[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.04.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Kot, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Ke7 12. 0-0-0 h6 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Nc6 18. Nc5 Rd8+ 19. Kc1 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nb4 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Rd8 23. Kc2 f5 24. Bc4 e5 25. f3 h5 26. g3 Bh6 27. Bd3 Kf6 28. b4 Be3 29. a4 Rc8+ 30. Kb3 Bd2 31. Bc4 Rb8 32. b5 Rd8 33. Rd1 Rd4 34. Be2 h4 35. gxh4 Be3 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Kc4 Bb6 38. Kd5 e4 39. fxe4 fxe4 40. Kxe4 Bg1 41. a5 Bf2 42. Bc4 Kg7 43. Kf3 Bc5 44. Kg4 Kh8 45. Kf5 Bg1 46. h5 Bf2 47. Bd5 Bg1 48. Ke6 Bf2 49. Kd7 Be3 50. Kc6 Bf2 51. Be4 Be3 52. b6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 Nf5 6. Bd3 h5 7. Qf4 Nc6 8. Nge2 Nce7 9. Qg5 Nc6 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc6 13. f3 a5 14. Kf2 b6 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Nf4 hxg4 17. fxg4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. a4 Ra8 20. Kg3 Kd7 21. Rae1 Rh7 22. h4 Rah8 23. b3 g5 24. Ng2 gxh4+ 25. Rxh4 Ng6 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Rf1 Ke8 28. Bb2 Rh8 29. c3 Rg8 30. Ne1 Ngxe5 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Rf4 f5 33. c4 Nxg4 34. cxd5 e5 35. Rf3 e4 36. Rf4 Ne3+ 37. Kh2 Rh8+ 38. Bxh8 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Ba7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bb3 0-0 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Ne3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qg5 18. Bd5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Na5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd7 Nc4 22. Ke2 Nxb2 23. Rf1 Kh8 24. Rxf7 Nc4 25. h4 Qxh4 26. Rg1 Qd8 27. Rgxg7 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Nxe3+ 29. Kg1 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Qh3 Nf1+ 32. Kg2 Qxh3+ 33. Kxh3 Nd2 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rfg7+ Kf8 36. Rg2 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. Qg3 e4 10. Be2 Be7 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qh6 Rxg2 13. Qf4 Nbd7 14. h4 Nf8 15. Qf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. a4 Nc7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 21. Bf1 Rg8 22. Bh3+ Ng4 23. Ke2 h5 24. f3 exf3+ 25. Kxf3 Bxh4 26. Bf1 Bg5 27. Rxh5 Nf6 28. Rh2 Nc7 29. Bh3+ Ke7 30. Ra2 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Nxa8 32. Bd2 Bh4 33. Bf5 Nc7 34. Bd3 Ne6 35. Ke2 Ng5 36. Be1 Bxe1 37. Kxe1 Nfe4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40. Kf2 f5 41. Kg3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yang, Ryan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 0-0 15. Bc4 Rc8 16. Ba2 Nb6 17. Rd1 a5 18. Qe2 Rc6 19. Qb5 e6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qc8 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Bxb6 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxc3+ 25. Kf2 Bc6 26. Qe2 Bxa4 27. Rxd6 Nd7 28. Be3 Ne5 29. Rc1 Qb3 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rd5 Nc6 32. Qd3 Qb2+ 33. Qd2 Nb4 34. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2025.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 g6 12. Kh1 Nb6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rae1 0-0-0 17. f5 Ne4 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc3+ Qc7 21. Qxc7+ Bxc7 22. Bxc7 Kxc7 23. Nb5+ Kb8 24. Bxe4 Nc4 25. fxg6 Bxg6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Rxf7 Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rh5 29. Nc3 Rdh8 30. Rf4 Rh2+ 31. Kf3 R2h3+ 32. Kf2 Nxb2 33. Nd5 Rd8 34. Ne7 Nd1+ 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. Nxg6 Ne3+ 37. Kf2 Nxc2 38. Rb1 Rxa2 39. Rf7 b6 40. Ne5 Nd4 41. Nd7+ Ka8 42. Nxb6+ axb6 43. Rxb6 Rxe2+ 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Rbf6 Kb8 46. Rf8 Rxf8 47. Rxf8+ Kc7 48. Rf6 Kd7 49. Ke1 Ke7 50. Rb6 Ne6 51. Kd1 Kf6 52. Kc1 Ke5 53. Rb2 Ra3 54. Kd2 Ke4 55. Rb8 Rd3+ 56. Kc2 Nd4+ 57. Kb2 Rd2+ 58. Ka3 Rc2 59. Rh8 Kd3 60. Kb4 Rc4+ 61. Ka5 Rc5+ 62. Kb6 Rc6+ 63. Kb7 Rg6 64. Rh5 Kc4 65. Kc7 Nc6 66. Rh1 Kd5 67. Rd1+ Nd4 68. Kb7 Rg2 69. Kc7 Rb2 70. Rd3 Rb1 71. Rd2 Kc5 72. Rh2 Ne6+ 73. Kd7 Nf4 74. Rc2+ Kd5 75. Rd2+ Ke5 76. Kc6 Rc1+ 77. Kd7 Rc3 78. Rd1 Nd3 79. Rh1 Kd5 80. Rd1 Ra3 81. Kc7 Ke6 82. Rh1 Rc3+ 83. Kb6 Ne5 84. Rd1 Nd3 85. Rh1 Kd5 86. Rd1 Kd6 87. Rh1 Rb3+ 88. Ka7 Nf4 89. Rd1+ Nd5 90. Rc1 Nc3 91. Rh1 Kc5 92. Rh5+ Nd5 93. Rh1 Nf6 94. Rc1+ Kd6 95. Rd1+ Kc7 96. Rc1+ Kd8 97. Ka6 Ne4 98. Rd1+ Kc7 99. Rc1+ Nc3 100. Rd1 Ne4 101. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Espinosa, Pedro"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd5 a5 8. h4 e6 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. f3 h6 11. 0-0-0 Bd7 12. b3 Nc6 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. g4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Ne2 c5 21. Bb2 Rd8 22. Nf4 Ne8 23. Bxe8 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Qxe8 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. Kb1 Qe7 27. Qe3 Rhe8 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rh8 30. Qc1 Rxh1 31. Qb2+ Kf8 32. Rxh1 Ke8 33. Qg7 Kd7 34. Rh7 Re8 35. Nxg6 Qd8 36. Nf4 Re7 37. Qf6 Re8 38. Nxe6 Qxf6 39. Nxc5+ dxc5 40. gxf6 Ke6 41. Rh5 Rc8 42. Rf5 Rc6 43. Kc1 c4 44. bxc4 Rxc4 45. Kb2 Rc3 46. Rxa5 Rxf3 47. Rb5 Kxf6 48. Rxb4 Ke7 49. a5 Rf6 50. Rb7+ Kd8 51. Rb6 Rf4 52. a6 Kc7 53. a7 1-0

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Zhu, Linxi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bb3 b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Qh5 Bc5 14. Rxf7 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Qe7 17. Bb3 g6 18. Qg4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qh3 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qf2 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Kg1 Nc6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Qd3 0-1

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bortnyk, Mykola"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h3 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. e5 Re8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qd3 fxg5 16. Qxd5+ Be6 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qd3 dxe5 19. Ncxe5 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Qe3 Bf7 22. Qxg5 Rd5 23. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxg5 25. N7xg5 Qd7 26. Ne6 b6 27. g4 Qd5 28. Neg5 Qd7 29. Kg2 h6 30. Ne6 a5 31. Re2 Qd5 32. a3 Qc4 33. Re3 b5 34. g5 h5 35. Kg3 Qd5 36. Nf4 Qf5 37. Ne6 Bf8 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Re2 a4 40. Kg2 Qd5 41. Kg3 Qc4 42. Re5 Qa2 43. Nh4 Kf7 44. Rxc5 Qxb2 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Nxg6 h4+ 47. Kg4 Kd6 48. Rf7 Qxc3 49. Nxh4 b4 50. Nf5+ Kc6 51. Rf8 Qc4+ 52. Kh5 Qe2+ 53. Kh6 Qd2 54. axb4 a3 55. Ra8 a2 56. h4 Qb2 57. b5+ Kb7 58. Rxa2 Qxa2 59. g6 Qd2+ 60. Kh5 Qf4 61. Nh6 Qf6 62. Nf7 Kc7 63. Ng5 Kd7 64. b6 Qh8+ 65. Nh7 Ke6 66. Kg4 Qd4+ 67. Kg5 Qxf2 68. b7 Qg3+ 69. Kh6 Qxh4+ 70. Kg7 Qe7+ 71. Kg8 Qe8+ 72. Kg7 Kf5 73. Nf8 Qe7+ 74. Kg8 Kf6 0-1

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Hoffman, Luc William C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bd3 d5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ba3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5 13. Qc1 Bd7 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. c4 f6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Rd1 Qe5 19. f4 Qa5 20. Rd6 Kf7 21. Rb3 Rhd8 22. Qc4+ Bd5 23. Rxb7+ Kg8 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxb4 e3 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bxa2 30. Bxe3 a5 31. Bc5 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Ke3 Kd5 34. Bf8 g6 35. g4 a4 36. g5 f5 37. Kd3 Bb1+ 38. Kc3 Ke4 39. Bd6 a3 40. Kb3 a2 41. Kb2 Kf3 42. Bb8 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Das, Aditeya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 e6 8. Be3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. 0-0-0 b4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Qd3 Nxe4 16. f3 d5 17. fxe4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc8 19. Bg5 Bb5 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. Rhf1 Rc8 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. Rfd2 Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. e5 Kf8 26. Rf2 g6 27. Rf4 a5 28. Qb6 Qc5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qxg8+ Kh6 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. a4 bxa3 36. bxa3 a4 37. Ba2 Bc6 38. Ra5 Re8 39. g3 Kg5 40. e6+ Kf6 41. Ra7 Re7 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Kd2 g5 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Kd4 h6 46. Bc4 Be8 47. Bd5 Bg6 48. c4 Be8 49. c5+ Ke7 50. Ke5 1-0

