[Event "Space Coast op 30th"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2025.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB19_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Be7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Nd4 Ndxe5 17. fxe5 0-0 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ngf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Kd2 Qb8 22. Be2 Bd7 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. Nf4 Qe8 26. h5 Kg8 27. Bg4 Bd7 28. Qa2 Bc8 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Nd3 Bh4 31. Re2 Bd7 32. h6 Rf1 33. hxg7+ Kg8 34. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Space Coast op 30th"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2025.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2025.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB19_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg6 9. 0-0 Qxc2 10. Bc4 Qf5 11. Re1 e6 12. d4 Be7 13. Qg3 Qg6 14. Qh3 Nd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h5 17. Bd2 h4 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Qe3 h3 21. g3 c5 22. Be2 Qf5 23. Bd3 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Space Coast op 30th"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2025.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2025.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB19_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. d3 Ne7 6. Bd2 f5 7. exf5 Nxf5 8. Ne4 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 0-0 10. Be2 c5 11. Ng3 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. f3 Nc6 14. 0-0-0 d5 15. Qe3 Rae8 16. Bf1 Ba6 17. Kb1 dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne2 Nb4 21. Nc3 Nd5 22. Qd3 Nxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rd8 25. Kc2 Kf7 26. Rde1 Rd6 27. Re2 Rfd8 28. Rhe1 R8d7 29. a4 c4 30. Rb1 Rd5 31. Rb4 Rc7 32. Re4 Rdc5 33. Kd2 R7c6 34. Ke3 a6 35. f4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rd4 Ke7 38. Rb2 Ra6 39. Rbd2 Rc7 40. Rb2 Ra3 41. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Rd2 Rc1 44. Rd1 Rc3 45. Rdb1 Kf6 46. Rb7 Rc5 47. R1b2 Rh5 48. h3 Rf5 49. Rc7 Rxf4 50. Rbb7 g5 51. Rxh7 Rg3 52. Rhf7+ Ke5 53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Kf2 Rb3 55. Rc7 Kd4 56. h4 e5 57. h5 e4 58. Rd7+ Kc3 59. h6 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 Rb6 61. Rf7 Rxh6 62. Rxf4 Kd3 63. Rf8 Rh1+ 64. Kf2 e3+ 65. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Diulger, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Be3 d5 6. e5 h5 7. Qd2 Nh6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Nh4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. 0-0-0 Nd7 12. g3 b5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. b3 e6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Ne2 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nc1 h4 19. Nd3 h3 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Bd2 0-0 22. Bb4 Re8 23. Nf2 Nd7 24. Nxh3 Nf6 25. Nf2 axb3 26. cxb3 Ra6 27. h4 Qe6 28. Rd2 Nh5 29. Qf3 Bh6 30. Nd3 Qc8 31. Bd6 Qd8 32. Nb4 Rb6 33. Rc2 Nf6 34. Bc5 Ne4 35. Bxb6 Qxb6 36. Qe3 Bf8 37. Nd3 Nf6 38. Nf2 Re6 39. h5 Nxh5 40. g4 Ng7 41. Qh3 f6 42. exf6 Qxd4 43. Nd3 Qxf6 44. Ne5 Rxe5 45. fxe5 Qxe5 46. gxf5 Nh5 47. fxg6 Bg7 48. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. h4 h6 10. h5 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. gxf4 d5 13. Nf3 d4 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. 0-0-0 Qe7 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Bh3 Rg8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne3 20. Rg3 Bd7 21. Rxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc6 23. Bg2 b6 24. Rf1 Qh4 25. Rh1 Qe7 26. Rf1 Qh4 27. Bf3 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Raf8 29. Rh1 Qg4 30. Kc2 Rd8 31. Rg1 Qh4 32. Rh1 Qg5 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34. h6 Bf8 35. h7 Rg7 36. Rg1 Be7 37. Rg4 Rxh7 38. Bxh7 Kxh7 39. Rg1 Kg6 40. Rh1 g4 41. Kd2 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[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 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. 0-0-0 Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. c4 Rc8 14. Nc3 a6 15. c5 Bc7 16. Be4 Bg4 17. d5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxe4 19. dxc6 Qe7 20. cxb7 Re8 21. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rd8 Rb4 24. Rc8 Rxb7 25. c6 Rb8 26. Rxc7 Ne6 27. Ra7 f5 28. Rxa6 f4 29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Ba5 Nc5 31. Rb6 g5 32. c7 Nd7 33. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bg5 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. a3 c4 14. f4 g6 15. Nf3 h5 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Qc2 Nb3 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Nb6 20. g3 Qd7 21. h3 Qa4 22. Qf2 Nc8 23. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Myers, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 0-0-0 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Ne3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Be3 Rhf8 14. Ke2 Bf6 15. c3 Be7 16. a4 g5 17. b4 b6 18. a5 b5 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nb3 Kb7 21. Nd4 Rde8 22. Nf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Ng7 24. Rad1 Nxf5 25. Rd3 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Re1 Bd6 28. h3 Nh4 29. Rb1 Ng6 30. Rd4 Kc8 31. Re4 Rf8 32. c4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rf5 34. Rb6 Kd7 35. Rxa6 Rb5 36. Ra8 Rb2+ 37. Kd1 Ra2 38. a6 Ne5 39. Rc2 Ra1+ 40. Rc1 Ra2 41. a7 c5 42. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Ba3 Qe8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Bb2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd7 24. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Kolay, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 Qe7 7. h3 Nf6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 c5 11. 0-0-0 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. f4 0-0-0 14. Nc4 exf4 15. Qxf4 Qe6 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Rhf1 Ne5 18. Nf5 g6 19. Ne3 b5 20. Kb1 Rd6 21. Qf2 f6 22. Ned5 Nd7 23. a3 Rf8 24. Qg3 Qe8 25. Qxg6 Qxg6 26. Ne7+ Kd8 27. Nxg6 Rg8 28. Nf4 Rg3 29. Rd2 b4 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Ncd5 a5 32. Nh5 Rg6 33. g4 Bxd5 34. exd5 Rg5 35. Nf4 Re5 36. c4 bxc3 37. bxc3 c6 38. c4 cxd5 39. Nxd5 Nb6 40. Nxb6 Rxb6+ 41. Kc2 Re3 42. Rf5 Rxh3 43. Rxa5 Rg3 44. Rd5+ Kc7 45. Rd4 Ra6 46. Kc3 Rh3 47. Rf4 Rg3 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. c5 Re6+ 51. Kd5 Re5+ 52. Kc6 Rg5 53. d4 R3xg4 54. Rxg4 Rxg4 55. d5 Kd8 56. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Nh2 Be6 11. 0-0-0 Qc8 12. Rhf1 Qa6 13. a3 0-0-0 14. Ne2 f5 15. f3 c4 16. Qc3 c5 17. Kb1 Nc6 18. Nc1 Nd4 19. Qe1 cxd3 20. cxd3 Rd7 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Qg3 g5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rfe1 Rhd8 25. Ng4 Bxd3+ 26. Nxd3 Rxd3 27. Nf2 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Qc4+ 31. Kb1 Qf4 32. Qe1 Qd4 33. Qe2 Kb7 34. Ne3 Bf8 35. Ng4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baker, Vincent J"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 0-0 8. Bg5 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bb6 10. Qd3 f6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 d5 13. Rd1 c6 14. Ba4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bb3 Qa5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Qd4 Rfe8 20. b4 Qa4 21. Nd2 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Nc5 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd5 exd5 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. exd5+ Ne5 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qe3 Ncd7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qe4 Bh5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. a4 b4 20. Nxb4 Qb7 21. Nd3 0-0 22. Qg2 f5 23. gxf6 Rxf6 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Rf1 Raf8 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qh3 Bf3 28. Qe6 Qb8 29. Kd2 Nf8 30. Qh3 e4 31. Nc5 Qb4 32. Nxa6 Qc4 33. Qf1 Qc8 34. b3 Bxh2 35. Nc5 Bd6 36. Qc4 Qg4 37. N3xe4 Be5 38. Rf1 h5 39. Ng5 Rf4 40. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 41. Kc3 Bxg5 42. d6+ Qxc4+ 43. bxc4 Bf6+ 44. Kd3 Bc6 45. a5 h4 46. Ne4 Be5 47. Rh1 Ng6 48. a6 Nf4+ 49. Ke3 g5 50. a7 Ne6 51. Nxg5 Nxg5 52. Rxh4 Bxd6 53. Rg4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Xia, Brandon Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bg2 c6 7. h3 cxd5 8. Nxd5 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Ne2 0-0 11. 