[Event "Ivy League Challenge 5th"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Zomorrodian, Eilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Waterloo Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Toronto Univ II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Qb3 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. g4 g5 18. Qb2 Ne5 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Nb3 Bf6 23. Qb1 c4 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxc4 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ivy League Challenge 5th"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Waterloo Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Nc6 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 Nc7 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Ne6 13. Nfd5 Ncd4 14. Qd2 f6 15. Rf2 a6 16. Raf1 Ra7 17. Bh6 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 20. Rxf6 b4 21. Nd1 Bb7 22. Rf1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Ng5 24. Ne3 Rf7 25. Rxf7+ Nxf7 26. Nc2 Qf6 27. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ivy League Challenge 5th"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Waterloo Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Toronto Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ N8xd7 10. 0-0 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be3 0-0 14. Rc1 Nd3 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Rc2 Nf4 17. Rd2 Qc8 18. Qb3 Qc6 19. Rd4 Ng6 20. Rc4 Bc5 21. Ne4 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Qd5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. h3 h6 25. a3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qb6 Qg5 28. Rxc5 Qxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rb8 31. a4 Ra1 32. b3 Ra2 33. Qc7 Re8 34. Qxb7 Rxf2 35. a5 Rd2 36. a6 e5 37. a7 Rdd8 38. Kg1 e4 39. Kf2 e3+ 40. Ke2 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 e2 42. Kxd2 e1Q+ 43. Kd3 Re3+ 44. Kc4 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Ivy League Challenge 5th"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Princeton University"]
[BlackTeam "Waterloo Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Ngf3 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 0-0 10. Ng5 fxg5 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Qe2 Kg7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. h4 gxh4 15. Rxh4 e5 16. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Ivy League Challenge 5th"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2023.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakada, Akira W"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2023.03.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Harvard Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Waterloo Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 10. Qg3 g6 11. Bh6 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 f6 17. e6 d6 18. 0-0 Ke7 19. Qh3 Rh8 20. f4 h5 21. Qf3 a5 22. Rfe1 Qe8 23. Rd4 Rb8 24. Red1 Rh7 25. h4 f5 26. R4d2 Kf8 27. Re1 Re7 28. Rde2 Kg7 29. Qd5 Qf8 30. g3 Qf6 31. Re3 Rbe8 32. a4 Kh6 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Kh3 Kh6 35. R1e2 Kg7 36. Qd4 Rf8 37. Kg2 Rfe8 38. Kf1 Rf8 39. Ke1 Rfe8 40. Kd2 Rf8 41. Qd5 Rfe8 42. Re1 Kh6 43. Qb5 Kg7 44. Kc2 Kf8 45. Qc6 Kg7 46. Qd5 Kh6 47. Qb5 Kg7 48. c5 dxc5 49. Qd3 Qf8 50. Re5 Qf6 51. Qd5 Qf8 52. Rd1 Kf6 53. Qc6 Rxe6 54. Qxc7 R8e7 55. Rxe6+ Rxe6 56. Rd7 Qe8 57. Kb3 Qg8 58. Kc2 Qe8 59. Kb3 Qg8 60. Ka3 Qf8 61. Rd8 Qe7 62. Rd7 Qf8 63. Rd8 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 49th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2021.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne4 h6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Bb3 Rad8 13. c3 Nde7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Bf4 f6 16. Bh2 Qf7 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Nc6 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. d5 Qa5 26. Qb1 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "World op 49th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2021.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 0-0 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Be4 Rad8 21. g3 g5 22. Bd5 Kg7 23. b4 Rfe8 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Rac1 Red7 26. Bb3 Nd4 27. Rd3 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Re8 29. Rc5 Re6 30. Rbc3 Rd4 31. a3 Re4 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 c6 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Ke7 37. h5 Kd7 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. Kf5 f6 40. e4 Kf7 41. exf6 Rxf6+ 42. Kg4 Rd6 43. e5 Rd4+ 44. Kf5 Rc4 45. Rxc4 bxc4 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4 c3 48. Kxc3 Kxe5 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Ke5 Ke7 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. a4 Ke7 54. Kg6 Ke6 55. Kxh6 Kf6 56. a5 1-0

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Ne2 Bd7 7. Ng3 Bd6 8. c3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. d3 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qe7 12. a4 Rad8 13. Rb1 Na5 14. Bxd7 Rxd7 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Bg5 c5 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Ngxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe4 21. Nxd7 Nxc3 22. Qb3 Nxb1 23. Ne5 c4 24. Qxc4 Rf8 25. Rxb1 Bxg5 26. Rxb7 Qa5 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. g3 h6 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. h4 Rd8 31. Qxf7 Qf5 32. d4 a6 33. Rb6 a5 34. h5 Kh8 35. Re6 Kh7 36. d5 Rxd5 37. Rxf6 Qxh5 38. Qxh5 Rxh5 39. Rb6 Rd5 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 a4 42. b6 a3 43. Nd4 a2 44. Nc2 a1N 45. Nd4 Nb3 46. Nxb3 1-0

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jahongir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. f3 d6 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 b6 13. Nd4 Na5 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qc8 17. Qb4 Be6 18. Rd4 Nc6 19. Qb3 a6 20. Na3 b5 21. Rb1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rb8 24. Qxb8 Qxb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. d5 Bd7 27. Nb6 Bb5 28. Kf2 Rb7 29. a4 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Nd7 31. a5 Rc7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Bb6 e6 34. Kd3 exd5 35. exd5 Kf8 36. f4 Re7 37. Be3 Re8 38. Bf2 Ke7 39. Bd4 Rc8 40. Be3 Kd7 41. g3 Rb8 42. Bb6 Kc8 43. Kc4 Rxb6 44. axb6 Kb7 45. Kc3 Kxb6 46. Kb4 a5+ 47. Kc4 f5 48. h3 h5 49. h4 Ka6 0-1

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 dxc4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Rac8 13. 0-0 Na5 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe4 Qe7 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf3 c5 19. g4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Rajesh, CS."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 b4 12. Na4 h5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 g6 16. Kb1 Nc3+ 17. Nxc3 bxc3 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxc3 Qxg2 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Rc8 22. Ng5 Be7 23. Ne4 Rc4 24. Bd4 Ne3 25. b3 Rb4 26. c3 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nd5 28. Rf1 a5 29. c4 Ne3 30. Rf3 Nf5 31. Rd1 h4 32. Rfd3 h3 33. Rxd7 Rh4 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Rd8+ Bxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rxh4 Nxh4 40. c5 Nf3 41. c6 Nxh2 42. c7 1-0

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Singireddy, Sathvik"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1683"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Nh2 Bg7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Be6 18. Nf3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. d4 Qb6 21. Ne2 f6 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Be3 Bxh3 24. dxc5 Qb7 25. Nf4 Be6 26. Bb3 Rad8 27. Ng5 Bf7 28. Qf3 Ne5 29. Qd1 Nc6 30. Qf3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Chubakov, Sultan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 0-0 8. e5 Ne8 9. Be2 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qc2 b6 14. Ne4 Bb8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. g3 Bb7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bf3 Nef6 19. Qg2 Ra7 20. b3 Qc8 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxc6 Rc7 24. Bf3 Ba7 25. Qf2 Qb8 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Rfd1 Rcd7 28. Qe2 Qc7 29. Kg2 h6 30. a4 a5 31. Qb2 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Qd6 34. Bf3 Nd7 35. Bd4 f6 36. Qc3 Nc5 37. Qe3 Nxb3 38. Qxb3 Qxd4 39. c5 Qxc5 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Bd5 Qc7 42. Bb3 Bb8 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7+ Ke8 45. Qxf6 Qb7+ 46. Kh3 Qh7 47. Kh4 Bc7 48. Kh5 Bd8 49. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 50. Kxg6 Kf8 51. Kxh6 Bf6 52. Kg6 Bd4 53. g4 Be3 54. f5 Bd4 55. g5 Be5 56. h4 Bg3 57. h5 Be5 58. h6 1-0

