[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Jaber, Mohammad Khalil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Nc3 Bxc5 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Re1 a6 13. a3 Qd8 14. Qd2 b5 15. b4 Bb7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Ned4 0-0 18. c3 Nb8 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rac1 Nb6 22. Qd3 Nc4 23. Ra1 g5 24. h3 Nb2 25. Qe3 Na4 26. Rec1 Rc7 27. Nxg5 Rfc8 28. Ne2 Rc4 29. Qg3 f6 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. f4 Nxc3 32. Nxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Qe1 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Re3 36. Qf1 Qb2 37. Qc1 Qd4 38. Qf1 Qc4 39. Rc1 Qxf1+ 40. Rxf1 g6 41. Rc1 d4 42. Rd1 d3 43. Kg1 Bd5 44. Kf1 Bc4 45. Rd2 e5 46. fxe5 Rxe5 47. Nf3 Rf5 48. Ke1 Rf6 49. Kf2 a5 50. Ke1 axb4 51. axb4 Ra6 52. Kf2 Ra3 53. Rb2 Rc3 54. Ke3 Rc1 55. Nd2 Re1+ 56. Kf2 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Bd5 58. g4 Bg2+ 59. Kg1 Bxh3 60. g5 Be6 61. Kf1 Bd5 62. Kg1 Kf7 63. Kf1 Ke6 64. Kg1 Kf5 65. Kf1 Kxg5 66. Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abou Deeb, Mark"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1257"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. h3 0-0 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Be3 Nce7 11. Ne5 c6 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Qg4 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Rg3 g6 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Rae8 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. Rg4 Bc7 24. Re1 Re6 25. Rg5 Rfe8 26. Kf1 Bd8 27. Rg4 Bc7 28. Rg5 Kh7 29. h4 Bd8 30. Rg3 Kg7 31. a4 Be7 32. Rg5 Bd8 33. Rg3 Bc7 34. Rg5 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Elias, Chamoun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7 5. exd5 Nd4 6. Qd1 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Bc4 Bd6 9. d3 h6 10. h3 0-0 11. 0-0 c6 12. Nd2 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bc6 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc4 f4 18. d4 Qh4 19. f3 Rae8 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Bd2 Rg5 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Be1 Qh5 25. Rd1 Bxh3 26. Kg1 Rxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rf5 29. Bd2 Rg5+ 30. Kf2 Qh2+ 31. Ke1 Re5+ 32. Be3 Rxe3# 0-1

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aoun, Karim"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. h3 Bf5 11. b4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf5 13. Nb3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Nxe7 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. a4 c6 19. a5 a6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Rfe8 22. Reb1 Rab8 23. Ra2 Nf4 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nd7 Rbd8 26. Rxb7 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Nb8 Ra2 29. Nxc6 Re8 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. c6 Ree2 33. c7 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Rb8 Rae2 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. c8Q Rxc8 38. Ne7+ Kf7 39. Nxc8 Ke6 40. Nb6 g5 41. Kg3 f5 42. f4 Kd6 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. h4 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 Kc6 46. Kg5 Kb5 47. Nxd5 Kxa5 48. Nb4 Kb5 49. Nxa6 Kxa6 50. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Temraz, Samer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 0-0 9. 0-0 c5 10. c3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. b3 e6 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. e4 Qa5 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Rfb1 a6 18. a4 Qb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ba4 Ra8 21. Rxb5 Qc6 22. Rb4 Qxe4 23. Rab1 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Nd5 25. Bc6 Nxf4 26. exf4 Nf6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Bf8 30. Ne5 Nd5 31. Nd7 Nxc3 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxd4 35. Rxc4 Nf5 36. Rc7 Nd6 37. Ne5 Kh6 38. Nxf7+ Nxf7 39. Rxf7 g5 40. Rf6+ Kh5 41. g4+ 1-0

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Badr, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. Ne4 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. h3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Bh5 12. c3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 0-0-0 15. Qe1 Bg6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Nb6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. a4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Rdf8 22. Rf3 Nxf4 23. Raf1 g5 24. Qe3 Qh5 25. d5 exd5 26. Qxa7 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Nf4 29. Re3 Ng6 30. Rf3 Ne5 31. Rf5 Nd7 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kb8 34. Qb4 Qg6 35. Qg4 Qd6+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Nf6 38. Kf3 Ne4 39. Ke3 Re8 40. Kd4 g6 41. Rf7 Re6 42. c4 dxc4 43. Rf5 Kc7 44. Kxc4 Nd6+ 45. Kd3 Kb6 46. b4 Nxf5 47. g4 Ng3 0-1

