[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2024.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 a6 13. f5 b5 14. g4 Bb7 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qg2 Rfe8 18. f6 Bf8 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Bg4 Rcd8 22. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 23. Kh1 a5 24. Bf5 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 b3 28. c3 Qe3 29. Rdd1 h6 30. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2024.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2024.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3 Ra8 16. a4 c5 17. Nb5 Ra6 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ra2 Be5 20. a5 Nc6 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Ra2 Be6 23. Qd2 h5 24. Rd1 Nb4 25. Ra3 Rfa8 26. Be2 Kg7 27. Nc3 f3 28. Bxf3 Bxc4 29. Be2 Bxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxa5 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Ra1 33. Rbb1 Qf6 34. Rxa1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Bxa1 36. f3 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 Qf4 38. Qb3 h4 39. Qd1 h3 40. g3 Qe3 41. Qf1 g5 42. g4 Kf6 43. Bc4 Qf2 44. Qxf2 Bxf2 45. Bf1 Ke5 46. Bxh3 c4 47. Bf1 Kd4 48. Be2 c3 49. Bd1 Kd3 50. Kg2 Bh4 51. f4 f6 52. fxg5 fxg5 53. Kf3 c2 54. Bxc2+ Kxc2 55. Ke2 Kc3 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. e5 Kd5 58. exd6 Kxd6 59. Kd4 Ke6 60. Ke4 Be1 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Ke4 Kc5 63. Kf5 Bh4 64. Ke5 Kc4 65. Ke4 Kc3 66. Ke3 Kc2 67. Ke2 Kc1 68. Ke3 Kd1 69. Kf3 Kd2 70. Kg2 Ke3 71. Kh3 Kf4 72. Kg2 Kxg4 73. h3+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2024.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2024.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qc5 11. Bg2 Nd5 12. Nd2 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Rfc1 Nc6 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. b3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2024.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Zaim, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Nh5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 f5 14. Nd2 fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nh5 16. Ba3 Nf6 17. Bb4 Ra8 18. c5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 20. g3 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Nd6 22. Qb3 Re8 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Bb6 Qf6 25. Rac1 Bd7 26. a5 Rac8 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Bc8 29. Qb6 Qf7 30. Bg2 Qf5 31. Bxd6 Qd3 32. Be4 Qd2 33. Bb4 Qd4 34. Qb5 Rd8 35. Be7 Qc3 36. Rd1 Bd7 37. Qxb7 Bc8 38. Qb6 Re8 39. d6 Bd7 40. Qb7 Qc8 41. Qxc8 Rxc8 42. a6 Rc5 43. a7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2024.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tanasie, Cosmin"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. c3 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rac8 14. Qd3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. bxc4 Rd8 20. Qe3 h6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 b6 23. Rd1 Qxa2 24. d5 Bc5 25. Bg3 b5 26. cxb5 Rxd5 27. Rc1 Rf5 28. Rc2 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb5 30. Bf4 Qb6 31. g4 Rxf4 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. f3 Rb4 34. Rd2 Rb2 35. Qe4+ g6 36. Qe2 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2024.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dragomirescu, Angela"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2024.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rfe8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Qe2 a5 17. Nh4 a4 18. Bc3 Kh7 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ne3 Bb6 21. Rd2 Nc5 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Ne6 24. Rfd1 axb3 25. axb3 Rad8 26. h4 h5 27. Qf3 Bd4 28. Bh3 Bxc3 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Qxc3 Qd6 32. b4 Kg8 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kg1 Ke7 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Qd3 Qxb4 37. c3 Qd6 38. Qe3 Nc5 39. Be2 Na4 40. Qa7+ Qd7 41. Qe3 Qd6 42. Qa7+ Kf6 43. Qe3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Qc5 45. Qxc5 Nxc5 46. Kf3 Na4 47. c4 b4 48. Bd1 Nb6 49. Bb3 Kf6 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Kd3 c5 52. Ke3 Nd7 53. Ba4 Nf8 54. f4 Kf6 55. Be8 Ke7 56. Ba4 Ne6 57. fxe5 Nd4 58. Kd3 Nf3 59. Ke3 Nxe5 60. Bb3 Nc6 61. Ba4 Nd4 62. Kd3 f6 63. Bd1 Ke6 64. g4 hxg4 65. Bxg4+ Ke5 66. Bd1 Kf4 67. h5 gxh5 68. Bxh5 Nc6 69. Bd1 Ne5+ 70. Kc2 Nxc4 71. Kb3 Ne3 72. Be2 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Dodoi, Matei Teodor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. h4 h6 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. e5 0-0 10. e6 Nb6 11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. Qb3 a5 13. d4 a4 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. 0-0 Raf8 17. Re1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Rb1 Re8 21. Ba3 Kf7 22. Nd2 e5 23. Bc5 exd4 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rf4 27. Nf3 Kd8 28. Kf1 Kc8 29. Rb4 Re4 30. g3 a3 31. Nd2 Re6 32. Rb3 Rd6 33. Nf3 Nc4 34. Ke2 c6 35. Rc3 b5 36. Ne5 Rxd4 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Rxa3 Kb7 39. f3 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Re3 g4 42. f4 Kb6 43. f5 Rd5 44. Re4 Rxf5 45. Rxc4 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radu, David Cr"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rae1 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. g4 Ne7 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Qe2 b5 18. a3 a5 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. f4 b4 21. g5 Nd7 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxf5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qd6 25. a4 Rab8 26. Rf3 Nb6 27. Nc5 Qg6 28. Rg3 Rfd8 29. h4 h5 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Nd7 32. Ndb3 Nf8 33. Kg2 Ng6 34. Kg3 Re8 35. Rde3 Rxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Nge7 37. Rf3 Nc8 38. Rf5 Nb6 39. Nc1 Rd8 40. N1d3 Nc4 41. Rf1 Ne7 42. Nf4 g6 43. Rb1 Nd6 44. Re1 Ndf5+ 45. Kh3 Rb8 46. Nd7 Rb2 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. N4xd5 Nxd5 49. Nxd5 Rd2 50. Re8 Rd3+ 51. Kg2 Nxh4+ 52. Kf2 Rf3+ 53. Ke2 Rg3 54. Ne3 Nf5 55. d5 Nd6 56. Re5 Rg1 57. c4 Rc1 58. Re7 Nxc4 59. Rc7 Nxe3 60. Rxc1 Nxd5 61. Rc5 Nf4+ 62. Kf3 Ne6 63. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Cnejev, Vladimir Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. b3 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. e5 Nh7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Qb1 Nhf8 17. Nf1 Bb7 18. Ne3 a5 19. Nh2 Qa8 20. f4 c5 21. cxd5 cxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxd4 exd5 24. f5 Bc5 25. Qb2 Qb8 26. Nf3 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Re8 28. f6 Ne6 29. Qd2 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. fxg7 Nxg7 32. Ng4 Qe6 33. Qd4 Nf5 34. Qf4 Kg7 35. Bh3 Bc8 36. Rf1 Qd6 37. Qxd6 Nxd6 38. Rd1 h5 39. Nf2 Re5 40. Nd3 Re3 41. Bxc8 Nxc8 42. Kf2 d4 43. Nf4 Rc3 44. Rxd4 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rxa2 46. Rc4 Ne7 47. Nxh5+ Kh6 48. Nf4 Ra3 49. Rc7 Rxb3+ 50. Kg4 Ng6 51. Nd5 Rb5 52. Ne3 Ne5+ 53. Kf4 Kg7 54. Kg5 Nf3+ 55. Kg4 Ne5+ 56. Kg5 Nf3+ 57. Kg4 Nd4 58. Rd7 Rb3 59. Nd5 Ne2 60. Nc7 Rxg3+ 61. Kf5 Rf3+ 62. Ke4 Rh3 63. Ne6+ Kf6 64. Nd8 Nc3+ 65. Kf4 Rxh4+ 66. Kg3 Rc4 67. Rxf7+ Ke5 68. Kf3 a4 69. Ra7 b5 70. Ke3 Nd5+ 71. Kd2 Rc8 72. Nf7+ Ke6 73. Ng5+ Kd6 74. Ne4+ Ke5 75. Nf2 Kd4 76. Nd3 Rh8 77. Nb2 Rh2+ 78. Kc1 Kc3 79. Rd7 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Voiteanu, Christian Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. 0-0-0 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. e4 0-0 17. Be3 Qa5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. h4 b4 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. h5 b3 23. a3 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Na5 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Rdh1 f6 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. d5 Kf7 30. d6 Bd8 31. f4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Kg6 33. R5h3 Bg5 34. Rg3 Rf5 35. Bxg5 Rxg5 36. Rxg5+ Kxg5 37. Rf1 Kg6 38. Kc1 Ra5 39. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Coca, Cristi Iulian"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 a5 5. Bb5 e6 6. h4 h6 7. g4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. h5 Bh7 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Nd2 Nc8 12. Ne2 N8a7 13. a4 Be7 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Be2 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. dxe5 b6 18. Nf3 Bc5 19. Qd2 0-0-0 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Bb5 Qf7 22. Qe3 Rhf8 23. Qxc5 Qxf4 24. Bxc6 Qxg3+ 25. Kd2 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Qxh1+ 27. Ng1 Nxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. 