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. 0-0 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Bh4 gxf3 11. Qxf3 Kg7 12. Kh1 Be6 13. g4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Rh8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Na3 a6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. g5 Qe6 19. gxf6+ Kh7 20. Rg1 Rhg8 21. Rxg8 Rxg8 22. Rg1 Qc8 23. Rg3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Qg8 25. Kg2 Qg6 26. Nc2 Nb8 27. Qd3 Ba7 28. f3 Nd7 29. Qd5 Nxf6 30. Qxb7 Bb6 31. a4 a5 32. bxa5 Bxa5 33. Nb4 Nd7 34. Qb5 Bxb4 35. cxb4 Nb6 36. a5 1-0

[Event "North American op 30th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Joseph Benher, Savio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qb8 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. e5 Bc7 12. 0-0 Ng6 13. Re1 0-0 14. c3 a5 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Qe3 d4 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. g4 Qxb2 21. cxd4 Qa3 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qe2 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Qb4 25. Rac1 Qxd4 26. Rxc7 Be6 27. Qe3 Rfd8 28. Bb1 Qa4 29. Rec1 Rab8 30. Qf3 Bd5 31. Qe3 Be6 32. Kh2 Rb4 33. Bc2 Qxa2 34. Rg1 Rdd4 35. Qg3 g6 36. hxg6 f6 37. exf6 Rxf4 38. f7+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ Rbd4 40. f8Q+ Kxf8 41. g7+ Ke8 42. g8Q+ Bxg8 43. Qc6+ Kd8 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Re8+ Kf7 46. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Wch FIDE Online U16 America qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Bd2 Rfb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rc1 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Ne3 Be6 19. d4 Qb7 20. d5 Bd7 21. g3 g5 22. h4 g4 23. Nh2 h5 24. f3 gxf3 25. Qxf3 Kh8 26. Ng2 Rg8 27. Bg5 Rg6 28. Ne3 Qb6 29. Kh1 Rag8 30. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Wch FIDE Online U16 America qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Villarreal, Agustin"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Bd6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rab1 Rc8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Qb2 Nb6 15. Ne5 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Nf3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Kg7 19. e4 f6 20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. e5 Bb8 22. exf6+ Qxf6 23. Re3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. Re1 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Bd6 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. a3 Re8 30. f4 Nc4 31. Qf3 Re7 32. Nd1 Nd2 33. Qe3 Ne4 34. Nf2 Nxf2 35. Qxf2 Qf5 36. g4 Qxf4 37. Qxf4 gxf4 38. Kf2 Bxe5 39. dxe5 Kg6 40. Kf3 Kg5 41. Rh1 Rf7 42. Rh5+ Kg6 43. a4 b6 44. e6 Re7 45. Re5 Kf6 46. Kxf4 Rxe6 47. Rh5 Kg6 48. b5 cxb5 49. axb5 Rd6 50. Ke3 d4+ 51. Kd3 Rf6 52. Kxd4 Rf4+ 53. Ke3 Rxg4 54. Rd5 Rxg2 55. Rd6+ Kh5 56. Rd7 Ra2 57. Kf4 Kh4 58. Rh7 h5 59. Kf5 Ra5 60. Kf4 Rxb5 61. Rxa7 Rb4+ 62. Kf3 Kh3 63. Rh7 h4 64. Rh6 b5 65. Rh8 Kh2 66. Kf2 h3 67. Rh7 Rb2+ 68. Kf3 Rb3+ 69. Kf2 Kh1 70. Rh6 h2 71. Rh5 Rb2+ 72. Kf1 b4 73. Rb5 b3 74. Rb4 Rb1+ 75. Kf2 b2 76. Rb3 Rg1 77. Rxb2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch FIDE Online U16 America qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "He, Anthony B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Ne5 0-0 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. a4 a5 12. Bf4 Nc8 13. Qb3 Ncd6 14. Rac1 c6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bf6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Bh7 21. Rcd1 Qd7 22. Bf4 b5 23. Ra1 g5 24. Bc1 Rfb8 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Qa2 Rab8 27. e4 Nd6 28. e5 Nc4 29. Bf1 Bc2 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Qxc4 a4 32. Qe2 Bg6 33. Rd1 c5 34. dxc5 Qc6 35. Be3 Rxb2 36. Qf1 Be4 37. Rd6 Qe8 38. Rb6 R8xb6 39. cxb6 Qc6 40. Rd1 a3 41. Ra1 Qxc3 42. Qc1 Qxe5 43. Rxa3 Rb1 44. Ra8+ Bxa8 45. Qxb1 Qd5 46. b7 Bxb7 47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "Wch FIDE Online U16 America qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Shen, Christopher Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Re1 Bf4 12. e5 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 c5 14. c4 d4 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. b4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 0-0 18. b5 Rab8 19. Qe4 g6 20. g4 Nc8 21. f4 Qe7 22. h3 Nb6 23. f5 Qh4 24. Kg2 Na4 25. Qf3 Nc3 26. a3 Qh6 27. Qf2 Rb6 28. h4 gxf5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Kh3 Kh8 31. Qxf5 Qe6 32. Rf1 a6 33. bxa6 Rxa6 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 35. Rce1 h6 36. Rf2 Kg7 37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Re1 Kg7 39. Rg1+ Kh8 40. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch FIDE Online U16 America qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vazquez, Facundo"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2 a6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. 0-0 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 Qe7 15. Nc1 Rad8 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nfxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rad1 Qg5 23. Bf1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 a5 25. Qd7 Qe5 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. Bxb5 c6 28. Bc4 Bc8 29. Rd6 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rxc6 Kf7 32. Rc5 Rd8 33. g3 Rd2 34. Rxa5 Rxb2 35. Rb5 b3 36. a5 Ra2 37. Rxb3 Rxa5 38. Kg2 Ra7 39. h4 Rc7 40. Rb4 Ra7 41. Rf4+ Ke7 42. g4 Rb7 43. Kg3 Ra7 44. g5 Ra5 45. Kg4 Rb5 46. h5 h6 47. g6 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rf5 49. Rxf5 exf5 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. f3 Ke6 53. e4 fxe4 54. fxe4 Kf6 55. e5+ Ke6 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kd7 58. e6+ Kd6 59. e7 Kxe7 60. Ke5 Kf8 61. Kd6 Kg8 62. Ke7 Kh8 63. Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch FIDE Online U16 America qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Tanaka, Taira Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. Re1 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bg4 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rac8 16. Be2 e6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Kg2 h5 21. h3 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bf8 23. Qc3 a6 24. a3 Nc6 25. b4 b5 26. Kf3 Qc8 27. Kf2 Na7 28. Qxc8 Nxc8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nb6 31. Bd3 Be7 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Nc4 34. Bc1 Bd8 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. f6 Kh7 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. a4 Bb6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Kf5 41. Ba3 c3 42. Bc5 Ba5 43. Kd3 Kf4 44. b6 Kf3 45. b7 Bc7 46. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Wch FIDE Online U16 America qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2020.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coto Calderon, Juan Diego"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nde2 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Qe2 a6 20. Rac1 f5 21. Nc5 e4 22. Bc4 Bxc5 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Rd6 27. g3 Qd7 28. Kg2 Kh7 29. Qc3 Rd3 30. Qc2 Rd2 31. Qc3 Rd3 32. Qc2 Qf7 33. Rc3 Rd6 34. Rc5 Qe6 35. Qc3 Rd7 36. a4 Qf7 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Nd8 39. Qe5 Ne6 40. Qxf5+ Qxf5 41. Rxf5 Rd2 42. Rf7 Rxb2 43. Rxb7 Nc5 44. Rb6 Nd3 45. Kh3 Nxf2+ 46. Kh4 Nd3 47. Rb8 Kg6 48. b6 Ne5 49. g4 Nd7 50. Rb7 Nxb6 51. Re7 Rb4 52. Re6+ Kh7 53. h3 Nd5 54. Re5 Nxe3 55. Kh5 Ng2 56. h4 Nf4# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huda, Maryana"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bh3 Rcd8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Bg2 Bf6 19. Qd2 d4 20. exd4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Bg2 cxd4 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qf4 Qc5 27. Be4 a5 28. Kg2 g6 29. Qf6 Re8 30. h3 h6 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. g4 Rd8 33. Qg3 d3 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Kf6 36. Kg3 Ke6 37. h4 f5 38. Bf3 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 fxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Ke5 41. h5 gxh5+ 42. Kxh5 Ke4 43. Kxh6 d2 44. a3 Kxe3 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Be7 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 0-0 11. 