[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Gislason, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne4 Nb4 10. Be2 Nf5 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. exf6 Ned5 14. g5 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. cxd6 Qxc2 17. Qe1 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 h5 19. Ne5 Qxd6 20. Qh4 Bd7 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 Bc6 23. Kg1 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Nd3 25. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schouten, Mathias Lind"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nc3 0-0 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bb1 c5 15. Ne4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd5 17. Bb2 Qxe5 18. Qe2 Qf4 19. g3 Qh6 20. h4 Rfc8 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. Rxa6 Nxa6 23. Nbd6 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 Nb4 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 N4d5 27. Be4 a5 28. Ra1 Nf6 29. Bf3 Nbd5 30. Rxa5 Qg6 31. Qc4 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Qe2 h6 34. b4 Rb8 35. b5 Qf5 36. Be5 Rc8 37. Bxf6 Nxf6 38. Ra8 Rxa8 39. Bxa8 Qc5 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Bc6 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Qd2 Ke7 44. Kf1 Ng4 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. Kf1 Ng4 47. Kg1 f6 48. Bf3 Ne5 49. Be2 Qxb5 50. Bxb5 Nf3+ 51. Kg2 Nxd2 52. Bd3 e5 53. f3 Nb3 54. Kf2 Nc5 55. Bf5 Nb7 56. f4 Nd6 57. Bb1 Ke6 58. fxg5 fxg5 59. Kf3 Kd5 60. Kg4 Ne4 61. Ba2+ Kd4 62. Bf7 Nf2+ 63. Kxg5 e4 64. Bh5 e3 65. Bf3 Kd3 66. Kf5 Nh3 67. Bb7 Kd2 68. Ba6 Nf2 69. Bf1 Ke1 70. Kf4 Kxf1 71. Kxe3 Kg2 72. g4 Nxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le Goff, Ronan"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Rac1 0-0 12. Qd1 Nbd7 13. b4 Ne4 14. a4 b6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e4 bxc5 20. exd5 exd5 21. dxc5 Rfd8 22. Bg2 a5 23. Re1 Qf8 24. b5 Nxc5 25. bxc6 Qd6 26. Bxd5 Kh8 27. Qf3 Rac8 28. Red1 Qf8 29. Qc3 Nxa4 30. Qd4 Qb4 31. Rc4 Qb5 32. c7 Rd7 33. Rxa4 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxa4 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Qb4 37. Qxc8 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 Qb4+ 44. Kd3 Qb3+ 45. Kd4 Qb6+ 46. Kd5 Qb5+ 47. Kd6 Qb6+ 48. Ke7 Qc5+ 49. Ke8 Kg8 50. Re7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Duault, Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Be7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Ne2 f6 11. a3 a5 12. b3 f5 13. h4 h5 14. Bb2 Nd8 15. 0-0 Nf7 16. Kh1 Nh6 17. Nc3 Ng4 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bxf5 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Qxd4 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. Bd4 Qd8 26. g3 Rg8 27. b4 g5 28. fxg5 Rxg5 29. Rf1 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 d4+ 31. Kh2 Be8 32. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 11. Bb2 0-0 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Ne1 Ra7 14. e4 Be7 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Rxa2 Bb7 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Bc3 Qb8 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qxd7 Bg5 24. Rxc7 Bc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc7 26. Qxd5 Qd8 27. Ne5 Qxd5 28. exd5 Re8 29. f4 Bf6 30. Nc6 Raa8 31. d6 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rd1 33. d7 Kg7 34. Bh3 Rd6 35. Na5 Ra7 36. Rc2 Bd8 37. b4 Rc7 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Bf5 Kf6 40. g4 Rc3 41. Nb7 Bb6+ 42. Kg2 Rd1 43. h3 h5 44. Ra2 h4 45. Nc5 Kg7 46. Ne4 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 Rcc1 48. Nc5 Rgd1 49. Kg2 a5 50. Nd3 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Rc4 52. bxa5 Rg3+ 53. Ke2 Rg2+ 54. Kf3 Rg3+ 55. Ke2 Rg2+ 56. Kf3 Rxa2 57. axb6 Ra8 58. Ne5 Rc3+ 59. Ke4 f6 60. Kd4 Rc1 61. Nd3 Rc4+ 62. Kd5 Kf8 63. b7 Rb8 64. Kd6 b4 65. Kd5 Rc7 66. Nxb4 Rxd7+ 67. Bxd7 Rxb7 68. Ke6 Rxb4 69. Kxf6 Rd4 70. Bf5 Rxf4 71. Kg5 Rf3 72. Kxh4 Kg7 73. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Li, Guohao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 a5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. Qf2 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. g4 Rfc8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Bf8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rd3 b4 19. Rc1 a4 20. Nd2 Qb5 21. c4 Qb7 22. Nf1 Rc6 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qa6 27. Nf5 b3 28. a3 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qxc4 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Nf8 32. Qd3 Qc5 33. Rd4 Ne6 34. Qc4 Qb6 35. Rd1 Qf2 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Qxa4 Qxf3 38. Qc4 Nxg5 39. Ng3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu, Yuanyuan"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 c5 13. bxc5 Ba5 14. Bd2 dxc4 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxc4 Ra4 20. Bb3 Ra5 21. Bc2 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 Nxd4 23. Rb2 Nxe5 24. 0-0 Nc4 25. Ra2 e5 26. Bd3 b5 27. cxb6 Nxb6 28. Rb1 exf4 29. Rxb6 f3 30. Rb8 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Gajcin, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. 0-0 b5 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Nf1 0-0 12. Ne3 Re8 13. a4 a6 14. Kh1 f6 15. g4 c4 16. dxc4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nc5 18. Ra1 Nxe4 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Rg1 Qb6 21. Rae1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 c5 23. h3 Qe6 24. Kh2 h5 25. Qf1 hxg4 26. Rxg4 Qc6 27. Rg1 Bb7 28. Re2 Rbd8 29. Nh4 Ng5 30. e4 Nxe4 31. Bc1 Rd7 32. Nf5 Ng5 33. Bxg5 fxg5 34. Rxg5 Qf6 35. h4 Rd4 36. Qg1 Rf4 37. Rf2 Rxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Rf8 39. Qxc5 Be4 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Nd5 Qh6 42. Kg3 Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Qxe5 Rf3+ 45. Kg4 Re3 46. Nf5 Bf3+ 47. Kf4 Rxe5 48. Nxh6 Rxg5 49. hxg5 Bd1 50. Nf5 Bxc2 51. Nd4 Bd3 52. c5 Bf1 53. c6 Kg6 54. Nf5 Bh3 55. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2025.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Hartung, Thomas1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2025.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.04.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. d4 Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. c4 Qa6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Bc3 Ba4 17. Qb4 Qc4 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 Kf8 21. Bh3 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Kg2 Ke8 24. Rfd1 Ne5 25. Bc3 Nxf3 26. Bxg7 Ng5 27. f3 f6 28. Bh6 Nf7 29. Be3 b6 30. f4 Kd7 31. Kf3 b5 32. Bd4 Nd6 33. e5 fxe5 34. fxe5 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Nc4 36. Rf1 a6 37. a4 Rxf1 38. Rxf1 bxa4 39. Kd3 Rc8 40. Rb1 a3 41. Rb4 Nb2+ 42. Bxb2 axb2 43. Rxb2 Rc1 44. Rb7+ Kd8 45. e6 Rc7 46. Rb6 Ra7 47. Rb8+ Kc7 48. Re8 Kb6 49. d6 exd6 50. e7 Rb7 51. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. h5 h6 11. Rh4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc6 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. c4 a5 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. cxd5 Qxe5+ 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. Bxe3 e5 20. Rd2 f5 21. Bxb6 Nf6 22. c4 Kf7 23. c5 Rb8 24. Bc4 Ne4 25. Rd3 Nd6 26. Bc7 Nxc4 27. Bxb8 Ba6 28. Bc7 Nb2 29. Rf3 Nd3+ 30. Kd2 Nxc5 31. Rxf5+ Ke7 32. Rb1 Kd7 33. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dyachuk, Artem"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qf4 0-0 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qd5 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Qf5 18. Qh4 Kh8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Ng4 Nc2 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Rg8 23. g3 Rbf8 24. Re1 Qd5 25. f3 Qf5 26. Rac1 Bd5 27. Bd1 Qg6 28. Bc2 f5 29. Bf4 h5 30. Re3 Kg7 31. Rce1 Kf7 32. Be5 Ke8 33. Bxc7 f4 34. Bxf4 Qxc2 35. Qxh5+ Kd7 36. Qe5 Rc8 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Rxe6+ Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fellowes, Billy"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d3 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Qc5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bb3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qd2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. d4 Qa5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd4 Kh8 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxc3 26. Rad1 Ng6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. g3 Ne5 29. Kg2 h6 30. Qh5 Re7 31. Qh4 Rf7 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Bc2+ g6 34. Qe8 Qc7 35. Re1 Re7 36. Qf8 Qd7 37. Qf6 Qe8 38. h4 h5 39. Qg5 Nc6 40. Qxh5+ Kg7 41. Rxe7+ Nxe7 42. Qg5 Qf7 43. h5 Qf6 44. h6+ Kf7 45. Qg4 Bc8 46. Qd1 Kg8 47. Bb3 Kh7 48. Qd2 g5 49. Bc2+ Kxh6 50. Nf3 Bg4 51. Nd4 Bh5 52. Qe3 Bg6 53. Bd1 Nf5 54. Nxf5+ Bxf5 55. g4 Be4+ 56. Kg1 Qe5 57. Qxb6+ Bg6 58. Bc2 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 Qe8 60. Qxa6 d4 61. Qxg6+ Qxg6 62. Bxg6 Kxg6 63. