[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Asensio Ramos, Enrique Fernando"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. exd5 Ne5 8. Bb5 Ng6 9. Bg3 a6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. 0-0-0 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Ne4 13. Nb6 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Rd8 15. f4 e6 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Na4 Bf2 18. dxe6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 fxe6 20. Ng5 Ke7 21. Ne4 Be3+ 22. Kb1 h5 23. Re1 Ba7 24. c4 h4 25. Ng5 Nf8 26. g4 Bd4 27. Nc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rh6 29. f5 Rf6 30. Kc2 Kd7 31. Ne4 Rh6 32. g5 Rh5 33. Nc5+ Kc6 34. fxe6 Ng6 35. Ne4 Ne7 36. Kd3 h3 37. gxh3 Rxh3+ 38. Re3 Rh2 39. Nd2 Rh4 40. Nf3 Rh1 41. Ne5+ Kd6 42. Nf7+ Kc6 43. Re2 Rh3+ 44. Kc2 Kc5 45. Kb3 b5 46. Re5+ Kc6 47. cxb5+ axb5 48. a3 Nd5 49. e7 Nxe7 50. Rxe7 Kc5 51. Re5+ Kc6 52. Re4 Kc5 53. Rf4 Kd5 54. Nd8 Kd6 55. Rf5 Kd7 56. Nb7 Ke6 57. Rxb5 g6 58. Nc5+ Kd5 59. Na4+ Kc6 60. Rb6+ Kc7 61. Rxg6 Rg3 62. Nb2 Rg4 63. Nc4 Kb7 64. a4 Ka7 65. Kb4 Kb7 66. a5 Rg1 67. Kc5 Rf1 68. Rg7+ Ka6 69. Nd6 Rd1 70. c4 Rd2 71. Rg8 Ka7 72. g6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Da Silva, Giovanni B Tavares"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Bc2 Nc6 6. h3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nf5 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. a3 Nc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Rae1 Bf8 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh4 Rxb2 26. Nf5+ Kh7 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Rd6 Bxe4 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Nd6 Rc6 31. Re1 Bg6 32. Ne4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "February, Jesse Nikki"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. g3 Qc7 8. Bg2 e5 9. Nde2 Be6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. h3 0-0 12. Be3 Na5 13. b3 Rac8 14. Ra2 Nc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Rb2 Nxc2 18. Bg5 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nbxd5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Rbc2 h6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. Kh2 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 g6 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Bd3 b4 32. Bc4 Bg5 33. h4 Bc1 34. f4 Bb2 35. Bb5 Qf5 36. Qxd6 exf4 37. Bd3 fxg3+ 38. Qxg3 Qe5 39. Kh3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 f5 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Bc4 g5 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. Kg3 Be5+ 45. Kf3 g4+ 46. Kf2 Kg5 47. Bd3 f4 48. Kg2 f3+ 49. Kf2 Kf4 50. Bc4 Bd4+ 51. Kf1 g3 52. Bd5 g2+ 53. Ke1 g1Q+ 54. Kd2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Masague Artero, Guerau"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. Nge2 Na5 7. 0-0 Nxc4 8. dxc4 a6 9. a4 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Qd3 0-0-0 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Nd5 Bc5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxd5 16. Qa7 Qc6 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 cxb6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Rb4 Kb8 22. Rfb1 Rc8 23. R1b2 Rc5 24. Nf1 Rhc8 25. Ne3 Rc3 26. Kf1 Ra3 27. Ke2 Rac3 28. Kd2 R3c5 29. c4 R5c7 30. f3 Rc5 31. h4 R5c7 32. g4 Rc5 33. Kc3 R5c7 34. Kb3 Nc5+ 35. Kc2 Nd7 36. Ra2 Rc5 37. Kd3 R5c7 38. Kc3 Rc5 39. Kb3 R5c7 40. Ka3 Rc5 41. Rh2 h6 42. h5 b5 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rhb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Lee, Kyungseok"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Re8 12. a3 Ba5 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bc7 15. e4 Bxg3 16. Nxg3 Nb6 17. e5 Qg5 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. Nce2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qf4 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Nc4 23. Re2 Rac8 24. f4 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Nd4 a6 28. a4 Nb6 29. b3 Rec8 30. f5 Nd7 31. e6 Nf6 32. exf7 Kxf7 33. Ne6 Rc1 34. Ng5+ Kf8 35. Ne6+ Kg8 36. Nd4 Ne4 37. g4 Kf7 38. Kg2 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 Kf6 40. Kg2 Ke5 41. Ne6 g6 42. Ng5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Rg8 44. h4 h6 45. Kf3 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. f6 Rg3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Levitan, Judah Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Be2 Bc6 16. f3 Qb6 17. Rd4 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Rd3 Ne7 20. Kf2 Bb5 21. Rd2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nf5 23. Rd1 Rg8 24. g3 Qc6 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Ke7 27. Red2 Rc7 28. Rd7+ Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Nxf6+ Ke7 31. Nxg8+ Kd6 32. Nf6 Ke7 33. Nxh7 f6 34. g4 Nh6 35. g5 Ng4+ 36. Ke2 f5 37. h4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bf6 15. Ne5 Ncb4 16. f4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Qd3 b6 19. Ba2 Bb7 20. Bb1 Re8 21. f5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Nxc3 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rfe1 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bg6 Qd5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Punin, Andrii"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 0-0 10. e3 c6 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. 0-0 Rfe8 14. b4 a6 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Ra2 Bg4 17. Ne1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nb6 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. a4 b5 21. a5 h5 22. Nc5 h4 23. f3 h3 24. g3 Re7 25. Rce1 Qf6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Rd8 28. e5 Qg5 29. Nxa6 Red7 30. e6 fxe6 31. Nc5 Rxd4 32. Nxe6 Qg4 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kf7 36. Qe1 Qd7 37. Re4 Nd2 38. Qf2+ Kg8 39. Rd4 Nf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 41. Qf2 Qxb4 42. Qa2+ Kh7 43. a6 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pakhomov, Egor"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Rxb6 0-0 15. Rb2 Nd7 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 Rxc3 19. Kf2 Rca3 20. Rb7 Nc5 21. Rc7 R8a5 22. g3 Rxa2 23. Bh3 Rc2 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Bf5 Nd3+ 27. Ke3 Rxc8 28. Bxc8 Ne5 29. Kf2 Ra2 30. Bf5 Kf6 31. Bb1 Rb2 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. Bd3 d4 34. h3 g5 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Nc6 37. Be4 Ne7 38. Rxd4 h5 39. Bd3 Nd5 40. f5+ Ke5 41. Re4+ Kd6 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Re4 Kd6 44. Rh4 Ke5 45. Rxh5 Nf4 46. Rh8 Nxd3+ 47. Ke3 Nc5 48. Rh5 Kf6 49. Rh6+ Ke5 50. Rh5 Kf6 51. h4 Rb4 52. Rh6+ Ke5 53. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sharipov, Davron"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Ne5 a6 8. Nxc4 Nc6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bd2 Nd3 19. b3 Bf6 20. Rad1 c5 21. Bc3 c4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rd2 Rc8 25. Rb1 Ne5 26. Kg2 c3 27. Rc2 Nd3 28. Kf1 a5 29. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arslanov, Shamil"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nfd7 7. Nd5 Kd8 8. Bg5+ f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Nxf6 h6 11. Nxd7+ hxg5 12. Nxf8 Rxf8 13. Kd2 exf3 14. Nxf3 g4 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxg4 Nc5 17. Be2 Bxg4 18. Bxg4 Rf2+ 19. Be2 Rxg2 20. Rag1 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Ke7 22. h4 Kf6 23. h5 c6 24. Rg6+ Kf5 25. b4 Ne4+ 26. Ke3 Nf6 27. Bd3+ Ke5 28. Rg5+ Ke6 29. Bc4+ Kd6 30. Rf5 Ke7 31. Re5+ Kf8 32. Kf4 Rd8 33. Kg5 Ng8 34. Rf5+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kh8 36. Bd3 Rd5+ 37. Kh4 Nh6 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rxh6 Rd4+ 40. Kg5 Rxb4 41. Rd6 Ra4 42. Kg6 Kf8 43. h6 Rg4+ 44. Kf6 Rf4+ 45. Bf5 Ke8 46. h7 Rh4 47. Re6+ Kf8 48. Re4 Rh6+ 49. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ishvi, Aggarwal"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bb3 d4 9. Ne2 0-0 10. c3 Kh8 11. a4 f6 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Bc4 a5 15. b3 Bd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Qh4 Nb4 21. Nf7+ Kh7 22. Nxh6 g5 23. Qxg5 Qxh6 24. Qg3 Ng6 25. Rf7 Be6 26. Rxb7 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Re7 28. Rb6 Rf8 29. h3 Ref7 30. c5 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. c6 Nf4 33. Nc3 Nfxd3 34. Nd5 e2 35. c7 e1Q+ 36. Rxe1 Nxe1 37. Nxb4 axb4 38. Bxb4 Rc8 39. Bxe1 Rfxc7 40. a5 Rc1 41. Kf2 R8c2+ 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. a6 Raa1 44. Kf2 Rxe1 45. a7 Rec1 46. Rb7 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 Rca1 48. h4 Rxa7 49. Rb5 Rf7 50. Kh3 Ra3+ 51. g3 Rff3 52. Kg4 Rxg3+ 53. Kf5 Raf3+ 54. Ke6 Rf6+ 55. Ke7 Rfg6 56. Rb7 Rh3 57. Kf7 Rxh4 58. Rb8 Rf4+ 59. Ke7 Rxe4 60. Re8 Re1 61. Kd7 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Bb5 Nb4 14. Qe2 a6 15. Ba4 Be6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Bc6 Rad8 19. Qxa6 Rd6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Bxb5 Rb8 22. a4 Bf6 23. Ra2 d4 24. Ra3 dxe3 25. Rxd6 exf2+ 26. Kf1 Nxd6 27. Nxc5 Nxb5 28. axb5 Bc4+ 29. Kxf2 Rxb5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. b4 Rxb4 32. Nd7 Be6 33. Nf8+ Kg8 34. Nxe6+ Kh7 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Nd7+ Kh7 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Rd8 Kg7 39. Rd4 Rb3 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41. Nd4 Ra3 42. Nf5 Ra5 43. Ne3 Ra3 44. Kf3 f5 45. Rf4 Kg6 46. h4 h5 47. g3 Rb3 48. Rc4 f6 49. Kf4 Ra3 50. Nxf5 Ra1 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Rc7 Rf1+ 53. Ke3 Re1+ 54. Kf2 Rxe7 55. Rc5 Kg6 56. Kf3 Ra7 57. Rc3 Ra4 58. Re3 Rb4 59. Re4 Rb3+ 60. Kf4 Ra3 61. Re8 Ra4+ 62. Re4 Ra3 63. Rd4 Rb3 64. Rd8 Rb4+ 65. Kf3 Rb3+ 66. Kg2 Rb5 67. Rg8+ Kf7 68. Rh8 Kg7 69. Rc8 Kg6 70. Kh3 Rb3 71. Rh8 Ra3 72. Rg8+ Kh7 73. Rb8 Kg6 74. Rb5 Rc3 75. Rb4 Ra3 76. Kg2 Rc3 77. Re4 Ra3 78. Kf2 Rb3 79. Re3 Rxe3 80. Kxe3 Kf5 81. Kf3 Ke5 82. Ke3 Kf5 83. Kf3 Ke5 84. g4 hxg4+ 85. Kxg4 Ke6 86. Kh5 Kf7 87. Kh6 f5 88. Kg5 f4 89. Kxf4 Kg6 90. Kg4 Kh6 91. h5 Kh7 92. Kg5 Kh8 93. Kg6 Kg8 94. Kh6 Kh8 95. Kg6 Kg8 96. h6 Kh8 97. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 h5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Rad1 Rh6 15. Nf6+ Kf8 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nxc7 Rc8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 h4 20. Nd5 h3 21. g3 c4 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Ba3+ Ke8 24. Ng5 b5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Kf7 27. Nd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Rg6 29. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Logachiov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Ne4 8. Ne2 c5 9. c4 b5 10. cxd5 c4 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 exd5 14. Nf4 Nd7 15. Qh5 Bb7 16. f3 Rae8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 a5 20. Rac1 Ba6 21. b3 Rc8 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rc3 Qd6 24. Qc2 Rc7 25. Qxe4 Re7 26. Qc2 Rfe8 27. Rf3 Bb5 28. h3 Ba6 29. Nh5 Rf7 30. Nf4 Qe7 31. Qf2 Qb4 32. Nd5 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Qe1 35. Rc2 Qh4 36. Rf2 Qd8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Bartakke, Amardeep S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qc6 11. Be3 Ncd7 12. Qxc6 bxc6 13. Ne2 0-0 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Na4 Rfc8 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Ba6 Rxb2 20. Bd4 Rxg2 21. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 Ra2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxc6 Nxh2+ 25. Rxh2 Rxh2 26. Ra6 Rc2 27. Bb7 Rc7 28. Rxa7 Kg7 29. a4 Kg6 30. a5 Kg5 31. a6 Kf4 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kd3 Ra2 34. Ra8 h5 35. Rh8 Kg4 36. Kc4 h4 37. Kb5 h3 38. Kb6 h2 39. e5 fxe5 40. a7 f5 41. Ba6 Kg3 42. a8Q Rb2+ 43. Bb5 e4 44. Qg8+ Kf4 45. Rh4+ Ke5 46. Qg7+ Kd5 47. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Hayrapetyan, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 Bg6 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. h4 h6 10. Be3 c6 11. g4 cxd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. h5 Bh7 14. Ng3 b5 15. Kf2 Nc5 16. b4 Ncd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Qb8 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Rhc1 Ne8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Kg2 Nc7 24. Rc6 Nb5 25. Nb6 Nxb6 26. Rxb6 Qe8 27. Ne2 Qd7 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Rc6 Ra8 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Be7 33. Rb6 g6 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Ra2 37. Kf1 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rb7 Bf8 40. Rb8 Kf7 41. Ng3 h4 42. Nf5 Bxf5 43. exf5 h3 44. Kg1 Ra3 45. Bf2 Rxf3 46. b5 Bh6 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rh7 Be3 49. Bxe3 Rxe3 50. b6 Rb3 51. b7 Kxf5 52. Kh2 e4 53. Re7 Kf4 54. Kg1 Kf3 55. Kh2 e3 56. Kxh3 e2 57. Kh4 Kf2 58. Kg5 e1Q 59. Rxe1 Kxe1 60. Kf6 Rxb7 61. Ke6 Rb6 62. Kd7 Kd2 63. Kc7 Ra6 64. Kb7 Ra5 65. Kc6 Ke3 66. Kxd6 Kd4 67. Kc6 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Navumenka, Mikhei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. f3 a5 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 0-0 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ne2 e5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Nc3 b6 15. Be2 h6 16. 0-0 a4 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nxa4 Nd7 19. Nc3 Nb8 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Nc6 23. Rxd6 Nd4 24. Qd1 Qb8 25. e5 Qxb2 26. Bf3 Rxa3 27. Bd5 Ra2 28. Kh1 Nf5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rd3 Nd4 31. Qg4 Rf5 32. Rg3 g5 33. Rg1 Qf2 34. Qh5 Qxf4 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qxh6+ Ke7 37. Qh7+ Rf7 38. Qh6 Qf2 39. Qxg5+ Kd7 40. Qg8 Qxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Panda, Sambit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Nf3 Re8 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 Re7 15. Rad1 Rae8 16. a3 Nf8 17. b4 a6 18. Na4 Ne6 19. Nc5 Nxd4 20. Bh7+ Nxh7 21. Rxd4 Ng5 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd4 Re4 26. Red1 f5 27. g3 Kf7 28. R4d3 Rc4 29. Rb1 g5 30. Kg2 Kg6 31. a4 Ree4 32. b5 Rxa4 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rb6 Rec4 35. Rxd5 Ra2 36. Rd6+ Kg7 37. Rdxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 a5 39. Ra6 a4 40. Kf3 h5 41. h4 g4+ 42. Kg2 a3 43. Kg1 Kf7 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Kg2 Kd7 47. Ra5 Ke6 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Kg2 Ra2 50. Kg1 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Ke6 52. Kh2 a2 53. Kg2 Kd6 54. Ra8 Kd5 55. Ra5+ Ke4 56. Ra8 Kd3 57. Rd8+ Ke2 58. Ra8 Kd3 59. Rd8+ Kc3 60. Ra8 Kc4 61. Ra7 Kd5 62. Ra8 Kc6 63. Ra3 Kb6 64. Ra4 Kb5 65. Ra8 Kb4 66. Rb8+ Ka3 67. Ra8+ Kb2 68. Rb8+ Kc2 69. Rc8+ Kd2 70. Ra8 Ke2 71. Ra7 Rd1 72. Rxa2+ Rd2 73. Ra1 Kd3 74. Ra5 Ke4 75. Ra4+ Ke5 76. Ra5+ Ke4 77. Ra4+ Ke5 78. Ra8 Ke4 79. Re8+ Kd3 80. Rf8 Ke4 81. Re8+ Kd3 82. Rd8+ Ke2 83. Rf8 Rd5 84. Rxf5 Rxf5 85. e4 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bc7 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. h3 Ba5 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rxe5 Bxc3 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. bxc3 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Be5 Bf5 19. c4 Be4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Re1 f5 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Qe5 Re8 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. f3 Bd3 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Kf2 Kd6 30. f4 f6 31. Ke3 Bc2 32. g4 fxg4 33. hxg4 a6 34. g5 fxg5 35. fxg5 b5 36. a3 bxc4 37. Nxc4+ Kxd5 38. Nb6+ Kc6 39. Nc4 Bf5 40. Kd2 Kb5 41. Kc3 Bh3 42. Ne5 Bf5 43. Nc4 Ka4 44. Kb2 Be4 45. Nd2 Bd5 46. Nb1 c4 47. Nc3+ Ka5 48. Nxd5 Kb5 49. Nf4 Kc5 50. Nxg6 Kd5 51. Nf4+ Ke5 52. g6 Kf6 53. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romany, Joy"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nxc4 h6 13. Re1 a6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bxf4 16. e5 Ng4 17. e6 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 fxe6+ 19. Bf3 Qh4 20. Qe2 Bg3 21. Qg2 Nh2+ 22. Ke2 Qxc4+ 23. Kd1 Nxf3 24. Re4 Qb3+ 25. Ke2 Qc2+ 26. Kf1 Nfh4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Boer, Eelke"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 0-0 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Bc2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. a4 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. h3 Bd6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Ra6 Ne7 20. Nd4 Qe5 21. N2f3 Qh5 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Ne6 Rfe8 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf5 26. Ne6 c6 27. Ned4 Qc8 28. Ra7 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Qb4 Ne4 31. Ne6 Ng6 32. Nc5 Qe7 33. Nd2 Qd8 34. Ndxe4 dxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Nxe4 h6 37. Nd6 Qe7 38. Qd4 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Qxe5 Nxe5 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. f4 Nd3 43. b4 Kf8 44. Kf3 Nc1 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kf6 47. Nd4 Na2 48. Kd2 g5 49. g3 gxf4 50. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kjaergaard Jensen, Jesper"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. 0-0 Bc5 14. Rad1 0-0 15. Bb1 Rd8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. h4 h5 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Ng5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qe7 22. Qd3 Bf6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. g3 b5 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. f4 Bb7 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Bc6 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. a3 Ke7 33. Rf1 Bd5 34. Bc2 Rc4 35. Rf4 Rc7 36. Rd4 a5 37. Kf4 Rb7 38. Kg5 Rb8 39. Kf4 Rg8 40. a4 Rb8 41. b3 bxa4 42. bxa4 Rc8 43. Be4 Rxc3 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. g4 hxg4 46. Rxd5 Rc4+ 47. Kg3 Rxa4 48. Rb5 Ke6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Kh4 Kf5 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kh4 Rh3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Anurag, Jaiswal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 a6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. h4 h6 13. h5 b4 14. Rh3 a5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Bf4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rc1 Ra8 19. Qc2 b3 20. Qxb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bb4+ 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Ke7 24. Rc7 Rhc8 25. Rhc3 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rb8 27. Ke2 Rb4 28. Kd3 a4 29. Kc3 Rb6 30. bxa4 Ra6 31. Nb3 Kd8 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Dilanyan, Grigor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 Qxb6 8. e4 0-0 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bc4 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. 