WORLDBASE Player / Joueur FM Cheng, X
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143 games / 143 parties
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243134 Cheng, X (2288) Tahbaz, Arash (2432) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h4 Ngf6 7. f3 e5 8. Nge2 Qe7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 b5 11. O-O-O b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Ng3 exd4 15. Nc4 c5 16. h5 Rg8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 Ne5 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxf1 22. Rdxf1 f5 23. Re1 Qg7 24. Qg5 Re7 25. Rh6 Kd7 26. Kd1 Rge8 27. Qh4 Nf7 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rh7 Qe5 30. Ne4 fxe4 31. Qg4+ Qf5 32. Qxf5+ gxf5 33. f4 Ne5 34. Rh5 Nc4 35. b3 Ne3+ 36. Ke2 Rg7 0-1
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
476624 Cheng, X (2288) Vargas, M (2000) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Qd7 11. a3 c6 12. b4 Bc7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qa4 Re8 18. Bd1 Rad8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Rc1 a6 22. Be2 Qf4 23. Qb2 Rc8 24. Bd3 1-0
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
477046 Cheng, X (2288) Wadsworth, Matthew J (2456) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 h5 6. h4 Bd6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. Ne2 a5 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. a4 Nb6 13. Nf4 Nc4 14. Qc1 Bb4 15. Nb1 Rfe8 16. c3 Bd6 17. b3 Nb6 18. Nd2 Re7 19. c4 Bxf4 20. exf4 Rae8 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. Qxa5 dxc4 23. bxc4 Qxd4 24. Nb3 Nxc4 25. Qb4 Qd3 26. Nc5 Qe2 27. f3 Nd2 28. Rf2 Qe3 29. fxg4 Qxg3 30. Qxd2 hxg4 31. Rc1 Qxh4 32. Ne4 f5 33. Ng5 g3 34. Rf3 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Re2 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37. Rxg3 Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Re4 39. Rf2 1-0
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
477245 Martic, I SRB (2273) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nc5 Nfxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxc5 20. Nxe6+ Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rad8 22. Rc1 Qb5 23. Rcxc6 bxc6 24. Re7+ Rf7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Bh3 Re8 29. Bd7 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Qf1+ 31. Kf3 Qh1+ 32. Kg4 Re4 33. Bf5 gxf5+ 0-1
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
477576 Cheng, X (2288) Manelyuk, Daniil (2254) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 h6 4. Bf4 d5 5. f3 Nd6 6. e3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Ba3 16. Ne2 Bxc5 17. Nc3 e5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Ne4 Be7 20. h5 g5 21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kf3 g4+ 26. Kf2 Bd4+ 27. Kf1 Bf5 28. Rxb7 Reb8 29. Rxf7 Bd3+ 30. Bxd3 Kxf7 31. Bf2 Rd8 32. Bc4+ Kg7 33. Ke2 Rac8 34. Bb3 Bxf2 35. Kxf2 Rc3 36. Rh4 g3+ 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Rg4 Kf5 39. Rg6 Kxf4 40. Rxh6 Re3+ 41. Kf1 Rd2 42. Rf6+ Kg5 43. Rf8 Rc3 44. Rg8+ Kxh5 45. Rh8+ Kg5 46. Rg8+ Kf6 47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. Rf7+ Kg6 49. Ke1 Rxg2 50. Rxa7 Rc1+ 51. Bd1 Rg1+ 52. Kd2 Rcxd1+ 53. Ke2 g2 54. Kf2 Rdf1+ 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Ra5+ Ke4 57. a4 Ra1 58. Ra8 Ra2 59. Re8+ Kd5 60. a5 Rh1 61. Rd8+ Kc6 62. a6 g1=Q+ 0-1
2024.06.25 Titled Tue 25th Jun Late
488096 Cheng, X (2288) Vasquez Schroeder, R (2475) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. Kb1 Nc6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. f4 gxf4 11. Nxf4 Qxd4 12. Nh5 Be5 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Bc4 Ne5 19. Bb3 Ke7 20. g3 Bb5 21. Nf4 h5 22. Nd3 Ng4 23. c4 Bc6 24. Rde1 Rag8 25. Nf4 h4 26. h3 Nf2 27. g4 Nxh1 28. Rxh1 Bxe4 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Nd5+ Bxd5 31. cxd5 e5 0-1
2024.06.25 Titled Tue 25th Jun Late
488391 Schut, Ha (2077) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 b5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Qe2 b4 9. Ne4 d5 10. Neg5 e6 11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Qh5 Qf8 17. axb4 a4 18. O-O Ke7 19. Bxg6 Kd8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe8 23. Rf7 Ra7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Qh4+ Re7 26. Rxg7 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qf8+ 28. Qf6 Qxg7 29. Qd6+ Kc8 30. Bxh6 Qf7+ 31. Ke1 Re6 32. Qf8+ Qxf8 33. Bxf8 Kd7 34. g4 Ke8 35. Bg7 Kf7 36. Bf6 Nd7 37. g5 Nxf6 38. gxf6 Kg6 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. Kf3 Rh8 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. h4 c5 44. bxc5 Rb8 45. c6 Rxb2 46. c4 Rb8 47. cxd5+ Kxd5 48. c7 Rc8 49. f7 a3 50. Kf4 a2 51. Kg5 a1=Q 52. Kf6 Qxd4 53. Ke7 Qxe5+ 54. Kd7 Qxc7# 0-1
2024.06.25 Titled Tue 25th Jun Late
488600 Cheng, X (2288) Rosen, E (2361) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bh4 Nh6 4. f3 Nf5 5. Bf2 Nd6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. c4 e6 8. Qb3 Nxc4 9. Nxc4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qd5 11. e4 Qa5+ 12. Kd1 Bg6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bc4 Nc6 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Kc2 Nb4+ 17. Kb1 Rf8 18. d5 Bf7 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qxg7 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bg6 22. Be1 Bxe4+ 23. Kc1 Qc5 24. Qc3 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rg1 Bg5+ 27. Bd2 Bxd2+ 28. Kd1 Bxc3+ 29. Kc1 Bd2+ 30. Kd1 Qc2# 0-1
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
495609 Cheng, X (2288) Vakhlamov, I (2413) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. b3 Be6 13. a3 Rac8 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfe8 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxc3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be5 Rc6 20. Bd4 Qd8 21. b5 Rd6 22. Be5 Rd7 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Bxa6 Qa5 25. Qe2 Rf8 26. Bb5 Rdd8 27. a4 Bc5 28. Rec1 Ne4 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Rc1 Ne4 31. Bc7 Qa7 32. Bxd8 Rxf2 33. Rc8 Rxe2+ 34. Bb6+ Kh7 35. Bxa7 Ra2 36. Bd4 Ng3 37. Rc7 Nf5 38. Be5 Kg6 39. g4 Kg5 40. gxf5 Kxf5 41. Bxg7 e5 42. Bxh6 e4 43. Rd7 Ke6 44. Rd8 Ke5 45. Bg7+ Ke6 46. Bc6 Ra1+ 47. Bxa1 d4 48. Bxe4 d3 49. Rxd3 Kf7 50. Rd6 Ke7 51. Be5 Kf7 52. a5 Ke7 53. a6 Kf7 54. a7 Ke7 55. a8=Q Kf7 56. Qb7+ Ke8 57. Bg6+ Kf8 58. Rd8# 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
495879 Cheng, X (2288) Rychkov, O (2384) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 b6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. c4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Ng4 16. g3 Qc6 17. d5 Qd6 18. Nd4 Nge5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Bf4 exd5 21. cxd5 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 a6 23. Nc3 Rc8 24. Bb2 Nc4 25. Ba1 Nf6 26. Bf5 Rd8 27. a4 Nxd5 28. Qg4 Ne5 29. Qh3 Nxc3 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. f4 Qc7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qh4+ f6 34. Re1 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Qc4+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Rd2 38. fxe5 Ng1+ 39. Ke3 Re2+ 40. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 41. Kd4 Nf3+ 42. Kc3 Nxh4 43. exf6+ gxf6 0-1
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
496336 Kuzubov, Y (2606) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Ne2 c4 9. Bc2 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 b5 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Nxa7 Rxb2 14. Nc6 Qe8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rxb2 Qxb2 19. Qc1 Qb4 20. a3 Qa5 21. Qb2 h6 22. Bh4 Nh5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 g5 25. Bg3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Bb7 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. f3 Kf8 30. e4 Nb6 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Be4 Be6 34. g4 Kd6 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. g3 Bc8 37. d5 Ke5 38. f4+ gxf4+ 39. gxf4+ Kd6 40. Bf3 f5 41. g5 hxg5 42. Nb5+ Ke7 43. fxg5 Bd7 44. Nc3 Kf7 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Be2 Be8 47. Bd1 Bd7 48. Bc2 Nc8 49. Nd1 Ne7 50. Ne3 Kh5 51. Bd1+ Kg6 52. Bf3 c3 53. Bd1 Nc8 54. Bc2 Nd6 55. Nd1 Nf7 56. Nxc3 Nxg5 57. b5 Kf6 58. b6 Nh3+ 59. Ke3 f4+ 60. Kd4 Bc8 61. Ba4 f3 62. Bc6 f2 63. Ne4+ Ke7 64. Nd2 Nf4 65. Ke3 Ng6 66. b7 Bxb7 67. Bxb7 Kd6 68. Ne4+ Ke5 69. Nxf2 Ne7 70. Nd3+ Kd6 71. Nf4 Ke5 72. Ba8 Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Nd6 74. Nd3+ Kd4 75. Nf4 Ke5 76. Ne6 Nf5 77. Nc5 Ne7 78. Nd7+ Kd6 79. Nb6 Kc5 80. Na4+ Kd6 81. Nc3 Ke5 82. Ke3 Nf5+ 83. Kd3 Nd6 84. Bc6 Nf7 85. Kc4 Nd6+ 86. Kc5 Ne8 87. Bxe8 Kf4 88. Bc6 Ke5 89. Nb5 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
496577 Orzech, D (2248) Cheng, X (2288) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. b4 a5 8. b5 c5 9. bxc6 Nxc6 10. Nbd2 e5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rb2 e4 20. Rfb1 f4 21. dxe4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Ne5 23. Qd1 Qh3 24. Qf1 Qh5 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 d3 27. exd3 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. Qe1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qxd3 31. Qe3 Qc2 32. e5 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. e6 Qxa2 37. e7 Qf7 38. Ra7 Qd5 39. Qf4 Kg8 40. Bd6 g5 41. Qa4 Kf7 42. Ba3 Qf3 43. Bc5 h5 44. Qc4+ Kg6 45. Qe6+ Qf6 46. Ra6 Qxe6 47. Rxe6+ Kf5 48. Ra6 Bc3 49. Ba3 h4 50. Kg2 hxg3 51. Kxg3 Be5+ 52. Kg2 Bc3 53. Rc6 Bb4 54. Bxb4 axb4 55. Rb6 Rxe7 56. Rxb4 Re4 57. Rxe4 Kxe4 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. f3 Kf6 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. f4 gxf4 62. Kxf4 1/2-1/2
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
496790 Cheng, X (2288) Fernandez Siles, L (2191) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 h6 4. Bf4 d5 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. Ng3 Bh7 10. Nh5 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 c5 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. g4 Ne5 18. Qe2 g6 19. h5 g5 20. Nd3 Qb5 21. Qd2 Nxd3 22. cxd3 f5 23. f4 gxf4 24. exf4 fxg4 25. Rhg1 Kh7 26. Rxg4 Rg8 27. Rdg1 Rxg4 28. Rxg4 Rg8 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Qg2+ Kf8 31. Qg6 Ke7 32. f5 Qxd3+ 33. Kc1 Qxf5 34. Qg7+ Kd6 35. Qxh6 d4 36. Kd2 Qf2+ 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Qg5+ e5 39. Qd8+ Ke6 40. Qe8+ Kd6 41. Qb8+ Ke6 42. Qg8+ Kd6 43. Qg6+ Kd5 44. Qe4+ Kd6 45. h6 Qf1+ 46. Kc2 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
497033 Wu, Derek (2278) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. c3 e5 9. h3 Qc7 10. a4 Rb8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Nf1 b5 14. Ng3 b4 15. Be3 bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Ra5 c4 20. Bc2 Nfd7 21. Rea1 Bb7 22. h4 h5 23. Ng5 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 Na4 26. Rb4 Nab6 27. Nxh5 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Nf6 29. Bxb6 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. Qf3 Qd2 32. Be3 Qxc2 33. Rxb7 Qxc3 34. Rb8+ Bf8 35. Qxf6 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
497346 Kleibel, Uwe (2301) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. h3 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bd3 a5 11. a4 Nd5 12. Bh2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Bc2 Nh5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Rfe1 e6 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. c5 Rfd8 23. Be4 Qh4 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Ne5 Qh4 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Bf3 Bh6 28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Bg3 Qg5 30. h4 Qf5 31. Qb2 Rfd8 32. Nc4 Bf4 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Nd5 35. Qd2 Ba6 36. h5 Rxd6 37. cxd6 Nc3 38. Re5 Qf6 39. Rde1 Rd8 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Bxc6 Rxd6 42. Bf3 Kg7 43. Qe3 Bc8 44. Rxa5 Rxd4 45. Qe5 Qxe5 46. Raxe5 Rd3 47. Rc5 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
497624 Cheng, X (2288) Cogan, N (2112) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 f5 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Nxf4 Bxc4 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 g6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Bd6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rdc1 c5 25. d5 Rc7 26. Rc4 h5 27. Rb6 Qe5 28. Qb1 h4 29. Rxh4 c4 30. Rc6 Rfc8 31. Rhxc4 Kg7 32. Qc1 Kg8 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Qc2 Kf8 35. Rxc7 Bxc7 36. Qc4 Bd6 37. Bf1 Kg7 38. Bd3 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qe5 40. h4 Kf6 41. Be2 Kg7 42. Bf3 Kf6 43. h5 Kg7 44. Qh4 Qf6 45. h6+ Kh7 46. Qxf6 1-0
2023.10.03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Late
792027 Cheng, X (2288) Alfaro, W (2087) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. f4 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. fxe5 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nh5 8. O-O Bc5 9. Kh1 Qh4 10. Qe1 Qxe1 11. Rxe1 Nxc2 12. Rf1 Nxa1 13. d4 Bb6 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Be3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rxd5 17. g4 c5 18. Be4 1-0
2023.10.03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Late
792306 Azali, Tannaz (2099) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nf4 b5 16. Ne6 Qe7 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Qxf5 Nc6 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Rae1 Ne6 21. Qg4 Qg6 22. Bd2 Qxg4 23. fxg4 a5 24. Rb1 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4 Ncxd4 27. Be3 Nb5 28. Ra1 Re8 29. Ra5 d4 30. Rxb5 dxe3 31. Re1 Nd4 32. Rc5 Nc2 33. Re2 Rd8 34. g3 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. Kf3 Nd4+ 37. Kxe3 Rd3+ 38. Kf2 Nxe2 39. Kxe2 Rc3 40. e6 Kf8 41. Rc7 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 c3 43. Kd3 Rxh2 44. Kxc3 Rg2 45. b5 Rxg3+ 46. Kc4 Rxg4+ 47. Kc5 h5 48. b6 Rg1 49. b7 Rb1 50. Rc8+ Ke7 51. b8=Q Rxb8 52. Rxb8 Kxe6 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Ke3 Kg4 55. Kf2 Kh3 56. Kg1 g5 57. Rb3+ Kh4 58. Kg2 g4 59. Rb4 Kg5 60. Ra4 Kh4 61. Ra5 g3 62. Ra4+ Kg5 63. Kxg3 Kg6 64. Kh4 Kf5 65. Ra5+ Kf4 66. Kxh5 1-0
2023.09.26 Titled Tue 26th Sep Early
795403 Chirivi C, Y (2173) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. Be3 Nf8 13. O-O Ng6 14. a3 Bd6 15. g3 a6 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Bg2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Na4 b5 21. Nc3 Bb8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bh3 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Rcd8 27. Rc2 h5 28. Rfc1 h4 29. Nf1 Qf3 30. Nd2 Qh5 31. Nf1 h3 32. Bd2 Rxd4 33. Rc8 Rdd8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qe3 Ne5 36. f4 Ba7 37. Qxa7 Qe2 0-1
