[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 0-0 14. Nb3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Ne4 19. Rc2 f6 20. Ne1 Rd2 21. f3 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 Nd6 23. e4 e5 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Ne3 Ke6 26. Bd1 a5 27. Bb3+ Kd7 28. Bc3 axb4 29. axb4 Bc8 30. h4 Ke7 31. Nd5+ Kd8 32. Nb6 Kc7 33. Nxc8 Kxc8 34. Ke3 Ne8 35. h5 h6 36. g3 Nc7 37. Bc2 Kb7 38. f4 Na6 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Bb3 Naxb4 41. Bg8 Kc7 42. Kf3 Nc2 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Kd3 N2d4 45. Bd5 Kc5 46. g4 Nb4+ 47. Ke3 Nxd5+ 48. exd5 Kxd5 49. Bb4 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. d3 c5 10. a4 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. Ne1 Nd5 15. Bd2 0-0 16. e4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Nb1 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qa2 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. Nd4 Be8 22. f4 Rd8 23. Qe3 Qxb2 24. Ne2 Rxd3 25. Qf2 Nb3 26. Nc1 Bc5 27. Nxd3 Bxf2+ 28. Nxf2 Nd4 29. Rd1 f6 30. e5 Bg6 31. Nd2 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. Nc4 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Deng, Henry"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 Ne7 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qc6 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nc3 0-0 19. Rad1 Be6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Bf1 Nc6 22. Qe2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. g3 e4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe3 Qd4 27. Be2 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. h4 Ke5 31. Ke1 h6 32. Kd2 Bf7 33. Na4 Kd6 34. Kc3 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Bd1 b5 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Nb2 b4+ 39. Kd2 Ne5 40. Be2 Kc5 41. Na4+ Kc6 42. Nb2 Bd5 43. Na4 Nd7 44. Nb2 Nf8 45. Nc4 Bxc4 46. Bxc4 Ng6 47. Be6 Ne7 48. Kc2 Kd6 49. Bc4 Nd5 50. Bxd5 Kxd5 51. Kd2 Ke5 52. Ke2 f4 53. gxf4+ gxf4 54. exf4+ Kxf4 55. Kf2 e3+ 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Ke1 Kd3 58. Kd1 e2+ 59. Ke1 Ke3 60. a4 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. a5 d5 17. c3 Bc8 18. Rad1 Re8 19. b4 Qe7 20. Kh1 dxe4 21. fxe4 e5 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Nxc8 Rbxc8 24. Qc4 Re7 25. Bc5 Re6 26. Bb6 Bf8 27. Rd3 c5 28. Qd5 Qc6 29. Rdf3 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rd6 31. Rxf7 cxb4 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Bc5 Ke7 35. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krzywda, Andrzej"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. Kb1 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 b4 14. Ne2 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Bb5 17. h5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 Bxf1 20. Rdxf1 Qb6 21. Ne2 a5 22. f5 a4 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qf4 0-0-0 25. Qg4 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3 Kb8 28. Rh3 Rhf8 29. Rc1 Be3 30. Qa4 d4 31. Rc4 Rf1+ 32. Nc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. Qc4+ Qc7 35. Qxf1 Qc2+ 36. Ka1 Bxc1 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Qf7+ Kd8 39. Qf8+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. Qf8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llari, Marc"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Bf5 9. c3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 b5 17. Rae1 b4 18. Rh5 g6 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Qh3 Rh8 21. Re3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rab8 23. g3 Rb2 24. Rf3 Rxa2 25. Rhf4 f5 26. Qh4 h6 27. Kg2 g5 28. Qh5 gxf4 29. gxf4 Kf8 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Qh5 Rg8+ 32. Rg3 Qf6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Kf3 Qg6 36. Qe7+ Qg7 37. Qxe6 Qg4+ 38. Ke3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Munoz, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 0-0 12. c4 Be6 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rac1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nc3 e4 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. f4 Kh8 22. Kh1 a5 23. Ne3 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 b6 25. h3 Ra7 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Nxg4 Qxg4 29. Rg1 Qf3+ 30. Qg2 Qxf4 31. Qh3 Qf3+ 32. Qxf3 exf3 33. Rg3 Rf7 34. Rf1 f2 35. Kg2 Rdf8 36. Rg4 Ne6 37. Be4 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Nh5+ 39. Kg2 Nf6 40. Rh4 Rg8+ 41. Kh2 Ng4+ 42. Kh3 Nf6 43. Rxf2 Nxe4 44. Rxf7 Ng5+ 45. Kg4 Nxf7+ 46. Kf5 Rg6 47. Re4 Nh6+ 48. Kf4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 Ke7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rd2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Bc7 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. Kf1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bc7 21. Nd1 Bb6 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 f5 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kd6 27. Nc3 Bd8 28. a4 Kc6 29. axb5+ axb5 30. e4 Be7 31. exf5 Bxb4 32. Ne2 Bc5 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Ke4 b4 35. Nc1 Kb5 36. Ke5 Kc4 37. Ke4 Bd4 38. h3 Bc3 39. Ke3 Bb2 40. Nd3 Bd4+ 41. Kd2 b3 42. h4 h5 43. f5 exf5 44. Nf4 Be3+ 45. Kxe3 b2 46. Nxh5 b1Q 47. Kf4 Kd5 48. Ng7 Qb4+ 49. Kxf5 Qxh4 50. f4 Qh3+ 51. Kf6 Qh6+ 52. Kf7 Qxf4+ 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Nh5 Qf5+ 55. Kh6 Qg4 56. Ng7 Kf6 57. Nh5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Be2 a5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. d3 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 a3 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Rac1 c5 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. d4 Re8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Nb1 Red8 22. Nc3 g6 23. Ng3 h5 24. Nge2 Bg7 25. Na4 Qd6 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Bc8 28. Nd4 Bg4 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. b4 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Nc6 Rd3 33. b5 Bb2 34. Rb1 Rc3 35. Rd6 Ra4 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. exd4 Kf8 38. d5 Rc5 39. d6 Ke8 40. Rd1 Kd7 41. Nb8+ Kd8 42. d7 Bf6 43. Nc6+ Kc7 44. d8Q+ Bxd8 45. Nxd8 Rc2 46. Nxf7 Rxa2 47. Ne5 Rc2 48. b6+ Kxb6 49. Rb1+ Kc5 50. Nxg4 a2 51. Rd1 Rb2 52. Rc1+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taichman, Ori"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nc3 Bf5 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Re1 Rc5 22. Ne2 Ke7 23. Nd4 Be4 24. g3 h5 25. Ka1 h4 26. g4 f6 27. c3 h3 28. Re3 Rh4 29. Rg3 g6 30. b4 Rc4 31. Kb2 e5 32. Ne2 Ke6 33. a4 Bg2 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. b5 Rxa4 36. bxa6 Rxa6 37. c4 d4 38. Nxd4+ exd4 39. Rxd4 Rh8 40. Re3+ Kf6 41. g5+ Kxg5 42. Rg3+ Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Rfg4 Rb8+ 45. Kc3 Ra3+ 46. Kd2 Rxg3 47. Rxg3 Be4 48. c5 Kd4 49. c6 Rb2+ 50. Kc1 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Rxc6 52. Rxh3 Ra6 53. Ke1 Ra2 54. Kd1 Bd3 55. Ke1 Re2+ 56. Kd1 Kc3 57. Rg3 Rxh2 58. Ke1 Re2+ 59. Kd1 Rf2 60. Rg1 Rf1+ 61. Rxf1 Bxf1 62. Ke1 Bd3 63. Kf2 Kd4 64. Kg3 Bf5 65. Kf4 Kd5 66. Kg5 Ke5 67. Kh4 Kf6 68. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Acosta Villarroel, Lorner Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ne7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Kf3 g5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 gxf4 18. c5 Qb4 19. Bc4 Qc3+ 20. Nd3 Rg8 21. Rhc1 Qa5 22. Nxf4 Ba6 23. Nh5 Bxc4 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nxg8 Bd5+ 26. Ke2 Rxg8 27. g3 Qb4 28. Rf1 Qe4+ 29. Kd2 Qd4+ 30. Ke2 Rg4 31. Rad1 Re4+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 33. Kf2 Rd3+ 34. Ke2 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Balint, Peter1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 0-0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 Bb7 9. Nf3 d6 10. d4 Re8 11. c4 Bf8 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. d5 h6 15. Bf4 a5 16. Nd4 cxd5 17. cxd5 g6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Re3 Bg7 20. Bxh6 Ne5 21. Rh3 Qxh3 22. gxh3 Bxh6 23. f4 Rad8 24. Rf1 c5 25. dxc6 Nxc6 26. Nd5 Bg7 27. Nf3 Kg8 28. Re1 Ne7 29. Nc7 Rf8 30. h4 d5 31. e5 Nf5 32. e6 Rfe8 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. exf7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 0-0 10. Bd3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. c4 Nc5 15. Be2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. 