0-0 Bg7 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. c4 a6 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Bb2 b5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd2 e5 21. f4 f6 22. h4 h6 23. Kh2 Nd4 24. Rbc1 Qa7 25. Qf2 Qb7 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Rfd1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rd1 a5 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Nf5+ Kh7 33. Nxd6 Qc7 34. Nxb5 Qc5 35. Qe2 Qc2 36. Qxh5 d3 37. Nd4 Qc7 38. e5 d2 39. Be4+ Kg8 40. exf6 Qd7 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qxh6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Easton, Jack R"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nc1 c5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. g4 Ne8 13. Qd2 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Rg1 Ng7 17. Nd3 f4 18. h4 Kh8 19. Qh2 Nh5 20. Bh3 Ng3 21. Ne2 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxg3 fxg3 24. Rxg3 Qe3+ 25. Qe2 Qd4 26. Rc1 Bxh3 27. Rxh3 cxb4 28. axb4 a5 29. Kd2 Rf7 30. Qe3 axb4 31. Qxd4 exd4 32. Nxb4 Nc5 33. Rc2 Ra3 34. Ra2 Nxe4+ 35. Kc1 Raxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Re2 Nc5 38. Kd1 d3 39. Rg2 Ne4 40. Rg1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Bh2 Re8 10. Qc2 e5 11. Nc3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Rad1 a6 14. b4 Qe7 15. Nb3 Rad8 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. cxb5 Ne7 21. e4 Nc8 22. f3 c5 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bd5 Ne7 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Nxc6 28. Bxd6 b4 29. Bc5 Bc3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Nd4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Kf1 Be5 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Rc5 Kf6 36. Rc4 Ra8 37. Rc2 Bc3 38. Nc1 Ke5 39. Ke3 Bd4+ 40. Kd3 Ra3+ 41. Kc4 Bg1 42. Nd3+ Ke6 43. Nxb4 f5 44. Nd3 fxe4 45. Nf4+ Ke5 46. Ne2 Be3 47. f4+ Ke6 48. Rc3 Rxc3+ 49. Kxc3 Kd5 50. a4 Bf2 51. g4 Be1+ 52. Kc2 Ba5 53. Kd1 Kc4 54. Ng3 Kd3 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Bc3 57. Ne2 Ba5 58. f6 Kc4 59. f7 Bb4 60. Nf4 Bd6 61. Ne6 Kb4 62. f8Q Bxf8 63. Nxf8 h6 64. Ke2 Kxa4 65. Ke3 Kb5 66. Kxe4 Kc6 67. Ke5 Kc7 68. h4 Kd8 69. Kf6 Ke8 70. Ng6 h5 71. Ke6 Kd8 72. Kf7 Kd7 73. Nf4 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Baradaran, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 0-0 7. g4 Bc5 8. h3 d5 9. g5 dxe4 10. gxf6 exf3 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne4 Bd6 13. Qxf3 g6 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Qxh6 Bf8 16. Qh4 Bd6 17. Bh6 Bf5 18. Bg7 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Zhu, Neo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. e5 Ng6 9. Qe4 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Na3 Ba6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Qd4 16. Nf3 Qg4 17. g3 0-0 18. Be3 Rab8 19. b3 Bf6 20. Rb1 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Bb4 22. Ng5 Rfd8 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Ke2 e5 25. Rbd1 Nf8 26. Ne4 Ne6 27. c3 Ba5 28. Rc1 Bb6 29. Rhd1 a5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 f5 33. Ng5 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 Kf7 35. Be3 Ke6 36. Kc2 g6 37. Kb2 f4 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Bxf4 Kf5 40. Bg3 Ke4 41. Kc2 Kf3 42. Kd2 Bd8 43. a3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Kondakov, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 Bc5 9. Ng3 Re8 10. h3 Bb6 11. Re1 h6 12. b3 Ba5 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nh2 Kh7 16. f4 Qe7 17. Rf1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rae1 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Be6 23. Ne4 Qb4 24. Qf2 Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Nf3 Nb4 27. Nxd4 Nxa2 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. c3 Rb8 30. Ra1 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Rxb3 32. Rc1 c5 33. Kg1 Kg6 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Ne2 Rb5 36. Rc2 a5 37. Nc3 Rb4 38. Ke3 c4 39. d4 a4 40. Ke4 a3 41. Ke5 Kf7 42. Kd6 Rb6+ 43. Kc5 Rb8 44. Kxc4 Kg6 45. Re2 Kf5 46. g4+ Kf6 47. Ne4+ Kf7 48. Nc5 Rb2 49. Rxe6 Rc2+ 50. Kd5 Rh2 51. Ra6 Rxh3 52. Kc6 Rg3 53. d5 Rxg4 54. d6 Rd4 55. Rxa3 g5 56. Rd3 Rxd6+ 57. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Be2 Bb8 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. Nbd4 Re8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. g3 Bd7 19. Bg4 g6 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nf3 c5 22. Ba1 Qb7 23. Qe2 d4 24. Qb2 Nf6 25. Nd2 Be5 26. Nc4 Ng4 27. Qe2 h5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Qd1 Ne4 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. exd4 Rd5 32. Qe2 Ng5 33. f4 Ne6 34. dxc5 Rcd8 35. Rcd1 Qb4 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qc4 Qxc4 38. bxc4 Rxc5 39. Rb1 g5 40. fxg5 Nxg5 41. Rb5 Ne6 42. Rxc5 Nxc5 43. Bd4 Ne4 44. Bxa7 Nxg3 45. c5 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nd4 47. Ke3 Nc6 48. Bb6 Kf8 49. a4 Ke7 50. a5 Nb8 51. c6 Na6 52. Kf4 Kd6 53. c7 Kd7 54. Kg5 Nb4 55. Kxh5 Nd5 56. Kg5 f6+ 57. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Lorne, Ras Malaku"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Nxe5 6. d4 Qf6+ 7. Ke1 Ng6 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Rf1 f6 12. Kf2 c6 13. Rae1 0-0-0 14. Kg1 Kb8 15. b4 Qe8 16. a4 N8e7 17. b5 Nc8 18. Rb1 c5 19. a5 Be6 20. Be2 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Ra6 Rb7 24. Rfa1 Qe7 25. Ra8+ Kc7 26. Bg4 Bf7 27. e5 cxd4 28. e6 Bxe6 29. Qxd4 Bf7 30. Bf3 Qe5 31. Bxb7 Qxd4 32. Bxd4 Kxb7 33. R8a6 Bc4 34. R6a4 d5 35. Re1 Rd8 36. g3 Nd6 37. Ra6 Nc8 38. Re6 Nf8 39. Re3 Bxb5 40. Ra1 Bc4 41. Na4 Kc6 42. Rae1 Nd7 43. Re6+ Nd6 44. Rb1 b5 45. Nb2 Re8 46. Rxe8 Nxe8 47. Nd3 Bxd3 48. cxd3 Ne5 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. Kf2 Nd6 51. Ke2 d4 52. Kd2 Kd5 53. Rc1 e4 54. Rc7 e3+ 55. Kc2 Nf5 56. g4 Nh4 57. Rxg7 Nf3 58. Kd1 b4 59. Rb7 Nxh2 60. g5 Ke5 61. Rxh7 Ng4 62. Rb7 Nf2+ 63. Ke2 Nh3 64. Rb5+ Ke6 65. Rxb4 Nf4+ 66. Kf3 e2 67. Rb1 Nxd3 68. Kxe2 Ne5 69. Rf1 Ke7 70. Rf4 Ng6 71. Rxd4 Ke6 72. Kf3 Kf5 73. Rd5+ Ne5+ 74. Rxe5+ Kxe5 75. Kg4 Ke6 76. Kh5 Kf7 77. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Jason"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Rc1 c4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bf5 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxc4 Bd5 18. Rg4 Be6 19. Re4 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxa2 21. Nc5 b5 22. Nb7 a5 23. f4 b4 24. f5 a4 25. e6 a3 26. Ba1 fxe6 27. Rd7 Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Rxb4 exf5 30. Nc5 Bd5 31. Nd3 a2 32. Kf2 Be4 33. Ke1 Nc6 34. Rb3 Bd5 35. Rb5 Ra5 36. Rb7 Ra7 37. Rxa7 Nxa7 38. Nb4 Be6 39. Kd2 Nb5 40. Kc2 Kf7 41. Kb2 Nd4 42. Nxa2 Bxa2 43. Kxa2 Nxe2 44. Kb3 g5 45. Kc4 Ng1 46. Kd5 Nf3 47. h3 h5 48. Be5 Kg6 49. Bc7 h4 50. gxh4 Nxh4 51. Bg3 Nf3 52. Bf2 Kf6 53. Bb6 f4 54. Ke4 Nd2+ 55. Kd3 Nf1 56. h4 gxh4 57. Bd8+ Kf5 58. Bxh4 Kg4 59. Bf2 Kf3 60. Bb6 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Qe3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. h4 g4 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 Be7 15. Nf1 a5 16. Qd3 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Ne3 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Turgut, Aydin"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 e6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bh3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne1 e5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qb6 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nd3 Nf8 17. Qf2 Nbd7 18. Be3 d5 19. exd5 Bb4 20. dxc6 Bxc3 21. cxb7 Rad8 22. bxc3 Qxb7 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ne5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Nxc4 26. Bg2 Qc8 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nxe5 29. Bxa7 Ne6 30. Rd2 Ng4 31. Qg3 Qa6 32. Bd4 Qxa2 33. Qb3 Qa5 34. Qc3 Qb5 35. Qb3 Nxd4 36. Rxd4 Qe5 37. Qc3 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qxh4 39. Qd2 Qg3 40. Kg1 Ne3 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Re8 Nxg2 43. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Bxc2 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Kh4 Bf5 47. Rh8 Bg4 48. Rf8 f6 49. gxf6 gxf6 50. Ra8 Kf5 51. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adamson, Robby"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. h3 b5 11. a3 Re8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bf6 18. g4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6 20. e5 Be6 21. Qf2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 Bd5+ 23. Kg1 Nd7 24. a4 a6 25. Re2 Nc5 26. a5 Ne6 27. Kf2 Rad8 28. Kg3 c5 29. Bg1 g6 30. Ree1 Rd7 31. Rab1 Red8 32. Be3 Bc6 33. Rbc1 Re8 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Rbc1 Bb7 36. Bf1 c4 37. Rcd1 Rcd8 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Be2 Kf8 40. Bf3 Ke7 41. Bxb7 Rxb7 42. Bb6 Rd7 43. Re2 Rd5 44. Ba7 Nd8 45. Kf4 Nc6 46. Bb6 h6 47. Bc7 Kd7 48. Bb6 Ke6 49. Bc7 g5+ 50. Ke4 Nxe5 51. Rf2 Nd7 52. Ke3 Ke7 53. Ke4 Rd1 54. Re2 Nc5+ 55. Kf3+ Ne6 56. Be5 Kd7 57. Ke4 Nc5+ 58. Ke3 Rh1 59. Rf2 Re1+ 60. Kd4 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 a5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Bf8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 a4 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Bf7 17. Rad1 g6 18. Bc1 h6 19. c4 Nb4 20. Qb1 f5 21. Nc3 Nc5 22. Bf1 Bg7 23. Nf3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Nba6 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Bc3 Nd7 28. Qc2 c5 29. Bg2 Nb8 30. g4 Nc6 31. Re2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. gxf5 Qf4 35. fxg6 Bc6 36. Qd2 Qf6 37. Ne1 Qxg6 38. Qe2 h5 39. Kh1 Re8 40. Qf1 Re2 41. Qxe2 Qf5 42. Bxc6 Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 bxc6 44. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balleisen, Aaron S"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. b4 Qd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Be4 19. b5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 b6 21. Rc6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxe2 23. Rd1 Ra2 24. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 25. Rxd5 Rxa3 26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Rcc7 Ra5 28. Rxa7 Rxb5 29. Rab7 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. c4 Bh6 8. Qc3 Qa5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Be2 f5 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Rad1 Nf7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nb6 Ke7 18. Rd2 Kf6 19. a3 e5 20. b4 Be6 21. Ne1 Nd4 22. f4 Ke7 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Rhg8 25. Kh2 Rg7 26. Bh5 Rbg8 27. Bxf7 Rxf7 28. c5 dxc5 29. fxe5 cxb4 30. axb4 Rd8 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rc1 Rd4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Re7 Bb3 36. b5 axb5 37. Rxb7 Re4 38. Nd7 Bc4 39. e6 h5 40. Nf8+ Kf6 41. Nh7+ Kg6 42. e7 Re2 43. Nf8+ Kf7 44. e8Q+ Kxe8 45. Nh7 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Bd5+ 47. Kf2 Bxb7 48. Nf6+ Kf7 49. Nxh5 b4 50. Ke3 b3 51. Kd3 Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kg5 53. Ne6+ Kh4 54. Nd4 Be4+ 55. Kc3 f4 56. Kxb3 Kxh3 57. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. h3 Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. 0-0 Nf7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. a4 Ncd8 14. a5 a6 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Nc4 Nfg5 17. Nxg5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Bd7 21. Nc4 Bc6 22. f3 Bf6 23. Ne3 Rae8 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Red1 h5 26. Bd5 Bc8 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Ke2 Bg5 29. Bc4 Kh6 30. b4 Re7 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Be6 33. a6 c6 34. Bc4 Bxe3 35. Bxe6 Bc5 36. Bb3 b5 37. h4 Ra8 38. Ra2 g5 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. g3 Rea7 41. Rda1 Rg7 42. Rh1 Rga7 43. Rha1 Kf6 44. f4 h4 45. Rf1 hxg3 46. fxe5+ Kg5 47. Rf5+ Kh6 48. Kf3 dxe5 49. Rxe5 Rf8+ 50. Kg2 Bf2 51. Ra1 Kg6 52. Be6 Rd8 53. Bf5+ Kg5 54. Ra2 Kf4 55. Re6 Rh8 56. Bh3 Ke3 57. Ra3 Rah7 58. c4+ Kd4 59. a7 Ra8 60. cxb5 cxb5 61. Rea6 b4 62. Rb3 Be1 63. Rb1 Bc3 64. Bf5 Rhxa7 65. Rxa7 Rxa7 66. Kxg3 Ke3 67. Kg4 Rg7+ 68. Kh5 Re7 69. e5 Rxe5 70. Kg4 Kd2 71. Kf4 Rb5 72. Bd7 Rb8 73. Ba4 Kd3 74. Rd1+ Bd2+ 75. Ke5 b3 76. Bxb3 Rxb3 77. Kd5 Rb5+ 78. Kc6 Rh5 79. Rg1 Be3 80. Rg3 Ke4 81. Rg4+ Bf4 82. Rg1 Rh6+ 83. Kb5 Be3 84. Rg8 Rb6+ 85. Kc4 Bf4 86. Kc5 Rb2 87. Rg4 Rc2+ 88. Kb5 Ke5 89. Rh4 Rc8 90. Rg4 Be3 91. Rh4 Bd4 92. Rh5+ Kd6 93. Rg5 Be5 94. Kb4 Kd5 95. Kb3 Rc3+ 96. Kb4 Rc2 97. Rg8 Rb2+ 98. Ka3 Rb7 99. Rg5 Kd4 100. Ka4 Rb1 101. Ka5 Bc7+ 102. Ka6 Kc4 103. Rg2 Be5 104. Rc2+ Kd5 105. Ra2 Bd4 106. Rg2 Bc5 107. Rg5+ Kc6 108. Ka5 0-1

[Event "Space Coast op 26th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Leyva Rivera, Yunier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.04.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. 0-0 d6 10. Kh1 0-0 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bb6 15. f4 Be6 16. Qa4 f5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rae1 fxe4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Nd5 22. a3 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxf4 25. Kg1 h6 26. Re3 Ng6 27. Nf2 Rf5 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Re3 Ne5 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rf5 32. Rd4 Kf7 33. Ra4 Ra5 34. Rc4 c6 35. Re4 Rb5 36. Re2 Re5 37. Rd2 Ke6 38. Kf2 d5 39. Rd3 Re4 40. Rf3 Re5 41. Rd3 c5 42. Rg3 Kf6 43. Rd3 b5 44. Rd2 b6 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Rd3 Ke5 48. Rd2 d4 49. cxd4+ Rxd4 50. Rc2 b4 51. axb4 Rxb4 52. Rd2 Rd4 53. Rc2 Re4 54. Kf3 Kd5 55. Rd2+ Rd4 56. Rc2 b5 57. Ke3 c4 58. Rf2 Rd3+ 59. Ke2 Kc5 60. Ke1 Kb4 61. Rf5 Ka4 62. Re5 b4 63. Re8 Kb3 64. Rb8 Rd7 65. Rc8 Ra7 66. Kd2 Ra2 67. Kc1 Ra1+ 68. Kd2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Space Coast op 26th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Ngo, Bach"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.04.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 0-0 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. g4 Nb6 9. Ng3 exd4 10. Bxd4 d5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Be3 Nd6 13. b3 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. h3 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Be6 19. h4 Nb5 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21. d4 a5 22. 0-0 Bb4 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. Rfc1 Qb6 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. d5 Bd7 28. Qd4 Qf4 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nh5+ Kh8 31. Nxf4 b4 32. Kf3 Bb5 33. Ke3 b6 34. Kd4 Rfd8 35. e5 Kg8 36. d6 Bc6 37. Rc2 a4 38. Rac1 axb3 39. axb3 Bb7 40. Rxc8 Bxc8 41. Rc4 Be6 42. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Space Coast op 26th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.04.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. a4 Re8 10. Bc4 Bf8 11. Bd2 exd4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Nbxd4 Ne5 14. a5 Qc5 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qh5 17. a6 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Nc5 20. axb7 Bxb7 21. b4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qb3 Be7 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Bc5 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Bg5 27. f4 Bxf4 28. d4 a6 29. Ra3 Bc8 30. Qf3 Qf5 31. Qg4 Qf7 32. Rf3 g5 33. Be7 Qg6 34. h4 h5 35. Qg2 Bd2 36. Re2 Qc2 37. Bxg5 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxe2 39. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Space Coast op 26th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yang, Andy"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.04.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 h6 9. e4 d4 10. Ne2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. h3 Nxg3 13. Nxg3 h5 14. Nd2 h4 15. Nh5 Bd6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. f4 b5 18. Nd2 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Bb7 20. a4 b4 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. Nc4 b3 23. Ra3 bxc2 24. Rb3 Nb4 25. Bxc2 0-0-0 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Rhg8 28. Qxd4 Rxd5 29. Qf2 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Rg5 31. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Space Coast op 26th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "DeCozar, Ulises"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Ne8 10. Bh6 Nc7 11. 0-0-0 Ne6 12. h4 Qc7 13. e5 Nd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h5 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Rh8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Be6 20. Ne4 Rad8 21. Ng5 Bf5 22. Qc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 e6 24. Rd6 Qe7 25. Qd2 h6 26. Rd7 Re8 27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Escobar Forero, Alder"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bf4 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bd3 d5 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 cxd5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. 