0-0 c5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Bd3 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qe3 Rxd4 19. Qxh6 Rfd8 20. Qg5+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Qh8+ Bf8 25. Qxf6 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxe6+ fxe6 28. Qg6+ Qf7 29. Qxd3 Bg7 30. Qe2 Bd4 31. Re1 e5 32. Kh1 e4 33. Kg1 Kd8 34. b4 Qg6 35. bxc5 Bxc5 36. Rd1+ Kc7 37. Qd2 Bc6 38. Qf4+ Kb7 39. Qg3 Qe6 40. Qg7+ Ka6 41. Qc3 e3 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Mahajan, Rushaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. h3 Nd7 10. c3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rae1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Re3 Qg4+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Nfd7 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. Rea1 Bg7 21. Qd1 Rec8 22. R1a2 Nb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qa1 Nca4 25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Nd2 Qd8 27. Ra7 Qd7 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxa8+ Nxa8 30. Qa7 Bf6 31. b3 Bg5 32. Ngf1 cxb3 33. Nxb3 Bd8 34. Na5 Bxa5 35. Qxa5 Nc7 36. Qb6 Na8 37. Qa7 Qc7 38. Bd3 Bxd5 39. Qxc7 Nxc7 40. exd5 Nxd5 41. Bxb5 Nxc3 42. Bc6 f5 43. Ne3 Kf7 44. Nd5 Nxd5 45. Bxd5+ Kf6 46. f3 g5 47. g4 h5 48. Kf2 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Bxe4 Ke5 51. gxh5 Kf6 52. h6 Kf7 53. Bh7 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Samuel1111"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 d6 8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Rxe4 d5 16. Re3 c5 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Ng3 d4 19. Re1 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qf6 21. cxd4 Nh4 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Reshef, Omer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. h3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. a4 Ne7 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. Be3 Bb8 18. Rad1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Rg6 22. Qe4 Bc7 23. Bc1 Qf8 24. Ngf5 Kh8 25. Kh1 Rd8 26. f4 Nd7 27. Qf3 Nc5 28. b3 Ne6 29. g3 Ba5 30. Bb2 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Re8 32. Rde4 Rge6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Nd4 e5 36. fxe5 Qxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Bxc3 38. Bxc3 Nxc3 39. Nd4 a5 40. Kg2 Kg8 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke3 g5 43. Nf5 Ke6 44. Nd6 b6 45. Nc4 Nd5+ 46. Ke4 h5 47. Kf3 Ke7 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. g4+ hxg4+ 51. hxg4+ Ke6 52. Ke4 Nc3+ 53. Kd3 Nd5 54. Ke4 Nc3+ 55. Kd3 Nd5 56. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sampath, Aja"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 0-0 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Nb3 Bf5 18. Bd4 Be4 19. Kh1 Qh4 20. Re3 Bf5 21. h3 h6 22. Kh2 Qe7 23. Rg3 c5 24. Be3 Rbd8 25. Qf2 c4 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Kh7 28. Bxa7 Qa3 29. Bd4 g6 30. Rf3 Qxa2 31. g4 Be4 32. Re3 Qxc2 33. Re2 Qa4 34. Ra2 Qc6 35. Rg1 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. f5 Qa4 38. fxg6+ Bxg6 39. Re1 Qd7 40. Qf6 Qe6 41. Rf1 Re8 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Ra1 Kg8 44. Ra6 Kf7 45. Ra7 Re7 46. Bc5 Rd7 47. Bb6 Re7 48. Bc5 Rd7 49. Bb6 Re7 50. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Jiang, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Qd8 8. Nc2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bg5 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g3 Qg5 19. Qe4 g6 20. c4 Nc3 21. Qxb7 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Qxa7 Qxb2 24. Qb7 Rb8 25. Qf3 Qc3 26. Qe2 b5 27. Ne3 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rd4 29. a4 Rb2 30. Qf3 Qa3 31. Bb5 Qb3 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Be8 f5 36. a5 Qb8 37. Qc6 Rd8 38. Bd7 Qa7 39. Bxe6 Qxa5 40. Kh3 Qa7 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Nxf5+ Kf7 43. g4 Qd7 44. Qxc5 Qd3+ 45. Kh4 Qd7 46. Qe5 Qe6 47. Qg7+ Ke8 48. Qxh7 Qf6+ 49. g5 Qf7 50. Qh8+ Kd7 51. Qd4+ Kc7 52. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters Artist Point"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. c3 0-0 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. Nf1 Nf8 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. g4 Bf8 17. Rad1 f6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. N3xd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rad8 22. Bc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qf4 24. f3 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Qc4+ Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rd7 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 Re7 30. Rd3 Kf7 31. a4 Ke8 32. Ke2 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Kd3 Bd6 35. b4 a6 36. Bd2 g5 37. a5 Ke6 38. Kd4 h6 39. Kd3 f5 40. Kd4 Be5+ 41. Kd3 Bb8 42. Be3 Bd6 43. Bd2 Ke5 44. exf5 Kxf5 45. Ke2 c5 46. bxc5 Bxc5 47. Kd3 b5 48. axb6 Bxb6 49. Kc4 Bc7 50. Kd5 Bf4 51. Bc3 Be3 52. Be5 a5 53. Bg3 a4 54. Kc4 Bf4 55. Bf2 Bc1 56. Bg3 Bb2 57. Bh2 Be5 58. Bg1 Bg3 59. Be3 Bf4 60. Bf2 h5 61. Be1 Bc1 62. Bg3 Bb2 63. Bh2 Bf6 64. Kb4 Be5 65. Bg1 Bg3 66. Be3 Bf4 67. Bg1 Bd2+ 68. Kxa4 Kf4 69. Kb3 Kxf3 70. Kc2 Be3 71. Bxe3 Kxe3 72. Kd1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto Abel"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. Nf5 d5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 d6 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. a4 Rab8 15. b3 Qd8 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Qa2 Qf8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Qxa5 Nfd7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. b4 Bd8 23. Qa3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Bb6 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 Bc7 27. Bxa6 Rd8 28. e5 Ng4 29. Bg1 Rd2 30. Be2 Rbb2 31. Re1 Qd8 32. Red1 Rbc2 33. Qa6 Qd7 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 h5 37. Ba4 Bxa4 38. Qxa4 Qd3 39. Ne4 Bd8 40. c6 Kh7 41. Qd4 Qb1 42. h3 Nh6 43. Qxd8 Qxe4 44. c7 Nf5 45. Qg5 Qc6 46. Qxh5+ Kg8 47. Qf3 Qxc7 48. Kh2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paul, Justin"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nh2 h5 20. Nf3 Nfd7 21. Ng5 Bg7 22. Nf1 Nb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nbd7 27. Qf3 Re7 28. Qh3 Nf6 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Ne3 Qa2 31. Qf1 Qa6 32. Ra1 Qb6 33. Nf3 Ne8 34. Qh3 Bc8 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. Rh1 Ra2 37. Qh4 Qd6 38. Rb1 Nf6 39. Qg3 Ne8 40. g5 Qe7 41. b3 cxb3 42. Bxb3 Ra6 43. d6 Nxd6 44. Nd5 Qd8 45. Qh4 Ne8 46. c4 b4 47. Rd1 Rd6 48. Ba4 Bd7 49. Nf6+ Bxf6 50. Rxd6 Bxg5 51. Rxd7 Qxd7 52. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. N1h2 a4 13. Ng4 Ba6 14. h5 Nd4 15. h6 g6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rec1 Qd8 19. c4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rab8 22. Qc2 c4 23. d4 a3 24. Rab1 Rb5 25. Rxb5 Bxb5 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Bc1 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Bd1 Qb5 30. f4 Nb6 31. Kf2 Na4 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Bxa4 Bxa4 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. g4 Bb3 36. Ne8 Bxa2 37. Nd6 Kg8 38. Bxa3 g5 39. Kg3 Bb1 40. Nxc4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 dxc4 42. Bxe7 Bc2 43. g5 Bd3 44. Ke3 Bf1 45. Kd2 Bg2 46. Kc1 Be4 47. Kb2 Bd3 48. Ka3 Be2 49. Kb4 Bf1 50. Kc5 Be2 51. d5 exd5 52. Kxd5 Bd3 53. Kd6 Bf5 54. Kc7 Be6 55. Kd8 Bf5 56. Bf6 Be4 57. Bg7 Bf5 58. Ke7 Be4 59. e6 fxe6 60. Kxe6 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matros, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Adamson, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 0-0-0 14. g3 Kb8 15. Bh3 b4 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Qe3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Bc6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rd6 Bxe4 23. Rb6 Bxh1 24. b3 Rd4 25. Bxe6 Ka8 26. Rxb7 Bxb7 27. Bc4 Re8 28. Bxa6 Red8 29. Bxb7+ Kxb7 30. Qe7+ R8d7 31. Qxf6 e4 32. Kb2 Rd2 33. Qe5 R2d4 34. Qf5 Kc6 35. h4 R7d5 36. Qxh7 Re5 37. Qh6+ Rd6 38. Qe3 Rf6 39. h5 Ree6 40. g4 Rf3 41. Qe2 Rg3 42. h6 e3 43. h7 Rh6 44. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Rc1 0-0 7. Bg2 Re8 8. e3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 d6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. h3 h6 14. g4 Bh7 15. Ng3 Qe7 16. 0-0 Nf6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Rac8 19. c5 Nd5 20. Rb3 Rcd8 21. Rc1 dxc5 22. Qxc5 Qe6 23. Rb2 f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Rbc2 Bh7 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5 b6 29. Qc4 a5 30. Qc6 Rd6 31. Qb7 Rd7 32. Qc6 Rd6 33. Qc4 Qe7 34. Qe2 Nb4 35. Rc7 Rd7 36. Qh5 Rf8 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Nxe4 Nd3 39. Rc6 Nxf2 40. Nxf2 Rxf2 41. Qe5 Rf5 42. Qb8+ Bg8 43. Rc8 Qe6 44. d5 Qxe3 45. Rxg8+ Kh7 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 f6 12. Bc4 c5 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. fxe3 Bd6 16. 0-0-0 Ke7 17. e4 Bf4+ 18. Kc2 Bb7 19. Rde1 Rhg8 20. Re2 a5 21. Ne1 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Rf8 27. Rhe1 Rf2+ 28. R1e2 Rxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rd6 30. Re5 Rd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Kb3 Ke6 33. Ka4 Ke5 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 c4 36. b5 d4 37. Kb4 d3 38. Kc3 Kd5 39. a4 Kc5 40. g4 g5 41. h3 h6 42. Kd2 Kb6 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. Kd2 Kd4 45. b6 c3+ 46. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlotte CCCSA Summer IM"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. 0-0 a6 6. c4 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb1 b6 15. Re1 Nb8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Ba4 Nc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qa4 Qc8 20. Nh2 Rc7 21. Nf1 Ra7 22. Ne3 Bd8 23. Rb2 Nd7 24. Reb1 Bg6 25. Ned5 f5 26. Nb5 Qc6 27. Qb3 Rb7 28. Qa2 fxe4 29. Ba5 Bg5 30. Nbc3 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 exd3 32. Nb5 axb5 33. cxb5 Qb7 34. Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Singireddy, Sathvik"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1683"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Be6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Rfe8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Ng4 Bf8 21. Bb3 Nce7 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qxe5 Qd7 24. Ne3 Ng6 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. Qxd5+ Rxd5 27. Kf1 Rxd3 28. Nxf5 Red8 29. Be3 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ne5 31. Rad1 Ke6 32. Ng3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Nc4 35. b3 Nxe3+ 36. fxe3 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Ke2 Ke5 39. Kf3 g5 40. e4 Ba3 41. Nf5 Bb2 42. Ne3 Bxc3 43. Nxc4+ Kd4 44. Ne3 h5 45. Nd5 Ba5 46. Nf6 h4 47. Kg4 Ke5 48. Nh7 Kxe4 49. Nxg5+ Kd3 50. Kxh4 Kc2 51. g4 Kb2 52. Ne6 Bb4 53. a4 Kb3 54. g5 Be7 55. a5 Kb4 56. Kg4 Kxa5 57. g6 Bf6 58. Nc7 Kb6 59. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yan, Rui Yang"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 d5 19. Ng3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Bf4 Rc2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 g5 27. Kf1 e5 28. Ng3 Kf7 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. h4 Ke6 31. hxg5 Kxf5 32. gxf6 Kxf6 33. Be3 h5 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd2 Kd5 36. Kc3 b4+ 37. Kd2 Be7 38. g3 h4 39. gxh4 Bxh4 40. Kc2 Be7 41. Kd2 a5 42. b3 Bc5 43. Ke2 Bd4 44. Kd2 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. Kd2 Kg4 47. Ke2 Bxe3 48. Kxe3 Kf5 49. Kd2 Kf4 50. Ke2 e3 51. fxe3+ Kg3 52. Kd2 e4 53. Ke2 Kg2 54. Ke1 Kf3 55. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Nathan, Krishna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. c4 d4 11. f4 0-0 12. e5 Bc7 13. Nf3 c5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh4 Rh8 18. Qg3 Qg8 19. Nxe6+ Kf7 20. Nxc7 Rc8 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Ke8 23. Bd2 Qd5 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. a4 c4 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Rfe1 Qe6 28. h3 Ke7 29. Qf2 c3 30. bxc3 dxc3 31. Be3 Rc4 32. Bxa7 Rxa4 33. Ra1 Rxf4 34. Qc5+ Kf7 35. Red1 Rd8 36. b6 Qxe5 37. b7 Qe4 38. b8Q Rxb8 39. Bxb8 Ne3 40. Qa7+ Kg6 41. Rd6+ Kh5 42. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Singh, Hersh"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Qb8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qe4 24. Ne5 h6 25. Qd4 Qc2 26. Kg2 a5 27. b5 a4 28. h3 Qe2 29. Nc6 Bc5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Bd4 Qxb5 32. Ne5 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 Nxd5 35. Nxf7 b5 36. Nd6 b4 37. Nc4 Nb6 38. Ne3 b3 39. Nd1 Nc4 40. Kf3 b2 41. Nxb2 Nxb2 42. Ke4 Nc4 43. Kd4 Nxa3 44. Kc3 Nb5+ 45. Kb4 a3 46. f4 a2 47. Kc5 a1Q 0-1

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "De la Colina, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Be2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. 0-0 d6 13. f4 f6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Qd4 0-0 17. e5 Rad8 18. Bd5 b6 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Qd5 Qc8 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Ng7 25. Qg5 Qf5 26. Re1 Qxg5 27. Bxg5 Rc8 28. Rxe7 Rxc4 29. Bf6 Nh5 30. Bd4 Ra4 31. Rd7 Rxa2 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rxd6 Ke7 34. Rh6 Nf4 35. Rxh7+ Ke6 36. Rg7 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Kd5 39. Rd7+ Kc6 40. Rd8 a5 41. h4 a4 42. h5 a3 43. h6 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Ra8 Rxh6 46. Rxa3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Zeng, Sheena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3 17. Bxh5 Rf8 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Be8 20. Bf3 Rf6 21. Qd2 Bg6 22. Rfe1 Raf8 23. Nc3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qf7 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Rce1 Nb4 27. R1e2 Nc6 28. Bg4 Bf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxe6 Kg8 31. R6e3 Qf7 32. f4 g5 33. Re6 gxf4 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxh6 Rg4 36. Rf2 Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Rxd4 39. Ke2 Rg4 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Ke2 Rg4 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maiti, Milind"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 0-0 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nd5 15. 0-0 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd7 17. Rd1 Be8 18. h3 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Rd8 20. Be2 Kf8 21. a3 f6 22. Bd3 e5 23. Bc2 Ne7 24. Be4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shivakumar, Shawnak"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Be7 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Qd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qc3 h6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Bxa2 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. e6 Qc8 24. Bd6 Rxe6 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Ne3 Rb8 28. Rd2 Bb3 29. Qc3 Rc6 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Kg8 32. h3 Qc8 33. Rd5 Rb4 34. Qd3 Rd4 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Qxd4 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. g3 a5 40. Qa4 Kh7 41. Kg2 Qb7+ 42. Kh2 Qc7 43. Kg2 g6 44. h4 h5 45. Qa2 Qa7 46. Qa4 Qb7+ 47. Kf1 Qb4 48. Qa2 Kg8 49. Ke2 a4 50. Kd1 Qb3+ 51. Qxb3 axb3 52. Kd2 Kg7 53. Kc3 Kf6 54. Kxb3 Ke5 55. Kc2 Ke4 56. Kd1 Kf3 57. Ke1 f5 58. Kf1 f4 59. gxf4 Kxf4 60. Kg2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "World op 48th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 0-0 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2 Bg5 15. 0-0 Ne7 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bg4 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. f3 Bd7 24. Bf1 h6 25. Kg2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2 axb3 32. axb3 Qa5 33. Qd2 Ke7 34. h4 f5 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Kg2 Qc5 37. Qf2 Qd4 38. Qe2 g5 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. f4+ exf4 41. gxf4+ Kf6 42. Bd3 fxe4 43. Bxe4 h5 44. Kg3 Bg4 45. Qe1 Qc3+ 46. Kf2 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Altman, Joshua"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Ba5 12. e3 c6 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 Bf5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. 