WORLDBASE Player / Joueur GM Ahmad, Al Khatib
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291 games / 291 parties
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
15815 Madi, Aidana (1899) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Be3 c6 8. a4 g6 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. h4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. O-O-O a6 14. h5 b5 15. Ba2 b4 16. hxg6 bxc3 17. gxf7+ Kh8 18. Qg5 cxb2+ 19. Bxb2 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Qxf7 21. Qg3 Rb8 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Bc3 Ne5 24. Rh1 h6 25. Qh4 Kg8 26. Nf3 Be6 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Bxe5 Qb7 29. Bxb8 Qxb8 30. Qg3 Qb4 31. Qd3 Nxe4 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Rhg1+ 1-0
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
15895 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Ho, In Hei Henry (1828) 1-0
1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. exd6 cxd6 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. c4 Ne5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nc3 Rfc8 12. b3 a5 13. Rc1 h6 14. Nb5 d5 15. cxd5 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Qb2 Rc2 19. Qxe5 Rxe2 20. Qxf5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 g6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qc3+ 1-0
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
16049 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Kharitonov, S (2014) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 Bg6 5. Qd2 e6 6. g4 Bd6 7. h4 Bxf4 8. Qxf4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. e4 c6 12. Nh3 N8d7 13. Qe3 dxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. e6 Qxe6 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. e5 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bg6+ Kd8 22. Rde1 e5 23. Nd3 1-0
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
16267 Novikova, Galina (2009) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. f3 Be7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. g4 exd4 8. Bxd4 d5 9. g5 Nh5 10. h4 Ng3 11. Rh2 Nxf1 12. Kxf1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Rd1 Bxe4 15. fxe4 Na6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Rhd2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qa5 22. h5 Qxa2 23. h6 Rfe8 24. hxg7 Qxb2 25. Rd7 Qb5+ 26. Kg2 Qe5 27. Rf1 Re7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qf4 Re8 30. Kf3 Kxg7 31. Rh1 Qe6 32. Qh4 Qg6 33. Qf4 Re6 34. Rh6 a5 35. Rxg6+ hxg6 36. Qc7 b5 37. Qxa5 Rd6 38. Qb6 Re6 39. Qc5 Kg8 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. e5 Kg8 42. Ke4 Kg7 43. Kd3 Kg8 44. Kc2 Kg7 45. Kb3 Kg8 46. Kb4 Kg7 47. Ka5 Kg8 48. Kb6 Kg7 49. Kc7 Kg8 50. Kd7 Kg7 51. Qxc6 Rxc6 52. Kxc6 Kf8 53. Kxb5 Ke7 54. c4 Ke6 55. Kb6 Kxe5 56. c5 f5 57. c6 f4 58. c7 Kf5 59. c8=Q+ Kxg5 60. Qh3 Kf6 61. Kc5 Ke5 62. Kc4 Ke4 63. Qg2+ f3 64. Qxg6+ Ke3 65. Qe6+ Kd2 66. Qf5 Ke2 67. Qe4+ Kf2 68. Kd3 Kg3 69. Qg6+ Kh2 70. Qh5+ Kg2 71. Qg4+ Kf2 72. Ke4 Kf1 73. Qxf3+ Kg1 74. Qe2 Kh1 75. Kf3 Kg1 76. Qg2# 1-0
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
16309 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Swiatlowski, L (2199) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5 Ng8 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. fxe5 Nc6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. Nd5+ Kc8 14. Bc4 h5 15. Rd2 Nh6 16. Rhd1 Nf5 17. h3 h4 18. c3 g5 19. Bh2 Rg8 20. b4 g4 21. b5 g3 22. Bg1 Nxe5 23. Bb3 Nd7 24. Bc2 Nf6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Nxe7+ Kc7 27. Nxf5 Rg5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Be3 Re5 30. Bf4 Rxc5 31. Ne4+ 1-0
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
16447 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Osmonbekov, T (2129) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qd3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 a5 11. Ne2 Ra6 12. O-O d6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rb6 15. Rab1 Qe7 16. Qd2 d5 17. c3 Bd7 18. Ra1 Nb8 19. Nf4 Bb5 20. Ng6 Qf7 21. Nxf8 Bxf1 22. Bxf1 Qxf8 23. Ra8 Qc8 24. c4 Ra6 25. Rxa6 bxa6 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qc2 g6 28. Qc5 Qb7 29. Qe7 Qb6 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qxd5 Qxb4 32. Qe5+ Kh7 33. Qxc7+ Kh8 34. Bc4 a5 35. Qf7 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. f3 Qc2+ 38. Kh3 Qxc4 39. Qxc4 1-0
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
16616 Gomez Gonzales, Fabiana (1795) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 0-1
1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 f6 7. e4 Be6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. b3 Bc5 11. Rxd7+ Bxd7 12. Bxc5 Nh6 13. h3 Nf7 14. Kc2 Nd8 15. Be2 a6 16. Rd1 Ne6 17. Bb6+ Kxb6 18. Rxd7 Rad8 19. Re7 Rhe8 20. Rf7 Rf8 21. Re7 Rfe8 22. Rf7 Rc8 23. Na4+ Ka7 24. Rd7 Red8 25. Re7 Re8 26. Rd7 Rc7 27. Rd6 Ree7 28. c5 Rcd7 29. Nb6 Nxc5 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Bc4 Kb6 32. Bg8 h6 33. Nd2 Kc7 34. Nc4 b5 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Ne3 Rd8 37. Be6 Re8 38. Bf5 Rd8 39. Bg4 g6 40. Be2 h5 41. f3 a5 42. Nf1 Kb6 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Rh8 45. Nd2 Rxh3 46. Nf3 Rg3 47. g5 fxg5 48. Nxe5 Rg2 49. Kd3 g4 50. Nxg4 Rg3+ 51. Kd2 a4 52. Ne5 axb3 53. axb3 Rxb3 54. Nxg6 Rb2+ 55. Kd1 Ra2 56. e5 Ra1+ 57. Kd2 Ra2+ 58. Ke3 Kc5 59. Nf4 Ra3+ 60. Nd3+ Kd5 61. Bf3+ Kc4 62. Be4 c5 63. e6 Ra6 64. Nf4 Ra7 65. Bd5+ Kc3 66. Bc6 b4 67. Nd5+ Kc2 68. e7 Rxe7+ 69. Nxe7 b3 70. Be4+ Kc1 71. Nc6 b2 72. Bd3 c4 0-1
2025.07.15 Titled Tue 15th Jul Late
16676 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Aranda, Juan Manuel (2134) 1-0
1. d4 d6 2. e4 g5 3. Bxg5 c5 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nd3+ 10. Kd2 Nxb2 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. a4 Nf6 13. Qxb2 Nxe4+ 14. Kc2 Rg8 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. g3 b5 18. Nbd2 Nxc3 19. axb5 Nxb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rb1 Na3+ 22. Kb3 Nxb1 23. Nxb1 b5 24. Nfd2 Kc7 25. Nc3 Kb6 26. Na2 Ka5 27. Kc2 c4 28. h4 h5 29. Nc3 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
30322 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Lacasa Diaz, J (2315) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nge2 e6 6. Bg5 exd5 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nxd5 Qd8 9. Nec3 Be6 10. Bc4 Be7 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 a6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Nd4 18. Rac1 b5 19. c3 Nf5 20. Rxe6 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf7 24. Kf1 b4 25. c4 a5 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Re4 28. b3 a4 29. Rd5 axb3 30. axb3 Rf4 31. f3 Rh4 32. h3 Kf6 33. Rxc5 Rd4+ 34. Ke2 g5 35. Rb5 h5 36. Rxb4 Kf5 37. Rb5+ Kf4 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. cxd5 Ke5 40. f4+ gxf4 41. Kf3 Kxd5 42. Kxf4 h4 43. Kg4 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
30688 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (2674) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. a4 c6 7. Na3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. h3 Qe7 10. e3 f6 11. Bh2 e5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nb1 exd4 15. exd4 Nf8 16. Bd3 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nbd2 Bf5 19. Qc2 Re6 20. Nh4 Nxd2 21. Bxf5 Re2 22. Qd3 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Rae8 24. Nf3 Rxb2 25. Kg1 g6 26. Bg4 f5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Qf7 29. Qg4+ Qg7 30. Qf5 Ng6 31. Ng5 Qe7 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Qg4 Rf4 34. Qg3 Re2 35. Nf3 Ree4 0-1
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
30987 Szalay-Ocsak, Bank (2209) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. axb6 axb6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bf1 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. b3 c5 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bb2 Bd6 21. Nd2 Bc7 22. Nc4 Qc6 23. f3 Nh5 24. Ne3 Nf4 25. Bf1 Qg6 26. Kh2 Rbd8 27. Qc1 Rd4 28. Ra7 Rb8 29. Ba6 Bxa6 30. Rxc7 Ne2 31. Rxe2 Bxe2 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Nd5 h5 34. Qf4 Re8 35. Ne7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Bd1 37. Rc7 Bxc2 38. Rxc5 d3 39. e5 h4 40. Kg1 Qe6 41. Qd4 g6 42. Kf2 Qxb3 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Qd8 Kh6 45. f4 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
31246 Shapiro, Dan (2284) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbc3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nb4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. f4 N4d5 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Qf3 c6 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Nce4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nc8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nce7 21. g4 g6 22. Bc2 b6 23. b4 Nc7 24. Be3 Ned5 25. Bd2 Qe7 26. cxb6 axb6 27. f5 Qh4 28. Be1 Qg5 29. Bd2 Qh4 30. Be1 Qh3 31. Rf3 Qh6 32. Bd2 Qh4 33. Be1 Qg5 34. Bd2 exf5 35. Bxg5 fxe4 36. Bxe4 Rde8 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Bf6 Re6 39. b5 Nxf6 40. exf6 cxb5 41. Rb1 h6 42. Rxb5 Rc8 43. h3 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Rxa2 46. Rd5 Ra7 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Rf8 Rb7 49. h4 b5 50. g5 b4 51. Rd3 hxg5 52. hxg5 Re5 53. Kg4 b3 54. Rh3# 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
31488 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Levitan, Judah Nathan (2266) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. b4 Be7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 Qd7 12. O-O e4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Nxd5 Qg5 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. c4 Be2 20. Rfc1 Bd3 21. f4 exf3 22. gxf3 Be2 23. Rf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qh5 25. Rf2 Kh8 26. Rg2 f6 27. Rg3 Qe5 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. Kg2 Rf7 30. Kf2 g5 31. Ke2 Kg7 32. Nc3 Rfd7 33. Ne4 Rd1 34. h4 Ra1 35. Nd6 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. hxg5 Rxa3+ 38. Ke4 hxg5 39. Rg2 Rb3 40. b5 a5 41. b6 a4 42. Ra2 a3 43. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 44. Kd4 Rxf3 45. Kd5 g4 46. Ke6 g3 47. Nxb7 Re3# 0-1
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
31711 Buraczewski, R (2135) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. O-O Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nbd7 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Ne1 Re8 13. Nd3 Qg5 14. Nf3 Qh6 15. Nh4 g6 16. Nf3 Ndf6 17. Nh2 Re7 18. g4 Qg5 19. gxf5 Qxf5 20. Ne5 h5 21. Qf3 Qg5 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. Nd3 Qh6 24. Rfe1 Qg7 25. Nf1 Ng4 26. Nh2 Nh6 27. Qh3 Re6 28. Nf1 Nf5 29. Qh2 Nh6 30. f3 Nf6 31. Re2 Nf5 32. Rde1 R8e7 33. Nf2 Nd6 34. Nd2 Qf8 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Qe8 37. e5 Nf5 38. Nde4 Nh7 39. Nc5 b6 40. Nxe6 Rxe6 41. g4 hxg4 42. Nxg4 Qe7 43. Rg2 Ng5 44. Rf1 Nh7 45. Nh6+ Nxh6 46. Qxh6 Qf8 47. Qh4 Qg7 48. Rf3 Nf8 49. Rh2 Re8 50. Rfh3 Ne6 51. Qh8+ Qxh8 52. Rxh8+ Kg7 53. Rxe8 Ng5 54. Ra8 a5 55. Ra6 Nf3+ 56. Kg2 Ne1+ 57. Kf2 Nd3+ 58. Ke3 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
31772 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Danzer, G (2172) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. h4 h5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 a5 10. f3 c5 11. O-O-O c4 12. g4 a4 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nxd5 b5 15. Nc6 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
32115 Goswami, V (2057) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Nfd2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 e5 17. Nf3 e4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Rfc1 Rfe8 20. Rc5 Qd7 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Ne5 Qd6 23. Qc4 f6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nh2 Rad8 26. b4 a6 27. a4 Qe6 28. Nf1 Rd6 29. Rc1 Nb6 30. Qc2 Red8 31. Nd2 Nd5 32. Nxe4 Nxb4 33. Qb1 R6d7 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qxb4 Rf7 36. R1c2 Qg6 37. Re5 Qxc2 38. f4 Rdf8 39. Qd6 Qe2 40. Qg6 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 h4 42. Rh5 Qg3+ 43. Kg1 Qxe3+ 44. Kh2 Qxf4+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kh1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
32211 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Grabinsky, V (2192) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. Na4 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O f6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Rab1 a5 18. a3 h6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Ba2 21. Rbc1 Rxb2 22. f4 Bd5 0-1
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
32361 Arya G Mallar (2000) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. f3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. e3 d4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Ba7 16. Kh1 Qxd4 17. Qc2 Be6 18. a4 Bd5 19. Ra3 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rac8 21. Qb1 Re2+ 22. Kh1 Qd5+ 23. Raf3 Re1 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rfxc1 0-1
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
32659 Klimkowski, Jan (2508) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nc3 d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 d3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd3 Qxb2 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxa2 20. Qb5 Qe6 21. d5 Bd7 22. Qb4 Qf6 23. Rb1 h5 24. h4 Bf5 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Rc7 Qd6 27. Qc3 Rd7 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rc4 b5 31. Rc5 b4 32. Qxb4 b6 33. Rc4 Qxb4 34. Rxb4 Rd6 35. f4 Bd3 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Bf5 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Ke5 f6+ 40. Kxf5 Kf7 41. Rc4 Rd7 42. Rc6 Re7 43. Re6 Rb7 44. Ke4 b5 45. Kd3 b4 46. Kc2 Rc7+ 47. Kd2 Rc3 48. Re3 Rc5 49. d6 Rd5+ 50. Bxd5+ 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
32825 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Uyanga, Byambaa (2006) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nd2 dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bc4 e6 12. O-O a6 13. a4 Nd4 14. Nce4 Qc7 15. c3 Nf5 16. Bf2 b6 17. g4 Ne7 18. Nd6 Bb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qe2 Nd5 21. Bg3 Rab8 22. Bxa6 Qa7 23. Bb5 Rfd8 24. Nc4 Nc7 25. Bh4 Nxb5 26. axb5 Qb7 27. Nd6 Qd5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Rad1 Qb3 30. Nb7 Rb8 31. Rxd7 c4 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Nxd8 Qxb5 34. Rd1 g5 35. fxg5 Bxe5 36. Nc6 Bd6 37. Nd4 Bc5 38. b4 cxb3 39. Qxb5 e5 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Rf1 f6 42. gxf6+ Kh6 43. Qxe5 Bxd4+ 44. cxd4 Kg6 45. Qh5# 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
33075 Krishnan, V (2370) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 c6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. g5 hxg5 9. hxg5 Nh5 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qxf4 b5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. d5 b4 17. Ne2 cxd5 18. Ned4 dxe4 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Nxd7 21. Qxe4 d5 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Nc6+ Kd6 24. Nxa5 Rae8 25. Nb3 Re2 26. Rd2 Re4 27. Nbd4 Nc5 28. b3 a6 29. Rdd1 Rf4 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Ne4 32. Rh4 Rxh4 33. Nxh4 Nxg5 34. f4 Nh3 35. Ng2 f6 36. Kc1 g5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kd2 Nf2 39. Ke3 Ne4 40. Ne1 Nc3 41. Nef3 g4 42. Nh2 g3 43. Nf5+ Kc5 44. Nxg3 Nxa2 45. Nf3 Nc3 46. Ne2 Nd1+ 47. Kd2 Nf2 48. Ned4 Ne4+ 49. Ke3 Nc3 50. Ne6+ Kd6 51. Nd8 a5 52. Nd4 a4 53. bxa4 Nxa4 54. N8c6 Kc5 55. Na5 Nb6 56. Nab3+ Kc4 57. Kd2 Na4 58. Nc6 Nc3 59. Ne5+ Kb5 60. Nf3 Kc4 61. Ne5+ Kb5 62. Nd3 Kc4 63. Nb2+ Kb5 64. Kd3 Na2 65. Nd1 Kc6 66. Kd4 Kd6 67. Ke3 Ke5 68. Kd3 Kd6 69. Kd4 Kc6 70. Ke5 Nc3 71. Nxc3 bxc3 72. Kd4 Kd6 73. Kxc3 Ke5 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Kd4 Kc6 76. Nc1 Kd6 77. Nd3 Kc6 78. Nb4+ Kb5 79. Nxd5 Kc6 80. c4 Kd6 81. c5+ Kd7 82. Nb4 Kc7 83. Kd5 Kd7 84. c6+ Kc7 85. Nd3 Kb6 86. Nc5 Kc7 87. Ne6+ Kc8 88. Kd6 Kb8 89. Kd7 Ka8 90. c7 Ka7 91. c8=Q Kb6 92. Qc5+ Kb7 93. Qb4+ Ka6 94. Kc7 Ka7 95. Qb7# 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
33084 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Dauer, Andre Leonardo (2138) 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Re8 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. h4 Nf8 9. h5 N6d7 10. Qf3 f6 11. Ng4 Bb4 12. Qg3 c6 13. Nh6+ 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
33408 Shuvalov, E (1986) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Nb6 9. Bb5 Be7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f5 exf5 14. Nxf5 Bg5 15. Qg4 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Nd5 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Qh3 Rad8 19. Ne4 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Ne7 21. Rf2 Qxh3 22. gxh3 Rxd4 23. Nc5 h6 24. Rcf1 Ng6 25. e6 f6 26. Rg2 Ne5 27. e7 Re8 28. Ne6 Rd7 29. Nxg7 Rexe7 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Nxe7 Rxe7 32. Rgf2 Re6 33. Rf4 Nd3 34. Ra4 Nxb2 35. Rxa7 Nd3 36. Rxc7+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Rg3+ Kf5 40. Re3 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Rg1+ 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. Ra7 Rh1 45. Ra5+ Nd5 46. Kg2 Rd1 47. Rf3+ Ke5 48. Rf2 Rd3 49. a4 Ke4 50. Re2+ Ne3+ 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. Rc5 Nd1+ 53. Ke1 Ne3 54. Rc1 Nd5 55. Ra1 Rxh3 56. a5 Nc7 57. a6 Rb3 58. a7 Na8 59. Re8 Nc7 60. Rc8 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Re7 62. Rxc7 Rxc7 63. a8=Q Rf7 64. Qb8+ Kg5 65. Qg3+ Kf5 66. Ra5+ Ke6 67. Qb3+ Ke7 68. Ra7+ Kd6 69. Qxf7 Kc5 70. Qe7+ Kb6 71. Rb7+ Ka5 72. Qc7+ Ka4 73. Qb6 Ka3 74. Ra7# 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
33427 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Rabin, E (1945) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. h5 h6 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf4 Qxf4+ 17. Nxf4 Kd7 18. Nce2 g6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nxg6 Rcg8 21. Nxh8 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
33728 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Jagirapu, Harshin Reddy (2042) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Qb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Na2 Nbd7 10. Nf3 c5 11. O-O a5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rc6 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Qd1 Nxe5 19. Rxc8 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Rxc8 21. Qd1 Bd6 22. g3 h6 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qc1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Ne8 26. Nc1 Be7 27. Bf4 g5 28. Be3 Nd6 29. b3 Nf5 30. Ne2 Bf6 31. Qc5 Qd8 32. Qc6 Ne7 33. Qc5 Nc8 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Ng1 Be7 36. Qc6 Nf5 37. Nf3 Bd6 38. h3 Qc7 39. Qxc7 Bxc7 40. g4 Ne7 41. h4 f6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Nd2 Nc6 44. Nf3 Kf7 45. Kf1 Bb6 46. Ke2 Ne7 47. Bd2 Ng6 48. Be3 Bc7 49. Ne1 e5 50. Nc2 Ke6 51. f3 Bb6 52. Kf2 Nf4 53. Bxf4 exf4 54. Ke2 f5 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 56. Kf2 g4 57. fxg4+ Kxg4 58. Ne1 Bxd4+ 59. Ke2 Kg3 60. Nf3 Be3 61. Ne5 Bd4 62. Nf3 Bc3 63. Ng5 Kg2 64. Nf3 Bf6 65. Nd2 Kg3 66. Nf3 Kg4 67. Ng1 Bd4 68. Nf3 Bf6 69. Nh2+ Kg3 70. Nf3 Bc3 71. Ng5 Kg4 72. Nf3 Kf5 73. Nh4+ Ke5 74. Nf3+ Kd6 75. Ng5 Kc5 76. Ne6+ Kd6 77. Nxf4 Be5 78. Ng2 Kc5 79. Ke3 Bd4+ 80. Kd2 Bc3+ 81. Ke3 Ba1 82. Nf4 Bb2 83. Kd2 Bc3+ 84. Kc2 Kd4 85. Ne6+ Ke3 86. Nd8 Bd4 87. Nc6 Bb6 88. Ne7 Kd4 89. Nf5+ Ke5 90. Ng3 Kf4 91. Ne2+ Kf3 92. Nc1 Ke3 93. Na2 Kf2 94. Nc1 Be3 95. Na2 Ke2 96. d4 Bxd4 97. Nc1+ Ke3 98. Nd3 Bb6 99. Ne5 d4 100. Nc4+ Ke2 101. Ne5 Bc5 102. Nd3 Bd6 103. Nc1+ Ke3 104. Nd3 Be7 105. Ne1 Bh4 106. Nd3 Ke2 107. Nf4+ Ke3 108. Nd3 Be7 109. Ne1 Bd6 110. Nd3 Ke4 111. Nc1 Kf3 112. Kd3 Be5 113. Ne2 Kf2 114. Nxd4 Bxd4 115. Kxd4 Ke2 116. Kc4 Kd2 117. Kb5 Kc3 118. Kxa5 Kxb3 119. Kb6 Kc3 120. a5 b3 121. a6 b2 122. a7 b1=Q+ 123. Kc7 Qa2 124. Kb8 Qb3+ 125. Ka8 Qa4 126. Kb8 Qb5+ 127. Ka8 Qd7 128. Kb8 Qd6+ 129. Kb7 Qd7+ 130. Kb8 Qb5+ 131. Kc8 Qa6+ 132. Kb8 Qd6+ 133. Kb7 Qd7+ 134. Kb8 1/2-1/2
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
33988 Holinka, Henning (2303) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd4 Qd8 18. f3 c5 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. a3 Bb7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. e4 Rd7 23. Kf2 Red8 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Nxd2 Qg5 26. Nc4 Ba6 27. Ne3 Rd3 28. Qc2 Qd8 29. Qa4 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Be2 31. Nd5 Bxf3 32. Qc6 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Rxh2 34. Qxb6 Qg5 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. Nxf4 Rxb2 38. Nd3 Rc2 39. Ne5 Bg2+ 40. Kg1 Bh3 41. Nxf7 c4 42. Nd6 c3 43. Nb5 Bd7 44. Nd4 Rd2 45. Nb3 Rb2 46. Nc5 Bc6 47. Rc1 c2 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Rxc2 Ra1 50. Rc3 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 g5 52. Kd4 h5 53. Ne6 Kg6 54. Rxc6 Rxa3 55. Nf4+ Kf7 56. Nxh5 Ra4+ 57. Ke3 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 Ke7 59. Nf6 Kf7 60. Nd5 Kg7 61. Ne3 Rd3 62. Nf5+ Kf7 63. Ne3 Ra3 64. Kf3 Rb3 65. Ra6 Rc3 66. e5 Ke7 67. Ke4 Rb3 68. Nd5+ Kd7 69. Rd6+ Ke8 70. g4 Rb1 71. Kf5 Re1 72. Re6+ Kd7 73. Ra6 Re2 74. Rd6+ Ke8 75. Nf6+ Kf7 76. Rd7+ Kf8 77. Kg6 Rxe5 78. Rf7# 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
34049 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Damaraju, Ashwin (2084) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Ba4 Qa5 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. a3 Nc6 16. g4 Be6 17. d5 Nxc5 18. dxe6 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Nd4 21. exf7 Nxb3+ 22. Kc2 Nd4+ 23. Kb1 Ne6 24. Qe3 Nd8 25. Qc3+ Qxc3 26. Nxc3 Nxf7 27. Nge2 e5 28. Ne4 h5 29. g5 h4 30. h3 b5 31. Rc1+ Kb7 32. Rc5 a5 33. Rxb5+ Ka6 34. a4 Nd6 35. Nxd6 e4 36. Nxe4 Rc8 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. Nc5+ Rxc5 39. Rxc5 Kb6 40. Rb5+ Kc7 41. f4 Kd6 42. f5 Ke7 43. f6+ Kd6 44. Nf3 Ke6 45. Nxh4 Kf7 46. Rxa5 Ke6 47. Rb5 Kf7 48. Re5 Kg8 49. b4 1-0
2025.07.01 Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
34192 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Arakelyan, Manvel (2326) 0-1
1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h4 c6 8. Nc3 c5 9. Ne5 Nc7 10. h5 h6 11. Qf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nb5 16. Bd2 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O-O f6 19. Ng6 Rd8 20. Be3 e5 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Rh4 d3 24. Rf4 Bd7 25. Nc7 Rac8 26. Nd5 dxc2 27. Rd2 Kh7 28. Rxc2 Be8 29. b4 Bd6 30. Rg4 Bd7 31. Rgc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Be6 33. Rd4 Bf7 34. f3 Bxg6 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Kd1 Kf7 37. a3 Be5 38. Rd3 Rc8 39. Ne3 Ke6 40. Ke2 b5 41. g4 g6 42. Nc2 Rxc2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Bb2 45. Kd3 Bxa3 46. Kc3 Bc1 47. Kc2 Bf4 48. Kd3 h5 49. Ke4 Bd6 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. f4 f5+ 52. Kf3 Bxb4 53. Kg3 a5 54. Kh4 Be7+ 55. Kh3 a4 56. Kg2 a3 57. Kf2 a2 58. Kg2 b4 59. Kh3 b3 60. Kg2 b2 61. Kh3 b1=Q 62. Kg2 a1=Q 63. Kh3 Qh1+ 64. Kg3 Qag1# 0-1
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
57549 Hofstadler, Mario (2172) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 b4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rfe1 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Ng3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bb5 19. Rxe5 Rd2 20. Rc5 g6 21. Ne4 Re2 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Nxb5 cxb5 24. Rxb5 Rdd2 25. Rf1 Rxc2 26. Rxb4 Rxb2 27. Ra4 Re7 28. Rfa1 Ree2 29. Rf1 Rxb3 30. Rxa7 Rbb2 31. Raa1 Kg7 32. Rab1 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Rxb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb4 35. Ra2 h5 36. Kg3 h4+ 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ra6 f6 40. Ra5 Kg6 41. Rc5 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rb4 44. Ra5 Re4 45. Rb5 Re5 46. Rb4 Kf5 47. Kf3 Rc5 48. Ra4 Rc3+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Rd3 52. Rb4 Rd5 53. Ra4 Ke5 54. Kf3 f5 55. Rb4 Ra5 56. Rc4 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kf3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra5 60. Rb4 Rd5 61. Ra4 Rd4 62. Ra8 Kf4 63. Ra2 Rb4 64. Rc2 Rb3 65. Ra2 Rb4 66. Rc2 Ra4 67. Rb2 Re4 68. Ra2 Rd4 69. Rb2 Rc4 70. Ra2 Rb4 1/2-1/2
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
57800 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Schracke, G (2138) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 Nb6 12. O-O Bd6 13. b3 O-O 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 c5 18. Rfc1 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc7 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Ne4 Ne5 22. Qg3 Nxc4 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. a4 Nd6 26. Re1 Nf5 27. Qe5 Rc2 28. Rbd1 Qh4 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Qd8 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Qb6+ 33. Kh2 f6 34. Qe4 Qf2 35. Rf5 Qd2 36. Rh5 h6 37. Rd5 Qc3 38. Rd7 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Rf1 Qb2 41. Rf5 Re2 42. Qf3 b4 43. Rh5 Rf2 44. Qb7 Qc1 45. Rc7 Qd2 46. Rd7 Qg5 47. Rxg5 fxg5 48. Qxb4 Re8 49. Qb7 Ree2 50. Rc7 Kh7 51. Re7 Kh8 52. Rxe2 Rxe2 53. Qc8+ 1-0
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
58011 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Timmermans, M (2405) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Bd6 5. Nxd6+ cxd6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. c3 Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. h3 Qe7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Qa3 Rd8 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. Bxd8 exf3 16. Bh4 fxg2 17. Rg1 Qf3 18. Qxd6 Ba6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qg4 Be2 21. Qxg2 Qxg2 22. Rxg2 Bf3 23. Rg3 Rf8 24. Kd2 h6 25. Rgg1 Na5 26. b3 Nc6 27. Bg3 Kh7 28. Be5 g5 29. h4 Nxe5 30. dxe5 gxh4 31. Kd3 Be4+ 32. Kd4 h3 33. f4 h2 34. Rgf1 Kg6 35. c4 Rd8 36. cxd5 Bxd5 37. f5+ Kf7 38. e4 Bb7+ 39. Ke3 Rc8 40. Rh1 Rc3+ 41. Kf4 Rc2 42. Rad1 Bc6 43. Rd6 Ba8 44. e6+ Kf6 45. e5+ Ke7 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. f6 Rf2+ 48. Ke3 Bxh1 49. Kxf2 Bc6 50. f7+ Kf8 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. f8=Q+ Kxe6 53. Re8+ Kd5 54. Rd8+ Ke4 55. Qf3+ Kxe5 56. Qxc6 1-0
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
58212 Shukhman, Anna (2413) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Qe2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Qd1 d5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. c3 Bc5 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Bc2 a5 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Nd4 Ne4 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be3 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Nd6 26. b3 Be4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Re1 f5 29. f3 c5 30. Be3 Nxc3 31. Bxc5 Rd2 32. Re7 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nf4 34. g3 Nd3 35. Bd4 Nc1 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Bf6 Nxb3 38. Rxb7 Nc5 39. Be7+ Ke8 40. Bxc5 Rc2 41. Bf2 Ra2 42. Rb5 Rxa4 43. Rxf5 Ra2 44. Rh5 a4 45. Rxh6 a3 46. Bd4 Rd2 47. Bh8 a2 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. h4 Kg8 50. Bf6 Kf7 51. h5 Rc2 52. h6 Kg6 53. Bg7+ Kh7 54. g4 Rh2 55. g5 Rc2 56. f4 Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. h7 Kg6 59. h8=Q Rc1+ 60. Ke2 a1=Q 61. Qh6+ Kf5 62. Bxa1 Rxa1 63. Qf6+ Kg4 64. Rxa1 Kg3 65. g6 Kg4 66. g7 Kh5 67. Rh1+ Kg4 68. g8=Q# 1-0
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
58259 Schnaider, Ilan (2388) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 a6 3. e4 c6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nce2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O g5 11. Be3 g4 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nf4 Qc7 15. dxc5 e5 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Ng3 e4 18. Bc2 h5 19. c4 h4 20. Ne2 O-O-O 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxg4+ Kb8 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxe4 Rdg8 26. Qf5 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Rg7 28. Bf4 Rhg8 29. Bxc7+ Kxc7 30. Qf4+ Kc8 31. g3 Nd4 32. Nd6+ Bxd6 33. Qxd4 Bc7 34. Qxh4 Rg4 35. Qh3 Kb8 36. Rae1 R4g7 37. Re6 a5 38. Rfe1 1-0
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
58518 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Bacus, Dharim (2131) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nf3 Qb4 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc4 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. O-O Bb4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Nb5 O-O 17. c3 Be7 18. Ne1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. a3 Nb8 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Nd7 25. g5 Rf8 26. Kg2 f6 27. h4 Kg7 28. Rbe1 h6 29. Kg3 Nb6 30. Rf2 Nc4 31. Rfe2 fxg5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. fxg5 Rf5 34. Kg4 Kf7 35. Rh1 Kg7 36. Rh3 e5 37. dxe5 Re6 38. Rf3 Nxe5+ 39. Nxe5 Rexe5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf2 a5 42. Rd2 Kf7 43. Rf2+ Kg7 44. Rd2 b5 45. Kf4 Re4+ 46. Kf3 Re5 47. Kf4 Re4+ 48. Kf3 Re5 49. Kf4 1/2-1/2
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
58769 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Marchesich, Giovanni (2189) 0-1
1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. a4 Bg5 7. Nf3 Bxc1 8. Qxc1 Ne7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 f5 12. a5 Nd7 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15. Bd3 Rf8 16. a6 b6 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. O-O Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qe3 b5 22. h3 b4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf4 25. Qe3 Rbf8 26. c3 Qf5 27. Ra4 Re4 28. Qd3 c4 29. Qd2 b3 30. Rb4 h6 31. f3 Rf4 32. Qe2 e4 33. Qxc4 Qg5 34. Qe2 exf3 35. Qf2 fxg2 0-1