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Subervi Nunez, Jonathan Sigfredo"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 a5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Nf2 0-0 12. c3 c5 13. 0-0 e5 14. d5 Ne8 15. c4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qc2 Qf6 18. b3 Bc8 19. Rae1 Rf7 20. g4 e4 21. fxe4 fxg4 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Be4 Qh4 25. Ng3 Nf6 26. Nd3 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. Rxf3 Bg4 29. Rff1 Qh7 30. Qd2 Bh3 31. Rf3 Ne4 32. Nxe4 Rxf3 33. Ng5 Qg6 34. Kh1 Raf8 35. Nxf3 Rxf3 36. Nf4 Qe4 37. Kg1 Rxf4 38. Bxf4 Bd4+ 39. Be3 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Gaw, Chloe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 Nxb3+ 12. axb3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Ne8 14. f4 Nc7 15. g5 e5 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. f5 Qb4 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. Rhe1 Rd7 21. Qh5 d5 22. Rd3 g6 23. Qh4 d4 24. Rh3 h5 25. gxh6 Kh7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Rxe5 Rc8 29. Bxd4 a5 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. Rf3 Qd6 32. Qf2 Nf6 33. Rxf6 Qxd4 34. Re7+ Kxh6 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Rxd7 Qe4 38. Rd6+ Kg5 39. Qg7+ Kf5 40. Qf6+ Kg4 41. Rd4 1-0

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bf1 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. b3 a5 13. a4 h6 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Nc4 N6d7 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Ne3 Qg7 19. Bb5 Rad8 20. b4 c6 21. Bf1 axb4 22. cxb4 Ne6 23. Nc4 Ba8 24. Qb2 c5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Nfxe5 Rb8 27. Qa1 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Nf8 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. f3 Ne6 32. Rc1 Red8 33. Nf2 Bc6 34. Nd3 Bxa4 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Spring IM"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2025.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cherukuri, Nitesh"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6 9. Kh1 0-0 10. Be3 c5 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qxc5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc4 17. Nf6+ exf6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh6 Bxb2 20. Bxf8 Bxa1 21. Be7 Bg7 22. a3 Rc8 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Bb4 Rxc2 25. Re1 Qc8 26. h3 Rc1 27. Qe3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qe6 29. Qd2 h5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qc7 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Noritsyn, Sergey"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nfd7 9. c3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. f4 Nf6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd3 Bh6 21. Qf3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 c4 23. Bf1 b5 24. g3 Nb8 25. Kh2 Nd7 26. Bg2 Bf8 27. a3 Nb6 28. e6 fxe6 29. Ng5 Qd6 30. Qe4 Bg7 31. Nxe6 Bf6 32. f5 Kf7 33. Nf4 Be5 34. Ne2 Na4 35. Qb7 a6 36. Bd5+ Kg7 37. Qa8 Qf6 38. Qg8+ Kh6 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Kg2 Nxb2 41. h4 Nd3 42. h5 gxh5 43. Be4 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Bg2 Nf2+ 46. Kh2 Ng4+ 47. Kh3 Qxe2 48. Qf8+ Bg7 49. Qf4+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kh6 51. Qf4+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Hart House op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Mao, Fengxi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Be3 g6 12. Kc2 Nb4+ 13. Kc1 Bc6 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Rd1 Bg7 16. Kc2 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. a3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. b4 Bxc3 22. Kxc3 b5 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bc5 Kd7 26. Kd3 e5 27. e4 Ke6 28. f3 Nb8 29. Be3 Nc6 30. Bc5 Nb8 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 f5 33. Bf2 Nc6 34. Be1 Kf7 35. Bc3 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Hart House op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Wu, Nathan Ping Ying"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Nf3 c6 6. d4 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. 0-0-0 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qf3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 e6 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Qe3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bd6 20. f4 0-0-0 21. Rhd1 Kb8 22. Qe4 h6 23. Kb1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qh4 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Qd7 Qb4 28. Rd4 Qe1+ 29. Rd1 Qe2 30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. a4 Qf3 32. Rd4 Qxh3 33. Ka2 Qf1 34. Qd7+ Kb8 35. Qxf7 c5 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Rb3 b6 38. a5 g5 39. Qxe6 Qxf4 40. axb6 a6 41. Qd6+ Kb7 42. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Samuel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6 9. h3 c5 10. Qe2 b4 11. Nd1 0-0 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Qf2 Rfc8 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. exd6 exd6 20. a3 Ra5 21. Re7 Rb8 22. a4 Nf5 23. Rd7 Rd5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Nf2 Rd2 27. Re1 Rc8 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 30. Kf1 Bxb2 31. Rxd6 b3 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Singh Dhaliwal, Jaipreet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qb8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. Re1 Bxe6 14. Rxe6+ Kf7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qe2 Bd8 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Rxd6 Qf5 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Re6 Ba5 22. Rd1 Rxe6 23. dxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qf3 Re8 25. Qxb7+ Re7 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Re2 28. Rc1 Ne4 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Ra1 Bd8 31. Rxa6 Rxc2 32. Ra7+ Kg6 33. Be5 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rxf6 36. Rb7 Rc6 37. h3 Rc2 38. Rb4 Nf6 39. Rb6 Rxb2 40. b4 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rb6 h6 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Rd6 Rxb4 45. Rd2 Rb3 46. Re2 Kg6 47. Ra2 h5 48. Rc2 Rd3 49. Re2 Kf5 50. Rf2+ Kg5 51. Re2 Rd5 52. Re7 g6 53. Re2 Rd3 54. Re5+ Kf4 55. Ra5 Rd2 56. Ra1 h4 57. Ra6 Kg5 58. Ra5+ Nd5 59. Kh1 Kh6 60. Ra4 Kh5 61. Ra5 g5 62. Ra3 Re2 63. Ra1 Ne3 64. Rg1 Rd2 65. g4+ hxg3 66. Rxg3 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Nh3 Bxh3 7. Rxh3 Nf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Ng4 11. e6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 fxe6 13. Bc4 Kf7 14. Bg5 b5 15. Bd3 Ra7 16. Be2 Nf6 17. c4 c6 18. Ra3 Rb7 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rb6 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Ne4 24. Rd4 Nf6 25. Be2 Nd5 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Rc1 Rd6 28. Rc8 Rb6 29. Bc4 Nc6 30. Bh6 Kf6 31. f4 Kf5 32. Bd3+ Kg4 33. Bxg6 Nf6 34. Kf2 Nd4 35. Rc7 Nf5 36. Bxf5+ exf5 37. Bg5 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Rxb3+ 39. Kd4 Nxg5 40. fxg5 Kxh4 41. Rxe7 Kxg5 42. Ra7 Ra3 43. Ke5 Re3+ 44. Kd5 Rg3 45. Ke5 Re3+ 46. Kd5 Re2 47. g3 Re3 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Rg8 Re7 50. Rf8+ Rf7 51. Ra8 Rd7+ 52. Kc5 Rd3 53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. Rg8 Kf7 55. Rg5 Kf6 56. Rg8 a5 57. Kb5 Ra3 58. Rf8+ Ke5 59. Re8+ Kd4 60. Rd8+ Ke4 61. Rg8 Ra1 62. Rg7 Rg1 63. Kxa5 Kf3 64. Rf7 Kxg3 65. Rxf5 h4 66. Rc5 h3 67. Rc3+ Kg2 68. Rc2+ Kh1 69. Kb4 h2 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Rd1 g5 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. c3 gxf4 18. Qxf4 Qc7 19. 0-0 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Rf8 21. Rde1 f6 22. Bxh7 Ra7 23. Bb1 Qg7 24. Nf3 Rg8 25. Re2 Nc4 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Ke7 29. Rh6 Nf7 30. Rh7 Kd6 31. Rf2 Rf8 32. Bg6 e5 33. Nb3 Be6 34. Nc5 e4 35. Rf6 Re7 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Rfxf7 e3 38. Rd7+ Kc6 39. Rc7+ Kb6 40. Rb7+ Kc6 41. Rhc7+ Kd6 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Bd3 Rf2 45. Rc8 Kd7 46. Rh8 Rd2 47. Bf5+ Ke7 48. Bg4 Rc2 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Rxg2 51. Bf3 Rd2 52. Rh6 Rd3 53. Rxa6 Kd7 54. Ke2 Rxc3 55. Bxd5 Rc2+ 56. Kxe3 Rxh2 57. Bc6+ Kc7 58. Bxb5 Kb7 59. Ra5 Kb6 60. Be2 Rh3+ 61. Bf3 Rh2 62. Ra8 Rc2 63. Be4 Rc3+ 64. Bd3 Kb7 65. Ra5 Kb6 66. Kd4 Rc1 67. Ra6+ Kb7 68. a4 Rc8 69. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 h6 8. a4 a6 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 Re8 12. c3 Bc5 13. a5 Ba7 14. Qb3 Nce7 15. Nxe5 c6 16. d4 Bb8 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qxb7 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rb8 21. Qxc6 Ne7 22. Qd6 Rxb2 23. Be3 Qa8 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Rab1 Ng6 28. Qh3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qe4 30. Rf1 Nh4 31. Bd4 Nf5 32. Bb6 Re6 33. g3 Qd3 34. Qg4 Rg6 35. Qf4 Nd6 36. Bd4 Nc4 37. h4 Nd2 38. Ra1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Qe2 40. Qxf3 Qb2 41. h5 Rg5 42. Re1 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 b5 9. e5 Nd5 10. h4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. h5 Bd5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kh2 g5 18. f4 Nd7 19. fxg5 Rxf1 20. Qxf1 Rf8 21. Bf4 c5 22. gxh6 Bxh6 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. Ng5 cxd4 25. Qh5 Rxf4 26. gxf4 dxc3 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qf5 Nf8 30. e6 Qb6 31. Kg2 Qc6+ 32. Kf2 Bd4+ 33. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f3 Ng5 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. h4 Nf7 20. Kf2 e5 21. Ng3 e4 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Be2 Nh6 24. Nf1 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 h5 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. g3 Qf5 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Qf2 Bd5 30. Bc3 Qg6 31. Be1 Be6 32. Qc2 Bd8 33. Qc6 Kf7 34. d5 Bg4 35. Nd2 Kg8 36. d6 Kh7 37. Qxe4 Bf5 38. Qd4 b5 39. Bf2 Be6 40. e4 Qg4 41. Nf1 Qf3 42. Qe3 Qd1 43. Qd2 Qf3 44. Qf4 Qd1 45. Qd2 Qf3 46. Nh2 Qxe4 47. Qe3 Qd5 48. Qf4 Bh3 49. Nf3 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qf1 51. Ne1 Bg4 52. Qe4+ f5 53. Qg2 Qe2 54. d7 Qd2 55. Nf3 Qxd7 56. Ng5+ Bxg5 57. hxg5 Qd2 58. Bc5 Qxg5 59. Qf2 Qc1 60. Be3 Qd1 61. Qd2 Qf1 62. Qf2 Qh3+ 63. Kg1 Bd1 64. Qf4 Kg8 65. Qb8+ Kh7 66. Qf4 Bc2 67. Qh4 Qxh4 68. gxh4 Kg6 69. Kf2 b4 70. Bc5 Bb1 71. a4 Bc2 72. Bxb4 Bxb3 73. a5 f4 74. Bc3 Bd5 75. Be5 Kf5 76. Bxg7 Kg4 77. Bf6 f3 78. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. h3 Be7 5. Nf3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. g4 Be4 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a6 10. Bd3 Bg5 11. Bxh7 Rxh7 12. Qf5 Bxc1 13. Qxh7 Bxb2 14. Qxg8+ Kd7 15. Qxg7+ Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Kd2 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nd7 19. a4 Rf8 20. Ke3 Nb6 21. a5 Nc4+ 22. Ke2 Rh8 23. Ra4 Nb2 24. Ra2 Nc4 25. Kd3 Nxa5 26. Rxa5 Rxh3+ 27. Kd2 Rh4 28. f3 Rh2+ 29. Ne2 Kd7 30. Ra1 Kc7 31. Rg1 Kd7 32. Ke3 a5 33. c4 Rh8 34. Nc3 Ke7 35. g5 Kf7 36. g6+ Kg7 37. Nb5 Rd8 38. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. Bf4 a3 13. b3 b4 14. N1h2 Na7 15. Ng5 Nb5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ng4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nd4 19. Bxd5 g6 20. Qh3 exd5 21. Kg2 f6 22. Rh1 Kf7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Rae1+ Kd7 26. gxf6 Ne6 27. Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. fxe7 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. h3 g6 5. Nf3 h5 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bd2 Bh6 8. Nc3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. 0-0 Kf7 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nh2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 g5 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. c4 a5 17. f3 h4 18. Ng4 Ndf8 19. Ne3 Kg8 20. Kg1 Rh7 21. Kf2 Rg7 22. Rh1 Nf4 23. Rag1 N8g6 24. Nf1 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Nf4+ 26. Kd1 Bd7 27. b3 Qc8 28. Ne3 Qe8 29. Kc2 Kf7 30. Kb2 Ke7 31. Ka3 Kd8 32. Ng4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Raa7 34. Bf1 Rh7 35. Qf2 Qh8 36. Rh3 Rh6 37. Rgh1 Rah7 38. R3h2 Kc7 39. Qe1 Kb8 40. Qa1 Ka7 41. Kb2 f5 42. gxf5 g4 43. fxg4 Qg7 44. Qd1 Qg5 45. Qf3 Rh8 46. Kc2 R8h7 47. Be2 Rh8 48. Bd1 R8h7 49. g3 hxg3 50. Qxg3 Rxh2+ 51. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 52. Qxh2 Ka6 53. Bf3 Ka7 54. Qh8 Kb7 55. f6 Ng6 56. Qg7+ Ka6 57. Qc7 Qxf6 58. Qb8 Qf7 59. g5 Nf4 60. Bg4 Ne6 61. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 c5 2. c3 cxd4 3. cxd4 d5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Nge2 e6 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. 0-0 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 Bd6 13. Nh5 g6 14. Ng3 h5 15. f4 h4 16. Nh1 Ne7 17. Nf2 Nf5 18. Ng4 Kf8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qb6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Ke7 24. Kf2 Rhg8 25. Nd1 Bb5 26. Rg1 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Ne3 Bd3 29. g3 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rg8+ 31. Kf2 Rh8 32. Rd1 Be4 33. Kg1 Rh3 34. Re1 Rf3 35. Ng2 Rd3 36. Ne3 Rd2 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Rc3 Rxb2 39. Rb3 Rxa2 40. Rxb7+ Ke8 41. h4 Re2 42. Rb3 Kf8 43. Ra3 Kg7 44. Kf1 Rd2 45. Rxa6 Rxd4 46. Kf2 Rd2+ 47. Kg3 d4 48. Nc4 Rg2+ 49. Kh3 Rg4 50. Nd6 d3 51. Ra2 Rxf4 52. Rd2 Rf3+ 53. Kh2 Re3 54. Kg1 Rh3 55. Kf2 Rxh4 56. Ke3 Rh3+ 57. Kd4 Rh4 58. Rb2 Kg6 59. Kc3 Rh3 60. Rb8 Bd5 61. Rg8+ Kh7 62. Rg1 Re3 63. Nxf7 f4 64. Kd2 Rg3 65. Rxg3 fxg3 66. Kxd3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Qe7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Qd6 12. d3 Rfe8 13. Be3 Bb6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rfe1 Re7 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Ne4 Rxe4 19. dxe4 Qf6 20. Kg2 Re8 21. Bxb6 Qg6 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. Nf3 Qg6 24. Bd4 Rxe4 25. Nh4 Bf3+ 26. Kf1 Bxe2+ 27. Rxe2 Qa6 28. Rae1 Rxd4 29. Kg2 g6 30. Nf3 Rxd5 31. Re7 Rf5 32. Nd4 Rg5+ 33. Kh3 Qf6 34. R7e4 Qxf2 35. R1e3 Rh5+ 36. Kg4 Rh4+ 37. Kg5 h6# 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
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1. g3 g6 2. d3 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. Ne4 f5 6. Nd2 e5 7. c3 c5 8. cxd4 cxd4 9. Ngf3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bd2 Nde7 15. e3 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Qd8 17. d4 e4 18. Nfe5 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bd5 20. Qa6 0-0 21. Rac1 Rb8 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Ne5 Rb6 24. Nxc6 Rxa6 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. a3 Rb8 27. Rc5 Bf7 28. g4 f4 29. Bxf4 Rxb2 30. Bxe4 Bxd4 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rc7 Rf6 33. Bg3 g5 34. Bf5 h5 35. Rd7 hxg4 36. Bxg4 Rd2 37. Be5 Bxe5 38. Rxd2 Ra6 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Rb1 Rxa3 41. Rbb7 Bc4 42. Rxa7 Rc3 43. Rd1 Rc2 44. Rb7 Ra2 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Rd1 Rc2 48. Re1 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. g4 Bd7 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. Nge2 0-0 11. 0-0 e6 12. Qd2 d5 13. f4 Qe7 14. Rae1 Qb4 15. Nc1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. c3 Qxa4 18. b3 Qa3 19. Bxe4 Na5 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Nd3 Qxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. Bxb7 Bb5 24. Be4 c5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Bxc3 28. Bb7 Rd3 29. Bf2 Rxf4 30. c6 Be5 31. Re1 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Bg3+ 33. Ke2 Bxe1 34. Kxd3 Bg3 35. Bxa6 Kf7 36. Kc4 Ke7 37. Kc5 Bf2+ 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Bb5 Bb6 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Bc4 g5 42. Ke2 h6 43. Kf3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. d4 0-0 7. Nge2 e5 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Nd4 12. f3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bd7 14. Be3 Nh5 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Re8 17. Bf3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Nxe4 20. Bd4 Bf5 21. Rbe1 Nc5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qg5 Nd7 24. Kf2 Qd8 25. Qh6 Qf8 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qg3 Re8 28. h4 Nc5 29. h5 Qe7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qh4 Ne4+ 32. Kg2 g5 33. fxg5 Nxg5 34. Rh1 Qg7 35. Kf2 Nxf3 36. Qh5 Qg6 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7+ Qxh7 39. Qxf6+ Kg8 40. Kxf3 Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Kf3 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 a5 5. c4 0-0 6. Nf3 a4 7. b4 c5 8. bxc5 Qa5 9. 0-0 Qxc5 10. Ba3 Qxc4 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bd6 Ba6 15. d3 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Rc5 Re6 19. Qb1 Rxd6 20. Rxb5 Qc3 21. Rc1 Qd4 22. Rc4 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Rxa4 Nc6 26. Ra8 Rde6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bxc6 dxc6 29. Qxc6 Rxe2 30. a4 Ra2 31. Kg2 h5 32. h3 h4 33. g4 Nh7 34. Qb5 Nf8 35. a5 Ne6 36. a6 Bd4 37. Kf3 Rxf2+ 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Re3+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kf1 Rxd3 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qxf4 Bg7 44. a7 Ra3 45. Qb8 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Kc4 Rxh3 49. a8Q Rg3 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qac8 Rc3+ 52. Kd5 Rxc8 53. Qxc8 Kg5 54. Ke4 h3 55. Kf3 Be5 56. Qd8+ f6 57. Qd2+ Kh4 58. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. f4 Nh6 10. Qd2 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. h3 d6 13. g4 Rb8 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. cxb3 dxe5 17. f5 Rfd8 18. Qg2 e4 19. Kb1 Qb4 20. Bf4 Rbc8 21. Qe2 e5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe4 Nf7 24. Bd2 Qb5 25. Qxb5 cxb5 26. Ba5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Ne5 28. Nd6 Rb8 29. Bc7 Rf8 30. Nxb5 Rf2 31. Nxa7 Nf3 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Nc6 Rxb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd3 Ng5 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Bd6 Ke8 47. Rb7 Ne4 48. Nc8 Bh6+ 49. Kd1 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 Rxd6 51. Nxd6+ Nxd6 52. Rxh7 Bf4 53. Ke2 g5 54. Ra7 e5 55. b4 Kd8 56. Kf3 e4+ 57. Ke2 Nb5 58. Rf7 Nd4+ 59. Ke1 e3 60. b5 Bg3+ 61. Kf1 e2+ 62. Kg2 e1Q 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. e3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. d4 exd3 8. Bxd3 Be6 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. 