[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmakel, Sam A"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2023.06.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. 0-0-0 Bxc5 11. a3 a6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qf2 Ne7 15. Bd3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. g3 b5 18. Rhe1 Rb8 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Rd2 Qc7 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. Kb2 h6 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Qc5 Nd7 26. Qe3 Nb6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Nxc6 Qxc6 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. Ne2 Na4+ 31. Ka1 Rff8 32. Nc1 Qc3+ 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Nb3 Kf7 35. Rde2 Re8 36. h4 Ke7 37. f5 Kd6 38. Re5 Bc8 39. Kb1 Rxb3+ 40. cxb3 Nc3+ 41. Kc2 Ne4 42. R5xe4 dxe4 43. Rxe4 Re7 44. fxe6 Bxe6 45. a4 Rc7+ 46. Kb2 Rb7 47. Kc3 Rc7+ 48. Kd4 Bxb3 49. axb5 axb5 50. Bxb5 Rb7 51. Re5 Rf7 52. Re3 Bd1 53. Bc4 Rf6 54. Ra3 Rf2 55. Ra7 g5 56. Ra6+ Kc7 57. Rxh6 gxh4 58. Rxh4 Rg2 59. Rh7+ Kb6 60. Rh6+ Kc7 61. Rg6 Bc2 62. Rg7+ Kd6 63. b5 Bf5 64. Rg5 Bb1 65. b6 Rd2+ 66. Kc3 Rc2+ 67. Kb4 Rb2+ 68. Ka5 Be4 69. Bb5 Ra2+ 70. Kb4 Rb2+ 71. Kc3 Rf2 72. Kd4 Bb1 73. Rd5+ Ke6 74. Bc4 Rd2+ 75. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.06.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Be2 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Rfd1 d6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rc8 16. f3 Nc5 17. Rc1 h5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Rdc2 Bh6 20. f4 e6 21. Nc3 Ke7 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Nb5 Bxe4 24. Rcc1 Rhd8 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Bxb6 Bxf4 27. Rc3 Rd7 28. Ra3 Rb7 29. c5 Nd7 30. g3 Be5 31. Ra6 dxc5 32. bxc5 Nxb6 33. cxb6 Rxb6 34. Rxb6 Rxa7 35. Ra6 Rb7 36. a4 Rb2 37. Kf1 Bd5 38. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chen, Ryo"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. 0-0 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Re1 b5 11. Nf1 Nc7 12. Ng3 h6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 0-0 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qg4 Kh7 17. Be3 a5 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Qh3 Ne4 21. Bc1 Ng5 22. Nxg5+ Bxg5 23. f4 Be7 24. f5 Bg5 25. f6 Bxc1 26. fxg7 Qg5 27. Rxc1 Rb7 28. b4 Rxb4 29. Qe3 Rb2 30. Qd3+ Qf5 31. Nf6+ Kxg7 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34. Ra1 Ne6 35. Rxa5 Nf4 36. Kh1 Rxg2 37. Rg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Nxc3 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. Rc5 Ne4 42. Rxd5 Ng5 43. Rd1 Ne6 44. Rg1+ Kh7 45. Kd3 Nf4+ 46. Kc4 Ne6 47. Kd5 Ng5 48. Kd6 Nf3 49. Rg2 Nh4 50. Rf2 Kg6 51. Rf1 Kg5 52. Kd5 Kg4 53. Rg1+ Kf4 54. Rf1+ Nf3 55. e6 fxe6+ 56. Kxe6 Ke4 57. Rxf3 Kxf3 58. Kxf5 h5 59. h4 Ke3 60. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Chasin, Nico Werner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8. d4 Bf5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Qb2 0-0-0 12. b4 Bg6 13. c5 Qg5 14. Qd4 Qf5 15. f3 Ng5 16. c6 Kb8 17. Bb2 Ne6 18. Qd2 d4 19. exd4 f6 20. exf6 Rhe8 21. Kf2 Qxf6 22. Rd1 Ng5 23. Bd3 Be4 24. d5 Nh3+ 25. Kg3 Qg6+ 26. Kxh3 Rxd5 27. g4 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. b3 0-0 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Nf3 Qd5 15. a4 Bd6 16. Rfe1 b4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Kh8 20. Re3 Qc5 21. c3 Qb6 22. Qc4 Rg8 23. a5 Qb7 24. a6 Qb6 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Qf4 Be7 29. g3 Rgc8 30. Qa4 c5 31. Rc4 Qc6 32. Qa1 Rd8 33. Rdc3 Rd6 34. Qa5 Qb6 35. Qa4 Kg7 36. Rg4+ Kf8 37. Qf4 Qxa6 38. Qh6+ Ke8 39. Rg8+ Kd7 40. Qxh7 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Rxd2 42. Re3 Rd5 43. Qxf7 Qa6 44. h4 Rd1 45. Ne1 c4 46. bxc4 Qxc4 47. Qe8+ Kd6 48. h5 Qd5+ 49. Kh2 Qd2 50. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ngo, Bach"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. 0-0-0 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Qf4 0-0-0 18. Be2 c5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Qf5 Qe6 21. Bg4 Qxf5 22. Bxf5 Rh5 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. f3 Bxe4+ 25. fxe4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxh2 27. c6 Rxg2 28. Bxa7 Bg5 29. Bb6 b4 30. Rh1 Bf6 31. Rc1 b3 32. Rxc4 Bd8 33. c7 Be7 34. axb3 Rg6 35. Ba5 f5 36. exf5 Rf6 37. b4 Rxf5 38. b5 Rf4 39. Rc6 Rf6 40. Rc1 Rf8 41. Rd1 Re8 42. Kc2 e4 43. Rd4 Bf6 44. Rd6 Bg5 45. Ra6 Kb7 46. Rb6+ Ka7 47. Re6 Rc8 48. Rxe4 Kb7 49. Kb3 Bf6 50. Re6 Bg5 51. Kc4 Bh4 52. Kd5 Ra8 53. Ra6 Rg8 54. Rb6+ Ka7 55. Rh6 Kb7 56. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. Bd3 0-0 14. Rhf1 g5 15. exf6 gxf4 16. Rae1 Rxf6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. c4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Tian, Eddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Bg2 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. d3 c5 10. a4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 0-0 18. Ra1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. f3 h6 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nd2 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Nf6 26. e4 fxe4 27. dxe4 Qc6 28. Qb2 Nd7 29. Nb3 Qc4 30. Na5 Qc5 31. Nb3 Qe3 32. Qd2 Qxb3 33. Qxd7 Qc2+ 34. Kh3 Qc4 35. Kg4 b4 36. h4 Kf8 37. h5 Qc5 38. f4 Qe7 39. Qb5 Qd6 40. Qb7 Qd4 41. e5 Qc4 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qe8 Qe2+ 46. Kh4 Qd3 47. Qxe6 b3 48. f5 Qd8+ 49. f6 b2 50. Qf7 Qg8 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. e6 b1Q 53. Qxb1 Qxe6 54. Qg6 Qc4+ 55. Qg4 Qc7 56. Qe6 Qd8 57. Qe7 Qd4+ 58. Kh3 gxf6 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh8 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Qf7+ Kh8 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qg6+ Kf8 65. Qxh6+ Kg8 66. Qg6+ Kh8 67. Qh6+ Kg8 68. Qg6+ Kh8 69. h6 Qd7+ 70. Kh4 Qe7 71. Qf5 Qf7 72. Kg4 Qg8+ 73. Kf3 Qb3+ 74. Kg2 Qb7+ 75. Kh2 Qe7 76. Qg6 Qe2+ 77. Kh3 Qf1+ 78. Kh4 Qh1+ 79. Kg4 Qd1+ 80. Kf5 Qd3+ 81. Kxf6 Qd6+ 82. Kf5 Qf4+ 83. Ke6 Qf7+ 84. Qxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Mardov, Dimitar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. b3 e4 10. Nd2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nxe4 Nxd5 13. Bf3 c6 14. Ng3 Nc7 15. e4 d5 16. e5 f5 17. Be2 g6 18. f4 Ne6 19. Kh1 Rf8 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. Ne2 b6 23. Rb1 a5 24. Rc1 Ba3 25. Rc2 Qe7 26. Bc1 Bb4 27. Bb2 Qf7 28. Qc1 Be7 29. Ba3 c5 30. Bb2 Bc6 31. Qd2 Bb7 32. Rcc1 h5 33. Ba1 Rfd8 34. h3 h4 35. g4 hxg3 36. Rg1 Qh7 37. Rxg3 Kf7 38. Kh2 Bh4 39. Rf3 c4 40. Bb1 Ba6 41. bxc4 Bxc4 42. Bd3 Bxd3 43. Rxd3 g5 44. Rb1 Rc6 45. Rc3 Rxc3 46. Qxc3 Qh5 47. Qd3 gxf4 48. Rxb6 f3 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. Ng3 Bxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Kh8 52. Qxf3 Rg8+ 53. Kf2 Qh4+ 54. Ke2 Nf4+ 55. Kf1 Rg3 56. Qh1 Rxh3 57. Rb8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "World op 50th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2022.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Harriott, Tyrell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 f5 4. e5 Nh6 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Nexd4 c5 11. Nb3 Bb5 12. h3 Be7 13. Be3 d4 14. Bf2 Qd5 15. Nbd2 Rd8 16. a4 Ba6 17. Bh4 Bxh4+ 18. Nxh4 0-0 19. Nhf3 c4 20. c3 dxc3 21. bxc3 Qc5 22. Qe2 Rd3 23. Nd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qxf4 26. Rf1 Qg3+ 27. Rf2 Qc3 28. Qf3 Qxe5+ 29. Re2 Qf6 30. Qc6 c3 31. Qxa6 cxd2+ 32. Rdxd2 Qh4+ 33. Kf1 e5 34. Qxa7 e4 35. Rd7 Nf7 36. Rc2 Qf4+ 37. Ke2 Qg5 38. Kf1 Ne5 39. Rb7 Nd3 40. Rcc7 Kh8 41. Rb8 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Seattle PNWCC Summer"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Chen, Ryo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. f3 Nh5 9. Nge2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qc2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Na6 13. g4 f4 14. Bf2 Ng3 15. Rg1 Nxf1 16. Rgxf1 Nb4 17. Qb3 a5 18. c5 Kh8 19. Ne4 b6 20. a3 bxc5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Kd2 Qe7 23. Rc1 Qf7 24. Rfd1 Bd7 25. Qc4 Rab8 26. Ke1 Qg6 27. b3 Bb5 28. Qc2 Ra8 29. Ra1 h6 30. Ra2 Kg8 31. Nc1 Qe8 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Qxc5 Bd7 34. Rxa8 Qxa8 35. Qxc7 Rd8 36. Nd3 Bb5 37. Ndc5 Rc8 38. Qb6 Rb8 39. Qg6 Kh8 40. Nf6 Bxf6 41. Qxf6+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Ne6 Rg8 46. Qf6+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qxe5+ Kh7 49. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Seattle PNWCC Summer"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Li, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2022.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. h4 0-0 8. h5 d6 9. Nh3 Qe8 10. h6 g6 11. Ng5 Bd8 12. c5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. f3 Bf6 17. Nh3 Nc6 18. Bg3 Ne7 19. Ba6 Rae8 20. 