[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antunes, Luciano Justi"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. 0-0-0 Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kb1 0-0 11. g4 b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5 Be7 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Nb3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rh3 Bb7 20. Bg2 Rb8 21. b3 a5 22. Na2 Rb6 23. Nc1 g6 24. h5 a4 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rdh1 h5 27. gxh6 Bf6 28. h7+ Kh8 29. e5 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 dxe5 31. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Lutz, Igor Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 Nge7 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. 0-0 Nec6 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Nd1 Rb8 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 f5 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. e5 d5 19. b3 Rbc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nd3 b6 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Bd2 Nc6 26. Ke3 Ba6 27. Be2 Kf7 28. Nc1 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Bb4 30. Nc1 Bxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Nxd4 32. Kd3 Nc6 33. a3 Ke7 34. b4 a5 35. b5 Nd8 36. Kd4 Kd7 37. a4 h6 38. h3 Nf7 39. Ne2 Nd8 40. Nc1 Nb7 41. Nb3 Kc7 42. h4 Nd8 43. Nc1 Nf7 44. Nd3 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Ne1 gxf4 47. gxf4 Nh6 48. Nf3 Ng4 49. Ng5 Kd7 50. Nf7 Nf2 51. Nh8 Nh3 52. Ke3 Ng1 53. Ng6 Nh3 54. Nf8+ Ke7 55. Ng6+ Kf7 56. Nh4 Ng1 57. Ng2 Kg6 58. Kf2 Nh3+ 59. Kg3 Ng1 60. Kf2 Nh3+ 61. Kg3 Ng1 62. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Marshall, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 h5 7. h3 h4 8. g4 e5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Be6 11. 0-0 a6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Ne7 14. Qf2 Qd7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. e5 d5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe5 19. Qb4 0-0 20. Rae1 Nc6 21. Qxb7 Rfb8 22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ Kf6 25. Bxc6 Ra7 26. g5+ Ke6 27. d4 Kd6 28. Rxe5 Kxc6 29. Re6+ Kb7 30. Rxg6 Rd8 31. Rg7+ Ka8 32. Rxa7+ Kxa7 33. Ne2 Rd5 34. Kf2 Rxg5 35. c4 Kb6 36. b4 Kc6 37. a3 Rf5+ 38. Ke3 Rf1 39. d5+ Kd6 40. Nc3 Re1+ 41. Kd4 Rg1 42. c5+ Kd7 43. c6+ Kc7 44. Kc5 Rg5 45. Ne4 Re5 46. Nd2 Re2 47. Nc4 Rc2 48. d6+ Kd8 49. a4 Kc8 50. b5 Rc3 51. bxa6 Rxh3 52. a7 Rb3 53. a8Q+ Rb8 54. Nb6+ Kd8 55. Qxb8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qg4 Bf5 14. Qg3 h5 15. Be2 h4 16. Qf2 Be7 17. 0-0 0-0 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bd8 21. d6 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qb5 23. Rc1 Qxe5 24. Kh1 Qxd6 25. Bc5 Qe5 26. Bxf8 Bc7 27. g3 Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yang, Kevin S"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB18_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 Ngf6 5. Re1 e6 6. e5 dxe5 7. d3 a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Bd6 11. Re1 Qh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. Nd2 b5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qf3 Ra7 16. Qg2 Qf5 17. a4 b4 18. g4 Qd5 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. Nc4 Bb7 21. f3 0-0 22. Be3 Bc6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. f4 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 b3 27. c3 Rd7 28. Rad1 Rfd8 29. Kf3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Ke2 c4 32. a5 Kf8 33. Ra1 Rd8 34. Ra4 Rc8 35. Bd4 f6 36. Ke3 Bd6 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. h3 g6 39. Bb6 f5+ 40. Kf3 Kd7 41. Be3 Bc5 42. Rxc4 Bd6 43. Rxc8 Kxc8 44. Bd4 Kb7 45. h4 Bc7 46. h5 Bxa5 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Ke2 Kc6 50. Kd3 Bc7 51. Be3 a5 52. c4 a4 53. Kc3 Ba5+ 54. Kd3 a3 55. bxa3 Bc7 56. Bd2 Bd6 57. Kc3 Bxa3 58. Kxb3 Kc5 59. Kxa3 Kxc4 60. Kb2 Kd4 61. Kc1 Ke4 62. Kd1 e5 63. fxe5 Kxe5 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. Be3 f4 66. Bf2 f3+ 67. Kf1 Kf4 68. Be1 Kg4 69. Kf2 Kh3 70. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bongo Akanga Ndjila, Barthelemy"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Ne4 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. c3 h6 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 e6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. 0-0 Be7 12. a4 0-0 13. Ne5 Na5 14. Nd7 Qd8 15. Nxf8 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxf8 17. Bd1 c4 18. g4 Bh7 19. Re1 Rc6 20. Bc2 Rb6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. e4 a6 24. exd5 exd5 25. Re2 Qf6 26. Bc7 Nb3 27. Rae1 Rc6 28. Be5 Qh4 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bg3 Qf6 31. Re8 hxg4 32. hxg4 g6 33. Be5 Qg5 34. Qe2 f6 35. Bg3 Nd2 36. Qe7 Qh6 37. Rh1 Qg7 38. Qd8 Ne4 39. f3 Ng5 40. Bf4 Re6 41. Rxe6 Nxe6 42. Qb8 Qe7 43. Bg3 Qd7 44. Qa7 Ng5 45. Qb8 Qe7 46. Re1 Qd7 47. Re8 Qf7 48. Rd8 Ne6 49. Rc8 Ng5 50. Rc7 Qe6 51. Rxb7 Qe2+ 52. Bf2 Qxf3+ 53. Kf1 Qd1+ 54. Kg2 Qxg4+ 55. Qg3 Qe4+ 56. Kf1 Nf3 57. Kg2 Nd2+ 58. Kh3 Qh1+ 59. Qh2 Qf3+ 60. Qg3 Qh1+ 61. Qh2 Qf1+ 62. Kh4 Qe2 63. Qg3 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ishvi, Aggarwal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Nxd5 Bxe1 15. Qxe1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ng5 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Bxg5 Nxd4 19. Qe4 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Qe6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Qe8 26. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Kepeshchuk, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Qd2 0-0 12. Nc3 Rfc8 13. b3 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Qd1 Nc3 16. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Kf2 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 a5 19. h4 a4 20. Qc3 axb3 21. axb3 Ra2+ 22. Kg3 h5 23. Re1 f6 24. Qc1 Qf5 25. Bb6 e5 26. b4 Qc2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. c5 d5 29. Kh3 d4 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 Kf7 32. h5 gxh5+ 33. Kxh5 Rg8 34. Rh1 Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Labussiere, Yago"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. g4 0-0 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. g5 Nh5 12. 0-0-0 Nf4 13. Qa6 Bg4 14. Ne1 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 Qc8 16. Qa4 Re8 17. h4 Qg4+ 18. Kc1 Rac8 19. Nd3 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Re2 22. Rf1 Rce8 23. Kd1 Bf4 24. Bc1 Bd6 25. Ba3 Bf4 26. Bc1 c4 27. bxc4 dxc4 28. dxc4 R2e7 29. Nc3 Be5 30. Kc2 Bd4 31. d3 f6 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Ne4 Kf7 34. Bf4 Kg6 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Ne4 Kh5 37. Ng3+ Kg4 38. Bd2 Kf3 39. Ne4 Kg2 40. Rd1 Rb7 41. f4 f5 42. Ng5 h6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "P, Komal Kishore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. g3 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 0-0 10. e5 Nfd7 11. d4 c5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. 0-0 Qxc3 15. Rab1 cxd4 16. Bf4 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Ndxe5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Rxb7 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rab8 21. Rfb1 Rxb7 22. Rxb7 g6 23. Rc7 Na5 24. Rxa7 Nc4 25. a4 Rb8 26. a5 Rb2 27. a6 Rxc2 28. Ra8+ Kg7 29. a7 Ra2 30. Bd1 Ra1 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Bb3 Ra3 33. Bc2 Nd2 34. h4 Ra2 35. Bd3 Ne4 36. Bb1 Ra1 37. Bc2 h5 38. Bd3 Nf6 39. Kf3 Ng4 40. Bb5 Ra2 41. Kg3 Nxf2 42. Bc6 Ne4+ 43. Kf3 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Swiatlowski, Lukasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Ne4 dxe5 7. fxe5 Bf5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. c3 e6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Qf3 Rh5 17. g4 Rxe5 18. Bg5 f6 19. 