[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abdilkhair, Abilmansur"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Bc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bg5 12. N2f3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nf4 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Nf5 Ng6 16. N3d4 Rfe8 17. h3 h6 18. g3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Ne5 20. Kg2 Bc6 21. g4 Re6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Kg3 Rae8 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Re2 Rfe6 26. Rce1 Nf8 27. Nd4 R6e7 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 a5 30. h4 Nd7 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 g6 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Reh2 Nf8 35. Kg4 Rb8 36. f5 gxf5+ 37. exf5 f6 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rh6+ Kf7 40. R1h2 Rbe8 41. Kg5 Re1 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Rfh6 Kd8 44. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Agibileg, Uurtsaikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qg4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. b3 d4 23. Rd1 d3 24. g3 Rd8 25. Qf3 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 a6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a4 Qb6 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Rfb1 Ne4 16. Bb2 Qc6 17. Ne1 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nd3 Na4 21. Bb3 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 c4 23. Nb4 Qc7 24. Bd1 h6 25. e4 e5 26. d5 Ne8 27. Qf2 Nd6 28. Be2 f5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Travkina, Anastasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. h5 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Nd4 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. h6 Bf8 9. Nce2 e5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qc2 b5 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Qb1 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. 0-0 Ng4 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nc3 Bc5 24. Be1 Ne7 25. b4 Bd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Ne2 Rc4 28. Qb2 Nc6 29. Nf4 Be6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Nce5 32. f4 d3+ 33. Kh1 Ne3 34. Qxe5+ Kd7 35. Rxd3 Nxf1 36. Qxh8 Rc1 37. Qe5 Nxg3+ 38. Rxg3 Qf2 39. Bh3+ Kd8 40. Qf6+ Kc7 41. Rc3+ Kb8 42. Rxc1 Qf3+ 43. Bg2 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Zaichenko, Daria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qd2 Qxc5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. 0-0 Nc6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nd4 a6 20. Be2 Rac8 21. Qb4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc8 23. Qa5 Bg4 24. Bf1 Rb8 25. Qxd5 Rb2 26. f4 Ng6 27. h3 Bh5 28. Qxh5 Qe7 29. Qf3 Nh4 30. Qg3 Ng6 31. Bd3 Nf8 32. Nf5 Qf6 33. Rc6 Ne6 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Qg6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Adina Maria"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 Bc5 6. Nh3 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qe7 14. f3 Nh5 15. 0-0-0 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3 18. Na4 Be3 19. Qxc7 Re7 20. Qc3 Bg5 21. Qb3 Nf4 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Rdg1 Qf2 25. Rf1 Qb6 26. Ka1 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khegay, Yuliya"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Qd6 6. d4 f6 7. dxe5 fxe5 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 0-0-0 13. Bc5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bd6 15. Be3 Rhf8 16. Kh2 b6 17. Rd2 a5 18. Rfd1 Nf4 19. Bxb6 a4 20. Nc1 Nxh3 21. Be3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Ne2 Rxe4 24. Ng3 Rf4 25. Nxe5 Bxa2 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Nf3 Bd5 28. c4 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Kg2 Rb3 31. Rc1 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koellner, Ruben Gideon"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. Qe2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 h6 13. a4 a5 14. b3 Rd8 15. Ba3 Ne6 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Ng4 18. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Summer op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Ai, Evan Zihao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. a3 Ne7 13. b4 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Be2 d4 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Nxc5 Bxb3 20. Nxd7 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 dxe3 22. fxe3 Nf5 23. Rd3 Rbc8 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Rd7 Nxe3 26. Rxa7 Rc2 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Kg3 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Summer op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 c5 11. Qd3 Ne7 12. Qc4 Qc8 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nf4 Nd8 15. Rad1 0-0 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Qd7 18. Qc4 Re8 19. Bd4 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rb1 Kf6 23. Rb7 Rec8 24. f3 Ke7 25. h4 Kd7 26. h5 Rf8 27. g3 Ne5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Kg2 g5 30. Ne2 Nc4 31. Rh1 Rf7 32. Rb4 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Ng4+ 34. Ke1 Ne5 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Nc6 37. Rb3 Rg8 38. Rbh3 Rfg7 39. Kd2 Rg2 40. Rh7+ R8g7 41. c3 Na5 42. Kd3 Nb7 43. Ke3 Nc5 44. f5 exf5 45. exf5 Ke7 46. Nf4 R2g3+ 47. Kd4 Kf7 48. f6 Rxh7 49. Rxh7+ Kf8 50. Rxc7 Rg4 51. Ke3 Rg3+ 52. Ke2 Rg4 53. Nd5 Ra4 54. Ke3 Rxa2 55. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antonova, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 Ncxe5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. Rad1 a5 13. a3 b6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qd4+ f6 20. e4 Rae8 21. g4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Kg8 23. Rc1 Re7 24. Rc6 Nf7 25. Rfc1 Nd8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Qxb6 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Nf7 30. Qxa5 g5 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. Qc7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. 0-0 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. a3 a5 10. e3 Bc5 11. exd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 0-0 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. Bxc7 Bd7 17. Bxb6 Bxb5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Nd2 20. Rfd1 Nb3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Re7 Ra8 25. Rc7 c5 26. h4 h5 27. f3 Rd8 28. g4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Re8 30. Kf2 f6 31. g5 Rf8 32. Kg3 Rf7 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Kg4 f5+ 35. Kf4 Nd4 36. h5 Ne6+ 37. Ke5 Nxg5 38. Rxc5 f4 39. Rxa5 f3 40. Bd4 Re7+ 41. Kf5 Ne6 42. Bf2 Nc7 43. Ra7 Re2 44. Rxc7 Rxf2 45. Rf7 Rxb2 46. Kg4 f2 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Rxf2 Kh6 49. Rf5 Rxa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Cella, Glaucio Dalla Cortt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. 0-0 f5 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 0-0 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bd7 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 a6 15. c5 Be8 16. Rab1 g5 17. a4 Bg6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 g4 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bg5 22. Ne2 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Be8 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Rb1 Qa8 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. exf4 Rf7 28. Qd3 Qa4 29. Qc3 Re7 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kg3 h6 32. Rb6 Qa2 33. Qe3 Qc2 34. Qf2 Qe4 35. h3 gxh3 36. Kxh3 Kg6 37. Qh4 Kf7 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Rxe6 Qxf4 40. Qxe7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Curtis, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 a6 8. 