0-0 Rb8 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. b3 Nb4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Re6 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Qc4 Nb6 23. Qd3 h6 24. Bc3 Nd5 25. Ba1 Nb4 26. Qc4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Rbd1 Nf4 29. Rxd7 Rb8 30. Re3 g5 31. h3 Ng6 32. Ra7 Rd8 33. Bc3 Nf4 34. Kh2 Rd1 35. Re1 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd8 37. Rc7 Rb8 38. Bb2 Nd5 39. Rxc5 Nxe3 40. fxe3 Rxb3 41. Bd4 Kh7 42. Ra5 Kg6 43. Kg3 Rd3 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Nd2 Ra2 46. Ke1 Rc6 47. Ke2 Bf8 48. Kd3 Rxd2+ 49. Kxd2 Bb4+ 50. Kd3 Bxa5 51. Ke4 Bb6 52. Kd5 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Exposito Milan, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. h3 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Nc1 Ne8 16. Nb3 Nd6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. N3a4 Nbc4 19. Ka1 h5 20. b3 Nb6 21. Be2 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Ne4 23. Bf3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nd6 25. Nc5 g6 26. Be2 Qf6 27. f4 Rh5 28. gxh5 Bf5 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Rg8 32. Rdg1 b6 33. Na4 Bd7 34. Nc3 Rg7 35. Bd3 Re7 36. Qf2 Kb7 37. Qh4 Qf8 38. Qh8 Qxh8 39. Rxh8 Rxe3 40. Rd1 b5 41. Rh7 Kc8 42. Kb2 a5 43. Bc2 b4 44. Na4 Nb5 45. Rhh1 Bg4 46. Rde1 Be2 47. Rh2 Nxd4 48. Nc5 Nf3 49. Rhxe2 Nxe1 50. Rxe3 Ng2 51. Re5 Kc7 52. a3 Kd6 53. Re6+ Kc7 54. axb4 axb4 55. Nd3 Nh4 56. Rh6 Nf5 57. Rh5 Ne3 58. f5 Kd6 59. f6 c5 60. Rh6 c4 61. f7+ Ke7 62. Ne5 c3+ 63. Kc1 d4 64. Rh8 Kf6 65. f8Q+ Kxe5 66. Qg7+ Kd5 67. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karvatskyi, Oleksii"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 Be7 14. Rae1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc5 21. Qd4 Qb5 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. a3 Rad8 24. Qc3 Qb6 25. Kg2 c5 26. e4 Qc6 27. Qf3 Rd4 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Kf3 b5 31. Rd1 h5 32. g5 h4 33. f5 Qc5 34. Kf4 Qc7 35. Qxb5 Qc2 36. Qd3 Qh2+ 37. Kg4 Qxe5 38. Kxh4 Qf4+ 39. Kh5 Kh7 40. g6+ fxg6+ 41. fxg6+ Kh8 42. Rg1 Qh6+ 43. Kg4 Qxg6+ 44. Kh4 Qxg1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Swara, Lakshmi S Nair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qd6 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. Bc5 Qd7 16. Bd4 b6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ f6 19. 0-0 Ba6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Ne5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. f3 Qc2 26. Kf1 Nd3 27. Nc3 Qc1+ 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Qc2+ 30. Ke3 Nxg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Montero Martinez, Cristian"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Na3 Be6 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rxe6 Qxe6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Bf4 a6 20. Nc2 Rd8 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Re8 23. Kh2 Ne5 24. Qe2 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 h5 26. Bh3 b5 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. Qxg4 hxg4 29. Kf2 c4 30. dxc4 dxc4 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. Rd6 Re6 33. Rd7 Kg7 34. Ra7 Rc6 35. e4 Bd8 36. Be3 Kf8 37. Bd4 Bf6 38. Ke3 Bxd4+ 39. cxd4 Rf6 40. d5 Rf3+ 41. Kd4 Rxg3 42. Rxa6 Rd3+ 43. Ke5 g3 44. h5 Kg7 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Ra7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pereyra, Horacio"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Be7 15. c3 Rd8 16. f4 f5 17. Kf2 b6 18. Kf3 Bf6 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Kxd1 Kd6 23. Ke2 Kd5 24. Kd3 b5 25. Nd2 Bd8 26. b3 f6 27. c4+ bxc4+ 28. Nxc4 Bc7 29. Ne3+ Kc5 30. g3 Kb4 31. Nc4 e5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Kc2 e4 34. Ne3 Kc5 35. Nxf5 Kd5 36. Kd2 Bb6 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Ne3 Kd4 39. Nc2+ Kc3 40. Ne3 Bc5 41. Nd5+ Kb2 42. b4 Bd4 43. b5 Kxa2 44. Nb4+ Kb3 45. Nc6 Bb6 46. g4 Kc4 47. h4 Kxb5 48. Ne5 Bd4 49. Nf7 Kc6 50. Ng5 Kd5 51. Nxh7 a5 52. g5 a4 53. h5 a3 54. h6 a2 55. Nf6+ Bxf6 56. gxf6 a1Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sanguinetti, Luis"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. dxe4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bc5 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd3 g6 9. b4 Nxb4 10. cxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Kf1 0-0 12. Nxh7 Nc6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxf8 Qxf8 16. Qe2 Qc5 17. Nd2 Nxe5 18. Re1 d6 19. Nf3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Kg7 21. h4 Qh5 22. g4 Qc5 23. h5 g5 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Nxg5 Qc4+ 26. Kg1 Qxg4+ 27. Kf1 Qc4+ 28. Re2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Zhouqiao"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nb6 9. Bb5 f6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. h3 Rf7 14. Nc3 Kh8 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rf8 17. a4 Bd6 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Bd2 Bf5 22. c4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 c6 24. Bc3 Kg7 25. a5 Ng8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Rb1 Qd7 28. d5 Re8 29. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arabidze, Meri"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. e3 b5 8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be3 a5 14. Nc3 0-0 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Nd3 18. b3 Be6 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qc2 Ne5 22. Bf1 Be6 23. Qxc7 f6 24. Bb5 b3 25. Rb1 Rbc8 26. Qxa5 Rc2 27. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bazan Romero, Octavio Aaron"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nc6 9. Nf3 e6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. f4 Bb4 13. 0-0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bh6 Qh4 17. Bg5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. g3 h5 20. Rf3 Rc8 21. Raf1 Rg7 22. Qe2 Rc6 23. Qf2 Qg6 24. Rf6 Qh7 25. Qf4 Kd7 26. Qb8 h4 27. Qf8 Rc8 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koutsogiannopoulou, Theodora"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Ba2 Be6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. c3 Qc5 14. Be3 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 a6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Ne4 18. Rdd1 Rac8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nf4 Nc4 21. Rf2 Bf5 22. Re2 Bf8 23. g4 Bg6 24. Kf2 b5 25. h4 f6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Re6 Rd6 28. Re2 Rdd8 29. Bb1 Kf7 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5 Bd6 32. Bg6+ Kf8 33. Rde1 Be5 34. Ba7 Nxb2 35. Rxb2 Bxc3 36. Ree2 Bxb2 37. Rxb2 Ke7 38. Rb3 Kd6 39. Ke3 Rc4 40. Bb6 Rdc8 41. Ba5 Rh4 42. Bb4+ Ke6 43. Rd3 Rc1 44. Kd2 Rhh1 45. Re3+ Kd7 46. Bf5+ Kd8 47. Bg4 Rhd1+ 48. Ke2 d4 49. Re6 d3+ 50. Ke3 Rc7 51. Rxa6 d2 52. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Aravindakshan, Sahana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Bh6 Nc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng3 b5 17. Rfe1 c4 18. Nce2 Nd7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. dxc6 Ne6 22. Rad1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. f4 Qxc6 25. f5 Nc5 26. f6+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Ne6 28. Rd5 Qe8 29. Red1 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Nxf8 31. Rxd6 Re8 32. Rd7 Kg8 33. R7d6 Re6 34. Kg1 Rae8 35. Kf2 a5 36. Ke3 b4 37. R1d5 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Kd3 Rc8 40. Kc2 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Ne6 42. Rd3 Rb8 43. Rxc3 Nd4+ 44. Kd3 Nb5 45. Rc6 Rd8+ 46. Ke3 Na7 47. Rc7 Nb5 48. Rb7 Na3 49. e5 Nc4+ 50. Ke4 a4 51. e6 fxe6 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Ra7 Nd6+ 54. Ke5 Nf7+ 55. Kxe6 Kg8 56. Rxf7 Re8+ 57. Re7 Ra8 58. Ne4 Ra6+ 59. Nd6 Rb6 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rb7 Rxb7 62. Nxb7 a3 63. Ke7 Kg8 64. f7+ Kg7 65. f8Q# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Avila Pavas, Santiago"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Nxa3 d6 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nc3 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Re1 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. e5 Ng4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bh6 Rf5 20. Ra3 Nc6 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Rd3 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Rde3 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Bg7 7. Nc3 Qxb6 8. a4 d6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qa7 12. a5 Ne8 13. Be2 Nc7 14. 