[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.01"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 5. h4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:40]}
6. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 7. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:03:50]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:14:24]} 9. f3 {
[%emt 0:02:40]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:10:15]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} e6 {
[%emt 0:06:45]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:20:36]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 12. f4 {
[%emt 0:04:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 13. f5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Ng4 {
[%emt 0:18:35]} 14. fxe6 {[%emt 0:12:35]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:59]} 16. e5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} dxe5 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 18. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:03:46]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 19. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:08:14]} 20. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 21. Qxe6+ {
[%emt 0:01:39]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd1+ {
[%emt 0:01:27]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bh6+ {[%emt 0:02:07]} 24. Kb1 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 25. Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rf6 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 26. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Rxc7 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc2 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 30. Bh7+ {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf6 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} 32. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2023.07.25 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionescu, M."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Rb8 9. b3 d5 10. c5 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. f3 Qd7 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Bf5 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Re1 Bg6 20. g3 Qf8 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Qa5 Qf6 25. Qxc7 Qxd4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2023.07.25 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Eynullayev, Atilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Rb8 9. Ne2 b5 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 18. Bf4 Bc7 19. Rc1 c4 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. a4
Ba6 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qc5 Bb6 26. Qd6 Bd4 27. Qxb8
Rxb8 28. Bf1 c3 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxc3 h5 31. Rb3 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Rc1 Kd7
34. Ke2 g5 35. f3 f6 36. h3 Bb6 37. Kd3 Bf2 38. g4 h4 39. Kc4 Rb8 40. Rd1+ Bd4
41. Rxd4+ exd4 42. Kxd4 Rb5 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Ra3 Re5 45. Ra6+ Kb7 46. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2023.07.25 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Garakov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Qe1 Rfe8
15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nh7 17. Qg3 Qd8 18. h5 Ne5 19. b3 Nc6 20. Na4 Rb8 21. Qf2 Bh4
22. Qh2 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 24. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2023.07.25 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movahed, Sina"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d5 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Qc2 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. c5 Qc7 14. Rb2 b5 15. a4
a6 16. Ra1 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7
Rf7 22. Ne2 g5 23. Nc1 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Rb1 Nd7 28.
Re1 Qb8 29. Raa1 Rf5 30. Nf2 Nf6 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Re2 Bc8 33. Rae1 Kf7 34. Nf2
Nf6 35. Ng4 Rg8 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Nxf5 exf5 38. Re5 Qc7 39. Qd2 Nh5 40. Re8+ Kf7
41. Rxg8 Kxg8 42. Re5 Kf7 43. Qe1 Qd8 44. Bd3 Qf6 45. Qa1 Ng7 46. Qa7+ Kg6 47.
Qc7 Ba6 48. h4 Qxh4 49. Qxc6+ Kg5 50. Qxa6 Nh5 51. Rxf5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2023.07.25 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weetik, V."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nh3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 a6
9. b3 b5 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 g5 16.
e4 h6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. Nf2 Nf8 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. f4 g4 22. Re2 Bf6
23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. h3 h5 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Kf2 Rh7 27. Qb1 Kg7 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29.
Qxh1 Qc7 30. Ne5 Rh8 31. Qb1 Qd8 32. Re1 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Be6 34. Bd4 Nf8 35. Rh1
Nh7 36. Rh4 Qe8 37. Qh1 Qg6 38. Ke3 Kg8 39. Kd2 Qg7 40. Rh6 Nf8 41. Rxh8+ Qxh8
42. Qxh8+ Kxh8 43. Bf1 Kg7 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. Bd3 Bd7 46. Be2 Ne6 47. Bd3 Ng7 48.
Be2 Nh5 49. Kf2 Be6 50. Bd3 Kf7 51. Be2 Ke8 52. Bd3 Kd7 53. Be2 Ke7 54. Bd3 Bd7
55. Be2 Ke6 56. Bd3 Ng7 57. Be2 Ne8 58. Bd3 Nc7 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Be2 Kg6 61. Bd3
Ne6 62. Be2 Be8 63. Bf1 Bf7 64. Bg2 Ng7 65. Bf1 Be8 66. Bd3 Ne6 67. Bf1 Nf8 68.
Bd3 Nd7 69. Bf1 Nb8 70. Bd3 Na6 71. Bf1 Nc7 72. Bd3 Ne6 73. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2023.07.25 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Arabidze, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 d6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Nb3 h5 12. g3 Be7 13. Bh3 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. e5 Ng4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. exd6 Bxd6 21.
Ne4 Be7 22. Bd4 Qxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Kxc2 Ba4 25. Re3 Rxh2+ 26. Ned2 f6 27.
Kb1 Kf7 28. Rc1 Bb4 29. Nc4 Kg6 30. Nbxa5 Bxa5 31. Nxa5 Rg2 32. Nc4 Bc6 33. Bc3
Bd5 34. Nd2 Rf2 35. Ne4 Rg2 36. Nc5 Rc8 37. Nxe6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxg3 39. Re4 Rf3
40. Rg1 g3 41. Re7 Kf5 42. Rxg7 Kxf4 43. Bxf6 Ke3 44. R7xg3 Kf2 45. Rxf3+ Kxf3
46. Rc1 Rf8 47. Rc6 Ke4 48. Bc3 Kd5 49. Rh6 Rf1+ 50. Ka2 Kc4 51. Rh4+ Kd3 52.
Kb3 Ra1 53. Rd4+ Ke2 54. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2023.07.25 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Ba7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. g4 h6 14. O-O-O b4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. Rhg1 Bb7 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. f5 e5 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Be2
Nf6 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qxf6 Rg8 26. Na5 Ba8 27. Rxd6
Qxa5 28. Rd7 Rg7 29. h5 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rg1+ 31. Nd1 Qa2+ 32. Kc1 Qa1+ 33. Kd2
Qxd1+ 34. Ke3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.06"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Nc2 Nf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Ne7 15.
Na4 axb5 16. Bxb5 Qa5 17. Bd3 d5 18. Nb6 Rxc2 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Qxc2 dxe4 21. Be2
Ned5 22. Bc5 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. a3 Bf8 26. Be3 Ng4 27. Nc4 Ra8
28. Bb7 Nxe3 29. Bxa8 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Bxc4+ 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. a4 Bb4 33. a5 Nb5+
34. Kd1 Nd4 35. Bd5 Nb5 36. Bc6 Bc3 37. Rc1 Bxa5 38. Rc5 Nc3+ 39. Kd2 Bb4 40.
Rxe5 Nd5+ 41. Kd1 Nf6 42. Ba4 Ng4 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. f3 Nf6 45. Rb8 Bd6 46. Rb7
e3 47. g3 Nd5 48. Bb3 Bb4 49. Bxd5 e2+ 0-1

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.07"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Ouellet, Maili-Jade"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qa5 8. Nc1
cxd4 9. Nb3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxe3 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Qd3 Bh6
15. f4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Rb1 e5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd6 Bg7 20. Rb7 exf4 21.
Qxf4 Rad8 22. g4 Rd2 23. Rb8 h6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qxe3 Rxa2 26. Rg1 Be5 27.
Bd1 Rxh2 28. Be2 Nf6 29. Qxa7 Nxe4 30. Qe3 f5 31. Bf3 Bxc3+ 32. Kd1 Rd2+ 33.
Qxd2 Nxd2 34. Bxc6 Bxg4+ 35. Kc2 Bb4 36. Ra1 Ne4 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. Rb1 Bc5 39.
Rb5 Bf2 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Rf7+ Ke5 42. Bxe4 Kxe4 43. Rc7 h5 44. c5 Kd5 45. c6 h4
46. Rg7 Kxc6 47. Rxg6+ Kd5 48. Kd3 h3 49. Rh6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Johnson, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Nxc5 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Na4 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. f4 fxe5 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 f5 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Rf3 exf4 20. exf4
Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Kf7 22. g4 Ne4 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rg1 Bd7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rfg3
Ke8 27. Rg7 Rc8 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Qg6+ Kd8 30. Qe6 Rf6 31. Rdxd7+ Kc8 32. Qe8#
1-0

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.09"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 h5 8. h4
Be6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Rb1 f5 13. Qc1 Qa6 14. Nf4 Nf6 15.
Bf1 b5 16. c3 Ne4 17. Bd3 Qb7 18. Kf1 a5 19. Kg2 a4 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Rbe1 O-O
22. Qd1 Qf6 23. f3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rfe8 25. Rhf1 Bxf4 26. exf4 Bd7 27. Re5 Qd6
28. Rfe1 Kf8 29. Kf2 f6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qe3+ Kd8 33. Kg2 Qe6
34. Qxe6 Bxe6 35. Kf2 Kc7 36. Ke3 Kb6 37. Kd2 Ka5 38. g4 Kb6 39. g5 fxg5 40.
fxg5 Bd7 41. Bc2 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kf4 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bd7 45. Ke3 Bc8 46. Bc2
Bd7 47. Kf4 Bc8 48. b3 axb3 49. Bxb3 Ba6 50. Bc2 Ke6 51. Bd1 Kd6 52. Bb3 Bb7
53. Bc2 Bc8 54. Ke3 Ba6 55. Kd2 Bc8 56. Bd3 Bd7 57. Kc2 Be8 58. Kc1 Bd7 59. Bc2
Bc8 60. Kb2 Bd7 61. a4 bxa4 62. Bxa4 f4 63. Bc2 Be8 64. Kb3 c5 65. Ka3 cxd4 66.
cxd4 Kc7 67. Ba4 Bf7 68. Kb4 Kb6 69. Bd7 Kc7 70. Ba4 Kb6 71. Bb5 Be6 72. Bd3
Bf7 73. Bc2 Be8 74. Bd3 Bf7 75. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.09"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2
b6 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 dxc4 12. b3 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nb2 Nfd7 18. Nbxc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bf6 21.
Rb1 Ne5 22. Qa6 c4 23. Ba3 Re8 24. d6 c3 25. Rb7 c2 26. Rc1 Rc3 27. Qa4 Nc4 28.
d7 Re6 29. Bb4 Nb2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Nd3 32. Rb8 Nxb4 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.
Rc8 Re1+ 35. Bf1 Nc6 36. Rxc6 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Bb5 Rd1 39. Rc2 Rd6 40. f4
Ba5 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. Rc8 Bd8 43. a4 Rxh2 44. Rc1 Rh6 45. f5 Rb6 46. Re1+ Kd6 47.
Rd1+ Ke7 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. Rd1+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6
9. Nd2 Nc5 10. Be2 h6 11. g4 c6 12. h4 a4 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7 15. Rg1 Bd7
16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rg3 cxd5 21. cxd5 b5 22.
Kf1 Rfc8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Kg2 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bb5 28.
Bd2 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qxc4 Bxc4 31. Rc3 Bb5 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Rb8 Ba4 34.
Ra8 Bb5 35. f3 f6 36. Rb8 Ba4 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Ra7 Bb5 40. Ra5 Be8
41. Ra8 Bb5 42. gxf6 Nxf6 43. Bh6 Nd7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Bxf8 Nxf8 46. Kg4 Nd7 47.
Kg5 Be2 48. Ra2 Bb5 49. Rh2 Kg7 50. Rb2 Ba6 51. Ra2 Bb5 52. Ra5 Be2 53. Ra7 Bb5
54. Rb7 Ba4 55. Rb4 Bd1 56. Rb1 Bc2 57. Rc1 Ba4 58. Rc7 Kf7 59. Kh6 Kf6 60. Rc1
Bb5 61. Rg1 Nf8 62. Rb1 Be2 63. Rb2 Bd1 64. Rd2 Ba4 65. Ra2 Bd1 66. Ra6+ Kf7
67. Ra1 Be2 68. Ra2 Bd1 69. Rd2 Ba4 70. Rh2 Kf6 71. Rf2 Nd7 72. Ra2 Bb5 73. Rg2
Nf8 74. Rb2 Ba4 75. Rb8 Kf7 76. Kg5 Nh7+ 77. Kg4 Bd7+ 78. Kg3 g5 79. Rb7 Nf6
80. Ra7 Nh5+ 81. Kf2 Ke7 82. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Rd8
15. a3 h6 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 d3 22. exd3 Nd4 23. Re1 R6d7 24. Rac1 Qf6 25. Re3 g6 26. Rce1 Kg7 27. Re8
Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Ne6 29. Rc8 Qa1+ 30. Bf1 Qf6 31. h4 Nd4 32. Re8 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nd2
34. Qc5 Qc6+ 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Be2 Nb1 37. a4 Nc3 38. Bf3 Rc7 39. a5 c5 40.
bxc5 Rxc5 41. a6 Kf6 42. d4 Ra5 43. Bb7 Na4 44. d5 Nb6 45. d6 Ra2 46. Bf3 Rd2
47. Re7 Rxd6 48. Rxa7 Na4 49. Be2 Rd2 50. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a4 Bc7 8. Bc4
d6 9. Be3 h6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Ne7 12. Bb3 b6 13. Nh4 d5 14. Qh5 Kh7 15.
exd5 f5 16. a5 Rb8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 f4 19. Bd2 Rb7 20. Rxb7 Bxb7 21. c4 g6
22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Bc3 g5 24. Nf3 Ng6 25. Bc2 Re8 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. d4 cxd4 28. Nxd4
g4 29. Ra1 g3 30. Ra7 Re7 31. Nc6 gxf2+ 32. Kf1 Rg7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Transnational Crown"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Be3 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Rf1 Qd8 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Bf5 g6 20. Bxg6 Qg8
21. Be4 Rf8 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. e6 Nde5 24. e7 Nxe7 25. Nxe7 Qg7 26. Nf5 Qd7 27.
Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Transnational Rapid"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2023.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6
9. a3 Rb8 10. Qd2 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd3 b5 14. O-O Nb6 15. Qf2
Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Ne2 O-O 18. c3 Bd7 19. a4 Qe8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Ned4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 f5 23. a5 Qf7 24. Nf3 Rg8 25. h4 h6 26. Kf2 Rgc8 27. Rh1 Qh5 28. Nd4
Kg8 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Qf3 g6 31. Ke2 Bb5 32. Rag1 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 h5 34. g3 Rb7
35. Rh2 Bd8 36. Rd1 Be7 37. Rhd2 Ba4 38. Ra1 Bd7 39. Kf2 Bf8 40. Nc2 Be7 41.
Bb6 Ke8 42. Nd4 Ra8 43. Rda2 Kf7 44. Ke3 Ke8 45. Kd2 Kf7 46. Kc1 Be8 47. Rb2
Bb5 48. Bc5 Bd8 49. Bd6 Rc8 50. Kd2 Ra8 51. Ke3 Rc8 52. Rd2 Ra8 53. Rad1 Ba4
54. Ra1 Bb5 55. Nc2 Ke8 56. Kf2 Kd7 57. Nd4 Bc6 58. Ke1 Bb5 59. Kd1 Rc8 60. Kc1
Ra8 61. Kb2 Bc6 62. Ka3 Bb5 63. Rad1 Rc8 64. Nf3 Ke8 65. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.25"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Shoykhet, Benjamin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.05"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
h6 9. e4 f4 10. b4 g5 11. b5 Nb8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. bxc6 dxc6 15. Ba3
Bxd4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxd4 f3 18. Bh1 Nd7 19. Nd1 Qe5 20. Qe3 Qf6 21. Rb3 Ne5
22. Nb2 b6 23. Rc1 Be6 24. a4 Rad8 25. Rbc3 Qf7 26. c5 Qh5 27. Qe1 Ng4 28. Bxf3
Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Ne5 31. Rcc3 Bg4 32. Ke2 Qg2 33. Qf1 Bxf3+ 34. Ke1
Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd2 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Rb3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 e4 10. dxe4 Ndb4 11. Qc4 Be6 12. Qc3 Nxa2 13. Qxg7 O-O-O 14.
Bd2 Rhg8 15. Qxh7 Rh8 16. Qg7 Rdg8 0-1

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.27"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Kanli, Alperen"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nxb5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. O-O Qb6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Qb8 19. Na3 Qxb2 20. Bxc5 Rfc8 21. Bb6
Bf5 22. d6 Qb4 23. Nb1 Nd7 24. Ra4 Qb2 25. Qd2 Rc2 26. Qd5 Rac8 27. Bxa6 Nxb6
28. axb6 Qxb6+ 29. Kh1 R8c5 30. Qa8+ Bf8 31. Rd4 Bd7 32. Qb7 Qxb7 33. Bxb7 Rc1
34. Rdd1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Bxd6 36. g3 Rb5 37. Be4 Rb6 38. Nc3 Bg4 39. Nd5 Bxd1 40.
Nxb6 Kg7 41. Kg2 h5 42. Nd5 Bg4 43. Ne3 Be6 44. Bd5 Bd7 45. Kf3 Bh3 46. Bc4 Bc5
47. Bd3 Kh6 48. Bc4 Kg7 49. Bd3 Kf6 50. Bc4 Ba7 51. Nd5+ Kg7 52. Ne3 g5 53. Nc2
Bg1 54. Ne3 Bxh2 55. Kf2 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Ng2 Bg3+ 58. Kf3 f5 59. Ne3 Bb8
60. Bf1 Bxf1 61. Nxf5+ Kf6 62. Nxh4 Kg5 63. Ng2 Ba6 64. Ne3 Bb7+ 65. Ke2 Kf4
66. Nd1 Ke4 67. Kd2 Bf4+ 68. Kc3 Ba6 69. Nb2 Be5+ 70. Kb3 Kd4 71. Kb4 Be2 72.
Na4 Bd6+ 73. Ka5 Bc7+ 74. Kb4 Bc4 75. Ka3 Bd6+ 76. Kb2 Kd3 77. Kb1 Bb3 78. Nb2+
Kd2 79. Ka1 Be7 80. Kb1 Bf8 81. Ka1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.27"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sriniaiyer, Sudarshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 dxe5 7. Nxe5 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Bb3 b6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7
15. Qd3 Rc8 16. h4 Na5 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ng5 Qd5 21. f3
Qc4 22. Qe3 Qxc3 23. Qe5+ Kg8 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Bxb7 Qxe5 26. dxe5 Nxb7 27. Ne4
Rfd8 28. Rad1 Kg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rc1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.28"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Tanenbaum, Zachary"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.05"]

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. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. f4 Qa5 12. Qd3 Rfd8 13. Rae1 a6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. f5 Rf8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxg6 e4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qe2 Qe5 20. Rf4 b5 21. Qf2
Be8 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Bxe8 Rfxe8 24. Nxe4 hxg6 25. Ng5 Kg8 26. Ne6 Qd7 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Rxf6 exf6 29. Qxf6+ Kh7 30. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.29"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. d4 d5 7. Nxe5 Ngxe5 8.
dxe5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Bg3 f5 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Bc4 18. O-O-O Rg8 19. b3 Bd3 20.
g3 Kd7 21. Bf4 c5 22. c4 Kc6 23. Rhe1 Rad8 24. h4 h5 25. Kb2 Rd7 26. Kc3 Rgd8
27. Bg5 Ra8 28. Rd2 a5 29. f3 a4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Rf2 axb3 32. axb3 Rd6 33.
Be3 Rg6 34. Rf5 Ra5 35. Rxh5 Rxg3 36. Rg1 Rxg1 37. Bxg1 Be2 38. Rh6+ Kd7 39.
Kb2 Bd1 40. Be3 Bf3 41. h5 Ke7 42. Rh7+ Kf6 43. h6 Ra8 44. Rc7 Rd8 45. Bxc5 Kg6
46. Be3 Rd3 47. h7 Rd8 48. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.29"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Altman, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5
9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Be2 b4 11. Nb1 Rb8 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15.
Kh1 O-O 16. b3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. axb4 Qxc2 19. Nc3 Qg6 20. b5 axb5 21. Bd3
f5 22. Nxb5 Nb6 23. Nd6 Bd7 24. Ra7 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Qg4 26. h3 Qg3 27. b4 h5 28.
Be2 h4 29. Bf3 Nc4 30. Nb7 Re8 31. Nc5 Bc6 32. Rc7 Ba8 33. Bh5 Ne3 34. Rg1 Rec8
35. Nxe6 Rxc7 36. Nxc7 Rc8 37. Bf3 Rxc7 38. Qxe3 d4 39. Qe1 Bxf3 40. Qxg3 hxg3
41. gxf3 Rc2 42. Rd1 Rc4 43. b5 Rb4 44. Kg2 Rxb5 45. Rxd4 Kf7 46. Kxg3 Rb1 47.
Rd2 Rg1+ 48. Rg2 Rf1 49. Ra2 Rg1+ 50. Kh4 Rf1 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra6+ Kf7 53. Kg5
Rxf3 54. Kxf5 Rxh3 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Ke6 Rh6+ 57. Kd7 Kf7 58. f5 Rh1 59. Kd6+
Kf8 60. Ra8+ Kf7 61. e6+ Kf6 62. Rf8+ Kg5 63. e7 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Re1 65. e8=Q Re2
66. Qe6 Rxe6 67. Re8 Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Cherry Blossom op"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Samuelson, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc7 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 d6 12. e4 Nbd7 13. f4 Qb7 14. Qf3 O-O 15.
Rae1 Rfc8 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bf8 20. Nc6 Re8 21. f5 Ne5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Bd6 24. Ng4 Bb4 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. a3 Bf8 29. Nxf7+ Kh7 30. Ne5 Qe7 31. Qf7+ Qxf7 32. Nxf7 Re2+ 33. Kf3
Rxh2 34. d6 Rh3+ 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Ke2 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Ng3+ 38. Kf2 Nxf1 39. Ne4
Bxa3 40. Kxf1 Kg7 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Kg4 Bb2 44. Nf2 a5 45. Nd3 Be5
46. Ne1 Bd4 47. Nf3 Bf2 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Ke4 Kc5 50. Ne5 Bh4 51. Nxg6 Bxg5 52.
Kd3 Kb4 53. Kc2 a4 54. bxa4 Kxc4 55. Ne5+ Kb4 56. Nd7 Kxa4 57. Nxb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherry Blossom op"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2023.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.06.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Ke7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Qb6 9. Qe2 Rd8 10. a4 a6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Rfe1 Kg7 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. a5 e5 21. Qe2
Bg4 22. Ne3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxa5 24. b4 e4 25. Bxe4 Qe5 26. g3 Qxc3 27. Nf5+ gxf5
28. Qxc3+ Be5 29. Qf3 fxe4 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qxe4 Bc3 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rc1 Rd4
34. Qh7 Bxb4 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qf6 Rd6 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qc8 Rd7
40. h4 Bd2 41. Rd1 Ne5 42. Kg2 b5 43. Qxa6 b4 44. Qb5 f6 45. h5 1-0

[Event "Ivy League Challenge"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Princeton University"]
[BlackTeam "University of Toronto - B"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Qc3 c5 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 b6 16. a4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Qb3 g5 21. c4
Rb8 22. Re2 f5 23. Rae1 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Qf6 25. Re7 Rbd8 26. Ne5 Qxe7 27. Ng6+
hxg6 28. Rxe7 Bf6 29. Re4 Bf5 30. Re2 Rfe8 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Kf1 Bd4 33. Bc6 Rxe2
34. Qxe2 Bf6 35. Bd5 Rd7 36. Qe8 Bxb2 37. Kg1 Bf6 38. Kh2 Bd4 39. g4 fxg3+ 40.
fxg3 g4 41. hxg4 Bxg4 42. Bf3 Bxf3 43. Qxd7+ Kh6 44. Qh3+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kh6 46.
Qxa7 Bd1 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Qa6 Bc2 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke2 g5 51. Kd2 Bb3 52. Qb5 Ba2
53. Qd7+ Kg6 54. g4 Bb1 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Excelsior March op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Huh, Isaak"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bc7 8.
c3 a6 9. Ba4 f5 10. Nf1 f4 11. Bb3+ Kh8 12. a3 Qe8 13. Bc2 d6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bg4 16. d5 Nd4 17. N1d2 Qg6 18. Kh1 Nxd5 19. h3 Bh5 20. Bd3 Ba5 21. Be2
Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Nf6 23. b4 Bc7 24. Bb2 Rae8 25. Rac1 Bb8 26. a4 d5 27. Qd3 dxe4
28. Nxe4 Rd8 29. Qc2 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Bg6 32. Rec4 Bd3 33. Rc5 e4
34. Ng5 e3 35. Ne6 exf2 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Bxf8 Re8 38. Rg5+ Kf7 39. Bc5 f1=Q+
40. Rxf1 Bxf1 41. Nd4 Kf6 42. Rd5 Bc4 43. Rf5+ Kg6 44. Rf8 Re1+ 45. Kh2 f3+ 46.
g3 Bd5 47. Nxf3 Re2+ 48. Kg1 Bxg3 49. Nd4 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Ra2 51. a5 Bc4+ 52. Kg1
Bh2+ 53. Kh1 Bd5+ 54. Nf3 Be5 55. Kg1 Bf6 56. Ne1 Be6 57. Nd3 Kg7 58. Re8 Bxh3
59. Nf4 Bg4 60. Nd5 Bg5 61. Ne3 Bf3 62. Nf5+ Kg6 63. Ne3 Bh4 64. Rg8+ Kh5 65.
Rf8 Ra1+ 66. Nf1 Be2 67. Rf7 Kg4 68. Kg2 Bxf1+ 69. Rxf1 Rxf1 70. Kxf1 Kf3 71.
Kg1 Bg3 72. Kf1 h5 73. Kg1 h4 74. Kf1 h3 75. Kg1 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Excelsior March op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Laughlin, Braden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 Ne4 12. dxe5 Qb4+ 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. a3 Qxd2+
15. Qxd2 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Na5 17. Rd1 Nxb3+ 18. Ke1 Be6 19. Bd3 Rfc8 20. Bb1 Nc5
21. Ke2 Na4 22. Bd4 Nc3+ 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. Kd2 R3c5 26. Rd4 Rc3
27. Rd3 R3c5 28. Rb3 b6 29. f4 g6 30. Bd3 Kf8 31. Ra1 R8c7 32. a4 d4 33. exd4
Bxb3 34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. g4 Ke7 36. Ra3 Bd5 37. Ke3 Bc6 38. h4 h6 39. Bb5 Bxb5
40. axb5 Rxb5 41. Rxa7+ Ke6 42. Ra4 Rb1 43. Rd4 b5 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. f5 Re1+ 46.
Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Ke4 Re1+ 48. Kd5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Rd1+ 50. Kc6 Rc1+ 51. Kxb5 Re1 52.
f6+ Ke8 53. Rd5 Rh1 54. Rd4 Re1 55. Rd5 Rh1 56. Kc6 Rxh4 57. Ra5 Rc4+ 58. Kd5
Rc1 59. Ra8+ Kd7 60. Ra7+ Ke8 61. Ra8+ Kd7 62. Rf8 Rd1+ 63. Kc4 Ke6 64. Re8+
Kf5 65. Re7 Kg6 66. Kc5 h5 67. Re8 h4 68. Rh8 Kf5 69. Rxh4 Kxe5 70. Rh5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior March op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Bhat, Vaibhav"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qc1 Nc4 14. Bh6 N6e5
15. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Kxg7 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Qe3 Rc2
21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 f6 23. b4 Qa4 24. Ra3 Qb5 25. Ra5 Qd7 26. Rxa7 Bxd5 27.
exd5 Qxd5 28. Qxe7+ Rf7 29. Qe3 Rfc7 30. Ra3 Qd6 31. Rd3 Qxb4 32. a3 Qb5 33.
Rad1 Qf5 34. Rd5 Qg4 35. R5d4 Qf5 36. Rd5 Qh3 37. Rd8 Rf7 38. Qe8 Qf5 39. Qe3
Rcc7 40. Re8 Rcd7 41. Rxd7 Qxd7 42. h4 Qd6 43. Re6 Qd5 44. Re7 h5 45. Rxf7+
Kxf7 46. Qb6 Ke7 47. Qc7+ Ke6 48. Qc8+ Ke5 49. Qe8+ Kf5 50. Qc8+ Ke5 51. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior March op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.12"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Tan, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. exd6 exd6 8.
Qe2+ Kf8 9. Be3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Qf2 Qa5 12. g4 b5 13. Bxb5 Nb4 14. a3
Na2+ 15. Nxa2 Qxb5 16. Nc3 Qb7 17. dxc5 Rb8 18. Bd4 Qxb2+ 19. Kd2 Nxc5 20. Rb1
Nb3+ 21. Ke1 Bxd4 22. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 23. Kd1 Bxb2 24. cxb3 Rxb3 25. Kc2 Rb6 26. Rb1
Bxa3 27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Qd4 Kg8 29. Ng5 Bxg4 30. Qd5 Kg7 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. Qf6
Rc8+ 33. Kb3 Rc5 34. Kxa3 Rf5 35. Qxd6 b5 36. Qc7 Rxg5 37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38. Qxh7
Bf5 39. h4+ Kg4 40. Qh6 Kf3 41. Kb4 Bd3 42. Kc3 Bf5 43. Kd4 Kg4 44. Ke3 b4 45.
Qg5+ Kh3 46. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Excelsior March op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Reshetniak, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. a3
Ne4 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 g5 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. Ba2 Qf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rc1 O-O-O
15. Qc2 Nf7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 g4 18. Nfd4 Nfe5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4 Kb7 21.
Qb3+ Ka7 22. Be6 Rb8 23. Qc3 Rhd8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Nxc6+ Qxc6 26. Qxe5 Qb5 27.
Rxc7+ Rxc7 28. Qxc7+ Rb7 29. Qd6 Qxb2 30. Qc5+ Qb6 31. Qxf5 Qd6 32. Qxg4 Qxa3
33. Qd4+ Kb8 34. Ra1 Qb4 35. Qxb4 Rxb4 36. f4 Kb7 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. f5
h4 40. g3 Rxh2 41. gxh4 Rxh4 42. e4 Kb6 43. Ke3 a5 44. Kd4 Rh8 45. f6 Kc6 46.
Rxa5 Kd6 47. Ra6+ Kd7 48. Kd5 Rh1 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Excelsior March Rapid"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ter-Mikaelian, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 d4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nce2 e5 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nxh5 Nxh5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. d3 Nbd7 {DGT Problems}
1-0

[Event "Excelsior March Rapid"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Zomorrodian, Eilia"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bd5 c6 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. b4 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 10. bxa5 h6 11. Nf3 Qxa5 12. h3 g5 13. Nh2 Be6 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. Nc3 Kd7 16. Be3 Rag8 17. d4 Kc8 18. d5 Bd7 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
exd5 Qa4 22. c4 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Ba4 24. Rdb1 b6 25. Rb4 Bc2 26. a4 Bd8 27. a5
bxa5 28. Rb2 Bd3 29. Bxa7 h5 30. Ra3 e4 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32. Bd4 Bc7 33. Rb2 Rh7
34. Nf1 Bxc4 35. Ne3 Bd3 36. Rb7 Ra8 37. Nf5 Kc8 38. Rb2 Rf7 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 a4 41. Rb4 Be2 42. Ne3 Bf3 43. Rbxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Rh7 45. Ng2 Bxg4 46.
Be3 Bf3 47. Ra8+ Kb7 48. Rg8 g4 49. Rg6 Rh5 50. Bg5 Ka6 51. Nh4 Kb5 52. Kh2 Kc4
53. Kg3 Kxd5 54. Rg7 Bb6 55. Ng6 Rh3+ 56. Kf4 Bxf2 57. Ne7+ Kc4 58. Nf5 d5 59.
Bf6 Bd1 60. Rc7+ Kd3 61. Rd7 Rf3+ 62. Kxg4 Bb3 63. Be5 Bc4 64. Rd8 Bc5 65. Rc8
Bb4 66. Rd8 Rf1 67. Bf4 Bd2 68. Be5 e3 69. Ng3 e2 0-1

[Event "Excelsior March Rapid"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhao, Jeffrey R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Ne4 Qd8 11. a3 O-O 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Bb1 Re8 16. Nfg5 h6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Bxh6 Nxd4 20. Rcd1 Nf6 21.
Qg6 gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Ng5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ 26. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Excelsior March Rapid"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. c4 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qe2 c6 12. Bc2 Be7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rb1 O-O 15. h4
cxd5 16. cxd5 h5 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Rg1 a4 19. Nh2 Qb8 20. Qb5 Rc8 21. Nf1 Bd8 22.
a3 Ba5 23. Ng3 Nb6 24. Qe2 Nb3 25. Bxb3 axb3 26. Nxh5 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 Ra4 28. Ng3
Nxd5 29. h5 Nf4 30. Qb5 Rxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Bxe4 32. Rd1 d5 33. g6 fxg6 34. Rxg6
Nxg6 35. hxg6 Qd6 36. Qxb7 Rf8 37. Bb4 Qxg6 38. Bxf8 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Bf3+ 40. Kxf3
Qxd1+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qc4+ 43. Kg1 Kxf8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qxe5 d4 46. Qf4+
Kg8 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qh2+ Kg6 49. Qg3+ Kf5 50. Qf3+ Ke5 51. Qg3+ Kf6 52. Qf4+
Kg6 53. Qg3+ Kf7 54. Qf4+ Ke6 55. Qe4+ Kf6 56. Qf4+ Kg6 57. Qg3+ Kf7 58. Qf4+
Ke6 59. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior March Rapid"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 g6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. h3
Na5 9. Bxf7+ Nxf7 10. Qxf7+ Qxf7 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. hxg4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg7 14.
d5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Na3 16. Kd1 c6 17. Rh3 Nb5 18. Rb3 Rab8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Be3 a5
21. a4 Nc7 22. Ba7 Rbe8 23. Rxb7 Re7 24. dxc6 Na6 25. Rc1 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Rxa7
27. Rb7+ Rxb7 28. cxb7 Rb8 29. Rc6 Nc5 30. Rxd6 Rxb7 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Rxg6 Rb2
33. f3 Nxa4 1-0

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Rb8 7. Qd2 a6 8. b3 b5
9. Bb2 Nf6 10. Nd5 e5 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nd4 15. Bxb7
Rxb7 16. e3 Nc6 17. Qg2 d5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. d6 Rb6 20. Bxe5 Nxd3 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Rad1 Rxd6 23. Ne4 Rd5 24. Nc3 Rd7 25. f5 f6 26. e4 Ne5 27. Nd5 g5 28. Qf2
c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qc5 Qc8 31. Qb6 Rb7 32. Qd6 Rd7 33. Qb4 Rb7 34. Qc3 Qc5+
35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Nf4 Rxd1 37. Ne6+ Kh6 38. Nxc5 Rxf1+ 39. Kg2 Rbb1 40. Qa5 Ng4
41. Qd8 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 Nxh2+ 43. Ke3 Ng4+ 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Ne5+ 46. Ke3 Re1+
0-1

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. d4 exd4 8. c3
Nge7 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nxa3 a6 11. Bd3 Bb8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ra2 d6
15. Nc4 Ng6 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 b5 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Bb1 Qb6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
dxc6 Rac8 22. f5 Ne5 23. f6 gxf6 24. Ra3 Rxc6 25. Rg3+ Ng6 26. Ba2 Rfc8 27. Bd2
Rc5 28. Qg4 Re8 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Bh6 Qc7 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Bxg6
Rg8 34. Bf5 Rxg3 35. hxg3 a5 36. Rd1 Be5 37. Bf4 b4 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Bxd7 Kf8 42. Ba4 Ke7 43. Kg1 Kd6 44. Kf2 Kc5 45. Ke3 Kc4 46.
Kd2 b3 47. Kc1 Kb4 48. Bc6 a4 49. Kb1 a3 50. Bd7 Kc3 51. Ba4 a2+ 52. Ka1 Kb4
0-1

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Rxd4 Be6 10. e5 Nd7 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Rxd6 Qa5 14. a3
Nc5 15. Ne4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Rac8 17. f3 Bf5 18. c3 a6 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 Rfe8 21.
Bg3 h5 22. gxh5 Bxh5 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. Bf5 b5 25. Kc2 Re2 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Re1
Bxf3 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. b4 Ne6 30. Bd3 Bg4 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa6 g5 33. hxg5 Bxg5
34. Ne4 Be7 35. Bd6 Kf8 36. Kb2 Bxd6 37. Nxd6 Ke7 38. Ne4 Nc7 39. Bf1 Nd5 40.
b5 f5 41. Nf2 Kd6 42. Ka3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. d4 Nce4 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 b5 14. e4 b4 15.
Bd2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc8 18. c5 Qb7 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Be8 21. Nc4
f5 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Nd6 Qd7 24. Bf4 Bf7 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 f4 27. Rda1 Bg6
28. b4 a4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Qe7 31. Qa2 Qg5 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qf7 Qd8 34.
Qa2 h5 35. h4 fxg3 36. fxg3 Qe7 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Qxa8+ Kh7 39. Qa1 Qe6 40. Qe1
Kh8 41. Kf1 Kh7 42. Kf2 Kh8 43. Kg1 Kh7 44. Ne4 Kg8 45. Ng5 Qd5 46. e6 Qd4+ 47.
Qf2 Qe5 48. Kh2 Be8 49. Qd2 Qf5 50. Qe2 Qb1 51. e7 Qxb4 52. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. h4 b6 14. Ng5 Nf6
15. Bb3 a5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Qh3 Bc4 18. Re5 Rac8 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rae1 b4 21. R1e3
Bd6 22. Nf3 Bxa2 23. Bc1 Qb7 24. Bb2 Bd5 25. h5 h6 26. g4 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Bxe5
28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Bxe4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Na3
c5 9. Re1 a6 10. e4 e5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rab8 15. Rec1
h6 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 Ng8 18. Bd3 h5 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Ne3 Qd8 21. Qe2 Nb7 22.
Nhg2 Qe7 23. Rf1 Nf6 24. a3 a5 25. b3 Bh3 26. Rb2 Ra8 27. Rfb1 Ra7 28. Rf1 Nd8
29. Qd1 Ng4 30. Nxg4 Bxg4 31. f3 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Bd7 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 a4 35.
b4 cxb4 36. axb4 a3 37. Ra2 h4 38. Qe1 h3 39. Qh4+ Qxh4 40. Nxh4 Nb7 41. Nf3
Rc8 42. Kf2 b5 43. cxb5 Rc3 44. Be2 Rb3 45. Rc1 Rxb4 46. Rc3 Nc5 47. Rcxa3
Nxe4+ 48. Ke3 Rxa3+ 49. Rxa3 Nf6 50. Ra7 Nxd5+ 51. Kf2 Nf6 52. f5 gxf5 53. Bd3
Kg7 54. Ra6 Ng4+ 55. Kg3 Ne5 56. Rxd6 f4+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 58. Be2 Bxb5 59. Rd2
Rxd2 60. Nxd2 Bxe2 61. Kxe2 Kg6 62. Nf3 Nxf3 63. Kxf3 Kf5 64. Kf2 Ke4 65. Ke2
Kd4 66. Kf3 Kd3 67. Kxf4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4
a5 9. Nh4 Na6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qf3 Ne6 12. Rad1 Ng5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nf5 g4 15.
Qe3 g6 16. Qg5 Nd7 17. Nh4 Rh7 18. Nxg6 Rg7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qf5+ Kg8 21. Rd3
Bc5 22. Qh5 Nf8 23. Nxe5 Be7 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 c5 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Qb5+ Bd7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. O-O
Qxd3 15. exd3 Rd8 16. Rd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Na6 18. Rb1 Nc5 19. d4 Ne4 20. Bb2 Rac8
21. Ne3 b6 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 f5 26. Kf3 Kf7
27. Ke3 Ke6 28. f3 Nd6 29. Kd3 b5 30. Ba3 Nc4 31. Bc5 a6 32. Bf2 Kd5 33. Ne3+
Nxe3 34. Bxe3 h5 35. Bg5 Bd6 36. Bf6 Bc7 37. Bg5 Be5 38. Be7 f4 39. g4 hxg4 40.
fxg4 f3 41. h4 Bxc3 42. Ke3 a5 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 a4 45. Kxf3 b4 46. Ke2 a3
47. Bxb4 Bxb4 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. h6 Kf7 50. h7 Kg7 51. h8=N Be7 52. Ng6 Kxg6 53.
Kc2 Kf5 54. Kb1 Ke4 55. Kc1 Ke3 56. Kb1 Kd3 57. Kc1 Bf8 58. Kb1 Bh6 59. Ka1 Kc3
60. Kb1 Bf8 61. Kc1 Bh6+ 62. Kb1 Kd2 63. Ka1 Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior March GM Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.03.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Nf6 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. O-O h6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Ba3 c5 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be7 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Raf1 Ng4 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Ne7+ Bxe7 19. Bd5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5
21. Rxf7 Kh8 22. Rxe7 Bh3 23. Rd1 Rf6 24. a4 Qb6 25. Be4 Rbf8 26. Bf3 e4 27.
Qxe4 Qxb3 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Rf1 Qd2 30. Re8 Bxf1 31. Qe7 Kg8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.
Kxf1 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qxc4 35. Qxa7 Re8 36. Qd7 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wongso, Steve"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 Nge7 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Be4 Nbxd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Be6
15. Re1 Qd7 16. Rc1 c6 17. Bb1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nd5 19. Rc5 Rfe8 20. Be4 Rac8 21.
a3 Bf8 22. Rc1 Qf7 23. Bg3 Ne7 24. Bd6 Bd5 25. Bxe7 Bxe7 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Re3
Bd6 28. Qe2 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 a5 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. Qe4 Rc7 32. Qxd5 cxd5 33. Rxc7+
Bxc7 34. Kf1 Bb6 35. Nb3 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Nd2 a4 39. Nb1 Kc6 40.
Nc3 Bc7 41. g3 h5 42. Ke3 g5 43. h3 f5 44. f4 Bd8 45. Ne2 Be7 46. Nc3 Bf6 47.
Kd3 Bd8 48. Ne2 Bf6 49. fxg5 Bxg5 50. h4 Bh6 51. Nf4 Bxf4 52. gxf4 b4 53. axb4
Kb6 54. Kc2 Ka6 55. Kd3 Kb6 56. Kc2 Kc6 57. Kd3 Kb6 58. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Xu, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. Ng3 h5 8. d3 h4
9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Qd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Rde8 13. Qf3 e4 14. dxe4 h3 15.
g3 a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxf5 20. Bf4 d3 21. cxd3
Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Rxe4+ 23. Be3 Qf3 24. Rf1 Bxg3 25. hxg3 h2 26. Kd2 Rd8 27. Bd5
c6 28. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vemparala, Nikash"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nh5 9. Nf1 Nf4 10. Bc4 c6 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. h3 b6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Qd2
Nd3 16. Red1 c5 17. Ne1 exd4 18. Nxd3 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Rae8 20. Re1 Qb7 21. Nf4 c4
22. Bc2 Re5 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Rad1 d5 25. Re3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Re8 28.
Rde1 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd8 31. Re7 Rd2 32. Rxa7 Rxc2 33. Rxa6 Be5 34.
g3 Rxb2 35. Nd5 b5 36. a4 Rd2 37. Ne3 b4 38. Nxc4 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Bxc3 40. Rb6 Ra1
41. a5 Ra2 42. Kf1 Kg7 43. Rb5 Bd4 44. Ne3 Rb2 45. Nd1 Rb1 46. Ke2 b3 47. a6
Ra1 48. Rxb3 Rxa6 49. Ne3 h5 50. h4 Ra2+ 51. Kf3 Ra4 52. Rd3 Kf6 53. Nc2 Bc5
54. Rc3 Ra5 55. Ne3 Ba7 56. Rc6+ Kg7 57. Rc3 Re5 58. Ra3 Re7 59. Nd5 Rd7 60.
Ne3 Bc5 61. Rc3 Bb4 62. Rb3 Be7 63. Ke2 Ra7 64. Kf3 Ra2 65. Rb7 Bc5 66. Rb5 Bd4
67. Rb3 Be5 68. Nc4 Bf6 69. Ne3 Bd8 70. Nc4 Ra4 71. Nb2 Ra5 72. Nc4 Ra1 73. Rd3
Be7 74. Rd7 Kf8 75. Rb7 Ra4 76. Rb8+ Kg7 77. Ne3 Ra2 78. Rb7 Bc5 79. Rb5 Bd4
80. Rb3 Rd2 81. Ra3 Rb2 82. Nd1 Rb5 83. Ne3 f6 84. Rd3 Be5 85. Rd7+ Kh6 86. Rd3
Rb4 87. Nc2 Ra4 88. Rb3 Ra2 89. Ne3 Ra4 90. Rd3 g5 91. hxg5+ fxg5 92. Kg2 Kg6
93. Rd5 Bf6 94. Rd6 Kf7 95. Rc6 Rd4 96. Rc7+ Kg6 97. Rc6 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Guha, Rohit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
Bd3 a6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. Re1
O-O 15. Qd4 Rd8 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Qc4 Qc5 18. Qb3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Red1
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Kf8 22. Na4 Ba5 23. b4 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu, Arthur"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Kh2 Ne5 12. Qe2 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ng4+
15. hxg4 Bxd4 16. Qf3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Bf4 b6 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf4 Qe8
21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Rh1 f5 24. g5 Rf8 25. c4 Qd6 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rb7 a6
28. a4 Bc8 29. Ra7 Rfe8 30. Rb1 R5e7 31. Qc4 Rf8 32. Rb8 f4 33. Raa8 Ree8 34.
Bg4 Bd7 35. Rxa6 Qe5 36. d6+ Kh8 37. Rxe8 Bxe8 38. d7 f3+ 39. Kh2 Bxd7 40. Bxd7
Rd8 41. Re6 Qd4 42. Qxd4+ cxd4 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Bxe8 d3 45. a5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Smith, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 a5 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. a3 d6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bb2 c6 12. Na4 Ba7 13. c5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxc5 15.
Rg1 b5 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Be2 Ng6 18. a4 b4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 h5 21. O-O-O Qe7
22. Bc4 Bb8 23. Rg3 Rd6 24. f4 exf4 25. exf4 Rd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7
28. Qc4+ Kf8 29. Rxg6 h4 30. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martinez, Isaac C"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 c6 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. a4 Ne4
9. Qc2 Qf6 10. Ba3 Bc7 11. Nc3 g5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. b4 Rg8 15.
Bb2 Qh6 16. b5 c5 17. Ne5 c4 18. g3 Nf6 19. f3 Be6 20. a5 g4 21. f4 Ne4 22. Qe1
Qh3 23. Bd1 h5 24. Bc2 h4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qf2 Rd8 27. Qg2 Rd5 28. b6 axb6 29.
axb6 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 h3+ 32. Kg1 Rd3 33. Bd4 Kd7 34. Rf2 Rc8 35.
Rc2 Bd5 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke1 Rc6 38. Raa2 Rc8 39. Ra1 Rb3 40. Kd2 Rd3+ 41. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Huang, Youhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Re3 Nf5 14. Rh3 Ne4 15.
cxd5 Ng5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Re3 f6 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. h4 Nf7 20. Qf3 Rfc8 21. Rae1
Bxc6 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Nd5 Rcc8 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Qd6 26. R1e6 Qd8 27. d5
Qf8 28. Ba3 Ne5 29. Qxf5 Ng6 30. Rxa7 Qd8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rd6 Qf8 33. Bb4 Ne5
34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rxb6 Qd8 36. Rb7 h5 37. Bd6 Qa5 38. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas USA, 32nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix "]
[SourceDate "2023.01.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Nd4
O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. d3 Qg6 11. Nce2 Na6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. Bb2 g5 15.
Nfe2 Rae8 16. Qd2 Qh5 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bd4 f4 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. exf4 Rxe2 21.
Qxe2 Bxf4 22. Rfe1 Nc7 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Qe7 Rf7 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Re7 Rxe7 27.
Qxe7+ Qf7 28. Re1 Be6 29. Qb4 Nb5 30. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield USA"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Juksta, Karolis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. a3 b6 10. g4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bh4+ 13. Bf2 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 f6
15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. O-O Nc5 18. g5 Qg6 19. Rae1 Rac8 20. Re5 Rf5 21.
Nb5 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. h4 h6 27. Bf3
hxg5 28. Bh5 Qh7 29. Bf7+ Kh8 30. hxg5 d4 31. Qh2 g6 32. Qf4 Qh3 33. Kf2 Nd7
34. b4 Kg7 35. Be8 Qg2+ 36. Ke1 Qg1+ 37. Kd2 Qg2+ 38. Kc1 d3 39. cxd3 Qa2 40.
Bxd7 Qxa3+ 41. Kd2 Qb2+ 42. Kd1 Qb3+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Kf2 Qb2+ 46.
Ke1 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qb2+ 48. Ke1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield USA"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Sukandar, I."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bd6
8. Ne2 O-O 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxf5 11. O-O-O Re8 12. d5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5
14. Rxd5 Be5 15. Nd4 Na6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Rd7 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nf5 g6 20.
Nh6+ Kg7 21. Ng4 Bd4 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. c3 f5 24. Bg5 Rc8 25. Rd1 Ne6 26. Bf6
Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nd5 h5 29. Kc2 Rc4 30. f3 h4 31. b3 Rc5 32. b4 Rc8 33.
a4 h3 34. g3 Re8 35. Kd3 Ng5 36. Rf1 f6 37. g4 Rd8 38. c4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Nf7 40.
Kc3 Ne5 41. Rf4 Kh6 42. Rxf6 Kg5 43. Rf1 Kxg4 44. Rg1+ Kh4 45. Re1 Ng4 46. Nf4
g5 47. Ne6 Rd7 48. Re4 Kh5 49. Re2 Rf7 50. c5 Kh4 51. b5 Nxh2 52. Nxg5 Kxg5 53.
Rxh2 Kg4 54. Kd4 Kg3 55. Rxh3+ Kxh3 56. c6 bxc6 57. bxc6 Kg4 58. Ke5 Rf4 59. c7
Rc4 60. Kd6 a5 61. Kd7 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield USA"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kantor, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rg8 12. Bh4 Rh8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. O-O Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Rfe1 Rb6 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Qf5 Bh8 25. Qh3 Rbg6 26. g3 Bf6 27. Re3
Kg7 28. Qf5 c6 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Qf6 31. Rde1 b4 32. Qd7 Rd8 33. Qb7 Rh8
34. Re7 Rxh2 35. Rxf7+ Qxf7 36. Re7 Rxf2 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxb4 Rxg3+ 39. Kh2
Rg6 40. Qe1 Rf5 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qe3+ Rfg5 43. b3 c3 44. Kh3 Kh7 45. Qe7+ Rg7
46. Qe2 R5g6 47. Qd3 Kh8 0-1

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.11.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.12.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2 e5 10. f3 Be6 11. O-O-O Ke7 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Bd4 14. Ne2 Bf2
15. Ng3 g6 16. Bd3 a5 17. bxa5 Nd7 18. Rhf1 Bc5 19. Nf5+ gxf5 20. exf5 Bxa3+
21. Kc2 Nc5 22. fxe6 Kxe6 23. Ra1 Bb2 24. Kxb2 Nxd3+ 25. Kc2 Rhd8 26. Rfb1 Rd7
27. Rb6 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. a6 Rxa6 30. Raxa6 bxa6 31. Rxa6 Kd6 32. Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.11.24"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.12.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. O-O
f5 9. Ba3 Bc7 10. Ne1 Qf6 11. f4 g5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nc3 Qh6 14. d5 gxf4 15.
exf4 exd5 16. cxd5 Bb6+ 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. Nc2 Rg8 19. dxc6 Rg6 20. Qd6 Qxh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.11.26"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Budisavljevic, Luka"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.12.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 Nbd7
9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Ne4 11. Qb1 a5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Qb2 Rf6 14. Ne5 Rh6 15. g3
Qg5 16. Ne1 Qh5 17. h4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.11.26"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Qg4
Nf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. f3 Rg8 12. g4 h6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Bb7 15.
O-O-O Be7 16. Rhe1 d6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nd7 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Kb1 g5 21. Be2
g4 22. f4 Nb4 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Rd4 d5 25. e5 Nh5 26. Bf2 g3 27. Be3 Ng7 28. Bg4
Rh8 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Na4 Rh4 31. Bh3 Rb8 32. Nac5 d4 33. Bxd4 Rxf4 34. Nxb7 Rxb7
35. Bc5 Rb5 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Rd6 Rxe5 38. Red1 Nb4 39. Rb6 Rd5 40. Rb7+ Kf6
41. Re1 Re5 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Rxe5 Rf1+ 44. Nc1 Nf5 45. Re4 Nd5 46. c4 Nb4 47.
c5 a5 48. Rc4 Nc6 49. Rc3 Nfd4 50. Bg4 Ne5 51. Bh5+ Ke7 52. Rxg3 Rh1 53. Rh3
Rg1 54. Rg3 a4 55. Rc3 Kd7 56. Ka2 Rh1 57. Bf3 Kc7 58. c6 Rf1 59. Be4 Re1 60.
Bf3 Rf1 61. Be4 Rd1 62. Nd3 Nb3 63. Ka3 Ra1+ 64. Kb4 Nf7 65. Nf4 Nd8 66. Rd3
Re1 67. Rd7+ Kc8 68. Bf3 Rc1 69. Kb5 e5 70. Kb6 Na5 71. Ng6 Ndxc6 72. Rg7 Rc4
73. Rc7+ Kb8 74. Bxc6 Rc2 75. Nxe5 Rxb2+ 76. Bb5 Rxb5+ 77. Kxb5 Kxc7 78. Kxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.11.27"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nf6
8. b4 a5 9. b5 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Samsonkin, Artiom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 a5 11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Nfd2 b5
15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Qe2 b4 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Ndc4 g6 19. Qc2 a4 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3
Rfe8 22. Rfd1 Nfd7 23. Bh3 Bb5 24. Ra1 Nf6 25. f3 h5 26. Rdc1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 h4
28. Ra5 Rb8 29. Bg4 hxg3 30. hxg3 Kg7 31. Qa2 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nxg4 33. fxg4 Qg5
34. Ra7 Rh8 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Nxd6+ Ke7 37. Qa7+ Nd7 0-1

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bh7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Ndc5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. e6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Be3 Qd5 18. Qg6 c5 19. Ne2 Qf5 20. Nf4 Rg8
21. f3 Nf6 22. Rac1 b6 23. b4 Qxg6 24. Nxg6+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Kd6 26. f4 cxb4 27.
Rfd1+ Ke7 28. Rc6 Rb8 29. Bd2 a5 30. Be3 g5 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Nd5 33. Rb7+
Kd6 34. Nf7+ Kc5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Nd8 Rg6 37. Re1 Kc4 38. Nxe6 Bc5+ 39. Nxc5
Kxc5 40. Ra7 Kb6 41. Ra8 g4 42. Re5 Rd6 43. Rg5 Nc3 44. Rgxa5 Rd1+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+
46. Ke3 Rxh2 47. R8a6+ Kb7 48. Rg6 Nxa2 49. Rb5+ Kc7 50. Rf5 Rh8 51. Rf7+ Kb8
52. Rb6+ Kc8 53. Ra6 Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rd1 cxd5 15.
exd5 Nf5 16. d6 Rb8 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Ne4 Rbc8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bd2 Na4 21. Qa3 b6
22. g4 Nd4 23. Bxh6 f5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qb4 Nc5
28. Qxd4+ Kh6 29. Nf6 Qe6 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Ne8+ Rxe8 33. dxe8=Q Qxe8
34. Rd1 a5 35. Rd8 Qe1+ 36. Bf1 Rh5 37. Qd4+ Qe5 38. Qxe5+ Rxe5 39. Rd6 Re6 40.
Rxe6 Nxe6 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Kg4 g5 44. Bc4 Nf4 45. Ba6 Kf6 46. h4 Ne6
47. Bc8 1-0

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. h4 h5 5. Bc4 d6 6. Qf3 e6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. O-O-O
Nc6 9. Nge2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. a3 e5 12. Bd5 f6 13. Be3 Nge7 14. Qg3 O-O-O 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. Ba2 Kb8 17. f3 Rdf8 18. Kb1 Nd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bh6 21. Bg1
Qf5 22. Qf2 g5 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Ne4 Bf4 26. g3 Bh6 27. a4 Qf5 28.
Rd3 Kc8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bb3 Kd7 31. Rc3 Nf7 32. Rxh5 Qg6 33. Qe2 b4 34. Rc4
Kd8 35. Rxb4 Qxh5 36. Rxb7 Qh1 37. Qc4 Qxg1+ 38. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sai Krishna, GV."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. e3 e5 13. Ne2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
exd4 Qf6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Bg4 Rfd8 18. Re1 cxd4 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Qg4 Re7 21.
Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxd4 h5 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd1 Rc6 26. Rd5 Qf6 27. Qe3
Qe6 28. Qd4+ Qf6 29. Qe3 Qe6 30. Qc3+ Qf6 31. Qb4 Qe7 32. Qd2 Qe6 33. Kh2 Qf6
34. Kg2 Rb6 35. b4 Rc6 36. Qd3 Qe6 37. b5 Rc5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Rxc5 dxc5 40.
Qxc5 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qc2 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. a5 Qe2 44. h4 Kg8 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1
Qd3+ 47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Kg7 49. Qd5 Qb2+ 50. Kf3 Qc3+ 51. Kf4 Qc2 52. Qc5 f6
53. Qe7+ Kh6 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh6 56. Kf3 Qf5+ 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. Kh2 Qf5
59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qe7+ Kg8 61. Kg2 Qxa5 62. Qxf6 Kh7 63. Qf7+ Kh6 64. Qf8+ Kh7
65. c5 Qc3 66. Qe7+ Kg8 67. Qe6+ Kg7 68. c6 a5 69. Qd7+ Kf6 70. c7 1-0

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nbd2
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nd3 Bf6 11. e3 Qe8 12. b3 b6 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Rac1 Ba6 15.
Rfe1 Rc8 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 dxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
Qa5 Qc6 22. Red1 Qb6 23. Qa4 Rfc7 24. f4 Bb7 25. Rb1 Qa6 26. Qxa6 Bxa6 27. Bf1
Kf7 28. Rd6 Bb7 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Be7 31. Ra6 Rd8 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. Rb2 Rd3
34. Ke2 Rcd7 35. Rc2 Rd1 36. Ra5 Rh1 37. Kf3 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rfd1 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40.
Kg2 Rfd1 41. h3 Re1 42. Kf3 Rf1+ 43. Rf2 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rd2+ 45. Ke1 Rg2 46.
Rxa7 Ke8 47. Bc1 Rxg3 48. Kf1 Rxh3 49. Kg2 Rh6 50. a4 Rg6+ 51. Kh2 Rh6+ 52. Kg2
Rg6+ 53. Kf1 h5 54. a5 h4 55. a6 e5 56. Ra8+ Kf7 57. a7 Ra6 58. Kg2 exf4 59.
exf4 Bf6 60. Kh3 Kg6 61. Bd2 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 Ra2 63. Kh3 Bd4 64. Be1 Be3 65. Kxh4
Bxf4 66. Bg3 Bxg3+ 67. Kxg3 Kg5 68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Ke2 Kf4 70. Rc8 Rxa7 71. Rxc5
g5 72. Rd5 Ke4 73. Rd2 g4 74. c5 f4 75. Rc2 Kd5 76. c6 Rc7 77. Rd2+ Kxc6 78.
Rd4 Rf7 79. Kf2 Kc5 80. Rd8 Ra7 81. Rf8 Ra2+ 82. Kf1 Ra4 83. Rg8 g3 84. Kg2
Ra2+ 85. Kf3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 c6 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. Bf1 Bf8 15.
Qe1 Nc5 16. Rac1 g6 17. c4 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra1 Bh6 20. h4 Rad8 21. Ng5 Bc8
22. Ndf3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg4 24. Be2 Bf8 25. Nh2 Bc8 26. f4 Nfxe4 27. Bxe5 Qa7
28. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 29. Kg2 f6 30. Bd4 c5 31. Be3 Nc3 32. Rd3 Qa2 33. Rd2 Qxb3 34.
Bg4 Bb7+ 35. Kh3 Qxc4 36. Bd7 Re7 37. Ng4 Ne4 38. f5 h5 39. Nh6+ Bxh6 40. Bxh6
Nxd2 41. Qxe7 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 h5 5. h3 Rb8 6. Nge2 b5 7. d4 b4 8. Na4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qa5 10. b3 Ba6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. f4 Be7 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Bxa7 Rb7
15. Be3 Rd7 16. Qf3 c5 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. Bxc5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. O-O O-O 21.
Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qa8 24. Rd2 h4 25. gxh4 Bf5 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. c4
bxc3 28. Nxc3 Qa3 29. Kh2 Qa5 30. Ne2 Kh7 31. Ng3 Rc3 32. Qd4 Rf3 33. Rf2 Rd3
34. Qe5 Qa7 35. Qe2 Qd4 36. b4 Ra3 37. Qb2 Qe3 38. Rg2 f6 39. b5 Rd3 40. Qf2
Qc1 41. b6 Rd7 42. Qf3 Bg6 43. f5 exf5 44. h5 Be8 45. Qxf5+ Kh8 46. Qe6 Rd8 47.
Qe7 Rc8 48. Ne2 Qh6 49. b7 Rb8 50. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Maplewood inv."]
[Site "Waterloo CAN"]
[Date "2022.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nfd2 Qb6 8. e3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. f3 Be6
15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 a6 19. N5d4 Re8 20. g4 h6 21. Rac1
Bb4 22. Nxc6 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxc6 24. Rd4 Re7 25. h4 g6 26. Qd2 Rae8 27. Kf2 Re5
28. Rf4 Nh7 29. h5 g5 30. Rd4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Ke1 Qc7 33. Kd1 Qh2 34. Kc2
Qxh5 35. Nc5 Qg6 36. Kc1 Rf7 37. Nd3 Rfe7 38. Nb4 Nf6 39. b3 a5 40. Nc2 Bd7 41.
Kb2 Bf5 42. Na3 h5 43. Nb5 Rd7 44. Bf1 g4 45. Nc7 Red8 46. Bb5 gxf3 47. Bxd7
Rxd7 48. Nxd5 Nxd5 49. Rxd5 Rf7 50. e4 Bxe4 51. Rg5 f2 52. Rxg6+ Bxg6 53. Rc8+
Kh7 54. Qd4 Kh6 55. Qe3+ Kh7 56. Qe5 Rg7 57. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Mississauga Fall op"]
[Site "Mississaouga CAN"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kim, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 cxb6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. a4 O-O 12. Qc2 g6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 a5 15.
Rfd1 Nb8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 Nc5 20. Bc2 f6 21. exf6
Qxf6 22. Qd2 Ba6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc4 25. Re1 Na6 26. g3 Nb4 27. Bb1 Bb3
28. h4 Rc4 29. Kg2 Rfc8 30. Rd2 Kg7 31. Ree2 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. e4 Rc1 34.
exd5 exd5 35. Rb2 Bxa4 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 d4 38. Bxg6 Bc6+ 39. Kh3 Bf3 40.
g4 Rg1 41. g5 d3 42. Kh2 Rc1 43. Kg3 Bd1 44. f5 Bc2 45. f6 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Mississauga Fall op"]
[Site "Mississaouga CAN"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Li, William"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Nce5 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ng5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e4 Nb6 14. Qh5 Ra7
15. Rd1 g6 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qg3 Bg7 19. Nf3 h6 20. h4 O-O 21. h5 g5
22. Nxg5 Nxe5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Kh8 25. Kh1 Rd7 26. Rg1 f5 27. Bc2 f4 28.
Bxf4 Qf7 29. Be3 Qxh5+ 30. Qh2 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rxf3 32. Rg6 Bxb2 33. Rag1 Be5+
34. Kg2 Rf6 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. Rh1 c4 37. Ba4 Rc7 38. Bxh6 Kg8 39. Be3 Bd7 40.
Bb6 Rb7 41. Bd1 b3 42. f4 Bc6 43. Kf3 Rd7 44. Be2 Bb5 45. Rg1+ Kf7 46. e5 Be7
47. Ke3 c3 48. Bh5+ Kf8 49. f5 b2 50. Kf4 c2 0-1

