[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Renjith, Sravan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. b3 Bd8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be2 c5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Kb2 Be7 20. Qe3 Rad8 21. a4 Kh8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1 Re8 25. g3 f6 26. Rd1 f5 27. Bb5 e4 28. Qf4 Bxb5 29. axb5 g6 30. h5 Kg7 31. Rd6 e3 32. fxe3 g5 33. h6+ Kh8 34. Qxf5 Qxd6 35. Qxg5 Qe5 36. Qg4 Qf6 37. Qd7 Qe7 38. Qf5 Rf8 39. Qd5 b6 40. e4 Rf6 41. Qg5 Qf8 42. Qe5 Qxh6 43. Qb8+ Qf8 44. Qxa7 Re6 45. Qd7 Qe7 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qb8 Qd6 48. Qb7+ Re7 49. Qa6 Rxe4 50. Qb7+ Re7 51. Qf3 Re6 52. Qb7+ Qe7 53. Qf3 Rg6 54. Qg2 Qc7 55. g4 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakauchi, Gene"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qc2 Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxd4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qd2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 fxg5 17. Qxd4 c6 18. Qxd6 Bxh3 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. c5 Be6 21. Rad1 a5 22. Qd2 Bxa2 23. Qxg5 Re5 24. Bd5+ Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Re7 Qd8 27. Qh4 Bf7 0-1

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Stojic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be2 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Rb1 Qxa3 12. Bxa3 b6 13. Rbd1 e5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. d3 Rd8 19. Bb2 Na5 20. c4 f6 21. Bc3 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nb7 23. Rfe1 Rd7 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Rhd8 26. g4 Ke6 27. a4 Nd6 28. h4 c4 29. Kf1 cxd3 30. Rxd3 Nb7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Bb4 Rd3 33. Rc1 Rxf3 34. Rc7 Rb3 35. Re7# 1-0

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. a4 Bg4 9. a5 0-0-0 10. Ke2 e5 11. h3 Bxf3+ 12. gxf3 Ne6 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. Be3 a6 15. Nxd6+ Rxd6 16. Bc4 Rhd8 17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Rhd1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nh5 20. h4 Re7 21. b4 Rd7 22. Rb1 f6 23. c4 Kd8 24. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lux, Hugo de Melo"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. 0-0 Qb6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. d4 e6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bxh6 0-0-0 20. g5 Qc4 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Kd7 23. Rfc1 Rc8 24. Kf1 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Rc1 b5 27. Ke2 a5 28. Ke3 a4 29. Ke4 a3 30. bxa3 Ra8 31. Rc3 Bxa3 32. d5 exd5+ 33. Kxd5 Be7 34. Rf3 Ke8 35. e6 fxe6+ 36. Kxe6 Rxa2 37. h4 Ra6+ 38. Kd5 Rd6+ 39. Ke5 b4 40. h5 gxh5 41. Bg7 c3 42. Kf5 c2 43. Bb2 Rd1 44. g6 c1Q 45. Bxc1 Rxc1 46. Rg3 Kf8 47. Ke6 Rc6+ 48. Kd5 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Rodgers, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bd5 Ra7 7. a4 e6 8. Bb3 b4 9. d5 e5 10. Be3 Ra8 11. a5 Nf6 12. Ba4+ Kf8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Bxb4 Nh5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Qd1 g4 18. Ne1 Nd7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Nd3 h5 21. Nxf4 exf4 22. Bc3 Qg5 23. Bxg7+ Qxg7 24. Qd2 f3 25. Qc3 f6 26. Nd2 h4 27. c5 Bb5 28. Rfc1 Be2 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. Qc7 Rh7 31. Qxd6+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Qg8 35. Rc1 Rg7 36. d6 Bb5 37. Qf5 g3 38. Qxf3 gxf2+ 39. Qxf2 h3 40. Qh4+ Rh7 41. Qxf6+ Rg7 42. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Liu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Ba2 Na5 14. b4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf6 19. Qe4 Qe8 20. Kg2 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Nd4 22. Rd3 g6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Bb7 Ne6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bb8 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Bd5 Bb6 32. a4 Bc7 33. Bxc7 Nxc7 34. Bb3 Ne6 35. Kd3 Nc5+ 36. Kc4 Nxb3 37. Kxb3 Kd6 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. f4 f6 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Kc4 Kc6 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tang, Terrence"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. c4 Nh5 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 f5 12. Qc2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. 0-0-0 Bg4 16. Rdg1 Nf5 17. Ned2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Kb1 c6 21. Be4 Rc8 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rd1 d5 24. cxd5 Ba4 25. Qxc8 Qxc8 0-1

[Event "Gold Coast op"]
[Site "Nerang"]
[Date "2024.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Wang, Lachlan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. 0-0 e6 6. Re1 Be7 7. a3 0-0 8. Ba2 b5 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Ne2 Rd8 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Qd2 Bf8 15. c3 Ne7 16. Bb1 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. Nh5 g6 21. Bxh6 Qa5 22. b4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qxa1 24. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bottazzi, Ulysse"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 c5 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Rac1 d6 15. h4 Nc6 16. Nb5 h5 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. Kg1 Rac8 19. Nd5 Ne5 20. b3 Qd7 21. Kg2 Kh7 22. f3 Nc6 23. e4 Nd4 24. Be3 Ne6 25. f4 Nc5 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. f5 Qe5 29. fxg6+ fxg6 30. Rf1 e6 31. Nf4 Rcc8 32. Nh3 Rf8 33. Ng5+ Kg8 34. Qd3 Bf6 35. Nf3 Qc5 36. e5 Bg7 37. Qxg6 Qc6 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qxd6 Qe4 40. Rce1 Qc2+ 41. Rf2 Qc3 42. Qg6 Rxf3 43. Qxh5+ Kg8 44. Qxf3 Qxe1 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qh5+ Kg8 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. e6 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qf7+ Kh7 52. e7 Qg6 53. Qf4 Rg8 54. Qe3 Bh6 55. Qe5 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gascon del Nogal, Jose Rafael"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. b4 Be7 9. h4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nbd2 a5 14. b5 Na7 15. a4 Nc8 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. g3 Rc8 20. 0-0 0-0 21. Ne4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Nfg5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. h5 Bb4 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qg4 Qc2 28. Qf3 Be8 29. Bd4 Qc4 30. Be3 Ne7 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. exd6 Nf5 33. Qh1 Bf7 34. Qxb7 Nxd6 35. Qb8+ Ne8 36. Qa7 e5 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Bb6 Ke6 40. Bxa5 Kd5 41. Bc3 Nd6 42. b6 Kc6 43. a5 Nc4 44. Kg2 e4 45. Kf1 Kb7 46. Ke2 Ka6 47. Bb4 Nb2 48. Bc3 Nc4 49. Kf1 Nd6 50. Ke1 Nc4 51. Kd1 Kb7 52. Kc2 Ka6 53. Kb3 Nd6 54. Bd4 Nf5 55. Bc3 e3 56. fxe3 Nxg3 57. Bxg7 g5 58. Kc4 g4 59. Be5 Ne2 60. Kd3 Ng1 61. e4 Nf3 62. Bf4 Nh4 63. e5 Ng6 64. Bg3 Ne7 65. Be1 Nc6 66. Ke4 Kb7 67. Kf4 Ka6 68. Bc3 Ne7 69. Kxg4 Nd5 70. Bd2 Kb7 71. e6 Kc6 72. Kf5 Kd6 73. Bf4+ Kc6 74. Bg5 Kd6 75. e7 Kd7 76. Kg6 Ke8 77. b7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guerrero Olmos, Sergio"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 c5 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. exd4 d6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nd5 10. Bg3 Bh6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. h3 Qb6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Re1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Bg7 17. b4 b5 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. Qxe7 Re8 20. d5 Qxd5 21. Qxe8+ Nxe8 22. Rxe8+ Bf8 23. Ne4 Qc6 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. Nxd6 Qd7 26. Be7 Bb7 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. N4xb5 Qc6 30. f3 a6 31. Nd4 Qxd6 32. Ra5 Bb7 33. Rc5 Qe7 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. g3 h5 36. h4 Qd7 37. Rg5 Qh3 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. Ne3 Qh1 40. Nf1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Bc7 8. e4 d6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 a5 12. d5 Bb6 13. Re1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nc5 15. b3 cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Kh2 e4 19. Nf1 Re5 20. Nb5 Rae8 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Qd2 Rh5 23. Kg1 Rxh3 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. g4 Qxg4+ 26. Rg3 Qh4 27. Ne3 Nh5 28. Ng2 Qf6 29. Re3 Nd3 30. Nc2 Re5 31. Rf1 Rg5 32. Kh1 Ng3+ 33. fxg3 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Ghevondyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Be3 a6 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Bd4 Bf5 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a4 Qc8 16. b3 Bh3 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxg2 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a5 b4 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Ra4 Qc3 26. Qd5 Qc5 27. a6 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rd7 29. a7 Ra8 30. Rda5 Rb7 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. Kd4 f5 35. Ra6 h5 36. h4 Rc7 37. R4a5 f6 38. e3 Rb7 39. Ra4 Rc7 40. Ra2 Rb7 41. Kd3 Rc7 42. Kd2 Rb7 43. R2a4 Rc7 44. Rxb4 Raxa7 45. Rxa7 Rxa7 46. Ra4 Rb7 47. b4 g5 48. Kc3 Ke5 49. f3 f4 50. Ra5+ d5 51. exf4+ gxf4 52. gxf4+ Kxf4 53. Rxd5 Kxf3 54. Rxh5 Kg4 55. Rh8 f5 56. h5 f4 57. h6 Kh5 58. h7 Kh6 59. Rf8 Kxh7 60. Rxf4 Kg6 61. Kc4 Kg5 62. Rf1 Rc7+ 63. Kb5 Rc1 64. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxe5 10. 0-0 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 c6 12. Rd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. a3 Be7 15. g3 a5 16. Kg2 Na6 17. Na4 b5 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd6 22. Rc2 Red8 23. Rc6 Nc7 24. Bb6 Rxb6 25. Rxb6 b4 26. a4 Ne8 27. Ra6 Bc7 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. Ra7 Bb6 30. Rb7 Bd4 31. b3 Nd6 32. Rbc7 e4 33. Be2 Bc3 34. Ra7 Nf5 35. Rxa5 e3 36. fxe3 Nxe3+ 37. Kf3 Nf5 38. Bc4 Re8 39. Rd1 Re3+ 40. Kf2 Re5 41. Ra7 Nd6 42. Rd7 Rf5+ 43. Kg2 Rf6 44. a5 Nxc4 45. bxc4 Ra6 46. c5 b3 47. c6 Rxa5 48. Rb7 b2 49. c7 Ra1 50. Rd3 Bf6 51. c8Q Ra2 52. Rxf7+ Kxf7 53. Qb7+ Kg8 54. Kh3 Ra1 55. Rb3 Rc1 56. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Druska, Juraj"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2024.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. d3 d6 8. 0-0 Ne8 9. Be3 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne6 12. Nde2 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. b3 a6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Be8 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. h4 h5 21. f4 Nf8 22. Bf3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Nc3 Kf8 25. Nd5 Be6 26. Kf2 Rdc8 27. Nb6 Rd8 28. Nd5 a5 29. Bb6 Rdc8 30. Nc7 Bg4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rh1 a4 34. Rxh5 axb3 35. axb3 Nd8 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Bd4 Bxd4+ 39. Kxd4 Ke8 40. Rdh2 Kd7 41. Rg5 b5 42. Rxb5 Rxb5 43. cxb5 Rc5 44. Rh4 Rxb5 45. Kc4 Rc5+ 46. Kd4 e5+ 47. fxe5 Rxe5 48. Rxg4 Rb5 49. Kc4 Rc5+ 50. Kd4 Rb5 51. Kc3 Rc5+ 52. Kb2 Rc8 53. b4 Rc4 54. Kb3 Rd4 55. Kc3 e5 56. b5 Kc7 57. Rg8 Rxe4 58. Kd3 Rd4+ 59. Kc3 Rd1 60. g4 Kb6 61. Rb8+ Kc5 62. b6 Rg1 63. b7 Kc6 64. Rd8 Rg3+ 65. Kd2 Kxb7 66. Rxd6 Rxg4 67. Ke3 Kc7 68. Rh6 Kd7 69. Ra6 Ke7 70. Rb6 Kf7 71. Rc6 Ra4 72. Rd6 Rc4 73. Rh6 Rd4 74. Ra6 Ke7 75. Rh6 Rd6 76. Rxd6 Kxd6 77. Ke4 Ke6 78. Ke3 Kd5 79. Kd3 e4+ 80. Ke3 Ke5 81. Ke2 Kd4 82. Kd2 e3+ 83. Ke2 Ke4 84. Ke1 Kf4 85. Ke2 Ke4 86. Ke1 Kd5 87. Ke2 Kd4 88. Ke1 Kd3 89. Kd1 e2+ 90. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Martin Fuentes, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. dxc5 0-0 8. b4 a5 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Rb1 Be5 16. f4 Qh4 17. Bg2 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rfe1 axb4 20. cxb4 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qf3 Qc4 23. b5 Nd4 24. Qxb7 Qxa2 25. Rf1 g6 26. b6 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 28. Qd7 Qe2 29. b7 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Kg7 31. Qd4+ f6 32. c6 Re4 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. b8Q Rg4+ 36. Kh1 Rh4 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Saya, Ethan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. h3 Re8 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Ngxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Kd2 h5 21. gxh5 Rd8 22. Rhg1 Rd6 23. Rg5 Kh7 24. Rag1 f6 25. Rf5 Re4 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. Rc5 Rh4 28. Rcxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxh3 30. Rd7 Rxh5 31. Rxb7 a5 32. e4 Rh2 33. Ke3 Rh3+ 34. f3 Kh6 35. d5 g5 36. d6 g4 37. d7 Rxf3+ 38. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Momin, Fayzan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2024.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. d4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 e6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Rg1 g6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 c5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. e6 Nf6 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. c3 Qd7 17. Bh3 Rhg8 18. Rg3 Rxg3 19. hxg3 Rd8 20. Qc2 d4 21. Bxf5 d3 22. Bxd7 dxc2 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 Ng4 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Rxc2 Ne5 28. Ke2 Re8 29. Ke3 Nd7+ 30. Kd4 Re1 31. Rd2 Ne5 32. Rc2 Rd1+ 33. Ke4 Nc4 34. a4 Ra1 35. b3 Na5 36. b4 Nc4 37. a5 Rd1 38. Kf3 Na3 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Rd2 Nc4 41. Rd4 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 Ne5+ 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. f4 Nf7 45. Rd3 Rc1 46. Ke4 Re1+ 47. Kf3 h5 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Nh6+ 50. Kf3 Nf5 51. Kg4 Rc1 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Ke4 Re1+ 54. Kf3 Rh1 55. Ke4 Rg1 56. Rh3 Re1+ 57. Kd3 Rd1+ 58. Ke4 Re1+ 59. Kd3 Kf6 60. Rf3 Rd1+ 61. Ke4 Rd8 62. Rh3 Re8+ 63. Kd3 Kg6 64. Rf3 Re1 65. Rh3 Rf1 66. Ke4 Kf6 67. Rh5 Re1+ 68. Kf3 Re3+ 69. Kf2 Rxc3 70. Rh1 Nd4 71. Rh6+ Kf5 72. Rd6 Kxf4 73. Rxd4+ Ke5 74. Rh4 Rb3 75. Ke2 Kd5 76. Kd2 Rg3 77. Kc2 Rf3 78. Kb2 Re3 79. Kc2 Rf3 80. Kd2 Rg3 81. Kc2 Re3 82. Kd2 Ra3 83. Kc2 Ra1 84. Kb2 Rg1 85. Kc2 Rg2+ 86. Kd3 Rg3+ 87. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 cxd4 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nxd4 Nge7 15. Ke2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. a4 Kd7 18. Ne4 Bb4 19. Rhc1 Ra6 20. b3 Rha8 21. Rc2 b5 22. Bd2 Be7 23. a5 b4 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rb8 26. Ra4 Rb5 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Ra1 Kc6 29. Kd3 Kb7 30. f3 Ra8 31. g4 Ka6 32. gxh5 Rh8 33. h6 gxh6 34. Rc1 Kxa5 35. Rc6 h5 36. Bg5 Rb8 37. Kd4 Ra8 38. Rd6 f6 39. exf6 Rf8 40. f7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dyachuk, Artem"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. 0-0 Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. a4 a6 10. a5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. c3 0-0 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. f4 Be4 18. Bf2 h6 19. Bg3 Qd8 20. Qe1 Bh7 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxf5 Ne4 23. Bd3 Nxg3+ 24. Qxg3 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 d4 26. c4 Rc6 27. Raf1 Qxa5 28. e6 Rc5 29. exf7+ Kh8 30. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Blanco Ronquillo, Humberto L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d3 h6 7. e3 Bc5 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be3 Re8 11. Re1 e5 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. a4 a6 16. c5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Nxc7 Bd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rxe5 Qxb2 21. Re2 Qd4 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxa6 Bg4 24. Bb5 Nd5 25. Re4 Qxe4 26. dxe4 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Nc3 28. Rd4 Nxb5 29. Rb4 Kf8 30. axb5 Rb6 31. f4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Ke3 Kc5 34. Rb1 Rxb5 35. Rxb5+ Kxb5 36. Kd4 Kc6 37. Ke5 Kc5 38. g4 Kc6 39. h4 Kd7 40. h5 Ke7 41. Kd5 Kd7 42. e5 Ke7 43. f5 Kd7 44. g5 Ke8 45. f6 gxf6 46. gxh6 Kf8 47. exf6 Kg8 48. Kd6 Kh7 49. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qe2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qe4 g6 13. Qh4 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Nf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nbd7 17. Rad1 Kg7 18. d5 exd5 19. Nc3 h6 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. Qd4 Ne6 22. Qe5 Qc7 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nxd5+ Kg7 25. Nxc7 Nxc7 26. Rd7 Ne6 27. Rfd1 Rad8 28. Ne5 Kf6 29. Ng4+ Kg7 30. Ne3 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rc8 32. g3 Rc7 33. Rd6 Kf8 34. h4 Ke7 35. Rd1 Rc5 36. b4 Re5 37. a4 Re4 38. Kg2 h5 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 41. Ke4 Ne6 42. Kd5 Kd7 43. Nc4 Nc7+ 44. Ke5 Na6 45. Kf6 Nxb4 46. Kxf7 Nd3 47. f4 Nc5 48. Kxg6 Nxa4 49. Kxh5 b5 50. Na5 Nc5 51. Kg6 b4 52. h5 Ke7 53. h6 Ne6 54. h7 Nf8+ 55. Kg7 Nxh7 56. Kxh7 Kf6 57. g4 Ke6 58. g5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merino Garcia, Rafael"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. h3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Qb6 8. Qc1 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. 0-0 Bf5 11. Nbd2 Rac8 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qd1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nh2 h5 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qa5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. a3 Red8 25. Rad1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. Re3 Rd6 28. Rd3 b5 29. Qe3 Rc4 30. Qg3 h4 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. Qe2 Kg7 33. R3d2 a5 34. Qf3 Qc5 35. Qe2 Rf4 36. Rd3 Qc4 37. Qe3 Qc7 38. Qe2 Qd7 39. Qe3 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. cxb4 Rxb4 42. R1d2 Qb5 43. Qe2 Rc4 44. Rc3 Rb4 45. Qe3 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Qxd5 47. Qe2 Qd4 48. Rc2 Qe4 49. Qd2 Rd4 50. Qe2 Qxe2 51. Rxe2 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Rb1 53. Rc2 f5 54. g3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 e4 56. Kf4 Rh1 57. b4 Rxh3 58. Rb2 Kf6 59. b5 g5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Re8 8. d5 e6 9. h3 Na6 10. Bf4 exd5 11. exd5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qd2 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bd7 17. Qf4 f5 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. b3 Nc7 20. Bb1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Rxe5 Kxf6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. f4 Ne8 28. Kf2 Nf6 29. Kf3 b5 30. Bd3 b4 31. a3 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Ra8 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Rh8 Kf7 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Rd8 Kf7 39. Bf3 Ke7 40. Ra8 Kf7 41. Ra7 Ke7 42. g4 Kf8 43. g5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamley, Ryan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. 