2023.09.26 Titled Tue 26th Sep Early
795692 Cheng, X (2288) Yarullina, A (2084) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. c3 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. N1h2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nd5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Nf4 22. Nhf3 f6 23. Nd7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Kg3 g5 27. Nc5 a5 28. a4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 bxa4 30. Nxa4 Ra7 31. Nc5 Kf7 32. Ra1 Nd5 33. Ra4 Nb6 34. Rd4 a4 35. Rb4 a3 36. bxa3 Nd5 37. Rb6 Nxb6 38. f4 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rxa3 40. Ne4 Nd5+ 41. Kg4 Nxc3 42. Nd6+ Ke7 43. Nc4 Ra4 44. f4 Rxc4 45. Kh5 Rxf4 46. Kg6 e5 47. Kh7 g5 48. Kg6 g4 49. Kh5 g3 50. Kg6 g2 51. Kh5 g1=Q 52. Kh6 Rh4# 0-1
2023.09.26 Titled Tue 26th Sep Early
795995 Cheng, X (2288) Lai, Hong Jun (2004) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Kh1 Qb8 15. Rfe1 Qa7 16. a4 Nxb4 17. axb5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bxb5 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. Nc2 O-O 21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. d4 Bb5 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. Ne3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Qf4 Bd8 27. h4 Qe6 28. Kg1 Rc8 29. Bc5 Be7 30. Rec1 Bc4 31. Ra5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Qe7 33. Qd4 Rc6 34. Rxc4 dxc4 35. Qxc4 Rec8 36. Rxa6 Rxc5 37. Qf4 Qd7 38. Rd6 Qe7 39. Qxf5 Qxd6 40. Qxc8+ Rxc8 41. exd6 Rd8 42. Kh2 Rxd6 43. g4 g6 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Ne5 Kf6 46. f4 Ke6 47. Kf3 Ra6 48. Nc4 Ra4 49. Ne3 Kd6 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Ra5 52. Kg4 Ke6 53. Nc4 Rc5 54. Ne5 Rxe5 55. fxe5 Kxe5 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Kf4 58. Kh3 Kg5 59. Kg3 Kxh5 60. Kf4 Kg6 61. Kg4 f5+ 62. Kf4 h5 63. Kg3 Kg5 64. Kh3 f4 65. Kh2 h4 66. Kh3 Kh5 67. Kh2 Kg4 68. Kg2 f3+ 69. Kh2 h3 70. Kh1 Kg3 71. Kg1 f2+ 72. Kf1 h2 73. Ke2 h1=Q 74. Ke3 f1=Q 0-1
2023.09.26 Titled Tue 26th Sep Late
797240 Carlsen, M (2839) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxc5 Nxe4 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. c3 Nd7 11. f4 Bf6 12. Nd2 g6 13. Ndf3 Bg7 14. g4 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 Bd7 16. g5 Ne7 17. h4 Nf5 18. Qf2 b5 19. h5 b4 20. h6 Bh8 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Bd2 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. a4 Qb6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. b5 Rc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Rc1 a6 29. Rxc4 axb5 30. Rb4 Qa7 31. axb5 Qa1+ 32. Qe1 Qa2 33. Qe4 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Qh1 35. b6 Qh3 36. Qf4 Qh1 37. b7 Rb8 38. Rc4 Ne7 39. Rc7 Kf8 40. Bb4 1-0
2023.09.26 Titled Tue 26th Sep Late
797583 Cheng, X (2288) La Villa Rivas, Marlon Javier (2202) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Bd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Na5 12. f3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Be7 14. g4 O-O 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 b4 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qxa4 20. Bd4 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxg5 23. Rhg1 f6 24. Bd4 Rc8 25. e5 Qc6 26. e6 Nd6 27. Bc5 Bf4 28. e7 Rfe8 29. Qe6+ Nf7 30. Qf5 Be5 31. Rc1 Qb7 32. Qg4 g6 33. h4 f5 34. Qxf5 a5 35. Qe6 a4 36. Rgf1 Qe4+ 37. Rc2 axb3 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. axb3 Bg7 40. Qc4 Rxe7 41. Qxb4 Qxb4 42. Bxb4 Rxc2 43. Kxc2 Re2+ 44. Bd2 Bxb2 45. h5 Be5 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. Kd3 Rh2 48. b4 Kg7 49. b5 Rh3+ 50. Kc4 Rh2 51. Be3 Rb2 52. b6 g5 53. Kd5 Bf6 54. Rxf6 Rb5+ 55. Kc4 Re5 56. Bxg5 Rxg5 57. Rc6 Rg1 58. Kc5 Rb1 59. Rc7+ Kf6 60. Kc6 Ke6 61. Kb7 Kd6 62. Rc2 Rb3 63. Rd2+ Kc5 64. Rc2+ Kd6 65. Rc6+ Kd7 66. Rc7+ Kd6 67. Rc1 Rb2 68. Ka7 Ra2+ 69. Kb8 Rb2 70. b7 Kd7 71. Rd1+ Kc6 72. Rc1+ Kd7 73. Rc3 Rb6 74. Ka7 Rb1 75. Rd3+ Kc6 76. Rc3+ Kd7 77. b8=Q Ra1+ 78. Kb7 Rb1+ 79. Ka8 Ra1+ 80. Qa7+ Rxa7+ 81. Kxa7 Kd6 82. Kb6 Kd5 83. Rc5+ 1-0
2023.09.26 Titled Tue 26th Sep Late
797597 Cheng, X (2288) Quirke, J (2015) 1-0
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qb3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxb7 d3 19. Bh5 Qg5 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Bd5 Rab8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Bxe4 Rbxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 1-0
2023.09.26 Titled Tue 26th Sep Late
797778 Tatarinov, Dmitry (2310) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Ne6 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bc4 Kf8 17. Qe4 Re8 18. Qxh7 g6 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Rd2 Ng7 21. Nd5 Qe5 22. Qf4 Bf5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Bb3 Ne6 26. Ne7+ 1-0
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Early
803594 Cheng, X (2288) Koridze, Lile (2181) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. f5 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Na5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Rad1 f6 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nh5 Rac8 20. Rf2 Qc3 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Ng3 Bf8 23. Ne4 Qb2 24. c3 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rfc7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. bxa4 Rc4 29. a5 Bc8 30. Re3 Rb7 31. Rf1 Bd7 32. Nd2 Ra4 33. c4 Be7 34. Rc3 Rb8 35. Ne4 Rc8 36. Nd2 Ra2 37. Nb3 Ra3 38. g4 Ba4 39. Rb1 Bxb3 40. c5 dxc5 41. Rcxb3 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 c4 43. Rc3 Bb4 44. Rc2 Kf7 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Rb2 Bc3 48. Rb1 Kxd5 49. Rc1 Bd4 50. g5 Ke4 51. gxf6 gxf6 52. Rf1 c3 53. Kd1 c2+ 54. Kc1 Be3+ 55. Bxe3 Kxe3 56. Rg1 Kf4 57. Rf1+ Ke4 58. Rg1 Kxf5 59. Rg7 e4 60. Rxh7 e3 61. Re7 Kf4 62. h4 Kf3 63. h5 e2 64. h6 Kf2 65. h7 e1=Q+ 66. Rxe1 Kxe1 67. h8=Q Rxh8 68. Kxc2 Rh5 69. Kc3 Rxa5 70. Kc4 Rh5 71. Kb4 f5 72. Ka4 f4 73. Kb4 f3 74. Kc3 f2 75. Kc2 f1=Q 76. Kc3 Rh3+ 77. Kd4 Qf4+ 78. Kc5 Rh5+ 79. Kb6 Qf6+ 80. Ka7 Rh7+ 81. Kb8 Qf8# 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Early
803714 Vincenti, Leonardo (2238) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O d6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. e5 Ne8 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. exd6 Rxd6 21. Qe3 Rad8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bd3 g6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qe5 Kg7 27. Re1 Qb6+ 28. Qe3 Qd8 29. Qc5 Qd7 30. Re2 Rc6 31. Qe5 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Re1 Rc3 34. Ra1 Ne3 35. a4 Nd5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ra5 Nxb4 38. Rxb5 Nxd3 39. cxd3 Rxd3 40. Rb2 Kf6 41. h4 Kf5 42. Kf2 h5 43. g3 e5 44. Rb7 f6 45. Rb4 Rd2+ 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. f4 Rxg3+ 48. Kf2 exf4 49. Rb5+ Kg4 50. Rb6 Kxh4 51. Rxf6 g5 52. Rg6 Ra3 53. Kg1 g4 54. Kh1 Kg3 55. Rxg4+ hxg4 56. Kg1 Ra1# 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
805285 Cheng, X (2288) Sarkar, J (2290) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Be3 Ne5 10. h3 Nc4 11. Bc1 O-O 12. b3 Ne5 13. Bb2 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Ne2 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Kh2 Nxe4 19. Rf5 Rae8 20. Nf4 g6 21. Rh5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 Ng6 23. Nf5 f6 24. Nxg6 Nxg3 25. Nxg3 Bf2 26. Qg4 Qxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Bxg3+ 28. Kxg3 hxg6 29. Bxb7 Re2 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rf1 Rcxc2 33. Bxf6+ Kh6 34. h4 Re3+ 35. Kf4 Ree2 36. Bg5+ Kg7 37. Kg4 Rf2 38. Re1 Rce2 39. Rd1 1-0
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
805546 Cheng, X (2288) Kovalev, Vl (2582) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Bb3 c6 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. O-O d5 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. c3 Nc5 17. Bc2 a5 18. Nb3 Ne6 19. Bg3 a4 20. Nd2 d4 21. Nc4 a3 22. bxa3 dxc3 23. Be5 Rad8 24. Bxc3 Bc5 25. a4 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Bb3 Be6 28. Kf1 Nxb3 29. axb3 Rxd3 30. Rab1 Rxb3 31. Rbc1 Kf8 32. Ne3 Ra8 33. Red1 Ke7 34. Rd4 Ra7 35. g3 Ra3 36. Rb1 g6 37. Kg2 Bc8 38. Re4+ Kf8 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 R3xa4 42. Rxa4 Rxa4 43. Rxb7+ Kd6 44. Kf3 h5 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 c5 47. Rb1 c4 48. Nd1 Kc5 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Kf4 Bd5 51. Ne3 Ra2 52. Nxd5 Kxd5 53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Kd4 55. Rd1+ Ke4 56. Rd7 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 f5 58. Re7+ Kf3 59. Re3+ Kg2 60. h4 Rxf2 61. Rc3 Rf3 62. Rxc4 Rxg3 63. Rc6 Rg4 64. Ke2 Kg3 65. Ke3 Kxh4 66. Kf3 Rg3+ 67. Kf4 g5+ 68. Kxf5 Rf3+ 69. Ke4 g4 70. Rc1 Rf8 71. Rh1+ Kg5 72. Ke3 h4 73. Ra1 h3 74. Ra5+ Kh4 75. Ra7 h2 76. Rh7+ Kg3 77. Ke2 Kg2 78. Ke3 g3 79. Rh3 Kxh3 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
805628 Romero, Michael D Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 Re8 7. O-O e4 8. d4 Bf8 9. d5 d6 10. h3 a5 11. Nf4 Na6 12. g4 h6 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Ba3 b5 17. b4 Na6 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Rc4 20. Qa7 Nxb4 21. Bf1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Nbxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rcc1 b4 25. Bb2 Be6 26. Qd4 h5 27. Bb5 Re7 28. g5 Rb7 29. Bc6 Qxg5+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Bxb7 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Nxe3 37. Bxe4 Bg4 38. Qd2 Qf4 39. Rg1 Qxe4+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Bf3+ 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
805871 Jacobson, Brandon (2540) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Na3 e5 5. Nc2 a5 6. b5 Bc5 7. d3 Ne7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O f5 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. a4 Qe7 14. e3 dxe3 15. Nxe3 f4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 20. Re1 c6 21. Qh5 Be6 22. Nc3 Bc5 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 fxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Re8 27. Re3 Bf7 28. Qf4 g5 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qf3 Qd6+ 31. Kg2 Qd4 32. Bd2 Bg6 33. Rd1 Rf8 34. Qe3 Qg4+ 35. Qg3 Qd4 36. Ne2 Qb2 37. Kg1 Bh5 38. Bc3 Qc2 39. Re1 Bxe2 40. Bxg7 Rf5 41. Ba1 cxb5 42. axb5 Qd2 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qxb7+ Kg6 45. Qg7+ Kh5 46. Qh7+ Kg4 47. h3+ Kf4 48. Qc7+ Kf3 49. Qc6+ Kg3 50. Qg2+ Kh4 51. Qg4+ Bxg4 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
806029 Cheng, X (2288) Troff, Kayden (2483) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. c5 Qc6 8. Qd5 a4 9. N3d2 a3 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qxc6 Nxc6 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Rb1 Nf4 14. Bf1 Nb4 15. bxa3 Nbd3+ 16. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxf2 18. Nb5 Nxh1 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa8 d6 21. cxd6 exd6 22. Nc4 Bg4+ 23. Kf1 Be6 24. Nab6 Kc7 25. Nd5+ Bxd5 26. exd5 Bd4 27. Na5 b6 28. Nb3 Be5 29. g3 Nxg3+ 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. Kg2 Be5 32. Be3 h5 33. Rc1+ Kd7 34. Rc6 h4 35. Rxb6 h3+ 36. Kh1 Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Nd2 Rc8 39. Nf3 Rc3 40. Nxe5 Rxe3 41. Ng4+ Kf5 42. Nxe3+ Ke4 43. Rb3 f5 44. a4 g5 45. Nxf5 Kxf5 46. Rxh3 Ke5 47. Rg3 Kxd5 48. Rxg5+ Kc6 49. a5 Kb7 50. Kg2 Ka6 51. Kf3 d5 52. Rxd5 1-0
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
806098 Zhigalko, S (2572) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 Ng6 8. g3 Be7 9. h4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. h5 Nf8 12. Na3 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. Na3 Kb8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Be4 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. d3 f5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Qe5 Bxf3 24. Qxh8 Qd8 25. Qe5 Kc7 26. Qxc5+ Bc6 27. Qxd4 e5 28. Qxe5 Bd5 29. Qxd5 1-0
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
806304 Hasangatin, R (2444) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 d4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Nb3 Nc4 12. Bd4 a5 13. a4 Ra6 14. N1d2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Rde1 Be6 18. Be5 Qc8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Re3 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Raxd6 22. Qc3 b6 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. c3 Rc4 27. Nd4 Rxa4 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rb5 30. Rd1 Ra2 31. Rd7 h6 32. Ree7 Rg5 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Rb2 35. Rd4 Rf5 36. Rdd7 Rg5 37. h4 Rg4 38. Kg2 Rbxb4 39. f3 Rg6 40. h5 Rg5 41. f4 Rxf4 42. Kh3 Rfg4 43. Re3 Rb4 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rdd8 Rxh5+ 46. Kg2 Rg5 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rd6+ Kh5 49. Re8 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rb3 51. Kh2 Rbxg3 52. Re2 b5 53. Rd4 R3g4 54. Rd3 b4 55. Rh3+ Rh4 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
806480 Cheng, X (2288) Schnaider, Ilan (2292) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. Nb3 Qb4 13. Bd3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxe4+ 16. Kf1 Be6 17. Kg1 Nc6 18. Kh2 h5 19. Re1 Qg6 20. f3 g4 21. h4 gxf3 22. Qxf3 Rg8 23. Re3 Qxc2 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qc6 26. Qxh5 Kd7 27. Rae1 Rh8 28. Qd1 Qd5 29. Qe2 Rag8 30. Rd1 Qxa2 31. Rd2 Qd5 32. Re5 Rxh4+ 33. Bxh4 Qb3 34. d5 dxe5 35. Qxe5 Bg4 36. Qxe7+ Kc8 37. d6 Bd7 38. Qe4 Kb8 39. Rd3 Qe6 40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Rc3 Bc6 42. Bg3 Kc8 43. Re3 Kd7 44. Re1 Rh8+ 45. Kg1 Rg8 46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Ke3 Rf5 48. Rh1 Rf7 49. Bf4 Bxg2 50. Rg1 Bc6 51. Rg8 Rh7 52. Kd4 Rf7 53. Be5 Bd5 54. Kc5 Rh7 55. Kb6 Bc6 56. Bf4 Rf7 57. Be5 Rh7 58. Rf8 a5 59. Kc5 Rh5 60. Kd4 Rh4+ 61. Kc5 Rh5 62. Kd4 Rh7 63. Kc5 a4 64. Bf6 e5 65. Rd8+ Ke6 66. Bg5 a3 67. Ra8 Rh5 68. Be3 e4+ 69. Kd4 Kxd6 70. Rxa3 Rd5+ 71. Kc4 Bb5+ 72. Kb4 Bc6 73. Bf4+ Ke6 74. Rh3 Rf5 75. Rh6+ Kf7 76. Be3 Rf3 77. Bd4 e3 78. Kc4 e2 79. Rh7+ Ke6 80. Rh6+ Kd7 81. Rh7+ Ke8 82. Rh8+ Rf8 83. Rxf8+ Kxf8 84. Bf2 Ke7 85. Be1 Ke6 86. Kc5 Ke5 87. Bc3+ Ke4 88. Be1 Kd3 89. Kb4 Kc2 90. Kc4 Kd1 91. Bg3 e1=Q 92. Bxe1 Kxe1 93. Kc5 Ke2 94. Kb6 Kf3 95. Kc7 Ke4 96. Kb6 Kd5 97. Kc7 Kc5 98. Kb8 b5 99. Kc7 b4 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