0-0 Kg7 18. f4 Qe7 19. Qe2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Be4 21. Rf2 Nb6 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Bg4 Nc4 24. Qe2 Rae8 25. Rcf1 Rh6 26. Bh5 Bg6 27. Bxg6 Rxg6 28. Re1 Qxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Nxe3 31. Re2 Nf5 32. Bb8 a6 33. Ba7 Kf7 34. Bc5 g4 35. Rf2 Ke6 36. Re2+ Kd7 37. a4 Nd6 38. Rb2 Rg7 39. a5 Ke6 40. Re2+ Ne4 41. Bb6 f5 42. g3 f4 43. gxf4 Kf5 44. Kg2 Kxf4 45. Ba7 Kg5 46. Rb2 Rf7 47. Bb8 Kh4 48. Be5 Kg5 49. Bb8 Rf3 50. Rxb7 Ra3 51. Bc7 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 Ra4 53. Ra7 Rxd4 54. Rxa6 Rd1+ 55. Kg2 d4 56. Ra8 d3 57. Rg8+ Kf5 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59. Re8+ Kd5 60. a6 Ra1 61. Re5+ Kd4 62. Ra5 Rc1 63. a7 Rc2+ 64. Kf1 d2 65. Bb6+ Kd3 66. Ra3+ Nc3 67. Rxc3+ Rxc3 68. a8Q d1Q+ 69. Kg2 Qf3+ 70. Kg1 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 bxc5 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb2 Bf8 18. h4 Qf5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. e4 Qg6 22. exd5 Ne7 23. Nf3 Nxd5 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Nc4 Qd7 27. Qd2 Qf5 28. Re5 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Nxc3 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Qxc3 Rxb7 32. Qd2 Re7 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Qe2 Bf8 35. Qf3 Qxa2 36. Ne5 f6 37. Ng6 Qd2 38. h5 c4 39. Nxf8 cxb3 40. Ng6 b2 41. Qa8+ Kf7 42. Qf8+ Ke6 43. Qe7+ Kf5 44. Nh4+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Chen, Ryo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. f4 Rd8 11. Bd3 h6 12. h4 a5 13. a4 Nb4 14. Bb5 d5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nce2 Bc5 19. Rh3 Bb4 20. c3 Be7 21. g4 f6 22. Qe3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 fxe5 24. fxe5 Bd7 25. g5 h5 26. g6 Bxb5 27. axb5 Kf8 28. Qf3+ Ke8 29. Qf7+ Kd7 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxd5+ Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Kc7 33. b6+ Kxb6 34. Qe6+ Ka7 35. Qxe7 Rd5 36. c4 Rad8 37. cxd5 Rxd5 38. Rb3 Rc5+ 39. Qxc5+ b6 40. Qxb6+ Ka8 41. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.05"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Kumar, Naman"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. b4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Be4 16. Qf1 d3 17. Nce5 Qd5 18. Bb2 Rc2 19. Nxd3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxf3 21. Ne1 Qb3 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxc2 Qxc2 24. Qxa6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rd8 26. Qxa7 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. f3 Qd2+ 30. Kh3 Qh6+ 31. Kg4 Qg6+ 32. Kf4 Qf6+ 33. Ke4 Qe6+ 34. Kd4 Qd6+ 35. Kc3 Qc6+ 36. Kb2 Qf6+ 37. Kc2 Qc6+ 38. Kb2 Qf6+ 39. Kc2 Qc6+ 40. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.05"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne2 c5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Ng3 b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Ra2 Qc7 14. Re2 Rad8 15. Bb1 Ba6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bb2 b5 19. Rd1 c4 20. Qc2 a5 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. e4 h6 23. e5 Nh7 24. f4 f5 25. Qc2 g6 26. Nf1 Nf8 27. Ne3 Ne6 28. Rf2 b4 29. g4 Ng7 30. Rg2 Kh7 31. gxf5 Nxf5 32. Ng4 b3 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Qe2 Qe6 35. Nxe8+ Rxe8 36. a4 Kh7 37. Kh1 Rg8 38. Ba3 Nce7 39. Rdg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.05"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Vanapalli, Vishnu Surya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 0-0 9. c3 Bc5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rad1 a5 16. Qa4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qc2 e5 20. Bc3 f6 21. b3 Bb4 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Qd2 Nf8 26. Qxb4 Rxa2 27. c5 Ne6 28. Rd6 Ra7 29. Qc4 Qc8 30. Red1 Ree7 31. b4 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Rxa6 33. Kf1 f5 34. Nd2 Ra4 35. Rxc6 Rxb4 36. Rc1 Nd4 37. Rc8 Rbb7 38. Nc4 Rbc7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.04"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1111"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 d5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. a3 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 Qd7 19. d6 cxd6 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Rac1 Nf5 22. Qd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 h5 24. Bg5 Rc4 25. Re4 Rc2 26. b4 Rc3 27. Re5 g6 28. Re1 Rc4 29. Bf6 h4 30. Re4 Rc8 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Bxh4 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Bd8 Rc3 35. g4 Ng7 36. Be7+ Ke8 37. Bxd6+ Kd7 38. Be5 Ne6 39. Re3 Rxe3 40. fxe3 Ng5 41. h4 Nh7 42. g5 Nf8 43. d5 Ke7 44. e4 Nd7 45. Bc7 Nf8 46. Kg3 Kd7 47. Be5 Ke7 48. Kf4 Nd7 49. Bc7 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.04"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Chang, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bb5 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Nxh5 Rxh5 20. Qxh5 Bxe4 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Bd3 Bb7 23. Re1 Qa5 24. Qe2 d5 25. g4 Bh6 26. g5 Bg7 27. Qf2 Kf8 28. h5 fxg5 29. f6 Bh6 30. Rxe5 Qd8 31. Re7 Rc7 32. Qb6 Qxe7 33. fxe7+ Rxe7 34. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online Masters WOO"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.04"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Ng3 Nh4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Be3 c6 22. Qd2 Bb8 23. Re1 Bxa2 24. Rg4 Bxg3 25. Rxg3 Bd5 26. Bh6 Rf7 27. Re5 Kh8 28. Bg5 Qd6 29. Rge3 Qg6 30. Rg3 Rg8 31. Bd8 Qb1+ 32. Re1 Qf5 33. Bxa5 h6 34. Bb4 Rf6 35. Be7 Rg6 36. Bh4 b5 37. Rxg6 Qxg6 38. Bg3 Kh7 39. Re7 Re8 40. Rxe8 Qxe8 41. Kh2 Qg6 42. f3 Kg8 43. Be5 Kh7 44. Bg3 Qf5 45. Be5 Kg8 46. Bg3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 29th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 c6 15. dxc6 Qc7 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Qxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bb3 Qc5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Qd2 Bd8 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd5 b4 26. cxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxb4 28. Ra8 Rf8 29. b3 Bb6 30. Ra4 Rb5 31. Rea1 Rb8 32. Ra8 Bc5 33. Nh4 Kh7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Kg2 f6 36. Nxg6 Kxg6 37. h4 h5 38. f3 Kh6 39. Bf7 Rf8 40. Bd5 Rb8 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Ra6 Kh6 43. Rc6 Bb4 44. Rc7 hxg4 45. fxg4 Be1+ 46. Kh3 Bb4 47. Rc6 Rd8 48. Rc4 Rb8 49. Rc7 Ba5 50. Re7 Bb4 51. Re6 Kh7 52. g5 fxg5 53. hxg5 Rf8 54. Bc6 Rf3+ 55. Kg4 Rf4+ 56. Kh5 g6+ 57. Rxg6 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 29th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Re1 Bc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bf6 17. Rb5 Rc8 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Rxb7 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Rd1 Rc2 22. Kf1 Rxa2 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Bd8 25. Bc4 Ra1+ 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kd2 g6 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Ra5+ Kg7 30. Rxa1 Bb6 31. f3 Kf6 32. Ra6 h5 33. Bd3 h4 34. g3 Rh8 35. Ra4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh2+ 37. Kc3 g5 38. Rg4 Rg2 39. f4 gxf4 40. Rxf4+ Kg5 41. Rf8 Rxg3 42. Rg8+ Kf4 43. Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 29th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nge2 d6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 a5 8. d3 Bc5 9. h3 Be6 10. Kh2 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Ne2 Bc5 15. b3 a4 16. Bb2 axb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Bb4 19. d4 Qa8 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. f5 Bf7 22. Bc3 Qa5 23. Qa1 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qb4 25. Qa4 Qxc3 26. Qxd7 Qxb3 27. Qxc7 Bxc4 28. Rc1 b5 29. Qxd6 Qb2 30. Rd1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 29th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. a4 c5 9. axb5 cxd4 10. Ne2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nexd4 Bxe4 13. Nxb5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. Rxf3 Nc5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. b4 Ne6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 0-0 20. Be3 Ra8 21. Na7 Nd7 22. Bf3 Re8 23. b5 Nd4 24. Rg5 Nxc2 25. Bf2 h6 26. Rd5 Nb4 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Rb8 30. Kf1 Bc3 31. Ke2 Ba5 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Ra1 Bc7 34. Ra7 Bd6 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. Kc4 Kf6 37. h3 Ke5 38. Ra1 f5 39. Rf1 e6 40. Re1+ Kf6 41. Bd7 Be5 42. Kxc5 Rd8 43. Kc6 Rg8 44. Re2 Rg3 45. Rc2 Rd3 46. Bc8 Bg3 47. b6 Rd6+ 48. Kc5 Rd5+ 49. Kc6 Rd6+ 50. Kb5 Rd5+ 51. Ka6 Rd1 52. Ra2 Rb1 53. b7 Bd6 54. Ka7 Re1 55. b8Q Bxb8+ 56. Kxb8 e5 57. Kc7 e4 58. Rf2 Rc1+ 59. Kd8 Rc5 60. Re2 Ke5 61. Rf2 f4 62. Bg4 Rc3 63. Ke7 Rc7+ 64. Kf8 Ra7 65. Rb2 Kf6 66. Rb6+ Kg5 67. Rb5+ Kh4 68. Rb4 h5 69. Rxe4 hxg4 70. Rxf4 Ra8+ 71. Kf7 Ra7+ 72. Ke6 Ra6+ 73. Kd5 Ra5+ 74. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 29th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Andrews, Todd D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. h3 0-0 13. Re1 a6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bg6 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Kg2 Bd7 20. f4 Rf8 21. Ng3 Ne8 22. Nh5 Qh4 23. f3 e5 24. dxe5 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Bxe5 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Bc3 29. Rec1 d4 30. Rxb7 Bc8 31. Rbb1 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Ng3 Ra5 34. Bxd4 Rxa2+ 35. Bf2 Bd4 36. Rxc6 Rxf2+ 37. Kh3 Nf6 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Nxf1 a5 40. Ra6 Bc3 41. Ne3 Kh7 42. f5 h5 43. Nc4 Nd5 44. Kh4 Ne7 45. Kxh5 Nxf5 46. Nxa5 Bf6 47. Nc4 Nh6 48. Ra7 Nf5 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Ra6 Nh6+ 51. Kf4 Nf7 52. Ke3 Nh6 53. Ke4 Kg5 54. f4+ Kg6 55. Ne5+ Kh7 56. Ra7 Ng8 57. Kf5 Ne7+ 58. Ke6 Ng6 59. Nxg6 Kxg6 60. Ra2 Bc3 61. Rg2+ Kh5 62. f5 Kh6 63. Kf7 Be5 64. Kg8 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Srinivasan, Hemant"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bh3+ 21. Kg1 f5 22. Bd2 f4 23. b4 Kf7 24. Na3 Rg8 25. Rad1 h5 26. Rb1 h4 27. Rb2 hxg3 28. fxg3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Kg6 30. Re3 Rae8 31. Nc2 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Bxg3 33. Nxd5 Rf8 34. Ne3 Bf2+ 35. Kh2 Rh8 36. Ng2 Be6+ 37. Nh4+ Bxh4 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Matras Clement, Agnieszka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Qe8 13. Ng5 Nd8 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Qg6 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Nf3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. b5 Nf7 20. Rac1 Rf8 21. Rf1 Nh6 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Ncd2 Bd8 24. Rc8 Bb6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nc4 Bc5 27. Na5 Qf7 28. Nb3 Bb4 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Rc4 Ba3 31. Ng5 Qe7 32. Qc2 Ne8 33. Nf3 d5 34. Rc8 Qb4 35. Nc5 dxe4 36. dxe4 Nd6 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nxe6+ Ke7 39. Neg5 Qc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 41. Nxe5 Bxf2 42. Ng4 Bb6 43. e5 Nc4 44. Nxh7 Nb2 45. Ng5 Nxa4 46. Ne4 Ke6 47. Nd6 Nc3 48. g3 Bc7 49. Nxb7 Nxb5 50. Kg2 Kd5 51. Kf3 Kc6 52. Nd6 Nxd6 53. exd6 Bxd6 54. Ke4 a5 55. Kd4 a4 56. Kc4 a3 57. Kb3 Kd5 58. Ne3+ Ke4 59. Nc4 Be7 60. Nxa3 Bxa3 61. Kxa3 Kf3 62. Kb4 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Chandra, Anand Rishi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. Nbd2 a6 8. h3 h6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. b4 Ng6 12. Nf1 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. a5 Bd7 16. d4 Nf4 17. Be3 Ng6 18. Qc2 b5 19. axb6 Bxb6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Ra5 Nf4 23. Nxe5 Be6 24. Ba4 Rec8 25. Qd2 g5 26. Qd6 Ne8 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 f6 29. Nxc6 Kf7 30. Rd1 h5 31. Nf5 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Kf1 Ng6 34. g3 Kf8 35. Kg2 Ng7 36. Nd6 Rc7 37. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Paul"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. Bb3 a6 8. 0-0 Ba7 9. Re1 g5 10. d4 g4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Be3 Qe7 13. d5 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Na5 15. Nbd2 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 0-0-0 17. c4 Rdg8 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Qc3 Kb8 20. b4 f5 21. c5 Nf8 22. b5 fxe4 23. bxa6 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 exf3 25. Qb3 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 c6 27. Rxf3 Rhg8 28. cxd6 Qh7 29. dxc6 Rg1+ 30. Ke2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. h3 Re8 7. c3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. a4 h6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. d4 Nf4 14. Ne4 Ng6 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Bxc7 g6 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. f3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 f5 26. Ra5 Be3 27. Ne2 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Kf7 31. Ne2 g5 32. Nd4 Kf6 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. g4 f4 35. Nf5 h5 36. Nd4 h4 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Kd2 Kf6 39. Kc2 Ke5 40. Kb1 Bf7 41. Kc1 Bg8 42. Nc6+ Kd6 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Kd2 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bitan, Banerjee"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. dxc3 Qxf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Ng5 0-0-0 11. Nxe6 Re8 12. g3 Kb8 13. Bh3 fxe6 14. Bg2 e5 15. Be4 Bc5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Rb1 g5 18. a4 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. 0-0 h5 21. Ba3 Qe6 22. Bb4 Nc4 23. a5 Ba7 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Ba6 c6 27. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. Qe2 a5 10. 0-0-0 a4 11. Nd2 Bd4 12. Nb5 a3 13. b3 Bb2+ 14. Kb1 d5 15. Nc4 dxc4 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxc7 cxb3 19. cxb3 Nd4 20. Qe3 Ra5 21. Nd5 Raxd5 22. exd5 Bf5+ 23. Bd3 Bg5 24. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malek, Omid"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 g6 10. 0-0 Nxg3 11. hxg3 0-0 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 a6 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. Rad1 Qxg3 16. Nb3 Ba7 17. Nbd4 Qc7 18. Qb1 Kg7 19. Rfe1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qf7 21. b3 Bd7 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. e5 f5 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. f4 h6 26. Nf3 g5 27. g3 Be8 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Rh2 g4 30. Nh4 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. h3 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 a6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. d4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bd5 16. Rxe5 Rxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bc4 21. Qf3 Rd2 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rxb2 24. Qxb7 Qg3 25. Qa8+ Kh7 26. Qe4+ g6 27. Rxa6 Re2 28. Rf6 Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. e6 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Qxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rf6 Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 0-0 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 b4 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Ne3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. h4 h5 20. g5 Ng4 21. Re2 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qb7 23. Nd2 d5 24. f3 dxe4 25. dxe4 Red8 26. Qb1 b3 27. Bd3 Rc6 28. Rg2 Bb4 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ng3 Qc6 32. a5 Bc5 33. Qe1 Rd3 34. Re2 Bxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Qc5 36. Nf1 Qd4 37. Rb1 Rc2 38. Kh1 Qd7 39. Rxd3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 b5 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Nc5 15. a4 Nxa4 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Rxa6 g6 19. Re1 Be7 20. Rc6 0-0 21. Nc1 Rxc6 22. dxc6 Qa5 23. Qd2 Be6 24. h4 Rc8 25. Qb2 d5 26. Rxe5 Rxc6 27. Ne2 Bf6 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Qd2 b4 30. cxb4 Rc2 31. Qd3 Bf5 32. Qxd5 Kg7 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Rd2 35. Nf4 Rd4 36. Qxg6+ fxg6 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. Nxc7 Be7 39. Rf3+ Kg8 40. b5 Rd6 41. Rc3 Bd8 42. Na6 Kf7 43. Rc6 Rd5 44. Nc5 Be7 45. b4 Rd4 46. Na6 Rd5 47. Rb6 Rd4 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. b6 Bxb4 50. Rc7 Ba5 51. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. b3 b6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Bf1 Nb6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Ne2 Bb4 18. Nf4 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Nxe4 20. Rdd1 Nd6 21. Bh3 Nd5 22. Bc1 Rb8 23. Nh5 Nc3 24. d5 Nxd1 25. Qxd1 Qxd5 26. Qg4 Ne8 27. Bg5 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Bitan, Banerjee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qd2 Qe3 19. Qe1 Rac8 20. Rf3 Qc5 21. c3 bxc3 22. Nxc3 f5 23. Rd1 Kd8 24. Ne2 Qb6 25. a5 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qa2 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary 12th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Malek, Omid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Qf3 Bc6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 0-0 15. Ne5 Nb8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. 