0-0 Nb5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Rb1 Ba8 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. Nab6 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. b4 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 c4 25. Be3 Qb5 26. Ree1 c3 27. Qe2 e6 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. dxe6 Bxe4 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Rbc1 d5 32. f3 Bf5 33. g4 Bc8 34. Bc5 d4 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Kf2 Bb7 37. Ke2 Bd5 38. Rd1 Bc4+ 39. Ke1 d3 40. Rc1 d2+ 41. Kd1 dxc1Q+ 42. Kxc1 Be2 43. f4 Bxg4 44. Kc2 Bf5+ 45. Kb3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Harish, Neeraj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. f3 b5 16. Be2 g5 17. Bf2 Be6 18. a3 Rd2 19. Rab1 Bxc3 20. Be1 Rxe2 21. Bxc3 Nd7 22. h4 gxh4 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Nb6 25. Rh1 Na4 26. Bf6 Kh7 27. Rxh4 Kg6 28. Be5 Rd8 29. Ke3 Nb6 30. Bc3 Nc4+ 31. Kf2 a5 32. f4 f5 33. g4 fxe4 34. f5+ Bxf5 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. Rxh6 e3+ 37. Kf3 Rd1 38. Rf6+ Kg5 39. Rxc6 Rf1+ 40. Ke2 Rf2+ 41. Kd3 e2 42. Rc5+ Kf4 43. Rxb5 Nd6 44. Re5 Rf3+ 45. Kd2 Rxc3 46. Rxe2 Rc6 47. Rh2 Ke5 48. Rh5+ Ke6 49. Kd3 a4 50. Rh4 Ra6 51. Kc3 Kd7 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. Rh6 Rb6+ 54. Kxa4 Rxb2 55. Ka5 Kc5 56. Rh5+ Kc6 57. Rh6 Kc7 58. a4 Nb7+ 59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Ka7 Rb7+ 61. Ka8 Nd7 62. Rh7 Rb4 63. a5 Ra4 64. Rh5 Kc6 65. Ka7 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 d6 6. Bf4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Nf3 Ng6 9. Bg3 0-0 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Ne7 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rh3 c5 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Bb1 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Qxc4 21. Bd3 Qa4 22. Kg1 Rfc8 23. Bb1 Qc4 24. Bd3 Qa4 25. Rg3 Nc4 26. Bb1 Nb2 27. Qxb2 Qxd1+ 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. Rg4 Rxb1 30. Qc3 Qh1+ 31. Kg3 Qxh5 32. Qc7 Ba6 33. Rf4 Rf8 34. Qxa7 Bd3 35. Rh4 Qg6+ 36. Rg4 Qh7 37. Qe7 Bf5 38. Rh4 Qg6+ 39. Kh2 Rb2 40. Kg1 Be4 41. Nh2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Martine, Jean Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Rxd8 7. c3 Bd6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nc4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. Nxd6 Rxd6 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Kf8 17. f4 a6 18. f5 f6 19. g4 g6 20. Kf2 Nc8 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. h4 Nd6 23. Kf3 Na5 24. b3 Kf7 25. Be2 Nab7 26. Bd3 c5 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 c4 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4+ bxc4 31. Bc1 Nd6 32. Be3 Nb5 33. Bd2 Nc7 34. Kg4 Ne8 35. Be3 Nd6 36. Kf3 f5 37. exf5 Nxf5 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. h6 Nd6+ 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Bc5 Nf7 42. Be3 e4+ 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Kf4 Nxh6 45. Kxe4 Nf5 46. Bd4 Ne7 47. Bc5 Nf5 48. Kd5 Kf6 49. Kxc4 Ke6 50. Kb4 Kd5 51. Bf2 Kc6 52. Ka5 Kb7 53. Kb4 Ne7 54. Kc5 Nc6 55. Bd4 Na5 56. Be5 Nc6 57. Bf6 Na5 58. Bd8 Nc6 59. Bb6 Ne5 60. Ba5 Nc6 61. Bb4 Ne5 62. Kd5 Nc6 63. Kd6 a5 64. Bc5 a4 65. Kd7 Na5 66. Kd6 Nc6 67. Kd5 Na5 68. Bb4 Nc6 69. Kc5 Ne5 70. Kb5 a3 71. Bxa3 Nd3 72. Bb4 Ne5 73. a4 Nc6 74. a5 Na7+ 75. Kc5 Ka6 76. c4 Nc8 77. Kc6 Na7+ 78. Kc5 Kb7 79. Bc3 Nc6 80. Kb5 Na7+ 81. Kc5 Nc6 82. a6+ Kc7 83. Kb5 Na7+ 84. Kc5 Nc6 85. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Montero Martinez, Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. d5 Nbd7 5. c4 Nc5 6. Nc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Be7 8. h3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 b6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b3 f5 14. a3 fxe4 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Ndxe4 Bh6 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rd3 Rf7 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Rf8 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. Rd1 Rf4 25. Rd3 Bf5 26. f3 Bd7 27. Rd1 Rf8 28. Qf2 Bf4 29. Rb1 Bf5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 h6 33. Qb2 Be3+ 34. Kf1 Bd4 35. Ke2 Qh4 36. Rb8 Qe7 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qb7 Qe7 39. Nb5 Bxe4 40. fxe4 Qh4 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Nxd4 exd4 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Kd3 Qg3+ 47. Qf3 Qe5 48. g3 h5 49. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Osmonbekov, Talaibek D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 e4 9. d5 c6 10. Nc3 a5 11. f3 Na6 12. fxe4 fxe4 13. Nf4 Nc5 14. Qd4 g5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Qe3 d5 18. cxd5 Bc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rad1 cxd5 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Nd4 Ng4 23. Bc1 Nd3 24. e3 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 0-0 8. h3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0-0 h6 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Bf5 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qf6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bf2 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxd4 23. Rd1 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 d4 25. Ne2 d3 26. Nc1 Qc6 27. Nxd3 Ne6 28. Rd2 Nf4 29. Ne1 Re8 30. Nd3 Rd8 31. Ne1 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qb6+ 33. Qf2 Qd6 34. Qe3 Ne6 35. Nd3 Qd5 36. a3 Qb3 37. Qe4 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Qd5 Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Qd5 g6 42. Qd7 Kg7 43. Ne5 Ng5 44. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Terziev, Dimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 a5 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. b3 Bd7 11. a3 Qc8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qb2 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. 0-0 h6 18. Be3 g5 19. c5 g4 20. Nc4 gxf3 21. Bxf3 Ng4 22. cxd6 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 cxd6 24. Be2 b5 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Qb8 27. Nc3 Qb6 28. Ncd1 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 Nxb4 30. Nf5 Rd8 31. Nde3 Bf8 32. Rb1 Nd3 33. Rb7 Nc5 34. Ra7 Nxe4 35. Ng4 h5 36. Ngh6+ Bxh6 37. Nxh6+ Kf8 38. Rxf7+ Ke8 39. Rh7 Nf6 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rxd8+ Kxd8 42. Nf5 Kd7 43. Ne3 Kc7 44. h3 Kb6 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kc5 47. g5 Nh5 48. g6 Kd4 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meruga, Shanmukha R"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Qd3 0-0 11. 0-0 a5 12. Rac1 a4 13. Rc2 Qa5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Qd8 18. g3 Ng4 19. Qb5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxb7 f6 22. Bc1 Rb8 23. Qc6 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Kf1 f5 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rb4 28. Re2 Rc4 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Kf7 31. Kf2 e6 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 33. Ke3 d5 34. Kd3 Rb4 35. a3 Rxe4 36. Rxe4+ dxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Kf6 38. Kd4 Kf5 39. Kc4 Kxf4 40. Kb4 g5 41. Kxa4 g4 42. b4 h5 43. b5 h4 44. b6 g3 45. hxg3+ hxg3 46. b7 g2 47. b8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Montano Vicente, Guadalupe"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. e3 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. c4 Be6 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. c6 bxc6 17. c5 Rab8 18. Bd3 Rb2 19. Rd2 Rb4 20. 0-0 Bd7 21. f3 Rcb8 22. Rff2 Kf8 23. Rfe2 Ke7 24. Kf2 Kd8 25. Nb3 Kc7 26. Nd4 a5 27. a3 R4b7 28. Ba6 Ra7 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. Rb2 Rab7 31. Rxb7+ Rxb7 32. Ba6 Rb8 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rb2 Nd7 35. Ke2 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Nxb8 37. a4 g6 38. Nb3 Nd7 39. f4 Kb8 40. Nxa5 Nxc5 41. Nxc6+ Kc7 42. Ne5 f6 43. Nxg6 Nxa4 44. Nh4 Nc5 45. Nf5 h5 46. Ng7 h4 47. Nf5 h3 48. gxh3 Kd7 49. h4 Ke6 50. Nd4+ Kf7 51. h5 Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kf7 53. Kf3 Ne4 54. h4 Nd2+ 55. Ke2 Ne4 56. Kd3 Nf2+ 57. Kd4 Ng4 58. Kxd5 Nf2 59. Kd4 Ng4 60. e4 Nf2 61. h6 Kg6 62. h5+ Kh7 63. Kd5 Ng4 64. Ke6 Nf2 65. e5 Ne4 66. exf6 Nc5+ 67. Ke7 Ne4 68. f7 Nd6 69. f8Q Nxf5+ 70. Qxf5+ Kg8 71. Qg6+ Kh8 72. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Osmonbekov, Talaibek D"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 e6 10. g4 Bd6 11. g5 Bxf4+ 12. Qxf4 Nh5 13. Qf3 g6 14. h4 Qd6 15. Kb1 Qf4 16. Qxf4 Nxf4 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Bxe2 h6 19. h5 hxg5 20. hxg6 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Ke7 22. Rh7 Kf6 23. Rxf7+ Kxg6 24. Rxb7 Nxd4 25. Bd3+ Kf6 26. c3 Nf5 27. a4 a5 28. Rb5 Ke5 29. Kc2 Nd6 30. Rc5 Rf8 31. Rxa5 Rxf2+ 32. Kb3 g4 33. Ra8 g3 34. Rg8 g2 35. a5 Nc4 36. Bxc4 dxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Rxb2 38. a6 Ra2 39. a7 Rxa7 40. Rxg2 Ra4+ 41. Kd3 Ra3 42. Re2+ Kd5 43. Rb2 e5 44. Rb5+ Kd6 45. Ke4 Ra4+ 46. Kd3 Rh4 47. c4 Rd4+ 48. Kc3 Rd1 49. Rb6+ Kd7 50. Rh6 e4 51. c5 e3 52. Rd6+ Rxd6 53. cxd6 Kxd6 54. Kd3 e2 55. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sobek, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Nf3 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Rab1 Ne7 15. b4 c6 16. a4 b5 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. a5 Qe6 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qc5 Rfe8 23. Qa7 g5 24. Nfd3 g4 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Qxd3 27. Ne5 Qe2 28. Qxa6 Nf5 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Re6 31. Qxd5 Nxe3 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. Nxf3 Nc4 34. Ra1 Ra6 35. Ne5 Nd6 36. Nd7 Nf5 37. Nc5 Ra7 38. d5 Kf8 39. Re1 Nd4 40. Re4 Nf5 41. g4 Nd6 42. Re3 Nc4 43. Rd3 Nd6 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. f3 f5 46. gxf5 Nxf5 47. Ne4 Nd6 48. Nxd6 Kxd6 49. Kg3 Rc7 50. Ra3 Kxd5 51. Kg4 Kc4 52. a6 Ra7 53. Ra1 Kxb4 54. Kf4 Kc3 55. Ke3 b4 56. Rc1+ Kb2 57. Rc6 b3 58. Kd2 Kb1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tarnowska, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 e6 11. Nf1 Be7 12. Ng3 0-0 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Qd2 d5 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nh5 Bb5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qd3 20. Nh4 Rc4 21. Re3 Qc2 22. Nxg7 Nxg7 23. Rg3 Qg6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. b3 Re4 26. f3 Re2 27. Qc1 Rc8 28. Rg4 Nf5 29. a4 Bd7 30. c4 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Bc6 32. Qc3 Rd8 33. Re1 Ra2 34. Rf1 Rdd2 35. Rxc6 bxc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xhembulla, Aleksander"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Bc7 12. Re1 Qd8 13. a3 a5 14. c5 0-0 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Nfd2 e5 17. Ne4 Re6 18. Ned6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Qc2 f6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 a4 25. Rec1 Na5 26. Rc7 Bc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Kh7 30. f4 Rb8 31. Rc2 Rb3 32. Ra7 Rb5 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Kh3 Kg6 35. Rf2 Nb3 36. Rxa4 c5 37. Rf1 Re3 38. Rd1 Re2 39. Ra7 Nd2 40. Rc7 Nf3 41. Rh1 Rxb2 42. Rxc5 f5 43. a4 Ra2 44. a5 Kf6 45. Rc6+ Kf7 46. a6 Ne5 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. a7 Ng4 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. Rc2 Rxc2 52. a8Q Nf2+ 53. Kg2 Nxd3+ 54. Kf1 Rc1+ 55. Ke2 Rc8 56. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 e5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. 0-0-0 Bd6 12. Bc3 Bf5 13. Nfd4 Bg6 14. f3 a6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Qe7 18. e4 Rfc8 19. Qa4 d5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qg5+ 22. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Martine, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 d5 3. Ngf3 Bf5 4. e3 h6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. b4 e6 10. b5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nc6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Rxa6 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Ra7+ Rc7 17. Rxc7+ Kxc7 18. 0-0 Be7 19. b3 Ra8 20. Bb2 Ra2 21. Bc3 Kb7 22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Bd8 24. Bc3 Ka6 25. Kf1 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 Kb5 27. Kd1 g5 28. Kc1 h5 29. f3 h4 30. Kb2 f5 31. Nb1 Bc7 32. Na3+ Ka6 33. g3 Bxg3 34. hxg3 h3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Gadzhiev, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 a6 15. f4 c5 16. Qf2 cxd4 17. exd4 Bd7 18. Rae1 Qb6 19. a3 Bb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nd3 Ne6 22. f5 Ng5 23. Na2 Nge4 24. Qf3 Qxd4+ 25. Qe3 Qc4 26. Nab4 d4 27. Qc1 Rac8 28. Qf4 Nc5 29. Ne5 Qb3 30. Qxd4 Red8 31. Qf4 Qxb2 32. Rf2 Qd4 33. Kh2 Qxf4+ 34. Rxf4 Re8 35. Rf2 Nce4 36. Rfe2 Rxe5 37. Nd3 Rxf5 38. Rxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd5 40. Nb4 Rd6 41. Re7 b6 42. Na6 Rc3 43. Nc7 Rxa3 44. Nxb5 Rdd3 45. Nxa3 Rxa3 46. Rb7 Rb3 47. h4 h5 48. g3 g6 49. Kg2 b5 50. Kf2 b4 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Kg2 Ke6 54. Kh2 f6 55. Rb5 Rb2+ 56. Kh3 b3 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Kxg4 Rb1 59. Kg3 b2 60. Kg2 f5 61. Rb3 f4 62. Rb5 f3+ 63. Kh2 f2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Kjaergaard Jensen, Jesper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bb2 c6 8. 0-0-0+ Kc7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rg1 Bc5 11. e3 Ng4 12. Rd2 Nxf2 13. Nd4 exd4 14. exd4 Be7 15. Rxf2 Bg5+ 16. Kd1 Be3 17. Ke1 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rae8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bg2 h5 21. g5 h4 22. d5 Ne5 23. Ba3 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Pakhomov, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Ne5 Bb4 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f3 Rfe8 16. fxe4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. c4 Nc3 19. Qe1 Nxd4 20. Bd3 dxc4 21. Qxc3 cxd3 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rbd8 24. Rd1 Rxd4 25. Bb2 Rd7 26. Rd2 f6 27. Rad1 Red8 28. Bc3 Kf7 29. Ba5 Rb8 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Rd2 Rb5 34. Bc3 Rc5 35. Bd4 Ra5 36. Rc2 Kg6 37. Bc5 Ra6 38. a3 Rc6 39. Rc3 a6 40. Bb4 Re6 41. Rd3 Rc6 42. Rd6 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 a5 44. Bxa5 Rc5 45. Bb4 Rf5+ 46. Ke3 Rg5 47. g3 Rh5 48. h4 Re5+ 49. Kf3 Rf5+ 50. Kg2 Re5 51. Rd2 Re4 52. Ra2 Rc4 53. Bd2 Ra4 54. Bb4 Kf5 55. Rc2 Ra7 56. Kf3 Rd7 57. Rc5+ Ke6 58. a4 Rd3+ 59. Kg2 Rd4 60. Rb5 Kd7 61. a5 Kc6 62. Rb6+ Kc7 63. Be1 Re4 64. Rb1 Re2+ 65. Kf1 Ra2 66. Rb6 Ra1 67. Re6 Kd7 68. Re2 Kc7 69. Kf2 Kd7 70. Kf3 Ra3+ 71. Re3 Ra1 72. Bc3 Ra3 73. Kg4 Ra4+ 74. Kh3 Ra3 75. Bd2 Ra4 76. Re1 Ra2 77. Bc3 Ra3 78. Bd2 Ra2 79. Bf4 Rxa5 80. Rc1 Ra7 81. Rc4 Rb7 82. Rc3 Ra7 83. Be3 Rb7 84. g4 Ke7 85. Kg3 Kf7 86. Bf4 Ke6 87. Re3+ Kf7 88. Rc3 Ke6 89. Rc7 Rb3+ 90. Kg2 Rb2+ 91. Kh3 Rb3+ 92. Bg3 f5 93. Rxg7 f4 94. Rxh7 Rxg3+ 95. Kh2 Rxg4 96. h5 Rh4+ 97. Kg2 Kf5 98. Rf7+ Kg5 99. Kf3 Rh3+ 100. Kf2 Rxh5 101. Rf8 Rh2+ 102. Kf3 Rh3+ 103. Kf2 Ra3 104. Rg8+ Kf5 105. Rf8+ Ke5 106. Re8+ Kf5 107. Rf8+ Kg5 108. Rg8+ Kf5 109. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Viskelis, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 8. Qd1 Bb4 9. Nf3 0-0 10. e3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qb6 14. Qd4 Na6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Bd4 Nac5 18. 0-0 Nb3 19. Bxb6 Rdc8 20. Rad1 Rc2 21. Bd3 Rxb2 22. Bxe4 Ba4 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 g6 25. Bc2 Ra6 26. Bxb3 Rxb6 27. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Yang, Kaiqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. h3 e6 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Bb7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rg1 Rad8 19. g3 Nb8 20. Ke2 Rf7 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Nc6 23. Ne4 Bf8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Rd7+ 26. Rd2 Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Be7 28. Kc3 Kf7 29. Bd2 Nd4 30. Kd3 h6 31. Bc3 Nc6 32. g4 Bh4 33. Ke3 Be7 34. Kf3 a6 35. a4 Na7 36. Nd2 Ke8 37. Ke4 Kd7 38. f5 exf5+ 39. gxf5 gxf5+ 40. Kxf5 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. e6+ Ke8 43. cxb5 Nxb5 44. Be5 Na3 45. Bf6 c4 46. Ne4 Nb5 47. Be5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. d3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e4 e5 7. b4 Bd6 8. b5 Nce7 9. 0-0 Ng6 10. a4 h5 11. h4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ng4 15. Ndf3 f6 16. Bd2 Nf8 17. a5 Nh7 18. b6 a6 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 Bd7 21. Ra2 Nf8 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Kh2 0-0-0 24. Ng1 g5 25. hxg5 h4 26. gxh4 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Rd7 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Nxh3 Ne6 30. Rg1 Rf7 31. Rg4 Kd7 32. Kg2 Be7 33. f3 Bxg5 34. hxg5 Rfh7 35. Nf2 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Nf4 37. Rg1 Ke6 38. g6 Rg8 39. g7 Rh7 40. Ng4 Rgxg7 41. Rd2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schut, Han"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nf5 g6 9. Ne3 Nc6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Ne7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. 0-0 f4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Qf7 20. Rfd1 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Rc8 22. b3 Kf7 23. Rad1 Ke7 24. Kf2 Rc6 25. Ke2 Rf8 26. Kd3 a6 27. a4 Rc5 28. Kc3 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 b6 30. a5 Rb8 31. b4 b5 32. c5 dxc5 33. Rxe5+ Kd6 34. Rxc5 Rg8 35. Kd4 g5 36. e5+ Kd7 37. Kd5 g4 38. e6+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41. Rxf4 gxf3 42. Rg4+ Kf6 43. Rxg8 Ke7 44. Rg3 f2 45. Rf3 h5 46. Rxf2 h4 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. Kd6 h3 49. Rh7 hxg2 50. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tologontegin, Semetey"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. Ng3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 0-0 15. Nf5 g6 16. Qh6 gxf5 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. exf5 Rfe8+ 20. Kd2 Nb4 21. Rae1 Nd5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Ne5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Re1 Qd7 29. f6 Rg8 30. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vila Dupla, Aurelio"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Nd4 Bf7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. e3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nce4 15. Rad1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rfe1 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Ne2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nf6 22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 23. Rd2 Nxe3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nf4 Nd1 26. Rxe7 Nxb2 27. Rxb7 Rd2 28. Ne6 Nd1 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rxa7 h6 31. Nf4 g5 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nxf5 Rxf2 35. Nxh6 Rb2 36. Ng4 Nc3 37. Nf6 Nxa2 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ne4 g4 40. Nc5 Nc3 41. Na4 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki Vardaris op 8th"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2025.