806521 Olsen, Filip Boe (2428) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. e3 Bd7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 h5 19. Bg2 h4 20. Bc3 e6 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Bc6 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rfd1 Rdc8 27. Rd7 a5 28. Re1 axb4 29. axb4 R6c7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Ra1 h3 32. Ra5 Rd7 33. Kf1 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Rh1 35. Rxb5 Rxh2 36. Kf3 Rh1 37. Rb6 Rc1 38. g4 h2 39. g5 h1=Q+ 40. Kf4 Qh4+ 41. Ke5 Qxg5+ 42. Kd6 Qf4+ 43. Kc6 Qxf2 44. Kb7 Rxc5 45. bxc5 Qxc5 46. Rc6 Qxc6+ 47. Kxc6 g5 48. Kd5 Kg6 49. Ke4 f5+ 50. Kf3 g4+ 51. Kg2 Kg5 52. Kf2 Kf4 53. Kg2 g3 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Kg1 g2 56. Kh2 Kf2 57. Kh3 g1=Q 58. Kh4 Qg4# 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
806619 Cheng, X (2288) Galaktionov, Artem (2321) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Ngf6 8. a4 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Bd3 Qd5 14. c4 Qe5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Rae1 Qd8 17. b4 a5 18. Nb3 axb4 19. Qxb4 c5 20. Qa3 Nb6 21. a5 Be6 22. Qc1 Na4 23. Be4 Qd7 24. Rf2 Nc3 25. Bf3 Bxc4 26. Nd2 Be6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxa5 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Bh6 Ra1 32. Qxa1 Bxa1 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rxa1 b5 35. Re2 c4 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Kf2 d5 38. Ree8 d4 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Ra6+ Ke5 41. Raa8 d3 42. Rge8+ Kf6 43. Rad8 Qa7+ 44. Kf3 Qb7+ 45. Kf4 Qc7+ 46. Kf3 b4 47. Rc8 Qb7+ 48. Ke3 Qxg2 49. Rc6+ Qxc6 0-1
2023.09.19 Titled Tue 19th Sep Late
806726 Bueno, Alfe (2135) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Ne7 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Nf5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d3 c4 10. dxc4 Ba6 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. b3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bd4 17. Bd2 c5 18. Rab1 h5 19. g5 Qg4 20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. Kg2 Bxc4 22. Rfd1 Rh3 23. Ne4 Bd5 24. Re1 Ra3 25. c3 Rxa2 26. Kg3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxd2 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Rb7 Rd7 30. Rb8+ Ke7 31. Re1 Rc7 32. Ra1 Rc3+ 33. Kxg4 Rg2+ 34. Kh4 Rxh2+ 35. Kg4 Rc7 36. Ra8 d3 37. R8xa7 Kd7 38. Rxc7+ Kxc7 39. Ra7+ Kc6 40. Ra6+ Kc5 41. Rd6 Kc4 42. Kg3 Rh1 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kf2 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Kd2 47. Rd7 Re3+ 48. Kf2 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Re1 50. Rxf7 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Ke2 0-1
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
813004 Guzman Lozano, C (1837) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 f6 3. d4 e6 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nbc6 9. Nbd2 Nf5 10. e4 Nfe7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. c4 Ndb4 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Rd2 Be8 22. Rfd1 Bf7 23. Qf3 a6 24. Qxf6 e5 25. Bxc6 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 bxc6 27. Bh6 1-0
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
813225 Cheng, X (2288) Ardila, Oscar Humberto (1979) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Na4 Nd4 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. c3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne6 13. Be3 c6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. O-O-O Qd7 17. f4 Rfd8 18. f5 Nc7 19. Bxc5 a4 20. Bc2 Na6 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Rhg1 c5 23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Qxg7+ Ke8 25. Bxf6 Qd7 26. Qg8# 1-0
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
813503 Quispe Santacruz, J (1805) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a3 a5 16. b3 e5 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Be6 22. Bxe5 Qb6 23. Bb2 Rf8 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. Qc3 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 f6 27. Rf1 Bc5 28. Bb1 Rd8 29. Qc2 f5 30. Rfe1 Bc8 31. Qc3 Qg6 32. Rf1 b6 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Bd6 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5 Bc7 37. Ba2+ Kh8 38. Bb1 Bb7 39. Rxd8 Qxg2# 0-1
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
813737 Korchmar, V (2438) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 b5 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 b4 9. Nd5 exd5 10. exd5 Nce7 11. d6 Nc6 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Nf3 h6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qb6 16. Qe4 Bxd6 17. Re8+ Kc7 18. Qxa8 Ne7 19. Be3 Rxe8 20. Bxb6+ Kxb6 21. Bxa6 Kc7 22. Rd1 Bc5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qa5+ Bb6 25. Qe5+ Kd8 26. Qxg7 Kc7 27. Qxf7 Bc5 28. Qf4+ Kb6 29. Qxh6+ Nc6 30. Rxd7 Bxf2 31. Rd6 Bc5 32. Re6 Kb5 33. g4 Rd8 34. a4+ bxa3 35. Rxc6 axb2 36. Rxc5+ Kxc5 37. Qg5+ Kc4 38. Qxd8 Kc3 39. Qd5 Kb4 40. Kxb2 Ka4 41. Qb7 Ka5 42. c4 Ka4 43. Qb5# 1-0
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
813819 Cheng, X (2288) Dylag, Emilia (2169) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bd7 13. O-O a5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Na6 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Nh5 Ne4 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. Ne4 Qc5 22. Nxc5 1-0
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
814150 Bashirli, Nail (2327) Cheng, X (2288) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 g5 7. d3 h6 8. c3 Nge7 9. Be3 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Na3 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O-O Ke6 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. g4 Rhc8 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Nc2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Nd4+ Kf6 26. Nf5 Re8 27. Nxh6 e4 28. Rd6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Rd7 Nxh5 31. Rh1 Kg6 32. Ne7+ Kf6 33. Nd5+ Ke6 34. Rxh5 Kxd7 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Nxe8 Kxe8 37. Kd2 Rb5 38. b3 Re5 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Rh8 Kf6 41. Ra8 Ra5 42. a4 b5 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. b4 Rb7 45. Kxe4 Re7+ 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. b5 Kf4 48. c4 Kxg4 49. c5 Kf3 50. c6 Kxf2 51. Rxa7 Rxa7 52. b6 Ra3+ 53. Kc2 g4 54. b7 g3 55. b8=Q g2 56. Qb6+ Re3 57. c7 g1=Q 58. c8=Q Qg2 59. Qf5+ Kg3+ 60. Kd1 Qg1+ 61. Kd2 Re2+ 62. Kxe2 Qxb6 63. Qxf7 Qb2+ 64. Ke3 Qc3+ 65. Ke4 Qc2+ 66. Ke5 Qe2+ 67. Kd6 Qd3+ 68. Ke7 Qe4+ 69. Kf8 Qf4 70. Kg7 Qxf7+ 71. Kxf7 1/2-1/2
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
814244 Cheng, X (2288) Kleiman, J (2399) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. f4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bb2 exf4 11. d4 Bd6 12. O-O Qg5 13. Nxf4 Na5 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. c4 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nc6 17. Qf2 Rae8 18. d5 Ne5 19. h3 b6 20. Rac1 Ng6 21. Ne2 Nh4 22. Kh1 Re7 23. Ng1 Bg3 24. Qc2 Rfe8 25. Rcd1 Nf5 26. Bc1 Qg6 27. d4 Bd6 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Re1 30. Rf1 R1e4 31. Nf3 Bg3 32. Bd2 f6 33. Be1 Bf4 34. Bf2 g5 35. Rfe1 Kf7 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 h5 39. Kg1 Bd2 40. Kf1 Kg6 41. Ke2 Bb4 42. Nc2 Bd6 43. c5 Bh2 44. Kd3 f5 45. Kc4 h4 46. d6 cxd6 47. c6 Kf7 48. Kd5 Ke7 49. Ne3 f4 50. Nf5+ Kd8 51. Nxd6 1-0
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
814333 Cheng, X (2288) Janzelj, T (2457) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ng3 a6 11. f4 Na5 12. Qe2 b5 13. f5 Bd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nh5 Nxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Ng3 b4 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Bb6 Qc6 21. h3 Bh4 22. O-O-O Bxg3 23. hxg4 Bxa4 24. Be3 Bxb3 25. Kb1 Bc4 26. Rh3 Be5 27. Rdh1 Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxf1 29. Qe1 Bxg2 30. Rh5 Bxe4 0-1
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
814483 Wagner, De (2589) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. f4 Qb8 14. g4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bd8 18. g5 Ne8 19. f5 Bc6 20. f6 Nd6 21. Ne7+ Bxe7 22. fxe7 Bxe4+ 23. Kg1 f6 24. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 1-0
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
814633 Cheng, X (2288) Stojanovski, Sa (2179) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 c5 7. d5 Qb6 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O e6 10. h4 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. h5 Nbd7 13. f3 gxh5 14. Nh3 Qb4 15. Nf4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Nexg4 19. Rdg1 h5 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qg5 Ne5 22. Bxg6 Nf3 23. Qf5 Nxg1 24. Rxg1 Ng4 25. Qg5 Qf4+ 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxh5 Kh6 28. Bxg4 Rg8 29. Rh1+ Kg6 30. Be6 Rgf8 31. Rg1+ Kf6 32. Ne2 Rf2 33. Kd2 Ke5 34. Rg5+ Kf6 35. Rh5 Re8 36. Ke3 Rg2 37. Rf5+ 1-0
2023.09.12 Titled Tue 12th Sep Late
814804 Ghazarian, Kirk (2473) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. a3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ne5 c6 8. f4 Qe8 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bc4 a5 15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Qc3 b6 18. Rfd1 axb4 19. axb4 Bb7 20. Bb3 Kf7 21. h3 c5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qe1 Bd5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qd2 Ke6 27. g4 g6 28. gxf5+ gxf5 29. Qf2 Ra2 30. Rd2 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Qc3 32. Re2 Qc4 33. Qg2 Kf7 34. Rf2 h6 35. Qg3 Ra2 36. Qg2 d4 37. exd4 Qxd4 38. Qg3 e3 39. Rg2 Ke6 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qxa2 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4 43. Qf7+ Kc6 44. Qe6+ Kb5 45. Qb3+ Kc5 46. Qd3 Qxe5 47. c3 f4 48. Qd4+ Qxd4 49. cxd4+ Kxd4 50. Rb2 h5 51. Kf1 Ke4 52. Rb4+ Kf3 53. Rxb6 Kg3 54. Rg6+ Kxh3 55. Ke2 h4 56. Kf3 Kh2 57. Rg4 h3 58. Rh4 1-0
2023.09.05 Titled Tue 5th Sep Late
821263 Duda, J (2726) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. c4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a4 Rfe8 15. b3 Qg6 16. Qd2 Ra5 17. f4 Rea8 18. Rae1 Qh5 19. Qb2 Bh3 20. Qxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc5 22. Qc3 Qc6 23. d4 Rh5 24. f5 Re8 25. Rf4 Qd7 26. Qf3 Rg5 27. h4 1-0
2023.09.05 Titled Tue 5th Sep Late
821571 Cheng, X (2288) Weisz, Bryan (1985) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 Ngf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. f3 Be7 6. Qd2 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. g4 Ne5 11. O-O-O b5 12. h3 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 d5 15. Qf2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Nb3 Qxc3 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qd2 Qe5 21. Na5 O-O 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. Bxe5 Nxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Bb4 25. Nxb7 Bxd2 26. a3 f6 27. Bd6 Rc8 28. Rd1 c3 29. Na5 e5 30. Nb3 Rc6 31. Bb4 d4 32. Nxd2 cxd2 33. Rxd2 Kf7 34. Ka2 Ke6 35. Kb3 Kd5 36. c3 Rc4 37. cxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4+ Kxd4 39. Bf8 Ke3 40. Bxg7 Kxf3 41. Bxf6 e4 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 e3 44. g6 e2 45. Bh4 1-0
2023.09.05 Titled Tue 5th Sep Late
821801 Svane, R (2641) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bh3 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nd8 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Nc3 g5 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Ng4 Qxb2 16. Nxc7+ Rxc7 17. Bxc7 Bg7 18. d6 Qxa1 19. Qxa1 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Ne6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rb1 exd6 23. Rxb6 Nc5 24. Rxd6 Nxe4 25. Rb6 Nc5 26. Rb5 Ne6 27. Rxb7 O-O 28. a4 Ra8 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nxf7 Kf6 31. Nd6 Rxa4 32. Rxh7 Ra2 33. Rf7+ Kg6 34. Rf3 Nd4 35. Rd3 Nc2 36. Rc3 Ne1+ 37. Kf1 Nc2 38. Ne4 Nd4 39. Rd3 Ne6 40. Rd5 g4 41. Re5 Ra6 42. Kg2 Kh6 43. Nc5 Nxc5 44. Rxc5 Kg6 45. h3 gxh3+ 46. Kxh3 Ra1 47. f4 Rh1+ 48. Kg4 Ra1 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Kg5 Rg1 51. g4 Ra1 52. f5 Ra5 53. Rc7+ Kf8 54. Kg6 Ra4 55. g5 Rh4 56. f6 Rh7 57. Rc8# 1-0
2023.09.05 Titled Tue 5th Sep Late
822041 Araz, B (2390) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Be2 Rg8 11. Kf1 c4 12. h4 Bf5 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Rh4 Rg7 15. Rf4 Be6 16. Rxf6 Be7 17. Rf4 Rdg8 18. g3 Bg4 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Rd1 f6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. e4 Rg5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Qe3 Kd7 25. Bf3 Bd6 26. Re1 Bf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qe6+ Kc7 29. Qxf5 Rd8 30. Qxd5 Qb4 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. a3 Qb6 33. Qxb6+ axb6 34. Nb5 Kc8 35. Re6 Bb8 36. Rxb6 Kd7 37. Rxf6 Ke7 38. Rh6 Kf7 39. Rxh7+ Kf6 40. Rb7 Kg5 41. Kg2 Rf8 42. d5 Be5 43. d6 Bxb2 44. d7 Bf6 45. Nd6 Bd8 46. Ne4+ Kf5 47. g4+ Ke5 48. Rb8 Kd4 49. Rc8 c3 50. Nxc3 Ke5 51. Ne4 Ke6 52. a4 Kxd7 53. Ra8 Rf4 54. h6 Bc7 55. h7 Be5 56. h8=Q Bxh8 57. Rxh8 Ke6 58. Rh6+ Ke5 59. a5 Rf7 60. a6 Ra7 61. Nc5 Kf4 62. Bb7 Kg5 63. Rd6 Kxg4 64. f3+ Kf4 65. Kf2 Ke5 66. Ke3 Kxd6 67. Ne4+ Ke5 68. f4+ Kf5 69. Kf3 Ke6 70. Kg4 Ke7 71. f5 Kf7 72. Kg5 Kg7 73. f6+ Kf7 74. Kf5 Kf8 75. Kg6 Kg8 76. Ng5 Kf8 77. Nh7+ Ke8 78. f7+ Kd7 79. f8=Q Kc7 80. Qc8+ Kb6 81. Qc6+ Ka5 82. Kf5 Kb4 83. Ke4 Ka5 84. Kd4 Kb4 85. Qb6+ Ka4 86. Kc3 Rxb7 87. axb7 Ka3 88. Qb3# 1-0
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
829762 Cheng, X (2288) Drozdowski, K (2448) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. h3 e5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. b3 Ba3 14. Rc2 Qd6 15. Kd2 Bb4 16. f3 h4 17. Rd1 Nh5 18. Kc1 Bc5 19. Qf2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nf4 21. Bf1 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 O-O 23. Rcd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qc5 25. Ne2 Ng6 26. Nc1 b5 27. Nd3 Qe7 28. c5 Rd8 29. Qe3 Rd4 30. f4 Nxf4 31. Nb2 Qxc5 32. Rc1 Qd6 33. g3 hxg3 34. Qxg3 c5 35. h4 Rd2 36. Qc3 Qd4 37. b4 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 cxb4 39. Rc6 Rf2 40. Rc1 Kh7 41. Rd1 Kh6 42. Bd3 Kh5 43. Bc2 Kxh4 44. Rh1+ Kg3 45. Nd1 Rh2 46. Rg1+ Rg2 47. Rh1 Bxa2+ 48. Kb2 Nd3+ 49. Kxa2 Rxc2+ 50. Kb3 Rd2 51. Rg1+ Kf4 52. Rf1+ Kxe4 53. Re1+ Nxe1 54. Nf2+ Rxf2 55. Kxb4 Kd3 56. Ka5 e4 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
