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Land of the Sky XXXVI

The People's Chess Tournament
February 2-4, 2024 (Weekend before Super Bowl)
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  [Event "Land of the Sky XXXV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2023.02.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Baliga, Zubin M"] [Black "Bereolas, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2124"] [BlackElo "2286"] 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 Bh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. f5 Ne5 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 f6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bg3 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Rf1 Rf4 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rf3 g5 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Rd3 Kf6 34. Bd1 Ke5 35. Bf3 b4 36. b3 Rc8 37. Rd2 c4 38. bxc4 a5 39. Be2 Kxe4 40. Bd3+ Ke5 41. Kf3 a4 42. Be2 b3 43. axb3 axb3 44. Rb2 Ba4 45. Rd2 Rb8 46. Kg4 Bd7+ 47. Kxg5 Rg8+ 48. Kh4 Rxg2 49. Rd3 b2 0-1 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2023.02.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Wu, Andrew "] [Black "Ammasani, Smayan "] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "1811"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Na3 Bf5 7. Bc4 Qd7 8. Bf4 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. O-O a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Kc7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bf4 Kc8 20. Rc6+ bxc6 21. Bxa6# 1-0 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXV"] [Site "Asheville, NC"] [Date "2023.02.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Johnson, Roger"] [Black "Ang, Timothy"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1904"] [BlackElo "1683"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 h6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Be3 Na6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Bb1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. cxb6 Bc6 19. bxa7 Ne4 20. a3 Nac5 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. b4 Nd6 23. b5 Ba8 24. a4 Nf5 25. Bb6 Rc8 26. c5 Ne7 27. a5 Nd5 28. f3 Nf4 29. Rd1 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nc3 31. Rd3 Nxb5 32. Ke3 Kf8 33. Rb3 Bc6 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Rb2 Ra8 36. a6 Nxa7 37. Bxa7 Rxa7 38. Rb6 Bd5 39. Kc3 Kd7 40. Kb4 Bc6 41. Ka5 Kc7 42. Rb4 g5 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rxh4 Bb7 45. Rxh6 Bxa6 46. Rh2 Kc6 47. Kb4 Bb5 48. Rh7 Rb7 49. Rg7 Bd3+ 50. Kc3 Bg6 51. Kd4 Rb8 52. g4 Kd7 53. f4 Ke7 54. c6 Kf6 55. Rxg6+ fxg6 56. Kc5 e5 0-1 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2023.02.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Doan, Emily"] [Black "Mashali, Farzin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1497"] [BlackElo "1445"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. b4 Bd7 8. Bc4 Ndxb4 9. cxb4 Qf6 10. Qc2 Nxb4 11. Qb3 Bxc5 12. Bb2 Qg6 13. O-O Bc6 14. a3 Nd5 15. Ne5 Qh5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qg3 Kd7 18. Re1 Rab8 19. Be5 Rbe8 20. Nc3 f6 21. Qxg7+ Be7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bxf6 Rhg8 24. Rxe7+ Kd6 25. Rd7+ Kc5 26. Be7+ Kxc4 27. Rc1+ Kd3 28. Qc3+ Ke4 29. Re1+ Kf5 30. Re5+ Kg4 31. Rxh5 1-0 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2023.02.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Chatta, Sathvik"] [Black "Medida, Abhijay Srikar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C79"] [WhiteElo "1358"] [BlackElo "1199"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nh4 Bb7 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Re3 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Nxe4 15. Rxc7 Rb8 16. f3 Nd6 17. Rd7 Nc8 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Rc7 Rb7 20. Rxc8 a5 21. Rd1 Bd7 22. Ra8 h6 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Bb6 Rxc2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxd8 Kf8 27. Bb3 Rc6 28. Rxd7 Ke8 29. Rd1 a4 30. Bd5 Rd6 31. Bb3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Kxd8 33. Nf5 Kd7 34. Bc2 Ke6 35. Nxg7+ Kf6 36. Ne8+ Ke7 37. Nc7 Kd7 38. Nxb5 Kc6 39. Bxa4 Kc5 40. g4 Kc4 41. Nd6+ Kd5 42. Nxf7 e4 43. fxe4+ Kxe4 44. b4 Kd5 45. Nxh6 Kc4 46. a3 Kd5 47. b5 Kc5 48. g5 Kd5 49. g6 Ke6 50. g7 Ke7 51. g8=Q Kd7 52. Qd5+ Kc8 53. Qf7 Kb8 54. b6 Kc8 55. Qc7# 1-0 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXIV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2022.02.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Kumar, Arya"] [Black "Smith, Bryan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2087"] [BlackElo "2540"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 O-O-O 8. cxd4 e5 9. Qa4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Kb8 12. Bc4 Qxg2 13. O-O-O a6 14. Nc3 exd4 15. Rdg1 dxc3 16. Rxg2 cxd2+ 17. Kd1 Be4 18. Rhg1 Bf3+ 19. Be2 Bxg2 20. Qf4+ Ka8 21. Rxg2 Nge7 22. Rxg7 Rd4 23. Qxf7 Rc8 24. Rg4 Rd5 25. Rc4 Rg8 26. Rg4 Rgd8 27. Re4 Rc5 28. Rc4 Rf5 29. Qxh7 Rxf2 30. Re4 Nf5 31. Qc7 Rg2 32. Qf4 Ncd4 33. Qxd2 Rg1+ 34. Bf1 Rxf1+ 0-1 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXIV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2022.02.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Horobetz, Graham"] [Black "Smith, Bryan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2347"] [BlackElo "2540"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 c5 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. O-O Bc6 15. Rfe1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Ng5 O-O-O 18. Be4 Bd2 19. Re2 Bb5 20. Bd3 0-1 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXIV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2022.02.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Sheehan, Ethan Thomas"] [Black "Smith, Bryan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2288"] [BlackElo "2540"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Nb4 9. Qd1 a5 10. a3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. b3 Nc8 14. Bb2 c5 15. Nb5 Bh6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Qg5 19. Kh1 f5 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. b4 b6 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nf3 Qg6 25. Rxe5 Nf6 26. Re2 Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Land of the Sky XXXIV"] [Site "Asheville NC"] [Date "2022.02.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Hanna, John"] [Black "Sankaranarayanan, Shivkumar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1723"] [BlackElo "1823"] [ECO "E91"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. d5 a6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Ne1 Nhf6 14. Nd3 Ng8 15. b4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f3 f4 18. Bf2 Ndf6 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Rad1 Qg6 21. Kh2 Nh5 22. Ne4 Ngf6 23. Rg1 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Ng3 25. Ne1 Rg8 26. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Bxh3 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Bd7 30. g4 Bf6 31. Rh3 Kh7 32. Rg2 Rg6 33. Rgh2 Rag8 34. Rh5 Kg7 35. Ng2 Bxg4 36. Bxg4 Rxg4 37. Rxh6 Kf7 38. Rh7+ Ke8 39. Rxc7 f3 40. Rc8+ Bd8 {0-1 White resigns.} 0-1 PGN viewer is from https://chesstempo.com


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2025: LotS XXXVII Jan 31 - Feb 2