[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. f3 exf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 Qd7 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Rxf4 Rf7 20. Qc6 Qxc6
21. Rxc6 Rb8 22. Rc2 Rb6 23. Rf3 c6 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Rfc3 Rf6 26. Ra3 Rf7 27. Ke1
Ke8 28. Kd2 Kd8 29. Ra5 Rfb7 30. b3 Kd7 31. Kd3 Kd6 32. e3 g6 33. Kd2 Re7 34.
Rc1 Rb8 35. Ra6 Rb6 36. Ra5 Rb8 37. Ra6 Rb6 38. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 g6 15. Ng5
Rfe8 16. Rae1 Nf8 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. f4 f6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rxf5 Ng7
22. Rf3 Rae8 23. Qf2 Ng6 24. g4 Nh8 25. h4 Nf7 26. g5 f5 27. Ne2 Qd7 28. Nf4
R6e7 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nxg6 Re6 31. Qg2 Nd6 32. Ne5 Qe7 33. Bxf5 Nxf5 34. Rxf5
Qxh4 35. Ref1 Qe4 36. Qg5 Rh6 37. Qxh6 Nxf5 38. Qg5+ Ng7 39. Ng4 Re6 40. Nf6+
Rxf6 41. Rxf6 Qb1+ 42. Rf1 Qxb2 43. Qe7 Qe2 44. Rf8+ Kh7 45. Qh4+ Nh5 46. Rf2
Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Kg6 48. Qh3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nbc3 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 h5 15. O-O
Nh7 16. Bh6 h4 17. Nh1 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nf2 Nf6 21. Bd3 Re8 22.
Rae1 Bd7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. Nh3 Qf6 26. Kh1 Nc7 27. Ng5 Re8 28. Nf3
b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bb1 Nh8 31. g3 hxg3 32. hxg3 b4 33. Nd1 Ng6 34. Kg2 Bc8 35.
Bd3 Nxd5 36. Bb5 Ndxf4+ 37. gxf4 Re4 38. Kf2 Rxf4 39. Rg1 Qh4+ 40. Ke2 Qe7+ 41.
Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Ke2 Qe7+ 43. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 h5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Be2 Bh4+ 15.
g3 Be7 16. Rg1 Nd7 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O 20. g4 hxg4 21. h3 g3
22. Rxg3 f5 23. Rdg1 Rf7 24. Bg5 e4 25. fxe4 Ne5 26. Qe2 Bxg5+ 27. Rxg5 f4 28.
Rf5 Qb6 29. Rd1 f3 30. Qd2 Rfc7 31. c3 Rc4 32. Nd4 Ra4 33. a3 Nc4 34. Qc2 Rxa3
35. bxa3 Ne3 36. Qd3 Qa5 37. Qxe3 Rxc3+ 38. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 39. Nc2 b5 40. e5 g6 41.
Rg1 Kh7 42. Rf7+ Kh6 43. e6 Qc5 44. Re1 f2 45. Rxf2 Qxf2 46. e7 Qf4+ 47. Kb1 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Bd3
O-O 15. Rc4 Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. h4 Be8 19. Rb1 b5 20. Rc3 Bf8 21.
Rcb3 Na5 22. Rc3 Nc6 23. Rcb3 Na5 24. Rc3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bg6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
c4 dxc4 9. Qc2 e5 10. Rd1 exd4 11. Rxd4 Bc5 12. Rxc4 Bb6 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Rf4 Qc7
15. Nc3 Nh7 16. Rh4 O-O 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Na4 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21.
a4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. h3 Ned7 24. Be3 Nb6 25. b3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 g5 27. Re4
Nxe4 28. Bxe4 g6 29. Bd3 Kg7 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Be4 Ke7 33. Bf3 Rh8 34.
e4 Kd6 35. Rd1+ Kc7 36. Rc1 Kb6 37. a5+ Kb5 38. a6 bxa6 39. e3 Ne5 40. Be2+ Kb4
41. Ra1 Rxh3 42. Rxa6 Kxb3 43. Ra5 Kb4 44. Ra7 c4 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 a5 14. Rfe1 Bb4
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Be6 17. g4 Ne7 18. Kh2 c5 19. a4 Kb7 20. Bb2 b5 21. axb5 a4
22. Ra1 axb3 23. cxb3 Kb6 24. Ba3 Rhd8 25. Rec1 Rd5 26. Kg3 Ng6 27. h4 Rxa3 28.
Rxa3 Rd3 29. Re1 Nxh4 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Kxb5 33. e4 Kb4 34.
