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| Link | White | Rating W | Black | Rating B | Location | Year | Result | ECO | Annotator |
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| >>game<< | Czuhai,Kevin | 2200 | Homa,Seth | 2318 | 2011 Michigan Class | 2011 | 0-1 | B49 | Seth Homa | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | 2318 | Shetty,Atulya | 2217 | 2011 Michigan Class | 2011 | ½-½ | D15 | Seth Homa | | >>game<< | Sanetullaev,Alisher | 2170 | Homa,Seth | 2318 | 2011 Michigan Class | 2011 | 0-1 | C17 | Sanetullaev,Alisher | | >>game<< | Ramer,S | 2295 | Homa,Seth | 2318 | 2011 Michigan Class | 2011 | 0-1 | A90 | Seth Homa | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | 2318 | Hahn,David | 2125 | 2011 Michigan Class | 2011 | ½-½ | B06 | Seth Homa | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | 2310 | Bojanovic,Ratko | 1996 | 2010 Michigan Open | 2010 | 1-0 | B22 | Bojanovic,Ratko | | >>game<< | Black,James A. Jr. | 2102 | Homa,Seth | 2322 | World Open U2400 | 2010 | 0-1 | A84 | Homa,Seth | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | 2322 | Vazquez,Raul | 2308 | World Open U2400 | 2010 | 1-0 | B22 | Homa,Seth | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | 2334 | Fischvogt,Eric | 2200 | Great Lakes Open | 2010 | 1-0 | A90 | Homa,Seth | | >>game<< | Smith,Bryan G | 2534 | Homa,Seth | 2295 | Chicago | 2009 | ½-½ | C90 | Homa,Seth | | >>game<< | Brumley,Eugene | | Homa,Seth | | Michigan Masters/Experts Championship | 2009 | 0-1 | A26 | Brumley,Eugene | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | | Shetty,Atulya | | Michigan Open | 2008 | 1-0 | B66 | Homa,Seth | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | | Finegold,Ben | | Michigan Open | 2008 | ½-½ | D40 | Homa,Seth | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | 2261 | Dowling,John | 2069 | Great Lakes Open | 2008 | 0-1 | B06 | Dowling,John | | >>game<< | Nichols,Tony | 2032 | Homa,Seth | 2061 | Lansing | 2008 | 1-0 | D09 | Nichols,Tony | | >>game<< | Homa,Seth | 2225 | Calton,Bill | 2307 | Michigan Bottom Half Ch | 2007 | 0-1 | B12 | Calton,Bill |
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Black to Play
| | 29...Qxd4!! 30.Rf2 [30.exd4 Re1+ 31.Bf1 Bh3!! 32.Rg2 (32.Rf2 Rxf1+ 33.Rxf1 Rxf1#; 32.Rc1 Rfxf1#) 32...Rexf1#] 30...Qd1+ 31.Bf1 Rxf2 White resigned, as after he recaptures the rook ... Rf7+ will mate. Also, 32.Qd8+ is met by 32...Re8! 0–1, Doug Hyatt - Seth Homa, King's Island Open 2011. Notes by FM Seth.
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Black to Play
| | Variation from the game. 30… Re1!! Doug Hyatt - Seth Homa, King's Island Open 2011. Notes by FM Seth.
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Black to Play
| | 20…g5! White resigns, 0-1, IM Colomban Vitoux - FM Seth Homa, 2011 Midwest Class.
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Black to Play
| | 26…Rf6! wins a piece, Joshua Specht - FM Seth Homa, 2011 Midwest Class.
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White to Play
| | 30 Rxg5+! Nxg5 31 h7+ Black resigns, 1-0, FM Seth Homa - Thomas Ulrich, 2011 Midwest Class.
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White to Play
| | 26. Rxd5!, 1-0, Seth Homa - Peter Hess, World Open 2011.
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Black to Play
| | 34...Nc3! wins a pawn. 35.Nxc3 [35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Ke3 Nxb5 37.axb5 Bxd4+! 38.Kxd4 Rxd2+] 35...Bxd4+ 36.Kf3 Bxc3 and Black has a clear advantage, Eric Most - Seth Homa, World Open 2011.
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Black to Play
| | The New York IM played 58…f5+, winning, FM Seth Homa - IM Justin Sarkar, World Open 2010.
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Black to Play
| | Seth won quickly after 33…Rg1! 34.Kc1 Bxh3 35.Bxh3 Rxe1+. Manis Davidovich - FM Seth Homa, 2011 Great Lakes Open.
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Black to Play
| | Black grabbed the upper hand with 11…Nxb4! Although the game was subsequently drawn, FM Seth Homa - Tim McGrew, 2011 Great Lakes Open.
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White to Play
| | White is losing, but he finds the most challenging defensive try with 29.Nxe4! Seth: A nice tactic. 29...Qxd1+ [Seth: 29...dxe4?? 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Rxg5+] 30.Rxd1 Rxg3 31.Nxg3 e5 32.Nh5 Bf5 33.f4 Rg8! Seth: White resigned, as ...Rxg2 or ...Be4 will hurt. 0–1, Scott Ramer - Seth Homa, 2011 Michigan Class. [Contributed by Michael Chen]
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White to Play
| | 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Qh3+ Black resigns, 1-0, FM Seth Homa - Ratko Bojanovic, 2010 Michigan Open. Puzzle contributed by Michael Chen.
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White to Play
| | 1 Bh5+!, FM Seth Homa - NM Eric Fischvogt, Great Lakes Open 2010. Variation from the game in Seth's game notes.
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White to Play
| | 27 Rxg6+! Kh8 28 Rh6+ Kg7 29 Rg6+ Kg7 30 Rh6+ Kg7 31 Rg6+ , ½-½, Seth Homa - GM Sergey Kudrin, World Open 2009.
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Black to Play
| | 1...f2! Seth sacrifices his queen... 2.Rxg4 f1Q+ ...and makes a new queen... 3.Rg1 Qxg1+! ...which he promptly sacrifices. 4.Kxg1 Nf3+ 5.Kf2 Nxd2+ 0–1, Eugene Brumley – Seth Homa, Michigan Masters/Experts 2009. Contributed by Peter and Michael Chen
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Black to Move
| | 25...Qxe2!! 26.Rxe2 Rxe2 27.Qd1 Bd4 28.g4 Rbe8 29.Qh1 Bb7 30.Kg3 Bxf3 31.Bxf3 Re1 32.Qh2 R8e3 33.Qg2 Rg1 34.Qxg1 Rxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Bxg1 36.Ke4 Kf8 37.Kd5 Ke7 38.Ke5 Bd4+ 39.Kd5 Kf6 40.h4 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.Ke4 Bf2 43.Kd5 Kf5 0–1, Sylvester Smarty – Seth Homa, King’s Island (U2200), 2005. [Contributed by FM Seth Homa]
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