[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bardyk, Artem"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nd5 Kf8 9. Bb6 Qd7 10. 0-0-0 Nf6 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Kb1 Bh6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Be2 Qe8 15. h3 Be6 16. Nc7 Qd7 17. Nxe6+ Qxe6 18. Ng5 Qc8 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Bc7 h6 21. Bxb8 hxg5 22. Bc7 Qc8 23. Bb6 Nxe4 24. Bf3 Nf6 25. Rhe1 Rh4 26. a3 Nd7 27. Be3 Nd4 28. Qxb7 Qxc2+ 29. Ka2 Nb5 30. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Nd7 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Nd2 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. 0-0 Bh6 16. Nb3 Na4 17. Bd5 Rxc2 18. Bxb7 Nxb2 19. Rab1 Rc3 20. Qe4 Nd3 21. Bxa6 0-0 22. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubreuil, Julien"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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. Bd3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Nd5 Ng4 10. Nf5 Nxe3 11. Nfxe7+ Kh8 12. fxe3 Be6 13. c3 Re8 14. Nf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxd5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Qh5 Be4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emujin, Enkh Amgalan"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8. Be3 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bb3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. c3 0-0 15. f5 g5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Bd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc4 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qd2 a5 22. h4 g4 23. Nd4 Qxd5 24. Qxh6 b4 25. Qh5 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rac8 28. Rad1 Qf4 29. Rf1 Qe4 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rf4 Qe2 33. Rd2 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 g3+ 35. Kh3 Qh1+ 36. Kxg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gubajdullin, Alexey"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. 0-0 Bh3 6. c4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 e6 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. cxb5 Nc4 11. b3 Nd6 12. a4 a6 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Ba3 Nfe4 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. Rc2 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 f6 21. Nd3 Ke7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Ra1 Nf5 25. Rd2 b6 26. Nd3 Nxd4 27. Nb4 Nxb3 28. Nxc6+ Kd7 29. Nxa7 Nxd2 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Nb5 Rc8 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Kf2 Ra8 34. Nc3 Kc6 35. e4 Rd8 36. exd5+ exd5 37. Nb5 Kc5 38. Nd4 Re8 39. h4 g6 40. h5 Ra8 41. h6 Rxa4 42. Ne6+ Kd6 43. Nf8 Ra7 44. Rh1 Ne5 45. Rb1 Rb7 46. g4 Rb8 47. Nxh7 Ke7 48. g5 fxg5 49. Nxg5 Kf6 50. f4 Nf7 51. Nh7+ Kf5 52. Kf3 Rh8 53. Ng5 Nxg5+ 54. fxg5 Kxg5 55. Rxb6 Kxh6 56. Rd6 Rf8+ 57. Kg4 Rf5 58. Rd8 Rg5+ 59. Kh4 Rh5+ 60. Kg4 Rg5+ 61. Kh4 Rf5 62. Kg4 Kg7 63. Rd6 Kf7 64. Kh4 Re5 65. Kg4 Rf5 66. Kh4 Rh5+ 67. Kg4 Re5 68. Kh4 Kg7 69. Kg4 Re4+ 70. Kg5 Re5+ 71. Kg4 Re4+ 72. Kg5 Re5+ 73. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Fiorito, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. e4 0-0 10. Bd3 c5 11. h4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Na5 15. h5 h6 16. Rh3 Qc7 17. Rd1 Bd6 18. e5 Bxa3 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qe3 Bc1 22. Nd2 f5 23. Rg6 Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rf7 25. Rxe6 f4 26. Rxh6+ Kg7 27. Rg6+ Kf8 28. Qh3 Nb3 29. Rd1 Nxd4 30. Qg4 Qxe5+ 31. Kf1 Rc6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Re1 Qxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Rc1+ 35. Kd2 Nb3+ 36. Ke2 f3+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Be2 Rxe2+ 39. Kd3 Nc5+ 40. Kc3 Ne4+ 41. Kb4 a5+ 42. Ka3 Nd6 43. Qg5+ Kd7 44. Qd8+ Kc6 45. Rg6 Rd7 46. Qf6 Kc7 47. Qf4 b5 48. h6 b4+ 49. Kb3 Bd5+ 50. Ka4 Ra2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. e3 Qb6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. f4 0-0 12. Nf3 Rfc8 13. 0-0 f6 14. Kh1 Be8 15. Nh4 a6 16. Qg4 b5 17. Rf3 Nb4 18. Rg3 g6 19. Bb1 Rc7 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. e4 Qd7 22. e5 f5 23. Qg5 Rc4 24. Rh3 Nec6 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Qh6 Qg7 27. Qh4 Nd8 28. Ng5 R4c7 29. Qf2 h6 30. Nf3 Nf7 31. Rg1 h5 32. Rg3 Nc6 33. Nh4 Nh6 34. h3 Nd8 35. Bd3 b4 36. Ne2 a5 37. Rg5 Qh7 38. Qf3 Rg7 39. Kh2 Ndf7 40. Rg3 g5 41. fxg5 Nxg5 42. Qe3 Ne4 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44. Nf4 Ng4+ 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Rf1 Qxh4+ 47. Kg1 Rh7 48. Nxe6 Qh2+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Ke1 Rh5 51. d5 Rxg2 52. Rxg2 Qxg2 53. d6 Bb5 54. Rg1 Qf3 55. Qxf3 exf3 56. Nf4 Rh2 57. Rf1 Bxf1 58. Kxf1 g3 59. Nh3 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Koshulyan, Egor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 d6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qf3 Nc5 10. Bb1 Be6 11. Qf1 Qe7 12. f5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Bd7 14. f6 Qe6 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Bc2 Ne5 17. 0-0-0 Rxg7 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qe7 22. Bf5 f6 23. b3 Nd7 24. Qf3 0-0-0 25. g4 Kb8 26. h4 Nc5 27. h5 e4 28. Qf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Martinez Ramirez, Lennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. Ne2 e5 8. e4 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ng4 16. Qa4 Nge5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rf5 Qe7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ng3 Kd8 21. Qa3 Nf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25. Nxc5 f5 26. g4 e4 27. Bc2 Rb8 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Rf1 Rb2 30. Bb3 Bh3 31. Re1 Re8 32. Ba4 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rf8 34. Ne6+ Kc8 35. Nxf8 Rf2 36. Ne6 Bg2+ 37. Kg1 Rxa2 38. Bc6 Bf3 39. Nd4 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxh2 41. Nxf3 exf3 42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Rxe1 44. Kxe1 g4 45. c5 h5 46. Bd5 h4 47. c6 g3 48. Be6+ Kd8 49. c7+ Ke8 50. c8Q# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Novak, Ratko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Bb4 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 f6 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. e4 Bc8 15. Bb5 Nge7 16. Qb3 a6 17. Bxc6+ Nxc6 18. Be3 Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nxa6 bxa6 21. Rxc6 Kg6 22. Rb6 Rd3 23. Ke2 Rhd8 24. Rc1 h5 25. Rxc8 Rxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Rxc8 27. Rxa6 Rc2 28. b4 Rc3+ 29. Kd2 Rb3 30. Ra5 Rb2+ 31. Ke3 Kg5 32. h3 h4 33. b5 g6 34. a4 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Ra6 f4+ 37. Ke4 Re2+ 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. Ra8 Kf5 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Rh8 Kf5 42. Rh5+ Ke6 43. Rxh4 Rb3+ 44. Kg4 Rb4 45. Rh6+ Kd5 46. Ra6 Rb3 47. f3 Rb2 48. b6 Rxg2+ 49. Kf5 Rb2 50. a5 Kd4 51. Ra7 Rb5 52. Kg4 Ke3 53. b7 Rb1 54. a6 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 Rb1 56. Ra8 Kxf3 57. b8Q Rh1 58. Qxe5 Rxh3 59. Qxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Tang, Terrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Bf3 e6 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nf4 Bh7 15. g5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. g6 f6 19. Qb3 0-0 20. Nxe6 Qb4+ 21. Qc3 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Qa4 23. a3 Ne7 24. Qd2 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Qc4 27. h5 Nf5 28. Kd2 Qb5 29. Qb1 Qa5+ 30. Ke2 Qb5+ 31. Ke1 Qb3 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. Qe1 Qxb2 34. Kg2 Rd2 35. Qc1 Rxf2+ 36. Kh3 Rf3+ 37. Kg4 Nxe3+ 38. Kh4 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Troltenier, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Ng6 11. h3 0-0 12. 0-0 Nh5 13. Kh2 Qh4 14. Ng1 Nf6 15. g3 Qh5 16. Be2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Yurovskich, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. g4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Qa4 Bb4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nh3 0-0-0 18. Rc1 Rhe8 19. Nf2 Re7 20. a3 Bc7 21. Nfe4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Bxf4 23. Ke2 Bc7 24. Bc4 Red7 25. Rhd1 Ne5 26. Ba2 Bf5 27. Nd5 Kb8 28. Nxc7 Rxd1 29. Nxa6+ bxa6 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Nxf3 32. Nd6 Be6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Ne8 g6 35. Ng7 e5 36. Ne6 Nxh4 37. Ke2 Nf5 38. Nf8 Ne7 39. Nd7+ Kc7 40. Nxe5 Kd6 41. Nf3 Ke6 42. e4 Nc8 43. Ke3 Nd6 44. b3 Nb5 45. a4 Na7 46. Nd4+ Ke5 47. Nf3+ Ke6 48. Kd4 Nc6+ 49. Kc5 Ne5 50. Nh4 Kf7 51. Kb6 Nd3 52. a5 Nb4 53. Kc5 Nd3+ 54. Kd6 Nb4 55. e5 Nd3 56. e6+ Ke8 57. Nxg6 Ne1 58. b4 Nf3 59. b5 axb5 60. a6 Nxg5 61. a7 Ne4+ 62. