[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "1.29"] [White "Plotkin, Mark"] [Black "Sidass, Dmitrijs"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [ECO "C11"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nf5 Qd8 11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12. Nh5 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6 Bxf6 15. Bc5+ Be7 16. Bxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 b6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. f5 d4 21. Ne4 Qg7 22. fxe6 Ke7 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Qh4+ Kxe6 25. Ng5+ Kd6 26. Qxd4+ Bd5 27. Ne4+ Ke6 28. Nc3 Rad8 29. Nxd5 Nxd3+ 30. Qxd3 Qg5+ 31. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Rhe8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Rd4 Ke5 36. c3 Rg8 37. Kd2 h5 38. Kd3 a6 39. Rd5+ Kf4 40. Rf5# 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "2.26"] [White "Mierins, Emils Janis"] [Black "Plotkin, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1822"] [BlackElo "2430"] [ECO "C97"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "198"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 g6 15. g4 h5 16. N3h2 Nb7 17. Ng3 h4 18. Ngf1 Nc5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bf8 21. Nd2 Bb7 22. Qf3 Nfd7 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Nhf3 Bh6 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Nf3 g5 28. Rf1 f6 29. Ne1 Rf8 30. Ng2 Rf7 31. Ne3 Bf8 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Qf5 Bc8 34. Qg6+ Rg7 35. Qe8 Re7 36. Qg6+ Rg7 37. Qf5 Rf7 38. Qf3 Nb6 39. a4 Bd7 40. axb5 Bxb5 41. Nf5 Nc8 42. Ba4 Qb6 43. Bxb5 Qxb5 44. Rf2 a5 45. Qd1 Nb6 46. Qd2 a4 47. Ne3 Bc5 48. Raf1 Kg7 49. Nf5+ Kh7 50. Rf3 Rb7 51. Nxh4 Nd7 52. Nf5 Qxb2 53. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 54. Kh1 a3 55. Ra1 a2 56. Rff1 Kg6 57. Rad1 Re2 58. Ra1 Ba3 59. Rfd1 Rc2 60. d6 Kf7 61. Ne3 Rxc3 62. Nd5 Rc2 63. Nc7 Bb4 64. Nb5 c3 65. Rdc1 Re2 66. Nxc3 Bxc3 67. Rxc3 Rb2 68. Rcc1 Ke6 69. Rd1 Nc5 70. Rac1 Nd7 71. Ra1 Nb6 72. Rac1 Kd7 73. Rc7+ Kd8 74. Rcc1 Nd7 75. Rf1 Ke8 76. Rfd1 Nb6 77. Kg1 Kd7 78. Rc7+ Kd8 79. Rcc1 Nd7 80. Rf1 Rd2 81. Rfd1 Re2 82. Ra1 Nc5 83. Rac1 Nb3 84. Rc3 a1=Q 85. Rxa1 Nxa1 86. Rf3 Rxe4 87. Rxf6 Kd7 88. Rg6 Nc2 89. Kf2 Nd4 90. Rxg5 Kxd6 91. Rg6+ Kd5 92. h4 Rf4+ 93. Kg2 e4 94. Rg8 e3 95. Rd8+ Ke5 96. Ra8 Rxg4+ 97. Kf1 e2+ 98. Kf2 Rf4+ 99. Ke3 e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Plotkin, Mark"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "C18"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Qg3 fxe5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Kd1 Ne7 12. Rb1 Nf5 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. Rb3 Qa1 15. Rd3 Nc6 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Rac8 19. g4 Rxc2 20. Kxc2 Rc8+ 21. Kd2 Qxc1+ 22. Ke2 Nh4 23. Rd2 Bb5+ 24. Ke3 Rc3+ 25. Bd3 Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "4.22"] [White "Zvereva, Margarita"] [Black "Plotkin, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2024"] [BlackElo "2430"] [ECO "C55"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 g5 6. Nf1 d6 7. Ne3 Bg7 8. c3 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qc2 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 d5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qd3 f5 17. Nec2 f4 18. f3 Qd6 19. b3 Bd7 20. Ba3 Qf6 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1 Qd6 25. a5 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qe2 Bg6 28. b4 Qc7 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Bxc3 31. Qxd5 Bf6 32. Qe4 Qd7 33. Ncd4 Bxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Bxf5 35. Qe5 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Sethuraman, S."] [Black "Plotkin, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2430"] [ECO "C84"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bf8 11. d4 g6 12. h3 Bg7 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 h6 15. a4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Qc1 Rac8 20. d5 h5 21. Bc3 bxa4 22. Nh4 Nh7 23. Nhf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Be5 25. Qh6 f6 26. Re3 Kh8 27. Rg3 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. f4 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Nh4 Qe7 33. Ng6+ Rxg6 34. Bxg6 Bg8 35. Kh2 d5 36. Rxa4 Qd6 37. Qxh5 d4 38. Qf3 Bb3 39. Ra3 Bd5 40. Qg3 Bc4 41. cxd4 cxd4 42. Ra4 Bb5 43. Qh4 Qe7 44. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "6.26"] [White "Plotkin, Mark"] [Black "Savicevs, Arsenijs"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "1689"] [ECO "B40"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qe4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc5 21. Qb3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Kh8 23. Rxd5 Qf6 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. Qxb7 Rb6 26. Qxa7 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxb2 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3 h5 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kh7 35. a4 Qd1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Qa5 38. Kh4 g6 39. Kh3 Qa7 40. Qd4 Qa5 41. e4 Qg5 42. Qd1 Qf4 43. Qf3 Qc7 44. g3 Qd7+ 45. Kg2 Qxa4 46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. e5 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Qc8+ 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kh4 Qe6 52. Kg5 Qe7+ 53. Kxg4 Kh7 54. Qd4 Qe6+ 55. Kg3 Kg7 56. Qd6 Qb3+ 57. Kf4 Qc4+ 58. Ke3 Qc1+ 59. Kd4 Qd2+ 60. Kc5 Qxh2 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qxg6+ Kf8 63. Qd6+ Ke8 64. Qb8+ Ke7 65. Qc7+ Ke8 66. Qc6+ Ke7 67. Qf6+ Ke8 68. Qf5 Qh6 69. Qc8+ Ke7 70. Qc7+ Ke8 71. Qd6 Qc1+ 72. Kd5 Qd2+ 73. Kc6 Qc3+ 74. Kb5 Qb3+ 75. Kc5 Qc3+ 76. Kd5 Qb3+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Kf4 Qh7 79. Qb8+ Kf7 80. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "7.20"] [White "Greicius, Pijus"] [Black "Plotkin, Mark"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1902"] [BlackElo "2430"] [ECO "D31"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bf5 Nfe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxa2 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Nd4 Be6 21. h4 Red8 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Qd5 24. Qf4 b5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rdc1 a5 27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rac1 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 b4 30. Re7 Qd8 31. Rc7 Qf6 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Ra7 Bd5 34. Qg4 Be6 35. Qe4 Bd5 36. Qg4 Be6 37. Qe4 Bd5 38. Qg4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "8.18"] [White "Plotkin, Mark"] [Black "Petkov, Momchil"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2443"] [ECO "D43"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "189"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Bb3 a6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. h4 Rfc8 17. h5 g5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bf8 20. Rdc1 Qf6 21. R5c3 Bb4 22. R3c2 Bd6 23. Nd2 Qf5 24. g4 Qh7 25. a4 Rc7 26. Ba2 Rac8 27. Bb1 Qg7 28. Ne4 Be7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nc5 Ba8 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. b4 Rcc7 34. Qd3 Ra1 35. Qb3 Kh8 36. Ra2 Ra7 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rc2 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Bb7 40. Ra2 Rxa2 41. Qxa2 Qf6 42. Be4 Qd8 43. Bb1 Qf6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Qa7 Qe7 46. Qb8 Qd7 47. Qe5+ f6 48. Qe4 Qd5 49. Qxd5 exd5 50. Kf1 Kf7 51. Ke2 Bc8 52. f3 Ke7 53. Kd2 Ba6 54. Bd3 Kd7 55. Kc2 Kc7 56. Kb3 Bc8 57. Kb4 Be6 58. Ka5 Bd7 59. Bc2 Bc8 60. Kb4 Be6 61. Kc3 Kb7 62. Bd3 Kc7 63. Kd2 Kb7 64. Ke1 Ka6 65. Kd2 Ka5 66. Bf5 Bxf5 67. gxf5 Ka4 68. e4 dxe4 69. fxe4 g4 70. e5 g3 71. Ke2 g2 72. Kf2 b4 73. exf6 b3 74. f7 b2 75. f8=Q g1=Q+ 76. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 77. Kf2 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc3+ 79. Ke4 Qe1+ 80. Kf4 Qf2+ 81. Ke5 Qe3+ 82. Kd6 Qe4 83. Qa8+ Kb5 84. Qb7+ Kc4 85. Qa6+ Kc3 86. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 87. Ke6 Qe3+ 88. Kf7 Qh3 89. Qg6 Kd4 90. c6 Qh2 91. f6 Qc7+ 92. Kg8 Qd8+ 93. Kh7 Ke5 94. f7 Qe7 95. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Riga Tech Rapid op"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.08.08"] [Round "9.13"] [White "Samunenkov, Ihor"] [Black "Plotkin, Mark"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2288"] [BlackElo "2430"] [ECO "E06"] [EventDate "2021.08.08"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2021.08.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rfd1 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Be5 Nd5 20. h4 Rcd8 21. h5 Bc8 22. h6 g6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qf3 g5 25. Nd3 Qxh6 26. Bc7 g4 27. Qh1 Qxh1+ 28. Kxh1 Rd7 29. Ne5 Bb4 30. Red1 Rde7 31. a3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bd6 33. Rcc1 Bf5 34. Re1 Re6 35. Kg1 b4 36. Nc6 Be4 37. Nxb4 Bxb4 38. axb4 Rh6 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Rc5 Rb6 41. Rg5+ Rg6 42. Re5 Rb6 43. Rxe4 Rxb4 44. Rxg4+ Kf8 45. Re4 Rxb2 46. d5 Rd2 47. Ra4 1/2-1/2