WORLDBASE Player / Joueur FM Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin
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360 games / 360 parties
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
5159 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) Bezuch, M (2238) 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Na3 h6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Rd2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Nc4 b6 16. Bc2 N6d7 17. b4 Rad8 18. Ba4 Qe6 19. Qe2 a6 20. Bb3 Qe7 21. a4 Ne6 22. Rd3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qd2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Na5 Qxe4 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Re7 29. Qd5 Bxc3 30. Nc6 Re6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Qd5 Qe2 34. Qd3 Qb2 35. Rb1 Qa3 36. Nd4 1-0
2025.07.22 Titled Tue 22nd Jul Early
5480 Garcia Cuenca, V (2284) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. Ng3 c6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Rb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. c3 Nd7 14. h3 Be6 15. Ne2 Bf7 16. Qc2 Re7 17. b4 Rae8 18. Ng3 f5 19. h4 Nf6 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. h5 Kg8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ne2 Bh6 25. g3 Nd2 26. Rbe1 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 a5 28. a3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qc7 30. Rh1 Qd6 31. Ng1 Re1 32. Nf3 Rxh1 33. Kxh1 axb4 34. axb4 Ra8 35. Kg2 Bg5 36. Nxg5 b6 37. Qe2 Kf6 38. Nf3 Ra3 39. Qd2 c5 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. Qg5+ Kg7 42. dxc5 Qxc5 43. Bxf5 Ra6 44. Nh4 Qxc3 45. Nxg6 Qf6 46. Qxf6+ Kxf6 47. Bd3 Ra3 48. Nf4 Ke5 49. Kf3 d4 50. g4 Rb3 51. g5 Ra3 52. g6 Ra7 53. Kg4 Kf6 54. Nh5+ Ke7 55. g7 Ra8 56. Bc4 d3 57. g8=Q Rxg8+ 58. Bxg8 d2 59. Bb3 Kd6 60. Bd1 Kc5 61. Kf3 Kd4 62. Ke2 Kc3 63. Ng3 1-0
2025.06.24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
37218 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) Redor, Menandro (2021) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Na3 a6 12. Rc1 Bf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Nc2 Nf6 15. Ne3 Bd7 16. Bb1 Ne4 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Ng4 f5 19. Nge5 Be8 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Ne5 Rf6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Rcd1 Rh6 24. Qd2 Qg3 25. Qf2 Rxh3 26. Qxg3 Rxg3 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxe6 Nc4 29. Bxf5 g6 30. Bh3 Rxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Kf2 Rg5 33. g4 h5 34. f4 Rxg4 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. b3 Nd6 37. Kg3 Nf5+ 38. Kf2 Nd6 39. Rc1 Ne4+ 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. c4 1-0
2025.06.24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
37424 Howell, D (2668) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 b5 9. Nbd2 b4 10. Nf1 a5 11. Ng3 a4 12. Bxa4 Bd7 13. Bb3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Rfb8 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. d4 Bf8 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. d5 Nd8 19. Nd4 e5 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Nc7 23. Nf5 Ra6 24. Rc1 Rbb6 25. Qf3 Qf6 26. Bd5 Kh8 27. Qb3 g6 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Ng4 Qg5 30. Nxh6 Qxh6 31. Bxf7 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Qxb4 Qf8 34. Bb3 Rc5 35. g3 Kg7 36. h4 Qe7 37. Rd1 1-0
2025.06.24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
37714 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) Burmakin, E (2110) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Nf3 f6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bd3 g6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Ne4 Kf7 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Rc8 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. O-O Rhd8 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Rd2 Nc3 23. h3 Bxb3 24. Rc1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Nxc1 27. Rd2 Be6 28. Qf4 Nb3 29. Rd6 Rc6 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Rd2 Bf5 32. g4 Ne4 33. Rd1 Bc8 0-1
2025.05.13 Titled Tue 13th May Early
85395 Heinig, Wo (2211) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. c4 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nxe4 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qe6+ 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Qxe6+ Bxe6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. d5 Bh6+ 14. Kc2 Bf5+ 15. Kb3 Ne5 16. h3 c5 17. a3 c4+ 18. Ka2 Bc2 19. Re1 Nd3 20. Re2 Nc1+ 21. Ka1 Nb3+ 22. Ka2 Nc1+ 23. Ka1 Nxe2 24. Ngxe2 Rfe8 25. g3 Bd3 26. Ka2 Bd2 27. Nd4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Rad8 30. Rb1 Rxd5 31. Rxb7 Re1 32. Rxa7 Rf1 33. a4 Rxf2+ 34. Ka3 Rg2 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5 Rxh5 37. Kb4 Rxh3 38. Ne6 Rgg3 0-1
2025.05.13 Titled Tue 13th May Early
85728 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) Galchenko, Matvey (2442) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 h6 9. d3 Be6 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Nc4 Bf7 13. b4 a6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 f4 17. e4 Nf6 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Ng6 Qf7 20. Ngxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bb3 23. Qxc7 Rd7 24. Qc3 Bxd1 25. Bxd1 Kh7 26. Ba4 b5 27. Bb3 Qe7 28. Bxf4 Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. f3 Rdd8 31. d4 Qe6 32. Bg3 Rc8 33. Qd2 Qb3 34. Re2 Qxa3 35. h4 Rc4 36. Bd6 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qxd4 38. Qf4 Qf6 39. Qg3 Rd4 40. e5 Qxh4+ 41. Qxh4 Rxh4+ 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Ra2 Ra8 44. Bc5 Rd1 45. Re2 a5 46. bxa5 Rxa5 47. e6 Ra8 48. e7 Re8 49. Rb2 Rd5 50. Bb4 Kg6 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. f4 g6 54. g4 Rc8 55. Re2 Rd7 56. f5+ gxf5+ 57. gxf5+ Kf7 58. Kf3 Rd5 59. Kg4 Rd4+ 60. Kh5 Rxb4 61. f6 Rc5+ 62. Re5 Rxe5+ 0-1
2025.05.13 Titled Tue 13th May Late
87882 Grodotzki, K (1984) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) 1-0
1. f4 Nh6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe2 e5 9. fxe5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4+ 13. Qf2 Qxe5 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Kh2 h5 17. Qxc5 Ncd4 18. Rf2 Rac8 19. Qd5 b5 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Qxe6 Nxe6 22. Nxb5 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bf6 25. a4 a6 26. Na3 Rd4 27. Nc4 Kg7 28. Rb7 Re8 29. Be4 Nd6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. a5 Bd4 32. Rg2 Kf8 33. f5 Be5+ 34. Kg1 gxf5 35. Bxf5 Rf6 36. Bh7 Bd4+ 37. Kh2 Ree6 38. Rg8# 1-0
2025.05.13 Titled Tue 13th May Late
88126 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) Andriienko, Artom (2153) 1-0
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qc2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Ne8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nd5 Nef6 15. e4 Ra8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. e5 Ne8 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Ng5 Nf5 23. Qh3 h6 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Bd3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Nd4 27. Qe3 Kg7 28. Qxe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Rfe8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Kf1 a5 32. Bb1 a4 33. b4 Rc8 34. b5 a3 35. Be4 Kf6 36. f4 Ke7 37. b6 Kd6 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rd3 f5 40. Bd5 Nc2 41. Bf3+ Kc7 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Bd5 Nc6 44. Rxa3 Rxb7 45. Bxc6 Kxc6 46. Ra6+ Kd7 47. Rxg6 Rb1+ 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Rxa2 50. Rxh6 Rc2 51. Rf6 Rxc4 52. Rxf5 Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Rc2 54. Kh3 c4 55. g4 Kd6 56. Rf8 Kd7 57. Rf7+ Kd6 58. g5 c3 59. g6 Rc1 60. Rf6+ Kd5 61. Rf5+ Kd4 62. g7 Rg1 63. Rg5 Rxg5 64. fxg5 c2 65. g8=Q c1=Q 66. Qd8+ Ke4 67. Qe7+ Kf4 68. Qf6+ Ke4 69. g6 Qe3+ 70. Kh4 Qe1+ 71. Kg5 Qg1+ 72. Kh6 Qxh2+ 73. Kg7 Qc7+ 74. Qf7 Qc3+ 75. Kg8 Qc8+ 76. Kg7 Qc3+ 77. Qf6 Qc7+ 78. Kh6 Qc8 79. Qe7+ Kf5 80. Qf7+ Ke5 81. g7 Qh3+ 82. Qh5+ Kf6 83. Qxh3 1-0
2025.05.13 Titled Tue 13th May Late
88159 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) Brozynski, Patryk (2219) 1-0
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 b6 9. d4 Ba6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 exd5 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Ne5 Bf8 15. f4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qh4 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. Bd4 Ba3 20. Rc2 Re6 21. Qa6 Rce8 22. Qxa3 Rh6 23. Nf1 Qg4 24. Rdd2 Ree6 25. Qxa7 g5 26. Rf2 gxf4 27. Rxf4 Qg6 28. Rcf2 Rh5 29. Rxf7 1-0
2025.05.13 Titled Tue 13th May Late
88398 Sheehan, Ethan (2380) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2318) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 a5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qe2 Kg7 13. Be3 h6 14. Qd2 Rh8 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Rad1 a4 17. h3 g5 18. Kh2 Qa5 19. Qe2 Qa6 20. Nd2 e5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rhf8 25. Rxd6 Ne5 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Rg1+ Kf8 29. Rxh6 Qb6 30. Rg2 Ra5 31. Bh7 Ke7 32. Rh5 Qd4 33. Qe1 Kf6 34. Qxa5 Nf3+ 35. Kg3 Rf5 36. Qxf5+ 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
100415 Anakok, Deniz (2018) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qc3 Nf6 17. f5 Ne4 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Qc3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. Qe1 Nd3 24. Qh4 exf5 25. Bd5 f4 26. Bg1 O-O 27. Rad1 Nxb2 28. Be4 g6 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Rcd1 Nc5 31. Bd5 Nxa4 32. Bh2 Nc3 33. Rd3 Nxd5 34. cxd5 Qc4 35. Rh3 h5 36. Bxf4 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+ 38. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 0-1
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
100747 Oparin, G (2660) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Be6 12. h3 Qe7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bh2 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ne8 16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Nexf6 18. e4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxc2 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxc2 Rad8 23. f5 Bd5 24. Rfe1 Rfe8 25. Be5 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Rxc2 28. Bd4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf7 30. Re3 c5 31. Be5 Rd2 32. Ra3 a6 33. Rb3 b5 34. Ra3 Rd5 35. Kf4 Nd7 36. Bc7 Rd4+ 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Rxa6+ Kxf5 39. Ra5 b4 40. a3 bxa3 41. bxa3 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Rc3 43. Bg3 Nf6 44. Ra7 Ne4 45. Be1 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Ng5+ 47. Ke3 Ne6 48. a4 Rh2 49. h4 Rh3+ 50. Ke2 Ke4 51. Re7 Rh2+ 52. Kf1 Kd5 53. a5 g5 54. h5 Ra2 55. Rh7 Nf4 56. Rxh6 Ke4 57. Rc6 Nxh5 58. Rxc5 Kf4 59. Rc4+ Kf3 60. Rc3+ Kg4 61. Rc6 Nf4 62. a6 Kf3 63. Rc3+ Ke4 64. Rc6 Ra1 65. Rc4+ Kf3 66. Rc3+ Ke4 67. Rc4+ Kd3 68. Rc6 Ke3 69. Rc3+ Nd3 70. Kg2 Rxe1 71. Ra3 Rc1 72. a7 Rc2+ 73. Kg3 Rc8 74. a8=Q Rxa8 75. Rxa8 Ke4 76. Ra4+ Kf5 77. Ra5+ Ne5 78. Rb5 Ke4 79. Ra5 Kf5 80. Ra4 Kf6 81. Kf2 Kf5 82. Ke3 Kf6 83. Ke4 Nf7 84. Ra6+ Ke7 85. Kf5 Nd6+ 86. Kxg5 Ke6 87. Kf4 Kd5 88. Ra5+ Ke6 89. Rh5 Nf7 90. Ke4 Kf6 91. Rf5+ Ke6 92. Ra5 Nd6+ 93. Kd4 Nf7 94. Ra6+ Kf5 95. Kd5 Ng5 96. Ra1 Nh3 97. Rf1+ Nf4+ 98. Kd4 Kg4 99. Ke4 Ne2 100. Rf8 Ng3+ 101. Ke5 Nh5 102. Rg8+ Kf3 103. Rg5 Ng3 104. Rg6 Ne2 105. Ra6 Ng3 106. Ra3+ Kf2 107. Kd4 Ne2+ 108. Ke4 Ng3+ 109. Kf4 Ne2+ 110. Kg4 Ke1 111. Ra2 Kf2 112. Kf5 Kf3 113. Ke5 Ke3 114. Ra3+ Kf2 115. Ke4 Ng3+ 116. Kf4 Ne2+ 117. Kg4 Ke1 118. Kf3 Nd4+ 119. Ke4 Ne2 120. Ke3 Nc1 121. Rc3 Kd1 122. Rc8 Nb3 123. Kd3 Nc1+ 124. Ke3 Nb3 125. Rc7 Nc1 126. Rb7 Kc2 127. Kd4 Kd2 128. Rb2+ Kd1 129. Ke3 Na2 130. Rxa2 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
100830 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Garbuz, Vitaliy (2203) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Ncxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nh6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bd3 a5 15. h4 a4 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. g3 Ng4 18. f3 Nh6 19. Qc5 Nf5 20. g4 Na6 21. Qe5 Qa5+ 22. Kc1 f6 23. Qf4 fxg5 24. Nxg5 g6 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qd6 Qb4 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qd7 Qc4+ 30. Kb1 Qg8 31. Re7 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
101127 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Genkeswaran, Genivan (2197) 1-0
1. b3 c6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nd7 4. f4 Ngf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Ne5 h5 9. Qe1 h4 10. d3 Bc5 11. Bf3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Kh1 Bb6 14. c4 f5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. d4 Nf8 17. Ba3 Qg5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Na4 Ng6 20. Rd1 f4 21. e4 h3 22. Rg1 hxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Qh6 24. exd5 Nh4 25. dxe6 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Qxe6 29. Qg1 Qf5 30. Bd6 Rh4 31. Qxg7 Rh2+ 32. Ke1 Ba5+ 33. b4 O-O-O 34. Bg4 Rd7 35. Bxf5 Bxb4+ 36. Kf1 Rf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bxd6 38. Qxd7+ Kb8 39. Qxd6+ Ka8 40. Qd8# 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
101312 Fawzy, Adham (2513) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. Nge2 Nec6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. a3 Qe7 12. Qd2 Nb3 13. Qd1 Nbd4 14. b4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 cxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. d4 d5 18. c5 a5 19. Nc3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bd7 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rfd8 24. Qd6 Kf8 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. Nxb7 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rd5 29. f4 Na6 30. c6 Rc8 31. Rfc1 Nb8 32. c7 Na6 33. Rc6 Nb4 34. Rc4 Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Nd5 36. Rbc1 Kd7 37. Nc5+ Ke7 38. Ne4 Re2 39. Nd6 Rxc7 40. Rxc7+ Nxc7 41. Rxc7+ Ke6 42. Ra7 Ra2 43. Nxf7 a4 44. Nd8+ 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
101432 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Vasenev, S1 (2283) 0-1
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ne5 Qxg2+ 13. Kxg2 Nd4+ 0-1
2025.04.22 Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
107443 Ruge, E (2201) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. Re1 b5 10. c3 Bb7 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Qe2 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Kh7 15. N1h2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. g4 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. h4 d5 21. g5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. gxh6 Bh8 24. h5 Rg8 25. hxg6+ Rxg6 26. Kh1 f5 27. Bh3 Qf7 28. Rg1 Rcg8 29. Rxg6 Rxg6 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Bd5 32. Qd1 Be6 33. Kf1 Bf6 34. Qd6 Nd7 35. Ke1 Nf8 36. Nf1 f4 37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. Qc7+ Qd7 39. Qxd7+ Nxd7 40. Ba7 Bh4 41. Nd2 e3 42. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 43. Ke2 e4 44. Nxe3 Bxe3 45. Bxe3 fxe3 46. Kxe3 Nf6 47. c4 Kxh6 48. b4 Kg5 49. b5 axb5 50. cxb5 Kf5 51. a4 Ke5 52. a5 Nd5+ 53. Kd2 Kd6 54. b6 Kc6 55. Kc2 Kb7 56. Kb3 Ka6 57. Kc4 Nf6 58. Kd4 Kb7 59. Ke3 Kc6 60. Kf4 Kb7 61. Ke3 Kb8 62. Kf4 Kc8 63. Ke3 Kb7 64. Kf4 Kc6 65. Ke3 Kd6 66. Ke2 Nd5 67. b7 Kc7 68. a6 Kb8 69. Kd2 Ka7 70. Ke2 Nc3+ 71. Ke3 Kb8 72. Kd4 Ka7 73. Kxc3 Kxa6 74. Kd4 Kxb7 75. Kxe4 1/2-1/2
2025.04.22 Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
107536 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Fernandes, Ro (2241) 0-1
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf6 11. Qc1 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qb2 Bxc3 14. dxc3 Qe7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Qc1 f6 19. Bf3 Kf7 20. h3 b5 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Nd2 Na5 23. Qc2 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 c4 25. b4 Nc6 26. Qxh7 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qe2 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. Qxb5 Ne7 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qxa7 Qxf2 32. a4 Kf8 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Qc7 Kf8 35. Qxc4 Nf5 36. Qxe6 Nxe3 37. Qd6+ Kf7 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
129305 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Novikova, M (1971) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 e6 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Kb1 h6 13. Bc1 O-O-O 14. g3 f5 15. Ned2 e5 16. Qxf5 Bd6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qa4 Qc5 21. Nc4 Kb8 22. Bf4+ Ka8 23. Be3 b5 24. Qa5 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
129609 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Odegov, Artem (2258) 0-1
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Rb1 N8e7 16. Nb5 Nf5 17. Bg4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd6 Qg5 21. Re1 b6 22. Qxd5 bxc5 23. Ne4 Qh4 24. Nxc5 Rad8 25. Bd7 Qg3 26. Rbd1 Bh6 27. Kh1 Bxe3 28. Ne4 Qf4 29. Rxe3 Rxd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Ree1 Re8 32. Nd6 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130050 Indusekar, Akshay (2004) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qd3 e6 11. Nd4 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. f3 Rac8 14. g4 Nd7 15. h4 Qa5 16. Kb1 a6 17. Rhg1 Bxh4 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Qe3 Rfc8 21. Nd4 R6c7 22. Rg2 Bf6 23. f4 Ng6 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 e5 27. Qxd6 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Re8 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Rc8 Qb4 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Qd3 Ng6 33. a3 Qc5 34. Qd5 Qe3 35. Ka2 Qxg5 36. Qd8+ Qxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 f6 39. Rxb7 Nf4 40. b4 Nd3 41. a4 Nf2 42. Rb6 Nxe4 43. Rxa6 g5 44. Bc1 g4 45. Be3 g3 46. b5 Nc3+ 47. Kb3 Nd5 48. Bg1 Kg6 49. Rd6 Nf4 50. b6 Ne2 51. Bc5 Nf4 52. b7 g2 53. b8=Q Kf5 54. Qc8+ Ke4 55. Qc6+ Kf5 56. Rxf6+ 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130358 Cruz, Will (2216) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. e4 h6 16. Nh3 fxe4 17. Nf4 g5 18. Ng6 Rfe8 19. h4 g4 20. Rfe1 Nc5 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. Nce2 Qf7 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Qxa5 Nfd7 25. b4 Nd3 26. Nxd3 exd3 27. Qa3 Ne5 28. Qb3 c5 29. Nb5 Be6 30. Bxe5 Bxc4 31. Qb1 Bxe5 32. Na3 Bxa2 33. Qc1 cxb4 34. Nb1 Rc8 35. Qxh6 Rc2 36. Qg5+ Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nd2 Rf8 39. Ne4 Bc3 40. Rf1 Bd5 41. Ng5 Bxg2 42. Kxg2 Re8 43. Rxd3 Ree2 44. Rxd6 b3 45. Rd7+ Kg6 46. Nh7 b2 47. Nf8+ Kf5 48. Rxb7 Rc1 49. Rb5+ Ke4 50. Ne6 Rxf1 51. Kxf1 Rc2 52. Kg2 Kd3 53. Ng5 Bd2 54. h5 b1=Q 55. Rxb1 Bxg5 56. Rd1+ Ke4 57. Re1+ Kf5 58. Rb1 Be3 59. Rb5+ Kf6 60. Kf1 Rxf2+ 61. Ke1 Rf3 62. Rb3 Bf2+ 63. Ke2 Rxb3 64. Kxf2 Rf3+ 65. Kg2 Kg5 66. Kh2 Kh6 67. Kg2 Kxh5 68. Kg1 Rxg3+ 69. Kh1 Rf3 70. Kh2 Kh4 71. Kh1 Ra3 72. Kh2 Ra2+ 73. Kh1 Kg3 74. Kg1 Ra1# 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130575 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Ashraf, Artin (2407) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. N4f3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Rac8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qd7 17. h3 Nd4 18. Qb1 Ne2+ 19. Kh2 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nxc1 21. Qxc1 Bg5 22. Qc2 Bxd2 23. Bf5 Bf4+ 24. Kg1 Qc6 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qf3 Rd6 28. Rad1 Rf6 29. Kh1 g6 30. Qg2 Rf5 31. Rd3 Rg5 32. Rfd1 Rxg2 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Rxf2 35. b4 Rxa2 36. Rc7 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rxh3 38. Rdd7 Kf6 39. Kg2 Re3 40. Rxf7+ Kg5 41. Rfd7 b6 42. Kf2 Rh3 43. Rc6 Kf5 44. Rdd6 g5 45. Kg2 g4 46. Rxh6 Rxh6 47. Rc7 Rh2+ 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130812 Fiskaaen, Martin Holten (2300) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 a6 12. e3 Qc8 13. Qf3 Ra7 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Kg1 Rc7 17. Rc2 h5 18. Rcd2 b5 19. cxb5 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rc2 Qa5 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. bxc6 d5 24. Qf4 Ne4 25. Rdc1 Rc8 26. Qf3 Bf8 27. Qe2 Ba3 28. Rf1 Qb6 29. f3 Nd6 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Re1 Bb4 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 Nh4+ 34. Kg3 Bxe1+ 35. Qxe1 g5 36. Qc3 Qc7+ 37. Kh3 Kh7 38. Qf6 Rh8 39. Qxg5 Ng6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. h3 Qd6 42. c7 Rc8 43. h4 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Qxc7 45. h5 Qe5 46. Qh4 Qe4+ 47. Kf2 Ne5 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Ke1 Nf3+ 50. Ke2 Nxg5 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
131017 Hehir, Michael (2009) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bh6 Nf4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. g3 Nh5 13. Bg2 a5 14. O-O-O Na6 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Bf3 fxe4 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. h4 h6 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. dxe6 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Nxf2 23. Qd5 Nxh1 24. Rxh1 c6 25. Qxd6 Rae8 26. Qxe5+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Nd6 Rexe6 29. Nxb7 e3 30. Re1 e2 31. Nc5 Re3 32. Kc2 Rf1 33. Kd2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kf6 35. Nb3 a4 36. Nd4 Rxg3 37. Nxc6 Rg1+ 38. Kxe2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Rxb2 40. Kd4 Rxa2 41. Nb4 Rb2 42. Kc3 Rb3+ 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
131244 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Askarov, Ba (2314) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. a3 e6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Bxb4 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h4 d6 9. h5 h6 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Bc5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxh5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Be2 a6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 d5 22. e5 Ne4 23. Bd3 Rc8 24. O-O Rc3 25. Ng2 Bh3 26. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qd7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Rd8 31. Rb1 b5 32. Ra1 Qe6 33. f4 g6 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke3 b4 36. Rd1 Rd5 37. Qd3 a5 38. Ke4 Qc6 39. Ke3 a4 40. Qd2 b3 41. Rc1 Qe6 42. Rc5 a3 43. Qc3 Rxc5 44. dxc5 b2 45. Qc2 Qa2 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
131500 Karmanova, Olga Dm. (2292) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qb3 e6 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Rab1 b6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 exd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Rbc1 h5 19. Bf3 Rd6 20. c4 Re8 21. Bg2 Qe7 22. Re1 Qf6 23. h4 Qg7 24. Kh2 Rdd8 25. Bg5 Rb8 26. Rcd1 Bd4 27. Be3 Qf6 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd2 Re1 31. Qb2 Qd6 32. Qxd4 f6 33. Qb2 Be4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Qb5 Rxh4+ 36. Kg2 Re4 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. dxc6 Rxc4 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. Kf3 a5 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Rg7 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Rxc6 45. Rxg6 Kf5 46. Rg8 Rd6+ 47. Kc2 Ke4 48. Rh8 Rd5 49. Rf8 Rf5 50. Rb8 b5 51. Re8+ Kf3 52. Ra8 a4 53. Kd3 Kxf2 54. Kd4 Kxg3 55. Ke4 Rg5 56. Rh8 h4 57. Rc8 h3 58. Rc3+ Kh4 59. Kf4 h2 60. Rc8 h1=Q 61. Rh8+ Rh5 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
131666 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Kvaloy, Aksel Bu (2489) 0-1
1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Rc1 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Nf4 g6 14. g3 Bxf4 15. exf4 Qe6 16. Rxc7 Bc6 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Qe2 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Qc6 22. Bb2 b5 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Bxc2 Nf8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Nd3 Ne6 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. a3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Bd3 Nc7 32. Bc3 Bf5 33. Be2 Bc2 34. Ke3 Bf5 35. Bb4 Bc8 36. Nd3 Ne6 37. g4 f6 38. Ne5 Bb7 39. h4 Nc7 40. Bd3 Ne8 41. Bc2 Ke6 42. Nd3 Nc7 43. Nc5+ Kf7 44. Nxb7 Nxb7 45. Bd3 Nd8 46. f5 g5 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Bd6 Ne8 49. Be5 Nc6 50. f4 h6 51. fxg5 hxg5 52. Bg3 Nf6 53. Be5 Nxg4+ 54. Kf3 Ngxe5+ 55. dxe5 Nxe5+ 56. Ke3 Nxd3 57. Kxd3 Kf6 58. Kd4 g4 59. Kxd5 g3 0-1
2025.03.24 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
133355 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Krzywda, A (2152) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. f4 Ned7 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Ne8 15. Qe1 g6 16. Qh4 Ng7 17. Bg4 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Qh3 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Rc8 21. Rfd1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rc2 24. a4 d5 25. Nf3 Qa8 26. Bd4 dxe4 27. Ne1 e5 28. Nxc2 exd4 29. Ncxd4 Bc5 30. b4 Bxb4 31. Qe2 Kh8 32. Qc4 Ba5 33. Nd6 Bd5 34. Qc5 e3 35. N4f5 Bh1 36. Nxe3 Rxf4 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. Qxd5 Bb6+ 39. Kh1 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Qxd5+ 41. Rxd5 Rxa1 42. Nc4 Nf5 43. Kf3 Bg1 44. a5 Bxh2 0-1
2025.03.23 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
141086 Godena, M (2439) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 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. Qf3 Be6 11. h3 h6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. b3 Rb6 16. c3 a5 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nf4 d4 21. Qg3 Bc6 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Re1 Bc6 24. c4 Qf8 25. f3 Bd7 26. Re2 a4 27. Qe1 axb3 28. axb3 Ra6 29. Re7 Be6 30. Rc7 Qa8 31. Qe5 Nd7 32. Qe4 Qd8 33. Qb7 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Nf8 35. Nxe6 Qd6+ 36. f4 Nxe6 37. Rc8+ Nf8 38. Qe4 g6 39. Rc6 Qb8 40. Rxc5 Ne6 41. Re5 Kf8 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Qxd4 Qa7 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qxe6+ Kd8 46. Qf6+ Kc8 47. c5 Ra6 48. Qf8+ Kc7 49. Bxg6 Qb7 50. Bd3 Ra2 51. Qd6+ 1-0
2025.03.22 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
140937 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Mizzi, Jack (2120) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. f4 Nf5 10. Nf3 Ng3 11. Rg1 Nxf1 12. Kxf1 a5 13. g4 c5 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Rg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb5+ 17. Kg1 Be7 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. f5 Nc4 20. Qe2 gxf5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qb6 24. Rd1 g6 25. b3 Na3 26. e6 f6 27. Nf7 Rh4 28. Rxg6 Re4 29. Qf2 Qxe6 30. Ng5 Rg4+ 31. Kh1 Rxg5 32. Re1 Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1+ Kf7 34. Rxg5 fxg5 35. Qe5 Rd8 36. Qxf5+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qb6 Rd7 39. Qc5+ Kf7 40. Qxa3 b6 41. Qc1 1-0
2025.03.20 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
140713 Bosiocic, Mari (2518) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Be4 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nd6 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Bxd6 16. Bxa7 Qa5 17. Qe3 Rc2 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Ne5 Qa6 21. Bf3 h5 22. Qg5 Rc7 23. Nd3 Rd8 24. Nxb4 Qc8 25. Bc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bg6 27. Qb5 Bf8 28. Nd3 Ne4 29. Be5 Rb7 30. Qa6 Qd7 31. Qc4 Rb4 32. Qc1 Rxa4 33. Nc5 Qxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Nxc5 35. Qd8 Ne4 36. b3 Ra6 37. b4 f6 38. b5 Ra4 39. Bd4 e5 40. Be3 Rb4 1-0
2025.03.19 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
140525 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Sanikidze, T (2452) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 Bg6 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. a4 b6 12. a5 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. c4 dxc4 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nh4 17. Ne3 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 cxd3 20. f4 c4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qd5 Bb4 23. Qxd3 Nc5 24. Qd5 Nd3 25. Qe4 Bc3 26. Ba3 Bxa1 27. Bxf8 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Kxf8 29. Qxh7 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Nxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxe3 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qf5+ Ke7 34. Qxc8 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2
2025.03.18 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
140376 Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela (2136) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Re1 h6 14. Qb1 Rb8 15. Nb5 f5 16. Ra3 fxe4 17. Nd2 e3 18. fxe3 Kh7 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Rf1 h5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 Bh6 24. Rf3 Ra8 25. Qd3 Qb8 26. Nf2 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Nf6 28. Ne4 Ng4 29. Bd2 Qb6 30. Ra6 Rxa6 31. bxa6 Bxe3+ 32. Bxe3 Ngxe3 33. Kh1 Qa5 34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. h4 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1
2025.03.17 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
147176 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Sebenik, M (2492) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Re2 Bd7 17. Rd1 b5 18. Bc3 Nb7 19. Nf3 bxc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ e5 22. Qa7 Nc5 23. b4 Ba4 24. Ra1 Nd3 25. Qxa6 Bc6 26. Qxc4 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Nf4 28. Qd2 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Qb6 30. b5 Rc5 31. a4 Rec8 32. Qe3 Qa5 33. h4 Rxb5 34. h5 Rbc5 35. h6+ Kg8 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Qg5 Rc1 38. Qf6 Rxd1+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ 40. Kxh1 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qxh6+ 42. Kg3 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Ra8 45. Ke3 Rxa4 46. Nd4 Ra3+ 47. Ke2 Kf8 48. Nb5 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Nc7 g5 51. g4 Ra3+ 52. Ke2 Ra5 53. Kd3 Kf6 0-1
2025.03.16 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
140098 Tezcan, Alper (2064) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. Bxe6 dxe6 9. Rd1 b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Nxd4 Qh4 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Nbd2 O-O-O 15. Bg3 Rd5 16. Nc4 Rhd8 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nb8 20. Ncd2 Qg6 21. h3 Nd7 22. Kh2 a6 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qf4 Nc5 25. Bh4 Nd3 26. Qd4 f6 27. exf6 gxf6 28. b4 Nf4 29. Bg3 e5 30. Qa7 Nd5 31. Nb3 Nxc3 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxf3 34. Qxc3 Bd5 35. a3 h5 36. f3 Kb7 37. Bf2 Qe8 38. Qd3 Bc6 39. Qf5 Qf7 40. Bh4 Qa2 41. Bxf6 Qxa3 42. Be7 Qe3 43. Qxh5 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 a5 45. bxa5 b4 46. Qg4 Qe3+ 47. Kh2 b3 48. Ba3 Qc3 49. a6+ Kxa6 50. Qg8 Kb7 51. h4 b2 52. Qa2 Qxa3 53. Qxa3 b1=Q 54. h5 e4 55. fxe4 Bxe4 56. g4 Qe1 57. Kh3 Bd5 58. Qc5 c6 59. g5 Be6+ 60. Kg2 Bd5+ 61. Kh3 Qh1+ 62. Kg4 Qf3+ 63. Kh4 Qf4+ 64. Kh3 Qxg5 0-1
2025.03.15 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025
146961 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Maurizzi, Marc'Andria (2622) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qa4 Nd7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Be4 15. Re2 Qb7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 b5 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qc2 e5 20. e4 Rac8 21. Ne3 exd4 22. cxd4 c3 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. e5 Nd5 25. Qb3 a5 26. a3 Bf8 27. Rd3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nc2 Qb5 30. Ne1 Qc4 31. Qb1 b3 32. Kf1 Rb8 33. Rf3 Ra8 34. Bg5 Ra2 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 b2 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
162970 Zaw, Ye Htut (2180) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Rf2 b5 13. a3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. c3 Qc7 18. Re2 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Qd7 20. Qd3 h5 21. h3 Nh7 22. Rae1 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nf6 24. a4 Rc4 25. Qd3 Rxf4 26. axb5 axb5 27. b3 Kf8 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Qe3 Rf5 30. Ra7 Rc7 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Qd4 g5 33. Rea2 Rf4 34. Qe3 Qf5 35. R2a7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 g4 37. Qxe7 Ng8 38. hxg4 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Nxe7 40. Rxe7 hxg4 41. Kg3 gxf3 42. gxf3 Rf6 43. Re2 Qg6+ 44. Kf2 Rf5 45. c4 Qf6 46. Re3 bxc4 47. bxc4 Rf4 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163399 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Levitan, Judah Nathan (2010) 1-0
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. a3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 d6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. b5 axb5 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Nfd2 f5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nec5 Nc3 20. Qc2 Nb4 21. Qd2 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 Nd5 23. e4 Nc3 24. Rc1 b6 25. Bf4 e5 26. Bg5 bxc5 27. Rxc3 c4 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Qa7 31. Nc5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Be3 Qa3 34. Ra4 Qb2 35. Qd6 Qc2 36. Ra7 Rd1 37. Qxf8 Bd7 38. Qe7 Qb1 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Nxd7 Qc2 41. Nf6+ 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163809 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Boyer, Mahel (2509) 0-1
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nge7 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 h4 8. Be3 h3 9. g3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bf2 Be7 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bxb5 O-O 16. Qa4 Rb6 17. Ka1 Rfb8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rb1 Rbb6 20. Rhc1 Ra6 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Rcb6 23. Qf1 Ra3 24. Ne1 Qd7 25. Rb2 Qa4 26. Nb1 a5 27. Nxa3 Qxa3 28. Nc2 Qxc3 29. Be1 Qc4 30. Qxc4 dxc4 31. bxa5 Ra6 32. Nb4 Rxa5 33. Nc6 Ra4 34. Nxe7+ Nxe7 35. Rb4 Ra3 36. Rbxc4 Nd5 37. Bb4 Ra6 38. Kb2 Be2 39. a3 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 c6 41. Kb3 Ne3 42. Rc1 Ng4 43. Rc2 Kh7 44. a4 Kg6 45. a5 Kf5 46. Ka4 Ke4 47. Bf8 g6 48. Bd6 Kf3 49. Bc7 Nf2 50. Bb6 Kg2 51. Rxc6 Kxh2 52. Rc8 Kxg3 53. Kb5 h2 54. Rh8 Rxa5+ 55. Bxa5 Nh3 56. Be1+ Kg2 0-1
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
179148 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Colonetti, Fabio (2135) 1-0