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
58946 Yevchenko, A (2276) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 f5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bc5 b6 13. Bd6 Qb7 14. c5 b5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Bf3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Qd5 21. Rad1 Bb7 22. Qe3 Qf5 23. Rd3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bxe4 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. f3 Bc6 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. Rg1 a5 30. b3 b4 31. h3 a4 32. f4 axb3 33. axb3 Ra3 34. Rd3 Be4 35. Re3 Bd4 36. Re1 Rxb3 37. c6 Bxc6 0-1
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
59120 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) Hartge, Gedeon (2328) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bg5 d4 8. exd4 exd4 9. Ne4 Qe7 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qf3 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 14. Bxe4 Bxc5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nf3 Rhe8 18. Ne1 Bb6 19. Nd3 c5 20. b3 Kb7 21. Rhe1 Kc6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Re6 24. Kd1 Bc7 25. g3 Kd5 26. Nb2 Ba5 27. Re2 f5 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. f4 Re4 30. Kd2 h5 31. Kd3 h4 32. Nd2 Re6 33. Nf3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rg6 35. Nh4 Rxg3+ 36. Kd2 Bxf4+ 37. Ke1 Rg5 38. Nf3 Bg3+ 39. Kf1 Rh5 40. Kg2 f4 41. Re7 Rf5 42. Rd7+ Ke4 43. Re7+ Kd5 44. Rd7+ Kc6 45. Ra7 Kb6 46. Ra8 Rd5 47. Rb8+ Ka7 48. Rc8 d3 49. cxd3 Rxd3 50. Rxc5 Rxb3 51. Rf5 Rxa3 52. Rxf7+ Kb6 53. Ne5 Kb5 54. Rb7+ Kc5 55. Rb8 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Rf2+ 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58. Kf5 Rxe5+ 59. Kxe5 f3+ 60. Ke4 Bxb8 61. Kxf3 Kc4 62. Ke2 Kb3 63. Kd1 Kb2 64. Kd2 a5 65. Kd3 a4 66. Kc4 a3 67. Kb4 a2 68. Kb5 a1=Q 69. Kc6 Qc1+ 70. Kd5 Qc3 71. Ke4 Qe5+ 72. Kf3 Qf4+ 73. Kg2 Qg3+ 74. Kf1 Qh2 75. Ke1 Kc3 76. Kf1 Kd3 77. Ke1 Qe2# 0-1
2025.06.10 Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
59141 Goldbeck, Lars (2391) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2172) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Nd7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nf3 Ke8 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Rhe1 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Be7 14. Nxf7 Rf8 15. Nxe5 Nb8 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. Re5 Bg6 19. Rde1 1-0
2025.05.25 8th Sharjah Masters B
76066 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Vismay Sachar (2002) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 8. Bc2 Nf6 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Rd1 d6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. b4 d5 15. Ng5 d4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxb4 19. Qh3 Nd4 20. Bb3 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Nxe4 22. Rxd4 Nxg5 23. Qg3 O-O 24. Rg4 h6 25. Rxg5 hxg5 26. Bxe6+ Kh7 27. Qh3+ Kg6 28. Bd5 Qc8 29. Be4+ Kf6 30. Qh7 Ra7 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. Qxg5+ Ke6 33. Rc1 Qe8 34. Rc6+ Qxc6 35. Bxc6 Rc7 36. Be4 Rf4 37. Qg6+ Rf6 38. Qg4+ Kd6 39. g3 a5 40. Qd1+ Ke7 41. Qd5 1-0
2025.05.24 8th Sharjah Masters B
76054 Jagreet Misra (1999) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. g3 Bxf3 9. exf3 d5 10. f4 O-O 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Qd7 13. f5 dxc4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bh3 Nexd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe2 Rf6 20. Qxc4 Re8 21. Rfe1 c6 22. Rc1 c5 23. Rcd1 Qf7 24. Bxe6 Rfxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxd5 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Qxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Rb1 29. Rd2 Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Kf4 a4 32. h4 b5 33. h5 b4 34. axb4 cxb4 35. f3 b3 36. Rd4 Ra1 37. Rb4 Kd5 38. Kg5 Kc5 39. Rb7 Ra2 40. Ra7 Kc6 41. Ra8 Ra1 42. h6 g6 43. Kf6 a3 44. bxa3 b2 45. Rb8 b1=Q 46. Rxb1 Rxb1 47. g4 Rb7 48. g5 Kd7 49. Kf7 Rb5 50. Kg7 Ke7 51. f4 Rf5 52. Kxh7 Kf7 53. a4 Rxf4 54. a5 Ra4 0-1
2025.05.23 8th Sharjah Masters B
76043 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Rashed Abubaker, Alhemeiri (1840) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qd6 Qc2 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. Qc7 e5 20. Bg5 Ne3 21. Rec1 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 f6 24. Be3 Be6 25. f3 Bd5 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. a6 Rfc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. axb7 Bxb7 30. Rxa7 Bc6 31. Kf2 f5 32. Ra5 e4 33. f4 Bf8 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rb7 37. Ke3 Bg7 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Kf7 40. h3 Ke6 41. Re5+ Kd6 42. g4 Rb3 43. Kd4 Rb2 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ke3 Rc2 46. Rxf5 Rxc3+ 47. Kxe4 Rxh3 48. Rf6+ Ke7 49. Ra6 h5 50. Kd4 h4 51. e4 Rh1 52. Ke5 h3 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Kf6 Kg8 55. f5 h2 56. Ra2 Re1 57. Rg2+ 1-0
2025.05.22 8th Sharjah Masters B
76031 Aryan Goyal (1931) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Nf1 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Nde5 17. Nc2 Qa5 18. Ne3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxa2 20. Rb1 Qd2 21. Nf1 Qc3 22. Rec1 Qd4 23. Qe3 b4 24. Nd2 a5 25. Ra1 Ra7 26. Bf3 Ne5 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Bd1 Nc5 30. Bc2 g6 31. Ra2 f5 32. f3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke2 Bc6 35. Rca1 Rfa8 36. Rb2 Ra6 37. exf5 gxf5 38. f4 e5 39. Nf3 Kf6 40. Rf1 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 a4 42. bxa4 b3 43. Bb1 Rxa4 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Rg8+ 46. Kh4 Ke6 47. Kh5 Ra7 48. Rbf2 Rf7 49. f5+ Kf6 50. Rf3 Rg2 51. R3f2 Rfg7 52. Kh6 Rxf2 53. Rxf2 Rg1 54. Rb2 Kxf5 55. Kxh7 Nd7 56. Rf2+ Ke6 57. Rb2 Nf6+ 58. Kh6 Kf7 0-1
2025.05.21 8th Sharjah Masters B
76019 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Elnemr, Mohamed (1937) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. exd4 f5 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. O-O Qe8 14. f3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. fxe4 f4 17. h3 g5 18. Bxg5 Qg6 19. Bxf4 Bxh3 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Qh6+ 26. Kg1 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Qh6+ 28. Kg1 Qg5+ 29. Qg2 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qh6+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qh6+ 1/2-1/2
2025.05.20 8th Sharjah Masters B
76007 Umarov, Mukhammadrizo (1942) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Ng3 Nf8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. h3 c5 12. a4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Nf4 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. d4 Nxh3+ 16. gxh3 cxd4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Bxh3 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Nh4 g5 21. Ng2 d5 22. Qf3 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Bf5 24. Re1 Rac8 25. c3 Rc4 26. cxd4 Rxd4 27. Be3 Rg4 28. Bxa7 e4 29. Qb3+ Be6 30. Qb5 Qf7 31. Ra3 h5 32. Rg3 h4 33. Rxg4 Bxg4 34. Ne3 Bf3 35. Qd5 Ra8 36. Bd4 Rxa4 37. Bxf6 Qxd5 38. Nxd5 Kf7 39. Nc3 Ra6 40. Bd4 Ke6 41. Nxe4 Kf5 42. Nd2 Bc6 43. Bc3 Ra4 44. Re5+ Kf4 45. Ra5 Rxa5 46. Bxa5 g4 47. Bc7+ Kf5 48. Bd8 g3 49. Bxh4 gxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Ke5 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Be7 Bb5 53. b3 Ba6 54. Nb1 Bf1 55. Nc3+ Kc6 56. Kd4 Ba6 57. Ba3 Bf1 58. Ne4 Kb5 59. Nd6+ Kc6 60. Nc4 Be2 61. Ne5+ Kb5 62. Kc3 Bf1 63. Nf3 Bh3 64. Nd4+ Ka5 65. Bb4+ Kb6 66. Be7 Ka5 67. Bd8+ b6 68. Nf3 Kb5 69. Ne5 Kc5 70. b4+ Kb5 71. Nc4 Be6 72. Na3+ Kc6 73. b5+ Kb7 74. Nc4 Bh3 75. Nxb6 Bf1 76. Nc4 Be2 77. Kb4 Bf1 78. Kc5 Bg2 79. Nd6+ Ka7 80. Bb6+ Kb8 81. Ba5 Ka7 82. Kd4 Bf3 83. Ke5 Bg4 84. Kd5 Bf3+ 85. Ke6 Be2 86. Bc7 Bf3 87. Kd7 Bg4+ 88. Kd8 Bf3 89. Ba5 Kb8 90. Bc3 Bg2 91. Kd7 Bf3 92. Bd4 Bg2 93. Nf7 Bf3 94. Nd8 Bg2 95. Be5+ Ka7 96. Kc7 Ka8 97. Bd4 Bf3 98. Nc6 Be2 99. b6 Ba6 100. Bc3 Bc8 101. Nd8 Bb7 102. Bd2 Bg2 103. Nc6 1-0
2025.05.19 8th Sharjah Masters B
75995 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Boshra, Alshaeby (1971) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bc8 6. Qc2 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 a6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. O-O Qe7 1/2-1/2
2025.05.18 8th Sharjah Masters B
75986 Du, Yuxin (1973) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d3 g6 9. Re1 e5 10. d4 Bg7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. N2b3 Re8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. f3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bf2 Qd6 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Rad1 Nc4 22. Qc1 h5 23. Bg3 Qf8 24. Bf4 h4 25. h3 Kh7 26. Bg5 Bh6 27. Qf4 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Qd6 29. Nf5 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Nh5 31. Ne7 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qd6 34. Rxd5 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kxf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 1-0
2025.05.17 8th Sharjah Masters B
75974 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Aamuktha Guntaka (1979) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. Qg4 Kh8 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. a3 b5 17. Rad1 b4 18. Re3 bxa3 19. bxa3 Na5 20. Ne1 Nc4 21. Rg3 g6 22. Bh6 f5 23. Qh3 Rg8 24. Nf3 Rc7 25. Ng5 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qh6 Re8 28. Rh3 Kg8 29. Nxh7 Qxh7 30. Qg5 Qg7 31. Rh6 Kf7 32. Qh4 Kg8 33. h3 Nb2 34. Re1 Rc3 35. Qg5 Kf7 36. Qh4 Kg8 37. Rb1 Rc2 38. Qg5 Kf7 39. h4 Rh8 40. Rxh8 Qxh8 41. g3 Qe8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Kg2 Qf7 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qb8 f4 46. Rxb2 Rxb2 47. Qxb2 f3+ 48. Kh2 g5 49. Qb1+ Kg7 50. Qc1 gxh4 51. Qg5+ Kh7 52. Qxh4+ Kg6 53. Qg4+ Kh7 54. Kh3 a5 55. a4 Kh8 56. Qh4+ Kg8 57. Qg5+ Kh7 58. Kg4 Qd7 59. Qh5+ Kg7 60. Qg5+ Kh7 61. Kxf3 Qxa4 62. Qe7+ Kh8 63. Qxe6 Qxd4 64. Qh6+ Kg8 65. Qg6+ Kh8 66. e6 Qe5 67. Qh6+ Kg8 68. Qg6+ Qg7 69. Qf5 Qf8 70. Qxf8+ Kxf8 71. Ke3 a4 72. Kd3 a3 73. Kc3 d4+ 74. Kb3 d3 0-1
2025.05.15 Asian Individual 2025
84422 Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav (2010) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) *
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Nd8 12. c5 f5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 Nf7 15. Rc2 a5 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Qa3 Ra6 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Nc4 Rfa8 20. Bd2 b6 21. Be3 Qd8 22. b4 axb4 23. Qxb4 h6 24. Bf3 g6 25. Rb2 f4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Qf6 28. Qd2 g5 29. Bg3 g4 30. Bg2 b5 31. Ne3 Ne5 32. Rbc2 h5 33. Qc3 Na4 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Qd3 b4 36. Rc7 R8a7 37. d6 Rxd6 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Rxa7 Nc3 40. Rxc3 e4 41. Rc8+ Bxc8 42. Qxe4 *
2025.05.14 Asian Individual 2025
84356 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Xu, Pengmo (2039) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg5 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a3 Nh6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. e6 Nf6 17. exf7+ Nxf7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg6 Qf4 20. Rad1 Qh6 21. Qf5 Rd8 22. Qe6 1/2-1/2
2025.05.13 Asian Individual 2025
84273 Nurgaliyev, Sauat (2407) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qxc4 Qxc5 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Rd1 e5 12. Be3 Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Ng4 14. Bh3 Nf6 15. Bg2 Ng4 16. Bh3 h5 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Nfxe5+ Nxe5 19. Nxe5+ Ke6 20. Nd3 f5 21. Bxa7 Bd6 22. f3 Ne5 23. Nf4+ Kf6 24. Nd5+ Kf7 25. Bxf5 Bc5+ 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Ne3 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd2 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Bc2 Kf8 31. b4 Rb6 32. a4 Nxf3 33. Kxf3 Rf6+ 34. Ke4 Re6+ 35. Kf3 Rf6+ 36. Bf5 g6 37. Rc1 b6 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Rb7 Rd4 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 gxf5 45. Rb5 f4 46. Nd5 Rf5 47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Nxf4 Ra4 50. e4 Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Rfxa5 52. e5 Re3 53. e6 h4 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Rf6 hxg3 56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. hxg3 Rf5 58. Rg4 Rxf4 59. gxf4 Rxe6 60. Kf3 Rg6 61. Rh4+ Kg7 62. Ke4 Ra6 63. Kf5 Ra5+ 64. Kg4 Rb5 65. Rh1 Kg6 66. Ra1 Rc5 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. Rd6 Ra5 69. Rb6 Rc5 70. Rh6 Ra5 71. Rh5 Rxh5 72. Kxh5 Kf6 73. Kg4 Kg6 74. f5+ Kf6 75. Kf4 Kf7 76. Kg5 Kg7 77. f6+ Kf7 78. Kf5 Kf8 79. Kg6 Kg8 80. f7+ Kf8 81. Kf6 1-0
2025.05.12 Asian Individual 2025
90417 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Yakimenko, Alex (2000) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. c3 Qe7+ 9. Kf1 Qf6 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 g5 13. Kg2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 Nxg6 15. Qe2+ Nge7 16. h4 g4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe6 19. Nb3 h5 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. a4 a6 22. b4 O-O-O 23. Rhe1 Nc6 24. Qe3 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qxb4 26. Reb1 Qe7 27. Ra2 Rd7 28. Rab2 c6 29. Qc3 Rc7 30. Qa5 f6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Rxb7 Rhh7 33. Qxa6 Rhf7 34. Qa8+ Kd7 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Qb8+ Kd7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Qc8+ Kd6 39. Qb8+ Ke6 40. Qe8+ Re7 41. Qxc6+ 1-0
2025.05.11 Asian Individual 2025
90348 Tenezaca, Cristian (1942) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nh2 Nc5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Nf1 Qc6 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ng3 Bd8 17. a5 Re8 18. Bg4 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Qd2 Nb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Bxh6 g6 24. b4 Rc4 25. Nf5 Qc6 26. Nxd6 Rd4 27. Nxe8 Rxd2 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxd2 Qxc2 30. Be3 Qxe4 31. Bg5 Qf5 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 0-1
2025.05.10 Asian Individual Blitz
90743 Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy (2415) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Nc6 8. h3 d6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. g4 h6 12. Ng3 Nh7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nh5 Nd4 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bh4 17. Kh2 d5 18. e5 Qc7 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 d4 21. Rg1 Rce8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 g6 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. gxf6 Kh7 27. Rf4 Rh8 28. Rh4+ Kg8 29. Rxh8+ Kxh8 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. Rg4 Qd5 1-0
2025.05.10 Asian Individual Blitz
90879 Bilguun, Sumiya (2460) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Qe2 g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. O-O-O Ba6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. c5 Bxf1 15. cxb6 Bxg2 16. bxc7 Rbc8 17. Rhg1 Bf3 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. exd6 Bxd1 20. Nxd1 Rfe8 21. Ne3 Re6 22. Nc4 h6 23. Be3 Bf8 24. Rd1 a6 25. Nb6 Rce8 26. Bc5 Re5 27. Nxd7 Rf5 28. b4 a5 29. Nxf8 axb4 30. d7 Rxc5+ 31. Kb1 1-0
2025.05.10 Asian Individual Blitz
90912 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Ayush, Sharma (2478) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nfg4 13. Qg3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 b6 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. c5 Rb8 19. Na4 bxc5 20. Naxc5 Rd8 21. f4 Nc4 22. Rd4 Ne3 23. Rd3 Ng4 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. R1d2 Kf8 26. Rd6 Rb4 27. R6d4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 d6 29. e5 Nd5 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Ne4 Rc6 32. Nec5 Ke7 33. Rd2 a5 34. a4 Ba6 35. Ne4 Rc4 36. Nec5 Bc8 37. Kf2 Nb6 38. Rd4 Rc2+ 39. Rd2 Rc4 40. Rd4 Rc2+ 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Nxd2 Kd6 43. Ncb3 Nxa4 44. Nc4+ Kd5 45. Nbxa5 Ba6 46. Ne3+ Kc5 47. b3 Nb6 48. g4 Nd5 49. Nac4 Nxf4 50. Kf3 Nd5 51. Ne5 Nxe3 52. Kxe3 f6 53. Nf3 e5 54. g5 Kd6 55. gxf6 gxf6 56. Nd2 f5 57. Nb1 f4+ 58. Kf2 e4 59. Nc3 Ke5 60. Na4 Kd4 61. Nb6 Bb7 62. Nd7 Bd5 63. b4 e3+ 64. Ke1 Bxg2 65. b5 f3 0-1
2025.05.09 Asian Individual 2025
90242 Munkhbayar, Gijir (2018) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Be5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Rd8 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Bb3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Rad1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 b4 20. Na4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qg5 25. f3 Ne5 26. Kh1 Qf4 27. Qd2 Qf6 28. Qxb4 Bc6 29. Qc3 Qf4 30. Rd4 Qg5 31. Bd1 Rc8 1-0
2025.05.08 Asian Individual 2025
90150 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Idani, P (2630) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nf3 Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 Ne7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rd1 Nf5 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. c5 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Nd7 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Nc2 Ba5 18. b4 Bc7 19. a4 f6 20. Bf4 Ng6 21. Bg3 fxe5 22. dxe5 O-O 23. Re3 a5 24. Ncd4 Rae8 25. b5 Nxc5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1 Bb6 28. Rec3 0-1
2025.05.07 Asian Individual 2025
90068 Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid (2491) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Qc3 Ne7 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Qd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Ng6 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Qd4 c5 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Qc3 Kb8 18. Rad1 Qa4 19. f3 Qxa2 20. b3 Qa3 21. Bd2 Nc6 22. Qc4 Ne5 23. Qd5 Qb2 24. Ba5 Rd7 25. Qe6 Qa2 26. Ra1 Qxc2 27. f4 Qxe4 28. Kh1 Qd4 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Rac1 Rc8 31. h3 Qd5 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qxh5 Qxb3 34. Qg4 Qb5 35. Rb1 Qc6 36. Rb6 Qd5 37. Rfb1 c4 38. Rxa6 c3 39. Qa4 Rc4 40. Qa1 b5 41. Bxc3 Qb7 42. Qa5 Ra4 43. Rxb5 Rxa5 44. Raxa5 Qxb5 45. Rxb5+ Kc7 46. Kg1 Kd6 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ke2 Rc7 49. Bd2 Kf5 50. Kf3 Kg6 51. Be3 Kf7 52. Ra5 Rc4 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. g3 g5 55. Rb7 Ra4 56. Bf2 Rc4 57. h4 gxh4 58. gxh4 Rf4+ 59. Kg3 Rc4 60. Kh3 Ra4 61. Bg3 Rc4 62. h5 Ra4 63. h6 Rc4 64. Bh4 Rf4 65. h7+ Kh8 66. Rf7 1-0
2025.05.03 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid
104402 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) Naiditsch, A (2629) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3 a6 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Qg3 d6 14. f4 Nd7 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. b3 h5 18. Bb2 h4 19. Qh3 d5 20. Be5 Qc8 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nc4 Qc6 23. f5 Rh5 24. Na5 0-1
2025.05.02 3rd Annual Kuwait Rapid
104336 Andriasian, Z (2547) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2283) 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Nc4 Qd8 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Ne3 Bg6 11. O-O e6 12. a4 a5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Ne2 Nfd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. c3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 e5 21. Ng3 Qd6 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. Rad1 e4 25. Bg4 Nd5 26. Rde1 Qd6 27. Qc2 h6 28. Bf5 Kh8 29. Qf2 Qf6 30. Qe2 Qg5 31. Bxg6 Qxg6 32. Rf5 Qd6 33. Ref1 Qe6 34. c4 Nb4 35. Rxa5 Nd3 36. b3 g6 37. Nh1 Kg7 38. Nf2 Nxf2 39. Qxf2 f5 40. Qg3 Rf7 41. d5 Qe5 42. Qxe5+ Rxe5 43. Rd1 Rd7 44. b4 Kf7 45. Rd4 cxd5 46. Rb5 Ke6 47. c5 Rc7 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rd6 g5 50. Rxh6 f4 51. Rh7+ 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
102520 Miserendino, A (2032) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 9. a5 Rb8 10. b3 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 b5 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bb4 18. Bd2 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Rfd8 20. Rxe5 Rxd3 21. Ra2 Bxc3 0-1
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
102752 Haug, Havard (2339) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Ne5 h6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. f3 Nd7 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qe6 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Qd2 g5 23. b4 f4 24. Qe2 Ke7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Kd7 27. a4 Kc7 28. Qd3 Kd7 29. Kf1 Qe5 30. Qxa6 Qxc3 31. Qb7+ Kd8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Qxc6+ Ke7 35. Qxd5 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Qd2 Qb3 38. a5 Qc4+ 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Qb2 Qb5 41. a6 Qxa6 42. b5 Qa7 43. b6 Qa5 44. Qc2 Qb5 45. g3 fxg3+ 46. hxg3 Ke7 47. Kg2 Kd7 48. Qf5+ Kc6 49. Qxf7 Kxc5 50. Qf5+ Kxb6 51. Qxb5+ Kxb5 52. Kh3 Kc6 53. Kg4 Kd5 54. Kh5 Ke5 55. Kxh6 Kf5 56. Kh5 Kf6 57. g4 Kf7 58. Kxg5 Kg7 59. f4 Kh7 60. f5 Kh8 61. Kf4 Kg8 62. g5 Kf7 63. g6+ Kf8 64. Kg5 Kg8 65. f6 Kh8 66. Kh6 Kg8 67. g7 Kf7 68. Kh7 Ke6 69. g8=Q+ Kxf6 70. Qg6+ Ke5 71. Kg7 Kd4 72. Qf6+ Ke4 73. Kg6 Ke3 74. Qf5 Kd4 75. Kf6 Ke3 76. Qe5+ Kd3 77. Kf5 Kc4 78. Qe4+ Kc3 79. Ke5 Kb3 80. Qd4 Kc2 81. Ke4 Kb3 82. Qd3+ Kb2 83. Kd4 Ka2 84. Kc4 Kb2 85. Kb4 Kc1 86. Qe2 Kb1 87. Kb3 Ka1 88. Qe1# 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
102817 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Hon, Eric (1962) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Bxb5 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Nxb5 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nc3 b5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Kh1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Qe2 f6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Qf2 Red8 21. h3 Nc4 22. Rbd1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Kf7 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Ne4 c4 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Nc5 R1d6 31. Nb7 Re6 32. Nxd8+ 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103033 Rustemov, A (2525) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. e4 Bb4 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bb5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Bxg5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rxe6 fxg4 19. Ne5 gxh3 20. Qe4 Qd5 21. Nxc6 h2+ 22. Kg2 Qxe4+ 23. Rxe4 Rae8 24. Ne5 Bf6 25. f4 c5 26. dxc5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Rf5 28. Rae1 Kf7 29. Kxh2 Ke6 30. Kg3 Rc8 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 h5 34. Rc1 Rxe5 35. Rxe5+ Kxe5 36. b5 Kd5 37. c6 Kd6 38. Kh4 Kc7 39. Kxh5 Rb8 40. Rc5 Kd6 41. Rf5 Kc7 42. Kg6 Rg8 43. Rf7+ Kb6 44. Rb7+ Kc5 45. c7 Rc8 46. b6 Kc6 47. Rb8 Kd7 48. Rxc8 Kxc8 49. Kxg7 Kd7 50. Kf7 Kc8 51. Ke8 Kb7 52. Kd7 Kxb6 53. c8=Q Kb5 54. Qc3 Ka6 55. Qb4 Ka7 56. Kc6 Ka8 57. Qb7# 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103110 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Dobrocmyslov, A (2297) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qg4 Nxc3 6. Qxg7 Rf8 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Bg5 Qxg5 10. Qxg5 Bxd4 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Qf4 Bxa1 13. Qxe4 Nc6 14. Bd3 Bc3+ 15. Ke2 a6 16. Qxh7 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe4 Bf6 19. c4 d6 20. h4 Bd7 21. Qxb7 Ke7 22. Qxc7 a5 23. c5 Rfc8 24. Qxd6+ Ke8 25. Be4 Be7 26. Qd4 Rab8 27. h5 axb4 28. axb4 Bb5+ 29. Kf3 Rd8 30. Qe5 Rbc8 31. h6 f6 32. Qxe6 Bd7 33. Bg6+ Kf8 34. Qf7# 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103276 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Shandrygin, Nikita (2209) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. O-O-O Qxd4 9. Rxd4 Bc5 10. Rxe4 Bxe3+ 11. Rxe3 O-O-O 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. h3 Nf4 14. Ng5 Rhe8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. g3 N4d5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bd3 c5 20. Kd2 c4 21. Bf5+ Kc7 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 Kd6 24. c3 Kc5 25. g4 h6 26. f4 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Kf2 d4 29. cxd4+ Kxd4 30. Kg3 b5 31. h4 gxh4+ 32. Kxh4 b4 33. g5 Nd5 34. g6 Ne7 35. Kg5 Nxg6 36. Bxg6 Ke3 37. Bf7 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Bg6 Kd2 40. Kf4 Kc1 41. a4 a5 42. Ke3 Kb2 43. Kd4 Kb3 44. Kd3 c2 45. Kd2 Kxa4 46. Bxc2+ Kb4 47. Kc1 a4 48. Bxa4 1/2-1/2
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103422 Goryachkina, A (2544) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d4 9. e3 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bc1 Nd5 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. e4 Nc3 17. Qc1 f6 18. g4 Bf7 19. Nh4 g6 20. Kh1 f5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. exf5 Kh8 23. g5 Bd5 24. f6 Qd7 25. Kh2 Bd6 26. Bxc3 e4+ 27. Nxd6 Qxd6+ 28. Kh1 dxc3 29. dxe4 Be6 30. Qe3 Nd4 31. Qxc3 Qf4 32. Re3 Qxg5 33. e5 Qh4 34. Rg3 Nf5 35. Rg4 Qh5 36. Qxc5 Nh6 37. Rg3 Nf5 38. Rg4 Nd6 39. Qe3 Bxg4 40. Re1 Nf7 41. f4 Be6 42. Be4 Bf5 43. Bg2 Qg6 44. Rf1 Be6 45. Be4 Bf5 46. Bg2 Qh5 47. Qc3 Re6 48. Qc7 Rde8 49. Qxb7 Bxh3 50. Kg1 Qg4 51. Rf2 Bxg2 52. Rxg2 Qd1+ 53. Kh2 Qh5+ 54. Kg1 Qd1+ 55. Kh2 Qf3 56. Qxf3 Nxe5 57. fxe5 Rxe5 58. Qg3 Rh5+ 59. Kg1 Re7 60. fxe7 Rg5 61. Qxg5 h6 62. Qg7# 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103565 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Seiger, Vidar (2160) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. O-O g6 9. a3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Bf5 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f3 h5 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Nf4 e6 18. c3 Ne8 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. Qf2 Qg5 21. Nh3 Qf6 22. Qg3 Nc4 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Nd3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bb5 26. Ne5 Ba4 27. Rae1 Rfe8 28. R3e2 Bb5 29. Re3 Ba4 30. h4 Bc2 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. hxg5 Kg7 33. Kf2 Rc7 34. R3e2 Ba4 35. g4 hxg4 36. Nxg4 Rb8 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Rxh8 Kxh8 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Nf6 Kf8 41. Rh2 Ke7 42. Rh8 Bd7 43. Kf4 Rc8 44. Rxc8 Bxc8 45. Ke5 b5 46. Ng8+ Kf8 47. Nh6 Ke7 48. Ng4 Bd7 49. Nf6 Bc6 50. Ng4 a5 51. Ne3 Kd7 52. Nd1 Ke7 53. Nf2 Bd7 54. Nd3 Bc6 55. Nc5 Ba8 56. Na6 Bc6 57. Nc5 a4 58. Nd3 Ba8 59. Nb4 Bb7 60. Nc2 Bc6 61. Ne3 Bb7 62. Ng4 Bc6 63. Nf6 Bb7 64. Ng8+ Kf8 65. Nh6 Ke7 66. Ng4 Bc6 67. Nf2 Bb7 68. Nh1 Bc6 69. Ng3 Bb7 70. Nf1 Bc6 71. Nd2 Bb7 72. b3 axb3 73. Nxb3 Bc6 74. Nc5 Be8 75. Nd3 Bc6 76. Nf4 Bd7 77. Nh3 Bc6 78. Nf2 Bb7 79. Ng4 Bc6 80. Nf6 Bb7 81. Ng4 Bc6 82. Kf4 Bd7 83. Ne5 Be8 84. Ke3 Kd6 85. Kd3 Ke7 86. Kc2 f6 87. gxf6+ Kxf6 88. Kd3 Kf5 89. Ke3 g5 90. Ng4 Bh5 91. Ne5 Be8 92. Nd3 Bd7 93. Nc5 Be8 94. Nb3 Bd7 95. Nd2 Be8 96. Nf1 Bd7 97. Ng3+ Kf6 98. Ne2 Kf5 99. Kf2 Bc6 100. Kg3 e5 101. dxe5 Kxe5 102. Nd4 Bd7 103. Ne2 Kd6 104. Kf2 Kc5 105. Ke3 Kc4 106. Kd2 Kb3 107. Kd3 Kxa3 108. Kd4 Kb2 109. Ng3 Kc2 110. Nh5 g4 111. fxg4 Bxg4 112. Nf6 Bf3 113. Ne8 Be4 114. Nd6 Kb3 115. Nxb5 Bf3 116. Nd6 Bg2 117. Nf7 Bh1 118. Ne5 Be4 119. Ng4 Bh1 120. Nf2 Bf3 121. Nd3 Bh1 122. Nc5+ Kc2 123. Ne6 Be4 124. Nf4 Bh1 125. Nh3 Be4 126. Nf2 Bf3 127. Nd3 Kb3 128. Nc5+ Kc2 129. Ne6 Be4 130. Nf4 Bf3 131. Nh3 Be4 132. Nf2 Bf3 133. Nd3 Be4 134. Ne5 Bf3 135. Nc6 Be4 136. Na7 Kb3 137. Nb5 Bh1 138. Nd6 Kb2 139. Nf5 Be4 140. Ne3 Bf3 141. Nf1 Be4 142. Nd2 Bg2 143. Kd3 Be4+ 144. Kd4 Bg2 145. Kd3 Be4+ 146. Ke3 Kxc3 147. Nxe4+ dxe4 148. Kxe4 1/2-1/2
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103620 Villalba, M (2233) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. Ne2 Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nbc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9. d5 Nh5 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 bxc4 15. h4 Rb8 16. h5 c6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. f4 Qb6 21. Rd2 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Rbb7 25. Rg2+ Rg7 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Rxg7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7+ Kg5 30. Rxb6 Kf4 31. Kd2 cxd5 32. Nxd5+ Kxe4 33. Nc3+ Kf4 34. Rxd6 Bxf5 35. Rd4+ Kg5 36. Rg1+ Bg4 37. Rdxg4+ Kf5 38. Rg5+ Ke6 39. Qe5+ Kd7 40. Rg7+ Kc6 41. R1g6# 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103684 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Bogaudinov, R (1912) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. h4 a5 8. Ne5 a4 9. a3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 h5 11. f3 Be6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. g4 hxg4 14. O-O-O b5 15. Na2 gxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nb4 Rh8 20. h5 Rxh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Rg1+ Bg4 23. Qh2 Kf8 24. Rxg4 1-0
2025.04.29 Titled Tue 29th Apr Late
103830 Yue, Tariq (2046) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxb2 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Kc8 19. Kc3 Kb7 20. Rd1 Bf5 21. Bc4 f6 22. f3 Kxa8 23. e4 Bc8 24. Kb4 Kb7 25. Kc5 Kc7 26. b4 g5 27. g3 h5 28. h4 Bd7 29. e5 Rh7 30. e6 Bc8 31. Bd3 Rg7 32. Bf5 gxh4 33. gxh4 Rg3 34. Rd3 Rg2 35. Ra3 Kb8 36. Kxc6 Rb2 37. b5 Rd2 38. Kc5 Bb7 39. Be4 Bxe4 40. fxe4 Rc2+ 41. Kd5 Rd2+ 42. Kc5 Rc2+ 43. Kd5 Kb7 44. Rg3 Rd2+ 45. Kc5 Rc2+ 46. Kd5 Rd2+ 47. Kc5 Rc2+ 48. Kd5 1/2-1/2
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