0-0-0 Nc6 16. h4 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Rde1 Ke7 20. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qc7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bxd6 Re8+ 13. Be2 Qxd6 14. 0-0 Nc5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Nce4 17. f3 Nc5 18. N2b3 Ne6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rfe1 a5 21. a4 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 b6 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Re8 26. Qf2 h6 27. Nd4 Qc5 28. Rd1 Nd7 29. Re1 Re5 30. Qh4 Kh7 31. Kf2 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Ne5 33. Qh5 Qe7 34. Kd1 Nc4 35. b3 Ne3+ 36. Kc1 g6 37. Qh3 a4 38. Kb2 Nd1+ 39. Kc2 Nxc3 40. Nf5 Qg5 41. Kxc3 a3 42. Nd4 Qe3+ 43. Kb4 Qxd4+ 44. Kxa3 Qa1+ 45. Kb4 Qa5# 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Rohan, Ahuja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Bf5 10. c3 Ne5 11. Nbd4 Be4 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Nd2 Bd3 14. Bxd3 Nxd3 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. N2f3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Rd7 20. Nf4 Rcd8 21. Rfe1 Bc7 22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Qb3 a6 24. a3 Kg7 25. Qa2 Qd6 26. g3 Qb6 27. Nb4 Qc5 28. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Panchanatham, Vignesh"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 c6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 a5 10. Nb1 Bd6 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Qc2 Rf6 14. c5 Bc7 15. g3 Rh6 16. Ne1 Qg5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Ndf3 Ndf6 19. Qg2 Ng4 20. Nc2 b6 21. cxb6 Bxb6 22. Ra3 c5 23. Bb5 c4 24. b4 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 axb4 26. Nxb4 Ba5 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Ra3 Bd7 29. Nc2 Qe8 30. Ra2 Bxb5 31. Rab2 Bc7 32. axb5 Nf6 33. b6 Bd6 34. Qd2 Ne4 35. Qa5 Rf6 36. b7 h5 37. Qa6 Rf7 38. Rb6 Rd7 39. Ne5 Bxe5 40. fxe5 Qf7 41. Qa7 Rdd8 42. Nb4 h4 43. Nc6 hxg3 44. Nxd8 gxh2+ 45. Kh1 Qh5 46. Qa2 Qf3+ 47. Qg2 Nf2+ 48. Kxh2 Ng4+ 49. Kh1 Qxe3 50. Rxe6 Rxd8 51. b8Q Rxb8 52. Rxb8+ Kf7 53. Rf6+ gxf6 54. Qxd5+ Kg6 55. Rg8+ Kh6 56. Qg2 c3 57. exf6 Qe1+ 58. Qg1 Qe4+ 59. Qg2 c2 60. Rc8 Qe1+ 61. Qg1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 Qa5 6. 0-0-0 d6 7. Nf3 Be6 8. a3 Rc8 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. e3 Be7 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 0-0 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Nd5 Bf8 15. Be2 f5 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nf4 g6 20. Rhd1 a6 21. h4 h6 22. Nd4 Bc8 23. h5 g5 24. Nd5 Be6 25. Nb6 Rc7 26. f4 gxf4 27. exf4 d5 28. Nf3 Rc5 29. c4 Rd6 30. Nxd5 Kg7 31. Ne3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. g3 Be7 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. Rxb7 Re4 37. Rd7 Re3 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxg3 40. Rd5 Kf6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rxa6 Rf3 43. Rxh6 Rxf4 44. Rc6 Rh4 45. h6 f4 46. Rc4 Ke6 47. a4 Ke5 48. a5 Rxh6 49. Rc1 f3 50. Ka2 f2 51. Ka3 Rf6 52. Rf1 Kd5 53. b4 Kc6 54. Ka4 Rf4 55. Kb3 Kb5 56. Kc3 Rf3+ 57. Kd2 Kxb4 58. a6 Rf6 59. Ke3 Rxa6 60. Rxf2 Re6+ 61. Kd4 Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. h3 0-0 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qd2 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Rxf3 Be6 14. Be3 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rff1 Qxb2 18. Rfb1 Qa3 19. Rxb7 Bd8 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Ba5 22. Qf2 Bb6 23. Rf1 Qxa2 24. Qf5 Rad8 25. c3 Qd5 26. Bg5 c5 27. Bxd8 Qxb7 28. Bxb6 Qxb6 29. d5 c4+ 30. Kh1 Qh6+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 g6 33. Qf6 Qxc3 34. d6 e3 35. d7 Qd4 36. Qe7 e2 37. Re1 Qd1 38. Kh2 Qxe1 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. d8Q+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 Bb4 12. Bg5+ Kf8 13. Kf1 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. g5 Bxc3 17. gxf6 Qxb2 18. Nxg6+ Kg8 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. fxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nf5+ Kg6 22. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Nc3 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Bb4 10. Nf3 e5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Bc4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. Rd1 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 f5 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Nge2 d6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 Be6 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Re7 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Rec7 17. Nfd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rc2 19. Qa3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qxb5 24. Qc8+ Bf8 25. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Space Coast op 25th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Parker, Anthony Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bxc5 Nd7 11. Ba3 Nde5 12. f4 Nc4 13. e5 Nxa3 14. bxa3 Be6 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Rxb7 f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. 0-0 f5 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Bf8 21. Nec3 Nd8 22. Rb1 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bd4 24. Nd5 Rxc2 25. Rb8 Rc1 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. Bf3 Bc5 28. N5c3 Bxa3 29. Rd3 Bb4 30. a4 Bc5 31. Ne2 Ra1 32. Nd4 Bf7 33. Nb3 Bxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxa4 35. Rb7+ Kh6 36. Rd7 Rd4 37. Rxd4 Bxd4 38. Kg2 g5 39. fxg5+ Kxg5 40. h4+ Kf6 41. Bd5 a5 42. Kf3 a4 43. Ne3 a3 44. Bb3 Bc5 45. Nd5+ Ke5 46. Nf4 Be7 47. Ne6 Bf6 48. Ng5 h5 49. Ne6 Be7 50. Nf4 Kd4 51. Nxh5 Kc3 52. Be6 Kb2 53. Ng7 a2 54. Bxa2 Kxa2 55. Nxf5 Bf8 56. g4 1-0

[Event "Space Coast op 25th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 g6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Bc4 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Bg7 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Re1 0-0 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Be3 f5 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 Nf6 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. g5 Nd5 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Nc7 25. a4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. b3 h6 30. gxh6 Bxh6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Qe4 33. Kg2 Bg7 34. Bg3 Bf8 35. Bf4 Kg7 36. Be3 Kg8 37. Rd7 Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rc8 39. b4 a5 40. Rxb7 axb4 41. Rxb4 f5 42. a5 Ra8 43. Rb5 Kf7 44. c6 Bd6 45. Bf4 Ke6 46. c7 Bxf4 47. Kxf4 Rc8 48. Rc5 Kd6 49. Rc1 Rxc7 50. Rxc7 Kxc7 51. Kg5 Kb7 52. Kxg6 f4 53. Kf5 f3 54. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Space Coast op 25th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Zapletal, Jindrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 e5 7. dxe5 Bf5 8. Qc1 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 gxh4 11. Bf4 Nge7 12. Nf3 h3 13. g3 Ng6 14. Bxh3 Bd3 15. Nbd2 Bg7 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Bxe5 18. Qc2 Bxf4 19. gxf4 0-0-0 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Qxh5 Qd7 24. Qg5 Nge7 25. Ke2 Qe6 26. Rg1 f6 27. Qh5 d4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Qe8+ Kc7 31. Rg7 Rd7 32. Qf7 Qc6 33. Nf3 c3 34. bxc3 Qb5+ 35. c4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Paul, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 c4 8. Ne2 Be7 9. g3 b5 10. Bh3 Nf8 11. Qc2 g6 12. g4 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Bg4 Bh4+ 15. Kf1 Rh7 16. Be3 Qb6 17. a3 a5 18. Bf2 Be7 19. h4 Rb8 20. h5 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qb3 26. Qc1 Nb4 27. Rb1 Nd3 28. Rxb3 cxb3 29. Qb1 b2 30. Rxh7 Nxh7 31. g6 fxg6 32. Ng3 Ba6 33. Be2 Bc4 34. Kg1 Ng5 35. Be3 Ne4 36. Kg2 Nxc3 37. Bxd3 Nxb1 38. Bxg6+ Kd7 39. Bxb1 Ra8 40. Kf2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. c5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Be7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. b4 a6 16. g3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 Nd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 0-0 13. e3 Ne8 14. Kh2 Nd6 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Rg5 Kh8 18. Rag1 g6 19. Be2 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. R5g2 Rfe8 22. Bd3 Rac8 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Rc1 Ree8 26. Rgg1 a5 27. a4 Ra8 28. Rc3 Ra6 29. Rb3 Re7 30. Rg5 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. h3 Be7 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. a3 0-0 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. b4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 a5 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. d4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Bxb4 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Qc2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 Nd7 9. Re1 c5 10. exd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nc6 14. Ra4 Bf5 15. c3 Be4 16. Be3 b5 17. Ra1 Qd7 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne5 20. Bf4 Nc6 21. Nxb5 d4 22. c4 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Kh8 27. Re1 Qd7 28. b4 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. b5 Na5 31. Qd3 h6 32. b4 Nb7 33. c5 g5 34. Bc7 Qe6 35. Qb3 Be5 36. Bxe5+ Qxe5 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. b6 axb6 39. Nxb6 Nxc5 40. bxc5 Qxc5 41. Nd5 Qd6 42. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. c3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qc7 10. f4 Nf5 11. Bd4 g6 12. Nd2 Bh6 13. Be3 0-0 14. Nf3 d4 15. Bxd4 Ncxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxc5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qa4 Qd5 19. 0-0 Qf3 20. Qd1 Qxf4 21. Qe2 a6 22. Bd7 Rad8 23. Rad1 Qh4 24. Rd4 Bf4 25. f3 Qe7 26. e6 Bc7 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Be6 Bb6 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. Bxf7 Bxd4+ 31. cxd4 Qxf7 32. Qb4 Rd7 33. Re1 Qf6 34. d5 Kf7 35. Qc4 Qd6 36. Qh4 h5 37. Re6 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qxb2 40. Qg3 Qg7 41. Qb8 Qg8 42. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Nbd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5+ fxe5 12. Qxe5 d6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Ne4 e5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. 0-0 d5 17. Nxc5 Qb6 18. Na4 Qd4 19. b3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Bg4 21. Qd2 Kg6 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Qe3 Qf4 24. Qxa7 d4 25. Re4 Qxg5 26. f4 exf4 27. Rexf4 Re2 28. R4f2 Qe3 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Kh1 Ra8 31. Rxe2 Qxe2 32. Qf2 Qxf2 33. Rxf2 Kg5 34. c3 dxc3 35. Nxc3 Bf5 36. Ne4+ Bxe4 37. dxe4 Re8 38. Rc2 Rxe4 39. Rxc6 Re2 40. a4 Rb2 41. Rb6 Kh4 42. Kh2 g5 43. a5 g4 44. Rb4 Kg5 45. a6 h4 46. a7 Rb1 47. Rxg4+ Kxg4 48. a8Q 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Annie"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. c5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Be7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Qf2 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. a3 Qc7 18. Rf1 Rf8 19. Qe1 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 c5 21. Bh5 g6 22. Be2 Qc6 23. Qe1 Qa4 24. Bc3 Bg5 25. Bd1 Qc4 26. h4 Bh6 27. g4 cxd4 28. exd4 Bf4 29. Be2 Qb3 30. Qf2 g5 31. hxg5 Bxg5 32. Kg2 Be8 33. Qf1 Qa4 34. Bd1 Qa7 35. Bc2 Qg7 36. Qe2 Bf4 37. Be1 Bb5 38. Qd1 Qh6 39. Bg3 Bxg3 40. Kxg3 Qe3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ 42. Kg5 h6+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2018.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. g4 Nd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Bf6 15. Ra2 Bh4+ 16. Kd1 g5 17. f5 Nce5 18. N1d2 Bb7 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nf3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 e5 23. Nxh4 gxh4 24. Bf2 d5 25. Ra1 dxe4 26. dxe4 Qd6+ 27. Nd2 0-0 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Bxh4 Nxe4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rf1 Qd7 32. Qe3 Qxa4+ 33. Qb3+ Qxb3+ 34. Nxb3 Rc4 35. Rf5 Bc6 36. Nd2 Rd4 37. Bg5 Bd7 38. Rxe5 Bxg4+ 39. Kc2 Nxg5 40. Rxg5+ Kf7 41. Rc5 Be2 42. Re5 Bb5 43. Nf3 Rf4 44. Re3 Kf6 45. Ne5 a5 46. h3 a4 47. Ng4+ Kg5 48. Re5+ Rf5 49. Re4 b3+ 50. Kc3 Bc6 51. Re6 Bd7 52. Re7 Rf3+ 53. Kb4 Rf4+ 54. Ka3 Bf5 55. Ne3 Bg6 56. Re5+ Kh6 57. Ng4+ Kg7 58. Re7+ Kf8 59. Re3 Be8 60. Ne5 h5 61. Rg3 Re4 62. Nd3 Ke7 63. Nc5 Re5 64. Nd3 Rd5 65. Re3+ Kf6 66. Nf4 Re5 67. Rg3 Kf5 68. Nd3 Rd5 69. Re3 Bb5 70. Nf2 Kf4 71. Re7 Kg3 72. Ne4+ Kxh3 73. Nc3 Rf5 74. Nxb5 Rxb5 75. Kxa4 Rb8 76. Rg7 h4 77. Rg6 Kh2 78. Rg7 h3 79. Rg6 Rb7 80. Rg8 Kh1 81. Rg3 h2 82. Rg8 Rf7 83. Kxb3 Rf1 84. Kc4 Rg1 85. Rh8 Kg2 86. b4 h1Q 87. Rxh1 Rxh1 88. b5 Kf3 89. Kd5 Rh5+ 90. Kc6 Ke4 91. b6 Rh6+ 92. Kc7 Kd5 93. b7 Rh7+ 94. Kb6 Rh8 95. Ka7 Kc6 96. b8Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Minnesota Blizzard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Bg6 15. Bc3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rbd1 Qc7 18. g4 h5 19. g5 Nb6 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Bd2 Rd5 22. Bf4 Rad8 23. Nh4 Rd4 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Be3 Rg4 26. h3 Rxg5 27. Bxg5 Bxg5 28. f4 Bh6 29. Qe4 Kh7 30. Bf3 h4 31. Bg4 Qf7 32. c4 Rd2 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Nd7 35. Qd3 Nc5 36. Qd8 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. Qd4 Nb3 39. Qb6 Qd7 40. Bxe6 Qd2 41. Qf2 Qd3 42. Bxb3 axb3 43. f5 Be3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. c4 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qg5 Qe7 21. Qg3 Red8 22. Bc1 Qe8 23. Be2 Be7 24. h3 Ba6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Be3 Bc5 28. Rc1 Qc7 29. Qc3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Rc2 Rd4 33. f3 g5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke3 h5 36. Rc3 h4 37. Rc2 Kf8 38. Rc3 Kg7 39. Rc2 f6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Rc3 Ke5 42. Rc2 Kf6 43. Rc3 Ke5 44. Rc2 Kd6 45. Rc3 Kc7 46. Rc2 Bb7 47. Rc3 Bc6 48. Rc2 a5 49. Rd2 e5 50. Rd1 a4 51. Rd2 Kb6 52. Bd3 Ka5 53. Rb2 Rd7 54. Rb8 Rb7 55. Rxb7 Bxb7 56. a3 Kb6 57. Be4 Bc8 58. Bd3 Bb7 59. Be4 Bc8 60. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nagle, Sean"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minnesota Blizzard"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qb1 g6 12. Bh4 Nf5 13. Bf2 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nf3 f6 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 fxe5 19. Nxe5 f4 20. exf4 Rxf4+ 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qd3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bc8 24. Qe3 Re4 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Rxd4 27. Rhd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bb7 29. Rc1 Rf8+ 30. Ke3 h6 31. Nf3 d4+ 32. Nxd4 Bxg2 33. h4 Bd5 34. Rc7 Rf7 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. a3 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd8 Bb7 39. Rd6 Bc8 40. Nf3 g4 41. Ng5 Rf1 42. Rc6 Bf5 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Nf7 g3 45. Ne5+ Kf6 46. Nf3 g2 47. Rc6+ Be6 48. Rc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minnesota Blizzard"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Ng3 Qe7 9. Be2 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Qc2 h4 12. Nf1 h3 13. g3 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. f4 b6 17. Ne3 Kf8 18. 0-0 Kg7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Rae1 b5 21. b3 Rh8 22. Rf2 Re8 23. g4 Qd8 24. g5 Nh7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ng4 f5 27. Ne3 b4 28. Ncd1 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Ndf8 30. Nb2 Qe7 31. Bd3 Qd7 32. Nbc4 Ba6 33. Kh1 Bb7 34. Be4 Re7 35. f5 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 Nxg5 37. Qh4 Nfh7 38. Rg1 Qe8 39. f6+ Kf7 40. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Be2 Re8 13. Re1 Nhf6 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. b4 b6 20. a5 c4 21. Ne2 b5 22. Bc2 Bb7 23. Nc3 Re7 24. Bg5 Ree8 25. Be3 Qd8 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. f4 Re7 30. Kf2 Rae8 31. g4 Nd7 32. Rcd1 Kg7 33. g5 h6 34. h4 hxg5 35. hxg5 Rh8 36. Rh1 Ree8 37. Ke3 Rxh1 38. Rxh1 f6 39. gxf6+ Nxf6 40. Kd4 Nh5 41. f5 Nf4 42. Rf1 g5 43. Rg1 Kf6 44. Rh1 Kg7 45. Bd1 Bc8 46. Bg4 Rf8 47. Nd1 Nd3 48. Kc3 Ne5 49. Be2 Rh8 50. Rxh8 Kxh8 51. Ne3 Kg7 52. Kd4 Kf6 53. Bh5 Bd7 54. Ng4+ Nxg4 55. Bxg4 Bc8 56. Bf3 Bd7 57. Bh5 Bc8 58. Bg4 Bd7 59. Bd1 Bc8 60. Be2 Bd7 61. Bf3 Bc8 62. Bh5 Bd7 63. Bd1 Bc8 64. Bg4 Bd7 65. Be2 Bc8 66. Bf3 Bd7 67. Bh5 Bc8 68. Bd1 Bd7 69. Bg4 Bc8 70. Ke3 Bd7 71. Kd4 Bc8 72. Ke3 Bd7 73. Kd4 Bc8 74. Bh5 Bd7 75. Be2 Bc8 76. Bd1 Bd7 77. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. h3 b6 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Bd2 Bf4 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Bb3 Bd5 22. Rac1 Kg7 23. Red1 Qe4 24. c4 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Kleinman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Be4 7. Ng5 Bg6 8. Nh3 Ne7 9. Nf4 Nf5 10. h4 Nxh4 11. g3 Nf5 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. g4 Nh4 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Bg3 0-0 16. Qd3 Nf3+ 17. Ke2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. c3 Qg5 21. Kd1 Qxg4 22. Be2 Qf5 23. Qb5 Rac8 24. Bd3 Qg4 25. Kc2 Bb6 26. Qd7 Rc7 27. Qd6 Nd4+ 28. Kd2 Qg5+ 29. Kd1 Nf3 30. Qxe6+ Rcf7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Kh8 10. Bg5 b6 11. b5 Na5 12. c4 f6 13. Bd2 Nb7 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. a4 Nd8 16. a5 Rb8 17. Ra2 Ne6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qa1 Bb7 20. Bh3 f5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nc7 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Ra7 Qc8 25. Re1 Qb8 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qb2 Re8 28. Ng5 Kg8 29. Bg2 h6 30. Nf3 Qd8 31. Nh4 Kh7 32. Ra1 Bf6 33. Ra7 Qb8 34. Qa1 Re7 35. f4 Bxh4 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. gxh4 Ne8 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxb7+ Qxb7 40. Qxe5 Qd7 41. d4 Nd6 42. dxc5 bxc5 43. Qe6 Qc7 44. h5 gxh5 45. h4 Nxc4 46. Qxf5+ Kg7 47. Qxh5 Nd6 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. h5 Nf7 51. b6 Qb8 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Qf6 c4 54. Qd4 c3 55. Qc5+ Kg8 56. Qc7 Qxc7 57. bxc7 Nd6 58. Be4 Kf7 59. Kf1 Ke7 60. Bf5 c2 61. Bxc2 Kd7 62. Kf2 Kxc7 63. Ke3 Kd7 64. Kf4 Ke7 65. Ke5 Nc4+ 66. Kd4 Nd6 67. Bg6 Kf6 68. Kc5 Ke5 69. Kc6 Nc8 70. Bf7 Ne7+ 71. Kc5 Nf5 72. Bg6 Nd6 73. Kc6 Nc8 74. Kd7 Nb6+ 75. Ke7 Nxd5+ 76. Kf7 Kf4 77. Kg7 Kg5 78. Kf7 Nf4 79. Be4 Nxh5 80. Ke6 Nf6 81. Bf3 h5 82. Bxh5 Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Ra3 g5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nd1 Ng6 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. a5 Qe7 17. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Soo Burrowes, Eliot W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nd2 d6 11. Bh5 Qf6 12. f4 N5c6 13. N2b3 Bb6 14. Qd2 Qh4 15. Bf3 f5 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Bb3 Qd6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. c4 Ba4 24. Nd4 Bxb3 25. axb3 dxc4 26. Qe3 Nf5 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Rf7 29. bxc4 Re7 30. Re5 Nd6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Nxc5 Rae8 33. Rfe1 Kf7 34. b3 h5 35. Kf2 g6 36. h3 b6 37. Nd3 Nf5 38. Rc1 c5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Nd4 41. b4 cxb4 42. Rc4 Ne6 43. Nxb4 Nc5 44. Rxe7+ Rxe7 45. Nd5 Nd3+ 46. Kf3 Re6 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rb7 Ne1+ 49. Kg3 Kg8 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5 Rd6 52. Ne7+ Kf8 53. Ng6+ Kg8 54. Kg4 Nd3 55. Kg5 Nc5 56. Re7 Rd7 57. Re8+ Kg7 58. f6+ Kf7 59. Rf8+ Ke6 60. Nf4+ Kd6 61. Kg6 Ke5 62. Nh5 Rd6 63. Re8+ Re6 64. Kf7 Rxe8 65. Kxe8 Kd6 66. f7 Nd7 67. Nf4 b5 68. Nd3 Nf6+ 69. Kf8 Nh7+ 70. Kg7 Ke7 71. Ne5 b4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bd2 a5 12. 0-0-0 a4 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Qd3 0-0 18. Bg2 Ra6 19. Rd1 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rd8 Rc6 22. c5 Be6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Ke7 26. Rb8 Rc7 27. Kb2 Nd7 28. Ra8 Nxc5 29. Bxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rxa4 Bd7 31. Rb4 Bc6 32. Bf1 Kd6 33. Bd3 Ra5 34. Kb3 g6 35. a4 f6 36. Ka3 Ra8 37. Kb3 h5 38. Bb5 h4 39. Bxc6 Kxc6 40. g4 Rd8 41. a5 Kc7 42. Rb6 Rf8 43. Kc4 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. exf5 Rxf5 46. Rh6 Rf4+ 47. Kc5 Rf3 48. Rh7+ Kb8 49. c4 Rh3 50. Kb6 Rb3+ 51. Kc5 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bora, Safal"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. e3 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Nde7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Qa4 Rd8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Qb3 a6 20. Na3 Nc6 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxe5 23. Rb4 Ra7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Bd4 26. Nc2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qa7+ 28. Ne3 Rb8 29. Qc3 Qxb7 30. b3 h5 31. Qd4 Bb5 32. Rd1 Qe7 33. g4 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Be2 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. Rd6 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 hxg4 38. Qf2 Bf3+ 39. Kg3 Qb4 40. Qd2 Qc5 41. Nxg4 Bxg4 42. Kxg4 a5 43. h4 Kh7 44. Rd7 Qf5+ 45. Kg3 Rc8 46. Rd3 Qe5+ 47. Kh3 Qe4 48. Kg3 Rc5 49. Rf3 Kg7 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. Qd7+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ Ke5 53. Qh8+ Kd5 54. Qd8+ Ke5 55. Qh8+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Re1 d5 11. f3 Nc5 12. Nf5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Nc6 14. Be3 f6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Qxd5 Ne5 18. Qd4 exf5 19. f4 Bd6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rcd1 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Ke7 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5+ Kf6 25. Rd6+ Kf7 26. Qd5+ Kf8 27. Rd7 Qe8 28. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 Be7 13. Qe2 0-0 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Kb1 Na4 16. b3 Ba3 17. c4 c5 18. bxa4 Qb6+ 19. Kc2 Qb2+ 20. Kd3 e5 21. Ng3 Rad8 22. Bc1 Qb4 23. Qd2 Qxa4 24. Qc2 Qa6 25. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 26. Qb3 Qa6 27. Nxe5 Rxd4+ 28. Kc2 Rf4 29. Rd2 Ng4 30. Ne2 Re4 31. Nxg4 Rxc4+ 32. Nc3 Rxg4 33. f3 Rb4 34. Qd5 Rc4 35. Re1 b5 36. Kb2 b4 37. Ne4 Kh8 38. Nd6 Rf4 39. Re4 Rf6 40. Qxc5 Qa3+ 41. Kb1 Rb8 42. Nc4 Qc3 43. Re3 Ra6 44. Rxc3 bxc3+ 45. Ka1 cxd2 46. Nxd2 Re6 47. Ne4 Reb6 48. Qc2 f5 49. Ng3 f4 50. Ne4 Rb5 51. a3 Rxh5 52. Ka2 Rh2 53. Nd6 a5 54. Nf7+ Kg8 55. Ne5 Rh5 56. Qc4+ Kh8 57. Ng6+ Kh7 58. Nxf4 Rhb5 59. Qc2+ Kg8 60. Nd3 Kh8 61. Qc4 R5b7 62. Qd5 a4 63. Qe4 Rb3 64. Nb4 Rd8 65. Qc2 Re8 66. Qd1 Ree3 67. Nc2 Rec3 68. Qe2 Rb8 69. Qe4 Rbc8 70. Nd4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moon, Benjamin"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h3 0-0 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bh2 Rfe8 14. Nc4 Bf8 15. a4 g6 16. Qc2 Bh6 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Rad1 Bf4 19. Bf1 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Re6 21. Ne3 Ndf6 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rd8 25. c4 Nf6 26. Kg1 Ne8 27. Ne4 f5 28. Nc3 Nd6 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31. Re3 Rde8 32. Rde1 Bc8 33. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Nf3 g5 12. fxg5 Ng4 13. g6 fxg6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h3 Nge5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Ke7 19. Rd1 Raf8 20. Be2 Ne5 21. Rdg1 Be8 22. Rg3 Rf4 23. h4 Rhf8 24. Rhh3 Nd7 25. Kd2 Nf6 26. Ke3 Nh5 27. Rg1 R4f6 28. Rhh1 Nf4 29. Bd1 Bf7 30. Ne2 e5 31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Be2 Rc8 33. Bd3 Rf6 34. b3 Rc3 35. Rg4 Be6 36. Rg3 Bf7 37. Kd2 Rc8 38. Ke3 Rc3 39. Rf1 Rf4 40. Rg4 Rf6 41. f4 exf4+ 42. Rgxf4 Rxf4 43. Kxf4 Rc5 44. e5 g5+ 45. hxg5 hxg5+ 46. Kf5 Be6+ 47. Ke4 Rc8 48. Rg1 Rg8 49. c4 Bd7 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Be4 Bc6 52. Bxc6 bxc6 53. Kd4 g4 54. Kc5 Kxe5 55. Kxc6 g3 56. c5 g2 57. Kb7 Rg7+ 58. Kxa6 Kd5 59. Kb6 Rg6+ 60. Kb5 Rg8 61. b4 Rb8+ 62. Ka4 Rg8 63. Kb3 Rg3+ 64. Kb2 Kc4 65. a3 Kb5 66. Ka2 Rg6 67. Kb2 Rg3 68. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bc4 Ke7 9. 0-0-0 Bc7 10. Rd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Kxe6 12. Rhd1 Na6 13. a3 Rad8 14. Rxd8 Rxd8 15. Rxd8 Bxd8 16. Be3 b6 17. h3 Nd7 18. Kd2 Nc7 19. Ke2 Kd6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Ne6 22. Be3 Nd4+ 23. Kd2 Ne6 24. Ke2 Nd4+ 25. Kd2 Ne6 26. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a3 h6 12. Be3 d6 13. b4 Bb7 14. f4 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Ng1 Ra2 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. c5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Qb3 Qa8 26. Rfd1 Ra3 27. Qc4 Rd8 28. h4 Qc8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 Bxh4 32. Rb7 Ra1+ 33. Ng1 Qf6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Qc3 Qf1 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Cuhendi, Sean Winshand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 g6 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. Nf6+ Kf8 12. b3 Ba6 13. Bb2 Bh6 14. a3 Rb8 15. g3 Nd5 16. Nxd7+ Qxd7 17. e6 Qe7 18. Bxh8 Rxb3 19. Qc2 Qxe6+ 20. Be2 Re3 21. fxe3 Nxe3 22. Qb2 Qe4 23. Qb8+ Ke7 24. Qxc7+ Ke6 25. Qe5+ Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Kxe5 27. Kf2 Nc2 28. Ra2 Nd4 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Bd3+ Kf6 31. Kg2 c5 32. Rb2 Ne6 33. Rc1 Ke5 34. Rf1 Kd4 35. Be2 f5 36. Rb8 Bd6 37. Rd1+ Ke5 38. Re8 Bb7+ 39. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. h4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. b3 b4 18. Nd5 Rc5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 e6 21. Nxb4 Qf6 22. Qe3 Rfc8 23. c4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. exd5 Nf4 27. Rc1 Re8 28. Qd2 Nxd5 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rcg1+ Kf8 31. Rxh5 Nf4 32. Rhg5 Ng6 33. Rd5 Re7 34. Re1 Kg8 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qe2 Qd8 37. Qb5 Nf8 38. Rg5+ Ng6 39. Qd5 Qf6 40. f4 Be8 41. Rg1 Kh7 42. f5 Nh4 43. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bg7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Ndb6 Rb8 15. Be2 f5 16. c3 Rf6 17. Qd5+ Kh7 18. Rad1 fxe4 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Qxd7 Qf8 21. Qd5 Rf4 22. g3 Rd8 23. Qe6 Rf5 24. Ne3 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Rf6 26. Qd5 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Bc2 Rd7 29. Bxe4 h5 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Bh6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. f3 Kg7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ne3 Ke6 36. Ke2 Bf8 37. Kd3 Bc5 38. Ke4 Bb6 39. b4 Kf6 40. a4 Ke6 41. Nc4 Bc7 42. Nb2 Bd6 43. Nd3 Kf6 44. c4 Ke6 45. b5 cxb5 46. cxb5 axb5 47. axb5 Bc7 48. Nb2 Kd6 49. Nc4+ Ke6 50. b6 Bb8 51. h4 Kf6 52. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Bo"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxc3 Bc5 11. Bg5+ f6 12. Bh4 Ke7 13. Bb5 Rd8 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Bd7 16. f3 Bd4 17. Rf1 Rd8 18. Bf2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7+ 21. Kc2 b6 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bc1 Kd8 24. h4 Kc7 25. h5 Kc6 26. g4 Kc5 27. f4 g6 28. Rh1 f5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rh5 Rf7 32. a4 Kc6 33. Kd3 Nd6 34. e5 Ne4 35. Rh6 Nc5+ 36. Kc4 a6 37. Ba3 b5+ 38. Kd4 Nb3+ 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rh8 Nc5+ 42. Bxc5 Kxc5 43. Rc8+ Kd5 44. Rd8+ Kc5 45. Rd6 Re7 46. Kd2 Re8 47. Kc2 Re7 48. Kb3 Re8 49. Rd7 Rc8 50. Rd6 Rc6 51. Rd8 Kb6 52. Re8 Kc5 53. Rb8 Rc7 54. Ra8 Kd5 55. Rd8+ Ke4 56. Rd4+ Ke3 57. Rb4 Rc5 58. Kc2 Rc4 59. Rxb5 Kxf4 60. Kd3 Re4 61. c4 Rxe5 62. c5 Rd5+ 63. Kc4 Ke5 64. c6 Kd6 65. c7 Kxc7 66. Rxd5 exd5+ 67. Kxd5 f4 68. Ke4 f3 69. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nguyen, Van Thanh"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. 0-0-0 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 b4 16. bxc4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Rd3 Rc8 20. Kc1 Be5 21. h4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kd1 Be5 24. Ke2 Qb6 25. Qd2 Rxc4 26. c3 Bc8 27. Nc2 Ba6 28. Kd1 Ra4 29. Nb4 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc5 31. h5 Bxc3 32. Qd5 Qc8 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Nc6 Qb7 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. Qc6 Rd4+ 37. Kc2 Ba5 38. Qc8+ Qd8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Gara, Anita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Nc2 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qf7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. b3 Rae8 20. Qe3 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qf4 25. Rad1 Kg7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nd4 29. Ne3 Qe4 30. Kh1 b5 31. Qc1 Ne2 32. Qc7+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Qd1 Nd4 36. Qd2 h5 37. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Bc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nbd2 d6 9. h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Nb3 Nf4 12. Nfxd4 cxd4 13. Ba5 Qa6 14. Bf1 d3 15. Qc1 Ne2 16. Bxe2 dxe2 17. Bc3 f6 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Nd4 Bd3 22. Qe3 Kf7 23. Nxe2 Rhc8 24. Nd4 Rab8 25. Nc6 Rb6 26. a4 Rb3 27. f3 Bc4 28. Kf2 Rxc6 29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. Rhc1 Qb7 31. Kg1 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Rd1 Bf8 34. Rac1 a6 35. Kh1 e6 36. Qf4 Be7 37. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Space Coast op 24th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andretta, Gaston Carlos"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 b6 8. Ne1 Bb7 9. Nc2 Qc8 10. Rb1 Nb4 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. a3 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be3 e5 17. Rfc1 Kh8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 f5 20. Qc4 Qd8 21. b5 g5 22. f3 f4 23. Bf2 g4 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Qe4 Rad8 26. fxg4 Qxg4 27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rbc1 Rdf7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. h3 Qd7 31. Qc4 Rf8 32. g4 Bf6 33. Qc6 Qf7 34. Kf3 Rg8 35. Qd6 h5 36. Rc6 Rf8 37. Qe6 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 Qh7 39. Kg2 Qg7 40. Rc1 Qb7+ 41. Qc6 Qf7 42. Rh1+ Kg8 43. Kf3 Rd8 44. Qe4 Bg7 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qf5 Qxf5 47. gxf5 Rc8 48. Rb1 Kf7 49. Rb4 Bf6 50. Rc4 Re8 51. Rc7+ Re7 52. Rxe7+ Kxe7 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. d4 exd4 55. Bxd4 Bd8 56. f6 Ke6 57. Kxf4 Bxf6 58. Bxf6 Kxf6 59. e4 Ke6 60. e5 Ke7 61. Kf5 Kf7 62. e6+ Ke7 63. Ke5 Ke8 64. Kd6 Kd8 65. e7+ Ke8 66. Ke6 a5 67. bxa6 b5 68. a7 b4 69. a8N 1-0

[Event "Space Coast op 24th"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Kutikoff, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 h6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Bb2 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. c5 Bd5 20. b4 b5 21. a4 a6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra5 c6 24. Rda1 Rc7 25. f3 Nd7 26. Qd3 Nf8 27. Ra6 g6 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rec8 30. h4 Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Kf2 f6 34. Ng4 g5 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Bf5 Ne6 38. h5 Re7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Re1 Rc7 41. Rxe6+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Harazinska, Ewa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 0-0 14. a3 Rfc8 15. Rc3 Bd8 16. h4 Ne7 17. Rd3 Nf5 18. g4 Ne7 19. h5 Rc4 20. h6 g6 21. b3 Rc7 22. Bg5 Rac8 23. Qd2 Qc6 24. Bf6 Qc2 25. Qe3 Qb2 26. a4 Rc1 27. Kg2 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Qc1 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Qxc1 Rxc1 31. Ke2 Ba5 32. Bxe7+ Kxe7 33. Nf3 Rh1 34. Ng5 Rh4 35. Rf3 Rxg4 36. Nxh7 Re4+ 37. Kf1 Rh4 38. Ng5 Bd2 39. Rxf7+ Ke8 40. h7 Bxg5 41. Rg7 Bd8 42. Rg8+ Kd7 43. h8Q Rxh8 44. Rxh8 Bb6 45. Rh4 g5 46. Rg4 Bd8 47. Ke2 Kc6 48. Rg1 b5 49. Rc1+ Kb6 50. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. h3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bf1 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. a4 a6 14. Bh2 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rac8 16. Nfd2 Qb8 17. Qb3 Bd5 18. Qd1 e5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. Bc4 g6 22. Qb3 Re7 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Qa2 Nc5 25. Nb3 Qc6 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Bd5 Rce8 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Nc4 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Bg3 Qd5 32. b3 f5 33. Qc2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ne3 Qf7 36. Rd1 f4 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Bh4 h5 39. Nh2 e4 40. Qe2 Re5 41. Bd8 Nc5 42. Qxb5 Nxb3 43. Qe2 Rd5 44. Rxd5 Qxd5 45. Bc7 Qd3 46. Qxd3 exd3 47. Kf1 g5 48. Ke1 Bxc3+ 49. Kd1 Nc5 50. Nf3 Ne4 51. Bb6 g4 52. hxg4 hxg4 53. Nh2 g3 54. fxg3 fxg3 55. Nf1 Be5 56. Ne3 Kf7 57. Nc4 Bc3 58. Bc7 Ke6 59. Ne3 Be5 60. Bb6 Bf4 61. Nf1 Kd5 62. Ba5 Kd4 63. Ke1 Kc4 64. Kd1 Kb3 65. Bb6 Nc3+ 66. Ke1 Kc2 67. Ne3+ Bxe3 68. Bxe3 Ne4 69. Bd2 Nd6 70. Bf4 Nf5 71. Bg5 Nh4 72. Kf1 d2 73. Bxd2 Kxd2 74. Kg1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brodsky, David"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Kh1 Nb6 13. a3 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 N8d7 16. Qg3 b4 17. Nd1 c4 18. Be2 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. f5 Qa4 22. Ne3 Qb3 23. Qg2 Ne5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. fxg4 Qc2 26. Bf4 Be5 27. Bh6 Rb8 