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moghnieh, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Qe2 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nh5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bb1 Ne5 16. h4 h5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Ng6 21. Bxg6 Qe5+ 22. Kd2 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qh5 e5 25. Ne2 Rd8+ 26. Ke1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bf5 28. Ke1 Rd8 29. g3 Bg6 30. Qh4 Qd7 31. f3 Qd2+ 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. g6 Qxe2+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxg6 36. Qc4+ Qd5 37. Qg4 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Qd1 0-1

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Diab, Majd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bd6 6. h3 Bh5 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Re1 0-0 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. f4 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Rd1 c5 20. Bf2 Nf6 21. Qf3 d4 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. f5 Rb8 25. b3 Rb6 26. a4 Rc6 27. Rd1 Kh8 28. c3 Qc7 29. cxd4 c4 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 cxb3 32. Qxb3 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Bg3 Qxd4 36. Qxf7 Bc5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "LBN-ch"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2023.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. e4 Qc7 4. Bc4 e5 5. c3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Bf1 Bc7 18. Qd1 Rd8 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. Nc4 h6 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Rad1 b5 23. Nd6 Qb8 24. Ndf5 Kh7 25. Qc1 Bb6 26. Bxh6 Bxf5 27. exf5 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Ne4 bxa4 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Bc4 Ne5 32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Re7 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Ra7 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Re8+ Qxe8 37. Bxe8 Kxe8 38. Qxa4 Rc7 39. Qxf4 Kf7 40. Qe5 Re7 41. Qf4 Bc7 42. Qc4+ Kf8 43. Kf1 Rf7 44. Qxc6 Kg8 45. Qe8+ Rf8 46. Qe6+ Kh8 47. Qe7 Rc8 48. f6 gxf6 49. Qxf6+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "El Khatib, Malek Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1207"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qd8 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. a3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bb5 axb5 15. Qxa8+ Ke7 16. Qa7 Ke8 17. Qb8+ Ke7 18. Nxd5+ Nxd5 19. Bd2 g6 20. Qg3 Bg7 21. Bc3 Rc8 22. Rac1 Ke8 23. Rfe1 Qc6 24. Bd2 Qd7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qd6 Bxd4 27. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moghnieh, Hussein"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1423"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe5 Ncxe5 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rd6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. h3 Qe6 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qc2 Ne4 24. Rd3 Qf5 25. Bf3 Qe5 26. Qa4 Qe7 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Qc2 Nxd1 29. Qxd1 Qe5+ 30. Kh1 c4 31. Rd4 Qxe3 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2 Re6 34. Bxc4 Re4 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Re2 37. b4 Rc2 38. b5 Rxc3 39. Kg1 Rd3 40. Bb3 Rd2 41. Kh2 g5 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Kf3 f5 44. g3 Kf6 45. h4 g4+ 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. Kd4 Rxg3 48. Kd5 Re3 49. Kd6 g3 50. Bd5 0-1

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Kazandjian, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 d4 3. Nf3 c5 4. b4 e6 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Ba3 b6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. Qe4 Na6 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. Nc3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qd7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Reb1 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. d3 Qd5 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 f6 26. Qe3 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Rb7 e4 29. dxe4 Rdb8 30. Rab1 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 h6 32. h3 c4 33. Rc7 Kg8 34. Rxc4 Kf7 35. f4 g6 36. Kf2 a5 37. g4 g5 38. f5 Ra6 39. e5 Rb6 40. Rc7+ Ke8 41. Ke2 Rb4 42. Rh7 exf5 43. gxf5 Re4+ 44. Kd3 Rxe5 45. f6 Rf5 46. Rxh6 Kf7 47. c4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Rf4+ 49. Kc5 Ke5 50. Kb5 Kd4 51. Kxa5 Kxc4 52. Kb6 Rf5 53. a5 Rb5+ 54. Kc6 Rxa5 55. Kd6 Kd4 56. Ke6 Re5+ 57. Kf7 Rf5 58. Kg7 Ke4 59. f7 Kf4 60. Rf6 Rxf6 61. Kxf6 Kg3 62. f8Q Kxh3 63. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.03.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maroun, Andrew"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. g5 Qd8 14. f4 f6 15. gxf6 gxf6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qh5 Kh8 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Rf3 Qe7 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Rh3 Rg4 22. Be2 Rag8 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. Rg1 Be8 25. Qh6 Rxg1+ 26. Bxg1 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bg6 28. Qxh4 Qc7 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Bf7 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Qd6+ Qxd6 33. exd6 a6 34. Ne3 Bg6 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Nxd5 Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. d7 Ke7 39. Bb6 Kxf6 40. d8Q+ Kg7 41. Bd4+ Kh7 42. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Ferzli, Dany Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 b5 13. a3 Re8 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. b3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Bc2 a5 18. b4 a4 19. Re2 e5 20. dxe5 Ncxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd3 Nxa3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Bd3 Nc4 29. Ra1 Re6 30. g3 Nd2 31. Kg2 Nb3 32. Bxb5 Qxb5 33. Qd1 Nxa1 34. Qxa1 Qe8 35. Qa2 Re2 36. Qxd5 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. b5 Rc4 39. b6 Rxc3 40. b7 Rb3 41. b8Q+ Rxb8 42. h4 a3 43. g4 a2 44. h5 a1Q 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. g5 Rb3 47. f3 Qc3 48. f4 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Krisht, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nxe5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 dxe5 10. a3 Bc5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Na4 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rd3 Kh7 18. Qh5 Qe7 19. Rh3 Qf8 20. Qf5+ Kg8 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qxf6+ Kh7 23. f4 Re6 24. Qf5+ Rg6 25. fxe5 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rf8 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Qxf8 Qxf8 29. Rxf8 Kg7 30. Rb8 b6 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Rxa7 g5 33. g4 c5 34. Rh7 b5 35. Rxh6 b4 36. a4 c4 37. a5 b3 38. c3 Kg7 39. Rf6 Kg8 40. a6 Kg7 41. a7 Kh7 42. a8Q Kg7 43. Qa7+ Kh8 44. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Slim, Nadim"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 h6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Ndf3 0-0 13. Nxd7 Ne4 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. d5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. d6 Rd8 22. dxe7 Re8 23. Bxh6 Kg8 24. Bf8 Kf7 25. Rad1 Rxf8 26. exf8Q+ Kxf8 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29. Rxa7 f4 30. Rb7 f3 31. Rxb6 fxg2 32. Kxg2 c4 33. Ree6 c3 34. bxc3 Kg5 35. Rxf6 Kg4 36. a4 Kg5 37. a5 Kg4 38. a6 Kg5 39. a7 Kg4 40. a8Q Kg5 41. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Dekweneh op"]
[Site "Dekweneh"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mahdi, Ahmad Firas"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nd2 0-0 11. 0-0 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 f6 14. Ng4 e5 15. Nf2 cxd4 16. exd4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. a3 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. h4 Bd6 21. Kh2 Qc7 22. Nh1 f5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 f4 25. Qg6 Rf6 26. Qc2 fxg3+ 27. Kg1 Qb6+ 28. Nf2 Bc5 29. Ne5 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qd4 31. Nf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Kaddah, Hassan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[BlackElo "1162"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nxe4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxe4 g6 7. Qxb7 Nc6 8. Qb3 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Na3 Rb8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Be4 d5 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. Be2 Rbe8 18. d3 Qf5 19. Bd2 c4 20. dxc4 e4 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. fxe4 Qe6 23. f4 Rc8 24. Be3 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hariri, Hadi Moustafa"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "1464"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. a3 d5 