[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Essing, Arnold"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 a5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Bb7 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Nb5 a4 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Nxc7 Re7 20. Nb5 Re6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxd7 e4 23. Bg4 Re7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 f5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Nxf5+ Kf6 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. f5 Kf6 30. Re3 Bc6 31. b3 a3 32. Rh3 Bd7 33. Rxh7 Rb7 34. Rh6+ Ke5 35. Ra6 e3 36. f6 e2 37. Re1 Bg4 38. h3 Bh5 39. g4 Kf4 40. gxh5 Kf3 41. Re6 Rb8 42. R6xe2 Rg8+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. Kb1 Rab8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Rxd2 Kxf6 18. h4 Ke5 19. Be2 b5 20. b4 a6 21. Kb2 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rbc8 23. h5 g5 24. h6 f6 25. Rc1 Bc4 26. c3 Kf4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rd3 Rg8 29. Rh1 a5 30. Rh3 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. Rd5 Rb8 33. Kc2 Rbc8 34. Kd2 e6 35. Rxd6 Rxc3 36. Rxe6 Rc2+ 37. Kd3 R2c3+ 38. Kd4 R3c4+ 39. Kd3 Rc3+ 40. Kd2 Rc2+ 41. Kd3 R2c3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Dovgaliuk, Oleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Nb6 13. g5 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5 15. Qd3 hxg5 16. fxg5 Rxh4 17. Rxh4 Qxg5+ 18. Qd2 Qxh4 19. Rxd6 Nd7 20. Rd3 Qf6 21. Be2 Ne5 22. Rh3 g6 23. Na4 Bd7 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Qc3 Qg5+ 26. Re3 Bc6 27. b3 Nd7 28. Nc4 Ke7 29. Kb2 Bb5 30. e5 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8 32. Qb4+ Kg7 33. Qxb7 Qxe3 34. Qc7 Qxe5+ 35. Qxe5+ Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Fernandez Siles, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 0-0 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rec1 Nb4 15. a3 Nc2 16. Rab1 a6 17. Bd3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd7 19. b3 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. h3 Rc6 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 e6 24. f4 Qc6 25. Qd4 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Qa4 28. Kh2 Qd1 29. Qc3 Bh6 30. g3 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Bxc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ovezdurdiyeva, Jemal"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. h3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Nf1 Rfe8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. c3 g6 13. Be3 a5 14. Qd2 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Kh7 16. Rad1 b6 17. b3 Nd8 18. Nh2 Ne6 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Rf1 Nf4 21. Qd2 N6h5 22. Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Ng4 g5 24. g3 f5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Kg2 Rf8 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rd5 Raf8 30. Kg1 Qxh3 31. b4 g4 32. Rfd1 Rf5 33. Qf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 h5 35. Kg2 Bh6 36. bxa5 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Rf2+ 38. Kg1 bxa5 39. Rxa5 Rc2 40. Ra7 Rf3 41. Rxc7+ Kg6 42. Rxd6+ Kf5 43. Rf7+ Ke4 44. Rxf3 gxf3 45. Re6 Ra2 46. c5 Rxa4 47. c6 Rc4 48. Kf2 Rxc3 49. c7 Rc2+ 50. Kf1 Rxc7 51. Rh6 Rc2 52. Rf6 Kxe3 53. Rf5 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Slade, Theodore"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. 0-0 Qe8 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxg5 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 hxg5 16. Rh1 Nc5 17. Kg1 e4 18. Bg4 e3 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Qg4 exf2+ 21. Bxf2 Qf7 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Re1 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Qh7+ 25. Kg3 Bf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vakhlamov, Igor L"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bc3 Qb6 11. Re1 Kd8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 c6 14. Bc4 d5 15. Bxg7 Be6 16. Bb3 Kd7 17. c4 Bd6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ba4+ Kc7 20. Rc1+ Kb8 21. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. f3 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne2 e6 12. Nd4 Be7 13. h4 Bb7 14. Kb1 h6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. g4 Qc7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. g5 h5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bc1 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 0-0 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. g6 Na3+ 27. Ka1 Nxc2+ 28. Kb1 Na3+ 29. Ka1 Qc2 30. Qxc8+ Qxc8 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. bxa3 Bf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Biernacki, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Nge2 a6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 Rb8 9. a4 Nb4 10. h3 Nd7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Nc1 c5 13. Nd5 Nec6 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. f4 b5 17. a5 b4 18. Kh2 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nb3 Bg7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxc5 Rb5 24. Ne4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxb2 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Nd6 Rc5 29. Qxb4 Qxd6 30. Qxb2 Rxa5 31. Be4 e5 32. Qf2 Bf5 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Qxf5 Ra2+ 35. Kh1 Qc6+ 36. Qe4 Qxe4+ 37. dxe4 Ra4 38. Kg2 a5 39. Kf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte op"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2023.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jiang, Andrew"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. a3 a6 8. g4 Bb7 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. Ng3 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Bg7 13. Be2 Qc7 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. c3 c5 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. b3 d5 20. e5 Rc8 21. Bd3 e6 22. f4 Ke7 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. 0-0 Qa8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Ba6 27. Bd3 Nf8 28. Qe2 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qc8 30. Rb2 Qh3 31. Rg2 Qxh4 32. Qb5 Nfd7 33. Qxa5 Rhc8 34. Qxb4+ Ke8 35. a5 Na8 36. Qd6 Nf8 37. Qxd5 Rd7 38. Qe4 Qh3 39. Nf2 Qe6 40. Nd3 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. 0-0 0-0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. h4 Bf6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh6 Ng4 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. Nd5 Rf8 22. Qd2 h5 23. Bh3 Bd7 24. Rdg1 Re8 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Nc6 Qd7 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. Qd4+ Kf7 29. Nb4 Qe6 30. Rf1+ Kg8 31. Nd5 Qe5 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Nxe8+ Rxe8 35. Rf4 Be6 36. Rg1 Rc8 37. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rosenberg, Evan"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4 Be6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Rb1 a6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. b3 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. b4 Bf6 19. Qh6 Qe5 20. Qh3 Be4 21. f4 Qb8 22. Rbc1 Bc2 23. Rf1 Rfd8 24. Be1 Bxa4 25. Bf2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qd6 27. Qf3 Bc6 28. e4 Qxb4 29. Bc4 Bb2 30. Rc2 Bd4 31. Bf1 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Prilleltensky, Matan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. Qb3 a5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. f3 Nc6 9. fxe4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 dxe4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 0-0 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Bc1 Bh3 19. Ng5 Bg2 20. Rg1 Ne5 21. Rxg2 Nxd3+ 22. Kd2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rad8+ 24. Ke1 Nd5 25. Rf2 f6 26. Nh3 Rc8 27. Rf3 Ne3 28. Nf4 b5 29. h3 Nc4 30. Ra1 a4 31. Nd3 Rc7 32. Ra2 Rec8 33. Rf4 Ne3 34. Rb4 Nd5 35. Rd4 Nxc3 36. Rb2 f5 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Rc4 39. e3 Rxd4 40. exd4 Re8+ 41. Ne5 Rd8 42. Kd2 Ne4+ 43. Ke3 Nd6 44. Rc2 h5 45. d5 hxg4 46. Kd4 Nf5+ 47. Ke4 Nd6+ 48. Kd4 Nf5+ 49. Ke4 Nd6+ 50. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gonzalez Garcia, Jose"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Qe8 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. h3 Kh7 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. a3 Rd8 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 Qf7 18. Na4 Nb8 19. b5 b6 20. Bb4 c5 21. bxc6 Nxc6 22. Bxf8 Nd4 23. Qb1 Rxf8 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bd3 Bd7 26. Nc3 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxh3 28. Bf1 Qg3 29. Ra2 Bf5 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rf4 32. Bd3 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qg3 34. Kh1 Ne6 35. Rae2 Nc5 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Bxg6+ Qxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. Re7 a5 40. Rc7 Na4 41. Rd7 Bb2 42. Rd3 Kf5 43. Kh2 Ke4 44. Rb3 Kd4 45. Rf3 Bc1 46. Rf2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eckert, Doug D"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. b3 Bxa6 14. Bxa6 Nfd7 15. Rc1 Qxa6 16. Qe2 Ra8 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. a4 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. 0-0 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rb1 h6 23. Rfc1 Kf7 24. Bd2 Rd3 25. a5 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Rxa5 27. b4 cxb4 28. Rxb4 Nc5 29. Rbc4 Ra2 30. R1c2 Ra1+ 31. Rc1 Ra2 32. R1c2 Ra1+ 33. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 0-0 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 b5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. b3 a6 20. Rd1 Ra7 21. Qe3 Rd7 22. b4 Na4 23. Nb3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nb2 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Qc3 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Qd6 28. a3 Nxa5 29. Nxa5 c5 30. Nb7 Qd4 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. f4 exf4 33. e5 g5 34. Kf2 Nh5 35. Bd5 Ng7 36. e6 fxe6 37. fxe6 Be7 38. Nc5 Nf5 39. Nxa6 Ne3 40. Be4 Rc8 41. Rc1 Kg7 42. Bd3 Kf6 43. Bxb5 Kxe6 44. Bd3 h5 45. a4 g4 46. a5 Bh4+ 47. Ke2 f3+ 48. Kd2 g3 49. Nc5+ Ke5 50. a6 g2 51. Nd7+ Kf4 52. Nb6 Rc7 53. Rg1 Kg3 54. b5 Bg5 55. Na4 f2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matros, Alexander"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. g3 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Bg2 Rad8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Rc1 Nce7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 e5 19. Qa5 Qb7 20. 0-0 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 Bd3 22. b4 Qd7 23. Rc5 e4 24. Nd4 Nb6 25. Be3 Nc4 26. Qc7 Nxe3 27. fxe3 f5 28. Qe5 Nd5 29. Ne6 Nf6 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Ke7 33. Rc1 Rd7 34. Bh3 Rb7 35. Re5+ Kf7 36. Bc8 Rb8 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Bf5 g6 39. Bh3 a6 40. Ree7 Nd5 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Myers, Dominique"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. a4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qe1 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Qa5 18. Bd4 Nfd7 19. Rh5 Rfe8 20. Rf5 Bf8 21. Bh5 Re7 22. Nd5 Rxc2 23. Nxe7 Bxe7 24. Rxf7 Bf6 25. Bc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Nxf7 28. Bxf7 Be5 29. Rb1 Nc5 30. Bd5 Bxc3 31. Bxb7 g5 32. Bc6 Kg7 33. Rf1 h6 34. g3 a5 35. Kg2 Bf6 36. Kf3 h5 37. Ke3 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Rf5 Kf7 40. Rh5 Kg6 41. Be8+ Kg7 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. Bc6 Kg7 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Be8+ Kg7 46. Kf5 Nb3 47. Ke6 Be5 48. Rxe5 dxe5 49. Kxe5 Nd2 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Bb5 Ke6 52. h3 Kf6 53. Bd3 Nb3 54. e5+ Ke7 55. Kg5 Nd2 56. Kf4 Nb3 57. Kf5 Nc5 58. Bb5 Nb3 59. Kg5 Nd4 60. Kxh4 Nxb5 61. axb5 a4 62. b6 a3 63. b7 a2 64. b8Q a1Q 65. Qd6+ Ke8 66. Qe6+ Kf8 67. Qf6+ Ke8 68. Kh5 Qd1+ 69. Kh6 Qd2+ 70. Qg5 Qh2 71. h4 Qa2 72. Qg6+ Kf8 73. e6 Ke7 74. Qg7+ Kd6 75. e7 Qd2+ 76. Qg5 Qe2 77. e8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bd6 6. e4 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Qxd4 exd5 9. e5 Qe7 10. f4 Bc5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Bb5 Bxg1 13. Rxg1 Qc5 14. Rf1 Ng4 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qd1 Nxh2 17. Rh1 0-0-0 18. Qh5 f6 19. Qxh2 fxe5 20. Bd2 d4 21. Rc1 Kb8 22. Ne2 Qd5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Bf4 Rhe8 25. Kd1 d3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Djordjevic, Vuk D"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 h6 5. Be3 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. a3 Na5 12. b3 a6 13. Bd3 Bb5 14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. 0-0 Nc6 16. Qe2 Bxa3 17. Qxb5 0-0 18. g4 Ra5 19. Qe2 f6 20. g5 Bb4 21. exf6 gxf6 22. gxh6 Kh7 23. Kh1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qe8 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Nf1 Rxg1+ 27. Bxg1 Ne7 28. Qxe6 Qh5 29. Kg2 Nf5 30. Qxb6 Be1 31. Qxf6 Qg4+ 32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. Ng5+ Kg8 34. h7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eswaran, Ashritha"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. a4 Re8 7. 0-0 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. Qf1 Bg6 14. Ne4 Ba7 15. Be3 Na5 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ba2 c5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. h4 Bh5 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. Neg5 h6 22. Nh3 Nc6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qe5 27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Nxf4 Nxf3+ 29. Kg3 Ne5 30. Bd5 Bb8 31. Kh3 b6 32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Nd7 34. Ng6 Nf6 35. Ba2 Bd6 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Nd7 38. f4 Nc5 39. a5 bxa5 40. Kg4 Nd3 41. Bc4 Nxb2 42. Bxa6 a4 43. Bb7 a3 44. Bd5 Kf8 45. Kf5 Na4 46. e6 Nc3 47. Bb3 a2 48. Bxa2 Nxa2 49. exf7 Kxf7 50. h5 Nc3 51. Kg4 Nd5 52. Kf5 Nf6 53. Ke5 Nxh5 54. f5 Nf6 55. Kf4 h5 56. Kg5 Ke7 57. Kg6 h4 58. Kxg7 h3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Kabanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 h5 8. h4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. c3 Qc7 13. e5 Ng4 14. d4 f6 15. Nxg4 hxg4 16. Nh2 f5 17. Bf4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. a3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Nd5 23. Qd2 Kf7 24. Bg5 Rh5 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Rc5 g5 27. Rec1 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. hxg5 Ne7 30. f3 gxf3 31. Rf1 Qd5 32. Nxf3 Ng6 33. Qg2 Qe4 34. Re1 Qd3 35. Qe2 Qb3 36. Rc1 Qd5 37. Rc6 Qxc6 38. Kf2 Qd5 39. Qe3 Qe4 40. Qd2 Rh8 41. Qb4 Ne7 42. Qd6 Qc2+ 43. Ke3 Qc6 44. Qb4 Qe4+ 45. Kf2 f4 46. g6+ Kxg6 47. Qd2 Qe3+ 48. Qxe3 fxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Nf5+ 50. Ke4 Rh3 51. Kf4 Rxg3 52. Nh4+ Kh5 53. Nxf5 Rg4+ 54. Kf3 exf5 55. d5 Kg5 56. e6 dxe6 57. dxe6 Re4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Lamotte Tavares, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Qf2 h6 17. Bc4 Nf4 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ne6 20. Kb1 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Bf8 22. Qc4 Bg7 23. h5 g5 24. g4 Rd4 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. c3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 a5 28. Kc2 Rd5 29. Rd3 Qd7 30. Nd2 Kf8 31. Nc4 a4 32. bxa4 Ke7 33. Nb6 Rxd3 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. a5 Ke6 36. Qe4 Ke7 37. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Langner, Ladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 d4 8. Re1 e5 9. Nf1 0-0 10. h4 h6 11. N1h2 Be6 12. g4 Qd7 13. g5 h5 14. Nd2 g6 15. Nc4 b5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rf1 Ne5 19. Bxf4 N7c6 20. Bg3 Kg7 21. Rf6 c4 22. a3 Qc5 23. Qe2 Rae8 24. Raf1 cxd3 25. cxd3 Bb3 26. R1f2 Qc1+ 27. Bf1 Qd1 28. Nf3 Ng4 29. Rxc6 Nxf2 30. Bxf2 Rc8 31. Bxd4+ Kg8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxd1 Bxd1 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 a5 36. Nd2 Bg4 37. Bg2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. e5 Kf8 40. Bd5 Rc1 41. Ne4 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Rh1 43. Bc5+ Kg7 44. Bxb4 Rxh4 45. Bc3 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Kf8 47. b4 Rc2 48. b5 h4 49. b6 Bc8 50. Bb4+ Kg7 51. b7 Bxb7 52. Bxb7 h3 53. Nf6 h2 54. d4 Rb2 55. Bg2 Rxb4 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kg3 Rc2 58. Kxh2 Rd2 59. d5 Re2 60. Ne4 Rd2 61. d6 Rd5 62. Kg3 Rxe5 63. Kf4 Rd5 64. Bh3 Rd4 65. d7 Rd5 66. Nf6 Rd6 67. Ke5 Rd3 68. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qc2 b6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Ba6 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Ne3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qd8 20. Qxd8+ Nxd8 21. Ng4 Ndc6 22. Nxh6+ Kf8 23. Ng4 Bd3 24. Nd2 a5 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 f5 27. Ne3 b5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. b3 Ke6 30. a4 b4 31. Bb2 bxc3 32. Bxc3 Nd4+ 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Nec4 Nc6 35. f4 fxe4 36. Nxe4 Kd5 37. Kf3 exf4 38. Nb6+ Ke6 39. gxf4 d3 40. Nc5+ Kd6 41. Nxd3 Nd4+ 42. Ke4 Nxb3 43. Nc4+ Ke6 44. h3 Bc3 45. h4 Kf6 46. Nde5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 a6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. f4 Nh6 9. f5 e6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. f6 Rg8 12. Bh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf3 Qxb2 15. Nbd2 Nxd4 16. 