830007 Bashylina, Luisa (2152) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Nc3 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 e4 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. e3 Kf8 18. h3 Ke8 19. Bf1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Bb5+ Kd8 22. Kg2 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Nd7 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. Ba3 Be5 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 a5 28. h4 Bc3 29. Bb6+ Ke7 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Bg4 32. Kf1 Kd6 33. Ke1 f6 34. Kd2 g5 35. a3 h6 36. Kc3 f5 37. b4 axb4+ 38. axb4 f4 39. Kd2 Bd7 40. Ba6 Ba4 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Bb7 Bb3 44. Ke2 Bc4+ 45. Kd2 Kc7 46. Ba8 Kd6 47. Bb7 Bb5 48. Bc8 Kc7 49. Be6 Kc6 50. Bf7 Bc4 51. Be8+ Kb6 52. Bd7 Bb5 53. Be6 Bc6 54. Kc3 Kb5 55. Bf7 Ka4 56. Be6 Bb7 57. Bf7 Ka3 58. Be6 Ka2 59. b5 Ka3 60. b6 Ka4 61. Bf7 Kb5 62. Be6 Kxb6 63. Kb4 Kc6 64. Bg4 Ba6 65. Kc3 Bf1 66. Bh5 Bg2 67. Bd1 e3 68. fxe3 f3 69. Ba4+ Kd6 70. Kd2 f2 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
830124 Skliarov, V (2383) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. d4 g6 8. a3 a5 9. h4 h5 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Nxe6 Qb6 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Be6 15. Nd2 Nxe5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Bg3 a4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 O-O 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Be5 Bxh4 23. Rb1 Bd7 24. Qf3 Rac8 25. Bd3 Bc6 26. g3 Bg5 27. Kg2 Qd8 28. Rh1 f6 29. Bf4 Kg7 30. Bxg6 h4 31. Bf5 Bd7 32. Qxd5 Bc6 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Bxg5 fxg5 35. Be4 Re6 36. Bxb7 Qxd4 37. Rbd1 Qxf2+ 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
830379 Cheng, X (2288) Tatarinov, Dmitry (2310) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 c5 5. f4 cxd4 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Ngf3 Qb6 9. c3 Nge7 10. Be2 Nf5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qb3 Bf2+ 13. Kf1 Be6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Qxb6 Bxb6 16. Ke2 Rfd8 17. a3 d4 18. c4 Na5 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. c5 Bc7 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Ne7 23. Rhf1 Nd5 24. Bxd4 Nxb4 25. axb4 Rxd4 26. Rxa7 Rxb4 27. Rb1 Rxf4 28. Rbxb7 Bxe5 29. c6 g6 30. Nf3 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Rxc6 32. h4 Kg7 33. Rb5 Bf6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rba5 Rb6 36. Bxf5 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rb3+ 38. Kf4 Bc4 39. Be4 h4 40. Rh5 h6 41. Rc7 Rb4 42. Rhc5 Be6 43. Rb7 Bg5+ 44. Ke5 h3 45. Rxb4 h2 46. Rb1 Be3 47. Rcc1 Ba2 48. Rh1 Bxb1 49. Bxb1 Bg1 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. f4 Kg7 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. Rxh2 Bxh2+ 55. Kxh2 Kf6 56. Kg3 Kg7 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. Kh5 Kg7 59. Be4 f6 60. Bf5 1-0
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
830469 Cheng, X (2288) Schmakel, Sam (2455) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. f4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. fxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxb5 11. a4 Qxb2 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Rb1 Bxf3 14. Rxb2 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 O-O-O 16. Rf1 Nxe5 17. a5 Rhe8 18. Rb5 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. c3 d4 21. Kc2 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxd3 23. Rxf7 Re2+ 24. Kb1 Rxg2 25. Bxg7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Bf6 Rxh2 28. Rb3 Rh3 29. Rc3 Ke6 30. Bd8 Kd5 31. Rc2 Rh1+ 32. Ka2 Nb4+ 33. Kb3 Nxc2 34. Bxb6 Bxb6 35. Kxc2 Rh3 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
830744 Nasuta, G (2544) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. c3 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 Re8 15. Bd4 Nc6 16. Nb3 Ne4 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Be3 Rad8 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Qe3 Qb5 24. h4 a5 25. h5 Bh7 26. Qe2 Qb6 27. Nd4 Nf6 28. Qf3 Qxb2 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Bxh6 Be4 31. Qf4 Qxc3 32. Bg5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Qxe1 35. h6 Qe4+ 36. Kg3 Qxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Re8 38. hxg7 Kxg7 39. Kf5 Ne4 40. Be3 c5 41. f3 d4 42. Bf4 Nc3 43. Bd6 Na4 44. f4 d3 45. Be5+ Rxe5+ 46. fxe5 d2 47. e6 fxe6+ 48. Kxe6 d1=Q 49. g5 Qg4+ 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
830846 Cheng, X (2288) Dourerassou, J (2415) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Qe2 e5 14. O-O Be6 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Be4 Qc7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxb7 Bc4 19. Qf2 Qb5 20. Rfe1 Qxb7 21. b3 Be6 22. Rxe5 h6 23. Ra5 Rd7 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Re1 Qb8 26. f4 Rd2 27. Qf3 Qb6 28. Rae5 Rf2 29. Qg3 Rdd2 30. f5 Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Qc6+ 33. Kg3 Bxf5 34. Rxf5 Qc3+ 35. Kf2 Qxc2+ 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
831013 Mirzoev, A (2417) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. exd4 exd4 6. c5 a5 7. Bc4 Qe7+ 8. Kf1 axb4 9. Qb3 Nh6 10. Nxd4 Qxc5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Nd4 14. Qe3 Nxe6 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. h4 Qd6 17. Qc4 O-O-O 18. Rh3 Qd5 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. a3 Rhe8 21. Qd1 Qc4+ 22. d3 Qf4 23. Qf3 Rxd3 24. Qxf4 Rd1# 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
831217 Di Berardino, D (2479) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 a6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Bf1 Nbd7 15. b4 Ne5 16. Qf2 Rab8 17. a3 Ba8 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Nb3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 b5 21. Na5 bxc4 22. Nb6 d5 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Nc6 Qb7 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxc4 Re8 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Bd4 e5 29. Bb2 Nb6 30. Re4 f5 31. Re2 Nc4 32. Qc5 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 e4 34. Re2 Kh8 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Kh1 h6 37. Qd5 Qc7 38. Rxe4 Rf8 39. h3 Qc3 40. Qd3 Qb2 41. Rde1 Rf2 42. Rg4 Rf6 43. Rxg6 Qf2 44. Re8+ Bf8 45. Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Qf3 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Kh7 48. Rxf8 Qxa3 49. Qf7# 1-0
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
831318 Cheng, X (2288) Yaran, Siar (2272) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 Nd4 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qf3 h6 11. Bd2 c6 12. g4 b5 13. Bb3 Qe7 14. a4 Ra7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ke2 Nh7 17. Rxa7 Bxa7 18. h4 Nf6 19. Rg1 h5 20. Be3 Bxg4 21. Rxg4 Nxg4 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Kd1 O-O 24. Ne2 g6 25. Kc1 Bc5 26. Ng3 Be7 27. Kb1 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Qe7 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. g6 Qf6 31. gxf7+ Kg7 32. Qh3 Qg5 33. Be6 Nf6 34. b3 Qg1+ 35. Kb2 Qd4+ 36. Kc1 Qg1+ 37. Kb2 b4 38. Qh4 Ra8 39. f8=Q+ Rxf8 40. c3 Qg2+ 41. Kc1 bxc3 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Late
831483 Cheng, X (2288) Arnold, Ken 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Kb1 Bd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 a6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd4 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 Bc7 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxh5 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. a3 Qh1+ 28. Ne1 Qf1 29. Qd4+ Kc8 30. Ka2 Nd7 31. g3 Be5 32. Qe4 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Qxf2+ 34. Kb1 Qxg3 35. Nd3 Qd6 36. Kb2 Nc5 37. Nxc5 Qxc5 38. Qh7 Qf2+ 39. Kb3 Qf6 40. Qg8+ Kc7 41. c5 Qe7 42. Qxg7 h5 43. Qe5+ Kc8 44. Qxh5 e5 45. Kb4 b6 46. Qf5+ Kc7 47. Kb3 Qe6+ 48. Qxe6 fxe6 49. cxb6+ Kxb6 50. Kb4 a5+ 51. Kc4 Kc6 52. a4 Kd6 53. Kb5 e4 54. Kc4 e5 55. Kb3 Kc5 56. Kc2 Kc4 57. Kd2 e3+ 58. Kxe3 Kxc3 59. Ke4 Kb4 60. Kxe5 Kxa4 61. Kd4 Kb3 62. Kd3 a4 63. Kd2 Kb2 64. Kd3 a3 65. Kd4 a2 66. Kc4 a1=Q 67. Kb4 Qa3+ 68. Kc4 Qa4+ 69. Kd3 Qf4 70. Ke2 Kc3 71. Ke1 Qd2+ 72. Kf1 Kd3 73. Kg1 Ke3 74. Kh1 Kf3 75. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
839392 Cheng, X (2288) Oliveira, T1 (1971) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. h3 O-O 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. b4 Be6 14. Qb3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qxc4 19. dxc4 e4 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. c5 Nd3 22. Re2 Nd5 23. Nxe4 N3xb4 24. cxb4 Rxe4 25. Nc2 c6 26. Rd3 Rde8 27. g3 Nxb4 28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. axb3 Re5 31. b4 Re4 32. Ra2 a6 33. Kf2 Rxb4 34. Kf3 Rc4 35. Rb2 Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Rb5 37. Ra7 a5 38. Ke4 Kh7 39. Rxf7 a4 40. Ra7 Rb4+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 a3 43. h4 Kg6 44. g4 h5 45. g5 Kf5 46. Ra6 Kg4 47. Rxc6 a2 48. Ra6 Rb2 49. Kc3 Re2 50. Ra4+ Kg3 51. Kd3 Rb2 52. g6 Kh3 53. Kc3 Re2 54. Kd3 Rb2 55. Kc3 Rg2 56. Kb3 Rxg6 57. Rxa2 Kxh4 58. Kc4 Rg3 59. Kd4 g5 60. e4 g4 61. e5 Rg1 62. Re2 Rd1+ 63. Ke3 Rd8 64. Kf2 g3+ 65. Kf3 Rf8+ 66. Kg2 Kg4 67. e6 Re8 68. e7 h4 69. Re4+ Kg5 70. Kh3 Kh5 71. Re5+ Kg6 72. Kxh4 Kf6 73. Re1 Rxe7 74. Rf1+ Kg6 75. Kxg3 Re5 76. Rf4 Rg5+ 77. Rg4 Rxg4+ 78. Kxg4 1/2-1/2
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
839487 Cheng, X (2288) Munoz Pelaez, Manuel (2263) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Rg1 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Na4 d5 12. Bf4 e5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bxe5 Qxa4 15. exd5 Bb7 16. Bc4 O-O 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Bb3 Qb5 20. Qh5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 g6 22. Qh6 Rfe8 23. h4 a5 24. h5 a4 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Bc4 Qc5 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Rh4 Nf8 29. Rf4 Qe5 30. Rf7 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Ne6 32. Bxe6 1-0
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
839732 Tanenbaum, Zachary (2279) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Na2 Nf6 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bb5 Bc5 14. Nxe6 Bxe3 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Qxe3 Kxg7 17. Qg3+ Kf8 18. O-O Rg8 19. Qh3 d4 20. Rf2 Rg7 21. e6 fxe6 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5+ Kg8 24. Raf1 Nc6 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Bxc6 Ra6 27. Bxd7 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Qe5 32. Bb3 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 d3 35. cxd3 Qxd3 0-1
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
839921 Cheng, X (2288) Di Berardino, D (2479) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nb3 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Nb4 9. e5 Nxd3 10. cxd3 Nd5 11. N1d2 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Kh1 f5 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 f4 16. f3 Qf6 17. d4 a5 18. Qe5 Qh6 19. a4 Rf5 20. Qe2 Ba6 21. Qf2 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Qf6 23. Qb5 Ra7 24. Bd2 Qf8 25. Rc1 Qxd6 26. Qd3 Rc7 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Nc1 Qc6 29. Qe2 Qxa4 30. Nd3 Rc2 31. Qd1 Qb3 32. Bc1 Rfc8 33. h3 a4 34. Bd2 Qxd3 35. Bxf4 Qxd1 36. Rxd1 Nxf4 37. d5 e5 38. d6 Rxg2 39. b3 Rcc2 40. bxa4 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rcg2+ 42. Kf1 Rh1# 0-1
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
840044 Cheng, X (2288) Fiorito, Joaquin (2409) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Nfd7 15. g5 Qc7 16. h5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. b4 Nd7 19. g6 Ne5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qg2 Bf6 22. Qh3 Rfe8 23. Bc1 Nc4 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rdd1 Qc4 26. Nc2 Nd3 27. Ne3 Qxb4 28. Rxd3 Bxc3 29. Nc2 Qa5 30. bxc3 Rc6 31. Bb2 Rc4 32. Rxd6 Bc8 33. Qh4 e5 34. h6 Be6 35. a3 Rxc3 36. Qg5 Qa4 37. Qxg7# 1-0
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
840211 Wu, Derek (2171) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. a3 Nf6 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. h4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf8 18. h5 Rc8 19. O-O-O Nd7 20. g6 Nc5 21. h6 Nb3+ 22. Kb1 Nxd2+ 23. Rxd2 gxh6 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxh6 Bg5 26. Re6 Re8 27. Bh3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. Rf2 Rc7 31. Rg2+ Kf6 32. Rf2+ Kg6 33. Bf5+ Kg5 34. e4 h5 35. Rg2+ Kf4 36. Rh2 Qg5 0-1
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
840498 Cheng, X (2288) Zhu, Jiner (2498) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Rde1 O-O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nexd5 15. Qxa7 Nb6 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. a4 Qxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxa4 19. Bxf7 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rf8 21. Be6+ Kd8 22. b3 Nc5 23. Bf5 Nd5 24. Nd4 Nc3+ 25. Kb2 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Rxf5 27. Nd4 Rf4 28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Re2 c6 30. g3 Rf1 31. b4 Na4+ 32. Kb3 b5 33. c4 Rb1+ 34. Ka3 Nc3 35. Rc2 Nd1 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. Nxb5 Ke6 38. Nc3 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Kd5 40. Rb3 Ra1+ 41. Kb2 Ra6 42. b5 Rb6 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. g4 Rxb5 45. Rxb5+ Kxb5 46. Kd4 Kc6 47. h4 g6 48. Kc4 d5+ 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. g5 h5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. d4+ Ke6 53. Kf4 Kd6 54. Kf3 Kc6 55. Kf4 Kd6 56. Kf3 Ke7 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. Kf3 Ke6 60. Kf4 Kd6 1/2-1/2
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
840629 Pham Le Thao Nguyen (2370) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. h3 b5 5. e3 a6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Ne4 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Nc5 Nexc5 15. bxc5 f6 16. Qb1 f5 17. a4 Bc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 g5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Be5 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Ra3 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rf3 Qg7 28. Kh1 Rcf8 29. Qd3 Rg6 30. Rg1 Qd7 31. Qe2 Rf5 32. Qd2 Rgf6 33. Rc1 Qc7 34. c6 Rh5 35. Qb4 Rf7 36. Qc5 Rg5 37. Rb1 Rfg7 38. Rb7 Qc8 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Rxf4 Qb8 41. Rg4 Qc7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qb5 Kf6 44. g3 Qa7 45. Qc5 Qa1+ 46. Kg2 Qe1 47. Qc2 e5 48. dxe5+ Qxe5 49. c7 d4 50. c8=Q Qd5+ 51. Kh2 d3 52. Q2c6+ Ke5 53. Qxd5+ Kxd5 54. Qd7+ Ke4 55. Qxh7+ Kf3 56. Qxd3+ Kxf2 57. g4 Ke1 58. Qc2 Kf1 59. Kg3 Ke1 60. Kf3 Kf1 61. Qf2# 1-0