0-0 a6 12. a3 Bf8 13. b4 h6 14. Bb2 Kh8 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd6 18. Bb1 Qd7 19. Qc2 g6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. e6 Qd5 24. Rg3 Rxe6 25. Ba2 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. 0-0 a6 12. a3 Bf8 13. b4 h6 14. Bb2 Kh8 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd6 18. Bb1 Qd7 19. Qc2 g6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. e6 Qd5 24. Rg3 Rxe6 25. Ba2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Helmer, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 c6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. e4 e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a3 0-0-0 13. Qe2 Rh7 14. e5 Nh5 15. b4 Rdh8 16. Bc3 a4 17. Rfb1 Bg5 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. c4 dxc4 21. dxc4 g5 22. c5 Nf8 23. Qc2 g4 24. Nd2 Ng6 25. Nc4 Nhf4 26. gxf4 Nxf4 27. Qxa4 Rxh2 28. Nb6+ Qxb6 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qxh8 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Magold, Filip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. g3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 g5 14. Kf2 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bb4 18. Bd3 0-0 19. Bb1 c5 20. a3 cxd4 21. axb4 dxc3 22. bxc3 g4 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Rhd1 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Bd3 g6 28. Rd6 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Re1 Kg7 31. Re2 Re8 32. Ra2 Nd7 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. Be2 Rd8 35. h3 gxh3+ 36. Kxh3 c5 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Kg2 Rb8 39. Ra5 Rb2 40. Kf1 Nd7 41. Bg4 Nf6 42. Bf3 Nd7 43. Bg4 Nf6 44. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Magold, Filip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. g3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 g5 14. Kf2 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bb4 18. Bd3 0-0 19. Bb1 c5 20. a3 cxd4 21. axb4 dxc3 22. bxc3 g4 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Rhd1 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Bd3 g6 28. Rd6 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Re1 Kg7 31. Re2 Re8 32. Ra2 Nd7 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. Be2 Rd8 35. h3 gxh3+ 36. Kxh3 c5 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Kg2 Rb8 39. Ra5 Rb2 40. Kf1 Nd7 41. Bg4 Nf6 42. Bf3 Nd7 43. Bg4 Nf6 44. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stoleriu, George"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Qa5 9. Kb1 Be6 10. c4 0-0 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ne2 Na6 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Kf8 18. Rhd1 Nc7 19. Rc1 Rd6 20. Be4 Rad8 21. b3 a5 22. Kb2 f5 23. Bf3 g5 24. g3 Ne8 25. a4 Nc7 26. Rcd1 Na6 27. Bg2 Nb4 28. h4 Ke7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 Kf6 31. Kc3 Rg8 32. Ng1 Ke7 33. Nf3 f4 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Bf1 Rdd8 36. Rh4 Rg4 37. Rh5 b6 38. Bh3 Rg7 39. Re2 Kd6 40. Rh6 Re8 41. Rf6 Re7 42. Bxe6 Rxe6 43. Rexe6+ fxe6 44. Rxf4 Rg2 45. Ne1 Rg1 46. Re4 c5 47. Kd2 Nc6 48. dxc5+ bxc5 49. Nc2 Rf1 50. Rf4 Rb1 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Rf3 Rc1 53. Re3+ Kd6 54. Kd2 Rf1 55. Ke2 Rc1 56. Kd2 Rf1 57. Ke2 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Moraru, Stefan Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1198"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qc2 h6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Qb2 Bc5 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. b4 Bd6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxg7 f6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qd2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qg7 25. Rd1 f5 26. Bg2 Kh8 27. Qd7 Rf7 28. Qxe6 Rf6 29. Qe5 Kh7 30. Bh3 Qf7 31. Rc1 Kg6 32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxa7 Re1+ 35. Bf1 Kg5 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. a3 Ra1 38. Ra6 f4 39. Bd3 fxg3 40. hxg3 Rd1 41. f4+ Kf6 42. Rxb6+ Ke7 43. Be2 Rd2 44. Kf2 Ra2 45. Rxh6 Rxa3 46. g4 Rb3 47. b5 Kf8 48. g5 Kg7 49. f5 Rb4 50. f6+ Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kf8 52. Rh8+ Kf7 53. Bh5+ Ke6 54. f7 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Rf5 56. Bg4 Kxf7 57. Bxf5 Kg7 58. Rh7+ Kg8 59. b6 Kf8 60. b7 Ke8 61. b8Q# 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ghita, Vlad Bogdan"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 Bg6 13. 0-0 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Nh5 15. Qd1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 g6 17. Qf3 h5 18. Rae1 Kf8 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. Ne5 Nf5 21. Qd3 Kg7 22. Kf2 h4 23. g4 Ng3 24. Rg1 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 f6 26. Rxe6 Qxf4+ 27. Nf3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cogan, Nicolas"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. h3 Qa5 8. Nge2 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Nd7 13. f4 Bd4 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Rfb1 e5 16. dxe6 Ne5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. e7 Re8 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Rf1 f5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Kg7 25. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Ne2 e5 5. d5 f5 6. Nbc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qc2 f4 9. f3 0-0 10. g4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 a5 13. Nc1 Kf7 14. Nd3 c6 15. Be2 Qc7 16. 0-0-0 Rb8 17. Kb1 cxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. h4 Rfc8 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nd1 Qxc2+ 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Kxc2 b4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Bxa6 Ne5 27. Be2 a4 28. Bd4 Nfd7 29. Nf2 a3 30. b3 Rc8+ 31. Kb1 Nxg4 32. Nxg4 Bxd4 33. Rh7+ Ke8 34. Bb5 Rc7 35. Bc6 Kd8 36. Nh6 Ne5 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. Nxd4 g4 40. fxg4 Nxg4 41. Rf8+ Ke5 42. Ne6 Rh7 43. Rxf4 Ne3 44. Kc1 Rh2 45. Rf8 Rxa2 46. Nc7 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 a2 48. Re8+ Kd4 49. Nb5+ Kc5 50. Rc8 Rd1+ 51. Kxe3 a1Q 52. Be8+ Kb6 53. Rc6+ Kb7 54. Nxd6+ Ka7 55. Nb5+ Kb7 56. Nd6+ Kb8 57. Rc8+ Ka7 58. Nb5+ Kb7 59. Rc7+ Kb8 60. Rd7 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Qb3 a5 8. a4 b4 9. Nb1 Bg7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nxe5 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Qd1 Qe7 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b3 Qxc5 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Qc2 c3 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Bf3 Rac8 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Rb1 Rfd8 27. e4 c5 28. Be3 Bd4 29. Be2 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Bd7 31. Bc4 Bxa4 32. Qa2 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bb5 34. Nxa5 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Qe6 36. Rd6 Qxe4 37. Rf6 c2 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Kh1 Qd3 40. Rc1 b3 41. Nb2 Qxe3 42. Qa1 Rd8 43. Nc4 Qxc1+ 44. Qxc1 Rd1+ 45. Qxd1 cxd1Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. 0-0-0 Qe7 13. Ne4 0-0 14. Nxd6 Rad8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc3 f4 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[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 a6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nd7 11. b3 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nd4 Bf8 14. Ndxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16. Qxd5 Ne7 17. Qd6 Nf5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Ne6+ Ke8 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21. e6+ Kg8 22. Qxd7 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd7 24. exd7 h4 25. Bb2 Rh7 26. h3 Ng3+ 27. Kh2 Nxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rd8 29. Ne6 Rdxd7 30. Nxc5 Rd2 31. Ne4 Rxc2 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nxh7+ Rxb2 34. Ng5 Rxa2 35. Rb1 b5 36. Nf3 Rf2 37. Nxh4 Rxf4 38. Nf3 Rb4 39. Ne1 a5 40. Nc2 Re4 41. Na3 Rb4 42. Nc2 Re4 43. Kg3 Kh6 44. Kf3 Re5 45. Nd4 Rd5 46. Ke4 Rc5 47. g4 Kg5 48. Nf3+ Kh6 49. h4 Rc3 50. Nd4 b4 51. Rf1 Rh3 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 Rxh5 54. Rf5 Rh4+ 55. Kd5 Kg6 56. Re5 Kf6 57. Re6+ Kf7 58. Ra6 Rh5+ 59. Kc4 Ke7 60. Nc6+ Kd7 61. Nxa5 Rh4+ 62. Kb5 Kc7 63. Rc6+ Kb8 64. Rc4 Rh5+ 65. Kxb4 Ka7 66. Nc6+ Kb6 67. Nd4 Rh1 68. Rc6+ Kb7 69. Rg6 Rh4 70. Kc4 Rh1 71. b4 Rc1+ 72. Kb5 Rh1 73. Rg7+ Kb8 74. Kc5 Rh5+ 75. Kb6 Rh6+ 76. Nc6+ Kc8 77. Rc7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baziuk, Vladyslav"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Bd7 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Nce7 9. e4 f5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qd2 0-0 12. Bh6 fxe4 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxf5+ gxf5 16. g4 fxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qh6+ Kf7 20. Qxh7+ Ke8 21. Bxe4 Qd7 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. Ng3 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. 