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Habans Aguerrea, Javier"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nc6 9. Bc3 Bd7 10. 0-0 b5 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. h4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rfd8 16. e4 Qf6 17. Rcd1 Be8 18. e5 Qe7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 b4 21. Qxc4 bxa3 22. bxa3 Qxa3 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Bxc6 Qb4 25. Qc1 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 fxe5 27. Qxc7 exd4 28. Qf4 Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kh7 30. Qf6 Rd7 31. Re5 Rg8 32. h5 Qe7 33. Qf4 Qd6 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Qf4 Kh7 36. Rd3 f5 37. Rd1 Rg4 38. Qf3 Qxe5 39. Qa8 Qd5 40. Qe8 Rgg7 41. Rb1 Rd8 42. Qa4 f4 43. Rd1 fxg3 44. f4 Qf3 45. Qc2+ d3 46. Qd2 Qe2 47. f5 Qxd2 48. Rxd2 exf5 49. Rxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ozates, Tuna"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. 0-0 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. h3 Be7 8. Re1 d6 9. d3 0-0 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 e5 12. f4 Bd7 13. Rf1 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. a3 Rac8 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 d5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qh5 22. Ng3 Qg6 23. Rae1 dxe4 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. Be5 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxa3 29. Ra1 b4 30. c4 Ne3 31. c5 Nc2 32. Rb1 a4 33. d4 b3 34. Nc3 Ra8 35. Nxa4 Rxa4 36. Rxb3 Nb4 37. Rg3 g6 38. Kf2 Nc6 39. Rc3 Bb2 40. Rb3 Nxe5 41. dxe5 Bxe5 42. c6 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shinkarev, M."]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 h5 13. Nf5 h4 14. h3 Qa5 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. f3 Rc8 18. e4 Bxf5 19. exf5 Bg7 20. Ne2 Rhe8 21. f4 gxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxd4 23. Nh5 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Rd2 Re3 26. Re2 Rce8 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. a3 Qb6 29. Rd1 Qd4 30. Bf1 Qe5 31. Bd3 Re1 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Ka2 Bd4 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Bxe2 Kc7 36. b4 b6 37. Kb3 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. a4 Kd6 40. Kc2 c4 41. Bf3 Be5 42. Be2 Kc5 43. Bf3 d4 44. Be4 a5 45. Bb7 d3+ 46. Kd2 Kd4 47. Bf3 c3+ 48. Ke1 c2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "De Boer, Eelke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Rb1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Nfd4 Bd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Na5 Rfc8 18. c4 Bc5 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Rxb4 Rc7 21. c5 Nd5 22. Rb3 f5 23. Rdb1 Rac8 24. Nc4 Nf6 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Rb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Ne4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Rxc6 Rd2 31. e3 Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Rxa7 Rc2 34. Ra5 g6 35. h4 h5 36. a4 Kf5 37. Rb5 Ra2 38. c6+ Kf6 39. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Gutenev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. Nc3 c5 8. e4 Nc6 9. d3 e6 10. Bf4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rfe1 d4 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf4 Bg5 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nxg5 Nxd5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. exd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxd5 23. Qe2 Bxg2 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25. Kxg2 Rc7 26. h4 Qf6 27. Qd5 Rf7 28. f4 Re7 29. Re4 Rf7 30. h5 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Re6 Rf6 33. Re7+ Rf7 34. Re6 Rf6 35. Re5 Rf7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. g4 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Rg7+ 39. Kf3 Rg1 40. Rd5 Rf1+ 41. Kg4 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 Rf1+ 43. Kg4 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Melillo, Lucius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 e4 9. Ne1 f5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Bf4 Bxb2 13. Rab1 Be5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxa7 Rb8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nb5 c6 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxb7 Ngf6 20. Na5 Rhc8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Nc2 c5 23. Ne3 Nc6 24. Nb3 Nb4 25. Rd2 Nd7 26. a3 Nc6 27. Nd5+ Bxd5 28. cxd5 Nd4 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Kd6 31. Rd2 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc3 33. e3 Nb6 34. g4 Nxd5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bh3 Ke6 37. Bxf5+ Kxf5 38. Rxd5+ Kf6 39. Re5 Rxa3 40. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.03.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Be3 b5 9. Nce5 Bb7 10. c4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Rd1 Nce4 14. cxb5 Bb4+ 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. 0-0 Nxe3 19. Nxe4 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxa2 21. Nc6 Be7 22. b4 f5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rc2 25. Nd4 Rc4 26. Nxe6 Kf7 27. Ng5+ Kf6 28. h4 Rxh4 29. Nf3 Re4 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rd5 Rc8 32. Nd4 g6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Narayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 0-0 7. c4 Bf5 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nd4 Rad8 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Qc2 e6 15. Qc7 Qb6 16. Nf3 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxc7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nd4 Ne8 21. f4 Nd6 22. Kf2 Rc8 23. h3 a5 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 b5 26. Ke3 Nc5 27. Rh1 Kg7 28. Rc1 b4 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. g5 Kg7 31. f5 e5 32. Bh3 f6 33. Rxc5 exd4 34. Rxd5 Nf7 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rxd4 Ng5 37. Bg2 Rc5 38. e4 Nf7 39. Rd7 h5 40. d4 Rc3 41. e5+ Nxe5 42. dxe5+ Kxe5 43. Rd5+ Kf6 44. Rxa5 Rg3 45. Be4 h4 46. Ra6+ Ke5 47. Re6+ Kd4 48. f6 Rg1 49. Ke2 Rg8 50. f7 Rf8 51. Bg6 h3 52. Re4+ Kd5 53. Rh4 Ke6 54. Rxh3 Kf6 55. Bh5 Kg7 56. Rg3+ Kf6 57. Rg8 Ke7 58. Rxf8 Kxf8 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Boer, Eelke"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. h4 Ne7 10. h5 h6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Ba4 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd3 b5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. g4 Nc6 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rh3 Be7 20. f4 Kd7 21. Rf3 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. g5 Rb1 26. Kf2 Qb6 27. Bh3 Qb3 28. Re3 hxg5 29. f5 Bxa3 30. f6 Bxc1 31. fxg7 Bxd2 32. g8Q Bxe3+ 33. Kf3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikoloz"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 h6 10. Rb1 c4 11. Qg4 Qxc2 12. Rc1 Qh7 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rh3 Nge7 15. Rf3 Nf5 16. Qf4 g5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh2 g5 19. g4 Nh4 20. Rf6 0-0-0 21. f4 Qe7 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxa3 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. Qxh6 Nxd4 27. Bd1 Nb3 28. Rc2 Nc5 29. g5 Ba4 30. g6 Qa1 31. Ke2 Bxc2 32. Bxc2 Qg1 33. g7 Qg4+ 34. Kf2 Nd3+ 35. Bxd3 cxd3 36. Bg5 Rg8 37. Qh8 Qf5+ 38. Ke1 Qxe5+ 39. Kf2 Qf5+ 40. Ke1 Qe5+ 41. Kf2 Rxh8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miljkovic, Miroslav D"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Na4 Bb7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rfd8 17. Rd6 bxa3 18. bxa3 h6 19. Bh4 Kf8 20. Red1 Rxd6 21. cxd6 g5 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Rb1 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Ra7 25. Bc4 Ke8 26. Bb3 Kd7 27. Rd1 f6 28. Ba4 Kd8 29. Nd2 Ne5 30. Nb3 Bd5 31. Nc5 Nc4 32. Rb1 Nxd6 33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rh8 Rc7 35. Rh7+ Nf7 36. Nxa6 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Be4 38. Rg7 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ozates, Tuna"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. a4 0-0 10. a5 Rd8 11. a6 bxa6 12. Bxa6 Bxa6 13. Rxa6 Qb5 14. Ra1 Nc5 15. Qe1 a5 16. Ne5 a4 17. Ndc4 Nce4 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. Nxa5 Rxc2 21. Nac6 Re8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rxa4 Rxb2 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Rc1 h5 26. f3 Nd6 27. Bd4 Rb5 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Ra5 Rxa5 30. Nxa5 Ra8 31. Nc6 Ra2 32. Rc5 Nf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nxf5 Kg6 36. Ne3 Re2 37. Nf1 h4 38. h3 Kg5 39. Nh2 f5 40. Kf1 Ra2 41. Kg1 Kf4 42. Nf1 Re2 43. Kh2 Ke5 44. Kg1 f4 45. Nh2 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Ra1 47. Ng4+ Ke6 48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Nf6+ Kd4 50. Ne4 f5 51. Ng5 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Uzunoglu, Efe Kerem"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. d3 d6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nc4 Ng4 12. c3 e5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bg4 