[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Akhayan, Ruben"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2255"] [ECO "B40"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "75"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186169595"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Qe2 Bc7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxd2 15. Qxc5 Bb6 16. Qe5 Qh6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. g3 Qg6 19. Kg2 Rd5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. c4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Qe4+ 24. f3 Qe3 25. Kh3 Qh6+ 26. Kg2 Qe3 27. Bc1 Qf2+ 28. Kh3 h5 29. a4 h4 30. Bf4 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bd4 32. Kg4 e5 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Hoffmann, Asa"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2178"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D00"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "86"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186317407"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Bxf4 7. Nxf4 O-O 8. f3 Nf6 9. O-O c5 10. c3 Qb6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Qe1 e5 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Qh4 Qe3 18. Rad1 Qxd3 19. Ne4 Qxe2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qxf6 Qe3 22. f4 Qe4 23. f5 Qg4 24. Rd3 Bd7 25. Rg3 Qg6 26. Qh4 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Kh8 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. h3 d4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. a3 Rd7 35. b4 Ne5 36. Qe4 Kf6 37. Qf4+ Ke6 38. Qd2 d3 39. Kg1 Nc4 40. Qc3 Ne5 41. Qd2 Rc7 42. Kh2 Nf3+ 43. gxf3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Montano Vicente, Guadalupe"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "1970"] [ECO "B51"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "101"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186432373"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 Ngf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Be2 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Nec5 12. Be3 b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. N1d2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Nb1 Qa8 19. Nc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rfc8 22. Bh6 f6 23. Qh3 Nf8 24. Re1 Qc6 25. Rc3 Qd7 26. Qf3 Qc6 27. Qe2 e5 28. Rf3 Rf7 29. h4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qd2 Qe4 33. Rf4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Rxd4 Qe1 36. Qxe1 Rxe1 37. Rxd6 Rfe7 38. Rxb6 R1e6 39. Rb8+ Re8 40. Rb4 Kf7 41. c5 Rc8 42. Be3 Re7 43. Kg3 Rc6 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. Ke2 h5 46. g3 Ke6 47. Re4+ Kf7 48. b4 Rb7 49. Kd3 a5 50. Kc3 axb4+ 51. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Bryakin, Mikhail"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2426"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D02"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "150"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186580197"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. b4 Nh5 10. Bc7 Kd7 11. Bb6 f6 12. b5 Bxb1 13. bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Rxb1 g6 15. b4 Be7 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd8 18. Bxd8 Rhxd8 19. O-O Kc7 20. Rb2 Ng7 21. Rfb1 Ra7 22. g4 Rda8 23. Bd3 e5 24. Bb5 e4 25. Nh4 Ne6 26. Ng2 Ra1 27. h4 R8a2 28. Bf1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. h5 f4 32. Nh4 fxe3 33. fxe3 Ne7 34. Bg2 Re2 35. Rf1 Rxe3 36. Rf7 Kd8 37. Rxe7 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Kxe7 39. Kxe1 Nxd4 40. Bh3 Kf6 41. Ng2 Kg5 42. Ne3 Nb3 43. Nxd5 Nxc5 44. Kd2 Kxh5 45. Ke3 Kg5 46. Kd4 Nd3 47. Bc8 Nf4 48. Ne3 b6 49. Bd7 h5 50. Kxe4 h4 51. Kf3 Ng6 52. Nc4 Kf6 53. Ke4 Nf8 54. Bc6 h3 55. Nxb6 Ne6 56. Ke3 Kg5 57. Bh1 Kh4 58. Kf2 Nf4 59. Nc4 Ng2 60. Nd2 Kg4 61. Nf1 Kh4 62. Kf3 Ne1+ 63. Kf2 Ng2 64. Nh2 Nf4 65. Nf3+ Kg4 66. Ne5+ Kf5 67. Nc4 Ng2 68. Kg3 Nf4 69. Ne3+ Kg5 70. Kf3 Nh5 71. Ng4 Kh4 72. Ne3 Ng3 73. Bg2 h2 74. Kf2 h1=Q 75. Bxh1 Nxh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Kilic, Eray"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2459"] [ECO "B30"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "90"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186629481"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 c4 9. Nc3 cxd3 