WORLDBASE Player / Joueur FM Zenelaj, Samuel
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352 games / 352 parties
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
5079 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Maghsoodloo, Parham (2695) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Nbd5 b5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd5 Na5 15. Qd3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bg5 17. b3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Na3 19. O-O Rc8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nb1 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. c3 Qd6 25. Rbd1 Rfd8 26. Rfe1 h6 27. g3 Rd7 28. Qf5 Re8 29. h4 Ree7 30. Rd2 Qc7 31. Red1 Qc5 32. h5 Rd6 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 d4 35. Rb1 Re8 36. Rb7 Rf6 37. Qg4 Re7 38. Rdb2 e4 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. c5 d3 41. c6 e3 42. Qc4+ Kh8 43. Qxd3 exf2+ 44. Rxf2 Qc5 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qd3+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
5150 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Baskakov, Egor (2215) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Ne4 Nc6 6. c3 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. d3 d5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. d4 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qh3 g6 20. f5 g5 21. Qh6 Qg7 22. Qh5 Rae8 23. Rae1 d4 24. Bd2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 dxc3 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. bxc3 Bxc3 28. Qxg5 Qd4+ 29. Be3 Qxc4 30. Qe7 Qf7 31. Bg5 Bxe1 32. Qxe1 Qxf5 33. Bh6 Qg6 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Qb3+ Rf7 0-1
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
5477 Cupid, Kevin (2189) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 c4 11. Bf5 b5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bc5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. h4 Nf8 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nd4 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Bg4 Re4 26. Bf3 Re7 27. Nf5 Rh7 28. e4 d4 29. e5 Qh8 30. Nh4 Bxf3 31. gxf3 gxh4 32. Bh2 d3 33. Qd2 Rg7+ 34. Kh1 Ne6 35. Rg1 Rd7 36. Rxg7+ Rxg7 37. f4 Qh5 38. Qd1 Qf5 39. Qf3 Nd4 40. Qd5+ Kh7 41. Rg1 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qg4+ 43. Kh1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 h3+ 47. Kxh3 Qh5+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Bg3 Ne6 50. f5 Qxf5 51. f4 d2 52. Qd3 Qxd3 0-1
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
5639 Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros (2366) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 a5 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 b5 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5 Nfe4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbd1 Qb6 20. Nf4 Rd8 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 d4 24. f3 Ng5 25. Bf1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Kh1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 dxe3 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 e2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ g6 33. Bxe2 Qf2 34. Qd2 Re3 35. b3 Rh3 36. Qd6 Qxe1+ 37. Kg2 Re3 38. Bf3 Qh4 39. Qd7 Qg5+ 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. Qd4+ Re5 42. h4 Qf6 43. Kg3 Rg5+ 44. hxg5 Qxd4 45. gxh6+ Kxh6 0-1
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
5850 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Leiva, G (2387) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 Nc6 10. Bb6 Qd7 11. Bc4 Bd8 12. Bxd8 Qxd8 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nxa5 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Qd3 b5 18. b3 Bg4 19. Ng5 e4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qxg4 Nb7 24. Ne6 Qd7 25. Qh5 Rf6 26. Rfe1 Nc5 27. Nxc5 dxc5 28. c4 Raf8 29. f3 h6 30. Qe5 Qd8 31. Qe7 Qb6 32. Re6 Qb8 33. d6 R6f7 34. Qh4 bxc4 35. Qxc4 Qc8 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Ree1 Qc6 38. Qxf7 c4 0-1
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
6004 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Aditya, Mittal (2570) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Bxd4 15. Rd2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxc3 19. Rc1 Qa3 20. Rc7 Bg4 21. Qd4 Bh5 22. g4 Bxg4 23. Rxb7 Bh5 24. Rc7 Qxa2 25. Bc4 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qf5 27. h3 Rae8 28. Rc5 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Re4 30. Qd2 Bg6 31. Rg5 Rxc4 0-1
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
6134 Auribault, Louis (2114) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. a4 O-O 9. Bd2 b6 10. Qe1 d5 11. Ba2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ba6 15. Rf3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Bb3 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. b3 Rc6 20. Nb2 Rfc8 21. Nc4 a6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 Qa7 24. Rd3 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qd2 Nc6 27. Rb1 Qc5 28. Bb6 Qh5 29. e5 Qf5 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxc2 32. Rb8+ Bf8 33. Qb4 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Rd2 Qc5+ 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Rdd8 1-0
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
6278 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Zaichenko, D (2104) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. O-O-O e6 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rc8 15. Be2 Rc5 16. b4 Qc7 17. bxc5 d5 1-0
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
6582 Venskaya, Nika (1926) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Rc1 Na6 12. Nb5 Re7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nd3 c6 16. Nd6 Nxd6 17. Bxd6 Re6 18. Be5 Rc8 19. Nf4 Re7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e3 Nb4 22. Qg4 Qd7 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nf6 Rd6 26. Ng4 Nd3 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rdd8 29. Red1 Kg7 30. b4 Re8 31. f4 Rcd8 32. e4 dxe4 33. Bxe4 f6 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Bxc6 Rc8 37. b5 Bxc6 38. bxc6 Ke6 39. Kf2 Kd6 40. Rd1+ Kxc6 41. Kf3 Re8 42. Rc1+ Kd6 43. Rd1+ Kc7 44. Rc1+ Kb7 45. Rc2 a6 46. Rb2 Kc6 47. Rc2+ Kd6 48. Rb2 Kc5 49. Kg4 b5 50. axb5 axb5 51. f5 Re4+ 52. Kg5 gxf5 53. Kxf5 Rb4 54. Rc2+ Rc4 55. Rb2 b4 56. g4 Kd4 57. g5 Kc3 58. Rb1 Kc2 59. Re1 b3 60. Re8 Rb4 61. Re2+ Kd3 62. Re1 Kd2 63. Rf1 Rb6 0-1
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
6708 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Amarathunge, Kosala Sandeepa Chamikara (1906) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O a6 8. a4 cxd4 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Rxe6+ Kf8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxf6+ Kg7 20. Rf7+ Qxf7 21. Bxf7 Be5 22. c3 Kxf7 23. Qd7+ Kg6 24. Qe6+ Bf6 25. Qg4+ Kh6 26. Rd1 Rhg8 27. Qh3+ Kg6 28. Rd7 Bc6 29. Qxh7+ Kg5 30. f4+ Kxf4 31. Qh2+ Ke4 32. Rh7 Rh8 33. Kg1 Bxc3 34. Qh4+ Kd3 35. Qg3+ Kc2 36. Qg6+ Kxb3 37. Rxh8 Bd4+ 38. Kf1 Rxh8 39. Qxc6 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Rf2+ 41. Kd3 Bc5 42. a5 Rf4 43. axb6 Rd4+ 44. Ke2 Rc4 45. b7 Ba7 46. Qxa6 Bb8 0-1
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
6862 Skembris, Simon Max (2122) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Qc7 10. h3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bd4 Rac8 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd2 Bxe4 21. Re1 Bxg2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kxg2 Re6 24. a5 f5 25. Kf3 Kf8 26. Rd4 Ke8 27. c3 Kd8 28. Rb4 Kc8 29. Rc4+ Kb8 30. Rd4 h5 31. h4 Kc7 32. Rc4+ Kd8 33. Rb4 Re7 34. Rd4 Kd7 35. Rb4 Kc6 36. Rb6+ Kc7 37. Rb4 Re5 38. Kf4 Rxa5 39. Kg5 f4+ 40. Kxf4 Rf5+ 41. Ke3 b5 42. Rd4 Kc6 43. f4 Rf6 44. Kf3 d5 45. Rd1 Re6 46. Ra1 Kb6 47. Rd1 Kc5 48. Ra1 f5 49. Rd1 a5 50. Rd4 a4 51. Rb4 Re4 52. Rxe4 dxe4+ 53. Ke3 Kc4 54. Kd2 Kb3 55. Kc1 a3 56. bxa3 Kxc3 57. a4 bxa4 58. g4 hxg4 59. h5 gxh5 60. Kd1 a3 61. Ke2 a2 62. Kf2 a1=Q 63. Kg3 Qh1 64. Kf2 Qf3+ 65. Kg1 Qe2 66. Kh1 Kd3 67. Kg1 Ke3 68. Kh1 Kf3 69. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
187933 Tabatabaei, M (2666) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 c5 12. e3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Nfe4 17. b4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Be1 Rc8 20. a3 Bxd4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxd4 Qc7 23. f3 Nd6 24. g4 Qc1 25. a4 Qa1 26. Rd1 Qxa4 27. h4 Rc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Nc4 30. Qd4 Qc6 31. Bc3 f6 32. g5 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. gxf6 Kf7 35. h5 Nd6 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. Qe5 Nf5 38. Bh3 Qe6 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 gxf5 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qxb7+ 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
188409 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Cavadini, I (1992) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 Nf6 9. Qe5+ Kf7 10. Nxh8+ Kg7 11. Bh6+ Kxh8 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. Qxc7 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Rd2 Rc8 16. Qxb7 Nb4 17. Kb1 Nfd5 18. c4 Qf4 19. Be2 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Nc3+ 21. Ka1 Nc6 22. Qxb8+ Nxb8 23. Rc2 Nxe2 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 Bxf3 26. Rf1 Nxd4 27. Rc3 Nbc6 28. c5 Qe4 29. a3 Nc2+ 30. Ka2 N6d4 31. c6 Qd5+ 32. b3 Nxc6 33. Rxc2 Be4 34. Rb2 Ne5 35. a4 Nd3 36. Rd2 Qa5 37. Rfd1 Qc3 38. Ka3 Kg7 39. Ka2 Nb4+ 40. Ka3 Nc2+ 41. Ka2 Ne3 42. a5 Nxd1 43. Rxd1 Qc2+ 44. Ka3 Qxd1 45. Kb4 Qd4+ 46. Kb5 Bd3+ 47. Kc6 Qb4 48. a6 Bxa6 49. h4 Qb5+ 50. Kc7 Qxb3 51. h5 Qb7+ 52. Kd6 Kf6 53. h6 Qb6+ 54. Kd7 Bb5+ 55. Kc8 Ba6+ 56. Kd7 Kg6 57. Ke7 Kxh6 58. Kf7 Kg5 59. Kg7 h5 60. Kf7 h4 61. Kg7 h3 62. Kf7 h2 63. Kg7 h1=R 64. Kf7 Rf1+ 65. Kg7 Qa7+ 66. Kh8 Rf8# 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
188866 Mishra, M (1941) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d6 Nc6 6. e4 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qb4 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. Nd5 Qxb2 10. Bc3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Nxd5 12. Bxb2 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Nb4 14. Qg3 Bf6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. Nf3 exd6 18. exd6 Bc3+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20. h4 h5 21. Qf4 b6 22. g4 hxg4 23. Ng5 Bb7 24. Rg1 Rae8 25. h5 Kg7 26. h6+ Kxh6 27. Ne6+ Kh7 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxg4 Bc6 30. Qc4 Kg7 31. a3 Re8 32. axb4 Be5 33. b5 Bb7 34. Qd3 Bf6 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 g5 37. c4 g4 38. Qa3 Bf3 39. Qxa7 Bd4 40. Qxd7 Kg6 41. Qe7 Bc5 42. Qc7 Kf5 43. d7 Be7 44. d8=Q Bxd8 45. Qxd8 Ke4 46. Qc8 Kd3 47. Qd7+ Kxc4 48. Qxf7+ Kxb5 49. Kd2 Ka4 50. Ke3 Kb5 51. Qa2 Kb4 52. Qb2+ Kc5 53. Qc3+ Kb5 54. Qb3+ Kc5 55. Qc3+ Kb5 56. Kd4 Ka6 57. Qb4 Bc6 58. Ke5 Bd7 59. Kd6 Bc8 60. Kc6 Bb7+ 61. Kc7 b5 62. Qc5 Ka5 63. Qa3# 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
189102 Alieva, A (2054) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. g4 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Qe1 b4 13. Nd1 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Ba6 15. Qh4 c4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 cxd3 18. cxd3 Nb4 19. Nf2 Nec6 20. f5 Qxh4 21. Nxh4 g5 22. Nf3 Rfc8 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. h4 Bf6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Nd4 27. Bd2 Rb5 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Rxa6 Rxg5 30. Rfa1 Rc2 31. Rxd6 Rxb2 32. Rd7 Rg7 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nd1 Rd2 35. Rb1 b3 36. Nf2 b2 37. e5 Bxe5 38. Ne4 Rc2 39. Bf1 Nf3+ 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
189393 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Ryabukhin, Roman (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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 h5 14. h4 Bf6 15. Nce3 g6 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. O-O O-O 18. Qd3 a5 19. a3 Be6 20. b4 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Qa7 23. Bf1 Kf8 24. Qf3 Ne7 25. Nf6 Rdc8 26. Rxd6 Rb6 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Ned5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Bf5 30. Qxf5 Qc7 31. Qf3 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Ne4 Rb3 34. bxa5 f5 35. a6 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
189836 Dubrovich, I (2042) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. f5 Bc4 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 d5 14. g5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc5 Nb4 19. a3 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Na2+ 21. Kb1 Nc3+ 22. bxc3 Qxc5 23. Rd5 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 O-O 25. f6 Rb8 26. Kd2 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 28. Ke2 Qe6 29. fxg7 Qh3 30. Rf1 Qxh2+ 31. Rf2 Qh5+ 32. Qf3 Qg6 33. Kf1 e4 34. Qe2 Re8 35. Qxc4 e3 36. Re2 Qf5+ 37. Ke1 Qxg5 38. Kd1 Qg1+ 39. Re1 Rd8+ 40. Ke2 Qf2# 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190185 Sydykov, Bayastan (2296) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Qd1 Nbxd5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. c4 Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bg5 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Bd5 Kh8 22. b4 Nce6 23. g3 f5 24. Re1 f4 25. Rc1 fxg3 26. hxg3 Qf6 27. Rf1 b5 28. Ne4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Qg6 30. Bxe6 Qxe4 31. Bd5 Ne1+ 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qxf3 34. Bxf3 Rxf3 35. cxb5 Rb8 36. bxa6 Rxa3 37. Rc6 h6 38. Rb1 d5 39. b5 d4 40. Rc5 Rxa6 41. Rxe5 Rd6 42. Rd1 Rdb6 43. Rxd4 Rxb5 44. Re7 R5b7 45. Ree4 Rf8 46. Kg2 Rbf7 47. Re2 Kh7 48. f4 Rf6 49. Rd5 R6f7 50. Re6 Rf6 51. Re7 R6f7 52. Rdd7 Rxe7 53. Rxe7 Kg6 54. Kf3 Rf6 55. Re6 Rxe6 56. g4 Ra6 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. Kh4 g5+ 59. fxg5+ hxg5+ 60. Kg3 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190510 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Hayrapetyan, Edgar (2137) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd4 Bxf3 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf3 Rab8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke2 g5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 g4 24. Bg2 cxb4 25. cxb4 Rd4 26. Rc1 Kd7 27. a3 Rd6 28. b5 Rd4 29. Rc3 Ne8 30. Bc6+ Ke7 31. Ke3 e5 32. Bg2 Nd6 33. Rc7+ Ke6 34. Rxa7 Nxb5 35. Ra6+ Kf5 36. h3 h5 37. hxg4+ hxg4 38. f3 gxf3 39. Bxf3 Nd6 40. Be2 f6 41. a4 Kg5 42. Ra8 Nf5+ 43. Kf2 Rb4 44. a5 Ra4 45. a6 Nd4 46. Ke3 Ra3+ 47. Bd3 Nc2+ 48. Ke4 Nb4 49. Bc4 Nc6 50. Kd5 Nd4 51. Rg8+ Kf5 52. Kc5 Ra5+ 53. Kb4 Ra1 54. Kc5 e4 55. Kxd4 Re1 56. a7 Ra1 57. a8=Q Rd1+ 58. Kc5 Rd3 59. Qd5+ 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190585 Moldagali, Beksultan (2398) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Bxe2 Rc8 12. Be3 a6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. f3 Nd7 16. b3 Nce5 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bf3 b5 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Na5 23. Rcc2 Nab7 24. b4 Na4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxe7+ 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190940 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (2245) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Rhe1 Qa5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bd4 Nb3+ 18. Kb1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Qxa3 21. Nb3 O-O 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qe5 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Qb4 25. Bc2 Rc3 26. Re4 Qa5 27. Rd3 Rc6 28. b4 Qb6 29. Red4 Rfc8 30. Bb3 a5 31. Rd7 a4 32. Qf6 Qg1+ 33. Kb2 Qc1+ 34. Ka2 Rc2+ 35. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
191103 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Zaw, Ye Htut (2180) 0-1
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Qh5 6. c4 Bg4 7. hxg4 Qxh1 8. d5 O-O-O 9. Qa4 Nb8 10. Nc3 e5 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Nxa7+ Kb8 13. Nc6+ Ka8 14. Nxd8 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Rxd8 17. O-O-O Kb8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Qh4 20. f3 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Ndc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qb5 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Qc2 25. Rb1 b6 26. Qb4 Kb7 27. Qc3 Nb3+ 0-1
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
257651 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Nakamura, Hi (2802) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. h3 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nfd7 8. c3 c5 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bc4 Nb4 14. Be3 Ncd3 15. Re2 Nxe5 16. Rd2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qc7 18. Na3 Bd7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Qg4 a5 21. Nb5 Qe5 22. Bd4 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nd4 Kf6 26. a3 Na6 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rd7 Nc5 29. Rc7 Rfc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ne4 33. Rd7 Rb8 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Rxc6+ e6 36. Bd3 Ng5 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kh2 h4 39. Be2 Nh7 40. Bh5 Rb7 41. Rd2 Kg5 42. Bf3 Ra7 43. Rd8 Nf6 44. Rd2 e5 45. Bc6 Rc7 46. Bb5 e4 47. Rd8 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rc5 49. Be2 Rc1+ 50. Kh2 Rc2 51. f4+ Kxf4 52. Bb5 Kg5 53. Rf8 Nh5 54. Rxf7 Ng3 55. Bd7 Rc1 56. Rg7+ Kf4 57. Rxg3 hxg3# 0-1
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
257913 Goldin, R (2288) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nc6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Ba2 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 b5 11. f4 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Ne2 d5 14. f5 dxe4 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nhf4 exd3 18. cxd3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Qb3 Rf6 21. h3 Nf2+ 22. Kh2 Bd6 23. g3 Ne5 24. d4 Ned3 25. Nxd3 Ng4+ 26. Kg1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rf8+ 28. Kg1 Be5 29. hxg4 Bxd4+ 30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kh3 Rxe2 32. Nf4 Re1 33. Qc4 Bf6 34. Ra6 Rh1+ 35. Kg2 Qg1+ 36. Kf3 Qd1+ 37. Qe2 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ 39. Kf3 Qf1+ 40. Ke4 Qxc1 0-1
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
258025 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Sailer, M (2108) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. h3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. c4 Qd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Be3 h6 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 g5 14. b5 Nb8 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. a4 Bd6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. Qxh5 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
258391 Matinian, N (2415) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Re8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bc4 18. Qf3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qe5 20. Qd3 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Kf1 Rc4 23. b3 Rc6 24. f3 Re3 25. Rxd4 Rxb3 26. Re1 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
258879 Campbell, Charles (2138) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. a3 h6 16. e4 Qb7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nf6 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. Qc6 Qd3 22. Qc2 Qb5 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Qc6 Qe7 25. b5 Rd6 26. Qc4 Rdd8 27. h3 Qa3 28. Ne5 Qb2 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Rc2 Qa3 31. Ra2 Qd6 32. e5 Qd5 33. Rc2 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Nd5 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Rca4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Nc3 38. Rb4 Ra8 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Rb3 Nd5 41. g3 Ra2 42. Kg2 Rc2 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Rxc3 Nxc3 45. Na7 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd7 47. Kd3 Nd5 48. f4 Ne7 49. g4 Nd5 50. Ke4 g6 51. f5 Ne7 52. fxg6 fxg6 53. Kd3 c6 54. bxc6+ Nxc6 55. Nb5 Ne7 56. Ke4 Nd5 57. Nd6 h5 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. h4 Kc6 60. Ne8 Ne7 61. Nf6 Ng6 62. Nxh5 Nxh4 63. Nf4 Kd7 64. d5 exd5+ 65. Kxd5 Nf5 66. e6+ Ke7 67. Ke5 Ne3 68. Ng6+ Ke8 69. Kf6 Nd5+ 70. Ke5 Ne3 71. Nf4 b5 72. Nd3 Nc4+ 73. Kd5 Ne3+ 74. Ke4 Ke7 75. Ke5 Nc4+ 76. Kd5 Nb6+ 77. Ke5 Nd7+ 78. Kd5 Nf6+ 79. Ke5 Ng4+ 80. Kf5 Ne3+ 81. Ke5 Nc4+ 82. Kd5 Ne3+ 83. Ke5 1/2-1/2
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
258912 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros (2379) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b5 7. Bxb5 Qb6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ba6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Qe3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Qa5 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Nb1 Rc1# 0-1
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
259225 Swara Lakshmi S Nair (1976) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 O-O 14. Rg1 Ne5 15. Qf4 b4 16. Nce2 f6 17. g6 h6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. fxe6 Qc4 20. Kb1 Qxe6 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Nf5 Rfc8 23. Bh3 Qc7 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qc4 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. g7+ Ke8 29. g8=Q+ Bf8 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Be6 Rc2 32. Rg8 Rac8 33. Bxc8 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
259548 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Sharma, Isha (2230) 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 Re8 11. Na3 Rb8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Qe2 b6 14. b3 a6 15. Bb2 Nh5 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Bf1 Nf8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Ne3 Rbd8 20. Bxa6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 N8e6 24. Bc1 f6 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Ne3 Rd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Nxd2 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc3 31. Nd5 Bh6 32. Nxc3 Bxd2 33. Nd5 Ba5 34. Nxf6+ Kf7 35. Nxh7 Bd2 36. h4 Kg7 37. Ke2 Bc1 38. Ng5 Bxg5 39. hxg5 Kf7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. Kb5 Kc7 43. g3 Kb7 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
259870 Tavernier, Loris (2051) Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 d5 5. O-O g6 6. c4 d4 7. e3 dxe3 8. fxe3 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 e6 11. Re1 c5 12. b3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg2 18. exf6 Qb7 19. fxg7 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Bf3 21. Qf2 Rd3 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd8 25. Re1 Bh3 26. Qe4 Qa6 27. Qh4 Rd7 28. Qxh3 Qxa2 29. Qg2 e5 30. Nc6 f6 31. Qc2 Qa6 32. Nb4 Qa5 33. Bc3 Qc5+ 34. Qf2 Qd6 35. Nd5 Kxg7 36. Bb4 Qe6 37. Nf4 Qf5 38. Nd5 Qe6 39. Bc3 b5 40. Nxf6 Rf7 41. Bxe5 Kf8 42. Bc3 Qc6 43. Nxh7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Qf4 Qc5+ 46. Qd4 Qxd4+ 47. Bxd4 bxc4 48. bxc4 Rc7 49. Re8+ Kf7 50. Ra8 Rxc4 51. Rxa7+ Ke6 52. Ba1 Rc1+ 53. Kg2 Kf5 54. Kh3 g5 55. Ra5+ Kg6 56. Ng4 Rc2 57. Ra6+ Kf5 58. Rf6+ Ke4 59. Be5 Kd5 60. Bb8 Rb2 61. Rf5+ Ke4 62. Rxg5 Rxb8 63. Nf6+ Kf3 64. Nh5 Rh8 65. g4 Rd8 66. Rf5+ Ke4 67. Ng3+ Ke3 68. Kh4 Rh8+ 69. Nh5 Ra8 70. h3 Ke4 71. Kg5 Ra3 72. Rf4+ Ke5 73. Rf5+ Ke6 74. Nf4+ Ke7 75. h4 Ra6 76. h5 Rb6 77. Nd5+ Ke6 78. Nxb6 Kd6 79. Nc4+ Ke7 80. h6 Ke6 81. h7 Kd7 82. Ne3 Kc6 83. Ng2 Kb7 84. Ne1 Ka8 85. h8=Q+ Ka7 86. Qh7+ Ka6 87. Qg6+ Ka7 88. Rf7+ Ka8 89. Qg8# 1-0
2024.12.10 Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
260115 Zenelaj, Samuel (2230) Kuchava, A (2094) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Nxc6 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 11. fxe3 bxc6 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Kd2 Rb8 14. b3 Bf6 15. Raf1 Ke7 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 e5 19. e4 Bb7 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nc3 Bxg2 22. Be4 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Rhd8+ 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. c4 Bg5+ 26. Kc3 f5 27. h4 Bf6 28. Bc2 e4+ 29. Kd2 Rxd5+ 30. cxd5+ Kxd5 31. h5 Bg5+ 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. Bd1 f4 34. Rg1 h6 35. b4 f3+ 36. Kf2 Rf8 37. Bb3+ Ke5 38. Rd1 e3+ 39. Kg3 e2 40. Re1 Bd2 0-1
2024.10.20 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323236 Rychkov, Roman (2079) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. hxg4 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. f3 e5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. b3 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. O-O-O b5 18. Nd5 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qb6 21. Qg5 Qb4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qg8+ Kd7 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Kd1 d3 26. Qf6+ Kc7 27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Bxd3 Qc5 29. Qe6 Qg1+ 30. Qe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Kb6 32. Bf5 Kc5 33. Be6 Kd4 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Ke5 36. Kd2 Kd4 37. g5 Rh8 38. Ke2 Rh2+ 39. Kf3 Ke5 40. a4 a5 41. Bd7 Rb2 42. g6 Kf6 43. Be8 Rxb3+ 44. Ke4 Rb4+ 45. Kd3 Ke7 46. g7 Rg4 47. Bh5 Rxg7 48. Kc4 Rg5 49. Bf3 Rf5 50. Bd1 Kd8 51. Bb3 Rf4+ 52. Kc3 Kc7 53. Bc4 Kb6 54. Bb5 Kc5 55. Bc6 Rf3+ 56. Kb2 Kc4 57. Ba8 Kb4 58. Bc6 Rf2+ 59. Kb1 Rd2 60. Kc1 Ra2 0-1
2024.10.19 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323221 Andries, Alf (2051) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 e5 6. Qe3 Be7 7. h3 a6 8. O-O h6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. c4 Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qb8 17. b4 Bd8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Rc2 Bb6 21. Qd3 Nh5 22. Qc4 Nf4 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. g3 Ng6 25. Bc1 Qa7 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. Qb3 Kf8 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Qc2 Qb8 31. Bb2 Qc7 32. Qd2 a5 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 Ne7 35. Nh4 Nd7 36. Bb5 Nf6 37. Bd3 Nd7 38. Bb5 Nf6 39. Qd3 Ba7 40. Kf3 g5 41. Ng2 Nexd5 42. Ne3 Nxb4 43. Qa3 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Qc5 45. Be2 Nxe4 46. Kxe4 Qd5+ 47. Kf5 e4+ 48. Kg4 Qe6+ 49. Kh5 Qg6+ 50. Kg4 f5# 0-1
2024.10.18 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323190 Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) Faukovic, Matija (2065) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. g4 Be6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. h5 Qc7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bd3 Rf7 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. Rxh7 Bxd4 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Qf4+ Bf6 22. g5 Nc5 23. Kd2 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 Qg2 26. gxf6 Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Qg2+ 29. Kd1 Rxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Qxf3+ 31. Kc2 Qxf6 32. Qe3 g5 33. Qe4 a5 34. a3 Kg7 35. a4 b4 36. Kb1 b3 37. Qe1 g4 38. d4 Kf8 39. Qg1 g3 40. Ka1 Qg5 41. Qh1 Kg7 42. Qf1 g2 43. Qg1 Qd2 44. Qb1 Qf2 45. Qf5 g1=Q+ 0-1
2024.10.17 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323143 Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) Matosin, Jurica (1935) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. Nd5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nd4 9. Be3 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxd5 11. cxd4 e4 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qa5 Ne7 14. a4 Nc6 15. Bxb5 Be7 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Rc7 Qxb2 19. O-O Bd8 20. Qd5 O-O 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxa8 Rf8 23. Qxa6 Be7 24. Qc6 Qb4 25. Qxe4 Bf6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. a5 Qa3 28. h3 Re8 29. Qc6 Rf8 30. a6 h6 31. Qb7 Qa5 32. a7 d5 33. Bf4 Bxd4 34. Bb8 Bxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Qe1+ 36. Rf1 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. a8=Q Qxf1 39. Be5 1-0
2024.10.17 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323162 Maki Uuro, Mi (2286) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxc7 Nd7 12. g3 Rc8 13. Qf4 Qb3 14. Bg2 Qxb2 15. O-O O-O 1/2-1/2
2024.10.16 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323119 Underwood, Jon (2015) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. b3 Be7 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qh5 Bf6 14. f4 Qe6 15. g4 Nb4 16. g5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rad8 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. f5 Qe7 20. f6 Qxc7 21. fxg7 Kxg7 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf6 d4 24. e4 Rce8 25. Raf1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Qh5 Nd5 28. Qf3 Re5 29. Qg3 Re2 30. Rd6 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qf3 Re7 33. h4 Qd6 34. Kg2 Qe5 35. Rf2 Qe4 0-1
2024.10.15 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323074 Saine, Zachary (2038) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O Ba7 8. Bb3 h6 9. Bc2 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Re1 c6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Qf1 Nhf4 18. Nc4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Nce5 dxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22. Bc2 Bd5 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. Bxf5 Bxf3 25. Bxg6 Re6 26. Qc4 Bd5 27. Qc2 Rf8 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bf5 Bb8 30. Bxe6 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qxg2+ 32. Ke2 Bxe6 33. Rg1 Qf3+ 34. Kd2 Bf4 35. Kc3 Bf5 36. Qd2 Bd6 37. Qc1 Bb4+ 38. Kb3 Qd5+ 0-1
2024.10.15 3rd Hvar Open 2024
323086 Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) Wu, Yixing (2324) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. h4 h5 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be2 Rdg8 16. Bf3 Kb8 17. a3 Bc6 18. Rh3 Qa5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Kb2 f5 21. exf5 d5 22. Rg3 Bd6 23. Qf6 Bxf4 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Re1 Bd7 27. Bxh5 Rxg2 28. Bf3 Rg3 29. Qh8+ Bc8 30. Rxe6 Rxf3 31. Nxd5 Qf7 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 33. Re8 Qf6+ 34. Qxf6 Rxf6 35. Re4 Rf3 36. a4 Bd7 37. a5 Ba4 38. Rc4 Rf2 39. Rc5 Rh2 40. h5 Be8 41. Kb3 Rh3+ 42. c3 Bxh5 43. Kb2 Bd1 44. c4 Rb3+ 45. Kc1 Be2 46. Kd2 Bf1 47. Ke1 Rb1+ 48. Kf2 Rc1 49. b5 axb5 50. Rxb5 Bxc4 51. Rc5 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Ba6 53. Kd4 Rb1 0-1
2024.10.14 3rd Hvar Open 2024
331723 Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) Kelbl, Jakob (1878) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 Nc5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Qf2 Nxb3 15. axb3 Na5 16. Nb5 Nxb3 17. Rxa7 Qd7 18. e5 Rxc4 19. Bxb7 Qxb5 20. Ba6 Qc6 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxe7 d5 23. f5 d4 24. Bg5 gxf5 25. Bf6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Kh8 27. Qg3 Rg8 28. Qxg8+ 1-0
2024.09.08 22nd Premier League BIH
375964 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Kosic, D (2371) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nb3 O-O 1/2-1/2
2024.09.07 22nd Premier League BIH
384345 Pastar, S (2380) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 Qa5 12. Be3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Nd2 Be6 15. b3 Rc6 16. Rfb1 Qd8 17. a5 Qc8 18. Bb6 Re8 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Nb4 Rcc8 21. Rd1 Bd8 22. Be3 Bc7 23. Nf1 Qd8 24. Ng3 Bxa5 25. Nc2 Bc7 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. Ne3 g6 28. Nef5 gxf5 29. exf5 Bd7 30. Bxh6 Nh7 31. Nh5 Qh4 32. g4 Bb6 33. Rd2 Bd4 34. Rf1 Bc6 35. Kh2 f6 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Ng5 38. Nxf6+ Kf7 39. Nxe8 Rxe8 40. Rxd6 Bf3 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Kg1 Nxh3+ 0-1
2024.09.06 22nd Premier League BIH
384297 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Saric, A (2495) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. c4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Qe3 Be6 14. h3 Ra8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 g6 21. Re1 Kg7 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Ng4 24. Qe2 Qb6 25. Red1 Rf8 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rc8 28. Qe2 Qb3 29. Qd2 a5 30. Rf1 Qb6 31. Qe2 Rc5 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Rf1 Nf6 34. Rb1 Nd7 35. Kg2 Nc5 36. Bc2 a4 37. Kg1 Nb3 38. Bxb3 axb3 39. Rd1 Rc2 40. Rd2 Qc5 41. Kf1 Rc1+ 42. Rd1 Rc2 43. Rd2 b5 44. f3 f5 45. exf5 gxf5 46. Qf2 Qc4+ 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kh3 f4 49. gxf4 Qxf4 50. Rxc2 Qf5+ 51. Kg3 bxc2 0-1
2024.09.05 22nd Premier League BIH
384279 Tadic, Br (2424) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf4 a6 9. h3 Qe8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nxd5 13. Bxh6 Nf6 14. Rc1 c6 15. Qg5 Qd7 16. g4 Qe6 17. b3 Qd5 18. Qe3 Qa5+ 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nf3 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Qxa2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3 b5 25. d5+ Kg8 26. Kg2 b4 27. Qxc6 Rb8 28. Qc4 Rb5 29. e4 Qb2 30. Qd3 Qf6 31. Rc7 e6 32. Rhc1 Bb7 33. Qe3 exd5 34. Nd4 Rc5 35. g5 Qe5 36. Nf3 Qxe4 37. R1xc5 dxc5 38. Rxb7 Qc2 39. Ne5 Qf5 40. Ng4 1-0
2024.09.04 22nd Premier League BIH
384243 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Jovanovic, Zo CRO (2525) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Bf8 9. Bf1 c6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bd3 b5 15. b4 d5 16. e5 Bxb4 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Be3 Nxf4 19. exf6 Qxf6 0-1
2024.09.03 22nd Premier League BIH
384189 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Zlatarevic, Ivan (1974) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 c5 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. a3 Qc7 15. h3 Ne5 16. Be2 Bd7 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. c5 Rad8 20. Qc1 g5 21. Rfe1 Bf5 22. Bc4 Bg6 23. Qc3 Bg7 24. Qb3 h6 25. Bc1 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Be3 Kh8 28. Bd5 f5 29. Qc4 e4 30. Bd4 Qd7 31. c6 Qc7 32. cxb7 Qd6 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Be6 Qc7 35. Bc8 1-0
2024.09.03 22nd Premier League BIH