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd2 b5 18. f4 b4 19. f5 Rab8 20. fxg6 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb2 22. Nc4 Re2 23. Qc1 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rxa2 25. Ne3 Be6 26. g4 hxg4 27. h5 Ne7 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qe1 Ng8 30. Qh4 Qd8 31. Nxg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Nh6 33. Qe6 Rb2 34. Ra1 Qc7 35. Ra6 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rb6 37. Ra5 Rb2 38. Ra6 Rb6 39. Ra4 Qb7 40. Kg3 Rb2 41. Qxd6 Rb6 42. Qxc5 Rc6 43. Rxa7 Rxc5 44. Rxb7+ Kg8 45. c4 Rc6 46. Bh3 Rd6 47. Rd7 Rc6 48. Bf5 Ra6 49. Rd8+ Kg7 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. c5 Rc6 52. Rd5 Ra6 53. Rd6 Ra1 54. c6 Rc1 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Rd7+ Kg8 57. c7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Gonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. a4 0-0 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Ng6 13. Ne3 Rad8 14. g3 e5 15. Nxd5 Qa5 16. Ne3 exd4 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ng5 Nce5 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. cxd4 Qd5 22. Ne4 f5 23. Bg5 fxe4 24. dxe5 Qxd1 25. Raxd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxe5 27. Be3 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne5 29. a5 Nd3 30. b3 Rd8 31. Kh2 Kf7 32. g4 Ke6 33. Kg3 Ke5 34. f4+ Ke6 35. Be2 Rd7 36. f5+ Ke7 37. h4 Nb4 38. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. d3 Ne7 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 0-0 13. Qe2 d5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxf4 19. Nc6 Bg4 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. Rce1 Bf3 22. gxf3 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Janaszak, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. e5 Nd5 6. 0-0 d6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. exd6 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. b3 Nc3 16. Qd2 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qd4 18. Re1 Ne2+ 19. Nxe2 Qxa1 20. Nc3 c4 21. bxc4 Rab8 22. Ba3 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rfd8 24. Qe5 h6 25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 Bf5 27. f3 f6 28. Qc7 e5 29. g4 Be6 30. Ne4 Kh8 31. Be7 Rdc8 32. Qd6 Bf7 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Nd6 Rf8 36. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Jaque Gutierrez, Matias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. h3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Nc3 h6 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Red1 Qb8 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Bxf7+ Kh7 21. Nd4 Nd5 22. Bg3 e6 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Bxe6 Ne7 25. Bh4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qe8 27. Rd7 Ng6 28. Bf6 Qxd7 29. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Lopez Mulet, Inigo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.12.04"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. Qb4 Qc7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qc4 Ne5 10. Qa4 Neg4 11. Qd4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 0-0 13. Nf3 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. c4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Ra3 17. Qd4 Rfa8 18. 0-0 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Rxa2 20. e5 Ne8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh3 Qc6 23. Qg4 Ng7 24. Nf4 h5 25. Qg5 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. f3 Ra5 28. Re1 Bc6 29. h3 d6 30. f4 dxe5 31. fxe5 Kg7 32. Qg3 Bb7 33. Kh2 Rc5 34. Qe3 Ba6 35. Rb1 Bxc4 36. Bxc4 Qxc4 37. Rxb6 Qxc2 38. e6 f6 39. Rb8 Rc8 40. Rb6 Qc7+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 g5 46. Kf3 Kg6 47. Ra6 f5 48. gxf5+ Kxf5 49. Ra5+ Kf6 50. Kg4 Rc4+ 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Rb5 Rxe6 53. Kg4 Re4+ 54. Kf3 Rf4+ 55. Kg3 Rc4 56. Rb8 e6 57. Rf8+ Ke5 58. Rg8 Kf5 59. Rf8+ Ke4 60. Rg8 Rc5 61. Rg6 Kf5 62. Rg8 Rc3+ 63. Kf2 e5 64. Rf8+ Ke4 65. Rg8 Kf4 66. Rf8+ Kg4 67. Re8 Rc5 68. Rg8 e4 69. Ke3 Re5 70. Rh8 Kg3 71. Rh5 Kg4 72. Rh1 Re7 73. Rg1+ Kf5 74. Rf1+ Ke5 75. Ra1 g4 76. Ra5+ Kf6 77. Kf4 e3 78. Ra1 e2 79. Re1 Re6 80. Kxg4 Ke7 81. Kf3 Kd6 82. Rxe2 Rxe2 83. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Nov Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.12.04"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. a3 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Kb1 0-0 15. e5 Rfc8 16. Bb3 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qd4 Nxg5 19. fxg5 Ba4 20. Bxa4 Qxa4 21. Qc4 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxg5 23. Nd3 Rb8 24. Rhf1 h5 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Nd5 27. Rf3 Rxb3 28. Ne5 Rb5 29. Nxf7 Bf6 30. Nd6 Rxb2+ 31. Kc1 Rxg2 32. Rdd3 Rxh2 33. Ne4 h4 34. Rb3 e5 35. Kd1 Kf7 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Rd7 Nf4 38. Rf1 Kf5 39. Nf2 e4 40. Rc7 e3 41. Rc5+ Ke6 42. Re1 Rxf2 43. Rxe3+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.06.06"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. a4 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra7 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rhc8 18. Bd2 Ke8 19. Bc3 Nc5 20. Nde5 Rb7 21. Rfa1 Nfe4 22. Rxb7 Nxb7 23. Be1 f6 24. Nd3 Nbc5 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd4 Kd7 27. f3 Ng5 28. Ra7+ Rc7 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Nxb5 Bb6 31. Kf2 Kc6 32. Na3 Nf7 33. Nc4 Bc7 34. Bc3 Kb5 35. Nd2 h5 36. g3 Bb6 37. Ke2 Bc7 38. Nb3 Kc4 39. Nd4 Nd8 40. Kd2 h4 41. b3+ Kc5 42. gxh4 Bxh2 43. Ba5 e5 44. Bxd8 exd4 45. exd4+ Kxd4 46. Bb6+ Kd5 47. Bf2 g6 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Be1 f5 50. Bd2 Bc5 51. Bg5 Bf2 52. Kc3 Be1+ 53. Kc2 Kd4 54. f4 Ke4 55. Kd1 Bb4 56. Ke2 Bd6 57. Kf2 Kd3 58. Kg3 Kc3 59. h5 gxh5 60. Kh4 Kxb3 61. Kxh5 Bxf4 62. Bxf4 Kc4 63. Kg5 Kd5 64. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.06.06"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 0-0 7. e3 c6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Bd3 Nce8 10. 0-0 Nd6 11. a4 a5 12. Be5 Re8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e4 Qb6 16. Nb3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf3 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd6 Re8 22. Qc5 Qc7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rfe1 Qf4 25. Qc3 Kg8 26. Rad1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qd6 28. Nb3 b6 29. Rd1 Qf4 30. Nd4 Rc8 31. Ne2 Qg5 32. Rd6 Be6 33. Rxc6 Rb8 34. Ng3 h5 35. Qe3 Qh4 36. Rxb6 Rc8 37. Rxe6 Rxc2 38. Rd6 Rxb2 39. Qd4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Qxd4 41. Rxd4 Rb2 42. Kg1 Rb1+ 43. Rd1 Rb4 44. Bc6 h4 45. Nf1 Nh5 46. Ne3 Nf4 47. Nd5 Ne2+ 48. Kf1 Rb2 49. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Nd5 Bg7 8. c3 0-0 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Be2 h6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. 0-0 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nc4 Qc5 17. Qxd6 Qb5 18. a4 Qa6 19. b4 Bxc4 20. b5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Qb6 22. Bc4 Na5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qc4+ Re6 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qb3 Qb6 28. Qc4 Qc6 29. Qb3 Qb6 30. Qc4 Qc6 31. Qb3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 0-0 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Rd8 21. Ra1 b6 22. Ra7 Be5 23. Na4 Bd4 24. Ra8 Rf8 25. c5 Bd7 26. Nxb6 Rxa8 27. Bxa8 Bb5 28. Nc4 Bxc5 29. Kf1 g5 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Ne5 f6 32. Bc6 Ba6 33. Nf3 f5 34. h4 g4 35. Ne1 Kf6 36. Ng2 e5 37. Ne3 e4 38. Nxg4+ fxg4 39. Bxe4 h5 40. Bc6 Ke7 41. Be4 Bb5 42. Bg6 Be8 43. Be4 Kf6 44. Bd5 Bf7 45. Bc6 Ke5 46. Be4 Kd4 47. Bf5 Ke5 48. Be4 Kf6 49. Bc6 Ke6 50. Bb7 Be8 51. Bc8+ Bd7 52. Bb7 Ke5 53. Be4 Be8 54. Bb7 Bg6 55. Ba6 Bf7 56. Bb5 Kd4 57. Bd7 Bd5 58. Bf5 Bf3+ 59. Ke1 Bb4+ 60. Kf1 Kc3 61. Bg6 Kd2 62. Bxh5 Be2+ 63. Kg2 Ke1 64. Bxg4 Bxg4 65. f3 Bf5 66. g4 Bxd3 67. h5 Bd6 68. g5 Bf1+ 69. Kg1 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. Qf3 a6 10. Qa3 Be7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 0-0 13. Bb4 axb5 14. Qxa8 Na6 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qa5+ 17. c3 f5 18. Qa7 f4 19. Bd2 Qa4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Qxa4 Nxd3+ 22. Ke2 bxa4 23. Kxd3 Bf5+ 24. Ke2 Be4 25. f3 Bxd5 26. Kd3 b5 27. Be1 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Bf2 Kf7 30. Rhb1 Rg8 31. b3 a3 32. c4 Bc6 33. Rh1 Ke6 34. Rac1 Kf5 35. cxb5 Bxb5+ 36. Kd2 d5 37. Bc5 Bf6 38. Bb4 g4 39. hxg4+ hxg4 40. Rh5+ Ke6 41. Rc5 gxf3 42. gxf3 Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Be8 44. Rh6 Rxa2 45. Rc8 Ra1+ 46. Kd2 Ra2+ 47. Kc1 Ra1+ 48. Kc2 Ra2+ 49. Kb1 Rb2+ 50. Kc1 Kd7 51. Ra8 Rxb3 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rhh7 Bc6 54. Bxa3 Rc3+ 55. Kd2 e4 56. Be7+ Bxe7 57. Kxc3 Bf6+ 58. Kb4 Bd4 59. Ra6 Bd7 60. Rd6 exf3 61. Rdxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. 