0-0-0 Be8 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. g4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Nd2 f6 23. Nf3 a6 24. g5 b5 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bg5 b4 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nd4 a5 30. Bg4 Bg6 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Rh6 Ra6 33. Rdh1 Nxc2 34. Nxc2 Rxe6 35. Rxg6 Rc8 36. Rgh6 Rc7 37. Kd2 Rb6 38. Rb1 Rc4 39. Rh5 Rbc6 40. Ne3 R4c5 41. Rbh1 d4 42. Nf5 Rc2+ 43. Kd3 Rc7 44. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hemstapat, Andrew"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. c3 0-0 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Malek, Omid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 f6 8. exf6 Bxf6 9. c3 0-0 10. Re1 e5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Re3 Bf5 22. Qe2 Bd3 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Rae1 Rf7 25. Re5 b6 26. b4 a5 27. b5 Raf8 28. f3 Bf5 29. Qe2 c5 30. bxc6 Qxc6 31. Qb2 Qg6 32. Qxb6 Rf6 33. Qb2 Bd3 34. Kh1 Rf5 35. Qb5 Rxe5 36. Qxe5 Rf5 37. Qb8 Rf7 38. Re8 Qg5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qb6+ Kh5 41. g4+ Kh4 42. Kg2 Bf1+ 43. Kxf1 Rxf3+ 44. Bf2+ Kh3 45. Re8 Kxh2 46. Re3 Qd5 47. Qc7+ Kh1 48. Ke2 Kg2 49. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 50. Kd2 Qd3+ 51. Kc1 Qxc3+ 52. Kb1 Qd3+ 53. Kc1 Qf1+ 54. Kc2 Qxf2+ 55. Kc1 Qe3+ 56. Kb2 Qd2+ 57. Kb1 Qd3+ 58. Kb2 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gottuk, Stefan"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. h4 f5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Nf3 Be8 12. h5 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 h6 17. g4 Ra6 18. Kf1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. f4 fxg4 21. Kg2 g5 22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. Bxg4 h5 24. Rxh5 Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Bxh5 26. Bxh5 Ra7 27. Qe2 Rg7 28. Rg1 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Kh8 30. Bf3 Rg8+ 31. Kf2 Qg6 32. Qf1 Rg7 33. Qh3+ Rh7 34. Qg3 Qh6 35. Bg2 Qf6 36. Qg4 Rh4 37. Qg3 Rh6 38. Qg4 Rg6 39. Qh3+ Kg7 40. Bf3 Rh6 41. Qg3+ Kf8 42. Bg2 Qf5 43. Bf3 Rh3 44. Qg2 Qh7 45. Qg5 Kf7 46. f5 Qxf5 47. Qxf5+ exf5 48. Bxd5+ Ke7 49. Bc6 Rh2+ 50. Bg2 Kd6 51. Kg3 Rh5 52. Bf3 Rg5+ 53. Kf2 Rg8 54. Bg2 Rh8 55. Kg3 Rg8+ 56. Kf2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ma, Derek"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Bxf4 cxd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 dxc4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Qd5 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qxc4 Ba5 17. Ng3 Bb6 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rc4 Rad8 20. h3 g6 21. Kh2 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Rc3 Rde8 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Bxd4 26. b3 Re1 27. Rf1 Re3 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Be5 30. Kg2 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 Kg7 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. h4 h6 34. Ke4 g5 35. a4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Nc4 h4 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bxa7 Nxa7 15. d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nce3 0-0-0 18. Qe2 Rdg8 19. Rad1 g3 20. hxg3 hxg3 21. Nxg3 Ng4 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Nxg4 Qh4 25. Bxf7 Rxg4 26. Be6+ Kb8 27. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huang, Patrick"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 0-0 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. 0-0-0 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. Be4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. Kb1 dxc3 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Rxc3 Rad8 21. Bh4 f6 22. g4 Bc5 23. Rg1 Rd4 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. Rcc1 g5 26. Bg3 Qxg4 27. Ka1 Rd2 28. h4 Qd4 29. Rc3 Ba3 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. hxg5 Bxb2+ 32. Kb1 Qf5+ 33. Rc2 Qxc2# 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bg2 f5 8. f3 Nf6 9. Qd3 c6 10. Nh3 cxd5 11. exd5 h6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Nf2 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Be8 15. Rad1 Bf7 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. a4 a6 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Nd3 Kh7 21. Bf2 b6 22. Nb4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Qe2 Be8 25. Ra1 a5 26. Nd3 Nxd5 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Qxb5 Qe7 30. Rad1 Nf6 31. Qb6 d5 32. b3 e4 33. Ba6 Rc7 34. Bb5 d4 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. g4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Castillo, Rey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 Ngf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Be3 h6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rad1 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. g4 Qe8 15. dxe5 Ng8 16. exd6 c5 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Rfe1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 Qc8 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. Ne7 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Rfe8 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 26. Ne4 c4 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Rd7 29. Rd5 Rb8 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rdd8 32. e6 Bf6 33. e7 Bh4 34. exd8Q+ Rxd8 35. Re4 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Regina"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ratte, Cameron"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Be3 Nb6 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Rc1 bxc4 21. bxc4 a5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Nfd7 25. Ba3 Bh6 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. Qe2 Na4 28. Rc2 Ndc5 29. Bb5 Bxd2 30. Bxc6 Bxe1 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Qxe1 Nd3 33. Qe2 Rd8 34. Rd2 Qd4 35. Kh2 Nc3 36. Qe3 Nb1 37. Be7 Nxd2 38. Bxd8 Qxe3 39. fxe3 a4 40. Ba5 Nc4 41. Bc3 Nxe3 42. Kg1 f6 43. Nh1 Kf7 44. Bd2 Nc4 45. Bc3 Nc1 46. Kf2 Nxa2 47. Be1 Nc1 48. Ng3 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Alberta-ch"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malek, Omid"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Qc7 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nce5 0-0 12. Nd3 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. 0-0 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Re1 h6 17. h3 Ncd7 18. Nh2 e5 19. Qa4 Nc5 20. Qh4 Re8 21. Rcd1 a5 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Ne6 24. Qh2 Ng5 25. Nc1 Bc6 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Ne2 Qc5 28. Ng3 Bb5 29. Bb1 Ba4 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Bf5 Rcd8 32. Red1 Bxf5 33. gxf5 b5 34. f6 Qc6 35. fxg7 Kxg7 36. Qh4 Rd7 37. Qg4 Qe6 38. Qe2 Rb8 39. e4 dxe4 40. Rxd7 Qxd7 41. Rd1 Qc7 42. Qh5 Rb6 43. Qg4 Re6 44. Qf5 b4 45. cxb4 axb4 46. Nxe4 Qc2 47. Rd7 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alberta-ch"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 g5 7. Re1 Bg7 8. a4 0-0 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nh5 Ndf4 16. Bxf4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 exf4 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxb7 Qxd3 20. Qxc7 Qc2 21. Nd4 Qxb2 22. Ne6+ Kg8 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Reb1 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qe4 26. Re1 Qf5 27. Qxa7 Nh4 28. a5 g4 29. Qe7 Qh5 30. Re5 f5 31. a6 gxh3 32. a7 Nf3+ 33. gxf3 h2+ 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Alberta-ch"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arruebarrena Rodriguez, Rafael"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qc2 c6 20. a4 Rfc8 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Ra6 Rcb8 25. Qa4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 Be5 27. Ra8 Qe6 28. Ra1 R5b7 29. Qa7 Qc8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alberta-ch"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Miller, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. c3 c5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. 