Ra7 c6 35. Rb7+ Kc3 36. Rb6 Bxb3 37. Rxc6 Kd4 38. Kf4 Be6 39. Rd6+ Kc3 40. g5
hxg5+ 41. Kxg5 c4 42. Kf4 Kb2 43. Ke3 c3 44. Rb6+ Bb3 45. Rc6 g5 46. e6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Rad1 Be6 16. Qb5 Qb4 17. a3 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Nxa7 Bb3 22. Rc1 g6 23. Rc3 Be6 24. Rd3 Re8 25. Kf1 Bc4 26. Rd2 Bxe2+ 27.
Rxe2 Rd8 28. Ke1 Rd5 29. f3 Kf8 30. Rd2 Rc5 31. b4 Re5+ 32. Re2 Rd5 33. Rd2 Re5+
34. Kf2 Nd5 35. Nc8 Nc3 36. Nb6 Kg7 37. h4 h5 38. Nc4 Re6 39. Rd7 Re2+ 40. Kf1
Kf6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. a4 Nh7 10. Bg3 a5 11. h3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. O-O
Qe7 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Rad1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qd7 19. Qb5 Rfd8 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 b6
22. b3 Nb4 23. Qe2 b5 24. e5 Be7 25. d5 bxa4 26. bxa4 Re8 27. Qc4 Rbc8 28. e6
fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rf8 30. Qg4 Rf7 31. Bh4 Bf8 32. Rd4 c5 33. dxc6 Nxc6 34. Rd5 Rf4
35. Qxf4 Qxe6 36. Qd2 Qe4 37. Bg3 Qxa4 38. Bxd6 Qe4 39. Bxf8 Rxf8 40. Rc5 Rf6
41. Qa2+ Kh8 42. Rc1 Kh7 43. Re1 Qg6 44. Ne5 Nxe5 45. Rxe5 Ra6 46. Rxa5 Rxa5 47.
Qxa5 Qe6 48. g4 Qc6 49. Qf5+ Kh8 50. h4 Qa8 51. g5 Qe8 52. g6 Qa8 53. Kh2 Qb8+
54. Kg2 Qd8 55. Qe4 Qc8 56. Kg3 Qb8+ 57. Kf3 Qf8+ 58. Ke2 Qb8 59. f4 h5 60. f5
Qh2+ 61. Kd3 Qg3+ 62. Qe3 Qb8 63. Kc4 Qc8+ 64. Qc5 Qa8 65. Kb4 Qe4+ 66. Kb5 Qb7+
67. Ka5 Qa8+ 68. Kb6 Qb8+ 69. Kc6 Qc8+ 70. Kb5 Qb7+ 71. Kc4 Qe4+ 72. Qd4 Qc2+
73. Kb4 Qb1+ 74. Kc3 Qb8 75. Qd7 Qa8 76. Kb4 Qe4+ 77. Kc5 Qa8 78. Qc6 Qb8 79.
Qf3 Qa7+ 80. Kd6 Qb8+ 81. Kd7 Qb5+ 82. Kc7 Qa5+ 83. Kd6 Qd8+ 84. Kc5 Qe7+ 85.
Kc6 Qe8+ 86. Kc5 Qe7+ 87. Kc4 Qc7+ 88. Kd3 Qd6+ 89. Ke2 Qe5+ 90. Kf2 Qb2+ 91.
Kg3 Qb8+ 92. Kh3 Qb3 93. Kg2 Qb2+ 94. Kg3 Qb8+ 95. Kf2 Qb6+ 96. Qe3 Qb5 97. Kg3
Qb8+ 98. Kf3 Qd8 99. Qe4 Qb8 100. Qc6 Qg8 101. Ke3 Qb8 102. Ke4 Qb4+ 103. Kd5
Qf8 104. Qd7 Qa8+ 105. Kd6 Qa3+ 106. Ke6 Qf8 107. Qf7 Qd6+ 108. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Bg5 Nfd5 15.
