[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Homa, Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 0-0 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 Bf8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rad1 c4 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Ba1 b5 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nf2 Qg5 21. d3 Nxe3 22. Qxc7 Qxg3 23. Qxd7 Qxf4 24. Ng4 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Rbd8 26. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 0-0 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4 Rxc6 15. Qxb7 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. 0-0 a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 h5 21. g5 a4 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Rb6 24. Ra3 Rc3 25. Kg2 Rbxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Levine, Joseph1"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 f5 11. exd5 exd5 12. c4 f4 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Qb3 fxg3 15. fxg3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Nf5 17. Ndc4 Nd4 18. Qd1 Bxd5 19. Bf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nbc2 21. Qg4 Nxa1 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Nxd6 Nc2 24. Re6 Qd7 25. Bxh6 N6d4 26. Rg6 Qxg4 27. Rxg4 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chen, Ryo"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. N2f3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Bg5 Nxd3 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxe7 Nxb2 16. Qb1 h6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Qc1 Nc4 20. f4 Bd7 21. Qe1 Rc8 22. Rb1 Qa6 23. g4 Na3 24. Rc1 Bb5 25. Rf2 Bd3 26. Qe3 Be4 27. f5 Nb5 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qd3 33. Qd2 Qh3 34. Qf4 Bf5 35. Rg2 Qd3 36. Qd2 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 b5 38. h4 Qe4 39. Rh2 b4 40. h5 Kh7 41. h6 g5 42. Qxg5 Qc2+ 43. Ke1 Qb1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qe4+ 46. Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Putnam, Liam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Be6 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Rfd8 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Neg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Re1 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Re8 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. 0-0 Qxb2 14. Qh5 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Rh5 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. h3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 b6 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. a4 Kf8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Bd3 Rhc5 25. g4 h5 26. Kg2 Rd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5+ 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rc5 30. Rb4 g5 31. f4 f6 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Bc6 34. f5 Kd6 35. Kd2 Rd5 36. Kc3 Rc5+ 37. Kd2 Ke5 38. Ke3 Rc3 39. Rb3 Rxb3 40. cxb3 Bd5 41. b4 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte Spring GMA 2024"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CB14_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne8 9. Be3 e5 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Nc7 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. h3 a6 14. Rf2 Be6 15. Raf1 Qd7 16. Kh2 b5 17. b3 Nd4 18. Nce2 Nxe2 19. Nxe2 Be5 20. Ng1 Bg7 21. Nf3 a5 22. Qxa5 b4 23. e5 Rfc8 24. exd6 Ra8 25. Qxc5 Nd5 26. cxd5 Rxc5 27. dxe6 Qxd6 28. exf7+ Kh8 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Ne6 Qe5 32. Nxf8 Bxf8 33. Be4 Kg7 34. h4 Qd4 35. Kg2 Qe3 36. Rf3 Qd4 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rf5 Qe3 39. R1f3 Qd2+ 40. Rf2 Qh6 41. R2f4 Qg6 42. Rh4 Qa6 43. Rhxh5 h6 44. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Brodsky, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 e5 8. e3 Nge7 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Rfc1 Rfd8 14. Nd5 b5 15. cxb5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxb5 18. Nc3 Rb7 19. Qc4 Rdb8 20. Rc2 Rb3 21. Ne4 Ne7 22. Qa6 Nf5 23. Bxa5 Rxa3 24. b4 h5 25. Rcb2 h4 26. bxc5 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Ra1+ 28. Kg2 Nxe3+ 29. Kf3 Qg4+ 30. Kxe3 Bh6+ 31. f4 exf4+ 32. Kd4 Bg7+ 33. Kc4 Qe6+ 34. Kb5 Bxb2 35. Qxd6 Qe8+ 36. c6 Be5 37. Qc5 Qb8+ 38. Kc4 Rb1 39. Bb4 fxg3 40. hxg3 hxg3 41. d4 g2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Foisor, Sabina Francesca"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 d5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Nf1 dxc4 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qxc4 h6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 c5 16. Ng3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 19. e3 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Kg1 Nb4 23. Qc4 Ncd3 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qg2 Nxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. axb4 Ng4 28. h3 Nf6 29. Qc6 axb4 30. Qxb6 Kh7 31. Ra1 Nd5 32. Qc6 Rd6 33. Qa8 Rd8 34. Qc6 Qd6 35. Qc4 Qd7 36. Qd4 Qf7 37. Kh2 Qf6 38. Ne2 Qxd4 39. Nxd4 Nxf4 40. Ra7 Rd6 41. Re7 Kg6 42. Nb5 Rb6 43. exf4 Rxb5 44. Rxe6+ Kf7 45. Ra6 Rc5 46. Rb6 Rc4 47. Kg3 Rd4 48. f3 Ke7 49. b3 Kf7 50. Rb5 Ke6 51. Re5+ Kf6 52. Rb5 g5 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Kf2 Rd2+ 56. Ke3 Rh2 57. Rxb4 Rxh3 58. Kf2 Rh2+ 59. Kg3 Rd2 60. Rb8 Rd3 61. Kf2 Kf6 62. b4 Rb3 63. b5 Ke5 64. Kg3 g4 65. b6 Rxf3+ 66. Kh4 Kf4 67. Kh5 Rh3+ 68. Kg6 Rb3 69. b7 g3 70. Rf8 Rxb7 71. Rxf5+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chasin, Nico Werner"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Titus, Andrew L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 b6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bb7 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Rad1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h4 h6 20. a4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Be8 24. e4 Kf8 25. e5 Rc8 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. f4 h5 28. Kf2 Rc7 29. Ke3 Bc6 30. g3 g6 31. Kd3 Rd7 32. Kc3 Rxd4 33. Kxd4 a5 34. Kc3 Kd7 35. f5 exf5 36. Bxf7 g5 37. hxg5 f4 38. gxf4 h4 39. g6 h3 40. g7 h2 41. g8Q h1Q 42. Be6+ Ke7 43. Qf7+ Kd8 44. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. Na4 Bg4 15. Nd2 Bh5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Qe6 18. b4 Ng4 19. Nf1 Qf6 20. Qc2 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. a4 Rac8 23. Ra2 Qe6 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Nd2 Red8 26. Rac2 Ne8 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 a5 30. b6 Ra8 31. h3 a4 32. Qb5 Nd6 33. Qb4 Nc8 34. Rc7 a3 35. Rxb7 a2 36. Nb3 Qe4 37. Kh2 Qb1 38. Rc7 a1Q 39. b7 Qg1+ 40. Kg3 Qaf1 41. Rxc8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Gangavarapu, Sreekar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Nc6 8. Rb1 e5 9. d3 h6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nc4 Nfd5 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b6 axb6 21. Rxb6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Kh7 23. Qb2 Nf5 24. Rb1 Nd4 25. e3 Ne6 26. Qf6 Rb8 27. Ne5 Qd8 28. Qxd8 Rbxd8 29. Rxb7 Kg8 30. Nd7 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hilby, Craig"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 0-0 12. 