[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Black "Takahashi, Michael John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. h3 h6 14. Qe2 0-0 15. Nb3 Bd7 16. c4 Rac8 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. b3 Be5 19. Rb1 Bd4 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rcd8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rd4 Red8 28. Rbd2 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qc7 31. c5 Kg8 32. b4 Qc6 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd4 Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd4 f6 37. g3 e5 38. Qd3+ e4 39. Qd6 Qa4 40. Qd5 Qxb4 41. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Black "Xu, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Re1 d6 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Nxd4 0-0 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qh5 Bc8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qf3 Re5 19. h3 c6 20. dxc6 Qc7 21. Rad1 d5 22. Nc3 Nxc6 23. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxc6 25. Nxd5 Qxc2 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quirke, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 a5 12. b3 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. 0-0 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rd3 Ne7 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Bb2 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. e4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 d5 28. exd5 Nf5 29. h3 Rd6 30. a4 Rad8 31. Ba3 R6d7 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Kh2 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Qf2 35. Qd2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh4 37. Bc5 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 e4 39. fxe4 Nxe4 40. Qxa5 Nxc5 41. Qxc5 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kh1 Rc7 44. Qg1 Qe2 45. Rd1 Qb2 46. d6 Rd7 47. Qe3 Qc2 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. Qd5 Qc2 50. a5 g5 51. Qd3 Qc5 52. a6 Qb6 53. Ra1 Rxd6 54. Qxd6 Qxd6 55. a7 g4 56. a8Q 1-0

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Black "Xie, Bryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 exf3 11. gxh5 Nf6 12. Kc2 a5 13. Bb5 axb4 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Bxc6 b3+ 16. Kxb3 bxc6 17. Be3 Ne4 18. a4 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5+ 20. Kc4 Nxa4 21. Nd2 Kc7 22. Nxf3 Nb6+ 23. Kc5 Na4+ 24. Kc4 Nb6+ 25. Kc5 Nd7+ 26. Kc4 Rhe8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Re7 Ra4+ 29. Kd3 Rf4 30. Ke3 Rf5 31. Ke4 Rxh5 32. Rxf7 Kd6 33. Rxg7 Nc5+ 34. Ke3 Rxh3 35. Rg3 Rh5 36. Rg7 Ne6 37. Ra7 Rh3 38. Ke4 Nc5+ 39. Ke3 h5 40. Rh7 Ne6 41. Ke2 Rxf3 42. Rxh5 Nf4+ 43. Kxf3 Nxh5 44. Ke4 Nf6+ 45. Kf5 Nd5 46. c4 Nb6 47. c5+ Kxc5 48. Ke6 Kd4 49. f4 Nd5 50. f5 c5 0-1

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le, Harry"]
[Black "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. b5 Ne4 15. Qc2 f6 16. Ne1 Ng5 17. h4 Nf7 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Ng2 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Nxd6 21. a4 a5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Kf7 26. h5 Rd7 27. h6 g5 28. Nh5 Ne8 29. Rf1 Qd6 30. Bc3 e5 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Qe6 33. fxg5 Qg4+ 34. Ng3 Qxg5 35. Qf5 Qxh6 36. Qe4 Qg6 37. Qc6 Re7 38. Kf2 Qg5 39. Qf3 Ng6 40. Nf5 Re6 41. Rh1 Kg8 42. Rg1 Rxe2+ 43. Qxe2 Qxf5+ 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Kf7 46. Rh1 Nf8 47. Rd1 Ke7 48. Re1+ Kf7 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kd3+ Kf7 51. Rh1 Kg6 52. Ke4 h5 53. Kd5 Kg5 54. Kc6 Kg4 55. Kxb6 Nd7+ 56. Kc6 Ne5+ 57. Bxe5 fxe5 58. Kxc5 Nf6 59. b6 h4 60. b7 Nd7+ 61. Kc6 Nb8+ 62. Kc7 Na6+ 63. Kc8 h3 64. b8Q Nxb8 65. Kxb8 Kg3 66. c5 Kg2 67. Ra1 h2 68. c6 h1Q 69. Rxh1 Kxh1 70. c7 Kg2 71. c8Q 1-0

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Black "Lee, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 Bxf3+ 10. gxf3 exf3 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Bc4 0-0 14. Kc2 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Nh5 16. Bh2 Bh4 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Nxf3 Bxf2 19. Ng5 Nd8 20. Rf1 h6 21. Nxf7 Nxf7 22. Rxf2 Nf6 23. Re2 Rxe2+ 24. Bxe2 Kf8 25. Bf3 Nd8 26. Bxb7 Ke7 27. Bf3 Ne6 28. c6 Ne8 29. a4 g5 30. Kd3 Nf6 31. a5 h5 32. b5 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Bh1 Nh5 35. b6 axb6 36. axb6 g3 37. Bxg3 Nxg3 38. b7 Nc5+ 39. Kc4 Na6 40. c7 Nxc7 41. b8Q Nxh1 42. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Venkat, Raghav"]
[Black "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. a4 d5 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. h4 f6 13. h5 Nh8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. Qe2 Nf7 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Ne3 Re8 20. Qf1 Bb8 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. Qg2 Red8 23. Nh4 Nd4 24. Bc3 Nh6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nxd5 Rxc2 27. Nxb6 Qf7 28. Qf3 Rxb2 29. Nc4 Rc2 30. Rab1 Qd7 31. Rb7 Qh3 32. Qd5+ Rxd5 33. Re8# 1-0

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Erick"]
[Black "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Nbd2 0-0 14. Nb3 Ra7 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Be4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Nc5 Qd5 21. a3 Ng6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 h6 24. b4 Raa8 25. Qb3 Qf5 26. Qc2 Qh5 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Ng3 Qg4 29. h3 Qf4 30. Nh5 Qd6 31. Ng3 Nf6 32. Qc5 Nf4 33. Ne5 N6d5 34. Rd2 Rac8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kxh8 38. Nxf7+ Kg8 39. Nxd6 Kf8 40. Nge4 Ke7 41. g3 Nxh3+ 42. Kg2 Ng5 43. Nxg5 Kxd6 44. Ne4+ Ke7 45. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Eastern op 44th"]
[Site "Tysons"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Samuelson, Andrew"]
[Black "Books, Lawrence James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bb2 Be6 14. b5 Ne5 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. g4 Qb6 18. f5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxg4 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rac8 22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. a4 f6 25. Be6 Rc7 26. a5 Nbc4 27. Nd5 1-0