0-0 Bb5 17. Rb1 Qc3 18. Rc1 Qe3+ 19. Rf2 Ne2+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Kg3 Nxh5+ 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schrik, Rachid"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qa3 0-0 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Be3 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. 0-0 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Nc6 Rc3 20. Qb5 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 R3xc6 23. Rd7 R6c7 24. Rfd1 h5 25. h4 Bf6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 b5 28. f4 e6 29. e5 Be7 30. Bxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Bc5 33. Rc7 Rf2+ 34. Ke4 Bb6 35. Rb7 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rf2+ 37. Ke4 Re2+ 38. Kd3 Re3+ 39. Kc2 Ba5 40. Rdd7 Rc3+ 41. Kb2 Rxg3 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Rfe7 Bc3+ 44. Kc2 Kf8 45. Rh7 Bxe5 46. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Weetik, Vjacheslav"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nge2 0-0 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 d6 9. e4 Re8 10. Ng3 c6 11. Be2 e5 12. Be3 c5 13. Nf5 Bc8 14. g4 g6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bg5 Nbd7 17. h4 a6 18. h5 Qf8 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. a4 Rb7 21. 0-0-0 Rc7 22. Rh3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 c4 25. Rdh1 Nxg4 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rxh7 Ndf6 28. Rxc7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. f3 Bd7 31. fxg4 Bxb5 32. Nxb5 Qa7 33. Nxa7 Nxe4 34. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zinski, Maximilian"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 0-0 8. f3 Nc5 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c6 11. Be2 d6 12. Be3 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Ne6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 Ng7 18. g4 f5 19. g5 Be6 20. Bd4 Rad8 21. Qf2 b6 22. Kh1 Bf7 23. Be5 Qb7 24. Bf3 Ne6 25. h4 Bc5 26. Qg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Kxf7 32. Bf3 Bd6 33. Bxc6 Nxf4 34. Bxf4 Bxf4 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ Be5 37. Qf2 Bxb2 38. Bg2 Be5 39. Kg1 Qd6 40. Kf1 Bg3 41. Qe2 Qf4+ 42. Bf3 Qd6 43. c4 Bxh4 44. Qb2+ Kf8 45. Qe2 Bxg5 46. Bd5 Qe7 47. Qd3 Bf6 48. Qb3 Be5 49. Qb5 Bd6 50. Qc6 Bc5 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52. Qg8+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ Kg5 54. Qg8 Qe3 55. Qd8+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. c4 Re8 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Be3 Ng6 17. a4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e5 19. Bg5 Qxd4 20. Rad1 e4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxe4 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxc4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Re8+ Nf8 27. g3 Rc7 28. Re5 g6 29. Rxa5 Ne6 30. h4 h5 31. Bd5 Kf8 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Ra6 Kf7 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Re7 36. Ke4 Rb7 37. Kf4 Rd7 38. Ke4 Rb7 39. Kf4 Rd7 40. Ke4 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Riehle, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
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1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. a3 Be6 9. Qa4 f6 10. b4 Qd7 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. Rb1 Bb6 13. Rd1 0-0 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Ne4 Rac8 16. d3 Qf7 17. Ba1 Nd5 18. e3 h6 19. Ned2 Na5 20. d4 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3 22. dxe5 Rcd3 23. Ne4 Bb3 24. e6 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Sukovic, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Nge2 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Ne8 11. Kh2 Nc7 12. f4 Ne6 13. f5 Ned4 14. Qg4 a6 15. Qh4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Ndc6 17. Bh6 Nxd3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxe7 Nde5 20. f6+ Kh8 21. Rf4 Rg8 22. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goltsev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. 0-0 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb3 Nge7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rfe1 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Rc8 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Ba4 a6 20. Qe3 Nec6 21. h3 b5 22. Bb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Nb4 24. Qe7 Nc2 25. Rxa6 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qd2 b4 28. Nb5 Rc2 29. Qxb4 Ree2 30. Be3 Be4 31. Ne5 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qg5 33. Ng4 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Qf5+ 35. Ke1 Qf3 36. Qd2 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kislov, Oleg"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Ne5 c5 8. 0-0 c4 9. Be2 h6 10. Bf4 e6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qe1 b6 13. bxc4 Ba6 14. Nc6 Qa3 15. Nb5 Qa4 16. Ne7+ Kh7 17. Nc7 Bxc4 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Bd6 Bf8 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Bxb4 Re8 23. Nc6 a5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Ne4 27. Rfb1 Rb8 28. Rb3 Nc5 29. Rb5 Nd7 30. f4 Kg7 31. Rab1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke2 Kd8 34. Kd3 Kc7 35. c4 dxc4+ 36. Kxc4 Kc6 37. Rd1 Rc8 38. Rd6+ Kb7+ 39. Kd3 Nc5+ 40. Ke2 Kc7 41. Rdxb6 Nd7 42. Rb7+ Kc6 43. Rb1 Nc5 44. Ra7 Ne4 45. Rc1+ Kb6 46. Rxc8 Kxa7 47. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Nov"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 e5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. 0-0 Ba6 12. f4 Re8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. Ng3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c4 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Nf5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Nxg7 f6 22. Ne6 Qe7 23. Bh6 Qf7 24. Qh3 Nc5 25. Rf3 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vivekananthan, Anish"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 Re8 9. h3 d6 10. 0-0 Na5 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bh6 Nxb3 13. axb3 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ndxb5 Bb7 16. e5 Nd7 17. Na3 Nxe5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qc7 20. b3 Qc5 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Rad1 f6 23. Nd5 e6 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Re3 Qc6 26. Qd3 f5 27. Rde1 e5 28. Nd5 Qc5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qe2 e4 31. h4 Qa5 32. Rg3 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qd2 Re6 36. Qh6 Rh8 37. Ra5 Re7 38. Rxa6 Qd4 39. Qf4 Re6 40. Ra5 Re5 41. c3 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Adamson, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Ne2 g6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Qb3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 0-0 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krykun, Yuriy"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. e3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. h4 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. e4 Qb5 14. Bf1 a5 15. d4 Qb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc4 Nc8 18. Nf3 Nd6 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. 0-0 Na6 21. a4 Nc7 22. h5 Re7 23. Kg2 Rf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh1 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Nh4 Rf6 28. Bc1 Ref7 29. Rf1 e4 30. Ra2 Rf3 31. Kg1 Rxb3 32. Bxb3 Qxb3 33. Ra3 Qxd5 34. Nxg6 Nc4 35. Nf4 Rxf4 36. Bxf4 Ne6 37. Qa2 Bb2 38. Rb3 Be5 39. Qe2 Bg7 40. Rxb7 Qxb7 41. Qxc4 Kf7 42. Re1 Bd4 43. Be3 Kf6 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Qe2 Bxe3 46. Qxe3 Ke5 47. f3 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 Nd4 7. Be3 Ne7 8. h4 h5 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 0-0 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Nh2 Qb6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 f5 17. Rab1 Qa6 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Re7 20. Rg1 Qb5 21. Bf1 Be8 22. Rg3 Bf7 23. Qg2 Qd7 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Rce8 26. Bh3 Qb5 27. Bf1 Qa5 28. Qg2 fxe4 29. Rxg6 Bxg6 30. Qxg6 Qxa2 31. Re1 Qxb3 32. f5 Qc3 33. Rc1 Qf6 34. Qxh5 exd3 35. Bd2 Re4 36. Bh3 Qxh4 37. Qf3 Re2 38. f6 Qxf6 39. Qxd3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Re1 0-0 12. Bb2 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. a3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. e4 N5f6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nc6 Bd6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Qc3 f6 25. Bg2 Bb5 26. a4 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bxc6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. dxc6 Ne5 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Qxf6+ Bg7 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Matros, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. h4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. a3 a5 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. Qc2 Rae8 12. Ne4 f6 13. N2c3 Nd8 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. d3 Kh8 16. Ne4 b6 17. 