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[Event "Excelsior June U1600"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.25"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Liu-Xue, Shulai"]
[Black "Welsh, Nolan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "637"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Qe7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Nbd2 e5 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 exd4 12.Qd3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 dxc3 14.O-O-O cxb2+ 15.Kxb2 Qf6+ 16.Kc1 O-O 17.Kb1 Bg4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rb8 22.Rd7 Qe5 23.Qb3 Nd4 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qg6 Qb5+ 26.Ka1 Qf1+ 27.Bb1 Nb3+ 28.axb3 Qa6+ 29.Qxa6 bxa6 30.Rxc7 Rxb3 31.Rc8# 1-0
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.25"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Liu-Xue, Shulai"]
[Black "Welsh, Nolan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "637"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Qe7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Nbd2 e5 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 exd4 12.Qd3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 dxc3 14.O-O-O cxb2+ 15.Kxb2 Qf6+ 16.Kc1 O-O 17.Kb1 Bg4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rb8 22.Rd7 Qe5 23.Qb3 Nd4 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qg6 Qb5+ 26.Ka1 Qf1+ 27.Bb1 Nb3+ 28.axb3 Qa6+ 29.Qxa6 bxa6 30.Rxc7 Rxb3 31.Rc8# 1-0
[Event "Excelsior June U1600"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.06.25"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Liu-Xue, Shulai"]
[Black "Welsh, Nolan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "637"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "2023.06.23"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Qe7 7. Bd3 h6 8.
Nbd2 e5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 exd4 12. Qd3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 dxc3
14. O-O-O cxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Qf6+ 16. Kc1 O-O 17. Kb1 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Rfd8 20. Qc2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Rd7 Qe5 23. Qb3 Nd4 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25.
Qg6 Qb5+ 26. Ka1 Qf1+ 27. Bb1 Nb3+ 28. axb3 Qa6+ 29. Qxa6 bxa6 30. Rxc7
Rxb3 31. Rc8# 1-0