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. f4 Qb6 7. Rb1 cxd4 8. exd4 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Qf3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. Bh2 Nh5 14. Ne2 Ndf6 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Nbc1 g5 17. Nd3 f6 18. Nf2 Nhg3 19. Bxg3 hxg3 20. Ng4 gxf4 21. Nc1 f5 22. Nd3 Qg7 23. Nge5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Bd7 25. c4 Bc6 26. b4 a6 27. Be2 Nf6 28. c5 Ne4 29. Qb3 Nf2 30. Rf1 Nxh3 31. gxh3 Rxh3 32. Rg1 Qh7 33. Qf3 Ke7 34. Bf1 g2 35. Qxg2 Qh4+ 36. Kd2 Rg3 37. Qxg3 Qxg3 38. Rxg3 fxg3 39. Rb3 Rg8 40. Bg2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. Kf3 f4 43. Nxc6 bxc6 44. Rb1 Re8 45. Re1 a5 46. Re5+ Kh4 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Salman, Fatima"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[BlackElo "1019"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Bg4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qc2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bd7 14. 0-0 0-0 15. f4 f6 16. f5 fxe5 17. dxe5 Qg5 18. e6 Bc8 19. Qxc6 Ba6 20. Qxa6 Qxd2 21. Rad1 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Rxd5 Rb8 24. b3 Rh6 25. Qd3 Qg5 26. f6 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Obegi, Karim"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1464"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 a6 6. d4 Nc6 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. Bxf5 g6 14. Qg4 Kg7 15. Bc2 Ne7 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bxf6+ Rxf6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qh4 Kf7 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5+ Kg7 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rxa5 Be6 25. Nd2 b6 26. Raa1 a5 27. Rfb1 a4 28. Rxb6 a3 29. Rb3 a2 30. Rb2 Rh8 31. Raxa2 f4 32. Ra6 Kf5 33. Rbb6 Re8 34. c4 dxc4 35. Ndxc4 Ke4 36. Nd2+ 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Saadeddine, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[BlackElo "1213"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 d4 7. 0-0 e5 8. a4 h6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Nh4 Na5 11. b3 Nxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 0-0 15. Bd2 Rab8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Rfe8 22. Kf2 Re3 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Re8+ 25. Kf2 Re7 26. h3 Nd7 27. Bd5 Nf6 28. Bg2 Kg8 29. g4 Re3 30. Rf3 Re5 31. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aoun, Karim"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1464"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 Qxe4+ 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qf5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Kxe3 Bd6 11. Qd3 Bf4+ 12. Kf2 Qf6 13. Qe4 0-0 14. Bd3 g6 15. Rhf1 Bh6 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. dxe5 a6 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Bg7 20. Neg5 h6 21. Nh3 g5 22. Re4 Nc5 23. Rc4 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 b5 25. Rg4 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Kg1 h5 28. Rg3 g4 29. Nf4 Kh7 30. Nxh5 gxf3 31. Rh3 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 fxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bou Mjahid, Naji"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1464"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. Bg3 Bg4 10. c3 Nf5 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Ne7 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Nbd2 Ne3 15. Qc1 Nxf1 16. Qxf1 Re8 17. Re1 Re3 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Nf1 Re6 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 c6 22. Kf2 Re8 23. Qd3 f5 24. c4 f4 25. Nd2 fxg3+ 26. Kf1 Re3 27. Qb1 Rxe2 28. Nf3 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Hariri, Chadi Moustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 c6 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Qe2 Bg7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 f5 18. Ng3 e5 19. c5 Nd7 20. b4 Nc7 21. Be2 Nf6 22. Bc4+ Kg7 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rcd1 Ncd5 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Rde2 e4 27. f3 e3 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qd4 Qe5 30. Qxe3 Qxg3 31. Qc3 d4 32. Qd2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Qc7 34. Qe1 Rd7 35. Re6 d3 36. Qc3 Qd8 37. Qd2 Kf7 38. Re3 f4 39. Re1 Re7 40. Rd1 Qd4+ 41. Kh2 Re2 42. Qxd3 Qxd3 43. Rxd3 Rxa2 44. Rb3 Nd5 45. h4 Ne3 46. b5 Rxg2+ 47. Kh1 Rc2 48. b6 axb6 49. Rxb6 Rxc5 50. Rxb7+ Kg8 51. Rb8+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kh6 53. Rf7 Rf5 54. Re7 Rh5 55. Kg1 Rxh4 56. Kf2 Rh2+ 57. Kg1 Rg2+ 58. Kh1 Rg3 59. Kh2 Rxf3 60. Kh1 g5 61. Kh2 g4 62. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 11th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Mounayar, Maroun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Bg5 0-0 12. c3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rd7 Ng6 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Rb8 22. g3 Nf8 0-1