0-0 Nbd7 19. f4 Rac8 20. Nf5 Nb3 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Nxa1 23. Nd6 Ba8 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Bb2 Nc2 26. Bxe5 Ne3 27. Rc1 Nxg2 28. f6 g6 29. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 Nge7 10. h6 gxh6 11. Rxh6 cxd4 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Rh3 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Qe4+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. e6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Jaiveer, Mahendru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. a4 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Rc4 15. b3 Rc8 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. Bf3 Ne6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxh5 Bg5 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Qxc3 25. Rd3 Qe5 26. Rf1 Bxf4 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxf4+ Kg8 29. Rd2 Rf8 30. Rg4 Rc3 31. Qxb6 Rg3+ 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Rxg2 Bxe4 34. Rg4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Jaskolka, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Bd3 0-0-0 15. Qf2 Kb8 16. Bb6 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Rd7 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. g5 Nh5 20. b4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Be3 Qc7 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qd6 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27. Rhg1 e5 28. f4 exf4 29. Rdf1 c5 30. bxc5 Rc6 31. Rxf4 Rxc5 32. Rxf7 Rhc8 33. Rgg7 R5c7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rg8+ Ka7 36. Rg6 Re7 37. Rg4 Kb6 38. Kc1 Kc5 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. c3+ Ke5 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rg4 Rd6 43. Ke3 Rd7 44. Rg6 Rxd3+ 45. Kxd3 Bxe4+ 46. Ke3 Bxg6 47. Kf3 Bf5 48. Ke3 h5 49. Kd2 Kf4 50. Ke2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Novikova, Galina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. 0-0 c6 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Kf8 14. Qf2 Nh5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. g3 Qc7 17. f4 g5 18. fxg5 Nxg3 19. Bg6 Nb6 20. Re3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 22. Kg2 dxe4 23. Rf1 Kg8 24. Bxf7+ Kh7 25. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Pinero Rodriguez, Carlos Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. Be2 d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. Rab1 Qb8 15. b4 Bd8 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Bg1 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Re8 19. Nb3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. c5 Bf4 22. Rd1 Be3 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Qd2 Rce8 25. cxb6 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxe2 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. bxc7 Nb6 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kf8 31. Nd4 Bc8 32. Nc6 Ne8 33. Na7 Be6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. c8Q Nxc8 36. Nxc8 Nc7 37. a4 Ke8 38. Nd6+ Kd7 39. Nb7 Kc6 40. Nc5 a5 41. Nd3 axb4 42. Nxb4+ Kc5 43. Nc2 Kc4 44. Kg1 Kc3 45. Ne3 d4 46. Ng4 d3 47. Kf2 Kc2 48. Ne3+ Kc1 49. a5 d2 50. Ke2 Nd5 51. Nd1 Nf4+ 52. Ke3 Kxd1 53. a6 Nd5+ 54. Kd3 Nc7 55. a7 Na8 56. Ke3 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Shapiro, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qd1 g6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. b3 Nexc4 15. Rb1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rc5 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rc3 19. Qe4 Rc2 20. a4 Bf6 21. Be2 Nd7 22. Bc4 Ra2 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Bb5 a6 25. Rfc1 Qa5 26. Bf1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. f4 Nd7 29. Qd3 Rb8 30. b4 Qd8 31. Qb3 Raa8 32. Rc6 Nb6 33. Bxb5 Nc8 34. Be2 Na7 35. Ra6 Nc8 36. Qa4 Rxa6 37. Qxa6 Nb6 38. Bf3 Nd7 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. Ba7 Ra8 41. Qb7 Nf8 42. b5 Nd7 43. Kh2 h5 44. Rc7 Nc5 45. Bxc5 dxc5 46. Rd7 Qa5 47. d6 Re8 48. dxe7 Qd2 49. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Tan, Jun Ying"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Kf8 14. h4 Qa5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nc5 18. Be3 Ne4 19. c4 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Bc5 Ke7 23. Rhe1 Kd7 24. Re3 a5 25. Rde1 e5 26. Rg3 Ba6 27. f4 e4 28. Rg7+ Ke6 29. Be2 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. Bxg4+ f5 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Rxd6 fxg4 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxh4 36. Rxe4 Rc8 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Bd4+ Kf5 39. Re5+ Kxf4 40. Rf7+ Kg3 41. Bf2+ Kh3 42. Re3+ g3 43. Bxg3 Rhc4 44. Be5+ Kh4 45. Rg3 Rxc2+ 46. Kb1 Rc1+ 47. Kb2 R8c2+ 48. Kb3 Bc4+ 49. Ka4 Bxf7 50. Rg7 Be8+ 51. Kb3 Rc5 52. Bd4 a4+ 53. Kb2 R5c2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Thake, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. h4 h5 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Ne2 0-0-0 11. Nf4 g6 12. 0-0-0 Nh6 13. c3 Nf5 14. Qh3 Bh6 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. g4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Ne7 19. Ng5 Nf5 20. h5 gxh5 21. Nxh5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Nh6 23. Qf4 Ng8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Nf6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28. exf6 e5 29. Rh8+ Bc8 30. Ba6 Nb7 31. dxe5 c5 32. e6 fxe6 33. f7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cordoba Roa, Angel Gabriel"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Qa5 13. Kb1 a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rxd2 axb5 17. f3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Rxd6 Kg8 21. Rhd1 b5 22. b3 h5 23. Bb6 Rb8 24. Bc7 Rb7 25. Ba5 Kh7 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Nd7 28. Kb2 Ne5 29. Bc3 Nc6 30. Rc8 Ne7 31. Rc5 b4 32. Be1 c3+ 33. Kc1 Kg6 34. a3 bxa3 35. Bxc3 Ra7 36. Kb1 h4 37. Ra5 Rc7 38. Bd2 Rd7 39. Bc1 Rd1 40. Rxa3 Rg1 41. g4 Rh1 42. Ra5 Nc6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rh5 Nd4 45. Kb2 Nxf3 46. e5+ Ke7 47. Bf4 g6 48. Rh7 g5 49. Be3 Rxh2 50. Bc5+ Ke8 51. Rh8+ Kd7 52. Rf8 Nxe5 53. Bd4 Nc6 54. Bc5 Ne5 55. Bd4 Nxg4 56. Rxf7+ Kd6 57. Rg7 e5 58. Bc3 Ne3 59. Bb4+ Kd5 60. Rxg5 Nxc2 61. Bc3 Nd4+ 62. Kb1 Rf2 63. Rh5 Rf4 64. b4 Kc4 65. Bxd4 exd4 66. b5 d3 67. Kc1 Rf1+ 68. Kd2 Rf2+ 69. Kd1 Kc3 70. Rc5+ Kd4 71. Rh5 h3 72. Rxh3 Kc3 73. Ke1 Rb2 74. Rh5 Rb1+ 75. Kf2 d2 76. Rc5+ Kd4 77. Rc8 d1Q 78. Rd8+ Kc5 79. Rxd1 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. 0-0 dxe3 10. fxe3 Nh6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Ra7 14. d4 Bb6 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. Qc4 e4 17. Nd2 c6 18. Be6 Qc7 19. Nxe4 Nd7 20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Rac1 Rxe6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxh7 Rxe3 26. Qh8+ Kc7 27. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 e5 8. h3 Be6 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a3 a5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bxb4 16. Rd1 e4 17. Nd4 e3 18. Nxe6 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 fxe6 20. Qa8+ Nb8 21. Nf3 Ne4+ 22. Ke3 Nxg3 23. Be5 Nf5+ 24. Kf4 Bd6 25. Rxd6 Nxd6 26. c5 Qf7+ 27. Ke3 Nf5+ 28. Kf2 0-0 29. Bxb8 Qe8 30. Qxb7 Qxb8 31. Qxc6 Qg3+ 32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Qe4 Rg6 34. Ne5 Rg5 35. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tejedor Fuente, Enrique"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 c6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 h6 7. d4 e6 8. c4 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nc3 f5 13. Rac1 Qd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 0-0 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Qe8 19. Nd3 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. Rce1 Qh5 22. f4 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nf6 24. Ne5 Ne4 25. Rg2 Kh7 26. h4 Rf5 27. Rfg1 Re7 28. Ng6 Ref7 29. Kh2 Ng5 30. hxg5 Kxg6 31. gxh6+ Kxh6 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Rxd6 Rh5+ 34. Kg2 g5 35. Rf1 gxf4 36. Rxf4 Rg7+ 37. Kf3 Rh3+ 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Rxb2 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rxb7 Rf3 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. Rxc6 Rf7 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Rxa7 Kd6 48. Ra6+ Kd7 49. Ra5 Kc6 50. Ra6+ Kd7 51. e4 dxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Rh2 53. Kd5 Rh5+ 54. Kc4 Kc7 55. a4 Kb7 56. Rf6 Rg5 57. Re6 Rg1 58. Re5 Kc6 59. Re6+ Kd7 60. Rb6 Kc7 61. a5 Ra1 62. b4 Rg1 63. d5 Rc1+ 64. Kb5 Rd1 65. d6+ Kd7 66. a6 Rd5+ 67. Kc4 Rd1 68. Kc5 Ra1 69. Rb7+ Kc8 70. Kb6 Rd1 71. d7+ Kd8 72. b5 Rd6+ 73. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vetoshko, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. c3 a6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rae1 e6 15. f4 Bf6 16. Kh1 exd5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6 20. f5 Qc5 21. Qxb7 Qxf5 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. g3 Rb8 25. Re2 Be5 26. Kg2 f6 27. Kf3 Kf7 28. Bc1 h5 29. c4 a5 30. b3 a4 31. Re3 h4 32. gxh4 Rh8 33. bxa4 Rxh4 34. Ra3 Rxc4 35. Be3 Rh4 36. a5 f4 37. Bc1 Rh3+ 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. a6 Ra8 40. Ra4 Ke6 41. Kf3 Kd5 42. Bxf4 Kc6 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. a7 Kb5 45. Ra3 d5 46. Ke2 Kb4 47. Ra6 Kb5 48. Ra3 Kb4 49. Ra6 Kb5 50. Rd6 Rxa7 51. Rxd5+ Kc4 52. Rxe5 Rxa2+ 53. Kf3 Rxh2 54. Re4+ Kc3 55. Re3+ Kc2 56. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Cunha, Lucas Aguiar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. g4 b5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. f4 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Nc6 16. Rhf1 Na5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. f5 g6 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qh3 e5 23. Rf7 Kxf7 24. Qh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Gong, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. g4 Ne7 12. h4 Qa6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Ng5 g6 15. h5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qc4 17. Nxh7 Qxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Gritsenko, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bc8 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d4 Nb6 8. Bb3 g6 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. Nf4 g5 11. Nd3 h6 12. h4 Nfxd5 13. Ne5 gxh4 14. Rxh4 Be6 15. Ne4 c6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Qe2 e6 18. g3 Bf6 19. Rxh6 Rxh6 20. Bxh6 Nd7 21. Ncxd7 Bxd7 22. f4 Qe7 23. c4 Nb6 24. c5 Nd5 25. 0-0-0 0-0-0 26. g4 Kc7 27. g5 Bh8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. f5 Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. f6 Kd8 34. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. h3 d6 7. a4 h6 8. a5 a6 9. c3 Ba7 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ng6 17. Nbd2 Nf4 18. Kh2 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rf7 20. Rb3 Rb8 21. Ng1 Nh7 22. g3 Ng6 23. Kg2 Rbf8 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. Ngxf3 Rf7 26. Qb3 Qc8 27. Rc4 Nhf8 28. Rb4 c6 29. Rb6 Qc7 30. Nc4 Nd7 31. Rxb7 Nc5 32. Rxc7 Nxb3 33. Rxc6 Rb7 34. Rxd6 Nf8 35. Nfxe5 Nc5 36. f3 Rb3 37. Rc6 Na4 38. Rc8 Nxb2 39. Nd6 Nd1 40. Ng6 Rb2+ 41. Kf1 Ne3+ 42. Ke1 Rg2 43. Nxf8 Nc2+ 44. Kd1 Ne3+ 45. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Martin Fuentes, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nce7 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh5 Kh8 14. Qd2 Ng8 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Re3 Bg4 18. Ng3 Rae8 19. Rfe1 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Bd7 21. Qf3 c6 22. Nh5 f5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qg6 25. Qf3 Nh6 26. Nf6 Nf5 27. Nd7 Rd8 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. g4 Rg8 30. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Petesch, Gabriel N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB04_2024"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Qd8 13. h4 h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxh6 Ng4 19. Qf4 f5 20. Rd7 Kf7 21. Re1 Nef6 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Qxc7+ Nd7 24. Nd5+ Ke8 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 26. Qxd7+ Kg8 27. Rg6+ Kh8 28. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Nxb5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 c5 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. dxc5 Bb7 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. 0-0-0 Ke7 15. Nxg5 Nxc5 16. Rd4 Rxg7 17. Rxc4 Ba6 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. Rxc5 Bxf1 20. Rc6+ Kd7 21. Rh6 Bxg2 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Rh4 Bxc3 26. Rc4+ Kb7 27. Rd7+ Kb6 28. Rxc3 Rg6 29. Rxf7 a5 30. b3 Rh8 31. Rd7 Rxh2 32. Kb2 Rf6 33. Rd2 Bc6 34. Rc1 Rg2 35. Re1 Rh2 36. Rc1 Rh4 37. Re1 Rhf4 38. Rc1 Rf3 39. Rc3 R3f5 40. Rc4 Rf3 41. Rc3 R3f4 42. Rc1 a4 43. Rc3 Kb5 44. Rdc2 Be4 45. Rd2 Rxf2 46. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 47. Ka3 axb3 48. axb3 Bb1 49. b4 Kb6 50. Rg3 Kb5 51. Rc3 Kb6 52. Rg3 Bf5 53. Kb3 Rf4 54. Re3 Be4 55. Kc4 Bc6+ 56. Kc3 Bd5 57. Kd3 Rxb4 58. Kd2 Kc5 59. Rc3+ Kd4 60. Rd3+ Ke5 61. Ke3 Rh4 62. Kd2 Be4 63. Re3 Kd4 64. Re2 Rh8 65. Rf2 Ra8 66. Re2 Ra3 67. Rf2 Bf3 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Re2+ Kf4 70. Rb2 Rd3 71. Rd2 Re3+ 72. Kf2 Be4 73. Re2 Rh3 74. Rd2 Bd3 75. Kg2 Rg3+ 76. Kf2 Rf3+ 77. Kg2 Bf1+ 78. Kg1 Ke3 79. Ra2 Bd3 80. Kg2 Rf8 81. Ra3 Rg8+ 82. Kh3 Ke4 83. Rb3 Bf1+ 84. Kh4 Kf4 85. Rb4+ Kf5 86. Ra4 Bg2 87. Ra5+ Kf4 88. Rg5 Rh8+ 89. Rh5 Ra8 90. Rg5 Bf3 91. Rg4+ Ke3 92. Rg7 Ra5 93. Kg3 Ra1 94. Rg5 Ke4 95. Kh4 Rb1 96. Rg7 Rb5 97. Rg5 Rb8 98. Kg3 Rh8 99. Rg7 Ke3 100. Re7+ Be4 101. Rg7 Rh1 102. Rg5 Rf1 103. Kg4 Rh1 104. Kg3 Rg1+ 105. Kh4 Rxg5 106. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Koustav, Chatterjee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. a4 Be6 11. d4 e4 12. a5 Nbd7 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Re8 15. Re1 a6 16. Nf1 Nb8 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. f4 h6 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Na4 Qd6 22. f5 Bd7 23. Nc5 Qc7 24. Bxd5 Rad8 25. Rc1 Bc8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Ne4 Qe7 28. Kg2 Bxd4 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qxd4 cxd5 31. Nxd5 Qb7 32. Nef6+ gxf6 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Kf2 Bxf5 35. Nxf6+ Kf8 36. Nd5 Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nd5 f6 39. Nxf6 Rb8 40. Qc5+ Kf7 41. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 42. Kg1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. 0-0 h5 12. Nce4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. a4 Nb6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Bd2 b4 19. Rac1 Ra6 20. Rc2 Be7 21. Rfc1 Qd7 22. Qg3 Bf8 23. Bg5 Rg8 24. h4 Be7 25. f4 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Ne7 27. Qf2 Ra7 28. Rc5 Kf8 29. Bd1 Rh8 30. Bf3 Ra6 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. R1c4 Kg6 33. b3 Kg7 34. g3 Kg6 35. Qe2 Qa7 36. Kg2 Rb6 37. Kf2 Ra6 38. Ke3 Qa8 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. Qc2 Rd8 41. Qc4 Qa7 42. Bxh5 Nd5+ 43. Kf2 Nb6 44. Qd3 Nd7 45. Qe3 Nxc5 46. Rxc5 Rd5 47. Be2 Rb6 48. Rc4 Rd8 49. g4 Rb7 50. gxf5 exf5 51. h5 Rbd7 52. e6 Rd5 53. Bf3 f4 54. Qxf4 Rxd4 55. Qf6+ Kh7 56. Rxd4 Rxd4 57. Ke2 Qc5 58. Qxf7+ Kh8 59. Qe8+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh8 61. Qe8+ Kh7 62. Qg6+ Kh8 63. Be4 Qe7 64. Qf5 Rd6 65. Qe5+ Kg8 66. h6 Rxe6 67. h7+ Kf7 68. g6+ 1-0