384213 Popovic, Zo1 (2235) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. f3 b5 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rad1 g6 13. h3 Ne6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Bf2 a6 16. e4 Rc8 17. Qd2 b4 18. Na4 dxe4 19. fxe4 c5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bxe4 24. Ng3 Bxc5 1/2-1/2
2024.09.02 22nd Premier League BIH
384147 Culum, Sanjin (2409) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. f4 b5 12. a4 exf4 13. Bxf4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nc5 16. Rd4 Ne6 17. Bxa6 Nxd4 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Bxd6 Rd8 21. e5 Bxd6 22. exf6 Be7 23. Nd5 Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6 Qc7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. h3 Rd6 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Qc5 Kg8 30. Rc3 Ra6 31. Qc8+ Qxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. b4 Rb6 34. Rc4 Kf6 35. Kh2 Ke5 36. Kg3 Rd6 37. Rc3 Rd4 38. Rb3 Kd5 39. b5 Kc4 40. Rf3 Rd7 41. b6 Kd4 42. Rc3 Rb7 43. Rc7 Rxb6 44. Rxf7 h6 45. Kh4 Rxb2 46. g4 Ke5 47. Rf5+ 1-0
2024.09.01 22nd Premier League BIH
384135 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Stojanovic, Da (2448) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Nd5 c5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Rc1 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 b5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rc1 bxa4 20. e5 Rfd8 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qxa4 c4 23. Rfd1 Qe5 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2 Bf5 27. Qc1 Rd5 28. Bf4 Qe2 29. Qe3 Qxb2 30. Rxc4 Qxa2 31. Rc3 Kh7 32. Kh2 Qa4 33. Be5 Qb5 34. Rb3 Rxe5 35. Rxb5 Rxe3 36. Rxf5 Re7 37. Kg3 Ra7 38. Ra5 Kg6 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. g4 Kb6 44. Kb4 Rd7 45. Rf5 f6 46. f4 Rd3 47. h4 Rf3 48. Ka4 Rf1 49. Kb4 Kc6 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Rc5+ Kd6 53. Rxg5 Rxf4+ 54. Kc3 Rf7 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Rg6+ Kf5 57. Rxa6 g5 58. Kc3 Kg4 59. Ra1 Kh3 0-1
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
389500 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Pichot, A (2638) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. f4 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qe2 b5 15. Rad1 Qb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 Rxd4 21. fxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd4 Qg5 24. Rg4 Qc5+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rd8 27. Ke2 f5 28. Rg3 Bd5 29. Rd1 Kg8 30. b3 Kf7 31. Rc3 Rh8 32. h3 Bxg2 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rg3 Bxh3 35. Rgxg7 Bg4+ 36. Kd2 Ke5 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Rh2+ 39. Kc3 Rh1 40. c5 Rc1+ 41. Kb4 Bf3 42. Rd6 Rb1+ 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kb4 Rb1+ 45. Kc3 a5 46. Rc7 Bd5 47. Ra6 Rb3+ 48. Kd2 Rxa3 49. Rca7 Kd4 50. Rxa5 Rh3 51. Ke1 f4 52. Ra4+ Ke5 53. Rf7 Be4 54. c6 Rc3 55. c7 f3 56. Rb4 Bg6 57. Rg7 Rc1+ 58. Kd2 f2 59. Kxc1 f1=Q+ 60. Kb2 Qf2+ 61. Ka3 Qe3+ 62. Ka4 Qa7+ 63. Kb3 Qe3+ 64. Ka4 Bc2+ 65. Kb5 Qd3+ 66. Kb6 Qd6+ 67. Ka5 Bd3 68. Rb5+ Bxb5 69. c8=Q Bd3 70. Qc3+ Ke4 71. Rg4+ Kf3 72. Rd4 Qe5+ 73. Kb4 Qb8+ 74. Ka3 Qa7+ 75. Kb2 Qb6+ 76. Kc1 Qb1+ 77. Kd2 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
389795 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Shandrygin, Nikita (2209) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Nb5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. Nc7+ Kf8 10. Nxa8 e5 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Ba5 14. c3 Ne4 15. Nac7 a6 16. f3 Ng5 17. b4 Bxc7 18. Nxc7 Ne6 19. Nxe6+ Bxe6 20. a3 Ke7 21. O-O-O Rc8 22. Kb2 f5 23. Bd3 Nd8 24. Rhe1 Nf7 25. g4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rg1 Kf6 28. Bc2 Ng5 29. Rd6 Nxf3 30. Rf1 e4 31. Bb3 Re8 32. Rb6 Nxh2 33. Rh1 Ng4 34. Rxh7 e3 35. Kc2 Ke5 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Kd3 f4 39. Rg7 Ne5+ 40. Ke4 e2 41. Rg1 f3 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. a4 Kc4 44. Rb1 Kxc3 45. b5 a5 46. Kf2 Nd3+ 47. Kxf3 e1=Q 48. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 49. Ke4 Kb4 50. Kd5 Kxa4 51. Kc5 Nd3+ 52. Kb6 Kb4 53. Kxb7 Kxb5 0-1
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
390048 Goltsev, Dmitry (2215) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Rxc4 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bh6 Nxf5 15. Be3 Rcg4 16. g3 h5 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Nd5 h4 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Qxb7 hxg3 21. hxg3 Nxe3 22. Qc6+ Kf8 23. Nd7+ Kg7 24. fxe3 Rxg3+ 25. Kf2 Qf5+ 26. Ke2 Qg4+ 27. Kd2 Rg2+ 28. Kc3 a5 29. a3 Qg6 30. Qxg2 Qxg2 31. Rg1 Qg6 32. Rxg6+ fxg6 33. Nb6 g5 34. Nd5 Bd8 35. b4 axb4+ 36. axb4 g4 37. Rg1 Kh6 38. b5 Rg7 39. b6 Kg5 40. Kc4 Kh4 41. Kb5 g3 42. Kc6 Bxb6 43. Kxb6 g2 44. e4 Kg3 45. Ne3 Kf2 46. Rxg2+ Rxg2 47. Nxg2 Kxg2 48. Kc6 Kf3 49. Kd5 Ke3 50. c4 Kd3 51. Kxd6 Kxe4 52. c5 Kf4 53. c6 e4 54. c7 e3 55. c8=Q e2 56. Qc3 Ke4 57. Qe1 Ke3 58. Ke5 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
390466 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Korsunsky, Y (2369) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 Re8 9. Nbd2 c6 10. a4 a5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 b5 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Ne3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. Bxb5 Nxe4 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nc4 Nc5 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Nxa5 e4 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Rd1 f5 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. b4 Rc8 27. c4 Nxb4 28. Qa4 Nd3 29. Qb5 f4 30. Bb6 f3 31. gxf3 Qxh3 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Qxe4 Nb2 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Bxd8 Qd7 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. cxd5 Kg8 38. Bc7 Kf7 39. Kg2 Nd3 40. Kg3 h5 41. Bd6 g5 42. Nc6 Bf6 43. Bc7 Nc5 44. Bd6 Nd3 45. Kg2 h4 46. Kh3 Nxf2+ 47. Kg2 Nd3 48. Bh2 Kg6 49. Kf1 Kf7 50. Ke2 Nc5 51. Ke3 Nd7 52. Ke4 Kg6 53. d6 h3 54. Nb4 Nc5+ 55. Kd5 Nd7 56. Nd3 Nf8 57. Kc6 Kf5 58. d7 Nxd7 59. Kxd7 g4 60. fxg4+ Kxg4 61. Nf2+ Kf3 62. Nxh3 Kg2 63. Nf4+ Kxh2 1/2-1/2
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
390661 Ernst, Luca (2185) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Rhe1 Rd8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. f4 O-O 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Kb1 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. Qb3 Bf7 22. Nh4 Qd7 23. Ka1 b5 24. Qg3 Bxd5 25. Rf1 Qc7 26. Nf5 Kh8 27. Qa3 g6 28. Ne3 Bb7 29. Qb4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. a3 Rd4 33. Qb3 Be4 34. c3 Rd2 35. Ng4 Bf5 36. Ne3 Qd7 37. Qb4 Rd6 38. Ka2 Be6+ 39. Kb1 Rd3 40. Nc2 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Qxd1# 0-1
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
390781 Chiu, Isaac (2226) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a6 7. Bb2 c6 8. d4 b5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. Nxb4 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
391190 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Shafer, Logan C (2097) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Kd6+ 12. Kd2 Be6 13. Bd3 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Rhe1 a5 16. c4 Na6 17. c5+ Kd7 18. d5 Bg4 19. f3 g5 20. fxg4 gxf4 21. Bf5+ Kd8 22. gxh5 Nxc5 23. h6 cxd5 24. h7 Kc7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rf1 Ne6 27. g3 fxg3 28. Rg1 Nd4 29. Rxg3 Re2+ 30. Kd3 Nxf5 31. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 32. Kf3 d4 33. Kxg3 d3 34. Kf3 d2 35. Ke2 d1=N 36. Kxd1 f5 37. h8=Q f4 38. Qe5+ Kb6 39. Qxf4 a4 40. h5 Ka6 41. h6 a3 42. bxa3 b5 43. h7 Ka5 44. h8=Q f5 45. Qa8+ Kb6 46. Qd6# 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
391500 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Souleidis, G (2418) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bg3 a6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qf3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. c4 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Be5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 20. Qe2 Raa8 21. Rd7 Rad8 22. Bc7 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rxd7 24. Bxb6 Bxb6 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. c5 e5 27. Qa6 Rc7 28. Qxa5 Rb7 29. b4 Rfb8 30. a3 g6 31. Qa6 Rc7 32. h4 Kg7 33. g4 h6 34. Kg2 Rbb7 35. Qc4 Ra7 36. Rd3 Ra4 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rca7 39. Qc1 Ra8 40. Qf1 Rxa3 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Rxa3 Rxa3 43. Qxc6 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra3+ 45. Kg4 Ra1 46. b5 Rc1 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. c6 e4 49. Qxe4 Rc4 50. Kf3 Rb4 51. Qd5 Bc3 52. c7 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
391700 Punin, Andrii (2289) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Be2 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Nc3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qb4 14. a3 Qb3 15. Qb5+ Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. O-O-O Rc8+ 20. Kb1 b6 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 f5 23. Rc1 Rc5 24. Rd3 Nf6 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. b4 c4 27. Rd1 Kd6 28. g3 Nxd5 29. Kc2 b5 30. Re1 e6 31. h4 h5 32. Kd2 Nf6 33. Ke3 e5 34. fxe5+ Kxe5 35. Kf3+ Kd4 36. Re6 Ne4 37. Rxg6 Kd3 38. Kf4 c3 39. Rg8 c2 40. Rd8+ Ke2 41. Rc8 Kd1 42. Kxf5 Nxg3+ 43. Kf4 Ne2+ 44. Kg5 c1=Q+ 45. Rxc1+ Kxc1 46. Kxh5 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
391915 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Yunker, Alisa Genrietta (1873) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. Ngh5 Nbd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bd2 Be4 14. Qh3 Bf5 15. Qg3 Ne4 16. Qe3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nf6 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. h5 Bd6 20. Ne2 Be4 21. f3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. O-O-O b5 24. Kb1 Kb7 25. g4 a5 26. Nc1 Bf4 27. Qe2 Qc4 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Rc1 Kb6 30. Qe3 a4 31. Rhe1 Ra8 32. Re2 a3 33. b3 Qc7 34. b4 Qc4 35. Nc5 Bxc5 36. dxc5+ Kc6 37. Rd2 e5 38. Rcd1 Rae8 39. Rxd5 Kc7 40. Rd7+ Kb8 41. c6 Qxc6 42. Qa7+ Kc8 43. R1d6 Rd8 44. Rxc6# 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
392093 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Jaskolka, T (2258) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Nb5 O-O 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Qa5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. a3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc5 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Qd3 Qxd6 16. Qxd4 Qf4 17. e5 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. c3 Rc5 23. Rxd7 Re8 24. f4 g6 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. Rd7 a5 28. Kf2 a4 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Rd4 b5 31. Rd7 h5 32. g3 Ke8 33. Rb7 Rd5 34. h4 Kf8 35. Ke4 Rd1 36. Rxb5 Ke7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Ke7 39. c4 Re1+ 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Rg1 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Rb4 Ke6 44. Ke3 Rg1 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46. Kg2 Rc1 47. Kf3 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kd4 Rd1+ 50. Kc5 Rd3 51. Rxa4 Rxg3 52. Ra6+ Ke7 53. b4 Rh3 54. b5 Rxh4 55. b6 Kd7 56. Ra7+ Kc8 57. Rxf7 g5 58. Kc6 Kd8 59. b7 Rxf4 60. b8=Q# 1-0
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
412277 Gulamirian, K (1890) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Ne5 Ra6 13. e3 Nfd7 14. f4 f6 15. Nef3 Bb7 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Be4 h6 19. Nf3 gxf4 20. gxf4 Nf6 21. Bg6 Nc6 22. Kh1 Qd5 23. e4 Qd8 24. Rad1 Nb4 25. Qg2 Nd3 26. Ne5 Qxd4 27. Nxd3 cxd3 28. e5 Nd5 29. Rxd3 Qc4 30. Rdf3 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Nxf4 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Qc2 Qf1# 0-1
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
412521 Rustamov, Rustam (2283) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. Nce2 Bb7 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. h5 d5 18. e5 Qa5 19. Kb1 Na4 20. g6 Nc3+ 21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Ka1 Ba3 23. Rb1 Bb2+ 24. Rxb2 cxb2+ 25. Kb1 hxg6 26. hxg6 Rxh1+ 27. Qxh1 Qd2 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kxe6 32. Qg6+ Kd7 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Qe7# 1-0
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
412804 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Hoffmann, As (2185) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Be7 10. a4 c6 11. a5 a6 12. b4 cxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. c4 Nd7 17. Kh2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f5 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. Qxf5 Bg5 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bc3 Nf6 23. g3 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Ne4 25. Be3 Ng5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Qxd6 Rxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qxc1 29. Rf8+ 1-0
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
413313 Akobian, V (2564) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a4 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 b6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bb4 c5 17. Bc3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 h6 19. h3 Bc6 20. Bf5 e4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nd7 24. Qg4 Ne5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Be6+ Kf8 29. Kh2 Ke7 30. Bg8 Kf8 31. Bh7 Kf7 32. h4 g6 33. h5 gxh5 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. Bf5 Kf6 36. Bc8 Kg5 37. Be6 Kf6 38. Bg8 Kg5 39. Be6 Kf6 40. Bh3 Kg5 41. Bc8 h4+ 42. Kh3 h5 43. Be6 b5 44. cxb5 Bxb5 45. Bd5 Bd7+ 46. Kh2 h3 47. g3 h4 48. Bxe4 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 c4 50. Bd5 Bb5 51. Kxh3 Kf5 52. Kg3 e4 53. f3 exf3 54. Kxf3 Ke5 55. Bg8 Bc6+ 56. Ke2 Bb5 57. Kd2 Ke4 58. Kc3 Kxe3 59. Bxc4 Bc6 60. Kb4 Kd4 61. Bb5 Bb7 62. Bxa4 1-0
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
413391 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Menahem, Adi (2174) 0-1
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. h3 Nf6 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nf3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bb4 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Re1 O-O-O+ 14. Kc2 Nd3 15. Re2 Nxc1 16. Kxc1 Rhe8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Kd2 Bxf2 19. Na3 Bc5 20. Nc4 Ne4+ 21. Kc2 Nd6 22. Nd2 Re2 23. g4 Be3 24. Kd3 Rxd2+ 25. Kxe3 Rxb2 26. Rd1 Kd7 27. c4 Ke6 28. c5 Nc4+ 29. Kd3 Rd2+ 30. Rxd2 Nxd2 31. Kxd2 Kd5 32. Ke3 Kxc5 33. Ke4 Kd6 34. g5 Ke6 35. h4 g6 36. a4 b6 37. Kd4 a6 38. Kc4 Ke5 39. Kb4 Kd5 40. a5 bxa5+ 41. Kxa5 Ke5 42. Kxa6 Kf4 43. Kb5 Kg4 44. Kc5 Kxh4 45. Kd5 Kxg5 46. Ke5 h5 0-1
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
413875 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Buchenau, F (2190) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Be7 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. Bb3 Bf6 13. c3 Qb6 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. d5 Na5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. g4 b6 23. g5 Bc3 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. g6 hxg6 26. Rxg6 Bf6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Be5 Kf7 29. Rg4 Rc2 30. Ng5+ Ke7 31. Bxf6+ gxf6 32. Nf3 Kf7 33. a4 Rc4 34. Rxc4 Nxc4 35. Nd4 Nb2 36. Nb5 a6 37. Nc7 a5 38. Kf1 Nxa4 39. Ke2 Nc5 40. Ke3 a4 41. Nb5 Ke6 42. Kd4 Nb3+ 43. Kc4 Nd2+ 44. Kd3 Nf3 45. h3 Kd5 0-1
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
414048 Harriott, Tyrell (1924) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. f5 Ne4 8. fxg6 hxg6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Qe1 Qd5 12. Qh4 Re8 13. Nc3 Qc4 14. Bd2 Bf5 15. h3 e5 16. b3 Qc6 17. g4 exd4 18. exd4 e3 19. Be1 Bxc2 20. d5 Qb6 21. Na4 Qd6 22. Bb4 Qxb4 23. Rxf6 Re7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ Ke8 26. Nxg7+ Kd7 27. Qh4 e2 28. Re1 Qd4+ 0-1
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
414349 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Zakin, Ilay (2235) 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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. h4 Bh6 13. Nc2 O-O 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Be6 18. Nce3 g6 19. g4 Bf4 20. g5 Kg7 21. Nf6 Ne7 22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qc8 24. c4 h6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rxa5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Rh8 28. Rg1 Qh3 29. Rb5 Qc3+ 30. Kf1 Rxb5 31. cxb5 Rh2 32. Rg2 Rh1+ 33. Rg1 Rh2 34. Rg2 Qh3 35. Qg4 Qd3+ 36. Qe2 Qb1+ 37. Qe1 Rh1+ 38. Rg1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Qxe1+ 40. Kg2 Qb4 0-1
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
414624 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Medina, M ECU (2368) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. f3 d6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. b3 Bc6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Qd2 e6 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Bf2 Qe7 18. Bf1 b6 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Nb5 f4 24. Bf2 Rf5 25. Bd4 Rdf8 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nd6 Rg5 28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe2 e4 30. fxe4 f3 31. Qe3 Rg7 32. Rd4 Rg4 33. Rc2 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Bg2 Re3 38. Rc1 Nd2 39. Rd1 Ne4 40. Rd7 Re1+ 41. Bf1 Nc3 42. Kf2 Re5 43. Rd6 Nxa2 44. Rxb6 Nc3 45. Bd3 h5 46. Ra6 Kg7 47. Rc6 Kf6 48. Be2 Ne4+ 49. Kf1 Nd2+ 50. Ke1 Nxb3 51. Kd1 Nd4 52. Ra6 Nxe2 53. Rxa5 Nc3+ 54. Kc2 Rxa5 55. Kxc3 Ra2 56. Kb3 Rxh2 57. c5 Ke7 58. Kc4 Kd7 0-1
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
414745 Kaminski, V (2247) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bc2 Ne5 9. Ba4+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. a4 a5 15. Nd5 e6 16. Nc3 Nb8 17. g3 Nc6 18. Nb5 Nb4 19. Ra3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Nxd3 21. Bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxd3 Qc6 23. f3 f5 24. Rd6 Qb7 25. Rd7 Qa8 26. Nc3 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxa4 28. Qd6 Re8 29. Qc7 Bh6 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Rf7# 1-0
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
415069 Gosh, C (2025) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O b5 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. a3 Rd8 15. g4 d5 16. Bg5 d4 17. Nd1 Nc6 18. h4 Qb6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. g5 Be7 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qg4 Na5 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Qf3 d3 27. c3 Nc4 28. Rf2 a5 29. h5 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rh2 bxc3 34. Nxc3 d2 35. Rd1 Rcd4 36. Qf2 Qg4 37. Qh4 Qxh4 38. Rxh4 Bb4 39. Rh2 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Rxe4 41. Rhxd2 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Rg4 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ Ke6 45. Re7+ Kd6 46. Rxh7 Rxg5 47. f7 Ke7 48. Rg7 Kf8 49. Rh7 Rf5 50. Kg2 Rxf7 51. Rh3 Rf4 52. Re3 Rf5 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Kg4 Ke6 55. Re1 Kd5 56. Rd1+ Ke6 57. Ra1 e4 58. Ra6+ Ke5 59. Rxg6 Rf4+ 60. Kg3 Rf3+ 61. Kg2 Rxc3 62. Rg8 Rf3 63. Rd8 Rf6 64. Kg3 e3 65. Kg2 Ke4 66. Kg1 Rf5 67. Re8+ Kd3 68. Rd8+ Ke2 69. Kg2 Rg5+ 70. Kh1 Kf2 71. Rf8+ Ke1 72. Rd8 e2 73. Kh2 Kf2 74. Rf8+ Ke3 75. Re8+ Kf3 76. Rf8+ Ke4 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
423842 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Lantini, M (1965) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bb7 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. a5 O-O 14. Qd2 f5 15. Qxb4 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. c4 f4 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. b4 Nd7 23. O-O Nf6 24. Rc1 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Qb7 26. Rc6 e4 27. Qh3 Qb5 28. Qe6 Qe2 29. Bc3 Bf6 30. Re1 Qd3 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 h6 34. Rxa6 Rf5 35. Rxd6 Rb5 36. h3 Rfxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Rb8 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Rf1 41. a6 Rxf2 42. a7 f3 43. a8=Q Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rg3 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Qe4+ Kh5 47. Qf5+ g5 48. b5 f2 49. Qf7+ Kh4 50. Rxh6# 1-0
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
424055 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Samsonkin, A (2363) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ng3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. c3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Bf4 Bd5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qg4 h5 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Bxc7 Nxf2 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Bxa5 Ng4 24. Bb6 Ne5 25. Bd4 Rf5 26. Rf1 Rg5 27. Rf2 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nxd4 29. cxd4 Bxd4 30. Rd2 Be3 31. Re2 Bd4 32. Rd1 e5 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
424245 Topalov, A (2233) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d4 c6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. g3 Bg4 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. O-O Bh3 13. Rc1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Na6 15. Nf4 f5 16. Qf3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Nb5 Qxb5 20. Qd5 Rac8 21. h4 Qc6 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
424641 Rustamov, Rustam (2283) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bh3 b4 14. Nce2 O-O 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qc4 17. Nxf8 Bxf8 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Bb7 20. Ng3 Nc5 21. Rhe1 Rc8 22. Kb1 a5 23. f5 a4 24. bxa4 Nxa4 25. Rd4 d5 26. exd5 Bc5 27. Rdd1 Rd8 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. f6 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nf2 gxf6 32. gxf6 Kf7 33. Ng4 h5 34. Ne5+ Kxf6 35. Nd7+ Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kf7 37. Rf1+ Ke7 38. Nxf8 Bc4 39. Ng6+ 1-0
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
425050 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Fernandez Siles, L (2191) 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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. h4 Rb8 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Bd8 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. O-O-O Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 b4 21. Rh3 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxh4 23. Qxd6 Qg4 24. Rf3 Qxg2 25. Rf5 Bxf2 26. Qxe5 g6 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Qxb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kh6 30. Qe6 Be3+ 31. Kb1 Rf2 32. Qc4 Qf3 33. a3 Bf4 34. Rd3 Qg2 35. Rd1 Be5 36. Rc1 Qf3 37. a4 Qf6 38. Qb3 Rf3 39. Rh1+ Kg7 40. Qb7+ Qf7 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rd1 h5 43. Rd7+ Kf6 44. Ra7 h4 45. Rxa6+ Kg5 46. Bd1 Rf1 47. Kc2 h3 48. Ra8 h2 49. Re8 h1=Q 50. Rxe5+ Kf4 51. Rd5 Kxe4 52. Rd2 Qg1 53. a5 Rf2 54. Be2 1-0
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
425328 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Volkov, Maksim (2306) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 Ng4 9. Nc4 b5 10. Bb6 Qd7 11. Nd5 bxc4 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. Nxa8 Qb7 14. Qd5 Nc6 15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Qd3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxa8 18. O-O h5 19. a4 Qb7 20. a5 Nf6 21. b4 Ke8 22. b5 Nb8 23. Rab1 Nfd7 24. Bc7 axb5 25. Rxb5 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. a6 Nc5 28. a7 Kd7 29. Bb8 Nxa7 30. Bxa7 Nxe4 31. Rd1 Nc3 32. Rb7+ Kc6 33. Rxe7 Nxd1 34. Rxf7 g5 35. h3 Nc3 36. Be3 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Rg7 g3 39. fxg3 d5 40. g4 d4 41. Bd2 Ne4 42. Be1 Kd5 43. Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rc7 Rg8 45. Rc6+ Kd5 46. Rc7 Rxg4 47. Kf1 Nd6 48. Rd7 Ke6 49. Rd8 Nc4 50. Rf8 Ne3+ 51. Ke2 Rxg2+ 52. Bf2 Ng4 53. Kf1 Rxf2+ 54. Rxf2 Nxf2 55. Kxf2 Kd5 56. Kf3 e4+ 57. Kf4 e3 58. Kf3 Kc4 59. Ke2 Kc3 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
425540 Rom, J (2178) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. f5 gxf5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Rg8 14. Ng5 O-O-O 15. Nxf7 Rdf8 16. Nh6 Rg6 17. Bxe7 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Nxe7 19. Qf8+ Qd8 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nf7+ Kc7 22. Rf1 Nf5 23. Re1 Rg7 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxf7 26. c3 Kd7 27. Re2 d5 28. g3 Kd6 29. Kg2 d4 30. Re4 Ne3+ 31. Kh3 Kd5 32. Rh4 Nf5 33. Rh5 Kd6 34. c4 a6 35. g4 Ne7 36. Rh6+ Ng6 37. Kg3 b5 38. h4 Ke5 39. b3 Nf4 40. g5 Nxd3 41. Rc6 bxc4 42. bxc4 Ke4 43. h5 a5 44. g6 hxg6 45. hxg6 Rg7 46. Kg4 Rxg6+ 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
425634 Lianes Garcia, Marcos (2401) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Rfb1 Bf5 18. Rb3 e5 19. Be3 exd4 20. cxd4 Rfd8 21. Bf4 Bxd4 22. Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kg2 Re2 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxa2 27. Re7 Be6 28. Bc6 a5 29. Ra7 Kg7 30. h3 Kf6 31. Be8 Bd5+ 32. Kf1 Bf3 33. Rxf7+ 1-0
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
426000 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Porozhnyak, Maya (1939) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nc2 d6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. f4 b6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Na3 Rac8 16. b4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxb6 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Re8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. e5 Nd5 22. a3 dxe5 23. fxe5 Ba8 24. g3 Nxb6 25. Bxa8 Nxa8 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. Rc6 Nb6 29. Nd4 Bd8 30. Nb3 Ra8 31. Nc5 a5 32. b5 Nc4 33. a4 Nxe5 34. Rd6 Be7 35. Ne4 Bxd6 36. Nxd6 Nd7 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Nc4 Nc5 39. Nb6 Rd8 40. Ke3 f5 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
426091 Kocharin, Timur (2235) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. a4 Na5 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nb1 Nc4 17. Qb3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Na3 Bxe3+ 20. Kg2 Qh4 21. Nb5 Be4+ 22. Bf3 Bf4 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
426463 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Zia, Tahsin Tajwar (2255) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Be2 h5 9. h3 Ne5 10. Ne3 Bb4 11. f4 Ng6 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qd4 f5 14. exf6 Qxf4 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Rf1 Qg3+ 17. Kd1 Nxc3+ 18. bxc3 Be7 19. Bxh5 d5 20. Qg4 Qxg4+ 21. Nxg4 Rxg7 22. Ne5 dxc4 23. Bxg6+ Kd8 24. Be4 Bd6 25. Nf7+ Kc7 26. Nxd6 Kxd6 27. Ba3+ Kc7 28. Ke2 Bd7 29. Rab1 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Kxc6 31. Rf2 Rg3 32. Bb2 Rd8 33. Rd1 Rdd3 34. Rxd3 cxd3+ 35. Kd2 e5 36. c4 e4 37. Bd4 b5 38. cxb5+ Kd5 39. Be3 axb5 40. h4 b4 41. h5 Rg8 42. h6 Ra8 43. Rf5+ Ke6 44. Rg5 Rxa2+ 45. Kc1 Rc2+ 46. Kb1 Rc8 47. h7 Rh8 48. Rh5 Kf7 49. Bd4 d2 50. Kc2 Rd8 51. h8=Q d1=Q+ 52. Kxd1 Rxh8 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
458568 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Senft, Sean (2054) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Na4 Qb7 15. Bxe6 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qc7 20. Qf5 Bf6 21. Qe6+ Ne7 22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Bb3 Qd7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Ba4+ Qd7 26. Bxd7+ Rxd7 27. Bc5 Kd8 28. Qxa6 Rf7 29. Bb6+ Ke8 30. Qa8+ 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
458797 Zhigalko, S (2572) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Re8 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. Re1 h6 11. Ngf3 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. h3 c6 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qd2 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. Qe2 exd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. Qf1 Qg4 23. Nh2 Qe6 24. d5 Qd7 25. f4 h5 26. Qg2 h4 27. Nf5 Nh5 28. Qg4 Nf6 29. Qg2 Nh5 30. Rf1 Qb5 31. Rab1 Qc4 32. b3 Qc3 33. Rbc1 Ng3 34. Bb1 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459156 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Seletsky, G (2223) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 b6 8. g3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Rxa6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nfd2 O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb4 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Rac1 Qc8 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qb7 19. Qb5 Nb8 20. Nc5 Qd5 21. Nd3 Qxb5 22. axb5 Ra7 23. Rc4 Rd8 24. Rfc1 Rd7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Bd8 27. Nf4 Rb7 28. b4 axb4 29. Ra1 Be7 30. Ra8 Kh7 31. Nd3 Rd5 32. Nxb4 Rxb5 33. Nd3 Ra5 34. Rxa5 bxa5 35. Bd2 Ra7 36. Nb2 Kg8 37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Ra4 Nc6 39. Ke2 Ke8 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Nc4 Ra6 42. Nxa5 Nxa5 43. Rxa5 Rxa5 44. Bxa5 c5 45. f4 Kc6 46. Ke4 c4 47. Bc3 Kb5 48. d5 exd5+ 49. Kxd5 Bb4 50. Bd4 c3 51. e6 fxe6+ 52. Kxe6 Kc4 53. Bxg7 c2 54. Bb2 Bd2 55. Kf5 Kb3 56. Bf6 c1=Q 57. Kg6 Qg1 58. Kxh6 Qxg3 59. Bg5 Bxf4 60. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 61. Kg6 Qg4+ 62. Kh6 Kc4 63. Kh7 Qxh5+ 64. Kg7 Qf5 65. Kh6 Qg4 66. Kh7 Kd5 67. Kh6 Ke6 68. Kh7 Kf7 69. Kh8 Qg7# 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459405 Schuster, K (2307) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. b3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxd7 Bxd1 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Raxd1 Nb4 15. Rc1 Nxa2 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Rec1 a6 18. d3 O-O 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rfd8 21. Nc4 Rac8 22. Kf1 f6 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Ne3 e5 25. Rd1 g6 26. Rd2 f5 27. c3 Nc6 28. Nc4 Kf6 29. f3 Rc7 30. Na5 Ne7 31. Nc4 Nd5 32. Rc1 Rcd7 33. g3 h5 34. h4 f4 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Rh7 37. Rh1 Nxc3+ 38. Kf3 Rd4 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 b5 41. Nb2 e4+ 42. Kxf4 exd3+ 43. Ke3 Nd5+ 44. Kf3 c4 45. bxc4 bxc4 46. Rf2 Ke5 47. Re1+ Kd6 48. Kg2 Rxh5 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
459574 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Brzezina, Piotr (2309) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nb6 Bb7 11. Nxa8 Bxa8 12. f3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 f5 15. Bd3 e4 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. O-O-O Rxe4 21. Qf3 Rxe3 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Kb1 Re8 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxd5 26. Rd1 Bf7 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28. Qd2 Nc5 29. Rc6 Qe5 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne4 32. Qh6 Nxc3+ 33. Kb2 Qb5+ 34. Kc2 Qxc6 35. g3 Ne4+ 36. Kd3 Qd5+ 37. Ke3 Bg5+ 38. Ke2 Bxh6 39. h4 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Bd5 41. h5 Nf6# 0-1
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
507185 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Manteiga, Franco (2006) 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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. h4 Bh6 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qb6 17. Qxa4+ Bd7 18. Qxa6 O-O 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. O-O d5 23. Rfd1 d4 24. Ra6 Rfb8 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Kf1 g6 27. Ke2 Bf8 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Ra6 dxc3 31. bxc3 Bb8 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rc6 Rb3 34. Kd2 Ra3 35. Rb6 Ra2+ 36. Rb2 Ra8 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. c4 Ra2+ 39. Rb2 Ra8 40. c5 Bc7 41. Rb7 Ba5+ 42. Ke3 Rd8 43. Nxe5 Bc3 44. Nd3 Bd4+ 45. Ke2 Ra8 46. Rd7 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Bf6 48. g3 Rc2 49. e5 Bg7 50. Ke4 Rc4+ 51. Kd5 Rc3 52. Nf4 Rc1 53. c6 Rd1+ 54. Ke6 Bxe5 55. Rxd1 Kg7 56. Kxe5 1-0
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
507282 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Moroni, L (2573) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Re1 Nh5 9. Be3 h6 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Nc4 Nf4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bf1 Be6 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Nxh3+ 16. gxh3 Qxf3 17. Bg2 Qh5 18. Nd2 Bxh3 19. Nf1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4+ 21. Ng3 h5 22. f3 Qe6 23. b4 a5 24. b5 Ne7 25. c4 Kh7 26. Rac1 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Kxh6 28. Rh1 Qf6 29. Qc3 Qg5 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Ke1 Rad8 32. Nf1 R2d3 0-1
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
507568 Palacio, I (2172) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Bd4+ 15. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Qf2 Ne3 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Nf5 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Re4 Rd8 21. Ne2 Nf5 22. g4 Nd6 23. Re3 f6 24. h3 Kg7 25. Nf4 e5 26. Nd5 Be6 27. a3 b5 28. Re2 a5 29. g5 Bxd5 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. Bxd5 Nf5 32. Rf1 Rxd5 0-1
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
507905 Faizrakhmanov, Ramil (2474) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 h5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ng5 f6 19. b4 fxg5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Rd6 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 h4 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Rxb6 c4 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27. Rxa6 Kh7 28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Rc6 Rb7 30. Rxc4 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Ra1 32. g3 Kh6 33. Kg2 Kh5 34. Rc5 Rxa4 35. Rxe5 Rc4 36. Re6 hxg3 37. Kxg3 Rc3+ 38. f3 Rxc2 39. Re8 Re2 40. Re6 Re1 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. Re8 Kh4 44. Rh8# 1-0
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