0-0 Ba6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. e5 Nb3 18. Rcd1 g6 19. Bh6 Nxd4 20. Qe3 dxe5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qxe5 f6 23. Qe3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. f4 Qa4 26. Kh1 Nd6 27. f5 N6xf5 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Qxf6 Kd5 32. Rfe1 Qd7 33. Rxd4+ Rxd4 34. Qxd4+ Kxd4 35. Rd1+ Ke3 36. Rxd7 e5 37. Kg1 Ke2 38. Rd5 e4 39. Rxf5 e3 40. Re5 a6 41. g4 b5 42. Kg2 Kd2 43. Kf3 a5 44. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Hui"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 d5 6. h3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qc4 Nd7 15. Bd2 b5 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. c3 a5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd6 Kf7 21. Re2 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rae1 Kf7 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. g3 Nb6 26. Nb3 a4 27. Nc5 Rd6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Nd5 30. Ne4 Rdd8 31. Ra1 Re7 32. Rc2 e5 33. dxe5 Rxe5 34. Ra7+ Ne7 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Re2 37. Nf3 Rc2 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Ke2 h5 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Nd4+ Kd6 44. Kd2 Rh1 45. h4 g5 46. Nf3 g4 47. Nd4 Rb1 48. Ke2 Rb2+ 49. Ke3 Nd5+ 50. Kd3 Rxf2 51. Rh7 c5 52. Ne2 Rf3+ 53. Kd2 c4 54. Rxh5 c3+ 55. Kd1 Ne3+ 56. Ke1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Gonzalez Zharikov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Be7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 a5 10. a3 a4 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. f4 b5 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nf1 f6 18. Bf3 fxg5 19. Bxh5 gxh4 20. Rg1 Nf8 21. Nd2 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Be5 Ra8 24. Kf2 Qf7 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Nf3 Kd7 27. Bd4 Rhb8 28. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Qd2 0-0 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ne4 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. 0-0 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Be6 17. b3 a5 18. Ng5 Nd4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Be3 Nxe2+ 21. Nxe2 Nd5 22. Bc5 a4 23. bxa4 b6 24. Bf2 Rxa4 25. Nc3 Rxf4 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rb8 29. Bc5 e6 30. Bd6 Ra8 31. a3 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Ke2 Ra4 35. Kf3 g5 36. h3 h5 37. Rb3 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. Rb3 Kf5 40. Re3 h4 41. g4+ hxg3 42. Kxg3 d4 43. Rf3+ Kxe5 44. Kg4 d3+ 45. Kxg5 d2 46. Re3+ Re4 47. Rd3 Rd4 48. Re3+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Narva, Triin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. e3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf1 b5 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 Rc8 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 0-0 17. Ne4 Bb6 18. Bd2 Nd3 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Rd2 h6 21. g4 f5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Ng3 g6 24. Rad1 Rd5 25. h4 Rxb5 26. h5 g5 27. e4 f4 28. Nf5 Rxf5 29. exf5 g4 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Rxd3 f3+ 32. Kg3 Rf8 33. f6 Bc7+ 34. Kxg4 Re8 35. Kxf3 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Tarhan, Adar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 0-0 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. 0-0 d6 11. b4 Nd7 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. f3 Qh4 17. fxe4 Bxe4 18. Qa2+ Kh8 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. h3 Rf6 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. Bxe4 g3 23. Nf3 Qxe4 24. Qd5 Qe8 25. Bb2 Qxe3+ 26. Kf1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 06th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yushko, Olga"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB07_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"]
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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nh5 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. b4 b6 12. c5 Nxg3 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. hxg3 Qxb4 15. a3 Qa5 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Nb5 c5 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. Nb3 Qa4 20. exd4 Bb7 21. Nc7 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. Bb5 Qxb3 24. Bxd7 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Rcd8 26. Bb5 Bxd4 27. Rd1 Bc5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. a4 Rd8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Kd3 Ke5 34. Re2+ Kd6 35. f3 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 0-0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 c6 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. Ne3 d5 18. c4 Be6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bc4 Qb6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bb3 Be7 27. Rxb7 a5 28. g3 Ra8 29. a4 h6 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Be5 Nd6 33. Rb6 Ne4 34. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrova, Irina"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Ne2 Rc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 0-0 15. c3 Qc7 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Bf2 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. a5 Rd7 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bb6 Qc6 23. Rd1 Bf8 24. Qf2 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. b4 Rc4 28. Kf2 Rdc7 29. Rdd3 Kf7 30. Ke2 h6 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. g3 Kg6 34. Kd2 Kh5 35. Rf1 Kg4 36. Rd4 Rxd4+ 37. cxd4 Rc4 38. Kd3 Rxb4 39. fxg5 Kxg5 40. Rc1 Rb3+ 41. Ke2 Rxg3 42. Rc7 Kf4 43. Rxb7 Ke4 44. Rb6 Rg6 45. Rxa6 Kxd4 46. Rb6 Kxe5 47. a6 Rg2+ 48. Kd3 Ra2 49. Rc6 f4 50. a7 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. h4 h5 5. Be3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nce2 Bb7 8. Ng3 a5 9. c3 Nf6 10. f3 bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. N1e2 0-0 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bh6 e5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf5+ Kg8 19. Neg3 Ne8 20. Nxh5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Ng3 Ng7 23. h5 g5 24. h6 Ne6 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. d5 Nf4 27. g3 Ng6 28. Rh5 Kh7 29. Rxg5 Rfb8 30. Kf2 Rb3 31. Rc1 Rab8 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. Rh5 Rb1 34. g4 Raa1 35. g5 Qd8 36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Rh2 Rf1+ 38. Nxf1 Qxg5 39. Ng3 Qd8 40. Qe3 Qb8 41. Ne2 Qb1 42. Nxf4 exf4 43. Qd2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Andreassen, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Rc2 Nb4 14. Rd2 c4 15. a3 Na6 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. d5 Bd7 18. Ne5 b5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Bf6 21. Re1 Nc5 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. e4 Nd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 a6 26. f4 Qa7+ 27. Kf1 Rc4 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Qh4 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Ghosh, Chanchal Kumer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 0-0 11. Be2 Re8 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. N2f3 a6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. Rc1 Qh4 18. g3 Qh6 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Ne2 Bh3 21. Bg2 Ng5 22. Qxd5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qh5 25. Qg2 Qxe2 26. f4 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Ne4 28. Bc1 Qd3 29. Re1 f5 30. Be3 Nf6 31. Qf3 Ng4 32. Bd2 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Guzman Lozano, Campo Elias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 h5 6. 0-0-0 c6 7. f3 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd2+ 10. Rxd2 Nfd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Ne4 0-0 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nh3 Nbd7 15. Nhg5 Nb6 16. b3 Nf7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Bc5 Nc3 21. Bxg6 Nxa2+ 22. Kd1 Nc3+ 23. Ke1 Rf6 24. Rd8+ Bf8 25. Bxe7 Rxg6 26. Rxf8+ Kg7 27. Nf7 Bb7 28. Nd8 Nd5 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6+ 30. Kf2 Nxe7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Metrick, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. 0-0 d6 8. c4 e6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e4 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Re1 Qd8 17. h3 Re8 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Ne5 21. f4 Nxd3 22. Bxg7 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Kxg7 25. f5 Bc8 26. f6+ Kf8 27. Qd2 Be6 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomforde Toates, Noah"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. Bc4 0-0 13. 