0-0 Bc6 21. Qd3 Nd5 22. Rf2 b5 23. Rfc2 Ne7 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxb5 Rc8 27. Bxc6 Qe7 28. b4 Kh8 29. Nf4 Be5 30. Nxd5 Qg5 31. Bf4 Qh4 32. b5 g5 33. Bxe5+ dxe5 34. Qc3 Rfe8 35. Qb2 Re6 36. Bd7 Rxc1+ 37. Qxc1 Rxh6 38. Qc3 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qg3 40. Bxf5 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Qxg2+ 42. Kd3 Qf1+ 43. Ke4 Qb1+ 44. Kxe5 Qa1 45. a4 Kg7 46. a5 Rc1 47. Qxa1 Rxa1 48. b6 Rxa5 49. b7 Rb5 50. Bc8 h5 51. Kd6 g4 52. fxg4 hxg4 53. Kc6 Rb2 54. Bxg4 Kg6 55. Be2 Rc2+ 56. Kd7 Rb2 57. Kc8 Kf5 58. b8Q Rxb8+ 59. Kxb8 Ke4 60. Bc4 a5 61. Kb7 a4 62. Kb6 a3 63. Kb5 Ke5 64. Kb4 a2 65. Bxa2 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Mei, Austin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qg3 Kf8 11. Bf4 d5 12. Rd1 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Bxb7 Qf5 18. Qe3 g5 19. Bg3 Bxd1 20. Bxa8 Bc2 21. 0-0 Kg7 22. Qxa7 Bc5 23. Qxc5 Rxa8 24. Qd4 Ra4 25. c4 Kg6 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qd6+ Kh7 29. Re1 Qe6 30. Qd2 Rxc4 31. Qxg5 Rg4 32. Qd2 Bg6 33. Rc1 Qb6 34. Kh2 Bf5 35. Qc3 Qe6 36. a3 Qg6 37. Kg1 Ra4 38. Qb3 Rd4 39. Qc3 Rd3 40. Qb4 Be4 41. Re1 Bd5 42. a4 Kg8 43. Qh4 Be6 44. a5 Qg4 45. Qxg4+ Bxg4 46. Ra1 Rd1+ 47. Rxd1 Bxd1 48. a6 Ba4 49. a7 Bc6 50. f4 Kg7 51. Bf2 f5 52. exf6+ Kxf6 53. g4 Ke6 54. Kh2 Ba8 55. Kg3 Kf6 56. Bd4+ Kg6 57. f5+ Kg5 58. Be3+ Kf6 59. Kf4 Bb7 60. g5+ Kf7 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Bc5+ Kf7 63. Kd6 Kg7 64. Ke7 Kg8 65. f6 Bd5 66. a8Q+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sivakumar, Shaashwath"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 0-0 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Kf2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. d5 Nc6 16. Rcd1 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf6 19. h4 Ne7 20. Bc4 Nf5 21. Ba5 Qe7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 g6 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Qc2 b5 26. Bd5 Rae8 27. Bd2 Qe5 28. Bc1 Rd8 29. f4 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bd2 Rfd8 34. Bc3 Rd3 35. Ke2 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rd2+ 37. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Kg7 39. Kd3 Kg6 40. e4 Kh5 41. exf5 Kg4 42. Ke4 b4 43. cxb4 cxb4 44. f6 b3 45. Kd3 Kxg3 46. Kc3 Kxf4 47. Kxb3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chen, Ryo"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bc4 Na5 9. Bd3 0-0 10. h3 h6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Nh4 Bxh3 16. Ng6 Rf7 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Be2 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bh4 20. Nh8 Rdf8 21. Nxf7 Kh7 22. Bf4 Nd4 23. Bd1 exf4 24. Qh5 Rxf7 25. Bg4 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 f3 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Stopa, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. Ngxe4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ng3 h5 9. e3 h4 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. d4 Qf6 12. Nc3 Qg6 13. Nxd5 Bd6 14. h3 0-0 15. Be2 Qxg2 16. Bf3 Qg6 17. e4 Re8 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Be3 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rg1 Nb4 23. Ke2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qd3+ 26. Kf3 Qf5+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4 a6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc6 Rb8 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Qc2 c5 9. 0-0 Ngf6 10. d3 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Na3 Bc6 15. Qb3 0-0 16. Ne1 b4 17. Nc4 Bd5 18. e4 Be6 19. Nf3 Nb6 20. Ng5 Bxc4 21. dxc4 h6 22. Rfd1 Qe8 23. Nf3 Nxe4 24. Ra6 Nd7 25. Re1 f5 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 e5 28. Bd5+ Kh7 29. Re6 Qd8 30. Rd1 Rf6 31. Be3 Qf8 32. Qa4 Rd8 33. Qa7 f4 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Bxf4 Bd4 37. Qc7 Kh8 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rxe8 Qxe8 40. Kg2 g5 41. Qd6 Kg7 42. Bg3 Nf6 43. b3 Nxd5 44. Qxd5 Qe2 45. h3 Qe1 46. Qf5 Qe7 47. Kf3 Qb7+ 48. Qe4 Qf7+ 49. Kg2 Qf6 50. Qe8 Kh7 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Sivakumar, Shaaketh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 Bd6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 Na6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. 0-0-0 d6 13. Kb1 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Nb5 Ne6 20. Be3 Nc5 21. h5 Ne8 22. h6 g6 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Ka2 Rb8 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. Be3 Qc8 27. Bd5 Qd7 28. f4 N6c7 29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Qc3 Ne8 31. Bd4 b5 32. cxb5 Qxb5 33. Bc4 Qf5 34. Rde1 Bd8 35. g4 Qxf4 36. Rhf1 Qxh6 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rxe8+ Qf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qc4+ Ke7 42. Qg8 Kd7 43. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Singh, Hersh"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 0-0 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be2 Rd8 14. 0-0 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Nxd4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 e5 21. Ne2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kf2 Nd5 24. Qb3 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Rd7 26. Nd5 Bc5 27. Ke2 Rad8 28. e4 Kh7 29. Kd1 Bd4 30. Kc2 f5 31. g4 Rc8+ 32. Kb1 Rc6 33. a3 fxe4 34. fxe4 g5 35. Qf3 Kg8 36. Qf5 Rf7 37. Qxg5 Rf1+ 38. Ka2 Rc2 39. Nc3 Rff2 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Last Dance-B"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wen, Yili"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Na4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Nc5 Qb6 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Qe2 Rd6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Rc2 g6 21. Rfc1 Kg7 22. Qd1 Rf6 23. b3 Nc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Ng5 27. Bg4 Ne6 28. Bxe6 Rexe6 29. Kf1 a5 30. Re2 a4 31. bxa4 Rf4 32. Rd1 c5 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. a5 cxd4 35. Rd3 Rf7 36. Rxd4 Ra7 37. Ra4 Kf6 38. Ke2 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Ra3 Kc5 41. Kf4 Kd6 42. a6 e5+ 43. Ke3 Kc5 44. f4 d4+ 45. Ke4 exf4 46. Kxf4 Kb4 47. Rb3+ Kc4 48. Ra3 Rf7+ 49. Ke4 Re7+ 50. Kf3 d3 51. Ra4+ Kc3 52. a7 d2 53. Ra3+ Kc2 54. a8Q d1Q+ 55. Kf4 Qd6+ 56. Kg4 h5+ 57. Kf3 Rf7+ 58. Ke4 Rf4+ 59. Ke3 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. a4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. 0-0 Ngf6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd1 Be7 12. Ne3 0-0 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. a5 h6 15. d3 Nd5 16. Ne1 Ba8 17. e4 Nc7 18. f4 Nb5 19. Nf3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. f5 Ne5 22. b3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 exf5 24. Rxf5 Rc5 25. Bh3 Bc6 26. Qf2 Bd7 27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Qf5 Qe7 30. Bb2 b3 31. Rf1 Ba3 32. Qf2 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Rb8 34. Qxd4 b2 35. Rb1 Qb4 36. Qf2 Qc3 37. Kg2 Qc1 38. Qf1 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 f6 40. d4 Qxe4 41. d5 f5 42. d6 g5 43. c5 Qc2 44. Qg1 g4+ 45. Kh4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xie, Bryan"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Ne5 Qxc5 11. c4 0-0 12. Nb3 Qa3 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Bf5 15. Rc1 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Qa6 17. Rc5 Rac8 18. Nd4 Be4 19. Qc1 Bd3 20. Rd1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Nb3 Rcd8 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. h3 e5 25. Bg3 Qb7 26. Qd1 Bxg2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Bf8 30. Nc5 Qa8 31. Qxa8 Bxa8 32. Nd7 Ba3 33. Bxe5 Bc6 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nxh7+ Ke7 36. Bg7 Kd7 37. e4 Bb5 38. Bf8 Bb2 39. Kg2 Bc4 40. a3 a5 41. f4 Kc6 42. Kf3 Kb5 43. Ke3 Ka4 44. Kd2 Kb3 45. Ng5 Bc3+ 46. Ke3 Bb2 47. Kd2 Bc3+ 48. Ke3 a4 49. Nf3 Kc2 50. h4 Bb2 51. f5 Kd1 52. fxg6 fxg6 53. e5 Bd5 54. Nd4 Ke1 55. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Levine, Joseph1111"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. d3 Nb4 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Rc1 Bc5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. f4 Be6 20. f5 Bd7 21. f6 g6 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. h4 Kh8 24. Be4 Rg8 25. Qg5 Qf8 26. Rc2 Bf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxg3+ 29. Kh2 Qg8 30. Bc1 Rg4 31. Bg5 Rxe4 32. dxe4 Qg6 33. Qf3 Rg8 34. Rg2 h5 35. Rb2 Nd8 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Ne6 38. Rg2 b6 39. Rg3 Rc8 40. Bf4 Qh7 41. Bxe5 Rxc4 42. Qf5 Qxf5 43. exf5 Nd8 44. Bf4 Rc3 45. Rg5 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Rc6 47. Rxh5+ Kg8 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. h5 Rxf6 50. Be5 d3 51. Kf2 Rc6 52. h6 f6 53. h7 Nf7 54. Rg8+ Ke7 55. Bf4 Rc4 56. Bg3 Re4 57. Rg7 d2 58. h8Q d1Q 59. Rxf7+ Kxf7 60. Qh7+ Ke8 61. Qg8+ Kd7 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg1 Qd1+ 64. Kg2 Re2+ 65. Bf2 Qd3 66. Qf7+ Re7 67. Qxf6 Qd5+ 68. Kg3 b5 69. Qd4 Qxd4 70. Bxd4 Re4 71. Bc5 Rc4 72. Kf3 Ke8 73. f6 Kf7 74. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Yu, Jiangwei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. a3 a5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. e4 Qd6 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. f4 c5 17. f5 cxd4 18. f6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Kh8 20. Qf2 Ng8 21. Nxf6 Qe5 22. Nxh7 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Qg7 24. Qh4 Qxh7 25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxf7+ Kh6 27. Rxb7 dxc3 28. Rxb6 Nf6 29. Bxe6 c2 30. Bb3 Rxe4 31. Rxf6+ Kg5 32. Rff1 1-0