[Event "Mississauga Fall op"]
[Site "Mississaouga CAN"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Bc4
dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bc5 11. Bd2 N4c6 12. Ke2 a6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Ne4 b5
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Rhc1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd7 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Rxc8
Nxe5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc7 Ng4 23. b4 Nf6 24. a4 h6 25. Kd3 Rd8+ 26. Kc2 Rd6
27. Be3 Nd7 28. Kb3 Kf8 29. Kc4 Ke8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Bc5 Nxc5 32. Kxc5 Rd2 33.
Rc7+ Kf6 34. Kb6 Ra2 35. a5 Rxf2 36. Kxa6 e5 37. b5 e4 38. Kb7 e3 39. Rc3 Rf5
40. b6 e2 41. Re3 Re5 42. Rxe2 Rxa5 43. Rb2 g5 44. Kc7 Ra8 45. b7 Rh8 46. Rb6+
Ke5 47. Rxh6 Rxh6 48. b8=Q Re6 49. Kd7+ Kf6 50. Qb2+ Kg6 51. Qc2+ Kf6 52. Qc3+
Kg6 53. g4 Rf6 54. Qe5 Rf4 55. h3 f6 56. Qe6 Kg7 57. Ke7 f5 58. gxf5 Re4 59.
Qxe4 Kh8 60. Kf7 Kh7 61. Qe5 Kh6 62. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Mississauga Fall op"]
[Site "Mississaouga CAN"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2022.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Neg5 h6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. a3 Be7 15.
b4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Rc8 17. Re1 Qd5 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Rac1 Ne7 21. Bc4
Qd6 22. Ne5 Ned5 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Rcd1 Rdc8 25. Rc1 g6 26. h4 Bg7 27. Ba2 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qc7 30. Qd2 Nd7 31. Nd3 h5 32. Bb1 Qd8 33. Ne4 Qe7 34.
Ng5 e5 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. Be4 b5 39. f4 Qd6 40. g3
Qb6+ 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Bc6 43. Nf3 Nxb4 44. Bxg6 fxg6 45. axb4 Kg7 46. Ne5
Bb7 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Kc5 a6 50. Kb6 Bg2 51. Kxa6 Bf1 52. Kb6 Be2 53.
Kc5 Bf1 54. Kd6 Kf6 55. Nf3 Kf5 56. Ne5 Kf6 57. Kd5 Bg2+ 58. Kd4 Kf5 59. Ke3
Bd5 60. Nd7 Bc6 61. Nc5 Kg4 62. Kf2 Kf5 63. Nd3 Ke4 64. Ne5 Be8 65. Ke2 Kd4 66.
Kd2 Ke4 67. Ke2 Kd4 68. Kd2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Matt, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re3 Nf6 12. Rh3 g6 13. Bc4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Qg5 15. c4 Bf4 16. d4 c6 17. Rg3 Qh6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rf3 Qg5 20. Rg3 Qf4 21.
Bf3 d6 22. Bg4 Re8 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Rf3 Qe4 25. Re3 Qf4 26. g3 Qg5 27. f4 Qf6
28. Qd2 c5 29. d5 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxb2 31. Re1 Qxa2 32. Qd3 Qb2 33. Re4 a5 34. f5
a4 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. h4 a3 37. Re2 Qd4+ 38. Qxd4 cxd4 39. Ra2 Rxc4 40. Rxa3 b5
41. Ra6 d3 42. Kf2 Re4 43. Ra2 Re2+ 44. Rxe2 dxe2 45. Kxe2 Kg7 46. g4 Kf6 47.
Ke3 Ke5 48. Kd3 Kxd5 49. Kc3 Ke5 50. Kb4 Kf4 51. h5 Kg5 52. Kxb5 gxh5 53. gxh5
Kxh5 54. Kc6 Kg4 55. Kxd6 f5 56. Kd5 f4 57. Kd4 Kg3 58. Kd3 Kg2 59. Ke2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljukin, S."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nxe5 8. cxd5
Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qb6 12. Bc6 Qxc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Herman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 c5 8. e4 d6
9. Ng5 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. g4
e6 16. Qd2 f5 17. Nh4 Kh7 18. exf5 exf5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rae1 Rg8 21. Nxf5 Bc3
22. bxc3 Rxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rg8+ 25. Ng3 Qc6+ 26. Kf2 Nf6 27. h3 Qd7
28. f5 d5 29. Bf4 dxc4 30. dxc4 Re8 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Re1 Qa4 33. Re6 Kg8 34.
Rxf6 Qxa2+ 35. Ne2 Qxc4 36. Rxh6 a5 37. Rxb6 a4 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Ra8 Qe4 40.
Ra6 Qc2 41. f6 Qe4 42. h4 Kg6 43. Bg5 Qg4 44. Nf4+ Kf5 45. f7 Ke4 46. f8=Q Qf3+
47. Ke1 Qh1+ 48. Kd2 Qh2+ 49. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fernandez, Li"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. g4 c5 6. g5 Nfd7 7. Nb5 Na6 8. a4
O-O 9. Nf3 f5 10. gxf6 Nxf6 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nbxd4 Nc5 13. Rg1 Nfe4 14. Qc2 Bf6
15. b4 Na6 16. Bd3 Nc7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Rc1 Nxf4 20. exf4 Qd5 21.
Qxd5 exd5 22. Kd2 Bd7 23. Rce1 Bxa4 24. Ne6 Rac8 25. Nfd4 Rfe8 26. Nc5 Bc6 27.
Re3 Kf7 28. Nce6 Bd7 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Rge1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 b6 32. Ngf3 a5 33.
bxa5 bxa5 34. Ne5 Be8 35. Re1 a4 36. Ra1 Rb8 37. Nd3 Be7 38. f5 Bd6 39. f4 Bd7
40. Ne5 Be8 41. Rg1 a3 42. f6 g6 43. Ra1 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Rxh2 45. Ndf3 Rb2 46. Ng5
Bxe5 47. fxe5 h6 48. Nf3 a2 49. e6 g5 50. Ne5 h5 51. f7+ Bxf7 52. exf7+ Kg7 53.
Rf1 Rb8 54. Nd7 d4+ 55. Kxd4 Rd8 56. f8=Q+ Rxf8 57. Nxf8 g4 58. Ne6+ Kg6 59.
Ke4 h4 60. Kf4 g3 61. Kg4 g2 62. Rg1 Kf6 63. Kxh4 Kxe6 64. Kg3 Ke5 65. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Perez Leiva, Jerzy Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Nb6 9. a4 a5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Bxb7 Bxa4 13. Qc1 h5 14. Rb1 h4
15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxc4 h3 17. f3 e5 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 e4 20. Qc4 exf3 21.
exf3 Bd7 22. Bb2 Be6 23. Qc6 Qd8 24. Qd6 Qc8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Rc6
Qa8 28. Qc5 Rd5 29. Qc3 Qa7+ 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxh3
Rxd2 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Rc1 Qa7+ 36. Kh1 Rd8 37. Qe6 Qe7 38. Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. Re1+
Kd6 40. Re2 Rb8 41. h4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 a4 43. h5 a3 44. g4 Rb2 45. Rg2 Ke7 46. f4
Kf7 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. g5 f5 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Re2 Kg7 51. Ke3 Kf7 52. Rd2 Rb4 53.
Rd3 Ra4 54. Rd5 Re4+ 55. Kf3 Kg7 56. Rxf5 Ra4 57. h6+ Kg6 58. Rf6+ Kh7 59. Kg4
Rb4 60. Rf7+ Kg6 61. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aizpurua, Patrick Emilio"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 O-O 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Be6
15. c4 a6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 b5 19. Rab1 Qd6 20. cxb5 Rfd8 21.
b6 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. b7 Rab8 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Rfc1 Be5 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27.
f4 Bd6 28. Rb6 Bc5 29. Rxb8 d3+ 30. Kg2 Bxb6 31. Rg8+ Kxg8 32. b8=Q+ Bd8 33.
exd3 Rxd3 34. h4 h5 35. f5 gxf5 36. Qc8 f4 37. gxf4 Kg7 38. Qxa6 Rd2+ 39. Kf3
Bxh4 40. a4 Bf6 41. Qb5 h4 42. a5 h3 43. Kg3 h2 44. Qh5 Ra2 45. Kf3 Kf8 46. a6
Bd4 47. Qh6+ Ke7 48. Qg5+ Kd6 49. Qh6+ Kc7 50. Ke4 Bg1 51. Qf6 h1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Weetik, V."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Na3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bc7 Qe8
15. Rfc1 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. Nc7 Qd7 19. a5 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
axb6 Bc4 22. bxa7 Qxc7 23. b3 f4 24. bxc4 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rxf2 26. cxd5 Rxg2+ 27.
Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 h6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. g3 Bh7 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. Rd1 c6 10. e4 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Rad1
a5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. d5 Nc5 18. Nh4 a4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22.
cxd5 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 cxd5 24. Rxd5 a3 25. Bc3 Ra4 26. Nf5 Rc4 27. Ba5 Bxf5 28.
exf5 Rc2 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Rd2 Rbb2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Bb4 Nd3 33. Bxa3 Nxf2 34.
Bd5 Rd2 35. Bg2 e4 36. Bc1 Rc2 37. Be3 Ng4 38. Bxe4 Nxe3 39. Bxc2 Nxc2 40. Rc1
Nd4 41. Rc8 Nxf5 42. a4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. b3 e5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Bb2 Qe7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Re1 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Nb5 Bb8 21.
Ba3 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Qe5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd4 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Be5 26. Red1 Nd5 27.
Bxe4 Nc3 28. Qf3 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxd4 30. exd4 Rc7 31. Bxb7 Rcd7 32. Bc6 Rxd4 33.
Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bd5 Qc7 35. Kg2 a5 36. a4 Qf4 37. Bc4 Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 g5 39. Ke3
Rd1 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Kf8 42. h4 Ke7 43. h5 Rd4+ 44. Kg5 Re4 45. Kf5 Re3
46. Kf4 Rh3 47. Kf5 Rf3+ 48. Ke4 Rg3 49. Kf4 Rh3 50. Kf5 Rh2 51. Kf4 Rf2+ 52.
Kg3 Rd2 53. Kf4 Rd4+ 54. Kf5 g6+ 55. hxg6 fxg6+ 56. Kg5 Kf8 57. Kxg6 Rxg4+ 58.
Kf6 Rd4 59. Ke6 Ke8 60. Bd5 Kd8 61. Kd6 Rb4 62. Kc6 Kc8 63. Bc4 Kb8 64. Bb5 Ka7
65. Bc4 Rb6+ 66. Kc5 Rb7 67. Bb5 Rc7+ 68. Kd4 Kb6 69. Bc4 Rd7+ 70. Kc3 Kc5 71.
Bg8 Rg7 72. Bc4 Rg3+ 73. Kd2 Kb4 74. Kd1 Kc3 75. Ke2 Rg2+ 76. Ke1 Rd2 77. Kf1
Rd4 78. Ke1 Kc2 79. Ke2 Re4+ 80. Kf3 Re7 81. Kf2 Kc3 82. Kf3 Re5 83. Kf2 Kd2
84. Kf3 Re3+ 85. Kf4 Re8 86. Kf5 Ke3 87. Kf6 Ke4 88. Kf7 Rb8 89. Ke6 Kd4 90.
Kd6 Rb6+ 91. Kc7 Kc5 92. Kd7 Rb4 93. Bg8 Rg4 94. Be6 Rg7+ 95. Ke8 Kd6 96. Bc4
Rh7 97. Kf8 Kc5 98. Kg8 Rh4 99. Be6 Re4 100. Kf7 Re3 101. Kf6 Kb4 102. Kf5 Kc3
103. Bd5 Kd4 104. Kf4 Re1 105. Bg8 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk, A."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "287"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Nb6 8. Bd3
dxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Na3 a6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6
15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxe5 O-O 18. Rxc5 Qf4 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Rad8
21. Re3 Nd5 22. Rf3 Bg4 23. Rg3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Be6 25. Re3 Rd2 26. g3 Nh3+ 27.
Bxh3 Bxh3 28. Nc4 Rd5 29. Rae1 Rfd8 30. f3 b5 31. Na5 Rd2 32. R3e2 R2d3 33. Kf2
R8d6 34. Nb3 R3d5 35. Re3 h5 36. Nd4 g6 37. a3 Kg7 38. Re5 Bd7 39. Rxd5 Rxd5
40. Re7 a5 41. Re4 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Re1 bxc3 44. bxc3 Rc5 45. Rc1 h4 46. c4
hxg3+ 47. hxg3 Kf6 48. Nb3 Rc8 49. c5 Ke5 50. Ke3 Be6 51. Nd4 Bd5 52. f4+ Kf6
53. Nf3 Ra8 54. Ne5 Ra3+ 55. Kd4 Bb7 56. c6 Bc8 57. Nd7+ Bxd7 58. cxd7 Ke7 59.
g4 Ra4+ 60. Ke3 Kxd7 61. Rc5 Ke6 62. Rb5 Kf6 63. g5+ Ke6 64. Kf3 Ra1 65. Rb6+
Ke7 66. Rb7+ Kf8 67. Rb8+ Kg7 68. Rb7 Rf1+ 69. Kg3 Re1 70. Kf3 Re6 71. Kg4 Kf8
72. f5 Re4+ 73. Kf3 gxf5 74. Rb5 Ra4 75. Rxf5 Kg7 76. Kg3 Ra6 77. Kg4 Kg6 78.
Rf4 Ra1 79. Rf6+ Kg7 80. Rb6 Rg1+ 81. Kf5 Rg2 82. Kf4 Rf2+ 83. Kg4 Rf1 84. Ra6
Rb1 85. Rc6 Rb5 86. Rd6 Ra5 87. Rc6 Ra4+ 88. Kf5 Kf8 89. Rc8+ Ke7 90. Rc7+ Ke8
91. Rc6 Kd7 92. Rb6 Ke7 93. Rb7+ Kf8 94. Rb6 Kg7 95. Rc6 Ra1 96. Kg4 Rf1 97.
Rb6 Kf8 98. Rc6 Ke7 99. Rb6 Kd7 100. Ra6 Kc7 101. Rh6 Kd7 102. Ra6 Rg1+ 103.
Kf5 Ke7 104. Ra7+ Kf8 105. Ra6 Kg7 106. Rb6 Rg2 107. Ra6 Rb2 108. Kg4 Rb5 109.
Kf4 Kg8 110. Kg4 Kf8 111. Kf4 Ke7 112. Kg4 Rb4+ 113. Kf5 Rb7 114. Rc6 Kd7 115.
Rf6 Rb5+ 116. Kg4 Rb4+ 117. Kh5 Ke7 118. Kh6 Rg4 119. Ra6 Rg1 120. Ra7+ Ke6
121. Ra6+ Kf5 122. Rf6+ Ke5 123. Rxf7 Ke6 124. Rf2 Ke7 125. g6 Rg3 126. Kg7 Ke8
127. Re2+ Kd7 128. Kf7 Rf3+ 129. Kg8 Rg3 130. g7 Kd8 131. Re4 Kd7 132. Kf7 Rf3+
133. Kg6 Rg3+ 134. Kf6 Kd8 135. Re5 Kd7 136. Rg5 Rf3+ 137. Kg6 Ke7 138. g8=Q
Rf6+ 139. Kg7 Rf1 140. Re5+ Kd7 141. Qe6+ Kc7 142. Rc5+ Kb8 143. Qb6+ Ka8 144.
Ra5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.09.06 Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salman, P."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ba6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Qc2 Rad8 15.
Rad1 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Ne3 e6 20. Kh2 Qc7 21. a4
Bb7 22. Nc4 a6 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd6 b4 27. Ra1 f6 28.
Ra6 fxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxd6 31. Rxe6 Rd3 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Kg7
34. Qg2 bxc3 35. bxc3 Rxc3 36. Qf2 Qf7 37. Qb2 Qf3 38. Qg2 Qd3 39. Re2 c4 40.
Qf2 Qd6 41. Qa7+ Kh6 42. Qf2 Rd3 43. h4 c3 44. Kh3 Qd7+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46. Qxf5
gxf5 47. Kh3 f4 48. Kg4 fxg3 49. h5 Rd4+ 50. Kxg3 Rc4 51. Rc2 Kxh5 52. Kf3 Kg5
53. Ke3 h5 54. Kd3 Rc8 55. Rg2+ Kf4 56. Kc2 h4 57. Rg7 h3 58. Rh7 Kg3 59. Rg7+
Kh2 60. Rh7 Kg2 61. Rg7+ Kh1 62. Rh7 h2 63. Rg7 Rf8 64. Kxc3 Rf1 65. Kd3 Rg1
66. Rh7 Kg2 67. Rg7+ Kf3 68. Rf7+ Kg3 69. Rg7+ Kf4 70. Rf7+ Ke5 71. Re7+ Kd6
72. Rh7 h1=R 73. Ra7 Rh3+ 74. Ke2 Rg2+ 75. Kf1 Rb2 76. Ra6+ Kc7 77. Kg1 Rc3 78.
Ra1 Rcc2 79. Rd1 Kc6 80. Kh1 Kc5 81. Kg1 Kc4 82. Ra1 Rg2+ 83. Kh1 Rh2+ 84. Kg1
Rbg2+ 85. Kf1 Rh1+ 86. Kxg2 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2022.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Ne5 Qb6 8.
e3 Qxb2 9. Qc1 Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 e6 11. Nb5 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Rc8 13. a3 Be7 14. Nxc6
Rxc6 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Kd7 18. Bb4 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2022.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. d5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. e4 Bf6 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nf5 Bc8 13. Ne3 g6 14. Ng4 Bg7 15.
Nh6+ Kh8 16. h4 Nd7 17. Qf3 Qf6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. h5 Nc5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bf3
Kh7 22. Ng4 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rd1 e4 25. Bg2 Bxc3 26. Rb1 e3 27. Bxe3 Bxb1
28. Rxb1 Bd4 29. Bf3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Nd7 31. Qh2+ Kg8 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Qh6 Qg7 34.
Qg5 Rae8 35. e4 Nxe4 36. Nh6+ Kh7 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Ng4 Re2+ 39. Kh3 Rf5 40.
Qh4+ Rh5 41. Nf6+ Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2022.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Eric"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Nge2 h5 8. h4 Bd7
9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Ncd5 a5 15. g3
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Re8 17. Rfd1 Rb8 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb3 20. Bg5 Qb8 21. Nf6+
Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qb6+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rxc3 25. Kf2 Rc2 26. Ke3 Bc6 27. Bxe5
Rxe5 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Kf8 30. Kd4 Ke7 31. Bd3 Rc5 32. f4 Bd7 33. Bc4 Rc6
34. Bb5 Rb6 35. Bxd7 Rb4+ 36. Ke3 Kxd7 37. Ra3 c5 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Ke3 f5 40.
exf5 gxf5 41. Kd2 d5 42. Re3 Re4 43. Rb3 Rxa4 44. Rb8 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 d4+ 46. Kf3
c4 47. Rc8+ Kb5 48. Rf8 c3 49. Rxf5+ Kc4 50. Rf8 c2 51. Rc8+ Kd3 52. f5 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2022.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 15.
Nh4 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Nf1 Nf8 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Nef5 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 g6 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Ra1 h5 25. h4 Ra6 26. Ra2 Bb4 27. axb4 axb4
28. Ba3 Rxa3 29. Qb2 Rxb3 30. Qa1 Ra3 31. Rxa3 bxa3 32. Rb1 Ng4 33. Nxg4 hxg4
34. Qa2 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Kh1 b4 37. Bf1 b3 38. Rxb3 Nxb3 39. Qxb3 Rd2 40.
Bc4 Rxf2 41. Qe3 a2 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2022.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andersen, Gunnar"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. h4 e6 6. g4 c5 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. Qg4 Nc6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. h5 b4 13. Nce2 Nc4 14. Qg3 Qa5 15.
Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Nc1 Nd6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21.
Rhe1 Nf5 22. Qf3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxe6 Bb5 25. Bh3 Kb7 26. Nb3 Qa7 27.
Be3 Qa8 28. Na5+ Kb8 29. Qf4+ Kc8 30. Rc6# 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "De la Colina, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 g6 8. Ng5
d5 9. exd6 e6 10. Qf3 f5 11. O-O Bxd6 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 O-O 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. h3 Rd7 18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qxd4 21.
Qb3+ Qc4 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Be3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Nc8 26. Rec1 Ne7 27.
Bxa7 Be5 28. Rc2 Nc6 29. Bc5 Rd3 30. b4 Rb3 31. Re1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. b5
Ne5 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. Rd6+ Kf7 36. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lin, Andy"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.10"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qe4 Bf5 14. Qh4 f6
15. g4 Bc2 16. Rd2 g5 17. Qg3 Bg6 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Be3 e5 21. h4
h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nd2 Rf7 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Bf8 26. Qf3 a6 27. Nbc3 Nc4
28. Rd1 Qc8 29. Nd5 Be7 30. Nxe7+ Nxe7 31. Rc1 Qe6 32. Nc5 e4 33. Nxe6 exf3 34.
Rxc4 fxe2 35. Rc1 Nd5 36. Nd4 Re7 37. Nxe2 Re4 38. Kg2 Rxg4+ 39. Kf3 Rb4 40. b3
Kf7 41. Rc4 Rxc4 42. bxc4 Nb4 43. Nc3 Ke6 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. f3 Nc6 46. c5 Nd4+
47. Kf2 Nc2 48. Ne4 g4 49. Nxf6 gxf3 50. Ne8 Nxe3 51. Kxe3 Kd5 52. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2022.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O a6 11. Qa3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. h3 b5 15.
Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Qb1 e6 21. c4
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nd7 23. dxc5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxd2 25. Nd3 Bc6 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2
Qa5 28. Qb1 Bc3 29. Re2 Bb5 30. Rc2 Bc6 31. Qb3 Bd4 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. cxb6 a5
34. Nb2 Bxb6 35. Bb5 Bd7 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Nc4 Bc7 38. Kf1 Bb7 39. f3 Kg7 40.
Ke2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. e5 Bd5 43. g3 h5 44. Nd6 Kh6 45. a4 f6 46. f4 fxe5 47.
Nf7+ Kg7 48. Nxe5 g5 49. Nd3 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Ne5 Bg2 52. Nf3 Bd8 53. f5
exf5 54. Bd7 Bxh3 55. Kf4 Bc7+ 56. Kg5 Bg4 57. Nd4 Bd8+ 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. Nxf5
Bh3 60. Bc8 Bc7+ 61. Ke4 Bg2+ 62. Ke3 h3 63. Kf2 Bc6 64. Ne3 h2 65. Ng4+ Ke7
0-1

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Lin, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. g5 Nfd7 8. e4 c6
9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 Be7 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qd3 O-O-O
15. O-O-O Nf8 16. Be5 Rg8 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Rhe1 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Re7 Qc7
21. Ne6 Qd6 22. Nxd8 Qxe7 23. Nxc6 Qf7 24. Nxd5 Re8 25. Qxg6 Qxg6 26. Nce7+ Kd8
27. Nxg6 Nc7 28. Nxc7 Kxc7 29. Nf4 Rf8 30. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nbd7
9. Ng5 Qc7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Qf2 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5
16. Rd1 O-O 17. Be2 Rab8 18. O-O c4 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Bxc4+ e6
22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh7 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Bd5 Qe7 27. g3 Nd7
28. Kg2 Ne5 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qb6 Rc8 31. Rd2 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Kf3 Rc3+ 34.
Ke2 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g4 a6 6. Bd3 b5 7. Qf3 Bxf4 8. exf4
Bb7 9. f5 b4 10. Na4 Ne4 11. Ne2 Bc6 12. b3 O-O 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Ng3 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 Nc3 16. Ra1 Qf6 17. Qe3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxa4 19. O-O Naxc5 20. Rae1 e5 21. g5
Qd6 22. f6 g6 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Ne6 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Rg1 Rfd8 27. Rg4 Nf8
28. Rxf4 exf4 29. Qh3 Ng6 30. Re7 Qxe7 31. fxe7 Re8 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qe6+ Kg7
34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. Kg2 Rac8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. h4 f3+ 38. Kg3 Rc4 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40.
Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. d4 e4 7. Ng1 Nce7 8. Nh3 d5
9. Nf4 Nf6 10. h4 O-O 11. Nc3 c6 12. a4 Rf7 13. Be2 dxc4 14. bxc4 h6 15. Qb3 g5
16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nh5 Bh8 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 Qb4 22.
gxf5 Nxf5 23. Rd2 Bxc4 24. Nxe4 Bb3 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qd3 Bxa4 27. d5 Bb5 28.
Rh8+ Kf7 29. Bh5+ Ke7 30. Ba3 Rxh8 31. Bxb4+ Kd8 32. Qc3 Rfh6 33. dxc6+ Kc8 34.
cxb7+ Kxb7 35. Bf3+ Kb8 36. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Jaferian, Koosha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bf5 9. d4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5
Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Be4 18. Bxf6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 gxf6 20.
Rac1 Rfb8 21. b3 Rb6 22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. Rc4 Re8 24. Ra4 Rb7 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rg4+
Kh6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Rd4 Rb6 29. Rd6 c5 30. Rd7 Ra6 31. Rd2 Ra3 32. Kg2 a5 33.
Rd6 Rxa2 34. Rxe6 Kg6 35. Rc6 Rc2 36. Ra6 Ra2 37. Rb6 a4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rc6
Rc4 40. Kg3 Rc2 41. h4 h5 42. f4 Rc3+ 43. f3 Rc2 44. Rd6 c4 45. Rd5 f5 46. Rd6+
Kg7 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Rd7+ Kf6 50. Rd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. Qf3 Bb7 6. g4 b4 7. g5 bxc3 8. gxf6
cxb2 9. Rb1 gxf6 10. Rxb2 Qc8 11. Bh3 e6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Bg3 f5 14. Nf4 Rb8 15.
O-O Bd6 16. Rfb1 Nb6 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Nh5 Qe7 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. Kf1 Bxg3 21. hxg3
a5 22. Qf4 Kd7 23. Qe5 Kc8 24. Nf6 Rg6 25. Nh5 f6 26. Qf4 Ra8 27. Qf3 Ba6 28.
Nf4 Rg5 29. Rxb6 cxb6 30. Rxb6 Bxd3+ 31. cxd3 e5 32. Qxd5 Ra7 33. Ne6 Rg6 34.
Qc6+ Rc7 35. Nxc7 Qxc7 36. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Yunshan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Be3 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxb6
axb6 15. Nd5 Ra5 16. Nxb6 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Rd2 Be6 19. a3 Rb5 20. Na4 Ra8
21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Rb1+ 24. Bf1 Bh3 25. Rd8+ Nxd8 26. Nd2 Rd1
27. Ra2 Be6 28. c4 b5 29. Kg2 bxc4 30. Rc2 Bd5+ 31. Kg1 c3 32. Nf3 Ne6 33. Rxc3
g5 34. h3 h5 35. Rc2 Ra1 36. Rd2 Ba8 37. Nd4 Nc7 38. Nc2 Rc1 39. Ne3 Be4 40.
Rd1 Rc5 41. Bg2 Bg6 42. Rd4 Ne6 43. Rc4 Re5 44. Kf1 Ra5 45. Be4 Kg7 46. Bxg6
Kxg6 47. f4 gxf4 48. gxf4 Ng7 49. Kf2 e6 50. Rd4 Ra3 51. Rd3 Ra4 52. Kf3 Ne8
53. Rd1 Kf6 54. Nf1 Nc7 55. Ng3 Nd5 56. e3 h4 57. Nf1 Ra2 58. Kg4 Rg2+ 59. Kf3
Rg1 60. e4 Nc3 61. Rc1 Nb5 62. Kf2 Rg8 63. Rc5 Rb8 64. Ne3 Ke7 65. f5 Nd6 66.
f6+ Kd7 67. Kf3 Rb4 68. e5 Ne4 69. Rc2 Ng5+ 70. Kg2 Rb3 71. Rd2+ Kc6 72. Rc2+
Kb5 73. Nc4 Rg3+ 74. Kf1 Rf3+ 75. Kg2 Rg3+ 76. Kf1 Kc5 77. Ne3+ Kd4 78. Ng4
Rxh3 79. Rc7 Rf3+ 80. Ke2 Rf4 81. Rd7+ Ke4 82. Nh6 Kxe5 83. Nxf7+ Nxf7 84. Rxf7
Rxf6 85. Rh7 Rf4 86. Ke3 Ra4 87. Rh5+ Kf6 88. Rh6+ Kf5 89. Rh5+ Kg6 90. Re5 Kf6
91. Rh5 e5 92. Ke2 Re4+ 93. Kf3 Kg6 94. Rh8 Rf4+ 95. Ke3 Kf5 96. Rh5+ Kf6 97.
Rh8 Kg5 98. Re8 Kf5 99. Rh8 Kg4 100. Rg8+ Kh3 101. Rg5 Rg4 102. Rxe5 Kg2 103.
Ra5 h3 104. Ra2+ Kg3 105. Ra1 h2 106. Rb1 Kg2 107. Rb2+ Kh3 108. Rb1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ouellet, Maili-Jade"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rc1 c4 13. Bb1 cxb3 14. axb3 Rb8
15. Ne2 Na5 16. Ned4 Qb6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Ndxe6 fxe6 19. Qd3 Qxb3 20. Bc3 Qb5 21.
Nxe6 Rfc8 22. Be5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Rb7 25. h3 Ne4 26. Nf4 Nc5 27.
Be2 Nd7 28. Bc3 Nb3 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Bf3 Rc7 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5+ Kf8 33. Be5
Rc5 34. Bb8 a6 35. Bxb3 Rb5 36. Bd6 Rxb3 37. Bxe7+ Kxe7 38. Ra1 Rb6 39. f4 Kd6
40. Kf2 Kc5 41. Kf3 Rd6 42. g4 Kb4 43. f5 a5 44. Kf4 gxf5 45. gxf5 Ra6 46. e4
Kc5 47. Ke5 Kc6 48. Kf6 Kc5+ 49. Kg7 Ra7+ 50. Kf6 Ra6+ 51. Ke5 Kc6 52. Rd1 Ra8
53. f6 a4 54. f7 a3 55. Kf6 a2 56. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Jaferian, Koosha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. h4 Nc6 14. Re1 Qd7
15. Kg2 Nd8 16. e6 fxe6 17. Ne5 Qb5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qe4 Rc8 21. d5
O-O 22. dxe6 Bxe5 23. e7 Nf7 24. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 25. Qd5 Bd4 26. Re4 Qb2 27. Be3
c3 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Rhe1 g6 30. Rf4 Qb4 31. Re8 Kg7 32. Rxf8 Qxf8 33. Qxd4+
Kg8 34. Qxc3 Qa8+ 35. Qf3 Qe8 36. Qd5 Kg7 37. Re4 Qf8 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qf6 Qa8
40. f3 Qc8 41. Re7 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qc8+ 43. g4 Qf8 44. Rxa7 Qe8 45. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 9. e5 Qb6 10. Re1 Rd8 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Nxa5 13. d4 Nec6 14. Nbd2 b3 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Bd3 Rd7 17. Ra4 Kd8 18. h4 Kc8 19. h5 f5 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Ndf3 g6 22.
h6 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb5 26. Raa1 Rd3 27. Qf4 Re7 28. Nd2
Na5 29. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Oancea, Nicolae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Qxb7
Bxg2 9. Bxg2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Bc7 Qc8 14. Qxa8
Qxc7 15. Qb7 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qd8 17. O-O e6 18. Bg2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rad1 Qg5
21. f4 Qh6 22. fxe5 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bxe5 24. Qf3 Qh6 25. Qh3 Qg7 26. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 f4 14. gxf4 Rxf4
15. e3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Re1 Rh4 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Re2 Qg5 20. Be1 Rh6 21. f4
Qh5 22. Bg3 Qg6 23. Qe1 Bb5 24. Rb2 Ba3 25. Rbb1 Bd3 26. b4 Rc8 27. Rb3 Rc2 28.
e4 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 30. Kf2 Rxh2+ 31. Bxh2 Qg2+ 32. Ke3 Qxh2 33. Qf2 d4+ 34.
Ke2 d3+ 35. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Song, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 e3 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 c5 8. dxc5
d4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Nb5 e5 11. f4 Bxc5 12. Nf3 a6 13. fxe5 axb5 14. exf6 Rxa2
15. c3 gxf6 16. Bb1 Rxb2 17. Kxb2 dxc3+ 18. Ka1 fxg5 19. Qxb5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6
21. Rhe1 Bg4 22. Rd3 Bxf3 23. Rxc3 Bd4 24. Rexe3+ Bxe3 25. Rxe3+ Kd7 26. Rxf3
Ra8+ 27. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto May Norm"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2022.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Bg5 Nf4 13. Qf1 Qg6 14. Bxd8 Kxd8
15. Kh1 Bd6 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. d4 exd4 18. Rad1 c5 19. c3 Nxh3 20. e5 Qf5 21. exd6
Bxc4 22. dxc7+ Kc8 23. Qxc4 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 h4 26. cxd4 h3 27. Qxc5
Qg6 28. Qg5 Qc2 29. Rc1 Qd3 30. Qd2 Qf5 31. Ne5 hxg2 32. Qxg2 Rh4 33. Qxg7 Qf4
34. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rusonik, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 a5 19. Rcd1 Rd7 20. e3 Bg4 21. Qe4
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rad8 23. Qf5 Rd6 24. Be4 g6 25. Qf4 Nb4 26. Bb1 Nc6 27. Qxh6 Ne5
28. Qf4 dxe3 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 exf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxd6 32. Be4 Ng4 33. Qe2 Nf6
34. Bf3 b6 35. Kg2 Nd7 36. h4 Nc5 37. Be4 Qd4 38. g4 Nd7 39. Bf3 Nf8 40. Qf2
Qd6 41. Be2 Ne6 42. Bc4 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Nd3 44. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 45. Qe3 Qd1+ 46. Kg3
Qd5 47. Kh3 Qc6 48. h5 Qf6 49. Kg3 Kh7 50. a4 Qd6+ 51. Kh4 Qh2+ 52. Kg5 Qd6 53.
Qc3 Qe7+ 54. Qf6 Qe3+ 55. Kh4 Qe1+ 56. Kh3 Qe3+ 57. Kh4 Qe1+ 58. Kh3 Qe3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Jiang, Brian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. a4 a5
9. Rd1 Na6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nge2 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 Be6 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Qb2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nbd5 18. O-O Rc8 19. N2c3 Nxe4 20. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Bxd5 22. Bxe4 Bxb3 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rb1 Rc3 25. Bxb7 Bxa4 26. Ra1 Rd4
27. Rfe1 Rc5 28. Ra3 Rb4 29. Be4 Bb3 30. Kf2 a4 31. Re2 Kg7 32. Rd2 Be6 33. Rd6
Rb2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Rxa4 Rxh2 36. Ra7 Kf6 37. Kd4 Rc1 38. Rb6 h5 39. Ra5 h4
40. f4 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 a6
9. Qd2 Nc5 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h4 f6 14. Be2 fxg5 15. hxg5
Rf4 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nh3 Rf7 18. Nf2 Bf8 19. Nd3 Be7 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Ne5 22.
Rdg1 Rg7 23. Qd1 Bxg5 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Rh2 Bg4 26. Ne6 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Bxe6 28.
dxe6 c6 29. Rhg2 Nf6 30. c5 Qxe6 31. Bd1 Kh7 32. Bb3 Qe7 33. cxd6 Qxd6 34. Kc2
Qxb4 35. Qf4 Qe7 36. Rg5 Nfd7 37. Qf5 Kh8 38. Qh3 Rf8 39. R1g3 Qf6 40. Ne2 Qf2
41. Rg2 Qf3 42. Ng3 Qd3+ 43. Kb2 Qe3 44. Qh4 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Rb1 c5 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Nf6
15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. h3 Qd7 17. Bh2 Rad8 18. a4 Qxa4 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. Rxa7 Ra8 21.
Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ne5 Qa4 23. f3 Kg8 24. Bb5 Qb3 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Bc4 Qa4 27. Ne5
Rf8 28. Rb1 Ne8 29. Qd3 Nd6 30. Bb3 Qa7 31. Qe3 b5 32. Kh1 Qa3 33. Nd7 c4 34.
Nxf8 Bxf8 35. Be5 Bb7 36. Ra1 Qxb3 37. Qxb3 cxb3 38. Rb1 Nc4 39. Bc3 b4 40. Bd4
e6 41. dxe6 fxe6 42. Rxb3 Bc6 43. Rb1 e5 44. Ba1 Kf7 45. Rc1 Bb5 46. Rd1 Be7
47. g3 b3 48. Rb1 Ba4 49. Bc3 Ba3 50. Ra1 Bd7 51. Bxe5 Nxe5 52. Rxa3 b2 53. Rb3
Nc4 54. Kg2 Ba4 55. Rb7+ Ke6 56. Kf2 Bc2 57. Rxb2 Nxb2 58. Ke3 Nc4+ 59. Kf4 Bd1
60. Kg5 Bxf3 61. Kh6 Bxe4 62. Kxh7 Kf6 63. g4 Kg5 64. Kg7 Kh4 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nf3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 d6 8.
Qe2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Nb1 Bxd2+ 11. Nfxd2 Qd7 12. f3 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. g3
Rhf8 15. Rhe1 g6 16. Nb3 Qe6 17. a4 a5 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Nd2 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd7
21. Qc4 f5 22. Re3 Rf7 23. Rb3 Kb8 24. Ra3 Ka7 25. b4 Ba6 26. Qc3 axb4 27. Qxb4
Rdf8 28. a5 b5 29. Rf1 h5 30. Rc3 h4 31. Re1 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rh7 33. f4 exf4 34.
e5 fxg3 35. e6 Qe7 36. Nf3 g2 37. Kb2 Rh1 38. Qd4+ Kb7 39. Kb3 Rfh8 40. Ng1
R8h4 41. Qf2 b4 42. Rc6 Bb5 43. Rb6+ cxb6 44. Qxb6+ Ka8 45. Qxb5 Qb7 46. Qe8+
Ka7 47. Qd7 Re4 48. Rd1 Qxd7 49. exd7 Rh8 50. Rd2 Rd8 51. Rxg2 Rg4 52. Rxg4
fxg4 53. Kxb4 Rxd7 54. Kc3 g3 55. Kd3 g2 56. Ke2 Rf7 57. Nh3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Zheng, Richard"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 a5 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 c6 14. Qc2 Qe7
15. Rab1 Rd8 16. Na4 Bf5 17. e4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Be6 20. f4 Bc4 21.
Rf2 Rd7 22. f5 Rad8 23. h4 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Kh2 Rd3 26. Qc1 Qc5 27. Qf4 Qe3
28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. f6 h5 30. Rc2 a4 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxe4 33. Rb1 b4 34.
Rcb2 Rb8 35. Kg2 Rb6 36. Rf2 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Rd1 b2 39. Rb1 Reb4 40. Rd2
Rb7 41. Re2 Kh7 42. Re7 g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Re2 Kxg5 45. Rf2 Rb3 46. Kh3 R7b4
47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Kh2 Rb6 49. Rf4+ Kg5 50. Rf2 R6b5 51. Kg2 R5b4 52. Kh1 Rxg3 53.
Rbxb2 Rxb2 54. Rf5+ Kg6 55. Rg5+ Kxf6 56. Rf5+ Ke6 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. Rd5+ Kc6
59. Rc5+ Kb6 60. Rc6+ Ka5 61. Ra6+ Kb4 62. Ra4+ Kc3 63. Rc4+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Re8 7. e4 c6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Nh4 Bf8 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nhf3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nfxe4 14. dxe4 b6
15. Rd1 Qc7 16. b3 Ba6 17. Qe1 Rad8 18. Bd2 Bc8 19. h4 Bg4 20. Bc3 f6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Nh2 Be6 23. Nf1 Na6 24. Qe2 Nb4 25. h5 Bc5 26. Be1 Qc8 27. Bf3 Qa6 28.
Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qc8 30. Nh2 Be7 31. Bg4 Na6 32. Bxe6+ Qxe6 33. Ng4 Nc5 34.
Qf3 Nb7 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Bc3 Kg8 37. Qe2 Bc5 38. f3 h6 39. Bd2 Nd6 40. Qd3 Kh7
41. Ne3 Bd4 42. g4 Qf7 43. Kf1 Qa7 44. Ke2 b5 45. c3 Bc5 46. b4 axb4 47. cxb4
Bd4 48. a5 c5 49. Bc3 c4 50. Qd2 Nf7 51. Nc2 Bg1 52. Kd1 Ng5 53. Qe2 Ne6 54.
Kc1 Nd4 55. Qd1 Nb3+ 56. Kb2 Bd4 57. Qe1 Bf2 58. Qe2 Bd4 59. Qd1 Qd7 60. Kb1
Qe7 61. Qe1 Qd7 62. Bb2 Qa7 63. Qd1 Bxb2 64. Kxb2 Qf2 65. Qe1 Qxf3 66. a6 Nd4
67. Qc3 Qxe4 68. a7 Qg2 69. Kb1 Qh1+ 70. Kb2 Nb3 71. Qe3 Qb7 72. Qf2 Kg8 73.
Qg1 Kf7 74. Qe3 Ke7 75. Qg1 Kd7 76. Qd1+ Kc7 77. Qg1 Qc6 78. Ne3 Kb7 79. Nf5
Qd5 80. Nxg7 Nd4 81. Qf2 c3+ 82. Kxc3 Qc4+ 83. Kd2 Qxb4+ 84. Ke3 Qc3+ 85. Ke4
Qc6+ 86. Ke3 Kxa7 87. g5 fxg5 88. Qf7+ Kb6 89. Ne8 Qc1+ 90. Ke4 Qf4+ 91. Qxf4
gxf4 92. Nf6 Kc5 93. Nd7+ Kc4 94. Nxe5+ Kc3 95. Kxf4 b4 96. Nd7 b3 97. Nc5 Ne6+
98. Nxe6 b2 99. Kf5 b1=Q+ 100. Kf6 Qg1 101. Kf5 Qg3 102. Nf4 Qg5+ 103. Ke4 Kc4
104. Kf3 Qf5 105. Ke3 Kc5 106. Nd3+ Kd5 107. Nf4+ Ke5 108. Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Derraugh, Geordie"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 a6 6. f4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
dxc5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. a3 Qc7 13. O-O b5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Be4 Bb7 16. c4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. cxb5 c4+ 21.
Kh1 axb5 22. Rce1 e6 23. Be3 Qa6 24. Qf2 Ne7 25. Bc5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Bb4
Rcd8 28. Qh4 h6 29. Rf2 Rd3 30. Nd2 Qa8 31. Kh2 R8d4 32. Bc3 g5 33. Qg4 Rxf4
34. Rxf4 gxf4 35. Qxf4 Bxg2 36. Ne4 Bxh3 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Bf5 39. Nd6 Qd5
40. Ne8 Qd1 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42. Qg1+ Qxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Kg6 44. Kf2 Be4 45. Kg3 Kf5
46. Kh4 Bf3 47. Bd4 Ke4 48. Bc3 Bd1 49. Kg3 Bh5 50. Kh4 Bg6 51. Kg4 Ke3 52. Bb4
Kd3 53. Kf4 Bh5 54. Bc3 Bd1 55. Bb4 h5 56. Kg5 Ke4 57. Bc3 Bg4 58. Kh4 Kf4 59.
Bd4 Bf3 60. Bc3 Kf5 61. Bd4 Kg6 62. Kg3 Be2 63. Kh4 Kf5 64. Bc3 Ke4 65. Kg5 Bd1
66. Kh4 Kf5 67. Bd4 Be2 68. Bc3 Kg6 69. Bd4 Bd3 70. Kg3 Kg5 71. Be3+ Kf5 72.
Bd4 Be4 73. Kh4 Kg6 74. Kg3 Kg5 75. Be3+ Kf5 76. Bd4 Bc6 77. Kh4 f6 78. Kxh5
fxe5 79. Bb6 Kf4 80. Bc7 Bf3+ 81. Kh4 Bg4 82. Bb8 Bf5 83. Bc7 Kf3 84. Bxe5 Ke4
85. Bc3 Kf4 86. Bd2+ Kf3 87. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2022.04.18"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Clyde, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 h5 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. Be3 Qb6
9. Na4 Qb4+ 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Qd2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. O-O e6 15.
Nce4 Qxd2 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Bxd2 a5 18. Nxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7+ Nd7 20. Rfb1 Rhc8
21. Bc1 Ke8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxg6+ Ke7 24. Ba3+ Kd8 25. Bd6 c5 26. dxc5 Bf8
27. f5 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Nf8 29. fxe6 Nxg6 30. e7+ Ke8 31. d7+ Kf7 32. e8=Q+ Rxe8
33. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 c6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Nge2 Bg4 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qd7 10. Re1 Na6 11. Bg5 Rad8 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nc7 14. Qc1
Qc8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Bf4 c5 19. Be5 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Ncd5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxh8 Kxh8 23. c4 Nf6 24. b3 Qc5 25. Qe3 Bc6 26. Nc2 Qxe3+ 27.
Nxe3 Kg7 28. f4 Ne4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nf6 32. Rxe7 Nxd5 33.
Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxb7 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Rxa2 37. g5 a5 38. b4 Rb2 39. b5
Rb3+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Rxf7 Rxb5 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. h4 Rb5 45. Ra6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Poliannikov, Danila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nc4 f6 14. f4 exf4 15.
gxf4 f5 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Qe1 Ne6 18. Qg3 Ned4 19. Rg1 g6 20. b4 b5 21. Bxd4+
Nxd4 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Nd5 Bf7 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Qxd4
Rxe5 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Rc5 Qh4 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kh6 32. Bf3 Qf2 33. Qa1
Bb3 34. Qg1 Qh4 35. Qd4 Bd1 36. Kg2 Qe7 37. Qc5 Qf7 38. Qxb5 Bb3 39. Qe5 Be6
40. d4 g5 41. d5 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Johnson, Donald"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Bc6 14. f3 a5
15. b3 Nc5 16. Rc2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qb4 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Qc1 Qb6 20. a3 Qd8 21. Bf1
Qf8 22. Nd5 Nd7 23. Qd2 e6 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Ra3 27. Rd1 Rd8 28.
Bb6 Rda8 29. b5 Bd7 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Be8 32. Bd4 Ra1 33. Kg1 Nd7 34. Bxg7
Kxg7 35. Rcd2 Nc5 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Bd7 38. e5 Re1 39. Kf2 Rxe5 40. Ne4
Rxe4 41. fxe4 e5 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. g3 Ke7 44. Ra8 Kd6 45. Ra1 Bg4 46. Ra2 Be6 47.
h4 h5 48. Rh2 Nb3 49. Rc2 Kc5 50. Ra2 b6 51. Ra7 Na5 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. Ra6 Bxc4
54. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 55. Kc2 Kxe4 56. Kc3 Kd5 57. Ra7 Nd6 58. Kd3 Kc5 59. Rd7 Kd5 60.
Ke3 Ke6 61. Rc7 Nxb5 62. Rc6+ Kf5 63. Rxb6 Nd4 64. Rb7 f6 65. Rf7 Nc2+ 66. Kd3
Nb4+ 67. Ke3 Nd5+ 68. Kd3 e4+ 69. Kd4 Nb4 70. Rc7 Nd3 71. Rc2 Ne5 72. Rf2+ Nf3+
73. Ke3 g5 74. Ra2 Kg4 75. Kxe4 Kxg3 76. hxg5 fxg5 77. Ra1 h4 78. Kf5 h3 79.
Rb1 h2 80. Ra1 g4 81. Rb1 Ng1 82. Rb3+ Kf2 83. Rb2+ Ne2 84. Rb1 g3 85. Rh1 Kg2
86. Re1 Ng1 87. Kg4 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rusonik, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Bb2
Bd7 9. e3 Rc8 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bb4 12. c4 Qa5 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. a3 Bd6 15.
bxc4 Rxc4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. a4 O-O 21. Ba3
Rfd8 22. Bd6 Nc3 23. Bxc6 Nxd1 24. Bf3 Qe1+ 25. Qf1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Nb2 27. Bxb7
Rc2 28. Ba6 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. a5 Rc2 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Bc7 Rc8 33. Rb7 Rc2
34. Bd6 a6 35. Ra7 R2c6 36. h4 h5 37. Kg2 Rc2 38. Rxa6 Ra2 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Kg2
Rcc2 41. Kf3 Rxf2+ 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Kf3 Kh7 44. Ra8 Rg1 45. Bc5 Rb1 46. a6 Rb5
47. Bd4 Rd5 48. Bb6 Rxe5 49. a7 Rb5 50. Rb8 Rxb6 51. Rxb6 Rxa7 52. Rb5 Kh6 53.
Re5 Ra4 54. Rb5 Rg4 55. Rb7 Kg6 56. Rb5 f6 57. Ra5 e5 58. Ra7 Kf5 59. Rb7 g6
60. Kg2 Ra4 61. Kh3 Rd4 62. Rb6 Rd5 63. Kg2 Rd2+ 64. Kh3 Rf2 65. Rb8 e4 66. Re8
Re2 67. Ra8 e3 68. Ra5+ Ke4 69. Ra4+ Kd3 70. Ra3+ Kd2 71. Ra2+ Ke1 72. Ra1+ Kf2
73. Ra6 f5 74. Rxg6 Re1 75. Kh2 e2 76. Rg5 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mishra, Prateek"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

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 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. c3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Ne5 Re8 16. Re2 a5 17. a4 Ra6 18. Rae1 Nf5 19. g4 Nd6 20. f3 Nh7 21. Nd3
Ra8 22. Qb3 Bh4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Re5 Nd6 25. Qxd5 c6 26. Qb3 Nf6 27. Re2 Nfe8
28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Qe7 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Nc5 Nd6 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. e5 Qe7 34.
Qxb7 Qg5 35. Qxc6 Qc1 36. e6 fxe6 37. Nxe6 Qd1 38. Qc4 Rb8 39. Nf4+ Kh7 40. Qd3
Qxd3 41. Nxd3 Bf6 42. d5 Kh6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Nc5 Kh4 45. Kg2 Rd8 46. Rd2 Be5
47. Nb7 Rb8 48. Nxa5 Bf4 49. Rc2 Re8 50. c4 Re3 51. Rc3 Re1 52. Rf3 g5 53. Nc6
g6 54. Nd4 Rb1 55. Rxf4 Rxb2+ 56. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ngo, Bach"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a4
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e4 Nc6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rd1 Na5 15.
Bd3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Rbxc1 Qb6 18. Bb1 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Qb3 20. g3 h6 21. Bc2
Qb6 22. Nfd2 Nb4 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Ncd6 Nxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rab8 27. Qf4
Bxd6 28. exd6 Qc6 29. Rdd2 Rb6 30. b4 Qb7 31. Qe5 Rxb4 32. Qxc5 Rb1+ 33. Rc1
Qb4 34. Qxb4 Rxb4 35. Rc7 Rxa4 36. Rb2 Ra5 37. Rb6 Rd5 38. Rxa6 R8xd6 39. Ra8+
Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Rc5 Rd5 45. Rc8 Kg6
46. g4 Rd3 47. Ra8 Kg7 48. Rb8 Kf6 49. Rg8 Rd5 50. Kg3 Ke7 51. Ra8 Rd3+ 52. Kg2
Rc3 53. Rg8 Rc5 54. Ra8 Kd6 55. Rf8 Rc7 56. Rg8 f6 57. Ra8 Rc5 58. Ra4 Kd5 59.
f3 Rc6 60. Kg3 Rc4 61. Ra5+ Rc5 62. Ra4 f5 63. gxf5 exf5 64. Ra8 Ke5 65. Re8+
Kf6 66. Rf8+ Kg7 67. Ra8 Rc3 68. Ra7+ Kg6 69. Kg2 Rc2+ 70. Kf1 Kf6 71. Ra5 Rb2
72. Rc5 Kg6 73. Ra5 Rc2 74. Rb5 Ra2 75. Rc5 f4 76. Rc8 Kf5 77. Rc5+ Kg6 78. Rc8
Kf6 79. Rc5 Rb2 80. Ra5 Kg6 81. Ra8 Rb5 82. Kg2 Kf5 83. Rg8 Rb2+ 84. Kf1 Rd2
85. Ke1 Rc2 86. Kf1 Rh2 87. Kg1 Rd2 88. Kf1 Ke5 89. Rxg5+ Kd4 90. Ra5 Ke3 91.
Ra3+ Rd3 92. Ra8 Kxf3 93. Kg1 Rd1+ 94. Kh2 Ke2 95. Rf8 f3 96. Re8+ Kf1 97. Rf8
Rd2+ 98. Kh1 f2 99. Ra8 Ke1 100. Re8+ Re2 101. Rf8 Re5 102. Kg2 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Almeida Saenz, Alfonso"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 d6 8. Nf3 g5
9. h4 g4 10. Nd2 e5 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. g3 Rg8 13. a5 Nd7 14. Be2 h5 15. Qd3 Rb8
16. Rf1 Rg6 17. O-O-O b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Bg7 21. Qa4+ Bd7
22. Qxa6 exf4 23. gxf4 Qxh4 24. Bb5 Qd8 25. Bxd7+ Qxd7 26. Rh1 Bh6 27. Ne2 Qe7
28. Qa4+ Kf8 29. Rxh5 Qf6 30. b3 Bxf4+ 31. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kb1 g3 33. Rf5 Qg4
34. Rg1 Rd8 35. Qa7 Rg7 36. Qc7 Qh4 37. Rxg3 Qh1+ 38. Kb2 Ra8 39. Qxd6+ Kg8 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Qxf7+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 a5 11. a3 Bh7 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 dxe4
15. dxe4 Rfe8 16. Qc4 Rad8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Bd4 Qb5 20. Bb2 Qd3 21.
Rfd1 Nc5 22. Nc4 Qxb3 23. Nd4 Qa4 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nb6 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxa3 27.
Nc4 Qb4 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Ne6 30. d7 Rd8 31. Re1 Qf8 32. Rcd1 Bc2 33. Rd2
Bb3 34. Bb6 Bd5 35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. Rxe6 Rxd7 37. Re3 Qd6 38. Bd4 f6 39. Bxf6 h5
40. Qg6 Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Spring IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2022.03.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Arjun, Vishnuvardhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 8. a4
b4 9. Bd5 c6 10. Ba2 Bg7 11. O-O Ne7 12. c3 Rb8 13. cxb4 Rxb4 14. Nc2 Rxb2 15.
Bxb2 Bxb2 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qd4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 d5 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Ne3 Qc7 21. Qf6
Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. h4 Rd8 24. Rb1 h5 25. Ne2 Bg4 26. Ng3 Qd6 27. Qg5 c3 28.
Rc1 f6 29. Qa5 Qd2 30. Rc2 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Rb8 32. e5 Rb1 33. Ngf1 fxe5 34. Qxe5
Bf5 35. Rxc3 Kf7 36. Kg3 Rb2 37. Ng4 Qxf1 38. Re3 Rb7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kh7
41. Nf7 Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh7 43. Nf7 Kg8 44. Rxe7 Qd3+ 45. f3 Rxe7 46. Qxe7 Qd2 47.
Ne5 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qd2 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qf7+ Kh8 53.
Nxg6+ Bxg6 54. Qxg6 Qd5 55. f4 c5 56. Qxa6 Kg7 57. a5 c4 58. Qa7+ Kg6 59. Qc7
Qa8 60. Qxc4 Qxa5 61. Qe6+ Kh7 62. Qe5 Qd2 63. Qxh5+ Kg7 64. Qg5+ Kh7 65. h5
Qe1 66. h6 Qa1 67. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wu, Rochelle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bxb1 8.
Rxb1 e6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qa4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Bc4 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qd5 14. Bh4 Bc7
15. Rbc1 Bb6 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Bc4 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Bxa5 19. Red1 Kd7 20. d5 exd5 21.
Bxd5 Nc3 1-0

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mei, Austin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. d3 Qc7 8. Bf4 h6
9. h4 b6 10. c4 d4 11. O-O Bb7 12. g4 g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Nbd2
O-O-O 16. Ne4 Rdg8 17. Rfe1 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Nxg4 23. Nxe6 Nf6 24. Nxd4 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Bc5 26. Nb5 Kb7 27.
Rb1 Rd8 28. b4 Be7 29. c5 Rd3 30. Bd6 a6 31. Bxe7 axb5 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. axb3
Re8 34. Bd6 Rxe4 35. f3 Re3 36. cxb6 Rxb3 37. Bc5 f5 38. Kf2 Rc3 39. Be7 g4 40.
fxg4 fxg4 41. Bd8 Rc4 42. Be7 Kxb6 43. Kg3 Kc6 44. Bf8 Kd5 45. Be7 Re4 46. Bc5
Kc4 0-1

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3
e6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nc2 a5 12. Qe1 d4 13. e4 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qg3 Ng6 16. Rf5 Rc8 17. Nba3 O-O 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Raf1 Bd6 21. Qf2
Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Qe2 N6e5 24. Rh5 Qg6 25. Rxh2 Nxh2 26. Kxh2 Ng4+ 27. Kg1
Qh5 28. g3 Qh3 29. Nbxd4 Qxg3+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Ne5 32. Rd1 Nxd3 33. Rb1
Nc5 34. Ne3 Nxe4 35. Ndf5 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Re8 37. Bxg7 Rf2+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kxh5
Rf3 40. Bd4 Rh3+ 41. Kg4 Nf2+ 42. Kg5 Re6 43. Nc4 Rg6+ 44. Kf4 Nd3+ 45. Ke4
Re6+ 46. Kd5 Nf4+ 47. Kc5 Rh5 48. Ncd6 Rxd6 49. Kxd6 Rxf5 50. Bb6 Rf6+ 51. Kc5
Nd3+ 52. Kb5 Rf5+ 53. Kc4 Ne5+ 54. Kd4 Nc6+ 55. Ke4 Re5+ 56. Kf4 f6 57. Rd1 Kf7
58. Rd7+ Re7 59. Rd5 Ke6 60. Rb5 Rh7 61. Kg3 Rg7+ 62. Kf4 Rh7 63. Kg3 Rd7 64.
Kf4 Rd5 65. Bc5 f5 66. Bb6 Rxb5 67. axb5 Nb4 68. Bxa5 Nd5+ 69. Kf3 Kd6 70. Bd8
Kc5 71. b6 Kb4 72. Kg3 Kxb3 73. Kh4 Kc4 74. Kg5 f4 75. Kg4 Kc5 76. Kf3 Kc6 77.
Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. d4 Bd7 11. Re1 h6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Nf4 14. Qc2 Qf6 15.
g3 Nh3+ 16. Kg2 g5 17. Bb3 Ne7 18. Ng1 Nxg1 19. Kxg1 Rad8 20. Qd1 Bc6 21. Qe2
Nc8 22. f3 Nd6 23. g4 Qg6 24. h3 h5 25. a4 Kh8 26. c4 Nc8 27. b5 Bd7 28. Nf1 h4
29. Bc5 Rfe8 30. Ne3 Be6 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Nd5 Rd7 33. a5 c6 34. Ba4 Na7 35.
Qe3 Nb5 36. cxb5 cxd5 1-0

