[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd5 11. 0-0 Qxe4 12. Ne5 Qxg2+ 13. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 14. f3 Ng6 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. c4 h5 17. h4 Rg8 18. Kh2 Bd6 19. f4 Ne7 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. Rd3 Rg4 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Qb5 Bb6 25. a4 a5 26. b4 Ba6 27. Qc6 Bxd3 28. Qxa8+ Kg7 29. Rd1 Rxg3 30. bxa5 Bf2 31. a6 Be2 32. Rd8 Bg1+ 33. Kh1 Bf3+ 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. a7 Bxa7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Ghosh, Chanchal Kumer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nbd7 9. g3 Qc7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Re2 Nc4 17. Qc1 Nxb2 18. Bxf6 Nxd1 19. Nd5 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qc4 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Re4 Qxc2 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Qh6 Qc1+ 26. Bf1 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Horak, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 d6 13. f4 d5 14. Qf2 Bg4 15. Re1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. h4 Re8 20. h5 Qb8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bd3 Nc3 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Qe7 Bf7 26. e6 Be8 27. Re1 Nxa2+ 28. Rxa2 Rxd3 29. Rd2 Qxb3 30. Rc2 Rc3 31. Ree2 Rxc4 32. Qf7+ Kh7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bb2+ Kh7 35. Rxc4 Qxc4+ 36. Rc2 Qxf4+ 37. Kb1 Qd6 38. Bc3 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f3 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 f5 22. h4 Bf2 23. h5 gxh5 24. Kh2 h4 25. Bg5 Kf7 26. Bd3 Bg3+ 27. Kg1 f4 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 a5 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bc2 h5 32. Kf1 h3 33. gxh3 Bxh3+ 34. Ke2 Bg2 35. Bf5 h4 36. Be6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Estevez Polanco, Leonardo Rafael"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Bh4 Kh8 14. f3 Ng8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rd2 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Rad1 d4 19. Bxe6 dxc3 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bb3 cxb2 22. Rb1 Qc5+ 23. Kf1 Nf5 24. Qe4 Ne3+ 25. Ke2 Nd1 26. Rxd1 Qc8 27. c4 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Qd8+ 29. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotlyar, Kirill"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Bh4 b5 10. f4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 12. g3 Qd8 13. 0-0-0 d5 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rhe1 0-0 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. g4 Rac8 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 Bxe5 23. Kb1 g6 24. h4 d4 25. h5 Bf3 26. hxg6 Bxd1 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxd1 Rcf8 29. Qh5 Rg7 30. Rh1 Rf4 31. Bg6 Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qe8+ Kd6 34. Bd3 Rgf7 35. g6 Rg7 36. Qa8 Qc6 37. Qd8+ Rd7 38. Qb8+ Kd5 39. c4+ dxc3 40. Be4+ Rxe4 41. Rd1+ Kc5 42. Qa7+ Qb6 43. Qxd7 Qc6 44. Qd3 Kb6 45. Qd8+ Kb7 46. Rd7+ Bc7 47. Rxc7+ Qxc7 48. Qd1 Qc6 49. bxc3 Rc4 50. g7 Rxc3 51. g8Q Qe4+ 52. Kb2 Rc2+ 53. Qxc2 Qe5+ 54. Qc3 Qe2+ 55. Qc2 Qe5+ 56. Kb1 Qe1+ 57. Kb2 Qb4+ 58. Ka1 Qe1+ 59. Kb2 Qb4+ 60. Qb3 Qd2+ 61. Kb1 Qe1+ 62. Kc2 Qe2+ 63. Kc3 Qe3+ 64. Kb4 Qd4+ 65. Ka3 Qc5+ 66. Qb4 Qc1+ 67. Kb3 Qe3+ 68. Qc3 Qb6 69. Qf7+ Kb8 70. Qe7 b4 71. Qexb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lehtosaari, Mauri"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Nd2 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 g5 13. Bg3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxb5 15. Nc7 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. 0-0 Bf5 19. e4 Be6 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. Nf3 Nb4 22. Qe2 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 f5 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Qe6 Qf8 28. Rfe1 Rf7 29. Rb3 Kh7 30. Ra3 Nc6 31. Qe4+ Rf5 32. Qxc6 Bd4 33. Rf3 e5 34. Qd7+ Kg6 35. Rxf5 Qxf5 36. Qxf5+ Kxf5 37. Kf1 d5 38. Ke2 e4 39. f3 h5 40. fxe4+ dxe4 41. Bf2 Ke5 42. Be3 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Rc1 Kd5 45. Kd2 Ke5 46. Rxc5+ Bxc5 47. Bxc5 Kf4 48. Ke2 Kg3 49. Kf1 Kh2 50. Bd6+ g3 51. Bf4 e3 52. Bxe3 Kh1 53. Bf4 Kh2 54. Be5 Kh1 55. Bf4 Kh2 56. Bg5 Kh1 57. Bf6 Kh2 58. Bd4 Kh1 59. Be3 Kh2 60. Bf2 Kh1 61. Be1 Kh2 62. Bf2 Kh1 63. Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lye, Sverre"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. c3 0-0 9. Bb2 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c4 h6 12. Ne1 Nf5 13. f4 Nd4 14. Nc2 exf4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. d3 g5 17. Qe1 Be5 18. Qf2 Qf6 19. Rae1 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Rd1 Rae8 22. Bf3 Qg7 23. Rfe1 b6 24. Be4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Re4 g4 28. Rde1 Ref8 29. Bxd4 g3 30. hxg3 fxg3 31. Qb2 g2 32. Bxe5 Rf1+ 33. Kh2 g1Q+ 34. Kh3 R1f3+ 35. Kh4 Q7g5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Cabezas Solano, David Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5+ Kd8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Kc7 17. g4 Qxc6 18. Qg3 h6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Qg4 hxg5 21. fxg5 Rd8 22. Be4 d5 23. Bf3 Bc5 24. Re5 Qd6 25. Rexd5 Qf4+ 26. Qxf4+ Nxf4 27. Rxc5+ Kb6 28. Rc6+ Ka5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. a3 b4 31. Rc5+ Ka4 32. b3+ Kxa3 33. Ra5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Panda, Sambit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. c3 0-0 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nxe3+ 14. fxe3 Re8 15. a3 Bf8 16. Kf2 f5 17. Rhe1 f4 18. e4 Bg4 19. d5 Bc5+ 20. Kf1 Be3 21. h3 Bh5 22. g4 Bg6 23. e5 cxd5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rad1 d4 26. Kg2 Qd7 27. b4 b6 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. b5 Qb7 30. Rf1 Rxe5 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Nxd4 Rd8 33. Qc3 Qc7 34. Nc6 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 f3+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Soderstrom, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Nd5 11. c4 Nf4 12. Bb1 Bf6 13. Ne4 b6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. d5 e5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Qe4 Qe6 19. Nxe5 Rae8 20. Qxf4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Rad1 Re6 25. f3 Red6 26. Bc2 Kg7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Rxd6+ Rxd6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Rd7 Rc6 31. Be4 Rc5 32. Bd5 c6 33. b4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Solcan, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. Be3 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Qc8 13. h4 Nb6 14. Qf4 Ne5 15. h5 Nbc4 16. Bd4 Qf5 17. Qxf5 gxf5 18. h6 Bf6 19. Nd5 Rac8 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Tokhirjonova, Gulruhbegim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nd2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nb6 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Qf2 d5 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 Nxd5 17. Ne4 a5 18. g3 a4 19. Qc5 Qe6 20. Rf3 axb3 21. axb3 Qf5 22. Nc3 Bxe5 23. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 cxd5 25. Rf2 Qf6+ 26. Qd4 Qa6 27. Kb1 Re2 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Qd2 Qe4+ 30. Qd3 Qg2 31. Qd2 Qf3 32. Qd3 Qf2 33. Qd2 Qa7 34. Qxd5 Qa1+ 35. Kc2 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Ne5 c6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Qd4 Ng4 13. b4 Qa3 14. 0-0 Be6 15. Rab1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bg3 f5 18. Be5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Raahul, VS."]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Ne5 c5 8. f3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nd7 12. g4 Ndxe5 13. dxe5 d4 14. Nb5 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 hxg4 16. fxg4 Nxe5 17. Rg1 Bd7 18. Nxd4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxd4 20. Bxd7 Bxg1 21. 