508004 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Korkmaz, N (1999) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ng3 Qxb2 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qh5 Qxd4 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7+ Ke8 21. Rad1 Qe5 22. Rfe1 Qf4 23. Kh1 Ne7 24. Nh7 Rf7 25. Qh8+ Kd7 26. Ne4 Qxh2# 0-1
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
508371 Torres, Yel (2061) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 h5 11. O-O-O a5 12. h3 h4 13. g3 hxg3 14. Rdg1 gxf2 15. Qxf2 Re8 16. Rg3 Qe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf8 19. Rhg1 Ng6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxg6 Qf4+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Re7 25. h4 Bf5 26. R6g5 Be4 27. Ne5 Rd8 28. Ke3 Bc2 29. h5 Kh7 30. Kd2 Be4 31. Kc3 b5 32. a3 b4+ 33. axb4 axb4+ 34. Kxb4 Rxd4+ 35. Kc3 Rd5 36. Nc4 Rxg5 37. Rxg5 Kh6 38. Rc5 Bd5 39. Nb6 Re5 40. Nxd5 cxd5 41. b4 Rxh5 42. b5 Rh1 43. Rxd5 Rb1 44. Kc4 g5 45. Rd3 g4 46. Kc5 Kg5 47. Kc6 Kf4 48. b6 g3 49. Rxg3 Kxg3 50. b7 Kf4 51. Kc7 Ke5 52. b8=Q Rxb8 53. Kxb8 1/2-1/2
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
508542 Vela Frago, Alberto (2308) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 e6 8. e3 d5 9. d4 Na6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. Ne5 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. Ndf3 Nce4 17. Qb2 Bh6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ng4 Bg5 22. h4 h5 23. Ne5 Bh6 24. Rcd1 Rc8 25. Bc3 Rc7 26. Rd7 Qc5 27. Nxf7 Bf8 28. Ng5 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Bc8 30. Rh7 e5 31. Rxa7 Bf5 32. Qd2 b5 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. cxd5 Rc8 35. Bxe5 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. d6 Rd2 38. Ra8 b4 39. Bd4 Bd7 40. Rd8 Bc6 41. d7 1-0
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
508798 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Gerbelli Neto, E (2114) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. h5 f5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 fxe4 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nxe4 a5 14. h6 a4 15. hxg7 Rf5 16. Rxh7 Kxh7 17. Rh1+ Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Ne5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21. Qe3 Qg6 22. Bh5 Rh8 23. Bxg6 Rxh1+ 24. Kd2 Kxg6 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Nb4 27. Qg3 Nd5 28. Be3+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Ke7 30. Nxe6 Kxe6 31. Qg8+ Nf7 32. g4 Re5 33. Qe8+ Ne7 34. f4 Re4 35. Kd3 d5 36. f5+ Kf6 37. g5+ Kg7 38. f6+ Kg6 39. fxe7 Rh3 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. Qxf7+ Kg4 42. Qxd5 Rhxe3+ 43. Kd2 Rxe7 44. Qxb7 Kxg5 45. Qd5+ R3e5 46. Qg2+ Kf5 47. Kc1 Ke6 48. b4 Rd7 49. Kb2 Red5 50. Qg6+ Ke5 51. Kb3 Rd2 52. Qc6 R2d6 53. Qc3+ Ke6 54. Qe3+ Kf7 55. b5 Rd5 56. Kb4 Rd4+ 57. c4 R4d6 58. Qe5 Re6 59. Qf5+ Ke7 60. c5 Rd4+ 61. Kc3 Ree4 62. Qh7+ Kd8 63. Qg8+ Kd7 64. Qf7+ Kc8 65. c6 1-0
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
508926 Paragua, Megan Althea (2041) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Ke8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nd3 c5 12. O-O e6 13. b3 Be7 14. Bb2 f6 15. Rfe1 Kf7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Nf4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nb6 20. Bc3 e5 21. Nd5 Nxc4 22. f4 Bd6 23. Re4 Nb6 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxd5 26. Bg3 Nb4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. a3 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Nxc2 30. Rc4 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Nd4+ 32. Ke3 Rc2 33. Ra4 Nb5 34. Ra5 Rc3+ 35. Kd2 Rb3 36. a4 Nd4 37. Rxa7+ Kg6 38. Rc7 Ra3 39. Rxc5 Nb3+ 40. Kc3 Nxc5+ 41. Kb4 Rxa4+ 42. Kxc5 Ra2 43. Kd4 Rxg2 44. Ke3 Rxg3+ 45. hxg3 Kg5 0-1
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
509092 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Cogan, N (2112) 1-0
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. b4 a6 16. Rb1 N8e7 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Nf5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rfd1 Qf6 21. Bg4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 e5 23. Nc7 Qg5 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxb7 d4 27. exd4 Nxd4 28. Rf1 f5 29. Bd1 Qxc5 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Re1 Ra7 32. Rxa7 Qxa7 33. h4 h5 34. Qg5 Qxa2 35. Bxh5 Qa6 36. Bd1 Ne6 37. Qe3 Nd4 38. Qg3 Qf6 39. Rf1 Ne6 40. h5 Nc5 41. hxg6+ Qxg6 42. Qh3+ Kg8 43. Rxf5 Ne4 44. Bb3+ 1-0
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
509194 Gelman, A (2403) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. b5 cxb5 17. Ndxb5 Qb6 18. a4 a5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb3 21. Rxd7 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe6 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Bd3 Bc2 25. Re4 Qb3 26. Bxc2 Qxc2 27. Rc1 Qxb2 28. Rxc8 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ 30. Kg1 g6 31. Nd6 Qxa4 32. Ne8 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Rc7 Qa2 35. Rxb7 Qd5+ 0-1
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
535284 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Quirke, J (1996) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Bc4 b5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. O-O Qc7 15. c4 b4 16. Nc2 a5 17. b3 Rcd8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 h6 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. Ne3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Qc5 25. Nf5 a4 26. Rfd1 Ra8 27. Qe3 axb3 28. axb3 Qxe3 29. Nxe3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 g6 31. Ra6 Rc8 32. Kg1 Kf8 33. Rb6 Ke7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Nc2 f5 36. Nxb4 fxe4 37. Rxc6 Rb8 38. Na6 Rxb3 39. Nc5+ 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
535438 Dominguez Perez, L (2748) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 15. Re3 Rh8 16. Rf3 Rh6 17. Bxh6+ Kxh6 18. Qd2+ Kh7 19. Rh3+ 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
535761 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Semenenko, Dmytry 1-0
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Nf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Na3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nc4 e4 16. Nh4 h6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qh5 f4 19. Bc5 b6 20. Ba3 f3 21. Nd6 Re5 22. Nhf5 Nf4 23. Qg4 Ng6 24. Rad1 Qe6 25. h4 h5 26. Qxh5 fxg2 27. Qg4 Rd7 28. h5 Rxf5 29. Nxf5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nce5 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. hxg6+ fxg6 33. Qh4+ 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
536070 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Chigaev, M (2646) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Nb5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. Nc7+ Kf8 10. Nxa8 e5 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 d4 13. Rd1 dxc3+ 14. Kc1 Nd4 15. bxc3 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Qe7 17. cxd4 Bg4 18. Qb3 Bxd1 19. Bc4 Bg4 20. Re1 Qb4 21. Qxb4+ Bxb4 22. Rxe5 Bd6 23. Rd5 Ke7 24. Rg5 Be6 25. d5 Bd7 26. Rxg7 Rxa8 27. Rxh7 b5 28. Bd3 b4 29. Bg6 Be8 30. h4 Rc8 31. g4 Rc4 32. g5 Rf4 33. Bd3 Rxf2 34. g6 Rg2 35. gxf7 Bxf7 36. h5 Be5 37. Kc1 Kf6 38. d6 Bxd6 39. Rh6+ Ke7 40. Rh7 Bf4+ 41. Kd1 Kf6 42. Bc4 Bxc4 0-1
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
536302 Rietze, C (2372) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. Rc5 Nb4 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Qc3 h6 21. h3 b6 22. Rc4 Rac8 23. Rd1 c5 24. Qb3 Red8 25. d5 Re8 26. Rd2 Re5 27. Rc1 g5 28. Nh5 Rd8 29. Rcd1 Kh7 30. Qc4 Kg6 31. Ng3 f5 32. Ne2 Qd7 33. Nc3 Qf7 34. Qb5 Rd6 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Qc4 Nd3 37. Rxd3 exd3 38. Rxd3 Qf7 39. f3 Qe8 40. e4 fxe4 41. fxe4 Rf6 42. Rd1 Qd7 43. Qe2 Rf4 44. Rf1 Rxf1+ 45. Qxf1 Qf7 46. Qe1 Re8 47. e5 Qf4 48. e6 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Qf6 50. Qe4+ Kg7 51. Nb5 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Qxf4 gxf4 54. Nd6 Rd8 55. e7 Ra8 56. e8=Q Rxe8 57. Nxe8+ Kg6 58. d6 Kf7 59. Nc7 c4 60. Kg1 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
536485 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Lopez, Ne (2037) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Qh5 12. Nbd2 Ng4 13. Rfe1 Rd6 14. Nc4 Rhd8 15. Nxd6+ Rxd6 16. a4 e5 17. dxe5 Rh6 18. Nh4 g5 19. f3 Ngxe5 20. Nf5 Qh2+ 21. Kf2 Re6 22. Qc2 Qh5 23. Rh1 Qg6 24. Rh6 Qg8 25. Re1 Rxh6 26. Nxh6 Qd8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Nf5 Qc5+ 29. Nd4 b6 30. Qf5+ Kb7 31. Kg1 h6 32. Kh2 Qc4 33. Qe4 Qxa4 34. Re1 Qc4 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Ng4+ 37. Kg3 h5 38. Nxc6 Qxc6 39. Qxc6+ Kxc6 40. Re7 f5 41. Rh7 Ne3 42. Rxh5 Nd1 43. Rxf5 Nxb2 44. Kf3 a5 45. Rh5 a4 46. Rh1 b5 47. Ke4 a3 48. Ra1 Nc4 49. g4 Kd6 50. g5 c5 51. f5 Ke7 52. Kd5 Ne3+ 53. Kxc5 b4 54. cxb4 Nxf5 55. Rxa3 Ke6 56. Ra6+ Ke5 57. Rf6 Nd4 58. Rf1 Nb3+ 59. Kb6 Nd2 60. Rd1 Nc4+ 61. Kc7 Kf5 62. b5 Kxg5 63. b6 Kf6 64. b7 Ke6 65. b8=Q Ke5 66. Qe8+ 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
536653 Atanejhad, S (2018) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. e3 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. Rfe1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qc5 16. b4 Qh5 17. Bf3 Qg6 18. Be4 Qh5 19. Re3 Nf6 20. Bf3 Qg6 21. Rae1 axb4 22. axb4 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qc3 Ra2 25. h3 Qf4 26. Rf3 Qd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Nf5 Rfd8 29. Re7 R2d7 30. Rfe3 Kf8 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. g4 g6 33. Ng3 Rd4 34. Rc3 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Rb3 Nd5 37. Ne2 Rc4 38. Rd3 Nxb4 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Rb8 Re4 41. Nc3 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Nc6 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. Rxb5 Rc1 45. Ne4+ Ke6 46. Rb7 h6 47. Ng3 Ne5 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Ne4 Rc2 50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. Rb3 Kg7 52. Rf3 h5 53. g5 Nd7 54. Nf6 Ne5 55. Re3 Nc4 56. Re8 h4 57. Rg8# 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
536835 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Brilej, Jaka (2280) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nb6 Nbd7 11. Nxa8 Qxa8 12. Be2 b5 13. f3 b4 14. Nb1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 Bg5 17. O-O Ne3 18. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. c3 a5 21. Qe1 Qa7 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Rb8 24. Qd6 h6 25. Nc3 Rxb2 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Bd4 28. Qb8+ Qxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kh7 30. Bd3+ g6 31. Nb5 Bxa2 32. Rd8 Bb2 33. Nd6 Kg7 34. Rb8 Bd4 35. h3 Be6 36. Bb5 h5 37. Rb7 Bf2 38. Kh2 Bc5 39. Ne8+ Nxe8 40. Bxe8 Kf6 41. Bc6 Be3 42. Kg3 Bf4+ 43. Kf2 Bg5 44. g3 Bd2 45. h4 Bc3 46. Be4 Bd4+ 47. Ke2 Bc5 48. Bd3 Bd4 49. Rc7 Bb6 50. Rc6 Bd4 51. Bc4 Kf5 52. Bxe6+ fxe6 53. Rc8 e4 54. Rf8+ Ke5 55. f4+ Kd6 56. Rg8 e5 57. Rxg6+ Kd5 58. f5 e3 59. Re6 e4 60. Re8 Be5 61. Rg8 Kd4 62. Rg6 Bc7 63. f6 Bd6 64. f7 Be7 65. Re6 Bf8 66. Re8 Bh6 67. f8=Q Bxf8 68. Rxf8 Ke5 69. Rf4 Ke6 70. Kxe3 Kd6 71. Kxe4 Ke6 72. Rf5 Ke7 73. Rxh5 Ke6 74. Rg5 Kf6 75. Kf4 Kf7 76. h5 Kf6 77. h6 Kf7 78. h7 Kf8 79. h8=Q+ Kf7 80. Qh7+ Kf8 81. Rg8# 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
536937 Ghimoyan, Narek (2167) Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O b6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. d5 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. b5 Bb7 17. Nd2 d5 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1 d4 22. Bb2 dxe3 23. fxe3 Qc5 24. Kf2 e4 25. Qa7 Qc7 26. Bd4 h6 27. h3 Ne8 28. Bg4 Nef6 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Nxe4 f5 31. Nd2 f4 32. e4 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 34. Kf1 Bxe4 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qxf4 Bd3+ 37. Ke1 Qg1+ 38. Nf1 Qxg2 39. Ng3 Qc2 40. Qe3 Qxc4 41. Qxb6 Qc1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qc3 44. Qe3 Qb3 45. b6 Qd5+ 46. Kf2 Bg6 47. Qf3 Qc5+ 48. Qe3 Qd5 49. Kg1 h5 50. Qf2 h4 51. Ne2 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 Qd6+ 53. Nf4 Kg8 54. Qe3 Bf5 55. Qf2 g6 56. Qa2+ Kg7 57. Qf2 g5 58. b7 gxf4 59. Qb2+ Kg6 60. b8=Q f3+ 61. Qxd6+ Kh5 62. Qh8+ Bh7 63. Qxh7+ Kg5 64. Qhh6+ Kf5 65. Qhf4# 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
537098 Arnold, Ken Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. a3 Rc8 23. f3 Bd5 24. Bd3 f5 25. Nf2 Rc3 26. Qd2 Rxa3 27. Bxf5 Rxe3 28. Bg6 Bc4 29. Qd7 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Bxd6 31. Ng4 Rb3 32. Rxd6 Kf8 33. h4 Rxb4 34. Rd7 Ra4 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rxg7+ Kd8 37. Ne5 Bd5 38. Nc6+ Bxc6 39. Ra7 b4 40. Bf7 Bd5 41. Kf2 b3 42. Bg6 b2 43. Rh7 Ra1 44. Rxh6 a5 45. Rh8+ Kc7 46. h5 a4 47. h6 Rh1 48. Rh7+ Kb6 49. Rh8 a3 50. Rb8+ Kc5 51. h7 Kd4 52. Rb4+ Kc3 53. Ra4 Rxh7 54. Bxh7 Kb3 55. Rxa3+ Kxa3 56. Ke3 Ka2 57. Kd2 Bc4 58. Bc2 Bf1 59. g4 Bg2 60. Ke3 Ka3 61. g5 Kb4 62. g6 Kc3 63. Be4 Bh3 64. g7 Bf5 65. g8=Q Bxe4 0-1
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Late
537208 Zenelaj, Samuel (2207) Hajiyev, K (2109) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. Nh3 e6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Ngh5 Nbd7 12. a4 Nxh5 13. Nxh5 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 Bg6 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qg3 Be7 18. Be5 Bf6 19. a5 O-O 20. Bxe6 Bxe5 21. Qxg6 Bxd4 22. O-O Qf6 23. Qxh5 Bxc3 24. Bc4 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Rfd8 26. Qe2 Be5 27. Rxb7 Rf8 28. Re1 Bd6 29. g3 Qc3 30. Rd1 Bc5 31. Qd3 Qf6 32. Rf1 Rad8 33. Qc2 Rd4 34. Qa2 Bb4 35. Rxb4 Qg6 36. Rb7 Rxh4 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Ra4 40. Rc7 Rxa5 41. Rxc6 Ra2 42. Rb1 a5 43. Rb7 a4 44. Rcc7 a3 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Rh7 Kg8 47. Rhc7 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Rc1 49. Rb8# 1-0
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Late
542525 Modric, N (2128) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 Bd6 8. O-O h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Ne3 Be6 12. c4 Nd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. b3 Qd7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bb5 Qd6 19. f4 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re7 21. Qf3 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. f5 Be5 24. Ba3 b6 25. a5 Nf4 26. Bc4 d3 27. axb6 Bxa1 0-1
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Late
542918 Kuzubov, Y (2606) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qe4 16. Rac1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Bf5 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. Rxb7 Rcb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. b3 Rc8 23. e3 Rc3 24. h3 Kf8 25. Ra1 Be4 26. b4 a4 27. Bf1 Bd3 28. b5 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Nd7 30. Ke2 Nb6 31. Kd2 Rc5 32. Kd3 Ke7 33. Rb1 g6 34. Ne2 Kd6 35. Rb4 Nc4 36. b6 Rc8 37. Nc3 Rb8 38. Nxa4 Nxa3 39. e4 dxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Nc2 41. Rb2 Na3 42. Kf4 Kc6 43. Kg5 f5 44. Kh6 Rb7 45. Rb4 Nb5 46. Rc4+ Kd6 47. h4 Kd5 48. Rc5+ 1-0
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Late
543193 Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) Senthilkumar, Pranav (1912) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f4 b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxc2 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Rac1 Qg6 17. Rc7 Rb8 18. Bd3 Qg4 19. Rhc1 Bb7 20. h3 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bc6 22. Ra7 g5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxc6 Rxf4 25. Qe5 Qf2+ 26. Kh2 Qxa7 27. Qxg5+ Kh8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rc7 Qf2 31. Rxd7+ Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxb8 Qf5 34. Qb7+ Kg6 35. Qxa6 d4 36. Qd6 d3 37. Kg1 Qe4 38. Qg3+ Kf5 39. Qf2+ Ke5 40. Qd2 Kd4 41. Kf2 Qf5+ 42. Ke1 Qe4+ 43. Kd1 e5 44. Qc3+ Kd5 45. Qd2 Kd4 46. b3 Qg6 47. Qf2+ Kd5 48. Kd2 e4 49. g4 Qg5+ 50. Qe3 Qe5 51. b4 Qb2+ 52. Ke1 Qb1+ 53. Kf2 Qc2+ 54. Kg3 d2 55. Qg5+ Kd4 56. Qf6+ Ke3 57. Qf2+ Kd3 58. Qf1+ Kc3 59. Qf6+ Kb3 60. Qe6+ Qc4 61. Qd6 Qd3+ 62. Qxd3+ exd3 63. Kh4 d1=Q 64. Kh5 Qg1 65. h4 d2 66. Kg5 d1=Q 67. h5 Qd5+ 68. Kh6 Qe4 69. g5 Qeg4 70. g6 Qg5+ 71. Kg7 Qxh5 72. Kf7 Qhxg6+ 0-1
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Late
543316 Kujawski, A (2115) Zenelaj, Samuel (2212) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nf5 Kf8 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. e5 Kd8 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Qxf7 fxg5 19. Re7 Bc6 20. Bf5 Kc8 21. Qe6 Rd8 22. Rxd6 Bb5 23. Bd3 Ba4 24. b3 Qc5 25. bxa4 Qg1+ 26. Kb2 Ra7 27. Bxa6+ Kb8 28. Rdxd7 1-0
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
602321 Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) Vila Dupla, A (2042) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 Bd7 16. b3 g5 17. h4 h6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bd3 Rh8 20. Rdh2 Rxh2 21. Rxh2 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Kd2 Kg7 24. Ke3 Kf6 25. Kd4 e5+ 26. Kc4 a5 27. a4 b6 28. c3 Ke7 29. Bc2 Kd8 30. b4 Kc7 31. Kb3 Kb7 32. Bd3 Kc7 33. c4 Kb8 34. Bb1 Kc7 35. Bc2 Kb7 36. Bh7 Kc7 37. Be4 Kb7 38. Bc2 Kc7 39. Kc3 Kb7 40. Bb3 f5 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. Bd1 e4 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. fxe4 Bxe4 45. Kd4 Bf5 46. c5 Kc7 47. Kc4 Bd7 48. c6 Bxc6 49. dxc6 Kxc6 50. Bf3+ Kb6 51. Kd5 Kc7 52. Bg4 1-0
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
602502 Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) Kuzubov, Y (2605) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Ngf3 Nd3+ 8. Bxd3 Qxd3 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. Qxf7 Nh6 12. Qc4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Qg6 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Ne4 Ng4 16. Nfd2 Bf4 17. f3 Ne3+ 18. Rxe3 Bxe3 19. Ng3 h5 20. Ndf1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 h4 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Rc2 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rxe4 25. Qc5 Rd8+ 26. Rd2 Rd6 27. Kc2 Re5+ 0-1
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
602838 Paragua, Megan Althea (1982) Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Ke8 10. Nc3 e6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Rad1 Nd5 15. Ne4 Ba6 16. b3 h6 17. Bc1 Rd8 18. Bb2 f6 19. Nc5 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Nf4 21. g3 Ne2+ 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. Kf3 Bb6 24. Nb3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 a5 26. c5 Bc7 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. Rfe1 Be5 29. Bc3 a4 30. Ne2 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Rhd8 32. Ne4 Ra8 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. Re4 Ra5 35. Nf5+ Ke8 36. Nxg7+ Ke7 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rxd8 Kxg7 39. Rxc6 Rb5 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rdd6 Kg5 42. Rxf6 Rb2 43. Kg2 Rxc2 44. Rxh6 Rxa2 45. Rh8 Kf5 46. Ra8 Ke5 47. Rca6 Rc2 48. Rxa4 Kd5 49. R4a5 Rb2 50. Rd8+ Kc6 51. Rd6+ Kb7 52. Rb6+ Rxb6 53. cxb6 Kb8 54. g4 Kb7 55. g5 Kxb6 56. g6 Kxa5 57. g7 Kb4 58. g8=Q Kc5 59. Qe6 Kd4 60. f4 Kd3 61. f5 Kd4 62. f6 Kd3 63. f7 Kd4 64. f8=Q Kc3 65. Qc5+ Kd2 66. Qd4+ Kc2 67. Qc6+ Kb1 68. Qb4+ Ka2 69. Qa6# 1-0
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
602893 Doknjas, Neil (2273) Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. f3 g6 13. Bh4 Ne6 14. h3 Qb6 15. Bf2 c5 16. Bb5 Rd8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc5 20. Rf4 Bxe3 21. Kh1 Nh5 22. Bxe3 Ng3+ 0-1
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
603188 Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr (2355) 1-0
1. e4 a6 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qd5+ e6 6. Qxa8 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. c3 Nf6 9. d4 Bb6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Nce7 12. a4 c6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nbd2 Rf8 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Ng5+ Ke8 17. Nde4 Nf5 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Ngf7 Qc7 20. Bg5+ Kf8 21. Nh6 Nxh6 22. Bxh6+ Ke7 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. Qxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nxc8 Bc7 26. Rxa6 Kf7 27. Nd6+ Kg7 28. O-O h6 29. Bd2 Rf8 30. Ra7 g5 31. Nxb5 Bb6 32. Rxd7+ Kg6 33. Nd6 g4 34. c4 Nc7 35. c5 Ba5 36. Bxa5 1-0
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
603528 Haug, Havard (2341) Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Rb1 Bg4 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. g4 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g5 h5 15. gxh6+ Kh7 16. h5 Rg8 17. hxg6+ Rxg6 18. Kd2 Rag8 19. Rh3 e5 20. Qd3 e4 21. Qe2 Rg2 22. Rf1 Nf6 23. Rh4 Ng4 24. Kc1 Nh2 25. Rh1 Nf3 26. Rf4 Rg1+ 27. Nd1 Rxh1 28. Rxf7+ Kxh6 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Qd8 32. Kd2 Kg7 33. b3 Qf6 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Qe7 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ Qf7 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf6 41. Qh4+ Ke6 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. a4 Kc7 44. Qh2+ Kc8 45. a5 Qd7 46. b4 Rf8 47. Qh4 Qf7 48. a6 bxa6 49. f4 Re8 50. Qh3+ Qd7 51. Qg3 Qe6 52. Kb2 Qxe3 53. Qg4+ Qe6 54. Qg5 Kb7 55. Qg7+ Re7 56. Qf8 Qd7 57. Qf6 Rf7 58. Qg6 Qf5 59. Qd6 Qxf4 60. Qc5 Qc7 61. Qc3 Qb6 62. Qd2 a5 63. Ka2 axb4 64. Qe3 Rc7 65. Kb1 Qb5 66. Qe5 b3 67. cxb3 Qxb3+ 68. Kc1 Rf7 69. Kd2 Rf2+ 70. Ke1 Rf7 71. Qe6 Qf3 72. Qd6 Qe4+ 73. Kd2 Qxd4+ 74. Kc1 Rf1+ 75. Kc2 Rf2+ 76. Kb3 Rb2+ 77. Ka3 Qc3+ 78. Ka4 Ra2+ 79. Qa3 Rxa3# 0-1
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
603722 Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) Domin, Yan (2209) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. Nd4 Nd7 15. O-O Nc5 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Ra5 22. b4 Ra2 23. Bf1 Bh6 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. b5 cxb5 26. cxb5 Rc8 27. Rdb1 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Rcc2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Rb1 Rd2 32. Bc4 e6 33. h3 Bb6 34. Kh2 h5 35. h4 Rd4 36. Bf1 d5 37. exd5 exd5 38. Kh3 Rd2 39. Rb3 Rd1 40. Be2 Re1 41. Bd3 Bf2 42. Kh2 f5 43. g3 Bg1+ 44. Kg2 Bb6 45. Rc3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 Rd1 47. Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 Bd4 49. Rb3 Kf6 50. Bf1 Rd1 51. Bg2 Rc1 52. b6 Rc8 53. b7 Rb8 54. f4 Ke6 55. Rb5 Bf2 56. Bxd5+ Kd6 57. Bf3 Kc7 58. Kg2 Bd4 59. Rd5 Bb6 60. Rb5 Rd8 61. Rb3 Ba7 62. Rc3+ Kb8 63. Rc8+ Rxc8 64. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 65. Bd5 Kd7 66. Bf7 Ke7 67. Bxg6 Kf6 68. Bxh5 Bd4 69. Kf3 Bc3 70. Be8 Be1 71. Bb5 Bc3 72. Bd3 Be1 73. Kg2 Ke6 74. Kf3 Kf6 75. Bc2 Ke6 76. h5 Kf6 77. h6 Kg6 78. h7 Kxh7 79. Bxf5+ Kg7 80. Bc2 Kf6 81. g4 Bd2 82. g5+ Kg7 83. Kg4 Bc3 84. f5 Bb2 85. Kf4 Bc1+ 86. Kg4 Bb2 87. Bb3 Bc3 88. Bd5 Bb2 89. Kf3 Bc1 90. Kg4 Bb2 91. Bb3 Bc3 92. Bc2 Bb2 1/2-1/2
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
603896 Pakleza, Z (2482) Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. h3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. a3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. O-O Qb6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 a5 18. a4 Rac8 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Ra1 g6 21. Ra2 Bd5 22. Rfa1 Ra8 23. Bg5 Kg7 24. Qe3 Ng8 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Ng4 Ng8 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qg3 Qb7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. h4 Qb8 31. Qg4 h5 32. Qe2 Nf5 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Bf7 36. Nxc4 Re8 37. Ne3 f4 38. Rb5 Qc8 39. Rc5 Qb7 40. b4 fxe3 41. fxe3 Qe4 42. Kf2 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe4 44. Kf2 Ra8 45. Ra5 Rxa5 46. bxa5 Qd5 47. a6 Qc4 48. Qxc4 Bxc4 49. a7 Bd5 50. c4 Ba8 51. d5 Kf7 52. e4 Ke7 53. c5 f5 54. exf5 gxf5 55. c6 Kd6 56. Kg3 Kc7 57. Kf4 Kb6 58. Kxf5 Kxa7 59. Ke6 Kb6 60. Kd6 h4 61. Kd7 Kc5 62. c7 Bb7 63. d6 Kd5 64. Ke7 Kc6 65. d7 1-0
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
604066 Kanyamarala, Tarun (2295) Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) 0-1
1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Be3 f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. f4 Nf6 11. h3 e4 12. Nd4 c6 13. Be2 Rg8 14. Kf2 Bf8 15. a3 a5 16. Rhb1 a4 17. Bd1 Ne6 18. Nxf5 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf5 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Bh5+ Kd8 22. g4 Be6 23. Nxe4 Bxc4 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Nc3 Bb3 26. Rd2 Kc8 27. Re1 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. g5 Ra5 30. Bg4+ Kb8 31. h4 Bc4 32. Re7 h6 33. Kg3 hxg5 34. h5 Rh8 35. Rh2 Nd3 36. h6 Re5 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. Bf5 Bd3 39. Bxd3 Nxd3 40. Kg4 Ne5+ 41. Kxg5 Nf3+ 42. Kg6 Nxh2 43. Kg7 Rd8 44. h7 b5 45. h8=Q Rxh8 46. Kxh8 Kc7 47. Kg7 Kd6 48. Kf6 Nf3 49. Ne4+ Kd5 50. Nc3+ Kc4 51. Ke6 Nd4+ 52. Kd6 Kb3 53. Kc5 Nc2 54. Kxc6 Kxb2 55. Nxb5 Kb3 56. Kb6 Nxa3 57. Nd4+ Kc4 58. Nc6 Nc2 59. Ne5+ Kb4 60. Nc6+ Kc3 61. Na5 a3 62. Nc4 Kxc4 0-1
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
604135 Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) Timmermans, M (2395) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Qd3 d6 7. Qc4 Bd7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Qe7 11. h3 Qf7 12. Qd3 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Ba3 Qg6 15. Nxe5 Qh5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. f4 Kh8 18. Rae1 Bh4 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. Qc4 c5 21. Nd5 Nf6 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Nxc7 Nb6 24. Qd3 Rxc7 25. Qxd6 Rd7 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Qxb6 Qe2 28. g4 Rxg4+ 29. hxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh2 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Rg8+ 0-1
2024.03.19 Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
604391 Jaskolka, T (2241) Zenelaj, Samuel (2255) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. h5 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne2 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 O-O 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6 b6 19. Rb4 c5 20. Rbh4 Be6 21. Nf4 Rfe8 22. g4 d4 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bxg7 dxe3+ 25. fxe3 Kxg7 26. Rh7+ Kf6 27. Rf1+ Kg5 28. Rhxf7 Rh8 29. R1f2 Rh3 30. Re2 a5 31. d4 cxd4 32. exd4 Rd6 33. Re5+ Kxg4 34. Re4+ Kg5 35. Rf8 Rh2+ 36. Kd3 Rxa2 37. Re5+ Kh6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Ree8 Ra4 40. Reg8+ Kf7 41. Rf8+ Ke6 42. Re8+ Kd5 43. Re5+ Kc6 44. Re4 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Rg3 46. Rc8+ Kd5 47. Rce8 a4 48. R4e5+ Kxd4 49. Re4+ Kc5 50. Rxa4 Kb5 51. Rae4 Rc3 52. R4e5+ Rc5 53. Re3 Rcc6 54. R8e5+ Ka6 55. Ra3+ Kb7 56. Re7+ Rc7 57. Re5 Rcd7 58. Rb3 Rf7 59. Ke3 Rff6 60. Re7+ Kc6 61. Rc3+ Kb5 62. Rb3+ Kc4 63. Rb1 Rfe6+ 64. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 65. Kd2 b5 66. Rc1+ Kb4 67. Rb1+ Ka5 68. Ra1+ Kb6 69. Kc3 Rd6 70. Kb4 Rd4+ 71. Kc3 Rg4 72. Kb3 Rg3+ 73. Kb4 Rg4+ 74. Kb3 g5 75. Rf1 Rg3+ 76. Kb4 Rg4+ 77. Kb3 Rf4 78. Rg1 g4 79. Kc3 Kc5 80. Kb3 Rf3+ 81. Kb2 g3 82. Kc2 Kc4 83. Re1 g2 84. Re4+ Kd5 85. Rg4 Rf2+ 86. Kd3 Kc5 87. Kc3 b4+ 88. Kb3 Re2 89. Rg5+ Kd4 90. Kxb4 Ke3 91. Kc3 Kf2 92. Kd3 Re1 93. Kd2 Rh1 94. Rf5+ Kg1 95. Ke2 Rh6 96. Rg5 Re6+ 97. Kf3 Rf6+ 98. Kg3 Kf1 99. Rh5 g1=Q+ 100. Kh3 Qf2 101. Rg5 Rf3+ 102. Kg4 Rg3+ 103. Kh5 Qh2+ 104. Kg6 Rxg5+ 105. Kf7 Qg3 106. Kf6 Qf4+ 107. Ke6 Re5+ 108. Kd6 Qd4+ 109. Kc6 Rc5+ 110. Kb6 Qb4+ 111. Ka6 Ra5# 0-1
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
738545 Diaz Mino, Pablo (2234) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. d4 c6 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Ng4 15. Re1 f5 16. Nf1 e4 17. Nd4 Qh4 18. Qd2 N6e5 19. Bb5 Rf6 20. h3 Rg6 21. hxg4 Rxg4 22. Qe3 f4 23. Qxe4 f3 24. Nxf3 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. Re3 Qg4+ 29. Rg3 Qf4 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Re7 g6 32. Ne3 Rf8 33. Nxf5 Qxf5 34. Bd3 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxg3 0-1
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
738774 Galchenko, Matvey (2438) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Bc4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 a6 13. a3 b5 14. Ba2 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Qb3 Nfd5 19. Bd2 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd3 22. Ra1 c5 23. c4 Nf4 24. dxc5 Bc7 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. c6 Qc7 27. Qb7 Rb8 28. Qxa6 Rb6 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe8 Rxc6 31. Qe4+ g6 32. Ra4 Re6 33. Qc2 Qc5 34. Ra1 Rc6 35. Ra4 Re6 36. Ra8 Qc6 37. Ra3 Re4 38. Rc3 Bc7 39. Qd2 Ba5 40. Qc2 Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Rxc4 42. Qf6 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Qxf6 0-1
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
738887 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Kamsky, G (2634) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Bc1 d6 14. b3 O-O 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Bb2 Bf6 17. Ba1 Qa5 18. Be2 Qxa3 19. h4 Nb4 20. h5 Nxc2 21. Qd2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Qxb3 23. hxg6 Bxc3 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qd3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Rac1 Bf6 28. Bxc4 Bxe4 29. Bxa6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kxh7 31. Be2 Rb8 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Nd2 Bg6 0-1
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
739000 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Zampronha, W (2121) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rd1 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bd3 Qc5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rf1 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Rf3 Bd7 20. Qh4 Qg1+ 21. Bf1 Rac8 22. Rd2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd7 1-0
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
739211 Chigaev, M (2627) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qd3 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 a4 14. Rad1 axb3 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Ra2 17. Ng5 g6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Nxe8 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Kxe8 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Kf8 27. b4 Be7 28. c5 Kg8 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Kf8 31. Ra1 Ke8 32. Ra8 Kd7 33. Ra7 Kc7 34. c6 1-0
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
739407 Kovalevsky, Stanislav (2163) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. a4 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 exd4 15. Qf3 Kg7 16. Qg3 Rh8 17. Bxf6+ Kxf6 18. Qf4+ Kg7 19. Qxf7+ Kh6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Na3 Qe7 23. Qf4+ Qg5 24. Qxg5+ Kxg5 25. Nxb5 dxc3 26. bxc3 Rf8 27. Re2 Ne5 28. Nd4 Kg6 29. Re3 c5 30. Nf5 c4 31. Rg3+ Kf6 32. Bc2 d5 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Ne3 Be6 35. h3 Rd8 36. Kh2 Rd2 37. Be4 Rxf2 38. Bd5 Bxe3 39. Bxe6 Bf4 40. Bd5 Bxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Rd2 42. Be4 Nd3 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Ke3 Rxc3 45. Kd4 Rc2 46. g4 Kg5 0-1
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
739470 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Beerdsen, Thomas (2504) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxe5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 d5 11. Be2 Bc5 12. Na4 Bd6 13. g3 Qf5 14. c4 O-O 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Be6 17. a3 Rad8 18. c5 bxc5 19. Nxc5 Bc8 20. Rf1 Qh3 21. Qb3 Ng4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. f3 exf3 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. Re1 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Bh3 28. Nd3 Bg2+ 29. Kg1 Qh3 30. Rd2 d4 31. Bf4 Rxf4 32. Nxf4 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
739623 Mazurkiewicz, M (2145) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Ne7 11. Ndc4 O-O 12. Bg5 Nf5 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rae1 Qh5 15. g4 Qh3 16. gxf5 Bxc4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rxf5 20. f4 h6 21. Bh4 Rxf4+ 22. Bf2 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Raf8 24. Re2 R8f5 25. Ke1 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Kf7 28. Kf3 Ke6 29. Kg4 g6 30. h4 Ke5 31. Kf3 Kf5 32. Kg3 Ke4 33. Kg4 Ke3 34. h5 gxh5+ 35. Kxh5 Kd2 36. c4 Kc2 37. Kxh6 Kxb2 38. Kg7 Kc3 39. c5 Kc4 0-1
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
739741 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Willy, Stephen (2072) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. h3 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ne4 8. Be3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Ke2 O-O-O 11. Rd1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nc5 13. d4 Na4 14. b3 Nb6 15. g4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Rac1 h5 18. gxh5 Bxh3 19. Rg1 Rdg8 20. h6 gxh6 21. Rxg8+ Rxg8 22. Bxh6 Bg4 23. Ne4 Rh8 24. Bf4 Nd5 25. Bg3 f5 26. exf6 Re8 27. Be5 Bf5 28. Ng3 Bg6 29. Kf1 c6 30. Kg2 Rf8 31. Rh1 Nxf6 32. Rh6 Ne4 33. Rxg6 1-0
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
739865 Zhigalko, S (2572) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. d4 c6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Be3 Bc7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Qc1 d5 18. Bxh6 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Bf5 22. Ng5 Nf4 23. g3 exd4 24. gxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxd4 Be5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Rg4 Re1+ 29. Kg2 f6 30. Nf3+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Nxe1 1-0
2023.11.21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
