WORLDBASE

WORLDBASE Players IM Esserman, M

Stockfish
GameID: 0
178 games
2018.01.31 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2618604 IM Esserman, M (2446) FM Gandrud, V (2346) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 Qxe6 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Qd7 13.Nc3 e6 14.Qg4 Nd5 15.Re1 Rc8 16.Bg5 Bb4 17.Bd2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 O-O 19.Rac1 Rc4 20.Bh6 f5 21.Qg3 Qc7 22.Qxc7 Nxc7 23.Bd2 Kf7 24.Rb1 b6 25.Rb4 Rxb4 26.cxb4 Rd8 27.Rc1 Nb5 28.Be3 Nxd4 29.Rc7+ Kf6 30.h4 f4 31.Bxd4+ Rxd4 32.Rxa7 Rxb4 33.f3 Rb5 34.Ra6 g5 35.hxg5+ Kxg5 36.a4 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 Kf5 38.a5 bxa5 39.Rxa5+ e5 40.Ra7 h6 41.Ra6 Kg5 42.Re6 Re1 43.Re8 Kf6 44.Rh8 Kg7 45.Re8 h5 46.Re7+ Kg6 47.Re6+ Kf5 48.Re8 e4 49.fxe4+ Rxe4 50.Rf8+ Kg4 51.Rg8+ Kf5 52.Rf8+ Kg5 53.Rg8+ Kf6 54.Kg1 Re5 55.Rf8+ Kg5 56.Rg8+ Kf5 57.Kf2 Ra5 58.Rf8+ Kg4 59.Rg8+ Rg5 60.Rxg5+ Kxg5 61.g3 fxg3+ 62.Kxg3 h4+ 63.Kh3 Kh5 64.Kh2 h3 65.Kg3 h2 66.Kxh2 1/2-1/2
2018.01.30 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2618461 FM De Haan, E (2304) IM Esserman, M (2446) 1-0
1.d4 d6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.b4 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.c5 Qe7 9.Nc3 c6 10.e4 b6 11.Bc4 Nxe4 12.O-O Bg7 13.Re1 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 e4 15.Bxg7 Qxg7 16.b5 Nxc5 17.Qd6 cxb5 18.Bd5 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Qd5 Qe7 21.Ne5 Rd8 22.Qxb5+ Kf8 23.Nc6 Qe8 24.Qb2 Kf7 25.Nxd8+ Qxd8 26.Rad1 Qe8 27.Qb3+ Kg7 28.Qc3+ Kg8 29.Qf6 h6 30.Rd5 Kh7 31.Red1 Nc5 32.Rd8 Rf8 1-0
2018.01.29 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2618332 IM Hemant, S2 (2348) IM Esserman, M (2446) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e6 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bf6 12.Rc1 Ne5 13.b3 Qa5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 a6 16.Bb4 Re8 17.Rfd1 Nc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Rd2 Bb7 20.Bc3 Be7 21.Ba5 Bf6 22.e3 h5 23.h4 g6 24.Kf1 Be7 25.Rcc2 Bf6 26.Rd1 Be7 27.Rd4 f5 28.Ra4 Kf7 29.Bb4 Bd8 30.Ba5 Be7 31.Bf3 Rec8 32.Bb6 Ke6 33.Be2 Bd6 34.Bd3 Rcb8 35.Ke2 Bc8 36.Bc5 a5 37.Kd2 Bc7 38.Bd4 1/2-1/2
2018.01.28 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2623465 IM Esserman, M (2446) GM Huschenbeth, N (2587) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 h6 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bc1 Ngf6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Nc4 Qb7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 f5 20.O-O Bd7 21.Ra3 Qc7 22.Na5 e4 23.Nc6 Bf6 24.Bc4 Kh8 25.Qd2 f4 26.Re1 Rae8 27.Rxa6 Bc8 28.Ra7 Qb6 29.Qxf4 Bg5 30.Qg3 e3 31.fxe3 Rxe3 32.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 33.Qxe3 Bxe3+ 34.Kh1 Bxa7 35.Nxa7 Bd7 36.Nc6 Rc8 37.Na5 Rb8 38.b3 g5 39.Kg1 Kg7 40.Nc6 Rb6 41.Nd4 Kf6 42.Kf2 Ke5 43.Ke3 g4 44.c3 Be8 45.Nc2 Bb5 46.Nb4 Bxc4 47.bxc4 Rb7 48.Nc6+ Kf5 49.Nd4+ Kf6 50.Kf4 Rb2 51.Nb5 Rxg2 52.Nxd6 h5 53.c5 Rf2+ 54.Ke3 Rf3+ 55.Ke4 Rxc3 56.c6 Ke7 57.Nb7 Ke8 58.Kd4 Rc1 59.Nc5 Kd8 60.d6 Rd1+ 61.Ke5 h4 62.d7 g3 63.hxg3 h3 64.Ne6+ Ke7 65.Nc5 Rc1 66.Nb7 Rd1 67.Nc5 h2 68.c7 h1=Q 69.c8=Q Qd5+ 70.Kf4 Rf1+ 71.Ke3 Re1+ 72.Kf4 Rf1+ 73.Ke3 Qf3+ 74.Kd4 Rd1+ 75.Kc4 Qd5+ 76.Kb4 Qd4+ 77.Ka5 Ra1+ 78.Kb6 Qd6+ 79.Kb5 Rb1+ 80.Kc4 Rc1+ 81.Kb5 Rb1+ 82.Kc4 Rc1+ 83.Kb5 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2
2018.01.27 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2623371 IM Esserman, M (2446) FM Perez, Fl (2279) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 d6 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Be7 12.Be3 exd5 13.Qxd5 Nh6 14.Bxh6 O-O 15.Bf4 Na5 16.Qd3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 a5 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Nd4 Rfd8 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Qg3 g6 22.Bh6 Rd7 23.e5 d5 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Ng4 f5 27.exf6 Rdf7 28.Re7 Bc8 29.Qe5 Qc6 30.Re1 Bd7 31.h3 h5 32.Qg5 1-0
2018.01.26 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2623195 GM Gupta, Ab (2610) IM Esserman, M (2446) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxg4 Rg8 14.O-O b4 15.Na4 c5 16.d5 Nf6 17.Bf3 Rxg3 18.fxg3 exd5 19.e5 1-0
2018.01.25 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2623105 IM Esserman, M (2446) Midonet, Matthieu (2213) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Rd1 e5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rac1 Be6 12.b4 Ng4 13.Bd2 Nxb4 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qc4 d5 16.exd5 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Qxc8 Qxc8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rxd5 e4 23.Nd4 Rc4 24.Ne2 Ra4 25.Rd7 Bh4+ 26.g3 Bf6 27.Rxb7 Rxa2 28.Rxa7 Rc2 29.Ra4 g5 30.g4 Kf7 31.Rxe4 Kg6 32.Re6 Kf7 33.Ra6 Rc4 34.Kf3 h5 35.gxh5 Rh4 36.Ng3 Rxh2 37.Kg4 Be5 38.Ne4 Rg2+ 39.Kf5 Bf4 40.Ra7+ 1-0
2018.01.24 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2622913 GM Buhmann, R (2587) IM Esserman, M (2446) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Re1 h6 11.exd5 exd4 12.Ne4 Nb6 13.h3 Bb4 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Re4 Bc5 16.Qb3 Qd6 17.Re5 Bd7 18.a4 Rfe8 19.Rh5 g6 20.Rxh6 Qxd5 21.Qd1 Bf8 22.Rh4 Bg7 23.b3 a5 24.Bb2 Bc6 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qc5 27.Qc1 Qxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rac8 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Rd6 Rc6 32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Ke3 c5 36.Ke4 Ke6 37.Bc4+ Ke7 38.Ke5 f6+ 39.Ke4 Kf8 40.f4 Kg7 41.h4 Kh6 42.Bf7 Kg7 43.Be8 Kh6 44.Bf7 Kg7 45.Bc4 Kh6 46.Be2 Kg7 47.f5 g5 48.hxg5 Kf7 49.Bc4+ Ke7 50.f4 1-0
2018.01.23 Gibraltar Masters 2018
2622857 IM Esserman, M (2446) Roman Lopez, J (2008) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.e4 a6 7.Be2 g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 e6 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Nb3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Rfc8 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.Bf4 e5 16.Bg5 Be6 17.Qe3 Bg7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nb8 20.c5 Nbd7 21.c6 bxc6 22.dxc6 Nf8 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qd3 e4 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Bxb2 27.Rc2 Ba3 28.Rd4 f5 29.Ra4 Be7 30.Bxa6 1-0
2017.09.30 chess.com IoM Masters
2678776 IM Esserman, M (2453) FM Ragnarsson, Dagur (2340) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.d6 Be6 11.O-O-O f5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Nf3 f4 14.h4 N8d7 15.Bh6 Re8 16.g3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.gxf4 Qa5 19.fxe5 Bh8 20.Kb1 b5 21.b3 b4 22.Na4 Nxe5 23.Qc2 Bf7 24.Nd4 Rad8 25.f4 Rxd6 26.fxe5 Qxe5 27.Be3 Red8 28.Qf2 Qxe4+ 29.Qc2 Qxe3 30.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Qe4+ 33.Qc2 Bd5 34.Nxb4 Qxb4 0-1
2017.09.29 chess.com IoM Masters
2678699 IM Hemant, S2 (2342) IM Esserman, M (2453) 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 Nxc3 14.Qc5+ Qd6 15.Qxc3 Qa6 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Qa5 Qxa5 18.Bxa5 Ke8 19.Bc3 f6 20.Ke2 Be7 21.Rad1 Rc7 22.Rd3 Kf7 23.Rhd1 Rhc8 24.Rd7 Ke8 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rd4 Bc5 27.Rc4 Bd6 28.Rxc7 Bxc7 29.Bd4 a6 30.h3 Kf7 31.Be3 e5 32.Kd3 Kg6 33.Ke4 Kh5 34.b4 Kh4 35.a4 Kxh3 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Kg2 38.b6 Bxb6 39.Bxb6 h5 40.f4 exf4 41.Kxf4 g6 42.Ke4 h4 43.Kd5 h3 44.Bc7 Kxf2 45.Ke6 g5 46.Kxf6 g4 47.Kg5 g3 48.Kh4 g2 49.Kxh3 g1=N+ 1/2-1/2
2017.09.28 chess.com IoM Masters
2678625 IM Esserman, M (2453) IM L'Ami, Alina (2286) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Ne2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 Nc6 10.Rc1 d6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.b3 Qd7 15.f4 Rad8 16.Rfd1 Qc8 17.Bf3 Qa8 18.Qf2 Kh8 19.Nd5 f5 20.Qh4 Rd7 21.Nc3 Nd8 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Qh3 e5 25.Nd5 Ne6 26.Rf1 e4 27.Kh1 b5 28.g4 bxc4 29.bxc4 Nc7 30.Rb1 Qa6 31.g5 Nxd5 32.cxd5 Rdf7 33.Rg1 Qxa2 34.Rbd1 Qe2 35.Rdf1 Qd3 36.Rd1 Qe2 37.Rdf1 Qd3 1/2-1/2
2017.09.27 chess.com IoM Masters
2678548 WIM Vaishali, R (2329) IM Esserman, M (2453) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 b5 11.Nd2 b4 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Be3 Qb7 14.Ne2 a5 15.f3 Bd7 16.Rf2 a4 17.Nd2 Rc8 18.Rc1 Bb5 19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.Nc1 a3 21.Ndb3 axb2 22.Rxb2 Nbd7 23.Rc2 Qb7 24.Bf1 Ba4 25.Rc4 Bxb3 26.axb3 Nc5 27.Nd3 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 Nd7 29.Qd2 Rb8 30.Rc6 Nc5 31.Bc4 Bf8 32.h4 Qa8 33.Qb2 Rc8 34.Bxc5 Rxc6 35.dxc6 dxc5 36.Bd5 Bd6 37.Qe2 Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.h5 gxh5 40.Qd2 f6 41.Be6 Qd4 42.Qa2 c4 43.Bxc4 Bc5 44.Kh3 Qd1 45.Be6 Qh1+ 46.Qh2 Qxh2+ 47.Kxh2 Bb6 1/2-1/2
2017.09.26 chess.com IoM Masters
2678445 IM Esserman, M (2453) GM Jones, G (2668) 0-1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Ba3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Re8 10.Nc3 e4 11.Nd2 a6 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.h3 h5 14.Bf1 h4 15.a3 b6 16.Rab1 Bb7 17.Nc4 Rac8 18.Ba1 Re6 19.b4 Ne7 20.Ne2 Nf5 21.Rd2 Ree8 22.Rbd1 Bc6 23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Bb5 25.Nb2 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Nh7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.c4 Nf6 29.Na4 Re6 30.c5 a5 31.bxa5 bxa5 32.Rb1 Re5 33.Rb5 Ra8 34.Rd4 Nd5 35.Ke2 Ra6 36.Ke1 Rf6 37.Rd2 Ref5 38.Re2 Ra6 39.Kf1 g5 40.Ke1 Rg6 41.c6 Rxc6 42.Rxa5 Rc4 43.Kd2 Nxe3 44.Rxf5 Nxf5 45.Nc3 Nd6 46.a4 f5 47.Kc2 Rc6 48.Kb3 Nb7 49.Kb4 Rb6+ 50.Kc4 Kf7 51.Nd5 Rc6+ 52.Kd4 Ke6 53.f3 Nd6 54.Ne3 f4 55.Rc2 Ra6 56.fxe4 Rxa4+ 0-1
2017.09.25 chess.com IoM Masters
2678390 Fischer, Daniel (2100) IM Esserman, M (2453) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d4 Bg4 6.d5 O-O-O 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nb4 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.O-O Nbxd5 11.Bd2 e6 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Nxf6 Nxf6 14.a4 Qc6 15.Qxc6 bxc6 16.Ba6+ Kd7 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Rad1+ Nd5 19.Bd2 Bd6 20.b3 Nf6 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Rfe1 Ke7 24.Bf1 Rhg8 25.Rd3 f5 26.Be2 Kf6 27.Bf3 c5 28.Rc3 Rb8 29.Rc4 Rg6 30.Be2 Rbg8 31.Bf1 Rd8 32.Be2 e5 33.f3 Rdg8 34.Bf1 Rg3 35.Kf2 R3g7 36.Kg1 Rd8 37.Bd3 h5 38.Rd1 Rgg8 39.Re1 Be7 40.Re2 Rd4 41.Kf2 h4 42.Kf1 Bd6 43.Kf2 Re8 44.Re3 Re7 45.Kf1 Rd7 46.Kf2 Bf8 47.Re2 R7d5 48.Kf1 Bh6 49.Re1 Bf4 50.Kg1 Bg3 51.Rf1 Kg5 52.Rb1 e4 53.fxe4 fxe4 54.Rxd4 Rxd4 55.Bc4 Rd2 56.Rc1 f5 57.Kf1 f4 58.Kg1 f3 59.gxf3 exf3 60.Be6 Rg2+ 61.Kf1 Rh2 0-1
2017.09.24 chess.com IoM Masters
2683822 IM Esserman, M (2453) Coathup, R (2125) 1-0
1.Nf3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d5 4.cxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Be5 f6 8.Bg3 e6 9.e3 Qb6 10.a3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 g6 12.Bd3 Bg7 13.Rxh7 Ne7 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Qc2 Kf7 16.O-O-O Bd7 17.Rh1 Bg7 18.Nh4 f5 19.Nf3 Rh8 20.Rxh8 Bxh8 21.Kb1 Bf6 22.Qd1 Qd8 23.Qb3 Bc6 24.Qd1 Qh8 25.Qg1 Qh5 26.Qh2 Qxh2 27.Nxh2 Nc8 28.Ne2 Nd6 29.f4 Nc4 30.Bxc4 dxc4 31.Nf3 Ke7 32.Kc2 b5 33.Kc3 Kd6 34.Ne5 Be8 35.Kc2 a5 36.a4 Bxe5 37.fxe5+ Kc6 38.axb5+ Kxb5 39.Nf4 Bf7 40.Kc3 g5 41.Nh3 g4 42.Ng5 Bg8 43.e4 fxe4 44.Nxe4 Bh7 45.Nd6+ Ka4 46.Nxc4 Bb1 47.b3+ Kb5 48.Na3+ 1-0
2017.09.23 chess.com IoM Masters
2683686 GM Anand, Viswanathan (2794) IM Esserman, M (2453) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 h6 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Qe2 Ra8 15.Bc4 O-O 16.Rfd1 Rfc8 17.Bb3 Bf8 18.Kh1 Bc6 19.f3 Nc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Bc4 Qb7 22.Nf1 Ne8 23.Ne3 Nd6 24.Bd5 b5 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Ncd5 bxa4 27.Ra2 Rab8 28.Rda1 Qb5 29.Qe1 a3 30.Rxa3 Qxb2 31.Rxa6 c4 32.h4 h5 33.Qg3 g6 34.R6a2 Qd4 35.Rd1 Qc5 36.Qxe5 Bg7 37.Qg5 Kh8 38.e5 Nb5 39.Ra4 Na3 40.Qf4 Kg8 41.e6 fxe6 42.Nf6+ Bxf6 43.Qxf6 Qxe3 44.Qxg6+ Kf8 45.Qf6+ Kg8 46.Rxa3 1-0
2017.09.14 Esserman-Gorovets Match
2676911 IM Gorovets, A (2522) IM Esserman, M (2453) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 b4 5.Nf3 d6 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Nbd2 g6 9.Nc4 Bg7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.a5 O-O 12.O-O Ndf6 13.Qd3 Qd7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.e4 e6 17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Rad1 Rd7 20.Nfd2 Rfd8 21.Nb3 Bf8 22.h3 Re8 23.Re3 Rdd8 24.Qe2 h5 25.Qf1 Nxe4 26.f3 d5 27.Rde1 Qf5 28.fxe4 Qxf1+ 29.Kxf1 dxc4 30.Nc1 Bg7 31.c3 Bh6 32.R3e2 Re5 33.b3 cxb3 34.Nxb3 bxc3 35.Rc2 c4 36.Nc1 Bd2 37.Rd1 Rb8 38.Ne2 Rb2 0-1
2017.09.13 Esserman-Gorovets Match
2676910 IM Esserman, M (2453) IM Gorovets, A (2522) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Ne7 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Nbxd4 Nbc6 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Bd3 a6 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 Nc8 15.Bb2 Nxd6 16.Qe2 f6 17.g4 Qe7 18.O-O-O O-O-O 19.Rhe1 Kb8 20.h4 Bc8 21.Nd4 Qc7 22.Nxc6+ Qxc6 23.g5 Rhf8 24.Qh5 Nc4 25.Bxc4 Qxc4 26.Bd4 e5 27.fxe5 Bf5 28.Rd2 Bxc2 29.Rxc2 Qxd4 30.gxf6 Rc8 31.Qxh7 Rxc2+ 32.Qxc2 gxf6 33.Rd1 Qa1+ 34.Kd2 Qxe5 35.Qc3 Qh2+ 36.Kd3 Qg3+ 37.Kd2 Qf2+ 38.Kd3 Rc8 39.Qd4 Qc2+ 40.Ke3 Re8+ 41.Kf3 Qe2+ 42.Kg3 Rg8+ 43.Kh3 Qg2# 0-1
2017.09.12 Esserman-Gorovets Match
2676909 IM Gorovets, A (2522) IM Esserman, M (2453) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 Ne4 5.Qc2 d5 6.f3 Nf6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Bg3 g6 10.a3 Bh6 11.b4 Qd8 12.cxd5 Bxe3 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nge2 Nb6 15.Nd1 Bh6 16.Qxc6+ Bd7 17.Qb7 O-O 18.Bc7 Qe8 19.Bxb6 Bc6 20.Qa6 axb6 21.Qxb6 Nd5 22.Qc5 e5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Qd4 Qe6 25.Qh4 Bg7 26.Rc1 Rxa3 27.Kf2 Ne3 28.Qf4 Nf5 29.g4 Rxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Bxf3 31.Kxf3 Qd5+ 32.Kf2 Nh4 33.Rg1 Bd4+ 34.Kg3 Bxg1 35.Nxg1 g5 36.Be2 Qd2 37.Rc5 Qe1+ 38.Kh3 Qxg1 39.Rxg5+ Kh8 0-1
2017.09.11 Esserman-Gorovets Match
2676908 IM Esserman, M (2453) IM Gorovets, A (2522) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Ng6 8.h4 h5 9.Qg3 Ba6 10.Ne2 Kf8 11.a4 Kg8 12.Rh3 Nc6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Qf3 Rf8 15.Ng3 Ncxe5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Qd1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 f6 19.Bc1 Qf7 20.Ne2 Nc4 21.Nf4 c6 22.Rg3 Re8 23.Nd3 e5 24.Ba3 e4 25.Nf4 e3 26.Bc1 exf2 27.Kxf2 Re4 28.Kf1 Qc7 29.Rf3 Ne5 30.Nxd5 Qf7 31.Ne3 Nxf3 32.Qxf3 Qe6 33.g3 Kf7 34.Kf2 Rd8 35.Qxh5+ Kg8 36.Qf3 f5 37.Ng2 Qc4 38.Bg5 Qc5+ 39.Kf1 Rde8 40.Re1 Qc4+ 41.Qd3 Rxe1+ 42.Nxe1 Qxa4 43.Nf3 Qe4 44.Nd4 Qd5 45.Bf4 g6 46.Kf2 b5 47.Nb3 Qh1 48.Be3 Qh2+ 49.Kf3 Qh1+ 50.Kf2 Qh2+ 51.Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2
2017.09.10 Esserman-Gorovets Match