0-0-0 Ned5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Ka1 Bc5 17. Qe4 Bd4 18. Rd2 0-0-0 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rd7 21. f4 Rhd8 22. f5 a5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qxh7 a4 25. a3 Na6 26. Ba2 Nc5 27. Qc2 Nb3+ 28. Bxb3 axb3 29. Qc4 Rd5 30. Kb1 Be3 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Re1 Qa5 33. Qxb3 Bd4 34. Rd1 Kb8 35. Qc4 Qb6 36. Rd2 Ka8 37. Qa4+ Kb8 38. Qc4 c5 39. Ka2 Qc6 40. Bf2 Bxf2 41. Rxf2 Rxe5 42. Rf8+ Ka7 43. Rf7 g5 44. Rg7 Rd5 45. Rg6 Re5 46. Rg7 Qd5 47. Qxd5 exd5 48. Kb3 Kb6 49. Rg6+ Ka5 50. Rg7 b6 51. g3 Re3+ 52. Ka2 Rxg3 53. Rg6 d4 54. Kb1 Kb5 55. Kc1 c4 56. Kd2 Rg2+ 57. Kd1 Rg1+ 58. Kd2 Rg3 59. Kc2 Kc5 60. a4 d3+ 61. Kd2 Rg2+ 62. Kc1 b5 63. axb5 Kxb5 64. Re6 Kb4 65. Rb6+ Kc5 66. Rf6 Kd4 67. Rd6+ Ke5 68. Rc6 Kd5 69. Rc8 Rg3 70. Rd8+ Kc5 71. Rh8 Kd5 72. Kd2 Rg2+ 73. Kc1 Rc2+ 74. Kb1 Ke4 75. Re8+ Kf4 76. Rf8+ Kg3 77. Rg8 Kf4 78. Rf8+ Ke3 79. Rg8 Rg2 80. Re8+ Kf3 81. Kc1 Kg3 82. Rh8 Rh2 83. Rc8 Rxh3 84. Rxc4 Kf2 85. Rg4 Rh5 86. Kd2 Kf3 87. Rg1 g4 88. Kxd3 g3 89. b4 g2 90. Kc4 Rh1 91. Rxg2 Kxg2 92. b5 Kf3 93. b6 Ke4 94. Kc5 Ke5 95. b7 Rb1 96. Kc6 Ke6 97. Kc7 Rc1+ 98. Kb6 Rb1+ 99. Ka7 Ra1+ 100. Kb6 Kd7 101. b8Q Rb1+ 102. Ka7 Ra1+ 103. Kb7 Rb1+ 104. Ka8 Rxb8+ 105. Kxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koc, Przemyslaw"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. g3 c5 8. Nge2 d6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nc7 f4 15. Rb3 Qxa2 16. Nxa8 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rxb7 Rxa8 19. d5 Na5 20. Nxf4 Nxb7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bd6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. d4 Rfe8 15. Bg2 h6 16. c5 Bc7 17. f4 Nh5 18. Bf2 g6 19. e3 f5 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Bf3 Ne4 22. Be1 Ndf6 23. Rc2 Kf7 24. Rg2 Rg8 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Be2 Nd5 27. Bd2 Ke7 28. Kf2 Rcf8 29. Rag1 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Rf6 31. Ke1 Kf7 32. Bd1 Rf5 33. Bc2 Nf6 34. R4g2 Rh5 35. Rh1 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Rgg1 Rgh8 38. Kf1 g4 39. Rg2 Rxh3 40. Rhg1 Rf3+ 41. Ke1 g3 42. Ke2 Rh2 43. Be1 Ng4 44. Bd2 Rf2+ 45. Rxf2+ Rxf2+ 46. Ke1 Nxe3 47. Bxe4 Nf5 48. Kd1 Nxd4 49. Be3 Re2 50. Bxd4 Rxe4 51. Bc3 Rg4 52. Ke2 Bf4 53. Kf3 Rh4 54. Rd1 Kg6 55. Rd8 e5 56. Rg8+ Kf7 57. Rd8 Rh1 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Rf1+ 60. Ke4 Rf2 61. Rg6+ Kf7 62. Rg4 Re2+ 63. Kf5 g2 64. Bb4 Bh2 65. Bc3 g1Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chor, Kevin"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. 0-0 Ng6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Qf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Be3 d6 12. Nd5 Kd8 13. Bb6+ Kd7 14. Nxf6+ Ke7 15. Bd4 Bg7 16. Nd5+ cxd5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bc3 dxe4 19. Rfe1 d5 20. Bb4+ Kf6 21. Bc3+ Ke7 22. Bb4+ Kf6 23. Bc3+ Kf5 24. Rad1 Be6 25. Kh1 Nh4 26. g3 Nf3 27. Re3 Rad8 28. Bd4 b5 29. Bb3 Kg6 30. c3 Bg4 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rc2 a5 34. h3 Be6 35. a4 Rb7 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Ba4 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Rxc2 39. Bxb5 Rxb2 40. Bc6 Rb6 41. Be8 Rb4 42. Ra3 Rxd4 43. Rxa5 Rd2 44. Bc6 e3 45. Kf3 exf2 46. Ra1 d4 47. h4 Bc4 48. Be4+ Kg7 49. Rc1 f1Q+ 50. Rxf1 Bxf1 51. Kg4 d3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fiorito, Joaquin"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Qd2 a6 7. h4 h6 8. e3 c5 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. 0-0-0 Nb4 13. Nf4 Bxc2 14. Re1 Rc8 15. a3 Na2+ 16. Nxa2 Bxa3 17. Nd3 Bxd3+ 18. Nc3 Qb3 19. Bxd3 Rxc3+ 20. Bc2 Qxb2+ 21. Kd1 Rxf3 22. Bd6 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxe4 Rd3+ 26. Kc2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 e5 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Ba3 Rc8 31. Ke4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. a3 h5 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Bd2 a6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Rac1 h4 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rg8 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. a4 Kd7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bg5 Qd8 25. Qe3 Nc4 26. Qf4 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 Qe7 28. Qxh4 Nd2 29. Rd1 Ne4 30. f4 Nxg5 31. Qxg5 Qxg5 32. fxg5 Rc3 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. h4 Kf8 35. h5 Kg7 36. Ra1 Rb3 37. Rc1 Rxb5 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. h6 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rd2 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rf8 Rxd4 45. Rxf7+ Kh8 46. Rf8+ Kh7 47. Kf3 Rg4 48. Rf7+ Kh8 49. Rg7 d4 50. g6 b5 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Ke2 b4 54. Kd3 b3 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. g3 Rxg3+ 58. Kxd4 b2 59. Rh7+ Kg8 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rh7+ Kg8 62. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hoeffer, David"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Ne7 8. Nxg6 Nxg6 9. d4 c6 10. h5 Ne7 11. c3 Nd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Qf3 N7f6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bf4 Kd7 17. Be2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Kxd6 19. 0-0-0 a5 20. Bf3 a4 21. a3 Ra5 22. g4 Rd8 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Ke3 Rb5 25. Rd2 Rg5 26. Kf4 e5+ 27. Kg3 exd4 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Nxh5+ 31. Kh4 Nf6 32. Bd1 Rd5 33. Bxa4 Rxd4 34. Bd1 Rd2 35. b4 Rxf2 36. b5 cxb5 37. Be2 Rf4 38. Kg3 Re4 39. Kf3 b4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Kg3 Re4 42. Kf3 Rxg4 43. Bb5 Rb4 44. Bf1 g5 45. Rc1 h5 46. Rc7 Rf4+ 47. Kg2 Nd5 48. Rxb7 Ne3+ 49. Kh2 Nxf1+ 50. Kh3 g4+ 51. Kh4 g3+ 52. Kh3 Rf2 53. Kh4 g2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Bochnicka, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c4 Rd8 12. b4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Ba6 Be4 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. f3 e5 21. fxe4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Re1 Nf6 26. Re7 Kf8 27. Rb7 Rd8 28. Rxa7 Rxd4 29. Rb7 Ne4 30. h4 Rd6 31. Bc4 f6 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rxg7 h5 34. Be2 Rd2 35. Bxh5+ Kf8 36. Rb7 Ra2 37. Rxb6 Rxa3 38. Bf3 Nd2 39. Rxf6+ Ke7 40. Rf4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Rb1 42. Kh3 Nf1 43. h5 Ne3 44. Re4+ Kf6 45. Rxe3 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. d5 Na5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qe2 h6 15. Be3 g5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Bf1 Rf7 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. Qd2 Raf8 21. Rad1 Be4 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 e4 24. Qc2 Nc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 h5 27. Rb7 h4 28. Reb1 Qf5 29. Rb8 hxg3 30. hxg3 Be5 31. Qe2 Rh7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qf1 Bxc3 34. Qg2 Bd4 35. Re1 Rf7 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Rxe4 d3 38. Rd4 Re7 39. g4 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. g3 h6 7. Nh3 c6 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. Qb3 g6 10. e3 Bg7 11. Nf4 g5 12. Nfe2 a6 13. h3 b5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 0-0 16. Qc2 Re8 17. b3 Nbd7 18. Ba3 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Bb2 bxc4 21. 0-0 cxb3 22. axb3 Ne5 23. Ra4 Nd3 24. Ba1 Nb4 25. Qb1 Qe6 26. Na2 Nfd5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nxb4 cxb4 29. Qa1+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rfa1 Re6 32. Bf1 Rb6 33. Bxa6 Nc3 34. Ra5 Rd6 35. Bc4 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rd2 38. Ra6+ Kg7 39. Rb6 Na2 40. Rb7 Rc2 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Nxh6 Nc3 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Nxf7+ Bxf7 45. Bxf7 Nd1 46. Rb5+ Kf6 47. Rf5+ Ke7 48. Kg3 Nc3 49. Bc4 Rc1 50. Rxg5 Rg1+ 51. Kh2 Rc1 52. Kg2 Nd1 53. Re5+ Kd6 54. Rxe4 Rc2 55. Rd4+ Kc5 56. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. 0-0 a5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. a4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nb1 g5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qe6 22. Nc3 Rac8 23. Nb5 Nb6 24. b3 Ne4 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qd2 c4 28. Nd4 Qf6 29. Qxa5 cxb3 30. Nxb3 Rb8 31. Nd4 Qf7 32. Nc6 Nc4 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Nb6 35. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Shandrygin, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bg4 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Kd8 14. h5 b5 15. Na5 Kc7 16. a4 a6 17. f3 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bf4+ e5 20. Be3 Bf6 21. g4 Be7 22. b3 g5 23. Ra2 Ra6 24. Rd1 Rha8 25. Bxb6+ Rxb6 26. b4 c5 27. Kb3 c4+ 28. Kc2 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Ra1 Be7 31. Rd1 f6 32. Rd5 Rb8 33. Kb1 Rb6 34. Kc2 Bd6 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Rd1 Bc7 38. Rd2 Rd6 39. Ra2 Ra6 40. Kd1 Bb6 41. Kc2 Bc7 42. Kb1 Bb6 43. Rd2 Bxa5 44. Ra2 Kd6 45. bxa5 Kc5 46. Rd2 Rxa5 47. Rd5+ Kc6 48. Rd8 b4 49. cxb4 Ra4 50. Rf8 Rxb4+ 51. Kc2 Ra4 52. Rxf6+ Kc5 53. Rf7 Kd4 54. Rd7+ Ke3 55. Rxh7 Kxf3 56. h6 Kxe4 57. Rg7 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Kf4 59. Kxc4 Kxg4 60. h7 Rh2 61. Kd5 Kf4 62. Rf7+ Kg3 63. Kxe5 g4 64. Kf5 Rf2+ 65. Kg5 Rh2 66. Ra7 Rh1 67. Ra3+ Kf2 68. Ra2+ Kf3 69. Ra3+ Kf2 70. Ra2+ Kf3 71. Ra7 g3 72. Rf7+ Kg2 73. Kg4 Kh2 74. h8Q+ Kg1 75. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. Qc2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Be3 0-0 11. 0-0 e5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. d5 Kh8 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. c4 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nb1 Nc5 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Qc3 Qe8 25. Qa3 Nd4 26. Qxa7 g4 27. fxg4 Bxd5 28. exd5 e4 29. d6 Qg6 30. Bh4 Qxd6 31. Be7 Qe5 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Kh1 e3 34. Rde1 e2 35. Rg1 f3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Qa8+ Rf8 38. Qg2 Re8 39. a4 Qe3 40. a5 Qc3 41. Bd5 Qxa5 42. g5 Qd2 43. g6 h6 44. Bf7 Rd8 45. Bc4 Re8 46. Bf7 Rf8 47. Bc4 Nf3 48. Rxe2 Qc3 49. Rf1 Qxc4 50. Ref2 Rg8 51. Rxf3 Qd5 52. Rf7 Qd3 53. R7f3 Qe4 54. Rf4 Qd3 55. Rf7 c4 56. Rc7 c3 57. h3 Qd4 58. Rff7 Qd1+ 59. Qf1 Qd5+ 60. Qf3 Qd4 61. Kg2 Qd2+ 62. Qf2 Qg5+ 63. Qg3 Qd2+ 64. Kh1 Qd1+ 65. Kh2 Qd2+ 66. Qg2 Be5+ 67. Kg1 Qd1+ 68. Qf1 Qd4+ 69. Kh1 Qd5+ 70. Qf3 Qxf3+ 71. Rxf3 Bg7 72. Rfxc3 Bxc3 73. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 Na6 7. Nge2 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5 9. f3 h5 10. Be3 h4 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. 