123521 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Xiong, Jeffery (2636) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 h6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 d4 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Bd2 e5 12. c3 Bg4 13. cxd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qa4+ b5 17. Qa3 Rb8 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. a4 b4 21. Bxa6 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bc3 23. Be3 Rhd8 24. Bc4 Bd4 25. Bb5 Bc3 26. Bc5+ Kf6 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Rxb4 Rd2 29. Rb3 Ra2 30. Rd3 Nf4 31. Rd6+ Kg5 32. Rd7 Rf8 33. Ra7 Kh4 34. a5 g5 35. a6 h5 36. Re7 Rc8 37. a7 Rc5 38. Be8 Rca5 39. Rxf7 Ra1 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
123810 Ochedzan, Filip (2130) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Ne4 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Nf3 Bxc5 9. e3 dxe3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nge7 14. Ke2 a6 15. Ba4 Kc7 16. Rac1 Kb6 17. Rhd1 Rhd8 18. Nh4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Kd3 Ndc6 23. Bxc6 Kxc6 24. Ne4 Kd5 25. Ng5 f6 26. e4+ Kd6 27. Nf3 Nc6 28. b4 Nxb4+ 29. Kc4 Nc6 30. Kc3 b5 31. Nh4 Ne5 32. g3 a5 33. Ng2 Kc5 34. Nf4 b4+ 35. Kb3 Kb5 36. Ne6 a4+ 37. Kc2 Kc4 38. Nxg7 b3+ 39. axb3+ axb3+ 40. Kb1 Nf3 41. Kb2 Nxh2 42. Ne8 Nf1 43. Nxf6 Nxg3 44. e5 Nf5 45. e6 g5 46. Ng4 Ne7 47. Ne3+ Kd3 48. Ng4 Kc4 49. Ne3+ Kb4 50. Ng4 Nf5 51. Ne5 Kc5 52. Kxb3 Kd6 53. Ng4 Kxe6 54. Kc3 Nd6 55. Kd3 Kf5 56. Nf2 Nf7 57. Ke3 Ne5 58. Nd1 Kg4 59. Kf2 Kh3 60. Ne3 Ng4+ 61. Nxg4 Kxg4 62. Kg2 Kf4 63. Kf2 Kg4 64. Kg2 Kh4 65. Kh2 g4 66. Kg2 g3 67. Kg1 Kg4 68. Kg2 Kf4 69. Kg1 Kf3 70. Kf1 Kg4 71. Kg2 Kh4 72. Kg1 Kh3 73. Kh1 g2+ 74. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124082 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Sanchez Ibern, M (2316) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 b6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nh5 8. Be5 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Bd3 Nc7 13. h4 Ba6 14. g4 Nf6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 g6 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 b5 20. Qf3 O-O 21. Ng4 c5 22. Ne2 cxd4 23. exd4 b4 24. Ng3 Qf4 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Kxe2 Ne8 29. Ng4 Ng7 30. axb4 axb4 31. Nf6 Rfc8 32. h5 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Nxh5 34. Kd3 Nxf6 35. gxf6 h5 36. f4 Kh7 37. Ra7 Rf8 38. Rb7 Kh6 39. Rxb4 h4 40. Ra4 Kh5 41. Ra1 Kg4 42. Ke3 Kg3 43. Rg1+ Kh2 44. Rd1 h3 45. b4 Kg2 46. Rd2+ Kg1 47. Kf3 Rh8 48. Kg3 Kf1 49. b5 Ke1 50. Rh2 Kd1 51. Rxh3 Rb8 52. Rh7 Rb7 53. Kg4 Kxc2 54. Kg5 Kc3 55. Kh6 Kxd4 56. Kg7 Ke4 57. Kf8 Kf5 58. Rxf7 Rb8+ 59. Kg7 d4 60. Rd7 d3 61. f7 Kxf4 62. Rxd3 e5 63. Rd7 e4 64. Re7 e3 65. f8=Q+ Rxf8 66. Kxf8 g5 67. b6 g4 68. b7 g3 69. b8=Q+ 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124287 Rustemov, A (2525) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f3 Qe7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qe2 c6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Kg2 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 b5 22. Be2 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Rd8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Rc3 Bxe4 26. g5 Nd5 27. Rxc6 Bf5 28. Rc5 Bxh3 29. Bxb5 Nf4 30. Nc3 Bd7 31. Bf1 Be6 32. Ra5 Rd7 33. Ke3 Ng6 34. f4 Ne7 35. Bd3 g6 36. Be4 Nc8 37. b4 Nb6 38. Bd3 Rc7 39. Rc5 Rd7 40. a4 Ke7 41. a5 Na8 42. Be4 Nc7 43. b5 Ne8 44. b6 axb6 45. axb6 Nd6 46. Bc6 Rd8 47. Ra5 Bc8 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Nd5 Kf5 50. Kf3 Be6 51. Ne3# 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124556 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Zampronha, W (2157) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qg4 Nxc3 6. Qxg7 Rf8 7. a3 Na2+ 8. axb4 Nxc1 9. Rxc1 a5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. c3 axb4 12. Ng5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. Nxh7 d6 15. Qxf8+ Qxf8 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. O-O Ra2 21. f3 Ke7 22. Rf2 Ra3 23. h4 Kf6 24. Kh2 e5 25. dxe5+ Kxe5 26. Kg3 f5 27. Re2+ Kf6 28. Kf4 Ra4+ 29. Kg3 f4+ 30. Kh2 Ra8 31. Rce1 Rh8 32. Re6+ Kf5 33. Rxd6 Rxh4+ 34. Kg1 Rh8 35. Rd4 Ra8 36. Rb1 Ra3 37. Rbb4 Rxc3 38. Rxf4+ Ke5 39. Rh4 b5 40. Rxb5+ Bxb5 41. Rh5+ Kf4 42. Rxb5 Kg3 43. Rg5+ Kf4 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Re4 Rb3 46. Kf2 Ra3 47. g4+ Kg5 48. Kg3 Rb3 49. Re5+ Kf6 50. Rf5+ Kg6 51. Re5 Rb4 52. Re4 Rb3 53. Kf4 Rb6 54. Rc4 Ra6 55. Rd4 Rb6 56. Ke4 Kg5 57. Rd5+ Kh4 58. Rh5+ Kg3 59. g5 Rb4+ 60. Kf5 Rb5+ 61. Kg6 Rb6+ 62. Kh7 Kxf3 63. g6 Kg4 64. Rh1 Rb1 65. Rxb1 Kg5 66. Rg1+ Kf6 67. Rf1+ Ke7 68. g7 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124773 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Olund, Joar (2356) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. h4 b5 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. h5 h6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 Qe5 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rh4 d4 17. exd4 Qg5+ 18. Qf4 Nxh5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rg4 Nf4 21. Rxg5 g6 22. g3 Nh3 23. Rc5+ Kb8 24. d5 Nxf2 25. Rf1 Nxd3+ 26. cxd3 f5 27. dxe6 Rxd3 28. g4 Re8 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rcxf5 Rxe6 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. R8f7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Rf7+ Re7 35. Rf2 Bc6 36. Rd2+ Ke6 37. Re2+ Kd6 38. Rd2+ Kc5 39. Ne2 Rh7 40. Rc2+ Kb6 41. b4 Rh1+ 42. Kb2 Be4 43. Rd2 Rh2 44. Kc3 Rh3+ 45. Kb2 Rh6 46. Nc3 Bc6 47. Ne2 a5 48. Nc1 a4 49. Nd3 Rd6 50. Kc3 Be4 51. Nc5 Rxd2 52. Kxd2 Bh7 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Nb7+ Kc6 56. Nc5 Kd6 57. Na6 Kc6 58. Ke5 Kb6 59. Nc5 Kc6 60. Ke6 Bb1 61. Ke5 Bh7 62. Ne6 Bb1 63. Nd4+ Kb6 64. Kd6 Bd3 65. Ne6 Bf1 66. Nf4 Bc4 67. Nd5+ Kb7 68. Kc5 Bf1 69. Ne3 Be2 70. Nf5 Ka6 71. Nd4 Bf1 72. Ne6 Kb7 73. Nf4 Bc4 74. Nd5 Bf1 75. Nc3 Ka6 76. Kc6 Bd3 77. Nd1 Be2 78. Ne3 Bd3 79. Nd5 Bf1 80. Nc7+ Ka7 81. Nxb5+ Ka6 82. Nc3 Bg2+ 83. Kc5 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
124984 Zhao, Zhouqiao (2171) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Re1 Bb8 16. Bb1 Qd6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Ne4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 g5 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qd3 fxg3 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 27. Kxg3 Rf6 28. Rf1 Rcf8 29. Kg2 Qd5 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Kf7 34. Kf2 a5 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. a3 Nd8 37. Kf3 b6 38. Kg4 Nf7 39. Kf3 h5 40. Bc6 Nd6 41. b3 Kf5 42. a4 g4+ 43. hxg4+ hxg4+ 44. Kg3 Ne4+ 45. Bxe4+ Kxe4 46. Kxg4 Kd3 47. Kf4 Kxc3 48. Ke5 Kxb3 49. Kxe6 Kxa4 50. d5 b5 51. d6 b4 52. d7 b3 53. d8=Q Ka3 54. Qxa5+ Kb2 55. Kd5 Kc2 56. Kc4 b2 57. Qa2 Kc1 58. Kc3 b1=N+ 59. Kd3 Na3 60. Qxa3+ Kb1 61. Qb3+ Ka1 62. Qc3+ Kb1 63. Qd2 Ka1 64. Kc3 Kb1 65. Qb2# 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
125155 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Jaiveer, Mahendru (2281) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h4 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 h5 10. O-O-O a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Ndxf7 Nxf4 15. Qf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe8 17. Ng5 Bxe5 18. Rhe1 Bb8 19. g3 Kg7 20. gxf4 Kh6 21. f5 Rf8 22. f6 Rxf6 23. Qg2 Bf4+ 24. Kb1 e5 25. Ne4 Re6 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Rg1 a4 28. Ne4 a3 29. Qxg6+ Qxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kxg6 31. b3 Ree8 32. Rg1+ Kh6 33. Nd6 Rf8 34. Ne4 Rg8 35. Rd1 Rad8 36. Re1 Rg2 37. c4 Rd4 38. Kc2 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 40. Kd3 Rb2 41. c5 Rxa2 42. Kc4 Rc2+ 43. Kb4 a2 44. Re1 Rc1 45. Rxc1 Bxc1 46. Ka5 a1=Q+ 47. Kb4 Bd2+ 48. Kc4 Qc3# 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
125297 Rubio, Lloyd (2167) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. h3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Bb7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. b3 Nb6 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Nd2 a4 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. bxa4 g6 22. a5 Ba6 23. Nb6 Bb7 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. a6 Bc6 26. Rfe1 Bc5 27. Bb5 Bd4 28. Ra2 Kg7 29. Bd3 Qb6 30. Qf3 Ra7 31. Rb1 Qc5 32. Rf1 h5 33. h4 Qb6 34. Ne2 Bc5 35. Ng3 Ng4 36. Nh1 Bd4 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
125495 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Pershina, E (2114) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Nb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. c3 e6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. h4 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. h5 b4 16. h6 g6 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Rc3 Rab8 20. Bxa6 Rc7 21. Rb3 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rxb3 23. axb3 Nb4 24. Bd3 Nd7 25. Ra1 f5 26. Nc3 Kf7 27. g4 Kf6 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rg1 Nf8 30. Bb1 Ng6 31. Ke3 e5 32. Rc1 f4+ 33. Kd2 exd4 34. Ne4+ dxe4 35. Rxc7 e3+ 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Rxh7 d3+ 38. Bxd3 Nbxd3 39. Ra7 Nc1+ 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
125606 Sooraj, M R (2154) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Bxf3 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. gxf3 Rb8 8. Qxa7 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5 Rxb5 12. Bd2 Ra5 13. Qb7 Qa8 14. Qxa8+ Rxa8 15. Ke2 Ba5 16. dxc5 Nxc3+ 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxc5 19. Rhb1 Kd7 20. Rb5 Kc6 21. c4 Na4 22. Kd3 Rhd8+ 23. Kc2 Nb6 24. Rb4 Kc5 25. Rb5+ Kc6 26. Rb4 Ra4 27. a3 Rda8 28. Rab1 Rxb4 29. axb4 Nxc4 30. Kc3 Na3 31. Rg1 Nb5+ 32. Kc4 Ra3 33. Rc1 e5 34. h4 Nd6# 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
125814 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo (2606) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 h6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. e4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rfe1 Bb4 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. c3 Be7 14. a4 a6 15. Na3 Ne4 16. Nb1 Rc8 17. Nbd2 Nd6 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. g3 Rb8 22. Nd3 Nd7 23. Nf3 Rfe8 24. Nfe5 Nf6 25. Nf3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nd2 b4 28. Rec1 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qe7 30. c4 dxc4 31. Nxc4 Nd5 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Ne5 Rbc8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Qd2 Ne7 36. Rd1 Qd5 37. h4 Nf5 38. Qf4 f6 39. Ng4 Qd6 40. Qxd6 Nxd6 41. Ne3 Rd8 42. Kg2 Nb5 43. d5 Nc3 44. Rd3 Nxd5 45. Nxd5 exd5 46. Rd4 Kf7 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Ra4 Ke5 49. Ra7 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Ra5 Kg4 53. Ra6 d4+ 54. Kd3 f5 55. Rf6 Rd5 56. Rg6 Rd7 57. Rg8 Rd6 58. f4 Kxg3 59. fxg5 f4 60. g6 f3 61. g7 Rd7 62. Kd2 Kg2 63. Rf8 Rxg7 64. Kd3 f2 65. Kxd4 f1=Q 66. Rxf1 Kxf1 67. Ke3 Rg4 68. Kd2 Ra4 69. Ke3 Ke1 70. Kd3 Kf2 71. Kc2 Ke3 72. Kc3 Rd4 73. Kb3 Kd3 74. Kb2 Rb4+ 75. Ka3 Kc3 76. Ka2 Kc2 77. Ka3 Rc4 78. Ka2 Ra4# 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
125992 Bulgurlu, Okan (1964) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Qxc4 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ndxe7 12. Nf3 Na5 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. O-O Nd5 15. Ne4 a6 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rac1 Ra8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. e4 Nde7 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Nb3 Bb7 22. h3 a5 23. a3 Re8 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Nb8 26. Bc4 Nd7 27. d6 cxd6 28. Qxd6 Nf6 29. Qg3 Qb8 30. Ne5 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Nexd5 32. f4 Ne4 33. Qf3 Ndf6 34. Nd4 Qb7 35. Ndc6 Qc7 36. Nxa5 Qd7 37. Nxd7 Nxd7 38. Rxd7 Nf6 39. Rb7 bxa5 40. Rcc7 Rf8 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7 Rb8 43. Re7 Rf8 44. Qg3 Nh5 45. Qg5 g6 46. Qd5+ Kh8 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. g4 Ng7 49. Qxg7# 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126087 Prohorov, Olexandr (2086) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Ng6 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb4 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Rhg1 Kh8 17. f4 Ng6 18. e5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Bc5 Nxf4 22. Bd1 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nd3+ 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126315 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Fernandes, Ro (2241) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. e4 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bd3 a6 11. f5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 f6 21. Nc3 Qb6 22. Ne2 g5 23. Qg3 Qxb2 24. Nf4 Nc7 25. h4 h6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nh3 Kf7 28. Qf3 Rh8 29. Qe2 Qd4+ 30. Nf2 Qe5 31. Nh3 Qd4+ 32. Nf2 Rh4 33. g3 Rh8 34. Kg2 c4 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36. Kxh1 Nb5 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Qh5+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke8 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qb8 Qc5 46. Qb7+ Qc7 47. Qa6 Ne2 48. Qa8 Nc3 49. Kf3 Qc5 50. Qa6 Nb5 51. Qa8 c3 52. Qb7+ Nc7 53. Qb3 Qd4 54. Nd3 g4+ 55. Kf4 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126397 Sek, K (2368) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nf8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bf1 Ng6 14. Rad1 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rc8 19. Bd3 a6 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Qf4 Bg5 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Bd4 Qc6 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qc7 27. Be5 Qc6 28. Bb2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qe5 Nc3 31. Bxc3 Qxc3 32. Bxb5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Red8 34. Bd3 d4 35. Rde1 Rc3 36. f4 Bxb3 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8# 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126521 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Schuster, K (2266) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Qd2 e6 10. Nh3 Bb4 11. a3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 g6 14. Kf2 Be7 15. b4 Qd8 16. Rhb1 a6 17. e4 O-O 18. Kg2 Re8 19. Bg3 Bf8 20. e5 Nb6 21. a4 N8d7 22. a5 Nc8 23. Nf4 Na7 24. Bf2 Nb5 25. Nxb5 cxb5 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. Nc1 Nb8 28. Nb3 Nc6 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Qe7 31. Be3 Qd7 32. Bf2 Qe7 33. Rf1 Qd7 34. Be3 Ne7 35. f4 Nf5 36. Bf2 Rc6 37. Rfb1 Rec8 38. Kh2 R8c7 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Rcb1 R8c7 41. Rc1 Rc8 42. Rcb1 1/2-1/2
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126773 Odabasi, Ruzgar (2170) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Ndb4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd5 17. Nc3 Qf5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Nab8 20. Bb2 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nf6 22. Qd3 Qg5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rac1 Rd7 27. Rc5 Nd8 28. b5 Ne6 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Rdc1 f5 31. a4 Ra8 32. Bc3 a6 33. bxa6 Rxa6 34. a5 Kf7 35. Bd2 c6 36. Rb2 Ra7 37. Rcb1 Ke8 38. Rb6 Kd8 39. a6 Rxa6 40. Rxb7 Ra7 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Bb4+ Kf7 43. g3 Rab7 44. Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Rb2 g5 46. Bc3 Rxb2 47. Bxb2 h5 48. Kg2 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Ba3 Ke8 51. Bd6 Kd7 52. Be5 Kc8 53. Kf1 Kb7 54. Ke2 Ka6 55. Bd6 Kb5 56. Be7 Kc4 57. Bf6 Kb3 58. Kd3 Kb2 59. Be7 Kc1 60. Ke2 Kc2 61. Bf6 Nc7 62. Be7 Nb5 63. Bf6 Nc3+ 64. Ke1 Kd3 65. Be5 Ne4 66. Bf4 Nd2 67. Bd6 Nf3+ 68. Kd1 Ng5 69. Ke1 Ne4 70. Bf4 Kc2 71. Be5 Nc3 72. Bd6 Na4 73. Be5 Nb2 74. Bd6 Kc3 75. Bc7 Kc4 76. Ke2 Nd3 77. Bd6 Nb2 78. Bc7 Na4 79. Bd6 Kc3 80. Bc7 Kc2 81. Bd6 Nc3+ 82. Ke1 Kd3 83. Be5 Ke4 84. Bd6 Kf3 85. Kf1 Ne4 86. Bf4 Nxf2 87. Bg5 Nd1 88. Ke1 Nxe3 89. Bf4 Nc2+ 90. Kd2 Nxd4 91. Kd3 Ne2 92. Bd2 c5 93. Be1 c4+ 94. Kd2 d4 95. Kc2 d3+ 96. Kd2 Nxg3 97. Kc3 Ne4+ 98. Kxc4 d2 99. Bxd2 Nxd2+ 100. Kd3 Ne4 101. Kd4 g3 102. Ke5 g2 103. Kxf5 g1=Q 104. Ke6 Nf2 105. Kd6 Qg5 106. Kd7 Qf6 107. Kc7 Qe6 108. Kb7 Qd6 109. Ka8 Qe7 110. Kb8 Ne4 111. Ka8 Nc5 112. Kb8 Qb7# 0-1
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126874 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Yang Kaiqi (2481) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 a5 8. a3 a4 9. Nf4 b5 10. h4 b4 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Rxa4 Rb8 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Ra1 Be7 15. Nh5 g6 16. Nf4 h5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qc7 19. Qf3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxc3+ 22. Kd1 Qxa1 23. Nxg6 Qa4+ 24. Ke1 fxg6 25. Bxg6+ Kd7 26. Qf7+ Kc6 27. Qe7 Nc4 28. Be8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Bd7 30. Qxb8 Qa5+ 31. Kf1 Qc3 32. Qb1 Qxe5 33. Rh3 Kd6 34. Qa2 Bb5 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc1 37. Qa8 Qf4+ 38. Rg3 h4 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40. Qxf4 hxg3+ 41. fxg3 Nd6 42. Qf6+ Kd7 43. g6 Nf5 44. Qxf5 exf5 45. g7 d4 46. g8=Q d3 47. Qb3 Ke7 48. Qxb5 d2 49. Qb4+ Kf6 50. Qxd2 Kg6 51. Qf2 Kh5 52. Qf4 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
126976 Ambartsumova, K (2405) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. f4 Bc5 13. Nxd5 Bxd4 14. Nxc7 Bxa1 15. Nxa8 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Nc7 Rc8 18. Nd5 Rc2 19. a4 f5 20. Ba3 Bb2 21. Bb4 Nf6 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Nxf5 Nd5 24. Bd6 Bc1 25. e4 Nc3 26. Nd4 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. e5 Be3 29. f5 Rc1 30. e6+ Kf6 31. Rxc1 Bxc1 32. Bc5 Nd5 33. g4 h5 34. h3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bb2 36. Bxa7 Kg5 37. Bc5 Kxg4 38. e7 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
127128 Gelman, A (2403) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Qd2 e6 8. g4 h6 9. h4 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nge2 Rc8 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Qe3 O-O 16. g5 Nh5 17. gxh6 g6 18. Rdg1 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nxd4 20. Bxd7 Nxf4 21. Bxc8 Nb3+ 22. cxb3 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 Rxc8 24. h5 Rxc3 25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. h7+ Kh8 28. Rc1 Qxb3+ 29. Ka1 Qxa3+ 30. Kb1 Qb4+ 31. Ka1 Qa5+ 32. Kb1 Qb6+ 33. Ka1 Qa6+ 34. Kb2 d4 35. Kc2 Qe2+ 36. Kb3 Qxf3+ 37. Kc4 Qd5+ 38. Kd3 Qd7 39. Rb1 Qc7 40. Kxd4 Kg7 41. Rbg1 Qd6+ 42. Kc4 Qc6+ 43. Kb4 Qb6+ 44. Ka4 Qa6+ 45. Kb4 Qb7+ 46. Ka4 Kh8 47. Rc1 Qa6+ 48. Kb4 Qb6+ 49. Ka4 Qa6+ 50. Kb4 Ne5 51. Rcg1 Qb6+ 52. Kc3 Qc5+ 53. Kb3 Qb5+ 54. Ka2 Qc4+ 55. Ka3 Qc3+ 56. Ka2 Qc2+ 57. Ka1 Qa4+ 58. Kb1 Qb4+ 59. Ka1 Qa3+ 60. Kb1 Ng6 61. Rc1 Qb3+ 62. Ka1 Qa4+ 63. Kb2 Qb5+ 64. Ka2 Qa6+ 65. Kb3 Qb7+ 66. Ka3 a6 67. Rcd1 Qf3+ 68. Ka4 Qf4+ 69. Ka5 Qf5+ 70. Kxa6 Qf6 71. Rc1 Qd8 72. Kb7 Qd7+ 73. Kb8 Qd6+ 74. Kb7 Qd5+ 75. Kb8 Qb3+ 76. Ka8 Qa4+ 77. Kb8 Qb4+ 78. Ka8 Qa5+ 79. Kb8 Qb5+ 80. Ka8 Qa6+ 81. Kb8 Qb6+ 82. Ka8 Ne7 83. Rb1 Qa6+ 84. Kb8 Qd6+ 85. Ka7 Nc6+ 86. Ka8 Qd8+ 87. Kb7 Qd7+ 88. Kb6 Ne7 89. Rbc1 Nd5+ 90. Kc5 Qc7+ 91. Kd4 Qb6+ 92. Ke5 Qb8+ 93. Kd4 Qa7+ 94. Ke5 Qe3+ 95. Kd6 Qf4+ 96. Kd7 1-0
2025.04.08 Titled Tue 8th Apr Late
127217 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Dudzinski, Pa (2191) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f5 3. Bg5 c6 4. h3 Qb6 5. Qd2 Qxb2 6. Rb1 Qa3 7. Nf3 Qd6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 g6 10. Bf4 Qf6 11. g4 e6 12. Ne5 Bg7 13. Ne2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe7 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. f3 O-O 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nxh5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 gxh5 20. f4 Kh8 21. Be2 b6 22. Bxh5 Rg8 23. h4 Ba6 24. Kf2 c5 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 d4 27. Rhd1 Rgd8 28. Rd3 dxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Rb3 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 Qd2+ 34. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 36. h5 h6 37. Rd3 Rh2 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rh8 Rxh5 44. gxh6 Kf7 45. h7 Kg7 46. Ra8 Rxh7 47. Rxa7+ Kg6 48. Ra6 Rb7 49. Kd3 Kh5 50. Kc4 Kg4 51. Kb5 Kxf4 52. Ra8 Kxe5 53. Re8 Ra7 54. a4 Ra5+ 55. Kxb6 Rxa4 56. Kxc5 Re4 57. Rh8 f4 58. Rh1 f3 59. Rh5+ Kf4 60. Kd6 f2 61. Rh1 Kf3 62. Rf1 Ke2 63. Rxf2+ Kxf2 64. Kc5 Re1 65. Kd6 e5 66. Ke7 e4 67. Kf6 e3 68. Kg5 e2 69. Kh4 Rg1 70. Kh3 e1=Q 71. Kh2 Qe5+ 72. Kh3 Qg3# 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
129758 Mrudul, Dehankar (2068) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4 h6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Rad1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bf8 16. Nf5 d5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 cxd5 19. Qe5 Qb6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc6 22. Rd3 Re8 23. Qg3 g6 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxc2 26. Qd7 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Qc1 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qf6 Rh1+ 30. Kg3 Qc7+ 31. f4 Re1 32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Kf2 Re6 34. Qh4 Qd4+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qxb2 38. Rf3 Qf6 39. Qg4 h5 40. Kh2 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kg7 42. g5 Qd4 43. Rg3 Re4 44. Rf3 Rxf4 45. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+ 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130087 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Wanyama, Harold (2135) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Nf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. g3 Qxc5 10. O-O b5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ned4 Bb7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qe3 Ne4 20. h4 g6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rc5 Bd5 23. Rdc1 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Qa5 25. a3 b4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. c6 f6 28. Nd7 Kf7 29. c7 Qd6 30. Nb6 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Qxc7 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Qd4 Qb7 34. Kh2 h5 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Kh2 Qc6 37. Kg1 a5 38. Kh2 a4 39. Qa7+ Kh6 40. Qd4 Qd6 41. Qe3 Kg7 42. Qd4 Qc6 43. Qa7+ Kf8 44. Qd4 Ke7 45. Qe3 Ke6 46. Qd4 Qd6 47. Qa7 d4 48. Qxa4 Qd5 49. Qa6+ Ke7 50. Qa7+ Ke6 51. Qa6+ Qd6 52. Qa2+ Ke7 53. Qa7+ Qd7 54. Qa3+ Kf7 55. Qb3+ Kg7 56. Qb4 d3 57. Qd2 Qd4 58. Kg2 Kf7 59. b3 Ke6 60. b4 Kd5 61. b5 Kc5 62. b6 Kxb6 63. f5 gxf5 64. Qa2 d2 65. Qe6+ Kb5 66. Qe8+ Kb4 67. Qb8+ Kc3 68. Qc7+ Qc4 69. Qd6 Kc2 70. Qxf6 d1=Q 71. Qxf5 Qf3+ 72. Qxf3 exf3+ 73. Kh2 Qg4 74. Kg1 Kd2 75. Kh2 Qe4 76. Kg1 Qe1+ 77. Kh2 Qxf2+ 78. Kh3 Qg2# 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
130233 Jahnz, Laurin (2157) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h3 a5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Na4 c5 17. Re1 Bc6 18. b3 Qa8 19. Nb2 Re8 20. Nc4 Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qd6 Kf8 24. f3 Bd5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Be6 27. Qxc5 Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Ng2 Qd1 31. Nf4 Rd2+ 32. Ne2 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Late
132563 Fernandes, Ro (2241) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxd5 Rad8 14. e4 Bh3 15. Na4 Ne5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Re1 Qxb2 19. Qe2 Qa3 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Rd2 Bg4 22. Qf2 Rfe8 23. Bxb7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 h5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Bc6 Re7 27. Kg2 Qa7 28. h3 Be6 29. Bd5 Nf8 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Re2 Rd7 32. Qe3 Qa8+ 33. Kh2 Qd5 34. f5 Nc5 35. Rd2 Qc6 36. Nxc5 Rxd2+ 37. Qxd2 bxc5 38. Qe2 Qa4 39. e6 fxe6 40. fxe6 Qe8 41. h4 g6 42. Qe5 Qe7 43. a4 c4 44. a5 c3 45. Qxc3 Qxe6 46. Qd2 Qa6 47. Qa2+ Kg7 48. Qb2+ Kh7 49. Qd2 Kg7 50. Kh3 Qc8+ 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Late
132613 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Duncan, C (2178) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nb5 e5 6. dxe5 Ne4 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc7+ Kd8 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. f3 g5 12. fxe4 gxf4 13. exf4 Bg7 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. Bc4 Nb4 16. c3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Kc7 18. Ke2 Bh6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. g3 b5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 a5 24. c4 a4 25. cxb5 Kb6 26. Kc2 Kxb5 27. Kc3 Bf8 28. f5 c4 29. f6 Bb4+ 30. Kc2 a3 31. b3 cxb3+ 32. Kxb3 Kc5 33. f7 Kc6 34. Kxb4 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Late
132824 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Do Carmo, Gabriel Carckeno (2001) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nb5 e5 7. dxe5 Bg4 8. f3 Nh5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 g6 11. Be2 Ng7 12. Qxd5 Nf5 13. Bf2 Qa5+ 14. c3 a6 15. Nd6+ Nxd6 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. O-O-O Bc7 22. Nf3 Rde8 23. Rhe1 Na5 24. b3 Nc6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Ng5 Rd7 28. Nxh7 Bd6 29. Nf6 Rd8 30. Re8 Ba3+ 31. Kc2 Rxe8 32. Nxe8 Kd7 33. Nf6+ Ke6 34. Ne4 Kd5 35. Nd2 b5 36. Kd3 Nd8 37. c4+ Kc6 38. cxb5+ axb5 39. Nb1 Bd6 40. Nc3 Ne6 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Bb4 43. Ne4 Nc7 44. Ng5 f6 45. Ne4 Be7 46. h3 Nd5 47. Be3 f5 48. Nc3 Nb4+ 49. Kc4 Nc2 50. Bf2 Na3+ 51. Kb3 Kb7 52. g4 fxg4 53. hxg4 Ka6 54. f5 Ka5 55. Be1 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Late
132891 Tymrakiewicz, R (2203) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a3 Bb7 10. h3 a5 11. Be3 b4 12. Na4 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxd6 Bc6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qd7 19. axb4 Qxh3 20. Rf3 Rad8 21. Qf1 Qh5 22. Rd3 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke1 Bb5 25. Nxb5 Bf6 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Late
133052 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Sharankov, G (2238) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Ne2 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 c4 11. Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Kd2 Kd7 17. a4 Nc7 18. h4 h5 19. a5 Ne8 20. Rag1 Nd6 21. g3 g6 22. Be5 Rh7 23. Bf1 Ne8 24. Bg2 f6 25. Bf4 Nd6 26. Re1 Rg8 27. e4 Nb5 28. e5 f5 29. Bg5 Ra8 30. Ra1 Rhh8 31. Rhb1 Rhb8 32. Ra2 Nc7 33. Rba1 a6 34. Bf1 Nb5 35. Be2 Rf8 36. Bf4 Rfb8 37. Bg5 Rf8 38. Rb1 Rfb8 39. Rab2 b6 40. axb6 Rxb6 41. Ra1 Kc7 42. Rba2 Kb7 43. Be7 Nc7 44. Bc5 Rb5 45. Ra3 a5 46. R3a2 Na6 47. Bd6 Nc7 48. Bc5 Na6 49. Rxa5 Rxa5 50. Rxa5 Nxc5 51. Rxa8 Kxa8 52. dxc5 Kb7 53. Ke3 Ka6 54. Kf4 Kb5 55. Kg5 Kxc5 56. Kxg6 d4 57. Kxh5 Bxf3+ 58. Bxf3 d3 59. cxd3 cxd3 60. Kg5 d2 61. h5 1-0
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Late
133119 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Rustemov, A (2525) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bg5 d4 8. Na4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. b4 Be6 11. exd4 e4 12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nab6 Qg5 17. O-O Rad8 18. Nd6 Be5 19. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qxe4 22. Re1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Nxc2 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rac1 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rfe8 27. Rc1 Rd2 28. Nc4 Ra2 29. Nd6 Ree2 30. Rf1 Rxa3 31. Nxb7 Rc2 32. Nd6 Rb3 33. Ra1 Rxb4 34. Rxa6 Rxc5 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Nxf7 Rf4 37. Nd6 Rd5 38. Nb7 Rf7 0-1
2025.04.01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Late
133226 Annaberdiyev, B (2208) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. a5 Rb8 11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 bxc4 13. cxd7 Bxd7 14. a6 Be6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Ra2 Rb4 17. Nd2 Reb8 18. Qc1 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb6 21. c3 Rb5 22. Bxb6 R8xb6 23. Re4 Bg5 24. Qc2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 f5 26. Re1 Qb8 27. Re2 Qc8 28. Qc2 Rxd5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qc6 31. Qc2 e4 32. Qd2 d5 33. Qd4 Qe6 34. Ra5 Rd6 35. Qxa7 Kh7 36. Qd4 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Qxa6 38. Qxd5 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qxb2 40. Qxf5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxe4+ Kh8 44. Qd4 Qe2 45. f4 Kh7 46. Kg3 Qd3+ 47. Qxd3+ cxd3 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. g4 h5 50. Ke3 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kf6 52. Kxd3 g5 53. Ke3 gxf4+ 54. Kxf4 Kg6 55. c4 Kf6 56. c5 Ke6 57. Ke4 Kd7 58. Kd5 Kc7 59. g5 Kd7 60. g6 Ke7 61. c6 Ke8 62. Kd6 Kd8 63. g7 Ke8 64. g8=Q# 1-0
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
138189 Ruchinskaya, Valerie (1880) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nfd2 Qg5 7. Nxe4 Qxg2 8. Ng3 Qh3 9. Qh5 Qxh5 10. Nxh5 g6 11. Ng3 Nf6 12. Nc3 h5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Bc3 f6 17. O-O-O Bf5 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. Rhg1 Rhg8 20. Nc5 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 g5 22. Rg2 Rgf8 23. Kc2 Bd6 24. f3 Ne7 25. e4 Ng6 26. Rf2 Bf4 27. Re1 Rfe8 28. e5 fxe5 29. dxe5 Re6 30. Rfe2 Rde8 31. Nc5 Rc6 32. Nd3 Rce6 33. Nc5 R6e7 34. Kb1 a5 35. Nd3 b6 36. e6 Nf8 37. Nxf4 gxf4 38. Re5 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Kc2 Rxe1 41. Bxe1 Kd7 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Ke4 Ng6 44. Bd2 Ne7 45. Bxf4 c6 46. Be3 b5 47. Bc5 Nf5 48. b3 Ng7 49. Bf2 Ne8 50. Bc5 Nf6+ 51. Ke3 Nd5+ 52. Kd2 Kf5 53. Bd6 h4 54. a4 bxa4 55. bxa4 h3 56. Bc5 Nc7 57. Bd6 Na6 58. Bg3 Ke6 59. Kd3 Kd5 60. Bf2 c5 61. Ke2 c4 62. Kd2 Nc7 63. Kc3 Ne6 64. Be3 Ng7 65. Bb6 Nf5 66. Bxa5 Nh4 67. Bc7 Nxf3 68. Bg3 Nd4 69. a5 Nb5+ 70. Kb4 Nd4 71. Bb8 Nc6+ 72. Kc3 Nxb8 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
