[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "McFadden, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. e5 Bxf3 10. exf6 Bxd1 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. Rxd1 Rxg7 13. g3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. c5 Rg5 16. f4 Rh5 17. Be2 Rf5 18. Bg4 Rf6 19. Kf2 Nc4 20. Rhd1 c6 21. Be2 d5 22. Kg1 Rg6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rxb6 Kd7 26. Rb7+ Ke8 27. Rc7 Ra5 28. a3 Rxa3 29. Rxc6 Ra4 30. d5 exd5 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Rxd5 Ra3 33. Re5+ Kf7 34. Re3 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Re2 Ra3 37. Rc2 Kf6 38. Kf3 g5 39. fxg5+ hxg5 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Kg6 42. Kg4 Kh6 43. h5 Rb3 44. Kf4 Kxh5 45. Ke4 Ra3 46. Kd4 Ra4 47. Rb2 Kg6 48. Rb4 Rxb4 49. cxb4 Kf7 50. Kxc4 Ke7 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. Kb6 Kc8 53. Ka7 Kc7 54. b5 Kc8 55. b6 Kd7 56. b7 Ke6 57. b8Q Kd7 58. Qb6 Ke8 59. Qc7 Kf8 60. Kb6 Ke8 61. Qg7 Kd8 62. Qf7 Kc8 63. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Hugason, Vakur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Be7 5. Nd2 0-0 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. e4 Qc8 13. e5 c4 14. Be2 Nd5 15. Bxc4 Nc7 16. Bd3 a6 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nh4 Nb5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hisir, Onur"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1435"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 Ng6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qg5 14. Rf2 Qg4 15. Raf1 Qg5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Qd2 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. c4 Qb7 22. Rd1 Qa8 23. Qa5 c5 24. Nd2 Bg4 25. Rdf1 Nh4 26. h3 Bd7 27. Qc3 a5 28. a4 Bc6 29. Qd3 Qb7 30. c3 Qa6 31. Bc2 Qa8 32. g3 Ng6 33. h4 Qb7 34. h5 Ne7 35. Ra1 Qd7 36. Kh2 Qg4 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 f5 39. Rd1 fxe4 40. Nxe4 Bxe4 41. Bxe4 Nf5 42. g4 Ne7 43. Kg2 Nc8 44. Red2 Nb6 45. Bc6 Kh8 46. Bb5 Rf6 47. Kg3 Kg8 48. Bc6 Kf8 49. Bb5 Ke7 50. g5 hxg5 51. Kg4 g6 52. h6 Rh8 53. Kxg5 Rf5+ 54. Kg4 Rxh6 55. Rxd6 Rhh5 56. Rxg6 Kf7 57. e4 Kxg6 58. Be8+ Kg7 59. exf5 Rh2 60. Bb5 Rc2 61. f6+ Kxf6 62. Rd6+ Ke7 63. Rxb6 Rxc3 64. Ra6 e4 65. Rxa5 e3 66. Kf3 e2+ 67. Kxe2 Rc2+ 68. Kd3 Rh2 69. Ra7+ Kd8 70. a5 Rh3+ 71. Ke4 Rh4+ 72. Kf5 Rh5+ 73. Kg4 Rh6 74. a6 Rb6 75. Rd7+ Kc8 76. a7 Rg6+ 77. Kf5 Rf6+ 78. Ke5 Re6+ 79. Kd5 Re5+ 80. Kc6 Re6+ 81. Rd6 Rxd6+ 82. Kxd6 Kb7 83. Kxc5 Ka8 84. Kd6 Kb7 85. c5 Ka8 86. Bd7 Kb7 87. c6+ Kxa7 88. c7 Ka8 89. c8Q+ Ka7 90. Bc6 Kb6 91. Qb7+ Ka5 92. Qb5# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andhurthi, Sreeyan"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1684"]
[BlackElo "1435"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Qa4 0-0 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. 0-0 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. h3 g5 18. Qd3 g4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 gxh3 21. gxh3 Nh5 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Re1 Nf6 25. g4 g5 26. Re5 h6 27. Nb3 b6 28. a4 a5 29. Nd2 Kf7 30. Kf3 Rf8 31. Re1 Ke7 32. Ke3 Rh8 33. Nf3 Kd6 34. Ne5 Rb8 35. Rf1 Nd7 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 37. Rf7+ Kd6 38. Rh7 b5 39. Kd3 bxa4 40. Kc2 Rf8 41. Rxh6 Rf2+ 42. Kb1 Rf7 43. Rg6 Rh7 44. Ka2 Rxh3 45. Rxg5 Rh1 46. Rg8 Rg1 47. g5 Ke7 48. Ra8 Rxg5 49. Rxa5 Kd6 50. Ra6+ Kd7 51. Rxa4 e5 52. dxe5 Rxe5 53. Ra5 Kc6 54. c4 Kd6 55. Rxd5+ Rxd5 56. cxd5 Kxd5 57. Kb3 Kc5 58. Ka4 Kb6 59. Kb4 Kb7 60. Kb5 Kb8 61. Kb6 Ka8 62. b4 Kb8 63. b5 Ka8 64. Kc7 Ka7 65. b6+ Ka8 66. b7+ Ka7 67. b8Q+ Ka6 68. Qb4 Ka7 69. Qa5# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Bf5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Ngf3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. h3 Na5 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Nb7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Bh4 f6 19. Ng4 f5 20. Nge5 f4 21. Rfe1 h6 22. Ng6 Rfe8 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rac8 25. Nfe5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc5 27. Qxf4 Qf7 28. Qg3 Kh7 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Nd3 g5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Qd3+ Qf5 33. Qxf5+ exf5 34. Bg3 f4 35. Bh2 Rxe5 36. Rd1 Re2 37. Rd7+ Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. g3 fxg3 40. Bxg3 Rxb2 41. a3 Rb3 42. Bd6 a5 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. f4 Rxc3 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Ke2 Rxh3 47. Kd2 a4 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Bb4 Kd5 50. Kf2 Kc4 51. Kg2 Rb3 52. Be7 b4 53. axb4 a3 54. Bxg5 a2 55. Bf6 Rc3 56. b5 a1Q 57. b6 Qb2+ 58. Kh1 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1435"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 h5 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. 