0-0 Rac8 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. e3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Ra4 Ne5 21. Rh4 Rh8 22. d4 cxd4 23. exd4 Ng6 24. Re4 Qc7 25. d5 Qxa5 26. Bh3 Bb4 27. Bxe6 Rce8 28. Bf5 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Rd8 30. d6 Qe5 31. Qf3 a5 32. h4 Qxb2 33. h5 Ne5 34. Qf4 Qe2 35. Rd5 Qf3 36. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 37. Kg2 Ne5 38. d7 a4 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Nc6 41. Rc4 Ra8 42. Be4 a3 43. Bxc6 a2 44. Bxb7 a1Q 45. Rc8 Qd4 46. Rxa8 Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. 0-0-0 Rc8 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nh7 18. f5 Nxg5 19. Rxg5 Be7 20. Rxg7 Bf6 21. Rg3 Ne5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nd4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Nb3 a5 26. Rdg1 Kd8 27. Nxa5 Rxc3 28. Rg8+ Kc7 29. e5 Bxe5 30. Nb3 Rf3 31. Qd1 Rxg8 32. Rxg8 Qf2 33. Nc1 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Bxd4 35. c3 Be3 36. Nd3 e5 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. a3 Ba5 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Na4 h5 19. Nac5 h4 20. gxh4 gxh4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 Rhg8 23. Rh3 Rg4 24. Rdh1 Rdg8 25. Bf1 a6 26. Ka2 Ka7 27. Qf2 Bd8 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. R1h2 Be7 30. Nd2 R4g7 31. Nf3 Nf6 32. Qd2 c5 33. dxc5 Qxc5 34. Ng5 Ne4 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Qd1 Rd8 37. Qb3 Qc1 38. Qc4 Rd1 39. Qxc1 Rxc1 40. Rh1 Bf6 41. g4 hxg3 42. Rh6 Rf7 43. Bg2 Rc2 44. Bxe4 Rxb2+ 45. Ka1 Rf2+ 46. Rxf6 Rxf6 47. Rh7 Kb6 48. Rxb7+ Ka5 49. Rg7 Rh6 50. Rxg3 Rhh2 51. Bb1 Rh1 52. Rg7 Ka4 53. Rb7 Kxa3 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mendes, Aaron Reeve"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd4 cxd4 8. Nexd4 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. d4 Be7 12. Bd3 0-0 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Be3 b6 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Ne5 f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qb3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Be5 Kf7 24. Rfe1 Bb4 25. Red1 Bd2 26. Rc7+ Rxc7 27. Bxc7 Bh6 28. Bd6 Rc8 29. Bb4 Rc2 30. Rb1 Bc1 31. Bc3 Bd2 32. Bxd2 Rxd2 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke1 Rxd4 35. b3 a5 36. f3 Kd6 37. Ke2 f4 38. a3 b5 39. g3 g6 40. Rb2 h5 41. Rb1 g5 42. Rg1 Ke5 43. h4 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. gxf4+ Kxf4 46. Rf1+ Kg3 47. h5 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Re6 49. Rf5 Kh4 50. Kd4 g3 51. Kxd5 Rh6 52. Rf4+ Kh3 53. Rf5 Kg4 54. Rf1 g2 55. Rg1 Kg3 56. Kc5 Rxh5+ 57. Kb6 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. Rc1 Rh1 60. Rc7 g1Q+ 61. Kb7 Qd4 62. Ka8 Ra1+ 63. Kb8 Qd8+ 64. Kb7 Qa8+ 65. Kb6 Qa5+ 66. Kc6 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Qxc7+ 68. Ke6 Re1+ 69. Kf6 Qd6+ 70. Kf7 Re7+ 71. Kg8 Qd8# 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 Bf5 13. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. Bxa3 Nc3 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. e4 Nxe4 17. f3 Nf6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rac1 Qa5 20. Qf2 Rd8 21. Rc5 Qa6 22. Rfc1 b6 23. R5c2 g6 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Rc7 Qb8 26. Qa6 Rd2+ 27. Kh3 Kg7 28. Qxa7 Qxa7 29. Rxa7 Nd5 30. Rc6 Kf6 31. Rc8 h5 32. Rb8 Ne3 33. Rbb7 Nf1 34. Rxf7+ Ke5 35. Kh4 Rxh2+ 36. Kg5 Nxg3 37. f4+ Ke4 38. Rf6 Kf3 39. Rxe6 h4 40. Rh7 h3 41. Rxg6 Ne2 42. f5 Nf4 43. Rgh6 Rg2+ 44. Kf6 Rxa2 45. Rxh3+ Nxh3 46. Rxh3+ Kg4 47. Rd3 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Lee, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. Be2 b5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Nxa4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Bb7 15. Nb3 Bd5 16. Nbc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 a5 18. Na6 Ke7 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. f3 Nd7 21. Nc7 Bb7 22. Rc3 Ne5 23. Nb5 Nc6 24. f4 Ba6 25. Kf2 Rhd8 26. Na7 Nxa7 27. Rxa5 Nb5 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Rxb5 Rd2 30. Rb6 Rc2 31. Ke1 Bd7 32. Bf3 e5 33. fxe5 Rc5 34. Rb7 Kd8 35. Kd2 Rxe5 36. b4 g5 37. h3 f5 38. Rb8+ Kc7 39. Rg8 h6 40. Rg6 Rb5 41. Kc3 Re5 42. Kd4 Rb5 43. Kc4 Re5 44. Rxh6 Rxe3 45. b5 Re8 46. Rh7 Re6 47. Bc6 Rxc6+ 48. bxc6 Kxc6 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, Eric"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. Bxb5+ Qxb5 8. Na3 Qd7 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. 0-0 Nge7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nce7 16. Ncd4 0-0 17. a4 a6 18. Rfc1 Rc4 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. b5 Rfc8 21. N2b3 h5 22. h4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc4 24. Qf3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rd1 Rxc3 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 axb5 29. axb5 Rc1+ 30. Rd1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Rc5 32. Rb1 f4 33. Bh2 Rxe5 34. g3 f3 35. g4 Rd5 36. gxh5 Nxh4 37. b6 Rxh5 38. Ra1 Rh6 39. Bc7 Nf5 40. Ra7 Nd4 41. Bh2 Rxb6 42. Ra1 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chen, Ryo"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 e5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nd7 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Rad1 Bh4 18. Qf4 Bg5 19. Qg3 Bh4 20. Qf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Aarav, Dengla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 Nb4 10. a3 Nd3 11. Nb3 Nxf4 12. Nxc5 Ng6 13. Ba4 Qc7 14. b4 dxc4 15. Rc1 a6 16. Qd4 e5 17. Qb2 b6 18. Rxc4 e4 19. Rfc1 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qe7 21. Rc7 Qd8 22. Ne5 Be6 23. h3 Qd6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. R1c6 Qd8 26. Rc5 Qd6 27. R5c6 Qd8 28. Rc5 Nd5 29. R7c6 Ne7 30. Rc7 Nd5 31. R7c6 Ne7 32. Rc7 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Nxc8 34. Bc2 Qd2 35. Qc3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Nd6 37. a4 Qf1 38. Qd4 Nf5 39. Qd2 Qa1 40. a5 Qb2 41. Qc3 Qa2 42. Rc6 Ne7 43. Rc5 Rd8 44. Rc7 Nd5 45. Qd4 Rb8 46. Rc6 Nxb4 47. Rb6 Rc8 48. Bxe4 Nc2 49. Qe5 Na3 50. Rb8 Qc4 51. Rb6 Qa2 52. Rb8 Qc4 53. Rb6 Re8 54. Bc6 Bd7 55. Qd6 Bxc6 56. Rxc6 Qe6 57. Rxa6 Qxd6+ 58. Rxd6 Re5 59. a6 Ra5 60. Rc6 f6 61. Kg3 Nb1 62. e4 Nd2 63. f3 Kh7 64. h4 Nb3 65. Kf4 Nc5 66. g4 Nxa6 67. g5 fxg5+ 68. hxg5 Nc5 69. Kg4 Nd3 70. f4 Ra3 71. Rc2 Ra4 72. Re2 Nc5 73. Kf3 Ra3+ 74. Kg4 Ra4 75. Kf3 Ne6 76. Rd2 Ra3+ 77. Kg4 Ra4 78. Kf3 Ra3+ 79. Kg4 Re3 80. e5 Kg8 81. Rd6 Kf7 82. Ra6 Rd3 83. Ra7+ Kf8 84. Ra8+ Ke7 85. Ra7+ Rd7 86. Ra3 Kf7 87. Ra4 Rc7 88. Rb4 Nc5 89. Rc4 Ke7 90. Rd4 Ra7 91. Rc4 Ne6 92. Rb4 Rd7 93. Ra4 Kf7 94. Rb4 Rd4 95. Rb7+ Ke8 96. Rb8+ Ke7 97. Rb7+ Ke8 98. Rb8+ Ke7 99. Rb7+ Kd8 100. Rb6 Kd7 101. Rb7+ Kd8 102. Rb6 Kd7 103. Rb7+ Kc6 104. Re7 Nxf4 105. Kf3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qc2 c6 8. 