0-0-0 Rfd8 22. Bb5 Bh2 23. Rh1 Be5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Bd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rc8+ 27. Kb1 Bf6 28. Rxh5 b6 29. a4 Rc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Be3 Bd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. b4 Kf8 34. b5 Ke8 35. a5 Kd7 36. b6 axb6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Qe1 0-0 10. Qh4 Ba6 11. Rb1 Nc8 12. Qh3 Rb8 13. Bd2 c4 14. d4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. e5 Bb7 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Nd5 Qb5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Qe8 22. Be3 Nd6 23. Bxc5 Ne4 24. Be7 Rd2 25. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vestby Ellingsen, Mads"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. 0-0 e5 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. h3 0-0 11. Be3 Nh5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 cxb4 15. Qa4 Nf4 16. Qxc6 b3 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. cxb3 g5 19. Qxd6 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qxf4 Qxd3 22. Qxg4 Qxb3 23. Nd6 h5 24. Qxh5 Qd3 25. Nf5 Qxe4 26. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yaniuk, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nge2 a6 11. Qd2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Na3 Re8 16. f3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Re3 19. Qd2 Qh4+ 20. Kf1 Rae8 21. Nc4 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 d3+ 24. Kxd3 Qd4+ 25. Ke2 Qxc4+ 26. Kf2 Qd4+ 27. Kg3 Be5+ 28. f4 Qxf4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Khayrullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 0-0 14. Rg1 b4 15. f6 bxc3 16. fxe7 cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Re8 18. e5 Bb7 19. Qh3 Nxe5 20. g6 Nxg6 21. Bd3 Rxe7 22. Rde1 Rae8 23. Qg4 Bd5 24. h4 Qa5 25. Nb3 Bxb3 26. cxb3 h5 27. Qg3 Qc3 28. Bxg6 Qxg3 29. Rxg3 fxg6 30. Rxg6 Kh7 31. Rg5 g6 32. Kxb2 e5 33. Kc3 Rf7 34. Kd3 Rf3+ 35. Ke4 Rf4+ 36. Kd5 Rd4+ 37. Kc6 Kh6 38. Rf1 Rxh4 39. Rgg1 Rd4 40. Rf6 Rg4 41. Rgf1 e4 42. Kd7 Re5 43. Kxd6 Rgg5 44. a4 Rd5+ 45. Ke6 Rge5+ 46. Kf7 Rd7+ 47. Kf8 e3 48. Rg1 Rf5 49. Rxf5 gxf5 50. Ke8 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Onufrienko, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. 0-0 Bf6 12. b3 Re8 13. Bf2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Ng3 d5 16. c5 Nc8 17. a3 N8e7 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. b4 a6 20. Rae1 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 Re7 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Re1 c6 26. Kf1 Ng6 27. Bg3 Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Qe6+ 30. Kf2 g6 31. a4 Kg7 32. g3 Be7 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Bf6 35. h4 cxb5 36. Be3 Qa6 37. Qb3 Qc6 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Bf4 Ke6 41. Qb1 Qa6 42. Qb3 b4+ 43. Ke3 Qc4 44. Qb1 Bxd4+ 45. Kd2 Bc3+ 46. Ke3 Qxc5+ 47. Kd3 Qc4+ 48. Ke3 d4+ 49. Kf2 d3 50. Qd1 b3 51. Bd2 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narva, Mai"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bd5 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Nd2 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 0-0 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Rad1 Rfc8 17. Bg5 b5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qg4 Rc4 20. Qd7 b4 21. Qxa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. b3 bxa3 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. c3 e4 26. Rb1 g6 27. Rfc1 a2 28. Ra1 Ra5 29. Kf1 Rxd5 30. Rxa2 Rc5 31. c4 d5 32. Rac2 d4 33. Ra2 d3 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Be5 36. g4 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rd8 Kf6 39. Rd5 Rc8 40. Ke1 Bf4 41. Ra1 Rxc4 42. h4 d2+ 43. Ke2 Rc1 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Rxd2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Rh1 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Rxh7 Ke5 49. Rh8 Kf4 50. h5 Rh2 51. Ke1 e3 52. fxe3+ Kxe3 53. Kf1 f4 54. Kg1 Rh4 55. h6 f3 56. Re8+ Kf4 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. Rg8+ Kf4 59. Rg6 Kf5 60. Rg3 Rxh6 61. Rxf3+ Ke4 62. Rf2 Rg6+ 63. Rg2 Rxg2+ 64. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skatchkov, Valery"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. f4 a6 12. 0-0 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 c4+ 19. Kh2 Qe3 20. Ra4 Nb6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ra1 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qxf4+ 24. Kh1 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qf2 26. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "D'Arruda, Ricardo D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Nd4 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rac8 16. Rad1 Bc4 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 b5 19. a3 Rc4 20. Qf5 Rfc8 21. g4 Qe6 22. h3 Qxf5 23. gxf5 R8c6 24. f3 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Rd2 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rd1 Rxc2+ 30. Kd3 Ra2 31. Kc4 Kd7 32. Kb4 Re2 33. Rd3 Rh2 34. Kxa4 Rxh3 35. Bc5 Nxe4 36. Ba3 Kc6 37. Ka5 Nc5 38. Rc3 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Lukiyanchuk, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Be3 Ng6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. 0-0-0 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 0-0 12. f4 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bd4 Bg5 15. Bf3 Nh4 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Rhe1 Qd7 21. h3 Ng6 22. Be4 Bh4 23. Qf3 Bxe1 24. Bf5 Qc7 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Poltorak, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. 0-0 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxf5 Kh8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd5 Qg6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. g3 Bh6 23. Qd3 Qh5 24. Qe4 Qe2 25. Qg4 Qxb2 26. Nf5 Rf6 27. Nxh6 Rdf8 28. Qh3 Rxf2 29. Ng4 R2f3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Rf1 Qe2 32. Rxf3 Qxf3 33. Nf2 Qxc3 34. Qe6 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Ng4 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 Qg5 42. Qxd6 Qh5+ 43. Kg2 Qxg4 44. Qxe5+ Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kg7 46. Qb7+ Kg8 47. Qxa6 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kh3 Qh5+ 51. Kg2 Qd5+ 52. Kh3 Qf5+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kh3 Qd3 55. Qe6+ Kf8 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kf8 58. Qf6+ Kg8 59. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Spichkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. Nc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Be2 Qd7 9. 0-0 0-0-0 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. c3 a6 13. Na3 Nd5 14. Nc4 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Bg6 16. b4 Ne7 17. a4 f5 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 f4 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Qb3 Bd3 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Nxd3 Ne3 24. Ne5 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 g5 26. Bg4 Qxg4 27. Nxg4 h5 28. Ne5 g4 29. b5 g3 30. bxa6 b6 31. Qe6+ Kb8 32. Qc6 Ka7 33. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fu, Yihe Rebo"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. 0-0-0 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Bb1 Be6 14. a3 Nc6 15. b3 a5 16. a4 0-0 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Bb6 Nb4 23. Rd1 Bb2+ 24. Kxb2 Rxd1 25. Bxc5 Nd3+ 26. Kc2 Nxf2 27. Bxe7 Rg1 28. g3 Ng4 29. e4 h6 30. Nh3 Rg2+ 31. Kd3 fxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Rxh2 33. Nf4 Rb2 34. Bd8 Rxb3 35. Bxa5 Ra3 36. Bb6 Rxa4 37. Kd5 Nf6+ 38. Kd4 Ra3 39. Nd3 Nd7 40. Bd8 f5 41. Be7 Ra1 42. Bd6 Kf7 43. Bf4 h5 44. Nb4 Ra4 45. Nd5 b5 46. Ne3 bxc4 47. Nxf5 Nf6 48. Nd6+ Kg6 49. Nxc4 Kf5 50. Kd3 Ra1 51. Ne3+ Kg6 52. Be5 Ng4 53. Bxa1 Nh2 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. Ng2 Ng4 56. Kf3 Nh6 57. Bc3 Nf5 58. Bd2+ Kg6 59. Nh4+ Nxh4+ 60. gxh4 Kf5 61. Bg5 Kg6 62. Kf4 Kh7 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garrido Diaz, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 Re8 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Bd4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. d5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qxe4 Bb3 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Rd7 Rxe2 25. a6 Be6 26. Re7 Rxb2 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Bg2 Rdd2 29. Rb7 Rxf2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Rc7 Ra2 32. Rxa7 Bc4 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. a7 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Vargas Benavides, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. g4 Be4 8. f3 Bd5 9. Bf4 g6 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 e6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. c3 Bd6 17. Qc1 0-0-0 18. f4 f6 19. 