[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Berezin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. h3 0-0 11. Be3 Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Na4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc6 19. Nb6 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd5 Nf6 22. Qb2 e5 23. f3 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Rcd1 b6 26. Qd2 a5 27. Rb5 Qe6 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. exd5 Rc7 30. Rxb6 f5 31. Ra6 Rc5 32. Rc6 Kf6 33. a3 Ke7 34. b4 Rxc6 35. dxc6 axb4 36. axb4 Ra8 37. b5 Rc8 38. Ra1 d5 39. cxd5 Kd6 40. b6 Kxd5 41. b7 Re8 42. c7 e4 43. b8Q Rxb8 44. cxb8Q exf3 45. Qb7+ Ke5 46. Qxf3 Kf6 47. Re1 Kg7 48. g4 h5 49. gxf5 g5 50. Qxh5 g4 51. Qg6+ Kf8 52. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Nimmy, A George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qe3 a6 7. Be2 Ngf6 8. a4 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. 0-0 b6 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. f3 Re8 14. a5 b5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Rd1 Ne6 17. Bf1 d5 18. Qe1 Bc5+ 19. Be3 d4 20. Bf2 Bxb6 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Bd3 Nf4 23. Ne2 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Qc7 25. c3 dxc3 26. Rxc3 Qe7 27. Ng3 Rbc8 28. Nf5 Qe6 29. Bc5 Rc6 30. b4 g6 31. Ne3 Rd8 32. Rd1 Rcc8 33. Rcd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Kg7 35. Rd6 Qb3 36. Qg3 Qc3 37. Nf5+ Kh8 38. Rxf6 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vusatiuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Qe7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be2 Re8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. h3 Ne4 18. Nd2 Ng5 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Rd4 b5 23. Na3 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Qd6 25. Rd1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zepeda Berlanga, Jan Enrique"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 Nc6 12. Na4 b5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nxe6 Qxb6 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qe6 Qd8 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. Qd5 Bf6 23. Rfe1 Na4 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Rd2 Qc4 26. Ree2 Nc5 27. Qf3 Qxa2 28. b3 d3 29. cxd3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Nxb3 31. Qg3 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Be5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Garcia Correa, Jose Ricardo"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. 0-0 a5 11. Qe1 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nb5 Be7 15. c3 Nc5 16. Bb1 Ncxe4 17. Kh1 0-0 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qb8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Bxe4 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ishvi, Aggarwal"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. a4 a5 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 0-0 13. f3 e5 14. e4 f4 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Be1 Kh8 17. Bf2 Ba6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb5 Rd6 23. Rxc5 Rd2 24. Qb3 Qd3 25. Rd5 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qe2 27. Rg1 Rb2 28. Qd1 Qf2 29. Rd8 Qc5 30. Qd5 Qe7 31. Rd7 Qe8 32. Rxc7 h6 33. h3 Qh5 34. Qd7 Qg5 35. c4 Rfb8 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Qg4 Qf6 39. Rc1 Qd6 40. c5 Qd2 41. Rg1 Rc2 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qxe5 Qf2 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qxf4 Qxc5 46. e5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Caku, Kler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. d4 Nh7 9. Bd5 Bf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Bd3 16. Qc1 Nf8 17. Nc5 Ne6 18. Nxd3 Rxd3 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 g5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Bxa7 g4 25. Ne1 Bg5 26. Be3 Nf4 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. f3 gxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Qg4 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nxe5 Qxe4+ 33. Kxh3 Qxe5 34. Kg4 Kg7 35. Qxg5+ Kf8 36. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Kaliakhmet, Elnaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bf1 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bg5 e5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rc1 e4 20. Be2 Rf7 21. Bh5 Rg7 22. g3 f5 23. Ne3 f4 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. Nc3 e3 26. fxe3 fxg3 27. e4 gxh2+ 28. Kh1 Qg5 29. Qe2 Bh3 30. e5 Bg2+ 31. Kxh2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Bf3+ 33. Kf1 Bxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rf8+ 35. Rf2 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Khanbutaev, Artemiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Bd5 Nc5 10. Re1 Ne6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Be4 d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bc5 16. g3 f6 17. Kg2 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. a4 Be6 20. Ne3 c6 21. Nc2 Nf7 22. Bf4 Nd6 23. Bd3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rd8 25. Re1 Bf7 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Nc2 Nxa4 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Nxb2 30. Be2 Nbc4 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Rb1 b5 33. Nd4 a4 34. Bf3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Sailer, Mike L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. c3 Bd6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. a4 a5 13. Qe2 0-0 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. h4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. h5 Bf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. e6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rfe8 25. Rd6 Nf6 26. h6 Rad8 27. Rb6 Rd7 28. hxg7 Kxg7 29. Be3 Ng4 30. Bd4+ Kg8 31. f3 Ne3 32. Re1 Rde7 33. Rb5 f4 34. Rxa5 Re6 35. Bxe3 fxe3 36. Rxd5 Kf7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Ke2 Rg8 39. g4 Rg6 40. Rh1 Rh6 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Narva, Triin"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. c4 Nf6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. b4 Bxb4 15. Rxd4 0-0 16. Bb2 exd5 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Bc5 19. Rh4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qh5 h6 22. Qxc5 e3 23. fxe3 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rg4 g6 26. e4 Rc8 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Ba3 Ke8 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Rd4 Rc5 31. Rg3 Ra5 32. a3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Olund, Joar"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 e5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Nf3 f5 7. Bh3 e4 8. Nh4 f4 9. Bxc8 Qxc8 10. Qa4+ c6 11. c5 dxc5 12. Nc3 Qe6 13. d5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxd5 15. gxf4 Nd7 16. Rd1 Qe6 17. Rg1 0-0-0 18. Qxa7 Qc4 19. Rxd7 Qxc3+ 20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21. Rg2 Rxd7 22. e3 Qxh4 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qxh8 Rd1+ 25. Ke2 Qh5+ 26. Rg4 Qxg4+ 27. f3 Qxf3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goltsev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Qb6 11. Nd2 Bxf5 12. exf5 Bb4 13. 0-0 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nd7 15. Bc4 Qc6 16. Bb3 Rg8 17. f3 Nc5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qh6 Qb6 20. Qxh7 Rf8 21. Kh1 Ke7 22. Qh5 a5 23. Bd5 Rcd8 24. Bc4 Qxb2 25. Rfe1 Qc3 26. Bd3 Rh8 27. Qg4 Rdg8 28. Qf4 Kf8 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe5 Nxd3 31. Qd6+ Kg7 32. Rb1 Qxc2 33. Qxd4+ Kh7 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kf8 36. Qd6+ Kg7 37. Qg3+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Qg3+ Kf8 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kniazev, Igor"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Qa4 a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nc3 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 Qh4 19. dxe6 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe6 21. Qe4 Nb6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. e3 e5 24. Rd6 Nc4 25. Rd7 exf4 26. Rg1 g6 27. e4 Rad8 28. Rgd1 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxb2 30. Ra7 c4 31. Nd5 Nd3 32. f3 b4 33. Rxa6 c3 34. Rc6 Ra8 35. Rc7 Rxa2 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxh7+ Ke8 38. Nf6+ Kd8 39. Rd7+ Kc8 40. Rxd3 c2 41. Kg2 c1Q+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 Rg2+ 44. Kxf4 Qc1+ 45. Ke5 Rg5+ 46. Ke6 Qc4+ 47. Rd5 Rxd5 48. exd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Mesquita, Eduardo Barbosa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 0-0 12. Ne3 Nxe4 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Rxe4 f5 15. Re1 e4 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Nh2 Bd8 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Qc2 d5 20. d3 g5 21. Ne2 Bg6 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Be3 d4 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Rad1 dxe3 26. fxe3 Qf7 27. Ng3 Bc7 28. Bc4 Qe7 29. Ngf1 h5 30. Rd5 Kh7 31. Qb3 Na5 32. Qa2 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Bf7 34. Red1 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rad8 36. Rc5 Bd6 37. Rb5 Rf7 38. a5 Rdf8 39. Nd2 Bxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Qd6+ 41. Kg1 Qxd2 42. Qxe4+ Kh6 43. Rxg5 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Kxg5 45. h4+ Kh6 46. Qe6+ Rf6 47. Qe5 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. a4 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qf4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qa3 18. Bd3 Rxc3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qh4 Rfc8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rce1 Qd6 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Bd5 26. Nxf7 Qc7 27. Re5 Kd7 28. Rxd5+ exd5 29. Ne5+ Kd6 30. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anandh, Vijay Srinivas"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Nc7 Rac8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. c3 Ne5 20. f3 g5 21. Kf2 g4 22. Ke3 gxf3 23. gxf3 Ng6 24. Bb5 e5 25. Rg1 Rf4 26. Bd7 Rcf8 27. Bf5 Rf6 28. Rg3 Kg7 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Rf2 Rf8 31. Rg4 R4f6 32. f4 e6 33. Rf3 exf4+ 34. Rgxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Rh8 36. Rf2 e5 37. Kd3 b5 38. a4 Rh3+ 39. Kc2 bxa4 40. Rd2 Kf7 41. Kb1 Rh4 42. Re2 Ke6 43. Kc2 d5 44. exd5+ Kxd5 45. Rg2 e4 46. Kd2 Kc4 47. Ke3 Kb3 48. Rf2 g5 49. Rg2 a5 50. Rf2 Kc4 51. Rg2 Kb3 52. Kd4 e3+ 53. Kxe3 a3 54. bxa3 Kxc3 55. Rxg5 a4 56. Rg3 Kb3 57. Kf2+ Kb2 58. Kg2 Rc4 59. h3 Ka2 60. Rf3 Rc2+ 61. Kg3 Rb2 62. h4 Rb3 63. h5 Rxa3 64. Rxa3+ Kxa3 65. h6 Ka2 66. h7 a3 67. h8Q Kb1 68. Qb8+ Ka1 69. Qe5+ Kb1 70. Qe1+ Kb2 71. Qd2+ Kb1 72. Qb4+ Ka2 73. Kf3 Ka1 74. Qxa3+ Kb1 75. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Qc2 c6 7. 0-0 b6 8. Rd1 Bb7 9. b3 Qc8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. e4 Bd6 17. Nh4 c4 18. Nf5 Bc5 19. Na4 b5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd4 Qa3 22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Re1 g6 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. e5 Nxd5 26. e6+ N7f6 27. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Jake, Shanty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 e6 6. g3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. d4 Re8 11. c3 a5 12. a4 b6 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Qe1 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 Rc8 16. Nxc6 Qc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qb5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Red8 20. Re1 Qc7 21. h4 h6 22. Re5 Qc4 23. Bf1 Qxb5 24. Bxb5 Nc7 25. Bf1 Ne8 26. Rb5 Rb8 27. Bf4 Nd6 28. Rb3 f6 29. c4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Be3 Nf5 32. Bh3 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Rb5 Ke7 36. Bd5 Kd6 37. b4 Kc7 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Rxa5 Rd2 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. Rf7 Ke5 42. Re7+ Kd4 43. Re4+ Kc5 44. Re6 Rb6 45. Re7 Rbb2 46. f4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Levitan, Judah Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e5 0-0 8. d3 a6 9. Bf4 b5 10. Bb3 Nf5 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. c3 h6 13. h4 Qd8 14. g3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 Bb7 18. g4 Na5 19. Ne5 Nxb3 20. axb3 Nxh4 21. Bxh6 d6 22. Bg7 g5 23. Qxg5 Ng6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 a6 4. Nf3 Bd7 5. Nbd2 Bb5 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Nb3 Nf5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rac1 0-0 14. g4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd6 19. Rcc1 Raf8 20. Nd2 e5 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Nb3 Re6 24. Re1 d4 25. Qc4 Kh8 26. e4 Rg6 27. Qe2 h5 28. Kh1 Rxg4 29. Qf3 Rf4 30. Qg2 d3 31. Nc1 Qd4 32. Qg6 Qd7 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Rd1 d2 35. Nb3 Rxe4 36. Qd5+ Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qa5 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Qf4 e6 9. c3 Nd7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. d4 0-0 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. h3 Qd8 14. Qg3 a5 15. Bh6 Bg6 16. Bf4 a4 17. Rad1 b5 18. Bf1 b4 19. c4 b3 20. a3 Qb6 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Red8 23. Qf4 Ra5 24. c5 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. g3 Rc8 27. Nd2 Nf6 28. Nc4 Ra7 29. Bg2 Ne8 30. Rc1 Bc2 31. Ne3 Bd3 32. Red1 Bb5 33. Ng4 f6 34. h4 Kf7 35. Rd2 Rd7 36. Nh2 Rcd8 37. Rcd1 Nc7 38. Nf3 Bc4 39. Ne1 e5 40. Bxc6 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Nf3 Ne6 44. Bxa4 Bd5 45. Nd2 Nxc5 46. Bb5 Ke6 47. Kf1 Kd6 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Nf3 Bxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kb6 51. Bc4 Na4 52. Ke4 Kc5 53. Bxb3 Nxb2 54. a4 g6 55. a5 f5+ 56. Kf3 Kb5 57. Bg8 d3 58. Ke3 Kb4 59. Kd2 Kxa5 60. Bxh7 Kb4 61. Bxg6 Kc5 62. Bxf5 Kd4 63. Bxd3 Nxd3 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. f3+ Kd4 66. g4 Nf4+ 67. Kf2 Ke5 68. Kg3 Ne2+ 69. Kf2 Nf4 70. h5 Kf6 71. Ke3 Kg5 72. Ke4 Ne6 73. Ke5 Nf4 74. h6 Ng6+ 75. Ke4 Kxh6 76. f4 Nxf4 77. Kf5 Nh3 78. g5+ Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pakhomov, Egor"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qb4 17. a3 Qb3 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Nxe6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Nc4 a4 24. Nb6 Nxd4 25. Nxa4 Re2 26. Rd3 b5 27. Nc3 Rxb2 28. Kh1 Rb3 29. Rfd1 Re8 30. Rxd4 Rxc3 31. Rd8 Kf8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Ra1 c5 34. Kg1 Kd7 35. Kf1 Kc6 36. Ke1 Rc2 37. Kf1 Kd5 38. Rd1+ Kc6 39. Re1 Rc3 40. Ra1 c4 41. a4 b4 42. a5 Ra3 43. Rc1 c3 44. Ke2 Rxa5 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Re1 Ra2 47. Re5+ Kd6 48. Rb5 c2 49. Kd2 Rb2 50. Rb8 b3 51. Rc8 Rb1 52. Rc3 Rd1+ 53. Ke2 c1Q 54. Rxc1 Rxc1 55. Kd2 Rc2+ 56. Kd1 Rxf2 57. Kc1 Rxg2 58. Kb1 Rxh2 59. Ka1 h5 60. Kb1 h4 61. Ka1 h3 62. Kb1 Rg2 63. Ka1 h2 64. Kb1 h1Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Slaby, Jerzy"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. 0-0-0 Nbd7 8. h4 Qc7 9. Kb1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. h5 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 Rg8 17. g3 Bg7 18. Nce2 Ke7 19. c3 Nd7 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. f3 Rgd8 22. g4 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rhf1 Rb8 25. Nf4 Rbc8 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rfe1 Ne6 29. Bb3 Rc5 30. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wernberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Nd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d3 Be7 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 e5 12. b4 0-0 13. a4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxb4 15. Rb1 a5 16. f4 Ng4 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb2 Ng4 19. Bxd4 f5 20. Ng3 Qd6 21. Rxf5 Rxf5 22. exf5 h5 23. Qe2 Qxd5 24. Qe4 Rd8 25. Bf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abel Mathewos, Tilahun"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 0-0 7. c5 Re8 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nh5 10. Rc1 g6 11. Bh6 e5 12. dxe5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Ng7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd4 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bg5 18. Rf3 Rxe5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Nd1 Bg4 21. Rg3 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nxg3 23. Bxg4 Rxe3 24. hxg3 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Bxc1 26. Qxc1 Re4 27. Qc3 Qf6 28. Nf2 Rxd4 29. Qb3 Qxf2 30. Qxb7+ Kh6 31. Qxa8 Rxg4 32. Qh8 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ardila, Oscar Humberto"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Bg5 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 gxf6 10. g3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. e3 Qc5 13. Qe4 f5 14. Qh4 Ng6 15. Qh6 b6 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. 0-0 Ba6 18. h4 Qe5 19. h5 Ne7 20. Qg5+ Ng6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nf3 Qxc3 23. Rxd7 Bxc4 24. Rfd1 a5 25. Rd8 Rbxd8 26. Rxd8 Bxa2 27. Ne5 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qxe5 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qxb6 a4 32. Qb4 Bb3 33. Bf3 Qb2 34. Kg2 a3 35. e4 fxe4 36. Bxe4 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hariharan, Shambavi"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. b3 Qd4 12. Rb1 Rad8 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Nc4 Qc3 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Bb2 Qxb2 17. Rxb2 Bxe2 18. Re1 Bb5 19. a3 Na6 20. c4 Bc6 21. b4 Ba4 22. e5 Rd3 23. Bb7 Nb8 24. Ra1 Rfd8 25. Be4 Rd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Bg2 Bc6 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nc6 31. f4 a5 32. b5 Nd4 33. a4 Nc2 34. Nb2 Bb4 35. Nd3 Bc3 36. c5 Nb4 37. cxb6 cxb6 38. Nf2 Bd4 39. Ne4 Nd3 40. Nd6 Nc5 41. Nc8 Nxa4 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nc6 Bc5 44. Nb8 Nc3 45. Nd7+ Ke7 46. Nb8 a4 47. Nc6+ Kd7 48. Nb8+ Kc7 49. Na6+ Kb7 50. Nxc5+ bxc5 51. Kf3 Kb6 52. Ke3 Kxb5 53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Kc2 a3 55. f5 a2 56. fxe6 a1Q 57. e7 Qd1+ 58. Kb2 Qb1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Hernandez Bermudez, Ulises Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Rad8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Bc2 Bf6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Ne4 Ne5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4 Rd5 24. Re2 c6 25. Rae1 Rd1 26. b3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nd5 28. Bc1 Re8 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. c4 Nb4 31. Qd2 c5 32. Ba3 a5 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Nxa2 36. Bxc5 Re6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Rc6 39. Bd4 a4 40. Rxb7 axb3 41. Rxb3 Rxc4 42. Bb2 Nb4 43. Rf3 Nd5 44. g4 g5 45. Rf5 Rc2 46. Rxg5+ Kh6 47. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 48. Kg3 Rxb2 49. Rh5+ Kg6 50. Rf5 Rb3+ 51. Kh4 Re3 52. Rf2 Re5 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Kg2 Re5 55. Rf3 Ra5 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. h4+ Kg6 58. h5+ Kg5 59. Rc3 Re5 60. Rb3 f5 61. gxf5 Rxf5 62. Rb4 Kxh5 63. Rh4+ Kg6 64. Rg4+ Rg5 65. Kf4 Rxg4+ 66. Kxg4 Kf6 67. Kf4 Ke6 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Kf4 Ke6 70. Ke4 f5+ 71. Kf4 Kf6 72. Kf3 Kg5 73. Kg3 f4+ 74. Kf3 Kf5 75. Kf2 Ke4 76. Ke2 Ke5 77. Kf3 Kf5 78. Kf2 Kg4 79. Kg2 f3+ 80. Kf2 Kf4 81. Kf1 Ke3 82. Ke1 Ke4 83. Kf2 Kf4 84. Kf1 Ke3 85. Ke1 f2+ 86. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Osmonbekov, Talaibek D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. a4 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Nbd2 e6 10. Re1 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. h3 e5 17. Qc4 Nfxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Bxe5 dxc4 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc4 Rcd7 23. Bd3 f6 24. Re2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 a5 26. Rce1 h6 27. Bg6 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Kf8 30. Rb7 Rd6 31. Rf7+ Kg8 32. Re7 Rd8 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Bxe8 Kf8 35. Bg6 Ke7 36. f4 Kd6 37. Kg2 Kd5 38. Kf3 Kc5 39. Kg4 Kb4 40. Kh5 Kc3 41. Bd3 Kd2 42. Kg6 Ke1 43. Kxg7 Kxf2 44. Kxf6 Kf3 45. f5 h5 46. Kg6 h4 47. f6 Kg3 48. f7 Kxh3 49. f8Q Kg3 50. Be2 h3 51. Qf3+ Kh2 52. Qf2+ Kh1 53. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Soria Delgado, Kadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 0-0 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. 0-0 e6 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Nh5 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Ng7 19. Re1 Ne6 20. Qf6 Rf8 21. b4 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. a3 Nd4 24. Rac1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Barwinska, Ewa"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 0-0 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Rg1+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Qh3 Rg8 19. Nf3 b4 20. Ne2 Bxe4 21. Ng5 Rxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Rd2 Qc4 25. b3 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qe4 27. Qg2 Qxg2 28. Rgxg2 Ne4 29. Rde2 d5 30. Nf3 Bd6 31. Kb2 Bf4 32. h4 f5 33. Ng5 Be5+ 34. Kc1 Bf4+ 35. Kb2 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Kg7 37. a3 a5 38. axb4 axb4 39. Kc1 f4 40. Re1 f3 41. Rg4 Rf8 42. Rf1 Kg6 43. Kd1 Nxg5 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. Kd2 e5 46. Ke3 d4+ 47. Kf2 e4 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Kh2 Rg4 50. Rg1 Rxg1 51. Kxg1 e3 52. Kf1 Kg4 53. Ke1 Kg3 54. Kd1 f2 55. c3 f1Q+ 56. Kc2 Qe2+ 57. Kb1 dxc3 58. Ka1 Qd2 59. Kb1 e2 60. Ka1 e1Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Barwinska, Ewa"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 0-0 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Rg1+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Qh3 Rg8 19. Nf3 b4 20. Ne2 Bxe4 21. Ng5 Rxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Rd2 Qc4 25. b3 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qe4 27. Qg2 Qxg2 28. Rgxg2 Ne4 29. Rde2 d5 30. Nf3 Bd6 31. Kb2 Bf4 32. h4 f5 33. Ng5 Be5+ 34. Kc1 Bf4+ 35. Kb2 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Kg7 37. a3 a5 38. axb4 axb4 39. Kc1 f4 40. Re1 f3 41. Rg4 Rf8 42. Rf1 Kg6 43. Kd1 Nxg5 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. Kd2 e5 46. Ke3 d4+ 47. Kf2 e4 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Kh2 Rg4 50. Rg1 Rxg1 51. Kxg1 e3 52. Kf1 Kg4 53. Ke1 Kg3 54. Kd1 f2 55. c3 f1Q+ 56. Kc2 Qe2+ 57. Kb1 dxc3 58. Ka1 Qd2 59. Kb1 e2 60. Ka1 e1Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaplan, Ebru"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Rg1 h5 9. h3 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. g4 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bb7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. f3 Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Qd2 g6 17. 0-0-0 Nb6 18. Qa5 Bxe4 19. Rd2 Nd5 20. Qxc7+ Nxc7 21. fxe4 a5 22. Kb1 a4 23. Nc1 Ne6 24. Bxb5 a3 25. Rgd1 axb2 26. Nb3 Rhd8 27. Kxb2 Nhf4 28. a4 Nxg5 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rd5 Nxe4 31. Re1 f5 32. a5 Ke6 33. Bc4 Kf6 34. a6 f3 35. Rf1 f2 36. Bd3 Ke6 37. Ra5 d5 38. Nd4+ Ke5 39. Nc6+ Kf4 40. Nxd8 Rxd8 41. a7 Ra8 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Rxf2+ Kg3 44. Rd2 e3 45. Rd6 f4 46. Rxg6+ Kf2 47. Rf6 f3 48. Raf5 Rxa7 49. Rxf3+ Ke2 50. R3f4 Re7 51. Rh6 Kd2 52. Rh2+ e2 53. Rd4+ Ke3 54. Rxe2+ Kxe2 55. Rd6 Ke3 56. Rh6 Ke4 57. Rh5 Kd4 58. c3+ Kc4 59. Rh4+ Kc5 60. Kb3 Rb7+ 61. Kc2 Rg7 62. Rh5+ Kc4 63. Rh4+ Kc5 64. Kb3 Rb7+ 65. Kc2 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaplan, Ebru"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Rg1 h5 9. h3 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. g4 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bb7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. f3 Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Qd2 g6 17. 0-0-0 Nb6 18. Qa5 Bxe4 19. Rd2 Nd5 20. Qxc7+ Nxc7 21. fxe4 a5 22. Kb1 a4 23. Nc1 Ne6 24. Bxb5 a3 25. Rgd1 axb2 26. Nb3 Rhd8 27. Kxb2 Nhf4 28. a4 Nxg5 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rd5 Nxe4 31. Re1 f5 32. a5 Ke6 33. Bc4 Kf6 34. a6 f3 35. Rf1 f2 36. Bd3 Ke6 37. Ra5 d5 38. Nd4+ Ke5 39. Nc6+ Kf4 40. Nxd8 Rxd8 41. a7 Ra8 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Rxf2+ Kg3 44. Rd2 e3 45. Rd6 f4 46. Rxg6+ Kf2 47. Rf6 f3 48. Raf5 Rxa7 49. Rxf3+ Ke2 50. R3f4 Re7 51. Rh6 Kd2 52. Rh2+ e2 53. Rd4+ Ke3 54. Rxe2+ Kxe2 55. Rd6 Ke3 56. Rh6 Ke4 57. Rh5 Kd4 58. c3+ Kc4 59. Rh4+ Kc5 60. Kb3 Rb7+ 61. Kc2 Rg7 62. Rh5+ Kc4 63. Rh4+ Kc5 64. Kb3 Rb7+ 65. Kc2 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Tarnowska, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. a3 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qf2 Rc8 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. b4 Bd8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Ra2 Nc4 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. c3 0-0 24. Rfa1 Rfd8 25. Nd4 h6 26. Nb3 Rc7 27. Nc5 Rdc8 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxa6 Rd7 31. Ra7 Rcd8 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qb6 Rd3 34. Qf2 Rxc3 35. Rd1 Rb3 36. Rd4 c3 37. Kh2 Rxb4 38. Rxb4 Qxb4 39. Qe2 Qb2 40. Qd3 c2 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ g6 43. Qd7 Kg7 44. Qe7 c1Q 45. Qf6+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Tarnowska, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. a3 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qf2 Rc8 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. b4 Bd8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Ra2 Nc4 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. c3 0-0 24. Rfa1 Rfd8 25. Nd4 h6 26. Nb3 Rc7 27. Nc5 Rdc8 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxa6 Rd7 31. Ra7 Rcd8 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qb6 Rd3 34. Qf2 Rxc3 35. Rd1 Rb3 36. Rd4 c3 37. Kh2 Rxb4 38. Rxb4 Qxb4 39. Qe2 Qb2 40. Qd3 c2 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ g6 43. Qd7 Kg7 44. Qe7 c1Q 45. Qf6+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Valente, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. b4 h6 9. Na3 0-0 10. h3 Ne7 11. Nc2 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 Qe7 14. Ne3 c6 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 18. Nxf7 d5 19. dxe5 dxc4 20. exf6+ Kxf7 21. e5 Be6 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qh5 Nf4 24. Qh4 Nd3 25. f7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Nxf2 28. Nd6 Nd3 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Re3 Kg7 31. g4 Kg6 32. Rf1 Kg5 33. Kh2 Nf4 34. Kg3 Rf8 35. h4+ Kg6 36. Rxf4 Rd8 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. Rxe6 Rd5 39. g5 Kf7 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Valente, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. b4 h6 9. Na3 0-0 10. h3 Ne7 11. Nc2 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 Qe7 14. Ne3 c6 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 18. Nxf7 d5 19. dxe5 dxc4 20. exf6+ Kxf7 21. e5 Be6 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qh5 Nf4 24. Qh4 Nd3 25. f7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Nxf2 28. Nd6 Nd3 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Re3 Kg7 31. g4 Kg6 32. Rf1 Kg5 33. Kh2 Nf4 34. Kg3 Rf8 35. h4+ Kg6 36. Rxf4 Rd8 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. Rxe6 Rd5 39. g5 Kf7 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Monpeurt, Cyrielle"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. f3 Nb6 13. g4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qa5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rd1 Bh4+ 20. Ng3 Qxf3 21. Qd2 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Monpeurt, Cyrielle"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. f3 Nb6 13. g4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qa5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rd1 Bh4+ 20. Ng3 Qxf3 21. Qd2 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gracia Alvarez, Gerardo Antonio"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 b6 12. f3 Nd6 13. e4 Nb7 14. e5 Ng8 15. 