[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. a4 Bd6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. c3 a5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Rd3 Rad8 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Bd3 Rd7 19. Rf1 Rfd8 20. Bc1 Nh7 21. Bc4 Rd6 22. Rh3 Rf6 23. Bb3 Kg8 24. Rh5 g5 25. h4 Rg6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. g3 Kg7 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Rxg5 Rh8 30. Qf3 Qd7 31. Rf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Postnikov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Nb5 Nf5 8. Bd3 a6 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 0-0 13. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Parpiev, Isaak"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 0-0 9. h3 h6 10. a4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 d5 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Be3 Qe8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nbd2 Qh5 17. Rfe1 Ne7 18. Nf1 c6 19. Ng3 Qg6 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Qd1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nh5 24. Nxh5 Qxh5 25. Qa7 Rxf3 26. Qd7 Rf6 27. Qxd6 Ng6 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qe8 Qh4 30. Ra1 dxe4 31. Qxc6 exd3 32. Qxb5 e4 33. Ra4 Nf4 34. g3 Nxh3+ 35. Kg2 Qg4 36. Qd7 Qf3+ 37. Kxh3 Qh1+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Kataev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 Qa5 10. f4 Nh6 11. Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nf5 13. Bf2 d6 14. g4 Nh6 15. exd6 Bxg4 16. dxe7 Rfe8 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Rg1 Bf3 19. Bc4 Nxe7 20. Rg5 Nd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. h3 Nh5 10. g4 Nf4 11. Nxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 h6 13. Bg3 g5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Re1 f5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qd6 18. Re3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Bxf5 Nf4 21. Qc2 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qd7 23. Rae1 Rxf5 24. Re7 Nxh3+ 25. Kh2 Qd6+ 26. Kxh3 Raf8 27. Re8 Qf4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Kg2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. h4 0-0 14. Bf4 Rfc8 15. h5 h6 16. g4 Nb4 17. Re2 Qb5 18. Rd2 f6 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qb1 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qe8 23. Qd3 Qf7 24. Re2 Rc6 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Qg6 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rc4 31. Rd2 b5 32. Ke2 a5 33. Rc2 Qd7 34. b3 Rxd4 35. Rc7 Re4+ 36. Kd3 Qxc7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kulnev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Bxc5 Qc7 12. Qb3 Qxc5 13. Qxb7 Bc6 14. Qc7 Na6 15. Qf4 e5 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Ng4 18. Nd1 Bh6 19. Nh4 e4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 77th"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2025.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB28_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Be2 c6 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Na4 Qe7 13. Nb6 Ra6 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4 17. Bxg4 Rf8 18. h5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bh6 20. Be2 c4 21. hxg6 Kg7 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. a4 Qb4 25. Rxh6 Kxh6 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qc3 Qe7 28. gxf7 Rxf7 29. 0-0-0 Rb8 30. f3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Estrada Nieto, Julian"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nd5 d6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. d3 b5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 b4 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. a3 bxc3 18. bxc3 f6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Qc2 Ne6 22. Qa4 Kh8 23. Rfc1 Bf7 24. Bf1 g6 25. Nh6 Kg7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bh6 Rfc8 28. d4 exd4 29. cxd4 Nexd4 30. Bc4+ Ke7 31. g5 Ne5 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34. Ba6 Rd8 35. Kf1 Ne5 36. h4 Nef3 37. Bf4 Ke7 38. Bg3 Nd2+ 39. Kg2 Rxb1 40. Rc3 Rb3 41. Rc1 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Estrada Nieto, Julian"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nd5 d6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. d3 b5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 b4 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. a3 bxc3 18. bxc3 f6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Qc2 Ne6 22. Qa4 Kh8 23. Rfc1 Bf7 24. Bf1 g6 25. Nh6 Kg7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bh6 Rfc8 28. d4 exd4 29. cxd4 Nexd4 30. Bc4+ Ke7 31. g5 Ne5 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34. Ba6 Rd8 35. Kf1 Ne5 36. h4 Nef3 37. Bf4 Ke7 38. Bg3 Nd2+ 39. Kg2 Rxb1 40. Rc3 Rb3 41. Rc1 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holinka, Henning"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Kg7 13. Nxf6 Kxf6 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. e3 Rxb7 19. exd4 exd4 20. b3 a5 21. Rd3 c5 22. Re1 a4 23. f4 axb3 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Rb1 Kf5 27. Kf2 Ke4 28. Ke2 f5 29. h4 Rb6 30. Rb2 d3+ 31. Kd2 Kd4 32. Rb1 Ra6 33. Rb2 Ra3 34. b4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra2+ 36. Kd1 Kc3 37. Rb1 Rh2 38. Rc1+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holinka, Henning"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Kg7 13. Nxf6 Kxf6 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. e3 Rxb7 19. exd4 exd4 20. b3 a5 21. Rd3 c5 22. Re1 a4 23. f4 axb3 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Rb1 Kf5 27. Kf2 Ke4 28. Ke2 f5 29. h4 Rb6 30. Rb2 d3+ 31. Kd2 Kd4 32. Rb1 Ra6 33. Rb2 Ra3 34. b4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra2+ 36. Kd1 Kc3 37. Rb1 Rh2 38. Rc1+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 a6 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Ra3 b6 13. h3 h5 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Qc1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 f6 18. e4 Ra8 19. Nd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Nb7 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bf1 Qa7 24. Ra1 Qb6 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. b6 Bb5 28. Na5 Nxa5 29. Bxb5 Nb7 30. Bd7 Nd8 31. Qa5 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Qa6 Nf7 34. b7 Qc7 35. Ra8 Rb8 36. Rxb8+ Qxb8 37. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 a6 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Ra3 b6 13. h3 h5 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Qc1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 f6 18. e4 Ra8 19. Nd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Nb7 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bf1 Qa7 24. Ra1 Qb6 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. b6 Bb5 28. Na5 Nxa5 29. Bxb5 Nb7 30. Bd7 Nd8 31. Qa5 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Qa6 Nf7 34. b7 Qc7 35. Ra8 Rb8 36. Rxb8+ Qxb8 37. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. Bd3 f6 10. 0-0 Bxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. Bc2 e4 13. Nh2 f5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Nhf1 f4 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Ne3 Qg5 19. Bb3 Rf6 20. Ndf1 Raf8 21. Ng3 Rxf2 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qc4 Ng6 25. Qc5 Qg3 26. Bf5 R8xf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Nxf5 Qg5 29. Nd6 Qf4 30. Nxe4 h6 31. Nc5 Qg4 32. Re4 Nf4 33. Kf2 Qxg2+ 34. Ke3 Qg3+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kd1 Qf1+ 37. Kc2 Qxa1 38. Rxf4 Qxa2 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Re8 Qf7 41. Ra8 b6 42. Nd3 h5 43. Rc8 Qe6 44. Rc7 h4 45. Nf4 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 0-0 9. Bd3 f6 10. 