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
840703 Cheng, X (2288) Kozusek, Daniel (2365) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Bc6 15. f3 O-O-O 16. Bc4 f6 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 a6 19. b3 g5 20. Kb2 Kc7 21. Be6 h5 22. h4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 gxh4 24. Bh3 Rd8 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Kc3 Rf2 27. Re3 Bd7 28. Kd3 Bxh3 29. gxh3 Rh2 30. f4 exf4 31. Rf3 Kd6 32. Ke4 Rxc2 33. Kxf4 Rg2 34. Kf5 Rg3 35. Rf4 Rxh3 36. Kxf6 Rxb3 37. Rxh4 Kc6 38. Ke5 Kb5 39. Rxh5 Rxb4 40. Kd5 Rb1 41. Rh2 a5 42. Kd4 Kb4 43. Kd3 b5 44. Kc2 Rg1 45. Rh4+ Ka3 46. Rh3+ Ka4 47. Kb2 b4 48. Rd3 Rg2+ 49. Kb1 b3 50. Rd5 Kb4 51. Rh5 a4 52. Rh8 Rg1+ 53. Kb2 a3# 0-1
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late
840796 Fajdetic, H (2151) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bb5 e6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 d4 11. Qe1 dxe3 12. Nc4 Bxf4 13. Nfe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 e2 15. Rf4 Bh5 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Rh4 Bg6 19. Qxe2 f6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qg4 Kf7 22. Re1 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. h3 g5 25. Bc1 Rh4 26. Qf3 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Qb7+ Kg6 29. Qc8 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 g4 31. Qe8+ Kg5 32. Qxe6 Qf2 0-1
2023.08.08 Titled Tue 8th Aug Late
859297 Cheng, X (2288) Donchenko, Alexa (2684) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Ne2 e6 10. Nf4 Ne7 11. a3 Nf5 12. c3 Be7 13. g3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ke2 Nb3 16. Ra2 Kd7 17. Be1 Nc1+ 18. Kd1 Nxa2 19. Kc2 Rac8 20. Nd2 b5 21. Nb3 b4 22. Kb1 Nxc3+ 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Kc2 Bxa3 25. Ne2 Rc4 26. Bxc3 Bb4 27. Kd3 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rhc8 29. Ne2 Rb4 30. Nd2 a5 31. Ra1 a4 32. Nc3 Ke7 33. Rxa4 Rxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Rxa4 0-1
2023.08.08 Titled Tue 8th Aug Late
859664 Svicevic, R (2154) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. b4 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe7 21. Qc7 Qe8 22. Rxd7 Qg6 23. Rad1 h5 24. Rd8 Kh7 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. b5 h4 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. a4 Rc2 30. a5 Rb2 31. Qh3 Qh5 32. Bf3 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Qh6 34. Bc6 Qh5 35. Rg1 Rxf2 36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Rb2 38. b7 Kg8 39. Bf3 Qh7 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. Qf1 Kg6 42. Qc4 h3 43. Rg1+ Kh6 44. Qf7 g6 45. Qxh7+ Kxh7 46. Rc1 g5 47. Kg1 g4 48. Bh1 Kg6 49. Kf1 Kh5 50. Rc8 Rb1+ 51. Ke2 Rxh1 52. b8=Q Rxh2+ 53. Kd3 Kh4 54. Rh8+ Kg3 55. Qb1 Rg2 56. Qe1+ Rf2 57. e4 fxe4+ 58. Kxe4 Kg2 59. Kf5 g3 60. Qe4+ Kh2 61. Rh4 Ra2 62. Qe3 Ra5+ 63. Kg6 f5 64. Kg5 Ra8 65. Qe2+ g2 66. Qh5 Rg8+ 67. Kxf5 Rg3 68. Rxh3+ Rxh3 69. Qe2 Kh1 70. Qxg2+ Kxg2 0-1
2023.08.08 Titled Tue 8th Aug Late
859683 Golubka, P (2421) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. f4 exf4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qd6 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. Nxc8 Raxc8 14. O-O Nd5 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Rxf4 f5 18. Raf1 Nxc2 19. Ng3 c4 20. Nxf5 c3 21. Bxc3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 1-0
2023.08.08 Titled Tue 8th Aug Late
859970 Cheng, X (2288) Lalanne, P (2208) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. h3 h6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. e5 Qe7 17. Qe4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qc5 19. Qxf4 Qxf2+ 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Qxf2 Bxf2 24. Re2 Bb6 25. Rd2 Kf8 26. Ng3 g6 27. Ne4 Ke7 28. Nf6 Rd8 29. Kg3 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Nc5 31. Kf3 Nd3 32. Nc4 Nxe5+ 33. Nxe5 Kxf6 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. Nd3 f5+ 36. Kf3 g5 37. g4 c6 38. Nc1 Bc5 39. Ne2 Ke5 40. Ng3 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Be3 42. b4 b5 43. Kf3 Bc1 44. b3 Bb2 45. Ne4 1-0
2023.08.08 Titled Tue 8th Aug Late
860144 Cheng, X (2288) Do Valle Cardoso, Lucas (2282) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bxc4 Nxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bb3 c6 13. Qh5 Qc7 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Qg3 Kxh6 18. Rac1 Qd6 19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. Bxf7 Bg4 21. Rc1 Kg7 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Bb3 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Ra1 h5 27. h3 h4 28. Qe1 Be6 29. Bc2 Qg5 30. Rd1 Qg3 31. Qg1 Rf2 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. axb3 Nf3 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. Rd8 Nxg1 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rxh4 Qxg2# 0-1
2023.08.08 Titled Tue 8th Aug Late
860245 Lopez Gracia, F (2252) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 a6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h4 h5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Nde2 Bf8 17. Kb1 Be7 18. g3 Nc5 19. Bd4 Rh5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf4 Qg7 24. h5 e5 25. h6 Qh8 26. Qe3 Bf5+ 27. Ka1 Rc8 28. Nd5 e4+ 29. Nec3 Bf6 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. h7 Ke7 32. Kb1 Ne6 33. Nd5+ 1-0
2023.08.08 Titled Tue 8th Aug Late
860507 Cheng, X (2288) Harish, Neeraj (2040) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qa6 8. Qxa6 Nxa6 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Bf4 g6 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. Nxg6 c5 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Ke2 Rc8 17. dxc5 Naxc5 18. Nge5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxg2 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Rhg1 Rg4 22. Nh2 Rxh4 23. Rg8+ Nf8 24. Nf3 Rg4 25. Rh8 Rg2 26. Rh1 Kd7 27. Ne5+ Kc7 28. R1xh5 Nd7 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Bxa7 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Kd7 32. Bd4 Rh2 33. a4 Nd6 34. Rg5 Nc4 35. b3 Nd6 36. Rg1 Rh3 37. f3 Nf5 38. Be5 Nh4 39. Rf1 Nf5 40. b4 Ng3+ 41. Bxg3 Rxg3 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kf4 Rg8 44. a5 Rf8+ 45. Ke3 e5 46. Rh1 e6 47. Rh7 Kc6 48. Re7 Rf6 49. Kd3 Rxf3+ 50. Kc2 Rf6 51. Kb3 e4 52. Ka4 e3 53. b5+ Kc5 54. Rc7+ Kd6 55. Rh7 e2 56. c4 e1=Q 57. c5+ Kxc5 58. Rc7+ Kd6 59. Rc2 Rf4+ 60. Kb3 Qb4+ 61. Ka2 Qa4+ 62. Kb2 Rb4+ 63. Kc1 Qxc2+ 64. Kxc2 Rxb5 65. Kc3 Rxa5 66. Kb4 Rc5 67. Ka4 e5 68. Kb4 e4 69. Ka4 e3 70. Kb3 e2 71. Ka4 e1=Q 72. Kb3 Qb1+ 73. Ka3 Ra5# 0-1
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
867769 Mekhitarian, K (2540) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfe1 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rac8 21. Kf2 f5 22. Rec1 Kg7 23. Rc7 Be6 24. Ke2 Kf6 25. Kd2 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Re7 27. Rc3 Rd7 28. a4 b6 29. Bb5 Rb7 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. e4 fxe4+ 32. fxe4 dxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Bd7 34. Kd5 Bxb5 35. axb5 Rd7+ 36. Ke5 f6+ 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. d5 Re7+ 40. Kd4 Re2 41. Rc7+ Ke8 42. Rxa7 Rxg2 43. Rb7 Rxh2 44. Rxb6 Rd2+ 45. Kc5 Ke7 46. Rb7+ Ke8 47. Kd6 h5 48. Rh7 Rb2 49. Ke6 Kd8 50. d6 Re2+ 51. Kxf6 Rf2+ 52. Ke6 Re2+ 53. Kd5 Rd2+ 54. Kc6 Rc2+ 55. Kb7 Rd2 56. Rxh5 Rxd6 57. b6 Rd7+ 58. Kb8 Rd1 59. b7 Kd7 60. Rh2 Rd3 61. Ra2 Rb3 62. Ka7 Kc7 63. Rc2+ 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
867865 Cheng, X (2288) Aymerich Verdaguer, Eduard (2218) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d4 e4 8. b4 O-O 9. Nf4 c6 10. Rb1 g5 11. Nh5 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. h4 gxh4 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. Rxh4 d5 16. b5 dxc4 17. Bb2 Qg5 18. d5 Kg6 19. Qd4 Qf6 20. Qxc4 Qf7 21. Qe2 Ng4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Rxg4+ Bxg4 24. Qxg4+ Kh6 25. Qh4+ Qh5 26. Bg7+ 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
868144 Gavrilin, Roman (2156) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc7 16. h4 Be7 17. h5 O-O 18. h6 g6 19. Kb1 f5 20. Be2 Bf6 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. Qd6 Qf7 23. Qd7 Rc7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd6 e4 26. Rhd1 exf3 27. gxf3 Bxc3 28. Rd7+ Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Be5 31. Rxh7 Kg5 32. Bxa6 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Bxh8 34. h7 Kh6 35. Bc8 e5 36. c4 Kxh7 37. b4 Kg7 38. Kc2 Kf6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. c5 Kd8 41. Be6 Ke7 42. Bd5 Kd7 43. Bf7 g5 44. Bg6 Ke6 45. Kc4 Bg7 46. b5 Kf6 47. b6 Kxg6 48. b7 g4 49. fxg4 fxg4 50. b8=Q g3 51. Qb7 Bf6 52. Qe4+ Kg5 53. Kd5 g2 54. Qxg2+ 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
868291 Cheng, X (2288) Ugarte Soto, C (2088) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 b5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rae1 Nbd7 15. f3 b4 16. Na4 Rec8 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Rfe1 Qh4 21. Nf1 f6 22. h3 Nge5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Rd8 25. Nh2 Bxh3 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Qxh3 Qxe4 28. Ng4 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Nd7 30. Rcd1 Qa7 31. Bf3 Nf8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. b3 Ng6 34. Qh5 Nf4 35. Qf5 Nd3 36. Rd1 Qd4 37. Be4 Nf2+ 38. Nxf2 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
868429 Cheng, X (2288) Keleberda, Tymur (2301) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. g4 Nh7 15. h4 Qb6 16. g5 Bb7 17. gxh6 g6 18. h5 Kh8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nxe6 Rfe8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rac8 23. Rhg1 Bf6 24. Rxg6 a5 25. Qg2 Rg8 26. Rg1 Rxg6 27. Qxg6 Qc5 28. Nd4 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
868687 Ticona Rocabado, Licael Roderick (2415) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O e4 5. Ne1 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. dxe4 fxe4 8. Bg5 Be6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxe4 Bc5 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. e3 Nc6 15. Nf3 Ke7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Kg2 c6 19. h4 Bg4 20. Bf3 Be6 21. a3 Rhf8 22. Ne4 Bb6 23. Ng5 Bg8 24. Be4 h6 25. Nf3 Bc7 26. Rac1 Bd5 27. Nd2 b5 28. f3 Ba5 29. b4 Bb6 30. Kf2 a5 31. Ke2 h5 32. Bg6 Rg8 33. Bxh5 Rxg3 34. Rg1 Rh3 35. Rh1 Rg3 36. Rhg1 Rdg8 37. Rxg3 Rxg3 38. Kf2 Rg8 39. Ne4 Bxe4 40. fxe4 Rh8 41. Bg4 Rxh4 42. Bf5 Rh2+ 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. Rh1 Rxa3 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rc8 Bxe3 48. Rxc6 Bf4+ 49. Kg4 axb4 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. Rc6+ Ke7 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Rb6 Rg3+ 54. Kh4 c3 55. Rxb5 c2 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Rb8+ Ke7 58. Rb7+ Kd6 59. Rd7+ Kc6 60. Rd8 Kb7 61. Rc8 b3 0-1
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
868843 Wu, Rochelle (2174) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Rd1 Nce4 14. Bb4 Re8 15. Nd2 a5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc3 Be6 18. e3 Nd5 19. Bd4 Rec8 20. Kd2 Ne7 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Bc3 a4 23. Rc1 Bb3 24. f3 f5 25. Ke1 Re8 26. Kf2 Rad8 27. Bb5 Re6 28. f4 Red6 29. Rhe1 h6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Bd4 Rdc8 32. Rc3 Kf7 33. Rec1 g5 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. g3 Kg6 38. h4 Bc2 39. Bc5 Bd3 40. Be7 gxh4 41. gxh4 Be2 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Bb4 Kg6 44. Kf4 Bg4 45. Ke5 Kh5 46. Be7 Kg6 47. Bg5 Be2 48. Kd6 Bb5 49. Bd8 Kh5 50. Ke5 Kg4 51. Bg5 Bc4 52. Kf6 Kh5 53. Kxf5 Bd3 54. Ke5 Kg4 55. Kd6 Bb5 56. Ke6 Kh5 57. Bd8 Kg4 58. Ke5 Kh5 59. Kxe4 Bc4 60. Kd4 Bd5 61. e4 Be6 62. Kc5 Bd7 63. Kd6 Be8 64. e5 Kg6 65. Ke7 Bf7 66. h5+ Kg7 67. h6+ Kg6 68. h7 Bd5 69. h8=Q Kf5 70. Qf6+ Ke4 71. Kd6 Kd4 72. e6+ Kc4 73. e7 Kb5 74. e8=Q Bc4 75. Qfe5+ Bd5 76. Qxc6# 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
868877 Cheng, X (2288) Geivondian, Arman (2306) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Be3 e6 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bxh4 10. Nf3 Be7 11. g4 h4 12. g5 g6 13. O-O-O h3 14. Rh2 Rh5 15. Rdh1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Rxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Qd2 Qf5 19. Rxh3 O-O-O 20. Qe3 Ne7 21. Rf3 Qg4 22. Rxf7 Nf5 23. Qd2 Qg2 24. Rhh7 Qg1+ 25. Qd1 Qxf2 26. a4 b6 27. a5 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 g5 29. Qf1 b5 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. dxc5 Qxc5 33. Rb7+ Ka8 34. Rxa7+ Qxa7 35. Rxa7+ Kxa7 36. Qg1+ Kb8 37. Qxg5 Rd7 38. Qg8+ Ka7 39. Qxe6 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Late
868995 Tologontegin, S (2368) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. a5 Nd7 12. f4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Bd3 c4 17. Be4 Bc5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Qf2 g6 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxa5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc4 Rab8 25. b3 Qa3 26. Ne4 h5 27. h3 Rb4 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Rxc6 Qb2 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qa7+ Kf8 32. Qc5+ Kf7 33. Qc7+ Kf8 34. Qxd8+ 1-0
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Early
916758 Cheng, X (2288) Thiel, T (2215) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. O-O c5 14. Kh1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qd7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bg1 Be7 19. Rf3 O-O 20. a3 Rc8 21. Rh3 g6 22. Qd2 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qh6 Bd8 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qd2 Qxd4 27. Bxd4 1-0
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Early
917060 Cheng, X (2288) Acioli, Luyse Victoria Gomes (1613) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Qd3 f5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. b4 b5 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Rac1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxe5 24. h3 Qe4 25. Qd2 f4 26. Re1 Qf5 27. Rxe6 Rf6 28. Qxd5 Qb1+ 29. Re1+ 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