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mista, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 6. dxc6 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Bb6 8.
Qd5 Nf2 9. Rg1 O-O 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qf6 12. Nbd2 e4 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4
Ng4 15. Nxe4 Qxd4 16. Bf4 Rab8 17. Rd1 Qxg1 18. Qxc7 Rxb2+ 19. Kf3 Rxg2 20.
Bxg2 Qxd1+ 21. Kg3 f5 22. Nf2 Qe1 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qf1 Qe6 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26.
Qf2 h5 27. Qe3 Qxa2 28. Be5 Rf7 29. Be4 Qe6 30. Qg5 Qb3+ 31. Kg2 Qh3+ 32. Kg1
Rf1# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "He, Anthony"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 Be6 7. dxe4 dxc4 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qf6 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Qf2 Rhe8 13. Nd2 Nb4 14. O-O-O
Nxa2+ 15. Kc2 b5 16. Ra1 b4 17. Rxa2 b3+ 18. Kb1 bxa2+ 19. Kxa2 g5 20. g3 gxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC President Day RR"]
[Site "Redmond WA USA"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Lee, Micha"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2022.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Rac1 a5 12. e3 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Ra6 14. Ne1 h5 15. h3
a4 16. Nxa4 e4 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. f4 Nd3 20. Nxd3 exd3 21. Qf2 cxd5 22.
cxd5 b5 23. b4 Be7 24. Kh2 Bd8 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. a3
Qb7 29. Qd2 Qxd5 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxd3 Bb6 33. Re2 d5 34. Bd4 Bxd4
35. exd4 Qc4 36. Qxc4 bxc4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. b5 e3 39. b6 e2 40. b7 e1=Q 41.
b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qb5 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qxg3 44. Qxc4 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qxf4
47. Qd3+ Kg8 48. d5 Kf8 49. d6 Qh4+ 50. Kg2 Qg5+ 51. Kh1 Ke8 52. Qc4 Kd7 53.
Qxf7+ Kxd6 54. Qf8+ Kc7 55. Qf7+ Kb6 56. Qb3+ Qb5 57. Qe3+ Qc5 58. Qb3+ Ka5 59.
Qb7 Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qg5+ 61. Kh1 Qh4+ 62. Kg2 Qg4+ 63. Kh1 h4 64. Qa7+ Kb5 65. a4+
Kb4 66. a5 h3 67. Qb6+ Ka4 68. Qc6+ Kxa5 69. Qc3+ Kb5 70. Qg3 Qd7 71. Kh2 Kc6
72. Qxh3 Qd6+ 73. Qg3 Qf6 74. Kg2 Kd5 75. Qf3+ Ke5 76. Qe3+ Kf5 77. Qd3+ Kg5
78. Qd5+ Qf5 79. Qd8+ Kg4 80. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.15 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foisor, Sabina"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.21"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 e4 4. Ng1 d5 5. d3 Nf6 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Bf6 10. c3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 Bf5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Rc1 Bb2 15.
Bf4 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Nc6 17. h3 Re8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Kh2 Be4 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. h4
Qf7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxe2 25. Qxa7 c6 26. Qb6 Rde8 27. a4
Qg6 28. Qxb7 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33. Kh3
Qf1+ 34. Kg4 h5+ 35. Kxh5 Qf3+ 36. g4 Qxf4 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qxf4 g6# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.15 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sarana, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rfd1 Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rxd6 Be7 13. Rd2 Qc8 14. Rad1
Rd8 15. e5 Be8 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qe4 g6 18. h4 Rac8 19. a3 Na5 20. Qf4 Nb3 21.
Rc2 Nc5 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Qd8 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Ng4 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qf8 27. h5
g5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf6 h6 30. Rd2 Qg7 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Qf8 33. Qc7 a6
34. Bxb7 a5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Nd3 37. b5 Qa3 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40.
Kh2 Qa5 41. Qxh6 Qd2 42. Qf6 Nxf2 43. Bf3 Nd3 44. h6 Qf4+ 45. Qxf4 gxf4 46. b6
Nc5 47. b7 Nd7 48. Be4 f5 49. exf6 Kf7 50. h7 Kxf6 51. h8=Q+ Ke7 52. b8=Q Nxb8
53. Qxb8 Kf6 54. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.15 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kravtsiv, M."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bf2 Rac8 14. Rae1 Qc4 15.
g4 Qxe2 16. Ndxe2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Bf6 21.
Re2 Nc5 22. g5 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nxa4 24. Ra1 Rc4 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. b3 Ne4 27. bxc4
Nxd2 28. Bxb6 Nxc4 29. Rxa6 f6 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Bd4 Nd2 32. c3 fxg5 33. fxg5
Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nxd4 35. cxd4 Rc4 36. g6 hxg6 37. Rxg6 Rxd4 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Kf3
Rd1 40. Ke2 Rh1 41. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Rd6 g6 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kh3 Kh6
46. Rd5 Ra3+ 47. Kg4 Ra4+ 48. Kg3 Ra7 49. Rc5 Rf7 50. Kg4 Rf6 51. Rb5 Re6 52.
Rc5 Re4+ 53. Kg3 Rd4 54. Rb5 g5 55. Ra5 Kh5 56. Ra3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Rb4 58. Kg3
Rb1 59. Ra4 Rg1+ 60. Kh3 g4+ 61. Kh2 Rb1 62. Ra8 Rb6 63. Kg3 Rh6 64. Ra5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.15 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bxd3 Bg7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 d6 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Rac1 a6 14. f4 b5 15.
N2f3 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Qf2 Na4 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rcd2 Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21.
Bb1 Qc7 22. f5 Nc5 23. Qh4 Qc6 24. Rd4 Rce8 25. Bh6 f6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. e5
dxe5 28. Rg4 Rd8 29. Rf1 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Qh5 Rh8 32. Kh1 Qe8 33. Nh4
Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 Rxh4 35. Qxh4 Qf7 36. Rd1 Bc6 37. b3 a5 38. Qg3 Re8 39. Qe3 g5
40. Qc5 h5 41. Rg3 Be4 42. Rd7 Bxf5 43. Rc7 Bg6 44. Rf3 h4 45. Kh2 Qe6 46. Re3
e4 47. Qxb5 Kf7 48. Qc5 g4 49. Kg1 g3 50. Re1 Qg4 51. Rf1 h3 52. Qd4 h2+ 53.
Kh1 Qg5 54. Rc5 Qh4 55. Rc7 Qg5 56. Rc5 Qg4 57. Rc6 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.15 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koziorowicz, Michal"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2022.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. f4 Bb7 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15.
Qg3 g6 16. f5 d5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. Qf2 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 exf5 21. Nd4 f4
22. g4 fxe3 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rxe3 Bc5 25. Nce2 Ng7 26. b4 Bb6 27. Re7 Bxd4+
28. Nxd4 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qxg4+ 31. Kh1 Qxd4 32. Rf4 Qa1+ 33. Rf1
Qxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Rf8 35. Qe2 Ba8 36. Qe5 d4+ 37. Kh2 Rg8 38. Qxd4 Rxc2+ 39. Kh3
Rc4 40. Qf6 Rcc8 41. Qxa6 Rcf8 42. Qxb5 Rf3+ 43. Kh2 Rf5 44. Qd7 h6 45. Qd6 Kh7
46. Qc7 Rh5+ 47. Kg3 Rg5+ 48. Kf2 h5 49. Ke2 h4 50. Qf4 Rh5 51. Re3 h3 52. Qh2
Nf5 53. Rxh3 Re8+ 54. Kd2 Rxh3 55. Qxh3+ Kg7 56. Kc3 Re7 57. Kb2 Re2+ 58. Kc1
Re3 59. Qh2 Be4 60. Qe5+ Kh6 61. Qh8+ Kg5 62. a4 Kf4 63. a5 Kf3 64. a6 Re1+ 65.
Kb2 Re2+ 66. Kc3 Ne3 67. a7 Rc2+ 68. Kd4 Rd2+ 69. Ke5 Ra2 70. Qf8+ Nf5 71. Qf7
Ra6 72. b5 Ra5 73. Kf6 Rxb5 74. Kxg6 Rb6+ 75. Kg5 Ke3 76. Qe8 Rb5 77. a8=Q Nd6+
78. Kg4 Rb4 79. Qe5 Rd4 80. Qxd4+ Kxd4 81. Qa7+ Kd5 82. Kf4 Bd3 83. Qa8+ Kd4
84. Qa7+ Kd5 85. Qd7 Bb5 86. Qd8 Bc6 87. Ke3 Kc5 88. Qg5+ Kb6 89. Kd4 Nb5+ 90.
Kc4 Nd6+ 91. Kb4 Ne4 92. Qe5 Kb7 93. Qe7+ Kb6 94. Qd8+ Kb7 95. Ka5 Ng3 96. Qb6+
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.15 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ozdemir, Serhan Berat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Be3 g6 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. f5 e5 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Nd5
Qd8 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 Rh5 18. Bb1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Qe2 a5 21. a3 a4
22. Bd3 Ke7 23. Kg1 Rah8 24. Rc3 Qg4 25. Rfc1 Bh6 26. Bxh6 R8xh6 27. Kf1 Nfd7
28. Ke1 Qf4 29. Bb5 Nf6 30. Bd3 Nfxe4 31. Rc4 f5 32. g3 Qg5 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34.
Nh4 Rxh4 35. gxh4 Qxh4+ 36. Kd1 Qf4 37. Qd2 Rxh2 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. R4c2 Rh1+
40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Ke3 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Kf6 43. Rh1 g5 44. Rh8 Kf5 45. Rb8 Kg4 46.
Rxb6 Kg3 47. Rxd6 g4 48. Rg6 f2 49. Ke2 Nd3 50. Rf6 Nf4+ 51. Rxf4 Kxf4 52. d6
g3 53. d7 g2 54. Kxf2 g1=Q+ 55. Kxg1 Ke3 56. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Garagulya, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Qd6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Ne2 b5 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb7 17. Rc7 Qd5 18. Nf4 Qxa2 19. Rxe7 Bc6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

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. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Bc4 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Qe3 Nb4
15. Ne1 Ne6 16. a3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Be3 c5 20. Nd3 Bc6 21. Nf4
Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Nh5 g6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 h5 26. Re1 Rg4 27. Qd6 Bxg2
28. h3 Bxh3+ 29. Kh2 Bg2 30. Qd7 Be4 31. f3 Bxf3 32. Re8 Rg2+ 33. Kh3 Bg4+ 34.
Kxg2 Bxd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6
8. e4 Bg4 9. Kc2 O-O-O 10. Ng5 Bd1+ 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Bf4 Nd3 13. Bxd3 Rxd3 14.
Nxf7 Rg8 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. f3 Bg7 17. Kc1 Ba4 18. b3 Bb5 19. Kc2 Rgf8 20. Bg3 Bh6
21. Rad1 Be2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. f4 Bg7 24. Re1 Ba6 25. Nc4 b6 26. Bf2 h5 27. g3
Kb7 28. Re2 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Kc6 30. Rd2 Rf8 31. Bd4 Bf6 32. Bxf6 exf6 33. Rd5 Re8
34. Kd3 a5 35. Kd4 Rg8 36. e5 Rf8 37. exf6 Rxf6 38. Ke5 Rf8 39. Ke4 a4 40. Re5
Kd6 41. c5+ bxc5 42. Rg5 Rf6 43. Kd3 Re6 44. Kc4 Re4+ 45. Kb5 c6+ 46. Kb6 Rc4
47. Rxg6+ Ke7 48. Rxc6 Rxc3 49. Rxc5 Rxg3 50. Rxh5 Ra3 51. Rg5 Rxa2 52. Kb5 Kf6
53. h5 Rf2 54. Rg4 Kf5 55. Rh4 a3 56. Rh1 a2 57. Ra1 Kxf4 58. h6 Rh2 59. h7
Rh5+ 60. Kc4 Rxh7 61. Rxa2 Rc7+ 62. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bg2
a6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Nd4 15.
f4 Bg7 16. Be3 Qb6 17. Rf2 Re8 18. a5 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. Re1 Nxa5 21. e5 Nc4
22. Ne4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 dxe5 24. Nxc5 e4 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. Nxe4 Rad8 27. Kf2 b6 28.
h3 h5 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Bd7 32. Bf1 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Ng5
Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Ke7 36. Bxa6 Re8 37. d6+ Kf6+ 38. Kf2 Ra8 39. Bc4 Ra4 40. b3 Rb4
41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Bf7+ Kf6 43. Bh5 Rxb3+ 44. Kh4 Bh6 45. Re2 Bf8 46. Nh7+ Kg7 47.
Nxf8 Kxf8 48. Re7 Bc6 49. Rc7 Bb5 50. Kg5 Rd3 51. Be2 Rg3+ 52. Kf6 Ke8 53.
Bxb5+ Kd8 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. Re7 Rg8 56. Re8+ Rxe8 57. Bxe8 Kd8 58. Bb5 Kc8 59.
Kxf5 Kb7 60. Ke4 Ka7 61. Kd5 Kb7 62. f5 Ka7 63. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qa5 7. b4 Qc7 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Qb3 e6 12. Bh4 a5 13. b5 a4 14. Qc4 Ne5 15.
Qxc7 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Nxc7 17. O-O-O e5 18. b6 Na6 19. Bc4 Bf5 20. Kb2 Be7 21.
Rhe1 a3+ 22. Kc1 Rc8 23. Nxe5 g5 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. g4 Bxg4 26. Bb5+ Kf8 27.
Nxg4 Rxc3+ 28. Kd2 Rc5 29. Bd3 Nb4 30. Ne5 Nxd3 31. Kxd3 Kg7 32. Nd7 Rd5+ 33.
Ke4 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rc8 35. Kf5 Rc2 36. Ke6 Re2+ 37. Ne5 Bc5 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Kf5
Rxf2+ 40. Ke6 Re2 41. Kf5 Rf2+ 42. Ke6 Re2 43. Kf5 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev, Arty"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "252"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bf1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. dxe5 Nf4 14. Nc4 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 b5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. Nd5 Rac8 20. Rad1 Be6 21.
Bc1 c6 22. Ne3 Bb3 23. Rd2 h5 24. Rde2 Rcd8 25. c4 d5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. exd5
Bd4 28. Qxb5 Re4 29. Qd3 Rde8 30. d6 Qd8 31. Bd2 Qxd6 32. Bc3 Bc5 33. Qxd6 Bxd6
34. Rd2 Bc5 35. g3 f5 36. Kg2 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Rxe3 39. Rd7 Re6 40.
Kf2 Kf8 41. h4 Ke8 42. Rb7 Re4 43. Rg7 Rg4 44. Bf6 Bf7 45. Be5 Re4 46. Bc3 f4
47. Bf6 Rc4 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Ke1 fxg3 51. Rxg6 g2 52. Bd4 Rc1+ 53.
Kd2 Rf1 54. Kc3 Kd7 55. Kb4 Be4 56. Rg5 Rf4 57. Kc5 Bf3 58. Rg7+ Ke6 59. Rg3
Be4 60. Bg1 Rxh4 61. Bf2 Kf5 62. Rg8 Rg4 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Bg1 Rg5+ 65. Kd4 Bc2
66. Rh8 Rg4+ 67. Kc3 Bg6 68. Rf8 h4 69. Rf3 Kd5 70. Re3 Rc4+ 71. Kd2 Rc2+ 72.
Ke1 Rc1+ 73. Kf2 Be4 74. Re1 Rc2+ 75. Re2 Rxe2+ 76. Kxe2 h3 77. Kf2 Bf5 78. Kg3
Kc4 79. Kh2 Bd7 80. Be3 Kd3 81. Bf2 Ke2 82. Bg1 Kf3 83. Bd4 Bc8 84. Bg1 Bb7 85.
Bd4 Bc8 86. Bg1 Bg4 87. Bd4 Ke2 88. Bg1 Kd3 89. Bc5 Kc2 90. Bd4 Kb3 91. Kg1 Bc8
92. Bc3 Kc4 93. Be5 Kd3 94. Bc3 Ke2 95. Kh2 Kf1 96. Bd4 Bg4 97. Bg1 Be2 98. Bd4
Bc4 99. Bg1 Bb3 100. Bd4 Be6 101. Bg1 Ke2 102. Bd4 Kd3 103. Bf6 Kd2 104. Bg7
Ke3 105. Bf6 Kf2 106. Bd4+ Kf1 107. Bg1 Bg4 108. Bd4 Bc8 109. Bg1 Bb7 110. Bd4
Bd5 111. Bg1 Bb3 112. Bd4 Bd1 113. Bg1 Bh5 114. Bd4 Be8 115. Bg1 Bd7 116. Bd4
Ke2 117. Bg1 Kd3 118. Bc5 Kc4 119. Bg1 Kd5 120. Bf2 Ke6 121. Bg1 Kf7 122. Bd4
Kg8 123. Bg1 Kh7 124. Bf2 Kg6 125. Bg1 Kh5 126. Bf2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Nbd2 exd4 8.
Bc4 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Qd6 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Qe2 Bf5 14. Rae1
Rae8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Qf2 Bf6 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 Qh6 19. b3 b5 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 Qg6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc6 24. Qc5 Re6 25. Re3 Qh5 26. Rg3 g6 27. Nd4
Nxd4 28. cxd4 c6 29. Rgf3 Qg5 30. Qxa7 Qe7 31. Qb6 h5 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 c5
34. Qxc5 Qxc5 35. dxc5 Rxe5 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. c6 Ra5 38. Rc4 Kf8 39. Re1 Ra6 40.
c7 Ra7 41. Rec1 Ke7 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Kf3 g5 44. Ke4 Ra5 45. Rd4+ Ke7 46. Rdc4
f5+ 47. Kd4 g4 48. Ke3 h4 49. Kf4 Kd7 50. Kg5 h3 51. g3 Rd5 52. Kf4 Rd2 53.
R1c2 Rd5 54. Rc5 Rd4+ 55. Kxf5 Rxa4 56. Rd2+ Ke7 57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pichot, A."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bf4 Nc8 13. Qd2 Nd6 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Qf7 18. b3 Nb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Qc2 g5 21.
Bg3 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Re3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qe2 Bg4 26. Re1 Rxe3 27. fxe3
Rf8 28. Rf1 Qg6 29. Bxc7 Qe4 30. Rf2 Bh6 31. Nd2 Bxe3 32. Kh2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Bb5
Rfb8 15. h3 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc4 e5 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qh4 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Bxa2
21. Rd1 h6 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qd5 24. Qe7 e4 25. Ne5 Bb3 26. Nd7 Qe6 27. Nc5
Qxe7 28. Bxe7 Bd5 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Nxa6 Bxc3 31. Nb4 f5 32. Bc5 Kf7 33. Nxd5
cxd5 34. g3 Ke6 35. h4 h5 36. Kf1 d4 37. exd4 Kd5 38. Ke2 Bxd4 39. Be7 Be5 40.
Bg5 Kc4 41. Be3 Bd4 42. Bg5 Kb3 43. Bh6 Kc4 44. Bg5 Kd5 45. Bh6 Be5 46. Be3 Ke6
47. Bg5 Bc7 48. Bh6 Bd6 49. Bg5 Be5 50. Bh6 Kd5 51. Bg5 Ke6 52. Bh6 Kf7 53. Bg5
Bf6 54. Bf4 Ke6 55. Bh6 Kf7 56. Bf4 Kf8 57. Bh6+ Ke8 58. Bf4 Kd7 59. Bh6 Ke6
60. Bf4 Be5 61. Bg5 Kf7 62. Bh6 Bf6 63. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. O-O a5
9. a4 Na6 10. Bc2 Nc5 11. Re1 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nc4 Bd7 15. Ne3 Kh8
16. Bd2 Qe8 17. Nh2 Ng8 18. f4 exf4 19. Neg4 f6 20. Bxf4 Nd8 21. Nf3 Nf7 22.
Nd4 Ne5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 c6 25. Qd4 Qc8 26. Qxb6 Qxe6 27. Qd4 Nxg4 28.
hxg4 Qxg4 29. Rf1 Rfc8 30. Bb3 c5 31. bxc5 d5 32. Bd6 Bxd6 33. cxd6 Qxe4 34.
Qxe4 dxe4 35. Bd5 Ra7 36. c4 f5 37. Rfc1 Rc5 38. Rab1 Nf6 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb5
Rxb5 41. axb5 Nxd5 42. cxd5 Rd7 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Rxd7 a4 45. Ra7 e3 46. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.02.08 Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qf5 8.
O-O Bd6 9. f3 Qh5 10. h3 Qg6 11. Nxe4 Bxh3 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Bf1
h5 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Na3 h4 17. Qg5 Rh5 18. Qxg6 Bxg6 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Nc4 Ne8 21.
Rad1 Bf5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nxd6 Ra8 24. Nxb7 Bd7 25. Nc5 Be8 26. Bc4 Rd8 27.
Re1 Nxd4 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Bd6+ Kg8 30. cxd4 Rg5 31. Kf2 Bc6 32. Re7 Rf5 33. Re5
Bd5 34. Bxd5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 a6 36. Bb7 Re8 37. Bxa6 Rf8 38. Bc4 Kh7 39. Nd7 Ra8
40. Bxf7 Ra4 41. Bb3 Rb4 42. Nc5 g5 43. Nd3 Rb7 44. d5 Kg6 45. d6 Kf5 46. Ba4
Ra7 47. d7 Ra8 48. Bc7 Rxa4 49. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate ENG"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Javidfar, Alma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bc2 c5 8. Nf3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ba4+ Nbd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Ke7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bg5+ f6
15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. cxd5 h5 21.
d6+ Kd8 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. Rxe6 g4 24. Qf5 Rf8 25. Re7 Ne5 26. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate ENG"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 c6 6. Nxb4 axb4 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d3 f5 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. Nc2 Na5 15. f4
Rad8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 b5 19. Qe1 Ne4 20. dxc5 Bc6 21. Bd4 Qb7
22. Qxb4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bxg2 24. Qxb5 Bxf1 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Rxf1 Na5 27. Bc3
Nc6 28. Rf3 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 g5 30. Ne3 Rc1 31. Nd5 f4 32. gxf4 g4 33. Rf2 h5 34.
Bb2 Rd1 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxh5 Nb4 37. Bc3 Nd3 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ 39. Bxd2 Ra8 40. c6
Ke7 41. a4 Kd6 42. Nf6 Kxc6 43. Nd5 Nc5 44. b4 Ne4 45. b5+ Kb7 46. Be3 Rxa4 47.
c5 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. c6+ Kb8 50. Bd4 Nd2+ 51. Kg2 Ne4+ 52. Kg1 Rc1+ 53. Kg2
Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Rc1+ 55. Kg2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate ENG"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 exd4 6. c3 d3 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3
Nh6 9. Qxd3 Qe7 10. Bd5 Nf7 11. Nd4 Nce5 12. Qe2 c6 13. Bb3 Bg7 14. h3 c5 15.
Nc2 O-O 16. Bf4 f5 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Ne3 g5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qf3
Bd3 22. Rfe1 Qf4 23. Qxf4 gxf4 24. Nd5 Ne5 25. Ne4 f3 26. Nc7 Bxe4 27. Rxe4
Rac8 28. Ne6 Rf6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. g3 c4 31. Bc2 Rc6 32. Kf1 Rb6 33. b4 cxb3
34. axb3 Rc6 35. Re3 a6 36. Ke1 Rh6 37. h4 Rf6 38. Ra4 h5 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4
Ng6 41. Rxf3 Nxh4 42. Rg3+ Kf6 43. Be4 Rc7 44. Kd2 Re7 45. Bd3 Rg7 46. Be4 Re7
47. Bc2 Rg7 48. Rd3 Ke7 49. Rh3 Rg4 50. f3 Rg2+ 51. Kc1 Rg1+ 52. Kb2 Ng2 53.
Rxh5 Ne3 54. Be4 b6 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. f5 Rg2+ 58. Ka3 Nd1 59. Rh7+
Kd8 60. Kb4 Ne3 61. f6 Rg8 62. Ra7 Rf8 63. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate ENG"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Zhurbinsky, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. a3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Rb1 a5 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 fxe4 11. dxe4 Nd4 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nd5 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bg4 17. Rxb4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra2 19. Kh1 Qc8 20. Qe3 h6
21. Rc1 Qd7 22. f4 exf4 23. Qd3 f3 24. Rg1 Bf6 25. Be3 Qh3 26. Bd4 Rxf2 27.
Bxf2 Be5 28. Bg3 f2 29. Rbb1 fxg1=Q+ 30. Rxg1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate ENG"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2
Be6 9. h4 h6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. e3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nge2 Ndb4 14. Rd1 Qd7 15.
a3 Nd5 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Kh2 Rac8 18. Ne4 b6 19. Qc2 f5 20. Nd2 f4 21. gxf4 exf4
22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nxf4 Qf6 25. Kg3 Ne7 26. e4 Bf7 27. Nc4 Nc6 28.
Qe2 Nd4 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. e5 Qxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Be6+ 32. Kg3 Bxg4 33. Kxg4 Rf3 34.
Nd2 h5+ 35. Kg5 Kg7 36. Nxf3 Ne6# 0-1

[Event "4NCL Congress"]
[Site "Harrogate ENG"]
[Date "2022.12.21"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Aaron, Deepak"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.01"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. h4 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. h5 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bd2 Ng4 10. e3 a6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Nh2 Ngf6 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Rg1 Ndf6 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. c5 Bc7 17. f4 b6 18. Bd3 bxc5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxc5 a5 21. O-O-O Ba6
22. g4 Bd3 23. Qc3 Qd5 24. gxf5 e5 25. Qa3 exf4 26. Bc3 Rf7 27. Ng4 Kh7 28. f6
fxe3 29. fxg7 e2 30. Rde1 Qc4 31. Ne3 Bf4 32. Kd2 Rd7 33. g8=Q+ Rxg8 34. Rxg8
Bb1+ 35. Kc1 Bxe3+ 36. Kxb1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Titichoca Daza, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Be2 Nh5 8. Nc3
g5 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxh5 Qh4+ 11. Kf1 Bf5 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. Ne2 Be4
15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Rg1 Na6 17. Re1 Bd3 18. b3 Nb4 19. Qf3 Nc2 20. Qxd3 Nxe1 21.
Kxe1 Re7 22. Kd1 Rae8 23. Bf3 Qh4 24. c5 Qf2 25. Re1 Re3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Qf5
Bf8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qxf4 Rd3+ 30. Kc2 Re3 31. Kd2 Re8 32. Qxc7 Bh6+ 33. Kd1
Qe3 34. Kc2 Qd2+ 35. Kb1 Qxe1+ 36. Kb2 Qd2+ 37. Ka3 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Qxe2 39. Qxb7
Bc1+ 40. Kb4 Bd2+ 41. Ka4 Be1 42. a3 Qd3 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kf8 45. Qxe1
Qxd4+ 46. Qb4 Qxd5 47. Qb5 Qd4+ 48. Ka5 Qc3+ 49. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turzo, A."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3
Na6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nd2 c5 11. g4 Nc7 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rb8 14. a4 b6 15. Nb5
Nxb5 16. axb5 Rb7 17. h6 Bh8 18. g5 Ne8 19. Bg4 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Nf1 Bg5
22. Ra3 Bf4 23. Ng3 Qg5 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nf1 Qe5 27. Qc2 Nf6 28.
f3 g5 29. Kd1 g4 30. fxg4 Nxe4 31. Kc1 Ng3 32. Nxg3 fxg3 33. Kb1 Rf2 34. Qd3
Qxb2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. c4 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bxf4 cxd5 7. c5 Nc6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Kh1 Bf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Re8 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bd6 b6 18. Qb3 bxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd3 21. Bd4
Rb8 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Qb5 a6 26. Qb7 Re7 27. Qxa6 Rec7
28. Rf5 Qd7 29. Raf1 Rb7 30. Rxf7 Ra7 31. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. g4
fxg3 9. hxg3 d6 10. Rxh5 gxh5 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Qd3 dxe5 14. d5 f5
15. Ne6 Qe8 16. Nxc7 Qf7 17. Nxa8 Na6 18. Bg5 Kxh7 19. d6 Rxa8 20. d7 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qd5 Rd8 23. Qxb7 Qb6 24. Qxa6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cherniaiev, Tykhon"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15.
e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bb4 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qe4+ 21.
Kg1 Ng4 22. Rfe1 Qf3 23. Qe2 Qf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Bc1 Rxh2 26. Re7 Rf8 27.
Bf4 g5 28. Be5 Rff2 29. Re1 Rfg2+ 30. Kf1 Rb2 31. Kg1 Rhg2+ 32. Kh1 Rgc2 33.
Kg1 Nh2 34. g4 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Rh2+ 36. Bxh2 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. d3 Nb6 7. Qb3 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. d4
Bg4 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. d6 exd6 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Qc2 20. Nxd7
Rxf7 21. N7xb6 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rc2 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. Nde3 b5 25. Nxc2 Bxc2 26. Rc1
Bxb3 27. Ne3 h5 28. Rc3 Be6 29. d5 Bd7 30. Rc7 Bg7 31. Ra1 Be8 32. Rc8 Re7 33.
Raa8 Kh7 34. Rxe8 Rc7 35. Rec8 Re7 36. b3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sviridov, Va"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 e4 5. Ng5 Nb4 6. Ngxe4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8.
cxd5 Bf5 9. d3 Qxd5 10. a3 Rd8 11. axb4 Bxe4 12. Qa4+ b5 13. dxe4 Bxb4+ 14. Ke2
Qc5 15. Qb3 O-O 16. f3 a5 17. Kf2 a4 18. Qa2 Bd2 19. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 20. Be2 Qc2 21.
Rhe1 c6 22. Kf1 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Reb1 Rxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Rb8 26. Bd1 Rd8 27.
Ke2 f6 28. Rc1 Rd6 29. f4 Kf8 30. Bc2 Ke7 31. e5 fxe5 32. fxe5 Rd5 33. Bxh7 c5
34. Bd3 c4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 Ra5 37. Rc2 a3 38. Ra2 Ke6 39. Kf3 Kxe5 40.
h4 Kd5 41. g4 Kc4 42. Kf4 Kb3 43. Ra1 Kb2 44. Rg1 a2 45. h5 a1=Q 46. Rxa1 Rxa1
47. Kf5 Ra6 48. e4 Kc3 49. e5 Kd4 50. e6 Kd5 51. e7 Re6 52. g5 Re5+ 53. Kg6
Rxe7 54. h6 gxh6 55. gxh6 Re6+ 56. Kg7 Re1 57. h7 Rg1+ 58. Kh6 Rh1+ 59. Kg7
Rxh7+ 60. Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firat, Burak"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rad1 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. a3 Rfd8
15. Qb1 Nf8 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Ndf3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nf4 19. Bf1 Bd6 20. d5 exd5 21.
Ng5 Rf8 22. cxd5 h6 23. Ngxf7 Rxf7 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Qf5 Rf8 26. g3 Bc8 27. Qc2
Nh3+ 28. Bxh3 Bxh3 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Qd3 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bc5 32. d6 Ng4 33. Bd4
Nxf2 34. Qe3 Qd5 35. Qxf2 Bxd4 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. d7 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O e6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bh7 11. Rc2 a5 12. a3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Nd4 Qb6 15.
Qa1 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Bc5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. N2b3 e5 21.
Nc6 Bd6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Ng4+ 26. Kg1 Nxe5
27. Bxd5 Bg6 28. Rc5 b4 29. Rb5 Rd8 30. h3 Kh7 31. Bg2 Nxd3 32. exd3 Rxd3 33.
Rxb4 Rxg3 34. Kf2 Rc3 35. Nd4 Ra3 36. h4 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kf4 Ra2 39. Bf3
Ra5 40. Nc6 Rc5 41. Ne5 Bc2 42. h5 g5+ 43. hxg6+ Bxg6 44. Rb7 Kg7 45. Bg4 Rc1
46. Nxg6 Rf1+ 47. Bf3 Kxg6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Kg4 Rg1+ 50. Kh4 Rg5 51. Bh5 Rf5
52. Rc6 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 Rf5 54. Bg4 Rg5 55. Kf4 Rg6 56. Rc7 Rf6+ 57. Kg3 Rg6 58.
Kf3 Rf6+ 59. Ke4 Rg6 60. Bf5 Ra6 61. Kf4 Ra4+ 62. Be4 Ra5 63. Rd7 Ra6 64. Bd5
Rf6+ 65. Ke5 Rf1 66. Ra7 Re1+ 67. Be4 Rg1 68. Ra2 Rg5+ 69. Bf5 Rg1 70. Re2 Rg5
71. Re1 Rg3 72. Kf4 Rg5 73. Rh1 Rg2 74. Bg4 Rf2+ 75. Bf3 Ra2 76. Rg1+ Kf6 77.
Rg8 Ra4+ 78. Be4 Ra1 79. Rh8 Rf1+ 80. Ke3 Re1+ 81. Kf3 Kg5 82. Rg8+ Kf6 83. Kf4
Rf1+ 84. Bf3 Ra1 85. Rg3 Ra4+ 86. Be4 Ra1 87. Rf3 Kg7 88. Ke5 Ra5+ 89. Bd5 Ra7
90. Rg3+ Kf8 91. Rg1 Re7+ 92. Kf6 Rd7 93. Be4 Rd6+ 94. Ke5 Re6+ 95. Kf4 Rf6+
96. Bf5 Ra6 97. Bh7 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Piorun, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. h3
Nh5 9. g4 Nf6 10. Ng3 Nd4 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 c6 13. Nce2 Nd7 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Bd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 a5 17. O-O Qh4 18. Rae1 h5 19. gxh5 Bxh3 20. Ne2 Qg4 21. Ng3
Be5 22. Bxh3 Qxh3 23. Re2 Ne6 24. f4 Qxg3+ 25. Rg2 Qh4 26. fxe5 Qxh5 27. exd6
Kg7 28. Qd1 Qh3 29. Rf3 Qh4 30. Qf1 Rh8 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Be2 b5
9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. b4 Qa7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5
a5 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a4 18. Bf3 Nf8 19. Be5 Ne6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bg4 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 f5 23. Qe5 Nf8 24. Be2 Rd7 25. Nc4 bxc4 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxc4+ Kf8
28. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.11"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Di Nicolantonio, Lucas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O
h5 9. h4 g5 10. hxg5 Ng4 11. Nd2 Qxg5 12. Nf3 Qh6 13. Nf4 Be7 14. Nh4 Bxh4 15.
gxh4 Qf6 16. f3 Qxh4 17. fxg4 hxg4 18. Qe1 Qe7 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Kf2 O-O-O 21. c3
Rhe8 22. Bxd5 b6 23. Bg2 Kb7 24. a4 Ka6 25. a5 b5 26. Nd3 Kb7 27. Nc5+ Ka8 28.
Rfe1 Rc8 29. c4 bxc4 30. b3 cxb3 31. Rab1 Be6 32. Qe5 Qh4+ 33. Qg3 Qh6 34. Rh1
Qg5 35. Nxb3 f4 36. Qxf4 Qb5 37. Nc5 Qxa5 38. Rb8+ Rxb8 39. Bxc6+ Rb7 40. Bxb7#
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.11"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hoffmann, As"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. d4 e4 7. Ng5 d5 8. Nxe6
fxe6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. b4 Nbd7 14. b5 e5 15.
e3 O-O 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Bd2 Rfb8 18. Ra2 Ne8 19. Rfa1 Nc7 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. b4
Rb5 22. Bc3 Rab8 23. Bh3 Nf8 24. dxe5 Be7 25. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.11"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martin Carmona, Gaston Manuel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. g3 Rb8 15.
Bg2 Bg5 16. Qd3 Bh6 17. O-O Be6 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. b3 Qc5 20. h4 a5 21. Kh2 a4
22. Bh3 axb3 23. axb3 Ra8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nde3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxf1 27. Rxf1
Rf8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Ra1 Ne7 30. Ra6 Nc6 31. Qd2 g6 32. Kh3 Kg7 33. Ra4 Rb8 34.
Ra1 Rb7 35. Ra8 Rd7 36. Re8 Kf7 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rc8 Qb6 39. Qe2 Rd8 40. Rxd8
Qxd8 41. Qd2 Qb8 42. c5 Na5 43. cxd6 Nxb3 44. Qxb4 Qf8 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Kg2 Nd2
47. Qb5 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Nf1+ 49. Kg1 Nxg3 50. d7 Ne2+ 51. Qxe2 Qxe2 52. d8=Q Qxc2
53. Qg5+ Kg7 54. Qxe5+ Kf7 55. Qf4+ Ke7 56. Qg5+ Kd7 57. Qf4 Qd1+ 58. Kg2 Qd6
59. e5 Qc6+ 60. Kg3 Qd5 61. Qf7+ Kc6 62. Qf4 Kc5 63. Kg4 Qg2+ 64. Qg3 Qxg3+ 65.
Kxg3 Kd5 66. Kf4 h6 67. e4+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.11"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Al Tarbosh, Ward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nge7 8. Bf4
Ng6 9. Bg3 a5 10. Nbd2 a4 11. h4 Bc5 12. h5 Nge7 13. h6 g6 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Bf4
Qe7 16. Ndf3 Qf8 17. g4 Nfe7 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bg3 O-O
22. Rae1 e5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxg4 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Re5 Bd6 27. Ree1 Bxg3
28. Kxg3 Nf5+ 29. Kxg4 Raf8 30. Re6 Nxh6+ 31. Rxh6 Rxf2 32. Bxg6 Rg2+ 33. Kh3
Rxg5 34. Bxh7+ Kg7 35. Bd3 Rf3+ 36. Kh4 Rfg3 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Rf6+ Kg8 39. Rf4
Rg1 40. Rhf7 R5g4+ 41. Rxg4+ Rxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kxf7 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. Ke5 Kd7 45.
Kxd5 Kc7 46. Kxd4 Kb6 47. Kc4 Ka5 48. b4+ axb3 49. Kxb3 b5 50. Bxb5 Kxb5 51.
c4+ Kc5 52. Kc3 Kb6 53. Kb4 Kc6 54. a4 Kb6 55. a5+ Ka6 56. c5 Kb7 57. Kb5 Kc7
58. c6 Kb8 59. Kb6 Ka8 60. Kc7 Ka7 61. Kd7 Kb8 62. c7+ Ka7 63. Kc6 Ka6 64.
c8=Q+ Kxa5 65. Qb8 Ka4 66. Qb2 Ka5 67. Qa3# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2022.01.11"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ezat, Mohamed Mahmoud"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Nf4 h6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bg6+ Ke7 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. a3 e5 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. O-O Raf8 16. b4 Kd8 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Kc8 20. Qa4 Kb8 21.
Rb1 Ka8 22. Rb2 Rb8 23. Rfb1 b5 24. cxb6 Nxb6 25. Qa6 Nc4 26. Rb4 Rxb4 27. Rxb4
Rb8 28. Bg3 Nd7 29. h3 Rxb4 30. axb4 Qb7 31. Qa4 exd4 32. exd4 Qb5 33. Qb3 a5
34. Be8 Ndb6 35. Qf3 Qxb4 36. Qf7 Qb5 37. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff CAN"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lin, Leo"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ng4 13. Be2 Ne3 14. Qd2 hxg5
15. Qxe3 gxh4 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Ne2 c5 21.
b3 Kh7 22. Nf4 Qg5 23. Qf2 Rg8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qe2 Rg7 26. Bc4 Qg6 27. Rf3
Rbg8 28. Rh3 Qh6 29. Bxe6 Rxg2 30. Bxg8+ Rxg8 31. Qf2 Rg4 32. Qf5+ Qg6 33.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Rg1 Kh5 35. Rxg4 Kxg4 36. Kg2 a5 37. a4 Bf4 38. Rd3 Be5 39. Rf3
Bxh2 40. Rf7 Be5 41. Rxc7 h3+ 42. Kh1 Kf4 43. Ra7 Bc3 44. Ra6 Ke5 45. Kh2 Bb4
46. Kxh3 c4 47. Rc6 cxb3 48. cxb3 Kxe4 49. Kg4 d5 50. Re6+ Kd3 51. Kf4 d4 52.
Rc6 Ke2 53. Rc2+ Kd1 54. Rc4 d3 55. Ke3 d2 56. Kd3 Bd6 57. Rd4 Be7 58. Rd7 Bb4
59. Rd5 Kc1 60. Ke2 Kc2 61. Rd3 Bc3 62. Rd5 Kxb3 63. Rxd2 Bxd2 64. Kxd2 Kxa4
65. Kc2 Ka3 66. Kb1 Kb3 67. Ka1 a4 68. Kb1 a3 69. Ka1 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff CAN"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dunne, Eoin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. e4 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nfxe5
Bxe5 15. Rd1 Bc7 16. Bxd5 Qf6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Qh6 20. Ne3 Bd6
21. Rac1 Bh3 22. Bxb7 Ra5 23. Qc6 Qe6 24. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff CAN"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Jung, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bc6 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qe2 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qe8 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Bc4 f6 21. Nd6+
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb8 23. Qg4+ Bd7 24. Qxg7 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Qf8 26. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff CAN"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "MacKinnon, Keith"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Nh3
d6 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Ne5 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Bd1 Bd7 14. f3 Nxd2 15.
Kxd2 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Rab8 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Nd3 Rb6 21.
Rhe1 Rfb8 22. Kf1 Na3 23. Qc1 Rb1 24. Rxb1 Rxb1 25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Qe2 Rxe1+ 27.
Kxe1 Qxc3+ 28. Kf2 a5 29. e4 Qd4+ 30. Kg3 Ne3 31. Kf4 Nxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff CAN"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Ndxc5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Nd4
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. h3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rd1 Bh4 20. Rf1 Qd8
21. Bf3 Rc5 22. Nf5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rd1 g6 25. Nd4 Qc8 26. Qd2 Ba6 27.
Qb2 Rc3 28. b4 Ne4 29. b5 Bb7 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nc6 Rxc6 32. bxc6 Bxc6 33. Qf6
1-0

[Event "Riga Tech op-A"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ne5
Nd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 h6 15.
a4 b4 16. cxb4 O-O-O 17. Be3 Bxb4 18. Rac1 c3 19. Qh4 a5 20. Qf6 Rh7 21. Rfd1
h5 22. Qf2 Rhh8 23. h4 Kb8 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Rd3 c5 26. Rdxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 c4
28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Bf1 Ba6 30. Kg2 Ka8 31. Kf2 Qb8 32. Kf3 Qb4 33. Kf2 Rb7 34. Be2
Qb1 35. d5 Rb2 36. Qxb1 Rxb1 37. d6 Kb7 38. Bg5 Kc6 39. Ke3 Rb2 40. Bd1 Kd7 41.
Kd4 Rf2 42. Ke3 Rf1 43. Be2 Ra1 44. Kf2 Ra2 45. Rf3 f5 46. exf6 c3 47. f7 Bxe2
48. Rxc3 Rxc3 49. f8=Q Bg4+ 50. Ke1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech op-A"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.11"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Juknis, Paulius"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bh6 Re8 12. h4 c6 13. h5 Nd5 14. e3 Be5
15. d4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf6 17. f4 c5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Be4 Qa5 20. Qd3 cxd4 21.
exd4 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Kd2 Kh7 25. Bg5+ Kg7 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6
27. Rab1 b6 28. a4 Rg8 29. Rh3 e6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Ra1 Rab8 32. Rxa5 Rb2+ 33.
Kd3 Rg2 34. Rxa7 R8xg3+ 35. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 36. Kd2 Rf3 37. c4 Rxf4 38. Ke3 Re4+ 39.
Kd3 Re1 40. Kd2 Rh1 41. d5 Rh4 42. Kd3 e5 43. Ra6+ Kg5 44. d6 Rd4+ 45. Kc3 f4
46. c5 f3 47. Ra2 Rd5 48. Kc4 Rd1 49. Kc3 Kf6 50. Rd2 Rxd2 51. Kxd2 Ke6 52. Ke3
e4 53. Kf2 f5 54. Ke3 f4+ 55. Kf2 Kd7 56. Ke1 e3 57. Kf1 f2 58. Ke2 f3+ 59. Kf1
Kc6 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech op-A"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.12"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. h3
Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Be3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rc8 12. a3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Be4
15. Be2 Qd7 16. Qa4 Rcd8 17. Rd1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Kf1 Rfd8
21. Be4 b6 22. Bb1 Ne6 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc8+ Nf8 25. Be4 Bxb2 26. Bc6 Rd6 27.
Bf4 Rd3 28. a4 Kg7 29. Bb5 Ra3 30. Rc4 e5 31. Be3 Ne6 32. Bd7 Kf6 33. g4 Rc3
34. Rb4 Bc1 35. Ke2 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Nc5 37. Bb5 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech op-A"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.15"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Andrejevs, Arvids"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Qe2 Rd8 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 b5 12. h4 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. N1h2 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Rc6 19. Qh5 Rdc8 20. Ng4 Rxc2 21.
Rxc2 Rxc2 22. b4 Qc6 23. Kh2 Qc3 24. Rd1 Qxb4 25. Rh1 Qd2 26. Bf1 b4 27. Rg1
Bxd3 28. Bg2 Bf5 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. gxh6 Nxe5 31. Rd1 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sidass, Dmitrijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nf5 Qd8 11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12. Nh5 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6
Bxf6 15. Bc5+ Be7 16. Bxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 b6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. f5 d4
21. Ne4 Qg7 22. fxe6 Ke7 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Qh4+ Kxe6 25. Ng5+ Kd6 26. Qxd4+ Bd5
27. Ne4+ Ke6 28. Nc3 Rad8 29. Nxd5 Nxd3+ 30. Qxd3 Qg5+ 31. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 32. Nxe3
Rhe8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Rd4 Ke5 36. c3 Rg8 37. Kd2 h5 38. Kd3 a6 39.
Rd5+ Kf4 40. Rf5# 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Mierins, Emils Janis"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 g6 15. g4 h5
16. N3h2 Nb7 17. Ng3 h4 18. Ngf1 Nc5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bf8 21. Nd2 Bb7 22.
Qf3 Nfd7 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Nhf3 Bh6 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Nf3 g5 28.
Rf1 f6 29. Ne1 Rf8 30. Ng2 Rf7 31. Ne3 Bf8 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Qf5 Bc8 34. Qg6+ Rg7
35. Qe8 Re7 36. Qg6+ Rg7 37. Qf5 Rf7 38. Qf3 Nb6 39. a4 Bd7 40. axb5 Bxb5 41.
Nf5 Nc8 42. Ba4 Qb6 43. Bxb5 Qxb5 44. Rf2 a5 45. Qd1 Nb6 46. Qd2 a4 47. Ne3 Bc5
48. Raf1 Kg7 49. Nf5+ Kh7 50. Rf3 Rb7 51. Nxh4 Nd7 52. Nf5 Qxb2 53. Qxb2 Rxb2+
54. Kh1 a3 55. Ra1 a2 56. Rff1 Kg6 57. Rad1 Re2 58. Ra1 Ba3 59. Rfd1 Rc2 60. d6
Kf7 61. Ne3 Rxc3 62. Nd5 Rc2 63. Nc7 Bb4 64. Nb5 c3 65. Rdc1 Re2 66. Nxc3 Bxc3
67. Rxc3 Rb2 68. Rcc1 Ke6 69. Rd1 Nc5 70. Rac1 Nd7 71. Ra1 Nb6 72. Rac1 Kd7 73.
Rc7+ Kd8 74. Rcc1 Nd7 75. Rf1 Ke8 76. Rfd1 Nb6 77. Kg1 Kd7 78. Rc7+ Kd8 79.
Rcc1 Nd7 80. Rf1 Rd2 81. Rfd1 Re2 82. Ra1 Nc5 83. Rac1 Nb3 84. Rc3 a1=Q 85.
Rxa1 Nxa1 86. Rf3 Rxe4 87. Rxf6 Kd7 88. Rg6 Nc2 89. Kf2 Nd4 90. Rxg5 Kxd6 91.
Rg6+ Kd5 92. h4 Rf4+ 93. Kg2 e4 94. Rg8 e3 95. Rd8+ Ke5 96. Ra8 Rxg4+ 97. Kf1
e2+ 98. Kf2 Rf4+ 99. Ke3 e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Qg3
fxe5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Kd1 Ne7 12. Rb1 Nf5 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. Rb3 Qa1
15. Rd3 Nc6 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Rac8 19. g4 Rxc2 20. Kxc2 Rc8+
21. Kd2 Qxc1+ 22. Ke2 Nh4 23. Rd2 Bb5+ 24. Ke3 Rc3+ 25. Bd3 Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Zvereva, Margarita"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 g5 6. Nf1 d6 7. Ne3 Bg7 8. c3
a6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qc2 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 d5 15.
Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qd3 f5 17. Nec2 f4 18. f3 Qd6 19. b3 Bd7 20. Ba3 Qf6 21. Rfe1
Rfe8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1 Qd6 25. a5 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qe2
Bg6 28. b4 Qc7 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Bxc3 31. Qxd5 Bf6 32. Qe4 Qd7 33. Ncd4
Bxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Bxf5 35. Qe5 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Sethuraman, S."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bf8 11. d4 g6 12. h3 Bg7 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 h6 15. a4
exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Qc1 Rac8 20. d5 h5 21. Bc3 bxa4
22. Nh4 Nh7 23. Nhf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Be5 25. Qh6 f6 26. Re3 Kh8 27. Rg3 Rg8 28.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. f4 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Nh4 Qe7 33. Ng6+ Rxg6
34. Bxg6 Bg8 35. Kh2 d5 36. Rxa4 Qd6 37. Qxh5 d4 38. Qf3 Bb3 39. Ra3 Bd5 40.
Qg3 Bc4 41. cxd4 cxd4 42. Ra4 Bb5 43. Qh4 Qe7 44. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Savicevs, Arsenijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qe4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc5
21. Qb3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Kh8 23. Rxd5 Qf6 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. Qxb7 Rb6 26. Qxa7 Rxb2
27. Rxb2 Qxb2 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3 h5 32. Qa8+ Kh7
33. Qe4+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kh7 35. a4 Qd1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Qa5 38. Kh4 g6 39.
Kh3 Qa7 40. Qd4 Qa5 41. e4 Qg5 42. Qd1 Qf4 43. Qf3 Qc7 44. g3 Qd7+ 45. Kg2 Qxa4
46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. e5 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Qc8+ 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kh4 Qe6 52.
Kg5 Qe7+ 53. Kxg4 Kh7 54. Qd4 Qe6+ 55. Kg3 Kg7 56. Qd6 Qb3+ 57. Kf4 Qc4+ 58.
Ke3 Qc1+ 59. Kd4 Qd2+ 60. Kc5 Qxh2 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qxg6+ Kf8 63. Qd6+ Ke8 64.
Qb8+ Ke7 65. Qc7+ Ke8 66. Qc6+ Ke7 67. Qf6+ Ke8 68. Qf5 Qh6 69. Qc8+ Ke7 70.
Qc7+ Ke8 71. Qd6 Qc1+ 72. Kd5 Qd2+ 73. Kc6 Qc3+ 74. Kb5 Qb3+ 75. Kc5 Qc3+ 76.
Kd5 Qb3+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Kf4 Qh7 79. Qb8+ Kf7 80. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Greicius, Pijus"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bf5 Nfe4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxa2 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Nd4
Be6 21. h4 Red8 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Qd5 24. Qf4 b5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rdc1 a5 27.
Rc7 Rd7 28. Rac1 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 b4 30. Re7 Qd8 31. Rc7 Qf6 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Ra7
Bd5 34. Qg4 Be6 35. Qe4 Bd5 36. Qg4 Be6 37. Qe4 Bd5 38. Qg4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Bb3 a6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. h4 Rfc8 17. h5 g5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bf8 20. Rdc1 Qf6 21. R5c3
Bb4 22. R3c2 Bd6 23. Nd2 Qf5 24. g4 Qh7 25. a4 Rc7 26. Ba2 Rac8 27. Bb1 Qg7 28.
Ne4 Be7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nc5 Ba8 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. b4 Rcc7 34. Qd3
Ra1 35. Qb3 Kh8 36. Ra2 Ra7 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rc2 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Bb7 40. Ra2
Rxa2 41. Qxa2 Qf6 42. Be4 Qd8 43. Bb1 Qf6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Qa7 Qe7 46. Qb8 Qd7
47. Qe5+ f6 48. Qe4 Qd5 49. Qxd5 exd5 50. Kf1 Kf7 51. Ke2 Bc8 52. f3 Ke7 53.
Kd2 Ba6 54. Bd3 Kd7 55. Kc2 Kc7 56. Kb3 Bc8 57. Kb4 Be6 58. Ka5 Bd7 59. Bc2 Bc8
60. Kb4 Be6 61. Kc3 Kb7 62. Bd3 Kc7 63. Kd2 Kb7 64. Ke1 Ka6 65. Kd2 Ka5 66. Bf5
Bxf5 67. gxf5 Ka4 68. e4 dxe4 69. fxe4 g4 70. e5 g3 71. Ke2 g2 72. Kf2 b4 73.
exf6 b3 74. f7 b2 75. f8=Q g1=Q+ 76. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 77. Kf2 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc3+ 79.
Ke4 Qe1+ 80. Kf4 Qf2+ 81. Ke5 Qe3+ 82. Kd6 Qe4 83. Qa8+ Kb5 84. Qb7+ Kc4 85.
Qa6+ Kc3 86. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 87. Ke6 Qe3+ 88. Kf7 Qh3 89. Qg6 Kd4 90. c6 Qh2 91. f6
Qc7+ 92. Kg8 Qd8+ 93. Kh7 Ke5 94. f7 Qe7 95. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2021.08.08"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Samunenkov, Ihor"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rfd1 b5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Be5 Nd5 20. h4 Rcd8 21. h5
Bc8 22. h6 g6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qf3 g5 25. Nd3 Qxh6 26. Bc7 g4 27. Qh1 Qxh1+
28. Kxh1 Rd7 29. Ne5 Bb4 30. Red1 Rde7 31. a3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bd6 33. Rcc1 Bf5
34. Re1 Re6 35. Kg1 b4 36. Nc6 Be4 37. Nxb4 Bxb4 38. axb4 Rh6 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40.
Rc5 Rb6 41. Rg5+ Rg6 42. Re5 Rb6 43. Rxe4 Rxb4 44. Rxg4+ Kf8 45. Re4 Rxb2 46.
d5 Rd2 47. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.07.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 c6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nf4 Re8 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. f3 Nf8 12. e4 b5 13. e5 N6d7 14. Nd3 Ne6 15.
Be3 c5 16. dxc5 d4 17. f4 Ra7 18. f5 dxe3 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. b4 Qc7 21. Qf3 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Bf6 23. Qh5 g6 24. Nxg6 Bxc3 25. Rac1 Bd2 26. Ne5 Re7 27. Be4 Bb7 28.
c6 Qd6 29. Bxh7+ Rxh7 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.07.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c5 Be7 13. b4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Kf1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 g6 19. Qf4 Bg5 20. Qg4 Nf8 21.
f4 Bf6 22. f5 Qd7 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qg3 h6 25. h4 Nh7 26. hxg5 Nxg5 27. Be5 Qe7
28. b5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qf6 30. a4 Kg7 31. Qf4 Rd8 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Ke2 Rd8 34. Kd2
Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rxe4 Rd5 37. Re5 Rd8 38. g3 Kh7 39. Kc3 Kg7 40. Kc4 Kh7
41. g4 b6 42. Qe4 cxb5+ 43. axb5 bxc5 44. dxc5 Rd1 45. Qe3 a6 46. b6 Qc6 47.
Qb3 Qd7 48. Qc2 Qd4+ 49. Kb3 Rd3+ 50. Ka2 Rd2 51. Re2 Rxc2+ 52. Rxc2 Qa4+ 53.
Kb1 Qb4+ 54. Rb2 Qe4+ 55. Ka2 Qa4+ 56. Kb1 Qd1+ 57. Ka2 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.07.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

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
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. e5 Ne8 13. c3 c5 14. cxd4 c4 15.
Bc2 d5 16. Nd2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. h3 Bb7 19. Nf1 Ne4 20. f3 Nd6 21. Ne3 Bh4
22. Re2 Qb6 23. Ng4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Be3 Rff8 26. Ne5 Bc8 27. Bf2 Bxf2+
28. Rxf2 Bf5 29. g4 Be6 30. f4 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. f5 Bf7 33. g5 b4 34. Qg4
Ra7 35. g6 Be8 36. gxh7+ Kxh7 37. f6 gxf6 38. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.07.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3
Ne4 9. a4 e5 10. Bh2 f5 11. a5 a6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qe7 14. b4 Nd8 15. c4
Nf7 16. c5 g5 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Rfc1 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 d5 20. Rc3 e4 21. Ne1 c6 22.
Nc2 Qf6 23. b5 axb5 24. Rca3 Bh6 25. a6 bxa6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 f4 28. Nb4
Re6 29. Qd1 f3 30. g4 Bf8 31. Kh1 h5 32. Qg1 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Nh6 34. Qh5 Nf7 35.
Kg1 Bxc5 36. dxc5 Qc3 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Bg1 Rh6 39. Qg4 Qf1 40. Kh2 Rh4 41. Qg3
g4 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.07.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 c6 6. Be3 Qe7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
O-O 9. d5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Na5 14. Ng3 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Rhd1 Re8 17. Na4 Be6 18. Ne2 Bf8 19. R6d2 Rac8 20. Nec3 Nh5
21. Nb6 Rc6 22. Nd7 Bg7 23. Nc5 Nf4 24. g3 Nd3+ 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Kb1 Bc4 27.
b3 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rxc3 29. Rxd3 Rcc8 30. Rc1 Bf8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Kb2 Bb4 33.
Bd2 a5 34. Bc3 f6 35. f4 Bxc3+ 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. Kxc3 exf4 38. gxf4 h5 39. Kc4
Kf7 40. Kb5 h4 41. Kxa5 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. b4 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.07.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ringoir, Tanguy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Nd4 10. Be3 h6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1 Bg4 13. Nh4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Qd7 15.
Ref1 Be6 16. R4f2 Nec6 17. Nf5 gxf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Nxf5 20. Be4 Nce7
21. g4 Rg8 22. Rxf5 Nxf5 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Bxf5 Qe7 25. Nd5 Qe5 26. d4 Qxd4 27.
Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Ne3 Rae8 29. Kg2 Rxe3 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Bd7 Re2+ 32. Kh1 Be5 33.
Qf5 Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 35. Kf1 Rxa2 36. g5 h5 37. Qf3 Rb2 38. Bf5 Re8 39. Be4
Bd4 40. Qxh5 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.07.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Rae8 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Qd2 c5
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 d6 18. f4 Qh4 19. Kb1 Re7 20. Be4 dxe5 21.
f5 Rd7 22. Qe3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. a4 Qd6 26. Bc2 Bf6 27. Qe4
c6 28. h4 Nd7 29. f3 Kf8 30. Qe1 e4 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. fxe4 Qe5 33. Qe3 Ke7 34.
Qf3 Kd7 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qe3 Kc7 37. Qd3 h6 38. Qe3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. b4 g4
41. b5 g3 42. Qh6 cxb5 43. cxb5 Kb6 44. Qd2 Qd4 45. Qg5 Qf2 46. a5+ Kxb5 47.
Qe5 Qe1+ 48. Kb2 Qb4+ 49. Kc1 Qa3+ 50. Kd2 Qxa5+ 51. Kd1 Qd8+ 52. Ke2 g2 53.
Qg5 Qd4 54. Qxg2 Kb4 55. Qg3 c4 56. Qe1+ Qc3 57. Qb1+ Ka5 58. Qa2+ Kb6 59. Qb1+
Kc7 60. Ba4 a6 61. Bc2 Ng4 62. Qc1 Ne5 63. Qd2 Qf3+ 64. Ke1 Qh1+ 65. Ke2 Qg2+
66. Kd1 Qf1+ 67. Qe1 Qxe1+ 68. Kxe1 Kd6 69. Kd2 Kc5 70. Kc3 Nf3 71. Bd1 Nd4 72.
e5 Nb5+ 73. Kd2 Nd4 74. Kc3 a5 75. e6 Nb5+ 76. Kd2 c3+ 77. Kd3 Kb4 78. e7 Nc7
79. Bc2 Ne8 80. Bd1 Nf6 81. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. Qf3 e5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Rc8 14. O-O-O
Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb2 O-O 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Bf2 Nfd7 19. Bd4 Nb6 20. Ka1 Nd5
21. Rb1 Nc6 22. Bc4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qxe1 24. Rhxe1 Rxc4 25. Rxb7 Bf6 26. Re8+ Kh7
27. Kb2 Bxd4+ 28. Kc1 Bc3 29. g3 Ra4 30. Kd1 Rxa2 31. Ke2 Rxc2+ 32. Kf3 Bd4 33.
g4 Nf6 34. Ree7 d5 35. Re2 Rc3+ 36. Kg2 Nxg4 37. Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Summer GM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 N7f6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bf3 a5 15.
e4 b5 16. Qe2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Rad1 b4 21. Nc6 Qc7
22. Rfe1 Bxg3 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. hxg3 Rd8 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Rc1 Rd6 27. Nf5 Rb6
28. d6 Qd8 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Ne7 Ba4 31. Nf5 Bd7 32. Ne7 Ba4 33. Rxc5 Qxd6 34.
Qxd6 Rxd6 35. Rb1 Rd2 36. Nd5 Nd7 37. Ra5 Rxa2 38. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nb5 Bg4 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nb3 Qc4 18. Qe1 h6 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. f3
Qb6 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Nd4 g6 23. b3 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. Rc3 Re7 27.
g3 Rc7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Qc1 Ne8 30. a4 Kg8 31. Rc5 Qd6 32. b4 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Qc7
34. Qb2 Qxc5 35. Qxb7 Qc4 36. h4 h5 37. Kg2 Qa2+ 38. Kg1 Qa1+ 39. Kf2 Qa2+ 40.
Ke1 Qa1+ 41. Kd2 Qa2+ 42. Nc2 Qxa4 43. Qxd5 Nf6 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Nd4 Qd7 46.
Qa5 Qh3 47. Qg5 Nh7 48. Qe5+ Nf6 49. Kc3 Qd7 50. e4 Qc8+ 51. Kb4 Qc1 52. Ka5
Qa3+ 53. Kb6 a5 54. g4 hxg4 55. fxg4 Qb4+ 56. Ka6 Qc4+ 57. Ka7 1-0

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kleinman, Michael"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bh6 Bg7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Kg8 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Qe3 d6
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rae1 Re8 17. f4 Bxb3 18. axb3 f5 19. Qd3 Qf6 20. b4 fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Qf5 22. Qd5+ Kg7 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Ng5 Rac8 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. Ng5+ Kg6 27.
Kf2 h6 28. Nf3 Re4 29. g3 Rce8 30. Nd2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Ne7 33. Ke2
Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Nb3 b6 36. Nd4+ Kd7 37. Nc2 c5 38. bxc5 dxc5 39. Ne3 Ke6
40. h3 h5 41. c4 Nc6 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 h4 44. Ke4 Nd4 45. g5 h3 46. f5+ Kf7
47. Ng4 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. g6+ Kg7 50. Kf4 b4 51. Kg5 Nxf5 52. Kxf5 c4 53.
Ke4 c3 54. bxc3 bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chen, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. e4 Nc6 8. d4
Bg7 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. a4 c6 12. a5 Nd7 13. Qc4 Bg7 14. dxc6 Ne5 15.
cxb7 Bxb7 16. Qa4+ Bc6 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5+ Qd7 19. Ke2 Nc6 20. Rd1 Nd4+ 21.
Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nb5 Bg7 24. Be3 a6 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Na7+ Rxa7 27.
Bxa7 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Be3 Bc7 30. Bb6 Bd6 31. Rc1+ Kd7 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. Be3
h5 34. f4 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb2+ 36. Kd3 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Rd1 Ke6 39. Rd5 f5 40.
Kf3 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellissimo, Joseph"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. Nc3 f5 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. f4 Nf7 16. Bc5 Nd6 17. Re1+ Kf7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kg6 20. Re3 h5
21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rg3+ Kh6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Ree3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qb6 26. Kf2 Re8
27. Qd2 Ba4 28. c3 Bxb3 29. axb3 g5 30. g3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3+
33. Kxe3 d5 34. c4 dxc4 35. bxc4 Bxb2 36. Ke4 Kg7 37. Kd5 Bc1 38. Ke5 Be3 39.
f5 Kf7 40. Ke4 Bg1 41. h3 Kf6 42. Kf4 a5 43. Ke4 a4 0-1

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qh4 Qe2 14. Be3
Nc4 15. Na3 Nxe3 16. Qa4+ Rd7 17. fxe3 Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Nc4 Rc7 20. b3 g6
21. Rad1 Bg7 22. Rd3 O-O 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Kf2 Rfc8 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kf7
27. Rd3 Ke6 28. Kf3 Rc8 29. Ke2 g5 30. h3 h5 31. g3 h4 32. gxh4 gxh4 33. Kf3
Bf6 34. e4 fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Rg8 36. Re3 Rg1 37. Kf4+ Kd5 38. Rd3+ Kc5 39. Rd7 Kc6
40. Rxa7 Rg3 41. Rxa6+ Kb7 42. Re6 Rxh3 43. Ne3 Bxc3 44. Rxe7+ Kb8 45. Nd5 Bd2+
46. Ke5 Rh1 47. Rh7 h3 48. Kd6 h2 49. a4 Rd1 50. Rh8+ Kb7 51. Rh7+ Ka6 52. b4
Bxb4+ 53. Kc6 h1=Q 54. Rxh1 Rxh1 55. Nxb4+ Ka5 56. Nd5 Kxa4 57. Kc5 Rc1+ 58.
Kd4 Rc6 59. Nc3+ Kb3 60. Ne4 Kb4 61. Kd5 Rc2 62. Kd4 Rh2 63. Kd3 Rh8 64. Kd4
Rd8+ 65. Ke5 Rd1 66. Nd6 Kc5 67. Ne4+ Kc6 68. Nc3 Rd3 69. Ne4 Rd5+ 70. Kf4 Rd8
71. Ke5 Rd3 72. Nf6 Rd1 73. Ne4 Rd5+ 74. Kf4 Ra5 75. Ke3 Kd5 76. Nc3+ Ke5 77.
Kd3 Ra8 78. Kc4 Rc8+ 79. Kd3 Rd8+ 80. Ke3 Rd4 81. Ne2 Rh4 82. Kd3 Rh3+ 83. Kc4
Re3 84. Nc3 Rf3 85. Nb5 Rf8 86. Nc3 Rc8+ 87. Kd3 Rc7 88. Ne2 Rb7 89. Nc3 Rb4
90. Ne2 Rh4 91. Nc3 Rd4+ 92. Ke3 Rd8 93. Ne2 Rh8 94. Kd3 Rh3+ 95. Kc4 Re3 96.
Nc3 Re1 97. Kd3 Rh1 98. Kc4 Rh3 99. Nb5 Rh4+ 100. Kc5 Rh1 101. Kc4 Rh8 102. Nc3
Rh4+ 103. Kc5 Rd4 104. Nb5 Rd3 105. Kc4 Rd8 106. Nc3 Rh8 107. Kd3 Rh4 108. Ke3
Rh3+ 109. Kd2 Kd4 110. Ne2+ Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. a4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. g4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. f4 Qb6 15.
a5 Qb4 16. Nde2 Bf8 17. b3 Ne6 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Qd3 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Be3 Qc7
22. b4 Bb7 23. Qc4 d5 24. Qb3 Nb6 25. b5 d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Qxf4 28. Rf1
Qc7 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rf6 Rad8 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rxc6 Qb7 33. Rf1 Re7 34. Rxf7+
Rxf7 35. g6+ Kh6 36. Qxf7 Qxc6 37. Be3# 1-0