0-0 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. e3 Na6 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb3 cxd5 14. Rfc1 Nc6 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nxf4 17. exf4 b5 18. Nxc6 bxa4 19. Nxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bf1 a3 21. bxa3 Bxa3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Bd3 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Sandoval Mercado, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Nh5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qc1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Nd2 gxh4 14. Bxh5 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Bg4 Qg5 17. Bh3 b5 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nbxd6 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qxe5 22. Nc4 Qxd5 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Qc2 Qf3 25. Qe2 Qxh3 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. Rxg4 Bxb2 28. Nxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Siddharth, Jagadeesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 c6 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Bf2 h5 15. b3 Ne5 16. Rd2 h4 17. Rad1 h3 18. Bh1 Qf6 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rf2 a6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. f4 Qe7 24. c5 d5 25. Bd4 dxe4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 e3 29. Re1 Rb8 30. Qc3+ f6 31. Qd4 Ne5 32. Nb6 Ng6 33. Nc4 Bd7 34. Rf3 e2 35. Rd3 Nf8 36. Bf3 Rd8 37. Kf2 a5 38. Nd6 Re5 39. Rxe2 Bc8 40. Rde3 Ng6 41. Be4 Bg4 42. Bxg6 Bxe2 43. Nf5+ Rxf5+ 44. Bxf5 Qf8 45. Qh4 Qxc5 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Kxe2 Rd2+ 48. Kxd2 Qd4+ 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. 0-0 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Qh3 g6 17. e4 Qe6 18. Qh6 Be5 19. Nf3 f6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Rfe1 Qg4 22. h3 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Bxf4 24. Rad1 Nb6 25. Be4 Rad8 26. g3 Bc7 27. Rc1 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd5 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Rc2 Rfd8 31. Ba3 Bd6 32. Re1 a5 33. Rec1 Rc8 34. Nd2 a4 35. Ne4 axb3 36. axb3 Nd7 37. b4 Be7 38. bxc5 Rd3 39. Rc3 Rxc3 40. Rxc3 Rc7 41. Rf3 Nxc5 42. Bxc5 Bxc5 43. Nxf6 Ke6 44. h4 Ra7 45. Ne4 Be7 46. Rf4 Ra5 47. Rf3 Ra4 48. Re3 Kf7 49. f4 h5 50. Re2 Ra3 51. Rc2 Re3 52. Ng5+ Bxg5 53. hxg5 Rd3 54. Kh3 Rf3 55. Rc7+ Kg8 56. Rc6 Kg7 57. Rc7+ Kg8 58. Kg2 Rb3 59. Re7 Kf8 60. Re5 Kf7 61. Kf2 Ra3 62. Re3 Ra4 63. Kf3 Rb4 64. Rd3 Ke6 65. Ra3 Kf7 66. Ke3 Rc4 67. Ra7+ Kf8 68. Rd7 Ra4 69. Rd4 Ra3+ 70. Rd3 Ra4 71. Kf3 Ke7 72. g4 hxg4+ 73. Kxg4 Rb4 74. Rh3 Kf8 75. Rh7 Rb3 76. Rd7 Rc3 77. Rb7 Ra3 78. Rb4 Rc3 79. f5 gxf5+ 80. Kh5 Rc6 81. g6 Rc1 82. Kh6 Rh1+ 83. Kg5 Rc1 84. Rh4 Kg7 85. Rh7+ Kg8 86. Rh2 Kg7 87. Rh7+ Kg8 88. Rh2 Kg7 89. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 b6 8. Qg4 0-0 9. h4 Nf5 10. h5 h6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ba6 14. Qf4 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nc6 16. g4 Nfe7 17. g5 Nf5 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Be3 Nce7 21. Nh2 Kh7 22. Ng4 Ng8 23. Bd2 Rac8 24. Ke2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Ne3 Nge7 28. Ng4 Ng8 29. Ne3 Nge7 30. Ng4 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall GM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 0-0 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. Rad1 a5 12. a4 Rad8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Qd6 19. Qf5 h6 20. Qb1 Qf4 21. Bc1 Qg4 22. Bb2 Ne4 23. h3 Qg6 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qa1 f6 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Qb4 28. Qc2 Nb6 29. Rfe1 c4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qb1 Nxa4 33. Qg6 Qe4 34. Qh5 Rd8 35. Rd4 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Nc5 37. Nh4 Qb6 38. Nf5 Qc7+ 39. d6 Qf7 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Qxc5 Qe6 42. f4 Kf7 43. Nf5 Rc8 44. Qxc8 Qxc8 45. d7 Qd8 46. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Panama op 4th"]
[Site "Panama City"]
[Date "2023.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2023.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. a3 Be7 15. 0-0-0 Qc7 16. Kb1 0-0-0 17. Rh5 Bf8 18. Rdh1 Qe7 19. Nb3 Qf6 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Kb8 22. f5 Bc8 23. g4 Rg8 24. Qh2+ Qd6 25. Qh3 Qc7 26. Rc1 a6 27. Qf3 Ka7 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nd7 30. Be2 Nf6 31. Rh4 Qe7 32. Qf4 Rg5 33. Rxh6 Rdg8 34. Rh4 Nd7 35. e4 d4 36. Na4 R5g7 37. Rhh1 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Nxe5 39. Rcd1 d3 40. Bxd3 Nxg4 41. Rd2 Ne5 42. Bc2 Kb8 43. Nb6 Kc7 44. Rhd1 Rg1 45. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 46. Ka2 Bd7 47. Rh2 Rg8 48. Rh7 Kd8 49. Bb3 Be8 50. Rh2 Rg4 51. Rd2+ Kc7 52. Bc2 Rh4 53. Rg2 Kd8 54. b4 Rh3 55. Kb2 Re3 56. Rd2+ Kc7 57. Rd4 Nf3 58. Rd3 Rxd3 59. Bxd3 Ne5 60. Kc3 f6 61. Nc4 Nd7 62. Be2 Bf7 63. Nd6 Ne5 64. Kd4 b5 65. Ke3 Kd7 66. Nb7 Kc7 67. Na5 Kd7 68. Bd1 Kc7 69. Kd4 Ba2 70. Bh5 Bg8 71. Be8 Ba2 72. Bg6 Bg8 73. Bh5 Ba2 74. Be8 Bg8 75. Bxc6 Nxc6+ 76. Nxc6 Kxc6 77. e5 fxe5+ 78. Kxe5 Kd7 79. Kf6 Bh7 80. Ke5 Bg8 81. Kf6 Bh7 82. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Panama op 4th"]
[Site "Panama City"]
[Date "2023.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Terry, Renato"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Qd1 Re8 13. g3 Rb8 14. Nf3 b5 15. a3 Bf8 16. d4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bd3 g6 19. h4 Qb6 20. Be3 a5 21. h5 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Kg2 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ng5 c4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qf3 Nd8 28. Bxc4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. Be2 Bg7 31. Ra1 Nf8 32. Bd2 Qb8 33. Bd3 Rc7 34. Qd1 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rb7 36. Ra6 Ne7 37. Qa4 Qc7 38. Qa3 Nf5 39. g4 Ne7 40. Ra8 Qb6 41. Bg5 Qc7 42. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Panama op 4th"]
[Site "Panama City"]
[Date "2023.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Nb3 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 0-0 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rd7 Na5 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qb6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. h4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nb7 26. Qc4 Nd6 27. Qd3 Nf7 28. Rd7 Nh6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc8 31. Rxa6 Ng4 32. Ne1 h5 33. Rb6 Rc4 34. f3 Ne3 35. a5 Rc1 36. a6 Rxe1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Kxe3 Kh7 39. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Panama op 4th"]
[Site "Panama City"]