0-0-0 Bd7 13. Kb1 Qf8 14. g3 Bh6 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bg1 h3 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 b6 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. fxe5 Nfd7 22. e6 Ne5 23. Bd4 Bg7 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Rhf1 Qd7 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. b6 Ke7 28. Ba4 Qc8 29. Qd2 Bh6 30. Qf2 Bg7 31. Qf4 Rh5 32. Bc6 Rb8 33. g4 Qxg4 34. bxc7 Rc8 35. Nb5 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nxc6 37. dxc6 Be5 38. Rf2 g5 39. Rdf1 Bf4 40. e5 dxe5 41. Rd1 Rhh8 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Na7 e4 44. Nxc8 Rxc8 45. Re2 e3 46. Kc2 g4 47. Kd3 Kf5 48. Rf7+ Kg5 49. Kc4 Bxc7 50. Kxc5 Bf4 51. Kb6 Rb8+ 52. Ka7 Rc8 53. Kb7 Rb8+ 54. Ka6 Rc8 55. Kb6 Rb8+ 56. Kxa5 Ra8+ 57. Kb6 Rb8+ 58. Rb7 Rc8 59. Rg7+ Kf5 60. c7 Ke4 61. Rc2 Kf3 62. Re7 Rf8 63. c8Q Rxc8 64. Rxc8 Bxh2 65. Rf8+ Kg2 66. Kb5 Bg1 67. a4 h2 68. Rh8 g3 69. a5 Kf3 70. a6 g2 71. a7 h1Q 72. a8Q+ Ke2 73. Rxh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a4 0-0 9. Ra3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 d5 13. Be2 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nc6 15. Bf3 h5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Kf1 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Rd3 Ne5 22. Rxd4 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Nh7 24. Rd5 Qc4+ 25. Kg2 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Bxb2 27. Nd6 Qf4 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kg7 31. a5 Bd4 32. Rh1 h4 33. Qd5 Qd2 34. Rf1 Qf4 35. a6 Kg8 36. Qe4 Qxg5+ 37. Qg4 Qf6 38. Rd1 Bb6 39. Rb1 Kg7 40. Rb5 Ba7 41. Rb7 Qxa6 42. Rd7 Qb6 43. Kh3 Qxf2 44. Qxh4 Qxf3+ 45. Qg3 Qh1+ 46. Qh2 Qf3+ 47. Qg3 Qf1+ 48. Qg2 Qa1 49. Qf3 Qa2 50. Qc3+ Kh7 51. Qf3 Qe6+ 52. Qg4 Qb3+ 53. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dyachuk, Artem"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. dxe5 Nxg3 12. fxg3 dxe5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Ng1 Ne6 16. Bh5 Nd4 17. Qf2 Be6 18. b3 a5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Nge2 Rad8 21. g4 Rd7 22. Ng3 Rfd8 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Na4 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Bc8 27. f6 Bh8 28. c5 Be6 29. Nb6 Rd4 30. Qe1 Qd8 31. Bh5 Bxf6 32. Qf2 Kg7 33. h3 Rxe4 34. Nc4 Rf4 35. Qe2 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Bxc4 37. Qxc4 Qd5 38. Qxd5 cxd5 39. Bg4 Be7 40. Bc8 Bxc5 41. Bxb7 d4 42. Be4 Kf6 43. g4 Ke6 44. Kg2 Kd6 45. Kf1 Ba3 46. Ke2 Kc5 47. Kd3 Kb4 48. Bf5 Bc1 49. Be4 Bf4 50. Bd5 f6 51. a4 Kc5 52. Bc4 Bg3 53. Bg8 Kd6 54. Bc4 Ke7 55. Ke4 Kd6 56. Bd3 Kc5 57. Bc4 Bf4 58. Bf7 Kb4 59. Kd3 Ka3 60. Kc2 Bg3 61. Bd5 Be1 62. Be4 Kb4 63. Bg6 Bg3 64. Be4 Kc5 65. Kd3 Kd6 66. Kc4 Ke6 67. Bf5+ Kf7 68. Be4 Kg7 69. Bf5 h5 70. Kd3 Kf7 71. Kc4 Be1 72. Kd5 Kg7 73. Kc4 Bb4 74. Kd5 Kh6 75. Kc4 hxg4 76. hxg4 Kg7 77. Kd5 Kf7 78. Be4 Ke7 79. Bf5 Kd8 80. Kc6 Ke8 81. Kd5 Be1 82. Ke6 Kd8 83. Kxf6 Bg3 84. Kxg5 Ke7 85. Bd3 Ke6 86. Bc4+ Kd6 87. Kf5 Ke7 88. g5 Kf8 89. Kf6 Bh4 90. Kf5 Kg7 91. g6 Bf6 92. Bd3 Be7 93. Be4 Bd6 94. Bd3 Bc7 95. Be4 Bb8 96. Ke6 Bc7 97. Kd7 Bb6 98. Kc6 Bd8 99. Kd6 Bb6 100. Kxe5 Bc5 101. Kd5 Bb4 102. Kxd4 Be1 103. Kc4 Bb4 104. Bd3 Be1 105. Be4 Bb4 106. Bd3 Ba3 107. Be4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gokhale, Rishabh Chandrashek"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Ne1 d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Re1 f5 12. Ned5 f4 13. e3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Rf7 15. Rf1 Raf8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bd2 Bg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Ne4 Bh6 20. Qe2 Be6 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 b6 23. Bc3 d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Be5 Bg7 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Qf3 Nb4 29. Bh3 Qd5 30. Qxd5+ Nxd5 31. Bd6 Rxe3 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Bg2 Nb4 34. f5 Ke7 35. Rae1 Rxe1 36. Rxe1+ Kd6 37. Re6+ Kd7 38. a3 gxf5 39. Re3 Bd4 40. axb4 Bxe3+ 41. Kf1 cxb4 42. Ke2 Bd4 43. b3 Kd6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Bh3 a5 46. Bf1 a4 47. bxa4 b3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 h6 10. Be2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a4 Rab8 17. Nf1 Rfc8 18. Ne3 Be4 19. Bf1 Na5 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 a6 22. b4 Nc6 23. a5 Ne7 24. Nd1 Rc7 25. Nb2 Nc8 26. Na4 Nd6 27. Nc5 Bg6 28. Ra2 Ne4 29. Ra3 Rbc8 30. f3 Nd6 31. h4 h5 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Rea1 Ke7 34. Rb3 Bf5 35. b5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Rxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Be2 Bc2 39. Rb2 Bg6 40. Ra3 Bf5 41. Rb4 Bg6 42. Ke3 Rc7 43. Kd2 Bf5 44. Rab3 Kd7 45. Rb6 Bg6 46. R3b4 Bf5 47. Rb3 Bg6 48. Ke1 Bf5 49. Kf2 Bg6 50. Kg3 Bf5 51. Kf4 f6 52. g4 Bg6 53. Kg3 Bf7 54. Bd3 Be8 55. Ra3 Bf7 56. a6 bxa6 57. Raxa6 Nc8 58. Bb5+ Ke7 59. Rc6 Rxc6 60. Rxc6 Nd6 61. Rc7+ Kf8 62. Bd3 e5 63. Rd7 Ne8 64. gxh5 Be6 65. Ra7 Nd6 66. Bg6 Nb5 67. Ra6 Ke7 68. Rc6 Bd7 69. Ra6 Nxc3 70. Ra7 Kd6 71. Ra8 Be6 72. Rh8 Ke7 73. h6 gxh6 74. Rxh6 Kf8 75. Rh7 d4 76. h5 Nd5 77. h6 Nf4 78. Bb1 f5 79. Ra7 Kg8 80. Kh4 d3 81. Kg5 d2 82. Bc2 e4 83. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Pinheiro, Iung Alicio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Na6 6. h4 h6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 Nc7 9. f3 Rb8 10. a4 a5 11. Nh3 Na6 12. Nf2 Nb4 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Ng4 h5 15. Nf2 Qc7 16. 0-0 e5 17. d5 Nc5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne6 21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. g3 Nc2 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Bb6 Rb8 25. Bxa5 Be7 26. Rxc6 Ncd4 27. Rb6 Nxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Ra8 29. b4 Bd7 30. Nc3 Nd4 31. Nd5 Bd8 32. Nf6+ Ke7 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. Rb7+ Kc6 35. Rxf7 Bxa5 36. bxa5 Rxa5 37. Nd3 Re8 38. Nxe5+ Rexe5 39. Rxd4 Rxa4 40. Kg2 Kc5 41. Rd5+ Rxd5 42. cxd5 Kd6 43. Kh3 Ke5 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Ra1 46. Kg5 Rg1+ 47. Kh6 Rg3 48. Kg7 Rh3 49. Re7+ Kd6 50. Re6+ Kd7 51. Kxg6 Rxh4 52. Kg5 Rh3 53. f4 Rh1 54. f5 Rg1+ 55. Kf6 Rh1 56. Ke5 Rh8 57. Rd6+ Ke7 58. Ra6 Rh1 59. Ra7+ Kd8 60. Ke6 Rh6+ 61. f6 Kc8 62. d6 Kb8 63. Rg7 Rh8 64. e5 Re8+ 65. Re7 Rh8 66. f7 Rh6+ 67. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Subelj, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Be3 Nc6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. 0-0-0 c6 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. b4 Be6 11. c5 Bc4 12. Kb2 Ne6 13. Nc1 Bxf1 14. Rhxf1 Rd8 15. Nb3 f5 16. f3 Rd7 17. Na5 Nd4 18. Nc4 Nc8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ne2 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rxf5 Ke6 24. Re5+ Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxc3 26. Kxc3 Rg8 27. Nd3 Ne7 28. g3 Nd5+ 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Kc2 Kf5 32. Bd2 Re7 33. a4 Re2 34. b5 Rxh2 35. a5 cxb5 36. a6 bxa6 37. c6 Ke6 38. Nc5+ Kd6 39. Nxa6 Kxc6 40. Kd3 Kb6 41. Nb8 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schut, Lisa"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. Be3 0-0 12. Nd2 f6 13. f4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Nb3 Qe8 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Bc5 Qg6 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. c3 h6 21. Rf1 Bxc5+ 22. Nxc5 Re8 23. Qf4 Bc8 24. b4 Kh7 25. Qd4 Bh3 26. Rf2 Bg4 27. Kf1 Qg5 28. Kg1 Rxe5 29. h3 Bxh3 30. Qd3+ Bf5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Re3 33. Rf2 Kg6 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 h5 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Kg3 g5 38. Na6 h4+ 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Nxc7 Bc8 41. Ne8 Bd7 42. Ng7 Kf6 43. Nh5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gubajdullin, Alexey"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. e4 0-0 8. a4 d6 9. Na3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Ndc4 Kh7 12. Nb5 Nc8 13. Ne3 a6 14. Na3 N8e7 15. Bd2 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Nd5 fxe4 20. dxe4 Bg4 21. Qd3 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Ne7 23. Qd3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nc2 Be6 26. Ra6 Bc4 27. Rxd6 Qc7 28. Rd7 Qc6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxf1 31. Bxf1 Rfd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Be3 c4 34. Nd4 b4 35. Ne6 Rd1 36. Nxg7 Kxg7 37. cxb4 Nc8 38. e5 Ne7 39. Kf2 Nd5 40. Bxc4 Nxb4 41. Be2 Rh1 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. Bd4 Nc2 44. Bc3 Ne3+ 45. Kf3 Nd5 46. Bd4 Ra4 47. Ke4 Nxf4 48. e6+ Kf8 49. Bd1 Rb4 50. Ke5 Nxe6 51. Bc3 Rb6 52. Bg4 Nc5 53. Bd4 Rb5 54. Kf6 Ne4+ 55. Ke6 Ng5+ 56. Kf6 Ne4+ 57. Ke6 Rb4 58. Be5 Rb6+ 59. Kd5 Nf6+ 60. Kc5 Nxg4 61. Kxb6 Nxe5 62. Kb5 Ke7 63. Kc5 Nd3+ 64. Kd5 Nxb2 65. Ke5 Nc4+ 66. Kf4 Nd6 67. h4 Kf6 68. Kg4 Nf5 69. h5 g5 70. Kf3 Ng7 71. Kg4 Ke5 72. Kf3 Nxh5 73. Kg4 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. h3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bb5 Bxa1 17. Rxd8 Rexd8 18. Qc7 Bxe4 19. Qxe7 Bd5 20. a4 a6 21. Be2 Re8 22. Qa3 Be5 23. h4 b5 24. Qc5 Bc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Re6 27. g4 Rae8 28. Kg2 Bf6 29. h5 Re4 30. Qxa6 Rxg4+ 31. Kf3 gxh5 32. Qxf6 Rg6 33. Qf4 f6 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Reg8 36. Bf4 h4 37. Qd7 R8g7 38. Qf5 Rg8 39. a5 Ra8 40. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 a6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. 0-0 c5 11. c3 Be7 12. a5 0-0 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rc8 15. Bf4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nb8 18. g3 Nc6 19. Qa4 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Kg2 f6 22. h4 Qf5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bg4 Nxd4 25. Rad1 Rc4 26. Qd7 Rc2 27. Kh3 h6 28. f4 Rxb2 29. Rfe1 Rb3 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Bxd5 Rc3 32. Re8 Nf5 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Kh2 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Rc3 36. Kh2 Nxg3 37. Re1 Ne2 38. Rxe2 Qxf4+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qxe2+ 41. Bg2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Qf4+ 46. Ke2 Rc2+ 47. Kd1 Qc1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Adla, Diego Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. 