0-0 h6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. dxc5 Nf5 10. Bd4 g5 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Bg7 13. Bd3 Nfxd4 14. cxd4 0-0 15. Ne3 f6 16. Bc2 fxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Qd3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe5 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Ng4 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Qf7 23. Nxh6 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qf4 25. Ne3 Rxc5 26. Ng2 Qxh2+ 27. Qxh2 Nxh2 28. Kxh2 Rxc2 29. Rab1 Bb5 30. Rfe1 Bd3 31. Kg3 Be4 32. Ne3 Be5+ 33. Kg4 Rxf2 34. Rf1 Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. b3 d4 38. Nc4 Bf5+ 39. Kf3 Bf4 40. Re1 d3 41. Ne3 e5 42. Rd1 e4+ 43. Kf2 g4 44. Rg1 Kg5 45. Nd1 Bc7 46. Re1 Kf4 47. Rf1 Bb6+ 48. Ke1+ Ke5 49. Kd2 Ba5+ 50. Ke3 g3 51. Nb2 Bb6+ 52. Kd2 e3+ 53. Ke1 Ba5+ 54. Kd1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. a5 a6 14. Na3 e4 15. Nc4 f4 16. f3 e3 17. Bb4 Rf6 18. Ra4 Qe8 19. Bc3 Rg6 20. Rb4 Rg5 21. Re1 Qg6 22. Bf1 Rh5 23. Qd4 Bh4 24. Re2 Nf6 25. Qxf4 Bf2+ 26. Rxf2 exf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nxd5 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Nxb4 30. Bxb4 Be6 31. h3 Rd8 32. c4 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Rxa5 34. Ke3 Ra1 35. Bd3 Rg1 36. Kf2 Rd1 37. Ke2 Rg1 38. Kf2 Rc1 39. Bf4 Rd1 40. Ke2 Rg1 41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. h4 h5 44. Kd4 Rd1 45. Ke3 g6 46. Be5 Re1+ 47. Kf4 Rd1 48. Be4 Bxc4 49. Kg5 Bd3 50. Bd5+ Ke7 51. Bxb7 Rg1 52. g3 Ke6 53. Kf4 Ra1 54. Bc8+ Ke7 55. Bc3 Rf1 56. Bb7 Ke6 57. Kg5 Rg1 58. g4 Be2 59. Kxg6 hxg4 60. Bc8+ Kd6 61. fxg4 Bxg4 62. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 63. Kh5 Rg2 64. Kh6 Ke6 65. h5 Rh2 66. Kg6 Rg2+ 67. Kh7 Kf7 68. h6 Rg4 69. Bg7 a5 70. Bc3 a4 71. Bg7 Rg3 72. Be5 Rg2 73. Bg7 Rg3 74. Be5 Rg2 75. Bg7 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 h5 13. Nf5 h4 14. 0-0-0 Qa5 15. Kb1 0-0-0 16. g3 h3 17. g4 Kb8 18. f3 Rc8 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 c5 21. d5 Bxf5 22. exf5 c4 23. Be2 Bd6 24. Ne4 Bf4 25. Rhf1 f6 26. d6 Rc6 27. Bf3 Rhc8 28. Nxf6 Nxf6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. d7 Qd8 31. Qc3 Ne4 32. Qd4 Nd6 33. Rf3 Qxd7 34. Rxh3 b6 35. Rh8+ Kb7 36. Rg8 Rc7 37. Qc3 Qc6 38. Rg6 Nb5 39. Qc2 Qc5 40. a4 Nd6 41. Qg2+ Ka6 42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 c3 44. bxc3 Ne4 45. Rd8 Nxc3+ 46. Kc2 Nxa4+ 47. Kd3 Rc1 48. Rgg8 Nc5+ 49. Kd4 Kb5 50. Rge8 a5 51. Ra8 Kb4 52. Kd5 Rd1+ 53. Kc6 Rd6+ 54. Kc7 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lee, Alice"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Nc3 b5 9. d5 Nb4 10. e4 bxc4 11. bxc4 Be7 12. a3 0-0 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. dxc6 Qb6 16. Bc1 Qxc6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rd8 19. Qc2 Qe8 20. Rab1 g5 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Qa4 Nf6 24. Qc6 Ra7 25. Bb6 Bb7 26. Qa4 Ra8 27. Ba5 Qc8 28. Qb3 Bc6 29. Ne5 Rd4 30. f3 Nd7 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Ne2 Rd6 33. Bc3 Qc7 34. Qc2 Rc6 35. Qd2 Ne5 36. Ba1 Rd8 37. Qc3 f6 38. f4 Nd3 39. Rf1 gxf4 40. Nxf4 Nxf4 41. Qg3+ Kh7 42. Rxf4 Bd6 43. e5 Bxe5 44. Bxe5 Qxe5 45. Qf3 Rcd6 46. Rxf6 Qd4+ 47. Qf2 Qxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Kg7 49. Rf3 Rd2+ 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Re1 R8d6 52. Re5 Rc2 53. Rxc5 Rdd2 54. Rc6 Rxg2+ 55. Kf4 Rce2 56. Re3 Rxe3 57. Kxe3 Kf5 58. Rxa6 Rxh2 59. Ra8 Rh3+ 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. a4 Rh2+ 62. Kg3 Rc2 63. Rh8 Rxc4 64. Rxh6 Rc3+ 65. Kf2 Rc2+ 66. Ke1 e5 67. Rh4+ Kd3 68. Rh3+ Kd4 69. a5 Ra2 70. Rh4+ e4 71. Rh3 Rxa5 72. Rg3 e3 73. Rg8 Ra1+ 74. Ke2 Ra2+ 75. Ke1 Ra1+ 76. Ke2 Ra2+ 77. Ke1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Woodward, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. Be2 g5 12. 0-0 h5 13. Ne5 g4 14. b4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 Kf8 18. Rc1 h4 19. f3 Ng3 20. f4 Qg6 21. Re1 Ne4 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bf6 g3 25. h3 Nxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Re7 29. e4 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Kg7 31. Qf3 Rd8 32. Rf1 Red7 33. f5 exf5 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rf4 Rd5 36. Qh5 Kg7 37. Rxh4 Re5 38. Rhf4 Rd3 39. a4 Rb3 40. b5 Ra3 41. Qd1 Rae3 42. Qb1 R3e4 43. R4f3 f4 44. Qd1 Qb6+ 45. Kh1 Qd4 46. Rd3 Qb6 47. Rd6 Re1 48. Qg4+ Kf8 49. Rd1 Rxd1 50. Qxd1 Re4 51. Qc2 Qd4 52. Qc8+ Re8 53. Qc2 Kg7 54. Qf5 Qe5 55. Qg4+ Kf8 56. Qh4 Re6 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qd1 Qe2 59. Qa1+ Qe5 60. Qd1 b6 61. Qg4+ Kf8 62. Qd1 Rd6 63. Qc1 Kg7 64. Qc8 Qe2 65. Qc3+ Kh7 66. Qe1 f3 67. Qb1+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2024.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tokhirjonova, Gulruhbegim"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 220 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 b6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 0-0 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. c3 c4 15. Bg5 Nc5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qc2 Nd3 18. Re2 Ng6 19. N1d2 Rac8 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 a5 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Re4 Nc5 24. Re3 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Bxc4 26. Qb2 Bd5 27. c4 Bxc4 28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Nd2 Bd5 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Bf1 Qc5 32. Nb1 Bc6 33. Be2 Qd5 34. Bf3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Bxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qd5 37. Nc3 Qc6 38. Qe2 h6 39. h4 Nxe5 40. Qxe5 Rd3 41. Ne4 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 f5 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Kg2 Qxe4+ 45. Kh2 Qd4 46. Kg2 a4 47. h5 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 f4 49. Qxb6 fxg3+ 50. fxg3 a3 51. Qa6 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 a2 53. Kh4 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filipets, Egor"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Bf5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Ne5 a5 11. f3 c5 12. Nb5 a4 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Nc7 Rac8 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. e4 Rxc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. exd5 Bxc5 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Qd3 h5 22. Rfe1 h4 23. gxh4 Bf2 24. Re2 Bxh4 25. Qd4 Bg5 26. Rg1 Nh5 27. Qe5 Qh6 28. Bh3 Bf4 29. Bxd7 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Bxa4 Nf4 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Re4 Nh3 34. Rf1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Bd2 0-0 11. e4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Bd3 h6 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. h4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. 0-0 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc5 21. Qe4 Qxc3 22. Rc1 Qf6 23. Rxc6 Qf5 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. Qe4 Qf5 26. Qe3 Qf4 27. Qxa7 Bb7 28. Rc4 Qd6 29. Qe3 Bd5 30. Rg4 Rf6 31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. Rxg3 Rb3 33. a4 Rf4 34. Bb5 Rb2 35. h5 Ra2 36. f3 Rb4 37. Rc1 Kf8 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rgxg7 Ke5 41. Rg6 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Bxf3 43. Bc4 Rc2 44. Rxe6+ Kd4 45. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martin Fuentes, Alberto"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Rac1 0-0 11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5 15. c3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 b4 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. d4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nc6 21. dxe5 Nd4 22. Qe3 dxe5 23. Bf1 Rbc8 24. Bc4 Rc6 25. Bd5 Rf6 26. Kg2 h5 27. h4 Rf3 28. Qxf3 Nxf3 29. Kxf3 Rd8 30. Rc4 Rd6 31. Rd2 b3 32. axb3 Qxb3+ 33. Rc3 Qb4 34. Kg2 a5 35. Rdc2 Rf6 36. Rc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Qxb2 38. Rc7 a4 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. Ra7 Qd4 41. Ra8 Qb4 42. Ra7 a3 43. Ra8 Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Kg1 Qb2 47. Kg2 Kd6 48. Ra6+ Kc5 49. Rxg6 a2 50. Bxa2 Qxa2 51. Rg5 Kd4 52. Rxh5 Qe2 53. Rg5 Qxe4+ 54. Kg1 Qf3 55. h5 e4 56. h6 e3 57. fxe3+ Qxe3+ 58. Kg2 Qxg5 59. h7 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shandrygin, Nikita"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Nb3 Qe3+ 10. Qe2 Qxf4 11. Bg3 Qg4 12. Rd1 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 a6 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rd2 b5 17. Bd3 b4 18. Na4 Ne5 19. Nbc5 a5 20. 