[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alexikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Qe1 Ne5 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Qf2 Qxf2 16. Rxf2 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Rdf1 Bf6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ne7 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. Rd2 Nc6 24. c3 Be5 25. Rfd1 Bxg3 26. hxg3 d5 27. Rxd5 Re8 28. Ng5 h6 29. Nf3 Re2 30. R1d2 Rae8 31. Kg1 g5 32. Kf1 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 g4 34. Nd4 Ne5 35. b3 Rc8 36. c4 b5 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Nxb5 Rc1+ 39. Ke2 Rg1 40. Ke3 h5 41. Nd6 f6 42. Ne4 Kg7 43. Rc2 Rb1 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Nxf6 Re1+ 46. Kf4 Nf7 47. Nxh5 Rf1+ 48. Kxg4 Ne5+ 49. Kg5 Nf7+ 50. Kf6 Nd6 51. Rd7 Nxf5 52. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cardenas Carbajal, Nilson"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rac1 0-0 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Be4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ba4 Rac8 19. Rxc6 Qb7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. h3 d5 22. Re1 Bb4 23. Rd1 h6 24. Qf3 Bc5 25. Bxh6 Ne4 26. Be3 Qxb2 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Bb3 Qe5 29. Qe3 Rc3 30. Qd4 Qf4 31. Bxd5 Rc2 32. Bxe4 Rxf2 33. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Jul Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Loebler, Heimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.07.11"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 dxe4 5. dxc5 Qxd1+ 6. Rxd1 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Rxd6 0-0 11. c3 Nc7 12. b4 Ncd5 13. Bd4 a5 14. b5 Bd7 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rxd7 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Be2 Nc2+ 20. Kf1 Rc8 21. Bd1 Nd4 22. Ne2 e5 23. Nc3 f5 24. c6 bxc6 25. b6 c5 26. Nd5 Rb8 27. h4 Kf8 28. h5 h6 29. Rh3 f4 30. Ra3 Nc6 31. Ba4 Ne7 32. Bb5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rxb6 34. Rxa5 Ke7 35. a4 Kd6 36. Ra7 Kxd5 37. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodrigo"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2023.06.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. d3 Nge7 6. b4 Be6 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. b5 Nd8 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. dxe5 f5 12. Ned2 Nxc3 13. Qa5 Ne4 14. Ba3 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qd4 16. Rc1 Qxe5+ 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Nf3 Qa1+ 21. Bd1 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.06.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Qd2 d4 12. Qxd4 Bxf3 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. gxf3 g6 15. Rg1 Bg7 16. Ke2 Rf8 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Rg3 Nc4 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Rh3 h5 22. Rg1 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 Bf4+ 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Rh4 e5 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rd3 Ke6 28. Kd1 Rxd3+ 29. cxd3 Rh8 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. d4 Rd8 32. d5+ Ke5 33. Ke2 g5 34. h3 Rd7 35. a4 Rd8 36. Ke1 Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Kxd5 38. b3 Kd4 39. Kd2 e6 40. Kc2 e5 41. Kd2 e4 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Jiang, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. 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 Bf5 10. Qa4 e5 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Be2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bc5 17. 0-0 Rc8 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nd2 Be7 20. c4 Bf5 21. Bb2 Rd8 22. Bf3 Bd3 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. Bc3 Rd7 25. Nf1 Rb8 26. Rd2 Rdd8 27. Ba5 Ke8 28. Ne3 Bg6 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Bg4 f5 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Rxe5 fxg4 33. Rde2 Kf8 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 b5 36. cxb5 Bf7 37. Rd7 Be8 38. Nb6 Kg8 39. Rd5 Bf7 40. Rc5 Be6 41. Kf1 Re8 42. Nc4 g6 43. a4 h5 44. g3 Bf5 45. Ne3 Be4 46. Ke1 Rd8 47. Rc4 Bf3 48. Rc2 Rd3 49. Rb2 b6 50. Rb1 Be4 51. Rb2 Bf3 52. b4 Ra3 53. a5 bxa5 54. bxa5 Rxa5 55. b6 Ra8 56. Nc4 