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. d4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. b3 Qc8 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Ng5 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nd5 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. h4 Rae8 20. h5 e5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. dxe5 Nxe3 23. Nxh7 Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Kxh7 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 28. Rd7 b6 29. Rd6+ Kf5 30. Rxc6 Bxe5 31. Rc4 Rd8 32. Ke2 Bf4 33. Kf3 Rd3+ 34. Ke2 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Be5 36. g4+ Kg5 37. a4 Rb2 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. b4 Be7 40. b5 Rb4 41. Rxb4 Bxb4 42. Kd5 Kxg4 43. Kc6 Ba5 44. Kb7 Kf4 45. Kxa7 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A06"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "61"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186695185"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nd7 3. Bb2 Ngf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxe4 Qe7 16. Rd7 Bxe4 17. Rxe7 Bxe7 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. f3 Bb7 20. Rd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Rd8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. Qb5 Rd8 24. Qe5 Kf8 25. Qxg7+ Ke8 26. Qxh7 Bf8 27. Qh8 Kd7 28. Qf6 Ke8 29. h4 Rd5 30. Qh8 Ke7 31. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Momunaliev, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "1995"] [ECO "B40"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "93"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186826587"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bc5 19. Qf1 Ng4 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe2 Nxf2 25. Kf1 Qd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nxd1 27. Ba1 Ne3+ 28. Ke2 Nxg2 29. Be8 Nf4+ 30. Kf3 Bd6 31. Bxc6 Kg8 32. Be4 g6 33. Bd4 a6 34. Bb7 a5 35. Bb6 Nd3 36. Bxa5 Bxh2 37. Bd5+ Kf8 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Bb4 Bd6 40. a4 Ke7 41. a5 Na6 42. Bc3 Bb4 43. Bxb4+ Nxb4 44. Be4 Kd6 45. Kd4 h5 46. Kc4 Na6 47. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "8"] [White "Hacker, Jonas"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2391"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "B22"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "104"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186871754"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Be4 d5 12. Bd3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Na3 a6 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. h4 h6 18. Be3 Na4 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Rc2 Be7 22. Rac1 Kd7 23. h5 Rc7 24. Bd2 Na4 25. Nb1 Rcc8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Ba5 Na8 28. a4 b6 29. Bd2 b5 30. a5 b4 31. Ne1 Bb5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34. f4 Kd7 35. Nc2 Bd3 36. Nxb4 Bxb4 37. Bxb4 Bxb1 38. Bf8 g6 39. hxg6 Bxg6 40. Bxh6 Nc7 41. Bf8 Nb5 42. Bc5 Kc6 43. Kf2 Nc3 44. Ke3 Kb5 45. b4 Na2 46. g4 Nxb4 47. Bb6 Nc6 48. f5 exf5 49. g5 Nxa5 50. Bd8 Nc4+ 51. Kf4 a5 52. e6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Calin, Alexandru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2214"] [ECO "B40"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "62"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186957976"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 b4 12. Kh1 Nbd7 13. f4 h5 14. Rae1 h4 15. N2f3 Nh5 16. Bc1 Qc5 17. Be3 Ng3+ 18. hxg3 hxg3+ 19. Nh2 Rxh2+ 20. Kg1 O-O-O 21. Qg4 Rdh8 22. Qxg3 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Bh4 24. Rxh1 Bxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qa5 27. Rh8+ Kc7 28. Bb1 Qa3 29. Rh1 Qb2 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. f5 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Schulz, Karsten"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2165"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A07"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "94"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239187036011"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2 c6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. b4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 Be4 15. e3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb8 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Qf3 Nb6 20. Rc2 Nd5 