[Event "Beirut Christmas op 20th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "El Hajj, Youssef"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e3 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 16. Rab1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Na4 Rab8 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Nc5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Ra8 22. Nxa6 h6 23. Nc7 Rxa2 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Rxc6 Rxf2 26. Kh1 Rf1+ 27. Kh2 Be5+ 28. g3 Rf3 29. Nxd5 Rxg3 30. Kh1 Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rxb3 32. Rc5 Rg3+ 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. Ke2 g5 35. Rc6 h5 36. Ne3 f6 37. Nc4 h4 38. Kf2 Bd4+ 39. Kf1 h3 40. Nd6 h2 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kxg7 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Nxg3 Be5 45. Kg2 Bxg3 46. Kh1 f5 47. Kg2 f4 48. Kh1 Kf5 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kxf3 h1Q+ 51. Kxg3 Qe1+ 52. Kf3 g4+ 53. Kg2 Kf4 54. Kh2 g3+ 55. Kg2 Qf2+ 56. Kh3 0-1

[Event "Beirut Christmas op 20th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bazarbashian, Krikor"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Nge7 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ Nxc6 7. a3 Na5 8. Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 h5 10. Qg3 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. b4 Nc4 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. Rfe1 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qg5 Qe7 19. Qh6 Rg8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. a4 Qh4 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rad1 0-0-0 24. Qc1 g5 25. Nd2 g4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Ne4 Bxa4 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Qe3 Bc6 30. Ra1 f5 31. b5 axb5 32. Qa3 Qg7 33. Qa7+ Kc7 34. Qb6+ Kd7 35. Rad1 Bd5 36. Nxf5 exf5 37. Rxd5+ Kc8 38. Red1 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Qg5 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Ra1 Kd7 42. Qxb7+ Ke6 43. Qb6+ Kxe5 44. Re1+ Kd4 45. Rd1+ Kc3 46. Qxd8 Kxc2 47. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Beirut Christmas op 20th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Slim, Nadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qb3 Qxe5+ 10. Be2 0-0-0 11. f4 Qe6 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Qa4 Nxe2 14. Nxe2 Kb8 15. f5 Qe4 16. Bf4+ Ka8 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qc3 Qc4 19. Qf3 e5 20. fxe6 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 fxe6 22. a3 Be7 23. Rc1 Qe4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. Rc6 Nd5 27. Rxe6 Nxf4+ 28. Nxf4 Bf6 29. b3 Rhe8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Nd5 Rd8 32. Nf4 Rd2 33. Re1 Bd4 34. Nh3 e3 35. Kf3 exf2 36. Rf1 Rd3+ 37. Ke4 Rxh3 38. Kxd4 Rxh2 39. Ke3 h5 40. Kf4 Rh3 41. Rxf2 Rxb3 42. Kg5 Rxa3 43. Kxh5 Rg3 44. Kh4 Rg1 45. Rf7 a5 46. Kh3 a4 47. Kh2 Rg5 48. Kh3 a3 49. Rf2 Ra5 50. Ra2 b5 51. Kg4 b4 52. Kf3 b3 53. Ra1 b2 54. Rb1 a2 55. Rxb2 a1Q 56. Rb8+ Kxb8 57. Ke4 Qe5+ 58. Kd3 Rd5+ 59. Kc4 Rd4+ 60. Kc3 Qe3+ 61. Kc2 Rd2+ 62. Kc1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Beirut Christmas op 20th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hamdoun, Rayan"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1071"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bh3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. 0-0 h6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Qd2 0-0-0 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Na4 g5 18. Qc2 f4 19. Bd2 Bh3 20. Rfe1 g4 21. Nh4 Bxh4 22. gxh4 Qe7 23. Bxf4 Nxd4 24. Qd3 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. e6+ Ka8 27. Nb6+ Ka7 28. Qe3 d4 29. Qb3 Qxe6 30. Qg3 Qe4+ 31. f3 Nxf3 32. Nc4 Nxh4+ 33. Kg1 Qg2+ 34. Qxg2 Nxg2 35. Ne5 Nxf4 36. Nxf7 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Beirut Christmas op 20th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Hamdoun, Karim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1223"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nh6 8. h3 0-0 9. 0-0 f6 10. Bf4 fxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qc7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Rd1 Qxb2 16. Nc3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qb3 e6 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22. exf6 Nxd4 23. Qd3 e5 24. Qc4+ Kf8 25. Kh1 Qd8 1-0