0-0 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 0-0 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. Qd3 a4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 axb3 22. axb3 Rc7 23. Rc2 f6 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. Bd4 Ba3 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Ra6 Qe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Bc3 Be7 30. g4 Rb7 31. Ra4 Rxb3 32. Rxe4 Kf7 33. Rc4 c5 34. g3 Rd8 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Bb2 Rb1 37. Bc1 Rd3 38. e4 Rd1 39. Be3 Re1 40. Kf3 Rb3 41. Ra2 g6 42. Ra7 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Rxc5 Rb8 45. Rxh5 Kg6 46. Rd5 Bf8 47. Rc7 Rb6 48. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Gorshtein, Ido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. h3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. 0-0 f5 12. Bh2 Bf6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. b4 a5 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qe8 18. Rfc1 Kh8 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 g5 21. c5 g4 22. hxg4 fxg4 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bh4 25. Ne4 d5 26. Bg3 Bd8 27. Nc3 h5 28. c6 Nb6 29. Nb5 Qf7 30. Qb2+ Kg8 31. Qe2 Qg7 32. Nd4 Qg6 33. Nb5 Qg7 34. Nd4 Re8 35. Bh2 h4 36. g3 h3 37. Rd1 Bf6 38. Nb5 Nc4 39. Nxc7 Qxc7 40. Qxg4+ Qg7 41. Qxh3 Ne5 42. b5 Kf7 43. Qh5+ Ke7 44. Qe2 Rh8 45. f4 Ng4 46. b6 Rxh2 47. Qf3 Rah8 48. b7 Qh7 49. Kf1 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Qc2+ 51. Rd2 R8h2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Gutierrez Olivares, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. e4 Qc7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Rac1 Bh5 12. h3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nh5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. a3 a6 16. Qa2 e5 17. b4 Qd8 18. Qd2 b5 19. d5 c5 20. cxb5 cxb4 21. axb4 axb5 22. Qd3 f5 23. Nxb5 f4 24. Ba7 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 fxg3 26. fxg3 Nxg3 27. Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Bf2 Nh5 29. Bf3 Bh4 30. Rf1 Qg5+ 31. Bg4 Nf6 32. Qe2 Nh5 33. Bxh4 Qxh4 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Nf4 36. b5 Nd3 37. b6 Nc5 38. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nge2 0-0 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 b6 11. h3 Nc6 12. g4 Bg6 13. g5 Na5 14. Qa2 hxg5 15. Bxg5 c6 16. Rg1 Re8 17. h4 Be7 18. b4 Nc4 19. Nf4 Nd6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Bd3 Nf5 22. b5 Kh7 23. bxc6 Rc8 24. Ne2 Rxc6 25. Bb5 Rc8 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Ne4 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Nd3 Nxd4 31. Kf1 Nf3 32. Rh1 Nfd2+ 33. Ke1 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Nfd2+ 35. Kg2 Qe6 36. f3 Qf5 37. Nf4 d4 38. Qd5 dxe3 39. Qxf5 gxf5 40. fxe4 Nxe4 41. Re1 Kh6 42. Rxe3 g5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Nh3+ Kg4 45. Nf2+ Kf4 46. Rf3+ Ke5 47. Nxe4 fxe4 48. Rh3 Kd4 49. Kf2 b5 50. Ke2 a5 51. Kd2 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Rg3 Kc4 54. Kc2 Kd4 55. Rh3 Kc4 56. Rh8 b3+ 57. Kd2 b2 58. Kc2 Kd4 59. Kxb2 Kd3 60. Kc1 Ke2 61. Re8 e3 62. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. d4 Ngf6 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 a5 12. 0-0 a4 13. a3 Be7 14. Rd1 0-0 15. c4 Qb6 16. Rb1 Rfd8 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. g4 Rad8 20. g5 Ne8 21. h4 Nd6 22. c5 Nf5 23. Be4 g6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. h5 Qa5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Kg2 Rd5 28. Rh1 Bf8 29. Rh4 R8d7 30. Rbh1 Rf7 31. Qc4 Qa8 32. Bf4 Qd8 33. Qxa4 Rxd4 34. Qb3 Rd5 35. Qh3 Qe7 36. b4 Qe4+ 37. f3 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Rd3 39. Qg2 Qe4 40. Qf2 Qd5 41. Re1 Re7 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Qe2 h5 44. Rh1 Bf8 45. Re1 Kh7 46. Rf1 Bg7 47. Qe8 Qd4 48. Qe7 h4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Rd1 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 0-0 13. d4 Bd6 14. c3 a5 15. h4 a4 16. h5 Qa5 17. h6 g6 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qf5 20. Qf3 Ng4 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Bf3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Qxh6 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Nh2+ 28. Kg2 Nxf3 29. Kxf3 Ra5 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Rde2 Rb5 32. Ke4 h5 33. f4 Kg7 34. Kd3 Kf6 35. Kc2 Rbd5 36. Re5 b5 37. b3 axb3+ 38. Kxb3 Ra8 39. Rxd5 cxd5 40. Re5 Ke7 41. Kb4 Ra4+ 42. Kb3 Kd6 43. Re1 f6 44. Rg1 Ra8 45. Kb4 Kc6 46. Re1 Ra4+ 47. Kb3 Kd7 48. Rg1 Ra8 49. Kb4 Ke7 50. Kb3 Kf7 51. Kb4 g5 52. fxg5 fxg5 53. Ra1 Rb8 54. Kc5 Kf6 55. Rf1+ Kg6 56. Kd6 Rb6+ 57. Ke5 h4 58. gxh4 gxh4 59. Rg1+ Kh5 60. Kf6 h3 61. Rg8 Kh4 62. Ke5 Rb7 63. Rh8+ Kg3 64. Kxe6 Rc7 65. Kxd5 Rxc3 66. Rg8+ Kf2 67. Rf8+ Kg2 68. Rg8+ Kh1 69. Rh8 h2 70. Ke5 Re3+ 71. Kf4 Rxa3 72. d5 Rd3 73. Ke4 Rd1 74. Ke5 b4 75. d6 b3 76. Rb8 Kg1 77. Rg8+ Kf2 78. Rf8+ Ke3 79. Rh8 h1Q 80. Rxh1 Rxh1 81. d7 Rd1 82. d8Q Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 Bxe4 4. 0-0 c6 5. Ba4 Qa5 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d4 e6 9. Bb3 d5 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. c3 Bd6 12. Nf4 0-0 13. Nd3 Qc7 14. g3 a5 15. a4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qc6 20. Re1 Rfc8 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. Kg2 Bd6 23. Qg4 g6 24. Kg1 Ne5 25. Qe2 Rab8 26. h4 d4 27. Be4 Qxa4 28. cxd4 Qxd4 29. Rbd1 Qb6 30. h5 Bb4 31. Rf1 Bf8 32. Bf4 Bg7 33. h6 Bf6 34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxg6 Qxb2 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Qd3 Qb5 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 40. Rxh7 Kf8 41. Re1 Kg8 42. Re7 a4 43. Rxe6 Bb2 44. Ra6 a3 45. Re7 Rbb8 46. Rea7 Bd4 47. Rd7 Ra8 48. Rxa3 Bxf2+ 49. Kxf2 Rxa3 50. Kg2 Ra6 51. h7+ Kh8 52. g4 Rh6 53. Kg3 Rxh7 54. Rd5 Rg7 55. g5 Rc4 56. Kf3 Ra7 57. Rd3 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bc1 Nc6 7. d5 Nce7 8. e4 f5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Qc2 c6 12. 0-0 cxd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rac1 f4 16. Nb5 g5 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Nc6 20. Bc3 Qe7 21. Bc4 Nxe4 22. Bd5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 g4 24. Nd2 Nd4 25. Qd1 h5 26. Ne4 f3 27. g3 Rbc8 28. h4 b5 29. Kh2 b4 30. Rd3 Bh6 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qxd4+ Bg7 33. Qd3 Be5 34. Ng5 Qg7 35. Nf7+ Rxf7 36. exf7 Rf8 37. Qf5 Qh6 38. Re1 Kg7 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. Qxe5+ Qf6 41. Qxh5 Qg6 42. Qe5+ Qf6 43. Qe4 Qg6 44. Qd4+ Kh6 45. Qxb4 Qg7 46. Qf4+ Kh7 47. Be6 Kh8 48. Qf5 Qxb2 49. Qh5+ Kg7 50. Qxg4+ Kh8 51. Qxf3 Qe5 52. Bb3 Kg7 53. Kg2 Rd8 54. Qg4+ Kh6 55. Qg8 Qd6 56. Qg5+ Kh7 57. Bc2+ Kh8 58. Qh5+ Kg7 59. Qh7+ Kf8 60. Qg8+ Ke7 61. Bb3 Qc6+ 62. Kh2 Qf3 63. Qg5+ Kd7 64. Qb5+ Kc7 65. Qc5+ Kb7 66. Qb4+ Kc7 67. Qc5+ Kb7 68. Bd5+ Rxd5 69. f8Q Rd1 70. Qxf3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. d4 Nd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Bc3 a4 16. Rc1 Ra6 17. Nd4 h5 18. Nc2 h4 19. Nb4 Ra7 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 a6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rfd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. h3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Rd8 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Nd5 19. Nbd2 Nc3 20. Bxc3 bxc3 21. Nc4 Be7 22. b4 Nd7 23. Nfe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Nazari, Arad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 h5 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 h4 16. Be5 hxg3 17. hxg3 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f3 Nf6 20. g4 Be6 21. Qf4 c5 22. dxc5 Qc6 23. b4 a5 24. a3 Rb8 25. Qd4 Kg8 26. b5 Qc7 27. c6 Bc8 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Qxb5 31. Qxb5 Rxb5 32. Rac1 e5 33. c7 Kf8 34. g5 Ke7 35. Kf2 Be6 36. Kg3 Rc8 37. Bh3 Bxh3 38. Kxh3 Rb7 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. Rdd5 Rbxc7 41. Rxe5+ Kd6 42. Rcd5+ Kc6 43. Rxa5 Kb6 44. Reb5+ Kc6 45. Kg4 Rh8 46. Rc5+ Kb6 47. Rxc7 Kxc7 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Rxf7 Ra8 50. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Nxd5 Nxe5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 Qd6 16. Qb3 e6 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nc6 20. Bd6 Rd8 21. Nc4 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 bxc6 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26. Rh8 e5 27. Rxh7+ Ke6 28. Rh8 Bb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. e4 c5 31. f3 f5 32. Nd2 f4 33. h4 Bc6 34. Kg2 Bb5 35. Nc4 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ba6 37. Na5 Bb5 38. Nb7 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Be2 40. Nxc5 Bd1 41. b4 Ke7 42. Nd3 Kd6 43. Nf2 Bc2 44. Ng4 Bd1 45. Kf2 Bc2 46. Ke3 Bd1 47. Nf2 Bc2 48. Nd3 Bd1 49. Nc5 Kc6 50. Ne6 Kb5 51. Nd8 Kxb4 52. Nc6+ Kb3 53. Nxa7 Kxb2 54. Nc6 Kc3 55. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Qc2 c5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. a3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rd1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Nxd2 18. Bxf8 Ne4 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bc3 Re8 21. 0-0 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Qxb2 23. Rc1 Qxa3 24. Rfd1 h6 25. d5 Qd6 26. Rb1 Qf6 27. Rdc1 a4 28. Nxa4 Re2 29. Rf1 c3 30. Rxb7 c2 31. Rc7 Qd4 32. g3 Qxa4 33. d6 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Nfd7 6. a4 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bd3 f5 11. b4 Bh6 12. Nb3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Nbd2 Qd7 18. a5 a6 19. Ng5 Ng7 20. Nge4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rf4 22. f3 Raf8 23. c4 Nf5 24. c5 Nd4 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Rc4 Nb5 27. Ng5 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. fxg4 Nc3 31. Rf6 Nxd5 32. Rxd6 Nxb4 33. Rd7 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc6 35. Nxh7 b6 36. g5 bxa5 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Ra7 a4 39. Rb7 a5 40. Ra7 Rc2+ 41. Ke3 a3 42. Rxa5 a2 43. Ra7 Rc1 44. Nh7+ Ke8 45. Nf6+ Kd8 46. Ke4 a1Q 47. Rxa1 Rxa1 48. Kxe5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 Ne7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. 