h4 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. a6 Rb8 20. g3 h6 21. Qe5
bxa6 22. Rxa6 Rxb2 23. Rd6 Qc7 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc2 26. Rf1 Rb1 27. Rc5
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qb7+ 30. d5 Rd8 31. Rc7 Qxd5+ 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxa7
h5 34. Kf3 Rd8 35. Kg2 Rd5 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. Kg2 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 Qb6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 Qa6 13. Ng3 Qxd3 14. Rxd3 g6
15. Re1 Na6 16. a3 Rad8 17. Kb1 Ne8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ncxe4 Ng7 20. Bd2 a4 21. Nc3
Nc5 22. Rxe7 Nxd3 23. Nce4 f5 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Bxg7
fxg4 28. h4 Re8 29. Bf6 Rf8 30. N3e4 h6 31. Kc2 Nxf2 32. Nxf2 g3 33. Nfh3 Rxf6
34. Ne4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bc2 Bc7 12. Qd3 Qh4 13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15.
Qd2 h6 16. f4 Nd5 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. Rad1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne7 20. g4 Bd7 21. Bg3 g6
22. g5 Qh8 23. f5 Bxg3 24. fxg6 Bd6 25. Rxf7 hxg5 26. Rh7 Qf6 27. Rf7 Qh8 28.
Qxg5 Qxh3 29. Rh7 Bh2+ 30. Kf2 Rf8+ 31. Ke1 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Bf4+ 33. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 34.
Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxe7 Rf2+ 36. Kc1 Bc6 37. Rxe6 Rc8 38. Rd2 Rf3 39. c4 Rxa3 40. d5
Be8 41. Rde2 Bd7 42. Re7 Rd8 43. Rh2 Rg3 44. Rhh7 Bc8 45. Reg7+ Kf8 46. Rc7 Kg8
47. g7 Rh3 48. Rxc8 Rxc8 49. Rxh3 Rxc4 50. Rg3 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Rd8 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Rb1 Nd5 14. Bb2
Nb6 15. c4 Bd7 16. Rdc1 Be8 17. Ba1 Rab8 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nc4 f6 20. Rb3 Bg6 21.
Nd6 Bxd6 22. cxd6 Rxd6 23. Nc5 Nb6 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxc6 Rc7 26. Rbc3 Rd2 27.
a4 Rxe2 28. a5 Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxc3 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Bxc3 Rc6 32. Bd2 Rxc1+ 33.
Bxc1 a6 34. Bd2 Bd3 35. Bc1 Bb5 36. Bd2 Bd3 37. Bc1 Bb5 38. Bd2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. O-O-O Nd7
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Rc1 b5 17. Rhd1 Qc7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qd8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Rc1 Qa8 22. Na5 Qxd5 23. Rc8+ Bd8 24. Nc6 O-O 25. Nxd8 Qxf3 26. a3 Kh7 27. Qc1
h4 28. gxh4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Qxd3+ 30. Qc2 Qxc2+ 31. Kxc2 dxc5 32. Rb8 Re8 33. Nc6
Re6 34. Rc8 e4 35. Kd1 e3 36. Ke2 f5 37. Nb8 f4 38. Rf8 Rb6 39. Nd7 Rd6 40. Nxc5
Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rxb2 42. Rxf4 Rxh2 43. Nxa6 Ra2 44. Nc7 Rxa3 45. Nxb5 Ra1+ 46. Ke2
g5 47. hxg5 Kg6 48. Rg4 Ra5 49. Rb4 Kxg5 50. Kxe3 Ra1 51. Nd4 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Ra1
53. Nc2 Ra2 54. Rc4 Kf5 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Nb4 Ra3+ 57. Nd3+ Kd5 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59.
