[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 14th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 Be6 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nb4
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. Be4 Nf6 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd5 21.
f6 gxf6 22. Qh4 Rg8 23. c3 Nc2 24. Rad1 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Qc6 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. Kxg2
Ne3+ 28. Kf3 Nxf1 29. Ke2 Ne3 30. Rd6 Bxd6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Nxd6 Ng4 33. Qxf7+
Kh8 34. Qe7 Qg2+ 35. Kd3 Qf1+ 36. Ke4 Rf8 37. Kd5 Qf6 38. Qc7 Rd8 39. Kc5 Qxd6+
40. Qxd6 Rxd6 41. Kxd6 e4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Rb3 Qc7
15. Ne5 Rd8 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Ng4 e5 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Be4
Nf4 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxc8 Rdxc8 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Re1 Bd4 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. Bc3 Kf8 32. Bb4+ Bc5 33. Nxf7 Rd3
34. Qg4 Rd4 35. Qxe6 Qxe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Bxc5+ Kxf7 38. h5 a6 39. Kf3 Re5
0-1

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 h6 8. Na3 Nf5
9. b3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bh7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. f6
gxf6 16. Bxh6 Bg5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nc2 fxe5 20. Ne1 e4 21. Ng2
Qe7 22. Qe1 Bh6 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Kh1 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qg3 Qf7 27. Rf2 e3 28.
Nxe3 f4 29. Qh3 Nb6 30. Rg1 Qe7 31. Ng4 Qe4+ 32. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Sharjah Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[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. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qa3 Bxd5
15. Rxd5 Bg7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. h4 b5 18. f3 Rb8 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qxa6 Nc7 21. Qc6
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 f5 23. Bxb5 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rf7 25. a4 Rc8 26. Qb6 Qf8 27. Qe3 Bh6
28. Qe2 Ra8 29. a5 Kg7 30. Rf1 Raa7 31. a6 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Rf7 33. Qg1 Bd2 34.
Bd3 Qd8 35. g3 Kh7 36. Kb2 Kg7 37. Kb3 Kh7 38. c3 Rf3 39. Be2 Rf7 40. b5 Qa5
41. b6 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Rfc8 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15.
Nh4 Bc5 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nf3 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. h4 g5 21. Qe2
Qf6 22. Rf1 gxh4 23. Nxh4 Ndf8 24. Nf5 Ne6 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. f4 d3
28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Rd8 30. Qe2 g6 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. e5 Qe7 33. Ng4 f5 34.
Nh2 Nf8 35. g4 Qh4 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bd4 38. e6 Re8 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. e7
Rxe7 41. Qd3 Be3 42. Rf3 Bf2 43. Bf1 Ng6 44. Qc2 Bd4 45. Qxf5 Rf7 46. Qe6 Ne5
47. Rh3 Qxf4 48. Qe8 Qe4+ 49. Nf3 Rxf3 50. Qh8+ Kf7 51. Rh7+ Ke6 52. Qc8+ Kf6
53. Qf8+ Kg5 54. Qh6+ Kf5 55. Qf8+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a game that I was betting would be interesting. Both players are
sharp and creative.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 {Probably a small surprise, but it
didn't take Salem long to answer.} 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 {
The quickest route to d5. In a normal Sveshnikov the knight would to via
b5-a3-c2-e3-d5. This way White wins two tempi. However, since White is already
commited with c4, Black's position is playable.} d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne3 Bh6 {
An exotic move, but logical. In this kind of position Black typically plays
Be7-g5 trying to exchange this bishop for a strong White piece.} (8... Bg7 {
is the most played move and White can answer with different setups. In a
recent game he went for:} 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Ned5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 {reaching a
Kalashnikov type of position. This may be slightly improved for White, but I
don't think there is a big difference.} O-O 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O Ne7
$6 (14... f5 15. f3 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 {would be the normal answer and it's
better than the game's continuation.}) 15. Rac1 Bxd5 16. cxd5 $16 {1-0 (57)
Bracker,F (2427)-Sousa,H (2174) Fornebu 2016}) 9. g3 {A very natural novelty.