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ciric, Pavle"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 fxe4 8. dxe4 Be6 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nxd5 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Bxd5 Kc7 15. Be6 Qe8 16. Qd1 g6 17. f4 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Bf6 19. c3 h5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd3 h4 22. g4 Rg8 23. h3 Bg3 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe5 26. Rf2 Raf8 27. Kh1 Re8 28. Rd1 Re7 29. Rfd2 Rd8 30. Qf3 Qe3 31. Kg2 Qg5 32. Re2 Rde8 33. Rde1 Rxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 35. Qxe2 d5 36. Qf2 d4 37. cxd4 Nxd4 38. Be4 b6 39. Qf7+ Kd6 40. Qf8+ Ke5 41. Qe8+ Ne6 42. Bf5 Qd2+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qxb2+ 45. Ke3 Qd4+ 46. Ke2 Qb2+ 47. Ke3 Qd4+ 48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Ke3 Qxa2 50. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki Vardaris op 8th"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2025.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Krallis, Christos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 g6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Kg7 15. Rad1 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Nge2 Nf8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nh7 21. d5 c5 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Qd2 a6 24. Bf3 f5 25. a3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. b4 Nf6 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Na2 Bf7 33. Nb4 Qa7 34. Qf4 Qc5 35. Qd2 Qe7 36. Qd4 g5 37. d6 Qe6 38. Bc6 g4 39. Bxb5 Be8 40. Bf1 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki Vardaris op 8th"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2025.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Kolytas, Spiridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2025.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 0-0 7. Nf3 Na6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxc5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b4 Ba4 12. Qe2 Nb3 13. Rb1 dxc4 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Qb2 f6 18. Be2 e5 19. 0-0 Qe6 20. h3 b5 21. Rb1 Rcd8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Kf1 Qd5 27. Kg1 Kg7 28. Kf1 h5 29. h4 Nd6 30. Kg1 Nf5 31. g3 Nh6 32. Kg2 Ng4 33. Kg1 Kf7 34. Kg2 e4 35. Nd4 Ne5 36. Nxb3 Bxb3 37. Bd4 Nd3 38. Qc3 Qf5 39. f3 exf3+ 40. Bxf3 Bd1 41. Bxd1 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qxd1 44. e4 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qxe4 46. Bxa7 Qf3 47. Qd4 Qxg3+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Qxg4 hxg4 51. Bd4 Ke6 52. Kf1 f5 53. Ke2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki Vardaris op 8th"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2025.02.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Markidis, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Qc5 a4 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nb1 Ra5 21. Nc3 Kg7 22. Rd2 Nd7 23. d5 c5 24. d6 Re6 25. Rfd1 f5 26. Kf1 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bizhigitov, Zhangir"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nbd2 Nb6 9. Bb5 f6 10. Ne4 Kh8 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Qe8 14. Re1 c5 15. Nxc5 Qf7 16. Nce6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Rfc8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Qxd6 Nc4 21. Qd4 Nxb2 22. Rab1 Nc4 23. Rb4 Ne5 24. Nf4 Qxa2 25. Rb7 Qc4 26. Re7 Qxd4 27. cxd4 Nc6 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. d5 Ne5 31. h4 a5 32. Ra1 g5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Ne6 Rxd5 35. Nxg5 Kg7 36. Ra4 Nc6 37. Nf3 Kf6 38. Kh2 Rb5 39. Kg3 Rb4 40. Ra3 a4 41. Rc3 Rb6 42. Nd2 Ra6 43. Nc4 Nd4 44. Rd3 Nb5 45. Na3 Nxa3 46. Rxa3 h5 47. Kf4 Ra5 48. f3 Ra6 49. Ke4 Kg5 50. g3 Ra5 51. Kd4 Ra8 52. f4+ Kg4 53. Ke5 Ra5+ 54. Ke6 h4 55. gxh4 Kxf4 56. Kd6 Kg4 57. Kc6 Kxh4 58. Kb6 Ra8 59. Kb5 Kg4 60. Rxa4+ Rxa4 61. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brodowski, Piotr"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bc5 8. d3 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd2 Qd8 12. Kh1 Nd4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Nc4 f5 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. Ne2 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 Re8 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. f4 e4 20. dxe4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bh3 22. Bd5+ Kf8 23. Ne5 c6 24. Bg2 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Kg8 26. Qc4+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ Kg8 28. Ng4 Qf7 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxd6 Re2+ 31. Rf2 Re1 32. Ne5 Qe8 33. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golis, Wiktor"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 cxd5 11. Bg5 c6 12. Rhd1 Ng4 13. Bf4 0-0 14. Kf1 Re8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. c4 Rb8 19. b3 c5 20. cxd5 Kf8 21. Bc4 Ke7 22. Nf4 Kd6 23. Nd3 Re4 24. f3 Rd4 25. Nxb4 Rxb4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Ke2 Kc5 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. Kd3 f5 30. Kxd4 f4 31. Re1 a5 32. Re4 g5 33. Re5 h6 34. h4 a4 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rxg5 a3 37. Rg6+ Kc7 38. Kc5 Rb8 39. Rg7 Rh8 40. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Abdou, Ahmed Alem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Bg7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. e4 d6 9. a4 Qxb6 10. Nd2 e6 11. Nc4 Qb4 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Nb5 axb5 14. Bxb4 bxc4 15. Bc3 exd5 16. exd5 Re8+ 17. Be2 Bb7 18. 0-0 Bxd5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd5 Rxe2 21. Qxa8 Re8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 h6 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bb1 Ne7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. Nxd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Ba4 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. Bc2 b6 21. h4 Bxb3 22. axb3 Qc3 23. Qe4 Qxg3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. h5 Nf8 26. b4 Bd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. fxg3 Rxc4 29. Bd3 Rxb4 30. Rc1 Rd4 31. Ba6 g5 32. hxg6 Nxg6 33. Rc7 Nxe5 34. Rxa7 Ra4 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bb7 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 b5 38. Kf2 b4 39. Ke3 b3 40. Kd2 b2 41. Kc2 Nc4 42. Bc6 f5 43. Bf3 Nd2 44. Kxb2 Nxf3 45. gxf3 e5 46. Kc3 Kf6 47. Kd3 Ke6 48. Kc4 h5 49. Kc5 f4 50. gxf4 h4 51. fxe5 h3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Lai, Duc Minh1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. a4 Bg7 10. Nd2 0-0 11. Nc4 Qb8 12. a5 Ra7 13. Be2 Rb7 14. 0-0 Rb4 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Re1 e6 17. Ra2 exd5 18. exd5 Bb7 19. Na4 Bxd5 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. b3 Ne5 22. Nab6 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Nc6 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Nd4 26. Kf1 Ne4 27. Ra2 Nc3 28. Bf3 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Nxa2 31. Nc8 Be5 32. f4 Bxf4 33. Ke2 Bxh2 34. Ke3 h5 35. f4 Nb4 36. Nxd6 Nc2+ 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Mendoza, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. h4 Be7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 f6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Kf7 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Ne2 b5 21. Bc2 Nb6 22. Bb3+ Ke7 23. Rg1 f5 24. 0-0-0 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. d5 c5 27. Bd2 b5 28. Bc3 b4 29. axb4 cxb4 30. Bd4 Kd7 31. Kc2 Rhe8 32. Rge1 Re4 33. Ng3 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Nxg3 35. fxg3 Bxg3 36. Re6 Re8 37. Rxg6 Be1 38. Rxg7+ Kd6 39. h5 Kxd5 40. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ugorek, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rfc1 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd5 Kf7 19. b4 Na4 20. Kf2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nb6 22. Ke3 Ke8 23. Kd4 Kd8 24. f4 a5 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Rc1+ Kd8 27. b5 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Bg4+ Kd8 30. Be6 Ke8 31. h4 Na4 32. Bc8 b6 33. Be6 Nc5 34. g4 Kf8 35. g5 Kg7 36. Bc8 h6 37. Bg4 hxg5 38. hxg5 Kf7 39. Bc8 fxg5 40. fxg5 e5+ 41. dxe6+ Nxe6+ 42. Bxe6+ Kxe6 43. a4 Ke7 44. Kd5 Kd7 45. e5 dxe5 46. Kxe5 Ke7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. Kd5 Kd7 50. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nugroho, Angel Ruth"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 0-0 12. 0-0 a6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 b5 19. f4 Nb6 20. Qf2 Nc4 21. Re2 Qb6 22. Bxc4 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 bxc4 24. Ke3 Rdb8 25. Kd4 Rb5 26. Rdd2 Rab8 27. a3 Kf8 28. g4 Ke7 29. Rf2 Rg8 30. Ke3 Rb3 31. Kd4 Rbb8 32. Ke3 f6 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Kd4 Rge8 35. Rde2 Rb6 36. Re5 Reb8 37. Ree2 Rc6 38. Re5 Rcb6 39. Ree2 Rc6 40. Re5 Rcb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yang, Kaiqi"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 e5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nbd7 12. Rg1 Qa5 13. Rxg7 0-0-0 14. Rxf7 exd4 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Bh3+ Nfd7 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Kc7 20. e5 Rhf8 21. Rxh7 Rxf3 22. Ke2 Rc3 23. Rg1 Rxc4 24. Kd3 Ra4 25. Rgg7 Rxa3+ 26. Ke4 Kb6 27. Bxd7 Rf8 28. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Di Benedetto, Guillermo"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Qc1 e5 10. Qxc4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 0-0 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nc3 c6 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bc2 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Kf1 f5 26. Ke1 h5 27. e3 h4 28. Ne2 Bf6 29. b3 a5 30. Kd2 Kf8 31. gxh4 Bxh4 32. f3 Bf6 33. Ng3 f4 34. exf4 Bb2 35. Ne4 Ke7 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Nd3 Bd4 38. h4 Kf8 39. Ne5 Kg7 40. Nc6 Bb6 41. Be4 Kh6 42. Ne5 Kh5 43. Nxf7 Kxh4 44. Nd6 Bd7 45. f5 Kg5 46. Bd3 a4 47. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Di Benedetto, Guillermo"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Qc1 e5 10. Qxc4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 0-0 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nc3 c6 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bc2 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Kf1 f5 26. Ke1 h5 27. e3 h4 28. Ne2 Bf6 29. b3 a5 30. Kd2 Kf8 31. gxh4 Bxh4 32. f3 Bf6 33. Ng3 f4 34. exf4 Bb2 35. Ne4 Ke7 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Nd3 Bd4 38. h4 Kf8 39. Ne5 Kg7 40. Nc6 Bb6 41. Be4 Kh6 42. Ne5 Kh5 43. Nxf7 Kxh4 44. Nd6 Bd7 45. f5 Kg5 46. Bd3 a4 47. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hertlein, Irena"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nbd2 c6 9. c4 h6 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 g5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Bc4+ Kh7 14. Bxd4 Nbd7 15. Nf7 Qe7 16. h4 Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Qxf7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. g3 Nd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Kg2 N7f6 23. Rh1 Qe4+ 24. f3 Nxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Qxe3 26. Qc2 Qe7 27. Rae1 Be6 28. Re5 Re8 29. Rhe1 Qd7 30. Qc1 Kg6 31. g4 f4 32. Qc2+ Kf7 33. Rxg5 Rg8 34. Rge5 Bd5 35. Kf2 Qd6 36. g5 Qd7 37. gxf6 Qh3 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. R1e7+ Kxf6 41. Qc3+ Kg6 42. Rxg8+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hertlein, Irena"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nbd2 c6 9. c4 h6 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 g5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Bc4+ Kh7 14. Bxd4 Nbd7 15. Nf7 Qe7 16. h4 Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Qxf7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. g3 Nd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Kg2 N7f6 23. Rh1 Qe4+ 24. f3 Nxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Qxe3 26. Qc2 Qe7 27. Rae1 Be6 28. Re5 Re8 29. Rhe1 Qd7 30. Qc1 Kg6 31. g4 f4 32. Qc2+ Kf7 33. Rxg5 Rg8 34. Rge5 Bd5 35. Kf2 Qd6 36. g5 Qd7 37. gxf6 Qh3 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. R1e7+ Kxf6 41. Qc3+ Kg6 42. Rxg8+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khodko, Yurii N"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bc4 c6 13. dxc6 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxc6 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Be2 h6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. h3 Bh5 19. a3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 a6 25. Nc3 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Ke3 Kc6 29. g4 g6 30. Kd3 h5 31. f3 hxg4 32. fxg4 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Kxd5 34. Bf2 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. h4 Bf6 37. b3 b5 38. h5 Ke6 39. h6 Kf7 40. Bd4 f4 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. Kxf4 Kxh6 44. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khodko, Yurii N"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bc4 c6 13. dxc6 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxc6 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Be2 h6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. h3 Bh5 19. a3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 a6 25. Nc3 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Ke3 Kc6 29. g4 g6 30. Kd3 h5 31. f3 hxg4 32. fxg4 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Kxd5 34. Bf2 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. h4 Bf6 37. b3 b5 38. h5 Ke6 39. h6 Kf7 40. Bd4 f4 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. Kxf4 Kxh6 44. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Bianchi, Guillaume"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd2 bxc4 9. Bxc4 0-0 10. Nge2 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 e5 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rb1 a5 15. Bb5 Nb6 16. a4 h6 17. b3 Nh7 18. Bc6 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Nb5 Kh8 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Qxa5 Nbxd5 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Bf2 Nf4 27. Rfd1 Nd3 28. Rc3 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Be6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Bxb3 32. Rxc5 Bxa4 33. Rxe5 Rd8 34. Nf5 Rf8 35. g4 Rf7 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Nxe7 g6 38. f4 Bd7 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Nd5 Kf7 41. h4 Bc8 42. Nb6 Bb7 43. Nc4 Kf6 44. g5+ hxg5 45. hxg5+ Kg7 46. Kf2 Bc6 47. Ke3 Bb5 48. Nd6 Ba6 49. Kd4 Bf1 50. Ke5 Bh3 51. Ne4 Bf5 52. Nc5 Bh3 53. Kd6 Bg4 54. Ke7 Bh3 55. Ne6+ Kg8 56. Kf6 Kh7 57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Nxg6 Bc8 59. Ne7+ Kh8 60. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Bianchi, Guillaume"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd2 bxc4 9. Bxc4 0-0 10. Nge2 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 e5 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rb1 a5 15. Bb5 Nb6 16. a4 h6 17. b3 Nh7 18. Bc6 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Nb5 Kh8 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Qxa5 Nbxd5 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Bf2 Nf4 27. Rfd1 Nd3 28. Rc3 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Be6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Bxb3 32. Rxc5 Bxa4 33. Rxe5 Rd8 34. Nf5 Rf8 35. g4 Rf7 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Nxe7 g6 38. f4 Bd7 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Nd5 Kf7 41. h4 Bc8 42. Nb6 Bb7 43. Nc4 Kf6 44. g5+ hxg5 45. hxg5+ Kg7 46. Kf2 Bc6 47. Ke3 Bb5 48. Nd6 Ba6 49. Kd4 Bf1 50. Ke5 Bh3 51. Ne4 Bf5 52. Nc5 Bh3 53. Kd6 Bg4 54. Ke7 Bh3 55. Ne6+ Kg8 56. Kf6 Kh7 57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Nxg6 Bc8 59. Ne7+ Kh8 60. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 a6 2. e4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. a3 e6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Na4 Qa7 13. Rc1 Be7 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ncxd4 16. Nc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nf5 18. Qd3 0-0 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8 21. Qh3 g6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qe3 Rd5 24. e6 f6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Kh1 a5 28. h3 axb4 29. axb4 Qb6 30. Qa3 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qxe6 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qxb7+ Rd7 34. Qb5 Qd5 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Kf7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Ke6 39. c6 Rc7 40. g5 fxg5 41. Kg2 Kd6 42. Kg3 Rxc6 43. Rd4+ Ke5 44. Rd7 h5 45. Rf7 Rc3+ 46. Kg2 Ke6 47. Rf8 Rc5 48. Kg3 Rf5 49. Rg8 Kf7 50. Rh8 Kg7 51. Rd8 g4 52. Kh4 Rf3 53. Rd7+ Kh6 54. Rh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 a6 2. e4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. a3 e6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Na4 Qa7 13. Rc1 Be7 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ncxd4 16. Nc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nf5 18. Qd3 0-0 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8 21. Qh3 g6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qe3 Rd5 24. e6 f6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Kh1 a5 28. h3 axb4 29. axb4 Qb6 30. Qa3 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qxe6 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qxb7+ Rd7 34. Qb5 Qd5 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Kf7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Ke6 39. c6 Rc7 40. g5 fxg5 41. Kg2 Kd6 42. Kg3 Rxc6 43. Rd4+ Ke5 44. Rd7 h5 45. Rf7 Rc3+ 46. Kg2 Ke6 47. Rf8 Rc5 48. Kg3 Rf5 49. Rg8 Kf7 50. Rh8 Kg7 51. Rd8 g4 52. Kh4 Rf3 53. Rd7+ Kh6 54. Rh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Marcziter, Dmitrii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. h3 Re8 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. d6 Na6 14. Nxe5 Nd7 15. Nf3 b6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Nb5 Bc6 19. a3 Qb8 20. h4 Qb7 21. h5 Rad8 22. hxg6+ fxg6 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Ne4 25. Nxc6 Nxd2 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd2 Qf7 28. Bf3 Nb8 29. Red1 Nd7 30. Nxa7 Ne5 31. Nc6 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rd7 33. f4 Qf5 34. Nb8 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. d7 Qf3 37. Rd6 e5 38. Nc6 exf4 39. Bxf4 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Qxf4 41. R1d6 Qxc4+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 h5 44. Nd8 Kg8 45. Ne6 Bh6 46. Rc6 Qc4+ 47. Kg1 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Marcziter, Dmitrii"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. h3 Re8 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. d6 Na6 14. Nxe5 Nd7 15. Nf3 b6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Nb5 Bc6 19. a3 Qb8 20. h4 Qb7 21. h5 Rad8 22. hxg6+ fxg6 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Ne4 25. Nxc6 Nxd2 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd2 Qf7 28. Bf3 Nb8 29. Red1 Nd7 30. Nxa7 Ne5 31. Nc6 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rd7 33. f4 Qf5 34. Nb8 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. d7 Qf3 37. Rd6 e5 38. Nc6 exf4 39. Bxf4 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Qxf4 41. R1d6 Qxc4+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 h5 44. Nd8 Kg8 45. Ne6 Bh6 46. Rc6 Qc4+ 47. Kg1 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Tarnowska, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. 