Rd8 57. Rb1 Kf8 58. b7 Rb8 59. Na5 Ke7 60. Kd2 Kd7 61. Rb6 Kc7 62. Rxg6 Rh8 63. Kc3 Rh7 64. Kd4 Bxb7 65. Nxb7 Kxb7 66. Ke5 Rf7 67. Rf6 Rg7 68. Rf5 h4 69. Kf6 Rh7 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Qf3 0-0 11. Nc3 a5 12. a4 Ra6 13. Re1 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Re6 16. Qd3 d4 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. f4 Nb4 19. Qb3 c4 20. Qxc4 Rc6 21. Qe2 Nxc2 22. Qe4 Qa8 23. Rb1 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Rc2 25. Bd2 Bb4 26. Rd1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qe4 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. b3 c6 31. Nd6 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 dxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Rxb3+ 34. Kd4 Rb4+ 35. Kc5 Rxa4 36. f5 Ra2 37. Kxc6 Rxg2 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Re2 40. Kd7 a4 41. Nb5 Kf8 42. Nd4 Re4 43. Nb5 a3 44. Nxa3 Rd4+ 45. Kc6 Ke7 46. Nb5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Eigen"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bf5 a6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Re1 Qe7 16. g3 Rfd8 17. Nh4 Bc7 18. Na4 Ba5 19. Rf1 Rc7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxg7 Qe4 22. Qh5 d4 23. f3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 f6 25. Bh6 Qe6 26. Nf5 Ne5 27. Nxc5 Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Bf4 Ke6 31. g4 d3 32. Bxe5 d2 33. Bd4 dxc1Q 34. Rxc1 Rc7 35. Rb1 Rcd7 36. b4 Bc7 37. Rc1 Be5 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Rxa2 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Nh6+ Kf8 44. Rxh7 Rd3 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Rf5 Re2 47. g5 e4 48. g6 exf3 49. Rxf3 Rd6 50. g7 Rg6+ 51. Kf4 Rxg7 52. Nf5 Rf7 53. h4 Kd7 54. Kg3 Re4 55. h5 Ke6 56. Ne3 Rg7+ 57. Kf2 Rxb4 58. h6 Rb2+ 59. Kf1 Rf7 60. Rxf7 Kxf7 61. Ke1 Kg6 62. Kd1 Kxh6 63. Kc1 Rb5 64. Nd1 Kg5 65. Nb2 Kf5 66. Kb1 Ke4 67. Ka2 Kd4 68. Ka3 Kc3 69. Nd1+ Kc2 70. Ne3+ Kd2 71. Ng4 Kc3 72. Ka2 Ra5+ 73. Kb1 Kb3 74. Kc1 Rc5+ 75. Kd2 a5 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Dorn, Paris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bc1 c5 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Qxe5+ 14. Kf2 Na4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxa4 Bxa4 17. Qb4 Bd7 18. Nxe6 Na6 19. Nxg7+ Kd8 20. Qxb7 Qb8 21. Bf6# 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 g6 8. Qa4 Qd6 9. Ne4 Qe6 10. d3 a6 11. Nfg5 Qd7 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. Bxc6 Nxa4 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Re1 0-0-0 16. Nxf7 Bg7 17. Bg5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Be6 19. Nxh8 Bxa2 20. Rxb2 Nxb2 21. Rc1+ Kb8 22. Rc2 Rxd3 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Rxb2 Bd5 25. Bf4+ Ka7 26. Be3+ Ka8 27. Bd4 Bc6 28. Be5 Rd5 29. f4 a5 30. Nc4 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 a4 32. Nb6+ Ka7 33. Nc8+ Ka8 34. Nxe7 Bd7 35. Nf7 b5 36. Nd6 a3 37. Rb3 b4 38. Rxb4 a2 39. Rb6 Be6 40. Ra6+ Kb8 41. Ndc8+ Kb7 42. Ra7# 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Linares Napoles, Oleiny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. h3 Be3 12. g3 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Ne3 14. Kd2 Nxf1+ 15. Raxf1 Re8 16. Ke3 Bd7 17. h4 Ke7 18. f5 Rad8 19. h5 Rg8 20. Ne2 Bc8 21. Nf4 b6 22. h6 gxh6 23. Rxh6 Ba6 24. f6+ Ke8 25. Rfh1 Rg3+ 26. Kf2 Rg5 27. Rxh7 Rd2+ 28. Ke3 Rxc2 29. Rh8+ Kd7 30. Rd1+ Kc7 31. Ne6+ fxe6 32. Rh7+ Kb8 33. Rd8+ Bc8 34. f7 Rg3+ 35. Kf4 Rgg2 36. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harish, Neeraj"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 0-0 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. a4 Qa7 15. Nf1 d5 16. Ng3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Rh4 Rfe8 20. Ra3 Bc5 21. Re3 Be7 22. Rhe4 Bf6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc3 Rxa4 27. Rxc6 Rd8 28. Rxc7 Ra2 29. Rb5 a4 30. Bf4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 a3 32. Rcb7 g5 33. Be5 Rd2 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Rg8+ Kf5 37. Bc3+ Rd5 38. Rb4 Bd7 39. g4+ Ke6 40. Rb6+ Rd6 41. Rxd6+ Kxd6 42. Bb4+ Ke5 43. Bxa3 Bc6 44. Rc8 Bd5 45. Rc1 Kf4 46. Re1 f5 47. Re3 fxg4 48. Bd6+ Kf5 49. Re5+ Kg6 50. Rxd5 Rxb2 51. Bg3 gxh3 52. Kxh3 Rb6 53. Rd6+ Rxd6 