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qc1 Qd6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3+ e5 13. Bb5 f6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rac1 Bg4 16. Qxc5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qxf3 18. Rc4 Rf7 19. Rfc1 h5 20. Qd6 Raf8 21. Qe6 g5 22. d4 e4 23. d5 h4 24. Qxe4 Qe2 25. R4c2 Qh5 26. Rc7 h3 27. d6 f5 28. Qe5+ Kg6 29. Re7 f4 30. Qe4+ Kg7 31. d7 Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Rxe7 33. Qxe7+ Rf7 34. Qe5+ Kg6 35. Qe4+ Kh5 36. d8=Q Qe2 37. Qh8+ Kg4 38. Qc8+ Kh5 39. Qcc2 Qg4 40. Qg6+ Kh4 41. Qge4 1-0
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
179625 Player, E (2130) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 e5 5. dxe5 Bxe5 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O-O 12. O-O Nge7 13. Rad1 f5 14. Nd5 Rhe8 15. c3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Bf3 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Kb8 19. Nd5 Rf8 20. Bg4 Qf7 21. Rde1 Bh6 22. Be6 Qg7 23. Qd3 Rde8 24. b4 Nd8 25. Bg4 c6 26. Ne3 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Qxd6+ Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Nd5+ cxd5 31. Rxe8 Rf7 32. Bf3 Rd7 33. Kf2 Nc6 34. Re2 d4 35. Bxc6 Kxc6 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. Re7 Rxb4 38. Rxh7 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Rg7 a5 41. Rxg6+ Kc7 42. h4 a4 43. h5 Ra1 44. Rg5 a3 45. Ra5 b6 46. Ra6 Kb7 47. Ra4 b5 48. Ra5 Kb6 49. Ra8 b4 50. h6 Rh1 51. Rb8+ Kc5 52. Rb7 Rxh6 53. Ra7 Kc4 54. Kf4 Rf6+ 55. Ke5 Rf2 56. g4 Kb3 57. g5 a2 58. g6 Rg2 59. Kf6 Kb2 60. g7 b3 61. Rb7 a1=Q 62. Kf7 Qf1+ 63. Ke8 Rxg7 64. Rxg7 Qe2+ 65. Re7 Qxe7+ 66. Kxe7 Kc3 67. Kd6 b2 68. Kc6 b1=Q 69. Kc5 Qd3 70. Kc6 Qd4 71. Kc7 Kc4 72. Kc8 Qd5 0-1
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
179851 Kozak, Adam (2601) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qg3 Bf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bh4 17. Qg4 Qg5 18. Bd3 h5 19. Qxg5 Bxg5 20. Be4 Rac8 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne4 Bf4 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Bb4 Rxe5 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rd7 b6 28. Rf1 f6 29. a4 Bg3 30. Rfd1 Rg5 31. Rb7 Kg8 32. Rxb6 Bf2 33. Rxa6 Rxg2 34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Re2 1-0
2024.12.31 Titled Tue 31st Dec Early
231783 Marin, Sebastian (2272) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O c6 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. f4 d5 16. Qf2 dxe4 17. f5 Bb4 18. fxe6 Rxe6 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Nd4 Rf6 22. Nf5 Qf8 23. Bd4 Nge5 24. Nxe4 Rg6 25. c3 Nd3 26. Qe2 Nxe1 27. cxb4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Qxb4 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Ned6 Rxd6 31. Bxg7 Rd2 32. Bc3 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Ne5 34. Qxd2 Re8 35. Qg5+ 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Early
240366 Lantini, M (1924) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+ Nd7 8. Nf3 Kc8 9. Nd2 Ng4 10. Bc4 Nxf2 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Nxh1 13. Nxe5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe5 15. Rxh1 b6 16. Ne2 Kd7 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. Be3 Rhf8 21. Nf4 g6 22. c3 Ne5 23. Kc2 Ng4 24. Bc1 e5 25. Nd5 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Be3 c6 28. a4 Kc7 29. b4 Ref8 30. a5 Rf1 31. Rd2 Re1 32. Rd3 Re2+ 33. Kb3 Rxg2 34. h4 Rg4 35. Bg5 Rxe4 36. axb6+ axb6 37. c4 Rd4 38. Re3 Rf5 39. Kc3 Rg4 40. Be7 Kd7 41. Bf6 Rxf6 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Early
240660 Andreikin, D (2695) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Bc2 e5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 a6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Nde2 Qe7 16. Nf4 Be6 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Qd2 Red8 19. Rac1 b5 20. Re1 Bh6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxh6 Qf7 23. a3 Rc4 24. Rcd1 Nd7 25. Nd5 Re8 26. Bc3 Rc5 27. Nf4 Rc6 28. Re3 Bb3 29. Rg3 Ne5 30. Rd2 Qf8 31. Nxg6 Qxh6 32. Nxe5+ Kf8 33. Nxc6 Be6 34. Bg7+ 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Early
240897 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Bychkov, Vladimir (2203) 1-0
1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. bxc4 Nbd7 10. d4 c5 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Ne5 a6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
249883 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Osinovsky, S (2235) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Nd4 11. Ne1 c6 12. e3 Ne6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 h5 15. b5 Bd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. h3 Ng5 18. h4 Ne6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Bc1 e4 21. dxe4 Nfxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bb2 Bg4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Nd4 c5 28. Nb5 Be2 29. Rfe1 Bxc4 30. Nc7 Nd2 31. Nxe8+ 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
250238 Talibov, Shiroghlan (2431) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bb5 Rc8 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nd2 e6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Bg3 a6 15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qc1 Rc6 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. h3 Qd8 20. a3 Qb6 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Be5 Bg6 23. Re2 Qb5 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Rae1 Rcc8 26. g4 Qd3 27. h4 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 h6 29. h5 Be4 30. f3 Bc2 31. Kf2 f6 32. Bg3 Kf7 33. Ke2 Bh7 34. Kd2 a5 35. a4 Rc4 36. b3 Rc6 37. Kc1 Rec8 38. Kb2 Ke7 39. Rc1 Kd7 40. Bh2 Re8 41. c4 dxc4 42. bxc4 Rec8 43. Kb3 Bg8 44. Rec3 e5 45. dxe5 Rb6+ 46. Ka3 Rb4 47. exf6 gxf6 48. Rd3+ Ke8 49. Re1+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
250543 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Srebrnic, M (2338) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. d3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 d6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Nc7 12. b4 Nh5 13. Qc2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f5 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. g4 f4 17. Bf3 Nc7 18. b5 c5 19. b6 axb6 20. Rxb6 h5 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bd5+ Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qa7 24. Rxd6 hxg4 25. Ne4 f3 26. d4 cxd4 27. Nef6+ Kf7 28. Nd7 Bxd7 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
250976 Rustamov, Rustam (2307) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 Nxh5 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Rg1 Qd7 22. Rde1 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qb5 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Rh1 f6 27. Rh6 Kf7 28. Rh7 Qg5 29. Qd3 Rfc8 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Nf3 Qf4 32. Qb3 b5 33. Rd1 Kg8 34. Rdh1 Kf7 35. Nd4 Qxe4 36. Nf3 Qxc2+ 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Rf1 R2c5 39. Rh2 Rh5 40. Re2 Nf5 41. Rfe1 e5 42. Rd1 Ke6 43. Nd2 Nd4 44. Re3 Rh2 45. Ne4 Rcc2 46. Rg3 Rxb2+ 0-1
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
251183 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Kazakouski, Valery (2567) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O e4 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. dxe4 fxe4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ba3 Qe7 14. Rad1 a6 15. h3 Qf7 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rd8 19. Bd5 Qe7 20. e4 Qe5 21. Bc1 Nh5 22. Bf7+ Ke7 23. Rd5 Qxe4 24. Bxh5 Be6 25. Bg5+ Kd7 26. Bf3 Qg6 27. Bxd8 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Kxd8 29. Qc4 a5 30. Qc6 Re8 31. Bg4 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
251536 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Kovalev, Vl (2557) 1-0
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 h6 9. Qc1 g5 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. Nc2 f4 12. b4 Ne7 13. b5 Ng6 14. a4 h5 15. a5 Rb8 16. a6 b6 17. Nb4 Bd7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6 h4 20. Nb5 Ra8 21. Bb4 Qe7 22. Qa3 e4 23. dxe4 Ne5 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxd6 Qxc6 26. Bxe5 Rae8 27. Bd6 Nxe4 28. Bxf8 Bxf8 29. Qd3 Bc5 30. gxh4 gxh4 31. Rad1 Qg6 32. Kh1 Nxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Bxf2 35. Rd7 Rxe2 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Kg2 b5 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. cxb5 Bb6 40. Bc6 Rxh2 41. Kxf4 Rb2 42. Kg5 h3 43. Kg6 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
251659 Shankland, S (2672) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bf4 Qa7 11. d5 exd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O-O Nf6 16. Rhe1+ Be7 17. Bd6 Be6 18. Ng5 O-O-O 19. Nxf7 Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Bd7 22. Re7 Re8 23. Rdxd7 Rxe7 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Qf5+ Kd8 26. Qe5 Rc7 27. Bh3 Rc6 28. Qb8+ Ke7 29. Qb7+ Kd6 30. Qxg7 Nd5 31. Qd7+ Ke5 32. Qxc6 1-0
2024.12.17 Titled Tue 17th Dec Early
252111 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Bardyk, Artem (2249) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. d3 Nd5 15. Nbd2 Re8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nb4 18. Qb1 c5 19. Bc3 Nxd3 20. Qf1 Bc7 21. Rd1 Nf4 22. Re1 h6 23. Be5 Bg6 24. Qc4 Nd3 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Ne4 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe5+ 30. Ng3 Qd4 31. Qa6 Kh7 32. Qxa7 h5 33. Qe7 h4 34. Ne2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 gxf6 36. Nf4 Rd2 37. Nxg6 fxg6 38. Rc3 Rxf2 39. a4 Rb2 40. a5 g5 41. Rxc5 Rxb3 42. a6 Ra3 43. Rc6 Kg6 44. Rb6 Ra1 45. Rc6 Kg7 46. Rb6 Kg6 47. Rc6 Kf5 48. Rb6 Ra2 49. Rb5+ Ke6 50. Rb6+ Ke5 51. Rb5+ Kf4 52. Rb4+ Ke3 53. Rb6 f5 54. Rg6 Kf4 55. Rb6 g4 56. hxg4 fxg4 57. Rb4+ Kf5 58. Rb5+ Kf6 59. Rb6+ Ke5 60. Rb5+ Ke6 61. Rh5 h3 62. Rh6+ Kf5 63. a7 Rxg2+ 64. Kh1 Ra2 65. Rh7 Kf4 66. Rg7 Kg3 0-1
2024.11.26 Titled Tue 26th Nov Early
277548 Onslow, Alfie (2170) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 h6 6. O-O-O c6 7. f3 Qa5 8. Kb1 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bd4 Qe7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h4 Nd7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh3 Rh8 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Rab8 23. Rhd1 Be6 24. Rc7 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Rxh3 26. Rf1 Rbh8 27. Rxb7 Rxf3 28. Rg1 Kg6 29. a4 Re8 30. Re1 g4 31. Rxa7 g3 32. Rc7 g2 33. Rxc6+ f6 34. Rd6 Rxe4 35. Rg1 Rf1+ 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rf4 38. a5 Rf1 0-1
2024.11.26 Titled Tue 26th Nov Early
277907 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Sowinski, Pawel (2447) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 h5 9. O-O Re8 10. Ng3 g6 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12. Qxh5 f5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rae1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxf5 Qf6 17. Re3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. f3 Be6 23. b3 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rb8 b6 26. Ra8 a6 27. Rb8 b5 28. Rb6 Kf6 29. Rc6 Nd3 30. Rxa6 Nc1 31. Kf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Rb6 Ke7 34. Rxb5 Nd7 35. a4 Kd6 36. a5 Kc6 37. c4 Nc5 38. Kd4 Nd7 39. h4 Kc7 40. h5 Nb8 41. Rxb8 Kxb8 42. g4 f5 43. g5 Bf7 44. g6 Be6 45. h6 Bc8 46. h7 Ka7 47. h8=Q Ka6 48. Qxc8+ Kxa5 49. Qb7 f4 50. Qb5# 1-0
2024.11.26 Titled Tue 26th Nov Early
278215 Lysyj, I (2586) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. dxc6 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 b4 14. Nb5 Ba6 15. Qa4 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nxe4 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qc4 Nf6 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Bd4 e4 22. Nd2 Rfd8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxe4 Qxb2 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. c7 Rd7 27. Qf4 Qf6 28. Qxb4 Qb6 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Rb1 Rdxc7 31. Rxb6 Rc2 32. Ra6 Rb2 33. a4 Rcc2 34. Rf1 Ra2 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Ra7 f6 37. h4 Rc4 38. g3 Rcxa4 39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. Re1 1/2-1/2
2024.11.26 Titled Tue 26th Nov Early
278368 Gulamali, K (2216) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Qe3 b5 13. a3 Qb7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qf4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Bb4 fxe4 19. Bxd6 Ng6 20. Qg4 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 O-O 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. h4 Rf6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxf3 26. h5 Nf4 27. Rxb5 h6 28. Re5 Rxf2 29. Rxe4 Rc8 30. c3 Rd8 31. Rh4 Rd1+ 32. Ka2 Nd3 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Kb3 Rxb2+ 35. Kc4 Nc1 36. Rf4 Rg1 37. Rff8 Rg5 38. Rh8# 1-0
2024.11.05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
301330 Filippova, Margarita (2004) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. h3 Rb8 14. Nd4 a6 15. f4 Nd7 16. f5 Nc5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bc1 O-O 19. g4 b5 20. Rhe1 b4 21. Qxa6 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 bxc3 23. b3 Rb5 24. a4 Rb6 25. Qa5 e5 26. Rb4 Nxa4 27. bxa4 Rxb4+ 28. Qxb4 Rb8 29. Qxb8+ Qxb8+ 30. Ka2 Bxa4 31. Ba3 Bxc2 32. Rc1 Qb3+ 0-1
2024.11.05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
301879 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Kazmaier, D (2180) 1-0
1. c4 f5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. e3 d6 8. Ne2 a6 9. O-O Qe8 10. d4 Ba7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nbc3 Qh5 13. Nf4 Qh6 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 c6 18. Rad1 Bb6 19. Rd3 Bd8 20. Rfd1 Bf6 21. Qc7 g5 22. Ne2 f4 23. exf4 Bg4 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rae8 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Nf4 Qg4 28. Kg2 Bg5 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. gxf4 b5 33. Rd6 bxc4 34. bxc4 Re2 35. a4 Ra2 36. Rxc6 Rxa4 37. Rc7 Ra3 38. f5 Kg8 39. f6 h5 40. f3 h4 41. Rc6 Kf7 42. Kh3 Rxf3+ 43. Kxh4 Rxf6 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Ra7 Rc6 46. Kg3 Kf5 47. Kf3 Rh6 48. Ra8 Rxh2 49. Rxa6 Rh3+ 50. Kg2 Rc3 51. Ra5+ Kg4 52. Rc5 Rc2+ 53. Kf1 Kg3 54. Ke1 Kf3 55. Kd1 Rc3 56. Kd2 Ra3 57. Re5 Kf4 58. Re8 Kf5 59. Kc2 Kf6 60. Kb2 Ra7 61. Kc3 Kf7 62. Re1 Rd7 63. c5 Rc7 64. Kc4 Ra7 65. Kd5 Ra2 66. Kd6 Rd2+ 67. Kc7 Rc2 68. c6 Kf8 69. Kd7 Rd2+ 70. Kc8 Rc2 71. c7 Rd2 72. Rb1 Ke7 73. Kb7 Rc2 74. c8=Q 1-0
2024.11.05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
302110 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2297) Manukian, Ar (2104) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 a5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Ne5 15. Be2 a4 16. b4 a3 17. Qc3 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Qa5 19. Qxb7 Ra7 20. Qb3 Nd7 21. Rab1 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qa4 23. Qc3 Qa5 24. Rb4 Rb7 25. Rfb1 Rxb4 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Kg7 28. f3 Kf6 29. e4 g5 30. Kf2 h5 31. Ke3 h4 32. Kd4 Ra8 33. e5+ Kg7 34. exd6 exd6 35. Rb6 Rd8 36. Bd1 h3 37. g3 Kf6 38. Bc2 Ke7 39. Bf5 Ra8 40. Bg4 Rf8 41. Bf5 Ra8 42. Rb5 Kf6 43. g4 Re8 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. Be4 Ra8 46. Rb5 Ra4 47. Kc3 Ra7 48. Rb6 Nd7 49. Rc6 Ne5 50. Rc8 Kd7 0-1
2024.10.05 TCh-ROU Superliga 2024
347396 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Antonica, Dragos-Andrei (2297) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6 8. d4 b5 9. c5 a5 10. Nbd2 b4 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. a3 Bb5 14. e4 Rfe8 15. e5 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. g4 Nf8 18. Nf1 bxa3 19. Rxa3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ng3 Nf7 22. Qd2 Bd8 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. Rea1 e5 25. Bxa5 Qb8 26. Bxd8 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Qxd8 28. Nh5 Qe7 29. b4 e4 30. Ne1 Qe6 31. Qe3 f5 32. Qg3 Rf8 33. Ra7 fxg4 34. hxg4 Ng5 35. Qc7 Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Rxf7 37. Ra8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Nxf8 39. Bf1 Ba4 40. b5 Bxb5 41. Bxb5 cxb5 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Nxd5 Nfe6 44. c6 Ke8 45. Nb6 Ke7 46. d5 Nc7 47. Nc2 Kd6 48. Ne3 Nf7 49. Kf1 Kc5 50. Nd7+ Kd4 51. Nf8 Nxd5 52. Nxd5 Kxd5 53. c7 Nd6 54. Nxh7 Kc6 55. g5 Kxc7 56. Nf6 Kd8 57. Ke2 b4 58. g6 Nf5 59. Nxe4 Ke7 60. Kd3 Nh4 1/2-1/2
2024.10.04 TCh-ROU Superliga 2024
347360 Sabarez, Iulian (2051) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nd1 Bc5 11. Ke2 Ke7 12. Nh3 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Bxc5+ Nxc5 15. a3 g5 16. Ne3 g4 17. Nf2 gxf3+ 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Nf4+ 20. Ke3 Nd7 21. Rhg1 Rhg8 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Ng4 Ng6 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Rg1 b5 26. Na5 Nb6 27. Nc6+ Kd6 28. Ncxe5 Nxe5 29. Rd1+ Nd5+ 30. exd5 Nc4+ 31. Kf2 Nxb2 32. Rb1 Nc4 33. Rxb5 Ra8 34. dxe6 Nxa3 35. Re5 Nc4 36. Re1 a3 37. e7 Re8 38. Nh6 Kd7 39. Nf5 Nd6 40. Nxd6 cxd6 41. Re3 a2 42. Ra3 Rc8 43. Rxa2 h6 44. Ke3 Rc3+ 45. Kd4 Rxf3 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. Kd5 Rf2 48. h4 Rxc2 49. Kxd6 Kf7 50. h5 Rd2+ 51. Ke5 Rh2 52. e8=Q+ Kxe8 53. Rh7 1/2-1/2
2024.10.03 TCh-ROU Superliga 2024
347330 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Ilinca, Felix-Antonio (2417) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 h6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. h3 e5 14. hxg4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bxg4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 b6 21. Qb4 Re8 22. Qe1 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Bf5 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 g6 26. Kh2 Qd6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. a4 h5 29. a5 bxa5 30. Qe5+ Qxe5 31. fxe5 g5 32. f4 gxf4 33. Kf3 Kf8 34. Kxf4 Ke7 35. Kf5 h4 36. Kg4 Ke6 37. Kxh4 Kxe5 38. Kg4 f6 39. a3 a6 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. Kf3 a4 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. Kh2 Kg4 44. Kg2 Kf4 45. Kh3 Kf5 46. Kh4 Kf4 47. Kh3 Kf5 48. Kg2 Kg4 49. Kf2 Kf4 50. c5 Ke5 51. Kf3 Kd5 52. Kf4 Kxc5 53. Kf5 Kc6 54. Kxf6 Kd6 55. Kf5 Kd5 56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Ke4 Kc5 58. Ke5 Kc6 59. Kxd4 Kd6 60. Kc4 Kc6 61. d4 Kd6 62. d5 Kd7 63. Kc5 Kc7 64. d6+ Kd7 65. Kd5 a5 66. Kc5 Kd8 67. Kc6 Kc8 68. d7+ Kd8 69. Kd6 1/2-1/2
2024.10.02 TCh-ROU Superliga 2024
347324 Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian (2298) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. c4 b6 13. Be2 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 Nh7 16. Na1 f5 17. Nc2 h4 18. Nb4 Qf6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Nc6 Rae8 21. Bd3 a5 22. Bb1 h3 23. gxh3 Qh4 24. Rg1 Rf6 25. Qg2 Bh6 26. Bf2 Qh5 27. Rc3 Nc5 28. h4 Rg8 29. Be1 Rg7 30. Bc2 g5 31. Qh3 Qf7 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. f4 Rh6 34. Qxf5 Qxf5 35. Bxf5 Bxf4 36. h4 Ng5 37. Rg4 Rf7 38. Bc2 Nd7 39. Kg1 Nh7 40. Nd8 Re7 41. Ne6 Nhf6 42. Rg2 Nh5 43. Rf3 Rf7 44. Kf1 Nf8 45. b4 Nxe6 46. dxe6 Ra7 47. bxa5 bxa5 48. Rb3 Ra8 49. Rb7 e4 50. Bxe4 Be5 51. Rf7 Rb8 52. Rg6 Rxg6 53. Bxg6 Nf4 54. Rxf4 1-0
2024.10.01 TCh-ROU Superliga 2024
347288 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Vajda, Al1 (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qh4 12. g3 Qh6 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c6 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. O-O e5 18. Qf5 Rad8 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Rac1 Nxd5 24. Rfd1 Ne7 25. Rxd6 Rfd8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Nxc7 Kf8 29. Kf2 Nc8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Ke4 Kd7 32. Nb5 Kc6 33. Nd4+ Kd7 34. g4 a6 35. h4 Nd6+ 36. Kd5 Ne8 37. g5 Nc7+ 38. Ke5 Ne8 39. Kd5 Nc7+ 40. Ke5 Ne8 1/2-1/2
2024.09.30 TCh-ROU Superliga 2024
347246 Carmaciu, L (2368) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e4 cxd4 5. exd5 dxc3 6. dxc6 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 bxc6 8. Bc7 e6 9. b3 Nf6 10. Ba5 Nd5 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. Nxc3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Rb8 14. g3 h5 15. Ke2 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. Nb1 Re4+ 18. Kf3 Re5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Nc3 h4 21. Rfe1 Rf5+ 22. Kg2 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rfh5 24. a3 Rh2+ 25. Kf3 Na6 26. b4 Ke7 27. Re5 Nb8 28. Ra5 a6 29. Ne4 Rh1 30. Rxh1 Rxh1 31. Nc5 Rc1 32. Nxa6 Nxa6 33. Rxa6 Rxc4 34. Ke3 f5 35. Kd3 Rc1 36. a4 g5 37. a5 Kd7 38. Ra7+ Kd6 39. Rg7 g4 40. a6 Ra1 41. a7 Rd1+ 42. Ke3 Ra1 43. Kf4 Ra4 44. Kg5 Ke5 45. Re7 Ra6 46. Kg6 f4 47. Kf7 fxg3 48. fxg3 Kf5 49. Ke8 Ke4 50. Kd8 Kf3 51. Kc8 Ra4 52. Rb7 Kxg3 53. Kb8 e5 54. a8=Q Rxa8+ 55. Kxa8 e4 56. Re7 Kf3 57. Rf7+ Kg3 58. Re7 Kf3 59. Rf7+ Kg3 60. Re7 1/2-1/2
2024.09.28 TCh-ROU Superliga 2024
355958 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Itkis, B (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 g6 9. Qf3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. a5 Nb8 12. Be5 O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne3 Qc8 15. Be2 Nbd7 16. Bh2 Rd8 17. O-O b5 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Rac1 Nf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qf4 Bf7 23. c3 Ne6 24. Qf3 Ng5 25. Qf4 Ne6 26. Qf3 Ng5 27. Qf4 Ne6 1/2-1/2
2024.09.17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
360701 Feliz, D (2013) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a4 Na6 9. a5 Bb7 10. axb6 axb6 11. Bc3 c5 12. d3 Qd6 13. Be5 Qe6 14. Nbd2 Nb4 15. Bc3 Nd7 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. d4 Qf5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bb7 21. Qe2 Ra2 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Bxd3 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bb1 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Rb2 27. Bd3 Rxb3 28. Rd1 Rc3 29. Bb1 Bf6 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Bd5 32. Kf1 b3 33. Ke2 Rc4 0-1
2024.09.17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
360871 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Rustemov, A (2525) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. c3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Qe2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Qe3 a6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qb6 Rd8 22. h4 Qc8 23. Re4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rd5 25. c4 Rd2 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 c5 28. Qd6 b5 29. b3 h5 30. Kh2 bxc4 31. bxc4 Kh7 32. a4 Kg8 33. a5 Kh7 34. Kg1 Kg8 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2
2024.09.17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
361169 Kukhmazov, A (2480) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h4 d6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Nh3 Bg7 7. Nf4 Nb6 8. h5 Kf7 9. h6 Bf8 10. Qb3 e6 11. Bg2 c6 12. d5 e5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. c5+ Nbd5 15. Ncxd5 1-0
2024.08.27 Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
389380 Myagmarsuren, Evsuld (2142) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qc7 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bf4 e5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxc3 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. bxc3 h5 17. h4 Ke7 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Qf3 Rd2 20. c4 Rhd8 21. Rfd1 b5 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a4 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Kf3 b4 29. Ra1 Rc4 30. Ra4 Rc3+ 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. Ke3 Kg7 34. Kd3 Rd4+ 35. Ke3 1-0
2024.08.20 Titled Tue 20th Aug Early
399121 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Micic, Aleksa (2223) 1-0
1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. h3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Qb4 Qc8 12. Kh2 a5 13. Qb6 Nd7 14. Qe3 Rb8 15. a4 Ne5 16. Rd1 Nc4 17. Qe1 Qc5 18. Rd3 Rfc8 19. f4 Qb6 20. b3 Qb4 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rf3 Ba6 23. Bd2 Qc4 24. Rb1 b6 25. Bf1 1-0
2024.08.20 Titled Tue 20th Aug Early
399593 Yunker, Alisa Genrietta (1873) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c5 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Be8 12. b4 Rc8 13. Be3 e6 14. a4 Nd7 15. f4 Nb8 16. b5 Qa5 17. Qb3 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. a5 Qe7 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. Na4 h6 24. Re2 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rfe1 Qd7 27. Re3 Bg6 28. Bc3 Be4 29. Nf2 f5 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Qc4 Qd5 32. Nb2 Red8 33. Rd1 a6 34. bxa6 Nxa6 35. Ree1 Qxc4 36. Nxc4 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Bxc3 39. Nd6 Rc7 40. Rb1 Bxa5 41. Nxb7 Bd2 42. Kf1 Be3 43. Rb5 f4 44. Ke2 Bd4 45. Kd2 g4 46. Ke2 f3+ 47. gxf3 gxf3+ 48. Kf1 Rg7 49. Ke1 Rg1+ 50. Kd2 f2 51. Nd6 f1=Q 52. Rb8+ Kh7 53. Ne8 Qd3# 0-1
2024.08.20 Titled Tue 20th Aug Early
399779 Hulka, Valentyn (2276) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bb4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Kd2 h6 16. f4 Ke7 17. Bd3 d5 18. exd6+ Kxd6 19. Rh5 c5 20. Re1 Bb7 21. Be4 Rhd8 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Re4 Rb1 24. c4 Rg1 25. Re2 Kc6+ 26. Kc3 Kb6 27. f5 Rd6 28. fxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Re5 Rxg2 31. Rxe6+ Ka5 32. Rg6 h5 33. Rg5 Kb6 34. Kb3 Rg1 35. Ka4 Rg2 36. Rg6+ Kb7 37. Rxg7+ Kb6 38. Rg6+ Kb7 39. Kb3 Ka7 40. a4 Kb7 41. a5 Ka7 42. Rg7+ Kb8 43. Rg5 Kb7 44. c3 1-0
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
412119 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Rosenberg, E (1987) 1-0
1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. d4 Re8 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nxc5 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nge6+ 1-0
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
412622 Jelcic, Marko (2180) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Ne2 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qxe4 Qxe5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qxe5 Bxe5 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd6 15. Rhe1 Bf5 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Bxf4+ 18. Nxf4 Rac8 19. Nd5 Kf8 20. Re3 a6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rc3 Rd6 23. Ne3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Be4 25. Rc7 Rd8+ 26. Kc1 Ke8 27. f3 Bc6 28. Nc4 Ra8 29. Na5 Kd8 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Nxc6+ Kc7 32. Nd4 Rd8 33. c3 e5 34. Ne2 f5 35. Kc2 Kc6 36. b4 Kb5 37. Nc1 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Ne2 e3 40. Nd4+ Kc4 41. a4 Rf8 42. Nf3 g5 43. h3 h5 44. Ne5+ Kd5 0-1
2024.08.13 Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
412851 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Pichot, A (2638) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. c4 a5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ba3 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bb2 Ba3 17. Bc3 O-O 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. cxd5 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd5 24. Be4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Rd2 b6 27. Kf1 f5 28. Rc2 Bc5 29. Bb7 Rd8 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. g4 Kf6 32. Ba6 h5 33. gxf5 Kxf5 34. Bd3+ Ke5 35. Rc4 Rg8 36. Kf3 f5 37. Rh4 Rd8 38. Bc4 Rd2 39. Be2 Rxa2 40. Rxh5 Ra3 41. Rh6 Rxb3+ 42. Kg2 Rb2 43. Kf3 b5 44. h4 a4 45. h5 a3 46. Rh8 a2 47. Ra8 Rb3+ 48. Kg2 Ra3 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
423807 Karimova, Guldona (2115) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qc7 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be3 b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. g4 h6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Rxa6 Rxa6 16. Bxa6 Qa5 17. Be2 Qa1+ 18. Qc1 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kf2 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Qd2 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Ke7 25. c4 Ra8 26. Rd1 Ra3+ 27. Rd3 Ra2 28. Rb3 Kd6 29. h4 g6 30. Rb8 f5 31. Rg8 f4+ 32. Kf2 e4 33. Rxg6+ Kc5 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Re6 Kd4 36. Ke1 f3 37. Bd1 Ke3 38. c5 1-0
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
424212 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Lorenzo de la Riva, L (2419) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. Qh5 Qe7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Qh4 Be6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Kb8 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nde2 Ne5 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. f3 Be7 16. Qh3 Nc4 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. b3 Na3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qa5 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Qe6 Nb5 24. Kb1 Rhe8 25. Qxf6 c4 26. Rd5 c3 27. Qh6 Rc8 28. a4 Na3+ 29. Ka2 Qb4 30. Qc1 Nc4 31. Rd3 Nb6 32. Qa3 Qa5 33. Qxd6+ Ka8 34. Rhd1 Nxa4 35. bxa4 Qxa4+ 36. Qa3 Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 Qxe2 38. Qb3 c2 39. Rc1 Qxg2 40. Rd5 Qg5 41. Kb2 Qg2 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Rxc2 Qg8 44. Rcc7 Qxb3+ 45. Kxb3 h5 46. Rh7 Rh8 47. Rhf7 h4 48. Kc4 Rbc8 49. Kd5 Rxc7 50. Rxc7 Re8 51. Kd6 a5 52. Kc5 Ka7 53. Kb5 Rd8 54. Rh7 Rd2 55. Rxh4 Ra2 56. Rh5 Rb2+ 57. Kxa5 b6+ 58. Ka4 Ka6 59. Rxe5 Rxh2 60. Re6 Rh3 61. f4 Rh4 62. f5 Rf4 63. Kb4 Kb7 64. f6 Kc7 65. Kb5 Rf1 66. e5 Rb1+ 67. Kc4 Rc1+ 68. Kd4 Rd1+ 69. Kc3 Rf1 70. Re7+ Kd8 71. Kb4 Rb1+ 72. Kc4 Rc1+ 73. Kb5 Rb1+ 74. Kc6 b5 75. Rd7+ Ke8 76. f7+ Kf8 77. e6 Rc1+ 78. Kxb5 Rb1+ 79. Kc4 Rc1+ 80. Kd3 Rd1+ 81. Ke4 Re1+ 82. Kf5 Rf1+ 83. Kg4 Rg1+ 84. Kh3 Rh1+ 85. Kg2 Re1 86. Rd8+ Kg7 87. f8=Q+ Kg6 88. Qg8+ Kf5 89. Rf8+ Ke4 90. Qg4+ Kd5 91. Rd8+ Kc6 92. Qc4+ Kb7 93. Rd7+ Kb6 94. Rd6+ Kb7 95. Qc6+ Ka7 96. Rd7+ Kb8 97. Rd8+ Ka7 98. Ra8# 1-0
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
424451 Senft, Sean (2054) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nc3 bxc4 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Kh1 c4 15. h3 cxb3 16. axb3 Nc5 17. Be3 Nfxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Ra6 Qb7 22. Nf4 Be5 23. Ra4 Rc3 24. Qe4 Qxb3 25. Rb4 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Rfb1 a5 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kg7 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Ra8 Rd2 32. Nf4 Rxf2 33. g3 Ra2 34. g4 a4 35. g5 a3 36. h4 Be5 37. Nd3 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxh4 39. Rxa3 Rh3 40. Kf2 Bd4+ 41. Ke2 Rg3 42. Ra4 Be5 43. Kf2 Rxg5 44. Ne1 Rf5+ 45. Ke2 Bf6 46. Nf3 Rxd5 47. Ra7 Rc5 48. Nd2 g5 49. Ne4 Re5 50. Kf3 d5 51. Ng3 Kg6 52. Ra8 h5 53. Rg8+ Bg7 54. Ra8 h4 55. Ne2 e6 56. Ra6 Re4 57. Ng1 Rf4+ 58. Ke2 g4 59. Ke3 Kf5 60. Ra7 Bd4+ 61. Ke2 Bxa7 0-1
2024.08.06 Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
424803 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Tang, Zoey (2212) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 c5 6. Bb2 d5 7. d3 exd3 8. exd3 Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Re1 Re8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rcd8 18. Na4 Qf5 19. Re5 Qg6 20. Rg5 Qh6 21. Re1 Ne4 22. Rxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f3 f5 27. fxe4 Bxe4 28. Nc3 Bf6 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd2 31. Rc4 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 Rf2+ 33. Ke1 Rxg2 34. c3 Be3 35. a4 Rxh2 36. b4 cxb4 37. cxb4 Rb2 38. b5 Bb6 39. Kd1 h5 40. Kc1 Rg2 41. Rc6 Rg4 42. Kd1 Rxa4 43. Ke2 Rg4 44. Kf3 Rg6 45. Rc4 Kh6 46. Rc8 Rf6+ 47. Ke4 h4 48. Rh8+ Kg5 49. Rg8+ Rg6 50. Rc8 Kg4 51. Rc6 Rxc6 52. bxc6 h3 53. c7 Bxc7 54. Kd5 h2 55. Ke6 h1=Q 56. Kf6 Qf3+ 57. Ke7 Qe4+ 58. Kd7 Qe5 59. Kc8 Qg7 60. Kb7 Bb6+ 61. Ka6 Qf7 62. Kb5 Kf5 63. Ka6 Ke4 64. Kb5 Qd7+ 65. Ka6 Bg1 66. Ka5 Qb7 67. Ka4 Kd5 68. Ka3 Kc4 69. Ka2 Kc3 0-1
2024.07.30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
437440 Adam, Rafael (2161) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2 fxe4 9. Nfxd4 e5 10. Nb3 exd3 11. cxd3 Nc6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nexd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Bxa7 Rbc8 20. Bb6 Nd7 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bg2 Rxb2 26. a4 Bd4 27. Ra3 Nc5 28. a5 Bd3 29. Rd1 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Be2 31. Rc1 Nb3 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. Be4 Nd2 34. Bd5 Kd6 35. Ba8 Bc5 36. Rc3 Bd4 37. Ra3 Bc5 38. Rc3 Bd4 39. Rc2 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Bf1+ 41. Kh1 Bd3+ 42. Kg2 Bxc2 43. Rxc2 Rb2 44. Rxb2 Bxb2 45. a6 Bd4 46. Bb7 Ke5 47. h4 Ba7 48. Kh3 h6 49. h5 g5 50. Kg4 Ne4 51. Kf3 Nf6 52. g4 Nd5 53. Kg3 Bd4 54. Kf3 Bc5 55. Bc6 Ne7 56. Bb7 Nd5 57. Bc6 Nb4 58. Bb7 Bb6 59. Kg3 Kd4 60. Kf3 Ba7 61. Bc8 Kd3 62. Bb7 Kd2 63. Be4 Nd3 64. Bb7 Nc5 65. Bc6 Nxa6 66. Bb5 Nc5 67. Be8 Kc3 68. Bg6 Kd4 69. Be8 Ke5 70. Bb5 Ne6 71. Bf1 Bb6 72. Bd3 Nd4+ 73. Kg3 Bc7 74. Bb1 Kd5+ 75. Kh3 Kc4 76. Kg2 Kc3 77. Bg6 Kd2 78. Bf5 Ke3 79. Bc8 Kf4 80. Kh3 Nf3 81. Bd7 Ne5 82. Bc8 Bd6 83. Be6 Kf3 84. Bf5 Bc7 85. Be6 Nd3 86. Bf5 Nf2# 0-1
2024.07.30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
437611 Yoo, Christopher Woojin (2607) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. e3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Nhf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 a5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nf6 18. f3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Rbc1 Re7 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qf2 a4 24. h3 Rae8 25. g4 Nh7 26. Kg2 Nf8 27. Rcd1 g6 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bxe6 32. a3 Bb3 33. Rd4 Kg7 34. Rc1 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Re2+ 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Bg4 Rxb2 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rxh6 Rd8 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Bg8 43. Be6 1-0
2024.07.30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
437859 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Boor, C (2231) 1-0
1. h3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c3 c6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. O-O e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 h5 13. f5 hxg4 14. fxg6 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. e4 Qd6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qe1 Rh5 19. Nb3 O-O-O 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Rxf6 gxh3 25. Bf4+ Ka8 26. Bf3 Qxc3 27. Rf1 Qd3 28. Qe2 Qc3 29. Bxh5 gxf6 30. g7 d4 31. Qe7 Qa5 32. Bf3 Rb8 33. Bxb8 Qb5 34. Qxb7+ 1-0
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