0-0 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Nxa5 Bxe4 24. Nc5 Ba8 25. Be2 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. a3 bxa3 28. b3 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Ra1 Bxc2 31. Rxa3 Be4 32. Kf2 f5 33. g3 g5 34. Ke3 Rc8 35. b4 Rc2 36. b5 Bd5 37. b6 f4+ 38. gxf4 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rxe2 40. b7 Re4+ 41. Kg3 Rb4 42. Re3 Kf6 43. Kf2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tarhan, Adar"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Be2 b5 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. Kb1 0-0 18. Be4 Rc4 19. Bd3 Rxf4 20. g3 Rd4 21. c3 Rg4 22. Bf5 Rg5 23. g4 Re8 24. Re4 g6 25. h4 gxf5 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Re3 fxg4 28. Rde1 f5 29. Qd3 e4 30. Qd4 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qg5 32. Qb6 Qd2 33. Rh1 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Domingo Nunez, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bh2 Be6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Qf3 Bf8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Kg7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Bd6 Ne7 22. Rad1 Bb3 23. Rd2 Nc8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxg6 Qe6 26. Bf5 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxd2 28. Bxc8 Bd5 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Bg4 Re1 31. Bf4 Qd3 32. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 g6 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. Qd2 Be6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qd2 f5 16. gxf6 Rxf6 17. f4 Raf8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bd3 R5f7 21. Rhg1+ Kh8 22. Qh6 Nf6 23. Ne4 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Re1 Qf2 31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh7+ Ke8 34. Qe4 d5 35. Qe5 Kd7 36. Kb1 Qf4 37. Qc3 Bxh3 38. Bxa6 Rxa6 39. Qxh3+ e6 40. Qb3 Qc7 41. Qb5+ Qc6 42. Qf1 Kc7 43. Qf7+ Kb8 44. Qf8+ Ka7 45. a3 Rb6 46. Qf2 Qb5 47. Qd4 Qc6 48. Re3 Ka8 49. Rc3 Qd6 50. Rc5 Kb8 51. Rc3 Rc6 52. Rb3 Rc4 53. Qh8+ Rc8 54. Qg7 Rc7 55. Qg1 e5 56. Rg3 d4 57. Rg6 Qd5 58. Qd1 e4 59. Rg4 Re7 60. Qe2 e3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Glidzhain, Gor Mikhailovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f4 Rc8 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. 0-0 h6 12. Rab1 Qa3 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Bg7 16. Rf3 Ng4 17. Ne2 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Be5 21. g3 a6 22. c3 e6 23. Nd4 b5 24. a4 Bd7 25. axb5 Rxc3 26. Ne2 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxb5 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. Nd4 Bc4 30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Rf2+ Kg6 32. Nc6 Bf6 33. h4 Bb5 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Rf4 Be5 36. Rg4+ Kf6 37. Ng8+ Rxg8 38. Rxg8 Bc6 39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. g4 Bd4+ 41. Kf1 Ke5 42. Rxf7 Bd3+ 43. Ke1 Bc3+ 44. Kd1 Be4 45. h5 Kd5 46. h6 Kd4 47. h7 Kd3 48. h8Q Bxh8 49. Rxh8 e5 50. Rh3+ Kd4 51. Rg3 d5 52. g5 Bg6 53. Rf6 Bh5+ 54. Kd2 e4 55. g6 Ke5 56. Rxa6 d4 57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rxh5 e3+ 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Rh4+ Kf5 61. g7 d3+ 62. Kxd3 e2 63. g8Q e1Q 64. Qg4+ Ke5 65. Rh5# 1-0

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

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

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. h4 a6 13. Nd4 b5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Qc5 Qc7 16. f3 Rb8 17. h5 h6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Kf8 21. a3 Ke7 22. Rd2 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. g4 d6 25. Be2 Ne8 26. Rhd1 Nc7 27. f4 e5 28. Nd5+ Nxd5 29. exd5 Nb8 30. fxe5 Bxg4 31. exd6+ Rxd6 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. c4 Kf8 34. Nc2 Bf5 35. c5 Rd8 36. Bd3 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 Rc4 38. c6 Nxc6 39. dxc6 Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Rxc6 41. Nb4 Rb6 42. Nd5 Rc6 43. Rf3 Rd6 44. Rf5 Ke8 45. Kc2 g6 46. Re5+ Kd7 47. Nc3 Rb6 48. Ne4 Rc6+ 49. Kd3 f5 50. Nc5+ Kc7 51. hxg6 Rxg6 52. Rxf5 Kb6 53. b3 Kb5 54. Kc3 Rg3+ 55. Kb2 a5 56. Ka3 Rg1 57. Nb7+ Kb6 58. Nxa5 Rh1 59. Nc4+ Kc6 60. Kb4 h5 61. Rf6+ Kc7 62. Kc5 h4 63. Rf7+ Kd8 64. Rh7 h3 65. b4 Ke8 66. b5 Kf8 67. b6 Kg8 68. Rxh3 Rxh3 69. b7 Rb3 70. Nb6 Rc3+ 71. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Smieszek, Wojciech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. Qd2 a5 11. 0-0 a4 12. f3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 Ra3 21. Rb1 Rca8 22. Bc4 Ra1 23. Rcc1 R1a3 24. Kf2 Ra2+ 25. Kf1 R2a3 26. Rc2 Rb8 27. Bc1 Raa8 28. Bb5 Ra5 29. Be2 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. b4 Nb3 32. Bg5 Nd4 33. Ra2 Bc3 34. Bxe7 Bxb4 35. Bf6 Nxe2 36. Kxe2 Bc5 37. Kd3 b5 38. Kc3 b4+ 39. Kb3 h6 40. g4 g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Bxh4 Kg7 43. f4 Kg6 44. e5 Re8 45. e6 fxe6 46. dxe6 h5 47. f5+ Kh6 48. g5+ Kh7 49. g6+ Kg7 50. Rg2 Ra8 51. f6+ Kh6 52. g7 Ra3+ 53. Kc4 Rc3+ 54. Kb5 b3 55. g8Q b2 56. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 0-0 14. Nb3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Ne4 19. Rc2 f6 20. Ne1 Rd2 21. f3 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 Nd6 23. e4 e5 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Ne3 Ke6 26. Bd1 a5 27. Bb3+ Kd7 28. Bc3 axb4 29. axb4 Bc8 30. h4 Ke7 31. Nd5+ Kd8 32. Nb6 Kc7 33. Nxc8 Kxc8 34. Ke3 Ne8 35. h5 h6 36. g3 Nc7 37. Bc2 Kb7 38. f4 Na6 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Bb3 Naxb4 41. Bg8 Kc7 42. Kf3 Nc2 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Kd3 N2d4 45. Bd5 Kc5 46. g4 Nb4+ 47. Ke3 Nxd5+ 48. exd5 Kxd5 49. Bb4 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. d3 c5 10. a4 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. Ne1 Nd5 15. Bd2 0-0 16. e4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Nb1 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qa2 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. Nd4 Be8 22. f4 Rd8 23. Qe3 Qxb2 24. Ne2 Rxd3 25. Qf2 Nb3 26. Nc1 Bc5 27. Nxd3 Bxf2+ 28. Nxf2 Nd4 29. Rd1 f6 30. e5 Bg6 31. Nd2 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. Nc4 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Deng, Henry"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 Ne7 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qc6 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nc3 0-0 19. Rad1 Be6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Bf1 Nc6 22. Qe2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. g3 e4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe3 Qd4 27. Be2 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. h4 Ke5 31. Ke1 h6 32. Kd2 Bf7 33. Na4 Kd6 34. Kc3 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Bd1 b5 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Nb2 b4+ 39. Kd2 Ne5 40. Be2 Kc5 41. Na4+ Kc6 42. Nb2 Bd5 43. Na4 Nd7 44. Nb2 Nf8 45. Nc4 Bxc4 46. Bxc4 Ng6 47. Be6 Ne7 48. Kc2 Kd6 49. Bc4 Nd5 50. Bxd5 Kxd5 51. Kd2 Ke5 52. Ke2 f4 53. gxf4+ gxf4 54. exf4+ Kxf4 55. Kf2 e3+ 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Ke1 Kd3 58. Kd1 e2+ 59. Ke1 Ke3 60. a4 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. a5 d5 17. c3 Bc8 18. Rad1 Re8 19. b4 Qe7 20. Kh1 dxe4 21. fxe4 e5 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Nxc8 Rbxc8 24. Qc4 Re7 25. Bc5 Re6 26. Bb6 Bf8 27. Rd3 c5 28. Qd5 Qc6 29. Rdf3 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rd6 31. Rxf7 cxb4 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Bc5 Ke7 35. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krzywda, Andrzej"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. Kb1 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 b4 14. Ne2 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Bb5 17. h5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 Bxf1 20. Rdxf1 Qb6 21. Ne2 a5 22. f5 a4 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qf4 0-0-0 25. Qg4 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3 Kb8 28. Rh3 Rhf8 29. Rc1 Be3 30. Qa4 d4 31. Rc4 Rf1+ 32. Nc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. Qc4+ Qc7 35. Qxf1 Qc2+ 36. Ka1 Bxc1 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Qf7+ Kd8 39. Qf8+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. Qf8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llari, Marc"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Bf5 9. c3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 b5 17. Rae1 b4 18. Rh5 g6 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Qh3 Rh8 21. Re3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rab8 23. g3 Rb2 24. Rf3 Rxa2 25. Rhf4 f5 26. Qh4 h6 27. Kg2 g5 28. Qh5 gxf4 29. gxf4 Kf8 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Qh5 Rg8+ 32. Rg3 Qf6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Kf3 Qg6 36. Qe7+ Qg7 37. Qxe6 Qg4+ 38. Ke3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Munoz, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 0-0 12. c4 Be6 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rac1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nc3 e4 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. f4 Kh8 22. Kh1 a5 23. Ne3 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 b6 25. h3 Ra7 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Nxg4 Qxg4 29. Rg1 Qf3+ 30. Qg2 Qxf4 31. Qh3 Qf3+ 32. Qxf3 exf3 33. Rg3 Rf7 34. Rf1 f2 35. Kg2 Rdf8 36. Rg4 Ne6 37. Be4 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Nh5+ 39. Kg2 Nf6 40. Rh4 Rg8+ 41. Kh2 Ng4+ 42. Kh3 Nf6 43. Rxf2 Nxe4 44. Rxf7 Ng5+ 45. Kg4 Nxf7+ 46. Kf5 Rg6 47. Re4 Nh6+ 48. Kf4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 