The bishop on g2 is not in the way of White's pieces and also protects the
e4-pawn, so the c3-knight can go to d5 at some point. It is a novelty in this
exact position, since 8...Bh6 is not the main move, but it's a reasonable plan
in a basic position with this structure.} (9. Bd3 {again is possible and
played.} Be6 10. O-O Nge7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Qe1 {exotic.} (13. Ncd5 b5
14. Kh1 {would probably be my choice.}) 13... Nd4 14. Ne2 Nec6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4
16. Rd1 b5 {½-½ (43) Sanchez Enriquez,O (2374)-Bogner,S (2603) Barcelona
2014, with a complex middlegame.}) 9... Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O b5 $5 {It's
not really a sacrifice, since White can't take the pawn without suffering
serious consequences. Without the inclusion of 11...Rb8, Black's position has
more flexibility and Salem is right in trying to create immediate counterplay.}
12. f4 $1 {A nice move, the position gets chaotic just one move after both
players manage to castle!} (12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ba6 {is the point of
Black's play, and even if White doesn't give up the exchange, the position is
fine.} 14. Qb3 (14. Nxd6 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 Nd4 {is not enough for the exchange.})
14... Rb8 15. a4 Nd4 {with a pleasant position.}) 12... exf4 {Opening the
position is dangerous, White's pieces are better placed than Black's.} (12...
Bg7 {is a strange suggestion. If the idea had been to play ...Bg7, then why
not just go there at once? But it is playable anyway and quite interesting.}
13. f5 Nd4 14. Ned5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 gxf5 16. Qh5 f4 17. gxf4 bxc4 18. fxe5 dxe5 {
with a different complex middlegame. Both players have problems to resolve,
but I think I would be more comfortable with White.}) 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. e5 $1 (
14. cxb5 {is also possible, but not in the spirit of the position.} axb5 15.
Nxb5 Ba6 16. e5 Bxb5 17. exf6 Re8 (17... Bxf1 {is tempting, but the bishop is
more important than the rook for the moment.} 18. Kxf1 Qxf6 (18... Rc8 19. Ng4
$18) 19. Bxc6 {with a clear advantage.}) 18. Rf2 Ra4 19. Ng4 Bf8 20. Be3 Nb4 {
with the usual chaos, with chances for both sides.}) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 (
15... Qb6 {is probably the way to handle the position} 16. exf6 Bxe3+ 17. Bxe3
Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 {since Black's queen will have to leave the diagonal after 19.
Nd5, the king is better placed on g1.} (18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Nd5 Qg5 {looks ok for
Black according to the computer}) 18... Rad8 19. Nd5 Qg5 (19... Qc5 20. Qd2 {
looks dangerous}) 20. Qc1 Qh4 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 {and Black still has
problems to solve.}) 16. Ng4 Bxc1 (16... Bg7 {could be playable, but Black
can't keep the bishop} 17. Nh6+ Bxh6 18. Bxh6 Ndxe5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. cxb5 axb5
21. Ne4 {with an initiative.}) 17. Rxc1 Ncxe5 {Rapport sacrifices a piece to
create some counterplay, but it's not enough.} (17... Qb6+ {now it's too late
for it} 18. c5 $1 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Ndxe5 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. Ndf6+ $1 (21. Rxc6 {
is less clear, and too materialistic} Nxg4 (21... Nxc6 22. Ndf6+ Kh8 23. Qd2
$18) 22. Qxg4 Bxc6 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Bxc6 Rad8 25. Qh3 h6 26. Nd7 Rxd7 (26...
Rfe8 27. Qc3+) 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxd7 Rd8 {and White will have to work for a
long time to win this endgame.}) 21... Kh8 (21... Kg7 22. Qd2 Nxg4 23. Nxg4 {
wins}) 22. Rc3 {Black's pieces are just too far away to defend the king} Rg8
23. Rh3 Rg7 24. Qd6 $1 {the most precise} Nxg4 25. Nxh7 Rxh7 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Rxf7+ Kh8 28. Qxg6 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Bd5+ $18) 18. Nxe5 Bxg2
19. Nxd7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qh4 (20... Qg5 {keeping an eye on the c1-rook, but
White will give up one of the knights anyway} 21. Nxf8 Rd8 22. Nd7 Rxd7 23.