0-0 Bxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. Bc2 e4 13. Nh2 f5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Nhf1 f4 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Ne3 Qg5 19. Bb3 Rf6 20. Ndf1 Raf8 21. Ng3 Rxf2 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qc4 Ng6 25. Qc5 Qg3 26. Bf5 R8xf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Nxf5 Qg5 29. Nd6 Qf4 30. Nxe4 h6 31. Nc5 Qg4 32. Re4 Nf4 33. Kf2 Qxg2+ 34. Ke3 Qg3+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kd1 Qf1+ 37. Kc2 Qxa1 38. Rxf4 Qxa2 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Re8 Qf7 41. Ra8 b6 42. Nd3 h5 43. Rc8 Qe6 44. Rc7 h4 45. Nf4 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Mendoza, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 Nf6 7. h3 0-0 8. Ba2 a5 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Bg5 Nb4 11. Bb3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Qc1 h6 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Ng3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 g6 20. h4 Na6 21. h5 Nxh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. g3 Nc5 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Nh4 b6 26. Qf3 Ne6 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Qxe5 Qg5 29. Nf5 h4 30. f4 Qg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Mendoza, Rodrigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 Nf6 7. h3 0-0 8. Ba2 a5 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Bg5 Nb4 11. Bb3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Qc1 h6 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Ng3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 g6 20. h4 Na6 21. h5 Nxh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. g3 Nc5 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Nh4 b6 26. Qf3 Ne6 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Qxe5 Qg5 29. Nf5 h4 30. f4 Qg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Sahin, Sarp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd6 Bxd6 6. cxd6 Qb6 7. Qc1 Ne4 8. e3 Nxd6 9. Bd3 e5 10. e4 0-0 11. 0-0 f5 12. Nc3 f4 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c4 Nf7 15. b4 d6 16. c5 Bg4 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 dxc5 21. Qxc5 b6 22. Qc6 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rc8 24. Qe6 Rc7 25. Rfc1 Rd7 26. Bc4 Rd6 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. b5 Ng5 29. Qd3 e4 30. fxe4 f3 31. g3 f2+ 32. Kh1 Nxe4 33. Rf1 Nd2 34. Rxa7 Qxa7 35. Qxd2 Qe7 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Qf3 Qe7 41. Qf4 h6 42. h4 Qf6 43. Qe4 Qb2+ 44. Kh3 Qf6 45. Bd3 Qf7 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Qh8+ Qg8 48. Qxg8+ Kxg8 49. Kg4 Kf7 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Bc4 Rd7 52. Ke4 Rd6 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Be2 g5 55. g4+ Kf4 56. h5 Rd7 57. Bd1 Rd6 58. Be2 Rd7 59. Bd1 Re7 60. d6 Re1 61. Bc2 Re6 62. Kd5 Re5+ 63. Kc6 Rc5+ 64. Kxb6 Rxc2 65. d7 Rd2 66. Kc7 Kxg4 67. b6 Kxh5 68. b7 g4 69. b8Q Rc2+ 70. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Sahin, Sarp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd6 Bxd6 6. cxd6 Qb6 7. Qc1 Ne4 8. e3 Nxd6 9. Bd3 e5 10. e4 0-0 11. 0-0 f5 12. Nc3 f4 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c4 Nf7 15. b4 d6 16. c5 Bg4 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 dxc5 21. Qxc5 b6 22. Qc6 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rc8 24. Qe6 Rc7 25. Rfc1 Rd7 26. Bc4 Rd6 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. b5 Ng5 29. Qd3 e4 30. fxe4 f3 31. g3 f2+ 32. Kh1 Nxe4 33. Rf1 Nd2 34. Rxa7 Qxa7 35. Qxd2 Qe7 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Qf3 Qe7 41. Qf4 h6 42. h4 Qf6 43. Qe4 Qb2+ 44. Kh3 Qf6 45. Bd3 Qf7 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Qh8+ Qg8 48. Qxg8+ Kxg8 49. Kg4 Kf7 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Bc4 Rd7 52. Ke4 Rd6 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Be2 g5 55. g4+ Kf4 56. h5 Rd7 57. Bd1 Rd6 58. Be2 Rd7 59. Bd1 Re7 60. d6 Re1 61. Bc2 Re6 62. Kd5 Re5+ 63. Kc6 Rc5+ 64. Kxb6 Rxc2 65. d7 Rd2 66. Kc7 Kxg4 67. b6 Kxh5 68. b7 g4 69. b8Q Rc2+ 70. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8. Nc7+ Kf8 9. Qf3 d5 10. Nxa8 e5 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Qd1 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nxe4 Nf3+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nf3+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8. Nc7+ Kf8 9. Qf3 d5 10. Nxa8 e5 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Qd1 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nxe4 Nf3+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nf3+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Yuxu"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. bxa6 0-0 10. Be2 Bxa6 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rb6 15. Na4 Rbb8 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Nc3 Rbd8 18. Qe2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. e4 d4 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Bd2 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Rf8 24. b4 Qd7 25. Qd5 Qc8 26. b5 Nd8 27. Qxe5 Qd7 28. b6 Bd6 29. Qd5 Rf6 30. e5 Qh3 31. exd6 Rg6+ 32. Bg5 h6 33. f4 Ne6 34. b7 Kh7 35. b8Q hxg5 36. f5 Rh6 37. d7 Rh4 38. d8Q Rg4+ 39. Qg3 Nf4 40. Q5g8+ Kh6 41. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Yuxu"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. bxa6 0-0 10. Be2 Bxa6 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rb6 15. Na4 Rbb8 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Nc3 Rbd8 18. Qe2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. e4 d4 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Bd2 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Rf8 24. b4 Qd7 25. Qd5 Qc8 26. b5 Nd8 27. Qxe5 Qd7 28. b6 Bd6 29. Qd5 Rf6 30. e5 Qh3 31. exd6 Rg6+ 32. Bg5 h6 33. f4 Ne6 34. b7 Kh7 35. b8Q hxg5 36. f5 Rh6 37. d7 Rh4 38. d8Q Rg4+ 39. Qg3 Nf4 40. Q5g8+ Kh6 41. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. 0-0-0 b5 8. e5 b4 9. exf6 bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. g3 d5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. c3 Rc8 15. Nf3 a5 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bc6 20. Bf3 Kd7 21. Bh5 Bb4 22. Bxf7 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Rhe8 24. Bxe8+ Rxe8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Bb5 27. Kc2 Ra8 28. Kb2 Re8 29. Rc1 e5 30. Be3 Rc8 31. Ra1 Bd3 32. Rd1 Rc2+ 33. Ka3 Be4 34. Kb4 Ke6 35. h3 Rb2 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Ra6+ Kf5 38. g4+ Kg6 39. g5 exd4 40. Rxf6+ Kh5 41. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pajcin, Lav"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 axb5 11. Bxb5 0-0 12. 0-0 Rd8 13. Be2 h6 14. Bd2 d5 15. Bc3 Qe6 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qa4 d4 19. Bd2 d3 20. Bf1 Ra8 21. Qb3 c4 22. Qxb7 Rdb8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. b3 Bf6 25. Rac1 cxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3 27. Be1 Rd8 28. Nd2 Qe6 29. Nf3 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxd3 g6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Bf1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 h5 35. h4 Bf6 36. Bg2 Qg4 37. Rb1 g5 38. hxg5 Bxg5 39. Kf1 h4 40. gxh4 Qxh4 41. Rb4 Qh5 42. Bc3+ f6 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. Be4 Qd1+ 45. Be1 Kh5 46. Bf5 Qf3 47. Rh7+ Bh6 48. Bd3 Qd5 49. Be2+ Kg6 50. Ra7 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parpiev, Isaak"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Bb5 e6 8. Ne5 Qc8 9. c4 Bb4 10. Qa4 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 0-0 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. c5 Nd7 14. Nxc6 Re8 15. 