740006 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Khater, Sherif (2012) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 a6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bf5 5. Bg5 Nd7 6. Be2 h6 7. Be3 e6 8. O-O Bh7 9. a4 Ne7 10. b4 Nf5 11. Bd2 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Na3 b5 14. Nc2 Nb6 15. a5 Nc4 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. g3 Be7 21. f4 f6 22. Ne3 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rf7 24. Rf1 Raf8 25. Bh5 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Be4 27. Qe2 Qd8 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Bg4 Nxd2 30. Nxd2 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Qe8 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qg6 34. Qf4 h5 35. Be2 Bd3 36. Qd2 Qf5+ 37. Ke1 Bxe2 38. Qxe2 g6 39. Kd2 Qb1 40. Ke3 Qc1+ 41. Qd2 Qh1 42. Qf2 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 Kg8 44. Qf6 Qg4 45. Ke3 Qe4+ 46. Kd2 Qg2+ 47. Ke3 Qg1+ 48. Kf4 Qc1+ 49. Kf3 Qxc3+ 50. Kg2 Qc2+ 51. Kg1 Qf5 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ Qf7 54. Qxc6 Qf5 55. Qc3 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qe4+ 57. Kf2 Kh6 58. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 59. Kxe3 Kg5 60. Kf3 Kf5 61. h3 g5 62. g4+ Kg6 63. Kg3 Kh6 64. Kf3 Kg6 65. Kg3 h4+ 66. Kf3 Kf7 67. Ke3 Ke7 68. Kf3 Kd7 69. Ke3 Kc6 70. Kf3 Kb7 71. Ke3 Kc7 72. Kf3 Kd8 73. Ke3 Ke8 74. Kf3 Kf8 75. Ke3 Kg8 76. Kf3 Kg7 77. Ke3 Kh6 78. Kf3 Kg7 79. Ke3 Kg6 80. Kf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2
2023.11.08 21st Premier League BIH
755041 Burovic, I (2329) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 1/2-1/2
2023.11.06 21st Premier League BIH
754993 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Pastar, S (2351) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nce7 10. c4 Nf6 11. g3 h5 12. h4 g6 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. b4 Nf5 16. Rb1 Re8 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Be4 Nd4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg2 e4 23. Qd1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 exf3 26. Qxf3 Re4 27. Rb3 Rce8 28. Kf2 Qe7 29. Rd1 Bh6 30. Rdd3 f4 31. exf4 Bxf4 32. Rb2 Bc1 33. Rc2 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 Rf8 0-1
2023.11.05 21st Premier League BIH
754951 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Ozen, Deniz (2389) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Bc4 Nbxd5 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng5 Nxc3 14. Nxe6 Nxd1 15. Nxd8 Raxd8 16. Rxd1 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. Ba5 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. b3 Bxd4 21. Rac1 Rd7 22. Kf1 Rfd8 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. Re2 g6 25. g3 Bc5 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. a4 Kg7 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Re4 h5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Re8 Rd2 32. Re2 Rd1+ 33. Re1 Rd4 34. Re8 c6 35. Ke2 Rd7 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd8 38. Re4 Kf8 39. Ke2 Ra8 40. Kf1 Rd8 41. Ke2 Rd6 42. Rf4 f5 43. Rf3 Ke7 44. Rd3 Bd4 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Rd1 g5 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Re1 Bc5 49. Re6 Rd2 50. Re2 Rd4 51. Re8 h4 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. gxh4 Rxh4 54. Kg3 Rh1 55. Re8 Rg1+ 56. Kf3 Rc1 57. Kf4 Bd6+ 58. Kf3 Bc5 59. Kf4 Bd6+ 60. Kf3 Rc3+ 61. Re3 Rxe3+ 62. fxe3 Ke5 63. Bd3 Bf8 64. Bc2 Bh6 65. Bd3 f4 66. exf4+ Bxf4 67. Bf1 Bh6 68. Bh3 Kd6 69. Ke4 Kc5 70. Bc8 Kb4 71. Bxb7 Kxb3 1/2-1/2
2023.11.04 21st Premier League BIH
762573 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Jovanovic, Zo CRO (2506) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ba2 a5 11. Qd3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qd1 Bf8 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qd3 d5 16. Kf1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. c3 Re8 22. Qf3 Bc5 23. Rd1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Bf5 25. g4 Be4 26. Qf2 Bd3+ 0-1
2023.11.03 21st Premier League BIH
762543 Sutkovic, D (2278) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Be3 Bh3 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 1/2-1/2
2023.11.02 21st Premier League BIH
762519 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Mesic, Ismet (2318) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Nb5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 a6 15. Nd4 b5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. cxb5 Rxc1 18. Kxc1 axb5 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Rc1 Rb7 22. b4 d5 23. Rc8+ Kf7 24. Kc2 Ne5 25. Bd4 Nc4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. exd5 exd5 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxc4 Ra7 31. Kb2 a3+ 32. Ka2 Ra4 33. Rf4 e5 34. Re4 Kf6 35. b5 Ra8 36. b6 Rb8 37. Rb4 Ke6 38. Kxa3 Kd5 39. b7 Kc6 40. Ka4 e4 41. fxe4 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 Kxb7 43. Kb5 Kc7 44. Kc5 Kd7 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. e5 1-0
2023.11.01 21st Premier League BIH
762501 Batinic, P (2295) Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Be3 Bh3 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxc3 1/2-1/2
2023.10.31 21st Premier League BIH
762466 Zenelaj, Samuel (2241) Bilic, V (2365) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qe4 Qa5 13. c3 O-O 14. h4 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Rad1 a6 17. h5 h6 18. hxg6 hxg5 19. b4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. gxf7+ Kh8 22. Nxg5 f4 23. Re4 Bh6 24. Rd5 Kg7 25. Re8 Bd7 26. Rxd7 Bxg5 27. Rxb7 Bf6 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. f8=Q+ Kxf8 30. Rf7+ Ke8 31. Rxf6 1-0
2023.10.21 Hvar Open 2023
771037 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Zuo, Yifan (2322) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 a4 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 a3 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Qe8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6 Qf7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. Nd4 Bf6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Bh6+ Kf7 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5 Rh8 28. f4 Rad8 29. Qe3 Ng4 30. Qxa3 Kg6 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Rd1 Qe4 33. Re1 Qd5 34. Bf3 Qc4+ 35. Be2 Qc3 36. Qxc3 Bxc3 37. Rb1 Rxh6 38. Rxh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxb7 1/2-1/2
2023.10.20 Hvar Open 2023
771022 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Kumar, Sanjit S (2011) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Be7 11. Bf4 Qc5 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Be5 Nd5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rxd4 O-O 17. Bf1 b6 18. b4 Qc7 19. c4 Bb7 20. Qe2 a5 21. b5 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rd8 24. Qe5 Qe7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. c5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Nd5 28. Ne5 Qb6 29. Qa3 g6 30. h3 Nc7 31. Nd7 Qd4 32. Qf8# 1-0
2023.10.19 Hvar Open 2023
770998 Dizdarevic, E (2367) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. dxc5 O-O 8. Be3 Na6 9. Nc3 Nxc5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bd4 g6 15. Ne3 Nfe4 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nexd5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc8 19. Qd3 Bf8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. b3 Bf5 22. Qa6 Bc8 23. Qb5 Re5 24. e3 Qd6 25. Qd3 Re8 26. a4 Qe5 27. h4 Bf5 28. Qa6 Rd8 29. e4 Be6 30. Qxa7 Bc5 31. b4 Bd4 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Nc6 1-0
2023.10.18 Hvar Open 2023
770955 Mencinger, V (2308) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. g5 Nh5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. e3 f6 9. h4 fxg5 10. hxg5 e5 11. d3 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Nc6 15. Rh4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Qc3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qd5 19. Nd2 Qg2 20. Ne4 Qg1+ 21. Kd2 Qg2 22. Rf1 Nf4 23. exf4 Qxe4 24. Rfh1 h5 25. gxh6+ Kh7 26. fxe5 Rf4 27. e6 Rd4 28. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Ke1 Qf6 30. Rh3 Qxe6 31. Re3 Qd6 32. Bf3 Nb4 33. a3 Nc6 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. b4 Kxh6 36. Ke2 Qd5 37. Rh3+ Kg5 38. Qc1+ Kf6 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40. Qe3 Qa2+ 41. Kf1 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Rg4+ 43. Kh3 Qg1 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qf6+ Kh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qe5+ Kh6 49. Qh8+ Kg5 50. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2
2023.10.18 Hvar Open 2023
770977 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Wu, Yixing (2151) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. c4 Re8 11. O-O b5 12. Qc2 bxc4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Nd5 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Kh1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Kg8 22. Qa4 Re5 23. Rd4 Ra5 24. Qxc4 Re5 25. Qa4 1/2-1/2
2023.10.17 Hvar Open 2023
770940 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Novak, Rat (2043) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d3 Nd5 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. Re1 f5 12. Ng3 f4 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. c3 h6 16. b3 g5 17. Ba3 Rf5 18. d4 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Qd3 exd4 21. Nxd4 Rh5 22. Nd6 Qd7 23. Qg6+ Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. c4 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Nc3 27. f3 Bc8 28. Nxc6 1-0
2023.10.16 Hvar Open 2023
778418 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Dzaja, M (1957) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Re1 O-O 14. c3 Ng6 15. Bb3 b5 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 Bb7 18. Qg4 Bxb4 19. Nxe6 Qc6 20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Ng5 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Ne5 23. Qg3 h6 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Nxf7 Nxf7 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bf4 Qf6 28. Rc7 Be4 29. Be5 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rc4 1-0
2023.10.16 Hvar Open 2023
778437 Gal, Andrej (2079) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. b4 e5 9. d5 a5 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Nf6 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bd3 Nf4 15. Be4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Na6 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Qh5 20. Bc3 Qg4 21. Re1 g6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nf1 Rxf3 24. Bxf3 Nf4+ 25. Kg1 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2
2023.10.15 Hvar Open 2023
778398 Simunic, N (1763) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bxb4 axb4 6. g3 d5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Ra6 13. Qb5 Rfa8 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Qd3 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Rxa2 17. Qb1 Ra6 18. Nb3 Nb8 19. Nc5 Rc6 20. Qa2 Na6 21. Nd3 Rd6 22. Qb3 Rd8 23. Rc1 g6 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd6 26. Rb5 b6 27. Rxb4 Bd7 28. Qa3 Qc6 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Nf3 Ne4 33. Ne5 Nxc3 34. Re1 Bf5 35. Nc6 Be6 36. f3 Rb2 37. e4 b5 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Nc6 b4 40. f4 dxe4 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4 Bd5 0-1
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Late
918573 Spichkin, A (2052) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne4 dxe3 11. c3 Nd5 12. Bxe3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 e6 14. d4 Ne7 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nb3 a5 17. Kh1 Qd5 18. Bf3 Nf5 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Nd2 Bh6 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Ne3 Nd6 24. Rae1 Rc8 25. f5 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nxf5 27. Rf3 Qd6 28. g4 Ne7 29. Rxf7 Nf5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Qxf5 Rf8 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34. Qg5 Qc6+ 35. d5 Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Re1 Rf7 38. Re6 Rd7 39. c4 Kg7 40. b3 Kf7 41. Kg2 Rd8 42. Kf3 Rg8 43. Rc6 Rc8 44. d6 Ke6 45. dxc7+ Kd7 46. Rxb6 Kxc7 47. Ra6 Rf8+ 48. Ke2 Re8+ 49. Kd2 Rd8+ 50. Kc2 Rg8 51. Rxa5 Rg2+ 52. Kb1 Rg1+ 53. Kb2 Rg3 54. Rh5 Rg7 55. b4 Kb6 56. Kb3 Ra7 57. a4 Rg7 58. a5+ Ka6 59. Ka4 Ka7 60. b5 Rc7 61. Kb4 Rg7 62. Rh4 Rf7 63. c5 Rg7 64. a6 Rf7 65. Ka5 Rg7 66. b6+ Kb8 67. Rh5 h6 68. Rxh6 Rg8 69. Rh7 Rd8 70. a7+ Ka8 71. Ka6 Rd6 1-0
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Late
918791 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Fajdetic, H (2151) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. Be3 Qb6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd4 O-O 11. b4 Na4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bc4 Nc3 14. Kd2 Nce4+ 15. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 16. Ke3 Nd6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Ne5 Nf5+ 19. Kf4 Ba4 20. Rhd1 g5+ 21. Ke4 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Rfd8 23. Nd7 Kg7 24. Nxb6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa2 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rd7 Rxf2 28. Nc4 Rf4+ 29. Kd3 b5 30. Nd6 Nf3 31. Kc3 Ne5 32. Rb7 Nxg4 33. Rxb5 Kg6 34. Rb8 Ne3 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. b5 Nd5+ 37. Kd3 Rf3+ 38. Ke4 Rxb3 39. Nxf7+ Kh5 40. Rxg5+ Kh4 41. Rg7 Rxb5 42. Rxh7+ Kg4 43. Ne5+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kf6 45. Rf7# 1-0
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Late
919041 Omariev, M (2304) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1/2-1/2
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 Nc6 9. Bxf7+ Kd8 10. d3 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Rc1 Rf8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Ng5 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bd4 19. e3 Bb6 20. Nxh7 Rh8 21. Ng5 Ne5 22. d4 Rh5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Bd1 Rh4 25. Kf2 Bf5 26. Rb2 Kc7 27. Kg3 Rah8 28. Nf7 Rxh3+ 29. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 30. Kg2 Rh7 31. Ng5 Rh8 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. a4 Na5 34. Bxa5 Bxa5 35. e4 Bc8 36. d5 Bb6 37. Rc2+ Kb8 38. e5 Bf5 39. Rb2 Bd4 40. Rd2 Be3 41. Rd1 Bxf4 42. Nf7 Rf8 43. e6 Kc7 44. Rf1 Bd6 45. Rc1+ Kb6 46. Nxd6 exd6 47. Re1 Re8 48. Kg3 Bd3 49. Kf4 Kc5 50. Kg5 Kd4 51. Bg2 Rf8 52. e7 Re8 53. Kf6 Bc2 54. a5 Kc5 55. Kf7 Ba4 56. Bh3 Kb4 57. Be6 Kxa5 58. Kf6 g5 59. Bf7 Rh8 60. e8=Q Bxe8 61. Bxe8 g4 62. Bg6 g3 63. Rg1 Rf8+ 64. Ke7 Rf3 65. Kxd6 Kb4 66. Be4 Re3 67. Ke5 Kc5 68. Kf4 Rc3 69. Rd1 Kd6 70. Rg1 b5 71. Bf3 a5 72. Rxg3 a4 73. Rg6+ Kd7 74. Rg7+ Kd6 75. Rg6+ Kd7 76. Bg4+ Ke7 77. d6+ Kf7 78. Re6 Rc4+ 79. Re4 Rxe4+ 80. Kxe4 b4 81. Kd5 b3 82. Kc6 a3 83. d7 a2 84. d8=Q a1=Q 85. Bh5+ Kg7 86. Qe7+ Kh6 87. Bf7 Qg7 88. Qe6+ Kg5 89. Qxb3 Qf6+ 90. Kd7 Qe5 91. Be6 Kf6 92. Qf3+ Kg5 93. Qg4+ Kf6 94. Qf3+ Kg5 95. Bf7 Qd4+ 96. Ke8 Qe5+ 97. Kf8 Qb8+ 98. Kg7 Qe5+ 99. Kh7 Qh2+ 100. Kg8 Qb8+ 101. Kg7 Qe5+ 102. Kf8 Qb8+ 103. Ke7 Qe5+ 104. Be6 Qc7+ 105. Bd7 Qe5+ 106. Kd8 Qb8+ 107. Ke7 Qe5+ 108. Be6 Qc7+ 109. Ke8 Qb8+ 110. Kd7 Qa7+ 111. Kd6 Qd4+ 112. Bd5 Qf6+ 113. Qxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Late
919211 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Kovalevsky, Stanislav (2226) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Bc6 8. Nf3 h5 9. O-O Qd5 10. b3 Be7 11. c4 Qf5 12. Re1 h4 13. Nxh4 Rxh4 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. gxh4 O-O-O 16. Re3 Nxd4 17. Qd3 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 Nf5 19. Qc2 Nxe3+ 20. Bxe3 Qh3+ 21. Ke2 Qxh4 22. Bxa7 Qh5+ 23. Kf1 Qxh2 24. Re1 Bb4 25. Rc1 Rd2 26. Qe4 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Qg2 Qh7 29. Kf1 Rg8 30. Qf3 Qh2 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Be3 f5 33. c5 Qe4 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rd4 c5 37. Rxe4 Kd7 38. Bc1 f5 39. Rh4 Kd6 40. a3 Ba5 41. Bf4+ e5 42. Be3 Bb6 43. Rh6+ Kd5 44. Ke2 f4 45. Bd2 c4 46. bxc4+ Kxc4 47. Rc6+ Kd5 48. Rc2 Rg2 49. Kf3 Rxf2+ 50. Kg4 Re2 51. Kf3 Rf2+ 52. Kg4 Be3 53. Bxe3 Rxc2 54. Ba7 Ra2 55. Bb8 Rxa3 56. Bxc7 Rg3+ 57. Kf5 f3 58. Bxe5 Rg2 59. Bg3 f2 60. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 61. Kg4 Ke4 62. Kg3 Rf4 63. Kh3 Kf3 64. Kh2 Rg4 65. Kh3 Rg8 66. Kh4 Rg3 67. Kh5 Kf4 68. Kh4 Rg2 69. Kh3 Rg4 70. Kh2 Kf3 71. Kh3 Rf4 72. Kh2 Rf7 73. Kh3 Rh7# 0-1
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Late
919331 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Buchenau, F (2222) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Nf1 Qf5 12. Qxf5 Nxf5 13. Ng3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Re6 g5 19. Bd2 Nd6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Rxf6 Ne4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxc6 Re2 24. Bxg5 Rxb2 25. a4 Ra2 26. Ra6 Rc2 27. Rc6 Ra2 28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Be3 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Raa1 31. g4 h4 32. g3 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 h3+ 34. Kf3 h2 35. Rh6 Rxa4 36. Kg2 Raa1 37. Rxh2 Rag1+ 38. Kf3 Rxh2 39. Kf4 Rf1 40. Ke5 Rfxf2 41. Kxd5 Rf3 42. Bf4 Rc2 43. c4 c6+ 44. Kc5 Rfc3 45. Kxc6 Rxc4+ 46. Kd5 a5 47. Bd6 a4 48. Ke4 Rxd4+ 49. Kxd4 Rd2+ 50. Ke5 Rxd6 51. Kxd6 a3 0-1
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
960164 Sarana, A (2685) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. e3 a6 8. b3 Bb4 9. Bd2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nf4 Nb4 16. Qb2 Ne4 17. Be1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rfd8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxa6 Rb8 26. Qa1 g6 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxe4 Rxe5 29. Ra7 Rxe4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Kg2 c4 32. Bc3 f5 33. Qa6 1-0
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
960338 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Nastase, R (2212) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qh5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qd5 11. Qg4 Nd7 12. O-O Rae8 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 e5 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Nb6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. a4 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Ke7 22. a5 Nd5 23. Nd3 Rd8 24. Kf1 b6 25. Ke2 c5 26. Re4+ Kd6 27. Rg4 Rd7 28. c4 Ne7 29. Rxg7 bxa5 30. Rxh7 Ke6 31. Nf4+ Kf5 32. g3 Rb7 33. Nd3 Ke4 34. Nxc5+ 1-0
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
960630 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Sattarov, B (2366) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Qf6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 Ba7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rxe5 d6 14. Re4 Nxd5 15. c3 Bf5 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Re3 Raa8 19. h3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Rae8 21. Kh2 Qf5 22. Nd4 Qg5 23. Qg4 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Nxd3 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rg1 Re8 27. Rxg5 Kf8 28. Rf5 Re7 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. Ng5 Ne5 31. Kg3 g6 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Ne4 f5 34. Nf2 Nd7 35. Re1 Nc5 36. Bc2 Kf6 37. e4 g5 38. b4 Nd7 39. h4 d5 40. hxg5+ Kxg5 41. Nh3+ Kf6 42. Nf4 c6 43. Rh1 fxe4 44. Rh6+ Kf5 45. Rh5+ Kf6 46. Rh6+ Kg7 47. Re6 Rf7 48. Bd1 Nf8 49. Nh5+ Kh7 50. Rf6 Rxf6 51. Nxf6+ Kg6 52. Ne8 Ne6 53. Nd6 b5 54. Bg4 Nc7 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Bh5 Ke6 57. Nb7 Kd7 58. Bg4+ Ke7 59. Ke5 Na8 60. Nc5 Nb6 61. Nxa6 Nc4+ 62. Kd4 Kd6 63. Nc5 Na3 64. Bd1 Nc4 65. Bb3 Nd2 66. Bd1 Nc4 67. Be2 Na3 68. Nb7+ Kc7 69. Na5 Kd6 70. Nb7+ Kc7 71. Na5 Kb6 72. Bd1 Nb1 73. Bb3 Nd2 74. Bc2 Nf3+ 75. Ke3 Ne5 76. Nb3 Nc4+ 77. Kd4 Na3 78. Bd1 Kc7 79. Nd2 Kd6 80. Bb3 Kc7 81. Bd1 Kd6 82. Bg4 Nc2# 0-1
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
960799 Fathy, E (2300) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. e3 b6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. h3 Rac8 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Rcd1 cxd4 18. exd4 Qf6 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qd6 21. Bf5 Ba6 22. Ne5 Bc4 23. Qb2 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qc5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd4 Rc6 27. a4 h6 28. Kh2 Rg6 29. f4 Qc8 30. Qf2 h5 31. f5 Rg5 32. e6 Qc7+ 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Qf4 f6 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qf4 Kg8 37. Qf3 Bb3 38. h4 Rg4 39. Rxg4 hxg4 40. Qxg4 Bc2 41. Rf1 Be4 42. h5 Qe8 43. Qg6 Qxg6 44. hxg6 Kf8 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. g4 Bc2 47. Kg3 Bxa4 48. Rh1 Bb3 49. Rh8 a4 50. Rg8 a3 51. Rxg7+ Kd6 52. Rf7 a2 53. Ra7 d4 54. cxd4 b5 55. g7 Kd5 56. g8=Q Kxd4 57. e7 Bxg8 58. e8=Q Bb3 59. Qd8+ Kc3 60. Qxf6+ Kc2 61. Qa1 b4 62. Rb7 Bc4 63. Rxb4 Kd3 64. g5 Ke4 65. g6 Kxf5 66. Ra4 Bg8 67. Rxa2 Kxg6 68. Rf2 Kh7 69. Qf6 Bd5 70. Rh2+ Kg8 71. Rh8# 1-0
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
960939 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Smieszek, W (2078) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. O-O Rfb8 13. Rc1 a6 14. a4 Rc8 15. Kh1 Qb4 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Bd1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rg1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Ra2 27. Nf4 Rca8 28. Rgc1 Rd2 29. Rd1 Raa2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. h3 Nd3 32. Nd5 e6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ne8+ Kf8 35. Rb8 Ke7 36. Nc7 Nf4 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Ne8+ Kg5 39. Rxf7 e5 40. Rxh7 Nxg2 41. Nxd6 Ne1 42. h4+ Kf4 43. Rf7+ Kg3 44. Nc4 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Kf1 Nxf3 47. Rxf3+ Kxf3 48. Nxe5+ Kg3 49. Nxg6 Ra2 50. e5 Kf3 51. Ke1 Ke4 52. e6 Kf5 53. e7 Ra8 54. h5 Kg5 55. Ke2 Kxh5 56. Nf4+ Kg5 57. Ne6+ Kf6 58. Nc7 Ra2+ 59. Kd3 Kxe7 60. Nd5+ Kd6 61. Nc3 Ra3 62. Kc4 Ra1 63. Kd4 Rh1 64. Ne4+ Kc6 65. Nc3 Rh4+ 66. Kd3 Kc5 67. Ne4+ Kd5 68. Nc3+ Ke5 69. Ke3 Rh3+ 70. Kd2 Kd4 71. Ne2+ Kc4 72. Nf4 Rf3 73. Ne2 Rd3+ 74. Kc2 Ra3 75. Kd2 Kd5 76. Nc3+ Kd4 77. Nb5+ Kc4 78. Nxa3+ 1/2-1/2
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
961060 Brueckner, T (2360) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Rc2 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 Qe7 15. Re1 Ne4 16. e3 Rfe8 17. Qa1 Ba6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Bd3 20. Rcc1 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nc5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ne6 25. Qxb6 Rb8 26. Qc6 Qxb4 27. Nxe4 Rec8 28. Qd6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxe4 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Qxb4 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Bd3 33. Qb8+ Nf8 34. Kg2 Bxf1+ 35. Kf3 Bc4 36. h4 h5 37. Qb2 Re1 38. Qc3 Bd5+ 39. Kf4 Rd1 40. e4 Be6 41. Kg5 Rf1 42. Kh6 f6 43. Qxf6 Rxf2 44. Qg7# 1-0
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
961232 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Curtis, J AUS (2292) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg2 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d3 O-O 11. c4 Qd7 12. Re1 b6 13. Bb2 Rbe8 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bc3 Ne7 16. Qc1 c5 17. Ra1 Nc6 18. Qa3 Bh3 19. Qa4 Bg4 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rf6 25. Bd5+ Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Re1 Bh5 28. h3 Be8 29. Kg2 Ba4 30. Re2 Rf5 31. f4 Bd7 32. Kf3 Rf6 33. g4 Be8 34. h4 Bf7 35. Bxf7 Rxf7 36. Re6 Rd7 37. Ke4 b5 38. cxb5 Rb7 39. a4 a6 40. bxa6 Rb6 41. a7 Ra6 42. Rxd6 Rxa7 43. Rc6 Rxa4 44. Rxc5 Kf7 45. Rc4 Ra1 46. g5 Rg1 47. Rxd4 hxg5 48. hxg5 Re1+ 49. Kd5 Kg6 50. c4 Kf5 51. Kc5 Ra1 52. Re4 Ra8 53. Kd4 Rd8+ 54. Ke3 g6 55. Re5+ Kg4 56. Re6 Kh5 57. d4 Ra8 58. d5 Ra3+ 59. Ke4 Ra1 60. d6 Rd1 61. c5 Kg4 62. Rf6 Kh5 63. Ke5 Re1+ 64. Kd5 Rd1+ 65. Kc6 Kg4 66. d7 Rd4 67. Kc7 Rxf4 68. Rxf4+ Kxf4 69. d8=Q Kf5 70. Qf6+ Ke4 71. Qxg6+ Kd5 72. Qd6+ Ke4 73. g6 Ke3 74. g7 Kf3 75. g8=Q Ke4 76. Qe8+ Kf3 1-0
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
961288 De Souza, Cristiano Gomes (2018) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qe2 c6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. h3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Na4 Qb3 19. Nc5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Nxb7 Rab8 22. Nxa5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qa2 24. Qe1 Ne4 25. Bb4 c5 26. Nc6 Bf6 27. f3 cxb4 28. fxe4 Bc3 29. Nxb4 Qc4 30. Qc1 Qxe4 31. Na2 Be5 32. Rb4 Qd5 33. Nc3 Qc5 34. Na2 Qa5 35. Qc2 g6 36. Qb3 Ra8 37. Rb5 Qxa2 38. Qxa2 Rxa2 39. Rxe5 Re2 40. Kh2 Kg7 41. Re8 h5 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf3 Re1 44. Re4 g5 45. g4 h4 0-1
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
961441 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Araz, B (2390) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 c6 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. d4 Nd7 13. Qc2 N7f6 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Ne5 Bf8 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. c4 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 g6 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Qc3 f6 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Rc8 26. Be5 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Re1 Kf7 29. d6 Rd8 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Bxb7 Bd7 32. Rxh7 Be6 33. Bf3 a6 34. Rc7 Rxd6 35. Rc6 Rd3 36. Be2 Rxa3 37. Bc4 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Re1 39. Rxa6 Kf5 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Bxe6+ Kxe6 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. h4 Ke5 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Kg5 Kf7 47. f3 Kg7 48. f4 Kf7 49. h5 gxh5 50. Kxh5 Kf6 51. g4 Kg7 52. Kg5 Kf7 53. Kh6 Kg8 54. f5 Kh8 55. g5 Kg8 56. Kg6 Kh8 57. Kf6 Kg8 58. Ke7 Kh8 59. f6 Kg8 60. f7+ Kh7 61. f8=Q Kg6 62. Qf6+ Kh7 63. g6+ Kh6 64. g7+ Kh5 65. Qf1 Kh6 66. Qg2 Kh5 67. g8=Q Kh4 68. Qh8# 1-0
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
961573 Boder, Jan (2294) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. b4 cxb4 7. axb4 Nxb4 8. Ba3 Nc6 9. Nb5 Nge7 10. Bd6 O-O 11. Bc7 Qe8 12. Nd6 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nec6 15. Nxe8 Rxe8 16. h4 a5 17. h5 a4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Nf3 a3 20. O-O d5 21. Ne5 d4 22. Qa1 Nc2 23. Qa2 N6b4 24. Qb3 a2 25. Kh2 a1=Q 26. Rxa1 Rxa1 27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Qg4 Rf6 29. Bd8 Rf5 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Be4 Rf7 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. Bg5 Kd7 35. Bf3 Nc6 36. Qg6 Re7 37. Qxc2 Rg7 38. Bxc6+ bxc6 39. f4 Ra8 40. Qe4 Bb7 41. Qxd4+ Kc7 42. Qxg7+ Kb6 43. Qe5 Re8 44. e4 c5 45. d4 cxd4 46. Qxd4+ Kc7 47. c5 Bc6 48. Qd6+ Kb7 49. Bf6 Ra8 50. g4 Bxe4 51. Qxe6 Bc6 52. Qe7+ Ka6 53. Qc7 Be4 54. Qb6# 1-0
2023.05.09 Titled Tue 9th May Late
961678 Litchfield, Frederick (2197) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. g3 Qb7 17. e4 Bxc3 18. dxc3 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Nf6 20. e5 Nd5 21. c4 Nb4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 h6 25. a3 Nc2 26. Qd3 Nxa3 27. Nd2 Qc7 28. f4 a6 29. Ne4 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Qc3 c4 32. Nd6 Qb6+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. Kh3 Qd5 35. Qa5 Nc2 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Qc7 Ne3 39. Qb7 Qxb7 40. Nxb7 c3 41. Nc5 c2 42. Nd3 h5 43. Nc1 Kg6 44. Kh4 Nf5+ 45. Kh3 Nd4 46. Kg2 Kf5 47. Kf2 Ke4 48. h3 g6 49. h4 Nf5 50. Ne2 Kd3 51. Nc1+ Kd2 52. Nb3+ Kd1 53. Kf3 c1=Q 54. Nxc1 Kxc1 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kd2 57. Kg5 Ke3 58. Kf6 Kxf4 59. h5 gxh5 60. Kxf7 Nd4 61. Kg6 h4 0-1
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
967941 Maksimovic, Bojan (2486) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e6 13. e5 Ng4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Nd3 18. Red1 c4 19. Be4 e5 20. Be3 Qd7 21. Kh2 Rfd8 22. a5 b5 23. a6 f5 24. Bb7 f4 25. Bxa7 e4 26. Bb6 Qf5 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. a7 Be5 29. a8=Q Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Kg7 31. Qe2 Nxf2 32. Kg1 Nxh3+ 33. Kh1 f3 34. Qh2 f2 35. Raa1 Qf3+ 36. Qg2 Qh5 37. Bxe4 f1=Q+ 38. Rxf1 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nh3+ 40. Kh2 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Nh3+ 42. Kh1 Nf2+ 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
968110 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Ashraf, Artin (2314) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rac8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Nde2 Nc5 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Nd5 a5 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Nc1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nd3 Na6 22. Qe1 d5 23. Nxb4 d4 24. Bd2 Nc5 25. Nd5 e6 26. b4 exd5 27. bxc5 dxc4 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxc4 Rfxc5 30. Qf7 R5c7 31. Qe6 d3 32. Rfd1 Qd7 33. Qe4 Rc2 34. h3 Re8 35. Qxb7 Qxb7 36. Rxb7 h5 37. Bf4 Ree2 38. Rxd3 Rxg2 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rdd7 Kh8 41. Rxg7 Rge2 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rbg7+ 1-0
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
968277 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Korchmar, V (2438) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kf8 15. Qf4 h5 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Rxe7 Kxe7 18. Rd3 Kd8 19. Qxf6+ Kc8 20. h3 Kb8 21. Rc3 Qb6 22. Nf3 Rhg8 23. Qxf7 Bxh3 24. Rb3 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Qc7 26. Qxe8+ Ka7 27. Qe3+ Ka8 28. Nh4 Rg4 29. Qxh3 Qxc2 30. Rf3 Qd1+ 0-1
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
968404 Tatarinov, Dmitry (2310) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc1 b5 9. a4 c6 10. axb5 Bxd2 11. Nfxd2 Qxd4 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Rd1 Qc5 14. e4 Nb4 15. b6 Ba6 16. Nba3 e5 17. Qc3 f6 18. Rac1 Bb5 19. Qb3 a4 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Nxe3 Nd3 22. Rc2 Nd7 23. Bf1 N7c5 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Rfb8 27. Rc7 1-0
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
968583 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Bjelobrk, I (2403) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nxe6 Bxe3 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Kxf8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Be2 Ne4+ 19. Kg1 f5 20. Bf3 Re8 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rd7 Re6 23. Rxb7 Rg6 24. Rb8+ Kf7 25. Re2 h5 26. Rh8 Kf6 27. Rxh5 Bf3 28. Rxf5+ Kxf5 29. Rf2 1-0
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
968771 Domingo Nunez, Ruben (2416) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nd5 14. Re1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Rxb7 Nc5 18. Rb4 Na6 19. Rc4 Be6 20. Rxc6 Bd5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb8 24. Qf3 Qxe5 25. Rc4 Nd7 26. Rd4 Qe7 27. Qb7 Kf8 28. Qxa7 Ke8 29. Qa4 g5 30. Re4 1-0
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
968944 Senft, Sean (2089) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Rfe8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Ne4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Rxe4 17. Bf3 Re6 18. Bg4 Rf6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qh3 Nb6 21. g3 Bxg3 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Kg2 Nxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Bf4 25. Rh1 Bh6 26. Rxe4 Rd8 27. Rhe1 Rf4 28. Qg3 f5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. Bf3 Qd7 32. Re1 Rxd4 33. Rh1 Qe7 34. Kf1 g5 35. Be2 Qe4 36. Qxg5 Qxh1+ 0-1
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
969059 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Bruedigam, M (2381) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. c3 e6 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. Ngh5 Nxh5 12. Nxh5 Bf8 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Ng3 Qd5 17. h5 Bh7 18. c4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qxb6 Bd6 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qd4 Be5 24. Qg4 Rxa2 25. b4 Bc3+ 26. Kf1 O-O 27. Ne4 Be5 28. Bd3 f5 29. Qh3 fxe4 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Be2 Bf5 0-1
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
969184 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Ferriz Barrios, A (2102) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. c4 Rb8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. c5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 g6 20. Qd4 Kg7 21. h4 b5 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bb7 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 a5 26. Rb6 Rc8 27. Rxb5 f6 28. exf6+ Kxf6 29. Rxa5 Ke5 30. b4 Kd5 31. c6+ Kd6 32. b5 Kc5 33. a4 Kb4 34. Ra7 Kc5 35. Rb7 Ra8 36. c7 Kd6 37. b6 Kd7 38. Rb8 1-0
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
969319 Ballester Llagaria, L (2298) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Qd5 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 c6 10. Qg3 d5 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rae1 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. f5 Qxc3 18. f6 h6 19. Re3 Qd4 20. Bxg6 Qg4 21. Qc7 Qxg6 22. Rg3 Bg4 23. h3 h5 24. hxg4 h4 25. Rh3 Qg5 26. Rf5 Qd2 27. Qe5 Rfe8 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Rxh4# 1-0
2023.05.02 Titled Tue 2nd May Late
969499 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Georg, H (2107) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nxe4 Nxe5 10. Bg5+ Be7 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bf4 f6 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. N2g3 Be6 15. Kb1 Rd8 16. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Kf7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Nge4 b6 22. Nb3 g5 23. Bg3 h6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Kc2 c5 26. Nb5 Ke6 27. Nxa7 f5 28. Nd2 b5 29. c4 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Kc3 f4 32. Bf2 Bb6 33. Kxc4 Bxa7 34. b4 Kd6 35. bxc5+ Kc6 36. a3 Be6+ 37. Kb4 Bb8 38. Bd4 h5 39. h3 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. fxg4 Bxg4 42. Kc3 Bf5 43. Bf2 Be4 44. a4 Bxg2 45. a5 Ba7 46. Kc4 Bd5+ 47. Kb4 Bf3 48. Kc4 Be2+ 49. Kb4 Bb5 50. Bd4 f3 51. Bf2 Ba6 52. Be3 Kd5 53. Bf2 Bb8 54. Bg1 Bc7 55. Bf2 Ke4 56. Kc3 Kf4 57. Kd4 Bb7 58. Be1 Kg4 59. Ke3 Bf4+ 60. Kd4 Bg3 61. c6 Bxc6 62. Bxg3 Kxg3 63. Kc5 Be4 64. Kd4 Ba8 65. Kc5 f2 66. Kb6 f1=Q 67. Ka7 Qf3 68. a6 Be4 69. Kb6 Ba8 70. Ka7 Kf4 71. Kb8 Ke5 72. Ka7 Kd6 73. Kb6 Qe3+ 74. Kb5 Qe4 75. Kb6 Qd5 76. Ka7 Qc5+ 77. Kxa8 Qb5 78. a7 Qc6+ 79. Kb8 Qc7+ 80. Ka8 Qc8# 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