138381 Fernandez, Maria (2160) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. e3 Na5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ra2 c6 13. e4 b5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Be3 Nb3 17. Ne4 Nb4 18. Ra3 Nc2 19. Ra2 Nb4 20. Ra3 Nc2 21. Ra2 Ncxd4 22. Bh5 Qd5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Qe4 25. Be7 Rfe8 26. Bg5 Qf5 27. Be3 Qxh5 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Rad8 30. Bc3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qf1 32. axb5 Rd1 33. Qe3 Qg1+ 34. Kg3 Rd3 35. Kf3 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 cxb5 37. Rxa6 Qc1+ 38. Kf3 Qb1 39. Rb6 Qd3+ 40. Kg4 Qd5 41. g3 Qe4+ 42. f4 Qe2+ 43. Kh4 Qe4 44. Rxb5 h6 45. Rc5 g5+ 46. Kh5 Kg7 47. h4 Qf3+ 48. g4 Qh3 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. Kxg5 Qe3+ 51. Kh5 Qxc5 52. g5 Qd5 53. g6 Qd1+ 54. Kg5 Qg1+ 55. Kf4 Qxg6 56. h5 Qf5+ 57. Ke3 Qxh5 58. Kd4 Qg4+ 59. Kc5 Qe4 60. Kb4 Qd5 61. Ka3 Rb8 62. Ka2 Qb5 63. Kb1 Qb3 64. Kc1 Rd8 65. Bd2 Ra8 66. Bc3 Ra1+ 67. Kd2 Rd1+ 68. Ke3 Qc2 69. Kf4 Rd3 70. Kg5 Qe2 71. Kf4 Rf3+ 72. Kg5 Qg2+ 73. Kh4 Rh3# 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
138436 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Povshednyi, Ivan (2291) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a3 e6 6. b4 a5 7. Nxb5 Na6 8. bxa5 c6 9. Nc3 Qxa5 10. Qd2 Bb4 11. axb4 Qxa1+ 12. Nd1 Ne4 13. Qe2 Nxb4 14. f3 Ba6 15. fxe4 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Nxc2+ 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Nf3 Ra2 19. Ne5 Nxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4+ 21. Be3 Qxe5 22. Nc3 Qxc3 23. Rd1 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2 dxe4 25. Rd2 Qc4+ 26. Ke1 h6 27. Bd4 Rd8 28. Be3 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qd3 30. h3 e3 31. Bc1 e2 32. Bd2 f6 33. h4 Kf7 34. g4 c5 35. g5 c4 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. h5 c3 38. Bc1 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 e1=Q+ 40. Kg2 Qde2+ 41. Kh3 Q1f1+ 42. Kh4 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 Qhf3+ 44. Kh4 Qg4# 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
138697 Khanbutaev, Artemii (2041) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 O-O 10. b3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rad8 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 a6 16. Nc4 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. a3 Qe7 21. b4 h6 22. Rd2 e5 23. dxe5 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Nxe5 25. Nb3 c6 26. Nc5 Rd5 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nc4 29. Qd3 Nb6 30. a4 Nd5 31. Qd4 h5 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 g6 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Ne4 Qb4 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Nxd5+ Qxd4 38. exd4 cxd5 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Kf3 g5 43. g4+ hxg4+ 44. hxg4+ Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd3 Kc6 47. Kc3 Kb5 48. Kb3 Ka5 49. Ka3 Kb5 50. Kb3 Ka5 51. Ka3 f6 52. f3 Kb5 53. Kb3 Ka5 54. Ka3 Kb5 55. Kb3 Ka5 56. Ka3 1/2-1/2
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
138933 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Duncan, C (2178) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. f3 Bg6 4. e4 dxe4 5. fxe4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Nf5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bf4 Rfe8 13. Rae1 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd2 a5 17. a3 Nb6 18. f6 Rad8 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Bg5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd6 22. Bf4 Re6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxc7 Nd5 25. Bd6 Nxc3 26. Kf2 h6 27. Bf4 e5 28. Bc1 e4 29. Bb2 exd3 30. Bxc3+ Kg6 31. cxd3 Kf5 32. Kf3 b5 33. g4+ Ke6 34. Ke4 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Bb2 b3 37. d4 Nb4 38. h4 Nd5 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Ne7 41. Bc3 Nd5 42. Bb2 Ne7 43. Ba1 Nd5 44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Kc4 Ne3+ 46. Kxb3 Kxg5 47. Kc3 Kf5 48. Kd3 Nd5 49. Bb2 Ne7 50. Kc4 Ke6 51. Bc1 Nd5 52. Bd2 Ne7 53. Kc5 Nd5 54. Be1 Ne7 55. Bh4 Nd5 56. Kc6 Ne3 57. Bf2 Nd5 58. Be1 Nf4 59. Bb4 Nd5 60. Ba3 Nf4 61. Bc1 Nd5 62. Bd2 Ne7+ 63. Kc5 Nd5 64. Kc4 Ne7 65. Kd3 Nd5 66. Ke4 Ne7 67. Be1 Nd5 68. Bh4 Nc3+ 69. Kd3 Nd5 70. Bg5 Nc7 71. Bf4 Nd5 72. Bg3 Nb4+ 73. Kc4 Nd5 74. Kc5 Nf6 75. Be5 Nd5 76. Kc6 Nc3 77. Kc5 Nd5 78. Bh8 Ne3 79. Bg7 Nd5 80. Bh6 Nc3 81. Bg5 Nd5 82. Kc4 Nc7 83. Bf4 Nd5 84. Bg3 Ne7 85. Kd3 Nd5 86. Ke4 Ne7 87. Be1 Nd5 88. Bd2 Ne7 89. Bb4 Nd5 90. Ba3 Nc3+ 91. Kd3 Nd5 92. Kc4 Ne3+ 93. Kc5 Nd5 94. Bc1 Nc3 95. Bd2 Nd5 1/2-1/2
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
139070 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Yurasova, Daria (2064) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. h4 e6 7. h5 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bb4 9. h6 g6 10. a3 Qa5 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qd5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Qe4 20. Qg5 Qf5 21. Qxf5 exf5 22. f3 Nd5 23. Kf2 Rfe8 24. Rd3 Rxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Nf4+ 26. Kd2 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 f6 28. Re1 Kf7 29. c4 g5 30. b4 Rd7 31. c5 Kg6 32. a4 Kxh6 33. b5 Kg6 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Re6 Rc7 36. Kc4 h5 37. a5 a6 38. d5 cxd5+ 39. Kxd5 g4 40. Rxa6 gxf3 41. gxf3 h4 42. Ra8 h3 43. Rb8 Ra7 44. Rh8 Rh7 45. Rg8+ Kh5 46. Rg1 Ra7 47. c6 Rxa5+ 48. Kd6 Ra3 49. c7 Rd3+ 50. Kc6 Rc3+ 51. Kd7 Rd3+ 52. Ke6 Rc3 53. Kd6 Kh4 54. Kd7 h2 55. Rg8 Kh3 56. c8=Q Rxc8 57. Rxc8 h1=Q 58. Rh8+ Kg2 59. Rxh1 Kxh1 60. Ke6 Kg2 61. f4 Kf3 62. Kxf5 Ke3 63. Kxf6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
139186 Dobrocmyslov, A (2280) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 c4 10. Bc2 Nc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxe5 Ncxe4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ne3 Bc5 15. Rf4 Bb7 16. Kf1 Rac8 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. Rh4 Re8 19. Nd2 Bc5 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. a4 Nf6 22. axb5 Nd5 23. Rh3 Nf4+ 24. Kf2 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Rcd8 26. b4 Bb6 27. c4 Bd4 28. Ra3 Re7 29. c5 Rde8 30. c6 Bc8 31. Ke2 g6 32. f6 Bxf6 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
139339 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Kuybokarov, Temur (2542) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. Qd2 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Ne2 c4 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Qh2 b5 17. Ne2 Qd8 18. Bd6 a6 19. Bb4 Bc7 20. Bd6 Nb8 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. e4 Nc6 23. e5 Nh7 24. f4 Rb7 25. O-O f6 26. Rae1 O-O 27. Ng3 Nxd4 28. Qf2 fxe5 29. Qd2 Qh4 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. fxe5 Nxg4 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxd4 Rf7 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
139454 Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos (2213) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bd3 e4 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Qh5 f4 18. Bd4 Bf5 19. e6 Kh7 20. Rfe1 Bg6 21. Qe5 Bd6 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. c3 Kf6 26. a5 a6 27. Rd4 Bc5 28. Rdxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Ke7 30. b4 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Ba7 32. c4 Bd4 33. g3 fxg3 0-1
2025.03.25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
139615 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Meshkovs, Nikita (2532) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 e6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 a5 15. e4 Qf6 16. Na4 axb4 17. axb4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nb6 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ne5 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Ne3 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Re1 Re6 26. c3 Kf5 27. Kf2 Nc2 28. Rxe6 Kxe6 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 f6 31. g4 h4 32. Kd2 Na3 33. Nc8 Nc4+ 34. Kd3 g5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Na7 Ne5+ 37. Kd4 Nxg4 38. Nxc6 Nf2 39. Ne5 g4 40. hxg4 h3 41. Nf3 Nxg4 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
145284 Mesquita, Eduardo Barbosa (2014) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4 h6 9. Bb3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 a5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. Rae1 Qe8 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nxa5 Qc8 20. b4 b6 21. Nb3 Rxa4 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. Ra1 Qc6 26. Nc1 d4 27. Bf2 Bd5 28. Bg3 Rc8 29. Nd3 Nf8 30. Rfb1 Ne6 31. Bh2 c4 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 c3 34. Qe2 Qc5 35. Rb5 Qc6 36. Rab1 Bc4 37. Qf3 Bxb5 38. Qg3 Bc4 39. Qg6 Bd5 40. Bg3 Nf8 41. Qh5 Bxg2 42. Be1 Bh1 43. Qe2 Bf3 44. Qf2 d3 45. cxd3 c2 46. Rc1 Qd5 47. Bd2 Ne6 48. Be3 g5 49. fxg5 f4 50. Bd2 Nd4 51. Kf1 Be2+ 52. Kg1 Bf3 53. Kf1 Ne2 54. Re1 Ng3+ 55. Kg1 c1=Q 56. Bxc1 Rxc1 57. gxh6 Rxe1+ 58. Qxe1 Ne2+ 59. Kf2 Qd4+ 60. Kxf3 Qe3+ 61. Kg4 Qg3+ 62. Qxg3 fxg3 63. Kf3 Nd4+ 64. Kxg3 Kh7 65. Kf4 Kxh6 66. Ke4 Ne6 67. d4 Ng5+ 68. Kf5 Nxh3 69. d5 Kg7 70. d6 Kf7 71. e6+ Ke8 72. Ke5 Ng5 73. Kf6 Ne4+ 74. Ke5 Nc5 75. Kd5 Nb7 76. Kc6 Nxd6 77. Kxd6 Kd8 78. Kd5 Ke7 79. Ke5 Ke8 80. Kd6 Kd8 81. e7+ Ke8 82. Ke6 1/2-1/2
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
145428 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Baylav, Can (2056) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. e3 c5 8. h3 Nc6 9. g4 cxd4 10. exd4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. d5 Ne5 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Bg2 f5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Ne2 Nf3 18. Bxf3 exf3 19. Ng3 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. c3 e5 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. h4 Bxa2 24. Ra4 Bb3 25. Rxa7 Rc7 26. Ra3 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bc6 28. h5 Re7 29. Ra5 Rfe8 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rg5 Kf6 32. Rg4 Re5 33. Rf4+ Kg7 34. Rfd4 Re1 35. b4 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Ba4+ 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. c4 Re7 39. b5 Be8 40. Ne4 Rc7 41. Nd6 Bf7 42. Kd3 Be6 43. Re4 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
145532 Shubin, Kirill (2455) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 c6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 b5 8. a3 a5 9. h4 Bb7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Nh5 12. d5 Qb8 13. g6 f5 14. exf5 b4 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rc8 20. Rh1 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Bxh1 22. Bf7+ Kf8 23. Qxd6+ 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
145771 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Provotorov, A (2212) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6 15. Bg3 Qd5 16. Qf4 e5 17. Qg4+ Qe6 18. Qxe6+ fxe6 19. Bxe5 Rd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rhe1 Kd7 22. Re3 Rg8 23. g3 Rg4 24. c3 b5 25. Kc2 h5 26. Rde1 Rd6 27. Re4 f5 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. h3 gxh3 30. Rh1 c5 31. dxc5 Rd5 32. b4 Re5 33. Rxh3 Re2+ 34. Kb3 Rxf2 35. Rh7+ Kc6 36. Rxa7 Rf3 37. Rg7 e5 38. a4 bxa4+ 39. Kc4 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
145875 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Paravyan, D (2619) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. f3 Bg6 4. e4 dxe4 5. fxe4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Rhe1 Ne5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rfe8 16. Nd4 c6 17. Nf5 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd5 20. f6 gxf6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Kg7 24. Kd2 Kg6 25. Bf2 a6 26. Bd4 Kg5 27. Bf2 Kg4 28. h3+ Kf5 29. b3 Nf4 30. g4+ Ke6 31. h4 f5 32. g5 f6 33. gxf6 Kxf6 34. a4 Nd5 35. Bg3 f4 36. Bf2 Kf5 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
146144 Reprintsev, A (2257) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bd2 Be6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Ng5 Nc6 9. Nxe6+ fxe6 10. f3 Ke7 11. g3 Nd4 12. O-O-O Nxf3 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Rxd4 Be5 16. Rd3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 c6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bh3 Rhf8 20. Rd1 Rf2 21. Rd6 Nf8 22. Rb3 b6 23. Rxc6 Rd8 24. Rc7+ Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rd3+ Ke7 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Ng6 29. Bg2 Nxe5 30. Be4 h6 31. Kc3 Kd6 32. b4 Ng4 33. h4 Nf6 34. Bf3 Nd7 35. Kd4 e5+ 36. Kc4 Nf6 37. Kb5 e4 38. Be2 Nd5 39. Kc4 Ke5 40. c3 Ne3+ 41. Kb5 Nf5 42. Ka6 Nxg3 43. Bb5 e3 44. Kxa7 e2 45. Bxe2 Nxe2 46. c4 Kd4 47. c5 bxc5 48. b5 Nc3 49. b6 Nb5+ 50. Ka8 Nd6 51. a4 c4 52. a5 c3 53. a6 c2 54. b7 c1=Q 55. b8=Q Qc6+ 56. Ka7 Nb5+ 57. Qxb5 Qxb5 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
146232 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Fawzy, Adham (2513) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 e6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Re1 Qe7 12. f3 c5 13. Nc4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nd6 Nxd6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nf2 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qd2 e5 22. Bh6 f5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. Nd3 Rfe8 26. h4 h6 27. h5 g5 28. Qf2 Qd6 29. a5 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Nb2 Rf8 32. Qd2 Qf4 33. Qxf4 gxf4 34. Rbd1 Nf6 35. Be2 Rfe8 36. Rb1 Reb8 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
146348 Thorhallsson, Simon (2232) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qa4 c4 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. Qa3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. b4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 g6 23. Qa4 Rb8 24. b5 Qxb5 25. Qxa7 Qb7 26. Qc5 Kg7 27. Qd6 Rc8 28. Rc5 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8 30. Rxc8 Qxd6+ 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
146565 Romanchuk, V (2266) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Ne2 exd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. a3 Bf5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. d5 Na5 15. Ba2 b5 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Rxc4 Nxd5 21. Bg3 Rfe8 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 c6 24. Rfc1 Re6 25. Rc5 f5 26. Rxd5 f4 27. Bh2 g5 28. Rd2 Kf7 29. g3 f3 30. g4 Re2 31. Rxe2 fxe2 32. Re1 Re8 33. f3 Re3 34. Kf2 Rb3 35. Rxe2 Kf6 36. Be5+ Kg6 37. Bc3 a5 38. Re6+ Kh7 39. Rxc6 a4 40. Ra6 Rb5 41. Rxa4 Rd5 42. Kg3 h5 43. gxh5 Rd1 44. Kg4 Rg1+ 45. Kf5 Rg3 46. Ra6 Rxf3+ 47. Kxg5 Rf7 48. Rg6 Rb7 49. Rg7+ Rxg7+ 50. Bxg7 Kg8 51. h6 Kh7 52. b4 Kg8 53. Bd4 Kh7 54. Be3 Kg8 55. Kg6 Kh8 56. Bd4+ Kg8 57. h7+ Kf8 58. h8=Q+ Ke7 59. Qf6+ Kd7 60. h4 Kc7 61. h5 Kd7 62. h6 Kc7 63. h7 Kd7 64. h8=Q Kc7 65. Qhg7+ Kc8 66. Qff8# 1-0
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
146703 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Cappai, D (2123) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. a3 Qxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 b5 13. e4 d4 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. c3 O-O 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Bg3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Na5 20. Bxd5 Rad8 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rd7 Rxd7 24. Bxd7 Nc4 25. a4 Nxb2 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Bf6 28. Rc7 Nd1 29. Rb7 Nc3 30. Bc6 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Be5 33. h4 h6 34. Kh3 Rb8 35. Re7 Bd6 36. Rd7 Be5 37. Be4 Bf6 38. Ra7 Rd8 39. Bf5 Kg8 40. Be6+ Kf8 41. Bf5 Rd4 42. Be6 Rb4 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Ra7 Be5 45. Bf7+ Kd8 46. Bd5 Rd4 47. Bf3 Bf6 48. Rb7 Kc8 49. Rf7 Kd8 50. Ra7 Ke8 51. Rb7 Kd8 52. g4 Rc4 53. Ra7 Be5 54. Rf7 Rc1 55. g3 Rc3 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kh3 Rc3 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Rc4 60. Ra7 Ke8 61. Rb7 Kf8 62. g6 Ke8 63. Bd5 Rc3 64. Bf7+ Kd8 65. Kg4 Bxg3 66. Kf5 Rc5+ 67. Kg4 Be5 68. Ra7 Bf6 69. Rb7 Rc7 70. Rb8+ Ke7 71. Rb5 Rc3 72. Rb4 Kd6 73. Rb6+ Ke5 74. Re6+ Kd4 75. Re2 Rc5 76. Rd2+ Ke3 77. Rd1 Rg5+ 78. Kh3 Ke2 79. Rd6 Be5 80. Re6 Kf3 81. Kh4 Kf4 82. Ra6 Rg1 83. Ra4+ Kf5 84. Kh3 Rg3+ 85. Kh4 Rg2 86. Kh3 Rh2# 0-1
2025.03.18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
146798 Torres, Yel (2016) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Qe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nb6 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. a5 Nc8 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 g6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Rbd1 h5 21. f3 Nb5 22. Nb1 Kg7 23. Nc3 Nd6 24. Re2 Nf5 25. Rde1 Qc7 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. N3a4 Nxc5 28. bxc5 Re7 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. Nb2 Rde8 31. Nd1 Qd7 32. g3 Re6 33. Kf2 Qe7 34. Qb2 Qc7 35. Qd2 h4 36. f4 hxg3+ 37. hxg3 Nh6 38. Kf3 Qe7 39. Nf2 Rf6 40. g4 Re6 41. e4 dxe4+ 42. Rxe4 Qd7 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Rxe6 Qxe6 45. Qe3 Qd5+ 46. Qe4 Qd7 47. Qe5 Kh7 48. Qf6 Ng8 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Ne4 Qd5 51. Qg5 Qxd4 52. f5 Qd3+ 53. Kf4 Kf8 54. f6 1-0
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
150784 Kosakowski, Jakub (2515) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. c3 d4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxd4 Rd8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bf2 Qd7 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Ra1 Re8 25. Ra2 h5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Qd5 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qxb5 Qxb5 30. Nxb5 Nd2 31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Bd4 h4 33. g4 Nd2 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Nd4 Ne4 36. c4 Nc3 37. c5 Ke7 38. Kf3 Nd5 39. b5 Nb4 40. b6 Kd7 41. g5 Na6 42. c6+ Kd6 43. c7 Kd7 44. Nb5 Kc8 45. Na7+ 1-0
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
150941 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Lim, Timothy Chien En (2044) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. h3 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. g4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. O-O-O e6 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 Nd6 15. Qf4 Nf5 16. Nge2 Rac8 17. Bh3 Qc7 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Rhg1 b5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. g6 fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 23. Nf4 b4 24. Nh5+ Kg8 25. Qe3 bxc3 26. Qxh6 cxb2+ 27. Kb1 Qe7 28. g7 Rfd8 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Qg6# 1-0
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
151086 Arias, Juan Cruz (2347) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. c5 Bb8 11. b4 Bh5 12. O-O Bg6 13. Rab1 Re8 14. a4 e5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bd4 Ngxe5 18. Qb2 a6 19. h3 Qc7 20. Qc3 Re7 21. Rfc1 Rce8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Re6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ng5 R6e7 26. Qb4 Nc4 27. Ngf3 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Nf6 29. Qb2 Re6 30. Qb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 Ne4 32. Rcb1 1-0
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
151274 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Ferreiro Montoya, J (1997) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 c6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxf4 11. exf4 c5 12. h4 cxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kh6 15. Nc2 dxc3 16. Ne3 f5 17. Qd3 cxb2 18. Ng4+ Kh5 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Qe2 fxg4 21. g3 e5 22. f3 Qc7 23. fxe5 gxf3 24. Nxf3 Qc3+ 25. Nd2+ Bg4 0-1
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
151524 Sitnic, A (2105) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Rhe1 Ke7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2 b5 15. Bf1 Be6 16. f3 Rhc8 17. Kb1 Rc6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Nf1 Nd7 20. Ne3 g6 21. c3 Nb6 22. Nc2 Nd7 23. Nb4 Rb6 24. Bf1 a5 25. Nd5+ Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc5 27. Red1 b4 28. c4 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Nc5 30. b3 h5 31. Kb2 h4 32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Rb8 34. Rd2 Rh8 35. Rg2 Rh1 36. Be2 Re1 37. g4 g5 38. Rh2 Kd7 39. Rg2 Kc6 40. Rh2 Ne6 41. Rf2 Kc5 42. Bf1 Nf4 43. a3 Kd4 44. axb4 axb4 45. c5 dxc5 46. Bc4 Ke3 47. Rc2 Kxf3 48. Bxf7 Re2 49. Kc1 Rxc2+ 50. Kxc2 Kxe4 51. Bg8 Kd4 52. Kd2 e4 53. Bf7 e3+ 54. Ke1 Kc3 55. Kd1 Kd3 56. Ke1 Ke4 57. Bc4 Kf3 58. Kf1 Kxg4 0-1
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
151658 Chen, Ryo (2419) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. a5 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Bxe6 Bxe6 14. Red1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. c3 Qe7 19. Nd4 Be4 20. Qg3 Bh4 21. Qe3 Bg6 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. a6 b6 24. Nxc6 Re2 25. Be3 Rxb2 26. Rd7 Bf6 27. Rxa7 Rc8 28. Ne7+ Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Kf8 30. Rb7 Be4 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Rxc3 33. Be3 Ba8 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Kh2 Ke8 36. a7 Kd7 37. Rd1+ Ke6 38. Kg3 h5 39. f3 g6 40. Bb6 Ke7 41. Rd2 Ke6 42. Re2+ Kd6 43. Bd4 Kd5 44. Bf2 Kd6 45. Kh4 Kd7 46. Kg5 1-0
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
151815 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Kiseleva, A (1955) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. c3 Nd7 15. Qb3 b5 16. Nd2 Kf7 17. a4 a6 18. c4 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc2 Qb7 21. h3 Ra8 22. b3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Qc7 Ke7 27. Qg3 g6 28. Qh4+ Nf6 29. Qf4 Qa1+ 30. Nf1 Qc1 31. Qb8 Qc6 32. Qa7+ Nd7 33. Ng3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qb2 35. d5 exd5 36. h4 Qxb3 37. h5 Qa4 38. Qb7 b4 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Ne2 b3 41. Nd4 Qa3 42. Nc6+ Ke6 43. Nd4+ Ke7 44. Nxb3 1-0
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
151921 Centron Antuna, Daniel (2334) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bb5 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Be4 15. f3 Bh4+ 16. Kf1 f6 17. Qe6+ Kh8 18. Nc6 Bd3+ 19. Kg2 Qe8 20. Qxe8 Raxe8 21. Nb4 Bg6 22. Nxd5 f5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Nc3 Rg5+ 25. Kf1 Bd3+ 26. Ne2 Rg3 27. Rh2 Rxf3+ 28. Kg1 Re6 29. Bd2 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Be4 31. Rg2 Rxh3+ 32. Kg1 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Rh1+ 34. Ng1 Rhxg1# 0-1
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
152006 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Venkatesh, Narayan (2203) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 Be7 11. Nge2 Na6 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nce2 Nc7 15. Kf2 Qe7 16. a3 O-O-O 17. b4 Re8 18. Qd2 f6 19. Nh3 Ng6 20. f4 Qd7 21. Kg2 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. d4 Bxg3 25. Nxg3 Nxh4+ 0-1
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
152165 Schmider, Niklas (2395) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. a5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. a6 Qc7 14. axb7 Qxb7 15. Be3 a6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Bf4 c4 20. Ba4 Red8 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Qd4 Qc8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Bd6 25. Qa5 Bc5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxf5 28. Qe1 Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qxe4 30. Rf1 Qd4 31. c3 Qxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Rd6 33. Kh2 Rdb6 34. Bc6 0-1
2025.03.11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
152341 Marchand, Calix (2104) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. c3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. O-O Bf4 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Qb1 Bg6 15. Re1 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qf4 19. Ndf3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 h6 21. h4 hxg5 22. hxg5 Ne4 23. g3 Qf5 24. Qe3 f6 25. g6 Qxg6 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Qf4 Rbc8 28. c4 Qf5 29. Qe3 Rh8 30. Nh4 Rxh4 31. gxh4 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qxh4 33. f3 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Kd1 Nf2+ 36. Kc1 Nxd4 37. b3 Nxb3+ 38. Qxb3 Rxc4+ 39. Kb1 Qg6+ 40. Ka2 Nd3 41. Red1 Nb4+ 42. Kb2 a5 43. Rac1 Qg2+ 44. Ka3 Nc2+ 45. Rxc2 Qxc2 46. Qxb7+ Rc7 47. Qb3 Qc5+ 48. Ka2 Qc6 49. Rb1 Qc2+ 50. Rb2 Qc4 51. Ka3 Qc5+ 52. Ka2 Qc4 53. Ka3 Qxb3+ 54. Rxb3 Rd7 55. Rb5 d4 56. Kb2 e5 57. Rxa5 Ke6 58. Kc2 f5 59. Kd2 e4 60. f4 Rb7 61. Ra6+ Kd5 62. a5 Rb2+ 63. Kd1 Ra2 64. Ra8 Kc4 65. a6 Kd3 66. Kc1 e3 67. Kb1 Ra5 68. a7 e2 69. Re8 Rxa7 70. Kb2 Rb7+ 71. Kc1 Rc7+ 72. Kb2 Kd2 73. Re6 d3 74. Kb3 Rb7+ 75. Kc4 Rc7+ 76. Kd4 Rd7+ 77. Kc4 Rd8 78. Re5 Rc8+ 79. Kd4 Rd8+ 80. Kc4 e1=Q 81. Rxe1 Kxe1 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
156918 Veiga, Emerson de Sousa (2150) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. a3 Rac8 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Qd1 h6 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Ng3 Qb3 19. Rd2 Nd5 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qd5 22. Rad1 Bf6 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Nxc5 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxb7 Rd5 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. d4 Bb8 29. Nc5 Rcd8 30. g3 Qg5 31. Rd3 a5 32. b4 Ba7 33. Nb3 axb4 34. axb4 Qe7 35. Nd2 R5d7 36. Nc4 Bb8 37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. dxe5 Rd5 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Qd4 Rc8 41. Rd3 Rd8 42. c4 Qxb4 43. cxd5 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 h5 45. h4 g6 46. d6 Qb1 47. Qd5 Qc2 48. Rf3 Rd7 49. e6 fxe6 50. Qxe6+ Kh7 51. Qxd7+ Kh8 52. Rf8# 1-0
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
157105 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Grabinsky, V (2192) 1-0
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne1 f5 9. Nc2 f4 10. e3 g5 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Nxc5 d6 13. Ne4 g4 14. Re1 h5 15. d4 h4 16. dxe5 fxg3 17. fxg3 Bxe5 18. Nd4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Qb6 20. Ne2 Be6 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bxf4 23. Qe2 Be5 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Bc3 Qh4 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rf1 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 gxf3 29. Qf2 Qxe4 30. Qg3+ Qg4 31. Qxg4+ Bxg4 32. Kf2 Rf6 33. Rad1 Rg6 34. Rd4 Re8 35. b3 Ree6 36. Rf4 1-0
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
157253 Winkels, M (1885) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ng3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ngf6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. h4 Qa5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. Qg3 g6 17. c4 Qd7 18. Rhe1 h5 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxa7 Qc7 21. Qe3 Bb4 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Qe4 Rde8 25. Qd4 Bxe1 26. Be4 Nxb6 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
157487 Ge, William (2205) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. c4 Rad8 17. Bc3 Rd7 18. Rd2 a6 19. a4 Rdd8 20. a5 Bd6 21. h3 Bf4 22. Rdd1 Bd6 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bb4 26. Rd3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Rd7 28. Red1 Red8 29. b4 Qf6 30. g3 Ne7 31. Qd2 g6 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. Kg2 h5 34. h4 Nf5 35. Bxf5 Qxf5 36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Qe4 Qe7 38. f4 Qxb4 39. c5 Qxa5 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Rb3 Qa2+ 42. Kh3 Qxb3 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
157793 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Checa, Nicolas (2507) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Ne5 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Rb8 13. b3 e5 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. h3 Be6 17. Qe2 h6 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Rad1 Qb4 20. Na4 d4 21. Nb2 Nb6 22. a3 Qxa3 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. Ra1 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Rb4 28. Rxa7 Rxc4 29. Ra2 c5 30. Rb1 Rc3 31. Rb7 c4 32. Re7 d3 33. cxd3 cxd3 34. Raa7 d2 35. Rxf7 d1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40. Rb7 Qg5 41. g3 Rf3 42. Rh8+ Qg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Kg2 Rdf8 45. Rb2 Kg7 46. Re2 Kg6 47. h4 Kh5 48. Rd2 Kg6 49. Re2 h5 50. Rd2 R3f6 51. Re2 Ra6 52. Rd2 Ra4 53. Re2 Rf6 54. f3 Rfa6 55. Kh3 Ra1 56. g4 R6a2 57. gxh5+ Kxh5 58. Rxa2 Rxa2 59. Kg3 Ra3 60. Kh3 Rxf3+ 61. Kg2 Rf4 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
157918 Montano Vicente, Guadalupe (1970) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. b4 Nac4 15. Bc1 a5 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Neg5 g6 19. Ne4 c5 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nfxg5 Nd7 22. Qh3 h5 23. dxc5 Qc6 24. Rxd7 Rcd8 25. Rd6 1-0
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
158229 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Magallanes, Rey Jomar (2043) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nb5 Bd6 5. Nxd6+ cxd6 6. c3 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O g5 13. f4 exf3 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. c4 Ne7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 Ndc7 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qc6 f4 20. Bf2 Rb6 21. Qc2 g4 22. Be4 Qe7 23. exf4 Rxf4 24. Rae1 Qf7 25. Bg3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qg7 27. Bf2 d5 28. Bd3 Rd6 29. Nb3 Rd7 30. Bg3 Rf7 31. Be5 Qg5 32. Rxf7 Bxf7 33. Qe2 Ne6 34. Nc5 Nf4 35. Qe3 Nh3+ 36. Qxh3 gxh3 37. g3 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Ng7 39. b4 Nh5 40. a4 Bg6 41. Be2 Ng7 42. b5 Nf5 43. a5 Nxd4 44. Bxd4 Qxd4 45. Ne6 Qa1+ 46. Kf2 Qxa5 47. Nf4 Qb6+ 48. Kf3 d4 49. Bc4+ Kg7 50. Ne6+ Kf6 51. Nf4 Bf5 52. Nd5+ Ke5 53. Nxb6 axb6 54. g4 Be4+ 55. Kg3 d3 56. Kxh3 d2 57. Be2 Bc2 58. Kg3 d1=Q 59. Bxd1 Bxd1 60. h4 Ba4 61. g5 Bxb5 62. h5 Be8 63. Kh4 b5 64. g6 Bxg6 65. hxg6 hxg6 66. Kg5 b4 67. Kxg6 b3 68. Kf7 b2 69. Kg6 b1=Q+ 70. Kf7 Qf5+ 71. Kg7 Qf6+ 72. Kh7 Qg5 73. Kh8 Kf6 74. Kh7 Qg7# 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