[Date "2023.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Batista Rosas, Nicolas Arturo"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. fxe4 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf3 c5 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. 0-0 Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qxa3 16. d5 b5 17. Ra1 Qc3 18. Rc1 Qa3 19. Ra1 Qc3 20. Rc1 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Panama op 4th"]
[Site "Panama City"]
[Date "2023.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Carrillo, Jose Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 Bb7 12. 0-0 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Ng7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. g4 Nd4 21. Nxd6 Bc8 22. Bd1 Bxg4 23. Bxg4 Nc2 24. axb4 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 axb4 26. Rxa8 Rd8 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Nb7 Ra8 29. d6 f5 1-0

[Event "Panama op 4th"]
[Site "Panama City"]
[Date "2023.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Kushinakajo, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bxd5 Qa5 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Kg8 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bf3 Be6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rb5 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxb7 e6 26. Rxa7 Rc2 27. Rb7 Nd5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. a4 Rc5 30. b4 Rc4 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. a5 Rc3 33. a6 Ra3 34. b5 Kf6 35. a7 1-0

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yan, Nathan"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 0-0 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Nbd2 Nb4 15. Qb1 Re8 16. Re1 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Ne4 c4 21. Bxa7 Qxa7 22. Bc2 Nf4 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Nd4 Qe7 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qe4 Nfd3 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. N4f5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rbd8 30. Rd1 Rxd6 31. exd6 Qxd6 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. Rd2 g6 34. Be4 Kg7 35. Qe3 Re8 36. Qf3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Sathish, Pranav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bf4 e6 6. h3 h6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Jiangwei"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bb4 d6 9. Bd3 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. b3 f5 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 e5 16. f4 exd4 17. exd4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Yu, Jiangwei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4 b4 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc5 Bd7 11. Ne5 e6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Ne7 Qxc5 14. dxc5 Bxe7 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Bxc5 17. Bd2 0-0 18. Bb5 Bb4 19. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sathish, Pranav"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. e3 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Shivakumar, Shawnak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bc7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qa4 0-0 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Bd2 d4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Rd5 Bf6 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. Qd5 Rd8 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. b3 a6 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. Rc4 Bg5 32. a4 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 Kf6 34. Rd4 Rc7 35. Kd3 g6 36. h4 Ke5 37. Re4+ Kd5 38. f3 Kd6 39. Rd4+ Ke5 40. Re4+ Kd6 41. Rc4 Re7 42. Rd4+ Kc6 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. h5 Rh7 47. Rh4 Kd5 48. h6 Ke5 49. Ke3 b6 50. Rh5 b5 51. axb5 axb5 52. b4 Rh8 53. h7 Kf6 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. Rg5+ Kh6 56. Rg1 Rxh7 57. Rh1+ Kg7 58. Rxh7+ Kxh7 59. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Yan, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. 0-0 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Re8 12. f3 c5 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 15. Rae1 g6 16. Nh1 Qd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. Nxg3 h4 21. Nh1 Rad8 22. h3 Nh6 23. Bc1 Kh7 24. Rf6 Re6 25. Bg5 Rdd6 26. Rf4 f6 27. Bxh6 g5 28. Rff1 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Bf8 a5 31. a4 Rxa4 32. Nf2 Ne5 33. Rd1 Kg8 34. Bd6 Nc4 35. Bc7 Ne3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Re1 Ra3 38. Rc1 Ra4 39. Re1 Ra3 40. Bd6 Rc3 41. e5 f5 42. Nd1 Nxd1 43. Rxd1 b5 44. Rd5 g4 45. Rxb5 Rc1+ 46. Kf2 g3+ 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh5 49. Rb7 Re1+ 50. Kd4 Rd1+ 51. Kc5 Rg6 52. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Sunnyvale 1000 GM 10"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sivakumar, Shaaketh"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.10.06"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 h5 11. Qf4 g5 12. Qe3 Nh6 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Nbd2 a4 15. Nd4 Ng4 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. N2f3 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Bd7 20. Nf5 Bxb5 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Nxg5 Qb6 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Rd2 Nh6 25. g3 Nf5 26. h4 Bc6 27. Bc3 Qb1+ 28. Rd1 Qb3 29. Bb4+ Ke8 30. Kg2 Nd4 31. Qd2 Qc2 32. Qf4 Nf5 33. Rd2 Qb3 34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Rc1 Rh8 36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Rc1 Rg6 38. Kh3 d4 39. Ne4 Kd8 40. Nf6 Bg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rxc1 42. Qe4 Kc8 43. Kh2 Qb1 44. Ne8 Rg4 45. Qf3 Qb3 46. Nf6 Nxh4 47. gxh4 Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rhh1 49. Kf4 Rcg1 50. Qe2 Rh4+ 51. Kf3 Rh3+ 52. Ke4 Rh4+ 53. f4 Qb1 54. Rc2+ Kd8 1-0

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Quirhuayo Chumbe, German Gonzalo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandez, Fernando"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. g3 h5 14. Bh3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Rhe1 a4 17. Ned4 Rc8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b3 Rc5 21. Bg2 0-0 22. g4 axb3 23. cxb3 Ra8 24. gxh5 Rca5 25. Re2 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Kh7 28. Rc2 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nf5 Bg5 31. Rxd6 Qg1+ 32. Ka2 Bxf5 33. exf5 Be3 34. f6 Bd4 35. Be4+ Kh6 36. Rxd4 Qxd4 37. Re2 Qb6 38. Rg2 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vera Siguenas, Deivy Anthoni"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb5 14. Qxd4 0-0 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Qf4 Rc4 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Qb3 Rb4 19. Qc2 Ne3 20. Qc7 Rd7 21. Qc8+ Rd8 22. Qc7 Rd7 23. Qc8+ Rd8 24. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Reyes Zavaleta, Fabian Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. e3 Nb6 8. h6 Bf6 9. Ne4 0-0 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. a3 Bd3 13. b4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bb2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qg5 17. 0-0 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qb5 Qxh6 20. Rxc7 Rcd8 21. Rxb7 Nc8 22. Bxe5 Qg5 23. d4 1-0