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qe2
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Ne5 c5 17. Qf3 b5 18. g4 b4 19. Ne2 Qb8 20. g5 Nd5 21. h4
cxd4 22. exd4 Bd6 23. Nc4 Bb5 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Ng3 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. Bf1
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Kf8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Ne2 Ng6 31. h5 Nh4 32. d5 e5 33. d6 Rd8 34.
Rd5 f6 35. Ng3 Kf7 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Ra5 Rxd6 39. Rxa7 h6 40. a4
bxa3 41. bxa3 Ng2 42. Rh7 Nf4+ 43. Ke1 Ra6 44. Rxh6 Rxa3 45. Ne4 Kf5 46. Ng3+
Ke6 47. Ne4 Kf5 48. Ng3+ Ke6 49. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d6 6. Nf3 c4 7. Ba4+ Nxa4 8.
Qxa4+ Nc6 9. exd6 Be6 10. dxe7 Bxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Na3 a6 14. bxc4
Bg4 15. d4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Qd1 Qh4 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qd3 Re6
21. Rae1 Rh6 22. h3 Rd8 23. Re3 Rg6+ 24. Kh1 Qg5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qf3 f4 27. Re2
Ne7 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Rfe1 Nf5 30. Qxf4 Rf8 31. Re8 Qf7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nc2
Rh6 34. Kh2 Rf6 35. Re2 Nd6 36. Qh4 Rf4 37. Qg3 Ne4 38. Qe3 Ng5 39. Ne1 h6 40.
Kg2 Qf5 41. Qd3 Qf7 42. d5 Rf6 43. h4 Nh7 44. Nf3 Qh5 45. Ng1 Nf8 46. Qd4 Ng6
47. d6 Nf4+ 48. Kf1 Nxe2 49. Nxe2 Qe8 50. Ng3 Qd7 51. c5 Rf7 52. Kg2 Qc6+ 53.
Kg1 Qd7 54. Qe4 b6 55. cxb6 Qxd6 56. Qe8+ Rf8 57. Qe3 Rb8 58. Nf5 Qg6+ 59. Ng3
Qxb6 60. Qd2 Rd8 61. Qe2 Qf6 62. Qc4+ Kh8 63. Kg2 Rf8 64. Qe2 Qc6+ 65. Kg1 Qxc3
66. Qxa6 Qe1+ 67. Qf1 Qxf1+ 68. Kxf1 Ra8 69. Kg2 Rxa2 70. Ne4 Kh7 71. Kg3 Kg6
72. Kg4 h5+ 73. Kf4 Ra1 74. Ng3 Rb1 75. Kf3 Rb4 76. Ne4 Rb3+ 77. Kg2 Kf5 78. f3
Kf4 79. Ng5 Rb2+ 80. Kh3 Re2 81. Nh7 Kxf3 82. Nf8 Re1 83. Kh2 Kg4 84. Ng6 Re6
85. Nf8 Rd6 86. Nh7 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rusonik, Max"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 b4 8. Nce2 Nf6
9. g5 Nfd7 10. h5 e5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Qxb4 Nb6 13. d5 a5 14. Qc3 c6 15. Qb3 Ra6
16. hxg6 hxg6 17. f4 cxd5 18. exd5 a4 19. Qd3 a3 20. f5 axb2 21. Rb1 e4 22.
Qxe4 Re8 23. Qh4 gxf5 24. Bd4 Re5 25. g6 Qxh4+ 26. Rxh4 fxg6 27. Rxb2 N8d7 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rb5 Rxa2 30. Nf3 Ba6 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. c4 Nxc4 33. d6 Bxb5 34.
Bd5+ Kg7 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gedajlovic, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. h4 e5 13. Rae1 Nc6 14. h5 Ba6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. d5 Na5 17. Nd2 Qa4 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Nxc4 20. Bf1 Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 Bxf1 22. Rexf1 Qc4 23. Bf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Rae8 25. Qg5 Qxe4 26. R1f4 Re5
27. Qh6 Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qd2+ 29. Kh3 Rh5+ 30. Qxh5 gxh5 31. c4 Kg7 32. Kh4 Qh2+
0-1

[Event "CAN-Zonal qual. Online"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2021.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2021.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 f6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Bf1 Bf5 12. Na3 Be4 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bd2 a5 15.
Bc4 Nf5 16. Qb3 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Americas World Cup QGp5"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carcamo, Matias"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. h3 h6 10. Bb3 Kh7 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Qd2 Qc7 16. Nf3 c4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5 Bf5 21. g4
f6 22. Qh6 Be6 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Qh7 26. Qxe6 Rae8 27. Qb6
cxb3 28. Qxa5 Qxh3 29. Qa4 Re7 30. Qb4 Ref7 31. Be3 Rg8 32. g5 Rh7 33. Qe4 Qh2+
34. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Americas World Cup QGp5"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Carcamo, Matias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
Qh5 Be6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Ne2 O-O-O 11. O-O f5 12. Qf3 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 g6 14. Nf4
Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6 16. a4 g5 17. a5 Qb3 18. Bxg5 Rdg8 19. Qe3 f4 20. Bxf4 Qd5
21. f3 Qh5+ 22. Bh2 Kd8 23. a6 b6 24. Qf4 Ke7 25. Rae1 Rg5 26. Qd6+ Kd8 27.
Qc7+ Ke7 28. f4 Rxg2 29. f5 Rhg8 30. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Americas World Cup QGp5"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Lima, Da"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bxd5 Qa6 16. Qc3+ Kg8 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. h4 Nd7 19. h5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rfd1 e6 23. Kg2 Rfd8 24. f4 Kf8 25. Kf3 Ke7 26. e4 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. f5 e5 30. Bxf7 g5 31. Bc4 Kc7 32. Be2 Kc6 33. b4 b5
34. Ke3 a6 35. a4 Kb6 36. Bd1 Kc6 37. Bb3 Kb6 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Bd5+ Kb6 40. a5+
Kc7 41. Be6 Kb7 42. Ke3 Kc7 43. Kf3 Kb7 44. Bd5+ Kc7 45. Kg2 Kc8 46. Kh3 Kc7
47. Be6 Kb7 48. Bd5+ Kc7 49. Be6 Kb7 50. Bd5+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Americas World Cup QGp5"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lima, Da"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2021.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
a5 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 Nxd3 12. Bxd3 Nc5 13. Be3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 Rf7 17. f3 h5 18. Qd2 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qh4
21. Qd3 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bd2 b6 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. h3 Kh7 26. Qe3 Qf6 27. g3
Qf8 28. Kg2 Bh6 29. Qxh6+ Qxh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke7
34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kc3 c6 36. Kb3 Kc7 37. Ka4 Kb7 38. dxc6+ Kxc6 39. b4 axb4 40.
Kxb4 Kc7 41. Kb5 Kb7 42. a3 Kc7 43. Ka6 Kc6 44. a4 Kc7 45. Ka7 Kc6 46. Kb8 Kc5
47. Kb7 Kxc4 48. Kxb6 d5 49. exd5 e4 50. d6 e3 51. d7 e2 52. d8=Q e1=Q 53. Qg8+
Kb4 54. Qxg6 Kxa4 55. Kc5 Qe5+ 56. Kc4 Qe2+ 57. Kd4 Ka5 58. Qg5+ Kb6 59. Qc5+
Kb7 60. Qe5 Qd1+ 61. Ke4 Qg4+ 62. Kd5 Qd7+ 63. Ke4 Qg4+ 64. Ke3 Kc8 65. Qg5 Qd1
66. Kf4 Kd7 67. Kf5 Ke8 68. Kg6 Kf8 69. Qh6+ Ke7 70. Qxh5 Qd6+ 71. Kh7 Qd3+ 72.
Qg6 Qf3 73. h5 Kf8 74. Qg7+ Ke8 75. g4 Kd8 76. h6 Qe4+ 77. Kh8 Qe3 78. h7 Ke8
79. g5 Qb6 80. g6 Qe6 81. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Hernandez, Crisa"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

 0-1

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.08"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chinchilla, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Qh5 16. c4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. b5 Na5 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Qc7 1-0

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Blackman, Justin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nf3 Ne6 12. O-O a5 13. Rab1 b6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Be2 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Qd1 Nce4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. h3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qa5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Rd8 27.
Bf1 Qe5 28. Bg3 Qg5 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Qf5 31. Be2 h5 32. Bd6 Bxd6 33. Qxd6
g5 34. Bc4 Kg7 35. Qe7 Qg6 36. Qe5 h4 37. Bd5 g4 38. hxg4 Qxg4 39. f3 exf3 40.
Bxf3 Qg3 41. Qxg3+ hxg3 42. Kf1 Nd7 43. Ke2 f5 44. Bd5 Ne5 45. Ba8 Kf6 46. Bb7
Kg5 47. Ba8 Ng4 48. Bb7 Ne5 49. Ba8 Kf6 50. Bb7 Ke7 51. Ba8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Del Castilho, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Qe2+ Be6 8.
dxc3 Qxf6 9. Qb5+ Nd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxc7 Bc5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 Rfe8 14.
O-O Bg4 15. Qg3 Rxe2 16. Qxg4 Ne5 17. Qg3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rb6 20.
b4 Rg6+ 21. Kh1 Bxf2 22. Bf4 h5 23. Rad1 h4 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bb6 26. c4
Bd4 27. c5 h3 28. Rc1 Be5 29. f4 Bc7 30. Rg1 Re6 31. Bc3 Bxf4 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33.
Rg4 Bc7 34. Kg1 Re2 35. b5 Rxh2 36. b6 axb6 37. cxb6 Bd6 38. Bb4 Rxa2 39. Bxd6+
Ke8 40. b7 1-0

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Avila Pavas, Santiago"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qb1 Ng6 12. a3 Rc8 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nh5 15.
Bf2 f5 16. Ndf3 Qe8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Qd1 Nf6 19. Qe2 hxg5 20. Bb5 Nxe5 21. Bxe8
Neg4 22. Bd7 Nxd7 23. hxg5 g6 24. Qb5 Nb8 25. Qa4 Ba6 26. Bg1 Rc4 27. Qd1 Rfc8
28. Qf3 Bf8 29. Qh3 Bg7 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Rh6 Nxh6 32. gxh6 Rg8 33. Bf2 Nd7 34.
hxg7 Nf6 35. Qh4 Rxg7 36. Qg5 Ne4 37. Qd8 Rc2 38. Bh4 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rxg2 40. b4
Bd3 41. Kc1 Nd2 42. Kd1 Nc4 43. Ke1 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Nxe3+ 45. Kg1 Be4 46. Rc1 Rg2+
47. Kh1 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rxc1+ 49. Kf2 Ng4+ 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Ke1 Rh2 52. Be7 Rg8
53. Qd7 Kg7 54. Bg5+ Kh8 55. Qxe6 Rg7 56. Be7 Bf3 57. Kf1 Re2 58. Qc8+ Rg8 59.
Qd7 Ne3+ 60. Kg1 Rg2+ 61. Kh1 Rg3+ 62. Kh2 Nf1# 0-1

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Molina, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 Nce7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. Rc1
h6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Bc3 Rc8 21.
Qa4 a6 22. Rcd1 Nd5 23. Bd2 b5 24. Qa3 Nxd4 25. Bc1 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. f3
Rec7 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Rf1 Ndb4 30. a3 Nxd3+ 31. Rxd3 f6 32. Ng6 Kf7 33. Nf4 g5
34. Ne2 e5 35. Rfd1 b4 36. a4 Kg6 37. g4 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh8 40. Kg3
Rch7 41. R1d2 Rh3+ 42. Kg2 e4 43. Rd7 Ne3+ 44. Kf2 Rxf3+ 45. Kg1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Della Morte, German"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Kh8 8. a5
a6 9. c3 Nh5 10. h3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 f5 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. Bxe4 d5 15.
Bd3 Qe8 16. Nbd2 Qf7 17. Qc2 g5 18. Nh2 Qg7 19. Ndf3 h5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Bd6 22. Re2 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Rae1 f3 25. Re5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 c6 27. Rh5+ Kg8
28. Qd2 Qf6 29. g3 Rf7 30. Rh6 Qe7 31. Bg6 Rg7 32. Nf1 Bd7 33. Qc2 Rf8 34. Bh7+
Rxh7 0-1

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Duran Vega, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ne4 c6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bg4
15. b4 a5 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. bxa5 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nc3 19. Re1 Qxa5 20. Nxd4 exd4 21.
Bxd4 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Qxd2 23. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "World Cup Americas Prelim"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 b5 15.
c5 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qd6 20. Nb3 Bf6 21. g3
Bg5 22. Kg2 h5 23. a4 b4 24. Na2 Rfd8 25. Rf3 c6 26. h4 Bh6 27. Nxb4 cxd5 28.
Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Nc5 dxe4 30. Rf2 e3 31. Re2 Nf5 32. Rae1 Rd4 33. Nbxa6 Rg4 34. b4
Rxg3+ 35. Kh1 Nxh4 36. Rg1 Rh3+ 37. Rh2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxg1 40.
Kxg1 Rf8 41. b5 e2 42. Nd3 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Shevtchenko, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. f4 Qa5 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Be2 e6 13. Bh5 Be7 14. f5 Ne5 15.
Nd4 exf5 16. exf5 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rhe1 Nc4 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Ne4 Bb5 21. Nxb5
Qxb5 22. Qxb5+ axb5 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rb6 Rc7 26. Rxb5 Rd8 27.
Bf3 Rdd7 28. b3 Kf8 29. Kb2 Nxf3 30. gxf3 Rd2 31. Rc1 Rxh2 32. a4 Rf2 33. Rb6
Ke7 34. Re1+ Kf8 35. Rxf6 Rfxc2+ 36. Ka3 R2c6 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Kb4 Kg7 39. a5
Kf6 40. Ka4 Kxf5 41. Re7 Rf6 42. Rxb7 h5 43. Rb8 Rh6 44. Rg8 h4 45. Rg1 h3 46.
b4 Kf4 47. b5 Kxf3 48. a6 Kf2 49. Rh1 h2 50. a7 Rh8 51. Rxh2+ Rxh2 52. a8=Q f5
53. Qb8 Rh4+ 54. Kb3 f4 55. b6 f3 56. b7 Kf1 57. Qg3 f2 58. Qxh4 Ke2 59. b8=Q
f1=Q 60. Qb5+ Kd2 61. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. h4
a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. h5 b5 11. Rg1 b4 12. Nce2 Nde5 13. Nxc6 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarana, A."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6 8. Rg1 g6
9. a4 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nfd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Qd4
Rh3 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qd2 O-O-O 19. Bg4 Rh4 20. Qf2 Rh8 21. f5 Nde5
22. Bxb6 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Qd7 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Qf6 Qxf6 27. gxf6
Ne5 28. Rg2 Bh6+ 29. Kb1 Rf8 30. Rxd6 Rxf6 31. Nd4 Nc4 32. Rxe6 Rf1+ 33. Ka2
Bc1 34. Rexg6 Bxb2 35. Rg8+ Kc7 36. R2g7+ Kb6 37. a5+ Kxa5 38. Nb3+ Kb4 39.
Rxb7+ Kxc3 40. Rg3+ Kxc2 41. Rc7 Be5 42. Rxc4+ Kd1 43. Rc1+ Ke2 44. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Peralta, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Kh1 b5 15.
a3 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Nd4 a5 18. Qe1 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qg3 Nd3 21. Rc2
Nxb2 22. Nf5 Nh5 23. Qg4 g6 24. Rxb2 Nf6 25. Qg5 Rxc3 26. Bd4 Rc5 27. Nxe7+
Qxe7 28. Bxf6 Qe6 29. f5 h6 30. fxe6 hxg5 31. Be7 f5 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. exf5
gxf5 34. Rbf2 f4 35. g3 Ke7 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Rxf4 Kxe6 38. h4 Rc3 39. R1f3
Rc1+ 40. Kh2 d5 41. h5 Ke5 42. h6 Rc6 43. Rh4 Rc8 44. h7 Rh8 45. Rg3 d4 46. Rg8
Rxh7 47. Rxh7 d3 48. Re8+ Kd4 49. Rd7+ Kc3 50. Rc8+ Kd2 51. Rcd8 a4 52. Rxd3+
Kc1 53. Ra3 Kb2 54. Rxa4 Kb3 55. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marra, E."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 h5 4. h4 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nc3 Qd6 13. Na4 Ne5 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O-O 17. Rfe1 Nc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Rhe8
21. Rae1 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Bf3 g6 25. Be3 Nf6 26. Bxb6 axb6
27. Kf1 Kd7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Ke3 Ke5 30. c3 Ne8 31. Be2 Nf6 32. f3 Nd7 33. b4
Nf8 34. Bd3 Ke6 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. g4 Ne6+ 37. Ke3 Nf8 38. g5+ Ke5 39. f4+ Ke6 40.
f5+ gxf5 41. Be2 Ng6 42. Bxh5 Nxh4 43. g6 Kf6 44. Kd4 Nxg6 45. Bf3 Nf4 46. a4
Ke6 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 Kd6 49. c4 Ne6+ 50. Kc3 Nc7 51. cxd5 Na6 52. Kd4 Nc5
53. Be2 Nb3+ 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. d6 f4+ 56. Kf3 Nd4+ 57. Kf2 Kxd6 58. Bf3 Nxf3 59.
Kxf3 Kc5 60. Kxf4 Kb4 61. Ke4 Kxa5 62. Kd3 Kb4 63. Kc2 b6 64. Kb2 b5 65. Kb1
Kb3 66. Kc1 Ka2 67. Kc2 b4 68. Kd3 b3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. O-O a6 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. Be3 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Nb3 Bc6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bb6 Bd8
15. Qd2 Bxb6 16. axb6 Rfd8 17. Rad1 e5 18. Na5 Qe6 19. f3 d5 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
exd5 Qxb6+ 22. Re3 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qa3 24. Rxb7 Qc5 25. Kh1 Nxd5 26. Rd3 Qxc3 27.
Rxc3 Nxc3 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Rd3 Nb5 30. h3 h6 31. Rd7 Rc6 32. Rxf7 Rxc2 33. Qd7
Nd6 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Al Hosani, Omran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. Qh5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15.
f5 Qc4 16. Rad1 b4 17. f6 g6 18. Qh6 Bd8 19. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2021.04.13"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf1 Kh8 15.
Qd2 Rg8 16. h3 Qf8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf2 g6 19. e5 Nh5 20. g4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 dxe5
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxf8 Rgxf8 24. Rcd1 Nc5 25. Bg3 Bf6 26. b4 e4 27. bxc5 Bxc3
28. Re3 Bb4 29. Bd6 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd6 b5 32. Rb6 Bc8 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. h4 h5
9. Nge2 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nec6 11. f4 a6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rae1 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bg7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rf6 Qd8
21. Ref2 Ra7 22. Ne4 Qd4 23. Qg5 a5 24. g4 Rh8 25. Qf4 hxg4 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27.
Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Qc7+ Kh6 30. Kh2 e5 31. Qf7 g3+ 32. Kxg3 Qxd3+ 33.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Bf5 35. Nxc5 Rd8 36. Nb7 Rb8 37. Nd6 Rxb2 38. Nxf5+ gxf5 39.
Rxf5 Rxa2 40. Rxe5 a4 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. Rxc6 Rc2 43. Rc5+ Kh6 44. Kg4 a3 45.
Rc6+ Kh7 46. Kh5 a2 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Ra7 Rxc4 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 c5 14. Na4 Rc8
15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qh5 f5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. g3 Bf7 20. Qe2 Rc6 21. h4
Rfc8 22. Nc3 c4 23. Nd5 Qe8 24. Qd2 Bh5 25. Qd4 Bf8 26. Rd2 cxb3 27. Rxc6 Rxc6
28. axb3 Bf7 29. Qa4 Rd6 30. Qxe8 Bxe8 31. Ba3 Rd7 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Rd4 Bf7
34. Nb4 Rxd4 35. exd4 a5 36. Nc6 Bxb3 37. Nxa5 Bd5 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Ke2 Kf6 40.
Kd2 h6 41. Kc3 g5 42. hxg5+ hxg5 43. Nc4 Bxc4 44. Kxc4 f4 45. gxf4 g4 46. d5 e3
47. Kd3 exf2 48. Ke2 g3 49. Kf1 Kf5 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. d6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bg5 b6 14.
Rad1 Bb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Be2 Bd5 18. a3 Bb3 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. Bd1
Bc4 21. Re1 b5 22. Be2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke1 a6
27. f3 f5 28. Nb3 Bb6 29. Rd2 Rg8 30. g3 f4 31. g4 h5 32. h3 f5 33. gxf5 Be3
34. Rh2 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 e5 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Ke4 Re1 38. Rg2 Bf2+ 39. Kd5 Bg3 40. a4
Kxf5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Nd2 Re3 43. Kc6 Kg5 44. Kxb5 Kh4 45. Rg1 Re2 46. Rd1
Kxh3 47. c4 Be1 48. Ne4 Rxb2+ 49. Kc6 Bg3 50. Kd5 Kg2 51. c5 h4 52. c6 Rb8 53.
Nd6 h3 54. c7 Rf8 55. Ke4 h2 56. c8=Q Rxc8 57. Nxc8 h1=Q 58. Rxh1 Kxh1 59. Ne7
Bh4 60. Ng6 Bg5 61. Nxe5 Kg2 62. Kf5 Be7 63. Kg4 Kf2 64. Nd3+ Ke3 65. Nxf4 Bd6
66. Nh5 Kd4 67. Ng7 Bb8 68. Nf5+ Kd5 69. Kg5 Ke6 70. Nh6 Bc7 71. Ng4 Bb8 72.
Nf2 Bc7 73. Nd3 Bd6 74. Nf4+ Bxf4+ 75. Kxf4 Kf6 76. Ke4 Ke6 77. f4 Kf6 78. f5
Kf7 79. Ke5 Ke7 80. Kf4 Kf6 81. Kg4 Kf7 82. Kg5 Kg7 83. f6+ Kf7 84. Kf5 Kf8 85.
Ke6 Ke8 86. f7+ Kf8 87. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 c6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nh6 7. h4 f6 8. Nbd2
Nf7 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Rd1 e4 14. Ng5 Nfe5 15.
Nc5 Ng4 16. Nce6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Qd6 18. Nxf8 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxf8 20. Qb3 Ne7 21.
Rh3 Qf6 22. Kd2 Qf2+ 23. Kc1 Kh8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Kb1 Nf5 26. Qc2 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2
Bh6 28. Kd2 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Rf2+ 30. Be2 Rxg2 31. Rh1 Rg3 32. Rxh5 Bxe3+ 33. Ke1
Rg5 34. Rxg5 Bxg5 35. Bg4 Bf6 36. Bc8 d4 37. Bxb7 e3 38. cxd4 Bxd4 39. b4 Kg7
40. a4 Kf6 41. b5 Kg5 42. a5 Kf4 43. b6 Bxb6 44. axb6 axb6 45. Bc6 h5 46. Ke2
h4 47. Bd7 Ke4 48. Bc6+ Kd4 49. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Ne4 10. Nf3 Bg6 11. d3 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O-O 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. e4 Qa5 16. a3 h5 17. b4 Qc7 18. g5 Qf4 19. O-O-O Qxf2 20. d4 Kb8 21.
Bd3 Qe3 22. Kb1 Qxg5 23. Nc4 Rc8 24. h4 Qd8 25. d5 e5 26. d6 f6 27. Bf1 Bf7 28.
Bh3 Qe8 29. Rhg1 Be6 30. Bf5 Rg8 31. Bh7 g6 32. Bxg8 Bxg8 33. Rd3 Qe6 34. Rc3
Bf7 35. Bc1 Bxd6 36. Nxd6 Qxd6 37. Be3 Qe6 38. Rd1 Nb6 39. Bxb6 axb6 40. Rcd3
f5 41. Rd6 Qb3+ 42. Qxb3 Bxb3 43. Rg1 Bc4 44. Rgxg6 fxe4 45. Rg7 e3 46. Rdd7
Ba6 47. Rge7 e2 48. Rxe5 Rf8 49. Rde7 Rf4 50. Kc2 Rxh4 51. Kd2 Bc4 52. Re4 Rxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. Na4 cxd5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Nh6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Bf4 f6 14. h4 Na5 15.
Ba2 Nc4 16. Nc5 Nxa3 17. bxa3 e6 18. Qa4 Qe8 19. Qa5 Qc6 20. O-O Nd6 21. Nd2
Nb7 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Qb4 Qb6 26. Nc5 Bxa2 27. Rxa2 e5
28. Be3 Rf7 29. Rb2 Qxb4 30. axb4 f5 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Bd4 Re8 33. Rd2 Rfe7 34.
Bxe5 Rxe5 35. g3 R8e7 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 h6 38. Rd4 Rc7 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Nd3
Re4 41. Rxd5 Rxc3 42. Nf4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nh3 Kf6 45. Rd6+ Re6 46. Rd8 Rc7
47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Rg7 49. Rc8 Rb6 50. Rc4 Re7 51. g4 Re4 52. gxf5+ Kxf5 53.
Rc5+ Re5 54. Rc4 Reb5 55. Kg3 g4 56. Rf4+ Ke5 57. Rxg4 Rxb4 58. Nf4 Kd4 59. Rg7
a5 60. Rd7+ Kc4 61. Nd5 Rb3+ 62. Kf4 Rb7 63. Ne3+ Kc3 64. Nd1+ Kc2 65. Ne3+ Kb1
66. Rd1+ Ka2 67. Ke5 a4 68. Nc4 Rf3 69. Rd2+ Kb1 70. Rd4 Kc1 71. Na5 Rb5+ 72.
Ke4 Ra3 73. Nc6 Rc3 74. Nb4 Kb1 75. Nd5 Rcc5 76. Ne3 a3 77. Nc4 Ka2 78. f4 Kb3
79. Nd6 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 Bb6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Ne4 f5 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nf3 Qf6 15.
Ba3 Rfe8 16. c4 Bf7 17. Qh3 g5 18. g4 e4 19. dxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 e3
22. Bc5 exd2 23. Bxf2 Bxc4 24. Bg1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qe6 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. c4 Kh7
28. Qb3 Qe2 29. c5 Re7 30. h3 Nd4 31. Qb1+ Kg7 32. Qa1 Qxd1 33. Qxd1 Re1 34.
Qxd2 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nc7 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd6 exd6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 dxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qe7 14.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Qb6 9. Ne2 f6 10. g4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Na6 12. Bg2 Rf8 13. Qc3 e6 14. Be3 c5 15.
dxc5 Qc7 16. Nd4 Qxe5 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Kb1 Rxc5 19. Qb3 Nc7 20. Rhe1 Nf7 21.
Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bxc5 Be5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qf6 26. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.11.10"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Amorim, Daniel Madson"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Na5 14. Bxg7 Nxc4
15. Qh6 Rfd8 16. e5 Qc6 17. f3 Ne3 18. Ng3 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rxd4 21.
e6 f6 22. h3 Qxe6 23. h4 Qf7 24. Qe3 Rxh4 25. Bh6 Rc8 26. Re1 Rhc4 27. Bf4 e5
28. Bh6 Rc3 29. Qe2 Rc2 30. Bd2 Qxa2 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Rxd2 33. Qf3 Rcc2
34. Qxf6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Rcf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.11.10"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Prydun, Andriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. c3 g6 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 Qe4+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kc2 h5 17. h4 Bg7 18. Bf3 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Bf5+ 20. Kb3 e6
21. c4 Bg4 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Kc3 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 f5+ 26. Kc2 e5 27.
f3 gxf3 28. gxf3 e4 29. f4 a5 30. a3 a4 31. Rg1 Bf8 32. Be1 Re6 33. Bb4 Kc7 34.
Rd1 Be7 35. Ba5+ Kc6 36. Bd8 Bxc5 37. Bg5 Bb6 38. Rd5 e3 39. Kd1 e2+ 40. Ke1
Bf2+ 41. Kxf2 e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.11.10"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kopylov, M."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nb3 b5 10. cxb5 e4 11. Nfd4 Nexd5 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Bg5 Bc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Rc1 a6 16. Rxc5 axb5 17. Rxd5 Qxc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxb5 Rxa2 20. Qc2 Ba6
21. Rb4 e3 22. fxe3 Qe5 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Bxe2 25. Rf2 c5 26. Rb1 Rd8 27.
Be4 g6 28. Kg2 f5 29. Bf3 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rc2 33.
Rb3 c4 34. Ra3 Kg7 35. h4 h6 36. e4 fxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Rg2 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. Kf4 Rd3
40. Ra7+ Kf8 41. Ra3 Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ra3 Rd5 44. g4 Rd3 45. h5 gxh5 46.
gxh5 Ke7 47. Kf5 Kd6 48. Kg6 Rg3+ 49. Kxh6 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.11.10"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gulkov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Rxb7 Bxb7 14. Bxb7
Nc6 15. Qd7 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxa8 Qxg5 18. Qxa7 Qd2 19. Be4 e6 20. a4 Bd4
21. Qb7 Qf4 22. g3 Qe5 23. Bd3 Rb8 24. Qc6 Bc5 25. a5 Qd4 26. a6 Kg7 27. h4 h5
28. Kg2 Rb2 29. Qe4 Qxe4+ 30. Bxe4 Ra2 31. Bd3 f5 32. Rb1 e5 33. Rb7+ Kf6 34.
Bc4 e4 35. Bxa2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.11.10"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.11.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bb3 Rf8 7. O-O d6 8.
c3 h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nh7 13. g4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4+
15. Kh1 Qh3+ 16. Nh2 h5 17. Ndf3 Kd7 18. Rg1 g5 19. Bxg5 Bxf2 20. Rg2 Bb6 21.
Qe2 Rae8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Ng5 Qh4 25. Qf2 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 Ng4 27.
Nxg4 hxg4 28. Raf1 Rh8+ 29. Kg2 Nd8 30. Nf7 Nxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kc8 32. Rg7 Kb8 33.
Rff7 g3 34. Rxc7 Ref8 35. Rxb7+ Kc8 36. Be6+ Kd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.10.27"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Trichkov, V."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e3
Nb6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. e4 c6 14. f4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Be6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bd4 b6 18. Rfd1 c5 19. Bf6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Ne3 21.
Rd2 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 Kf8 23. a3 Ke8 24. Kf3 b5 25. g4 a5 26. f5 Bd7 27. Rd5 Rc8
28. Re5+ Kf8 29. Be7+ Kg7 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 f6 32. Bd4 Kf7 33. h4 Bc6 34.
Kf4 h6 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. h5+ Kf7 37. Bb6 a4 38. Be3 Bd7 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Bd4
Kf7 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. e5 fxe5+ 44. Bxe5 Kg8 45. Bd4 Kh7 46. g5 hxg5+
47. Kxg5 Be8 48. h6 Bd7 49. Be3 Be8 50. Kf6 Bg6 51. Ke7 Bd3 52. Kd6 Bc4 53. Kc5
Bf1 54. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.10.27"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rodrigues, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Nb5
Rc8 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxd6 Rd8 14. Rd1
Ne4 15. Ba3 Rxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Kd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. O-O Kc7 19. Nd4 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Nb5+ Kb6 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. Bxd6 Kc6 25. Bf8 g6 26. Kf1 Kd5 27.
Ke2 h5 28. Kd3 b5 29. b3 Nc6 30. f4 Na5 31. Bb4 Nb7 32. c4+ bxc4+ 33. bxc4+ Kc6
34. Kd4 Nd6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 f6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. g5 fxg5 39. fxg5 a5 40.
c5+ Kc6 41. Ke5 Kxc5 42. Kxe6 Kb4 43. Kf6 Ka3 44. Kxg6 Kxa2 45. Kf5 a4 46. g6
a3 47. g7 Kb1 48. g8=Q a2 49. Qb3+ Ka1 50. Qd1+ Kb2 51. Qd2+ Kb1 52. Qb4+ Ka1
53. Qd6 Kb2 54. Qb6+ Ka1 55. Qd4+ Kb1 56. Qb4+ Ka1 57. Qa3 Kb1 58. Qb3+ Ka1 59.
Qd1+ Kb2 60. Qe2+ Kb1 61. Qf1+ Kb2 62. Qg2+ Kb1 63. Ke4 a1=Q 64. Kd3 Qa3+ 65.
Kc4 Qa2+ 66. Qxa2+ Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.10.27"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Obrien, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bd2 b6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. O-O Nd7 14. c4
Bb7 15. d5 e5 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. a4 a5 18. Rb1 g6 19. Ng5 Nc5 20. Be3 h6 21.
Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Ne4 Rhe8 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Rb5 Qc7 25. Qb1 Rd6 26. Rc1 Kb8 27. c5
Rxd5 28. Rxb6 Re6 29. c6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.10.27"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.02"]

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. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qh4 Qe2 14. Be3
Rd1 15. Nd2 Rxd2 16. Bxd2 Qxd2 17. Rad1 Qh6 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. Rd2 f6 20. Rfd1 Kf7
21. Rd8 g6 22. Qb8 a5 23. b3 h5 24. c4 h4 25. h3 g5 26. R1d4 g4 27. Rxg4 Nd7
28. Qa8 Ne5 29. Rf4 Rg8 30. f3 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Qe3 32. Re4 Qc1+ 33. Re1 Qg5 34.
Re2 Nxf3 35. Qxb7 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Qd5+ e6 38. Qb7+ Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kg7 40.
Rc8 Qg5 41. Rc7+ Nf7 42. Qxe6 Kh6 43. Qxf7 Bc5+ 44. Rxc5 Qxg2+ 45. Ke1 Qg1+ 46.
Kd2 Qd4+ 47. Kc2 Qxc5 48. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.10.27"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Be2
Rc8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Qb8 19. h3 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 f5
21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bf4 Qd6 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxa7 Kh8 25. Qd7 Qb4 26. g3 f4 27.
Rc8 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qf5 Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33.
Qh6+ Ke8 34. gxf4 Bd4 35. Qh4 Qe4 36. d6 exd6 37. Bb5+ Kf7 38. Bc4+ d5 39. Qh5+
Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Qd6+
Kg7 46. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday 2020.10.27"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 e5 4. cxd4 exd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
e5 Ne4 9. Re1 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bf6
15. Na3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Qd5 Rcd8 18. Rc5 Nc8 19. Qf3 N8e7 20. Nc4 Ng6 21.
Bg3 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nd6 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Nge5 25. Qd5 Be7 26. f4 Qxd6 27.
fxe5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Re2 29. Rd7 Nxe5 30. Rxb7 Bd6 31. Rxa7 h5 32. h4 Ng4+ 33.
Kh3 Re3 34. Bxf7+ Kh7 35. Ra3 Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Bxg3+ 37. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Top DivD"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Acosta, Pablo Ismael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.08.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. f4 d6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nf3 Ne8
9. O-O Nc7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Qd2 Ned4 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. f5 e6 14. fxg6 fxg6 15.
Bg5 Qe8 16. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Nxd4 18. Qf4 e5 19. Qh4 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Qb5 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bxd6 Qb6 24. Be7 c4 25. Kh1 cxd3 26. d6 Nc6 27. Bh3 d2
28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Bf7 Qb5 30. Qh3 Qe2 31. Bxg6 h6 32. Bf6 Kg8 33. Bxe8 Nd4 34.
Bf7+ Kh7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bb3 Nxb3 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qf7+ Kg5 39. Rf5+ Kg4 40.
Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Top DivD"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.08.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bg2 f5 8. Bd2 Nf6
9. Rb1 Be6 10. b4 Qd7 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qc1 Rb8 13. a4 Ng4 14. O-O O-O 15. Nh2 f4
16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. c5 Bh3 18. Nd5 Bxg2 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Kxg2 Qe6 21. f3 d5 22.
g4 Rbe8 23. Rb4 Kh8 24. Qc2 h5 25. g5 Rf7 26. a5 Kh7 27. c6 b6 28. axb6 axb6
29. Ra1 e4 30. dxe4 Bxa1 31. Qa2 Bg7 32. exd5 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Top DivD"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.08.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Paraguay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAR"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 g6 10. c3 Bg7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. h4 Re8 13. O-O-O e5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. g4 Ne4 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Bc2 Nd6 20. h5 b5 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Qg2 b4 23. f4 Re3 24. Qxd5 bxc3 25. f5 cxb2 26. Nc6 Qe8 27. Ba4 Ne4
28. Kc2 Nc3 29. Qd8 b1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Top DivD"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.08.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 Nf6 6. h3 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O e5 11. Nde2 b4 12. g5 bxc3 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc3 O-O 15.
Qd2 Nc6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Nc8 20. Nc4 Qh4 21. f3 f5
22. Bf2 Qh5 23. Ne3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Bh6 25. Qc2 Rf7 26. Ng4 Bf4 27. Qe2 Qg5 28.
h4 Qe7 29. Rd3 Bc6 30. c4 h5 31. Nh2 Nb6 32. b3 Qc7 33. Rad1 Rbf8 34. Nf1 Nc8
35. Bh3 Qb7 36. Bg2 Rf6 37. Ne3 Bxe4 38. Nd5 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Ne7 40. Qe4 Nxd5 41.
Rxd5 Qd7 42. Qe2 e4 43. Bd4 R6f7 44. Rg1 Qe6 45. Kf1 Be3+ 46. Ke1 Bxg1 47. Bxg1
Rf1+ 48. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Qh3+ 50. Ke1 Qh1 51. Rg5 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Top DivD"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Robson, R."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.08.24"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. e5 e6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Ne7
9. Ne4 Nf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qe2 d5 12. Ng3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxb5+ Nd7 15. Bd3
Nc5 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. c4 Qc7 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Bxf5 Ne6 24. Ng5 Rxg5 25. fxg5 Qxe5 26. Qf2 Bd6 27. g3 Rc7
28. Re1 Re7 29. Bb6 Qg7 30. h4 h6 31. g6 Be5 32. gxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34.
Bg6 Qg7 35. Qf5 Ke7 36. Bxf7 Qxf7 37. Qxd5 Qg6 38. Bc5+ Kf7 39. Qf3+ Kg8 40.
Bf2 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qxa2 42. Qg4+ Kf8 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. Qf5+ Kg7 46.
Qe5+ Kf7 47. Be3 Qc4 48. Bxh6 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Qd3 50. Qe3 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qf5 52. Bf4
Kg6 53. Qd2 Nxf4 54. Qxf4 Qc2+ 55. Kh3 Qxb2 56. Qg5+ Kf7 57. Qd5+ Ke7 58. Qc5+
Kf7 59. Qc4+ Kg7 60. Qxa6 Qf2 61. Qb7+ Kg6 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Kg4 Qd2 64. Qe7+
Kh8 65. Qf6+ Kh7 66. Qf5+ Kh8 67. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hua, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Qd2 Rh8 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. Nxc5 d6 16. Ne4 Rh6 17. b4 Nac6 18. b5 Nd8 19. Kd2 Rb8 20. e3 b6 21. a4 f5
22. Nc3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. f3 Kf7 25. g4 Rg8 26. Rag1 Rg5 27. d4 Nd8 28. a5
Ne6 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Ne4 Rfxh5 31. Nxd6+ Kf8 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. axb6 axb6 34.
dxe5 Rxe5 35. Ra1 Nc5 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 Na4 38. Ne4 Kf7 39. Rb7 Ke6 40. Nf2
Rc5 41. e4 Ng6 42. Ke3 Rxc4 43. f4 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Nxf4 45. Rxb6+ Nxb6 46. Kxc3
Ke5 47. Kb4 Ne6 48. Ka5 Nc4+ 49. Kb4 Nb6 50. Ka5 Nc4+ 51. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Lund, Silas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qf3 g6 11. b3 Ne8 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Ne4 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
f6 15. Bd6 Nxd6 16. Nxd6 Qe7 17. Qg3 Qe5 18. Bc4+ Kg7 19. d4 Qxg3 20. hxg3 b5
21. Bd3 Ba6 22. Re1 Rf7 23. a4 Kf8 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. f3 Re8 26. Ra1 Re6 27. Kf2
f5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. d5 Rb6 30. Ke3 d6 31. Kd4 Kf6 32. f4 h5 33. c4 bxc4 34.
bxc4 Ke7 35. Kc3 Bb7 36. Rxa7 Kd8 37. Bc2 Kc8 38. Ra1 Kc7 39. Re1 Ra6 40. Re7+
1-0

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Clyde, Jordan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O Qc7
15. Bb1 d6 16. b3 Bc6 17. b4 Qb8 18. a3 Nc7 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Ne2 Rfe8
22. Rfd1 Rcd8 23. Qe1 Rf8 24. Ba2 Kh8 25. Rd2 Qb7 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Qb3 Ng5 28.
Rcd1 f5 29. h4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 fxe4 31. Bg5 Bf6 32. fxe4 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Bxe4 34.
Ng3 Qxg5 35. Rg2 Bf3 36. Rd3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhou, Liran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8. d3
a5 9. a3 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nd4 15.
Bg2 c6 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. b5 Rc8 20. Be3 Rf8 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Rb7 Rc7 23. Rfb1 Nf6 24. Qa2 Qd7 25. Qa6 Qc8 26. Qa7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Ne8
28. Rb8 Qe6 29. Bxc6 Nf6 30. Rb7 Rf7 31. Qb8+ Rf8 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bh6+ Kxh6
34. Qxf8+ Kg5 35. Kg2 Qf5 36. Bf3 Qe6 37. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Be6
8. Nd4 Qd7 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bb5 d5 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Qxc6
14. Qxf7 Bf6 15. Qh5 Qc4 16. Kb1 Qe4 17. Qh3+ Kb8 18. Rhe1 Qg6 19. Qf3 c6 20.
Qf4+ Ka8 21. g3 Rhe8 22. Qb4 Qe4 23. Qc5 d4 24. cxd4 Rd5 25. Qc4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4
Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. c3 Bf6 29. Kc2 b6 30. Rd1 Re7 31. g4 g6 32. Kd3 Kb7 33.
f4 c5 34. Ke2 Kc6 35. Kf3 a5 36. Rd2 a4 37. c4 Rb7 38. g5 Be7 39. b3 b5 40.
cxb5+ Rxb5 41. bxa4 Ra5 42. h4 Rxa4 43. h5 c4 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bd4 c3 46. Bxc3
Ra3 47. Rc2 Bb4 48. Ke4 Rxc3 49. Rxc3+ Bxc3 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. a4
b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 a6 12. h4 b5 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. a5 Nd7 15. Ng5 h6
16. Nh3 Kh7 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nh2 Nd8 20. Bh3 f5 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22.
Ngf3 Nc6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Bxg4 Bd8 25. Kh1 Bc7 26. c3 Kh7 27. d4 Nxa5 28. Rg1
Nb3 29. Rad1 a5 30. Rg3 Nf8 31. Rdg1 Re7 32. Bh5 Bc6 33. Ng4 Be8 34. Nf6+ gxf6
35. exf6 Bxh5 36. fxe7 Ng6 37. Bxc7 Re8 38. Bd6 Nxe7 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Be5 Bxf3+
41. Kh2 Nc6 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. R1g7# 1-0

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Posthuma, Joshua"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd4 Qe7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qh4 Re8 12. e4 Bg4 13. Rhe1 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Nh5 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Ne2 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Rae8 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Rd2 Kg7 20. Red1
Kf6 21. Kc3 Kg5 22. h4+ Kf6 23. Rg1 Re5 24. Nf1 h5 25. Ne3 b5 26. Ng2 Ne6 27.
Ne1 b4+ 28. Kb2 Rc5 29. Nd3 Rc3 30. f4 c5 31. Rg3 c4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. f3 Rc3
34. f5 gxf5 35. exf5 Kxf5 36. Re2 f6 37. Re4 Rd8 38. Rg2 Rdxd3 39. cxd3 Nc5 40.
Rg1 Nxe4 41. fxe4+ Ke5 42. Rg3 a4 43. Rf3 a3+ 44. Kb1 c5 45. Rf5+ Kd4 46. Rxh5
Kxd3 47. Rf5 Kxe4 48. Rxf6 Rh3 49. Kc2 Rxh4 50. Rf2 Ke3 51. Rg2 Rc4+ 52. Kb1
Rf4 53. Rg3+ Rf3 54. Rg1 c4 55. Rc1 Kd2 56. Rc2+ Kd3 57. Rc1 b3 58. Rd1+ Kc3
59. Rc1+ Kb4 60. Rh1 b2 61. Rg1 Rc3 62. Rd1 Rc1+ 63. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 64. Kxc1 Kc3
65. Kd1 Kb2 66. Kd2 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Migot, Tangi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Na4 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 Nd7 17. b4 b5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 Qd7 20. a4 a6 21. g4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ 25. Kh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakville Invitational"]
[Site "Oskville CAN"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 d6 5. g3 h5 6. h3 g6 7. Bg2 h4 8. g4 Bh6 9.
Nge2 Bxc1 10. Qxc1 g5 11. a3 f6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Rb1 a5 14. a4 Be6 15. f3 Ng6
16. Qd2 Ra6 17. b3 Ke7 18. Kh1 Rb6 19. Rb2 Rb4 20. Rfb1 Qb8 21. Na2 Qa7 22.
Nac3 Rc8 23. Na2 Qb6 24. Nac3 Kf7 25. Kh2 Ra8 26. Kh1 Ra6 27. Kh2 Nge7 28. Kh1
Qd8 29. Kh2 Ke8 30. Kh1 Nd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Ne2 Ng6 33. Kh2 Rab6 34. Kh1 Bd7
35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Kh1 Nf8 37. Kh2 Ne6 38. Kh1 Nc5 39. Nc1 Qd8 40. Kh2 Qc7 41. Kh1
Kd8 42. Kg1 Kc8 43. Kh1 Kb8 44. Kg1 Ka7 45. Kh1 Kb8 46. Bf1 Bxa4 47. bxa4 Rxb2
48. Rxb2 Nxa4 49. Ra2 Nc3 50. Ra1 Qc5 51. Be2 Qb4 52. Bd1 Qb2 53. Qxb2 Rxb2 54.
Bb3 a4 55. Bxa4 Nxa4 56. Rxa4 Rb1 57. Kg2 Rxc1 58. Ra2 Rd1 59. Ra3 Kc7 60. Rb3
Rd2+ 61. Kg1 Rc2 62. Rb1 Kc6 63. Kf1 Ra2 64. Rb3 Rd2 65. Kg1 Rc2 66. Rb1 Rc3
67. Rd1 Kc5 68. Kf1 Kb4 69. Ke1 Kb3 70. Rb1+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 Ng4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. d5 Nce5 8. h3
Nf6 9. Be3 c6 10. f4 Ned7 11. g4 cxd5 12. exd5 a6 13. Nge2 b5 14. Bg2 Nb6 15.
Bd4 Nc4 16. Qc1 O-O 17. b3 Nb6 18. a4 Bb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Bxd5 21. Rxa8
Bxa8 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. O-O Rc8 24. c4 Nbd7 25. Qe3 Nc5 26. Ng3 Qb7 27. Ra1 Ne6
28. Ra7 Qc6 29. Rxe7 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Qc5 31. Nf3 Nd7 32. Kf2 Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Bb2
34. Ne2 Nc5 35. b4 Na4 36. Nd2 Nb6 37. Rb3 Bg7 38. Ke3 Ra8 39. Nc3 Kf8 40. Nd5
Rb8 41. Nxb6 Rxb6 42. Ne4 Ke7 43. b5 Rb7 44. Ra3 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Nc3 Bxc3
47. Rxc3 Ra7 48. Rb3 Kd7 49. Kd4 Ra1 50. Rg3 Rf1 51. Rg7+ Ke6 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53.
Kd3 h5 54. b6 Rb1 55. b7 h4 56. Rh7 d5 57. Rh6+ Kd7 58. cxd5 Kc7 59. Kd4 Re1
60. Rh7+ Kb8 61. Kc5 Re3 62. d6 Rd3 63. d7 Rd1 64. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O
Nb6 9. Bd3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Be7 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Ne4 Nxe5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Bg5 Qxb2 18. Rad1 Qxa2 19. Re3 Nd5 20. Rf3 Nf6
21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bxf6 Qb3 23. Qc5 Qxd1+ 24. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Be4 Qd8 12. c3 Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qa6 Rdb8 21.
Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc5 Rb2 25. Rd1 Rxa2 26. Rd7 Ra4 27.
Nd2 Rxf4 28. Rc7 Bxe5 29. Rxc6 Bxc3 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rd8 e6 32. Bxa7 Ra4 33.
Bc5 g5 34. Kf2 g4 35. Ke3 f5 36. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Ra3+ 38. Rd3 Ra1 39. Rd7+
Kg6 40. Re7 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Re5 42. Nc4 Rc5 43. Rxe6+ Kf7 44. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. Be3 Na5 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Rfe8 15. Re5 Rxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. exf6 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Re1 h6 20. Re3
Rd1+ 21. Kg2 c6 22. h4 Rd5 23. Kg3 c5 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Re7 gxf6 26. Rxf7+ Kg6
27. Rc7 h5 28. Be3 b6 29. Ra7 Nc4 30. Rxa6 Rd3 31. Bf4 Rxc3 32. Bc7 Rd3 33. a4
Rb3 34. Bd8 Kf7 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. Re7+ Kd5 37. Rh7 Ne5 38. Rxh5 c4 39. Kg2 Ke6
40. Rh6 Nd7 41. Rh7 c3 42. Re7+ Kd6 43. Re1 c2 44. Be7+ Kd5 45. Rc1 Rc3 46. h5
Kc4 47. h6 Kb3 48. Bd6 Ne5 49. h7 Rc8 50. Be7 Kb2 51. Rxc2+ Kxc2 52. Bxf6 Nf7
53. Kg3 Ra8 54. f4 Kd3 55. Kg4 Ke4 56. f3+ Ke3 57. Kf5 Kxf3 58. Kg6 Ra7 59. f5
Ke4 60. h8=Q Nxh8+ 61. Bxh8 Kd5 62. f6 Ke6 63. Bg7 Rf7 64. Kg5 Rd7 65. Kg6 Rd1
66. Bh6 Rf1 67. Bg5 Rg1 68. Kh5 Rg3 69. Kg6 Rf3 70. Kg7 Rg3 71. Kg6 Rg2 72. Kh5
Rf2 73. Be3 Rh2+ 74. Kg6 Rg2+ 75. Kh5 Kxf6 76. Bxb6 Kf5 77. Kh4 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Nfd7 14. Be3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qf6 16. Qe1 e5 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. g3 Ndc5 19. f3 Rf7 20. Kg2 Kf8 21. Rf2
Ke7 22. Qd2 g5 23. Kf1 Raf8 24. Ke1 Qg6 25. Qe2 Qh5 26. Bd1 Rf6 27. Rb1 b6 28.
Rb2 Qh3 29. Bc2 g4 30. fxg4 Rxf2 31. Bxf2 Qxh2 32. Bb1 Na4 33. Rb3 Qh6 34. Kd1
Ng5 35. Bd3 Qh1+ 36. Kc2 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Bc6
15. b4 b6 16. Nd5 a5 17. a3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rdc1 Bb7 21. Nc3
Bc6 22. Bd1 Qg5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Bb3 Re6 25. Qb2 Ra7 26. Nc3 Re5 27. Nd5 Re6 28.
Rd1 Qf8 29. Rac1 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Kg1 Re8 32. Kf2 axb4 33. axb4 Rea8 34.
Ke1 Ra3 35. Rb1 R8a7 36. Nc3 Ne5 37. Kd2 g5 38. Kc2 f6 39. Kb2 Ra8 40. Nb5 Bxb5
41. cxb5 R3a7 42. Bd5 Re8 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Rxa1 Re7 45. Kc3 h5 46. Kd4 h4 47.
Ra3 Kg6 48. g3 hxg3 49. hxg3 f5 50. exf5+ Kxf5 51. Ra8 Kf6 52. Rf8+ Kg7 53. Rf5
Kh6 54. Be4 g4 55. f4 Nf3+ 56. Kd5 Nd2 57. Bd3 Re3 58. Kd4 Re7 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60.
Rg6+ Kf7 61. Rxg4 Nf3+ 62. Kd5 Re3 63. Bg6+ Kf6 64. Bh5 Nd2 65. Rg6+ Ke7 66.
Rg7+ Kd8 67. g4 Rd3+ 68. Kc6 Rc3+ 69. Kb7 Ne4 70. Rg8+ Kd7 71. Be8+ Ke6 72. Bc6
Nf6 73. Rg7 d5 74. Rxc7 d4 75. g5 Nd5 76. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ringoir, Tanguy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Qe6 9. Nd2 Nb4 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. c4 d5 12. a3 Bxc4 13. Qd1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Na6
15. b4 Be7 16. Bg5 c5 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Kxe7 19. Ng5 Qb6 20. e6 c6 21.
Nxf7 Rhf8 22. Qc2 cxb4 23. Re1 Nc5 24. axb4 Ne4 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rf3 Qxb4 27. Re2
Rab8 28. Qxc6 Qb1+ 29. Re1 Qb5+ 30. Qxb5 Rxb5 31. Kg1 Rc8 32. Rf4 Rbc5 33. f3
Rc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kh2 Nc5 36. Ne5 Kxe6 37. Ng6 a5 38. Rd4 Rc4 39. Rd2 Nb3
40. Rd3 Nc5 41. Re3+ Kf6 42. h5 d4 43. Re8 d3 44. Rc8 a4 45. Rc6+ Ne6 46. Rxc4
d2 47. Rxa4 d1=Q 48. Re4 Qd6+ 49. f4 Qd1 50. Kg3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Winter GM"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qf3
Bd7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g4 Nb4 11. Bd3 Bc6 12. g5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 d5 14. O-O-O dxe4
15. Qf2 Nd5 16. Nxe4 O-O-O 17. Rhf1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Be7 19. Rde1 Kb8 20. Kb1 Bb5
21. Rg1 Bb4 22. Rc1 Bc4 23. a3 Be7 24. Ned2 Rd5 25. Qc3 Bxb3 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.
cxb3+ Kb8 28. Nc4 Rf5 29. Rgf1 Rd8 30. Ne3 Rb5 31. b4 Rd3 32. Rc3 Rd4 33. Rc4
Rd3 34. Re4 Rd2 35. h4 g6 36. Rd1 Rbd5 37. Kc1 Rxd1+ 38. Nxd1 Rd7 39. Ne3 Bd8
40. Kc2 Bb6 41. Nc4 Bf2 42. Ne5 Rc7+ 43. Kd2 Bxh4 44. Rd4 Kc8 45. Nc4 Re7 46.
b5 axb5 47. Nd6+ Kc7 48. Nxb5+ Kc6 49. Na7+ Kc7 50. Rc4+ Kb8 51. Nb5 e5 52. Re4
Rd7+ 53. Ke2 Rd5 54. Nc3 Rc5 55. fxe5 Bxg5 56. Kd3 Rc6 57. b4 h5 58. b5 Re6 59.
Ne2 h4 60. Nd4 Re8 61. Nf3 Bd8 62. Rd4 h3 63. Ke4 Bc7 64. Rd7 Bxe5 65. Rxf7
Bd6+ 66. Kd5 Rf8 67. Rh7 Rxf3 68. Kxd6 Ka7 69. a4 Kb6 70. Kd7 g5 71. Rh6+ Ka5
72. Kc7 Rf7+ 73. Kd6 g4 74. Ke6 Rf2 75. Rh7 h2 0-1

[Event "Ivy League Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "McNamara, Tanner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[WhiteTeam "Toronto A"]
[BlackTeam "Toronto B"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d5 9. f4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qh4+ 14. Bf2
Qxf4 15. Nc3 O-O 16. O-O c6 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. Qb4 b6 20. Rf2 a5 21.
Qd6 Be6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bh4 f6 25. exd5 Ng6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Rxe6 b5 28. d6 b4 29. Nd5 Ra6 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Re1 Kg7 32. Rc1 Ne5 33. Rc7+
Kg6 34. Ne4 Raxd6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. h3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd3 38. Rfc2 a4 39. Rd7
Nxb2 40. Rxd1 Nxd1 41. Rc4 b3 42. Rxa4 Nc3 43. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Ivy League Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Webster, Dex"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[WhiteTeam "Yale"]
[BlackTeam "Toronto A"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Ng6 7. c3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. d4 d5 10. exd5 e4 11. Ne5 cxd5 12. c4 Bd6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Nxe4 Nxe5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd5 Bd4 18. Be3 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Be6 20. Qxb7 c3 21.
Bc2 Bxa2 22. Qe4 Qg6 23. Qa4 Bxb1 24. Bxb1 Qh5 25. g4 Qh4 26. Bc5 h5 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. Qxa7 Qxg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 g6 31. Bc2 Rd8 32. Be4 Qg4+ 33. Kf1
Rd1 34. Qa4 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "Ivy League Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Li, Ethan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[WhiteTeam "Princeton"]
[BlackTeam "Toronto A"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 f5 7. d5 Nce7 8. Rb1
Nf6 9. b4 h6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O g5 13. c5 Ng6 14. Ba3 b6 15. Bb5
Bxb5 16. Nxb5 g4 17. Nd2 a6 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bb2 Nh7 20. Ra1 Qh4 21. a4 f4 22.
Qc2 Rf6 23. Nde4 Rf5 24. g3 Qh3 25. f3 gxf3 26. axb5 fxe3 27. bxa6 Ng5 28. Nxg5
hxg5 29. Ne4 g4 30. b5 Raf8 31. a7 f2+ 32. Nxf2 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 exf2+ 34. Qxf2
Rxf2 35. a8=Q+ Kh7 36. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qxb2 38. b6 Qb5+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kh1
Qf3+ 41. Kh2 cxb6 42. cxd6 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Nf4 44. Rg1 Nh3 45. Rg2 Qf1+ 46. Kh2
Ng5 0-1

[Event "Ivy League Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Pinisetti, Prateek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[WhiteTeam "Toronto A"]
[BlackTeam "Harvard"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. a5 Qe7 10. Ra4 Nc5 11. Rh4 Rd8 12. Qe1 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Bg5 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 c6 16. Qc1 Ne6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Be2 b5 19. Rh3 Ndc5 20. f3 Bf6 21. Nd1 Nd4
22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qh6 Ne6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Rxe4 27. Bd3 Rd4
28. Ne3 Bg7 29. Ng2 Qc5 30. Kh1 Qd5 31. Rhf3 Qh5 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. f5 Ng5 34.
f6 Bh6 35. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Ivy League Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Yi, Richard"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[WhiteTeam "MIT"]
[BlackTeam "Toronto A"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Kh8 7. Re1 d6 8. Nbd2
Ng8 9. Nf1 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15.
Bb3 Bf6 16. d4 Rae8 17. Be3 e4 18. Nh2 Na5 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bh4 21. Nhf1 Qf7
22. Qe2 Nf6 23. a4 Nh5 24. Be3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. b3 e3 27. fxe3 Nxe3 28.
Nxe3 Qxg3 29. Rf1 Rf6 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. axb5 Rxe3 33. Qd2 axb5
34. Rf1 Bg5 35. Qa2 Bf4 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qc8 Re2 0-1

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 c5 8. O-O Nh5
9. Ne1 Nf4 10. Bf3 f5 11. Nd3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. g3 f4 15. Bg2
g5 16. f3 h5 17. Rab1 a5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 Qb6 21. Qc2 Bxb5 22.
Rf2 Qa6 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Qd1 a4 25. Nc3 axb3 26. axb3 g4 27. fxg4 Nxg4 28. Rf3
c4 29. Bh3 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Rf6 31. bxc4 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33. gxf4 exf4 34. Rg1
f3 35. Bg5 Qxg1+ 36. Qxg1 f2 37. Qd1 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. Ng5 g6 8. h4
d6 9. a3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 h6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. h5 g5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. g4 Qe6 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. f4 f6 19. O-O-O Rad8 20. Qc2 c5 21. d4 cxd4
22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rhe1 Qf7 25. Rxd4 d5 26. Red1 f5 27. Nc3 fxg4
28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Rxg4 Kh8 30. Rxg5 Qf4+ 31. Qd2 dxc4 32. Qxf4 Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1
Rxf4 34. Ne3 Nc8 35. Rf5 Re4 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Rxc8 Rxe3 38. Rxc4 Rxa3 39. Rc7+
Kh6 40. Kb2 Ra6 41. Rxb7 Kxh5 42. Rg7 Kh6 43. Rg1 Rg6 44. Ra1 a6 45. Kb3 Kg7
46. Rf1 Rg5 47. Ka4 Rb5 48. Rd1 Rb6 49. Rd5 Kf7 50. Ka5 Re6 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52.
Ra7 Kd8 53. Rxa6 Re4 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Rc1 Re8 56. b5 Re6 57. b6 Re2 58. Ka6 Ra2+
59. Kb7 Rd2 60. Kb8 Rb2 61. b7 Ra2 62. Rd1+ Ke6 63. Rd4 Ke5 64. Rd7 Ke6 65. Kc8
Rb2 66. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kaufman, Raymond"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Be2 Nbc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 f4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Qd4+
Kh6 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Qc3 Ne5 17. c5 Rf7 18. Rac1 Qg5 19. f3 c6 20. Nb4 a5 21.
Nd3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Qxc5+ 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 b6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27.
e5 Kg5 28. e6 Re7 29. g3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Rce8 31. Re4 Kf5 32. Rxc6 Rxe6 33. Rxb6
Rxb6 34. Rxe8 Rxb2 35. Rc8 Rc2 36. a4 Ke5 37. Rc7 c4 38. Rxh7 c3 39. Rc7 Kd4
0-1

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qa4+ c6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qc2 f5 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Rb1 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf5 c4 21. Be3 g6
22. Bh3 Be4 23. Qe2 Bxb1 24. Qxc4+ Kg7 25. Rxb1 Qc7 26. Qxc7+ Bxc7 27. Nc6 Bd6
28. Kg2 Bc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Be6 Rfe8 31. Rb7+ Kh8 32. Bb3 Ng4 33. h3 Ne3+ 34.
Kf3 c4 35. Ba4 Nf5 36. g4 Nd6 37. Rc7 Rac8 38. Rd7 Ne4 39. Nxa7 Nxc3 40. Nxc8
Rxc8 41. Bc2 Nxa2 42. Rb7 c3 43. h4 Rc4 44. g5 Rb4 45. Rc7 Kg8 46. h5 Rb6 47.
Be4 Rd6 48. h6 Rd8 49. Bb1 Nb4 50. Rxc3 Rf8 51. Be4 Kh8 52. Rc4 Nd5 53. Bd3 Ne7
54. Kg4 Nd5 55. Rd4 Ne7 56. Rd7 Nc6 57. Be4 Nb4 58. Rb7 Na6 59. f5 Nc5 60.
Rxh7+ Kg8 61. Rg7+ Kh8 62. Bc2 gxf5+ 63. Bxf5 Ne6 64. Re7 Nd4 65. g6 1-0

