[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2025.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB19_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e3 h6 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bc8 12. Nd2 a5 13. f4 a4 14. a3 Bf5 15. Nde4 Nc4 16. Nc5 Ra7 17. Nb5 Nb8 1-0

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Alsayer, Bader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Ne5 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 c6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. Re3 Bf6 16. c3 Rc8 17. Rh3 Re8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Re1 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Re3 Nxd3 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 25. Be3 Nxb2 26. Bd4 Bg5 27. Re5 Bd2 28. Rxd5 Na4 29. c4 Nc3 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 31. Rd7 Ba5 32. Rxb7 Bb6 33. Rxb6 axb6 34. Kf1 Kg8 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. a3 f5 39. h3 g5 40. g3 g6 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Ke6 43. h4 Kd6 44. a4 Kc6 45. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Nishaanth, Vidyasagar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. f5 h6 7. h3 Bb4 8. Qf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Qf3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Na5 15. Ne2 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qf6 17. g4 h5 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxh1+ 20. Qxh1 g6 21. Ne4 Qg7 22. Bh6 Qh8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. g5 a6 25. Ra5 Nd7 26. Qh3 b6 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Rd5 Qe8 29. Qf6+ Qe7 30. Qh8+ Qe8 31. Qh7 c6 32. Nf6 Qe7 33. Qh8+ Kc7 34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Qxa8 Bc8 36. Ne4 Qf7 37. Qa7+ Bb7 38. Qxb7+ Kxb7 39. Nd6+ Kc7 40. Nxf7 a5 41. Nxe5 b5 42. Bf8 Kb6 43. Nxg6 c5 44. Ne5 a4 45. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Qutaiba, Sadeq Yair Almajboo"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Qd3 Qf6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Qf3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf4 Qc5+ 15. Be3 Qxc4 16. Qxf5 Nc6 17. Rf3 Qxc3 18. Raf1 Qe5 19. Qg4 Qe6 20. Qh4 Ne5 21. Rh3 h6 22. Bd4 Ng6 23. Qh5 Rad8 24. c3 b6 25. Bxg7 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Kxg7 27. Qg4 Rd5 28. Kh1 f5 29. Qg3 f4 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qf3 c6 32. c4 Rc5 33. Rd1 Ne5 34. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sharvaanica, AS."]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Nd2 Bb7 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Bd3 d6 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Bg5 d5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exd5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. Nc3 f5 23. Qb3 f4 24. Be2 Rf6 25. Rd1 Rg6 26. Bf3 Rf6 27. Ne4 Rf8 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qf6 31. Rd7 e4 32. e7 Re8 33. Bxe4 Qe5 34. Qf7 Qxe4 35. Qxe8+ Kh7 36. Rd1 f3 37. Qf8 Qe2 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abel, Kalayil Benny"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 d6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. a3 Bc5 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Be2 c6 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Be6 12. h3 d5 13. exd5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bhavanya, Panchumarthi"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 a6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 0-0 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 Na5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. g4 h6 18. Qc1 Ne4 19. f3 Ng5 20. Kg2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 a5 22. h4 Nh7 23. Kg3 b4 24. Bxh6 Rfc8 25. Bd2 bxa3 26. bxa3 Qb3 27. h5 Bxa3 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 Nf8 30. g5 d4 31. Be4 dxc3 32. Bxa8 cxd2 33. Rd1 Rxa8 34. Rxd2 Bb4 35. Ra2 Nd7 36. h6 gxh6 37. gxh6 Nxe5 38. f4 Nd3 39. f5 e5 40. Kh2 Kh7 41. Kh1 Rg8 42. Rh2 Nf4 43. Rd1 Rc8 44. Rh4 Rc2 45. Rd7 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Rb2 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. f6 Rb1+ 52. Kf2 Bc5+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke4 Re1+ 55. Kf5 Nd5 56. f7 Rf1+ 57. Ke6 Nc7+ 58. Kd7 e4 59. Rxe4 Bb6 60. Kc6 Rf6+ 61. Kb7 Nd5 62. f8Q+ Rxf8 63. Kc6 Nf6 64. Re6 Nh5 65. Kxb6 Nxg7 66. hxg7+ Kxg7 67. Kxa5 Rf5+ 68. Kb6 Rf6 69. Rxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Jinay, Ankitbhai Shah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe1 0-0 10. Qh4 b5 11. f5 b4 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Bh6 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Rae8 16. Nf4 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bd7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Rxf6 Rxf6 21. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Kuwait Rapid op 1st"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2025.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Mohammed, Junaid Khan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Rad1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rd8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. c3 Be6 20. Bd4 Bg7 21. Ng5 h6 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qf6 Qc7 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Rg8 30. Qd4 Kh7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. e5+ Ke6 35. Re2 Rf8 36. g4 Rg8 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. f5 Rh8 39. Kf4 h5 40. g5 Rg8 41. f6+ Ke6 42. Rd6+ Kf7 43. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Kuwait City Wafra Gulf op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Khalid, Lodhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. h3 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Ne4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. N4c3 Be6 13. d4 e4 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Nfe2 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nd3 18. Nc1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. Nxd3 exd3 21. Kh2 Qxe3 22. Rae1 Qxd4 23. Rf4 d2 24. Ref1 Qe5 25. Qxb7 Be6 26. Qb3 Rab8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Kuwait City Wafra Gulf op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aaron, Sanju Thomas"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Bg2 h6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 e6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Re1 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne4 14. Qe3 Ndf6 15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 Nb5 17. a4 Nc7 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e4 Bh7 21. Rad1 Ne8 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. Qh4 b6 24. cxb6 Qxb6 25. Ba3 Qxb3 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. g4 Bg6 28. e5 Qxa4 29. f4 Kg8 30. Rf1 Qc2 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Qf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Rxc6 Bd3 37. Rfc1 Bc4 38. R6xc4 Rd8 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40. Rxc8 Kf8 41. Bf1 Ke7 42. Bxa6 g6 43. Rxe8+ Kxe8 44. Bb5+ Ke7 45. Kf2 f6 46. Kg3 fxe5 47. fxe5 Kf7 48. Kg4 Kg7 49. Kg5 Kf7 50. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Kuwait City Wafra Gulf op 3rd"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nf3 a6 10. 0-0 b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qg4 Bb7 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. b4 Re8 21. h4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxh4 23. g3 Be7 24. Kg2 h5 25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Qd1 28. Kh2 Qf3 29. Qg2 g5 30. Qxf3 exf3 31. Rxa6 gxf4 32. gxf4 h4 33. Kh3 Kg6 34. e4 Rc8 35. f5+ Kg5 36. Ra7 exf5 37. Rxe7 fxe4 38. Rxf7 Re8 39. Rg7+ Kf5 40. Kxh4 Kxe5 41. Rg5+ Kf4 42. Rg4+ Kf5 43. Rg5+ Kf4 44. Rg4+ Ke5 45. Rg5+ Kd4 46. Rxb5 Ra8 47. Kg3 Rxa3 48. Ra5 Rb3 49. b5 Rb1 50. Ra4+ Ke5 51. Ra5 Rg1+ 52. Kh3 Kf4 53. Kh2 Rg2+ 54. Kh1 Rxf2 55. Ra8 Rb2 0-1

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Albaloul, Mohammad"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1378"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. e3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Ne5 12. b3 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bb2 Ned7 15. Kh2 Rac8 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Qe2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rfd1 e6 21. Rbc1 a5 22. Ba3 Nce4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2 Qb7 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Qd5 29. Kg2 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. a4 Rb2 33. Ra8 Rxb3 34. Rxa5 Ra3 35. Ra8 Kf6 36. a5 h5 37. a6 Ra1 38. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Al Subaie, Nasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "1457"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2024.