0-0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 c5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ra7 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Rc6 Kd8 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Nc6+ Ke8 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. Bf3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Bb7 23. Qc5 Bxc6 24. Qd6 Rc8 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc6+ Ke7 28. Qc7+ Bd7 29. Qc5+ Kd8 30. Qb6+ Ke7 31. Qxa6 Rc8 32. b3 Rc3 33. Qa3+ Ke8 34. Qb4 Rc7 35. Qe4 Bc6 36. Qxh7 Bxf3 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qh4 e5 39. Qb4+ Ke6 40. Qxb5 Be4+ 41. Kb2 Rc2+ 42. Ka3 Rxf2 43. h4 Bb1 44. Qc6+ Kf5 45. Qd7+ Ke4 46. Qxf7 Rxa2+ 47. Kb4 Kxe3 48. h5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khamdamova, Afruza"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Re1 Rg8 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. d3 Qf7 13. c4 Bd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Ng1 Bxh2 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qf3 21. Qc5+ Ke8 22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Qxc7+ Ke6 24. Qc6+ Ke7 25. Qc5+ Ke6 26. Qc6+ Ke7 27. Qc7+ Ke6 28. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vianello, Enrico"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. e3 Be6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 h5 13. h4 f6 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Nd3 Qd7 16. a4 g5 17. Rb1 a6 18. Qb3 Rg8 19. Kd1 f4 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bh3 f5 22. exf4 Kf8 23. Kc2 Re8 24. Rbe1 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Re4 26. Qc3 Bxf4+ 27. Kc2 Bc7 28. f3 Rxh4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rg3 31. Bxf5 Qd8 32. Rhe1 Rg2+ 33. Kb3 Rhh2 34. Qe3 Rb2+ 35. Kc3 a5 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bh7+ Kh8 38. Bg6+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. e3 d6 8. 0-0-0 Qe7 9. Kb1 a6 10. h3 Bd7 11. g4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bd3 d5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Ne5 Ba4 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 b5 21. Bb3 Nxf2 22. Rf1 Ne4 23. Kc2 Nd6 24. Kd3 Rae8 25. Rc1 f4 26. e4 f3 27. Ke3 f2 28. Rf1 Rf6 29. Bc2 Nc4+ 30. Ke2 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Kf4 Kd6 36. Bd1 g5+ 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. Kd3 h6 39. Bg4 a5 40. Bd7 Re7 41. Be6 Rxe6 42. dxe6 Kd6 43. Kd4 Kxe6 44. Kc5 h5 45. Kxb5 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Kc4 g3 48. Kd3 g2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Butti, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
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[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. Bf4 0-0 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. Be2 f4 13. 0-0 fxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Bh6 16. Kh1 Bxe3 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Chambers, Chris L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 e6 7. e4 fxe4 8. fxe4 g5 9. Bf2 Bb4 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0-0 dxe4 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. h4 N7f6 14. hxg5 Ng4 15. Nh3 Nxf2 16. Nxf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxg5 18. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Ne3 20. Bb3 Kg7 21. Re2 Ng4 22. Nc5 e5 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Bxe6 Nf2 25. Rh4 exd4 26. cxd4 Rae8 27. Bc4 c6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rf4 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Kd2 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Nd6 33. Bd3 Ke7 34. c4 Kf6 35. Kf4 b6 36. Kg4 c5 37. d5 a6 38. a4 Ke5 39. Kh5 Kd4 40. Be2 Nxc4 41. Bxc4 Kxc4 42. d6 Kb4 43. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Drygalov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd7 Qf4 14. Nxf8 Rxf8 15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Ng3 Rd8 17. Qh5 Qxh5 18. Nxh5 Nxd4 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Nf4 Kg7 21. Ne2 Bc5 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rd2 e5 24. Rad1 f5 25. Be2 Kf6 26. Bf3 Bc8 27. g3 Be6 28. b3 a5 29. h4 h6 30. Kg2 b5 31. Rc2 e4 32. Be2 b4 33. Rc6 Ke5 34. Ra6 g5 35. Rxa5+ Kf6 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Ra6 Ke7 38. Bc4 Bc8 39. Ra5 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Rb5 f3+ 42. Kf1 Bh3+ 43. Kg1 Bxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rxd1 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Rxe4 Bg2 47. Rf4+ Ke5 48. Rf8 Ra1 49. Bb5 Rxa2+ 50. Kg3 Kd4 51. Bc6 Rb2 52. Bxf3 Bxf3 53. Rxf3 Rc2 54. Kf4 Rc3 55. Rf2 Rxb3 56. Rd2+ Rd3 57. Rb2 b3 58. Rb1 Kc3 59. Ke4 Rd8 60. Ke3 Kc2 61. Re1 b2 62. Re2+ Kb1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Grineva, Marianna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Ngf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. Ra3 e6 11. Rb3 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Ne3 h5 15. h3 Qe7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Bf3 Nf8 18. Nc4 Bf5 19. Rb6 Rbd8 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. a5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. b3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 f5 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Re1 Nh7 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qxh5 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxd6+ Kg8 32. Nxf5 Rf8 33. g4 Nf6 34. d6 Rd8 35. Rxb7 Nd5 36. Bg5 Rf8 37. d7 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Nxf6 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Santos, Rafael Ventura Dos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 c6 9. Bh6 Qa5 10. h4 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 b5 12. Kb1 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Rb8 14. Bb3 e6 15. Nge2 Re8 16. h5 Rxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. g4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Rxd6 Be6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. g5 Nh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gracia Alvarez, Gerardo Antonio"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 f5 6. d4 fxe4 7. Nxe5 d5 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. f3 0-0 10. fxe4 Nxe5 11. Rxf8+ Qxf8 12. dxe5 c6 13. exd5 cxb5 14. e6 Qf5 15. d6 Bxe6 16. dxe7 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxe7 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Qe1 b4 21. cxb4 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Qg3 Bxd2 25. Bxd2 Qe2 26. Be3 Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 28. Bg1 Bxa2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qxb7+ Qf7 31. Bd4+ Kh6 32. Be3+ Kg7 33. Bd4+ Kh6 34. Qxa7 Qf1+ 35. Bg1 Bd5 36. Qe3+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh6 38. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holtel, Jasper"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 f5 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. b3 Nf6 9. c4 Be6 10. Qd3 Ne4 11. Nbc3 h5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb5+ Kf8 14. h4 g5 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxb7 Kg7 18. Qa6 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 h4 20. gxh4 Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Qxh4 22. Nf4 Bg4 23. Qb7 Rc8 24. Qxb4 Rc2 25. Qe1 Qh2 26. Rc1 Rxa2 27. Ra1 Rb2 28. Rb1 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rb2 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Potapova, Margarita"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. h3 b6 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Qd3 a5 17. Bd2 Re7 18. e5 Ne8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd5 Re6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. f5 exd5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rf1 d4 26. Bf4 Qe6 27. Qf3 Nd6 28. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rosenberg, Evan"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Be2 c6 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. a3 Ndc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. c5 Nac7 17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Rd6 Kf8 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. b5 Bd7 21. b6 Ne8 22. R6d3 Bc8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. a4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. a5 axb6 27. axb6 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ne2 Ra5 30. g3 Nxc5 31. Nc3 Nd7 32. Kg2 Nef6 33. Re1 e4 34. Nd4 Kf7 35. Nb3 Ra3 36. Rb1 Nd5 37. Nxd5 cxd5 38. Bd4 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Bxd4 40. Rb5 Nxb6 41. g4 f4 42. h4 Ke6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kf5 45. g6 Kxg6 46. Rb3 Kf5 47. Rh3 f3+ 48. Kf1 Bf6 49. Rh7 Nc4 50. Rxb7 Ne5 51. Ke1 Kf4 52. Kd1 Nd3 53. Rd7 Bd4 54. Rf7+ Ke5 55. Rb7 Nxf2+ 56. Ke1 Nd3+ 57. Kf1 e3 58. Re7+ Kd6 59. Rf7 e2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shyam, Nikil P"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 d6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Ncd5 Nxe4 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. f4 Ne7 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Rae1 Ng6 22. Bxf5 Qf6 23. Bh3 Rfe8 24. f5 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 26. fxg6 Qxh6 27. gxf7+ Kg7 28. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Cramling Bellon, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. 0-0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nfg5 f5 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 c3 18. Qxc3 Bb4 19. Qxc6 Bxd2 20. Qxa8 Ba6 21. Qc6 Bd3+ 22. Ka1 h6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Nf3 Qa4 25. Nxd2 Rb8 26. Qd6 Qb4 27. Qxb4 Rxb4 28. Nb3 Bc4 29. Rc1 Bd5 30. f3 a5 31. Nc5 a4 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Rb8 34. Kb2 Ra8 35. e4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Bf7 37. Ra1 Rd8 38. d5 Bg6 39. Rhd1 Rf8 40. d6 Rf2+ 41. Kc3 Rxg2 42. d7 Rg3+ 43. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Manukian, Artak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 a6 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. c5 Be7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qe2 0-0 16. h4 Rfd8 17. h5 a5 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qe2 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Rd5 22. Qe3 Rad8 23. Be2 Qf6 24. Kb1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. h6 g5 27. Rh5 f4 28. Rxg5+ Qxg5 29. Qxd4 Qxh6 30. Qd7 Qg7 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qd6 Qg6+ 34. Bd3 Qxd6 35. cxd6 Kf7 36. Bf5 c5 37. g3 fxg3 38. fxg3 h6 39. Kc2 Kf6 40. Kd3 Bd5 41. a3 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Kd2 Bc6 44. g4 h5 45. gxh5 Kxf5 46. Kd3 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Petrova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be2 c6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. a4 h6 8. 0-0 Nh7 9. Nd2 Bg5 10. Nc4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nxd6 Be6 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Qc2 Bh3 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rf4 22. Qd5 Rbf8 23. Rd2 Rxf2 24. Bf3 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Bc8 26. Re2 h5 27. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 f5 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. h3 Nd7 10. 0-0-0 Nf7 11. g4 g6 12. Rdg1 Nf6 13. Be1 Qd7 14. Nd2 0-0-0 15. f3 Rde8 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Bh4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Re1 Bc7 20. f4 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qe6 22. b3 Nd6 23. Ne5 Ba5 24. Qb2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Kb1 Qd5 27. Rc1 Nd3 28. Qc2 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Kb8 30. Bg3 Bc7 31. Nc4 h5 32. Ne5 h4 33. Be1 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Rd8 35. Bc3 Qd3 36. Bd4 Qxc2+ 37. Rxc2 Rc8 38. Rg2 Rhg8 39. Rg5 c5 40. Bc3 Rc6 41. Rg4 Re6 42. f5 Ree8 43. f6 Rgf8 44. Rxe4 b5 45. Rxh4 b4 46. Bb2 Kc7 47. Rh7+ Kc6 48. Rxa7 Kd5 49. Rd7+ Ke4 50. f7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bures, Vit"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. h4 Neg8 6. e4 Bc5 7. Qd3 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Ne7 10. g3 Ng4 11. Qe2 f5 12. Bh3 Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Nf3 0-0 16. 0-0 Qd7 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Qd1 h6 19. Nf3 Nf5 20. Re1 Rf7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Raf8 23. Kg2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dos Santos, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 10. Nxe5 Ba6 11. d3 c5 12. 0-0 d6 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Rb1 0-0 15. b3 Rab8 16. Bb2 d5 17. Bxf6 dxc4 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. Bxc5 cxd3 20. Bxa7 dxc2 21. Rbc1 Ra8 22. Be3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rxa2 24. Ke2 Rd8 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Bc3 g6 27. Ke3 Rd1 28. Bd2 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd5 31. Kc3 c5 32. Bb2 c1Q+ 33. Bxc1 Rxf2 34. Bf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaksaite, Salomeja"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. c3 c5 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. b3 Qf7 16. Qxf7+ Kxf7 17. f4 Rhe8 18. f5 exf5 19. Ng3 f4 20. Rxf4+ Kg8 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Kf2 Ne5 25. c4 a5 26. Ke3 a4 27. Ne2 axb3 28. Rb1 Nxc4+ 29. Kd3 Ne5+ 30. Kc3 Ra8 31. axb3 Ra2 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Nf4 c6 34. h4 Ng4 35. g3 Ne5 36. h5 g5 37. Nh3 g4 38. Ng5 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Krzywda, Andrzej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 b4 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 g6 7. Ng3 Bg7 8. Be2 a5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 e5 12. Nd2 Ra7 13. Qc2 Nh7 14. Kh1 h5 15. Kg1 h4 16. Nh1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Raf7 19. Nhf2 Nd7 20. Bd3 Ndf6 21. a3 Nh5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra6 Rd7 24. Rfa1 Nf4 25. Rc6 Nf6 26. Raa6 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Qf6 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bxc5 e4 31. Qe2 Qe5 32. Rxd6 Rdf7 33. Re6 Qf4 34. Bxb4 Rb8 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rb1+ 37. Nd1 e3 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Rae6 Qf2+ 40. Qxf2 exf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rxd1 42. R8e7 Rc1 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Rc6 Rxc3 45. d6 Ke6 46. c5 Kd7 47. Rc7+ Kd8 48. c6 f4 49. Rd7+ Kc8 50. Rc7+ Kd8 51. h3 Rd3 52. Rd7+ Kc8 53. Rf7 Rxd6 54. Rxf4 Rxc6 55. Rxh4 Rf6+ 56. Kg3 Kd7 57. Rf4 Rg6+ 58. Kh4 Ke6 59. g4 Rh6+ 60. Kg5 Rxh3 61. Kg6 Rg3 62. g5 Ra3 63. Kg7 Ra7+ 64. Kh6 Ke5 65. Rf1 Ra6+ 66. g6 Ra3 67. g7 Rh3+ 68. Kg6 Rg3+ 69. Kf7 Kd6 70. g8Q Rxg8 71. Kxg8 Ke7 72. Rf5 Ke8 73. Rf6 Kd8 74. Kf7 Kd7 75. Re6 Kc7 76. Ke7 Kc8 77. Rd6 Kb8 78. Kd7 Kb7 79. Rc6 Ka7 80. Kc7 Ka8 81. Ra6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Ra3 Qc7 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Ne5 14. Be2 Rb8 15. 