2676907 IM Gorovets, A (2522) IM Esserman, M (2453) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 Bb7 5.c4 bxc4 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Ba6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Nd2 Qa5 10.Nxc4 Bxc4 11.Bxc4 Nxe4 12.O-O Nxc3 13.bxc3 g6 14.Qe2 Bg7 15.Bxd6 O-O 16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.d6 Bxc3 18.Rab1 a6 19.Rb7 Qxa4 20.Bb3 Qc6 1-0
2017.09.09 Esserman-Gorovets Match
2676906 IM Esserman, M (2453) IM Gorovets, A (2522) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 Nh6 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.Ne2 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qa6 12.Qxa6 Nxa6 13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.fxg3 c5 15.Ke2 cxd4 16.cxd4 f6 17.Bf4 Nb4 18.Rac1 Nc6 19.a3 a5 20.Rhe1 Kd7 21.Rc2 Rhc8 22.Kd1 Ra6 23.Rce2 Rb6 24.Rc2 a4 25.Re3 g5 26.hxg5 fxg5 27.Bxg5 Bxg5 28.Nxg5 Nxd4 29.Rxc8 Kxc8 30.Kc1 Rc6+ 31.Kd1 Kd7 32.Nh7 Rb6 33.Kc1 Nb3+ 34.Kc2 d4 35.Re1 Nc5 36.Nf6+ Kc6 37.Rd1 Rb3 38.Rxd4 Rxg3 39.Rd2 h4 40.Rd6+ Kb5 41.Rd2 Nb3 42.Rf2 Nd4+ 43.Kd1 Nf5 44.Kd2 Rb3 45.Rxf5 Rxb2+ 1/2-1/2
2017.06.05 FSGM June 2017
2748582 IM Tan, Ju2 (2448) IM Esserman, M (2460) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rb3 Qc5+ 16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qc5+ 18.Be3 Qe5 19.Bf4 Qc5+ 20.Be3 Qe5 1/2-1/2
2017.06.04 FSGM June 2017
2748577 IM Esserman, M (2460) IM Manca, F (2397) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Bd7 13.b3 Nb7 14.c4 Rfb8 15.Nbd2 Ne8 16.Nf1 Nd8 17.Ne3 f6 18.h4 g6 19.h5 Nf7 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.g3 Ng7 22.Nh4 Nh8 23.Kg2 f5 24.Rh1 Bxh4 25.Rxh4 Nf7 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Bb2 Qd8 28.Qd3 Qg5 29.Nf1 bxc4 30.Qxc4 Rb4 0-1
2017.06.03 FSGM June 2017
2748572 IM Havasi, Gergo (2393) IM Esserman, M (2460) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 a5 10.Nc4 h6 11.Re1 Be6 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.h3 Re8 15.Ba3 Bf8 16.Qc2 Qc8 17.Ne3 Rb8 18.Rab1 Qa6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 21.Rb1 Re8 22.d4 exd4 23.Nxd4 Ne5 24.Rd1 Qa8 25.f3 Kh8 26.Ng4 Nfxg4 27.hxg4 Qa6 28.Nb5 Qc6 29.Kh1 Qc4 30.Bc1 Rb8 31.Bf4 Ng6 32.Bg3 e5 33.Qd3 Qxa4 34.Nxc7 Qa2 35.Nb5 Kh7 36.c4 Rc8 37.Rc1 a4 38.Rc2 Qb1+ 39.Kh2 Be7 40.Qc3 Qb3 41.Qxb3 axb3 42.Rb2 Rxc4 43.Rxb3 Rc2 44.Na3 Rc1 45.Rb1 Rc8 46.Nb5 Rc2 47.Na3 Rc8 48.Nb5 Kg8 49.Rd1 Rc6 50.Rd3 Kf7 51.Rc3 Rc5 52.Rb3 d5 53.exd5 Rxd5 54.Rb2 Rc5 55.Rb3 Rd5 56.Rb2 Rc5 57.Rb3 Rc2 58.Nc3 Bh4 59.Nd5 Bxg3+ 60.Kxg3 Rd2 61.Rb7+ Kg8 62.Ne7+ Nxe7 63.Rxe7 Re2 64.Ra7 e4 65.Ra8+ Kh7 66.Ra7 exf3 1/2-1/2
2017.04.25 Reykjavik Open 2017
2760385 IM Esserman, M (2458) Aradhya, Garg (2315) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.Nbd2 Nf5 10.O-O Nd7 11.b3 Be7 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.c4 a5 14.Rfc1 Qa6 15.Rc3 Nb6 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Qb2 Kf8 18.c5 Nc8 19.a4 g6 20.b4 axb4 21.Rb3 Kg7 22.Rxb4 Rd7 23.Rb1 Nce7 24.Nf1 Ra8 25.Qd2 b6 26.cxb6 Rb7 27.Qc1 Qa5 28.N1d2 Ra6 29.Qa3 Raxb6 30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.Rxb6 Qxb6 32.a5 Qa6 33.Nb3 Qd3 34.a6 Nc8 35.a7 Nxa7 36.Qxa7 Qxb3 37.Ng5 Nh6 38.Nxe6+ Kh7 39.Ng5+ Kg8 40.Nxf7 Nxf7 41.e6 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 Qf5 43.Qxf7+ Qxf7 44.exf7+ Kxf7 45.Kg3 Ke6 46.Kf4 Kd6 47.Ke3 c5 48.dxc5+ Kxc5 49.Kd3 d4 50.f3 Kd5 51.g4 hxg4 52.fxg4 Ke5 1/2-1/2
2017.04.24 Reykjavik Open 2017
2760246 GM Yilmaz, M (2614) IM Esserman, M (2458) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 d6 4.Be2 c6 5.c4 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 e5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Nd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qxc3 11.O-O Be7 12.c5 d5 13.Nb3 O-O 14.Rc1 Qb4 15.a3 Qa4 16.dxe5 Qxa3 17.Qc2 a5 18.Nd4 Qxc5 19.Qd3 Qb6 20.Nxf5 Qd8 21.e4 Bb4 22.Qd4 Qb6 23.Qa1 dxe4 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.exd6 Nf6 27.Be5 Bd7 28.Rfe1 Rae8 29.Rxe4 c5 30.Rf4 Qd8 31.Ba2 b6 32.Re1 Nh5 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Bxg7+ Nxg7 35.Re7 Qxe7 36.dxe7 Rf5 37.Be6 1-0
2017.04.23 Reykjavik Open 2017
2764214 IM Esserman, M (2458) GM Van Foreest, Jorden (2584) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.b4 Bb6 7.Bb2 Ne7 8.Nf3 a5 9.b5 a4 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Ba1 Ng6 15.Ne2 O-O 16.g3 f6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Nf4 Be8 20.Re1 Bf7 21.Ng5 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qg4 e3 24.fxe3 g5 25.Rbd1 Qe7 26.h4 Rc5 27.c4 Rf5 28.Nd5 Rxd5 29.cxd5 exd5 30.hxg5 Bxe3+ 31.Kg2 Be6 32.Qb4 Qxb4 33.axb4 d4 34.Bxd4 Bd5+ 35.Kh2 Bxg5 36.Be3 Bb3 37.Rc1 a3 38.Rc3 Bxe3 39.Rxb3 Bd2 40.Ra1 Re8 41.Raxa3 Re5 42.Rd3 Bxb4 43.Ra8+ Kf7 44.Rd7+ Kg6 45.Rxb7 Bd6 46.Rd8 Re2+ 47.Kh3 Be5 48.Rd3 Rb2 49.Kg4 Rb4+ 50.Kf3 Kf5 51.b6 Bd4 52.Re7 Bxb6 53.Rd5+ Kg6 54.Rb7 Bc5 55.Rxb4 Bxb4 56.Ke4 Be1 57.g4 Bc3 58.Rd8 Bb2 59.Rg8+ Kf7 60.Rb8 Be5 61.Rh8 Kg6 62.Rh5 Bb2 63.Ra5 Bc3 64.Ra8 Bb2 65.Ra2 Be5 66.Rg2 Kg5 67.Rg1 Bf4 68.Rf1 Be5 69.Kf3 f5 70.gxf5 Kxf5 71.Rb1 Bd6 72.Rb5+ Be5 73.Ra5 Ke6 74.Ke4 Bg3 75.Ra6+ Kd7 76.Kd5 Kc7 77.Rg6 Bf2 78.Rg7+ Kb6 79.Rg6+ Kb7 80.Rf6 Bg3 81.Kc5 Bh2 82.Rf7+ Ka8 83.Kc6 Bb8 84.Rf1 Ba7 85.Kc7 Bb8+ 86.Kc8 Ba7 87.Rb1 Be3 88.Rb3 Ba7 89.Kc7 Bf2 90.Rf3 Bd4 91.Rf5 Be3 92.Rf8+ Ka7 93.Rf3 Bb6+ 94.Kc6 Bd4 95.Rf7+ Ka8 96.Rd7 Be5 97.Kb6 Bb8 98.Rd8 1/2-1/2
2017.04.22 Reykjavik Open 2017
2764105 FM Le Goff, D (2278) IM Esserman, M (2458) 0-1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.a4 a5 7.Re1 c6 8.e4 Qc7 9.h3 e5 10.Nc3 Na6 11.b3 Re8 12.Ba3 Nb4 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Na2 Nxa2 15.Rxa2 Rad8 16.Bb2 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Raa1 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nb4 20.Rad1 c5 21.Qc3 Rxd4 22.Nxd4 Qb6 23.Qf3 cxd4 24.Re2 Rc8 25.Qe4 Nd5 26.Qxd5 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Bf6 28.Rde1 Rc3 29.Re8+ Kg7 30.Be4 d3 31.Bxd3 Rxd3 32.cxd3 Bd4 0-1
2017.04.21 Reykjavik Open 2017
2763982 IM Esserman, M (2458) FM Doknjas, John (2216) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.c4 a6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.a3 Qb6 13.Bc2 Rfd8 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8 16.b4 Nce4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bb2 Qb7 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 h6 22.Nd2 Nd7 23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Nb3 Qe4 26.Qc8+ Kh7 27.Qc1 Nd7 28.Nc5 Nxc5 29.bxc5 Qc6 30.Qc3 Kg6 31.Qd3+ f5 32.Qc3 a5 33.h4 h5 34.f3 Kf7 35.Kf2 Kg6 36.Qd4 Kf7 37.e4 g6 38.Ke3 Qc7 39.e5 Qb7 40.Qd6 b4 41.axb4 Qxb4 42.c6 f4+ 43.Kd3 Qb3+ 44.Kd4 Qa4+ 45.Kc3 Qa1+ 46.Kb3 a4+ 47.Kb4 Qb2+ 48.Kxa4 Qc2+ 49.Kb5 Qe2+ 50.Kb6 Qb2+ 51.Kc7 Qa2 52.Qd7+ Kf8 53.Qd8+ Kg7 54.Qd4 Qa5+ 55.Kd7 Qb5 56.Qd6 1-0
2017.04.20 Reykjavik Open 2017
2763833 GM Almasi, Z (2696) IM Esserman, M (2458) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.c4 d4 6.b4 cxb4 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qxb4 Nc6 9.Qb3 Bg7 10.Bb2 Bc8 11.Na3 O-O 12.d3 Nd7 13.Nc2 Re8 14.Nfxd4 1-0
2017.04.20 Reykjavik Open 2017
2763742 IM Esserman, M (2458) Kristinsson, J (2166) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Be3 Bg6 16.Bd4 Qd5 17.Re1 O-O 18.Re3 Nxd4 19.cxd4 c5 20.Bxd3 Rfd8 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Rd3 f6 23.Rd2 g5 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Rc1 Qb6 26.h3 Qe6 27.Rc7 fxe5 28.Rdd7 e4 29.Nh2 Rxd7 30.Rxd7 Bf6 31.Rd6 Qe7 32.Qd5+ 1-0
2017.04.19 Reykjavik Open 2017
2763617 Le Creurer, Kilian (1942) IM Esserman, M (2458) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c3 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 e6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Qe3 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Nbd2 Nh7 15.Qd3 Rfe8 16.Nf1 Nxg5 17.Nxg5 Bf4 18.Nf3 Rab8 19.g3 Bd6 20.N3d2 b5 21.a3 a5 22.Qf3 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Rec1 Ra8 25.Nb3 Qb6 26.Nfd2 Be7 27.h4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Bf8 29.Qe3 e5 30.f3 Qb8 31.Re1 Re6 32.Qf2 Bd6 33.Kg2 Qe8 34.Nc5 Re7 35.dxe5 bxc3 36.bxc3 Rxe5 37.Nd3 Rxe1 38.Qxe1 Qb8 39.f4 Ne7 40.Qb1 Qc7 41.Qb3 Nf5 42.Nf3 Qa7 43.Kh2 Qe3 44.Qxd5 Qe2+ 45.Kh3 Ne3 46.Qa8+ Bf8 47.Nfe1 Qf1+ 48.Ng2 Qh1# 0-1
2017.03.25 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2773708 IM Esserman, M (2467) IM Kakageldyev, A (2379) 0-1
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 h5 14.b4 Nf6 15.c5 Bd7 16.Bb5 Rf7 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Qa4 Qd8 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nb5 Ng6 21.Qa5 b6 22.Qa6 g4 23.Kh1 g3 24.Bg1 gxh2 25.Bf2 Bf8 26.a4 h4 27.a5 Nh5 28.Rc6 Ng3+ 29.Bxg3 fxg3 30.Nc3 bxa5 31.Qxa5 Qxa5 32.bxa5 Nf4 33.Nb5 Rb8 0-1
2017.03.24 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2773663 FM Gadimbayli, Abdulla (2315) IM Esserman, M (2467) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qd3 e6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Be2 Nc5 9.Qe3 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.b4 Ncd7 13.Ba3 O-O 14.b5 Ne8 15.bxa6 bxa6 16.Rab1 Qd8 17.e5 Nxe5 18.f4 Nd7 19.Bf3 d5 20.Nc6 Qh4 21.g3 Qh6 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Bxd5 Nc7 25.Bxa8 Ne5 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Bb2 Qxh2+ 28.Kxh2 Ng4+ 29.Kh3 Nxe3 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Bb7 Rb8 32.Re1 Nc4 33.Bc6 Rc8 34.Rb7 Na5 35.Bd7 Nxb7 36.Bxc8 Nc5 37.Re7 N5e6 38.Bxe6 Nxe6 39.a5 Kf6 40.Ra7 Nc5 41.Rc7 1-0
2017.03.23 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2773614 IM Esserman, M (2467) GM Timofeev, Arty (2564) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 e6 12.Rd1 Qd5 13.Nb5 Rc8 14.Nfxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5 16.Qb5+ Qd7 17.Qf1 Qe7 18.Nf5 Qf6 19.Qb5+ Rc6 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Bg5 Qg6 22.Rxd6 O-O 23.Be7 Rfc8 24.Rxc6 Rxc6 25.Rd1 h6 26.h3 Kh7 27.Qd3 Nd5 28.Bh4 a6 29.Bg3 b5 30.Qxg6+ Kxg6 31.Rd4 f6 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Ke2 Rc5 34.Bd6 Rc6 35.Ba3 g5 36.g3 h5 37.Kd3 Nb6 38.b3 e5 39.Rd8 f5 40.Rf8+ Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kf6 42.Rh8 Kg6 43.Rd8 Kf6 44.Bc1 f4 45.Ba3 Kf5 46.Rf8+ Ke6 47.Rh8 Kf5 48.gxf4 exf4 49.Rxh5 Nd7 50.h4 Ne5+ 51.Kc2 Nf3 52.hxg5 Re6 53.Kd3 Ne5+ 54.Kd4 Nf3+ 55.Kd5 Re2 56.Bc5 Rxa2 57.c4 Rd2+ 58.Kc6 1/2-1/2
2017.03.22 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2773590 Primbetov, K (2258) IM Esserman, M (2467) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.f4 Ng6 17.Nf3 f5 18.a4 fxe4 19.Bxe4 bxa4 20.Qxa4 Nh4 21.Ra3 Rb8 22.Qc2 h6 23.Qe2 Bf6 24.Bc2 Nxf3+ 25.Rxf3 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Qh4 27.Rff1 Bd7 28.Bg6 Rb3 29.f5 Be5 30.Qc2 Rxh3+ 31.gxh3 Qxh3+ 32.Kg1 Bd4+ 33.Rf2 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 0-1
2017.03.21 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2773550 IM Esserman, M (2467) FM Kozak, Adam (2361) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Re8 8.d3 Nd7 9.Ne2 Nf8 10.Ng3 Bd6 11.b3 Ng6 12.a4 c5 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Nc4 Bf8 15.Bb2 f6 16.Ne2 a6 17.Ne3 Bd6 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Nc4 Bf8 20.a5 Qc6 21.f4 exf4 22.Nxf4 Nxf4 23.Rxf4 b5 24.axb6 cxb6 25.Ne3 a5 26.Qf2 a4 27.Rxf6 axb3 28.Rf1 Qd7 29.Rf3 bxc2 30.Qxc2 Rad8 31.Rg3 Qc7 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Rxg7+ Qxg7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Qb2+ Rf6 36.Qxb6 Rxd3 37.Qxc5 Rd7 38.Qe5 Kf7 39.Kh2 Rg6 40.Qh5 Kg7 41.Qe5+ Kf7 42.Nf1 Rd3 43.Ne3 1/2-1/2
2017.03.20 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2773489 GM Onischuk, V (2601) IM Esserman, M (2467) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nc5 12.h4 g4 13.h5 Be6 14.Bh4 Ncd7 15.g3 Rc8 16.Bg2 Qb6 17.Rb1 Qb4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.c3 Bb3 20.cxb4 Bxd1 21.Rxd1 Rc2 22.Ke2 Rxb2 23.Rb1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Be7 25.Rc1 Bd8 26.Nc4 O-O 27.Nxd6 Nxh5 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.Nxb7 Rb8 30.Nc5 Nxc5 31.bxc5 Ng7 32.c6 Ne6 33.Bf1 Kf8 34.Kd2 Nc7 35.Be2 Rb2+ 36.Kd3 h5 37.Rh1 Rb3+ 38.Kc2 Rb6 39.Rxh5 Rxc6+ 40.Kd2 f6 41.Bxg4 Rc4 42.Rh8+ Ke7 43.Rh7+ Kf8 44.Bh5 a5 45.Rf7+ Kg8 46.Rd7 Rc6 47.Ke2 Na6 48.Bf7+ Kf8 49.Bd5 Rb6 50.Ra7 Ke8 51.Kf3 Kd8 52.Kg4 Nb4 53.Rxa5 Nd3 54.f3 1-0
2017.03.19 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2776089 IM Esserman, M (2467) FM Belous, Mikhail (2366) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.c4 Ngxe5 10.Qd2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Bxb2 12.Qxb2 Ne5 13.Be2 Qe7 14.Nc3 c6 15.Rad1 f5 16.Rfe1 a6 17.f4 Nf7 18.Bf3 Qf6 19.Qd2 Be6 20.e4 Rfe8 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Ne2 Bd7 23.Ng3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Nh5 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Qd4+ 27.Kh1 Kf8 28.h3 h6 29.Kh2 b5 30.cxb5 axb5 31.a4 bxa4 32.bxa4 d5 33.a5 Bc8 34.Qb1 Ke7 35.Qb8 Kd7 36.Be2 Nd6 37.a6 Qa1 38.a7 Bb7 39.Bd3 Ke6 40.Bxf5+ Kxf5 41.Qxd6 Ke4 42.Qb4+ Ke3 43.Qb3+ Kf2 44.Qf3+ Ke1 45.Qe3+ 1-0
2017.03.18 Budapest Spring Open 2017
2776057 WIM Havanecz, B (2225) IM Esserman, M (2467) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.Re1 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Rc1 Bd6 13.Nc4 Be7 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Nc4 Nc6 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.e3 Rac8 18.Qa4 Ne4 19.Bc3 a6 20.a3 Na5 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Nd2 Nc6 23.Qb3 Qd8 24.Bb4 Re8 25.Bc5 bxc5 26.Qxb7 Re7 27.Qxa6 Ra7 28.Qe2 cxd4 29.exd4 f5 30.Qc4 Qd6 31.Qc5 Qd8 32.Rc3 Rac7 33.Nb3 Ne7 34.Qe5 Kf7 35.Rxc7 Rxc7 36.Rd1 Rb7 37.Nc5 Rb6 38.Na4 Rc6 39.b4 Rd6 40.Qc5 Nc6 41.d5 Rxd5 42.Rxd5 Qxd5 43.Qxd5 exd5 44.b5 Na5 45.Nc5 Ke7 46.b6 Kd6 47.b7 Kc7 48.Ne6+ Kxb7 49.Nxg7 Nc4 50.Nxf5 Nxa3 51.Ne7 d4 52.Kf1 Nc4 53.h4 Kc7 54.Nd5+ Kd6 55.Nf6 Ke5 56.Nxh7 d3 57.Ng5 Kd4 58.h5 e3 59.h6 d2 60.Ke2 Kc3 61.Nf3 Nb2 0-1
2017.02.02 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2790022 GM Oparin, G (2625) IM Esserman, M (2468) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 e6 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bxe4 Kc7 13.Re1 Re8 14.c3 e5 15.f4 Bg4 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Bxc6 Kxc6 18.Na5+ Kc7 19.fxe5 Rd5 20.Nc4 b5 21.Nd6 Rexe5 22.Nxf7 Re7 23.Bf4+ Kd7 24.Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.Ng5 h6 26.Re1+ Kd7 27.Ne4 g5 28.Be3 a5 29.Nc5+ Kc6 30.Nb3 b4 31.Bd4 a4 32.Bxg7 axb3 33.axb3 Rd1 34.Rxd1 Bxd1 35.Bxh6 g4 36.Kg2 Bf3+ 37.Kf2 Bd1 38.Kg2 Bf3+ 39.Kg1 Bd1 40.h4 gxh3 41.Kh2 bxc3 42.bxc3 Bg4 43.Be3 Kd5 44.Bg1 Ke4 45.b4 Bc8 46.b5 Kf3 47.c4 Kg4 48.c5 Be6 49.c6 Bd5 50.Bc5 Be4 51.Bd6 Bd5 52.Kg1 Be4 53.Kf2 Bd5 54.Be5 Be4 55.Bd6 Bd5 56.Be5 1/2-1/2