0-0 0-0-0 11. Qf3 h5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd6 14. Bxg7 Bg4 15. Bf5+ Kb8 16. Qe4 Qg5 17. Bxg4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 hxg4 19. Bxh8 Rxh8 20. g3 Qh5 21. Qg2 Bxg3+ 22. Kg1 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Be5+ 24. Kg1 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qe5 26. Rd1 Qb2 27. Qe4 a5 28. a4 Qg7 29. Qe7 g3 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Ka7 32. Qxc7 gxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qc3 34. Kf3 f6 35. Ke4 Qxc2+ 36. Kf3 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qd5 38. Ke2 Ka6 39. Qg7 Qxb3 40. Qxf6 Qxa4 41. Qd8 Ka7 42. Kf3 Qb5 43. e4 a4 44. Qd4+ Ka6 45. e5 a3 46. Kf4 a2 47. e6 Qf1+ 48. Kg5 a1Q 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Qa3 8. Rb1 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 Qxa2 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nb6 16. Bd2 f5 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Qf3 e5 19. Rfb1 e4 20. Qg3 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 exd3 22. Qxd3 f4 23. c4 Nb6 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Qc3 f3 26. gxf3 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Nd7 28. Bf4 Rf6 29. Bg3 Nxc5 30. Qe5 Nd7 31. Qc7 b6 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Qxa7 c5 34. Qc7 h6 35. h4 Kh7 36. h5 Kg8 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Qc7 Rf6 39. Bd6 Rf7 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Bc7 Rf8 42. Qe7 Kg8 43. Qd6 Rf6 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Bd8 Rf8 46. Be7 Bh3 47. Bxf8 Nxf8 48. Qd6 Nd7 49. Kh2 Bf5 50. Qd5 g6 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. 0-0-0 Ke7 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5+ Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Nxe5 Nbxd5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nc4 Rhd8 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Kb1 c5 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Kc1 Ne4 20. Be5 R6d7 21. Rhf1 Nb4 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. a3 Na2+ 24. Kb1 Nd2+ 25. Kxa2 Nxf1 26. Bxf1 Rd2+ 27. Bb2 Rxf2 28. Bc4 Rxg2 29. Bd5 Rxh2 30. Bxb7 Re2 31. b4 cxb4 32. axb4 Rxe3 33. Bd4 Re1 34. Bxa7 h5 35. Bc5+ Kd7 36. Bd5 h4 37. Kb3 h3 38. b5 h2 39. b6 h1Q 40. Be4 Qg2 41. Bxg2 Rh1 42. Bxh1 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Bd3 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Nd5 0-0 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nc2 f5 14. f3 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Nb6 Rc7 18. Rad1 Rcf7 19. Qxd6 Qe8 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qd2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Nxb4 23. Qe4 Qc6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. cxd5 Rd7 27. Bb6 Rf6 28. Bc5 b6 29. Bb4 Rf4 30. Bc3 Rc4 31. Bb2 Rc2 32. Rf2 Rc5 33. Rfd2 Kf7 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ba3 Rc3 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 b5 38. Bc5 Bf8 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. f4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rc7 44. Rd2 h6 45. h4 Rc4+ 46. Kg3 b4 47. Kh3 a4 48. Kg3 b3 49. axb3 axb3 50. Rb2 Rb4 51. Kf3 Kxd5 52. Ke3 Kc4 53. Kd2 Rb8 54. Rb1 Rd8+ 55. Ke3 Kc3 56. Rc1+ Kb2 57. Rc6 Rg8 58. Rc7 h5 59. Kd2 g5 60. g3 gxh4 61. gxh4 Rg4 62. Rc5 Rxh4 63. Kd3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d5 Nb4 7. a5 e6 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 Re8 11. Bf4 exd5 12. exd5 Ne4 13. Ra3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxc2 16. Qd1 Nxa3 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Blitz m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.02.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. f4 Rac8 14. Rae1 g6 15. Bb1 Nh5 16. f5 e5 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Ne6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Qb8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf8 22. g4 Nf6 23. g5 Nh5 24. Qf3 Nxe6 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxe6 Rf8 27. Re1 Qd8 28. Rxe5 Rf1+ 29. Kg2 Rxb1 30. Rf5+ Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Qf3 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 Nxe5 16. Qxa8 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Ng4 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qf5 Rd8 21. Rad1 Rd5 22. Qf3 Rh5 23. h3 Rg5 24. Be3 h6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. c3 Qc4 27. Rfe1 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Bb6 29. Qb7 Bf2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Qc5 32. Rf1 Be3 33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. Rxf5 Kg6 35. Rxf6+ gxf6 36. Ra8 Bc1 37. Rxa6 Bxb2 38. Rb6 Bxc3 39. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. dxc5 0-0 9. Be3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Nbd4 Qc7 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Re1 Qf6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Qg6 18. a3 Bxh3 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Ndf3 Qxb2 21. Bd4 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. axb4 Bg4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qxd5 Rad8 26. Qg5 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 g6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Ng5 Rd7 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nc3 g6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. e6 f5 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bg7 13. h3 Nf6 14. g4 0-0 15. gxf5 d5 16. Be3 Ne4 17. fxg6 Nxc3 18. Qh5 h6 19. bxc3 Bxe6 20. 0-0-0 Rf5 21. Qe2 Kh8 22. Kb1 c5 23. Bd4 cxd4 24. Qxe6 Rxf4 25. Rhe1 dxc3 26. Rxd5 Raf8 27. Rd7 Qc5 28. Qxe7 Qxe7 29. Rdxe7 R8f6 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. Bf7 Kg7 32. a4 Rb6+ 33. Bb3 Rxg6 34. Rc8 Bb4 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rf7+ Kg5 37. Re5+ Kh4 38. Rxf4+ Kxh3 39. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 c5 11. Ngf3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 13. 0-0 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nge7 16. Nb5 0-0 17. Nc7 Qxc4 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qd7 Qxh4 21. Qxb7 Rf8 22. Qxa7 Nd5 23. Qa3 Qd4 24. Rfe1 Nc3 25. Qd6 Nd5 26. a4 h4 27. Qa3 Nc3 28. Re3 Nd5 29. Rf3 Qg4 30. Qc1 h3 31. Rg3 Qe4 32. Qg5 g6 33. Rxh3 Qd4 34. Re1 Nf4 35. Rh6 Qd2 36. Re3 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Qc1 38. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 c6 11. h3 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Rxb2 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qc7 19. Bd3 Ne4 20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 f6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Re1 Ke8 24. Qxg7 Kd8 25. Bf5 Rb5 26. Be6 Qd6 27. Bg3 Qd2 28. Re3 Rg5 29. Bc7+ Ke8 30. Qh7 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Bd6+ 32. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 33. g3 Re5 34. Qg6+ Ke7 35. Bb3 Rxe3 36. Qg7+ Kd8 37. fxe3 Re8 38. h4 Rxe3 39. Qg8+ Re8 40. Qg6 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 Qd7+ 42. Kg2 Qe7 43. Qxh6 Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kg4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 d5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Bf4 0-0 13. Qd3 Ne4 14. Nxc6 Qxf4 15. Nxe7+ Kf7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd5 exd3 18. Nxf4 dxc2 19. Rc1 Rfe8+ 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Rxc2 Rxd4 22. 0-0 Rxa4 23. Rxc7+ Re7 24. Rc2 Rb4 25. Ng3 Rxb2 26. Rc5 Re5 27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. Rd1 f4 29. Nf1 Ree2 30. Nh2 Be5 31. Rc5 Bb8 32. Rc8 Ba7 33. Ng4 Bxf2+ 34. Kf1 Bh4 35. Rd6+ Kg7 36. Rd1 h5 37. Rc7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Bxe7 39. Ne5 Rb5 40. Nd3 Kf6 41. Nxf4 Rf5 42. g3 h4 43. Kg2 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Rb5 45. Nd5+ Kf7 46. Rf1+ Kg7 47. Nxe7 a5 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kg7 50. Nf5+ Kg6 51. Nh4+ Kg7 52. Ra1 b6 53. Nf3 Rb3 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Nd4 Kg5 57. Ra3 Kh4 58. Ke5 a4 59. Nf5+ Kh5 60. h4 b5 61. Kf6 Rg4 62. Rd3 Rg6+ 63. Ke5 Ra6 64. Rg3 Rg6 65. Ng7+ Kh6 66. Nf5+ Kh5 67. Rd3 Ra6 68. Rd7 a3 69. Rg7 Rg6 70. Ra7 b4 71. Kf4 Rg4+ 72. Kf3 Rg8 73. Ra6 Rg6 74. Ra5 Rb6 75. Kf4 b3 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. g4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ng3 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a5 Be6 13. Bg2 d5 14. g5 d4 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb8 18. 0-0 Rd8 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Rfd1 c5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qd3 Nc6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. e5 Ra7 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Nd6 Be7 31. Rb8 Bxd6 32. exd6 Rd7 33. Rb6 Bf5 34. c3 d3 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Ke1 Re8+ 37. Kd1 Re2 38. Bf1 Rxf2 39. Bxd3 Bxh3 40. Bxa6 h5 41. Bb7 Rf1+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. a6 h4 44. Bc6 Bg4 45. d7 h3 46. a7 Bxd7 47. a8Q Rxa8 48. Bxa8 g5 49. Ke3 g4 50. Kf4 Be6 51. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House Rapid m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Be2 f6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Nb3 Nf7 9. exf6 exf6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Re1 f5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nd6 15. c5 Nde4 16. Bh2 Nd7 17. Nf3 b6 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Bf1 Bf8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 bxc5 22. f3 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Ng5 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Na5 Qf7 26. Re1 Qd7 27. h4 Nf7 28. h5 Bb4 29. Bc3 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Bb6 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Re6 Nh8 34. g3 Qh7+ 35. Kg2 Nf7 36. Bf6 c5 37. Qd2 d4 38. Bc4 Rf8 39. Re7 Qh5 40. Qe2 g5 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Nxc5 14. Bc2 b6 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Ne4 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxe6 Rae8 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. f5 Nh4 24. Qd3 Nxg2 25. Rd1 Qh4 26. f6 g6 27. Nxf8 Ne3 28. Qxg6+ fxg6 29. f7+ Kxf8 30. fxe8Q+ Kxe8 31. Rde1 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Hart House m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Qf3 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. f5 e5 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bd8 19. Kh1 a5 20. c3 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. c4 Re8 23. Ba4 e4 24. Qe2 Re7 25. Bd4 Kh8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Rf4 Re5 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Qxh7 Bb6 31. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. g4 Bd7 9. f4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 Nd4 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. 0-0 Re8 14. Ng3 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd5 bxa4 17. h4 Bb5 18. Rf2 c6 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Qg4 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qb6 22. Kh2 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. exf5 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3 26. f6 Bf8 27. Be4 Qf2+ 28. Kh3 Bc4 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxc4 Ra7 31. Qg4 Qxc2 32. Nce4 Qb3 33. Rf1 Rb8 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. g6 Qe6+ 36. Rf5 fxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qh5+ Rh7 39. Qxh7+ Kxh7 40. Ng5+ Kh6 41. Nxe6 Bd6 42. Rg5 Rb3 43. f7 Rf3 44. Kg4 Rxf7 45. Nf5+ Kh7 46. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Hart House m"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. a5 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Qb1 c6 13. Qa2 Rd8 14. Bb6 Rd4 15. 0-0 c5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Rad1 Qd6 21. g4 Bd7 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Qe4 f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Qh4 Bxc2 26. Rc1 b3 27. Qg4 Rc3 28. Qa4 Bf8 29. Rfd1 Rxh3 30. Rxc2 bxc2 31. Qxc2 e4 32. Bc7 Qd7 33. Qxe4 Bd6 34. Bb6 Kf7 35. Be3 Rh5 36. Kf1 Qf5 37. Qxf5+ Rxf5 38. Rb1 Rxd5 39. Rxb7+ Ke6 40. Rb6 Rxa5 41. Bf4 Rd5 42. Rxa6 g5 43. Bh2 h5 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Ra5 Bxh2 46. Rxg5 Bf4 47. Rxh5 Kf6 48. Rb5 Be5 49. Ra5 Kf5 50. Ra8 Ke4 51. Ra4+ Bd4 52. Ra8 Rd2 53. Re8+ Kd3 54. Rf8 Ke2 55. Re8+ Kd1 56. Rf8 Re2 57. Kf1 Kd2 58. Rf4 Re1+ 59. Kg2 Kd3 60. Rf8 Re7 61. Kf3 Bb6 62. Rf6 Rb7 63. Rf8 Rg7 64. Rf6 Ba7 65. Rf8 Kd2 66. Ke4 Bc5 67. Rd8+ Kc3 68. f4 Kc4 69. f5 Re7+ 70. Kf4 Be3+ 71. Kg4 Rg7+ 72. Kf3 Bd4 73. Ke4 Rg4+ 74. Kf3 Rg1 75. Ke4 Re1+ 76. Kf4 Be5+ 77. Kf3 Kc5 78. Rd7 Bd6 79. Ra7 Kd4 80. Ra5 Be5 81. Ra4+ Kd5 82. Ra5+ Kd6 83. Ra6+ Kc5 84. Ra5+ Kd4 85. Ra4+ Kd3 86. Ra3+ Bc3 87. Kf4 Kc4 88. Ra8 Bd2+ 89. Kf3 Bb4 90. Rd8 Ba5 91. Ra8 Bb6 92. Ra2 Kd5 93. Re2 Rg1 94. Rg2 Rf1+ 95. Kg4 Ke4 96. Rb2 Bd4 97. Rb5 Rg1+ 98. Kh5 Be5 99. Kh4 Kxf5 100. Kh3 Rg3+ 101. Kh4 Ra3 102. Rd5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2024.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Qc2 e6 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Rad1 Rac8 13. e4 c5 14. d5 e5 15. Nb5 Nh5 16. g3 Rce8 17. Rfe1 Ndf6 18. Nh4 Bc8 19. Bc1 h6 20. Bf3 Kh7 21. Qe2 Rg8 22. Rd3 Bf8 23. Bg2 Qd8 24. Rf1 Ng7 25. Nf3 Nfh5 26. Na7 Bd7 27. Qd2 g5 28. Nc6 Qf6 29. Bb2 Qg6 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Nfxe5 Qd6 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. e5 f6 34. e6 Qd6 35. Qc2 f5 36. Re1 Qc7 37. d6 Bxd6 38. Qd1 Rd8 39. Nxd8 Rxd8 40. Re2 Nf6 41. Red2 Nfe8 42. Qe2 Kg8 43. Bf3 g4 44. Bd5 Be7 45. Bg2 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 Nf6 47. Rd1 Kh7 48. f4 Kg6 49. Qe5 Nge8 50. Bf1 Bd6 51. Qe2 Ne4 52. Qd3 N8f6 53. Bg2 Qe7 54. Bxe4 Nxe4 55. Qd5 Qg7 56. Qa8 Kf6 57. Rd5 Kg6 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. Qd7 Be7 60. Re5 h5 61. Qe8 Kh6 62. Qb8 Bd6 63. Qxb6 Qe7 64. Rxf5 Qg7 65. Re5 Bxe5 66. e7+ Bd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Rd1 Kh8 12. Bd5 Qe8 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nf6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. d5 Qb5 19. Bd4 Nh5 20. Bxg7+ Nxg7 21. Qc3 Re7 22. Qf6 Rfe8 23. Rac1 Kg8 24. g4 Qe2 25. Kg2 h5 26. Qf3 Qb5 27. b3 Qd7 28. g5 Re5 29. h4 c5 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Nc4 Rxe4 32. Nxd6 Rg4+ 33. Kf1 Rxh4 34. Nxe8 Qxe8 35. Qxc6 Qe5 36. Qd5 Qf4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qa8 Ne6 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Be3 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Ne2 cxd5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Ne5 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Qf4 f6 22. Be4 Rd4 23. c3 Rd6 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb6 26. Qd2 Rf7 27. Qe2 Re7 28. h3 Qc5 29. Qc2 f5 30. Bd5 h5 31. Bb3 Qe3 32. Qd2 Qg3 33. Qd6 Qh4 34. Qd4 Qf6 35. Re1 f4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 Qa5 9. Bd2 d6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bg7 19. f5 a6 20. Nc3 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. f6 Qd8 23. Qf4 Kh8 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf6 26. Rae1 Be5 27. b3 f5 28. Qf3 Qf6 29. g4 f4 30. Rg1 Qg5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Bd4 33. Rgf1 Be5 34. Re2 Rf7 35. Ree1 Qd8 36. Rh1 Qh4 37. Re2 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Ra7 41. Ra2 c4 42. a5 c3 43. a6 Qe7 44. Qd3 Qg5 45. Rb1 Qe7 46. Ra3 Kh6 47. h4 Qd7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Rab3 Qa4 50. Rb7+ Rxb7 51. axb7 c2 52. b8Q cxb1Q 53. Qbxb1 Qa7 54. h5 Kf6 55. hxg6 h5 56. Qf5+ Kg7 57. Qf7+ Kh6 58. g5+ Kxg5 59. Qbf5+ Kh4 60. Qxa7 Bf6 61. Qf2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Abbasov, Vusal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 a5 13. a4 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. f4 Rde8 17. Rf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Rh3 Qc5 21. Nf3 f6 22. c4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rf5 24. Qd3 g6 25. Rg3 Ref8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qa6 Qe7 28. Re1 Nc5 29. Qe2 Nxb3 30. h3 Nc5 31. Nd4 Rf4 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. Qb5 Ne4 34. Rge3 Rc8 35. Nxa5 Qc2 36. Qd7 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 Rh4 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qxh4 Ne4 41. Rxe4 dxe4 42. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Koellner, Ruben Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. h3 d5 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Kd8 11. Bg5+ Be7 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. Bc4 Be6 14. 0-0-0+ Ke8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rhe1 Rf8 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rxe4 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 21. Re2 Rf1 22. Kc3 g5 23. a4 a5 24. Kc4 Rf4+ 25. Kb5 Rb4+ 26. Kxa5 Rxb2 27. Rf2 h5 28. Rf3 Rxc2 29. Rg3 Rc5+ 30. Kb4 Rxe5 31. Rc3 Kd6 32. Rf3 Rf5 33. Rd3+ Rd5 34. Rf3 h4 35. g3 hxg3 36. Rxg3 b6 37. Rg4 Ke7 38. h4 gxh4 39. Rxh4 Rd4+ 40. Rxd4 c5+ 41. Kc4 cxd4 42. Kxd4 Kd6 43. Kc4 e5 44. Kb5 Kc7 45. Kb4 Kb7 46. Kb5 e4 47. Kc4 Ka6 48. Kd4 Ka5 49. Kxe4 Kxa4 50. Kd3 Kb3 51. Kd2 b5 52. Kc1 Ka2 53. Kc2 b4 54. Kc1 b3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Urbina Perez, Juan Antonio"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 a5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nfd2 e5 10. e4 Bd7 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nc4 b6 13. Nca3 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. c4 Rad8 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. Nab5 Qb7 19. Ba3 Nc5 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nd5 f5 22. Rb1 Kh8 23. Qd2 f4 24. f3 fxg3 25. hxg3 h5 26. Nxb4 Bd7 27. Nd5 Be6 28. Qc2 Bg8 29. Rbd1 Ne6 30. Ndc3 Qe7 31. Rd2 Qg5 32. Ne2 h4 33. gxh4 Qxh4 34. Qd3 Qxe1+ 35. Kh2 Nf4 36. Nxf4 Rxf4 37. Nxd6 Rh4+ 38. Bh3 Rf8 39. Rg2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Toronto Crown op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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 e5 4. c3 Bd6 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 0-0 12. Nc3 b5 13. Bb3 Be5 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rab8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Qd2 h6 20. Be3 Qf6 21. f4 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Ba3 23. e5 Qe7 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Bxh6 Rb6 26. Be3 Bb4 27. Qd4 Ba5 28. Kh1 Re8 29. Qe4 Qf6 30. Bxb6 Bxb6 31. Rfc1 d6 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Rc1 Qg5 35. Rf1 Kg8 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qb7+ Kg8 38. Qxb6 Nc4 39. Qxa6 Ne3 40. Rf2 Ng4 41. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Crown op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Lu, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 h6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. c4 Bd7 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Nd2 Rbe8 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. c5 Be7 17. Bf3 Qh7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Nc3 f5 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. c3 Kh8 22. Rb2 Qg8 23. Bg2 f4 24. Bc1 Qf7 25. Be4 Bc5 26. gxf4 Be6 27. Nxb6 cxb6 28. Bxc6 Rd8 29. Be4 exf4 30. Qf3 g5 31. d4 Ba3 32. Rxb6 Bxc1 33. Rxc1 g4 34. Qd3 Bc4 35. Rxh6+ Kg8 36. Qd1 f3 37. Rb1 Qf4 38. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto Crown op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Bora, Safal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c4 c6 8. b3 h6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. Ne5 0-0 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qc7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rfd8 20. Kg2 Qa5 21. Qc2 b5 22. c5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Bc3 b4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bxb4 Qd5+ 27. Kh3 Qf3 28. Qc4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Bd2 Kf8 31. Bxg5 Bxg5 32. b4 Kg7 33. a4 Qf5+ 34. Kg2 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Toronto Crown op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Singh Dhaliwal, Jaipreet"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. c3 Rad8 12. Be4 Qd7 13. 0-0 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Qc4+ Be6 16. Qa4 Bd5 17. Rd1 Qe6 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Crown op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laksshana, Deepak"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 0-0 5. Bb2 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 a5 8. c4 a4 9. bxa4 e5 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Re1 h5 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nf3 Ra5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. e4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Rc1 f5 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxa4 23. e5 Rxa2 24. Qb3 Raa8 25. e6 Qe7 26. Rc2 b6 27. Qb5 Qh4 28. Rd1 Re7 29. Rc4 Qe4 30. Bc3 Ra2 31. Rd2 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Rxd2 33. Ra4 Qe2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Qxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Toronto Crown op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Malakar, Saarthak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. e5 Ng4 19. Bg1 Nd3 20. Be4 Qc4 21. Qe2 Bb4 22. b3 Qxc3 23. Qxg4 f5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Bxg6 Re6 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. f5 Qd8 28. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abrahams, Daniel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5 Na5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. b3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nf3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1 Re8 16. e3 Ndb4 17. Qe2 Qd3 18. Rfe1 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Nd3 20. Na4 Nxc1 21. Bxc1 Rad8 22. Re1 Nb4 23. Ng5 Bf5 24. Bxb7 Nc2 25. Rf1 Bd3 26. Rd1 Be2 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bb2 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Bf1+ 30. Kf3 Ne1+ 31. Kf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Calugar, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. h4 h6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Rb1 Nb6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qc2 c6 12. c4 e5 13. d3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne4 Nd7 16. Ba3 c5 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Nb5 Qa5 19. Bb2 a6 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. Nd6 b6 22. Qa4 Qc7 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nd2 a5 25. Rb3 e4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. dxe4 f4 28. Qa3 Ne5 29. Qb2 Kh7 30. Rb1 fxg3 31. Rxg3 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nxc4 33. Qc1 Ne5 34. f4 Nd7 35. e5 Rf7 36. e6 Rxf4 37. exd7 Rd4 38. Qe3 Qxd7 39. Rf1 Re8 40. Qf2 Re7 41. h5 g5 42. e3 Rd2 43. Qf6 Qd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Rgf3 Kg7 46. e4 Rd2 47. a3 b5 48. Rf5 Rc2 49. R1f2 Rc1+ 50. Rf1 Rc2 51. e5 b4 52. axb4 cxb4 53. e6 Re2 54. Bd5 a4 55. Rf7+ Rxf7 56. Rxf7+ Kh8 57. e7 b3 58. Rf8+ Kg7 59. e8Q Rxe8 60. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Golubka, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. h4 h5 6. Be2 Ba6 7. Bd2 Bxe2 8. Ncxe2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nh6 10. Ng3 g6 11. Qg5 c5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. 0-0 Ng4 16. Rfe1 Ke7 17. c3 a5 18. b3 Rd7 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Rae1 a4 21. bxa4 Ra7 22. c4 Rxa4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rc2 c4 25. Ne2 Nb4 26. Rb2 Rxa2 27. Reb1 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Nc6 29. Rxb8 Nxb8 30. Ned4 Kd7 31. Ng5 Nxe5 32. f4 Nbc6 33. Nb5 f6 34. Nh7 Ng4 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Nc3 Nb4 37. Ke2 d4 38. Ne4 c3 39. Nc5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Meneses, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a4 Qc7 12. d4 b6 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. a5 bxa5 15. b3 Nd5 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxa5 Bb4 19. Rb5 Qe7 20. Nc6 Qd6 21. Nxb4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Nd3 Qf6 24. Qe5 Qg6 25. Qg5 Ba6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Rc5 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 a5 29. Ra1 Rfd8 30. Kf1 f6 31. Rc5 e5 32. Rcxa5 Rac8 33. Rc5 Rb8 34. b4 e4 35. Nf4 Rxb4 36. Nxg6 Kh7 37. Nf4 Rd2 38. Ke1 Rbd4 39. h4 e3 40. fxe3 Re4 41. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 0-0 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Ba5 7. e5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Ne4 9. 0-0 d6 10. Bf3 Bf5 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nc5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. Nxb7 Nxb7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Bf3 Kf8 20. b3 Bxc2 21. Rd2 Bf5 22. Rfd1 a5 23. Rd5 Rbe8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. g4 Be6 26. Kg2 g5 27. Rd4 Ke7 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 h6 30. Kf3 a4 31. bxa4 Bxa2 32. a5 Bc4 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Bd3 Bd5 35. a6 Kc6 36. Be4 Bxe4 37. Kxe4 Kb6 38. Kd5 Kxa6 39. Kc6 Ka5 40. Kxc7 Kb5 41. Kd6 Kc4 42. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 exd4 13. g4 Bg6 14. cxd4 h6 15. Rb3 Na5 16. Rbe3 Nc4 17. R3e2 Bb4 18. Rf1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. c3 Bd6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Nh4 Bh7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Re8 25. Qe2 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 c6 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Bf4 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 b5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke2 g6 34. Kd3 h5 35. c4 a6 36. e4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Bd2 Bg7 39. Bb4+ Kd7 40. Bc5 Bh6 41. Kc3 Kc7 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. a4 Kc7 44. Kb4 Bd2+ 45. Kb3 Bf4 46. axb5 cxb5 47. cxb5 axb5 48. Bb4 Kc6 49. Bc3 Bd6 50. Ba1 Bf8 51. Bc3 Be7 52. Be1 Bf6 53. Bf2 Bg7 54. Be3 Bf8 55. Bd2 Be7 56. Bc3 Bf8 57. Bb2 Be7 58. Bc1 Bf8 59. Bg5 Bg7 60. Be3 Bf6 61. Kb4 Be7+ 62. Ka5 Bf8 63. Bd2 Be7 64. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tamkan, Ekrem"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Re1 Bd7 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bc4 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Kg7 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qb4 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Nd7 23. c4 a5 24. Re2 Nc5 25. Rde1 f6 26. Kh2 Rd7 27. g3 Rde7 28. Re3 f5 29. f3 Kf6 30. Kg2 f4 31. R3e2 g5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Rg3 35. Rh1 e4 36. fxe4 Nxe4+ 37. Ke1 Ke5 38. Rf1 f3 39. Rh2 Kd4 40. Kd1 f2 41. Kc1 Kc3 42. Rd1 Re3 43. Rhh1 Nc5 44. Kb1 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "Toronto Candidates Blitz op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Nh3 b5 7. Ng5 e6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. f3 Nc6 12. c3 Bd7 13. a5 0-0 14. Qd2 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfb8 16. 