0-0 Bd7 16. Rb1 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. b5 Nd7 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Nc3 f5 24. h3 Nd3 25. Rba1 Qf7 26. Ra7 Qf6 27. R1a3 f4 28. Bf2 Qg5 29. Rd7 Ne5 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Ra7+ Kg8 32. Kh2 Nd3 33. Bg1 Qf6 34. Qc2 Ne5 35. Bf2 Qd8 36. Qa4 Nd3 37. Bg1 Ne5 38. Qa6 Qb6 39. Qa4 Rb7 40. Ra6 Qc7 41. Qa1 Reb8 42. Bf2 Qe7 43. Be1 Nd3 44. Bd2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 a6 10. f4 Bd6 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Qg2 Qd3 19. Qd2 Qf5 20. Qg2 Qd3 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Bc3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4 24. Rae1 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Na4 26. Re2 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rd3 28. Rf3 Red8 29. Ree3 Rd2+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rd2+ 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Re3 Rd2+ 34. Re2 Rd3 35. Re3 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Tsyhanchuk, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 Bg6 9. e4 Bb4 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 0-0 12. e5 Bxd3 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Bg6 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Red1 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qh4 Bd6 22. Nf3 h6 23. Qg4 Be7 24. h4 Bf6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rad1 Qxa2 27. Qf4 Rfd8 28. g4 Rd5 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Rf5 31. Qg4 Be7 32. g6 f6 33. Qh4 Bb4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Kd6 37. Rd3 Qd5 38. Kg2 Rg5+ 39. Kf1 Rh5 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Re3 Qc2+ 42. Nd2 Bxd2 43. Rxd2 Qc4+ 44. Rdd3 Qc2+ 45. Rd2 Qc4+ 46. Red3 Qd5 47. Qxf6 Qe4+ 48. Kd1 Rh1+ 49. Kc2 Re8 50. g7 Rg1 51. Qf8+ Kd7 52. Qf6 Qd5 53. Qf7+ Re7 54. g8Q Rxf7 55. Qg7 Kd6 56. Qxf7 Qc4+ 57. Rc3 Qa4+ 58. Rb3 Qc4+ 59. Rc3 Qa4+ 60. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harris, Ian"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d6 8. c3 Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rab8 14. Bb3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Rxb3 16. Rxa7 Rfb8 17. Ra2 c5 18. h3 g5 19. Bg3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Qc4+ Qf7 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Qc2 c4 24. Ra5 c6 25. Qxf5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxb2 27. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 c6 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. d3 a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. Bd4 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nfd7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qb1 Rc7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Nd4 e6 21. Nxf5+ gxf5 22. Kf1 Nxa4 23. Rxc7+ Rxc7 24. Rxa4 Rc5 25. Qa3 Qxb5 26. Bf3 b6 27. Rh4 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Kg6 29. Bh5+ Kg5 30. d4 Qc1 31. Qf3 Rc3 32. e3 Qc2 33. Qf4# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lashkin, Jegor"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. h4 Neg8 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Bg5 N8f6 8. h5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. e3 d6 11. Be2 Nh7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 b6 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. e4 0-0 18. f3 Ngf6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. g4 Bd7 21. 0-0-0 Ng5 22. Nc3 a5 23. Qc2 a4 24. Bd3 Ra5 25. Rde1 Qb8 26. Rhf1 Qc8 27. Nde4 Nfxe4 28. Bxe4 Qb8 29. Bd3 Ra8 30. Qg2 Qa7 31. a3 Rf4 32. Ne2 Rf6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Raf8 35. Ref1 Rxf4 36. Nxf4 b5 37. Qd2 Qd4 38. Bh7+ Kxh7 39. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. h3 0-0 9. Be2 a5 10. 0-0 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ne6 13. Qd2 Nxf4 14. exf4 e6 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 a4 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. g4 Nd6 22. Ng3 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Qf8 24. Rdd1 b5 25. h4 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. f5 d4 28. cxd4 Rcxd4 29. fxe6 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vifleemskaia, Svetlana"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. b4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Nh5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Rc1 h5 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rxe4 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rh4 21. Bg5 Rh3 22. Kg2 Re8 23. Rce1 Re5 24. Bf4 Rf5 25. Kxh3 Rxd5+ 26. Kg2 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Roach, Justin P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 c6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Qc7 8. Ng3 h5 9. g5 Nh7 10. h4 Nhf8 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. 0-0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nfe6 15. f4 Na4 16. f5 Qxc3 17. Rf3 Nb2 18. Qe1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 0-0 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd4 Nc4 22. Rc3 Na5 23. e5 d5 24. Rc7 Nc6 25. c3 Rfb8 26. Ne2 Kf8 27. Rb1 Na5 28. Nf4 Bf5 29. Rb5 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Diamond, David"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Be3 h6 9. Nfd2 Ng6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. c4 Bg5 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bc8 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Ba4 Bf4 16. b4 0-0 17. g4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Nh7 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Kd2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Qe3 Nh4 24. Rac1 a5 25. b5 b6 26. Rc3 Qh6 27. Rg1 Bd7 28. Bc2 f6 29. Kc1 Kf7 30. Kb2 Rh8 31. Rg3 Ke7 32. Ra3 Ng6 33. Rf3 Nf8 34. Nc1 Be8 35. Rc3 Nd7 36. Nd3 Bg6 37. Rg3 Raf8 38. Bd1 Rf7 39. Bf3 Kd8 40. Bg2 Re7 41. Ra3 Kc8 42. Qc1 Kb7 43. Re3 Qh7 44. Rc3 Qg8 45. a4 Qf8 46. Rg3 Be8 47. Qd2 Rf7 48. Qc1 Qe7 49. Re3 Nf8 50. Qd2 Ng6 51. Rg3 Bd7 52. Bf1 Nh4 53. Ne1 Bc8 54. Ng2 Ng6 55. Rge3 Nf8 56. Ne1 Kb8 57. Rg3 g6 58. Bg2 f5 59. gxf5 gxf5 60. exf5 Rxf5 61. Rcf3 Rf4 62. Kb3 Nd7 63. Nd3 Rd4 64. Qxg5 Qxg5 65. Rxg5 e4 66. Rf7 exd3 67. Kc3 d2 0-1

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cherniack, Alex"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Nb5 Nc8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Rcd1 Nb6 21. b3 Ncd7 22. Bg2 Qe7 23. Nf3 Ne5 24. Nd4 Nbd7 25. Qc2 Nb6 26. Re2 h5 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Nd7 29. Qd2 a5 30. Rde1 b6 31. Rg2 Qf6 32. Bd1 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Kf1 Re7 35. Bc2 Kg7 36. Bd2 Rae8 37. Rge2 Bf6 38. Kg2 Nc5 39. Kf3 Nd7 40. Kg2 Nc5 41. Kf3 Nd7 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 127th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rad1 Be7 12. Nb5 Na5 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Rxc4 15. b4 Re8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Re4 18. Qc2 Qa8 19. f3 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd5 21. Bd4 Rc8 22. Qa4 Nc4 23. Qb3 e5 24. Bf2 b5 25. e4 Nf6 26. Rd3 d5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Rfd1 Nf6 29. Kg1 h5 30. a4 a6 31. Ra1 e4 32. Rc3 Qc6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rd1 Nd5 35. Rc2 e3 36. Be1 Nf6 37. Kg2 h4 38. gxh4 Nh5 39. Bg3 Qg6 40. Rd4 Re8 41. Re2 f5 42. Qd3 Kh7 43. f4 Qc6+ 44. Kh3 Qf3 45. Qxf5+ Kh8 46. Rg2 e2 47. Rd3 Nxf4+ 48. Qxf4 Qxd3 49. Rg1 e1Q 50. Rxe1 Rxe1 51. Qf8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 Bd7 7. Be3 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. g3 Ne7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Qb1 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qe4 Nd7 22. f3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 0-0-0 15. 