[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chen, Yidong"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Bc4 Ngf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Bb3 c5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qd2 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 h5 13. Bh6 Bd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. 0-0-0 Qb6 16. g4 Bxa4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Kb1 Rc5 20. g5 Nh7 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Qxa7 Bc6 25. Qd4 Re8 26. Rhf1 Nf8 27. f4 Ne6 28. Qe3 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qc7 30. Rd2 Qc4 31. Rdf2 Nc5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. f5 Ra8 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Qb3 Qxb3 36. cxb3 Re5 37. Rf4 Rc8 38. Rc1 Rxc1+ 39. Kxc1 Kg7 40. Kd2 Rb5 41. Kc3 Rc5+ 42. Kd2 Rb5 43. Kc3 Rc5+ 44. Kd2 Ra5 45. Rf1 Rb5 46. Kc3 Rc5+ 47. Kd2 Re5 48. Kd3 Rb5 49. Kc3 Rb6 50. Ra1 Kf7 51. Rf1+ Ke6 52. Rf8 Ke5 53. Rg8 d5 54. exd5 Kxd5 55. Rd8+ Ke4 56. Re8 e5 57. Rf8 Rc6+ 58. Kd2 Rd6+ 59. Kc3 Rc6+ 60. Kd2 Kd5 61. Rf6 Rxf6 62. gxf6 Ke6 63. Ke3 Kxf6 64. Ke4 g5 65. hxg5+ Kxg5 66. b4 h4 67. Kf3 Kf5 68. b5 e4+ 69. Kg2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Garcia Almaguer, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nc3 d4 6. Ne2 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. Ng5 0-0 10. f4 h6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. 0-0 b5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 c4 15. Ba2 Qb6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Qf1 Nxe4 18. dxe4 d3+ 19. Be3 dxe2 20. Qxe2 Nd4 21. Qf2 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qf6 23. c3 a6 24. Kh2 Rfd8 25. Rg1 Rd3 26. Bb1 Rd7 27. f5 Rcd8 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Bd4 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 g5 31. Be3 Rd2 32. Qxd2 Rxd2 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. e5 Kf8 35. e6 Rxb2 36. Bg6 Bxc3 37. Bf7 Bg7 38. Rd1 Bf6 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ Kh7 41. Rg4 Bg7 42. Rxf4 c3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garcia Gracia, Victor Hugo"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. a3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. exd6 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Be3 Qxd6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Be2 Ngf6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Bf3 Rbc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. h3 Nc5 19. f5 Nce4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. c3 Rfd8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Qd5 24. Qh4 Rc5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 exf6 27. Qxf6 Qd6 28. Qf2 Rd5 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Kh1 Re5 31. Qf4 Re1 32. Qf2 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qe5 34. Qf3 Qd5 35. Qf6 Qd6 36. Qg5 Re7 37. Nf3 Kg7 38. h4 Qf6 39. Qg4 Re2 40. Ng5 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. g3 Qe2+ 43. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb2 45. Ne4 Rb3 46. a4 bxa4 47. Nc5 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lyakh, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 0-0 7. 0-0-0 a6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. h4 h5 11. f3 e6 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 14. Bb6 Ne8 15. Qxf8+ Bxf8 16. Bxa5 Bc5 17. Na4 Be3+ 18. Kb1 b5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rd8 Bxb6 21. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makaraci, Tunahan"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. 0-0 exd4 10. Bxd4 c6 11. a4 Nf8 12. g4 Ne6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 b6 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Ba6 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. h4 Ne6 21. Qd2 Ndf8 22. f5 Nc5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. b4 Nce6 25. b5 Bb7 26. Raf1 Rd7 27. Bh3 d5 28. Kh2 dxe4 29. Qe3 c5 30. Kg1 Qe5 31. Ncxe4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxg5 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 35. hxg5 Rde7 36. Rf6 Nd7 37. Rd6 Ne5 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Re1 Nc4 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Rd8 Ne3+ 42. Kg3 Nxc2 43. Rb8 Nd4 44. Bc8 c4 45. Bb7 c3 46. Bg2 c2 47. Rc8 Re1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qg5 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Ba3 Qxe5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. a3 g6 22. b4 Qe5 23. Rac1 h5 24. Kf1 Qh2 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qe4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Materia, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. e3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nce4 e5 16. Nxc4 exd4 17. Ncd6 dxe3 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Nd6 Qe6 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Re1 Nb4 22. Qe4 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 g6 25. a3 N4d5 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Rd3 Rc7 28. b3 a5 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Bf3 h5 31. Rc5 a4 32. b4 Nfd7 33. Rc1 Ne5 34. Rd4 Re7 35. Be2 Ned7 36. Re1 Re5 37. Bd3 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 Kf6 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Re4+ Kd6 41. Rd4+ Nd5 42. Bc4 N7f6 43. Ba2 b5 44. Rd2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 a5 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 d5 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nf4 e6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Qd2 h6 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Nf5 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 0-0 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Bc2 Qe7 21. h3 Rfc8 22. g4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 c5 25. Bd1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qa3 27. Rb3 Qxa4 28. Kg2 Bc4 29. Rb1 Qa3 30. Nfe1 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Nxb8 32. Qd2 Nc6 33. Nc5 Qb4 34. Qe3 Nxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxe1 36. Bf3 Bxe5 37. Qe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avramidou, Anastasia"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Rb8 8. Qa4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. Qc2 0-0 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Rb1 a6 13. e4 Ne7 14. Ne1 Ng6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bf2 c5 20. a4 Ba8 21. axb5 axb5 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ngf8 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. f6 gxf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxb5 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Bd4 Ne6 31. Ne3 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Rd3 35. Nxc4 Rxg3+ 36. Kh2 Rc3 37. Nd6 Rxc8 38. Nxc8 f5 39. Nb6 Kg6 40. Nd5 Kg5 41. Kg2 h5 42. Kf3 f6 43. Ne7 h4 44. Nd5 Nd6 45. Ne7 Nc4 46. Nd5 Ne5+ 47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Kf3 Nd2+ 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bukreev, Stanislav"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Qh4 Ke7 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bg2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rac8 15. 0-0 b6 16. Rcd1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rd2 Rxc3 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. Qb4+ Qc5 21. Qf4 Qe5 22. Qh6 f5 23. Qh4+ f6 24. Qh6 Rf8 25. Qxh7+ Rf7 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. 0-0 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. Rxa3 Rb8 9. b3 cxb3 10. Rxb3 0-0 11. Bb2 a5 12. Qa1 Nb4 13. g4 e5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxg5 17. Rg3 Bg4 18. h3 f5 19. f4 Qh4 20. Rff3 g6 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. Rc3 Rf7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxc7 Rc8 25. Rc3 g3 26. Be5 Rd8 27. Qb2 Nd5 28. Qb3 Kf8 29. Qa3+ Kg8 30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 31. Rc8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qb3+ Kf8 34. Qxg3 Qxd2 35. Qd3 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Qc5+ 37. Qd4 Qc6 38. Qd6+ Qxd6 39. Bxd6+ Kf7 40. Bc7 Ke6 41. e4 Kd7 42. Bxa5 Kc6 43. Bc3 Kc5 44. e5 Kd5 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Ke4 h5 47. Be1 Kd7 48. f5 Ke7 49. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pakleza, Zbigniew"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. e3 Nh5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3 Qb6 9. Qb3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. a3 Kf7 14. 0-0-0 h6 15. Bc2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Ne4 dxe4 18. Rxd6 exf3 19. Rxd7+ Ke6 20. Rxb7 fxg2 21. Rg1 Ra7 22. Rxb6 Kd5 23. c4+ Kd6 24. Be4 Rc8 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley Ethan Artie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nxd5 10. a4 e6 11. 0-0 Be7 12. e4 Nf6 13. Ne5 0-0 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nc6 17. Qg4 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Nb6 21. Bd3 Nxa4 22. Bc2 Nxb2 23. Rab1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 d5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxb2 Bf6 27. Rb5 Rfc8 28. Rc1 Be7 29. Rb7 Bf8 30. Rd7 Rd8 31. Rb7 Rac8 32. Kf1 c4 33. Ba5 Rd6 34. Bb4 Re6 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Rd7 Re5 37. f4 Rh5 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. Ra7 Rh6 40. f5 Rd6 41. Re1+ Kf8 42. Ree7 Rf6 43. g4 c3 44. Rec7 Rxc7 45. Rxc7 d4 46. Ke2 g6 47. Kd3 gxf5 48. gxf5 Rxf5 49. Kxd4 Rg5 50. Rxc3 Rxg2 51. Ke4 Rf2 52. Rg3 Rf6 53. Ke3 Rg6 54. Rh3 Kg7 55. Kf3 Ra6 56. Rh5 Kg6 57. Rb5 f5 58. Rb8 Kg5 59. Rg8+ Rg6 60. Rh8 h5 61. Ra8 Kh4 62. Kf4 Rg1 63. Kxf5 Kh3 64. Kf4 h4 65. Kf3 Rf1+ 66. Ke2 Rf7 67. Rg8 Kh2 68. Rg6 h3 69. Rg8 Kh1 70. Rg6 Ra7 71. Kf1 Ra2 72. Rg8 Ra1+ 73. Kf2 Ra2+ 74. Kf1 Ra3 75. Rg7 Rf3+ 76. Ke2 Rf6 77. Rg8 Kh2 78. Rg5 Rb6 79. Rg7 Rb3 80. Kf2 Rb2+ 81. Kf1 Rg2 82. Rf7 Kh1 83. Rf8 h2 84. Rf7 Rg5 85. Rf8 Ra5 86. Rg8 Ra1+ 87. Kf2 Rg1 88. Ra8 Rg7 89. Rf8 Rg5 90. Rf7 Rg2+ 91. Kf1 Rg4 92. Rf8 Rb4 93. Rf7 Rb2 94. Rf8 Ra2 95. Rf7 Rb2 96. Rf8 Rb1+ 97. Kf2 Rc1 98. Rf7 Rg1 99. Rf8 Rf1+ 100. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Dubnevych, Maksym"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qa4 c5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Qxc4 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Nb6 10. Qd3 c4 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Kf2 Be7 13. Qxc4 0-0 14. e4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. h3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. b3 Bb5 21. Qd2 a5 22. Rhc1 Ba3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne1 Qe6 25. e3 Bb4 26. Qd1 Qf5+ 27. Kg1 h5 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 h4 30. g4 Qe6 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ g6 34. Qg5 Qxg5 35. Nxg5+ Kg7 36. Bxd5 Be8 37. Bxb7 Be7 38. Nf3 Bb5 39. Kf2 Bd3 40. Bd5 Bb1 41. a4 Bd3 42. Bc4 Be4 43. d5 Bc5 44. Nd2 Bc2 45. d6 f6 46. exf6+ Kxf6 47. d7 Ke7 48. Bb5 g5 49. Ke2 Bb4 50. Bd3 Bxd2 51. Kxd2 Bxb3 52. Bb5 Bd5 53. Bf1 Kxd7 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Kd4 Bc6 56. Bb5 Bg2 57. e4 Bxh3 58. e5+ Ke7 59. Be2 Bg2 60. Ke3 Bc6 61. Bd1 Ke6 62. Kd4 h3 63. Bb3+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Ferrara, Enzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Bb2 Ndf6 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. d5 Bg8 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Nf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. Ng5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Qb6 22. Rxe4 Rae8 23. Rde1 Qd8 24. R4e3 h6 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Kf7 27. h4 h5 28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Qh6 Qd4 30. Bh3 Rg8 31. R6e3 Ng4 32. Rf3+ Qf6 33. Rxf6+ Nxf6 34. Be6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Yurtseven, Melih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Qc2 Ne5 12. f4 Neg4 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Re1 Ng3 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Kh2 Nh5 19. g4 Nhf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nxg4+ 22. hxg4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qh4+ 24. Kg2 Bxe5 25. Qf2 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 Bg3 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bxf2 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxg4 Bd4 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Re1 f5 33. d6 fxg4 34. d7 Kf7 35. Bg5 Rf8 36. d8Q Rxd8 37. Bxd8 h5 38. b3 b6 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Rxa7 Be5 41. Kg2 Ke8 42. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Zanette, Edgard Vinicius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qb3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qb6 11. Qa3 Qd8 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. h3 b6 18. 0-0 g5 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Nf6 21. Rbf1 Qe7 22. Qa4 Rc8 23. e4 0-0 24. Qd1 e5 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sobek, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 0-0 14. 0-0 Nbd7 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Bc2 e5 17. d5 Nc5 18. Nb3 Nfd7 19. f4 e4 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bd4 Rfe8 22. f5 f6 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Rf4 b3 25. Bb1 a4 26. Qh5 Rf8 27. Rh4 h6 28. Qg6 Nd3 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Rf1 a3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wiebe, Isaac"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB22_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nf6 10. Ba5 Qe7 11. e5 Nd5 12. b3 Nc6 13. Qd2 c3 14. Bxc3 b4 15. Bb2 0-0 16. Bd3 a5 17. 0-0 Ba6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Nc7 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. h4 h6 22. Bd3 Nb8 23. Rc5 Bd5 24. Rcxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Bxb3 26. Qe4 g6 27. h5 Bd5 28. Qf4 g5 29. Qd2 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nd5 31. Be4 Nf4 32. Rc5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest ROM GP"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2025.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Vasilache, Dan Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. h3 0-0-0 13. 0-0-0 Qxb3 14. axb3 Kb8 15. Kc2 Rde8 16. f3 Bb4 17. Rhe1 c5 18. Bb5 cxd4 19. exd4 Kc7 20. Bg5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 a6 22. Bd3 Bd6 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Kd1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. g4 Nf8 28. Bf4 Kd7 29. Be5 Ne8 30. Kd2 f6 31. Bf4 g5 32. Be3 Kc6 33. f4 gxf4 34. Nxf4 Bxf4 35. Bxf4 Ne6 36. Be3 Nd6 37. Bg6 Nf8 38. Bc2 Ne6 39. h4 Ne4+ 40. Ke2 Nd6 41. h5 Ng5 42. Bg6 Kb5 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Bf4 Nge4 45. Ke3 Kd7 46. h6 gxh6 47. Bxh6 Ke7 48. Bf4 Ke6 49. Bh7 Kf7 50. Bxd6 Nxd6 51. Bd3 Nc8 52. Kf4 Ne7 53. Be2 Nc6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Bd3 Ne7 56. Kf4 Nc6 57. Bf5+ Kd6 58. Ke3 Ne7 59. Bd3 Nc6 60. Bg6 Na5 61. Bc2 Nc6 62. Bd1 Ke6 63. Bf3 Kd6 64. Kd3 Ke6 65. Kc3 Kd6 66. Be2 Ne7 67. Bd3 Ng8 68. b4 Nh6 69. Be2 Nf7 70. b5 axb5 71. Bxb5 Kc7 72. Bf1 Ng5 73. Bg2 Kc6 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Ke3 Ne6 76. Bf1 b6 77. Bd3 Kc6 78. Bg6 Kd6 79. Bf5 Nc7 80. Bc8 Ke7 81. Bb7 Kd6 82. Bc8 Ke7 83. Bf5 Kd6 84. Bd3 Ne6 85. Bh7 Kc6 86. Bg8 Nc7 87. Kd3 Kd6 88. Bh7 Ne6 89. Bf5 Nc7 90. Ke3 Kc6 91. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest ROM GP"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2025.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Vasilache, Dan Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. h3 0-0-0 13. 0-0-0 Qxb3 14. axb3 Kb8 15. Kc2 Rde8 16. f3 Bb4 17. Rhe1 c5 18. Bb5 cxd4 19. exd4 Kc7 20. Bg5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 a6 22. Bd3 Bd6 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Kd1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. g4 Nf8 28. Bf4 Kd7 29. Be5 Ne8 30. Kd2 f6 31. Bf4 g5 32. Be3 Kc6 33. f4 gxf4 34. Nxf4 Bxf4 35. Bxf4 Ne6 36. Be3 Nd6 37. Bg6 Nf8 38. Bc2 Ne6 39. h4 Ne4+ 40. Ke2 Nd6 41. h5 Ng5 42. Bg6 Kb5 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Bf4 Nge4 45. Ke3 Kd7 46. h6 gxh6 47. Bxh6 Ke7 48. Bf4 Ke6 49. Bh7 Kf7 50. Bxd6 Nxd6 51. Bd3 Nc8 52. Kf4 Ne7 53. Be2 Nc6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Bd3 Ne7 56. Kf4 Nc6 57. Bf5+ Kd6 58. Ke3 Ne7 59. Bd3 Nc6 60. Bg6 Na5 61. Bc2 Nc6 62. Bd1 Ke6 63. Bf3 Kd6 64. Kd3 Ke6 65. Kc3 Kd6 66. Be2 Ne7 67. Bd3 Ng8 68. b4 Nh6 69. Be2 Nf7 70. b5 axb5 71. Bxb5 Kc7 72. Bf1 Ng5 73. Bg2 Kc6 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Ke3 Ne6 76. Bf1 b6 77. Bd3 Kc6 78. Bg6 Kd6 79. Bf5 Nc7 80. Bc8 Ke7 81. Bb7 Kd6 82. Bc8 Ke7 83. Bf5 Kd6 84. Bd3 Ne6 85. Bh7 Kc6 86. Bg8 Nc7 87. Kd3 Kd6 88. Bh7 Ne6 89. Bf5 Nc7 90. Ke3 Kc6 91. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest ROM GP"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2025.05.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 Na6 10. 0-0 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nb4 12. Qe2 Qd3 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Re1 Be6 15. b3 0-0-0 16. Ba3 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bg4 18. f3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. f4 Bd3 22. Rf2 e4 23. Bf1 e3 24. Bxd3 exf2 25. Nxf2 Kc7 26. Bf5 h5 27. Ne4 h4 28. Kg2 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rd4 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Ke2 Rdd8 32. Kf3 Rh2 33. Nxf6 Bc3 34. Ng4 Rh5 35. Rc1 Bd2 36. Rd1 Rxf5 37. Ne5 Bc3 38. Nd3 Rh5 39. Ke4 Rh2 40. Rc1 Bd2 41. Rc2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest ROM GP"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2025.05.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 Na6 10. 0-0 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nb4 12. Qe2 Qd3 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Re1 Be6 15. b3 0-0-0 16. Ba3 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bg4 18. f3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. f4 Bd3 22. Rf2 e4 23. Bf1 e3 24. Bxd3 exf2 25. Nxf2 Kc7 26. Bf5 h5 27. Ne4 h4 28. Kg2 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rd4 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Ke2 Rdd8 32. Kf3 Rh2 33. Nxf6 Bc3 34. Ng4 Rh5 35. Rc1 Bd2 36. Rd1 Rxf5 37. Ne5 Bc3 38. Nd3 Rh5 39. Ke4 Rh2 40. Rc1 Bd2 41. Rc2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest ROM GP"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 0-0 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. e3 Rac8 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Ne5 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rcd8 20. Qe4 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qd6 24. Rxd6 Bxe4+ 25. f3 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest ROM GP"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2025.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2025.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB20_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 0-0 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. e3 Rac8 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Ne5 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rcd8 20. Qe4 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qd6 24. Rxd6 Bxe4+ 25. f3 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fichter, Fabian"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 h6 8. Bb2 Be6 9. Rc1 c6 10. h3 a5 11. d3 g5 12. Nd2 f4 13. Nce4 Nbd7 14. d4 Qe8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. exf4 gxf4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bh5 Qe7 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Bf3 a4 21. Bc3 Kh8 22. Qe2 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Rb1 Bf5 25. Rb2 Rfa8 26. Re1 Bg6 27. Kh2 Qd8 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Bg4 Nf6 30. Bf3 Re8 31. Re1 Nd7 32. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fichter, Fabian"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 h6 8. Bb2 Be6 9. Rc1 c6 10. h3 a5 11. d3 g5 12. Nd2 f4 13. Nce4 Nbd7 14. d4 Qe8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. exf4 gxf4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bh5 Qe7 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Bf3 a4 21. Bc3 Kh8 22. Qe2 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Rb1 Bf5 25. Rb2 Rfa8 26. Re1 Bg6 27. Kh2 Qd8 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Bg4 Nf6 30. Bf3 Re8 31. Re1 Nd7 32. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Rd1 e6 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Rab1 Qa7 19. Ng5 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe5 21. Nxe6 Na6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rb6 Qd5 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Rdc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rb1 Rc4 30. f3 Rxa4 31. Be7 f5 32. Nd2 Bxc3 33. Nb3 Ra2 34. Rc1 Bb4 35. Bf6 a4 36. Nd4 Kf7 37. Rc6 Nc5 38. Be5 Nb3 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Ne6 Ba3 41. Bf6 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Ra7 Rc8 44. Rxa4 Bc5+ 45. Kg3 Bd6+ 46. f4 Nc5 47. Nxc5 Bxc5 48. Be5 Kd7 49. Ra6 Rc6 50. Ra8 Rc8 51. Ra2 Rc6 52. Rd2+ Ke8 53. Rc2 Kd7 54. Rb2 Rb6 55. Rc2 Rb3+ 56. Kh2 Bf2 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. Rc6+ Kd5 59. Rxg6 h5 60. Rg5 h4 61. g4 hxg3+ 62. Kg2 Ke4 63. h4 Rb1 64. h5 Rg1+ 65. Kh3 Kf3 66. Rxg3+ Bxg3 67. Bd4 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Rd1 e6 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Rab1 Qa7 19. Ng5 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe5 21. Nxe6 Na6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rb6 Qd5 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Rdc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rb1 Rc4 30. f3 Rxa4 31. Be7 f5 32. Nd2 Bxc3 33. Nb3 Ra2 34. Rc1 Bb4 35. Bf6 a4 36. Nd4 Kf7 37. Rc6 Nc5 38. Be5 Nb3 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Ne6 Ba3 41. Bf6 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Ra7 Rc8 44. Rxa4 Bc5+ 45. Kg3 Bd6+ 46. f4 Nc5 47. Nxc5 Bxc5 48. Be5 Kd7 49. Ra6 Rc6 50. Ra8 Rc8 51. Ra2 Rc6 52. Rd2+ Ke8 53. Rc2 Kd7 54. Rb2 Rb6 55. Rc2 Rb3+ 56. Kh2 Bf2 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. Rc6+ Kd5 59. Rxg6 h5 60. Rg5 h4 61. g4 hxg3+ 62. Kg2 Ke4 63. h4 Rb1 64. h5 Rg1+ 65. Kh3 Kf3 66. Rxg3+ Bxg3 67. Bd4 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. d5 c5 11. Ne1 Kh8 12. Nd3 Ng8 13. b4 b6 14. a4 f5 15. f3 a5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb5 Ndf6 18. Nc1 f4 19. Bd2 g5 20. Nb3 g4 21. Nxa5 Rxa5 22. Bxa5 g3 23. h3 Nh5 24. Rfb1 Rf6 25. Bc7 Rg6 26. a5 Bxh3 27. gxh3 g2 28. Nxd6 Qxc7 29. Nf5 Ng3 30. a6 Nxf5 31. exf5 Rg3 32. a7 e4 33. a8Q Bd4+ 34. Kh2 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Movahed, Sina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. d5 c5 11. Ne1 Kh8 12. Nd3 Ng8 13. b4 b6 14. a4 f5 15. f3 a5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb5 Ndf6 18. Nc1 f4 19. Bd2 g5 20. Nb3 g4 21. Nxa5 Rxa5 22. Bxa5 g3 23. h3 Nh5 24. Rfb1 Rf6 25. Bc7 Rg6 26. a5 Bxh3 27. gxh3 g2 28. Nxd6 Qxc7 29. Nf5 Ng3 30. a6 Nxf5 31. exf5 Rg3 32. a7 e4 33. a8Q Bd4+ 34. Kh2 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zgadzaj, Rafal"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 d6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Be7 5. dxe5 a6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Bxb6 Bxe5 14. Ba5 Bxb2 15. Nc3 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 0-0-0 17. e5 b6 18. Bb4 Rd4 19. Rb1 a5 20. Ba3 Nh6 21. f3 Nf5 22. Ne4 Ra4 23. Rb3 Nd4 24. Rc3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th May Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zgadzaj, Rafal"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 d6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Be7 5. dxe5 a6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Bxb6 Bxe5 14. Ba5 Bxb2 15. Nc3 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 0-0-0 17. e5 b6 18. Bb4 Rd4 19. Rb1 a5 20. Ba3 Nh6 21. f3 Nf5 22. Ne4 Ra4 23. Rb3 Nd4 24. Rc3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bargsten, Justus"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 a5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. dxe5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 dxe5 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Rac1 a4 15. Qc2 a3 16. b4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nxb4 18. Qb3 Na6 19. d6 Qe6 20. d7 Red8 21. Qxa3 Rxd7 22. h3 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qb3 b6 25. Bg4 Qe7 26. Be2 Nb8 27. Bc4 Bf8 28. a4 Kg7 29. Bd5 Qd7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Ra1 Bd6 32. Rxa5 Qe7 33. Ra7 Nd7 34. Qc4 f6 35. g3 Rb8 36. Kg2 Rb4 37. Qa2 Bc5 38. Ra8 Bxe3 39. Rg8+ Kh6 40. fxe3 Qc5 41. Qe2 Qc3 42. Qg4 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 g5 44. h4 Rf2+ 45. Kxf2 Qd2+ 46. Qe2 Qxe2+ 47. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Odabasi, Ruzgar"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[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. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qd1 d4 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. Nb1 Bh3 15. Qa4+ Nd7 16. f3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qb7 18. Nd2 0-0 19. Nc4 Rc8 20. b3 d3 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qa5 dxe2+ 24. Kxe2 e4 25. f4 e3 26. Nxe3 Qe4 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. Qd5 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Nd4+ 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxc2 g6 32. Kf3 h5 33. h4 Kg7 34. Ke2 Qd7 35. Kf3 Qh3 36. Rc7 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Ng2 Kf6 39. Rxa7 Kf5 40. Kf3 Qh1 41. Ra5+ Kf6 42. Kf2 Qc1 43. Ra4 Kf5 44. Ne3+ Kf6 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Kf3 Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Qc1 48. Kf3 Qc7 49. Ra4 Qb7+ 50. Kf2 Qb6 51. Rc4 Qa5 52. Ra4 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 Qd3 54. Ra5 Kf6 55. b4 Qc3 56. a3 Ke6 57. Ra6+ Ke7 58. b5 Qc7 59. a4 Qb7+ 60. Ke2 Qe4 61. Ra7+ Ke6 62. b6 Qd4 63. a5 Qb2+ 64. Kf3 Qd4 65. b7 Qxa7 66. Nc4 Qxb7+ 67. Ke3 Qa6 68. Kd4 Kd7 69. Kd5 Qe6+ 70. Kd4 Kc6 71. a6 Qd5+ 72. Kc3 Qc5 73. a7 Qxa7 74. Kd3 Kd5 75. Ne3+ Ke6 76. Ke4 Qb7+ 77. Kd3 Qb1+ 78. Ke2 Qg1 79. Kf3 Qh1+ 80. Kf2 Qa8 81. Nf1 Kf6 82. Ne3 Kg7 83. Nf1 Qa3 84. Ne3 Qc5 85. Kf3 Qd4 86. Kf2 Kf6 87. Kf3 Ke6 88. Kf2 Kd6 89. Kf3 Kc5 90. f5 Qf6 91. Kf4 Kd4 92. g4 hxg4 93. Nxg4 Qxf5+ 94. Kg3 Qf1 95. Nf2 f5 96. Kf3 Ke5 97. Ke3 f4+ 98. Kf3 Qb1 99. Ng4+ Kf5 100. Nh6+ Kf6 101. Kxf4 Qc1+ 102. Kg4 Qxh6 103. Kg3 Qh5 104. Kh3 Qf3+ 105. Kh2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Hrabinska, Myroslava"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. d3 f6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. Nh4 Bf7 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. Rhg1 g5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. f4 d4 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Ne4 Bd5 19. exd4 exd4 20. Kb1 Ng6 21. gxh5 Ne5 22. Nxg5 Nf3 23. Nxf3 Bxf3 24. Qe5 Rxh5 25. Qg3 Bd6 26. Qg6 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rhh8 28. b4 Rdg8 29. Qf5+ Qd7 30. Qxd7+ Kxd7 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. Nf4 Rh4 33. Ne2 Rg2 34. Re1 Bb4 35. c3 dxc3 36. Bxc3 Bxc3 37. Nxc3 Rxh3 38. Rd1 Rhh2 39. Ka1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 01st Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 a5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. d5 Na6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 h5 12. Ne1 Kh7 13. Qd2 Ng8 14. Nd3 b6 15. a3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Nf2 h4 19. Rab1 Qf6 20. Ncd1 Nc5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Kh2 Ne7 24. Rg1 Nc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Rgd1 Ra2 28. Bf1 Ba4 29. Rdc1 Bc2 30. c5 Bxb1 31. Rxb1 bxc5 32. bxc5 Rb2 33. Rc1 Nxd5 34. cxd6 cxd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Araujo Filho, Luiz Antonio"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Be2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Nf5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Neg5 Bd7 13. a3 Nd6 14. Qc2 f5 15. e4 f4 16. Qd3 h6 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6 Qe8 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Bd3 Rad8 22. Bc2 g5 23. Rad1 g4 24. Nh4 Kh7 25. f3 Bf6 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. exf5 gxf3 28. gxf3 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Be4 c5 31. Kf2 Bh4+ 32. Ke2 a6 33. Rg1 Rd6 34. Kd3 Bf6 35. Rg6 b5 36. Rdg1 Rb8 37. Bd5 Re8 38. Kd2 Be5 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Rg6 Rd8 41. Re6 bxc4 42. bxc4 a5 43. Kd3 Kg7 44. Ke4 Bf8 45. Rg6+ Kh7 46. Re6 Rb8 47. Kxf4 Rb3 48. f6 Kg6 49. Be4+ Kf7 50. Ra6 Rb7 51. Bd5+ Kg6 52. Ke5 Rb8 53. f4 Re8+ 54. Be6 Rd8 55. f5+ Kg5 56. Bd5 d3 57. Bf3 d2 58. f7 d1Q 59. Bxd1 Rxd1 60. Ra8 Bg7+ 61. Ke6 Re1+ 62. Kd7 Kxf5 63. f8Q+ Bxf8 64. Rxf8+ Kg4 65. Kc6 Re5 66. Rh8 h5 67. h3+ Kh4 68. Kb5 Re3 69. Kxc5 Rxa3 70. Kb5 a4 71. Kb4 Ra1 72. c5 a3 73. c6 a2 74. Ra8 Rc1 75. Rxa2 Rxc6 76. Ra3 Rg6 77. Kc4 Rg3 78. Ra5 Rg5 79. Ra3 Rg3 80. Ra5 Rg6 81. Ra3 Rh6 82. Kd4 Re6 83. Kd5 Re8 84. Rb3 Kg5 85. Kd4 h4 86. Kd5 Kf4 87. Kd4 Re4+ 88. Kd5 Re3 89. Rb4+ Kg3 90. Kd4 Ra3 91. Ke4 Kxh3 92. Kf4 Kh2 93. Rb2+ Kh3 94. Rb4 Rd3 95. Rc4 Ra3 96. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Hariharan, Shambavi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 c6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. d4 Rc8 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. Qxb7 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rc7 19. Qf3 Be5 20. Bc3 f6 21. Nc6 Qc5 22. b4 Qf8 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Rfc8 28. c6 Kf7 29. Rd6 Ke7 30. Rcd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Rabin, Evan Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. e3 0-0 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Be6 9. 