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Bf4 Qc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Bg2 e5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 e3 15. f4 Qg4 16. Nge2 Qxg2 17. 0-0-0 Qg4 18. Nb5 Qc8 19. Rhf1 cxb5 20. f5 Qxc5+ 21. Kb1 Qc4 22. Qxe3 Bc5 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. fxg6 0-0 25. Rc1 fxg6 26. Nf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Yim, Sung Ho"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11. Bc5 0-0 12. Qe2 a4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nc2 Rd8 17. d4 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rab8 19. b4 b5 20. c5 Be8 21. Ne3 Qf8 22. Rad1 c6 23. g4 Bd7 24. a3 Re8 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. Qg3 Rbc8 27. g5 Kh8 28. Ng4 Re7 29. Qh4 Be8 30. Rd3 f6 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Re3 Qg7 35. Qxf6 Bg6 36. Re7 Qxf6 37. Nxf6 Rf8 38. Re6 Kg7 39. Nd7 Rf4 40. Rxc6 Rxd4 41. Rd6 Bf5 42. c6 Rc4 43. Nc5 Bh3 44. f3 Rc2 45. Rd8 Rg2+ 46. Kf1 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Rxa3 48. c7 Rc3 49. c8Q Bxc8 50. Rxc8 Kg6 51. Ra8 Rxf3 52. Ra5 Rh3 53. Rxb5 Rxh2 54. Nxa4 d4 55. Rd5 Ra2 56. Nc5 h5 57. Rxd4 Kg5 58. Ne4+ Kf5 59. Nc3 Rc2 60. Nd1 Kg5 61. b5 h4 62. Rd2 Rc7 63. Kf2 Kg4 64. Ne3+ Kh3 65. b6 Rf7+ 66. Ke2 Kg3 67. Nf1+ Kg2 68. Ne3+ Kg3 69. Ke1 Re7 70. Re2 Kf3 71. Rf2+ Kg3 72. Ke2 h3 73. Rf3+ Kh4 74. Kf2 Rb7 75. Rf4+ Kg5 76. Rb4 Kf6 77. Nc4 Rh7 78. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Bragg, David R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 Na6 7. g4 c5 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bg2 Qa5 11. 0-0 a6 12. Rb1 Ne6 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Nd5 Nec5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. e5 a5 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Rbd1 b6 20. Bf2 e6 21. Nc3 Qe7 22. Nb5 g5 23. Bg3 Nb8 24. f5 1-0

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. 0-0 Ng6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Nc2 0-0 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nfe1 Bd6 14. f4 Nce7 15. g4 h5 16. f5 exf5 17. gxh5 Nh8 18. Nd3 Nf7 19. Bf4 Kh7 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Qd2 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Ng5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne3 Ne6 26. Qh4 Rg5 27. Bd3 Ng7 28. Rg1 Kh6 29. Raf1 Qd6 30. Rxg5 fxg5 31. Qf2 Rf8 32. Ng4+ Kxh5 33. Ne5 Ng6 34. Qf3+ Kh6 35. Qh3+ Nh4 36. Nf3 Qf4 37. Nxh4 Qxh4 38. Qxh4+ gxh4 39. Re1 Re8 40. Rxe8 Nxe8 41. Bxf5 Kg5 42. Be6 Nc7 43. Bd7 Kf4 44. Kg2 Ke4 45. Kh3 Kxd4 46. Kxh4 Ke3 47. Kg5 d4 48. h4 d3 49. h5 d2 50. Ba4 Ke2 51. Kf6 b5 52. Bb3 Nd5+ 53. Kf7 Ne3 54. h6 Kd3 55. h7 Nc2 56. h8Q d1Q 57. Qc3+ Ke2 58. Qxc2+ Qxc2 59. Bxc2 Kd2 60. Be4 Kc1 61. b3 Kb2 62. a4 Kxb3 63. axb5 Kc4 64. Bc6 Kc5 65. Be8 Kb6 66. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redmond"]
[Site "Redmond"]
[Date "2022.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tang, Zoey"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 e5 7. Be2 0-0 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. 0-0 Re8 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. a4 Rad8 16. a5 a6 17. Ba3 Bb8 18. Rfc1 Qc7 19. g3 Qd7 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Bc5 f5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. b4 Rc6 26. b5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rec8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Qc8 31. Qb3 h6 32. Rb1 Bc7 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Be7 Qe6 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. d5 Rxe7 37. Rxb7 Rd7 38. a6 Rxd5 39. a7 Ra5 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. a8Q Rxa8 42. Rxa8 Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kh7 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 1-0

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Lee, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 0-0 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rb1 b6 18. f5 exf5 19. Rb5 Qd6 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Rd5 Qb7 22. Qf3 Qa6 23. Rd6 Bb7 24. Qh5 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bd5 Re7 27. Rxh6 gxh6 28. Bxh6 Ne5 29. Qg5+ Ng6 30. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malicka, Maria"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 f5 8. Nc3 a6 9. g3 c5 10. d5 e5 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. 0-0-0 Nd7 13. Nf3 0-0 14. Bh3 Qf6 15. Nh4 Nb6 16. Kb1 e4 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qe2 b5 19. Qh5 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 b4 21. Bxf5 bxc3+ 22. Ka1 h6 23. Rb1 Bc7 24. Rhe1 Re8 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. Rxe4 Rcd8 28. Qf3 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd4 30. Qh7 Rxd5 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qc6 Kd8 33. Nf3 Qd1 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kd8 36. Qf6+ Kd7 37. Qxc3 Qe2 38. Qg7+ Kc6 39. Qf6+ Rd6 40. Ne5+ Kd5 41. Qf7+ Ke4 42. Qxc7 Qxc2 43. Qh7+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d5 Na5 8. e4 0-0 9. h3 e5 10. Be3 a6 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Bd7 14. g3 Nh5 15. Qd1 Qe8 16. Be2 f6 17. a4 Qf7 18. Bg4 Kh8 19. Qe2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nce4 Qe7 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qxh5 fxe4 24. 0-0 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. b3 Qb7 27. Rab1 Qa6 28. Nxe4 Ra7 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. b4 Nc4 31. bxc5 Qa5 32. Ng5 Bf6 33. c6 Rg7 34. Rb7 Rxb7 35. cxb7 Bxg5 36. Bxg5 Qxd5 37. Bf6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. Qg7+ Ke6 40. Qe7+ Kf5 41. Qxf8 Nd2 42. Bh4+ Ke4 43. b8Q 1-0

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Eric"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 a6 11. d5 Bc5 12. b3 b4 13. dxe6 bxc3 14. exf7+ Ke7 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16. Nh4 Kd8 17. Be6 Bc8 18. a5 Qa7 19. Qg4 Kc7 20. Rad1 Bd4 21. Nf5 Be5 22. Qg8 c2 23. Qxh8 cxd1Q 24. Rxd1 Qc5 25. Bxd7 Bb7 26. Be8 Rd8 27. Rf1 Bd6 28. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Vidyarthi, Vyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 c6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. a3 Re8 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. f5 Bf7 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Na4 Qc7 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Bb3 Ne5 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qc3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Bd6 28. Nc3 Bc7 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxd4 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Re1 Bg3 33. Rf1 Be5 34. Ne4 Rd3 35. Kh1 Qd4 36. Qh5 Kf8 37. Nc3 Qe3 38. Qg4 Rd4 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Rd2 41. Ne4 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 Rxb2 43. Rd1 Ke8 44. Nc5 g6 45. Ne6 gxf5 0-1

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berczes, David"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. Qc2 g6 13. a4 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15. e4 Qc8 16. Bh6 Re8 17. e5 Nb7 18. f4 Nd7 19. axb5 cxb5 20. g4 fxg4 21. f5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Qf2 1-0

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Mei, Austin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. g3 a6 9. a4 h6 10. Bg2 Be6 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. Nh4 g5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nf3 Nh7 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. h3 Bxh3 17. Nxg5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qg4 19. Bf6 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bg4 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Rb2 Kf8 24. Rh2 Ke8 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 Bxc4 27. Rc1 Nxd4 28. Bg4 Ne6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxc4 Kf7 31. e5 Rg8 32. Rxc7+ Kg6 33. Rxb7 Kf5 34. Rf2+ Ke4 35. Kg2 dxe5 36. Rb4+ Kd5 37. Rd2+ Kc6 38. Rc4+ Kb6 39. Rb2+ Ka5 40. Rc5+ Kxa4 41. Rc1 Ka3 42. Bxe5 Rxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rg8+ 44. Kf3 1-0