0-0 b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Bd3 21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. exd8R+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 Qb7 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 Kc7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4 Bc6 34. Kg5 Bf3 35. Kf5 Kd5 36. g4 Kd6 37. h5 Kd5 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. Kf5 Bf3 40. Kf4 Bd1 41. Kg5 Bf3 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rensch, Daniel"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qe2 Qh4 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. Nd2 0-0 12. 0-0 Re8 13. h3 Nd5 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. b3 Re6 17. Bf1 Rg6 18. Kh2 Qh6 19. Qe3 Rb5 20. Nf3 Rxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Bxh3 22. e5 Bxg2+ 23. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 0-0-0 15. 0-0 b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Bd3 21. exd8Q+ Rxd8 22. Ne4 Bxb1 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Bf4 Kb6 25. Nxc4+ Kb5 26. Nd6+ Kb6 27. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Qd2 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Rae1 h5 15. h3 h4 16. Bh2 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Kh1 f5 19. e5 c5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Nd5 h3 22. Re6 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Ng6 Qh5 26. Nxf8+ Rxf8 27. dxc5 hxg2+ 28. Qxg2 dxc5 29. c3 f4 30. Re7 f3 31. Qg3 Kh8 32. Re4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lopez, Bruci"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. a5 Ba7 10. d6 cxd6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Ra3 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Bh4 14. Qh5 Qe7 15. Rf3 g6 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxh4 Qe7 18. Qg3 d5 19. d4 d6 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Re3 0-0+ 23. Kg1 Qxc2 24. h4 Bf5 25. Rxe5 Be4 26. h5 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qxh5+ 28. Bh4 Qh6 29. Re1 Rf4 30. Rh5 Qxh5 31. Qxf4 Rf8 32. Qg3 h6 33. Qh3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. e3 0-0 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Ne1 Bg6 12. Nd3 Qb6 13. Nf4 Ndf6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 a5 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3 0-0 13. Rab1 Nh5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 h6 18. Rfc1 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nfd2 Nf6 21. Rb5 Ng4 22. Rf1 Kh8 23. Qb2 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxb7 Qg5 26. Bxe4 Rac8 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. h4 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. Bd3 e4 31. Be2 Ne5 32. Rc1 Rf6 33. Rb2 Rcf8 34. Rf1 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Rb3 Nf3 39. Bxf3 exf3+ 40. Kh3 Re8 41. Re3 Rc8 42. Rc1 g4+ 43. Kxg4 Rg8 44. Re4 Kf7+ 45. Kh3 Rh8+ 46. Rh4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Lindsborg"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. a3 Qxc5 7. b4 Qc7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. c4 d6 10. Be2 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Nb1 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qg5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd6 Ne5 25. Qc3 Kg8 26. g3 Qf5 27. Qd4 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. Qd1 Rc8 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kg7 32. Qd1 h5 33. h4 Kh7 34. Kh2 b5 35. Qd4 Qc2 36. e4 a6 37. e5 Qe2 38. Qa7 Kg7 39. Qe3 Kg8 40. Qa7 Kg7 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. fxe3 Kf8 43. Kg1 Ke7 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Kxf3 Kxe5 46. g4 f6 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. e4 f5 49. exf5 Kxf5 50. Ke3 Kg4 0-1

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Boekhoff, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Qa3 Ne8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Qb2 Qc7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Qd2 h6 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. e4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Ne1 Ne5 22. h3 Rfe8 23. Rdc1 Ned7 24. f4 Rc8 25. Nd3 Qb8 26. Nf2 Qa8 27. g4 Nh7 28. Rd1 g5 29. Nh1 Ndf8 30. Qd2 Ng6 31. f5 Nh4 32. Ng3 Nxg2 33. Qxg2 Nf6 34. Bxb6 d5 35. exd5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. cxd5 Bd6 38. Nh5 Be5 39. a5 Rc3 40. b4 Rec8 41. Rb2 Bxd5 42. Qe2 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Coleman, Teddy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Qc2 0-0 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. b3 c6 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. a3 b5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Rab1 Rfc8 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Bf1 Rab8 24. Qa2 Nc7 25. Qa5 Ra8 26. Qb6 Ra6 27. Qe3 Ra3 28. Ra1 Ng4 29. Qf3 Rca8 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. cxb5 Bxb5 32. Ndb1 Rb3 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. exf5 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 d5 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. Rc1 Rxb4 38. Nd2 h5 39. Nf3 e4 40. Ng5 Rc4 41. Ne2 Rxc1 42. Nxc1 Nfe8 43. h3 f6 44. Ne6 Nxe6 45. fxe6 Nc7 46. e7 Kf7 47. Ne2 g5 48. f4 exf3+ 49. Kxf3 Nb5 50. h4 Kxe7 51. Ke3 Kf7 52. Ng1 Kg6 53. Nh3 Kf5 54. Nf2 Nd6 55. Kf3 Nc4 56. hxg5 fxg5 57. Ke2 Ne5 58. Kd2 d4 59. Ke2 h4 0-1

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dean, Jim H"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Qd5 8. Qxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Bg4 11. Bc3 Bxf3 12. exf3 0-0 13. Bd3 Rfe8+ 14. Kd2 Nb8 15. Rae1 Nbd7 16. Re3 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Dunne, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Rd8 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Nc6 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Nxf4 18. Bxa8 N4d5 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Rc7 Nxa4 22. Bc6 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Qa5 8. e4 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Nd2 b4 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Re1 Bb5 15. a3 Na6 16. Bd2 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rfb8 18. Nc3 Bd3 19. Nc1 Nb4 20. Be3 Bc4 21. b3 Ba6 22. N1a2 Nxa2 23. Nxa2 Bb5 24. Nb4 a5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Rc1 Ng4 28. Qxc6 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Qxf5 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. b4 Rf7 16. Ne2 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. f3 Raf8 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Qc2 Qh5 23. Qd2 Qg6 24. c5 Nh5 25. Qc2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Ne4 Qg6 28. Kh1 Rf4 29. g3 R4f7 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Qe2 h6 32. a4 Rd7 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Nf6 35. Nxf6+ Qxf6 36. Kg2 Rdf7 37. Qd3 Qg5 38. Rc2 Rf4 39. Rcf2 Rd4 40. Qb3 Qg6 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Qxd1 e4 43. Qe2 Re8 44. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Vayserberg, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Qd2 c6 6. 0-0-0 h6 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. e4 fxe4 9. fxe4 dxe4 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Nge2 0-0-0 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 g5 16. Bg3 Nbd5 17. Nc4 Bg7 18. Rhe1 g4 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 gxh3 21. Rxe7 Bg4 22. Rc7+ Kb8 23. Rxg7+ Ka8 24. Rg1 Bc8 25. Be5 Nd5 26. gxh3 Bxh3 27. R7g3 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 95th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 a6 8. Be2 c5 9. 