0-0 e5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Bg5 Rdf8 22. Qe3 e4 23. Be2 Bxh2+ 24. Kg2 Bd6 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Qxf2 h6 27. Be3 g5 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Qg1 Rxf1 30. Qxf1 Qb6 31. Qf5+ Kb8 32. b4 Qd8 33. Qxd5 Qe7 34. Qf5 Bc7 35. c4 Qd6 36. Bf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Bg1 Qh3+ 39. Ke1 Qc3+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruedigam, Martin"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Re8 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. a3 e5 10. b4 h5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Nd5 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb4 Qc7 16. Qc2 a5 17. Na2 Rb8 18. Rac1 exd4 19. exd4 c5 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. d5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxd5 23. Qd2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Ne5 25. Bd5 Nd4 26. Rb1 Ng4 27. Nc3 Qe7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Qg5 Qf5 32. Qg3 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 Rb2 34. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weishaeutel, Moritz"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Bb5 Nh6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Re1 Bf7 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rad1 Nd6 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Nb5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Qb6 20. Ba4 Bf8 21. Rc1 Ne7 22. Bd7 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qd8 24. Ba4 Nf5 25. Bb3 Nd6 26. Qc5 b6 27. Qc6 Nc4 28. Nd2 Nxb2 29. Qc3 Ba3 30. Ba4 Qe7 31. Bb5 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Nc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Qxa3 Qxf2 35. Qe3 Qh4 36. Ne4 Bd5 37. Nc3 g5 38. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. dxc5 a5 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nxc5 11. Bb5 f6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 e5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxc4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 b5 20. Nd6 b4 21. Rac1 Na4 22. Rc2 Rfd8 23. Rcd2 g5 24. Bg3 Bf8 25. Ne4 Be7 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. f4 exf4 29. exf4 Nxb2 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Red1 Nxf4 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Kxf4 Kd5 38. Kf5 a4 39. f4 Kd4 40. Nd6 b3 41. axb3 axb3 42. Nb5+ Kd3 43. Ke6 b2 44. Na3 Bc7 45. Kxf6 Bxf4 46. Ke6 Bd2 47. Kd5 Bb4 48. Nb1 Kc2 49. Kc4 Kxb1 50. Kxb4 Kc1 51. Kc4 b1Q 52. Kc3 Qc2+ 53. Kd4 Kd2 54. Ke5 Qd3 55. Kf4 Qe2 56. Kg3 Qf1 57. Kh2 Ke2 58. Kg3 Qf2+ 59. Kh3 Qg1 60. Kh4 Kf3 61. Kh5 Kf4 62. Kh6 Kf5 63. Kh7 Kf6 64. Kh6 Qg6# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Czernikowska, Laura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Bd3 Be6 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. b3 a5 17. Bb1 a4 18. Qxd6 Qa5 19. b4 Qa7 20. c5 Rfd8 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kg7 23. a3 Qa6 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Rd6 Qc7 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. f3 Bb3 28. Rd2 Qe5 29. Kf2 Qa1 30. b5 Qxa3 31. Bf1 Qxc5+ 32. Kg3 h5 33. f4 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Goltsev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. 0-0-0 c6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Rhe1 0-0-0 13. Ba6 Nf8 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 Ng6 16. g3 Rd7 17. a3 Rhd8 18. Rd2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nxc5+ Qxc5 21. Red1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Ne5 24. f4 Nc6 25. Qd3 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Ne4 f5 28. Nd6+ Kc6 29. Nxf7 Nf3 30. h4 Nd2+ 31. Kc2 Nxc4 32. Ng5 Ne3+ 33. Kd3 Nf1 34. Nxh7 Nxg3 35. Nf6 Kd6 36. Ne8+ Kd7 37. Ng7 Ke7 38. h5 Kf7 39. h6 Kg6 40. Nxe6 Kxh6 41. Kd4 Kh5 42. Ke5 Kg4 43. Nd4 a6 44. a4 Nh5 45. Nxf5 Nxf4 46. Nd6 Nd3+ 47. Kd5 Nxb2 48. a5 bxa5 49. Nc4 a4 50. Nxb2 a3 51. Kc4 axb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3 Be4 9. Bg2 h5 10. 0-0 Qd5 11. c4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd2 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. d5 Nd7 17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qxh5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nxd5 21. Rfe1 Be7 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. h4 Qxa2 24. h5 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qf6 26. Qb3 Kf8 27. Qxb7 Bc5 28. Re2 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Simonovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ne3 Qa5 11. Bg2 Nd4 12. 0-0 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. Qh5 Bg6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. h4 Bf8 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qf3 Rxb2 23. Nd5 Bg7 24. Be8 e4 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxg6+ Kxe8 27. Qxe4+ Kd7 28. Qe7+ Kc6 29. Nxh8 Bxh8 30. Qxf7 Rxc2 31. Rad1 Qc5 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. Qxh8 Rc3 34. Qh7+ Kc6 35. Rd3 Rc4 36. Rfd1 a5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Taboas Rodriguez, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxd8 Raxd8 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Rad1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Re2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Re8 22. Nb3 Re2 23. Na1 f5 24. g3 Kf7 25. Kg2 g5 26. Kf3 Rd2 27. h3 h5 28. g4 fxg4+ 29. hxg4 h4 30. b3 a5 31. b4 a4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Thiel, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. c5 Nd5 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd7 15. Ba3 bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Qd6 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. Rab1 e6 20. Rb7 c5 21. Qa4 cxd4 22. cxd4 a6 23. Rfb1 Rc6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qd5 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Rbb1 Qc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Rb6 Ra4 30. Rdd6 Rxa2 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Rd8 33. Ra4 Rd5 34. f4 Kg7 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. h4 h5 37. Kh3 Rd3+ 38. g3 Rc3 39. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dahlgren, James Allen"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 f6 5. 0-0 Be6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 0-0-0 10. Bd2 h5 11. h4 Kb8 12. a4 Bg4 13. Ne4 Nd4 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Be7 17. b4 Nb6 18. a5 Nc8 19. a6 Qxd3 20. Re3 Qd5 21. axb7 Qxb7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxd2 25. c4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. h4 e6 7. h5 Nd4 8. Nge2 Ne7 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. c3 Nc6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. 0-0-0 Rc8 15. c4 Nb4 16. Qb3 a5 17. Kb1 Qa7 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Rc6 20. Nc1 Rb6 21. Qd2 e5 22. f4 Bg4 23. Rdf1 f6 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Ke7 26. Rff1 h6 27. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paszewski, Mateusz"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be2 Nh5 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. 0-0 Nf4 11. Bc4 Be6 12. b4 Re8 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Nc4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 f6 16. Nfd2 a6 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. a4 Red8 19. Kf1 b6 20. Rd5 Ne7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ke2 Kf7 23. g3 Nc8 24. a5 b5 25. Nb2 Nd6 26. Nd3 Nc4 27. Rd1 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Rc8 29. f4 Bd6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Nf8 32. Ndc5 Ra8 33. Ke4 Ke7 34. g4 Nd7 35. Nxd7 Kxd7 36. Nc5+ Kc6 37. Ne6 Rg8 38. Rg1 h6 39. h4 Be7 40. Rg2 Rh8 41. Rg1 Rg8 42. Rg3 Rh8 43. Rg1 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Chan, Kim Yew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. 