0-0-0 fxg5 20. Rhf1 Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe3 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rxf8+ Ke7 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. Ra8 Ra5 26. a3 Nxg4 27. b4 Rxa3 28. Kb2 Ra6 29. c4 Ne5 30. Kb3 Nd7 31. Rc8 Rb6 32. Rc7 c5 33. b5 a6 34. Ka4 axb5+ 35. cxb5 c4 36. Ka5 c3 37. Rxc3 Rb8 38. Rc7 Kd6 39. Rc6+ Kd5 40. Rc7 Nb6 41. Rxg7 e5 42. Rxg6 Nc4+ 43. Kb4 Nd6 44. Rxg5 Rxb5+ 45. Ka4 Rb2 46. h4 Rh2 47. h5 Kd4 48. Kb4 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d3 c5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. g4 Bd7 9. Nd2 e6 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Bg2 Nd4 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qc7 15. Nd2 0-0-0 16. Nc4 Nd5 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. f4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxf5 f6 23. Rxc5 Rhe8 24. Rxc6+ Kb8 25. Re6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Wang, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. f3 0-0 11. Be3 Ne5 12. b3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. c5 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. b4 Rac8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. cxd6 Rxd6 23. Qe1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kg7 25. Ng3 Qc3 26. Qxc3+ Rxc3 27. Rd2 Rc4 28. Rb2 b5 29. Ne2 Nd4 30. Kf2 e5 31. Ng3 h5 32. Nf1 Rc2+ 33. Rxc2 Nxc2 34. Ne3 Nxb4 35. a3 Nd3+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 h4 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Nh5 40. g4 Nf4 41. Kc3 Ne2+ 42. Kb4 Nd4 43. Ka5 Nxf3 44. Kxa6 Nd4 45. Kb6 f6 46. Nd5 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. exf5 e4 49. Nc3 e3 50. Kc5 e2 51. Nxe2 Nxe2 52. Kxb5 Nc3+ 53. Kb4 Nd5+ 54. Kc5 Nc7 55. a4 Kf6 56. a5 Na6+ 57. Kb6 Nb4 58. Kb5 Nd5 59. Kc6 Nb4+ 60. Kb5 Nd5 61. Kc5 Nc7 62. Kc6 Na6 63. Kb5 Nc7+ 64. Kc6 Na6 65. Kb7 Nb4 66. Kb6 Kxf5 67. Kb5 Nd5 68. Kc6 Ke6 69. a6 Nb4+ 70. Kb5 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 Na6 9. a3 c6 10. Bc4 Nc5 11. f3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nh3 Ke7 16. Nf2 Rhd8 17. Ke2 f6 18. g3 Ne6 19. c3 Nc5 20. Rad1 Na4 21. Rb1 Rd7 22. Rhd1 Rad8 23. Rxd7+ Rxd7 24. Nd3 a5 25. Rc1 c5 26. b3 c4 27. bxc4 Nb6 28. Nb2 Rc7 29. Kd3 Nd7 30. Na4 Rc6 31. Rb1 Rd6+ 32. Kc2 b6 33. Rb5 Rc6 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. c5+ bxc5 36. Rxa5 c4+ 37. Ke3 g6 38. Nb2 f5 39. a4 fxe4 40. fxe4 Nf6 41. h3 Nh5 42. Kf3 Nf6 43. Rb5 h5 44. a5 Nd7 45. Rb4 Ra6 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Nf6+ 48. Kf3 Nd7 49. Nxc4+ Kc5 50. Kg4 Nf6+ 51. Kf3 Nd7 52. h4 Rf6+ 53. Ke3 Ra6 54. Nb6 Nf6 55. Na4+ Kc6 56. Rb6+ Rxb6 57. axb6 Nd7 58. c4 Nf6 59. Kd3 Nh5 60. c5 Ng3 61. Kc4 Nxe4 62. Nc3 Nd2+ 63. Kd3 Nb3 64. Ke4 Nxc5+ 65. Kxe5 Kxb6 66. Kf6 Kc6 67. Kxg6 Ne6 68. h5 Nf4+ 69. Kg5 Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mizzi, Jack"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qh5 14. Qxc4 g5 15. Bxc7 Be6 16. Qd4 Ng4 17. h4 gxh4 18. gxh4 Rac8 19. Bg3 Rfd8 20. Qf4 Rd5 21. Nc3 Rf5 22. Qd4 Rc4 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. e4 Rfc5 25. Rad1 h6 26. Rd4 Ne5 27. Rxc4 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Bxc4 29. Rh1 Ne5 30. Qd4 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 f6 32. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 g6 6. c3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qd4 Nc5 13. Rxa5 Nb3 14. Qa4 Nxa5 15. d6 e6 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bd3 hxg5 22. Bxg6+ Kd8 23. Qg4 Qxg6 24. fxg5 Bb7 25. Nd2 Qd3 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Qf6+ Kc8 28. Qf7 Rd8 29. Qf2 Qxd6 30. g6 Kc7 31. g7 Rg8 32. Nf3 Rxg7 33. g3 Rag8 34. Nd4 Rxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rxg3+ 36. Kh2 Rf3+ 37. Kg1 Rxf2 38. Nb5+ Kc8 39. Nxd6+ Kb8 40. Rxf2 Bd5 41. c4 Nxc4 42. Rf8+ Kc7 43. Nxc4 Bxc4 44. Kf2 b5 45. Ke3 e5 46. Re8 d6 47. Re7+ Kb6 48. Kd2 a5 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Rc7+ Kb6 51. Rd7 Kc6 52. Ra7 a4 53. Kb4 e4 54. Re7 d5 55. Kc3 Kd6 56. Re8 a3 57. Ra8 a2 58. Kb2 Ke5 59. Re8+ Kd4 60. Ka1 e3 61. Re7 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Quirke, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qe2 Rae8 13. d3 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Ne4 Bb8 17. Be3 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Re2 b6 20. Rd1 Nb4 21. a3 Nc6 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Bc5 h6 28. Ra2 Rd8 29. Ra6 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taichman, Ori"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1 13. Qxh1 Nxg4 14. Qh5 Nge5 15. Nxe6 Qa5 16. Nxg7+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxf7 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Qg8+ Kc7 21. Ne8+ Kc6 22. Rxd6+ Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Be7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qe6+ Bd6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Qxc8+ Nc7 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Bg2+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zeynalov, Rashad"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. f3 Qf6 11. fxe4 Qxa1 12. exd5 exd5 13. a3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb2 16. Ne2 Be7 17. 0-0 0-0 18. Nec3 Rad8 19. Nxd5 Rfe8 20. e4 Bf8 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Rcd8 24. Kh1 Rxd6 25. Ne7+ Nxe7 26. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Demina, Marya"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 cxd4 11. exd4 e6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. Qd1 Be7 15. Be2 0-0 16. 0-0 Bg6 17. Bh5 Qd5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ne3 Qg5 20. h4 Qh6 21. Ng4 Qh5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. dxe5 b5 25. Rfe1 Rc4 26. Re3 b4 27. Rae1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rfc8 29. Rxe4 Rxc3 30. Ra4 Bc5 31. Re2 Rxg3 32. Rc4 Rg4 33. Rcc2 Rb4 34. Kf1 Rxh4 35. g3 Rb4 36. Kg1 Rb5 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Re4 Be7 39. Rc7 Bg5 40. Rxa7 Rb2 41. Re1 Rdd2 42. Rf1 Be3 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Kf3 Rxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Bxf2 46. a4 g5 47. g4 h4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Floresvillar Gonzalez, Luis Miguel"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. c3 Bxc5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. b4 Bd6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Rc1 Ng4 13. Bg3 Nge5 14. Bb1 b5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Nd4 a6 17. h3 Nc4 18. Bh4 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ne4 20. Qd3 g5 21. f3 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ 23. Bxg3 f5 24. Bxc7 Bxc7 25. e4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lorans, Sylvain"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Qd5 e6 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Nge2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "De Souza, Cristiano Gomes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Bxg5 14. Rf1+ Bf6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. 0-0-0 Kg7 18. Ne4 Bxh4 19. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB12_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Ke7 10. f3 h6 11. Nh3 Kf7 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Nf2 Rad8 14. Nd3 Bd4 15. 0-0-0 c6 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. Bc3 Bc7 18. g4 b5 19. b3 a5 20. a3 a4 21. b4 Nh7 22. h4 Rhf8 23. Rhf1 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Ng1 Kg6 26. Ne2 Rf7 27. Ng3 Rdf8 28. Ne1 Nb6 29. Rf2 Nc4 30. Bb2 Bb6 31. Re2 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Nf1 Bb6 34. Nd2 Nxb2 35. Kxb2 Rd7 36. Kc1 Bd4 37. Nd3 Bc3 38. Nb1 Bd4 39. c3 Bb6 40. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Curtis, John"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. f5 e5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Nxb4 Nxe4 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Nd5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Bc6 17. Nb4 Bxa4 18. Be3 Ndc5 19. Bc2 Bb5 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd5 Rc8 22. Qxe4 Be7 23. Rd1 Rc4 24. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Desideri, Ricardo Maruchi"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. g4 Bb7 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qg4 Bb7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. 0-0-0 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Rc1 d5 16. Bh3 Bd6 17. Rge1 Qd8 18. f4 Rc4 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxc8 0-0 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deviprasath, Sharvesh"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg5 16. Bf2 g6 17. h4 Bh6 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 Qc7 20. h5 Qc4 21. hxg6 Qxd3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd3 Nf6 24. Rf1 Kg6 25. Na5 Rh7 26. Rg1 Bg5 27. c4 Ne4 28. Be1 Bd8 29. b3 Rh2 30. Nxb7 Bb6 31. Rf1 Rb8 32. Na5 Bxa5 33. Bxa5 Rh7 34. Re3 Nc5 35. Ref3 Ne4 36. Re1 Ng5 37. Rf5 Rh4 38. Ref1 Ne4 39. Bc7 Rb7 40. Bxd6 Rxg4 41. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanov, Aleksandr Y"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bg5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxc4 10. e3 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bxc4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. 0-0 h6 17. Bh4 Rac8 18. b4 e4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh4 Kg7 21. Qb3 Ne5 22. Be2 Rc7 23. Kh1 Rfc8 24. Rg1 Rc2 25. Nf5+ Bxf5 26. gxf5+ Kh8 27. Bh5 Rxf2 28. Qd5 Rcc2 29. Qd8+ Qxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rgg8 Rf1+ 32. Rg1 Rff2 33. Rgg8 Rf1+ 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Nc4 36. Rd7 Nxe3 37. Rxf7+ Kh8 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Rf7+ Kg8 40. Rxf6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Arauz Alonso, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 d4 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Nb5 Qxe2+ 8. Nxe2 Na6 9. d3 Bd7 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bxa6 Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ Rxb5 13. a4 Rb7 14. b3 Nf6 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Kf1 0-0 17. f3 Re8 18. Kf2 Nd5 19. Rhe1 Rbe7 20. Ng1 f5 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 f4 24. g4 g5 25. Nh3 h6 26. Nf2 Nf6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 Kf7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. Kc4 Kc6 32. Bc1 a5 33. Bd2 Bc7 34. c3 Be5 35. cxd4 Bxd4 36. Bxa5 Bg7 37. Bc3 Bf8 38. Bf6 Bd6 39. Bg7 h5 40. h3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Be7 42. e5 Kd7 43. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "De Souza, Arthur Olintho"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 0-0 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qd3 Rac8 13. b3 Ne5 14. Qd2 e6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Nc6 17. Rac1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. c5 Re8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bd4 Qf5 22. Re1 Nh5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne2 Re7 25. g4 Qe5 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Qd4 f6 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Ng3 h4 31. Nf1 Kf5 32. Ne3+ Kf4 33. Rg1 d4 34. Rg4# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Domingo Nunez, Ruben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 c6 4. Qd2 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. h4 h5 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f3 b5 13. Be2 Qd5 14. Kb1 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Nd7 18. g4 a4 19. gxh5 Qxh5 20. f4 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ferreira Junior, Luiz Carlos A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Ba3 c5 13. g4 h6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Bc1 0-0-0 16. a4 Nb6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Bf1 Nb8 19. Qf5+ Rd7 20. Bb5 Nc6 21. a6 b6 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxf7 Ndb8 24. Qg6 Rf8 25. Be3 Rf6 26. Qh5 Qd6 27. Be2 Nd7 28. Qe8+ Kc7 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Qh5 Nb4 31. cxb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Nf1 Rae8 11. b4 Bd8 12. a4 Qf7 13. Ng3 Nh5 14. Nxh5 Qxh5 15. h3 Ne7 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qg4 Rf6 18. Nf3 Ref8 19. Qxg6 Nxg6 20. Be3 a6 21. Nh2 h5 22. f3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. d4 Rg6 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Bf6 27. Rac1 Rg5 28. c4 Re5 29. Re4 Rfe8 30. Rce1 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Bc3 33. b5 Kf7 34. h4 axb5 35. cxb5 Ke7 36. Kf2 Bf6 37. Nf3 Kd8 38. Ke2 Kc8 39. Kf2 Kb8 40. g3 fxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Ka7 42. a5 Bc3 43. b6+ cxb6 44. axb6+ Kxb6 45. Kf4 Kc5 46. Kg5 b5 47. Kxh5 b4 48. Kg6 b3 49. e5 b2 50. Kxg7 b1Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Sena, Juan Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 Bb6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. b4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc4 Qe8 11. a4 a6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bg5 d4 16. Qb3 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd4 18. Rae1 Rc8 19. Qb2 Rc2 20. Qb1 Qe8 21. Be3 Qxa4 22. Nc4 Ng4 23. Nxb6 Qb5 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qxc2 Qxb6 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. bxc5 Ne5 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. f4 Ng4 30. Rb1 Ne3 31. Rfc1 Rc7 32. Rb4 a5 33. Rxd4 b6 34. c6 b5 35. Rd7 Rc8 36. c7 b4 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rxc8 b3 39. Rf8+ Kxf8 40. c8Q+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kucza, Karol"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Bf5 Qxc6 18. Bh4 g6 19. Rxe7 Kxe7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Bxf6+ Kc7 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Re7+ Kb6 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Kd2 Qe6 27. b3 Qf6 28. Qe3 Qc3+ 29. Ke2 f5 30. h3 d5 31. g4 Kc6 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Qf6 34. Bxh7 Ne6 35. f5 Nd4+ 36. Kd3 Nxf5 37. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 38. Kd2 Qf6 39. c3 Kd6 40. Qb6+ Ke5 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Goncalves, Samuel Jesus P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. Qf3 Nb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxe6 Re8 11. Be3 Rxe6 12. Nge2 Nc4 13. 0-0 Qe8 14. Bg5 c6 15. Nf4 Rd6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Ncxd5 cxd5 19. Rad1 Nxb2 20. Rxd5 Nc4 21. Re7 Qd8 22. Nxg6 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxd5 24. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. 0-0 Nd4 9. f4 0-0 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 b4 14. g4 bxc3 15. bxc3 f5 16. g5 Kh8 17. h4 Ba6 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bg2 Qd6 21. c4 dxc4 22. dxc4 Nf5 23. Bf2 e5 24. Nc3 exf4 25. Ne4 Nd4 26. Qg4 Qe5 27. Rfe1 Qc7 28. h5 Bc8 29. Qh4 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Bf5 31. Nc3 Bg6 32. Qh4 Rb2 33. Nd5 Qf7 34. Re7 Qf5 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Re1 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 f3 39. Bh3 Qd3 40. Nf6 Nf4+ 41. Kg1 Nxh3+ 42. Qxh3 Qf5 43. Qxf5 Bxf5 44. Nd5 Re2 45. Rb1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Jackson, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 g6 11. d4 Bg7 12. Bf4 0-0 13. 0-0-0 Bg4 14. Bh6 Nd7 15. Rde1 e6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 h5 18. f3 Bf5 19. g4 f6 20. gxf5 fxg5 21. fxe6 Nf6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Re5 g4 24. Rhe1 Rad8 25. c3 Re7 26. a4 gxf3 27. gxf3 Ne8 28. Rg1 Kf6 29. Bd3 Rg7 30. f4 Nc7 31. Reg5 Rdg8 32. Re1 Nxe6 33. Rge5 Nxf4 34. Bc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Liu, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd2 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nb5 Nd5 9. a3 Be7 10. Ne4 0-0 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 f5 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne7 15. h4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bf3 17. Rg3 Bh5 18. Bf6 Rf7 19. Nd6 Qf8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Ke8 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Nbc6 24. h5 d3+ 25. cxd3 f4 26. Rg4 gxh5 27. Rg7 f3+ 28. Kd2 Kd8 29. Rag1 Kc7 30. Rf7 Qc8 31. Bxe7 Nxe5 32. Rfg7 Qa6 33. Bb4 Qb5 34. Bc3 Ng4 35. Qe4 Nxf2 36. Qxf3 Rf8 37. Qg3+ Kb7 38. Rg5 Qc6 39. Re5 h4 40. Qg2 d5 41. Re3 h3 42. Qg7+ Ka6 43. Re2 Rf3 44. Qd4 Rxd3+ 45. Qxd3+ Nxd3 46. Kxd3 Qc4+ 47. Kd2 Qc5 48. Rg3 d4 49. Bb4 Qh5 50. Rh2 Qh6+ 51. Kc2 d3+ 52. Kxd3 Qh7+ 53. Kc3 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Shapiro, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. e6 fxe6 7. g4 Bf7 8. c4 Nb6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Ng5 Bg8 11. Be3 Nxc4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qxc6+ Qd7 15. Qe4 0-0-0 16. Nc3 h6 17. Nf3 Bh7 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qg3 Bg7 20. Rc1 Rhf8 21. 