0-0 e5 14. Bh6 Qb6 15. Qc1 Bg4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 f5 19. Rd1 e4 20. Rd7+ Rf7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bd1 Kg7 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. h4 Ne5 25. Qf4 Nd3 26. Qg3 f4 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qe7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qb6 31. Kh2 Qd6 32. Qxe4 f3+ 33. g3 f2 34. Bc4 f1Q 35. Rxf1 Nc5 36. Qf3 Nd7 37. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zilleruelo Irizarry, Diego"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Rd1 0-0 9. e5 Ng4 10. Qb3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qh5 20. Bd4 Bh3 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qd4+ f6 23. Qf4 Rb5 24. Kh1 Re8 25. Rxd6 Rxe7 26. Qxf6+ Kh6 27. Qf8+ Rg7 28. Qf4+ Rg5 29. Rg1 Rf7 30. Qxg5+ Qxg5 31. Rxg5 Kxg5 32. Rd3 Re7 33. f4+ Kg4 34. Rg3+ Kh4 35. Re3 Rf7 36. a4 Rxf4 37. Kg1 Rxa4 38. f3 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Bf5 40. c4 Rh1 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. b3 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Kg5 44. Re5 Kf4 45. Rb5 Kxf3 46. Ke1 Rxh2 47. c5 Ke3 48. b4 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zou, Chen"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. e3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 a5 13. c4 a4 14. Rfc1 a3 15. Bc3 Ba6 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. Rab1 Bb4 19. Nf3 Rab8 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. Nd4 Rb6 23. c5 Bxf1 24. cxb6 Bd3 25. Nxc6 Re8 26. b7 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Nb8 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donatti, Alvaro"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 b6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. Bh6 0-0 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rad1 d5 13. e5 c5 14. Ne1 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qd2 Ndxe5 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rf3 Nde5 20. Rg3+ Ng6 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Rh3 f4 23. Bd3 Nce5 24. Ne2 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 e5 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qb4 d4 28. Rh3 f3 29. gxf3 Bxf3 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Rg3 Bxe2 32. Qxe2 Rh4 33. Qg2 Rah8 34. Rd2 a5 35. Rf2 Rf4 36. Rxf4 Qxf4 37. Rf3 Qc1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Rh4 40. Rf3 Qe1+ 41. Rf1 Qe4 42. Rf3 Rg4 43. Qf1 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gubajdullin, Alexey"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Ne7 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. d4 Bb6 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Bd3 b4 15. Nc2 bxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Kg2 h6 22. d5 Qd7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nf6 25. Na3 h5 26. Nb5 h4 27. gxh4 Nh5 28. Kh2 Qe7 29. Rg1 Rec8 30. Rg4 Nf6 31. Rg5 Nh7 32. Rg4 Nf6 33. Rg2 Nh5 34. Rag1 Nxh4 35. Nxh4 Qxh4 36. Rg4 Qe7 37. Rg5 Nf6 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Qf1 Rg8 40. Qg2 Nh5 41. Rxg8+ Rxg8 42. Qxg8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melian, Juan Sebastian"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. f4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd4 11. Qd3 exf4 12. Rxf4 Nd7 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. Qg3 Bg5 15. Rf2 Bh4 16. Qe3 Nxc2 17. Qc3 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qxe4 21. Qg3 Qb1+ 22. Bf1 Qxa1 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Novikov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[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. b4 cxb4 4. a3 bxa3 5. d4 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxa3 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Bc4 e6 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. 0-0 h5 14. Nc3 Bxc2 15. Qd2 g6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qxc2 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Kg7 19. Ra6 Qc4 20. Rfa1 Nd5 21. Rxa7+ Rxa7 22. Rxa7+ Kh6 23. Qd2+ g5 24. Ne2 Rb8 25. Ra1 Qb4 26. Qd1 Qb2 27. Ng3 Ne3 28. Qg1 Qd2 29. Ne4 Qe2 30. Re1 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Kg6 34. Rc1 Kf5 35. Rc5+ e5 36. Rxc6 h4+ 37. Kh3 g4+ 38. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg3 Rh3+ 40. Kg2 Rxf3 41. Ng3+ Kg5 42. Ne4+ Kf4 43. Nf2 Ra3 44. Rc4+ Kf5 45. Rxg4 Ra2 46. Rg3 e4 47. Re3 Ke5 48. Rxe4+ Kf5 49. Re3 Rb2 50. Rf3+ Kg5 51. Kg3 Ra2 52. Ne4+ Kg6 53. Kg4 Ra4 54. Rf4 Rb4 55. Kg3 Rb3+ 56. Kg4 Rb4 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Re6 Ra4 59. Kf5 Ra5+ 60. Kf4 Ra4 61. Kg5 Ra5+ 62. Kg4 Ra4 63. Re7+ Kg6 64. Re5 Rb4 65. Kf4 Ra4 66. Rg5+ Kf7 67. Rb5 Rc4 68. Ke5 Kg6 69. Rb6+ Kh5 70. Kf5 Ra4 71. Rb5 Kh4 72. Rd5 Kh3 73. Kf4 Kg2 74. Rd2+ Kf1 75. Kf3 Ra3+ 76. Kf4 Ra4 77. Ke3 Ra3+ 78. Kf4 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Quirke, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 a6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nf1 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Ng4 13. Rf1 Nc6 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Kh2 a5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bd4 19. Qg4 Ba6 20. Rf3 Rac8 21. f5 Kh8 22. Nh5 exf5 23. exf5 Rc2 24. f6 g6 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Qxd7 Qc7+ 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Ng3 Bxb2 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Kh1 Bd6 32. Ne4 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Ng5 h6 35. Ne4 Rec8 36. Re3 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 38. Kh2 b3 39. Nd6 Kg8 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Re7 g5 42. Rxf7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 b2 44. f7 Rf1 45. Rxa6 b1Q 46. Nf5+ Kh5 47. f8Q Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kf3 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Al Tarbosh, Ward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg3 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Bc4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Nxe6 Rfe8 17. Nd4 b5 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. Bc2 Bd5 20. b3 Ne4 21. Nf5 Ba3 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 g6 25. f3 Bd3 26. Rd1 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Bxc1 28. Kf2 Bb1 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Bd2 31. Nc6 Bc2 32. a5 Ba4 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Bd6 Ke8 35. Nd5 Bxa5 36. Nf6+ Kd8 37. Nxh7 Bc3 38. Ng5 Bb3 39. g4 Kd7 40. Ba3 a5 41. h4 Bf6 42. Ne4 Bxh4+ 43. Ke2 Bd5 44. Nc5+ Kc6 45. e4 Bc4+ 46. Ke3 Be7 47. Kd4 Bb5 48. f4 a4 49. g5 Bf1 50. Bb4 Be2 51. Ba3 Kb5 52. e5 Bg4 53. Kd5 Bf3+ 54. Kd4 Kc6 55. Bb4 Bd5 56. Ba3 Bb3 57. Bb4 Be6 58. Ba3 Bf5 59. Bb4 Bd8 60. Ne4 Bb6+ 61. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Demina, Marya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rfe1 a6 12. a4 Na5 13. Qc2 Nc4 14. Ne5 Nxd2 15. Nxg4 Nde4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. a5 Re8 18. h3 Qc6 19. g4 g6 20. Kg2 Nd7 21. Bg3 Bd6 22. f4 b5 23. b4 Rac8 24. Rac1 Qc7 25. Qf2 Nb8 26. h4 Nc6 27. h5 Kg7 28. Rh1 h6 29. g5 Rh8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. gxh6+ Rxh6 32. Rxh6 Kxh6 33. Qe2 Qf7 34. Qg4 Kg7 35. Re1 Re8 36. Qg5 Rh8 37. f5 Bxg3 38. Qxg3 exf5 39. Qd6 Nd8 40. Re7 Rf8 41. Rxf7+ Nxf7 42. Qxa6 Re8 43. Qxb5 Re3 44. a6 f4 45. a7 f3+ 46. Kf2 Ne5 47. dxe5 Rxe5 48. a8Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Nf1 Rab8 15. a4 Na5 16. N1d2 Rbc8 17. Rac1 e6 18. g3 h6 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Ra1 Rec8 23. Nd2 R4c7 24. a5 g5 25. g4 Nf6 26. h3 Bf8 27. Kg2 Bd6 28. f3 Kg7 29. h4 Nh7 30. Rh1 f6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh5 Nf8 33. Rf1 Rc6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Bxf4 Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Ng6 37. Rf2 Ra6 38. Nb3 b6 39. axb6 axb6 40. Nc1 Ra1 41. Nd3 Rd1 42. Rh3 Rh8 43. Rxh8 Kxh8 44. Nf4 Nxf4+ 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. Rf2 Kg6 47. Kf3 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 Rh3 49. Re2 Kf7 50. Rc2 Rh1 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kg2 Re1 54. Kf2 Re4 55. Kf3 Kg6 56. Rh2 Kg5 57. Rh5+ Kg6 58. Rh2 b5 59. Rg2 b4 60. Rh2 b3 61. Rh5 f5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Negron Lizarazo, Juan Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nb5 Na6 7. h3 c6 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. g4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. gxf5 Qxc3+ 14. Qd2 Qa3 15. 0-0 gxf5 16. Bxf5 Kh8 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Rg8 19. Kh2 f6 20. Rxb7 c5 21. Bxa6 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 24. Nxe5 Rge8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Rg1+ Kf8 27. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shubenkova, Veronika"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. e3 d5 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Ne5 0-0 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Rf3 Nd7 12. Rh3 f5 13. Ndf3 Ndxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. Bd2 b5 16. Kh1 b4 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. g4 g6 19. Nh4 Bxh4 20. Rxh4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rab8 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Be1 Rb2 24. Rh6 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc6 26. e4 d4 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "ROM GP KO final"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bc5 12. Ke2 Bb7 13. f3 Ke7 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Bb3 Bxe3 16. Kxe3 g5 17. Rhd1 Rc5 18. Rd4 h5 19. Bc2 g4 20. Be4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bc6 22. Rc1 Re5 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Rdc4 Kd7 25. Kf4 Ra5 26. a3 Bb7 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. g3 Bb7 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. e5 Bf3 31. Rd2 Ra4+ 32. Rd4 Ra5 33. Nc3 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. Ra4 Bd5 39. Nxd5 Rf3+ 40. Kd2 exd5 41. Rxa7 Ke4 42. Re7+ Kd4 43. Re2 Kc4 44. Kc2 d4 45. Rd2 d3+ 46. Kb1 Rf1+ 47. Ka2 Kd4 48. b4 Ke5 0-1

[Event "ROM GP KO final"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Rac1 exd4 16. cxd4 Bd5 17. Qc2 Qb7 18. f3 Rac8 19. Qb1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Be6 21. Qb2 Ne8 22. Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Bb5 Bd5 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Bd3 Nd6 27. Ne2 f6 28. Nf4 Ba4 29. Qa2+ Kh8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qd5 Qc6 32. Qh5 Nf8 33. Kf2 Qe8 34. Qd5 Qc6 35. Qa2 Bb5 36. Bc2 Bc4 37. Qb1 Bg8 38. Bd3 Nc4 39. Qb4 Qd6 40. Qxd6 Nxd6 41. e4 Ne6 42. Nxe6 Bxe6 43. Bc3 Bc4 44. Bc2 Nb5 45. Bb4 Kg8 46. a4 Nd4 47. Bd1 a5 48. Bd2 Bb3 49. Bxb3+ Nxb3 50. Be3 Nd2 51. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "ROM GP KO final"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Secheres, Adrian Simion"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Rb1 Be7 9. b3 cxb3 10. Rxb3 a6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 0-0 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nfg5 g6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3 Nc7 17. Nd6 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qb8 19. Bh6 Kh7 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Nxf7 Qe8 22. Nd6 Qb8 23. Be4 1-0

[Event "ROM GP KO final"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Bc3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ne5 0-0 12. f4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5+ 14. Bd4 Qb6 15. e3 Bd7 16. Rf2 Bxd4 17. exd4 a5 18. Rc1 a4 19. c5 Qa5 20. Rc3 b6 21. a3 Rab8 22. Bh3 b5 23. g4 b4 24. Rg3 bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rb4 26. f5 Qb5 27. Bf1 Qb8 28. Rxa4 exf5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Qa1 e3 31. Rxf5 Rxa4 32. Qxa4 Rxf5 33. Qxc6 Qf8 34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Bd3 Rf2 36. Qe4 g6 37. e6 Qe7 38. Qxe3 Rxb2 39. d5 Ra2 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. d6 Qb7 42. Be4 Qb3 43. Bg2 Qd1+ 44. Bf1 Qd2 45. Qg3 Qd4+ 46. Kh1 Qd5+ 47. Kg1 Qxc5+ 48. Kh1 Qd5+ 49. Kg1 Qxe6 50. d7 Qb6+ 51. Kh1 Qc6+ 52. Kg1 Qc5+ 53. Kh1 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Qd4+ 55. Kh1 Rd2 56. d8R+ Qxd8 57. Bc4+ Kg7 58. Qe5+ Qf6 59. Qc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "ROM GP KO final"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Secheres, Adrian Simion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 Nb4 10. Qb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Nc2 Re8 13. f3 Be6 14. Rd1 Nh5 15. g4 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Bd4 17. Qd2 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Ng7 19. Qf4 Red8 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Rad1 Ne8 22. Bf1 a6 23. a4 b6 24. g5 Rad8 25. h4 Ng7 26. Qh2 f6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 fxg5 29. hxg5 Ne6 30. Qg3 Nd4 31. Re1 Rf8 32. Bg2 Rdd8 33. Re3 Nf5 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Qh4 Qe5 36. Re2 f4 37. Rd2 Rf7 38. Bh3 Rg7 39. Bf5 Rf8 40. Kh2 Qe7 41. Rg2 Qe5 42. g6 hxg6 43. Bxg6 Qf6 44. Bh7+ Kh8 45. Qxf6 Rxf6 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Bf5 Rf8 48. Kh3 Kf6 49. Kg4 Ke5 50. b3 Rh8 0-1

[Event "ROM GP KO final"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Toma, Radu Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 e5 9. 0-0-0+ Kc7 10. Be3 Be6 11. b3 Nf6 12. h3 Rhd8 13. Rxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxa7 Bh6+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5+ Kb6 19. Nc3 Nd5 20. Nxd5+ Bxd5 21. Rg1 Rc8+ 22. Kd1 Ra8 23. Ke1 Rxa2 24. g4 g5 25. Kf2 Ra1 26. Rg3 Bxb3 27. Rf3 Be6 28. Rf6 h5 29. gxh5 Ra4 30. Bg2 Kc7 31. e4 Kd6 32. Rh6 Ra8 33. Kg3 Ke7 34. Bf3 Ra1 35. Rh8 f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. e4 Be6 38. h6 g4 39. hxg4 Ra8 40. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "ROM GP KO final"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Toma, Radu Cristian"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB50_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 c5 4. Ba3 e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rc1 b5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bb2 Nb4 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d3 0-0 14. Nbd2 Rac8 15. Bb1 Rfd8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Ra2 h6 18. Ba1 Nd7 19. Ne4 Na5 20. Nfd2 Bxe4 21. dxe4 e5 22. Rac2 Nb7 23. Nf3 Qe6 24. Ba2 Nd6 25. Qd3 Ne8 26. a4 Rb8 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. exd5 e4 29. Nd2 Ndf6 30. Be5 Rbc8 31. d6 Bxd6 32. Bc3 Rd7 33. h3 Re7 34. Kf1 Rb8 35. Bb2 Nd7 36. Ba3 Nef6 37. Rd1 Re6 38. Ke2 Bf8 39. Nf1 Rc8 40. Bb2 Nb6 41. a5 Nbd5 42. Rcd2 Nb4 43. Bb1 Nc6 44. Bc2 Nxa5 45. Ra1 Nb7 46. Bxf6 gxf6 47. Ng3 f5 48. Rd7 Nd6 49. Rxa6 c4 50. bxc4 Nxc4 51. Rxe6 fxe6 52. Bb3 Bg7 53. Nh5 Be5 54. f4 exf3+ 55. gxf3 Rc7 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. f4 Bb2 58. Rb8 Kg6 59. Ng3 Rc5 60. h4 Bf6 61. h5+ Kf7 62. Rb7+ Be7 63. Nh1 Na5 64. Bxe6+ Kxe6 65. Rb6+ Bd6 66. Nf2 b4 67. Nd3 Rc2+ 68. Kf3 Nc4 69. Nc5+ Kd5 70. Nd7 Nxb6 0-1

[Event "ROM GP Final GpC"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "David, Alexandru Vasile"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bf4 d5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. c4 Ba6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. b3 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. h3 h6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qh5 Qd4 18. Ne4 dxe4 19. Bb1 Qc5 20. Qxf7 Rf8 21. Qxe6 Rxf4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Qxe5 24. Qxa7 Bc8 25. Qa8 Qc7 26. g3 Rf8 27. Bxe4 Bxh3 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Bc5 31. f3 Rf6 32. Be4 Ra6 33. a4 Bb4 34. Ke2 g5 35. g4 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Kd4 Ra5 38. Bd5 Ke7 39. Ke5 Ra6 40. Bb7 Re6+ 41. Kd4 Re2 42. c5 Rc2 43. Bd5 Rxc5 44. Bc4 Kd6 45. Ke4 Re5+ 46. Kd3 Bc5 47. Kd2 Bb4+ 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. Bf7 Be1 50. Bc4 Bf2 51. a5 Re3+ 52. Kd2 Rxf3 53. a6 Kb6 54. b4 Rf4 0-1

[Event "ROM GP Final GpC"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. 0-0 a6 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Rb1 Ng6 14. a4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Rad8 16. b5 a5 17. Ra1 Ne4 18. Ba3 Nh4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Ne2 Rh6 23. h3 g5 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Qd5 Re8 26. Rfc1 Rd6 27. Qa8 Red8 28. Qxe4 f5 29. Qxh4 gxh4 30. Ne2 R8d7 31. Nf4 Bb7 32. Rc3 Rf6 33. Rac1 Rff7 34. Kf1 Rfe7 35. Nd3 Rg7 36. f3 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Nf4 Rge7 39. Rg1 Kd8 40. g3 hxg3+ 41. Rxg3 Re8 42. Rg5 Rf7 43. Nd3 Ref8 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Nf4 Kd7 46. h4 R6f7 47. Nd3 Rf6 48. Rg7+ Kd6 49. Rcxc7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "ROM GP Final GpC"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Rc1 Be7 10. 0-0 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. e4 d4 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Na3 Ng4 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Na5 Bd6 18. h3 Nh2 19. Nh4 Bc8 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Nc6 1-0

[Event "ROM GP Final GpC"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "David, Alexandru Vasile"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. e4 N5b6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qb3 Ba6 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Rxa5 Be2 20. Re1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qd8 22. Rea1 Rc2 23. Ra8 Nb8 24. Nb3 Rxb2 25. Nd4 Qb6 26. Nf5 Qxe3 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. fxe3 b3 29. Nc6 Rd2 30. Kf2 0-1

