Ward Al-Tarboush FM

Lion-Al-Messi Spydeberg Since 2019 (Active) Chess.com ♟♟♟♟♟

49.8%- 44.4%- 5.7%

Daily 1052 27W 27L 0D

Rapid 2240 194W 147L 27D

Blitz 2746 2528W 2205L 284D

Bullet 2648 481W 502L 61D

Ward Al-Tarboush (FM) vs Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (GM)

Game 5 of 7

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Moves

1. Nf3 Nf6

2. c4 b6

3. Nc3 Bb7

4. d4 e6

5. e3 d5

6. cxd5 Nxd5

7. Bb5+ c6

8. Bd3 Be7

9. O-O O-O

10. e4 Nxc3

11. bxc3 c5

12. Qe2 Nd7

13. Bb2 cxd4

14. cxd4 Rc8

15. Rad1 Nf6

16. d5 exd5

17. e5 Nh5

18. Nd4 g6

19. f4 Bc5

20. Kh1 Ng7

21. f5 Qh4

22. Bb1 Nh5

23. Qf3 Ba6

24. Rfe1 Bxd4

25. Bxd4 Rc4

26. Bf2 Qf4

27. Qxf4 Nxf4

28. Be3 Rfc8

29. Kg1 Bb7

30. Bd4 gxf5

31. Bxf5 Ne6

32. Bf2 Rf4

33. Bh3 Rc2

34. Bg3 Ra4

35. Rf1 Raxa2

36. Rf2 d4

37. Bh4 d3

Players

Ward Al-Tarboush (FM)

Black

2655

-139

Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (GM)

White

2794

Game Details

Date

Jan 1, 1970

Start Time

00:00 UTC

Duration

20312 days 21 hours 16 minutes

Time Control

3m + 1s

Time Class

Blitz

Rated

Yes

Moves

74

Result

Win

Termination

Opening

E14 Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation

Actions

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[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2025.08.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMKrikor"]
[Black "Lion-Al-Messi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Tournament "https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/late-titled-tuesday-blitz-august-12-2025-5844929"]
[CurrentPosition "6k1/pb3p1p/1p2n3/4P3/7B/3p3B/r1r2RPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 38"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "E14"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Queens-Indian-Defense-Spassky-System-4...Bb7-5.Nc3-d5-6.cxd5"]
[UTCDate "2025.08.12"]
[UTCTime "21:10:21"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "Lion-Al-Messi won on time"]
[StartTime "21:10:21"]
[EndDate "2025.08.12"]
[EndTime "21:16:13"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/149346508631"]

1. Nf3 {[%clk 0:03:00]} 1... Nf6 {[%clk 0:02:59.7]} 2. c4 {[%clk 0:03:00.5]} 2... b6 {[%clk 0:03:00.1]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 0:02:59.9]} 3... Bb7 {[%clk 0:03:00.6]} 4. d4 {[%clk 0:03:00.6]} 4... e6 {[%clk 0:02:59.2]} 5. e3 {[%clk 0:03:00.9]} 5... d5 {[%clk 0:02:58.9]} 6. cxd5 {[%clk 0:02:57.5]} 6... Nxd5 {[%clk 0:02:58.7]} 7. Bb5+ {[%clk 0:02:56.4]} 7... c6 {[%clk 0:02:57.7]} 8. Bd3 {[%clk 0:02:56.6]} 8... Be7 {[%clk 0:02:57.6]} 9. O-O {[%clk 0:02:56.8]} 9... O-O {[%clk 0:02:57.4]} 10. e4 {[%clk 0:02:57.2]} 10... Nxc3 {[%clk 0:02:57.6]} 11. bxc3 {[%clk 0:02:58.1]} 11... c5 {[%clk 0:02:58.2]} 12. Qe2 {[%clk 0:02:57.6]} 12... Nd7 {[%clk 0:02:58]} 13. Bb2 {[%clk 0:02:53.8]} 13... cxd4 {[%clk 0:02:56.4]} 14. cxd4 {[%clk 0:02:53.9]} 14... Rc8 {[%clk 0:02:56.8]} 15. Rad1 {[%clk 0:02:52.7]} 15... Nf6 {[%clk 0:02:56.2]} 16. d5 {[%clk 0:02:40.4]} 16... exd5 {[%clk 0:02:53.5]} 17. e5 {[%clk 0:02:40.6]} 17... Nh5 {[%clk 0:02:50.1]} 18. Nd4 {[%clk 0:02:20.6]} 18... g6 {[%clk 0:02:47.7]} 19. f4 {[%clk 0:02:10.6]} 19... Bc5 {[%clk 0:02:45.2]} 20. Kh1 {[%clk 0:01:53.9]} 20... Ng7 {[%clk 0:02:41.5]} 21. f5 {[%clk 0:01:51.8]} 21... Qh4 {[%clk 0:02:34.3]} 22. Bb1 {[%clk 0:01:28.7]} 22... Nh5 {[%clk 0:02:34.2]} 23. Qf3 {[%clk 0:01:21.1]} 23... Ba6 {[%clk 0:02:34.1]} 24. Rfe1 {[%clk 0:01:11.3]} 24... Bxd4 {[%clk 0:02:27.6]} 25. Bxd4 {[%clk 0:01:11]} 25... Rc4 {[%clk 0:02:27.5]} 26. Bf2 {[%clk 0:00:39.6]} 26... Qf4 {[%clk 0:02:27.4]} 27. Qxf4 {[%clk 0:00:34.2]} 27... Nxf4 {[%clk 0:02:28.3]} 28. Be3 {[%clk 0:00:24.4]} 28... Rfc8 {[%clk 0:02:12]} 29. Kg1 {[%clk 0:00:19.6]} 29... Bb7 {[%clk 0:02:07.1]} 30. Bd4 {[%clk 0:00:12.5]} 30... gxf5 {[%clk 0:02:04.6]} 31. Bxf5 {[%clk 0:00:11.8]} 31... Ne6 {[%clk 0:02:04.8]} 32. Bf2 {[%clk 0:00:06.9]} 32... Rf4 {[%clk 0:01:59.6]} 33. Bh3 {[%clk 0:00:06.1]} 33... Rc2 {[%clk 0:01:59.4]} 34. Bg3 {[%clk 0:00:05.7]} 34... Ra4 {[%clk 0:01:56.1]} 35. Rf1 {[%clk 0:00:06.1]} 35... Raxa2 {[%clk 0:01:53.7]} 36. Rf2 {[%clk 0:00:03.1]} 36... d4 {[%clk 0:01:51.9]} 37. Bh4 {[%clk 0:00:01.8]} 37... d3 {[%clk 0:01:49.2]} 0-1