0-0 Qc6 22. Nd2 e5 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Qg2 e6 25. Nb3 Nb4 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. Nb5 Kd7 28. Rfd1 Rc8 29. Nc5+ Ke7 30. Na6 Be4 31. Naxc7 Rfd8 32. Na6 Nd4 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Bxd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Bb7 38. Nb4 e5 39. Rd3 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 Rg2+ 42. Kh1 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 Rxb2 45. a3 a5 46. Nd5+ Ke6 47. Ne3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Winkels, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. h3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 Rb8 10. g4 f5 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nd1 b4 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Ba6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bf2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 21. Bh4 Nd5 22. Qf3 Qb7 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Kg1 Re6 25. Rf2 Qb3 26. Rb2 Qxb2 27. Nxb2 Rxb2 28. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shton, Roman"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qd6 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 Rb8 12. Qxc4 Rb4 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. 0-0 Rdxd4 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Nb5 Qb4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Be3 Qxa1+ 22. Bc1 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Rd1+ 24. Qe1 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. c3 Nc5 17. cxb4 Nb3 18. Rfc1 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb7 20. b5 axb5 21. a5 b4 22. Rc6 Ra8 23. Bb6 0-0 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Bxc7 Rfc8 26. Bb6 Nd7 27. Qxb4 Rab8 28. Ng3 Bd8 29. Qxd6 Nxb6 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Qxe5 Bf6 32. Qf5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb2 34. Ne4 Bh4 35. Nd6 Rxf2 36. Qe4 Rc3 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ g6 39. Nf5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Bg3+ 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Toktomushev, Teimur"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 0-0 7. c5 a5 8. a3 b6 9. b4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Nd3 f6 14. 0-0 bxc5 15. bxc5 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxc5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qe6 20. Rb6 Rfc8 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Nc5 Qg4 23. Nxa6 g5 24. h3 Qh4 25. g3 Qxh3 26. Bd6 h5 27. Rb1 h4 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Nxb8 Qe6 30. Qxc6 h3 31. Qc8+ Qxc8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Willy, Stephen"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 e6 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxg7 Bb4+ 10. c3 Rf8 11. cxb4 Nxb4 12. Bb5 Qa5 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bd2 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Qa6 16. Kf3 0-0-0 17. Qxh7 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Qd6 19. Qc2+ Kb8 20. g4 f5 21. g5 d3 22. Qb3 Nc4+ 23. Kf3 Nxd2+ 24. Ke3 Nxb3 25. axb3 e5 26. Nf3 f4+ 27. Kxd3 e4+ 28. Kd2 exf3 29. h4 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aghasiyev, Kamal"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Qc2 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc4 Qd5 14. Qd3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxd3 16. exd3 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Bd4 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. Na3 Ng4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxc7 Rxd3 22. Rac1 h5 23. h3 Ne5 24. h4 Rd2 25. R1c2 Rad8 26. b4 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 R8d3 29. R7c4 Ng1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoniou, Rafail"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. g3 d4 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Nb1 e5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. d3 Bc5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. a3 a5 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Re2 Nf8 18. Rae1 N6d7 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ng6 21. Nb5 Qc6+ 22. Nf3 f5 23. Nbd4 exd4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. Re1 Nde5 27. Qe2 Bc5 28. h4 h5 29. Bc1 Be7 30. Bg5 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Qxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rxe5 g6 34. Rd5 a4 35. b4 Qe6 36. Rxd4 Qe2 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rxb6 Qb2 39. c5 Qxa3 40. c6 Qb3 41. Rb5 a3 42. c7 Kd7 43. Rc5 Kc8 44. Nd4 Qb2 45. Nb5 a2 46. Nd6+ Kd7 47. c8Q+ Kxd6 48. Qc7+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Kd5 50. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Davalos Prieto, Abel"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bf5 7. a3 Qxc5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Qb3 exf4 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nb3+ Kc7 15. Nfd4 Qxf7 16. Bxf7 Bd7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rc1+ Kd6 20. 0-0 g6 21. exf4 Bh6 22. g3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bf4 0-0 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. b4 Bg4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. a4 b6 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxc6 Nh4 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qg5 Ng6 24. Bf5 Rbd8 25. h4 Rd5 26. h5 h6 27. Qg3 Nxh5 28. Qf3 Nf6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rc6 Rf5 31. Qg3 Rg5 32. Qc7 Qf8 33. Nf3 Rf5 34. Qd6 Ne4 35. Qxf8+ Rexf8 36. Rxg6 Kh7 37. Re6 g5 38. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lamotte Tavares, Patrick"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 a6 9. a4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qe2 Qd3 15. Qxd3 cxd3 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Be4 d2 18. Rab1 Be6 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bxa6 Bxc3 21. Be2 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. a5 Bc1 24. a6 c5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Asish, Panda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc2 e5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nfxd4 exd4 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. b4 d3 15. Qxd3 Bxa1 16. Nxa1 Nxb4 17. Qd2 a5 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nc2 Be6 21. Ne3 f6 22. f4 Bb3 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. Ng4 h5 25. Qc3 hxg4 26. Qxb3+ Qf7 27. Qd1 Qd7 28. Bf1 d5 29. exd5 Kh7 30. Bg2 Ne7 31. d6 Qxd6 32. Qxg4 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Qxb2 34. Re1 Qxa3 35. h4 Qb4 36. Re4 f5 37. Rxb4 fxg4 38. Rxb7 Rf7 39. Be4 Rg7 40. Ra7 Nf5 41. Rxa5 Nxg3+ 42. Kg2 Nxe4 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rxh5+ Kg8 45. Re5 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Ng3+ 47. Ke1 Re2+ 48. Rxe2 Nxe2 49. Kxe2 g3 50. Kf1 g2+ 51. Kg1 Kf7 52. f5 Kf6 53. Kf2 g1Q+ 54. Ke2 Qh2+ 55. Kd3 Rg4 56. Ke3 Qh3+ 57. Kf2 Rg2+ 58. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Dovzik, Juri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. d4 e6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. Bd3 0-0 13. c4 Qd8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. b4 Re8 17. a4 a5 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 b6 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Rec1 Qe7 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Bf1 Red8 24. Qe1 Be8 25. Be3 Nh5 26. g4 Nf6 27. Bg2 Ng8 28. f4 f5 29. c5 bxc5 30. dxc5 Bxe5 31. fxe5 f4 32. Bf2 g5 33. c6 Bg6 34. Rxa5 Qc7 35. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Melikyan, Gnel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 Be6 9. b4 Ba7 10. h3 Qe7 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. Qe2 g6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh6 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qf7 17. Qd3 g5 18. h4 Nf4 19. Qd2 Qh5 20. hxg5 Qg4 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Kg1 Qxf3 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. c5 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Ne5 29. gxf6 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh5+ 31. Nh2 Qxh6 32. Rg1 Qxf6 33. Rg2 dxc5 34. Qb3 c4 35. Qc2 Rg8 36. Rag1 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qe2 Nd3 40. Qg4+ Qg6 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxc7+ Kh6 43. Ng4+ Qxg4 44. Qxc4 Nxf2+ 45. Kh2 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Quirke, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. f3 Bd6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf2 Ke7 11. Ncd1 h6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Be3 a6 14. b3 b5 15. N1b2 Nd4 16. 