158341 Hubner, Jessica Trindade (1819) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Nd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O-O Ke8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb4 12. Nb1 Ke7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Rhf1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bb6 16. Nh4 Nc5 17. f3 Be6 18. g4 h5 19. Nf5+ Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rag8 21. Rde1 Rg2 22. Rh1 h4 23. Bd1 a4 24. Nf1 Nb7 25. Ne3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rhg8 27. Rc3 c5 28. b4 c4 29. Kb2 Nd8 30. Re3 Nc6 31. Ree1 Nd4 32. Re3 Rf2 33. Rc3 Rgg2 34. h3 Kf8 35. Rd3 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
158461 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Da Matta, Eduardo Cesar (2047) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Nce8 10. h4 Nd7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Ndf6 13. h5 Ng4 14. Nxg4 1-0
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
158770 Kjaergaard Jensen, J (2081) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e3 e6 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Bd6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. a3 b5 15. Ke2 Nb6 16. Kd3 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4+ 18. Kc2 Nd7 19. e4 f6 20. Be3 Kf7 21. f4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. g5 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. h4 Rae8 27. Kd2 Re4 28. Raf1 Rhe8 29. Rh3 b5 30. Rg3 R8e6 31. Rff3 Ke8 32. Rf1 Kd7 33. h5 gxh5 34. g6 Kc7 35. Rh3 Kd7 36. Rxh5 Rxe3 37. Rxf5 Re2+ 38. Kc1 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kc2 Re2+ 41. Kb1 Re7 42. Ka2 Ke6 43. Rf8 Rc7 44. f5+ Ke7 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. f6 Rxf7 47. gxf7+ Kxf7 48. fxg7 Kxg7 49. Kb1 Kf6 50. Kc2 Kf5 51. b3 cxb3+ 52. Kxb3 Ke4 53. a4 bxa4+ 54. Kxa4 Kd3 55. Kb3 Bc7 56. Kb4 Bb6 57. c4 dxc4 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
158855 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Voitovich, V (2319) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Bxe4 13. Rh2 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb6 17. g6 Nd5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd2 Rf8 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Nf3 Nc6 22. Rf2 Kg8 23. Qe3 Qd5 24. Rg1 Ng4 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Nh2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Rf8 28. Qe1 Qf5 29. b3 Nxd4 30. Kb2 Qxc2+ 31. Ka1 Nxb3# 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
159079 Zapata Romero, Italo German (1903) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. h3 Nc5 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. e4 f5 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Rb1 fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxh3 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 b6 20. Be3 Bg4 21. f3 Bf5 22. Rb2 Ra3 23. Kg2 Qf7 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Rh1 h5 26. Rb3 Ra4 27. Qe3 Rxa2+ 28. Kg1 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Ra2+ 30. Kg1 Rfa8 31. Rb1 Qf7 32. Rh2 Ra1 33. Rb2 Rxb1+ 34. Rxb1 Bf6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Rb2 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra8 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Rb2 Bxe4 40. Qxe4 Qf5 41. Rc2 Qxe4 42. fxe4 Kf6 43. Rf2+ Kg7 44. Rc2 Ra4 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Rf2+ Ke7 48. Rc2 Re3 49. Kf2 Rxe4 50. Kf3 Rd4 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
159153 Diao, Matthew Guo (2230) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 11. Qa3 a5 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. b3 Nd3 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Rac1 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bd3 17. Nxd5 b5 18. Nb6 bxa4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. bxa4 Be7 21. Rc3 Be4 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Nd2 Bd5 24. Rc5 Rhd8 25. Rxa5 Ra8 26. Rc5 Rxa4 27. Nc4 Rxc4 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
159313 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Hasangatin, R (2444) 0-1
1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Ng4 12. Qf4 Bd6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. h3 Nd3 15. Bxd3 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rad1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qb6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Bd3 Rxd3 23. cxd3 h6 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Red1 a6 26. Bc5 Qd8 27. Be3 Qd5 28. Rc4 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Rc3 a5 31. Rd2 Kh7 32. Rb2 b4 33. Rc5 Qxd3 34. Rxa5 Qc3 35. Rb1 Qc2 36. Raa1 Rd8 37. g3 Rd3 38. Re1 Qxb3 39. Rab1 Qc4 40. Kg2 b3 41. h4 Rc3 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Rf1 b2 44. Rfd1 Re2 45. Bd4 Qb3 46. Be3 Rc2 47. Rf1 Qa2 48. Rfe1 h5 49. Kg2 f6 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. Rf1 Kf5 52. Rfe1 g5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Kg2 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Red1 Qa8+ 57. Kg1 h3 58. f3 Qg8+ 59. Kf1 Qg2+ 60. Ke1 Qe2# 0-1
2025.03.04 Titled Tue 4th Mar Late
159415 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Marchand, Calix (2104) 1-0
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bf1 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. c4 Rad8 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Rad1 Be4 17. Qf4 Bc2 18. Rc1 Bf5 19. Rcd1 h5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qd4 Rd8 24. Qxa7 Be4 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. Qd4 b5 27. Qxe4 b4 28. Rxd5 Re8 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. Rd7 Qf4 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bxe8 Kxe8 33. Rd8+ 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163029 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Maksimovic, Bojan (2505) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nf3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Rfe1 Be7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Kf8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Na4 Ke8 18. Rec1 Kd8 19. Nc5 Kc7 20. Kf1 Ra8 21. Ra2 Ra7 22. Rca1 Rha8 23. Ke2 b6 24. Na4 Kb7 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Raa1 Rc7 27. Rc2 Ra8 28. Rac1 Rf8 29. Nc3 b5 30. Nd1 Rfc8 31. Ne3 c5 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. h3 Bd4 34. Rxc7+ Rxc7 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. f4 Bxb2 37. Nc2 a5 38. Kd2 d4 39. Ne1 Bc3+ 40. Ke2 Bxe1 41. Kxe1 Kc6 42. Kd2 Kc5 43. Kc2 Kb4 44. Kb2 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. g4 g6 47. h4 a3+ 48. Kc2 a2 49. Kb2 a1=Q+ 50. Kxa1 Kc3 51. h5 Kxd3 52. f5 Ke4 53. hxg6 hxg6 54. fxg6 fxg6 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163398 Schnell, Sebastian Narayana (2003) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. e4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bg4 Rac8 15. f4 Bc5 16. Kh1 Rcd8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rad1 Qh4 19. Qc4 Qe7 20. Na4 Ba7 21. Nc3 b5 22. Qd3 Nf5 23. Qf3 Ne3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Re1 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Bd4 27. Rc1 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 c5 29. Qh5 c4 30. Qe5 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rc2 Rd4 33. Re2 Kf8 34. Kg1 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Kc5 38. f5 e5 39. h4 Kd4 40. g4 f6 41. a3 a5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Ke1 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Rg2 c3 47. bxc3+ bxc3 48. Kf1 Rd1+ 49. Ke2 Rd2+ 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163707 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Damjanovic, Vuk (2368) 0-1
1. d4 h6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Ne7 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nxe4 Nbc6 10. Bb2 Nf5 11. Nc5 O-O 12. O-O Nd6 13. Qd3 a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. c4 c6 17. a4 Bc7 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Qc3 Ndf5 20. Qf3 b6 21. Nd3 Bb7 22. Qh5 cxb5 23. Bxb7 bxc4 24. Ne5 g6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qf3 Nd5 27. Bc6 Rf8 28. Ba3 Nfe7 29. Qe4 Rf6 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. Rxc4 Qd6 32. Rdc1 Rbf8 33. f4 g5 34. Bb5 Bb8 35. Rf1 Nd5 36. Rcc1 gxf4 37. Nxf4 Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Rxf4 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Qg2+ Kf6 42. d5 Rf5 43. h4 Qb4 44. Qd2 Qxd2 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
163990 Islam, Kh (2169) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 e6 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. Bg3 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bd6 f6 17. O-O Kf7 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Re3 g6 24. Rae1 Rhe8 25. h4 e5 26. h5 e4 27. Qe2 Qf4 28. c4 f5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Rc3 Qd6 31. Rec1 Re7 32. Rc6 Qb4 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. hxg6 h6 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. Rc7 Re8 37. Qxf5 Qxd4 38. g3 e3 39. Rxe7+ Rxe7 40. Rf1 exf2+ 41. Rxf2 a5 42. Qf8+ 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
164267 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Martin, Le (2050) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. Qd2 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Rc8 10. b4 Bb6 11. e3 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. c3 Nf8 17. Bd3 c6 18. O-O Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Bg3 O-O 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxg6 Qxg5 23. hxg5 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
164683 Fuentes, Agustin (2086) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 c6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 b5 8. a3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f3 Be6 13. h4 Nd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 g6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rd8 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Be5 Rh5 20. O-O-O b4 21. Nb1 Rxd3 22. cxd3 Nb3+ 23. Kc2 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Qa4+ 25. b3 Qb5 26. a4 Qa6 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. dxc4 Qa5 29. Bf4 Qc5 30. Rg3 Rh2+ 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32. Bxd2 Qe5 33. Rd3 Qxe4 34. Be3 Qf5 35. Kd2 Bxg5 36. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Re3+ Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Kd6 0-1
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
164866 Skliarov, V (2340) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. f3 Be7 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. g4 Qa5 9. Ng3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 b4 12. Nd1 Ba6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 Ba6 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. a3 Rb8 20. Ne3 Qb6 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Nef5 Bf8 24. Ba5 Qb7 25. Nxd6+ Bxd6 26. Qxd6 Ne6 27. O-O-O c5 28. Nh5 Rg6 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. gxf6 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
165233 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Vifleemskaia, S (1942) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qf3 g6 9. g4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. gxf5 Bb4 12. fxg6 Qxg6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Qd6 16. e4 O-O-O 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Kb1 Nb6 19. Ka1 Rhe8 20. Rb1 Nc4 21. Nc1 Nd2 22. Qf5+ Rd7 23. Rb2 Qc6 24. Nd3 Kb8 25. Qf4+ Ka7 26. Qxd2 Rde7 27. Rhb1 Re2 28. Qf4 Qxc3 29. Qxf7 Rb8 30. Qxd5 Rxc2 31. Qc5+ Qxc5 32. Nxc5 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
165688 Torres, Yel (2016) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Qe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 b5 15. a5 Rfe8 16. Nd2 g6 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Rb2 Ne6 21. Rbc2 Qd6 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rdc1 Qd6 25. Rd1 Ng7 26. Nf4 Nf5 27. Rdc1 Ne7 28. Rc3 Rc7 29. Qb2 Rec8 30. Nd2 Nf6 31. Nf3 Nd7 32. R3c2 Nf5 33. Nd3 Qf8 34. Nde5 Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Ne7 36. Rc3 Qe8 37. Qc2 f6 38. Nd3 Nf5 39. Nf4 Kg7 40. Nxd5 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
166028 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Ivashentseva, Dominika (1869) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Kb1 a5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Nc5 Rfd8 16. Rhe1 Nd5 17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 19. Ree1 Kf7 20. Kc1 a4 21. a3 Rd6 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Rh8 24. Rg1 Rh6 25. h5 g5 26. Qc8 Nf4 27. Rge1 Rd8 28. Qf5 Rd5 29. Qe4 Qc7 30. Ne6 Nxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kf8 32. c4 Rd6 33. Qg4 Kf7 34. f4 gxf4 35. Rg1 Rd8 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Rde1+ Kd6 38. c5+ Kd5 39. Qf7+ Kxd4 40. Rxe7 Qa5 41. Qxf6+ Kxc5 42. Qxh6 Qd2+ 43. Kb1 Qd3+ 44. Ka1 Rd5 45. Ree1 Qd4 46. Qf8+ Kb6 47. Qf7 Qf2 48. Qe8 1-0
2025.02.25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
166289 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Meshkovs, Nikita (2531) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 h6 5. h4 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Qf3 Qb6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. c3 Nf6 16. h5 b5 17. Qg3 Rg8 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Bd3 b4 20. Rc1 b3 21. a3 Na5 22. Be5 Ke7 23. Bd4 Qb7 24. f3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qf4 Qc7 27. Qxc7+ Rxc7 28. g4 Nd7 29. f4 Nc5 30. Rh2 Ne4 31. Rf1 f6 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 e5 34. Bb6 Rc6 35. gxf6+ gxf6 36. Ba5 Ke6 37. Bb4 Rc7 38. h6 Rh7 39. Rfh1 Rg3 40. Rh3 Rg6 41. R3h2 Rg3 42. Rh3 Rg5 43. Kc1 Nf2 44. R3h2 Nxh1 45. Rxh1 Rg6 46. c4 Rgxh6 47. cxd5+ Kxd5 48. Rd1+ Ke4 49. Bc5 Rh1 50. Kd2 R7h2+ 51. Kc3 Rxd1 52. Kxb3 Rd3+ 53. Kc4 Rc2+ 54. Kb4 Rxb2+ 55. Ka4 Rc2 56. Bb4 Rc4 57. Ka5 Rb3 58. Kxa6 Rbxb4 59. axb4 Rxb4 60. Ka5 Rb1 61. Ka4 Kxe3 62. Ka3 Rb8 63. Ka2 Kd4 64. Ka3 Kc4 65. Ka4 Ra8# 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Late
174603 Novikova, M (1969) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Nd7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Bc4 Ke8 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 Nc5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nce2 bxa3 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. bxa3 Na4 18. Nc3 Nxc3 0-1
2025.02.18 Titled Tue 18th Feb Late
175058 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Rosen, E (2377) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Nb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. c3 e6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. h4 a6 14. Bd3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O-O b5 17. h5 Rfc8 18. h6 g6 19. Kb1 Rab8 20. Nd4 b4 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Nb3 Nc4 23. Qf4 a5 24. cxb4 a4 25. Nc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Rc8+ Ne8 32. Ra8 Rh4 33. Kc2 Ke7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. g3 Rc4+ 36. Kd3 Nd6 37. Ra6 Rb4 38. a3 Rxb2 39. Rxa4 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 Nf5 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. g4 Nd4+ 43. Kd2 Nxf3+ 44. Kc2 Nd4+ 45. Kd2 Rg3 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. Ra6+ Kg5 48. a4 Rxg4 49. a5 Nb3+ 50. Ke2 Ra4 51. Ra7 Rxa5 52. Rxf7 Kxh6 53. Rf8 Re5+ 54. Kf3 Rf5+ 55. Rxf5 gxf5 56. Kf4 Kg6 57. Kf3 h5 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. Kg3 Kg5 60. Kh3 h4 61. Kh2 Kg4 62. Kg2 h3+ 63. Kf2 Nd4 64. Kg1 Kg3 65. Kh1 Ne6 66. Kg1 Ng5 67. Kh1 Ne4 68. Kg1 f4 69. Kh1 Nf2+ 70. Kg1 h2+ 71. Kf1 h1=Q+ 72. Ke2 Qd1# 0-1
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
179085 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Nihal, Sarin (2687) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. a4 a6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Qf6 10. e3 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 g5 12. g3 gxf4 13. exf4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd4+ 15. Ke2 e5 16. Nf3 Qxb2+ 17. Nc2 Bf5 18. Rc1 O-O-O 19. Kf2 exf4 20. Nd4 Bb6 21. Kg2 Be4+ 22. Kg1 f3 23. Bh3+ Kb8 24. Kf1 Rhe8 25. Rb1 Qc3 26. Rb3 Qc4+ 27. Kf2 Qxb3 28. Qd2 Bxc2 29. Rc1 Re2+ 30. Qxe2 Bxd4+ 0-1
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
179406 Salimova, Asal (2050) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 c6 12. Rg1 O-O 13. O-O-O Kh8 14. Rg3 b5 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rh3 g6 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Qe3 h5 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Rg1+ Bg5 25. Rxg5# 1-0
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
179803 Al-Shami, Benjamin (1864) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Qb3 Nh6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qg5 9. e6 fxe6 10. Bxe6 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qg6 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Bc5 Ng4 18. Rg1 Qf5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. f4 Qxc5 21. c4 Nf6 22. Rg5 Qb6 23. Qc3 Rd3 24. Qe5 Qxe3+ 25. Kf1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Rd8 0-1
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
180321 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Topalov, A (2233) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. h4 Bd6 9. Ne5 h5 10. Qf3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qg3 g6 13. f3 Nh6 14. Bg5 Qb8 15. Qf4 Nf5 16. g4 Ne7 17. O-O-O c5 18. d4 Nc6 19. Bf6 Rh7 20. g5 cxd4 21. exd4 Nxf6 22. gxf6 Qc7 23. Kb1 O-O-O 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Rhd1 Rhh8 26. Na4 Rc8 27. Nc5 Ka7 28. Rc3 b6 29. Nd3 Qb7 30. Rdc1 Na5 31. b3 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Rc8 33. Qc1 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Nc6 35. Nb4 Nxb4 36. Qxb4 Qc7 37. Kb2 Kb7 38. Qf8 a5 39. a4 Ka6 40. f4 b5 41. Qa8+ Kb6 42. axb5 Kxb5 43. Qe8+ Kb6 44. Qf8 Kb5 45. Ka3 Kb6 46. Ka2 Ka6 47. Kb2 Kb6 48. Qe8 Ka6 49. Qe7 Kb6 50. Qa3 1-0
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
180582 Nazari, Arad (2425) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O d4 7. e3 e5 8. exd4 exd4 9. d3 Be7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Re1 h6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 b6 18. b5 Na5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. bxc6 Ng4 23. Na3 Nxf2 24. Qf1 Qa8 25. Qxf2 Qxa3 26. Qxf5 Qxa1+ 27. Bf1 Qa7 28. Bg2 Qc7 29. Bd5 Kf8 30. Qh7 g6 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qg7 Ke8 33. Qf6 Qe7 34. Qh8+ Qf8 35. Qh3 1-0
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
180974 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Brenke, A (2349) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Nb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. c3 e6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Kb1 Rfb8 16. g4 b4 17. h4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Qxd4 Rb4 21. Qd3 Rab8 22. Rd2 a5 23. h5 Qf4 24. h6 g6 25. Ne4 Nf8 26. Qc3 e5 27. Nc5 d4 28. Qd3 Kh7 29. Ne4 a4 30. g5 Nd7 31. Rc1 Qe3 32. Qxe3 dxe3 33. Rxd7 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1 e2 35. Rxf7+ Kh8 36. Nf6 Rb1+ 37. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 38. Kxb1 e1=Q+ 39. Kc2 Qe2+ 40. Kc3 Qxf3+ 41. Kb4 Qf4+ 42. Kb5 1-0
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
181250 Guzman Lozano, C (1868) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxd7 Qxd7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. h3 Rfd8 12. Rb1 Rac8 13. Qe2 b6 14. Nh2 Nb4 15. Ndf3 c4 16. Bxf6 cxd3 17. cxd3 Bxf6 18. d4 a6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nge5 Qc2 21. Qd1 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rc3 23. Ne1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rdc8 25. Kh2 e6 26. Rd4 Nc6 27. Nf3 Nxd4 28. exd4 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Kg3 Rc3 31. b4 Rb3 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rxb5 34. Kf4 Rb2 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. g4 h6 37. h4 Ke7 38. Ne1 Kd7 39. f4 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Kc6 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Rxh5 44. Kf3 Rh3+ 45. Kg4 Ra3 46. Ng2 b5 47. f5 b4 48. Nf4 Kd7 49. fxe6+ fxe6 50. Kh5 b3 0-1
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
181530 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Zhu, Jiner (2514) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. e3 c5 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O-O c4 10. g4 h5 11. Bg2 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nge2 Qa5 15. e4 Rh8 16. Nf4 dxe4 17. d5 exf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. dxe6 Nxf3 20. Qg2 Nh4 21. Qf2 Ng4 22. Qg3 Qg5 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. Qf3 Nh4 25. Nxg5 Nxf3 26. Nxf3 f6 27. Rhg1 f5 28. Rd7 Kf6 29. Re1 Rae8 30. Nd5+ Kg7 31. Nxe7 Rh3 32. Nxf5+ Kh8 33. N5d4 Nf6 34. Rf7 Nd5 35. e7 Kg8 36. Ne5 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Nd7 Kf7 39. Ne5+ Kg7 40. Nef3 Nd5 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Neg5 Rg3 43. Ne4+ 1-0
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
181797 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Sahib, Singh (2430) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Bxf4 5. exf4 Ne7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O g6 9. Ne2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ned4 Qc7 12. g3 a6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. c3 b6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd4 Ne4 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Ng4 Rfd8 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nxh7+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Qe5 Nb5 24. Nh7+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qg5 d4 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qg5 Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Bxg6 Kxf6 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Re5 Rd5 0-1
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
182171 Karpenko, Anton (2207) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ba2 Qc7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bf8 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Bd4 Be7 16. Nh5 Qd8 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Qe2 g6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Kg7 27. e5 Nh5 28. Rf1 Re7 29. g4 Ng3 30. Rf3 g5 31. Rxg3 gxf4 32. Rf3 Rxe5 33. Rxf4 Re7 34. Rfd4 Rae8 35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Rd2 Rb8 39. Kf2 a5 40. Rd5 b4 41. Na4 Rc8 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. b3 Rc6 44. Nb2 Kg5 45. Kg3 Rc3+ 46. Nd3 a4 47. bxa4 b3 48. cxb3 Rxb3 49. h4+ Kg6 50. Kf4 Ra3 51. Ne5+ Kf6 52. Rd6+ Ke7 53. Rd4 f6 54. Ng6+ Kf7 55. h5 Ke6 56. Nh4 Ra1 57. Nf5 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 Rg1+ 59. Kf3 Rf1+ 60. Kg2 Ra1 61. Nxh6 Ra2+ 62. Kg3 Ra3+ 63. Kf4 Ra1 64. Nf5 Kf7 65. h6 Kg6 66. Ke4 Re1+ 67. Kd5 Re5+ 68. Kc4 Ra5 69. Kb4 Ra8 70. a5 Rb8+ 71. Kc5 Rb1 72. a6 Ra1 73. Kb5 Rb1+ 74. Rb4 Ra1 75. Ra4 Rb1+ 76. Ka5 Rd1 77. a7 Rd8 78. Kb6 Kg5 79. h7 Kg6 80. h8=Q Rxh8 81. a8=Q Rh7 82. Qg8+ Rg7 83. Qxg7# 1-0
2025.02.11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
182328 Gostev, S (2262) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. b4 Bd4 12. Qxc6+ Qd7 13. Qxa8 O-O 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ba6 16. Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. Nc3 Bc4 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. Rf3 h5 20. h3 Kg8 21. Rd4 a6 22. Kh2 Qe5 23. a3 Ne8 24. Kg1 Nd6 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Rdf4 g6 27. e4 Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Ne3 29. exd5 Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Nd1+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Bxd5 33. Rxf7 Bxf7 34. Rf1 Qxe2 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Nf2 37. Kg1 Nxh3+ 38. Kh2 Nf2 39. Kg1 Ng4+ 40. Kh1 Qxg3 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
188067 Sethuraman, S (2557) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nc3 d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a3 Bg4 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qb5 d3 21. Nd2 dxe2 22. Rxe2 Bg4 23. Re3 Bd7 24. Qe2 Nc6 25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Qe1 Nd4 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Nxc6 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qe6 32. e4 Ne5 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd5 Qf6 35. Qd1 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nd4 37. Nd5 Qe5 38. Qd3 Ne6 39. Nc3 Nc5 40. Qe3 Ne6 41. Qxb6 Qg5 42. Qf2 f6 43. Qf5+ Qxf5 44. exf5 Nd4 45. g4 h5 46. h3 hxg4 47. hxg4 g6 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Ne4 f5 50. Nd6 fxg4 51. Nxb7 Kg5 52. a4 Ne6 53. a5 Nc7 54. Nc5 Kf4 55. a6 Ke5 56. a7 Kd5 57. Na6 Na8 58. Kg3 Kc6 59. Nb4+ Kb6 60. Kxg4 Kxa7 61. Kf3 Kb6 62. Nd3 Nc7 63. Ke3 Na6 64. Kd4 Kb5 65. Kc3 Kb6 66. b3 Kb5 67. Kd4 Kb6 68. Kc4 Kc6 69. Nb4+ Nxb4 70. Kxb4 Kb6 71. Ka4 Ka6 72. b4 Kb6 73. b5 Kb7 74. Kb4 Ka7 75. Kc5 Kb7 76. b6 Kb8 77. Kb5 Kb7 78. Ka5 Kb8 79. Ka6 Ka8 80. b7+ Kb8 81. Kb6 1/2-1/2
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
188416 Srihari, L R (2498) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Ba4 Nd3 13. Re3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Ne4 15. Bc2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qa5 18. a3 Bd6 19. Qb3 b6 20. g3 Rad8 21. Kg2 g6 22. Rc6 Rfe8 23. R1c2 Qa6 24. a4 Qb7 25. a5 Qe7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rxb6 Qe4 28. Rcc6 Bb8 29. Rb7 h5 30. h4 Qf5 31. Qc2 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Ng5 Rf8 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxb8+ Kg7 37. Rb5 Rd7 38. b4 Kf6 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. b5 Rc7 41. Rc6 Rb7 42. b6 Rb8 43. Rd6 Ke4 44. Rxg6 Kxd4 45. Kf3 Kd3 46. Rd6 Rf8+ 47. Kg2 d4 48. b7 Rb8 49. Rb6 Ke2 50. Rb2+ Kd3 51. Kf1 Kc3 52. Rb6 d3 53. Ke1 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
188792 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Muratet Casadevall, A (2018) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e4 dxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. h3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Re8 14. Rhe1 g6 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. d6 Qc5 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd8+ Qxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kg7 21. Nd4 b5 22. f3 h5 23. Kd2 Bb7 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. Ne6+ Kg8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. b4 Ra8 29. Kc3 Bb7 30. Rd7 Bc6 31. Rd6 Be8 32. Rxa6 Rc8 33. Rd6 Bc6 34. Kd4 g5 35. c4 bxc4 36. Kxc4 Ba8 37. b5 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Bxg2 40. b6 Rb8 41. a4 Bf3 42. a5 Bxg4 43. b7 Bf3 44. a6 Bxb7 45. axb7 f5 46. Kb5 f4 47. Kb6 f3 48. Rd3 Re8 49. Rxf3 Re1 50. Rb3 Re8 51. Kc6 f5 52. b8=Q 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
189224 Narva, M (2384) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Bc4 Ke8 9. Nge2 b5 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. a3 Be6 12. f4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bb3 14. Rde1 Rd8 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. d4 Nf2 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Kd2 Nxh1 20. Rxh1 Bc4 21. Ke3 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rhe8 23. Rc1 Kd7 24. Nf4 Re7 25. Nd3 Rde8 26. Rc5 f6 27. b3 a5 28. a4 Rb8 29. Rc3 bxa4 30. bxa4 fxe5 31. Nxe5+ Rxe5 32. dxe5 Rb4 33. e6+ Kxe6 34. Rxc6+ Kf7 35. Kf4 Rxa4 36. Kf5 Ra2 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Ke6 g6 39. e5 Rxg2 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Ke7 a4 42. Ra8 Rxh2 43. Rxa4 Re2 44. e6 g5 45. Kd7 Kg6 46. Rd4 h5 47. e7 Rxe7+ 48. Kxe7 g4 49. Ke6 Kg5 50. Ke5 g3 51. Rd8 Kg4 52. Ke4 Kh3 53. Kf3 h4 54. Rh8 g2 55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Kxg2 h3+ 57. Rxh3 Kf4 58. Rg3 Ke4 59. Kf2 Kd4 60. Ke2 Ke4 61. Rg4+ Kf5 62. Ra4 Ke5 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Ra5+ Kc6 65. Rh5 Kb6 66. Kc4 Kc6 67. Rh6+ Kd7 68. Kd5 Ke7 69. Ra6 Kd7 70. Ra7+ Kc8 71. Kc6 Kb8 72. Rh7 Kc8 73. Rh8# 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
189377 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Rudnicki, M (2163) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Ne2 O-O 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. gxh5 Bxh5 11. Nf4 Be7 12. Nxh5 Nxh5 13. Rg1 f6 14. f4 g6 15. Bh6 Kh7 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. Be2 Ng7 18. Qd3 c5 19. h5 f5 20. hxg6+ Nxg6 21. O-O-O c4 22. Qd2 Nf8 23. Bf3 Kg8 24. Qg2 Bf6 25. Rh1 Kf7 26. Rdg1 Ke7 27. Bxd5 Kd6 28. e4 a6 29. e5+ 1-0
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