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Dagur"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Qd3 Nd7
15. b3 Qa5 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Bd2 c5 19. Nd5 Qa3 20. Bg5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd8 Bxc4 22. Bc7 Bd3 23. Qd2 Ba6 24. Bxd6 Nd3 25. e5 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 b6 27. Bc6
Rd8 28. Qg5 Rc8 29. Bd7 h6 30. Qf4 Qxa2 31. e6 fxe6 32. Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Bxc8 Bxc8
34. Be5 Be6 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Qe5+ Kf7 37. Ra1 Qd2 38. Rxa7+ Bd7 39. Ra1 Bxh3
40. Re1 Qd7 41. Qh8 h5 42. Qb8 Qc6 43. Qf4+ Bf5 44. f3 Qf6 45. Qc7+ Kf8 46. Rd1
Qe7 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Qxe7+ Kxe7 49. Rb8 Kd6 50. Rxb6+ Kd5 51. Kf2 Kd4 52. b4
cxb4 53. Rxb4+ Ke5 54. Ke3 Kf6 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Ke3 Bd7 57. Rb7 Be6 58. Rb4 Bd5
59. f4 g4 60. Rb5 Bf7 61. Ke4 Bg6+ 62. f5 Be8 63. Rb8 Bd7 64. Rb6+ Kf7 65. Rh6
Be8 66. Rxh5 Kf6 67. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. Nd5 Qd6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. O-O a6 8.
Bxc6 Qxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxe4 11. Re1 Qd5 12. c4 Qc5 13. Be3 d6 14. Qf3
Qc7 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Re4 b5 18. Rxe7 Kxe7 19. Qxa8 Qb7 20. Qxb7+
Bxb7 21. cxb5 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 Rxh2 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. bxa6 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 Bxa6+ 26.
Kd2 Rh2 27. Ke3 h5 28. b4 Rh3+ 29. f3 Bc4 30. a4 Rh2 31. Ra1 Rb2 32. b5 Kc7 33.
Rh1 Ra2 34. Rxh5 Ra3+ 35. Kf2 Rxa4 36. Rf5 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kf4 Rd3 39.
Ke4 Kb6 40. Rxf6 Kc5 41. Rf5+ d5+ 42. Rxd5+ Bxd5+ 43. Kxd3 Bxf3 44. Nxf3 Kxb5
45. Ke4 f5+ 46. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Giannatos, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb8 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Qf2 Qe7
15. O-O b6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. f5 Qg5 19. h4 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21.
Nxd5 Be6 22. c3 Rfe8 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. a3 Na5 25. Bf1 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nc4 27. b3
Na5 28. Bb5 Re7 29. b4 Nc4 30. Red1 Rec7 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rd7+
Ke6 34. Rxa7 Nxe5 35. Rb7 Rxc3 36. Rxb6+ Kd5 37. a4 Ke4 38. a5 Ng4+ 39. Ke1 Ke3
40. Rc6 Rb3 41. Kd1 Rxb4 42. Rb6 Rb2 43. Bc4 Rd2+ 44. Kc1 Rd4 45. Bb3 Ne5 46.
a6 Nd7 47. Rb5 Rd6 48. Ra5 Nb6 49. a7 Kf3 50. Rxf5+ Kxg3 51. Rxf7 Kxh4 52. Rxg7
Rd8 53. Rxh7+ Kg5 54. Rb7 Ra8 55. Rxb6 Rxa7 56. Kd2 Kf5 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Rb5+
Kf6 59. Kf4 Ra1 60. Rb6+ Ke7 61. Bd5 Re1 62. Be4 Rd1 63. Ke5 Re1 64. Rb7+ Ke8
65. Kd5 Re2 66. Bg6+ Kf8 67. Kd6 Re1 68. Bf5 Re2 69. Be6 Rf2 70. Ke5 Ke8 71.
Rg7 Kf8 72. Rh7 Rf1 73. Rc7 Ke8 74. Bf5 Kd8 75. Rd7+ Ke8 76. Rg7 Kd8 77. Be6
Rd1 78. Bd5 Rf1 79. Kd6 Ke8 80. Rg8+ Rf8 81. Rg2 Rf1 82. Be6 Rd1+ 83. Ke5 Re1+
84. Kf6 Rf1+ 85. Bf5 Kf8 86. Rh2 Rg1 87. Rc2 Re1 88. Rc8+ Re8 89. Rc4 Re1 90.
Rc7 Re2 91. Rf7+ Kg8 92. Rh7 Re1 93. Rh2 Rg1 94. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal Summer Classic"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Yu, Zong Yang"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Ne5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4 13. Bf4 Nc6 14.
Bd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ke8 19. Bxc6+ bxc6
20. Ne5 c5 21. Rc1 f6 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. b3 Ke7 24. Nxc5 e5 25. f3 a5 26. Kf2 h6
27. g4 g6 28. Rc4 Bd7 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 30. Rc5 Ra8 31. Rb5 a4 32. Rb7+ Ke6 33.
Rb6+ Ke7 34. b4 a3 35. Ke3 Rd8 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Ra7 Rd4 38. b5 Rb4 39. Rxa3
Rxb5 40. Ra6+ Ke7 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rg7 g5 43. Ra7 Rb1 44. a4 Rb3+ 45. Kd2 e4
46. fxe4 Ra3 47. Ra5 Kd6 48. Rd5+ Ke6 49. a5 Ra4 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kc4 Ra2 52.
Kb5 Rb2+ 53. Kc6 Rxe2 54. a6 Rxe4 55. Ra5 Rc4+ 56. Kb6 Rb4+ 57. Rb5 Rxg4 58. a7
Ra4 59. Ra5 Rb4+ 60. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

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. h3 O-O 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b5 Na5 14. Ba3 Rc8
15. Rac1 Nc4 16. Bb4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nh5 18. Na4 Qxb5 19. Bxd6 Qxa4 20. Bxe7 Nf4
21. Qf1 Rf7 22. Rxb7 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 Rxf3 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Rbd7 Rf4 26. Qh5 Nb2
27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Bxf8 Nxd1 29. Qg5 g6 30. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3
Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nd2 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qd5
15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Qe4 h6 18. Bd2 c6 19. Be3 Qd5 20. Qb4 e6 21. Bxb6
axb6 22. Qxb6 Qd7 23. Ra4 Rxa4 24. bxa4 Bf8 25. b3 Be7 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Re4 c5
28. Re3 c4 29. Rc3 cxb3 30. cxb3 Rc8 31. Qe3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qd5 33. Qc4 Qxc4 34.
bxc4 Kf8 35. Kg3 Ke8 36. Nd4 Bc5 37. Nb3 Bb4 38. Kf4 b6 39. g4 Kd7 40. f3 Kc6
41. h4 Be1 42. h5 g5+ 43. Ke4 Bc3 44. Nd4+ Kd7 45. Ne2 Bb2 46. f4 gxf4 47. Nxf4
f6 48. Nd3 Bc3 49. exf6 Bxf6 50. c5 bxc5 51. Nxc5+ Kd6 52. Nb3 Bd8 53. a5 Ke7
54. a6 Bb6 55. Nd4 Kf6 56. Nc6 Kg5 57. Kf3 Kh4 58. a7 Bxa7 59. Nxa7 e5 60. Nc6
e4+ 61. Kf4 e3 62. Nd4 Kh3 63. g5 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3 exd5
9. exd5 b6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Bc4 Nf8 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Bh2
Qd7 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne6 Be7 19. Qd3 Nf8 20. Nf4 N8h7 21. Re3 Kh8
22. Rde1 Bf8 23. Re6 Be7 24. R6e3 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. a5 bxa5 27. Ra1 Nc7 28.
Rxa5 Qe7 29. Ra1 Nf6 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Bb3 Nb5 32. Bc4 Nd4 33. Bg3 g5 34. Nfe2
Nxe2+ 35. Bxe2 Nxd5 36. Nxd5 Qxe2 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 38. Ne3 Rd2 39. Nc4 Rxc2 40.
Nxd6 Bd5 41. Rxa6 Bg7 42. Nf5 Rxb2 43. Rxh6+ Bxh6 44. Be5+ Kh7 45. Bxb2 Bf8 46.
Ba3 Kg6 47. g4 Be4 48. Ng3 Bf3 49. Nf5 Kf6 50. Kf1 Ke5 51. Ke1 Be4 52. Ne3 Be7
53. Kd2 Kf4 54. Ke2 Bf3+ 55. Kd3 Bb7 56. Kc4 Ba6+ 57. Kd5 Bb7+ 58. Kc4 Kf3 59.
Nf5 Bf8 60. Bxc5 Ba6+ 61. Kd4 Bxc5+ 62. Kxc5 Bf1 63. Nh6 Bxh3 64. Nxf7 Kxf2 65.
Nxg5 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryant, J."]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Ba2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Be3 a5 12. Ng5 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Qc4 Bb4 18. Red1 Kf7 19. Na2 Be7 20. Rf1 Bd6 21.
Nc3 Qe7 22. Rad1 Bb4 23. Na2 Bd6 24. Nc1 Qc7 25. Nd3 Kg8 26. f3 b6 27. Rd2 Rd7
28. Rfd1 Kf7 29. g4 Rdd8 30. Kg2 c5 31. Bf2 g5 32. h4 h6 33. Bg3 Nd7 34. hxg5
hxg5 35. b3 Qb8 36. Qc3 Bc7 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Rxh8 Rxh8 39. Nb2 Nf8 40. Nc4 Ng6
41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Qd2 Qc8 43. Qd3 Rg8 44. Rh7 Rg7 45. Rh6 Qb8 46. Qd2 Kf7 47.
Kf2 Nf8 48. Rh5 Kf6 49. Kg2 Rg8 50. Kf1 Rg7 51. Rh8 Ke7 52. Qc3 Rf7 53. Bxe5
Qd8 54. Ke2 Qd7 55. Qe3 Nh7 56. Ra8 Qc6 57. Rc8 Kd7 58. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Puckett, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nc6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qc2 h6
15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd5 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd5 Bxd5
21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Qa6 Rc7 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Bd4 Rdd7 27.
h3 Bc5 28. Qa4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Rc6 30. Qb5 Rdc7 31. a4 Kh7 32. a5 bxa5 33. Qxa5
Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. Qc7 Kg6 38. Qc1 Kh7 39. Qb1+ g6
40. Qb4 Kg7 41. Qe7 a5 42. h4 h5 43. Qf6+ Kf8 44. f3 Ke8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qb8
a4 47. Kf4 Rxg2 48. Qb4+ Kd8 49. Qf8+ Kc7 50. Qd6+ Kb7 51. Qb4+ Kc7 52. Qa5+
Kb7 53. Qxa4 Rf2 54. Qd7+ Kb6 55. Qc8 Rxf3+ 56. Kg5 Kb5 57. Kh6 Kb4 58. Kg7 Kb3
59. Kf8 Kb2 60. Ke7 Kb3 61. Kd6 Kb2 62. Qc5 Kb1 63. Kc7 Kb2 64. Kb6 Rb3+ 65.
Ka5 Ra3+ 66. Kb4 Rb3+ 67. Ka4 Rf3 68. Qf8 Kc2 69. Kb4 Kd2 70. Qh6+ Ke2 71. Kc5
Kf2 72. Kd6 Kg3 73. Qg5+ Kh3 74. Kd7 Rf5 75. Qd8 Kg4 76. Ke8 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cezila, Rubens Jr"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 f6 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Bc4 Qd8 13. exf6 exf6 14. O-O Ne7
15. Bf4 c6 16. Rae1 Nd5 17. Bc1 Bf5 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Qf2 Be8 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. Bb3
Bf7 22. Nf3 Rae8 23. h4 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Re8 25. Nd3 b6 26. Kh1 Re4 27. Bd1 Ne7
28. Ne5 Nf5 29. Rxf5 fxe5 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Bf3 Qf5 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. dxe5 Bxe5
34. Qf2 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bd6 36. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 37. cxd4 Bg3 38. Bg5 h6 39. Bd8 Kf7 40.
Kf1 Bf4 41. Ke2 Bc1 42. b3 Ke6 43. Bc7 Kd5 44. Kd3 Bb2 45. Bf4 Bxd4 46. Bxh6
Bf2 47. Bg5 Bg3 48. Ke3 b5 49. Bf6 c5 50. Kf3 Be1 51. g4 Ke6 52. Bg5 a5 53. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Li, Eric M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. g3 a5 7. a3 Bc5 8. Bg2 d6
9. O-O Ne8 10. Nh4 Nd4 11. Kh1 c6 12. Be3 g6 13. Rb1 Ng7 14. b4 Ba7 15. Qd2 f5
16. f4 axb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. b5 Qc7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Ne2 Rfd8
22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Bf6 Rf8 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Qh6 Re8 27. Bxg7 Rxg7
28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Rg6 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Qe4 Rf8 32. Rbf1 Rgf6 33. Qg4+ Kh8
34. Bxc6 Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Qa3 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qf3 Qh6 38. h4 Kg7 39. Bd5 Qg6
40. Be4 Qh6 41. Kg2 Qe6 42. Qh5 h6 43. Kf3 Qf6+ 44. Kg4 Bf2 45. Kh3 Qe6+ 46.
Bf5 Qc6 47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Be4 Qf6 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Bd5 Be3 51. c5 Qe7 52. Qc8+
Kg7 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miyasaka, Marcus"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f4 d6 11. Qe1 h5 12. Bf3 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. f5 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Rd3 Qb7 20. Qa5 d5 21. exd5
e4 22. Rc3+ Kd7 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. d6 Bd8 25. Qb4 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 exf3 27. Rcxf3 Rhe8
28. h3 Qe4 29. Qb3 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rg3 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Oakville CAN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Aniunoh, Chike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. a4 bxc4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qb5 Qb4
15. Rfe1 a6 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Ra4 Qxb2 19. Rxc4 Bxc3 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21.
Bxh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e5 Ra7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Rf5 26. Rg4 Rf6 27. Rge4
Rxe6 28. Rxe6 c4 29. Kf1 c3 30. Ke2 Rc7 31. Kd1 Rc5 32. Kc2 Kf8 33. Rxg6 Rxd5
34. Rg5 Rxg5 35. Nxg5 Nc6 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nc7 Nxa5 38. Kxc3 Nc6 39. Nxa6 Ne5
40. h3 Ng6 41. g3 Ne5 42. Kd4 Nf3+ 43. Ke3 Ng5 44. h4 Nh7 45. g4 Nf6 46. f3 e5
47. Nc7 d5 48. g5 d4+ 49. Kd3 Nd7 50. h5 Nc5+ 51. Kd2 e4 52. g6+ Kf8 53. fxe4
Nxe4+ 54. Kd3 Ng3 55. h6 Nf5 56. Ne6+ Kg8 57. h7+ Kh8 58. Ng5 Nh6 59. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Oakville CAN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zhang, Henry"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. Be4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Re1 c6
15. Qe2 Be6 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. Bc1 Bd5 20. Bd2 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Be3 b5 23. Nd2 Bd5 24. a4 Re7 25. Nb3 Rae8 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Bd2
Bf8 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Rxa7 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bc4 31. Nd3 Qb8 32. Ra1 Bd6 33. g3
Bd5 34. Bd2 Ba8 35. Bf4 Rd8 36. Qe3 Kf7 37. Re1 Qb7 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. d5 Qxd5
40. Qxd5 Bxd5 41. Bxd6 Rxd6 42. Re7+ Kh6 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. Ke4 Kg6 46.
h4 h6 47. Re8 Kh5 48. Kf5 Bxd3+ 49. cxd3 Rxd3 50. Kxf6 Rxg3 51. hxg5 Rf3+ 52.
Kg7 hxg5 53. Re5 Rxc3 54. Rxb5 Rc6 55. Rb1 g4 0-1

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Oakville CAN"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. g4 a6 12. h4 Ne5 13. Be2 b5 14. h5 c5 15. Nc2
b4 16. Nd5 Nexg4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. fxg4 Nxe4 19. Qe1 Qa5 20. Kb1 Rab8 21. Rd3
Ba4 22. Qh4 Nc3+ 23. bxc3 bxc3+ 24. Ka1 Bb3 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Bh6+ Kh8 28. Bg5+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Bh6+ Ke7 33.
Re3+ Kd8 34. Rxe8+ Kc7 35. Rxf7+ Kc6 36. Bf3+ d5 37. Bxd5+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Oakville CAN"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rek, Slava"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. g4 b5 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 c6 14. h4 bxc4 15. h5
Qb6 16. O-O-O Rb7 17. Rh2 cxd5 18. g5 Ne8 19. Nxd5 Qc5 20. Bh3 Nc7 21. Bxc8
Nxd5 22. Bxb7 Nb4 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxb7 25. Rb6 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Nbc5 27. Ne2
Rd8 28. Nc3 Ne1 29. Rc6 Ne6 30. h6+ Kf8 31. Nd5 Nxf3 32. Rf2 Nexg5 33. Rxc4 f5
34. exf5 gxf5 35. Ne3 f4 36. Ng4 e4 37. Kc1 Rd3 38. Nf6 e3 39. Nxh7+ Ke7 40.
Rxf3 Nxf3 41. Rxf4 Nd4 42. Re4+ Kd6 43. Ng5 e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Oakville CAN"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. cxd5
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rb1 d6 12. b3 a6 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b4
Na6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. Rb4 Bxd5 20. Nc6 Bxg2 21. Nxd8
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Raxd8 23. Bb2 d5 24. Rb5 Nce4 25. e3 Rc8 26. Rb7 Nc3 27. Bxc3
Rxc3 28. Nf3 h6 29. Kg2 Rec8 30. Ne5 R3c7 31. Qb3 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Rf8 33. g4 h5
34. g5 Nh7 35. Nf3 Re8 36. Qd7 Re6 37. Qxd5 Nf8 38. Qd8 Re4 39. h3 Rb4 40. Qe7
Rb5 41. h4 Rd5 42. Qb7 Rd8 43. Qe7 Ne6 44. Ng1 Bf8 45. Qb7 Ng7 46. Qb6 Rd6 47.
Qb8 Nf5 48. Nf3 Re6 49. Qa8 Rd6 50. e4 Ng7 51. Ne5 Re6 52. Nd7 Ne8 53. f4 Re7
54. Nxf8 Kxf8 55. Qa3 f5 56. exf5 gxf5 57. Qc5 Ng7 58. g6 Ne8 59. Qxf5+ Kg7 60.
Qxh5 Nf6 61. Qg5 Ra7 62. h5 Ng8 63. Qe5+ Nf6 64. Kh3 Ra6 65. Kh4 Rc6 66. Qe7+
Kh8 67. h6 1-0

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Oakville CAN"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zeng, Sheena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. c4 Bd6
15. Bb1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rfe1 Bd4 18. b3 Qc6 19. Qf1 Ng4 20. Re2 f5 21.
Kh1 Qc5 22. Be1 Be5 23. Red2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Ne3 26. Qg1 Nxg2 27.
Rxg2 Rd8 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Bc2 e5 30. Kg1 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 e4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. b4
Rb8 34. b5 Ke6 35. a4 Kd6 36. a5 Rd8 37. Bc3 Kc7 38. Ke3 g6 39. g4 Re8 40. Bd1
fxg4 41. Bxg4 h5 42. Be2 Kd6 43. Be1 Kd7 44. Bg3 Re6 45. h4 Kc8 46. Bf1 Rf6 47.
Bh3+ Kb7 48. Bg2 Re6 49. Bxe4+ Kc8 50. b6 axb6 51. a6 Re7 52. Kf3 Ra7 53. Bb7+
Rxb7 54. axb7+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.18"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Li, William"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Ng3
h5 9. Be2 h4 10. Nf1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Qf2 b5 15.
Nd2 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nh5 17. O-O Nf4 18. Rfd1 Rxb2 19. Nxb2 Bxc3 20. Bf1 Qg5 21.
Kh1 Nh5 22. Rac1 Qf6 23. Nc4 Bb4 24. Qb2 Bc5 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. e5 Nh5 27. Nd2
Bf5 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Kg7 30. Be2 Nf4 31. Bf3 Rb8 32. exd6 cxd6 33. Rb1
Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Nd3 35. h3 Kf6 36. Rb7 a5 37. a4 Bb4 38. Be2 Nc5 39. e5+ Kxe5 40.
Rxf7 Nxa4 41. Bf3 Nc3 42. Rb7 Bc5 43. Kh2 a4 44. g3 a3 45. Re7+ Kf6 46. Re6+
Kf7 47. Re1 a2 48. Ra1 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Ba3 50. h4 Bb2 51. Rxa2 Nxa2 52. h5 Bc1
53. hxg6+ Kxg6 54. Kf2 Nc3 55. Ke1 Kf5 56. Bh1 Ke5 57. Bg2 Nxd5 58. Bf3 Nc3 59.
Bh1 d5 60. Bxd5 Kxd5 61. Kf2 Ke4 62. Kg3 Bf4+ 63. Kf2 Be5 64. Kg2 Kf4 65. Kf2
Bd4+ 66. Kg2 Kg4 67. Kh2 Be5+ 68. Kg2 Bg3 69. Kg1 Kf3 70. Kh1 Ne4 71. Kg1 Nf2
72. Kf1 Bh2 73. Ke1 Ne4 74. Kf1 Nd2+ 75. Ke1 Ke3 76. Kd1 Kd3 77. Ke1 Bg3+ 78.
Kd1 Nc4 79. Kc1 Bf2 80. Kd1 Nb2+ 81. Kc1 Kc3 82. Kb1 Kb3 83. Ka1 Be3 84. Kb1
Nc4 85. Ka1 Bh6 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rusonik, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3
O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O Nb8 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Nc6 Qe8 15.
Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. e4 Nab8 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Re1 Qf6 21.
Qg4 h5 22. Qxh5 Qxd4 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. Nxd4 Nbd7 26. b4 Ne4 27. f3
Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rff8 29. Rc7 Rad8 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Nc6 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 b4 8. e6 fxe6
9. Ng5 Nb6 10. Ne2 e5 11. Nxh7 Bf5 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. g4 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Qxg4 16. Qxg6+ Kd7 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Rg1 Qc4 19. Qf5+ e6 20. Qf3 Qd5 21.
Qf7+ Ne7 22. Rd1 Qxa2 23. b3 Rh6 24. Qf3 d5 25. Nf7 Bxh2 26. Nxh6 Bxg1 27. Nxg1
Qxc2 28. Ne2 Rc8 29. Rc1 Qg6 30. Ng4 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Nc6 32. Nd3 Qg5 33. Qf7+
Kd6 34. Nf6 Ne7 35. Ne8+ Kd7 36. Nf6+ Kd6 37. Qf8 e5 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Qxb6+ Kf7
40. Nd7 e4 41. N3e5+ Kg7 42. Qe6 Qc1+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qg5+
46. Qg4 Qxg4+ 47. Nxg4 d4 48. Nc5 e3 49. f3 Nf5 50. Kf1 d3 51. Nxd3 Nd4 52. Nc1
Nxf3 53. Nxe3 Nd2+ 54. Ke2 Nxb3 55. Nxb3 a5 56. Nxa5 b3 57. Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yang, Kaiqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. cxd4 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Qb3 Rxe2 14. Rxe2
Bxf3 15. Nb5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxe2 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Nxe2 a5 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Qxe6
fxe6 21. Re1 Kf7 22. a3 Nd5 23. Ne4 h6 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nd3 a4 26. f4 Kf6 27. Kf2
Ra5 28. Re4 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ne7 31. Ke2 Nf5 32. Kd2 Nd6 33. Rd4 Ke7 34.
Ne5 Rd5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Kc3 c5 37. b3 d4+ 38. Kc2 axb3+ 39. Kxb3 Ke6 40. a4
Kd5 41. Nd7 c4+ 42. Kb2 d3 43. Nxb6+ Kd4 44. a5 c3+ 45. Kb3 d2 46. Kc2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Be3 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. h3
Bd7 9. g4 c5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Qc2 b5 12. b3 O-O 13. Nf1 Nexd5 14. exd5 e4 15.
Rd1 exd3 16. Qxd3 c4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qf4 Qa5 20. Qxd6 Ba4 21.
Qb4 Qxb4 22. cxb4 Bxd1 23. Kxd1 Nxd5 24. Bxa7 Rc3 25. N1d2 Ra8 26. Bc5 Rxa2 27.
Re1 Ra1+ 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Rxh3 31. f3 Bc3 32. Be3 Nd5 33.
Kg2 Nxe3+ 34. Kxh3 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nh4 a5 12. a4 Re8 13. Nc4 Bb4 14. c3 Bf8 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Nxg6 hxg5 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Qe3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Bf1
g6 22. Nxe5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd3 Nfxe4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4
Nxa4 28. Rd7 b5 29. Bg2 Rac8 30. Rc1 Re6 31. Rb7 Nb2 32. Rxb5 Nd3 33. Rc3 Nf4
34. Rc4 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Re2 36. Rxg5 Rxf2 37. Kg3 Rxg2+ 38. Kxf4 Rb8 39. Rgc5 Rb2
40. Rxc6 R2xb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
dxc5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Be4 f5 13. Bd5+ Kh8 14. Bb3 Bd7 15.
a3 Nc6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nxc5 Na5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Qb6 21. Bxa5
Qxa5+ 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Bb3 Rad8 24. Qf2 Qa5+ 25. Kf1 Qb5+ 26. Kg1 a5 27. Nd4 Qa6
28. a4 g5 29. Ne6 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Qe2 31. Bc4 Qxc2 32. Rc1 Qxb2 33. Nxg7 Rd2 34.
Qf1 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Re8 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Rd1 Bg4 14. d4
exd4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Nf4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bb2 Nc4 20. cxd4 N6a5
21. d5 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Rad8 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. f5 Re7 25. Rd4 Kg7 26. Rc1 gxf5 27.
Kf2 b5 28. Rb4 a6 29. a4 Nc4 30. axb5 Ne5 31. Rd1 Rb7 32. b6 Rd6 33. Ke3 Rdxb6
34. Rxb6 Rxb6 35. Bf1 Kf8 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. Ra1 Kd6 38. Bxa6 Nf3+ 39. Kc4 Nxh2
40. Bc8 Ng4 41. Re1 Ne5+ 42. Kc3 Rb5 43. Bxf5 Rc5+ 44. Kb3 Rxd5 45. Rf1 Rd2 46.
Rf4 Rg2 47. g4 Rg3+ 48. Kb4 Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Ra3 50. Bc2 Ke6 51. Bf5+ Ke5 52. Rf1
Re3 53. Bd7 Nd4 54. Bf5 Nf3 55. Rd1 Kf4 56. Kd5 Re8 57. Ra1 Rd8+ 58. Kc6 Ne5+
59. Kc7 Rd4 60. Ra6 Nxg4 61. Bd7 f5 62. Ra1 Ne3 63. Kd8 Re4 64. Rg1 f6 65. Bc6
Rc4 66. Bb5 Rb4 67. Bc6 Ke5 68. Kd7 f4 69. Ra1 Rd4+ 70. Ke7 Nd5+ 71. Kf7 f3 72.
Re1+ Kf4 73. Bb5 f5 74. Kg6 Nc3 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Kingston CAN"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 g6 8. Ng5
e6 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. h5 hxg5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
Bxg6 Rf5 16. Nb5 a6 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nd6 Be6 19. Qh5 f4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Rh4
Qxh4 22. Qxh4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Qxf4 Nb4 26. Qg4 Nd3+ 27. Rxd3
cxd3 28. f4 Bxa2 29. f5 Kf8 30. Qh3 Rd8 31. Qe3 Bc4 32. f6 Bh8 33. Qe4 b5 34.
g4 Bxf6 35. Qf4 Ke8 36. exf6 Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qe3+ Kd7 39. Qe7+ Kc8 40. f7
d2+ 41. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 42. Kc3 Rd3+ 43. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Markham op"]
[Site "Markham CAN"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kang, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 d6
9. Qc1 Be6 10. a3 Nd4 11. Rb1 Nb3 12. Qc2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qd7 14. b4 Rb8 15. bxc5
dxc5 16. Nde4 O-O 17. Nxc5 Qc7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. O-O a6 20. Qb3 Nc6 21. Qb6 Qd7
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Kf7 25. Rfb1 Kf6 26. R1b7 Qd4 27. Ne4+
Kf5 28. Rxg7 c5 29. Rf8+ Kg4 30. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Markham op"]
[Site "Markham CAN"]
[Date "2018.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Song, Michael"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nb1 c6 7. c3 Nb5 8. Bg2 Bd7
9. Ne2 Nf6 10. O-O Rc8 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 13. c4 Nc7 14. Nbc3 cxd5 15. cxd5
Nb5 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Rc7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Nb5 Rc4 20. Nxa7 Rb4 21. Qd3 Rcc4
22. b3 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Rac1 Bxh3 25. Nb5 h5 26. Rfe1 Bf5 27. Qd1 Rxb5
28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Bd4 Bf8 30. Ba1 Nc5 31. Re3 Nd3 32. Rc4 Nc5 33. f3 Bh6 34.
Rxe7 Nxb3 35. Rcc7 Nxa1 36. Qxa1 Bg7 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe8 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40.
Rxf7 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxf3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg3+ 43. Kh1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Markham op"]
[Site "Markham CAN"]
[Date "2018.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Nc4
Be6 9. Ne3 h6 10. c4 Nd7 11. Bd2 a5 12. Bc3 Nd4 13. Qd2 a4 14. h4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nc2 c5 18. Rae1 Ne5 19. Nh2 Bf7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Na3 Qd7
22. g4 Ne7 23. g5 h5 24. Bf3 Ng6 25. Bxh5 Nxh4 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. g6+ Nxg6 28.
Qg2 Ne7 29. Nb5 Bf6 30. Nf3 Rg8 31. Ng5+ Bxg5 32. fxg5 Rg6 33. Kf2 Rag8 34. Qh2
R8g7 35. Ke2 Rxg5 36. Kd1 R5g6 37. Kc1 a3 38. Nxa3 Qa4 39. Qh4 Qd7 40. Nb5 Re6
41. Qh5+ Rgg6 42. Rd1 Ke8 43. Qh8+ Rg8 44. Qh7 Rf8 45. Rde1 Kd8 46. Qg7 Re8 47.
Qf7 Nc8 48. Qxd7+ Kxd7 49. Rxe6 Rxe6 50. Rxf5 Re2 51. Rf7+ Ne7 52. Rf6 Re6 53.
Rxe6 Kxe6 54. Kc2 Kd7 55. Na3 Kc6 56. Nb1 d5 57. Nd2 dxc4 58. dxc4 Ng6 59. Nf3
b5 60. Kb3 b4 61. Ka4 Kb6 62. Kb3 Kc6 63. a3 bxa3 64. Kxa3 Kb6 65. b4 Ne7 66.
b5 Nc8 67. Ne5 Nd6 68. Ka4 d3 69. Kb3 Nxb5 70. Nxd3 Nd6 71. Nxc5 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Markham op"]
[Site "Markham CAN"]
[Date "2018.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yang, Kaiqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. Nd2 Re8 10. c4 e5 11. Nc2 d4 12. e3 Nc6 13. exd4 exd4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxd4 c5 16. N4f3 Bb7 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. Re3 Ng4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ f6 23. Kg2 Ne5 24. g4 Rd8 25. Re1 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Markham op"]
[Site "Markham CAN"]
[Date "2018.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gaisinsky, Adam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 f6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 Nc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. Rab1 d6 12. b4 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Ne4 Nf7
15. Ng3 N7h6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nxg3
21. fxg3 Ng4 22. Re1 Bd7 23. h3 Nf6 24. g4 Ra8 25. Qc2 h6 26. Nh4 Ra3 27. Bf5
Qe8 28. Rf1 e4 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Nf5 Qe5 31. Qf2 Kh7 32. Qe2 Nf6 33. b5 Rb3 34.
Qd2 e3 35. Qc2 Qc3 36. Nxe3+ Qxc2 37. Nxc2 Rc3 38. Nd4 Rxc4 39. Ne6 Nxd5 40.
Rf7 Kg6 41. Rf5 Nf6 42. Nd8 b6 43. Kf2 Rc5 44. Rxc5 bxc5 45. Ke3 Nd5+ 46. Kd3
Kf6 47. Nc6 Nf4+ 48. Ke4 Nxg2 49. Na5 Ke6 50. Nb3 Nh4 51. Nd2 d5+ 52. Ke3 Ke5
53. Nb3 c4 54. Nc5 d4+ 55. Ke2 Ng6 56. Na6 Nf4+ 57. Kd2 c3+ 58. Kc2 Nd5 59. Kd3
Kd6 60. Kc2 c6 61. bxc6 Kxc6 62. Nb8+ Kd6 63. Na6 g5 64. Kd3 Nf4+ 65. Kc2 Nxh3
66. Nb4 Nf2 67. Kb3 Nxg4 68. Kc4 c2 69. Nxc2 Ne3+ 70. Nxe3 dxe3 71. Kd3 Ke5 72.
Kxe3 g4 73. Kf2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv. playoff"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.08.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Re1 Nh5 11. b3 Nf4 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. g3 Nh5 14. Nc4 Nb6
15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bb2 c6 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Bc4 Bh3 20. Bf1 Be6 21.
Bc4 Bh3 22. Bf1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv. playoff"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.08.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv. playoff"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.08.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Bf4 b5 14. a3 a5 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qb6 17. Re3 f6 18. Nd3 Be8 19. Rae1 Bf7 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Qg4
Bf8 22. h4 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Nc1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qb2 26. Ne2 Bg6 27. Rxe6 Bf7
28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Re8 30. h5 Re4 31. Qh3 h6 32. Ng3 Re8 33. Qg4 Be6 34. Qg6
Bf7 35. Qd3 Bd6 36. Nf5 Bf8 37. Rb1 Qa3 38. Rb7 Qa8 39. Qb5 Qd8 40. Qa4 Qc8 41.
Qa7 Qxf5 42. Rxf7 Qxh5 43. Rd7 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qh5+ 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Bf4 g5 47. f3
Qh4# 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv. playoff"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2018.08.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5
Ne7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rfe1 Rfd8
15. Rad1 Rd7 16. Bb5 c6 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Be2 c5 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Bd3 Nh5 21. Nc4
Rcd7 22. g3 Kh7 23. a4 Bc6 24. b3 Qe8 25. Be2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nf6
28. Nfd2 h5 29. Bf3 h4 30. Ne3 Bh6 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. c4 Nd7 33. Nf1 hxg3 34. hxg3
Nf8 35. Nfe3 f6 36. Bg4 Qd6 37. Qe2 Kg7 38. Qf3 Bg5 39. Bh3 Ne6 40. Bxe6 Qxe6
41. Qg4 Bd7 42. Qxe6 Bxe6 43. Kg2 f5 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 Bd8 46. Kf3 Kh6 47.
exf5 gxf5 48. Nc3 Kg6 49. Ncd5 Bc8 50. Nc3 Bb7+ 51. Ncd5 Bh4 52. Kg2 Bd8 53.
Kf3 Bc8 54. Nc3 Kh5 55. Ne2 Bb7+ 56. Nd5 Kg6 57. Kg3 Bf6 58. Nec3 Bd4 59. Ne7+
Kf6 60. Ned5+ Ke6 61. Nc7+ Kd7 62. N7d5 Kd6 63. Nb5+ Ke6 64. Ndc7+ Kd7 65. Nd5
a6 66. Nbc3 Kc6 67. Ne7+ Kd7 68. Ned5 Bxd5 69. Nxd5 Kc6 70. Ne7+ Kd7 71. Nxf5
Bc3 72. Ne3 Kc6 73. Nd5 Bd2 74. f5 b5 75. axb5+ axb5 76. f6 bxc4 77. bxc4 Kd6
78. f7 Bh6 79. Kg4 Ke5 80. Kh5 Bf8 81. Kg6 Kd4 82. Nc7 Kxc4 83. Ne6 Bd6 84.
Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Hua, Eugene"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. a4 c4
9. Bxc4 Qb4 10. Nd2 Ng4 11. Qe2 Na6 12. h3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Ra3 Qxc2 15.
O-O Nf6 16. Ra2 Qc3 17. Bb2 Qg3 18. e5 Ne8 19. Ne4 Qh4 20. Ra3 Nac7 21. f5 Bxf5
22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. exd6 fxe4 24. dxe7 Nf6 25. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 26. Rb3 b5 27. axb5
Ncxd5 28. Be5 e3 29. Bxf6 Qf2+ 30. Qxf2 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nxf6 32. Rf3 Ne4+ 33.
Ke3 Nd6 34. Bd3 Rb8 35. Bxh7 Rxb5 36. Bd3 Rb4 37. Rf4 Rxf4 38. Kxf4 a5 39. Ke5
Ke7 40. Kd4 Kf6 41. g4 Kg5 42. Ke5 Ne8 43. Bb5 Ng7 44. h4+ Kxh4 45. Kf6 Kxg4
46. Kxf7 Nf5 47. Ba4 Kf4 48. Ke6 Ke4 49. Bc2+ Kd4 50. Bxf5 a4 51. Kd6 a3 52.
Be6 a2 53. Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Qiao, Cindy"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 e5 11. Ne2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qf6 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Re7 17. Bd1 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Rae8 19. f3 f5 20. Bb3+ Kg7
21. Rc1 Nf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxc7+ R8e7 25. Rfc1 f4 26. Rxe7+ Rxe7
27. Kf2 Nh5 28. Bd5 Rd7 29. Rd1 Kf6 30. Bb3 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Ke5 32. Bc2 Kd4 33.
Be4 b6 34. g4 fxg3+ 35. Kg2 Ke3 36. Bc6 Kf4 37. h4 Ng7 38. Bd7 h5 39. b3 Nf5
40. Bxf5 gxf5 41. a3 a6 42. b4 b5 43. Kh3 Kxf3 44. a4 g2 45. axb5 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Tian, Sherry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. Bc4 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nf3
Be7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Be4 Qa5 17. a4 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. a5 Qb5 20. Bd3 Qd5 21.
Rfd1 Qc6 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Be3 Nc6 24. Bb6 Qc8 25. Qc4 Nb4 26. Qg4 O-O 27. Be3
Nxd3 28. Bxh6 g6 29. Bxf8 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Bxf8 31. Rac1 Qe8 32. Rc7 Bc6 33. Ng5
Rc8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Qh4 Bg7 36. Nxe6 Qxe6 37. Rd8+ Be8 38. Qa4 Qf5+ 39. Kg1
Qb1+ 40. Kf2 Qf5+ 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Liang, Hairan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. d4 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. cxd5 Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Nc3 e5 11. Nb3 Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. h3 Bb4 14. Rc1 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. O-O Ke7 17. Bg5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 h6 19. Bxf6+ gxf6 20. Rd1 h5
21. Nd2 Nc5 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nxb6 Rxb6 25. Rxc5 Rxb2 26. Ra5 Rxe2
27. Rxa6 Ke7 28. a4 Ra2 29. Kg2 f5 30. Kg1 Ra3 31. Kg2 f6 32. Ra7+ Ke6 33. a5
f4 34. gxf4 e4 35. a6 Kf5 36. Ra8 Kxf4 37. a7 f5 38. h4 Ra2 39. Kh3 Ra6 40. Kg2
Rg6+ 41. Kf1 Rg7 42. Rh8 Rxa7 43. Rxh5 Rg7 44. Ke2 Kg4 45. Rh8 Ra7 46. h5 Ra2+
47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 f4 49. h6 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 Kf3 51. Re8 Ra1+ 52. Kd2 Rh1 53.
Re6 Rf1 54. Kc3 Rxf2 55. Kd4 Rd2+ 56. Ke5 Rh2 57. Rf6 Rh5+ 58. Rf5 Rxf5+ 59.
Kxf5 e3 60. h7 e2 61. h8=Q e1=Q 62. Qh5+ Ke3 63. Qe8+ Kd2 64. Qxe1+ Kxe1 65.
Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Constance"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qg4 d6 8. exd6
e5 9. Qg3 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Qd5
15. a4 a6 16. Bf1 Na5 17. Nfd2 Rg8 18. b4 Nac4 19. a5 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nd7 21. b5
Nc5 22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. f4 e4 26. f5+ Bd6 27. Bf4 Bxf5
28. Rad1 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Bxf4 30. Qxf4+ Qe5 31. Qe3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Rb1 g5
34. Bxa6 bxa6 35. c4 Qd4 36. Qb3 Bc8 37. Nd5+ Kd7 38. Rd1 Qe5 39. Nb4+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 f5 8. h3
Ngf6 9. Qc2 e6 10. e4 f4 11. Bh2 e5 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Rhe1 Bd7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. e5 O-O-O 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bb3 Rhe8 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe7 24. Qd2 a5 25. Bd1 Kb8 26. Qe2 Qf7 27. Bb3
Qf6 28. a3 a4 29. Bc2 Nd5 30. Qc4 Nb6 31. Qe2 Bc6 32. Bd3 Bf8 33. f3 Bc5 34.
Nc2 Nd5 35. Be4 Qe5 36. Qd3 Ne7 37. Nd4 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Nc8 39. Nf3 Qe6 40. e5
Be3+ 41. Kb1 Nb6 42. Qd8+ Qc8 43. Qd3 Qe8 44. Kc2 Ka7 45. Qe4 Qb5 46. e6 Qb3+
0-1

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Nasir, Zehn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. c3 d4 15. Nf5
Bc5 16. h4 Kh8 17. Nh2 Qb6 18. c4 Bf8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Nc5 21. h5 Nb3 22.
Rb1 Nxc1 23. Rdxc1 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qd8 25. Bf3 Qf6 26. Be4 Bc5 27. Kg2 Ra6 28.
Rh1 h6 29. Qd2 Bb4 30. Qc1 Be7 31. c5 Bf8 32. Qc4 Qe7 33. Rhc1 Kg8 34. b4 axb4
35. Rxb4 Rea8 36. Qb3 R8a7 37. Rbc4 Qg5 38. Rh1 Ra5 39. Qc2 Qe7 40. Rc1 Qg5 41.
Qb3 Qxh5 42. Rb4 Qg5 43. Rc2 Qe7 44. f6 Qxf6 45. Rxb7 Rxa4 46. Rxa7 Rxa7 47.
Qb6 Ra1 48. Bxc6 Qg6 49. Bf3 Qxd3 50. Qb2 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 d3 52. Rd2 Bxc5 53. Qxe5
Bf8 54. Qe3 g6 55. Rxd3 Ra2 56. Rd2 Rxd2 57. Qxd2 Bc5 58. Bg2 Qxf2 59. Qxf2
Bxf2 60. g4 Kg7 61. Bd5 f6 62. Be4 h5 63. gxh5 g5 64. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 gxf5 14. Bd2
Rfd8 15. Bc3 e6 16. g4 Ne7 17. g5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Kg2 Rd7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21.
Ke2 Kg7 22. a3 Kg6 23. Rh1 Nb6 24. Rag1 Na4 25. Bc1 Be7 26. h4 Nc5 27. h5+ Kg7
28. h6+ Kf8 29. Rd1 Ne4 30. Rxd7 Ng3+ 31. Ke1 Rxd7 32. Rg1 Ne4 33. Ke2 Bc5 34.
Be3 Bxe3 35. Kxe3 Ke7 36. Rh1 c5 37. Rc1 Kd8 38. c4 Kc7 39. Ke2 Rd8 40. Rc2 Kc6
41. Nd2 Ng3+ 42. Ke3 Rd4 43. Nb3 Nf1+ 44. Kf3 Rd3+ 45. Ke2 Rxb3 46. Kxf1 Rf3+
47. Rf2 Rd3 48. Ke1 b5 49. Rd2 bxc4 50. Ke2 Rd4 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Rc2 Rd3+ 53.
Kf2 Kd4 54. Ke2 a5 55. a4 Rh3 56. Rd2+ Ke4 57. Rd7 Kxf4 58. Rxf7 Kxg5 59. Rg7+
Kf4 60. Rxh7 Kxe5 61. Rc7 Rxh6 62. Rxc5+ Kd4 63. Rxa5 Rh2+ 64. Kd1 Rxb2 65. Ra8
e5 66. a5 Ra2 67. a6 Ke4 68. a7 f4 69. Kc1 f3 70. Kb1 Ra4 71. Kb2 Ke3 72. Re8
Rxa7 73. Rxe5+ Kd2 74. Rd5+ Ke1 75. Re5+ Kf1 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch U20 inv."]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhu, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bb3 d5 21. e5 Bc5
22. Qd3 Nh7 23. Rad1 Qb6 24. Re2 Red8 25. Nh5 Bf8 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. Bc2 g6 28.
Nf6 Bg7 29. Qf3 Qb7 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Bxh6 Bxf6 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Bf4 Kg8 34. Be5
Qh4 35. Rd4 Qh5 36. Bd1 Re8 37. Re1 Qg5 38. Bb3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rd8
41. Red3 Rc5 42. h4 a5 43. h5 f6 44. hxg6 fxe5 45. gxh7+ Kh8 46. Rh4 Rd7 47.
Re3 d4 48. Rf3 Rf7 49. Bxe6 Rxf3 50. gxf3 d3 51. Rg4 d2 52. Bf5 Rc8 53. Bxc8
d1=Q 54. Bf5 Qxf3 55. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panchanatham, Vignesh"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. c5 b5 8. cxd6 exd6
9. Qd2 O-O 10. h4 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. h5 d5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. e5 c5 15. Nge2
cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qh4 Nxe5 18. O-O-O Nf7 19. Bf4 Bb7 20. Kb1 b4 21. Ne4
dxe4 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 23. Nc1 exf3 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Rh3 Bg4 26. Re3 Bf5+ 27. Ka1
Ne4 28. Qe1 g5 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Ba5 Rc2 31. Nd3 Nfd6 32. Kb1 Rec8 33. Bxb4 Bxb2
34. Bh3 Bxh3 35. Rxh3 Bc3 36. Bxc3 Re2 37. Bd4 Nd2+ 38. Kb2 N2c4+ 39. Kb3 Nd2+
40. Kb2 N6c4+ 41. Kc2 Ne3+ 42. Kb2 Rb8+ 43. Ka3 Ndc4+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Qe2
a5 9. Re1 a4 10. a3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. Nc4 e5 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Ng4 15. h3
Be6 16. Nfd2 Bf6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bg5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 f5 21. d6 Qxd6
22. Nc4 Qa6 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. Rxc5 b6 25. Rc7 Rfe8 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Qb1 b5 28.
Ne3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qd6 30. Rb7 Rxe3 31. Qa2 Re7 32. Rd1 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Qxg3 34.
Bg2 Kg7 35. c3 Nf3 36. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bc4 Ngf6 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. Ng5 O-O 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. e6 d5 15.
exf7+ Kxf7 16. O-O Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf6 18. Rbe1 e6 19. Nd1 Ng4 20. Qd3 c5 21.
dxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. c4 Bd4 24. cxd5 exd5 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Rf4 Bg7 27.
Bxd5+ Kf8 28. Be4 Qc7 29. Ref1 Kg8 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Ne5 32. Ne3 Rd8 33.
Rh4 Ng6 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qxg6 Bd4 36. Qh6 Bb2 37. Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mathur, Rithwik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 b5 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bf4 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bd6 Re8 15.
Bxc5 Qxb2 16. d4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rab1 Qc3 19. Qxb5 Rf8 20. Bxf8 Bxf2+
21. Kh1 Kxf8 22. Qe2 Bxe1 23. Qxg4 Qe5 24. Qf3+ Kg7 25. Ne3 Bb4 26. a3 Bc5 27.
Ng4 Qf5 28. Qc3+ d4 29. Qd2 Ra7 30. h3 g5 31. Rf1 Qg6 32. Ne5 Qh6 33. Qd3 Ba6
34. c4 dxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxf1 36. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 Qc7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 b6 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Qb1 Ba6 15.
Rd1 Qd7 16. a4 Nb3 17. Ra3 Na5 18. Bc1 Nc4 19. Ra1 Rac8 20. Kh2 Na5 21. Ra3 Rc7
22. b4 Nc4 23. Rb3 Rec8 24. b5 Na5 25. Rb4 Bb7 26. Na2 Rc2 27. Bd2 Nxe4 28.
Nxe5 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd7 Rxf2 31. Rf4 Rb2 32. Qe1 Rxa2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34.
Qxf2 Nc4 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. g4 Ne5 37. g5 Bf8 38. Ne4 Bxd5 39. Nxd6 Ng4+ 40. hxg4
Bxd6+ 41. Kh3 Rc3+ 42. Kh4 Bg3+ 43. Qxg3 Rxg3 44. Kxg3 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Kg7 46.
Kf3 f6 47. Ke4 fxg5 48. Kd5 h5 49. Kc6 hxg4 50. Kb7 g3 51. Kxa7 g2 52. Kxb6
g1=Q+ 53. Ka6 Qf1 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lokander, Martin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.10"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. Ng1 Bxe2 10. Ngxe2 e5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. d5 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bh4 Ndc5 15.
Nc1 Na4 16. Nd3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c5 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Bf2 b5 21. cxb5
Qxb5 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Kf7 24. Rc3 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Qxb4 26. O-O Qxb2 27.
Rc7+ Kf6 28. Rxa7 g5 29. a4 g4 30. a5 gxf3 31. gxf3 Qe2 32. a6 Kg6 33. Rxg7+
Kxg7 34. a7 Qa2 35. Rc1 Qa6 36. Rb1 d5 37. Rb8 Qg6+ 38. Kf1 Qa6+ 39. Kg2 Qg6+
40. Bg3 fxg3 41. hxg3 Qg5 42. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia int."]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessMix"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3
Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Nd4 e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Qc4 Qd7 14. Be3 Kh8
15. Nde2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. b4 Nf6 18. h3 Rae8 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 c6 21. Qd3
Rd8 22. Bxa7 Nh5 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Na4 Bc8 25. Qc4 Qg5 26. Rd3 Rdf7 27. Rg3 Nxg3
28. Nxg3 Bh6 29. Nc3 c5 30. Nce2 Qd2 31. bxc5 Rxf2 32. cxd6 Be3 33. Bxe3 Qxe3
34. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Qb4 Rd8 37. Nc3 Qxd6 38. Nd5 Be6 39. c4 Qxb4 40.
axb4 Kg7 41. Ne2 Bxd5 42. exd5 Rb8 43. b5 axb5 44. c5 Kf7 45. Nc3 b4 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Rb1 a5 8. e3 c5
9. d4 Bf5 10. Ra1 Be6 11. d5 Bc8 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. h3 Na6
16. Be3 Nc7 17. Kh2 h6 18. Nge4 g5 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Qh5 Rf5 21. Qg6 Ne8 22. h4
gxh4 23. Bh3 Rf7 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxh6 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 h3+ 27. Kxh3 Qd7+ 28. Kg2
Kf8 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Bxg7 Nxg7 31. Ng5 Rcf8 32. Nxf7 Rxf7 33. Rh7 Kd8 34. Nb5 e4
35. Nxd6 Re7 36. Rh8+ Ne8 37. Rch1 Ne5 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gladstone, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Qe2 Be7 4. e5 a6 5. h4 c5 6. Qg4 Kf8 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. h5 f5
9. Qg3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nh6 13. Nf3 Nf7 14. Bf4 Qa5+ 15.
Ke2 Qb6 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. b3 Qc7 19. Ng6+ hxg6 20. hxg6 Nh6 21. Rh5
Qc3 22. Rah1 Qb2 23. Bxh6 Rxh6 24. Rxh6 gxh6 25. g7+ Kf7 26. Rxh6 Bg5 27. Qxg5
Rxc2+ 28. Bxc2 Qxc2+ 29. Qd2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qb1+ 31. Qe1 Qxb3 32. Kg1 Qc3 33. Qd1
Kxg7 34. Rh3 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Bd3 dxc5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nd4 15.
Qf2 Rac8 16. f5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Nxe4 20. Qh4 Rxd5 21.
fxg6 bxc4 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Rxf7+ Ke8 24. Qg8+ Kd7 25. Qxg7 Nf5 26. Qh7 Qg3 27.
Bh6 Qf2+ 28. Kh2 Nd2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Rg1 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Qin, Zi Yi (Joey)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bxf4 6. exf4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rfe1 a6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Qe3
Nb4 15. Qh3 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Rfd8 17. Qh4 Qb4 18. Rg3 Ne8 19. a3 Qf8 20. Rh3 h6
21. Ree3 Nd6 22. Qh5 Nf5 23. Rd3 Be8 24. Qg4 Rac8 25. Nxd5 f6 26. Ng6 Bxg6 27.
Qxg6 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Ne7 29. Qg4 exd5 30. Qe2 Qf7 31. g4 Ng6 32. Qd2 Rc4 33. Rf3
Qe6 34. h3 Qe4 35. Re3 0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Falling Leaves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "De Costa, Alex"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. O-O Ng6 6. d4 c6 7. Bc4 Nxe4 8. Re1
d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Rxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bg5+ Be7 14. Bf4
b5 15. Bb3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nc3 Bf5 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Re1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Kf6
21. c4 b4 22. c5 Rhe8 23. Bd6 Be6 24. h3 Bxb3 25. cxb3 a5 26. Kh2 a4 27. Re3
axb3 28. axb3 g5 29. Kg3 Re6 30. Kg4 h5+ 31. Kxh5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Falling Leaves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Picana, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. Ne2
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 cxd4 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Nh5 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Rhe1
Re8 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Be6 18. Nf4 Rad8 19. Red1 Rd7 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rde7 22. f4 g6 23. Rd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rd6 Kh6 26. Kd2 Kh5
27. c4 Kg4 28. Rd4 h5 29. Ke3 h4 30. Kf2 Rc7 31. b3 Re7 32. h3+ Kh5 33. Rd8 Kh6
34. Ke3 f6 35. Kd4 fxe5+ 36. fxe5 Kg5 37. Kd5 Rc7 38. c5 Kf4 39. e6 g5 40. Rd7
Rc8 41. e7 Re8 42. Ke6 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Rd8 Rxe7+ 45. Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Maulucci, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qb6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd3 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 O-O 17. Rhe1 Bd7 18. Ne2 e5 19. fxe5 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 Ngxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bf5 24. Re7 Rac8 25. Nxd5 Rcd8 26. Re5 Bxd3 27.
Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rae1 Bc4 29. R1e3 g6 30. h4 Rd2 31. Rf3 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rd3+ 33.
Re3 Bd5+ 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Ke4 Rd2 36. g3 Kg7 37. Rf3 h5 38. Ke5 Rd1 39. Ke6
Re1+ 40. Kd6 Rc1 41. Kd7 Rc2 42. Rd3 g5 43. Rd6 Rc3 44. Rxa6 Rxg3 45. hxg5 Rxg5
46. Re6 h4 47. Re4 Rh5 48. Re2 h3 49. Rh2 Rd5+ 50. Kc6 Rh5 51. Rh1 Kf6 52. Rf1+
Kg6 53. Ra1 Kf6 54. Rf1+ Kg6 55. Kb6 Kg7 56. Ka6 Kg6 57. Ka5 Kh6 58. Rg1 Rg5
59. Rh1 Rh5 60. Rb1 Rg5 61. Rh1 Rh5 62. Rh2 Kg6 63. Kb6 Kf6 64. Kc6 Kg6 65. Rh1
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Chakkoli, Shiva"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.20"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 e5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 h6 5. h4 Nf6 6. d3 Nh5 7. c3 Be7 8. Nbd2
Ng3 9. Rh2 Nc6 10. d4 O-O 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. b4 Bf6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
dxe5 Nef5 16. exf6 Re8+ 17. Kf2 Qxf6 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Bxe8 Rxd2+
21. Nxd2 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chernik, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.20"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. h3 Nbd7 6. g4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Ne5 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. f4 c5 10. Qf2 Ng6 11. g5 Ng8 12. Nd5 Bc6 13. Nec3 h6 14. h4 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Qd7 17. Be3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O f6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 fxg5 22. Rxg5 Qf7 23. Bf3 N8e7 24. Kb1 Rf8 25. Qg3 Qf6 26. Bg4+ Kc7
27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qc6 29. e6+ Kc8 30. Rxg6 b6 31. Rxg7 Rf1+ 32. Bc1 Qh1 33.
Qe3 Kd8 34. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 Nh5 5. Bc1 e5 6. g4 Nhf6 7. g5 Nh5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bh3 c6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nxe5 Bf5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. e4 Bh3 14.
Nd3 Bd6 15. f4 f6 16. gxf6 gxf6 17. Rg1 Kf7 18. Kf2 Rhg8 19. Be3 b6 20. Kf3 f5
21. Nf2 fxe4+ 22. Ncxe4 Rxg1 23. Rxg1 Bf5 24. Rg5 Ng7 25. Bd4 Bf8 26. Bxg7
Bxe4+ 27. Nxe4 Bxg7 28. b3 Rd1 29. Rg2 Rf1+ 30. Rf2 Ra1 31. a4 Bh6 32. Kg4 Rg1+
33. Kf5 Rg6 34. h4 Rg1 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Nf6 Bf8 37. Rd7# 1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Howard Ridout"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Qiao, Cindy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bc7 10. Qc2 h6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qe7
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7 17. f4 c5 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Rd6 Nf8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21.
Qd3 Re7 22. g4 Bd7 23. f5 b5 24. f6 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Bb5 26. fxe7 Bxc4 27. Rd8
Qxe7 28. Rxb8 Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. h3 d4 31. Re1 Qh4 32. Kf1 Qxh3+ 33. Ke2
Qg2+ 34. Kd3 Qxb2 35. Rg1 Qc3+ 36. Ke4 Qc2+ 37. Kf3 Qd3+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Scarborough CC Howard Ridout"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Huang, Youhe"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Ke3 c5 12. N4f3 d4+ 13. Kd3 Bb5+ 14. c4
dxc3+ 15. Kxc3 Qb4+ 16. Kc2 O-O-O 17. Qg1 Bd3+ 18. Kd1 c4 19. Qxa7 Bc5 20. Qa6+
Kd7 21. e6+ Ke7 22. exf7 Rd6 23. Re1+ Kf6 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 c3 26. Re8 Bf2
27. Ne4+ Bxe4+ 28. Ke2 Bxf3+ 29. Kxf2 Kxf7 30. Rxh8 Be4 31. Bf4 Rb6 32. Ke3 Bf5
33. Rc1 c2 34. g4 Bg6 35. h4 h5 36. gxh5 Bf5 37. Kd4 Ra6 38. Kc3 Rxa3+ 39. Kb2
Ra4 40. Bg5 Rb4+ 41. Kc3 Ra4 42. Kb3 Ra6 43. Rb8 Ke6 44. Re1+ Kd5 45. Rb5+ c5
46. Be3 Rc6 47. Bxc5 Rxc5 48. Re5+ Kxe5 49. Rxc5+ Kf4 50. Rxf5+ Kxf5 51. Kxc2
Kg4 52. a4 Kxh5 53. a5 Kxh4 54. a6 1-0

[Event "Scarborough CC Howard Ridout"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhao, Yanchun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 h6 8. h3 e6
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Bh2 Qb6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Ne5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb4 17. Be4 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Rd8 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Na5 Bc8 21.
Nc4 Bd7 22. Nd6 Bc8 23. Kf1 Bf8 24. Nc4 Bd7 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Nd3 b6 27. Ke2 Bd6
28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Ne5 a5 30. b4 Nxb4 31. Nc4 Rdd8 32. Nxb6 Ra6 33. Nc4 Rda8 34.
Nd6 Nd5 35. Rc5 a4 36. Bd3 Rb6 37. Nc4 Rb4 38. Kd2 Nb6 39. Ra2 Rb8 40. Ne5 Nd7
41. Nxd7 Bxd7 42. Kc1 Ra8 43. Bc2 Kf8 44. Kd2 Rab8 45. Kc3 R4b5 46. Bxa4 Rxc5+
47. dxc5 e5 48. b4 Ke7 49. Bb3 Rb7 50. Ra8 h5 51. h4 Rc7 52. Bc4 Bc8 53. Kb3
Be6 54. Bxe6 Kxe6 55. Kc4 Kf5 56. f3 f6 57. Ra2 g5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. b5 cxb5+
60. Kxb5 Rb7+ 61. Kc6 Rb3 62. e4+ Ke6 63. Kc7 Ke7 64. c6 Rd3 65. Rb2 g4 66.
fxg4 hxg4 67. Kb7 Rd4 68. c7 Rd7 69. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "1.110"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Njardarson, Daniel Ernir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1378"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bc2 Bc6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rxe6 Be4 20. Qg3 fxe6 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxe4 Bxh4 26. Qxh4 e5
27. Ne6+ Qxe6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kf7 30. Qc7+ Kf6 31. Qxb7 Qxa2 32. h4
Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qc1 34. Qxa7 Qxb2 35. Qe3 Qc2 36. h5 Qh7 37. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 d5 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 a5 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qe2 a4 16. Bc1 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Bh3 axb3 19. axb3 Ra3 20. Qb2 Qa8 21.
Ra1 Bb4 22. Ne5 c5 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Nxb4 cxb4 25. f3 Nc3 26. Bd6 Bxf3 27. Rxa3
Qxa3 28. Qxc3 bxc3 29. Bxa3 Be2 30. Re1 Ra8 31. Rxe2 Rxa3 32. b4 Rb3 33. Rc2
Rb1+ 34. Bf1 Rxb4 35. Rxc3 Kf8 36. c5 bxc5 37. dxc5 Rb7 38. c6 Rc7 39. Bb5 Ke7
40. Rd3 f5 41. Kf2 g5 42. Ke3 e5 43. g4 fxg4 44. Ke4 h5 45. Kxe5 h4 46. Rd6 Ra7
47. Rh6 Ra5 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Ke6 Kd8 50. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3.74"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Daly, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8.
Qh5 g6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. d4 Bg7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5
15. Qb5+ Kf8 16. Rde1 g5 17. Bd2 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qc7 19. Bb4+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ Kg6
21. Qd3+ f5 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Rf6+ Ke8 24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Re7 Nd7 26. Rff7 Bg6
27. Rxd7+ Qxd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Qb5+ Ke6 30. Qxb7 f4 31. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Derakhshani, Dorsa"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nc3 Qe6
8. a3 Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. e5
Ng4 15. Qd4 f6 16. h3 Nxe5 17. f4 c5 18. Qxc5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 cxb6
21. Nxd5 Rad8 22. d4 Kf7 23. Nc3 b5 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Rd1 a5 26. Ne4 Ke6 27.
Kf2 Kd5 28. Ke3 Bg6 29. Rc1 Bxe4 30. Rc5+ Kd6 31. Kxe4 Re8+ 32. Kd3 Rb8 33. Kc3
h6 34. f5 Rb7 35. b3 Rb8 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Ra8 38. Kc4 Ra7 39. Kb5 Rb7+ 40.
Kxa5 Rb2 41. Rb5 Ra2 42. g4 Ra3 43. Kb4 Rxh3 44. a5 Rd3 45. a6 Rxd4+ 46. Ka5
Kc7 47. Rb7+ Kc8 48. Rxg7 Kb8 49. Kb5 Rd6 50. Rh7 Rd4 51. Rxh6 Rxg4 52. Rxf6
Rg1 53. Re6 Kc7 54. Re8 Rb1+ 55. Kc4 Rc1+ 56. Kd3 Kb6 57. Re6+ Kc5 58. Ke4 Rf1
59. Ke5 Ra1 60. Kf6 Kd5 61. Ke7 Rc1 62. Rd6+ Ke5 63. f6 Rc7+ 64. Rd7 Rc6 65. a7
Re6+ 66. Kd8 Rxf6 67. Re7+ Kd6 68. a8=Q Rf8+ 69. Re8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "5.70"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Briem, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 Ngf6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d5 b5 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 Qb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Ng4 14. Qe2 Rab8 15.
a5 Qc7 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nc2 Rbe8 20. Ne3 c4 21. Nc2 Nc5
22. Nb4 e6 23. Qf3 Qb7 24. Be3 exd5 25. exd5 Na4 26. Re2 Nxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxc3 28.
Rab1 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Qe7 30. Bd4 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Bc3 Re3 33. Rc2 Rfe8 34.
Kf2 f5 35. Nxa6 Rd3 36. Nb4 Rd1 37. a6 Rb1 38. a7 Rb3 39. Na6 Ra8 40. Bd4 Rxa7
41. Bxa7 Ra3 42. Nc7 Rxa7 43. Nxb5 Rb7 44. Nxd6 Rd7 45. Nc8 Kf7 46. d6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 Ne7
9. h4 Nd7 10. h5 Ne5 11. Be2 f5 12. Nh3 O-O 13. h6 Bh8 14. Ng5 f4 15. Nh3 Bxh3
16. Rxh3 c4 17. Bg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Qb6 19. a5 Qb4 20. Kf1 Be5 21. Rf3 Rf6 22. g3
Raf8 23. gxf4 Qb3 24. f5 R6f7 25. Bg5 Nc8 26. Nd1 Qb5 27. Kg1 gxf5 28. Rxf5
Rxf5 29. Bf4+ Kf7 30. Qxf5+ Bf6 31. Qe6+ Kg6 32. Ra3 c3 33. Rxc3 Qe2 34. Rg3+
Kh5 35. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "7.62"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Meyer, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. Ra2 Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. c3 Nb8 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. O-O g6 21. Qe3
Rb8 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. a4 Ke7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf2 Bb7 27. Ke3 Kd7
28. Kd4 Kc6 29. Ra5 h5 30. Rfa1 Rd8 31. Ra7 Rh8 32. R1a5 Rc8 33. Bxb5+ Rxb5 34.
Rxb5 Kxb5 35. Rxb7+ Ka4 36. Rxf7 Kb3 37. Rf6 Rc4+ 38. Ke3 Rxc3+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+
40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kh4 Rc4 42. g3 d4 43. Rxe6 d3 44. Rd6 Kc3 45. e6 Rxb4 46. Kg5
Re4 47. Kxg6 d2 48. Rxd2 Kxd2 49. Kf7 h4 50. e7 h3 51. e8=Q Rxe8 52. Kxe8 Ke2
53. g4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Buchenau, Frank"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bd5 c6 7. Bb3 a5 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 Nf6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1+
15. Kxd1 Na6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Ke2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rh4 O-O 20. Rah1 Rf7 21.
Rc4 Ra6 22. Bh6 Rf5 23. Re4 Rh5 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Rh4 Kf7 26. Rxh5 Ra8 27. Rg5
Rh8 28. Rg7+ Ke8 29. c4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Kd7 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Rxh7 Nd5 33. Kd3 Rg8
34. f4 Re8 35. Kd4 Nb6 36. g4 Nxa4 37. f5 Nb6 38. f6 a4 39. f7 Rd8 40. Bh6 Kc7+
41. Ke4 Nd7 42. Bc1 Nc5+ 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Ba3 Nxe5 45. Bxe7 Ng6 46. Bxd8+ Kxd8
47. Rg7 Nf8 48. Kd2 a3 49. Kc2 e5 50. Rg5 Ke7 51. Rxe5+ Kxf7 52. Rf5+ Kg7 53.
Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.26"]
[Round "9.67"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Jacobsen, Heidrikur Tindskar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 c4 8. Be2
O-O 9. e5 Nbc6 10. a4 Ng6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ne1 f5 13. f4 Bd7 14. Bh5 Nce7 15.
Nf3 Qb6 16. Bc5 Qc6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Kf8 20. Qe1 Ke8 21. Qh4
Kd8 22. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "10.45"]
[White "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Nh5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxh5 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. f4 Nf6 15.
Qf3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Qh4 19. h3 Nh5 20. Ref2 Bf6 21. Rf5
Rae8 22. Qf3 Ng3 23. Rf4 Nxf1 24. Rxh4 Nd2 25. Qh5 Bxh4 26. Qxh4 Rxe4 27. Qh5
Nxc4 28. bxc4 b6 29. Kf2 Rfe8 30. Bc1 R8e5 31. Qf3 g6 32. Bf4 Rxf4 33. Qxf4 Rf5
0-1