0-0 e5 16. b4 a6 17. Rfe1 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Bd7 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. dxe5 Bxc6 21. Qd4 Rb8 22. h3 Qf5 23. Re1 Qg6 24. Re3 Rb1+ 25. Kh2 Rd1 26. Rg3 Qb1 27. Rb3 Rh1+ 28. Kg3 Qg6+ 29. Qg4 Bb5 30. a4 Be8 31. Qxg6 fxg6 32. Rb8 Kf7 33. e6+ Ke7 34. Bg5+ Kxe6 35. Rxe8+ Kd7 36. Re7+ Kc6 37. Rxg7 Ra1 38. Rxh7 Rxa4 39. Rh6 Kxc5 40. Rxg6 a5 41. Be7+ Kb5 42. h4 Re4 43. Bf6 a4 44. h5 d4 45. h6 d3 46. h7 d2 47. h8Q d1Q 48. Qb8+ Kc4 49. Qc7+ Kb3 50. Qb6+ Rb4 51. Qe6+ Ka3 52. Be7 Qd3+ 53. f3 Qd4 54. Bxb4+ Kxb4 55. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. f4 Qe6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Kh1 Qg4 14. Bxf6 Qxf3 15. Rxf3 gxf6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Rff1 Bc5 19. b3 Bd4 20. Rab1 h5 21. Ne2 Bc5 22. h3 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 h4 24. Bd3 Bb4 25. Rbd1 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. f5 Bd6 28. Rfe1 Bg3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Kg1 Kh7 31. Kf1 Kh6 32. Be2 Re5 33. Bf3 c6 34. c4 dxc4 35. bxc4 c5 36. a3 Kg5 37. a4 a5 38. Bd5 Rxf5+ 39. Bf3 Rf4 40. Rd5+ f5 41. Rxc5 Rd4 42. Ke2 Kg6 43. Ke3 Rf4 44. Kd3 Be1 45. Rc6+ f6 46. Rc8 Bf2 47. Rd8 Bc5 48. Rd5 Bb4 49. c5 Bxc5 50. Rxc5 Rxa4 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Kd4 Kg5 53. Kd5 a4 54. Ra5 Ra1 55. Ke6 Re1+ 56. Kf7 Ra1 57. Bg4 Kf4 58. Rxf5+ Kg3 59. Bf3 a3 60. Ra5 a2 61. Kxf6 Kh2 62. Kg5 Kg3 63. Ra3 Rc1 64. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Lopez Rayo, Santiago"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. 0-0-0 0-0 6. h4 h5 7. Bh6 a6 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 hxg4 11. h5 Rh8 12. h6+ Kh7 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. Nf3 Bxf3 15. exf3 Nbd7 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ng3 Qd6 20. Qg5 Rac8 21. Bf5 Rc7 22. Rdg1 Rg8 23. Kb1 gxf5 24. Qg7+ Rxg7 25. hxg7+ Kg6 26. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d5 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Ne2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qc7 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Ng3 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Qd2 Be7 16. Rg1 a5 17. Ba4 Rc8 18. 0-0-0 Nd7 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qd5 Kf8 22. Bb3 Nd8 23. f4 exf4 24. Ne2 Qxf2 25. Nxf4 Rc5 26. Nxg6+ fxg6 27. Rdf1 Rxd5 28. Rxf2+ Kg7 29. Bxd5 Bxh4 30. Rfg2 Rh6 31. c3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Bf6 33. Kc2 h4 34. Rh1 Nf7 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. Rh3 g5 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Rg4 Rh7 39. e5 Kxe5 40. Ra4 Ke6 41. Ke2 Rc7 42. Re3+ Be5 43. Rxa5 g4 44. Ra4 Kf5 45. Ra8 h3 46. Rf8+ Kg5 47. Rg8+ Kh4 48. Re4 Rg7 49. Rxg7 Bxg7 50. Kf1 Kg3 51. Re3+ Kf4 52. Re7 Bxc3 53. Rf7+ Kg3 54. a4 h2 55. Rh7 d5 56. Rh5 d4 57. Ke2 Kg2 58. Rh4 g3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bb5 0-0-0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 Qh5 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Qa6+ Kd7 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Ne4 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nf5 16. c3 Rb8 17. Kc2 Rhd8 18. Rhg1 h6 19. Rxg7 Ke7 20. Ng3 Qxh3 21. Rh1 Qxh1 22. Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxh1 c5 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qg6+ Kd7 27. Qf7+ Kd6 28. dxc5+ Kxc5 29. Qxc7+ Kb5 30. fxg3 Ka6 31. Qc4+ Kb7 32. Qxe6 Re8 33. Qd7+ Ka6 34. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Wijerathna, Vinuka Dihain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 Rf6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qf2 Nf7 16. f4 a6 17. g4 Nd8 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rg1 Bb5 20. Bc2 Ne6 21. a4 Bd7 22. Qh4 Raf8 23. Kf2 Be8 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rh3 Rh6 26. Qg3 Rxh3 27. Qxh3 cxd4 28. exd4 Nxf4 29. Qg3 Ng6 30. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Yildiz, Egehan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Ne5 Nh5 8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. Bb5 Nxf4 10. exf4 cxd4 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Ne2 Bb4 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Ba5 15. 0-0 Rhd8 16. f5 Kc7 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. Nd4 a6 19. Qb2 Bb6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Nf3 Rab8 23. c4 d4 24. Ne5 Rf8 25. Nd3 Rf5 26. c5 Bxc5 27. Qb3 b6 28. Rxe6 Qd5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Qg3+ Kb7 31. Rexb6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Porozhniak, Maya"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Qe2 Ng6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. a3 0-0 11. b4 d6 12. g3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. h4 Nge5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Ra2 Nd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh2 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qf6 24. f5 Be5 25. Qg4 Bc3 26. Re2 Ne5 27. Qh3 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne1+ 29. Kf1 Nd3 30. Be3 Rac8 31. g4 Bd4 32. g5 Qe5 33. gxh6 Bxe3 34. hxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxe3 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2025.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bc5 6. 0-0 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 0-0 13. Qa4 c5 14. dxc6 d5 15. Rac1 dxe4 16. dxe4 d3 17. Rfd1 dxe2 18. Rxd8 Raxd8 19. Qc2 Nxc6 20. Qxe2 Nd4 21. Qa6 Ne6 22. Qxa7 h5 23. b3 Nf4 24. Kf1 Rd2 25. Qxb6 Rfd8 26. Re1 R8d6 27. Qe3 Ne6 28. a4 R6d3 29. Qb6 Rb2 30. b4 Rdd2 31. Qe3 Rdc2 32. b5 Rc4 33. Ra1 Nd4 34. a5 Rcb4 35. Qd3 Nc2 36. Rc1 Nd4 37. b6 Ra2 38. b7 Ne6 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. e5+ g6 41. b8Q Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Nxd3 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxb4 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. e4 a5 12. Qc3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Nd7 15. b3 Bg6 16. a3 f5 17. Ng5 Bf7 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Ne4 h6 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. b4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Raf8 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. c5 Qb5 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. a4 Qd7 29. Bb6 Qe7 30. Bxa5 Qa7 31. Bd2 Qe7 32. Be3 h5 33. h4 Qb7 34. a5 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Qb2 36. a6 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 Rf3 38. Qg6 R8f6 39. Qe8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qh3 R8f6 42. Rf1 Qb2 43. Rfb1 Qe2 44. a7 Rg6 45. a8Q Rfxg3 46. Qxg3 Rxg3 47. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Ke1 Qe3+ 52. Kd1 Qd3+ 53. Ke1 Qe3+ 54. Kf1 Qd3+ 55. Kf2 Qd2+ 56. Kg3 Qf4+ 57. Kh3 Qg4+ 58. Kh2 Qxh4+ 59. Kg1 Qd4+ 60. Kf1 Qd3+ 61. Kf2 Qd2+ 62. Kf1 Qd3+ 63. Kf2 Qd4+ 64. Kf1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Florescu, Codrut Constantin"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. h3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. 