2017.02.01 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2789905 IM Esserman, M (2468) GM Gopal, G (2579) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.e4 g6 5.Bxd3 Bg7 6.c4 d6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.Bh6 a6 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b4 Qc7 17.Rc1 e6 18.Qe3 Red8 19.Bf1 Qb8 20.Nd2 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nxd5 27.Qb3 N7f6 28.Qb2 Kg8 29.Nf3 Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 1/2-1/2
2017.01.31 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2789782 GM Antipov, M2 (2580) IM Esserman, M (2468) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 b5 8.Bc2 c4 9.b4 Nb6 10.a4 Nxa4 11.Bxa4 bxa4 12.Qxa4+ Qd7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.f3 Be7 15.Qxd7+ Nxd7 16.Na3 Ne5 17.Nac2 g5 18.b5 axb5 19.Ba3 g4 20.Reb1 gxf3 21.gxf3 Rg8+ 22.Kf1 Nxf3 23.Nxf3 Bxe4 24.Nfe1 Rg5 25.Bb4 Rb8 26.Ra6 Rh5 27.Bxd6 Rd8 28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.Ke2 Rxh2+ 30.Ke3 Bxc2 31.Nxc2 Rd3+ 32.Kf4 Rhxd2 33.Nd4 Rxc3 34.Nc6+ Kf6 35.Rf1 Kg7 36.Rg1+ Kf6 37.Rf1 Rcc2 38.Ke3+ Kg7 39.Ra7 Re2+ 40.Kf3 e5 41.Rg1+ Kf6 42.Ra6 e4+ 43.Kg4 Rg2+ 44.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 45.Kf4 1/2-1/2
2017.01.30 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2789690 IM Esserman, M (2468) Tscharotschkin, M (2190) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4 Qc7 8.h5 Bd7 9.h6 cxd4 10.Nf3 gxh6 11.cxd4 Nbc6 12.c3 Ng6 13.Bxh6 O-O-O 14.Bg5 Rde8 15.Bf6 Rhg8 16.Rxh7 Kb8 17.Rc1 Bc8 18.Ng5 Nf8 19.Rxf7 Nd7 20.Nf3 Ref8 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Bh4 Nb6 23.Bd3 Qg7 24.g3 Na5 25.Bf6 Qh6 26.Ke2 Nd7 27.Qh1 Qxh1 28.Rxh1 Nxf6 29.exf6 Rxf6 30.Ne5 Nc6 31.Rh7 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Rf8 33.Rg7 a5 34.g4 Ka7 35.g5 Kb6 36.g6 Kc6 37.Rf7 1-0
2017.01.29 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2793871 FM Tate, A (2309) IM Esserman, M (2468) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.b4 a6 8.Nbd2 Nxe5 9.Qa4+ Nd7 10.Ne5 Nf6 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Be2 1/2-1/2
2017.01.28 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2793755 IM Esserman, M (2468) FM Lopez Mulet, Inigo (2304) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.Ngf3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nf1 Rae8 12.Be3 b6 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.c4 Nb4 15.Bb1 cxd4 16.cxd5 Qb8 17.Bxd4 e5 18.Be3 e4 19.Ng5 h6 20.a3 hxg5 21.axb4 Ng4 22.h3 Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Bf4 24.d6 Bxe3 25.Nxe3 Be6 26.Bxe4 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Bf5 Bxf5 29.Nxf5 Rd8 30.Qd5+ Kf8 31.Qe6 Re8 32.Ne7 1-0
2017.01.27 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2793627 IM Mannion, Stephen R (2326) IM Esserman, M (2468) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.g4 h6 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Rb8 14.a5 Bb7 15.Qd2 Bc6 16.O-O Qc7 17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.f3 O-O 19.Bf1 Rfc8 20.Bd3 Nf6 21.Qe2 Ra8 22.Bf2 d5 23.Re1 Nd7 24.Rad1 Nf8 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Qxe5 Bxf3 27.Be4 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 Ne6 30.Nd4 Bc5 31.Nxe6 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Rxc2+ 33.Re2 Rxe2+ 34.Kxe2 fxe6 35.Rd4 Rb8 36.Rd6 Rc8 37.Rxe6 Rc2+ 38.Kd3 Rxb2 39.Rxa6 Rb3+ 40.Kc4 Rxh3 41.Rb6 Kf7 42.a6 Ke7 43.Kxb4 Rh1 44.Kb5 Ra1 45.Rg6 Kf7 46.Rc6 Ke7 47.Kb6 Kd7 48.Kb7 Ra4 49.Rc7+ Ke6 50.Rxg7 Kf6 51.Rg8 Kf7 52.Rh8 Kg7 53.Rd8 Rb4+ 54.Kc6 Ra4 55.Kb5 Ra1 56.Rd6 Rb1+ 57.Kc6 1-0
2017.01.26 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2793508 IM Esserman, M (2468) FM Cordes, HJ (2242) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.O-O a6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Nf6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.c3 Ne4 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Qe2 O-O 17.Rad1 Qf4 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.a4 e5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Rd7 bxa4 22.g3 Qf6 23.Bxf7+ Qxf7 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Qc4+ Kg6 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4+ Kh6 28.c4 Rac8 29.c5 Re6 30.f4 g6 31.fxe5 Rce8 32.Qxa4 Rxe5 33.Qf4+ Kg7 34.Qa4 Kf7 35.Qc4+ Ke7 36.Qh4+ Ke6 37.Qxh7 Rxc5 38.Qxg6+ Kd7 39.b4 Rb5 40.Qd3+ Kc6 41.Qg6+ Kd7 42.Qd3+ Kc6 43.Qc4+ Kb6 44.h4 Re1+ 45.Kg2 1-0
2017.01.25 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2793339 GM Yu Yangyi (2738) IM Esserman, M (2468) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.h4 h6 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qd3 d6 7.O-O-O O-O 8.e4 fxe4 9.Nxe4 Ng4 10.Qg3 Qe8 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Rhe1 Nc6 14.Bd2 Rd8 15.d5 Nce5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bb3 c5 18.Nxc5 Rc8 19.Ne4 Qf7 20.f4 Nc4 21.Bc3 Rc7 22.Bxg7+ Qxg7 23.Qc3 Rfc8 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.Rd4 Kf7 26.Nf2 b5 27.Re2 Na5 28.c3 Nxb3+ 29.axb3 h5 30.Kd2 a5 31.Nd1 b4 32.c4 a4 33.bxa4 Rxc4 34.Ke3 Rxd4 35.Kxd4 Bc2 36.Ne3 Bxa4 37.Re1 Bd7 38.Ra1 Rc7 39.Ra8 Rb7 40.b3 Bb5 41.f5 gxf5 42.Nxf5 Be2 43.Ne3 Bb5 44.Ke4 Bd7 45.Rh8 Kg6 46.Rd8 Ba4 47.bxa4 b3 48.Nc4 b2 49.Nd2 b1=Q+ 50.Nxb1 Rxb1 51.Rg8+ Kf7 52.Rg3 Rb4+ 53.Kf5 Rxa4 54.Kg5 Rd4 55.Rf3+ Kg7 56.Rf5 Re4 57.Kxh5 e5 58.dxe6 Rxe6 59.g4 Rh6+ 60.Kg5 Re6 61.h5 Re7 62.h6+ Kh7 63.Kh5 Re1 64.Rf7+ Kg8 65.Rd7 Re5+ 66.g5 Re6 67.Rd8+ 1-0
2017.01.24 Gibraltar Masters 2017
2793286 IM Esserman, M (2468) Eagleton, Greg T (2055) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ne4 10.Rb1 b6 11.a4 O-O 12.Ba3 Re8 13.O-O Qc8 14.Ne5 f6 15.f3 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 fxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Bd6 Qb7 19.a5 c5 20.Rfd1 Qc6 21.a6 Rac8 22.Qb3 Nf8 23.cxd5 exd5 24.Qxd5+ Qxd5 25.Rxd5 Ne6 26.f4 Nc7 27.Rdd1 Nxa6 28.Ra1 Nb4 29.Rxa7 Nc2 30.Kf2 Ra8 31.Rb7 Rec8 32.e6 c4 33.Be5 c3 34.Rxg7+ Kf8 35.Rdd7 1-0
2017.01.04 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2802507 IM Esserman, M (2468) IM Ornstein, A (2338) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.d5 g6 13.a4 Rb8 14.Bc2 b4 15.a5 Ne8 16.Nc4 f5 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nh2 Qe8 20.Nf1 Qg6 21.Bxg7 Qxg7 22.Ng3 e4 23.cxb4 Rxb4 24.Ra4 Rxa4 25.Bxa4 Qd4 26.Bb3 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Nf6 28.Ne2 Bd7 29.Nf4 Rb8 30.Bc2 Rb4 31.b3 Bb5 32.Ne3 Bd7 33.Ne6 Bxe6 34.dxe6 f4 35.Nf5 Kf8 36.Nxd6 Bxd6 37.Rxd6 Rd4 38.Rc6 Ke7 39.Rxc5 Kxe6 40.Rc6+ Rd6 41.Rxd6+ Kxd6 42.b4 Kd5 43.f3 Kc4 44.fxe4 Nd7 45.e5 Nxe5 46.Bxh7 Kxb4 47.h4 Kxa5 48.h5 Kb4 49.Bb1 Kc5 50.h6 Kd6 51.h7 Nf7 52.Kf2 Ke5 53.Kf3 a5 54.Kg4 Kf6 55.Kxf4 a4 56.g4 a3 57.g5+ Kg7 58.Kf5 Nxg5 59.Kxg5 a2 60.Bxa2 1/2-1/2
2017.01.03 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2802446 GM Bluebaum, M (2640) IM Esserman, M (2468) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bb3 O-O 10.e4 e5 11.d5 cxd5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Nb6 14.Qxb5 Be6 15.b3 Qc8 16.Bd2 Rd8 17.Rac1 Qb7 18.Be3 Bd7 19.Qa5 Bc7 20.Nb5 Bb8 21.Rfd1 Re8 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.Rxd7 Rxa5 24.Rxb7 Rxb5 25.Rc6 f5 26.Ng5 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Rd5 28.g3 Ra5 29.a4 1-0
2017.01.02 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2802410 IM Esserman, M (2468) FM Nielsen, Ro (2351) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Nxe5 O-O 9.Nc3 d6 10.Na4 Nxe4 11.Nxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc6 Qe8 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.f3 Qg6 15.Qd2 h6 16.Qc3 Rae8 17.Bd2 Rf7 18.Rae1 Ref8 19.b4 Na4 20.Qb3 Nb6 21.Ne6 Rc8 22.Nf4 Qf5 23.Re7 Nd5 24.Rxf7 Qxf7 25.Nd3 Re8 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Bxe1 Qe6 28.Bf2 Qe2 29.h3 Kh8 30.Kh2 a6 31.Qc4 Qd2 32.a3 Qe2 33.Qg4 Nf6 34.Qg6 Qe8 35.Qxe8+ Nxe8 36.Nf4 Kg8 37.Bd4 Kf7 38.h4 Nf6 39.Bxf6 Kxf6 40.Kg3 c6 41.Kf2 Bc8 42.Ke3 Bf5 43.Nd3 Bh7 44.c4 g5 45.hxg5+ hxg5 46.Kd4 Bf5 47.Nf2 c5+ 48.bxc5 dxc5+ 49.Kd5 Be6+ 50.Kxc5 Ke5 51.Nd3+ 1-0
2017.01.01 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2807761 FM Luukkonen, T (2333) IM Esserman, M (2468) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.gxf3 d4 6.Ne2 c5 7.f4 Nc6 8.Ng3 g6 9.h4 h5 10.f5 gxf5 11.exf5 Nf6 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.d3 Na5 14.Bb3 Nxb3 15.axb3 a6 16.Qf3 Qd5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Qc6 19.Rg1 Bh6 20.Bg5 Rg8 21.O-O-O O-O-O 22.Kb1 Bxg5 23.hxg5 h4 24.Rg4 c4 25.bxc4 Qxc4 26.e5 Rd5 27.Qe3 Qxc2+ 28.Kxc2 Rc5+ 29.Qc3 dxc3 30.f4 cxb2+ 31.Kxb2 Rb5+ 32.Kc3 h3 33.g6 f6 34.Rh1 fxe5 35.Rxh3 exf4 36.g7 Rd5 37.Rh8 Rdd8 38.Rh7 Kd7 39.Rxf4 Rc8+ 40.Kb4 Rc6 41.Rg4 Ke8 42.Rh3 Kf7 43.Rhg3 Rh6 44.Re4 Rb6+ 45.Ka4 Rc6 46.Ka5 Rc5+ 47.Kb6 Rb5+ 48.Kc7 Rxg7 49.Rf3 Kf8 50.Kd8 Rf7 51.Ref4 Rc5 52.f6 Rxf6 0-1
2016.12.30 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2807710 IM Esserman, M (2468) Chizhikov, V (2262) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 Bg7 5.Bc4 d5 6.exd5 dxc3 7.Nxc3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Nb6 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bf4 Bf5 13.d6 exd6 14.Bxd6 Re8 15.Ne5 Be6 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Rxe6 Rxe6 18.Bxe6+ Kxe6 19.Qb3+ Nfd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qxb7 Kxd6 22.Rd1 Qg8 23.Qa6+ Kd7 24.Qb7+ Kd6 25.Qb4+ Kc6 26.Rc1+ Bc3 27.Qa4+ Kc7 28.Qc4+ Kb7 29.bxc3 Nb6 30.Qe4+ Qd5 31.Qxg6 Rd8 32.g3 Qxa2 33.Qxh6 a5 34.c4 Qd2 35.Qh7+ Rd7 36.Qe4+ Ka6 37.Qb1 Re7 38.Qb5+ Ka7 39.Rf1 Re1 40.c5 Rxf1+ 41.Qxf1 Nd5 42.Qb5 Qe1+ 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2
2016.12.29 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2807662 CM Wiander, M (2246) IM Esserman, M (2468) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 O-O 14.Rg1 b4 15.Nce2 e5 16.f6 exd4 17.fxe7 Re8 18.e5 d3 19.Qxd3 dxe5 20.Bg2 Ra7 21.g6 hxg6 22.Bd5 e4 23.Qxe4 Ne5 24.Rxg6 Nxg6 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rf1+ Kg8 27.Qd5+ Kh7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qd5+ Kh7 30.Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
2016.12.28 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2807607 IM Esserman, M (2468) IM Ziegler, A (2299) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.g3 Be7 10.Kf2 f6 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Bd3 Kh8 13.Ne2 fxe5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.Bb1 Ne4 16.Rf1 Bd7 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qxd7 exf3+ 19.Rxf3 Qa6 20.Qd3 b5 21.Qe4 Rac8 22.Be3 Nb4 23.Nc3 Rc4 24.Qb1 Qc6 25.a3 g5 26.axb4 g4 27.Qf1 Bxb4 28.h3 gxf3+ 29.Qxf3 a6 30.Qxc6 Rxc6 31.Ne4 Rd8 32.g4 a5 33.Kf3 a4 34.f5 Rc4 35.f6 Rd3 36.Ke2 Rd5 37.Ng5 h6 38.Nf7+ Kh7 39.g5 hxg5 40.Rg1 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 Kg8 42.Nh6+ Kh7 43.Nf7 Kg8 44.Nh6+ Kf8 45.Rxg5 Ke8 46.f7+ Kd7 47.Rg4 Rc4 48.Rg8 Rxe5 49.f8=Q Bxf8 50.Rxf8 Rc2 51.Ng4 Rf5+ 52.Rxf5 exf5 53.Ne5+ Ke6 54.Nd3 Rc4 55.Bd2 Rc2 56.Ke3 Kf6 57.Nb4 Rc4 58.Nd3 Kg5 59.Be1 f4+ 60.Kf3 Rc2 61.h4+ Kf5 62.Bb4 Rh2 63.Be1 Rh3+ 64.Ke2 f3+ 65.Kf1 Rh2 66.h5 Rxh5 67.Bg3 Ke4 68.Ne1 Rd5 69.Bh4 b4 70.Be7 b3 71.Bb4 Rh5 72.Bd6 Rh2 73.Bxh2 a3 74.bxa3 b2 75.Kf2 b1=Q 76.Nxf3 Qb2+ 77.Kg3 Qb3 0-1
2016.12.27 46th Rilton Cup 2016-17
2807559 Tuomainen, Felix (2228) IM Esserman, M (2468) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Ng4 16.h3 Qh4 17.Qe2 Nf2+ 18.Kh2 Rad8 19.Bc2 b4 20.Rxf2 Bxf2 0-1
2016.07.11 Najdorf Mem Open A 2016
2893089 IM Esserman, M (2474) GM Kovalenko, I (2667) 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Nge2 Bf5 7.O-O O-O-O 8.d5 Na5 9.Bb3 a6 10.Bf4 e5 11.dxe6 Qxd1 12.Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Nxb3 14.cxb3 Bxe6 15.Rc1 c6 16.Nd4 Kd7 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rd1+ Nd5 19.Be5 Rg8 20.Rd3 Be7 21.Ne4 g6 22.Rh3 h5 23.g4 c5 24.gxh5 gxh5+ 25.Rg3 Rf8 26.Rg7 Kc6 27.Rh7 h4 28.Nc3 Bg5 29.Ne4 Bf4 30.Bxf4 Rxf4 31.Nc3 Rd4 32.Rh6 Nf4 33.Kf1 h3 34.Ke1 b5 35.f3 c4 36.bxc4 bxc4 37.Ne2 Ng2+ 38.Kf2 Rd2 39.Rxe6+ Kc5 40.Re4 Rxb2 41.Kg3 Rxa2 42.Re5+ Kb4 43.f4 Ra3+ 44.Kg4 Re3 45.Rxe3 Nxe3+ 46.Kg5 a5 47.f5 Nxf5 48.Kxf5 a4 49.Ke4 a3 50.Nc1 Kc3 51.Ke3 Kc2 52.Na2 Kb2 53.Kd2 Kxa2 54.Kc2 c3 0-1
2016.07.10 Najdorf Mem Open A 2016
2893058 Andre, G (2254) IM Esserman, M (2474) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Be7 12.Rad1 O-O 13.h4 Nh5 14.Bh2 g4 15.Ne5 f5 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bc5 19.g3 Qe8 20.Nxb5 exd5 21.Bxc4 Bxf2+ 22.Qxf2 Qxe5 23.Rfe1 Qxg3+ 24.Qxg3 Nxg3 25.Re7 dxc4 26.Rdd7 Nh5 27.Rxb7 Rab8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Nd6 Rxb2 30.Nxf5 c3 31.Re1 c2 32.Nd4 Nf4 0-1
2016.07.09 Najdorf Mem Open A 2016
2893006 IM Esserman, M (2474) WGM Bartel, Marta (2260) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O d6 9.Ng5 Be7 10.f4 Bxg5 11.fxg5 Ne7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Qxd6 Nbc6 14.Qc5 Qd4+ 15.Be3 Qxc5 16.Bxc5 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Ng6 18.Bb6 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Nge5 20.a3 Kf8 21.h3 Ke8 22.Ba2 Rc8 23.Kf1 Nd7 24.Be3 Nde5 25.Bb6 Nd7 26.Be3 Nde5 27.Bb6 1/2-1/2
2016.07.08 Najdorf Mem Open A 2016
2892962 WGM Nebolsina, V (2226) IM Esserman, M (2474) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 Ne4 7.dxc5 Nxc5 8.Be3 Qd6 9.Na3 a6 10.Qc1 O-O 11.Rd1 Ncd7 12.c4 Qb4 13.Bd4 dxc4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rd4 Nc6 16.Rh4 Rh8 17.Qh6+ Kg8 18.Nxc4 Nf6 19.a3 Qc5 20.b4 Qb5 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Be6 23.Na5 Qxe2 24.Rad1 Rf8 25.Rd8 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Nd7 27.Rxf8+ Nxf8 28.Nxb7 Qc2 29.Rc1 Qa2 30.Rd1 Qc2 31.Bf3 Bg4 32.Bxg4 Qe4+ 33.Kg1 Qxb7 34.Qe3 Kg7 35.Re1 Qd5 36.Qc3+ Kg8 37.Rxe7 h5 38.Bf3 Qd6 39.Rb7 h4 40.Qc4 Ne6 41.gxh4 Qe5 42.Bd5 Qe3+ 43.Kf1 Qh3+ 44.Bg2 Qf5+ 45.Kg1 Nf4 46.Rb8+ Kh7 47.Rxh8+ Kxh8 48.Qxa6 Qe5 49.Qa8+ Kh7 50.Qf3 Qd4+ 51.Kh1 Kg7 52.Bf1 Nd5 53.b5 Ne3 54.a4 Nxf1 55.Qxf1 Qe4+ 56.Kg1 Qg4+ 57.Qg2 Qd1+ 58.Kf2 Qxa4 59.Qd5 Qxh4+ 60.Ke3 Qxh2 61.Qd4+ Kh7 62.b6 Qg3+ 63.Kd2 Qb3 64.Qf6 Qd5+ 65.Ke3 g5 66.Qd4 Qa5 67.Qe4+ f5 68.Qe7+ Kh6 69.Qd6+ Kh5 70.Qh2+ Kg6 71.Qd6+ Kh5 72.Qh2+ 1/2-1/2
2016.03.16 Reykjavik Open 2016
2932987 IM Esserman, M (2458) WGM Rapport, Jovana (2366) 1-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nge2 g6 7.Bf4 Qd8 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.Bh6 O-O 10.h4 b5 11.Bd3 Na6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Ne4 h5 14.Nxf6 exf6 15.O-O Nc7 16.a4 a6 17.Be4 Qd6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Nxa8 20.Qf4 Qd7 21.Qf3 Bb7 22.Qg3 Qg4 23.Qxg4 hxg4 24.Ra1 Nb6 25.Ra7 Rb8 26.Nf4 Nc8 27.Ra1 Nd6 28.Bd3 Rc8 29.b3 Ra8 30.Rxa8 Bxa8 31.c4 bxc4 32.bxc4 Bb7 33.c5 Ne8 34.Kf1 Bc8 35.Ke1 g5 36.hxg5 fxg5 37.Nh5+ Kf8 38.Kd2 f5 39.Ng3 Ng7 40.Kc3 Ke7 41.Nf1 Ne8 42.Ne3 Ng7 43.Nc4 Be6 44.Nd6 Kf6 45.Bc4 Nh5 46.g3 Bxc4 47.Nxc4 Ke6 48.Ne5 Kd5 49.Nd3 Ke6 50.Kc4 Kd7 51.Ne5+ Kc7 52.Kd3 Nf6 53.Nf7 Ne4 54.Ke3 Kd7 55.Ne5+ Kc7 56.Nxg4 Nc3 57.Nh6 Nd5+ 58.Kd2 Ne7 59.Nf7 g4 60.Ne5 Nd5 61.Nc4 Ne7 62.Nb6 Kb7 63.Ke3 Ng6 64.Nc4 1-0
2016.03.15 Reykjavik Open 2016