Ke7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rd2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Bc7 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. Kf1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bc7 21. Nd1 Bb6 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 f5 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kd6 27. Nc3 Bd8 28. a4 Kc6 29. axb5+ axb5 30. e4 Be7 31. exf5 Bxb4 32. Ne2 Bc5 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Ke4 b4 35. Nc1 Kb5 36. Ke5 Kc4 37. Ke4 Bd4 38. h3 Bc3 39. Ke3 Bb2 40. Nd3 Bd4+ 41. Kd2 b3 42. h4 h5 43. f5 exf5 44. Nf4 Be3+ 45. Kxe3 b2 46. Nxh5 b1Q 47. Kf4 Kd5 48. Ng7 Qb4+ 49. Kxf5 Qxh4 50. f4 Qh3+ 51. Kf6 Qh6+ 52. Kf7 Qxf4+ 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Nh5 Qf5+ 55. Kh6 Qg4 56. Ng7 Kf6 57. Nh5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Be2 a5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. d3 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 a3 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Rac1 c5 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. d4 Re8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Nb1 Red8 22. Nc3 g6 23. Ng3 h5 24. Nge2 Bg7 25. Na4 Qd6 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Bc8 28. Nd4 Bg4 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. b4 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Nc6 Rd3 33. b5 Bb2 34. Rb1 Rc3 35. Rd6 Ra4 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. exd4 Kf8 38. d5 Rc5 39. d6 Ke8 40. Rd1 Kd7 41. Nb8+ Kd8 42. d7 Bf6 43. Nc6+ Kc7 44. d8Q+ Bxd8 45. Nxd8 Rc2 46. Nxf7 Rxa2 47. Ne5 Rc2 48. b6+ Kxb6 49. Rb1+ Kc5 50. Nxg4 a2 51. Rd1 Rb2 52. Rc1+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taichman, Ori"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nc3 Bf5 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Re1 Rc5 22. Ne2 Ke7 23. Nd4 Be4 24. g3 h5 25. Ka1 h4 26. g4 f6 27. c3 h3 28. Re3 Rh4 29. Rg3 g6 30. b4 Rc4 31. Kb2 e5 32. Ne2 Ke6 33. a4 Bg2 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. b5 Rxa4 36. bxa6 Rxa6 37. c4 d4 38. Nxd4+ exd4 39. Rxd4 Rh8 40. Re3+ Kf6 41. g5+ Kxg5 42. Rg3+ Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Rfg4 Rb8+ 45. Kc3 Ra3+ 46. Kd2 Rxg3 47. Rxg3 Be4 48. c5 Kd4 49. c6 Rb2+ 50. Kc1 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Rxc6 52. Rxh3 Ra6 53. Ke1 Ra2 54. Kd1 Bd3 55. Ke1 Re2+ 56. Kd1 Kc3 57. Rg3 Rxh2 58. Ke1 Re2+ 59. Kd1 Rf2 60. Rg1 Rf1+ 61. Rxf1 Bxf1 62. Ke1 Bd3 63. Kf2 Kd4 64. Kg3 Bf5 65. Kf4 Kd5 66. Kg5 Ke5 67. Kh4 Kf6 68. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Acosta Villarroel, Lorner Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ne7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Kf3 g5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 gxf4 18. c5 Qb4 19. Bc4 Qc3+ 20. Nd3 Rg8 21. Rhc1 Qa5 22. Nxf4 Ba6 23. Nh5 Bxc4 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nxg8 Bd5+ 26. Ke2 Rxg8 27. g3 Qb4 28. Rf1 Qe4+ 29. Kd2 Qd4+ 30. Ke2 Rg4 31. Rad1 Re4+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 33. Kf2 Rd3+ 34. Ke2 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Balint, Peter1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 0-0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 Bb7 9. Nf3 d6 10. d4 Re8 11. c4 Bf8 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. d5 h6 15. Bf4 a5 16. Nd4 cxd5 17. cxd5 g6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Re3 Bg7 20. Bxh6 Ne5 21. Rh3 Qxh3 22. gxh3 Bxh6 23. f4 Rad8 24. Rf1 c5 25. dxc6 Nxc6 26. Nd5 Bg7 27. Nf3 Kg8 28. Re1 Ne7 29. Nc7 Rf8 30. h4 d5 31. e5 Nf5 32. e6 Rfe8 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. exf7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 0-0 10. Bd3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. c4 Nc5 15. Be2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. 0-0 Nbd7 19. f4 Rac8 20. Nf5 Nb3 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Nxa1 23. Nd6 Ba8 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Bb2 Nc2 26. Bxe5 Ne3 27. Rc1 Nxg2 28. f6 g6 29. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 Nge7 10. h6 gxh6 11. Rxh6 cxd4 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Rh3 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Qe4+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. e6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Jaiveer, Mahendru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. a4 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Rc4 15. b3 Rc8 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. Bf3 Ne6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxh5 Bg5 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Qxc3 25. Rd3 Qe5 26. Rf1 Bxf4 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxf4+ Kg8 29. Rd2 Rf8 30. Rg4 Rc3 31. Qxb6 Rg3+ 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Rxg2 Bxe4 34. Rg4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Jaskolka, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Bd3 0-0-0 15. Qf2 Kb8 16. Bb6 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Rd7 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. g5 Nh5 20. b4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Be3 Qc7 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qd6 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27. Rhg1 e5 28. f4 exf4 29. Rdf1 c5 30. bxc5 Rc6 31. Rxf4 Rxc5 32. Rxf7 Rhc8 33. Rgg7 R5c7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rg8+ Ka7 36. Rg6 Re7 37. Rg4 Kb6 38. Kc1 Kc5 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. c3+ Ke5 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rg4 Rd6 43. Ke3 Rd7 44. Rg6 Rxd3+ 45. Kxd3 Bxe4+ 46. Ke3 Bxg6 47. Kf3 Bf5 48. Ke3 h5 49. Kd2 Kf4 50. Ke2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Novikova, Galina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. 0-0 c6 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Kf8 14. Qf2 Nh5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. g3 Qc7 17. f4 g5 18. fxg5 Nxg3 19. Bg6 Nb6 20. Re3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 22. Kg2 dxe4 23. Rf1 Kg8 24. Bxf7+ Kh7 25. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Pinero Rodriguez, Carlos Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. Be2 d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. Rab1 Qb8 15. b4 Bd8 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Bg1 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Re8 19. Nb3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. c5 Bf4 22. Rd1 Be3 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Qd2 Rce8 25. cxb6 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxe2 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. bxc7 Nb6 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kf8 31. Nd4 Bc8 32. Nc6 Ne8 33. Na7 Be6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. c8Q Nxc8 36. Nxc8 Nc7 37. a4 Ke8 38. Nd6+ Kd7 39. Nb7 Kc6 40. Nc5 a5 41. Nd3 axb4 42. Nxb4+ Kc5 43. Nc2 Kc4 44. Kg1 Kc3 45. Ne3 d4 46. Ng4 d3 47. Kf2 Kc2 48. Ne3+ Kc1 49. a5 d2 50. Ke2 Nd5 51. Nd1 Nf4+ 52. Ke3 Kxd1 53. a6 Nd5+ 54. Kd3 Nc7 55. a7 Na8 56. Ke3 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Shapiro, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qd1 g6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. b3 Nexc4 15. Rb1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rc5 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rc3 19. Qe4 Rc2 20. a4 Bf6 21. Be2 Nd7 22. Bc4 Ra2 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Bb5 a6 25. Rfc1 Qa5 26. Bf1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. f4 Nd7 29. Qd3 Rb8 30. b4 Qd8 31. Qb3 Raa8 32. Rc6 Nb6 33. Bxb5 Nc8 34. Be2 Na7 35. Ra6 Nc8 36. Qa4 Rxa6 37. Qxa6 Nb6 38. Bf3 Nd7 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. Ba7 Ra8 41. Qb7 Nf8 42. b5 Nd7 43. Kh2 h5 44. Rc7 Nc5 45. Bxc5 dxc5 46. Rd7 Qa5 47. d6 Re8 48. dxe7 Qd2 49. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Kf8 14. h4 Qa5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nc5 18. Be3 Ne4 19. c4 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Bc5 Ke7 23. Rhe1 Kd7 24. Re3 a5 25. Rde1 e5 26. Rg3 Ba6 27. f4 e4 28. Rg7+ Ke6 29. Be2 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. Bxg4+ f5 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Rxd6 fxg4 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxh4 36. Rxe4 Rc8 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Bd4+ Kf5 39. Re5+ Kxf4 40. Rf7+ Kg3 41. Bf2+ Kh3 42. Re3+ g3 43. Bxg3 Rhc4 44. Be5+ Kh4 45. Rg3 Rxc2+ 46. Kb1 Rc1+ 47. Kb2 R8c2+ 48. Kb3 Bc4+ 49. Ka4 Bxf7 50. Rg7 Be8+ 51. Kb3 Rc5 52. Bd4 a4+ 53. Kb2 R5c2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Thake, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 219 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. h4 h5 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Ne2 0-0-0 11. Nf4 g6 12. 