0-0 c6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qa4 a5 14. a3 b5 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. Bb1 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb6 20. Qc2 b3 21. Qe2 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Nf3 Rc8 25. Be5 Qb6 26. Bd4 Qc6 27. Ne5 Qa6 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. h3 Bf6 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Ra1 Bd5 34. Ng4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Bc6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Ra3 Bd5 38. Ne5 Be6 39. f4 Rd2 40. Nc6 Rxb2 41. Nd4 Re2 42. Nxe2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Tarnowska, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. 0-0 c6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qa4 a5 14. a3 b5 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. Bb1 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb6 20. Qc2 b3 21. Qe2 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Nf3 Rc8 25. Be5 Qb6 26. Bd4 Qc6 27. Ne5 Qa6 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. h3 Bf6 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Ra1 Bd5 34. Ng4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Bc6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Ra3 Bd5 38. Ne5 Be6 39. f4 Rd2 40. Nc6 Rxb2 41. Nd4 Re2 42. Nxe2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Yaniv, Ori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 b5 7. Bd3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Nge2 Ng8 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rb1 0-0 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bb6 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Nh4 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Kh1 Qc7 23. Ba6 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qe3 Qc2 27. Rg1 Qa4 28. Qg5 Ng6 29. Be2 Qxb4 30. Bh5 Rf6 31. Bg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Qb7 33. Nf5 Nf4 34. Qg5 Ng6 35. h4 Ne7 36. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Yaniv, Ori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 b5 7. Bd3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Nge2 Ng8 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rb1 0-0 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bb6 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Nh4 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Kh1 Qc7 23. Ba6 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qe3 Qc2 27. Rg1 Qa4 28. Qg5 Ng6 29. Be2 Qxb4 30. Bh5 Rf6 31. Bg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Qb7 33. Nf5 Nf4 34. Qg5 Ng6 35. h4 Ne7 36. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Montero Martinez, Cristian"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. a5 Nf6 9. Nc4 0-0 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. c4 Bc6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bc3 e5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ba5 Rb2 19. Bc3 Rb6 20. 0-0 Rfb8 21. Ra5 Rb1 22. Qxb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bb7 24. Bd2 h6 25. Ra3 f5 26. Rab3 Bc6 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Rb6 f4 30. Rxa6 Bf6 31. Rbb6 Bb7 32. Ra7 Qg4 33. Rbxb7+ Bg7 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Montero Martinez, Cristian"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. a5 Nf6 9. Nc4 0-0 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. c4 Bc6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bc3 e5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ba5 Rb2 19. Bc3 Rb6 20. 0-0 Rfb8 21. Ra5 Rb1 22. Qxb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bb7 24. Bd2 h6 25. Ra3 f5 26. Rab3 Bc6 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Rb6 f4 30. Rxa6 Bf6 31. Rbb6 Bb7 32. Ra7 Qg4 33. Rbxb7+ Bg7 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Riehle, Marco"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. c3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Qb3 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 c6 18. Qxb7 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. a4 Ra5 21. g3 b5 22. Re7 bxa4 23. Ra3 Rb8 24. Re1 Rb3 25. Rxb3 axb3 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd2 Kd6 30. Kc1 c5 31. dxc5+ Kxc5 32. Kb2 Ra5 33. Kxb3 Rb5+ 34. Kc2 Rxb1 35. Kxb1 Kc4 36. Kc2 g5 37. g4 d4 38. cxd4 Kxd4 39. Kd2 Ke4 40. Ke2 Kf4 41. f3 f5 42. gxf5 Kxf5 43. Kf1 g4 44. Kg2 gxf3+ 45. Kxf3 g5 46. Kg3 g4 47. h4 gxh3 48. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Riehle, Marco"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. c3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Qb3 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 c6 18. Qxb7 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. a4 Ra5 21. g3 b5 22. Re7 bxa4 23. Ra3 Rb8 24. Re1 Rb3 25. Rxb3 axb3 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd2 Kd6 30. Kc1 c5 31. dxc5+ Kxc5 32. Kb2 Ra5 33. Kxb3 Rb5+ 34. Kc2 Rxb1 35. Kxb1 Kc4 36. Kc2 g5 37. g4 d4 38. cxd4 Kxd4 39. Kd2 Ke4 40. Ke2 Kf4 41. f3 f5 42. gxf5 Kxf5 43. Kf1 g4 44. Kg2 gxf3+ 45. Kxf3 g5 46. Kg3 g4 47. h4 gxh3 48. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sroczynski, Maciej"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. c3 0-0 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Na5 16. Ng5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rxe5 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qc5 Qe7 20. Qxd5 Re8 21. g3 Qe6 22. Qb7 Qxb3 23. Qxa6 h5 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. Rxa3 h4 26. Kg2 b4 27. Rb3 bxc3 28. Rxc3 R8e7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rc8 Re2 31. b3 h3+ 32. Kf3 Rb2 33. R8xc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxb3+ 35. Kg4 Rb2 36. Rxf7 Rb4+ 37. Rf4 Rb2 38. Kxh3 g6 39. Kg4 Kh6 40. h4 Rb5 41. Ra4 Rc5 42. f4 Rb5 43. Ra6 Rc5 44. Re6 Rb5 45. Re5 Rb3 46. h5 gxh5+ 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Ra5 Rb4 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Kg5 Rb5+ 51. f5 Rb7 52. g4 Rc7 53. Rg6+ Kh7 54. Rh6+ Kg7 55. f6+ Kg8 56. Kg6 Rg7+ 57. Kf5 Ra7 58. Rh1 Ra5+ 59. Kg6 Ra7 60. Rb1 Rg7+ 61. Kf5 Ra7 62. g5 Ra5+ 63. Kg6 Ra8 64. Re1 Rb8 65. f7+ Kf8 66. Re8+ Rxe8 67. fxe8Q+ Kxe8 68. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sroczynski, Maciej"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. c3 0-0 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Na5 16. Ng5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rxe5 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qc5 Qe7 20. Qxd5 Re8 21. g3 Qe6 22. Qb7 Qxb3 23. Qxa6 h5 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. Rxa3 h4 26. Kg2 b4 27. Rb3 bxc3 28. Rxc3 R8e7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rc8 Re2 31. b3 h3+ 32. Kf3 Rb2 33. R8xc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxb3+ 35. Kg4 Rb2 36. Rxf7 Rb4+ 37. Rf4 Rb2 38. Kxh3 g6 39. Kg4 Kh6 40. h4 Rb5 41. Ra4 Rc5 42. f4 Rb5 43. Ra6 Rc5 44. Re6 Rb5 45. Re5 Rb3 46. h5 gxh5+ 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Ra5 Rb4 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Kg5 Rb5+ 51. f5 Rb7 52. g4 Rc7 53. Rg6+ Kh7 54. Rh6+ Kg7 55. f6+ Kg8 56. Kg6 Rg7+ 57. Kf5 Ra7 58. Rh1 Ra5+ 59. Kg6 Ra7 60. Rb1 Rg7+ 61. Kf5 Ra7 62. g5 Ra5+ 63. Kg6 Ra8 64. Re1 Rb8 65. f7+ Kf8 66. Re8+ Rxe8 67. fxe8Q+ Kxe8 68. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antunez, Soler Luis"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 0-0 6. Bb3 d5 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. dxe4 Be6 9. Bc2 h6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 f6 12. Ng3 Bf7 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nhf5 Ne6 15. Qg4 Kh7 16. Bb3 Rg8 17. Qh3 Ng5 18. Bxg5 fxg5 19. Bxf7 Rf8 20. Bd5 Bc5 21. 0-0-0 Qf6 22. Nh5 Qg6 23. Nhxg7 Bxf2 24. Rhf1 Bc5 25. g4 Rad8 26. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Melikhov, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Ndf6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. d4 Ne7 9. Nd2 0-0 10. f4 Nf5 11. c4 c6 12. Nf3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Rad1 h5 17. h3 h4 18. g4 Ne7 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Qe2 Bb4 21. Rf1 Nd7 22. Nf3 Ng6 23. Bc1 1-0