2932864 GM Agdestein, S (2610) IM Esserman, M (2458) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e5 7.e4 fxe4 8.dxe4 O-O 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 b6 11.b4 a5 12.Ng5 Nb8 13.b5 Qe8 14.Nd5 Ra7 15.a4 Nbd7 16.h4 h6 17.Nh3 Nxd5 18.Qxd5+ Kh7 19.f3 Nf6 20.Qd3 Be6 21.c4 Nd7 22.Rac1 Ra8 23.Nf2 Rd8 24.Qd1 Qf7 25.Qc2 Nc5 26.f4 Qe7 27.h5 gxh5 28.f5 Bf7 29.Kh2 Bf6 30.Nh3 Rg8 31.Bf3 Rg7 32.Qd1 Rdg8 33.Rg1 h4 34.g4 Bg5 35.Nxg5+ hxg5 36.Rg2 Rd8 37.Rd2 Rgg8 38.Rc3 Nb7 39.Be2 Qf6 40.Kh3 Rge8 41.Bd3 Rc8 42.Qc2 Nc5 43.Be2 Red8 44.Ra3 Rb8 45.Ra1 Rbc8 1/2-1/2
2016.03.14 Reykjavik Open 2016
2932766 IM Esserman, M (2458) FM Johannesson, Oliver (2177) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.a3 c5 4.e4 Nc6 5.g3 a6 6.Bg2 d6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.Nbc3 Be7 9.h3 Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11.f4 f6 12.Rb1 a5 13.Kh2 Ndb8 14.Nd5 Na6 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Qc2 Kh8 18.f5 Nc7 19.Rfc1 b5 20.cxb5 Nxb5 21.Qc4 Ncd4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.a4 Re8 24.b3 Bc6 25.Be3 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Rb4 27.Rc4 Qb8 28.Rxb4 Qxb4 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Qf7 Qb8 31.e5 dxe5 32.Bc6 Rc8 33.Bd7 Rd8 34.Qxe7 Qc7 35.Rc1 Qxd7 36.Qxd7 Rxd7 37.Rxc5 Kg8 38.Kg2 Kf7 39.Rxa5 Rb7 40.Kf3 Rxb3 41.Ra7+ Kg8 42.Ke4 Ra3 43.Ra8+ Kf7 44.g4 h6 45.a5 Ke7 46.a6 Ra5 47.h4 Kf7 48.a7 Ra1 49.g5 hxg5 50.h5 g4 51.h6 1-0
2016.03.13 Reykjavik Open 2016
2935077 GM Grigoriants, S RUS (2587) IM Esserman, M (2458) 1-0
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 Re8 9.h3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O Bc7 14.Qd4 Qd6 15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.Qf4 Qe7 17.Qh4 Qd6 18.Qg3 Qe7 19.f4 Rxe3 20.Nxd5 Rxg3 21.Nxe7+ Kf8 22.Ba3 Ke8 23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Bf3 Bxf4 25.Rfe1+ Kd8 26.Rad1+ Nd7 27.Re7 Rc7 28.Rxf7 1-0
2016.03.12 Reykjavik Open 2016
2934969 IM Esserman, M (2458) GM Marin, Mi (2597) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 cxd4 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.O-O Qxe2 9.Bxe2 Bd6 10.Nb3 Nf6 11.Nbxd4 O-O 12.Bg5 Ne4 13.Be3 Bg4 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.h3 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 Be6 17.Rdd1 f6 18.Nd4 Bf7 19.c3 a6 20.Rfe1 Bf8 21.Bg4 h5 22.Be6 g6 23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Ne2 g5 25.h4 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Nxc5 27.hxg5 fxg5 28.Ng3 h4 29.Nf5 Na4 30.Re2 Rd7 31.Ne3 Rad8 32.Rd4 Nc5 33.Red2 Ne4 34.Rd1 Nf6 35.f4 g4 36.f5 g3 37.Rxh4 Re7 38.Nf1 Re2 39.Nxg3 Rxb2 40.Rb4 Rxb4 41.cxb4 Rc8 42.Ne2 Rc2 43.Nf4 Rxa2 44.Nxd5 Rb2 45.Nxf6 Kxf6 46.Rd6+ Kxf5 47.Rb6 Kg4 48.Kh2 Kh4 49.Rxb7 Kg4 50.Rb6 Kh4 1/2-1/2
2016.03.11 Reykjavik Open 2016
2934871 FM Lasinskas, P (2229) IM Esserman, M (2458) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Ne2 b5 8.Ng3 bxc4 9.Bxc4 Qa5 10.Ne2 exd5 11.Bxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Qb6 13.O-O Nc6 14.Be3 Ba6 15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.Qxd6 Bxe2 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Nxe2 Nc4 19.Bc1 Rfd8 20.Rd5 Rxd5 21.exd5 Re8 22.Kf1 Re5 23.b3 Na5 24.Bf4 Rxd5 25.Bc7 b5 26.Bxa5 Bxa5 27.a4 bxa4 28.Nf4 Rd8 29.Rxa4 Bc7 30.Ne2 g6 31.g3 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Rb1 33.Ra3 Bb6 34.Kg2 Rb2 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.h4 Bc7 37.Ra7 Bb6 38.Ra3 Bd8 39.Ra8 Bf6 40.Rc8 Rxb3 41.Rxc5 Rxf3+ 42.Kg2 Rb3 43.Nf4 Rb2+ 44.Kf3 Bd4 45.Rd5 Rf2+ 46.Ke4 Bb6 47.Rd7 Kg8 48.Rb7 Ba5 49.Rb8+ Kg7 50.Rb7 h6 51.Ne6+ Kg8 52.Nf4 Bd2 53.Rb2 Bxf4 54.Rxf2 Bxg3 55.Rb2 Bxh4 56.Rb7 Bf6 57.Ra7 h5 58.Rb7 Kg7 59.Kf4 Bc3 60.Rd7 Bb4 61.Kg5 Bc5 62.Rc7 Be3+ 63.Kh4 Kf6 64.Rc3 Bg5+ 65.Kg3 Kg7 66.Rc7 Be3 67.Kh4 Bf4 68.Ra7 Be5 69.Kg5 Bf6+ 70.Kf4 Bc3 71.Kg5 Bd2+ 72.Kh4 Kf6 73.Ra1 Kf5 74.Rf1+ Ke6 75.Rb1 f6 76.Rb5 Be1+ 77.Kh3 g5 78.Rb1 Bd2 79.Rd1 Bf4 80.Re1+ Kf5 81.Rf1 Kg6 82.Ra1 g4+ 83.Kh4 Be3 84.Ra2 Bd4 85.Rd2 Be3 86.Ra2 Bg5+ 87.Kg3 f5 88.Ra6+ Bf6 89.Kf4 h4 90.Rc6 h3 91.Kg3 Kg5 92.Rc5 Bd4 93.Rb5 Be3 94.Ra5 Bf4+ 95.Kf2 g3+ 96.Kf3 g2 97.Ra8 Bh2 98.Rg8+ Kf6 99.Kf2 g1=Q+ 100.Rxg1 Bxg1+ 101.Kxg1 Kg5 102.Kf1 Kg4 103.Kf2 Kf4 104.Kg1 Kg3 105.Kh1 f4 106.Kg1 f3 107.Kh1 Kf2 108.Kh2 Ke2 109.Kxh3 f2 110.Kg4 f1=Q 111.Kg5 Qf3 112.Kg6 Qf4 113.Kg7 Qf5 114.Kg8 Qd7 0-1
2016.03.10 Reykjavik Open 2016
2934750 IM Esserman, M (2458) GM Beliavsky, A (2630) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.a5 Bg4 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.d4 Rb8 15.Qd3 Rb5 16.c4 Rxa5 17.Rxa5 Nxa5 18.d5 Nb7 19.Ba3 Nd7 20.dxe6 Ndc5 21.Qd5 Qc8 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Qc6 Qxe6 24.Nc3 Bd8 25.Nd5 Qe8 26.Nb4 a5 27.Qd5+ Qe6 28.Nc6 a4 29.Ra1 Qxd5 30.cxd5 Bf6 31.Nd2 Bg5 32.Nc4 Nxe4 33.Rxa4 Nxf2 34.Ra7 Nd1 35.h4 Bxh4 36.Rxc7 Nc3 37.Nxd6 Nxd5 38.Rd7 Nc3 39.Ne7+ Bxe7 40.Rxe7 Rd8 41.Nf5 g6 42.Nh6+ Kf8 43.Rxh7 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Rd4 45.g3 Ne4 46.Rf7+ Ke8 47.Rg7 Rd6 48.Ng4 Kf8 49.Ra7 Rd5 50.Kg2 Ng5 51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Ra7+ Nf7 53.Kf3 Rb5 54.Ke4 Rb4+ 55.Kf3 Kf8 56.Nf6 Ng5+ 57.Ke2 Rd4 58.Nh7+ Nxh7 59.Rxh7 Ra4 60.Rb7 Ra3 61.Rb5 Rxg3 62.Rxe5 Kf7 63.Kf2 Kf6 1/2-1/2
2016.03.09 Reykjavik Open 2016
2934556 IM Esserman, M (2458) Fransson, L (2144) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.a4 Be7 9.g4 Nh6 10.h3 Nd7 11.Nb3 Ng8 12.Ne1 f6 13.f4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Bg5 15.Ng2 Bxc1 16.Rxc1 Qe7 17.a5 a6 18.c4 Nh6 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 O-O-O 22.Nf4 Kb8 23.e6 Nf8 24.Nc5 g5 25.Nh5 Rd6 26.Rce1 Ng6 27.Qg3 Ka7 28.Re3 Rb8 29.Rf6 Rdd8 30.Kh2 b6 31.Nd7 bxa5 32.Nxb8 Rxb8 33.Rf2 Rb7 34.Rfe2 Qb4 35.Rd3 Qc4 36.Qe3 Ng8 37.Rc3 Qa4 38.Qxg5 Qxd4 39.Rxc6 Rxb2 40.Rc7+ Kb6 41.Rcc2 Rxc2 42.Rxc2 N8e7 43.Qc1 Qe5+ 44.Ng3 d4 45.Qb2+ Ka7 46.Qa3 Kb6 47.Rb2+ Ka7 48.Qa4 Qd5 49.Qd7+ Qxd7 50.exd7 Nc6 51.Nf5 d3 52.Nd4 Nd8 53.Nf3 Nf4 54.Kg3 Nd5 55.Ne5 Nb4 56.Rd2 1-0
2016.03.09 Reykjavik Open 2016
2934633 GM Rapport, Richard (2720) IM Esserman, M (2458) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.c4 d4 6.e3 Bg7 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Nc6 9.Re1 O-O 10.a3 a5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.b3 Nc5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf5 15.Rh4 f6 16.Rf4 Qd7 17.Nh4 Bh3 18.Bxh3 Qxh3 19.Nf3 e5 20.Rh4 Qd7 21.Bh6 Bxh6 22.Rxh6 Qg7 23.Rh4 Rae8 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Nxb4 26.Qd2 Nc6 27.Re1 g5 28.Rhe4 f5 29.R4e2 h6 30.Qb2 Re7 31.Qb5 Rfe8 32.Nd2 Qf7 33.f3 Kg7 34.Nb3 Qh5 35.Rf2 Qg6 36.Nc5 Na7 37.Qb4 Qd6 38.Rb2 Qc6 39.Nxb7 Nc8 40.Rf1 e4 41.fxe4 fxe4 42.dxe4 Qxe4 43.Nd6 Nxd6 44.Qxd6 Qe3+ 45.Kg2 Qe4+ 46.Kg1 Qe3+ 47.Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2
2016.02.17 32nd Cappelle Open 2016
2940949 IM Esserman, M (2410) GM Vovk, Y (2620) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Qe4 b6 14.Bg5 Bb7 15.Bd3 g6 16.Bf6 Rfd8 17.Qe3 Rd5 18.Be4 Rc5 19.Rad1 Na5 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Rd4 Bxf6 22.exf6 Nd6 23.Rfd1 Rxc3 24.Qe1 Ne8 25.Rd7 Qc5 26.Ne5 Nxf6 27.Rxf7 Ng4 28.Nd7 Qc4 29.Re7 Rd3 30.Rxd3 Qxd3 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ Kh6 34.Qh4+ 1-0
2016.02.16 32nd Cappelle Open 2016
2940900 IM Klinova, M (2304) IM Esserman, M (2410) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.Ne2 e5 7.Ng3 Nf6 8.Be2 h5 9.Bxh5 Nxh5 10.Nxh5 b5 11.d3 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 g6 13.Ng3 bxc4 14.dxc4 a5 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.f3 Bc5 17.Rb1 d6 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Ke2 Kf8 20.h3 Kg7 21.Be1 d5 22.cxd5 d3+ 0-1
2016.02.15 32nd Cappelle Open 2016
2940704 GM Jussupow, Ar (2578) IM Esserman, M (2410) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qc2 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Ne2 d4 14.e4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 d3 16.Bxd3 Bxb2 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Qxb2 Bg4 19.f3 Qh4+ 20.Kf1 Qxh7 21.fxg4 Rac8 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Nxc1 Qe4 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Ne2 Rc2 26.Qd8+ Kh7 27.Qh4+ Kg8 28.Qd8+ Kh7 29.Qh4+ Kg8 30.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
2016.02.15 32nd Cappelle Open 2016
2940810 IM Esserman, M (2410) WGM Tsatsalashvili, K (2243) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.O-O-O Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Na4 Nc5 16.h5 Bb7 17.f3 Qa5 18.g6 Nxa4 19.bxa4 Qxa4 20.Qc4 hxg6 21.Qc7 Qd7 22.Qxd7+ Kxd7 23.hxg6 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 fxg6 25.Rg1 Bf6 26.Rxg6 Ke7 27.Nb3 a5 28.Bd4 Kf7 29.Rg3 a4 30.Bxf6 Kxf6 31.Nd4 a3 32.Kb1 d5 33.Nb5 dxe4 34.Nd6 Bc6 35.fxe4 a2+ 36.Ka1 g5 37.b3 Rg8 38.Rg4 e5 39.Kxa2 Bd7 40.Rg1 g4 41.Rf1+ Ke7 42.Nc4 Bb5 43.Rh1 Bxc4 44.bxc4 Kd6 45.Kb3 Kc5 46.c3 bxc3 47.Kxc3 g3 48.Rg1 Ra8 49.Kb3 Rb8+ 50.Kc3 Ra8 51.Kb3 Rb8+ 52.Kc3 Ra8 1/2-1/2
2016.02.14 32nd Cappelle Open 2016
2940653 IM Esserman, M (2410) GM Djukic, Ni (2565) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 g6 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd6 e6 10.Qf3 f6 11.Nxe6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Bxd6 13.Qh3 f5 14.O-O Qf6 15.Re1 Be5 16.Bb3 O-O-O 17.Nd2 h6 18.Nf3 Bc7 19.Re6 Qg7 20.cxd4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.bxc3 Rd6 24.Rxd6 Bxd6 25.Bf7 g5 26.Be6+ Kb8 27.Bxf5 Be5 28.Be3 Rd8 29.h4 Nc4 30.hxg5 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Bxc3 32.Rb1 hxg5 33.Be4 b6 34.Rb3 Be5 35.Rd3 Rxd3 36.Bxd3 1/2-1/2
2016.02.13 32nd Cappelle Open 2016
2940613 Cappon, J (2204) IM Esserman, M (2410) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Re1 Na5 12.Nd4 b4 13.Na4 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Bxe4 15.Nc5 Bd5 16.Qa4 Nc6 17.Ncxe6 dxe6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Qxc6+ Kf7 20.Bb6 Qd5 21.Rxe6 Qxe6 22.Qxa8 Qxb6 23.Re1 Bc5 24.Qd5+ Kg6 25.Qd3+ f5 26.Qg3+ Kf7 27.Qb3+ Kf6 28.Qg3 Rd8 29.Qh4+ Kf7 0-1
2016.02.04 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2945958 IM Esserman, M (2419) FM Plotkin, V (2291) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nd6 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.c3 Bf6 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.Qb3 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Ng4 Ng6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Be5 Qd8 17.Bg3 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.Re1 Nf6 20.Qd1 Qd7 21.h4 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8 23.h5 Nf8 24.Nf3 h6 25.Ne5 Qe7 26.Qa4 a5 27.Bh4 f6 28.Ng6 Nxg6 29.Bxg6 Nd6 30.Bg3 c6 31.Kh2 Ne4 32.Qb3 b5 33.Qc2 Nxg3 34.fxg3 Bc8 35.a4 Bd7 36.Qb3 Qd6 37.Qa2 b4 38.Qb3 Kf8 39.cxb4 Qxb4 40.Qe3 Qxb2 41.Qf4 Ke7 42.Qc7 Qf2 43.Qa7 f5 44.Qc5+ Kd8 45.Qf8+ Kc7 46.Qxg7 f4 47.Qe5+ Kb7 48.gxf4 Bg4 49.Be8 Bf3 50.Qg7+ Kb6 51.Qg3 Qxg3+ 52.Kxg3 Bd1 53.Kh4 Bxa4 54.g4 Bc2 55.Bg6 Be4 56.g5 hxg5+ 57.Kxg5 a4 58.h6 1-0
2016.02.03 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2945813 GM Donchenko, Alexa (2570) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1-0
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.a4 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 c6 9.Qe2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qf3 Qb6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bf4 Ncd7 15.Nf5 Ne5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Bb3 Bxf5 18.exf5 Bb4 19.Ne4 Bxe1 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rxe1 Kf8 22.Qh5 Qc7 23.Qxh6+ Ke7 24.Bxf7 Rf8 25.Be6 Qd6 26.Re3 Qd1+ 27.Kh2 Rad8 28.Qh7+ Ke8 29.Rg3 1-0
2016.02.02 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2945687 IM Esserman, M (2419) GM Anand, Viswanathan (2784) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Qe4 Rd8 14.Re1 g6 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 h6 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.h4 Na5 19.Bd3 Bd7 20.Nd4 Nc6 21.Nf3 Na5 22.Nd4 Nc6 23.Nf3 1/2-1/2
2016.02.01 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2945598 Henderson de La Fuente, Lance (2270) IM Esserman, M (2419) 0-1
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.h3 Bf5 6.Bb5 O-O-O 7.d3 e5 8.Bd2 Nd4 9.Bc4 Qc5 10.Bxf7 Qc6 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne4 Bxe4 13.Qg4+ Rd7 14.dxe4 Nf6 15.Qf5 Kb8 16.Bb3 Nxe4 17.O-O-O g6 18.Qf4 Bd6 19.Qh4 Be7 20.Qh6 Nxf2 21.Rhf1 Nxd1 22.Qg7 Rhd8 23.Kxd1 Bb4 24.Qxd7 Qxd7 25.Bxb4 Qb5 26.h4 0-1
2016.01.31 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2948615 IM Esserman, M (2419) GM Lalith, B (2553) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Be6 7.c5 g6 8.Bb5 Bg7 9.Ne5 Qc8 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Re1 Re8 14.h3 Qb7 15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Bh2 Qxb2 17.Nxd7 Qxc3 18.Be5 Rec8 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rac1 Qd2 21.g3 Qg5 22.h4 Qf5 23.Ne5 Nf6 24.f3 Rc7 25.Qc2 Qc8 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Rb1 Qc8 29.Kg2 Nd7 30.Nxd7 Rxd7 31.Qd2 Rb7 32.Rxb7 Qxb7 33.h5 gxh5 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Qxh5 f6 36.Qf5 Qa6 37.Qc2 Qc4 38.Qd2 Kf7 39.g4 Kg6 40.a3 e5 41.dxe5 fxe5 42.Qa5 e4 43.fxe4 Qxe4+ 44.Kg3 Qe3+ 45.Kg2 Qe7 46.Qa6 Qxc5 47.Qc8 Qc2+ 48.Kg3 Qc3+ 49.Kg2 Qb2+ 50.Kh1 Qc1+ 51.Kg2 Qd2+ 52.Kh1 Qe1+ 53.Kg2 Qe4+ 54.Kh3 Qf3+ 55.Kh2 Qf6 56.Qe8+ Kg5 57.Qh5+ Kf4 58.Qxh7 Qb2+ 59.Kg1 Qc1+ 60.Kg2 Qd2+ 61.Kg1 Kg3 62.Qc7+ Qf4 0-1
2016.01.30 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2948487 IM Tari, A (2556) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 O-O 14.h4 b4 15.Nce2 exf5 16.exf5 Bb7 17.Qh3 Bxh1 18.Qxh1 d5 19.Qxd5 Rad8 20.Ne6 fxe6 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Qxe7 Rfe8 23.Qf7 Rf8 24.Qe7 Rc8 25.Nd4 Rfe8 26.Qxb4 Qf4+ 27.Qd2 Qxh4 28.Bxa6 Ra8 29.Bb5 Rxa2 30.Nb3 Ra7 31.Bxd7 Rd8 32.Qe2 Qxg5+ 33.Kb1 h5 34.Rh1 h4 35.Bb5 Re7 36.Qc4 g6 37.Rxh4+ Rh7 38.Qc3+ 1-0
2016.01.29 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2948360 IM Esserman, M (2419) GM Short, N (2684) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.c3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Ng6 10.Nb3 Ba7 11.Be3 Qd6 12.Rad1 Nf4 13.Qd2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qc7 15.Bb1 f6 16.g3 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Ng6 18.h4 Rf7 19.h5 Nf8 20.Nbd4 Bd7 21.a3 Re8 22.Ba2 b5 23.Rfe1 Na5 24.Nd2 Nb7 25.Qf3 Nd6 26.Ne4 Nc4 27.b4 Nxa3 28.Nc5 Nc4 29.Bxc4 bxc4 30.Nxa6 Qc8 31.Nc5 h6 32.Qe2 e5 33.Nxd7 Rxd7 34.Nc2 Red8 35.Rxd7 Nxd7 36.Rd1 Nb6 37.Ne3 Rd7 38.Qg4 Rxd1+ 39.Qxd1 Qc7 40.Qg4 Qf7 41.Nf5 Kf8 42.Ne3 Ke8 43.Qe4 Qxh5 44.Qc6+ Nd7 45.g4 1-0
2016.01.28 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2948274 FM Menna Barreto, F (2247) IM Esserman, M (2419) 0-1