979710 Cheng, X (2288) Kohler, Ar (2010) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. c3 Ne7 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Be3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qc7 17. Bc5 Rfd8 18. b4 Nd5 19. h4 Nf4 20. Qg4 Nd3 21. Re2 Nxc5 22. bxc5 h6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd5 25. Qg3 h5 26. b4 a5 27. Qf3 g6 28. Qf4 a4 29. g4 hxg4 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Qxg4 Kg7 32. h5 Rh8 33. hxg6 Rh6 34. Qg3 Rxg6 35. Rg4 Qc7 36. f4 Rd2+ 37. Kh3 Qd8 38. Rg5 Rd3 39. Rg1 Rxg3+ 40. R1xg3 Qd1 41. Rxg6+ fxg6 42. Rg2 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 a3 44. Rd2 Qc1 45. Rd7+ Kh6 46. Rd8 a2 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rc8 a1=Q 49. Rc7+ Kh6 50. Rxc6 Qaxc3+ 51. Kg4 Qg1+ 52. Kh4 Qcg3# 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
979802 Kargosha, B (2028) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. f3 Bf5 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 a6 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. O-O Bg6 21. Bc5 b5 22. Qa2 bxc4 23. Nf4 Re8 24. Rab1 e3 25. Rb6 Bd3 26. Re1 Qxf4 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
979949 Cheng, X (2288) Estremera Panos, S (2269) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Kb1 Be6 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. f3 a5 13. h4 a4 14. a3 Bf6 15. g4 g6 16. h5 Rfe8 17. Qh2 g5 18. Bc1 Kf8 19. h6 Ke7 20. Be2 c6 21. f4 Rg8 22. Rhe1 Kd8 23. f5 Bd5 24. c4 Be4 25. Nxc6+ Kc7 26. Nd4 Nb3 27. Nb5+ Kb8 28. Rxd6 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980098 Kozin, Y (2251) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. Be2 f5 15. Bf3 f4 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Ncb4 Qb6 19. Nxb6 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980330 Cheng, X (2288) Chabris, C (2053) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 d6 9. h3 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 Ne6 15. c3 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Nxe5 Nxg3 18. Nxf7 Qf6 19. Qg4 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Rxf7 21. Bxe6 Kg7 22. Bxf7 Qxf7 23. d4 c5 24. d5 cxb4 25. axb4 Rf8 26. Kh1 Qf4 27. Qe6 Rf6 28. Qd7+ Rf7 29. Qe6 Bxf2 30. c4 Qg3 31. c5 dxc5 32. d6 cxb4 33. e5 Rf4 34. d7 Be3 35. Qf6+ Rxf6 36. exf6+ Kg6 37. d8=Q Bf4 38. Qe8+ Kxf6 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2
2023.03.28 Titled Tue 28th Mar Early
997991 Cheng, X (2288) Ohanyan, Emin (2405) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. Qd3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Qxe4+ 10. Qxe4+ dxe4 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Re1 f5 13. f3 Be5 14. fxe4 f4 15. Bc4 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bf2 Ke7 18. Bc5+ Kf6 19. h4 Be6 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 21. c3 g4 22. Kc2 h5 23. Rd1 Rhf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rhf1 Bd6 26. Rd4 Bc5 27. Rc4 Bd6 28. Rxc6 Ke5 29. Kd3 Rd8 30. Rc4 Bc5+ 31. Ke2 Bb6 32. Rd1 f3+ 33. gxf3 gxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rxd1 35. a4 a5 36. b4 Rf1+ 37. Kg3 axb4 38. cxb4 Rf7 39. a5 Bd4 40. b5 Kxe4 41. Rc6 Rg7+ 42. Kh2 Be5+ 43. Kh1 Kf3 44. Rc5 Bd4 45. Rxh5 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 Rg2+ 47. Kh3 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Bg1+ 49. Kh1 Be3 50. Kh2 Rg2+ 51. Kh3 Rg1 52. Rf5+ Bf4 53. Rxf4+ Kxf4 54. b6 cxb6 55. axb6 Rb1 56. h5 Kg5 57. h6 Rxb6 0-1
2023.03.28 Titled Tue 28th Mar Early
998121 Sanchez, Robert (1966) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. Rf3 g6 12. Rh3 Ba6 13. g4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 f5 15. d4 c5 16. gxf5 Rxf5 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. Be3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qd4 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 Nd3+ 0-1
2023.03.28 Titled Tue 28th Mar Early
998539 Tregubov, P (2556) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Qe4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bb3 Nbd5 18. Bg5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. c4 Kh8 21. Rac1 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qd6 23. Re1 h6 24. Bh4 Nd5 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Bxe6 Nf5 27. d5 Bd7 28. Ne5 Bxe6 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. dxe6 Rf6 31. Rcd1 Qc6 32. Ne5 Qxe6 33. Nd7 Qf7 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qe6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Rc8 37. g4 Nh4 38. Re7 b5 39. h3 Ng6 40. Ra7 Nf4 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Rdd7 Ne6 43. Rxa6 Rxf2+ 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Re7 Nd4 46. Rxf6 gxf6 47. Kf4 Kf8 48. Rh7 b4 49. Rb7 Nc2 50. Kf5 Ne3+ 51. Kxf6 Ke8 52. Re7+ Kd8 53. Rxe3 Kd7 54. Kg6 Kd6 55. Kxh6 Kc5 56. g5 Kd4 57. Re8 Kc3 58. g6 Kb2 59. g7 Kxa2 60. g8=Q+ b3 61. Rb8 Ka1 62. Rxb3 Ka2 63. Rb4+ Ka3 64. Qb3# 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1009626 Gupta, Ab (2620) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rb8 12. O-O b5 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Rc1 b4 15. cxb4 Rxb4 16. Nxc6 Rxb2 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rc2 Qb4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nb3 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 a5 22. Qc5 Qb8 23. Qxa5 Re7 24. Rc1 Ra7 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Rxc8 Qxf4 27. Qf8# 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1009740 Cheng, X (2288) Daneshvar, Bardiya (2535) 0-1
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. h4 d6 8. h5 c6 9. c4 Nd7 10. h6 g6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nf3 c5 18. O-O-O Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Rh5 Rg8 22. Rdh1 Be7 23. Nb5 Bd8 24. g4 a6 25. Nc3 f3 26. Qe3 Bc8 27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Nb1 Qf4 29. Kd2 Bxg4 30. Rh2 Qxh2 31. Rxg4 Rf4 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Nc3 Qxe3+ 34. Kxe3 g4 35. a3 Bg5# 0-1
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1009947 Zaichenko, D (2104) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 Bf4 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Be2 Bc4 20. Qe3 Re8 21. f4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Ng6 23. f5 Ne5 24. O-O-O Qa5 25. Kb1 Nc4 26. Nd4 Rac8 27. g5 d5 28. g6 fxg6 29. fxg6 Rxe4 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Qg2 Ne3 32. Qh3 Rce8 33. Rdg1 b4 34. h5 bxc3 35. h6 g5 36. Rxg5 Qb6 37. Rg8+ Rxg8 38. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 39. h7+ Kf7 40. Qh5+ Ke7 41. Qg5+ Kd7 42. Qg7+ Re7 43. Qxe7+ Kxe7 44. Nb3 c2+ 45. Ka1 Qf6 46. h8=Q Qxh8 47. Rxh8 d4 48. Rh1 d3 49. Re1 Kf6 50. Nd2 Nd1 51. Nb3 d2 52. Re2 c1=Q+ 53. Nxc1 dxc1=Q# 0-1
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1010041 Cheng, X (2288) Kornyukov, A (2452) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Ngxe7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. O-O Rad8 13. a4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 Nxa3 17. Rxa3 d5 18. Ra7 Rb8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Be4 Rfd8 21. h3 Bc6 22. Ra6 Bb7 23. Ra5 Nxc3 24. Bxb7 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Rxb7 26. Be3 Nd4 27. Rd1 f5 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Rd3 Kf7 30. Ra6 g6 31. Kg3 Rc7 32. Rb6 Rc5 33. Kf4 h6 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Rc2 36. Rxb5 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rf6 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. b4 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. b5 Re6 42. b6 Re5 43. Rc7 Rb5 44. b7 Kf8 45. Kf4 Ke8 46. Rg3 Kf8 47. Rgg7 d3 48. Rh7 Kg8 49. Rcg7+ Kf8 50. Rc7 Kg8 51. Rhg7+ Kf8 52. Rcf7+ Ke8 53. Rc7 Kf8 1/2-1/2
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1010205 Cheng, X (2288) Garcia Pantoja, R (2507) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. f3 b5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. g4 h6 12. Nce2 a5 13. c3 a4 14. Bc2 Be7 15. Ng3 a3 16. b3 Qc7 17. h4 d5 18. Rg1 dxe4 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nd5 21. Nxe4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Rh2 23. Nf2 Bd6 24. g6 Bf4 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qe2 Bg3 27. Rf1 Nxb3 28. Nxb3 Qxc3+ 29. Qd2 Qe5+ 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Qd4 Qf4 32. Rd1 Be8 33. Qa7+ Kf8 34. Rxd8 Qe5 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Qc6 Qb2 39. Qc2 Qe5 40. Ke2 Bxf2 41. Rxf2 Rh1 42. Nd2 Qa1 43. Rf1 Rh2+ 44. Rf2 Rh1 45. Nf1 Qe5 46. Ke3 g5 47. Qd2 Qf4+ 48. Ke2 Qe5 49. Qd3 Ke7 50. Qxa3+ Kf7 51. Qb3 Kf6 52. Qc2 b4 53. f4 gxf4 54. Kf3 Rh3+ 55. Ke2 Rh4 56. Ng3 Ke7 57. Nf1 f3+ 58. Rxf3 Rxe4+ 59. Re3 Rxe3+ 60. Nxe3 Qh2+ 61. Kd3 Qe5 62. Qc4 Qb2 63. Qb3 Qa1 64. Qxb4+ Kf7 65. a4 Qe5 66. Nc4 Qd5+ 67. Kc3 Qf3+ 68. Kb2 Qe2+ 69. Nd2 Qa6 70. a5 Qd3 71. Qb6 Qxd2+ 72. Kb3 Qd3+ 73. Kb4 e5 74. a6 Qd2+ 75. Kb5 Qd3+ 76. Kc6 e4 77. a7 e3 78. Qb7+ Kf6 79. a8=Q e2 80. Qf8+ Ke5 81. Qbe7+ Kd4 82. Qfd8+ Kc3 83. Qxd3+ Kxd3 84. Qd6+ Kc2 85. Qg3 Kd2 86. Qf4+ Kc2 87. Qc4+ Kd2 88. Qd4+ Kc2 89. Qe3 Kd1 90. Qd3+ Ke1 91. Kd5 Kf1 92. Qf3+ Ke1 93. Ke4 Kd2 94. Qd3+ Ke1 95. Kf3 Kf1 96. Qxe2+ Kg1 97. Qg2# 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1010274 Kim, Se (2295) Cheng, X (2288) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 d4 13. b4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qe5+ 18. Be2 O-O 19. O-O Qf6 20. Bf3 e5 21. c5 Bf5 22. Qc3 e4 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Be2 Rfd8 25. g4 Be6 26. Kg2 f5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Kg3 Kg7 29. Kf4 Kf6 30. Bc4 Bg6 31. Bd5 Rab8 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Kxe4 Re8+ 34. Kf4 Rbd8 35. Kf3 a5 36. b5 Rc8 37. Rd6+ Re6 38. Rd5 Re5 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rb6 Rc7 41. Rc1 Rexc5 42. Rxc5 Rxc5 43. Rxb7+ Ke6 44. Ke4 Rc3 45. Kd4 Rxa3 46. Kc5 Rc3+ 47. Kb6 a4 48. Ra7 Rc2 49. Rxa4 Rxf2 50. h4 f5 51. Ra7 h6 52. Rh7 Kf6 53. Rxh6+ Kg7 54. Rh5 Kg6 55. Rg5+ Kf6 56. Rg8 Rh2 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Rh5 Kg6 59. Rg5+ Kf6 60. Rh5 Kg6 61. Rg5+ Kf6 62. Rh5 Kg6 1/2-1/2
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1010372 Filgueira, H (2283) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. e3 d5 8. Nf4 Ne7 9. Qb3 c6 10. h4 Qb6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. cxd5 Nfxd5 15. g3 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Nd5 17. Rg1 Rg8 18. Nc5 Bd6 19. O-O-O Bc8 20. Kb1 b6 21. Nb3 Bb7 22. Bc4 O-O-O 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. Qe2 Qxh4 26. Rh1 Qf6 27. Rxh6 Rh8 28. Rch1 Rxh6 29. Rxh6 Rh8 30. Rxh8+ Qxh8 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Qb5 Kc7 33. Bb4 a6 34. Bxd6+ Kxd6 35. Qxb6+ Bc6 36. Na5 Qc8 37. Nxc6 Qxc6 38. Qxc6+ Kxc6 39. Kc2 Kb5 40. Kb3 Kc6 41. Kb4 Kb6 42. a4 a5+ 43. Kc3 Kc6 44. b4 Kb6 45. bxa5+ Kxa5 46. Kb3 Ka6 47. Kb4 Kb6 48. a5+ Ka6 49. Kc5 Kxa5 50. Kxd5 Kb5 51. Ke6 Kc4 52. d5 Kd3 53. d6 Ke2 54. d7 Kxf2 55. d8=Q Kxe3 56. Qg5 Kf3 57. Qxg6 e3 58. Qg1 Kxf4 59. Qf1+ Ke4 60. Qxf5+ Kd4 61. Qf1 Ke4 62. Qe2 Kd4 63. Kf5 Kd5 64. Qxe3 Kc6 65. Qd3 Kc5 66. Ke5 Kb4 67. Qc2 Ka5 68. Qb3 Ka6 69. Kd6 Ka7 70. Kc7 Ka6 71. Qb6# 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Early
1010421 Cheng, X (2288) Torres Dominguez, D (1998) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 f6 12. Nc3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Rab1 Qf7 18. Rb5 c6 19. Rb3 Rae8 20. a4 Rxe3 21. h4 Re4 22. Qg3 Bc7 23. Qh3 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Re1+ 25. Rf1 Rexf1# 0-1
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Late
1010761 Livaic, Leon (2569) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qf3 Qd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. h4 b5 10. h5 b4 11. Na4 Na6 12. Ng3 Bxg3 13. Qxg3 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 d4 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. cxd6 dxe3 18. fxe3 Re8 19. O-O-O Bd7 20. Rhf1 Re5 21. Rf4 a5 22. Rdf1 Ra6 23. Bxa6 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Late
1010991 Cheng, X (2288) Cramling Bellon, Anna (2066) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 b5 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. c4 b4 14. Nc2 a5 15. b3 O-O 16. Nce3 a4 17. O-O axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nd4 20. Qb2 f5 21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 e4 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Qd2 exd3 25. Qxd3 Ne6 26. Nxb4 Be5 27. Nd5 Qh4 28. g3 Qh3 29. Re1 Kh8 30. b4 Qg4 31. Re4 Qf5 32. Qe2 Ng5 33. Re3 Bd4 34. Ne7 Qf6 35. Rd3 Bxf2+ 36. Kg2 Bb6 37. Nd5 Qd8 38. Qb2+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Ne8+ Kg6 42. Nxd6 f6 43. c5 Bc7 44. Qc2+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kg8 46. Qc4+ Kh8 47. b5 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Late
1011170 Cheng, X (2288) Weetik, V (2423) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Na3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e5 8. dxe5 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Bg5 Rab8 16. a4 h6 17. Bf4 Rbc8 18. Rab1 b6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Ne4 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Rbe1 Qb4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Re7 Qxa4 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Qe3 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Qb4 28. Rxa7 Qc5 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rc7 d4 32. f4 g6 33. Rd1 Rc3 34. a4 d3 35. Kf2 c4 36. Ke3 Ra8 37. Kd4 Rc2 38. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 39. Kxc4 Rxa4+ 40. Kxd3 Rxf4 41. Re1 Rf2 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 Kf8 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. g3 Ke7 49. h3 Kd7 50. Kd4 Ke7 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. g4 Ke7 53. Kd5 Kd7 54. Kd4 Ke7 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. h4 Ke7 57. Kd4 Ke6 58. Ke4 h5 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Kf4 Kd5 61. Kf5 Kd4 62. Kf6 Ke4 63. Kxf7 Kxe5 64. Kg6 Ke6 65. Kxh5 Kf7 66. Kh6 Kg8 67. Kg6 Kh8 68. h5 Kg8 69. h6 Kh8 70. h7 1/2-1/2
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Late
1011209 Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros (2356) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. b4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxb4 5. a3 b3 6. c4 Qe4+ 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Qxb3 e6 9. Nc3 Qg4 10. O-O a6 11. d4 Be7 12. h3 Qf5 13. c5 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bb6 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Late