54. Bxd6 h5 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Kf3 h4 57. Be7 g4+ 58. Kg2 h3+ 59. Kg3 Ke4 60. Bd6 Kf5 61. Kh4 Ke6 62. Bb8 Kf5 63. Bh2 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Ghazaryan, Raffi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. h4 Bxd3 9. cxd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. d4 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. a4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. h5 Rc8 16. e4 Rc4 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rfd1 d4 20. Nd5 Nc5 21. h6 g6 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd7 27. Qxb7 Nxe5 28. Qe4 d3 29. Bf4 Ng4 30. Qxd3 Re8 31. Qc3 f6 32. f3 Ne5 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Qc7 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. Rc6 Rb7 37. Rxa6 Rxb2 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Re7 Kg8 42. Rxe5 Kf7 43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rxh7 Rxa4 46. Rb7 Ra8 47. h7 Rh8 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. Kg3 Kh6 50. Kf4 Rxh7 51. Rxh7+ Kxh7 52. Ke5 Kg7 53. Ke6 Kh6 54. Kf6 Kh5 55. g4+ Kh6 56. g5+ Kh5 57. f4 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas 1000 GM op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodrigo"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Ba2 0-0 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Nd2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf5 20. Nf3 Ne6 21. Bd5 c5 22. c3 Nc7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Qe7 26. Qf3 Qe6 27. Rae1 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Nd7 Rb7 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Re5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ambartsumova, Karina"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nc7 Ra7 13. Ba3 b5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxf8 Rc7 16. Qb2 Kxf8 17. Bxb5 e4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. 0-0 Nfg4 20. h3 Qh4 21. Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Qa3+ Kg8 23. Qa8 Qd8 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. g3 h5 26. Nc6 Qd6 27. Qxc8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Ne7 Nxf2 31. Ng8+ Kg5 32. Qf4+ Qxf4 33. gxf4+ Kg4 34. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liu, Kelsey"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3 c4 9. Nc5 e6 10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 b5 12. Nb2 Ne4 13. b4 Nxb4 14. a4 Nxc3 15. axb5 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxa1 17. Qxc3 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 Nbd7 7. Be3 Qc7 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. e5 Bb7 10. exd6 Bxf3 11. dxc7 Bxd1 12. Kxd1 Rc8 13. a4 e5 14. Nb3 bxa4 15. Bxa6 Rxc7 16. Nxa4 Nd5 17. Bb5 Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 Kd8 19. c4 Bd6 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Na5 Rbc8 24. Nd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Ke6 26. Nb3 Rb8 27. e4 f5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wafa, Hamed"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nef6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. Nc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Qxd6 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. b4 Qxc4 15. Nc3 Rb6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Qe3 e6 19. Rac1 Qg4 20. f3 Qf5 21. a3 Rb7 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Qb5 24. Rc8+ Kd7 25. Rec1 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Kf1 b5 28. R1c2 Ra7 29. R2c3 Rxa3 30. R8c7+ Kd8 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. R8c7+ Kd8 33. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Amburgy, Ryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nc3 Nb4 8. Be2 c5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Nb5 0-0 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Nb5 Ra8 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Nb5 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Celestino, Rafael Teixeira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[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. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qg4 Nxc3 6. Qxg7 Rf8 7. a3 Be7 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxh7 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd5 13. c4 Qxf3 14. gxf3 b6 15. Bh6 Nxd4 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Bg2 Ba6 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. f4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Bb7 21. Qxd7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Dubreuil, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[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 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. b4 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. Nb5 e5 9. Bg5 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. c3 b6 14. Qa8 Bd7 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Qxd8+ Bxd8 17. cxb6 Bxc7 18. bxc7 Ke7 19. b5 Na5 20. b6 Kd6 21. Nf3 Kc6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f5 24. g4 Kxb6 25. gxf5 Bc6 26. Bg2 e3 27. Ne4 Rg8 28. Bf3 Nc4 29. fxe3 Ra8 30. Kf2 Kxc7 31. Ng5 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 e4 33. Bh5 Nxe3 34. Bxf7 Nxf5+ 35. Kf4 Nh6 36. Bxa2 e3 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Hernandez Leon, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[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 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. f4 0-0 7. Be2 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. 0-0 a6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Ng5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nde5 20. Nxe6 Qh4 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. Nxd4 Ne3 23. Qb3+ c4 24. Qb6 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Qe6+ Qf7 28. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Luxama, Jacques Muller"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Qf3 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. 0-0-0 Qe7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Bb4 13. e4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 0-0 15. Qe3 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Be2 e5 18. Bg3 d4 19. Qf3 e4 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qf4 d3 22. cxd3 exd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Nb4 25. Rd6 Qe2 26. Qxb4 Qc2+ 27. Ka1 Qc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Magallanes, Rey Jomar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[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 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qf3 0-0 9. g4 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 Qe7 11. h4 Re8 12. Nf3 c5 13. h5 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 e5 16. Qg5 e4 17. 0-0-0 exd3 18. Rxd3 Qxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Bf5 20. Rf3 g6 21. hxg6 Bxg6 22. Rg1 Kf8 23. Kd2 Rad8 24. Nh3 Ne6 25. Ne2 Be4 26. Rfg3 Ke7 27. Nef4 Nxd4 28. Re1 Kd6 29. Ng5 Re7 30. f3 Bxc2 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Kc3 Nf5 33. Rh3 h6 34. Nxf7 Rc8+ 35. Kd2 Kxf7 36. Nxd5 Rd8 37. Kxc2 Rxd5 38. Rh5 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Rhe1 0-0 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. exd6 Ng6 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. h4 Ne5 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Qd4 Qb5 21. Nec5 Bc6 22. a4 Qb4 23. c3 Na3+ 24. Ka2 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Nc4 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. d7 Rab8 28. b3 Nb6 29. Rd6 Nd5 30. c4 Ne7 31. Red1 Rfd8 32. Ka3 Kg8 33. g4 Kf8 34. h5 f5 35. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carrasco Miranda, Andres"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Rfd1 h6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. h3 Re8 13. Rac1 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf5 c4 17. Qa4 Bc6 18. Qc2 b5 19. a3 a5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ra8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qg6 Rf8 25. Bxh6 Bf6 26. Bf5 Kg8 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bxg7+ Bxg7 29. Qh5+ Bh6 30. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haack, Kevin"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 e6 12. 