Rb5 Ra4 60. Nb4 Ra1 61. Kd4 Rd1+ 62. Nd3 Ke6 63. Ke4 Kf6 64. Ra5 Rb1 65. Ra6+
Kg5 66. Rd6 Ra1 67. Rc6 Ra4+ 68. Ke5 Kg4 69. Rc3 Ra8 70. Nf2+ Kg5 71. Rg3+ Kh4
72. Rg2 Rf8 73. Ne4 Re8+ 74. Kf5 Rf8+ 75. Nf6 Kh3 76. Rg6 Ra8 77. Kf4 Ra4+ 78.
Ne4 Kh2 79. Rc6 Rb4 80. Kf3 Rb2 81. Rc3 Kg1 82. Rd3 Ra2 83. Rb3 Rc2 84. Rb5 Ra2
85. Rb3 Rc2 86. Rb1+ Kh2 87. Rd1 Ra2 88. Nf2 Ra3+ 89. Nd3 Rc3 90. Rd2+ Kh3 91.
Rd1 Kh4 92. Kf4 Rc4+ 93. Kf5 Kg3 94. Rg1+ Kf3 95. Ne5+ Kf2 96. Ra1 Rh4 97. Ra2+
Ke3 98. Ra3+ Ke2 99. Nd3 Rc4 100. Ke5 Kd2 101. Nf2 Rc8 102. Ne4+ Ke2 103. Nd6
Rd8 104. Nc4 Re8+ 105. Kd4 Rd8+ 106. Ke4 Re8+ 107. Ne5 Kd2 108. Rh3 Kc2 109. Rh7
Kc3 110. Rc7+ Kd2 111. Rc5 Re7 112. Kd4 Re8 113. Ra5 Rd8+ 114. Ke4 Re8 115. Ra7
Kc3 116. Kd5 Rd8+ 117. Nd7 Kd3 118. Ke5 Re8+ 119. Kd5 Rd8 120. Ke5 Re8+ 121. Kd5
Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2040506"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
a4 Nc6 9. Nge2 e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Ng3 f5 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bb3 h5 14. Qe2 h4 15.
Nf1 Bd7 16. Nd2 e4 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Bf6 20. Qf2 Kb8 21. Nd4
Rhg8 22. Nxf5 Qe5 23. Rdf1 Bh8 24. Nxh4 Rg4 25. Nf3 Qd6 26. Qd2 Be8 27. h3 Rf4
28. Ne2 Re4 29. Nc3 Rf4 30. Kb1 Qc5 31. Qxf4 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5
34. Qb4 Qc6 35. Rd1 Rh5 36. Rhe1 Ka7 37. Re5 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2040506"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nb3 b6 11. Bb5 Ne6 12. Nbd4 Bb7 13. Nf5 a6 14. Bf1 Rad8
15. a3 Rfe8 16. b4 Bf8 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Ng3 c5 19. h4 d4 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. Nh5 c4 23. Be4 Ng6 24. Bf5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nxh4 26. Qg4 Ng6 27. Rad1 d3
28. cxd3 c3 29. Rc1 c2 30. d4 Qb6 31. Bxe6 Qxb2 32. Bd7 Re7 33. e6 fxe6 34.
Bxe6+ Kh8 35. d5 Rc7 36. Bf5 Ne7 37. d6 Rxd6 38. Be4 Rd8 39. Nf4 Rc4 40. Ne6
Rdc8 41. Qh4 Ng6 42. Qg5 Be7 43. Qf5 Bf6 44. Nf4 Nf8 45. Nd5 R4c5 46. Qh3 Bg5
47. f4 Bh6 48. Qf5 Ng6 49. Kh1 Rf8 50. Qd7 Nxf4 51. Nxf4 Bxf4 52. Bf3 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Simagin's improved variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd3 e5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Be3 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. c4 Nb7 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. Bc2 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc3 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Bf2 Rfc8 21. Qe2 Bf8
22. Nd5 Qg7 23. g3 Bd6 24. Rbd1 Rf8 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Kh1 Rac8 27. Rg1 Bc5 28.
Rg5 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Bxd5 30. Rgxd5 Nc5 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. R1xd4 Kf7 33. Kg2 Ke7 34.
h4 Rfd8 35. Rd1 Ne6 36. Bb3 Nc7 37. e5 Ne6 38. Kf2 Rc7 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxd8 Nxd8
41. Rh1 Rc5 42. Rxh5 Nc6 43. Rxh7+ Ke6 44. Ba4 Nxe5 45. Bb5 Nxc4 46. Bxc4+ Rxc4
47. Rxa7 Rc2+ 48. Ke1 b5 49. Rb7 Rxa2 50. Rxb5 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Ra1+
53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. h4 gxh4 13. Rxh4 Nge5 14. O-O-O Be6 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Nc4 20. Rd1 Rc5 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Ne3 Rb4 24. b3 Bf6 25. Rf4 Be5 26. Rh4 Bf6 27. Rf4 Be5
28. Rh4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. f3 O-O-O 10. h4 h5 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Kf2 Ng6 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. Nb3 Ne5
15. Bc5 Nc4 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Nf1 Kc7 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Ne2 Bf7 21.