444656 Travkina, A (2202) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. e4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Bd7 6. Ne2 Qb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. f4 Bxc5+ 10. Kh1 Nge7 11. Nd2 f6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Ng6 16. b5 Ncxe5 17. bxa6 Qxc3 18. axb7+ Kb8 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf4 Rdf8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Ba3 Rh8 24. h3 Qg3 25. Bf1 Rxh3+ 26. gxh3 Qg1# 0-1
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
444878 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Lima, Artur Tin Lun Dai (1968) 1-0
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 e6 10. a4 Re8 11. a5 e5 12. a6 Bc8 13. Bb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bc6 Rxd4 17. Bxd4 Rb8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. c4 h5 23. f3 d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Re7 Bxb3 27. Rxc7 Ra8 28. Re1 Kf6 29. Ree7 Bc4 30. Rxa7 Rd8 31. h4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 33. Reb7 b5 34. Rb6+ Ke5 35. Rc7 Kd4 36. a7 Ra5 37. Rb8 Bd5 38. Rd7 b4 39. a8=Q 1-0
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
445184 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Kamsky, G (2615) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O Ne7 10. a4 Ng6 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Qh5 f5 14. Nd2 Qh4 15. Qxh4 Nxh4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bc3 b4 18. Be5 Be3 19. Nc4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bc5 21. Re1 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 d5 24. Re2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Rd8 26. g3 Rd1+ 0-1
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
445678 Nemec, Jachym (2409) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. Nf3 h6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. e4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bh3 15. f3 a6 16. Qd2 h5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. f4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ f6 23. Rbc1 Re7 24. Rc4 Rae8 25. Re1 c5 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rc2 c5 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. Rce2 Re6 30. h3 Nh6 31. Nh4 a5 32. a4 Qb6 33. Kh2 R6e7 34. e5 f5 35. e6 Qc6 36. Nf3 d5 37. Ng5 d4 38. Qc4 h4 39. gxh4 Ng8 40. Re5 Nf6 41. Rxc5 Qd6 42. Rce5 d3 43. Rd1 d2 44. Qe2 Rd8 45. Nf7 Rxf7 46. exf7 Kxf7 47. Re3 Qxf4+ 48. Kg1 Ne4 49. Qc4+ Kg7 50. Re2 Qg3+ 51. Rg2 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qxd1 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Qf4+ Kh5 55. Rg5+ Kh6 56. Rxf5+ Kh7 57. Rf7+ Kg8 58. Rg7+ Kxg7 59. Qe5+ Kh6 60. Qf4+ Kh5 61. Qe5+ g5 62. Qxe4 Qg1+ 63. Kxg1 d1=Q+ 64. Kf2 Rd2+ 65. Kg3 Qg1+ 0-1
2024.07.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
445923 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Shakirov, Marat (2167) 0-1
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxc5 Nf4 16. Bb5 Ne6 17. Rcc1 Red8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Be2 20. Rfe1 Rd2 21. Bd4 c5 22. Nd7 Rxa2 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 a6 25. b4 f6 26. h3 Bb5 27. e4 Re2 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. f3 Rd8 30. Kf2 Bb5 31. Rc2 Rd7 32. g4 Kf7 33. Ke3 g6 34. Bd4 Ke6 35. Rc8 f5 36. exf5+ gxf5 37. f4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kf7 39. f5 Re7+ 40. Kf4 Bd3 41. Be5 Rb7 42. Rh8 Rxb4+ 43. Kg5 Be2 44. Rxh7+ Kf8 45. Rh4 Kg8 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Early
456174 Caku, Kler (1859) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 a6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Na3 Ne4 13. Nc2 e6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Ne7 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Qxe6 Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Ng6 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxf5+ Kg8 23. Be5 Ne4 24. f3 Nd2 25. Rbd1 Nc4 26. Nd6 Re6 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Bg3 Rb6 29. Re2 a5 30. d5 Kf7 31. d6 Rd8 32. d7 Rc6 33. h4 Nf8 34. Red2 Ke6 35. Rd6+ Rxd6 36. Rxd6+ Kf7 37. Rd4 b5 38. Bc7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7+ Nxd7 40. Bxa5 Nc5 41. Bb6 Na4 42. Bd4 Nxb2 43. Kf2 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Ne1 45. g4 Ke6 46. Ke4 Nd3 47. a3 Nc1 48. Bc5 Nb3 49. Bb4 Nd2+ 50. Ke3 Nf1+ 51. Kf4 Nd2 52. g5 Kf7 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. f4 h5+ 55. gxh6 Kxh6 56. f5 Kh7 57. Be7 Ne4 58. Bb4 Nd2 59. Kf4 Kg7 60. Ke5 Kf7 61. h5 Nf3+ 62. Kf4 Nd2 63. h6 Nf1 64. Ke5 Ne3 65. f6 Ng4+ 66. Kd5 Nxf6+ 67. Kc5 Ng4 68. Kxb5 Ne3 69. Bc5 Nd5 70. Bd4 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Early
456413 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Zampronha, W (2119) 1-0
1. a3 c5 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b4 Nc6 6. bxc5 Qxc5 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Rd8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Qa5 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qc5 16. Bb2 a6 17. Ba3 Qd5 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. d3 Rd7 21. Nd2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nd4 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Nc4 Rdc7 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Nd5 27. Qe5 Rd8 28. Rb3 Qd7 29. a5 f6 30. Qb2 Ne7 31. Re1 Nc6 32. Rb6 e5 33. Rb1 Nd4 34. Rd6 Qc8 35. Nb6 Qb8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. c4 Re7 38. Nd5 Rd7 39. Qa2 Nc6 40. Rb6 Kh8 41. Qa3 h6 42. g3 Rxd5 43. cxd5 Qxd5 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Rxb7 Nd4 46. Qxg7# 1-0
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Early
456599 Sanhueza, C (2212) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. e4 a6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. h3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Ng3 h5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Bd3 Bd5 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Re1 Qd5 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Nf5 e6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kd8 18. Bg5 Kc8 19. Rad1 Kb8 20. Bh4 Ka7 21. Bg3 Qb6 22. Bf4 Bc5 23. Bg3 Rhe8 24. Qf7 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rf8 26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Qf7 Rxg3 28. Nxg3 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Bxg3 30. Qe6 Qf2# 0-1
2024.07.16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Early
456896 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Tikhonov, Viacheslav (2160) 0-1
1. a3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O b6 7. b4 c5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. Bb2 c4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. e4 Rfb8 14. Rb1 Rxb2 15. Rxb2 Qxc3 16. Rb7 Bc8 17. Nxc6 Bxb7 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Qb1 Ba6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rd8 22. Bf3 Bxd4 23. Qc1 Kg7 24. Qf4 Be5 25. Qh4 Rd7 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qg4 Bb5 28. Rb1 h5 29. Qh3 Qxc2 30. Re1 Bf6 0-1
2024.07.09 Titled Tue 9th Jul Early
468297 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Kiselev, P (2179) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. Rad1 f5 15. Ned2 e5 16. Nc4 b5 17. Na3 a6 18. Bc1 Nc7 19. Nc2 Kh8 20. h4 Qe6 21. a3 Qb3 22. Ne3 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nd2 Qa4 25. b3 Qa5 26. Nxe4 Ne5 27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Qb6 29. Bb2 Qe6 30. Nc5 Qb3 31. Nxb3 1-0
2024.07.09 Titled Tue 9th Jul Early
468711 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Balakrishnan, Praveen (2503) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. a4 Ng6 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Rc1 Kh8 18. Bc4 Nf4 19. Qb3 Kg8 20. Bd2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 h5 22. Ne4 Ne6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Bd3 Ng7 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxf4 28. Re1 Bf5 29. Bxf5 Nxf5 30. Qe4 Qd2 31. Qe2 Qf4 32. g3 Qg5 33. Kg2 h4 34. f4 Qh6 35. Qg4 Kg7 36. Re8 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. d5 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40. Kg1 Nd6 41. Rd8 Nb7 42. Rd7 Nc5 43. Rc7 hxg3 44. hxg3 f5 45. Qh4 Qxh4 46. gxh4 Ne4 47. Rc6 Kf8 48. Rb6 Ke7 49. Rxb4 Kd6 50. Rb7 Kxd5 51. Rxf7 Kd4 52. Rg7 Ke3 53. Rxg6 Kxf4 54. h5 Ng5 55. h6 Nh7 56. Rg7 Nf6 57. h7 Nxh7 58. Rxh7 1-0
2024.07.09 Titled Tue 9th Jul Early
468849 Riehle, Marco (2380) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nge2 Nf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Ba2 Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bb3 d6 15. f3 Rb8 16. Nf4 Nh7 17. Ncd5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Qd8 19. Nxb4 cxb4 20. g4 h4 21. Ba4+ Kf8 22. Bb3 e6 23. Bxe6 Qxg5 24. Bb3 Bh6 25. Nxg6+ Qxg6 26. f4 Qxg4 27. Qxb4 Bxf4 28. Rdf1 h3 29. Rhg1 Qh4 30. e5 Bxe5 31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. Qxh4 Rxh4 33. Rg8# 1-0
2024.07.09 Titled Tue 9th Jul Early
469213 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Eljanov, P (2672) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 g6 11. Bd2 f5 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 Be6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qd1 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bc4 Qf6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Re5 a5 21. b3 b5 22. Qe2 a4 23. c4 axb3 24. axb3 Ra1+ 25. Nf1 bxc4 26. bxc4 Be6 27. Qb2 Rd1 28. Qc3 Qd8 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Re1 Bb7 32. f3 Ba6 33. Ne3 Rd3 34. Qc5 h5 35. h3 Bb7 36. Qb4 Bc6 37. Qb2 f4 38. Qc3 Rxc3 0-1
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
476521 Fayard, A (2145) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 b5 11. c5 a5 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. h3 Qc8 14. g4 b4 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rhg1 e5 19. g5 h5 20. g6 exd4 21. exd4 Rf8 22. Ng5 fxg6 23. f3 Nxg5 24. Rxg5 Rxf3 25. Qxg6 Qe2 26. Rgg1 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rg6 Nf6 29. Rdg1 Re7 30. Nb6 Kh7 31. Nc8 Rd7 32. Nd6 Rxh3 33. Nf5 Ng4 34. Rxc6 Rf7 35. Ng3 Rf2 36. Re6 Rhh2 37. c6 Rxb2+ 38. Kc1 Rxa2 39. Kb1 Rhb2+ 40. Kc1 Nf2 41. Nf5 Nd3+ 42. Kd1 Ra1# 0-1
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
476865 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Zhigalko, S (2572) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. d3 h6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 d6 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. d4 Bf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Rxe5 dxe5 17. Bxh6 g6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Rd8 22. c4 Rd6 23. f3 Bb1 24. a3 Rb6 25. Re2 Rb3 26. d6 Bf5 27. Rd2 Ke8 28. Be2 Kd7 29. Bd1 Rd3 30. Rxd3 Bxd3 31. b3 Kxd6 32. Kf2 Ke5 33. Ke3 Bb1 34. g3 a5 35. h4 b6 36. Kd2 Kd4 37. g4 Ke5 38. Bc2 Bxc2 39. Kxc2 Kf4 40. Kd2 f5 41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. f4+ Kf6 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. a4 Kf6 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. Kf4 Kg6 51. Ke5 Kh5 52. Kxf5 b5 53. axb5 Kxh4 54. b6 a4 55. bxa4 Kg3 56. b7 Kf3 57. b8=Q Ke3 58. Qd6 Ke2 59. a5 Ke1 60. Qd5 Ke2 61. a6 Ke1 62. a7 Ke2 63. a8=Q Ke1 64. Qa2 1-0
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
477097 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Drygalov, Andrey (2457) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 a4 18. Nd2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 b3 22. cxb3 axb3 23. a3 d5 24. Bh3 Bxa3 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qe5 Qc8 27. Nxb3 Bb4 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rd4 Qa6 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Rxb4 Rfc8 32. Na5 Qe2 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 Qe1+ 35. Kc2 Re8 36. Nc6 Qe2+ 37. Kb3 Qe3+ 0-1
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
477313 Alahakoon, I (1948) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. f4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 f6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. f5 c4 14. Be2 exf5 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. d5 Nd7 17. h3 Rac8 18. Qe1 Bxd5 19. Nd4 g6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Nc5 22. Qh4 Be5 23. Ba3 Rf7 24. Rd1 Qd7 25. Rff1 Qe8 26. Nf3 Bb8 27. Kh1 Ne4 28. Qe1 Qa4 29. Bb2 Qxa2 30. Bd4 Qxc2 31. Rc1 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Qxc1 33. Rf2 Qxe1+ 0-1
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
477659 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Akkarakaran, John Veny (2322) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Qd5 13. O-O Qb5 14. Qe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Nc6 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. c4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Kd7 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nb6 24. Nxb6+ cxb6 25. d5 Ke7 26. dxe6 f6 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Rxf5 Rc8 29. Rxf6 Rxc3 30. Ra7 Rc6 31. Rh6 Rc8 32. a4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb7 Rg8 35. Rhxh7 Ra8 36. Rxb5 Rc8 37. Rbb7 Ra8 38. h4 Rc8 39. h5 Ra8 40. h6 Rf8 41. Rhg7 Rc8 42. h7 Rc2 43. Rb8+ Rc8 44. Rxc8# 1-0
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
477772 Lianes Garcia, Marcos (2405) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qe6+ 7. Kf1 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. h3 Qd6 12. Ng5 b6 13. Qf3 Nd8 14. Qxa8 Bd7 15. Qd5 Qf6 16. Re1 Qxb2 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Bg5 Ne6 20. g4 Qe5 21. Nf6+ exf6 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Be3 O-O 24. Qa3 a6 25. Qxa6 b5 26. Qb7 Rd8 27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Qxb5 1-0
2024.07.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early
478179 Baskakov, Egor (2215) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. O-O Re8 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Ra2 Nc4 16. Bc1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nd4 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qd3 b4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Nc8 25. Qc4 Rb8 26. Qa6 e6 27. Bf4 Rb6 28. Qa8 Bf6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. h4 h6 31. Be3 Rb8 32. Qa6 Ne7 33. Bf4 Rb6 34. Qa8 Rb8 35. Qa4 Nc8 36. Bd2 Qb6 37. Be3 Qc7 38. Bf3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg2 d5 41. Rh1 Ne7 42. Qa6 Qxc6 43. Qd3 g4 44. Bxg4 Ng6 45. Bh6+ Kg8 46. Bh5 Ne5 47. Qe2 d4+ 48. Kg1 Rc8 49. Bf4 Qxc2 50. Qf1 Ng6 51. Bh6 Qf5 52. Bd1 Ne5 53. Rh5 Qg6 54. Bd2 d3 55. Qh3 Kg7 56. Rh6 Qf5 57. g4 Ng6 58. gxf5 1-0
2024.06.27 Chess.com Speed Play-In
490381 L'Ami, E (2635) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. b5 e5 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Rxc8 Bxe2 23. Rdxd8+ 1-0
2024.06.27 Chess.com Speed Play-In
490509 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Chabris, C (2054) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Na3 c4 9. d3 cxd3 10. Qxd3 a6 11. Nc4 Nf6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Be3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxd6 Rd8 17. Qb1 Ng4 18. Bc5 Qa4 19. b4 Bc4 20. Bf3 h5 21. Rd2 Bh6 22. Rb2 Bf8 23. Nxc4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rxb1 25. Bxf8 Rxb2 26. Nxb2 Qa2 27. Nd3 Kxf8 28. h3 Nf6 29. Nc5 Qc2 30. Nb7 Qd3 31. Nc5 Qc4 32. Ng1 g5 0-1
2024.06.27 Chess.com Speed Play-In
490638 Osmonbekov, T (2108) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. Bxe5 e6 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bg3 Be7 11. e4 Qb6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Qd8 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Rb1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rac8 21. Qg4 a5 22. h4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. g3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. f4 Rfa8 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Kf3 Bd4 29. Rfb1 Kf8 30. g4 b6 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. b3 Ke7 34. Rh1 Be3 35. Kf3 Bd4 36. Kg3 Ra8 37. Kf3 Rh8 38. Kg3 Rh6 39. Kf3 f6 40. exf6+ gxf6 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. g5 Rh8 43. gxf6 Kxf6 44. Kg4 Bf2 45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Rxh5 Rxh5 47. Kxh5 Be3 48. Kg4 Bd2 49. Kf3 e5 50. fxe5+ Kxe5 51. Kg4 Bh6 52. Kh5 Bc1 53. Kg6 Kd4 54. Kf7 Kc5 55. Ke6 Be3 56. Kd7 Bf2 57. Kc7 Bg3+ 58. Kb7 Bf2 59. Ka6 Kd4 60. Kxb6 Kc3+ 61. Kc6 d4 62. Kd5 Be3 63. Ke4 Bd2 64. Kf3 Be3 65. Ke2 Bd2 66. Kf3 Be3 67. Ke4 Bd2 68. Kf3 1/2-1/2
2024.06.27 Chess.com Speed Play-In
490668 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Arnold, Ken 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Nf4 g5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Rae8 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Be3 h5 17. a4 a6 18. b4 e5 19. Bf5 Nf8 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Re7 23. Rb1 b4 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxb4 Bxc3 26. Rbxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7+ Ke8 28. Bc5 Be5 29. g3 h4 30. Kg2 hxg3 31. hxg3 Kd8 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. Ra7 Nd7 34. Bxd7 Kxd7 35. Bb6 Rc8 36. Kg4 1-0
2024.06.27 Chess.com Speed Play-In
490807 Ljukin, S (2362) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qc7 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qh5 Bb4 9. Ne2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Qh6 Be7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Ng3 Rdg8 15. Bd3 Rg6 16. Qh5 Qxf4+ 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. a4 b4 20. Bxa6 Rc8 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Qb5+ Kc7 23. Qa5+ Kb7 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rc6 27. Qxb4+ Kc8 28. Rhd1 Qf2 29. Rxc6+ Nxc6 30. Qf8+ Nd8 31. Qd6 Qa7 32. Rd3 Rg8 33. a5 Nc6 34. Ra3 Qa6 35. Ne2 Qxe2 36. a6 Qf1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Rxg2 39. Rb3 Rg1+ 40. Ka2 Qxa6+ 41. Ra3 Qc4+ 42. Rb3 Qf1 43. Rc3 Qa1+ 44. Kb3 Qa6 45. Qc5 Ra1 46. Rc4 Qb7+ 47. Kc3 Rb1 48. b3 Kc7 49. e5 fxe5 50. Qxe5+ Kc8 51. Qh8+ Kc7 52. Qe5+ Kb6 53. Qe3+ Kc7 54. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2
2024.06.27 Chess.com Speed Play-In
490893 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Sachi Jain (2124) 0-1
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Bd6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxc5 Ncb4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Nd4 Nxa2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd4 g6 21. g3 Nab4 22. Bf3 Rc2 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. e4 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rd7+ Kf6 27. Rxb7 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Nd3 29. Be2 Ne1+ 30. Kh3 Rc2 31. f4 Rxe2 32. e5+ Kf5 33. Rxh7 Nf3 34. Rf7+ Ke4 35. Kg4 Rxh2 36. Rb7 Nd4 37. Kg5 Rg2 38. g4 Kf3 39. Kxg6 Rxg4+ 40. Kf7 Rxf4+ 41. Ke7 Ke4 42. Rb6 Rf3 43. Kd6 Rxb3 44. Rxa6 Rb5 45. Ra4 Rd5+ 46. Ke7 Rxe5 47. Rb4 Rd5 48. Kf6 e5 49. Ra4 Rd6+ 50. Ke7 Rg6 51. Kf7 Rb6 52. Ke7 Ke3 53. Ra3+ Nb3 54. Kd7 e4 55. Kc7 Rb4 56. Kc6 Kd2 57. Kd5 e3 58. Ra2+ Kd3 59. Rb2 e2 60. Rb1 Kd2 61. Rb2+ Kd1 62. Rb1+ Kc2 63. Rh1 Rd4+ 64. Ke5 Rd1 65. Rh2 Kd3 66. Rh3+ Kd2 0-1
2024.06.25 Titled Tue 25th Jun Early
485502 Myagmarsuren, Evsuld (2016) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qc7 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Rad1 Qb7 16. Bf4 h6 17. e5 Bxg2 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Bxd6 Rd8 21. Be5 Bxh3 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 e5 27. b4 Bf5 28. c3 Bd3 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke1 Bxe2 31. Kxe2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. c4 bxc4+ 34. Kxc4 Kd6 35. a4 g5 36. b5 axb5+ 37. axb5 h5 38. b6 h4 39. Kb5 h3 40. Ka6 h2 41. b7 h1=Q 42. b8=Q+ Kc5 43. Qxe5+ Qd5 44. Qc7+ Qc6+ 45. Qxc6+ Kxc6 46. f3 g4 47. fxg4 fxg4 48. Ka7 Kd5 49. Kb7 Ke4 50. Kc6 Kf3 51. Kd5 Kxg3 52. Kd4 Kh2 53. Ke3 g3 54. Kf3 g2 55. Ke2 g1=Q 0-1
2024.06.25 Titled Tue 25th Jun Early
485765 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Demchenko, A (2609) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. h4 d6 7. h5 Ne7 8. h6 gxh6 9. d4 Bd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Bxh6 Ng6 16. g3 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Kf7 18. Nd2 Kg7 19. Rh5 Rd3 20. Ke2 Rhd8 21. Nf3 R3d7 22. Rah1 Kg8 23. a4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kf1 Rf8 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd2 28. Rh2 Rxb2 29. Rxe6 c5 30. Re7 h6 31. Rxh6 Rfxf2+ 32. Kg1 Rfc2 33. Rf6 Rc1+ 34. Rf1 Rxc3 0-1
2024.06.25 Titled Tue 25th Jun Early
486103 Chubakov, Sultan (2304) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. Be3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 Bd7 11. Bf2 a6 12. a3 Rb8 13. b4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. Rc1 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nd5 c6 18. Nc3 Qe7 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Qd4 c5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Ne6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. e5 Nf4 26. Qe4 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxb5 cxb4 30. axb4 Rb8 31. Rc5 f6 32. Bc4+ Kg7 33. g3 Nh5 34. b5 Kh6 35. Rc6 Ng7 36. b6 Nf5 37. Ba6 Nd4 38. Rxf6 Kg5 39. Rd6 Nxf3+ 40. Kg2 Nd4 41. b7 Nf5 42. Rc6 Nd4 43. Rc8 Nc6 44. Rxc6 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
495557 Daroczi, Donat (2162) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 c5 6. e4 d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. d4 Rc8 9. Na3 e6 10. d5 e5 11. Nc4 Ndf6 12. a4 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Nfd2 Qd7 16. h3 g5 17. Kh2 Ng6 18. Rg1 Nh7 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. b3 Qe7 21. Bf3 Kh8 22. Bg4 Rce8 23. Bf5 Bc8 24. Qh5 Nf6 25. Qf3 Rg8 26. Qe2 Nf8 27. Raf1 Bxf5 28. exf5 Nxd5 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Qf3 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Qd5 Qxf5 33. f4 Qe6 34. Qd2 exf4 35. gxf4 d5 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. fxe5 Qxe5+ 38. Kh1 Ng6 39. b4 d4 40. cxd4 cxd4 0-1
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
495697 Suleymanli, Aydin (2626) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nd2 e6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Ng3 Rdg8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxf5 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
496309 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Thet Naung (2270) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 a5 9. a4 O-O 10. Na3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nb5 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc7 Qd7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Qf3 h5 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Be3 Nf5 22. Bxc5 Qxa4 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Rde1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bf6 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qe8 Qb3 28. Qe2 a4 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Rf2 Qb5 31. d4 Qb3 32. Qe8 Bg5 33. Bf8+ Kh7 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Kf1 Qc4+ 36. Qe2 Qc8 37. Bc5 Kg7 38. Qe5+ Bf6 39. Qe4 Bg5 40. Kg2 Ne3+ 41. Kh1 Qh3 42. Bd6 Ng4 43. Rg2 Bf6 44. Bf4 h4 45. Qe2 hxg3 46. Bxg3 Nh6 47. Be5 Nf5 48. Bxf6+ Kxf6 49. Qf2 Kg7 50. Kg1 Qd3 51. Qe2 Qb1+ 52. Qf1 Qe4 53. Rf2 Qg4+ 54. Qg2 Qd1+ 55. Rf1 Qd3 56. Qf3 Ne3 57. Re1 Nf5 58. Qxd3 1-0
2024.06.18 Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
496520 Swiatlowski, L (2199) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Rb8 10. h3 b5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Nd1 b4 13. Nh4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxc5 Be6 16. Ne3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bc3 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf3 Bxa2 21. Ra1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bd5 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Ra6 Qf6 25. d4 e6 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Bxd5 Nd7 28. Be4 Nb6 29. Rxa7 Nd5 30. Rd7 Rfd8 31. Ra7 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rc3 34. Bd3 e5 35. dxe5 Qxe5 36. Qg4 Qc5 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qxf7# 1-0
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
504257 Nakamura, Hi (2794) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh4 Qc8 11. f4 a6 12. Qe2 e6 13. Nd1 b5 14. Nf2 Re8 15. e5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Nf3 Nd5 18. Ne4 dxe5 19. fxe5 h6 20. c4 Ne7 21. Kg1 Nf5 22. Qf2 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rf8 24. Rae1 Rab8 25. Bc3 Rbd8 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. g4 Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bd2 Qc7 30. Qh4 1-0
2024.06.11 Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
504596 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Jorajuria Mendoza, Algol (2082) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. e5 d5 7. Bf1 Nd7 8. c3 d4 9. d3 b5 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nbd2 h6 14. h4 Nb6 15. c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Nb4 17. Qb1 d3 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Be3 g4 24. Rc3 gxf3+ 25. Nexf3 Nd7 26. Rb3 Qc6 27. a3 Nc2 28. Bf2 Nxa1 0-1
2024.06.04 Titled Tue 4th Jun Early
512450 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Aradhya, Garg (2418) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f3 Bc5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Ke2 f6 11. Be3 Ke7 12. Bxc5+ Nxc5 13. Ke3 a5 14. a4 Bf7 15. Rhd1 h5 16. h4 Rhg8 17. f4 g5 18. hxg5 fxg5 19. f5 Nd7 20. Be2 Ne5 21. Rd4 Rad8 22. Rh1 h4 23. g3 hxg3 24. Rg1 Rxd4 25. Kxd4 Kf6 26. b3 Rh8 27. Rxg3 Rh2 28. Rg1 b6 29. Ke3 Bh5 30. Rd1 Rh3+ 31. Kd2 Rxc3 32. Kxc3 Bxe2 33. Rd8 Bf3 34. Kd4 c5+ 35. Ke3 Bg2 36. Rf8+ Ke7 37. Rg8 Ng4+ 38. Ke2 Bxe4 39. Rxg5 Nf6 40. Kd2 Kd6 41. c3 Ke5 42. Rg7 Nd5 43. c4 Nb4 44. Rxc7 Kxf5 45. Rb7 Bxb7 0-1
2024.06.04 Titled Tue 4th Jun Early
512514 De Souza, Arthur Olintho (2113) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bxd6 cxd6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O d6 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qb6 15. Qd3 g6 16. b3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Re2 Bb5 0-1
2024.06.04 Titled Tue 4th Jun Early
512996 Halkias, S (2508) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nce2 e6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. Qc1 Qc7 13. Bxh6 Ne4 14. Bf4 f5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. Ng6 Rf6 18. Nfe5 Be8 19. Nxc6 Rxg6 20. Ne5 Rh6 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qg5 b4 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Nh7 26. Qg3 Bb5 27. Rad1 Qc5 28. Bb3 Qe7 29. Ng6 Rxg6 30. Qxg6 Nf8 31. Qxf5 Re8 32. Qe5 Qh4 33. Qg3 Qh6 34. Re5 Nd7 35. Re4 Nc5 36. Rh4 Qf6 37. h3 Nd3 38. Re4 Nxb2 39. Rd6 Kf8 40. Rdxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Qd8 42. Qf4+ 1-0
2024.05.28 Titled Tue 28th May Early
524832 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Dias, Si (2068) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 Nd7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. O-O e6 11. c4 Bd6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Rab1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd5 16. Rfc1 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Nd7 18. Bg3 Rfc8 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Nb6 21. Rc2 Nxa4 22. h3 Nb6 23. f3 Kf8 24. e4 Ke8 25. Bf2 Nd7 26. Rbc1 Nf6 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Rc4 Rd7 29. Be5 Rad8 30. g4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ne8 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bg3 Ke7 34. Rd1 Nd6 35. Rc3 Nb5 36. Rcd3 Kf7 37. h4 g6 38. R1d2 Nd6 39. Rc2 Ke7 40. g5 f5 41. Be5 Kf7 42. Bf6 Re8 43. Rd1 Rc8 44. Rh1 Ne8 45. Be5 Nd6 46. h5 Ke8 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Ke8 50. Rh6 Nf7 51. Rxg6 Nxe5 52. Rg8+ Ke7 53. Rxc8 Ng6 54. e5 Nf8 55. Rh2 Kf7 56. Rh8 Ng6 57. Rh7# 1-0
2024.05.28 Titled Tue 28th May Early
525276 Seliverstov, Vl (2462) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qf3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Qc3 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qg3 Nd4 18. Rce1 Qc2 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Kh7 21. Qh3 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4 24. Rxb2 Nxh3 25. gxh3 Nxe5 26. f4 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Rb7 Kg8 29. f5 e5 30. Re7 e4 31. f6 Rf8 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rgxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 d4 36. Kg2 d3 37. Kf2 d2 38. Ke2 e3 39. Rd7 Rc1 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. f7 Re1+ 42. Kf3 Rf1+ 43. Kxe3 Rxf7 44. Rxd2 Kg7 45. Rd6 Re7+ 46. Kf3 Rf7+ 47. Kg4 Rc7 48. Ra6 Rc4+ 49. Kf5 Rc5+ 50. Kf4 Rc4+ 51. Ke3 Rc3+ 52. Kd4 Rxh3 53. Rxa7+ Kf6 54. Ra5 Rh4+ 55. Kc3 Ke7 56. Rc5 Kd6 57. Rf5 Kc6 58. Rf6+ Kb5 59. Rxh6 Rh3+ 60. Kd4 Rh2 61. Ke5 Rxa2 62. Rf6 Re2+ 63. Kf5 Rf2+ 64. Kg6 Rg2+ 65. Kf7 Kc5 66. h6 Kd5 67. h7 Rh2 68. Kg7 Ke5 69. Rg6 Kf5 70. Rg1 Rh4 71. h8=Q 1-0
2024.05.28 Titled Tue 28th May Early
525371 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Bruned, B (2133) 1-0
1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 f5 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Rb1 d6 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. e3 Rab8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd6 18. d4 Rfd8 19. Red1 Ng4 20. Nxg4 fxg4 21. Qe4 Re8 22. Qxg4 Qc6+ 23. d5 Qxa4 24. h4 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qc2 26. Rd7 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxc7 Rxc4 29. Rd1 Kh8 30. Rd6 h6 31. Rg6 a4 32. Rgxg7 a3 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rcg7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Rxh6 Rxc3 37. h5 b5 38. Rhh7 a2 39. Rag7+ 1-0
2024.05.28 Titled Tue 28th May Early
525800 Kuzubov, Y (2606) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Bf5 Ra8 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. bxa5 exd4 17. exd4 Bc7 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. Bg5 Bxa5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Re3 Bc8 24. Qc2 f5 25. Nc5 Bc7 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Ne5 Qd5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. f4 f6 30. Ned3 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Rxa3 32. Nc1 Rxg3 33. hxg3 Qc4 34. Qb2 Kg7 35. N1b3 Bb6 36. Rc1 Qb4 37. Qc2 Be6 38. Rd1 Bf7 39. Kh2 Re7 40. Rd3 Qc4 41. Rc3 Qb4 42. Nd3 Qe4 43. Rxc6 Be3 44. Rc8 Rd7 45. Ne1 Qxc2 46. Nxc2 Bf2 47. Rb8 Bxb3 48. Nb4 Bc4 49. Nc6 Rd1 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. Ne7 Bd3 52. Rd7 Be2 53. Nxf5+ Kg6 54. Nh4+ Kh5 55. Re7 Re1 56. Rxh7+ Kg4 57. Rg7+ Kh5 58. Nf5 Bg1+ 59. Kh3 Bf2 60. g4+ Bxg4+ 61. Rxg4 Rh1# 0-1
2024.05.28 Titled Tue 28th May Early
526080 Kravtsiv, M (2598) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. h3 Nc6 10. a3 Bf5 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Ne2 Rae8 14. Ng3 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Nh2 b5 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Qd1 Re5 19. Bf4 Rd5 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Re1 Ne6 22. Bf1 Qh4 23. Qb3 Nd4 24. Qd3 Ne6 25. Qc3 Nd4 26. Bg2 Rg5 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Ng4 29. Re4 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 f5 31. Rf4 Ne5 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Rc1 Ng6 34. Qxd6 Rf6 35. Qd8+ Rf8 36. Qd6 Rf6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qb8 Nxf4 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qxf4 Rg4 41. Qb8 f4 42. Qe8+ Kg5 43. Ne4+ Kh4 44. Bf3 Qh3+ 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. Qe7 Qf1+ 47. Kd2 Qc1+ 48. Kd3 Rd1+ 49. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 50. Nd2 Kg5 51. Qe5+ Rf5 52. Qxg7+ Kh4 53. Qe7+ Kh5 54. Qe8+ Kh4 55. Rxh6+ Kg4 56. Qg6+ Rg5 57. Qe6+ Rf5 58. Rg6+ Kh4 59. Qxf5 Qxd2+ 60. Kxd2 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Early
532261 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Mirza, Diana (1981) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Qf3 Qd8 4. Bc4 e6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. Re1 b5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nde4 c5 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. dxc5 Bc6 17. Rad1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Ng5 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Nb7 22. Rd7 Nxc5 23. Rxe7 1-0
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Early
532568 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Hambleton, A (2420) 0-1
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Bxe4 7. Qxe4 Qd5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. c4 Qf5 13. Nc3 h6 14. Be3 a6 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. a3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. b4 Rad8 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Qxe5 Qc2 24. Nc1 Rd1+ 0-1
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Early
532992 Gonzalez Vega, A (2092) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nc6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Ne2 Rc8 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. dxc5 e6 13. Bd4 Bxc5 14. Rh3 Rg8 15. Kf1 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc4 18. Qd2 Rg6 19. h5 Rgg4 20. a3 Qc5 21. Rb1 b6 22. f3 Rg8 23. Rb3 Qc7 24. Qe3 f4 25. Qe1 Rg5 26. Kg1 Rxe5 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg4 Qg5 29. Rh4 h6 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Qxg5+ Rxg5 0-1
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Early
533422 Csonka, B (2479) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. e4 a6 11. h3 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. h4 Ngf8 19. g4 Rac8 20. g5 Qb8 21. Qe2 Qa8 22. Nb3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. h5 Red8 25. Rf2 Bc6 26. Rcf1 Qb7 27. f5 exf5 28. exf5 Bxg2 29. Rxg2 Bd6 30. Nd5 b5 31. Qf3 Rd7 32. g6 bxc4 33. f6 Be5 34. fxg7 Bxg7 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Qxf6 fxg6 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Bh6 Rf7 39. Rxg6+ Nxg6 40. Qxg6+ Rg7 41. Bxg7 Qxg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rf4 Rb8 44. Rxc4 Rxb2 45. Rxc5 Rxa2 46. Rc6 a5 47. Ra6 Kf7 48. Kf1 Ke7 49. Ke1 Kd7 50. Kd1 Kc7 51. Kc1 Kb7 52. Kb1 Ra4 53. Rh6 Rb4+ 54. Ka2 1/2-1/2
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Early
533685 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) Akkarakaran, John Veny (2322) 0-1
1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 d4 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. e4 dxe3 14. Rxe3 Bd6 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Nd4 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. Rd3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Re8 20. b4 b6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. f3 a5 23. Qd2 Rbd8 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Qc2 g5 27. Bc1 Nd7 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 Rb8 30. Qa4 Ne5 31. Rd1 Ng6 32. Bd2 Qb6 33. Bf1 Ne5 34. Kg2 Qb2 35. Qxa5 Qb3 36. Be2 d3 37. f4 dxe2 38. Re1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Nd3 40. Qc3 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Early