979536 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo (2607) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 8. O-O e5 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Rd1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. c3 f6 16. Nf1 Be6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Nd2 Kf7 19. Nb3 Rhd8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Kf1 f5 22. f3 Bc4+ 23. Ke1 f4 24. Bf2 Rd5 25. Nd2 Bd3 26. Rd1 Bc2 27. Rc1 Bd3 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Ne4 Bc2 30. Rd2 Bb1 31. Rxd5 Kxd5 32. c4+ Kc6 33. Nc3 Bb4 34. Kd2 Bxa2 35. Kd3 Bb3 36. Nd5 Bd6 37. Nc3 b5 38. cxb5+ axb5 39. Bh4 Bc4+ 40. Kd2 h6 41. Ne4 Bb4+ 42. Kc2 g5 43. Bf2 Bf1 44. g3 Bg2 45. Nd2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Bxf3 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Bh4 Kd5 49. Bf6 e4 50. b4 e3+ 51. Kd3 Bg4 52. Bg7 Bf5+ 53. Ke2 Ke4 54. Bxh6 f3+ 55. Ke1 f2+ 56. Kf1 Bh3+ 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
979593 Rose, F (2091) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bc2 Nxd3 13. Bxd3 Qxd3 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re3 Qg6 17. Qf1 Rfe8 18. Nb3 c5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Be3 Qh5 21. g3 Qf3 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
979913 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Kovacevic, Radmila (2106) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Nd4 c5 6. Nb5 d5 7. N1c3 Nf6 8. d3 a6 9. Na3 exd3 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bxd3 b5 12. Nab1 c4 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 Bxf5 15. c3 Nbd7 16. cxb4 Bc2 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O O-O 20. Bf3 Bd3 21. Rd1 Ne4 22. Be3 d4 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Na3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 c3 26. Bc1 cxb2 27. Bxb2 Re2+ 28. Kg3 Bd6+ 29. Kh3 Bf5+ 30. Bg4 Rxb2 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Nc4 Re2 33. Nxd6 Re3+ 34. g3 Rh5+ 35. Kg4 g6 36. Rxd4 Rxh2 37. Rf1 h5+ 38. Kf4 Rhe2 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Rc1 Kh6 41. Rc6 h4 42. gxh4 Kh5 43. Rc8 g5+ 44. hxg5 Rxe4+ 45. Rxe4 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rxa2 47. Re5 Ra3+ 48. Kd4 Ra4+ 49. Kd5 Ra5+ 50. Kd6 Rxe5 51. Kxe5 Kxg5 52. Ra8 a5 53. Rxa5 Kg4 54. Ra2 Kg3 55. Ke4 Kg4 56. Rg2+ Kh3 57. Kf3 Kh4 58. Rg3 Kh5 59. Kf4 Kh6 60. Rg5 Kh7 61. Kf5 Kh6 62. Kf6 Kh7 63. Rh5+ Kg8 64. Rh6 Kf8 65. Rh8# 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980029 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Manukyan, SaA (2158) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. a4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. O-O bxc4 18. bxc4 Qc6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qb5 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Ra4 23. Qd2 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Qc4 25. h4 Ra2 26. Qg3 h5 27. Rf2 Qd4 28. f4 Re2 29. f5 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rxe4 31. fxg6 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 f6 33. Qf3 Re4 34. Qxh5 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rd2 Kg7 38. Kg3 Kxg6 39. Kf4 Kf7 40. g4 Ke8 41. Rd3 Kd7 42. Rd2 Kc7 43. Rc2+ Kb6 44. Rc6+ Kb5 45. Rc7 Kb6 46. Rd7 Kc5 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980101 Coelho, Ramyres Santana (1981) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Nxd5 Ncxe5 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Re1 Qc5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. b3 c6 18. Rad1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bb1 Rad8 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rd1+ 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980384 Larino Nieto, D (2375) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rfe1 Nf5 13. Qd2 Qc8 14. Nd3 h6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Bf7 17. Re5 Nd6 18. b3 Qg4 19. h3 Qh4 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. a4 Bf7 25. Ne4 Qe5 26. Nc5 Qxe3 27. fxe3 a5 28. Kf2 b6 29. Na6 g5 30. Nd3 Ne8 31. e4 Be6 32. Nb8 c5 33. Nc6 Kf7 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. e5+ Kf7 36. Ke4 Ng7 37. g4 Ke8 38. c4 Kd7 39. Na7 h5 40. Kf3 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 c6 42. Nf2 Kc7 43. Ne4 Kb7 44. Nxg5 Bd7 45. Ne4 Kxa7 46. Kf4 Kb7 47. Kg5 Kc7 48. Kf6 Ne8+ 49. Kf7 Bxg4 50. Kxe8 Bd1 51. Nd2 Bg4 52. Ke7 b5 53. e6 bxa4 54. bxa4 Bd1 55. Kf8 Bh5 56. Nb3 Kd6 57. e7 Ke5 58. Nxa5 Kd4 59. Kg7 Kc3 60. Kh6 Be8 61. Kg7 Kb4 62. Kf8 Bh5 63. Nxc6+ Kxa4 64. Ne5 Kb3 65. Nf7 Kxc4 66. e8=Q 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980499 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Pesotskiy, Mikhail (2153) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nfd7 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf1 Bf6 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5 Be6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Nd4 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qa4 Bd5 22. Rd1 c5 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Bf8 26. Bf4 Be7 27. Rd7 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Bd6 Bb6 32. b4 c4 33. Bf4 Ke6 34. Be3 Bc7 35. g3 Kd5 36. f3 Bd8 37. Bd4 h5 38. h3 Bg5 39. Be3 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 exf3 41. Kxf3 g5 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Kf3 f4 44. gxf4+ gxf4 45. Kf2 Ke4 46. Ke2 f3+ 47. Kf2 h4 48. Kf1 Ke3 49. Ke1 f2+ 50. Kf1 Kf3 51. b5 axb5 52. b4 cxb3 53. c4 b2 54. cxb5 b1=Q# 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980564 Todorovic, Boj (2217) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d5 e5 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 a5 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15. f4 e4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc2 Qf6 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Qe3 a4 20. Rfb1 axb3 21. axb3 Kf7 22. Ra3 Nc5 23. Rba1 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 h6 25. Ra7 Re7 26. b4 Nd7 27. Rxc7 Nf8 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Nc6 Qc7 30. Qd4 Qb7 31. Nd8+ 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980725 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Tyagi, Kushan (2060) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O d6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Be3 Ngf6 13. Rad1 h5 14. f4 g6 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 e5 17. Bg5 h4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne4 h3 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Be4 hxg2+ 22. Qxg2 O-O-O 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nd2 Rh4 26. Rfe1 Rdh8 27. Re2 Rd4 28. Rg1 Rhh4 29. b3 e4 30. Rf1 Be5 31. Rfe1 Bxh2 32. Rxe4 Bg3+ 33. Kg1 Bxe1 34. Re7+ Kc6 35. Nf3 Rde4 36. Rxf7 Rhg4+ 37. Kf1 Rgf4 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Rxf3 40. b4 Bxb4 41. c5 Rc3 42. Kf1 Rxa2 43. Re7 Rc1+ 44. Re1 Rxe1# 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980893 Winkels, M (1962) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. h4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nxe5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. c3 f5 16. b3 b5 17. Nb2 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. g3 e5 22. Rbc1 Be6 23. Rc7 Rfc8 24. Rfc1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rc8 26. Ra7 Rc2 27. Bf1 Rxa2 28. Nc5 Ra1 29. Kg2 a5 30. Bxb5 e4 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Nb7+ Ke5 36. Nxa5 d4 37. Nc6+ Kd5 38. Rxa1 Kc5 39. Ba4 Bd5 40. Rc1+ Kd6 41. Kf1 d3 42. Ke1 Bb2 43. Rb1 Bc3+ 44. Kd1 Bf6 45. Na7 Bd4 46. Nb5+ Ke5 47. Nxd4 Kxd4 48. Kd2 h5 49. b4 Ke5 50. b5 f4 51. gxf4+ Kxf4 52. b6 Bb7 53. Bb5 Kf3 54. Ke1 e3 55. Bxd3 exf2+ 56. Kf1 Kg3 57. Ke2 Bf3+ 58. Ke3 Bb7 59. Be4 Ba6 60. b7 Bxb7 61. Bxb7 f5 62. Bd5 f4+ 63. Ke4 Kg4 64. Ke5 Kg3 65. Kf5 f3 66. Ke4 Kg2 67. Bf7 f1=Q 68. Rxf1 Kxf1 69. Kxf3 Kg1 70. Bxh5 Kh2 71. Kg4 Kg2 72. Bf7 Kf2 73. h5 Ke3 74. h6 Kd4 75. h7 Ke5 76. h8=Q+ Kd6 77. Qf6+ Kd7 78. Qe6+ Kc7 79. Be8 Kb7 80. Qc6+ Kb8 81. Qb6+ Kc8 82. Qc6+ Kd8 83. Qd7# 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
980913 Broca Jimenez, F (2075) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qc5 8. Bxb5 Bb7 9. O-O h6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Ne4 Qc6 16. c3 Nf5 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. f4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qe4 Qb6 22. b4 Rae8 23. Qf3 Re5 24. a4 Rg5+ 25. Kh1 a5 26. b5 Re8 27. Rae1 Rge5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. d4 Re7 30. Qd5 Qb8 31. f3 Qc8 0-1
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
986499 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Kramnik, V (2753) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 e6 12. O-O Rfd8 13. b3 Ne5 14. Qe2 a6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Kh1 Qa5 18. f4 Ned7 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Re8 21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qg3 d5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxd5 26. Bg1 h5 27. fxg6 Nxg6 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 Re2 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. Bc5 Rc2 32. b4 Rc1+ 33. Ng1 b6 34. Rxf8+ Nxf8 35. Bxb6 Ne6 36. b5 axb5 37. a5 b4 38. a6 Ra1 39. a7 b3 0-1
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
986693 Montes Orozco, Miguel Angel (2104) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O d6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. c3 Bc5 11. d4 Bb6 12. Qxa4 exd4 13. Re1+ Be6 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bg3 Rab8 17. Nb3 Bd5 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxc6 21. Re7 Rxb2 22. Rxc7 Ba8 23. Qxd6 g6 24. Qf4 Qd5 25. Qf3 Qxa2 26. Qe3 Qd5 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Bxf3 29. Ra1 Rfb8 30. Re7 Rb1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 a5 33. Bxb8 a4 34. Be5 a3 35. Bf6 Kf8 36. Ra1 1-0
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
986840 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Szajbely, Z (2243) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 f6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 f5 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nfxd4 c5 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rac1 O-O 22. Rxc5 f4 23. Qf3 a5 24. Rec1 a4 25. Nd4 Ra6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxd5 Kh8 28. h3 f3 29. g3 Rg6 30. Rc8 h5 31. Qxf3 Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33. Qxh5+ Rh6 34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qf6 Qxf6 36. exf6 g5 37. f7 1-0
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
987084 Smith, Ga (2047) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qc5 8. Bxb5 Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Be3 Qb4 12. Qd2 O-O 13. a3 Qd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qg6 16. O-O Qxe4 17. Qc3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qxc2 20. Rfe1 Bd6 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 a6 23. Bc4 Rfe8 24. Nb3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 a5 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Nf5 Bc8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. g3 Rd8 31. Re2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Bd5 Bd4 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Rb1 36. Rc2 Bb6 37. Rc4 Rb2 38. Rf4 f6 39. Bc6 Ke7 40. b5 g5 41. Rf3 Ke6 42. h3 f5 43. g4 f4 44. Be4 Rxb5 45. Bf5+ Kf6 46. h4 Rb2 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. Be4 Ke5 49. Bf5 Bd4 50. Bh7 c5 51. Bd3 Kd5 52. Bh7 c4 53. Bg8+ Kc5 54. Bf7 c3 55. Bg8 c2 0-1
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
987312 Harvey, Marcus R (2462) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 c6 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rxc7 Bf5 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qc1 Rac8 21. Rc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Qb4 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. g4 Be4 26. c6 bxc6 27. h4 c5 28. Rf2 Rb8 29. c4 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 d4 31. exd4 cxd4 32. Rd2 f6 33. Nd7 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 h5 36. Kh2 Rxg4 37. Rxd4 Rg2+ 38. Kh3 Re2 39. c5 Bf5+ 40. Kg3 Rxa2 41. c6 Rc2 42. Rd5 Be4 43. Rxa5 Bxc6 44. Nc5 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rc2 46. f5 Kh7 47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 Rc4 49. Ne6 Rxh4 50. Ra7 Rg4 51. Rc7 Be4 52. Nf8+ Kh6 53. Ke3 Bxf5 54. Rc6 Bg6 55. Rc7 Bf5 56. Kf2 Rf4+ 57. Kg3 Ra4 58. Kf3 h4 59. Rb7 Be4+ 0-1
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
987350 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Korchmar, V (2438) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Bc6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 e5 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qb3 Rc8 16. c3 O-O 17. a4 Rb8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Re4 bxa4 20. Qa2 Rb5 21. Rxa4 Rfb8 22. Rxa6 Rxb2 23. Qa4 Qxc3 24. Rxd6 Qc5 0-1
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
987533 Koziorowicz, Michal (2321) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Re1 c5 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 d6 11. Qb3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Qe3 f5 14. Ng5 Bd4 15. Qf4 Be5 16. Qh4 h5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe8 19. f4 Bd4+ 20. e3 Bf6 21. Ne6 Nxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Rb1 b5 24. b3 Rb8 25. Bd2 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qa4 27. Qe4 Qxa3 28. Qc2 Rb2 29. Rxb2 Qxb2 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Rb1 Bf6 32. Rb7 Ra8 33. Ba5 Kg8 34. e4 Kf8 35. Kg2 a6 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. h3 Kf8 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Kf7 40. g5 Bd4 41. Kg4 Rh8 42. Bc7 Kf8 43. Bd8 Rh7 44. f5 Ke8 45. Ba5 Rh1 46. fxg6 Rg1+ 47. Kf5 Kf8 48. Bd8 Rf1+ 49. Ke6 Rg1 50. Bxe7+ Kg7 51. Bf6+ Kxg6 52. Rg7+ Kh5 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rh6# 1-0
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
987672 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Perez Rodriguez, Je (2242) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Qc4 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Bd7 10. Qc4 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. O-O-O Qf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 15. Nd2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f4 Kg6 18. Rhe1 d5 19. g3 h6 20. Be7 exf4 21. gxf4 Kf7 22. Bc5 b6 23. Bd4 c5 24. Be5 Rad8 25. c4 Rhe8 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Rg1 g6 28. b3 b5 29. Rd2 Be4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Ke6 33. Bg7 h5 34. h4 Kf5 35. Bh6 Bb1 36. a3 Ke4 37. Kd2 Ba2 38. Kc2 c4 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Kc3 Kd5 41. Kb4 Ke4 42. a4 Kf5 43. axb5 Bxb5 44. Ka5 Be2 45. Kb4 1/2-1/2
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
987830 Mizzi, Jack (2049) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Nd4 c6 15. b3 Rd8 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxg4 Bc5 20. e3 g6 21. Rac1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxc6 Qd2 25. a4 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qc2 27. Qc4 Qf5 28. Be4 Qe5 29. b4 Bb6 30. a5 Bc7 31. Bb7 h5 32. h4 Kg7 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. exd4 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Ke4 f6 37. Bd5+ Ke7 38. Kd3 g5 39. Kc4 gxh4 40. gxh4 Bf4 41. Bf3 Kd6 42. Bxh5 Bd2 43. Bf3 Be1 44. h5 Ke7 45. a6 Bxf2 46. b5 1-0
2023.04.11 Titled Tue 11th Apr Late
987896 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Filgueiras, Nathan Felipe (2319) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. a4 a6 7. N5a3 Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. c3 Ne7 15. Qd3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Rad1 Be7 22. Rd5 Kf8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Kd3 Ke6 26. Nc4 Rdc8 27. b3 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Ne3 b5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. b4 a5 32. Kc4 Rb8 33. bxa5 Rc8+ 34. Kd3 Rc5 35. Ra1 Rc8 36. a6 Ra8 37. Nd5 Bd8 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. a7 Kc6 40. Ra6+ Kd7 41. Kb5 g6 42. Nb6+ Bxb6 43. Kxb6 Kc8 44. Kc6 f5 45. f3 fxe4 46. fxe4 g5 47. c4 h5 48. Ra1 g4 49. Ra2 h4 50. Ra3 d5 51. cxd5 Kd8 52. Kb7 1-0
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
992301 Lobanov, Sergei (2536) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Qd2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxg5 12. Nd6 Re6 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. b4 b5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf5 Rd6 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Ra3 Be7 21. Rca1 Qf8 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Qc1 Rc7 24. Nf4 Rxa3 25. Qxa3 Rc8 26. Nd3 Ra8 27. Qc3 Ra6 28. g3 f6 29. Ra1 Qa8 30. Rxa6 Qxa6 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. h4 h5 33. Nf4 Bd6 34. Nd3 Be7 35. Kh3 Qc8+ 36. Kg2 Qa6 1/2-1/2
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
992536 Maksimovic, Bojan (2486) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. c3 c5 10. a3 e6 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. h4 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. c4 e5 17. Nh2 Nf8 18. Bh3 Rcd8 19. Qf1 Bc8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bc3 Bxh3 22. Qxh3 Ne6 23. Nhf1 h5 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Qf1 Nd4 26. Kg2 Ng4 27. Nxg4 hxg4 28. Bxd4 Bxd2 29. Re2 Bxb4 30. Be3 Bc3 31. Bg5 Rb8 32. f3 f6 33. Be3 gxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Kg7 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. h5 Qf7 37. Qg4 Rh8 38. h6+ Kh7 39. Ref2 f5 40. exf5 Qb7+ 41. Kg1 1-0
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
992824 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Rosenberg, E (1956) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nxf7 d5 8. Nxh8 dxc4 9. d3 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. bxc4 Rxh8 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. c3 Qh4+ 15. Kd2 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Nf4 17. g3 Nxe2 18. gxh4 Nf4 19. d4 Be7 20. d5 Bh3 21. Ke3 Rf8 22. Kf2 Bxh4+ 23. Ke3 Bg5 24. e5 Nxd5+ 25. Kd4 Bxc1 26. cxd5 Bh6 27. Rhg1 Rxf3 28. Rae1 b6 29. Rg3 Rf4+ 30. Kd3 Bf5+ 31. Ke2 Re4+ 32. Kf2 Ra4 33. Re2 Kd7 34. Rf3 g6 35. e6+ Ke7 36. h3 Rc4 37. Kg2 a5 38. Rb2 Bg7 39. Rb3 a4 40. Rb4 Rxc3 41. Rxc3 Bxc3 42. Rxa4 b5 43. Ra7 Be5 44. Rb7 Bd3 45. Kf3 Bc4 46. Ke4 Bd6 47. a4 bxa4 48. Ra7 a3 49. Kd4 Bb3 50. Kc3 Bxd5 51. Kd4 Bxe6 52. h4 a2 53. Ke4 Kd7 54. h5 Bf8 55. hxg6 hxg6 56. Kf4 Bg7 57. Kg5 a1=Q 58. Rxa1 Bxa1 59. Kxg6 c5 60. Kg5 Kd6 61. Kf4 c4 62. Ke3 Bf5 63. Kd2 Kd5 64. Kc1 c3 65. Kd1 Bb2 66. Ke2 c2 67. Kf2 c1=Q 68. Kg2 Qd2+ 69. Kg3 Qe3+ 70. Kh4 Bf6+ 71. Kh5 Qh3# 0-1
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
992902 Ward, I (2028) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxb4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 axb4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Ra6 13. Nb3 b5 14. Nca5 c5 15. Nc6 Rb6 16. Rac1 c4 17. Nbd4 Bb7 18. Nxb4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rc8 20. b3 Nd5 21. a3 N7f6 22. Kf3 g6 23. e4 Nxb4 24. axb4 e5 25. Ne2 Rbc6 26. bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rb8 Rxb4 30. Kg2 Nxe4 31. Rb6 Rb2 32. Kf3 Nd2+ 33. Kg2 Nc4 0-1
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
993194 Arat, Uf (2389) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Nd7 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Re1 N5g6 15. Ba3 O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. h4 Rfe8 18. h5 Nf8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf5 Qe5 22. Qxd5 Qxc3 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Rd3 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qe5+ 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. g4 g6 28. Ng3 Kg7 29. Rd8 b6 30. h6+ Kg8 31. f4 Ra5 32. Ne4 Rxa2+ 33. Kh3 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Ng5 Re2 36. Ra8 Re7 37. Kg3 b5 38. Rb8 a6 39. Rb6 Ra7 40. Rb8 Re7 41. Rb6 Ra7 42. Kh4 Nd7 43. Re6 Kf8 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Re6+ Kd8 46. Nf3 Nf8 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Rb6 Ne6 49. Ng5 Nxg5 50. Kxg5 a5 51. Kxf5 a4 52. Rxb5 a3 53. Rb1 a2 54. Ra1 Ra5+ 55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 Kxf4 59. Kg2 Kg5 60. Kh2 Kxh6 61. Kg2 Kg5 62. Kh2 Kf4 63. Kg2 Ke4 64. Kf2 Kd3 65. Ke1 Kc2 0-1
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
993341 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Srinath, R (2284) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 e6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Ngh5 Nbd7 11. c3 Nxh5 12. Nxh5 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf7 18. Nf4 O-O-O 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nxf8 Rgxf8 21. O-O-O h5 22. c4 Nb6 23. Qa3 e5 24. Qxa7 Qxc4+ 25. Kb1 Nd7 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qa5+ Kc8 28. dxe5 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 Nxe5 30. f3 Qc2 31. Rc1 Qxg2 32. Bf4 Qxf3 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Qa8+ Kc7 35. Qa5+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38. Qxe5+ Kc8 39. Qxg7 Rf7 40. Qe5 Rfd7 41. a3 Rd2 42. Rhf1 Qb3 43. Rf6 R2d3 44. Rfxc6+ bxc6 45. Rxc6+ Kd7 46. Rc7# 1-0
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
993487 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Seemann, Jakub (2439) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Qa5 19. a3 Bf8 20. Bc2 Qh5 21. Qd3 e5 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Qf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rcd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxe5 Bxe2 27. h3 Bh5 28. c4 Bg6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. b4 a5 31. c5 axb4 32. axb4 Nd5 33. Rb1 Kf7 34. Bd4 Ke6 35. b5 Rc8 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Re5 Nf6 38. g4 g5 39. Kg2 Ra8 40. Kg3 Ra4 41. Be3 Ra3 42. Kg2 Rb3 43. b6 Kc6 44. Re6+ Kd5 0-1
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
993667 Taboas Rodriguez, D (2373) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Nfd7 8. O-O e5 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. N2f3 Bf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Ra2 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rae2 Bg4 16. Rd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bg5 18. Rc2 Nxb3 19. f4 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Bf6 21. Re3 Bd4 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Kg2 f5 24. exf5 Qf6 25. Be4 Rab8 26. Qd1 c5 27. Qh5 Rbe8 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Be6 Rxe6 30. fxe6 Qxe6 31. Re2 Qxc4 32. Re8 Qg8 33. Re7 Rxf4 34. f3 g6 35. Qh6 Be5 36. Rxg6 Qxg6+ 37. Qxg6 hxg6 38. Rxc7 Ra4 39. Rf7 Kg8 40. f4 Kxf7 0-1
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
993801 Munoz, Francisco Javier (2389) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. f4 exf4 10. Rxf4 Ng6 11. Rf1 c6 12. Bc4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Qe2 d5 15. Ba3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. h3 Qh4 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Nf6 23. Rb1 b6 24. a4 Re8 25. a5 g6 26. Rf3 Nh5 27. Qe3 Ne6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Qf2 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 b5 31. Rbf1 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Nxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Ra8 34. Kg3 Ra2 35. Rc1 Nc5 36. Kf3 Na4 37. c4 bxc4 38. dxc4 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rc3 40. Ke5 Rxc4 41. Kd6 Kg7 42. e5 Nc3 43. e6 Ne4+ 44. Kd7 Nc5+ 45. Kxc6 Nxe6+ 46. Kd5 Rd4+ 47. Ke5 Rd2 48. c4 Rxg2 49. c5 Rg5+ 50. Kd6 Rxc5 51. Rc4 Rxc4 0-1
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
994030 Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) Domingo Nunez, Alejandro (2335) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. h3 d5 5. e5 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Bd3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. O-O Qf6 17. Nd2 Qg5 18. Kh2 Be5 19. Kh1 Qh6 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Qd2 Bxh3 24. Nh2 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rg4+ 26. Nxg4 Qxd2 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxe8 Qg5+ 29. Kf3 Qh5+ 30. Ke3 Kxe8 31. Rae1 Kd7 32. Kd2 Bf4+ 33. Kc2 Qf3 34. Be2 Qh3 35. Rh1 Qf5+ 36. Bd3 Qf7 37. f3 h5 38. Re2 g5 39. Rhe1 h4 40. Re7+ Qxe7 41. Bf5+ Kd6 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Bg4 b6 45. c4 Kc5 46. cxd5 cxd5 47. a3 a5 48. Kc3 d4+ 49. Kd3 Bc1 50. Kc2 Be3 51. Kd3 Kb5 52. b3 Kc5 53. a4 Kb4 54. Be6 Ka3 55. Kc2 Kb4 56. Bh3 b5 57. axb5 Kxb5 58. Bd7+ Kb4 59. Be6 Ka3 60. Bh3 Bf2 61. Bd7 Be3 62. Be6 Kb4 63. Bd7 Kc5 64. Kd3 Kd6 65. Bh3 Ke5 66. Bg4 Kf4 0-1
2023.04.04 Titled Tue 4th Apr Early
994076 Florescu, C (2250) Zenelaj, Samuel (2290) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Ng6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. Rec1 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. b4 axb4 21. a5 Ba7 22. Bxb4 Nf4 23. Qe3 c6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Kh2 h5 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxc6 g5 28. Raxa6 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Nh4 Qe7 31. Nhf5 Qg5 32. Rxa7 exf5 33. Rcc7 Qh6+ 34. Kg1 Ng5 35. Qxf4 Nh3+ 36. gxh3 Qxf4 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rag7# 1-0
2023.03.28 Titled Tue 28th Mar Early
997968 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Alekseenko, K (2686) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. a5 Nbd7 15. c4 Re8 16. Ra4 Bf8 17. Rb4 Qc7 18. Kh1 g6 19. Bd3 Bg7 20. Qd2 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Qc2 Ndc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rb6 Rcd8 26. Qf2 Re7 27. Re1 Bd4 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. d6 Re8 31. Qf1 Re6 32. Qf3 Re3 33. Qf1 Kg7 34. Be2 Qe6 35. Rxb7 Bf6 36. h3 Rxe2 37. Qf3 Re1+ 0-1
2023.03.28 Titled Tue 28th Mar Early
998211 Xu, Daniel (2228) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bc2 h6 12. a3 Re8 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Qd7 15. Nc3 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Ba4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. d5 Qc4 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Nd2 Qd4 22. Nb3 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Rac8 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. f3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc2 27. Red1 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc8 29. Ra4 a5 30. Nb5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Ne8 32. Ra3 Kf8 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Na7 Rb8 35. Nc6 Rb7 36. Nxa5 Ra7 37. Nc6 Rb7 38. Kg3 g6 39. Kf4 Nf6 40. Ke3 Nd7 41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Ra7 Rxa7 43. Nxa7 Kf6 44. Nc8 Ne5 45. Nxb6 Ke7 46. f4 1-0
2023.03.28 Titled Tue 28th Mar Early
998585 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Marin, Sebastian (2269) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Na5 10. Nxe5 b4 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ne2 Kg8 14. Bd2 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. d4 c5 17. c3 Nc4 18. b3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rc8 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Nc5 23. Rab1 Ne6 24. Qd2 d4 25. Ne2 Qd5 26. f3 Bg5 27. Qd3 Be3+ 28. Kf1 Ng5 29. Nxd4 Qxe5 30. Nf5 Bc5 31. Qd7 Nxf3 32. gxf3 Rf8 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Rd7+ Rf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rc1 Bd6 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Re1+ Be5 40. h4 a5 41. Re3 Bd5 42. Kh3 Kf5 43. Rd3 Be6 44. Kg2 Kf4 45. Rd8 Bxb3 46. Rf8+ Ke3 47. Rf5 Kd4 48. f4 Bd6 49. Rxa5 Bd5+ 50. Kg3 Ke4 51. Ra7 Bxf4+ 52. Kg4 h6 53. Re7+ Be5 54. a5 Bc4 55. Kh5 Kf5 56. Kxh6 Bf6 57. Rc7 Be2 58. Rc5+ Be5 59. h5 Ke4 60. Rc2 Bd3 61. Rc6 Kf5 62. a6 Bf4+ 63. Kg7 Kg5 64. Rc5+ Kg4 65. a7 Be3 66. Ra5 Bxa7 67. Rxa7 Kxh5 68. Ra3 Be4 69. Kf6 Kg4 70. Ke5 Bf3 71. Kd4 Kf4 72. Ra7 Be4 73. Rf7+ Bf5 74. Rf8 Kg5 75. Ke5 Bd7 76. Rg8+ Kh6 77. Kf6 Kh7 78. Rg7+ Kh8 79. Rxd7 1-0
2023.03.28 Titled Tue 28th Mar Early
998621 Aadit, Bhatia (1926) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Ng3 Ndc5 11. h4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nb4 17. O-O-O e4 18. Bd4 Nxa2+ 19. Kc2 Rxf2+ 20. Kb1 Nxc3+ 21. bxc3 Ra6 22. Qc8+ Kf7 23. Qxc7+ Ke8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rg8# 1-0
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1003804 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Durarbayli, Vasif (2635) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. O-O Rc8 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Ne3 Be7 15. Kh1 O-O 16. a4 Rfd8 17. a5 Qc5 18. Bd2 Qd4 19. Qe2 Qa7 20. Na4 d5 21. Nb6 dxe4 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bc3 Bc5 24. Nf1 exf3 25. gxf3 Re8 26. Ng3 Nd5 27. Ne4 Nf4 28. Qd2 Bh3 29. Rg1 Bxg1 30. Rxg1 Kh8 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Bxe5 Bg2+ 33. Rxg2 Nxg2 34. Qxh6+ 1-0
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1004000 Ashraf, Artin (2314) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nb5 c5 13. Nd6 Re7 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. Qa4 Nc7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne6 18. Rc2 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Qa5 20. Rfc1 Rbb8 21. b3 Ne4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Re8 24. Qd4 Rad8 25. e3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Rc6 Ra8 28. a4 Rab8 29. Rd1 Nc5 30. Bxd5 Red8 31. Rc7 Ne6 32. Rcc1 Nc5 33. Bc4 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rc8 35. Rd6 Nxa4 36. Rd7 Nc5 37. Rxf7 1-0
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1004248 Basso, Pier Luigi (2522) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. f4 c5 15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. f5 cxd4 19. exd4 exf5 20. Nxd5 g6 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Rc7 Nf6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nc6 Rd6 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Ne5 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxd4 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Rb7 g5 33. a4 Rb3+ 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Re7 h6 36. Re5 Kg7 37. Re6 Rb4 38. Kf3 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 f4 40. h3 Rb4 41. Kf3 Rxa4 42. Rxb6 Ra3+ 43. Kg4 Rg3+ 44. Kf5 f3 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Kf6 Ke8 47. Rb3 f2 48. Rxg3 f1=Q+ 49. Kg6 Qa6+ 50. Kh5 a4 51. Ra3 Kf7 52. Rg3 Qg6+ 53. Kg4 Qe4+ 0-1
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1004350 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Smirnov, P (2545) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. h3 O-O 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. d3 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. c3 Kh8 15. b4 Nb7 16. c4 a5 17. Bd2 axb4 18. axb4 f5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bf6 22. Be3 b4 23. Qd2 b3 24. Bxb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Nxb3 0-1
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1004614 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Hayrapetyan, Ho (2442) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Rd8 13. Rfe1 Bc8 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Qh4 O-O 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Qxg4 Bb7 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 b4 22. Ne2 h5 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. Qd3 Qd5 25. f3 Qxa2 26. Nb3 Qxb2 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qd3+ f5 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Qc3 32. Qd1 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qxg4+ 35. Qxg4 fxg4 36. Kf2 Bd7 37. Nb3 Kg6 38. Kg3 Ba4 39. Nd4 e5 0-1
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1004792 Avazkhonov, Alikhon (1538) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. Qc2 a6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Nb3 Qh5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. f4 Bc6 21. Ng3 Qg4 22. Bf5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qh4 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. Kh1 g6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6 Nd7 30. Qxh6+ Qh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Nd4 Be4 33. Ne6 Nf6 34. Ng5+ Kg6 35. Rd6 Re8 36. h3 Kg7 37. Rb6 Bc6 38. Rb3 Nd5 39. Kg1 Nxe3 40. g4 Nd5 41. f5 Re2 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. Nd4 Rd2 44. Nxc6 bxc6 45. Ra3 Nf4 46. Rxa6 Kg5 47. Rxc6 Kh4 48. Rc3 Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Nxc3 50. bxc3 Rxa2 51. c4 Kxh3 52. f6 Kxg4 53. f7 Ra8 0-1
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1005030 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Kilic, Eray (2415) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. O-O Rc8 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ne3 Be7 14. f3 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Kh1 Rc7 20. c3 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rfc8 22. Be1 Nd7 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 Nc5 25. Qb5 Qa8 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Rac1 Rb8 28. Qe2 g6 29. Ng3 Rbc8 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. fxe4 Qc8 33. a6 Rc2 34. Qf1 Ra2 35. a5 Qd7 36. Bf2 Rxa5 37. a7 Rxa7 38. Bxa7 Qxa7 39. Qf6 Be7 40. Qf3 Bg5 41. g3 h5 42. h4 Bh6 43. Kg2 Qa2+ 44. Qf2 Qa4 45. Qe2 Kg7 46. Rf1 Kg8 47. Qf3 Qd7 48. Rb1 Qa7 49. Rf1 Be3 50. g4 hxg4 51. Qxg4 Qa2+ 52. Kh3 Qc4 53. Qf3 Bf4 54. Rg1 Qc2 55. Rg2 Qb1 56. Rf2 Kh7 57. h5 g5 58. Kg4 Qc1 59. Kf5 Qc8+ 60. Kf6 Qd8+ 61. Kxf7 Qd7+ 62. Kf6 Kg8 63. Ra2 Qf7# 0-1
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1005187 Tomaszewski, K (2315) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 h6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 b5 12. b4 O-O 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Nh2 Nd4 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 a5 20. c4 axb4 21. cxb5 bxa3 22. Bxa3 Qa5 23. Qb2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nxe4 25. b6 Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Nf3 e4 28. Ne5 Bf5 29. b7 Qc7 30. Bc4 Be6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Nc6 Qxc6 33. b8=Q Rxb8 34. Qxb8 e3 35. fxe3 Qe4 36. Rf1 Qxe3+ 37. Rf2 Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Kh7 40. Qxf8 c4 41. Qf3 Qe5 42. Rc1 Qd5 43. Qc3 h5 44. Qxc4 Qg5 45. Qe4+ Kh6 46. Re1 h4 47. Qxe6+ Kh7 48. Qe4+ g6 49. Qe7+ Qxe7 50. Rxe7+ Kh6 51. Re4 Kg5 52. Rg4+ Kh5 53. Kg1 g5 54. Kf2 Kg6 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Ra4 Kg6 58. Kg4 1-0