0-0 Ned5 14. Nce4 a4 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qe2 b5 17. f4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. f5 exf5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. exf6 Qe6 22. Rae1 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd6 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 Ra7 26. fxe7 Rd7 27. Rc2 Rd6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxc6 Kd7 30. Rb6 Rc8 31. Rb7+ Ke8 32. Kf2 Rxd4 33. Rxb5 Rd6 34. g3 f6 35. Bf4 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Ra6 37. Rxh5 Rxb2 38. Rh7 Rb3+ 39. Ke4 Re6+ 40. Kf5 Rxe7 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. Rh7+ Ke8 43. Rh8+ Kd7 44. Ra8 Rxa3 45. Kxf6 Re6+ 46. Kf5 Rb6 47. h5 Rb5+ 48. Kg6 Rb6+ 49. Kg7 Rbb3 50. Ra7+ Kc6 51. Ra6+ Kb5 52. Rg6 Rd3 53. h6 Rd7+ 54. Kg8 Rc3 55. Rg7 Rc8+ 56. Kh7 Rdd8 57. Kg6 a3 58. Ra7 Ra8 59. Rxa8 Rxa8 60. h7 Kc6 61. Be5 Kd5 62. h8Q Rxh8 63. Bxh8 Ke4 64. g4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 e5 6. d5 Na6 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5 9. Bg5 h5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 Qe7 12. f4 exf4 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 0-0-0 16. Bxf4 Re8 17. Rhe1 h4 18. Nxd7 Nfxd7 19. Nb5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Na6 21. Qxa5 Bh6 22. Qd2 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Qc5 24. a3 f5 25. b4 Qf8 26. Re6 Rg8 27. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ghevondyan, Arman"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. 0-0 Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Be3 h5 10. h4 Bh3 11. Nd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nf6 13. f3 0-0 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Rac1 a5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Rxc2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Bf6 24. Rxb5 a4 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rc8 27. Rb2 Rc3 28. Kf2 Ra3 29. Rb7 Kf8 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rb7 e6 32. Rb2 d5 33. f4 Rc3 34. Rb4 Ra3 35. Rb2 Kf8 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Rxf7 Rxa2 39. Rg7 Rb2 40. Rxg6 Rb8 41. Rg7 Ra8 42. Rb7 a3 43. Rb1 a2 44. Ra1 Ke7 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kh3 Kg6 47. Kh4 Ra7 48. e3 Kf5 49. Kh3 Ra6 50. Kh4 Ra8 51. Kh3 e5 52. Kh4 d4 53. fxe5 dxe3 54. e6 Kxe6 55. Kxh5 e2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jaskolka, Tomasz"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Ne2 Ke7 15. c3 Bd6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Be2 f5 18. f4 Nd7 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 h6 21. Kf2 Nf6 22. Bf3 Rcg8 23. Rh4 Rh7 24. Rah1 Rhg7 25. Rg1 Bc5 26. Rxh6 Nxg4+ 27. Bxg4 Rxg4 28. Rxg4 Rxg4 29. Rh8 Kd7 30. b4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Kc6 32. Rh7 f5 33. Rh6 Kd6 34. Rh7 b6 35. Ra7 Kc6 36. Rxa6 Kb5 37. Ra8 Rg6 38. Ke2 Rh6 39. Kd3 Rh1 40. Re8 Ra1 41. Rxe6 Rxa3+ 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Rd6 Rf8 44. Kd3 Rf7 45. Kc3 Ka4 46. Rxb6 Rc7+ 47. Kd2 Kb3 48. Rb5 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 Rh2 50. Rxd5 Kc4 51. Rxf5 Kd3 52. Kc1 Kxe3 53. d5 Ke4 54. Re5+ Kxf4 55. Re8 Rh5 56. Rd8 Ke4 57. Kb2 Rh3 58. b5 Ke5 59. d6 Ke6 60. b6 Rh5 61. Kc3 Rb5 62. Kc4 Rxb6 63. Kc5 Rb1 64. Re8+ Kd7 65. Re7+ Kd8 66. Rh7 Rc1+ 67. Kd5 Rd1+ 68. Ke6 Re1+ 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Ke6 Re1+ 71. Kd5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Bremner, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. 0-0 c6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nh4 Kd7 18. Nf5 Rhe8 19. Kf1 Bb4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a3 Ba5 22. Rc1 Bb6 23. Rd1 Re4 24. h3 h5 25. b3 Rf4 26. Ne3 Kd6 27. Nc2 Re4 28. Rd3 h4 29. g3 f5 30. gxh4 Rxh4 31. a4 a6 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. b4 Kf6 34. f3 Rh8 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Rc8 38. Nb4 Ke6 39. Re3+ Kd6 40. Re5 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rb1 42. Rxd5+ Ke6 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Nd5+ Kg5 45. Nxb6 Kf4 46. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 c6 5. Nxe7 Qxe7 6. dxe5 Qxe5 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. e3 Nf6 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Na6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Ba3 d6 13. Qd4 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bg6 17. Nh4 a5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rad1 a4 20. b4 Ne6 21. Qd3 d5 22. a3 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qc2 Nd5 27. g3 Nb6 28. Qc3 Qd5 29. h4 Qb3 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Bf3 Qb3 32. Be2 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 f6 34. Qc2 Kf7 35. Bd3 g5 36. h5 Qb3 37. Bg6+ Ke7 38. Kg2 Qxc2 39. Bxc2 Nc4 40. Bc1 Nc7 41. Bxa4 Nb5 42. Bxb5 cxb5 43. g4 Ke6 44. f3 Kd5 45. Kf2 Nd6 46. Bb2 Nf7 47. f4 Kc4 48. Kf3 Kb3 49. Bd4 Kxa3 50. Ke4 gxf4 51. exf4 Kxb4 52. Kf5 Kc4 53. Ba1 b4 54. Kg6 Nd6 55. Kxg7 Kb3 56. h6 Ka2 57. h7 Kxa1 58. h8Q b3 59. Qh1+ Ka2 60. Qd5 Nc8 61. Qxb7 b2 62. Qxc8 b1Q 63. Qa8+ Kb2 64. Qb8+ Kc2 65. Qxb1+ Kxb1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. d4 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 b6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Rfd1 Qc8 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qc1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bh6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Qf4 Rd8 21. Qe5+ Kg8 22. Qxe7 Re8 23. Qf6 Rxe2 24. Qxd4 Qf3 25. Rc1 h5 26. h4 Re4 27. Qc3 Qf5 28. Rd1 Qc8 29. b3 Qe8 30. Kg2 Kh7 31. Rd3 Re2 32. Re3 Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Rxa2 34. Re7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Principe, Gerson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. h3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd6 Rc8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Nb6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Nb3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rcd8 22. f4 Bc8 23. b4 Kh8 24. Qb3 Rfe8 25. Qc3 Qd6 26. Bc2 Re7 27. Nd3 Kh7 28. Ne5 Bb7 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. a4 g6 31. Bb3 Rdc8 32. Qd2 Re8 33. Rc5 Ree7 34. Qc3 Rg7 35. Nf3 Rg8 36. h4 Re8 37. Ne5 h5 38. Nf3 Rec8 39. Re5 Re8 40. Ng5+ Kh6 41. Bxe6 Ree7 42. Bb3 Bc8 43. d5 cxd5 44. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. a3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. c3 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qf7 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qh5 Qxh5 18. Rxh5 b5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. Kd2 Nc6 24. Rh1 Ra8 25. Rb1 Ra2+ 26. Ke1 Ra3 27. Kd2 Ra2+ 28. Kd1 Ra3 29. Bd2 Na7 30. Be3 Nc6 31. Rxb5 Rxc3 32. Kd2 Ra3 33. Rb6 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4+ 36. Kxd4 Rxf2 37. Rxd6 Rxg2 38. Ke5 Rxg5+ 39. Kxe6 h5 40. Rd5 Rg6+ 41. Kf5 Rg1 42. Kf4 h4 43. Kf3 g5 44. Kf2 Rg3 45. Rf5 Kg7 46. e5 Kg6 47. e6 Kxf5 48. e7 Rxd3 49. e8Q Rg3 50. Qd7+ Kf6 51. Qd6+ Kf5 52. Qe7 Kg6 53. Qe6+ Kg7 54. Qe8 Kf6 55. Qd7 Kg6 56. Qe7 Kf5 57. Qd6 Kg4 58. Qd7+ Kf4 59. Qe6 Rf3+ 60. Kg2 Rg3+ 61. Kh2 Kf3 62. Qd5+ Kf4 63. Qd6+ Kf3 64. Qc6+ Kf4 65. Qd5 Ke3 66. Qf5 Ke2 67. Qc2+ Kf3 68. Qf5+ Ke3 69. Qf8 Ke4 70. Qf6 Ke3 71. Qf5 Kd4 72. Qe6 Kd3 73. Qe5 Kd2 74. Qe4 Kd1 75. Qa4+ Ke2 76. Qc4+ Ke3 77. Qd5 Kf4 78. Qe6 Kf3 79. Qe5 Rg2+ 80. Kh1 Rg3 81. Qf5+ Ke3 82. Qf8 Rh3+ 83. Kg2 Rg3+ 84. Kh2 Ke4 85. Qf6 Ke3 86. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Re8 8. d5 e6 9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. a3 a5 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b3 Be5 21. bxa4 Qc7 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Qb3 b6 25. Qb5 Kg7 26. Bd2 Ra7 27. Qc6 Qd8 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rb7 Rxb7 30. Qxb7 Nf6 31. Qb5 Ne4 32. Bxa5 Qg5 33. Qb1 Qf4 34. Be1 Nd6 35. a4 Qxc4 36. a5 Qxd5 37. a6 Qc6 38. Qa1 Qa8 39. Qxe5+ Kh6 40. Qxd6 Qe8 41. Bd2+ Kh5 42. Qxc5+ f5 43. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mitrabha, Guha"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Ne2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. f3 0-0 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. 0-0-0 Nc5 13. g4 f6 14. h4 Be6 15. Re1 b5 16. Kb1 Qf7 17. Rc1 Rab8 18. Ka1 a5 19. Be2 a4 20. g5 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Litchfield, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d5 Bd6 6. g3 Be5 7. Bg2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 e5 11. f4 h6 12. Nf2 Qe7 13. e4 a5 14. Re1 0-0 15. f5 Ba6 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. g4 Nfd7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Re3 g6 20. Rg3 f6 21. h4 Kf7 22. fxg6+ Kxg6 23. hxg5 f5 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. exf5+ Kxf5 26. Bd3+ Nxd3 27. Qxd3+ e4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4 29. Rf3+ Ke5 30. Bf4+ Qxf4 31. Re1+ Qe3+ 32. Rexe3# 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morris, James"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Qe8 12. Ng3 Nh5 13. c3 Nf4 14. d4 c4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nf1 g5 17. N3d2 Rc8 18. b4 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Nc4 20. Qd3 Qg6 21. Nbd2 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 g4 23. f3 Kh8 24. fxg4 Qxg4 25. Nf3 Rg8 26. Re2 Rc7 27. Rb1 Bd8 28. Kf1 Rcg7 29. c4 Qg6 30. Rb3 Qe8 31. e5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Bf6 33. Re2 b6 34. Rb5 Qc6 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxa5 Qb6 37. Rh5 Qa6 38. Re4 Qa1+ 39. Re1 Qb2 40. Re2 Qa1+ 41. Re1 Qb2 42. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 0-0 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nge2 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. Be2 e5 15. 