0-0 a5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Bd4 a4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Qf6 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Re7 22. g5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gibala, Adam"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Bxb5 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Molina Sumoza, Jesus Alberto"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Nf4 h4 12. g3 Nf8 13. Be3 h3 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf4 16. Bxg4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nh7 18. Bxh3 Ng5 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. e4 Re7 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Rae1 Qg4 23. Qd3 Qh5 24. Kh1 Qh7 25. h4 Ne6 26. Qf3 Nf8 27. Kg1 Ng6 28. Qf5 Qh6 29. Bh3 b6 30. Kg2 c5 31. Rd1 a5 32. Bg4 Nf8 33. Bf3 Ne6 34. d5 Nf8 35. d6 Re6 36. Qf4 Qg6 37. d7 Rd8 38. h5 Qg5 39. Qxg5 fxg5 40. Bg4 Rc6 41. Rd5 f6 42. Red2 Kf7 43. Bf5 Ke7 44. Kf3 Rc7 45. e5 Rc6 46. Ke4 b5 47. g4 b4 48. c4 a4 49. Rd6 Rc7 50. Rb6 fxe5 51. Kxe5 Rcxd7 52. Bxd7 Nxd7+ 53. Rxd7+ Rxd7 54. Rg6 Kf7 55. Rxg5 Rd2 56. Kf4 Rxb2 57. Rxc5 Rxa2 58. Rb5 b3 59. c5 Rc2 60. Rb4 b2 61. Rxa4 b1Q 62. Ra7+ Ke6 63. g5 Rf2+ 64. Kg3 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Honari, Keihan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. Nf3 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. c4 0-0 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Be2 16. Nb3 Bxd3 17. Nxc5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Be7 19. Nd7 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bxa3 21. bxa3 dxe4 22. Nxc6 Rd2 23. Rc1 Kf8 24. c5 Rxa2 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Nxa7 Rb8 27. g4 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 Rbb2 29. c6 Rxf2+ 30. Kg3 Rfc2 31. Rb3 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Kucza, Karol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nb5 0-0 9. f4 Nxe4 10. fxe5 Qh4+ 11. g3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qxh1 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Be3 Qe4 15. Qd4 Qxc2 16. Rc1 Qh2 17. Nd5 d6 18. exd6 Qxg3+ 19. Bf2 Qxd6 20. Bd3 Re8+ 21. Kd2 Qh6+ 22. Be3 Qh2+ 23. Bf2 Be6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rg1 f6 27. Qe3 Bf7 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Rh1 Qxh1 30. Qxh1 Bg6 31. Qxb7 Rxd3+ 32. Ke1 h6 33. Qxa7 Kh7 34. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Nersisyan, Garnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 h6 8. c4 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qc2 Bb4 15. Qxc6+ Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Bd7 17. Rc1 Bb5 18. a3 Bd6 19. Rh5 0-0 20. Rxd5 Bxg3 21. Rxb5 Bd6 22. Rc6 Be7 23. Rb7 Bf6 24. Rcc7 a5 25. Ne4 Bd8 26. Rd7 a4 27. Nd6 Ba5+ 28. Ke2 Rfd8 29. Nxf7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Rb8 31. N3e5 Rxb2+ 32. Kf3 Rb6 33. Ra7 Rf6+ 34. Ke4 Be1 35. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Ollier, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. c4 Nc5 13. Ne5 a4 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. exd3 b6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. h4 Qe7 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 f5 24. Qe2 Rfe8 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qf3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qe6 29. Rc6 h6 30. Kg2 Kh8 31. Rxb6 Qd7 32. Qxd5 Rd8 33. Rb7 Qe8 34. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. g3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. 0-0 0-0 15. c3 Kh8 16. Nc2 a5 17. a4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 b4 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Nf5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Rfd1 e4 25. Bxe4 Bxc3 26. Rab1 Bb4 27. Rd5 Rc5 28. Rbd1 f5 29. Bf3 f4 30. Kg2 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rc2 32. Rh5 Bc5 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Punin, Andrii"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. c4 Be6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Qf3 h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nd3 Rae8 24. Rfe1 h5 25. f3 hxg4 26. hxg4 a5 27. c5 Nc8 28. Kf2 b6 29. Bc4 Ba4 30. Ba6 Bc2 31. Nf4 bxc5 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1 Ba4 35. Rxc5 Bd7 36. Rxa5 Rb8 37. Nh5 Rb6 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Rf8 Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Kg3 f5 43. Nf4+ Kg7 44. Rd8 Bb5 45. g5 Ra6 46. Kh4 Ra4 47. Kg3 Rxa2 48. Rc8 Rc2 49. Kh4 Rc4 50. Kg3 Ba6 51. Rd8 Bb7 52. Rd7 Kg8 53. Rd8+ Kg7 54. Rd7 Kg8 55. Nh5 Kf8 56. Nf4 Ke8 57. g6 fxg6 58. Rg7 Rc3 59. Rxg6 Kd7 60. Rf6 Ba6 61. Rxf5 Bc4 62. Rf6 Bb3 63. Ne2 Re3 64. Kf2 Re7 65. Nc3 Rh7 66. Ne4 Bxd5 67. Nc5+ Ke7 68. Rf4 Kd6 69. Nd3 Rh2+ 70. Ke3 Ra2 71. Rf6+ Ke7 72. Rh6 Ra3 73. Rh7+ Kd6 74. Rh6+ Be6 75. f4 Ke7 76. Kd2 Ra2+ 77. Ke3 Ra3 78. Kd4 Bf5 79. Ne5 Ra4+ 80. Ke3 c5 81. Rc6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2025"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. d3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4 Rad8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Re2 Qa8 16. Rd2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rd3 Ne4 20. Ne2 Ba6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd4 Qd5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Qf6 Rd6 27. Qe7 Rd8 28. Qxa7 Bb7 29. b4 Ra8 30. Qxa8+ Bxa8 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Nb3 Bb7 33. Nxc5 Bc6 34. Nb3 h4 35. gxh4 Bd7 36. Bf6 Bg4 37. Nd4 Kh7 38. a4 Bf3 39. Rc8 g5 40. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d5 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 0-0 13. Rd1 e5 14. Be3 h6 15. Qd3 Be7 16. Qc3 Bg4 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfd8 20. Re1 Rd6 21. Kf1 Re6 22. Nc4 Bd8 23. Rd1 Bb6 24. Rd7 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 a5 26. a4 Rae8 27. Ra7 f5 28. g3 Re5 29. b3 f4 30. gxf4 Re4 31. f5 Rf4 32. Kg2 Re5 33. Kg3 Rd4 34. Ra6 Rc5 35. Nc4 h5 36. h3 Rxf5 37. Rxc6 h4+ 38. Kg2 Rdf4 39. Kg1 Rxf2 40. Ne3 R5f3 41. Rc5 Re2 42. Ng4 Rxh3 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Kf1 Rd2 45. Rc4 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nce2 Bg4 8. c3 e6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nh3 Bg6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nhf4 0-0 14. Qd2 b5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. a3 Rab8 17. b4 a5 18. Nc1 axb4 19. axb4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nb3 Rfc8 22. Nd4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rc4 24. Ra5 Rbc8 25. Nxb5 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 d4 27. Nxd4 Rxc3 28. Qd2 Qxb4 29. Raa1 Rd8 30. Nc6 Rxd2 31. Nxb4 Rb3 32. Ra2 Rxa2 33. Nxa2 Nd5 34. Nc1 Rb1 35. Rg1 Ne3 36. Ne2 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Nd5 38. Kf2 f6 39. Kg3 g5 40. Kg4 Kf7 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Nd4 Ne3 43. Kf2 Nd5 44. Ne6 Kf7 45. Nc5 Kg6 46. g3 Kf7 47. Ke2 Ne7 48. Kd3 Nf5 49. Ke4 Nd6+ 50. Kd5 Nf5 51. Ke4 Nd6+ 52. Kd3 Nf5 53. Ne4 Ne7 54. Kd4 Nf5+ 55. Kd3 Ne7 56. Nf2 Nf5 57. Nd1 Ne7 58. Ne3 Ke6 59. Ke4 Kf7 60. Nd5 Nc6 61. Ne3 Ne7 62. Nc4 Nc6 63. Nd6+ Ke6 64. Nf5 Kf7 65. Kd5 Ne5 66. Nd6+ Kg6 67. Ke4 Nd7 68. f4 gxf4 69. gxf4 f5+ 70. Kf3 Kf6 71. Kg3 Nc5 72. Ne8+ Kf7 73. Nd6+ Ke6 74. Nb5 Ne4+ 75. Kh4 Kf6 76. Nd4 g5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lauda, Alexandr"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. c4 Nd7 10. Nh4 f5 11. Bxg4 Qxh4 12. Bh3 Nf6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Re5 Ne4 18. Be1 Qf6 19. Kh1 Red8 20. Qe3 c5 21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. dxc5 Bf8 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. f5 Rd3 25. Qf4 Rxc3 26. bxc3 e3 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. cxd6 Bxd6 31. Bg4 Bc5 32. Bf3 Re6 33. Bd5 Rb6 34. h4 Kg7 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Kg3 b6 37. Kf3 Rf2+ 38. Ke4 Rxa2 39. g4 Rg2 40. Ke5 Rxg4 41. Rf1 f5 42. Ra1 a5 43. Re1 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 0-0 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bh4 Rfe8 15. Bg3 h6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Na5 19. Bb3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bf8 22. Qe5 c6 23. Qb8 a6 24. Ne5 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Bxc8 26. Nd3 Ba3 27. Bf4 Bf5 28. Nc5 Bb2 29. Bd2 Bc8 30. b4 b6 31. Na4 Ba3 32. Nxb6 Be6 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd3 Kd8 36. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d6 9. 0-0 Ng4 10. Bd4 Qh4 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Ne2 0-0 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b3 Qf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 f3 20. Nf4 fxg2 21. Kxg2 Bc8 22. Bc4 Bd6 23. Nd3 Kg7 24. f4 Rfe8 25. Rde1 c5 26. e5 Bf8 27. Kg3 Rd4 28. c3 Rdd8 29. Rd1 Bf5 30. Nf2 f6 31. Ng4 Bxg4 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Kxg4 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Re3 35. Rd3 h5+ 36. Kh4 Re4 37. Kg3 Bd6 38. Rf3 g5 39. Bd5 Re2 40. Rf2 Bxf4+ 41. Kg2 Re1 42. c4 Ke5 43. Bf3 Kd4 44. Bxh5 Kc3 45. h4 Be3 46. Re2 Rxe2+ 47. Bxe2 gxh4 48. Bd1 Kb2 49. a4 a5 50. Kh3 Bg5 51. Kg4 Be7 52. Kh3 Kc1 53. Bf3 Kc2 54. Bc6 Kxb3 55. Bb5 Kb4 56. Kg4 c6 57. Bxc6 Kxc4 58. Bb5+ Kd4 59. Kf3 Bd6 60. Ke2 c4 61. Kd2 c3+ 62. Kc2 Be5 63. Bc6 Ke3 64. Bd7 Kf2 65. Kd3 Kg3 66. Bf5 h3 67. Ke2 Kg2 68. Be4+ Kg1 69. Kd3 h2 70. Bf3 h1Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Juhasz, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Nb8 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Be3 Nxd5 10. axb4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qxb4+ 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Qf2 Be7 14. Bd3 0-0 15. 0-0 Qg4 16. h3 Qh5 17. Rab1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Rf5 f6 21. Rh5 g6 22. Rh6 f5 23. h4 Kg7 24. h5 Kxh6 25. Nf3 f4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nd4 fxe3 28. Qxe3+ Bg5 29. Qh3+ Kg7 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Kd6 33. Qxg6+ Kc5 34. Nb3+ Kb4 35. Qxg5 Qb6+ 36. Kf1 d5 37. Qd2+ Ka4 38. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Tin, Jingyao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Re1 Rb8 11. exd5 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 cxd5 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 c5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe5 Bxf2+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Bg5 Bc5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6+ 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nb5 h6 22. Re1 Rb7 23. a4 Kg7 24. Rd1 f5 25. Be2 Kf6 26. Bf3 Rd7 27. c3 Bb6 28. Ke2 a6 29. Nd4 Rc7 30. Kd3 Rc4 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rc1 Rxa4 33. Rb1 Ba5 34. Rb3 Rc4 35. Ra3 Rc5 36. Kd4 Rc4+ 37. Kd3 Rc5 38. Kd4 Rb5 39. Be2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Vakhlamov, Igor L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 Be6 8. a4 c4 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 0-0-0 11. Qf3 Qe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. 0-0 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxe4 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 a6 18. Rfe1 Qd5 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Re5 Qd1+ 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Re5 Qd1+ 23. Re1 Qxc2 24. Qe5 Qf5 25. Qe3 Nf4 26. Qg3 Rf8 27. Be3 Nd3 28. Reb1 Rf6 29. Qh2 e5 30. a5 Rg6 31. Rb6 Rf7 32. Rab1 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. a4 0-0 11. Be2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Rd8 13. 0-0 h6 14. Bd2 Qxb2 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Bc3 Qe6 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Re1 d5 19. Nd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxc5 Bf5 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Rc7 Nb6 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. h3 Kf8 28. Rb7 Rab8 29. Rc7 Rbc8 30. Rec1 Ra8 31. Rb7 Rab8 32. Rcc7 Be8 33. Bxe8 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Nxa4 35. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. c4 d6 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. e4 e5 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. g3 Bh3 12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 f5 14. Kg2 Qf6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. h4 Bh6 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Ne4 Qg4 19. Kg1 Rxf3 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Ndf6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Kg2 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. 0-0 Bc6 7. Qe2 g5 8. Na3 g4 9. Ne1 h5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. f4 Nh6 13. Nc2 0-0-0 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. b4 Bd5 16. Bb2 Nf5 17. Rfc1 Bxc4 18. Na3 Bxb4 19. Nxc4 Kb8 20. Nd6 Nc5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Bxd4 Qa5 23. Rab1 Ne6 24. Be3 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Qc4 Rhd8 27. Rb5 Qa6 28. Rxf5 Rc6 29. Qf1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qd3 31. Rxh5 Nd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kh1 Qxf4 34. h3 g3 35. Rh7 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 0-0 15. Rc3 Rc7 16. Rd3 Rfc8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne7 19. Qh5 Ng6 20. h4 Rc2 21. Qg4 Ne7 22. Bf6 Nf5 23. Rf3 Rc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Rxf5 gxf6 27. exf6 Qc7+ 28. Rf4 e5 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kd6 32. Qxc7+ Rxc7 33. f7 exf4 34. f8Q+ Kc6 35. Qxf4 Kb6 36. Qd6+ Rc6 37. Qxd5 Kc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez Siles, Luis"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Bd4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. h3 h6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. Ne3 Bf4 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Nxd5 22. c4 Qe7 23. cxd5 Bb8 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. Qc4 g6 26. Rd4 Kg7 27. Qc6 Qe7 28. g3 Bd6 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Qc3 Bc5 31. Rd3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 b5 33. Ne5 Kf6 34. Nc6 Rd6 35. f4 a6 36. Kf3 h5 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rd7 39. Rd2 Bd6 40. Re2 Bc5 41. g5+ Kg7 42. Ke4 Bd6 43. Rc2 Rc7 44. c4 bxc4 45. Rxc4 Rb7 46. Ra4 Rb6 47. Ne5 Kg8 48. Rc4 a5 49. Rc6 Rb4+ 50. Nc4 Be7 51. Kd3 Ra4 52. d6 Bxd6 53. Nxd6 Rxa2 54. Ne8 Rf2 55. Nf6+ Kf8 56. Ke3 Ra2 57. Rc8+ Ke7 58. Re8+ Kd6 59. Rf8 Ke7 60. Re8+ Kd6 61. Ra8 a4 62. Ra7 Ke6 63. Ra6+ Ke7 64. Kd4 Rf2 65. Ke5 Re2+ 66. Ne4 Ra2 67. Ra7+ Kd8 68. Kd6 Kc8 69. Nc5 Kb8 70. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kubicka, Anna"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Nge2 a6 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Bb3 Nb6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. 0-0 0-0-0 11. d3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 e5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. c4 Nb4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qd4 18. Qh3+ Qd7 19. Qe3 Rhe8 20. Qa7 Qc6 21. c5 Kd7 22. a3 Ra8 23. axb4 Rxa7 24. Ba4 Raa8 25. Bxc6+ Kxc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muniz, Rafael"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c4 Qe4 8. Be3 e6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. Rab1 b6 13. Ng5 Qg6 14. Nh3 a6 15. Nf4 Qf5 16. a4 Rad8 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. c5 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. cxb6 Nxc3 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxb1 24. bxc7 Rc8 25. Rxb1 Rxc7 26. Rb6 h6 27. f4 Re6 28. a5 Rxb6 29. axb6 Rb7 30. Kf1 a5 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Kd3 Ke7 33. Kc4 Kd7 34. Kb5 a4 35. Kxa4 Kc6 36. Kb4 Rd7 37. Kc4 Rd1 38. f5 Rd8 39. e6 fxe6 40. fxe6 Re8 41. b7 Kxb7 42. Kd5 Rd8+ 43. Ke5 Kc6 44. e7 Ra8 45. Ke6 g5 46. Bd4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Napoli, Nicolo"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f5 cxd4 12. exd4 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Rf7+ Kd6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qg3+ Kc6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Qf2 Kc7 22. h4 Rhf8 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Ne2 Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Rf8 26. Qe7 Qd6 27. Qxg5 Rh8 28. Qg3 e5 29. Bf5 e4 30. Bxd7 Qxg3 31. Nxg3 Kxd7 32. Nf5 Ke6 33. Ne3 a5 34. Rf1 b4 35. Rf5 Bc6 36. Re5+ Kd6 37. Rg5 Rc8 38. Rg6+ Kc7 39. Kf2 Rf8+ 40. Ke1 a4 41. Rg5 Rd8 42. Rg7+ Kb6 43. Rg6 Kb5 44. Kd2 Rf8 45. Ke2 a3 46. bxa3 bxa3 47. Rg5 Rd8 48. c4+ Kb4 49. cxd5 Bb5+ 50. Kd2 Rf8 51. Ng4 Rf1 52. d6 Ra1 53. Rxb5+ Kxb5 54. d7 Rxa2+ 55. Ke3 Rb2 56. d8Q Kc4 57. Qc7+ Kb3 58. Qa5 a2 59. Qb5+ Kc2 60. Qa4+ Kc1 61. Nf2 Rd2 62. d5 Rc2 63. d6 Kb1 64. d7 a1Q 65. Qxa1+ Kxa1 66. d8Q Rc3+ 67. Kxe4 Rc2 68. Qd4+ Kb1 69. Qd3 Kb2 70. g4 Ka1 71. g5 Kb2 72. g6 Ka1 73. g7 Rb2 74. g8Q Rb4+ 75. Qd4+ Rxd4+ 76. Kxd4 Kb2 77. Qc4 Ka1 78. Qb5 Ka2 79. Kc3 Ka1 80. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Kovacs, Klara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Qb6 7. a4 a6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc6+ Qxc6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. b3 0-0 13. Ba3 Qh5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qd8+ Ne8 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Qxb6 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bc8 19. Rad1 f6 20. Nc6 e5 21. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Liu, Zhaoqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Qf4 Bd7 11. a4 Qa5 12. Qd2 Bxa4 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 h6 15. Nf3 b5 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. Rxh4 Ne7 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. Rg4 Nf5 20. Rf4 Qg5 21. Bg4 Bxc2 22. Kf1 Bd3+ 23. Kg1 a6 24. Bc5 Kd7 25. f3 Rhb8 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qe3 Ke6 28. Kf2 a5 29. g4 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qg5 31. Kg3 b4 32. Qd2 bxc3 33. Qxc3 Rb3 34. Qe1 a4 35. Ba3 Be4 36. Ra2 Bxf3 37. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 38. Kh2 Rxf3 39. Rg2 Rh3+ 40. Kg1 Qxd4+ 41. Rf2 Rg3+ 42. Kh2 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Madej, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 d6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 f5 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. b4 Nf6 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne4 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Ra7 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Qc2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 g6 21. Kg2 Bg7 22. Re2 Raa8 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Bc6 Qe6 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. e4 f4 27. e5 dxe5 28. dxe5 Rd8 29. Qe4 fxg3 30. hxg3 h5 31. Qf3 Rd4 32. Re4 Rd2 33. Rd1 Ra2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rf4 Qxe5 36. Rxf7 Ra1 37. Rdd7 Qe1 38. Rxg7+ Kh6 39. Qf4+ g5 40. Qxg5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Negrean, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. h4 f6 8. Bf4 Nxf4 9. exf4 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. g3 Ba6 15. Nf1 Nd5 16. a3 0-0 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. N1d2 f5 20. 0-0 Qe8 21. Ne5 d6 22. Nef3 Qg6 23. Kh2 Qh6 24. Qe2 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Kh3 Qg4+ 27. Kh2 Qf4+ 28. Kh3 Rf6 29. Qe3 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 f4 31. Qe2 Rh6 32. Rh1 Rxh4+ 33. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qxh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Ronka, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. h3 e5 5. Qc2 Be6 6. Na3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 Nd7 8. Bb2 Ne7 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. e3 0-0 11. h4 Bxg4 12. h5 Ne7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd3 15. Qxd3 cxd3 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rg1 f6 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Rxg4 Rxc6 22. Rd4 Re5 23. Rxd3 Rxh5 24. Ke2 Rc2 25. Rg1 Rg5 26. Rxg5 fxg5 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Rxa7 Rxa2 30. Ra6 Kf5 31. Rxb6 Rxa3 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. Kf3 h5 34. d4 Ra6 35. Rd7 Rf6+ 36. Kg2 Rf7 37. Rd6+ Kf5 38. Rd8 h4 39. Re8 g4 40. Re5+ Kg6 41. Rd5 Rf3 42. Re5 h3+ 43. Kg1 Kf6 44. Re4 Kf5 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Re8 g5 47. Rf8+ Ke6 48. Rxf3 gxf3 49. e4 g4 50. Kh2 Kd6 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. Kh2 Kd6 53. d5 Ke5 54. Kg3 Kd6 55. Kh2 Ke5 56. Kg1 Kd6 57. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smieszek, Wojciech"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bf8 9. Bd3 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qh6 Ng4 16. Qxh7 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Ke7 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qxh2 Rh8 20. Bh6 Ng8 21. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alboredo, Julia"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nc3 b4 5. Nb1 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. e4 0-0 9. Ne2 e5 10. 0-0 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. axb4 cxb4 13. h3 Nc5 14. Be3 Nfxe4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bf5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. g4 Bd3 19. Re1 Bxc4 20. Rc1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rac8 22. Qb5 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Red1 Rfd8 25. Qc6 Qe7 26. Qb5 f4 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Qxa5 Qg5 29. Kh1 Qf5 30. Rxc5 f3 31. Bf1 e4 32. Rdc1 Ra8 33. Qxb4 Qf4 34. d6 Be5 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qf7 Rg8 38. d7 Qg5 39. Rc8 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perestjuk, Marko"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2025.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qxb7 Qd7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Be6 15. Rab1 h5 16. Rfd1 h4 17. Rb5 Qe8 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. Qxc7 Qxb5 20. Qxe7 Qxe2 21. Rc1 Qd2 22. Rf1 h3 23. Bf3 Qxc3 24. Bh5 Qxd4 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bf7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Karas, Eugenia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. Bb6 Rd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Kc7 17. Rg3 Rhd8 18. Rgd3 Be4 19. Bb6+ Kc8 20. Bxd8 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Kxd8 22. h4 Nb4 23. Bc4 f6 24. c3 Nc6 25. Rg1 h6 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Ke7 28. g6 f5 29. Rh1 Kf6 30. Rg1 e4 31. Be2 Ne5 32. c4 Nxg6 33. b4 Nf4 34. Bf1 g5 35. c5 Nd5 36. a3 e3 37. fxe3 Nxe3 38. Be2 f4 39. Bf3 Rg7 40. Kd2 g4 41. Be4 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 Nxa3 43. Rh1 g3 44. Rh6+ Ke5 45. Rh5+ Kf6 46. Rh6+ Kg5 47. Rb6 Nb5 48. Rxb7 Rxb7 49. Bxb7 Kg4 50. Ke2 Nd4+ 51. Kf1 f3 52. c6 g2+ 53. Kf2 Ne2 54. Bc8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Santiago"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bg3 0-0 9. Bd3 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Re1 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Re8 13. a4 Qc7 14. g4 e5 15. g5 Nd7 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh2 d4 21. c4 d3 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. Qf4 Rd4 24. Qf6 Rg4 25. Re3 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Rh2 27. Ke1 Rh1+ 28. Nf1 Nf3+ 29. Qxf3 Bxf3 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Kd2 Qxg5+ 32. Re3 Bg2 33. Kxd3 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Bxf1+ 35. Kc3 Qf6+ 36. Kb4 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alivodic, Dario"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Bc3 Rxb6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Qh5 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Rxb4 14. b3 Bd6 15. Bd3 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Atakhan, Abtin"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 Nh6 7. Bd3 Qh4+ 8. Kf1 Nxf5 9. Nge2 0-0 10. d5 Bc5 11. Qe1 Qh5 12. Nf4 Qe8 13. dxe6 Nd4 14. Ncd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 dxe6 16. Nxe6 Nxf3 17. gxf3 Rxf3+ 18. Kg2 Qh5 19. h3 Rxd3 20. Ng5 Nd7 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Rf1+ Nf6 23. Rxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Qe6+ Be7 26. Qc6+ Kf8 27. Qxa8+ Kg7 28. Ne6+ Kf7 29. Nf4 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. 