0-0-0 Ne7 16. Bd3 d6 17. Ne2 dxe5 18. Bxe5 0-0 19. Be4 a5 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Rd7 Ng6 22. Bb2 Bc8 23. Rc7 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. Bc3 Ra2 26. Re1 e5 27. Kb1 Ra4 28. Rd1 Bf5+ 29. Kb2 Rfa8 30. Nc1 f6 31. g3 Ra1 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Kc3 R8a3+ 34. Kd4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Laddha, Shubh Jayesh"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. 0-0-0 Nc4 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b5 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nd7 18. h4 Ne5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rg8 21. Nd5 Bxg5 22. Qg3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bf6 24. Nd4 Qc7 25. Nc6 Nc4 26. c3 a5 27. Rhf1 Kf8 28. Bh3 Re8 29. Rf3 Ne5 30. Re3 Nxc6 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. dxc6 Be5 33. Qf3 Ke7 34. Bd7 g6 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Qd5 Qb6 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ambartsumian, Tyhran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 Ng7 5. Nf3 d5 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Nd2 e6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. Bh6 Nb6 13. Bxg7 Bxg7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Nxb7 Qe7 16. Na5 h5 17. Nxc6 Qd7 18. a4 Bh6 19. b4 Kg7 20. b5 Rac8 21. Be4 Rc7 22. Qf3 Nc4 23. Rfd1 Nd2 24. Qf6+ Kh7 25. Bd3 Rhc8 26. Ra2 Nb3 27. Rb2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rc1 29. Rb1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Bxc1 32. Nxe6 Bh6 33. Nc5 Qd5 34. Qd6 Qa2 35. Be4 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Bf4+ 37. g3 Bxe5 38. Qd7 Kg7 39. Bd5 Qb2 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Ne6 Qd2 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. h4 Qd3 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Ng5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Hernandez Jimenez, Alexander Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Nde2 0-0 11. h3 Rac8 12. Be3 Ne5 13. b3 Qc6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Ndb5 Qd7 16. Nxa7 Ra8 17. Nab5 Rfc8 18. f4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Ne8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Rfe1 Nf6 22. Bf2 Nd7 23. Nd5 Nc5 24. Ndc7 Qf6 25. e5 Qf5 26. g4 Qd7 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Mende, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 0-0 14. exf5 Bxd5 15. f6 e4 16. fxg7 Re8 17. Qxd5 exd3+ 18. Kf1 Ne5 19. Re1 Qf6 20. g3 d2 21. Qxd2 Nf3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd5 Re5 24. Qd3 Ne1 25. Qd2 Qf3 26. Rg1 Nd3 27. Nc2 Nxb2 28. Ne1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Nd3+ 30. Kf1 Kxg7 31. Qe3 Qf5 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Qf3 Qc4 34. Rf1 Ne5 35. Qe3 Qd5+ 36. f3 Qxa2+ 37. Rf2 Qb1 38. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Radnaev, Nomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3 Qxd5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. dxe4 Qa5 8. Qb5+ Qxb5 9. Bxb5+ c6 10. Bc4 0-0 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Bc5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 Bb4 20. c3 Ba5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxa7 b6 24. b4 Rd7 25. bxa5 Rxa7 26. axb6 Rxa2 27. Rb1 Ra8 28. b7 Rb8 29. Nd4 Ne7 30. Nxe6 Kf7 31. Nc5 Ke8 32. Na6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Zhizmer, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qf4 Qf5 8. d3 Qxf4 9. Bxf4 Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. g4 Bh7 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. 0-0-0 e6 14. Rhe1 Bc5 15. d4 Be7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21. c3 Rc7 22. Rd4 Ke7 23. Red1 Bg6 24. Kd2 h5 25. f3 e5 26. Rd5 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Ke3+ Ke7 29. h4 f5 30. Rd5 f4+ 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Rb5 Rd7 33. Rb4 a5 34. Rb6+ Ke7 35. g5 Bd3+ 36. Ke1 Bf5 37. Bf1 e4 38. Rb5 Bg6 39. fxe4 Kd6 40. e5+ Kc6 41. Rxa5 Re7 42. b4 b6 43. Bg2+ Kd7 44. Ra7+ Kd8 45. Rxe7 Kxe7 46. Bd5 Bc2 47. Kf2 Bd1 48. c4 Bc2 49. Kf3 Bb1 50. a4 Ba2 51. a5 b5 52. Kxf4 bxc4 53. Ke3 Kd7 54. Kd4 c3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shubenkova, Veronika"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. 0-0 a6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. c4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. e4 exf4 12. Bxf4 h6 13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Rae1 Nde5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Bf2 Qf6 19. Be3 Qg7 20. g3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bg2 Rae8 23. c5 Bg4 24. cxd6 Bxd6 25. Ne4 Be5 26. Qb4 b6 27. Nd2 Bf5 28. Nc4 Bd3 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qb3 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Bxb2 32. d6+ Kh7 33. dxc7 b5 34. Qc2 Bd4 35. Qc1 Qe7 36. c8Q Bxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Rxc8 38. Rxe7+ Nxe7 39. Be4+ Kg8 40. Qa3 Rc4 41. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dolinskaya, Mariia"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 0-0 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qc2 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. Rac1 Qxa2 19. Rc7 Nd5 20. Rxe7 Nxe7 21. Bd6 Rfe8 22. Ng5 Ng6 23. b3 Rac8 24. Bc5 Qa5 25. h4 Qd8 26. Ne4 Qxh4 27. Nd6 Qg4 28. Nxe8 Nf4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxe8 31. Rd1 Ra8 32. Bd6 Nd5 33. Rc1 a5 34. Kg2 f6 35. f4 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Ba3 f5 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Rb1 Rc8 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Bb2 a3 42. Bxa3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Nxf4+ 44. Kh2 Rh3+ 45. Kg1 Rxa3 46. Rb6 g5 47. d5 Nxd5 48. Rb1 Nf4 49. Re1 h5 50. f3 h4 51. Kh2 Rxf3 52. Kg1 g4 53. Kh1 g3 54. Kg1 e5 55. Kh1 e4 56. Kg1 Rf2 57. Kh1 Rh2+ 58. Kg1 Nh3+ 59. Kf1 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gaafar, Hassan"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 a6 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. a3 Qxc5 7. Qd4 Qa5 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. b4 Qd8 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. 0-0 e6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ncxe4 Bc6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. bxc5 h5 22. Bxf5 Ke7 23. Be4 Rbc8 24. Rab1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rc7 26. Reb4 Rb8 27. Kf1 Kd7 28. Rd4+ Kc6 29. Rh4 Rh8 30. g4 f6 31. Re1 e5 32. gxh5 Rch7 33. Re3 Rxh5 34. Rxh5 Rxh5 35. Rf3 f5 36. Kg2 Kxc5 37. Rg3 f4 38. Rg7 b5 39. Rc7+ Kb6 40. Re7 Ka5 41. Re6 Rg5+ 42. Kf3 Rh5 43. Kg2 Rg5+ 44. Kh3 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harrington, Steve"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nge2 Bg4 6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. Bg2 Na6 9. Ng3 Nd5 10. Ncxe4 Nf4 11. Bf3 Nb4 12. d4 Qc7 13. a3 Nbd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. Qd2 Bxc4 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. Nge4 e6 18. Rc1 Be7 19. b4 Nc4 20. Qc2 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Krzywda, Andrzej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Qb3 Ra7 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qd1 Ra8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Bf2 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. h3 d4 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Qb6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. g4 Bd7 24. b3 c5 25. Qc4 Bb5 26. Qc2 d3 27. exd3 Bxd3 28. Qf2 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Qb4 30. f5 Rd2 31. Qe3 Qd4 32. Qg3 Rd3 33. Qf4 Qxf4+ 34. Rxf4 b5 35. Re4 Re8 36. a4 Rxb3 37. axb5 axb5 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Re7 40. Re5 c4 41. Rc5 g6 42. Bd5 Kg7 43. Rc8 