1011375 Cheng, X (2288) Aung Thant Zin (2268) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nd4 a6 12. Kh1 b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. f4 Bc5 19. c3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5 21. Bc2 Ne4 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 Rfc8 24. Rf3 b4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rh3 f5 27. exf6 Qf7 28. Rg3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd8 30. Re1 Rac8 31. h4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Qxf6 33. Qg5 Qxd4 34. Qg4 Qf6 35. h5 Kg7 36. Qg5 Rc2 37. a3 1-0
2023.03.14 Titled Tue 14th Mar Late
1011525 Gavrilin, Roman (2152) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Re1 Be7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 f5 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. c5 Qd5 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Bc4 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qg7 23. f4 Rac8 24. b4 Be4 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 27. Bxc8 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Rf1+ Ke8 30. Qb3 e3 31. Bg4 e2 32. Qa4+ Kd8 33. Qa5+ Ke8 34. Qb5+ Kd8 35. Qa5+ Ke8 36. Qb5+ Kd8 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qd6+ Ke8 39. Bd7+ Kd8 40. Bc6+ Kc8 41. Rf8+ Qxf8 42. Qxf8+ Kc7 43. Qd6+ Kc8 44. Qd7+ Kb8 45. Qb7# 1-0
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
1018788 Cheng, X (2288) Dardha, Daniel (2610) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 g6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Na3 b5 11. Nc2 Bb7 12. a4 Qb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Nf4 e6 17. Ne3 b4 18. Ng4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Rab1 Ba6 21. Bg5 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bg7 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nd3 Rb6 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Bh6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Qh4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf4 Qf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. Rb6 Rc8 32. Nc5 Na5 33. Ra6 Nc4 34. Qc1 Rc7 35. Ra8 Qe7 36. Qf4 Ra7 37. Rxa7 Qxa7 38. g3 g5 39. Qc1 Qa2 40. Kg2 Qe2 41. Nd7 Qxg4 42. Qc2 h5 43. f3 Ne3+ 44. Kf2 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Nxc2 46. Ne5 Na3 47. Ke2 Nc4 48. Nf3 f6 49. Kd3 Kg6 50. Ne1 Kf5 51. Ng2 Kg4 52. Ne1 Kxg3 53. Ke2 h4 54. Nd3 h3 55. Nc5 h2 56. Nxe6 h1=Q 57. Ng7 Qe4+ 58. Kf1 Nd2+ 59. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
1018940 Dylag, Emilia (2052) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Nc3 a6 8. bxa6 Bxa6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Ra7 12. Re1 Ng4 13. e4 d4 14. e5 Bc7 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Qb3 c4 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Nfg5 Ngxe5 19. Nxe6 Qe7 20. Nxf8 Qxf8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Ne6 Qf6 23. Nf4 d3 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd7 26. Qa4 Bb7 27. Qb5 d2 28. Rd1 Qf5 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxe5 Qc2 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qxc6 Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Qh1+ 34. Kxh1 d1=Q+ 35. Kg2 Rd6 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Qe7# 1-0
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
1019086 Druzhinina, O (2245) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Nf1 a6 14. g3 Nb4 15. a3 Bb5 16. Qd2 Nd3 17. Re3 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qd7 20. Rc3 Bc4 21. Ne3 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Rc6 24. h4 Qc8 25. Nd2 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Na4 27. Nb1 b5 28. Kf1 f6 29. f4 Qc6 30. Kg2 a5 31. Qc2 Nb6 32. h5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Bg5 34. Qf2 Qe8 35. g4 Qe7 36. Kh3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Nc4 38. Qf2 Nxa3 39. Nd2 Nc4 40. Nb3 a4 41. Nc5 a3 42. Qc2 Qg5 43. Nxe6 Qe3+ 0-1
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
1019334 Cheng, X (2288) Beukes, Dante M (2210) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. Na5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Kb1 g6 16. Qb4 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxd5 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. Nb6 Bxc1 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Kxc1 a5 24. Bb5+ Ke7 25. Rd1 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Nb4 27. Ba4 Nxa2 28. Bb3 Nb4 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 d5 32. h4 Kd6 33. h5 gxh5 34. gxh5 Nc6 35. Rf1 Ke6 36. h6 Rh8 37. Rh1 Nd4 38. Bd1 f5 39. Bh5 Kf6 40. Bd1 Ne6 41. Bb3 Nf4 42. Bc2 Kg6 43. h7 e4 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Bb3 f4+ 46. Ke2 Nd4+ 47. Kd2 Nxb3+ 48. Kc3 Nc5 49. Kd4 Rxh7 50. Rg1+ Kf5 51. Kxc5 f3 52. Kxd5 f2 53. Rf1 e3 54. Kd4 Kf4 55. b4 axb4 56. Kd3 Kf3 57. Kc2 e2 58. Kd2 exf1=Q 59. Kc2 Qe2+ 60. Kb3 Qd3+ 61. Ka4 Ra7+ 62. Kxb4 Qa3+ 63. Kc4 Rc7+ 64. Kd4 Qc3+ 65. Kd5 Rc5+ 66. Kd6 Qe5+ 67. Kd7 Rc7+ 68. Kd8 Qe7# 0-1
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
1019408 Yan, Benjamin (2111) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qe4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nb4 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qg3 c4 18. Be4 h5 19. O-O h4 20. Qg5 Rh5 21. Qg4 h3 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. f3 hxg2 24. Kxg2 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qxc3 26. Rab1 Ke7 27. Bg5+ f6 28. Be3 Qxe3 29. Qxg6 Rg5+ 30. Qxg5 0-1
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
1019590 Cheng, X (2288) Rodriguez Santiago, J (2026) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Nf1 Nf6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Be3 f5 15. Ng5 Rae8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Nxe6 Nxb3 19. Nxc7 Nxa1 20. Nxe8 Nc2 21. Rc1 Nxe3 22. Nxd6 Nd5 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Nd6 Rxb2 25. Ng3 e3 26. Nf1 e2 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Bh5 29. Re1 Rxa2 30. Nxf5 Rc2 31. g4 Bf7 32. Kf2 Bc4 33. Nd6 Bd3 34. c4 a5 35. c5 a4 36. e4 a3 37. Ke3 a2 38. Kxd3 Rb2 39. c6 Rb1 40. c7 Rd1+ 41. Ke3 1-0
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
1019739 Cheng, X (2288) Ismagilov, Damir (2156) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd6 Qb6 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd6 Qb6 11. Qc7 Qc5 12. Qd6 Qg5 13. h4 Qe5 14. Qd3 d5 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qd2 a6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qf4+ 20. Qd2 Qxf2 21. Be2 e5 22. Nxe4 Qe3 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rde1 Nc4 26. b3 Na3 27. Kb2 Nb5 28. Ng3 Bg6 29. Rxe5 Nd4 30. h5 Bxc2 31. Bxb7 Rab8 32. Bxa6 Bxb3 33. axb3 Rxb3+ 34. Ka2 Rxg3 35. Bb7 h6 36. Rd1 Ne6 37. Bf3 Rg6 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Rxe6 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1022236 Cheng, X (2288) Atakhan, Abtin (2370) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg5 15. Kb1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 b5 17. h4 Rc8 18. Qa7 Ra8 19. Qf2 a5 20. f4 a4 21. Nd2 O-O 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. f5 a3 24. b3 Rfc8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Rhg1 Nc5 27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxg4 Rac8 30. Rd2 f6 31. h5 Kh7 32. Rg6 Rc3 33. h6 R8c7 34. Rh2 Kg8 35. Rhg2 Rf3 36. Rxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rxg7+ Kf8 38. Kc1 Rh3 39. Rd7 Rxh6 40. Rxd6 Ke7 41. Rb6 Rh1+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Rxb5 Rxa2 44. Rb7+ Kd6 45. Rb6+ Kxd5 46. Rxf6 Ra1 47. Rf8 Ke4 48. f6 Rf1 49. Ra8 Rxf6 50. Rxa3 Kf3 51. b4+ Kf2 52. b5 e4 53. Rb3 Rd6+ 54. Kc3 e3 55. Kc4 e2 56. b6 e1=Q 57. Kc5 Qe5+ 58. Kb4 Rxb6+ 59. Ka3 Qa1# 0-1
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1022484 Cheng, X (2288) Novikov, E (2276) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. e5 Bf5 5. Nce2 e6 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. N1e2 Ne7 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. a3 c5 11. c3 Nbc6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qb6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qb5 16. Qxb5 axb5 17. Nd3 Nc8 18. h5 b4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 21. Ke2 Ba5 22. Rhc1 Kd7 23. Kd3 Bb6 24. Rxc8 Rhxc8 25. Bxb6 Ra4 26. Bd4 b5 27. b3 Ra6 28. Ne2 Rac6 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. b4 g6 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Bc5 Rcc8 33. Ne2 Rg8 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rb7 36. Ra6 g5 37. Rd6+ Kc8 38. Rxe6 h5 39. Rh6 h4 40. e6 Kd8 41. e7+ Ke8 42. Nd4 Rxe7 43. Bxe7 Kxe7 44. b5 Kd7 45. b6 Rb8 46. Rh7+ Kd6 47. b7 Kc5 48. Rc7+ Kb6 49. Rg7 Rxb7 50. Rxg5 Kc5 51. Ne6+ Kd6 52. Nf4 Rb3+ 53. Ke2 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Rb4 55. Rxd5+ Ke7 56. Rh5 Rb2 57. Rxh4 Kf6 58. Rh6+ Kg5 59. Rg6+ Kf5 60. g4+ Ke5 61. Re6+ Kd4 62. Re4+ Kc3 63. g5 Rb7 64. g6 Rg7 65. Kg4 Kd2 66. Kg5 Kd1 67. Kf6 Rg8 68. g7 Kd2 69. Kf7 Rc8 70. g8=Q Rxg8 71. Kxg8 Kc3 72. Ne2+ Kd2 73. Re3 Ke1 74. f4 Kf2 75. Re7 Kf3 76. f5 Kg4 77. f6 Kg5 78. f7 Kg6 79. f8=Q Kg5 80. Qg7+ Kf5 81. Rf7+ Ke4 82. Ng3+ Ke3 83. Qe5+ Kd3 84. Rd7+ Kc4 85. Qc7+ Kb5 86. Rd8 Ka6 87. Rd6+ Kb5 88. Rb6+ Ka5 89. Qa7# 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1022679 Gabdrakhmanov, Azat (2319) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. c3 Bg7 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Nce3 O-O 16. g3 f5 17. f4 Ra7 18. Bg2 Raf7 19. O-O e4 20. a4 Ne7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Kh1 Qb8 23. Qd2 b4 24. Nxb4 d5 25. Nec2 Qb6 26. Ra6 e3 27. Rxb6 exd2 28. Rxe6 d4 29. cxd4 Rb8 30. Rd1 Ng6 31. Rxd2 Nf8 32. Re1 Rc7 33. d5 Bxb2 34. d6 Rd7 35. Bc6 Rdd8 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Nc6 Bc3 38. Nxd8 Rxd8 39. Rde2 Bxe1 40. Rxe1 Rxd6 41. Ne3 h6 42. Bf3 Rf6 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Nd5 Rf7 45. Re7 Ng6 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. Ne3 Kf6 48. Be2 Ne7 49. Bd3 Ke6 50. Nxf5 Nxf5 51. Bxf5+ Kxf5 52. Kf3 h5 53. h3 Kf6 54. g4 h4 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. f5+ Kf6 57. Kf4 Kg7 58. g5 Kh7 59. Kg4 Kg7 60. Kxh4 Kh7 61. g6+ Kg7 62. Kg5 Kh8 63. Kf6 Kg8 64. g7 Kh7 65. Kf7 Kh6 66. g8=Q Kh5 67. Qg4+ Kh6 68. Qg6# 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1022787 Fiorito, Joaquin (2348) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 h6 6. g4 Bh7 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. h4 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. Nxd5 Qxd2 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rxd2 Nd5 14. Nh3 Bb4 15. Rd1 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. exf4 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bf7 21. Nf2 Ke7 22. c3 Ba5 23. Ne4 Bc7 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Rh5 26. Rhe1 Kf8 27. Nxf6 Rh2 28. Nd7+ Kg7 29. f6+ Kh6 30. Rh1 Kg5 31. Rdg1+ Kh4 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxh1 34. Rxh1+ Kg3 35. Rh7 Bd5 36. Be4 Be6 37. Re7 Bc4 38. b3 Bg8 39. f7 Bxf7 40. Rxf7 Re8 41. f4 c5 42. Bc6 Rd8 43. e6 Rd6 44. e7 Rxc6 45. e8=Q Rd6 46. Qe3+ Kg4 47. Rg7+ Kf5 48. Qe5# 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1023107 Cheng, X (2288) Shuvalova, Polina (2498) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nf1 f4 14. N1h2 Rae8 15. Bd2 Re4 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Ne7 18. Ng5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 h6 20. Nf3 Rd8 21. Ne5 g5 22. Re2 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. f3 Nc6 25. Re2 Kg7 26. Qd1 Re8 27. Qe1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Na5 29. b3 Nc6 30. Bc1 a6 31. Bb2 f6 32. Kf2 b5 33. Ba3 Kf7 34. Bc5 Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. Bf8 Kf7 37. Bc5 Ke6 38. Ke2 f5 39. Kd3 fxg4 40. fxg4 Nd8 41. c4 dxc4+ 42. bxc4 Nf7 43. d5+ Ke5 44. Bf8 bxc4+ 45. Kxc4 Ke4 46. d6 Ne5+ 47. Kc3 f3 48. gxf3+ Kxf3 49. Bxh6 Kxg4 50. Kd4 Nf7 51. Bf8 Kf4 52. d7 g4 53. Be7 g3 54. Bd6+ Kf3 55. Kd5 g2 56. Bc5 Ke2 57. Ke6 Nd8+ 58. Ke7 Nb7 59. d8=Q Nxd8 60. Kxd8 Kf1 61. Kc7 g1=Q 62. Bxg1 Kxg1 63. Kb6 Kf2 64. Kxa6 Ke3 65. Kb6 Kd4 66. a4 Kd5 67. a5 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1023315 Crevatin, Leo (2302) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Nf4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Kf1 b6 18. Bg3 Ba6+ 19. c4 Kf7 20. Nc3 Be5 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. g3 Be5 23. Ke2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rac8 25. Rhd1 e5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. a4 Rc8 29. a5 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra7+ Ke6 33. Rxg7 Rxc3+ 34. Kd2 Rf3 35. Ke2 Rc3 36. Rxh7 b5 37. Rb7 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Rb3 40. Rb6+ Kf5 41. h3 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 e4+ 45. Ke3 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 b4 48. h4 b3 49. h5 Kg5 50. g4 Kxg4 51. h6 Rc2 52. Rxb3 Rc8 53. h7 Rh8 54. Rg3+ Kf4 55. Rg7 f5 56. Ke2 Ke5 57. Rf7 Ke6 58. Ra7 Kf6 59. Ke3 Kg5 60. Rc7 Kf6 61. Kd4 Kg6 62. Ke5 Re8+ 63. Kf4 Rh8 64. Rd7 e3 0-1
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1023501 Cheng, X (2288) Skliarov, V (2384) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nc2 Bg7 15. Ne3 e4 16. Bc2 f4 17. Qg4 fxe3 18. Qxg7 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 Qxd4+ 21. cxd4 f5 22. g4 Rc8 23. Rac1 fxg4 24. Bxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kd7 26. Bd3 h5 27. a4 Rb8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Be4 h4 30. Ke3 Rg8 31. Ra1 g3 32. Ra7+ Ke8 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Rxg8 Nxg8 35. hxg3 hxg3 36. Kf4 Nf6 37. Bg2 Kg6 38. Kxg3 Kg5 39. Bf1 b4 40. Bc4 Ne4+ 41. Kg2 Kf4 42. Bb5 Ke3 43. Kf1 Kxd4 44. Bc6 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Nc4 46. Kd1 Nxb2+ 47. Kc2 Nd3 48. Kb3 Kc5 49. Bb7 Nf4 50. Bc8 Nxd5 51. Be6 Nf4 52. Bf7 Ne2 53. Bg8 Nd4+ 54. Kb2 Kc6 55. Bh7 Kd5 56. Bg8+ Ke5 57. Kc1 Nc6 58. Kd2 Kd4 59. Bf7 d5 60. Be8 Ne5 61. Ba4 Kc4 62. Ke3 d4+ 63. Ke4 Ng4 64. Kf4 Nh2 65. Ke4 Kc3 66. Bd1 d3 67. Ke3 d2 68. Ke2 Ng4 69. Kf3 Nf6 70. Ke3 Nd7 71. Ba4 Ne5 72. Ke2 Nc4 73. Bb5 Nb2 74. Ba4 Nxa4 75. Kd1 Nb2+ 76. Ke2 d1=Q+ 77. Ke3 Qd4+ 78. Kf3 Qe5 79. Kg2 Qf4 80. Kh3 Qg5 81. Kh2 Kd3 82. Kh1 Ke3 83. Kh2 Kf2 84. Kh1 Qh5# 0-1