[Event "Beirut Christmas op 20th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Assaad, Antoine Joe"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qe2 Qb6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 a5 10. Na4 Qa7 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Bd4 f6 14. exd5 Ba6 15. Qxe6+ Ne7 16. d6 Qb7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Bc5 Rd7 19. dxe7 Rd5 20. Rad1 Bc4 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Qd6 Qc8 23. Bb6 Kf7 24. Qd8 Be6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. e8Q+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Qb7 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Qxd7 Qxb6 30. Rxg7+ Kh6 31. Nf5+ Kh5 32. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Beirut Christmas op 20th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qe4 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Qe3 Nxd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxc1+ 18. Rhxc1 Nf5 19. Qxa7 Bxe5 20. Qa6 Qh4 21. Kf1 Qf4 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Rxb2+ 28. Ke3 Qxg2 29. Rxb2 Qxh3+ 30. Ke2 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qxe4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxc1 34. Rb4 Qd1+ 35. Ke3 Qd3# 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Saab, Riad Dany"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 a5 6. h3 g5 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 Bd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. e5 Qf5 11. Ne4 Ke7 12. Nd6 Qg6 13. Nxc8+ Kd8 14. Nd6 Ke7 15. Nxd4 f6 16. N4f5+ Kf8 17. Bf7 Qh7 18. Qh5 fxe5 19. Bxg8 Rxg8 20. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Be2 h6 7. f5 Bd7 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. d3 d5 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. c3 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 d4 15. c4 Ne7 16. a3 b5 17. b4 Qa7 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Bb2 bxc4 20. dxc4 Ng4 21. Qd3 f6 22. Nh4 Ne3 23. Bh5+ Kd8 24. Rfe1 Ne7 25. Bc1 Nc6 26. Bd2 Qa4 27. b5 Nc2 28. Bd1 N6b4 29. Qg3 Qa7 30. Qxg7 Re8 31. Qxf6+ Kc8 32. Bh5 Rd8 33. Ng6 Nd3 34. Ne7+ Kb8 35. Nc6+ bxc6 36. Qxd8+ Bc8 37. bxc6 Qc5 38. Rab1+ Ka7 39. Qxc7+ Ka6 40. Rb5 Qxb5 41. cxb5+ Kxb5 42. Rb1+ Ka4 43. Qb6 Nf2+ 44. Kg1 Nh3+ 45. gxh3 Nxa3 46. Qb3# 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Serge"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d3 0-0 13. Qg3 Qd6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Qg6 18. Ne2 Bg5 19. Rf1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rab8 21. b3 Qd6 22. a4 c5 23. Qg5 Qg6 24. Qe7 Qd6 25. Rxf7 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Rxc7 g5 29. Rxc5 h6 30. Rc6 Rfc8 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rc1 Rc3 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 a5 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. d4 Ke6 37. d5+ Kd6 38. dxc6 Kxc6 39. e5 Kd5 40. Re1 Ke6 41. c4 h5 42. c5 Kd5 43. e6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. e7 f3 46. e8Q fxg2 47. Qe5+ Kc6 48. Qd6+ Kb7 49. Re7+ Kc8 50. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a4 a5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Nb3 Rb8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Rc3 0-0 17. Re1 Qb4 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. h3 c5 20. b3 Rb7 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Rc1 Rbc7 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 h6 25. Nd4 c4 26. Rb1 cxb3 27. Rbxb3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxa4 30. Qa3 Qb4 31. Qa1 Bd7 32. Nc2 Qb6 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. Kh2 a4 35. Kg3 Qb4 36. Kf3 a3 37. Nc2 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qxc2 39. Qxa3 Qe4 40. Qc3 Qc4 41. Qa3 Ba4 42. Qa1 Bc2 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. exd4 Kh7 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. h4 Kf5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Kf3 Bd1+ 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. g3+ Ke4 53. Ke1 Bb3 54. Kd2 Kxd4 55. Ke2 Kc3 56. g4 d4 57. Ke1 d3 58. Kf2 d2 59. Kg3 d1Q 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nd5 d6 7. d4 Bxd4 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nb4 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. a3 Bg6 15. Nd2 0-0 16. Nxa6 Bb6 17. b3 d5 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. exd5 Bxd3 20. Bxe5 Qxd5 21. cxd3 Rxa6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Re4 Qxd3 