0-0 h5 16. Qg5 Qe7 17. h4 Rh8 18. f4 Ng4 19. f5 Qxg5 20. hxg5 Ne3 21. f6+ Kf8 22. Rfc1 Ke8 23. Kf2 Ng4+ 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Nf1 b4 26. Nb1 Na7 27. Nbd2 Kd8 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. Rh1 Kc7 30. Rh4 Nb5 31. Rah1 Rhf8 32. Ndc4 Nd4 33. Nb6 Rab8 34. c3 bxc3 35. bxc3 Nb3 36. Nbc4 Rb5 37. g4 hxg4 38. Rh8 Rxh8 39. Rxh8 Nxa5 40. Rf8 Nxc4 41. Nxc4 Rb3 42. Rxf7 Rxc3 43. Nb6 Kxb6 44. Rxd7 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 c4 46. Rxd6+ Kb5 47. Rc6 a5 48. Rc8 a4 49. d6 a3 50. d7 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Sardana, Rishi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 Nhf6 10. 0-0-0 Bb4 11. e3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. Ka1 Bf5 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 0-0-0 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. Rc2 Nc4 21. Nc5 Nd6 22. Rhc1 Ka8 23. Qb3 g5 24. a3 h5 25. Ka2 h4 26. Qb4 g4 27. g3 Rde8 28. a4 Ne4 29. Qb3 hxg3 30. hxg3 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Qd7 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. R1c2 Rh2 34. b4 b6 35. R5c3 c5 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Qxa4+ 38. Ra3 Qe4 39. Qxe4 dxe4 40. Ra6 Rh5 41. Rf6 Rcxc5 42. Rxc5 Rxc5 43. Rxf7 Rc3 44. Kb2 Rd3 45. Kc2 Ra3 46. Rf4 Ra2+ 47. Kb3 Rd2 48. Kc3 Rd3+ 49. Kc4 Rd2 50. Kc3 Rd3+ 51. Kc2 Ra3 52. Kb1 Rb3+ 53. Kc1 Rb4 54. Rxg4 a5 55. Kc2 Kb7 56. Kc3 Kb6 57. Rf4 Kb5 58. Rf5+ Ka4 59. g4 Rb3+ 60. Kc2 Rb4 61. Rc5 Rb8 62. Re5 Rc8+ 63. Kb2 Rc4 64. g5 Kb4 65. Re8 a4 66. Rb8+ Ka5 67. g6 Rc7 68. Rg8 Kb4 69. g7 a3+ 70. Kb1 Kc4 71. Ka1 Kc3 72. Ka2 Kc2 73. Kxa3 Kc3 74. Ka4 Kc4 75. Ka5 Kc5 76. Ka6 Kc6 77. Re8 Rxg7 78. Rxe4 Rg1 79. Ka5 Rb1 80. Ka4 Kd5 81. Rb4 Rf1 82. Rf4 Rb1 83. Ka3 Ke5 84. Rb4 Rf1 85. f4+ Kf5 86. Rb5+ Kf6 87. Kb2 Rd1 88. Kc3 Ke6 89. e4 Rf1 90. f5+ Kf6 91. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chen, Peng"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bf6 12. Qe2 Nce7 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qe4 Rfd8 20. g3 Nde7 21. Bc3 Qg5 22. h4 Qh5 23. Be2 Qf5 24. Ba6 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rb8 26. h5 Nf8 27. Rc2 Nd5 28. Ba5 Rd6 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rec1 Ne7 32. Rd2 Nf6 33. Bb4 Rdd8 34. h6 Nf5 35. hxg7 Nxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxc6 Rxb4 38. axb4 Re7 39. Bg2 Kxg7 40. b5 Rd7 41. Rc1 Rd2 42. b4 Rd4 43. Ra1 Rxb4 44. Bc6 Ng4 45. f3 Ne5 46. Rxa7 Nc4 47. Rd7 Rb2 48. Rd4 Ne5 49. Rd8 Rc2 50. Be4 Rb2 51. Bc6 h6 52. Ra8 Nc4 53. Rd8 Ne3 54. Rd3 Nc2 55. Rd7 Na3 56. Rb7 Nc4 57. Rd7 Kf6 58. Rd4 Ne5 59. Rh4 Kg6 60. Rd4 Rxb5 61. Rg4+ Nxg4 62. Bxb5 Ne3 63. Bd3+ Kg5 64. Kf2 Nd1+ 65. Ke2 Nc3+ 66. Kf2 e5 67. Bc4 f5 68. Bd3 Nd5 69. Bc4 Nf6 70. Ba6 f4 71. Bb7 Nh5 72. g4 Nf6 73. Bc6 e4 74. fxe4 Nxg4+ 75. Kg2 Ne5 76. Bd5 h5 77. Be6 f3+ 78. Kg3 h4+ 79. Kh3 Nd3 80. Bf5 Nf4+ 81. Kh2 f2 82. Bh3 Nxh3 83. Kg2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Press, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Be2 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Ke1 Ne8 17. Kf2 Nd6 18. Rd1 Be8 19. e5 Nf5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxa7 Nge7 22. Rxb7 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bd3 Nd4 25. Be3 Nb3 26. Bb6 Rc8 27. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 61st"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nissinen, Niilo Man"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. 0-0 Bd6 5. Re1 Nge7 6. c3 0-0 7. d3 a6 8. Ba4 Ng6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Bb3 d6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bc2 Qc8 16. Bg5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nxd4 19. Qe4 Qf5 20. Ndf3 Nc2 21. Qxb7 Nxa1 22. Ne6 Qf7 23. Qe4 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danielian, Vardan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 c5 11. Bh6 Nc6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. b3 h5 16. h4 b5 17. cxb5 a6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Bg2 Qa5 20. Qb2 Qa3 21. Qc3 Qb4 22. Qxb4 cxb4 23. Rfc1 Rfa8 24. Rc2 Ra3 25. Bh3 Rxb3 26. axb3 Rxa1+ 27. Kg2 Rb1 28. f4 Ng4 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Rc7 Kf6 31. Rb7 Rxb3 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Rb6 b3 34. Rb4 e6 35. Kg2 exd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. 0-0-0 Re8 8. f3 d6 9. Qe2 d5 10. a3 Ba5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Be6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Nge2 Rab8 17. Qc3 Rb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nb3 Reb8 20. Rd4 g5 21. Nd3 Be6 22. Ndc5 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Nd7 24. Rhd1 Ne5 25. g3 Qf6 26. Rf1 c5 27. Rd5 Ng6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Nxc5 g4 30. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. 0-0 c4 11. Bc2 Na6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. a4 Nb4 14. Bb1 b6 15. Qd2 a6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Ra3 Rc8 19. Nd1 a5 20. Nc3 Re7 21. Qf4 Ne8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 f6 24. Qd2 Nc7 25. Ncb5 Nxb5 26. axb5 Rc5 27. Rae3 Bxb5 28. Ne6+ Rxe6 29. dxe6 Qe7 30. f4 Nd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. f5 d5 33. e5 Rc2 34. Qd1 fxe5 35. Rxe5 Qg5 36. Qg4 Qe7 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rxd5 d2 39. Rd1 Rc1 40. R5xd2 Qc5+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rxd1 44. Rxd1 Kf6 45. Rd6 Bc4 46. Rxb6 a4 47. Kf2 g5 48. g3 Bb3 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Bxe6 51. Ra6 Kf5 52. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Akhilbay, Imangali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Nh5 9. Rb1 f5 10. Qc2 Nhf6 11. b4 c6 12. b5 c5 13. a4 g5 14. Ra1 g4 15. a5 Rb8 16. Bb2 h5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. f4 Qe7 20. e4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ne5 22. Raf1 Qg5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Be4 Be6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Nf1 b6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Qf2 Bg7 30. Kg2 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. Ne3 Kg7 33. Kf1 Nf7 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Bd5 Ne5 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. Nd5 Kf5 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Ke3 Kf5 41. Nf4 Kg5 42. Ne6+ Kf5 43. Nc7 Ke5 44. Nd5 Kf5 45. d4 Kg5 46. Ke4 Nf6+ 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. dxc5 dxc5 49. Kd5 Kf5 50. Kc6 Ke4 51. Kxb6 Kd4 52. Ka5 Kxc4 53. b6 Kd3 54. b7 c4 55. b8Q c3 56. Qd6+ Ke2 57. Qe5+ Kd3 58. Qxh5 c2 59. Qg5 Kc3 60. Qxg4 c1Q 61. Qc8+ Kb3 62. Qxc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 0-0 7. Be2 Re8 8. 0-0 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rfc1 Rec8 17. Qd1 Nf8 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. b4 N8d7 20. b5 Nb6 21. Bc5 Nfd7 22. a5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc5 25. Bf1 Rac8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. h3 g6 28. Qd4 Qc7 29. Rb1 b6 30. Ra1 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Qxa5 32. Qxc5 a6 33. Qa7 d4 34. exd4 Qe1 35. Qxa6 e3 36. fxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Qxd4 38. b6 Bd5 39. b7 Bxb7 40. Qxb7 Qxe5 41. Qf3 Kg7 42. g3 Qb2 43. Kg1 f5 44. Qf2 Qf6 45. Qe3 h6 46. Bd3 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Be2 Qc2 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe5 Qd2 51. h4 Kf7 52. Kh3 Kg8 53. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Grinev, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c5 Qf4 14. Qc1 Qh4 15. Qe3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 a5 18. Rfb1 Ne8 19. b3 Nc7 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Nb5 22. Ne2 Na3 23. Rb2 Rab8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. h4 g6 27. Re2 h6 28. h5 g5 29. Ng6 Rfc8 30. f3 Ke6 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. g4 Re8 33. Ne5 f4 34. Nxc6 Kd5 35. Nxb8 Rxb8 36. c6 Nb5 37. Rc2 Kd6 38. d5 Nc7 39. Rc4 Re8 40. Rdd4 Nxd5 41. c7 Rc8 42. Rxe4 Rxc7 43. Rxc7 Nxc7 44. Ra4 Ne8 45. Rxa5 Nf6 46. Ra6+ Ke5 47. a4 Nxg4 48. a5 f3 49. Ra8 Kf4 50. Rf8+ Kg3 51. a6 f2+ 52. Rxf2 Nxf2 53. a7 Nh3+ 54. Kf1 Nf4 55. a8Q Nxh5 56. Qb8+ Kg4 57. b4 Nf4 58. Qc8+ Kg3 59. b5 h5 60. b6 h4 61. Qc3+ Kg4 62. b7 h3 63. b8Q h2 64. Qbc8+ Kh4 65. Q3h8+ Kg3 66. Qcc3+ Kg4 67. Qxh2 Ne2 68. Qxe2+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Bojan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. Bb3 a5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Bg5 Nc5 14. Rad1 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Qd7 16. Rd2 Na6 17. Rc1 c6 18. h4 h5 19. g3 Rac8 20. Kg2 Nb4 21. Rcd1 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Qg4 23. Be3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 f5 25. Kg2 fxe4 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Nxe4 Nd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Rb8 30. Nd2 Bxb2 31. Rxa5 Bc3 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. axb5 Bxd2 34. Bxd2 Rb8 35. Kf3 Rxb5 36. b4 Kf7 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc4 Kc6 40. Be3 e5 41. Kb3 Rb8 42. Kc3 Ra8 43. Kb3 d5 44. Bc5 Kb5 45. Bd6 Re8 46. Kc3 Re6 47. Bc5 Rf6 48. Kd3 Rf3+ 49. Ke2 e4 50. Kd2 Rb3 51. Ke2 Rxb4 52. Be3 Rb3 53. Bh6 Kc4 54. Bg7 d4 55. Kd2 Rb2+ 56. Ke1 Ra2 57. Kf1 Kd3 58. Kg2 e3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sowinski, Pawel"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bg7 10. Be2 Nge7 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. b3 cxd4 13. cxd4 0-0 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Qd2 a5 16. g4 a4 17. Ba3 axb3 18. Bc5 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. axb3 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Ra5 Nc6 24. Rb5 Nd4 25. f4 Nxe2+ 26. Kf2 Nxf4 27. b4 Rc7 28. Ke3 g5 29. h4 Ng2+ 30. Kd3 gxh4 31. Rh1 h3 32. Rb6 h2 33. Rc1 Nf4+ 34. Ke3 Nh3 35. Rh1 d4+ 36. Kf3 d3 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Nd5 39. Ke4 Nxb6 40. cxb6 Rd7 41. Kxe5 d2 42. Kf6 d1Q 43. g5 Qd4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Re8 8. h3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Qd3 a5 13. b3 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bg4 