21. Nc5 b6 22. Nd3 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qb5 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nxe6 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. e4 Qd3 31. Rc8 Ne3+ 32. fxe3 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qxb2 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Qd6+ Be7 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qb7 Qe5 40. Qc6 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Qxa3 42. b5 Qc5 43. Qd7 a3 44. b6 a2 45. b7 a1=Q 46. Qxe7+ Qxe7 47. b8=Q Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.15"] [Round "11"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Garcia Garcia, A."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2140"] [ECO "B30"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "151"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239187114020"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. h3 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf1 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ne4 Nc7 15. Bg5 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxd4 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nxd6 Nce6 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Be3 Qf8 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qb3 Qf7 24. Qc3 Ned4 25. b3 h6 26. Bd3 Qd5 27. Nc5 Kh7 28. Be4 Qf7 29. Qc1 Rc8 30. Nd3 Qe6 31. Qb1 Rd8 32. f4 exf4 33. Nxf4 Qf6 34. Bxg6+ Kg8 35. Nh5 Qd6 36. Qe4 e5 37. Rf1 Qd5 38. Bf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qh7 Ne6 41. Bxh6 Rg8 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Nxg7 44. Qg6 Kf8 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qxc6+ Kf7 47. Bxg7 Rxg7 48. Qxa6 Rg5 49. Qxb5 Ke6 50. Qc4+ Kf5 51. g4+ Kf6 52. Qe4 Rg8 53. h4 Rd8 54. g5+ Kg7 55. Qxe5+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ Kg8 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qf6+ Ke8 59. Qxd8+ Kxd8 60. a4 Kd7 61. a5 Kd6 62. a6 Kc5 63. g6 Kb4 64. g7 Kc3 65. g8=Q Kd4 66. a7 Kc3 67. a8=Q Kb2 68. b4 Kb1 69. b5 Kb2 70. b6 Kc3 71. b7 Kd4 72. b8=Q Ke3 73. Qe5+ Kd2 74. Qaa2+ Kc1 75. Qgc4+ Kd1 76. Qee2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Akhayan, Ruben"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2255"] [ECO "B40"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "75"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186169595"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Qe2 Bc7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxd2 15. Qxc5 Bb6 16. Qe5 Qh6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. g3 Qg6 19. Kg2 Rd5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. c4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Qe4+ 24. f3 Qe3 25. Kh3 Qh6+ 26. Kg2 Qe3 27. Bc1 Qf2+ 28. Kh3 h5 29. a4 h4 30. Bf4 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bd4 32. Kg4 e5 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Hoffmann, Asa"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2178"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D00"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "86"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186317407"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Bxf4 7. Nxf4 O-O 8. f3 Nf6 9. O-O c5 10. c3 Qb6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Qe1 e5 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Qh4 Qe3 18. Rad1 Qxd3 19. Ne4 Qxe2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qxf6 Qe3 22. f4 Qe4 23. f5 Qg4 24. Rd3 Bd7 25. Rg3 Qg6 26. Qh4 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Kh8 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. h3 d4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. a3 Rd7 35. b4 Ne5 36. Qe4 Kf6 37. Qf4+ Ke6 38. Qd2 d3 39. Kg1 Nc4 40. Qc3 Ne5 41. Qd2 Rc7 42. Kh2 Nf3+ 43. gxf3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Montano Vicente, Guadalupe"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "1970"] [ECO "B51"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "101"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186432373"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 Ngf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Be2 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Nec5 12. Be3 b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. N1d2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Nb1 Qa8 19. Nc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rfc8 22. Bh6 f6 23. Qh3 Nf8 24. Re1 Qc6 25. Rc3 Qd7 26. Qf3 Qc6 27. Qe2 e5 28. Rf3 Rf7 29. h4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qd2 Qe4 33. Rf4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Rxd4 Qe1 36. Qxe1 Rxe1 37. Rxd6 Rfe7 38. Rxb6 R1e6 39. Rb8+ Re8 40. Rb4 Kf7 41. c5 Rc8 42. Be3 Re7 43. Kg3 Rc6 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. Ke2 h5 46. g3 Ke6 47. Re4+ Kf7 48. b4 Rb7 49. Kd3 a5 50. Kc3 axb4+ 51. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Bryakin, Mikhail"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2426"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "D02"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "150"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186580197"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. b4 Nh5 10. Bc7 Kd7 11. Bb6 f6 12. b5 Bxb1 13. bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Rxb1 g6 15. b4 Be7 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd8 18. Bxd8 Rhxd8 19. O-O Kc7 20. Rb2 Ng7 21. Rfb1 Ra7 22. g4 Rda8 23. Bd3 e5 24. Bb5 e4 25. Nh4 Ne6 26. Ng2 Ra1 27. h4 R8a2 28. Bf1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. h5 f4 32. Nh4 fxe3 33. fxe3 Ne7 34. Bg2 Re2 35. Rf1 Rxe3 36. Rf7 Kd8 37. Rxe7 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Kxe7 39. Kxe1 Nxd4 40. Bh3 Kf6 41. Ng2 Kg5 42. Ne3 Nb3 43. Nxd5 Nxc5 44. Kd2 Kxh5 45. Ke3 Kg5 46. Kd4 Nd3 47. Bc8 Nf4 48. Ne3 b6 49. Bd7 h5 50. Kxe4 h4 51. Kf3 Ng6 52. Nc4 Kf6 53. Ke4 Nf8 54. Bc6 h3 55. Nxb6 Ne6 56. Ke3 Kg5 57. Bh1 Kh4 58. Kf2 Nf4 59. Nc4 Ng2 60. Nd2 Kg4 61. Nf1 Kh4 62. Kf3 Ne1+ 63. Kf2 Ng2 64. Nh2 Nf4 65. Nf3+ Kg4 66. Ne5+ Kf5 67. Nc4 Ng2 68. Kg3 Nf4 69. Ne3+ Kg5 70. Kf3 Nh5 71. Ng4 Kh4 72. Ne3 Ng3 73. Bg2 h2 74. Kf2 h1=Q 75. Bxh1 Nxh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Kilic, Eray"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2459"] [ECO "B30"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "90"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186629481"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 c4 9. Nc3 cxd3 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. d4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. b3 Qc8 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Ng5 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nd5 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. h4 Rae8 20. h5 e5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. dxe5 Nxe3 23. Nxh7 Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Kxh7 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 28. Rd7 b6 29. Rd6+ Kf5 30. Rxc6 Bxe5 31. Rc4 Rd8 32. Ke2 Bf4 33. Kf3 Rd3+ 34. Ke2 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Be5 36. g4+ Kg5 37. a4 Rb2 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. b4 Be7 40. b5 Rb4 41. Rxb4 Bxb4 42. Kd5 Kxg4 43. Kc6 Ba5 44. Kb7 Kf4 45. Kxa7 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2330"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A06"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "61"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186695185"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nd7 3. Bb2 Ngf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxe4 Qe7 16. Rd7 Bxe4 17. Rxe7 Bxe7 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. f3 Bb7 20. Rd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Rd8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. Qb5 Rd8 24. Qe5 Kf8 25. Qxg7+ Ke8 26. Qxh7 Bf8 27. Qh8 Kd7 28. Qf6 Ke8 29. h4 Rd5 30. Qh8 Ke7 31. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Momunaliev, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "1995"] [ECO "B40"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "93"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186826587"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bc5 19. Qf1 Ng4 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe2 Nxf2 25. Kf1 Qd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nxd1 27. Ba1 Ne3+ 28. Ke2 Nxg2 29. Be8 Nf4+ 30. Kf3 Bd6 31. Bxc6 Kg8 32. Be4 g6 33. Bd4 a6 34. Bb7 a5 35. Bb6 Nd3 36. Bxa5 Bxh2 37. Bd5+ Kf8 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Bb4 Bd6 40. a4 Ke7 41. a5 Na6 42. Bc3 Bb4 43. Bxb4+ Nxb4 44. Be4 Kd6 45. Kd4 h5 46. Kc4 Na6 47. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "8"] [White "Hacker, Jonas"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2391"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "B22"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "104"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186871754"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Be4 d5 12. Bd3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Na3 a6 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. h4 h6 18. Be3 Na4 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Rc2 Be7 22. Rac1 Kd7 23. h5 Rc7 24. Bd2 Na4 25. Nb1 Rcc8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Ba5 Na8 28. a4 b6 29. Bd2 b5 30. a5 b4 31. Ne1 Bb5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34. f4 Kd7 35. Nc2 Bd3 36. Nxb4 Bxb4 37. Bxb4 Bxb1 38. Bf8 g6 39. hxg6 Bxg6 40. Bxh6 Nc7 41. Bf8 Nb5 42. Bc5 Kc6 43. Kf2 Nc3 44. Ke3 Kb5 45. b4 Na2 46. g4 Nxb4 47. Bb6 Nc6 48. f5 exf5 49. g5 Nxa5 50. Bd8 Nc4+ 51. Kf4 a5 52. e6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Calin, Alexandru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2214"] [ECO "B40"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "62"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239186957976"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 b4 12. Kh1 Nbd7 13. f4 h5 14. Rae1 h4 15. N2f3 Nh5 16. Bc1 Qc5 17. Be3 Ng3+ 18. hxg3 hxg3+ 19. Nh2 Rxh2+ 20. Kg1 O-O-O 21. Qg4 Rdh8 22. Qxg3 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Bh4 24. Rxh1 Bxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qa5 27. Rh8+ Kc7 28. Bb1 Qa3 29. Rh1 Qb2 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. f5 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Schulz, Karsten"] [Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2165"] [BlackElo "2358"] [ECO "A07"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "94"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239187036011"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2 c6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. b4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 Be4 15. e3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb8 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Qf3 Nb6 20. Rc2 Nd5 21. Nc5 b6 22. Nd3 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qb5 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nxe6 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. e4 Qd3 31. Rc8 Ne3+ 32. fxe3 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qxb2 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Qd6+ Be7 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qb7 Qe5 40. Qc6 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Qxa3 42. b5 Qc5 43. Qd7 a3 44. b6 a2 45. b7 a1=Q 46. Qxe7+ Qxe7 47. b8=Q Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2025.01.14 Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.15"] [Round "11"] [White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"] [Black "Garcia Garcia, A."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2140"] [ECO "B30"] [EventDate "2025.01.14"] [PlyCount "151"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [GameId "2136239187114020"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1576"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. h3 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf1 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ne4 Nc7 15. Bg5 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxd4 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nxd6 Nce6 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Be3 Qf8 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qb3 Qf7 24. Qc3 Ned4 25. b3 h6 26. Bd3 Qd5 27. Nc5 Kh7 28. Be4 Qf7 29. Qc1 Rc8 30. Nd3 Qe6 31. Qb1 Rd8 32. f4 exf4 33. Nxf4 Qf6 34. Bxg6+ Kg8 35. Nh5 Qd6 36. Qe4 e5 37. Rf1 Qd5 38. Bf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qh7 Ne6 41. Bxh6 Rg8 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Nxg7 44. Qg6 Kf8 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qxc6+ Kf7 47. Bxg7 Rxg7 48. Qxa6 Rg5 49. Qxb5 Ke6 50. Qc4+ Kf5 51. g4+ Kf6 52. Qe4 Rg8 53. h4 Rd8 54. g5+ Kg7 55. Qxe5+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ Kg8 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qf6+ Ke8 59. Qxd8+ Kxd8 60. a4 Kd7 61. a5 Kd6 62. a6 Kc5 63. g6 Kb4 64. g7 Kc3 65. g8=Q Kd4 66. a7 Kc3 67. a8=Q Kb2 68. b4 Kb1 69. b5 Kb2 70. b6 Kc3 71. b7 Kd4 72. b8=Q Ke3 73. Qe5+ Kd2 74. Qaa2+ Kc1 75. Qgc4+ Kd1 76. Qee2# 1-0