24. Rae1 f5 25. Re5 Qd4 26. Rb5 Rxa3 27. g4 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. a3 a5 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 d6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. exd4 Qg4 17. Rae1 Qg6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Rf4 Re6 20. Re3 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Nxf6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Kf3 a4 29. Kf4 Nc4 30. Ke4 c6 31. d5 cxd5+ 32. Kxd5 Nxb2 33. Kc5 f5 34. Kb4 Kf7 35. Kc5 Ke6 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. c4 b6 38. Kc3 Nd1+ 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. Kxa4 Kc5 41. Kb3 Ne3 42. g3 Nxc4 43. a4 Nd2+ 44. Kc3 Nf1 45. Kd3 Nxh2 46. Ke3 Kb4 47. Kf4 g6 48. Ke5 Nf1 49. Kf6 Nxg3 50. Kxg6 f4 51. Kxh6 f3 52. a5 bxa5 53. Kg5 f2 54. Kg4 Nh1 55. Kf3 f1Q+ 56. Ke4 a4 57. Ke3 a3 58. Kd2 a2 59. Kc2 a1Q 60. Kd2 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Qc7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. h3 Nd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. b3 0-0 12. d4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rd3 Bxa4 19. Nxa4 b5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Rc3 Qa5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb2 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. c4 Nc3 26. Qc2 Bf6 27. Ne5 b4 28. Ned3 g6 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. f4 Qb7 31. c5 Ra8 32. c6 Qe7 33. Qf2 Nd5 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rc5 Qe8 36. Qd2 Be7 37. Rb5 f6 38. Nc4 Qxc6 39. Ra5 Rd8 40. Qf2 Nc3 41. Qe3 Nd5 42. Qf3 Kf7 43. Ne3 Qb6 44. Nc4 Qd4 45. Ra2 Rd7 46. Rd2 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Qb1 48. Ndb2 Qf5 49. Rf2 Bd6 50. Nxd6+ Rxd6 51. Nc4 Ra6 52. Ne3 Qd3 53. Nxd5 Qxf3 54. Rxf3 exd5 55. Rd3 Ke6 56. Rd4 Rb6 57. Kg3 Kd6 58. Kf3 Kc5 59. Rd3 d4 60. g4 Kd5 61. h4 Rc6 62. h5 Rc3 63. Ke2 Rc2+ 64. Kf3 gxh5 65. gxh5 Rh2 66. Kg4 Ke4 67. Rd1 d3 68. f5 Rg2+ 69. Kh3 Re2 70. Kg3 Ke3 71. Rf1 Kd2 72. Kf3 Kc3 73. Rd1 Rd2 74. Rg1 Kxb3 75. Rg7 Rh2 76. Rxh7 d2 77. Rd7 Kc2 78. Rc7+ Kd1 0-1

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e5 Qc7 4. Qe2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxc1+ 9. Qd1 Qxb2 10. Nc2 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Nf6 14. Qd4 0-0 15. 0-0 d6 16. Nb4 Be6 17. Ra1 Qe5 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Nf3 a5 21. Nc2 Rac8 22. Ne3 e4 23. Ng5 Rd2 24. Bd1 Bd7 25. Bb3 e6 26. Nc4 Rd3 27. Rb1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxc4 29. g3 Bc6 30. Rb1 Rc2 31. Re1 Ng4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxf2 34. Rd4 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 e5 36. Rh4 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. Kf1 e3 39. Re4 Nxe4 40. Ke1 Rxh2 41. g4 Ng3 42. Kd1 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Ra2 44. Kd1 e2+ 45. Ke1 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 e1Q+ 47. Kf3 Rxa3+ 48. Kf4 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "LIB-ch sf"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Faour, Walid"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. c3 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+ Ke8 9. Qxc5 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Nf6 11. Nc3 d6 12. Qc4 Na5 13. Qe2 Kf7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Qb3+ Qe6 22. Qxb7 Qc8 23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Re7 25. Rc1 c5 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rc4 Rb8 28. g3 Rb4 29. Rxb4 cxb4 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. f4 d5 32. e5 a5 33. Ke2 a4 34. Kd3 g5 35. h4 gxf4 36. gxf4 h5 37. Kd4 a3 38. f5+ Ke7 39. Kxd5 b3 40. f6+ Kf7 41. Kd6 bxa2 42. e6+ Kxf6 43. e7 a1Q 44. e8Q Qd4+ 45. Kc7 Qe5+ 46. Qxe5+ Kxe5 0-1

[Event "LIB-ch sf"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "1352"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b4 Be7 8. b5 Na5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nf3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Nxe4 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Re1 Nc5 15. a4 Bh4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nf3 Nd3 18. Bd4 Qd8 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Re3 Nxf2 21. Qe1 c5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 c5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd2 Rab8 27. Nf3 Rb2+ 28. Kg3 f5 29. Re7+ Rf7 30. Re6 f4+ 31. Kh2 Rb6 32. Nh4 Bd3 33. Rd1 Bxc4 34. Rexd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Rf6 36. Rd7+ Rf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. g3 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 a5 40. Nf5 Kg6 41. Nd6 Bb3 42. Nb7 Bxa4 43. Nxa5 h5 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Nc4 Bd7 46. h4 Be6 47. Ne3 Bd7 48. Nd5+ Ke6 49. Nb6 Be8 50. Ke4 Bg6+ 51. Kf4 Bf5 52. Na4 c4 53. Nb2 Kf6 54. Nxc4 Be6 55. Nd6 Ke7 56. Ne4 Bg4 57. Kg5 Ke6 58. Nf6 Be2 59. Nxh5 Kd6 60. Nf4 Bf3 61. h5 Bxh5 62. Kxh5 Kc5 63. Ne2 Kc4 64. Kg4 Kd3 65. Kf4 Kc4 66. Ke4 Kc5 67. Kd3 Kd5 68. c4+ Ke5 69. Nf4 Kd6 70. Kd4 Kc6 71. c5 Kc7 72. Kd5 Kd7 73. c6+ Kc7 74. Ne6+ Kc8 75. Kd6 Kb8 76. Kd7 Ka8 77. c7 Ka7 78. c8Q Kb6 79. Qc6+ Ka7 80. Qb5 Ka8 81. Kc7 Ka7 82. Qa5# 1-0