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bb3 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bc2 Rab8 18. Rab1 Bc4 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Rbd1 Rbd8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. b4 Ne6 24. Be3 Rb8 25. a3 Rdd8 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Rc1 Rd7 28. Ba4 Bb7 29. Ne2 Rc8 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Be5 32. Bb3 Qf6 33. Bxa7 Bf4 34. Be3 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Ra8 36. a4 Re7 37. a5 c5 38. bxc5 Rxe4 39. Qd2 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 dxc5 41. Rxc5 Qb2 42. Rb5 Bc6 43. Bxf7+ Kxf7 44. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stevanic, David"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. d3 b5 9. axb5 axb5 10. Qe1 b4 11. Nd1 e6 12. f4 Nge7 13. g4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Qg3 h5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. Bf3 Rh7 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 Qc7 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Rb1 Bd7 23. Nf2 Rbh8 24. Kg2 Bc6 25. Rh1 Bf6 26. Kf1 Bh4 27. Qg2 Ra8 28. Nh3 Ra2 29. Bf2 Bf6 30. Ke2 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. dxe4 Qa7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vinolas Anglada, Laura"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[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. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Rc8 15. a4 Qc7 16. c3 g6 17. Qd3 Kg7 18. Qxa6 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ra8 20. Qd3 f5 21. f4 Rfd8 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. c4 Bd6 24. Nd2 e4 25. Qe2 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Nb3 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arslanov, Shamil"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. Be3 Bf5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne2 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Qd2 e6 10. 0-0-0 c6 11. h4 Be7 12. Nh5 Rg8 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bf5 15. d5 exd5 16. Qc3 Bf8 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Nd7 19. Bd4 Qxg5+ 20. Kb1 c5 21. Be3 Qf5 22. Rhh1 d4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 0-0-0 25. Qxa7 Bc5 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qa5+ Kb8 28. Nxg7 Qe5 29. Rh5 Qxg7 30. Rhd5 b6 31. Qa6 Qg4 32. a4 Qe6 33. a5 Qc6 34. axb6 Qxb6 35. Qc4 Nf6 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Rh1 Rc8 38. Qxf7 Qc6 39. Rh6 Bd4 40. c3 Be5 41. Rg6 Qd6 42. Qb3+ Kc7 43. Rg7+ Nd7 44. Rf7 Rf8 45. Rxf8 Qxf8 46. Qc4+ Kd8 47. Qxe4 Qxf2 48. Qd5 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 Qe2+ 50. Qd2 Qa6 51. Qd3 Qd6 52. Qxd6 Bxd6 53. Kd3 Kc7 54. Kc4 Kc6 55. b4 Nb6+ 56. Kd4 Kb5 57. Kd3 Nc4 58. Kd4 Be5+ 59. Kd5 Bg7 60. Ke4 Bxc3 61. Kd5 Bxb4 62. Ke4 Bc5 63. Kd5 Nb6+ 64. Ke6 Kc6 65. Ke5 Nd7+ 66. Ke6 Bd6 67. Kf5 Kd5 68. Kg4 Be5 69. Kf3 Kd4 70. Ke2 Nc5 71. Kf3 Ne4 72. Kg4 Nd6 73. Kf3 Kd3 74. Kf2 Ke4 75. Kg2 Ke3 76. Kf1 Ne4 77. Kg2 Nf2 78. Kf1 Bh2 79. Kg2 Bf4 80. Kf1 Kf3 81. Kg1 Bg3 82. Kf1 Bh2 83. Ke1 Ne4 84. Kf1 Bg3 85. Kg1 Bf2+ 86. Kh1 Ng3+ 87. Kh2 Ne2 88. Kh1 Be3 89. Kh2 Kf2 90. Kh1 Ng3+ 91. Kh2 Kf3 92. Kh3 Bg1 93. Kh4 Kf4 94. Kh3 Kf3 95. Kh4 Bf2 96. Kh3 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nc3 f6 5. Bg2 Qd7 6. 0-0 0-0-0 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. Ba3 Bh3 10. Qd3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 b6 12. Qa6+ Kb8 13. Na4 Qc8 14. Qb5 Qb7 15. Nc5 Qa8 16. Ne6 Rc8 17. Qxd5 Nh6 18. c4 Nd8 19. Qxa8+ Kxa8 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bxd8 Rcxd8 23. e3 Nf5 24. a4 g5 25. h3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nd6 28. Nd2 Rh8 29. Rh1 f5 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. c5 bxc5 32. dxc5 Ne4 33. Nxe4 fxe4 34. Rb4 Re8 35. c6 Re5 36. Rd4 a5 37. f4 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ka7 39. e4 Kb6 40. Rd5 Re6 41. Rb5+ Ka6 42. Rxg5 Rxc6 43. Rf5 Rc4 44. g5 Rxa4 45. g6 Ra1 46. Rg5 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rf8 48. g7 Rg8 49. Kd4 a4 50. Kc4 Kb6 51. Rg6+ c6 52. Kb4 a3 53. Kxa3 Kc5 54. e5 Kd5 55. e6 Kd6 56. Kb4 Rb8+ 57. Kc4 Rg8 58. Kd4 Ke7 59. Ke5 c5 60. Kd5 c4 61. Kxc4 Rc8+ 62. Kd4 Rd8+ 63. Ke5 Rg8 64. Kf5 Kd6 65. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Bambino Filho, Antonio Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 0-0 10. h3 Re8 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. g4 N6d7 14. Nf3 c5 15. Rg1 Rc8 16. g5 h5 17. g6 f6 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Rc1 Bxh3 20. Nxd5 Qa5+ 21. Nd2 Bg4 22. Rxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Nb6 24. Nxb6 cxd4 25. Nxc8 b5 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rc8 dxe3 28. fxe3 Qb6 29. Qf3 Qe6 30. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Barredo, Ruther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 0-0 6. Be3 a6 7. Nec3 c6 8. a4 a5 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. h4 e5 12. d5 Ndc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. h5 Qe7 15. g4 Bf6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bh6 Bh4+ 18. Kd2 Bg5+ 19. Kc2 Bxh6 20. Rxh6 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Qg5 22. Qh3 Bxg4 23. Qh4 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 h5 25. Be2 Bd7 26. Rg1 Kf7 27. Rh2 Rh8 28. Rf2+ Kg7 29. Rfg2 Rh6 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Rd1 Nb7 32. c5 h4 33. cxd6 h3 34. Rg3 h2 35. Rh1 Nxd6 36. Rg2 Be6 37. Rgxh2 Rxh2 38. Rxh2 g5 39. Kd3 Nc4 40. Bd1 Nd6 41. b3 Bf7 42. Ke3 Bg6 43. Be2 Bf7 44. Bd1 Be6 45. Nb1 Nb7 46. Nd2 Nc5 47. Rg2 Kf6 48. Bc2 g4 49. Kf2 Kg5 50. Kg3 Bd7 51. Rh2 Ne6 52. Bd1 Nf4 53. Rh8 Be6 54. Rf8 Nh5+ 55. Kf2 g3+ 56. Kg2 Bg4 57. Rg8+ Kf4 58. Rxg4+ Ke3 59. Nf1+ Kd4 60. Nxg3 Nf4+ 61. Rxf4 exf4 62. Ne2+ Kxe4 63. Nc1 Ke3 64. Kf1 Kd2 65. Ne2 Kxd1 66. Nd4 Kd2 67. b4 axb4 68. a5 c5 69. Nb3+ Kc3 70. Nxc5 b3 71. Nxb3 Kb4 72. a6 Kxb3 73. a7 Kc3 74. a8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Garcia Alvarez, Diego"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. Nbc3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 c6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a5 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 a4 13. h4 Qa5 14. h5 Bd7 15. g5 Ne8 16. Qh2 a3 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. Nf5 axb2 20. Rd1 Qxc3+ 21. Kf2 Qc2+ 22. Be2 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Qh4 Rh8 25. Qb4 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Ra4 27. Qb6 Ne4+ 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Qxb7+ Kg8 31. Bb5 Rxa2 32. Kg3 Qf4+ 33. Kh3 Qf5+ 34. Kh4 Qf4+ 35. Kh3 Qxf3+ 36. Kh4 Qf4+ 37. Kh3 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Remizov, Yaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. h3 Ba6 18. Rc1 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bxf1 20. Rxc6 Qb8 21. g3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qxg3 23. Ng2 Ra1 24. Bc1 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Bxg2 26. Bxg2 Qxe3+ 27. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Rohit, Krishna S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bb5 0-0 9. Nge2 Na5 10. b3 e6 11. 0-0 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qe1 a6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Qf2 Bd7 16. Bb1 Be8 17. h4 h6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. a4 Rac8 20. Nb5 Nb4 21. Qg3 c6 22. Nbc3 Nd7 23. e5 c5 24. f4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Nc5 26. h5 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxb3 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Bxg6 Bxg6 30. Qxg6 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc4 32. f5 exf5 33. Be3 Qxe5 34. Bxh6 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Schuster, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 a5 15. Nc1 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. f3 g6 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Nc5 Ne7 21. Nfd3 Nb6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rac8 24. Rfc1 Kg7 25. Ne5 f6 26. Ned3 h5 27. Ne6+ Qxe6 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Kf8 30. Nf4 Qd6 31. Rc5 h4 32. Rxa5 g5 33. Nd3 f4 34. exf4 Nc6 35. Ra6 Nxd4 36. Qxb4 Qxb4 37. Nxb4 Nxb3 38. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Soria Delgado, Kadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nec3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne5 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. h3 b5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Rae1 Rb4 19. e5 Bf5 20. Qc1 dxe5 21. Bxc5 Rb8 22. fxe5 Nxd5 23. Bd6 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bd3 25. Rf4 Rb6 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxd6 28. exd6 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxd6 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. Qe3 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. Qg3 Qd7 34. Qb8 Qe7 35. c4 Kg7 36. c5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Subervi Nunez, Jonathan Sigfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Ng3 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nh5 g6 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bb1 Qd5 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. h4 Nc2 21. h5 Bf8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rd2 Na3 24. Nh5 Be7 25. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Szpar, Milosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 0-0 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. 0-0 Bd7 16. a5 Rad8 17. Ra3 Bc8 18. Rb3 Nfd7 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nc4 gxf4 21. exf4 f5 22. Bh5 Bd4+ 23. Kh2 Kh7 24. Re1 Qg7 25. Nxd6 Nf6 26. Nxc8 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Rxc8 28. Re6 c4 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6+ Qh7 32. Qg5 Rg8 33. Qh4 Qxh4 34. Bxh4 Rb8 35. Nd1 Rb5 36. d6 Rd5 37. Nc3 Bxc3 38. bxc3 Rd2 39. Bg5 Kg7 40. Re7+ Kf8 41. d7 Rxg5 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. d8Q Rdxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Szpar, Milosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. e4 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. h3 Ne7 15. f3 Ng6 16. Qd2 Rd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qe3 Qc6 19. Kh1 Qa4 20. Qc1 Ba6 21. Bc2 Qc6 22. Rfe1 Nh5 23. Kg1 Qc7 24. Ba4 Re7 25. Qg5 Nf6 26. Qg3 e5 27. d5 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Nf4 29. Red2 h6 30. c4 a6 31. Kh1 Qd6 32. Qh2 g5 33. g3 Ng6 34. Qf2 Rb8 35. Rc2 b5 36. Bb3 Nd7 37. Ba2 Kh7 38. Rg1 Rf8 39. Bb1 f6 40. Rcc1 Rb8 41. Bd3 Rf7 42. h4 gxh4 43. f4 hxg3 44. Qxg3 Nxf4 45. Rcf1 Kh8 46. Qh4 bxc4 47. Bxc4 Rxb2 48. Qg4 Rb8 49. Rf2 Nb6 50. Rh2 Qf8 51. Bf1 Rh7 52. Qh4 Qf7 53. Bh3 Nxh3 54. Rxh3 Rg8 55. Rf1 Rg5 56. Rhf3 Nd7 57. d6 Qg6 58. Qh2 Qxe4 59. Qh3 Rhg7 60. Qe6 Qh4+ 61. Rh3 Qe4+ 62. Rhf3 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Weetik, Vjacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nbc3 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. g4 h5 11. h3 Nh7 12. Ng3 h4 13. Nge2 a6 14. a4 Bf6 15. Bg2 Bg5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. 0-0 Bd7 19. a5 Rc8 20. Bd4 Qe7 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. Re1 Bf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. b3 Qd8 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qc7 27. d6 Qxd6 28. Ne4 Qb4 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 30. Bb2 Be6 31. Re2 Qxb3 32. Qf1 Nh7 33. Qf4 Bd5 34. Qe5 f6 35. Qxd5+ Qxd5 36. Bxd5+ Kh8 37. Re7 Rc5 38. Bg2 Ng5 39. Rf1 Rc2 40. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 h6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Re1 Ne4 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Qf6 12. e3 g5 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Nxh4 Rf7 17. Ndf3 Rg7 18. a4 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Bxg3+ 20. Ke2 Bxh4 21. Rg1 Bg3 22. Raf1 h4 23. Kd1 Nf8 24. Kc1 Ng6 25. Bh3 Bd7 26. Rg2 a5 27. Qb3 axb4 28. Qxb4 Be8 29. a5 Qd8 30. Bc3 Bc7 31. Ra2 Bg3 32. Rg1 Kf8 33. Bd2 Qf6 34. Rf1 Kg8 35. Rb2 Kh7 36. Qc3 Kg8 37. Rb3 Qd8 38. Qb2 Qe7 39. Rb6 Ra7 40. Rb3 Qd8 41. Rb6 Qa8 42. Qb4 Bc7 43. Ng5 Bd7 44. Rg1 Bc8 45. Bf1 Bd7 46. Bh3 Bxb6 47. cxb6 Ra6 48. Bf1 Qf8 49. Bxa6 Qxb4 50. Bxb4 Bc8 51. Be2 Nh8 52. Nh3 Rg3 53. Rxg3+ hxg3 54. Bf3 e5 55. dxe5 Ng6 56. Nf4 Nxe5 57. Bc3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pang, Qi"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
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[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. d3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 0-0 13. Qe3 e5 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. g3 Ng7 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Qh4 19. Rf1 Qh6 20. Qg3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nc4 Nxf4 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Rae1 Kh8 25. Ne3 Rf7 26. Ng4 Qf8 27. Qh4 h5 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Nh6 Rf6 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Playa, Marcelo"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 Bg7 11. g4 e5 12. Nb3 exf4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxf4 Bxg4 15. Rxd6 Qe7 16. e5 h5 17. exf6 Qe1+ 18. Nd1 0-0 19. fxg7 Rfd8 20. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quispe Arteaga, Gabriel"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. f4 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Be7 13. 0-0 h4 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qa8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Qb7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Nxa5 Qxb2 22. Nc6 Nxd5 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bf2 Re5 27. Rfd1 Ne7 28. Rxd6 0-0 29. Bxh4 Ng6 30. Bf2 Rf5 31. Qe3 Nf4 32. Kh2 Qb7 33. Rg1 Rc8 34. Bg3 Ng6 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Nxb4 Bb7 13. f3 a5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bh4+ 16. Kf1 0-0 17. Kg2 f5 18. h3 e4 19. f4 g5 20. Rf1 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 22. Nd4 fxg4 23. Ne6 gxh3+ 24. Kxh3 Bc8 25. Bxe5 Bxe6+ 26. dxe6 dxe5 27. Bc4 Qg5 28. e7+ Kh7 29. exf8N+ Rxf8 30. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yeremyan, Alen"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Kb1 Be6 11. Bd3 Rfc8 12. h3 Nd7 13. g4 Nc5 14. g5 Bg7 15. Nge2 Nb4 16. Rhf1 Bxh3 17. Rf3 Bg4 18. Rg3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Ncxd3 20. Rgxd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Bxc3 22. Bc1 Rc6 23. a4 b5 24. Rd5 Rb8 25. e5 dxe5 26. f5 Qb4 27. axb5 Rc5 28. Qd3 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxb5 30. Qf3 Qa5 31. Ba3 Qxa3 32. Qxc3 Qd6 33. Qf3 gxf5 34. Qxf5 Qd1+ 35. Kb2 Qd4+ 36. Kb1 Rd8 37. Ka2 e4 38. Qf4 e3 39. Qf3 Rd6 40. Qe4 Ra6+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Goldin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nf1 Bg5 13. Ne3 0-0 14. b4 Qd7 15. Bb3 Nf4 16. Kh2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd3 18. Rd1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Kh8 20. Rc2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 f5 22. f3 Rf6 23. a4 Raf8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Na5 26. Ba4 b6 27. c4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Qf7 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rd5 Qh5 31. Qg3 Rg6 32. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 33. Rxe5 Rd6 34. Rf2 Rfd8 35. Rf7 h6 36. Ree7 Rg6 37. g4 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Rd3+ 39. Kh4 c4 40. e5 c3 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Khodko, Yurii N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. b4 cxb3 10. Nxb3 Ba4 11. Nfd2 Rc8 12. Qc2 Nh6 13. Qa2 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Qc7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bd3 h5 17. Nc1 b6 18. Ne2 Be7 19. Nf4 g6 20. g3 Qd7 21. h4 Bf8 22. 0-0 Qe7 23. Rb4 Bc6 24. a4 Qd7 25. Rb5 Be7 26. Rfb1 Kf8 27. R5b2 Bxa4 28. Ra1 b5 29. Qb1 a6 30. Rxa4 bxa4 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Rb7 Qc6 33. Rb6 Qe8 34. Bb5 Qd8 35. Bc6 Rc8 36. Bxa4 Kg7 37. Rb7 Rb8 38. Bc2 Rc8 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Qd1 Rc7 41. Nxh5+ Kf8 42. Rb1 Qa8 43. Nf4 Rb7 44. Ra1 Ra7 45. Rb1 Ra2 46. Be3 Qa4 47. Qf1 Qc4 48. Qxc4 dxc4 49. d5 exd5 50. Nxd5 Bd8 51. Rb8 Kg7 52. Rb7 Re8 53. Bd4 Kg8 54. Nf4 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 Ra4 56. h5 Ra6 57. Kh3 Bg5 58. Nd5 Rh6 59. g4 fxg4+ 60. Kxg4 Bd8 61. f4 Rh7 62. f5 Rg7+ 63. Kf3 Rg5 64. Ke4 Rxh5 65. Nf4 Rh4 66. Kf3 Rh1 67. e6 Rf1+ 68. Kg4 fxe6 69. Rg7+ Kf8 70. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Raczek, Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. Nf3 f6 10. g3 cxd4 11. cxd4 fxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. Bh3 Nc5 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Nf5 Bxb4+ 21. Kf1 Bc5 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Bxe4 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 dxe4 25. Kg2 Bc6 26. Qd6 Qf7 27. Rbd1 h6 28. h4 Qh5 29. Qd2 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Rad8 31. Qe1 Rd3 32. Rf1 Qxe3 33. Rxd3 Qxe1 34. Rxe1 exd3 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rd2 b5 37. Kg1 b4 38. Kf2 bxa3 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. Rxd3 a2 41. Ra3 Rb8 42. Rxa5 Rb1 43. f5 a1Q 44. Rxa1 Rxa1 45. f6 gxf6 46. exf6 Kf7 47. g4 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 Ra4+ 49. Ke5 Rxg4 50. h5 Rg5+ 51. Kd6 Rxh5 52. Kd7 Rf5 53. Kd6 h5 54. Kd7 h4 55. Kd6 h3 56. Kd7 h2 57. Kd6 Kxf6 58. Kd7 h1Q 59. Ke8 Qh8+ 60. Kd7 Qg7+ 61. Kd6 Qe7# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Ne5 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Qf3 Qxd4 13. Rfd1 Qc5 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc7 Qxc2 20. h4 Bxh4 21. Rb7 Bf6 22. Rd7 Qc1+ 23. Kh2 Qc4 24. Bd6 Qxa2 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qg3 h6 27. Qc7 Qxf2 28. Qxc6 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2 Qg6 7. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Nb3 0-0 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Bxb5 Ne5 12. Be2 a5 13. a4 Be6 14. Kb1 Qb8 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. Ndb5 Rc8 17. b3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qb7 19. Qd2 Rc6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Bd4 Nc4 22. Qe2 e5 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Qd3 R6c7 26. Rhd1 Rc6 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rc5 29. c4 f5 30. g4 e4 31. fxe4 fxg4 32. h3 Re8 33. hxg4 Qd8 34. Rf1 Qe7 35. Nc3 Qe5 36. Ka2 Rc7 37. Rc2 Rce7 38. Nb5 Rd8 39. Rcf2 h6 40. Rc2 Qxe4 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Rg2 Be5 43. Na7 Re8 44. Nc6 Bg7 45. Nxa5 Bc3 46. Nc6 Re3 47. a5 Ra8 48. b4 Bxb4 49. Nxb4 Rxa5+ 50. Kb2 Ra4 51. Nc2 Re4 52. Rf3 Raxc4 53. Rc3 Rxc3 54. Kxc3 Kg7 55. Nb4 Kf6 56. Nc6 Rf4 57. Kd3 g5 58. Ke3 Ra4 59. Nd4 Ke5 60. Nf3+ Kxd5 61. Rd2+ Ke6 62. Rd4 Ra3+ 63. Ke4 Ra1 64. Rb4 Rg1 65. Nd4+ Kf6 66. Rb6 Rxg4+ 67. Kd5 Kg7 68. Rxd6 Rf4 69. Ne6+ Kh7 70. Nxf4 gxf4 71. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Madaminov, Mukhiddin"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 0-0 13. g3 b5 14. a3 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Rec1 Rb8 17. Ra2 e6 18. Bg2 Qe7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. f4 Nb6 21. Kh2 h5 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. d4 bxc3 24. bxc3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nb4 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd1 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxa4 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Qc2 32. Qa3 Qxe4 33. Qxa5 Nd3 34. Qd8+ Bf8 35. Ne5 Qxd4 36. Nd7 Qg7 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Nd7 Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kh8 40. Ne8 Qh6 41. h4 Nf2 42. Bf3 Ng4+ 43. Bxg4 hxg4 44. Nf6 Qg7 45. Nxg4 d5 46. Nf6 Qh6 47. Kh3 Qg7 48. g4 Qh6 49. g5 Qg7 50. Kg2 d4 51. Kf3 d3 52. Ke3 e5 53. fxe5 d2 54. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Molina, Roberto Junio Brito"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. 0-0-0 Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc7 16. f4 0-0 17. c3 a5 18. a4 b6 19. Rhe1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxb6 Rb7 24. Bxa5 Nd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Nc4 Nf2 27. Rd2 Ne4 28. Rd4 Ra8 29. b3 f5 30. Bb4 Ra6 31. Kc2 g5 32. a5 h4 33. Ba3 f4 34. b4 g4 35. b5 Ra8 36. b6 f3 37. gxf3 gxf3 38. Bc1 f2 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Ne3 Rxc3+ 41. Kb2 Rc5 42. Kb3 Rxa5 43. Kb4 Ra8 44. Rf1 Rb8 45. Nc4 Rg7 46. Be3 Rg2 47. h3 Kf7 48. Kb5 Kg6 49. Kc6 Kf5 50. b7 Rg7 51. Na5 Rf7 52. Bxf2 Kg6 53. Rg1+ Kh7 54. Ba7 Rbxb7 55. Nxb7 Ng3 56. Nxd6 Rf2 57. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sklokin, Sergey"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Ne2 cxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Ba2 e4 17. fxe4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bxa3 19. Rxb5 Ba6 20. Rb1 Bd3 21. Rb7 Bxe4 22. 0-0 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. d6 Ne5 25. Nc3 Bd3 26. Rf6 Kg7 27. Nd5 Bb2 28. Rf2 a3 29. h3 Rd8 30. Bc5 Bc4 31. Nb4 Bxa2 32. Nxa2 Nd3 33. Rc2 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Srihari, Lakshmi"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. d3 a5 9. a3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Qb8 11. Rc1 b5 12. Rc2 bxc4 13. dxc4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Be5 15. Qa1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Ne5 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. Rfc1 d4 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qc7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 e5 23. b5 e4 24. Bg2 c5 25. Qb3 h5 26. h3 Ra5 27. Ra2 Rxa2 28. Qxa2 e3 29. f4 h4 30. Qa6 hxg3 31. b6 Qxf4 32. Rf1 Qd6 33. Qa7 d3 34. exd3 e2 35. Re1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. Qa5 Rxd3 38. b7 Rd1 39. b8Q+ Kh7 40. Qb1+ Rxb1 41. Rxb1 g6 42. Qd2 Ne4 43. Qe1 Ng5 44. Rc1 Nf3 45. Qc3 e1Q+ 46. Rxe1 Nxe1 47. Qf3 Nxf3 48. h4 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 Bb4 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Rb1 b6 10. d4 e4 11. Ne1 Na5 12. c5 d5 13. Bf4 0-0 14. Nc2 Ba4 15. Qc1 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nh5 17. Be5 Nc4 18. Qc1 f4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Qh4 21. e3 Rf6 22. Kh1 Raf8 23. Qe1 Rh6 24. h3 Rff6 25. f3 Qh5 26. fxe4 Rfg6 27. Rf2 Rxg2 28. Rxg2 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Nxe3 30. Qg3 Nxg2 31. Qxh3 Rxh3 32. Kxg2 Rxc3 33. exd5 Rd3 34. Rb4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke2 Ra3 37. Rb2 Kf6 38. Rc2 Kf5 39. Kd2 Kxf4 40. cxb6 axb6 41. Rxc7 g5 42. Re7 Ra8 43. d6 Rd8 44. d7 h5 45. Kd3 h4 46. Rf7+ Kg4 47. Ke4 h3 48. Ke5 Kg3 49. Rh7 h2 50. Ke6 g4 51. Ke7 Rxd7+ 52. Kxd7 Kg2 53. Ke6 g3 54. d5 h1Q 55. Rxh1 Kxh1 56. d6 g2 57. d7 g1Q 58. d8Q Qe1+ 59. Kf5 Qf2+ 60. Kg4 Qg2+ 61. Kf4 Qf2+ 62. Kg4 Qg2+ 63. Kf4 Qxa2 64. Qh4+ Qh2+ 65. Qxh2+ Kxh2 66. Ke4 Kg2 67. Kd4 Kf2 68. Kc4 Ke2 69. Kb5 Ke3 70. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 9. h5 h6 10. Rh3 Be7 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Nf4 13. Qe3 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nxh3 15. gxh3 d6 16. f4 dxe5 17. fxe5 0-0 18. 0-0-0 Re8 19. Nf3 c5 20. Qe4 Rb8 21. Bd3 f5 22. Qf4 Rb6 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Nh4 Qe8 25. Ng6 Rxg6 26. hxg6 Qxg6 27. Qe3 Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. e6 g6 30. Re5 Re8 31. Rxc5 Re7 32. Ra5 c6 33. Rc5 Rxe6 34. Kd2 Kf7 35. b4 Bd7 36. Ra5 Kf6 37. Rxa7 Be8 38. a4 g4 39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Rh7 Kg5 41. Rh1 g3 42. a5 Kf4 43. a6 Re7 44. Re1 g2 45. Rxe7 g1Q 46. Rxe8 Qa1 47. Re4+ Kf3 48. c5 Qb2+ 49. Bc2 g5 50. Re3+ Kf4 51. Re4+ Kf3 52. a7 Qa1 53. Re3+ Kf4 54. Re7 Qa3 55. Rf7+ Kg4 56. Bf5+ Kg3 57. Be4 Qxb4+ 58. Kd3 Qb3+ 59. Kd4 Qxf7 60. a8Q Qf6+ 61. Kd3 Qe5 62. Qxc6 g4 63. Qd6 Kf4 64. Qxe5+ Kxe5 65. Bg2 g3 66. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. 0-0 c6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 f5 11. Nxe6 Qf6 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Be5 15. Nc7+ Bxc7 16. Rxc7 0-0 17. Bc3 Qxa2 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. d6 Be6 20. Rxb7 Qxe2 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 f4 23. Qe7 Qg4 24. gxf4 Bc4 25. Re1 Be2 26. Kh1 Bf3 27. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qxc3 29. d7 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gusev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Ndc4 Be7 11. Bg5 c6 12. Ne3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. N3g4 Be7 15. Qd3 Bd6 16. f4 Qe7 17. e4 Bxg4 18. exd5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Nd7 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Qe3 Rd8 24. b4 Rd3 25. Qe1 Ne6 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ g6 28. Qxd3 Ng7 29. Rd8 Qxb4 30. Rb8 Qc5+ 31. Kg2 Be6 32. Qd8 Bd5+ 33. Rf3 Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Qc6+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qc6+ 37. Kg4 Qe6+ 38. Kf3 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 e5 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nh4 h6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne8 16. e5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qxh4 18. Qf3 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd8 20. Re4 Qg5 21. Rf1 f5 22. c4 Nf6 23. Re2 Rde8 24. Bd6 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Re8 26. Bxc5 Ne4 27. Be3 Qe7 28. Bd3 Qa3 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 Qxa2 31. Bf2 Qxc4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Qg3 Qxd5 34. Be3 Kh7 35. Qb8 a5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Atoyan, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Bc4 e6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. 