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Rb8 9.Rb1 Ne8 10.Be3 Nc7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne6 13.Nde2 Qa5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.f4 a6 16.a3 Bd7 17.b4 Qxa3 18.Nd5 a5 19.f5 axb4 20.fxe6 Bxe6 21.Bh6 Bxh6 22.Qxh6 Ne5 23.Nc7 Bxc4 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.Qd2 Qa6 26.Nd4 Bxf1 27.Bxf1 Qa7 28.Kh1 Ng4 29.h3 Nf6 30.Bg2 Qa3 31.Rb3 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Nd7 33.Rxb4 Qa5 34.Rb2 Qxd2 35.Rxd2 Nc5 36.Ra2 Rb8 37.Nb5 Kg7 38.Kg1 Kf6 39.Rf2+ Kg7 40.Rc2 Ne6 41.Ra2 Rc8 42.Kf2 Rc4 43.Rb2 Nc5 44.Ke3 Na4 45.Rb1 Rc2 46.Bf3 Nc5 47.Be2 Kf6 48.Rf1+ Kg7 49.Rb1 Ra2 50.Nc3 Ra3 51.Kd2 e6 52.Kc2 Kf6 53.Rf1+ Ke7 54.h4 Rb3 55.Ra1 Rb4 56.Bd3 Nb3 57.Rb1 Nd4+ 58.Kd2 Rxb1 59.Bxb1 Kf6 60.Ke3 Nc6 61.g4 h6 62.Nb5 Ke5 63.g5 hxg5 64.hxg5 d5 65.exd5 exd5 66.Ba2 d4+ 67.Nxd4 Nxd4 68.Bxf7 Nf5+ 69.Kd3 Ne7 70.Kc4 Kf5 71.Kc5 Nc8 72.Be8 Kxg5 73.Bd7 Ne7 74.Kb6 Kf4 75.Kxb7 Nf5 76.Kb6 g5 77.Kc5 g4 78.Kc4 g3 79.Bc6 Ke3 80.Bh1 Nh4 81.Kb5 Kf2 82.Ka6 Ng2 0-1
2016.01.27 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2948107 IM Esserman, M (2419) GM Iturrizaga, E (2624) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.a4 a5 10.Bd2 g5 11.Rc1 Bg7 12.Qe1 O-O 13.c4 Qb6 14.Nxa5 Bg6 15.c5 Qc7 16.h3 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.b4 g4 19.hxg4 Nxg4 20.g3 Rae8 21.Bc3 Be4 22.Qd1 Ne3 0-1
2016.01.26 Gibraltar Masters 2016
2948054 CM Harding, T (2006) IM Esserman, M (2419) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3 O-O 6.Ne2 e5 7.Qd2 c6 8.Na3 exd4 9.Bxd4 Re8 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Kb1 a6 12.Bc3 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.exd5 Nb6 15.Ng3 Nbxd5 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Ne4 Bf5 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.g4 Be6 20.Nc2 Rad8 21.Rhe1 Qc7 22.Ne3 Nf4 23.Qc2 Bxa2+ 24.Kxa2 Qa5+ 25.Kb1 Nxd3 0-1
2016.01.23 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950771 IM Esserman, M (2419) Siva, Mahadevan (2370) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Nd2 Be7 12.f4 Ng6 13.O-O O-O 14.g3 Rfd8 15.a4 d5 16.e5 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18.Rf2 Ne8 19.Nb3 Qe7 20.Qd4 Nc7 21.Bd3 Bc6 22.h4 Qe8 23.Qe3 Ne7 24.Nd4 a6 25.g4 b5 26.f5 exf5 27.gxf5 b4 28.Nce2 Bb7 29.Rg2 Nc6 30.e6 f6 31.Kh1 Nxd4 32.Nxd4 Rd7 33.Qh6 Re7 34.Qxf6 Qf8 35.Qxf8+ Rxf8 36.a5 Nb5 37.Bxb5 axb5 38.a6 Ba8 39.Ra5 Rc7 40.Rxb5 Rc4 41.e7 Re8 42.f6 g6 43.Nf5 Kf7 44.Nd6+ Kxf6 45.Nxe8+ Kxe7 46.Re2+ 1-0
2016.01.22 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950762 IM Kobo, Ori (2437) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.h4 d6 5.h5 Nxh5 6.Rxh5 gxh5 7.Qxh5+ Kd7 8.Qxf5+ e6 9.Qd3 c6 10.Nc3 Na6 11.a3 Qa5 12.O-O-O Kc7 13.Nf3 Bd7 14.Ne4 Be8 15.Neg5 Kd7 16.Qb3 Nc7 17.Bc4 Kc8 18.Nxe6 b5 19.Bd3 Bf7 20.Bf5 Kb8 21.Nd8 Be8 22.Ne5 1-0
2016.01.21 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950761 GM Kononenko, Dmitry1 (2618) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.g4 Qb6 8.Nb3 e6 9.g5 Nd7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.h4 Qc7 12.Be3 b5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.a3 Na5 15.Nxa5 Qxa5 16.Rh3 Rc8 17.Kb1 Ne5 18.Bc1 Nc4 19.f4 O-O 20.Qe1 Rfe8 21.h5 d5 22.exd5 exd5 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Re3 Kf8 25.h6 gxh6 26.Qh4 Qb6 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Red8 29.Rde5 Bc5 30.gxh6 Bxe3 31.Bxe3 1-0
2016.01.20 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950753 IM Esserman, M (2419) GM Kim, Alex (2460) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O h5 9.h3 d6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 e5 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Rc1 Be7 16.Be3 g6 17.c4 a5 18.f4 Nc5 19.b3 f5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.a3 e4 22.Bf4 Qb6 23.Qd4 Bf6 24.Qf2 Rc8 25.Rb1 Qd8 26.Bf1 O-O 27.Red1 Nd7 28.d6 g5 29.Be3 Be5 30.Qg2 Kh8 31.Rd5 f4 32.Qxe4 fxe3 33.Bd3 Rf7 34.Rxe5 Nxe5 35.Qxe5+ Qf6 36.d7 Rcf8 37.Qxe3 Re7 38.Qc5 b6 39.Qc8 Kg7 40.Rf1 Qd4+ 41.Kh2 Rf2+ 42.Kg1 Rxf1+ 0-1
2016.01.19 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950744 IM Esserman, M (2419) FM Szwed, J (2369) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.h3 b6 7.Qe2 Bb7 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Ne4 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Nf3 c5 13.c3 Qc7 14.O-O Rad8 15.Rac1 Nd6 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.b3 Rc8 18.c4 dxc4 19.bxc4 e6 20.Qb2 f6 21.Be2 Ne4 22.d5 Rcd8 23.dxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Qa3 a6 26.Rd1 Rd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Qb2 Kf7 29.Qc2 Ke7 30.Bd3 Qc6 31.Bxe4 Qxe4 32.Qb3 Qc6 33.Ne1 Qe6 34.Nd3 Qd6 35.f3 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc7 37.Qc3 Bc8 38.Nf4 Bb7 39.h4 Bc6 40.g4 Qe5 41.Qxe5+ fxe5 42.Ne6+ Kd6 43.Nf8 Be8 44.Nxh7 Bf7 45.Ng5 Bxc4 46.a3 Ke7 47.Ne4 1/2-1/2
2016.01.19 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950750 IM Ly, Mo (2474) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.d4 Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.h3 g6 14.b3 Bg7 15.d5 c4 16.b4 a5 17.a4 axb4 18.cxb4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Bb7 20.Be3 Nb6 21.Ra5 Rxa5 22.bxa5 Nbd7 23.Qa1 Ba6 24.Qc3 Rb8 25.Rb1 Rxb1+ 26.Bxb1 Nc5 27.Bc2 Nfd7 28.Bd2 Bf6 29.Nh2 h5 30.Ngf1 Qb8 31.Qa3 Nb3 32.Bb4 Ndc5 33.Nd2 Qb5 34.Nhf1 Nd4 35.Bd1 Bg5 36.Ne3 Bxe3 37.fxe3 Ndb3 38.Bxb3 Nxb3 39.Nf3 f6 40.Kh2 Nc5 41.Nd2 Kf7 42.Kg1 Ke8 43.Kh2 Kd7 44.Kg1 Nd3 45.Bxd6 c3 46.Nb3 c2 47.Bf8 Qxb3 48.Qd6+ Kc8 49.Qxa6+ Qb7 50.Qc4+ Qc7 51.Qa6+ Kb8 52.Bd6 c1=Q+ 53.Kh2 Qxe3 54.Qb5+ Ka7 55.Bxc7 Qf4+ 56.Kg1 Qc1+ 57.Kh2 1/2-1/2
2016.01.18 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950739 GM Teske, H (2461) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bf5 7.a3 Be7 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Nd2 a5 12.Rc1 Bd6 13.Bf3 Qb8 14.g3 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Re1 Bg6 17.Qb3 Qa7 18.Na4 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Rxe4 21.Qd3 Rae8 22.Nc3 R4e6 23.Re2 Qb6 24.Rce1 Qb3 25.Kg2 Bf8 26.Qc2 Qb6 27.Qd3 Qb3 28.Qd1 Qb6 29.Qc2 Qd8 30.Qd3 1/2-1/2
2016.01.17 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2950735 IM Esserman, M (2419) IM Padmini, R (2427) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 h5 8.h3 Nf6 9.O-O h4 10.g4 Bd6 11.Nb3 Bf4 12.Re1 Bh2+ 13.Kh1 Ne7 14.Nd4 Ng6 15.Nf3 Bf4 16.Qd4 Bxc1 17.Raxc1 O-O 18.e5 Nh7 19.g5 Qd8 20.Ne4 Rb8 21.Qa7 Qc7 22.Re3 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 d5 24.Nc3 Bd7 25.Qd4 Nxg5 26.Qxh4 Nh7 27.Rce1 Bc6 28.Rg3 f6 29.Nxc6 bxc6 30.Rxe6 Rxb2 31.Rxc6 Qe5 32.Qg4 1-0
2016.01.16 15th Marienbad GM 2016
2953345 FM Vykouk, Jan (2427) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Be6 10.Bf3 b6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nd2 h6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Qb7 16.Qf1 Bf8 17.Ndb1 Nc5 18.Nd2 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.f3 Be6 21.Nc4 Nxe4 22.Nxb6 Nxc3 23.bxc3 Rxc3 24.Qe1 Rxc2 25.Nxa8 Qxa8 26.Rdc1 Qc6 27.Rxc2 Qxc2 28.Qc1 Qe2 29.Rb1 Be7 30.h3 Qd3 31.Rb7 Bf6 32.Qd2 Qxd2 33.Bxd2 Bc4 34.Rb6 d5 35.Bxh6 e4 36.Be3 exf3 37.gxf3 Kh7 38.Kg2 Bc3 39.Rb1 Kg6 40.Rd1 f6 41.Kf2 Bb4 42.Bd4 a5 43.Ke3 Bb3 44.Ra1 Kf5 45.h4 Kg6 46.Rg1+ Kh6 47.Rc1 Bxa4 48.Bc5 Kh5 49.Bxb4 axb4 50.Rc7 g5 51.hxg5 Kxg5 52.Rc5 Kg6 53.Rxd5 Bc2 54.Rb5 b3 55.Kf4 Kf7 56.Rb6 1/2-1/2
2016.01.08 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2955708 IM Esserman, M (2419) IM Vega Gutierrez, S (2399) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.e5 Ng8 7.O-O Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Re1 a6 10.Rxe5 axb5 11.Rxc5 b4 12.Nb5 Kf8 13.Qg4 d6 14.Qd4 Nf6 15.Rc4 b3 16.cxb3 Bd7 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.d3 h6 19.Rb4 Kg7 20.f4 Qa5 21.Be3 Rad8 22.Rf1 Qh5 23.Ne4 Qe2 24.Rf2 Qe1+ 25.Kh2 Rhe8 26.Bd2 Qd1 27.f5 Qh5 28.Nxf6 exf6 29.fxg6 Qxg6 30.Qh4 f5 31.Rbf4 Bd7 32.R4f3 Kh7 33.Rg3 Qe6 34.Re2 1-0
2016.01.07 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2955701 GM Stopa, Ja (2463) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rb3 Qc5+ 16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qc5+ 18.Be3 Qe5 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Bb6 Qe5 21.Bd4 Qa5 22.Bb6 Qe5 23.Bd4 Qa5 1/2-1/2
2016.01.06 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2955690 IM Pancevski, F (2497) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 e5 7.a4 b6 8.Bc4 h6 9.c3 Bb7 10.d3 g6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Bg7 13.Nf1 O-O 14.Ne3 Kh7 15.h3 Rab8 16.Nh2 Ne8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ndf6 19.Bc4 Nc7 20.Qd1 d5 21.exd5 Nfxd5 22.Nf3 Qd6 23.Bb3 Rbe8 24.Nd2 b5 25.Ne4 Qc6 26.axb5 axb5 27.c4 Nf4 28.Qf3 Qb6 29.Be3 Nxd3 30.Red1 Rd8 31.Bc2 bxc4 32.Bxd3 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 cxd3 34.Bxc5 Qxb2 35.Rf1 Qe2 36.Bxf8 Qxf3 37.gxf3 Bxf8 38.Rd1 Ne6 39.Rxd3 Kg7 40.Nd2 Nf4 41.Rd7 Nxh3+ 42.Kf1 Ng5 43.Ke2 Ne6 44.Nc4 Kf6 45.Rb7 Nd4+ 46.Kd3 Ne6 47.Ke2 Nd4+ 48.Kd3 Ne6 49.Ke2 Nd4+ 50.Kd3 1/2-1/2
2016.01.06 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2955699 IM Esserman, M (2419) FM Zamengo, F (2326) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.c3 Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.e5 Ng4 10.O-O f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nb3 Bd6 13.c4 Kh8 14.Bg5 Bd7 15.Rac1 Qe8 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Rc4 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Qh5 19.f4 Qh3 20.Be4 Nxf4 21.Bxf4 Bxf4 22.Rd1 Bxh2+ 23.Kh1 Bf4+ 24.Kg1 Ne5 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Bg2 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Ne5 28.Rc3 Qh6 29.Qc2 Rd8 30.Rh3 Qg6 31.Qxg6 Nxg6 32.Bxb7 Rd1+ 33.Ke2 Rb1 34.Rc3 Rxb2+ 35.Kf3 Kg8 36.Bxa6 Rxa2 37.Bc4 Be5 38.Bxe6+ Kf8 39.Re3 Ra3 40.Nc5 Rxe3+ 41.Kxe3 Bc7 42.Nd3 Ke7 43.Bf5 Kf6 44.Bxg6 Kxg6 45.f3 Kf5 46.Kf2 h5 47.Kg2 Bd6 48.Kh3 g6 49.Kg2 Ke6 50.Nf2 Ke5 51.Nh3 Kd5 52.Ng5 Bf4 53.Nh7 Bh6 54.Nf6+ Ke5 55.Nxh5 Bf4 56.Ng3 Bxg3 1/2-1/2
2016.01.05 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2955689 GM Petkov, V (2492) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bg3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 Ne7 11.Qb1 Qc8 12.Bh4 Nf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nef3 Re8 16.Kf2 Ba6 17.Re1 Re4 18.Qd1 Qe6 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Nh4 Kh8 21.Qh5 Rg8 22.Rad1 Bc4 23.Nf5 Bf8 24.g4 a5 25.a3 Rg6 26.Rg1 Qd7 27.Rg3 Kg8 28.Rh3 h6 29.Rg3 Ba6 30.Rgg1 Bc4 31.Nh4 Rg7 32.Qf5 Qc7 33.Rg3 cxd4 34.Rxd4 Bc5 35.Rd2 Bd3 36.Kg2 b5 37.Qxd5 Bxe3 38.Rxd3 exd3 39.Qa8+ Kh7 40.Qe4+ Kh8 41.Qxe3 1-0
2016.01.04 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2957865 IM Valsecchi, A (2482) IM Esserman, M (2419) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.O-O e6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nxe6 Qa5 13.f4 Kf7 14.e5 Kxe6 15.f5+ Kf7 16.e6+ Kg8 17.exd7 Bxd7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rxb7 Bc6 20.Rb3 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Re8 22.Qd1 h5 23.Ne2 Bb5 24.c4 Qxc4 25.Rg3+ Bg7 26.Ng1 h4 27.Rg4 Qd3 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Qg4+ Kf8 30.Qg6 Ke7 31.Qg7+ Kd8 32.Rc1 Bc4 33.Qxf6+ Kd7 34.Qg7+ Kc6 35.Nf3 h3 36.Nd4+ Kb6 37.Nc2 hxg2+ 38.Kg1 Qf1+ 0-1
2016.01.04 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2957868 IM Esserman, M (2419) FM Basso, Pier Luigi (2466) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2 9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb4 12.Rb1 Bxc3 13.Rxb2 Bxe1 14.Rxe1 b6 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Nh6 19.Rd2 Ke7 20.e6 Rhd8 21.exf7+ Kf8 22.Rc2 a6 23.Bb3 Ra7 24.Rec1 Nxf7 25.Rc7 Rd7 26.Rc8+ Rd8 27.R8c7 Rxc7 28.Rxc7 Nd6 29.Rc6 Nc8 30.g3 Ke7 31.Rc7+ Kf6 32.Rf7+ Kg6 33.Rc7 Nd6 34.Rc6 b5 35.Rxa6 f4 36.Bc2+ Kg5 37.Kg2 fxg3 38.hxg3 h6 39.Bd3 h5 40.f4+ Kf6 41.Bxb5 h4 42.Bd3 hxg3 43.Kxg3 Ke6 44.Kg4 Rb8 45.Bc4+ Ke7 46.Bb3 Rb4 47.Kg5 Ne4+ 48.Kg6 Ng3 49.Ra7+ Kd6 50.Ra4 Rxa4 51.Bxa4 Ne2 52.Kg5 Nd4 53.Bb3 Ke7 54.Bc4 Nc6 55.Kg6 Kf8 56.Kh7 Nd4 57.a4 Nc6 58.Bd5 Ne7 59.Bb7 Kf7 60.a5 Ng6 61.Bd5+ Kf6 62.a6 Nf8+ 63.Kg8 Nd7 64.a7 Nb6 65.Be4 g5 66.f5 g4 67.Kf8 Ke5 68.Bg2 Kxf5 69.Ke7 Nc8+ 70.Kd7 Nxa7 71.Bf1 1/2-1/2
2016.01.03 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2957859 IM Esserman, M (2419) GM Horvath, Jo1 (2533) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nb6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 c5 10.Nb3 d5 11.exd5 Nfxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bf3 Be6 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Rd1 Re8 16.Qf1 c4 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.c3 Qf6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Be3 Bc5 22.Rxd5 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Qe6 24.Rad1 Qxe3+ 25.Qf2 Qxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Rf8+ 27.Kg1 Rce8 28.Rd7 Re2 29.Rxb7 h6 30.g3 Rff2 31.Rdd7 Rg2+ 32.Kf1 Rgf2+ 33.Kg1 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rgf2+ 1/2-1/2
2016.01.02 1st FideAcademy GM 2016
2957854 FM Lodici, Lorenzo (2374) IM Esserman, M (2419) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O e5 9.e4 O-O 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 Ng6 12.Nf5 Nf4 13.Bc2 g6 14.Nh6+ Kg7 15.g3 Kxh6 16.gxf4 Kg7 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.f4 Qd6 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qh5 21.Qxh5 Nxh5 22.Bd6 Re8 23.Bxc5 b6 24.Bd4+ Kg8 25.c5 bxc5 26.Bxc5 Ba6 27.Rf2 g5 28.Be3 h6 29.Rb1 Rac8 30.Bd2 Kg7 31.Be3 Kg8 32.d6 Red8 33.Bb3 Bc4 34.e5 Be6 35.Bxe6 fxe6 36.Bxa7 Rxc3 37.Rd2 Rd7 38.Bd4 Rc4 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Ra8 Rc1+ 41.Kf2 Rf7+ 42.Ke3 Kg6 43.Ra7 Rff1 44.d7 Nf4 45.Bb2 Nd5+ 46.Kd4 Rf4+ 47.Kd3 Nb4+ 48.Ke2 Rh1 49.Ke3 Re1+ 50.Re2 Rd1 51.Rd2 Re1+ 52.Re2 Rd1 53.Rg2 Rd3+ 54.Ke2 Re4+ 55.Kf2 Nc2 56.Bc3 Nd4 57.Bxd4 Rexd4 58.Rg3 Rd2+ 59.Ke3 R4d3+ 60.Ke4 Rd4+ 61.Ke3 R4d3+ 62.Ke4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2
2015.12.26 53rd Groningen Open 2015
2960041 Maatman, Nick (2258) IM Esserman, M (2411) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.O-O-O Nd7 10.Bd3 a6 11.Kb1 Nc5 12.Bc2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Ba6 15.Nc3 Qb8 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.d6 cxd6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Bf1 20.Rd2 Nf4 21.Nge2 Bxg2 22.Rg1 Nxe2 23.Rxg2 Nd4 1/2-1/2
2015.12.24 53rd Groningen Open 2015
2960010 IM Esserman, M (2411) Kokje, Joris (1975) 1-0
1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 d5 10.Bg5 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.Qb5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.c4 c6 15.Qb3 h6 16.Be3 dxc4 17.Qxc4+ Qd5 18.Qe2 Kh7 19.c4 Qd7 20.f3 exf3 21.Rxf3 Na6 22.Raf1 Rae8 23.Qc2+ Kg8 24.Ng6 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Qxd4 26.Qd3 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 Re8 28.Ra3 Nb4 29.Rxa7 Re2 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Nf5 Ne4 32.Nxg7 Rxa2 33.Re7 1-0