0-0-0 Qd7 12. Qa5 0-0 13. Bd3 c6 14. Rhe1 Rfe8 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qc7 Qc8 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. c3 Bd6 20. Qf3 Re4 21. Rde2 Rae8 22. Bd2 f5 23. h3 g6 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Kd1 Kf7 26. f3 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Ke6 30. Bg5 f4 31. Kd3 Kf5 32. Bd8 g5 33. b3 h5 34. c4 Bb4 35. a4 a6 36. Bc7 Bf8 37. Bd8 Bd6 38. Kc2 g4 39. hxg4+ hxg4 40. Kd3 Bf8 41. Kc2 Bh6 42. Kd3 Bg5 43. Bc7 Bh4 44. Ke2 Be7 45. Kd3 Kg5 46. Ke2 Bf6 47. Kd3 Bg7 48. Bd6 Bh6 49. Bc7 Kh4 50. Ke2 Kg3 51. fxg4 Kxg2 52. Ke1 f3 53. cxd5 f2+ 54. Ke2 cxd5 55. Kd3 f1Q+ 56. Kc2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Namitbir, Singh Walia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Bd3 Be6 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. b3 a6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. a4 Bc6 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bc2 h6 18. Bh4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxe4 20. f5 Qd7 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Qg4 24. Bxe7 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Re8 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rxe7 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Rf6 Re3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rxd6 Rxb3 32. Rxh6 Rb4 33. c5 Rxa4 34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Rxb7 Kd5 36. Kg2 Kxc5 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kg4 a5 39. h4 Ra1 40. h5 a4 41. h6 a3 42. h7 Rh1 43. Ra7 Kb4 44. Kg5 Kb3 45. Kg6 a2 46. Kg7 Kb2 47. h8Q Rxh8 48. Kxh8 a1Q 49. Rxa1 Kxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. 0-0 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Ne5 Qa4 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Qxc6+ Qxc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc2 15. c4 Bg6 16. c5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Skliarov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. 0-0 Ra7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 e4 19. Bc2 Qg5 20. f4 Qg6 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Kh1 Bh6 23. g3 Rb8 24. Nb4 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 a5 26. Qa2 Nxb4 27. cxb4 Rab7 28. Rxa5 Rxb4 29. Ra8 Bf8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qd5 Rxb2 32. Nxf5 Qf6 33. Qxe4 h5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Bg7 36. Nf5 d5 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Rd1 Rb5 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Kh3 Ke6 41. Kh4 Rb2 42. h3 Rg2 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kd6 45. Kg5 Kc5 46. f5 d4 47. f6 Kc4 48. f7 Rf2 49. Kg6 Kd5 50. g5 Ke6 51. Rxd4 Rxf7 52. Re4+ Kd5 53. Kxf7 Kxe4 54. g6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Winterberg, Lukas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Qb6 5. Nge2 e5 6. g4 Be7 7. h4 Na6 8. Be3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Ng3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nf5 Qa4 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 Ndc5 16. Be2 Nxe4 17. Nxe7 Nxd2 18. Nxc8 Nxb1 19. Qxd6+ Kg8 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nf5+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qf6+ Kf8 24. Qxh8+ Ke7 25. Qxe5+ Kd7 26. 0-0 Qxh4 27. Rxb1 Nc7 28. Rd1+ Nd5 29. c4 Re8 30. Qf5+ Kc7 31. Qxf7+ Re7 32. Nf5 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dehtiarov, Roman"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. 0-0 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d5 8. e5 Nh6 9. d4 a6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 0-0 12. Be3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. Bf2 Bd7 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Qf2 Nxb2 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxb2 Bf5 23. c3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Re8 25. Rae1 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 d4 27. cxd4 Rc2 28. Re2 Qc7 29. h3 Kf7 30. g4 Bd3 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qc2 33. Qxc2 Bxc2 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Kg3 Bb1 36. a3 Be4 37. Kh4 h6 38. Bc3 Bd5 39. Bb4 Kf6 40. Kg3 g5 41. f5 Bc6 42. Bf8 h5 43. Bd6 hxg4 44. Kxg4 Bd5 45. Be5+ Kf7 46. Kxg5 Bg2 47. h4 Bf1 48. h5 Bd3 49. h6 Kg8 50. Kg6 Bxf5+ 51. Kxf5 b5 52. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Espinosa Aranda, Angel"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Qd3 Bd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 d5 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 0-0 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qd4 Rab8 18. f3 Ng3 19. Rhe1 Nf5 20. Qc3 Rxb3 21. cxb3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 c5 23. Kb1 Rb8 24. Rc1 c4 25. bxc4 Qb7 26. Qc3 dxc4 27. Red1 Bc6 28. Qb4 Bd5 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khamdamova, Afruza"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Be3 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. c3 Nd5 16. Nd4 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qc1 Qxe5 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Re1 Rf6 22. Qc2 e3 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qd3 Re6 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Re2 Qe4 27. b3 g6 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rd3 d4 30. cxd4 Rexd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxe3 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rb1 34. Rd3 h5 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rxb7 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Rb5 Rc3+ 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. h4 Rc2 42. g3 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Rg2 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Kf4 Rd2 47. Kg5 Rd5+ 48. Kh6 Rd3 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Kxg6 Rxg3+ 51. Kxh5 Kg8 52. Kh6 Kf8 53. h5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lawson, Eric"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. f5 e6 6. fxe6 dxe6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qh4 Nd4 15. Bf6 Bxf6 16. Qxf6 Nxc2 17. Ra4 Nb4 18. Qh4 Qd8 19. Ng5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qg7 21. e5 Bb7 22. Nce4 h6 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. d4 a5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Kg1 Bc6 27. Raa1 Nc2 28. Rac1 Nd4 29. Rxc5 Bb7 30. Rc7 Nf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Rxb7 Qxg5 33. Qc4 Rac8 34. h3 Rxc4 35. bxc4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qxe5 38. Nd7 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Rd8 40. c5 Qd1 41. c6 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 Qxc6 43. Nc5 Qxc5 44. Rxf7 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Qa5 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 Re8 12. a3 Nf8 13. b4 Qc7 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. c5 Ndf8 17. Rd2 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rd6 Bc8 20. Qd2 Bf6 21. Bf1 Qe7 22. Qd3 Nc7 23. Nd2 Nfe6 24. Nc4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Ne2 Qxe4 27. Rxf6 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bf5 29. Rxd4 Nb5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Nov Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Omariev, Maksim"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bxd6 0-0 12. Be2 b5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Re8 17. g3 Rc8 18. f4 Be6 19. Qe4 Be7 20. f5 Bxb3 21. Bxe7 Bxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Qxe7 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Rhe1 Qf6 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Ka1 Nd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Bg6 Qd2 31. Rb1 Rc1 32. h4 Rff1 33. a3 Rxb1+ 34. Bxb1 Qd1 35. Qxd1 Rxd1 36. Ka2 Rg1 37. h5 Rxg3 38. b4 Rg5 39. Be4 Rxh5 40. Bb7 Rh2+ 41. Kb3 g5 42. Bxa6 g4 43. Bxb5 g3 44. a4 g2 45. a5 g1Q 46. Bc4 Qa7 47. a6 Rh4 48. b5 Rxc4 49. Kxc4 Qb6 50. Kd5 Qxb5+ 51. Kd6 Qxa6+ 52. Kc7 h5 53. Kb8 h4 54. Kc7 h3 55. Kb8 Qa7+ 56. Kxa7 h2 57. Kb8 h1Q 58. Kc8 Qh7 59. Kd8 Kg7 60. Kc8 Kf6 61. Kd8 Ke6 62. Ke8 Qe7# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. 