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Qf3 b5 6. Bb3 a5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Qg3 h5 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 14. Ne3 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alsuwailem, Othman"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1366"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Bb4 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qb3 Bc5 7. Bg5 Bxf2+ 8. Kd2 Bc5 9. Rf1 Be7 10. h4 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. a3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 d6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. hxg5 f5 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Rf3 Rf7 20. Nh3 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Nb5 Na6 24. Rc1 Rg7 25. Bh1 Rc8 26. Rg1 Rxg1 27. Nxg1 Nc5 28. d4 Ne4+ 29. Kd3 Rc1 30. Bg2 Rxg1 31. Bh3 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Almanaseer, Talal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "1249"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. Qe2 a5 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Na3 Ba6 11. Nb5 Qb7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Rf3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Ne4 15. Rh3 f5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qh5 h6 18. Qg6 Bg5 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Qe2 Bxb5 23. axb5 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qe6 25. Rf1 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Qf2 Qe6 28. Bc3 Re7 29. Qe2 Rf7 30. Be1 Qf5 31. Bh4 Bxh4 32. Rxh4 Kg8 33. Rf4 Qe6 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc3 Kg8 38. Qc6 Qb4 39. Qxd5+ Kh7 40. Qxe4+ Kh8 41. h3 Qxb2 42. e6 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qc7+ 44. Qe5 Qxe5+ 45. dxe5 Kg8 46. Kg3 a4 47. Kf4 a3 48. Kf5 Kf8 49. Kg6 a2 50. e7+ Kxe7 51. Kxg7 a1Q 52. Kxh6 Qxe5 53. h4 Qxe3+ 54. Kg6 Qd3+ 55. Kh6 Kf6 56. h5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Al Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bg7 11. Be3 0-0 12. h4 h5 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. f4 Re8 15. Kd2 Qa5 16. f3 c4 17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Ra3 Nbxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bf2 Qb4 22. Be4 Nxf4 23. Qb3 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Bxc3+ 25. bxc3 Qxe4 26. Re1 Qd3+ 27. Kc1 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Bd4 Qe1+ 30. Qd1 Qxh4 31. Rb3 Qg5+ 32. Kb1 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Qe2 Qf5+ 35. Kb2 Rb8 36. Ba7 Ra8 37. Rxb5 Qe6 38. Qxe6 fxe6 39. Rb7 Rd8 40. c4 h4 41. Kc3 h3 42. Bg1 Rc8 43. Kb4 g5 44. Rd7 Rb8+ 45. Kc3 g4 46. Rxd6 Kf7 47. Bh2 Rg8 48. Rd3 Kf6 49. c5 Kf5 50. c6 Rc8 51. Rd6 e5 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. Kc5 Kf3 54. Bxe5 g3 55. Rd3+ Ke4 56. Rxg3 Kxe5 57. Rxh3 Ke6 58. Rh7 Ke5 59. c7 Ke6 60. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Kuwait op-A"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Alazmi, Amani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.12.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 a5 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nb3 fxe5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bxh7 0-0-0 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bg6 Be8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. b4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Rh5 20. bxa5 Qf7 21. a6 Rdh8 22. h3 Rh4 23. Qg3 bxa6 24. Rab1 Rf4 25. Rb6 Nb8 26. Rfb1 Nd7 27. Rc6+ Kd8 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Qg5+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxe6 f3 32. Rxe4 fxg2 33. Kxg2 f5 34. Rd4 Rg8+ 35. Kf3 Kc7 36. Rc4+ Kd6 37. Rd1+ Ke6 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. Rc7 Rd8 40. Rdxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Kuwait op-A"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Al Ghareeb, Salem Faisal"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.12.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[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 d6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. c3 Qf6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Be7 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa5 Ra7 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Be3 Bh3 13. g3 c5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Ra8 16. Qd5 c6 17. Qc4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Bc6 20. Qd1 h5 21. h4 Qg4 22. Nbd2 Qh3 23. Qe2 g5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 h4 26. Ne4 hxg3 27. fxg3 Bxe4 28. Kf2 Qf5 29. Ke1 Bd3 30. Qd1 Bxf1 31. Qa4+ Bb5 0-1