533800 Kyaw, Myat Aung (2033) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6 5. Bxh5 gxh5 6. Qxh5 dxe5 7. Qxe5 Rg8 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Qxc7 Qxd4 10. Ne2 Qxb2 11. O-O Qxa1 12. Nbc3 Qb2 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rxb7 Qg6 15. Bg3 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 0-1
2024.05.21 Titled Tue 21st May Early
534370 Halkias, S (2508) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2296) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bb4 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 h6 10. a4 Nd7 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. Bc4 Nc3 15. Nxc3 Bxc3 16. Ba3 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 b2 18. Qa2 Qa5 19. Bxe6 b1=Q 20. Bxf7+ Kd8 21. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1 Qxa3 23. e6 Nb6 24. Ne5 Re8 25. Bxe8 Kxe8 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27. h3 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Bb7 29. Qxg7 Kc8 30. e7 Bc6 31. Nxc6 1-0
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Early
539821 Le Tuan Minh (2567) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2298) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ne5 b6 10. Qe2 a5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. f4 Nc7 14. Rf3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rh3 f6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ng4 Rf7 19. Qg6 Kf8 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qe5 Qc6 22. Nf2 Rd8 23. c4 Ne8 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxf4 28. Nxc5 Kf7 29. b3 Nf6 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Nd7 Ne4 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nf3 Nc5 34. Re3 g5 35. h3 a4 36. b4 Nd7 37. Rae1 e5 38. Rd1 Rc7 39. Nd2 Nb6 40. Ne4+ Kf5 41. g4+ Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kh7 43. Rxb6 Rxc4 44. Nf6+ Kh8 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Nh5+ Kf7 47. Nxf4 1-0
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Early
540187 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2298) Wyss, J (2283) 1-0
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 f6 4. e3 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8. a3 Bd6 9. c4 d4 10. exd4 exd4 11. b4 b6 12. Re1 Nge7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bf1 cxb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qa4 Bg4 17. Re4 Rfd8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ree1 Bc3 20. Qa3 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Ng6 22. Nb3 Nge5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rad1 a5 25. f4 Ng6 26. g4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Qg2 Qh4 29. Re4 a4 30. Nxd4 Nxf4 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kh8 33. Nxh4 Ng6 34. Nxg6+ hxg6 35. Re6 Kg7 36. Rxb6 a3 37. Ra1 a2 38. Rb2 f5 39. Raxa2 Rxa2 40. Rxa2 Kf6 41. Ra5 g5 42. Kf2 g4 43. Kg3 Kg5 44. Be2 Re8 45. Bxg4 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Rxd3 47. Bxf5 Rc3 48. Bd3+ Kf4 49. Ke2 Rc1 50. Rf5+ Kg4 51. Rf8 Ra1 52. Ke3 Ra3 53. Kd4 Kg5 54. c5 Kh6 55. Bc4 Kg7 56. Rf7+ Kg6 57. Rf4 Ra4 58. c6 Kg5 59. Rf8 Ra7 60. Kc5 Rh7 61. Kb6 Kg4 62. c7 Rh6+ 63. Kb7 Rh1 64. c8=Q+ Kg3 65. Rg8+ Kf2 66. Qf5+ Ke3 67. Re8+ Kd4 68. Qd5+ Kc3 69. Qd3+ Kb4 70. Qb3+ Kc5 71. Re5+ Kd6 72. Re6+ Kd7 73. Qd3# 1-0
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Early
540515 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2298) Seo, Jung Min (2452) 1-0
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 exf3 7. Nxf3 c6 8. O-O-O e6 9. h3 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. Nh4 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h4 Qc7 16. h5 gxh5 17. gxh5 O-O-O 18. Bf3 Rhg8 19. Rdg1 Bd6 20. Rg5 Nh7 21. Rg2 Be5 22. Kb1 Nd7 23. Rhg1 Kb8 24. Be4 Nhf6 25. Bf3 Nd5 26. d4 Nxc3+ 27. Bxc3 Bf6 28. Qe1 Nb6 29. Bxa5 Bxd4 30. Rf1 Rge8 31. Qb4 Ka7 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Re2 Qc5 34. Qe1 Bf6 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Re4 Qa3 37. Bc3 Nd5 38. Qf2+ Ka8 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Qd2 Rd7 41. Rd4 e5 42. Rd3 Qc5 43. Be4 Qg1+ 44. Kb2 Qg5 45. c4 Qxd2+ 46. Rxd2 Nb6 47. Rf2 Rd4 48. Bc2 Rh4 49. Rxf6 Rxh5 50. Rxf7 Ka7 51. Re7 Nc8 52. Re6 Kb6 53. b4 Rg5 54. Kc3 Kc7 55. Rh6 Nd6 56. c5 Rg3+ 57. Bd3 Ne4+ 58. Kc2 Nf2 59. Rh7+ Kb8 60. Be2 Re3 61. Rh8+ Ka7 62. Kd2 Rb3 63. Bc4 Rxb4 64. Kc3 Rb1 65. Re8 Ne4+ 66. Kc2 Nxc5 67. Kxb1 1-0
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Early
540847 Prestia, Paris (2041) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2298) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Ne5 Be6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Rc8 12. c5 b6 13. b4 Qd7 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qc3 Bf5 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. a5 bxa5 20. bxa5 e5 21. Nb3 exd4 22. exd4 Qe7 23. Ra2 Qg5 24. O-O Ne6 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Rb8 27. Ra3 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Nxd4 29. Ra3 Nxe2+ 30. Kf2 Nd4 31. a6 Nb5 32. Ra5 d4 33. Rc1 Be4 34. g4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rc5 Kf7 37. g4 Ke6 38. gxf5+ Kd6 39. Rc4 Kd5 40. Rb4 Kc5 41. Rb2 d3 42. f6 Bd5 43. Rd2 Kc4 44. Rd1 Kc3 45. Raa1 d2 46. Kg3 Rf8 47. a7 Ra8 48. Kf4 Rxa7 49. Rxa7 Nxa7 50. Ke5 Nb5 51. Rg1 Kc2 52. f7 d1=Q 53. Rxd1 Bxf7 54. Rd7 Bg6 55. Rd8 Kc3 56. Rc8 Na7 57. Rc7 Nb5 58. Rxc6+ Kb4 59. Rc8 Nc3 60. h4 Ne2 61. Kf6 Nf4 62. Kg5 Ne6+ 63. Kh6 Nf4 64. Rc1 Nd3 65. Rc7 Ne5 66. h5 Bc2 67. Kg7 Bb1 68. h6 Bg6 69. Rc8 Ng4 70. Rh8 Nxh6 71. Kxh6 Kc5 72. Rd8 Kc6 73. Rd2 Kc7 74. Kg5 Kc6 75. Kf6 Kc5 76. Ke5 Kc4 77. Rd7 Kc3 78. Rd6 Kb2 79. Rc6 Bc2 80. Kd4 Bg6 81. Rb6+ Ka1 82. Kc3 Bb1 83. Ra6+ Ba2 84. Ra7 Kb1 85. Rxh7 Ka1 86. Rh1+ Bb1 87. Rh2 Ba2 88. Rb2 Bb1 89. Rb7 Ba2 90. Kd2 Bb1 91. Rb6 Ba2 92. Kc1 Bc4 93. Rh6 Ba2 94. Rh4 Bb3 95. Kd2 Kb2 96. Kd3 Ba2 97. Kd4 Bb3 98. Rh2+ Bc2 99. Rf2 Kb3 100. Rf3+ Kb2 101. Rc3 Bb3 102. Rc5 Bc2 103. Rb5+ Bb3 104. Kd3 Ka2 105. Kc3 Be6 106. Ra5+ Kb1 107. Ra6 Bd5 108. Ra7 Bg8 109. Kd2 Kb2 110. Rb7+ Bb3 111. Kd3 Ka2 112. Ra7+ Kb2 113. Rg7 Bd5 114. Rg1 Bb3 115. Kd4 Bc2 116. Rg2 Kb3 117. Rg3+ Kb2 118. Rg8 Bb3 119. Rc8 Bc2 120. Kc4 Bb3+ 121. Kb4 Bc2 122. Rc3 Bd1 123. Rg3 Bc2 124. Rg2 Kb1 125. Kc3 Bf5 126. Rb2+ Ka1 127. Rb5 Bb1 128. Kd2 Ba2 129. Rh5 Kb2 130. Rh1 Bb3 131. Rc1 Ba2 132. Rc7 Bb3 133. Kd3 Ba2 134. Rb7+ Bb3 135. Kd4 1/2-1/2
2024.05.14 Titled Tue 14th May Early
540940 Perea Fruet, Lorenzo (2297) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2298) 0-1
1. f4 Nh6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. e4 d6 7. d3 Nc6 8. h3 f5 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Ne2 b5 11. c3 b4 12. Ng5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Qa4 Nd8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. Rab1 Rb6 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. Rb1 Nhf7 20. Qb3 b5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxc5 Bf6 23. Nxf7 Nxf7 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Bc5 Bf6 27. Nd4 Qc7 28. Qa3 Qxg3 29. Rd1 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Be5# 0-1
2024.05.07 Titled Tue 7th May Early
548464 Goldin, R (2299) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2298) 1-0
1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Nd2 Re8 9. Nc4 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. a4 Nb4 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Bf4 b6 16. h4 Qc8 17. Kh2 Qa6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Qd2 Bd4 20. Ncd1 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Bc8 22. Rf2 Nf8 23. Bg3 e6 24. c3 Nd3 25. Bf1 c4 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. c4 exd5 28. Nxd5 Nd7 29. Qxd3 Qb7 30. b3 Qb8 31. Rd1 Bb7 32. Nc3 Nc5 33. Qc2 a6 34. Rfd2 Re6 35. Ne2 Qc8 36. Nf4 Ree8 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Nb7 39. Qc3 Re6 40. Qd4 Qc6 41. Be1 Nc5 42. Bc3 Kf8 43. Qg7+ Ke8 44. Bf6 Nd7 45. Qh8+ Nf8 46. Bg7 Ke7 47. Bf6+ Kd7 48. Bxd8 Re8 49. Bf6 Ne6 50. Qh7 Kc8 51. Qxf7 Nc5 52. Rxd6 Qc7 53. Qxe8+ Kb7 54. Be5 1-0
2024.04.30 Titled Tue 30th Apr Early
555889 Aponte, Oriana Isabel (1998) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. g4 Ng7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Bg2 h5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Qd2 hxg4 10. hxg4 Rxh1 11. Bxh1 Bxg4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nge2 Ne6 15. O-O-O Qc8 16. Ne4 Qa6 17. a3 O-O-O 18. N2g3 Bg7 19. Qc3 Nxf4 0-1
2024.04.30 Titled Tue 30th Apr Early
556263 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Pultinevicius, Paulius (2587) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 10. O-O h4 11. Bf4 h3 12. g3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Rae1 Bf8 15. g4 Na6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Nc7 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bc1 Qd7 21. Qf2 f5 22. Qh4 Nf6 23. Re5 b5 24. Rfe1 fxg4 25. Bg5 Bc4 26. Bxf6 Bxd3 27. Be7 Bg6 28. fxg4 c5 29. Bxc5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rc8 31. Re7 Qc6 32. Qe1 Qg2# 0-1
2024.04.16 Titled Tue 16th Apr Early
570869 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Singgih, Diajeng Theresa (1924) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Bg3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. a4 a5 12. Be2 d5 13. O-O Bd7 14. b3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Na8 16. c4 Qb6 17. c5 Qa7 18. b4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Nc7 20. Rfb1 Bc6 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. cxb6 Ne8 23. a5 Nf6 24. a6 Nd7 25. axb7 Bxb7 26. Ra7 Nxb6 27. Rxb7 Nc4 28. Rb8 Nd2 29. Rxc8 Nxb1 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bd6+ Ke8 32. Bb4 Kd7 33. Bb5+ Kc7 34. Ba4 Kb6 35. Kf1 Nd2+ 36. Bxd2 1-0
2024.04.16 Titled Tue 16th Apr Early
571175 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Finek, Vaclav (2431) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd7 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb5 9. Be2 Qa6 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 Be7 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Rc8 15. Rhc1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. a4 b6 19. b3 Bd6 20. Ke3 Be7 21. Kd3 g5 22. Be3 h5 23. c4 f5 24. f3 h4 25. h3 g4 26. fxg4 fxg4 27. c5 gxh3 28. gxh3 bxc5 29. dxc5 e5 30. b4 Ke6 31. c6 d4 32. Bf2 Kd5 33. b5 e4+ 34. Ke2 e3 35. Bg1 Rhg8 36. Rb3 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rg3 38. Rb2 Rf8+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rxb2 41. Bxe3 Rb3+ 0-1
2024.04.16 Titled Tue 16th Apr Early
571488 Aranda, Juan Manuel (2102) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 b5 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 b4 13. N1h2 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qe7 16. h5 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. h6 g6 19. Bb2 Rae8 20. Qa1 e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd7 23. Nf3 d4 24. Bxd4 Ng4 25. Qa2+ Rf7 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Ng5 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Nxh6 29. Nxf7 Nxf7 30. Qb2 Nd6 31. Be5 Bc6 32. Qb8+ Ne8 33. Bxc7 Qe7 34. Be5 Qxa3 35. Bb2 Qc5 36. Qf4 a3 37. Ba1 a2 38. Bh3 Qd5 39. f3 h5 40. Qh6 Qc5+ 41. Kh2 Qd6 42. Qh8+ Kf7 0-1
2024.04.16 Titled Tue 16th Apr Early
571577 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Kobalia, M (2542) 0-1
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Qe2 Nd7 7. c3 b6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Rad1 g5 20. h3 Qc6 21. Qc2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Kh8 23. g3 f5 24. Ned2 Rxd2 0-1
2024.04.02 Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early
583541 Ho, In Hei Henry (1762) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. d5 Ne5 13. Rb1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 O-O 15. O-O Qxa2 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qxe2 19. Rfe1 Qa6 20. e5 Bf5 21. Rbc1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxe7 Bxe5 24. h3 Re8 25. Bb4 Bd7 26. Qf3 Qc4 27. Bd2 Qd4 28. Bh6 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxe1 30. Qg3 Qe5 31. f4 Qe3 32. Qg5 Qe7 33. Qg3 Re2 34. f5 Qe5 35. Bf4 Qxf5 36. d6 h5 37. Qf3 Rb2 38. Qe3 Bc6 39. d7 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rg3+ 41. Kh2 Qxh3# 0-1
2024.04.02 Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early
583743 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Klekowski, M (2483) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. h3 Nh6 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. c3 d6 9. Na3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. a4 Rb8 15. d3 b6 16. h4 e5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. h5 Qd7 20. Be4 Rbd8 21. a5 b5 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 f5 24. Bg2 Bd6 25. h6 g6 26. Qf3 Be7 27. Qc6 b4 28. cxb4 c4 29. Qxd7 Bxb4+ 30. Kf1 Rxd7 31. dxc4 Bxc4+ 32. Kg1 f4 33. gxf4 exf4 34. Rh4 fxe3 35. Rxc4 e2 0-1
2024.04.02 Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early
584110 Amador Garcia, Ismael (2233) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bf5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 h5 10. b4 Qc7 11. d4 e6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nf4 h4 15. Nce2 hxg3 16. fxg3 g5 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Nc3 Ne3 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Qe2 Nxf1 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf1 Qh2+ 24. Kf2 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 O-O-O 27. Kd1 Rf8 28. Qe2 Kc7 29. c3 e5 30. dxe5 Qxe5 31. Kc2 Nf6 32. Qd3 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Rd8 34. Qf3 Qf4 35. Qg2 g4 36. Kb3 Rd2 37. Qh1 Qf7+ 38. c4 Qg7 39. Ka4 a6 40. Qe1 b5+ 41. Ka5 Qc3 42. Qg3+ Qxg3 0-1
2024.04.02 Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early
584432 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Samunenkov, Ihor (2548) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O h6 6. a4 e6 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. a5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bh3 16. Be5 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qe6 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Qd1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qe4+ 21. Kg1 Nxc2 22. Rf4 Qg6 23. Rb1 Bg5 24. Rf3 Na3 25. Ra1 Nc4 26. Nc5 b6 27. Nd3 Nxa5 28. h4 Be7 29. Nf4 Qc6 30. Qd3 Nc4 31. Nh5 Bc5 32. Kh2 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 f6 34. Nf4 Ne5 35. Rff1 Rfd8 36. Rad1 Kh7 37. Nxd5 Kh8 38. Qf4 Rxd5 39. Qe4 Rad8 40. c4 Qxc4 41. Rxd5 Qxe4 42. Rxd8+ Kh7 43. Rd2 Ng4+ 0-1
2024.03.24 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599253 Lehaci, Miruna-Daria (2247) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. a3 h6 9. Qe2 a6 10. h3 b5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 d6 13. Bg3 Nbd7 14. Nd1 Qb6 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Bc2 a5 17. Nd2 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ne3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. c4 Bf8 23. Qd3 Qa5 24. Rb1 Ba6 25. Nb3 Qd8 26. Qd2 Bb7 27. f3 Be7 28. Be1 Rb8 29. Na5 Ba8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Qd3 Bd8 32. Nb3 Bb6 33. Ng4 Kf8 34. Bf2 Bb7 35. Qd2 Ba6 36. c5 Bc7 37. c6 Nxg4 38. hxg4 Nf6 39. g5 hxg5 40. Qxg5 Qb5 41. Qxb5 Bxb5 42. d5 Nxd5 43. Nd4 Ba6 44. Ba4 Nc3 45. Bb3 Nb5 46. Bc4 Nxd4 47. Bxa6 Nxc6 48. Bb7 Na5 49. Be4 d5 50. Bc5+ Ke8 51. Bd3 Nc4 52. Kf1 Kd7 53. Ke2 Bd6 54. Bf2 Kc6 55. g4 Bf4 56. Be1 Kc5 57. Bh4 f6 58. Bf2+ Kc6 59. Be1 Bc7 60. Bb4 Bd6 61. Be1 Kb5 62. Bd2 Bb4 63. Bc1 Kc5 64. g5 Kd4 65. g6 Bc3 66. Bh6 Ne5 67. Bxg7 Nxg6 1-0
2024.03.24 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599334 Toma, Iustin (1891) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Qd5 8. Qxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 Nb8 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Bf4 f6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. a4 g6 15. Kd2 Bg7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. c3 e5 18. Be3 e4 19. Bc2 a5 20. f3 exf3 21. gxf3 Ra6 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Re2 Bf8 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Rae1 Rd8 26. Bc2 Rc6 27. Bd3 Bd6 28. Bg3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rdd6 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. g4 Re7 32. b3 h6 33. Re3 Rd8 34. Rh1 Rh8 35. Bd3 f5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Ke3 Rc8 40. Kd3 Rc6 41. c4 Rb6 42. Kc3 dxc4 43. bxc4 Rg6 44. Rh3 b6 45. c5 bxc5 46. dxc5 Kd7 47. Kc4 Kc6 48. Rh5 Rf6 49. f4 Re6 50. Rxf5 Re4+ 51. Kb3 Re3+ 52. Kb2 Rh3 53. Re5 h5 54. Kc2 h4 55. Rh5 Rh1 56. Kd2 h3 57. Ke2 Ra1 58. Rxh3 Rxa4 59. f5 Rf4 60. Rf3 Rxf3 61. Kxf3 Kxc5 62. Ke3 a4 63. f6 Kd6 64. Kd3 Ke6 65. Kc3 Ke5 1/2-1/2
2024.03.24 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599376 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Stan, Andrei-Mihaita (2042) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 a6 12. Ba2 Qd6 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Ne2 Nd5 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Rad1 b5 18. Bb1 g6 19. h4 h5 20. Ng3 Bg7 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Ba2 Qb6 25. Red1 Nce7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rec8 28. Nd6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd8 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd8 1-0
2024.03.24 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599408 Craciun, Sasha-Matei (2169) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. b3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Be5 14. Rb1 f5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nc5 O-O 17. O-O Bc7 18. Nd3 Qd6 19. f4 Rd8 20. Qf3 Bb7 21. Rbd1 c5 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Bc3 Qf8 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Ne5 Bd6 27. Qf3 Rc7 28. Rd5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 g6 31. Rfd1 Rxd5 32. Qxd5+ Kg7 33. e6 Qe3 34. Rd3 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 fxe4 36. Rd7+ 1-0
2024.03.23 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599102 Toba, Andreea-Valentina (1768) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 e6 8. c3 a5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Nh7 13. Be3 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Nhf8 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nb1 Bh5 21. Na3 Nc5 22. Bf1 Bg6 23. Qb2 Nfd7 24. Nab5 Ne4 25. f3 Nec5 26. Kg2 Bd3 27. Re3 Bxf1+ 28. Rxf1 a4 29. b4 Na6 30. a3 Rd8 31. Rfe1 Nc7 32. Qe2 Nxb5 33. Qxb5 Qc7 34. Qd3 Rac8 35. Nb5 Qb8 36. Nd6 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Qxd6 38. Qb5 Qc6 39. Qxc6 Rxc6 40. R5e3 Rdc8 41. Rc1 d4 0-1
2024.03.23 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599141 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Bezeyko, Olexander (1956) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Qd6 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Bf6 17. exd5 Rd8 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Nc4 Qf4 20. Na5 Qa4 21. Nb7 Rdc8 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. g3 Rd8 24. Bb5 Qd4 25. Bc6 Nb6 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Nb5 Re7 28. d6 Re6 29. Bb7 Be5 30. Re1 Bxd6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Nxd4 Bxg3 33. Nxe6 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Be5 35. Rc5 Bf6 36. Ra5 Kf7 37. Nf4 Rd7 38. Bc6 Rc7 39. Be4 g5 40. Nd3 Nc4 41. Bd5+ Kg6 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxa7 Rc3 44. Ne1 Rc1 45. Nf3 Rc2 46. Ra6 Kf5 47. h3 h5 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. a4 Ra2 50. Kg3 Be7 51. Ra6+ Kf5 52. Nd4+ Ke4 53. Nb5 Bc5 54. Nc3+ 1-0
2024.03.23 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599178 Luncasu, R (2155) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Qg3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bh6 Nh5 13. Qf3 Qxc4 14. Qxh5 gxh6 15. Rd3 Kh8 16. f4 Bd7 17. Re1 Be8 18. Qxh6 Rg8 19. Rh3 Rg7 20. Kb1 Qd4 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bg5 23. Qh5 f5 24. Qe2 Qd2 25. Qf1 Bc6 26. Re2 Qf4 27. Rf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rd8 0-1
2024.03.23 Grand Prix Bucharest 2024
599188 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Safarli, E (2614) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Ne2 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Bf8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 b6 11. N2c3 Bb7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Bf4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Rd8 20. Nxd6 Qc6 21. Nb5 Qxc4 22. Nxa7 Qa4 23. Qc7 Nd5 24. b3 Qa6 0-1
2024.02.06 Titled Tue 6th Feb Early
646411 Kaliakhmet, Elnaz (2000) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5 Qc8 9. Nd4 Na6 10. dxe6 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 dxe6 12. Nc6 Qb7 13. Qd7 Nxd7 0-1
2024.02.06 Titled Tue 6th Feb Early
647065 Molina, Rob (2376) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 c4 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nf1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Qb6 19. Nf5 Ng6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Rab1 Bc8 23. Ne3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. h3 Nf4 26. Rd2 Bb7 27. Nef5 Qf6 28. f3 Nh5 29. Qc7 Ree8 30. Qxb7 Qg5 31. Rbd1 Nf4 32. Kh2 Nd3 33. Qc7 g6 34. Qg3 Qf6 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Ng4 Qg5 37. Nf2 Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Nc5 39. Kh2 f5 40. Kg1 Kf6 41. Kf1 Rb8 42. Re1 Red8 43. Ree2 Rb5 44. Nxb5 1-0
2024.02.06 Titled Tue 6th Feb Early
647215 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Koridze, Lile (2167) 0-1
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. c4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxe5 Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qd4 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. Nd4 Bf7 21. Qf4 Nb5 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Bf3 Be6 24. Nd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bf7 26. Bg4 Qe8 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Bf3 Qa5 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 a5 31. Bc3 a4 32. bxa4 d4 33. Ba5 Rb8 34. Rb7 Rc8 35. Bb6 Be6 36. a5 Bh3 0-1
2024.01.30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Early
655929 De Souza, Cristiano Gomes (2018) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. d5 Nc5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxd4 Rxb7 16. Bxf6 Qc8 17. Bc3 c6 18. Qxd6 Rd7 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Qe5 c5 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Qf4 Rxe2 23. Qg5 Ree7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. h4 Kg8 26. h5 h6 27. Qf4 Qe6 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qxf5 Qe2 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qg6 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd7 35. Qe4 Qf7 36. Qd5 1-0
2024.01.30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Early
656355 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia (2152) 1-0
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. c4 Bf5 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 h5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Ndf3 Nf8 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Nhf3 N6h7 17. Nxh7 Nxh7 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Rc5 b6 20. Rc6 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Kh2 Nf8 24. Ba3 Rc8 25. Qe3 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 e4 27. dxe4 Bxe4 28. Qf4 Ne6 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. h4 d4 31. Bb2 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 d3 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. exd3 Qxd3 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Kg2 Nd4 37. Bd5 Nf5 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Bg8+ Kh8 42. Bc4+ 1-0
2024.01.30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Early
656628 Lerch, Johannes (2274) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 c5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Qc2 e5 10. Nf1 h6 11. h3 g5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Kh8 15. Nh2 Nd5 16. Ng4 Nf4 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. g3 Ne6 19. Be3 b6 20. Nd2 Ncd4 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Bg2 Rac8 23. Qb3 Nc5 24. Qd5 dxe3 25. Nc4 Nxd3 26. Rxe3 Nb4 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 Rcd8 29. Rd1 Nc2 30. Nxe5 Bh5 31. Ndf7+ Bxf7 32. Nxf7+ Kh7 33. Nxd8 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Bxb2 35. Rd7+ Kg6 36. Be4+ Kh5 37. Ne6 Rf6 38. Ng7# 1-0
2024.01.23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
664899 Nakhbayeva, G (2326) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Ng3 h5 8. h4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Bh6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bxh6 Nxh6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. Rdf1 Qg4 16. Qe3 b6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. b4 Kb7 19. c5 Nc8 20. f5 Rdg8 21. fxg6 Rxg6 22. Rf3 Kb8 23. Nce2 Qd7 24. Qb3 Ng4 25. Rc1 Na7 26. cxb6 cxb6 27. a4 Rgg8 28. Rfc3 Rc8 29. Nf5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Nh6 31. Neg3 Nf7 32. Qc2 Kb7 33. Kb2 Nh6 34. Kb3 Nxf5 35. Nxf5 Rg8 36. g3 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Nxc8 38. Qe2 Qe8 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Kb8 41. Qc4 Qd7 42. Kb4 Qd8 43. Qc6 Qf8 44. Qd7 Qg8 45. Nxd6 Nxd6 46. Qxd6+ Kb7 47. Qxf6 Qxg3 48. Qe7+ Kb8 49. Qe8+ Kb7 50. Qc6+ Ka7 51. Qc7+ Ka8 52. Qc6+ Ka7 53. Qc7+ Ka8 54. Qxb6 Qe1+ 55. Kc5 Qc3+ 56. Kd6 Qb4+ 57. Qc5 Qxe4 58. b6 Qxh4 59. Qc8# 1-0
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
671665 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Tharushi, T H D Niklesha (1539) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 O-O 12. h4 c5 13. Nde2 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng4 15. Qf4 h5 16. Ng3 Rb8 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ne3 e5 19. Qf3 Qb6 20. b3 Be6 21. Ne2 Qa5 22. Kb1 c4 23. Nc1 cxb3 24. axb3 Qb6 25. Rd2 a5 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. f3 Be6 29. g4 a4 30. Rd3 Rfc8 31. Rh2 axb3 32. cxb3 Ra8 33. Qd2 Ra6 34. gxh5 Rb8 35. Rc3 Qa7 36. hxg6 Ra1+ 37. Kc2 Ra2+ 38. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 39. Kd3 Qxd2+ 40. Rxd2 Bxb3 41. gxf7+ Bxf7 42. Ke3 Re8 43. Rcd3 d5 44. exd5 Rd8 45. d6 Rd7 46. Rc3 Be6 47. Rc7 Kf7 48. Rxd7+ Bxd7 49. f4 Ke6 50. fxe5 Kxe5 51. h5 Ke6 52. h6 Kf7 53. Rg2 Ke6 54. h7 Kxd6 55. h8=Q Bc6 56. Qd4+ Kc7 57. Rg7+ Kb8 58. Qb6+ Ka8 59. Qd8# 1-0
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
672009 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Klimkowski, Jan (2531) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1 Na5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Ndb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nb5 Rc5 17. Nd4 Nd5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bf6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Kf1 Rb5 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. Be3 Bxb2 24. Ra7 g6 25. Rxb7 Rc6 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Bd4+ Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Re6 29. e3 Rf6 30. Rd3 Rd6 31. h4 h5 32. Rb8 Rb4 33. Rb7 Rc6 34. Rxd5 Rxb3 35. Rd2 b5 36. Rb8 Rf6 37. Rb7 b4 38. Rb5 Rb1 39. Rb8 b3 40. Rb7 Rf5 41. Rb6 Kf8 42. Rb7 Ke8 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46. Rb7 Rc5 47. Rdd7 Rf5 48. Rd2 Rf6 49. Rb8 Kh6 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rb8 Kh7 52. Rb7 Rf5 53. Rb8 g5 54. hxg5 Rxg5 55. Rb4 Kg7 56. Kh2 Rf5 57. Kg2 Kg6 58. Rb6+ Rf6 59. Rb4 Rc6 60. Rd3 b2 61. Rd2 Rf6 62. Rbxb2 Rc1 63. Rbc2 Rb1 64. Rc4 Rb5 65. Rh4 Rbf5 66. Rf4 Rxf4 67. gxf4 Rc6 68. Kf3 Kf5 69. Rd5+ Kg6 70. Rg5+ Kh6 71. Rf5 Kg6 72. Rg5+ Kh6 73. Kg3 Rc1 74. Kg2 f6 75. Rd5 Kg6 76. Rd8 Rc2 77. Rg8+ Kf5 78. Kf3 Rc3 79. Rh8 Kg6 80. Ke4 Rc4+ 81. Kf3 Rc3 82. Re8 Kf5 83. Rh8 Kg6 1/2-1/2
2024.01.16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
672292 Wafa, Hamed (2397) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bf4 Nxd4 9. O-O c6 10. Ne4 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Nd3 Qe6 13. Re1 Qf5 14. Bc4 Bg7 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Rxe7 Nb6 17. Bb3 c5 18. a3 c4 19. Ba2 cxd3 20. cxd3 Be6 21. Rxb7 Bxa2 22. Nxa2 Rfe8 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Rxa7 Nd5 25. Ne4 Nf4 26. Nd6 Nfe2+ 27. Kh1 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qc5 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Ra4 Qb5 31. b4 Nc2 32. Ra5 Qb6 33. Rc1 Qe3 34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. bxc5 Nxa3 36. c6 Nb5 37. c7 Nxc7 38. Rxc7 Be5 39. Rc2 Kg7 40. Re2 Qd4 41. Re4 Qd5 42. Re3 Bf6 43. Rf3 h5 44. Qe2 Qd6 45. h3 h4 46. gxh4 Bxh4 47. Qe4 Bf6 48. Qe2 Qc6 49. g3 Bd4 50. Kg2 Qd6 51. Qe4 Qd7 52. Qf4 Kg8 53. h4 Kg7 54. Rf1 Kg8 55. Re1 Kg7 56. Re4 Bf6 57. d4 Qd5 58. Kh3 Qd7+ 59. Qg4 Qb5 60. Rf4 Qb1 61. Qf3 Qb6 62. d5 Qd6 63. h5 Qd7+ 64. Qg4 Be5 65. Qxd7 1-0
2024.01.09 Titled Tue 9th Jan Early
678668 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Yonal, Timur (2003) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Bh6 Bf6 10. h4 b5 11. h5 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. Bg5 Ng8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. f4 Bd7 16. a3 Nge7 17. axb4 axb4 18. O-O O-O 19. Ne3 Ra8 20. Nc4 d5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. c3 Na5 24. cxb4 cxb4 25. e5 Qg7 26. Qxb4 Nac6 27. Qd6 Be8 28. Rc1 Qf8 29. b4 Rb7 30. Qc5 Nf5 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Kf2 Nxb4 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rb1 Rxb6 35. Kg1 Rb8 36. g4 Ne7 37. Bf3 Nbc6 38. Rd1 Rb2 39. Kf2 Bd7 40. Ke3 Nc8 41. Rh1 Ke7 42. Rh8 Nb6 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Nf4 d4# 0-1
2024.01.02 Titled Tue 2nd Jan Early
687108 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Vanek, T (2132) 1-0
1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d3 c6 6. Nf3 d6 7. c5 O-O 8. cxd6 Bxd6 9. O-O Kh8 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Bg8 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. e3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bf3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bxc4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bg8 26. Rd7 Rfe8 27. Rxa7 c4 28. Bc6 Rec8 29. Rxe7 Rxc6 30. Bxg7# 1-0
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Early
699658 Lima, Artur Tin Lun Dai (2030) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nd7 9. Re1 g5 10. Bg3 Ngf6 11. e5 Nh5 12. exd6 Nxg3 13. hxg3 cxd6 14. Bf1 O-O 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c3 e6 20. Bc2 Kg7 21. Qd3 Rh8 22. Bb3 h5 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. d5 e5 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. Qe3 Qd8 27. Qe4 Rc5 28. Rad1 a5 29. a3 Rh6 30. Nh2 Bc8 31. Nf1 Bd7 32. Ne3 Qc8 33. Bc2 h4 34. g4 Kf8 35. Qf3 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. c4 Bd8 38. b3 Ra5 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Rxa1 Bb6 41. Nf5 Rf6 42. Kh2 Bd4 43. Ra2 Qb8 44. Qe2 Qb7 45. Qd2 Rg6 46. Nxd4 exd4 47. Bxg6 fxg6 48. Qxd4 Kf7 49. Ra7 Qc8 50. Qe3 Qd8 51. Qf3+ Kg7 52. Qe4 Kh6 53. Qd4 Qe7 54. Qh8+ 1-0
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Early
699730 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Djabri, Massinas (2239) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Be2 Nb6 9. Bf3 Qd6 10. Nge2 Rd8 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. O-O h6 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Be5 Ng4 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nd3 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxc7 Be6 24. Rxb7 Rxd4 25. a3 a5 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Nc6 Kg7 28. f3 Re2 29. Nd4 Re5 30. Rc5 Kf6 31. Rxe5 Kxe5 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. a4 Kf6 34. Rb5 Ra6 35. g4 Ra8 36. Kh2 Ra7 37. Kg3 Ra8 38. b3 Ra7 39. Kf2 Ra8 40. Ke2 Ra7 41. Ke3 Ra8 42. Ke4 Ra7 43. g3 Ra8 44. f4 Ra7 45. f5 Ra8 46. Rb6 1-0
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Early
699868 Perossa, Nicolas (2327) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bf2 O-O 12. Na4 Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. c3 Re8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rae1 Nd6 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Early
700139 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Ashraf, Artin (2399) 0-1
1. c4 c6 2. e3 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. d3 exd3 8. Bxd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Rd8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Be2 d6 14. Rad1 h5 15. h3 Ne6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. b4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nb3 19. Qe1 a5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qe6 22. Ne2 a4 23. Nfd4 Qxc4 24. Rc3 Qd5 25. Nf4 Qe4 26. Nxb3 axb3 27. Rxb3 d5 28. Qa1 Qe7 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. Rbd3 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Nd6 32. Qb3 b5 33. Ne2 Nc4 34. Qa2 Qxb4 35. Nd4 Qd6 36. Rc3 Ra4 37. Qc2 Rda8 38. e4 Rxa3 39. exd5 Qxd5 40. Nxb5 Qxb5 41. Rxc4 Ra2 42. Qc3 Qb6 43. Rxc6 Qxf2+ 44. Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1
2023.12.26 Titled Tue 26th Dec Early
700255 Gutierrez Olivares, D (2354) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O a6 9. d3 Rb8 10. a3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nd2 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Qb1 Qd7 16. e4 Be6 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. Na4 Rxb3 19. Qc2 Rfb8 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6 Bxb2 22. Naxb2 Nd4 23. Qc1 exd6 24. Bd1 Rc3 25. Qg5 Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. Qg3 Nf6 28. Ra6 d5 29. Qxb8 dxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxd3 31. Ra8 Ne8 32. Ne5 Rxd1 33. Nxd7 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 Bxd7 35. Qb6 Re5 36. Rd8 Nf6 37. Qd6 Rd5 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qh8# 1-0
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
705862 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Guzman Lozano, C (1837) 1-0
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Na3 O-O 6. Nc4 Re8 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O a5 9. Nxd6 cxd6 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 d5 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Qb3 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bf5 19. f3 b5 20. Ne5 Nd5 21. e4 Ne3 22. exf5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rd8 26. e6 fxe6 27. fxe6 Qe3 28. e7+ 1-0