[Event "CMA Futurity 2017.02.14 ABC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Be7 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Ba3 c5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qb1+ Kg8 18. Qxb7 Qa5 19. Qb2 Rfb8 20. Qc1 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Rc8 22. Qe3 Rc3 23. Qe4 Rac8 24. Bd6 Rc2 25. a3 Qb6 26. Bf4 Qa5 27. Qb7
Nb6 28. Bd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Qxb6 Rc2 31. Rf1 Bxd4 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qh4+
Kg8 34. Rad1 1-0

[Event "CMA Futurity 2017.02.14 ABC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gordon, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qxd4 6. Nd5 e5 7. Nc7+ Kd8 8.
Nxa8 exf4 9. Ne2 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1+ Bd7 11. Nxf4 Nf6 12. Bc4 g5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 Kc8 15. Rxg5 Bh6 16. Rxc5 Re8+ 17. Kd1 Rd8 18. Bd3 Kb8 19. f3 Kxa8 20. Rh5
Bg7 21. Rxh7 Bxb2 22. Rxf7 Be6 23. Rf4 Bxa2 24. Re1 Bc3 25. Re2 b5 26. Kc1 a6
27. Be4 Kb7 28. Rh4 Rd6 29. f4 a5 30. Rh3 b4 31. g4 a4 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 a3
34. Re8 Bf7 35. Rf8 a2 36. Rxf7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "CMA Futurity 2017.02.14 ABC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hua, Eugene"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. Qh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 e6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe7+
Kxe7 15. d4 Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. O-O-O b5 18. Kb2 b4 19. Na4 Rhc8 20. Rc1 Na5 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rc6 23. g4 Nb5 24. Rc2 Na3 25. Rc1 h6 26. h4 Kf8 27. g5 h5
28. Nc5 Nb5 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. Nd3 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Nc6 33. Ne2 Kd7 34.
Kc1 Ne7 35. Kd2 Kc6 36. Kd3 Kb5 37. Kd2 Kb6 38. Kd3 Nb5 39. Kd2 Nf5 40. Kd3 Nc7
41. Kd2 Na6 42. Kd3 Nb8 43. Kd2 Nc6 44. Kd3 Kb5 45. Kd2 Nfe7 46. Kd3 Nc8 47.
Nd2 Nb6 48. Kc2 Ka5 49. Kd3 Kb5 50. Kc2 a5 51. Kd3 a4 52. Kc2 Ka5 53. Kd3 Nc8
54. Kc2 N8a7 55. Kd3 Nb5 56. Nb1 Na3 57. Nd2 Kb5 58. Nf1 Na5 59. Nd2 N5c4 60.
Nc1 Nxd2 61. Kxd2 Nb1+ 62. Kc2 Nc3 63. Kd2 Kb6 64. Kc2 Ka5 65. f3 Kb6 66. Kd2
Kb5 67. Kc2 Ka5 68. f4 Kb5 69. Kd3 Kb6 70. a3 Kb5 71. bxa4+ Kxa4 72. axb4 Kxb4
73. Ke3 Kc4 74. Kd2 Nb5 0-1

[Event "CMA Futurity 2017.02.14 ABC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. exf5 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Ng5 Bxf5 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qe1 h6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 exf4 14. Rxf4
Nxe4 15. Rxg4 Nf6 16. Rg3 Qe8 17. Bxh6 Nh5 18. Rg5 Kh7 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Rxh5
gxh6 21. Rf1 c5 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Rh4 Rb8 24. Ra4 Rb7 25. Kf2 Kg6 26. Ke3 Kf5
27. h4 Rb2 28. Kd2 Rb1 29. g4+ Ke5 30. Rxa7 Rg1 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 c6 33.
Re7+ Kf5 34. Rc7 Rxg5 35. Rxc6 Ke5 36. Rc8 Rg1 37. a4 Ra1 38. Ra8 Kd5 39. a5
Kc6 40. a6 Ra2 41. a7 Kd5 42. c4+ 1-0

[Event "Hart House Reading Week op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Bg5 a6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. f4 b5 14. a5 b4 15. Na4 Nd7
16. g4 Nb5 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. e5 Qxa5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxd4 dxe5 21. Nc6 Rb5 22.
f5 Bb7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Be3 Qd6 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Rad1 Nf6 27. Bg5 e4 28. Bf4
Qd7 29. Ne5 Qc8 30. c4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxd5 32. c4 Rc5 33. Bg3 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Nxg4
35. hxg4 Bxe5 36. Qh4 e3 37. Rde1 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qxc4 39. Rxe3 Qd5+ 40. Kh3 Bf6
41. Qf2 Kg7 42. Rf3 Rh8+ 43. Kg2 Qe4 44. Rh1 Bd4 45. Qa2 Qxg4+ 46. Rg3 Qe4+ 47.
Rf3 Qg4+ 48. Rg3 Qe4+ 49. Rf3 e6 50. Rxh8 Kxh8 51. Qxa6 Kg7 52. Qf1 g5 53. Qd3
Qd5 54. Kf1 g4 55. Rg3 f5 56. Qa3 Kg6 57. Rd3 Qe4 58. Qa6 Bf6 59. Qd6 f4 60.
Qd7 Kg5 61. Rd6 g3 62. Qxe6 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Hart House Reading Week op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zotkin, Daniel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. a4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bxc6 exd4 11. Nxd4 bxc6 12. O-O d5 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. Nb3 Be6
15. Kh1 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Nd4 h6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qf4 Qe8 20. Qxg4 hxg5
21. Qxg5 Rb8 22. Rab1 Rb4 23. Qc5 Qb8 24. Qf2 Rf6 25. Qe3 Rxb2 26. e5 Rxb1 27.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 28. Nxb1 Rf1+ 29. Qg1 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Bxe5 31. Nd2 f5 32. Nc4 Bc3 33.
Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 Be5 36. h3 Bg3 37. Na5 Kd5 38. Nb3 Be1 39. c4+ Kd6
40. Ke2 Bc3 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. Kd4 Be1 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Ke2 Bh4 45. Ke3 Bg5+ 46.
Kf3 Bh6 47. g3 Bf8 48. Ke3 Bb4 49. Kf3 Be1 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. hxg4 Bc3 52. Ke3
Bb4 53. Kf3 Ba3 54. Ke3 Bb2 55. Na5 Bd4+ 56. Kf3 Bb6 57. Nb3 a6 58. c5 Ba7 59.
Ke3 g5 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Nd2 Bxc5 62. Ne4 Be7 63. Nc3+ Ke5 64. Ne2 Bc5 65. Kc4
Ba7 66. Kd3 Bb6 67. Kc4 Ke4 68. Nc3+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Hart House Reading Week op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Nasir, Zehn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bf4
g5 9. Be3 f5 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bf2 f4 15.
e4 fxe3 16. Bxe3 Bf6 17. Bf2 Qe7 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Qg7 20. Nf3 Nxc4 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bg5 23. a4 Qh6 24. Ra3 Bd7 25. Rh3 Qg7 26. Rg3 Rf4 27. Re1 Kh8
28. Be3 Qh6 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Rh3 Qg7 31. Rf1 Bg5 32. Rg3 Qh6 33. Rf7 Be8 34.
Rxb7 Bg6 35. Qb3 Rg8 36. Rb8 Bh4 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxa7+ Kg8 40.
Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qd7+ Kh8 44. Rf3 Qc1+ 45. Rf1 Qe3+ 46.
Kh1 Bf5 47. Qxc6 Qxd4 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Rc1 Qxe5 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qb5 Be7 52.
Qb3 Bd6 53. Qg3 Qxb2 54. Qh4+ Kg7 55. Rg1 Bg6 56. Rf1 Bf5 57. Qg5+ Kf7 58. a5
Qe5 59. Qh5+ Ke7 60. Qh4+ Kd7 61. a6 Kc7 62. a7 Kb7 63. a8=Q+ Kxa8 64. Rc1 Kb7
65. Qh5 Bc7 66. Qh4 Qf4 67. Qxf4 Bxf4 68. Rf1 e5 69. Bxd5+ Kc7 70. Ra1 Kd6 71.
Ba8 Kc5 72. Kg2 Kd4 73. Rd1+ Ke3 74. h3 Bd3 75. Bf3 Bg6 76. h4 Bf5 77. Bh5 Be4+
78. Kh3 Bf5+ 79. Bg4 Be4 80. Ra1 Bd3 81. h5 h6 82. Be6 Be2 83. Ra3+ Kf2 84. Ra2
Ke3 85. Rxe2+ Kxe2 86. Kg4 Ke3 87. Bd5 Kd4 88. Ba8 Bh2 89. Kf5 Ke3 90. Kg6 Bf4
91. Bc6 Kf2 92. Kf5 Kg3 93. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "London CAN"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kleinman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
a5 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Qc1 Na6 11. Rd1 Bh6 12. e3 Nb4 13. Ne1 Nf6 14. Ndf3 Na6 15.
Ne5 Re8 16. h3 Be6 17. g4 Nd7 18. N1d3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Nb8 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. e4
Nxe5 22. dxe5 d4 23. Bc5 Qc7 24. Bxd4 Bf4 25. Qb2 c5 26. Bc3 a4 27. Rd5 Reb8
28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Qb5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Bxe5 31. Qxa4 Bxc3 32. Rb1 Bd4 33. Qb3 Qf4
34. Rf1 Kg7 35. a4 Ra8 36. Qxb7 Rxa4 37. Qxe7 Rxc4 38. Qe2 Rb4 39. Qf3 Qd6 40.
Qd3 Rb2 41. Qe4 Qf6 42. Qf3 Qd6 43. Qe4 Rd2 44. Qf3 c4 45. Kh1 c3 46. Qe4 c2
47. g5 Qc5 48. d6 c1=Q 49. d7 Qxf1+ 50. Bxf1 Be5 51. f4 Rxd7 52. Qxe5+ Qxe5 53.
fxe5 Re7 54. Kg2 Rxe5 55. h4 h6 56. gxh6+ Kxh6 57. Bc4 f6 58. Kg3 Kh5 59. Bf7
Re3+ 60. Kf4 Re7 61. Bxg6+ Kxg6 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "London CAN"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bao, Tony"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. b3 Nh6 2. Bb2 f6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bg4 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf7 8. c4
cxd4 9. exd4 e6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Re2 O-O-O
15. a3 Bd6 16. b4 Qc7 17. Qb3 Kb8 18. Bxe6 Rhe8 19. Bc4 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Re8 21.
Nc3 Qd7 22. d5 Bxh3 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. b5 c5 25. b6 Bxg2 26. bxa7+ Ka8 27. Qd5+
Kxa7 28. Nb5+ Kb8 29. Nxd6 Nxd6 30. Rb1 Kc7 31. Qxc5+ Kd8 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Kxg2
Rc8 34. Qxd6+ Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Kxd6 36. Bd4 Ra8 37. Bc3 Kd5 38. Bb4 g5 39. Bb5 h5
40. a4 h4 41. Be7 Ke6 42. Bc5 Kd5 43. Bb6 Rh8 44. Bd7 Kd6 45. Bf5 Kc6 46. Bd4
Rf8 47. a5 Kb5 48. Bb6 Rh8 49. Nd2 Rg8 50. Kh3 Rf8 51. Ne4 Ka6 52. Nc5+ Kb5 53.
Bd7+ Kc4 54. a6 f5 55. a7 Kd5 56. Bxf5 Rxf5 57. a8=Q+ Kd6 58. Qd8+ Ke5 59. Qe7+
Kd4 60. Qe4+ Kc3 61. Qxf5 g4+ 62. Kxh4 g3 63. Qd3+ Kb2 64. Na4+ Ka2 65. Qc3
gxf2 66. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "London CAN"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Itkin, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Be2
Nd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 d5 18. O-O-O dxe4 19. fxe4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rd2 f6
22. Bg4 fxg5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxe6 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Qb6 Rh6
28. Bd7+ Kf7 29. Qxb7 Rxh2 30. Be6+ Kg6 31. Bf5+ Kh6 32. Rf1 g6 33. e5 Qxe5 34.
Qxa6 Bd6 35. Bxg6 Kxg6 36. Rd1 Qe3+ 37. Kb1 Rd2 38. Rc1 b3 39. Qc8 bxc2+ 40.
Ka1 Be5 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "London CAN"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lo, Ryan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch University"]
[Site "London CAN"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marinkovic, Mate"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. e4 e5 5. Ne2 d6 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5
O-O 9. O-O f5 10. f3 Qd7 11. Be3 Rf7 12. Qd2 Raf8 13. Rac1 fxe4 14. dxe4 b6 15.
b4 Bh3 16. Bg5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bh6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Qa4 22. Qd2 Qa3 23. f4 Re7 24. Qxd4 Rfe8 25. Rce1 Qxa2+ 26. Rf2 Qa4 27.
Rd2 a5 28. bxa5 Qxa5 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxd2+ 33.
Kh3 Qh6+ 34. Kg2 Qg7 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Qc6 Qe7 37. Qc4 Qd6 38. Qe4 Kf8 39. Qd4
Kf7 40. Qc4 Ke8 41. Qa4+ Qd7 42. Qe4+ Kd8 43. h4 Kc8 44. Kh2 Kb7 45. Qc4 Qd6
46. Qb5 Qc5 47. Qd7 h5 48. Qe6 b5 49. Qxg6 Qxd5 50. g4 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 Qe3+ 52.
Kg2 hxg4 53. Qxg4 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 Qe1+ 55. Kf4 b4 56. Qf3+ c6 57. h5 Qc1+ 58. Kf5
Qc2+ 59. Ke6 b3 60. Qf7+ Kb6 61. h6 b2 62. h7 b1=Q 63. h8=Q Qba2+ 64. Ke7 Qc5+
0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhang, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 d6 8. Qf3
Nf6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 b5 14. f5 Ne5 15.
Qf2 f6 16. g6 hxg6 17. fxg6 Nxg6 18. Rg1 Ne5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Bh5 Bf8 21. Bxf7+
Qxf7 22. Rdd1 b4 23. Na4 Bb7 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Rd4 f5 26. exf5 Nf3 27. Rg3 Nxd4
28. Qxd4 exf5 29. Qxb4 Be4 30. Qd4 d5 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Rc3 Bd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34.
Nc4 Rh6 35. Ne5 Qh5 36. h3 Qg5+ 37. Kb1 Qg2 38. a3 Rxh3 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Qc5
Qg3 41. Re8 Rh1+ 42. Ka2 Qg1 43. Qc8 Qb1+ 44. Kb3 Bxc2+ 45. Kc3 Rh3+ 46. Kd4
Qxb2+ 47. Kxd5 Be4+ 48. Ke6 Rh6+ 49. Kd7 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.11"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Chehayeb, Salah"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 O-O-O 6. c4 Qh5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Be3 e6 9. Qa4 Kb8 10. h3 Bb4 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qa5 13. Bxc6 Bxc3 14. Qb3
Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf3 Bb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. b4 Ne8
21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 f5 23. Kc2 g6 24. Rd3 Nf6 25. Bf3 c5 26. Bg5 Rxd3 27. Rxd3
Rxd3 28. Kxd3 Kc7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Bd5 g5 31. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Beider, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bg3 f5 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nb5 c5 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. Nd6 Qd7 20. Nxe4
Qc6 21. f3 c4 22. Qc2 Be7 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rad1 Bc8 25. Nd6 Bf6 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27.
Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Rd6 Qe8 30. Rxf6 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qc3 Be6 33.
Be5 Qe7 34. Bxg7 Rg8 35. Be5 b4 36. Qd4 a5 37. Qf4+ Ke8 38. Bf6 Qb7 39. Rd8+
1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Virkud, Apurva"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nge2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O f5 11. Qc1 O-O 12. f3 Nd6 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Nce2 g5
15. f4 g4 16. Re1 Rf6 17. Nf1 Qh5 18. Neg3 Qf7 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. Nb3 Bd7 21. a4
Re8 22. a5 Ne6 23. Nc5 Ng7 24. Qc2 Bc8 25. Rac1 Qe7 26. Qb3 Ref8 27. Bb1 Nge8
28. Nd3 Nc4 29. Ne5 Nxa5 30. Qc3 Nc4 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. Qxc4+ Be6 33. Qa4 Rh6
34. Ba2 Nd6 35. Re2 Kh8 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. d5 cxd5 38. Qxa7 Nb5 39. Qa4 Rc6 40.
Rd1 Qc5 41. Ree1 Rd6 42. b4 Qb6 43. Qa1+ Kg8 44. Nh5 Qc7 45. Qe5 Qf7 46. Rxd5
Re8 47. Rxd6 Nxd6 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ruelland, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Qe4 Nf6
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. c5 Be7 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Re1 Rf8 21. Qh3
Be8 22. Rad1 Nh7 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Nf6 25. Re3 1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 e5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. O-O Bg7 7. h4 g4 8. Ne1 Nc6
9. c3 f3 10. gxf3 Qxh4 11. Ng2 Qh3 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
dxe5 Bxg4 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Qe4 Rad8 18. exf6 Bf8 19. Qe2 Rg8 20. Rf3 Rd1+ 21.
Rf1 Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Agbabishvili, Lali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qh4 g6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. O-O-O a6 7. Nd5 b5 8.
Qg3 Ra7 9. Bc3 Kf8 10. e4 e6 11. Qd6+ Nge7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 15. Rd6 Nc6 16. Be2 Rc7 17. Nf3 f6 18. Rhd1 Kf7 19. Nd4 Ke7 20.
Nxc6+ dxc6 21. c4 e5 22. Kc2 Be6 23. c5 a5 24. a3 Rb8 25. b3 Ra8 26. R1d2 Rf8
27. g3 g5 28. Bf3 g4 29. Bg2 h5 30. f4 gxf3 31. Bxf3 Rh8 32. b4 a4 33. Kd1 Bb3+
34. Ke1 Be6 35. Rf2 Rh6 36. h4 Bd7 37. Rfd2 Rh8 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Rd1 Rcc8 40.
Rg1 Bd7 41. g4 Rhg8 42. g5 fxg5 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 44. hxg5 Rg8 45. g6 h4 46. Kg2
Be6 47. Bh5 Rh8 48. Be2 Rh6 49. Rxc6 Rxg6+ 50. Kh1 Rg3 51. Bxb5 Rxa3 52. Ra6
Ra1+ 53. Kh2 a3 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Li, Yinshi"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Nf3 e6 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Be2 Na5 12. Qc3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4
Qxb2 15. O-O Be7 16. Qc7 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nd6+ Kf8
21. Rfb1 g5 22. Bg3 Ra5 23. Rb3 Kg7 24. Rab1 Rha8 25. Nxb5 Be4 26. Rc1 Bd5 27.
Rbb1 Bc6 28. Nd6 Rxa3 29. h3 R3a7 30. Nb5 Ra2 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Bxd6 Re2 33. Re1
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rd8 35. Bg3 b5 36. Rc1 Bd5 37. Rc5 b4 38. Rb5 b3 39. e4 Bc4 40.
Rb4 Ra8 41. Kh2 Rc8 42. Bd6 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hua, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Qf3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxh7 Bc6 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Qb1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bc2 Ke7 23. Bb3 Ra8 24. Be5 f6 25. Bd4 Ba4 26. h4 Bxb3
27. axb3 Ra3 28. Bxc5+ bxc5 29. Rb1 Kd6 30. c4 Ke5 31. b4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Ra7 33.
Kh2 Kd4 34. Rb6 Kxc4 35. Rxe6 Kd5 36. Re8 Kd6 37. Kh3 Kd7 38. Re3 Kd6 39. Kg4
Ra2 40. Kg3 Ra4 41. f3 f5 42. Re8 Rb4 43. h5 Rb2 44. Kh3 Rb1 45. Kh4 Rb2 46. g4
Rb3 47. f4 fxg4 48. Kxg4 Rb1 49. Re5 Rg1+ 50. Kf5 Rg2 51. Re6+ Kd5 52. Rg6 Rh2
53. Rg5 Kd4 54. Kg6 Ke4 55. f5 Kf4 56. Rg1 Ke5 57. Re1+ Kf4 58. Rf1+ Ke5 59.
Kxg7 Rg2+ 60. Kf7 Rh2 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2016.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Southam, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. c4 Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15.
Bb1 Nfd7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Bb2 Qb7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3
Nc5 22. Nf3 e5 23. f5 Nf8 24. g4 Qb7 25. Bd3 Nfd7 26. g5 Bd8 27. Rc2 Nb8 28. b4
Na4 29. Ba1 f6 30. h4 Re7 31. Rec1 Rec7 32. a3 Qc6 33. Qg2 Qe8 34. Nh2 Nc6 35.
g6 h6 36. Ng4 Be7 37. Ne3 Bd8 38. Nd5 Ra7 39. Qf2 Ne7 40. Ne3 Rac7 41. Qe2 Rb7
42. c5 dxc5 43. Bxa6 Qc6 44. Bxb7 Qxb7 45. Qc4+ Kh8 46. b5 Qa8 47. Rd1 Ng8 48.
Rcd2 Be7 49. Rd7 Bf8 50. Nd5 Qa5 51. Nc7 h5 52. Ne6 Nh6 53. Nxf8 Rxf8 54. Rd8
Rg8 55. Rxg8+ Nxg8 56. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2016.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 d5 3. g5 Ne4 4. Be3 Bf5 5. f3 Nd6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Bxd7 11. Bd4 Nc6 12. Bc5 O-O-O 13. f4 Nf5 14. Bxf8
Rhxf8 15. Ngf3 Ne3 16. Kf2 Rde8 17. h4 f6 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 fxg5 20. hxg5
Rxf4 21. Rxh7 Rf7 22. Rah1 Rfe7 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Nbd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 c5 26. b3
Nd6 27. Nf3 Rxe2+ 28. Kg3 Ne4+ 29. Kf4 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Closed"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barron, Michael"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 a6 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qe4 O-O-O 13. Ne3 Bb4+ 14. c3
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 Rhe8 18. Rb1 Bxa2 19. Bb2 Qb3 20.
Qxh7 Rd2 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Re1 Rxb2 23. Bxc6 Qc4+ 24. Kg1 Qxc6 25. h4 Qd6 26.
Rf1 Rf8 27. Qg5 Qd2 28. Qg3 a5 29. h5 Be6 30. Rh4 Qc3 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Rb4
33. Qf8+ Ka7 34. Qe7 Rb6 35. Rd1 a4 36. Qe8 a3 37. Rd8 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. g3
Qe4 40. Ng2 a2 41. Ra8+ Kb6 42. Rxa2 Qg4 43. Ra6+ Kxa6 44. Nf4 Bd7 45. Qe4 Qf5
46. Qc4+ Bb5 47. Qa2+ Kb6 48. Nd5+ Kc5 49. Nf4 Bc6 50. Qa5+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Toronto Closed"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Bellissimo, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qb6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 e3 15.
Qd6 Bb7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kf8 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Qf5+ Qf7 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Qd3 Ne6 23. Qd6+ Qe7 24. Qb8+ Nd8 25. e6 g6 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Qe5
Rf8 28. Rd7 Qf6 29. e7 Kxd7 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Qxf6 Ne6 32. Bg4 Bd5 33. Qe5 Kc6
34. Qxe3 Nc7 35. Qc5+ Kb7 36. Bf3 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Re2 38. h4 Ne6 39. Qe7+ Kc6 40.
Qxh7 Nxf4 41. Qh6 Ne6 42. Qxg6 Kd5 43. Qd3+ Nd4 44. c3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Re2+ 46.
Kd1 1-0

[Event "Hart House Holidays op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2015.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. e3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. h3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Qe2
cxd4 16. Nxd4 e6 17. Rad1 Rbc8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qb8 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Qe2 Nh5
22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Bf1 Ne5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rd4 27. Kh2 Rcd8
28. Qf3 Nf6 29. Nb1 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qg4 Ng5 33. h4 Nf3+
34. Kh3 Qd1 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Bg2 Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "Hart House Holidays op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2015.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. Bh4
Qe8 9. c3 e5 10. h3 Nh7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nc2 Kh8 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Nf6 15. Bh2
Qg6 16. f4 exf4 17. exf4 g4 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Bd3 gxh3 21. gxh3 Ne4
22. Bg1 Ne7 23. Ng2 Nd5 24. Nf1 Bc6 25. Kh2 Bf6 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qg4 Qf7 28.
Ng3 Rg8 29. Qh5 Qg7 30. Kh1 e3 31. Rf1 e2 0-1

[Event "Hart House Holidays op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Yuanchen"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 c6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. f3 Re8 14. a3 Nd7
15. Nd5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Bd3 Nb3 20. Rab1 Bf8
21. Bc4 Nd4 22. Rbc1 Rac8 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. b4 Bb6 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. a4 Ne6 27. Kf2
Bxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Re7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rc5 b6 31. Rxe5 Kf7 32. a5 Kf6 33. Rb5 Rc7
34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Rd6 b5 37. Rb6 Rc2 38. g4 Rxh2 39. Rxb5 Rb2 40.
g5+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kd6 42. Rxh7 Rxb4 43. Rg7 e5 44. Rxg6+ Ke7 45. Rg7+ Ke6 46.
Kf2 Rb8 47. Kg3 Rb1 48. Rg6+ Ke7 49. Kg4 Rg1+ 50. Kf5 Rg3 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Rf6+
Ke7 53. Kg6 Rg1 54. Rf5 Ke6 55. Kg7 Rh1 56. g6 Rh3 57. Kg8 Ke7 58. g7 Rg3 59.
Rxe5+ Kf6 60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Kf8 Kh7 62. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Issani, Nameer"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. O-O-O
Be7 8. Nf3 Ke8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 f6 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. e3 Bf5 13. Bc3 Ne4 14.
Bb5+ Kf7 15. Nh4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ba3+ 17. Kd2 Rhd8 18. Nxf5 Rxd5+ 19. Nd4 Rd6 20.
Bc4+ Kf8 21. Kc2 exd4 22. exd4 b5 23. Be2 Rb6 24. Rb1 Rab8 25. Rb3 Bd6 26. h3
a5 27. Rhb1 c6 28. a4 b4 29. c4 c5 30. d5 Be5 31. Bg4 Bd4 32. f4 g6 33. Be6 Bc3
34. g4 Ke7 35. Kd3 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Rd8+ 37. Ke3 Kxe6 38. Rxc3 bxc3 39. Rc1 Rd2
40. Rxc3 Rh2 41. Rc1 Rxh3+ 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. Rb1 Rxa4 44. Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Kd2 Rf3
46. Rb6+ Ke7 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 50. g5+ fxg5 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Maulucci, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd2 Nf6 3. Ngf3 c6 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Neg5 Bb4 13. Rd1 h6 14. a3 hxg5 15.
axb4 g4 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qxb4 18. Nxg4 Qe7 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Re1 a5 21. Qh3
Nf8 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rf3 N8d7 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne4 f5 7. Ng3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Qd7 9. Bc4 f4 10. Ne4 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. c3 g5 13. Nfxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qg7
15. Qf3 Bd7 16. h4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bb4+ 18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5
21. O-O-O c6 22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 f3 24. g4 Rfe8 25. Be3 Re4 26. g5 Rae8 27.
Rd4 Bf5 28. Kd2 b5 29. h5 a5 30. Rh4 c5 31. Rdxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Bxc5
Bg4 34. h6 Kh7 35. Ke3 a4 36. Kxe4 Bh5 37. Kf5 Be8 38. Kf6 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Chen, Richard"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Ba6 8. c4
Qd3 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nb1 Qd4
15. Bb2 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qe3 17. fxe3 Nxe3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc2 19. Bxg7 Rhg8 20. Bf6 Nxa1
21. Bxa1 Rd7 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Bc3 f5 24. Rf1 Rgd8 25. Rf2 Bc5 26. exf5 Bxg2 27.
Rxg2 exf5 28. Bd2 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Re4 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Cai, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bb4 7. a3 Be7 8.
h3 d6 9. g4 Be6 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. Be3 a6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Na2 b5 18. Nb4 Nc5 19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qb7 22. b4 Ne6 23. c3 Bf8 24. Ra1 Ne7 25. a4 Nxd5 26. exd5 Nf4 27. axb5
axb5 28. Ra7 Qb8 29. Bf1 Rc7 30. Rda1 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 h5 32. Ra5 hxg4 33. hxg4
Qc8 34. f3 Ng6 35. Bd3 Nh4 36. Be2 Be7 37. Rxb5 f5 38. Bg5 Qd7 39. gxf5 Nxf5
40. Ra5 Ng3 41. Bxe7 Qxe7 42. Bd3 e4 43. Bxe4 Nxe4 44. fxe4 Qxe4 45. Ra1 Rf8
46. Rf1 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 Qh4+ 50. Kf3 Qh3+ 51. Ke4 Qh7+
52. Kd4 Qh4+ 53. Kd3 Qh1 54. Kc4 Qf1+ 55. Qd3 Qf4+ 56. Kb5 Qf7 57. Kc6 Qe8+ 58.
Kxd6 Qd8+ 59. Kc5 Qc7+ 60. Kd4 Qf4+ 61. Qe4 Qd2+ 62. Kc4 Qa2+ 63. Kb5 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2015.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rofrano, Joshua"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. a4 b6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. d5 c5 14. Rdb1 a5 15. Nd2
Be7 16. Nf1 h6 17. Bg4 Ba6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. b3 Kh7 20. g4 Ng8 21. f3 g6 22.
Ng3 Bh4 23. Nce2 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. Bf2 Bxg3 26. Nxg3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Nh5
Ng8 29. Bh4 Qf7 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Ng3 Ne7 32. Re1 Ng6 33. Qd2 Kh7 34. Nxf5 Bxf5
35. gxf5 Nxh4 36. Qf2 Nxf5 37. Re4 Rg8 38. Rg4 Nd4 39. Rag1 Rxg4 40. Rxg4 Rf8
0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2015.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. h3
e6 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 f5 12. g4 g5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rae1
a6 16. h4 fxg4 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Be7 19. Bh6 Rf3 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. Bg5 Qf8
22. Rg1 Nxe5 23. h5 Rh3+ 24. Kg2 Qf3+ 25. Kf1 Qxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Rxh5
28. Rxg4 Ra7 29. Bf6+ Kh7 30. d4 Bd6 31. f4 Rf7 32. Reg2 Bf8 33. Be5 Bd7 34.
Rg8 Rxe5 35. dxe5 Rxf4+ 36. Ke1 Bh6 37. Ra8 Re4+ 38. Kf1 Rf4+ 39. Kg1 Rf7 40.
Rxa6 Be3+ 41. Kh1 Bc6 42. Rh2+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2015.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Eric"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.25"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 d5 4. d4 Nge7 5. e5 Nf5 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bh3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Qd3 Nfe7 10. Nf4 g6 11. Ng2 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O h6 14. Qf3 Na5
15. Re1 Be6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. a4 Qc6 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Reb1 g5 21. a5
f4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qf1 Rdg8 25. Ra2 h5 26. Rba1 Kd7 27. Qg2 f3
28. Qf1 h4 29. Rd1 Qd5 30. Be3 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rxh2 32. Kxh2 f2 33. g4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2015.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ricardo, Perez Billinghurst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2015.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. c3 d6 7. exd6 cxd6 8.
Be2 e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b3 Nd6 12. Ba3 e4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxe4
Qf4 15. Ng3 Bxc3 16. Qc1 Qxc1 17. Raxc1 Bg7 18. Bb5 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2015.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Treger, Effim"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.25"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. c3 Nh6 6. h4 f6 7. exf6 gxf6 8. Bxh6
Bxh6 9. Ng5 Ke7 10. Nf3 Be8 11. h5 Rg8 12. Nbd2 Kf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. g3 Qd6 15.
Bd3 Rg7 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. Qf3 Ng8 18. Kf1 c5 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Nc1 Re8 21. Kg2 Bg5
22. h6 Nxh6 23. Qh5 Ree7 24. Nf3 Ng8 25. Nxg5 Rxg5 26. Qh3 h6 27. Rhf1 e5 28.
Bf5 Reg7 29. Nd3 e4 30. Nc1 Ne7 31. Bc8 f5 32. Ba6 f4 33. Kh1 Bd7 34. Qg2 f3
35. Qh2 Qg6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2015.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozman, Levy"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.25"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Rb1 c6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. f4
Qb6 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. Bd2 Bd4 11. Nf3 Ne3 12. Bh3 e5 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxe3 dxe3
15. O-O Qd4 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. Bf1 Ne6 18. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Nd4 20. Rc1 Be6
21. Bg2 b5 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Rfd8 24. Kf2 Rab8 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. b3 a5 27.
d4 d5 28. e5 a4 29. b4 Rbc8 30. Rec2 Rc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. a3 h5 33. Bf3 Bg4
34. Bg2 Bf5 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. Kd2 Be6 37. Kc3 Rb8 38. Rb1 Rb5 39. Bf3 Bg4 40. Rf1
Ke7 41. Bxg4 hxg4 42. f5 g5 43. Rh1 Rb8 44. h4 Rh8 45. h5 Kf8 46. h6 f6 47. e6
Ke7 48. h7 Kd6 49. b5 1-0

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Brantford CAN"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Scott, Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nge2 Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. h4 Qd7 13. h5 Nh7 14. Bf4 g5
15. Be5 Nc6 16. h6 Nxe5 17. hxg7 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Kxg7 19. Qd3 Rh8 20. O-O-O Qd6
21. Rdg1 Rae8 22. f4 Qe6 23. Ng3 Reg8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. fxg5 Nxg5 26. Nh5+ Kf8
27. Nf6 Qa4 28. Nxg8 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Qxa3+ 30. Kb1 Ne4 31. Rh3 Nf2 32. Qg3 Nd1
0-1

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Brantford CAN"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Bark, Thomas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bh6 g6 9. Bxf8 Qxf8 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. Qg3 Qc5 12. a3 Ba5 13. h4 h5 14. b4 Ncxb4
15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rh3 b6 17. Kd1 a5 18. Ne4 Qc4 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21.
exf6 Ba6 22. Qe4 d5 23. Qe3 d4 24. Qe4 Bb7 25. Qd3 e5 26. Ng3 e4 27. Nxe4 Qf4
28. f3 Ba6 29. Qxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Qe3 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. Rb1 Ke8 33. Rb3 Qf4 34.
Rd3 Qe5 35. c3 Bxc3 36. Nxc3 Qxf6 37. Re1+ Kf8 38. Ne4 Qxh4 39. Rxd4 Qh2 40.
Nd6 Qxg2 41. Rf4 f5 42. Nxf5 Qg5 43. Ree4 gxf5 44. Bc8 Qd8+ 45. Rd4 Qxc8 46.
Rd5 Kg7 47. Rfxf5 h4 48. Rh5 h3 49. Rdg5+ Kf6 50. Rb5 Qd8+ 51. Rbd5 Qa8 52.
Rhf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "Brantford CAN"]
[Date "2015.05.18"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Hua, Eugene"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. d3 e5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Ne4 Kh8 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. Nxf6 Qe6 14. Qxe6
Bxe6 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. e3 Nb5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. a4 Nd6 20. Nxd6 cxd6
21. b4 Rf7 22. a5 d5 23. Rac1 Kg7 24. Rc7 Nf6 25. Rfc1 Rd8 26. b5 Rxc7 27.
Rxc7+ Rd7 28. b6 axb6 29. axb6 Kf7 30. d4 exd4 31. exd4 Ke7 32. Rc2 Ne8 33. f4
Rd6 34. Re2 Kd7 35. g4 Rxb6 36. f5 exf5 37. gxf5 Nc7 38. Re5 Rd6 39. Bh3 Kc6
40. Kf2 gxf5 41. Bxf5 h6 42. Ke3 Rd8 43. Bc2 b5 44. Rh5 Rd6 45. Kf4 Ne6+ 46.
Ke3 Ng7 47. Re5 Re6 48. Rxe6+ Nxe6 49. h4 Kd6 50. Bb3 Nd8 51. Kd3 Nc6 52. Kc3
b4+ 53. Kd3 Ne7 54. h5 Ke6 55. Bd1 Kf5 56. Bf3 Kf4 57. Be2 Ng8 58. Bd1 Nf6 59.
Be2 Ne4 60. Bf1 b3 61. Be2 b2 62. Kc2 b1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vetoshko, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Canada 2"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Rd1
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Qd3 Rc4 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. e3 a6 21. f4
g6 22. g4 Qc7 23. f5 Bc5 24. f6 h6 25. Rd2 b4 26. Rf1 Qb6 27. Rf3 a5 28. axb4
axb4 29. Bf1 Ba6 30. Bxc5 R8xc5 31. Kf2 b3 32. Be2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Csuta, Akos Koppany"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada 2"]
[BlackTeam "Györ (Hungary)"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. dxe5 Qe6 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7
Ra8 21. Bc5 Bxb2 22. g3 Ra1 23. Rxa1 Bxa1 24. f3 f5 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Ke3 Ke6 27.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kxd4 Kd6 29. b4 g5 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. fxg4
Ke6 34. Ke4 Kf6 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. Kc5 Kd7 37. Kc4 Ke6 38. Kd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Canada 2"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. h4 h5 12. Bd3 d6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxg6 d5
15. Bd3 Kd7 16. c4 Qg8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bg5 Ke8 19. Qf4 Be6 20. Rb1 Bxg5 21.
hxg5 Qg7 22. Rb7 Kf8 23. g6 Qh6 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Tomczak, Mikolaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada 2"]
[BlackTeam "Poland 1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Rfd1
Qb8 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 h6 18. Kf1 Kf8 19. Be3 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd5
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Bd6 23. Ne5 Ne7 24. Bh5 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 f6 26. Nf7 Rd7 27.
Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Be3 Rd5 29. Bf3 Rd7 30. Bh5 Rc7 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Nf5 33.
Be3 Ke7 34. g3 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Kd6 36. Ke2 e5 37. h4 Be4 38. Bf7 g5 39. Kd2 gxh4
40. gxh4 f5 41. dxe5+ Kxe5 42. Ke2 f4 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.18"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "McGovern Leahy, Cian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada 2"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. h3 Bd6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bf4 Re8
15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 Bb7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qg3 Qb6 19. Nf4 Ba6 20. b4 c4 21. Bc2
d4 22. cxd4 Qxd4 23. Ba4 Bb5 24. Rfd1 Qe5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. a4 Rb6 27. Qf3 Reb8
28. Nd5 Rd6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Qg3 Qxg3 31. fxg3 Rfb6 32. b5 a6 33. Rd5 axb5
34. axb5 c3 35. Rc5 c2 36. Rxc2 Rxb5 37. Rf1 Rb1 38. Rc8+ Rxc8 39. Rxb1 h5 40.
Rb3 Rc2 41. Rb4 g6 42. g4 hxg4 43. Rxg4 Kg7 44. Kh2 f5 45. Ra4 Rc3 46. Kg1 Rc2
47. Ra3 Kf6 48. Kh2 Kg5 49. Kg3 Rc4 50. Ra5 Rc3+ 51. Kh2 Rb3 52. Ra4 Rb2 53.
h4+ Kh5 54. Kh3 g5 55. Ra5 Rb3+ 56. Kh2 gxh4 57. Rxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.18"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Schroeder, Ja"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Canada 2"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3
b6 9. d5 e5 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Qc2 g6 12. a3 f5 13. f4 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. Bb2 Bf6
16. Nb3 Nh5 17. Qd2 e4 18. Be2 Ng3 19. Rfb1 g5 20. Kh2 gxf4 21. exf4 Bh4 22.
Bf1 Nf6 23. Ne2 Nfh5 24. Kg1 Qe8 25. Qe3 Qg6 26. Nbc1 Kf7 27. Nxg3 Bxg3 28. Ne2
Rg8 29. Bc3 Qh6 30. Bd2 Qf6 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Ra2 Qh4 33. Rb6 Ke7 34. Rab2 Bd7
35. R2b3 Rg6 36. Nxg3 Nxg3 37. Be1 Rag8 38. Rxa6 Qh6 39. Qf2 Qg7 40. Rb7 Qa1
41. Raa7 Rd8 42. Ba5 Nxf1 43. Bxd8+ Ke8 44. Qxf1 Qd4+ 45. Kh1 Bc8 46. Rf7 e3
47. Ba5 Qe4 48. Rae7+ 1-0

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.19"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada 2"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3
Nc6 9. Nc4 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qh5
15. Nfe5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Nb4 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Bf3 Ba6 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. Nf1 h6 21.
g3 Ne7 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxc6 Bc4 25. Rc1 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27.
Kg2 f6 28. Nd2 Kf7 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Kf3 g5 31. Nc3 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd7 33. Rc8 f5
34. h4 Bf6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Ra8 Kd6 38. Rf8 Bg7 39. Rc8 g4 40. Kd3
Kd5 41. a4 Bf6 42. b4 Kd6 43. b5 Ke7 44. Kc4 Kf7 45. Rc6 Bg7 46. Rc8 Bf6 47.
Rc6 Bg7 48. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Holtman, Teodor"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia East"]
[BlackTeam "Canada 2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Be2 Be7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
c4 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Qe4
Bh5 15. Bb5 Bg6 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa6 c5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bxc5 Qd5
21. Rfe1 Be4 22. Re3 Re6 23. Qe2 Rae8 24. Re1 Qf5 25. h3 Qg6 26. Bxa7 Bd8 27.
g3 f5 28. Ne5 Qh6 29. Kh2 Qxh3+ 30. Kxh3 Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "WTch-U16"]
[Site "Gyor HUN"]
[Date "2014.12.21"]
[Round "10.13"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhou, Jiangnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada 2"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Nd5 9. Bd4 Nd7 10. c4 Nb4 11. a3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4
15. Ke1 O-O 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nd6 Nf4 20. Bf1 e5 21. g3
Ne6 22. c5 Kh8 23. Bc4 Rf6 24. Ne8 Rf8 25. Nd6 Rf6 26. Ne8 Rf8 27. Nd6 Rf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Wiebe, Daniel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. cxd4 Bf5 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Ne5 N4d5
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nc5 Rfe8 19. a4 f6 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. a5
Na8 22. Nh4 Kh8 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Qf3 Nf4 25. Be3 g5 26. h3 Nc7 27. g3 b6 28.
Nb7 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nxc1 30. Nxd8 Qxd8 31. Rxc1 Qd7 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qh5 Bxg3 34.
Kxg3 f4+ 35. Kg2 Nb5 36. Bd2 Nxd4 37. Rc7 Qxc7 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40.
Qf8+ Kg6 41. Bf7+ Qxf7 42. Qd6 Qb7+ 43. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg3 O-O 8. e5
Ba6 9. Bg5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 f6 13. Nf3 fxe5 14. fxe5 c5
15. Ke2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Ne1 Qf7 18. Rd1 Qh5+ 19. Kd2 b5 20. Kc1 Nb6 21.
Nd3 Na4 22. Qe3 Rc3 23. Rhf1 Rfc8 24. Rf2 Qe8 25. Rdf1 Qe7 26. Kb1 Rxa3 27. Kc1
Ra2 28. Nf4 Qb4 29. Kd1 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hua, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 c6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Bf4 Qd8 8.
Be2 g6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Bf3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bg7 12. O-O-O h5 13. Kb1 Bd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. h3 h4 16. c4 e6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Qa3 Qa6 20. Bxf6 Qxa3
21. Bxg7 Qa5 22. Bxh8 Kf8 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Bf6 Rc6 25. Bxh4 Ra6 26. a3 Rc6 27.
Bg5 Kg7 28. Bd2 Qb5 29. Re3 Rb6 30. Bc1 Qc4 31. h4 Qa4 32. h5 g5 33. Re5 Qxa3
34. Rxg5+ Kh8 35. Rxd5 Qe7 36. Rc5 Qd7 37. Rd3 Ra6 38. h6 f5 39. Rdc3 Rc6 40.
Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yu, Jonathan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[Annotator "egis"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Rad8 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxe5
dxe5 15. Bd3 Bxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. hxg5+ Kg8 18. Qe2 Qa4 19. b3 Qg4 20. f3
Qxg5 21. g4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qg1 b6 24. Qh2 Kf8 25. Qe2 Kg8 26. Qh2 Qh6
27. Qg2 Rd2 28. Qf1 Qg6 29. Qc1 Rf2 30. Qd1 Qg5 31. Qd3 g6 32. Qd6 Rd2 33. Qc6
Qd8 34. Kb2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nb3 Ne5 10. Kh1 Be6 11. f3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Re1 b5 14. Nd2 Qc8
15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. Bd4 e5 17. Bf2 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfc8 20. Re2 a5 21.
b3 Qa6 22. Rc1 Bh6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qb6 25. Qd2 Qb5 26. c4 bxc3 27. Rexc3
Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxd5 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd8 31. Kg1 Kf8 32. Rc7 Ra8 33. Kf2 a4
34. b4 a3 35. b5 Rb8 36. Rc3 Rxb5 37. Rxa3 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Ra8 d5 40. Ra7+
Ke6 41. a4 d4 42. Ra8 Ra2 43. a5 Kd5 44. a6 Kc4 45. a7 Kd3 46. h4 f5 47. Re8
Rxa7 48. Rxe5 Rc7 49. h5 Kc2 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Re6 d3 52. Rxg6 d2 53. Rd6 d1=Q
54. Rxd1 Kxd1 55. Kf4 Rf7 56. Ke3 f4+ 0-1

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.31"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Chertkow, Matthew"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
e5 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Bb5 Rb8 11. Bc6 Qc7 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. O-O d4 14. Ne4 Bb5
15. c4 dxc3 16. Qf3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxb2 18. Rb1 bxc1=Q+ 19. Rxc1 Be7 20. Qc3 O-O
21. Qg3 Rfd8 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 gxf6 25. Rxc5 Rd2 26. Ra5
Rb1# 0-1

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Bg5 15.
O-O Be6 16. b3 Ne7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 20. Qd3 a4 21. Kh1
axb3 22. axb3 Ra3 23. Rac1 Qc5 24. Rc2 f5 25. Rcf2 Raa8 26. Bh3 g6 27. e4 Qd4
28. Qxd4 exd4 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 d3 33. Rf1 Ra3
34. Rb1 d2 35. Rd1 Rxb3 36. Rxd2 Rc3 37. c5 Rxc5 38. Kg2 b3 39. Kf3 Rc2 40. Rd4
b2 41. Rb4 Kf7 42. Rb6 Rxh2 43. Ke4 Rd2 44. Ke3 Rg2 45. Kf3 Rc2 46. Kf4 Rd2 47.
Ke3 Rxd5 48. Rxb2 Ke6 49. Rb7 h5 50. Rh7 Re5+ 51. Kf4 Kd5 52. Ra7 Re4+ 53. Kf3
Re5 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Rh7 Rf5+ 56. Ke4 d5+ 57. Kd4 Rg5 58. Rh6+ Kf5 59. Kxd5 Kg4+
60. Ke4 Kxg3 61. Ra6 h4 62. Ra3+ Kg4 63. Ke3 Kg3 64. Ke4+ Kh2 65. Kf4 Rg2 66.
Ra1 h3 67. Kf3 Rg1 68. Ra2+ Kh1 69. Ra8 h2 70. Kf2 Rg2+ 71. Kf1 Rf2+ 72. Kxf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.08.01"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Song, Edward"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qd2 N4d5 11. Bh6 c6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e4 Nf6 14. d4 Be6
15. Rfe1 h6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bh3 18. Bh1 Qe6 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Nc5 Rab8 21.
a3 e5 22. dxe5 Ng4 23. Nd3 Rbd8 24. Qe2 g5 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qe6 27. f4
gxf4 28. Nxf4 Qc8 29. e6 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.08.01"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Liang, Hairan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nge7 11. c4 Qd6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Qa4
Kb8 15. c5 Qc7 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rec1 f6 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Ba3 Nd5 20. Rab1 Qd7
21. Nd2 h5 22. Nc4 Rc7 23. Bd6 Rhc8 24. Rb3 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Nxd4 26. Rxc7 Rxc7
27. Qxd4 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Ba6 29. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Calugar, Arthur"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
e5 Nd7 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Rf3 f5
15. Rh3 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Rh6 Qd7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rf6+ Ke8 21.
Qg6+ Rf7 22. Rxe6+ Kf8 23. Rxc6 Qe8 24. Rd6 Bc5 25. Nxd5 Bxd6 26. Qxd6+ Kg8 27.
Nc7 Qd7 28. Nxa6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 30. c4 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Rxd6 32. Nb4 Rc7 33.
Nd5 Rxc4 34. Ne3 Rxf4 35. h3 Rf2 36. Rc1 Rdd2 37. g3 Rxa2 38. Kg1 Rfe2 39. Nxf5
Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rag2+ 42. Kf1 Rh1+ 43. Kxg2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sapozhnikov, Roman"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bh6 g6 9. Bxf8 Qxf8 10. Nde2 Qc5 11. Qg3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. Be2 Kf8 17. f4 Nc6 18. g4 Ke7 19. h4 d6 20. h5 e5
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh8 Bxg4 23. Rxa8 Bxe2 24. Re1 Bc4 25. a3 Be6 26. Rf1 f5 27.
Kd2 exf4 28. Rxf4 g5 29. Rf1 f4 30. Rh8 Ne5 31. Rh6 Bc4 32. Re1 g4 33. Re4 f3
34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Rd4 Be6 36. Kf2 d5 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. Rxb7 Bf5 39. Rxa7 Nc6 40.
Ra6 Bc8 41. Ra8 Bf5 42. Rda4 Ne5 43. Rd4 Nc6 44. Rda4 Ne5 45. Rd8+ Nd7 46. Rd4
Ke6 47. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Cao, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. g4
d5 9. Ng5 c4 10. Be2 Nxg4 11. Bxg4 Bxg5 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Rg1 cxb3 14. axb3 Nd7
15. Ne5 f5 16. Bh5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 a5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Qh3 a4 21.
Bf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxh7 Bf8 23. Rg6 axb3 24. h4 Qd7 25. h5 Ke8 26. Qg8 Rc6 27. h6
gxh6 28. Rf6 Qg7 29. Rxe6+ Kd8 30. Rd1 Qxg8 31. Rxd5+ 0-1

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zotkin, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. cxd4 a6 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Be3 h6 13. Rc1 g5 14. Qa4 Kb8 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxa6 Rd7 19. Qb6+ Ka8 20. Nb5 Nd5 21.
Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Re1 f6 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Be6 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qh5+ Kd8
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nd3 18. Qxc7+ Qxc7 19. Bxc7+ Kxc7 20. Rxe6
Rhe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bf3 b6 23. b3 f5 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Be2 g5 26. Rd4 Nc6 27.
Rd2 Ne5 28. Kf1 f4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Rd4 f3 31. Bd1 Rf8 32. Rh4 Rd8 33. Rd4 Rf8
34. Bc2 Rf6 35. Rh4 h6 36. Ke1 Kd6 37. Kd2 h5 38. h3 Rh6 39. Ke3 Nf7 40. Kxf3
Ng5+ 41. Kf4 Ne6+ 42. Kg3 Rh8 43. Kf3 Ng5+ 44. Ke3 Re8+ 45. Be4 Re5 46. f3 Ne6
47. f4 Ra5 48. a4 Ng7 49. Bc2 Rc5 50. c4 Ke6 51. Kf2 Kf6 52. f5 Kg5 53. Rd4
Nxf5 54. Rd7 a5 55. Be4 Kf4 56. Bxf5 Kxf5 57. Rd5+ Kf4 58. Rd6 b5 59. axb5 a4
60. b6 axb3 1-0

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nf4 8.
Ne4 Nxe2+ 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. h3 Be6 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Rd2
Nb4 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Kh2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxe7
Rg4 21. Rd1 Rxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxb2 24. f4 h6 25. Ne4 Re8 26. Nc5 b6
27. Na6 Re7 28. Nb4 c5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Nd5 Re2 31. Rd7 Rxc2 32. Rxa7 b5 33.
Nc7 b4 34. Ne8+ Kg8 35. Nd6 Bc1 36. Kg3 c4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Nxf7 b3 39. axb3
cxb3 40. Rb8 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 Ba3 42. Rb7 b2 43. Nd6+ Kg8 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kf8
46. Nb5 b1=Q 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Be7 49. Rxe7+ Kf6 50. Nxc3 Qf5+ 51. Kf3 Kxe7
52. Ne2 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 h5 54. Ng1 Qd4+ 55. Kf1 Qxf4+ 56. Nf3 g5 57. Kg1 g4 58.
hxg4 hxg4 59. g3 Qxg3+ 60. Kf1 Qxf3+ 61. Kg1 0-1

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simard, Francois"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Bf4
Bb4 9. Rc1 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Be7 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Kd2 c5 16. Bb5 f6 17. Bc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Ra5 19. Rb1 g5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxc5
Rxb5 22. Rxb5 Ba6 23. Rcb2 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Kd7 26. Nd4 Bc7 27. Nxe6
Bd6 28. Rxd5 Kxe6 29. c4 Ra8 30. e4 Ra2+ 31. Ke3 Rc2 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rh5 Rxc4
34. Rxh7 Bc5+ 35. Kd3 Rd4+ 36. Kc3 Rxe4 37. g3 Bxf2 38. gxh4 Rxh4 39. Rb7 Bc5
40. Rb1 f5 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Rf1 Rh3+ 43. Ke2 Ke4 44. Kd1 f4 45. Ke2 f3+ 46. Ke1
f2+ 47. Kd1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. a4 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. Nge2
e5 9. Bh6 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. exd5 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qe5+ 13. Nde2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Nc3 Re8+ 16. Be2 Qd4 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Kxd3
Nd7 21. Kc4 Ne5+ 22. Kb3 Rad8 23. Rad1 f5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Re7 h5
27. Kb4 b6 28. Ne2 a5+ 29. Kc3 Nc5 30. b3 b5 31. Re5 Nd7 32. Re6 b4+ 33. Kb2
Kf7 34. Rxc6 Ne5 35. Rc5 Kf6 36. Rxa5 Rd2 37. Nf4 g5 38. Nxh5+ Ke6 39. Ng7+ Kf6
40. Ne8+ Ke6 41. Nc7+ Kd6 42. Kc1 Rxg2 43. Rd5+ Kxc7 44. Rxe5 f4 45. Rb5 g4 46.
fxg4 f3 47. Rf5 f2 48. Kb2 Rxh2 49. g5 Kb6 50. g6 Rg2 51. g7 Rxg7 52. Rf6+ Ka5
53. Rxf2 Rg3 54. Kc1 Rh3 55. Kd2 Rg3 56. Re2 Rh3 57. Re7 Ka6 58. Re3 Rh2+ 59.
Kd3 Ka5 60. Re5+ Ka6 61. Re2 Rh4 62. Re4 Rh3+ 63. Kc4 Rc3+ 64. Kxb4 Rxc2 65.
Re6+ Ka7 66. Kb5 Rh2 67. Re7+ Kb8 68. b4 Rh5+ 69. Kb6 Rh6+ 70. Ka5 Rh5+ 71. b5
Rh6 72. b6 Rh5+ 73. Ka6 Rh8 74. a5 Rg8 75. Re5 Rh8 76. Kb5 Rg8 77. a6 Rh8 78.
a7+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b3 Bxc5 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. c4 Bb7 11. a3 Rad8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Qa4 e5 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Rfd1 e4 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Nf1 Qg5 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Rac1 Be5 20. Bd4 Ng4 21.
Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Nc7 Bxc7 23. Rxc7 b5 24. Qc2 Bc4 25. h3 Qe6 26. Nd2 Bd3 27. Qc3
Qg6 28. Rxa7 Nf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Ra6 Rd5 31. Nf1 Kg7 32. Ng3 h5 33. h4 Rfd8
34. Rc6 R8d7 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. f3 exf3 37. gxf3 Be4 38. Rxd5 Bxd5 39. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wiebe, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 d6 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. Nc3 Nf4 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Nc4 16. Nfg5 h6 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Nh3 Qh4 19. Qd3 g6 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. b3 Nd2
22. Nxf4 Nxf1 23. Nh3 Nd2 24. Qxd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+
28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 Rfd8 30. Ne4 Rac8 31. Rg1 Qxh2 32. Rg3 Qh5+ 33. Rf3 Kg7
34. Bb1 Qd5 35. Qf4 f5 36. Rh3 fxe4 37. Qxh6+ Kf6 38. Rh4 Ke7 39. Qg7+ Kd6 40.
Bxe4 Rg8 41. Qa7 Qg5 42. Qxa6+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Kf6 44. Qb7 Qg4+ 45. Ke3 Rce8 46.
Qf7+ Kg5 47. f4+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bc4
Rc8 15. Rc1 Rxc4 16. Qxc4 Ba6 17. Qb3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qa8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qc2 Na5
21. Qc7 Re8 22. Re1 Qc8 23. Rc1 Qa8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Nc4 27.
Qb5 Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Qc6 29. f3 Rc8 30. Rd1 Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. d5 exd5 33. Rxd5
g6 34. Rd7 a5 35. Rb7 Rb2 36. a4 g5 37. e5 Rb4 38. Kf2 Rxa4 39. Rxb6 Rb4 40.
Ra6 Rb5 41. e6 fxe6 42. Rxe6 Kf7 43. Ra6 h5 44. g3 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Rb3+ 46. Ke4
Rb4+ 47. Kf5 Rb5+ 48. Ke4 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Kf4 Rb4+ 51. Kg5 a4 52. f4 h3
53. Kg4 Ke7 54. Kxh3 Rxf4 55. Kg3 Rb4 56. h4 Rc4 57. h5 Kf7 58. h6 Kg8 59. Ra7
Kh8 60. Kf3 Rc3+ 61. Ke2 Ra3 62. Kd2 Ra1 63. Kc2 a3 64. Kb3 Rb1+ 65. Ka2 Rb6
66. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Enkh-Amar, Galbadrakh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6
9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4
bxc4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. O-O Qc7 20. Qg3 f6 21. c3 fxe5
22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. h4 Qc8 26. Qg4 Qe8 27. h5 Kh8
28. Ne2 Qf7 29. Nf4 Kg8 30. Bf2 Be7 31. Nxd5 Bh4 32. Nf4 Bd8 33. Bd4 Be7 34.
Nd5 Bd8 35. Ne3 Bb5 36. Bc5 Bc7 37. Bd6 Bb6 38. Bc5 Bc7 39. Nxc4 h6 40. Nd6
Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Bxd6 42. Qxe6+ Qf7 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. exd6 g6 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46.
c4 Be8 47. a4 Kf6 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 Ke6 50. b6 Bc6 51. a5 Bb7 52. g4 Bc8 53.
Kg3 Kd7 54. Kh4 Kc6 55. Kh5 Kb7 56. Be3 Kc6 57. Kxh6 Kxd6 58. g5 Kc6 59. g6 Kb5
60. g7 1-0

[Event "CAN-op U2400"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "MacKinnon, Keith"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Qe2
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qxd3 17. cxd3 O-O 18. Rab1 Rfb8 19. Ba5 d5 20. Kf1 Bd8
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. c5 d4 23. f4 Rd5 24. Rec1 g5 25. g3 gxf4 26. gxf4 f6 27. Rb7
fxe5 28. f5 Rad8 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Ke2 Rxe6 31. Rg1+ Rg6 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Rxa7
Rxc5 34. Kd2 Rc3 35. h4 Kf8 36. Ra5 Kf7 37. Rxe5 Ra3 38. Ke2 Rxa2+ 39. Kf3 Rh2
40. Rc5 Rxh4 41. Rxc6 Kg7 42. Kg3 g5 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rc6+ Kh5 45. Rd6 Rg4+ 46.
Kf3 Rh4 47. Kg3 Rf4 48. Rc6 Rf5 49. Rd6 g4 50. Rxd4 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Kh4 52. Rd8
Re3 53. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Washimkar, Atharva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2014.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 Qb6 9. a4 Nc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. e5 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Qe2
d5 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qc3 17. Bd4 1-0

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhu, Hong Rui"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5
Nf5 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qd2 h5 11. Nbc3 Be7 12. O-O h4 13. g4 h3 14. Bh1 Nh4 15. Nf4
Bd7 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. Nxh3 Kg7 18. Nf4 Rh7 19. Nfe2 Rah8 20. f4 Qa6 21. Rcd1 b5
22. b3 Qb6 23. Ng3 Kf8 24. Rf2 Bb4 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Nb1 Ba5 27. Nd2 a6 28. Rc1
Qa7 29. Rc2 b4 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Qc2 Bb6 32. Ndf1 Nc6 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 Nxd4
35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. f6+ Kg6 37. Bxd4 Rxc8 38. Bxb6 Qb7 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. Rf4 Nf5
41. Rg4+ Kh6 42. Nxf5+ exf5 43. Be3+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 c5 7. dxc5 Nd5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nxc5 13. O-O-O+ Ke7
14. Be2 b6 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rhe1 Rhd8 18. Nd5+ Kf8 19. Nb4 Rac8
20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. c3 Ke7 22. Nd5+ Kd6 23. Nf4 Rc4 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Nd3 Nc6 26.
b3 Rh4 27. h3 e5 28. Kd2 f5 29. Ke3 g5 30. f3 Ke6 31. Nb4 Ne7 32. c4 b5 33. Rc1
g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Nd3 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 gxf3 37. gxf3 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxa2 39. Re1
Nd4 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41. Re3 bxc4 42. bxc4 Ra3 43. f4 Rc3 44. Rh3 a5 45. Kf2 1-0