2015.12.23 53rd Groningen Open 2015
2959978 Sparenberg, E (2110) IM Esserman, M (2411) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 b6 8.d4 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.a3 Rc8 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Nf1 b5 13.Ng3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qb6 15.Bb1 Rfd8 16.h3 Na5 17.Qd3 d5 18.e5 Ne4 19.Ne2 g6 20.Nh2 Nc4 21.Rf1 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Ng4 Bg7 24.b3 Ncd6 25.Bf4 Nf7 26.Ra2 a5 27.Rc2 b4 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.axb4 Ba6 30.bxa5 Qxa5 31.Qe3 Qb5 32.Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.Nxc1 g5 34.Be5 Qf1+ 35.Kh2 h5 36.Bxe4 hxg4 37.Bd3 Bxe5+ 1/2-1/2
2015.12.22 53rd Groningen Open 2015
2959931 IM Esserman, M (2411) Vrolijk, Liam (2094) 0-1
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 a5 8.c3 bxc3 9.bxc3 Nf6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Bb5 O-O 12.h4 e5 13.d5 Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Ne2 Ne8 16.Nac1 Nd6 17.Nd3 c4 18.Nb2 Nxb5 19.axb5 Bd7 20.Nxc4 Bxb5 21.Na3 Bd7 22.h5 Qe7 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Qe3 Rfb8 25.O-O Bf8 26.Nc4 Qc5 27.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 28.Kh1 Bb5 29.Nxe5 Bxe2 30.Rfe1 Bb5 31.f4 Bd6 32.g3 a4 33.Ng4 Bc4 34.Rad1 Bb3 35.Rd2 a3 36.e5 a2 37.Ra1 Bxd5+ 38.Kh2 Rb1 39.Nf6+ Kf7 40.Nxd5 Rxa1 41.exd6 Rh1+ 0-1
2015.12.21 53rd Groningen Open 2015
2959889 Bollen, G (2135) IM Esserman, M (2411) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Rd1 e5 10.Be3 O-O 11.a3 Be6 12.Bb5 Ng4 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Bf6 16.Rad1 Be7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Rxe5 dxe5 19.Rxd8 Bxd8 20.Nxe5 Bb6 21.Qf3 Rad8 22.Nc4 Rfe8 23.g3 Rd4 24.Qc3 Rdxe4 25.Nxb6 axb6 26.Qxc6 R4e6 27.Qb5 Rd8 28.Qb4 g6 29.Kg2 Rd5 30.Qc4 Rc5 31.Qd3 h6 32.h3 Kh7 33.Qd2 Ree5 34.Qd7 Rf5 35.Qd6 b5 36.g4 Rfd5 37.Qf8 Rc7 38.Qb8 Rcd7 39.Qf8 Rd2 40.Qb4 R7d5 41.Qf8 Rd7 42.Qb4 Re2 43.Qxb5 Rdd2 44.Qb6 Rxb2 45.Qf6 Rb7 46.h4 Re6 47.Qf3 Ra7 48.h5 Rea6 49.hxg6+ fxg6 50.Qf8 Rxa3 51.f3 Ra2+ 52.Kg3 Rd7 53.Kh3 Raa7 54.Kg3 Rf7 55.Qc5 Ra8 56.f4 Raf8 57.f5 gxf5 58.gxf5 Rxf5 59.Qc2 Kg7 60.Qc3+ R8f6 61.Qc7+ Kg6 62.Qc2 Re6 63.Kg4 h5+ 64.Kh4 Rf6 65.Qd3 Kh6 66.Qe3+ Rf4+ 67.Kg3 h4+ 68.Kh3 Kg5 69.Qe5+ R4f5 70.Qe3+ Rf4 71.Qe5+ Kh6 72.Qe3 Kh7 73.Qe7+ Rf7 74.Qe6 Rg7 75.Qe1 Rg3+ 76.Kh2 Rg7 77.Kh3 Rgf7 78.Qe6 R4f6 79.Qe4+ Kg7 80.Qe5 Kf8 81.Qb8+ Kg7 82.Qe5 Kh7 83.Kxh4 Rg6 84.Qe4 Kg7 85.Qd4+ Kh7 86.Qe4 Kg7 87.Qd4+ Kg8 88.Qd5 Rg7 89.Kh5 Kh8 90.Qd8+ Kh7 91.Qd3+ Kg8 92.Qd5 Kh7 1/2-1/2
2015.12.10 London Classic Open 2015
2964338 IM Esserman, M (2411) Ilfeld, E (2199) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd2 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Qxd4 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 Nf8 12.Rac1 Ng6 13.e5 Nd5 14.h4 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Bxh4 16.Nxh4 Nxh4 17.Rd3 h6 18.Qh5 Nf5 19.Rd1 g6 20.Qh3 Ne7 21.Rd6 Nf5 22.Rd3 Ne7 23.Rd6 Nf5 24.Bc3 Nxd6 25.exd6 Rh7 26.Qh4 Qd8 27.Bf6 Qd7 28.Be7 f5 29.Qf6 Rxe7 30.dxe7 Qxe7 31.Qh8+ Kf7 32.Rd8 b6 33.Rg8 Ba6 34.Qg7# 1-0
2015.12.09 London Classic Open 2015
2964212 GM Edouard, R (2627) IM Esserman, M (2411) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 Qe8 9.d5 Na6 10.b4 Bd7 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.c5 d5 13.Qd3 Nc7 14.Bf4 Ne6 15.Be5 Qf7 16.Qc2 Ne4 17.Qb2 Bf6 18.Bxf6 exf6 19.e3 Rfb8 20.Qc2 Qf8 21.Nd4 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 Ra3 24.Na4 Nxd4 25.exd4 f4 26.Nb6 Bf5 27.Qc1 Rd3 28.Qxf4 Nc3 29.Rbe1 Re8 30.Qc7 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Ne2+ 32.Kh1 Qe8 33.Ra1 Be4 34.h4 Bxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Qe4+ 36.Kh2 1-0
2015.12.08 London Classic Open 2015
2964124 IM Esserman, M (2411) IM Stachanczyk, J (2258) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h5 Nxh5 13.g4 Nf6 14.O-O-O Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Kb1 b5 17.Bh6 Nxe4 18.Qh2 Rxd4 19.fxe4 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Bc6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qxh7+ Kf6 23.g5+ Ke6 24.Qh3+ f5 25.gxf6+ Kf7 26.Nf2 exf6 27.Qh7+ Ke6 28.Qxg6 Rf7 29.Nd3 Qe8 30.Qf5+ Ke7 31.Nf4 Kd8 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.Qxd5 Kc7 34.Rd1 Qd7 35.c4 Re7 36.c5 Re6 37.c6 Qe8 38.Qxb5 Qb8 39.Qd5 1-0
2015.12.07 London Classic Open 2015
2964022 Foo, Be (2183) IM Esserman, M (2411) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Re1 a6 8.Bf1 O-O 9.d4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.a4 b6 12.c4 h6 13.Nc3 Rb8 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Nb3 a5 16.Qf3 Ba6 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.g4 Qe6 19.h4 Rb7 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.cxb5 Qe7 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 Nh5 24.Bh3 Nf8 25.Bg4 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Qxf4 Bxb2 28.Ra2 Be5 29.Qe3 Ne6 30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.f3 Bd4 32.Nxd4 Qxa2 33.Ne2 Qxa4 34.Nc3 Qb3 35.Kg2 Rbb8 36.Qd2 Qb4 37.Qe3 Rbd8 38.Nd5 Rxd5 39.Rxd5 Qxb5 40.Qc3 a4 41.Kg3 Ra8 42.Qf6 Qc4 43.Rd1 Qe6 44.Qa1 a3 45.Kg2 Qb3 46.Rb1 Qc2+ 47.Kg3 Qd2 48.Qf6 Qd4 49.e5 Re8 50.Rxb6 a2 51.Rb7 Rf8 52.Ra7 a1=Q 53.Rxa1 Qxa1 54.f4 Rb8 0-1
2015.12.06 London Classic Open 2015
2966910 IM Esserman, M (2411) GM Lenderman, A (2626) 0-1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.a4 a5 10.Bd2 g5 11.Rc1 Bg7 12.Qe1 b6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Rd8 15.Qe2 Qb8 16.Rfe1 Kf8 17.h4 g4 18.Nh2 h5 19.Nf1 c5 20.Bg5 Bg6 21.dxc5 Nxe5 22.Rcd1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Nd5 25.c6 Be5 26.Ne3 f6 27.Nd4 Bf7 28.Bxf6 Bxf6 29.Nxe6+ Bxe6 30.Nxd5 Qd6 31.Qb5 Kf7 32.Qxb6 Bxd5 33.Qxa5 Qxc6 34.Qxd5+ Qxd5 35.Rxd5 Bxb2 36.g3 Kg6 37.a5 Rc8 38.Rd6+ Bf6 39.a6 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Ra1 41.Rc6 Ra2 42.Rb6 Kf5 43.Rd6 Be5 44.Rh6 Bd4 45.Rxh5+ Ke4 46.Kh1 Bxf2 47.Rh7 Kf3 0-1
2015.12.05 London Classic Open 2015
2966798 GM Dragun, K (2564) IM Esserman, M (2411) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Be7 14.Nc5 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Qc7 16.b4 a5 17.a3 Rcd8 18.Bb2 Nd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bd4 Bf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2
2015.12.05 London Classic Open 2015
2966717 IM Esserman, M (2411) Marzano, C (2177) 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 a5 9.h3 Nb6 10.Ba2 Nfd7 11.Be3 exd4 12.Qxd4 Nc5 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.e5 d5 16.Qg4 Nbd7 17.Bh6 Rf7 18.Nd4 Nf8 19.Be3 Qd7 20.f4 Rb8 21.Rf1 b5 22.axb5 cxb5 23.f5 b4 24.Nce2 exf5 25.Nxf5 Ng6 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Rxd5 Ne6 29.Nd4 Nxd4 30.Rd7 Ne6 31.Qf5+ Ke8 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.Bg5+ Nxg5 34.Qxg5+ Ke6 35.Qg4+ Ke7 36.Qd4 Rd8 37.Qc5+ Ke6 38.Qb6+ 1-0
2015.12.04 London Classic Open 2015
2966621 Gschwendtner, S (2003) IM Esserman, M (2411) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nc3 Ndf6 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.e3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.a3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Ne4 17.b4 Qb5 18.Qd3 Qa4 19.f3 Nd6 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1 23.Bxc1 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Nc4 25.f4 Qc6 26.Qd4 a5 27.bxa5 Nxa5 28.Bd2 Qc2 29.Qc3 Qe4+ 30.Kh3 Nc4 31.Bc1 Qh1 32.Qc2 Qf1+ 33.Kh4 Qf3 34.Kh3 h5 35.e4 Qf1+ 36.Kh4 dxe4 37.e6 Qd3 38.exf7+ Kxf7 39.Qf2 Qd1 40.Kg5 Qxc1 41.Qd4 Nd6 42.Qd5+ Ke8 43.Kxg6 Qc5 44.Qa8+ Qc8 45.Qa4+ b5 46.Qd1 0-1
2015.11.15 4ncl 2015-16
2974139 IM Esserman, M (2408) IM Ghasi, A (2469) 1-0
1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 Qe7 9.Bf1 c6 10.d5 c5 11.a3 h6 12.g3 Ne8 13.Nh4 Kh7 14.Rb1 Bf6 15.Nf3 Bg7 16.Qc2 b6 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.b4 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.a4 Ra6 21.Nb5 Ndf6 22.Nh4 Nh5 23.h3 Bf6 24.Nf3 Bd7 25.Kh2 Be7 26.Bd3 Qc8 27.Ng1 f5 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Bxf5 gxf5 30.Ne2 Nhf6 31.Nf4 Ng7 32.Ne6 Nxe6 33.Qxf5+ Kg7 34.dxe6 Rxa4 35.Ra1 Rxc4 36.Ra7 Ng4+ 37.hxg4 Rxf5 38.gxf5 Kf6 39.Nxd6 Qb8 40.Rxe7 Rh4+ 41.gxh4 Kxe7 42.Ne4 Qf8 43.Ng3 Qa8 44.Bxh6 Qf3 1-0
2015.11.14 4ncl 2015-16
2974087 IM Esserman, M (2408) Cumming, R (2135) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 N6d7 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rc1 Nxc5 13.a3 Be6 14.Qe2 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Ne6 16.Bg3 Rac8 17.Qb3 Rfd8 18.Qa2 Qh5 19.Rfd1 Bxc3 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.bxc3 Ng5 22.Nd4 e5 23.Ne2 Ne4 24.Qc2 Qf5 25.f3 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 Rd1+ 28.Kf2 Ra1 29.Rb2 b6 30.Rb3 Na5 31.Rb5 Nc4 32.Rb4 Nxa3 33.Re4 Kg7 34.Rxe5 Nc4 35.Re7 a5 36.Rc7 Nb2 37.Nf4 Ra2 38.Ke1 a4 39.e4 Kf6 40.Rc6+ Ke7 41.Rxb6 a3 42.Ra6 Nc4 43.Ra4 Rc2 44.Rxc4 a2 45.Ra4 Rc1+ 46.Kf2 a1=Q 47.Rxa1 Rxa1 48.g4 Kd6 49.g5 Rh1 50.Nd5 Rh5 51.f4 h6 52.Nf6 Rh1 53.gxh6 Rxh6 54.Ke3 Rh1 55.e5+ Ke6 56.Ne4 Re1+ 57.Kf3 Rf1+ 58.Ke3 Re1+ 59.Kf3 Rf1+ 60.Ke3 1/2-1/2
2015.08.28 US Chess Masters 2015
3000619 IM Esserman, M (2394) GM Ortiz Suarez, I (2577) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 d5 11.Bd3 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nd7 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.a5 Rb8 15.g3 b5 16.axb6 Nxb6 17.Qe2 Bf6 18.Bd4 Nd7 19.Rfd1 h6 20.Bg2 Re8 21.Ra2 e5 22.Bc3 e4 23.Qd2 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Qxc3 25.bxc3 Rb6 26.Ra4 Nf6 27.c4 Rc6 28.c5 Rc7 29.Bf1 Nd7 30.Bxa6 Bxa6 31.Rxa6 Nxc5 32.Nxc5 Rxc5 33.Rd2 e3 34.fxe3 Rxe3 35.Ra7 Rf3 36.Kg2 Rf6 37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.Re8 g5 39.Ree2 Kg6 40.Rf2 Rfc6 41.Rfe2 f5 42.Rf2 g4 43.Rde2 h5 44.h3 Kg5 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.Re8 Rxc2 47.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 48.Kg1 Kf6 49.Re3 Rc4 50.Kf2 Re4 51.Ra3 Re6 52.Rb3 Ke5 53.Rb5+ Ke4 54.Rb4+ Kd3 55.Rb5 Rf6 56.Ra5 Rf8 57.Ra3+ Ke4 58.Ra4+ Ke5 59.Ra5+ Kf6 60.Ra6+ Kg5 61.Re6 Ra8 62.Kg2 Ra2+ 63.Kg1 Ra3 64.Kg2 Rf3 65.Ra6 Rb3 66.Rc6 Rb2+ 67.Kg1 Rb5 68.Kg2 f4 69.gxf4+ Kxf4 70.Rc4+ Kg5 71.Rc3 Kh4 72.Ra3 Rb2+ 73.Kg1 Rc2 74.Rb3 Ra2 75.Rc3 g3 76.Rc8 1/2-1/2
2015.08.27 US Chess Masters 2015
3000613 IM Esserman, M (2394) Hong, Andrew (2108) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a4 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Re1 Qc8 10.Ba2 Nbd7 11.f4 Qc5 12.Be3 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.f5 e5 15.Nf3 h6 16.Bd5 Rb8 17.Nd2 Nhf6 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Nc4 Kd8 20.Red1 Kc7 21.Rd3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Rad1 Be7 24.Nxd6 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxb2 26.Rxa6 Kb7 27.Ra5 Rc8 28.Rb5+ Rxb5 29.Nxb5 Ra8 30.Nd6+ Kc7 31.Nb5+ Kb7 32.Nc3 Kc6 33.Rb1 Nd7 34.Kf2 Nb6 35.Kf3 Nxa4 36.Nd5 Ra7 37.f6 g6 38.Rb8 c4 39.Ne7+ Kd7 40.Nxg6 Ke6 41.Re8+ Kxf6 42.Nxe5 Nb6 43.Ng4+ Kg7 44.Ne3 Ra3 45.Kf4 Ra1 46.Nf5+ Kh7 47.Rf8 Ra2 48.Rb8 Nd7 49.Rc8 Ra1 50.Rc7 Rf1+ 51.Ke3 Rd1 52.Ke2 Rg1 53.Rxd7 Rxg2+ 54.Kf3 Rxh2 55.Rxf7+ Kg6 56.Rg7+ Kf6 57.Rg2 Rh1 58.Ne3 h5 59.Nxc4 h4 60.Rf2 h3 61.Ne3 Ke6 62.Ng4 Ra1 63.Rh2 Ra3+ 64.Ne3 Ke5 65.Rxh3 Rc3 66.Rh5+ Ke6 67.Ke2 Rc8 68.Kd3 Rd8+ 69.Nd5 Rg8 70.Kd4 Rg1 71.Rh6+ Kd7 72.c4 Rd1+ 73.Ke5 Rc1 74.Rh7+ Kd8 75.Kd6 Kc8 76.c5 Rg1 77.e5 1-0
2015.07.05 43rd Annual World Open
3037300 IM Esserman, M (2406) Hua, D (2301) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.Qa4 Bb7 9.b4 Bc6 10.b5 Be4 11.Ra1 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc7 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.Rg1 a6 15.bxa6 Rxa6 16.Qb3 O-O 17.g4 d5 18.c5 Qa8 19.g5 Nd7 20.Nf4 bxc5 21.Bxa6 Bxa6 22.Qa4 Bb5 0-1
2015.07.04 43rd Annual World Open
3037258 GM McShane, L (2685) IM Esserman, M (2406) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Be6 10.Bf3 b6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nd2 h6 14.Be3 Qb7 15.Qe2 Rfc8 16.Red1 Bf8 17.h3 Rc6 18.Qf1 Qc8 19.Ndb1 Bc4 20.Be2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Qxa8 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Nd2 Qb7 25.Rb1 Qb4 26.Qc1 Rc8 27.Ra1 Rb8 28.Ra2 Qb7 29.Qf1 Rc8 30.Nxc4 Nxe4 31.Ra7 Qb4 32.Nxe4 Rxc4 33.c3 1-0
2015.05.24 24th Chicago Open 2015
3050965 Indusekar, Akshay (2047) IM Esserman, M (2417) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 c5 12.dxc5 Qf6 13.O-O-O Qxf2 14.Nb3 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Bd3 g6 17.Bc2 O-O 18.g4 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 e5 20.h4 Qf4 21.g5 Be6 22.Qxf4 exf4 23.Rd4 f6 24.Rf1 fxg5 25.hxg5 f3 26.b3 Rae8 27.Rf2 Bf5 28.Kc1 Re2 29.Rd2 Rxf2 30.Rxf2 Bxc2 31.Kxc2 h6 32.gxh6 g5 33.Kd3 g4 34.Ke3 Kh7 35.Rf1 Kxh6 36.Kf2 Kg5 37.Rd1 Rh8 38.Rd5+ Kf4 39.Rd4+ Kf5 40.Rd5+ Ke4 41.Kg3 Rh1 42.Rg5 Rg1+ 43.Kf2 Rg2+ 44.Kf1 Kf4 0-1
2015.05.24 24th Chicago Open 2015
3050977 IM Esserman, M (2417) GM Avrukh, B (2609) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Bd3 d6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Bf4 Rd8 14.Be2 b6 15.Rd1 Qc6 16.Rxd8+ Bxd8 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Nd2 Be7 19.e5 Bd5 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Ne4 h6 22.Rxd5 Rxd5 23.Ng3 Qe6 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.h3 Nc6 26.Nf5 Bf8 27.Qe2 a5 28.c4 Qe6 29.Qe4 a4 30.g4 a3 31.Ne3 Nb4 32.Nd5 Nxa2 33.Qb1 Nb4 34.Nxb4 Qxc4 35.Bd2 b5 36.Qd3 0-1
2015.05.23 24th Chicago Open 2015
3050920 Ghatti, Sanjay (2255) IM Esserman, M (2417) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.c3 e6 8.Bf4 Qb6 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.gxf3 b5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Ke2 Nb6 14.Rhg1 Nd5 15.Be3 Bd6 16.h3 f5 17.a3 Ke7 18.Rg7 h6 19.Rgg1 Kf6 20.Bc2 Rag8 21.h4 Nf4+ 22.Bxf4 Bxf4 23.a4 Rxg1 24.Rxg1 bxa4 25.Bxa4 Rd8 26.Bb3 c5 27.Rd1 cxd4 28.cxd4 Rd6 29.Bc4 Ke7 30.d5 Rb6 31.b3 Be5 32.dxe6 fxe6 33.Rg1 Rb4 34.Rg6 Bf6 35.Rxh6 b5 36.Rh7+ Kd6 37.Bd3 Rxb3 38.Rh6 Rb2+ 39.Kd1 Ke7 40.Rh7+ Kf8 41.h5 Bg5 42.Bc2 b4 43.Rb7 Bf4 44.Ba4 Rxf2 45.Rxb4 Rxf3 46.Ke2 Re3+ 47.Kf2 Bg5 48.Rb7 f4 49.Bd1 e5 50.Rb8+ Kg7 51.Rb7+ Kf8 52.Rb8+ Ke7 53.Rb7+ Kd6 54.Rb6+ Kc5 55.Rg6 Bh4+ 56.Kg2 e4 57.Rg4 f3+ 58.Kh2 f2 59.Kg2 Re1 60.Be2 Rxe2 61.Rxh4 e3 62.Rh1 Re1 63.Rf1 Kd4 64.h6 Kd3 65.h7 Rxf1 66.Kxf1 Kd2 67.h8=Q e2+ 68.Kxf2 e1=Q+ 1/2-1/2
2015.05.23 24th Chicago Open 2015
3050944 IM Esserman, M (2417) FM Panchanatham, Vignesh (2229) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Bf3 c6 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.Nc2 Rd8 17.Rad1 Ne8 18.Rfe1 Be6 19.b3 Qf6 20.Nd4 c5 21.Nde2 g5 22.Be3 Nb4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.cxd5 Bxh3 25.Ng3 Bc8 26.e5 dxe5 27.Bxc5 Nd6 28.Qb4 a5 29.Qa3 g4 30.Be2 Kg8 31.Nh5 Qg6 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Bd3 e4 34.Bb1 Bf5 35.Qb2+ Kg8 36.Qe5 h5 37.Bxd6 Rxd6 38.Bxe4 Bxe4 39.Rxe4 Rad8 40.Rf4 f6 41.Qc3 Qg5 42.g3 b6 43.Re1 R8d7 44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.Rfe4 Qxd5 46.Re7+ Kg6 47.Qh8 Kg5 48.Qg7+ Kf5 49.Qh6 Qg8 50.Qxh5+ Qg5 51.Qh7+ Qg6 52.Rxd7 1-0