0-0-0 a5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Kc2 a4 19. b4 a3 20. Nc1 axb2 21. Kxb2 Ncb8 22. Nb3 Nc6 23. Na1 g5 24. Nc2 h5 25. Na3 Rhg8 26. Nxb5 g4 27. Rhg1 Rg6 28. Kb3 Rag8 29. a4 gxf3 30. gxf3 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Rxg1 32. Bxg1 Ncb8 33. a5 c6 34. Na3 Na6 35. Nc2 h4 36. c4 h3 37. c5 Bc7 38. Ne3 Nf6 39. Bf2 Nh5 40. Kc4 Nf4 41. b5 cxb5+ 42. Kxb5 Nxc5 43. Kxc5 Nd3+ 44. Kc6 Bxa5 45. Bh4+ Kf7 46. Nc4 Be1 47. Bxe1 Nxe1 48. Nxe5+ Kf6 49. Kd6 Nc2 50. f4 Ne3 51. Nd7+ Kf7 52. Ne5+ Kf6 53. Nf3 Ng4 54. Ng5 e5 55. Nxh3 exf4 56. Nxf4 Nxh2 57. e5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Souza, Gustavo Horokoski"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. c3 0-0 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 10. f4 Nc6 11. e5 Re8 12. Qf3 Bf8 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 d6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. f5 f6 17. g4 a5 18. Ng3 a4 19. Nh5 Bd7 20. Qd5+ Kh7 21. Nf4 Nd8 22. Ng6 Qe2 23. Bf3 Qc2 24. Rf2 Qd3 25. Nf4 Qb5 26. c4 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Nf7 28. h4 c6 29. Ne6 cxd5 30. Bxd5 Bxe6 31. fxe6 Nd8 32. Re2 Nc6 33. Be3 Ne7 34. Be4+ Kg8 35. d5 Rec8 36. h5 Rc4 37. Bf3 Rac8 38. Rd1 b5 39. Rd3 b4 40. b3 axb3 41. Rxb3 f5 42. g5 f4 43. Bd2 hxg5 44. Rxb4 Rxb4 45. Bxb4 Nf5 46. Bg4 Ne3 47. Bf3 Rc4 48. Bd2 Nf5 49. Bg4 Nd4 50. Re4 Be7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perez Hernandez, Vicmary C"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 Nxe4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Nxg5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc3 Kc6 14. a4 b6 15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 Bb7 17. Rxg5 Bxa8 18. 0-0 e5 19. Rg3 g6 20. Rd1 f5 21. Nd5 e4 22. Rc3+ Kb7 23. Rb3+ Kc6 24. Rc3+ Kb7 25. Rc7+ Kb8 26. Rf7 Bh6 27. Nb4 Bf4 28. Nxa6+ Kc8 29. Rc7+ Kd8 30. Ra1 d5 31. Rf7 Ke8 32. Ra7 Bc6 33. Nc7+ Kd7 34. Nxd5+ Kd6 35. Nxf4 Rb8 36. b3 Be8 37. Ne2 Rc8 38. c4 Rb8 39. R7a3 Ke5 40. g3 g5 41. Kf1 Kf6 42. Ke1 Ke5 43. Nc3 f4 44. Nd5 Bf7 45. Nc7 e3 46. Ra5+ Ke4 47. Rxg5 Rxb3 48. gxf4 Bxc4 49. fxe3 Rxe3+ 50. Kf2 Re2+ 51. Kg1 Kf3 52. Rg3+ Kxf4 53. Ra4 Re1+ 54. Kg2 Re2+ 55. Kh3 Re4 56. Rc3 Be6+ 57. Nxe6+ Ke5 58. Rxe4+ Kxe4 59. Ng5+ Kf5 60. Nxh7 Kg6 61. Rg3+ Kf7 62. Kg2 Ke7 63. h4 Kf7 64. h5 Ke6 65. Ng5+ Kf6 66. Nf3 Kf5 67. h6 Kf6 68. h7 Kf5 69. h8Q Kf4 70. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Adewumi, Tanitoluwa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. a3 Rd8 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nf1 0-0 13. Ne3 Rfe8 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qf5 23. f3 Bxf3 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rf1 Qd4+ 26. Rf2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Re8 28. c3 Qe3 29. Qd1 g6 30. Qa4 Re7 31. Qc6 Qxd3 32. Qf6 Qe4+ 33. Kh2 Qe5 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Rd2 Rd7 36. Re2 Qf6 37. Qg4 Re7 38. Rd2 d4 39. cxd4 cxd4 40. Rxd4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Asish, Panda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. Re1 d6 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 e5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Ncxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Bh6 Bg4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Bg2 d3 23. Rc1 Qd4 24. Kh2 Rc5 25. f4 Nc6 26. a3 Rc8 27. b4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ne7 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bf1 Nb6 31. Qxd3 Qb2+ 32. Kg1 Qf6 33. h4 h5 34. Qe3 Nc4 35. Bxc4 Qa1+ 36. Bf1 f6 37. Qd3 Qe1 38. Kg2 Qc1 39. Be2 Qb2 40. Kf2 Qc1 41. Qe3 Qh1 42. Bf3 Qa1 43. Bg2 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 Qb1 45. Bf1 Qxf1+ 46. Qf2 Qd3+ 47. Qe3 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 Qc6 50. Qd4 Kf7 51. Ke3 Qc1+ 52. Ke2 Qc2+ 53. Ke3 Qb3+ 54. Qd3 Qe6 55. Qd5 Qxd5 56. exd5 Ke7 57. Kd4 f5 58. Kc4 Kd7 59. b5 Kc7 60. bxa6 bxa6 61. Kb4 Kb6 62. a4 a5+ 63. Kc4 Ka6 64. Kd4 Kb6 65. Kc4 Kb7 66. Kb5 Ka7 67. Kxa5 Kb7 68. Kb5 Ka7 69. a5 Kb7 70. a6+ Ka7 71. Ka5 Ka8 72. Kb6 Kb8 73. Kc6 Ka7 74. Kxd6 Kxa6 75. Ke7 Kb6 76. d6 Kc5 77. d7 Kd4 78. d8Q+ Ke3 79. Qd6 Kf3 80. Qxg6 Kg2 81. Qxh5 Kh3 82. Qxf5+ Kxg3 83. Qg5+ Kh3 84. h5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Floresvillar Gonzalez, Luis Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bg4 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 Ne5 9. 0-0 Qd5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 fxe5 13. Rxe2 e4 14. d3 exd3 15. cxd3 0-0-0 16. Bf4 Kd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Kxc8 19. Rc2+ Kd8 20. Rc7 b6 21. Rxa7 Bg7 22. Ra8+ Kd7 23. Rxh8 Bxh8 24. b3 Kc6 25. Kf1 Kb5 26. Bd2 e5 27. Ke2 f5 28. Kd1 h5 29. Kc2 Bf6 30. a4+ Kc6 31. b4 e4 32. Bc1 h4 33. dxe4 dxe4 34. Be3 hxg3 35. fxg3 Be5 36. Bf4 Bd4 37. h4 Kd5 38. h5 Kc4 39. Bd2 e3 40. Be1 Bg7 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 Kb5 43. Kd3 Bh6 44. Ke2 f4 45. g4 Bg5 46. Kf3 Ka6 47. Bc3 Kb5 48. Bg7 Kxa5 49. h6 Bxh6 50. Bxh6 Kb5 51. Bxf4 e2 52. Kxe2 Kc6 53. g5 Kd5 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. Kh5 Kg7 57. Be5+ Kh7 58. g6+ Kg8 59. Kh6 Kf8 60. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Hungaski, Robert Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 0-0 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bg4 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Na3 b5 12. Nc2 a5 13. Ne3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 a4 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Qe2 a3 18. c4 axb2 19. cxb5 Rxa2 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Qc4 Ra1 22. Bg5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ne5 24. Qe2 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Bxe7 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nd2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Bxd6 Nxe4 30. Bc7 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Rees, Ioan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 g6 11. d4 Bg7 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bf5 15. c3 h5 16. Be3 b6 17. Bf3 Kd7 18. 0-0-0+ Kc7 19. Rd4 Rad8 20. Rhd1 c5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Bd5 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Kd2 Kc7 26. Bc4 Kd6 27. Bd3 e6 28. a4 Kd5 29. b3 e5 30. Bc4+ Kd6 31. b4 Be4 32. Bf1 Bc6 33. a5 Kd5 34. Be2 Be7 35. axb6 axb6 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Bf3+ e4 38. Be2 Bf6 39. c4+ Kd6 40. g4 h4 41. g5 Bd4 42. Bg4 Bd7 43. Bd1 Bf5 44. Ba4 Kc7 45. Be8 Kb6 46. Bf7 Ka5 47. Ke2 Kb4 48. Bf2 Kc3 49. Bxh4 e3 50. Be1+ Kc2 51. Bd5 Bd3+ 52. Kf3 Kd1 53. Ba5 e2 54. g4 Bb2 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Bf7 Bc1 58. g6 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Seyed, Jarrahi Omid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nxd4 0-0 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. b3 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qc5 16. Be3 Qa3 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qxa2 19. Rc7 Rd8 20. Qc3 Be8 21. Rxe7 Qb1+ 22. Kf2 Bf6 23. Ra7 Be5 24. f4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Rc8 26. Kg3 Qe1+ 27. Bf2 Rc3+ 28. Kg4 Qe2+ 29. Kg5 Rd3 30. Qb6 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 0-0 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Rc5 Bc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qa4 Rfc8 21. Rb1 Rc7 22. Qa6 g6 23. Rb7 Rac8 24. Rxa7 Kg7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. a4 Qd7 27. a5 Ra7 28. Qe2 Rb7 29. a6 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Qc4 e5 32. Rxe5 h5 33. h4 Qg4 34. Re7 Qf5 35. Qe2 Ra5 36. Re5 Qf6 37. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 0-0 7. Rc1 Re8 8. h3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. 