Qxd7 Qxc1+ 24. Qd1 (24. Ke2 Qxb2+ 25. Qd2 {is also possible}) 24... Qf4+ (24...
Qxb2 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. c5) 25. Kg2 bxc4 {and White doesn't have a
majority on the queenside, but still has good chances to convert the point.}) (
20... Re8 21. Qd4 Re6 22. Ne4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 {is the point: the rook on a8 is
hanging.}) 21. Nxf8 Qxh2 {The counterplay and the checks are enough to get one
of the knights back, no more than that.} (21... Rxf8 22. Rc2 Qxc4+ 23. Re2 {
is also better for White.}) 22. Nd7 Qh3+ (22... Qf4+ {doesn't change much} 23.
Kg2 (23. Ke1 {is funny but less precise} Re8+ 24. Ne2 Qg3+ 25. Kd2 Qe3+ 26. Kc2
Qf2 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Kb1 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 {it's not everyday you see a king
running from g1 to a1, but here Black can still create a lot of headaches.})
23... Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 Qg5+ 26. Kd4 (26. Kd3 Qf5+ 27. Ne4 Qxd7+ 28.
Kc3 $16) 26... Rd8 27. Nd5 Rxd7 28. b3 $16) 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kd3
Rd8 26. Nd5 Rxd7 27. Kc3 Rd6 28. b3 (28. Qd4 $5 Qg3+ 29. Kb4 bxc4 30. Rd1 $1 {
and a knight check on the next move will decide the game.}) 28... a5 {Kind of
a bluff, but the alternatives are no better.} (28... h5 29. Qd2 Qe5+ 30. Qd4
$18) 29. Rc2 {The human answer.} (29. cxb5 {would win, but why give up a piece?
} Qe5+ 30. Kc4 (30. Qd4 Rxd5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Kc4 {also works.}) 30... Rxd5
31. Qxd5 Qf4+ 32. Kc5 Qxc1+ 33. Kb6 {and the b-pawn is going to decide the
game.}) 29... Qg3+ 30. Qd3 {White has consolidated the position, the king is
safe and now it's just matter of time.} Qe1+ 31. Kb2 bxc4 32. bxc4 Re6 33. Qc3
Qf1 34. Qxa5 Re1 35. Ka3 h5 36. Qc3 Re6 37. Rb2 Ra6+ 38. Kb4 h4 39. Kc5 Qg1+
40. Qe3 Ra5+ (40... Ra5+ 41. Kb6 {and Black is forced to exchange the queens,
leaving a hopeless position.}) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 25th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Na3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rab8 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. f3 Nc5 21.
Rac1 Nd7 22. Rxc7 Nxe5 23. b3 g5 24. Nac2 Rd8 25. Ne3 Rd7 26. Rc5 Kg7 27. h4 h6
28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ng6 31. g3 Rdd6 32. a3 Ne7 33. Rdc1 Rb8 34.
Rc7 Rh8 35. Ng4+ Bxg4 36. fxg4 Rdd8 37. Rf1+ Ke5 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Ra7 Ra8 40.
Rf6+ Ke5 41. Rfxa6 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 25th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 c5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qe2 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Rc3 17. Bd2 Rc7 18. a4 a5 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Rb5 Qa8 21. Rh5
Rd8 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. d5 g6 24. Qf3 Bb4 25. Bf4 Re7 26. Nxh7 Nxh7 27. Rxh7 Kxh7
28. Be5 Bd2 29. Qf6 Rg8 30. Qh4+ Bh6 31. Qxe7 Rf8 32. dxe6 Qd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8
34. e7 Re8 35. Bf6 Bc6 36. e5 Bxa4 37. Re4 Bd7 38. Rh4 a4 39. g4 1-0