[Event "San Jose Mission 360-B"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 0-0 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. a4 Rd8 14. c5 Qc7 15. a5 e5 16. Na4 Nbd7 17. Be2 Re8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. 0-0 Rad8 20. a6 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qc2 b5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Ra1 b5 25. Nc3 Bc5 26. Kg2 Qb6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rd3 29. Bc3 Bxe3 30. Qe2 Bd4 31. Qg4 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Qe3 33. a7 Ra8 34. Ra6 Rd2+ 35. Kh1 Rdd8 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Rd7 38. Rfa1 Kf8 39. R1a5 Rc7 40. Kg2 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. e5+ Kc5 43. Ke4 Rd7 44. f5 gxf5+ 45. Kxf5 Rd5 46. Ra1 f6 47. Ke6 fxe5 48. Re1 Rd6+ 49. Ke7 Rd5 50. Ke6 Rd6+ 51. Ke7 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lee, Alice"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. cxd5 f5 19. Rad1 a6 20. a4 h6 21. h3 Qf7 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Nd2 Qg6 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qd2 Re7 26. Re2 Rf8 27. Kh1 Bc8 28. Ree1 Ref7 29. Rf1 Bxh3 30. f3 Bd7 31. Kg1 Bg3 32. fxe4 Qh5 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rf5 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Rxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Venkat, Raghav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. h3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Nf8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd3 Ne6 16. f4 Qh5 17. e4 Nc5 18. Be2 Qh4 19. e5 Nfd7 20. Nd1 Nf8 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Bf3 Ng6 23. g4 Nh4 24. Bh1 Na6 25. Be4 f5 26. gxf5 Qf7 27. e6 Qf6 28. Nf2 h5 29. Kh2 Nc7 30. Rg1 g6 31. Rxg6+ Nxg6 32. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Rodriguez Rivera, Pedro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 Be6 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. 0-0-0+ Kc8 12. Be2 Ne7 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. Rd2 a5 15. Rhd1 Nd6 16. Be7 Ra6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 Kc7 20. Rd2 f5 21. h4 Re8 22. Bd3 Bf7 23. h5 Re6 24. h6 Be8 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. Rg1 Be4 27. Kc2 Rd6 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. f4 exf3 30. gxf3 Re6 31. Kd3 Rd6+ 32. Kc2 Re6 33. Kd3 Rd6+ 34. Ke4 Rd2 35. Rh1 Rxa2 36. Ke5 Rd2 37. e4 Rd6 38. f4 Kd7 39. f5 gxf5 40. exf5 Ke7 41. Rg1 Rxh6 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rxb7 Ra6 44. Rxh7 a4 45. Rh2 a3 46. Ra2 Ke7 47. Kd5 Rf6 48. Rxa3 Rxf5+ 49. Kc6 Kd8 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kd8 52. Ra8+ Ke7 53. Ra1 Kd8 54. Rd1+ Kc8 55. Rd5 Rf3 56. Rh5 Kb8 57. Kb6 Kc8 58. Rxc5+ Kd7 59. Rc7+ Kd8 60. c5 Rxc3 61. Ra7 Kc8 62. Kc6 Kb8 63. Rb7+ Kc8 64. Rh7 Kb8 65. Rh8+ Ka7 66. Rg8 Rc1 67. Kd6 Kb7 68. Rg7+ Kc8 69. Rg4 Kb7 70. Rb4+ Kc8 71. Kc6 Rh1 72. Kb6 Rh6+ 73. c6 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ne3 Nc5 11. Nf5 Ne6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qe2 0-0-0 17. Nh6 Bg7 18. Rad1 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 g5 20. Qe3 Rhg8 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Bxg5 Nxh3+ 23. Qxh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Rxg5+ 25. Kh2 Rdg8 26. Rd2 R8g7 27. Rf3 Kd7 28. Rdf2 Ke6 29. a3 a5 30. a4 Ke7 31. Rf4 Ke6 32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 c5 34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. dxc5 Rg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kxf6 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. Ke3 h6 40. b4 axb4 41. a5 b3 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huston, Gus"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 0-0 12. c3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be8 16. Qh3 h6 17. Bxh6 Rd5 18. g4 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qd8 20. g5 Bf8 21. Qh4 Nh5 22. Re4 Bg7 23. Rg4 e5 24. Qxh5 exd4 25. c4 Rd6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Re1 Bd7 28. Rg3 Qa5 29. Rf1 Re8 30. h4 Re5 31. b4 Qd8 32. c5 Rdd5 33. Rf3 Bg4 34. Rg3 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. f4 Qc7 37. Rgf3 Qc6 38. h5 d3 39. Kh2 d2 40. Rd1 Qe6 41. h6 Bb2 42. Rf2 Qe3 43. Kg2 Rxg5+ 44. fxg5 Rxg5+ 45. Kf1 Qh3+ 46. Ke2 Re5+ 47. Kxd2 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Sriniaiyer, Sudarshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Na3 Qxc4 11. Nxc4 Bb4 12. 0-0-0 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Ke7 14. Rhd1 Rab8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rhd8 17. Nc5 Rbc8 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Kb1 Nb4 20. Ncxb7 Rb8 21. a3 Nbd5 22. e4 Nb6 23. Na5 Ba4 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Ng4 26. f4 Ne3 27. e5 Nxg2 28. Rxg2 Nd5 29. Rd2 f6 30. Rd4 Bd7 31. Nac4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Rf8 33. Rg4 Rf1+ 34. Kc2 Rf2+ 35. Kb3 Kf8 36. Ne4 Rxh2 37. Nc5 Bb5 38. Nd6 Be2 39. Rd4 Ke7 40. Nc8+ Kf7 41. Nxa7 Rg2 42. Nc6 Rxg3+ 43. Ka2 Bg4 44. a4 h5 45. a5 h4 46. a6 h3 47. Ne4 Rg2 48. Ng5+ Kg6 49. Nxh3 Nc3+ 50. Kb3 Bd1+ 51. Rxd1 Nxd1 52. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Bg6 12. Nc3 b5 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Nd3 b4 15. Na4 Qb5 16. b3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Bh5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Nxh5 Nxh5 21. Nb2 Nf6 22. f4 Ned7 23. Nd3 Nc5 24. Nxb4 Rfd8 25. Bb2 Nxb3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. axb3 Bxb4 28. Bd4 a5 29. Rc1 Ng4 30. Rc7 Bd2 31. e4 h5 32. Bc5 Be3+ 33. Bxe3 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Nxe3 35. Kf2 Nxf1 36. Rc5 a4 37. Rxb5 a3 38. Ra5 Rd2+ 39. Kxf1 a2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Beukes, Dante M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. f3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. 0-0-0 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. h4 f4 14. Bf2 a4 15. Bh3 a3 16. b3 Nb4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Nh3 h6 20. Nf2 Qe7 21. h5 Rfd8 22. Ng4 Kh8 23. Qe2 Rd6 24. Kb1 Rcd8 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Nd1 Rcd8 27. Ndf2 Nc6 28. Nd3 Nd4 29. Qd1 Rb6 30. Ne1 Rg8 31. Nc2 Nxc2 32. Rxc2 Bf8 33. Qc1 Ra6 34. Rg2 Rg5 35. Rhg1 Rxh5 36. Qc3 Bg7 37. Qc1 Rg5 38. Rh2 Rag6 39. Qxa3 Ra6 40. Qc1 Kg8 41. Rgh1 Qf8 42. Qf1 Rb6 43. Qf2 Ra6 44. Rh3 Rag6 45. Kb2 Ra6 46. Qh2 Qa8 47. a4 Rgg6 48. Ra1 Rgb6 49. Kc2 Qe8 50. Rh5 Rg6 51. Rf5 Rgb6 52. Qh5 Qg6 53. Rh1 Ra8 54. Qxg6 Rxg6 55. Rhh5 Re8 56. Kd3 Rb6 57. Kc2 Rg6 58. Nxe5 Rg2+ 59. Kd3 Rb2 60. Nd7 Rxb3+ 61. Ke2 Ra8 62. Nxc5 Rb2+ 63. Kd3 b6 64. Ne6 Rb3+ 65. Kc2 Rxf3 66. Rxf4 Rxf4 67. Nxf4 Rxa4 68. Kb3 Ra1 69. Ne6 Rb1+ 70. Ka4 Bc3 71. Rxh6 Be5 72. Rh3 Bd6 73. Rb3 Re1 74. Kb5 Rxe4 75. Rc3 Rh4 76. Kc6 Rh7 77. Rc2 Be5 78. Re2 Bd6 79. Rg2+ Kh8 80. Ra2 Rh4 81. Rc2 Rh7 82. Ra2 Rh4 83. Nxc7 Bxc7 84. Kxc7 Rxc4+ 85. Kxb6 Kg7 86. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Spring IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2022.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eckert, Doug D"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Be7 9. e3 0-0 10. b4 h6 11. b5 cxb5 12. Bxb5 Nfd7 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Bd2 a6 15. Ba4 Rfd8 16. Na2 Be4 17. Ne1 e5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nb4 Nb8 20. Ned3 exd4 21. exd4 Rc8 22. f3 Bf5 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Nc1 Bf6 25. Bc3 a5 26. Nbd3 Nd7 27. Nf4 Rcb8 28. Nh5 Bd8 29. g4 Bh7 30. h3 Bc7 31. Kf2 Bg6 32. Ng3 Rb5 33. Nce2 Rab8 34. f4 Bc2 35. Rac1 Bd3 36. Rcd1 Bc4 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Nc1 Ne4 39. Nxe4 dxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Bd5+ 41. Ke3 Re8+ 42. Kf2 Bxf4 43. Rxe8+ Kxe8 44. Nd3 Bc7 45. Re1+ Kd8 46. Ne5 Kc8 47. Nd3 Kd8 48. Ne5 Rb8 49. Ra1 Rb5 50. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 31st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2021.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Prasanna Raghuram, Rao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. d4 Bf5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Ne1 Na5 12. f4 Qc8 13. Be2 f6 14. Bf3 Be4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nc2 c6 18. Ne3 b5 19. a4 b4 20. Bd2 b3 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. g4 fxg4 23. f5 Bg5 24. Qxg4 Bxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Kh8 26. e6 Nc4 27. Bg5 h6 28. f6 Rb7 29. h3 Nd6 30. e7 Qxg4+ 31. hxg4 Rf7 32. fxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bxh6+ Kg6 34. Bf8 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. g5 Rb8 38. Rf1+ Kg6 39. Bh6 b2 40. Rb1 Re8 41. Bf8 Kxg5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Kf4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "North American op 31st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bf5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Bb5 0-0 12. 