24. Qe3 f5 25. Rcd1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 exf4 28. Qxf4 Nf5 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. c5 Qd8 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. hxg5 Re7 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. cxd6 Re6 35. d7 Rd8 36. Rc1 Kf7 37. Rc8 Ke7 38. Ng8+ Rxg8 39. Rxg8 1-0