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
706338 Pichot, A (2651) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 cxd4 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 Nge7 11. Nbxd4 a6 12. c3 O-O 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Nf5 Bf4 17. Bc5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Re8 19. Qd1 Nce5 20. Bd4 Nxd3 21. Nxg7 Re4 22. Qxd3 Bb5 23. Qc2 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Kxg7 25. Re1 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Be5 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Qd2 Bd7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg5 f6 31. Qh5 Qc4 32. Ne3 Qf4 33. Kg1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Kd1 Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Nxh5 38. Nxd5 Nf4 39. Ne3 Bc6 40. Kf1 Bc7 41. h4 Bb6 42. Nf5 Bxg2+ 43. Ke1 Be4 44. Nd6 Bc6 45. Kd2 Bc7 46. Nf5 Be5 47. Ke3 Ne6 48. Kd3 Bf4 49. c4 Kf7 50. b4 Kg6 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Nf5 Bg2 53. a4 Be5 54. c5 Nf4+ 55. Kc4 Bf1+ 56. Kb3 Bd3 57. Ne3 Ke6 58. Ng4 h5 59. Ne3 Nd5 60. Nd1 Bd4 61. f3 Ke5 62. b5 axb5 63. a5 Bc4+ 64. Ka3 Bxc5+ 65. Kb2 Bd4+ 66. Ka3 Nc3 67. Nb2 Nb1+ 68. Kb4 Bc3+ 69. Kc5 Bxb2 70. a6 Bd4+ 71. Kb4 bxa6 0-1
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
706490 Yeletsky, Ivan (2504) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Nd4 8. Qd1 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 c4 10. h4 Qb6 11. Bc1 cxd3 12. h5 Ne7 13. Bxd3 d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. Nd2 Bb5 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qf1 Rfd8 21. Qh3 Nf5 22. g4 Qd6 23. Kf1 Ne7 24. Bg5 Kf8 25. Kg2 Qe5 26. Qe3 Nd5 27. Qc5+ Kg8 28. Bxd8 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Qxc5 30. Rae1 Rxd8 31. Kxf4 Qxf2+ 32. Bf3 Rd3 0-1
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
706789 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Baskakov, Egor (2215) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bb2 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O Bf6 9. Qc1 c6 10. d3 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Ng5 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qd4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qb6 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. e3 Ne5 20. Bg2 Rcd8 21. Rfe1 Re6 22. d4 Nc4 23. Bf1 Nd6 24. Bd3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qc5 Rd5 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. a4 Re8 29. Rc2 Ra8 30. Ra1 f5 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. b5 Rxb5 33. axb5 Rxa1+ 34. Ke2 cxb5 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxb7 Ra6 37. Rxg7 Kd5 38. Rxh7 Ra2+ 39. Kd1 Kc4 40. Rc7+ Kd3 41. d5 Rxf2 42. Ke1 Re2+ 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Ke1 Rxh2 45. d6 Rh8 46. Rb7 Kxe3 47. Kd1 Kf3 48. Rxb6 Kxg3 49. Rxb5 f4 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Ke1 e3 52. Rg5+ Kf3 53. d7 Rh1+ 0-1
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
707028 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) De Winter, Arthur (2405) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 g5 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. h4 Nh7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Bxe5 Bxe3 20. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Nxc7 22. Nd6 Kg7 23. e5 Ne6 24. Nh2 Bh5 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Nd6 Bg6 27. Raf1 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 f6 29. Ng4 fxe5 30. Rxf8+ Nhxf8 31. Nxe5 Rb8 32. Rf2 c5 33. Rf7 Rd8 34. Ne4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rb1 36. b3 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Rxa2 38. Nf6 Nf4 39. Rxf8+ Kg7 40. Ned7 Rxg2+ 41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rxg5 Ne6 44. Rh5 Rxc3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kd2 Rd3+ 47. Kc2 Rxd7 48. Rh7+ Kxf6 49. Rxd7 b5 50. Rxa7 Ne6 51. Rb7 Ke5 52. Kd3 c4+ 53. bxc4 bxc4+ 54. Kxc4 Nf4 55. Rb5+ Ke4 56. Rb4 Ke5 57. Kc3 Nd5+ 58. Kb3 Nxb4 1/2-1/2
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
707062 Maurizzi, Marc'Andria (2572) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Rb1 f6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8+ 12. Ne2 Nf8 13. O-O f5 14. c3 Be6 15. Nd2 1/2-1/2
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
707317 Skvortsov, Andrei (2309) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. c5 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. g3 O-O 10. Be3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Ncxe4 Qf3 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxh1+ 18. Kxe2 Qxa1 19. a3 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Re8+ 22. Kf3 Qh1+ 23. Kg4 Nd7 24. Bd4 Rac8 25. Qd3 Ne5+ 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. h4 h5+ 28. Kf4 Rce8 29. Nf3 Re4+ 30. Kf5 Qxf3+ 0-1
2023.12.19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
707644 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Corrales Jimenez, F (2527) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bd6 7. Ng5 g6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Ne4 Qg7 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. d3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O f5 14. a3 g5 15. b4 g4 16. Bb2 Nd8 17. f4 gxf3 18. Bxf3 Rf6 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. d4 Re8 21. Rxf5 Qg6 22. Raf1 d5 23. dxe5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 dxc4 25. Qxc4+ Re6 26. Qf4 h6 27. h4 Kg7 28. h5 Qe8 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Qe4 d5 31. Qxd5 Nd8 32. Qe4 Kg8 33. Qg4+ Kh7 34. Qe4 Kg8 35. Bd4 Nf7 36. Qd5 Kh7 37. Rf6 Ng5 38. e4 Qe7 39. Rxe6 Nxe6 40. Be3 Qf7 41. Qd6 Kg7 42. Qd2 Qxh5 43. Qd7+ Qf7 44. Bxh6+ Kg6 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46. Be3 Nc7 47. Kf2 Nb5 48. Bc1 Nc3 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd3 Nb5 51. Bb2 Nc7 52. g4 Ne8 53. Kc4 Nc7 54. g5 Kf7 55. a4 a6 56. b5 axb5+ 57. axb5 Ke6 58. Bd4 Na8 59. g6 Ke7 60. Kd5 Nc7+ 61. Kc6 Ne6 62. Bxb6 Nf4 63. Bc5+ Ke6 64. b6 Nxg6 65. b7 Nxe5+ 66. Kc7 Nd7 67. Bd4 Ke7 68. Bc3 Ke6 69. Bb4 Nf6 70. b8=Q Nxe4 71. Qe8+ Kd5 72. Qc6+ Kd4 73. Bc3+ Nxc3 74. Kb6 Kd3 75. Qd6+ Kc4 76. Ka6 Nd5 77. Qe5 Nb4+ 78. Kb7 Nd3 79. Qd4+ Kxd4 1/2-1/2
2023.12.12 Titled Tue 12th Dec Early
713077 Mishra, M (1902) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nb5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nxg3 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. hxg3 g6 14. Bxg6+ Kg7 15. Rh7+ Kg8 16. Qh5 1-0
2023.12.05 Titled Tue 5th Dec Early
721419 Zozek, S (2162) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Qd4 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qxc4 13. Bxf6 Qxd4 14. N3xd4 Bxf6 15. Nxd6 Rd8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. e3 b6 18. Rac1 Nd3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nc6 a5 21. b3 g6 22. Rd1 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Bc3 26. Re2 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kf6 28. f4 e5 29. Kf2 exf4 30. gxf4 Kf5 31. Bg2 f6 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. Ke4 Rd1 34. Rc2 f5+ 35. Kf3 Ra1 36. Ke2 h6 37. Kd3 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Kc4 Ke5 40. Kb5 Re1 41. a4 bxa3 42. Kxb6 Bb2 43. Rc5+ Kf6 44. Ra5 Rxe3 45. b4 Re2 46. Bf1 Rf2 47. Bd3 a2 48. Rxa2 Bd4+ 49. Kc6 Rxa2 0-1
2023.12.05 Titled Tue 5th Dec Early
721754 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) Goldin, R (2323) 0-1
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Qf6 5. Be2 Bc5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O c6 8. Kh1 Nxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 d5 13. f4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. f5 Ne5 16. f6 Qf8 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh5 Re6 19. Ng5 Rh6 20. Qxh6+ Kxh6 21. Ne6+ Kg6 22. Nxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bf4 Bg7 24. Rad1 Be6 25. b3 Re8 26. Rfe1 Ng4 27. Re2 h5 28. h3 Nh6 29. Kh2 Nf5 30. Be4 Kf6 31. Rf1 Bd5 32. Bg5+ Kxg5 33. Rxf5+ Kh6 34. Bd3 Be6 35. Rxh5+ Kxh5 36. Rf2 Kh6 37. g4 Be5+ 38. Kg2 Bd5+ 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. c4 Be6 41. Re2 Bd4 42. Re4 Bc5 43. Rf4 Rd8 44. Be2 Rd4 45. Rf3 Rd2 46. a3 Ra2 47. b4 Bd4 48. Rd3 Be5 49. Re3 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Bd4 51. Re4 Bc3 52. c5 Rxa3 53. Kf2 Bd5 54. Re7 Bxb4 55. Rxb7 Bxc5+ 56. Ke1 Ra2 57. h4 a5 58. g5 a4 59. h5 a3 60. Bd3 Ra1+ 61. Ke2 Ra2+ 62. Ke1 Rb2 63. h6+ Kh8 64. Rc7 Rb8 65. g6 fxg6 66. Bxg6 a2 67. Rh7+ Kg8 68. Rg7+ Kf8 69. Ra7 Bxa7 70. h7 Kg7 71. Bb1 a1=Q 72. h8=Q+ Kxh8 73. Kd2 Rb5 74. Bd3 Rb2+ 75. Kc3 Qa3# 0-1
2023.11.28 Titled Tue 28th Nov Early
728837 Gallegos, Ca (2374) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Be2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 Kf8 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Kg8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Kh7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 dxe5 15. Nc5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxe6 Bf6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. Bd3 Rg8 22. Bg5 Rc6 23. Rae1 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qd7 25. Re4 Nb4 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. Qf3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Rd8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg7 31. b3 Kf7 32. Kg2 Qd5 33. f3 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rh4 b5 36. Qd2 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Qe5 38. Qxd4 Qg3+ 39. Ke3 Qe1+ 40. Kf4 Qxh4+ 0-1
2023.11.28 Titled Tue 28th Nov Early
729128 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Salinas Tomas, Daniel (2281) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 e5 8. c3 dxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Rb1 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bc2 b6 13. Ng3 Be6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Qc6 17. d3 d5 18. Nf5 Rfe8 19. f3 Bf8 20. Bg5 g6 21. Ne3 Bc5 22. Kh1 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 Rad8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. exd5 Rc8 27. c4 Qd6 28. Rfe1 f6 29. Re4 Rc5 30. Rbe1 a6 31. f4 exf4 32. Re6 Qc7 33. Rxb6 Re7 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. Rb7 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. d4 Qe7 39. Qd1 Qb4 40. Qc1 Qb3 41. c5 Qxd5 42. c6 Qd8 43. c7 Qc8 44. d5 Kf7 45. Qc6 Ke7 46. Qe6+ 1-0
2023.11.28 Titled Tue 28th Nov Early
729452 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Popov, Konstantin (2345) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. a4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Be6 16. b3 Qc7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rdc1 Rc8 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Nc3 h6 23. f3 Be6 24. Bf1 Rb3 25. Ra7 Rb7 26. Ba6 Rxa7 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Bxa7 Qb7 29. Be3 d5 30. Rb1 Qa8 31. exd5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Kh7 35. Rd1 Be4 36. Re1 f5 37. Be3 Qa3 38. Qf2 Bb4 39. Rd1 Qb3 40. Rc1 Ba3 41. Ra1 Bb2 42. Rf1 Be5 43. Bd4 Bd6 44. Qe3 Qc2 45. Qf2 Qc4 46. Qb2 h5 47. Be3 Be7 48. Qf2 Qb3 49. Rc1 Kg6 50. Re1 Bf6 51. Rf1 Qd3 52. Re1 Qd8 53. Bf4 h4 54. Be3 hxg3 55. Qxg3+ Kf7 56. Qf2 Qh8 57. Qg3 Qc8 58. Qf2 Be5 59. Bd4 Bd6 60. Rxe4 Qc1+ 61. Re1 Qg5+ 62. Kh1 Qg4 63. Be3 Qe4+ 64. Qg2 Qd3 65. Qb7+ Kf6 66. Qg2 f4 67. Bf2 g5 68. Qe4 Qxe4+ 69. Rxe4 Kf5 70. Re8 Kg4 71. Kg2 f3+ 72. Kh1 Kh3 73. Bg1 Kg4 74. Rd8 Bf4 75. Rd4 Kf5 76. Rc4 g4 77. Rc3 Ke4 78. Rb3 Be5 79. Re3+ Kf4 80. Re1 Bc3 81. Rc1 Bd2 82. Rc4+ Kf5 83. Bf2 Bf4 84. Bg3 Be3 85. Rc3 Ke4 86. Ra3 Bd4 87. Ra2 Kd3 88. Bf2 Be5 89. Ra4 Ke2 90. Re4+ Kxf2 91. Rxe5 Kf1 92. Rg5 f2 93. Re5 g3 94. Rg5 Ke2 0-1
2023.11.24 World Youth Open U18 2023
734308 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Chinguun, Bayaraa (2193) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. b3 e5 13. Nf5 Nc5 14. Rd1 g6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f3 a6 17. a4 Ne8 18. Bh3 Rb8 19. b4 Ne6 20. Be3 N8g7 21. Qd2 Qf6 22. Kg2 Ba8 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nc7 27. Rc1 Rb7 28. Rc6 Qb8 29. Rxd6 Rxb4 30. Ra2 a5 31. Bc5 Rb3 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. Be7 Nce8 34. Bxd8 Qxd8 35. d6 Qf6 36. d7 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1 Rd3 38. d8=Q Rxd8 39. Qxd8 Qe3+ 40. Rf2 1-0
2023.11.23 World Youth Open U18 2023
734277 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Nied, Pascal (2172) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 c4 12. Bc2 Nd5 13. Ng5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh3 Be7 18. Qg3 Nb6 19. h4 Rg8 20. Qh3 Bd5 21. Bd2 h6 22. Ne4 Rh8 23. h5 g5 24. f4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd5 26. Rf2 Qd7 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Raf1 Rf8 30. h6 O-O-O 31. Bxd5 g4 32. Qxg4 Rg8 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qe4 Qb7 35. Qxb7+ Kxb7 36. Rf7+ Kc6 37. h7 Rh8 38. Ra7 b4 39. Rxa6+ Kb5 40. Rxe6 bxc3 41. Rb1+ Ka5 42. Re7 Ka6 43. Rc1 Rxd4 44. Rxc3 Rh4 45. e6 Kb5 46. a3 Kc5 47. Rc7+ Kd5 48. e7 R4xh7 49. R3xc4 Rxe7 50. Rxe7 Kxc4 51. a4 Ra8 52. Re4+ Kd5 53. Rf4 Ke5 54. g3 Rb8 55. Kg2 Ra8 56. Kf3 Rb8 57. a5 Rb3+ 58. Kg4 Ra3 59. Rf5+ Ke6 60. Rb5 Kf7 61. Kh4 Kg6 62. g4 Ra1 63. Rb6+ Kg7 64. a6 Ra5 65. g5 Ra1 66. Kg4 Kf7 67. g6+ Kg7 68. Kf5 Ra5+ 69. Ke4 Kh6 70. Kd4 Kg7 71. Kc4 Kh6 72. Kb4 Ra1 73. Kb5 Kg7 74. Kc6 Re1 75. a7 1-0
2023.11.21 World Youth Open U18 2023
734208 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Pozzari, Simone (2186) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd7 15. Qc5 Na5 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. a4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rdb8 20. Ra5 Rb6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rca1 Ra8 23. b4 Bf5 24. b5 Bd3 25. R1a3 Bc4 26. h3 h6 27. f4 Kh7 28. f5 Qd8 29. Rxa6 Raxa6 30. Rxa6 Qg5 31. Ra1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rxb5 33. Qe7 Qxd4 34. Qxf7 Qxb2 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
2023.11.20 World Youth Open U18 2023
741719 Ohanyan, Emin (2466) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 c5 11. Bb1 h6 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Ng3 Ne4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Red1 c4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qg4 Bd5 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. Nxd6 b5 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 Ra8 28. a3 Rxa5 29. Rc3 Ke6 30. Kf1 Kd6 31. Ke2 Kc6 32. Rb1 f5 33. f3 Ra7 34. Kf2 Ra8 35. Kg3 Rg8+ 36. Kf4 Rxg2 37. Kxf5 Rf2 38. f4 Rd2 39. Ke5 Rd3 40. Rbc1 Bg8 41. Kxe4 1-0
2023.11.18 World Youth Open U18 2023
741698 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Nikolov, Yavor (2067) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qd5 13. Bc2 Rd8 14. Nd4 Qxc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b4 Bd6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Ra2 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bd2 e4 22. Be2 c5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Ba5 Re8 25. g3 Re7 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Rd1 Be5 28. Rc2 Kh7 29. Bb4 Rf7 30. Rc5 Re8 31. Bc4 Rf6 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bc3 Re7 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rd6 Rc7 36. Bxa6 Bxa6 37. Rxa6 Kg6 38. Kg2 Rc1 39. a4 Ra1 40. a5 Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. a6 Ra2 43. Ra8 Ra1 44. a7 Kg7 45. Kh3 Ra5 46. Kh4 Ra2 47. Kh5 Ra5 48. h3 Ra2 49. g4 Ra5 50. gxf5 Rxf5+ 51. Kg4 Ra5 52. Kf4 f5 53. h4 Kh7 54. Rf8 Rxa7 55. Rxf5 Ra4 56. Ke5 Ra5+ 57. Kxe4 Ra4+ 58. Ke5 Rxh4 59. e4 Kg6 60. f4 Rh1 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Rd6 h5 63. f5 h4 64. Rg6+ Kf7 65. Rh6 h3 66. Rh7+ Kg8 67. Rh4 Kf7 68. Kf4 Kf6 69. Kg3 Kg5 70. Rxh3 Ra1 71. Rh8 Ra3+ 72. Kf2 Kf4 73. Re8 Ra2+ 74. Ke1 Ke3 75. Kd1 Kd3 76. Kc1 Kc3 77. Rc8+ Kd4 78. Re8 Kc3 79. Kb1 Rf2 80. Re6 Rb2+ 81. Ka1 Re2 82. e5 Kb3 83. Rb6+ Ka3 84. e6 1-0
2023.11.17 World Youth Open U18 2023
741658 Ang, Ern Jie Anderson (2103) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Nc3 Qb8 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc4 19. Qf3 Qe8 20. Be3 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Kg2 h6 23. h4 a6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Bc5 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qc6+ 29. Qf3 Qc2 30. h5 Qxb2 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
2023.11.16 World Youth Open U18 2023
741633 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Rotondaro, Alberto (2065) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8. O-O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe3 Bd6 13. Qg3 Bf5 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Rxd6 Qb6 16. Rhd1 Bg6 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a4 Bf5 20. b4 Ra8 21. Bb3 Rfc8 22. Kb2 Kf8 23. b5 cxb5 24. axb5 Rab8 25. Ra1 Rc5 26. Ra7 Bg6 27. Rd5 Rbc8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. c4 Rf5 30. Ka3 Rxf2 31. c5 e3 32. cxb6 Be4 33. Bc4 e2 34. Bxe2 Rxe2 35. b7 Bxb7 36. Rxb7 Ke8 37. b6 Rf2 38. Rc7 Kd8 39. Kb4 Rxg2 40. Rxf7 Rxh2 41. b7 Rb2+ 42. Kc5 h5 43. Kd6 Rb6+ 44. Kc5 Rb2 45. Rxg7 h4 46. Kc6 Rc2+ 47. Kd6 Rd2+ 48. Ke6 Re2+ 49. Kf5 Rb2 50. Kg4 Rg2+ 51. Kxh4 Rxg7 52. b8=Q+ Ke7 53. Qe5+ Kf7 54. Kh5 Rh7+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+ 56. Kf5 Kf8 57. Kf6 Rf7+ 58. Kg6 Rd7 59. Qc5+ Ke8 60. Kf6 Kd8 61. Ke6 Rb7 62. Qa5+ Kc8 63. Kd6 Rb6+ 64. Kc5 Re6 65. Kd5 Re7 66. Kd6 Rd7+ 67. Kc6 1-0
2023.11.15 World Youth Open U18 2023
741594 Qalichava, Akaki (2141) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf3 Bb4 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. N3d4 Bg6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. b3 Rfc8 20. c3 Nd3 21. Re3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 a6 23. Bg4 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Qf4 27. Ne3 Re4 28. g3 Qe5 29. Qf3 g6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rd1 h5 32. h4 Qe6 33. Rd2 Qe5 34. Rd1 1/2-1/2
2023.11.14 World Youth Open U18 2023
741532 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys (2461) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nf8 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Qd3 b5 16. Bb3 Ng6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qd2 c5 19. Ndxb5 Bf3 20. Qf4 Bg5 21. Qg3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 c4 23. gxf3 cxb3 24. f4 Ng6 25. axb3 a6 26. f5 axb5 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Nxb5 Qxd5 29. Nc7 Qd2 30. Rf1 Ra5 31. h4 Re1 32. b4 Raa1 33. Qb3+ Kh7 0-1
2023.11.07 Titled Tue 7th Nov Early
750957 Garrido, De (2227) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. b4 Qc7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Nbd2 a5 15. b5 Na7 16. a3 Nxb5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rc1 Nxa3 19. Ne4 b5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qc5 22. Be3 Qh5 23. Qd4 f6 24. Qb6 b4 25. Nd4 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 c3 27. Qb7 Rc8 28. Nxe6 Bb5+ 0-1
2023.11.07 Titled Tue 7th Nov Early
751330 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Rostovtsev, Dmitry (2218) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nxc5 9. Qc2 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Nfe4 12. Bd4 a5 13. O-O Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f3 Rac8 16. Rad1 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb1 e5 19. h4 Qh6 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 Qxh4 22. b4 axb4 23. Qxb4 exf4 24. Qxb6 Rc2 25. Rxd5 Rxe2 26. exf4 Qg3 27. Rf2 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Re2 29. Rf2 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxf4+ 32. Kg1 Qh4 33. Qe3 h6 34. Rd4 Qf6 35. a4 Ra8 36. Qd3 g6 37. Qd2 h5 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Qd3 Rb8 41. Qd2 Rb3+ 42. Rd3 Qf5+ 43. g4 hxg4+ 0-1
2023.11.07 Titled Tue 7th Nov Early
751542 Bogdanov, Artyom (2300) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 h6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Ne2 c6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. c3 c5 19. b3 Bc8 20. Rad1 b6 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Bb7 25. d5 Kh7 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Rd4 g5 28. Nh5 Kg6 29. Ng3 Rxd5 30. Rc4 Rc5 31. Rd4 f5 32. Rd6+ Kh7 33. Nh5 Bc8 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nd5 f4 36. Ne7 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rc2 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. Re6 Rc2 40. Rxe4 Rxa2 41. f3 Rb2 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Rxa7 Rxb3 44. h4 gxh4 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. Rc7 b5 47. Rc6+ Kg5 48. Rc5+ Kg6 49. Kxh4 b4 50. Kg4 1-0
2023.11.07 Titled Tue 7th Nov Early
751632 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Molina Carretero, Daniel (2194) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Rc8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 0-1
2023.10.24 Titled Tue 24th Oct Early
765510 Van Essen, M (2194) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O Ba4 12. Ra2 Nc6 13. Be3 Nce7 14. Qh3 O-O-O 15. Nh4 h5 16. Bg5 Rdg8 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. f4 g6 19. Nf3 h4 20. Rb1 Nf5 21. Rab2 b6 22. Ng5 Kb7 23. Bg4 Qe7 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qe3 Rg7 26. Kh1 Qxa3 27. Rb4 Bxc2 28. Rc1 Bd3 29. h3 a5 30. Rb5 Ka6 0-1
2023.10.24 Titled Tue 24th Oct Early
765897 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Abdilkhair, Abilmansur (2258) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Na6 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. Bh7+ Nxh7 16. Rxd8 Nxc2 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxe7 Nxa1 19. Nc3 b4 20. Nb5 Nf6 21. e4 Rc8 22. Bd6 Ne8 23. e5 Nc2 24. Nxa7 Nxd6 25. cxd6 Rd8 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Nb8 Rb7 28. Nc6 f6 29. f4 b3 30. a4 Nb4 31. Nd8 Rb8 32. Nxe6 Kf7 33. Nc5 Nc6 34. e6+ Ke8 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. e7 Nf5 37. Na6 Rb7 38. Nc7+ Rxc7 39. dxc7 Nxe7 40. Kf3 Kd7 41. Ke3 Nc6 42. Kd3 Na5 43. Kc3 Kxc7 44. Kb4 Kb6 45. f5 h5 46. h4 Ka6 47. Kc5 Nb7+ 48. Kb4 Kb6 49. Kxb3 Nc5+ 50. Kb4 Nd3+ 51. Kc3 Nxf2 52. b4 Ne4+ 53. Kd4 Ng3 54. Kd5 Nxf5 55. a5+ Kb5 56. Ke6 Nxh4 57. Kd7 Nf5 58. Kc7 Nd4 59. Kb7 Nc6 60. a6 Nd8+ 61. Kc7 Kxa6 62. Kxd8 Kb5 63. Ke7 h4 64. Kf7 h3 65. Kxg7 h2 66. Kxf6 h1=Q 67. Ke5 Qf3 68. Kd6 Qe4 69. Kc7 Qe6 70. Kb7 Qe7+ 71. Kb8 Kb6 72. Kc8 Qe8# 0-1
2023.10.24 Titled Tue 24th Oct Early
765918 Gutierrez Olivares, D (2354) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 0-1
1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d3 e5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a4 a5 10. e3 e4 11. Nd4 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 Ng4 14. f3 exf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 c5 0-1
2023.10.24 Titled Tue 24th Oct Early
766191 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Begunov, K (2325) 1-0
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. e3 f5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Qxc4 Qe7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf7 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxa7 Nf6 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe4 18. Kf2 Ng4+ 19. Ke1 Nxh2 20. d3 Qg2 21. Rf2 Nf3+ 22. Rxf3 Qxf3 23. Rb1 Qh1+ 24. Kd2 Qg2+ 25. Kd1 Qf3+ 26. Kc2 1-0
2023.10.24 Titled Tue 24th Oct Early
766534 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Bordi, K (2288) 0-1
1. f4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. fxe5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bf4 Nge7 6. Nbd2 Ng6 7. Bg3 d4 8. c3 Bc5 9. Qa4 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qc4 Ba7 12. cxd4 Be6 13. Qc3 Nxd4 14. Nc4 b5 15. Na5 c5 16. Nb3 b4 17. Qd2 Bxb3 18. Nxd4 Bxd1 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Nxa7 Ba4 21. h4 h5 22. b3 Rxa7 23. bxa4 Qxa4 24. e3 Rb7 25. Be2 b3 26. a3 b2+ 27. Kb1 Qxa3 28. Kc2 b1=Q+ 29. Rxb1 Qa2+ 30. Kc3 Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rxb1 32. Bf3 a5 33. Kc2 Rfb8 34. Bc6 R1b2+ 35. Kc3 R2b4 36. d4 Ne7 37. Bf3 cxd4+ 38. exd4 a4 39. d5 Rb3+ 40. Kd4 Nf5+ 41. Kc5 Nxg3 42. d6 Rxf3 43. gxf3 a3 44. e6 fxe6 45. d7 a2 46. Kd6 a1=Q 47. Ke7 Qa3+ 48. Kxe6 Rb6+ 49. Ke5 Qd6# 0-1
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
772929 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Biernacki, Mark (1995) 1-0
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O Bh7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Qb1 a5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Qa1 Qa6 15. Rfe1 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 Qb7 20. Nf3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Ne8 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Nd6 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Qb6 28. Qc8+ 1-0
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
773319 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Movahed, Sina (2454) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nge2 a5 9. a3 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Rfe8 13. Rc1 h5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 Nf5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qc5 a4 20. b4 Nd6 21. Qc2 f5 22. Nc3 Ra8 23. Bf3 e4 24. Be2 Bg4 25. Bf1 Bf3 26. Ne2 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 h4 28. Nf4 hxg3 29. fxg3 Qf7 30. h4 Kh7 31. Ne6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qe7 33. b5 Rg8 34. Qc3 Rg7 35. Qe5 g5 36. hxg5 Rxg5 37. Be2 f4 38. Qxf4 Rg4 39. Qe5 Kg6 40. Bxf3 exf3 41. Kf2 Rg5 42. Qf4 Qxe6 43. e4 Rh5 44. Rh1 Qa2+ 45. Kxf3 Qxa3+ 46. Qe3 Qxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Rxb5 48. Rxc7 Rb4 49. Rh4 a3 50. e5 Nf5+ 51. Kd3 Nxh4 52. gxh4 a2 53. h5+ Kh6 0-1
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
773425 Bournel, Antoine (2334) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e4 c6 6. h3 b5 7. Be3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 Rb8 14. b3 Bb7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Bc4 Bf6 19. Rd6 Qc8 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Kg7 23. Qe6 Kh6 24. Be3+ Kg7 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ 1-0
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
773637 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Goldin, R (2323) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Bxd2 a5 9. Bc3 h6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a3 Bg4 14. e3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nb6 19. b5 Nd8 20. Ra7 Nc8 21. Ra8 Nb6 22. Ra7 Nc8 23. Ra2 Nb6 24. Bb4 Nd7 25. Ra7 Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Rxb7 Qd6 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Ra8 31. Qb1 Ra4 32. Qb3 Rb4 33. Qc2 Qe6 34. Rxc7 Rxc4 35. Qd1 Rb4 36. Rxc5 1-0
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
773839 Shevchuk, Olexandr (2093) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be3 c5 10. h3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. a5 Rb8 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Qc2 Nh7 18. g4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Ndf6 21. Kh2 Nh5 22. Bg4 Nf4 23. Rg1 h5 24. f6 hxg4 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Nde4 Qh5 27. Rg3 Qxh4 28. Rag1 Nxh3 29. Qe2 Nf4+ 30. Rh3 Qxh3# 0-1
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
774078 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Tulchynskyi, Feliks (2228) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. a3 g6 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nd5 Bg7 8. b4 axb4 9. axb4 cxb4 10. d3 Nge7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Rxb4 f5 16. Qb3 f4 17. Bb6 Qe8 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 g5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxg5 Qg6 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rab8 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Qxe6 27. h3 Qf6 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qc7 Qf8 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Ng6 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. g3 Ne5 34. Kg2 fxg3 35. Kxg3 Kg7 36. Be2 Kf6 37. f4 Nc6 38. Bg4 h6 39. h4 Ke7 40. e5 Nd4 41. f5 Nc6 42. Kf4 Nb4 43. f6+ Kf8 44. e6 Nc6 45. e7+ 1-0
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
774354 Krzyzanowski, M (2512) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. h3 Be6 11. a3 Qb6+ 12. Kh2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qc6 16. Be3 Bc4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxc4 Nxe3 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxe3 Raf8 21. exd6 exd6 22. Kh1 Bh6 23. Ne2 Qxc2 24. b4 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Rfd1 R4f6 28. Qd5 R8f7 29. Rbc1 Qb2 30. Qg5 Kg7 31. Qg3 Qe5 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. Re1 Re7 34. Re4 Rf4 35. Re3 Rd4 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. Kh2 b6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Kg3 h5 40. Kf2 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 g5 42. g3 Re4 43. Kf3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 g4 45. h4 Rh7 46. Rd6 Rh8 47. Rc6 Rh7 48. b5 Rh8 49. a4 Rh7 50. Rc8 Rd7 51. Rh8 e4 52. Rxh5+ Kf6 53. Kxe4 Rd1 54. Rh6+ Kg7 55. Rc6 Ra1 56. Rc7+ Kg6 57. Rxa7 Ra3 58. Kf4 Kh5 59. Ra8 Rf3+ 60. Ke4 Rxg3 61. Ra6 Ra3 62. Rxb6 Rxa4+ 63. Kf5 Kxh4 64. Rh6+ Kg3 65. b6 Rb4 66. Rg6 Rb5+ 67. Ke4 Kh3 68. Kf4 Rb4+ 69. Ke3 g3 70. Rh6+ Kg2 71. Rg6 Rb3+ 72. Kd2 Kh2 73. Rh6+ Kg1 74. Kc2 Rb5 75. Rg6 g2 76. Kd2 Kf2 77. Rf6+ Kg3 78. Rg6+ Kf3 79. Rf6+ Kg4 80. Rg6+ Kf3 81. Rf6+ Kg3 82. Rg6+ Kf2 83. Rf6+ Kg1 84. Rg6 Rb4 85. Kc3 Rb1 86. Kc2 Rb5 87. Rf6 Kh2 88. Rh6+ Kg3 89. Rg6+ Kh3 90. Rh6+ Kg4 91. Rg6+ Rg5 92. Rxg5+ Kxg5 93. b7 g1=Q 94. b8=Q Qf2+ 95. Kd3 Qf3+ 96. Kd2 Qf2+ 97. Kd3 Qf3+ 98. Kd2 Qf2+ 99. Kd3 1/2-1/2
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
774517 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Baskakov, Egor (2215) 1-0
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d3 c5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. d4 Rc8 16. Qd3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf6 19. Qa4 Qe7 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 a6 23. Qb4 Nd5 24. Qd2 Rfd8 25. Nf3 h6 26. Ne5 Qa8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 b5 29. Nd3 Rd8 30. Qa5 Rc8 31. Nc5 b4 32. Rc4 Nc3 33. Qxb4 Nxe2+ 34. Kf1 Nc1 35. Kg1 Nxa2 36. Qd2 Rd8 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Qxd4 Nc1 39. Qd2 Nxb3 40. Nxb3 Qc6 41. h4 Qc4 42. Qd1 Qb4 43. Kg2 Qb7+ 44. Kh2 Qb6 45. Kg1 a5 46. Nd2 Qd4 47. Qc2 a4 48. Nc4 Qc5 49. Qc3 a3 50. Qb3 Qd5 51. Qb8+ Kh7 52. Nxa3 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Kh2 Qf3 55. Qb2 e5 56. Nc4 e4 57. Qd2 g5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Kg1 f6 60. Qe3 Qd1+ 61. Kg2 Qg4 62. Nd2 f5 63. Qd4 Qe2 64. Qd7+ Kg6 65. Qd6+ Kg7 66. Qd4+ Kg6 67. Nc4 Qf3+ 68. Kg1 Qb3 69. Ne3 Qe6 70. Ng2 f4 71. gxf4 Qg4 72. fxg5 Kxg5 73. Qe3+ Kf5 74. Qg3 Qd1+ 75. Kh2 Qh5+ 76. Qh4 Qf3 77. Qg3 Kf6 78. Qxf3+ exf3 79. Ne1 Kf5 80. Kg3 Ke4 81. Nxf3 Kf5 82. Nh4+ Kf6 83. f4 Kf7 84. Kg4 Kf8 85. f5 Kg8 86. Kg5 Kf8 87. f6 Kg8 88. Kg6 Kf8 89. f7 Ke7 90. Kg7 Ke6 91. f8=Q 1-0
2023.10.17 Titled Tue 17th Oct Early
774571 Materia, Marco (2426) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 1-0
1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Qd3 c5 8. f4 Bg7 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. h3 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. a5 b6 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Kh2 a5 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Na4 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. Bd2 Bb5 24. Bxa5 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 Ra8 26. Bd1 Rxb2 27. Bc7 Rxa4 28. Bxa4 Nb6 29. Bc6 Bf8 30. e5 Nc4 31. Rc1 Rb4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. exd6 Rd4 34. d7 Be7 35. d8=Q+ Bxd8 36. Bxd8 c4 37. Bf6 Rxf4 38. Be5 Rf2 39. d6 Rd2 40. d7 Kf8 41. Bf6 c3 42. d8=Q+ Rxd8 43. Bxd8 c2 44. Bg5 f6 45. Bd2 Ke7 46. Be4 Kd6 47. Bxc2 Ke5 48. Kg3 Kd4 49. Kf3 f5 50. Kf4 Kd5 51. Kg5 1-0
2023.10.10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
782162 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Cardozo, C (2043) 1-0
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. f4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qxg4 Nf6 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. f5 1-0
2023.10.10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
782417 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Andreikin, D (2729) 0-1
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Kh8 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. Re1 Qh5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. b4 e4 14. N3d2 Ne5 15. d4 Nd3 16. Re3 f4 17. Rxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. Qb5 Rae8 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bxe5 23. dxe5 f3+ 24. Kg1 Qh3 25. Ne3 Ng4 0-1
2023.10.10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
782726 Bolat, Inayat (2088) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 a4 12. Nxa4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Qb4 Ra6 15. Rad1 Nxe4 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Rxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb5 19. Be3 Rfa8 20. Nc3 Qd7 21. Nd5 e6 22. Nb6 Rxb6 23. Bxb6 d5 24. Qd3 Bxb2 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qc6 27. c4 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Qb6 29. Rd7 Kg7 30. Qd4+ Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Ra5 32. Rd7 Rb5 33. Bxe6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Kf6 35. Bxf7 Rb2 36. Kg3 b5 37. Bg8 h5 38. Rf7+ Kg5 39. h4+ Kh6 40. Rh7# 1-0
2023.10.03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
789370 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Villarreal, Agustin (2306) 1-0
1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Be3 b6 13. Rad1 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Qd5 Qh5 16. Kg2 Nd8 17. Qxa8 Ne6 18. Qc6 Nf4+ 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rd5 1-0
2023.10.03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
789730 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) Bok, B (2621) 1-0
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ne5 8. cxd5 Nxf3+ 9. exf3 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. d4 Nf6 12. Kg2 e6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Rc2 a5 18. a3 h6 19. Rfc1 a4 20. Qd3 Rfc8 21. h4 b5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Nb6 24. Rh5 f5 25. Bxh6 Qf7 26. Rg5 g6 27. h5 Nd5 28. Rxg6+ Kh8 29. Bg7+ Kh7 30. Qd2 f4 31. g4 Rg8 32. Qc2 Rxg7 33. Rf6+ Kg8 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qxc6 Re8 36. Qxb5 Re7 37. Qxa4 Nf6 38. Qa5 Nd5 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. Qd2 Rc7 41. Rxd5 exd5 42. Qxf4+ Ke6 43. Qe5+ 1-0