189666 Kim, Se (2295) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nfd2 Qg5 7. Nxe4 Qxg2 8. Ng3 Qh3 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. Bxf7+ Kd8 12. Bd2 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Bg4 14. Qxb7 Qg2 15. Rf1 Rb8 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Qxc6 Nb4 18. Qxg2 Nd3# 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190253 Williams, Si1 (2446) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Be7 11. b3 a6 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bf6 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Rc5 Bg6 18. a3 Ne7 19. b4 Nd5 20. Qb3 c6 21. Rfc1 Qd7 22. Rd1 h6 23. Nd2 Be7 24. Rcc1 Nf6 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Ne5 Bh7 27. Bc4 Bd6 28. Nf3 Qe7 29. Bf1 Be4 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. f4 Nd5 32. Nc4 Bb8 33. Be2 Ba7 34. Bf3 Nf6 35. Ne5 Be4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Qc2 Nd6 38. Kh2 Rcd8 39. Rf1 Bb8 40. g4 Nb5 41. Nc4 Nd6 42. Ne5 Nb5 43. Nd3 Nd6 44. Qg2 Nb5 45. Rf3 Nc7 46. Rg1 Nd5 47. Qg3 Rf8 48. h4 f6 49. Rf2 Qf7 50. Rfg2 Qg6 51. Nf2 Rd7 52. Kh1 Re8 53. Qf3 Qf7 54. Nh3 Qg6 55. e4 Ne7 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 f5 58. e5 Nd5 59. Rh2 Kf7 60. Kg2 Rdd8 61. Rgh1 Rh8 62. Nf2 Rxh2+ 63. Rxh2 Rg8 64. Nd3 Ke7 65. a4 Ba7 66. Nc5 Bxc5 67. bxc5 Qe8 68. Qb3 Qc8 69. a5 Kd7 70. Bc3 Kc7 71. Bd2 Rh8 72. Qg3 Qg8 73. Rh4 Rh7 74. Qh3 Rxh4 75. Qxh4 g6 76. Qh6 Ne7 77. Kf3 Kd7 78. Ke3 Nd5+ 79. Kd3 Ne7 80. Kc4 Qd8 81. Qg7 Qg8 82. Qh6 Ke8 83. Kb3 Kd7 84. Ka3 Kc7 85. Qh3 Qd8 86. Ka4 Qxd4+ 87. Bb4 Nd5 88. Qh7+ Kb8 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190296 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Maksimovic, Bojan (2505) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. c4 Qd6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. Be3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Rc1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxb2 14. c5 Qf6 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Rxb2 Qxb2 17. Bd4 Qxa2 18. Ba1 Qc4 19. Qe1 Qxc5 20. Qe5 f6 21. Qf4 Rxd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Qxc7 Kf7 24. Re1 Re8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Qc1 Bc6 27. f3 a5 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Kh2 a4 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190772 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Kononenko, Dmitry2 (2178) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 c6 7. h3 Qb6 8. O-O-O Na6 9. e3 Bf5 10. g4 Be6 11. Nge2 O-O-O 12. Nf4 Kb8 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qf4+ Ka8 17. Qxe4 Be6 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bc4 Rd6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf3 Rf6 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. Rd3 a6 25. Rhd1 Qb5 26. f4 h5 27. g5 Re6 28. f5 Qxf5 29. Rf1 Qxg5 30. Rxf7 Qg1+ 31. Rf1 Qg3 32. e4 Qh4 33. Re1 Rf6 34. Kb1 Rdf8 35. d5 Rf2 36. Qe3 cxd5 37. exd5 Qc4 38. Rc3 Qxd5 39. Qxe7 Rf1 40. Qe2 Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 g5 42. b3 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Kb2 Rg8 45. Qg3 Qd4 46. a4 Rc8 47. a5 Qxc3+ 48. Qxc3 Rxc3 49. Kxc3 g3 50. Kb4 g2 51. c4 g1=Q 52. Ka4 Qa1+ 53. Kb4 Qe1+ 54. Ka4 Qc3 55. Ka3 Qxa5+ 56. Kb2 Qb4 57. Kc2 a5 58. c5 a4 59. bxa4 Qxa4+ 60. Kb2 Qb4+ 61. Ka2 Qxc5 62. Kb3 Qe3+ 63. Ka4 Qb6 64. Ka3 Kb8 65. Ka2 Kc7 66. Ka3 Kc6 67. Ka2 Kc5 68. Ka3 Kc4 69. Ka4 Qa6# 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
190819 Hayrapetyan, Edgar (2137) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Bxd1 5. Nxd1 e5 6. Ne2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 c6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. f5 0-1
2025.02.04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
191240 Thorfinnsson, Bj (2377) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rc8 14. c4 Bb4 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd7 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Rab1 Bd6 21. Rdc1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 b6 23. c5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Nc6 26. h3 h6 27. Bd6 f6 28. f4 Qg6 29. Rc1 Nd4 30. Qe3 fxe5 31. fxe5 Nf5 32. Qxa7 Nxd6 33. exd6 Qg5 34. Rf1 Rxd6 35. Qf7+ Kh7 36. a4 Rd2 37. Qf3 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Qd5 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. Ra1 Ra5 41. Kg1 Kg6 42. Kf2 Kf5 43. Ke3 e5 44. Ra2 g5 45. g4+ Ke6 46. Ke4 Kf6 47. Ra1 Ke6 48. Ra2 Kf6 49. Kd3 Ke6 50. Kc4 Kd6 51. Kb4 Ra8 52. a5 Kd5 53. a6 Ke4 54. Kc5 Kf4 55. Kd5 e4 56. Ra4 Kg3 57. Kxe4 Kxh3 58. Kf5 Kh4 59. Kg6 1-0
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
204619 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Quispe Santacruz, J (1811) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bg6 7. O-O Qd7 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Qd8 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Ra2 O-O 12. Qa1 Rc8 13. b4 a6 14. Bc3 h6 15. Rc2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bh7 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Nd5 21. Bxg7 Rfe8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Qe8 26. Rxe8# 1-0
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
205385 Zakrzewski, Mare (2288) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. O-O Kf6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Be3 a6 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Rc6 Ke7 21. Rxa6 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 Rb8 24. b4 Ra8 25. Rd3 Ke6 26. Bd4 f6 27. Rb3 Be5 28. Bc5 d4 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Bxd4 Kd5 31. Bb2 Be5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Kf1 Kc4 34. Rg3 Ra7 35. Ke2 g6 36. Kd2 Rf7 37. Ke2 Ra7 38. Rf3 Re7 39. Ke3 e4 40. Rh3 Kb3 41. Kd4+ Ka4 42. Re3 Rf7 43. Kxe4 Rxf2 44. h3 Rf7 45. Kd5 Rf5+ 46. Kc4 h5 47. Kd4 g5 48. Ke4 Rf4+ 49. Ke5 Rf1 50. Rg3 g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. Ke4 Rf7 53. Rc3 Rf8 54. Rg3 Rf7 55. Rxg4 Kxa3 56. Kd5 Ka4 57. Kc6 Rf6+ 58. Kc5 Rf5+ 59. Kc4 Rf8 60. Kc5 Rc8+ 61. Kd5 Kb5 62. Kd6 Rd8+ 63. Kc7 Rd3 64. Rh4 Rb3 65. Rg4 Rxb4 66. Rxb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
205706 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Guerra Tulcan, L (2310) 1-0
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Ne5 17. Nf4 Qb7 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Qb1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bc5 24. e3 h6 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qc3 f6 27. Qc2 Kf7 28. Qe2 a5 29. Qc2 h5 30. a4 h4 31. gxh4 Qh5 32. Qc4 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxd4 36. exd4 Kg6 37. Kg3 Kf5 38. Kf3 e5 39. dxe5 Kxe5 40. Kg4 Ke6 41. h5 Kf7 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. Kg6 Kf8 44. f4 Kg8 45. f5 Kh8 46. h4 Kg8 47. h6 Kh8 48. hxg7+ Kg8 49. Kxf6 b5 50. axb5 a4 51. bxa4 Kh7 52. Kf7 Kh6 53. g8=Q 1-0
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
206070 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Wu, Derek (2232) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. d3 e5 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 a6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Rd5 Qf6 18. Nd2 Qg6 19. Ne4 h6 20. Rb1 Be6 21. Rd6 Ne5 22. Nc5 Rad8 23. Nxe6 Rxd6 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Rxb7 Qxd3 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Qe1 Re6 28. Rb7+ Kf6 29. Qc1 g5 30. h4 Qxc4 31. hxg5+ hxg5 32. Qd1 Qd3 33. Qh5 Qg6 34. Qh8+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ Kg6 36. Be4+ Kh6 37. Kg2 Ng4 38. Bf3 Qf6 39. Bxg4 Qxd8 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Ra7 d3 42. Rxa6 Qd5+ 43. f3 d2 44. Kh3 d1=Q 45. Kg4 Qf5# 0-1
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
206474 Punin, Andrii (2289) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. h4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 d4 5. cxd4 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. e6 Nxd4 10. exd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Na3 e6 13. Kd1 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Ne7 15. Rh3 Nec6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rd3 Ke7 18. g3 Rhd8 19. Bg2 Ne5 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. dxc3 Nb3+ 22. Kc2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc4 24. Kb3 b5 25. a4 Nd2+ 26. Kb4 bxa4 27. Kxa4 Rb8 28. Rc2 Nc4 29. Bf1 Nd6 30. c4 Ne4 31. c5 Kd7 32. Bg2 Nf6 33. Bf3 Kc7 34. a3 Nd7 35. Ka5 Rb3 36. Be4 Rxa3+ 37. Kb4 Ra1 38. Bxh7 g6 39. Bg8 Rb1+ 40. Ka3 Ne5 41. f4 Rb8 42. fxe5 Rxg8 43. Rf2 Rg7 44. Kb4 Kc6 45. Ra2 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. Rxa7 Rxg3 48. Ra6+ Kc7 49. Ra7+ Kc6 50. Ra6+ Kc7 51. Ra7+ Kc6 1/2-1/2
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
206805 Chernobay, A (2454) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. Nbc3 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Qc1 Kb8 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Nce4 Nb4 15. a3 N4d5 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Bd2 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Nge4 Qc6 20. Re1 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxc1 22. Raxc1 c6 23. Ng5 Rhf8 24. Bd1 Rd7 25. Bh5 g6 26. Be2 Nc7 27. Nf3 Nb5 28. Be3 a6 29. Red1 Nd5 30. a4 Na7 31. Bd2 Nc8 32. Bg5 Bxg5 33. Nxg5 Ndb6 34. a5 Nd5 35. Nf3 Na7 36. Nxh4 Nb5 37. Nf3 Rfd8 38. Ng5 Ndc7 39. Bxb5 Nxb5 40. Rc4 Nxd4 41. Kf1 Nb5 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Rf4 1-0
2025.01.21 Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
207132 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Mirzoev, A (2438) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Qa8 16. Qb2 f6 17. a3 e5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. b4 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Qc8 21. Qd2 Nc7 22. h4 Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bd2 Be7 25. h5 Bd5 26. Nh4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Kf7 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. e4 g6 30. hxg6+ hxg6 31. Ne3 Nb5 32. Nc4 Ke6 33. f3 Nd4 34. Bc3 Nc2 35. Bb2 b5 36. Na5 Bd6 37. Kf2 Bc7 38. Ke2 Bxa5 39. bxa5 b4 40. axb4 Nxb4 41. Kd2 a6 42. Kc3 Nc6 43. Kc4 Nxa5+ 44. Kb4 Nc6+ 45. Kc5 Nd4 46. Bxd4 exd4 47. Kxd4 Kd6 48. f4 a5 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. g4 Kb6 51. Kd5 a4 52. e5 fxe5 53. f5 gxf5 54. g5 a3 55. g6 a2 56. g7 a1=Q 57. g8=Q Qa2+ 0-1
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
220935 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Pourramezanali, A (2520) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a3 h6 12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 axb4 14. axb4 Qb6 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Qb2 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Ng4 18. Nf1 Ngf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxb4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Bg7 23. Qxf5 Rxa1 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. Rxa1 Bxa1 26. d4 Qd6 27. Ng3 Qe6 28. Qf4 c5 29. Nf5 Kh7 30. Bg4 cxd4 31. Nxd4 Qb6 32. Bf5+ Kh8 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qg3+ Kh8 37. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
221413 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Alvarez Calzadilla, Jose Avelino (2370) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. b3 Rc5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rfd1 Qa8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qxd5 18. Nd4 Qa5 19. a4 Qd2 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Nc5 22. b4 Nxa4 23. Rc7 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Rxe7 Nc5 26. Rc7 Rb8 27. Bf3 a4 28. Ra7 Rb6 29. Bc6 Rb4 30. e3 h5 31. Nb5 Nfe4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Nd4 Nc5 34. f5 h4 35. fxg6 Kxg6 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Nb5 Nd3 39. Nc3 Rxf2+ 40. Ke4 Nc5+ 41. Kd4 Rxh2 42. Nxa4 Nxa4 43. Rxa4 Rg2 44. Ra6 h3 45. Rxd6+ Kg5 46. Rd8 Rg4+ 47. e4 h2 48. Rg8+ Kf4 49. Rh8 Kg3 50. Ke3 Rh4 51. Rg8+ Kh3 52. Kf2 h1=Q 53. Rg3+ Kh2 54. Rh3+ Kxh3 55. e5 Rf4+ 0-1
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
221580 Eames, R (2151) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Qe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rfd1 Bg5 16. Bb5 Bxh6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nd5 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 a6 22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 Bc6 25. Qd1 Re8 26. e4 Kg7 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Kf2 Re6 29. h4 h5 30. Kg3 Re8 31. Kf4 Re6 32. Kg5 Kh7 33. Qd8 Re8 34. Qf6 Rf8 35. b3 Bd7 36. Qe7 Kg7 37. Qxd7 1-0
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
221978 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) De Lomas Busquets, Alba (2010) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4 Nc6 5. b5 Nb8 6. exd4 cxd4 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qb6 10. Bxd4 Qxd4 11. Qxb7 e5 12. Qxa8 Qxa1 13. Qxb8+ Kd7 14. Qxa7+ Ke6 15. Bd3 e4 16. Qa6+ Kf5 17. Qc8+ Kf6 18. Qc6+ Ke7 19. Qxe4+ Kd6 20. O-O Nf6 21. Qc6+ Ke7 22. Nc3 Qb2 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa7+ Kd6 26. Qb6+ Kd7 27. Bf5# 1-0
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
222381 Viasus Cuellar, Juan Diego (1847) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. a3 a5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b3 Bxa3 16. Ra1 Be7 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 c5 20. Qd2 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxb3 22. Qxa5 Qxc4 23. Rfc1 Qe2 24. Re1 Qh5 25. Qa7 Rfe8 26. Rac1 h6 27. Qb7 c4 28. Red1 d3 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Bf5 33. f3 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Qg5 35. Qd7 Qe7 36. Qd4 Qc5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd1 Rxe4 39. Rdxd3 cxd3 40. Rxc5 Re1+ 41. Kf2 d2 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Re8 d1=Q 44. Rxe1 Qd2+ 45. Re2 Qd4+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kf2 Qd6 48. Re3 Qd4 49. Kf3 Qb2 50. Re2 Qb7+ 51. Kf2 Qb8 52. Re7 Qb6+ 53. Kf3 Qf6+ 54. Kg2 Qxe7 0-1
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
222593 Dixit, Nikhil (2349) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Bxf5 Nxf5 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nc3 Nfxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. g3 O-O 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Bxe5 Nxb3 19. Bxd6 Nxa1 20. Bxf8 Nc2 21. Rc1 Nd4 22. Bd6 Rc8 23. Kg2 f6 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. f4 g6 26. Bc5 Kf7 27. Bf2 b6 28. Rd2 Na5 29. Nb5 Ke7 30. Re2 a6 31. Nd4 e5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5+ Kd6 34. Re6+ Kd7 35. Rxb6 Nc4 36. Rxa6 Nxb2 37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rxh7 Ra8 39. Rg7 Ke5 40. Rxg6 Rxa3 41. Re6# 1-0
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
223150 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Savitha, Shri B (2331) 1-0
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nc4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Ned5 Rb8 15. e3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Be7 17. a3 b6 18. Qa4 Na5 19. b4 Bd7 20. Qc2 cxb4 21. axb4 Nc6 22. Qb3 Be6 23. Qa4 Bd7 24. Qb3 a5 25. b5 Nb4 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Rfc8 29. d4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bxb5 32. Rb1 Qd7 33. Qe5 Rc8 34. Qxb5 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 Qxb5 36. Rxb5 Rc6 37. Bg2 Rd6 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Rd5 Rf6 41. Re5+ Kd6 42. Re4 Kc5 43. f4 b5 44. Kd3 a4 45. Kc3 Kb6 46. Bf1 Rc6+ 47. Kb4 Rc5 48. Rd4 Kc6 49. Bg2+ Kb6 50. Bf1 Rc1 51. Bxb5 Rb1+ 52. Kxa4 Ra1+ 53. Kb4 Rb1+ 54. Kc4 Rc1+ 55. Kd5 Kxb5 56. Rd3 Rc2 57. h4 Rg2 58. e4 Kb6 59. Kd6 Re2 60. e5 g5 61. fxg5 hxg5 62. hxg5 Re4 63. Rd5 Rg4 64. Ke7 Rxg5 65. Kxf7 Kc6 66. Rd6+ Kc5 67. Kf6 Rxg3 68. Rd8 Rf3+ 69. Ke7 Kc6 70. e6 Kc7 71. Rd2 Rh3 72. Rc2+ Kb8 73. Kd7 Rd3+ 74. Ke8 Re3 75. e7 Rd3 76. Rc4 Kb7 77. Rf4 Kc7 78. Kf8 Rh3 79. e8=Q Rh8+ 80. Ke7 Rh7+ 81. Ke6 1-0
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
223279 Laddha, Shubh Jayesh (2303) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 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. Nb3 Qa6 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Bg5 c5 13. c3 Be7 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Qf3 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Ne5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Qc3 d4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. Re4 Rc8 29. Rxd4+ Ke6 30. Rd2 b5 31. Kg2 Ke5 32. Kf3 a5 33. a3 a4 34. Ke3 Rc4 35. f3 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Rc2 Rb3+ 38. Kf2 Rb4 39. Rc5+ Kd6 40. Rxh5 Rxb2+ 41. Ke3 a3 42. Ra5 a2 43. g4 Rb3+ 44. Kf4 Rb4+ 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. h5 Ke6 47. h6 Kf7 48. g5 Kg6 49. f4 Rb3+ 50. Kg4 Rb5 51. Ra6+ Kh7 52. Rxa2 Rb7 53. Kh5 Rb5 54. Ra7+ Kh8 55. Re7 Rc5 56. Re6 Rc8 57. f5 Rg8 58. g6 Rc8 59. Kg5 Rb8 60. Re7 Ra8 61. Kf6 Rf8+ 62. Rf7 1-0
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
223634 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Ugorek, Kacper (2154) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 a5 4. b5 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a4 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. e4 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nfd7 15. Rfe1 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rf8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rae8 20. Rad1 f5 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. bxc6 fxe4 24. Rd4 Qf6 25. Rd2 Re7 26. Rde2 Rfe8 27. Bxe4 Qd4 28. Bf3 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qe5 31. Qc2 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Nxa4 33. Qe4 Qe5 34. Qg4 Nc5 35. Qc8 Qe7 36. Bd5 h5 37. Qg8+ Kh6 38. Qh8+ Qh7 39. Qf8+ Qg7 40. Qf4+ Kh7 41. Qc1 a4 42. Qc2 a3 43. h4 Qb2 44. Qd1 a2 45. Qe1 a1=Q 46. Qe7+ Qg7 47. Qg5 Qae5 0-1
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
223725 Vincenti, Leonardo (2266) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 e6 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. Ba3 Ba6 20. Rec1 Bh6 21. Rc2 Bd3 22. Rb2 Rxc3 23. Nf3 Rxa3 24. Rxb7 Be4 25. Rc7 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxf3 27. Rb1 Ra3 28. Rbb7 Rf8 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Bg7 31. a4 Bxd4 32. Rd7 e5 33. a5 Ra8 34. Rd5 Bc3 0-1
2025.01.07 Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
224049 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2279) Estrada Nieto, J (2195) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. d4 g6 7. a3 bxa3 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Bb2 e5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Qf2 Ne8 18. Bb1 Qa5 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 f6 21. Nb5 Ng7 22. Nd6 Rad8 23. c5 Nh5 24. Qd5+ Kg7 25. Qxb7+ Kh6 26. Bc1+ g5 27. Nf5+ Kg6 28. Nh4+ Kh6 29. Qxh7# 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Early
242861 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) Sisman, G (1827) 1-0
1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. d5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Qb3 b6 12. Nd4 Ba6 13. Nxe6 Bxc4 14. Nxd8 Bxb3 15. Ne6 Bc4 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Rec1 b5 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Rc8 25. e3 Kf8 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Nxd5 28. Ra5 Rb8 29. Rb1 b4 30. Rxd5 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243123 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) Barria Zuniga, D (2341) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. d3 Be7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfc1 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 c4 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. e3 b4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Qd1 Na5 19. Bc3 Be4 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. a3 Bc2 23. Rcxc2 Qxa4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ra2 Qb3 26. Rcb2 Qxd1+ 27. Bf1 Qxf3 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243402 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) Shearsby, Jude (2249) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 Ne7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Ng6 6. b3 h5 7. Bb2 h4 8. d4 Be7 9. Nc3 e5 10. e3 c6 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. Qc2 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qe4 Be6 18. b4 O-O-O 19. b5 c5 20. a4 Rh5 21. a5 Bf5 22. Qxf5+ Rxf5 23. Bh3 Ne7 24. e4 g6 25. b6 axb6 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Rb1 Qe6 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Rfe1 Rh8 30. Bg2 e4 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Rxe4 Rd8 33. Ne5 Nd4 34. Rxb7 Re8 35. Rxf7 Qg5 36. Bh3+ Nf5 37. Kg2 Re7 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Bg4 Qb7 40. Bf3 Qb1 41. Rf4 Nd4 42. Ng4 Nc2 43. Bd5 Ne1+ 44. Kh2 g5 45. Rf8+ Kc7 46. Rf7+ Kd8 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rf7+ Kd6 49. Rf6+ Kc7 50. Rf7+ Kc8 51. Rf8+ Kc7 52. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243588 Wang, Daniel (2031) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be6 5. Neg5 Bd5 6. Ne5 f6 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qxh8 fxg5 10. Bd3 Qd6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qh3 Kf7 13. Qg4 Ne5 14. Qxg5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nf6 16. b3 Bg7 17. Bb2 Rh8 18. f4 Nh7 19. Be5 Nxg5 20. fxg5+ Ke6 21. Bxd6 Kxd6 22. Rae1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Be5 24. Rxe5 Kxe5 25. Re1+ Kd6 26. d4 Rh5 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
243880 Kosteniuk, A (2484) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 7. d4 Bd5 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bd2 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bb4 Nd7 13. h4 h5 14. Bh3 Qf6 15. Qa3 a6 16. Bf1 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 18. c4 Qe7 19. Qc3 Nd7 20. d5 O-O 21. d6 Qf6 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Be2 Nc5 24. Rhg1 Rd7 25. Rg5 Na4 26. c5 b6 27. cxb6 Nxb6 28. Qc3 Qxc3+ 29. bxc3 Rfd8 30. c4 c5 31. Rxc5 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Ra5 Nd7 34. Kc2 Kf8 35. Kc3 Ke7 36. c5 Rc6 37. Kb4 e5 38. Bxa6 Nxc5 39. Bb5 Rc7 40. a4 f5 41. Ra8 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. a5 Kd6 44. Rd8+ Ke5 45. a6 Nd3+ 46. Bxd3 exd3 47. Rxd3 Rc1 48. Ra3 Rb1+ 49. Kc5 Rb8 50. a7 Ra8 51. Ra4 Kf5 52. Kb6 g5 53. Ra5+ Kf4 54. Rxg5 Kf3 55. Rxh5 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244036 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) Shapiro, V (2074) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nf6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nb5 Bg4 15. Re1 e4 16. Nd6 e3 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Rad1 b6 20. Kf2 Be6 21. b3 Ng4+ 22. Kf3 Nxh2+ 23. Kf4 h6 24. Bf3 g5+ 25. Ke5 Ng4+ 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Rd4 h5 28. Kf6 Kh7 29. Kxg5 f6+ 30. Kf4 Kg6 31. Rc1 Bxe2 32. Nf5 Rxd4+ 33. exd4 Bg4 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Rc7 Ke6 36. Rxa7 Rd8 37. d5+ Kd6 38. Rb7 Kc5 39. Rc7+ Kb5 40. a3 Bd7 41. Rc4 Re8 42. a4+ Ka6 43. Nc6 Rg8 44. Nb4+ Kb7 45. d6 Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Rxc4 47. bxc4 Bxa4 48. Kf4 Bd7 49. Ke4 Be6 50. Kd4 Kc8 51. Nd3 Kd7 52. c5 bxc5+ 53. Kxc5 Bf5 54. Nf4 Bg4 55. Kd5 Bf3+ 56. Kc5 Be4 57. Nxh5 Ke6 58. Nf4+ Kd7 59. Ne2 Bf3 60. Nd4 Bg4 61. Nc6 Ke6 62. Nb8 Ke5 63. d7 Bxd7 64. Nxd7+ Kf5 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244266 Mena, Martin (2044) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) 0-1
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. e3 Re8 13. Qd2 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxb7 Bc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Bxa2 23. b4 Kf8 24. Ne3 Be7 25. b5 Bc5 26. Nd5 Bc4 27. Nc3 Bd4 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Bc5 30. Kf1 Ke8 31. f3 Kd7 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Nf4 Bg1 34. h4 Kc5 35. Nd3+ Kxb5 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nd7 a5 38. Nf8 a4 39. Kd2 Kb4 40. Kc2 a3 41. Kb1 Kb3 42. Ne6 Bb6 43. Ka1 Ba5 44. Nc5+ Kc4 45. Na6 Be1 46. Ka2 Bxg3 47. h5 Kd3 48. Nc5+ Ke3 49. Ne6 g6 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Nf8 g5 52. Nh7 Kxf3 53. Nxf6 Bd6 54. Nd5 Bc5 55. Nc3 g4 56. Nb5 g3 57. Nc7 g2 58. Ne6 g1=Q 59. Nxc5 Qxc5 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244447 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) Zhu, Linxi (2113) 0-1
1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Be3 c4 20. Bc5 O-O 21. Re4 Rf4 22. Rae1 Rb8 23. R4e2 Kf7 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Be3 Rf5 26. a3 Rd8 27. g4 Rf6 28. Kg2 Rfd6 29. Bc5 Rd2 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Be3 Rd1 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Rd2 Rb1 35. Kf3 Rh1 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Rh1 39. f3 Re1 40. h4 h6 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Bf6 43. gxf6 exf6 44. f4 exf4 45. Kxf4 g5+ 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Rf2 Kg6 48. Rg2 Kh5 49. Rh2+ Kg6 50. Rg2 Kf5 51. Bd2 Rd1 52. Ke3 Rb1 53. Be1 Rxe1+ 54. Kd4 Re4+ 55. Kc5 g4 56. a4 Kf4 57. a5 Re5+ 58. Kxc6 Rxa5 59. Rf2+ Kg5 60. Rd2 f5 61. Kb6 Re5 62. Rd4 f4 63. Rxc4 g3 64. Rc8 Kg4 65. Rg8+ Rg5 66. Rxg5+ Kxg5 67. c4 g2 68. c5 g1=Q 69. b4 Qd4 70. b5 f3 71. Kc6 f2 72. b6 f1=Q 73. b7 Qff6+ 74. Kc7 Qxc5+ 75. Kb8 Qd8# 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244528 Zepeda Berlanga, Jan Enrique (1906) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Nf4 9. Nb3 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Be7 11. h3 b6 12. Rd1 c5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Be4 15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Nxc5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qg4 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Kg2 Qe8 23. Bh4 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 Rd5 25. b4 Nd7 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. f4 Nf8 28. Nb3 Qd7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 30. Kg3 Ng6 31. Qg4 h5 32. Qf3 h4+ 33. Kg2 Nxf4+ 0-1
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244658 Ai, Evan (2202) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Bb4+ 13. Nfd2 Qe5 14. Bg2 f5 15. Ng5 d3 16. Nf3 Qxe2+ 17. Qxe2+ dxe2 18. Kxe2 O-O 19. Rhd1 Rfe8+ 20. Kf1 f4 21. a3 Bf8 22. Nc4 Bg4 23. h3 Be6 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Ng5 Bc4+ 26. Nxc4 fxg3 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nfd6+ Kh8 30. fxg3 h6 31. Nf5 Rc7 32. Rac1 Rd8 33. Ne5 g5 34. Nf7+ 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244847 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) Jakovljevic, Dejan (1956) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Bb4+ 12. Bc3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Qh5 14. Be2 Qa5 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. O-O Nd5 17. Rc2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nc3 19. Rc1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Rxc7 a4 23. b4 a3 24. Rec2 Ra4 25. R2c3 Rxb4 26. Rxa3 g6 27. Raa7 Rb5 28. f4 Rf5 29. Rcb7 b5 30. Ra5 g5 31. Rbxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 gxf4 33. exf4 Ra8 34. Rb2 Ra4 35. Rd2 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kg3 Kf5 38. d5 Kf6 39. d6 e5 40. d7 exf4+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kxf4 Ra4+ 43. Kf3 Ra8 44. d8=Q+ Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Kg6 46. Rd2 f6 47. Re2 h6 48. a4 Kf5 49. a5 h5 50. Ra2 h4 51. a6 h3 52. Ra5+ 1-0
2024.12.24 Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
244980 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2269) Kopjonkin, Kirill (2314) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bh7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Rc8 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qb4 18. Qc1 Qg4 19. Bf3 Qe6 20. Ra5 Qe7 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Rc7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Ra6 g5 25. Kf1 g4 26. Bg2 h5 27. Ke1 Re8 28. Kd2 Rd8 29. Ra4 Ne4+ 30. Bxe4 dxe4+ 31. Ke3 Re7 32. Rd4 Ra8 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Rcd1 Kg7 35. b4 Rb8 36. a3 a5 37. R1d4 axb4 38. axb4 Rb6 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Nxd7 Rb5 41. Nc5 Kf6 42. Kf4 Kg7 43. Kg5 Bg6 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kg7 46. Rd4 Kf6 47. Rc4 Kg7 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Kd4 Ke7 50. Kc3 Kf6 51. Rd4 Bf5 52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. Rxc6 Rb8 54. Kc4 Ra8 55. b5 Ra2 56. b6 Rxe2 57. b7 Rxf2 58. b8=Q Rc2+ 59. Kb3 1-0
2024.09.22 45th Olympiad 2024
357803 Giasi, V (1998) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc7 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Rac1 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe4 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 d5 20. Kf1 Bf6 21. f4 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd3 Kd7 24. Bc3 g5 25. Bd2 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Be7 27. Rg1 dxc4+ 28. bxc4 Rg8 29. a4 Rg6 30. a5 bxa5 31. c5 Kc6 32. Kc4 Rcg8 33. Rg3 Bf6 34. Ra1 Bd8 35. Raa3 Rg4 36. Bd6 Bf6 37. Rgd3 Bd8 38. Rf3 f5 39. Be5 Rg1 40. Rh3 Rc1+ 41. Rac3 Rb1 42. Rxh7 Rg2 43. Rc2 Rb4+ 44. Kc3 Rg1 45. Rxa7 Rd1 46. Ra6+ Kb5 47. Ra8 Rc4+ 48. Kb2 Rb4+ 49. Kc3 Rc4+ 50. Kb2 Rb4+ 51. Kc3 Rc4+ 52. Kb2 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2
2024.09.21 45th Olympiad 2024
357419 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan (2366) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a3 Ne8 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. f4 Ne7 14. Nf3 c5 15. Bf2 c4 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Qc1 Bh7 18. g4 Nf6 19. f5 Rc8 20. Kf1 Re8 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. Bf3 b5 23. Bh4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Kf2 a5 26. Bxe7 Bxe7 27. Ncxe4 Bh4+ 28. Ke2 Qd5 29. Nf2 Qg2 30. Qf1 Rxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Re8+ 32. Nde4 Bg5+ 33. Ke2 Rxe4+ 34. Kd1 Qf3+ 35. Kc2 Re2+ 36. Kb1 Rxb2+ 37. Kxb2 Qb3# 0-1
2024.09.20 45th Olympiad 2024
356990 Tran Thanh Tu (2387) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. a4 Qb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bg5 Qb7 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Ne4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qd5 24. Ra5 Rb8 25. Ra7 Ng6 26. Qe3 h6 27. Rd7 b4 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Rxd6 Qb7 30. Nf6+ 1-0