[Event "Kuwait op-A"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2023.12.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Youssef Ahmed, Youssef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.12.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 0-0 8. f5 Na5 9. Qe2 c6 10. g4 d5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh7 14. h4 b5 15. g5 h5 16. Nxe5 g6 17. Nd3 Bd4 18. Bd2 gxf5 19. Qxh5 fxe4 20. g6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. 0-0-0 exd3 23. Bg5 Qa5 24. Nb1 Bf5 25. Qd6 Rad8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Qf4 dxc2 28. Qxf5 cxd1Q+ 29. Rxd1 Be3+ 30. Kc2 Rxd1 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qf3+ Nf6 34. Kxd1 Qb6 35. Ke2 Bc1 36. Nc3 Bxb2 37. Ne4 Qd4 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. Qxc6 Qxh4 40. Ne6 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Qc1+ 46. Qxc1 Bxc1 47. Nc7 b4 48. Ke2 Bf4 49. Nb5 a6 50. Nd4 Nd5 51. Kd3 Nb6 52. Nc6 Bd6 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Kd4 Ke6 55. Ke4 Kd7 56. Nd4 Bc5 57. Nc2 Kd6 58. Ne1 Kc6 59. Nd3 a5 60. Ne5+ Kb5 61. Nd3 Bg1 62. Ke5 Nc4+ 63. bxc4+ Kxc4 64. Ke4 a4 65. Nc1 b3 0-1

[Event "Kuwait op-A"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2023.12.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.12.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Bg5 0-0 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 d5 14. Qe2 d4 15. Na4 Be7 16. Bg3 Qa5 17. Nb2 Bd6 18. a4 Nd7 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc4 Qc5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rfd1 c5 24. Qa6 Nc8 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Bxe5 Rbd8 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Rd2 e5 29. Rbd1 Rb8 30. g3 Rf6 31. Rd3 c4 32. bxc4 Rb4 33. c3 dxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxa4 35. c5 Ra2 36. f3 Raa6 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Re7 Rfe6 40. Rxe6+ Rxe6 41. Ke3 Rc6 42. Kd3 Kf6 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. Kb5 Kd7 45. Rd3+ Kc7 46. Ra3 a6+ 47. Kc4 Rg6 48. g4 Re6 49. Kd5 Rc6 50. Ra5 Rf6 51. Ra3 Rc6 52. Rc3 a5 53. Kxe5 Ra6 54. Kd5 a4 55. Ra3 Kd7 56. f4 Rf6 57. f5 Ra6 58. e5 Ke7 59. Kc4 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2023.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Hashem, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bf4 a6 8. c5 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qb3 bxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. a3 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nc6 17. Bg3 Nd4 18. Qb2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 a5 20. a4 Ba6 21. Nb5 Ne4 22. Be5 f6 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. Rfc1 Rfc8 25. Qb2 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Rab8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Bxb5 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. Qc2+ f5 34. g4 d4 35. gxf5+ Qxf5 36. Qd2 d3 37. Qe3 h5 38. f3 a4 39. Kh1 a3 40. Qd2 Qd5 41. f4 a2 42. f5+ exf5 0-1

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2023.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alsaqer, Meshal"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Kh8 9. Ne5 Qe8 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bxf6 Rxf6 12. b4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. b5 g5 15. e4 g4 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qg6 18. Qd4 Kg8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Bc4+ Kh7 23. Qe5 Qf6 24. Qa5 Bd7 25. Qc7 Qxc3 26. Qxd6 Qxc4 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qxb8 Qxa2 29. Qc7 Qe6 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait City"]
[Date "2023.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Al Hajiri, Bader"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. d4 c6 9. Bd3 f5 10. Re1 Qf6 11. Bc4 g5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. Rxe5 Nd7 14. Re6 Qg7 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Rd6 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Bd2 Nc8 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Rxd7+ Qxd7 21. d5 Nb6 22. Qd4 Rf8 23. d6 Nc8 0-1

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Hussain, Hashem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bd4 0-0 13. 0-0 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Qb5 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Qd4 Rad8 18. Qxf6 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxc2 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. 0-0 Bxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. c3 Ne5 16. Be2 f4 17. Qf5 f3 18. Bd1 fxg2 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Qxe4 0-0 21. Re3 Qg6 22. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nd7 24. Bg4 Nb6 25. Rd1 Na4 26. Re2 Rfe8 27. Rc2 Ra7 28. Nb1 Rc7 29. Nd2 b4 30. b3 Rxc3 31. Rdc1 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Nc3 33. Nc4 Re4 34. Bf3 Rd4 35. Nxd6 Nxd5 36. Nf5 Rd3 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Hashem, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Qe2 cxd5 5. Qxe5+ Be7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qd4 Bf6 13. Qc5 d4 14. Nd1 d3 15. Qxc6 Rb8 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Qc4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nxe3 19. dxe3 0-1