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd1
Bd7 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. c3 Rac8 17. Ba4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Kg7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. fxe5
Bxa4 21. Rd4 Bc6 22. exd6 exd6 23. Nb4 Re6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Ke3
Ke7 27. Ra4 a6 28. Rb4 Rc7 29. Kd3 Re5 30. Rd4 Rd7 31. Rd5 Ke6 32. Kd4 f5 33.
c4 Rxe4+ 34. Rxe4+ fxe4 35. Kxe4 Rf7 36. Rd2 Rf1 37. Kd4 Rc1 38. Re2+ Kd7 39.
Rf2 Ke7 40. Kd3 a5 41. b3 Rd1+ 42. Rd2 Rh1 43. g3 Rc1 44. Rc2 Rd1+ 45. Kc3 Rb1
46. a3 Ra1 47. Kb2 Re1 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Re3 50. Rc3 Re2+ 51. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shi, Diwen"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 O-O 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Rad1
Nc5 15. f3 a5 16. Rfe1 a4 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Nxa4 Bg5 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Qg3 Qf6 21.
Bb2 Qh6 22. Bc1 Re6 23. h4 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxc1 25. Qe1 Bf4 26. g3 Bxg3 27. Qxg3
Rg6 28. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Kg3 Re8 31. Rf1 d5 32. Rff2 dxe4 33. fxe4
Qe5+ 34. Kf3 Re6 35. Rh2 f5 36. Ke3 Rd6 37. Rhg2 Qxe4+ 38. Kf2 Qxh4+ 39. Kf3
Rd1 40. Ke3 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qf4# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dorrance, Adam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Nd5 9. a3 Nb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. e3 Be6 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. b3 Bh3 14. Bxh3
Qxh3 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. f4 Qd7 17. Bc3 Na7 18. a4 c5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Ne5 Qd5 21.
Nc4 cxd4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. h3 Qc5 24. Kh2 Nb5 25. axb5 Rxd1 26. Rxa8+ Bf8 27.
Bb4 Qd4 28. Rxd1 Qxd1 29. h4 f6 30. Nxb6 Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qe6+ 32. Kh2 Qxb6 33.
Bxe7 Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yu, Zong Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Kh1 b6 12. Qh4 d5 13. fxe5 Nfxe4 14. Qe1 Bb7
15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Be3 Re8 21.
Nh3 Qf7 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Nb5 Qxa2 24. Nd6 Re7 25. b4 Ne6 26. Qf2 Bg7 27. Ng5
Nxg5 28. Bxg5 Rd7 29. Bf4 Qe6 30. Qg3 e3 31. Re1 e2 32. h4 Bf8 33. Nxb7 Rxb7
34. Qf3 Re7 35. g3 Re8 36. c3 a5 37. Bd2 Bg7 38. Kg2 a4 39. h5 a3 40. h6 Bh8
41. Qd3 a2 42. Ra1 Bf6 43. Qf3 Rd8 44. Be1 Bg5 45. Bf2 Bxh6 46. Re1 Re8 47. Qd3
Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 Rxe4 49. Ra1 Bd2 50. Rxa2 e1=Q 51. Bxe1 Bxe1 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra6
Bxc3 54. Rxb6 Rxb4 55. Rc6 Be5 56. Rc5 Kf6 57. Rc6+ Kf5 58. Kh3 Rb3 59. Kg2
Rxg3+ 60. Kh1 Rc3 61. Ra6 Rc2 62. Ra8 h5 63. Rf8+ Bf6 64. Ra8 g5 65. Ra5+ Be5
66. Ra8 g4 67. Rf8+ Bf6 68. Re8 h4 69. Re1 Bg5 70. Rf1+ Bf4 71. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto, CAN"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Cheng, Bindi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Nh5 15.
Qh3 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 e5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Raf1 exf4 20. Qh6 f6 21. Bxg6
Bd8 22. Bf5 Qg7 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Qxf4 Rb8 25. Rf3 Bb6 26. Rg3 Qe7 27. Rg8+ Rxg8
28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. h4 Re8 31. h5 Bd8 32. Qf4 Bg5 33. Qxd6 h6 34.
Qxa6 Bf4 35. Qxb5 Rb8 36. Qf1 Bd6 37. Qf6 Rf8 38. Bf7 Be7 39. Qxe7 Rgxf7 40.
Qe5+ Kh7 41. d6 Rf5 42. Qe4 Kg7 43. d7 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto, CAN"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. h3 c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Be3
exd4 9. Bxd4 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Nh4 Ne5 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qa5 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Ng5 f6 21.
Bxe5 fxg5 22. Bc3 Qxf5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd3 Qf4 25. Qxf4 gxf4 26. Rd4 Kg8 27.
Rxf4 Re2 28. a5 d5 29. Rf5 Rxc2 30. g4 b5 31. axb6 axb6 32. h4 b5 33. h5 b4 34.
Be5 Be7 35. b3 g6 36. Rf3 Re2 37. Bf6 Re1+ 38. Kg2 gxh5 39. gxh5 c5 40. h6 Bxf6
41. Rxf6 c4 42. bxc4 dxc4 43. Rc6 b3 44. Rxc4 b2 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rc7+ Re7 0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto, CAN"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Derraugh, Geordie"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nde2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Ne7 12. Qf3 Be6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Re1
Qd7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 Nf5 17. g4 Nh6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Rae8 20. Re2
Bf4 21. Qh5 Re7 22. Kh1 e5 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Bc2 Qc4 25. g5 Qxa2 26. b3 Qa5 27.
b4 Qb5 28. Bb3 Rd8 29. Qf3 Red7 30. Ra2 Kh8 31. Ra5 Qb6 32. Bxd5 Bxg5 33. Rg1
Qh6 34. Qf5 Bf4 35. h3 Qd6 36. Be6 Rf8 37. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto, CAN"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhang, Yuanchen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qe1 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ba4
Be6 15. c5 f6 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 f5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21.
Nc4 Qe6 22. Qg3 f4 23. exf4 Qf6 24. Ne5 Nxf4 25. Rfe1 Rad8 26. Qe3 Qg5 27. g4
c5 28. Ra5 Qh4 29. dxc5 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Rfe8 33. c6 Nf2+
34. Kg2 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Nxg4 36. Qf4 Rd2+ 37. Qxd2 Qxh2+ 38. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto, CAN"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Du, Digeng"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nc3 f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bb4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Bh3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Closed"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Du, Digeng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. g4 e5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. d5 c5 12. Ng3 b5 13. Qd2 c4 14. Ba2 Nc5 15. Bh6 a6
16. h4 Ra7 17. h5 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Na4 19. Qe3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rb7 21. Kd2 Qb6 22.
Qe1 Qc5 23. Qc1 0-1

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Faizrakhmanov, Ramil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Qa4 g6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. d4 Ne8 11. Nge2 Nd6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Nf4 Rb8
15. h4 Nf5 16. Rd1 Nc4 17. Nce2 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Nd3 Bb7 22. Nb4 Bf6 23. h5 Rbc8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. O-O Rc4 26. a3 Qb6 27.
Nc6 Kg7 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. b3 Rd7 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4
Qc7 34. Qc5 Qf4 35. Qc4 Qg5 36. Rb1 Rc7 37. Qb4 Bc8 38. d6 Rb7 39. Qe1 Rxb1 40.
Qxb1 exd6 41. Qc2 Be6 42. a5 d5 43. Be2 d4 44. Bxa6 Bd5 45. Bf1 d3 46. Qxd3
Bxc6 47. a6 Qc5 48. g3 Bd4 49. Bg2 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.19"]
[Round "2.69"]
[White "Ahmad, Safy"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 f6 7. g3 Be6 8. Bg2
Qd7 9. O-O h5 10. h4 O-O-O 11. Re1 Be7 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bh3 14. Bh1 Bg4 15.
Qb1 Bc5 16. Qb5 Bb6 17. c4 a6 18. Qb2 Qf5 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxf3 21. Bxb6
cxb6 22. Qxb6 Nd4 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Qxc6+ bxc6 25. Rec1 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Nxc1 27.
Rxc1 Kc7 28. Kf3 Rd4 29. Ke3 Rhd8 30. Rd1 Rxc4 31. Rd2 Rc3 32. a4 Ra3 33. f4
exf4+ 34. gxf4 Rxa4 35. c3 Ra3 36. c4 f5 37. Ke2 a5 38. d4 Re8+ 39. Kf2 Re4 40.
c5 Rxf4+ 41. Kg2 Rxh4 42. Re2 Rxd4 {... (55)} 0-1

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.20"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Nge7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nb3 a5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. O-O a4 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxc5
15. Qxd5 O-O 16. Rac1 Ra5 17. Qd1 Be6 18. Bd2 Rb5 19. Qxa4 Rxb2 20. Rc2 Rxc2
21. Qxc2 Rc8 22. Qa4 Bd5 23. Qf4 Be4 24. Ng5 Bd3 25. Re1 h6 26. Nh3 Rd8 27. Bc3
Be4 28. Rc1 Rd3 29. Be1 Qg6 30. g4 0-1

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "4.61"]
[White "Hamdan, Marshool"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Bg5 Nxd4 10. Qe1+ Ne6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be4 Qb5 14. Nc3
Qa6 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bg7 18. Nd5 Nd4 19. Bg4+ Kb8 20. Nb4
Qg6 21. Qd1 a5 22. Bh5 Qf5 23. Bg4 Qb5 24. Nc2 Nb3 25. axb3 Rxd1 26. Rfxd1 Bxb2
27. Rab1 Qxb3 28. Bf5 a4 29. Rd2 Re8 30. g3 Qc3 31. Rd3 Qxc2 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33.
Bxc2 a3 34. Bb3 c5 35. Bxf7 b5 36. Ba2 c4 37. Kg2 c3 38. Bb3 c2 39. Bxc2 a2 40.
Bxh7 axb1=Q 41. Bxb1 Rd2 42. g4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Naoum, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. c4 O-O 14. h3 Bf4
15. Bc3 Rac8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. Nf3 Ba6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Bb7 22. f3 Nh5 23. Qc2 g6 24. Bb4 b5 25. Bd6 bxc4 26. Be4 Qb6+ 27. Qf2
Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Ng3 29. Rae1 Nf5 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Bb4 b5 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Rc1 {
unreable(62)} 0-1

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "6.62"]
[White "Dorrance, Adam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qa5 14. a3 b5
15. b4 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. Qd3 Red8 18. Bc5 Qb8 19. axb5 Be8 20. Qf3 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Be7 Rb8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qa7 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Qh6 f5 27.
Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nxe8 Qxe8 29. Rc1 Nd8 30. Rc7 Nf7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Re7 Qf8 33.
Qxe6 Rb6 34. Qe3 Rb8 35. Bd5 f4 36. Qe6 Rb6 37. Rxf7 Qxb4 38. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "7.63"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gillot, Florent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Nf3 c4 8. h4
Qa4 9. h5 h6 10. Rh4 Ne7 11. Rg4 Nf5 12. Nh4 Nxh4 13. Rxh4 Nc6 14. Ra2 Ne7 15.
Rf4 Bd7 16. Qf3 Rf8 17. Kd1 b5 18. g4 a5 19. Kd2 Rb8 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. Rb1 Ke7
22. Kd1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. Ba3 Ke8 27. Bxb4 Qxb4
28. Qe3 Ba4 29. Qc1 Ke7 30. Rf3 c3 31. Bd3 Qb2 32. Rg3 Rb8 33. g5 Qxc1+ 34.
Kxc1 hxg5 35. Rxg5 Kf8 36. Rg4 Rb2 37. Rf4 Ra2 38. Kd1 Ke7 39. Rg4 Kf8 40. Rf4
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.24"]
[Round "8.66"]
[White "Yang Ching Wei, Austin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. a3 Bf5 11. O-O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Bf6 14.
Kb1 h6 15. h3 Rhe8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.
Qf5+ Qd7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. d5 Bd4 23. f3 Ke7 24. c3 Bf2 25. Kc2 g5 26. Bd2 Kf6
27. Kd3 Ke5 28. c4 Bd4 29. b3 f5 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Bb2 32. a4 Bd4 33. Be1
Bg1 34. Bc3+ Kf4 35. Ke2 a6 36. Bg7 a5 37. Bxh6 Bd4 38. Bf8 Bf6 39. Bh6 Bh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "9.64"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rimawy, Hosam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Nge2
Bb4 9. O-O Qa5 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Nce2 Na6 12. Nh5 Nc7 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Bxb4 15.
axb4 Qxa1 16. Qb3 b5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ba3 Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Bg4 20. Nef4 Rf5 21.
Qc3 Bxh5 22. Nxh5 Raf8 23. Ng3 Rxf2+ 24. Kg1 h5 25. h4 Ra2 26. Bb2 Ra6 27. Nxh5
Ne6 28. Qh3 Re8 29. Qg4 Kf7 30. Qf5+ Ke7 31. Nxg7 Nxg7 32. Qf6+ Kd7 33. Qxg7+
Re7 34. Qg4+ Kd8 35. Bc1 Ra1 36. Qg5 a5 37. bxa5 b4 38. Kh2 c5 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40.
Bg5 e3 41. Bxe7 e2 42. e6+ Kc6 43. Qe8+ Kb7 44. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "10.58"]
[White "Kwon, Sehyun"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8
15. Qxh5 Nf6 16. Qh4 g6 17. Nce4 Nh5 18. g4 Nxd4 19. Kg2 f6 20. Ne6 Nxe6 21.
gxh5 g5 22. Qg3 Qd5 23. f3 Rae8 24. Be3 Ng7 25. Qxc7 Nf5 26. Qc2 Nh4+ 27. Kf2
Qf5 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Nd2 Qxh3 30. Qg4 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 f5 32. Qg1 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 Bd6
34. Bd4+ Kh7 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Rc1 Bg3+ 37. Qxg3 Re2+ 38. Kxe2 Qxg3 39. Rc8 Ng6
40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Bc3 g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Rg6+ Ke7
46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Ne4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch-U16"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "11.42"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Pomini, Aurelien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Chess Mix"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bxb6 axb6 8.
d4 Bg4 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. f3 Nh5 14. g3 Nf6
15. g4 Bc6 16. Nf5 Ra5 17. a4 Ne7 18. b4 Re5 19. b5 Bd7 20. Ne3 Be6 21. Rd1 Ng6
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Ne7 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Qd4 Nc8 26. f4 Re7 27. Rd3 Ne8 28.
Rdg3 f6 29. Bh5 c6 30. Rh3 d5 31. Bg6 h6 32. e5 Rd7 33. e6 Rd6 34. Rh5 Ne7 35.
Bf7 Ng8 36. Rg6 c5 37. Qd3 Rxf7 38. exf7 Qe7+ 39. Ne2 Qxf7 40. Qh3 d4 41. Nc1
Nc7 42. Nd3 Nd5 43. Qg3 Rd7 44. Ne5 Re7 45. Kf2 fxe5 46. fxe5 Nc3 47. Qf4 Qc4
48. Rh3 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Rxe5 50. Rf3 Re4 51. Qg3 Qe1+ 52. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 53. Kf2 Re2+
54. Kf1 Rxc2 55. Rxb6 c4 56. Rxb7 d3 57. Rd7 Nxa4 58. Rf2 Nc5 59. Rc7 Rc1+ 60.
Kg2 Ne4 61. Rf1 d2 62. Rd7 c3 63. f6 Ngxf6 64. Rd8+ Kh7 65. b6 Rxf1 66. Kxf1 c2
67. b7 d1=Q+ 68. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 69. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.10.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Song, Michael"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qe2 Nxd2 8.
Bxd2 Be7 9. h4 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Rh3 Qc7 12. Rg3 g6 13. Rc1 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15.
Ng5 Nd8 16. h5 a5 17. Rh3 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rg8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh7 a4 21. a3 Nc6
22. Qe3 Nb8 23. Qf4 Na6 24. Qf6 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. cxb4 a3 27. bxa3 Rxa3 28.
Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.10.19"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. h4 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 17. Rh3 f6 18. Nde4 fxg5 19. hxg5 dxe4 20. Qh5+ Kf5 21.
Rg3 Rh8 22. Qxh8 Nxe5 23. Qh7+ Kf4 24. dxe5 Kxe5 25. Rd1 Nd6 26. Qh2 Kf5 27.
Qh7+ Ke5 28. Rg4 Bb7 29. Qh2+ Kf5 30. Qf4+ Kg6 31. Qxd6 Qf7 32. Rf4 Qg8 33. Qe7
Bd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qd6+ Kh5 36. g6 Qc8 37. g4+ Kh4 38. Qxd5 Qh8 39. g5+ Kh5
40. Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.10.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Derraugh, Geordie"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. a3 Re8 10. c4 d5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Ne4 Nb6 15.
Nc5 Bd5 16. Be4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxe4 19. f3 Qd5 20. Qc3 Bg6 21. Bf4
Na4 22. Qd2 c5 23. Nb5 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bd3 25. Nc7 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nxb2 27. Nxa8
Rxa8 28. Bc3 Na4 29. Be5 Re8 30. Bd6 Rd8 31. Bf4 b5 32. Be3 a6 33. Ke2 c4 34.
Bd2 c3 35. Be1 a5 36. Rb1 Rc8 37. Kd3 Nb2+ 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Rb3 a4 40. Rxc3
Nxa3+ 41. Kd3 Rd8+ 42. Ke2 b4 43. Rd3 Re8+ 44. Kd1 b3 45. Bc3 Nc4 46. Rd4 b2
47. Bxb2 Nxb2+ 48. Kc1 Re2 49. g4 a3 50. Kb1 Re3 51. f4 Rd3 52. Rb4 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Cheng, Bindi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Qb6 6. Qd2 a5 7. Nge2 Na6 8. f3
Nb4 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Rxh5 11. Nf4 Rh8 12. Bc4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Bd3 Nf6
15. O-O-O Qc5 16. Kb1 g5 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Ng2 Qc5 19. h4 gxh4 20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21.
Nxh4 Be6 22. Re1 O-O-O 23. Ng6 Re8 24. Nf4 Qg5 25. Qh2 Bd7 26. Rg1 Qe5 27. Qh4
Qd4 28. Rd1 Nfd5 29. Nce2 Qf6 30. Qg3 Qh6 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Be4 Nf6 33. Bd3 Qe3
34. Nc1 Rg8 35. Qh4 Qxf3 36. Re1 Be6 37. Qd4 Qd5 38. Qf2 Qc5 39. Qh2 Qb4 40.
Qf2 Qxa4 41. Qa7 Qb4 42. Rf1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e4 c6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bd2 a5 15. e5
Ne8 16. Ne4 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qb6 20. Qd2 Ng7 21. Nd6
Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. h4 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Qa2 1-0

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Bxd8 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Kxd8 10. Nc3 c6 11. O-O-O Kc7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. h3 Bg5+ 14. Kb1
Bf6 15. Nde2 Re8 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. Ng3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 c5 19. f3 Bc6 20. Nh5 c4
21. Bf1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rg8 23. Kb2 a5 24. Re5 h6 25. f4 g5 26. g4 b5 27. Nf6 Rg6
28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Nd5+ Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rf6 31. Bg2 Rf2 32. Rc5+ Kd8 33. Bc6 b4
34. Rxg5 Kc7 35. Bd5 Kb6 36. h4 f6 37. Rh5 f5 38. gxf5 Kc5 39. Be6 bxc3+ 40.
Kxc3 Nb5+ 41. Kb2 Kb4 42. Kc1 Nd4 43. Kd1 Nf3 44. Rh8 Rd2+ 45. Kc1 Re2 46. Bxc4
Kxc4 47. f6 Re1+ 48. Kb2 Nxh4 49. f7 Ng6 50. f8=Q Nxf8 51. Rxf8 Re3 52. Rf5 a4
53. a3 Re7 54. Rf4+ Kb5 55. Rf5+ Kc4 56. Rf4+ Kb5 57. Rb4+ Ka5 58. Rb8 Rc7 59.
Rb4 Rc5 60. Rh4 Rg5 61. Rh3 Rc5 62. Rc3 Rb5+ 63. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Johnson, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2013.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 c6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. h4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Rdg1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Qf5
Qc8 15. Qxc8 Raxc8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. f4 h5 18. Re1 Rce8 19. Kd2 b5 20. Rhf1 Nh6
21. Nd1 Nf5 22. Ne3 Ng3 23. Rf3 Ne4+ 24. Kd3 g6 25. g4 f6 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Nf5
Rc7 28. Nd6 Nc5+ 29. Kd4 Ne6+ 30. Kc3 Rd8 31. Rg1+ Rg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nf5+
Kf7 34. Rg3 a5 35. Nh6+ Ke7 36. f5 d4+ 37. Kd2 fxe5 38. fxe6 Kxe6 39. Rg5 Kf6
40. Rxh5 Kg6 41. Rxe5 Kxh6 42. Re6+ Kh5 43. Rxc6 Kxh4 44. Rc5 Rb8 45. Kd3 Kg4
46. Kxd4 Kf4 47. Rc6 a4 48. Kc5 a3 49. bxa3 Ra8 50. Kb4 Ra4+ 51. Kb3 Ke4 52.
Rc5 Ra5 53. c3 Kd3 54. Rd5+ Ke4 55. Rd4+ Ke5 56. a4 bxa4+ 57. Rxa4 Rc5 58. Rc4
Rb5+ 59. Rb4 Ra5 60. a4 Kd6 61. Rb5 Ra8 62. Kb4 Kc6 63. a5 Rh8 64. a6 Ra8 65.
Ka5 Ra7 66. Rb6+ Kc5 67. Rb7 Ra8 68. Rc7+ Kd6 69. Kb6 Rxa6+ 70. Kxa6 Kxc7 71.
Kb5 Kd6 72. c4 Kd7 73. Kb6 Kc8 74. Kc6 Kd8 75. Kb7 1-0

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Deatrick, Alexander"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxb7 Nd7 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. d4 Be7
15. b4 Rc8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qd3 Qb7 18. Rfc1 Bf6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qe3 Be7 21.
Bd4 Qa6 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rab1 Qxa2 24. Rb8+ Bf8 25. Qe4 d5 26. Qh4 f6 27. Qh5
Qa4 28. Rb7 Rc8 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Rc7 Ra8 31. cxd5 Qe8 32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. Rc8
Rxc8 34. Rxc8 exd5 1-0

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hui, Jeremy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. a3 Bd6 8.
Nb5 Bf5 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Ng6 14. Bg3
Nce7 15. Rfe1 c6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Nc1 b6 18. Nd3 f6 19. Re2 Nf5 20. Rae1 Kf7
21. f3 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Re8 24. Qxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Kf2 Kd7
27. Ke3 Ke6 28. g4 Ne7 29. b3 Nc8 30. Nf4+ Kf7 31. Nd3 Ke6 32. c4 Ne7 33. c5 b5
34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 h6 36. Nf4+ Kf7 37. Ne2 g5 38. a5 f5 39. Nc3 Kg6 40. Na4
h5 41. gxh5+ Kxh5 42. Nb6 f4+ 43. Ke2 Kh4 44. Kf2 g4 45. fxg4 Kxg4 46. Nd7 Ng6
47. Ke2 Kf5 48. Nb8 Ne7 49. Kf3 Kg5 50. Ke2 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kf5 52. Kf3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sun, Mike"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd6 exd6 8. O-O
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Na3 Bg4 11. Nc2 c4 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. Qe2 d5 14. b3 Na5 15. b4
Nc6 16. b5 Nb8 17. a4 a6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ne5 Nc6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22.
a5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Nxa5 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rd8 29. Bf3 b5 30. Bd1 Re8 31. Bc2 Nb7 32. Kf1 Nd6 33. Re1 Ra8 34. Ke2 Ra2
35. Kd2 b4 36. cxb4 Nb5 37. Kc1 Nxd4 38. Bd1 c3 39. Kb1 Rxf2 40. Ba4 Rb2+ 41.
Ka1 Rxb4 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Bd1 c2 44. Bxc2 Nxc2+ 45. Ka2 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "CYCC U16"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dorrance, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 c2 13. Bxc2 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Be7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qb5 19. Qg3 g5 20. Bb3 gxh4 21. Qg7 Rh7
0-1

[Event "Aurora Summer op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Zotkin, Daniel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. d4 Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bf8
15. Bd3 c6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nf4 Nxg3 18. fxg3 g5 19. Ng6 Bf5 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21.
c3 Qb6 22. Qb3+ Qxb3 23. axb3 Be6 24. b4 a6 25. g4 Bc4 26. Rfe1 Rae8 27. Nd2
Bd5 28. c4 Bf7 29. Rac1 Re6 30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Rxf8
Kxf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 b5 36. b3 Bf7 37. Kd3 Bg6+ 38. Kc3 Ke6 39. Nf3 Be4 40.
Kd2 Kd7 41. Kc3 Kc7 42. Kd2 Kb7 43. Ne1 Kb6 44. Kc3 c5 45. bxc5+ dxc5 46. cxb5
axb5 47. dxc5+ Kxc5 48. b4+ Kd5 49. Nf3 g6 50. Ne1 Ke5 51. Nf3+ Kf4 52. Kd4 h5
53. gxh5 gxh5 54. Nxg5 Bxg2 55. Ne6+ Kg3 56. Ng7 h4 57. Ke3 Bxh3 58. Nh5+ Kg4
59. Nf4 Bf1 60. Nd5 h3 61. Kf2 h2 0-1

[Event "Aurora Summer op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ochkoos, Jura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Qxb4 Rf8 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14.
Qxc3 c6 15. O-O Bf5 16. b4 a5 17. a4 Qb6 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. g4 Bc8 20. f4 c5 21.
Rfb1 Qc7 22. Rb5 Rxb5 23. axb5 c4 24. f5 Qb6 25. Ra5 g6 26. Ra8 Qxb5 27. f6
Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kg3 g5 30. f7+ Kg7 31. Qa3 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 Qf4+
34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aurora Summer op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Song, Michael"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Nd3 Nc5 14. b4 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Qe8 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qd5+ Qxd5 20. cxd5 Rfc8 21.
Be3 b5 22. a3 Kf7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra1 a6 25. Kf1 Rc4 26. Ke1 Bf6 27. Bb6 e4
28. Ra2 Bc3+ 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Be3 Ke5 31. Rc2 Kxd5 32. Bf4 h6 33. h4 Bf6 34.
Rd2+ Rd4 35. Rc2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Be3 Rc4 38. Ra2 Kc6 39. Bd2 d5 40. a4 Bd8
41. axb5+ Kxb5 42. Ke1 d4 43. Kf1 g4 44. Ke1 Bb6 45. Kd1 e3 46. fxe3 dxe3 47.
Be1 Bc7 48. Ra3 f4 49. gxf4 Bxf4 50. Ra5+ Kb6 51. Rf5 g3 52. Rf6+ Kb7 53. Rg6
Be5 54. Rxg3 Bxg3 55. Bxg3 Rxb4 56. Kc2 Rd4 57. Be1 Kc6 58. Bc3 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Aurora Summer op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yuan, Yuanling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bc2 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. O-O b5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Nd5 e6 14. Ne7+ Nxe7 15.
Bxb7 Rd8 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Be4 dxe5 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. dxe5 Nc7 21. Bb4
Rfd8 22. Bd6 Qb6 23. Qb4 Ncd5 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. Nc6
Rxe4 28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. f3 Re2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Nc4 32. f4 Nxd6 33. exd6
Bd4+ 34. Kf3 Rxd6 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37. Nc8 Bb8 38. Ne7 Bc7 39. Nc8 Bb6
40. Ke4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Aurora Summer op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Itkin, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Qf5 14.
Nd5 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Bf8 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Re8 18. Rde3 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Kd7 20. g4
Ne7 21. Ne5+ Kd8 22. Nxc7 Kxc7 23. Nxf7 Nd5 24. Nxh8 Nxf4 25. Rf3 g5 26. hxg6
Ne6 27. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Toronto Reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2013.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chernik, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bc4 c6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h4
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nd1 a6 11. c3 c5 12. d5 Re8 13. Ne3 Bxd5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bxe4 Bf8 18. g4 Qd7 19. Nd2 g6 20. g5 Bg7 21. O-O-O
b4 22. c4 Qa4 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. Qf3 b3 25. axb3 Qb4 26. h5 a5 27. hxg6 hxg6 28.
Rh7 f5 29. gxf6 Kxh7 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rg1+ Kh7 32. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nasir, Zehn"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 f6 7. O-O Be6 8.
Nbd2 Qd7 9. a3 g5 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 h6 15.
b5 Na5 16. d4 f5 17. Ned2 e4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qf7 20. g4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Nc4 23. Qc3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 fxg4 26. Kg1 Qf3 27. Re1 g3
28. hxg3 Bh3 29. Qd5+ Rf7 30. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Bg2+ 32. Qxg2 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2
Rf2 0-1

[Event "Toronto Reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Udrea, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
Bd3 Bc6 9. c3 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 c6 11. Qc2 g6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. c4 Qc7
15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qa5 Rc8 17. Rc1 O-O 18. h4 Qf4 19. Rhe1 Qc7 20. h5 Nd5 21. Qd2
Nf4 22. Rh1 Bg7 23. h6 Bf6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ng5 Kh8 27. Nxh7 Be7
28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. Qg5 f5 30. Bc2 Qf7 31. Rh1 Kh7 32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 Qg6 34.
Qxh5 Qxh5 35. Rxh5 Kg6 36. g4 Bxh6 37. dxe6 Kg7 38. g5 Bxg5 39. Rxg5+ Kf6 40.
Rxf5+ Kxe6 41. Rf3 Rh8 42. b4 b6 43. Kb2 a5 44. b5 Kd5 45. Rc3 Rf8 46. f3 Kd4
47. Rc6 Rxf3 48. Rxb6 Kc5 49. Rb8 Rf2 50. b6 Kc6 1-0

[Event "Toronto Reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oliveira, Rodrigo"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Qxe5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Qc7 Bg4 18. Rde1 Be6 19. Qxa7 Bc5 20. Bc7
Rc6 21. Qb7 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 Bd4 23. Bc6 Qb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Re2 b4 26. Rd1 Bg4
27. Rxd4 Bxe2 28. Rd2 Bd3 29. f4 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Rxd3 c2 32. Rc3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Stefanovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Bd7 15. b4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. b5 Rc5 20. a4 e6
21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. f3 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 g5 25. Kf2 f6 1-0

[Event "Toronto Reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Manalo, Pepin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Bg5 10. g3 Bh6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Bg2 a5 13. a4 Bd7 14. O-O Nb4
15. c3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qb6 17. Qd1 Rac8 18. Qc2 Rc4 19. Nc1 g6 20. Re1 Rfc8 21.
Bf1 Rd4 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Rxd5 24. c4 Rd2 25. Nxd2 Bxd2 26. Red1 Bb4 27.
Bg2 b6 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Kg2 f5 30. f3 Kf6 31. b3 Bc3 32. Ra2 h5 33. Bb7 Rc7 34.
Rxd6+ Ke7 35. Rd3 Bd4 36. Bd5 Be8 37. f4 Kf6 38. fxe5+ Bxe5 39. Re2 g5 40. Rxe5
Kxe5 41. Re3+ Kd4 42. Rxe8 Kc3 43. Re5 Rc5 44. Rxf5 Kxb3 45. Rxg5 Kxa4 46. Rxh5
Kb3 47. Rh6 a4 48. Rxb6+ Kc3 49. Ra6 Kb3 50. h4 a3 51. h5 a2 52. h6 Kb2 53. h7
Rc8 54. Bg8 1-0

[Event "Toronto Reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Southam, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 e6 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Be2
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 b5 12. Bf3 Nb6 13. b3 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15.
a4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. c3 Nd7 18. Rfc1 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Ra2 Ra5
22. Rac2 Rc8 23. h3 Ba6 24. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "1.83"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Thanabalachandran, Kajan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Qg4 f6
15. Ng6 e5 16. Qe4 Re8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. O-O-O Qd6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21.
Rhd1 Bf6 22. Bb3 a5 23. Nxe5 a4 24. Bxa4 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh7 26. Bc2+ Kh8 27.
Ng6+ Kh7 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Wang, Yi Ye"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. Bb5 Bg4 8.
Be3 Ne6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qd3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qd7
15. O-O f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bh5 18. N2b3 Ne4 19. e6 Qe8 20. c4 Bd6 21.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Qg5 27.
Qxc7 Rd6 28. Qc8+ Rd8 29. Qc7 Rd6 30. e7 h6 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Bg6 33. Qxg5
hxg5 34. Rf8 Nf6 35. Rd8 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Ne6 Kg8 38. Nxg5 Be8 39. Nd4 Nf6
40. Nde6 a5 41. Kf2 Bd7 42. Nc5 Be8 43. Ke3 Ng4+ 44. Kd4 Nxh2 45. Nce6 Ng4 46.
Nc7 Nf6 47. Nxe8 Nxe8 48. Kxd5 g6 49. Ke6 Kg7 50. Kd7 Nf6+ 51. Kd8 a4 52. Ne4
a3 53. bxa3 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "3.57"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Bekmuratov, Beknur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Bb1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qd3
f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Ng5
Qe8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Peczely, Sebastian Zsombor"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. c4 Nxe5 8.
Bxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bf4 f6 13. Nd3 Bxc4 14.
Bxd6 Rxd6 15. Rxe4+ Be6 16. Nc3 Kf7 17. Rae1 Rxd3 18. Rxe6 Rd7 19. h3 c6 20.
R6e2 Rhd8 21. b4 Rc7 22. g3 Rd4 23. a3 Rc4 24. Ne4 Rd7 25. Nc5 Rc7 26. Rd1 a5
27. Ne6 Rc8 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29. Rxg7+ Kh6 30. Rf7 Rg8 31. Rxf6+ Rg6 32. Rxg6+ hxg6
33. bxa5 Ra4 34. Rb2 Rxa5 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. Rc7 Rc3 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. h4 g5 39.
Nxg5 c5 40. Ne4 c4 41. Rc5 Kg6 42. Kf3 Kh6 43. Ke2 Ra1 44. Rxc4 Kh5 45. Kf3
Ra3+ 46. Rc3 Ra6 47. Rc5+ Kh6 48. g4 Rg6 49. Kf4 Re6 50. f3 Ra6 51. Rd5 Ra1 52.
Rd6+ Kg7 53. h5 Rf1 54. g5 Ra1 55. Rd7+ Kh8 56. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "5.54"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mamyrbay, Assad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1590"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bc2 O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d3
d5 9. Nbd2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. h3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Be3 e6 15.
Rad1 Rae8 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Qc1 Nc4 18. Bg5 Bc6 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. b3
Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bh6 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f4 Qb7 26. Re2 f5 27. e5 Rd8
28. Red2 Qa8 29. b4 c4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qd1 Bd5 33. Kh2 h5 34.
Ba4 a6 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. Kg1 b5 37. Qd4 Ke7 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. Kf2
d4 41. cxd4 Ke6 42. g3 Kd5 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. h4 Kd5 45. Kd2 Ke6 46. Kc2 Kd5 47.
Kc3 Ke6 48. a4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "6.49"]
[White "Sinanovic, Ermin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O Nh6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Qe2 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nbd2 O-O-O 15.
b5 Na5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Kb8 19. a4 Bc5 20. a5 b6 21. axb6
Bxb6 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Ng5 Rc8 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Bd3 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1
Rc8 28. Ra1 Rc5 29. Qb2 f5 30. Be2 Qd5 31. Bf3 Qxe5 32. Ra8+ Kc7 33. Qd2 Bc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.14"]
[Round "7.52"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dolinar, Matic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O Bxc3 14.
Ba3 Qa5 15. Re1+ Bxe1 16. Qe2+ Be6 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. Qd3+ Kc8 19. Rc1+ Qc7 20.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 21. Qc2+ Kd8 22. Qd1+ Kc7 23. Qc1+ Kd8 24. Bd6 Ba5 25. Qg5+ Kc8 26.
Qc5+ Kd8 27. Be7# 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Bora, Safal"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. Nxd6
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxb2 16. e3 a5 17. Qe7 Qe5 18. Rd4 f5 19. Rad1 h6 20. Rd8 Rxd8
21. Rxd8+ Kg7 22. Qf8+ Kg6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxc8 Qa1+ 25. Bf1 Qxa2 26. Qxb7
Qc2 27. Qa7 a4 28. c5 Kg7 29. Qa6 Qxc5 30. Qxa4 Qc1 31. Kg2 Qc7 32. Qd4+ Kg6
33. e4 f4 34. gxf4 Qxf4 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. Qg3+ Kh7 37. e5 Qe7 38. Bd3+ Kh8 39.
Qf4 Kg7 40. Be4 Qd8 41. Kg3 Qe7 42. Kg4 Qd8 43. Kh5 Qd1+ 44. Bf3 Qf1 45. Qxh6+
Kg8 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kf8 49. Bg4 Ke8 50. Kh6 Qg1 51. Bh5 Qxh2
52. Qxf7+ Kd8 53. Qf6+ Kc8 54. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "9.47"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hladnic, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Rac1 Nb4 14. Nb5 Qd8
15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bf3 Nxc3 19. Nxg6 Ne2+ 20. Bxe2 hxg6
21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Rc6 Bb8 25. Qa3 Rb5 26. Rfc1 Ra5 27.
Qb3 Qe7 28. Bd2 Ra3 29. Bb4 Rxb3 30. Bxe7 Rxf3 31. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "10.33"]
[White "Badalyan, Shavarsh"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxf7+
Kh8 15. Ne6 Be5 16. Nxc7 Rf8 17. Qb3 Bxc7 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Bh6 Rf6 20. Bg5 Rff8
21. d5 c4 22. Qd1 Ne5 23. Qd4 Rf7 24. Rb1 Kg8 25. Bxe7 Nd3 26. d6 Nxe1 27. dxc7
Rxe7 28. Qd8+ Re8 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. Rxe1 Re7 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qd6+ Kg7 33. Rd1
b6 34. e5 Bb5 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rd8 Ba6 37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Wch-U14"]
[Site "Maribor SLO"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "11.48"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Conradie, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "Cbase R.Goldau"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O Be7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Qxb7 Rc8
15. Be3 h5 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qe6 20. Qxd5 Qxg4+
21. Qg2 Qe6 22. Rf3 Bb4 23. Bg5 Qb6 24. Rd1 Rc4 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Rh3 Qc6 27.
Nf6+ gxf6 28. Qh2 Kg7 29. exf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "National Capital op"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Pacey, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Bc2 Ne7 8. b3
cxb3 9. axb3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5
15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Re8 17. Bb2 b5 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rd8 22. Kh1 a5 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. Qg4 Qd5 26. Qd1 Qe4 27. Nf3 Nf5
28. Qb1 Re8 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Kf8 32. g3 Ne3 33. Bc1 Nd1 34.
c4 a4 35. bxa4 bxc4 36. Nc2 Ke8 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. a5 Kd7 39. Ba3 Nb5 40. Bxd6
Kxd6 41. Kf3 f5 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 g6 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. Ke3 g5 46. Nb4+ Kd6
47. a6 h5 48. Ke4 g4 49. Kf4 Nxd4 50. a7 Ne6+ 51. Kf5 Nc7 52. Kg5 Ke5 53. Kxh5
g3 54. hxg3 Kd4 55. g4 Kc5 56. Na6+ 1-0

[Event "Kitchener Fall Quick op"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Coren, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Nce2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. Qd2 f6 12. O-O-O fxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Qg5+
Kf7 15. Qf4+ Ke7 16. Rh3 Rf8 17. Qg5+ Kf7 18. Rg3 g6 19. Qh6 Kg8 20. h5 Ndxe5
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nh4 Qh7 23. Qg5 Nf7 24. Qxg6+ Qxg6 25. Nxg6 Re8 26. Nef4 Nh6
27. Bd3 Kf7 28. Rh1 Kg7 29. Ne5+ Kf6 30. Nxc6 Nf5 31. Rg6+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33.
Ne5 b5 34. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "Fall op"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Nce2 Bd6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. b4 Rde8 13. a4 f6 14. Bf4 h5
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Qd3 Nce7 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Nf4 Qg4
21. Qg3 g5 22. Qxg4+ hxg4 23. Nd3 Nf5 24. Rfe1 Nd6 25. f3 gxf3 26. gxf3 Reg8
27. Nf2 Rh4 28. Ng4 Ne4 29. Nh6 Rxh6 30. fxe4 Rgh8 31. exd5 Rxh2 32. Re8+ Rxe8
33. Kxh2 Re2+ 34. Kg3 Re3+ 35. Kg4 Rxc3 36. Kf5 Kd7 37. Kxf6 Kd6 38. Kxg5 Kxd5
39. Kf5 a6 40. Kf6 Rb3 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. Rc1 c6 44. Ke7 Kxd4 45.
Kd6 Rd5+ 46. Kc7 c5 47. Rd1+ Kc4 48. Rc1+ Kb4 49. Rb1+ Kc3 50. Kxb7 c4 51. Kc6
Rh5 52. Rg1 Kb3 53. Rg3+ c3 0-1

[Event "Fall op"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cormier, Adam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8. e4
Bg4 9. e5 Nc6 10. Be3 Nc4 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Na4 Rad8 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nc5 Qf5 15.
Nh4 Qh5 16. Qe1 Nxd4 17. f3 Bc8 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Bc6 Bh3 21. Nf3
Bxf1 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxf1 Rd2 24. h4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Fall op"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Samsonkin, Artiom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 a6 8. g4
h5 9. gxh5 Be7 10. h6 gxh6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxd5
15. c4 Qa5+ 16. Kc1 e5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Kc2 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Bg5 22. Rad1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rd4 24. b3 Qa5 25. Kb2 Ke7 26. Bc2 Qc5 27. Rxd4
exd4 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Qh4+ f6 30. Rd1 c5 31. f4 Bd7 32. Qg3 Kd8 33. Qf3 Kc7 34.
Rg1 Rc8 35. Rg7 Kb6 36. Be4 Qe6 37. Bd3 Bc6 38. Qh5 Qe1 39. Qf7 Qc3+ 40. Ka3
Qc1# 0-1

[Event "Fall op"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2012.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Yinshi"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. Ba3 Qa6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Qb2 cxd4
15. cxd4 Bd5 16. Rab1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b6 18. Bb4 Rac8 19. a3 e5 20. Bc3 Na5 21.
Bxa5 Qxa5 22. dxe5 Rd2 23. Qb5 Qxa3 24. Nd4 Qe7 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Rec1 Bxe5 27.
Qxe5 Rxc6 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qxc6 Qa6 1-0

[Event "Fall op"]
[Site "Kitchener CAN"]
[Date "2012.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yu, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. h6 g6 11. Rh4 Nxe5 12. Rb1 a6 13. g3 Nd7 14. dxc5 Qxa3 15.
c4 Qxc5 16. Bc3 f6 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. cxd5 Qc3+ 21. Nd2
exd5 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Re3 Kf7 24. f4 Nc6 25. Nb3 Rd8 26. Bg2 d4 27. Rd3 Bf5 28.
Rd2 Nb4 29. Kf2 Nxc2 30. Qf3 Rab8 31. g4 Be6 32. f5 Bd5 33. fxg6+ hxg6 34. Qd3
Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Qxe3 Nxe3 37. Bxd5+ Rxd5 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Nxd4 g5 40.
Rh3 Nxg4 41. h7 Rh8 42. Rb3 b5 43. Ra3 Rxh7 44. Rxa6 Kg6 45. Nxb5 Rd7 46. Nc3
Kf5 47. Ra4 Ne5 48. Ne4 Rc7 49. Ng3+ Kg6 50. Ra6 Rc4 51. Kg2 g4 52. Ra8 Rc2+
53. Kf1 Kg5 54. Ne2 f5 55. Ra5 Nc4 56. Rxf5+ Kxf5 57. Nd4+ Kf4 58. Nxc2 Kg3 59.
Kg1 Kh3 60. Nd4 Nd2 61. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Barron, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Be2 Qxe4 6. Nxc6 Qxc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Bd4 Qa3 12. Rb1 c6 13. Rb3 Qd6 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. Rd3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc5 18. Rd6 O-O 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bxh7+
Kf8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Qd3 Ke7 23. Rd4 d5 24. c4 Be6 25. Qe3 Kf8 26. Be4 Re8
27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Bf3 Bf5 29. Qd2 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheng, Jack"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 a5 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. h5 g5 16. Nd5 a4 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Bd5 Rc8 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rdf1 a3 21. fxg5
axb2+ 22. Kxb2 fxg5 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. h6 Qe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rf6 Rc7 27. Rhf1
Re7 28. Rb6 Rc8 29. Rf2 Bd7 30. Rb7 Kf8 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxd7+
Kg6 34. Rd5 Rc4 35. Rxe5 Kxh6 36. Kb3 g4 37. g3 Kg6 38. c3 h5 39. Re6+ Kg5 40.
Re5+ Kg6 41. Rxb5 Rxe4 42. a4 Re3 43. a5 Rxg3 44. a6 Rg1 45. Ra5 Rb1+ 46. Kc2
Rb8 47. a7 Ra8 48. Kd2 h4 49. Ke3 g3 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Kg2 Ke6 52. Kh3 Kd6 53.
Ra4 Kc5 54. Rxh4 Rxa7 55. Kxg3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Erichsen, Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 f6 7. Nh4 Qe7 8.
Qh5+ Kd8 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxe7 gxh5 11. Nd5 Be7 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rad1
d6 15. Be2 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. c4 Kd7 18. c5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Ne7 20. Bb5+ Ke6 21.
Rd2 d5 22. Bd3 c6 23. c4 d4 24. Bf2 Ng6 25. Re1 Bh6 26. Rdd1 Kf7 27. g3 Rhg8
28. Kf1 h4 29. b4 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rad8 31. Ke2 Bg5 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Be4 h6 34. Rb1
Ne7 35. g4 Rgf8 36. b5 f5 37. gxf5 Nxf5 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Rb7+ Ne7 40. Bg3 Kf6
41. Rhb1 Ra8 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Bxe5 Bf4 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Rh7 Rh4
47. Bxc6 Rd8 48. Kd3 Rh1 49. Bb5 Rh3 50. c6 Rxf3+ 51. Ke2 Rf7 52. Rxf7 Kxf7 53.
Ba6 Re8+ 54. Kd3 Re7 55. Kxd4 Ke8 56. Kd5 Kd8 57. Kd6 Rg7 58. Bb7 Rg6+ 59. Ke5
Kc7 60. c5 a5 61. a4 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jessa, Omar"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O c5 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nbc3 Rb8 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 b5 14. f4 b4 15. fxe5
bxc3 16. Qxc3 dxe5 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Qb2 Qc7 19. c4 Qb7 20. Qc2 Bc6 21. Nc3 Nh5
22. Kh2 f5 23. Nd5 f4 24. g4 Ng3 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxf4 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kalisvaart, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Nc3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 g5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. c3 Nd7 14. d4 Qe7 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 f6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. b4 Qd6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. exd5 Bd7 14. O-O-O
Qb6 15. h4 h6 16. Bh3 Rad8 17. f4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Rde1 Bxh3 20. Qc3+ Kf7
21. Qxh3 Qc7 22. h5 Kg7 23. hxg6 Rh8 24. Qh4 Rde8 25. f5 e5 26. f6+ Kxg6 27.
Rhg1+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Fiedler, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. g4 Nb6 8. h4 h5
9. gxh5 Rxh5 10. Bd3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. Nce2 Rb8 13. c3 Rhb5 14. b4 cxb3 15.
axb3 Rxb3 16. Rxa7 Qb6 17. Ra2 Ba6 18. h5 Bc4 19. Rc2 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Nf6 21. Rh2
Rb1+ 22. Nc1 Kd7 23. Rg2 Bh8 24. Nh3 Nh7 25. e5 Bb3 26. Nf4 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 Qb3
28. Qf5+ Kc7 29. Nfe2 Nf8 30. exd6+ exd6 31. Kf2 Qe6 32. Qa5+ Kd7 33. Nf4 R1b2+
34. Nce2 Qa2 35. Qf5+ Kc7 36. d5 cxd5 37. Nxd5+ Kc6 38. Nb4+ R2xb4 39. cxb4 Ne6
40. Qxf7 Rxb4 41. Qe8+ Kc7 42. Qxh8 Rb2 43. Qh7+ Kc6 44. Qd3 Qb3 45. Qe4+ Qd5
46. Qa4+ Qb5 47. Qxb5+ Rxb5 48. Rg6 Kd7 49. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Finlay, Ian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8.
Bd3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. b4 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ngf4
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nxh3 17. Rgf1 Bg4 18. Be2 N3f4 19. Ng1 Qg5 20. Bxg4 Qxg4
21. f3 Ng3+ 22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. Qf2 Nh5 24. Ne2 Qg5 25. g3 Re6 26. Rg1 c6 27. Rg2
g6 28. Rag1 d5 29. f4 Qg4 30. Rh2 dxe4 31. Rh4 Qf3+ 32. Rg2 Rd8 33. Qxa7 Rd2
34. Qf2 Rxe2 35. Qxf3 exf3 36. Rg1 f2 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Lessler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. b4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qa4 Bxg5 18. Qxc6 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Qc3 20. Rd1 Qc2
21. Re1 Qc4+ 22. Kg1 Bd2 23. Qxe4 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 Qxd4 25. h4 Rc8 26. Rh3 Rxc5
27. Qe3 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. Qg3 Qd8 30. h5 h6 31. Qe3 Qc7+ 32. g3 Rc2 33. Rh4
Rxa2 34. Rg4 Qb6 35. Qxb6 axb6 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Ra4 Kf8 38. Ra7 b5 39. Rb7 b4
40. g4 b3 41. Kf3 Rb1 42. Kf4 b2 43. Kf3 g6 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Kg2 Ke8 46. Rb3
Ke7 47. f4 Kd6 48. Kh2 0-1

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sun, Ziyao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Qd5 13. Kb1 Qxg2 14. Rhg1
Qxh2 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Bxd4 18. Qg4 Qxf2 19. Rg3 Rfd8 20. Rf1
Qxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Rxd7 22. Bb5 c6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Qg6 Re7 25. Bc4 Rae8 26. c3 Be5
27. Re3 Bf6 28. Qxf5 Kh8 29. Qg6 e5 30. Bd3 e4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33.
Qxe4 Bg5 34. b4 a5 35. b5 cxb5 36. Qxb7 Be3 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ g6 39. Qxe3
g5 40. Kc2 g4 41. Kd3 h5 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuttner, Simon"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 c4 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 h6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ne2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qd2
Ne4 16. Qc1 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 g5 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Qd7 20. Kh2 Bf6 21. Be3 b4
22. Rf1 Bg7 23. c3 b3 24. f4 g4 25. h4 f5 26. Qa3 Bf7 27. Re1 Re8 28. Bd2 Qb7
29. Qa1 Ra8 30. Qb1 Qd7 31. Be3 Kh8 32. Qd1 Ne7 33. Qd2 Ng8 34. Rb1 Nf6 35. Qc1
Qe7 36. Kg1 Re8 37. Kf2 Ne4+ 38. Bxe4 Qxe4 39. Ng1 Qh1 40. Qe1 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Qc2
42. Ra1 Qxb2 43. Rb1 Qc2 44. Rc1 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 b2 46. Rd1 Rxe3 47. Qxe3 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. h5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 Rxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg4 17. Bg2 Nxe4 18. Rde1 Nxc3+ 19. Kc1 Nxa2+ 20. Kb1
Nc3+ 21. Kc1 Bxh5 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bf2 e6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne2+ 26. Rxe2
Bxe2 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bg2 e5 29. Kd2 Bc4 30. Be3 f5 31. Bg5 Kg7 32. Ra1 Bf7 33.
Ra7 e4 34. Rd7 d5 35. Bf4 Re8 36. Ke3 h6 37. Kd4 g5 38. Be5+ Kg6 39. Rd6+ Be6
40. Bf1 Re7 41. Bb5 f4 42. c4 dxc4 43. Bxc4 Kf5 44. Bxe6+ Rxe6 45. Rxe6 Kxe6
46. Kxe4 f3 47. Bg3 h5 48. Kxf3 Kf5 49. Bh4 gxh4 50. Kg2 Kg4 51. Kh2 h3 52. Kh1
Kg3 53. Kg1 h2+ 54. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Doknjas, John"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Rb1 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. g3 Bh3 14. f4 Bg7
15. Bc4 a6 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 c4 18. Kg2 b5 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Rb4 Qa3 21. Bd2
Rfd8 22. Qb2 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rc2 Rd3 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ke2 Ke7
28. Rd1 Rad8 29. Rcc1 e5 30. Be1 Bh6 31. Rxd3 cxd3+ 32. Ke3 d2 33. Bxd2 exf4+
34. gxf4 Rxd2 35. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 36. Kc2 Bxc1 37. Kxc1 Ke6 38. Kd2 Ke5 39. Ke3 g5
40. h3 h5 41. a3 a5 42. Kd3 g4 43. h4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kong, Dezheng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 e6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc6
15. Re1 f5 16. Rd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O-O 18. Bh3 Kb8 19. Kb1 Rhe8 20. c3 e5 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kc2 h5 24. Bf5 Kc7 25. Nf2 Bg5 26. Nd3 f6 27. Rd1
b6 28. Nf2 Rh8 29. Ne4 Bxe4+ 30. Bxe4 h4 31. g4 h3 32. Bf5 Bf4 33. Rd3 e4 34.
Bxe4 Bxh2 35. g5 Be5 36. gxf6 Bxf6 37. Rf3 Rh6 38. Rf2 h2 39. Bh1 b5 40. Kb3
Kb6 41. a4 Bd8 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rd2 Bc7 44. Rd3 Rg6 45. c4 Rg1 46. Bf3 Rg3 47.
c5+ Ka7 48. Kb4 Rxf3 49. Rxf3 h1=Q 50. Ra3+ Kb7 51. Kxb5 Qf1+ 52. Kb4 Qe1+ 53.
Kb3 Qe3+ 54. Kc4 Qe4+ 55. Kb3 Qd5+ 56. Kb4 Qd4+ 57. Kb3 Qxc5 58. Ra4 Qd5+ 59.
Kc2 Be5 60. Ra3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Yinshi"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. d5 Na5 14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Qd2 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Qb4 Nxa3 18. Qxa3 Bf8 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Nc3 Bd6 21.
Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. e4 Rac8 24. Bh3 Rc5 25. Rc3 Re7 26. Rec1 Rec7 27. Bg4
Qe7 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Kg1 h5 30. Bf3 b6 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Bd1 h4 33. Bg4 Bb7 34.
Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Qa4 b5 37. Qa5 f5 38. Qd8 fxg4 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40.
Qxb7 h3+ 41. Kf1 Qc2 42. Ke1 Qxe4+ 43. Kd2 Qf3 44. Qxa7 Qxd5+ 45. Ke2 Qe4+ 46.
Kd2 Qf3 47. Qe3+ g5 48. Qxf3 gxf3 49. Ke3 Kg6 50. Kxf3 Kf5 51. g4+ Ke6 52. Ke4
b4 53. f3 Kd6 54. Kf5 Kd5 55. Kxg5 e4 56. fxe4+ Kxe4 57. Kh4 Kd3 58. g5 Kc2 59.
g6 Kb2 60. g7 Ka1 61. g8=Q b3 62. axb3 1-0

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thanabalachandran, Kajan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bc4
Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. h4 Qf4 19. h5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Qxe7 Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rb8+ 23. Kc3 c5 24. Qxc5 Qe5+ 25. Kd2 Qg5+ 26. Qe3
Qxg2+ 27. Qe2 Qg5+ 28. Qe3 Qg2+ 29. Kc1 Qg3 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. hxg6 Qg5+ 32. f4
1-0

[Event "Summer Pro-Am"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2012.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
d4 9. Nb1 e5 10. a4 a6 11. f4 Rb8 12. Nd2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Nf3
c4 16. dxc4 bxc4 17. fxe5 d3 18. cxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qc3
Nd3 22. Be3 Rxb2 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. g4 Bc5 25. Nf5 f6 26. Bxc5 Rd8 27. Nd6 Qb7 28.
Qc4+ Kh8 29. Ba3 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Summer Pro-Am"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2012.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Peng, Jackie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. g4 Nc6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nxg4 12. Na4 Qb4 13. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Bxc6
15. hxg4 Bxa4 16. O-O-O Rac8 17. b3 Bd7 18. f5 Rc7 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Bc3 21.
Be3 b5 22. Rh2 Be5 23. Rh4 Rc3 24. Rh3 a5 25. Bf1 a4 26. Bd3 axb3 27. axb3 Ra8
28. Rch1 b4 29. Rxh7 Ra1+ 30. Kxa1 Rxb3+ 31. c3 Bxc3+ 32. Ka2 Ra3+ 33. Kb1 Ra1+
34. Kc2 Ba4# 0-1

[Event "Summer Pro-Am"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Song, Terry"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nc5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb7
Bh2+ 15. Nxh2 Qb6 16. Qxh5 Qxb7 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Qb4 19. Qd1 Qa3 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Re1 Re6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qe2 Qc1+ 24. Nf1 Kf7 25. a4 g6 26. a5 g5 27.
Qxa6 Qxc2 28. Qb7+ Kg6 29. a6 g4 30. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas BRA"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bodek, Michael"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 b6 11. h4 h5 12. Qf4 Ba6 13. Nf3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Rhb1 Qc7 17. Rb2 Nd7 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Rxb8+ Nxb8 20. Qa4+ Nd7 21.
Qa6 Nb6 22. a4 O-O 23. a5 Nc8 24. Rb7 Qd8 25. Ng5 c4 26. d4 Qe8 27. Rc7 Ne7 28.
Qb7 Nf5 29. g3 Nh6 30. Rd7 a6 31. Ke2 Ng4 32. Kf1 Nh6 33. Kg2 Ng4 34. Nh3 Nh6
35. Nf4 Qc8 36. Nxg6 Qxb7 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Rxb7 Ra8 39. Nc6 Kg7 40. Rb8 Rxb8
41. Nxb8 Nf5 42. Nxa6 Ne7 43. Nb8 Kf8 44. a6 Nc8 45. Nc6 Ke8 46. a7 Nb6 47. g4
hxg4 48. h5 f5 49. exf6 Kf7 50. Nb8 e5 51. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas BRA"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Novoa, Fernando"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
Bg4 9. Be3 b6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. e5 Na5 13. Qa4 c6 14. b4 Nb7 15. h3
b5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qc1 Nb6 18. Bh6 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a3 Qb6 21. O-O a5 22.
Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qb2 Rac8 24. Rc1 Nd8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Rc1 Bd7 27. Nd2 a4 28. Nf3
Ne6 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Qc3 Bd7 32. g3 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Nxc7 34. Kg2 Bf5
35. Nd2 Bc2 36. Kf3 f6 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. f4 Ke6 39. g4 Kd7 40. Nf3 Kc6 41. exf6
exf6 42. g5 fxg5 43. fxg5 Na6 44. Ne5+ Kb6 45. Kd2 Bf5 46. Bg4 Bxg4 47. Nxg4
Nc7 48. Nf6 Ne6 49. Ke3 Nxg5 50. h4 Nf7 51. Nxd5+ Kc6 52. Nc3 Nd6 53. d5+ Kb6
54. Kf4 Nc4 55. Nb1 h6 56. Ke4 Kc7 57. Kd4 Kd6 58. Ke4 g5 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Nc3
Nxa3 61. Kf5 Nc2 62. Nxb5+ Kxd5 63. Nc3+ Kc4 64. Nxa4 Kxb4 65. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas BRA"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rydl, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. a3 a6 8.
Nce2 c5 9. c3 b5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 a5 12. Ng3 Rb8 13. f5 b4 14. axb4 cxd4 15.
Qa4 dxc3 16. bxc3 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 exf5 18. Kf2 axb4 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Qa7 O-O
21. Bd3 Qd6 22. Qd4 bxc3 23. Rhe1 Rb4 24. Qxc3 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Rf4+ 26. Ke2 Rc8
27. Qa3 Rf2+ 28. Kd1 g6 29. Re2 Rf4 30. Rc1 Ba4+ 31. Kd2 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 d4 33.
Ke1 Qb4+ 34. Qd2 Qxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Rh4 36. h3 Bc6 37. Rc2 Bd5 38. Bxf5 Rf4 39. Bd3
h5 40. Ne2 Rf6 41. Nxd4 Bxg2 42. Rxg2 Rd6 43. Bxg6 fxg6 44. Nf3 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6
46. h4 Ra6 47. Kg3 Ra3 48. Rb2 Kf5 49. Rb5+ Kf6 50. Rd5 Ke6 51. Re5+ Kf6 52.
Re4 Rb3 53. Kf4 Rb1 54. Ra4 Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kf6 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Ne5 Rf1+ 58. Kg3
Kh7 59. Kg2 Rf4 60. Kh3 Re4 61. Nxg6 Re3+ 62. Kg2 Re4 63. Kf3 Rg4 64. Nf8+ Kg8
65. Ne6 Rxh4 66. Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas BRA"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aguiar, Henrique Rui Neves"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

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 Nf6 9. h3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Bh4 Qxb2 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. Nfd4 Qa3 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Nf5 Bd8 18. Bg3 Qa4 19. Bd6 Rg8 20. Be7 Bxe7
21. Rxe7 Nf8 22. Nh6 gxh6 23. Qxf6+ Rg7 24. Rxf7 Ne6 25. Rxg7 Qd4 26. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Fall ProAm"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sundar, Avinaash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. h3 Bh5
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd6 19. d5 Ne7 20. Nd4 Bxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qc5 22. Nb5 Rb6 23. d6 Ng6 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 a6 26. Na7 Ne5 27. c5 Rb3
28. d7 Rd8 29. c6 bxc6 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 Kf8 32. Rxa6 Rxe3 33. a4 Ke7 34.
Ra7 Ra3 35. a5 h5 36. a6 g5 37. Rd2 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Kf2 f5 40. Ke2 e5 41.
g3 Ke6 42. Rd3 Ra2+ 43. Rd2 f4 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. gxf4 exf4 46. Re2+ Kd6 47. Rd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall ProAm"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filipovich, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2011.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. a3 Qxc5 8. b4
Qh5 9. Bb2 d6 10. c4 Bh3 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Rac8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Bxg2
15. Bxf8 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fall ProAm"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gusev, Nikita"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bc1 c6 14. a3 Qb6
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Ba4 Rf8 20. Nd7 Qxb2 21.
Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Qd2 Bxa3 23. Qa5 Be7 24. Qxa7 Bd3 25. Rfc1 Ne4 26. Be3 Bh4 27.
Bc2 Bxc2 28. Ra2 Bxf2+ 29. Kg2 Qb3 30. Bxf2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Be4 32. Qa3+ Qxa3 33.
Rxa3 Rb8 34. Rc7 b5 35. Raa7 Bg6 36. h4 h5 37. gxh5 Bxh5 38. Rab7 Rd8 39. Rxb5
Bg4 40. Rbb7 Be6 41. Ke3 Kg8 42. Kf4 Kh7 43. Rb2 Kg6 44. Rg2+ Kf6 45. Rc3 Rh8
46. Kg3 g5 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Rf3 Rh4 49. Kf2+ Rg4 50. Rxg4+ Kxg4 51. Ke3 Kg5
52. Rf1 Kg4 53. Rg1+ Kf5 54. Kd3 Kf4 55. Rf1+ Kg5 56. Kc3 Kg4 57. Kb4 f5 58.
Re1 Bf7 59. Re7 Bh5 60. Kc5 f4 61. Kxd5 Kg3 62. Ke4 Bf3+ 63. Kd3 Bd5 64. Re5
Bb7 65. Rg5+ Kf2 66. d5 f3 67. d6 Bc6 68. Kd2 Kf1 69. Rg7 f2 70. d7 Bxd7 71.
Rxd7 Kg2 72. Rg7+ Kf3 73. Rf7+ Kg2 1-0