2024.09.18 45th Olympiad 2024
356238 Zhakshylykov, Erzhan (2327) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Nh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 f5 14. d5 f4 15. Bf2 Nd8 16. c5 Nf7 17. c4 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. a4 g5 20. g4 fxg3 21. hxg3 Nf6 22. g4 Kg7 23. Be3 Kg6 24. a5 h5 25. gxh5+ Nxh5 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Kd1 Qf6 28. Kc2 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 exf4 31. e5+ Bf5 32. Bxf5+ Kxf5 33. e6 Ne5 34. Nd4+ Kf6 35. Kb3 Rab8 36. a6 Rbc8 37. Ra4 Rh8 38. Nb5 Nxf3 39. Rc1 Ke5 40. Nxa7 Nd4+ 41. Kb4 Rc5 42. Ra2 f3 43. Re1+ Kf4 44. Kc3 Nf5 45. e7 g4 46. Nc6 g3 47. a7 f2 48. Rf1 Ne3 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Nxd5+ 51. Kd3 Nxe7 52. Nxe7 Kf3 53. Nd5 Ra5 54. Rf8+ Kg4 55. Ne3+ Kh4 56. Rf3 1-0
2024.09.16 45th Olympiad 2024
368176 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) Pereira, Sur (1988) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bf4 Be7 13. h3 Nf8 14. O-O Ne6 15. Bh2 O-O 16. Rab1 Ne8 17. b4 b5 18. a4 a6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 bxa4 21. Ne5 Qxd4 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Nd7 Qb5 24. Qb2 Qf5 25. Ng3 Qb5 26. Ne4 Qf5 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 f6 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Ba1 Nf4 31. Kh2 Nd5 32. Nc5 a3 33. Rfc1 Bd6+ 34. g3 Kf7 35. Nd3 a5 36. bxa5 Ra6 37. Rb7+ Be7 38. Bd4 a2 39. Ra7 Nec7 40. Rxa6 Nxa6 41. Rxc6 Bc5 42. Nxc5 Nxc5 43. Rxc5 1-0
2024.09.15 45th Olympiad 2024
367721 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) Mohammad Fahad, Rahman (2419) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. f4 Qe7 16. a3 a5 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. g4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nxg4 21. h3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Qg5+ 23. Kf2 Qf4+ 24. Ke2 Qxd4 25. Qa4 Qb6 26. Nd1 Rce8 27. Rf4 c5 28. Rf6 Qc7 29. Qf4 Re6 30. Nf2 h5 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Qg3 Kg7 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Kxf3 Qf7+ 35. Kg2 c4 36. h4 b5 37. Qf3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Kf3 g5 41. hxg5 Kg6 42. Nh3 b3 43. Nf4+ Kxg5 44. Nxe6+ Kf5 45. Nf4 c3 46. Nd3 cxb2 47. Nxb2 Kxe5 48. Ke3 h4 49. Nd3+ Kf5 50. Kf3 d4 51. Nb2 h3 52. Nd3 h2 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Kxh2 Kf3 55. Kg1 Ke3 56. Nb2 Ke2 57. Na4 d3 58. Nc3+ Ke1 59. Kg2 d2 0-1
2024.09.14 45th Olympiad 2024
367364 Henderson de La Fuente, Lance (2519) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. a3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bb3 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Qd2 g5 13. d4 Nf4 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Bb3 Qe7 19. f4 Bxb2 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Qc3 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rae8 25. Ref3 Be6 26. Rf6 Bxb3 27. cxb3 e4 28. Qg3+ Kh7 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. R1f5 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 1-0
2024.09.13 45th Olympiad 2024
366970 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) Keinanen, Toivo (2554) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Ne4 Qa5+ 11. Rc3 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O b5 14. Be2 c4 15. a4 Nd5 16. Rc1 c3 17. axb5 cxb2 18. Rc2 a6 19. Rxb2 Nc3 20. Qa1 axb5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rfa8 25. Rc1 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27. Kg2 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Nxb1 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nd3 Nd2+ 31. Ke2 Nc4 32. Nc5 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Kc3 g5 35. Nb3 Kd6 36. Kb4 Kc6 37. e4 e5 38. d5+ Kb6 39. Nc5 Kc7 40. Nb3 Kb6 41. Nc5 Kc7 42. Kxb5 Nd2 43. Nd3 Nxf3 44. Kc5 Nxh2 45. d6+ Kd8 46. Kd5 Nf3 47. Ke6 h5 48. d7 h4 49. Nc5 Nd4+ 50. Kd6 Nb5+ 51. Kc6 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2
2024.09.12 45th Olympiad 2024
366696 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) Khan, Taffin (2066) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. g3 Ng6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Nb3 Bxc4 11. Nbxd4 Bd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf5 Be4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qa4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rac1 Qc8 18. g4 Bd7 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Bf4 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Qe3 Bxh3 23. Ng5 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Be6 25. Rfd1 Nd8 26. Qe4 g6 27. Qh4 h5 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. Qe7 Rf7 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Nc5 Rf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rxd8+ 1-0
2024.09.11 45th Olympiad 2024
366170 Suleymanli, Aydin (2632) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2302) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 b5 9. Bc2 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qd2 Na5 15. b3 c5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. N1h2 Nc6 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Ng5 a5 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bd3 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bf1 a4 25. Nf3 Na5 26. Qc2 a3 27. Rd5 Nf6 28. Rxe5 Qc6 29. Nd4 Qc7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bg5 Nd7 32. Rb1 Nc5 33. Re1 Rb8 34. Bc1 Ncb3 35. Be3 Nxd4 36. Bxd4 Rb2 37. Qa4 Rxa2 38. e5 Rb2 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxe6 Rb1 41. Re8 Kf7 42. Ra8 Be7 43. Qe8+ Ke6 44. Ra6+ Kf5 45. Qf7+ Kg5 46. Be3+ 1-0
2024.06.02 24th Dubai Open A 2024
521894 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) Aliyev, Ravan (2352) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. Na4 Be7 8. c4 d6 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O h6 14. Rfd1 Bg5 15. Bg4 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc5 Re8 20. h3 Nd7 21. Qd6 Nf8 22. Na4 Re6 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Nc5 Ree8 25. Qb3 b6 26. Na4 Rab8 27. c5 b5 28. Nb6 Rbd8 29. Qa3 Ne6 30. Qxa6 Nxc5 31. Qa5 Ra8 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. Nxa8 Qb8 34. a4 bxa4 35. b4 axb3 36. Rdb1 Nxe4 37. Ra3 Nd2 38. Rb2 Qb4 39. Ra7 Qc3 40. Nb6 Qxb2 41. Nd7 h5 0-1
2024.06.01 24th Dubai Open A 2024
521868 Heinemann, Josefine (2303) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 Nf8 13. c4 Rc8 14. a3 Ng6 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. h3 Ne7 17. Qe2 b5 18. c5 Bc7 19. Qxh5 g6 20. Qf3 f5 21. h4 f4 22. Bxf4 Bg4 23. Qg3 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Nf5 25. Qg4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Bxg6 Ne2 29. Bf5 Nxc3+ 30. bxc3 Rc7 31. g4 Re5 32. h5 Kg7 33. Rd6 f6 34. f4 Rxc5 35. h6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. Rh6 Re7 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2
2024.05.31 24th Dubai Open A 2024
521825 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) Mendonca, Leon Luke (2640) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Nd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Bc2 a6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nd5 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Nde5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bb3 N6e5 20. f4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nxb6 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. cxb6 Qb5 24. Kh1 Qxb6 25. Qd2 Ra3 26. Rf3 Rfa8 27. Rbf1 Bf6 28. g4 Ra1 29. Qf4 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rf8 31. Ng3 Be5 32. Qe4 Qa6 33. Bc4 Qa3 34. Bd3 Qb2 35. Qf3 Qd4 36. Nf5 Qb2 37. Nxe7+ Kg7 38. Rf2 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qg5 40. Nc6 bxc6 41. dxc6 d5 42. b5 Bc7 43. Re2 Ra8 44. Rf2 Rf8 45. Re2 Qh4 46. h3 Qd8 47. Qe3 Qd6 48. Kf1 Qf6+ 49. Rf2 Qc3 50. Rc2 Qb4 51. Re2 Ra8 52. Kg2 Ra3 53. b6 Qxb6 54. Qxb6 Bxb6 55. Rb2 Bc7 56. Rb7 Be5 57. Bb5 Rg3+ 58. Kf2 Rxh3 59. Rd7 Rc3 60. Rxd5 f6 61. Ke2 Bf4 62. Rd4 Bh2 63. Rd5 Kh6 64. Kd2 Ra3 65. Rd7 Bf4+ 66. Kc2 Ra1 67. Bc4 Ra5 68. Rd5 Ra3 69. Rd7 Be5 70. Bb3 Ra5 71. Rd5 Ra7 72. Rd7 Ra5 73. Rd5 Ra6 74. Rc5 Ra7 75. Kd3 Re7 76. Kc4 Kg5 77. Bd1 Kf4 78. Rd5 Ra7 79. Rd7 Ra1 80. Bc2 Rc1 81. Kd3 Rh1 82. Re7 0-1
2024.05.30 24th Dubai Open A 2024
521804 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) Raes, A (2067) 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O-O c6 8. f3 b5 9. g4 a5 10. Nce2 a4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf4 Qd8 13. Ng3 b4 14. h4 b3 15. a3 bxc2 16. Rd2 Ba6 17. Nh3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nfd7 19. Nf5 Nb6 20. g5 Ra7 21. Re1 Nc4 22. Rxc2 Rb7 23. Rce2 Qb6 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. gxh6 f6 26. Rg2+ Rg7 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rg8+ 1-0
2024.05.29 24th Dubai Open A 2024
521763 Indjic, A (2603) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 Ne8 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. b4 Rbc8 19. Qa4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Nc5 22. Bf1 Qf4 23. Rc4 Qh6 24. Rd1 Qf8 25. e5 Nb5 26. Rdc1 Rc7 27. exd6 Rxd6 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rcc1 Rdc8 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Qd6 32. Ng5 h6 33. Qb6 Qd7 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Ne4 R5c6 36. Qd4 Rd6 37. Qb4 Rdc6 38. Qa4 Rd8 39. Qd4 Rd6 40. g4 Qe7 41. Nxd6 Qxd6 42. Re1 Kh7 43. Re5 Qf6 44. Qe4 Rd7 45. Qd4 Re7 46. f4 Rc7 47. d6 Rc1+ 48. Kg2 Qh4 49. Qd2 Ra1 50. d7 Ra3 51. Re3 Rxe3 52. Qxe3 Qf6 53. Qd2 Qd8 54. Qd6 Kg8 55. h4 Kh7 56. g5 h5 57. Qd5 Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kh7 59. Qe8 Qc7 60. Qxf7+ 1-0
2024.05.28 24th Dubai Open A 2024
521742 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) Khalifa Essa, Albalooshi (2135) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 dxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. c4 Qd6 14. d4 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Qd7 16. Re1 Be7 17. Ba3 O-O 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rac8 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Ng3 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nf5 Rc7 24. Re7 Rfc8 25. Nd6 Ne6 26. Rcxc7 Rxc7 27. Re8+ Nf8 28. g3 f6 29. Ra8 Rd7 30. Nc8 Kf7 31. Rxa7 Ne6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. Nxb7 Kd7 35. Na5 Nd4 36. b6 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. a3 Nb5 39. Nc4 Nc3 40. Kf3 Kc6 41. Ke3 Na4 42. Kd4 Nc5 43. f3 Na4 44. h4 Nc5 45. g4 h6 46. h5 Ne6+ 47. Ke4 Ng5+ 48. Kf4 Ne6+ 49. Kf5 Nd4+ 50. Ke4 Ne6 51. a4 Ng5+ 52. Kf4 Ne6+ 53. Kf5 Nd4+ 54. Ke4 1-0
2024.05.27 24th Dubai Open A 2024
531216 Pang, Tao (2496) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. gxf3 Bg7 12. Qc6 Qb8 13. a5 O-O 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Qa4 c4 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Ra3 Qb4 18. O-O Nfd7 19. Na2 Qb7 20. Bxc4 Ne5 21. Rc3 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Nb3 23. Qd3 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Rc8 25. Qa4 Nd4 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Be3 Nc2 28. Bf4 Qf6 29. Rc1 Ne1+ 30. Kf1 Rxc1 1-0
2024.05.26 24th Dubai Open A 2024
531200 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) Ali, Abdulaziz (1995) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Re8 8. h3 h6 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. g4 Qf6 11. Kg2 Nf4+ 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. e5 Rxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Bd2 Qxb2 17. Bxf4 Qxc2 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Rfc1 Qb2 20. Qf4 Qa3 21. Rab1 Be6 22. Rxb7 Qxd3 23. Qe3 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Qxa2 25. Rcb1 Qc2 26. Qf4 Bd5 27. R7b2 Qe4 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kh7 30. Qxe4+ Bxe4 31. Ra8 c5 32. Rxa7 f6 33. Kh2 c4 34. Rc7 d5 35. Kg3 Bd3 36. Rd7 Kg6 37. Rxd5 Be4 38. Rc5 Bd3 39. f4 Kh7 40. f5 h5 41. gxh5 Kh6 42. Kh4 c3 43. Rxc3 Bxf5 44. Rc5 Be4 45. Rc8 Kh7 46. Kg4 Bd3 47. Re8 Bb5 48. Rb8 Be2+ 49. Kh4 Bf3 50. Rb3 Be2 51. Re3 Bd1 52. Re1 Bf3 53. Rc1 Be2 54. Rc2 Bf3 55. Rc3 Be2 56. Rc5 Kh6 57. Ra5 Bf3 58. Rb5 Be2 59. Rc5 Bf3 60. Rc8 Kh7 61. Rd8 Be2 62. Rd4 Kh6 63. Rd5 Bf3 64. Rc5 Be2 65. Ra5 Bf3 66. Rb5 Be2 67. Rd5 Bf3 68. Rd8 Kh7 69. Rf8 Be2 70. h6 Kxh6 71. Kg3 Bd3 72. Kf4 Bc2 73. Rc8 Bd3 74. Re8 Bc2 75. Re2 Bd3 76. Rd2 Bb1 77. Rg2 Bd3 78. Ke3 Bf5 79. Rf2 Bb1 80. Rf1 Bc2 81. Rc1 Bf5 82. Rg1 Bc2 83. Kd4 Bf5 84. h4 g5 85. hxg5+ fxg5 86. Ke5 Bh7 87. Kf6 Bg6 88. Rxg5 Bf7 89. Rg2 1-0
2024.05.25 24th Dubai Open A 2024
531146 Li, Di (2563) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 f5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3 Kf7 11. g4 Ngf6 12. gxf5 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Nxe5 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Bd4 Nd6 18. Nc3 Nxf5 19. Bxf6 Kxf6 20. Nxd5+ Kg5 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Nc3 Rhd8 23. Rd5 Be7 24. Rb5 a6 25. Rxb7 Rab8 26. Rc1 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 a5 28. e3 Kh4 29. Be4 Nd6 30. Bg2 Bf6 31. Nd5 Bxb2 32. Rc5 a4 33. Nf4 g5 34. Bf3 Ne4 35. Kh2 1-0
2024.05.22 7th Sharjah Challengers
531829 Abdulrahim, Salem (1824) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Bg2 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bd8 13. Nf1 Qc5 14. Ne3 Ba5 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 g6 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. b3 a5 22. c4 a4 23. b4 Qd4 24. Qc2 Nxc4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qb6 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Rc1 Ng4 30. Rc6 Qxb4 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. Bf3 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Nxe3+ 34. Kh3 Rf1 35. Be4 f5 36. Bd3 Rd1 37. Be2 Rd2 38. Ba6 Ng4 39. Kh4 Rxh2+ 40. Kg5 Rh5# 0-1
2024.05.21 7th Sharjah Challengers
531817 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) Mukund Hemant Agarwal (2090) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O e5 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bc4 Qe4 17. Qb1 Qc6 18. Qb2 Bxc4 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Qa1 Rb4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxe5 Bd6 24. Qa5 Bc7 25. Qxa7 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qxf1 27. a4 Qa1 28. a5 Qe5+ 29. f4 Qe4 30. a6 Re8 31. Bf2 Ra8 32. Qc7 h6 33. a7 Re8 34. Bc5 Qa8 35. Bd6 Re2 36. Qb8+ Re8 37. Qxa8 Rxa8 38. Bb8 f5 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 g6 43. g4 Kc5 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Ke2 Kd5 47. Ke3 Kc4 48. h4 fxg4 49. h5 gxh5 50. f5 Kd5 51. Kf4 Kc6 52. f6 Kd7 53. Kf5 g3 54. f7 Ke7 55. Kg6 g2 56. Bh2 Rxa7 57. Bd6+ Ke6 58. f8=Q g1=Q+ 59. Kxh6 Qg7+ 60. Kxh5 Qh7+ 61. Kg4 Rg7+ 62. Kf3 Rf7+ 0-1
2024.05.20 7th Sharjah Challengers
538350 Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (2177) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Nb5 Rac8 14. Nbd4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Rcd8 20. Qe1 Qxb2 21. Nb3 b6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23. Raxc1 Nb4 24. a3 Rd3 25. axb4 Rxb3 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Rxe4 Kf7 28. h3 Rbd3 29. Rc4 R8d7 30. Kh2 b5 31. Rc5 R3d5 32. Rc6 Be7 33. f4 g4 34. hxg4 Bxb4 35. f5 exf5 36. e4 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. gxf5 a5 39. Rb6 Rf1 40. Rxb5 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kg5 42. Rg6+ Kh5 43. Be5 1-0
2024.05.19 7th Sharjah Challengers
538338 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) Abdulkarimli, Eljan (2067) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Qd2 Bf5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. f3 Bxf4 8. Qxf4 Bxc2 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nxc7+ Nxc7 12. Qxc7 Rc8 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rxc8+ Kxc8 16. Bd3 Kc7 17. Ne2 Kd6 18. Kd2 Rc8 19. g4 h6 20. Rg1 Nc6 21. h4 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 a5 24. Rb1 h5 25. Rg1 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rh8 27. h5 b5 28. Nd1 g6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rg2 b4 31. Ne3 Rh3 32. Ke2 Be6 33. Kf2 Bd7 34. Rg3 Rh2+ 35. Rg2 Rh3 36. a3 b3 37. Rg3 Rh1 38. Rg1 Rh2+ 39. Rg2 Rh3 40. Ke2 Be6 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. g5 Rf3 43. Re2 Kd6 44. Kc3 a4 45. Kb4 Bd7 46. Nd1 Rd3 47. Nc3 Rxd4+ 48. Ka5 Rg4 49. Rd2 Bc6 50. Kb6 Ba8 51. Nb5+ Kd7 52. Rh2 Rxg5 53. Rh7+ Ke6 54. Nc7+ Ke5 55. Nxa8 Rg2 56. Kb5 Rxb2 57. Kxa4 g5 58. Nb6 g4 59. Rg7 Rg2 60. Kxb3 Rg1 61. a4 Rb1+ 62. Kc2 Rxb6 63. Rxg4 Rc6+ 64. Kd3 Rc1 65. Rg5+ Kd6 66. a5 Ra1 67. a6 Kc5 1/2-1/2
2024.05.18 7th Sharjah Challengers
538326 Romany, Joy (1975) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2380) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Qc2 Rh5 15. h4 Ng4 16. Bg5 Rxg5 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. e3 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Ne5 21. Qe4 Bg4 22. Rec1 f5 23. Qc2 Nf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Ke1 Bxc3+ 0-1
2023.08.15 IV Mohammed VI Masters
844140 Hamdouchi, H (2526) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2359) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5 9. a4 a5 10. Ne1 Qc7 11. Nd3 Ng6 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 c5 14. Nbxc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qe2 Qc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Bd2 Ke7 20. Rae1 Rhd8 21. Bc3 Nf4 22. Re4 Nd5 23. h4 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rac8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. f4 Rd2 27. fxg5 Rg8 28. Ref4 Rxg5 29. Rxf7+ Ke8 30. R7f2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxe5 32. Rf4 Rc5 33. g4 Kd7 34. Kf2 Rc8 35. Rf7+ Kc6 36. Re7 b5 37. Rxe6+ Kb7 38. Re5 bxa4 39. Rxa5 Ra8 40. Rxa8 Kxa8 41. g5 a3 42. g6 a2 43. g7 a1=Q 44. g8=Q+ Kb7 45. Qxc4 Qh1 46. Qg4 Kb6 47. Ke2 Qh2+ 48. Kd3 Qh1 49. Qd4+ Kc7 50. Kc4 Qf1+ 51. Qd3 Qa1 52. Qh7+ Kc6 53. Qg6+ Kc7 54. Qf7+ Kc6 55. Qd5+ Kc7 56. Kb5 Qb1+ 57. Qb3 Qh1 58. Qf7+ Kd6 59. Qf4+ Kd7 60. Qd4+ Kc7 61. Qc5+ Kd7 62. Kb6 Qh6+ 63. Ka5 Qh1 1-0
2023.08.15 IV Mohammed VI Masters
844182 Le Roux, JP (2490) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2359) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. fxe4 e5 10. c3 Qc7 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nbd7 15. b4 Ng4 16. Ke2 Nge5 17. Na3 Bd6 18. h4 Ke7 19. Rhd1 f6 20. Rd2 Rhd8 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Bh3 Nec4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Rd4 b5 25. b3 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd7+ Rxd7 28. Rxd7+ Kf8 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb8 31. Rxa7 Rxb4 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7+ Kd6 34. Rxg7 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Bxg3 38. h5 g5 39. Kg1 Rh2 40. Bg4 Ke5 41. Rf7 c5 42. Bf3 Bf4 43. Rd7 Rh4 44. Rd5+ Ke6 45. Rf5 Be5 46. Kg2 g4 47. Be2 Rh2+ 48. Kf1 g3 49. Bg4 Ke7 50. h6 g2+ 51. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1
2023.08.14 IV Mohammed VI Masters
844106 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2359) Matviishen, Viktor (2550) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Na4 exd4 14. Re1 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf1 Ng6 18. g3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa6 Qd7 23. Nb6 Bxb6 24. cxb6 Bxh3 25. Bb4 Nh4 26. Bxf8 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Bxf1 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qxf1 Qd5 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rc7 Rxb6 32. Qh3 h5 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7 c5 35. a4 Ne5 36. Rd5 Nd3 37. a5 Ra6 38. Kg1 h4 39. gxh4 Ke6 40. Rh5 Ra8 41. a6 c4 42. a7 c3 43. Ra6+ Kf7 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rb7 c2 46. Rc6 1-0
2023.06.04 23rd Dubai Open 2023
936382 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) Winkelman, Albert (2227) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Nh4 b5 15. Ne3 g6 16. Nhg2 Bf8 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 Nb6 19. a5 Nc8 20. Qf3 Nd6 21. f6 Bf8 22. Ng4 Nf5 23. Nh4 Nd4 24. Qe3 Re6 25. Rf2 h5 26. Qg5 Kh7 27. Nxe5 Qe8 28. Nef3 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bh6 30. Qxc5 Rd8 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Qxc7 Ba8 33. Qc3 Rdd6 34. Bc1 Rc6 35. Qa1 Rxf6 36. Bxh6 Kxh6 37. Ref1 Bb7 38. Qe5 Rce6 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40. Qd2 Kg8 41. Qh6 Rxf3 42. Rxf3 Re7 43. Rf6 Bc8 44. Qf4 Be6 45. Qd6 Bc8 46. Qc6 Bd7 47. Qxa6 h4 48. Qd6 h3 49. Qf4 Be6 50. Qh6 Qc8 51. b4 Rc7 52. Rxe6 Qxe6 53. Qd2 Rc6 54. Qf2 Qd7 55. Ra1 Qc8 56. Ra2 Qe6 57. Ra1 Qe5 58. Rf1 Qc7 59. c4 bxc4 60. b5 Rd6 61. b6 Qd7 62. a6 f5 63. b7 Qb5 64. dxc4 Qb4 65. exf5 Rf6 66. Qd4 Rf8 67. f6 Qb3 68. a7 Qxb7 69. Qd5+ Qxd5 70. cxd5 Ra8 71. Ra1 Kf7 72. Ra6 g5 73. g4 Ke8 1-0
2023.06.03 23rd Dubai Open 2023
936336 Mchedlishvili, M (2553) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 d6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 Bg7 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Ra3 Kh8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rb1 Bh6 22. b4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rab3 Ra8 26. Rxb5 Ra1+ 27. Rb1 Qa7 28. Qc2 Ra8 29. g3 Ra2 30. R5b2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Qc5 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rb3 Qc7 34. Qe2 Rb8 35. Qa2 Rf8 36. Ra3 Qf7 37. Nh2 d5 38. Ra7 Qf6 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40. Qxa8+ Qf8 41. Qc6 dxe4 42. Qxe4 Bg7 43. Nf3 Qb8 44. Qc6 Qg8 45. Ng5 e4 46. dxe4 1-0
2023.06.02 23rd Dubai Open 2023
936305 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) Panda, Sambit (2436) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. O-O Qc7 11. g3 h5 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Ng5 h4 14. Qf3 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Be3 a6 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. c4 Nb4 19. Be2 dxc4 20. Rac1 Kb8 21. Bxc4 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bf4 Ka7 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qg4 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Kg2 hxg3 29. hxg3 Kb8 30. Kf3 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Kxc8 32. Kf4 Rc7 33. Kf5 Rc2 34. f4 Rxb2 35. Kg6 Rxa2 36. Kxg7 Ra3 37. Rg1 Rd3 38. Kxf6 Rxd4 39. Ke5 Re4+ 40. Kxd5 Re2 41. g4 Kd7 42. Rh1 b5 43. Rh7+ Ke8 44. Ra7 b4 45. Rxa6 Kf7 46. Rb6 Rb2 47. Ke5 b3 48. Kf5 Rb1 49. Rb7+ Ke8 50. g5 b2 51. g6 Kd8 52. g7 Rg1 53. Ke4 1-0
2023.06.01 23rd Dubai Open 2023
936259 Tiglon, Bryce (2494) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Ne1 h5 9. f4 c5 10. Nc2 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Nh4 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Bd1 Be7 15. Qf2 b5 16. Bc2 g6 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nf3 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Bd2 O-O-O 21. g3 Rdf8 22. Qe2 Nb8 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Kg2 Nd8 25. Be1 Rfg8 26. Qd2 f6 27. Bf2 Nf7 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Rde1 Re8 30. h3 Rhg8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 N5d6 33. Ng5 Nxg5 34. fxg5 Bd8 35. Bg3 Qc6 36. Be5 Ne4 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Qe3 Rgf8 39. Bf6 Bc7 40. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Kd7 42. Rh1 Rf7 43. Rhe1 Rff8 44. R4e2 Bd6 45. Re3 Bf4 46. Rf3 Bd6 47. Rh3 Rf7 48. Rh6 Rg8 49. Reh1 Kc6 50. Rh8 Rxh8 51. Rxh8 Kd5 52. Rd8 Kc6 53. Rg8 Rh7 54. Rxg6 Rh2+ 55. Kf3 Rxb2 56. Rh6 b4 57. cxb4 Kd5 58. g6 Rb3+ 59. Kf2 Ke4 60. g7 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Rb1+ 62. Ke2 Rb2+ 63. Kd1 Bf4 64. Rh3 c3 65. Rxc3 Rd2+ 66. Ke1 Ra2 67. g8=Q Bd2+ 68. Kd1 1-0
2023.05.31 23rd Dubai Open 2023
936215 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) Lalith, B (2529) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Bxd5 Nc6 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. e4 Bb7 18. f4 d6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd6 Re6 21. e5 Qe7 22. Rfe1 f6 23. Nf5 Qe8 24. Rd6 fxe5 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Rxe5 Qxc4 27. Nd6 Qg8 28. Qd2 Qf8 29. Qd3 Qf6 30. Ne4 Rd8 31. Qe2 Qg6 32. Re7 Re8 33. Ng5 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Rxe7 35. Qxe7 Qc2+ 36. Qe2 Qxc3 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Ne5 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Bd5 40. Qg4 Qa1+ 41. Kf2 Qxa2+ 42. Ke3 Qb3+ 43. Nd3 Be6 44. Qh4 Bf5 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+ Kg6 47. Qc6+ Kh5 48. g4+ Bxg4 49. Qe8+ g6 50. Qd8 h6 51. Kd2 Qd1+ 52. Kc3 Bf5 0-1
2023.05.30 23rd Dubai Open 2023
936184 Sibashvili, G (2408) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) 0-1
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 h5 7. d3 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qg5 10. dxe4 Nf6 11. c3 Be7 12. f4 Qg6 13. e5 Ne4 14. b4 Bh4+ 15. g3 Bxg3+ 16. hxg3 Nxg3 17. Rg1 Bxe2 18. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kxe2 Qg2+ 20. Kd3 Qg6+ 21. e4 O-O-O 22. Qf3 h4 23. Rh1 Qa6+ 24. Ke3 Qxa2 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qg4+ Kb8 27. Rxh4 Rhd8 28. Qxg7 a5 29. bxa5 c5 30. Nf3 cxd4+ 31. cxd4 Rxa5 32. f5 Ra3+ 33. Kf4 Qf2 34. Rh3 Rxd4+ 35. Kg5 Qg2+ 36. Kf6 Ra6+ 37. e6 Rxe6+ 38. fxe6 Rf4+ 39. Ke5 Qxg7+ 40. Kxf4 Qf6+ 41. Kg3 fxe6 42. Rh5 Qg6+ 43. Rg5 Qd3 44. Re5 Qd6 45. Kf4 b5 46. Ke4 Qc6+ 47. Ke3 Qc3+ 48. Ke4 Qc6+ 49. Ke3 Qc3+ 50. Ke4 Qc2+ 51. Ke3 Qc1+ 52. Ke4 Qb1+ 53. Ke3 b4 54. Nd4 Kc7 55. Rxe6 b3 56. Nb5+ Kd7 57. Rd6+ Ke7 58. Rd2 b2 59. Nc3 Qg1+ 60. Kd3 b1=Q+ 61. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 62. Kc3 Ke6 63. Rb2 Qa1 64. Kb3 Kd5 65. Ra2 Qb1+ 66. Rb2 Qd3+ 67. Ka2 Kc4 68. Ka1 Qd1+ 69. Ka2 Qa4+ 70. Kb1 Kc3 71. Rb8 Qd1+ 72. Ka2 Qe2+ 73. Kb1 Qf1+ 74. Ka2 Qf2+ 75. Kb1 Qg1+ 76. Ka2 Qh2+ 0-1
2023.05.29 23rd Dubai Open 2023
944194 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) Ali, L (2224) 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. f4 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a4 Ne8 13. Ndf3 f5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. b4 Nc8 18. a5 Be7 19. Ne5 Qd8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Kh1 Ne4 22. Rg1 Bd6 23. Rg2 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rf7 25. Rag1 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 f4 27. g5 g6 28. Rf2 Ref8 29. Rf3 Nb5 30. Rg4 Qc7 31. Bf1 Qc6 32. h4 Na3 33. h5 Nc4 34. Qh2 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Nd2 36. g6 Nxf3 37. gxf7+ Kh8 38. Rg8+ Rxg8 39. fxg8=R+ Kxg8 40. Qxf3 Qc7 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Qxf4 Qg7 43. Bh3 1-0
2023.05.28 23rd Dubai Open 2023
944149 Sandipan, C (2460) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rab8 14. Rc1 b5 15. b4 Rfc8 16. a3 a5 17. Qd2 h6 18. h3 axb4 19. axb4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nh2 Ne7 22. Rxe4 Nd5 23. Re5 f6 24. Rxe6 Qf4 25. Qb2 Nxb4 26. Qb3 Rc4 27. Rce1 Nd3 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Ng4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qb2 32. Qxb2 Nxb2 33. Rb8 Rxc3 34. Rxb5 Nd3 35. Rb7+ Kg6 36. f3 h5 37. Ne3 Nf4 38. Re7 h4 39. Re4 Ne2 40. Nd5 Rd3 41. Rxe2 Rxd4 42. Ne7+ Kg5 43. Re4 Rxe4 44. fxe4 Kf4 45. Ng6+ Kg5 46. Nf8 Kf4 47. Ne6+ Kxe4 48. Nxg7 Kf4 49. Kg1 Kg3 1-0
2023.05.28 23rd Dubai Open 2023
944155 Anuj, Shrivatri (2404) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. d4 Nb6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e3 c6 11. Qd3 g6 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. b3 O-O 14. O-O Qa3 15. Qd2 a5 16. Qc1 Qxc1 17. Raxc1 a4 18. c4 axb3 19. axb3 Rfd8 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rc5 b6 24. Rb5 Rd6 25. Bxd5 Ra5 26. Bc4 Rxb5 27. Bxb5 Be7 28. Ra1 Kg7 29. Ra7 Kf8 30. Rb7 Bf6 31. Kf1 Be7 32. Bc4 Rf6 33. Ke2 h5 34. f3 Rd6 35. Kd3 Rf6 36. Bd5 g5 37. h3 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Ke2 Rh6 40. fxg4 fxg4 41. e4 Rh2+ 42. Ke3 Bg5+ 43. Kd3 Be7 44. e5 Rh3 45. Bc4 Rxg3+ 46. Ke4 Rg1 47. d5 b5 48. d6 bxc4 49. Rb8+ Bd8 50. Rxd8+ Kg7 51. bxc4 Re1+ 52. Kf4 g3 53. Kxg3 Rxe5 54. d7 Re3+ 55. Kf4 Rd3 56. c5 1-0
2023.05.27 23rd Dubai Open 2023
944105 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) Kacharava, Nikolozi (2550) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bf8 16. Rc2 Qb6 17. Qa1 a5 18. Bf5 Rcd8 19. Rd1 g6 20. Bh3 h5 21. Qc1 Ng4 22. Qd2 Ndf6 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Ne1 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Nd3 Qb5 27. Rc4 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Ra4 Qc6 30. Qg5 Rd5 31. Qc1 Rc5 32. Rc4 Re2 33. Nf4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Bh6 35. f3 Rxg2+ 36. Nxg2 Bxc1 37. Bxc1 Qxf3 38. Rd2 Qc3 0-1
2023.05.22 6th Sharjah Challengers
945128 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2344) Haznedaroglu, K (2418) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 O-O 8. h3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd5 17. Rac1 a5 18. Nd3 b4 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 d5 22. Qe5 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qd7 24. Rc7 Qa4 25. Rfc1 Qxa3 26. R1c3 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qb1 28. Rg3 g6 29. h4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Ra3 Rfe8 32. Rc5 Re2 33. Kg3 a4 34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. Ra5 Rb3+ 36. Rxb3 axb3 37. Rb5 b2 38. Kf3 Rc2 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. Rb7 Ke8 41. g3 Kd8 42. d5 Kc8 43. Rb3 Kd7 44. Kd4 Rxf2 45. Ke5 Re2+ 46. Kf6 Kd6 47. Rb5 Rg2 48. Kxf7 Rxg3 49. Rxb2 Kxd5 50. h5 gxh5 51. Re2 h4 52. Kf6 h3 53. Kxf5 h5 54. Rd2+ Kc4 55. Ke4 Rg2 56. Rd4+ Kc5 57. Rd5+ Kc6 58. Rxh5 h2 59. Kf5 Kd6 60. Kf6 Rf2 61. f5 Kd5 62. Rh4 Kd6 63. Rd4+ Kc5 64. Rh4 Kd6 1/2-1/2