0-0 a6 13. Rd1 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Bf4 Ra7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Re8 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Ndb5 Ra8 20. Nc7 Ra7 21. Nxe8 Qxe8 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Qc6 Nd7 26. Ra8 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qxd7 Bxc3 29. Bf4 Qb3 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Be5+ f6 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Bf4+ g5 34. Qe2 gxf4 35. d6 Ba5 36. d7 Bd8 37. Qd3 Qb8 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. h3 Kf7 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Rc1 Qc7 42. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Rc1 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. 0-0 h6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bb1 Qe7 17. Qa4 a6 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Qc2 N8d7 20. Ng4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. h4 Ne6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nh5 Qd6 26. Bf5 c5 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Nxg7 Qg6 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Qf2 Be7 13. h3 h4 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. a3 Rb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Na5 Kd7 21. b4 Rc8 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nh5 24. Bb3 Ng3 25. Ba4+ Kc7 26. Rc1+ Kb8 27. Nc6+ Rcxc6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. dxc6 Kc7 30. Rc1 Ne2 31. Rc4 d5 32. Rc2 Nf4 33. Bb3 d4 34. Bxf7 Bg5 35. a4 d3 36. Rc4 d2 37. Kc2 Nd5 38. Re4 Ne3+ 39. Rxe3 Bxe3 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Bf4 42. Bb3 Bg5 43. Kd3 Bf4 44. Ke4 Kb6 45. Bd1 g5 46. Kd5 e4 47. fxe4 Kxb5 48. e5 Kb6 49. e6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Alexikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. 0-0 Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Qe1 e5 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. g4 Bxc2 15. gxh5 Kh8 16. h6 Bf6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f5 19. Qh4 Rf7 20. Bh5 Rd7 21. Rg1 Rg7 22. Bf6 Kg8 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Ansh, M Shah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Qd5 15. c4 Qf5 16. Bxc7 Rec8 17. Be5 Qc2 18. b3 Ng4 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. h3 Nh6 21. Rd2 Qe4 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 Rd8 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Rc1 Qf4 29. Rcd1 Nf5 30. Qc4 Qd6 31. Qe4 g6 32. Re2 Rc8 33. Ne5 Rdc7 34. Nc4 Qf6 35. d6 Rd7 36. Qf4 Kg7 37. g4 Nh6 38. Qe3 Ng8 39. g5 Qf5 40. Qd4+ Kf8 41. Ne5 Qxg5+ 42. Kf1 Rdd8 43. d7 Rc7 44. Qd6+ Qe7 45. Qxc7 Nf6 46. Nc6 Rxd7 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Rxe7 Rxe7 49. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th May Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Argandona Riveiro, Inigo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. f4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Qe7 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nf3 c6 9. 0-0 d5 10. exd5 Qc5+ 11. Kh1 Nbxd5 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nf6 15. b4 Qh5 16. Ba3 Bg4 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. b5+ c5 19. Qe3+ Kf8 20. Bxc5+ Kg8 21. Ne5 b6 22. Bd4 Re8 23. h3 Bf5 24. Be2 Bg4 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Be2 Qh6 27. Kg1 Nd7 28. g4 Nxe5 29. gxf5 f6 30. fxe5 Qxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Rxe5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Bf3 Rhe8 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Bd4 Rxf5+ 36. Kg3 Rg5+ 37. Kf4 Rh5 38. Bg2 Rh4+ 39. Kg3 Rxd4 40. Rc1 Rd3+ 41. Kh4 Rd4+ 42. Kg3 Re3+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. Bd5 Rxa2+ 45. Ke3 Rh4 46. c5 Ra3+ 47. Kf2 bxc5 48. Rxc5 Rhxh3 49. Rc7 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Stopa, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bc1 c5 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. f3 Ng5 11. h4 Nh7 12. f4 b6 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Qb1 Ba6 15. Qb3 Qc6 16. Qa3 0-0 17. g4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 a6 22. Ba4 Rc8 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rb7 f6 26. Ke2 Nf8 27. g5 hxg5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. fxg5 e5 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Bg5 Rf5 33. Bh6 Ne6 34. Rb6 Re8 35. Rxa6 Rh5 36. Bg5 Nxg5 37. hxg5 Rh2+ 38. Kd1 Kg7 39. g6 d4 