It's hard to win a winning game!

Erese,James Michael - Ocsan,Melito [E61]

2015 Palarong Maynila [High School Boys (4.3), 25.11.2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 g6 [4...d5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4] 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Bd3 d5 8.c5 Nc6 9.0–0 Bg4 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nh5 12.Be2 e5 13.dxe5 d4 14.f4 dxc3 15.bxc3 Qh4 16.Bxh5 gxh5 17.Kh1 Ne7 18.Rg1 Nf5 19.Rg5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 h6 21.Rxh5 Qe7 22.Qg4 Qe6 23.Qg2 Qg6 24.Qf3 Qc6 25.Qxc6 bxc6 26.Rd1 Rfd8 27.Rd6 Bf8 28.Rxc6 Rd2 29.Rh3 Rb8 30.Rg3+ Kh8 31.Rg1 Rbb2 32.Re1 Rxh2+ 33.Kg1 Rbg2+ 34.Kf1 Be7 35.f5 Rxa2 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Kg1 Rag2+ 38.Kf1 Rd2 39.Kg1 Bh4 40.Rb1 Bg5 41.Re1 Rdg2+ 42.Kf1 Rd2 43.Kg1 Rhg2+ 44.Kf1 Rgf2+ 45.Kg1 Rxf5 46.Rc7 Kg6 47.Rxa7 Rxe5 48.Ra6+ f6 49.e4 Rxc5 50.e5 Rxc3 51.exf6 Bxf6 52.Rb6 Rg3+ 53.Kh1 Rd5 54.Kh2 Rg4 55.Kh3 Rgg5 56.Ree6 Rd3+ 57.Kh2 Rf5 0–1

Opening preparation against the master

Opening preparation against the master
IM Chito Garma alway plays e4 as White while IM Haridas Pascua used the Sicilian Defense against e4. 4....g6 leads to the Sicilian Dragon,so we recommend the move 4...Qc7 followed by 5...Nd4 ..5....a6 and 6....d6 against an attacking player like IM Garma.

[Event "2016 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS GRAND "]
[Site "PSC Athletes' Dining Hall, Man"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "GARMA, Chito"]
[Black "PASCUA, Haridas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 (4... Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 d6) 5. O-O Bg7 6. h3 (6. Re1 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 Nc7 10. Ne4) 6... O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bf1 d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Ne4 f5 12. Ng3 d5 13. c3 d4 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. a4 h6 16. d3 dxc3 17. bxc3 b6 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Kh7 21. Nc6 Qd6 22. Qf3 Nc7 23. d4 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Bd7 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Qc5 27. Bf1 Nd5 28. Red1 Rfd8 29. Ra4 Qxc3 30. Rd3 Qc5 31. h4 h5 32. Nxh5 gxh5 33. Qxf5+ Kh8 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Rg3 Nf6 36. Qg6 Qe7 37. Rf4 Rd6 38. Bc4+ Kh8 39. Bf7 Ne8 40. Qg4 Rf6 41. Bxe8 Rxf4 42. Qxf4 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Rxe8 44. Qf7 Re7 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Qe6 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Re3 Rd7 49. Qc8 Qd6+ 50. g3 Rf7 51. Qc2+ Qg6 52. Qe2 Qf5 53. f4 Rc7 54. Re4 Rc1 55. Rc4 Rb1 56. g4 Qf7 57. Qe4+ Qg6 58. Qxg6+ Kxg6 59. h5+ Kh7 60. g5 Rxb5 61. Rc7 Kg8 62. Rxa7 Bc3 63. Rd7 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Rb4 65. Rd8+ Kf7 66. g6+ Kf6 67. Rf8+ Kg7 68. Rf7+ Kh8 69. h6 Kg8 70. f5 Rb5 71. Kg4 Bb4 72. f6 Rd5 73. Rg7+ Kh8 74. Rh7+ Kg8 75. f7+ 1-0

The first 6 moves for both players were hard to refute ,so we recommend the move 7.e4 followed by 8. B b5+ instead of the move 7.Bf4 played by GM Darwin Laylo.