[Event "LIB-ch sf"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kabalan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1410"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d4 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Re1 0-0 8. e3 dxe3 9. Rxe3 Bg4 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qd5 15. Qe1 e4 16. Nfd2 Bg6 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. dxe4 Qc5 19. Qe2 Nxc2 20. Nb3 Qc6 21. Qxc2 b5 22. Na3 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxe4 26. Nb4 c5 27. Nc6 c4 28. Nd2 Nc5 29. Nf3 Nd3 30. Rd2 h6 31. Nfe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 f6 33. Nc6 Kh7 34. Rd7 a5 35. Rd5 b4 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Nxa5 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Nb3 c2 40. Kf1 Kg6 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Kd3 c1Q 43. Nxc1 Ke7 44. a4 Kd7 45. Kc4 Kc7 46. Kc5 Kb7 47. Kb5 f5 48. Nd3 Ka7 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4 g6 51. f4 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. f5 h4 54. f6 h3 55. f7 h2 56. Nf2 h1Q 57. Nxh1 Kb7 58. f8Q Ka7 59. Qe7+ Kb8 60. Kc6 Ka8 61. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "LIB-ch sf"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salameh, Wassim"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Bg3 g6 8. Be2 Ng7 9. Ne5 c5 10. h4 cxd4 11. exd4 f6 12. Nd3 h5 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. g4 hxg4 15. Bxg4 f5 16. Ne5 fxg4 17. Qxg4 Rf6 18. Nxg6 e5 19. Qg3 Bf5 20. Nxe5 Bd6 21. h5 Rh6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Kh7 24. 0-0-0 Rxh5 25. Rdg1 Qe7 26. Nf3 Rxh1 27. Rxh1+ Kg8 28. Ng5 Bg6 29. Nh3 Qf7 30. e6 Qe8 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. Nf4 Nxe6 33. Nxg6 Rd8 34. Nf8+ Qxf8 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Rh1+ Qh6+ 37. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "LIB-ch sf"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Kfoury, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 a6 6. a4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. c3 Nf6 9. 0-0 h6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qc8 16. Nd2 e5 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Nh5 Neg6 20. Rg3 Qe6 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Rf3 Qe7 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Rg3 Qf6 25. Kh1 Rf7 26. Re1 Raf8 27. Ree3 Qe7 28. Nf3 Ne6 29. Nh4 Rxf2 30. Ng6 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Nxf8 Nxf8 33. Ref3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Qe7 35. Rg3 Ne6 36. Qh5 Kh8 37. Qf5 Nf4 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qxb7 Qf7 40. Qxa6 Qb3 41. Qc8 Qc4 42. Qf5+ g6 43. Qd7+ Kh8 44. a5 Qxe4 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qxc7+ Kh8 47. Qxd6 Kh7 48. Qe7+ Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. a6 Qe1 51. a7 Ne2 1-0

[Event "LIB-ch sf"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 h6 7. 0-0 Bc5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd3 0-0 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qg3 Nd4 16. Re1 Nxd5 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qc3 Nbxc2 19. Na3 Nxe1 20. Qxd4 Re8 21. e5 d6 22. Qg4 Rxe5 23. Bxh6 Qf6 24. f4 Re4 0-1

[Event "LIB-ch sf"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Na3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg6 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Nd4 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Qxe5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. f4 0-0 17. f5 Bh5 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nb3 e4 20. Qd2 Ng4 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 g5 23. Rff1 Ne3 24. Rf2 Nd1 25. Rxd1 Bxd1 26. Rd2 Bh5 27. Rxd5 Rad8 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Rd8 30. h3 Bd1 31. Bf6 Rd6 32. Bxg5 Bxc2 33. Be7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Bxb3 35. axb3 e3 36. Bb4 e2 37. Kg3 e1Q+ 38. Bxe1 Rxe1 39. Kf4 Rb1 40. b4 Rb3 41. h4 Rxa3 42. g4 Ra4 43. Kg5 Rxb4 44. h5 a5 45. h6 a4 46. Kh5 a3 47. g5 a2 48. g6 a1Q 49. gxf7+ Kf8 50. f6 Qe5# 0-1