0-0-0 Bxa2 13. Rdg1 Be6 14. g4 hxg4 15. fxg4 Bd5 16. g5 Bxh1 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Nf4 Qe3+ 20. Qd2 Qxg1+ 21. Kc2 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Haarde Vignisson, Hafthor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nb4 6. d6 Qxd6 7. Nxf7 Qc6 8. Nxe5 Qe4+ 9. Qe2 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Nxa1 12. Kd1 Bf5 13. d3 0-0-0 14. Nf7 Rg8 15. Nxd8 Kxd8 16. Bxg8 Bxd3 17. Nc3 Nxg8 18. Bg5+ Kc8 19. Kd2 Bf5 20. Rxa1 h6 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. fxe3 c5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxc5+ Nc7 27. Rxf5 b5 28. Rf8+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Kc8 30. Rxg7 a5 31. Rh7 Kb7 32. Rxh6 b4 33. Rh7 a4 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. h4 Ke7 37. h5 Kf7 38. g4 Kf6 39. h6 Kg6 40. g5 Kh7 41. e4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.06.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rountree, Dawson"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1435"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nd7 8. Qe2 h6 9. 0-0-0 Ngf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. c4 Nb4 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Qe3 b5 14. a3 Na6 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qb3 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Bc2 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Ba4+ Bd7 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rc1 Nxa3+ 25. Ka2 Nb5 26. Rhd1 Rhc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Kb3 Nxd4+ 30. Ka4 Rb8 31. b3 Nc5+ 32. Ka3 Ndxb3 33. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 34. Ka2 Rd3 35. Rxd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Schools U09"]
[Site "Limerick"]
[Date "2024.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Peray, Ata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2024.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nd2 Bb7 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. c3 d6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. Rfe1 c5 13. Qd1 d5 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf6 18. Nf3 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 f6 20. Ng4 Qd6 21. Qf3 Rcd8 22. Rad1 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. c4 Qc6 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5+ Bxd5 28. b3 c4 29. Rd1 Bf7 30. Rb1 cxb3 31. axb3 a5 32. b4 a4 33. Ra1 b5 34. e4 h5 35. Ne3 Be6 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Rb1 Rxe4 39. f3 Bc4+ 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Nf5 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Bd3 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Rc1 Kxe7 45. Rc7+ Kd6 46. Rxg7 Rb2 47. Rg8 Kd5 48. Rd8+ Kc4 49. Kh4 Rxb4 50. Kxh5 a3 51. Ra8 Ra4 52. Rc8+ Kb3 53. Rd8 a2 54. Rxd3+ Kc2 55. Rd8 a1Q 56. Rc8+ Kb3 57. g4 Ra6 58. Rh8 e4 59. Rf8 Qg7 60. Rf6 Rxf6 61. g5 Rxf3 62. Kg4 Qd7+ 63. Kh4 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "Wch U08 blitz"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Lobacz, Cezary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1083"]
[BlackElo "1217"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qd7 8. Ngf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bxg3 10. fxg3 Ng4 11. Nh4 Nxe3 12. Qe1 Nxf1 13. Qxf1 Bg6 14. Ndf3 Ne7 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng6 18. Rf1 Nxh4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Ne5 b6 23. Re1 f5 24. Nc4 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. g4 Rad8 27. g5 Rd3 28. Kg2 h6 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Rg1 Kh7 31. Kf2 Rf3+ 32. Ke2 Rg8 33. Rd1 Rg2+ 34. Ke1 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Rf2 37. a4 f4 38. Ke1 Rxh2 39. a5 e3 40. a6 e2 41. Kd2 f3 42. Ne3 Rh1 43. Nc2 f2 44. Kxe2 f1B+ 45. Kd2 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Rxc2 47. Ke4 Bxa6 0-1