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1005305 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Krzywda, A (2235) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 d5 9. c4 Be6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. dxc3 Re8 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 h6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 Rxb2 20. a4 a5 21. Bc5 Ng6 22. Bc6 Reb8 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Ne7 25. Rab1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nf5 27. Be5 Nd6 28. Bc6 f6 29. Bd4 Nc4 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Ra7 Kf7 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Ba6 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Bd5+ 35. Kh3 Be6+ 36. g4 Nd6 37. Rxc7+ Kg6 38. Bd3+ f5 39. Bxb1 1-0
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1005484 Carrasco Miranda, A (2281) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 dxc4 9. e3 Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. Qxc4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Bb4 Qe8 16. Qh4 Be6 17. Bc3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qg5 Qf8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qf4 Be6 22. e4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxa2 24. Rd7 b6 25. Rd6 Be6 26. Rxc6 b5 27. Qe5 b4 28. Bd4 a5 29. f4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. f5 b3 32. Qxa5 f6 33. e5 fxe5 34. Qxe5 Bxf5 35. Qd5+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Kf2 g5 38. h4 Kg6 39. hxg5 Kxg5 40. Be3+ Kh5 41. Bf4 Bc2 42. Ke3 Kg6 43. Kd4 h5 44. Bb8 Kf5 45. Ke3 Kg4 46. Kf2 Bg6 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kf4 Be8 51. Kg5 Ke4 52. Kh4 Kf5 53. Bc7 Bf7 54. Bb8 Be8 55. Bc7 Bf7 56. Bb8 Be8 1/2-1/2
2023.03.21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
1005547 Van Osch, Mees (2350) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O-O 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc5 14. Be2 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Rhe8 16. b4 Qd6 17. O-O e4 18. h3 Qf4 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Nh5 21. Rxf7 Rd7 22. Raf1 g6 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rf7+ Re7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Be5 c6 27. g4 Nf6 28. d6+ Ke6 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. c5 g5 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke2 b5 33. Kd2 1-0
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Early
1028859 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Delgado Rosas, Alex Antonio (2128) 1-0
1. e4 Nc6 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Qxg2 7. Qxg4 Qxh1+ 8. Ke2 Nf6 9. Qf5 e6 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qc4 O-O-O 13. b3 Ne5 14. Qa4 Rxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf3+ 16. Kf1 Qh1+ 17. Ke2 Qf3+ 18. Kf1 Ng4 19. h3 Nh2+ 20. Kg1 Qc6 21. Kxh2 Bc5 22. Qe4 Qd6 23. Kg2 g5 24. Bb2 h5 25. Nb5 axb5 26. Bxh8 h4 27. d4 Ba3 28. Be5 Qe7 29. Re1 1-0
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Early
1029211 Decoster, F (2301) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Ba7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Nbd2 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. Ne3 Nhf4 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nh5 20. Bf2 g4 21. Kh1 gxf3 22. gxf3 Kh7 23. Rg1 Qf6 24. Qe2 Rg8 25. f4 Ng7 26. f5 Nf8 27. Rg4 Ne8 28. Bh4 Qh8 29. Rxg8 Qxg8 30. Rg1 Ng7 31. Bf6 Ng6 32. h4 Ne8 33. fxg6+ fxg6 34. Rf1 Nxf6 35. Rxf6 Rf8 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38. Qh3 Bc8 39. Qg2 h5 40. Bd1 Qf6 41. Kg1 Kh6 42. Qg3 g5 43. hxg5+ Qxg5 44. Kh2 Qxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Kg5 46. Be2 h4+ 47. Kh2 Bg4 48. Bf1 Bf3 49. Bd3 Kg4 50. b4 Bd1 51. c4 Ba4 52. c5 Kf3 53. Kh3 Kxe3 0-1
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Early
1029421 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Predke, A (2684) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f4 Bc5 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 d5 15. Rhd1 O-O 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. c3 Bb3 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ke3 Kf8 22. Bb7 Rd6 23. Re1 Bc4 24. Be4 h6 25. Bc2 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Ke7 29. b3 Bd5 30. g3 f5 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 a5 33. h4 gxh4 34. gxh4 e5 35. Bf3 f4+ 36. Kf2 e4 37. Be2 e3+ 38. Ke1 f3 39. Bb5 Be6 40. Bf1 Kf6 41. c4 Bd7 42. c5 Bxa4 43. h5 Kg5 44. Be2 f2+ 45. Kf1 Bd7 46. Kg2 Bc6+ 47. Kf1 a4 48. Bc4 a3 49. Ke2 Kh6 50. Kxe3 a2 0-1
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Early
1029651 Silva, Pedro Gil Ferreira Da (2233) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a6 9. Rc1 Rb8 10. Qc2 d6 11. e3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Ne4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bb7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. a3 Nbc6 17. Qb2+ e5 18. d4 cxd4 19. exd4 f6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rfd1 Qb6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. b4 Rd8 24. Qc3 Nf5 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. g4 Nd6 27. g5 Nc4 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. gxf6+ Kf7 30. Nxe5+ Kf8 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Ba6 33. Qd5 Bb7 34. Qe5 Re8 35. Qd6+ Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Rd8 39. Kg4 Nd3 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Nxc8 Nxf2+ 42. Kf4 Ke8 43. Nd6+ Kd7 44. f7 Ke7 45. b5 Nd3+ 46. Kg5 Ne5 47. Kh6 Nd7 48. Kg7 h5 49. Nc8+ Kd8 50. Kxg6 Kxc8 51. Kg7 Kb7 52. f8=Q Nxf8 53. Kxf8 Kb6 54. a4 Ka5 55. Kf7 h4 56. Kg6 h3 57. Kg5 Kxa4 58. b6 Kb5 59. b7 Kc6 60. b8=Q Kd7 61. Qf8 Ke6 62. Qf3 Kd7 63. Qxh3+ Ke7 1-0
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Early
1029847 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Shohat, Yotam (2281) 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 d6 4. h3 c5 5. c3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. a4 c4 12. Bxc4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe4 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. f3 Ng3 16. Kf2 Nf5 17. Re1 Bf6 18. g3 Nd6 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Ne4 Nxe4+ 21. Rxe4 Rd1 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Be3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 a6 25. h4 Be7 26. Be2 Bb3 27. Ke1 f5 28. Bd1 Bd5 29. f4 e4 30. b4 Bc4 31. Bd4 Bxb4 32. Rb1 a5 33. cxb4 Rxd4 34. bxa5 Ba6 35. Rb3 Rxa4 36. Rxb7 Rxa5 37. Ra7 Ra3 38. Kf2 Kh8 39. Be2 Ra2 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Bxa6 Kg7 42. Ke3 h6 43. Kd4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Ke5 Kg6 46. Bc8 e3 47. Bxf5+ Kh5 48. Bd3 Kg4 49. Be2+ Kxg3 50. fxg5 Kf2 51. Bh5 1-0
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Early
1030078 Rottenwohrer Suarez, Juan (2317) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 a5 9. e4 d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 16. Kg1 Rae8 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Rb5 Rf8 26. Rb1 Rf5 27. Rc1 Re5 28. Kf3 Nc5 29. Nd2 Rf5+ 30. Ke2 Rf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Kf3 Nxc1 33. a3 Nd3 34. Ke4 Nc5+ 35. Ke5 Nd7+ 36. Kd4 Nf6 37. h3 Kd6 38. Nf3 Nd7 39. g4 e5+ 40. Kc3 Nf6 41. Ng5 Ke7 42. Kd3 c6 43. e4 h6 44. Nf3 Nd7 45. Nh4 Kf6 46. Ke3 b5 47. cxb5 cxb5 48. Nf3 Nb6 49. Kd3 Ke6 50. Kc3 Nd7 51. Nd2 Nf6 52. Kb3 h5 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. a4 b4 55. Kc4 h4 56. Kb5 Nxe4 57. Nxe4 b3 58. Nc5+ Kd5 59. Nxb3 e4 60. Kxa5 e3 61. Nc1 Kc4 62. Ne2 Kd3 63. Nf4+ Ke4 64. Ne2 Kf3 65. Nc3 e2 66. Nxe2 Kxe2 67. Kb5 Kf3 68. a5 Kg3 69. a6 Kxh3 70. a7 Kh2 71. a8=Q h3 72. Qa2+ Kg1 73. Qb1+ Kg2 74. Qc2+ Kg1 75. Qd1+ Kg2 76. Qe2+ Kg1 77. Qe3+ Kg2 78. Qg5+ Kf1 79. Qg3 Ke2 80. Qxh3 Kf2 81. Kc4 Ke2 82. Qd3+ Ke1 83. Qc2 Kf1 84. Kd3 Kg1 85. Ke3 Kh1 86. Kf3 Kg1 87. Qg2# 1-0
2023.02.21 Titled Tue 21st Feb Early
1030102 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Balabayeva, Xeniya (2185) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Nb5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. Nc7+ Ke7 10. Nxa8 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 d4 13. Qg3 dxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rd8+ 15. Bd3 Bxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Ke3 Bd2+ 18. Ke4 f5# 0-1
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1044288 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Fedoseev, Vl3 (2674) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bg3 Bd7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. e5 Qb6 10. exd6 Qxb2 11. Be5 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxa1+ 13. Nd1 Qb1 14. Bxg7 Ne7 15. Bf6 Nf5 16. Qc5 Rg8 17. Bd3 Rg6 18. Bb2 O-O-O 19. Qa3 Rxg2 20. Rf1 Rg4 21. Kd2 Ra4 22. Qc5 Nd6 23. Ke2 Rxa2 24. Be5 Nb5 25. Ne3 Qb3 26. Kd2 Qxd3+ 0-1
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1044575 Olsson, William (2361) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 cxb4 7. axb4 Nxb4 8. Ba3 Nc6 9. Nb5 Nge7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Bb4 Qa4 14. Bc3 Nec6 15. Be4 f5 16. Bd3 Ke7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qb2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 e5 21. Nf3 d6 22. O-O Qa5 23. Qc2 e4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4+ Kd8 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qe5 28. Qb6+ Kd7 29. d4 Qe4 30. c5 Qc6 31. Qb4 Re8 32. Rfe1 d5 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Rb6 Re6 35. Rb3 Kd8 36. Rf3 Qe7 37. Qa2 Bd7 38. Qxd5 Kc7 39. Rb3 Bc6 40. Qc4 Rd8 41. e3 Bd5 42. Qb4 Bxb3 43. Qxb3 Qd7 44. Rb1 Qc6 45. f3 Rf6 46. f4 Re6 47. Kf2 Qd5 48. Qb4 Rde8 49. Rb2 Rxe3 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. c6 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Re1# 0-1
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1044600 Sourath, Biswas (2264) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd4 Bd5 13. Qb5 Nxd4 14. Nxd6 0-1
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1044916 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Javakhadze, Z (2477) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. b4 O-O 13. Rc1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. c5 Kh8 16. Qd2 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Ne1 dxc5 19. Rxc5 Nd4 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne3 Rad8 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. N1c2 Rxd5 24. Nxd5 Qe5 25. Nxd4 Qxd5 26. Nb3 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Bc3 28. Nxe4 Bxb4 29. Rb1 Rd8 30. g3 Ba5 31. Rxb7 Bb6 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. a4 a5 34. f4 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Kg4 Kd5 37. Nf6+ Kc6 38. Rxb6+ cxb6 39. Kh5 b5 40. axb5+ Kxb5 41. g4 a4 42. Kxh6 a3 43. Ne4 Kb4 44. f5 a2 45. f6 a1=Q 46. f7 Qh8+ 47. Kg6 Qxh2 48. g5 Qc2 49. Kf5 Qc8+ 50. Kf6 Rd4 51. Ke5 Rxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Qe6+ 53. Kf4 Qxf7+ 0-1
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1045081 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Ruiz Aguilar, P (2161) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nb3 d5 8. Nc3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bb6 Re8 14. Na5 Nxa5 15. Bxa5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rad1 Bd8 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Kf1 Re7 22. Rd6 Kc7 23. Ke2 Rg8 24. g3 Rb8 25. b3 Rb5 26. c4 Ra5 27. a4 Rh5 28. h4 Re5+ 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke4 Rd5 31. cxd5 exd5+ 32. Kf5 Kxd6 33. Kxf6 Re2 34. f4 Re3 35. g4 Rxb3 36. Kxf7 c5 37. f5 c4 38. g5 c3 39. g6 hxg6 40. fxg6 Ke5 41. Re1+ Kf5 42. g7 Rb7+ 43. Re7 Rxe7+ 44. Kxe7 c2 45. g8=Q c1=Q 46. Qxd5+ Kg4 47. Qe4+ Kh5 48. Kd6 Qa3+ 49. Kc6 a5 50. Kb5 Qb3+ 51. Kxa5 Qb8 52. Ka6 Qd6+ 53. Kb5 Qd7+ 54. Qc6 1-0
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1045240 Tan Zhongyi (2530) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 dxc4 9. e3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rfc1 b3 14. Qd1 Ne4 15. Be1 Qd6 16. Bf1 Qd5 17. Bg2 Qd6 18. Bf1 Qd5 19. Bg2 Rfd8 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Qg4 Qf5 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne7 26. Bg2 Nd5 27. Bf1 c3 28. Bxc3 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rb7 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Bd2 Rd6 32. Rc5 Ra6 33. a5 Ke7 34. e4 Nf6 35. Bxg5 h6 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. Rac1 Rb4 38. Kd3 Ra4 39. Rxc7 R4xa5 40. e5+ Kf5 41. Rf7+ Kg4 42. Rf4+ Kh3 43. Rg1 Kxh2 44. Rb1 Kg2 45. Rf6 Ra2 46. g4 Ra1 47. Rxa1 Rxa1 48. Kc3 Rd1 49. f4 a5 50. Rxe6 Kf3 51. f5 Ke4 52. f6 Rd3+ 53. Kc4 Rxd4+ 54. Kxb3 Rd3+ 55. Kc2 Rf3 56. Re7 Kd5 57. f7 Kc4 58. e6 Rf2+ 59. Kb1 Kb3 60. Rb7+ Ka4 61. e7 Rxf7 62. e8=Q+ 1-0
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1045365 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Rian, K (2089) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. Nfh5 Bf8 9. Nf4 Bd6 10. Ngh5 Bf8 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. c3 Nxh5 13. Nxh5 Nd7 14. O-O Bxh5 15. Qxh5 Nf6 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Be5 Bd6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Bd3 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Rad8 23. h4 Rd7 24. h5 Qd8 25. h6 g6 26. Bc4 b5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qf4 Qe7 29. Rde1 Rc8 30. a3 a5 31. R5e3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. cxb4 Qxb4 34. Qf6 Qf8 35. Rh3 Rdc7 36. g4 Rc6 37. Re5 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Ree3 Rd2 40. g5 Rxb2 41. Rhf3 Rb7 42. Ra3 Rbb8 43. Ra7 1-0
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1045453 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Tanenbaum, Zachary (2244) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. b4 Qg5 16. Qe2 a5 17. a3 Rfe8 18. f4 Qg3 19. Rf3 Qh4 20. Rff1 axb4 21. axb4 Nb6 22. Qc2 Ra7 23. Kh2 Rea8 24. c5 Nxa4 25. cxd6 Nc3 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. e5 Ra2 28. Qb3 Rf2 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. d7 Qxf4+ 31. Kh1 Qh4 32. e6 Qe7 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. b5 Qxd7 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Qb8+ Kxf7 37. Qf4+ 0-1
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1045605 Schuster, K (2306) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe6 17. Bd3 Qxa2 18. Bc4 Qa5 19. Ne5 Be6 20. b4 Qd8 21. b5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rfc1 Rec8 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Rc8 27. c6 bxc6 28. Nxc6 Rc7 29. Rd1 a6 30. Rxd5 axb5 31. Ne5 Rb7 32. Kf1 f6 33. Nd3 b4 34. Nc5 Rb5 35. e4 Kf7 36. Nd3 Rb7 37. Ke2 Ne6 38. Kd2 g6 39. Kc2 Rc7+ 40. Kb2 Rb7 41. f4 Ke7 42. e5 b3 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Rd6 Kf5 45. Rxe6 Kxe6 46. Nc5+ Kf5 47. Nxb7 Kxf4 48. Nd6 Kg3 49. Nf7 h5 50. Ne5 g5 51. Nf7 g4 52. hxg4 hxg4 53. Nh6 Kxg2 54. Nxg4 Kf3 55. Kxb3 1/2-1/2
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1045744 Sarkar, J (2331) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 19. Qc6 Rfc8 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Nc6 Kf8 22. Nxb4 Rcb8 23. Nd3 Rb3 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ke2 g6 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. c4 Nb6 31. c5 Nxa4 32. Ra1 Nc3+ 33. Kd2 Ne4+ 34. Ke2 Rc6 35. f3 Nc3+ 36. Kd2 Nd5 37. e4 Nc7 38. Ra5 Nb5 39. Ne5 Rc7 40. Rxa6 f6 41. Nd3 Ke7 42. e5 f5 43. Nf4 Nd4 44. Rd6 Nb3+ 45. Ke3 Nxc5 46. Kd4 g5 47. Nd3 Nxd3 48. Kxd3 Rc5 49. Ra6 Rd5+ 50. Kc4 Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Re7 Rxe5 53. Kd4 Re2 54. g4 h6 55. Re8 Kf6 56. Rh8 Rxh2 57. gxf5 exf5 58. Ke3 f4+ 59. Ke4 Re2+ 60. Kd4 Kg7 0-1
2023.02.07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
1045854 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Adewumi, Tanitoluwa (2307) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 c5 12. Bxd6+ Kxd6 13. O-O-O Kc7 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. Rhe1 Nc5 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Kb1 Rhe8 19. f3 g6 20. h4 h6 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Nxd3 Bf5 23. Nc5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Kc6 25. Nb3 d3 26. cxd3 Rxd3 27. Kc1 Rd7 28. g4 Be6 29. Nd2 Bd5 30. Re3 b5 31. a3 Kb6 32. b4 Bc6 33. Kc2 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Nb3 f4 36. Rc3 Re7 37. Nd4 Bb7 38. Kd2 Bd5 39. Ne2 Bc4 40. Nxf4 Rd7+ 41. Ke3 a5 42. Ne2 axb4 43. axb4 Re7+ 44. Kf4 Rxe2 45. Kg4 Re6 46. f4 Rg6+ 47. Kf5 Be6+ 48. Ke5 Bc4 49. f5 Rg4 50. Rh3 Rg2 51. Kf6 Rf2 52. Re3 h5 53. Kg5 Be2 54. Re4 Bc4 55. Re5 Kc7 56. Kxh5 Kc6 57. Kg5 Kd6 58. Kf6 Rf3 59. Rc5 Rh3 60. Kg5 Rg3+ 61. Kf4 Rg8 62. h5 Rg1 63. h6 Rf1+ 64. Kg5 Ke7 65. f6+ Ke6 66. h7 Rg1+ 67. Kh6 Rh1+ 68. Kg7 Rg1+ 69. Kf8 Rh1 70. Kg8 Rg1+ 71. Kf8 Rh1 72. Kg8 Rg1+ 73. Kf8 1/2-1/2
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Early
1052146 Delorme, Al (2292) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxd4 Nb8 11. c3 a5 12. Be3 Ra6 13. Nd2 c5 14. N4b3 Nd7 15. Nf3 a4 16. Nc1 Bb7 17. Ne2 Rg6 18. Nf4 d4 19. cxd4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rb6 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rad1 Qc8 23. Nd5 Re6 24. Qg3 Qb7 25. Nf4 Rxe5 26. Rxd7 Qxb2 27. Rd2 Qc3 28. Red1 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Qf2 Ree8 31. h3 Rb8 32. Rd3 Qe5 33. Nd5 c6 34. Ne3 c5 35. Ng4 Qe6 36. Qxc5 Rb2 37. Rd8 h5 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. R8d6 hxg4 41. Rxe6+ fxe6 42. hxg4 Rxa2 43. Qh5+ Kf6 44. Rf1+ Ke7 45. Qf7+ Kd6 46. Rd1+ Ke5 47. Re1+ Kd4 48. Qf4+ Kc3 49. Re3+ Kd2 50. Qf2+ Kd1 51. Re1# 1-0
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Early
1052351 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Tsyhanchuk, S (2273) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. a4 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Bd3 Nxd4 21. Bb4 Nb3 22. Qb2 Qc7 23. Qxb3 d4 24. c4 Bxe5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. c5 a5 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Ba3 Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Rb1 Rab8 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. cxb6 Rb8 34. Bc5 e5 35. Be4 Kf7 36. Bxc6 d3 37. Bd5+ Ke8 38. Kf1 Be7 39. Nxe5 Bxc5 40. Nc6 Rxb6 41. Ke1 Bb4+ 42. Kd1 Bc3 43. Kc1 d2+ 44. Kc2 Rb1 45. Bf3 Rc1+ 46. Kd3 d1=Q+ 47. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 48. Kxc3 Rc1+ 49. Kd4 Rxc6 50. Kd5 Rc2 51. f4 Ra2 52. g4 1-0
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Early
1052606 Aung Thant Zin (2268) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 h6 11. Qf3 c6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. b3 a5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rbc8 19. Bxh6 Ne4 20. Bf4 Bb4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qg4 Rcd8 25. Rd3 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Bd6 27. Nf3 Qe6 28. Nxe1 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bxf4+ 30. g3 Re8 31. gxf4 Rxe1 32. Rc3 Re6 33. Rc5 Re2 34. Kg3 g6 35. Rxc6 Kg7 36. Rc5 Rd2 37. Rxa5 Rxc2 38. Rb5 Kf6 39. a5 Ra2 40. b4 Ra3+ 41. f3 Ke7 42. Rb6 Kd7 43. b5 Kc7 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. a6 Ra5 46. Rb6 Kc7 47. Rb7+ Kc8 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 f6 50. Kf4 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Rb4 52. Kd3 Ra4 53. Rb6 Rb4 54. a7 Ra4 55. Rb8+ Kc7 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Rxa8 Kb6 58. Rf8 Kxb5 59. Rxf6 Kc5 60. Re6 Kd5 61. Re4 Kd6 62. f6 Kd5 63. f7 Kc6 64. f8=Q Kb5 65. Qf5+ Ka6 66. Re6+ Ka7 67. Qf7+ Kb8 68. Re8# 1-0
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1054192 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Munoz Misselis, Nelson Carlos (1730) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Re1 Re8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 a5 13. Be3 c5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Qe2 b6 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Bd5 Qe7 22. Rd3 g6 23. Qd1 Kg7 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Bxe6 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 fxe6 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 Bd8 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Nb5 Kd7 32. Kd3 Kc6 33. Na3 Bg5 34. Nc4 Bf6 35. b3 h5 36. g3 Bg7 37. f3 Bf6 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Bg7 40. Nd2 Bf6 41. Kc4 Bg5 42. Nf3 Bf4 43. h4 Bg3 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Bf4 46. Nh4 Bh6 47. Nf3 Bf4 48. Kd3 b5 49. Nh4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Kd6 51. Kc4 Kc6 52. Ng2 Bg5 53. Ne1 Bd2 54. Nf3 Bf4 55. h6 Bxh6 56. Nxe5+ Kd6 57. Nd3 Be3 58. Kb5 c4 59. Kxc4 Kc6 60. Ne1 Bd2 61. Nc2 e5 62. Na1 Bf4 63. Nb3 Kb6 64. Nc5 Be3 65. Nd7+ Kc6 66. Nxe5+ Kd6 67. Nd3 Ke6 68. Kb5 Bd2 69. c4 Bc3 70. c5 Kd7 71. c6+ Kc7 72. e5 Bd4 73. Kc4 Be3 74. Kd5 Bf4 75. e6 Bg5 76. Nc5 Be7 77. Nb3 Kb6 78. Nxa5 Kxa5 79. c7 1-0
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1054264 Riehle, Marco (2358) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bxd5 Nxc3 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Qf3 Qc5 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxc6 a5 17. a3 h6 18. h3 Ra6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Re7 c5 21. Nf5 Be6 22. Ng3 Rb6 23. Ne4 c4 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Ra7 Rb5 26. Nb7 Bxc2 27. Nxa5 Bd3 28. a4 Rb2 29. Nc6 Rc2 30. a5 Rxc3 31. a6 Rb3 32. Rc7 c3 33. a7 c2 34. a8=Q Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Kh7 37. Ne5 Bf5 38. g4 Be4 39. Rac8 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 f6 41. f3 1-0
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1054431 Jobava, Ba (2578) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. b3 a5 2. Bb2 a4 3. Nf3 axb3 4. axb3 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Nf6 6. c4 d6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. d4 c6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Na6 14. Ra1 Bd7 15. Ne1 f5 16. g3 c5 17. Nc2 e6 18. f4 Bc6 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Nxb4 cxb4 21. Na2 Ra8 22. Nxb4 Bd7 23. Nc2 b5 24. cxb5 Rb8 25. b4 d5 26. Ra1 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Ra8+ Bf8 29. Kc3 Kg7 30. Kb3 Rb7 31. Ra5 Be7 32. Ka4 Rc7 33. Rc5 Bxc5 34. dxc5 Kf6 35. Kb5 Ke7 36. Kb6 Kd7 37. Nd4 Rc8 38. c6+ Kd8 39. b5 Rb8+ 40. Kc5 Ra8 41. b6 Ra2 42. Nb5 Kc8 43. Nd6+ 1-0
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1054718 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Freile Martin, J (2329) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. Bxd7 Bxd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O Bc6 12. Rfe1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Rg8 17. Re4 Rg6 18. Nh4 Rg5 19. Qh3 Rag8 20. g3 Qc7 21. c3 f5 22. Nxf5 Qd7 23. Rh4 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Rc4 Bd8 26. Kg2 Bb6 27. f3 h5 28. a4 Rg6 29. b4 Rgf6 30. Rd3 e4 31. Rxe4 Kg7 32. a5 Bc7 33. Re7 Bd8 34. Rd7 Bxa5 35. bxa5 Re5 36. Kf2 h4 37. Rxb7 hxg3+ 38. hxg3 Rh6 39. f4 Rh2+ 40. Kf3 Ree2 41. Rxa7 Kg6 42. Rd7 f5 43. Rxd6+ Kh5 44. g4+ fxg4+ 45. Kg3 Reg2# 0-1
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1054879 Pino Perez, Lazaro (2142) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. f3 Nh5 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Nf4 16. g3 Nh5 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Bxa6 Ne8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nb5 Nd6 21. Ra2 Qd7 22. Rfa1 Ra8 23. b3 h5 24. h4 f5 25. Nxd6 exd6 26. Kg2 f4 27. Bf2 Rf8 28. a5 fxg3 29. Bxg3 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Bf6 31. Ra6 Qe7 32. Qe1 Kh7 33. Ra8 Rf7 34. R8a6 g5 35. hxg5 Bxg5 36. Rc6 Rg7 37. Kh2 h4 38. Bf2 Bf4+ 39. Kh1 Bg3 40. Raa6 Rd7 41. Qf1 Qf6 42. Qg2 Bxf2 43. Qxf2 Rg3 44. Qh2 Qxf3+ 0-1
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1055039 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Vasques, A (2213) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. h4 b5 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. g5 Qc5 18. g6 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Ng3 O-O 21. Ng5 a5 22. Nf7 a4 23. Nh5 Be6 24. Rde1 Bxf7 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rhg1 Bxh4 27. Rd1 b3 28. cxb3 axb3 29. axb3 Nb4 30. Bc4 d5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb3 34. Kc2 Rf3 35. b4 Kh7 36. Rd6 Be7 37. Rdg6 Bf8 38. b5 Rh3 39. Nxg7 Rxg7 40. Rxg7+ Bxg7 41. b6 Rc3+ 0-1
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1055199 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Fernandez Siles, L (2220) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 Be7 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 f5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qh5 fxe4 13. Bd5 Kh8 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. O-O Be8 17. Qd1 Bg6 18. Nc4 Rc8 19. c3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd2 b4 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. cxb4 Qb6 24. Qa4 d5 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. Rfe1 e4 27. Nd4 Rc4 28. Ne6 Bxg3 29. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe1 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. Rxe1 Qf2 36. Qd8+ Kf4 37. Rg1 Rc2 38. Qd6+ Kg5 39. Qxd5 Rxb2 40. Qd8+ Kh5 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qd8+ Kh5 43. Qd1+ Kh6 44. Qd6 e3 45. Qf8+ Kh5 46. b5 Qxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Rb1# 0-1
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1055275 Souza, L (2335) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. h3 Nc6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Nh2 a5 17. Qf3 a4 18. Be3 b4 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Kh7 21. d4 Qf6 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Rad1 a3 24. bxa3 Rxa3 25. cxb4 Nxb4 26. Bb3 Nxa2 27. Bc4 Nc3 28. Rd7 Bxe4 29. Rxf7 Bxf5 30. Qxf5+ Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Bd6 32. Rf7 Re7 33. Rf3 Na4 34. Rd1 Nb2 35. Rxd6 Nxc4 36. Rc6 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rc1 39. Re4 Kg8 40. f4 Kf7 41. fxe5 c4 42. Rf4+ Kg8 43. Rcxc4 Rxc4 44. Rxc4 Rxe5 45. Rc6 Kf7 1/2-1/2
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1055390 Burke, Paul Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. f3 b6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kf2 Rfe8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Re2 f6 20. c3 Kf7 21. Ng3 Be6 22. b3 a5 23. c4 a4 24. Ne4 Ra8 25. Nd2 axb3 26. axb3 Ra3 27. Re3 Ra2 28. Re2 Rb2 29. Ke3 Bf5 30. Kd4 c5+ 31. Ke3 Bc2 32. Nf1 Rxb3+ 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Rd2 Bxc4 0-1
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1055605 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Gonzalez, Francisco Silva (2033) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bf4 Kh7 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qc1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxc7 Bxh3 20. Bxb8 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxb8 22. Qf4 Rb6 23. Be4 Qd7 24. b3 Rf6 25. Qg3 Rxf3 26. Bxf3 Nd2 27. Rad1 Qxd4 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Re7 Kg8 30. Qb8+ Bf8 31. Re8 Qg5+ 32. Qg3 Qf5 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 a5 35. Ra8 Kg7 36. Qg4 Qe5 37. Qe4 Qg5+ 38. Qg4 Qe5 39. Qg3 Qf5 40. Re8 h5 41. Qe5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Bb4 43. Rb5 Bd2 44. Bd5 f5 45. Rb6 g5 46. Kf3 g4+ 47. Kg3 Bg5 48. f3 h4+ 49. Kg2 Be3 50. Rb5 Bd2 51. Be6 h3+ 52. Kh1 g3 53. Rxf5 g2+ 54. Kh2 Be3 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Rf4+ Kh7 57. Rh4+ Kg6 58. Rg4+ Kf6 59. Bd7 Ke7 60. Bb5 Kf6 61. Be2 Kf5 62. Bd3+ Kf6 63. Be4 Ke5 64. Bc6 Kd6 65. Ba8 Kc7 66. f4 g1=B+ 67. Rxg1 Bxf4+ 68. Kxh3 Bd2 69. Bd5 Kd6 70. Bc4 Kc5 71. Bb5 Be3 72. Rg2 Bd4 73. Kg4 Bc3 74. Kf3 Bb4 75. Re2 Kd5 76. Kg2 Kd4 77. Kf2 Bc5 78. Ke1 Bb4+ 79. Kd1 Kc3 80. Re3+ Kd4 81. Rd3+ Kc5 82. Kc2 Be1 83. Kb3 Bb4 84. Rh3 Bd2 85. Rh5+ Kb6 86. Kc4 Be1 87. Rh6+ Kc7 88. Kd5 Bf2 89. Bc6 Kb6 90. Rh7 Be1 91. Rb7+ Ka6 92. Rb1 Bb4 93. Ke6 Kb6 94. Kd7 Kc5 95. Bb5 Bd2 96. Kc7 Bf4+ 97. Kb7 Bd2 98. Ka6 Kd6 99. Be2 Kc7 100. Rd1 Bb4 101. Rd5 Kc6 102. Rxa5 Bd2 103. Rh5 Kc7 104. a5 Kb8 105. Bb5 Be3 106. Rh8+ Kc7 107. Rh7+ Kb8 108. Bc4 Ka8 109. Kb5 Kb8 110. a6 Ba7 111. Rh8+ Kc7 112. Rh7+ Kb8 113. Rxa7 Kxa7 114. Ka5 Kb8 115. Kb6 Ka8 116. Bd5+ Kb8 117. a7+ Kc8 118. a8=Q+ Kd7 119. Ba2 Kd6 120. Qc6+ Ke5 121. Qd5+ Kf4 122. Kc5 Ke3 123. Qd4+ Kf3 124. Kd5 Kg3 125. Ke5 Kf3 126. Qd3+ Kg4 127. Qf1 Kg3 128. Ke4 Kh2 129. Qf8 Kg3 130. Ke3 Kg4 131. Qf6 Kh5 132. Qg7 Kh4 133. Kf4 Kh3 134. Qg3# 1-0
2023.01.31 Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
1055621 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Nikologorsky, M (2182) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. a3 Qc7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. e5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Qxe5 12. Qd2 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Qxh2 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Bf4 Qh3 16. Rg3 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. Nxd7 Rd8 20. Rd3 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Be7 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Qxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ 1-0
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1058857 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Andreassen, L (2168) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Qf5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 c6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 Rad8 14. Rad1 h6 15. a4 a5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. h3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Red8 19. Qc3 Ne4 20. Qc2 Ndf6 21. Re3 Nd6 22. Qe2 Qh7 23. Nd2 Nf5 24. Rd3 Nxd4 25. Qe3 Nc2 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qb6 Rd4 28. Qxb7 Qf5 29. Qxf7+ Kh7 30. Nef3 Nb4 31. Re1 Rd7 32. Qxe6 Qg6 33. Ne5 Qc2 34. Nxd7 Qxd2 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Qf5+ 1-0
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1059024 Gokerkan, Cem Kaan (2486) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. h3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Ba5 13. Rb1 Bb6 14. Kh2 Be6 15. a4 Re8 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. Re1 Bc6 18. c4 Qd7 19. Ra1 Ba5 20. Re2 Bc3 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qe7 23. a5 Qe5 24. Rab1 Nd7 25. Qd2 Qg5 26. Nd5 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxd5 28. cxd5 b6 29. f4 Rab8 30. Ra2 b5 31. a6 Rb6 32. Bf1 f6 33. Kg2 Reb8 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. h4 Rc8 36. Ra5 b4 37. Rb3 Nb8 38. Rb1 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Nxa6 40. Ra1 b3 41. Rxa6 b2 42. Rxa7+ 1-0
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1059249 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Kostiukov, A (2271) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. f3 Qb6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 11. Qxe3 Nxe3 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. Ned5 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nxa1 15. Bd3 b6 16. Rxa1 Bb7 17. Rb1 Rac8 18. Nb5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. f4 Rc5 21. g3 f5 22. b3 Re8 23. Nd6 Re7 24. a4 Bd4 25. Rf1 Bb2 26. Nb5 Rc8 27. Kc2 Bf6 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Kd2 Bd4 30. Nb5 Bc5 31. Nc7 Bb4+ 32. Kc2 Re3 33. Na6 Bd6 34. Kd2 Rxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Ra8 36. c5 bxc5 37. Kc4 Rxa6 38. Kb5 Ra8 39. Re1 Kg7 40. Kb6 Kf7 41. Re3 Be7 42. Kc7 d6 43. Kd7 Re8 44. Kc7 Ra8 45. Kd7 Ra7+ 46. Kc6 Ra8 47. Kd7 1/2-1/2
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1059348 Vasques, A (2213) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Bf1 h6 8. Nc3 Qc5 9. Nge4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qd5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Qf3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Ba6 15. b3 Bxd3 16. f3 f5 17. Ng3 Bc5 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Nf1 f4 21. Rc3 e4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. d4 c5 25. Rc1 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bd3 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Bb4+ 29. Kd1 Rd8 0-1
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1059537 Huber, Benedikt (2305) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 c5 6. g5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Bg2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Ne2 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bg3 e5 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. c3 Qb6 17. O-O g6 18. Bd5 Bxg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. h4 Kg7 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. h5 Qb5 24. Bb3 e4 25. Qf4 Qe5 26. h6+ Kf8 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Qe2 Be5 29. Qc4 Qg5 30. Qf7# 1-0
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1059764 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Shubenkova, Veronika (2002) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Rc3 a6 15. Bb1 Be8 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Bh5 18. Re3 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Be5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rxd1 Rf6 24. Rc1 Raf8 25. f3 R8f7 26. Rc8+ Nf8 27. b4 g6 28. Rec3 Kg7 29. a4 Nd7 30. a5 e5 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Rd8 Nc6 33. Rxd5 Nxb4 34. Rd8 Nc6 35. Rd5 Re7 36. Kf2 Rfe6 37. Be4 Rf6 38. Kg1 Ne5 39. Rb3 Rc6 40. Rb1 Rcc7 41. Rd8 Nc4 42. Rd5 Ne3 43. Rd4 Nf5 44. Rdb4 Nd6 45. Bd5 Nb5 46. Be4 Nc3 47. R1b2 Nxe4 48. fxe4 Kf6 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Rf7+ 52. Kg1 Rxg3 53. Rxb7 Rxb7 54. Rxb7 Ra3 55. Re7+ Kf6 56. Rxh7 Rxa5 57. Rh6 Ra4 58. Rh4 Kg5 59. g3 a5 60. Rf4 Ra2 61. e5 Re2 62. Ra4 Rxe5 63. Kf2 Rb5 64. Kf3 Kf5 65. Ke3 g5 66. Kf3 g4+ 67. Ke3 Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Rb5 69. Ke3 Kg5 70. Ra3 Kh5 71. Ra4 Rf5 72. Ke4 Rb5 73. Ke3 Rg5 74. Kf4 Rb5 75. Ke3 1/2-1/2