2023.10.03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
789892 Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2649) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2292) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd5 15. Qg4 Ne5 16. dxe5 Qxd3 17. Rfd1 Qe4 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Rd4 Qf5 20. Bf6 g6 21. Rf4 Qc2 22. Qg5 Qxc3 23. Rf1 Qc6 24. Rg4 1-0
2023.09.29 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799699 Coca, Cristi-Iulian (2248) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. Bc4 Qc6 8. Qb3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. cxd4 Qd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qxb7 Nxd4 13. Qa6 e5 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 e5 17. Qa4 Bd6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 O-O 20. Nb3 a5 21. Rd1 Rf6 22. Be3 Nf8 23. Rd5 a4 24. Nd2 Re6 25. Rc1 Be7 26. Nc4 Bf6 27. g3 Raa6 28. b4 axb3 29. axb3 Rec6 30. b4 Ra4 31. Rc5 Re6 32. b5 Rb4 33. b6 Nd7 34. Rc7 Nxb6 35. Nxb6 Rexb6 36. Bxb6 Rxb6 37. h4 h5 38. R1c6 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rb3 40. Kf1 Rb2 41. Rc2 Rb3 42. Ke2 Kh7 43. R7c3 Rb1 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. Ke4 Re1+ 46. Re3 Rd1 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Rc8 Rd2 49. Rh8 Kg6 50. Re4 Ra2 51. Kg2 Rd2 52. g4 hxg4 53. Rxg4+ Kf5 54. Rg3 Rd4 55. h5 Rh4 56. Rh3 Rg4+ 57. Kf1 Rf4 58. h6 gxh6 59. R8xh6 Bg5 60. R6h5 Kg6 61. Rh8 Bf6 62. Rf8 Kg7 63. Rhh8 Kg6 64. Rhg8+ Kf5 65. Rf7 Ke6 66. Rgf8 Rf3 67. Ke2 Rf4 68. Ke1 Re4+ 69. Kf1 Rf4 70. Ra7 Kf5 71. Ra6 Kg6 72. Rfa8 Kg7 73. R8a7+ Kg6 74. Ra4 e4 75. R7a6 Kf5 76. R4a5+ Kg4 77. Kg2 Bd4 78. Rg6+ Kh4 79. Ra2 Kh5 80. Rg3 Kh4 81. Re2 e3 82. fxe3 Re4 83. Kf2 Bc5 84. Rg8 Rf4+ 85. Kg1 Kh5 86. Rh2+ Rh4 87. Rh8+ 1-0
2023.09.28 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799672 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) Padurariu, Mihai-Edward (2245) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 b6 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Be2 Qc7 14. c4 Rac8 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. a4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Ng6 19. Re3 Red8 20. Qc3 Nf6 21. a5 Ne7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Re5 h6 24. Rb5 Ne4 25. Qb4 Nc6 26. Qe1 Nd6 27. d5 exd5 28. Qc3 f6 29. Rxd5 Ne5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Nxe5 Ne4 32. Qe1 Re8 33. f3 Nc5 34. Qc3 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Qd4 Rd8 37. Qe3 Qd6 38. Qf4 Rf8 39. Qg3 Nd7 40. f4 Nxe5 41. Bxe5 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2
2023.09.27 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799645 Manolache, M (2399) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. a3 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Ba2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Qg4 Bd5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. h4 Kh8 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bb7 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4 Bc6 28. Rd6 Bb5 29. Bb1 g6 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc8 32. b3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Re1 34. Re3 Rd1 35. Rc3 Rd5 36. f4 Rd4 37. Rc4 Rd3 38. Rc7 Kg7 39. Rxa7 Rxb3 40. Rb7 Rxb4 41. Kg3 h6 42. Kf3 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. fxg5 Kg6 45. g3 b5 46. Ke3 Rb1 47. Kf4 b4 48. Kg4 b3 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. Kh5 b2 51. Kg4 Kh7 52. Rb3 Kg6 53. Rb8 Re1 54. Rxb2 Rxe5 55. Rb8 Rxg5+ 56. Kf4 Rf5+ 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Ke3 Ra5 59. Rb7 Ra4 60. Kf3 e5 61. Rc7 Ke6 62. Rb7 Ra3+ 63. Kf2 f6 64. g4 Ra4 65. Kg3 Ra3+ 66. Kg2 Rd3 67. Ra7 e4 68. Ra5 Rd5 69. Ra8 Ke5 70. Re8+ Kf4 71. Re6 Rd2+ 72. Kh3 e3 73. Rxf6+ Ke5 74. Rf8 e2 75. Re8+ Kf4 76. Rf8+ Ke3 77. Re8+ Kf2 78. Rf8+ Kg1 79. Re8 Rd3+ 80. Kh4 Kf2 81. Rxe2+ Kxe2 82. g5 Kf3 83. g6 Kf4 84. g7 Rg3 0-1
2023.09.26 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799618 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) Ilinca, Felix-Antonio (2358) 0-1
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 e6 14. e4 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Ne7+ Rxe7 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. g4 Bxg4 22. Qc4 Bh5 23. Qh4 Bf3 24. Bf6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxf6 26. Qf4 Qh3 27. Qg3 Qxg3+ 28. hxg3 Bxb2 29. Re3 Bxd5 30. Rd3 Be6 31. Rxd6 a5 32. Ra6 Bc3 33. a3 Bb3 34. Rc6 Bb2 35. a4 Bxa4 36. Rc5 Kg7 37. Rxa5 Bc6 38. Rc5 Bf3 39. Rb5 Bf6 40. Rb3 Bd5 41. Rb5 Be6 42. f3 h5 43. f4 Bd4+ 44. Kh2 Kh6 45. Ra5 h4 46. gxh4 Bf2 47. h5 gxh5 48. f5 Bc8 49. Kg2 Bd4 50. Kg3 Kg5 51. f6+ Bf5 0-1
2023.09.24 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799564 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) Vajda, Al1 (2290) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 a4 8. c3 Ne7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nd2 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bh7 14. Nh5 Qb6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Nf4 Qc6 20. Ne2 Nc5 21. Nd4 Qa6 22. h4 Rc8 23. Bd2 Ne4 24. Qe3 Be7 25. g3 g5 26. h5 g4 27. Bc1 Bg5 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rg8 30. Bf4 Kd7 31. Rd1 Rc5 32. Nc2 Kc7 33. Rd4 b5 34. Kg2 1/2-1/2
2023.09.23 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799537 Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut (2389) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 d6 10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. Qg3 Bf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bf6 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. g4 Rae8 18. Bd2 g6 19. Kg2 Qd8 20. Bd3 Bb5 21. g5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bg7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 c4 25. Rad1 Qb6 26. Bc1 Qb5 27. h4 f6 28. a4 Qxa4 29. g6 Re5 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Qe8 32. Qxe8 Rfxe8 33. Rf1 Re2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 f5 36. Bf4 Be5 37. Kf3 Bxf4 38. Kxf4 Re5 39. Kg5 Kxh7 40. Rf1 f4+ 41. Kxf4 Rxd5 42. Ke4 Rb5 43. Rf2 a5 44. Kd4 d5 45. h5 a4 46. Rh2 Kh6 47. Ke5 Ra5 48. Kd4 a3 49. bxa3 Rxa3 50. Rh3 b5 51. Kxd5 b4 52. Kxc4 Rxc3+ 53. Rxc3 bxc3 54. Kxc3 Kxh5 1/2-1/2
2023.09.22 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799510 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) Costachi, M (2476) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. a4 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2
2023.09.21 TCh-ROU Superliga 2023
799483 Filip, L (2352) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Qxc4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nc3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bg5 Ba6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 Rb6 19. Rfd1 Bc7 20. e3 Rfb8 21. Rab1 h6 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. Nd2 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rb5 26. Nce4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Qe6 1/2-1/2
2023.09.09 31st EY Open U18 2023
809351 Babazada, Khazar (2463) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Bc3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qd5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qe2 Be7 16. Ne5 Rhf8 17. dxc5 Qxg2 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Ne1 Qxf2 21. Qxg4 Qxc5 22. Qxg7 Qd6 23. Nd3 f5 24. Rf1 Be7 25. Ne2 Bg5 26. Nd4 Rd8 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Bf6 Qd7 29. Qg6 Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Re8 31. Qxh6 e5 32. Qf6 f4 33. Nxe5 Qb5 34. Nd3 Qxh5 35. Qxf4 Qe2 36. a3 1-0
2023.09.07 31st EY Open U18 2023
809330 Rozen, Eytan (2435) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2322) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. e5 Ne7 7. b3 Nf5 8. Bb2 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nbd2 e5 11. Nc4 Nd4 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f4 f6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rae1 c5 18. Rf2 exf4 19. Qxf4 Qc6 20. Rfe2 Rae8 21. Qg3 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Ba3 Qc6 25. Kf2 h6 26. Ke1 Kh7 27. Kd2 Qb6 28. Kc1 Qa5 29. Kb2 Qc3+ 30. Kb1 Qa5 31. Bc1 Qd8 32. Qf4 Qe7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. g3 Kf7 35. a4 Ba6 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Bb2 Bb7 39. Qf5 Ba6 40. Ka2 Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Qh5 Bc8 43. Ba3 f5 44. Qf3 Be6 45. Qc6 Bg8 46. Bxc5 Qe2 47. Bxd4 Qxh2 48. Qc7 1-0
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
827167 Larina, M (1948) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Qh5 Nbc6 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nf3 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. h3 O-O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bb6 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. a4 c6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 Bxh3 17. Qf3 Bg4 18. Qg3 Rh5 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Rfe1 Rdh8 21. Rxe6 Rh1# 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
827639 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Demidov, M (2566) 0-1
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Ne5 Nf8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Rc1 f6 13. Nef3 e5 14. a3 Be6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Ne4 Bf7 17. Nc5 Rc7 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd2 Re8 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rd7 23. Nb3 Qb8 24. Rfd1 Rdd8 25. Bc4 f5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc5 Qc7 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Qd4 Qg5 33. g3 Re7 34. Qh4 Qxh4 35. gxh4 Kf7 36. h3 f4 37. exf4 Bf3 38. Rc1 Be2 39. Kh2 Bb5 40. Nb3 Re2 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Nd4 Rxa3+ 43. f3 Ra4 44. Rb1 Bc4 45. f5 Bd5 46. fxg6+ hxg6 47. Rb2 c5 48. Nc2 c4 49. Ne3 Be6 50. Rd2 Rxb4 51. Rd6 c3 52. Nc2 Rc4 53. h5 gxh5 54. h4 a5 55. Rb6 Rc7 56. Rb5 a4 57. Rxh5 Kg8 58. Rb5 Bb3 59. Nd4 c2 60. Nxc2 Bxc2 61. h5 Bb3 62. Kg4 Bc4 63. Rb4 b5 64. Kg5 a3 65. Rb1 a2 66. Re1 Ra7 67. Ra1 Kg7 68. h6+ Kh7 69. f4 b4 70. f5 b3 71. f6 b2 72. Re1 b1=Q 73. Re4 Qxe4 74. f7 Ra5+ 75. Kf6 Qe7+ 76. Kxe7 Bxf7 77. Kxf7 a1=Q 78. Kf8 Ra7 79. Ke8 Qb2 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
827909 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Bolat, Inayat (2097) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c4 e5 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. a3 Be6 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 Nh5 14. Nd5 f5 15. b4 f4 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Nd2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxb7 Qg4 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Qa4 Bc8 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Bxh5 Qxb7 27. Bf3 Qc7 28. Qb5 Rac8 29. Bg4 Rb8 30. Qxc5 Qf7 31. Bf3 Rb3 32. a4 Rb2 33. a5 g5 34. Bg4 Re8 35. Bf5+ Kh8 36. Nd6 Qe7 37. Qd5 Rf8 38. Be4 Qf6 39. Nf5 Rf7 40. g4 Rf8 41. c5 Rbb8 42. c6 Rbd8 43. Qc5 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Bxe5 45. Rc1 Rc8 46. Rc5 Bf6 47. Bd5 Rfd8 48. c7 Rd7 49. Rc6 Bg7 50. Be6 Rdxc7 51. Ra6 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 R8c7 53. Bd5 R1c2 54. Be4 Ra2 55. Bf3 Ra3 56. Nd6 Bf8 57. Nb5 Rc5 58. Nxa7 Rcxa5 59. Rxa5 Rxa5 60. Nc6 Ra4 61. Ne5 Kg7 62. Nd7 Bd6 63. Nb6 Rb4 64. Nc4 Bc5 65. Bd5 Kf6 66. Kf3 Rb1 67. Be4 Ba7 68. Nd6 Rh1 69. Nf5 Rc1 70. Nxh6 Rc2 71. Nf5 Bb8 72. Nxd4 Ra2 73. Nc6 Bf4 74. Nb4 Rb2 75. Nd5+ Ke5 76. e3 Bh2 77. d4+ Kd6 78. Nf6 Bg1 79. Kg2 Bxf2 80. Kf3 Bg1 81. Bd3 Rf2+ 82. Kg3 Rd2 83. e4 Rxd3+ 84. Kg2 Bxd4 85. Nd5 Rd2+ 86. Kf3 Rf2+ 87. Kg3 Ra2 88. Kf3 Be5 89. Ne3 Ra3 90. Ke2 Bf4 91. Nc4+ Kc5 92. Nxa3 Kd4 93. Kf3 Kd3 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
828121 Albertini, L (2103) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 c4 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Bg4 16. h3 Qb6 17. Kf2 Bxf3 18. Kxf3 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Rae1 a5 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bh6 23. Qd4 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ne4 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 b3 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Bb1 Re7 29. Nxh7+ Kg7 30. Nf6 Nd7 31. Qf4 Nxf6 32. exf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. d6 Qf6 35. Ke4 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. Ke3 Qxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Rxd6 39. Ke3 f5 40. g4 Rd1 41. gxf5 Rxb1 42. fxg6 Rd1 43. Ke2 Rd7 44. Ke3 c3 45. Ke2 cxb2 46. Ke3 b1=Q 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
828173 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Carrasco Miranda, A (2240) 1-0
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 d5 7. c4 Be6 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Bb4 11. Qa4+ 1-0
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
828541 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Dilmukhametov, Artur (2276) 1-0
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qc1 Nc6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Nc3 c6 13. e3 Ne6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rd1 h6 19. Ba3 f5 20. Bd6 Qf7 21. Nc5 Rc8 22. h4 b6 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Qc2 e4 25. c5 b5 26. a4 a6 27. Qa2 Rd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. b4 Nc7 30. Qa7 Nd5 31. Qa5 Qb7 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Qe7 Qa6 35. Be5 1-0
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
828718 Nazari, Arad (2358) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. O-O Na5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. a4 Nc8 12. b4 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Nc4 14. Nfd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Be7 16. c4 O-O 17. Bd3 g6 18. cxd5 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 exd5 20. Bb3 Be6 21. a5 Bb4 22. Nf3 Ne7 23. Ra4 Nc6 24. a6 b5 25. Ra2 Bc3 26. Rc2 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 Bxe5 29. Bxd5 Rad8 30. Rcd2 Bf4 31. Bb7 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Rd8 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
829025 Klukin, Kirill (2390) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 a5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Be1 Qb8 14. Nc1 c5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Nb3 cxd4 17. Nfxd4 Ne5 18. f3 Qa7 19. Bg3 Ng6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rac8 22. Bb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 h5 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Bf2 Nd5 26. h4 Qb6 27. Rd3 Ndf4 28. exf4 Nxf4 29. Qe4 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 Rd8 31. Nc6 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Bxh4 34. Qd4 Qxc6 35. Qxh4 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Qxb2+ 37. Kg1 Qa1+ 38. Kf2 Qb2+ 39. Kg1 g6 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qxa5 b3 42. Kh2 Qf6 43. Qb5 b2 44. a5 Qh4+ 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
829194 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Navara, D (2695) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxc5 9. Qc2 b6 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Rd4 Qe7 14. Ba3 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 h6 17. Ne5 d6 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne4 21. Rd7 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rd4 Bd5 24. c4 Nc3 25. Rd2 Bxc4 26. Rc2 Ba6 27. Kh1 f6 28. Nf3 e5 29. h3 Ne4 30. Rb2 Rc3 31. Bb4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Bc4 33. a3 Kf7 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke6 36. Bxc1 1-0
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
829295 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Demchenko, A (2619) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 Bc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Bd4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Kg2 Rb8 17. Nd1 c5 18. Rb1 a5 19. b3 a4 20. Ba3 axb3 21. Rxb3 Rxb3 22. axb3 Nxg5 23. f3 f5 24. Nf2 Bb7 25. exf5 exf5 26. Nd3 e4 27. fxe4 Bxe4+ 28. Kg3 Ne6 0-1
2023.08.29 Titled Tue 29th Aug Early
829524 Galchenko, Matvey (2438) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Nd7 9. c4 O-O 10. a3 Rb8 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 e6 13. e4 dxe3 14. Bxe3 Qe7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rxb8 Ncxb8 17. Nd2 e5 18. Ne4 Na6 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 f5 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Nc3 Nc7 24. Kh1 h6 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Nf3 Ng4 27. h3 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Qxd3 29. Kxf2 Qxc3 30. Bxc7 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Qxc4+ 32. Qe2 Ba6 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Qxa6 Qd3+ 1-0
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early
836809 Albertini, L (2103) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 f5 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Ng5 f4 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Qxf7 fxe3 15. fxe3 e6 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. O-O Qe8 18. Qf4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb3 Nd3 21. Qh4 Bc6 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Bf7 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. b4 Nd3 26. Bc4 Nb2 27. Rc1 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Bd3 29. Rxc7 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Rb8 31. a4 Be5 32. Re7 Bc3 33. b5 Ba5 34. Ke2 Rc8 35. Rxb7 Rc4 36. Kf3 Rxa4 37. e4 Rb4 38. Kf4 Rxb5 39. g4 Bc3 40. g5 Be5+ 41. Kg4 Rb3 42. Re7 Bd4 43. e5 Re3 44. Kf4 Rxe5 45. Rd7 Rf5+ 46. Ke4 Bc5 47. h4 Rf8 48. Kd5 Kg8 49. Ke6 Re8+ 50. Kf6 Re7 51. Rd8+ Re8 52. Rxe8+ Bf8 53. Rb8 h5 54. Kxg6 b5 55. Rxb5 Kh8 56. Rb8 Kg8 57. Rc8 1-0
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early
836945 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Kekic, A (2139) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Qd3 Be7 5. f3 b6 6. O-O-O c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. exd5 Bg5+ 13. Kb1 Nb8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qe4 Nc6 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Nh3 Be7 18. Nf4 e5 19. Nfd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Bxc6 Rac8 22. Bb7 Rc7 23. Nb5 Qf6 24. Nxc7 1-0
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early
837271 Llanos, G (2288) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bd7 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nd4 b4 15. Nce2 Qb6 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bf4 Rc5 19. Nc2 Qb7 20. Ne3 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Be3 Qa6 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Re1 c4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Qb3 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 29. Qxc4 Qxe1+ 30. Ng1 Bc3 31. g4 Bb1 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Bxa2 34. f4 Bc4 35. Nxc3 bxc3 36. Be4 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 c2 38. Kg2 c1=Q 0-1
2023.08.22 Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early
837480 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Drygalov, Sergey (2547) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Ndf3 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 c5 14. Rc1 Rab8 15. b3 f6 16. Nd3 c4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. bxc4 Nd3 20. Rc2 dxc4 21. Nd4 Rfe8 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qf3 f4 24. Bd4 Ne1 25. Qd5+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rc1 Nd3 28. Rb1 a6 29. h4 h5 30. Kh2 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Re2 32. a3 Rb2 33. Rd1 Ke6 34. f3 Kf5 35. Kg1 g5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Kh2 g4 38. fxg4+ hxg4 39. Kg1 g3 40. Kf1 Kg4 41. Ra1 f3 42. gxf3+ Kxf3 43. Kg1 Nf4 44. Rf1+ Kg4 45. Re1 Nh3+ 46. Kf1 g2# 0-1
2023.08.20 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845526 Petrisor, A (2391) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Be3 Qb6 9. b3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. a3 Qc3 13. Rc1 Qb2 14. Nb1 Nc6 15. f4 Na5 16. Rc3 e6 17. Bd4 Bxa3 18. Rc8+ Rxc8 19. Bxb2 Bxb2 20. Qd2 Rc1+ 21. Kf2 Rxb1 22. Qxa5 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Rxb3 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. Qa2 Rb4 26. Rh3 Ne7 27. Rb3 Ra4 28. Ra3 Re4 29. Qd2 d4 30. Ng3 Re3 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Qd6 Bc6+ 33. Kh2 Bd8 34. f5 O-O 35. Bc4 Nd5 36. fxe6 Bc7 37. exf7+ Rxf7 38. Qe6 e2 39. Nxe2 Kf8 40. Bxd5 Rf2+ 41. Kg3 Bb6 42. Bxc6 bxc6 43. Nf4 1-0
2023.08.18 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845517 Soltanici, R (2357) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. c4 Ng6 14. h3 Rc8 15. a3 b5 16. c5 Bc7 17. g4 h4 18. Rhg1 Rb8 19. g5 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. gxf6 Qxf6 22. Rde1 Reb8 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Ne4 Rxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qd8 28. Ng5 Qb8+ 29. Ka1 Ba5 0-1
2023.08.17 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845507 Voiteanu, G (2197) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
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. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 b4 12. e4 h6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Qxc7 a4 15. Nbd2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Qa7 Ra8 18. Qc7 Rb8 19. Qa7 Bb5 20. d5 exd5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 b3 24. axb3 axb3 25. Bf1 b2 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Re3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Nxe5 29. Re3 Qf6 30. Re2 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Qc6 32. Qe3 Rfe8 33. Rbxb2 Rxe3 34. Rxb8+ Kh7 35. fxe3 Nd4+ 36. Rg2 Ne6 37. Rb1 Qe4 38. Rb3 g6 39. Bd3 Qd5 40. Ra3 Ng5 41. Be2 Qd2 42. Ra1 Qxe3 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Rgf2 f5 45. Bf3 h5 46. Bg2 Nf7 47. Rf3 Qc5 48. Rd3 Ne5 49. Rd5 Qe3 50. Ra5 Qe2 51. Ra7+ Kh6 52. Re7 Qb2 53. Re6 Kg7 54. Re7+ Kf6 55. Rb7 Qd4 56. h4 Nc4 57. Rfb1 Qf2 58. Rc1 Ne5 59. Ra1 f4 60. gxf4 Nd3 61. Ra6+ Kf5 62. Bh3+ Ke4 63. Bg2+ Kd4 64. Rd7+ Kc4 65. Rc6+ Nc5 66. Rdc7 Qxh4+ 67. Kg1 Qe1+ 68. Bf1+ Kd4 69. Rd6+ Kc3 70. Rxc5+ Kb2 71. Rb6+ Ka3 72. Ra5+ 1-0
2023.08.17 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845512 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Hulka, Valentyn (2247) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 Nc7 10. a4 Ne6 11. a5 Nd4 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Bf4 h6 16. Nh2 Kh7 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Nf1 g5 19. Bh2 f5 20. exf6 exf6 21. Ned2 Rfe8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Re8 26. Ne3 f5 27. f4 Re4 28. c3 Qe6 29. cxd4 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Bxd4 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Bc7 b5 34. b3 Kg6 35. Qb1 Qe4 36. Qd1 Qe7 37. Bh2 Qe3 38. Qb1 Qe4 39. Qd1 Qe6 40. Qf1 Kf6 41. Bc7 Qe3 42. Qb1 Qc3 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Kh2 Qa1 45. Bd8+ Kg6 46. Qxa1 Bxa1 47. Kg3 Bf6 48. Ba5 b4 49. Kf3 c4 50. Ke2 cxb3 51. Kd3 b2 52. Kc2 Bc3 53. Bc7 Kh5 54. Bd6 Kh4 55. Bc7 Bf6 56. Bd6 f4 0-1
2023.08.16 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845502 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Sachilaru, Alexandru (2219) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qg4 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. f3 Qe6 16. Bf2 b5 17. a4 Rab8 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Qd2 b4 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. Ng3 Bf8 22. Nf5 d5 23. Qf4 Qe6 24. Bh4 dxe4 25. Nxh6+ Kh7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Ng4 Be7 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxe4 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31. Ke2 Qd5 32. Bd8 Qxd8 33. Qh4+ Qxh4 34. Rxh4+ Kg6 35. Kxd1 Bxb2 36. Rh8 c4 37. Rc8 Be5 38. Rxc4 Bxh2 39. Rc6+ Kf5 40. Rxa6 Bg1 41. Rc6 Kf4 42. Rc4+ Kg3 43. Rg4+ 1-0
2023.08.15 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845492 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Voege, Tobias (2257) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O b6 11. g4 Nd5 12. Rg1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 g5 15. Kb1 Kg7 16. Bd3 c5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc7 20. Rc4 Qe7 21. Nf3 Rad8 22. h4 Bf4 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Rb4 Rd5 27. Qe3 Rhd8 28. a3 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Ka2 Rf1 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rb5 Bf4 33. Nxf4 gxf4 34. Qd3 Rg1 35. f3 e5 36. Qe4 Qe6+ 37. c4 f6 38. Rd5 Qf7 39. Qc2 Rh1 40. g5 Rh5 41. Qd3 Qe6 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Rc7 Qg8 44. Qf5 Qxg5 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ 1-0
2023.08.15 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845497 Lacan Rus, David (2125) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 c6 8. f3 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. e6 Ne5 11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Nb3 d4 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Bg5 Bf8 16. Re1 Nbc6 17. f4 c4 18. Nxd4 Nd3+ 19. cxd3 Nxd4 20. dxc4 Bf5 21. Bd3 Rd7 22. Re3 Bb4 23. Qf2 Ne6 24. Qe2 h6 25. Bxh6 Nd4 26. Qh5 Nb3+ 27. Kb1 g6 28. Qe2 Qxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Nd2+ 32. Kc2 Nxe4 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Rd7 Rxc4+ 35. Kd3 b5 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxa7 Nc5+ 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. Kf3 Rc2 40. b3 Bc5 41. Ra6 Rf2+ 42. Ke4 Kh7 43. Rxe6 Kxh6 44. a4 b4 45. Kd5 Bf8 46. a5 Ra2 47. a6 Ra5+ 48. Ke4 Kg7 49. g4 Ra3 50. Kd5 Rxb3 51. Kc6 Ra3 52. Kb6 b3 53. Re5 Bd6 54. Rb5 Bxf4 55. Kb7 Be3 56. h4 Kh6 57. h5 g5 58. Kc8 Bd4 59. Kd7 b2 60. Ke8 Rxa6 61. Kf7 Rb6 0-1
2023.08.14 Iuliu Szabo Mem IM 2023
845487 Florescu, C (2242) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. c4 g6 13. Rhe1 f5 14. g3 Be6 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Kb1 b5 17. c5 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxd4 19. b3 Nd7 20. Bd6 Qb4 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 f6 23. Rde2 Kf7 24. Kb2 Rcd8 25. Bc2 b4 26. f4 a5 27. Re3 g5 28. Bd1 g4 29. Bc2 Nb6 30. cxb6 Rxd6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxe8 Rd2+ 33. Ka1 Rd7 34. R8e7+ 1-0
2023.08.13 16th Arad Open 2023
854448 Kulaots, K (2491) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. h3 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. b3 Ng6 9. a3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Be3 c5 13. d5 Qd8 14. g4 Bh7 15. f4 Be7 16. Be2 Bh4+ 17. Kf1 g5 18. Kg2 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg5 20. Bg3 Bh4 21. Bf4 Bg5 22. Bh2 Qa5 23. Nb5 Be4+ 24. Bf3 Bxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qd2+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 O-O 28. Nd6 Nb6 29. Rhd1 Be7 30. Nxb7 Nxc4 31. d6 Bh4+ 32. Bg3 Bg5 33. h4 Be3+ 34. Ke2 Bd4 35. Rab1 Rab8 36. d7 Nxa3 37. Rb3 Nc4 38. Nxc5 Rxb3 39. Nxb3 Bb6 40. h5 Ne3 41. d8=Q Bxd8 42. Kxe3 Bb6+ 43. Ke2 Rc8 44. Rc1 Rd8 45. Bh4 Rb8 46. Bf6 a5 47. Ra1 Ra8 48. Ra4 Rc8 49. Kd3 Kf8 50. Nd2 Rc5 51. Rc4 Rd5+ 52. Ke2 Ke8 53. g5 1-0
2023.08.12 16th Arad Open 2023
854418 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei (2481) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O a5 7. a4 f6 8. Bf4 Ne7 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 h6 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Bxa5 Re8 17. Nd2 Ng5 18. Bb6 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Bb4 20. Qc2 d4 21. f4 Nf7 22. Re4 g5 23. Rxd4 Qe7 24. Nb3 Rhg8 25. a5 Kb8 26. a6 c5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rc8 29. Ba7+ Ka8 30. axb7+ Qxb7 31. Qa4 gxf4 32. Bc5+ Kb8 33. Rb4 1-0
2023.08.10 16th Arad Open 2023
854372 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Rozen, Eytan (2433) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Qa4 Rd8 12. b4 Ng6 13. b5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Bxc5 16. bxa6+ Ke7 17. Nb5 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxf4 19. axb7 d3 20. Qa5 d2 21. Rfd1 Rd7 22. Na7 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Kf6 24. Nc6 Rxb7 25. Rxd2 Qe3 26. Re2 Qd3 27. Nb4 Qd4 28. Rf1 Ra7 29. Qb5 Qd6 30. Nc6 Bc5 31. Nxa7 Bxa7 32. g4 Rb8 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Bxc6 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Bxb1 36. Be4 Bxe4+ 37. Rxe4 Ke7 38. Re5 Kd6 39. Rb5 1-0
2023.08.09 16th Arad Open 2023
854282 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Sahidi, Samir (2497) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. a4 h6 8. a5 g5 9. Ne1 Rg8 10. a6 b5 11. b3 Qb6 12. Be3 Nb8 13. c4 Nxa6 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Ba5 Qb7 16. Nc3 dxc4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ned5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne6 22. Rb1 Qc8 23. Nc2 Nf4 24. Qh7 Rg6 25. Ne3 Bg7 26. Qg8+ Bf8 27. Qh7 Bg7 28. Qg8+ Bf8 29. Qh7 Rb8 30. Kh1 g4 31. g3 Ne6 32. Qh8 Kd7 33. Qh7 Bg7 34. Nxg4 Rxb1 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxb1 Rf3 37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Qf5 Ke8 39. Bb4 Rb3 40. Bd6 Bf8 41. Ra1 Qd7 42. Qf6 Bg7 43. Qf5 Nxd4 44. Qh7 Ne6 45. f4 Rb2+ 46. Kh1 Qb7 47. Ba3 Rb3 48. Qc2 Qb5 49. Qf2 Rb1+ 50. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kh3 Nd4 53. Bc5 Nb5 0-1
2023.08.06 Cristina Foisor Mem Rapid
863659 Grigoriants, S RUS (2562) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. c4 c5 12. d5 Ne5 13. b3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 h5 15. f4 h4 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bd2 g6 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Bc3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qf2 Bb1 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. a3 b6 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Kg1 Kf8 30. Qb2 Be4 31. Qf2 Kg7 32. Bb2 b5 33. Qe3 Bf5 34. Qf2 bxc4 35. bxc4 Bd3 1/2-1/2
2023.08.06 Cristina Foisor Mem Rapid
863691 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Csonka, B (2480) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Nf3 Nb8 14. d4 Nbd7 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Nf1 Bf8 18. Ng3 g6 19. b3 a5 20. Bd3 c6 21. a4 exd4 22. cxd4 b4 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. Ne4 Nc3 27. Qc2 Nxe4 1/2-1/2
2023.08.06 Cristina Foisor Mem Rapid
863721 Lupulescu, C (2584) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. f3 c5 15. Qd2 Nhf6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. b3 a6 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bb1 Bd7 21. Nce2 Ne6 22. Rc3 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qd6 24. Rfc1 Rad8 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. b4 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Bb5 28. Bc2 Qe7 29. Bb3 Bc6 30. Kf2 Qd6 31. Qc5 Qe5 32. Qd4 Qd6 33. h3 g6 34. Nd3 Kg7 35. e4 Qd8 36. e5 Nh7 37. Nf4 Qh4+ 38. g3 Qe7 39. e6+ f6 40. Bxd5 Bxd5 41. Qxd5 Qxb4 42. Rb3 Qa4 43. Qd7+ 1-0
2023.08.06 Cristina Foisor Mem Rapid
863797 Magold, Filip (2359) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. f4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. b3 h5 19. Qa4 a5 20. Qc4 Bb4 21. Na4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd4 Rd7 24. Qc1 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qd7 26. Be3 Qd3 27. h3 Qe2 28. Nc3 Qd3 29. Na4 Qb1 30. Qxb1 Bxb1 31. a3 Bxa3 32. Bd2 Bc2 33. Bxa5 Bxb3 34. Nc3 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Bc4+ 36. Ke1 Be3 37. g3 h4 38. gxh4 Bxf4 39. Ne4 Bd5 40. Nd2 Bxe5 41. Kf2 c5 42. Nb1 Bd4+ 43. Kg3 f5 44. Nc3 Kf7 45. Ne2 Be5+ 46. Kf2 Bc4 47. Ng3 Bd4+ 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Kf4 g6 50. h5 e5+ 0-1
2023.08.05 Cristina Foisor Mem Rapid
863606 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Chigaev, M (2616) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g5 6. h3 Rg8 7. Qe2 h5 8. h4 gxh4 9. Nxh4 a6 10. Bc2 Ne5 11. d3 b5 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. f3 e6 15. Nf1 Be7 16. g3 Qa5 17. Ng2 b4 18. Bd2 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qb6 20. Nf4 Nc6 21. Ba4 Kd8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nxh5 Nd7 24. Qd2 Qb7 25. Ne3 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Qe3 Kc7 29. Qe4 Bd6 30. g4 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. O-O-O Kc6 34. Rde1 Rce8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Ng7 Rf8 37. Rh5 Be5 38. Nxf5 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Ne5 40. Ne7+ Kd6 41. Rxe5 Rxf3 42. Re2 Rxd3 43. Kc2 Rh3 44. Nf5+ Kc6 45. Kb3 Rf3 46. Ne3 Rf8 47. Nc4 Rb8+ 48. Kc2 Kd5 49. Kd3 Rd8 50. Re5+ Kc6+ 51. Kc2 Rh8 52. Ne3 Rh4 53. Re6+ Kb5 54. Kb3 c4+ 55. Nxc4 Rxc4 56. a4+ Kc5 57. Re5+ 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Early
865320 Gaurav, Rajesh Zagade (2159) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. Be3 h6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Rad1 e6 11. Qc1 Qe7 12. a3 b5 13. b4 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qh4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Nc5 Ba8 21. Rfe1 Nc3 22. Rd3 Bd4 23. Qd2 e5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxc3 a5 26. Rf3 f5 27. Ne6 1-0
2023.08.01 Titled Tue 1st Aug Early
865679 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Silva, Pedro Gil Ferreira Da (2212) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. c3 b6 7. f4 Bb7 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rae8 15. c4 Qd6 16. Rac1 e5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. e4 Kh8 19. Bb1 f5 20. e5 Qxd5 21. Rxc7 Rd8 22. Bd3 Rd7 23. Rfc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qc2 Bb7 27. b3 g6 28. Qe2 Bc8 29. Bc4 Qc5 30. Qd3 Kg7 31. h4 a6 32. a4 Bd7 33. e6 Be8 34. b4 Qd6 35. Bxa6 Bxa4 36. Bc4 Kf6 37. g3 Bc6 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. b5 Bb7 40. Bb3 Qc5 41. Qc4 Qxc4 42. Bxc4 Be4 43. Ke2 h6 44. Kd2 Kd6 45. Bb3 Ke7 46. Bc4 Kd6 47. Ba2 Ke7 48. Ke2 Kd6 49. Ke1 Ke7 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. Kc1 Ke7 52. Kb2 Kd6 53. Ka3 d3 54. Kb2 d2 55. Bb3 Bf3 56. e7 Kxe7 57. Kc3 d1=Q 58. Bxd1 Bxd1 59. Kd4 Be2 60. Ke5 Bxb5 61. h5 gxh5 62. Kxf5 Be8 63. Ke5 b5 64. f5 b4 65. f6+ Kf7 66. Kf5 b3 67. Ke5 b2 0-1
2023.07.30 European Youth U18 Teams
877058 Sahakyan, Aleks (2232) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Qf6 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. Rac1 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 d4 19. Rb1 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd4 21. Be4 g6 22. h3 Rd7 23. Rd2 Rbd8 24. Rbd1 Kg7 25. Kh1 h5 26. Qc3 b6 27. Re1 Rd6 28. Red1 Nf5 29. Qc2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qd4 32. Qxd4+ Nxd4 33. h4 Kf6 34. Bd5 Ne6 35. Kg1 Ke5 36. Ba2 Kd4 37. Kf1 Kd3 38. Bd5 b5 39. Ke1 Nf4 40. Bc6 Kc2 41. g3 Nd3+ 42. Ke2 Nxb2 43. Bxb5 Kb3 44. Be8 Kxa3 45. Bxf7 a5 46. Bxg6 Nc4 47. Bxh5 Kb2 48. Be8 Nd6 49. Bd7 Ne4 50. h5 Nf6 51. h6 Kc3 52. Bf5 1-0