0-0-0 h5 9. Kb1 0-0 10. h3 Bd7 11. g4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd6 Nc8 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. g5 Nh7 16. h4 Rb8 17. Bc5 Re8 18. b3 Nf8 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Qc8 21. Nf2 Ne6 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Qe2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Nd4 25. Nd3 c5 26. Nd5 c4 27. Nb2 cxb3 28. cxb3 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 Re6 30. Rd3 Ra6 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Nxd3 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Makaraci, Tunahan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. b3 0-0 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. g4 Bd7 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. h3 f5 14. f4 Nf7 15. g5 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxb7 Re8 18. Kf2 Rb8 19. Bc6 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Nf3 Rxe3 22. Kxe3 Qb6+ 23. Kd2 Nc5 24. Re1 Qa5 25. Re3 Ne4+ 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Ne1 e3+ 28. Kd3 Qf5+ 29. Ke2 Qxf4 30. Qd5 Qf2+ 31. Kd1 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 e2+ 33. Kd2 Qf4+ 34. Kc2 Qxg5 35. Qxg5 Nxg5 36. Re3 Nxh3 37. Rxh3 Re8 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. Re3 Rf8 40. Rxe2 g5 41. Nd3 h5 42. b4 h4 43. c5 dxc5 44. bxc5 g4 45. c6 g3 46. Ne5 h3 47. Ng4 g2 48. Re1 Rf1 49. c7 g1Q 50. Re7+ Kg6 51. c8Q Qd4+ 52. Ke2 Qd1+ 53. Ke3 Rf3+ 54. Ke4 Qd3+ 55. Ke5 Rf5+ 56. Ke6 Qd5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Potula, Kapish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qxc5 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Bd3 0-0 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Nxd5 Nb4 21. f5+ Kxf5 22. Rhf1+ Ke6 23. Rf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kd7 25. Nb6+ Kc7 26. Nxa8+ Kb7 27. c3 Kxa8 28. Kb1 Bb7 29. cxb4 Be4+ 30. Ka1 Qc6 31. Qxc6+ Bxc6 32. g4 Kb7 33. h4 Bf3 34. g5 Bxd1 35. Kb1 Bh5 36. Kc1 Bg6 37. Kd2 Rh8 38. Ke3 Rxh4 39. Kf3 Rh5 40. Ke3 Kc6 41. Kf2 Kd5 42. Ke3 Kxe5 43. Kf2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Simonovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bb4 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Kh1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Bd3 d6 15. f3 Be6 16. c4 Rfb8 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Rab1 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Qc3 f6 21. g3 Ng6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Rbe1 Rc8 24. f4 Ne7 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Qd2 Ng6 27. h4 gxh4 28. Bxh6+ Kh7 29. Rf6 Qe7 30. Ref1 hxg3 31. Qg5 Rg8 32. Qh5 Rg7 33. Bxg7+ Kg8 34. Rxg6 g2+ 35. Rxg2 Qxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Rf6 Rg8 39. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borawski, Jakub"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. h3 h6 12. Bc1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be3 Be6 15. b3 Rd8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nac5 19. Bf3 a5 20. Bf2 Ne6 21. Nde2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Rxd6 Nf6 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qxf5 Ng5 26. Qg6 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Qd7 28. f5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30. Kh2 Nh5 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Re7 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Ne4 Be5+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Bxh3+ 37. Ke1 Nd3+ 38. Ke2 Nxf2 39. Nxf2 Bxd4 40. Nxh3 Be5 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Ke4 Bd6 43. f4 Bc7 44. Nf2 h5 45. Nd3 h4 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Nc5 b6 48. Nd7 b5 49. cxb5 cxb5 50. Nc5 Bxf4 51. Nd3 Bd6 52. a4 h3 53. axb5 h2 54. Kg2 Ke4 55. Nf2+ Kd4 56. b6 Kc3 57. Ne4+ Kxb3 58. Nxd6 h1Q+ 59. Kxh1 a4 60. b7 Ka2 61. b8Q a3 62. Nc4 Ka1 63. Qa7 a2 64. Qd4+ Kb1 65. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiadis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 0-0 7. e5 Nd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc7 10. Bf1 d5 11. h3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bf7 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Ne6 17. Bg3 b6 18. Rac1 Nc6 19. Qa4 Rc8 20. Nb5 Bh6 21. Rc3 Na5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nd6 Qa8 24. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 0-0 7. h3 Qb6 8. Na3 a6 9. Bf1 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Bd3 d6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Rc1 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qe7 21. Rc6 Be5 22. Rec1 Bd7 23. Rc7 Rac8 24. Bd2 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qd1 Qc7 28. f4 Bg7 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Bxc2 Kf8 31. Bb4 Ke7 32. e5 Bb7 33. Bxd6+ Kd7 34. Be4 f5 35. Bf3 Bh6 36. g3 g5 37. Bb8 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kc8 39. e6 Bf8 40. Be5 Kd8 41. Kf2 Bc8 42. Bxd4 Bd6 43. Be5 Ke7 44. Bxd6+ Kxd6 45. Ke3 Bb7 46. Kd4 Bc8 47. Be2 Bb7 48. Bd3 Bxd5 49. e7 Bf7 50. a3 Kxe7 51. Bxf5 h6 52. Bc8 a5 53. Kc5 Be8 54. Bf5 Kf6 55. Bd3 Bd7 56. h4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopez Perdomo, Juan David"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 4. cxd4 d5 5. f3 Bg7 6. e5 Nc6 7. Be3 f6 8. f4 Nh6 9. h3 fxe5 10. fxe5 0-0 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qb6 14. Nc3 Qxb2 15. 0-0 Nb4 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nf5 18. a3 Nc2 19. Nxd5 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Rfd8 21. Nc7 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Nxa8 Rxd2 24. Re1 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarnowska, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 e5 14. d4 Bf8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Be6 18. b3 b4 19. c4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nh4 a5 22. Nhf5 a4 23. Qf3 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Ra6 25. Rac1 axb3 26. Bxb3 Qc5 27. Rcd1 Rea8 28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Qh4 Kh7 30. g4 Ng8 31. g5 Rb6 32. gxh6 Nxh6 33. Kh2 Raa6 34. Rg1 Rg6 35. Qh5 Qb6 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. fxg3 Qg6 38. Qxg6+ Rxg6 39. Rf1 Nxf5 40. exf5 Rc6 41. Kg2 f6 42. Kf3 Rc5 43. Ke4 Ra5 44. Rd1 Kh6 45. h4 Kh5 46. Rg1 Kh6 47. g4 Be7 48. Rg2 Kh7 49. g5 fxg5 50. hxg5 g6 51. f6 Bf8 52. Rh2+ Kg8 53. c5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Bibilashvili, Lali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. g3 h5 9. Nh4 Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. 0-0 0-0-0 13. f4 e5 14. f5 Bh7 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Qf3 Nb6 17. b4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Be5 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. b5 Kb8 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxe5+ fxe5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 f6 26. c4 Kc7 27. Rb1 b6 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Kf2 Re7 30. Be6 Rg7 31. h3 Kc6 32. Kf3 Kc5 33. g4 hxg4+ 34. hxg4 Bg8 35. Rd5+ Kc6 36. Bxg8 Rxg8 37. Rd3 Kc5 38. Ng6 Kxc4 39. Rd7 a5 40. Ke4 b5 41. Rc7+ Kb4 42. Rc6 Ka3 43. Rxf6 b4 44. Nxe5 a4 45. Rb6 Re8 46. f6 b3 47. axb3 axb3 48. f7 Rf8 49. Rb7 b2 50. Ng6 Rxf7 51. Rxf7 b1Q+ 52. Ke5 Qxg6 53. Rf3+ Kb4 54. Rf4+ Kc5 55. Rf5 Qxg4 56. Kf6+ Kd6 57. Rg5 Qh4 58. Kg6 Ke6 59. Rh5 Qe4+ 60. Kh6 Kf6 61. Rh2 Qg6# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Hartikainen, Jarmo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ndb5 0-0-0 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Kc7 17. Rd2 Bc8 18. Rf2 f5 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Bb3 Rd6 21. Re1 Ng4 22. Rfe2 Nxh2 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rhd8 25. Re7+ R8d7 26. R7e5 g6 27. b4 Ng4 28. Re8 Rd8 29. R8e7+ R6d7 30. R7e6 Rd6 31. Re7+ R8d7 32. Re8 g5 33. b5 f4 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Ra8 Kb7 36. Ree8 Ne3 37. Rab8+ Kc6 38. Rec8+ Rc7 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Rh8 Nd5 41. Nxd5+ Rxd5 42. Rxh6 g4 43. Rh7+ Kc6 44. Rf7 Rd4 45. Rg7 f3 46. Rxg4 fxg2 47. Rg6+ Kb5 48. Rxg2 a5 49. Rg3 Rb4 50. a3 Rc4 51. Rb3+ Ka4 52. Kb2 Rc6 53. Rb8 Rh6 54. Rc8 Rh3 55. Rc3 Rh4 56. Rb3 Rh2 57. Rc3 Rg2 58. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Johnson, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