0-0 h6 13. h3 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 Ne8 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Bf1 b5 17. g4 Bh7 18. a3 Nc4 19. Ndxc4 bxc4 20. Re2 g5 21. Bg3 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Ra6 23. Rae1 Rcc6 24. Bh2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rd2 Rdb6 27. f3 Ra5 28. Ree2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rab5 30. Rf2 Bg6 31. Kg3 Bh7 32. h4 f5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f4 fxg4 35. Kxg4 gxf4 36. Kxf4 Bf5 37. Ke5 Rb3 38. Bg2 R3b5 39. Bf3 Kg8 40. Kf6 Kf8 41. Bh5 Be4 42. a4 Ra5 43. Rf4 Rxa4 44. Rh2 Raa6 45. Bg6 e5+ 46. Kxe5+ Kg7 47. Bxe4 dxe4 48. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Karthik, Advaith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. dxc3 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Qd5 15. 0-0 Rhe8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Nxe6 Kxe6 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. b4 Qf5 20. Rd3 Ke7 21. Qd2 Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rh3 g5 24. Rg3 Re6 25. Rxg5+ Rg6 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vidyarthi, Vyom"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 a6 8. d4 b5 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. d5 e5 14. e4 0-0 15. 0-0 Nb6 16. Be2 Bc8 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Qc2 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Rc1 Nc7 23. Bd1 Rfb8 24. Bc3 a5 25. a4 Ba6 26. Bxa5 Bb5 27. axb5 Rxa5 28. b6 Nb5 29. Qb2 Nd4 30. Nc4 Ra6 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 h6 33. Qa7 Rb7 34. Qa6 Rb8 35. h3 Kf8 36. Ba4 Qd8 37. b7 Ke7 38. f4 f6 39. fxe5 Bxe5 40. Nxe5 fxe5 41. Qg6 Qf8 42. d6+ Kd8 43. d7 Kc7 44. Qe8 Kb6 45. Rb1+ Ka7 46. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Paul, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. h3 0-0 10. e4 Nc7 11. Bf4 b5 12. cxb5 a6 13. bxa6 Bxa6 14. 0-0 Qb8 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qa7 19. Bg5 Re8 20. b4 Nb5 21. Bc1 Nxa3 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Ned4 Qa4 25. Qd2 Qc4 26. Rec1 Qd3 27. Qxd3 Nxd3 28. Rc7 Ra4 29. Rd1 Bxd4 30. Rxd3 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Bxf2 32. Rb3 Ra7 33. Rc2 Bc5 34. Ne5 Ra4 35. Nc4 Bd4 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Ne3 Rxc2 39. Nxc2 Bc5 40. Ne1 Rd4 41. Nd3 Kf6 42. Nxc5 dxc5 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rb7 e6 45. Rxf7 exd5 46. exd5 Rxd5 47. Rxh7 Kd4 48. Rg7 Rd6 49. Rc7 c4 50. h4 Kd3 51. Kg4 c3 52. Kg5 Rd4 53. g4 Rc4 54. Ra7 c2 55. Ra1 Ke3 56. Rc1 Kf3 57. Rf1+ Ke3 58. Rc1 Kd2 59. Rxc2+ Kxc2 60. h5 gxh5 61. gxh5 Kd3 62. h6 Ke4 63. h7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yang, Kevin S"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e5 5. Nfd2 Ne7 6. e4 d4 7. Qe2 c5 8. a4 Nbc6 9. Nc4 0-0 10. 0-0 Be6 11. f4 f6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nb3 b6 14. a5 Rab8 15. axb6 axb6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Nxf5 19. Qg4 Nce7 20. Be4 b5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 bxc4 23. dxc4 Ra8 24. Qe6+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nxc5 Ra1 28. Nb3 Ra4 29. c3 dxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc4 31. Bd2 f5 32. Na5 Rc5 33. c4 Ke6 34. Kf1 e4 35. Ke2 Bd4 36. Bb4 Rc7 37. h3 Bb6 38. Nb3 Rxc4 39. Bd2 Bc7 40. Be1 Kd5 41. Nd2 Rc2 42. Kd1 Ra2 43. Nf1 Kd4 44. Bd2 Kd3 45. Bc1 Rg2 46. g4 f4 47. Ke1 Ba5+ 48. Kd1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "De la Colina, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. Qd2 a4 11. Nge2 c6 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bg5 h4 14. Bxh4 Nfxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxd2 16. Be7 Nxf3+ 17. Kf2 a3 18. Bxd6 axb2 19. Rb1 e4 20. Bxc5 Nd2 21. Rxb2 Bxc3 22. Rc2 e3+ 23. Ke2 Re8 24. Rxc3 Rxa2 25. Kd3 cxd5 26. Bxe3 dxc4+ 27. Kd4 Nf3+ 28. Kc5 Re5+ 29. Kb6 Ra6+ 30. Kc7 Re7+ 31. Kd8 Rae6 32. Kxc8 Ne5 33. Bg2 Rd7 34. Kb8 b6 35. Bb7 Nc6+ 36. Kc8 Ne5 37. Kb8 Nc6+ 38. Kc8 Ne5 39. Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1 Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 Qxa2 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Be2 Na4 13. 0-0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxe2 16. f3 Qd3 17. Qb4 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 f6 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. fxe4 Kf7 21. Qd6 Qa5 22. Bh4 Re8 23. Rf3 Rd8 24. Qf4 e5 25. Qg5 Kg8 26. Rxf6 Bd7 27. Rd6 Qc7 28. Qe7 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Amburgy, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 Be6 10. 0-0 Qd7 11. Rb1 Rab8 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Ng6 15. Qe1 Bg4 16. Rb2 c6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Bd4 Nh7 19. Qg3 c5 20. Be3 Nf6 21. h3 Bh5 22. Nf5 Kh7 23. Nxg7 Rg8 24. e5 Rxg7 25. exf6 Rgg8 26. f5 Rbe8 27. fxg6+ Rxg6 28. Qh4 Rxe3 29. Qxh5 Rxd3 30. Kh2 Re3 31. Bd5 b6 32. Rg1 Re5 33. Qf3 Rf5 34. Qd3 Kh8 35. Be4 Rxg1 36. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Singh, Hersh"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. 0-0-0 Nc6 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. g3 Nd7 16. Qd1 b5 17. e4 Nb6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. h4 Qb7 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. Re1 0-0 23. Rh1 Nc4 24. Qd3 Rfe8 25. Rce1 Qa7 26. Ne2 Bf6 27. Bc1 Nxd4 28. f4 Nc6 29. Bg2 Nb4 30. Qb3 Qf2 31. Bf3 Bxb2 32. Qxb4 Qxf3 33. Bxb2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Qxe2 35. Ka1 Ne3 36. Qc3 d4 37. Qc7 Re8 38. Rc1 Nc4 39. Rb1 Qd2 40. Qd7 Re1 41. Qxd4 Rxb1+ 42. Kxb1 Na3+ 43. Ka1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "North American-ch U20"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Orellana, Juan1111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2021.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. exd4 0-0 12. f3 b6 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. c5 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 bxc5 17. dxc5 c6 18. Kd2 Rfb8 19. Kc3 a5 20. a3 Rb5 21. b4 Rab8 22. Rfb1 Kg7 23. Rb2 Kg6 24. Re1 Ra8 25. Re7 axb4+ 26. axb4 Ra3+ 27. Rb3 Ra1 28. Kb2 Ra4 29. Kc3 Ra1 30. Re2 Rc1+ 31. Rc2 Re1 32. Rbb2 Re3+ 33. Kd4 Re1 34. Kd3 h5 35. Rb3 Rh1 36. g3 Rf1 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. Ra2 Rc1 39. Rab2 Rc4 40. h4 Rc1 41. Rb1 Rc2 42. R1b2 Rc1 43. Kf2 d4 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Rb1 Rc4 47. g4 Rb8 48. gxh5 Rh8 49. Rg1 Rxh5 50. Rg8 Rc1 51. Rd8+ Ke5 52. Rd6 Rxh4 53. Rxc6 Rf4 54. Kd2 Rf1 55. Ke2 Rc1 56. Rc7 Kd5 57. b5 Rh4 58. Kd2 Ra1 59. Kd3 Rh2 60. Rd7+ Kxc5 61. b6 Rh8 62. b7 Kc6 63. Rxf7 Rb8 64. Rxf6+ Kc7 65. Rf7+ Kc6 66. Rf6+ Kc7 67. Rf7+ Kc6 68. Kxd4 Rd1+ 69. Ke4 Rdd8 70. f4 Kd6 71. Rd3+ Kc6 72. Rxd8 Rxd8 73. Ke5 Rd5+ 74. Ke6 Rb5 75. f5 Rb2 76. Re7 Rb1 77. f6 Rb3 78. f7 Re3+ 79. Kf6 Rf3+ 80. Kg7 Rg3+ 81. Kf8 Rb3 82. Ke8 1-0

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 h5 8. Qd2 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. Nf3 Ne8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Kb1 a4 15. a3 Nd6 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Ka1 Rfb8 18. Rc1 c6 19. Rhd1 Bh6 20. Rb1 Ra5 21. Qe1 Ra6 22. Qe2 Qf6 23. Bc2 Rba8 24. Ne1 Ra5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. f4 Bc8 27. Nd3 Nxc4 28. Nxa4 exf4 29. e5 Qe7 30. Bb3 Nxa3 31. bxa3 c4 32. Ndc5 cxb3 33. Rxb3 Bg7 0-1

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Prilleltensky, Matan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bg3 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sethuraman, Sandeep"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. a3 cxd4 18. axb4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Ba8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. e5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxf3 24. Qf5 Kg8 25. e6 Re8 26. exd7 Re5 27. Qxf3 Qxd7 28. g3 Re8 29. Kg2 Qe7 30. Qf5 Kf8 31. Rc6 Qe5 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. Rc5 Qd6 34. Qf5 Qd7 35. Qh7 Qb7+ 36. Be4 Qxb4 37. Rc7 Qb3 38. Rxa7 d3 39. Ra3 Qg8 40. Qf5 d2 41. Qc5+ Be7 42. Rf3+ Qf7 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Ndb5 a6 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Na4 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nxa4 21. Ba3 e5 22. f4 Rfe8 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Rdc6 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. R1xc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb1+ 29. Bf1 h5 30. Ra5 Nxe4 31. Kg2 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 Rb1 33. Kg2 Rb2+ 34. Kg1 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakada, Akira W"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Qb3 e6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. h3 b5 13. Qe2 Nc4 14. Ne5 0-0 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. a5 Qc6 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. e4 Nb3 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rb1 Rxa5 26. Ne3 Nc1 27. Qd1 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Nc2 Bf5 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. Nd4 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Bd3 34. Be3 Kf8 35. f3 Ke8 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. g3 g5 38. Ke1 Bc5 39. Kd2 Bxd4 40. Bxd4 Bf1 41. Kc2 Bxh3 42. Kb3 Bg2 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Ke6 45. Kxb4 Kf5 46. Kc5 Kxf4 47. b4 Ke4 48. b5 Bf1 49. b6 Ba6 50. e6 fxe6 51. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jere, Daniel"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 g6 9. Nxc4 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Bg7 11. e4 0-0 12. d3 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. h3 c5 15. Be3 Re8 16. Ne5 e6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. d4 Ba6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bf4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qc8 23. Qb5 Bd4 24. Rac1 e5 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Bd6 Ra6 27. e5 Rb6 28. Qxa5 Rxb2 29. f4 c4 30. Qd5 d3 31. Rxc4 d2 32. Bf3 Nb6 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qb7 Rc1+ 35. Bd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc4 Qd6 13. d3 Be6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Ne4 Qh6 17. g4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Ng3 Bh3 20. Qd2 Rf8 21. Rg1 Rd7 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Nc5 Rd6 25. e4 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Bc8 27. Bc3 b6 28. Na4 Ba6 29. Nb2 Nd7 30. Ke3 Rdf6 31. Bg4 Rxf2 32. Nd1 Rxh2 33. Bxd7 Nd4 34. Bxd4 exd4+ 35. Kxd4 Rd8 36. Kc3 Rxd7 37. Nb2 Rd6 38. Nc4 Rc6 39. a4 h6 40. Rae1 g5 41. e5 Kf7 42. Rg3 Bc8 43. d4 Be6 44. Rf1+ Ke7 45. Kd3 Bg8 46. Rgf3 g4 47. Rf8 Rg6 48. Ne3 g3 49. R8f3 g2 50. Rg1 Rh1 51. Rxg2 Rxg2 52. Nxg2 Bd5 53. Rf2 Rh2 54. Nf4 Rxf2 55. Nxd5+ Kd7 56. Ke4 h5 57. Nf4 h4 58. d5 Rf1 59. Ke3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huston, Gus"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. e3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 15. e4 c4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. exd5 e4 19. b6 Qb8 20. Ng5 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Nd3 22. Ndxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf4 24. Rcb1 Qxb6 25. d6 Qc6 26. d7 Rd8 27. Ng3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Ra5 29. Qe2 Qxd7 30. Bc3 Ra6 31. Rb5 Re6 32. Qf3 Rh6+ 33. Rh5 Rxh5+ 34. Qxh5 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh1 Qd1+ 37. Be1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Lund, Silas Esben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8 9. Nge2 Bf6 10. Qd2 Bh4 11. Ng1 f5 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. g5 Qe8 15. Nb5 e4 16. 0-0-0 Qe5 17. Re1 f4 18. Nf3 e3 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Nxh4 a6 21. Nc3 Nd7 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. fxe3 b5 24. Ne4 bxc4 25. Bb1 Rb8 26. Reg1 Kh8 27. Nf6 c3 28. Qc2 cxb2+ 29. Kd1 Rxf6 30. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "New York GM-C"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Khodzhamkuliev, Bahadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nxe2 8. Bxe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Rb1 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. 0-0 f5 16. Qc2 0-0 17. Be1 Bf6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Kh2 Qd7 21. Ng1 Rf7 22. Nf3 Nxf4 23. Bxh4 Ng6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Ng5 b5 26. Ne6 f4 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Qxf4 Kd8 32. Qf8+ Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Kxe8 34. cxb5 a6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36. a3 Ra4 37. Rd1 Re4 38. Rd2 Kf7 39. Kg3 Re3+ 40. Kf4 Re5 41. g4 Re1 42. Kg5 Kg7 43. h4 Re4 44. h5 Kh7 45. b4 cxb4 46. axb4 Rxb4 47. Re2 Rd4 48. Rxe7+ Kg8 49. h6 Kh8 50. Kh5 Rf4 51. g5 Rf8 52. g6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Putnam, Liam H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Nd5 Be7 7. a3 Re8 8. Ng5 g6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nf3 a5 13. b3 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. exd4 exd4+ 17. Be4 f5 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. 0-0 fxe4 20. Qxd4 Nb6 21. Qc3 Rxd3 22. Qxa5 Rxb3 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Qd2 Rbxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Qd5+ Kg7 28. Qd4+ Kh6 29. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. a3 Ng6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qe4 b5 17. Qg4 Bb7 18. Bg5 Rd3 19. Ne4 Bxg5 20. Nexg5 Ne7 21. Qh4 Nf5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Nh4 Qc6 24. f3 Nxh4 25. Qxh4 Qc4 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qf4 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rd2 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Rf2 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33. Rc1 Ra7 34. Qh6 Rd7 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qf6 Qxf6 39. exf6 Kg8 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. h4 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rf1 43. e5 Rf5 44. Rf8 Rxe5 45. Rxf7+ Kh6 46. Rf8 g5 47. Rg8 Rf5 48. hxg5+ Kh7 49. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adamson, Robby"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfe1 Rab8 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Ndf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 b5 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Qf3 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Re3 a5 23. Qf4 Rbc8 24. g4 b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26. a4 g5 27. Qxg5 Qxd4 28. h3 Qxb2 29. Rae1 Rc1 30. Qf4 d4 31. Re5 Qa1 32. Kf1 Nd5 33. Qf3 Ne3+ 34. fxe3 Rxe1+ 35. Kg2 Rxe3 36. Rc5 Qb2+ 37. Kg1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qb6 16. e5 Ng4 17. Ne4 0-0 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nd6 f5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 Kh8 22. Bxh7 Bxe5 23. Bd3 Bd4 24. Bd2 c5 25. Bc3 c4 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rae8 29. Qd5 Re3 30. Rab1 a6 31. a4 Rxc3 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Qh6 34. Rc5 Qa6 35. Qd4 Qa3 36. Rh5+ Kg8 37. Qe4 Rf6 38. Qh7+ Kf7 39. Rg5 Qf8 40. Re1 Rd3 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Re8 c3 43. Rxf8+ Rxf8 44. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Canty, James H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Bf4 a6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 f5 11. h4 g6 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Kf1 Nh6 14. Re1 Nf7 15. g4 0-0 16. h5 Bb7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qe3 g5 20. Qh3 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rg1 Bxe5 23. Bxg5 Qd6 24. Bxf5 Re6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sethuraman, Sandeep"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Rab1 Bf5 16. b4 Rac8 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Nc3 Nxb4 19. Qb3 c5 20. dxc5 Nd3 21. Qxb7 Rc7 22. Qa6 Rxc5 23. Rb3 Be6 24. Rb7 Qh4 25. Ncxe4 Rh5 26. h3 Bxh3 27. Ng3 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qh3+ 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke2 Nc5 31. Qb5 Rfe5 32. Rb8 Qg4+ 33. Nf3 Nd7 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Rd1 Re7 36. Rd4 Qe6 37. Qc4 Qb6 38. Kf1 Nf6 39. Kg2 h5 40. Qb4 Qc7 41. Qd6 Qb7 42. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Della Morte, Pablo"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 e5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. c4 e4 12. cxd5 f5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Ne7 16. Bg5 0-0 17. Kg1 Qb6 18. a3 Bb5 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rd1 Rae8 22. axb4 Rxe4 23. f3 Re5 24. Bd2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Antova, Gabriela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Qb8 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 h6 15. h3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nh4 Re8 18. f3 Ra4 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Qc2 Ng5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Qg3 Ra3 27. Qg4 Bc8 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Rbd1 Qd8 30. Qh5 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Be6 32. Ng3 Bc4 33. Rdf3 g6 34. Qg4 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Bxb4 36. h4 gxh4 37. Nh5 Be7 38. Kh1 Bg5 39. Qf3 Qd5 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41. Qxf6 h3 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Labor Day IM-C"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxg4 Bxf4 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nf3 f5 14. 0-0 0-0-0 15. Rfe1 Rhg8 16. Qa4 Rg6 17. Bf1 Kb8 18. Re2 Rdg8 19. Rae1 Rh6 20. g3 Bd6 21. Ne5 Nd8 22. c4 f4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rc2 fxg3 25. hxg3 Nc6 26. Bg2 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qb6 28. Rxd5 Qb4 29. Qb5 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 Nb4 31. Rg5 Re8 32. Rc1 Qe7 33. Re5 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qe5+ Ka8 36. Rc7 Qd8 37. Qb5 1-0