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qd3 Be7 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Rd4 Rad8 15. Rhd1 Rd7 16. a4 a5 17. b3 g5 18. Kb2 f6 19. g3 g4 20. h3 h5 21. Rh1 Rdd8 22. Nb5 h4 23. hxg4 hxg3 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. fxg3 d5 26. Nc3 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Nd7 28. Rc4 Rg8 29. Rc7 Rxg4 30. Rxb7 f5 31. Ne2 Re4 32. Nf4 Re3 33. Nd3 Kd6 34. Ra7 Rxg3 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Rxa5 Re3 37. Ra8 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Rxe5 39. a5 f4 40. a6 f3 41. a7 Ra5 42. Rh8 f2 43. Rh1 Rxa7 44. Rf1 e5 45. Rxf2 Ke6 46. c4 e4 47. Kc3 Ke5 48. Rf8 Re7 49. Rd8 Kf4 50. Kd2 Rb7 51. Rf8+ Ke5 52. Re8+ Kd4 53. Rd8+ Kc5 54. Kc3 Re7 55. Rd2 Kc6 56. b4 Rh7 57. b5+ Kc7 58. Re2 Re7 59. c5 Kc8 60. Re3 Rb7 61. Kc4 Re7 62. Kd5 Rb7 63. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 f6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. c4 Nge7 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qd7 12. Re1 Kf7 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 h6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Bh7 9. Re1 a5 10. a3 c6 11. e4 Qb6 12. a4 Na6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Rec1 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Bf8 16. h4 Rac8 17. g4 dxe4 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nd7 20. g6 fxg6 21. Nec4 Qc7 22. Nxe4 Re8 23. Qg4 Nd5 24. Re1 b5 25. Ne3 Qf4 26. Qh3 g5 27. Bc1 Qh4 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Nxd5 Qf5 30. Nf4 Bb4 31. Re2 e5 32. Nh5 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Nc5 34. Qh4 Nxa4 35. bxa4 Be7 36. Qh2 Qg4 37. Kf1 Bg6 38. Ng3 Qxa4 39. Bh3 Bf6 40. Bxc8 Rxc8 41. Qh3 Re8 42. Nh5 Bh4 43. Ng3 Bd8 44. Qd7 Rf8 45. Bb2 Bf6 46. Bxe5 Bxe5 47. Qe6+ Bf7 48. Qxe5 Re8 49. Qc3 Qb5 50. Rxe8+ Bxe8 51. Ne4 Bf7 52. Ke1 a4 53. Kd2 Bd5 54. Nc5 Qb8 55. d4 Qf4+ 56. Ke2 Qg4+ 57. Kd2 Qg5+ 58. Ke2 Bf7 59. Qb4 Qg4+ 60. Kd2 Qf4+ 61. Kc3 Qxf2 62. Qxa4 Qf3+ 63. Kb2 Qd5 64. Nd3 g5 65. Ne5 Be8 66. Qb4 Qe6 67. Qb8 Kg7 68. c4 Kf6 69. Qc7 Kf5 70. Qh7+ Kf4 71. Qh2+ Ke3 72. Qg1+ Ke2 73. Qg2+ Ke3 74. Kc3 g4 75. Qg3+ Ke4 76. Nxg4 Kf5 77. Ne5 c5 78. Qg4+ Kf6 79. Qh4+ Kf5 80. Qh7+ Kf6 81. Qh6+ Kf5 82. Qh7+ Kf6 83. Qh8+ Kf5 84. Qf8+ Ke4 85. Qf3# 1-0

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Tang, Dylan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 b6 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Na4 Nb4 16. a3 Na6 17. e4 Rfd8 18. exd5 exd5 19. Re1 Bf8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qh5 Qf7 22. Qf5 Rc6 23. b4 Nc7 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qg6 26. Qf4 Ne6 27. Qa4 Qe8 28. Rcd1 Rxc5 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxd5 Kf7 31. Bb3 Re5 32. f4 1-0

[Event "North American op 33rd"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perrine, Dalton"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 a5 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Nd2 b5 12. Bb2 a4 13. e4 dxc4 14. bxc4 a3 15. Bc1 bxc4 16. Bf1 e5 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Bxc4 Bc5 19. Rf1 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Nxe5 21. Nd1 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guzman Moneo, Alberto"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nbd7 9. b4 a6 10. b5 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Bxb1 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Rxb1 Be7 14. b4 0-0 15. Kd2 Nf6 16. Rhf1 Ne4+ 17. Kd3 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. Nd2 f5 20. Be5 Nf6 21. f4 Nd7 22. Nf3 g4 23. Nd2 Rfc8 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Ra1 Nb8 26. Bxb8 Raxb8 27. Rfb1 Kf7 28. Na5 Ke7 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Bxa5 31. Raxa5 Kd7 32. Ra7 Kc7 33. Rb6 Re8 34. Kc3 h4 35. Kb4 Re7 36. Kb5 Kc8 37. Rd6 Kc7 38. Rb6 Kc8 39. Rd6 Kc7 40. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sroczynski, Maciej"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 0-0 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Nh4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Ra1 Qa7 21. c4 a3 22. cxb5 Ra8 23. Bc3 Rec8 24. Rfc1 Qb6 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Bf1 g6 27. Nh4 Bc5 28. Nf3 Bxf2+ 29. Kg2 Bd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. e5 Re8 32. Qc4 Nxe5 33. Qxd4 Qb7 34. Be2 Nxf3 35. Bxf3 Re2+ 36. Qf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qb6+ 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. Rc2 Qe3 40. Rxa3 Rd2+ 41. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 42. Kf1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 Qd6 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Bf4 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qxf4 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. a3 Bd6 18. g3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. b4 b6 22. Nb3 Bc6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 g6 26. c5 bxc5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxc5 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Rc6 Qa4 32. Qf3 Qb5 33. Rc7 Rd7 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ e5 36. Rc5 Qb7+ 37. Qf3 e4 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. Qe3+ Kg7 40. Re5 Re7 41. Rxe7 Qxe7 42. Qd4+ Kh6 43. h4 f5 44. a4 Qe8 45. a5 Qb5 46. Qe3+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3 Bc6 9. 0-0 e6 10. Re1 Be7 11. e4 0-0 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nd5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Red1 Bd6 21. Bc3 Re8 22. a3 Na6 23. b4 Rac8 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. Be3 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. a4 Nc3 28. Rd3 e4 29. Rd2 Bxb4 30. d6 Red8 31. d7 Rc6 32. Kf1 f5 33. g4 fxg4 34. Rd4 Bc5 35. Bxe4 Bxd4 36. Bxc6 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. Qb3 0-0 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Qd6+ 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Bf1 Rab8 19. Rab1 Rb6 20. f3 c5 21. dxc5 Rf6 22. Qe4 Rf5 23. fxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Kh2 Rxf4 25. Qe3 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qg5 27. Be2 Bg6 28. Nd5 Qxd5 29. Qxf4 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxc5+ 31. Qf2 Qc2 32. Re1 Qxb2 33. Bc4 Qb6 34. Bxf7+ Kh8 35. Qxb6 cxb6 36. Re7 g6 37. Rxa7 Rd8 38. Rb7 Rd6 39. Bb3 h5 40. Kf2 g5 41. Kf3 Rf6+ 42. Ke4 g4 43. Ke5 Rc6 44. Bd5 Rh6 45. Kf4 Rd6 46. Be4 Rd2 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rxh5 Kg7 49. Rb5 Rxa2 50. Rxb6 Ra4 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Ne2 0-0 9. f3 Ne7 10. g4 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Rb5 Ng6 14. 0-0 Bd7 15. Rb4 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Bg5 Nxg4 18. Rxg4 Qxa3 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rg3 a5 22. f4 f6 23. f5 fxg5 24. Qxg5 Re5 25. Nf3 Rae8 26. fxg6 Rxg5 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. Nxg5 Be6 29. Re3 d4 30. Rxe6 Qd5+ 31. Be4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bf1 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Ng3 Be7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Qc1 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 Ke7 25. Na5 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Bc4 Nb6 28. b3 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Bb7 30. Nb6 Kd8 31. f3 Kc7 32. a5 Kc6 33. Kf2 Kc5 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Nxd5 Kxd5 36. f4 h5 37. g3 f6 38. exf6 gxf6 39. h3 f5 40. Kd3 Kc5 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Ke3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Godzwon, Iwo"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 0-0 12. Ne2 Rfe8 13. c3 Re7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Na5 17. Nf4 c6 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Re1 Nd6 20. f3 Ndc4 21. Qc2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Nc4 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qf2 Nxb2 25. g4 Nc4 26. Nd3 Qxa3 27. Qe2 Kf7 28. Nc5 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qb2 30. Qxb2 Nxb2 31. Nxb7 Ke7 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. Kd3 a5 34. Nc5 f5 35. h4 fxg4 36. fxg4 Nb6 37. Kc2 a4 38. Kb2 Nc4+ 39. Ka2 a3 40. Nd3 Kd6 41. Kb3 Ne3 42. Ne5 c5 43. Kxa3 cxd4 44. cxd4 Nc2+ 45. Kb2 Nxd4 46. Nf7+ Ke7 47. Ne5 Ke6 48. Nd3 Nf3 49. h5 Kf6 50. Nf4 d4 51. Nh3 Ne5 52. g5+ Kf5 53. Kc2 Kg4 54. Nf2+ Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Janaszak, Dawid"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Qa5 12. Rg1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Qc4 Bd7 15. 0-0-0 Rc8 16. Qd3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nd5 18. Nf5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qc5 20. Nxg7+ Kd8 21. c4 Nb6 22. Qd4 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Kc8 24. c5 Nd5 25. Rd3 Qb4+ 26. Rb3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. e5 c5 12. c3 Be7 13. h4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 Ne5 16. 0-0 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 d4 18. b4 e5 19. bxc5 Bc6 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Rxe5 0-0 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rd1 Raf8 27. Rg5 Qf7 28. Qe5 h6 29. Rg3 Kh7 30. Rxd4 Re8 31. Qd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re6 34. Rd4 Qxf2 35. Rdg4 Qf6 36. h5 Re4 37. Rg6 Rh4+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Qxc4+ 41. Kd2 Qd4+ 42. Ke2 Bb5+ 43. Kf3 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Qe3 Qxe3+ 12. Bxe3 Bg7 13. Be2 0-0-0 14. 