0-0 e6 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf8 13. Bh2 b6 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. b3 Qb8 19. Ne1 Qa8 20. Bf3 Red8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc2 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nb4 Nc5 25. Ncd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxd5 f5 28. Rfd1 Kf7 29. Kf1 e4 30. Nb4 Ke6 31. Rc2 Bg7 32. Ke2 g5 33. Rcd2 Nb7 34. Nc2 d5 35. Nd4+ Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Nc5 37. Rb4 Nd3 38. Rxb5 f4 39. f3 Rc2+ 40. Rd2 Rdc8 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Rxg5 Rc1 43. Rxd3 exd3+ 44. Kxd3 R8c3+ 45. Kd4 fxe3 46. Re5+ Kf7 47. Rxe3 R3c2 48. Rf3+ Kg6 49. Rg3+ Kf5 50. Rf3+ Ke6 51. Bf4 Rd1+ 52. Ke4 Rxa2 53. Re3 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia National op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. a3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Ne4 h6 18. c5 Bb3 19. cxd6 Bxd1 20. d7 Bxe2 21. dxc8Q Rxc8 22. Qxe2 Qd5 23. Qc2 Rd8 24. g3 Qe6 25. Nc5 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Na6 Rd3 28. Rxc6 Rxa3 29. b5 e6 30. Rc7 Rb3 31. Rb7 Bf8 32. Nb8 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia National op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. Nxe5 Qg5 6. Nf3 Qxg2 7. Rg1 Qh3 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rg3 Qd7 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Nh4 Qe7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2 0-0 17. 0-0-0 Rfe8 18. Nc3 Re5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Rf3 Rf8 21. Rg1 Re7 22. Kd1 Ref7 23. Ke2 Nh5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Nd1 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Nh3 27. Rg2 Bxb2 28. Nxb2 Rf5 29. Nd3 Ng5 30. Rg4 Nf3 31. Ke2 Nxh2 32. Rc4 Nf3 33. c3 c5 34. Ra4 h5 35. Nf4 Ne5 36. Nh3 g5 37. Nxg5 Rxg5 38. f4 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rg4 40. fxe5 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia National op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Rogers, Norman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Bf5 Re8 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. e4 Ng4 18. d5 Bf6 19. Rd3 c5 20. Nd2 h5 21. Nd1 Nh6 22. f3 g4 23. fxg4 Nxg4 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bg5 26. Ref3 h4 27. gxh4 Bxh4 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. Rh3 Kh7 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia National op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 d6 7. c4 Qe8 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Rac1 bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Qb1 Bb7 14. a3 Be4 15. Qa1 Nbd5 16. b4 Bh6 17. e3 g5 18. Ncd2 g4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nh4 Qf7 21. Qb1 Nd2 22. Qa2 e6 23. Rfd1 Ne4 24. Bh1 Bg5 25. Ng2 Qh5 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. exf4 Rf6 28. Qb1 Rh6 29. Bxe4 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Qh1+ 32. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 33. Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 a5 35. Bc3 axb4 36. axb4 Kf7 37. Be1 Kg6 38. Ke2 Ra8 39. b5 Kf5 40. Rc6 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Ra4 42. Ke2 h5 43. Bd2 Rxd4 44. Ba5 h4 45. gxh4 Nxf4+ 46. Ke1 Rd5 47. Bxc7 Rxb5 48. Bxd6 e5 49. h5 Nxh5 50. Rc5 Rxc5 51. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia National op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ju, Evan D"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 d3 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Bxd3 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Rd2 c6 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxe4 20. Qe2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 e4 24. Qg4 e3 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 70th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furdzik, Rafal"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2003.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qg4 Qf6 8. Be2 d5 9. Qg3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Qxc7 0-0 14. Nxe4 Qh4 15. Bf3 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Qc3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bf5 19. Rg1 Bg6 20. Kf1 Rac8 21. Qd4 f5 0-1

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Qb5 0-0 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qd3 e5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. exd3 Rd8 13. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Nb5 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Na6 12. a3 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. Be5 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. Qb3 Nb8 17. h3 Bc8 18. N2f3 Nbd7 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Ne6 Qb6 21. Neg5 e6 22. Bc7 Qb5 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxe6+ Kxe6 25. Nd4+ Ke7 26. Nxb5 Ne8 27. Bg3 Be5 28. 0-0 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Nb6 30. Nc7 Rb8 31. a4 Nxc7 32. Rxc7+ Bd7 33. a5 Nd5 34. Rc4 Be6 35. e4 Nf6 36. Rc7+ Nd7 37. b5 a6 38. b6 Bc4 39. Ra1 Bf7 40. Rd1 Be8 41. e5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Qb5 0-0 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. 0-0 Bf6 11. Bc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 g6 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Qa4 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Nd7 Re8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qc6 Na5 20. Qxc7 Rec8 21. Qd7 Qf5 22. e4 Qh5 23. e5 Qe2 24. Rad1 Rxc3 25. Rfe1 Qa6 26. Ne4 Qc8 27. Qe7 Rc7 28. Qh4 h5 29. d5 exd5 30. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 b5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nc4 Bb7 11. Nfe5 Qc7 12. Bf3 Be7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Rd8 17. b3 0-0 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Qf5 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Rd5 22. Qe4 a5 23. Nc4 Rh5 24. g3 Nd5 25. Qf3 g6 26. Rcd1 Nc3 27. Rd6 Rd8 28. Qc6 Qe7 29. h4 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Nxa5 Qe4 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qh3 Qd3 34. Qg2 Ne4 35. Rc1 Rf5 36. Rf1 Nd2 37. Rc1 Qe2 38. Nb7 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d5 Ne7 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Ne1 Rb8 11. e4 c5 12. f4 b5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf2 bxc4 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 dxe5 20. fxe5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Re2 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. Rfd1 Nc7 24. Nf4 Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rb2 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Nc6 Ne6 28. Nd5 Kh8 29. Rab1 Rd7 30. Nf6 Rc7 31. Rb6 Rfc8 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Bf8 34. Rbd6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Bxd6 36. exd6 R1c2+ 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Nd5 Rd8 39. Nb4 Rc3 40. Nxa6 Rxa3 41. Nc5 Ra5 42. Ne4 Re5 43. g4 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Nd2 Kf6 46. Kg3 Ke6 47. Rh4 Rxd6 48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Rxh7+ Re7 50. Rxe7+ Kxe7 51. Nf3 Kf6 52. h3 Ra6 53. Ne1 Ke5 54. Nd3+ Ke4 55. Nf2+ Ke3 56. Nd1+ Kd2 57. Nb2 Kc2 58. Kf4 Kxb2 59. Kxf5 Rh6 60. Kg4 Kc3 61. h4 Kd4 62. Kg5 Rh8 63. h5 Ke5 64. Kg6 Ke6 65. h6 Rg8+ 66. Kh7 Rg1 67. Kh8 Kf7 68. h7 Kg6 69. Kg8 Kh6+ 70. Kh8 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aramil, William J"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. 