2015.04.04 9th Philadelphia Open
3064406 Wang Qibiao (2206) IM Esserman, M (2426) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.a3 a6 6.Nf3 c5 7.h3 Nc6 8.g4 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.gxf5 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg2 Bxf5 13.Nh4 Be6 14.e4 O-O-O 15.f4 Nc4 16.e5 Qb6 17.b3 Ne4 18.bxc4 Qa5 19.Qf3 Nxc3 20.O-O Rhf8 21.f5 g6 22.f6 Kb8 23.Rae1 Rf7 24.Kh2 dxc4 25.Qg3 Qxa3 26.Re3 b5 27.Rxc3 Qb2 28.Ra3 Ra7 29.Rfa1 g5 30.Nf3 g4 31.hxg4 Rg8 32.g5 b4 33.Rxa6 Qxa1 34.Rxa1 Rxa1 35.Qf2 Ra5 36.Qd2 Ra6 37.Qe3 Rc8 38.g6 hxg6 39.Ng5 Rh8+ 40.Kg1 b3 41.cxb3 Ra1+ 42.Bf1 Bd5 43.Nh3 cxb3 44.e6 Ka8 45.Qxc5 Rb8 1-0
2015.04.03 9th Philadelphia Open
3064388 IM Esserman, M (2426) FM Liang, Awonder (2299) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Ng5 dxe5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh3 Be7 15.Rae1 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 O-O 17.dxe5 Qxc3 18.Re3 Qc6 19.Be4 Qc7 20.Bf6 h5 21.Rc3 Qb8 22.Qe3 Nxf6 23.exf6 Kh7 24.Qg5 Bxe4 25.Rh3 Bf3 26.Rxf3 Rg8 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rh3 Qd5 29.Qxd5 exd5 30.Rc7 Rgf8 31.Re3 Rac8 32.Ree7 Rxc7 33.Rxc7 Kg8 34.Rxa7 Rd8 35.Kf1 Rd6 36.f3 Rxf6 37.Rd7 Rf4 38.Rxd5 Ra4 39.Rd8+ 1/2-1/2
2015.04.02 9th Philadelphia Open
3064348 Corallo, M (2290) IM Esserman, M (2426) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Bb3 e6 9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Nc5 11.Rhe1 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Kb1 O-O 14.f4 Qc7 15.g4 b5 16.g5 hxg5 17.fxg5 Be5 18.g6 fxg6 19.Qg2 Nxb3 20.axb3 Rf6 21.Nf3 Bf4 22.e5 dxe5 23.Ne4 Rf8 24.Nfg5 Qe7 25.Rg1 Rf5 26.Qg4 Kf8 27.Qh4 Bxg5 28.Rxg5 Bb7 29.Nd6 Qf6 30.Nxf5 exf5 31.Rd7 1-0
2015.04.01 9th Philadelphia Open
3064336 IM Esserman, M (2426) Furfine, Jacob (2128) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 10.b3 Ng6 11.Qc2 c6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.Re1 Be6 14.Bb2 Nh5 15.Bf1 d5 16.e5 Nhf4 17.g3 Nh3+ 18.Kg2 Qd7 19.Bd3 Ba5 20.a3 Bd8 21.Nf1 Nhf4+ 22.Kg1 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Bf5 24.Qc3 Bg4 25.N3d2 Be6 26.Ne3 Ne7 27.b4 Nf5 28.Ng2 Bb6 29.Nb3 Qe7 30.Rad1 Nh6 31.Bc1 Nf5 32.Nf4 Bc8 33.Nh5 Be6 34.g4 Nh4 35.Qg3 Qd7 36.Qxh4 Bxg4 37.Qg5 Bxh5 38.Qxh5 Re6 39.Kh1 Rae8 40.Rg1 f6 41.f4 fxe5 42.fxe5 Bxd4 43.Nxd4 Rxe5 44.Qf3 1-0
2015.03.17 Reykjavik Open 2015
3068413 IM Esserman, M (2426) GM Navara, D (2736) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nc6 8.h3 Nf6 9.Be3 e6 10.g4 h6 11.Bg2 Be7 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.b3 g5 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 b5 16.O-O Bb7 17.Bxh6 Rc8 18.Be3 Qc7 19.g5 Qxc3 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Qf2 Bh4 22.Qf4 Rg8 0-1
2015.03.16 Reykjavik Open 2015
3071841 GM Stefansson, H (2560) IM Esserman, M (2426) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 Qe8 9.d5 Na6 10.b4 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5+ Kh8 13.Bb2 Nc7 14.Bxg7+ Kxg7 15.Qd2 Qf7 16.c5 dxc5 17.Rfc1 c4 18.Qf4 Ne6 19.Qxc4 Qf6 20.Qd3 Rd8 21.Qe3 Rd6 22.Rd1 Rc6 23.Ne5 f4 24.Qe4 Ra6 25.Rbc1 Rxa2 26.Nd7 Bxd7 27.Rxd7 Rf8 28.Rf1 Rf7 29.Rxb7 Ra1 30.g4 Rxf1+ 31.Bxf1 Ng5 32.Qc4 f3 33.e3 Qa1 34.Qd4+ Qxd4 35.exd4 Rf4 36.h3 Rxd4 37.Rxe7+ Kf6 38.Rxa7 Rd1 39.Ra3 Ke5 40.h4 Ne4 41.Rxf3 Nd2 42.Rd3 Rxf1+ 43.Kg2 Rd1 44.b5 Kf4 45.Rd4+ Ke5 46.Rd8 Kf4 47.b6 Rb1 48.Rxd2 Kxg4 49.Rd4+ 1/2-1/2
2015.03.15 Reykjavik Open 2015
3071711 IM Esserman, M (2426) GM Grandelius, N (2603) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.Ng5 c4 15.Bc2 h6 16.Nf3 Bb7 17.Nh2 d5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.f4 Bc5+ 20.Kf1 Ng6 21.e5 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qg4 a5 24.Rxe4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Ra6 26.Bc2 Nh4 27.Qh5 g6 28.Qg4 Ba7 29.Nf3 Nxf3 30.Qxf3 Qb6 31.Ke2 Qg1 32.Rb1 Kg7 33.Bd2 Qc5 34.Rf1 Rd6 35.Be3 Qxe3+ 36.Qxe3 Bxe3 37.exd6 Bxf4+ 38.Kf3 Bxd6 39.Rf2 Re6 40.Re2 Rf6+ 41.Ke4 Be7 42.a4 Re6+ 43.Kf3 Rf6+ 44.Ke4 b4 45.Kd5 bxc3 46.bxc3 Bd8 47.Be4 Rf4 48.Bf3 Bf6 49.Re4 Rxe4 50.Bxe4 Bxc3 51.Kxc4 Be5 52.Kd3 f5 53.Bc6 Kf6 54.Ke2 h5 55.Be8 h4 56.Kf3 1/2-1/2
2015.03.14 Reykjavik Open 2015
3071598 IM Esserman, M (2426) Bucher, G (2087) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 exd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qb3+ Kg6 15.Nxd4 Re8 16.f4 h6 17.Qc2 Kf7 18.e5 Ng8 19.Ne4 Ne7 20.e6+ Bxe6 21.Ng5+ hxg5 22.fxg5+ Bf5 23.Nxf5 Kg8 24.Nh6+ gxh6 25.gxh6 1-0
2015.03.13 Reykjavik Open 2015
3071474 Rueger, E (2133) IM Esserman, M (2426) 0-1
1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4 c6 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.Re1 b5 11.cxb5 cxb5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qb3 Rc8 14.Nd2 Qb6 15.e3 e5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nf3 Be6 18.Qa3 e4 19.Nd4 Bc4 20.Ncxb5 Nd5 21.Rec1 Ndxb4 22.Bf1 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Nc2 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Qb3 Rxb2 26.Qxb2 Nc7 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Qe2 Bxd4 29.exd4 Nxb5 30.a4 Qxd4 31.axb5 Rb7 32.Qb2 Qxb2 33.Rxb2 a6 34.b6 Kg7 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.h4 Ke5 37.h5 gxh5 38.Rb1 h4 39.Ke3 h3 40.Rh1 Rxb6 41.Rxh3 h6 42.Rh5 Rg6 43.g4 Rxg4 44.Rxh6 f4+ 45.Ke2 Rg1 46.Rxa6 f3+ 47.Kd2 Rf1 48.Ra2 Kf4 49.Kc3 Rxf2 0-1
2015.03.12 Reykjavik Open 2015
3071340 IM Esserman, M (2426) Tolhuizen, L (2123) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.g4 Bg6 9.h4 Bb4 10.h5 Be4 11.Rh3 Nbd7 12.Nd3 Bg2 13.Rh2 Bd5 14.Bb3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Bd2 Ne4 17.c4 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2 Be4 20.h6 gxh6 21.Rxh6 O-O-O 22.Ke3 Bxd3 23.cxd3 c5 24.dxc5 Ne5 25.f3 Nxd3 26.Rh5 f5 27.Rd1 Nxc5 28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.Bc2 Ke7 30.gxf5 exf5 31.Bxf5 h6 32.Kd4 Ne6+ 33.Ke5 Ng7 34.Rh3 Nxf5 35.Kxf5 Kf7 36.f4 Rc8 37.Rxh6 Rc5+ 38.Kg4 Rxc4 39.Rh7+ Kf6 40.Rxb7 Ra4 41.Rb2 Ra3 42.Rc2 Ra6 43.Rh2 Ra3 44.Rh6+ Kf7 45.Kg5 Rxa2 46.Rh7+ Kg8 47.Rb7 Ra6 48.f5 Kf8 49.Rc7 Rb6 50.Rxa7 Rc6 51.Rb7 Ra6 52.Rd7 Rb6 53.Rh7 Ra6 54.Rb7 Rc6 55.f6 Rc1 56.Rb8+ Kf7 57.Rb7+ Kf8 58.Kg6 Rg1+ 59.Kf5 Rf1+ 60.Ke6 Re1+ 61.Kf5 Rf1+ 62.Kg6 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2
2015.03.11 Reykjavik Open 2015
3071091 Weichelt, J (2132) IM Esserman, M (2426) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Bd5 Nb4 15.Bxb7 Nc2+ 16.Ke2 Rab8 17.Bd5 Nxa1 18.Nh3 Nc2 19.Bxa7 Rbc8 20.Ng5 Rd7 21.Bb6 Nb4 22.Bb3 h6 23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Bxf7 Kxf7 26.Rd7+ Kg8 27.a3 Nc6 28.Rb7 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Nxb8 30.b3 Kf7 31.a4 bxa4 32.bxa4 Ke6 33.Kd3 Kd6 34.Kc4 Kc6 35.a5 Bf6 36.g3 Bg5 37.h4 Bd2 38.Bd8 Be1 39.g4 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.Bf6 Nd7 42.Bd8 Bf2 43.Be7 Bg3 44.Bd8 Nf8 45.a6 Bf2 46.Be7 Ng6 47.Bf6 Bxh4 48.Bg7 Bf2 49.Kd3 h4 50.Ke2 Ba7 51.Bxe5 Nxe5 52.f4 h3 53.Kf1 Ng6 54.f5 Nf4 0-1
2015.03.11 Reykjavik Open 2015
3071182 GM Fier, A (2601) IM Esserman, M (2426) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Qd2 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bxf6 exf6 11.Nxd5 Re8 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Ne3 Qe7 14.O-O Bd7 15.Kf2 Bc6 16.Rae1 Rad8 17.d5 Nc5 18.Bd3 Qc7 19.g3 a5 20.Re2 f5 21.Rfe1 Bxb2 22.Bb1 Bf6 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.fxe5 Rxe5 25.Nxf5 Qb6 26.Kg2 Rxe2+ 27.Rxe2 gxf5 28.Qg5+ Kf8 29.dxc6 Qxc6+ 30.Be4 Qd6 31.Bd5 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.Qg8+ Qf8 34.Qxh7 f4 35.Qf5 Nd7 36.Qxf4 Qg7 37.Qd2 Nb6 1-0
2015.03.10 Reykjavik Open 2015
3070963 IM Esserman, M (2426) Meier, Ger (1868) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.g4 O-O 9.g5 Ne8 10.Rg1 Nc6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bd7 13.h4 e5 14.Qd2 Nc7 15.h5 Be6 16.O-O-O Bxb3 17.axb3 g6 18.Bb6 Qd7 19.Bxc7 Qxc7 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4 f6 23.hxg6 fxg5 24.Qh2 hxg6 25.Rh1 Kf7 26.Qh7+ Ke8 27.Qxg6+ Kd7 28.Rh7 Re8 29.Nxe7 1-0
2014.10.01 US Chess League 2014
3130830 IM Esserman, M (2424) IM Mandiza, F (2388) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Bb4 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Rd1 Bxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Ba3 Rd8 14.e5 b6 15.Bd6 Rxd6 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Qe2 e5 18.h3 Be6 19.c4 d4 20.Re1 f6 21.Rbc1 Rc8 22.g4 Nb4 23.Nd2 Nxa2 24.Ra1 Nc3 25.Qf3 a5 26.Rec1 Rf8 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 f5 29.gxf5 Bxf5 30.Re1 Be6 31.Bh7+ Kxh7 32.Qxf8 Bxh3 33.Qf3 Bf5 34.c5 Qxc5 35.Rac1 Qd6 36.Qb7 e4 37.Rc7 Qg6+ 38.Kh2 Ng8 39.f3 Nf6 40.Rg1 Qh5+ 0-1
2014.09.24 US Chess League 2014
3134062 IM Esserman, M (2424) GM Khachiyan, M (2538) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Nxe5 Bf5 10.d3 O-O 11.O-O Bd6 12.f4 Rae8 13.Bd2 Bxe5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.Qxe5 Rxe5 16.Rae1 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Kf7 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.b4 Be6 20.a4 Ke7 21.Be5 g6 22.Re4 Bf5 23.Re3 Kd7 24.h3 h5 25.Bf6 Be6 26.Rg3 Rg8 27.Kf2 b6 28.Ke3 c5 29.bxc5 bxc5 30.Rg5 c4 31.Rb5 cxd3 32.cxd3 a6 33.Ra5 Ra8 34.Rg5 Bf7 35.Re5 Kd6 36.Kd4 Re8 37.Rc5 c6 38.Be5+ Kd7 39.Ra5 Kc8 40.Rc5 1/2-1/2
2014.04.20 8th Philadelphia Open 2014
3200164 IM Esserman, M (2431) GM Friedel, J (2500) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.e4 Re8 7.Bd2 a6 8.Kf2 d6 9.a4 exd5 10.cxd5 Nbd7 11.g3 Ne5 12.Kg2 c4 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Nh3 Bc5 15.b3 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.bxc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 bxc4 20.Nf2 Qe7 21.Qa6 Rc8 22.Rc1 g5 23.Bxg5 Bxf2 24.f4 Bd4 25.e5 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Qxe5 27.Bf4 Qf5 28.Qxd6 Qh3+ 29.Kg1 Ng4 30.Rc2 Re8 0-1
2014.04.19 8th Philadelphia Open 2014
3200149 Santarius, E (2332) IM Esserman, M (2431) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 h6 9.c4 b5 10.Nc3 bxc4 11.Qxc4 Nf6 12.Qd3 Be7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Ne3 Qb8 16.b3 Qb4 17.Bb2 a5 18.f3 Rac8 19.Rab1 Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.g3 Bf8 22.Rc2 h5 23.Kg2 g6 24.Rbc1 Bh6 25.Ncd1 Rxc2+ 26.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 27.Nxc2 Qb6 28.Nc3 h4 29.Ne2 h3+ 30.Kf1 a4 31.Bc1 Bxc1 32.Nxc1 axb3 33.axb3 d5 34.exd5 Bf5 35.Qc4 Bxc2 36.Qxc2 Qe3 37.Qd1 e4 38.f4 Nxd5 39.Qxd5 Qxc1+ 40.Ke2 Qc2+ 41.Qd2 Qxb3 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Qd7 Qf3+ 44.Kd2 Qf2+ 45.Kc3 Qc5+ 46.Kd2 Kg7 47.Qxh3 Qf2+ 0-1
2014.04.18 8th Philadelphia Open 2014
3200091 IM Esserman, M (2431) FM Yanayt, E (2237) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Rd1 e5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rac1 Bd7 12.a3 a6 13.b4 Rc8 14.h3 h6 15.Qa2 Qe8 16.Nh4 Kh8 17.Bb3 a5 18.b5 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Rxd4 Bxb5 21.Qd2 Nh5 22.Nf3 Bf6 23.Rxd6 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Qxe4 25.Bc2 Qe2 26.Rxh6+ Kg8 27.Bh7+ Kh8 28.Bd3+ 1-0
2014.04.18 8th Philadelphia Open 2014
3200111 Li, Ethan (2104) IM Esserman, M (2431) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Rc1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 O-O 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Be3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nc6 15.d5 Nd4 16.Bh3 Nxf3+ 17.Ke2 Nd4+ 18.Kd3 e5 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.f4 Rad8 21.Rc7 Rd6 22.Rxb7 Ra6 23.Bd7 Ra3+ 24.Kc4 Rxa2 25.e5 Rf2 26.e6 fxe6 27.dxe6 Re2 28.Ra1 Rxf4 29.Raxa7 Rc2+ 30.Kb5 Rb2+ 31.Kc4 Rc2+ 32.Kb5 Rf5+ 33.Kb6 Rb2+ 34.Kc6 Rc2+ 35.Kb6 Bf8 36.Ra8 Rb2+ 37.Kc7 Rxb7+ 38.Kxb7 Re5 39.Rd8 Kg7 40.Bc8 Bc5 41.Kc6 g5 42.Rd5 Rxd5 43.Kxd5 Be7 1/2-1/2
2014.04.16 8th Philadelphia Open 2014
3200045 Mujumdar, Sameer (2111) IM Esserman, M (2431) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nb5 Rac8 14.Bb2 a6 15.Na3 Re8 16.Nc2 Rcd8 17.Nd2 e4 18.Nb1 Ne5 19.Nc3 Nf7 20.Rd2 Bh6 21.e3 Ne5 22.Rfd1 Nd3 23.Ba1 Bg7 24.Bf1 Ne5 25.Be2 Rc8 26.Kg2 Re7 27.Nb4 Be6 28.Nbd5 Nxd5 29.Nxd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Nf7 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.c5 Ne5 33.b4 Kf6 34.a3 h6 35.Kf1 h5 36.h3 h4 37.Rd8 Rxd8 38.Rxd8 hxg3 39.fxg3 c6 40.Kf2 Rd7 41.Rxd7 Nxd7 42.g4 a5 43.h4 g5 44.Kg3 axb4 45.axb4 gxh4+ 46.Kxh4 Ne5 47.g5+ Kg7 48.b5 Nd3 49.bxc6 bxc6 50.Bh5 Nxc5 51.Be8 Ne6 52.Bxc6 f4 53.exf4 e3 54.Bf3 Nxf4 55.Kg3 Ne6 56.Be2 Nxg5 57.Kf4 Kf8 58.Kxg5 1/2-1/2
2014.01.23 12th Foxwoods Open 2014
3225330 GM Stripunsky, A (2549) IM Esserman, M (2447) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 Ne4 9.Nbd2 dxe5 10.Bh2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 f5 12.c3 Qe7 13.a4 Kh8 14.a5 a6 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 e4 18.Nb3 Ne5 19.Qc5 Rfe8 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Rfd1 Bf8 22.Qc4 Bd6 23.g3 Qg7 24.Rd5 Re5 25.Rad1 Qf7 26.Qd4 Re8 27.c4 Kg8 28.c5 Rxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxd5 30.Rxd5 Bf8 31.Rd7 Re7 32.Rd8 c6 33.Nd2 Kf7 34.Nc4 Re8 35.Rd7+ Re7 36.Rd4 Bg7 37.Nd6+ Ke6 38.Rb4 Kd5 39.Nxb7 Be5 40.Rb6 Rd7 41.b3 g5 42.Kf1 f4 43.gxf4 gxf4 44.exf4 Bxf4 45.Nd6 Bxd6 46.cxd6 Rxd6 47.Rxa6 Rh6 48.Ra8 Rxh3 49.a6 Rh1+ 50.Kg2 Ra1 51.b4 Kd6 52.Kg3 Kc7 53.Kf4 Ra2 54.Ke3 h5 55.Re8 Rxa6 56.Rxe4 Ra4 57.Kf4 Kd6 58.Kg5 Kd5 59.Rf4 Ra8 60.Kxh5 Ke5 61.Kg4 Ra4 62.f3 Ra1 63.Re4+ Kf6 64.Rc4 Ra6 65.Kf4 Ke6 66.Ke4 Kd6 67.Kf5 Ra8 68.Rd4+ Ke7 69.Re4+ Kd6 70.Re6+ Kd5 71.f4 Rf8+ 72.Rf6 Rb8 73.Rf7 Rxb4 74.Rd7+ Kc4 75.Ke5 c5 76.Rd1 Rb2 77.Rf1 Rb8 78.Rc1+ Kd3 79.Rxc5 Re8+ 80.Kf5 Rf8+ 81.Kg4 Rg8+ 82.Rg5 Rf8 83.Rg6 Ke4 84.Re6+ Kd5 85.f5 Rg8+ 86.Kf4 Rg1 87.Ra6 Rf1+ 88.Kg5 Ke5 89.Re6+ Kd5 90.Kf6 Rf2 91.Ra6 Rf1 92.Kg6 Ke5 93.f6 Rg1+ 94.Kf7 Rf1 95.Ke7 1-0
2014.01.04 Bay Area International 2014
3230283 IM Esserman, M (2447) IM Piasetski, L (2289) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Bc4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qa5 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Rfe1 Bd7 15.Rab1 Qc7 16.Bd3 Be8 17.h4 Rd7 18.Qe4 g6 19.Bf1 Qa5 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 f6 24.Bc4 Rc7 25.Rxe6 Rxc4 26.Rxf6 Bc6 27.Re1 Rxh4 28.Re7 Rf8 29.Nxh7 Rd8 0-1
2014.01.03 Bay Area International 2014
3230246 Gurevich, Daniel (2272) IM Esserman, M (2447) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.Be3 e6 8.g4 Be7 9.Bg2 Qc7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxa8 exd4 16.Nd5 exd5 17.Qxe7 Qxf4+ 18.Kb1 Nf6 19.Qa7 h6 20.Rhf1 Qd6 21.Rxd4 Be6 22.Bb7 Qc7 23.Qxa6 Rb8 24.Ba8 Rb6 25.Qa5 Qd6 26.Qd2 Rb8 27.Qa5 Qf8 28.Bxd5 Nxd5 29.Rfd1 Ra8 30.Qd2 Rd8 31.a3 Qc5 32.Qd3 Rd6 33.h4 Nf4 34.Qe4 Nd5 35.Kc1 Kf8 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 g6 38.Qe5 Ke7 39.R1d3 Qc6 40.c3 Qc5 41.Kd2 Rd7 42.b4 Qc6 43.a4 bxa4 44.c4 Nb6 45.Qf6+ Ke8 46.Qh8+ Ke7 47.Qf6+ Ke8 48.Qh8+ Ke7 49.Qf6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2