2023.07.29 European Youth U18 Teams
877038 Vagman, Roy (2276) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Rfe1 Ne5 11. Bf1 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rad1 c6 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. Nde2 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 b5 17. Bb3 Qf6 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 Qe5 21. Rab1 h5 22. Nf1 Nf4 23. Re3 g6 24. Rd1 h4 25. Kh1 Ra7 26. Rf3 Ne6 27. Qe3 Rb7 28. h3 Bc8 29. Nh2 Ng5 30. Rf4 b4 31. Ne2 Nxe4 32. Nf3 Ng3+ 33. Nxg3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 hxg3 35. Nd4 c5 36. Rdf1 Ree7 37. Nc6 Rxe3 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 39. Bd5 Bf5 40. Nd4 Rbe7 41. Nxf5+ gxf5 42. Rxf5 R3e5 43. R5f3 Rxd5 44. Rxg3+ Kh7 45. Rxf8 Rd2 46. Rf4 Kh8 47. Rh4+ Rh7 48. Rhg4 Rf7 49. Rh4+ Rh7 50. Rhg4 Rf7 51. Rh4+ 1/2-1/2
2023.07.27 European Youth U18 Teams
876993 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Olenik Campa, Rudi (2327) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Qd3 b6 9. Nd2 f5 10. Ne2 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 a5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Qd1 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 O-O 15. g3 f4 16. gxf4 Qh4 17. Bg4 Rxf4 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qe2 Nxf2 20. Bxf2 Rxf2 21. Qxf2 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Nxd4 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Nb3+ 25. Kc3 Qxe5+ 26. Kxb3 Qb5+ 27. Kc3 Qb4+ 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Ke3 Qe7+ 30. Kf3 Rf8+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kg3 Qe5+ 33. Kh3 Qe6+ 34. Kg3 Qg6+ 35. Kh3 Qh5+ 36. Qh4 Rf3+ 37. Kg2 Qxh4 38. Kxf3 Qf6+ 39. Kg2 h6 40. c3 Qg6+ 41. Kf3 Qf7+ 42. Kg3 Qxa2 43. Rd2 a4 44. Re1 a3 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. bxa3 Qxa3 47. Re3 Qc1 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Kg1 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Qc2+ 51. Kg1 1/2-1/2
2023.07.26 European Youth U18 Teams
876962 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Milikow, Elie (2424) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Rb8 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nce7 11. a4 Nf6 12. Ne3 g6 13. Be2 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. a5 e4 16. Ra4 Re8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rd1 Bh6 19. c4 Nd7 20. Qb4 Nc5 21. Ra1 Bg7 22. Rb1 Rf8 23. Qa3 f5 24. b4 Nd7 25. c5 f4 26. Nc4 Nf5 27. Bg4 dxc5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Bxf4 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Qh4 31. g3 Qh3 32. Nb6 Nf6 33. Nxc8 Ng4 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Qe1 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 1/2-1/2
2023.07.25 European Youth U18 Teams
876937 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Bethke, Richard (2382) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Nb3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 c5 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. b3 b6 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Rfb1 g6 18. b4 Kb7 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20. Rxb3 f5 21. Kh1 Rhf8 22. Nd2 f4 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. c3 cxb4 25. axb4 Qf7 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4 f3 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. d5 Nd4 31. Rb2 Nb5 32. Kg2 Rdf8 33. Rba2 Nc3 34. Rxa6 Rf2+ 35. Kh3 Nxe4 36. Ra7+ Kc8 37. Ne5 Kd8 38. Rc1 R8f5 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Rxc7+ Kd6 41. Rd7+ Kxe5 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rxe4 R5f3+ 44. Kh4 g5+ 45. Kg4 h5+ 46. Kxh5 Kf5 47. h4 Kxe4 48. hxg5 Rf7 49. Rd8 Kf5 50. e4+ Kxe4 51. Kg6 Rf8 52. Rd6 Rg8+ 53. Kh5 Rf5 0-1
2023.07.24 European Youth U18 Teams
876925 Karademir, Bugra (2117) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe1 e6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qh4 h6 11. Qh3 Bd6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxe6+ Kf8 15. b3 b5 16. Qe2 b4 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Nd2 Bf4 20. Bf2 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qb6 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Qc5 Qb8 24. Ngf1 Bd6 25. Qc3 Nb4 26. Qb2 Nc2 27. Nc4 Rxc4 0-1
2023.07.11 Titled Tue 11th Jul Early
893329 Fieberg, Samuel (2157) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. Nf3 a6 2. e4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nb1 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 21. Qxc4 Bxf3 22. e6 Bd6 23. exf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. gxf3 Nd4 27. Rfd1 a5 28. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 29. Kf1 Nd2+ 30. Kg2 Rg6+ 31. Kh1 Rc2 32. Rac1 Ra2 33. bxa5 Rxa3 34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Ne5 36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Kh2 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Ng1 39. Re1+ Kd7 40. f3 Rxf3 41. Rc7+ Kxd6 42. Rc6+ Kxc6 43. Rc1+ Kd6 44. Rd1+ Ke5 45. Re1+ Kf4 46. Rf1 Rxf1 47. Kh2 Nf3# 0-1
2023.07.11 Titled Tue 11th Jul Early
893444 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Tsyhanchuk, S (2273) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Qc2 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Be2 c5 8. b3 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. b4 Rc8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. O-O Bf5 18. Nf3 Re7 19. Qd2 h6 20. h3 Rb7 21. Rfc1 Qb6 22. Bf1 Qb2 23. Qa5 c4 24. dxc4 Ne4 25. Qe1 dxc4 26. Rab1 c3 27. Ba6 Ng5 28. Rxb2 cxb2 29. Rxc8+ 1-0
2023.07.11 Titled Tue 11th Jul Early
893750 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Zhigalko, S (2572) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d3 e3 6. f4 Bc5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qd3 Ng4 10. Nh3 c6 11. O-O-O Qf6 12. Rdf1 Bf5 13. Qd1 Na6 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. Qc1 Nxc2 16. Ne4 Na3+ 17. Bxa3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Bxe4+ 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qb4 Rfd8 21. Rd1 h6 22. Qxb7 a5 23. f5 a4 24. Rhf1 axb3 25. axb3 Rdb8 26. Qc7 Rxb3+ 27. Kc2 Rab8 28. Rb1 Qxd4 29. Qxb8+ Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kh7 31. Nf4 Ne5 32. Rd1 Qc5+ 33. Kb2 Nc4+ 34. Kb1 Nd2+ 35. Ka1 Qa3# 0-1
2023.07.11 Titled Tue 11th Jul Early
893911 Yurasova, Daria (2081) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. d4 b5 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. e3 a6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c4 bxc4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rc1 d5 12. Nce5 Nbd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qb5 17. Qg4 c4 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Bc3 Bb4 21. Qg4 Qa4 22. Ba1 c3 23. Rfe1 Qxa2 24. Nd7 Rfd8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nh5 Rg8 27. Qg3 Qd5 28. Nf4 Qe4 29. f3 Qb7 30. e4 Qb6 31. Qf2 e5 32. Nd5 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. Ne7 Bxe7 0-1
2023.07.11 Titled Tue 11th Jul Early
894124 Antipov, M2 (2606) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1-0
1. e4 a6 2. d4 c6 3. Bd3 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8. O-O e6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Nxc6 Bxg5 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Re5 d4 21. Rxf5 Bh6 22. Rc5 b5 23. a4 Bf8 24. Rc6 Bg7 25. Rc5 Rb8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Kf1 c3 28. bxc3 dxc3 29. Rb1 b4 30. Rb3 Ra8 31. Rxb4 Bf8 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Rxc3 f5 34. Rf4 Ra5 35. g4 Bd6 36. Rxf5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra2 1-0
2023.07.11 Titled Tue 11th Jul Early
894372 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Haszon, D (2250) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Qc2 e6 3. b3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bb2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. a3 h5 13. b4 a6 14. Nb3 Bg4 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. h3 Bc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. d4 Kh8 20. Nd2 h4 21. Bh5 Rg8 22. Kh1 Ne7 23. Bxf7 Rg7 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Ng6 26. Nf3 Nf8 27. Bg4 Rh7 28. Qf5 Qg7 29. e4 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd8 31. Rae1 a5 32. Qxa5 Bc7 33. Qf5 Qf7 34. Re7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Qxf6+ Rg7 37. Ng5 Re8 38. Be6 Nxe6 39. Nxe6 Re7 40. Nxg7 Re1# 0-1
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Early
916481 Shtompel, Yuriy (1933) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. Nbd2 d6 9. c3 Nc6 10. h3 e5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Ne3 h6 13. a3 a5 14. c4 a4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. h4 b5 19. Bf4 c4 20. Bf1 c3 21. bxc3 dxc3 22. d4 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxb5 Ba6 26. Rb4 Bc5 27. Rxa4 Bxf1 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Kxf1 Rxa3 30. Rc1 Ra2 31. Rxc3 Rxf2+ 32. Ke1 Ra2 33. Kd1 Ra4 34. e5 Rd4+ 35. Ke2 Rxd5 36. exd6 Bxd6 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 Bxf4 39. Rxd5 Bxg3 40. h5 g5 41. Kf3 Bf4 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Ra5 Ke6 44. Ra6+ Bd6 45. Ra5 f6 46. Rf5 Be5 47. Rf1 Bf4 48. Re1+ Be5 49. Rf1 Kd5 50. Kf5 Bd4 51. Rd1 Kc4 52. Kg6 g4 53. Kxh6 g3 54. Kg6 g2 55. h6 f5 56. Kxf5 g1=Q 57. Rxg1 Bxg1 58. h7 Bd4 59. h8=Q Bxh8 1/2-1/2
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Early
916633 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Lalanne, P (2208) 1-0
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. e4 O-O 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. e5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. d4 b4 14. Nb5 cxd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qc5 Bd7 18. Nd6 b3 19. c3 f6 20. Bb5 Ne7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ra7 Qd8 23. Nb7 Qe8 24. Na5 Nf5 25. g4 Nh6 26. Nc6 fxe5 27. Re7 Qc8 28. Qa7 Nf7 29. Nxb8 Qxb8 30. Rxf7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 d4 32. Kg2 e4 33. cxd4 Bxd4 34. Rd7 e5 35. fxe5 1-0
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Early
916809 Luo, Terry (2353) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8+ 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. O-O b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxh6 Bh8 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Rae1 Nh7 20. Bh6 f5 21. Bb1 Qf6 22. g4 e4 23. f3 Qh4 24. fxe4 fxg4 25. hxg4 g5 26. Qh2 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Be5 28. Qg2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Bd4+ 30. Rf2 Qxh6 31. e5 Rf8 32. Rf1 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 0-1
2023.06.20 Titled Tue 20th Jun Early
917183 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2305) Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2627) 1/2-1/2
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 f6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. a3 Nge7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. c4 e4 15. Ne1 d4 16. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxe4 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. f3 Bf5 23. Nd3 Rfe8 24. Rf2 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Re3 26. Rfd2 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Ne5 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxc4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kd3 Nd6 35. g4 Ke6 36. Be3 Nf7 37. Ke4 Nd6+ 38. Kd4 h6 39. f4 Nf7 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. Kd5 gxf4 42. Bxf4 Ke7 43. Be3 Kd7 44. b5 Ke7 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. Kb6 Kc8 47. Kc5 Kc7 48. Bf4+ Kd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Be3 Kd7 51. Bf4 Ke7 52. Be3 Kd7 53. Bf4 1/2-1/2
2023.04.30 Grand Prix Bucharest 2023
970964 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Tudor, Henry Edward (2187) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. c3 a6 9. d4 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rac1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rfb8 14. Nf1 Qb7 15. Ne3 a5 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. cxb5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qb6 22. a4 Bf6 23. Nd2 Re8 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Rc2 Qe7 27. Re2 Qf8 28. Nb6 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Rd8 30. Re1 Re8 31. Qd1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qd6 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34. b6 Kf8 35. Qe5 Bd8 36. Qb8 Ke7 37. Qe5+ Kf8 38. Qb8 Ke7 39. b7 Bc7 40. Qc8 Qd6 41. g3 g6 42. Bb5 Qd8 43. Qg4 Kf8 44. Qe4 Bb8 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. h4 h5 47. Bc6 Kf8 48. Kf1 Kg7 49. Ke2 Kf8 50. Kd3 Kg7 51. Qe8 1-0
2023.04.30 Grand Prix Bucharest 2023
970986 Hamitevici, V (2496) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. O-O b5 9. Nd4 Nd5 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. d3 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Na5 Qb6 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Nc3 N7f6 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. e4 Nb4 18. e5 Nfd5 19. a3 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rfc8 22. Qe2 Nc2 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rab1 Qb3 25. Qxa6 Nd4 26. Be3 Ra8 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28. Bxd4 Rc2 29. Rfd1 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd2 g6 32. Rbd1 d4 33. Rxd4 Qxb2 34. Bd5 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc3 37. Rf4 Qxe5 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 39. Bb3 Qb2 40. Rf7+ Kh6 41. Rb7 Qxa3 42. Bg8 Qa8 43. Bd5 Qd8 44. Be4 Qd4 45. Bf3 g5 46. Rc7 g4 47. Bb7 Qe5 48. Rf7 Kg6 49. Rf4 h5 50. Be4+ Kg7 51. h3 gxh3+ 52. Kxh3 Kh6 53. Bf3 Qe1 54. Kg2 Kg5 55. Rh4 Qd2 56. Rxh5+ Kg6 57. Rd5 Qb4 58. Re5 Kf6 59. Re4 Qc5 60. Rh4 Qc1 61. Be4 Qe1 62. Rf4+ Kg5 63. Bf3 Qd2 64. Re4 Qd6 65. Rc4 Qe7 66. Rd4 Qe1 67. Rd5+ Kg6 68. Rd1 Qe5 69. Bd5 Qe2 70. Rd4 Qe5 71. Rg4+ Kf6 72. Bf3 Qe1 73. Be4 Qe2 74. Bf3 Qe1 75. Re4 Qc3 76. g4 Kg5 77. Ra4 Qc5 78. Ra2 Kf4 79. Ra6 Qc3 80. Ra4+ Kg5 81. Re4 Qc5 82. Re6 Qc3 83. Rc6 Qd4 84. Ra6 Qc3 85. Ra8 Qb4 86. Rd8 Qc4 87. Rd5+ Kg6 88. Rf5 Qd4 89. Rd5 Qc4 90. Kg3 Qc7+ 91. Kh3 Qc3 92. Kg2 Qc4 93. Rh5 Qf4 94. Rf5 Qd4 95. Rb5 Qc3 96. Be4+ Kf6 97. g5+ Ke6 98. g6 Kf6 99. Rf5+ Ke6 100. g7 Qxg7+ 101. Kf3 Qc3+ 102. Kg4 Qg7+ 103. Rg5 Qd4 104. f3 Qg1+ 105. Kh5 Qh2+ 106. Kg6 Qh8 107. Bd5+ Ke7 108. Kf5 Kd6 109. Kg4 Qh2 110. f4 Qg1+ 111. Kh5 Qh2+ 112. Kg4 Qg1+ 113. Kf3 Qf1+ 114. Kg3 Qg1+ 115. Bg2 Ke6 116. Kh3 Kf6 117. Bf3 Qf2 118. Kg4 Qg1+ 119. Kh4 Qh2+ 120. Kg4 Qg1+ 121. Kh3 Qf2 122. Kg4 1/2-1/2
2023.04.30 Grand Prix Bucharest 2023
971023 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Costachi, M (2476) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxg5 15. Nf3 Qf4 16. Bc4 Nd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Rb1 b5 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Qc2 g6 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 c5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd5 cxd4 26. Rd1 Bc7 27. g3 Qf6 28. Rxd4 h6 29. Kg2 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. h4 Bb6 32. Rd2 Kg7 33. Nd4 Re4 34. Nb3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ra4 36. Nc1 Ke6 37. Nd3 Ra3 38. Ke2 Kf5 39. Nb4 Ba5 40. Rd5+ Ke6 41. Rb5 Bxb4 42. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 43. Ke3 h5 44. Rb7 f6 45. Rg7 Kf5 46. Rb7 Ra3+ 47. Ke2 a6 48. Rb6 Ra4 49. Kf3 Ra1 50. Rc6 a5 51. Rc5+ Ke6 52. Rc6+ Ke5 53. Rb6 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 a4 55. Rb5+ Ke4 56. Rb4+ Kf5 57. Rc4 g5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Kf1 Ra2 60. Kg2 a3 61. Rc5+ Kf6 62. Rc6+ Kf7 63. Rc5 Kf6 64. Rc6+ Kf7 65. Rc5 Rb2 66. Rxg5 a2 67. Ra5 Kg6 68. Ra6+ Kf5 69. Ra4 Ke5 70. Kh3 Kd5 71. Kh4 Rb4+ 72. Rxb4 a1=Q 73. Kxh5 Qe5+ 74. Kg4 Qe2+ 75. f3 Qe6+ 76. Kh5 Qh3+ 77. Rh4 Qxg3 78. f4 Ke4 79. Rg4 Qd3 80. Kg5 Qd8+ 81. Kg6 Qg8+ 82. Kh5 Qh7+ 83. Kg5 Qe7+ 84. Kg6 Kf3 85. Rg5 Kxf4 86. Rf5+ Kg4 87. Rf6 Qe8+ 88. Kh6 Qh8+ 89. Kg6 Qg8+ 90. Kh6 Qg5+ 0-1
2023.04.30 Grand Prix Bucharest 2023
971083 Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela (2229) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qd1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. b3 Rac8 18. bxc4 g5 19. Bg3 Rxc4 20. Qb3 Rec8 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Na3 Rb4 23. Qd3 Ra4 24. Nb5 a6 25. Qf5 Rc6 26. Nc7 Rxc7 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Rac1 Rc4 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. e4 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. a4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rc1 Nb6 35. Kf1 b4 36. Ke2 b3 37. Rb1 Na4 38. Kd2 Bb4+ 39. Kc1 Bc3 40. d5 Nc5 41. f3 Kg7 42. Kd1 Be5 43. g3 c3 44. Kc1 Nd3+ 0-1
2023.04.30 Grand Prix Bucharest 2023
971117 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Lauda, A (2055) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5 4. c3 g4 5. Ng1 h5 6. d3 d5 7. Qe2 Bh6 8. Bxh6 Rxh6 9. Nd2 dxe4 10. dxe4 a6 11. Bxc6+ Rxc6 12. Qe3 e5 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. c4 Be6 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Qg6 17. Nb3 f5 18. Nxc5 fxe4 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qa7 Qd6 21. O-O-O Qb8 22. Ne7+ Nxe7 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qxb8+ Rc8 25. Rd1+ Ke8 26. Qxe5 Rxc4+ 27. Kb1 1-0
2023.04.29 Grand Prix Bucharest 2023
970817 Chigaev, M (2617) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Qe2 Bg7 5. g3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qa5 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Ne7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. c3 O-O 12. h4 e5 13. h5 Qa6 14. h6 Bh8 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Nf8 18. Bh3 Rd6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bc1 Red8 21. Rfe1 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qb6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Qd8 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Be3 a6 28. Qb3 Kf8 29. a4 Ke8 30. Qc4 Qd7 31. a5 Nc8 32. Bc5 Nd6 33. Qd3 Nb5 34. Qc2 Qd8 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Qb3 Kf7 37. Qc2 Na3 38. Qc1 Nb5 39. c4 Nd4 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. e5 Be7 42. Qf4+ Kg8 43. Nxd4 Bxb4 44. Nxe6 Qe7 45. Ng5 Bxa5 46. Qg4 Bd8 47. f4 b5 48. Qc8 Qc7 49. Qe6+ Kf8 50. c5 Bxg5 51. fxg5 b4 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. e6 b3 54. e7 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Early
977578 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Wimalasuriya, Kasun M. (1781) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Nb4 16. Rxb2 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Early
977889 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Jain, Kashish Manoj (2375) 1-0
1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 Bxc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. g3 O-O 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 b5 16. Bf1 b4 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Bg2 Rc8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Nb5 Nc4 22. Qd4 Bc6 23. Qxc4 Bxb5 24. Qd4 Bc6 25. Rd2 Qb7 26. c4 f5 27. Re1 Rf8 28. f4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Qc7 31. Red1 Rf7 32. Qxa8+ 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Early
978210 Djordjevic, Vu (2375) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. e5 Qg6 7. f4 d6 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. g3 Rhe8 12. Bg2 f6 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. O-O-O Qf5 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. Nh4 Qh7 17. Be4 Qg8 18. Ng6 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Qf7 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. Na5 Nd5 22. Bg6 Qe7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nb3 Qd6 25. Ng6 Ba4 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Qc4 Nb6 28. Qc5 Qf7 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxf5 Qe2 32. Qc2 Qb5 33. Re1 a6 34. Qe2 Nc4 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Qxb5 Bxb5 37. Ne6 g6 38. Nf4 g5 39. Nd5 Bc4 40. Nxf6 Bxa2 41. Ng4 h5 42. Nf6 h4 43. Re5 hxg3 44. hxg3 g4 45. Nxg4 Bc4 46. Ne3 Bd3 47. g4 Nf7 48. Re8+ Ka7 49. Nd5 c6 50. Nf4 Bc4 51. Re7 Ng5 52. Re5 Nf3 53. Re3 Ng5 54. Ne2 Bd5 55. Re5 Nf3 56. Rf5 Be4 57. Rf4 Ng5 58. Ng3 Bd3 59. Kd2 Bg6 60. Rf6 Be8 61. Rf5 Ne6 62. Re5 Bd7 63. g5 Kb8 64. g6 Kc7 65. Nf5 Ng5 66. g7 Be6 67. Rxe6 Nxe6 68. g8=Q Nf4 69. Qf7+ Kb6 70. Nd6 Nd5 71. Qxb7+ Ka5 72. Nc4+ Ka4 73. b3# 1-0
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Early
978384 Sieciechowicz, M (2387) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. h4 d5 3. h5 gxh5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf5 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Rxh5 Bg4 12. Rh1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 dxc4 15. Qc2 h6 16. O-O-O Qg5 17. Rh5 Qg6 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Ra5 h5 20. Rh1 h4 21. g3 hxg3 22. Rg1 Rh2 23. Rxg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Bh6 26. Bd2 Nd5 27. e4 Bxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Nb6 29. Rh5 O-O-O 30. Ke3 Na4 31. Bxc4 Nxb2 32. Bb3 b5 33. Rc5 Kb7 34. Rc2 Nd1+ 35. Kd3 e5 36. d5 f5 37. Rg2 fxe4+ 38. Kd2 Nb2 39. Kc2 Nc4 40. dxc6+ Kxc6 41. Re2 Rd4 42. g4 e3 43. g5 Rg4 44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Rxe3 Rxg5 46. Ra3 Kb6 47. Re3 Kc5 48. Ra3 Rg2+ 49. Kc1 Kd4 50. Rxa7 Kd3 51. a4 Rg1+ 52. Kb2 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Early
978521 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Tregubov, P (2553) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nb5 a4 14. c3 Ra5 15. c4 Ra8 16. Ne1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. f4 Bd7 19. Nxd6 Nh5 20. fxe5 Nxg3 21. Rf3 Nh5 22. Nxf7 Qe7 23. Qf2 Be6 24. Nd6 Bxe5 25. Nb5 Nf4 26. Qd2 g5 27. Qb4 Qg7 28. Qc5 Rac8 29. Qb6 g4 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Rf2 Rc6 32. Qa7 Rg6 33. Kh1 Nxg2 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Nxg2 Bf3 36. Rg1 Qe7 37. Qb6 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Early
978753 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Hua, L (2305) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Bb5 Ne5 13. Qf1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 a6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 b5 20. Qd5 bxa4 21. Qd7 Qa5 22. Bxe7 a3 23. Bxf8 axb2+ 24. Kb1 Rxf8 25. f4 Rb8 26. e5 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 b1=Q+ 28. Rxb1 Qa2+ 29. Kd3 c4+ 30. Kd4 Rxb1 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Rxb1 Qxb1 33. Qxf7 Qd3+ 34. Kc5 Qxc3 35. e6 Qxe3+ 36. Kxc4 Qd4+ 37. Kb3 Qf6 38. Qe8 Qc3+ 39. Ka4 Qc4+ 40. Ka3 Qc3+ 41. Ka4 Qd4+ 42. Ka5 Qxf4 43. e7 Qe5+ 44. Kxa6 Qd6+ 45. Kb7 Qd5+ 46. Kc7 Be5+ 47. Kb6 Bd4+ 48. Ka6 Qc4+ 49. Qb5 Qe6+ 0-1
2023.04.18 Titled Tue 18th Apr Early
978937 Balint, Vi (2161) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Bh2 c5 9. c3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Qa4 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Qa8 14. Ne1 Rc7 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. exd4 Nf6 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Re2 b5 24. Rce1 Bf6 25. a3 a5 26. Nd2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. c4 Nb6 29. b3 Rd7 30. Nf3 Ra7 31. g4 Kf8 32. g5 Bg7 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. c5 dxc5 35. dxc5 Nd5 36. c6 Rc8 37. Rd1 e6 38. Bd6+ Kg8 39. Rc1 Bf8 40. Bxf8 Nf4+ 41. Kf1 Nxe2 42. Kxe2 Kxf8 43. Ne5 Ra5 44. f4 Ra3 45. Rd1 Rc7 46. Rd3 Ke7 47. Ke3 Ra5 48. Ke4 Rc5 49. Rd4 Rb5 50. h4 Rb6 51. Rc4 Rb5 52. Nd3 Kd6 53. Nxb4 Rc8 54. Rd4+ Kc5 55. Nd3+ Kxc6 56. Ne5+ Kb6 57. Nc4+ Kc5 58. Nd6 Rcb8 59. Nxb5 Rxb5 60. b4+ Rxb4 61. Rxb4 Kxb4 62. Ke5 Kc4 63. Kf6 Kd5 64. Kxf7 Ke4 65. Kxe6 Kxf4 66. Kf6 Kg4 67. Kg7 Kxh4 68. Kh6 Kg4 69. Kxh7 Kxg5 70. Kg7 Kf5 71. Kf7 g5 0-1
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Early
1016618 Movahed, Sina (2340) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 1-0
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 Be7 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. a3 f6 15. Nf4 fxe5 16. dxe5 Nf8 17. Bxf8 Rdxf8 18. Nxe6 Re8 19. Bc2 Kb8 20. a4 b4 21. Qd2 a5 22. Bd3 c4 23. Bf1 h6 24. Nf4 Rd8 25. Nxg6 Rhg8 26. Nxe7 Nxe7 27. Nd4 Nc6 28. Qxh6 Rh8 29. Qe3 Rde8 30. Nxc6+ Qxc6 31. Qd4 Rh5 32. f4 Reh8 33. h3 Qg6 34. Re3 Qc2 35. cxb4 axb4 36. e6 Re8 37. a5 Ba6 38. Qb6+ 1-0
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Early
1016863 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Hartikainen, J (2108) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxg5 16. Be3 Qg4 17. Qxa7 Be6 18. Bf3 Qc4 19. Rfc1 Qxa2 20. Qxa2 Bxa2 21. Rxb7 Rbc8 22. Rxe7 Be6 23. c6 Bf6 24. Ra7 Rfd8 25. c7 Rd6 26. Bb7 Re8 27. c8=Q Rxc8 28. Bxc8 Bd5 29. Rd1 1-0
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Early
1017206 Tan, Jun Ying (2307) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Re8 13. Ba3 Nh5 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bf1 f5 16. g3 Nh5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Nfg5 Nd4 20. Bg2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bd7 22. Bc1 Rf8 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. a5 bxa5 25. c5 Qf7 26. Ra2 Ra6 27. c6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qxa2 29. Qd3 Rxc6 30. Kh1 Qc2 31. Qe3 Rb6 32. Bh6 Nf5 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Bxd2 Nd4 35. Bxa5 Rc6 36. h4 Rc2 37. Kg1 d5 38. Nd2 c6 39. Bb4 Rb8 40. Bd6 Rd8 41. Bb4 e4 42. Nf1 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Bc3 44. Bxc3 Nxc3 45. Ne3 Rxf2 46. Kg1 Re2 47. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 48. Kf2 Nd4 49. Ng4 Nf5 50. Nf6+ Kg7 51. Ng4 e3+ 52. Nxe3 Nxe3 53. Kxe3 Re8+ 54. Kd4 Rf8 55. Ke3 Rf2 56. Kxf2 Kf6 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Bf3 c5 59. Kd3 h6 60. Ke3 c4 61. Be2 d4+ 62. Kf3 d3 63. Bf1 Kd4 64. g4 c3 65. Kf2 c2 66. Bxd3 Kxd3 0-1
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Early
1017383 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Oro, Faustino (2211) 0-1
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 b6 6. Ne5 c6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d4 d5 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 e6 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Qd3 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxe5 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Qa4 exd5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Qf4 d4 20. Ne4 f5 21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Nd6 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rcd8 24. Rfd1 Ng4 25. e4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe6 27. h3 Nf6 28. exf5 Qe2+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxd6 31. Ra4 Rc6 32. Ba3 Rf7 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Ke3 Nd5+ 35. Kd4 Nc3 36. Ra6 Nb5+ 37. Kd5 Rcf6 38. Bb2 Rd6+ 39. Ke5 Re7+ 40. Kf4 Nd4 41. Kg5 Ne6+ 42. Kf6 Rf7+ 43. Ke5 Rc6 44. Ra4 Nc5 45. Kd5 Nxa4 46. bxa4 Rc2 47. Bd4 Rxa2 48. g4 Rxa4 49. Be5 Ra5+ 50. Ke6 Rxe5+ 51. Kxe5 b5 0-1
2023.03.07 Titled Tue 7th Mar Early
1017495 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2303) Kvaloy, Aksel Bu (2222) 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e4 7. Nh3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc4 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Qb5 Qd7 15. Rab1 Qxb5 16. Rxb5 Nd6 17. Rc5 Nd7 18. Rc7 Nb6 19. Be7 Nb5 20. Rxb7 Rfc8 21. f3 e3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Rc6 24. f4 Nxc3 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Nxe2+ 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. Bd3 Re8 29. Rxa7 e2 30. Re1 Re6 31. Bb4 Nf3 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Rxe2 34. Rb7 Na8 35. Rb8+ Kf7 0-1
2023.02.26 ch-ROU 2023
1027229 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Nastase, R (2229) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Rab1 Be8 17. Rxb7 Qxa2 18. Bc4 Qc2 19. Rc1 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qh5 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Rxe7 Rxd2 24. Rc7 Be4 25. Re1 Bg6 26. Ba6 Ra2 27. Bb7 Rd8 28. c4 Rdd2 29. Bf3 Rxf2 30. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 31. Bxg2 Rxa7 32. c5 Rc7 33. c6 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 f6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Kd4 Be8 38. Rf1+ Kg7 39. Kc5 Bxc6 40. Bxc6 Rf7 41. Rg1+ Kf8 42. Rg5 Rf4 43. Kd6 Rxh4 44. Kxe6 Rg4 45. Rxh5 Rg6+ 46. Kd7 h6 47. Be4 Rg4 48. Bc2 Rg2 49. Bb3 Rg3 50. Be6 Rd3+ 51. Bd5 Kg7 52. Ke7 Ra3 53. Rh1 Kg6 54. Rg1+ Kf5 55. Be6+ Ke5 56. Rh1 Ra7+ 57. Bd7 Ra6 58. Rh5+ Kf4 59. Be6 Rb6 60. Rxh6 Ke5 61. Rh5+ Kd4 62. Kf6 Ke4 63. Rh4+ Ke3 64. Ke5 Kd3 65. Rh3+ Kc2 66. Bc4 Rb2 67. Kd4 Kd2 68. Bb3 Kc1 69. Rh1+ Kd2 70. Bc4 Rc2 71. Ba2 Rb2 72. Rh3 Rb4+ 73. Bc4 Rb2 74. Rh2+ Kc1 75. Be2 Rd2+ 76. Ke3 Rb2 77. Rh1+ Kc2 78. Bd3+ Kc3 79. Rc1+ Kb4 80. Kd4 Ka3 81. Rc7 Kb4 82. Rc4+ Ka3 83. Kc3 Rb3+ 84. Kc2 Rb2+ 85. Kc1 Kb3 86. Rc7 Rh2 87. Bc2+ Kb4 88. Rh7 Rxh7 89. Bxh7 1/2-1/2
2023.02.25 ch-ROU 2023
1027208 Stan, Andrei-Mihaita (2053) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. d4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd5 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Qb8 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd4 Bxb3 22. Qg4 Bf8 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. f4 f5 25. Qg3 Qd6 26. Rfd1 a5 27. h3 Qe7 28. Nd3 Bb3 29. Re1 Bxa4 30. Ne5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qb7 32. Qh4 Rc8 33. Ra1 Be8 34. Rxa5 b3 35. Nd3 Qe4 36. Nb2 Rc2 37. Qg5 Bc6 0-1
2023.02.24 ch-ROU 2023
1027183 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Filip, L (2372) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. d5 Qc5 14. Bb3 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc6 16. Be3 Qa3 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. c4 Ne7 19. Be4 Qa6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. c6 Ng6 23. Nf3 bxc6 24. Rxb8 Bxb8 25. Ng5 Qb5 26. Qc2 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxf1 28. Bc5 Re8 1/2-1/2
2023.02.23 ch-ROU 2023
1027151 Szabo, G ROM (2514) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. c4 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. b3 Rd8 13. Rd1 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nf1 dxc4 16. Qxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rxd8+ Kh7 18. Ne3 Qa5 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20. Ng2 Nxg3 21. Nf4+ Kf5 22. Nxf7 Qc3 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. Rf8 Kg4 25. Be3 Nxf2 26. Nd5 Qxa1 27. Nh6+ Kxh4 28. Bxf2+ Kg5 29. Be3+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nf7 Nc6 32. Ng5+ Kh6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. Nxe6+ Kh7 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Nh4+ Kh6 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ Kh6 41. Rxa8 g6 42. Rg8 Nxe5 43. Rxg6+ 1-0
2023.02.22 ch-ROU 2023
1027128 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Georgescu, T (2479) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 Bd7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Qc7 13. Be3 Rfb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nbd2 h6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Bb3 Bf8 20. Nf1 Re8 21. Ng3 Na5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Bc5 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Be6 25. Qe3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Nd7 27. Rc2 Ra4 28. Rd2 Qa7 29. Qd3 Rc4 30. Qd6 Qc5 1/2-1/2
2023.02.21 ch-ROU 2023
1027087 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Istratescu, A (2389) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3 Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Nxc4 Nd5 11. Ne3 h6 12. Nxf5 hxg5 13. Ne3 Be7 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qa4 O-O 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd5 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. g3 Kg7 25. Kg2 Qb6 26. b3 Qc5 27. h3 Bd8 28. Qe2 a6 29. Bd3 Be7 30. Qb2 Qd5 31. Qe2 Qc5 1/2-1/2
2023.02.21 ch-ROU 2023
1027114 Danila, Tudor-Gabriel (1939) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4 a5 14. c3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd3 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. c4 a4 20. c5 Qc6 21. Bc2 Bb7 22. Qf1 Rfd8 23. Rac1 Qc7 24. f3 a3 25. b4 Bd5 26. Bb1 Bc4 27. Qe1 Rd5 28. Nf2 Qf4 29. Bd3 Bxa2 30. Bxb5 Bb3 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Bc6 Rb8 33. b5 a2 34. b6 Qd4 35. Bd7 Nxb6 36. cxb6 Qxd7 37. Qa5 h6 38. g3 Qb7 39. Qb4 Qxb6 40. Rc8+ Rxc8 41. Qxb6 a1=Q+ 0-1
2023.02.20 ch-ROU 2023
1027050 Lupulescu, C (2592) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Qd5 8. Qxd5 cxd5 9. c3 f6 10. h4 h5 11. Bd3 Kf7 12. Bf4 g6 13. Kd2 Bf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Ne1 Nb8 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Rhe1 Rg8 18. g3 Bg7 19. Re2 Rge8 20. Rae1 Rac8 21. Kc2 a5 22. a4 Bh8 23. b3 Bg7 24. Kb2 Bh8 25. Kc2 Bg7 26. Kb2 Bh8 27. Re3 Bg7 28. R1e2 Bh8 29. Kc2 Bg7 30. Re6 Rc6 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Bc7 Ra8 33. Kb2 Ra7 34. Bf4 e6 35. Bd6 Ra8 36. Ka3 Re8 37. f4 Bf8 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39. b4 axb4+ 40. cxb4 Rg8 41. Re3 Nb6 42. Nb2 Nc8 43. Rc3 Nd6 44. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 45. Ka2 Ke7 46. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1073733 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Klukin, Kirill (2390) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Qxd7+ Qxd7 14. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 0-1
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1074164 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Melian, Juan Sebastian (2197) 1-0
1. b3 f5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 c6 8. Nbd2 Na6 9. a4 Nc7 10. Nc4 Be6 11. a5 Ne4 12. e3 Nb5 13. Qe1 h6 14. Nfd2 Nec3 15. a6 Qc7 16. axb7 Qxb7 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Nxc6 Nd5 19. Ra6 Qb7 20. Qa1 Nbc7 21. Nxe7+ Kh7 22. Ra5 Rfe8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. c4 Qb4 26. Bxd5 Qxd2 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Bc3 Qd3 29. Qb2 Rb8 30. Ra1 Rb7 31. Qd2 Qe4 32. d5 h5 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Qd4 Qe7 35. b4 Qb7 36. c5 Rc7 37. c6 Qb8 38. b5 Re7 39. Kg2 Rf7 40. h4 Re7 41. Kh2 Rf7 42. Ra6 Re7 43. b6 axb6 44. Rxb6 Qf8 45. Rb7 Kh6 46. Rxe7 Qxe7 47. Qh8+ Qh7 48. Qxh7+ Kxh7 49. c7 1-0