0-0 Ndc6 18. Kh2 Rd8 19. f3 Be6 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Qe2 Qe8 22. Nf2 Nf5 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Nce7 25. Bh3 Bc8 26. e4 Nxh4 27. Rg1 Nc6 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Nh3 Nf5 30. Qg2 Nce7 31. exf5 Rf7 32. Rge1 Qd7 33. d4 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Qxf5 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Rexe4 Kf8 37. Rd2 Nf5 38. Rd5 g6 39. Nf2 Ne7 40. Rd2 Nf5 41. Re6 Re8 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. Ne4 Ne3 44. Re2 Ng4+ 45. Kg3 Kd7 46. Nf2 Nh6 47. Kf3 g5 48. Rd2+ Ke6 49. Re2+ Kf5 50. fxg5 fxg5 51. Re5+ Kg6+ 52. Ke2 h4 53. Ne4 Nf5 54. Re6+ Kh5 55. Nf6+ Kg6 56. Kf3 Ng7 57. Rc6 Ne8 58. Ke4 Nxf6+ 59. Ke5 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2 b6 7. g3 Ba6 8. Bg2 Rc8 9. h3 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 d6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. Bxh6 Na5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. h4 Nc4 21. Qe2 e5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. Nd1 Qa5 25. c3 Nb6 26. Rc1 Qa3 27. Rc2 Rc6 28. Bf3 Rfc8 29. h5 Na4 30. Kg2 Nxc3 31. Qe3 Qb4 32. a3 Qa5 33. Qd2 Qc7 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Qxc3 37. Qxd6 Qxe1 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qxf6 Qc3 40. Bg4 Re8 41. Bf5 Rg8 42. Bxg6 Rf8 43. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Li, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Rc1 0-0 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf4 Be6 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc6 14. e3 Rad8 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qe7 17. Qa4 g5 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Be8 20. Qc2 Rd6 21. Qg2 b6 22. Nb3 Qd8 23. Rfc1 Kg7 24. a3 Rh8 25. Nd2 a5 26. Be2 Bd7 27. Nf3 Re8 28. Bb5 Ne7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Rf1 Ng6 31. Qc2 Qe6 32. Ne1 Re7 33. Ng2 Nf8 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Kg6 36. Rf2 Nh7 37. Rfc2 Nf6 38. Rc6 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Re6 40. Rc7 Ne8 41. Rc2 Nd6 42. b3 Rf6 43. Ne1 Re6 44. Kf2 Nf5 45. Ng2 Rf6 46. Ke1 Kh5 47. Rf2 Kg4 48. Ke2 Re6 49. Kd3 Nd6 50. Ne1 f6 51. Rc2 Nf5 52. Re2 h5 53. e4 Ne7 54. e5 fxe5 55. Rxe5 Rxe5 56. dxe5 Nc6 57. e6 Kf5 58. Nf3 Kf6 59. h3 g4 60. hxg4 hxg4 61. Nh2 Ne5+ 62. Ke3 Kxe6 63. Kf4 Nd3+ 64. Kxg4 Nc1 65. b4 axb4 66. axb4 Na2 67. b5 Nc3 68. Kf4 Nxb5 69. Nf3 Nc7 70. g4 Kd6 71. g5 Ne6+ 72. Kf5 b5 73. g6 b4 74. Nd2 Ke7 75. Ke5 Nc7 76. Nb3 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Adamson, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[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. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matros, Alexander"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Na4 b6 12. d4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. Be2 Qh6 15. a3 e5 16. d5 Rxd5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Nc3 Rdd8 19. Rfd1 e4 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. g3 Qh3 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. Nc4 Ng4 24. h3 Nce5 25. Nd6 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. h4 Nf3 28. Nxe8 Nxh4+ 29. gxh4 Qxh4 30. Bb5 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Nxe3+ 34. Ke2 Nxc2 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Be5 Nd4+ 37. Rxd4 Qxe5 38. Nd7+ Ke7 39. Nxe5 cxd4 40. b4 f6 41. Nc6+ Bxc6 42. Bxc6 f5 43. f4 h6 44. Kf2 g5 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. Be8 d3 47. Bb5 h5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Bc4 h4+ 50. Kh3 f4 51. a4 f3 52. a5 Kf4 53. Kxh4 f2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Na3 Qd5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Qc2 e5 8. Ng5 Qc5 9. Qxc4 Qxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nf3 e4 13. Nfe5 c5 14. d3 Be6 15. b3 exd3 16. Nxd3 Nd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. a3 Nd5 21. Nd3 Nb6 22. Na5 Nd7 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Bd6 25. Nb7 0-0 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Rc7 Ne5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Ra1 Rfb8 30. f3 a6 31. Kf2 Rb6 32. Rac1 Kf8 33. Ke3 Ke8 34. g4 Rd8 35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rcc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7+ Kf8 39. h4 Rb5 40. Ra7 Bc4 41. Rxa6 Bxd3 42. Kxd3 Rxb4 43. Ra7 h5 44. e4 Rb3+ 45. Kc4 Rxf3 46. gxh5 Rf4 47. h6 gxh6 48. h5 Rxe4+ 49. Kd5 Rh4 50. Ke6 Rxh5 51. Kxf6 Ke8 52. Re7+ Kf8 53. Ra7 Ke8 54. Re7+ Kd8 55. Rxe5 Rxe5 56. Kxe5 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. Kh3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nge2 Nd5 7. a3 Nxf4 8. Qxf4 Bd6 9. Qg4 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Bb7 11. Ng3 f5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Qf6 14. Be2 Nd8 15. Qh3 Nf7 16. f4 Be7 17. Bf3 d5 18. Nge2 Nd6 19. g4 Nc4 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Rdg1+ Kh8 22. Rg5 Rg8 23. Rhg1 Bc6 24. Bh5 Rxg5 25. fxg5 Qg7 26. g6 Bd6 27. gxh7 Qxh7 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. exf4 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qg3+ Qg7 32. Be2 Nd6 33. Kd2 Be8 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. b4 Kh6 36. Ke3 Bh5 37. Bd3 Kg6 38. Nb5 Nxb5 39. Bxb5 Kf6 40. Kf2 Bf7 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Kh4 Kh6 43. Kg3 Kg7 44. Be2 Be8 45. c4 dxc4 46. Bxc4 Kf6 47. Kf2 Bh5 48. Ke3 c6 49. Kf2 Bd1 50. Kg3 Bh5 51. Bb3 Be2 52. Ba4 b5 53. Bb3 Bd3 54. Bd1 Be4 55. Kh4 Kg6 56. Bh5+ Kh6 57. Be8 Bd5 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. Kf2 Kf8 60. Bh5 Ke7 61. Bd1 Be4 62. Bb3 Bd5 63. Bc2 Bc4 64. Bd1 Bd5 65. a4 a6 66. a5 Kf6 67. Kg3 Be4 68. Kh4 Bd5 69. Kh5 c5 70. dxc5 e5 71. fxe5+ Kxe5 72. Kg5 f4 73. Kg4 Be6+ 74. Kf3 Bh3 75. Kf2 Kd4 76. c6 Kc3 77. Bh5 Kxb4 78. Be8 Kxa5 79. Bd7 Kb6 80. Bxh3 Kxc6 81. Kf3 Kd6 82. Kxf4 Ke7 83. Ke5 Kf7 84. Bc8 a5 85. Kd4 Kg7 86. Kc5 b4 87. Be6 Kh8 88. Kb5 b3 89. Bxb3 a4 90. Bxa4 Kh7 91. Kc5 Kh8 92. Kd6 Kh7 93. Ke6 Kh8 94. Kf6 Kh7 95. h4 Kg8 96. h5 Kh8 97. h6 Kh7 98. Kg5 Kh8 99. Kg6 Kg8 100. h7+ Kh8 101. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 Nc7 11. d4 b6 12. d5 Na5 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Qc1 Bd3 20. Qa3 Nc4 21. bxc4 Bxb1 22. Nc3 Bd3 23. Nb5 Rxb5 24. cxb5 Bxb5 25. Rb1 a6 26. Ba5 Qd7 27. Kh2 e6 28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 exd5 30. exd5 Re8 31. Rb2 Qf5 32. Qa5 Qe5 33. Rb3 Qe1 34. Qc7 Bc4 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kg7 37. Qxd6 Qxf2 38. a4 Bf1 39. Qe5+ f6 40. Qc7+ Kh6 41. Qf4+ Qxf4 42. gxf4 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Kg7 44. f5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[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. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. b4 a5 8. Rb1 axb4 9. axb4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. c5 f5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. b5 Na7 15. 0-0 Qe8 16. Qb3 c6 17. b6 Nb5 18. Bb2 g5 19. Rfd1 g4 20. Ne1 Qg6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Qg3 h5 23. h3 Bg5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nc2 Kg7 26. Ra1 Rae8 27. Bc1 e3 28. Bxe3 Nc3 29. Re1 Qxc2 30. Qxg4 Qf5 31. Qxg5+ Qxg5 32. Bxg5 Ne4 33. Be3 Rf5 34. Ra7 Bc8 35. Ba6 Rf7 36. Bd3 Rh8 37. Ra8 Rff8 38. f3 Ng3 39. Bg5 Rh1+ 40. Kf2 Ne4+ 41. Bxe4 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 dxe4 43. f4 Kg6 44. g4 Rh8 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Rh8 47. Kxe4 Re8 48. Bf6 Rg8 49. Ra1 Bd7 50. Rh1 Ra8 51. Rh5 Rf8 52. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Rc1 0-0 7. Bg2 Re8 8. e3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 d6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. h3 h6 14. g4 Bh7 15. Ng3 Qe7 16. 