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1023612 Rodriguez Hernandez, L (2423) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 Bc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 dxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. a4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nf4 Qg5 15. Qf3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bd3 e5 19. Nh3 Qxd2 20. Rfd1 Qh6 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qd6 23. Ng5 g6 24. Qh3 h5 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ra2 27. Ne4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Kg7 29. h4 Rd8 30. b6 f5 31. Rc7 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxe5+ Bxe5 34. Rxd7+ Kf8 35. Ng3 Rb2 36. Rxb7 Bd4 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. b7 Bxf2+ 39. Kh2 Ba7 40. Rh8 Kf6 41. Rh7 Bb8 42. Kh3 Rb3 43. Rh8 Bxg3 0-1
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1023807 Yaran, Siar (2288) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Ne2 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qd3 e5 14. Rad1 a6 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. Rde1 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bd4 21. h3 Bh5 22. a4 Rac8 23. b3 Rc7 24. Nd6 Rd7 25. Nf5 Bc3 26. Re3 Bd2 27. Re5 Bg6 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Rd1 Rfd8 31. g3 f6 32. Re4 g5 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. h4 Kg6 35. Rh1 Rb8 36. Be6 Rd6 37. hxg5 Bxg5 38. f4 Bh6 39. Rh4 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rbd8 41. Kg4 R8d3 42. Bf5+ Kf7 43. Rb4 Rg2 44. Rxb7+ Ke8 45. Bxd3 f5+ 46. Bxf5 Kd8 47. Rh1 Rd2 48. Rc1 Rd6 49. Rc8# 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1023874 Cheng, X (2288) Liu, Casper (2240) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Bb3 Rc8 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Na5 11. Kb1 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Be7 13. g4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Qe7 17. Rhd1 Bxg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Bh6 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd6 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Rxd6 Kxd6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Kxd5 25. Qe4+ Ke6 26. f4 Rhd8 27. Qxe5+ Kd7 28. a4 Kc6 29. f5 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rcd8 31. b4 R1d4 32. b5+ axb5 33. Qxb5+ Kc7 34. Qc5+ Kb8 35. Bf4+ 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
1024128 Cheng, X (2288) Belozerov, A (2460) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Ncd5 e6 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Ne3 Kh8 17. Rb1 a5 18. b3 Rg8 19. a3 Bd4 20. f4 Ne4 21. Bf3 Qg7 22. Qe2 Nc3 23. Qc2 Nxb1 24. Qxb1 Ne7 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Bf3 Ng6 27. Nc2 Bf6 28. b4 Nh4 29. Ne1 axb4 30. axb4 Nxf3 31. Rxf3 Rgc8 32. Qb3 Qc7 33. c5 dxc5 34. Qxe6 Rb6 35. Qxf5 cxb4 36. Be3 Rc6 37. Bd2 Qe7 38. Re3 Qd6 39. Rd3 Qe6 40. Qxe6 Rxe6 41. Bxb4 Rc1 42. h3 Rcxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 44. Kh2 Kg7 45. Kg3 Re2 46. Kf3 Ra2 47. g4 Rh2 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. g5 Be7 50. h4 h5 51. Re3 Kf7 52. f5 Ra4 53. g6+ Kf6 54. Re6+ Kxf5 55. Rxe7 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Kxg6 57. Re5 Ra4 58. Rg5+ Kh6 59. Kg3 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Rb3 61. Rc5 Rb4 62. Rc6+ Kg7 63. Kg3 Rg4+ 64. Kh3 Rd4 65. Rc5 Kg6 66. Rg5+ Kh6 67. Rg3 Ra4 68. Rb3 Kg6 69. Rc3 1/2-1/2
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
1024177 Cheng, X (2288) Tabatabaei, M (2677) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Qa4 b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Rfb8 17. Qd3 Bg6 18. Qd1 Rxb2 19. Nb4 Nc4 20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Raxa2 22. Ng3 Bxg3 0-1
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
1024521 Romero Ruscalleda, J (2188) Cheng, X (2288) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O g6 10. Re1 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Qe2 e5 13. b3 Be6 14. Ba3 Qd7 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Na3 cxb3 17. axb3 h6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 f5 20. d4 e4 21. Nd2 Bf7 22. Ba4 Qc7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. c5 Bd5 25. Nc4 f4 26. Nd6 f3 27. Qe3 fxg2 28. Nxe4 Qd7 29. Qg3 Qf5 30. Nd6 Qc2 31. Rxa7 Qd2 32. Qe3 Qc2 33. Re7 Rf3 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qe7+ Bf7 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Qe2 Qxc3 38. Nxf7 Rxf7 39. Qe3 Qc4 40. Kxg2 Rd7 41. Rd1 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Kg7 43. Qxd5 Rxd5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Ke4 Rh5 46. Rd3 Rh4+ 47. Ke3 Rxh3+ 48. Kd2 Rh2 49. Rf3+ Ke6 50. Kc3 g5 51. Kc4 g4 52. Rf8 h5 53. Re8+ Kd7 54. Rf8 h4 55. d5 cxd5+ 56. Kxd5 g3 57. c6+ Ke7 58. c7 Kxf8 59. c8=Q+ Kf7 60. Qd7+ Kg6 61. Qe6+ Kg5 62. Qe5+ Kg4 63. Qe4+ Kh3 64. f4 Rd2+ 65. Kc4 Rf2 66. f5 Kh2 67. Qe5 h3 68. f6 Kg2 69. Qe4+ Kg1 70. Qe3 Kg2 71. Qe4+ Kg1 72. Qd4 h2 73. f7 h1=Q 74. f8=Q Qc6+ 75. Kd3 Qb5+ 76. Ke3 Qe2# 0-1
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
1024717 Cheng, X (2288) Makridis, Dimitrios (2387) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Be2 dxe5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Rc8 14. Bb2 h6 15. Qd2 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. f5 Ne4 20. Qf4 Bg5 21. Qg4 Bd7 22. Kh1 Rc5 23. Bd3 Bc8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Rfe1 Rfd8 28. e6 Bf6 29. Rac1 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. e7 Re8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. e8=Q+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. h3 Rd5 36. Re7 f6 37. Rxb7 Rxf5 38. Kh2 Rc5 39. b6 Rc3 40. Ra7 Rxa3 41. b7 Rb3 42. Kg1 a4 43. Kf2 a3 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kd3 a2 46. Rxa2 Rxb7 47. Ke4 Rb3 48. Rf2 h5 49. Kf5 Rg3 50. Kf4 h4 51. Ra2 Kg6 52. Rc2 f5 53. Rc6+ Kh5 54. Rc2 g6 55. Rd2 Ra3 56. Rb2 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. Rc2 Rf4+ 59. Ke3 Rf1 60. Rb2 Ra1 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 Kf6 63. Re2 g5 64. Rc2 Rb3 65. Rc6+ Ke5 66. Rc5+ Ke4 67. Rc4+ Kd5 68. Rc8 Rb6 69. Rf8 Ke5 70. Re8+ Re6 71. Rg8 Kf4 72. Rb8 Re4 73. Rb3 g4 74. hxg4 fxg4 75. Rb8 g3+ 76. Kf1 Ke3 77. Rh8 Rd4 78. Re8+ Kd3 79. Rh8 Rf4+ 80. Kg1 Rb4 81. Rd8+ Kc2 82. Rc8+ Kb2 83. Kf1 Rf4+ 84. Kg1 Rf2 85. Rh8 Rc2 86. Kf1 Rc4 87. Rb8+ Ka3 88. Rh8 Ka4 89. Ra8+ Kb5 90. Rb8+ Ka6 91. Ke2 Rf4 92. Ke3 Rf2 93. Ra8+ Kb7 94. Rh8 Rxg2 95. Rxh4 Ra2 96. Rg4 g2 97. Kf3 Kc6 98. Rxg2 Rxg2 99. Kxg2 1/2-1/2
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
1024820 Aung Thant Zin (2268) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 d6 11. f4 Be7 12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Qf2 Qd7 17. Bb6 Rdc8 18. e5 d5 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. Be3 b4 21. a4 b3 22. c3 Na5 23. Nd4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Qxa4 25. Rde1 g6 26. g4 Bg7 27. Qg3 Qd7 28. f5 exf5 29. gxf5 Re8 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxg6 e5 32. Rf7 Re7 33. Bf5 Rxf7 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. Qh3 Rad8 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Rf1+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Kd6 39. Qf6+ Kc5 40. Ne6+ Kb5 41. Nxd8 d4+ 42. Nxb7 d3 43. Nd8 Rd6 44. Qg5 d2 45. Bxd2 Nxd2 46. Qxe5+ Kc4 47. Qxd6 Ne4 48. Qd4+ Kb5 49. Qxe4 a5 50. Qc6# 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
1025030 Simonovic, M (2115) Cheng, X (2288) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. f3 Bg6 7. e3 c5 8. c3 e6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h4 Bd6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. f4 Na5 19. b3 Rc8 20. Kb2 Ka8 21. g4 Qb6 22. Ka1 Nc6 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Rcd8 25. h6 gxh6 26. Rxh6 Rhg8 27. Rg1 Qc7 28. Rf6 e5 29. Qf5 exd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Qxd4 33. Rc1 Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 dxe4 35. Rxf7 Rxg5 36. Rcc7 Rb5 37. Rfe7 Rb4 38. Kb2 Kb8 39. Rcd7 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 a5 41. a3 Rb6 42. Re7 Rg6 43. Rxe4 Ka7 44. a4 Kb6 45. Re5 Rd6 46. Kc3 Rc6+ 47. Kb2 Rh6 48. Rb5+ Ka6 49. Kc3 Rh3+ 50. Kc4 Rh4+ 51. Kc3 Re4 52. Kd3 Re6 53. Kc3 Rh6 54. Kc4 b6 55. Kc3 Kb7 56. Rf5 Kc6 57. Kc4 Rh4+ 58. Kc3 Rh3+ 59. Kc4 Rh4+ 60. Kc3 Re4 61. Rf6+ Kc5 62. Rf5+ Kc6 63. Rf6+ Kc5 64. Rf5+ Kd6 65. Rf6+ Re6 66. Rxe6+ Kxe6 67. Kc4 Kd6 68. Kd4 Kc6 69. Kc4 Kd6 70. Kd4 Kc6 71. Kc4 b5+ 72. axb5+ Kb6 73. b4 a4 74. Kc3 Kxb5 75. Kb2 Kxb4 76. Ka2 a3 77. Ka1 Kb3 78. Kb1 a2+ 79. Ka1 Ka3 1/2-1/2
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
1025078 Cheng, X (2288) Einarsson, H (2209) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. c4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 e4 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Be2 f4 18. cxb5 O-O 19. Qf5 f3 20. gxf3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 axb5 23. Rg1 Rae8 24. Re3 b4 25. Nc4 Qxa2 26. Nxd6 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Qxd6 29. Rd3 Re5 30. Rd4 1-0
2023.02.28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
1025240 Cheng, X (2288) Gerzhoy, L (2348) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. Nd2 f5 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. g5 Ne8 14. f4 Ng6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Nd6 17. Nd1 f4 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Qh5 Bf5 20. c3 Bd3 21. Re1 Qb6+ 22. Nf2 Bf5 23. Kf1 f3 24. Bxf3 e4 25. Be3 Qxb2 26. Rab1 Qxc3 27. Be2 Qxe3 28. Rb3 Qf4 29. Kg1 e3 30. Qf3 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kh1 Nxf3 34. Rxf3 Be4 35. Rf1 Bxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qc1+ 37. Bf1 Rxf3 38. Kg2 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Rxh3# 0-1
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Late
1031214 Cheng, X (2288) Gamboa, J (2224) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. a5 Rc8 15. Bb3 Rc5 16. Be3 Rc7 17. Bf4 Rc5 18. Be3 Rc7 19. h3 O-O 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Nf3 e4 22. Ne5 Bf5 23. Bb6 Rcc8 24. g4 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. c3 Nd5 27. Bd4 Nf4 28. Kh2 Nd3 29. Nxd3 exd3 30. Rxd3 Bd6+ 31. Kg2 e5 32. Bb6 Bc7 33. Rd7 Bxb6 34. axb6 Rf7 35. Rad1 Rcf8 36. R1d2 g6 37. Rc7 h6 38. Re2 Rxc7 39. bxc7 Rc8 40. Rxe5 Rxc7 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. h4 Rd7 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Kf6 45. Re3 Kg5 46. Re5+ Kf6 47. Rc5 Rd3+ 48. Kg4 Rd2 49. Rf5+ Kg7 50. b4 Rd3 51. Rc5 Rd7 52. f4 Kf7 53. b5 axb5 54. Rxb5 Rc7 55. Kf5 Kg7 56. Rb6 Rf7+ 57. Ke5 Rc7 58. f5 Rc5+ 59. Ke6 Rc7 60. Rb1 Rc6+ 61. Kd5 Rc7 62. Rg1+ Kf7 63. c4 Rd7+ 64. Kc5 Kf6 65. Rg6+ Kxf5 66. Rxh6 Rc7+ 67. Kb5 Kg5 68. Rh8 Kf6 69. c5 Kg7 70. Rd8 Kh6 71. Rd5 Rf7 72. Kb6 Re7 73. Rf5 Rd7 74. Rf8 Re7 75. Rb8 Kxh5 76. Rxb7 Re1 77. c6 Kg6 78. Rd7 Kf6 79. c7 Rb1+ 80. Kc6 Rc1+ 81. Kb6 Rb1+ 82. Ka5 Ra1+ 83. Kb6 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Late
1031397 Rottenwohrer Suarez, Juan (2317) Cheng, X (2288) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 e4 6. Ng5 h6 7. cxd5 hxg5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Bh3 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Re1 c6 16. d3 f6 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Be3 Rb4 19. b3 d4 20. Bd2 Rb5 21. Rac1 Ba3 22. Rc4 c5 23. Bc1 Bb4 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Rc2 Kd6 26. Nb2 g4 27. Nc4+ Ke7 28. Bd2 g6 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. Na5 Kd6 31. Rdc1 Rh5 32. Nc4+ Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rb7 34. Ra4 Rbh7 35. Ra6+ Kd5 36. h4 gxh3 37. Kh2 Rf5 38. f4 g5 39. Ra5 Kc6 40. b4 Kb6 41. Raxc5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 gxf4 43. gxf4 Re7 44. Rc2 Re3 45. a4 f5 46. b5 Ka5 47. Rc7 Kb6 48. Rc6+ Kb7 49. Rf6 Rxe2+ 50. Kxh3 Re3+ 51. Kh4 Rxd3 52. Rxf5 Ra3 53. Rf7+ Kb6 54. Rf6+ Kc5 55. Ra6 Rf3 56. Kg4 Rf1 57. Rxa7 Rg1+ 58. Kf5 d3 59. Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rc8 Kd7 61. Rc4 Ke7 62. Rd4 Ra1 63. Rxd3 Rxa4 64. Rd5 Rb4 65. Ke5 Kf7 66. f5 Rb1 67. Rc5 Re1+ 68. Kd6 Rd1+ 69. Kc6 Kf6 70. b6 Rb1 71. b7 Ke7 72. Kc7 Kf6 73. b8=Q Rxb8 74. Kxb8 Ke7 75. Kc7 Ke8 76. Kd6 Kf7 77. Ke5 Ke7 78. Rc7+ Kd8 79. Rh7 Kc8 80. f6 Kd8 81. Kd6 Ke8 82. Ra7 Kf8 83. Ke6 Kg8 84. f7+ Kg7 85. Ke7 Kg6 86. f8=N+ Kh5 87. Ne6 Kh6 88. Rd7 Kg6 89. Rd6 Kf5 90. Nc7 Ke5 91. Ne8 Kf5 92. Re6 Kg5 93. Rf6 Kh5 94. Kf7 Kg5 95. Nd6 Kg4 96. Ke6 Kh5 97. Kf5 Kh4 98. Rg6 Kh5 99. Ne4 Kh4 100. Kf4 Kh5 101. Rg5+ Kh6 102. Kf5 Kh7 103. Kf6 Kh6 104. Nd6 Kh7 105. Rg6 Kh8 106. Nf7+ Kh7 107. Rg7# 1-0
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Late
1031532 Cheng, X (2288) Petrovic, Aleksa (2247) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Ne8 9. f4 Nc7 10. h3 Ne6 11. f5 Ned4 12. Be3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nd4 14. Qd2 gxf5 15. Bh6 e6 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Rxf5 exf5 18. Nd5 Be6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ f6 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bg2 Qb6 24. b3 Qb4 25. Qb2 Rbe8 26. Rf1 Re1 27. a3 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qb8 29. Bd5 Qe8 30. Qd2 Qe5 31. Kf2 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rf7 33. Ne6+ Kg8 34. Qa5 h6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qe8 Rg7 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qe6 Qd4+ 40. Ke2 Qb2+ 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. Qxd6 Qd4 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kh8 46. d6 Qxd3+ 47. Kf4 Qd4+ 48. Kxf5 Qd5+ 49. Kxf6 Qf3+ 50. Ke6 Qe4+ 51. Kd7 Qb7+ 52. Ke8 Qc8+ 53. Kf7 Kh7 54. d7 Qc6 55. Kf8+ Kg6 56. d8=Q Kf5 57. Qdd7+ 1-0
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Late
1031650 Cheng, X (2288) Deng, Henry (2117) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O a5 8. b5 d5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. d4 Re8 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Nd5 Re6 18. Rfd1 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 Rd6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Bh3 Rxd5 23. Re1 Rc5 24. Qe3 Qd5 25. f3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27. Rxc7 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Bxf3 29. Qf4 Qd5 30. h4 Be4 31. h5 Bf5 32. h6 Qe6 33. Rc6 Qxa2 34. g4 Be6 35. Rxb6 Qb2 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qc7 Rf8 38. Qc4 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxf1+ 40. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kg2 Rb1 42. Kh3 Rxb5 43. Kh4 a4 44. Kg3 a3 45. Kf4 a2 46. Ke4 a1=Q 47. Kf4 Qe5+ 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Rb1# 0-1