0-0-0 Nh6 13. c3 Nf5 14. Qh3 Bh6 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. g4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Ne7 19. Ng5 Nf5 20. h5 gxh5 21. Nxh5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Nh6 23. Qf4 Ng8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Nf6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28. exf6 e5 29. Rh8+ Bc8 30. Ba6 Nb7 31. dxe5 c5 32. e6 fxe6 33. f7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llorente Zaro, Alfonso"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 a5 7. b5 c6 8. Na3 Bf5 9. d3 c5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. e4 Bg4 15. a4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Rfd8 20. f4 c4+ 21. Rf2 cxd3 22. Qc3 dxe2 23. Qxe5+ Kg8 24. Kg2 Rd1 25. Rxe2 Qg1+ 26. Kh3 Qf1+ 27. Kh4 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martinez Fernandez, Adrian"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nb3 0-0 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 a6 12. a4 Be6 13. Kh1 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Qa5 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Bg4 Nce5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rd4 Rc5 23. Rb4 Rc6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rc7 26. g3 Rec8 27. Kg2 Kf8 28. Rb6 Rd7 29. Re4 Rc5 30. Rd4 h5 31. h4 Rdc7 32. Rd2 f6 33. b4 Rc4 34. a5 Ke8 35. Rd3 Kd8 36. b3 Rc2 37. b5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Ra2 39. b4 Rcc2 40. Rf3 Kc8 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Kg2 Rab2 43. Kg1 Rd4 44. Rc3+ Kb8 45. Re3 Rd1+ 46. Kg2 Rdd2 47. Rxe7 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Kc8 50. Rbxb7 Rgf2+ 51. Ke1 Rfc2 52. Kd1 Rd2+ 53. Ke1 Rdc2 54. Kd1 Rd2+ 55. Ke1 Rdc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Qxc5 7. e3 0-0 8. c4 d5 9. a3 dxc4 10. b4 Qh5 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Qb3 e6 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qb5 17. Rc5 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Ke2 Rad8 20. Rc2 R3d7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rhc1 Nd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nb3 Ne7 25. Nc5 Rd5 26. Nb3 e5 27. Rc5 R8d7 28. e4 Rd3 29. R1c3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 f5 31. f3 Kf6 32. Rc5 g5 33. Na5 Rd6 34. Nc4 Rd4 35. Ke3 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rd1 37. Nxe5 Re1+ 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Ra5 h5 41. g4 h4 42. Nf3 Ng6 43. e5+ Ke7 44. Nxg5 Nf4+ 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46. Ke4 Nd5 47. Rxa7+ Ke8 48. Rh7 Re1+ 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olenik Campa, Rudi"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. c4 0-0 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Be3 Rac8 12. Qd2 Rxc4 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Nb3 Qh5 15. f3 a6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Rcd1 b4 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Nd2 Rc2 20. b3 Rxa2 21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Rcc2 24. Be3 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. f4 Bc5 27. Kf2 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pakleza, Zbigniew"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Nfd2 Nf4 9. exf4 gxh4 10. c3 d6 11. Nf3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxh4 Nd7 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Ne3 Na4 18. 0-0-0 Be6 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. Nf3 e6 21. Ne5 Be8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 b5 25. Be2 Bd6 26. g3 c4 27. b3 cxb3 28. axb3 Nc5 29. b4 Ne4 30. Bf3 Nf6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Kf8 33. Kd3 Bc7 34. Nc2 a5 35. bxa5 Bxa5 36. Nd4 b4 37. Nec6 Bxc6 38. Nxc6 Bb6 39. cxb4 Bxf2 40. g4 Bg1 41. h4 Bf2 42. g5 Nd7 43. gxh6 Bxh4 44. Ne5 Nxe5+ 45. fxe5 f6 46. Bg4 fxe5 47. Bxe6 Bg5 48. b5 Bd8 49. Ke4 Bc7 50. Kd5 Bb8 51. Ke4 Bc7 52. Kf5 Bd6 53. b6 Bb8 54. b7 e4 55. Kxe4 Bc7 56. Kf5 Bg3 57. Kg6 Ke7 58. Bf7 Be5 59. h7 Kd7 60. h8Q Bxh8 61. b8Q Bd4 62. Qe8+ Kd6 63. Qe6+ Kc5 64. Qd5+ Kb6 65. Qxd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. g4 Be7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Qc7 13. a4 b6 14. Qd4 Bb7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qxg7 0-0-0 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qxf7 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxe6+ Kb8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bb4+ 24. Kd1 Ka7 25. a5 b5 26. Qb6+ Qxb6 27. axb6+ Kxb6 28. Bd3 Rxd5 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. Kf3 Rf8 31. f5 Rdxf5+ 32. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 33. Kg4 Rf2 34. Kh5 Rxc2 35. Kh6 Rc7 36. Rad1 Rd7 37. Rhf1 Kc5 38. h5 Be5 39. Rf5 Kd6 40. g6 hxg6 41. hxg6 Ke6 42. Rf3 Bg7+ 43. Kg5 Rd5+ 44. Kg4 Rd7 45. Re1+ Kd6 46. Rf7 d3 47. Rxd7+ Kxd7 48. Rd1 Bxb2 49. Rxd3+ Kc6 50. Kf5 a5 51. Rd2 Bg7 52. Ke6 b4 53. Rc2+ Kb5 54. Rc7 Bb2 55. Rb7+ Kc4 56. Ra7 Kb5 57. Rd7 a4 58. Rd5+ Kc4 59. Re5 a3 60. g7 a2 61. g8Q a1Q 62. Kd6+ Kc3 63. Qg3+ Kc4 64. Qf4+ Bd4 65. Qf7+ Kc3 66. Qf3+ Kc4 67. Qd5+ Kc3 68. Qf3+ Kc4 69. Qc6+ Kb3 70. Re4 Bc3 71. Qd5+ Ka3 72. Re2 b3 73. Qa8+ Kb4 74. Re4+ Kb5 75. Qb7+ Ka5 76. Qd5+ Ka6 77. Qc6+ Ka5 78. Qc5+ Ka6 79. Re8 Qd1+ 80. Kc7 Ba5+ 81. Kc8 Qg4+ 82. Kb8 Qf4+ 83. Ka8 Qf3+ 84. Kb8 Qb7# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Aghasiyev, Kamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5 Nf4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ba3 c5 22. Qh4 f5 23. Nxc5 Nd4 24. c3 Ne2+ 25. Kc2 Nf4 26. g3 Nd5 27. Ne6 Ne3+ 28. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Brahami, Lamine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Nde5 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c5 8. Qe5+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. c4 fxe4 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 d6 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf1 Bxb2 24. Rxd6 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rxh6 Rc8 27. Rg6+ Kf7 28. Rxg5 b4 29. Bd6 c4 30. Bxb4 c3 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 c2 33. Be3 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 c1Q 36. Bxc1 Bxc1 37. h4 Ba3 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. f4+ Kf6 40. g4 Kg6 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. h5 Ke6 43. g5 Bb4 44. a4 Ba5 45. f5+ Kf7 46. h6 Kg8 47. f6 Kh7 48. f7 Bb4 49. Kf5 Kh8 50. a5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. Be3 Qb4+ 8. Bd2 Qd6 9. Bc3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nf6 11. f3 0-0 12. Bxa5 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxb2 14. Bc3 Bxa1 15. Bxa1 Rxa2 16. Nc3 Ra3 17. Kc2 Nc6 18. Nd5 d6 19. Bb2 Ra4 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Nb5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nb4+ 24. Kc3 Rc8 25. Kd2 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Rcxc4 27. Re1 Rcb4 28. Nc3 Ra5 29. Bc1 Kf8 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. h4 f6 32. Bd2 Rxh4 33. Rb1 Ra7 34. Be3 Ra8 35. Rxb7 Rg4 36. Nb5 Rc8 37. Bd4 Rg3+ 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kf4 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. Be3 Rge4 42. Nd4 Rc3 43. Ne6 Rcxe3+ 44. Kf2 Rxe6 45. dxe6 Rxe6 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. Kf3 Re4 48. g3 h5 49. Rh8 Kg7 50. Re8 d5 51. Rd8 d4 52. Rd7 Kf6 53. Rd8 e5 54. Rd7 Kg5 55. Kf2 Re3 56. Rd5 Kg4 57. Rd6 g5 58. Rd5 Rf3+ 59. Ke2 Rxg3 60. Rxe5 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zou, Chen"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. d3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d4 9. Nb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 a5 11. Bg2 a4 12. a3 c5 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Qe2 e5 15. f4 Qe7 16. h4 exf4 17. gxf4 h5 18. Bf3 Ng4 19. Nc4 Qxh4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Ne7 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Kg2 Rh6 26. f5 Rah8 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 Qh6+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kg3 Qxc2 32. Qxg7 Qxd3+ 33. Kf4 Qa6 34. e5 d3 35. f6+ Kd8 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37. Qxf7+ Kb6 38. Qe6+ Kb5 39. Qxa6+ bxa6 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korchynskyi, Mykola"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Qb3 e6 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 Bd6 12. Nf3 0-0 13. 0-0 Na6 14. a4 Nc7 15. a5 Rxa5 16. Rxa5 Qxa5 17. Ne4 Qxb5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qc3 Nxd5 20. Qc2 Ba6 21. Re1 Qd3 22. Qc1 Nc7 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxd6 26. h3 Ne6 27. Qe3 Bb7 28. Nh4 Qf4 29. Qxf4 Nxf4 30. Nf5 Bxg2 31. h4 Be4 32. Ng3 d5 33. Kf1 Nd3 34. b3 Nc1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kupervaser, Erez"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Nf5 Ne4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qf4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Qe3 Qh4 22. Qd4+ Qf6 23. f3 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melian, Juan Sebastian"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bc2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bxb5 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nxe4 19. Be3 Qb8 20. Qc4 f5 21. b4 Rc8 22. Qb3 Nc3 23. Kh1 Qb5 24. Rfc1 a4 25. Qb2 Nxd5 26. Qd2 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 d5 28. Nxe5 d4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Maksim"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. a7 Rxa7 9. e4 d6 10. Be2 Ba6 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. h3 Rb8 14. Ra3 Qa5 15. Re1 Rb4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Bc1 Ne8 19. Na2 Bxb2 20. Nxb4 cxb4 21. Ra2 Bxc1 22. Qxc1 b3 23. Rb2 f6 24. Qc4 Nc5 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. Nc6 e5 28. a5 Ra6 29. f4 Kg7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Nxe5 Nf6 32. Nc6 Nfxe4 33. Kh2 Qf7 34. Rf1 Qe8 35. Re2 Rxc6 36. dxc6 Qxc6 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ g5 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rf5 Ng3 43. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yurovskich, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Ne5 e6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Na4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 e5 19. Bh2 f4 20. Rfc1 fxe3 21. fxe3 exd4 22. exd4 Rfe8 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Kf2 d4 29. a3 Qf5+ 30. Ke2 e5 31. g4 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Qg6 33. b4 Qf6+ 34. Kg1 e4 35. Qa2+ Kg7 36. Qd5 e3 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qf5 Qxf5 39. gxf5 Kg5 40. a4 d3 41. Kf1 Kxf5 42. b5 axb5 43. a5 b4 44. a6 b3 45. a7 b2 46. a8Q b1Q+ 47. Kg2 Qc2+ 48. Kg3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Andreev, Konstantin1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Qd2 h5 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Bg5 c5 13. e5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qd4 15. Qc1 Qb4 16. Bc7 c4 17. Bb6 Nd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Nxa8 Bb7 22. Bc7 Qc6 23. Qf4 Bxa8 24. Be2 g5 25. Qd4 f6 26. Ba5 Kg7 27. Rd1 Re8 28. h4 Bc5 29. Qd2 Qe6 30. Bf1 gxh4 31. Qf4 Be3 32. Qxh4 Kg6 33. g4 Bxf3 34. gxh5+ Kh6 35. Re1 Qf5 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Bd2 Qg5 38. Qxg5+ fxg5 39. Bxe3 Kxh5 40. Kc1 g4 41. Bf2 Kg5 42. Bg3 Kf5 43. Kd2 Ke4 44. b3 Kd4 45. c3+ Kd5 46. bxc4+ bxc4 47. Ke3 a5 48. Be2 Bxe2 49. Kxe2 Ke4 50. a4 Kd5 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Bagrationi, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bc3 13. Rc1 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Nbxc4 bxc4 18. 0-0 d3 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rf2 0-0 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Qa3 25. Rcf1 c3 26. Nf3 c2 27. Qf4 Rb1 28. Kg2 c1Q 29. Rxc1 Qxc1 30. Qd4 Qh1+ 31. Kg3 Rg1+ 32. Nxg1 Qxg1+ 33. Kf3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Qxd5 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qe6 37. Qxd3 Qxe5 38. Qd7 Rf8 39. Qxa7 Qb5+ 40. Kg2 g6 41. Qd4 Qc6+ 42. Kg3 Re8 43. Qf4 Qc3+ 44. Kg2 Qc6+ 45. Kg3 Qe6 46. a4 h5 47. a5 Rd8 48. Rf3 Rd1 49. Qb8+ Kh7 50. Qb6 Qe1+ 51. Rf2 Rd3+ 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kg1 Rd1+ 54. Rf1 Qg4+ 55. Kf2 Qf4+ 56. Ke2 Rxf1 57. a6 Qf3+ 58. Kd2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. 0-0 Bd6 5. d3 Nge7 6. a4 0-0 7. Nbd2 Bc7 8. Re1 a6 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 b6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. c3 Kh8 14. d4 f5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bb7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nf6 19. Re7 Qc6 20. f3 Rad8 21. Rc7 Rxd6 22. Rxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxc6 24. Rd6 Bxa4 25. Rxb6 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxb5 Rc8 29. Rb7 c4 30. f4 Rd8 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Kg8 33. h3 h5 34. Rb5 Kg7 35. Rxf5 Rxb2 36. Rc5 Kg6 37. Rxc4 Rc2 38. g4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Dushyant, Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. g4 Nxg4 7. fxg4 Qh4+ 8. Kd2 Be4 9. Nf3 Qf2+ 10. Qe2 Qxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxf3 12. Rg1 exd5 13. Rg3 Bd6 14. Rxf3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Nxd4 16. Re3+ Kd7 17. Kd3 c5 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. g5 f5 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Bh3+ f5 22. Ne2 Rcf8 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rf3 Kc7 25. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Masruri, Rahman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. h4 0-0 12. h5 f4 13. Qh3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 fxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 e5 18. Nf3 e4 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Raf1 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rc8 25. Kd2 Rc5 26. Rf5 Ra5 27. c4 Rxa3 28. cxd5 Rd3+ 29. Ke2 g6 30. Re5 Kf7 31. h6 Kf6 32. Re6+ Kg5 33. Re7 Kxh6 34. Rxb7 Rxd5 35. Rxa7 Rb5 36. Re7 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Rb4 38. Re5 g5 39. g4 Kg6 40. Re6+ Kf7 41. Rh6 Kg7 42. Re6 Kf7 43. Rh6 Kg7 44. Re6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Zou, Chen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. 0-0 Qe7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. d4 Nd7 13. Nc4 f6 14. Ne3 0-0-0 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. Qd3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. N3h4 Rg8 19. Qe3 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 h5 21. dxe5 Bc5 22. Qc3 fxe5 23. Rad1 Bb6 24. Bh4 Re8 25. Qh3 Rg4 26. Kh2 Nf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. f3 Rgg8 29. Nd6+ Kb8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rd7 a6 32. Rfd1 Ka7 33. Rh7 Rg8 34. Rxh5 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 a5 36. Rf5 Qe3 37. Rxe5 Qe2 38. Rc1 Qd2 39. Rf1 Qxc2 40. Qh5 Qxb2 41. g4 Qc3 42. Rf5 Rh8 43. Kg2 Rxh5 44. gxh5 Qb2+ 45. Kg3 Qg7+ 46. Kh4 Qe7+ 47. Kh3 Qg7 48. f4 Qc3+ 49. Kg4 Qd3 50. Rf3 Qxe4 51. h6 Qe6 52. Rh3 Qg6+ 53. Rg5 Qe6+ 54. f5 Qe4+ 55. Kh5 Bd4 56. h7 Qe8+ 57. Rg6 Qf7 58. Kg5 Qe7+ 59. Kh5 Qf7 60. Kg5 Bh8 61. Re3 Qxh7 62. Rh6 Qg7+ 63. Kh5 Qf7+ 64. Kg4 Bg7 65. Rg6 Qf8 66. Ree6 Bb2 67. f6 Qb4+ 68. Kf5 Qc5+ 69. Kg4 Qc4+ 70. Kh5 Qxe6 71. Kh6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dinu, Dumitru Daniel"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 0-0 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Bd2 Nb8 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. h3 Nc7 16. Bc3 Nb5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Qb1 Rc4 20. a4 Nc7 21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Qa2 Qa6 23. Ra1 b5 24. axb5 Qxa2 25. Rxa2 Nxb5 26. Rc1 Nb4 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Nfd2 Rcc8 29. Nf1 Nd3 30. Rd1 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Nb2 32. Rb1 Rxb3 33. Rxa7 Bf8 34. Nd2 Rbb8 35. Ra3 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Djokic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f4 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Qxg4 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. Rf3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Bxa7 Rfe8 19. Ne4 Nxc2 20. Nxd6 exd6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. h3 Qe4 23. Kh2 Nd4 24. Rf1 Qe2 25. Qc1 Nf5 26. Rf2 Qd3 27. Rf3 Qd5 28. b3 h5 29. Bf2 Re2 30. a4 Nd4 31. Bxd4 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 0-0 9. b4 Ne4 10. Bb2 f5 11. Bb5 Bf6 12. 0-0 a5 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Rfb1 Qc7 16. a4 g5 17. Ne2 g4 18. Ne1 Kh8 19. Bc1 e5 20. Nc2 f4 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bb2 f3 23. Ng3 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qe5 25. Rab1 Nc3 26. Re1 Ne2+ 27. Nxe2 Qxb2 28. Nc3 Rae8 29. Rb1 Bf5 30. Rxb2 Bxd3 31. Bxd3 fxg2 32. Nxd5 Ne5 33. Bb5 Rc8 34. Nce3 Rxc5 35. Kxg2 h5 36. Be2 Rf7 37. Rb6 Nc6 38. Nb4 Nd4 39. Bc4 Rfc7 40. Bd3 Rg5 41. Nbd5 Rf7 42. Rb4 Nf3 43. Nf4 Ne1+ 44. Kg3 h4+ 45. Kxh4 Rc5 46. Be2 Nf3+ 47. Bxf3 gxf3 48. Kg3 Kg8 49. Kxf3 Rh5 50. Kg3 Rh6 51. Ng4 Ra6 52. h4 Kg7 53. Nh3 Rc6 54. Ng5 Rc3+ 55. f3 Re7 56. h5 Ra3 57. Rb6 Rxa4 58. h6+ Kg8 59. Rg6+ Kh8 60. Nf6 Ra8 61. Kg4 Rf8 62. f4 b5 63. Nd5 Rd7 64. Nb4 Rd4 65. Ne6 Rfxf4+ 66. Nxf4 Rxb4 67. Rb6 Rc4 68. Kg5 Rc7 69. Rxb5 Kh7 70. Kh5 Rf7 71. Ne6 Re7 72. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2024.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. g3 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 a5 10. a4 Qe7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bc5 13. Nc4 h6 14. Ne3 Ng4 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nhf5 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Qa3 Qe6 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Bc4 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qg5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. h4 Qxg4 27. Qxe7 Qd7 28. Qxe5 Re8 29. Qf4 Bxa4 30. e5 Bb5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 32. c4 Qxb2 33. Qe4 a4 34. Qd5 Qb4 35. Re3 c6 36. Qd7 Qe7 37. Qd3 Ra8 38. Qb1 a3 39. Re2 b5 40. cxb5 cxb5 41. Qb3 Qe6 42. Qf3 Qc8 43. Ra2 b4 44. Kh2 Rb8 45. Qe4 Qe6 46. Ra1 g6 47. h5 gxh5 48. Qe3 b3 49. Rd1 b2 50. Rd6 b1Q 51. Rxe6 fxe6 52. Qxh6 Qf5 53. Qe3 Rf8 54. f4 Qg4 55. Qxa3 h4 56. Qe7 Qxg3+ 57. Kh1 Qh3+ 58. Kg1 Qg4+ 59. Kh1 Rxf4 60. Qe8+ Rf8 61. Qb5 Qf3+ 62. Kg1 Qg3+ 63. Kh1 Qe1+ 64. Kg2 Rf2+ 65. Kh3 Qe3+ 66. Kg4 Qg3+ 67. Kh5 Rf5+ 0-1