[Event "2016 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS GRAND "]
[Site "PSC Athletes' Dining Hall, Man"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "LAYLO, Darwin"]
[Black "GOTEL, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 (7. e4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6)) 7... a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Nh5 (10... Qe7 11. Be2) 11. Bh2 f5 12. Be2 f4 13. e4 Nd7 14. O-O b6 15. Re1 Ra7 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Nf6 20. Qh4 Nd7 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qh4 Nd7
23. Qg4 1/2-1/2

Swiercz, Dariusz; newest Millionaire Chess Open 2016 titlist, Barbosa Oliver runner-up in in the 2549 below

[Event "Millionaire Chess KO 2016"]
[Site "Atlantic City USA"]
[Date "2016.10.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. a4 O-O 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. Na3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rab8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bf4 Nf8 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxb5
Rxb5 22. Nxb5 Rb8 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Rd2 Ng6 25. Qd1 Qb4 26. Rc2 Nf6 27. h3 Nh5 28.
Bh2 Nhf4 29. Qd2 Qb3 30. Rc1 Bg5 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. Rb1 Qc4 34. Rd1
Qb3 35. h4 Qxb2 36. hxg5 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Rb3 38. Nd1 Kh7 39. Kh2 e5 40. Ne3 Ne6
41. Nf5 Nxg5 42. Nxd6 exd4 43. Rxd4 g6 44. Rd5 Kh6 45. Ra5 Rd3 46. e5 f6 47. Nc4
Rc3 48. Ne3 f5 49. Ra6 Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Nd5 Rc5 52. Nf6 Rc4 53. Ng8+ Kh5 54.
Nf6+ Kh6 55. f3 Rb4 56. Kg3 Rc4 57. Ng8+ Kh5 58. Nf6+ Kh6 59. Re7 Ra4 60. Ng8+
Kh5 61. Nf6+ Kh6 62. e6 Rd4 63. Ng8+ Kh5 64. Nf6+ Kh6 65. Ng8+ Kh5 66. Re8 f4+
67. Kf2 Rd2+ 68. Kg1 Kh4 69. e7 Kg3 70. Rd8 Rxg2+ 71. Kf1 Nxf3 72. Rd2 Rxd2 73.
e8=Q Rf2# 0-1

2400-2549:

Finals
GM Ioan-Cristian Chirila - GM Oliver Barbosa 1½-½

3rd/4th place
M Awonder Liang - IM Akshat Chandra ½-1½

Semi Finals
GM Ioan-Cristian Chirila - IM Akshat Chandra 2-0
GM Oliver Barbosa - IM Awonder Liang 2-0

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2016"]
[Site "Atlantic City USA"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Lederer, Yoav"]
[Black "Barbosa, Oliver"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Bf8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 a5 15.
Bc3 b6 16. Nh4 Nc5 17. Qe3 Nfd7 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 f6 20. Rfd1 Nb7 21. Kg2
Ndc5 22. Qe2 b5 23. Ncd2 Nd6 24. Bb2 Qb7 25. Ba3 Nf7 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Nb1 Reb8
28. Nc3 Bf8 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Nd5 a4 31. b4 Rc8 32. c3 Nd6 33. Nh4 Rc4 34. f3
Re8 35. g4 Rc6 36. Nf5 Nf7 37. Nfe3 Ng5 38. c4 bxc4 39. Rxa4 Kh8 40. Qa2 c3 41.
Ra7 Qb8 42. Qa4 Rcc8 43. Qa6 Ne6 44. Rb7 Qd6 45. Rb6 Nf4+ 46. Kg3 Qd7 47. Nxc3
Qf7 48. Ncd5 Ra8 49. Qc4 Qa7 50. Rc6 h5 51. gxh5 Nxh5+ 52. Kh2 Qa3 53. Qc3 Qa4
54. Nb6 Qb5 55. Qc4 Qxc4 56. Rxc4 Ra3 57. Nbd5 Nf4 58. Kg3 Ne2+ 59. Kf2 Nd4 60.
Rd2 Rb3 61. Rcxd4 exd4 62. Rxd4 Bd6 63. Rc4 Ra8 64. Rc2 Be5 65. f4 Bd4 66. Ke2
Ra1 67. Nf5 Ba7 68. Rc3 Rbb1 69. Kd3 Re1 70. b5 Rad1+ 71. Kc2 Rb1 72. Rc8+ Kh7
73. Rc7 Rec1+ 74. Kd3 Rxc7 75. Nxc7 Bb8 76. Nd5 Rxb5 77. h4 Rb3+ 78. Kc4 Rf3 79.
Nd4 Rf2 80. Ne6 Bd6 81. Kb5 Rh2 82. Kc6 Ba3 83. e5 Re2 84. Kd7 fxe5 85. fxe5
Rxe5 86. Ndf4 Rf5 87. h5 Bc1 88. Ng6 Rxh5 89. Ne7 Ra5 90. Nf8+ Kh6 91. Ke6 Ra6+
92. Kf7 Rf6+ 93. Kg8 g5 94. Nh7 Rf1 95. Nd5 g4 96. Nhf6 g3 97. Ng4+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2016"]
[Site "Atlantic City USA"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Jere, Daniel"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. d4 e6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Be7 14. Rc1 O-O
15. f3 a6 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. a4 Bc5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rfd1 Nc4 21. Rb1
Rfd8 22. b3 Nd6 23. e4 Nd7 24. Nde2 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 Ne5 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Rbd1 Ke7
28. h3 Nc6 29. Rd3 f6 30. Nb1 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. R3d2 b4 34. Ne2
Ra8 35. Nf4 Ndf7 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Nd2 Ndc6 38. Ne2 Rd8 39. f4 Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Nb2
41. Rc1 Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Nxd4 Rxd2+ 44. Ne2 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Nxc1 46. Kxd2 Nxb3+
47. Kd3 e5 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Kc4 Nd2+ 50. Kd3 Nf3 51. Kc4 Ng5 52. Kxb4 Nxe4 0-1