0-0 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Kg1 Rad8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 c6 20. Rc4 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Kd3 Kd6 25. Re1 Re7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. h4 Kd6 28. Rc1 Re8 29. h5 Re6 30. Rh1 Rf6 31. f4 Re6 32. g4 Rf6 33. Ke4 Re6+ 34. Kd3 Rf6 35. Rf1 gxh5 36. g5 Rg6 37. Rh1 h6 38. Rxh5 hxg5 39. fxg5 b6 40. Ke4 f6 41. Rh6 Rxg5 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Rh6 Ra5 44. Rxc6 Kd7 45. Rc2 Kd6 46. Rh2 Kd7 47. a4 Kd6 48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. d5 b5 50. Ke5 bxa4 51. b4 Rb5 52. Rh7+ Kd8 53. Rxa7 Rxb4 54. Ke6 Kc8 55. d6 Re4+ 56. Kd5 Rh4 57. Kc6 Rc4+ 58. Kd5 Rh4 59. Ra8+ Kb7 60. Ra5 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shandrygin, Nikita"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. 0-0 h6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Bc5 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rd1+ Ke7 14. bxc4 Rb8 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Nb5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a6 19. Na3 Rhc8 20. Rd3 Nd7 21. Rdb3 Nc5 22. Rb6 Rc7 23. Nc2 Rd8 24. Ne3 Rd2 25. R6b2 Rd4 26. f3 Kd8 27. Kf2 Kc8 28. Rc1 Na4 29. Rbc2 Rc5 30. Nf1 Nb6 31. Nd2 Rc7 32. c5 Nd5 33. Ne4 Nb4 34. Rb2 f5 35. Nd2 Nc6 36. Nc4 Kb8 37. Ke3 Rd5 38. Nb6 Re5+ 39. Kf2 Na5 40. Rbc2 Ka7 41. e4 fxe4 42. f4 e3+ 43. Kf3 Rf5 44. Kxe3 e5 45. Ke4 g6 46. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2833"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. c4 Be6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 f6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 cxd5 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. Nf5 Nxf5 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. d3 Kd7 15. Be3 a6 16. h4 Be6 17. h5 g6 18. Bc4 Nb4 19. Kd2 b5 20. Bxe6+ Kxe6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5+ Kd6 24. Rac1 Rhc8 25. Ne4+ Ke6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nc3 Nd5 28. Rh7 Nxc3 29. bxc3 a5 30. Ra1 a4 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Rh4 a3 33. Rb4 Ra6 34. Ra2 Rca8 35. c4 f5 36. e3 g5 37. Rb5 g4 38. d4 exd4 39. exd4 Kf6 40. Kd3 Kg5 41. c5 Kf4 42. d5 Ke5 43. d6 Kd5 44. Ke3 Kc6 45. Rb3 Kxc5 46. Rd3 Rd8 47. d7 Ra7 48. Raxa3 Rxa3 49. Rxa3 Rxd7 50. Ra5+ Kd6 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Re5+ Kf7 53. Rxf5+ Kg6 54. Kxg4 Rd4+ 55. Rf4 Rd1 56. Ra4 Rg1+ 57. Kf4 Rc1 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59. Rd6 Rc5 60. Ke4 Rb5 61. Rd5 Rb4+ 62. Kf5 Rb2 63. f4 Rb6 64. Rd7+ Kf8 65. Ke5 Ra6 66. Rd6 Ra5+ 67. Kf6 Ra8 68. f5 Rb8 69. Ra6 Rc8 70. Kg6 Rc1 71. Ra8+ Ke7 72. f6+ Ke6 73. Re8+ Kd7 74. f7 Rg1+ 75. Kh5 Rh1+ 76. Kg4 Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chen, Ryo"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nfd2 h5 7. f3 g5 8. a4 a5 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Bxg5 0-0-0 12. Nbd2 Bg7 13. Nxa5 Nc5 14. Bc4 h4 15. Be3 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Ke2 Kc7 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ke3 Rg6 20. Rhg1 Rdg8 21. g3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rxg3 23. Rxg3 Rxg3 24. Nac4 Ng4+ 25. Kd3 Nf4+ 26. Kd4 e5+ 27. Kc5 b6+ 28. Kb4 c5+ 29. Kb5 Nf6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Ne6 32. Ra7+ Kb8 33. Rxf7 Ne8 34. Re7 N8c7+ 35. Kb6 Rg6 36. Nxe5 Rh6 37. Nc6+ Kc8 38. Nc4 Na8+ 39. Ka7 Nec7 40. N4a5 Rh8 41. e5 Nd5 42. Rg7 Nac7 43. Nc4 Nb5+ 44. Ka6 Nbc7+ 45. Ka5 Kb7 46. Ne7 Ra8# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qxd4 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. c3 Qd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. 0-0-0 Nd7 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Be4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qxb7 17. f4 Nd7 18. g4 Nb6 19. g5 Be7 20. f5 Bxg5+ 21. Kc2 exf5 22. Bf3 Re8 23. Qg2 Nc4 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. Rhe1 Bf6 26. Rd6 Nxf3 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Qxf3 Ke7 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. b3 Kf8 31. Qd5 Re8 32. Kb2 f4 33. Qd6+ Qe7 34. Qxf4 h6 35. Rc7 Qe2+ 36. Ka3 Qa6+ 37. Kb2 Re2+ 38. Kc1 Bg5 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rc7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Povshednyi, Ivan"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. Na3 Be6 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 g6 10. Nc4 Bg7 11. Na5 Qc7 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Be5 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Nbd5 15. Qb2 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. d4 Rfc8 20. e3 b6 21. Nc4 Nd8 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Ra4 f6 24. Nd3 Nb7 25. b4 Nd6 26. Rca1 Nb5 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Raa1 e6 29. Qb3 Kf7 30. h4 h5 31. Be4 Ne7 32. Qc2 Nd6 33. Bg2 Nd5 34. Qb3 Nb5 35. Rc2 a5 36. bxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 bxa5 38. Nc5 Qd6 39. Ra2 Ra8 40. Qc4 Nb4 41. Ra1 Nd5 42. Bh3 Nbc7 43. Bg2 Nb5 44. Bf3 Nb6 45. Qc2 a4 46. Nxa4 Nxa4 47. Rxa4 Rxa4 48. Qxa4 Nc3 49. Qxc6 Qxc6 50. Bxc6 Ke7 51. Kg2 Kd6 52. Be8 g5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Bxh5 e5 55. dxe5+ Kxe5 56. Bf3 Nb5 57. Bg4 Nd6 58. Bd7 Nc4 59. Kf3 Nd2+ 60. Ke2 Ne4 61. Bc6 Nd6 62. f4+ gxf4 63. gxf4+ Kf5 64. Kf3 Nc4 65. e4+ Kf6 66. Bd5 Nd2+ 67. Ke3 Nf1+ 68. Kd4 Ng3 69. Bb7 Nh5 70. Ke3 Ng3 71. Bc8 Nf1+ 72. Kd4 Ng3 73. e5+ Ke7 74. f5 Ne2+ 75. Ke3 Nc3 76. f6+ Kf7 77. Kf4 Nd5+ 78. Kf5 Ne3+ 79. Ke4 Ng4 80. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 b5 9. a4 c6 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 0-0 12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. 0-0 Qxb2 15. Nbd2 Qb5 16. Ne5 Ra7 17. Ndxc4 Rc7 18. Rfb1 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Nbd7 20. Nxa5 Bxe2 21. Nac6 g6 22. h3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nd4 Bc4 26. Rab4 Re7 27. f4 Kg7 28. Rb7 Rfe8 29. Kf2 Ba6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rb6 Bc4 32. Kf3 Bd3 33. g4 Be4+ 34. Ke3 Ra7 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 Rxh3 38. Rb7 Rd3 39. Ne6+ Kg8 40. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Kovalevsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Na4 c4 11. dxc4 dxc4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc4 Bg4 15. Nfe5 Be2 16. Rfe1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f3 Nc3 20. e4 Kf6 21. Re3 Nb5 22. a4 Nd4 23. Rc1 e5 24. Kf2 Ke6 25. Rd3 f6 26. Ke3 Rd7 27. Na5 Rbd8 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rc4 f5 30. c3 f4+ 31. Kf2 Nxf3 32. gxf3 Rd2+ 33. Kg1 c5 34. b4 Ra2 35. bxc5 Rd8 36. Nb3 Rd3 37. Rf1 Re3 38. Nc1 Rc2 39. c6 Rexc3 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Rd1 Rxc6 42. Nd3 Rc3 43. Rd2 Ra3 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Nc5 Kg5 46. Nd7 Rxa4 47. Nxe5 Kh4 48. Nd3 g5 49. e5 Rc4 50. e6 Rc7 51. Re2 Re7 52. Nb4 a5 53. Nd5 Re8 54. e7 a4 55. Nf6 a3 56. Nxe8 a2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nxe5 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. a4 Rad8 20. Rc1 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd6 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bf1 Qxd4 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxb6 Qc5 27. Qb8 Bf8 28. Bb5 g5 29. Qa8 Kg7 30. Qxa5 Qd4 31. Qe1 Qxb2 32. Qe3 h6 33. h4 gxh4 34. gxh4 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Be7 36. Qg3+ Kf8 37. Qb8 Qg7+ 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Qc7 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Bg5 42. Qe5+ f6 43. Qxe6 Bf4 44. Qh3 Qg5+ 45. Kf3 Bc1 46. Qg4 Bd2 47. Qxg5+ hxg5 48. Kg4 Ba5 49. Kf5 Bb6 50. f3 Ba5 51. Ke6 Bc3 52. Kd5 f5 53. exf5 Kf6 54. Bd7 Ba5 55. Kc5 Bc3 56. Kb5 Ke5 57. a5 Kf4 58. a6 Bd4 59. f6 Kxf3 60. f7 Bg7 61. a7 g4 62. a8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Li, Hui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd8 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 0-0 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qb2+ Nf6 21. Nd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 exd6 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. g4 h6 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rd5 Rc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. f3 b6 31. Qc2+ Kg7 32. Qf5 Nh7 33. Qe5+ Kg6 34. Qc3 Nf8 35. Kg3 Ne6 36. a4 Rd7 37. Qe5 Rd1 38. f4 gxf4+ 39. exf4 Rd3+ 40. Kh4 Nd4 41. f5+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Nf3+ 43. Kh5 Kg8 44. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Rian, Kapriaga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bf5 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qf3 a5 15. h3 a4 16. Rad1 axb3 17. axb3 Bf8 18. g4 h6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rb8 21. Nb5 c6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nxd6 Rd8 26. c5 Rb8 27. Rd3 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke8 30. Kg3 Kd7 31. Kf4 Rb5 32. Kg3 Rb4 33. f4 Rb5 34. f5 Rb4 35. Kh4 Rb5 36. Kh5 Rd5 37. Rxd5 cxd5 38. Kh4 Kxd6 39. Kg3 Kc5 40. Kf3 Kb4 41. Ke3 Kxb3 42. Kd4 Kc2 43. Kxd5 Kd3 44. Kd6 Ke3 45. Ke7 Kf4 46. Kxf6 Kg3 47. Kxf7 Kxh3 48. Kg6 Kxg4 49. f6 h5 50. f7 h4 51. f8Q Kg3 52. Qf1 h3 53. Qh1 h2 54. Kf5 Kh3 55. Kf4 Kh4 56. Qxh2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 Be7 12. Bd2 0-0 13. 