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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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qh5 h6 18. h4 d5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 b4 21. 0-0 bxc3 22. bxc3 e4 23. g4 Qe5 24. f4 Qxc3 25. g5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qc6 27. Rg1 Bxg1 28. Rxg1 Kh8 29. g6 d4 30. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Lebedev, Artem S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rae1 h6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qe3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Munkhgal, Gombosuren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Qa5 8. g4 b4 9. Nd1 c5 10. Nc1 Ba6 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Be3 b3+ 18. Nc3 Bg7 19. 0-0 bxc2 20. Qxc2 0-0 21. Rfd1 Rc8 22. Qf2 a6 23. Rac1 e6 24. Qe2 h5 25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Rd6 Qc7 30. Rxa6 Qg3+ 31. Qg2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Raahul, VS."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Na4 Rb4 14. b3 Be5 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. Bd2 Rb7 17. Nc5 Re7 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Kh1 h6 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Bb2 23. Qd3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe7 26. Bd2 axb4 27. axb4 Qa7 28. g3 Be5 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. Be3 Qa1 31. c4 Qe5 32. Bf4 Qe7 33. Na6 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Nh5 35. Qf3 Qh4 36. cxd5 Nxf4+ 37. Kh2 Nxd5 38. b5 Qe7 39. bxc6 Qd6+ 40. Kg1 Qxc6 41. Nb4 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Nxb4 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ g6 45. Qxb4 Qc6+ 46. Kg1 Qd5 47. Qf4 h5 48. Qg3 Kg7 49. Qf4 f6 50. Qg3 g5 51. Qe3 Kg6 52. Qe2 Qf5 53. Qe8+ Kh6 54. Qh8+ Kg6 55. Qg8+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Qf8+ Kh7 59. Qf7+ Kh6 60. Qf8+ Kg6 61. Qg8+ Kh6 62. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blokhin, Sofia"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. g4 e5 9. Qd2 a5 10. h4 h5 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. Nge2 Na6 13. 0-0-0 Nc5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. h5 a3 19. b3 f6 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 f5 22. exf5 Nxb3 23. Nge4 Bxf5 24. Bd3 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. axb3 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 a2+ 28. Kc2 a1Q 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Re6+ Kd7 32. Rxa1 Rxa1 33. h6 Rfa8 34. Kd2 R8a2+ 35. Bc2 Rb2 36. h7 Raa2 37. Rxe5 Rxc2+ 38. Ke3 Re2+ 39. Kd3 Rad2+ 40. Kc3 Rh2 41. Rf5 Rc2+ 42. Kb4 c5+ 43. dxc6+ bxc6 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. Ra7 c5+ 46. Kb5 Rb2 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. h8Q Rxb3+ 49. Kc6 Rxh8 50. Rxh8 Kf6 51. Ne4+ Ke5 52. Rf8 Kd4 53. Nxd6 Kc3 54. f4 Kb4 55. f5 Kc3 56. f6 Ra3 57. f7 Ra6+ 58. Kd5 Rxd6+ 59. Kxd6 Kxc4 60. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cagara, Paulina"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 Rb8 7. Nf3 d6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 0-0 11. c4 Nc7 12. exd6 exd6 13. Rb1 f5 14. Neg5 h6 15. Nh3 Ne6 16. Re1 Qf6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Bb2 Nd4 19. Kh1 Rbe8 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qd2 c5 22. b4 Bc6 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Ba3 Qh4 25. Ng1 Re3 26. Rxe3 dxe3 27. Qxe3 Kh7 28. Bxc5 Re8 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Nf3 Qc3 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. h3 f4 34. Qf2 g5 35. Bd4 Qxd3 36. Rf1 Re2 37. Qg1 Bxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Qxd4 40. Re1 Qxc4 41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Re1 Qxa2+ 43. Kg1 Qd5 44. Kh2 Kh5 45. h4 f3 46. Kg3 Qd6+ 47. Kxf3 g4+ 48. Kf2 Kxh4 49. Rh1+ Kg5 50. Rf1 h5 51. Kg2 h4 52. Rf2 h3+ 53. Kg1 Kh4 54. Re2 Qg3+ 55. Kh1 Qf3+ 56. Kg1 Qxe2 57. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Derjabin, Ilja"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Be2 c6 9. 0-0 h5 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bxh5 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bg4 b4 15. Bxc8 Rfxc8 16. Nce2 Nc5 17. Qd2 Qb5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qg5 Rc7 21. h4 Rac8 22. h5 Qe8 23. f3 Kh7 24. hxg6+ fxg6 25. Kf2 Bh6 26. Rh1 Qf8 27. Rxh6+ Qxh6 28. Rh1 Qxh1 29. Nxh1 Nd3+ 30. Ke3 Nxb2 31. Nf2 Rc2 32. Ng4 Nd1+ 33. Kd3 Rxa2 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qxd6+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Nxe5+ Kh6 41. Ng4+ Kg6 42. Nf4+ Kg5 43. Qf5+ Kh4 44. Qxc8 Nf2+ 45. Nxf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rose, Felix"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. h4 b5 10. f3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. h5 Be7 18. g4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. g5 e5 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Na5 Ra4 23. Nb3 Be6 24. f4 Bc4 25. f5 a5 26. h6 g6 27. f6 Bd8 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 0-0 30. Rhd1 Bc7 31. Rd7 Bb8 32. Nc5 Rb4 33. c3 Bxa2+ 34. Kxa2 Rc4 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. b3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Oct Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "White, John S"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 Be6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bf3 Bc4 15. Re1 Bf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. Be4 g6 20. Bg3 b6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Bf3 Bd3 23. Qd1 Bf5 24. Qe2 Kg7 25. Qb5 Ne5 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Rd1 Nf8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Bb8 a5 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Nc6 Bg5 32. Ne5 Be6 33. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aloma Vidal, Roberto"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. h3 Bg7 8. g4 f6 9. f4 0-0 10. Bg2 Be6 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nf7 13. 0-0 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Nc3 Na5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 Bb5 23. Qe3 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nf4 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 e6 27. Bf6 Bf8 28. h4 Nc6 29. h5 Nb4 30. Qd2 Nd3 31. Rf1 Nb4 32. Rf3 Nc6 33. a4 Ba6 34. Kh2 Bb4 35. Qf4 Qf7 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Bg5 Qxf4+ 38. Rxf4 Bc3 39. Rf6 Nxd4 40. Rxg6+ Kh7 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Rh5 Bd3 43. Bf6+ Kg6 44. Rh8 Nxb3 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rxa7 Be4 48. g5 Bxg2 49. Kxg2 d4 50. g6 d3 51. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Mangialardo, Tiago Carvalho"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qd8 9. Qg4 g5 10. N1c3 d6 11. Qd1 a6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Ne7 14. 0-0 N7c6 15. Nd5 Bh3 16. Nf6+ Kf8 17. Rf2 Ne7 18. Bf1 Qc8 19. Qh5 Bxf1 20. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Ng3 0-0 9. Re1 Bb4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Nf5 c4 13. Be2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 g6 20. f5 Kg7 21. Qf4 Bc6 22. Kf2 Ba4 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Qd6 27. Qd2 Nf6 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. h4 Bd7 30. h5 g5 31. Qe3 Be6 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. dxe5 Nd7 34. Ke3 Nxe5 35. Kd4 Nc6+ 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Ne2 Ke5 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. cxd4+ Kd6 40. g4 Kc6 41. c3 Kb5 42. Bd1 Ka5 43. Kd2 Bd7 44. a3 Be6 45. Kc1 Kb5 46. Kb2 Bg8 47. Bf3 Kc6 48. Be2 Bh7 49. Bf3 Be4 50. Be2 b5 51. Bd1 a5 52. Be2 Bd3 53. Bd1 Kb6 54. Ka2 Be4 55. Kb2 Ka6 56. Be2 b4 57. axb4 Kb5 58. bxa5 Kxa5 59. Ka3 Kb5 60. Bd1 Ka5 61. Be2 Kb6 62. Kb4 Kc6 63. Bd1 Kd6 64. Be2 Bg2 65. Bd1 Bf1 66. Bf3 Bd3 67. Bd1 Bf1 68. Bf3 Bh3 69. Bd1 Bg2 70. Be2 Be4 71. Bd1 Kc6 72. Be2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Riehle, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. Bf4 g5 9. Be3 f5 10. Qa4 f4 11. Be2 fxe3 12. Bh5+ Kd8 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. fxe3 Qxe5 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. g3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Qc4 Bc6+ 19. Nd5 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. h4 b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Ba4 Qa5 14. Bb3 Rfc8 15. Kb1 Qb4 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd2 Kg7 19. f4 Bxb3 20. axb3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rb5 22. Rhd1 Kf6 23. Rd5 Rb4 24. R1d4 Rcb8 25. Kc1 Ke6 26. Kd2 f5 27. Kd3 fxe4+ 28. Rxe4+ Rxe4 29. Kxe4 Rb4+ 30. Rd4 Rxd4+ 31. Kxd4 Kf5 32. Ke3 Kg4 33. b4 Kxh4 34. c4 Kg4 35. c5 dxc5 36. bxc5 Kf5 37. Kd4 Ke6 38. b4 a6 39. Ke4 h6 40. g4 h5 41. f5+ gxf5+ 42. gxf5+ Kd7 43. Kf4 Kc6 44. Kg5 Kb5 45. Kxh5 a5 46. bxa5 Kxa5 47. Kg6 Kb5 48. Kf7 e5 49. fxe6 Kxc5 50. e7 Kd4 51. e8Q Kc3 52. Qe6 Kd4 53. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Runets, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 d5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. f4 Qc7 13. e5 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 Qb6 17. 0-0-0 Qa5 18. h5 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 0-0 20. g6 fxg6 21. h6 Rfd8 22. f5 d4 23. hxg7 d3 24. f6 Bc4 25. Rxh7 dxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Bd3 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxb8 Bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 31. Nb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bryakin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 e6 8. 0-0 Bxd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 0-0 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qe3 Nd5 14. Qe2 b6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rd7 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. Nc4 R6d7 24. Ne5 Rd6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Rd4 Nf6 27. Rad1 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Ke7 30. f4 Ne4 31. Bc2 f6 32. Ng4 h6 33. Ne3 Nd6 34. Bd3 Kd7 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 37. Kf3 Nd6 38. a4 Kc6 39. b3 a6 40. g4 b5 41. a5 b4 42. f5 Kd7 43. Kf4 Nb5 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nb5 46. fxe6+ Kxe6 47. Nc2 f5 48. gxf5+ Kxf5 49. Nxb4 Nc7 50. Kc4 Ke6 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. d5 g5 53. d6 Ne6+ 54. Kd5 h5 55. Nxa6 g4 56. Nb8+ Kc8 57. Kxe6 h4 58. d7+ Kd8 59. Nc6+ Kc7 60. d8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mingachev, Mansur"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 g6 6. e3 d6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a4 Na6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Rad1 a5 15. e4 Qb4 16. Qg3 Be5 17. f4 Bg7 18. e5 c4 19. Rd4 Qc5 20. bxc4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Re8 22. Qf2 Bxe5 23. Rd3 Qb4 24. Nb5 Qxc4 25. Kh1 Qxc2 26. Rfd1 a6 27. Nbd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxe2 29. R3d2 Qe4 30. Qc5 Rac8 31. Qa7 Bxa4 32. Rg1 Bb5 33. d6 Rcd8 34. Qb6 Qc6 35. Qxa5 Rxd6 36. Rf2 Rde6 37. h3 Re2 38. Rf4 R8e4 39. Rf3 Rc4 40. Qa3 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nazari, Arad"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. h3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. b3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Qd2 Rae8 15. Re2 d5 16. Ng3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qh4 19. Bc5 Rf7 20. Rae1 g5 21. Be3 h6 22. d4 e4 23. c4 g4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Qa5 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Qd8 28. Qa6 Rf6 29. Qxa7 Re7 30. Qa3 Rff7 31. Rc2 Ra7 32. Qb4 Rfc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. Qb5 Rxa2 35. Qxd5+ Qf7 36. Qxe4 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qf6 38. d5 Bf8 39. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perez Gormaz, Matias Ariel"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c4 Rb8 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Qc2 Ba8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. h3 Re8 17. Kh2 Qc7 18. Re2 Nfd7 19. Nd5 Qb8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Rde1 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nf3 Nxd5 24. exd5 f6 25. h4 Qd6 26. Bh3 Rc7 27. Ba3 a5 28. Nd4 Rce7 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Qc3 f5 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Qxa5 e4 33. d6 Rf7 34. Nc7 Rd8 35. Qxc5 Bf8 36. Nb5 Rf6 37. Qc7 Bxd6 38. Qxb8 Bxb8 39. Bg2 Re8 40. Kh3 f4 41. gxf4 Rxf4 42. Nc3 Bb7 43. Bxe4 Bc8+ 44. Kg2 Rxh4 45. Bd5+ Kg7 46. Rxe8 Rh2+ 47. Kg1 Bh3 48. Rxb8 Kh6 49. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sharifov, Mekhriddin"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.09.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Nd5 Nxe4 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Kh1 0-0 11. f4 Bg4 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bd3 f5 14. Qe1 Bh4 15. g3 Bf6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Bxa7 Rh6 20. Bg1 Qh5 21. fxe5 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aloma Vidal, Roberto"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. h3 Bg7 8. g4 f6 9. f4 0-0 10. Bg2 Be6 11. Nf3 Nf7 12. 0-0 f5 13. Nh4 Nh6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. g5 Nf7 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qa4 b6 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. b3 Nd8 22. Nd2 Bf7 23. Nb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 e6 25. Rc8 Bf8 26. Ra8 Ndc6 27. a3 Kg7 28. b4 Nb7 29. Nxa7 Nxb4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Nb5 Na5 32. Bf1 Re7 33. Bd3 Be8 34. Nd6 Ba4 35. Ne8+ Kf7 36. Nf6 Kg7 37. Rg8+ Kf7 38. Rh8 Bd1 39. Rxh7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Aaditya, Dhingra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Kd8 8. N1c3 Nge7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nd4 d6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. 0-0-0 c5 13. Nf3 Kc7 14. Rhf1 Be6 15. Nd5+ Bxd5 16. exd5 Rhf8 17. Kb1 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 Qe5 19. e4 Ng6 20. Rb3 b6 21. Bd3 Qe7 22. a4 Ne5 23. Be2 f5 24. c4 a5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Re3 Raf8 27. Bd3 Rf2 28. Re2 Qf6 29. Rde1 Rf4 30. b3 Rd4 31. Re3 Qh6 32. Qc2 Rdf4 33. g3 Rf2 34. R3e2 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Qh5 36. Bxh7 Rf1+ 37. Kb2 Qh6 38. Be4 Qf6 39. h4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Guz, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Be4 g6 18. Bh6 f5 19. Bxf8 fxe4 20. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Guzman, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Na6 10. Kb1 Bd6 11. g4 Nb4 12. h4 b5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Re8 16. g5 f5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Nh3 Bd5 19. Rhg1 Bf3 20. Rc1 b4 21. a4 b3 22. Rc4 Rb8 23. h5 Rb4 24. g6 Rxc4 25. dxc4 Bb4 26. Qc1 c5 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Nxf3 Qd7 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. Bf4 Qg4 32. Ne5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 cxd4 34. h6 Kf7 35. Qh1 Kg6 36. Qc6+ Kh5 37. Qh1+ Kg5 38. f4+ Kg6 39. Qc6+ Kh5 40. Qh1+ Qh4 41. Qxh4+ Kxh4 42. Bxd4 Kh5 43. c5 Kxh6 44. c6 Bd6 45. Be5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 d5 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Bb2 0-0-0 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. 0-0-0 f6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 h5 18. h3 d5 19. f4 Bb4 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 Nxf4 22. Bf1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 hxg4 24. a3 Bc5 25. b4 Bf2 26. Bg2 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Przybylski, Wojciech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Ne5 10. Kb1 Nxf3 11. gxf3 Bf5 12. h4 Qd7 13. h5 Rfe8 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. Bd4 Qe7 16. Bc4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe5 18. Qh4 h6 19. a3 c6 20. f4 Qe7 21. Qg3 Qf8 22. Rxd6 Kh8 23. Rdd1 Re7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rae8 26. d4 Re2 27. f5 f6 28. Qf3 Qf7 29. Qd3 Qb3 30. Rd2 Re1+ 31. Rd1 R8e2 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chan, Luis"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. Rc1 0-0 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. e3 Ne7 10. d4 c6 11. Nge2 a5 12. 