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. a4 a5 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Na6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Bf8 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ba3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rad8 19. Rb1 e5 20. d5 e4 21. Be2 Qc5 22. Na2 cxd5 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxb4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Be7 h5 29. Bb5 Rc2 30. g3 Rb2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Rd7 h4 34. Rxf7+ Bg7 35. gxh4 b6 36. Re7 Rb4 37. Re6 Bc3 38. Be8 Be1 39. Kf1 Rb1 40. Bxg6+ Kg7 41. Bxe4 Ra1 42. Rxb6 Ba5+ 43. Rb1 Rxa4 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Ra7 1-0

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 d4 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. a3 h6 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bh1 h5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf5 17. Bh1 h4 18. Qd2 a5 19. e4 Bh3 20. Qe2 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Bc1 b5 23. cxb5 Na7 24. b6 Nb5 25. Bb2 Rb8 26. Reb1 Rxb6 27. Bf3 Rc6 28. Qd2 Nd6 29. Bc1 Ra8 30. Ne1 Be6 31. Qd1 h3 32. Nc2 Rca6 33. a4 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Qxa4 35. Ne1 Qxd1 36. Bxd1 c4 37. dxc4 Nxe4 38. Bb2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Perez Gormaz, Matias Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. 0-0 Qb6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. b3 Bf8 18. Bb5 Re6 19. Bh2 Ne4 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. f4 f6 22. Bd3 fxe5 23. Bxe4 exf4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxe3 26. Qc4 Kh8 27. Rcd1 Bc7 28. Bxf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 c4 30. Kh2 cxb3 31. Rd6 Qc5 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. Rd8+ Qe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. axb3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Tomiello, Lucas Costamilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Be3 h5 10. Be2 b6 11. 0-0-0 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Qd2 Rh8 14. Qe3 h4 15. b3 Nh5 16. Kb2 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. g3 hxg3 19. fxg3 Nh5 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Be2 Ng7 22. a3 f5 23. Rdf1 fxe4 24. g4 Nf5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 f4 28. Qg1 Na4+ 29. Nxa4 Rxa4 30. Nxe4 Rxb4+ 31. Kc3 Ra4 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33. Bg4 Kc8 34. Ra1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Kb7 36. c5 dxc5 37. Bxd7 Qxd7 38. Nxc5+ 1-0

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodrigo"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Quirhuayo Chumbe, German Gonzalo"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. b3 Nf6 8. Qh4 Bf5 9. Qc4 Qd5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Bb2 0-0-0 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. 0-0-0 e6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Nf3 Bh5 16. d4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Be7 18. c4 Nf4 19. Kc2 Bf6 20. Bc1 Ng6 21. Be3 Kb8 22. Bd3 Rd7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rd2 Rh3 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Rd1 d4 29. Bf4+ Kc8 30. Bg3 Rh5 31. b4 Rf5 32. f4 Kd7 33. Kd3 a5 34. Rc1 axb4 35. axb4 Rb5 36. Rc4 Rb6 37. f3 Ra6 38. Bf2 Ra3+ 39. Ke4 d3 40. Rc5 Rc3 41. Be3 Rxc5 42. bxc5 Kc6 43. Kxd3 Kd5 44. h3 Be7 45. Bd4 f6 46. Bc3 Bxc5 47. Bb2 b5 48. Bc3 Bd6 49. Bd2 Ke6 50. Ke4 b4 51. Bc1 b3 52. Kd4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Delgado Romero, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. h3 e6 8. Be3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Be2 a6 12. a4 b6 13. 0-0 Rb8 14. Re1 h6 15. f4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxb5 20. Bf2 Bb7 21. Qa4 Rb6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. c4 f5 26. Ng5 hxg5 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Ba6 30. fxg5 Bxc4 31. Bg3 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Ramirez Sifuentes, Luis Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. a3 Be7 8. Ngf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bb2 a5 13. b5 Qb6 14. 0-0 Bc5 15. e3 h6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. a4 Be7 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Rad1 Bb4 21. cxd5 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 exd5 23. h3 Bd6 24. Nd3 Bf5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rcd2 Be6 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rd7 29. e4 Rad8 30. f5 dxe4 31. fxe6 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. e7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 1-0

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Vasquez Vargas, Henry Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd7 16. Be3 a6 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd7 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxb7 Rc1+ 27. Kg2 a5 28. Bxf7 Rc6 29. Bd5 1-0

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodrigo"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. 0-0 h4 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Qd1 g6 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. Qf3 f5 15. h3 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. c4 b5 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Bf8 20. Bc3 Bg7 21. Rfd1 c5 22. Rab1 cxd4 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Rdc1 Bd7 25. Qd5 Re5 26. Qd6 Re6 27. Qd5 Qe8 28. Qa5 Bc6 29. Qxa7 Ra8 30. Qc5 Bf8 31. Qb6 Be4 32. Qb3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "South America-ch Rapid 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Palomino Quispe, Mateo Henry"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 a5 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Ne4 d5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qc2 d4 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Qa4 Rxb2 19. Bxa5 Qc8 20. Rfe1 Qe6 21. Rac1 e4 22. Qa3 Rb7 23. Bb4 Ra8 24. Bc5 Rbb8 25. Qa4 Qe5 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Qxc5 28. Bxe4 g6 29. Bxc6 Bb7 30. Qb5 Qxc6 31. Qxb7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Rxa2 33. Kf1 Rc2 34. Rc7 Kg7 35. f4 h5 36. c5 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Kg2 h4 40. g4 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 g5 42. f5 Rxh3 43. c6 Rc3 44. Rc8 h3 45. c7 Be5 46. Rd8 h2 47. c8Q Rxc8 48. Rxc8 h1Q 49. Re8 Qh2+ 50. Kf3 Qf4+ 51. Kg2 Qxg4+ 52. Kf2 Bg3+ 53. Kf1 Qf4+ 54. Kg2 g4 55. f6+ Kxf6 56. Rh8 Qf2+ 57. Kh1 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomiello, Mateus Costamilan"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 Be7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nc3 Rac8 13. b3 Rhd8 14. Bb2 Ke8 15. d3 Nd7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfc1 b6 20. Bxc6+ Rxc6 21. b4 Ke7 22. b5 Rc7 23. Nc4 Ne8 24. a4 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Kxd6 26. a5 Rb8 27. Rc4 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "South America-ch 1st"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "2023.