[Event "Wch U08 blitz"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Goyal, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1083"]
[BlackElo "1283"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Indien"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c3 0-0 5. Nd2 d6 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nf6 9. Ngf3 Re8 10. 0-0 e5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc2 Bg7 14. h3 Nc6 15. Re1 Be6 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. e4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 b6 21. Red1 a5 22. a4 Kh7 23. Kh1 g5 24. Nh2 Kg6 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 f5 30. exf5+ Nxf5 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Kf5 33. Kg1 Ke4 34. Kf2 c5 35. g4 h4 36. Ke2 Kd5 37. Nd2 e4 38. c4+ Ke5 39. b3 Bf8 40. Nb1 Bd6 41. Kd2 Bc7 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U08 blitz"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vardanyan, Armen Art"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[BlackElo "1083"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bd7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bb4 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. dxc6 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bxc6 13. Rxb2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxb7 Rec8 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Bxa8 Qd8 19. Be4 Qd6 20. Qa4 Qd8 21. g3 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Rb1 f5 24. Bc6 Rc7 25. Rb8+ Kf7 26. Rb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 a5 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. Kf3 g5 30. h4 g4+ 31. Kf4 a4 32. a3 h5 33. Bc6 Ke7 34. Bxa4 Kd6 35. Be8 Kc7 36. Bxh5 Kb6 37. Ke5 Ka5 38. Kxe6 Ka4 39. d5 Kxa3 40. d6 Kb4 1-0

[Event "Wch U08 rapid"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2023.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakhaia, Andria"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 d6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Qb5+ c6 13. Qxb4 c5 14. Qxb7 Qb6 15. Qxa8+ Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bxf6+ gxf6 18. Kd2 Re8 19. Rhe1 Kc7 20. Bb5 Rb8 21. Re7+ Kb6 22. Bc6 Ka6 23. a4 Kb6 24. c4 Ka6 25. Bb5+ Kb6 26. a5# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hychkevych, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "1251"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lvov"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Qc6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Qb2 0-0 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. g3 Bd5 14. Bg2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qf6 16. 0-0 Rab8 17. Bg2 c6 18. e4 Qe7 19. f4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Qb3 Nc8 23. e5 Qb6 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. c4 Ng6 26. Kh1 Rbd8 27. e6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxg6 Rxd4 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Be4+ Rxe4 32. Qxe4+ Kg8 33. c5 Qc7 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Qa5 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Akkara, Omer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a3 0-0 13. c3 e4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rad8 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Qd2 d3 19. Qxd3 Kh8 20. Rab1 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Rd5 22. Rfd1 Rg5 23. Qh3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxe2 25. Re1 Qf2 26. Rg1 Nd4 27. Qe3 Rxg2 28. Qxf2 Rgxf2 29. Rg2 Rf1+ 30. Rg1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rf2 32. b4 Nf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Chunikhin, Miron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. d3 h6 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Nc3 Re8 12. 