[Event "PNWCC-Bulgaria Hybrid"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Zahariev, Zahari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "PNWCC"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Qb3 0-0 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Rb8 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bg4 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 Na5 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qc2 c6 14. b4 Nb7 15. d5 c5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Bd3 Rbe8 18. Bf4 Bd8 19. g4 Bc8 20. Bg3 g6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Rae1 Bf6 23. Nce4 Bg7 24. Kg2 Ne5 25. Be2 f5 26. f4 Nf7 27. Nf2 Nbd8 28. g5 Re7 29. Bd3 Rfe8 30. Rb1 Nb7 31. Nf3 Qd7 32. Rh1 Ne5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Be4 Nd6 35. Nd2 Rf7 36. Rbe1 Qd8 37. h4 fxe4 38. Ndxe4 Nf5 39. Ng4 Nxg3 40. Kxg3 Bxg4 41. Kxg4 Ref8 42. Qe2 Rf4+ 43. Kg3 Qd7 44. Ref1 Qf5 45. Nd6 Qd7 46. Ne4 Qf5 47. Nd6 Qd7 48. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC-Bulgaria Hybrid"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zahariev, Zahari"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "PNWCC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. b3 a5 7. a4 Nf6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 c6 12. Nd3 0-0 13. f3 h6 14. e4 Bh7 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rad1 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Rc1 Rfb8 22. Rxc4 Rb4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Bf1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Bg5 26. Rd1 Be3+ 27. Kg2 Qxd1 28. Qxd1 Rxb2+ 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Qd7 Bd4 31. Qc7 Rbb8 32. Ba6 Rd8 33. Bb7 Rab8 34. Qxa5 Bxe5 35. Qb5 f5 36. Qxc5 Bd6 37. Qc6 Bg6 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Rd2 Bb4 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8 41. g4 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 Bd6+ 45. f4 Rd3+ 46. Kf2 Bxg4 47. Qe8+ Bf8 48. Be4 Rd2+ 49. Ke3 Rxh2 50. Bg6 1-0

[Event "PNWCC-Bulgaria Hybrid"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Pantev, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "PNWCC"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e5 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 a5 6. Nd5 d6 7. a3 Bc5 8. b3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bg6 11. d3 0-0 12. 0-0 Ba7 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bb8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. d4 e4 18. Ne1 Qg5 19. b4 h5 20. g3 h4 21. Ng2 hxg3 22. hxg3 axb4 23. axb4 Bh5 24. Bxh5 Qxh5 25. Nf4 Qg4 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Ne7 28. Qd1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 c6 30. d5 Bc7 31. c5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Re6 34. Bd4 f6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke8 37. g4 dxc5 38. bxc5 g6 39. f3 exf3+ 40. Kxf3 Bd8 41. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC-Bulgaria Hybrid"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pantev, Veselin"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "PNWCC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e3 Bxc5 6. b4 Bd6 7. a3 a5 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nd4 Nb6 12. Nb5 Be5 13. Nf3 Bb8 14. bxa5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qb4 Qd8 19. 0-0 Qxa5 20. Rfd1 Qxb4 21. cxb4 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nd5 24. g3 f6 25. e4 Nxb4 26. Ra8 Rd8 27. Ba3 Nd3 28. Be7 Re8 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 Ke7 32. Kf1 Nb2 33. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Be2 c6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Bh6 f5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Qc7 14. f4 Bf6 15. Rac1 Kf7 16. g4 fxg4 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Qg5 Qd7 21. Bxg4 Rag8 22. Qh5+ Rg6 23. Kh1 Kg8 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 Rxh6 26. Rg1+ Rg6 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Rh5+ Qh6 31. Ng5+ Kg7 32. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paciorkowski, Lev"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e5 Ne8 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Rd1 b5 12. b3 a6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 h6 15. Bf4 b4 16. Nb1 f5 17. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Tello Chavez, Isaac Valentino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 h6 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 b4 10. Qxb4 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. Qb7 Nbd7 15. Nc6 Qc8 16. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakada, Akira W"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 0-0 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. 0-0 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. Na4 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Bf5 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Nd3 Rac8 17. Nb4 Be4 18. Be2 Qa3 19. f3 a5 20. fxe4 Qxb4 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qxd5 Nc3 23. Qf3 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Qe4 25. Qf3 Qxe5 26. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rc2 28. Rae1 Re2 29. Rd1 h6 30. Ra1 Qd3 31. a3 Ra2 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Rc2 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Rb8 36. Rfb1 Rf2 37. b5 Rxf3 38. b6 Re3 39. Ra7 Re6 40. b7 Kh7 41. Ra8 Ree8 42. Rxb8 Rxb8 43. Rb6 f6 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Kg3 Kf5 46. Kh4 g6 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Almeida Saenz, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc3 Qb6 11. 0-0 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Bxc5 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. Bd6 f6 15. e5 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Be2 17. Rxc6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 0-0 20. Kg2 Rf5 21. Re1 Re8 22. b4 Rg5+ 23. Bg3 Rb5 24. Re4 Kf7 25. a4 Rd5 26. a5 Bd8 27. Ra6 Rd7 28. Bd6 Be7 29. Bf4 Rb7 30. Raxe6 Rc8 31. a6 Rd7 32. b5 Bd8 33. Rc6 Ra8 34. Rec4 Bb6 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rb2 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. R4c6+ Ke5 40. Re7+ Kd5 41. Rd7+ Ke5 42. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 0-0 7. Ngf3 a5 8. 0-0 Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 f6 12. Nb3 b6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Qd1 Qd6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 e5 19. f4 Rae8 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd2 Ne6 22. Bh4 Nf4 23. Bg3 Qc5+ 24. Bf2 Nh3+ 25. gxh3 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huston, Gus"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. 0-0 h4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Bc7 14. c4 Be6 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. a4 Rad8 18. c5 Qd7 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bh7+ Nxh7 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Qb3 b6 24. cxb6 Bxb6 25. Bd2 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Nf8 27. a5 Bd4 28. Qb7 Ne6 29. Bc3 Be5 30. Qxa7 d4 31. Bd2 d3 32. Kf1 Bxb2 33. a6 Bd4 34. Qb7 Nc5 35. Qb6 Ne6 36. Qb5 Ba7 37. Kg1 Bd4 38. Kf1 Ba7 39. Kg1 Bd4 40. Ba5 Ra8 41. Qxd3 Be5 42. Qc4 Bd4 43. Bd2 g6 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. fxe3 Kg7 46. Qc6 Nc7 47. Qxc7 Rxa6 48. Qc4 Re6 49. Kf2 g5 50. Kf3 Re5 51. e4 Ra5 52. Qb4 Re5 53. Qc4 Ra5 54. Kg4 Re5 55. Kh5 Re8 56. Qd4 Rh8+ 57. Kg4 Re8 58. Kf5 Re6 59. Qd5 Re8 60. Qc6 Re5+ 61. Kg4 Re6 62. Qa8 Re5 63. Kh5 Re6 64. Qb7 Re8 65. Kg4 Re5 66. Qa8 Re7 67. Qd5 Re8 68. Kf5 Re6 69. Qd4 Ra6 70. Qc4 Ra5+ 71. Qd5 Ra1 72. e5 Rf1+ 73. Ke4 Re1+ 74. Kf3 Rxe5 75. Qd4 Rf5+ 76. Ke3 Re5+ 77. Kd3 Ra5 78. Kc3 Rf5 79. Qg4 Rf4 80. Qc8 Rf2 81. Qg4 Rf4 82. Qd7 Rf2 83. Qd5 Re2 84. Kd4 Rd2+ 85. Ke4 Rxd5 86. Kxd5 f5 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Arjun, Vishnuvardhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. e3 Qe7 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be2 0-0 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. 0-0-0 Be6 16. h4 Kg7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Be5 Bf7 19. Bxf6+ Qxf6 20. g4 Bg6 21. gxf5 Qxf5 22. Rd5 Qxf2 23. Nd1 Bxe3+ 24. Kb1 Qg2 25. Qc3+ Kf7 26. Qe5 Rad8 27. Qxc7+ Kg8 28. Rh6 Bf7 29. Qe5 Bxd5 30. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM-D"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2021.