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Bravo Mallco, Kate Azumi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Nf3 a5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 e6 11. Ne5 Be7 12. f4 Nbd7 13. e4 Qd6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. e5 Qc7 16. f5 Nxe5 17. fxe6+ Ke8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxf6 Rd8 22. Bh5+ g6 23. Qf3 c5 24. Qxb7 Qxf6 25. Qc6+ Ke7 26. Qxc5+ Ke8 27. Qc6+ Ke7 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Rf1 Qxe6 30. Bg4 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Rd4 32. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.09.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 0-0 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Rb5 Be6 13. f4 Nc7 14. Rb2 Bd5 15. Bh3 Bc4 16. Bg2 Bd3 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. fxe5 Qe7 19. Rf2 Nd5 20. Nd4 Rxb2 21. Bxb2 Qxe5 22. Nxc6 Qe4 23. Nb4 Rb8 24. Nxd3 Qxd3 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Rxb2 27. Rd3 Rxa2 28. Rxd5 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Ra6 31. Rb5 Re6+ 32. Kd3 Rd6+ 33. Kc2 Rh6 34. Re5+ Kd6 35. Rf5 Ke6 36. Rf2 Rh5 37. d4 Ra5 38. Kd3 f5 39. Re2+ Kd7 40. Kc4 Ra6 41. d5 g5 42. Kd4 Rf6 43. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nbd2 Na6 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Nfe5 c6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e4 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. exd5 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxd5 20. Qb5 Rb8 21. Qxa5 Nb4 22. Qa4 Qe8 23. Nd6 Qe7 24. Nb5 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Qd7 26. Bf1 Nd5 27. Nc3 Qxa4 28. Rxa4 Rb4 29. Rxb4 Nxb4 30. Nb5 Nc6 31. Bg2 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harish, Neeraj"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3 Qa6 9. c4 Ne7 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. b3 Nf5 12. Qb1 Be7 13. a4 Qa5 14. Rd1 0-0 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qb4 17. Ra1 Rad8 18. a5 Qe7 19. g3 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. cxd5 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxg3 24. Qe4 Nc5 25. Qe1 Rf2 26. Qxf2 Qxf2 27. N2f3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Sunnyvale Silicon Valley Fall op"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Yan, Rui Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Re1 h6 12. Bc2 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. c5 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rd3 Qh4 19. Red1 b6 20. b4 Rab8 21. R3d2 Qe7 22. Be4 Qc7 23. g3 a5 24. a3 b5 25. Qf3 Rbc8 26. Bb1 f6 27. Ng4 Bf7 28. Re1 Ra8 29. Bc2 e5 30. Red1 exd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 axb4 33. Nxh6+ gxh6 34. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. e4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nbc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 0-0 13. Nxd5 Bxf3 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bd5 Ne2+ 19. Kg2 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 Rxb2 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. d4 g6 24. Kf3 Bb4 25. Re4 Rd7 26. h4 Ba5 27. g4 Bb6 28. Ke3 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. g5 Rb1 31. Kd3 Rb2 32. Ke3 Rb1 33. Rg4 Rh1 34. Ke2 Rh2 35. Bd5 Rh3 36. Re4 Rh2 37. Kf1 Rh1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Bb3 Rd3 40. Bc4 Rd1 41. Bb3 Rd3 42. Kf1 Rf3 43. Ke2 Rf4 44. Ke3 Rxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Ke7 46. a4 Ba5 47. Ke5 Be1 48. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. 0-0 e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. h3 Ne4 10. Nc3 f5 11. Ne2 Bf7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 0-0 14. f3 Nd6 15. g4 fxg4 16. hxg4 Bf6 17. Kg2 g6 18. Rh1 Qe7 19. Qg1 Rfe8 20. f4 Ne4 21. Rh3 Be6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Kf2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Bd4 Nd3+ 26. Kg3 c5 27. Bc3 h5 28. f5 Qg5 29. Kh2 Qxg4 30. Rg3 Qh4+ 31. Rh3 Qg4 32. Rg3 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[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. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. h4 a6 15. Bh3 Qf6 16. Nh2 Rfd8 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. Nf3 c5 19. d5 Qf6 20. Re3 Bh6 21. Ng5 e5 22. Ree1 Qe7 23. f4 Bg7 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. Rf1 b5 26. Ng5 Nf6 27. Bf3 Bc8 28. Rde1 Rb8 29. Rf2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb4 31. Qd3 Bg7 32. f5 Bd7 33. Kg2 Rdb8 34. Ree2 Kh8 35. Nh3 Rg8 36. Kh2 Bh6 37. Re1 Qf8 38. g4 gxf5 39. g5 Ng4+ 40. Bxg4 fxg4 41. Ng1 Qe7 42. Ref1 Be8 43. Nge2 Bxg5 44. hxg5 Qxg5 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. Ng3 Rxf2+ 47. Rxf2 f6 48. Rf5 Qh4 49. Qe3 Bg6 50. Rf1 Rb8 51. Qf2 Kg8 52. Kg1 Rb2 53. Nce2 Kf7 54. Qe3 Kg7 55. Qc3 Rb4 56. Qc1 h5 57. Rf2 Qg5 58. Qxg5 fxg5 59. Nf5+ Bxf5 60. Rxf5 Kg6 61. Rf8 h4 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Re8 Rxc4 64. Re6+ Kf7 65. Rxd6 Rxe4 66. Kf2 Ra4 67. Re6 g3+ 68. Kg2 Rxa2 69. Rxe5 Kf6 70. Re6+ Kf5 71. Kf1 Kg4 72. d6 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. a3 Qe7 11. h3 e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bf5 14. f3 Nbd5 15. Ngxe4 Nxc3 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxc3 c5 18. dxc5 Be5 19. Qe1 Qg6 20. f4 Bf6 21. Bd5 Bxh3 22. Bf3 Rfe8 23. e4 Bd4+ 24. Be3 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Rf2 Bg4 27. Bxd4 Bf3 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Re2 Re8 30. Kf2 f6 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Msellek, Ilyass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qd3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 c5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Rad1 c4 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qh3 Nb8 15. Nxc4 Bc8 16. g4 Bxg4 17. Qg3 Ra7 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Qxb8 Rxb8 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rac7 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Nxd5 Rxc1 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Bh3 f5 27. Bxg4 fxg4 28. f3 Rc2 29. fxg4+ Ke7 30. Rf2 Rxb2 31. e3 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Rf8 Kd5 34. Rd8+ Ke4 35. Re8+ Kd3 36. d5 g5 37. h4 h6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Re5 Rd1 40. Kf2 b5 41. Rxg5 Ke4 42. Rg6 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. d6 Rd2 45. Re6+ Kd5 46. Rh6 Ke4 47. g5 Kf5 48. e4+ Kxg5 49. Re6 b4 50. d7 Rxd7 51. Rxa6 Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Kf4 53. Ke2 Rh3 54. Kd2 Kxe4 55. Kc2 Kd4 56. Rc6 Rc3+ 57. Rxc3 bxc3 58. Kc1 Kd3 59. Kd1 c2+ 60. Kc1 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh3 Be7 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Qh3 Be7 16. Nce4 h6 17. b3 c3 18. f4 Qb6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22. Qxg6+ Kd8 23. Rd1 c5 24. Qg7 Re8 25. dxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 c2 27. Rd3 Qf2 28. Bd2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 30. Kf1 Nxd3 31. Qg4 Rf8+ 32. Bf4 N7xe5 33. Qg7 Kd7 34. Ke2 Nxf4+ 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Kd2 Rd4+ 37. Kxc2 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Qc1 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bb4 h5 17. Rf1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh2 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. bxa4 Qb7 22. Qb2 Kd7 23. a5 Rh8 24. a6 Qb6 25. Bc3 Rb8 26. f3 Qc7 27. Bb4 Ng3 28. Rf2 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Bd3 30. Rf2 Bxa6 31. Qa3 Bc4 32. Bf8 Rb1+ 33. Kd2 Qg3 34. Qe7+ Kc8 35. Qe8+ Kb7 36. Qd7+ Qc7 37. Qxc7+ Kxc7 38. Bxg7 Rb3 39. Bh6 Kb6 40. Kc1 c5 41. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Nf3 a6 19. 0-0 Bf6 20. Rfe1 Ke7 21. Qc2 h6 22. Qe4 Rhd8 23. h4 Kf8 24. g4 Bb2 25. Rc2 Nf6 26. Qc4 b5 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Bxf4 Ba3 29. Rb1 Rd3 30. Kg2 Nd5 31. Bd2 f6 32. Be1 e5 33. Rd2 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Rcd8 35. c6 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 e4 38. Ne1 Nd4 39. c7 Rc8 40. Be3 1-0

[Event "Casablanca Mohammed op 4th"]
[Site "Casablanca"]
[Date "2023.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fernandez, Maria Florencia"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rd1 Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rfxd8 17. 0-0 Kf8 18. Bb3 Ke7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Rd3 g5 22. h4 gxh4 23. Kh2 Rc5 24. f4 Be4 25. Rd4 Rxc3 26. Rxe4 Rxb3 27. a4 a5 28. Rc4 Rb4 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. Rb7 Rxa4 31. Rxb6 Rxf4 32. Ra6 a4 33. Kh3 Kg7 34. g3 hxg3 35. Kxg3 Rf5 36. Ra5 Kg6 37. Kh4 h5 38. Kg3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luo, Terry"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. 0-0 c6 10. Rfe1 d5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qc2 g5 14. a3 Nd6 15. b3 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. c5 gxf4 21. gxf4 Kh8 22. Rac1 Rg8+ 23. Ng3 Rg4 24. Kh1 Rag8 25. Nh5 Qh4 26. Nf6 Rg2 27. Qxg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 Ba6 29. Kh1 Qf2 30. cxb6 axb6 31. h3 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qg3 36. Ng4 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Tahmassebi, Bijan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. b3 c6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 0-0 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 f5 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Re2 g5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. b4 g4 21. f3 Ng5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Rec2 Rf7 24. a4 Rfc7 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. f5 Qxf5 27. Rf2 Qg5 28. Rf4 h5 29. e6 c5 30. Qd2 Rf8 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qc3 d4 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. exd4 Bd5 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. Qg3 Qg7 37. Qd6 Bc4 38. d5 Qe7 39. Qe5 Bxf1 40. Qxh5+ Kd8 41. Qh8+ Qe8 42. Bf6+ Re7 43. Bxe7+ Kxe7 44. d6+ 1-0

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lee, Alice"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. e3 Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. 0-0-0 Nbd7 14. g5 Nh5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. h4 c6 20. Nc3 Qb6 21. Na4 Qb3 22. Qc2 Qa2 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Qc3 f6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Kc2 fxg5 27. hxg5 Rf8 28. Rh2 Rf5 29. Qd3 Qa1 30. Nc8 Qg1 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nxf5 Qxh2 33. Qd7+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Ne7 Qxf2+ 36. Kb3 1-0

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Ng5 Nf6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 0-0 11. 0-0 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 c6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. g3 Rae8 18. Bf3 Bc5 19. b4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rfe1 Nc4 23. a4 Re3 24. Rxe3 Nxe3 25. Rc1 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. a5 Nd7 28. Be2 Ne5 29. Nd1 Nf5 30. c3 Kg7 31. Nf2 Nd6 32. Kg2 Nf5 33. Kg1 Nd6 34. Kg2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Poliannikov, Danila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Ndf3 b6 9. Bd3 a5 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 0-0 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qe5 Rac8 20. Rd4 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Nc4 Rc6 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. Nxd6+ Kf8 28. Ke2 Na4 29. Nc4 Ke7 30. Kd3 e5 31. Kc2 Ke6 32. b3 b5 33. Nxa5 Nc5 34. c4 b4 35. Nc6 Na6 36. Na7 Nc5 37. f3 f5 38. Nc6 Na6 39. Nd8+ Ke7 40. Nc6+ Kd6 41. Na7 g5 42. Nb5+ Kc6 43. a3 h5 44. axb4 Nxb4+ 45. Kc3 Na2+ 46. Kd2 Nb4 47. Na3 Kc5 48. Nc2 Na2 49. Ne3 f4 50. Nd5 Kd4 51. h3 e4 52. fxe4 Kxe4 53. Nc3+ Nxc3 54. Kxc3 f3 55. gxf3+ Kxf3 56. c5 g4 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. c6 g3 59. c7 g2 60. c8Q g1Q 61. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Han, Johnathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. 0-0 Bf6 15. c4 Be6 16. Bg5 dxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxc4 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rfd8 22. Rb1 Rd3 23. g3 Rxa3 24. Rxb7 Nd8 25. Rd7 a5 26. Nh4 Rb3 27. Nf5 Rb5 28. Nd6 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 a4 30. Rg4+ Kf8 31. Re4 Rbb8 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Ne7+ Kh6 35. Rg8 Ra5 36. Rdxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 a3 38. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ren, Jesse"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qb4 Ba6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Rfe8 17. e3 Bc4 18. 0-0-0 Ra7 19. Rhe1 f5 20. g4 Ne5 21. gxf5 Nd3+ 22. Kc2 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rf7 24. Bh3 c5 25. Kd2 Re4 26. Rg1 d4 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rg3 Rb7 29. Kc1 Rh4 30. exd4 cxd4 31. Bg4 h5 32. Bf3 Rc7 33. f6 Rf4 34. Kd2 h4 0-1