40. Ra7+ Kg8 41. Rc7 e4 42. Re1 Rb8 43. Kc1 d3 44. cxd3 exd3 45. Rd1 Rc2# 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 0-0-0 12. a4 Na5 13. Na3 Kb8 14. Be4 h6 15. d4 Qf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Qxe5 18. Bxg6 Qf6 19. Be4 e6 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. b4 cxb3 22. Qb5 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nbc4 24. Rxb3 Rd6 25. Rb4 Rb6 26. Qd7 Rc8 27. Rxb6 Nxb6 28. Qb5 Nbc4 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 a6 31. Qc5 Rxc5 32. Bxf6 Rh5 33. Be7 Rxh3 34. f3 Rh5 35. Kf2 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Rh1 f5 38. Bd3 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rd2 40. Bf1 Ne3 41. Bxa6 f4+ 42. Kh3 Rf2 43. Bd8 Rxf3+ 44. Kh4 Rg3 45. Kh5 Nf5 46. Bg5 Ka7 47. Bb5 f3 48. d5 g6+ 49. Kxg6 Ne7+ 50. Kh5 Nxd5 51. c4 Nc7 52. Ra1 f2 53. Bh4 Rf3 54. c5 Nxb5 55. Rxa5+ Kb7 56. Rxb5+ Kc6 57. Rb6+ Kxc5 58. Bxf2+ Rxf2 59. Rxe6 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Ghazaryan, Raffi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. h4 h6 17. Nh2 c5 18. e4 N5b6 19. Bf4 cxd4 20. Bc7 Rc8 21. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 22. Nf1 Rxd8 23. Kh2 Nc4 24. Nbd2 Nc5 25. Rxc1 Nxd3 26. Rxc4 Nc5 27. Nf3 d3 28. N1d2 Ba6 29. Rc1 Nxa4 30. Ra1 Nxb2 31. Rxa5 Bb7 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Ra2 Nd1 34. Ne5 Ra8 35. Rxa8+ Bxa8 36. Nxd3 Bb7 37. f4 Ne3 38. Bf3 Nc2 39. Bd1 Nd4 40. Nc1 Kf8 41. Ba4 Ba6 42. Kg2 Bc5 43. Ncb3 Nxb3 44. Nxb3 Bb6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. e5 f6 47. h5 Bb7+ 48. Kg4 Bd5 49. Nc1 Be3 50. Nb3 Bf2 51. Nc1 Be3 52. Nb3 Kd8 53. exf6 gxf6 54. Na1 Ke7 55. Bd1 Kd6 56. Nb3 e5 57. Kf5 e4 58. Kxf6 Bxb3 59. Bxb3 Bf2 60. Kg7 Bxg3 61. f5 e3 62. Bc4 b3 63. f6 Be5 64. Kg6 Bxf6 65. Kxf6 b2 66. Bd3 e2 67. Bxe2 b1Q 68. Bg4 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Gasparyan, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rad1 c6 11. h3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Bf1 Ne6 15. Be3 Qf8 16. Bc1 Nh7 17. b3 Nhg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Ne2 Be5 20. g3 a5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Bd4 Be5 24. Qc1 Qe7 25. Qe3 Ne6 26. Bc3 a4 27. b4 a3 28. c5 Ng7 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Bxc3 31. cxd6 Qh4 32. Qxc3 Bd7 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34. Nxg3 Ra4 35. Rb1 Ne6 36. Ne2 Ra6 37. e5 f6 38. b5 cxb5 39. Bxb7 Ra4 40. Bd5 Kg7 41. Bxe6 Rxe6 42. Rec1 Kf7 43. Rc7 Ke8 44. Nc3 Rd4 45. Nxb5 Rd2 46. Nc3 Rb2 47. Rc5 g5 48. Re1 gxf4 49. Nd5 fxe5 50. Nc7+ Kf7 51. Nxe6 Kxe6 52. Rcxe5+ Kxd6 53. R5e2 Bf5 54. Rd1+ Kc6 55. Rdd2 Rb4 56. h4 Be4 57. h5 Bd5 58. Re1 Bf7 59. h6 f3 60. Rh2 Bg8 61. h7 Rg4+ 62. Kf2 Bxh7 63. Rxh7 Rg2+ 64. Kxf3 Rxa2 65. Re5 Ra1 66. Rh6+ Kd7 67. Ra5 Kc7 68. Rha6 Rf1+ 69. Ke2 Rh1 70. Rxa3 Kb7 71. Rg6 Rh2+ 72. Kf1 Rh1+ 73. Kg2 Rb1 74. Rh3 Ka8 75. Rh7 Rb6 76. Rg8+ Rb8 77. Rxb8+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yi, Richard"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Rg1 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nc7 Bxc7 13. Qxc7 Qxc7 14. Rxc7 Ne8 15. Rc2 f6 16. a4 Rf7 17. g4 Nf8 18. g5 Ng6 19. h4 e4 20. h5 exf3 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rc5 f5 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Rd4 Rc7 25. Bc3 Bxb3 26. Rg3 b5 27. a5 Rb8 28. Rb4 Bd5 29. Kd1 Nd6 30. Bd3 Rbc8 31. Rh4 Ne4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 c5 13. d5 e5 14. Qd3 Bd6 15. Nde4 Nf6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Qd8 20. Nc3 Qd6 21. Na4 Bg4 22. b4 Nd7 23. Qe3 Rac8 24. b5 Bf5 25. f4 Rfe8 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qd2 Rce8 28. Nc3 Bg6 29. Rfe1 h6 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Qf4 Qd8 32. Kh1 Nd3 33. Qf1 Qe7 34. Ra2 Qe1 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Nxe2 Qxa5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Qd2 39. f5 Bh5 40. bxa6 bxa6 41. h3 Qd1 42. Qxd1 Bxd1 43. d6 Kf8 44. Bc6 a5 45. Kg2 a4 46. f6 gxf6 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yan, Rui Yang"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 0-0 13. a5 Be7 14. 