0-0 Re8 8. d3 Nbd7 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bf5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bh3 dxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. exd4 e6 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Qd3 Qg5 21. Rcd1 Rad8 22. d5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 exd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Qa5 Re5 27. Qxa7 Qh5 28. Bg4 Qg5 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bd2 d4 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 Be6 13. b3 0-0-0 14. a5 Kb8 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 g5 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. f4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 f6 20. a6 b6 21. e5 fxe5 22. Qe4 Kc8 23. fxe5 Rdf8 24. e6 Nb8 25. Rf7 Kd8 26. Qd5+ Qd6 27. Qxd6+ Bxd6 28. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klukin, Kirill"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc1 Ne4 14. Be1 Qc7 15. Nb3 c5 16. Bb5 cxd4 17. Nfxd4 Ndc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. f3 Rac8 21. Bf2 Rfd8 22. e4 g6 23. Nb3 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 e5 25. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Do Carmo, Gabriel Carckeno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c3 e5 8. Rd1 Nge7 9. Na3 0-0 10. Nc2 d5 11. d3 h6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. c4 d4 14. Nd5 f5 15. h3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Kh7 17. Ne1 f4 18. g4 g5 19. Bf3 Ng6 20. Ng2 Rab8 21. Bd2 Nce7 22. b4 b6 23. Rdb1 Rfc8 24. a4 Rb7 25. a5 bxa5 26. bxa5 Rcb8 27. Qd1 Nc6 28. a6 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Qc8 31. Qb5 Nge7 32. Qb7 Kg8 33. Nxe7+ Nxe7 34. Qxe7 Qxa6 35. Qxc5 Qa2 36. Qa5 Bf8 37. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Makaraci, Tunahan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 dxe5 6. Qh5 e6 7. dxe5 a5 8. a4 Na6 9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Ba2 Be7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Nbxa4 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Nd4 Qa6 18. Qf4 Bf8 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Bf6 0-0 21. h4 Bc6 22. h5 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rad1 h6 25. Bxe6 Rae8 26. Ba2 g5 27. Qg3 Nc5 28. f4 Ne4 29. Qe3 f5 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Be8 32. Bd5 Bxh5 33. Rd4 Nc5 34. e6 Re8 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Qxf5+ Bg6 37. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Manukian, Artak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 h5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. h3 Bf5 9. a3 a5 10. b3 e5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 Bh6 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Ne7 15. e3 Bg5 16. Nf3 h4 17. g4 Bh6 18. Nd2 f5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Qf3 Ne7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bd5 Rg8 23. Bxf7+ Kd8 24. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Muniz, Francisco Allysson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Bd7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qa5 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Bb3 Qh5 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. e5 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Ba4+ Nd7 20. Rd4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 exf6 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Nd5 a6 24. Rdxe6+ fxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 26. Re7+ Kg8 27. Bxd7 Kh8 28. c4 b5 29. b3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb8+ 31. Kc2 Rb7 32. c5 Rfb8 33. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Rog, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Nfd7 6. Qg4 g6 7. Nd2 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Be7 9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. 0-0-0 Nf8 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Ng5 c5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Rd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qb7 23. Be5 Rg8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Bxc6+ Qxc6 26. Qf4 Kd7 27. Bf6 c4 28. Nf7 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Ne5+ Ke8 31. d7+ Nxd7 32. Rxd7 Rf8 33. Re7+ Kd8 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rxa7 Rc5 38. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Talibov, Shiroghlan"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 b4 5. a3 d6 6. axb4 cxb4 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Nd4 Bf6 13. N2f3 f4 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. 0-0 fxe3 16. Qxe3 Re8 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Rfe1 a5 19. b3 Nc5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kf8 23. Nc6 Nd7 24. g3 Qc5 25. Qe4 g6 26. Kg2 Nb6 27. Nd2 Nxd5 28. Qc4 Nc3 29. Qxc5 dxc5 30. Nxa5 Ne2 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Nb7 Nd4 33. Nexc5 Nxc2 34. Nd3 Nd4 35. Na5 Ke8 36. Ne5 Bd8 37. Nec6 Bxa5 38. Nxd4 Kd7 39. Kf3 Bb6 40. Nc2 Bc5 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. f3 Kd5 43. Kd3 f5 44. h3 h5 45. Ke2 Bd6 46. Kd3 Bc5 47. Kd2 g5 48. Ke2 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. fxg4 fxg4 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ne3 Bd6 53. Nc4+ Kd5 54. Nxd6 Kxd6 55. Kc4 Ke5 56. Kxb4 Ke4 57. Kc4 Kf3 58. b4 Kxg3 59. b5 Kf2 60. b6 g3 61. b7 g2 62. b8Q g1Q 63. Qb6+ Kf1 64. Qxg1+ Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. a4 0-0 11. Be2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Rd8 13. 0-0 h6 14. Qe2 d5 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Rb1 d4 17. Bd2 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Rd3 Qg6 21. Rbd1 Bf6 22. h3 Rd6 23. Qf1 Rad8 24. Nd2 Rd5 25. Rg3 Rg5 26. Bd3 Qh5 27. Rxg5 Qxg5 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qa5 30. Qb5 Qc7 31. Qd3 Qa5 32. b3 Rb8 33. g3 Qc3 34. Bd5 Qc5 35. Bc4 Re8 36. Qf3 Kf8 37. Kg2 Qe5 38. h4 Qc5 39. Ra1 Rd8 40. Qb7 d3 41. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moosavifar, Seyed Abolfazl"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be7 8. Nxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 0-0 10. Nf3 Rxa6 11. Be2 Rd6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. b3 Rg6 15. Kh1 Ng5 16. Nh4 Re6 17. Bb2 Be4 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nf5 Qg5 21. Nxg7 Rg6 22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qf3 d4 24. Nf5 Ne5 25. Qe4 Re8 26. exd4 cxd4 27. f4 Qg4 28. h3 Qh5 29. fxe5 Qg5 30. Bc1 Qd8 31. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Mizzi, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qe2 d4 4. Nd1 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. f4 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. f5 c5 11. Nf2 Nf8 12. g4 b5 13. g5 N6d7 14. a4 Ba6 15. axb5 Bxb5 16. h4 Nb6 17. h5 c4 18. g6 cxd3 19. cxd3 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Ng4 Bb4+ 22. Kf2 Nfd7 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Nf7 Qf6 26. Rh7+ Kf8 27. N7g5 Re7 28. Rah1 Ke8 29. Rxe7+ Bxe7 30. Ne6 Nc5 31. Nc7+ Kd7 32. Nxb5 a6 33. Na3 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Qxh8 35. Qc2 Bh4+ 36. Ke2 Be7 37. Nc4 Nxc4 38. Qxc4 Qh6 39. Qd5+ Ke8 40. Qc6+ Kd8 41. Qa8+ Kc7 42. Qa7+ Kc8 43. Qxe7 Qe3+ 44. Kf1 Nxd3 45. Qe8+ Kc7 46. Qe7+ Kb6 47. Qf6+ Ka5 48. Qd8+ Kb5 49. Qh4 Nf4 50. Qf2 Qd3+ 51. Kg1 Qxe4 52. Nxd4+ Qxd4 53. Qxd4 exd4 54. g7 d3 55. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terlouw, Wouter"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. Qe3 Qd7 12. f3 b5 13. Bh6 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. h4 a4 16. h5 b3 17. cxb3 axb3 18. a3 Qb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. hxg6 Qc4+ 21. Nc3 fxg6 22. Rd4 Qc5 23. Rd3 Qc4 24. Rd4 Qa6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rdh4 h5 27. g4 Qb6 28. Qxe5 Qf2 29. R4h2 Qxf3 30. gxh5 Qf5 31. Qxe7+ Rf7 32. h6+ Kg8 33. Qe2 Re8 34. Qd2 Kh7 35. Rf2 Qe5 36. Rhf1 Ref8 37. Qf4 Qh5 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Qe7+ Kxh6 42. Qe3+ Qg5 0-1