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1074415 Maksimenko, Viktor (2196) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. g4 Nfd7 13. Qc2 a4 14. a3 Kh8 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. h4 f5 17. h5 f4 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. hxg6 h6 20. g5 Qxg5 21. Rdg1 Qf6 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Rxg4 Nc8 24. f3 Nd6 25. Nxa4 b6 26. Nc3 Rfb8 27. Nb5 Ne8 28. Nb1 Bf8 29. N1c3 Kg7 30. Qh2 Kg8 31. g7 Bxg7 32. Qxh6 Qxh6 33. Rxh6 Rd8 34. Rhg6 Rd7 35. R6g5 Kf7 36. Rf5+ Bf6 37. Rh5 Ng7 38. Rh1 Rg8 39. Kc2 Ne8 40. Rh7+ Bg7 41. Rh1 Bf6 42. Rxg8 Kxg8 43. Na7 Rg7 44. Rf1 Rg2+ 45. Kb3 Bh4 46. Nc6 Bf6 47. Nb5 Kf7 48. Kc3 Kg6 49. b4 cxb4+ 50. axb4 Kh5 51. c5 bxc5 52. bxc5 Kh4 53. d6 cxd6 54. cxd6 Nxd6 55. Nxd6 Kg3 56. Nf5+ Kh2 57. Nb4 Bd8 58. Nd3 Ba5+ 59. Kb3 Bc7 60. Rf2 Kg1 61. Rc2 Rxc2 62. Kxc2 Kg2 63. Ne1+ Kf2 64. Kd1 Ba5 65. Nd3+ Kxf3 66. Nd6 Bc7 67. Nxe5+ Kg2 68. Nec4 f3 69. e5 f2 70. Ne3+ Kf3 71. Nf1 Kf4 72. Nc4 Bxe5 73. Ke2 Bd4 74. Kd3 Bc5 75. Kc3 Kf3 76. Ncd2+ Ke2 77. Kc4 Be7 78. Kc3 Bf6+ 79. Kc2 Bg5 80. Kc1 Bxd2+ 81. Nxd2 f1=Q+ 82. Nxf1 1/2-1/2
2023.01.03 Titled Tue 3rd Jan Early
1074613 Filgueira, H (2283) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ngf6 8. d4 O-O 9. h3 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Nc3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Re8 16. d5 Rc8 17. Rc1 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. g3 Ng6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. b4 Qd7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rc7 24. Na2 Rec8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Bf6 28. f3 Bd8 29. Kg2 Na4 30. Bg1 Ne7 31. Ba7 Nc8 32. Be3 Kf8 33. Ncb3 Ke8 34. f4 f6 35. Kf2 Nc3 36. Bd3 Nd1+ 37. Ke2 Nxe3 38. Kxe3 Bb6+ 39. Kf3 Kd8 40. Nb1 Kc7 41. Nc3 Ba7 42. Nd1 Nb6 43. Ne3 Bc8 44. Na5 Na4 45. Nc6 Bb6 46. Nf5 Bxf5 47. gxf5 gxf4 48. gxf4 Nb2 49. Be2 Na4 50. fxe5 dxe5 51. Kg4 Nc3 52. Bd3 Kd6 53. Kh5 Nd1 54. Kg6 Nf2 55. Bc2 Ng4 56. Kh5 Ne3 57. Bd3 Ng2 58. Kxh6 Nf4 59. Bc2 Nxd5 60. exd5 Kxd5 61. Ne7+ Kd4 62. Kg6 Kc3 63. Be4 Kb2 64. Kxf6 Bd8 65. Ke6 Kxa3 66. f6 Kxb4 67. f7 1-0
2022.11.06 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138776 Radu, David Cr. (2115) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 b6 14. Nc1 Nf6 15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Nde5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 e6 21. h4 Rdc8 22. h5 Qc7 23. f3 Nc5 24. b3 Qe7 25. h6 Bf8 26. Rad1 Nd7 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Qd2 Rac8 29. Bg5 Qe8 30. Nb5 Nb8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. exd6 Nd7 33. f4 f6 34. Bh4 R5c6 35. Bf2 Rxd6 36. c4 Qf8 37. cxd5 Rxd5 38. Qe2 Rd6 39. Qa6 Rxc1 40. Rxc1 Qxh6 41. Rc8+ Nf8 42. Qe2 Qxf4 43. g3 Qf5 44. Kh2 Qd5 45. Rb8 Qxb3 46. Qf1 Rd2 47. Qg2 Qc2 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Rd5 50. g4 Rd8 51. Rxb6 Qd5 52. Rb5 Qxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Rd5 54. Rxd5 exd5 55. Bb6 Ne6 56. Bxa5 Nc5 57. Bc3 Nxa4 58. Bxf6 Nc5 59. Kf3 Kf7 60. Bd4 Ne6 61. Be5 h5 62. gxh5 gxh5 63. Kg3 Kg6 64. Kh4 Nc5 65. Kg3 Kf5 66. Bd4 Ne6 67. Be3 Ke4 68. Bh6 Kf5 69. Kh4 Nf4 70. Bg7 Ke4 71. Kg3 Ng6 0-1
2022.11.06 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138817 Scurtu, Alexandr (2062) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 Nd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. a6 b6 10. Nbd2 g5 11. b3 Bg7 12. Ba3 c5 13. c4 O-O 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. b4 Qd8 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc4 Bf4 21. Ra1 Nc3 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bf3 Rab8 24. g3 Bc7 25. Bb2 Rd3 26. Kg2 Rb4 27. Rac1 Rxc4 28. Be2 Be4+ 29. f3 Rd2 30. Rf2 Bd3 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Rfc2 Be5 33. f4 Bg7 34. Kf1 Rxc5 35. Ba3 Rcd5 0-1
2022.11.06 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138846 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Soltanici, R (2357) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Kh1 a6 9. Be2 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Ba5 19. Ne2 Nf4 20. Ng1 Rc4 21. g3 Rxe4 22. Bc5 Rc8 23. b4 Nd5 24. c3 b5 25. Nf3 Bd8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nxc3 28. Nxe5 Bf6 29. Nd7 Kf7 30. Re3 Nd5 31. Ra3 Ra8 32. Kg2 Bc3 33. Nb6 Nxb6 34. Rxc3 Nd5 35. Rf3+ Kg6 1/2-1/2
2022.11.06 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138889 Manolache, M (2454) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 a6 11. Bd3 g6 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5 Nd7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxd5+ Rf7 18. Ng5 Ne5 19. Bxe5 1-0
2022.11.06 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138933 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Castellanos Rodriguez, R (2474) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Qe2 b5 7. d3 Nf6 8. g3 bxc4 9. dxc4 Bb7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 d6 15. Na4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Bxe5 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Qxc5 Qb7+ 24. f3 e5 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Nd5 e4 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd2 h5 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. cxd5 Kf8 32. Kf3 Rb4 33. d6 Ke8 34. d7+ Kd8 35. Rd6 a5 36. Rxf6 Kxd7 37. Rxf7+ Ke6 38. Ra7 Rb5 39. Kf4 Rf5+ 40. Ke4 Rb5 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. h3 1-0
2022.11.06 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138967 Samunenkov, Ihor (2488) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. Nd2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nf3 a6 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Bc1 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bd4 Ref8 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rd1 b4 27. Rfe1 Bf6 28. cxb4 Bxb2 29. Re7 1/2-1/2
2022.11.05 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138641 Pultinevicius, Paulius (2561) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 a5 14. Qe2 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd5 20. c6 e5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bf5 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Qa2 24. Rd7 Rfc8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qb5 Qa7 27. Qxb4 g6 28. Be4 Kg7 29. Qd6 Qb6 30. b4 h5 31. Kg2 h4 32. h3 Re7 33. Qxe7 1-0
2022.11.05 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138703 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Taran, Sebastian (1932) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qd7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nbd2 h6 16. Be3 Na5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. c3 b5 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Nf3 Bf6 22. Nd4 Nc4 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd4 e5 25. Be4 Qe6 26. Bc5 Rfc8 27. Bxa8 Rxc5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Be4 Be7 30. Ra8+ Rc8 31. Bd5 Qf5 32. Qe4 1-0
2022.11.05 GP Stage 5 Braila 2022
1138722 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2283) Lupulescu, C (2591) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bf6 13. Qf4 b5 14. c4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Be6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Ne5 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxd4 21. f4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Ne6 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Qa4 Qa7 25. Qc6 h6 26. Rbd1 Qb7 27. Qa4 Qb3 28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Ba5 Rxa3 30. Bb6 Rb8 31. Rd6 a5 32. Rc1 Ra2 33. Kh2 a4 34. Rc4 Ra8 35. Rc3 a3 36. Bxc5 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 Re2 38. Rdc6 Kh7 39. Rc8 Rxc8 0-1
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1145010 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Chigaev, M (2637) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. O-O d6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 exd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Rac1 Na4 22. Ba1 f6 23. h3 Na5 24. Ne4 Nb3 25. Rb1 c4 26. Nc3 Nac5 27. Ne2 a5 28. Bc3 a4 29. Nd4 Ne4 30. Bb4 Rbc8 31. f3 c3 32. fxe4 Rxd4 33. exd4 c2 34. d5 Kf7 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Ke3 Ke8 37. Rbc1 cxd1=Q 38. Rxd1 Kd7 39. Kd3 Rc8 40. Ke3 Rc2 41. Rg1 h5 42. Kf4 Ke8 43. Kf5 Kf7 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Ke3 h4 46. Kd3 Rc8 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Kd3 f5 49. e5 Rd8 50. d6 1-0
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1145192 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Makarian, Rudik (2505) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bg2 h5 8. h3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. Nb5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 a6 17. Nc7 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rdc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Kg7 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. c5 Bc3 24. Rc2 Bb4 25. Rc4 a5 26. cxd6 Bxd6 27. a4 Rdd8 28. Rd5 b6 29. e3 Bc5 30. Rc1 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd8 32. Rd1 e6 33. Bf3 Rc8 34. Rc1 Kf6 35. Kf1 Rh8 36. h4 Ke5 37. Ke2 Rb8 38. Bc6 Kd6 39. Bb5 Ke7 40. Rd1 Rb7 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. Rc1 Kf6 43. Rc4 Rc8 44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Rc4 Rd8 46. Ke2 f5 47. Rc2 Rc8 48. Rd2 Rc7 49. f4 Bb4 50. Rd3 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Be1 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. e4 Rc3+ 54. Ke2 fxe4 55. Kxe1 Rxg3 56. Rd4 Kf5 57. Bc6 Re3+ 58. Kf2 Rf3+ 59. Ke2 Rxf4 60. Bb7 Rxh4 61. Ke3 Rh3+ 62. Ke2 Rxb3 63. Bxe4+ Kf6 64. Bd3 g5 65. Rd6 Rb4 66. Bb5 h4 67. Rxb6 g4 68. Kf2 Rb2+ 69. Kg1 h3 70. Rb8 Kg5 71. Rg8+ Kf4 72. Bf1 Rb1 73. Kf2 g3+ 0-1
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1145370 Quispe Santacruz, J (1832) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Bc6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Nd4 Qa5 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Kf8 18. c3 Ne5 19. Ne3 Rec8 20. Red1 h6 21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Be3 a6 24. Bd4 b5 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rd4 b4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. Rd2 g5 30. Kf2 g4 31. Ke2 h5 32. Rc2 Kf6 33. Ke3 gxf3 34. gxf3 Rb5 35. b3 a5 36. Rc4 Rg5 37. Ra4 h4 38. a3 Rb5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Kg5 41. h3 e6 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Kd4 d5 44. exd5 Rxd5+ 45. Ke4 Rb5 46. Ke3 Rb6 47. Ke4 Rb7 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Ke3 f6 50. Kf3 e5 51. Ke3 exf4+ 52. Kf3 Rd7 53. Ra5+ Kg6 54. Kxf4 Rd4+ 55. Kf3 Rxb4 56. Ra6 Kg5 57. Ra5+ f5 58. Ra8 Rb3+ 59. Kg2 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 Rd3 61. Rg8+ Kf4 62. Rh8 Rd2+ 63. Kg1 Kg3 64. Kf1 Kxh3 65. Rg8 f4 66. Rg5 f3 67. Rg7 Kh2 68. Rg5 h3 69. Rg4 Rg2 70. Rf4 Kg3 71. Rf8 h2 72. Rg8+ Kh3 73. Rh8+ Kg3 74. Rg8+ Kf4 75. Rf8+ Ke4 76. Re8+ Kd5 77. Rd8+ Kc6 78. Rc8+ Kd7 79. Rh8 Rg1+ 80. Kf2 h1=Q 81. Rxh1 Rxh1 82. Ke3 Rh3 83. Kf2 Ke6 84. Ke3 Kf5 85. Kf2 Kf4 86. Kf1 Rh2 87. Ke1 Ra2 88. Kd1 f2 89. Kc1 f1=Q# 0-1
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1145420 Shipov, S (2541) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. h3 Qe7 11. a5 a6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qf3 g6 14. g4 fxg4 15. hxg4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Ne4 Bc7 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Ng3 Qg5 20. e4 Bf4 21. Rh1 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Rxe4 25. d5 Ne5 26. Ba2 Rg4+ 27. Kh2 Kg7 0-1
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1145606 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Srbis, J (2442) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Nh5 12. a4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Qg5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Nb3 Be5 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qd2 Qe5 21. Rae1 Nb4 22. f4 Qe8 23. a5 Qa4 24. Qc3 Na2 25. Qh3 Rae8 26. f5 Rxe4 27. f6 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qf4 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Qg2 Nb4 31. Nd2 Qxd5 32. Ne4 Re8 33. Re1 Nd3 34. Re2 0-1
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1145850 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Gormally, D (2460) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. Na4 Bc7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Bd5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Nc3 Bb8 20. Qb1 Bb3 21. Rf1 Ng4 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Rfd8 24. Ne4 h6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. h3 N4e5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bb1 Bd5 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Nc4 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Be2 f5 34. f4 Nd7 35. Bc4 Kf7 36. b4 a6 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Bb2 g5 39. Ne2 e5 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. Ng3 Kf6 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. Ng3 Nf6 44. Bd3 e4 45. Bc2 Nd5 46. Nf1 Nf6 47. Ke2 Bb5+ 48. Kf2 f4 49. exf4 gxf4 50. Nd2 Bd3 51. Bxd3 exd3 52. Bxf6 Kxf6 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Nb3 Bd6 55. h4 Kf5 56. Nd4+ Ke5 57. Nb3 Kd5 58. Nd2 Kd4 59. Ne4 Be5 60. h5 Kc4 61. Kg4 Kb3 62. Kf5 Bh8 63. Nc5+ Kc2 64. Nxd3 Kxd3 65. Kxf4 Kc4 66. g4 Kb3 67. g5 Kxa3 68. h6 Kxb4 69. g6 a5 70. g7 Bxg7 71. hxg7 b5 72. g8=Q a4 73. Qa2 Kc3 74. Ke4 b4 75. Qxa4 b3 76. Qc6+ Kb2 77. Kd3 Ka2 78. Qa4+ Kb2 79. Qb4 1-0
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1145915 Belov, Vl (2598) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 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 Bb7 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Ndxb5 Qb6 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. a3 g5 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxd7+ Ke8 20. Red1 Rb8 21. R7d6 Qc5 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. f5 Rhd8 24. e5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bg7 26. Qd3 Bc8 27. Qd8 Bxe6 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Qxb8 Bxe5 30. Qb3+ Ke7 31. h3 Qg1 32. Qf3 Qe1 33. c3 Bf4+ 34. Kc2 Qd2+ 35. Kb3 Kf6 36. Nf2 Kg6 37. Qd3+ 1-0
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1146085 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Oganian, M (2439) 0-1
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Ndf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qh4 Ne4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Bf4 g5 16. Nxg5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxg5 18. Bf6 Ne6 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. c3 d4 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. f3 Ba6 23. Rac1 Be2 24. Rd2 d3 25. Rc4 a5 26. b3 h5 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Ke1 Kf6 29. Rb2 d2+ 30. Rxd2 Bxc4 31. Rxd8 Nxd8 32. bxc4 Ke5 33. Kf2 Kd4 34. Kg3 Kxc4 35. Kh4 Kb4 36. Kxh5 Ka3 37. Kg5 Kxa2 38. h4 a4 39. h5 Ne6+ 40. Kf6 Nf8 41. Kxf7 a3 42. h6 Kb3 43. Kxf8 a2 44. h7 a1=Q 45. Kg8 Qa8+ 46. Kg7 Qb7+ 47. Kg6 Qc8 48. Kg7 Qd7+ 49. Kg8 Qe8+ 50. Kg7 Qe7+ 51. Kg8 Qg5+ 52. Kf7 Qf5+ 53. Kg7 Qg5+ 54. Kf7 Qh6 55. Kg8 Qg6+ 56. Kh8 Qf7 0-1
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1146251 Kirillov, Dmitry (2195) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 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 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. a3 Rae8 15. Be3 a6 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. b4 Re7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 Be8 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. Ne5 Nf4 22. Bb1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qa7 24. Qd2 Bg6 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Rc2 Ref7 27. Nh1 Rf5 28. a4 Ncxe5 29. Bd4 Qb8 30. Ng3 R5f7 31. Qc3 Nc6 32. Rxe6 Nf4 33. Re1 Nxd4 34. Qxd4 Qd6 35. Qc5 Qg6 36. Qe3 Rf6 37. Rc3 Re6 38. Qd2 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 d4 40. f3 dxc3 41. Qxc3 Kh8 42. Qc4 Qf7 43. Kf2 Qxc4 44. Ne4 Qc2+ 45. Kg3 Nxg2 46. Kg4 Ne3+ 47. Kh5 Nd5 48. Kg4 Qd3 49. Kg3 Qxf3+ 50. Kh4 Qxe4+ 51. Kg3 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1146371 Pakleza, Z (2496) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Qd1 Qb6 11. a3 a6 12. Bd3 e6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. O-O Be7 15. h3 O-O 16. Na4 Qa7 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Rfc1 b6 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Nc3 b5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Qe6 Nd6 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Bxd6 Rcxd6 29. Qxf5 Bg6 30. Qe5 Bxd3 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Rxb7 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rg6 34. f3 Be4 35. fxe4 h6 36. Rc2 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Rbc7 Rxa3 39. R7c6 Rg5 40. e6 Re5 41. R2c5 Rxe4 42. e7 Rxe7 43. Rc3 Rxe3 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Rxa6 Rb3 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Rb8 Rxb4 48. Rb6 Rb3 49. h4 h5 50. g3 g6 51. Kh3 Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. Rb8 Rb2 55. Rf8+ Ke6 56. Rg8 Kf7 57. Rb8 b4 58. Rb6 b3 59. g4 hxg4+ 60. Kxg4 Rb1 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kh2 1-0
2022.10.25 Titled Tue 25th Oct Early
1146466 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Buscar, M (2041) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ba5 Rc8 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc1 Nb6 15. Nc5 Nc4 16. Bc3 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. b3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nce5 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. c6 Ng6 22. Rd1 Rxb7 23. cxb7 Qe7 24. Bb4 c5 25. Ba5 Rb8 26. a4 b4 27. Bxb4 Rxb7 28. Ba3 Rxb3 29. Qc4 Rb6 30. Rab1 Nge5 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Qa7 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Qd6 35. Rb6 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qxe2 37. Rd6 Qf3+ 38. Kf1 Qxa3 39. Rxd7+ Nxd7 40. Qxd7+ Kf6 41. Qc6 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qd4 43. Qxa6 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 c4 45. Qb5 c3 46. Qc5 c2 47. f3 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 c1=Q 49. Qd4+ Qe5 50. Qd8+ Kg6 51. Qf8 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Qh6+ 53. Kg2 Qe2+ 54. Kg1 Qhxh2# 0-1
2022.10.18 Titled Tue 18th Oct Early
1151444 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Abasov, N (2646) 0-1
1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Kf8 7. c4 d4 8. b4 Nc6 9. b5 Na5 10. d3 h6 11. e3 dxe3 12. fxe3 Kg8 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bc3 Qd6 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qb2 b6 17. Nd2 Kh7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Nxg6 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Kxg6 22. Rf4 fxe4 23. Raf1 Bh3 24. Rf7 e5 25. R1f6+ Qxf6 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. dxe4 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rhd8 29. g4 R8d3 30. Kg3 Rxc3 0-1
2022.10.18 Titled Tue 18th Oct Early
1151615 Ciuffoletti, P (2106) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 O-O-O 11. Bf4 d4 12. b4 Ne7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nxe5 15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 g5 18. Bg4 Qg7 19. Bxe6+ Bd7 20. Re1 Nc6 21. Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. Qa4 h5 23. Rab1 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Bd6 Qe4 26. Qb5 Nd8 27. c6 Qxc6 28. Qf5+ Qd7 0-1
2022.10.18 Titled Tue 18th Oct Early
1151715 Urazayev, Arystanbek (2458) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. g4 c5 7. Nxe4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Nd6+ Kd7 11. Nxf7 Rf8 12. Ne5+ Kc7 13. Bf4 Kb6 14. Nc4+ Kc5 15. Bd6+ Kxc4 16. Nc3+ Kd4 17. O-O-O# 1-0
2022.10.18 Titled Tue 18th Oct Early
1151973 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2285) Ruge, E (2201) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e5 11. d5 c5 12. a3 a6 13. b4 b6 14. Rab1 Rc8 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. f4 Ne8 17. f5 Nd6 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Rb8 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Qg3 b5 22. h4 b4 23. Ne2 bxa3 24. Qxa3 f6 25. Qxa6 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 fxg5 28. hxg5 Kh7 29. Qe6 Qd8 30. Rb3 Qxg5 31. Rh3+ Bh6 32. Qxd7+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rg3 Qc1+ 35. Nxc1 1-0
2022.09.29 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168247 Iordachescu, V (2585) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc1 h6 11. a3 g5 12. b4 Bd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qb2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qd7 16. a4 Nh5 17. b5 Nf4 18. Rfb1 Qg4 19. Ne1 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nc3 21. bxc6 b6 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. Qb4 Nxb1 24. Rxb1 Kb8 25. Qc4 Ka7 26. a5 b5 27. Qc5+ Ka8 28. Nxd4 Qxf2 29. Nxb5 1-0
2022.09.28 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168235 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Bonte, An (2339) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. g3 g6 12. a4 Nce7 13. a5 f6 14. b4 Bd7 15. a6 b6 16. b5 Ng7 17. Qb3 Bg4 18. Bg2 Qd7 19. Nbd2 Kh8 20. Nf1 c6 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ba3 Be6 23. N3d2 Rad8 24. Ne3 Bxa3 25. Qxa3 Qd7 26. Nc2 Rfe8 27. Qa2 Nc6 28. Ne3 Na5 29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 Bf7 31. Nc2 Ne6 32. Nb4 Nc7 33. Qb2 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Bf3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Qa4 38. Qe2 Qd7 39. h4 h5 40. Qe3 Qd6 41. Kh2 b5 42. Qe2 Nxa6 43. Qxb5 Nxb4 44. cxb4 Qe6 45. Qb7 a6 46. Kg2 Kh6 47. Qb8 Kg7 48. Qc7 Kh6 49. Qd8 Kg7 50. Kf1 Qc6 51. Kg2 Qe6 52. Qc7 Kh6 53. Qc5 Kg7 54. Qc7 Kh6 55. Qf4+ Kg7 56. Qe3 Qd6 57. Qa3 Qe6 58. Kf1 Be8 59. Qe3 Bb5+ 60. Ke1 Qd6 61. Qc3 Bc4 62. Kd2 Qd7 63. Be2 Bxe2 64. Kxe2 1/2-1/2
2022.09.27 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168181 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Soltanici, R (2333) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bf1 e5 9. a4 b4 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Qc1 Rab8 19. a5 Rb5 20. Qe3 Be8 21. Red1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qc5 23. Qe1 Rb8 24. Rc1 Nxa5 25. Ncxe5 Qb6 26. Rd1 h6 27. Rd4 Nb3 28. Nc4 Qe6 29. Rd6 Qxe4 30. Qd1 Nc5 31. Nfe5 Qb7 32. Qd4 Ne6 33. Qh4 Bb5 34. Qg3 Ne4 35. Qe3 Nxd6 36. Nxd6 Qd5 37. Bxb5 Qxd6 38. Bc4 a5 39. Qe4 Ng5 40. Qf4 Qf6 41. Qe3 Re8 42. f4 Ne6 43. g3 g5 44. Ng4 Qxb2 45. Nxh6+ Kf8 46. Bxe6 Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1
2022.09.26 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168175 Rogozenco, D (2438) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2 e6 13. O-O Bb4 14. Be3 O-O 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Qb3 f5 17. e5 f4 18. Bf2 Qe7 19. Bc4 Rfe8 20. Na2 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Rab8 23. Ba4 Red8 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 25. Qa3 Nb6 26. Be1 Nc4 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Qa2 Ne3 29. Rf2 Rxd4 30. Bb3 h5 31. Bxe6 Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kh6 33. Qe6 Qa7 34. Qa2 Qc5 35. Bb3 Qxe5 36. Qa6 Rd6 37. Qe2 Qd4 38. Re1 Bd3 39. Qd2 Qb6 40. Qc1 Rc6 41. Qd2 Rd6 42. Qc1 Rc6 43. Qd2 Rd6 44. Qc1 Rc6 1/2-1/2
2022.09.25 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168127 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Jianu, V (2511) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. h4 f5 16. Nd6 Rd8 1/2-1/2
2022.09.24 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168109 Voiteanu, G (2154) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. b4 Na6 11. a3 hxg4 12. Bg5 c6 13. fxg4 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc7 15. h4 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bg7 18. Nf3 a5 19. b5 Re8 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qe3 Be6 22. h5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 a4 24. Nh2 Nb3 25. Ra2 Qa5+ 26. Kf2 Rec8 27. Ng4 Rc3 28. Bd3 Nc5 29. Rd2 Rxa3 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Kg2 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Rc8 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. gxf6 Qc3 36. f7+ Kxf7 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. Qxc3 Rxc3 39. Rxb7 Kg5 40. Rb6 Kg4 41. Kf2 Kf4 42. Ke2 Kxe4 43. Rxd6 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rb2 45. Rxg6 a3 46. Ra6 a2 47. b6 Kxd5 48. b7 Rb1+ 49. Ke2 Rxb7 50. Rxa2 Rh7 51. Ra5+ Ke4 52. Ra4+ Kf5 53. Ke3 Rh3+ 54. Ke2 Rb3 55. Rc4 Ke6 56. Ra4 Rb5 57. Rh4 Kd5 58. Ke3 Rb3+ 59. Ke2 e4 60. Rh8 Ke5 1/2-1/2
2022.09.23 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168073 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Secheres, Ad (2375) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. d5 Na5 10. Bg5 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a4 e6 16. Rac1 exd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rc2 d5 21. a5 c6 22. e3 Rfe8 23. Rd1 Rbd8 24. Nd4 Qd6 25. Ra2 Rd7 26. Qb1 Rb8 27. Bf3 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Qe5 29. Qc1 Re7 1/2-1/2
2022.09.22 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168043 Mendonca, Leon Luke (2558) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 cxd5 16. e4 Rfe8 17. e5 Bb4 18. Re2 Qg5 19. a3 Bf8 20. Rae1 Re7 21. Bc1 Qh4 22. g3 Qd4 23. Bb2 Qc5 24. b4 Qc7 25. Bd4 Rae8 26. h4 g6 27. h5 Bg7 28. Qf4 Re6 29. Qg5 Qe7 30. Qf4 Bc6 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Bb1 Bb5 33. Re3 Bc4 34. Qg4 Qe7 35. f4 Qf8 36. f5 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Rh6 38. g4 Ba6 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Qf4 Bc8 41. Rh1 Re6 42. Bf5 Rc6 43. h6 Bh8 44. Rh5 Qc7 45. Rg5+ Rg6 46. Rc3 Qb8 47. Bxc8 Rxc8 48. e6 f6 49. Rxg6+ hxg6 50. Qxb8 Rxb8 51. Rc7 1-0
2022.09.21 TCh-ROU Superliga 2022
1168019 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Istratescu, A (2408) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Bc2 g6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Qf3 Re8 14. h4 Nf8 15. g3 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re2 Qd5 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Be5 h5 22. Qf3 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qf4 Rad8 1/2-1/2
2022.09.15 World Youth Open U18 2022
1181280 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Soham, Kamotra (2381) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Be2 dxe4 8. Qe3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qg3 Nbd7 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. f3 Ndf6 14. Bg5 Qd5 15. Bh4 b5 16. Qf4 Qh5 17. c4 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rae1 bxc4 20. fxe4 Qa5 21. Qh4 Rad8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bxc4 Qc3 24. Bb3 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Ne7 27. Rf3 Nf5 28. Rxf5 exf5 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. e6+ Kg8 31. e7 Rde8 32. exf8=R+ Kxf8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qh5+ Kf8 35. Qe2 a5 36. c4 a4 37. Qc2 a3 38. g4 fxg4 39. hxg4 Ke7 40. Qe4+ Kf6 41. Qf4+ Ke6 42. Qe4+ Qe5 43. Qc6+ Kf7 44. c5 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Qxa2+ 46. Kf3 Qb3+ 47. Kg2 Qc2+ 48. Kg3 a2 49. Qb7+ Kg6 50. Qa6+ Kh7 51. Qa3 Qb1 0-1
2022.09.12 World Youth Open U18 2022
1181236 Rozen, Eytan (2468) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nh6 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Rfd1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. Rac1 Ng4 17. Ne2 h4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. f3 Qg5 20. Kf2 h3 21. g3 f6 22. Nf4 Qf5 23. exf6 g5 24. Nxe6 Kf7 25. Ng7 Qxf6 26. Qxd5+ Kxg7 27. Rc7 Rbd8 28. Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. Qxd7+ Kg6 30. Qxb7 Re8 31. d5 Qe5 32. Qxa6+ Kf7 33. Qd3 Qxb2+ 34. Rd2 Qa1 35. Qf1 Qc3 36. Qd1 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Rh8 38. Qc2 Qxd2 39. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2
2022.09.07 World Youth Open U18 2022
1181152 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2289) Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn (2451) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Na5 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. Bf1 Qb3 17. Qxb3 Nxb3 18. Rad1 Rc7 19. f3 Rfc8 20. c4 Ne8 21. Re3 Na5 22. Bc3 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Nd6 24. d5 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxd5 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Bb4 h6 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Re2 R2c4 30. Ke3 g5 31. Rd4 R4c6 32. h4 f6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Red2 Kf7 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. Rxf4 Rg8 37. Rff2 Rg3+ 38. Kf4 Rg5 39. Rde2 Rc4+ 40. Ke3 Rgg4 41. Rc2 Rg3+ 42. Kd2 Rxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Rxg2 44. Rxg2 Bxg2 45. a4 e5 46. a5 b5 47. Bd2 Ke6 48. Kc3 Bc6 49. Kb4 Kd5 50. a6 f5 51. Bh6 f4 52. Kc3 Ke4 53. Bg7 b4+ 0-1
2022.08.28 GP Romania Stage 3 2022
1200319 Sokolovsky, Yahli (2398) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Qxd4 c6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 d6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. f4 f5 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Qd2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Ng3 Nh4 18. c4 Be6 19. Qc2 Qc8 20. Bd3 h6 21. f5 dxc4 22. Be4 Bd5 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nh5 Rf7 26. Rf4 Nxf5 27. Bxf5 Qc7 28. Rdf1 Raf8 29. Qc3 Qe7 30. Bh3 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Bxg2+ 32. Bxg2 Qxh5 33. Qxc4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Rd8 35. Rf1 Qe5 36. Qb4 Qc7 37. Rf8+ Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Be4+ g6 40. Qf6 Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kf3 h5 44. Bd3 g5 45. Ke4 b6 46. Be2 g4 47. Kf4 c5 48. Bb5 1-0
2022.08.27 GP Romania Stage 3 2022
1200304 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) Czebe, A (2385) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nd2 d5 9. c3 O-O 10. f3 Qc7 11. Qe1 h6 12. Qh4 g5 13. Qe1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bf2 Nf4 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Rd1 f5 18. Nc5 Qxc5 19. Nxe6 Qb5 20. Nc7 Qxb2 21. Bb3+ Kh7 22. Qd2 Qxc3 23. Nxa8 Bb5 24. Rfe1 Nc6 25. Nc7 Bd3 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bb5 29. a4 Na5 30. axb5 Nxb3 31. Rd3 1-0
2022.08.26 GP Romania Stage 3 2022
1200288 Tadic, Stefan (2345) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Be3 Ned5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rad1 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bc1 h5 17. Nge4 h4 18. h3 Qg7 19. f3 Bf5 20. Kh1 Kb8 21. Qf2 Ka8 22. Rde1 Be7 23. Re2 Rd8 24. Rfe1 Qf8 25. Bc2 Bb4 26. a3 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd1 e5 30. d5 cxd5 31. exd5 Bd4 32. Qf3 Nxd5 33. Be4 Qf7 34. Bb2 Nf4 35. Red2 Bb6 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Qg4 Qc4 39. Bf3 Bb6 40. Kh2 a6 41. Qd7 Qc7 42. Qf5 e4 0-1
2022.08.25 GP Romania Stage 3 2022
1200263 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) Cosma, I (2392) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Qe8 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. d5 Nh4 13. N1d2 Nb8 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh2 Qd8 18. Be3 Bg5 19. b4 Nd7 20. c4 a5 21. a3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qg5 23. Nf3 Qf4 24. Ne1 h5 25. Ng2 Qh6 26. Qe1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nf6 28. f3 Nh7 29. bxa5 Ng5 30. Rb3 f6 31. Qh4 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Qd2 33. Bd3 Ng5 34. Qf2 Qxa5 35. Rxb7 Qc3 36. Rd1 Rxa3 37. Nh4 Bh7 38. Qd2 Qd4 39. Be2 Qc5 40. Qb4 Qxb4 41. Rxb4 Nh3 42. Rdb1 Ra2 43. Ng2 g6 44. Rb7 Rf7 45. c5 f5 46. cxd6 cxd6 47. Rxf7 Kxf7 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. gxf5 Ra1+ 52. Ne1 gxf5 53. Bd3 Ng5 54. exf5 Nxf3 55. Rd7 Nxe1 56. Rxd6+ Kg5 57. Be4 Nd3+ 58. Ke2 Nf4+ 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 0-1
2022.08.24 GP Romania Stage 3 2022
1200248 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) Manea, Al (2353) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. c4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 c5 15. Be5 1-0
2022.08.22 GP Romania Stage 3 2022
1200203 Korpa, B (2519) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Qxb2 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O Qxd4 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Be5 Qc5 18. Qf4 b5 19. c3 Ng8 20. Bd4 Qc6 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qh5+ Kd8 23. a4 e5 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. axb5 axb5 27. c4 dxc4 28. Be4 Qe6 29. Red1 g6 30. Qe2 Ke8 31. Bc5 Nc8 32. Bd5 Qg4 33. Bf3 Qe6 34. Ne4 Bc6 35. Nxf6+ Kf7 36. Nd7 Bxd7 37. Bd5 Bxc5 38. Qxe5 Ne7 39. Bxe6+ Bxe6 40. Qxc5 Rhc8 41. Qe5 Nc6 42. Qf4+ Kg8 43. Rd6 Bf5 44. Ra1 Rb7 45. g4 Bd3 46. Qf3 Rf7 47. Qd5 Nb4 48. Qe6 Rc7 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ 1-0
2022.08.20 GP Romania Stage 3 2022
1200155 Gavrilescu, David (2528) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Ne5 a6 6. c3 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. f4 Nge7 9. O-O g6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Nd8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rae1 Nb7 16. h4 f6 17. Nf3 h5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. f5 Nd6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. fxg6 Bf5 23. Ne5 fxe5 24. Qxh5 Bh8 25. dxe5 Ne4 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxf5 Bxe5 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Rf1 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Rd8 31. Qe6+ 1-0
2022.08.16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
1207337 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) Shimanov, A (2581) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nge7 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. d4 e4 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qb4+ 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd2 Nd5 0-1
2022.08.16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
1207596 Ardila, Oscar Humberto (2019) Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin (2255) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nd7 4. Qxc4 Ngf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. Nc3 d5 9. Qb4 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. e3 Bd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ke7 14. Ne5 Rc7 15. b3 Rhc8 16. Kd2 Be8 17. f3 g6 18. Ne2 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Kxc1 Nc8 23. Kd2 Nd6 24. a4 a6 25. Kc3 Kd8 26. Kb4 Kc7 27. a5 f6 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Kc5 Nc8 30. b4 Bd7 31. b5 axb5 32. Nxb5+ Bxb5 33. Bxb5 Nd6 34. Bd3 Nf7 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 e5 37. d5 Nd6 38. g4 Nf7 39. h4 h6 40. Bc2 Nd6 41. Bd3 Nc8 42. Be2 Kd7 43. Bb5+ Ke7 44. Bd3 g5 45. h5 Nd6 46. Kb6 Kd7 47. Be2 Ke7 48. Kc7 f5 49. exf5 e4 50. f6+ Kxf6 51. Kxd6 e3 52. Kc7 Ke5 53. d6 1-0