0-0-0 Rb8 14. Rhe1 a5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Bd7 17. h4 Ra8 18. Bb3 Qa6 19. Nb1 Bc6 20. f3 d5 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 dxe4 23. gxf6 exf3 24. fxg7 fxe2 25. gxh8Q+ Kd7 26. Bf4+ exd1Q+ 27. Rxd1+ Bd5 28. Qd4 Rd8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5+ Ke8 31. Qe4 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qa1 33. c3 Qa4+ 34. Kc1 Kf8 35. Kb2 Qa7 36. Bh6+ Ke8 37. Be3 Qd7 38. Bc5 Qe6 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Bxe7 Kxe7 41. Kc2 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Nd2 e5 44. Ne4 Ke6 45. Ng3 Kd5 46. Ne4 Ke6 47. c4 bxc4+ 48. Kxc4 Kd7 49. Kd5 Kc7 50. Kxe5 Kc6 51. Nc3 Kb6 52. Kd5 Ka6 53. Kc5 Kb7 54. b5 Ka7 55. b6+ Kb7 56. Kb5 Kb8 57. Kc6 Ka8 58. Nb5 Kb8 59. Nd4 Ka8 60. Ne6 Kb8 61. Nc5 Ka8 62. b7+ Ka7 63. Nd7 Ka6 64. b8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Bobkov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nd7 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c3 e6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nc4 f6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Nfd2 Kf7 16. Ke2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Rhd8 18. a4 g5 19. Bg3 b6 20. h4 g4 21. h5 f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. Rhe1 Kf6 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Kxd3 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Ne7 28. Bc7 Rd7 29. Bb8 Bh6 30. a5 Nc6 31. Be5+ Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Re7 33. axb6 axb6 34. Nd3 Rxe1 35. Nxe1 Kg5 36. Kd3 Kxh5 37. Kc4 Bg5 38. Kb5 Bd8 39. Kc6 Kg5 40. Kd7 Bf6 41. Kc6 h5 42. g3 f4 43. Kxb6 fxg3 44. fxg3 Be5 45. Kxc5 Bxg3 46. Ng2 h4 47. Nxh4 Bxh4 48. Kd4 Kf4 49. b4 g3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Can, Melih Kaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bf1 Nf6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Na3 b4 11. Nb5 e5 12. c3 Be7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nfxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 0-0 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Bc4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bf2 Bc5 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Bc4 Qa7 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Rcd1 Qb6 29. Re2 Ba4 30. b3 Be8 31. Red2 Bg6 32. Qf1 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. h3 h6 35. Nc2 Rg5 36. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 37. Nd4 Rd8 38. Qf2 Rgd5 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Kg1 Kh7 41. h4 Qf4 42. g3 Qd6 43. g4 Qf6 44. h5 Bf7 45. Rd3 Kh8 46. Qe3 Re8 47. Qf2 Red8 48. R3d2 Qf4 49. Kg2 R5d6 50. Rd3 Bd5 51. Qg3 Bxf3+ 52. Qxf3 Rxd4 53. Qxf4 Rxd3 54. Rxd3 Rxd3 55. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Dong, Kyle Qiyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Bb5 g5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g4 6. Nfd2 Qc7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nc4 Be6 9. Ne3 h5 10. Bd2 0-0-0 11. Qe2 b5 12. f3 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. fxg4 hxg4 16. a3 b3 17. cxb3 Bxb2 18. Bb4 Qd4 19. Ra2 Bc3+ 20. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Rd2 Nf6 22. 0-0 Qe5 23. g3 Qd4 24. Rf4 Bxb3 25. Rb2 Be6 26. Rd2 Kc7 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Nc2 Qc3 29. d4 Bc4 30. Qd1 Rb2 31. Rff2 Nxe4 32. Qxg4 Nxd2 33. Qf4+ Kb7 34. Ne3 Qd3 35. Nxc4 Qxc4 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Qxd2 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Kc7 39. Qb4 Qe4 40. Qa5+ Kd6 41. Qc5+ Ke6 42. Qxa7 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Rxh2 45. d5+ Kf6 46. Qd4+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Exposito Milan, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bh6 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 d6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. 0-0 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Bf3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 e6 21. Rh3 h5 22. Rf1 Rc4 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qxh5+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Rf6 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rh4 29. Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Merriman, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 f5 7. Nb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. a3 Qb6 11. Bc3 Nh6 12. Be2 Nf7 13. h4 0-0 14. Rh3 a5 15. Nc1 Na7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Nd3 Nb5 18. Ba5 Qa7 19. Nf4 Nd8 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Kf1 Nc7 22. Kg1 b6 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Nh5 Ne8 26. Qg5 Ng6 27. Nf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Bc6 29. Qg5 Qf7 30. Qf4 Bd7 31. Ng5 Qe7 32. Ba6 Rc2 33. Rb1 h6 34. Bd3 Rc8 35. Rh3 Bc6 36. Nf3 Kg8 37. Rg3 Kh8 38. Rg6 Nc7 39. Kh2 Be8 40. Rg3 Nb5 41. Rh1 Nc7 42. Kg1 Bb5 43. Bb1 Bc4 44. Rhh3 Ne8 45. Ng5 Bb3 46. Bd3 Rc4 47. Bxc4 Bxc4 48. Nf3 Nc7 49. Rg6 b5 50. Rhg3 b4 51. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Milovic, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e6 11. 0-0-0 Be7 12. f3 0-0 13. g4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 Nd7 17. h6 Bf6 18. Qxd6 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Qxd7 Bxc3 21. Kb1 Qb4 22. Qxb7 a5 23. Qc7 a4 24. Bc5 Qa5 25. Qxa5 axb3 26. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Mukhutdinov, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Bb5 e5 4. b4 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. c3 d6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. h3 0-0 12. Ba3 c5 13. d5 Ng6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Re1 Ba5 16. Nbd2 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Re3 Ba4 19. Qc1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Rg3 f6 23. Rg4 Qh5 24. Bxf6 g6 25. Bb2 Bd7 26. Rf4 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qg5 28. g3 Bxh3 29. Qb7 Bf5 30. Qxc7 Bxe4 31. Ne3 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Re1 Bxd5 34. Rf6 Be4 35. Rxd6 Bd3 36. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Pasti, Aron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ba3 8. 0-0-0 Ne5 9. Qg3 Qxc3 10. bxa3 Qxa3+ 11. Kb1 Ng6 12. Nb3 N8e7 13. h4 h5 14. Be2 Qa4 15. Rd4 Qc6 16. Rc4 d5 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. f3 e5 19. Bc5 Be6 20. Ka1 d4 21. Na5 Nf4 22. Qxg7 Neg6 23. Bd3 Kd7 24. g3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rhb8 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Rxb5 axb5 28. Bb4 c5 29. Be1 c4 30. Qf6 c3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Vasques, Antonio Pedro Freix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Nxa3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 0-0 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Bb2 a6 14. Bd3 Ne8 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qa7 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Bb3 g6 24. Rd4 Kg7 25. f3 Rb4 26. Red1 Rc6 27. Kf2 h5 28. h4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Ra4 Ra6 32. Kd4 Nd7 33. Ra1 Nc5 34. Bc4 Ra7 35. Rb1 a4 36. e5 Nd7 37. exd6+ Kxd6 38. Bxf7 Ne5 39. Ba2 a3 40. Rb6+ Nc6+ 41. Kc3 Ra5 42. Kb3 Rc5 43. c3 Re5 44. Kxa3 Re2 45. Rb2 Rxb2 46. Kxb2 Ne7 47. Bb1 Ke5 48. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klimkowski, Jan"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Qa5 11. Be2 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b4 Qd8 14. a4 a6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b6 17. Bd1 Bd3 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Bh2 f5 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nf6 22. f3 Nh5 23. e4 Bh4 24. Rf1 f4 25. e5 Qg5 26. Rfd1 Rf5 27. Nf1 Raf8 28. Kh1 Qe7 29. Rd2 Rg5 30. Ra2 Rff5 31. b5 a5 32. Qb2 Rg6 33. Qa3 Qxa3 34. Rxa3 Be1 35. Re2 Bh4 36. Raa2 Rfg5 37. Bg1 Kf7 38. Rac2 Ng3+ 39. Nxg3 Bxg3 40. Rc1 Rh5 41. Rd1 Rgg5 42. Rdd2 Kg6 43. Rc2 Kf5 44. Ra2 Rg6 45. Rec2 Rh4 46. Ra1 Rg5 47. Rb1 Rg6 48. Rf1 Kg5 49. Bf2 Bxf2 50. Rfxf2 Kf5 51. Rf1 Rg3 52. Kg1 Rhxh3 53. Re1 Rh4 54. Rf2 g5 55. Kf1 Rh1+ 56. Ke2 Rh2 57. Rg1 h5 58. Ke1 g4 59. fxg4+ hxg4 60. Rgf1 f3 61. gxf3 Rxf2 62. fxg4+ Kxg4 63. Rxf2 Rxc3 64. Rf6 Rd3 65. Rxe6 Rxd4 66. Rxb6 Re4+ 67. Kd2 Rxe5 68. Rd6 Kf4 69. b6 Ke4 70. b7 Re8 71. Re6+ Rxe6 72. b8Q Re5 73. Qg8 d4 74. Qxc4 Rf5 75. Qe6+ Re5 76. Qd6 Rd5 77. Qc6 d3 78. Qb7 Ke5 79. Qb3 Ke6 80. Qc4 Kd6 81. Qa6+ Ke5 82. Qh6 Ke4 83. Qh1+ Ke5 84. Qh6 Ke4 85. Qf6 Rd4 86. Qe6+ Kf4 87. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Ng4 7. Qe2 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. f5 h5 10. Bd2 Bf2+ 11. Kd1 Bd4 12. Kc1 c6 13. a3 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. Nd1 Qh4 16. c3 Bb6 17. Kc2 Ba6 18. h3 a4 19. Ba2 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. c4 Rc8 23. Raf1 Nb3 24. Bxb3 axb3+ 25. Kxb3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 bxc4+ 27. dxc4 Qd8 28. Rc1 c5 29. Ka2 Ra8 30. Qd3 Qb6 31. g4 h4 32. Rhd1 Qc6 33. Be1 Ke7 34. Rc2 f6 35. g5 Bb7 36. Rg2 Qxe4 37. Qxd6+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogov, Matfey"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. c3 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. d5 Rb8 9. Bc4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb7 14. Qd4 Rh7 15. 