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Kolay, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 e5 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Bf5 17. f3 Qg5 18. Qb3 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Rf2 Qg3 21. Kf1 Qh2 22. Ke2 Bg3 23. Qxb7 Bxf2 24. Qxa8+ Kh7 25. Kd2 Qxg2 26. Rc1 Be1+ 27. Kxe1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gasanov, Zaur"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb4 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. Rad1 a6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 0-0-0 16. Rf1 c5 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nf4 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Nxe6 Qxe5 25. Bxb7 Qxe6 26. Bd5 Qf6 27. Bxc4 Ne5 28. Bd5 Bb6 29. Qe4 f3 30. g3 h5 31. Qf4 Qg7 32. h4 Bc7 33. Be4 Rg8 34. Qf5 Qe7 35. Qh7 Rg7 36. Qh8+ Ka7 37. Qa8+ Kb6 38. b4 Bd6 39. Rd5 Nc4 40. Rg5 Rxg5 41. Qc6+ Ka7 42. hxg5 h4 43. gxh4 Nd2 44. Re1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2021.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0-0 Bf5 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rac8 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Nb3 b6 16. Re1 Na5 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. Rxe7 Qd6 19. Rxa7 Rxc3 20. Be7 Qxd4 21. Bxf8 Qxa7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qd4 25. h3 a4 26. a3 Be6 27. Qe3 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Bb3 29. Qc5 Qf6 30. Kg1 Qe6 31. Bc6 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 h5 33. Qd4+ Kh7 34. Bxa4 Bxa4 35. Qxa4 Qxf2 36. Qb4 h4 37. a4 Kh6 38. a5 f5 39. a6 f4 40. Qb1 Qg3+ 41. Kg1 f3 42. Qf1 fxg2 43. Qxg2 Qe1+ 44. Qf1 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Qf3 Qc2+ 47. Kg1 Qb1+ 48. Qf1 Qb6+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kf2 Qf6+ 51. Ke1 Qe6+ 52. Qe2 Qb6 53. Qd2+ Kh7 54. Qd7+ Kh6 55. a7 Qb1+ 56. Kd2 Qb2+ 57. Kd3 Qb3+ 58. Ke4 Qc2+ 59. Ke5 Qc3+ 60. Ke6 Qe3+ 61. Kf7 Qf4+ 62. Kg8 Qc4+ 63. Qf7 Qc8+ 64. Qf8+ Qxf8+ 65. Kxf8 g5 66. a8Q g4 67. Qc6+ Kg5 68. Qd5+ Kf4 69. Qd4+ Kg3 70. Qxg4+ Kh2 71. Qxh4 Kh1 72. Qg4 Kh2 73. h4 Kh1 74. h5 Kh2 75. h6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2021.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. c4 Be6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rac1 b6 18. Rfe1 Be4 19. Rcd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Kf1 g6 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Ke1 Qe6 26. a3 Qd5 27. Ng1 Qb3 28. Nf3 Kg7 29. Ne5 Rd2 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxe4 Rxb2 33. Rf4 f5 34. Rf2 Rb3 35. Nc4 Rc3 36. Rd2 Rxc4 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Rxa7 Rc2 39. Rb7 Rxg2 40. Rxb6 Rxg3 41. Kf2 Rg4 42. Rc6 Ra4 43. Rxc5 Rxa3 44. Kf3 Kg5 45. Rc1 h5 46. Rg1+ Kf6 47. Rc1 h4 48. Rc6+ Kg5 49. Rc1 Ra4 50. Rh1 Rg4 51. Rh3 Kf6 52. Rh1 g5 53. Ra1 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Kg6 55. Ra6+ Kh5 56. Ra8 Rh3 57. Ra5 Kg4 58. Ra4+ f4 59. exf4 gxf4 60. Ra8 Rh2+ 61. Kg1 Rd2 62. Ra3 h3 63. Ra8 f3 64. Rg8+ Kf4 65. Rf8+ Ke3 66. Re8+ Kd3 67. Rf8 Ke2 68. Re8+ Kd1 69. Rf8 Rg2+ 70. Kh1 Rf2 71. Re8 Re2 72. Rf8 f2 73. Rd8+ Ke1 74. Rd1+ Kxd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bd3 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 0-0 13. Rac1 b5 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. g3 Na5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. b3 Nc6 20. Bb1 Rfd8 21. Kg2 Ne7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qe5 Rd8 24. Rc1 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc7 Kf8 27. Ra7 Rd6 28. Be4 Nd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Kf3 Kg7 31. Ke3 d4+ 32. Kd3 Kf6 33. f4 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 g5 36. fxg5+ Kg6 37. Re7 Rd5 38. Ra7 Rd6 39. b4 Rc6 40. a3 Rc3+ 41. Kxd4 Rxa3 42. Kc5 Ra1 43. Kb6 Rf1 44. Kxa6 Ra1+ 45. Kb6 Rxa7 46. Kxa7 Kxg5 47. Kb6 Kxg4 48. Kxb5 f5 49. Kc6 f4 50. b5 f3 51. b6 f2 52. b7 f1Q 53. b8Q Qc4+ 54. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 49th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2021.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. 0-0 c6 6. e4 Bd6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nh4 Nb6 9. Nf5 Bc5 10. Qf3 g6 11. Nh6+ Kg7 12. Bg5 d4 13. Ne2 Be7 14. h4 Be6 15. g4 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxg8 Qxh4 18. Ne7 Bxg4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. Nxg3 Kf6 21. Nef5 gxf5 22. exf5 Kg5 23. Rae1 f6 24. f4+ exf4 25. Ne4+ Kxf5 26. Nd6+ Kg5 27. Re7 Rg8 28. Nf7+ Kh5 29. Kf2 Rae8 30. Be4 f5 31. Rh1+ Kg6 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nxg4+ Kxe7 34. Rxh7+ Kd6 35. Bxf5 Re7 36. Rh6+ Kc7 37. Kf3 Nd5 38. Be6 Rxg4 39. Kxg4 Rg7+ 40. Kf3 Rg3+ 41. Ke4 Rg2 42. Bxd5 cxd5+ 43. Kxd5 Rxc2 44. b4 Rxa2 45. Rf6 Ra4 46. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia int op 14th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2021.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. e4 c6 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Nf8 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nxe4 13. Nxe5 f6 14. Nd3 Ng6 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Nf8 17. h6 g6 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. c4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qc4 Rad8 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Bxe4 Re5 27. f3 c5 28. Qc3 fxe4 29. f4 Rh5 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qxh7+ Kf6 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rxe4+ Kf7 34. Rfe1 Rxh6 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rd3+ 38. Kg4 Rh2 39. Kg5 Rd5+ 40. Kxg6 Rd6+ 41. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Dulles Cherry Blossom op"]
[Site "Dulles"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Samuelson, Andrew"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Nd7 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Nf4 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Be7 19. a4 Ne4 20. Nh5 Bd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qb2 Nf6 23. Nf4 Be4 24. Ra5 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rd7 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. Rea1 Qc7 28. Qe3 e5 29. Nh5 Nxh5 30. Bxh5 Bf6 31. Be2 e4 32. Bxb5 Rd5 33. Bf1 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Qxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxc3 36. Ra2 Kg7 37. a6 Bd4 38. Bc4 Kg6 39. Kg2 f6 40. Bd5 Rd8 41. Bc6 Ba7 42. Kf1 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Re1 44. h4 f4 45. Be8+ Kf5 46. Bd7+ Ke5 47. gxf4+ Kxf4 48. Ra5 Re2 49. Rf5+ Kg4 50. Rxf6+ Kxh4 51. Kf1 Ra2 52. Re6 Rxf2+ 53. Ke1 e3 54. Bb5 Rf7 55. Bd3 h5 56. Re5 Rg7 57. Kf1 Rf7+ 58. Ke1 Rc7 59. Be2 Rh7 60. Bf3 Rh6 61. Be2 Rh7 62. Bf3 Rh6 63. Ra5 Rh7 64. Ke2 Rh6 65. Kf1 Kg3 66. Bxh5 Bb6 67. Rg5+ Kh4 68. Rb5 Rxh5 69. Rxb6 Ra5 70. Ke2 Ra3 71. Kf3 Kg5 72. Re6 Kf5 73. Rxe3 Rxa6 74. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dulles Cherry Blossom op"]
[Site "Dulles"]
[Date "2021.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Escalante Ramirez, Brian Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Qb3 0-0 6. Be2 Re8 7. 0-0 Bf8 8. d4 g6 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 d6 11. Ne1 a5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. b3 a4 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Nh5 19. Nd3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. f3 g5 24. Ndf2 Bg7 25. Qd2 Be5 26. g4 fxg3 27. hxg3 h6 28. Kg2 Bg7 29. Rfe1 Re7 30. Rbc1 b6 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 Rb8 33. cxd6 cxd6 34. Qc2 Ra7 35. Qc6 Rb6 36. Qc4 Rb3 37. g4 Bg6 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. Re6 Qf8 40. Rxg6 Qxf3+ 41. Kg1 Rf7 42. Rf1 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Dulles Cherry Blossom op"]
[Site "Dulles"]
[Date "2021.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. a4 g6 6. Na3 Qd5 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Qc3 Qd8 10. Nxc4 0-0 11. d3 Na6 12. Qa3 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Rac1 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Nd5 16. b4 Nac7 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. Ng5 Ne8 19. b5 Nb6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rc2 Nd6 22. Rbc1 Nd5 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bh3 e6 25. Bb4 Rfd8 26. Qa2 Bh6 27. Nxe6 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Re8 29. Nf4 Qd8 30. Bxc8 Ndxc8 31. Rxc6 Qd7 32. Qc2 Qd4 33. Bd2 Qxa4 34. Qxa4 Nxa4 35. Nd5 Kg7 36. Bg5 Ncb6 37. Bf6+ Kh6 38. Nf4 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40. h4 1-0

[Event "Dulles Cherry Blossom op"]
[Site "Dulles"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kumar, Naman"]
[Black "Lu, Ming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Bd7 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfc8 15. g4 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Bd3 Bb5 18. f5 Bc4 19. b3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 b5 21. Rf3 Qa3 22. Rhf1 Qc5 23. Qd2 d4 24. Re1 Rd8 25. f6 g6 26. Rh3 Qf8 27. Re4 Rd5 28. Qg5 Kh8 29. Qh4 Qg8 30. g5 h5 31. Qe1 Rc8 32. Reh4 Qh7 33. Qd1 Rxe5 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. Rxh5 d3 36. cxd3 b4 37. a3 a5 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qh6 Re1+ 42. Kb2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