0-0 Bd3 15. Bxd3 Rxd3 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 h5 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Ke2 b5 21. Kd3 Kd7 22. b4 a5 23. a3 Kd6 24. Bc5+ Kd5 25. a4 axb4 26. axb5 Kxc5 27. bxc6 Kxc6 28. cxb4 Kb5 29. Ng5 f5 30. Ne6 Bf6 31. Nf4 Kxb4 32. Nxg6 e5 33. f3 Kc5 34. g4 e4+ 35. fxe4 fxg4 36. e5 Bg5 37. Ke4 h4 38. Nf4 Kc6 39. Kf5 Bxf4 40. Kxf4 g3 41. hxg3 h3 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. g4 Kxe5 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Kxh3 Kg5 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Kh4 Kh6 48. g5+ Kg6 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. Kh5 Kh7 51. g6+ Kg7 52. Kg5 Kg8 53. Kf5 Kg7 54. Kg5 Kg8 55. Kh5 Kg7 56. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 h6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Qd3 Kf7 14. g5 Nh5 15. f5 Rf8 16. gxh6 Qh4 17. hxg7 Kxg7 18. Bd2 Ng3 19. Be1 Qg5 20. Bxg3 Bxg3 21. Nd2 Rae8 22. Kh1 Re3 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Qd1 Rxf5 25. Ng1 Bc7 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Nf3 Nf6 28. Qg1 Nh5 29. Ne5 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Bf3 f4 33. Kg2 Nxe2 34. Qf2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Toncheva, Nadya"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc6 15. Ne5 Be4 16. Rfe1 0-0 17. Nd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe4 Be7 19. Re2 Nc5 20. Bc4 Rfd8 21. a3 Rd4 22. Be5 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Weishaeutel, Moritz"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1+ Ne7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 0-0 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf3 Nh4 17. Qe3 Rae8 18. Qxe8 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Qh2+ 20. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 21. Kf4 g5+ 22. Kf5 Qf3+ 23. Ke6 Rxe8+ 24. Kd7 Rf8 25. Kxc6 Qxg4 26. Nxd5 Qxd4 27. b3 Rd8 28. Rad1 Rd6+ 29. Kb7 Qc5 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Rxd6 cxd6 32. Nc6 Qxf2 33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Rc7 g4 35. Ne7+ Kg5 36. Nd5 h5 37. Rg7+ Kh6 38. Rf7 g3 39. Nxf6 Kg6 40. Rf8 Qxf6 41. Rg8+ Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 b5 9. 0-0-0 Bb7 10. g4 h6 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Ng8 18. Rh8 Ne7 19. Bd6 Qf1+ 20. Qc1 Qf2 21. Qd1 Rc4 22. Nb3 b4 23. Na4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rxe4 25. Rh1 Rh4 26. Rf1 Qg2 27. Nac5 Nd5 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Nxd7+ Kg8 30. Rg1 Qf2 31. g6 fxg6 32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 g5 34. Rg1 g4 35. Ne5 Nf6 36. Kc1 Rh5 37. Nxg4 Nd5 38. Nf2 Kf7 39. Nd4 e5 40. Nf3 Rf5 41. Ne4 Kg8 42. Nfg5 Nf6 43. Rd1 Nxe4 44. Rd8+ Rf8 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Nxe4 Ke7 47. Kd2 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Ng3 g6 50. Ne2 g5 51. Ng3 g4 52. Nf5 a5 53. b3 a4 54. bxa4 Kc5 55. Ke4 Kb6 56. Ne3 Ka5 57. Nxg4 Kxa4 58. Nxe5 Ka3 59. Nd3 Kxa2 60. Nxb4+ Ka3 61. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 0-0 14. Bf3 e5 15. d5 Qc7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. b4 a5 19. c5 Be7 20. a3 Rfe8 21. Re1 e4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf6 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Bg2 axb4 27. axb4 g5 28. Red1 Re2 29. Rd6 Ne5 30. Qd1 Rb2 31. Qd4 Re2 32. Kf1 Qe7 33. Kxe2 Nf3+ 34. Kxf3 g4+ 35. Qxg4 Re8 36. Bf1 Qe5 37. Rad1 g5 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nxe4 c6 6. c4 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Bd3 0-0 12. 0-0 Be6 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Re1 e5 16. Re3 e4 17. Bc2 d4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rxe4 dxc3 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qb5 Qb6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Raf8 24. Kh1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Di Nicolantonio, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne2 Bxe2 8. Bxe2 e6 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bh4 f5 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Rae1 h6 16. Bg3 f4 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 gxh4 20. Rxe6 Be7 21. d5 Nd8 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Rxh6+ Kg7 24. Rxh4 Rf6 25. Ng5 Nf7 26. Ne6+ Rxe6 27. Qxe6 Rh8 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Re1 Qc6 30. Rg6 f3 31. g3 Rh5 32. Qg4 Rh8 33. Qd4 Bc5 34. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Djokic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 dxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. 0-0-0 Ke8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nxd7 Nd4+ 17. Kb1 Nxb5 18. Nxf8 Rhxf8 19. Rd5 a6 20. Rxe5+ Kf6 21. Rd5 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. a4 Nc7 25. Rd6+ Ne6 26. Rxb6 Ke5 27. Rxa6 Kf4 28. Ra5 Ke3 29. Rf5 Rc7 30. a5 Kf2 31. g4 Kg2 32. h4 Kg3 33. h5 Nf4 34. Nd4 Rd7 35. Nc6 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Kxf3 37. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Domingo Nunez, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. c3 Nc7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bh2 Be6 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. Re1 Kg7 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Qb6 21. Re2 Bf5 22. Rae1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rd8 24. g4 Bc8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Re8 Bd7 27. Re7 Bc8 28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng5 Rd7 30. Qe2 Rxe7 31. Qxe7 Qb3 32. Qe5+ Kh6 33. Qf6 fxg4 34. Nxf7+ Kh5 35. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Rad1 g5 13. Bc1 g4 14. Nd2 h5 15. Nf1 0-0-0 16. Bf4 h4 17. b4 h3 18. g3 cxb4 19. cxb4 Kb8 20. a3 Nd4 21. Qb2 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Ka8 24. Nd2 Rc8 25. Nb3 d4 26. Nxd4 Rhd8 27. Nxe6 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Gatterer, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxb2 17. Qd6 Bg6 18. Rab1 Qc3 19. Bd5 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxb7 Rac8 22. f4 Nc4 23. f5 Bh5 24. Rxa7 h6 25. Bc1 Rfd8 26. Be4 Nd2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. h3 Re8 29. Ra4 Be2 30. Rf2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Bb5 32. Rb4 Bd7 33. f6 gxf6 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rf3 Re1 36. Bd3 Bc6 37. Rg3+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke7 39. Bc4 Rf8 40. Rg7 Kd6 41. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Mendez Fortes, Eduardo Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Rfd1 b5 14. a3 Na5 15. b3 Nb7 16. b4 Nd8 17. Rac1 Bc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nc6 21. h4 Ke7 22. Rdd1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc3 26. Rd3 Rhc8 27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Bf3 g6 29. Be4 R8c7 30. Kg2 Bg7 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Ra1 f5 33. Bd3 Kxd5 34. a4 Rc7 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra5 Rb7 37. Ra6 Bf8 38. Rxg6 Bxb4 39. Bxf5 Kc4 40. Rc6+ Bc5 41. Bd3+ Kd5 42. Rh6 b4 43. Rxh5+ Kd6 44. Rh6+ Kd5 45. Rh5+ Kd6 46. Bc4 Re7 47. Rd5+ Kc6 48. h5 Rg7 49. h6 Rh7 50. Rh5 Bf8 51. g4 Rxh6 52. Rxh6+ Bxh6 53. Kg3 Kc5 54. Bd3 Kd5 55. f4 Bf8 56. g5 Ke6 57. Kg4 Bd6 58. Bc4+ Ke7 59. f5 Kf8 60. f6 Be5 61. Kf5 Bd6 62. g6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Miszler, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ndf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Ne2 Ne4 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. c3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nf4 Nf7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Qc2 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 g6 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Nxd5 Rxe5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Be6 25. a3 f4 26. h4 Bd5 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. g3 fxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Ke6 30. f4 c5 31. Kg4 c4 32. Bf1 b5 33. Kg5 Be4 34. Bh3+ Kd5 35. e6 Kd6 36. Kf6 Bc6 37. e7 Be8 38. Be6 a5 39. Bf7 Kd7 40. Bg8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 b6 8. Qe2 Ba6 9. Rd1 Qd6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Bc8 12. h3 0-0 13. a3 a5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Nh5 16. Qd2 Nf4 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Bc3 Re7 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Nh4 Qf6 24. Qh5 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Re3 Bf6 27. Nf3 f4 28. Re2 e4 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Rc1 Be6 33. b3 Re2 34. a4 Rb2 35. Rc3 Bf5 36. Ne1 Be4 37. f3 Bf5 38. Nd3 Bxd3 39. Rxd3 Ke5 40. h4 h5 41. Kh2 Re2 42. Kh3 Re3 43. Rd8 Rxb3 44. Rh8 Kd4 45. Rxh5 Kxc4 46. Rf5 b5 47. Rxf4+ Kc3 48. h5 Rb1 49. Rh4 Rd1 50. h6 Rd8 51. h7 Rh8 52. g4 b4 53. g5 b3 54. g6 b2 55. g7 Rxh7 56. g8Q Rxh4+ 57. Kxh4 b1Q 58. Qg7+ Kd2 59. Qg5+ Ke2 60. Qxc5 Qb4+ 61. Qxb4 axb4 62. a5 b3 63. a6 b2 64. a7 b1Q 65. a8Q Qh7+ 66. Kg5 Qg7+ 67. Kf5 Qf7+ 68. Ke5 Qd5+ 69. Kf6 Qxf3+ 70. Ke7 Qd5 71. Qa1 c5 72. Qb2+ Kf3 73. Qc3+ Kf4 74. Qc1+ Kf5 75. Qf1+ Ke4 76. Qg2+ Kd4 77. Qd2+ Ke5 78. Qg5+ Kd4 79. Qd2+ Kc4 80. Qa2+ Kd4 81. Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guliev, Logman"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. h3 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nbc3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Be3 0-0-0 11. Rc1 Kb8 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 f6 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Qb3 N4d5 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. a4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nd5 21. Rdc1 Qd7 22. Nc3 Nxe3 23. Nb5 Nd5 24. Nxc7 Nxc7 25. Rxc7 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxg7 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. h4 Rd7 31. Rg8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Kh2 Kc7 34. Kg3 Kc6 35. Kf4 Kd5 36. a5 b5 37. b4 a6 38. g3 Kd4 39. Kg5 Kxe5 40. Kh6 Kf6 41. Kxh7 e5 42. h5 Kf7 43. h6 e4 44. g4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzhilniy, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Re1+ Nge7 8. c3 Qd7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nf1 Rfe8 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Be3 Nh4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Re6 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Re1 Nd8 20. Re5 c6 21. Qe2 f6 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. g4 Kf7 24. Qd3 h6 25. Qg3 Qc7 26. Qxc7+ Nxc7 27. f3 Ke6 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 Nb5 30. Kd3 Nd6 31. b3 f5 32. gxf5+ Nxf5 33. g4 Nh4 34. f4 Kf6 35. c4 Ng6 36. fxg5+ hxg5 37. a4 Ne7 38. Ke3 Ng8 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Be3 Nf6 41. Bc1 Ne4 42. Be3 Kf6 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kd3 b6 45. Ke2 a6 46. Kd3 Kd6 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd3 Kf6 49. Ke2 Kg6 50. Kd3 Nf6 51. c5 bxc5 52. dxc5 Nxg4 53. Bd4 Kf5 54. b4 Ne5+ 55. Ke3 g4 56. Kf2 Nd3+ 57. Kg3 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nbc3 Nb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nc4 15. c6 Nxe5 16. Rac1 Nd3 17. Rc2 0-0-0 18. Nge4 Be7 19. Rcd2 Ne5 20. Bc5 Nxc6 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Nc5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 a5 24. Rd7 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Re8 27. Kf1 c6 28. Rd2 Re5 29. Na4 Kc7 30. Nc3 f6 31. f3 Bf7 32. Kf2 g5 33. Rd4 c5 34. Ra4 Kb6 35. a3 f5 36. f4 gxf4 37. Rxf4 c4 38. Rh4 h5 39. Rd4 Kc5 40. Rd7 Bd5 41. Rh7 f4 42. Rh8 Bc6 43. Rf8 f3 44. gxf3 h4 45. Rf4 Re7 46. Rxh4 Rb7 47. Rh5+ Kd4 48. Ne2+ Kd3 49. Rh6 Bd5 50. Rd6 Rb5 51. Rxd5+ Rxd5 52. Nf4+ Kc2 53. Nxd5 Kxb2 54. h4 c3 55. Nxc3 Kxc3 56. h5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Danielyan, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. g4 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bc5 Qc7 13. Bd6 Qd7 14. 0-0-0 Na6 15. Bb8 Qe7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rd8+ Kxd8 18. Qxf7 Nxb8 19. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. b3 0-0 13. Bb2 Rf7 14. Rc1 Nf8 15. Ng3 Rc7 16. Re1 Bd7 17. a3 Be8 18. b4 a6 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Qg4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxc1 22. exf6 Rxe1+ 23. Nf1 g5 24. h4 Bf4 25. g3 Bc1 26. Bxc1 Rcxc1 27. hxg5 h5 28. Qf3 Bg6 29. Kg2 Rxf1 30. f7+ Kh7 31. Bxf1 Be4 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Kxf7 35. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Qe2 a5 8. Bb5 Ba6 9. a4 Qc8 10. f4 Nc6 11. Ngf3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxb5 14. axb5 Bb4 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Nf3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Ra4 Kf8 21. Raxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Ke8 23. b3 Nf8 24. g4 Bb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Nd2 Ng6 27. f5 Nf4 28. Ne4 Ra2 29. Nd6+ Kd7 30. Nxf7 h5 31. f6 gxf6 32. exf6 Nh3+ 33. Kf1 Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf6 35. Ne5+ Kd6 36. gxh5 Kd5 37. Nd7 Rf3 38. Nxb6+ Kd6 39. Rxb4 Nf4 40. Nc4+ Kd5 41. Ne5 Re3+ 42. Kf2 Rc3 43. b6 Rc8 44. Kf3 Rf8 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. b7 Nd5+ 47. Ke4 Nxb4 48. Ng6 Rb8 49. h6 Rxb7 50. Kf4 Rh7 51. Kg5 Nd5 52. Nf8 Rh8 53. Ng6 Rh7 54. Nf8 Rf7 55. Ng6 Nf6 56. Ne5 Ne4+ 57. Kg6 Rf2 58. Ng4 Rf4 59. h3 Rf8 60. Kg7 Rb8 61. h7 Rb7+ 62. Kh6 Rb8 63. Ne5 Nf6 64. Nf7+ Kd5 65. h8Q Rxh8+ 66. Nxh8 Kxd4 67. Kg6 Nd5 68. h4 e5 69. Nf7 e4 70. Ng5 e3 71. Kf5 e2 72. Nf3+ Ke3 73. Kg4 Nf6+ 74. Kg3 Nh5+ 75. Kg2 Nf4+ 76. Kg3 Nh5+ 77. Kg2 Nf4+ 78. Kg3 Nd3 79. h5 Ne5 80. Ne1 Kd2 81. Ng2 Nf7 82. b4 Kd3 83. b5 Ke4 84. b6 Nd6 85. h6 Kd5 86. h7 e1Q+ 87. Nxe1 Nf7 88. b7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Nd7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 Nf6 13. Rad1 Nxe4 14. Kxe4 b6 15. Rd2 Bb7+ 16. Ke3 Rd8 17. Rhd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxf3 19. Kxf3 Ke7 20. c4 Rc8 21. b3 g5 22. Kg4 Rc5 23. Kh5 a5 24. g4 a4 25. Kh6 axb3 26. axb3 b5 27. Rd4 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rc3 Rb5 31. Kxh7 Ke5 32. Rf3 f5 33. gxf5 Ke4 34. f6 Kxf3 35. f7 Rf5 36. Kg7 Kxf2 37. b4 e5 38. b5 e4 39. b6 e3 40. b7 e2 41. b8Q e1Q 42. Qg3+ Ke2 43. Qg4+ Rf3 44. f8Q Qc3+ 45. Kh6 Qc6+ 46. Kh5 Kf2 47. Qg3+ Ke3 48. Qa3+ Ke2 49. Qg2+ Ke1 50. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Sep Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Yelisieiev, Yevhenii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nfd7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nbxa4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. e5 d5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Be6 19. Qc2 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ne6 21. Bc5 Qe8 22. Bd6 h6 23. Nd2 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. Nf3 Rfd8 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. f4 Qf8 28. Nxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxe6 Rd7 30. Qe4 Rf8 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. dxe7 Re8 33. Rd8 g6 34. h4 h5 35. g3 Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qd6 Kg7 39. Qe6 a4 40. g4 hxg4 41. h5 gxh5 42. f5 g3 43. f6+ Kh7 44. f7 Qa8 45. Qf5+ Kh6 46. f8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arabidze, Meri"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a3 0-0 10. c4 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. d4 Ncd7 18. Rfe1 a4 19. b4 Qd8 20. e3 Nb6 21. g5 Nh5 22. f4 Ng3 23. c5 Nc8 24. Nf3 Ne7 25. Ne5 Nef5 26. Bc3 Qc7 27. Bf3 Kh7 28. Bg4 f6 29. Nf3 Ne4 30. h4 b6 31. Nd2 Nxc3 32. Qxc3 bxc5 33. bxc5 e5 34. h5 Qf7 35. dxe5 fxe5 36. hxg6+ Qxg6 37. Nf3 Ng3 38. Nxe5 Qe4 39. Bf3 Qf5 40. Kg2 Ne4 41. Rh1+ Kg8 42. Qd3 Rab8 43. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 44. Qxe4 dxe4 45. Nxc6 Rb3 46. Ne5 Rxe3 47. c6 Bxa3 48. Rc4 Bd6 49. Rd1 Bxe5 50. fxe5 Rd3 51. Rb1 Rc8 52. c7 Rb3 53. Rd1 Rd3 54. Rb1 Rb3 55. Rd1 Rd3 56. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. e5 Ng8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6 Bc6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. e6 Nf6 18. exd7+ Kf7 19. Qc4+ Kg6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qd3+ Kf7 22. Qxe3 Rf8 23. Rd6 b5 24. Qe6+ Kg6 25. Nd5 h6 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. d8Q Rfxd8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Qxb5 Qd4 34. Qe2 Kh7 35. Rd1 Qb4 36. h3 h5 37. b3 Qxb3 38. Qd3+ Qxd3 39. Rxd3 g5 40. Rd6 Kg6 41. Kf1 Kf5 42. Ke2 Ke5 43. Ra6 Nd5 44. Ra5 Ke4 45. Ra4+ Ke5 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Ra5 Ke6 48. Ke4 Nf6+ 49. Kd4 Nh7 50. g4 Kf6 51. gxh5 Nf8 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Ke5 Nd7+ 54. Kf5 Nc5 55. Rc6 Nd3 56. Kxg5 Nxf2 57. Rc7+ Kf8 58. h6 Nxh3+ 59. Kg6 Nf4+ 60. Kh7 Nd5 61. Rc6 Kf7 62. Rd6 Nf4 63. Rd1 Nd5 64. Rf1+ Nf6+ 65. Rxf6+ Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lahdelma, Henri"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Bxb6 Bd6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be2 0-0 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. a5 Rac8 20. Rd4 Nc6 21. Rd7 Rb8 22. Bf3 Bd8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxc6 Rb8 25. Na4 Bf6 26. Rd1 Rfc8 27. Be4 Rc4 28. Nc5 Rc8 29. b4 Rxb4 30. Bf3 g6 31. Nxa6 Rb2 32. Nc5 Rxb6 33. axb6 Rxc5 34. b7 Rb5 35. Rc1 Kg7 36. g3 h5 37. Rc8 Be5 38. h4 f5 39. Rd8 Rb2 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Bc6 Rb6 42. Rc8 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rd8 g5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Re8 Kf6 47. Rd8 f4 48. gxf4 Bxf4 49. Bf3 h4 50. Rh8 Bg3 51. Kh3 Be5 52. Kg2 Bg3 53. Kh3 Rxf2 54. b8Q Bxb8 55. Rxb8 Rxf3+ 56. Kxh4 Ke5 57. Kg4 Rd3 58. Rb5+ Kd4 59. Ra5 e5 60. Ra4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pesotskiy, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 0-0 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. f3 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1+ 20. Nxc1 Nxd5 21. e4 Ne3 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Bd4 Nxa3 24. Ke2 Nb5 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Nb2 Nd6 28. Na4 Nc4 29. Bf2 Kd6 30. Kd3 Ne5+ 31. Kc3 Kc6 32. f4 Ng4 33. Bg1 f5 34. exf5 exf5 35. Nb2 Bf6+ 36. Kb3 Bxb2 37. Kxb2 b5 38. Kc3 Kd5 39. Kd3 g6 40. h3 Nf6 41. Bd4 Nh5 42. Be3 Ng7 43. Bd2 Ne6 44. Bc1 h6 45. Bd2 Kd6 46. Bc1 Ke7 47. Bd2 Kf6 48. Bc3+ Kf7 49. Bd2 g5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. g3 Kf6 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kg6 54. Be1 Kh5 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Bf2 Nf4+ 57. Kf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rajmohan, Vikram"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 a5 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. Bd2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nd5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qa2 c6 18. e4 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Be6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Qxd5+ cxd5 23. d4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. g4 Bg6 13. f5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 Qf6 15. e3 Ng3 16. Rf2 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Qf4 g6 19. Re2 Nd3 20. Qf1 Qh4 21. Rd2 Nxc1 22. Qxc1 0-0 23. Re2 Rfe8 24. Nc3 Re5 25. Qd2 Rae8 26. Rae1 Ng3 27. Rf2 d4 28. Nd1 dxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd8 30. Rxe5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Qf4 32. Re3 Nf5 33. Red3 Nh4 34. Nc3 Qe5 35. Re2 Qc5+ 36. Rf2 f5 37. Rd1 f4 38. Kf1 Qf5 39. Rd4 g5 40. Bf3 Qxh3+ 41. Ke2 g4 42. Be4 f3+ 43. Ke3 Ng2+ 44. Kd2 Qh6+ 45. Kd1 Qe3 46. Rdd2 Qe1+ 47. Kc2 Ne3+ 48. Kd3 Nf1 49. Rc2 b5 50. Kd4 Ng3 51. b4 Nxe4 52. Nxe4 Qxb4+ 53. Ke3 h5 54. Rxc6 Kf7 55. Rf6+ Ke7 56. Rf5 h4 57. Rg5 Qa3+ 58. Kf4 g3 59. Rxf3 Qc1+ 60. Kg4 g2 61. Kf5 Qxg5+ 62. Nxg5 g1Q 63. Rf4 Qg3 64. Rf3 Qg2 65. Rg3 hxg3 66. Ne6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Ambartsumova, Karina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. Be3 Bb6 11. f3 Nc5 12. Nd2 0-0 13. f4 f6 14. N2f3 Ne4 15. b4 Qe7 16. a3 c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Qg4 Rd8 21. Rae1 Bf7 22. Ndc6 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rd6 24. Nd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Be6 26. Qxc7 Kh8 27. Qe5 Qf7 28. f5 Bd7 29. Qc7 Rc8 30. Ne5 Rxc7 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Ne5 Bb5 33. Rd1 Rxc2 34. g4 h5 35. Rxd5 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Ng5+ 38. Kf4 Nh3+ 39. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Chen, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a4 a5 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Ra3 Nc6 14. Rb3 Qa7 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Rd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Qf3 Nb6 20. Bd3 f6 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nd3 g6 23. Nc5 Rab8 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxf6 Nd5 26. Qe6+ Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. c4 Nb4 29. c3 Nc6 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Re1 Rf8 32. Qxg4 Rf7 33. Ne6+ Kg8 34. Ng5 Rf6 35. Re6 Rbf8 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxc7+ Kh6 39. h4 Kh5 40. Qxh7+ Kg4 41. Qd7+ Kf4 42. Qh3 Nxd4 43. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Cremisi, Daniel Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Qf3 0-0 11. Qh3 g6 12. Qf3 Be8 13. 0-0-0 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bh6 Nb4 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. c3 a4 19. cxb4 axb3 20. a3 f6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. f3 Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Nc5 Kf7 26. Nxb3 Rd5 27. Rd3 Rd6 28. Rc3 Ke7 29. Na5 Bd5 30. Rxc7+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 Be3 32. Re1 Bxd4 33. Rc1 Kg8 34. Re7 Kf8 35. Rcc7 Bg1 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rxg6 Bxh2 39. Rh6 Be4+ 40. fxe4 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rc1+ 42. Kxc1 Bf4+ 43. Kc2 Bxc7 44. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd7+ Nxd7 8. Ng5 Nxe5 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Nxe4 Nf3+ 11. gxf3 Bxf4 12. Rd1 0-0 13. Bc4 Bh3 14. Rg1 Rfe8 15. Be2 Kf8 16. Rd5 g6 17. Nf6 Red8 18. Nxh7+ Kg7 19. Rh5 Rd2 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Rh4 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Rxc2 24. Bc4 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Bc4 Ne5 13. Bb3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Nc2 b5 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Ncd5 N7c6 18. a3 Nd4 19. Ba2 Rc8 20. Kh1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rc1 f5 23. exf5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxf5 25. Ne3 Rxf4 26. Nxc4 Qf6 27. Qd3 Rxf2 28. Nb6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 h5 30. Qxa6 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cordoba Roa, Angel Gabriel"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. h5 h6 12. g4 0-0-0 13. Be3 Nge7 14. Kd2 Rdf8 15. Bh3 f6 16. f4 Kb8 17. Rg1 Be8 18. Ng3 Rhg8 19. Qd1 Qa5 20. a4 Nc8 21. Qb1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rf3 23. Qb5 Qd8 24. Rab1 b6 25. Qa6 Qh4 26. a5 Nxa5 27. Qxa5 Qxh3 28. Nf1 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Ne2 f6 10. d4 Qb6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Rf1 a5 13. h4 a4 14. Bh3 Kh8 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rb1 a3 17. b4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb5 19. Rf2 Nxb4 20. Rb3 Qc4 21. Neg1 Nc6 22. Rc2 Qa4 23. Kf2 fxe5 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Bxa3 Rxa3 26. dxe5 Nb4 27. Rd2 Nc5 28. Kg2 Ne4 29. Qc1 Rc3 30. Qb2 Nd3 31. Qa1 b5 32. Ne2 Ra3 33. Rc2 Nb4 34. Rb2 Nd3 35. Rb3 b4 36. Rxa3 bxa3 37. Ned4 Ndc5 38. Qc1 Ba6 39. Nxe6 Nxe6 40. Bxe6 Bc4 41. Qxa3 Re8 42. Nd4 h4 43. Qa4 Rb8 44. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Przybylski, Wojciech"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Nc3 h6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nd2 0-0 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Re2 e5 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 b5 21. a3 Bf8 22. Rc1 Qa5 23. Nc5 Qxa3 24. Nb7 Rd7 25. d6 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Ra1 Qxa1 28. Qxa1 Bxb7 29. Bc5 f6 30. b4 Bd5 31. Rd2 Bc4 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Rad8 34. Qd1 Re8 35. Qg4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Re6 37. Qf5 Bxd6 38. Bxd6 Rdxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. h4 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 Rd5 44. Qe8 Rf5 45. Qe4 g6 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Ke3 Bf7 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qd7 a6 50. Qb7 g5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. fxg5 hxg5 53. Qxa6 g4 54. Qd6 Rg5 55. Qf4 Rg6 56. Qd4+ Kg8 57. Qd8+ Kh7 58. Qh4+ Kg7 59. Qg3 Re6+ 60. Kd4 Rg6 61. Ke5 Bc4 62. Kf5 Rf6+ 63. Ke5 Be2 64. Qh4 Rg6 65. Qe7+ Kh6 66. Kf4 Bf3 67. Qf8+ Kh7 68. Qf7+ Rg7 69. Qh5+ Kg8 70. Qe8+ Kh7 71. Qxb5 Rf7+ 72. Kg3 Kg6 73. Qb6+ Kf5 74. Qd4 Rb7 75. Qc5+ Ke6 76. b5 Kd7 77. Kf4 Rc7 78. Qd4+ Kc8 79. b6 Rc6 80. Qb4 Kb7 81. Kg3 Rxb6 82. Qe7+ Ka6 83. Qa3+ Kb5 84. Qc3 Rc6 85. Qd3+ Kc5 86. Kf4 Rd6 87. Qa3+ Kd5 88. Qb3+ Kd4 89. Qb4+ Kd5 90. Qb5+ Kd4 91. Qe5+ Kd3 92. Qxd6+ Ke2 93. Qc5 Kd3 94. Qe3+ Kc4 95. Qf2 Kd3 96. Ke5 Kc3 97. Qe3+ Kc4 98. Qd2 Bc6 99. Qc2+ Kb5 100. Kd6 Bf3 101. Qb3+ Ka6 102. Kc5 Ka7 103. Qb6+ Ka8 104. Kd6 g3 105. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. 0-0 c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Qe1 a4 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 a3 15. Bd4 c5 16. c4 cxd4 17. cxd5 d3 18. Qe3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qg4 Qxd5 21. Qxg7 0-0-0 22. Qxf7 Rd7 23. Nd2 Qxe5 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. b4 Rf8 26. Qg7 Na4 27. Rac1 Kb8 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. Nxd7+ Qxd7 30. Qxh6 d2 31. Rcd1 Bxb4 32. Rxd2 Qxd2 33. Qg7 Kc8 34. Qxb7+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Ke7 36. Qxa4 Bc5 37. Qh4+ Kd6 38. Kh1 Rxf2 39. Qd8+ Ke5 40. Qh8+ Kd6 41. Qb8+ Kd7 42. Qb5+ Kd8 43. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 44. Bxf1 Qxa2 45. Qb6+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ Kf6 47. Qf4+ Ke7 48. Bc4 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qc2+ 50. Kh3 a2 51. Qc7+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Kf8 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qd6+ Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qf8+ Kh7 59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Qf6+ Kh7 61. Qe7+ Kh8 62. Qf6+ Kh7 63. Qh4+ Kg7 64. Qg4+ Kf8 65. Qf4+ Ke7 66. Qc7+ Kf6 67. Qd8+ Kg7 68. Qd7+ Kh8 69. Qd4+ Kh7 70. Bd3+ Kh6 71. Bxc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Willy, Stephen"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 0-0 8. Nf3 a6 9. Nd6 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd6 13. Nf3 e5 14. 0-0-0 Bg4 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. Nd3 Nc6 18. Kb1 Nd4 19. c3 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 d4 21. g4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Be4 24. Rhg1 Qa3 25. Qb2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Hajiyev, Kanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Nd4 0-0 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. f3 Qb6+ 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxc3 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf4 21. fxg4 Nxg4 22. Nf3 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 g6 24. Qg3 Qc1+ 25. Qe1 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Ne3+ 27. Kh1 Ng4 28. Kg2 Ne3+ 29. Kh1 Ng4 30. Rb2 Rc8 31. Rc2 Qf8 32. h3 Rxc2 33. Bxc2 Nf6 34. Qe5 Kg7 35. Nd4 Qc5 36. h4 Qb6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Nd6 Qc6 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ Ng8 43. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Nd2 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. Qe2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rc8 19. f4 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nf3 Nc4 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Rac1 Nd6 24. g4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rf8 26. f5 Qe8 27. Qb3 Qb5 28. Qxb5 Nxb5 29. Nd7 Re8 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Kf2 Nd6 32. Bf4 Nc4 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kf7 35. Ke2 b5 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Kb4 h5 39. h3 hxg4 40. hxg4 g6 41. fxg6 Kxg6 42. Kc5 Na3 43. Kxd5 Nc2 44. Kc5 b6+ 45. Kxb5 Nxd4+ 46. Kxb6 Ne6 47. Be3 Nf8 48. a4 Nd7+ 49. Kc7 Ne5 50. a5 Nxg4 51. Bd4 Nh6 52. a6 Nf5 53. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Omelja, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. Qg3 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Ndc7 Bg4 16. Qg3 a6 17. Nxa8 axb5 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Bxb5 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. 0-0 Bc5 22. Kh1 Bxb6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. h3 Qc8 25. Be2 h5 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Rd1 Qxc2 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxg4+ Kf8 30. b4 Qc1+ 31. Bd1 Qh6+ 32. Qh5 Qe3 33. Kh2 Qxa3 34. b5 Qb4 35. Be2 Qb2 36. Qf3 b6 37. Bc4 Qd2 38. Qh5 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Ke7 40. Qxf7+ Kd6 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. Qe6+ Kd8 43. Qd6+ Kc8 44. Be6+ Kb7 45. Qd7+ Kb8 46. Qc8+ Ka7 47. Qc7+ Ka8 48. Bd5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bf4 Qd8 8. Nh4 g6 9. Nxf5 gxf5 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Qe2 Ndf6 12. 0-0-0 Bd6 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qb8 15. Qc5 Ne7 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc5 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nd6+ Qxd6 22. Bxb7 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxb7 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. Rd7 Nc5 26. Qd4 Nxd7 27. Qxh8+ Ng8 28. Qxh7 Ndf6 29. Qh4 Rd8 30. Qa4 Rd7 31. c4 Ne7 32. c5 Rc7 33. b4 Ne4 34. f3 Nc3 35. Qb3 Ncd5 36. h4 Nc6 37. a3 Kg7 38. Qb2+ Kg6 39. Qd2 f6 40. g4 Ne5 41. h5+ Kg7 42. gxf5 Nc4 43. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Veiga, Jose Francisco RP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. Qe1 Bd6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qh4 Nf6 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 Rf8 15. Qxe6+ Ne7 16. g3 Rd8 17. Nd2 Rd7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rxd4 21. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Nb3 0-0 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. Ne5 b5 20. Nc6 Be6 21. a3 Rfe8 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Rc1 h5 24. h4 Kh7 25. Rdd1 Bb2 26. Rb1 Bxa3 27. Nd4 Bc5 28. Be3 Bc4 29. Ra1 b4 30. Rdc1 Bf8 31. Ra5 b3 32. Rb1 Bg7 33. Nxb3 Rb8 34. Nd2 Rxb1+ 35. Nxb1 Bb5 36. Ra3 Rc8 37. Nd2 Rc2 38. Ne4 Be5 39. f4 Bg7 40. Nc5 Bf8 41. Rxa6 Bxc5 42. Bxc5 Bxa6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barwinska, Ewa"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Re1 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 Qd7 12. Nd2 Bxd3 13. Nb3 Bg6 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Bf7 17. b4 b6 18. Nd3 Nd8 19. Bg3 Ne6 20. f4 0-0 21. Qf3 Nf5 22. Bf2 Nd6 23. f5 Ng5 24. Qf4 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. Nf4 Ne4 27. c4 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 dxc4 29. d5 Rfe8 30. Rec1 Re4 31. Kf3 Rae8 32. Rc3 Nd4+ 33. Kf2 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2 Nb4 9. Be2 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Qd1 Be7 13. Bd2 0-0 14. Bd3 b5 15. a3 a5 16. Qe1 Ra8 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Be3 Be7 21. f4 f6 22. f5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Bc5 24. Rae1 Rac8 25. f6 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. g5 g6 29. h4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ra1 Bb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Ra7 d4 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Nc2 Na5 11. Bd3 Bb5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Kg2 Rc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 h5 16. h3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxb2 18. Rfc1 Rc3 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Nc6 22. Rc7 Be7 23. Rxc6 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rxc6 25. Qb5 Qc4 26. Qb7 Qe2+ 27. Kg3 h4+ 28. Kf4 g5+ 29. Nxg5 Qf2+ 30. Nf3 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Aug Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. a5 Bd6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ba4+ Nxa4 14. Qxa4+ Qd7 15. Rd1 Qxa4 16. Rxa4 Ke7 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. Bxb4 Bxa4 19. Rxd6 Ke8 20. Nc3 Bd7 21. Ne5 h5 22. h4 Bc8 23. Rc6 Nd7 24. Nc4 Kd8 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Ba3 f6 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa6 Rf7 29. Rxe6 Ne5 30. a6 Nc4 31. Bb4 Kd7 32. Re4 Nxb2 33. Nb5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Kc6 35. a7 Ra1 36. Ba3 Rxa3 37. Nxa3 Rxa7 38. Nc2 Kd6 39. Nd4 Nd3 40. Nf5+ Kc5 41. Kg3 g6 42. Ne7 Ne5 43. Ng8 Nd7 44. Re6 Kd5 45. Re7 Kd6 46. Rf7 Ke6 47. Rg7 Ra2 48. Rxg6 Kf7 0-1