0-0 g5 14. f3 g6 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 g4 17. e5 gxh3 18. gxh3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Bf4 Qh5 22. Kg2 Nd5 23. Be4 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varriale, Luca"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Rb1 a6 8. b4 e5 9. d3 Nd7 10. a4 f5 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. e4 Nc5 17. Qe2 Ra3 18. Rfd1 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. Ne3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Na4 22. Ra1 Nc3 23. Qb2 Nxd1 24. Qxa3 Rxf3 25. Rxd1 h5 26. Qa7 Qc8 27. Nd5 Rf7 28. Ra1 c6 29. Qa8 Qxa8 30. Rxa8+ Kh7 31. Nc3 Rf3 32. Na4 Ra3 33. Nb6 Rb3 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Nc8 Bf8 36. Ra7+ Kh6 37. Rd7 Rc3 38. Rd8 Kg7 39. Nb6 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Re1 41. Kf3 Rb1 42. Nc8 Rd1 43. c5 d5 44. exd5 cxd5 45. Nb6 e4+ 46. Ke2 Rc1 47. Nxd5 Bxc5 48. Rd7+ Kh6 49. Ne3 Ra1 50. Rd5 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Bxe3 52. fxe3 Rxh2 53. Re5 Rh3 54. Kg2 Rxg3+ 55. Kxg3 g5 56. Re6+ Kg7 57. Rxe4 Kf6 58. Ra4 Kf5 59. Ra5+ Ke4 60. Rxg5 h4+ 61. Kxh4 Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez, Ramiro"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nbc3 0-0 9. Be3 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bd4 exd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Re1 Re8 15. b3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nd3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne4 Nxc1 20. Nxc1 Qe7 21. h4 Nd6 22. Nd3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf6 24. Rf4 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc3 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. Qd3 Qe5 29. h5 d6 30. Rh4 Rc3 31. h6+ Kg8 32. Qd2 Qe1 33. Qf4 Qe5 34. Qd2 f5 35. Rd4 Rec8 36. Ra4 R8c7 37. Qg5 Qe7 38. Qf4 Rc2 39. Rc4 R2xc4 40. bxc4 Qe5 41. Qg5 Qe7 42. Qd2 Kf7 43. Qc3 Qe5 44. Qa3 Ke7 45. Qa4 Qf6 46. Qb5 Qg5 47. Qb2 Qxh6+ 48. Kg1 Qf8 49. Qe2+ Kd8 50. c5 Rc6 51. dxc6 bxc5 52. Qa6 Qe7 53. Qb7 Qxb7 54. cxb7 Kc7 55. Bd5 c4 56. Kf1 c3 57. Ke2 g5 58. Kd3 h5 59. Kxc3 h4 60. gxh4 gxh4 61. Bh1 h3 62. f4 a6 63. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Dias, Simao Poscidonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. Ne2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 Re8 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. a3 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. d4 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Qb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. f4 Ng4 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Bd4 Qc7 28. Qb2 f6 29. Qd2 Bb7 30. h3 Nh6 31. g4 Nf7 32. Bb2 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Qxd6 34. Kf2 Qc6 35. e4 Ne7 36. Qc3 Kf7 37. Qxc6 Bxc6 38. Ke3 f5 39. Be5 Ng6 40. Bb8 a5 41. Bc7 axb4 42. axb4 b5 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. Bf1 Kd7 45. Bb6 Bxe4 46. Bxb5+ Kd6 47. Bc5+ Kc7 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. Bc4 Kd7 50. b5 fxg4 51. hxg4 Ne7 52. b6 Nd5+ 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Bxd5+ exd5 55. Bf8 g6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bazilius, Augustinas"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 b6 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. b4 Nb7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. b5 Nc5 14. Nb3 a5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. e4 Ne8 17. Qd3 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qe2 Qd4 20. Rfd1 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Bd7 Nd6 24. Bc6 Rad8 25. a4 Bb3 26. Rdb1 Nc4 27. Nd1 Nxb2 28. Nxb2 Bc2 29. Bd5 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Rd6 32. Kf1 Rfd8 33. Ke2 Rxd5 34. exd5 Rxd5 35. Ke3 Rd4 36. f4 Rxa4 37. Rd2 Rd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4+ 39. Kxd4 Kf8 40. Kd5 Ke7 41. Kc6 Kd8 42. Kd5 Kd7 43. g4 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. h4 h5 46. Ke5 a4 47. Kxf5 a3 48. Kg6 a2 49. f5 a1Q 50. f6 Ke6 51. f7 Qf6+ 52. Kh7 Qxf7+ 53. Kh6 Qg8 54. Kxh5 Kf6 55. Kh6 Qh8# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia Correa, Jose Ricardo"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. Qd2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. h4 h5 10. f3 a5 11. Bh6 a4 12. a3 b5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 Qd5 15. gxh5 Qxh5 16. Bh3 Na6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Qd5 19. Ne2 Qa2 20. Nc3 Qa1+ 21. Nb1 b4 22. axb4 a3 23. bxa3 Nc7 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Rxa3 26. Kb2 Ra6 27. Ra1 Rb6 28. Kb3 Rfb8 29. Ra4 Ne6 30. Rd1 c5 31. Nd5 Rd6 32. c4 cxd4 33. Ra5 Rc6 34. h5 Nc5+ 35. Ka3 Nb7 36. Ra7 Rxc4 37. hxg6 Kxg6 38. Nb6 Rc3+ 39. Ka4 Nd6 40. Rxd4 Rxb6 41. Ka5 Nc8 42. Ra8 Ra3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 g5 12. Qxg5 Rg8 13. Qf4 Nh5 14. Qh6 Nf6 15. cxd5 Rg6 16. Qf4 Nxd5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. 0-0 Rd8 20. e4 Bg4 21. Qb3 Nf6 22. Bf4 a6 23. Bd3 b5 24. e5 Nh5 25. Bxg6 Nxf4 26. Be4 Qxe5 27. Qe3 f5 28. Bc2 Qc7 29. f3 Re8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rae1+ Kf8 32. fxg4 Kg7 33. gxf5 Nd5 34. Re6 Nf6 35. Rfe1 Qa5 36. Re7+ Kh6 37. R1e2 b4 38. R7e6 bxa3 39. bxa3 Qc3 40. R6e3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchynskyi, Mykola"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Nf3 h4 12. Be5 g4 13. Nd2 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Rh5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. 0-0-0 Qxf2 17. Rhf1 Qxg2 18. e4 Qxh2 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Rde1 Bd7 21. Re2 Qh3 22. Rfe1 0-0-0 23. Rxe7 Rxd5 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Nb6+ axb6 26. Qxc7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lianes Garcia, Marcos"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
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1. e4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Ne2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Be6 9. 0-0 c6 10. c3 Nf6 11. Be3 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Nd2 0-0 14. Nf3 h6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. h3 Nd7 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. b3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Be6 22. g4 Nb6 23. c4 Nd7 24. f4 g6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 Rb8 27. Be4 Nf8 28. f5 Bd7 29. Bb6 Ra8 30. Bc2 Ra6 31. c5 Ra8 32. Re7 gxf5 33. gxf5 Kg7 34. Bc7 Kf6 35. Bd6 Kg7 36. Be5+ Kg8 37. Bc3 Re8 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. Bxa5 Nd7 40. Bb4 Nf6 41. Bd2 Nd5 42. Bxh6 Bd7 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. Bg5 Kg7 45. h4 Nb4 46. Bb1 Na6 47. Be3 Kf6 48. Kf4 Kg7 49. Bd4+ Kg8 50. Ke5 Bc8 51. Kd6 Kf8 52. h5 Nb4 53. h6 Nd5 54. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 0-0 9. Be2 Re8 10. 0-0 b6 11. f3 Na6 12. Kh1 Nc7 13. a4 Nd7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Re1 Rb8 18. Bf1 b5 19. axb5 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Ra2 f5 23. Ra5 Bd7 24. Rea1 fxe4 25. Ra6 Qd8 26. Rxd6 exf3 27. Ra7 fxg2+ 28. Bxg2 Qe7 29. Re6 Qh4 30. Rxd7 Ra8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bg3 Qg4 33. Rc7 Qf5 34. Rxc5 Bh6 35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Akopian, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. c4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Ngxe5 10. 0-0 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bd7 12. Qc2 a6 13. a3 Rb8 14. b4 Ne5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. c5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rfc1 d5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 c6 25. Qb2+ Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. a4 Ke6 28. Rab1 Kd7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rfe8 31. h4 Kc7 32. g3 Re4 33. Kg2 Ra4 34. Kf3 h6 35. Rb2 Rba8 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Rcb1 R4a7 38. Rb6 Rd8 39. R1b4 Re8 40. Kf4 Re4+ 41. Rxe4 dxe4 42. h5 gxh5 43. Kxf5 Ra2 44. Kxe4 Rxf2 45. Ra6 Kb7 46. Ra1 Rg2 47. Kf4 Rc2 48. Ra5 Rc4+ 49. e4 Rc1 50. e5 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Rg1 52. Ra3 Re1+ 53. Kf5 Rf1+ 54. Kg6 Re1 55. Kf6 Rf1+ 56. Ke7 Re1 57. e6 Re5 58. Kf6 Re1 59. e7 Rf1+ 60. Kg7 Re1 61. Kf8 Rf1+ 62. Ke8 Re1 63. Rf3 Ka6 64. Kf8 Kb5 65. e8Q Rxe8+ 66. Kxe8 Kxc5 67. Rf5+ Kd4 68. Rxh5 c5 69. Rxh6 c4 70. Rc6 Kd5 71. Rc8 Ke5 72. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 0-0 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Ndb1 h5 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Nh7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Ndf8 17. Na3 f5 18. Re1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Nc4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Bd2 Bh6 24. Bc3 N8h7 25. Qd3 Kf7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rf1 Kg6 28. Bg4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Ng5 30. Rxf5 Ne4 31. Re5 Qxg4 32. Nxd6 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 c4 34. Qc2 h3 35. Nxe4 hxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kf5 38. Nc3 Kxe5 39. Re1+ Kd6 40. Re4 Kc5 41. d6 Bc1 42. Re2 Kxd6 43. Rc2 Be3 44. Ne4+ Kd5 45. Nc3+ Kc5 46. Ne4+ Kb4 47. Nd6 Kb3 48. Rxc4 Rd8 49. Rc3+ Kxb2 50. Rd3 Bb6 51. Nc4+ Kc2 52. Rxd8 Bxd8 53. Nd6 b6 54. Kf3 Kb3 55. a5 bxa5 56. Ke2 a4 57. Kd1 a3 58. Kc1 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. c4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d4 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Ba3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Bxa3 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Qb5 Ba6 17. Qa4 Bb2 18. Rab1 Nc3 19. Qd7 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Rfd8 21. Qa4 Rdc8 22. h4 h6 23. Nd4 Rc5 24. Rd2 Bc1 25. Rc2 Bb5 26. Rxc5 Bxa4 27. Rxc1 Be8 28. Rc7 a4 29. b4 a3 30. b5 Rb8 31. Rc5 Kf8 32. f4 Ke7 33. Rc3 Ra8 34. b6 Kd6 35. b7 Rb8 36. Rc8 Rxb7 37. Rxe8 Rb2 38. Ra8 Rxa2 39. Rxa3 Rb2 40. Rc3 Rb6 41. Kf2 f6 42. Kf3 g6 43. g4 e5 44. fxe5+ fxe5 45. Ne2 Rb4 46. Rc8 h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Ng3 Rxh4 49. Nf5+ Ke6 50. Nxh4 e4+ 51. Kf4 d4 52. exd4 Kd7 53. Rh8 e3 54. Kxe3 Kd6 55. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Shandrygin, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Kc2 Nge7 9. Nb5 0-0-0 10. a3 Bf5+ 11. Kb3 Na5+ 12. Kxb4 b6 13. e4 Bxe4 14. Bc4 Nec6+ 15. Kc3 Nxc4 16. Kxc4 Bd3+ 17. Kc3 Bxb5 18. Bg5 Rd5 19. Rad1 Rc5+ 20. Kd2 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Be3 Ba4 23. Rc1 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Bb5+ 25. Kf3 Rd6 26. Bf4 Rd3+ 27. Kg4 Bd7+ 28. Kh4 Re4 29. g3 Rxf4+ 30. gxf4 Rh3+ 31. Kg5 f6# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Tavernier, Loris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. 0-0 d4 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Ba3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. exd4 Nd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. c4 Rd8 20. d4 Ra5 21. c5 e5 22. a4 Rb8 23. Rfb1 exd4 24. b4 Ra6 25. b5 Ra5 26. c6 Kf8 27. Rd1 a6 28. c7 Rc8 29. b6 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 a5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Nedelcu, Teodor Cosmin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 Ba6 13. Re1 f5 14. e3 g6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rec1 Rfc8 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. bxa5 Nc4 19. Na4 Bxa3 20. Rcb1 Bb5 21. Bc3 Nf6 22. Bf1 Ne4 23. Be1 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Bb2 25. Ra2 Bc3 26. Bxc4 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Nc3 28. Qc2 Nxa2 29. Bxa2 Qxa5 30. Bb3 Qa3 31. Nd2 Rab8 32. Rc1 Rb6 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Ra8 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. h4 Kd6 38. Rc3 h6 39. Bc2 Ra5 40. Nb3 Ra3 41. Kd2 g5 42. h5 Rb8 43. Nc5 Rxc3 44. Kxc3 Ra8 45. Nd3 Ra1 46. Ne5 Rh1 47. g4 fxg4 48. Bg6 Rg1 49. Nf7+ Ke7 50. Nxh6 Rg2 51. Bc2 g3 52. fxg3 Rxg3 53. Kd3 Rh3 54. Bd1 Rh2 55. Bf3 Kf8 56. Ng4 Rxh5 57. Ne5 Rh7 58. Nxc6 Rc7 59. Ne5 Ke7 60. Bg4 Kf6 61. Ke2 Rc1 62. Nd3 Rc2+ 63. Kf3 Ke7 64. Bh3 Rc3 65. Ne5 Kf6 66. Bf1 Rc1 67. Bd3 Rd1 68. Ng4+ Ke7 69. Be2 Rh1 70. Kg2 Rc1 71. Bf3 Rc3 72. Kg3 Ra3 73. Kf2 Rc3 74. Be2 Rc1 75. Bf1 Ra1 76. Bh3 Rh1 77. Bg2 Rc1 78. Kf3 Rg1 79. Ne5 Kf6 80. Bh3 Rc1 81. Nd3 Rh1 82. Kg2 Rxh3 83. Kxh3 Kf5 84. Kg3 Ke4 85. Nc5+ Kf5 86. Nd7 Ke4 87. Ne5 Kxe3 88. Nc6 Kd3 89. Kg4 Kc4 90. Kxg5 e5 91. dxe5 Kc5 92. Nd4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Magold, Filip"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 Nd4 6. Bc4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 0-0 8. Bg5 Be7 9. c3 c6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1 d5 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. f3 f5 21. Bc2 Rd8 22. Rad1 exf3 23. gxf3 Be6 24. Re5 Rd6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rad8 27. Rf4 c5 28. Kf2 cxd4 29. Ke2 Re8+ 30. Re4 Rxe4+ 31. fxe4 Ra6 32. a3 Rb6 33. b4 Ra6 34. Rd3 Kg7 35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Rh3 h5 38. Rxh5 Rxa3 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. Rd5 d3 41. Ke3 Rb3 42. b5 d2+ 43. Kxd2 Rb2+ 44. Kc3 Rxh2 45. Rd7 Ke6 46. Rxb7 Ra2 47. Kd4 f6 48. Rc7 Rd2+ 49. Kc3 Ra2 50. Kd3 Ra1 51. Ke3 Ra2 52. Rc6+ Ke5 53. Rc5+ Ke6 54. Rc6+ Ke5 55. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Ilinca Ilinca, Felix Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Nc3 h5 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. a3 Rc4 18. Qb3 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 h4 20. Nc5 Re8 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. b4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 0-0 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bc2 Ndf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. d4 Qxb2 19. Nfg5 f3 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. Ng5 Kh8 23. Rxb7 Rf6 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Ng5 fxg2 26. Rxe6 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Rf8+ 28. Kxg2 Qd5+ 29. Be4 Qxg5+ 30. Kh1 Bb8 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qe1 Qh5 33. Re3 Bf4 34. Rd3 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Qa2 36. Qf2 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Ignat, Matei Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e4 e5 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Rac1 f6 17. Na4 b6 18. b3 Nc5 19. Nb2 a5 20. h4 Bc8 21. h5 Ne6 22. Bh3 Ba3 23. h6 g6 24. Rb1 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Nc5 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rc1 Qb4 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Ba6 31. Rc1 c4 32. bxc4 Rb8 33. Rd2 Rfd8 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Bf1 c5 36. Rb1 Rd6 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rh8 f5 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Ra7 fxe4 41. h7+ Kh8 42. Bh6 Rb6 43. Re7 Nd4 44. Bg7+ Kxh7 45. Bxe5+ Kg8 46. Bxd4 cxd4 47. Rxe4 Rb4 48. Rxd4 Kf7 49. Rd7+ Ke6 50. Ra7 Bxc4 51. Bxc4+ Rxc4 52. Rxa5 Rc2 53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Kf3 Rb2 55. Ke3 g5 56. Kf3 Rc2 57. a4 Rc4 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. g4+ Ke5 60. Kg3 Rc5 61. a5 Kd4 62. Rd6+ Ke5 63. Rg6 Ke4 64. f3+ Ke3 65. a6 Ra5 66. a7 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botea, David Alexandru"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. d3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. Rab1 Rfd8 15. Ba1 h6 16. Ne1 Na7 17. a4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nc6 19. f4 Rd7 20. g4 Rbd8 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 Nh7 23. g6 fxg6 24. Nf4 Nf8 25. Ne4 Ne5 26. Qb2 Bf6 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 Nxc4 29. Bxf6 Nxb6 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxc5 e5 32. Ne2 Nfd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Tamas, Christian Arrydan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf3 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Qc6 15. Qc2 b5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. Nc2 Nc6 19. Bg2 b4 20. Rfe1 c4 21. Ne3 Bc5 22. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 exd5 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Bxb4 Qh6 26. Qf5 Bxg3 27. Qh3 Bf4 28. Rcd1 Ng4 29. Qxh6 Bxh6 30. Bh3 Ne3 31. Bxc8 Bxc8 32. Bc5 Nxf1 33. Rxf1 a6 34. Kg1 f6 35. Rd1 Be6 36. e3 Kf7 37. Kf2 g6 38. Ke1 f5 39. Kd2 Bg7 40. Kc2 Be5 41. Bd4 Bc7 42. b3 g5 43. Kc3 Kg6 44. Rd2 h5 45. Kb4 h4 46. Kc5 g4 47. Kc6 Ba5 48. Rb2 c3 49. Rf2 f4 50. Rxf4 c2 51. Bb2 Bc3 52. Bc1 d4 53. exd4 g3 54. hxg3 hxg3 55. Rf3 Be1 56. Re3 Bf2 57. Rxe6+ Kf5 58. Re5+ Kg4 59. Rg5+ Kf3 60. d5 g2 61. Rxg2 Kxg2 62. d6 Bh4 63. d7 Kf3 64. Kc7 Ke2 65. d8Q Bxd8+ 66. Kxd8 Kd1 67. Bg5 c1Q 68. Bxc1 Kxc1 69. b4 Kb2 70. a4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Craiova"]
[Date "2025.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cimpoiasu, Dan"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. 0-0 Rd8 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. Bb5 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Rxd4 17. Rf3 Rf4 18. Rxf4 Qxf4 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Bc4 b6 21. g3 Qf5 22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. a3 Qd5 29. h4 h5 30. Kh2 g6 31. Qe3 Kh7 32. Qf4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Haug, Havard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d5 e5 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 d6 7. b3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Bc8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. b4 Re8 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Bd3 Nh7 18. Nb5 Ndf8 19. Rac1 axb4 20. axb4 Bf6 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Ra4 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rc7 Qd8 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Qc6 Re7 27. Bb6 Rb8 28. Rb7 Rexb7 29. Bxd8 Bxd8 30. Qxd6 Bf6 31. Na7 Rd8 32. Qc5 Be7 33. Qe3 Bg5 34. f4 Bxf4 35. Qc5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Lopez Ramirez, David Santiago"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. e3 0-0 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Re8 8. Be2 Ne4 9. 0-0 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Bb2 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nf6 18. e4 Qd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. e5 Nh5 21. g4 Bh6 22. Bxd5 e6 23. Bxb7 Qe7 24. Rc4 Rab8 25. Bc6 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. gxh5 Qg5+ 28. Qg4 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Qe7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qxd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Zepeda Berlanga, Jan Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. d4 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 d5 11. Qc1 Bf5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Na4 Rfd8 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Qb2 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Qe5 Be6 20. h3 f6 21. Qf4 Bf7 22. Kh2 Ne6 23. Qg3 Ng5 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Qc7 Qxc7+ 27. Rxc7 Kf8 28. Rxa7 Ne4 29. Kg1 e5 30. Bf3 f5 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Nc5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Nd7+ Kg7 36. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yurasova, Daria"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. c4 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bh4 Nge7 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Qe2 0-0 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Rd5 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Rae1 Rd6 22. Qh4 Rd4 23. f4 Rc8 24. Qg3 Rd2 25. Bf6 g6 26. Bc3 Rd3 27. Qf2 b5 28. a3 Rc4 29. Qe2 Rc8 30. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao, Erick"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 0-0 7. Be2 d6 8. 0-0 Re8 9. d3 h6 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 a5 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Rf2 Bd7 17. Raf1 Rf8 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Nd4 Nh7 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. Qxg5 Nxg5 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nf5 Nc5 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Rf5 Ne7 26. R5f2 Bd7 27. h5 Be6 28. Rd1 f5 29. e5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Rc8 31. Bd4 Nd7 32. Nc2 f4 33. Rff1 c5 34. Bf2 Nf5 35. Bf3 Ne5 36. Be4 Ng4 37. Rfe1 Nxf2 38. Kxf2 Ng3 39. Bb7 Rce8 40. Bc6 Re7 41. Bd5 Rfe8 42. Na3 Kf7 43. Nb5 Bxd5 44. Nd6+ Kf8 45. Nxe8 Be6 46. Nd6 Bg4 47. Rb1 Rd7 48. Re8# 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.10.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ghimpu, Samuel Timotei"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Galati Smart"]
[BlackTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.10.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Tamas, Christian Arrydan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Pioni Romanesti"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Ne8 12. Nd2 Ra8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. a5 f5 16. f3 Ba6 17. Ra2 Qc8 18. Na4 Qe6 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. c5 d5 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. c6 Rxb6 24. axb6 Qxc6 25. Ba3 Qxb6+ 26. Bc5 Qd8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxd5+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. Ra8 Re7 31. Na5 Kf7 32. Rd1 Rc7 33. Ra6 Bf6 34. Nc6 Ng7 35. Re1 Ne6 36. Nxe5+ Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Nf4 38. Rb5 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kh4 Kg7 42. g4 Rc4 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. Raa7 g5+ 45. Kh3 fxg4+ 46. fxg4 Nf4+ 47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Kd4 Rc2 51. Rxh7+ Kg6 52. Rhb7 Kf6 53. Rb6+ Ne6+ 54. Kd3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.10.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Arad Vados"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 h6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bf1 Re8 10. Rb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. f3 a6 13. Be3 c5 14. Nc2 Be6 15. b3 g5 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf4 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Red1 Rad8 21. Ne1 Nc6 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qxf4 gxf4 24. Nc2 a5 25. a4 Bd4+ 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Rd1 h5 29. h4 Re5 30. Rxd4 Kf8 31. g3 fxg3 32. Bh3 Ke7 33. Kg2 Rg8 34. Rd3 Rc5 35. Rd4 b6 36. Rd2 Rg6 37. Bf5 Rg7 38. Rd4 Rg8 39. Bh3 Re5 40. Rd2 Rg6 41. Bf5 Rg7 42. f4 Rc5 43. Bh3 Rg8 44. Bf5 Rc6 45. Bh3 Rc7 46. Bf5 Rc5 47. Bh7 Rg4 48. Bf5 Rxf4 49. Kxg3 Rf1 50. Rd3 Rh1 51. Bh3 Rc7 52. Kf4 Rb7 53. e5 dxe5+ 54. Kxe5 Rc7 55. Kf4 Rc6 56. Rd7+ Ke8 57. Rd3 Rg6 58. Ke5 Re1+ 59. Kf4 Rh1 60. Ke5 Rhg1 61. Kf4 Ke7 62. Rd7+ Kf6 63. Rd3 Rh1 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kf4 Kg7 66. Bf5 Rf6 67. Rg3+ Kh6 68. Rf3 Rd6 69. Bd3 Rd4+ 70. Kg3 Kg7 71. Bf5 Rg1+ 72. Kh2 Rdd1 73. Bh3 Rg6 74. Bf5 Rd2+ 75. Kh3 Rgg2 76. Be4 Rh2+ 77. Kg3 Rdg2+ 78. Kf4 Rxh4+ 79. Kf5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.10.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Buzau Phoenix"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qc1 Bb6 11. Qf4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Nc3 Ke7 15. Rfd1 Rhd8 16. Na4 d4 17. Ne1 Rac8 18. Nd3 Rc7 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. b3 Ng6 22. Nd3 Ne5 23. Nb4 Rd6 24. Rd2 Rcd7 25. Rad1 Bf5 26. e4 dxe3 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Nd5+ Kd8 29. Nxe3 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Kc7 31. Nc3 Be6 32. f4 Nd3 33. Kf1 Nc5 34. Ke2 Nd7 35. Ke3 Nc5 36. b4 Na6 37. a3 Kc8 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Nc7 40. Bxf7 Nb5 41. Bc4 Nd6 42. Bd3 Kd7 43. g4 Ke6 44. h4 Kd5 45. g5 fxg5 46. fxg5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Ke5 48. g6 Ne8 49. Be4 Kf6 50. Kd4 Nc7 51. Bd3 Ne6+ 52. Kd5 Nf4+ 53. Kc4 b5+ 54. Kd4 Ne6+ 55. Ke3 Nc7 56. Ke4 b6 57. g7 Kxg7 58. Ke5 Kf7 59. Kd6 Ne6 60. Bxb5 Nd4 61. Bd3 Ke8 62. Kc7 b5 63. Kb6 Kd8 64. Kc5 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.10.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anton, Teodor"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Craiova Oltenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 0-0 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. h4 Qxb2 16. Qg4+ Kh7 17. Qe4+ f5 18. Qxa8 Qb6 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. hxg5+ Kg8 21. Qf3 Qa5+ 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qxf4 Qc3 25. Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa2+ 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.10.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Timisoara Vest Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 a5 8. b3 d6 9. Be2 0-0 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qc2 c6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. Qxe4 Rf6 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 Rf5 24. Bd4 cxd5 25. Bg4 Rg5 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. h4 Rg6 28. cxd5 Rd8 29. h5 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Kg8 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bxb6 Bd5 34. Bxa5 Bxb3 35. Bb4+ Ke8 36. e7 Kf7 37. h6 gxh6 38. Kf2 Ba4 39. Ke2 Bb5+ 40. Kd2 Ke6 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. Kb3 h5 43. a4 Bc6 44. g3 Be8 45. a5 Bf7 46. Kc3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.09.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Filip, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Techirghiol Sparta"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. 0-0 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. b3 Nf8 13. Be3 c5 14. Nde2 b5 15. Qd3 b4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Rad1 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Qa5 19. Qc2 N6d7 20. Rf1 Nb6 21. Rxd6 Nxa4 22. f4 Nc3 23. Rd2 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Bc3 25. e5 Ne6 26. Bd5 Nc7 27. Be4 Qb6 28. h4 Rbd8 29. h5 Qe6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. f5 Qxe5 32. Bf4 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Qd7 34. Bxc7 Qxc7 35. fxg6 f6 36. Rh2 Qe5 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Bd5+ Rxd5 42. cxd5 Qxd5+ 43. Kh2 Bd2 44. Qd1 Re5 45. Qg4 Qe6 46. Qxe6+ Rxe6 47. Rf5 Be3 48. Rd5 Re8 49. Rc7 Bd4 50. Rdd7 f5 51. Rf7 a5 52. Rxf5 a4 53. g7 b3 54. axb3 axb3 55. Rh5 Bxg7 56. Rg5 b2 57. Rgxg7+ Kh8 58. Rh7+ Kg8 59. Rcg7+ Kf8 60. Rb7 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2024.09.28"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "258"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ploiesti Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Bucuresti ASE"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. d4 Re8 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. e3 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Rfe1 Ne6 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Rb8 17. h3 Bf8 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Re5 Nc5 21. dxc5 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Qc7 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Na4 Ne4 25. Nf4 Bg7 26. Nh5 Bh8 27. Qf3 Qe5 28. Qe3 Bxh3 29. Nf4 Bf5 30. Nd3 Qd4 31. Qf4 Bg6 32. Ndb2 Qf6 33. Nd3 Rd8 34. Qe3 Qg5 35. Re1 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Nxg3 37. Nf4 Nf5 38. Rb3 Rd1+ 39. Bf1 Bd4 40. Ne2 Be5 41. Rxb7 Nd4 42. Nac3 Nxe2+ 43. Nxe2 Bd3 44. Kg2 Bxc4 45. Rxa7 Bd5+ 46. f3 Rd3 47. Ng1 Rd2+ 48. Ne2 Bd4 49. Kg3 Bxc5 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Nc3 Bd6+ 52. f4 Rd4 53. Nxd5 cxd5 54. a4 Rxf4 55. Kg2 Rg4+ 56. Kf2 Bg3+ 57. Kf3 Rf4+ 58. Kxg3 Rxf1 59. Rd8 Ra1 60. Rxd5 Ra3+ 61. Kg4 Rxa4+ 62. Kg3 Ra6 63. Rb5 Rg6+ 64. Kf4 Rf6+ 65. Kg4 Rg6+ 66. Kf4 Rg2 67. Ra5 Rg1 68. Rb5 Kg6 69. Ra5 Rg2 70. Rb5 Rg1 71. Ra5 h5 72. Ra8 Kg7 73. Ra5 Kh6 74. Ra8 Rg4+ 75. Kf3 Kg7 76. Ra5 Kg6 77. Ra8 Kh7 78. Ra5 Kh6 79. Ra8 Kg5 80. Rg8+ Kh4 81. Rf8 Rg3+ 82. Kf2 Rg7 83. Rh8 Rg5 84. Rh7 f6 85. Rh6 f5 86. Rb6 Rg4 87. Rb5 Kg5 88. Rb8 Ra4 89. Kg3 Ra3+ 90. Kg2 Ra2+ 91. Kf3 Ra3+ 92. Kg2 Kg4 93. Rg8+ Kh4 94. Rf8 Kg5 95. Rg8+ Kf4 96. Rh8 Ra2+ 97. Kh3 Ra1 98. Kg2 Ra2+ 99. Kh3 Ra3+ 100. Kg2 Rg3+ 101. Kf2 Rg5 102. Rh7 Kg4 103. Kg2 Rg8 104. Rh6 Kh4+ 105. Kf3 Rg1 106. Kf2 Ra1 107. Rh8 Kg4 108. Rg8+ Kf4 109. Rh8 Ra2+ 110. Kg1 h4 111. Kf1 Kg3 112. Rg8+ Kf3 113. Kg1 f4 114. Rh8 Rd2 115. Rh7 Rc2 116. Rh8 Rb2 117. Rh7 Re2 118. Rh8 Rc2 119. Rh7 Rb2 120. Rh8 Rg2+ 121. Kf1 Rg4 122. Ra8 Kg3 123. Kg1 f3 124. Rf8 h3 125. Rf7 Rg5 126. Rf8 Rg4 127. Rf7 h2+ 128. Kh1 f2 129. Rf8 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kavri, Yusuf Eren"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 h5 8. g5 f5 9. gxf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Bd2 0-0 12. h3 Nf6 13. Rg1 a6 14. Ng5 c6 15. Qc2 b5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. cxb5 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nh7 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Qf6 22. Bd5 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 Ra7 24. b6 Re7 25. Rg3 Nd4+ 26. Ke1 h4 27. Re3 Ng5 28. Qa4 Ngf3+ 29. Kd1 Nxd2 30. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 31. Ne2 Bh6 32. Qa3 Qxe2+ 33. Kc3 Qc2+ 34. Kb4 Qc5+ 35. Ka4 Qb5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lopez Paniagua, Mario Yber"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 Nc6 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 0-0 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 c5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. g4 b5 13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Rb1 Bb7 16. Qd2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bh6 Qc7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf4 Qc6 21. Ng3 Rbe8 22. g5 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 f6 24. Rf2 Qd6 25. Qh4 fxg5 26. Qxg5 Ne5 27. Re1 Qd4 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Nc6 30. fxg6 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 hxg6 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 e5 34. Ne4 Nd8 35. Nxc5 a5 36. Ke2 Nc6 37. Nd7 Re7 38. Nb6 Rb7 39. Nc4 Rxb3 40. Nxe5 Nxe5 41. Rxe5 a4 42. Ra5 a3 43. Kd2 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Rb3 45. Kd4 Kf6 46. Kc4 Rb1 47. Rxa3 Rh1 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. d4 Rxh3 50. d5 g5 51. Ra8 g4 52. Rf8+ Ke5 53. Re8+ Kd6 54. Rg8 g3 55. Rg6+ Ke5 56. d6 Rh4+ 57. Kc5 Rh8 58. Rxg3 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martinez Ramirez, Lennis"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. d4 a5 7. c3 Bf5 8. h3 Re8 9. Be2 a4 10. b4 c6 11. a3 b5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. 