0-0 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. a3 a5 16. Na4 Qf6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20. Nb6 Bf5 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nf6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. b4 Ne4 25. Rb2 f6 26. Nf3 Nd6 27. Nd2 Bd7 28. Kf2 b5 29. g4 a4 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Rh1 Re8 32. h4 f5 33. g5 Nc4 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. h5 Be6 36. hxg6+ Kxg6 37. e4 fxe4+ 38. Ke3 c3 39. Rc2 Bd5 40. Rxc3 Kf5 41. Rh7 Kg6 42. Rh2 Kf5 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Rch1 Bf7 45. Rh7 Kg6 46. f5+ Kxf5 47. Rxg7 Ke6 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49. g6 Kf6 50. Rxf7+ Kg5 51. Rhh7 Kxg6 52. Rd7 Kf6 53. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suvorov, Alexander David"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 Bxc5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Qxc6 Bb7 16. Qb6 d4 17. Qxd4 Rad8 18. Qh4 Rg8 19. Kh1 Bb4 20. Nb3 Rxg2 21. Kxg2 Rg8+ 22. Qg3 Qe4 23. Nbd4 Bd6 24. Qxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rg1 Be5 26. Kf1+ Kf8 27. Ke2 a5 28. Rc3 Ba6+ 29. Kd2 Bd6 30. a3 Qb7 31. Kc1 Be5 32. Nxe5 fxe5 33. Nc6 Qb6 34. Nxe5 Qd6 35. f4 f6 36. Nf3 Bb7 37. Nd4 Qd5 38. f5 Qa2 39. Ne6+ Ke7 40. Rg7+ Kd6 41. Rxb7 Qa1+ 42. Kc2 Qg1 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rc5+ Ke4 45. Rxa5 Qf2+ 46. Kb1 Qe1+ 47. Ka2 Qxa5 48. Rb4+ Kxf5 49. Nd4+ Kg6 50. Rc4 Qd5 51. b3 Qe5 52. Nc2 Qxh2 53. a4 h5 54. a5 h4 55. a6 h3 56. a7 Qg2 57. e4 h2 58. a8Q h1Q 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. Qh8+ Kg5 61. Qg7+ Kh4 62. e5+ Kh3 63. Qh6+ Kg3 64. Rc3+ Kf2 65. Qe3+ Kf1 66. Qe1# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tokhirjonova, Gulruhbegim"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. 0-0 Bxg3 13. hxg3 0-0 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Rad1 a5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bf1 c4 20. Nd4 Be4 21. Qd2 Qb7 22. f3 Bg6 23. g4 Rfc8 24. e4 Nd7 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Qxd7 Qxb2 27. Bxc4 h6 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Qd6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rc8 31. Rb1 Qf2 32. Rf1 Qe2 33. Rbe1 Qc2 34. Rc1 Rh2+ 35. Qxh2 Qxc1 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Qg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Kf8 39. Kf2 f6 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. f4 Be8 43. e5+ Ke7 44. a3 g5 45. f5 h5 46. gxh5 Bxh5 47. Bg2 Bg4 48. Ke4 Bd1 49. Bh3 Bc2+ 50. Kd4 Bd1 51. Ke4 g4 52. Bg2 g3 53. Kf4 fxe5+ 54. Kxe5 Kf7 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Be4 g2 57. Bxg2 Bc2 58. Bh3 Ke7 59. Ke5 Kd7 60. f6+ Ke8 61. Be6 Kf8 62. Kd6 Bg6 63. Kc5 Bf7 64. Bxf7 Kxf7 65. Kb5 Kxf6 66. Kxa5 Ke6 67. Kb6 Kd7 68. Kb7 Kd6 69. a4 Kc5 70. a5 Kb5 71. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Weisz, Bryan"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB05_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bg5 Nbxd5 15. Rad1 0-0 16. c4 Nb6 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Na4 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. b3 Nc3 22. Rd2 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 b6 24. Rd1 bxa5 25. Rd6 a4 26. Rxa6 axb3 27. axb3 Rb8 28. Re3 Rcb7 29. Ra3 Be7 30. Ra5 f6 31. f4 Bd8 32. Rd5 Bb6 33. c5 Bc7 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. c6 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. c7 Bxc7 38. Rxh5 Rb2 39. Kf1 Bb6 40. Rf5 Kf7 41. h4 Bd4 42. h5 Rc2 43. Rf4 Be5 44. Rf3 Rc8 45. g4 Rc4 46. g5 Rf4 47. gxf6 Rxf3+ 48. Kg2 gxf6 49. Kxf3 Kg7 50. Kg4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nowak, Lukasz1"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. 0-0 Bf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. e3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Nxd4 15. exd4 Qb5 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rc5 Qb4 19. Bxd5 b6 20. Rc4 Qb5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Re1 Qd5 23. Qe2 h6 24. Qe4 Be6 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Rc7 h5 27. Rec1 Kh7 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 Kg6 30. Rc7 a6 31. Kf1 Kf5 32. Ke2 Kg4 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 Kxg5 35. Rd7 Bc6 36. Rd6 Bb5+ 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. Rxb6 Bg5+ 39. f4 Be7 40. a4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deng, Henry"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 e6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. f4 Ne7 9. f5 exf5 10. exf5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc7 12. Qf3 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd5 0-0-0 15. Bf4 f6 16. c3 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ne5 18. d4 Nd3 19. b3 g5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rad1 Nxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Bh6 23. Ned5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rde8 25. Rxf6 Bg5 26. Rf2 Kb7 27. dxc5 dxc5 28. h4 Bd8 29. Nf4 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Nd3 Rhg8 32. Nxc5+ Kc6 33. Nxa6 Be3 34. Re2 Kb6 35. Nb4 Bf4 36. Nd5+ Kc5 37. Nxf4 Rxe2+ 38. Nxe2 Ra8 39. Rd2 b4 40. cxb4+ Kxb4 41. g4 Kc5 42. Kg3 Rd8 43. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia Ramos, Daniel"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. 0-0 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. f5 Nc6 18. f6 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. a4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Ba3 c4 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Rae1 h5 17. f3 h4 18. Nf5 h3 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 a6 21. Bc1 b5 22. g5 Nh7 23. e4 b4 24. e5 b3 25. Qb1 Ne7 26. f4 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rf3 Nf8 30. Rxh3 Ng6 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Ba3 Rh8 33. e6 Rae8 34. e7 Rh4 35. Bd6 f6 36. h3 fxg5 37. fxg5 Re4 38. Ref1 Re6 39. Ba3 Nxe7 40. Bxe7 R8xe7 41. Rxf5 Re1 42. R5f2 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Re3 44. h4 Rxc3 45. h5 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rc2 47. h6+ Kg6 48. Kf3 Rxf2+ 49. Kxf2 b2 50. Ke3 b1Q 51. Kf4 Qe4+ 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Kg4 Qxg5+ 54. Kf3 Qxh6 55. Ke2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Antunez, Soler Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. a3 Bg4 7. c3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Qd7 9. d3 Be7 10. b4 h5 11. Nbd2 h4 12. Nc4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Bh3 14. bxc5 Bxg2 15. Qxg2 dxc5 16. Nfxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 0-0-0 20. Be3 Kb8 21. d5 Qa6 22. Nxf7 Ng4 23. Bd4 Rxh2 24. Qf3 Qc4 25. Qxg4 Qxd4+ 26. Kxh2 Qd2+ 27. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Devaev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Ne4 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. d4 0-0 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. c3 h6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. f4 Qc7 18. Qf3 c5 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Be3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nd5 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. f5 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 exf5 25. Bxh6 Bxg3 26. Rad1 Qe5 27. Bc4 Nf6 28. Bd2 Ne4 29. Be3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 f4 31. Bd4 Qf5 32. Bd3 Re8 33. Rf1 Qd7 34. Bc3 Nxc3 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxc3 Kh7 37. Qc2 Qf5 38. Qc3 Qe4 39. Qc5 b6 40. Qg5 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 0-0 6. b4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Nf4 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qd2 d5 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. d4 Be4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qg6 21. f3 Bxf3 22. Rf1 Be4 23. Rxf4 Rae8 24. Bxd5 Rxe5 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Re1 Qc6 28. a5 Rc8 29. Re3 Qc7 30. Qd4 Rd8 31. Qe5 Qd7 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. Qe4 Qc7+ 34. Qe5 Qc8 35. Re4 Qc6 36. Rd4 Re8 37. Qd6 Qxc3 38. Qd7 Qe3 39. Rg4 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Re7 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc2+ f5 43. Rc4 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kh1 Rd7 46. Rc5 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 g6 48. Rc7 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 Rxc7 50. Qd3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Lehtosaari, Mauri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 