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Qf3 Rb7 30. Be3 Nc8 31. Rc1 Qxb2 32. Rxc4 Ne7 33. Rc1 b3 34. Rf1 f6 35. g5 f5 36. Bg1 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Bxc3 38. Bd3 b2 39. Be3 Rb4 40. Bf4 fxe4 41. Bb1 Nf5 42. Kg2 e3 43. Kf3 Rxf4+ 44. Kxf4 e2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Qe6 15. f4 Nd7 16. f5 Qe5 17. b4 c5 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. b4 Rac8 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qa2+ Kh8 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Qb3 h6 28. Bd2 Rd8 29. Ba5 Rg8 30. Bb4 Qb7 31. Bd6 Rc8 32. Rc2 Kh7 33. h3 Qd7 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Kleinman, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qe2 f6 10. h4 Bd7 11. c3 Be8 12. Bh3 Bf7 13. h5 Kh8 14. h6 gxh6 15. Nf1 h5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nh4 Bg6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Ng8 20. Bf4 d4 21. Bf5 Kg7 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Nf5+ Kg6 26. Nxd6 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ne5 28. Rd1 b6 29. f4 Nf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Rc1 Ne7 33. Nd2 h4 34. gxh4 Rg8+ 35. Kf2 Rg4 36. Nf3 Nf5 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Rxa7 Rxf4 39. Ke2 Ng3+ 40. Kf2 Nf5 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Potula, Kapish"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3 0-0 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qe7 12. 0-0 Rb8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne8 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Nd1 Kg8 24. Rc1 Bxb2 25. Rxc4 Bg7 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Bxb8 Nf6 30. Be5 Nxd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rf5 Rd8 33. e4 Ne7 34. Rxg5+ Kf6 35. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 36. Kf2 Ng6 37. Ra5 Kg7 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Kg3 Rf4 40. Ra4 Kh6 41. Ra7 f6 42. Ra6 Kg5 43. h4+ Rxh4 44. e5 Nxe5 45. Ra8 Rb4 46. Ra3 f5 47. Rc3 Re4 48. Kf2 Kf4 49. Rc2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA IM-B"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Be7 12. h4 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 0-0 16. Qd3 h6 17. Rae1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 b5 19. Rd3 Qe7 20. a3 a5 21. Qe3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Qf4 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa3 25. Red1 Na5 26. Qb4 Nc4 27. Qxa3 Nxa3 28. Nd4 Nc4 29. Re1 h5 30. f3 Rc5 31. f4 Nb2 32. Rg3 Na4 33. f5 Re8 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Ree3 Rc4 36. Rg6 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Nxc3 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Nxe6 Kf7 40. Nf4 d4 41. Kf2 g6 42. Kf3 Nd1 43. Ke4 Ne3 44. Kxd4 Nf5+ 45. Ke4 Nxh4 46. g3 Nf5 47. Nxh5 Ke7 48. g4 Nh6 49. Nf4 Nxg4 50. Nxg6+ Kf7 51. Nf4 Nxe5 52. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 Nf6 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Be2 e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b3 Ne5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bf3 Qf5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxd6 Rae8 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Rfe1 c5 26. Qf2 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. h3 Rd4 29. Re5 Qf6 30. Rxc5 Rxf4 31. Qe3 Rd4 32. Qe5 Qd8 33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Rd5 h5 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. c5 Qb5 37. Qc7 a5 38. c6 Qc5 39. a3 Kg7 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Qxb4 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. c7 Qc4 44. Qd6 Kg7 45. Kg3 Qc3+ 46. Kf4 Qc4+ 47. Ke5 Qe2+ 48. Kd4 Qd2+ 49. Kc5 Qa5+ 50. Kc6 Qa6+ 51. Kd7 Qb5+ 52. Qc6 Qf5+ 53. Kd8 Qg5+ 54. Kc8 Qf5+ 55. Kb7 Qb1+ 56. Ka7 Qa1+ 57. Kb6 Qb2+ 58. Qb5 Qf2+ 59. Qc5 Qb2+ 60. Ka7 Qa2+ 61. Kb8 Qb2+ 62. Kc8 Qxg2 63. Qd4+ Kh7 64. Kd7 Qxh3+ 65. Kd8 Qf5 66. c8Q Qa5+ 67. Qc7 Qa8+ 68. Ke7 Qg8 69. Qf6 1-0

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Chen, Peng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 0-0 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc6 13. Qd3 Rfe8 14. b3 a6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Kg8 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Qe3 Qc5 21. Qe2 b5 22. cxb5 Nh5 23. Qd3 axb5 24. Nd5 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc5 27. b4 Rc4 28. a4 Nf6 29. Nb6 Rxb4 30. a5 Rxe4 31. a6 Rxf4 32. a7 Rf5 33. Qa3 Rc5 34. a8Q Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Kg7 36. Qd8 Re5 37. Nc8 Nd5 38. Qd7 b4 39. Qb5 Kf8 40. Na7 Nf6 41. Qxb4 Nd5 42. Qd4 Nf6 43. Nc6 Re4 44. Qa7 h5 45. Qa8+ Kg7 46. Qd8 Nd5 47. Nb8 Nf6 48. Nc6 Nd5 49. Qa5 Nf6 50. Qc3 Kf8 51. Qb3 Kg7 52. Nd8 d5 53. Nc6 Re6 54. Qb7 Rxc6 55. Qxc6 g5 56. Qc7 e6 57. Qe7 h4 58. Kg1 Ne4 59. Kf1 Kg6 60. Qf8 Nf6 61. Ke2 Ne4 62. Ke3 Ng3 63. Kd4 f6 64. Kc5 Kf5 65. Kd6 Ne4+ 66. Kd7 e5 67. Qg8 d4 68. Qe6+ Kg6 69. Ke7 d3 70. Qd5 Ng3 71. Qxd3+ e4 72. Qd5 e3 73. Qd3+ Kg7 74. Qc3 1-0

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Li, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. 0-0-0 Be6 11. h4 h5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ng5 Qc8 14. g3 Bf6 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. f4 Rb8 18. f5 Ne7 19. b3 a5 20. Rhg1 Rb4 21. a3 Rb8 22. Qc4 Rf8 23. Nh7 Rh8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. g4 a4 26. g5 d5 27. Qc5 Ng8 28. gxf6 Qd8 29. Bg5 Kf7 30. exd5 Bxf5 31. dxc6 Qe8 32. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 d5 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. 0-0-0 Ba3 12. Qe5 Be6 13. Nd4 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qd7 15. f4 c5 16. N4f3 Rfe8 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. g4 c4 19. bxc4 Qc5 20. Ka1 dxc4 21. e4 Rad8 22. f5 Bc8 23. e5 Nd5 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Ba6 26. Ncd2 Ne3 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Rhe1 Bd5 30. Ng1 Bc6 31. Re3 Rd5 32. Nf3 Ra5 33. Nd4 Bd5 34. c4 Bb7 35. Nb5 Bc6 36. Nd4 Bb7 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Rd8 39. Nb3 Ra6 40. Re7 Bg2 41. Nc5 Ra5 42. Rxc7 Rd2 43. a4 Bxh3 44. Rb1 h5 45. f6 1-0

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ng, Gary"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. e3 Na6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Bxd6 Bb5 14. Bxc5 Nxd5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Rb1 Nf4 17. Kf1 Qd5 18. exf4 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. Nf3 Qf5 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qxf4 23. g3 Qe4 24. Rh2 Re8 25. Nc2 Rc8 26. f4 h5 27. h4 a5 28. Re2 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 a4 30. Qd3 Qh2+ 31. Kf3 Qh3 32. Ne3 Rc1 33. Qxb5 Qh1+ 34. Rg2 Bd4 35. Qe2 Bxe3 36. Kxe3 Re1 37. a3 Rxe2+ 38. Rxe2 Kg7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Re3 Qh2+ 41. Kf3 Qxb2 42. Ke4 Qb7+ 43. Kd4 Kf5 44. Rc3 Kg4 45. Kc4 Qc6+ 46. Kb4 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. a4 Be6 12. a5 0-0 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Qe8 15. Nf1 Bc4 16. Qd2 d5 17. exd5 Bb4 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Nh7 20. Ne3 f5 21. Ra4 Rf6 22. Qh3 Bxc3 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Nxc4 Bd4 25. c3 Ng5 26. Qg3 Qh5 27. Qd3 Rg6 28. cxd4 e4 29. Qc2 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxh2+ 31. Kg1 Ng4 32. Ne5 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Michael"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. 0-0 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Nc3 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Bg5 Nxa4 17. Bxa4+ Kf8 18. Qe3 h6 19. Qh3 Kg8 20. Be3 Bd5 21. f3 exf3 22. gxf3 Qa5 23. Ra1 Rxc3 24. Bd2 Ra3 25. Bxa5 Rxa1+ 26. Kf2 Rxa4 27. Bc3 Ra1 28. Qg3 Bd6 29. Ke3 Bb7 30. Kd2 Nd5 31. Qh4 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Nxc3 33. Kxc3 Kh7 0-1

[Event "North American op 26th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ke, Ivan"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Bc2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. f4 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Qf3 c4 17. Ra4 a5 18. Qe2 Rb4 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. Rxc4 Qb8 21. Rc6 Bb7 22. Na4 Rb4 23. Rc3 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Rd3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Qd2 Ra3 28. f5 Rbxa4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qd5 Ne5 32. Kh1 Rb4 33. Qxa5 Rb1 34. h3 Rxf1+ 35. Nxf1 Nc6 36. Qe1 d5 0-1