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Lewandowski, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Nbd4 Bg4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. b3 Be6 15. Be3 c5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Rc1 d4 18. Bf2 Bd5 19. Nc4 Qb7 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rfd1 Bf6 23. Be1 Rfe8 24. Qf3 Qe6 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. Rc2 Nc3 27. Bxc3 dxc3 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. e4 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Kf3 Re1 33. Nd6 Rb1 34. Ke2 Bd4 35. Nb5 Rh1 36. Kd3 Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Rg1 38. Nxa7 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Rg1 40. Nb5 h5 41. Nxd4 h4 42. Nf5 hxg3 43. hxg3 Rd1+ 44. Kxc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Pribelszky, Bence Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. e3 e6 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Bc5 12. e4 N5b6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kf8 15. Bc4 Qe8 16. Qf5+ Nf6 17. Qxc5+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Bb3 Rhd8 20. Be3 Rac8 21. e5 Ne4 22. Rfe1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. b3 Rcc8 25. f3 Nc3 26. Bg5+ Ke6 27. Bxd8 Nxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxd8 29. Rb2 Kxe5 30. Re2+ Kf6 31. Kf2 Rd1 32. Ke3 Rh1 33. h3 Rc1 34. Rd2 Ke7 35. Kd4 Re1 36. Kd3 Rc1 37. Rc2 Rd1+ 38. Ke4 Kf6 39. Rc7 Rd2 40. a3 Rxg2 41. Rxb7 Rb2 42. b4 a5 43. b5 Rb3 44. f4 Rxa3 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. h4 Rb3 47. Ke5 a4 48. f5 Re3+ 49. Kd4 Rh3 50. Ke5 h5 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. b6 Rxh4 53. Ra7 Rb4 54. b7 Kh7 55. f6 gxf6+ 56. Kxf6 Kh6 57. Ra8 Rb6+ 58. Kf5 Rxb7 59. Rxa4 Rf7+ 60. Ke4 Kg5 61. Ke3 h4 62. Ke2 Rf5 63. Ke1 Re5+ 64. Kf2 Rb5 65. Kg2 Rb2+ 66. Kh3 Rb3+ 67. Kh2 Rg3 68. Kh1 Rf3 69. Kg2 Re3 70. Kh2 h3 71. Ra5+ Kg4 72. Ra4+ Kg5 73. Ra5+ Kg4 74. Ra4+ Kf3 75. Kxh3 Re1 76. Kh4 Rh1+ 77. Kg5 Rg1+ 78. Kf6 Ra1 79. Rxa1 Ke2 80. Ra5 Kd2 81. Ke5 Kc2 82. Kd4 Kb2 83. Rb5+ Kc1 84. Kd3 Kd1 85. Rb1# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[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. c3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. Qe2 c4 8. Bc2 b5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nc5 Bc6 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxc5 14. Nxc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. dxc5 Rfe8 17. Re1 Nd5 18. Bg5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxg5 21. Qf3 Bf6 22. Nd5 Be5 23. g3 f5 24. Qe2 Kg7 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Rad8 27. Kg2 Rf8 28. f4 Bxc3 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Rd1 Bg7 31. Rxa7 Kh8 32. Nc7 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Rd8 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Bf3 c3 36. Ng5 h6 37. Nf7+ Kh7 38. Bd5 Rc8 39. Ne5 c2 40. Nd3 c1Q 41. Nxc1 Rxc1 42. h4 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 Rd2 44. Bb3 Rd3 45. h5 g5 46. Bc2 Rd2 47. Bxf5+ Kg8 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Be6+ Kh7 50. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Dolinskaya, Mariia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. h3 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bb7 12. Nc7 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Qc8 14. Rc1 Na6 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. a3 Bc5 17. b4 Rd8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qd1 Bf8 20. Be2 Rd8 21. Qc2 Nd5 22. Bd2 Nac7 23. Kg1 Ne6 24. Kh2 Bd6+ 25. g3 Nf6 26. Kg2 Nd4 27. Qd1 Re8 28. Be3 Nf5 29. Qd2 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Montano Vicente, Guadalupe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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. c3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Qe2 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Bg4 13. Be2 h5 14. 0-0 Ne4 15. Re1 Qa5 16. b4 Qxb4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ng5 Qa5 19. Bxg4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 Nxg5 22. Bf3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 e6 24. a4 b6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rfd8 27. d5 Rxd5 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Sayed Hassan, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Qb3 0-0 11. Bxd5 Na5 12. Qb5 a6 13. Qc5 Rc8 14. Qb4 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. 0-0 Nc6 17. Qxb7 Ra8 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Ra4 e5 22. Re1 Rfb8 23. Ra3 Rc8 24. Be3 Bxb2 25. Ra2 Bc3 26. Rd1 a5 27. Rd7 Bb4 28. Re2 Rd8 29. Rb7 Rab8 30. Ra7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Re8 32. Bh6 Bd6 33. g3 e4 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Rc2 Rxb3 36. Rc6 Bf8 37. Bg5 Rb5 38. h4 h5 39. Rcc7 Rf5 40. Rc4 Bg7 41. Be3 a4 42. Rcxa4 Bf6 43. Rb7 Bg7 44. Rbb4 Bf8 45. Rc4 Bg7 46. Rc6 Bf8 47. Rac4 Bg7 48. Rc8 Rxc8 49. Rxc8+ Kh7 50. Re8 Rd5 51. Rxe4 Rd3 52. Re7 Rb3 53. Rxf7 Rb4 54. Rd7 Kg8 55. Bg5 Rc4 56. Rd8+ Kf7 57. Rd7+ Kg8 58. Rd6 Kf7 59. Kf3 Rc3+ 60. Be3 Rc2 61. Ke4 Rc4+ 62. Kd3 Ra4 63. Rd7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Ra3+ 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66. Kd5 Ra5+ 67. Ke6 Rf5 68. Rb8+ Kh7 69. Rb6 Kg8 70. Ke7 Rf7+ 71. Ke6 Rf6+ 72. Kd5 Rxb6 73. Bxb6 Kf7 74. Ke4 Bf6 75. Bd4 Be7 76. Be5 Bd8 77. Kd5 Ba5 78. Kd6 Bb6 79. f3 Bf2 80. Kd7 Be1 81. Bf4 Bf2 82. Kd6 Be1 83. Ke5 Bf2 84. Ke4 Be1 85. Ke3 Ba5 86. Be5 Bb6+ 87. Kf4 Bf2 88. Kg5 Be3+ 89. f4 Bf2 90. f5 gxf5 91. Kxf5 Be3 92. Bf4 Bc1 93. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Toshali, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Be2 e6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Bd2 0-0 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qe3 Bf5 14. h3 Rfc8 15. Bc3 Bf8 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. f4 Be7 18. f5 Bxh4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. b3 0-0 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. c4 Qc7 12. h3 Re8 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf8 15. d5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qb2 Ng6 19. Nd4 Be5 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Bf3 a6 22. Qc1 Nh4 23. Bg4 f5 24. Be2 f4 25. Bd2 Bxd4 26. Bxf4 Qc6 27. Bf3 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29. Rxd4 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Perera Gonzalez, Pablo"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 Qxb2 7. Rc1 Qb4 8. e3 Ne4 9. Nge2 d6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 a6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Kf2 Be7 14. h4 b5 15. h5 Bb7 16. Bb1 0-0-0 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Nc3 Rhe8 19. e4 Kb8 20. Kg3 Ka8 21. h6 g6 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Bd3 Bf6 24. Ne2 Be5+ 25. Kf2 f5 26. Rb1 Qa5 27. Bd2 Qc7 28. Nf4 fxe4 29. fxe4 c4 30. Ne6 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Nc5 32. e7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romero Ruscalleda, Josep"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.09.10"]
[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 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. d4 a6 11. a4 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. 0-0 Rc8 16. Bb3 0-0 17. Rfd1 Bb8 18. Be3 Qh5 19. h3 Bc6 20. Nd4 Qe5 21. Nxc6 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Colville, Julian"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 a6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne7 12. Bc5 Nc6 13. Bxf8 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rxf8 15. f4 Ke7 16. Nc3 Rfd8 17. h3 h5 18. Rac1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Be2 Bg6 22. Bf3 f6 23. Kf2 fxe5 24. fxe5 b6 25. Ke3 Be8 26. Be2 a5 27. Bb5 Nc6 28. Ke4 Bg6+ 29. Kf4 Nd4 30. Bc4 Be8 31. Ne4 b5 32. Bf1 b4 33. Nd6 Bc6 34. g3 Bd5 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 a4 37. Bb5 Bb3 38. Ke4 Nc2 39. Nc4 Bxc4 40. Bxc4 Nxa3 41. Bd3 g5 42. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ardila, Oscar Humberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Bc2 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Nfd7 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 c6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Nf8 15. Ke2 Nc7 16. Rad1 a5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nd4 axb4 20. axb4 Bg4+ 21. f3 Bd7 22. Ra1 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Kf8 27. Nb3 Bd8 28. f4 Ke7 29. h3 f6 30. Ke3 Bf5 31. Bd4 Bc7 32. Nd2 Bc2 33. Nf3 Ke6 34. Nd2 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Nd4+ Ke5 39. Nxc2 f5 40. g3 g5 41. Nd4 f4+ 42. gxf4+ gxf4+ 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. Nf3 Kf5 45. Kd4 Kf6 46. h4 Kf5 47. h5 Kf6 48. h6 Kg6 49. Ke5 Kxh6 50. Kxf4 Kg6 51. Ke5 Kf7 52. Kd6 Ke8 53. Kc7 Ke7 54. Kxb7 Ke6 55. Kxc6 d4 56. Nxd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Bashilin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. e4 c5 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. d5 e6 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Rad1 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Na6 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. a4 h6 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Be7 Nc7 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. d6 Ne6 24. Nxg6 Bd7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Kh8 27. Qc2 Qg8 28. Bf6+ Ng7 29. Rh5 Qe8 30. Rxh6+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Burke, Paul1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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 a6 2. e4 d6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 h6 6. c4 Nd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 Ne7 9. d5 0-0 10. Nd2 f5 11. f4 fxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nf5 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Qg4 Kh7 15. Rae1 Qh4 16. Qxh4 Nxh4 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nxe5 19. Be2 Nf5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Bd1 Rf8 22. Ne2 Ng4 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rf1 Ng4 26. Bc2 Kg8 27. N4g3 Nfe3 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Be4 Nf6 30. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ghevondyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. c3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxc5 14. Qe3 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxb2 16. Rac1 Qc8 17. c4 Rd8 18. Qb3 Nd3 19. Be3 Nxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qd7 21. h3 Rac8 22. Ng5 Qf5 23. g4 Qf6 24. Rc2 h6 25. Ne4 Qe6 26. Nd2 Rd7 27. a4 Bd4 28. Nf1 Rcd8 29. Rd2 Bxe3 30. Rxd7 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Yagiz, Yasin Emrah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qe2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 0-0 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. 0-0 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxb2 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 Kf8 25. g3 Rb2 26. Re4 Rd2 27. c4 Rxa2 28. Rf4 a5 29. Rxf6 a4 30. Rxh6 a3 31. Ra6 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. Ra7 Ke8 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxd7+ Ke6 36. Ra7 Ke5 37. h4 a2 38. h5 Kd4 39. g4 Rb1 40. Rxa2 Kxc4 41. h6 Rb6 42. g5 Rg6 43. f4 Kb3 44. Ra8 c4 45. Kf3 c3 46. Rc8 c2 47. Kg4 Rb6 48. f5 Rb4+ 49. Kh5 Rc4 50. Rxc4 Kxc4 51. h7 c1Q 52. Kg6 Qa1 53. f6 Qa8 54. Kg7 Qb7+ 55. f7 Qb2+ 56. Kg8 Qe5 57. g6 Kd5 58. f8Q Ke6 59. Qf7+ Kd6 60. Qf8+ Ke6 61. Qf7+ Kd6 62. g7 Qa5 63. Qf8+ Ke6 64. h8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Suder, Jakub"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Rd1 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc3 Nc6 13. Qe3 Bc2 14. Rf1 Nb4 15. Na3 Bf5 16. Ne5 c6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Nec4 Qa7 19. Qb3 a5 20. e3 Rab8 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Nc4 Qa6 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 b5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qc3 c5 27. dxc5 Qxc5 28. Ra5 Qb4 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxd5 Be6 33. Rc5 g6 34. Nd2 Rxb2 35. Nf3 Rd8 36. Nd4 Bh3 37. R5c2 Rb6 38. f3 Rbd6 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Rd2 Ra6 41. Rcd1 Ra3 42. Rd3 Ra2+ 43. R1d2 Ra7 44. Ne2 Rae7 45. g4 Kg7 46. Nf4 Bxg4 47. fxg4 f5 48. g5 Re4 49. Rd7+ R8e7 50. Rxe7+ Rxe7 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. h4 Kg7 53. Rd6 h6 54. Nd5 Rf7 55. Nf6 hxg5 56. hxg5 Re7 57. Rd7 Kf7 58. Rxe7+ Kxe7 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. e4 fxe4 61. Kxe4 Kf7 62. Ke5 Kg7 63. Ng4 Kf7 64. Kd6 Kg7 65. Ke6 Kh7 66. Kf6 Kg8 67. Kxg6 Kh8 68. Kf7 Kh7 69. g6+ Kh8 70. g7+ Kh7 71. g8Q# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tologontegin, Semetey"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Na4 c4 17. bxc4 a6 18. cxd5 Qa5 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nc3 Ba3 21. Bxa3 Qxa3 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. d6 Red8 24. Qd4 Qa5 25. e4 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Nxe4 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. d7 Kf8 30. Rc8 Ke7 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valdes Romero, Leonardo"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.08.13"]
[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. d3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 c5 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. h4 d4 12. N1h2 Nc6 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. h5 Rde8 15. h6 g6 16. Ng4 Nb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Bg5 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 N5xf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Ng5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 e5 24. Qe4 Qd6 25. Qg4 Ref8 26. Re2 Rf5 27. Ne4 Qd5 28. Kg1 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ R8xf6 30. Rae1 Kf7 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Re6 33. f4 Rh5 34. Rxe5 Rexe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. fxe5 Ke6 37. Kg2 Kxe5 38. Kh3 Kf5 39. Kh4 b5 40. b3 b4 41. axb4 cxb4 42. Kh3 Kg5 43. Kg2 Kxh6 44. Kf3 Kg5 45. Ke4 h5 46. Kxd4 Kf5 47. Ke3 g5 48. Kf3 Ke5 49. Ke3 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Kf3 Kd4 52. Kg4 Kc3 53. Kxh4 Kxc2 54. d4 Kxb3 55. d5 Kc2 56. d6 b3 57. d7 b2 58. d8Q b1Q 59. Qc7+ Kd2 60. Qxa7 Qh1+ 61. Kg3 Qe4 62. Qf2+ Kd3 63. Qf3+ Qe3 64. Kg2 Kd4 65. Qf2 Ke4 66. Qc2+ Kd4 67. Qf2 Ke4 68. Qf8 Kd3 69. Qd6+ Ke2 70. Qa6+ Kd2 71. Qa2+ Kd3 72. Qb3+ Ke4 73. Qe6+ Kd3 74. Qd5+ Ke2 75. Qa2+ Kd3 76. Qb3+ Kd4 77. Qb6+ Kd3 78. Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asensio Ramos, Enrique Fernando"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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 c5 4. e4 dxe4 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. 0-0-0 Bg4 8. Nb5 e5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Nc7+ Ke7 11. Nxa8 Bxd1 12. Bxe5 Bg4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Bb5 Nc6 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. b4 g6 18. Ne2 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxa8 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Re1 f5 22. Nd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bambino Filho, Antonio Carlos"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. 0-0-0 0-0 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. h4 h5 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. d6 exd6 21. Rxd6 Rc5 22. Rxb6 Rac8 23. Rxb7 Rc2 24. Qd3 Qf4 25. Rd1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Diao, Matthew Guo"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qd7 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Be3 Qh5 15. Qxc4 Bb7 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Kf2 Re7 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Bc5 Rxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Qxf3+ 21. Ke1 Qxh1+ 22. Kd2 Rd8+ 23. Bd4 Qxh2 24. Kc1 Bf3 25. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 gxf6 27. b4 Qxg3 28. a4 Qf2 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. a5 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 Qd4+ 32. Kc2 Qxb4 33. Qa6 Qd6 34. Qxa7 Qc6+ 35. Kd3 f5 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb2+ f6 38. Qa2 Qb5+ 39. Ke3 Qa6 40. Qd5 Qa7+ 41. Kf4 Qf2+ 42. Qf3 Qd4+ 43. Kxf5 Qc5+ 44. Kg4 Qg5+ 45. Kh3 Qxa5 46. Qg3+ Qg5 47. Qxc7+ Kg6 48. Qc2+ Qf5+ 49. Qxf5+ Kxf5 50. Kh4 Ke4 51. Kg3 f5 52. Kf2 f4 53. Kg2 f3+ 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Kf1 Kg3 56. Kg1 h5 57. Kh1 h4 58. Kg1 h3 59. Kh1 Kf2 60. Kh2 Ke2 61. Kg3 f2 62. Kh2 f1Q 63. Kg3 Qg2+ 64. Kh4 h2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geivondian, Arman"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 a6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Qe2 e6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Nf3 b4 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bc2 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f4 Qc7 18. Bd2 g6 19. Rae1 Be7 20. g4 Rb8 21. f5 gxf5 22. gxf5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. fxe6 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qh5+ Kd8 27. Rxe4 Rb2 28. Bf4 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Qc6 30. Qf3 Rg8 31. Bg3 Rf8 32. Rd4+ Kc7 33. Qxc6+ Kxc6 34. Rxf8 Bxf8 35. Ra4 Kb5 36. Rf4 Bc5 37. a4+ Kc6 38. Rf6 Kd5 39. c4+ Kxc4 40. Rxe6 a5 41. Ra6 Bb4 42. e6 Re2 43. Bc7 Ra2 44. e7 Bxe7 45. Rxa5 Bc5 46. Ra8 h5 47. a5 h4 48. Rh8 Bb4 49. Rxh4+ Kb5 50. Rh5+ Kc6 51. Bb6 Kb7 52. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kandil, Ahmed"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. c3 a6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Bf4 b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. Nc5 Bc6 16. Ne5 a5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. a4 bxa4 19. b5 Qc7 20. Rxa4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qa1 Qc7 23. Rb1 Qb6 24. Rb3 Ra7 25. Qa3 Nc8 26. Qc5 Rd8 27. Rba3 Rc7 28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxa5 Rb8 30. Ra7 Rcc8 31. Rb3 g6 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Rba3 f6 37. Ra7 e5 38. Rxc7 Kxc7 39. Ra7+ Rb7 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7 41. dxe5 fxe5 42. f3 Kc7 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. h4 Kc5 45. g4 Kd6 46. g5 Kc5 47. h5 Na4 48. h6 Nxc3 49. Bxg6 Nxb5 50. Bxh7 Nd6 51. Bg6 d4+ 52. Ke2 e4 53. fxe4 Nc4 54. h7 Ne5 55. Bh5 d3+ 56. Kd1 Kd4 57. h8Q Ke3 58. Qxe5 d2 59. g6 Kf2 60. Qf4+ Kg1 61. g7 Kh1 62. Bf3+ Kg1 63. g8Q+ Kf1 64. e5 Kf2 65. e6 Kf1 66. e7 Kf2 67. e8Q Kf1 68. Qff8 Kf2 69. Kxd2 Kf1 70. Kd3 Kf2 71. Kd4 Kf1 72. Kd5 Kf2 73. Kd6 Kf1 74. Kd7 Kf2 75. Kd8 Kf1 76. Ke7 Kf2 77. Kf6 Kf1 78. Bg4 Kf2 79. Bf5 Kf1 80. Qfe7 Kf2 81. Ke6 Kf1 82. Kd7 Kf2 83. Kd8 Kf1 84. Bc8 Kf2 85. Q7f8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Bezerra, Flavio Rodrigo Cost"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 dxc4 5. Nxc4 Bf5 6. h3 e6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. g4 Be4 9. Bg2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 h6 12. Ncd2 Bh7 13. b3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bf6 16. e4 Qb6 17. b4 a5 18. Bc3 axb4 19. Bxb4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qe3 Rfc8 22. Rec1 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Na4 24. Qf4 Nc3 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Bxc3 Rxa3 27. Be5 Ra2 28. Rf1 Rc8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Bg6 31. Nh4 Rcc2 32. Bg3 e5 33. Nxg6 Qxg6 34. Qxg6 fxg6 35. Bxe5 b5 36. Bd6 Rd2 37. e5 Kh7 38. Be4 Re2 39. Bd3 Red2 40. Bxb5 Rab2 41. Bc6 Rb3 42. Bg2 Rbb2 43. Bc5 Rbc2 44. Be3 Rd8 45. Bf4 Rf8 46. Bg3 Re8 47. Re1 Ra2 48. h4 Ra4 49. Be4 Re7 50. h5 Rxe4 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 52. Rxe4 Kf5 53. Re3 g5 54. Kg2 g4 55. Rd3 Ke4 56. Re3+ Kf5 57. Rb3 Re6 58. Rb4 Rc6 59. Rf4+ Kg5 60. Rf6 Rc4 61. Bf4+ Kh5 62. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 f5 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd5 Rf8 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 fxe4 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Bd1 Bf5 20. g4 Be6 21. Nxe4 Bh4 22. Kg2 b5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rb2 25. Kh3 Bd8 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. h3 Bh4 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. Nd5 Bc6 30. Bb3 Rd8 31. Rab1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nxb3 33. Rxb3 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Rb7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 Rd4 37. Kf3 Rb4 38. a4 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Nc5 Rb2 41. Nd3 Rd2 42. Nxe5 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Ra2 44. Nf7+ Kg7 45. Ng5+ Kf6 46. Nxh7+ Ke5 47. Rf7 Ke4 48. Nf6+ Kf3 49. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Zienkiewicz, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. Nf3 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Bf1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. e4 N5f6 12. Qe2 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb2 Ba6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Parfenov, Viktor N"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 c5 9. Ngf3 cxd4 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Be7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nh6 16. Rac1 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Rcd1 Ke7 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. g3 Rhd8 21. c3 b6 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nd2 Rd8 25. Kg2 b5 26. Nf3 d4 27. cxd4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Re2 Ke6 30. f4 Rd3 31. Kf2 Kf5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Re5+ Kg4 34. Rg5+ Kh3 35. Rxb5 Rxg3 36. Rb7 g6 37. Rxa7 Rg2+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. Rc7 Rxa2 40. Rxc4 Ra3+ 41. Ke4 Kxh4 42. Rc6 Ra1 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Kg4 45. Rxe6 Ra4+ 46. Ke3 Ra3+ 47. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogov, Matfey"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]
[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. f3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. fxe4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bc4 Ke8 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bxe6 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nde5 13. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Rxc8 15. 0-0-0 Rf8 16. Rhf1 Ne5 17. a3 Ba5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Rf3 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rc7 22. Rg2 Re7 23. Kd2 g6 24. Ke3 Rf5 25. Rg5 Rxg5 26. fxg5 Re5 27. Kf4 Ra5 28. Rh3 Rxa3 29. Ke5 Ra5+ 30. Kf6 Rc5 31. e5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hirneise, Jens"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 a6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bf5 7. dxc5 e6 8. Nd4 Bg6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bd6 12. c4 0-0 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. g3 Qg5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Rc1 Ba3 17. Rc2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rfd8 19. Qc1 Nd6 20. Rd2 Be4 21. Rfd1 f5 22. c5 Nf7 23. Qc3 e5 24. Nb6 Ra7 25. Bf1 Re8 26. b4 h6 27. a4 d4 28. exd4 exf4 29. gxf4 Qh4 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rae7 34. b5 Re3 35. Qg2 axb5 36. axb5 R8e4 37. c6 Rxf4 38. c7 Rc3 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. c8Q Rxc8 41. Rxc8 Rg4 42. Qxg4 fxg4 43. Bg2 Qb6+ 44. Kh1 Ng5 45. Rb1 Nf3 46. Bxf3 gxf3 47. Rf8 f2 48. Kg2 Qg6+ 49. Kxf2 Qxb1 50. Rb8 Qf5+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Kh1 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Qd4+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kg1 Qg4+ 59. Kh1 h5 60. b6 h4 61. b7 Qf3+ 62. Kg1 Qb3 63. h3 Qg3+ 64. Kf1 Qxh3+ 65. Ke1 Qg3+ 66. Kd1 Qxb8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Dedona, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 Nd4 14. Nc2 a6 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. a4 Rb8 17. b4 Bg5 18. b5 Be3+ 19. Kh1 f4 20. Rb1 g5 21. Qe2 Kh8 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rf7 25. Kg2 axb5 26. axb5 Kg7 27. Rh1 Rff8 28. Rh5 Kg6 29. Rbh1 Qg7 30. Nc7 Rh8 31. Rxg5+ Kxg5 32. Ne6+ Kg6 33. Nxg7 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 Kxg7 35. Qa2 Rh8+ 36. Kg2 Bf2 37. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Egorov, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5 4. Nxg5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Rg8 6. d3 h6 7. h4 Nd4 8. Bc4 e6 9. g3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nxf7 Qe7+ 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Qc1 dxc4 14. dxc4 Kxf7 15. Kf1 Re8 16. Bxh6 Be2+ 17. Kg1 Bxc4 18. Bg5 Ne2+ 19. Nxe2 Qxe2 20. Qf4 Bg7 21. Kh2 Bd5 22. Rad1 Re4 23. Qf5 Re5 24. Qf4 Rxg5 25. Rhe1 Qf3 26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. hxg5 Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Jegorovas, Aleksandras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 h6 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Nf1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. e5 Nh7 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bh3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. Nf3 e5 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Nxe5 Kg8 23. Qf2 Qc5 24. b3 Qc3 25. Rad1 b5 26. axb5 Ra2 27. Re2 Qc5 28. h3 Rc8 29. Rdd2 Kh7 30. Kg2 Qxb5 31. Qxd4 Qa5 32. g4 Ra1 33. Qf2 Qa2 34. g5 Qb1 35. gxf6 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Rg1+ 37. Kh4 g5+ 38. fxg5 hxg5+ 39. Kh5 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 0-0-0 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Qe3 c5 11. Qe5 Nd7 12. Qe4 e5 13. Be3 f5 14. Qd5 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Qe6 18. Rxd4 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 axb5 20. Bxb5 f4 21. Rhd1 fxe3 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxd7+ Kc7 24. fxe3 Bd6 25. Bg4 Rf8 26. Bf3 e4 27. Bxe4 Rf2 28. Bxb7 c4 29. Bf3 Bc5 30. c3 Bxe3+ 31. Kb1 h5 32. Rd5 g6 33. Rb5 Rf1+ 34. Ka2 Kd6 35. Rb6+ Ke5 36. Rb5+ Kd6 37. a6 g5 38. Rb7 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Bxg4 Rf8 41. Bf3 Ra8 42. a7 Rxa7+ 43. Rxa7 Bxa7 44. Ka3 Kc5 45. Ka4 Bb8 46. g4 Bf4 47. Be2 Bc1 48. Ka3 Kb5 49. Ka2 Kc5 50. Kb1 Bg5 51. Kc2 Kd5 52. Bf3+ Kc5 53. Kd1 Bf4 54. Be4 Bg5 55. Bc2 Bf4 56. Ke2 Bc1 57. b4+ cxb3 58. Bxb3 Bb2 59. c4 Kd4 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 Ba3 62. Bc2 Bc5+ 63. Kf3 Be7 64. Ke2 Kd4 65. Bd3 Ke5 66. Bf5 Kd4 67. Be6 Ke5 68. Bd7 Kd4 69. Bb5 Ke5 70. Kf3 Bc5 71. Kg3 Kf6 72. Kf4 Bd6+ 73. Ke4 Kg5 74. Bd7 Kf6 75. Kd5 Ke7 76. Bf5 Bg3 77. Kc6 Bf4 78. c5 Kd8 79. Kb7 Bc7 80. c6 Bf4 81. g5 Ke7 82. g6 Kf6 83. c7 Bxc7 84. Kxc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. Na3 Nc5 11. Nf3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qxd5 13. 0-0 e6 14. Qb6 Nd7 15. Qa7 Ra8 16. Qd4 Qxb3 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Qb6 Bd5 19. Rd2 Nd7 20. Qd4 b4 21. Nb5 axb5 22. Rxa8+ Ke7 23. Ra7 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qc4 25. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Senthilkumar, Pranav"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. Kb1 b4 10. Nd5 Bxb2 11. Kxb2 Be6 12. f4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. Nf3 a5 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rhe1 Rc8 19. Nc6 e6 20. dxe6+ Kxc6 21. Qxd6+ Kb7 22. Qd7+ Qc7 23. Qb5+ Ka8 24. Qa6+ Kb8 25. c4 bxc3+ 26. Kc2 Qb7 27. Qxa5 Qxg2+ 28. Kd3 Qf3+ 29. Kc2 Qf2+ 30. Kd3 c2 31. Qb5+ Ka8 32. Qd5+ Kb8 33. Qb5+ Ka7 34. Qd7+ Kb6 35. Qxc8 cxd1Q+ 36. Rxd1 Qf3+ 37. Kd2 Qxf4+ 38. Kc2 Qe4+ 39. Rd3 Qxe6 40. Qxe6+ fxe6 41. Rd8 h5 42. a4 g5 43. Kd2 g4 44. Ke2 h4 45. Kf1 g3 46. hxg3 h3 47. Kg1 h2+ 48. Kh1 e5 49. Re8 e4 50. g4 Kc5 51. g5 Kd4 52. g6 e3 53. g7 Rh4 54. Rxg8 e2 55. Re8 Re4 56. Rxe4+ Kxe4 57. g8Q e1Q+ 58. Kxh2 Qh4+ 59. Kg1 Qe1+ 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kh3 Qh5+ 62. Kg3 Qf3+ 63. Kh2 Qh5+ 64. Kg2 Qf3+ 65. Kh2 Qh5+ 66. Kg1 Qd1+ 67. Kf2 Qf3+ 68. Ke1 Qe3+ 69. Kd1 Qd3+ 70. Kc1 Qc3+ 71. Kb1 Qe1+ 72. Kb2 Qd2+ 73. Ka3 Qd6+ 74. b4 Qd3+ 75. Qb3 Qd2 76. b5 Ke5 77. b6 Kd6 78. Qb4+ Qxb4+ 79. Kxb4 Kc6 80. a5 Kb7 81. Kb5 Ka8 82. Kc6 Kb8 83. a6 Ka8 84. b7+ Kb8 85. Kd7 Ka7 86. Kc7 Kxa6 87. b8Q Ka5 88. Kc6 Ka4 89. Kc5 Ka3 90. Kc4 Ka2 91. Kc3 Ka1 92. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shymanskyi, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 a6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 6. c4 d4 7. e4 e5 8. f5 Bd6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nh4 Kf7 11. Nd2 Bc7 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 Ba5 14. g4 g5 15. Ng2 h6 16. h4 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 b5 18. Be2 bxc4 19. dxc4 a5 20. a4 Bb7 21. Ne1 Qb6 22. Ba3 Nb4 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rag8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kc2 Nc8 27. Bf3 Nd6 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Bxh1 Kg7 31. Qh3 Bxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Qh5 Nf2 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qg7+ Kc8 38. Qf8+ Kb7 39. Bxc5 d3+ 40. Kb2 d2 41. Bxb6 d1Q 42. Bxf2 Qd2+ 43. Kb1 Qxf2 44. Qxf6 Qe1+ 45. Kc2 Qe2+ 46. Kc3 Qe3+ 47. Kc2 Qe2+ 48. Kb1 Qd1+ 49. Kb2 Qd2+ 50. Ka3 Qb4+ 51. Ka2 Qd2+ 52. Kb1 Qd1+ 53. Kb2 Qd2+ 54. Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Silva, Juliana Figueira Th"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]
[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 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Nbd2 b5 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Ndf3 Bb7 13. Bd2 N8c6 14. Bc3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nc6 16. b3 b4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. d5 bxc3 19. dxc6 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 cxb3 21. e5 c2 22. Rd2 b2 23. Rf1 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leschinsky, Gary"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 Bf6 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Be2 Ndb4 10. d3 b6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. a3 Nd5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qe7 17. Rb1 Rac8 18. Qb2 Rfd8 19. Nd2 e5 20. Nc4 f6 21. Bf3 Qe6 22. Qc3 Rd7 23. Qc2 Rcd8 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 b5 26. Na3 a6 27. Qc3 Rc8 28. Rbc1 Kf7 29. Qb2 Qd6 30. Nc2 Ne7 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. d4 Rbc7 33. h3 exd4 34. Nxd4 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Nd5 37. Qc8 Nxb4 38. Nf5 Qe6 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. g4 Qf7 41. Nh4+ Kg5 42. Qxf7 Kxh4 43. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luo, Terry"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Nb3 e5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. 0-0 f6 11. Bh4 Nxc5 12. Rb1 Qc3 13. Re1 Be7 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rb7 Bc8 17. Rc7 Qd6 18. Rxe7+ Qxe7 19. c4 Be6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qa3 Kf7 23. Bg3 Qe7 24. Qa5 Rhc8 25. h3 Qc5 26. Qa6 Rab8 27. Bxe5 Rc6 28. Qa4 Rb4 29. Qa3 Rb1 30. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Rxc5 32. Bd4 Rc1 33. Kf1 Bd7 34. Ke2 Rc4 35. Bxa7 Ra4 36. Bd4 Rxa2+ 37. Kf3 Bf5 38. Kg3 Be4 39. Nf3 Bxf3 40. Kxf3 f5 41. Kg3 g5 42. Kf3 h6 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Kf3 Ra4 45. g4 fxg4+ 46. hxg4 Ra2 47. Kg3 Ra8 48. Kf3 h5 49. gxh5+ Kxh5 50. Kg3 Rf8 51. Be5 Rf5 52. Bd4 g4 53. Kg2 Rf3 54. Be5 Kg6 55. Bd4 Kf5 56. Bc5 Ke4 57. Bd6 Kd3 58. Bg3 Ke2 59. Bh4 Kd3 60. Bg3 Ke4 61. Bh4 Rh3 62. Bg3 Kd3 63. Bf4 Ke4 64. Bg3 Kf5 65. Bd6 Rf3 66. Bg3 Ke4 67. Bh4 Rf5 68. Bg3 d4 69. exd4 Kxd4 70. Bh4 Ke4 71. Bg3 Rf3 72. Bh4 Kf5 73. Bg3 Kg6 74. Bh4 Kh5 75. Bg3 Kg5 76. Be5 Kh4 77. Bg3+ Kg5 78. Be5 Kf5 79. Bg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meduri, Aakaash"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. Na3 Bf8 12. Nc2 e5 13. d3 a5 14. a3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxb3 20. a4 Qc7 21. Na3 Nc5 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Bd5 Nb4 24. Bg2 Nbxd3 25. Red1 Nxb2 26. Rxb2 Nxa4 27. Rbd2 Rac8 28. Be4 Nc5 29. Bd5 a4 30. Qf3 g6 31. h4 Bg7 32. h5 Kf8 33. Qg2 f5 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Qh3 Qe7 36. Qh7 Qf6 37. Re2 Ke7 38. Nxd4 Rh8 39. Rxe5+ Qxe5 40. Qxg6 f4 41. Nf5+ Kd8 42. Qb6+ Rc7 43. Be4+ Ke8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Rd8+ Qe8 46. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Benevides Demasi, Joao Otavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. Na3 0-0 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. d4 b5 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nfxd4 e5 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. b3 Re8 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. f4 Bg4 21. Rc1 Rbc8 22. h3 Be6 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Ne3 a6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qxd8 Qxd8 28. Rxd8 Rc3 29. Kf2 exf4 30. gxf4 Rc1 31. h4 Ra1 32. Rd2 a5 33. Bc6 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Bd5 a3 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Nc4 Rh1 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Rg2 Rc1 40. Ne5 Rc3+ 41. Kh2 Kf6 42. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Garcia, Angie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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 e6 2. Qe2 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 Nd5 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. c4 N5f6 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. b3 h6 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. a3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Be7 20. c5 Na4 21. Nxd7 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qa4 25. Bxb7 Qxa3 26. Qb2 Qxb2 27. Bxb2 Rd8 28. Ra1 Rd2 29. Bc3 Rc2 30. Be1 Nh7 31. Rxa7 Rc1 32. Kf1 Ng5 33. Ke2 Bf6 34. h4 Nh3 35. Be4 Ng1+ 36. Kd2 Rb1 37. Ra8+ Bd8 38. Rxd8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Novik, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. e3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qd2 e4 12. Ne1 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f3 Nb6 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nc2 Nd5 18. Rf2 Bf8 19. Raf1 f5 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Bh3 h5 22. Ne1 Rc8 23. Ng2 Bf7 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Kh7 26. Rg2 Bd5 27. Bxf5 Rc6 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Rxg6+ Rxg6+ 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Ba3+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Bh7+ Kh8 35. Bg6+ Kg8 36. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Wisniowski, Natalie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Be2 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. Qd3 Qa5+ 19. c3 Rxd5 20. Qc4 0-0 21. Rg1 Nd7 22. b4 Qa4 23. Qxd5 Nf6 24. Qg2 Ne8 25. Be3 Qc2 26. Rc1 Qb2 27. Bxh6 Bh4+ 28. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesquita, Eduardo Barbosa"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 a6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxe6 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Bxe6 19. Bxd8 Bxb3 20. Bxb6 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd7 22. b4 Rc8 23. Bc5 Re8 24. Kf1 Rd5 25. g3 g5 26. h3 Kf7 27. Kg2 Re2 28. a3 h5 29. Kf3 Re6 30. g4 Rf6+ 31. Kg3 h4+ 32. Kg2 Re6 33. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jun Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Montano Vicente, Guadalupe"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.06.25"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Rd1 Re8 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 a6 12. 0-0 Qb6 13. e4 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Rec7 20. Qd3 Rc2 21. Rb1 Ng6 22. Nh3 Nxe5 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Bd3 Nxd4 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Kh1 Re2 27. Qg1 e5 28. Rfe1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 f6 30. f4 Qd6 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Nf2 d4 34. h3 Nf4 35. Kh2 Nxg2 36. Rd2 Ne3 37. Qg3 Nf1+ 0-1