0-0 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. c3 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Nd2 Rc6 21. Kf1 g6 22. g3 f5 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Ra4 Ke6 25. f3 Bd8 26. Nc4 g5 27. Rd1 f4 28. b3 h5 29. Raa1 g4 30. Rd3 Rg8 31. Rad1 Bc7 32. Rf1 Rc5 33. Rfd1 Rd8 34. gxf4 exf4 35. Rd5 Rg8 36. Kf2 Bb8 37. Kg2 g3 38. hxg3 Rxg3+ 39. Kf2 h4 40. Rxc5 dxc5 41. Rd8 Bc7 42. Rh8 h3 43. Rh6+ Kd7 44. Rh7+ Kc6 45. Rh6+ Kd7 46. Rh7+ Kc8 47. e5 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Rg3 49. Ke2 Rg2+ 50. Kd3 h2 51. e6 Kd8 52. Ke4 Re2+ 53. Kf5 Ke8 54. Nb6 Bxb6 55. axb6 Kf8 56. Kf6 Kg8 57. Rh4 Rf2 58. e7 Re2 59. Rxh2 Re1 60. Rg2+ Kh8 61. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. b3 Rd8 11. Re1 Bd5 12. Na3 g6 13. bxc4 Nxc4 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. d3 Nd6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rb1 Rd7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bg7 21. d4 0-0 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Bf4 Qa3 24. Bb3 a6 25. Qg4 Rcd8 26. Bxh6 e6 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Rbe1 Na5 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qe6+ Re7 33. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 e6 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. f4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. e5 Be7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f5 g6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. g4 h6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Qxb4 Rhb8 23. Qa5 Bxg4 24. Rf1 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Kg8 26. Rg1 Qh5 27. Rd3 Rf8 28. b3 Rf4 29. h3 Bd7 30. Qc7 Be8 31. Ne6 Rf7 32. Qxd6 Rf6 33. Qe7 Rf7 34. Qc5 Rf6 35. Nc7 Rc6 36. Qe7 Rxc7 37. Qxc7 Bf7 38. Rf1 Re8 39. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "North American op 32nd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bian, Erin"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nb4 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nd5 Nfxd5 15. exd5 b5 16. Qd2 a5 17. c3 bxc4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Rb8 21. Qc3 Rb5 22. Qd2 Bf6 23. b4 Qb8 24. Rab1 Qb7 25. Rfd1 Rb8 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 f6 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 R8xb6 30. Rbc1 h5 31. Rc6 Rxb4 32. Rdc1 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Rb8 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Kf2 d5 36. c7 Rc8 37. Rxd5 Rxc7 38. g3 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 h4 40. gxh4 Rc4 41. Kg3 Rf4 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Re8 Rxf5 44. Re7 Kg6 45. Kg4 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 Rc4 47. Ra7 Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rc6 49. Re7 Rc5 50. Kg3 f5 51. Re8 Rc3+ 52. Kg2 Re3 53. Ra8 f4 54. Rf8 Rb3 55. h5+ Kxh5 56. Rf5+ Kh4 57. Rxe5 Rg3+ 58. Kf2 g5 59. Ra5 Kxh3 60. Ra6 Kg4 61. Ra4 Rb3 62. Ra2 Rb4 63. Rc2 f3 64. Ra2 Kf4 65. Ra5 Rb2+ 66. Kf1 g4 67. Ra1 Kg3 68. Rc1 Rh2 69. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 32nd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guha, Rohit"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Nh5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. 0-0 Nc5 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. g4 Be4 18. Qc3 Bb6 19. b4 Qxa2 20. Bb5+ axb5 21. Ra1 Qe2 22. f3 0-0 23. Rf2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "North American op 32nd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Yedidia, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Rd1 d5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 0-0 12. c3 Bf6 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Na3 Rad8 16. Qf3 a6 17. Bd5 b5 18. Nc2 Nd7 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. Qe4 Rfe8 22. h3 h6 23. a4 f5 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qe2 Qb3 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Ra7 Rd7 29. Rda1 Rde7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 Nc6 33. Rxb5 Nxd4 34. cxd4 Re4 35. Rxf5+ Ke6 36. Rf3 Rxd4 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Rb3 g6 39. Rb8 d5 40. Ke1 Rc2 41. b4 Kf5 42. b5 Rb2 43. b6 Ke4 44. b7 Kd3 45. f4 d4 46. g4 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Re7 48. f5 g5 49. f6 Rc7 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Rc7 52. h4 Rf7 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Rg8 Rxb7 55. Rxg5 Rf7 56. Rf5 Ke4 57. Rf2 d3 58. g5 Ke5 59. Kg4 Ke6 60. Kh5 Rc7 61. Rd2 Kf5 62. Kh6 Rd7 63. Rf2+ Ke6 64. Kg6 Rf7 65. Rf3 1-0