Nf6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. Qe2 e5 19. Rd3 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Rxd6 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Nxe4 24. Rd7 Nf6 25. Rb7 Reb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rc1 Ne4 28. Rc7 Kf6 29. Ra7 Rd8 30. Rxa5 Rd2 31. Ra6+ Kg7 32. Bc4 Rxf2 33. Ra7 Rf4 34. a4 Nd6 35. Rc7 e4 36. a5 e3 37. Be2 Rf2 38. Bf3 Ra2 39. Re7 Nf5 40. Re5 Nd4 41. a6 Rxa6 42. Rxe3 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. Bd5 Rf1 45. Bc4 Rf6 46. Rd3 Nc6 47. Rd5 Nb4 48. Rb5 Nc2 49. Rb7 Ne3 50. Bd3 Rf2 51. Kg3 Rf6 52. Be4 h5 53. h4 Nf1+ 54. Kh3 Nd2 55. Bd5 Rf5 56. Rd7 Nf1 57. Bc4 Ne3 58. Bd3 Rf2 59. Rd4 Rxg2 60. Re4 Rb2 61. Rxe3 Rxb3 62. Kg3 Rb4 63. Be4 Rd4 64. Bf3 Rb4 65. Re7 Rb6 66. Rd7 Rf6 67. Bd5 Rf5 68. Bf3 Rf6 69. Rd4 Rf5 70. Re4 Rc5 71. Rb4 Rc7 72. Ra4 Rd7 73. Ra5 Re7 74. Rc5 Rd7 75. Rc4 Re7 76. Rf4 Rd7 77. Kf2 Rd6 78. Ke3 Rf6 79. Rd4 Re6+ 80. Kf4 Rf6+ 81. Ke4 Re6+ 82. Kd5 Rf6 83. Be2 Rf2 84. Bd3 Rf3 85. Kd6 Kf6 86. Bc4 Rf2 87. Kc5 Rf5+ 88. Kb4 Ke5 89. Rd5+ Kf4 90. Rd7 Kg3 91. Bxf7 Rf6 92. Bc4 Kxh4 93. Rd4+ Kg3 94. Rd3+ Kh4 95. Rd4+ Kg3 96. Rd3+ Kf2 97. Rd4 g5 98. Rd5 Rg6 99. Rf5+ Ke3 100. Bf7 Rb6+ 101. Ka5 Rh6 102. Rxg5 h4 103. Rg1 h3 104. Re1+ Kf2 105. Rc1 h2 106. Kb4 h1Q 107. Rxh1 Rxh1 108. Bd5 Rh4+ 109. Kc5 Ke3 110. Bc4 Rh5+ 111. Bd5 Kd3 112. Kd6 Kd4 113. Be6 Rh6 114. Ke7 Ke5 115. Bf7 Rh7 116. Kf8 Kf6 117. Bc4 Rc7 118. Bb5 Rc8+ 119. Be8 Rb8 120. Kg8 Rxe8+ 121. Kh7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Re8 8. d5 e6 9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. b3 b5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qb6 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Ng5 Qd8 24. Qg3 Ne5 25. Qh4 h5 26. Rb7 Rb8 27. Rfb1 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Qf6 29. f4 Nd3 30. Rxf7 Qd4+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. Nf3 Qf2 33. Qd8+ Kxf7 34. Ng5+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kh8 36. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Yang, Kevin S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Re1 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. e4 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. h3 Rac8 15. Qe3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. e5 Nd5 23. Qd2 dxe5 24. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Yurtseven, Melih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. d4 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. e4 Be6 14. h5 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5+ Kh8 17. h6 Bf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 e5 20. Rd1 exf4 21. gxf4 e6 22. e5 Bh4+ 23. Ke2 Be7 24. Rdf1 Rg8 25. Be4 Nd5 26. Qd3 Qa5 27. Kd2 Qxa2+ 28. Qc2 Qxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Ne3+ 30. Kb3 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Raf8 32. Bd3 Rg4 33. f5 exf5 34. Be2 Rg5 35. Bf3 f4 36. Kc4 Rg6 37. Kd3 Rxh6 38. c4 Rh3 39. d5 Rd8 40. Ke4 Bf8 41. Rd1 cxd5+ 42. cxd5 Rh6 43. Kxf4 a5 44. Ke4 a4 45. e6 a3 46. Kf5 Be7 47. Be4 Rf8+ 48. Ke5 Rh5+ 49. Kd4 Bf6+ 50. Kc5 a2 51. Kd6 a1Q 52. Rxa1 Bxa1 53. e7 Re8 54. Bg6 Rh6 55. Kd7 Rxe7+ 56. Kxe7 Rxg6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bournel, Antoine"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. c4 dxc4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxc4 Qd5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ne3 Qb5 16. Qb3 0-0 17. Ne5 Be4 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. N3c4 Ne8 20. Qa3 Bd5 21. Ne3 Qb7 22. b3 Nf6 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Rc5 h6 25. Rxa5 Ne4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qb2 Ng5 28. Ra1 Nxh3+ 29. Kh2 Ng5 30. Kg3 f6 31. Nd3 Ne4+ 32. Kh2 Qc7+ 33. Kg1 Ng5 34. f4 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Be4 36. Nf2 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryakin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nxe7 Qxe7 6. e4 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Be3 f5 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. 0-0-0 fxe4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 0-0 15. f4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Rhf1 Ne5 18. Bg4 a5 19. Kc2 g6 20. b3 Rxf1 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Be6+ Kg7 23. Rf2 b6 24. Kd1 h5 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Ke2 Qf6 27. Qe4 Qg5 28. Kd1 Qg3 29. Qe2 Qc3 30. Qd2 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qg1 32. Qg5 Qd4 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. Qe7+ Kf4 36. Qh4+ Ng4 37. hxg4 Qb2+ 38. Kf1 Qa1+ 39. Qe1 Qxa2 40. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 h4 42. Bd7 g5 43. Ke2 Kg3 44. Kf1 Kf4 45. Kf2 Ke4 46. Ke2 Kd4 47. Kd2 Ke4 48. Bf5+ Kf4 49. Ke2 Kg3 50. Kf1 Kf4 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. Ke3 b5 53. Bd3 a4 54. bxa4 bxa4 55. Bc2 a3 56. Bb1 Kf6 57. Kd4 Kf7 58. Kc3 Kf6 59. Kd4 Kf7 60. Ba2 Kf6 61. Ke4 Kg6 62. Bb3 Kf6 63. Kd4 Kg6 64. c5 Kf6 65. cxd6 cxd6 66. Ke4 Kg6 67. Ba2 Kf6 68. Bb1 Kg6 69. Kd4+ Kf6 70. Ba2 Kg6 71. Kc4 Kf6 72. Kb5 Ke5 73. Kc6 Kf4 74. Kxd6 Kg3 75. Ke5 Kxg2 76. d6 h3 77. d7 h2 78. d8Q Kg3 79. Bd5 a2 80. Qa5 a1Q+ 81. Qxa1 h1Q 82. Bxh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Czopor, Maciej"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nxe7 Qxe7 6. Be2 0-0 7. d3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qa4 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 a5 15. Be1 h6 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. h3 Ba8 18. Qc4 Rbc8 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Qg4 Bb7 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Qa4 Nf6 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Bf3 Ne7 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 e4 29. dxe4 Rbc8 30. b5 Bb7 31. Qe2 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. f3 Nc5 34. e4 Nd3 35. Rc3 Nf4 36. Qf1 Qg6 37. Kh2 Rc5 38. Bg3 Qf6 39. e5 Qg5 40. Rbc1 Nf5 41. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Rdc8 43. Qf2 Rxc4 44. Rxc4 Rxc4 45. Rxc4 Qxc4 46. Qxb6 Qd4+ 47. Qxd4 Nxd4 48. b6 a4 49. b7 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bb7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. 0-0 a6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 0-0 11. e3 Nbd7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rfc1 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qa3 Rfc8 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Nxc5 Ndxc5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Nd4 Ba8 24. Bh3 Rd8 25. Rb6 Kf8 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. a4 Rd7 28. a5 g6 29. h4 Ke7 30. h5 Rd6 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Rb6 Rd6 33. Rb4 Rd7 34. h6 Kd6 35. Bh3 f5 36. Rb6+ Ke7 37. Bf1 Rd6 38. Rb4 Rd7 39. Nf3 d4 40. Nxd4 Ne6 41. Nxe6 Kxe6 42. Rb6+ Ke7 43. Kh2 Be4 44. Bg2 Bd3 45. Bb7 Rc7 46. Bxa6 Be4 47. Bf1 Rc1 48. Bg2 Bd3 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rxh7 Rc8 51. Rd7 Bb5 52. Rd6+ Kf7 53. Rb6 Bc4 54. Rc6 Rxc6 55. Bxc6 Ba6 56. Bd5+ Kf6 57. Kg2 g5 58. fxg5+ Kg6 59. f4 Kh7 60. Kg3 Kg6 61. Kh4 Bc8 62. Bc6 Ba6 63. Be8+ Kh7 64. Bh5 Bb5 65. Bd1 Ba6 66. Bc2 Kg6 67. Bxf5+ Kf7 68. g6+ Kg8 69. g7 Bc4 70. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Bg2 d5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. d3 Re8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qc2 Ra6 13. Rac1 Rc6 14. Qb1 Qb6 15. e3 Qa6 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. e6 Rexe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Rc6 24. Qb2+ Nf6 25. Nb3 Rb6 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. h3 Qc4 28. Rb1 Qc8 29. Kh2 Ra6 30. Rc1 Qa8 31. Rc2 Ra1 32. Nb3 Rd1 33. Nc5 Be8 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 b6 36. Nb3 Qc6 37. Qb2 Qc4 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. Kg1 h5 40. Bf1 Qc7 41. Qa1 h4 42. g4 Qe5 43. Qa7 Bxg4 44. Qxb6 Bf3 45. Nc6 Qg5+ 46. Kh2 Nh5 47. Qc7 Nf6 48. Qe5 Qh6 49. Nd4 Qh5 50. Qxh5 Nxh5 51. b5 Nf6 52. b6 Nd7 53. b7 Bd1 54. Bb5 Nb8 55. Nc6 Nd7 56. Nb4 Nb8 57. Na6 Nxa6 58. Bxa6 d4 59. exd4 e3 60. fxe3 g5 61. b8Q g4 62. Qe5+ f6 63. Qe7+ Kg6 64. hxg4 Bxg4 65. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Otero Marino, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[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. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. f4 Bd8 18. f5 Bc6 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. e6 f6 21. Kh2 Kb7 22. Kg3 Bxf4+ 23. Kxf4 h6 24. h4 a5 25. a4 c4 26. Rd4 cxb3 27. cxb3 b5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rc1 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. g5 hxg5+ 33. hxg5 Rh4+ 34. Kg3 fxg5 35. Bxg7 Rf4 36. f6 Bb3 37. f7 Bxe6 38. f8Q Rxf8 39. Bxf8 Kb6 40. Be7 c6 41. Bxg5 c5 42. Kf4 c4 43. Ke5 Bg8 44. Be3+ Kb5 45. Rb1+ Ka4 46. Kd4 Ka3 47. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Tristan, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 d4 6. 0-0 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 0-0 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. d3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Bg5 c5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Re2 a5 20. Rb1 h6 21. h4 Qc7 22. h5 Rfb8 23. Kg2 Ra6 24. Rbe1 a4 25. Rb1 Rab6 26. Ree1 Bg5 27. Ne4 axb3 28. axb3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. Ra1 Be7 31. g4 Rb8 32. Ra2 Rf8 33. Ng3 Bh4 34. Nf1 f5 35. Nh2 Kh7 36. Re2 Rf6 37. Kh3 Bg5 38. Kg2 Bf4 39. Nf1 Bg5 40. Ng3 Qf7 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Re5 Bh4 43. Rxc5 Bxg3 44. fxg3 Qe7 45. Rxf5 Re6 46. Rf4 Re2+ 47. Kh3 Re3 48. Qg4 Re1 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. Kg4 Re3 53. Qd5+ Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kg8 55. Rxd4 Re5 56. Qf4 Rg5+ 57. Kf3 Rxh5 58. Qe4 Qf6+ 59. Kg2 Re5 60. Qf4 Re2+ 61. Kf3 Qe6 62. Re4 Rxe4 63. Qxe4 Qh3 64. c5 Qf1+ 65. Kg4 Qd1+ 66. Kf5 Qh5+ 67. Ke6 Qxc5 68. d4 Qc8+ 69. Kd6 Qb8+ 70. Kc5 Qc7+ 71. Qc6 Qa5+ 72. Qb5 Qc7+ 73. Qc6 Qa5+ 74. Kc4 Qa1 75. d5 Qc1+ 76. Kb5 Qb2+ 77. Ka6 Kf7 78. Qd7+ Kf6 79. Qe6+ Kg5 80. d6 Qa3+ 81. Kb7 Qb4+ 82. Kc7 Qc5+ 83. Kd7 Qa7+ 84. Ke8 Qb8+ 85. Kf7 1-0