0-0 d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 Bg4 9. a5 Ba7 10. Qb3 0-0 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. b5 axb5 14. Qxb5 Nxe4 15. a6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh3 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qxf3 19. Rf1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Nd6 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qd5 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Kg2 Nxe4 25. Kxf1 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0-0 Na6 11. Rd1 c6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Be3 Nd6 15. f3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qb3 d4 18. Nb5 Rb8 19. Bf4 Ba8 20. a4 Nc7 21. Nc4 Ncxb5 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Qd3 Nxc4 24. b3 Qb6 25. bxc4 Rb3 26. Rdb1 Rb4 27. Rc1 a5 28. Qa3 a4 29. Bd2 Bc6 30. Bxb4 cxb4 31. Qd3 Qc5 32. f4 Be8 33. Bd5 b3 34. Rab1 Bd7 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. e3 dxe3 37. Re1 Bf6 38. Rxe3 g6 39. Qe2 Kg7 40. g4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Hanken, Jerome B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Rc1 Ne7 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 d5 13. Rfd1 d4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rxb2 17. c5 f5 18. Bc4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Rf7 22. Ne4 Ra7 23. Nd6 Bd7 24. Rb1 Kg7 25. Rb8 Kf6 26. Rh8 h5 27. Rh7 Ke5 28. Bd3 Nf4 29. Bf1 Kd4 30. Nc8 Rb7 31. Nb6 Bc8 32. Rh8 Kxc5 33. Nxc8 a5 34. g3 Nd5 35. Rg8 a4 36. Rxg6 Rc7 37. Rg8 a3 38. Rd8 Nc3 39. Nd6 Nxa2 40. Ne4+ Kb6 41. Rb8+ Ka5 42. Rb3 Nc1 43. Rxa3+ Kb4 44. Rc3 Nb3 45. Rc4+ Ka3 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. 0-0 c5 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Na3 Bc6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rb8 18. Qxb5+ Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Ra8+ Ke7 21. Rfa1 Rb7 22. dxc5 Ne8 23. Rd1 Nc7 24. c6 Rxb2 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. f4 Rxe2+ 27. Kf3 Nxa8 28. Rxf7# 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. 0-0 Qc8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Rac1 c5 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. Nf4 Qf5 15. h4 h6 16. Bh3 Qh7 17. Bxd7 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nxd7 19. Qxd7 Bxg5 20. Qxb7 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Rad8 22. f3 Rd6 23. Nxd5 Re8 24. Ne3 Rg6+ 25. Ng4 Qh3 26. Rf2 Qg3+ 27. Rg2 Qxf4 28. e3 Qg5 29. f4 Qh4 30. Qf3 cxd4 31. e4 d3 32. Rd1 f5 33. Nf2 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 fxe4 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 d2 37. Rxd2 e3 38. Re2 exf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. Nge2 Na5 7. 0-0 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. Bg5 c6 10. a3 Ba5 11. h3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Rad1 Bc7 16. f3 Be6 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. Nxf4 gxf4 19. b4 Rad8 20. Na4 Kh8 21. Kh2 f5 22. c5 Rg8 23. cxd6 Rxd6 24. Qe2 Qg7 25. Rg1 Bc4 26. Qe1 Rg6 27. g4 fxg3+ 28. Bxg3 f4 29. Bh4 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Be2 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 a6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. b3 Nb8 13. h3 Na6 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Qb1 h6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bh2 Bf5 18. e4 exd4 19. exf5 dxc3 20. Bxd6 Qc8 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Ne4 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. c5 Qf5 25. Qc4+ Kh7 26. Rd3 Nxd6 27. cxd6 Re4 28. g4 Qf4 0-1

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Schneider, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. 0-0 c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 cxd4 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Qd2 Qa6 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Bd6 Bd5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxb4 Nfd7 21. Nxd4 0-0 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ne3 Rb8 24. Qa3 Qb6 25. Nxd5 Qxb2 26. Qe3 h6 27. Nc6 Ra8 28. Nde7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 g6 34. e4 Kg7 35. Ke3 Ne6 36. f4 Nf6 37. h3 Nc5 38. e5 Nfd7 39. g4 f6 40. Kd4 Ne6+ 41. Ke4 fxe5 42. Nxe5 Nxe5 43. Kxe5 Nc5 44. h4 Nd3+ 45. Ke4 Nc5+ 46. Kd4 Nd7 47. Nd5 Kf7 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Nb8 50. Ke5 Nc6+ 51. Kf4 Nd4 52. Kg4 Kg7 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Ke4 Nc6 55. Ne3 Nb4 56. Ng4 h5 57. Ne3 Nc6 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. Nd5+ Kg7 60. Kg5 Nd4 61. Ne3 Nf3+ 62. Kxh5 Kf6 63. Kg4 Ne5+ 64. Kf4 Nd3+ 65. Kf3 Ke5 66. h5 Kf6 67. h6 Kf7 68. Ng4 Nc5 69. Kf4 Kg8 70. Kg5 Kh7 71. f6 Nd7 72. f7 Kh8 73. Ne5 Nf8 74. Kf6 Kh7 75. Ke7 1-0

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matthew, Ervin"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rfd1 dxc4 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rc1 Rd5 20. Bc4 Bf5 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. g4 Bxg4 24. Bc4 Rc8 25. Qd3 b5 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Qd8+ Qf8 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qxb5 Bh3 31. Qb7 Qd8 32. Qb3 Qh4 33. Qd5 Qg4+ 34. Ng3 Qb4 35. Qd1 Qxb2 36. Nh5 Qa1 37. Qxa1 Bxa1 38. Nf4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sena, Juan Oscar"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nf1 Ng6 9. Ng3 0-0 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Qf1 Bg4 17. Nd2 b5 18. Bc2 d4 19. h3 Be6 20. a4 Qa5 21. Ne2 Red8 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 c4 25. Nbc1 Qxb5 26. cxd4 exd4 27. dxc4 Bxc4 28. b3 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 d3 30. Nc1 Nxe4 31. Bxd3 Qe5 32. Ra7 Nf4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Ra4 Qf5 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Ra2 Rxa2 37. Nxa2 Qc2 38. Nc1 Qc6 39. g3 Ne6 40. Qc4 Qf3 41. Qe2 Qf5 42. Qd2 Ng5 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd3 Kg6 45. g4 Qe4 46. h4 Qxd3 47. Nxd3 Ne4 48. Kg2 Nd2 49. b4 Kf6 50. Nc5 b5 51. f4 h5 52. Kg3 hxg4 53. Kxg4 Nc4 54. Ne4+ Ke7 55. Nc3 Ne3+ 56. Kg5 Nc2 57. Nxb5 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Lewis, James E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 0-0 8. N5c3 e4 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. a3 a5 11. Be2 Re8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nbd7 17. h5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bf5 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc5 21. Qg2 Nb3 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. 0-0 Qc2 24. f4 Nd3 25. Bd1 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Ndxc1 27. Re1 Rad8 28. e4 a4 29. Bxb3 Nxb3 30. Rbd1 Kf8 31. e5 g6 32. Kg3 Rc8 33. Re2 Rc4 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Kg4 Nd4 36. Rh2 Nf5 37. Rd3 Rxe5 38. d6 Rd4 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Rdh3 Nh4 41. R3xh4 f5+ 42. Kf3 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chernin, Oliver"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
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1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f3 0-0 9. Be3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Re8 11. 0-0 d6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nf5 Ng6 15. Bf2 Bc8 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Ne5 22. Bd4 Qd7 23. Qe1 c5 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Qd2 Rac8 26. Rac1 Qe6 27. Rfd1 Na5 28. Bf2 Rc6 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Nc4 31. Rd3 f6 32. Bd4 Kf7 33. Kf2 d5 34. exd5 Rd6 35. Be3 Re5 36. Rc2 Rexd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Bd4 Rb5 39. Re2 Rb1 40. g4 Rb2 41. Rxb2 Nxb2 42. Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Fernandez, John C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Qf3 d5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qh3 Ndf6 13. f3 Nd6 14. g4 g6 15. Ng3 Qe7 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Re2 Bc8 18. Qg2 Nd7 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 f6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. h4 Bb7 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Qh2 c4 25. Bc2 Nb5 26. Nf5 Qxa3 27. Bc1 Qxc3 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Ba4 Qxd4+ 31. Be3 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Bf4 Rc5 34. Be3 Re5 35. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Nge7 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. 