2014.01.03 Bay Area International 2014
3230199 IM Esserman, M (2447) GM Macieja, B (2583) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rad1 e5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Qd6 17.f4 O-O 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.c3 Qd6 20.Qf4 Rfd8 21.Qxd6 Rxd6 22.Rfe1 Kf8 23.c4 a5 24.Rd3 Rb6 25.b3 Re8 26.Red1 Ke7 27.d6+ Kd8 28.Bf3 Re6 29.d7 Re7 30.Bg2 g6 31.Bh3 h5 32.R1d2 Rc6 33.Kg2 Rc7 34.Kf1 Ne4 35.Re2 f5 36.Bg2 Rcxd7 37.Bxe4 Rxe4 38.Rxe4 fxe4 0-1
2014.01.02 Bay Area International 2014
3230182 WIM Chevannes, S (2176) IM Esserman, M (2447) 0-1
1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.h4 O-O 6.e4 fxe4 7.Ng5 c6 8.h5 d5 9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Be3 a6 12.Qb3 e6 13.Qa3 Re8 14.O-O-O b5 15.Rh4 Qe7 16.c5 Nbd7 17.Rdh1 e5 18.Nh7 Nxh7 19.Rxh7 Nf8 20.Rxg7+ Qxg7 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Qb3 Ne6 23.Rd1 Kg7 24.Bg4 d4 25.Bxe6 dxe3 26.Bxc8 Raxc8 27.fxe3 Qxc5 28.Rd7+ Re7 29.Qe6 Re8 30.Qxe4 Rxd7 31.Qxe8 Re7 32.Qd8 b4 0-1
2013.12.29 23rd North American Open 2013
3234168 FM Shen, A (2319) IM Esserman, M (2447) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 b5 8.Bf3 e5 9.Nf5 g6 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.Nh6 Bb7 12.Qd2 Nxd5 13.exd5 f5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Nxf5 Bxg5 16.Nxd6+ Kf8 17.Qc3 Rb8 18.h4 Bf6 19.Be4 Ba8 20.O-O Qb6 0-1
2013.12.29 23rd North American Open 2013
3234180 GM Shankland, Sam (2602) IM Esserman, M (2447) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.d5 Ne7 14.Bxb6 cxb6 15.a4 bxa4 16.Bxa4 b5 17.Bc2 Qb6 18.Bd3 Rec8 19.c4 b4 20.Qa4 a5 21.Nb3 Ng6 22.Nfd2 Nh5 23.Nxa5 Rcb8 24.c5 dxc5 25.Qb5 1-0
2013.12.28 23rd North American Open 2013
3234138 IM Esserman, M (2447) FM Preotu, Razvan (2330) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qd3 h6 9.c4 b5 10.Nc3 bxc4 11.Qxc4 Nf6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Rfd1 O-O 14.h3 Qb8 15.b3 Rc8 16.Qd3 Qb4 17.Bd2 Qb7 18.Nh4 Be6 19.Rac1 Rd8 20.Qf3 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bd5 22.Bxh6 Bxe4 23.Qg4 Bf6 24.Rc3 d5 25.Rg3 Qd7 26.Qh5 g6 27.Bd2 Bg7 28.Qe2 Qb5 29.Qe1 Rac8 30.Rc1 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 d4 32.f3 Bb7 33.Nf5 Qd7 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Bh6+ Kg8 36.Rg4 Rc8 37.Qe1 Qe6 38.h4 Kh7 39.Bg5 e4 40.h5 Kg8 41.hxg6 fxg6 42.Rf4 Qd5 43.Qh4 exf3 44.Qh6 Qe6 45.Rf6 Qe1+ 46.Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1
2013.12.28 23rd North American Open 2013
3234154 IM Esserman, M (2447) Gurevich, Daniel (2272) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Qxd4 Nc7 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Qh4 h5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bf4 Ne6 11.Bg3 Qc7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nbd2 Rb8 14.Rad1 b5 15.Ne4 b4 16.Nf6+ exf6 17.exf6 d6 18.fxg7 Rd8 19.c4 Qa5 20.Bb1 Qc7 21.Qf6 Qe7 22.Qxe7 Nxe7 23.c5 1-0
2013.12.27 23rd North American Open 2013
3234100 IM Esserman, M (2447) GM Akobian, V (2625) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.h3 c5 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.d5 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qa4+ Kf8 16.Rfe1 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 h5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Qf4 Qf6 20.Qd6+ Qe7 21.Qf4 Rd8 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 g5 24.Qe3 Rh6 25.Re1 b5 26.Qe5 g4 27.h4 Qxh4 28.Qxc5+ Qe7 29.Qe3 Rg6 30.Nd5 Qd8 31.Qc5+ Kg7 32.Nf4 Rg5 33.Nxe6+ fxe6 34.Qa7+ Kf6 35.Qxa6 Qd5 36.Qc8 Rf5 37.Qf8+ Kg6 38.Qg8+ Kf6 39.Qh8+ Kg6 40.Qg8+ Kf6 41.b3 Qd6 42.Qh8+ Kg6 43.Qe8+ Kf6 44.a4 bxa4 45.bxa4 Qb6 1/2-1/2
2013.12.27 23rd North American Open 2013
3234118 GM Lenderman, A (2549) IM Esserman, M (2447) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.Nd2 exd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.h3 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Ra3 b6 14.Re1 Re7 15.e4 Ne8 16.Rb3 Ndf6 17.Bf1 Nc7 18.Nc4 b5 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 c4 22.Bxc4 Nd7 23.Bg5 f6 24.d6+ bxc4 25.dxc7 Qxc7 26.Re8+ Kf7 1-0
2013.10.15 US Chess League 2013
3258547 GM Hess, Ro (2579) IM Esserman, M (2438) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd5 Re8 7.Qf5 Be7 8.Nxe5 d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.h3 Ne5 13.d4 Ng6 14.g3 Qg5 15.h4 Qf6 16.Bg2 Bf5 17.Qd1 Re4 18.f3 Nxh4 19.gxh4 Rxh4 20.Kf2 Re8 21.Bd2 Rxd4 22.exd4 Qxd4+ 23.Kg3 Re6 24.Bg5 Qe5+ 25.f4 Qxb2 26.Qb3 1-0
2013.10.09 US Chess League 2013
3261010 IM Naroditsky, D (2503) IM Esserman, M (2438) 1-0
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 c5 5.c4 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Nc6 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nde4 Ne8 12.Nd5 Rb8 13.f4 Bxd5 14.cxd5 Ne7 15.fxe5 Nxd5 16.Qc1 dxe5 17.Qxc5 b6 18.Qf2 f5 19.Ba3 Nef6 20.Bxf8 Ng4 21.Qf3 Bxf8 22.Nf2 Nge3 23.Ng4 fxg4 24.Qf7+ Kh8 25.Qxg6 Nxf1 26.Rxf1 Ne7 27.Qe6 Bg7 28.Be4 Qd4+ 29.Kg2 Re8 30.Bc6 Rf8 31.Qxe7 Rxf1 32.Kxf1 Qc5 33.Qxc5 bxc5 34.Bd7 h5 35.Be8 h4 36.gxh4 Bf6 37.h5 Kg7 38.Bd7 Kh6 39.Bxg4 Kg5 40.Bf3 Kf4 41.h6 Ke3 42.Kg2 a5 43.Kg3 a4 44.bxa4 e4 45.Bxe4 c4 46.dxc4 1-0
2013.10.01 US Chess League 2013
3264043 IM Esserman, M (2438) GM Gelashvili, T (2585) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 d5 5.e5 Ne7 6.c3 c5 7.O-O Nec6 8.Re1 Ba6 9.Bc2 Be7 10.a3 Nd7 11.Nbd2 g5 12.g4 h5 13.h3 hxg4 14.hxg4 Rc8 15.Nf1 Qc7 16.Bb1 cxd4 17.cxd4 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 Ncxe5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Kg2 Nxf3 21.Kxf3 Rh3+ 22.Ke2 Qc4+ 23.Bd3 Qxg4+ 24.Kd2 Rxd3+ 25.Kxd3 Qe4+ 26.Kd2 Rc4 0-1
2013.09.25 US Chess League 2013
3266036 IM Esserman, M (2438) IM Bregadze, L (2396) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.O-O e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.Nc4 Nc5 12.Qd6 Qxd6 13.Nxd6 Ne6 14.Rfd1 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Rxd4 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd4 18.Ne7+ Kg7 19.Nexc8 Raxc8 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.c3 Bf6 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Bd3 Be5 24.g3 g5 25.Kf1 b5 26.axb5 cxb5 27.Ke2 b4 28.cxb4 Bxb2 29.f4 h6 30.Rd2 Bc3 31.Ra2 Bd4 32.Rc2 Bb6 33.Bc4 Rd4 34.Kf3 g4+ 35.Kxg4 Rxe4 36.b5 Rd4 37.Be2 Rd5 38.h4 Rc5 39.Rd2 Rc3 40.h5 Bf2 41.Rd7 Rxg3+ 42.Kf5 Rc3 1/2-1/2
2013.09.18 US Chess League 2013
3267863 GM Quesada Perez, Yu (2636) IM Esserman, M (2438) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 b4 10.Nce2 h6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Bg2 Ne5 13.b3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.f4 Nxg4 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.f5 Nf6 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Rhg1 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 O-O 21.Nfe2 Kh7 22.Qxb4 Re8 23.Rg2 Qe5 24.Rdg1 Rg8 25.Rf1 a5 26.Qd2 Ba6 27.Qf4 Rae8 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Rf3 Re4 30.c3 Rge8 31.Kd2 a4 32.Rfg3 Nh5 33.Rg4 axb3 34.axb3 Re3 35.Nf4 Nxf4 36.Rxf4 Rd3+ 37.Kc2 Rc8 38.Rfg4 Rdxc3+ 39.Kb2 Rd3 40.Rxg7+ Kh8 41.R7g4 Rh3 42.f6 Bf1 43.Rf2 Bd3 44.Rg7 Rf8 45.Nc6 Re3 46.Rg4 Be4 47.Ne5 Bh7 48.Nc6 Rc8 49.Nd4 Rd3 50.Rh4 Rd1 51.Nf5 Bxf5 52.Rxf5 Kh7 53.Rf2 Rg1 54.Rd4 Rg5 55.b4 Rc6 56.Kb3 Kg6 57.h4 Rg1 58.Rxd5 Rxf6 59.h5+ Kg7 60.Rxf6 Kxf6 61.b5 Rb1+ 62.Ka4 Ke6 63.Rc5 Ra1+ 64.Kb4 f5 65.Rc6+ Ke5 66.Rxh6 f4 67.Rh8 f3 68.Rf8 Ke4 69.b6 Ke3 70.h6 f2 71.h7 Rb1+ 72.Kc5 Rc1+ 73.Kd6 Rd1+ 74.Ke6 Rh1 75.b7 Rh6+ 76.Kd5 Rh5+ 77.Kc4 1-0
2013.09.11 US Chess League 2013
1398843 Gulko, Boris (2533) Esserman, M (2438) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 a5 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.Rc1 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qa4 Qc8 14.Rc3 Qe6 15.Rfc1 Rfb8 16.Qb5 Ba2 17.d4 exd4 18.Bxd4 a4 19.Re3 Qh6 20.Bc3 Bf6 21.Qf5 Ne7 22.Qd3 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Nd5 24.Re5 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 c6 26.h4 Bd5 27.e4 Ba2 28.Nd4 Re8 29.Rc5 Rad8 30.e5 Qg6 31.Kh2 Bd5 32.Bxd5 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 cxd5 34.f4 Qe4 35.h5 h6 36.Kh3 Qh1+ 37.Kg4 Qd1+ 38.Kh4 Qh1+ 39.Kg4 g6 40.hxg6 fxg6 41.f5 gxf5+ 42.Kxf5 Qe4+ 0-1
2013.08.31 US Masters 2013
3271378 IM Esserman, M (2438) GM Macieja, B (2595) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O Bc6 13.a4 a6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Qd3 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Bxd4+ 19.Qxd4 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qa7 21.Qxa7 Rxa7 22.c4 bxc3 23.bxc3 Ra2 24.Rf2 Rfa8 25.Rxa2 Rxa2 26.c4 Kg7 27.c5 dxc5 28.Rxc5 Kf6 29.f4 h6 30.Rc6+ Kf5 31.Rc7 Kf6 32.Rc6+ Kg7 33.Rc7 Re2 34.Rd7 g5 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Kf1 Re4 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.h3 Rd4 39.Ke3 Rd1 40.Ke2 Rd4 41.Ke3 Ra4 42.Kf3 Ra2 43.Kg3 Re2 44.Kf3 Re5 45.Kg3 Kg6 46.h4 gxh4+ 47.Kxh4 f5 48.Kg3 Kf6 49.Kf3 Re4 50.Kg3 Re3+ 51.Kf2 Ra3 52.Ke2 f4 53.Kf2 Rd3 54.Ke2 Rg3 55.Kf2 Rd3 56.Ke2 Rg3 57.Kf2 Rd3 1/2-1/2
2013.08.30 US Masters 2013
3271371 IM Esserman, M (2438) GM Quesada Perez, Yu (2636) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 Rb8 12.c4 c5 13.Nc3 Be7 14.b3 Bc6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bf4 e5 17.Be3 O-O 18.h3 Rfe8 19.Qc2 Qb7 20.Rad1 Nd7 21.f4 exf4 1/2-1/2
2012.11.30 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377212 GM Finegold, B (2499) IM Esserman, M (2445) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd6 Qxd6 12.Rxd6 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bxe4 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rd4 Bd5 16.c4 Bc6 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Rhd1 O-O 19.Rd7 Rxc4 20.Rxb7 Rfc8 21.Rd2 a5 22.Kd1 g6 23.Rdd7 Rxc2 24.Rxf7 Rxa2 25.Rg7+ Kh8 26.Rxh7+ Kg8 27.Rhg7+ Kf8 28.Rbf7+ Ke8 29.Rh7 Rb8 30.Kc1 Rbb2 31.Ra7 Rc2+ 32.Kd1 Rd2+ 33.Ke1 Re2+ 34.Kf1 1-0
2012.11.30 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377221 IM Esserman, M (2445) IM Zierk, S (2475) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 d6 7.e4 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.O-O Be6 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.f3 Rac8 14.b3 a6 15.b4 Qc7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Qd7 18.b5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 axb5 20.Qa5 Rc8 21.Rb1 Rc2 22.Bd3 Qc7 23.Rxb5 Qc3 24.Qxc3 Rxc3 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.axb3 Nd7 27.Kf2 Nc5 28.Bc4 b5 29.b4 Na6 30.Bxb5 Nxb4 31.Ke2 Nc2 32.Kd2 Nxe3 1/2-1/2
2012.11.29 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377211 IM Neimer, V (2411) IM Esserman, M (2445) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qg4 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Bh6 Bf6 16.Rfd1 Kh8 17.Ne4 Rg8 18.Bf4 Qd5 19.Nd6 Rgf8 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Rc5 f5 22.Qg3 Qxa2 23.Be5 Bf6 24.Rxc6 f4 25.Qg4 Nd7 26.Rc7 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Qa5 28.Nf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxf7 Qxe5 30.b4 h6 31.h3 Rb8 32.Qg6 f3 33.gxf3 Qe2 34.Rdd7 Rc8 35.Kg2 Qb2 36.Qd3 Kg8 37.Rc7 Rxc7 38.Rxc7 Qxb4 39.Qg6 Qb8 40.Qc2 Qb5 41.Rc5 Qb6 42.Qc4 Qd6 43.Rc6 Qd5 44.Qxd5 exd5 45.Ra6 Kf7 46.f4 Bd4 47.Rd6 Bb6 48.Rxd5 Ke6 49.Rb5 Kd6 50.Kf3 Kc6 51.Rb2 Bd4 52.Rb8 a5 53.Ke4 Bf6 54.Kd3 a4 55.Kc4 a3 56.Ra8 Bb2 57.Ra6+ Kd7 58.Kd5 Kc7 59.Kc4 Kd7 60.h4 Ke7 61.h5 Kf7 62.Kd5 Ke7 63.Ke4 Kd7 64.Kf5 Kc7 65.Kg6 Kb7 66.Ra4 Kc6 67.f5 Kb5 68.Rxa3 Bxa3 69.Kxg7 Kc6 70.f6 Bb2 71.Kxh6 Bxf6 72.Kg6 Ba1 73.f4 Kd6 74.Kf7 Kd5 75.f5 Bh8 76.h6 Ke5 77.Kg6 Bf6 78.h7 Bh8 79.Kg5 Bf6+ 1/2-1/2
2012.11.28 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377200 GM Diamant, A (2481) IM Esserman, M (2445) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Qc2 a6 8.h3 e5 9.g4 h6 10.Rg1 Qe7 11.Be2 g6 12.h4 e4 13.g5 hxg5 14.hxg5 exf3 15.gxf6 Nxf6 16.Bd3 Rh2 17.cxd5 Ng4 18.Ne4 Nxf2 19.Nxf2 Rxf2 20.Kxf2 Qh4+ 21.Kxf3 Qh3+ 22.Kf2 Qh4+ 23.Kf3 Qh5+ 24.Kf2 1/2-1/2
2012.11.28 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377203 IM Esserman, M (2445) IM Yang, Dar (2493) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 Bb7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bg5 b4 14.Na4 c5 15.d5 Ne8 16.Be3 g6 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.Bc2 Nf6 20.b3 Ng8 21.Be3 Qc7 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Nh2 f5 24.f4 Bc8 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.exf5 Nxf5 27.Bxf5 Bxf5 28.Bg5 Nf6 29.g4 Bc8 30.Qe3 Bd6 31.Rf1 Be7 32.Rde1 e4 33.Bf4 Qa5 34.Be5 Kg8 35.Qh6 Rd7 36.Rxe4 Ne8 37.Ref4 Rxf4 38.Qxf4 Nd6 39.Ba1 1-0
2012.11.27 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377189 IM Priyadharshan, K (2408) IM Esserman, M (2445) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.h3 O-O 11.Rd1 h6 12.Be3 Qa5 13.a3 Qh5 14.b4 Qg6 15.Nd2 b6 16.f3 Rfd8 17.Nf1 Nh5 18.Rac1 f5 19.exf5 Qxf5 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Nf6 22.Ng3 Rac8 23.g5 1/2-1/2
2012.11.27 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377194 IM Esserman, M (2445) GM Boros, De (2494) 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 h6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bb1 O-O 13.Qd3 Rd8 14.Qh7+ Kf7 15.Nc3 Nf8 16.Qd3 Kg8 17.Re1 Bd7 18.g4 Qf7 19.h3 Rac8 20.a3 a6 21.b4 Be8 22.Bd2 Rd7 23.Kg2 Re7 24.Re2 Bf4 25.Bc2 Qf6 26.Rae1 Bg6 0-1
2012.11.26 CCSCSL GM Inv
3377185 IM Esserman, M (2445) IM Molner, M (2489) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Na5 16.Re1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nc4 18.Bf4 g5 19.Bg3 Be5 20.Rxb7 Rfe8 21.Bh5 Qa3 22.Rb3 Qd6 23.Rf3 Rf8 24.Rf5 Bxg3 25.hxg3 f6 26.Be2 Nb2 27.Qd4 Rab8 28.Rc1 a5 29.e5 Qb6 30.Qe4 Qb4 31.Rxg5+ hxg5 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Rc7 Rb7 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qg6+ Kh8 38.exf6 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 1-0
2012.11.26 CCSCSL GM Inv
3381989 IM Sarkar, J (2414) IM Esserman, M (2445) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Re1 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Rd8 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Bc2 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Ne6 20.Rec1 Nf4 21.Bb3 Ne2+ 22.Kg2 Nxc1 23.Rxc1 Rf8 24.Rc7 Rab8 25.Ne7+ Kh7 26.Bd5 Bf6 27.Bxb7 Bxe7 28.Rxe7 Kg7 29.Bd5 Rxb2 30.Rxa7 h5 31.a4 Kh6 32.Rc7 Rfb8 33.a5 Rd2 34.a6 Rbb2 35.a7 Rxf2+ 36.Kg1 Rg2+ 37.Kh1 Rxh2+ 38.Kg1 Rbg2+ 39.Kf1 Ra2 40.Bxa2 Rxa2 41.Rxf7 h4 42.Kg1 Kg5 43.a8=B Rxa8 44.Kg2 Ra2+ 45.Kh3 Ra1 46.Kg2 Ra8 47.Kh3 Rh8 48.Re7 Kf4 49.Rf7+ Ke3 50.Rf6 Rh5 51.Rf7 Rh8 52.Rf6 g5 53.Rf5 g4+ 54.fxg4 Kxe4 55.Rh5 Rg8 56.Kxh4 Kd4 57.Rh7 Ke3 58.g5 e4 59.Kh5 1/2-1/2
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