[Round "7.10"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Nbc3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bb3 a6 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qh6 15.
Qc1 Qh4 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Nc4 18. Rfe1 Nxb2 19. Nd1 Nxd1 20. Rbxd1 Bh6 21.
Nh5 e6 22. d6 b5 23. g4 Bb7 24. gxf5 Bf3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Rd3 Kxf6 27. Rxf3 e5
28. Be4 Ra7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Bc6 Bf8 31. Rfd3 Rc8 32. d7 Rd8 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. Rc1
a5 35. Kf3 a4 36. Rdd1 Ba3 37. Rc2 Be7 38. Rdc1 Rb8 39. Ke4 a3 40. h4 Ra7 41.
Bxb5 Rxb5 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. Rg1+ Kf8 44. Rc8+ Bd8 45. Rxd8+ Ke7 46. Rgg8 Rb4+ 47.
Kd5 Rxd7+ 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Ra8 Rb5+ 50. Ke4 f6 51. Rxa3 Rb2 52. Ra7+ Kd6 53.
Rf7 Re2+ 54. Kf3 Rxa2 55. Rxf6+ Kd5 56. Rh6 Ra4 57. Rxh7 Rf4+ 58. Kg3 Rxf5 59.
Rh6 e4 60. h5 Rf3+ 61. Kg2 Rf5 62. Rh8 Ke6 63. h6 Kf7 64. Ra8 Kg6 65. Ra6+ Kh7
66. Re6 Ra5 67. Rf6 Ra3 68. Re6 Ra4 69. Kf1 Ra2 70. Ke1 Rb2 71. Kf1 Ra2 72. Kg2
Ra3 73. Rxe4 Kxh6 74. Rg4 Ra8 75. Kg3 Rf8 76. f4 Rf6 77. Kf3 Rg6 78. Rh4+ Kg7
79. Ke4 Ra6 80. Rh1 Rb6 81. Kf5 Kf7 82. Rh7+ Kf8 83. Kg5 Rb5+ 84. f5 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2016"]
[Site "Atlantic City USA"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Barbosa, Oliver"]
[Black "Valdes Escobar, Alvaro"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nfd7 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. Ne3 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Rb1 a4 15.
Nd5 Nc6 16. Nf1 Nd4 17. Be3 Ndb3 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. e5 Qh4 21. g3 1-0

[Round "5.6"]

[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]

[Black "Paragua, Mark"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4

Bf5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bh3 Bxf3 13. exf3 c5 14. b3 Nd7 15.

Re1 Ne5 16. Be3 b5 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 bxc4 19. Rxc4 Ne5 20. Ra4 Bf6 21. fxg6 hxg6

22. Bf1 Qc8 23. Bh6 Rd8 24. h4 a5 25. Bd2 Qb7 26. h5 Kg7 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rae4

a4 29. bxa4 Qb2 30. R1e2 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Qc3 33. Bb5 Rh8 34. Rd3 Qb2

35. Qe1 Ra7 36. Re2 Qa1 37. Rd1 Qc3 38. Qxc3 Bxc3 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Ke4 Bd4 41.

Rf1 Kf6 42. Kd3 g5 43. Kc4 Rh8 44. Bc6 Rb8 45. a3 Be5 46. Rfe1 g4 47. Bb5 Kf5

48. Rh1 Bf6 49. Re6 Rba8 50. Kb3 Rb8 51. Rhe1 Be5 52. Kc4 Rh8 53. Kb3 Rb8 54.

Ka2 c4 55. Rc1 Rc7 56. Rc2 Bg7 57. Rce2 Bf6 58. R6e4 c3 59. Kb3 Be5 60. Rb4 Kg5

61. Bc6 Rf8 62. a5 e6 63. a6 exd5 64. Bxd5 Rc5 65. Bb7 Ra5 66. a4 Rf7 67. Rc4

Kf5 68. Bc8+ Kf6 69. Rxg4 Rc7 70. Bb7 Rac5 71. Kc2 Ra5 72. Rge4 Kf5 73. Rb4 d5

74. g4+ Kf6 75. Rb6+ Kg7 76. Rxe5 Rxa4 77. Rc6 Rxc6 78. Bxc6 Rxa6 79. Bxd5 1-0