[Event "Leninskiy Dokhoian Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Leninskiy"]
[Date "2024.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2024.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bb5 Bg7 9. h3 0-0 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Bf1 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. h4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. h5 Ra8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qg4 Rc8 22. Re3 Nc4 23. Rh3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rc6 25. Qh4 f6 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Bh6 Rg8 28. Re1 Re6 29. Rg3 f5 30. Rf3 Qf8 31. Rxf5+ gxf5 32. Qxf5+ Ke8 33. Qxe6 Bxh6 34. Qxd5 Rg5 35. Re3 Qg7 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. e6+ Kf6 38. Rf3+ Rf5 39. Rxf5+ Kxf5 40. Qd5+ Kf6 41. g3 Qg4 42. Kg2 Qxe6 43. Qd4+ Kf7 44. c4 Bg7 45. Qd3 Bf6 46. Qh7+ Ke8 47. Qh5+ Kd7 48. Qd1+ Kc7 49. Qd3 Qd6 50. Qb3 Bd4 51. f4 e5 52. fxe5 Bxe5 53. Qe3 Kc6 54. Kf3 Qd4 55. Qb3 Qc3+ 56. Qxc3 Bxc3 57. Ke4 Kc5 58. Kd3 Bf6 59. g4 Kb4 60. Ke4 Kxc4 61. Kf5 Bc3 62. Ke6 b5 63. g5 b4 64. g6 Kb5 65. Kd6 Bg7 66. Kd5 Bh8 67. Kd6 Bf6 68. Kd5 Bb2 69. Kd6 Bc3 70. Kd5 Bb2 71. Kd6 Kc4 72. Kc7 Bg7 73. Kd6 Bf8+ 74. Kc6 Bh6 75. Kb6 Be3+ 76. Ka5 Bd4 77. Ka4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Leninskiy Dokhoian Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Leninskiy"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Chernobay, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 0-0 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qc1 Bh5 12. a3 Be7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nxd5 Rxc2 21. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leninskiy Dokhoian Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Leninskiy"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2024.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leninskiy Dokhoian Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Leninskiy"]
[Date "2024.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB47_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. c4 Nc6 9. h3 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. 0-0 Be6 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 d5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxc6 Rb6 20. Rc5 Rb5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Be4 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rc7 26. f4 Bc3 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 a5 29. Bd3 Bb4 30. Rd5 h5 31. Kf3 Kh6 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. hxg4 Kg7 34. Bc4 f6 35. e4 Re7 36. g5 fxg5 37. Rxg5 Kh6 38. Rd5 Rg7 39. Kg4 Rc7 40. e5 a4 41. Rb5 Be7 42. Rb6 Bc5 43. Ra6 axb3 44. axb3 Be3 45. f5 Bd4 46. Rxg6+ Kh7 47. Re6 Rc5 48. Re7+ Kh6 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2024.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB43_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e3 e6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Na4 b6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. Bf1 e5 20. Bg2 e4 21. Nc3 Be6 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Kh2 Ne7 24. Bb5 Qd8 25. Ba6 Rc7 26. Ne2 g5 27. Qb4 Ng6 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Rc1 Qb8 30. Qc3 Nh4 31. Qc7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kf1 Nf3 34. Ng1 Nxg1 35. Kxg1 Bxh3 36. Qxb8 Rxb8 37. Rc7 Ra8 38. b4 Be6 39. b5 h5 40. Bb7 Rd8 41. Bc6 h4 42. Rxa7 f5 43. a4 hxg3 44. fxg3 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. exf4 Rf8 47. Re7 Bf7 48. Kf2 Rb8 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2024.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB43_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2024.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB43_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. 0-0 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nd5 d6 8. Ne3 Nf6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 0-0 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 Bd7 17. Bd2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. bxa5 Nc5 20. Bb4 f5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. exf5 Bd6 23. Re1 Qxa5 24. Be4 c4 25. Qc2 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2024.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB43_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. c3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 e6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. h3 h6 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Bd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rae1 Ne4 20. Be3 b6 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. f4 c4 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 g6 27. Bg4 h5 28. Bf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2024.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB43_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Rxd4 Bxe2 17. Rxb4 a5 18. Rb7 Rfc8 19. Ba2 Nxe4 20. Rb3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2024.10.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Tsaruk, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB43_2024"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.23"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. a3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Qb6 23. Nf5 d5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2024.10.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB43_2024"]
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[SourceDate "2024.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.23"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 g5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nge2 Nf6 9. f3 e6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. g3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxb5 0-0 15. Nbc3 Rb8 16. b3 Nb4 17. Kf2 Rc8 18. Bg2 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. c3 Nd3+ 24. Kg1 Nxe5 25. f4 Ng4 26. Bd2 Ra8 27. Bf3 Ra2 28. Be1 d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Nc1 Rc2 31. Nd3 Ne3 32. Rh2 Bf5 33. Rxc2 Nxc2 34. Nc5 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Black "Fontaine, Quentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Rc8 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qc7 13. Rad1 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Nh6 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. a3 Ke7 17. e5 Rc7 18. Bxc6 dxc6 19. Ne4 Nf7 20. Nc5 Nxe5 21. Nxe6 Rd7 22. Rxd7+ Nxd7 23. Nxg7 Ne5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Nf5+ Ke6 26. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turzo, Attila"]
[Black "Popov, Tikhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d3 a6 10. Kh1 0-0 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. e5 Nd7 14. f5 exf5 15. Rxf5 Qe6 16. Rf1 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. Rae1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Kg1 h5 25. h3 c4 26. d4 Kf8 27. Bd6+ Kg8 28. Re1 f6 29. a4 1-0