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1059835 Fernandez Siles, L (2220) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 a5 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. f4 Bb4 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. Bg6 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Rf1 Be6 22. Qf2 Qd7 23. Bb1 Bb4 24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Rxf5 Rf8 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Kxf2 Qf7+ 29. Qf5 Qxf5+ 30. Bxf5 Be7 31. Bc8 b6 32. Bb7 c5 33. d5 Bg5 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Ke4 Bh4 36. Bc6 Bf2 37. d6+ Ke6 38. Bd5+ Kd7 39. Bc4 Bg1 40. Bb5+ Ke6 41. Be2 Kd7 42. Bg4+ Kc6 43. Bf3 Kd7 44. Kd5 Bxe3 45. e6+ Kd8 46. e7+ Kd7 47. Bg4+ Ke8 48. Bh5+ 1-0
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1059949 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Mazurkiewicz, M (2163) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 c6 4. Ngf3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. h3 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Bg5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Ne6 16. Be3 f6 17. Red1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qf3 Kh8 21. e5 fxe5 22. Qh5 g6 23. Bxg6 Re7 24. Nf3 Rg7 25. Bc2 e4 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. Ne5 Bf5 28. Nef7+ Kg8 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Ngf7+ Rxf7 31. Nxf7+ Kg7 32. Qxf5 Qxf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rd4 Bg7 35. Rc4 b6 36. Bxe4 Rd8 37. Bxc6 Rd2 38. Rxf4+ Ke7 39. Re1+ Kd6 40. Bb5 Rxb2 41. Rg4 Bxc3 42. Rd1+ Rd2 43. Rxd2+ Bxd2 44. Rd4+ 1-0
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1060141 Mendes Aaron Reeve (1989) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 d6 9. exd6 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 cxd6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf3 Be6 13. c4 Nb4 14. a3 Nc2 15. Bxc6+ Kd8 16. Bxa8 Nxa1 17. Nd2 Nc2 18. Re1 Nxe1 19. Be4 Bh3 20. f3 f5 21. Bb1 Bg5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Nb3 Bg4 25. Bd2 Nf3 26. Be3 Bxb2 27. h3 Nh2 28. Bd3 Bxh3 29. Bxa7 Ng4+ 30. Kf3 Nf6 31. a4 Bg4+ 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Kg2 Nc5 34. Nxc5 dxc5 35. Bxc5 Bc3 36. Bb6+ Kd7 37. c5 Be2 38. Bxf5+ Kc6 39. Bxh7 Bd4 40. Bg6 Re6 41. Bf5 Re7 42. Bd8 Re8 43. Bb6 Bxc5 44. Bxc5 Kxc5 45. g4 Kb4 46. Kg3 Bc4 47. Kh4 Bf7 48. Kg5 Rd8 49. Bc2 Kc3 50. Bf5 Rd5 51. Kh4 Kb4 52. Bc2 Rc5 53. Bd1 Rc1 54. Bf3 Kxa4 55. f5 Kb4 56. Kg5 Rf1 57. Bg2 Rf2 58. Be4 Kc5 59. Kh4 Kd6 60. Kg3 Rb2 61. g5 Ke5 62. Bf3 Bd5 63. Bg4 Be4 64. f6 gxf6 65. gxf6 Kxf6 66. Kf4 Bg6 67. Bf3 Rb4+ 68. Kg3 Kg5 69. Bg2 Bf5 70. Kf2 Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Be4+ 72. Kg3 Rxg2+ 73. Kh3 Rg4 74. Kh2 Bg6 75. Kh3 Kf4 76. Kh2 Kf3 77. Kh3 Be8 78. Kh2 Rh4+ 79. Kg1 Rh3 80. Kf1 Rh1# 0-1
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1060205 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Hjartarson, J (2476) 0-1
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. a4 d6 5. a5 N6d7 6. exd6 cxd6 7. d4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qa4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nb5 Nf5 14. Bxa7 e4 15. Nfd4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qa3 Qf6 19. Be2 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Ra2 Be5 22. O-O Ra6 23. g4 Bd7 24. Rb1 Rfa8 25. f4 exf3 26. Bxf3 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. d6 b6 29. Nc7 Ra2 30. h3 Bxd6 31. Nd5 Be6 32. Rxb6 Be5 33. Rc6 Rc2 34. Nb6 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Kg7 36. Bd5 Kf6 37. Nd7+ Kg5 38. Nxc5 Bxd5+ 39. cxd5 Rxc5 0-1
2023.01.24 Titled Tue 24th Jan Late
1060303 Balague Camps, M (2207) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Nc5 Nd5 15. Bg3 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bf6 17. a3 Bg4 18. Be4 Qe7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Ne5 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. b4 a5 24. b5 Rac8 25. c6 bxc6 26. Nxc6 Bd3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. b6 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Bc3 30. f3 Bb2 31. a4 f6 32. b7 Be5 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. b8=Q Rxb8 35. Nxb8 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Nc6 Kd6 38. Nxa5 Kc5 39. Kd3 g5 40. g4 Kb4 41. Nc6+ Kxa4 42. Nxe5 Kb5 43. Kd4 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1063767 Bongo Akanga Ndjila, Barthelemy (1811) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg5 Ba6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Rc8 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Rxc5 18. Qd1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Ng4 20. Qf4 Qg5 21. Qxg4 Qxg4 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1064103 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel (2498) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Re1 Re8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 Bg5 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qc5 20. Bb5 c6 21. Be2 Bc8 22. Red3 h5 23. b3 Be6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. c4 Qc5 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. Qb2 Qg5 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. R1xd2 Kf8 30. Rd6 Rac8 31. h4 Ke7 32. f3 Bd5 33. cxd5 Kxd6 34. dxc6+ Ke7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Bb5 Re7 37. Rd5 Rcc7 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rb8 Re6 40. Rxb6 Rd6 41. Ra6 f5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Rxa5 Kf6 44. Ra8 Rd2 45. Rf8+ Ke6 46. Rg8 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. a5 e3 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Rxe3 Rg7 51. Rd3+ Rxd3 52. Bxd3 Kxc6 53. b4 Rg4 54. b5+ Kb7 55. a6+ Kb6 56. Kf2 Rxh4 57. Be2 Rh1 58. Kg3 h4+ 59. Kf2 Ra1 60. Kf3 Ra4 61. Ke3 Rb4 62. Kf2 Rb3 63. Kg1 Rb2 64. Kf2 Ka7 65. Ke3 Rb4 66. Kf2 Kb6 67. Ke3 Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Rg3 69. Kg1 h3 70. Bf1 hxg2 71. Bxg2 Kxb5 72. a7 Rg8 73. a8=Q Rxa8 74. Bxa8 1/2-1/2
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1064141 Rostovtsev, Dmitry (2305) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. h3 b5 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bb7 10. Re1 c5 11. Bh2 Rc8 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Bf1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 cxd4 16. exd4 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Na4 Qc6 19. c3 Be7 20. Bd3 Bf6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. Qd2 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf1 Kg7 26. b4 d4 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. cxd4 Rcd8 29. Qg5 Bxd4 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. Qa5 Re2 33. Nc5 Rb2 34. Nxb7 Qxb7 35. Qxa6 Qxa6 36. Bxa6 Rxb4 37. g3 Rd4 38. Re1 Rd2 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Bxe2 h5 41. Kg2 Be5 42. h4 Kf6 43. f4 Bd6 44. Kf3 Be7 45. Bd3 Kg7 46. f5 Kf6 47. fxg6 fxg6 48. Kg2 Bd6 49. Kh3 Be5 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Bc3 52. Bxg6 Kxg6 53. Kf3 Kh5 54. Ke2 Kxh4 1/2-1/2
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1064426 Dimitrov, At (2269) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. d4 bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rb8 13. Ba1 c5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rbd1 Qb6 18. Nb3 Ne5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Qb7 22. Rfc1 Bd7 23. Nac5 Qc8 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxc8 Rfxc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. h3 h6 28. Be5 Rb5 29. Bd4 Be6 30. Qc2 Bd5 31. Nd2 Ra5 32. Nc4 Rb5 33. Nb6 Be6 34. a4 Rb4 35. a5 Rb5 36. Qc7 Bf8 37. Na4 Ne4 38. g3 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rb5 40. Nc3 Nxc3 41. Qxc3 Bb4 42. Qb2 Bxa5 43. Qa1 f6 44. Qc1 Bd8 45. g4 Rd5 46. Qc6 Kf7 47. Qxa6 Be7 48. Qb7 h5 49. gxh5 Rxh5 50. Qc7 Bxh3+ 51. Kg1 Be6 52. f4 Bd5 53. Kf2 f5 54. Bc5 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1064542 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Rego, P (2300) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. b3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Rc1 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17. c5 b4 18. Qd2 Qd5 19. Be4 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 f5 21. Bd3 f4 22. Bf2 Rfd8 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. Rc1 Rcd8 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. c6 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Rxd1 28. Bd7 R1xd7 29. cxd7 Rxd7 30. Bc5 a5 31. Bb6 Rd5 32. Bc7 g5 33. g3 e5 34. gxf4 exf4 35. h3 Kf7 36. Bb6 Ke6 37. Bc7 Rc5 38. Bb6 Rc2+ 39. Kd3 Rxa2 40. Ke4 a4 41. bxa4 b3 42. Bd4 Rxa4 43. Kd3 Rxd4+ 44. Kxd4 b2 45. Kc3 b1=Q 46. h4 Qd1 47. hxg5 Kd5 48. g6 hxg6 49. Kb2 Kc4 50. Ka3 Qa1# 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1064673 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Seletsky, G (2281) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Ngf3 Nd3+ 8. Bxd3 Qxd3 9. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. f4 O-O-O 13. f5 Re8+ 14. Kf2 Bh5 15. h3 f6 16. Ne6 Bf7 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. g4 c5 22. Bf4 b6 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Nd2 Bf7 25. Ne4 Bxa2 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Ra1 Bb3 28. Ra3 c4 29. Nb5 a5 30. Ra1 h5 31. Kg3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ne5 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Re1 Kc6 35. Rxe5 Rh1 36. Nd4+ Kc7 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Rxg7 Rb1 39. Rg6+ Kd7 40. Rxb6 Rxb2 41. f6 Ke8 42. g5 Rb1 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Ke5 a4 45. g6 a3 46. f7+ Ke7 47. Nf5+ Rxf5+ 48. Kxf5 Bc2+ 49. Kg5 a2 50. Ra6 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1064813 Van Dael, Siem (2291) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. O-O Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Be6 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. e5 d5 18. Re3 O-O 19. Bc2 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 g6 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Qd3 Rae8 24. Rg3 Qh5 25. e6 f5 26. Qe3 Rf6 27. Rh3 Qg5 28. f4 Qg4 29. Rg3 Rfxe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxf4 33. Rgxg6+ Kf7 34. h3 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qg1+ 36. Kg3 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 Be5+ 38. Rxe5 Kxg6 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1064939 Averjanov, A (2399) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. Nb3 d5 9. c5 bxc5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Be3 Ne4 13. Rac1 Bc6 14. a3 Ba4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd1 Rab8 17. Ra1 Qe8 18. Ra3 Na6 19. Qd3 Rxb3 20. Rxb3 Naxc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qc3 Nxb3 23. Qxc7 a5 24. e3 Qc6 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qc4 28. Qb6 Qb5 29. Qa7 h6 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Bf1 Qb4 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Bd3+ g6 34. Bxc2 Bxc2 35. Qa7 Kg7 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 37. exd4 a4 38. Rc1 Bb3 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Rc8 Ke7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. g4 Bd1 45. h3 Bb3 46. Ra7 Kg7 47. g5 hxg5 48. fxg5 Kf8 49. Kf4 Bc2 50. Ke5 Bf5 51. h4 Bc2 52. Kf6 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1065009 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Kaganskiy, G (2173) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Qxb6 Bd6 22. Rad1 Bxg3 23. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxd7 25. h3 Rad8 26. Re6 Kg8 27. Rxa6 Rd2 28. Qf3 Rxb2 29. Ra8 Rd2 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. a5 Nd5 32. c4 Nb4 33. c5 Rf8 34. Qb3+ Rf7 35. Qxb4 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1065204 Di Berardino, D (2458) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. O-O Bb7 9. f3 h6 10. Nh3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 O-O 12. d3 Nd5 13. Nc3 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. Qe2 Bd4 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Nf2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Re6 21. Rf2 Rb8 22. Ref1 Rb2 23. Rxf7 Rg6 24. R7f2 Rxa2 25. h4 Ra1 26. Qh5 Kh7 27. Qf5 h5 28. Qxh5+ Rh6 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. h5 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxc2 32. Rf3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc6 34. Qxe5 a6 35. Rg3 Qf6 36. Qxf6 Rxf6 37. Rg5 Rd6 38. Ra5 Rxd3 39. Rxa6 Rd4 40. Re6 Kf7 41. Re5 c5 42. Kg3 c4 43. Kf4 Rd2 44. g4 c3 45. Rc5 c2 46. g5 Rh2 47. g6+ Kf8 48. e5 Ke7 49. Rc7+ Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kd5 51. Rc8 Rxh5 52. Rxc2 Rh4+ 53. Kf5 Rh5+ 54. Kf4 Rh4+ 55. Kg5 Rh2 56. Rxh2 Kxe5 57. Rh7 Ke6 58. Rxg7 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
1065286 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Jorajuria Mendoza, Algol (2037) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. c3 c5 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. e6 Nf4 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qf1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Raf8 18. Re3 c4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bh6 22. Re6 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxf3 24. Rxe7 Nc5 25. Rc2 Rxh3 26. Nxb6 Rf4 27. b4 Ne4 28. Nd5 Rf5 29. Ne3 Rg5+ 30. Kf1 Nf6 31. Re6 Nh5 32. Rxa6 Nf4 33. Ke1 Rh2 34. Rd6 Rg1+ 35. Nf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kd2 Rfxf2+ 37. Ke3 Rxc2 38. Kxf4 Rxc3 39. Rd4 Rh4+ 40. Ke5 Rxd4 41. Kxd4 Ra3 42. a5 h5 43. Kc5 h4 44. Kb6 h3 45. a6 h2 46. b5 h1=Q 47. Ka7 Qd5 48. b6 Qa5 49. b7 Qxa6+ 50. Kb8 Rb3 51. Kc7 Rxb7+ 52. Kd8 Qa8# 0-1
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1069324 Rodrigues, Le (2112) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 Bd7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. d4 f6 13. Be3 a5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Rxb7 Qc8 18. Qb1 Nc6 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Be3 Nb4 21. Rb5 Qa6 22. a4 Nc6 23. h3 Na7 24. Rb7 Rfc8 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. Qf7 Rab8 27. Rxb8 Nxb8 28. Bh6 gxh6 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. c4 Nc6 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. Qh5+ Kd8 34. Rb3 Qxc4 35. Qg5+ Ne7 36. Rf3 Kd7 37. Qg4+ Qe6 38. Qh4 Rb8 39. Rf6 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Qc4 41. Qg4+ Kc6 42. Rh6 Qf7 0-1
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1069419 Karacsonyi, Gellert (2401) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rfd1 Qd7 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 O-O-O 13. b4 Ng6 14. a4 Rhe8 15. Bc5 Qe6 16. Qc3 Qxe4 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Kf1 Rde6 21. Re1 Ne2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Nd4 Re1+ 24. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Kd7 26. Ke2 g6 27. Kd3 Kd6 28. Nb3 Kd5 29. c4+ Kd6 30. f4 b6 31. Kd4 Ke6 32. c5 Kf5 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Ke4 f5+ 35. Kd4 h6 36. a5 b5 37. Nc1 g5 38. g3 g4 39. Nd3 Kf6 40. Ne5 Kg7 41. Nxc6 Kg6 42. Nb8 c6 43. Nxa6 Kh5 44. Nc7 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1069610 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Loebler, H (2109) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O Kf8 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Be6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. h4 Nb6 16. h5 Kg7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxe6+ Kf7 20. Nc5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rb8 22. c3 Nd5 23. g3 b6 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Kg2 Ne7 26. f3 Nf5 27. a4 Nd6 28. Rh1 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Kg7 30. Kf3 Re8 31. Kf4 Re7 32. a5 b5 33. a6 Re8 34. b3 Rb8 35. Ra1 Rb6 36. Ra5 Kf7 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Ke6 39. d5+ cxd5 40. exd5+ Kd6 41. c5+ 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1069903 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Skvortsov, Andrei (2249) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Qxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8. O-O-O c6 9. g3 Bf5 10. Rd2 O-O-O 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. f3 h5 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. h4 f6 17. Be3 e6 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Rdd1 Nc4 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Bf4 Bxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Ne3 23. Rd2 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nh3 Nxg2 26. Rxg2 e4 27. Ng5 Rhe8 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rf1 Rg4 31. Rf5 g6 32. Rf7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Kd2 g5 35. hxg5 h4 36. Ke3 h3 37. Rh2 Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Rxg5 39. Rxh3 Kc6 40. Rc3+ Kd6 41. Rd3 b5 42. Ke2 Rg2+ 43. Kd1 a5 44. b3 Kc5 45. Kc1 d4 46. Kb2 Rg5 47. Rh3 Re5 48. Rh8 Re2 49. Rh3 a4 50. b4+ Kc4 51. Rh5 d3 52. Rc5+ Kd4 53. Kc1 Rxc2+ 54. Rxc2 dxc2 55. Kd2 c1=Q+ 56. Kxc1 Kc3 57. Kd1 Kb2 58. Kd2 Kb3 59. Kd3 Kxa3 60. Kc3 Ka2 61. Kc2 Ka1 62. Kc1 Ka2 63. Kc2 Ka3 64. Kc3 Ka2 65. Kc2 1/2-1/2
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1070028 Domingo Nunez, Ruben (2380) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. d4 d5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Nb5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ba3 c5 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Bc6 17. Qf4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Rd5 19. Qxe4 Rad8 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. f4 Qd7 22. a4 h5 23. h4 Bf8 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd5 27. Kf2 Qd7 28. Rd3 Qb7 29. e4 Rd7 30. Qd2 Rc7 31. Kf3 c4 32. Rd8 Kg7 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34. Qxb4 Rc5 35. bxc4 Qc7 36. Rd4 Kg8 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. Kd3 Kh7 39. Kc3 Kg7 40. Kb3 Kh7 41. Qd2 Kg7 42. Rd7 Qc8 43. Rd4 Qc7 44. Qd3 Qc8 45. Rd6 Qc7 46. Rd7 Qc8 47. Rxa7 Qb8 48. Qd7 Qf8 49. Qxe6 Kg8 50. Qxb6 Qc8 51. Qa6 Qd8 52. Ra8 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1070234 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Boder, Jan (2319) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Bd7 17. Re1 a5 18. Bb6 Rfe8 19. a4 Ra8 20. f4 e6 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Bc7 Bc6 23. g3 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Kf7 27. Kc3 Ke6 28. Bc7 Kd7 29. Bb6 Bf3 30. c5 Kc6 31. Kd4 Kd7 32. Bb5+ Bc6 33. Bc4 Ke7 34. Ke5 Kd7 35. Be6+ Ke7 36. Bc4 Kd7 37. Be6+ Ke7 38. Bc7 Ke8 39. Kf6 Be4 40. Kg7 Ke7 41. Bc4 h5 42. Bd6+ Kd7 43. Kf7 Re8 44. h4 Ra8 45. Bb5+ Bc6 46. Bxc6+ bxc6 47. Kxg6 Rh8 48. Kg5 Ke6 49. g4 hxg4 50. Kxg4 Rg8+ 51. Kf4 Rh8 52. Kg5 Rg8+ 53. Kf4 Rh8 54. Kg4 Rg8+ 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Bc7 Rh8 57. Bxa5 Rxh4 58. b4 Rh3+ 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. b5 Rh2+ 61. Kf1 Kd5 62. b6 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1070349 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros (2334) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Rc3 Be8 17. Re1 g5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rf4 20. Nh5 Bxh5 21. Qxh5 Qg7 22. g3 Rff8 23. Bb5 Nxe5 24. Rce3 Ng6 25. Rxe6 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxh6 Qf5 28. Bd7 Qxd7 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Rxb7 a5 33. Kf1 Ke5 34. Ke2 Rh8 35. Ra7 Rb8 36. b3 Rb5 37. Kd3 Rc5 38. Kd2 d4 39. f3 Rb5 40. Re7+ Kd6 41. Rg7 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf6 43. Rd7 Rf5 44. Ke4 Re5+ 45. Kxd4 Re2 46. Rd6+ Kf7 47. Rd5 Rxh2 48. Rxa5 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rg2 50. Ra6+ Ke5 51. g4 Rc2 52. Ra5+ Kf6 53. Kd3 Rb2 54. Kc3 Rf2 55. Rf5+ Ke6 56. a4 Kd6 57. Kb4 Kc6 58. a5 Kb7 59. Kb5 Kc7 60. b4 Rf1 61. a6 Ra1 62. Rf7+ Kb8 63. Kb6 Kc8 64. a7 Ra5 65. bxa5 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1070427 Jones, G (2623) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Re1 Bd6 10. d3 Nxb3 11. axb3 h6 12. Ne4 Nxd5 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. d4 O-O 15. Rxe5 c5 16. c4 cxd4 17. Rxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Nf3 d3 21. Be3 a5 22. Nd4 a4 23. Qxd3 axb3 24. Rd1 Ra2 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. h3 Qc4 27. Nf5 Rca8 28. Bxh6 Qc2 29. Qd4 Qxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Ra1 31. Bc1 g6 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Nxb3 Rb1 34. Kh2 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1070594 Mikhailov, Vi (2428) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bf4 a6 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 c5 14. d4 Rc8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 c4 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. h4 Rc2 24. Rd7 Bc6 25. Rc7 Kf6 26. e3 Ba4 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Kf1 Ke5 29. Ke1 Kd5 30. Kd2 Bb1 31. a3 a5 32. Kc3 Bd3 33. g4 h6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Bb5 36. Bh3 Ke5 37. Bc8 Kd5 38. Bb7+ Ke5 39. Ba8 Bd3 40. f4+ Kf5 41. Kd4 Bb1 42. Bd5 f6 43. Bxe4+ Bxe4 44. gxf6 Kxf6 45. Kxe4 Ke6 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. e4+ Kd4 48. e5 Kd5 49. Kg4 a4 50. Kg5 Kc5 51. Kxg6 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1070655 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Goncalves, Davi Sulzbacher (2282) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Bd3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O Nh6 9. Ne2 f6 10. a4 Be6 11. Be3 c5 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. c3 Rad8 16. Bxc5 Rfe8 17. Bxa7 Nf7 18. Bb6 Rc8 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Qxd8 Rexd8 22. Rfd1 Nd6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. a5 Bc4 25. Rxd6 1-0
2023.01.10 Titled Tue 10th Jan Late
1070804 Hoffmann, As (2185) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Rb1 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. h4 Qa5 10. Qd2 g4 11. f4 Nh5 12. Bf2 f5 13. exf5 Ndf6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nge2 Rae8 17. g3 Rhf8 18. O-O b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Ra4 Qb6 23. Qe3 Rfb8 24. Qe6+ Ke8 25. b3 Kf8 26. Re1 Qb7 27. Nc1 Re8 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Ne4 Nhf6 30. Nxf6 Nxf6 31. Ne5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Nxd5 33. f6 exf6 34. Qd6+ Kg8 35. Qxc5 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 fxe5 37. Rxg4 Qf7 38. Be3 Kh7 39. Bd2 Rf8 40. Kg2 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Rf2+ 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1073900 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Ter Sahakyan, S (2605) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bxa7 Nd5 13. c3 Nf4 14. Bd4 Ned3+ 15. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxb2 17. Rab1 Na4 18. Rxb7 c5 19. Re1 Rd7 20. Kd3+ Kd8 21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Be3 Rxh2 23. Kc4 Kc6 24. Rg1 Nb6+ 25. Kd3 c4+ 26. Ke4 Nd5 27. Bd4 f6 28. Kf3 Rh4 29. Re1 Rf4+ 30. Ke2 Bb4 31. Rc1 Ba3 32. Rd1 g5 33. Rd2 Bc5 34. Bxc5 Nxc3+ 35. Ke3 Kxc5 36. Rc2 Nd5+ 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Nf5 Re4+ 39. Kf1 g6 40. Ng3 Re8 41. Ne2 Rb8 42. g3 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 f5 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. Kg2 g5 46. Nc3 Nxc3 47. Rxc3 Kd4 48. Ra3 c3 49. Ra8 c2 50. Rd8+ Ke5 51. Re8+ Kf6 52. Rf8+ Kg6 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1074013 Thomas, Anysia (2174) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2 b5 9. a4 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 c6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 b4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Rac1 Nd5 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Rfd1 Na6 17. e4 Nc3 18. Rd3 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qe7 20. Rd6 Rc8 21. Nc4 Qg5 22. Rd2 Qxc5 23. Re1 Qxc4 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1074426 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Gilmanov, Mansur (2356) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg2 O-O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 e6 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. Bxe5 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Ne8 17. Re1 f6 18. Bg3 Bf7 19. f4 h5 20. g5 Nd6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Bh4 Ne8 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rxg8 Bxg8 25. Ng3 Bf7 26. Ne4 Rd4 27. Nxf6 Rxf4 28. Nxe8 Rxh4 29. Ng7 Rxh3 30. Rf2 Bg6 31. Nxe6 Rh1+ 32. Kd2 h4 33. Rf8+ Kb7 34. Nf4 Bh7 35. Rh8 Bf5 36. Rh5 Bg4 37. Rg5 Bd7 38. Rg7 Kc8 39. Rg8+ Kb7 40. Rg7 Bc8 41. Rh7 h3 42. d4 Rf1 43. Nd3 Rg1 44. Nc5+ Kb8 45. Rh8 a5 46. Nd7+ Kb7 47. Nc5+ Kb8 48. Nd7+ Ka7 49. Rxc8 h2 50. Rxc7+ Ka8 51. Rc8+ Ka7 52. Rc7+ Ka8 53. Rc8+ Kb7 54. Rh8 h1=Q 55. Nc5+ Kc7 56. Rxh1 Rxh1 57. Kc3 Rh3+ 58. Nd3 Kb6 59. Kc4 Rh2 60. Kc3 Rg2 61. a4 Rg3 62. Kc4 Rg2 63. Kc3 Rh2 64. b3 Rg2 65. Ne5 Rg3+ 66. Kc4 Rh3 67. Nd7+ Kc7 68. Nc5 Rh2 69. Kc3 Rh3+ 70. Nd3 Rh4 71. Kc4 Rh3 72. Kc3 Kd6 73. Kc4 Rh2 74. Kc3 Kd5 75. Nf4+ Ke4 76. Nd3 Rg2 77. Nc5+ Kd5 78. Nd3 Rg4 79. Nc5 Rxd4 80. Nb7 Rh4 81. Nxa5 Rh3+ 82. Kb2 Kc5 83. Nc4 Kb4 84. Nd2 Rh2 85. Nc4 Kc5 86. Ne3 Re2 87. Nc4 Rh2 88. Kc3 Rh3+ 89. Kb2 Rh1 90. a5 Rh2 91. Kc3 Rh3+ 92. Kb2 Kb4 93. a6 Rh8 94. c3+ Kb5 95. a7 Ka6 96. Nd6 Kxa7 97. b4 Kb6 98. Kb3 Kc7 99. Ne4 Rh4 100. Nc5 Rh3 101. Kc4 Rh4+ 102. Kb3 Kb6 103. Nd3 Kb5 104. Nb2 Rh3 105. Nc4 c5 106. bxc5 Kxc5 107. Nb2 Rh2 108. Na4+ Kb5 109. Nb2 Rh3 110. Na4 Rg3 111. Nb2 Kc5 112. Na4+ Kd5 113. Kb4 Rg4+ 114. Kb3 Ke4 115. Nc5+ Ke3 116. Na4 Kd3 117. c4 Kd4 118. Kb4 Rg8 119. c5 Rg1 120. Kb5 Kd5 121. Nb6+ Ke6 122. c6 Kd6 123. Nc4+ Kc7 124. Kc5 Rg5+ 125. Kd4 Kxc6 126. Ke4 Rh5 127. Kd4 Rh4+ 128. Kd3 Kd5 129. Ne3+ Ke5 130. Nc4+ Kd5 131. Ne3+ Kc5 132. Ke2 Rh3 133. Kf2 Kd4 134. Nf5+ Ke4 135. Ng3+ Kf4 136. Ne2+ Kg4 137. Kg2 Ra3 138. Kf2 Rb3 139. Kg2 Rb2 140. Kf2 Kf5 141. Ke3 Ke5 142. Kd3 Ra2 143. Nc3 Rh2 144. Ne2 Rh3+ 145. Kd2 Ke4 146. Nc3+ Kd4 147. Ne2+ Kc4 148. Ke1 Ra3 149. Kd2 Rb3 150. Kc2 Rf3 151. Kd2 Rh3 152. Kc2 Rh8 153. Kd2 Kd5 154. Ke3 Ke5 155. Kf3 Ra8 156. Ke3 Ra3+ 157. Kd2 Ke4 158. Nc3+ Kf3 159. Kd3 Kf2 160. Kd4 Ke1 161. Kd3 Ra8 162. Kd4 Rd8+ 163. Nd5 Kd2 164. Ke4 Kc2 165. Kd4 Kb3 166. Kc5 Kc2 167. Kd4 Rh8 168. Ke5 Rh5+ 169. Ke4 Kd2 170. Nf4 Ra5 171. Kd4 Ra4+ 172. Ke5 Ke3 173. Nd5+ Kd3 174. Nf4+ Ke3 175. Nd5+ Kf3 1/2-1/2
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1074637 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Sharifov, Mekhriddin (2209) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nc3 e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 Rg8 13. Nh4 Qc5 14. Qxc5 dxc5 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. h3 Rd8 17. Kf1 b5 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nd2 Kc7 20. Ke2 Rxg2 21. Kf3 Rg8 22. Ne2 Rd8 23. Ke3 Rg8 24. Rg1 Rg6 25. Rg4 Bf8 26. f4 Bb7 27. Nf3 Bxe4 28. Rh4 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Rh6 30. Rxh6 Bxh6 31. f5 Kd6 32. Ke4 Bd2 33. b3 Be1 34. Nf4 Bh4 35. c4 Bg5 36. Nd3 Kc6 37. Nf2 Kb6 38. Nd3 Bd2 39. h4 Kc6 40. h5 Kb6 41. Nf2 Bg5 42. Nd3 h6 43. Nf2 Bd2 44. Nd3 Kc6 45. Nf2 Be1 46. Nd3 Bh4 47. Nf4 Kd6 48. Nd3 Bg3 49. Nc1 Ke7 50. Nd3 Bd6 51. Nf2 Kf8 52. Nd3 Kg7 53. a4 bxc4 54. bxc4 Kf8 55. Nf2 Bg3 56. Nd3 Bd6 57. Nf2 Be5 58. Nd3 Bd4 59. Nf4 Ke7 60. Ne2 Kd6 61. Nf4 Be5 62. Nd3 Bd4 63. Nf4 Kd7 64. Nd3 Kc6 65. Nf4 exf5+ 66. Kxf5 Kb6 67. Nd3 Ka5 68. Ke4 Kxa4 69. Kd5 Kb3 70. Nxc5+ Bxc5 71. Kxc5 a5 72. Kd5 a4 73. c5 a3 74. c6 a2 75. c7 a1=Q 76. c8=Q Qe5+ 77. Kc6 Qc3+ 78. Kd7 Qxc8+ 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1074669 Lauridsen, JM (2250) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 b5 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 Nxf7 11. Bxh6 Nd4 12. Qg6 Bf6 13. Bd5 c6 14. Be4 Nxh6 15. Qh7+ Kf7 16. f4 d6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 20. Qxg7+ Nf7 21. Re1 Be6 22. Bg6 Qg8 23. Qxg8 Rxg8 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. Rxe5 Nf3+ 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1075054 Aaditya, Dhingra (2172) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 d6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 O-O 11. a5 Rb8 12. h3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nh2 Bf8 15. Ng4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 h5 17. Nh2 g6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxd5 21. Bf6 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. exd5 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rb5 25. Re1 Qxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxd5 28. Ra1 Rc5 29. Rc1 b3 30. c4 Rxa5 31. Nf1 Ra2 32. Rb1 a5 33. Ne3 c6 34. Nd1 a4 35. Nc3 a3 36. bxa3 Rxa3 37. Ne4 b2 38. Rxb2 Rxd3 39. Rc2 Kg7 40. Kg1 d5 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. Nc5 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 h4 44. Nb3 Rd3 45. Nc1 Rd1 46. Ne2 d4 47. Nf4 g5 48. Nd5 d3 49. Rb2 Rc1 50. Ne3 Kg6 51. Rd2 Rc3 52. Nd1 Rc2 53. Ke3 Rxd2 54. Kxd2 Kf5 55. Kxd3 Kf4 56. Ne3 f5 57. Ke2 Kg3 58. Kf1 Kf4 59. Kf2 g4 60. Nf1 Ke4 61. Nd2+ Kf4 62. Nc4 Ke4 63. Nd6+ Kf4 64. Nf7 Ke4 65. Nh8 Kf4 66. Ng6+ Kg5 67. Ne7 Kf4 68. Nc6 Ke4 69. Nb4 Kf4 70. Nc2 Ke4 71. Ne3 Kf4 72. Nd5+ Ke4 73. Nf6+ Kf4 74. Nh7 Ke4 75. Nf8 Kf4 76. Ne6+ Ke4 77. Ng7 Kf4 78. Nh5+ Kg5 79. Ng7 Kf4 80. Ne6+ Ke4 81. hxg4 fxg4 82. Kg1 Kf5 83. Nc5 Kf4 84. Nd3+ Kg3 85. Nf2 h3 86. Nh1+ Kf4 87. gxh3 gxh3 88. Kh2 Kg4 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1075111 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Wagner, De (2584) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. a3 h6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Bb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. Ba2 Ng6 15. c4 Qf6 16. a4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a5 Bxa5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Rxa5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Rc1 c5 25. Rc3 b4 26. Rb3 Rxh3 27. Ra6 Rd8 28. Kg2 Rh5 29. f4 exf4 30. d4 Rg5+ 31. Kf2 Rg3 32. Rxg3 fxg3+ 33. Kxg3 cxd4 34. Rb6 d5 35. e5 d3 36. Rxb4 d4 37. Rb3 Kf7 38. Rxd3 Ke6 39. Kf4 Kd5 40. e6 Rf8+ 41. Kg4 Re8 42. Kf5 Rxe6 43. b4 g6+ 44. Kf4 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Re3+ 46. Rxe3 dxe3 47. Kxe3 Kc4 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1075371 Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra (2392) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e3 Nf6 2. d3 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. Ne2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4 e6 9. Nf3 b5 10. exd5 exd5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nxa4 Nd7 14. Ng5 Qf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Nce5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. d4 Ncd3 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bd4 Qf7 22. b3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nd6 24. Qe5 Nf5 25. Ra6 Rae8 26. c4 dxc4 27. bxc4 Re7 28. c5 Rc8 29. c6 Rec7 30. Re1 Ng7 31. h4 Qf5 32. f4 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf7 34. Rea5 Ra8 35. Rb5 Ne8 36. Rb7 Ke7 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Ke3 Nf6 39. Kd4 h6 40. Rxc7 Kxc7 41. Ke5 Ng4+ 42. Kxe6 Ne3 43. Bf3 Nf1 44. Kf6 Nxg3 45. Kxg6 h5 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1075526 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Leiva, G (2381) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ne3 Qc5 14. a4 O-O 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. f3 Bd8 17. Be1 Bc4 18. Qd2 Ba5 19. Bf2 Be6 20. Ned5 Qc4 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxd6 Nd7 24. Qd3 Qb4 25. Nd5 Qxb2 26. Rab1 Qa2 27. Rxb7 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Qb3 Rxc2 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. Nc7 Bxc7 32. Rxc7 Rxa4 33. Ra7 Ra2 34. Rd8 Bc4 35. Rda8 h5 36. h4 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Kh3 Bf1 41. Rxf7 Rxg2 42. Rf5 g6 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rh8# 1-0
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1075618 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Dragnev, Valentin (2562) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Bd7 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd5 Be7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rab1 b6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Qd4 Qc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Rfe8 20. Bd4 f6 21. Qg3 Nf5 22. Qd3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. c3 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Rfc1 Re8 27. Rb2 Re5 28. a4 Rc5 29. Rbc2 Ra5 30. Ra2 Rc5 31. Rac2 Kf7 32. Kf1 Rd3 33. Ra2 Rb3 34. Ke2 Re5+ 35. Kd2 Rg5 36. Kc2 Rb4 37. Kc3 Rxc4+ 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1075755 Khumalo, Keith (2099) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Bd7 9. Ne5 Be8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Nxc6 Rd7 18. e3 Ne4 19. Qc2 h6 20. f3 Ng5 21. e4 Qb5 22. a4 Qb6 23. h4 Nh7 24. Rf2 Nf6 25. Qc5 Ra6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Rc4 Ra6 28. Nb8 1-0
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1087258 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Kaasen, Tor Fredrik (2452) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 b5 12. Nf1 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rc8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. c3 a5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rc5 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. Be3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qb2 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. c4 Qb4 26. Rac1 Bg5 27. Rc2 Qa4 28. Qb3 Qc6 29. Rd5 Kh7 30. Rxc5 Qxe4 31. Qb1 dxc5 32. Rc1 f5 33. Qxe4 fxe4 34. Re1 Bd2 35. Rxe4 Bc3 36. a4 Kg6 37. f3 Kf5 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kf2 Bd4+ 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. g4+ Ke6 44. Re1 Bf2 45. Rb1 Kd6 46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Rg6 Bh4 48. Ke4 1-0
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1087451 Subelj, Jan (2492) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Be3 a6 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. Rad1 h5 16. Qf4 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e5 b5 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Qd4+ Nf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Re3 d5 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Nb7 Qc7 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. c3 h4 27. Qxh4 Rh8 28. Qd4 Bxh3 29. Bxh3 Qd7 30. g4 Qxg4 31. Rg1 Qf5 32. Kg2 Qg5+ 33. Rg3 Qh5 34. Rf3 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 Qh4 36. Qxh4 Rxh4 37. Kg2 g5 38. Bf5 d4 39. Rh1 dxc3 40. Rxh4 gxh4 41. bxc3 Nd5 42. Kh3 a5 43. Kxh4 b4 44. cxb4 axb4 45. Bc2 f6 46. Bb3 Nc3 47. Rxc3 bxc3 1-0