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nb1 Ng4 5. f4 g5 6. Be2 h5 7. h3 Nh6 8. fxg5 Nf5 9. Bxh5 Qd5 10. Bf3 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qg3+ 12. Qf2 Qxg5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. d3 Ne3 15. Na3 e5 16. Bxe3 dxe3 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Nc4 Bd6 20. Nxe3 Rb8 21. 0-0 Bc5 22. d4 exd4 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Nf4 Bc8 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Rxd4+ 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Aljadi, Hussain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1352"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Nbd2 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Qf3 dxe4 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qe3 Qd5 14. g4 Nf6 15. Qg3 Bd6 16. f4 exf3 17. Ndxf3 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. d3 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a4 Na6 9. h4 Qe7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. f4 Bd7 12. g4 Nb4 13. g5 Ne8 14. h5 d4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bb2 Bc6 17. Bf3 Nc7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ndc4 Ncd5 20. Qe2 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe3 22. Rc1 Ned5 23. Qh2 Na2 24. Ra1 Nac3 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. dxe4 fxe4 27. Raf1 Qd6 28. Nc4 Qc7 29. Be5 Qb7 30. Qh3 e3+ 31. Kc1 e2 32. Re1 Nxf4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Rxe2 Raf8 36. Rhe1 Qb4 37. h6 Rf1 38. Qe5 R8f7 39. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kb2 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. Qe2 Ngf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bg5 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Bh6 Nf6 11. Qe5 Re8 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. 0-0 Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Bb5 Rd8 17. c4 Ne7 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. c5 dxc5 22. dxc5 Rc8 23. Ne5 Rd2 24. b4 Rb2 25. a3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rbd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Nc4 Rd7 29. Nd6 Nd5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. g3 Ke7 32. f4 h6 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Rd4 Kf8 36. Ke4 Nf6+ 37. Kf3 Nd5 38. a4 Rc7 39. Rc4 Ke7 40. Ke4 Nf6+ 41. Kf3 Nd5 42. h3 f6 43. Ke4 Kf8 44. g4 Ne7 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Nd5 47. f5 Ke7 48. fxg6 Kf8 49. Nf7 Kg7 50. Nd6 Kxg6 51. Kd4 Kg5 52. b6 Rd7 53. Ra4 Nxb6 54. cxb6 Rxd6+ 55. Kc5 Rd5+ 56. Kc4 h5 57. gxh5 f5 58. Ra7 Rd7 59. Ra8 Kxh5 60. Rc8 Rd1 61. Rc7 f4 62. Rxb7 e5 63. Re7 Re1 64. Kd5 Kh4 65. Rxe5 Rb1 66. Kc6 Kxh3 67. Rb5 Rxb5 68. Kxb5 f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Qadsiya"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alhejab, Meshal"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Bf4 N8d7 12. Qe3 0-0 13. Bd3 Na4 14. b3 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Qc3 16. Ke2 Nb2 17. Nf3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 19. Kxd3 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Ke4 h6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Rhd1 Ke7 25. Bg3 g5 26. Nh4 gxh4 27. Bxh4+ Nf6+ 28. exf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Alhejab, Meshal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 0-0 6. Ne2 Nd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 f5 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. Nd2 b5 11. b3 b4 12. a3 bxa3 13. c4 Bb4 14. Nb1 Qa5 15. Qc1 a2 16. Nd3 axb1Q 17. Qxb1 Qb6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. Qxf5 Rac8 22. Rxc8 g6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qc8+ Kg7 25. Qa8 a5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Be8 28. Ng4 f6 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rc8 Bf7 31. Qd7 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Bxe6 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Nxf6 Bxb3 35. Nd7+ Ke8 36. Nc5 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Ndf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Bb3 0-0 11. Qe2 Be6 12. h4 Nc7 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. c3 Qd5 15. Be3 c5 16. Qf3 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Ne5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qa5+ 21. Bd2 Qxe5+ 22. Kf1 Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Alruwayeh, Talal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alenezi, Hamad"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. h4 Bc5 8. h5 Bf5 9. h6 Nxh6 10. Rxh6 gxh6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 Nxc4 13. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Al Subaie, Nasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[BlackElo "1284"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 Ng4 8. Bd3 Ne3 9. Bxe3 fxe3 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nb5 Bf4 13. Qc2 g6 14. Be4 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Bh6 16. d6 c6 17. Nc7 Qxd6 18. Nxa8 Nd7 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. d5 f5 21. Bd3 Ne5 22. Rff1 Ng4 23. g3 Qc5 24. Qe2 Nf2 25. Kg2 f4 26. Rxf2 exf2 27. Qxf2 f3+ 28. Kf1 Be3 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. a3 cxd5 31. cxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Qc7+ Rd7 34. Qc3+ Kh6 35. Qc2 Rd6 36. Qc8 Kg7 37. Qe8 Bc5 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hussain, Hashem"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. f4 exf4 5. exf4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qd8 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. d3 d4 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Ndc4 Qe6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Qf2 Nd5 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Ng6 Qf7 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxa7 Nd5 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qd5 24. Bc5 Bh3 25. d4 Re8 26. c4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qf5 28. Qe2 h5 29. a3 h4 30. Qe4 Qg4 31. Kf2 Qd7 32. Qg6 Bf5 33. Qh5 Be6 34. Qxh4 Rxa3 35. Bxa3 Qxd4+ 36. Re3 Qd2+ 37. Re2 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. f5 Qxh4 40. fxe6+ Ke8 41. gxh4 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Al Aazmy, Mohammed Fahad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nb5 Nc5 9. Nbxd4 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c3 Nb8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxb4 17. Ng5 g6 18. Be3 Bc3 19. Rad1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe7 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Bc5 Qe8 23. Bd6 Nc6 24. Rf3 h5 25. Rh3 Ne7 26. g4 hxg4 27. Rh7 Qb5 28. Bxe7 Rd2 29. Rxf7 Qb6+ 30. Bc5 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxc5+ 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Black "Aljadi, Hussain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[BlackElo "1322"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 0-0 8. Qxe4 Re8 9. Ne5 f6 10. Bd3 g6 11. Qc4 Bd6 12. 0-0 fxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. d6+ Kh8 16. dxc7 Bxc7 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 20. Qc5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bf5 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxe8+ Kxe8 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Rd4+ Kc7 31. Rc1+ Kb6 32. Rb4+ Ka6 33. Rc3 b6 34. Rc7 Bxd3 35. Ra4+ Kb5 36. Raxa7 Rf8 37. Rf7 Rc8 38. Rac7 Ra8 39. a3 Re8 40. Rfe7 Rf8 41. h3 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 43. Rcd7 Bf5 44. Rd2 Kc4 45. Rc7+ Kb3 46. Rb7 Ka2 47. Rxb6 Rc1 48. g4 Bb1 49. Rf6 Rc4 50. Rf1 Be4 51. Rf4 Bd3 52. Rxc4 Bxc4 53. Kg3 Kb3 54. Kf4 1-0

[Event "KUW-ch"]
[Site "Kuwait"]
[Date "2022.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al Ayoubi, Ahmad JO"]
[Black "Khalaf, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KUW"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 e6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bf4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb5 0-0 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qf3 a6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd3 c4 17. Bf1 b5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Rab1 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nf5 21. h3 Qd7 22. Re5 Rad8 23. g4 Ne7 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qe3 Nxe5 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Bg2 Qd6 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qh4 Qe5 30. Nd1 d4 31. Nb2 d3 32. cxd3 cxd3 33. a3 d2 34. Bf3 Qe1+ 35. Rxe1 dxe1Q+ 36. Kg2 Bd5 37. Bxd5+ Rxd5 38. Qg3 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2 41. h4 Rfd8 42. h5 Qxf2+ 43. Qxf2 Rd2 44. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. Kf4 Rxa3 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. Ke4 Ra4 49. Kd5 Rxb4 50. Ke6 Kg7 0-1