0-0 Nh7 17. g4 Nf6 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Kh1 f6 20. Nh3 e5 21. Nf2 f5 22. Bc4+ Kh7 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Rg1 exd4 25. cxd4 Rh8 26. Bd5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Nf6 28. Nf4 Nxd5 29. exd5 Kg7 30. Nxg6 Qf6 31. Nxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rag1 Be8 33. dxc6 f4 34. Ne4 Qh6 35. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Saha, Ananda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. h4 Bxf4 9. exf4 c5 10. c3 a5 11. g4 Ba6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Ndf3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 f6 16. 0-0-0 Nc6 17. Rhe1 c4 18. Qe3 f5 19. Rg1 b5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Rg4 h6 22. Rdg1 Rf7 23. Rg6 Ne7 24. Rxe6 Nf5 25. Qb6 b4 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rb6 bxc3 28. bxc3 d4 29. e6 Re7 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. f5 Rf4 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rf8 Rxf2 35. Re1 c3 36. Re3 c2 37. Rc8 Rxf5 38. Kxc2 Rf6 39. Rc6 Rf4 40. Rc5 Rxh4 41. Rxa5 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 Rc6 43. Rae5 Ra6 44. Re2 g5 45. Kc4 Kg6 46. Kb5 Ra3 47. Kb4 Rd3 48. a4 g4 49. a5 Rd8 50. a6 h5 51. Kc5 g3 52. R5e4 Kf6 53. Rf4+ Kg6 54. Re3 Kh6 55. Rf6+ Kg7 56. Rf1 Kh6 57. Rh1 Rg8 58. Kd6 g2 59. Rg1 Ra7 60. Ra3 h4 61. Ra2 h3 62. Ra3 Rxa6+ 63. Rxa6 h2 64. Raa1 Rd8+ 65. Kc7 hxg1Q 66. Rb1 Qf1 67. Rxf1 Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Noritsyn, Sergey"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. 0-0 e6 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bf4 b5 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bb7 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Rad1 c5 13. c4 Qc7 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nb6 16. Bc2 Nxc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bg5 Ned5 19. Rde1 Nd7 20. h4 Nc3 21. Qf4 Nd5 22. Qe4 Rae8 23. h5 f5 24. exf6 N7xf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Nd5 28. Rg5 Bh6 29. Re5 Bf4 30. Ree1 gxh5 31. g3 Bh6 32. Kg2 Rf6 33. Rh1 Nc3 34. Rxh5 Ref8 35. Kh3 Nxa2 36. Nh2 Rxf2 37. Rxe6 Rxc2 38. Rexh6 Rff2 39. Ng4 Rf1 40. Nh2 Rh1 41. Kg4 Nc1 42. Rf6 Kg7 43. Rhf5 Rcxh2 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46. R8f7+ Kg8 47. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Sai, Krishna GV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Qf6 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 Bb6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 Qh4 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Nd2 Qh4 17. Qf3 f5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Qg3 Qa4 20. Nc4 Raf8 21. Re2 Bh5 22. Rd2 Ba5 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Rb1 Qxc3 25. Rxb7 Nd4 26. Rxa7 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Kh2 R8f6 29. Ra4 Qa1 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rg6+ 32. Kf1 Rh5 33. h4 Rg2 34. Re2 Rh2 35. Ke1 R5xh4 36. Ra7 Rh1+ 37. Kd2 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 Ra1 39. c4 e4 40. d4 Rhh1 41. d5 h5 42. c5 h4 43. d6 cxd6 44. c6 h3 45. c7 Rae1+ 46. Kd2 Rc1 47. Bf4 Kh7 48. a4 Rc6 49. a5 h2 50. a6 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stevens, Christian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rad8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nf4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. 0-0 c5 18. a3 e4 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qxh3 21. Bg2 Qh5 22. Rfc1 Nc7 23. d4 Ne6 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qe4 27. Qf6 h6 28. Qh4 Qf5 29. Qh1 Ng5 30. Qd5 Qg4 31. Rac1 Re8 32. Rc4 Qe2 33. Kg2 Rxe3 34. Rd2 Qf3+ 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. b4 Rxa3 37. bxc5 Ne6 38. Rb2 Ra5 39. Rxb7 Rxc5 40. Rxc5 Nxc5 41. Rxa7 Kg7 42. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Qd2 b5 7. 0-0-0 Bb7 8. f3 Nd7 9. Nh3 e6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. d5 Ngf6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. g3 Ne5 14. Qf2 0-0 15. Bh3 Kh8 16. Nxe6 b4 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne4 20. Qg2 Nxf3 21. Rd3 Qe5 22. Rb3 Nc3 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. Qd2 Nde2+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Na3 a6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qh4 f6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxa2 18. Qa4+ b5 19. Rxa2 bxa4 20. Kf1 e5 21. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Doknjas, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Re8 7. d3 d5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qd7 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Ng5 Ba5 12. c3 Bb6 1-0

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 a5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 a4 9. Qc1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nc3 axb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Ne1 e4 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 e3 18. f4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Nd5 Nfxd5 21. cxd5 Bf5 22. Qc1 b6 23. Nc2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxg7 Qd2 26. Qa1 Qxe2 27. Qa8+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Kh1 Na5 13. Qf3 Nc4 14. f5 Re8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 Bc5 17. Rad1 Nxb2 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. a3 Ba5 20. g4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc3 22. Rdd1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qb6 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bd7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qd5+ Be6 28. fxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bd6+ Kg6 30. Qf5+ Qxf5 31. gxf5+ Kf7 32. c4 Rad8 33. c5 Rd7 34. Rf3 b6 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kg3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Li, William"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 b5 8. cxb5 axb5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Ng3 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 0-0 15. Bxb5 Rb8 16. a4 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Nd2 h3 20. 0-0 hxg2 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Bg5 Qb6+ 23. Qe3 d4 24. Qd3 Nh5 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. Rac1 f5 27. Nd6 fxe4 28. Qxe4 Nf4 29. h4 Bd5 30. Bc4 d3+ 31. Kh2 g1Q+ 32. Rxg1 Rxb2+ 33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Bxf4 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 217 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Nh3 b5 7. Ng5 Bb7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. 0-0-0 e6 11. a3 Qe7 12. f4 Rd8 13. f5 Ng4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bd3 0-0 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxg6 Ndf6 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rxd4 20. Qxe5 Nd5 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Ne3 25. Rd7 Rf6 26. Bxh5 Bxg2 27. Rxc7 Rf1+ 28. Ka2 Nxc2 29. Bg6 Ne3 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bd3 Rf6 32. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Rb8 9. b3 d5 10. c5 Be7 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Be6 13. f3 Qd7 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Bf5 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Re1 Bg6 20. g3 Qf8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Qa5 Qf6 25. Qxc7 Qxd4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movahed, Sina"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d5 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Qc2 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. c5 Qc7 14. Rb2 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Ra1 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Rf7 22. Ne2 g5 23. Nc1 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Rb1 Nd7 28. Re1 Qb8 29. Raa1 Rf5 30. Nf2 Nf6 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Re2 Bc8 33. Rae1 Kf7 34. Nf2 Nf6 35. Ng4 Rg8 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Nxf5 exf5 38. Re5 Qc7 39. Qd2 Nh5 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. Rxg8 Kxg8 42. Re5 Kf7 43. Qe1 Qd8 44. Bd3 Qf6 45. Qa1 Ng7 46. Qa7+ Kg6 47. Qc7 Ba6 48. h4 Qxh4 49. Qxc6+ Kg5 50. Qxa6 Nh5 51. Rxf5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Ba7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. g4 h6 14. 0-0-0 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Rhg1 Bb7 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. f5 e5 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Be2 Nf6 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qxf6 Rg8 26. Na5 Ba8 27. Rxd6 Qxa5 28. Rd7 Rg7 29. h5 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rg1+ 31. Nd1 Qa2+ 32. Kc1 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qxd1+ 34. Ke3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Arabidze, Meri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 d6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. Nb3 h5 12. g3 Be7 13. Bh3 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. e5 Ng4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bd4 Qxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Kxc2 Ba4 25. Re3 Rxh2+ 26. Ned2 f6 27. Kb1 Kf7 28. Rc1 Bb4 29. Nc4 Kg6 30. Nbxa5 Bxa5 31. Nxa5 Rg2 32. Nc4 Bc6 33. Bc3 Bd5 34. Nd2 Rf2 35. Ne4 Rg2 36. Nc5 Rc8 37. Nxe6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxg3 39. Re4 Rf3 40. Rg1 g3 41. Re7 Kf5 42. Rxg7 Kxf4 43. Bxf6 Ke3 44. R7xg3 Kf2 45. Rxf3+ Kxf3 46. Rc1 Rf8 47. Rc6 Ke4 48. Bc3 Kd5 49. Rh6 Rf1+ 50. Ka2 Kc4 51. Rh4+ Kd3 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Rd4+ Ke2 54. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Eynullayev, Atilla Elshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 0-0 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 a6 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. Ne2 b5 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxb8 Qxb8 18. Bf4 Bc7 19. Rc1 c4 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. a4 Ba6 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qc5 Bb6 26. Qd6 Bd4 27. Qxb8 Rxb8 28. Bf1 c3 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxc3 h5 31. Rb3 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Rc1 Kd7 34. Ke2 g5 35. f3 f6 36. h3 Bb6 37. Kd3 Bf2 38. g4 h4 39. Kc4 Rb8 40. Rd1+ Bd4 41. Rxd4+ exd4 42. Kxd4 Rb5 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Ra3 Re5 45. Ra6+ Kb7 46. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Garakov, Mikhael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 a6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nh7 17. Qg3 Qd8 18. h5 Ne5 19. b3 Nc6 20. Na4 Rb8 21. Qf2 Bh4 22. Qh2 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 24. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weetik, Vjacheslav"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2023.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nh3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 a6 9. b3 b5 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 g5 16. e4 h6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. Nf2 Nf8 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. f4 g4 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. h3 h5 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Kf2 Rh7 27. Qb1 Kg7 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Qxh1 Qc7 30. Ne5 Rh8 31. Qb1 Qd8 32. Re1 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Be6 34. Bd4 Nf8 35. Rh1 Nh7 36. Rh4 Qe8 37. Qh1 Qg6 38. Ke3 Kg8 39. Kd2 Qg7 40. Rh6 Nf8 41. Rxh8+ Qxh8 42. Qxh8+ Kxh8 43. Bf1 Kg7 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. Bd3 Bd7 46. Be2 Ne6 47. Bd3 Ng7 48. Be2 Nh5 49. Kf2 Be6 50. Bd3 Kf7 51. Be2 Ke8 52. Bd3 Kd7 53. Be2 Ke7 54. Bd3 Bd7 55. Be2 Ke6 56. Bd3 Ng7 57. Be2 Ne8 58. Bd3 Nc7 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Be2 Kg6 61. Bd3 Ne6 62. Be2 Be8 63. Bf1 Bf7 64. Bg2 Ng7 65. Bf1 Be8 66. Bd3 Ne6 67. Bf1 Nf8 68. Bd3 Nd7 69. Bf1 Nb8 70. Bd3 Na6 71. Bf1 Nc7 72. Bd3 Ne6 73. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN Transnational Classic"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. 0-0 Bd6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. a4 Bc7 8. Bc4 d6 9. Be3 h6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Ne7 12. Bb3 b6 13. Nh4 d5 14. Qh5 Kh7 15. exd5 f5 16. a5 Rb8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 f4 19. Bd2 Rb7 20. Rxb7 Bxb7 21. c4 g6 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Bc3 g5 24. Nf3 Ng6 25. Bc2 Re8 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. d4 cxd4 28. Nxd4 g4 29. Ra1 g3 30. Ra7 Re7 31. Nc6 gxf2+ 32. Kf1 Rg7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. f4 b5 9. Bb3 0-0 10. Be3 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Rf1 Qd8 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Bf5 g6 20. Bxg6 Qg8 21. Be4 Rf8 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. e6 Nde5 24. e7 Nxe7 25. Nxe7 Qg7 26. Nf5 Qd7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qe8 1-0

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. Be2 h6 11. g4 c6 12. h4 a4 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rg3 cxd5 21. cxd5 b5 22. Kf1 Rfc8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Kg2 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bb5 28. Bd2 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qxc4 Bxc4 31. Rc3 Bb5 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Rb8 Ba4 34. Ra8 Bb5 35. f3 f6 36. Rb8 Ba4 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Ra7 Bb5 40. Ra5 Be8 41. Ra8 Bb5 42. gxf6 Nxf6 43. Bh6 Nd7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Bxf8 Nxf8 46. Kg4 Nd7 47. Kg5 Be2 48. Ra2 Bb5 49. Rh2 Kg7 50. Rb2 Ba6 51. Ra2 Bb5 52. Ra5 Be2 53. Ra7 Bb5 54. Rb7 Ba4 55. Rb4 Bd1 56. Rb1 Bc2 57. Rc1 Ba4 58. Rc7 Kf7 59. Kh6 Kf6 60. Rc1 Bb5 61. Rg1 Nf8 62. Rb1 Be2 63. Rb2 Bd1 64. Rd2 Ba4 65. Ra2 Bd1 66. Ra6+ Kf7 67. Ra1 Be2 68. Ra2 Bd1 69. Rd2 Ba4 70. Rh2 Kf6 71. Rf2 Nd7 72. Ra2 Bb5 73. Rg2 Nf8 74. Rb2 Ba4 75. Rb8 Kf7 76. Kg5 Nh7+ 77. Kg4 Bd7+ 78. Kg3 g5 79. Rb7 Nf6 80. Ra7 Nh5+ 81. Kf2 Ke7 82. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Korley, Kassa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. a3 h6 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 d3 22. exd3 Nd4 23. Re1 R6d7 24. Rac1 Qf6 25. Re3 g6 26. Rce1 Kg7 27. Re8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Ne6 29. Rc8 Qa1+ 30. Bf1 Qf6 31. h4 Nd4 32. Re8 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nd2 34. Qc5 Qc6+ 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Be2 Nb1 37. a4 Nc3 38. Bf3 Rc7 39. a5 c5 40. bxc5 Rxc5 41. a6 Kf6 42. d4 Ra5 43. Bb7 Na4 44. d5 Nb6 45. d6 Ra2 46. Bf3 Rd2 47. Re7 Rxd6 48. Rxa7 Na4 49. Be2 Rd2 50. Bc4 1-0

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 h5 8. h4 Be6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Rb1 f5 13. Qc1 Qa6 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Bf1 b5 16. c3 Ne4 17. Bd3 Qb7 18. Kf1 a5 19. Kg2 a4 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Rbe1 0-0 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. f3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rfe8 25. Rhf1 Bxf4 26. exf4 Bd7 27. Re5 Qd6 28. Rfe1 Kf8 29. Kf2 f6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qe3+ Kd8 33. Kg2 Qe6 34. Qxe6 Bxe6 35. Kf2 Kc7 36. Ke3 Kb6 37. Kd2 Ka5 38. g4 Kb6 39. g5 fxg5 40. fxg5 Bd7 41. Bc2 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kf4 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bd7 45. Ke3 Bc8 46. Bc2 Bd7 47. Kf4 Bc8 48. b3 axb3 49. Bxb3 Ba6 50. Bc2 Ke6 51. Bd1 Kd6 52. Bb3 Bb7 53. Bc2 Bc8 54. Ke3 Ba6 55. Kd2 Bc8 56. Bd3 Bd7 57. Kc2 Be8 58. Kc1 Bd7 59. Bc2 Bc8 60. Kb2 Bd7 61. a4 bxa4 62. Bxa4 f4 63. Bc2 Be8 64. Kb3 c5 65. Ka3 cxd4 66. cxd4 Kc7 67. Ba4 Bf7 68. Kb4 Kb6 69. Bd7 Kc7 70. Ba4 Kb6 71. Bb5 Be6 72. Bd3 Bf7 73. Bc2 Be8 74. Bd3 Bf7 75. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nd2 b6 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 dxc4 12. b3 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nb2 Nfd7 18. Nbxc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bf6 21. Rb1 Ne5 22. Qa6 c4 23. Ba3 Re8 24. d6 c3 25. Rb7 c2 26. Rc1 Rc3 27. Qa4 Nc4 28. d7 Re6 29. Bb4 Nb2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Nd3 32. Rb8 Nxb4 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Rc8 Re1+ 35. Bf1 Nc6 36. Rxc6 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Bb5 Rd1 39. Rc2 Rd6 40. f4 Ba5 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. Rc8 Bd8 43. a4 Rxh2 44. Rc1 Rh6 45. f5 Rb6 46. Re1+ Kd6 47. Rd1+ Ke7 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. Rd1+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Johnson, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Nxc5 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Na4 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f4 fxe5 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 f5 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Rf3 exf4 20. exf4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Kf7 22. g4 Ne4 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rg1 Bd7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rfg3 Ke8 27. Rg7 Rc8 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Qg6+ Kd8 30. Qe6 Rf6 31. Rdxd7+ Kc8 32. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ouellet, Maili Jade"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qa5 8. Nc1 cxd4 9. Nb3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxe3 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Qd3 Bh6 15. f4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Rb1 e5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd6 Bg7 20. Rb7 exf4 21. Qxf4 Rad8 22. g4 Rd2 23. Rb8 h6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qxe3 Rxa2 26. Rg1 Be5 27. Bd1 Rxh2 28. Be2 Nf6 29. Qxa7 Nxe4 30. Qe3 f5 31. Bf3 Bxc3+ 32. Kd1 Rd2+ 33. Qxd2 Nxd2 34. Bxc6 Bxg4+ 35. Kc2 Bb4 36. Ra1 Ne4 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. Rb1 Bc5 39. Rb5 Bf2 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Rf7+ Ke5 42. Bxe4 Kxe4 43. Rc7 h5 44. c5 Kd5 45. c6 h4 46. Rg7 Kxc6 47. Rxg6+ Kd5 48. Kd3 h3 49. Rh6 Ke5 0-1