[Event "ROM GP Final GpC"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Rg1 Be8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. f5 Bd6 21. Ng4 Qe7 22. e4 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 exf5 24. Bxf5 Rd8 25. e5 Bb8 26. f4 f6 27. Ne2 c5 28. dxc5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 fxe5 30. fxe5 Bc6+ 31. Be4 Qh4 32. Ng3 Bxe5 33. Rg1 Bxg3 34. Bxc6 Rf2 0-1

[Event "ROM GP Final GpC"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2023.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. e3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb1 Rc8 15. Nc3 b5 16. Qb3 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. a3 bxa3 19. bxa3 Rb8 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21. Qd1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc4 25. Nb2 Rc3 26. a4 Qb4 27. Ra2 a5 28. Kg2 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Ne1 Nb6 31. Ned3 Bf6 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 g6 34. Kf1 d4 35. Ke2 Nd5 36. Nd1 Nb4 37. Rd2 d3+ 38. Ke3 Ra3 39. Nb2 h5 40. h4 Kf8 41. Nxd3 Nd5+ 42. Ke2 Rxa4 43. Rc2 Ke7 44. Rc8 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra3 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 a4 48. Ra8 a3 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Nc5 Rc2 51. Nd7+ Ke8 52. Nf6+ Nxf6 53. exf6 a2 54. Ke3 Kd8 55. Kf3 Kc8 56. Ke3 Kb8 57. Ra4 Kb7 58. Kf3 Kb6 59. Ra8 Kb5 60. Ra7 Kb4 61. Kg2 Kb3 62. Rb7+ Kc3 63. Ra7 Kb2 64. Rb7+ Kc1 0-1

[Event "Sebes GP op"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 d6 6. h3 a5 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Bc2 Ng6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. d4 exd4 11. Nexd4 Re8 12. a3 Bc5 13. Re1 c6 14. b3 Qb6 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Qd2 a4 17. Re3 axb3 18. Rxb3 Qa6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Rd3 f6 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Qxd7 Rad8 24. Qg4 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxc4 26. Bb1 Kh8 27. Kh2 Be3 28. Ne1 Qf1 29. Bd3 Bf4+ 30. g3 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Bxg3 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2 Rd2 34. Bh5 g6 35. Bc3 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 gxh5 37. Nf3 Rc2 38. Bb4 c5 39. Bd2 Rd8 40. Bh6 Rd3 41. Rf1 Rxa3 42. Ng5 Bf4 43. Rd1 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Sebes GP op"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. d3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 a6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. e4 0-0 15. Nbd2 Nb8 16. Nc4 Nc6 17. Bf4 h6 18. Rac1 g5 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rf1 Rfd8 23. h3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Be3 Ba6 26. Rfd1 Rac8 27. f4 Qg7 28. Kh2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bh4 30. Bxc5 Bg3+ 31. Kh1 Bxf4 32. Rc2 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qg3 34. Kg1 Be3+ 35. Kh1 Bxc5 36. Qc2 Qf2 37. Qxf2 Bxf2 38. Bf1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Sebes GP op"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qf4 f5 12. d5 e5 13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. exf3 Nd7 15. f4 0-0 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qc3 f4 19. Qc2 Qh6 20. Re4 Ng4 21. h3 Ne5 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. b3 Rf6 24. Qc1 Ref8 25. Qc3 Qg6 26. g4 f3 27. Bf1 h5 28. Qd4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qg5 30. Bd3 Rf4 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Re4 Rxg4+ 33. Rxg4 Nxg4 34. Kf1 Qc1# 0-1

[Event "Sebes GP op"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Toma, Radu Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qb8 11. h3 Bd6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. e4 b4 14. e5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxe5 16. Qc6+ Ncd7 17. Ne4 0-0 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxa6 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Rd2 Nc7 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bc4 Rc8 26. Qe4 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bc3 28. Bd3 f5 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Bc4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. Qf4 Qxf4+ 36. Rxf4 Rc2 37. a4 Ra2 38. h4 Kf6 39. f3 h6 40. Rb4 Ke5 41. Kg3 Ra3 42. Rb5+ Kf6 43. Ra5 g5 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Ra8 g4 46. a5 Ke5 47. a6 gxf3 48. gxf3 f4+ 49. Kg4 Ra1 50. a7 Rg1+ 51. Kh4 Rg7 52. Kh5 Rb7 53. Kg6 Rc7 54. Kh6 Rf7 55. Kg6 Rc7 56. Kh6 Rf7 57. Kg6 Rd7 58. Kg5 Rb7 59. Kg6 Rd7 60. Kg5 Rg7+ 61. Kh6 Rd7 62. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sebes GP op"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tudoroiu, Razvan Catalin"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2023.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Rb1 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. h3 Bf5 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Ne2 0-0 13. c3 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Qe3 Ne4 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Nf4 b5 19. Nd3 a5 20. a3 Rab8 21. Rbe1 Rfc8 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. Qe3 Rb6 24. Qe2 Qc4 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. Qe2 Qd8 27. Qd1 Nd6 28. Re3 Nc4 29. Re2 Qh4 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. Rf1 f6 32. Rfe1 Kf7 33. Qb1 Re7 34. Qc2 Rb8 35. Qb3 Qh5 36. Nf4 Qf5 37. Nxe6 Kg8 38. Nc5 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qc2 Qxc2 42. Rxc2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Na6 b3 45. Re2 Ra8 46. Nb4 Ra1 47. Nxd5 Rb1 48. Ne3 Nxb2 49. d5 Nd1 50. d6 Nxe3 51. Rxe3 Rd1 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. Rb8 Rxd6 54. Rxb3 Rd2 55. Kg3 Rd3+ 56. f3 Kg6 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Kg3 Rc2 59. Ra3 h5 60. h4 Kh6 61. Rb3 Kg6 62. Ra3 Kh6 63. Kh3 Kg6 64. Rb3 Kh6 65. Ra3 Kg6 66. g4 hxg4+ 67. fxg4 Rc1 68. Kg3 Kh6 69. Kf3 Rh1 70. h5 Rf1+ 71. Kg3 Rg1+ 72. Kf3 Rf1+ 73. Kg2 Rc1 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg3 Rg1+ 77. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sebes GP op"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. e3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rb1 Ne7 13. a4 c6 14. Ba3 Rf6 15. a5 Ng6 16. a6 bxa6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rh6 19. f3 Qh4 20. fxe4 Qxh2+ 21. Kf2 fxe4 22. Ke1 Bd7 23. Qf2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18 31st"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2023.09.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stalmach, Richard"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. 0-0 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ng4 15. Rf3 g6 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Nxe3 18. Qe4 Nxc4 19. Rf6 b5 20. Raf1 Qe8 21. Qh4 Rd8 22. Re1 Qd7 23. b3 Qd3 24. Rf3 Qd6 25. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18 31st"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Rostomyan, Mikayel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[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 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 0-0 8. Be2 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Qd4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rac8 16. Qa2 Nc3 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 18. 0-0 Rfc8 19. Qa1 a5 20. Nd4 axb4 21. axb4 Bd5 22. Ba6 Qxb4 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Qa6 Rb8 26. Rfc1 g6 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Kg7 29. Qc3 Be4 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Ne2 Qb5 32. Ng3 Bb7 33. h3 h5 34. Nf1 Qg5 35. e4 Bxe4 36. f3 Bb7 37. Rb1 b5 38. Kh1 Qf5 39. Rb4 Qd5 40. Ne3 Qc6 41. Qb2 Qc5 42. Nd1 Bc6 43. Nf2 Qd6 44. Rd4 Qg3 45. Nd3 g5 46. h4 gxh4 47. Rf4 Qg5 48. Qd4 h3 49. gxh3 Bd5 50. h4 Qg6 51. Kh2 Bc4 52. Nf2 Bf1 53. Ng4 e5 54. Rxf6 exd4 55. Rxg6+ fxg6 56. Nf2 Bc4 57. Kg3 b4 58. Ne4 b3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18 31st"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozen, Eytan"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxc4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kf1 Rd8 18. Ke1 Na5 19. Rb1 Nb3 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Be6 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U18 31st"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2023.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Lamaze, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 h6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Re1 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 c6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Ra3 Kh7 16. Nf1 cxd5 17. exd5 Be8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 g5 20. Be3 Ng6 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 a6 23. h3 Rc8 24. Nh2 Bf7 25. d6 Nd7 26. Na4 Qxa5 27. Qc1 Qd8 28. Qb1 Bd5 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Rb8 31. Rb3 Qa5 32. Nb6 Nde5 33. Nxe5 Nxe5 34. Re2 Nc4 35. Ra2 Qxa2 36. Qxa2 Nxe3 37. Nd7 Rfe8 38. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18 31st"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Razafindratsima, Timothe"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Na5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 Qd5 17. Qe2 b5 18. Bc2 h6 19. b4 Nb7 20. Bb2 Qd7 21. a4 Nd5 22. Qf3 a6 23. Rad1 Nd6 24. Bb3 Nf4 25. Rfe1 Bf6 26. d4 Ng6 27. Nh5 e4 28. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18 31st"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2023.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Levin, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 b6 8. Nfd2 Ba6 9. Bxc6 Rc8 10. Bg2 Nb8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Na5 16. Rad1 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qd7 18. Qg5 0-0 19. d5 exd5 20. Nd4 h6 21. Qf4 Qc7 22. Qh4 Rce8 23. f4 Nb3 24. Nf5 Re6 25. g4 Qc5+ 26. e3 Ne4 27. Rf3 Nd6 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Re8 30. Qd7 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxf4 33. Bxd5 Nc5 34. Qxd6 Qxd6 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxd6 Na4 37. Rc6 Nxb2 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Kf3 Nd3 40. Ke4 Nc5+ 41. Kd4 Kd7 42. Kxc4 Ne6 43. Kb4 Nc7 44. Rc1 a6 45. bxa6 Nxa6+ 46. Kb5 Nc7+ 47. Kxb6 Nd5+ 48. Kc5 Nf6 49. h3 h5 50. gxh5 Nxh5 51. Re1 Nf4 52. Re3 g5 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Ra3 Kf6 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. h4 Ne6 58. Kf5 Nd4+ 59. Kxg5 Nf3+ 60. Kg4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18 31st"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2023.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Babazada, Khazar Araz"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. Nc3 e4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Rxe4 d5 10. Re1 d4 11. Bb5 0-0 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d3 Be6 14. Ne5 Qd5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Qc1 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Qd2 Rab8 20. b3 Bd7 21. f3 Re6 22. Re4 Rbe8 23. Rae1 d5 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Be5 f6 27. b4 Qb6 28. Bd6 Qa6 29. Qe1 Kf7 30. Qb1 Qa3 31. Bg3 a6 32. Bf2 Qc3 33. Kf1 h5 34. Ke2 g5 35. Kd1 Bf5 36. Be1 Qa3 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. axb3 Ke6 39. Bf2 Ke5 40. Bg3+ Ke6 41. Bc7 h4 42. h3 Bg6 43. Kc1 Bh5 44. Kb2 Kd7 45. Bb6 f5 46. Bxd4 g4 47. f4 gxh3 48. gxh3 Bf3 49. Bf2 Bg2 50. Bxh4 Bxh3 51. Kc3 Bg4 52. Kd2 Ke6 53. Bf2 Bf3 54. Bd4 Bg4 55. Kc1 Bf3 56. c4 Be2 57. Kd2 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Q2 Sw"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harsh, Suresh"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2023.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nc4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. 0-0 Nb6 15. a4 Bg4 16. a5 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Rfd1 0-0 19. b4 c6 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. h3 Bh5 23. Qc2 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Rd8 25. Qd2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kf8 27. Bb3 Ke8 28. Kg2 Bh4 29. Qd1 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qd8 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Kg2 Qe7 34. Qd2 Qd8 35. Qe2 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qd8 37. Bc4 Qd7 38. Kg2 Qd8 39. Bd3 Qg5+ 40. Kh2 Qd8 41. c4 Qd4 42. Kg2 Qc3 43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 Qxa5 45. bxc6 bxc6 46. Qc2 Qc7 47. Qa4 Kf8 48. Qa8+ Kg7 49. Qe8 Bf6 50. Bc4 c5 51. Kf1 Qe7 52. Qc8 Qd6 53. Qg4+ Kf8 54. Qh5 Qd7 55. Qxh6+ Bg7 56. Qh4 Qd4 57. Bd5 Qa1+ 58. Kg2 Qa5 59. Qg5 Qc7 60. h4 c4 61. h5 Qe7 62. Qf5 c3 63. Qc8+ Qe8 64. Qxc3 Qe7 65. Qc8+ Qe8 66. Qf5 Qe7 67. Kh3 Qf6 68. Qc8+ Ke7 69. Qc7+ Kf8 70. Kg4 Bh6 71. Qc8+ Kg7 72. Qf5 Qxf5+ 73. Kxf5 f6 74. Be6 Bg5 75. Bd5 Kh6 76. Bf7 Kg7 77. Bg6 Kh6 78. Ke6 Kg7 79. Ke7 Kh6 80. Kf7 Bh4 81. Ke6 Bg5 82. Kf7 Bh4 83. Ke6 Bg5 84. Be8 Bh4 85. Kf5 Bg5 86. Kg4 Kg7 87. Bg6 Kh6 88. Kf5 Bh4 89. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Q2 Sw"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Hui"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Be7 9. f5 Bd7 10. Bg5 Bc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. 0-0 b5 14. Kh1 0-0 15. c3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 a5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. c4 Ba4 22. Nd2 Qc5 23. Qd3 Bg5 24. b3 Bxd2 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. bxa4 Bc3 27. Qc2 Qxc4 28. Be2 Qd4 29. Qb3 Qxe4 30. Bc4 d5 31. Bb5 h6 32. h3 Rb8 33. f6 g6 34. Bc6 Rd8 35. a5 Qc4 36. Ba4 Qxb3 37. Bxb3 Ra8 38. Bxd5 Rxa5 39. Rd1 Ra7 40. Bb3 Bd4 41. Rc1 Ra8 42. Rc7 Rf8 43. Ra7 Bc3 44. Rb7 g5 45. Kg1 e4 46. Kf1 Bxf6 47. Ke2 Bc3 48. Ke3 Kg7 49. Kxe4 Kg6 50. Kf3 f6 51. Bc2+ f5 52. g4 Kf6 53. Bxf5 Ke5 54. Rb5+ Kd4 55. Rb7 Kc4 56. Ke2 Re8+ 57. Kd1 b3 58. Rc7+ Kb4 59. Rb7+ Ka3 60. Rc7 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Q2 Sw"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 0-0 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 a5 13. 0-0 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Bb7 16. Nbd2 Rdc8 17. Nb3 h6 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 f6 23. Rfc1 Kf7 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Q2 Sw"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 Bxe4 4. f3 Bb7 5. Ne2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nbc3 0-0 9. Be3 d5 10. c5 Nc6 11. a3 e6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Bd3 Nf5 14. Bf2 Re8 15. b5 e5 16. c6 Bc8 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Nd4 Ne3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Nce2 Nh5 21. Rb1 Qg5 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nf4 24. g3 Nxd3 25. f4 Qe7 26. Qd2 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Q2 Sw"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Han, Yichen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. d5 a5 9. Be3 Na6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Be2 Nac5 13. b3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bd4 Ne5 17. Rxf4 Qg5 18. Qf1 Ng6 19. Bxg7 Nxf4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qf3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxh3+ 24. Kh2 Nf4 25. Bf3 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qg3 27. Rf1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qe7 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Qh6+ 35. Kg2 Qg7+ 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Kf4 h5 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Q2 Sw"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 a6 14. Rxb7 Na5 15. Rb4 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 Bb5 17. Rc2 Ba4 18. Rc8 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glashausser, Sho"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 c5 6. a4 a6 7. e4 d6 8. Nc3 b4 9. Ne2 a5 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd2 0-0 13. f4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. d4 Ba6 16. Kh1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc8 18. Rg1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxc2 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. g4 Bc5 22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Rad1 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. Qg3 Nxa4 26. f5 Nxb2 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rd2 Nc4 29. Rd3 Nc7 30. Nf3 b3 31. Ng5 b2 32. Qh4 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 b1Q+ 34. Kh2 Qxd3 35. Be4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4 dxe4 37. Qe7 e3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 e6 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bd3 c4 8. Be2 Qxb2 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nc5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. 0-0 Nc6 13. Ne5 0-0 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qd4 Ne4 16. Bf3 Nd6 17. a4 Nf5 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Qc5 20. e4 d4 21. Qd2 Ne7 22. a5 e5 23. Bg3 Nc6 24. c3 d3 25. Bh4 Nxa5 26. Qg5 Nb3 27. Rad1 a5 28. Bg3 f6 29. Qh5 a4 30. Bg4 Bxg4 31. Qxg4 Qe7 32. f4 a3 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. h4 a2 35. Kh2 a1Q 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Nxa1 38. h5 Nc2 39. h6 Ne3 40. Qh5 Nf1+ 41. Kg1 Nxg3 42. Qg4 d2 43. Qd1 Rf1+ 44. Kh2 Rxd1 45. hxg7 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Magold, Filip"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bd3 Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 10. 