[Event "Fall ProAm"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Peng, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 e6 8. cxd4
d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bc2 a6 13. a3 Be7 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nxd4 18. Ng5 Qb6 19. Ba4 Nc6 20. Ngxf7 Bc5 21. Qf3
Be7 22. Nxc6 Kxf7 23. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Fall ProAm"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Song, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qe4 Nxb3
15. axb3 Re8 16. Rd1 Nc8 17. Nb5 Nd6 18. Nxd6 exd6 19. Qb4 Qd7 20. Be3 a6 21.
Bd4 Re4 22. Qb6 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Re8 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. b4 h5 27. b3
Qe2 28. Rc7 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxb7 Rxd5 32. Rb6 Kf8 33. Rxa6
Ke7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Rb7 Rd3 36. b5 Rxb3 37. Rb8 d5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 d4 40.
Kg2 Kd5 41. b6 Kc6 42. Rd8 d3 43. Kf3 Kxb6 1-0

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Day, Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. h3 Nh5 10. Nb3 Ng3 11. Rg1 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. e5 Qb6 14. e6 d5 15. Bxd5
Nb4 16. Bc4 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qc4 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Kf3
Qd5 22. Ke2 Rac8 23. Bh6 Rfd8 24. Rc1 g5 25. a3 Qb5+ 26. Kf3 Nc6 27. Ke3 Qd5
28. Qd3 Nxe5 29. Rxc8 Nxd3 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Kxd3 Qb6 32. Nd2 Nf2+ 33. Ke2
Nxh3 34. Bg7+ Kxg7 35. gxh3 Qxd4 36. Rxg5+ Kf6 37. Rg3 Qxb2 38. Rb3 Qe5+ 39.
Kd3 b5 40. Kc2 a5 41. Rc3 Qd5 42. Nb3 a4 43. Nd2 e5 44. Rd3 Qa2+ 45. Kd1 e4 46.
Rc3 Qb2 47. Re3 Ke5 48. Ke1 Kf4 49. Ke2 h5 50. h4 Kg4 51. Ke1 Kxh4 52. Nf1 f4
53. Re2 Qxa3 54. Rxe4 Qa1+ 55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Rb4 Qe5 0-1

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caire, Francois"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. e3 b6 10. Qe1 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Re1 Qb7 14. f3 Nd6 15.
Nc3 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. cxd5 Qb7 18. g4 b5 19. gxf5 b4 20. Na4 Nxf5 21. Qf2
Bf6 22. e4 Bh4 23. Qd2 Ng7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Nh5 26. f4 g5 27. fxg5 h6 28.
Qd4 f6 29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Qd1 Ng7 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. e5 1-0

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Austria, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. c5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bb2
Nf4 15. Bf3 Bc4 16. Re1 Nd3 17. Re2 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Re1+ 19. Qxe1 Nxe1 20. Rxe1
Re8 21. Re3 f5 22. Be2 Bxa2 23. c4 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qe6 25. Kf2 Bxc4 26. Bd1 Qh6
27. h3 Qh4+ 28. Kf3 Bd5+ 29. Ke2 Qg3 30. Bc3 Bc4+ 31. Rd3 Qxg2+ 32. Ke1 Bxd3
33. Bb3+ Kf8 34. Kd1 Qe2+ 35. Kc1 Qxe3+ 36. Kb2 f4 37. d5 Qxc5 38. dxc6 bxc6
39. h4 f3 40. h5 f2 41. h6 gxh6 42. Bc2 Qb5+ 43. Ka3 Bxc2 44. Bb4+ c5 45. Ka2
Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Castle, Larry"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Qf3 c6 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c4
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Nb6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Be5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rac1
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Be7 22. Rc7 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Bxg7 Rg8 26. Bf6
Kd7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxd8 Kxd8 29. Kg2 Kd7 30. Kf3 a5 31. Kf4 Ke6 32. a4 Kd6
33. h3 b6 34. b3 Ke6 35. Kg4 Ke7 36. h4 Ke6 37. Kf4 Kd6 38. Kg4 Ke6 39. Kf4 Kd6
40. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sharpe, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. a4 Nc6
9. Qe1 Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qg3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
c3 Bd7 16. Ne5 O-O-O 17. a5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bh4 19. Qf3 Rdf8 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Bg7
Rhg8 22. Bxa6 Bc6 23. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morabito, Matthew"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Rb1 Bf5 13. e4 Nxe4 14.
Ncxe4 Bxe4 15. Ra1 Bc2 16. Re1 e6 17. Nb3 Bd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Bf6
Re8 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 c5 23. Rac1 Ba4 24. f3 Bc6 25. Kf2 e5 26. Re2 f5 27.
Rce1 e4 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Bf4 e3+ 30. Kg1 Bf3 31. Rd2 g5 32. Bxg5 Rg7 33. Bxe3
dxe3 34. Rd6 Rd7 35. Rf6 Rd1 36. Kf1 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wu, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 d4 5. Nce2 g6 6. e5 Qd5 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Nxe5
9. c4 Qd6 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. f4 Qc7 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. g4 Bd7 15. Qd2
h5 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 e5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bxg4 21. Qf4
Qa5+ 22. Kf2 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Qb6 24. b3 Rb8 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. Be4 Nc6 27. Kd2 Nxe5
28. Bd5 Qd6 29. Bxf7+ Nxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kd8 31. Rh1 Qe5 32. Re1 Qh2+ 33. Re2 Qh8
34. Qe7+ Kc8 35. Rf2 Qh6+ 36. Kc2 1-0

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fiedler, Brian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Nc2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. b4 a5 15. a3
Bf8 16. Nd5 axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bg7 20. Rd1 Nxd5 21. cxd5
Nc7 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rb7 Qa8 26. Rb6 Rb8 27. Qa5
Rxb6 28. Qxb6 Bf8 29. Bf4 Nb4 30. Nxb4 Qa1+ 31. Kf2 Qb2+ 32. Kg3 Qxb4 33. Qd8
Qe1+ 34. Kh3 Kg7 35. Bxd6 Bxd6 36. Qxd6 g5 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+
Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op (Pinnacle 48th CAN Op Ch)"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Southam, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. a4 Bxb5 10. axb5 a5 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. Qb5+ Nd7
15. Qb2 Ne7 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. O-O O-O 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. f4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Na5 21.
Rc1 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bh4 Kf7 25. Bf2 Ke7 26. Ke2 Kd8 27. Nb1
Rc6 28. Kd3 Nc4 29. c3 b5 30. Nd2 b4 31. Nxc4 dxc4+ 32. Kc2 b3+ 33. Kb2 Ra6 34.
Ra1 Rxa1 35. Kxa1 Nb6 36. Be1 f5 37. Kb2 Kd7 38. Bd2 Kc6 39. Bc1 Na4+ 40. Ka3
Nxc3 41. Bb2 Ne4 42. Bc1 Kb5 43. h3 h5 44. g4 fxg4 0-1

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Richmond Hill CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. f4 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e5
Be7 9. Qg4 g6 10. h4 h5 11. Qg3 Nd4 12. Qf2 a6 13. a4 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Ne4
Qc7 16. c3 Nf5 17. g3 b6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. O-O O-O 20. Nfg5 Bd5 21. Nd2 Bf6 22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf3 Bg7 24. Rfe1 Qd7 25. Nf1 Rfe8 26. Qf2 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Re8 28.
Qf2 a5 29. Qc2 Re7 30. Kf2 Qe8 31. Nf3 d4 32. c4 Nh6 33. N1h2 Re3 34. b3 Qc6
35. Qd1 Qe6 36. Ng5 Qf5 37. Ne4 Qh3 38. Nf1 f5 39. Ra2 fxe4 40. Nxe3 dxe3+ 41.
Kxe3 Qxg3+ 42. Kxe4 Qxh4 43. Qg1 Qe7+ 44. Kf3 Nf5 45. b4 Qd6 46. Ke2 cxb4 47.
Qg5 b3 48. Rd2 b2 49. Qg1 Qe6+ 50. Kf3 b1=Q 51. Qxb1 Qe3+ 52. Kg2 Qxd2+ 53. Kh3
Qe3+ 54. Kg2 Qg3+ 55. Kh1 Qh3+ 56. Kg1 Bd4# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U14"]
[Site "Richmond Hill CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Robichaud, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. f5 d5 8. fxg6
fxg6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. d3 a6 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Rxf8+ Qxf8 14. Ne2 Kh8
15. Bg5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nc6 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. Qg4 h6 19. Qh4 h5 20. g4 Ne5 21. Rf1
Qe8 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. Nxh5 Qg6 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch U20"]
[Site "Mississauga CAN"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Qin, Zi Yi (Joey)"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Bd3 a5 11. Kb1 Bf6 12. h4 Ne5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxf4 18. Be4 c6 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Qb6
21. f4 Rfd8 22. Rhe1 a4 23. f5 a3 24. b3 Qc5 25. c4 exf5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Re8 29. Red1 Re3 30. R1d3 Re1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Re8
33. Rxd6 Re1+ 34. Kc2 Ra1 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. b4 Rxa2+ 37. Kb3 Rg2 38. Kxa3 Rxg3+
39. Ka4 Rg6 40. c5 f4 41. Rd1 f3 42. Rf1 Rf6 43. h5 g5 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. b5 h5
46. c6 bxc6 47. bxc6 Rxc6 48. Rxf3 h4 49. Kb3 Kg5 50. Rf8 h3 51. Rg8+ Rg6 52.
Rh8 Rh6 53. Rg8+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch U20"]
[Site "Mississauga CAN"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Baizhiyenov, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1491"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nf6 8.
d4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. c3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Nbd2 d5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf3 c6 19. Ne5 Nbd7 20. f4 Ne4 21. Bc2
Nef6 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qg4 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Qe7 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Kg2 Qe6
28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Bd1 Re7 30. Bg4 c5 31. Bf3 Rd7 32. dxc5 Nf4+ 33. Kg3 Nd3 34.
e6 Re7 35. b4 Ne5 36. Bxd5 Nc6 37. Rf7 Rxf7 38. exf7+ Kf8 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. c4
Kxf7 41. b5 cxb5 42. cxb5 Ke6 43. b6 axb6 44. cxb6 Kd6 45. a4 Kc6 46. a5 h6 47.
Kf4 Kd6 48. a6 Kc6 49. b7 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch U20"]
[Site "Mississauga CAN"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Itkin, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. f3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. f4 cxd4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5 dxc3+ 13. Kh1 f5 14. Qg5+
Kh8 15. Qf6+ Kg8 16. Rf3 Qf2 17. Rxf2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Re8 19. Nxc3 Be6 20. Bxf5
Nd7 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rf1+ Nf6 25. Rxf6+ Rxf6 26.
Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Nxd5 Re8 28. e6 b5 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Nf6 Rxe6 31. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch U20"]
[Site "Mississauga CAN"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Peng, Jackie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
e6 9. h3 d5 10. g4 d4 11. Nb1 Ne8 12. a3 f5 13. Nd2 e5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. gxf5
Bxf5 16. Ng3 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nd6 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Ne4 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Ng5 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 e2 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Ke7 26. Qe1 Bd4 27.
Ng5 Rf8 28. Bg2 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Nd4 30. Ne4 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rf4 32. Ng3 Bc3 33.
Nxe2 Bxe1 34. Nxf4 Nxc2 35. Bxb7 Nxa3 36. Kg2 Nb5 37. Kf1 Bd2 38. Ng2 a5 39.
Ke2 Bh6 40. Kd1 Kd6 41. Nh4 Ke5 42. Kc2 Be3 43. Ng2 Bh6 44. Nh4 Nd6 45. Bc6 Kd4
46. Bb5 Bf8 47. Bd7 Nf7 48. Ng6 Bd6 49. h4 Ne5 50. Nxe5 Bxe5 51. Be6 Ke3 52.
Bc4 a4 53. h5 a3 54. h6 Bd4 55. Kb3 Bb2 56. Ba6 Kf4 57. Bb7 Kg5 58. h7 Kh6 59.
h8=N Bxh8 60. Kxa3 Bd4 61. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch U20"]
[Site "Mississauga CAN"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yang, Yimang"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. b5 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. d4 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ndxc5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2
Bc5 15. Nd4 Be6 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Qd4 Qg5 18. Bf3 f5 19. Rac1 Rf6 20. Bxe4 fxe4
21. g3 Kh8 22. Qd2 Rh6 23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bg4 25. Rf2 Bh3 26. Rf3 Qh5 27. Rf2
Bxg3 28. hxg3 Bg2 29. Rxg2 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Rf8+ 31. Ke2 Qxg2+ 32. Kd1 Rf1+ 33. Kc2
Qe4+ 34. Qd3 Qxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Rxc1 36. Nxc1 Rg6 37. Ne2 a6 38. bxa6 Rxa6 39. a3
Ra4 40. Nf4 Kg8 41. Nxd5 Rg4 42. Be5 Ra4 43. Bd6 Kf7 44. Bb4 Ra6 45. Ke2 g5 46.
Kf3 h5 47. Nc3 g4+ 48. Kg2 Ke6 49. Ne2 Ke5 50. Nf4 Rh6 51. Bc3+ Ke4 52. Bd4 Rc6
53. Kf2 Rc2+ 54. Ke1 Rh2 55. Bb6 Kf3 56. Nd5 Ra2 57. Bc7 Rxa3 58. Bf4 h4 59.
gxh4 g3 60. Bxg3 Kxg3 61. h5 Ra5 62. Nf4 Kf3 63. Kd2 Ra2+ 64. Kd3 Ra3+ 65. Kc4
Rxe3 66. Nd5 Re5 67. h6 Rh5 68. h7 Rxh7 69. Kc5 Rh6 70. Kb5 Ke4 71. Nc3+ Ke5
72. Na4 Rc6 73. Nc5 Kd5 74. Nxb7 Rc1 75. Na5 Rb1+ 76. Ka4 Rb8 77. Nb3 Kc4 78.
Nd2+ Kc3 79. Ne4+ Kd4 80. Nd2 Kc3 81. Ne4+ Kc4 82. Nd2+ Kd3 83. Nf3 Kc3 84. Ne5
Rb1 85. Nf3 Rf1 86. Ne5 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch U20"]
[Site "Mississauga CAN"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Qian, Owen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. c4 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Rb1 f6 14. c4 Nde7
15. exf6 gxf6 16. dxc5 Rhg8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bc3 e5 19. Qc2 Rg7 20. Bd3 Nce7 21.
Be4 Rdg8 22. Rxb7 Qxc5 23. Bb4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rxf2 27.
Qxf2 Qxf2 28. Rbxd7 Nf5 29. Ba5 Nd4 30. Rc7+ Kd8 31. Rg7+ Ke8 32. Rxg8+ Kd7 33.
Rg7+ Ke6 34. Bd5+ Kf5 35. Rg2 Qf4 36. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Winter op"]
[Site "Hamilton CAN"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peng, Jackie"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

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. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Rc5 17. h4 h5 18. g4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qd4+ f6 21.
gxh5 Bf5 22. Bc4 b3 23. cxb3 Qb6 24. Kd2 e6 25. dxe6 d5 26. hxg6 Re8 27. h5
Qb4+ 28. Ke3 Rxe6+ 29. Kf2 Re5 30. h6+ Kh8 31. g7+ Kh7 32. g8=Q+ Kxg8 33. Bxd5+
Rexd5 34. Qxb4 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Rdd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. h7+ Kf7 38. h8=Q Rd5 39.
Qb7+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nh5 8. d4 e4
9. Ne1 d5 10. f3 f5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. e3 Qg5 14. Nc2 b6 15. Nc3 Ba6
16. Nxd5 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 O-O-O 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Nxb6 Nxd4 20. Nc4 Nxc2 21. Bd6+
Rxd6 22. Qxd6+ Ka8 23. fxe4 Nxe3 24. Na5 Bxa1 25. Qc6+ Kb8 26. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chernik, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8.
Bb3 Nd4 9. Kh1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qc8 11. d3 Nf6 12. Be3 Qh3 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nb5
Nh5 15. Nc7 Nxf4 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Qxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zeromskis, Egidijus"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Ne8 9. Rb1 f5 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 b6 13. b5 Bb7 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6
Nxc6 16. Nd5 Nc7 17. Nec3 Ne7 18. Qg2 Qd7 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Nb5
Qb8 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Nxd6 exf4 24. gxf4 Qf8 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. d4 Nc8 27. Rb3 a6
28. Nc7 Qf7 29. Qc6 Kh8 30. Ne6 Re8 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Rfb1 Kh6 33. c5 bxc5 34.
dxc5 Qe7 35. Rd1 Na7 36. Qd5 Qh4 37. Qf3 Rc8 38. Rc1 Qe7 39. Rb7 Rc7 40. Rxc7
Qxc7 41. c6 Nc8 42. Qh3+ Kg7 43. Qf1 Qb6 44. Qd3 Kh6 45. c7 Qa5 46. a3 Qb6 47.
Kf2 a5 48. Kg3 Qb2 49. Rb1 Qa2 50. Rh1 a4 51. h4 Qe6 52. Rh2 Nd6 53. Rc2 Nc8
54. Rc4 Qa6 55. Rd4 Qb7 56. Rd7 Qh1 57. Qd1 Qe4 58. Qd4 Qh1 59. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Strugach, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf3
Re8 15. Re2 Na6 16. Rde1 Kf8 17. Bg3 d5 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Bd6 Ng8 20. h3 Ke8
21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Kf8 24. Rxe7 Bc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Nc7
Kxe7 27. Nxa8 Kd7 28. a3 Kc8 29. Kd2 Kb7 30. Ke3 Kxa8 31. f4 Kb7 32. h4 Kc7 33.
g4 Kd6 34. f5 h5 35. Kf4 hxg4 36. Kxg4 Ke5 37. Kg5 Nc5 38. b4 Nb7 39. h5 Nd6
40. f6 gxf6+ 41. Kg4 f5+ 42. Kf3 Nb5 43. c4 Nxa3 44. d4+ Kf6 45. c5 Kg5 46. Kg3
Nb5 47. d5 cxd5 48. h6 Kxh6 49. Kf4 d4 50. Kf3 Kg5 51. Ke2 Kf4 52. Kd3 Ke5 53.
Kc4 a6 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Neil, Michael"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1080"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Qxg5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qc7 16. h3 b6 17. Rd1 c5 18. Be4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bb7 20. d5 Rd7 21.
Re2 Rad8 22. Red2 g6 23. a4 exd5 24. cxd5 c4 25. Qb5 a6 26. d6 Qc6 27. Qxc6
Bxc6 28. Rb1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxb6 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Bxa4 32. Rxa6 Bb3 33. g4
Rd3 34. Rc6 Rxc3 35. f3 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Ra6 c3 38. Kf2 c2 39. Rc6 Rxh3 40.
Ke2 Rh1 41. Kd2 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 c1=N+ 43. Ke3 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 Ne2+ 45. Ke4 Bd5+ 46.
Kxd3 Nf4+ 47. Ke3 Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rice, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1116"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5 Bb4
8. O-O-O+ Ke8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Ba5 11. Nxf6+ Ke7 12. Nd5+ Ke8 13. Bb5 Bg4
14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. Nxg4 Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ngxe5 c5 19. Rd7 Ke8 20.
Rxf7 a6 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne6 Bb6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Ng7# 1-0

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lin, Tony (Juntao)"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2010.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Nce2 Nh5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
Kb1 O-O 16. Ng3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qxf4 a5 21. Nf5
Be6 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. h4 Rb6 24. h5 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rb5 26. Rdg1 f5 27. exf5
Rbxf5 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Qe4 Qxe4+ 30. fxe4 Rf4 31. Rd1 Rxe4 32. Rxd6 Rfe8 33.
Rd5 R4e5 34. Rhd1 Kg8 35. g6 hxg6 36. hxg6 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Ra8 38. Kc2 Kf8 39.
Rf5+ Kg8 40. Kd3 Ra6 41. Kc4 Rxg6 42. Rxa5 Rg4+ 43. Kd3 Rg3+ 44. Kc4 Rg4+ 45.
Kb5 Rg5+ 46. Kxb4 Rxa5 47. Kxa5 g5 48. b4 g4 49. b5 g3 50. b6 g2 51. b7 g1=Q
52. b8=Q+ Kg7 53. Qc7+ Kg8 54. Qc4+ Kf8 55. b4 Ke8 56. Qc6+ Kf7 57. Qc7+ Ke8
58. a4 Qe1 59. Qc5 Kd7 60. Ka6 Qe4 61. a5 Kd8 62. b5 Qa8+ 63. Qa7 Qc8+ 64. Qb7
Qc3 65. b6 Qc5 66. Qa8+ Kd7 67. Qb8 Qc3 68. Qb7+ Kd6 69. Qb8+ Kd7 70. b7 Qc4+
71. Ka7 Qc5+ 72. Ka8 Qxa5+ 73. Qa7 Qd5 74. Qa4+ Kc7 75. Qc2+ Kb6 76. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "McCleary, Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2010.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ng3 Nf6 7. exd5 exd5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh5 Qf5 14. Ne4
Nd7 15. Qg4+ Qxg4 16. Nexf6+ Kh8 17. Nxg4 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nf6 Re6 22. Nfe4 Bf8 23. f3 Bh6 24. Nf5 Be3+ 25. Nxe3 dxe3 26.
g4 Nd5 27. Re1 Nb4 28. c3 Nd3 29. Re2 Ne5 30. Rxe3 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rxe4 32. Rxf7
Rxg4+ 33. Kh1 Rg7 34. Rf8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Kg4
Kf6 39. Kh5 Kg7 40. c4 b6 41. b4 Kf7 42. Kh6 Ke6 43. Kxh7 Ke5 44. Kg6 Kd4 45.
c5 bxc5 46. bxc5 Kxc5 47. h4 Kb4 48. h5 Ka3 49. h6 Kxa2 50. h7 Kb3 51. h8=Q a5
52. Qa1 a4 53. Kf5 a3 54. Ke4 a2 55. Kd3 Kb4 56. Qxa2 Kb5 57. Qe6 Kc5 58. Qe5+
Kc6 59. Kc4 Kb6 60. Qd6+ Ka7 61. Kc5 Ka8 62. Qc6+ Ka7 63. Qb6+ Ka8 64. Qb5 Ka7
65. Kc6 Ka8 66. Qe5 Ka7 67. Qc7+ Ka6 68. Qh2 Ka5 69. Qf4 Ka6 70. Qc1 Ka5 71.
Qa3# 1-0

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McCullough, David"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Bxf6 bxc3 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. bxc3 Qxe4+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Be6 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Bd6 14.
Bxc4 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. a5 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. a6 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Nb6 20. Bd3
c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Re1 f6 24. Kg2 Rd2 25. c4 {etc.} 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Song, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2010.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 h6 7. O-O-O+ Bd6
8. Bxf6+ gxf6 9. Nb5 Ke7 10. Rxd6 cxd6 11. Nc7 Be6 12. Nxa8 Kd7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14.
Nb6+ axb6 15. a3 Rg8 16. g3 Nd4 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rd1
Kc7 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Kd2 d5 24. Ke3 Kd6 25. Rd3 Rf8 26. f3 Rc8 27.
c3 Rc4 28. b3 Rc5 29. g4 Ra5 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. c4 Rc5 33. h4 Rc7 34.
Rd2 Rf7 35. Rg2 b6 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 d4+ 38. Ke2 Rg7 39. g6 Ke7 40. Kd3 Kf8
41. Ke4 Rd7 42. Kxe5 d3 43. Rd2 Kg7 44. Kxe6 Rd8 45. Kf5 b5 46. cxb5 Rd5+ 47.
Ke4 Rxb5 48. Rxd3 Kxg6 49. Kd4 Kf6 50. Kc4 Rb8 51. b4 Rc8+ 52. Kb3 Ke5 53. Kb2
Rb8 54. Rb3 Kd4 55. b5 Kc5 56. b6 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 Kxb6 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. Kd3 Kd5
60. Ke3 Ke5 61. f4+ Kf5 62. Kf3 Kf6 63. Ke4 Ke6 64. Kd4 Kf5 65. Ke3 Kf6 66. Kf2
Kf5 67. Kg3 Kf6 68. Kg4 Kg6 69. Kh3 Kf5 70. Kg3 Kf6 71. Kg4 Kg6 72. f5+ Kf6 73.
Kf4 Kf7 74. Ke4 Kf6 75. Kf4 Kf7 76. Kg5 Kg7 77. f6+ Kf7 78. Kf5 Kf8 79. Kf4 Kf7
80. Kg5 Kf8 81. Kg6 Kg8 82. f7+ Kf8 83. Kh7 Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Windsor CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 e5 7. Be3 f5 8.
g3 Nf6 9. f3 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 a4 14. Ne2 Ra5
15. Be6 g6 16. Kc2 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. a3 Ke7 19. Ba2 b5 20. Rad1 Rb8 21.
Rhe1 b4 22. axb4 Nxb4+ 23. Kb1 Nbd5 24. f4 e4 25. Rc1 Ng4 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. h3
Nf2 28. Nd4 Rd6 29. g4 Kf6 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rc2 Nd3 32. Re3 Rdb6 33. b3 axb3
34. Rxd3 bxc2+ 35. Kxc2 exd3+ 36. Kxd3 Rd8 37. Ke3 Rxd4 38. Kxd4 Rd6+ 39. Ke3
Rd1 40. c4 Ke6 41. Kf3 Rc1 42. Kg3 Rxc4 43. Kh4 Rxf4+ 44. Kh5 Rf3 45. h4 Rh3
46. Kg5 Ke5 47. h5 f4 48. h6 Rxh6 49. Kxh6 f3 50. Kxh7 f2 51. Kg8 f1=Q 52. Kg7
Qf6+ 53. Kg8 Qe7 54. Kh8 Kf6 55. Kg8 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Armstrong, Robert J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. exd6
exd6 9. d5 Nf6 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. f5 Ne4 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3 Ndf6
15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bg4 17. h3 Rxe1+ 18. Bxe1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nh5 20. Rb1 Qg5
21. b4 Re8 22. Bf2 cxb4 23. Rxb4 b6 24. Ra4 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Nf4 26. Rxa7 f5 27. g4
Ne2+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kh2 Qxf1 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zator, Ed"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5+
Kg8 8. d3 h6 9. Nh3 Bg4 10. c3 Qf6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 g5 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Nhg1
e4 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. Qxe4 Kf7 18. Be3 Bxa2 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Nd4 a6
21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Nf3 Rh7 24. Rad1 Be4 25. Qh3 Rg7 26. Nd4 Qg6 27.
f3 Bd3 28. Rfe1 c5 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. Nf5 Rg6 31. g4 Rge6 32. Qh5 Bg7 33. Rg1
Qd5 34. Kg2 Rxe3 35. Rf1 Re2+ 36. Kh3 Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Nd6+ Kg6 39. Nxe8
Rxe8 40. Rd1 Re6 0-1

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Chernik, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10. a4 e5 11. Nb3 Be6 12. f4 Qd7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nc5 Qe7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. c3 Nxe2 20. Bc5 Qh4 21.
Qxe2 Rfc8 22. b4 b5 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxb5 Ra1+ 27.
Bg1 Re1 28. Qf3 e4 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 e3 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 e2 33. Kh2
Rxg1 34. Kxg1 e1=Q+ 35. Kh2 Qxb4 36. Kh3 Qxd4 37. g4 Qxd5 38. g5 Qxg5 39. g4 h5
40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Kh2 h4 42. Kh1 h3 43. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Florea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Qf4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe8 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kh7 20. exf6
Qf8 21. fxe7 Qxe7 22. Qe5 Qg5+ 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rhe1 Bf5 25. h3 Re8 26. g4 Bc8
27. f3 e3 28. Rd3 e2 29. Kd2 b6 30. c4 Ba6 31. b3 b5 32. Rc3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb8
34. Rxe2 Kg6 35. Kc2 Kf6 36. Re4 Bb7 37. Rd4 Bc6 38. f4 Ba4+ 39. Kc1 Re8 40.
Kd2 Rb8 41. Kc1 Re8 42. Kd2 Rb8 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Rd5+ Kg6 45. Ra5 Rd8+ 46.
Ke3 Re8+ 47. Kf4 Bc6 48. Rxa7 Re4+ 49. Kg3 Re7 50. h4 f5 51. h5+ Kg5 52. Ra5
Bd7 53. gxf5 Kf6 54. h6 Rh7 55. Rd3 Bc8 56. Rc5 Kg5 57. Rd8 Bb7 58. Rg8+ Kxh6
59. f6 Rf7 60. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Stein, Mickey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. e4 a6 10. a3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. b3 Rb8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bb2 h6 15. f4
Nc6 16. Nd5 Nh7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc3 Kg8 20. Ra2 Nf8 21. Rd2 f6
22. Re3 Qe7 23. Red3 Be6 24. g4 Nd7 25. Ne2 c5 26. Nc3 Kh7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Re2 31. a4 Kg7 32. Kg3 g5 33. Bf3 gxf4+ 34.
Kxf4 Rb2 35. Re3 Ne5 36. Rc1 R2xb3 37. Rcc3 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rb4 39. Be2 a5 40.
Kf5 Rxa4 41. Rb3 Rb4 42. Ra3 a4 43. Bd1 Nxc4 44. Rg3 a3 45. g5 hxg5 46. h4 a2
47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rxg5+ Kf8 49. Ke6 a1=Q 50. Rf5+ Kg7 51. Rg5+ Kh6 52. Rh5+ Kg6
53. Rh1 Qf6+ 54. Kd7 Ne5+ 55. Kc8 Qf8+ 56. Kxc7 Qb8# 0-1

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellomo, Joe"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. d3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Nh4 Qd7 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Nf1 Kh8 19. Bc2 d4 20. Nh2 Rf7 21. Bb3
Nd5 22. Qg4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rxf2 25. Bxd5 Rxd2 26. Be4 Rxb2 27.
cxd4 Nxd4 28. Rab1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rb8 30. Bxg6 b5 31. Be4 a5 32. Rf1 b4 33. Kh3
a4 34. Bd5 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Bc4 b2 37. Ba2 Ne2 38. Bb1 Nc3 39. Kh4 g6 40.
g5 Rb4+ 41. Kh3 hxg5 42. Kg3 Ra4 43. Rh1+ Kg7 44. Re1 Ra1 45. Re7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Toronto Closed reserves"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Cheron, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bc4 g6 7. O-O Bh6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. a4 Bxc1 10. Raxc1 Nh6 11. b4 Ke7 12. Rcd1 Rd8 13. Rxd8 Kxd8 14. Rd1+
Ke7 15. b5 Bg4 16. Rd3 Nd7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nc5 19. g4 g5 20. Kf1 Nf7 21.
Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. a5 a6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Re3 Ne6 26. Ke1 Nd4 27. Kd1
Nf5+ 28. Rd3 Rxd3+ 29. cxd3 Nd4 30. Na2 c5 31. Nc3 Nb3 32. Na4 Ke7 33. Kc2 Nd4+
34. Kc3 Kd6 35. Nb2 Kc6 36. Kc4 Nb5 37. Na4 Nd6+ 38. Kb3 c4+ 39. Kc3 cxd3 40.
Kxd3 Kb5 41. Nc3+ Kxa5 42. Nd5 Kb5 43. Nxf6 a5 44. Nxh7 Kb4 45. Nxg5 a4 46. Kc2
a3 47. h4 Nc4 48. Kb1 Kb3 49. Nf3 a2+ 50. Ka1 Nb2 51. Ne1 Nd1 52. Nd3 Ka3 53.
h5 Nc3 54. h6 Nxe4 55. h7 Nd2 56. Nc5 Nf3 57. h8=Q Nd4 58. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Farias, Durval"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "828"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. g3 Nd4 8.
e4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Qa5+ 12. Kd1 Be6 13. a3 Bb3+ 14.
Ke2 Rd8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Rc3 Be6 17. h4 Qb5 18. Ke1 Qxb2 19. d4 exd4 20. Rb3
Bxb3 21. Bh3 Qc1+ 22. Qd1 Qxd1# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f3
Bd7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. Bb3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 a5 14. a3 b4 15.
Nb1 a4 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Bd3 e5 18. Be3 bxa3 19. bxa3 d5 20. h4 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Rfd8 22. Qc3 Rxb1+ 23. Kd2 Nxe4+ 24. fxe4 Bxg4+ 25. Bd4 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheng, Guy"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Rc1
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. c5 Qe7 16. b4 Bd7 17. a4 g4 18. b5 a5 19. f3 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd4 Qxd4
22. exd4 c6 23. fxg4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Rce1+ Be6 26. Re5 Kd7 27. Rb1 Rab8
28. Re2 f5 29. Rbe1 Rhe8 30. Kf2 f4 31. Re5 Re7 32. Rg5 Rf8 33. bxc6+ bxc6 34.
Rb1 Kc7 35. Re5 Rff7 36. Re2 Bc8 37. Rbe1 Rxe2+ 38. Rxe2 f3 39. Re3 fxg2+ 40.
Kxg2 Rf4 41. Ne2 Rf7 42. Nc3 Bf5 43. Kg3 Rh7 44. Kg2 Kd7 45. Re5 Be6 46. Re3
Ke7 47. Ne2 Kf6 48. Nf4 Re7 49. Nh5+ Kg5 50. Re5+ Kg6 51. Nf4+ Kf7 52. Kg3 Bc8
53. Rxe7+ Kxe7 54. Ng6+ Kf6 55. Ne5 Kf5 56. Nxc6 Ke4 57. Ne7 Be6 58. c6 Kxd4
59. c7 Kc5 60. Kf4 d4 61. Ke4 Kc4 62. c8=Q+ Bxc8 63. Nxc8 d3 64. Nd6+ Kc3 65.
Ke3 Kb4 66. Kxd3 Kxa4 67. Nc4 Kb4 68. Nxa5 Kxa5 69. Ke4 Kb5 70. Kf4 Kc5 71.
Kxg4 Kd6 72. Kf5 Ke7 73. Kg6 Kf8 74. Kh7 Kf7 75. h4 Kf8 76. Kh8 Kf7 77. Kh7 Kf8
78. h5 Kf7 79. Kh8 Kf8 80. h6 Kf7 81. h7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Qian, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1319"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
O-O 9. h4 h5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be2 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15.
O-O-O Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bh6 Bf5 18. c3 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qc7 20. Qe3 Rc8 21.
Nd4 Qd7 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxe7 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Qg3 25. Qxb7 Qxg2 26. Qxa6 Rxc3 27.
Qf1 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 Rb8 29. Rb1 Ra3 30. Qd1 Rxa2+ 31. Kxa2 Ra8# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Violette, Sebastien"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1150"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Nh4 d6 8. Nf5
Bxf5 9. exf5 Nd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bf3 Nxf5 13. c4 Re8 14. Re1 Qh4
15. g3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qxg3+ 17. Bg2 Qxf2+ 18. Kh2 Qh4+ 19. Bh3 Bf2 20. Qf3 Bxe1
21. Be3 Ba5 22. Bf2 Qf4+ 23. Qxf4 exf4 24. Bg4 Bb6 25. Be1 Re3 26. Rd1 Rae8 27.
Bf2 Re2 28. Bxe2 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Lo, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nb6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Ba3 Re8
15. d5 Nf6 16. Rd4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rd3 Ba6 19. Rd2 Qb8 20. Rxd5 exd5 21.
Qxd5 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Bf8 25. Bb2 Bg7 26. Ba3 h6 27. h4
Rc8 28. Bc1 Rc2 29. a4 Rec8 30. Ba3 Re8 31. Ne1 Ra2 32. Bc1 h5 33. Nd3 Ra1 34.
Rxa1 Bxa1 35. Bb2 Bxb2 36. Nxb2 Rc8 37. Nc4 Kg7 38. Ke2 Re8+ 39. Kd2 Kf6 40.
Ne3 Kg7 41. Kc3 Rc8+ 42. Kb4 Rc5 43. Nc4 Rf5 44. f4 Rd5 45. Kc3 Rd1 46. f5 Rg1
47. fxg6 Rxg3+ 48. Kb4 fxg6 49. a5 bxa5+ 50. Nxa5 Rg4+ 51. Kb5 Rxh4 52. Nc6 Rh1
53. Nxa7 0-1

[Event "CYCC U12"]
[Site "Victoria CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rathburn-MacKay, Hector"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
h6 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. c4 Re8 13. Nc3 c5 14. Nh4 Nb6 15.
Nf5 Nxc4 16. Qf3 Bf8 17. b3 Nb6 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. f4 Nbd7 20. Be3 g6 21. Nh4 Bg7
22. f5 g5 23. Nf3 Nh5 24. Qg4 Ndf6 25. Nxg5+ hxg5 26. Qxg5 Nf4 27. Qh4+ Bh6 28.
g3 Rg8 29. Kh2 N4h5 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Rg1 Rc8 32. g4 Nxg4+ 33. Rxg4 Qxh4 34.
Rxh4 f6 35. Ne2 Rg5 36. Rc1 Rcg8 37. Rg1 b5 38. Rgg4 Rh8 39. Ng3 Rxg4 40. hxg4
Kg5 41. Rxh5+ Rxh5+ 42. gxh5 c4 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Ne2 Kxh5 45. Kh3 Kg5 46. Kg3
Kh5 47. Nc3 Kg5 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Ke2 Kg3 50. Kd2 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "1.65"]
[White "Yam, Alex"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne1 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. f4 Nge7 14. Nf3 Nf5 15.
Bf2 a6 16. Na4 Be7 17. g3 b5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qf6 20. Qd2 Be8 21. g4 Nfe7
22. Bg3 Bg6 23. Rae1 h6 24. Bd3 Nd4 25. Ne5 Be8 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Qxf1+ 28.
Bxf1 Ndf5 29. Bh3 Nxg3 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. hxg3 1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "3.66"]
[White "Kagramanov, Dalia"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 Nxg4 12. fxg4 Bxg4 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Rxh3 Ne5
15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Nd5 Qa6 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Qxa2 19. Ra3 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Nc4+
21. Kc1 1-0

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "4.81"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "White, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nh5 8.
Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 c5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. Rc1
Nf6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. a4 Nd5 17. Qe2 Nb4 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nc4 Rbd8 20. Nce5 Qxe5
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Rd2 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qe7 25. Qd1 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rxd2
27. Qxd2 Qd8 28. Qe2 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Ke2 Nxb2 31. Kd2 c4 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "5.79"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Nadeau, Francois"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. e4 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 g5
15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Be3 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Ng4 20. Re1 Nxe3
21. Rxe3 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Qf8 23. Bh3 Rxd5 24. Bxc8 Rd8 25. Be6 Rd6 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7
27. Rxe7 Qxb3 28. axb3 Rb6 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. Re2 Kf7 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. Ree7 Rb8
33. Re3 Rf8 34. Kg2 g4 35. Ree7 Rb8 36. Rg7+ Kf6 37. Rxg4 Rxb3 38. Rc2 Rd8 39.
Rf4+ Kg6 40. Rg4+ Kf6 41. Rgc4 Rd6 42. Ra4 a6 43. Ra3 Rb4 44. Rf3+ Kg6 45. b3
Rdb6 46. Rcc3 R6b5 47. h4 h5 48. Rfd3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "6.79"]
[White "Quiring, John"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1562"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 exf4 6. d3 Nc5 7. Bxf4 Nxb3 8.
axb3 Bd6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Nxd5 Bc5+ 13. Ne3 Re8 14. Kh1
Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Bg6 16. Ra4 Ne5 17. Nh4 Qd7 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19. Qf2 a6 20. Qg3 b5
21. Rd4 Qe6 22. Re4 Qc6 23. Qf3 Rxe4 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. dxe4 Qxe4 26. Bd2 Qxc2
27. Bc3 Rg8 28. h3 c5 29. Re1 h6 30. Re8 Qd1+ 31. Re1 Qc2 32. Kh2 Nh4 33. Qd5
Qg6 34. Re6 Qh7 35. Qh5 Nf5 36. g4 Nd4 37. Rg6 Rd8 38. Kg2 Re8 39. Rxh6 Re2+
0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.18"]
[Round "8.75"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Seehagen, Terry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8.
c4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Rfd8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Bf4
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qa5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg5 a6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxc3 20. Ba4
Qxh3 21. f3 h5 22. gxh5 Bxh5 23. Rf2 Bg6 24. Rg2 Qh8 25. Qxh8+ Kxh8 26. Rd1 b6
27. Kf2 Rac8 28. Bb3 a5 29. a4 Kg7 30. Ke3 Kf6 31. Kf4 Bh5 32. Ke4 Bg6+ 33. Ke3
Ke7 34. Rdd2 Kf6 35. Ba2 Rc6 36. Rb2 Rcd6 37. Rgd2 Ke7 38. Bb1 Bxb1 39. Rxb1
Kf6 40. Rb5 Ke7 41. c5 bxc5 42. Rxc5 Rd5 43. Rc7+ R8d7 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Armstrong, Robert J"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. e4 h6 13. e5 Nh7 14. Ne2 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Bxg5 16. f4 Be7 17. f5 Qe8 18. Bc1 Kh8 19. Qh3 Kh7 20. f6 Nxf6 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Rd3 cxd4 25. Rg3# 1-0

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fritzsche, Philipp"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1089"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. Re1
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
e5 15. Qd2 Re6 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rg3 Qf4 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Kf7
21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Ra3 a6 23. Rb3 Rd7 24. f3 d5 25. Kf2 a5 26. c4 d4 27. Ra3 b6
28. Rb3 c5 29. Rc3 Red6 30. Rcd3 g5 31. g3 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kf6 34. Kg3
Rh7 35. Rf1 Rd8 36. Rb3 Rb8 37. Rf2 Ke6 38. Rh2 Rxh2 39. Kxh2 Kd6 40. Kg2 Kc6
41. Rd3 b5 42. cxb5+ Rxb5 43. Rd2 c4 44. Rc2 Kc5 45. b3 c3 46. Kf2 Kb4 47. Ke2
Rb8 48. Kd3 Rh8 49. Rg2 Rh3 50. Rf2 Rh1 51. Rg2 Rb1 52. Rh2 Rb2 53. Rh5 Rd2#
0-1

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Berube, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "808"]
[Annotator "Brodie,Hugh"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nbd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Bxc5 Re8 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxb6
axb6 15. Qb3 Ra6 16. Rad1 b5 17. a3 Rd8 18. Nxe5 Qd6 19. Nxf7 Qd7 20. Ne5+ Qe6
21. Qxb5 Rad6 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Nexc4 R6d7 24. Rde1 Bh6 {etc.} 25. Nf3 1-0

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Richard"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 a6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf3
Rac8 15. c3 c5 16. Rae1 c4 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. e4 Nb6 20. Re2 Qd7 21.
Rfe1 Rcf8 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. a4 Qxa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. Nd7 dxe4 26. Ra1 Nb6 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Rxe4 Ke7 29. Ra5 Kd6 30. Rc5 g5 31. h4 Na4 32. Rxc4 Kd5 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. Rxa4 Kxe4 35. Rc4 e5 36. dxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rc5+ Kf4 38. b4 Rc6 39. Rxc6
bxc6 40. Kf2 Kg4 41. g3 Kh3 42. Kf3 Kh2 43. c4 Kh3 44. c5 Kh2 45. Kg4 Kg2 46.
Kxg5 Kxg3 47. Kf5 Kf3 48. Ke5 Ke3 49. Kd6 Kd4 50. Kxc6 Kc4 51. Kb6 Kxb4 52. c6
a5 53. c7 a4 54. c8=Q a3 55. Qc2 a2 56. Qxa2 Kc3 57. Kc5 Kd3 58. Qc4+ Ke3 59.
Kd5 Kd2 60. Qb3 Ke2 61. Ke4 Kf2 62. Qf3+ Kg1 63. Qe2 Kh1 64. Kf3 Kg1 65. Qg2#
1-0

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhu, Hong Rui"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2008.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qd5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5
8. Nf3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 e6 10. Bc4 Bc5 11. Kf2 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Ke7 13. Rad1 Bd7 14.
Ne4 Bb6 15. Nd6 Bc7 16. Nxf7 Rhf8 17. N7g5 Ne5 18. Be2 h6 19. Nh3 Ng4+ 20. Kg1
Nxe3 21. Rd3 Bb6 22. Nd4 Nf5 23. Nf4 Rf6 24. g3 Bc6 25. Bf3 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bxf3
27. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. Re1 Rc2+ 30. Kh3 Kd6 31. Rb3 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2
33. Rb1 Be5 34. Nd3 b6 35. Rb4 Rf3 36. Rb3 Bd4 37. Kg4 Rf5 38. Nf4 Rg5+ 39. Kf3
e5 40. Nh3 Rf5+ 41. Kg2 g5 42. g4 Rf7 43. Ra3 a5 44. Rd3 Kc5 45. a3 Kc4 46. Rg3
e4 47. Ng1 Bxg1 48. Kxg1 Rf3 49. Rg2 Rxa3 50. Rb2 b5 51. Re2 e3 52. Kg2 b4 53.
h4 b3 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Rxe3 b2 56. Rxa3 b1=Q 57. Rxa5 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 Qf4+ 59.
Ke1 Qe3+ 60. Kf1 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 Qxg4+ 62. Kf2 Qh4+ 63. Kf3 g4+ 64. Ke2 Qh2+ 65.
Ke3 g3 66. Rg5 Qh6 67. Kf3 Qxg5 68. Kg2 Qg4 69. Kf1 0-1

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herdin, Matthew"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Bg2 Bxf2+ 8. Kf1
Bd4 9. Na4 Qd8 10. h4 h6 11. Nxd4 hxg5 12. Nf3 gxh4 13. gxh4 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5
15. Ng5 Ng4 16. Kg1 bxa4 17. Bxa8 Qb6+ 18. d4 exd4 19. Qxa4+ Bd7 20. Qb3 Qc5
21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6 d3+ 24. e3 Nxe3 25. Kh2 Rxh4+ 26. Kg3 Qg5+
27. Kf2 Rf4+ 28. Kxe3 Rf6+ 29. Kxd3 Rxe6 30. Rh8+ Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Re1+
Kf7 33. Be4 Qb5+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. b4 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Rathburn-MacKay, Hector"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1321"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2008.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Nb8 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
c6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc3 cxd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. Bc4 Nd7 15.
O-O Rb8 16. Rac1 b5 17. Bb3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. b4 Nb7 20. a4 Kf8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bd3 Nd8 23. Ra1 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Nf6 25. Ra5 h5 26. Nxb5 Ng4+ 27. Kh1 Bb6 28.
Bc3 Rh7 29. Ra2 e6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Rh6 32. fxe6 Qe7 33. exf7 Ne5 34. Qf4
Rh8 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Qf6 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Ke7 38. f8=Q+ Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40.
Re2 Ke7 41. Rxe5+ Kf6 42. Rxh5 Nf7 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. d6+ Nxd6 45. Nxd6 Kxd6 46.
g4 Rg8 47. Kg2 Bd8 48. b5 Kc7 49. Rc5+ Kb7 50. Rf5 Kb6 51. Kg3 Rh8 52. Kg2 Rh6
53. g5 Rg6 54. h4 Rg7 55. Kg3 Kb7 56. Kg4 Rh7 57. g6 Rxh4+ 58. Kg3 Rh6 59. Rf7+
Bc7+ 60. Rxc7+ Kxc7 61. g7 Rd6 62. g8=Q Rxd3+ 63. Kf4 Rd1 64. Qc4+ Kb8 65. b6
Rd7 66. Qc6 Rh7 67. Ke5 Rh5+ 68. Kd4 Rh4+ 69. Kc5 Rc4+ 70. Kb5 Rxc6 71. Kxc6
Kc8 72. Kb5 Kb7 73. Ka5 Kb8 74. Ka6 Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dorrance, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. h3 e6 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. b3
Bd7 9. c3 g6 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. b4 Qa3 15.
Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 e5 17. b5 Nd8 18. Kd2 Ne6 19. Rac1 f5 20. f3 O-O 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Bxa7 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 Nf4+ 24. Kd2 Nxg2 25. Rc2 Bh6+ 26. Ke2 Nf4+ 27. Kf2
Rfe8 28. Nd4 Nd3+ 29. Kg3 Bf4+ 30. Kh4 Ne1 31. Rxe1 Rxe1 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Nxe2
Bd2 34. Nd4 Bxc3 35. Nb3 d4 36. Nc5 Rxc5 37. Bxc5 d3 38. Be3 d2 39. Bxd2 Bxd2
40. Kg3 b6 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. a3 Ke6 43. Ke2 Ba5 44. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Guelph Spring Pro Am"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McArthur, Ricky"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1140"]
[BlackElo "1451"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 b5 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15.
Be4 f5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rad1 f4 18. e4 Ne7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Nd3
Qg5 22. Rfe1 f3 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 Qg4 25. Ne5 Qh3 26. Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Fall 50 50 Pro-Am U1500"]
[Site "Guelph CAN"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "1169"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxf5 dxc4 12. Qh5 h6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Bc2 Ne6
15. Bd2 Nxd4 16. Bc3 c5 17. Nd2 b5 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Be4 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Rac8 21.
Qd5 Rxc6 22. Qxc6 Qxd2 23. Rad1 Qxb2 24. Qxd6 Qxa2 25. Qxc5 Qa6 26. Ra1 Qb6 27.
Qxb6 axb6 28. Rab1 Rc8 29. Rxb5 Rc6 1-0

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Dunne, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "954"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bb3
Bxb3 9. axb3 Qe7 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Nd5 Nbxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c3
Rae8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb6 17. Qd3 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Ba5 21. Ra1 Bb6 22. b4 Rf5 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Re4 Rxd5 25. Nh4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4
27. b3 Bc3 28. b5 c6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Nf3 c5 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke2 d5 33. Kd3
Bb4 34. Nh4 g5 35. Nf3 a5 36. Ng1 Be1 37. f3 a4 38. bxa4 c4+ 39. Kc2 d4 40. Kd1
Bb4 41. Ne2 d3 42. Nd4+ Kd5 43. Nf5 c3 44. Ne3+ Kd4 45. Nf5+ Kc4 46. Ne3+ Kb3
47. a5 c2+ 48. Nxc2 dxc2+ 49. Kc1 Kc3 50. a6 Ba3# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mongenais, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Bd7 9. d5 c6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. a4 Qb6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Qd2 Be6 16. Ned4 Qd7 17. O-O Bxb3 18. Nxb3 Ne4 19. Qd5 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21.
Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bf6 23. Rfe1 Bxd4 24. Rxe4 Bxb2 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Rde1 Rxe4
27. Rxe4 g6 28. Bxd6 Rd8 29. Bf4 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Swift, Ryne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "1041"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4
Bd7 9. Qc2 Qc8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rc1 c6 15.
dxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. h3 Be7 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nd5 Kf8 24. Kf1 g6 25. Bf3 Bb5+ 26. Be2 Bc6 27. f3
Bc5 28. Nc3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bd4 30. Ke2 b5 31. a3 a5 32. Bb3 b4 33. axb4 axb4
34. Nd1 Bb5+ 35. Kd2 Bf1 36. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tremblay, Kevin"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 Bf5 8.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nh5 13. h3 Nxf4 14. Rfe1
Ng6 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. b4 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Ngxe7 18. Rab1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bf3
Nc6 21. b5 Nd4 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Be4 Nxc2 24. Rec1 Nd4 25. Rxc7 a6 26. Bc6 Rec8
27. Re7 Nxc6 28. bxc6 Rxb1+ 29. Kh2 Rc1 30. c7 R1xc7 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. g3 Kf7
33. f4 Kf6 34. fxe5+ Kxe5 35. a5 Kd4 36. g4 e5 37. h4 e4 38. dxe4 Kxe4 39. Kg3
Rc5 40. h5 Rxa5 41. Kh4 g6 42. h6 Kf3 43. g5 Rf5 44. Kh3 Rc1 45. Kh2 a5 46. Kh3
a4 47. Kh4 a3 48. Kh3 a2 49. Kh2 a1=Q 50. Kh3 Rxg5 51. Kh4 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Liu, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. O-O h6 11. h3 O-O 12. Qc2 a6 13. Ne2 Ba7 14. d4 Rc8 15.
Qd3 Nf5 16. Be3 Qb6 17. b3 Nb4 18. Qd1 Nc2 19. Rc1 Ncxe3 20. Qd2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1
Qd8 22. Rd1 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Qd3 Qe4 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Ng3 Rfd8 27. Nxe4
Bxd4 28. Nd6 Bxe5 29. Nxc8 Rxd1# 0-1

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yang, Bryant"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1008"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Bc5 4. Nc3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8.
Bf3 d6 9. Nc4 Bf5 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxe4 14.
Qxe4 Rxe4 15. Be3 Nc6 16. c3 Rae8 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Bd2 Kf7 19. f3 Re2 20. Rxe2
Rxe2 21. Rd1 Na5 22. Kf1 Re6 23. Re1 Nc4 24. Bc1 Rf6 25. b3 Na5 26. Bg5 Re6 27.
Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Ke2 Nc6 29. Kd3 h6 30. Be3 g5 31. f4 g4 32. Bf2 d5 33. h3 h5 34.
hxg4 hxg4 35. c4 Na7 36. Bh4 c6 37. g3 Nc8 38. cxd5+ cxd5 39. Kc3 Nd6 40. Kb4
b5 41. a4 bxa4 42. Kxa4 Kd7 43. Kb4 Kc7 44. Be7 Ne4 45. Bh4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CYCC U10"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Desbiens, Jonathan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1074"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
d4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Qe3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Re8 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qd2 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. c4 hxg5 19. cxd5 Bxf3 20. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxd5 22. Qe3 Bxa2 23. Qe4 g6 24. Kh2 Qf6 25. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 26. Qg2
Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rb8 28. Re2 Bd5+ 29. Kf2 Rb3 30. Ba6 Rf3+ 31. Ke1 Rxh3 32. Re8+
Kg7 33. Bc8 Rb3 34. Re2 Bb7 35. Bd7 Ba6 36. Rd2 Re3+ 37. Kd1 Rd3 38. Rxd3 Bxd3
39. b4 f5 40. Kd2 Be4 41. Ke3 c6 42. b5 cxb5 43. Bxb5 d5 44. Ba6 g4 45. Be2 g3
0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Li, William"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 b5 8. cxb5
axb5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Ng3 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 O-O 15.
Bxb5 Rb8 16. a4 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Nd2 h3 20. O-O hxg2 21. Rfd1
Be6 22. Bg5 Qb6+ 23. Qe3 d4 24. Qd3 Nh5 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. Rac1 f5 27. Nd6 fxe4
28. Qxe4 Nf4 29. h4 Bd5 30. Bc4 d3+ 31. Kh2 g1=Q+ 32. Rxg1 Rxb2+ 33. Kh1 Qf2
34. Bxf4 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Kh1 Na5 13. Qf3 Nc4 14. f5 Re8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 Bc5 17. Rad1 Nxb2 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. a3 Ba5 20. g4 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Bxc3 22. Rdd1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qb6 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bd7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Qd5+ Be6 28. fxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bd6+ Kg6 30. Qf5+ Qxf5 31. gxf5+ Kf7 32. c4 Rad8
33. c5 Rd7 34. Rf3 b6 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kg3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 a4
9. Qc1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nc3 axb3 14. axb3 c5 15.
Ne1 e4 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 e3 18. f4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Nd5 Nfxd5 21.
cxd5 Bf5 22. Qc1 b6 23. Nc2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxg7 Qd2 26. Qa1 Qxe2 27.
Qa8+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Doknjas, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 d5 8. Nxd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Qd7 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Ng5 Ba5 12. c3 Bb6 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Qd2 b5 7. O-O-O Bb7 8. f3
Nd7 9. Nh3 e6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. d5 Ngf6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. g3 Ne5 14. Qf2 O-O 15.
Bh3 Kh8 16. Nxe6 b4 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne4 20. Qg2 Nxf3 21.
Rd3 Qe5 22. Rb3 Nc3 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. Qd2 Nde2+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 a6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qh4 f6
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxa2 18. Qa4+ b5 19. Rxa2 bxa4 20. Kf1 e5
21. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Stevens, Christian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Nc3 Bg4
9. Qd2 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rad8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nf4 d5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. O-O c5 18. a3 e4 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qxh3 21.
Bg2 Qh5 22. Rfc1 Nc7 23. d4 Ne6 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qe4 27. Qf6
h6 28. Qh4 Qf5 29. Qh1 Ng5 30. Qd5 Qg4 31. Rac1 Re8 32. Rc4 Qe2 33. Kg2 Rxe3
34. Rd2 Qf3+ 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. b4 Rxa3 37. bxc5 Ne6 38. Rb2 Ra5 39. Rxb7 Rxc5
40. Rxc5 Nxc5 41. Rxa7 Kg7 42. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sai Krishna, GV."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qf6 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 Bb6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 Qh4 15.
Nf3 Qf6 16. Nd2 Qh4 17. Qf3 f5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Qg3 Qa4 20. Nc4 Raf8 21. Re2
Bh5 22. Rd2 Ba5 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Rb1 Qxc3 25. Rxb7 Nd4 26. Rxa7 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3
Bxf3 28. Kh2 R8f6 29. Ra4 Qa1 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rg6+ 32. Kf1 Rh5 33. h4
Rg2 34. Re2 Rh2 35. Ke1 R5xh4 36. Ra7 Rh1+ 37. Kd2 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 Ra1 39. c4 e4
40. d4 Rhh1 41. d5 h5 42. c5 h4 43. d6 cxd6 44. c6 h3 45. c7 Rae1+ 46. Kd2 Rc1
47. Bf4 Kh7 48. a4 Rc6 49. a5 h2 50. a6 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Noritsyn, Sergey"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. O-O e6 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bf4 b5
9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bb7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rad1 c5 13. c4 Qc7 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nb6 16. Bc2 Nxc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bg5 Ned5 19. Rde1 Nd7 20. h4 Nc3 21. Qf4
Nd5 22. Qe4 Rae8 23. h5 f5 24. exf6 N7xf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5
Nd5 28. Rg5 Bh6 29. Re5 Bf4 30. Ree1 gxh5 31. g3 Bh6 32. Kg2 Rf6 33. Rh1 Nc3
34. Rxh5 Ref8 35. Kh3 Nxa2 36. Nh2 Rxf2 37. Rxe6 Rxc2 38. Rexh6 Rff2 39. Ng4
Rf1 40. Nh2 Rh1 41. Kg4 Nc1 42. Rf6 Kg7 43. Rhf5 Rcxh2 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rf8+
Kg7 46. R8f7+ Kg8 47. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Saha, Ananda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. h4
Bxf4 9. exf4 c5 10. c3 a5 11. g4 Ba6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Ndf3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxe5
15. dxe5 f6 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Rhe1 c4 18. Qe3 f5 19. Rg1 b5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21.
Rg4 h6 22. Rdg1 Rf7 23. Rg6 Ne7 24. Rxe6 Nf5 25. Qb6 b4 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rb6
bxc3 28. bxc3 d4 29. e6 Re7 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. f5 Rf4 33. Rb8+ Kh7
34. Rf8 Rxf2 35. Re1 c3 36. Re3 c2 37. Rc8 Rxf5 38. Kxc2 Rf6 39. Rc6 Rf4 40.
Rc5 Rxh4 41. Rxa5 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 Rc6 43. Rae5 Ra6 44. Re2 g5 45. Kc4 Kg6 46. Kb5
Ra3 47. Kb4 Rd3 48. a4 g4 49. a5 Rd8 50. a6 h5 51. Kc5 g3 52. R5e4 Kf6 53. Rf4+
Kg6 54. Re3 Kh6 55. Rf6+ Kg7 56. Rf1 Kh6 57. Rh1 Rg8 58. Kd6 g2 59. Rg1 Ra7 60.
Ra3 h4 61. Ra2 h3 62. Ra3 Rxa6+ 63. Rxa6 h2 64. Raa1 Rd8+ 65. Kc7 hxg1=Q 66.
Rb1 Qf1 67. Rxf1 Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hart House Reading Week Crown"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.02.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Findlay, Ian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/zvictor"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2024.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bd7 9. Bf4 Re8 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Bg3 Qb6 16. h3 Rc5 17. Nb3 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 19. Qf3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Hart House Reading Week Crown"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.02.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wu, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/zvictor"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bb3 Rb8 14. a3 a5 15.
f5 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Qd3 Qc6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxf1+ 21.
Qxf1 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. dxe6 Re5 24. Bb6 a4 25. Bxa4 Bxe6 26. Kg1 Re4 27.
Bd4 h6 28. Bc6 Re2 29. Bf3 Rxc2 30. Re1 Bh4 31. g3 Rd2 32. gxh4 Rxd4 33. Rxe6
Kf7 34. Re4 Rd2 35. Re2 Rd4 36. h5 Kf6 37. Kf2 Rb4 38. h3 g5 39. hxg6 Kxg6 40.
Bd5 Rd4 41. Be4+ Kg5 42. Ke3 Rb4 43. Rg2+ Kf6 44. Rf2+ Ke5 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. Rh5
Rxb2 47. Rxh6+ Ke5 48. Rh5+ Kf6 49. Kf4 Rf2+ 50. Bf3 Rd2 51. h4 Rd4+ 52. Kg3
Kg6 53. Ra5 Kh6 54. h5 Kg7 55. Rg5+ Kh6 56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. Re6 d5 58. Bg4 Rb4 59.
Bf5+ Kh8 60. h6 Rb8 61. Kf4 Rd8 62. Kg5 d4 63. Bd3 Rg8+ 64. Kf6 Rf8+ 65. Ke5
Rd8 66. Re7 Kg8 67. Ke6 Rb8 68. Bc4 Rd8 69. Kf6+ Kh8 70. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Hart House Reading Week Crown"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.02.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Razin, Vadim"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/zvictor"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 Rb8 10. Ng3 c5 11. O-O h5 12. h3 Qc7 13. b3 h4 14. Ne2 Ngf6 15. Ng5 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f3 Nh5 18. Bc4 O-O 19. Rad1 a5 20. Qf2 Ng3 21. Ne2 Be5 22.
Nxg3 Bxg3 23. Qe2 e6 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. f4 Rbd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Qg4 Rd2 29. Nf3 Rxc2 30. f5 Rxc4 31. bxc4 exf5 32. exf5 Qe2 33. Kg1 Bc8 34. Qg5
Bxf5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qxa5 Bd3 37. Ra1 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Be4 0-1

[Event "Hart House Reading Week Crown"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.02.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g3 Rb8 12. Nce2 Qe7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg2 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. O-O Ng4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Nc3 a5 20. Na4 Rb5 21.
Nc5 Rxc5 22. bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 e5 24. c4 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hart House Reading Week Crown"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.03.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. g4 g6 15. Ng3
Bg7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nd8 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. d4 Bb7 20. d5 Nf8 21. Kg2 c4 22.
Rh1 N6d7 23. Rdg1 Nc5 24. Kf1 a5 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. h4 b4 27. h5 b3 28. axb3 cxb3
29. Bb1 Ra7 30. Nf5 f6 31. Bxf8 gxf5 32. Qh6 Ba6+ 33. Ke1 Rxf8 34. g5 Kf7 35.
exf5 Ke8 36. g6 Bd3 37. Kd2 Bxb1 38. Rxb1 Bg7 39. Qe3 h6 40. Nd4 Qb7 41. Nc6
Ra6 42. Ra1 a4 43. Rh4 Kd7 44. Rb4 Qc7 45. Qe2 Rxc6 46. Qb5 Ra8 47. Raxa4 Rxa4
48. Rxa4 Nxa4 49. Qxa4 Qb6 50. dxc6+ Kc7 51. Ke1 Qxc6 52. Qxb3 Qe4+ 53. Kd2
Qf4+ 54. Ke2 Qe4+ 55. Kd2 1/2-1/2