0-0 Ng6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nd5 h6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Be3 0-0 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Bc5 Qe6 15. Qc2 Nf4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne1 Nd3 18. f3 Nxc5 19. bxc5 Qd7 20. Qf2 Qd4 21. Rc1 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rd4 23. Rfc2 Rad8 24. Kf2 Ba4 25. Re2 Bd1 26. Rb2 Rd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Ke3 Re2+ 29. Kd3 Rxe1 30. Kd2 Re2+ 31. Kd3 Rxg2 32. Rxd1 Rxa2 33. Rb1 Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Ra5 35. Rxb7 Rxc5 36. Kd3 Kf8 37. Ra7 Rc6 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Ra8 Rf6 40. c5 Rxf3+ 41. Kc4 Rf6 42. Kd5 Re6 43. c6 Rd6+ 44. Kc5 Rd8 45. Ra7 Rc8 46. Kd5 Kf6 47. Rxa6 Rd8+ 48. Kc5 Ke6 49. Ra7 Rc8 50. Ra3 h5 51. h4 g6 52. Rd3 Re8 53. Rd7 Re7 54. Rd8 f5 55. exf5+ Kxf5 56. Rd5 Kf6 57. Rd8 e4 58. Kd4 e3 59. Rf8+ Kg7 60. Rf1 e2 61. Re1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 44th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. Bc3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. 0-0 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rfd1 Nce4 17. Nfe5 Bc5 18. e3 Bd5 19. Nd3 Bf8 20. Nce5 h6 21. f3 Nc5 22. e4 Bb7 23. Bf1 Ne8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kg2 Be3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nc4 Bc5 28. Rd7 Bc6 29. Rd2 f6 30. Rc2 Kf8 31. a3 Bd7 32. b4 Be7 33. Bd3 Ba4 34. Rc1 Rd8 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Kf1 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 44th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furdzik, Rafal"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nd2 d6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. c4 Nf4 13. Nf3 a5 14. a3 Bg4 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Qg5 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. Bc3 Ra8 22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Ne6 24. Bg4 Bd4 25. Bxe6 Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Milovanovic, Rade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.02.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qe4 b5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Bxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 bxc4 25. bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qa5 Qc8 27. Qb6 h6 28. a4 Kh7 29. Ra1 Qc3 30. Qb7 Ra5 31. Ra2 Qc4 32. Ra3 f5 33. Qb6 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Rd5 35. Ra1 Qe5 36. Qb1 Rd2 37. Ra2 Rd5 38. Ra1 Qc7 39. Qe1 Re5 40. Qd2 Qc4 41. Re1 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Cohen, Harry S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.02.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 c5 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. e4 d6 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Nd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ng4 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. dxc6 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Bc8 21. Nd4 Nf6 22. Re1 h6 23. Qc2 Re5 24. f4 Re7 25. h3 Rde8 26. Kh2 b5 27. Re2 Qb6 28. Qd3 b4 29. Rce1 a5 30. Re3 Ba6 31. Qd2 Rc7 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Rd8 34. exf6 Rxd4 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Be4+ Rxe4 37. R1xe4 Rxc6 38. fxg7 Kxg7 39. Rg4+ Kh7 40. Reg8 Rg6 41. R8xg6 fxg6 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Johnson, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Nbd2 c3 9. Nc4 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Qa6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Rfb1 0-0 13. a5 c5 14. e3 Nd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nb6 Bd7 17. Bf1 axb6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Bd4 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 b6 23. Nc4 b5 24. Na3 Nd7 25. Nxb5 N7f6 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Nd7 28. Qa3 Ne5 29. Nc3 Nf6 30. Rb8 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. e4 Ng6 33. f3 Nd7 34. Rd8 Nde5 35. Qc5 f6 36. f4 Nf7 37. Rc8 Bd7 38. Rxf8+ Nxf8 39. Qc7 Nh6 40. h3 Nf7 41. g4 Nh8 42. f5 Nf7 43. fxe6 Bxe6 44. Nd5 Ne5 45. g5 Ned7 46. Nf4 Bf7 47. h4 Ne5 48. Qe7 Ned7 49. Qd8 fxg5 50. hxg5 Nc5 51. Kf3 Nce6 52. Nxe6 Bxe6 53. Kf4 Bf7 54. Ke5 Ba2 55. Kd6 Bb3 56. Ke7 1-0

[Event "New York Masters Int 1st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sloan, Julia Elizabeth"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. e4 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. a4 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Be2 b6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nf8 14. Re1 Ng6 15. Bg3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 Bd7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bf8 22. Bg4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rb6 24. h4 Qa8 25. Bd7 Ne7 26. Qxd6 Nxc6 27. Qc7 Qd8 28. Re8 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 18th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Furdzik, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. a3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 c5 14. Qa2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Rxa1 e5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Qxf2 20. Ne3 Be6+ 21. Bd5 0-0 22. Qc4 Qxh2 23. Qh4 Qg2 24. Nxg2 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ibrahim, Anthony"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bc4 d6 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nf5 Qf6 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Ne3 Nge7 13. Nd2 0-0 14. Rf1 Ne5 15. Be2 N5g6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Kh1 f5 19. f4 Qf6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Bg4 22. Nxg4 fxg4 23. Qxg4 c6 24. Nf3 b5 25. Bb3 Ng8 26. Qe6 Rae8 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28. Ng5 Re7 29. Rad1 h6 30. Ne6 Rfe8 31. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Nunez, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Qe2 0-0 8. Rd1 Nc6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb4 11. Ne5 Nbd5 12. Rd3 Qd6 13. Rg3 Re8 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bg5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 17. Bh6 g6 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. h4 Bc6 20. Qf4 Rac8 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Qd2 Bxh4 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Bg7 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Re1 Qg7 28. Ng4 b5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qg5 h5 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rhe3 Bc6 33. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lacroix, Serge"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. d4 Bd7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nd5 0-0 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. c4 Re8 15. Qd2 Qc8 16. Kh2 Nd4 17. Ng1 Qd8 18. Rac1 c6 19. c5 Nxb3 20. axb3 cxd5 21. exd5 e4+ 22. Kh1 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Qxd5 24. b4 Rad8 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Bd6 Nh4 27. Kh2 e3 28. g3 Nf5 29. Bf4 e2 30. Rfe1 g5 31. Bd2 Bc6 32. Bc3 Nd4 33. g4 Bb5 34. Kg3 Nb3 35. Rc2 Bd3 36. Rd2 Nxd2 37. Bxd2 Bb5 38. Be3 Rd1 39. Nf3 Red8 40. Ne5 Rxe1 41. Nf3 Red1 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Seguin, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf4 Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qe5 18. e3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Qa5 a6 23. Qb6 Qb8 24. Nb3 Qc8 25. Nc5 Bc6 26. Qb4 h6 27. Qc3 Qf5 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qd1 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 33. Kf1 Kg6 34. Ke1 Kf5 35. a3 g5 36. Kd2 Ke5 37. Kc3 a5 38. Bf1 Be6 39. Be2 1/2-1/2