0-0 Nh5 11. Rb1 Nf4 12. Re1 f5 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Re2 Re8 18. Rbe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 g5 23. Re6 Be5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxa5 e4 26. Qc7 e3 27. Qxc6 exf2+ 28. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Molina, Roberto Junio Brito"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. b4 a5 7. b5 c6 8. bxc6 bxc6 9. a4 Ba6 10. Ba3 Nfd7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. c4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rc1 d4 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. exd4 Nd7 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Rd8 22. Qe7 Bb7 23. h4 h5 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Qb8 26. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rouast, Joseph"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 b6 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bc4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Qe3 Qd6 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. b3 h5 17. 0-0 Bh6 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Nh4 Bg5 20. Qh3 Bxh4 21. Qxh4 g5 22. Qh3 g4 23. Qh4 Rh6 24. f4 Ng6 25. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Akhayan, Ruben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 0-0 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Be3 Nhf4 19. Kh2 Qf6 20. g3 Ne6 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. b6 cxb6 23. Rxb6 Ra2 24. Kg1 Nef4 25. gxf4 Nxf4 26. N3d2 Nxh3+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kg3 Nxd3 29. Qe2 Qg5+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Nf4 32. Qf3 Re6 33. Ng3 Rg6 34. Rd1 Qh3 35. Ndf1 Qh4 36. Ne3 Nh3+ 37. Kf1 Rxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 40. Ke2 Qh2+ 41. Kd3 Rg3 42. Rxd6 Kh7 43. Rd2 Qg1 44. Re2 Qb1+ 45. Kd2 Qb2+ 46. Ke1 Qb4+ 47. Kf2 Rxe3 48. Rxh6+ gxh6 49. Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Bagrationi, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. Qd3 f5 12. exf6 Ngxf6 13. Ng3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 c5 16. 0-0 cxd4 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. h3 Nd5 21. Nf3 Nb4 22. c3 Nc2 23. Rb1 Be6 24. Bg5 Bxa2 25. Rbc1 Bb3 26. Rf2 h6 27. Bxe7 Rfe8 28. Nh4 g5 29. Nhf5 Ne3 30. Nxe3 Rxe7 31. Nef5 Rd7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Nh5+ Kg6 34. g4 Rf7 35. Rcf1 Raf8 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Ra1 b6 38. Ra3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Deveci, Huseyin Said"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 Kf8 5. d4 e6 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ke7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Re8 12. b3 Nxe4 13. Ba3+ Nd6 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 e5 17. Rac1 h6 18. Qc7+ Qxc7 19. Rxc7+ Bd7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Bxd6 g5 22. Rxb7 Kg6 23. Bc7 a6 24. d6 e4 25. Bf1 a5 26. a4 Be6 27. Bb5 Nd7 28. Bb6 Nxb6 29. Bxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxb6 Bd7 31. Rb7 Rd8 32. Ra7 Be6 33. Rxa5 Bxb3 34. Rb1 Bc2 35. Rc1 Bd3 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Rd5 Kf7 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. a5 Bc4 41. Rc5 Bd3 42. Rc7+ Kxd6 43. Rxg7 Kc5 44. Rg6 Kb5 45. Rxh6 Kxa5 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kb5 48. Rh8 Kc6 49. h5 Kd5 50. h6 Ke6 51. h7 Kf7 52. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Koellner, Ruben Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Nbd7 4. Bb2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Qc1 Bf8 16. h3 h5 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Qc7 20. Qc1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Qd1 Qxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Nd7 24. Ne2 f6 25. Nc1 Kf7 26. Kf1 Bb4 27. Ke2 a5 28. Nd3 Be7 29. Bc2 b6 30. h4 Bxd3+ 31. Bxd3 f5 32. g3 e4 33. Bc2 Bf6 34. Ba3 Ke6 35. Bb1 Bc3 36. Bc2 Ne5 37. Bb1 Nf3 38. Bc2 Be5 39. Bb1 Bf6 40. Bc2 Ne5 41. Bb1 Ng4 42. Bc2 g5 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Bc1 Ne5 45. Bb2 Nf3 46. Bc1 h4 47. gxh4 Bxh4 48. Bb1 Ng1+ 49. Kf1 Nh3 50. f3 exf3 51. e4 f4 52. Bc2 Bg3 53. Bd1 Ng5 54. Bd2 Nxe4 55. Be1 Bxe1 56. Kxe1 f2+ 57. Kf1 Ke5 58. Bf3 Nd2+ 59. Kxf2 Nxf3 60. Kxf3 c5 61. a3 Kf5 62. a4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Palchuk, Andrii"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[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. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 a5 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 0-0 15. Be2 Qd7 16. 0-0 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Rfb8 19. b3 c5 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. c4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Rcd1 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 h6 27. h3 Rc7 28. Qb5 Rc5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Rd8 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2 32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. a4 Qg5 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rc3 36. Ra8 Rxb3 37. Rxa5 Kf6 38. Ra7 Ra3 39. a5 e5 40. Kh2 e4 41. Bg4 Bg6 42. a6 Ra2 43. Kg3 h5 44. Bc8 h4+ 45. Kxh4 Rxf2 46. Kg3 e3 47. Bb7 Ra2 48. Ra8 Bf5 49. Re8 Be6 50. Rd8 e2 51. Kf2 Bc4 52. Ke1 Ra1+ 53. Kf2 e1Q+ 54. Kf3 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Arad op 16th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 a4 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Nce4 a3 14. bxa3 Nfd5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Rxa3 18. Rd3 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc7 20. e3 Bd7 21. Bf3 Ra8 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. Bb3 Qf5 24. Kh1 c5 25. Nxc5 Bc6+ 26. d5 Qf6 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. exd4 exd5 29. Nd3 f6 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Kf3 g6 33. h4 Rg8 34. Nb2 g5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Rh1 Bxf4 37. Rxh7+ Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. f4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arad op 16th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[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 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a5 6. 0-0 d6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 c5 17. Be3 c4 18. a4 Rc8 19. Ra3 0-1

[Event "Arad op 16th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[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 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Rc2 Nf8 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. e3 a6 17. h4 Rc8 18. Qa1 c5 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. Rfc1 Qe7 22. Nef4 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 f5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nh5 Qf7 26. Nxg7 Rf8 27. Bf3 d4 28. exd4 f4 29. g4 Ng5 30. hxg5 Bxf3 31. Nf5 Qd5 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. dxc5+ Kg6 34. Bh8 Kxg5 35. cxd6 Bh1 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Qxc5 38. Qg7+ Kh4 39. Qxf8 Qd5 40. Nf5+ Kxg4 41. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Arad op 16th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Black "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qd6 10. Qd2 c5 11. Qc3 c4 12. Nbd2 cxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. d4 c6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. b3 h6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qg6 21. dxe5 Re7 22. Qb4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxb7 Ra5 25. a4 Qxe4 26. Rd4 Qc2 27. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arad op 16th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Stoleriu, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Ba3 f5 13. Nd2 Ra8 14. Bb4 fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nf5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd6 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Qb3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 b6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Rc1 e4 25. Qc4 e3 26. fxe3 Be5 27. h3 Qa3 28. Bd3 Bd6 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Kg7 31. Be2 Kf6 32. Bf3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Timisoara Foisor Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serban, Cristian Stefan"]
[Black "Omorjan, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Rfe1 c5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. a3 Nc7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rad8 17. Qa4 a6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxb7 Qb6 20. Bc6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Rd2 Ne6 23. Nd5 Qa7 24. Bb5 Nd4 25. Qxa6 Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Bh6 27. f4 Rb3 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nd5 e4 30. g4 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Nxd2 32. g5 Rxb2 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. Ke3 f5 0-1