0-0 Nb6 14. Ne1 Nc4 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qf3 Qg6 19. g3 h5 20. Kg2 f5 21. Rg1 h4 22. g4 fxg4 23. Qxg4 Qf6 24. Kf1 Re6 25. Ng2 Bg3 26. Ra2 Re4 27. Qd1 Rae8 28. Re2 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. Rg2 Rxc3 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ Qh6 33. Qxh6+ Kxh6 34. fxg3 Rxa3 35. gxh4 g6 36. Ree2 Rxh3 37. Rh2 Rb3 38. Rb2 Rd3 39. Rhd2 c3 40. Rxd3 cxb2 41. Rd1 a3 42. b5 cxb5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "De Lomas Busquets, Alba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. h3 Bh5 10. c4 c6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. Nd3 a6 15. e4 Qe8 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bc7 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qd3 Bd8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Bxb6 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Nf3 Qg6 25. Qe4 Nxd4 26. Qxg6 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 hxg6 28. Ba3 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Rf5 30. f4 g5 31. Bd6 gxf4+ 32. Rxf4 Rd3+ 33. Kg4 Rxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Rxh3 35. Rc1 Rh4+ 36. Kf3 Rh2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Re8 Rh6 39. Rb8 Bd4 40. Rxb7 Rg6 41. a4 Rg5 42. Kf4 Rf5+ 43. Ke4 Bc3 44. Re7 Rh5 45. Rxe6 Rh4+ 46. Kd5 Rh3 47. Re7 Kg6 48. Rb7 a5 49. e6 Rd3+ 50. Kc6 Re3 51. e7 Kf7 52. Kd7 Rxe7+ 53. Bxe7 g5 54. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Goltsev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. b3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bg4 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qd5 Bg6 17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Qc5 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxf6 Nf5 21. Rd7 Bd8 22. Bb2 b5 23. Bd5 Rc8 24. Ne5 Kh7 25. Nxg6 Kxg6 26. Be4 Re8 27. Rd6+ f6 28. Bd3 Re2 29. Ba1 Be7 30. Rd5 Rxa2 31. Bxf5+ Kf7 32. Bxc8 a5 33. Re1 Bb4 34. Be6+ Kg6 35. Bf5+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. Red1 Bc5 38. Bd4 Be7 39. Bg6 Re2 40. Be3 a4 41. Bxh6+ Kg8 42. Bh5 Re5 43. Bf4 Re4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Bf3 Rxf4 46. Rxe7 Kf8 47. Ra7 Ke8 48. Rb1 Rd4 49. Rb8+ Rd8 50. Bc6+ Kf8 51. Rxd8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Nigalidze, Gaioz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Bf4 e6 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 f5 16. f3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. f4 Rf7 20. Kh1 Rg7 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. g4 fxg4 23. Rxg4 Rag8 24. Rag1 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 Rf8 26. Qe3 b6 27. Qh3 Qf7 28. Qh6 e3 29. Qh3 Qf5 30. Qf3 Qxe5 31. Qe2 Rxf4 32. Rg3 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. d4 a6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. d5 0-0 7. a4 h6 8. Nc3 d6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Nbc6 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Ne4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nc5 Nc6 17. Qxe6+ Kh7 18. Re1 Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Rf7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Ra3 Rd5 23. f3 Ne5 24. Re4 c5 25. Rb3 Nc4 26. Bc1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Nd6 29. c4 Rdf5 30. Rh4 g5 31. Rb6 Nxc4 32. Rhxh6 Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Re7 34. Kf2 d3 35. Rd6 c4 36. b3 cxb3 37. Rxd3 Rb5 38. Bb2+ Kf7 39. g3 Rc7 40. Ke3 Rc2 41. Rd2 Rbc5 42. Rd7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Re8 8. d5 Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. b4 e6 11. h3 exd5 12. exd5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxa1 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qxa1 Rxe4 16. Bxf6 Qf8 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Ng5 c5 19. b5 Nc7 20. f4 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rf3 h6 23. Rg3 hxg5 24. Rxg5+ Kh7 25. Rh5+ Kg6 26. Rg5+ Kh7 27. Rg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Rg8 29. Bc3 Rae8 30. Qd1 Kh6 31. Bf6 Re4 32. Bg5+ Kg6 33. h4 Rh8 34. g4 Rxc4 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. Qd3+ Re4 37. Qh3+ Kg6 38. Qd7 Rhe8 39. Qxd6+ Kh5 40. f5 Kg4 41. Qg6 Re1+ 42. Kh2 R8e2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. 0-0 c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. a3 cxd4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. exd4 Qd7 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Re5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. Ne2 Nc5 23. Bf5 Qe7 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. h3 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Qd7 27. Qg4 g6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Qf4 Qe6 30. Ng4 Nd7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5 h5 33. Ne3 Nxe5 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 Nc4 36. Nc7 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qxb2 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Kg2 Qd2 41. Qf6 Ne3+ 42. Kh2 Nf5 43. Kg2 Qd5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd2 46. Qh8+ Kg5 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kh2 Qd2 49. h4+ Kg4 50. Nf6+ Kf3 51. Qa8+ Ke2 52. Qxa7 Qd4 53. Qa6+ Ke1 54. Ne4 Qxe4 55. Qxb6 Qe2 56. Kg1 Qf1+ 57. Kh2 Qxf2+ 58. Qxf2+ Kxf2 59. a4 Nd6 60. a5 Nb5 61. a6 Kf3 62. Kh3 Kf2 63. Kh2 f5 64. Kh3 Kf3 65. Kh2 Ke4 66. Kg2 Kd5 67. Kf3 Kc6 68. Kf4 Nc7 69. Kg5 Ne6+ 70. Kxg6 f4 71. gxf4 Nxf4+ 72. Kg5 Ng2 73. a7 Kb7 74. Kxh5 Nxh4 75. a8R Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buzas, Bertalan"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. h4 Rfd8 13. Ne3 a5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. e6 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. exd7 Rxd7 18. d4 c4 19. Ne5 Re7 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd2 b4 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Re5 f6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qf4 Qd8 28. Bh3 Bf7 29. Bg4 g6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Bf3 a4 32. a3 bxa3 33. bxa3 Qe7 34. Qc1 Kg7 35. c3 Qd6 36. Bd1 Bg6 37. Bxa4 h4 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Be4 40. Bc6 Kf7 41. a4 Ke7 42. Kh2 Kd6 43. Be8 Bf5 44. a5 Kc7 45. Bb5 Kb7 46. a6+ Kb6 47. a7 Kxa7 48. Bc6 Be6 49. f5 Bxf5 50. Bxd5 Bd3 51. Kh3 Kb6 52. Kxh4 Kc7 53. Kg4 Kd6 54. Bf3 Ke6 55. Kf4 Kd6 56. Bg4 Bg6 57. Bf5 Kd5 58. f3 Kd6 59. Be4 Ke6 60. Kg4 Kd6 61. Ba8 Ke6 62. f4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leon Oquendo, Jorge L"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 d4 9. Nb1 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bf1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. c4 Re8 14. d3 Bd6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nbd2 Ne5 17. Be2 Bg6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf1 Re8 20. Bf3 b6 21. a3 Nh5 22. g3 Nf6 23. b4 Qf5 24. a4 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxd3 26. a5 bxa5 27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxa5 Rc8 29. Bb7 Rc7 30. Bxa6 h5 31. Bb5 Ne4 32. f3 Nd6 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Ba6 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Nxc4 36. Bc1 d3+ 37. Kg2 Rd7 38. Rc8 d2 39. Bxd2 Nxd2 40. Rxc5 Nxf1 41. Kxf1 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rh1 43. Rxh5+ Kg6 44. Rh4 Kf6 45. f4 g6 46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Kg4 Ra1 48. Rh8 Ra5 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. Re8 Rc5 51. Re5 Rc1 52. Kh4 Rc3 53. Rb5 Ra3 54. Kg4 Rc3 55. h4 Ra3 56. h5 gxh5+ 57. Rxh5 Rb3 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59. Rf5+ Kg6 60. Ra5 Rc3 61. Ra6+ Kg7 62. Kh4 Rb3 63. g4 Rb4 64. f5 Rc4 65. Kg5 Rc8 66. Ra7 Rc6 67. Ra4 Rb6 68. Kf4 Rc6 69. g5 Rc1 70. Ra7 Rf1+ 71. Ke4 Re1+ 72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Ke3 Re1+ 74. Kf3 Rf1+ 75. Ke4 Re1+ 76. Kd4 Rd1+ 77. Ke3 Re1+ 78. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marcziter, Dmitrii"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d5 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 b5 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. c3 Nb6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. a4 a6 15. Qc1 Qd6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Bh6 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Re8 19. Nd3 Bc8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Nb6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 a5 25. Nc5 a4 26. Ba2 Bd7 27. Qe2 Bc6 28. f3 h5 29. Qe3 Nc8 30. Ne4 Qc7 31. Nd6 Nxd6 32. Qf4 Qe7 33. Kh2 Nf5 34. h4 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kh3 Nc4 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. Kf4 Ke7 40. g4 Kd6 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. f4 Bf3 44. d5 Bxd5 45. b3 cxb3 46. c4 Bf3 47. c5 b2 48. c6 b1Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess,com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. exd4 Rd8 14. Ba2 Nc6 15. Rc2 Bd7 16. b4 Bb6 17. Rd2 Be8 18. Nc3 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Re1 Qc7 21. h4 a5 22. b5 Ne7 23. a4 Nf5 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Ne7 26. Rd6 Nf5 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Rd8 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Qxf5 Kg7 31. Bb1 1-0