0-0 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bc7 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 f5 18. Bxa5 Bxa5 19. Qxd6 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rac8 21. Bxc6 Bc7 22. Qa3 e4 23. Rfe1 Red8 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Rxe4 Kh7 26. g3 Rd2 27. Re7 Bb6 28. Be4+ Kh8 29. Qf7 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. c3 Rf2+ 32. Qxf2 Bxf2 33. Kxf2 Rf8+ 34. Ke3 g5 35. Rxa7 h5 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 Kg7 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. b4 g4 40. h4 Kh6 41. b5 Kh7 42. b6 Kh6 43. b7 Kg7 44. b8Q Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Codru, Raul Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1344"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Iasi Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. d3 a6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. h3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Ne2 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Rab1 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bxa3 22. f3 Rc8 23. h4 Rc2 24. Rb3 Rxa2 25. Rc3 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 Ra1+ 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 h5 29. Nb3 b4 30. Nxc5 dxc5 31. Ke1 a5 32. Kd1 a4 33. Kc1 Ba6 34. g3 a3 35. Kb1 b3 36. Ka1 c4 37. Kb1 c3 38. Kc1 Bd3 39. e5 a2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovac, Faust"]
[Black "Mohonea, Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Galati CSM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Be2 Qc7 4. Nc3 a6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Kb1 Qb6 11. a3 a5 12. Na2 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. c3 b3 15. Nc1 0-0 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxb3 Qxb3 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Be2 Rb7 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Bf3 Bc4 25. dxc4 Ra1+ 26. Kxa1 Ra7+ 27. Kb1 Qa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Misios, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Thessaloniki"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qd2 Kg7 12. 0-0 Kh7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Rg8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Qf4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 d5 20. Bxf6 Qd6 21. Be5 Qd7 22. Bc3 Qd6 23. Qh4 Qd8 24. f6 d4 25. Bd2 Rg6 26. Re5 Bd6 27. Rh5 Qxf6 28. Qe4 Kg7 29. Rf5 Qe6 30. Qxd4+ f6 31. Rf3 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Kf7 35. Rxc6 f5 36. Rxg6 Kxg6 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Ke2 Ke5 39. Ke3 h5 40. f4+ Ke6 41. Kd4 c6 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. Kb6 Kd6 44. Kxa6 c5 45. Kb5 Kd5 46. a4 h4 47. a5 Kd6 48. a6 Kc7 49. Kxc5 Kb8 50. b4 Ka8 51. b5 Kb8 52. b6 Ka8 53. b7+ Kb8 54. Kc6 Ka7 55. Kc7 Kxa6 56. b8Q Ka5 57. Qb3 Ka6 58. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paterakis, Panagiotis Emm"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1070"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ioannina"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 0-0 11. f3 Nc5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Rd1 h6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Be2 Re8 17. e4 Be6 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. c4 c6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. 0-0 f6 22. Bc4 fxe5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qxc5 Kh7 29. Rc1 Qd2 30. Qc2+ Qxc2 31. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Cities&Town U18 op"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stavrou, Christoforos"]
[Black "Kovac, Faust"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2023.01.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nicosia"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Ba4 h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. h3 Bh5 12. d3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 e4 14. dxe4 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nxe4 16. Be3 Nxc3+ 17. Ke1 Nxa4 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Ke2 Bxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nxe3 21. Kxe3 0-0 22. Rhg1 Rfe8+ 23. Kd2 Rad8+ 24. Kc1 Rd7 25. Rg4 Nb6 26. a4 Re1+ 27. Kb2 Rxa1 28. Kxa1 Rd2 29. a5 Nd5 30. Rc4 Rxf2 31. Rxc6 Rxf3 32. Ra6 Rxh3 33. Rxa7 Nf6 34. a6 Ra3+ 35. Kb2 Ra5 36. Kb3 Nd7 37. Kb4 Ra1 38. Kb5 Nb8 39. Ra8 Rb1+ 40. Ka5 Kh7 41. a7 Nc6+ 42. Ka6 Nxa7 43. Rxa7 Ra1+ 44. Kb6 Rxa7 45. Kxa7 Kg6 46. c4 Kf6 47. Kb6 Ke7 48. Kc7 f5 49. c5 f4 50. c6 f3 51. Kb7 f2 52. c7 f1Q 53. c8Q Qb5+ 54. Ka7 Qa5+ 55. Kb7 Qb4+ 56. Ka7 Qd4+ 57. Kb7 Qd7+ 58. Qxd7+ Kxd7 59. Kb6 g5 60. Kc5 g4 61. Kd4 h5 62. Ke3 Ke6 63. Kf2 Kf5 64. Kg3 Kg5 65. Kf2 Kf4 66. Kg2 h4 67. Kh2 g3+ 68. Kh3 Kf3 69. Kxh4 g2 70. Kh3 g1Q 71. Kh4 Qg4# 0-1