[Event "World op 51st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Schexnaydre, Benson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nfd2 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Na6 8. f3 d5 9. 0-0 Nc7 10. fxe4 fxe4 11. b4 Be7 12. Qb3 Be6 13. a4 0-0 14. b5 Qd7 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Bg4 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rab1 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Ng3 Na6 22. Nb3 Qb7 23. Nc5 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Rb1 dxc4 26. Ngxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 a5 28. Nd6 c3 29. Kf1 c2 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Ke2 Rb2 32. Kd2 Nb4 33. Kc3 Rb1 34. Kd2 Rb2 35. Kc3 Rb1 36. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Shmeliov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1 d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. d3 0-0 12. Ned5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bg2 b5 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. Bd2 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Ra1 Nd4 21. Qd1 Qg4 22. e3 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Nb3 24. Ra6 e4 25. Bxe4 Bxb2 26. Be1 Nc1 27. Kf1 b3 28. Bd2 Na2 29. Rb1 Be5 30. Ra3 Nc3 31. Bxc3 Bxc3 32. Rbxb3 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Bb4 34. Rb2 Rd8 35. Ra2 Rd7 36. Bc6 Rc7 37. Ra6 Kf8 38. Ke2 Bc3 39. Bd5 Ke7 40. f4 h5 41. Kf3 Bf6 42. Ke4 Bc3 43. Bc6 Ke6 44. d4 Bb4 45. d5+ Ke7 46. Kd3 f5 47. Ra8 Kf7 48. Be8+ Kf6 49. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. b3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bb7 8. Ne5 a6 9. Bc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qc8 11. Qf3 d4 12. Ne4 d3 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Rc1 h5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bxf6+ gxf6 18. Rc6 Rh6 19. 0-0 Ra7 20. Rfc1 Rg6 21. Qf4 Kf8 22. Rxf6 Rg4 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 24. Rfxc7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liu, Eric"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. 0-0 h4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. c4 Be6 15. f4 Rad8 16. c5 Be7 17. f5 Bd5 18. Nf4 Nh7 19. Bc3 Ng5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rd7 22. Qf2 b5 23. Bb3 Red8 24. Rd1 a5 25. Qxh4 b4 26. Be1 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Rxd1 29. Qg4 Qd7 30. h4 Nh7 31. Bg3 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qxc5 35. Qf4 Nf8 36. Qb8 Kh7 37. Qe8 Kg8 38. Qd8 Kh7 39. Qe8 Kg8 40. Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 g6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 0-0 12. Qxe7 Bf5 13. Bb3 Rae8 14. Qd6 Ng4 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Qc7 Qc5 17. Na4 Qb5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bd6 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Nc3 Qxb2 23. Nxd5 Bxc2 24. Rac1 Be4 25. Qc4 Bd4 26. Rcd1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Bb6 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Rf3 h5 30. Re1 Qb4 31. Re4 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Bc7+ 33. g3 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. e3 Bc5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nbd2 0-0 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxc4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Qxd4 b5 17. Qc3 Nd3 18. Rf1 Qb6 19. Nbd2 Rac8 20. b3 b4 21. Qd4 Bb5 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Nd4 Ba6 24. Nc6 Rfe8 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Ne4 27. Rad1 Rxc6 28. Rxd3 Rxc4 29. Bxe4 Rcxe4 30. Rd6 R4e6 31. Rd4 Re4 32. Rd6 Rb8 33. Rfd1 g6 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Rd6 b5 37. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Rc1 b6 13. a3 Qb8 14. f4 Bc8 15. Nd2 e6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Rfd1 f5 19. exf5 Ng3 20. Qe1 Nxf5 21. Bf2 Re8 22. Be4 Na5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Nb5 e5 26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Rxd6 exf4 28. Qd3 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Nxc4 30. Rd7 Qe4 31. Qd1 Bg7 32. Rxa7 Red8 33. Qb3 Rd3 34. Qb4 Bf8 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxa3 37. Rb7 Rd3 38. Ng5 Nd6 39. Rxb6 Nf7 40. Nxf7 Kxf7 41. Rb7+ Kg8 42. Reb1 Rc2 43. R7b2 Rxb2 44. Rxb2 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Bd6 46. g3 g5 47. h4 Rd3 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Kg2 h5 50. Rb5 f3+ 51. Kh3 Rd2 52. Bg3 Rd1 53. Rg5+ Kh7 54. Rxh5+ Kg6 55. Rg5+ Kf6 56. Kg4 Bxg3 57. Kxg3 Rg1+ 58. Kxf3 Rxg5 59. hxg5+ Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luo, Terry"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Bg4 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Be2 Nc8 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qg5 20. Bd3 h6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne7 23. b5 Qf6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb3 Ra5 26. Rfb1 g6 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Rea8 29. e4 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Rc4 Kf6 34. Be4 Ke5 35. Bf3 f5 36. g4 Ra2 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Kg1 Ra3 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. Rc1 Ra7 41. Re1+ Kd4 42. c6 Rc7 43. Re6 Kc3 44. Re5 d4 45. Rc5+ Kb4 46. Rxf5 Rxc6 47. Kf1 Kc3 48. Ke1 Kc2 49. Ra5 Re6+ 50. Kf1 d3 51. Rc5+ Kb3 52. Rd5 Kc3 53. Rc5+ Kd4 54. Rc8 d2 55. Rd8+ Kc3 56. Rc8+ Kd3 57. Rd8+ Kc2 58. Rc8+ Kd1 59. f3 Re1+ 60. Kf2 Re2+ 61. Kf1 Rh2 62. Rd8 Kc2 63. Rc8+ Kd3 64. Rd8+ Ke3 65. Re8+ Kxf3 66. Rf8+ Kg3 67. Rd8 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op 16th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Meduri, Aakaash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Bb1 Rad8 15. h3 Ba3 16. Qb3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 g6 18. a4 Ba6 19. Ne4 exd4 20. exd4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qf6 22. a5 Nc5 23. Ne5 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Nb3 25. Qd7 Qxe5 26. Re3 Nxc1 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Qxa7 Rxa5 30. Qxb6 Ra1 31. Kh2 Bxc4 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qxc4 Ra2 37. f3 Ra1 38. Qxc6 Rb1 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qc2 Ra1 41. Qb2 Ra5 42. Qxc1 Rf5 43. Qe3 Kg8 44. g4 Rd5 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Qc3+ Kg8 47. Qf6 1-0

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 0-0 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. h3 Rc6 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rfc8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Qd2 g6 23. Bb3 Kg7 24. Qd4 Qc7 25. Nd3 Rd6 26. Qa1 a5 27. Nc5 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bd5 29. Be2 Bc6 30. Nb3 axb4 31. axb4 e5 32. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Msellek, Ilyass"]
[Black "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 h5 8. Ne2 h4 9. h3 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN Transnational op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 c5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 e5 9. Bc3 Nc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bc4 f6 12. 0-0-0+ Kc7 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. a3 Bc5 15. f3 Rad8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bb2 Kb8 18. Rd6 Rhf8 19. Rhd1 Bc8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Bg8 h6 23. Bh7 Ne7 24. f4 Bc7 25. Kd2 Be6 26. Ng1 g5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5+ fxe5 29. Nf3 Nc6 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 Kc7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Ke4 g4 34. Nd2 b5 35. Nb3 Nd8 36. Nc5 Nf7 37. f6 h5 38. Kf5 Kd5 39. Kg6 Nd6 40. Nb7 e4 41. Nxd6 e3 42. Ne4 Kd4 43. Ng3 1-0