0-0 g5 13. a3 Ng6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 h5 16. b5 Bd7 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 h4 19. Qa7 Qc8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Be6 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qc4 24. dxe6 Qxe2 25. exf7+ Kh7 26. Qd7 Qc4 27. Nb6 Qxf7 28. Qxd6 f4 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Nd5 fxg3 31. hxg3 hxg3 32. fxg3 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Qg7 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Qd7+ Qg7 36. Qh3+ Qh6 37. Be4 Qxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Kh6 39. Kg4 Bf2 40. Nf6 Be1 41. Kh3 Ne5 42. g4 Kg5 43. Nh7+ Kf4 44. Bf5 Nxg4 45. Bxg4 Ba5 46. Nf6 Bb4 47. Nd5+ Kg5 48. Nxb4 Kf4 49. Nd5+ Ke5 50. Ne3 Kf4 51. Ng2+ Ke5 52. Kg3 Kd4 53. Kf4 Kd5 54. Bf3+ Kd6 55. Kf5 Kc5 56. Ke5 Kc4 57. Nf4 Kc3 58. Ke4 Kc4 59. Nd3 Kc3 60. Ke3 Kc4 61. Bc6 Kc3 62. Bd5 Kc2 63. Kd4 Kb1 64. Kc3 Ka1 65. Nb4 Kb1 66. Nc2 Kc1 67. Ba2 Kd1 68. Nd4 Ke1 69. Kd3 Kf2 70. Ne2 Ke1 71. Ke3 Kd1 72. Bb3+ Ke1 73. Bc2 Kf1 74. Nf4 Kg1 75. Kf3 Kh2 76. Ng2 Kg1 77. Kg3 Kf1 78. Bd3+ Kg1 79. Be2 Kh1 80. Nf4 Kg1 81. Nh3+ Kh1 82. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lehtosaari, Mauri"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. c3 Re8 9. dxc5 a5 10. a4 e5 11. e4 Be6 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qxc5 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Rfb1 e4 20. Ne1 Ne5 21. Nc2 Nd3 22. Ne3 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 f5 25. g3 g5 26. Ke2 f4 27. Nd5 Qc6 28. Rd1 Qc4+ 29. Kf2 e3+ 30. Kf3 Qe4+ 31. Kg4 f3+ 32. Kh5 Kf7 33. h4 g4 34. Nf4 Re5+ 35. Kxg4 e2 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rd4 h5+ 38. Kh3 e1Q 39. Rxe1 Qxe1 40. Rd2 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Re2+ 42. Nxe2 fxe2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Samunenkov, Igor"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. d3 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 e5 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nde4 Nd4 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rb1 Nf4 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Bh6 Qe7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. c4 Nf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 23. Nxc5 Qf8 24. Ne4 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Nc3 d4 27. Nd5 Rf5 28. Qxa5 Bb7 29. Rxe5 Rxf2 30. Qc7+ Kh6 31. Qc1+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Qc5 Rc8 34. Qd6 Rd8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sanchez, Roberto Daniel"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Nb4 12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. a4 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tymrakiewicz, Rafal"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qxb2 6. Nge2 d6 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. 0-0 e6 11. Rxb7 Qa6 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 Ne5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Nc4 17. f5 Nd2 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Qd1 Nxf1 20. Nd4 Bc4 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Nc6+ Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rb8+ Kc7 25. Rb4 d5 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Nb5+ Kb6 28. Kxf1 Bc5 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. Ne4 Qxe4 31. Qh6 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averjanov, Alexey"]
[Black "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. d5 Nd7 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 Bf6 12. Bh6 Rf7 13. Be3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. a3 h5 16. b4 Rg7 17. Kh1 g4 18. g3 h4 19. Rg1 hxg3 20. Be1 Rh7 21. Rg2 gxf3 22. Nxf3 Nf8 23. Kg1 Bh3 24. hxg3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qh5 26. gxf4 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 exf4 28. Bf1 Ng6 29. Ke2 Re8 30. Qd3 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rh2+ 32. Bf2 Bxe5 33. Ra2 Bxc3 34. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 35. Kd1 Qb1+ 36. Qc1 Qxa2 37. Qxf4 Qb1+ 38. Kd2 Rxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Aqib, Javaid Butt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. N1e2 Ngf6 8. 0-0 e6 9. f4 Be7 10. f5 exf5 11. Nxf5 0-0 12. Neg3 Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. c3 Re8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bg5 a4 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nbd5 19. Nh5 Qe2 20. Qxe2 Rxe2 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rf2 Rae8 24. Kf1 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Kg7 26. Re1 Re6 27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 b5 29. Re3 f5 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. Kf4 Rd6 32. Re5 b4 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Rc5 bxc3 35. Ke4 Re6+ 36. Kd3 Rf6 37. Rxc3 Kg5 38. Kc4 Rf2 39. Rg3+ Kf4 40. Rg7 Ke4 41. Rxh7 Rxg2 42. Rxf7 Rc2+ 43. Kb4 Rxh2 44. Kc5 Rc2+ 45. Kd6 Kxd4 46. Rf4+ Kc3 47. Rc4+ Kxb3 48. Rxc2 Kxc2 49. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Arias, Juan Cruz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. Nf4 Qh4 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Kb8 15. c4 Bf4 16. Qf3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qg4 18. Rdf1 Qxf3 19. Rxf3 Nbd7 20. h3 c5 21. Rd1 Kc7 22. Kc2 a5 23. Ba4 Nb6 24. Bb5 cxd4 25. exd4 Rh4 26. Rfd3 Rf4 27. R1d2 g5 28. Ne2 Rf2 29. Nc3 Rf4 30. g3 Rf5 31. b3 Nc8 32. c5 Na7 33. Bc4 Nc6 34. a3 g4 35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. Nb5+ Kb8 37. Nd6 Rf6 38. d5 Nce5 39. dxe6 fxe6 40. Rd4 Ne3+ 41. Kc3 Nc6 42. Rf4 Rxf4 43. gxf4 Rf8 44. Bxe6 Rxf4 45. Nc4 Rf3 46. Nxe3 Rxe3+ 47. Rd3 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Bashirli, Saadat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 a5 11. Be2 a4 12. 0-0 Qa5 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Nh5 18. g4 Bd4+ 19. Kg2 Nf6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxa4 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Bb3 Bd4 24. Rc1 b6 25. Rc7 Kf8 26. Kf1 Bc5 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Kd3 Kd8 29. Rb7 Nd7 30. f4 Kc8 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. e5 b5 33. e6+ fxe6 34. dxe6+ Kc7 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 Rf8 37. Ke4 Bg1 38. h4 Bf2 39. Bg5 Kd8 40. Bd5 Bc5 41. Bc6 b4 42. Bd5 Bf2 43. Bb3 Be1 44. Bd5 Bc3 45. Bb3 Bf6 46. Bd5 h6 47. Bxh6 Rh8 48. Bg5 Rg8 49. Kf4 Rh8 50. Bb3 Rh5 51. Kg4 Rh8 52. Kf4 Rh7 53. Kg4 Kc7 54. Kf4 Rg7 55. Kg4 Be5 56. Kh5 Bf6 57. Kh6 Rg8 58. Kh5 Kc6 59. Kh6 Kc7 60. Kh5 Rh8+ 61. Kg6 Rg8+ 62. Kf7 Rg7+ 63. Kf8 Rh7 64. Bxf6 exf6 65. e7 Rh8+ 66. Kf7 Rh7+ 67. Ke6 Rh8 68. Kxf6 Kd7 69. Be6+ Ke8 70. Kg7 Rxh4 71. f6 Rf4 72. f7+ Kxe7 73. Bb3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Batbold, Nyamsuren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. h4 Rc8 13. h5 Qa5 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Rb8 18. Bxg7 Qxa3 19. Nb5 Rxb5 20. hxg6 Rfb8 21. b3 fxg6 22. Bb2 Rxb3 23. cxb3 Rxb3 24. Qc2 Be6 25. f4 Rb4 26. f5 Qa2+ 27. Kc1 Rc4 28. Bc3 Qa3+ 29. Kd2 Bf7 30. Rh3 Qc5 31. Qd3 Qf2+ 32. Qe2 Qf4+ 33. Qe3 Qg4 34. Rdh1 Rxe4 35. Rxh7 Qxg2+ 36. Kd3 Bc4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balkum, Alexander"]
[Black "Malyi, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.09.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Nd2 Kc8 9. b3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. 0-0-0 Kb7 13. h3 Rad8 14. Nf3 h6 15. g4 Bc5 16. Rhf1 Ne8 17. Nh4 f6 18. Nf5 h5 19. f3 Kb8 20. Kb1 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rh3 22. f4 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rhxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Kc2 Rh3 26. g5 Kc8 27. Nxg7 Nxg7 28. gxf6 Ne6 29. f5 Rh2+ 30. Kb1 Ng5 31. e5 Kd8 32. e6 Ke8 33. f7+ Nxf7 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rd1 Bd6 36. Rg1 Rh7 37. Kc2 Be7 38. Rd1 Bd6 39. Rg1 Rh2+ 40. Kb1 Rh7 41. Kc2 1/2-1/2