[Event "North American op 32nd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaplan, Avi Harrison"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Nh5 10. Be5 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. 0-0 Be7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rac1 0-0 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Ne1 Qb6 20. Nd3 Rfc8 21. Rfd1 Bf8 22. Rc3 Na5 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Rc1 Qa7 25. b3 Na3 26. Qb2 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Nb5 28. Qd2 Ba3 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Bf3 Bf5 31. Bg4 Bg6 32. h4 h6 33. h5 Be4 34. Bf3 Bf5 35. Bh4 Re8 36. g4 Bh7 37. g5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 Bf5 39. Qd1 Qb8 40. h6 gxh6 41. Bxh6 Kh7 42. Bf4 Qd8 43. Kf1 Qh4 44. Ke2 Rg8 45. Bg3 Rxg3 46. fxg3 Qh2+ 47. Ke1 Qxg3+ 48. Kd2 Qh2+ 49. Qe2 Qg1 50. Qg2 Qb1 51. Qh1+ Qxh1 52. Bxh1 f6 53. Rc8 Nd6 54. Rc7+ Kh6 55. Nc5 Nb5 56. Rxb7 Bb4+ 57. Kc1 Ba3+ 58. Kd1 Nc3+ 59. Kd2 Nxa2 60. Nd3 a5 61. Ra7 Bxd3 62. Kxd3 Nb4+ 63. Ke2 Nc2 64. Rxa5 Bb4 65. Ra6 f5 66. Rc6 Na1 67. Rxe6+ Kg5 68. Bxd5 f4 69. Re5+ Kf6 70. exf4 Nc2 71. Kd3 1-0

[Event "North American op 32nd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Lin, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 f6 12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Be7 14. 0-0 Bg5 15. Bf2 0-0 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qh3 Rf4 19. c5 Nd7 20. Bc4 Nf8 21. Ne2 Rf7 22. Kh1 Nxe5 23. Bb3 Neg6 24. d5 Kh8 25. dxe6 Rxd1 26. exf7 Rd2 27. Ng3 Nh4 28. Re1 Rxf2 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Ne4 Re2 31. Ng3 Rxb2 32. Qf1 Bxc5 33. Qc4 Nf3 34. Nf1 b6 35. Bd1 Ng5 36. Bc2 Rb4 37. Qd5 Rf4 38. Ng3 Nxf7 39. Bb3 Nh6 40. Qb7 Rf2 41. h3 Nf5 42. Nxf5 Rxf5 43. Qxc7 a5 44. Kg2 Ng6 45. Qd7 Rf8 46. Kg3 Nf4 47. Bd1 Ng6 48. Qe6 Bd4 49. Qe4 Bc5 50. Qe6 Rd8 51. Bc2 Bd6+ 52. Kf2 Rf8+ 53. Kg1 Bc5+ 54. Kh1 Rf1+ 55. Kh2 Rf2+ 56. Kh1 Rxc2 57. a4 Rc1+ 58. Kh2 Bg1+ 59. Kg3 Rc3+ 60. Kg4 h5+ 61. Kf5 Rf3+ 62. Kg5 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 32nd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Cote, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5 Bxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Nc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. a4 Rd8 13. f3 0-0 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. a5 Bc7 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd4 Rd6 18. e5 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd5 20. axb6 axb6 21. b3 c5 22. Bb2 g6 23. Ra7 Rc8 24. Rd1 g5 25. g3 Kg7 26. c4 Bb8 27. Rb7 Nb4 28. Rdd7 Rf8 29. Rxb6 Kg6 30. Rdb7 1-0

[Event "US op 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "De la Colina, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. f4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qg3 e6 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qf3 Rc6 19. g4 Qc5 20. f5 d5 21. Rd2 Bg5 22. Re2 0-0 23. h4 Bf6 24. Nd1 exf5 25. Rg2 Kh8 26. gxf5 Qd4 27. Rhg1 Rb6 28. c3 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Rd2 Bxh4 31. Rh2 Be7 32. Rg4 Kh7 33. Rxe4 Bf6 34. Ne3 Rd8 35. Kc2 Bg5 36. Ng4 Rd5 37. f6 Rf5 38. Re7 Kg6 39. Re8 Bxf6 40. Rg8+ Kh7 41. Nxh6 Rfb5 42. b3 Bg7 43. Ra8 Rxh6 44. Rf2 Ra6 45. a4 Rc5 46. c4 Rc7 47. Rh2+ Bh6 48. Rg2 Ra5 49. Kc3 b6 50. Rd8 Rg5 51. Rh2 Rg6 52. Rf2 Kg7 53. Rf3 Bg5 54. Rd5 Be7 55. Rfd3 a5 56. Rh5 Bb4+ 57. Kd4 Rg4+ 58. Ke5 Re7+ 59. Kf5 Rg6 60. Rdh3 Rf6+ 61. Kg4 Re4+ 62. Kg5 Bd2+ 0-1

[Event "US op 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Noah"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Qf3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. h3 Qa5 11. Kb1 Bb4 12. Be5 dxe4 13. Qf4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nd5 15. Bxa5 Nxf4 16. Rd6 e5 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Re7 Ng6 20. Rd7 a6 21. Bc7 Rbc8 22. Bd6 Rfd8 23. Rxb7 Rxd6 24. Be2 Nf4 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. c4 h5 27. Bf5 Rd4 28. c5 Rc4 29. b4 Nd3 30. a3 a5 31. Rd1 axb4 32. axb4 g6 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rd2 Re1+ 35. Kc2 Rc1+ 36. Kb3 Nxc5+ 0-1