0-0 g5 9. b3 g4 10. Ne1 cxd4 11. cxd4 h5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Nc2 a5 14. a4 Bh6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Rfd1 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Qxb3 19. Bb5 Qb4 20. Ba3 Qc3 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. Rc2 Qd8 23. Rac1 f5 24. exf6 Kf7 25. Be7 Qg8 26. Rc7 Nxf6 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Qd2 e5 29. dxe5+ Ke6 30. Qd4 Qf8 31. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Alberta-ch"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Ng, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. b3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. f5 a4 18. fxg6 axb3 19. gxf7+ Rxf7 20. cxb3 Qa5 21. Kb1 Bxd5 22. Rhf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Qa6 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Qf3 Ra8 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Rd2 Qf1+ 35. Qd1 Qf5+ 36. Qc2 Qf1+ 37. Rd1 Qxh3 38. Qc4+ Kh7 39. Qe4 d5 40. Nf4+ dxe4 41. Nxh3 Nf8 42. Nf4 Be5 43. Nd5 Rb8 44. Rc1 Rb5 45. Ne7 Ng6 46. Rc5 Rxc5 47. Bxc5 Nxe7 48. Bxe7 Kg6 49. Kc2 Bf4 50. Bxb4 Kxg5 51. a4 Kf5 52. a5 Be3 53. Bd6 Ke6 54. Bb8 Kd7 55. Kc3 Kc8 56. Bg3 Kb7 57. Kc4 Bd2 58. Kb5 e3 59. a6+ Ka8 60. Bf4 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 28th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. e5 Bc7 11. Qg4 0-0 12. N2f3 Ng6 13. Qh5 f6 14. Bg5 fxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Ngxe6 Nf4 17. Nxd8 Nxh5 18. N8xc6 Bb6 19. Re2 Nf4 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. Re1 a5 22. Kf1 g5 23. a3 Ng6 24. e6 Bc8 25. b4 a4 26. g3 Rf6 27. Kg2 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 Rfxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Nd4 Rf6 31. Nb5 d4 32. c4 dxc3 33. Nxc3 Ne5 34. Nxa4 Nc4 35. Ra2 Bd4 36. Nc5 Nb2 37. Ne4 Re6 38. f3 g4 39. a4 Nd3 40. Re2 gxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Nxb4 42. Rd2 Nc6 43. a5 Ba7 44. Rd5 Kf7 45. Nd6+ Kg6 46. Nb5 Bb8 47. Na3 Ne5+ 48. Kg2 Ng4 49. Rb5 Ba7 50. Nc4 h5 51. Rb2 Rc6 52. Nb6 Rc5 53. Ra2 Ne5 54. h3 Rb5 55. Nc8 Bc5 56. a6 Rb1 57. Kh2 Rg1 58. Ra3 Rf1 59. Ra2 Rg1 60. Ra3 Rf1 61. Ra2 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op 11th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. b4 Bb6 9. Bb3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Re1 Be6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Rb1 axb5 15. axb5 Ng6 16. b6 cxb6 17. Ba4 Re7 18. Bb5 Bb8 19. Ncd2 d5 20. c4 d4 21. Nf1 Bd6 22. Ng3 Qc8 23. h3 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Qf1 Qg4 27. Nh2 Qg5 28. Kh1 g6 29. Ne2 Ra2 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Qh3 Kh7 32. Ra1 Rb2 33. Ra8 Qh5 34. Qxh5 Nxh5 35. Nxd4 Rxf2 36. Ndf3 Rb2 37. Raa1 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Ng4 Kg7 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. e5 Bc5 45. d4 h5 46. Nf2 Rb3 47. Nd2 Rxb5 48. cxb5 Bxd4 49. Ra4 Bxe5 50. Nh3 Re6 51. Nf3 Bd6 52. Rd4 f6 53. Nxf4 Bxf4 54. Rxf4 Rd6 55. Re4 Rd5 56. Re7+ Kh6 57. Re6 Rxb5 58. Rxf6 Rf5 59. Rxf5 gxf5 60. Ke2 Kg6 61. Ke3 b5 62. Kf4 b4 63. Nd4 Kf6 64. Nb3 b6 65. Nd4 h4 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Nc6+ Kd5 68. Nxb4+ Kc4 69. Nc2 b5 70. Ne3+ Kd3 71. Nxf5 b4 72. Ne3 h3 73. Nd1 Kc2 74. Ne3+ Kd2 75. Nc4+ Ke1 76. Na5 Kd1 77. Kg3 Kc1 78. Kxh3 Kb2 79. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op 11th"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 0-0 6. h5 Nxh5 7. Rxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5 e6 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qh2 Na6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Bxc7 Qd7 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. 0-0-0 Rac8 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qg7 17. g4 fxg4 18. Rg1 Rf5 19. Nxg4 Kh8 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Ng6+ Kg7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao, Jim"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd5 13. Ne4 c5 14. dxc5 Ba6 15. Re1 bxc5 16. a3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nexg5 h6 19. Qc2 hxg5 20. Nxg5 g6 21. Nxe6 Qc6 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qf3 25. Rxd7 Bb7 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. e6 Qc6 28. Qe4 Qd6 29. Qe5 Qd2 30. e7 Re8 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. h4 Kg8 33. Re4 Qd3 34. h5 f6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. hxg6 Kxg6 37. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nb4 12. Qd1 d5 13. c5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nc4 15. 0-0 b6 16. b4 c6 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. a4 Qd7 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. b5 g6 22. Rb4 Re6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rb5 Qe6 26. Qf3 Nd6 27. Rb3 Nf5 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxd5 Nh4 31. Qd3 Rcd6 32. Rb5 Nf5 33. Qc4 Kg7 34. Rd3 Ne7 35. Nf4 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 37. Rf3 Qd4 38. Nh5+ Kh6 39. Qxf7 Nd5 40. Nf4 Rf6 41. Ne6 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Ian"]
[Black "Tanaka, Taira Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 e6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. 0-0 0-0-0 14. Nc4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Kb8 17. Rfd1 Ka8 18. a4 Bd6 19. a5 Bc7 20. b4 a6 21. Rdb1 Bd5 22. Be2 e5 23. Be3 Be4 24. Rb2 Bd3 25. Kf1 Rd6 26. c4 Rhd8 27. b5 Bxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Rg6 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rb5 f6 31. Rab1 Rb8 32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Bb6 Rc8 35. Rd5 Bc7 36. Rd7 Kb8 37. Rxg7 Bxb6 38. axb6 Rxc4 39. Rxh7 Kc8 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rb8 Re4+ 42. Kd3 Rd4+ 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Rf8 Rd6 45. h4 Kxb6 46. h5 Rd1 47. Rxf6+ Kc5 48. Re6 Re1+ 49. Kd2 Re4 50. f3 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Rb6 Rh4 53. g4 e4 54. Rxb7 exf3 55. Kxf3 Ke6 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Kg5 Rh1 59. h6+ Kf8 60. Kg6 Re1 61. Rb8+ Ke7 62. h7 Re6+ 63. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "2018.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hay, Jonathan"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. h4 f5 10. g4 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 d4 12. Qc2 dxe3 13. fxe3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd5 15. 0-0-0 Qxe5 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Rh3 Bd7 18. e4 b5 19. exf5 exf5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Rhg3 Bxh4 22. Rxg7 Bf2 23. Bxf5 Bxg1 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Rh5 Qe1+ 26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Be3 28. Ne4 Rae8 29. Ke2 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxe4 31. Kf3 Re7 32. b4 Bg1 33. bxc5 Rf7 34. Ke4 Rxf5 35. Kxf5 Bxc5 36. Ke6 b4 37. c4 a5 38. Kd5 a4 39. Kxc5 b3 40. axb3 axb3 41. Kd6 b2 42. c5 b1Q 43. c6 Qf5 44. Kc7 Kf8 45. Kb8 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "2018.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bd2 c5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. c3 Qc7 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. Rfe1 Qf7 22. Ng3 Kh8 23. Re2 h6 24. Be3 d4 25. Qxf7 Rxf7 26. cxd4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Nxb4 28. Nxb5 Nxd3 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nxa6 Rc6 31. Rd2 N7e5 32. Nb8 Rd6 33. Ne4 Rd8 34. Rb1 Rff8 35. Na6 Nc4 36. Rdd1 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Rf5 38. Nb4 Nxb4 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Rxb4 Ba5 41. Ng3 Rc5 42. Rb2 Rc1+ 43. Nf1 Rc4 44. Kf2 Kg8 45. h3 Kf7 46. Kf3 Ke6 47. Ng3 Bc7 48. Ne4 Rc6 49. Rb5 Bd6 50. Ra5 Bb4 51. Ra4 Bd6 52. Nf2 Be5 53. Nd3 Bd6 54. Ke4 Rb6 55. Ra7 g6 56. Kd4 Rc6 57. e4 Bh2 58. Ra1 Be5+ 59. Nxe5 Rd6+ 60. Ke3 Kxe5 61. Ra5+ Ke6 62. h4 Rb6 63. Kf4 Rc6 64. g4 Rb6 65. Ra8 Kf6 66. g5+ hxg5+ 67. hxg5+ Ke6 68. Ra7 Rb1 69. Ra6+ Kf7 70. Ke5 Rb5+ 71. Kd6 Rxg5 72. e5 Rg1 73. Ra7+ Kf8 74. Ra8+ Kg7 75. e6 Kf6 76. Rf8+ Kg5 77. e7 Re1 78. e8Q Rxe8 79. Rxe8 Kf4 80. Rf8+ Ke4 81. Rg8 Kf5 82. Kd5 g5 83. Kd4 Kf4 84. Kd3 g4 85. Ke2 Kg3 86. Kf1 Kf3 87. Ra8 Kg3 88. Ra3+ 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bluteau, Yvon"]
[Black "Zhao, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. a3 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nxc4 Bf4 18. Rc2 Qe4 19. Re2 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Ng4 0-1