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1087551 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Slade, Theodore (2040) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Be3 c6 9. Ba4 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Bg4 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. Qf4 Re7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxg4 Qxb2 24. Kh1 Qxc3 25. Rac1 Qxd4 26. Rfd1 Qe5 27. Rd7 h5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qxh5 Re8 30. Qe2 e3 31. h3 Qd6 32. Rc2 Qd5 33. Rc7 Qd2 34. Qf3 Qxa2 35. Rxb7 e2 0-1
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1087743 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Curtis, J AUS (2292) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 e6 11. d4 Be7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rac1 O-O 14. d5 Rfe8 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. h3 Rec8 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Kh2 Nh5 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Nd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxc1 h5 25. g3 h4 26. Ba3 Be5 27. Kg2 hxg3 28. fxg3 g6 29. Qd5 Qd7 30. Qc4 Qc6 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. g4 g5 33. Kf3 f6 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Bc1 d5 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Bf2 Ba3 39. h4 gxh4 40. Bxh4 dxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Bc5 42. Be1 Bb6 43. Bc3 Ba7 44. a4 Bb6 45. b4 Bc7 46. Bd2 Bd6 47. Bc3 Be7 48. Bd2 Bd6 49. Bc3 Be7 1/2-1/2
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1087847 Dias, J (1796) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. Rb1 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxb1 16. Qxb1 Qe7 17. Qb7 Qxa3 18. Qxc7 Rc8 19. Qe5 Qxc3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Ra1 Rc7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Kd4 Bc8 27. Ra5 Be6 28. Ra6+ Ke7 29. f3 Rb7 30. Kc5 Kf8 31. h4 Kg7 32. h5 Rb1 33. Rxa7 Rg1 34. g4 Rg3 35. Be2 Rg2 36. Bd3 Rf2 37. Bf5 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Rxc2+ 39. Kxd5 Rh2 40. Ke4 Rxh5 41. Kf4 Rh4+ 42. Kg3 Rb4 43. Ra6 h5 44. Rc6 h4+ 45. Kh3 Rf4 46. Rc5 Kh6 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Rc7 Rxf5 49. Rxf7 Ra5 50. Rg7+ Kf4 51. Rg4+ Ke3 52. Re4+ Kd3 53. Rxh4 f5 54. Kg3 Ke3 55. Rb4 Ra3 56. Rc4 Rb3 57. Ra4 Ke2 58. Rf4 Rb5 59. Ra4 Rb3 60. Rf4 Rb5 61. Ra4 Rb3 1/2-1/2
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1087996 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Fernandez, Maria (2196) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Rd2 Bc6 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Nd4 Rc4 20. g3 Bf8 21. b3 Rc3 22. Kg2 Bh6 23. Rd3 R3c5 24. f4 Bg7 25. R1d2 f5 26. exf5 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxc2 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rxd6 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rc3 31. Rd6 Rxb3 32. Rxe6 Rb2+ 33. Kh3 a5 34. Ra6 Ra2 35. Rxa5 b3 36. Rb5 b2 37. a5 Kf7 38. a6 Kg6 39. a7 Rxa7 40. Rxb2 Ra6 41. Rb5 Rc6 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. Kg4 Rd6 44. h4 Rb6 45. Re5 Rc6 46. Re4 Rd6 47. f5 Rb6 48. Re6+ Rxe6 49. fxe6 Kg7 50. Kf5 Kf8 51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Kg7 h5 53. Kg6 Ke7 54. Kxh5 Kxe6 55. Kg6 Ke7 56. h5 Kf8 57. Kh7 Kf7 58. g4 Kf6 59. h6 Kg5 60. Kg7 Kxg4 61. h7 1-0
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1088106 Ronka, E (2253) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Ne5 c6 14. Qa4 Rac8 15. e3 Qb4 16. Bf1 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Nb8 18. Be2 Nbd7 19. b4 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Ne4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Red8 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bd3 f5 26. Kf2 Kf6 27. Nc3 Ke6 28. Ne2 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Rc8 30. Nb3 Bc6 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Kd2 Nc4+ 33. Ke2 Bxb3 34. axb3 Nb2 35. Ra1 Nxd3 36. Kxd3 a5 37. b4 axb4 38. Ra6 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Rc6 40. Ra4 b3 41. Rb4 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh2 43. Rxb6+ Kf7 44. Rxb3 Rh3 45. Rb5 Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Rb7+ Kc6 48. Rg7 Rxg3 49. Rxh7 Rxf3 50. Re7 Kd6 51. Rg7 Rg3 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Kf2 Rg4 54. Kf3 Rg1 55. Ra7 Rb1 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra5 Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59. Ra5 Ke6 60. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1088171 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Gascon Del Nogal, Jose Rafael (2458) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 Nb8 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Rab1 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Qc4 Qd7 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nxf7 Bf6 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. d3 Bg5 23. Qb5 Bd2 24. Rfd1 Qf4 25. Qb2 Bc3 26. Qe2 Re8 27. g3 Qe5 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qg6 Rf8 30. f4 Qe7 31. Qxh5 Rf6 32. e5 Rh6 33. Qf3 Qd7 34. d6 Qxa4 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Rf1 Qc2 38. Qb7+ Kh8 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qxa7+ Kg8 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qg2 Bd2 43. Rxb6 Be3+ 44. Kh1 Qxd3 45. Qb7+ Kg8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Rb7# 1-0
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1088276 Martinez Reyes, P (2383) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. Nh3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O d5 7. c3 e5 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Kh2 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. d4 Ne7 19. Nb4 Qb6 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bg5 f6 22. Qe2 fxg5 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Nc8 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Bxf1 Nd6 27. Nd5 c6 28. Nb6 Kf7 29. Re2 Nf5 30. g4 Nd6 31. Bg2 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Kg3 Kd8 34. Bf1 Ne4+ 35. Kf3 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Ne4 37. Nc4 Ke7 38. Bg2 Nd6 39. Ne3 h5 40. Bf3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kd7 42. Kd3 Kc7 43. Be4 Nxe4 44. Kxe4 Kd6 45. Nc4+ Ke6 46. Na5 c5 47. dxc5 Kd7 48. Kd5 Kc7 49. c6 b6 50. Nc4 Bf8 51. Ne5 a5 52. Nxg6 Bc5 53. Ne5 Be3 54. Nc4 Bf2 55. a4 Bg1 56. b4 1-0
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1088334 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Andreev, Ed UKR (2413) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Na6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. c3 Qd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qc3 h6 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. b3 Bg6 27. Re7 Qd6 28. Qe3 Kh7 29. Re8 Rb7 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Ra7 32. Rc8 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Qb4 34. Qe8 Kh6 35. Qh8+ Bh7 36. Rg8 Kg6 37. Qxg7+ Kf5 38. Qxh7+ Ke6 39. Re8+ Kd7 40. Qxf7+ Kc6 41. Qe6+ Kb7 42. Qd7+ Ka6 43. Ra8+ Kb6 44. Rb8+ Ka6 45. Rxb4 1-0
2022.12.27 Titled Tue 27th Dec Late
1088395 Ezat, M (2395) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Kb1 O-O 12. g4 c5 13. g5 Bxd4 14. c3 c4 15. Bc2 Bc5 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. gxf6 Qd5 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Ng5 1-0
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1094319 Chigaev, M (2632) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 h6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Ba2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Bc8 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. a4 b4 20. a5 O-O 21. f4 Bd8 22. Bd2 Bc7 23. g3 Rfd8 24. h3 Kf8 25. Kg2 f6 26. h4 Ke7 27. h5 Rb5 28. Bc4 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Bxa5 30. Ra1 Bc7 31. Rxa6 Nb6 32. Ra7 Kd7 33. Bb5+ Kc8 34. Kf3 Kb8 35. Ra1 Kb7 36. b3 d5 37. Kg4 dxe4 38. dxe4 Nc8 39. Ba6+ Kb6 40. Bxc8 Rxc8 41. Kf5 Rd8 42. Kg6 d3 43. Rc1 Rd7 44. cxd3 Rxd3 45. Be1 Rd7 46. Bf2 Bd6 47. e5 fxe5 48. fxe5 Bxe5 49. Rxc5 Rd6+ 50. Kh7 Bxg3 51. Rd5+ Kc6 52. Rxd6+ Bxd6 53. Bd4 Kd5 54. Bxg7 Ke4 55. Kxh6 Bf4+ 56. Kg6 Kd3 57. Bh6 Be5 58. Bf8 Kc2 59. h6 Kxb3 60. Bg7 1-0
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1094398 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Marchesich, Giovanni (2217) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 f5 5. Ng3 e4 6. Ng1 Nf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. Nf3 Nxe4 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe6 exf3 16. Qc4 f2+ 17. Kf1 Nc6 18. e4 Rae8 19. Bd5 Ne5 20. Qd4 c6 21. Bb3 c5 22. Qc3 c4 23. Ba4 Rd8 24. b3 Qd6 25. bxc4 Qd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Ke2 Rxh1 28. Qxe5 f1=Q+ 29. Kd2 Qc1+ 30. Kd3 Rd1+ 0-1
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1094497 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Itkis, B (2329) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Kh8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bc2 f4 12. d4 Rg8 13. Nc4 b5 14. dxe5 bxc4 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf4 Rb8 17. Rab1 g5 18. Bg3 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxc4 Bxf3 21. Qxc6 Be5 22. gxf3 Qh4 23. f4 Rxg3+ 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Rg2+ 30. Ke1 Qe3+ 31. Kd1 Qd2# 0-1
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1094733 Ardila, Oscar Humberto (1997) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nc4 Qf6 19. Nh5 Qg6 20. Ng3 f4 21. Ne2 f3 22. Ng3 h5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 h4 25. Nh1 fxg2 26. Kxg2 Qf5 27. Qd1 Qf3+ 28. Qxf3 exf3+ 29. Kg1 Rad8 30. Rac1 c5 31. b4 Ba6 32. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 cxb4 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. h3 Bf1 36. Kh2 Bg2 37. e6 Rc1 38. Ng3 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Kg8 40. Kg4 Rc8 41. Kxg5 Bxh3 42. Re7 Kf8 43. Kf6 Rc5 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. Rh7 Rf5+ 46. Kg6 Bg4 47. Rh4 Re5 48. Rxg4 Rxe6+ 49. Kf5 Rc6 50. Rxb4 Rc2 51. a4 Rxf2 52. Ke4 Kd7 53. Kf4 Kc6 54. Rd4 a6 55. Kg3 Rf1 56. e4 b5 57. axb5+ axb5 58. e5 Re1 59. Rd6+ Kc5 60. Re6 1-0
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1094804 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Marin Masis, Jose Esteban (1938) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Be3 Ne6 12. f3 Bd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rab8 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Qf2 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. Ba7 b5 23. Nb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 bxa4 25. bxa4 Qc4 26. a5 Bh4 27. g3 Bf6 28. Kg2 e4 29. Rac1 exf3+ 30. Qxf3 Bg4 31. Qd3 Qb4 32. Re1 Bc3 33. Re4 Qa3 34. Rxg4 Qxc1 35. Qxc3 Qd1 36. Qxg7# 1-0
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1094924 De Souza, Cristiano Gomes (2018) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qd5+ 13. f3 Qxb5 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qa4 c6 18. Rfc1 Rfa8 19. Rc2 Nb6 20. Qa2 Nd5 21. Kf2 Qb3 22. Rcc1 a4 23. e4 Nf6 24. Be1 a3 25. Rxc4 axb2 26. Qxa7 bxa1=Q 0-1
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1095019 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Shapiro, Dan (2284) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nc3 h6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Ba2 Re8 12. b4 Nc6 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Nd5 d6 15. Be3 Nb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. c4 Nd7 18. Rc1 c6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. a4 g6 21. g3 d5 22. cxd5 Bxb4 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Rb1 Qd6 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. d4 Bxe2 0-1
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1095146 Biernacki, Mark (1924) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Na3 Rd8 14. e3 dxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 d6 17. Bd5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc2 Qe4+ 20. Kg1 Rf8 21. Re1 Qxc4 22. Ne3 Qd4 23. Qb3 b5 24. Rad1 Qb6 25. Kg2 Rac8 26. Rd5 e4 27. Red1 Rc6 28. Re1 Rf3 29. Rd2 Bh6 30. Rf2 Bxe3 31. Rxf3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rc4 33. Rxe3 Qc6+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1095237 Gerbelli Neto, E (2114) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. e5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ba3 Qh4 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. g3 Qh6 16. f5 c5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qb5+ Nd7 19. fxe6 Qe3+ 20. Rf2 Qxe6 21. Re2 Qxe2 22. Qxe2+ Kf7 23. Rf1+ Nf6 24. Bxc5 Rae8 25. Qh5+ Ke6 26. Re1+ Ne4 27. c4 c6 28. cxd5+ cxd5 29. c4 g6 30. Qxd5+ 1-0
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1095348 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Clawitter, C (2050) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 Na5 14. Be5 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. b4 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nc6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Nxd4 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. Nh5 Qxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rc1 25. Qxc1 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Nxc1 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Kf1 Nb3 29. Ke2 f5 30. Bb7 Kg7 31. Kd3 Kf6 32. f4 Nc1+ 33. Kd2 Nb3+ 34. Kd3 Nc1+ 35. Ke3 Na2 36. Kd2 a5 37. b5 Ke7 38. Bf3 f6 39. Bd1 Kd6 40. Bb3 Nb4 41. axb4 axb4 42. h4 1-0
2022.12.20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
1095476 Bolanos, Fernando (2278) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c3 d6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 g5 11. Nf1 Qd7 12. Ne3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. d4 O-O-O 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Be3 Qe6 18. Qe2 g4 19. Nd2 h5 20. a4 b4 21. Bb3 Qd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bg5 Rhg8 24. Bh4 Rg6 25. a5 Ng8 26. Nb6+ Kb8 27. Nd5 Qd7 28. Ndxe7 Ngxe7 29. Red1 Qe8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Bxf7 Rd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Rd1 Qc7 34. Qd2 Qxa5 35. Qd6+ Qc7 36. Bxh5 bxc3 37. bxc3 c4 38. Bxg4 Qxd6 39. Rxd6 Ka7 40. Bd7 Nc8 41. Rxc6 Bxc6 42. Bxc6 Nb6 43. Bf6 a5 44. h4 a4 45. Bxa4 Nxa4 46. h5 Nxc3 47. h6 Ne2+ 48. Kf1 Nf4 49. Bxe5 Ng6 50. f4 Kb6 51. h7 Kc5 52. h8=Q Nxh8 53. Bxh8 c3 54. Bxc3 Kc4 55. f5 Kd3 56. f6 Kc2 57. f7 Kd3 58. f8=Q Kc2 59. e5 Kd3 60. e6 Ke4 61. e7 Kd3 62. e8=Q Kc2 63. Qa4+ Kc1 64. Qff4+ Kb1 65. Qb3# 1-0
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1101190 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Seifert, H (2106) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nf5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Nbd4 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. b4 a5 21. bxa5 c5 22. Nb3 d4 23. c3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 d3 26. Qd2 g6 27. b4 c4 28. b5 Qc5 29. Qb2 Re8 30. b6 Re2 31. Qxe2 dxe2 32. b7 Qa7 33. a6 Qb8 34. Re1 1-0
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1101393 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Salinas Herrera, P (2514) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Kh1 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Qg5 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Qd2 Bxd1 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Rxd1 g6 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 Ne5 24. Be2 Rac8 25. Nd2 Rfe8 26. b3 Nc6 27. Bg4 Rcd8 28. Rf1 Bc5 29. Nf6 Re7 30. Nd5 Ree8 31. Nf6 Re5 32. Nd7 Re7 33. Nf6 Be3 34. Nb1 Bd4 35. Nd5 Rxe4 36. Bf3 Re5 37. Nd2 f5 38. g4 Rde8 39. Kg3 Bc5 40. h3 f4+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 43. Kh1 Rxd2 44. Re1 Ne5 45. h4 Nf3 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rxb7 Rh2# 0-1
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1101513 Estrada Nieto, J (2231) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. d3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 O-O 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. exf5 a5 22. Kf1 Ra8 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Bb4 25. Ke2 f6 26. Bd2 Rb8 27. Ra2 Kf7 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Kd3 a4 30. Kc3 Rb3+ 31. Kc2 Rb4 32. Kc3 Rb3+ 33. Kc2 Rb4 34. Kc3 1/2-1/2
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1101821 Samunenkov, Ihor (2488) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 d6 11. a5 Rb8 12. Be3 Bc8 13. h3 Qd7 14. Bc4 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb5 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxa5 18. Rxa5 Nxa5 19. Qa1 Nc6 20. Rb1 Nd8 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Ne6 23. Rc1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Bd4 Ne6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Bxg7 Rf7 28. Bd4 Bb7 29. Qb1 e5 30. Be3 Qb5 31. Qa2 Bxe4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bh6+ Kf6 34. Bg5+ Kg7 35. Bxe7 Bxf3 36. Bxd6 Bd5 37. Qd2 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Qxd5 Qxc8 40. Bxe5+ Kg8 41. Bd4 Qd7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Bc5+ Re7 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Bxe7 Qxe7 46. Qxa6 Qe5+ 47. g3 Qf5 48. Qa8+ Kf7 49. Qb7+ Kg6 50. Kg2 Qe5 51. Qc6+ Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kg6 53. Qg4+ Kf6 54. Qf4+ Qxf4 55. gxf4 Kf5 56. Kg3 h6 57. Kf3 h5 58. Kg3 h4+ 59. Kxh4 Kxf4 60. Kh5 Kf5 61. h4 Kf6 62. Kh6 Kf7 63. h5 Kf6 64. Kh7 Kf7 65. h6 Kf8 66. Kg6 Kg8 67. f4 Kh8 68. f5 Kg8 69. f6 Kh8 70. Kf7 Kh7 71. Ke7 1-0
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1101898 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Balint, Vi (2242) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 c4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. c3 Re8 13. Qf1 Bf5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Rxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Be3 Nd3 19. b3 Qa5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rb1 c5 24. Nf3 Qxc3 25. Bd2 Qf6 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Ng5 Bd5 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Ne4 Qg6 30. f3 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qf6+ 33. Kg1 Qb2 34. Qh5 g6 35. Qd1 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Qxe4 38. Bc3 e5 39. Qa4 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxc3 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1102062 Petrova, I (2123) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Ba2 c5 15. c3 Ne6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qf6 18. Nf5 Kh7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Qg6 22. Qf3 c4 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 d5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Qxb2 28. Rf1 Qxa3 29. Nxh6 gxh6 30. Rxf7+ Bg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1102272 Todorovic, Boj (2249) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. Nfg6+ Kh7 23. Rf4 Be6 24. Ref1 Qg5 25. h4 Qh5 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxe4 Kg8 28. Qg2 c5 29. Qf2 g3 30. Rf8+ Kh7 31. Qc2 Bb3 32. Qxb3 Qe2 33. Ng4 Rxf8 34. Rxf8 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Rxf8 37. Nxf8+ Kh8 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Qf7 g2 40. Nf6# 1-0
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1102408 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Schut, Ha (2101) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nce2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rh3 d5 20. Rb3 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Rxb4 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Rd6 24. Nc3 Rb6 25. Ncb5 Qc4 26. Qa5 Bxc2+ 27. Ka1 Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Bxd1 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Kd8 31. Qb6+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Kd8 33. Qb6+ Kd7 34. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1102620 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Muminova, N (2274) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4 21. Qa6 Qe5 22. Ne2 Bb6 23. Qa4 Rac8 24. Qh4 Rf6 25. Rbe1 Rcf8 26. Nf4 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bb6 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Re1 Rd4 33. Bb5 Rd2 34. a4 d4 35. h3 d3 36. Kh2 Bc7+ 37. Kg1 Bg3 38. Rf1+ Ke7 39. a5 Kd6 40. Rc1 Rc2 41. Rd1 d2 42. Bd3 Rc1 43. Be2 Rxd1+ 44. Bxd1 Kc5 45. a6 Kd4 46. Kf1 Ke3 47. Bc2 g5 48. Bd1 Be5 49. Bc2 Bd4 50. Bd1 Bc3 51. Bc2 Bd4 52. Bd1 Bc5 53. Bc2 h5 54. Bd1 h4 55. Bc2 Bd4 56. Bd1 Kd3 57. Ba4 Be3 58. Bd1 Bf4 59. Ba4 Bg3 60. Bd1 Be1 61. Ba4 Kc3 62. Ke2 Kb4 63. Bc6 Kc5 64. Bb7 Kb6 65. Kd1 Kc5 66. Bf3 Kd4 67. Bb7 Ke3 68. Bc6 Kf2 69. Bb7 Ke3 70. Bc6 Kd3 71. Bb7 Kc3 72. Bc6 Kd4 73. Bb7 Kc5 74. Bf3 Kb6 75. Bb7 Kb5 76. Bc8 Kc6 77. Bb7+ Kb6 78. Bc8 Kc7 79. Bb7 Kd6 80. Bc8 Kc5 81. Bb7 Kb6 82. Bf3 Kxa6 83. Be2+ Kb6 84. Kc2 a5 85. Kb3 Kc5 86. Ka4 Kd4 87. Kxa5 Kc3 88. Bd1 Kb2 89. Kb5 Kc1 90. Bf3 d1=Q 91. Bxd1 Kxd1 92. Kc4 Ke2 93. Kd5 Kf2 0-1
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1102706 Makhmudov, Shukhrat (2115) Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Bd5 d6 8. c3 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Ng5 Bxd5 12. Re1 f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Qd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nbd2 g6 17. c4 Bf7 18. Ng5 Bh6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Nf3 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 Rhe8 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Ne6 d5 24. Qh6 Nc6 25. cxd5 Nb4 26. Ng5 Nxd5 27. Re5 Rxe5 28. dxe5 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxa4 c6 31. Rc4 Ne7 32. Rd4 h6 33. Rd7 hxg5 34. Rxe7+ Kh6 35. g4 Rb8 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Re6+ Kh5 38. Rxc6 Rxb2 39. Rxa6 Re2 40. Ra5 Kg4 41. Ra4+ f4 42. Ra5 f3 43. Ra4+ Kf5 44. Ra3 g4 45. h3 Kxe5 46. hxg4 Kf4 47. g5 Kg3 48. Ra1 Rh2 49. Ra5 f2+ 50. Kf1 Rh1+ 51. Ke2 f1=Q+ 0-1
2022.12.13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
1102756 Zenelaj, Samuel (2327) Kostiukov, A (2271) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qa5 9. f3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 Qb4 15. Qe3 Ng4 16. fxg4 Bxd4 17. Nd1 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Qd4 0-1
2022.10.14 Hvar Open 2022
1158716 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Saric, A (2510) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Qe5 Qd8 20. a4 Nd7 21. Qe3 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nf6 23. Qe5 Qc8 24. Raa1 Bd5 25. Bd3 Qb7 26. Qe2 a5 27. f4 Qb6 28. Rad1 a4 29. Kh1 a3 30. bxa3 Rxa3 31. c4 Bb7 32. Nb5 Raa8 33. Nd6 Bc6 34. f5 Bd7 35. fxe6 Bxe6 36. Bf5 Rad8 37. Qe5 Bxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Re8 40. Qg3 Nh5 41. Qf3 Nf6 42. Qg3 Nh5 43. Qf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2
2022.10.13 Hvar Open 2022
1158699 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Bender, I (2221) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bd6 5. c4 Ne7 6. O-O c6 7. Ba4 Ng6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 Qc7 10. d5 a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bxf6 bxa4 13. Bg5 a3 14. b3 Bb4 15. Nb1 cxd5 16. cxd5 a5 17. Nbd2 Ba6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Nc4 a4 20. bxa4 f5 21. Qb3 fxe4 22. Nfxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 d6 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Qxb7 Bxb7 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Ba6 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. a5 Ke8 31. Rc3 Kd7 32. Rxa3 Bb5 33. Nd4 Bc4 34. a6 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Ne6 Bc4 37. a3 Bxd5 38. Nxg7 Bb3 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Nf5 Kc5 41. Kg3 d5 42. Kf4 Kc4 43. g4 Ba4 44. h4 Bd7 45. Nd4 Kd3 46. g5 Be8 47. Ne6 Bf7 48. Nc5+ Kc4 49. Nd7 Bh5 50. a4 d4 51. Ne5+ Kd5 52. exd4 Kxd4 53. Nc6+ Kc5 54. Ne7 Kd4 55. Nf5+ Kd3 56. a5 Be8 57. a6 1-0
2022.10.12 Hvar Open 2022
1158657 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Golubovic, B (2360) 1/2-1/2
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. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 Bh4+ 15. g3 Be7 16. Be2 Bh3 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Rhc1 Re8 19. Kg1 Bf8 20. Ra4 g6 21. Rb4 Rc7 22. Bd3 Qc8 23. Be2 Kh7 1/2-1/2
2022.10.12 Hvar Open 2022
1158676 Cvitan, Ena (2239) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 Nf8 11. Bh4 Ne6 12. h3 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bf2 b4 15. Nb1 Qa5 16. Nd2 c5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Re1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 a5 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nexd4 Bd8 23. Bh4 h6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. b3 g5 26. Bg3 Bb6 27. Na4 Ba7 28. Kf2 Nh5 29. Bh2 Nf4 30. Red1 Ne6 31. Nc6 Bb7 32. Nxa7 Rxa7 33. Nb6 Kg7 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 a4 36. Bd6 axb3 37. axb3 Ra2+ 38. Kf1 Kg6 39. Bxb4 Rb2 40. Rd3 Rb8 41. Rc4 Ra8 42. Bd2 Ra3 43. Ke2 Raxb3 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. g4 Rb1 46. f4 gxf4 47. exf4 f5 48. Rc6 Kf7 49. Ra6 Rh1 50. gxf5 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Nc5 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Bb4 Ne4 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Rf8+ Kg7 56. Re8 Rf2+ 57. Kg1 Rxf4 58. Ba3 Ng5 59. Bb2+ Kf7 60. Rh8 1/2-1/2
2022.10.11 Hvar Open 2022
1158640 Novak, Ivo (1931) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Qh4+ 12. Qf2 Qe4+ 13. Kd2 c5 14. Nf3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Re1 Qg6 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Qg3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Rac8 22. g4 Rc6 23. g5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Rg6 25. Rh5 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nh7 Rxg2+ 28. Kd1 Rf7 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rh1 Rxb2 31. Ree1 Rb1+ 32. Kd2 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Kg6 0-1
2022.10.10 Hvar Open 2022
1158621 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Batinic, J (1951) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. N1e2 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 Nd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe5 Nf6 14. Re1 Bg7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Qf3 e6 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Ncxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Nxe6 Qc8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Qxd5 Nf6 27. Qb7+ Nd7 28. Bf4 Bg8 29. Bc7 1-0
2022.10.09 Hvar Open 2022
1158580 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Dzaja, M (1993) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Nb5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. c3 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Nd5 17. Bd4 a6 18. Na3 Bc5 19. Nc4 Kf8 20. h3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rd8 22. Be2 Rac8 23. Bf3 f6 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxb7 Rd2 27. a5 Nd7 28. b4 Rc2 29. b5 axb5 30. a6 Rxc3 31. a7 Nb6 32. Ra6 1-0
2022.10.09 Hvar Open 2022
1158599 Bratosevic, M (2106) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 1-0
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. a4 bxa4 7. Rxa4 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 d5 11. Ra1 d4 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Ba3 Nd5 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 dxe3 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 exd2 19. Qxd2 Qe7 20. Ra5 Rfc8 21. c4 Nf6 22. b4 Be8 23. Rfa1 Rd8 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Ncd3 Rab8 26. Rxa7 Qc8 27. h3 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Rc1 Be8 30. Kh1 f6 31. b5 Bf7 32. Nb4 Rd7 33. Nc6 Rbb7 34. Rca1 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 e5 36. fxe5 Bxc4 37. Ne7+ Rxe7 38. Rxe7 1-0
2022.10.08 Hvar Open 2022
1158560 Tomljanovic, Ivano (1811) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bxg3 11. hxg3 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Ne2 Nf6 15. Nc4 Ng4 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nh3 Be6 18. b3 Rae8 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Qb2 Qg7 22. Rd2 Bd5 23. Qc2 b5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Qh5 Qf6 28. Qe2 Bf7 29. Rc1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Bd5 31. Kh1 Rd8 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Qc2 h5 34. Qe2 Rh7 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Qd2 h4 37. gxh4 Rxh4 38. Qa5 Qe7 39. Qc3+ Kg6 40. a4 a6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Ra1 Qf6 43. Qc1 Bxb3 44. Ra6 Bd5 45. Qc5 Rh8 46. Ra7 Rd8 47. Qb6 Rf8 48. Rd7 Qa1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qe6 51. Rc7 Rh8 52. Kg2 f4 53. Nxg5 f3+ 54. Kg1 Kxg5 55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Qd4 Rf8 57. g4 Rf6 58. g5+ Kxg7 0-1
2022.09.17 20th Premier League BIH
1185451 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Buljubasic, Sab (2365) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nbd2 h6 9. a4 a5 10. d5 Ne7 11. b4 Re8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Nc4 Nf4 15. Nxa5 b6 16. Nb3 Rxa4 17. Rxa4 Bxa4 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Kh2 g5 20. Nc1 Neg6 21. Nd3 g4 22. Ng1 Qf6 23. Rf1 h5 24. c4 Ra8 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. g3 Bh6 27. gxf4 Bxf4+ 28. Kh1 Qh4 29. Qe2 Qg5 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Bxa1 gxh3 32. Qf1 Bg4 33. f3 Bd7 34. Ne2 Be3 35. Bc3 Kf8 36. Be1 h4 37. Bf2 Qg2+ 38. Qxg2 hxg2+ 39. Kxg2 h3+ 40. Kf1 h2 41. Kg2 Bxf2 42. Kxh2 b5 43. Kg2 Be1 44. c5 Bxb4 45. c6 Bc8 46. Bd3 Ba6 47. Kf2 Ke8 48. Ng3 Bd2 49. Ke2 Bf4 50. Nh1 Kd8 51. Nf2 Kc8 52. Nd1 Kb8 53. Nc3 b4 54. Bxa6 bxc3 55. Kd1 Ka7 56. Bf1 Kb6 57. Kc2 Bd2 58. Bh3 Kc5 59. Bg4 Kd4 60. Bh5 f6 61. Bg4 Ke3 62. Bh5 Kf4 63. Bg4 1/2-1/2
2022.09.16 20th Premier League BIH
1185439 Konjicanin, M (2167) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. e3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxc5 18. Qa3 Nd3 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Rc3 f5 21. Nb1 Rd8 22. Rd1 Red7 23. Bf1 Ne5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ba6 27. Rc1 Bxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Ke7 29. h4 h5 30. Nc3 Nd3 31. Rc2 Nb4 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Ke6 34. a3 Nd3 35. f3 Ke5 36. f4+ Ke6 37. Nb5 a5 38. Kc3 Nf2 39. Kd2 Ng4 40. Nc3 Kd6 41. Nb5+ Kc6 42. Na7+ Kd7 43. Nb5 Nf6 44. Kc3 Kc6 45. Nd4+ Kd5 46. Nc2 Kc5 47. a4 Ng4 48. Kd2 Nh2 49. Ke2 Nf3 50. Kd1 b5 51. axb5 Kxb5 52. Ke2 a4 53. Na3+ Kc5 54. bxa4 Nh2 55. a5 Ng4 56. Nc4 Nf6 57. a6 Kc6 58. Ne5+ Kb6 59. Nxg6 Ne8 60. Ne7 Ng7 61. Kd2 Kxa6 62. Kc3 Kb6 63. Kd4 Kc7 64. Ke5 1-0
2022.09.15 20th Premier League BIH
1185409 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Mesic, Ismet (2280) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Na6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. c4 Re8 11. Qc2 g6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Rad1 Ng7 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bc4 Nf5 16. Bc1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Ne7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nc3 Kg7 21. Rfe1 Nf5 22. Re4 Rad8 23. f4 h5 24. g3 Rd7 25. Qf2 Qd8 26. Kg2 Ree7 27. Qg1 b6 28. b4 Qb8 29. a3 b5 30. Re2 Qd8 31. Red2 e5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd3 Re8 34. d5 cxd5 35. c6 Rde7 36. Nxd5 Re2+ 37. Kh1 Qd6 38. Qxa7+ Kh8 39. Qf7 Qxc6 40. Qxg6 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Ne3+ 42. Rxe3 R1xe3 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Rd4 R8e4 45. Nxe3 Rxd4+ 46. Kh3 Qe6+ 47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. g4 Rd3+ 51. Kh4 Qf7 52. Qh8+ Kd7 53. Qh6 Ke8 54. Qf4 Qh7+ 55. Nh6 Qg6 56. Qb8+ Ke7 57. Nf5+ Kf7 58. Qb7+ Kf8 59. Qe7+ Kg8 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Qe7+ Kh8 62. Qf8+ Kh7 63. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2
2022.09.14 20th Premier League BIH
1185385 Burovic, I (2331) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. a3 O-O 8. g4 Be6 9. g5 Nh5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. d4 Bb6 14. Qd2 hxg5 15. O-O-O Ne7 16. Rdg1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. Rxg5 Rfe8 19. Rhg1 Re4 20. Rxg7+ Qxg7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Ng5 Re1+ 24. Kd2 Kf6 25. Nh7+ Kg7 26. Ng5 Kf6 27. Nf3 R1e4 28. c3 c5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. h4 c5 31. Ng5 R4e7 32. Qf3 cxd4 33. Qxf4+ Kg7 34. cxd4 f6 35. Nf3 Re2+ 36. Kc3 d5 37. h5 R2e6 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. h6 Ke7 40. Qg7+ Kd6 41. h7 Rc8+ 42. Kd3 Ree8 43. Nh4 Ke6 44. Ng6 1-0
2022.09.13 20th Premier League BIH
1185367 Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) Jelcic, Marko (2179) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Bd3 a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. a4 e5 18. g4 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rhg1 Kf7 21. Rg5 Bh6 22. Rh5 Bxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Kg6 24. Rh3 h6 25. Rg1+ Kh7 26. Rhg3 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. a5 Kf7 30. b4 f4+ 31. Kd2 Kf6 32. h4 Bh3 33. c5 e4 34. Bxe4 Ke5 35. Kc3 Bd7 36. c6 bxc6 37. dxc6 Bc8 38. b5 axb5 39. Kb4 d5 40. Bd3 d4 41. Kxb5 1-0
2022.09.12 20th Premier League BIH
1185331 Vukic, M (2392) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 e6 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. a3 c5 14. e3 Rfe8 15. Be1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nac5 17. Nde2 Rad8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 d4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. f3 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 Re2+ 27. Kg1 Qd7 28. Qd3 Ra2 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 1/2-1/2
2022.09.11 20th Premier League BIH
1185326 Tutic, R (2250) Zenelaj, Samuel (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Ba6 13. Re1 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qf6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qc5 Qd6 17. Qa5 Bc4 18. Rbd1 Qf6 19. a4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 1/2-1/2