0-0 Nf6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Rac8 19. c5 Nd5 20. Rb3 Rcd8 21. Rc1 dxc5 22. Qxc5 Qe6 23. Rb2 f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Rbc2 Bh7 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5 b6 29. Qc4 a5 30. Qc6 Rd6 31. Qb7 Rd7 32. Qc6 Rd6 33. Qc4 Qe7 34. Qe2 Nb4 35. Rc7 Rd7 36. Qh5 Rf8 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Nxe4 Nd3 39. Rc6 Nxf2 40. Nxf2 Rxf2 41. Qe5 Rf5 42. Qb8+ Bg8 43. Rc8 Qe6 44. d5 Qxe3 45. Rxg8+ Kh7 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qe2 d6 9. e4 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 a5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Nb1 Na6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ba6 20. Bc4 Bb7 21. Bd5 Ba6 22. c4 Rad8 23. Qc2 c5 24. Kh1 Rd6 25. Qc1 Rfd8 26. g4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Rde1 g5 29. Rg1 h5 30. gxh5 Qe8 31. e5 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Qxh5 33. Qc3 Bb7 34. Rg2 Bxd5 35. Rd1 fxe5 36. Kg1 Bf6 37. Rxg5 Qh6 38. h4 Bxf3 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Qxe5+ Qf6 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. Qd3 Bh5 44. Qd5 Bf7 45. Qe4 Qe6 46. Re5 Qg6+ 47. Qxg6+ Kxg6 48. Kg2 Bxh4 49. Kf3 Bf6 50. Re1 Kf5 51. Ke2 Bb3 52. Ra1 c4 53. Rh1 Bxb2 54. Rh5+ Kg6 55. Rd5 c3 56. Rd6+ Kf5 57. Rxb6 c2 58. Rb5+ Ke6 59. Rb6+ Kd7 60. Rb7+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paul, Justin"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[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 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Nd7 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Nh4 g6 9. Nc4 Nf8 10. Be3 Qe7 11. c3 Ne6 12. g3 b6 13. 0-0-0 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 Ba6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. b3 0-0-0 19. Kc2 Rhe8 20. f5 Rg8 21. Rhg1 gxf5 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Nxf5 Kd7 24. Ng3 Ke6 25. Rd2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Nb7 27. Rf2 Nd6 28. Nh5 Ne8 29. Ng3 Rg5 30. Rf4 h5 31. Rh4 Ng7 32. d4 Kf7 33. d5 Kg6 34. Kd3 Re5 35. Ne2 c5 36. Ng1 Rg5 37. Nh3 Re5 38. Ng1 Rg5 39. Nh3 Re5 40. Rf4 f5 41. exf5+ Nxf5 42. Rf3 Ng7 43. Rf8 Re8 44. Nf4+ Kh6 45. Rf7 Rc8 46. h4 Ne8 47. Rf5 Ng7 48. Rf7 Ne8 49. Rf8 Kg7 50. Ne6+ Kg6 51. Nxc7 Rxc7 52. Rxe8 Kf5 53. Rg8 Kf4 54. Rf8+ Kg4 55. Rf6 Kxh4 56. Rg6 Kh3 57. d6 Rf7 58. Ke4 h4 59. Ke5 Kh2 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wheeler, Cameron"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Qa4 Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. e4 Ncb4 12. Qb1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd3 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qxc4 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 b5 17. Qe2 c5 18. c4 Qb6 19. d5 bxc4 20. Ne5 exd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. Nc6 c3 23. d6 Be6 24. Be4 Rbc8 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. dxe7 Rfe8 27. Qh5 g6 28. Qg5 Qc7 29. Rxc3 Qxe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Bf3 Bxa2 32. Ra1 Be6 33. Rxa6 Bh3 34. Ra1 Kg7 35. Bg2 Be6 36. h4 h5 37. Bf1 c4 38. Ra6 Rb7 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Rxc4 Rxc4 41. Bxc4 Kf6 42. Kg2 Rc7 43. Bd3 Rc3 44. Be4 Rb3 45. Bc2 Ra3 46. Be4 e5 47. Bc2 Rc3 48. Be4 Rc4 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Ra3 51. Bc2 Ra6 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Bd3 Rf6+ 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Be4 Kc5 56. Bd3 Kd5 57. Be4+ Ke6 58. Bd3 Ke7 59. Bb1 Rb6 60. Bc2 Kf6 61. Kf3 g5 62. hxg5+ Kxg5 63. Ke3 Rf6 64. Bd3 Rd6 65. Be4 Ra6 66. Bd3 Ra4 67. Kf3 h4 68. gxh4+ Rxh4 69. Ke3 Rh3+ 70. Ke4 Kf6 71. Be2 Rh4+ 72. Ke3 Ke6 73. Bd1 Rb4 74. Bh5 Kf5 75. Bd1 Re4+ 76. Kf3 Rc4 77. Ke3 Rc3+ 78. Kd2 Ra3 79. Ke2 Kf4 80. Kf1 Ra2 81. Kg2 Ra1 82. Bh5 e4 83. Be2 Re1 84. Bh5 Kg5 85. Bf7 Kg4 86. Bd5 Re2 87. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Eswaran, Ashritha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5 h6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. b4 Qd7 13. b5 Nd8 14. Rae1 Ng8 15. f4 c6 16. Ndc3 Nf7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. d4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Ng5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Ncxd5 Rac8 23. h4 Nh3+ 24. Nxh3 Bxh3 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Qg2 Qg4 28. Bf4 Rb8 29. Re2 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Bd4 31. Ne3 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Qd7 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 Nf6 35. Qe2 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 h5 37. Qd2 Qf5 38. Qe1 Qc5+ 39. Kf1 d5 40. cxd5 Qxd5 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qxa7 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Li, Eric"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Ne5 Ne8 13. b3 Bf5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Rad8 19. Rc3 Bc8 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Rfe8 23. e3 Re7 24. Rcc1 Rde8 25. Red1 h5 26. Bf3 g6 27. Nd3 Kg7 28. Kh1 Bf5 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Rg1 Kh6 31. Be2 Bf5 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Nxd3 Ne4 34. Rc2 f6 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Rg2 Nf5 37. Rc1 Rg8 38. Nd3 Rf7 39. Rcg1 Nd6 40. Nc5 Re7 41. Rg3 Ne4 42. Nxe4 Rxe4 43. h4 f5 44. Rc1 Kg7 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kf3 Rge8 47. Rgg1 R8e6 48. Rg2 Re8 49. Rgg1 R8e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. 0-0 c5 6. b4 cxb4 7. a3 Nc6 8. Bb2 a5 9. e3 dxe3 10. fxe3 Qd3 11. Ne1 Qxc4 12. axb4 Qxb4 13. Qc1 Qc5 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Ba3 Qb6 16. Nd3 0-0 17. Bxc6 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qxc6 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. d4 Bd7 21. Rac1 Qd8 22. Rc2 b5 23. Qd6 b4 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd7 bxc3 26. Rf2 f5 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nh5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Ne7 11. d6 cxd6 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Rhe1 0-0 14. Bf3 Nc6 15. Nf5 Rb8 16. Nxd6 b5 17. Bd5 Nb4 18. Bb3 Rb6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Re7 Rd6+ 21. Ke1 Nc6 22. Rxf7 Nd4 23. Rd1 Nxb3 24. Rxd6 Kxf7 25. cxb3 Ke7 26. Rxa6 Rc2 27. a4 Rxb2 28. axb5 Rxb3 29. Rb6 Rb2 30. Rb8 Ke6 31. b6 Ke5 32. b7 Kd4 33. Rg8 Rxb7 34. Rxg7 Kd3 35. f3 h6 36. Rh7 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 d5 38. Rxh6 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 d4 40. h4 Ke2 41. Kf4 d3 42. Re6+ Kf2 43. Rd6 Rb4+ 44. Kg5 Ke3 45. h5 d2 46. Rxd2 Kxd2 47. f4 Ke3 48. f5 Rb8 49. f6 Ke4 50. h6 Rg8+ 51. Kh5 Kf5 52. h7 Rxg2 53. Kh6 Rg6+ 54. Kh5 Rg1 55. Kh6 Rg6+ 56. Kh5 Rg1 57. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Byambaa, Uyanga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Nh5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 Be6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. b3 Nd4 15. Kh1 Bf7 16. Bg1 Re6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nb5 Rh6 19. Rf3 Bd5 20. cxd5 Qxb5 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Qe1 Kf8 23. Re6 Nf6 24. Bxd4 Rxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ 26. Kh1 Bxd4 27. Qe2 Qxd5 28. Rf1 Qc5 29. Bf3 Nf6 30. Kg2 d5 31. Re1 c6 32. Bh5 Rd7 33. Rxf6+ Bxf6 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qxd7+ Kh6 36. Qxf5 Qc3 37. Re6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Winter IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Qe2 d6 10. c3 a6 11. 0-0-0 Nd7 12. Rh4 b5 13. Rdh1 h6 14. g4 g5 15. R4h2 Qe7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bc2 c5 19. e4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Rc8 22. Qb7 Qc5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qxa6 0-0 25. g3 Ne5 26. Qxb5 Nc4 27. b3 Nb2 28. Rd3 Nxd3+ 29. Qxd3 Rfd8 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. f4 Qb6 32. fxg5 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 Bxd4+ 34. Kd2 Be3+ 35. Ke2 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Bxg5 37. Bc4 Qe3+ 38. Kf1 Qxg3 39. Rg2 Qh3 40. Ba6 Qh1+ 41. Rg1 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Bh4+ 43. Kd2 Qf2+ 44. Be2 Qxg1 45. a4 Qd4+ 46. Kc2 Bf6 47. Bc4 Qc3+ 48. Kd1 Bg5 49. Ke2 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Bh4 51. Kg2 Qf2+ 52. Kh1 Bg3 53. a5 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Myers, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 e5 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Nb5 e4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb2+ Kg8 16. f3 e3 17. d3 a6 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. f4 Rd7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bg2 Qb4 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Re8 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Rc2 Rd4 26. Qc1 Qe7 27. Re1 h5 28. Nd1 Re8 29. Rxc7 Nd7 30. Rc8 Nf6 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qxe3 Qd8 33. Nf2 Rd6 34. Rc1 h4 35. g4 Be6 36. g5 Nd5 37. Qe5 Qb6 38. d4 Ne7 39. e3 Nf5 40. Ne4 Rxd4 41. exd4 Nxd4 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. Qb3 e6 10. bxc3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bc1 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. 