0-0 c5 16. Qe3 Ba8 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Rad1 Re6 19. f3 Rxb2 20. fxe4 Rb7 21. Nc4 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. e5 d5 24. Qf2+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Qd7 26. Rf1 Bg7 27. h4 g4 28. Qxc5 Bc6 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Qf2 Rg6 31. Nd4 Bc5 32. Kh1 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Bb5 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Rf7+ Qxf7 36. Qxf7+ Rg7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shandrygin, Nikita"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. b3 Nc6 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Bb2 Qb6 9. e3 h5 10. h3 Bd7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nd2 cxb3 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Nxb3 Be7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Rd8 17. Nc5 Qb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rab1 Qc4 20. Rxb7 Ne5 21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Swara, Lakshmi S Nair"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.08.27"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rad1 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4 15. Ne2 Re8 16. c3 Rb8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Bxh6 Ne4 19. Bf4 a5 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Nf4 Bb7 22. Nh5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. Rxe4 Qxc3 26. Rdd4 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qh6 28. Rf4 Re6 29. Rd7 Rg6 30. Qf3 Ba8 31. Rfxf7 c5 32. Rxg7+ Rxg7 33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daroczi, Donat"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 cxd4 7. Bb2 e5 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 d4 10. Nb5 Bc5 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Rxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe5+ Kc7 16. Nxc6 Qxd6 17. Bxd6+ Kxd6 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Qf4+ Kd7 20. Rd1 Rxc6 21. Bxc6+ Kxc6 22. Rc1+ Kd7 23. Qg5 Rg8 24. Qb5+ Ke7 25. a4 Ra8 26. a5 Rb8 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Rc7+ Kd8 29. Qc5 Rxb3 30. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerbelli Neto, Eduardo"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nbxd5 7. exd5 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 c5 9. d6 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Qxb5+ 14. Kg1 gxf6 15. Nh4 c4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Qe4 Qg5 18. Nf5 Bb7 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Bxd6 21. h4 Qe5 22. Rh3 Qxe7 23. Re3 Be5 24. Qf3 Qc5 25. Kh1 d5 26. Qh5 Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Rf3 Qd4 29. Re1 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Rae8 31. Rh3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Herpai, Jozsef Matyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Qc2 0-0 11. Bd2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Nc6 13. Bc3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qb6 15. Bxd7 Rfd8 16. Bf5 g6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bf6 20. Rd1 Bxc3 21. Rxd3 Qxb2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. g3 Qxa2 24. Kg2 Bg7 25. Rc1 Qa3 26. Rc4 Rc8 27. h4 h6 28. h5 g5 29. Qf5 Qa8 30. Rxc5 Re8 31. Rd5 Rf8 32. Rd7 Kh8 33. e4 Kg8 34. Nh2 Re8 35. Rd5 Qa2 36. Ng4 Qe2 37. Ne3 Qa2 38. Rd7 Qe6 39. Qxe6 Rxe6 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Nf5 Kh7 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Rd7 Kh8 44. Ke3 Be5 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. gxf4 Bb2 47. Kf3 Ra6 48. e5 Kg8 49. Nd6 Ba3 50. Ne4 Kf8 51. Rh7 Kg8 52. Rb7 Kf8 53. f5 Bc1 54. e6 Bg5 55. Nxg5 hxg5 56. Kg4 Ra1 57. Kxg5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg6+ 59. hxg6 Ke8 60. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Asa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. f4 e5 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. e4 Bg6 10. Na4 Bf2+ 11. Kd2 Bh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Qf3 0-0-0 14. g3 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 h5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be2 Rhf8 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qe7 20. Bc3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Nc3 c6 23. Kd2 Rfd8 24. Kc2 Qb4 25. Rad1 a5 26. g5 Ng8 27. Rh8 Ne7 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qe3 Kb8 30. Kb2 Qd6 31. a3 Nc8 32. c5 Qe7 33. Na4 Rd4 34. Rg1 Qd8 35. Rg3 Ne7 36. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Mingo Fernandez, Matias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c5 c6 6. b4 Ne4 7. Bb2 f5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 a5 13. a3 b6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Bd4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb1 a4 19. 0-0 Qa5 20. Qc2 Raa8 21. Rb6 Rec8 22. Nf4 Bd8 23. Rb4 Rab8 24. Rfb1 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Qa6 26. Rxa4 Qb5 27. Rb4 Qa5 28. Qb3 Ra8 29. a4 Rb8 30. Nd3 Ra8 31. Kf2 Nf7 32. Ke2 h6 33. Nf4 Be7 34. Nxe6 Ng5 35. Rb8+ Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Nxg5+ hxg5 38. Qe8 Bxc5 39. Qxc6 Bxd4 40. exd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 0-0 10. Bb2 Re8 11. b5 Na5 12. Bd3 c5 13. e4 cxd4 14. e5 Bxe5 15. g4 Qd5 16. gxh5 Bf4 17. Qa4 Bxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Qxh1+ 19. Ke2 Qxh3 20. Qxa5 Qxh5+ 21. f3 Nd5 22. Bxd4 Nf4+ 23. Ke3 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Red8 25. Ke3 Qg5+ 26. f4 Qg3+ 27. Nf3 Rxd4 28. Kxd4 Qxf3 29. Qc7 Qd5+ 30. Ke3 Rd8 31. Qc3 Qg2 32. Rc1 h5 33. Rc2 Qg3+ 34. Ke2 Qxf4 35. Qc7 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Silva, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. f3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Qd2 e6 7. h4 Be7 8. h5 h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nge2 c4 13. Be5 b5 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf4 Kf7 19. Ng6 Qb7 20. Bf4 b4 21. Qf2 Ba4 22. Rc1 Bb5 23. Qg3 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Rb1 Qa6 26. Ne5+ Ke7 27. Qg6 Be8 28. Qg3 Rc8 29. Ng6+ Bxg6 30. Qxg6 Rc6 31. Be5 Ne8 32. Qh7 Rf8 33. Rh3 Rb6 34. Rd1 Rf7 35. Rg3 g5 36. hxg6 Rxh7 37. gxh7 Rb2 38. Rc1 Kd7 39. h8Q Qc8 40. Rg8 Qd8 41. Qh7+ Qe7 42. Qxe7+ Kxe7 43. Rh8 Nd6 44. Bxd6+ Kxd6 45. Rxh6 Rxa2 46. Ke2 Rb2 47. Kd3 Rb8 48. Kxc3 a4 49. Ra1 Ra8 50. Ra3 Ra6 51. Rh7 Rc6+ 52. Kd2 Rc4 53. Ra7 f4 54. R7xa4 fxe3+ 55. Kxe3 Rc3+ 56. Rxc3 e5 57. Ra6+ Kd7 58. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kappeler, Kaspar"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. b3 e5 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Be7 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Ba3 0-0 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Qd6 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxb7 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 Re8 23. Qf3 Qd2+ 24. Kh1 Bxd3 25. Bd5 Bg6 26. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tao, Sihan"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 h6 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4 15. Ne2 Re8 16. c3 Rb6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. c4 Rb8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 g6 24. Qf3 Re5 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Kg7 27. Qxa7 Re8 28. Qd4 Re5 29. a4 Kh7 30. a5 Nd7 31. a6 Nc5 32. b4 Ne6 33. Qg4 Rg5 34. Qf3 Nf4 35. Bf1 Rf5 36. a7 Qd8 37. Ra1 Qa8 38. Qe3 d4 39. Qxd4 h5 40. b5 Nxg2 41. Bxg2 Rg5 42. Qg4 hxg4 43. Bxa8 gxh3+ 44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bezerra, Flavio Rodrigo Cost"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Bh2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Nb3 e4 17. Qe2 a5 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc7 a4 21. Nd2 Bxb2 22. Rc2 a3 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. Bd6 Qe6 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Rd1 Ra4 27. Rd8 h5 28. Rd6 Qf5 29. Qd1 Ne6 30. Nb6 Rb4 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Rb6 Ra7 33. Ra6 Rb7 34. Rxa3 h4 35. Rb3 Ra7 36. a4 Kh7 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. exf4 Rxa4 39. Qg4 Qf6 40. Rxc5 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Bh6 42. Rg5 Bxg5 43. fxg5 Qe5+ 44. g3 hxg3+ 45. Qxg3 Qf5 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haack, Kevin"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bg5 Ned7 12. Nf4 Qe8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bf4 a5 18. b5 Qg6 19. b6 c5 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Red1 h6 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Qa3 Ra8 24. Rd3 a4 25. Rbd1 Ra6 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qf5 29. Qc3 Kh7 30. Qe3 Be6 31. h3 Bxc4 32. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Bornholdt, Joa Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[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. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. 0-0-0 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. g4 Bd7 21. Nh3 e4 22. g5 Nh5 23. d6 Qe8 24. Nxe4 Bxh3 25. d7 Qxd7 26. Qe2 Rfc8 27. Rb1 Ra4 28. a3 Qd4 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Rxh5 Rxe4 31. fxe4 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Be6 33. Qh6 Re8 34. g6 Qg7 35. gxh7+ Kh8 36. Qe3 Qxh7 37. Rd2 Bh3 38. Rh2 Rxe4 39. Qxh3 Qxh3 40. Rxh3+ Kg7 41. Rc3 Re7 42. Ka2 Kf6 43. Rd3 Rc7 44. Kb3 Ke6 45. Kb4 Rc6 46. b3 Rd6 47. Re3+ Kd7 48. a4 Rd4+ 49. Kc3 Rd5 50. Re4 a5 51. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Christodoulaki, Antonia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[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 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Rg8 5. Nb3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. c4 g5 8. g4 Be6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Qc2 Bg7 11. a3 0-0-0 12. Bg2 Kb8 13. 0-0-0 Nh7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nf8 17. c5 Ng6 18. c6 Qe8 19. cxb7 c5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ne5 22. Bd5 Qb5 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Rhd1 Rc8 25. Kb1 Rcd8 26. Ka2 Nc6 27. Qb3 Qxb3+ 28. Kxb3 Nd4+ 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Re2 Be5 31. Kc4 f6 32. Rd3 Rc7 33. Rb3 Rdd7 34. Ree3 Re7 35. Rb5 Bd4 36. Re6 Be5 37. a4 Rcd7 38. a5 Rc7 39. a6 Rcd7 40. Rb3 Rc7 41. Rb5 Rcd7 42. f3 Rc7 43. Kb3 Rcd7 44. Kc2 Rc7 45. Rb3 Rcd7 46. Re3 Rc7 47. b3 Rcd7 48. Kd3 Rc7 49. Kc4 Rcd7 50. Kb5 Rxe6 51. fxe6 Re7 52. Kc4 Kc7 53. Kd3 Rg7 54. Ke4 Rg8 55. Kf5 Rg7 56. Re4 Rg8 57. b4 Rg7 58. b5 Kb8 59. Re2 Kc7 60. Re1 Rg8 61. Rb1 Re8 62. b6+ axb6 63. a7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Malek, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[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 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. g3 Re8 8. Bg2 c6 9. Bg5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. Nb5 Bc5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. b4 Bf8 14. d6 e5 15. 0-0 e4 16. Nd2 Qe5 17. Qa4 Bc6 18. Qxa6 Bxb5 19. Qb7 Bc6 20. Qa6 Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qe5 22. a4 Bxb4 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Ne3 Bc5 25. Rd2 d5 26. Rfd1 d4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rad8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxa7 Qb3 31. h4 Bxa4 32. Qc7 Re8 33. Nf5 Qe6 34. Nd6 Rf8 35. Nxe4 Bc6 36. Ng5 Qxe2 37. Qxc6 b5 38. Bd5 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 h6 40. Nxf7 Kh7 41. Qc2+ g6 42. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Schut, Han"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[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. Bc4 e6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. 0-0-0 Qc8 12. g4 b4 13. Nxc6 bxc3 14. Nxe7 cxb2+ 15. Kb1 Kxe7 16. f3 Rd8 17. Bg5 Qc5 18. h4 Qxa3 19. Rd3 Qc5 20. Rhd1 Rac8 21. Be3 Qc7 22. h5 h6 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Kf8 25. h6 Nh5 26. h7 f6 27. h8Q+ Kf7 28. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Shandrygin, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[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 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. f3 0-0 9. e4 Qd6 10. Be3 b6 11. Kf2 Rd8 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. d5 Na5 14. Ng3 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 c6 16. c4 g6 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rhc1 Nc5 19. Kg1 Rac8 20. Bh6 f6 21. h4 Rc7 22. Rc2 Rdc8 23. Rac1 Nd7 24. h5 Nb7 25. Kh2 Nbc5 26. Rd1 cxd5 27. cxd5 Kf7 28. Rdc1 Nb8 29. Qe3 Ncd7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. f4 Qc5 33. Qf3 Qd6 34. Qg4 Na6 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. f5 g5 37. Qh5+ Ke7 38. Qg6 Nac5 39. Bg7 Kd8 40. Bh6 b5 41. Bxg5 Kc7 42. Bh4 a5 43. Qg4 b4 44. Qe2 Qa6 45. Qg4 a4 46. Nh5 b3 47. axb3 axb3 48. Qd1 Qc4 49. d6+ Kc6 50. Nxf6 Nxf6 51. Bxf6 Qxe4 52. d7 Nxd7 53. Be7 Qf4+ 54. g3 Qh6+ 55. Kg2 b2 56. Qc2+ Kb7 57. Qxb2+ Nb6 58. Bc5 Qc6+ 59. Kh3 Qxc5 60. g4 Qd5 61. Qb4 e4 62. f6 Kc6 63. f7 Qxf7 64. Qxe4+ Nd5 65. Qf5 Qe7 66. g5 Qe3+ 67. Kg4 Qg1+ 68. Kh5 Qh2+ 69. Kg4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[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. Bc4 e6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qd7 12. Nxg7+ Kd8 13. Be3 Rg8 14. Nf5 Nxe4 15. Bb6+ Kc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. 0-0-0 Qg5+ 18. Be3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qe5 20. Rd4 Nc6 21. Rg4 Rxg4 22. Qxg4+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]
[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. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ng3 Bf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Nh2 Ne7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 c6 16. Bc4 d5 17. Bb3 g6 18. Be3 d4 19. Bd2 Qc8 20. f3 Be6 21. Kf2 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Kg7 23. Rh1 Ng8 24. Qc1 Kh7 25. Rh3 Qe6 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. Rah1 Kf6 28. g5+ hxg5 29. Rh7 Ke7 30. Bxg5+ Kd7 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. bxc4 Ke6 33. Ne2 Nf6 34. Bxf6 Kxf6 35. f4 exf4 36. Nxf4 Bg7 37. g4 Re5 38. Ne2 Rd8 39. Ng1 Rg5 40. Kg3 Bf8 41. Nf3 Bd6+ 42. Kh3 Rc5 43. Rf1 Ke7 44. Nh4 Ke6 45. Rhxf7 b5 46. R1f6+ Ke5 47. Nxg6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Arslanov, Shamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Nd5 Qe6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qf3 Be5 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. c3 Kb8 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Kb1 Rhg8 16. Nf5 Qc5 17. g3 Be6 18. Bc2 a5 19. Nxh6 Rh8 20. Nf5 Na7 21. Qe3 Qf8 22. f4 Bxf5 23. exf5 Bd6 24. Nxf6 Qg7 25. Ne4 Rhe8 26. Qf3 Be7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rh8 29. h4 Nc6 30. Rd7 Qf8 31. f6 Bc5 32. Bb3 Bb6 33. Rxf7 Qd8 34. Qd1 Qe8 35. Qd3 Nd8 36. Re7 Qf8 37. a4 Nc6 38. Rf7 Qe8 39. Bd5 Nd8 40. Re7 Qxa4 41. f7 Rf8 42. h5 Ka7 43. h6 Kb8 44. h7 Ka8 45. g4 Ka7 46. g5 Nc6 47. Bxc6 Qxc6 48. Nf6 a4 49. g6 Qh1+ 50. Ka2 Qh4 51. Re6 Qxf4 52. Nd5 Qg5 53. Rxb6 cxb6 54. Qb5 Qxg6 55. Qxa4+ Kb8 56. Qd7 Rxf7 57. Qd8+ Ka7 58. Nb4 Qxh7 59. Qd4 Rd7 60. Qc4 Qg6 61. Qb5 Qd6 62. Qa4+ Kb8 63. Qb3 Rc7 64. Qg8+ Ka7 65. Qb3 Rc5 66. Kb1 Qg6+ 67. Kc1 Qg1+ 68. Kc2 Qg6+ 69. Kc1 Rh5 70. Qa4+ Ra5 71. Qb3 Ra1+ 72. Kd2 Qg2+ 73. Kd3 Qf3+ 74. Kd4 Rd1+ 75. Ke5 Qe3+ 76. Kf6 Rf1+ 77. Kg7 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Novak, Ratko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. d4 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Qc2 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Qe2+ Nge7 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bh4 Bg7 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Bg3 Qc5 16. Rd1 a6 17. Ba4 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nbd2 Kh8 20. Qf1 Qa5 21. Bc2 d4 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. cxd4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 f5 25. d5 Nb4 26. d6 Nec6 27. Bd3 Bxb2 28. Kh1 Rad8 29. Bc4 Ne5 30. Rab1 Bc3 31. Rdc1 Nxc4 32. Rxc3 Nxd6 33. Be5+ Kg8 34. Nc5 Nf7 35. Bf4 Qf6 36. Rc4 Nd5 37. Nxb7 Rd7 38. Bd2 f4 39. Nc5 Rc7 40. Ne4 Qf5 41. Rxc7 Nxc7 42. Bc3 Nd5 43. Ba1 Ng5 44. Nxg5 Qxg5 45. Rb7 Rf7 46. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Toro Castaneda, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 Bf8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nfd2 c5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ndf1 g6 16. Bd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Bf5 19. Nxe5 Bg7 20. f4 Qc7 21. Ng3 Be6 22. Ra4 a5 23. Rae4 Rad8 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qe2 Qc1+ 29. Nf1 Kh7 30. Re7 Rf8 31. h4 h5 32. Rxb7 Kh8 33. Re7 Bf6 34. Re8 Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qh3 Qxb2 38. Qe3+ Kg7 39. Qxc5 Bxc3 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Qe3+ Kh7 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qe3+ Kh7 44. Qe7+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. a4 a5 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Qxb7 d5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bc5 20. d4 exd4 21. e5 Ne4 22. cxd4 Bb4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Re2 Rd8 26. Qe4 Qb3 27. Be3 Ne7 28. Qc2 Qd5 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. Qb1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 c5 32. dxc5 Nf5 33. c6 Rc8 34. Rc2 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Qe4 36. Rc4 Qd3 37. c7 Qe2 38. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chiu, Isaac"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Nge2 Bxc5 8. a3 Be7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Ncb5 Rc8 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Ne7 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 Ba4 17. Bg3 Ng6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Qe2 Nc3 20. Qd2 f6 21. Rfc1 e5 22. Bf5 Rc6 23. h4 0-0 24. h5 Ne7 25. Bh3 Qe8 26. h6 gxh6 27. Nh4 Rc4 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Kh8 30. e4 Qh5 31. Re1 dxe4 32. Be6 Rc6 33. Bh3 Rg8 34. Re3 Nb5 35. Rc1 Nd6 36. Qd5 Nc4 37. Ree1 Qg6 38. Rxe4 Bb5 39. Rg4 Qe8 40. Rxg8+ Qxg8 41. Qe4 Qg6 42. Bf5 Qg5 43. Rd1 Nd2 44. Rxd2 Qxd2 45. Bh4 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5 47. g3 Kg7 48. Bh3 Qf7 49. Qf5 Rd6 50. Bg2 Bd7 51. Qe4 Bc6 52. Qf5 Bxg2 53. Kxg2 Qd5+ 54. Kh2 Qe6 55. Qf3 e4 56. Qf4 Rd5 57. Qc7+ Rd7 58. Qf4 Rd5 59. Qc7+ Rd7 60. Qf4 Kg6 61. Qe3 h5 62. Kg2 Rd5 63. Kh2 Rf5 64. Qa7 Qd5 65. Qb8 Qd7 66. Qg8+ Qg7 67. Qe8+ Qf7 68. Qxe4 Qd5 69. Qe8+ Kg7 70. Qe7+ Kg8 71. Qe3 Rf3 72. Qe8+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kg8 74. Qe8+ Kg7 75. Qe7+ Kg8 76. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Caku, Kler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Bd7 17. Bxa6 Qc7 18. Qd3 Qd6 19. b5 Bd8 20. Nf4 Be6 21. Bb7 Rb8 22. Bc6 Nd7 23. Bxd5 Bc7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Rxb6 Nxb6 27. Qg6 Re7 28. Ne4 Qd8 29. Nxe6 Qd7 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6+ gxh6 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Nxc7 Rxc7 34. Ra1 Rb7 35. e4 Nc4 36. Ra6 Kg7 37. Rc6 Na5 38. Rc5 Nb3 39. Rd5 Nd2 40. f3 Nc4 41. Kf2 Nb6 42. Rd8 Nd7 43. h4 Nf8 44. Rd5 Nd7 45. g4 Nf6 46. Rf5 Ne8 47. Rd5 Nc7 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. b6 Rxb6 50. Rxc7 Rb2+ 51. Kg3 Rd2 52. Rc6+ Kg7 53. d5 Rd3 54. Kf4 Ra3 55. h5 Ra8 56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. e5 Rf8+ 58. Ke4 Re8 59. f4 Rd8 60. d6 Ra8 61. Kf5 Ra4 62. d7 Ra8 63. Rd6 Rf8+ 64. Ke4 Rd8 65. Kd5 Kg7 66. Kc6 Kh7 67. f5 Rg8 68. Rg6 Rd8 69. Kd6 Rf8 70. f6 Rd8 71. e6 Ra8 72. Ke7 Rf8 73. Kxf8 Kh8 74. d8Q Kh7 75. e7 Kh8 76. e8Q Kh7 77. f7 Kh8 78. Qd4+ Kh7 79. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Viana, Valeria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 dxc4 6. bxc4 0-0 7. Bb2 c5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Rd8 11. Ng5 h6 12. Bh7+ Kf8 13. h4 a6 14. f4 e5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Nh7+ Ke7 20. f5 Na5 21. Qc3 Rb8 22. g4 Rh8 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. a4 Bd7 25. Rg1 Bc6 26. Qxc5+ Ke8 27. Ba3 b6 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Kd7 32. Qd3+ Ke8 33. Qd6 Rd8 34. Qxf6 Bxe4 35. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nc3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Ng5 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 c6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. h4 c5 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bf5 d4 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. 0-0-0 c4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Rc8 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bxd4 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 Ba6 24. Ka1 Nc5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Nh5 f6 27. g4 Nb4 28. g5 Bd3 29. gxf6 Nc2+ 30. Kb1 Nxd4+ 31. Bxd3 gxf6 32. Nxd4 Nxd3 33. Rhg1 Qb4+ 34. Nb3 a5 35. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kucza, Karol"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 0-0 10. h3 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Re1 Bb7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nf1 Nd7 16. Bc2 Rf8 17. Ne3 g6 18. Ng4 Kg7 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. a3 Ng8 22. Nfh2 h5 23. Ne3 h4 24. Rf1 Ngf6 25. f4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Nh5 27. Qd4+ Ne5 28. Rf2 Ng3 29. Neg4 Qg5 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Nfxe5 dxe5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33. Nxe5 f6 34. Ng4 Rhf8 35. d6 Rcd8 36. e5 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Bxg2 40. d7 Rd8 41. Rd6 Bxh3 42. Rxg6+ Kf8 43. Rxb6 Bxd7 44. Rh6 Ke7 45. Rxh4 Nf5+ 46. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. 0-0 h6 7. Re1 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Rb1 f5 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Nf6 17. Be2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne4 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Bh5 Nxf2 21. Qb3 Qh4 22. Rf1 Qxh5 23. Rxf2 Rae8 24. Qd3 Re4 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Ng3 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qd1 30. Bd2 Nh4 31. Qa6 Kh7 32. Bxe1 Qxe1 33. Re2 Qc3 34. Qb6 Rf7 35. Qxc6 Qxd4 36. Qd6 f4 37. Nh5 Qd3 38. Qe6 f3 39. Qxf7 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Nf4+ Kf5 42. gxf3 Kxf4 43. Rc2 Nxf3+ 44. Kh1 Ne5 45. c6 d4 46. c7 d3 47. Rc1 d2 48. Rd1 Ke3 49. c8Q Nf3 50. Rxd2 Nxd2 51. Qd7 Ne4 52. Qxg7 h5 53. Qh6+ Kf3 54. Kh2 Kf2 55. Qxh5 Nd2 56. Qf5+ Nf3+ 57. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Essing, Arnold"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 h6 9. Rb1 Nh7 10. g3 Ng5 11. Nxg5 exd4 12. Nb5 hxg5 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bf1 g4 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qf6 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Be2 Qg5 21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Rcxc1 c5 23. b5 Kg7 24. Rcd1 Kf6 25. Bf1 Ke5 26. Rd2 g5 27. a4 Rh8 28. Be2 Rh6 29. f3 gxf3 30. Bxf3 Bxc4 31. Red1 Be6 32. a5 Rd7 33. g4 Rh8 34. Kg2 Rc8 35. Kg3 c4 36. Rc2 Rc5 37. b6 Rxa5 38. bxa7 Rxa7 39. Rb1 Ra5 40. Rb6 Rc5 41. Be2 c3 42. Rc1 Rdc7 43. Rb4 c2 44. Bd3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Koridze, Lile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[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. Bc4 e6 7. a3 Qc7 8. Ba2 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. g4 h6 11. Rg1 Nbd7 12. h4 Nc5 13. f3 Be7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh5 16. Be3 0-0-0 17. 0-0-0 Kb8 18. g6 Bf6 19. gxf7 Qxf7 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nd7 22. Rxd6 Qf6 23. Nb1 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qh2 g6 26. Rg5 Qxf3 27. Qxe5+ Ka8 28. Qc5 Qd1+ 29. Kb2 Kb8 30. Nc3 Qd7 31. Qa7+ Kc8 32. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[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 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 h5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a4 Ne5 12. Nd5 Bd7 13. c4 Rc8 14. Rfc1 e6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. a5 Qe7 17. b4 Rc7 18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. Rac2 Ba4 20. Rc3 Be8 21. R3c2 h4 22. h3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. f4 c5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Qe1 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Be3 29. Qf1 Rd4 30. f5 exf5 31. exf5 Bxc1 32. Qxc1 Bc6 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Qh6 Qe4 35. Bg4 Rf8 36. Bxc5 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[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 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 g5 9. Nd3 Rg8 10. Na3 Be6 11. h4 h6 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Nc2 0-0-0 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. g3 f5 17. Bg2 Qf7 18. Bd2 f4 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Re8+ 21. Kd1 Qxd5 22. Re1 Qf3+ 23. Kc1 Bh6 24. b3 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Re8 26. Kb2 Re2 27. Bd2 fxg3 28. fxg3 g4 29. Rd1 Qxg3 30. Kb1 Kb8 31. Nc1 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 a6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korol, Dimitry"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[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. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 h6 9. Rb1 Nh7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bf1 c6 12. b3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nhf8 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Rbd1 Qe7 16. h3 Ndf8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Qd6 Qf6 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Qc1 Ndc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. b4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ozer, Omer Faruk"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[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. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. a4 a5 7. 0-0 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nb4 11. b3 c6 12. Ba3 Na6 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qe3 Nh5 16. g3 Rd7 17. Kg2 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Nde4 Nb4 22. Qe2 Be7 23. Rd2 Bf8 24. Red1 Rdf7 25. Qe3 Qc8 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Ne2 Rf3 28. Qg5 R7f5 29. Qg4 Ng7 30. Ng1 h5 31. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Black "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 c5 6. c4 Ne4 7. Bg2 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 cxd4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 a5 17. Kc3 Kd7 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Re4 e6 20. Rae1 Rhe8 21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 g5 23. R4e3 Rh8 24. Rf3 Ke7 25. Rf5 f6 26. Rf3 Kf7 27. Rfe3 Rae8 28. Kb2 Rh4 29. f3 Rh2+ 30. Ka3 e5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 fxe5 33. Re3 Ke6 34. Rc3 d5 35. cxd5+ Kxd5 36. Rd3+ Kc5 37. Re3 Kd5 38. Re4 Rf2 39. Ra4 Rxf3 40. Rxa5+ Kd6 41. Ra8 e4 42. Re8 Kd5 43. Kb4 e3 44. a4 Rf4+ 45. Kc3 Re4 46. Rd8+ Kc5 47. Rd1 e2 48. Re1 Rxg4 49. Rxe2 Rg3+ 50. Kb2 g4 51. Re5+ Kb6 52. a5+ Ka6 53. Ka3 Rg1 54. Kb4 g3 55. Rc5 Kb7 56. Rg5 g2 57. Rg6 Kc7 58. Rg7+ Kd6 59. a6 Ra1 60. Rxg2 Rxa6 61. Rg6+ Kc7 62. Kc4 Kb6 63. b4 Ra1 64. Kb3 Rb1+ 65. Kc3 Rc1+ 66. Kb2 Rf1 67. Kb3 Rf3+ 68. Ka4 Rf5 69. Rg4 Re5 70. Rd4 Rf5 71. Rd8 Re5 72. Rb8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