2023.03.18 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009301 Rouda Essa, Alserkal (1762) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. e4 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. Be2 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb1 Be4 15. Rb3 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qf6 17. g3 g5 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Nd2 a5 21. c4 a4 22. Rb1 Rab8 23. c5 Be7 24. Bb2 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Rb1 Qe5 28. Nc4 Qxc5 29. Ne5 Qxe5 30. Bd1 Rd8 31. Bc2 Rxd3 0-1
2023.03.18 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009342 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Mahad Dahir Muhumad (1719) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Be3 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. Rae1 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Re8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. f5 e5 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Bh6 Kh8 24. Bxg7+ Bxg7 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Nf5 Qe6 27. Qh5 Rg8 28. Ng3 Rg6 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kh8 31. Ref2 Bg5 32. Ng3 Bf4 33. Ne2 Ne3 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Rg1 Nxg2 36. Rfxg2 Bxg2+ 37. Rxg2 Qe1+ 1-0
2023.03.18 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009383 Hamdouchi, H (2526) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bb5 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. e4 Qb7 18. h4 a5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Rc2 Bf8 21. a3 Nf6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Rdc1 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qb6 25. Qc3 Ra8 26. Bf3 Ne8 27. Qc6 Qa7 28. h5 Ng7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bc7 Nf5 31. Bb6 Qb8 32. Be2 Bg7 33. Rd1 Ne7 34. Qc7 Qxc7 35. Bxc7 Nc6 36. Rc1 Nxd4 37. Bd3 Nf5 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Bd4 40. b5 Rc8 41. Rc2 Ne7 42. b6 Bxb6 43. Bxb6 Rxc2 44. Bxc2 Kg7 45. Kg2 f6 46. Kf3 Nc6 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Bc5 Ne5 49. Bd3 Nd7 50. Bd4 g5 51. Bb5 Nf8 52. Bd3 Nd7 53. f3 e5 54. Ba7 Ke6 55. g4 Kd6 56. Bf5 e4 57. Bxd7 Kxd7 58. fxe4 dxe4 59. Ke3 Ke6 60. Kxe4 Ke7 61. Kf5 Kf7 62. Bd4 Kg7 63. Bxf6+ Kh7 64. Bxg5 Kg7 65. Bc1 Kh7 66. g5 Kg8 67. g6 Kh8 68. Bb2+ Kg8 69. Kg5 Kf8 70. Kh6 Kg8 71. g7 1/2-1/2
2023.03.18 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009427 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Ayyad, M (2093) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nb4 7. O-O Nxd3 8. Qxd3 d6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 Bb7 15. Bf4 d5 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Be5 Rfd8 18. a5 b5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rf4 Kh8 21. Rh4 Rg8 22. Nxd5 Rad8 23. Nf4 Qxf5 24. Nd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bc5 26. Qd3 Be4 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. Rd2 Bf5 29. Qg3 Be3 30. Qxe3 Qxh4 31. g3 Qg4 32. Qc3 Be4+ 33. Ng2 Kg7 34. Qd4 Re8 35. Kg1 Qg5 36. Re2 Qc1+ 37. Ne1 Bc6 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. Kf2 Bc6 40. Qg4+ Qg5 41. Qxg5+ fxg5 42. Nd3 Be4 43. Nc5 Bxc2 44. Nxa6 Kf6 45. Nc7 b4 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. a6 f5 48. a7 f4+ 49. gxf4+ gxf4+ 50. Kf2 Be4 51. a8=Q Bxa8 52. Nxa8 Kd4 53. Nc7 Kd3 54. Nd5 b3 55. Nb6 Ke4 56. Na4 f3 57. Nc5+ 1-0
2023.03.17 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009069 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Khayat, Emad (1730) 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Rfb8 16. Na3 h6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rfb1 Qc7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Qe1 Bd8 21. Nc2 Nb7 22. b4 Be8 23. Ra3 Nd7 24. Rba1 Qb6 25. Ne3 a5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Qc7 28. bxa5 Nbc5 29. Bf1 Nb8 30. Nb6 Nba6 31. Nxc8 Qxc8 32. Bc3 Qb7 33. Nd2 f6 34. Nc4 Qd7 35. Nb6 1-0
2023.03.17 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009116 Al Habeeb, Emad (1854) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Re8 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. h3 Be6 14. Nh4 Bc4 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. Qd2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 g6 19. Nxh6+ Kh7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qd6 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. c4 b6 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Qc3 Nc5 27. Rd5 Nxb3 28. Qxb3 c6 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qc3 Rd4 32. b3 a5 33. Qe3 c5 34. Be2 Qb7 35. f3 Qd7 36. f4 Rd2 37. fxe5 Qd4 38. Qf3 Qxe5 39. Kh3 Qb2 1-0
2023.03.17 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009150 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Hesham, A (2412) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 e5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. d5 c4 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. b4 Ncd7 16. c4 Nb6 17. Bd3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Bd8 21. Bd2 Qb8 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Bb6 25. h3 Rc2 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Ra1 h6 28. Ra6 Rb2 29. Nh2 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bb6 31. Nf1 Kh7 32. Kh2 Qb7 33. b5 Nd7 34. Qf3 Nf6 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Bxh6 Rf2 37. Qg5 g6 38. Ng3 Rf4 39. Nf5 Nxe4 40. Qe7 Qc8 41. Bxf4 Qxf5 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Qh4+ Qh5 44. Qxh5+ gxh5 45. Rb8 Bf2 46. b6 exf4 47. b7 Bg3+ 48. Kh1 f3 49. gxf3 Nc5 50. Rh8+ Kxh8 51. b8=Q+ Kg7 52. Qd8 h4 53. Kg2 Nd3 54. Qg5+ Kf8 55. Qh6+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Kf8 57. Qf5 Nf4+ 58. Kf1 Kg7 59. Qg5+ Ng6 60. Ke2 Bf4 61. Qg4 Kf8 62. Qf5 Kg7 63. Kd3 Bg3 64. Kc4 Bf4 65. Kb5 Bg3 66. Kb6 Bf4 67. Kc7 Bg3 68. Kd8 Ne5 69. Ke8 Kh6 70. Qf6+ Kh7 71. f4 1/2-1/2
2023.03.17 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009193 El Gindy, E (2407) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nf6 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Be6 17. Rfc1 Bd5 18. Nc4 Rfe8 19. h3 Nd7 20. Na5 Re6 21. Kf1 Ne5 22. Rc3 Ng6 23. Rac1 Nh4 24. f3 Rg6 25. Nxc6 Kf8 26. Bc5+ Ke8 27. Re1+ Re6 28. Rxe6+ fxe6 29. Bf2 Ng6 30. Nxa7 Bxa2 31. b4 Ne5 32. b5 Bc4+ 33. Kg1 Bd5 34. Rc7 Nd7 35. Bd4 g6 36. b6 Rb8 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. Rxc6 Ke7 39. Kh2 Rb7 40. Rc7 Rb8 41. Rc6 Rb7 42. Kg3 e5 43. Be3 Nf6 44. Bg5 1-0
2023.03.17 Riyadh Calendar Chess
1009250 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Koniahli, Malek. (2254) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 Bb6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 g5 11. Nh2 g4 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 0-1
2023.03.05 Arab Championship 2023
1021851 Hesham, A (2412) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. a3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Na4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Bg2 h5 13. O-O h4 14. Nc3 h3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Qe3 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxb2 24. Rd4 Rc8 25. f4 Nc4 26. Ng5 b5 27. Rd7 a5 28. Nxe6 Nxa3 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. f5 b4 31. f6 Nc4 32. Rg5 Nd6 33. Rxa5 b3 34. f7 Nxf7 35. Rb5 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 37. Kf3 Nd6 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Kg4 Nc4 40. Rb7+ Kh8 41. Nf4 b2 42. Nd3 Rh1 43. Nxb2 Nxb2 44. Rxb2 Rxh2 45. Kf3 Rh1 46. Rb4 Kg7 47. Rh4 Kg6 48. e4 Kf6 49. Kg4 h2 50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Re1 52. Kxh2 Re2+ 53. Kh3 Kg5 54. Rg4+ Kh5 55. Rf4 Kg5 56. Rh4 Kg6 57. Rg4+ Kh5 58. Rf4 Kg5 59. Rf5+ Kg6 60. Re5 Kf6 61. Rf5+ Kg6 62. Re5 Kf6 63. Re8 Kf7 64. Re5 1/2-1/2
2023.03.04 Arab Championship 2023
1021835 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram (2142) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bd3 c5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Ne5 Be7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qd5 17. f4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nxf7 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rg8 21. f5 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 g4 23. fxe6 Qd5 24. Rf5 Qc6 25. Raf1 Rg6 26. Ne5 Rxe6 27. Rf8+ Bxf8 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Nxc6+ Bxc6 30. Rf7+ Kd6 31. Qd2+ Kc5 32. Qf2+ 1-0
2023.03.03 Arab Championship 2023
1021819 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Aziz, Husain (2329) 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Qd6 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Bxc6 Qxd2 15. Nexd2 Nxc6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. Nb3 f6 18. h3 a5 19. a4 Be6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Nb3 Ra6 22. Ra3 Kf7 23. Nc5 Rb6 24. Nd3 Bf5 25. Nf4 Rd7 26. d5 Ne7 27. Rac3 g5 28. Nh5 Nxd5 29. Rc5 Bg6 30. Ng3 Rxb2 31. Rxa5 Nf4 32. Ra7 h5 33. h4 g4 34. Nh2 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Bxb1 36. Rxb7 Rd1+ 37. Nhf1 Bd3 38. Rxc7+ Kg6 39. Rd7 Ra1 40. Rd4 Ne2+ 41. Nxe2 Bxe2 42. Kh2 Bxf1 43. Kg3 Ra3+ 44. Kh2 Bd3 45. Rd5 Be4 46. Ra5 Bc6 47. Ra6 Bxa4 48. Ra8 Ra2 49. Kg3 Bb3 50. Rb8 Bd5 51. Rd8 Ra3+ 52. Kh2 Be4 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Re8 Ba8 55. Re7+ Kg6 56. Re8 g3+ 57. fxg3 Ra2 58. Re3 Rxg2+ 59. Kh3 Rg1 60. g4 hxg4+ 0-1
2023.03.02 Arab Championship 2023
1021786 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Koniahli, Malek. (2254) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 e5 10. Be3 Nh5 11. g3 g6 12. h4 Bc8 13. Nh2 a5 14. Be2 Nhf6 15. b4 Ne8 16. h5 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qc1 Qxc1+ 19. Rxc1 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 21. Kd2 Ndf6 22. Ra1 Rb3 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rhb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Kg7 26. Ra1 Rh8 27. Nf1 Rh1 28. Bf3 Rh6 29. Ne3 Rh2 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. Ra7 Bd7 32. c5 bxc5 33. bxc5 c6 34. dxc6 Bxc6 35. Ra6 Bb7 36. Rb6 Bc8 37. c6 Nc7 38. Ned5 Nfxd5 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. exd5 Kf8 41. Rb8 Ke7 42. Ke3 Kd8 43. Be2 Kc7 44. Ra8 f5 45. Ba6 f4+ 46. gxf4 Rh3+ 47. f3 exf4+ 48. Kxf4 Bf5 49. Be2 Rh4+ 50. Ke3 Bc8 51. Ra7+ Kb6 52. Ra8 Kc7 53. Bd3 Rh5 54. Kd4 Rh4+ 55. Be4 g5 56. Ra7+ Kb6 57. Ra8 Kc7 58. Ra7+ Kb6 59. Rg7 g4 60. f4 Rh2 61. Rg8 Kc7 62. Rg7+ Kb6 63. Rg8 Kc7 64. f5 Rf2 65. Ke3 Rf1 66. Rxg4 Bxf5 67. Rg7+ Kb6 68. Rb7+ Ka6 69. Bf3 Rc1 70. Be2+ Ka5 71. Rb5+ Ka4 72. Rb8 Ka5 73. Rb5+ Ka4 74. Rb8 Ka5 75. Rd8 Kb6 76. Rxd6 Kc7 77. Rf6 Bh3 78. Bf3 Rc3+ 79. Kd4 Rc2 80. Rf7+ Kd6 81. Rf6+ Kc7 82. Be4 Rc1 83. Rf7+ Kd6 84. Rf6+ Kc7 85. Rh6 Bg4 86. Rh4 Bc8 87. Ke5 Kb6 88. Rh8 Bg4 89. Kd6 Re1 90. Rb8+ Ka7 91. Rb4 Ka6 92. Bd3+ 1-0
2023.03.02 Arab Championship 2023
1021803 Ahmed, Abdu (2196) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 0-1
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. a3 Qa6 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Qc3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nb6 16. b3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 b5 18. cxb5 Qb6 19. Bf4 O-O 20. Rfc1 c5 21. a4 cxd4 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bb4 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Qb7 28. Nc4 Qc7 29. Qb3 Qc5 30. a5 d3 31. Nd2 Qxe5 32. Qxd3 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa5 34. Ne4 Qc7 35. Ng5 Qd6 36. Qc2 g6 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Qc3+ Nd4 39. Qa1 Qc5 40. Nf3 e5 41. Ng5 Nxb5 42. Qa5 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qc5 44. Kg1 Qd5 45. Qa4 Kg8 46. Ne4 Kg7 47. Ng5 Qc6 48. Qa2 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qc7 50. Qd5 Nd4 51. f4 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Qf5+ 53. Kh2 Ne6 54. Qa5 Nxg5 55. fxg5 Qf2+ 56. Kh3 Qf1+ 57. Kh2 Qf2+ 58. Kh3 Qd4 59. Qc7 e4 60. Qf4 a5 61. Kg2 a4 62. Qc1 Kh7 63. Qa3 Qd2+ 64. Kh3 Qd7+ 65. Kh2 Qd2+ 66. Kh3 Qd1 67. Kh2 Qe2+ 68. Kh3 Qf1+ 69. Kh2 Qf2+ 70. Kh3 Qg1 0-1
2023.02.28 Arab Championship 2023
1021770 Gong Thon Gong (2192) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Ne3 f5 13. c4 f4 14. Nec2 O-O 15. cxb5 f5 16. Nb4 Kh8 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. bxc6 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. O-O Qxc6 21. Rc1 Qg6 22. Nc4 Bb7 23. f3 e4 24. Be2 Rad8 25. Qb3 Rg8 26. Kh1 Bd4 27. Rg1 Qg7 28. Rcd1 Bxg1 29. Rxg1 Rd3 30. Bxd3 exf3 31. g3 fxg3 32. Ne3 g2+ 33. Rxg2 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 f4 35. Nf5 Qe5 36. Qb4 f3 0-1
2023.02.27 Arab Championship 2023
1021754 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Ahmed, Abuzied (2204) 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 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qf3 Bg4 11. Qg3 Rc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. O-O Rb4 17. Nb3 b6 18. Rfe1 e6 19. Bg5 Qb8 20. g3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Be7 Rxb3 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Bf6 Be6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. c3 h5 27. Qe3 Qb7 28. Qe5+ Kh7 29. Kh2 d4 30. Rxd4 Rc5 31. Qd6 Rf5 32. Rf4 Rd5 33. Qf8 Rd7 34. c4 Qc7 35. Qb4 Rd3 36. Qf8 Rd8 37. Qb4 Rd3 38. Qb5 Qe7 39. Qe5 Rxb3 40. Re3 Rb4 41. b3 a5 42. Rf6 Qd7 43. Qg5 Bf5 44. Rf3 Be6 45. Re3 Bf5 46. Re5 Rxb3 47. Rexf5 gxf5 48. Rh6# 1-0
2023.02.27 Arab Championship 2023
1026684 Abdelazeez, Mohamed Abdalla (2201) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bg2 c6 9. Bb2 e6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. c4 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 a5 15. a3 O-O 16. O-O Nh7 17. d4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. f4 g5 20. Kf2 gxf4 21. exf4 Kh8 22. Nf3 Rg8 23. h4 Rg4 24. Ke3 Rag8 25. Ng5 Rxh4 26. Qf2 Rh6 27. Rh1 Rgg6 28. Rxh6 Rxh6 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Bxh1 Nxg5 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. fxg5 dxc4 33. bxc4 Qxa3+ 34. Kf2 Qb2+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qg4 39. Qxg4 fxg4 40. d5 exd5 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. Bxd5+ Kg7 43. Bxb7 Kg6 44. Bc6 Ne5 45. Bb5 Kxg5 46. Kg3 Nf7 47. Bc6 Nh6 48. Kf2 Nf5 49. Ke1 Kf4 50. Bd7 Nd4 51. Kd2 Ke5 0-1
2023.02.26 Arab Championship 2023
1026671 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2303) Peter Majur Manyang (2076) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Ne4 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 a6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. a4 Qb6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Bh2 Bd6 20. f4 Qe7 21. g4 Bc8 22. Qg2 Nd7 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Rf3 Nf8 25. g5 h5 26. Qh4 g6 27. f5 Qc7 28. Rbf1 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. fxg6 Be6 32. gxf7+ Bxf7 33. Rxf7 Qxe3+ 34. Qf2 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1061727 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) Zierk, S (2488) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc3 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Rd1 Qe6 17. Qb3 Nc5 18. Qxe6 Nxe6 19. Be3 O-O 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd1 Bb6 23. Bc1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Be3 Bb6 26. Bd2 f5 27. Bd1 Kf7 28. Bb3 Kf6 29. h4 e4 30. Bg5+ Nxg5 31. hxg5+ Kxg5 32. Be6 Bc7 33. Bc8 b6 34. Bb7 c5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Bc8 g5 37. Kf1 h5 38. Kg2 Be5 39. f3 e3 40. Ba6 g4 41. f4 Bd6 42. Bc8 h4 43. Ba6 Ke7 44. Bd3 h3+ 45. Kh2 Kd8 46. b3 Kc7 47. c4 a6 48. Be2 Kc6 49. Bd3 b5 50. Kg1 Kb6 51. Bxf5 e2 52. Kf2 h2 53. Be4 Ka5 54. Kxe2 bxc4 55. bxc4 Kb4 56. Kf2 Kxc4 57. Kg2 Kd4 58. Bf5 c4 59. Bxg4 c3 60. Bf5 Ke3 61. Bg6 Kd2 62. Kxh2 c2 63. Bxc2 Kxc2 64. f5 Kb2 65. Kh3 Kxa2 66. g4 Be7 67. Kg3 Bg5 68. Kf3 Kb3 69. Ke4 a5 70. Ke5 a4 71. f6 Bxf6+ 72. Kxf6 a3 73. g5 a2 74. g6 a1=Q+ 75. Kf7 Qa7+ 76. Kg8 Qb8+ 77. Kh7 Qh2+ 78. Kg8 Kc4 79. g7 Kd5 80. Kf7 Qf4+ 81. Ke7 Qg5+ 82. Kf7 Qf5+ 83. Ke7 Qg6 84. Kf8 Qf6+ 85. Kg8 Ke6 86. Kh7 Qh4+ 87. Kg6 Qg4+ 88. Kh7 Qh5+ 89. Kg8 Kf6 90. Kf8 Qf7# 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1061954 Soham, Datar (2222) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Qf3 e6 16. Rad1 d5 17. c3 e5 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bc5 Ne4 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Bc5 Ne4 22. Be3 Be6 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. Qxg3 a5 25. f4 a4 26. Bc2 a3 27. f5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Bh6 f6 30. b4 Kh8 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qf2 Rg8 33. b5 cxb5 34. Rxd5 Rac8 35. Rd2 Rxc3 36. Qxf5 Rg3 37. Ree2 Qg6 38. Qf2 Rxh3 39. Rd7 Qh6 40. Qf5 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Ke3 Qg5+ 43. Qxg5 Rxg5 44. Rf2 Rh6 45. Rd8+ Rg8 46. Rd5 Rhg6 47. Rxb5 Rxg2 48. Rxf6 R2g3+ 49. Ke4 R8g4+ 50. Kxe5 Rg5+ 51. Rf5 Rxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Rg2 53. Kf6 Rf2+ 54. Ke7 Rxa2 55. Ra5 Ra1 56. Kf6 Rf1+ 57. Kg5 Rf3 58. Kh6 Rf6+ 59. Kg5 Rf3 60. Kh6 Rh3+ 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1062015 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) Harsh, Suresh (2261) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. h4 O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. e5 Bb7 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bf4 d4 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Qg5 Nf5 16. N1h2 Nxh6 17. Qxh6 Bg7 18. Qf4 Nb4 19. Ng4 Nxc2 20. Nh6+ Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rac8 23. h5 Nxa1 24. Kg2 Nc2 25. Rh1 Rd7 26. Be4 Qxe5 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 30. Qh5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 Ne1+ 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1062341 Rios Escobar, A (2276) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Ne2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbc3 c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. h3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nf4 Bc4 15. Re1 Re8 16. b3 Nh5 17. Qf3 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Re7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Bf4 Nd7 24. Qd3 Ne5 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. h4 Kg7 28. Ra1 Rb7 29. Ra6 Ra7 30. Rb6 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kh3 Qd7+ 34. g4 Ra7 35. Bxb5 Qe7 36. Bc4 g5 37. Qg8+ Kh6 38. hxg5+ fxg5 39. Rxd6+ Qxd6 40. Bxg5# 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1062597 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) Lakshmi, C (1974) 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 c6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Nc5 12. b4 Na4 13. Qxa4 Qxd2 14. Nf3 Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qxe2 16. Rfe1 Qxc4 17. Nxe5 Qb5 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Qb3 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. a4 Be6 25. Qb2 Nd5 26. Qb1 Nc3 27. Qc2 Nd5 28. b5 cxb5 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Re1 Nb6 32. h4 Qd7 33. Qc1 Rc8 34. Qb1 Qc7 35. h5 Nc4 36. h6 Bh8 37. Qb4 Qd6 38. Rc1 Qxb4 39. Rd1 Qb2 40. Re1 Qd2 41. Rf1 Bd5 42. Bxd5 Qxd5 43. Re1 Qf3 44. Re3 Nxe3 45. fxe3 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1062820 Broca Jimenez, F (2075) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 e6 11. Ndb5 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxd5 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Rac1 a6 21. Bc4 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Rac8 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Bb3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. h3 Rd2 28. Rb1 h5 29. Kh2 h4 30. Kg1 Kg7 31. a3 a5 32. b4 a4 33. b5 Rd3 34. Rc1 Rb3 35. Rc4 Rxa3 36. Rc6 Rb3 37. Rxb6 a3 38. Ra6 g5 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 a2 41. b6 Rxg2 42. b7 Rb2 43. Rxa2 Rxb7 44. Ra5 Kg6 45. f4 Rb3+ 46. Ke4 Rb4+ 47. Ke3 Rxf4 48. Ra6+ Rf6 49. Ra5 Re6+ 50. Kf3 Rf6+ 51. Kg4 Rf4# 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1062994 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) Orujov, Farid (2226) 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. a4 a6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rc7+ Kf8 20. Qc1 g6 21. Qc4 Qe8 22. Rc8 Bd8 23. Rc1 Kg7 24. Qd5 Qxa4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxd8 Qb4 27. Qc7 Qb5 28. Rc2 h5 29. Qc4 Qa5 30. Qc5 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 d3 32. exd3 h4 33. gxh4 Qd1 34. Qc4 Kh6 35. Rc3 f5 36. h5 e4 37. dxe4 f4 38. Qd3 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qxh5 40. Qh3 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1063163 Thomas, Anysia (2174) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Nd2 a5 9. Be2 Bh6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. g4 Bf4 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. b3 c6 14. Bd2 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. f3 b5 19. Qb2 Qe5 20. Nd1 Qe7 21. h4 h5 22. g5 Ne8 23. O-O f6 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Nf2 Nh7 26. Nd3 Qxh4 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Rf2 Bh3 29. Bf1 Qg3+ 30. Bg2 Ng5 31. Nf1 Qh4 32. Qe2 Rfc8 33. Rd1 Rc1 0-1
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1063357 Nadanian, A (2279) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. f5 gxf5 9. Nh4 fxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. g4 Ng6 12. Nf5 Nd4 13. Nc3 Ne6 14. Nd5 Nef4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd2 Bxf5 17. exf5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Be3 19. Nxe3 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Ne5 21. f6 Kh8 22. Rf5 Rg8 23. h3 Rg6 24. Raf1 Qd7 25. Bd5 Rag8 26. R1f4 b6 27. b3 Qb5 28. c4 Qd7 29. a4 h6 30. Re4 Rg5 31. Qf4 R8g6 32. Qd2 Rxf5 33. gxf5 Rg5 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Be4 Qd8 36. Rxh6 Rg3 37. Qf4 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1063550 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) Samaganova, A (1856) 1-0
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. h4 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nef5 17. c3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 h5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. a5 Bf6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Qb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Rcd8 25. Red1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Ra1 e5 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Rd2 30. b4 Rc2 31. Bd5 Rxc3 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Ra7 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Rxf7 Kh8 36. Rc7 Rc2 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kh8 39. Rxc5 Ne2 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Be4 Rc3 43. Bxg6 Nd4 44. Be4 1-0
2023.01.17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
1063736 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2285) Golubev, M (2461) 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. a5 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. f3 Be6 13. Na4 Nh5 14. Kf2 f5 15. Nc5 Bf7 16. Bd3 Nf4 17. Bf1 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bd3 f4 20. Bd2 Bf8 21. Bc3 Bc5+ 22. Ke2 Bd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rhd1 Rad8 25. Ke1 Kf7 26. Be2 Kf6 27. c3 R4d6 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Ra4 Ke7 30. Rb4 Rd7 31. Kd2 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Kc2 Bc6 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. Be4 Bxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Rd5 37. Rb4 Rxa5 38. Rxb7 h6 39. Kb1 Kg5 40. b4 Rd5 41. Kc2 Kh4 42. Rb6 g5 43. Rxa6 Kg3 44. c4 Rd4 45. Kc3 Kxg2 46. c5 Rd1 47. Kc2 Rd4 48. Kb3 e4 49. fxe4 f3 50. c6 f2 51. Ra2 Rxe4 52. b5 Re3+ 53. Kc4 Re4+ 54. Kc5 Re5+ 55. Kb6 Kg3 56. Rxf2 Kxf2 57. c7 Re8 58. Kb7 h5 59. c8=Q Rxc8 60. Kxc8 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. b6 g3 63. b7 g2 64. b8=Q g1=Q 65. Qf4+ Kg2 66. Qg4+ Kf1 67. Qf3+ Qf2 68. Qxf2+ Kxf2 1/2-1/2
2022.09.10 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187460 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) Uzumcu, Ahmet Utku (2284) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Ne4 Qa5 9. O-O Bg7 10. d3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Qb5 12. b3 Nf5 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qe1 a6 15. a5 Qa7 16. g4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. f4 c5 19. Nd6+ exd6 20. exd6+ Kf8 21. f5 g5 22. f6 Bh6 23. Bxg5 Ra8 1-0
2022.09.09 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187448 Mohannad, F (2145) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf4 18. Bc4 Rb8 19. Bb5 0-1
2022.09.08 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187429 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) Gulbeyaz, Emir (2164) 0-1
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Ba2 Nf8 10. Bc4 N8d7 0-1
2022.09.07 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187395 Zeynalov, R (2229) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) 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 h6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. h3 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Bf5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. b4 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Ne4 19. Bd4 Qf4 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Nf1 Rac8 22. Rd3 f5 23. Rf3 Qg5 24. Qd3 Qg6 25. h4 f4 26. Rd1 Re6 27. Nd2 Qh5 28. c4 Rce8 29. c5 Bc7 30. Rh3 Rd8 31. Qb3 Qe2 32. Nf3 Nxf2 33. Re1 Nxh3+ 34. gxh3 Qxe1+ 35. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kf2 Rh1 37. Qc3 Rd1 38. Qf3 R8xd4 39. Qxb7 R1d2+ 40. Kf1 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 R1d2+ 42. Kf1 Rd1+ 0-1
2022.09.07 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187411 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) Duman, A (2131) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. g3 Nb6 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Bg2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Nfd5 15. Ne2 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. d5 c5 19. Nfd3 c4 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. d6 Qc8 23. dxe7 Re8 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Re1 Kg8 31. Qe8+ Bf8 32. Re4 Qd5 33. c3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5 1/2-1/2
2022.09.06 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187372 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) Asgari, M (2194) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 g5 7. Nh2 Bg7 8. Nf1 Nge7 9. Ne3 d6 10. d3 O-O 11. a4 Kh8 12. g4 a6 13. f3 Rb8 14. Bd2 b6 15. O-O Nb4 16. Ncd5 Nbxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. c4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 Qc8 22. Ne3 Bf6 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. Rfb1 Rfc8 25. Bc3 b4 26. Bd2 Ra8 27. Qb2 Kg7 28. Kf2 Qc6 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ra1 Ra6 31. Nc2 Qa8 32. Rxa6 Qxa6 33. Qa1 Qxa1 34. Nxa1 Kf8 35. Nc2 Ke7 36. Ne3 Kd7 37. Nd5 Bd8 38. Bc1 Be7 39. Ke2 Bd8 40. Bd2 Be7 41. Ne3 Bf8 42. Nd1 Be7 43. Nf2 Ke8 44. Nh3 Kf8 45. Bc1 Ke8 46. Nf2 Bf8 47. Nd1 Kd7 48. Ne3 Ke8 49. Nf5 Kd7 1/2-1/2
2022.09.05 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187332 Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) Maghsoudloo, Amir Ali (2069) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Qe2 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Qe8 11. d4 Qh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 b6 15. Qg5 Qe8 16. Nb5 h6 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Nfd4 Bb7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. Nd4 c5 22. Nf3 Qb7 23. Ne5 Rad8 24. Rad1 Rd5 25. Ng4 Rxd1 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Rxd1 Qf3 28. Rd2 Qf5 29. Qc4 Qe5 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. c3 Ke7 33. Qa4 Kf6 34. Qc2 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe5 36. a3 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Ke7 38. Qe2 Kf6 39. h4 e5 40. Kh2 e4 41. Qe3 Qd3 42. Qf4+ Ke6 43. Qg4+ Kf7 44. Kg2 Qd5 45. Qf4+ Ke6 46. Qg4+ Kf7 47. Qf4+ Ke6 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Qe3 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Qe2 1/2-1/2
2022.09.05 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187351 Ebrahimi Herab, Hamidreza (2056) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e5 8. cxd5 e4 9. Bc2 cxd5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. f3 exf3 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Rf2 Qd7 15. e4 h6 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Qd3 Nh7 18. e5 f5 19. Bd2 Ng5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Kh1 Rac8 22. Rg1 Qc6 23. Ne2 Qh6 24. Rb1 b6 25. Ng1 Ng6 26. Ne2 Ne7 27. f4 Qh4 28. Qe3 Ng6 29. fxg5 f4 30. Qf3 Bg4 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Rbf1 Ne7 33. Qe4 Bxe2 34. Qxe2 Nd5 35. c4 Ne7 36. Rf3 g6 37. Qg2 Kg7 38. Rh3 f3 39. Rxh4 fxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxf1 41. Kxf1 Rxc4 42. Bb3 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Nf5 44. Rf4 Rh1 45. Kg2 Rb1 46. Be6 Ne3+ 47. Kf2 Nd1+ 48. Ke2 Nc3+ 49. Kd2 Nb5 50. a4 Na3 51. Rf7+ Kh8 52. Rf3 Ra1 53. Kc3 Re1 54. Kb2 Nb1 55. Rd3 a6 56. Ba2 b5 57. axb5 1-0
2022.09.04 6th Mersin Open 2022
1187319 Maruflu, Enes Yusuf (2065) Ahmad, Al Khatib (2259) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Na6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O Nc7 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng3 Qd5 15. Qb3 g6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Kg7 18. Rad1 f5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Re7 Na4 24. Ne2 R5d7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Kf1 Re7 27. Rc1 Nb6 28. Nf4 Nc4 29. Rc2 g5 30. Re2 Rc7 31. Nd5 Rd7 32. Ne3 Nd6 33. g3 Kg6 34. f3 h5 35. h3 Nc8 36. Nd1 Nb6 37. Rb2 a6 38. Ne3 Rc7 39. Rb3 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Nd1 Kg5 42. Rb2 Nd5 43. Rc2 Rc4 44. Ke2 Kh4 45. Kd3 f5 46. Rg2 Rc6 47. Rg7 Re6 48. Rd7 Ne3 49. d5 Re5 50. Kd4 Re8 51. Nf2 Kg3 52. Nd3 Kxf3 53. d6 Nc2+ 54. Kd5 Ne3+ 55. Kc6 Nc4 56. Kc7 Re6 57. Re7 Rxd6 58. Ne5+ Nxe5 59. Kxd6 Nc4+ 60. Kc5 Kg3 61. Rg7+ Kxh3 62. Kd4 f3 63. Kd3 f4 64. Rg1 Ne5+ 65. Ke4 f2 66. Rc1 Kg2 67. Kd4 0-1