0-0 Kg7 16. Be2 Qf6 17. Qb5 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. Qb2 b6 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Ne4 Qd8 22. c4 Rxd4 23. c5 e5 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. f4 bxc5 26. fxe5 Ba6 27. Qc2 Nxe5 28. Nf5+ gxf5 29. Qxc5 Nc6 30. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Qxd4+ Nxd4 32. Bxa6 Rb4 33. Bd3 f4 34. Rf2 Ra4 35. Kf1 Ra3 36. Rd2 Nc6 37. Kf2 Ne5 38. Be2 Kf6 39. h3 Kf5 40. Rb2 a5 41. Bb5 Ke4 42. Re2+ Kd4 43. Rd2+ Kc3 44. Re2 f6 45. Be8 Kd4 46. Bb5 h5 47. Rd2+ Kc3 48. Ke2 h4 49. Ba6 Ra4 50. Bb7 Rb4 51. Bd5 Rd4 52. Rxd4 Kxd4 53. Bb3 Kc3 54. Bd1 f5 55. a4 f3+ 56. gxf3 f4 57. Kf1 Kd2 58. Be2 Ke3 59. Bd1 Nxf3 60. Kg2 Nd2 61. Kh2 f3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. f4 exf4 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Rc8 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. g3 c4 15. gxf4 Re8 16. Qg2 cxb3 17. axb3 Qa5 18. Rde1 Ba3 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Re1 Nc7 21. Re5 Qb4 22. Re4 Qd6 23. Nd5 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Ne6 25. Ra4 a6 26. f5 Qe5+ 27. c3 Nc5 28. Rd4 Kf8 29. f6 gxf6 30. Rg4 Ke8 31. d4 Nd3+ 32. Ka2 Qf5 33. Rg8+ Kd7 34. Rb8 Nc1+ 35. Ka3 Rc7 36. Qg8 Kc6 37. Qe8+ Rd7 38. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Ludwig, John Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. h4 h6 10. h5 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. gxf4 d5 13. Nf3 d4 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. 0-0-0 Qe7 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Bh3 Rg8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne3 20. Rg3 Bd7 21. Rxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc6 23. Bg2 b6 24. Rf1 Qh4 25. Rh1 Qe7 26. Rf1 Qh4 27. Bf3 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Raf8 29. Rh1 Qg4 30. Kc2 Rd8 31. Rg1 Qh4 32. Rh1 Qg5 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34. h6 Bf8 35. h7 Rg7 36. Rg1 Be7 37. Rg4 Rxh7 38. Bxh7 Kxh7 39. Rg1 Kg6 40. Rh1 g4 41. Kd2 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Ne3 g6 14. Nd5 Nh5 15. Be2 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Bg4 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxe2 Rfc8 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. Qf3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxf4 Rxe4 27. Qd2 Qe5 28. h3 Re2 29. Qc1 Kg7 30. Qc7 Qe7 31. Qc3+ Qf6 32. Qd3 Qe5 33. Rd1 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. g3 a6 37. f4 Qe6 38. Kg2 d5 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Kf2 Qe4 41. Qc5 d4 42. Qe5 Qc2+ 43. Kf3 Qc6+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 h5 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kh7 49. Qd5 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Kg8 51. Qxb7 d3 52. Qc8+ Kh7 53. Qd7 Qf3+ 54. Kg1 Qxg3+ 55. Kh1 Qf3+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. f5 d2 59. h4 Qe2+ 60. Kg3 Qg4+ 61. Kf2 d1Q 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Kolay, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Ng5 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nxc4 Qd4+ 11. Ne3 e6 12. Kh1 Nfd5 13. Nd1 Bg6 14. d3 h6 15. Nh3 Be7 16. a3 Rd8 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. e4 Nc7 20. a4 Qd6 21. Nhf2 Bd4 22. Ne3 0-0 23. Rac1 Na6 24. a5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Qa3 Ndc5 27. Ng4 f6 28. b4 h5 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. bxc5 Bxc5 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Bh6 Rf7 33. Rfd1 Bd4 34. Bh3 Nc5 35. Qa2 Re7 36. Bf4 Bf7 37. Qa3 Na6 38. Nd6 c5 39. Rb1 Qc6 40. Nxf7 Kxf7 41. Qb3 Rh8 42. Qc4 Kf8 43. Rdc1 Rhh7 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Qxd4 cxd4 46. Rxc6 bxc6 47. Bd6 Kf7 48. Bxe7 Kxe7 49. Rb7+ Kd6 50. Rxa7 Nc5 51. a6 Rb8 52. Rf7 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Nxa6 54. Rxf6 Nc5 55. f4 Rxh2 56. e5+ Ke7 57. Bg2 h4 58. gxh4 Rxh4 59. Ke2 Rh2 60. Rg6 Kf7 61. Rg3 Na6 62. Kf3 Nb4 63. Ke4 c5 64. Rg4 Nc2 65. Rg3 Ne1 66. Bf3 Nxf3 67. Kxf3 Rd2 68. Kg4 Rd1 69. f5 Re1 70. Kf4 Rf1+ 71. Rf3 Rxf3+ 72. Kxf3 exf5 73. Kg3 Kg7 74. Kf3 Kh6 75. Kg3 Kh5 76. Kf4 Kg6 77. Kg3 Kg5 78. Kf3 f4 79. Ke4 f3 80. Kxf3 Kf5 81. e6 Kxe6 82. Ke4 Kd6 83. Kf4 Kd5 84. Kf3 c4 85. dxc4+ Kxc4 86. Ke2 Kc3 87. Kd1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. c4 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. Rc1 d6 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Ne3 e6 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfd1 Ba8 17. Qe2 Qa7 18. Rd2 b5 19. Rcd1 Ne8 20. cxb5 Nd4 21. Qd3 axb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxb5 Rc5 25. Qd3 Bb7 26. a4 Ba6 27. Qd4+ e5 28. Qb2 Rdc8 29. b4 Rc3 30. Nd5 R3c4 31. a5 Rb8 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Rc8 34. Qb2 Bb5 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. h4 h5 37. Nc3 Bc4 38. Ra1 Nc7 39. Qd2 Ne6 40. Kg2 Nd4 41. Bd1 Bf1+ 42. Kh2 Qc6 43. Nd5 Qd7 44. Ne3 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. Qxc2 Nxc2 47. Bxc2 Ba6 48. Bb3 f5 49. Rc1 f4 50. Rc7+ Kh8 51. b5 fxg3 52. fxg3 Qxg3+ 53. Ng2 Bxb5 54. Rc8+ Kg7 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Bd5 Be2 57. Rf7+ Ke8 58. Rf2 Ba6 59. Rf6 Ke7 60. Rf7+ Kd8 61. Rf8+ Ke7 62. Rf7+ Ke8 63. Rf6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 c6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 d5 8. e4 fxe4 9. dxe4 dxc4 10. Qe2 b5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nd4 b4 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nc2 Bb7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Rf5 18. f4 Rxg5 19. fxg5 c3 20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Qd2 Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Nc6 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. h4 Nb5 25. Rd2 Nxe5 26. Qe2 Nf7 27. Re1 Nc3 28. Qc4 Rc6 29. Rf2 Qb8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Re2 Nfd6 36. Kf3 Nc3 37. Re5 Nxa2 38. Rxc5 b3 39. Na3 Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41. Rxa7 Nc3 42. Rc7 Nd5 43. Rxg7 b2 44. Rxh7 Nb5 45. Rb7 Nxa3 46. Rxb2 Kf5 47. Ra2 Nc4 48. Kg3 Ne5 49. Rf2+ Kg6 50. Rd2 Ne7 51. Kf4 Nf5 52. h5+ Kxh5 53. Kxf5 Nf3 54. Rf2 Kh4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Holiday IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Diulger, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nh3 e5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. 0-0 d6 11. Nf4 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. Rb1 c6 14. b4 Bd7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rhe8 17. Rd2 g5 18. Nd3 Be6 19. b5 Nb8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nb4 Rc8 22. e4 Bxc4 23. exf5 d5 24. Nc2 Kf7 25. Nd4 g4 26. Ne6 Bh6 27. Rd4 Nbd7 28. Bc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Nf8 30. Nf4 Re5 31. h3 h5 32. Nxh5 Nxh5 33. hxg4 Ng7 34. f4 Re3 35. Kf2 Rce8 36. Rxc4 dxc4 37. Bxc6 Rd3 38. Ne4 Rb8 39. Rc2 Rb6 40. Ba4 Rxa3 41. Rxc4 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Nd7 43. Bc2 Ne8 44. Kd2 Nef6 45. Kc1 Rb6 46. Nxf6 Nxf6 47. g5 Nd5 48. g4 Rc3 49. g6+ Kf8 50. Rxc3 Nxc3 51. Kd2 Nd5 52. g5 Nxf4 53. f6 Ne6 54. g7+ Kg8 55. g6 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. g3 Nd7 8. a3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. Nc3 Ngf6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bg2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nfg4 19. e3 Qxe3 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Kg2 Nxf2 22. Qxf2 Rd2 23. Ne2 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rd1 26. Qxa7 h5 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Qc5 Qb7 29. Qc2 Qd5 30. h3 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Ne1 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Kg1 Qf3 34. Nf4 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furfine, Jacob"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. h3 g6 6. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 a5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 e5 11. c3 c5 12. d5 h5 13. Bb5 0-0 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rc1 Nh7 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bh4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. c4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Ndxf6 21. b3 Kg7 22. Ne3 h4 23. Ng1 Qd8 24. Nh3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. b3 Nbd7 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Na3 c3 10. Nb5 Bb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nxc3 c5 13. a3 c4 14. Qb2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc8 16. Bd2 0-0 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Rab1 Ra6 19. Rb5 Be4 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Qa8 23. Bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxb6 Rc8 25. Rb4 Rxa3 26. Rxc4 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Qb2 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 h6 30. Nf4 Qa2 31. f3 Nf6 32. Kf2 Qa4 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc3 Qa2 35. Qc7 Kg8 36. Nd3 Qd5 37. Qc5 Qb7 38. Ne5 Nd5 39. Qc6 Qa7 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc5 Qb7 42. Qc2+ Kg8 43. h4 Qb4 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qc4 Qb7 46. Qa4 Nf6 47. Qc2+ Kg8 48. g4 Nd5 49. Qa4 Qe7 50. Kg3 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Qd7 Qf6 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 b5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ng4 Nd7 16. dxc5 0-0-0 17. Qc2 h5 18. Ne3 Nxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 Qb6 21. Rfa1 Nb7 22. Ra6 Qc5 23. Qe4 Kc7 24. Ra7 Qc6 25. Qh4 f5 26. Qf6 h4 27. Qe5+ Kc8 28. Ra8+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Nd6 30. Ra7+ Kc8 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Ra8+ Kc7 34. Rxh8 hxg3 35. fxg3 Rd2 36. Kf2 Rxb2 37. h4 c3 38. h5 Rb1 39. Rf8 b4 40. h6 Rh1 41. Rxf7+ Kd6 42. Rb7 Kc5 43. h7 e5 44. Nc2 f4 45. Nxb4 Rh2+ 46. Kf3 Rh3 47. Nd3+ Kd6 48. Rg7 Kd5 49. Kg2 Rh6 50. g4 Kd4 51. g5 Rh5 52. g6 Ke3 53. Re7 e4 54. g7 Rxh7 55. Rxe4+ Kxe4 56. g8Q Re7 57. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. Nf5 d5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. c4 Qe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Nd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bg6 23. Nxc6 Rxb2 24. cxd5 Bf7 25. a4 Kf8 26. Re7 Bxd5 27. Rxc7 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Nb4 Bf7 30. Nxa6 Rxa4 31. Nc5 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 Rb2 33. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Shen, Christopher Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. 0-0-0 Ne7 12. a3 0-0 13. Rhf1 f5 14. g4 d5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Rde1 Rae8 17. Na2 d4 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. Rg1 fxg4 20. Rxg4 Nf5 21. Rg5 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qg1 Be4 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Qe6 27. Kb1 Qe2 28. Qg2 Qxd3+ 29. Ka1 Rd8 30. Qc6 Qxd2 31. Rxf5 Qe1+ 32. Ka2 d3 33. Re5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 d2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhou, Liran"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bd6 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. a3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Rad8 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Bxd5 Bg7 18. Ba2 Bc8 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. b4 Bf5 21. Nb7 Qf6 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Rad1 Rf4 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Bxf7 Bc3 30. Re7 Rg4 31. Bg8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Fall IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Qa6 9. Qf3 Ne7 10. 0-0 c5 11. c3 Nf5 12. g3 Nc6 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Bc3 g6 17. Nf4 0-0 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Qd1 a5 20. a4 Nb4 21. Rg1 Kg7 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Rh8 24. h5 Kf8 25. Nxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6 Nd3 27. Nc5 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Bd2 Bd8 30. Be3 Nxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Qxf2 32. Rg4 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qxe5 36. Rf1 Bf6 37. Kh1 Rxh5+ 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Matta, Nicholas F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. 0-0 Bxb5 7. Nxb5 Nc6 8. d4 a6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. c4 0-0 17. Be3 Rab8 18. g3 Rfd8 19. a4 Bc3 20. c5 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Rb1 a5 23. c3 Bxc3 24. Rb6 Rc8 25. Rb7 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd8 28. Kd3 Be5 29. Bd2 Ra8 30. Ke4 Bc7 31. Bf4 f5+ 32. Kd4 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Ke8 34. Ke5 Kf7 35. Rc7 Rb8 36. Rxc6 Rb4 37. Ra6 Rxa4 38. c6 Re4+ 39. Kd5 e6+ 40. Kd6 Rd4+ 41. Kc5 Rxf4 42. c7 Rxf2 43. Rc6 Rxh2 44. c8Q Rc2+ 45. Kd6 Rxc6+ 46. Qxc6 Kf6 47. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sheppard, Dore A"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 d4 7. b4 0-0 8. d3 Re8 9. Nbd2 e5 10. bxc5 Na6 11. 0-0 Nxc5 12. Ba3 Nfd7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Ne1 Bf8 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qa5 18. Ng2 a6 19. Qc2 b5 20. f4 Bd7 21. fxe5 bxc4 22. dxc4 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Qxe5 24. Bd5 Be6 25. Nf4 Rb8 26. Qd3 Bc5 27. Kh1 Bxd5+ 28. Nxd5 f5 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Qxb1 Qxe2 31. Qb8+ Bf8 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nd7 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Bd2 Ba6 11. b3 Ba3 12. f4 0-0 13. Qf3 d6 14. Bd3 dxe5 15. 0-0 f5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Bf4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Qh3 g6 21. g4 Ne5 22. gxf5 Bc8 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Bc2 Nxc4 25. Bh6 Ne3 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Nd4 Bb2 28. Nxc6 Bb7 29. Qf3 Qf6 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Qxb7 Bxa1 32. Rxa1 Nxc2 33. Rc1 Rxf5 34. Rxc2 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Rg5+ 36. Kf3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 Re8 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. a4 Ng4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Re8 14. Ba3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Rxe4+ 16. Kf1 Bf5 17. h3 Nf6 18. f3 Ree8 19. Kf2 Nd5 20. g4 Be6 21. c4 Nb6 22. Rhe1 a5 23. Bc5 Nd7 24. Be3 Kh7 25. c5 Bxb3 26. cxb3 Nf6 27. Bd2 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nd5 29. h4 Kg7 30. f4 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Re6 Kf7 33. Rd6 Nf6 34. Ke3 Re8+ 35. Kd3 Ne4 36. Rd4 Nxc5+ 37. Kc4 b6 38. Bxa5 Nxb3 39. Kxb3 bxa5 40. Kc4 Re4 41. Rxe4 fxe4 42. Kd4 Kf6 43. Kxe4 h5 44. Kd4 Kf5 45. Kc5 Kg4 46. f5 Kxf5 47. Kb6 Kg4 48. Kxa5 Kxh4 49. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Kolay, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. 0-0 0-0-0 9. Re1 c4 10. Bc2 fxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Nge7 13. b4 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Bb6 15. a4 Na5 16. Nxa5 Bxa5 17. Ba3 Be8 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Qf3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rab1 Bb6 22. Bd6 Nc6 23. Qg4 Rde8 24. h3 g5 25. Qxg5 Bd8 26. Qe3 Na5 27. Rb5 b6 28. Reb1 Nb7 29. Ba3 Be7 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. a5 Nxa5 32. Rxa5 bxa5 33. Qd3 Kc7 34. Qa6 Qc8 35. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 f5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nf6 16. Bf3 0-0 17. 0-0 Rf7 18. Qe1 Bb7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. b3 Bf8 21. Qg3 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qb5 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bxh6 Nxd5 26. Bh5 Rc7 27. Bg5 f4 28. Qg4 Bc8 29. Qh4 Nf6 30. Bg6 f3 31. gxf3 d5 32. Bf4 Rb7 33. Ne5 Bb4 34. Bd3 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 Qb4 36. Bh7+ Kf8 37. Bb1 Kg8 38. Ng6 Kf7 39. Kh1 Qc3 40. Ne5+ Kg8 41. Bh7+ Kf8 42. Ng6+ Kf7 43. Ne5+ Kf8 44. Bd3 Kg8 45. Bh7+ Kf8 46. Bb1 Kg8 47. Rg1 Rf8 48. Rc1 Qd4 49. Ng6 Re8 50. Rxc8 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qe2+ 54. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kumar, Nikhil"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc4 11. 0-0 Qb4 12. Qd3 d5 13. Rfc1 f5 14. Rc5 a6 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 0-0 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Qf4 Ne7 20. h4 c6 21. Qd6 Qd8 22. R5c3 Ng6 23. h5 Qe7 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Nh8 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. Rb1 Nf7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. f4 Re8 30. Rcb3 Ree7 31. Bf3 g6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. e3 Nd8 34. Kf2 Rh7 35. Bg2 Rc7 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3 Rh2 38. R3b2 Ke8 39. Kc3 Rch7 40. Kb4 Kd7 41. a4 Kc8 42. a5 Nf7 43. Kc3 Nd8 44. Kd3 Rg7 45. Bf1 Rxb2 46. Rxb2 Rh7 47. Bg2 Rh2 48. Rf2 Nf7 49. Ke2 g5 50. Ke1 Kc7 51. Kf1 Rh7 52. Kg1 Nh6 53. Bf3 Nf7 54. Rh2 Rxh2 55. Kxh2 g4 56. Be2 Kd7 57. Kg2 Nh6 58. Kf2 Ng8 59. Bd3 Nf6 60. Ke2 Ne8 61. Kd2 Nc7 62. Kc3 Kc8 63. Be2 Ne8 64. Kd2 Nf6 65. Bd3 Nh5 66. Ke2 Nxg3+ 67. Kf2 Nh5 68. Kg2 Kd7 69. Kf2 Ke7 70. Be2 Kf6 71. Bd3 Kg6 72. Kg2 Nf6 73. Kg3 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[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. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Nd4 Be7 14. h4 h6 15. Be3 h5 16. g3 Nd7 17. Bh3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bf6 21. Rhe1 0-0 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. c3 Rfe8 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. Bf1 g6 27. Qf2 a5 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Nd4 Qb6 30. e5 Bg7 31. Be3 Be4+ 32. Ka1 Qb7 33. exd6 Red8 34. Nc2 Bd3 35. Bd4 Rb8 36. b3 cxb3 37. Rxd3 bxc2 38. Qxc2 Rxd6 39. Rb1 Qxb1+ 40. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Kxb1 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Kb2 Kg7 45. Kb3 Kf6 46. Ka4 Kf5 47. Kxa5 Kg4 48. Kb4 Kxg3 49. a4 Kxf4 50. a5 g5 51. a6 g4 52. a7 g3 53. a8Q g2 54. Qg8 Kf3 55. Qxf7+ Kg3 56. Qxh5 g1Q 57. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Homa, Seth"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Bxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. Nd6 Bc6 15. f4 Bg7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. b3 Qc3 18. Bf3 a5 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. a4 Rad8 21. Kf2 f5 22. Rd3 Bb4 23. Rfd1 Rb8 24. h3 Kg7 25. Ke2 Rf6 26. Kf2 h5 27. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 d6 9. a4 Nf6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. e5 Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. f5 exf5 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Bxf5 Ng6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. c3 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Rad8 24. Rd4 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Rxd4 26. cxd4 Qd7 27. h4 Nf8 28. d5 f6 29. h5 Re5 30. d6 Kh8 31. h6 g6 32. Ng3 Qxd6 33. Qxb7 Re7 34. Qa8 Rf7 35. Ne4 Qe5 36. Nxf6 Qg5 37. Qe8 Qxh6+ 38. Kg1 Qg7 39. Qd8 h5 40. b4 Qh6 41. Qe8 Qg7 42. Qd8 Qh6 43. Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 Re8 9. h4 h5 10. f3 Qc7 11. Nde2 e6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Bd6 b6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. 0-0-0 Rac8 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nb3 Qa6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Rc6 22. Rc1 b5 23. f4 Rec8 24. a3 b4 25. Ka1 bxa3 26. Bxa3 Bf8 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. exd6 Bxd6 29. Qa5 Bxf4 30. Qxa6 Bxa6 31. Nc5 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc6 33. Nxd7 Ne3 34. Kb1 Nc4 35. Bb4 e5 36. b3 Bc8 37. bxc4 Bxd7 38. c5 Bg4 39. Re1 f6 40. Kb2 Kf7 41. Kc3 Ke6 42. Kc4 a6 43. Ba5 Bf5 44. c3 Bc2 45. Bb6 f5 46. g3 Rc8 47. Re2 Ba4 48. Rd2 f4 49. Rd6+ Kf5 50. gxf4 exf4 51. Kd5 Bc2 52. Bd8 f3 53. Bg5 Be4+ 54. Kd4 Rc6 55. Rd8 Bc2 56. Kd5 Be4+ 57. Kd4 Re6 58. Be3 Bc6 59. Kd3 Bb5+ 60. Kd2 Kg4 61. Rf8 Kg3 62. Rf7 Bc4 63. Rf8 Kg2 64. Rf4 Bd5 65. c4 Be4 66. Kc3 Bc6 67. Kd3 a5 68. Bd4 a4 69. Rf8 Be4+ 70. Kc3 Bf5 71. Kb4 a3 72. Kxa3 f2 73. Bxf2 Kxf2 74. Kb4 Kg3 75. Kb5 Be4 76. Rc8 Bb7 77. Rd8 Ba6+ 78. Kb4 Kxh4 79. Rd6 Bc8 80. Kb5 g5 81. Kc6 g4 82. Kd5 Re1 83. Kc6 g3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-A"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Lokander, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. 0-0 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nbc6 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Nf4 Be7 14. g3 g5 15. Ne2 f6 16. g4 Nh6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. h4 Nxg4 19. hxg5 Bg7 20. Nf4 0-0 21. Nxe6 Qd6 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Ne5 Ngxe5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qg3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Qxg3+ 27. fxg3 Nxd2 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Kf3 d4 31. b3 Nd6 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Kf4 h6 35. gxh6 Bxh6+ 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ke2 Be3 38. Kd3 Kf5 39. a4 Bf2 40. Rg7 a5 41. Rg8 Nf7 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Rb8 Ne5+ 44. Ke2 Bh4 45. Rxb7 d3+ 46. Kd1 Nxg4 47. Rd7 Nf2+ 48. Kd2 Bg5+ 49. Ke1 Be3 50. Rd5 Ke6 51. Rd8 Ke5 52. Rd7 Ke4 53. Rd8 Bc5 54. Re8+ Kf3 55. Rb8 Ne4 56. Kd1 Bb4 57. Rd8 Ke3 58. Re8 Kd4 59. Kc1 Nf2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Kh1 0-0 14. Na4 Rfe8 15. c4 d4 16. Qh5 c5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. Qh3 g6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Rg3 Bf8 22. Rg4 Bxa4 23. bxa4 Bg7 24. Rh4 Nf8 25. Be4 Rab8 26. Qa3 Nd7 27. g4 f6 28. f5 Nxe5 29. Qh3 Bf8 30. fxg6 Nxg6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Bg7 34. Bh6 Rg8 35. g5 f5 36. Bxg7 Rxg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Qxe6 Qf4 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qc6 Rf8 43. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. h3 Bg7 10. c5 0-0 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. a3 g5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. h4 Bg4 15. Nh2 Bf5 16. h5 Nf4 17. g3 Qe7+ 18. Kd1 Ne6 19. g4 Be4 20. f3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 f5 22. Qf2 d4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe4 25. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Arjun, Vishnuvardhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh5 dxe5 12. Nxe6 Qb6 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. 0-0-0 Nd7 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qh4 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Ke7 22. Qxh7 Qd4 23. Qe4 Qd2 24. Bb3 Rd8 25. a3 bxa3 26. bxa3 a5 27. a4 Rd4 28. Qb7+ Kf8 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Qb6 Rd6 31. Qf2 Qb4 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qf4 Qc3 34. Ka2 Rb6 35. h4 Rxb3 36. cxb3 Qc2+ 37. Ka1 Qc3+ 38. Ka2 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qc3+ 40. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 b6 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 0-0 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 b5 15. e4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 b4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. b3 dxe4 19. Rc7 Nb6 20. Bxe4 Rad8 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Nxa4 24. bxa4 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27. Bc2 Rc8 28. Bb3 g5 29. fxg5 Kg7 30. Kg2 a5 31. h4 Bxb3 32. axb3 Rc3 33. Rb1 Kg6 34. Kh3 Kh5 35. Rf1 Kg6 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. h5 Rxb3 38. g6 fxg6 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40. Rxe6 Re3 41. Rb6 Rxe5 42. Kh4 Rc5 43. Rb7+ Kg8 44. g4 Rc4 45. h6 b3 46. Rxb3 Rxa4 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. Kh5 Rb4 49. Ra8 Rb5+ 50. g5 Rc5 51. Ra7+ Kh8 52. h7 a4 53. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ezra, Paul Chambers"]
[Black "Francisco, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. f3 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rad1 d6 13. Rfe1 Rd7 14. Bf1 Qf8 15. b3 Rad8 16. g3 e6 17. Qf2 Ne5 18. Bh3 Re7 19. Na4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. c5 Ba6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 b5 25. Nc3 b4 26. Na4 Rde8 27. Qd2 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qe7 30. Bf2 Qd7 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Nc5 Qa7 33. Na4 Qa8 34. Rc7 Bd6 35. Rc1 h5 36. h3 Bf8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Qb7 39. Bh4 Bg7 40. Re1 Ned7 41. Rxe8+ Nxe8 42. Nc2 Bf8 43. Be1 Ne5 44. Qe2 f6 45. Nd4 Nc7 46. f4 Nc6 47. Ne6 d4 48. Nxf8 Kxf8 49. Nc5 Qa8 50. Kg3 Qe8 51. Qd2 Qe7 52. Nd3 Nd5 53. Bf2 Nc3 54. Kh2 Qe4 55. Bh4 Kf7 56. Bf2 Qf3 57. g5 Ne4 58. Qc2 Nxf2 59. Nxf2 Qxf4+ 60. Kh3 Qf3+ 61. Kh2 Qf4+ 62. Kh3 Qf5+ 63. Qxf5 gxf5 64. gxf6 Ne5 65. Kg3 Kxf6 66. Kf4 Ke6 67. Kg5 Nf3+ 68. Kf4 Ne1 69. Nd1 Nd3+ 70. Kf3 Ke5 71. Ke2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Adamson, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Bd2 Ba6 11. b3 0-0-0 12. f4 f6 13. Qf2 Bb7 14. a4 Kb8 15. a5 Nc8 16. a6 Ba8 17. c5 fxe5 18. f5 Qe7 19. Ne4 d5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. Ng3 Qe7 23. b4 Qh4 24. Rb1 Nd6 25. Be2 Nb5 26. 0-0 Be7 27. Nh5 Nc3 28. Rb2 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Bg5 30. Rf1 e4 31. Nxg7 Bf6 32. Nh5 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Nd1 34. Bxd1 Bxb2 35. f6 Rf8 36. Bg4 Bb7 37. axb7 Kxb7 38. Be2 Bc3 39. g4 Bxb4 40. Ng7 Bxc5 41. Ne6 Bd6 42. Nxf8 Bxf8 43. Rb1+ Kc8 44. g5 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Banik, Siddharth G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Bc2 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Bd2 g5 15. Nc5 g4 16. Ne1 Bxc5 17. dxc5 h5 18. b4 Rg8 19. Nd3 h4 20. Re1 a6 21. Nf4 h3 22. Nh5 Rg6 23. Bf4 hxg2 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Bg5 Qh8 27. Rad1 d4 28. Qf4 Qh3 29. Rd2 Rh8 30. Red1 g3 31. Ne8+ Kf8 0-1