e6 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. a4 b4 12. Bc4 Bxc5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. Nb2 Bxe3 16. Kxe3 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Bd5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Rad1 Ne7 22. Kf2 0-0 23. Nd3 a5 24. Rd2 Nf5 25. Ne5 Ra7 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Rg3 g6 29. Nf6 Kg7 30. Ng4 h5 31. Ne3 Rd8 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5 Nxf5 34. Nxf5+ Kh7 35. Ne3 Rad7 36. Rg5 Be6 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxa5 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Kh6 40. Rb5 g5 41. Rxb4 h4+ 42. Kf3 Rxh2 43. a5 Rh3+ 44. Ke4 g4 45. a6 g3 46. a7 g2 47. Nxg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Sailer, Mike L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. g3 c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. d4 0-0 12. h3 h6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. g4 Bh7 15. Rae1 Nb6 16. Bg3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. c3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. f3 Bh7 21. f4 Be4 22. Rf2 b5 23. Nd3 a5 24. Rfe2 Rab8 25. Nf2 Bf3 26. Re3 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qd3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Santos Flores, Alberto Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. e5 Nc6 15. f4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Be3 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Rc5 Bf8 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qa5 22. Bd2 Bxa4 23. g4 Bb5 24. Qe1 Qc7 25. f5 Qd7 26. Qh4 Bd3 27. f6 Be4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Re1 a5 30. Bh6 Qd8 31. Re3 Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Qf8 33. Qf4 a4 34. Qxe4 a3 35. Qb1 Ra8 36. Qa2 Qh6 37. Re1 Qf4 38. Rb1 Qxg4+ 39. Kf1 Qf5+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 h5 42. Rxb7 Qxb7 43. h4 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogov, Matfey"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Ne2 Qxb2 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 Nxe5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. dxe5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. g6 Nxg3+ 20. Nxg3 f5 21. exf6 0-0-0 22. g7 Rhg8 23. Bh7 Bc6 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. f7 Rxg7 26. f8Q+ Bxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kd7 28. Qd4 e5 29. Qh4 Qa5 30. Rbf1 Re7 31. h3 Qa4 32. Qxh6 Qxc2 33. Nf5 Re6 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Bd3 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4 16. Qe3 0-0 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Bb5 Bh5 19. 0-0-0 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Ba4 Rac8 23. Rd3 d4 24. Kc2 dxc3 25. bxc3 Nc5 26. Bb3+ Kh8 27. Rd5 Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Rf1 e3 30. f3 b6 31. Re5 Rce8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Bd5 g5 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Be4 Nxe4 36. fxe4 Rxe4 37. Kd3 Re7 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Rd1 h5 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rh6 h4 42. Rd6 Kf4 43. Rd4+ Kg3 44. Rg4+ Kxh3 45. Rxg5 Kh2 46. a4 h3 47. a5 bxa5 48. Rxa5 Kg1 49. Rg5+ Kh1 50. c4 h2 51. c5 a5 52. c6 a4 53. Rc5 Kg2 54. Rg5+ Kh3 55. Rh5+ Kg3 56. Rh6 Rg7 57. Kxe3 Kg2 58. c7 Rxc7 59. Rg6+ Kf1 60. Rf6+ Kg1 61. Rg6+ Kh1 62. Ra6 Rg7 63. Rxa4 Kg2 64. Ra2+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Acosta Cruz, Oscar Yosimar"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf1 Rc8 12. h3 Na5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nc4 17. Ra2 dxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Nd4 Nxb2 20. Rxb2 Rxc3 21. Nxe6 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 fxe6 23. Rxb7 Nc7 24. Rd7 Nd5 25. Bxa6 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rfc8 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 Rb1 29. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koellner, Ruben Gideon"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 b6 5. Ne5 Bd6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. f4 Ba6 8. 0-0 Bxd3 9. cxd3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 Qc7 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Qg3 a5 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Be7 20. Nf3 a4 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Ba3 Rc8 23. Rc2 axb3 24. axb3 Rf5 25. Rfc1 Qb5 26. Nd4 cxd4 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Rxc8+ Rf8 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Perez Cruz, Adianet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Nf3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qxd4 8. Bd3 e6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. c3 Qb6 12. a4 Nd5 13. a5 Qd8 14. Bd2 N7f6 15. a6 b6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Qxc6+ Kf8 18. Rad1 Nce8 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Qb7 Nd6 21. Qf3 g6 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. b4 Qc7 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Rfe1 Bxc5 28. Rc1 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB51_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nc5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Bb7 12. f3 Qc7 13. Be3 Be7 14. 0-0-0 b4 15. Na4 0-0 16. h5 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 Nc5 18. Bb3 a5 19. g6 Bf6 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. Nxc7 Bxe2 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxd6 Bxf3 25. Bxc5 Bxh1 26. Bxe6+ Ke8 27. Bd5 Rd8 28. Re6+ Kd7 29. Ra6 Be5 30. Rxa5 Bf3 31. h6 gxh6 32. Ra7+ Bc7 33. Bb6 Rc8 34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Bxc7 Kxc7 36. Bd5+ Kd6 37. Rxh7 h5 38. Kd2 Ke5 39. Ke3 Bg4 40. Re7+ Kd6 41. Ra7 Rc8 42. Kd4 Rc7 43. e5+ Kd7 44. e6+ Kd6 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. Ke5 Kd8 47. Kd6 h4 48. e7+ Ke8 49. Bc6+ Kf7 50. e8Q+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kf5 52. Qxh4 Kf4 53. Bd7 b3 54. Qxg4+ Ke3 55. Qg3+ Kd4 56. Qxb3 Ke4 57. Qd3+ Kf4 58. Qd4+ Kf3 59. Bc6+ Ke2 60. Qc3 Kd1 61. Ke5 Kc1 62. Ke4 Kd1 63. Ke3 Kc1 64. Bd5 Kb1 65. b4 Kc1 66. Kd3 Kb1 67. a4 Kc1 68. a5 Kb1 69. a6 Kc1 70. a7 Kb1 71. a8Q Kc1 72. Qaa1# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. e4 a5 8. a4 Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nb3 Nb6 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Ne1 h5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxb4 bxa4 20. Bxa5 axb3 21. Bxd5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. Ng2 Rd8 24. Ne3 e6 25. Bf3 Rxd4 26. Ra1 Nc4 27. Ra4 Bd3 28. Bd1 Bxe5 29. Bxb3 Nxe3 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. fxe3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Levine, David M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. 0-0 Nf4 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nbc3 0-0 13. d4 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 f5 15. N4g3 e4 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. f3 Bf6 19. Be5 e3 20. f4 Ba6 21. Rf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe2 25. Rxe3 Bxd1 26. Nd6 Bxc2 27. e6 Be4 28. e7 Rfe8 29. g4 g6 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Kf2 Rxe7 32. Nxf5 Re6 33. Nd4 Ree8 34. f5 Bd5 35. Rg3+ Kh7 36. Ne2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Rf8 38. Ke3 Rxf5 39. Kd4 Rf2 40. a4 Rxh2 41. Re3 a5 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 Rb2 44. Rxa5 Rxb3 45. Ra8 h5 46. a5 h4 47. a6 Ra3 48. a7 Kg5 49. Ke5 Kg4 50. Kf6 h3 51. Kg7 h2 52. Rh8 h1Q 53. Rxh1 Bxh1 54. Kh8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. Ng1 Bxe2 11. Ngxe2 Nge7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Qd3 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 Rc8 18. Nc1 Qc7 19. Bd2 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. N1e2 Rfd8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc3 Rdd8 25. f4 Rd7 26. Kf2 Rcd8 27. Kf3 g5 28. fxg5 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Bxe5 32. h4 f5 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. g3 h5 35. Ne3 Bb2 36. Nc2 Kf7 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Kg6 39. Kf4 Kh5 40. Kg3 e5 41. Kh3 Kg6 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. h5 Bc1 44. Kf3 Kg5 45. Ke4 Bb2 46. Kd5 Kxh5 47. Kc6 Kg4 48. Kb6 e4 49. Kxa6 Kf3 50. Kxb5 Bxa3 51. Nxa3 c3 52. Kc4 e3 53. Kxc3 e2 54. Nc2 Ke4 55. Kc4 Ke5 56. Kc5 Ke4 57. b5 Kd3 58. Ne1+ Kd2 59. Ng2 Kd3 60. b6 Ke4 61. b7 Kf3 62. Ne1+ Ke3 63. b8Q Kd2 64. Qb4+ Kd1 65. Kd4 Kc1 66. Kd3 Kd1 67. Qb1# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Phillips, Rene"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14. b3 Rac8 15. Qb2 Qa5 16. a4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Rac1 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rangel, Daniel"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. h4 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. Nf5 Rc8 15. Rh2 h6 16. Qe3 Nb6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxb6 Kf8 20. Qxb4 Kg7 21. Bd3 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Bxd5 23. Re2 Qa7 24. g5 Qc5 25. gxf6+ Kxf6 26. Qd2 Rb8 27. b3 a5 28. Be4 Be6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 a4 31. f5 axb3 32. fxe6 bxa2+ 33. Kxa2 fxe6 34. Bd5 Rb5 35. Rdxe6+ Kf5 36. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Oct Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Santos Flores, Alberto Javier"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 0-0 12. b3 Ne8 13. 0-0 Nc7 14. Rc1 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 bxc4 17. Rxc4 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 e6 21. Qc7 Rd8 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Kf2 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Ke3 Re5+ 26. Kd3 Rd5+ 27. Kc3 e5 28. b4 Kf6 29. Kb3 Rd2 30. Rc2 Rd3+ 31. Kc4 Ra3 32. Kd5 Rd3+ 33. Kc6 Ra3 34. b5 Ke6 35. b6 axb6 36. Kxb6 f5 37. Kb5 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Kb4 Ra8 40. a4 Ke5 41. a5 e3 42. Rc7 Kd6 43. Rc1 Kd5 44. Kc3 Rxa5 45. Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Kd4 47. Rc7 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rf6 50. Rxh7 e2 51. Re7 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Ismayilova, Khanim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 0-0 9. h3 d5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Be7 Re8 14. Qxd6 Qb5 15. Bf6 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Bf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re7 Qxb2 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Qc1+ 21. Kh2 Qxg5 22. Qxc5 Qf4+ 23. g3 Qf3 24. Qd4 Qh5 25. g4 Qg5 26. Re5 Rd8 27. Rd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Be4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kh6 32. Qxa7 Qf3 33. Kf1 Bxc2 34. Qd4 Qxh3+ 35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Kd2 Qd1+ 37. Ke3 Qe1+ 38. Kf4 g5+ 39. Kf3 Bd1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qf3+ 43. Kh2 Qxg4 44. Qf6+ Kh5 45. Qxf7+ Kh4 46. Qxh7+ Qh5 47. Qe4+ g4 48. Qe7+ Qg5 49. Qe4 Bf3 50. Qe8 Qh5 51. Qe7+ Qg5 52. Qh7+ Qh5 53. Qe7+ Qg5 54. Qc7 Kh5 55. Kg1 Qh6 56. Qh2+ Kg6 57. Qd6+ Kg5 58. Qe5+ Kg6 59. Qe6+ Kg5 60. Qe5+ Kg6 61. c4 Qc1+ 62. Kh2 Qh6+ 63. Kg3 Qh3+ 64. Kf4 Qh6+ 65. Kg3 Qg5 66. Qe6+ Kh5 67. Qf7+ Qg6 68. Qe7 Qg5 69. Qf7+ Qg6 70. Qe7 Qb6 71. Qh4+ Kg6 72. Qe7 Kf5 73. Qf7+ Kg5 74. Qe7+ Kf5 75. Qf7+ Ke5 76. Qe7+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Korchagina, Alena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 d6 6. b4 a6 7. a4 0-0 8. Qb3 h6 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. Ng6 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Bxb5 Re8 14. Bc4 Nd8 15. 0-0 Be6 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Nd2 c6 18. Bb2 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bb5 Qb8 21. Ba6 Ra7 22. b5 d4 23. c4 Nd7 24. Qa3 f6 25. c5 Kf7 26. b6 Ra8 27. Ne4 Bd5 28. Nd6+ Kg8 29. f4 Bc6 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 b6 10. a4 h6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. c3 Qc7 14. h3 Rcd8 15. Qc2 e5 16. Nfd2 f5 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa2 Kh7 19. b4 fxe4 20. bxa5 Nxc3 21. Qc2 Nxb1 22. Qxb1 exd3 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nc4 Rd4 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 d2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Re6 Qf7 30. Qe1 Rxf2 31. Re7 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Varela la Madrid, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nbd7 6. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sultanbek, Zeinep"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e4 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxd5 Nec5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Qxc4 Nxe5 21. Qh4 h5 22. Qe4 f6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Bxe5 fxg5 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Bf6 Qf7 27. Qxg5 Re6 28. Bc3 Ke8 29. Rd1 Qf3 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xu, Gordon"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nef6 7. d4 e6 8. d5 e5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Rxe5+ Be7 11. d6 Qa5 12. Rxe7+ Kf8 13. Bb3 c4 14. Bxc4 Ne5 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Bd2 Qc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Rxe6 Nc4 21. Bg5 Nxb2 22. Qd4 Qd7 23. Rxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Nd5 Re8 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. dxe7 Nc4 28. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Grigorieva, Daria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 c4 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Ne5 0-0 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qa4 h5 13. Qxc6 Rc8 14. Qa4 h4 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oliveira, Tiago Batista"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2023.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d5 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Nbd2 b5 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Ndf3 Bb7 13. Bd2 Bxe4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Qe1 Bd5 16. Bd2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Quirke, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2023.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. Na3 Be7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rac8 16. Qe4 g6 17. d4 Bf6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Rad1 Nd5 22. Bg3 b5 23. Ra1 Nb6 24. Red1 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Nxa4 28. Rxa4 Rb6 29. Rd2 a6 30. c4 Rd8 31. d5 exd5 32. cxd5 Bxb2 33. Bc7 Rdb8 34. Bxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxa6 Bc3 36. Rd3 Be5 37. d6 Kf8 38. d7 Ke7 39. Ra7 Kd8 40. Kg2 g5 41. h3 f6 42. Rd5 h5 43. Raa5 Rb7 44. Rxe5 fxe5 45. Rxe5 g4 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Rd5 Rxd7 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. hxg4 Ke6 50. f4 Kf6 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. g5+ Kg6 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. f5 Kg7 56. Ke6 Kg8 57. g6 Kf8 58. f6 Kg8 59. Ke7 Kh8 60. f7 Kg7 61. f8Q+ Kxg6 62. Qf6+ Kh5 63. Qg7 Kh4 64. Kf6 Kh3 65. Kf5 Kh2 66. Kf4 Kh1 67. Kf3 Kh2 68. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aketayeva, Dana"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 b5 8. a4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. Qd1 Nfd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. a5 Na4 14. Ndxc4 f6 15. Ng4 bxc4 16. Qxa4 Ba6 17. Rd1 Bb5 18. Qa3 Nc2 19. Qc3 Nxa1 20. d5 e5 21. Bf1 Nb3 22. Be3 Qxa5 23. Qc2 cxd5 24. Rxd5 a6 25. Bxc4 Kh8 26. Bxb3 Rac8 27. Qd1 Rfd8 28. Kg2 Qc7 29. h4 h5 30. Nh2 g6 31. Nf3 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Bc6 33. Qf7 Rg8 34. Qxg8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bilan, Danila"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Be4 11. Qxc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Nxe4 Rxc7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Rcd1 Na5 18. Bh3 Rd8 19. Rc1 Rdc8 20. Rcd1 Rd8 21. e3 Rc2 22. Rd2 Rdc8 23. Rfd1 R8c7 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. Bd3 Rc1 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Rxc1 Rxc1 28. Rc2 Rd1 29. Be2 Rb1 30. a3 Kd7 31. Nd2 Ra1 32. Ne4 Be7 33. h4 f5 34. Nc5+ Bxc5 35. dxc5 Kc6 36. Bf3+ Kc7 37. Be2 Nb3 38. Bd3 Nc1 39. Be2 Nb3 40. Bf3 a5 41. e4 a4 42. exf5 exf5 43. Re2 Nxc5 44. Re7+ Kd6 45. Rxg7 Nd3 46. Bb7 Nxb2 47. Rxh7 Rxa3 48. Rh6+ Kc5 49. Rc6+ Kb4 50. h5 Rd3 51. h6 Rd7 52. Bc8 Rh7 53. Bxf5 Rh8 54. h7 a3 55. Rc8 Rxc8 56. Bxc8 a2 57. h8Q a1Q 58. Qd4+ Ka5 59. Qa7+ Kb4 60. Qxa1 Nc4 61. Qb1+ Kc5 62. Be6 b4 63. Qc2 1-0