Rd2 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Nd4 Bf7 24. Nf5 g6 25. Ne3 b5 26. a3 Rhe8 27. Rc1 Re5
28. b4 Rb8 29. Rcd1 Rd8 30. Rd4 Ree8 31. g4 hxg4 32. Nxg4 Re6 33. f4 Rde8 34. e5
fxe5 35. fxe5 d5 36. Rf4 R8e7 37. Re1 c5 38. c3 Rc6 39. Re3 Kb6 40. Nf6 Be6 41.
Rg3 cxb4 42. axb4 a5 43. bxa5+ Kxa5 44. Rd4 Bf7 45. Re3 Rc4 46. Nxd5 Bxd5 47.
Rxd5 Rxh4 48. e6 Kb6 49. Rd7 Rhh7 50. Red3 Kc6 51. R3d6+ Kc5 52. Rd4 Kc6 53.
R7d6+ Kc5 54. R4d5+ Kc4 55. Re5 Rh5 56. Rc6+ Kd3 57. Re3+ Kc2 58. Kg3 Kd2 59.
Re4 Kc2 60. Rg4 Re5 61. Rxg6 Re3+ 62. Kf4 Rxc3 63. Rb6 Rc5 64. Ke4 Kc3 65. Rg3+
Kb4 66. Rd6 Rh7 67. Rd4+ Rc4 68. Rxc4+ bxc4 69. Kd4 c3 70. Rxc3 Rh4+ 71. Kd5
Kxc3 72. e7 Rh8 73. Ke6 Re8 74. Kd7 Rxe7+ 75. Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. h4
Ngf6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Nce2 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15.
Ngh5 Nxh5 16. Nxh5 g6 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. Kf1 Kf8 19. Re1 Re8 20. f3 Bd7 21. Qb3 Qd8
22. Qc3 Nc8 23. b4 Nd6 24. bxa5 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. e4 dxe4 28.
d5+ Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Nd6 32. dxc6 bxc6 33. Rc1 Rc8 34.
Ke3 Ke7 35. Nd3 f5 36. e5 Ne4 37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. Rxc5 Ra8 39. Kf4 Ra7 40. Kg5 Ke6
41. Kh6 Rf7 42. a6 Ra7 43. Ra5 Kd7 44. Kg5 Ke6 45. g3 Ke7 46. h5 Kf7 47. Kh6
gxh5 48. Kxh5 Ke6 49. Kh6 Kd7 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kf4 h6 52. Ke3 Kd7 53. Kd4 h5 54.
Kc5 Kc7 55. e6 f4 56. gxf4 h4 57. e7 Ra8 58. a7 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O b5 8. Bg5 O-O
9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. b3 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. h4
Rc7 16. Qe3 Rfc8 17. Qf4 Nd4 18. Rac1 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 c4 20. dxc4 dxc4 21. Rcd1
cxb3 22. cxb3 Rc3 23. Rd6 Nc5 24. Re3 Bb7 25. Nd2 h6 26. Bf3 Qc7 27. Kg2 Bxf3+
28. Qxf3 Nd7 29. Qf4 Nb6 30. Rf3 Nd5 31. Qg4 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Nc3 33. Qd3 g6 34.
Qf3 h5 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. Qf3 Kg8 37. Qd3 Kg7 38. Qf3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bc2 Bc7 12. Qd3 Qh4 13. h3 Rd8 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15.
Be3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bb1 Bd6 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bf3 Ne7 21. Rfd1
Bc6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 g6 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Be7
28. Rb5 Rd7 29. Ng3 a6 30. Rb6 Ne5 31. g5 Bd8 32. Rb4 Be7 33. Rb6 Bd8 34. Rb4
Be7 35. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. h5 c5 8. hxg6
hxg6 9. Bh6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxh6 11. Rxh6 Kg7 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. e4 Nf6
15. Rh4 Rh8 16. Rxh8 Qxh8 17. Qf4 Qd8 18. Bd3 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Bg4 20. Rh1 Bh5 21.
Qd2 Qb6 22. e5 Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Ng8 24. Be4 Rd8 25. d5 f5 26. exf6+ Qxf6+ 27. Ke2
Qa6+ 28. Bd3 Qf6 29. Be4 Qa6+ 30. Bd3 Qf6 31. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. a3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. Ne4 Nc7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. b4 cxb4
15. axb4 b5 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. h4 b4 20. Ned2 Qd5 21.
Nc4 Rad8 22. Qc1 Ned4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Re4 Qf6 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. hxg5 Rd4 27.
Rxd4 Nxd4 28. Ne3 Rc8 29. f4 Rc3 30. Nd5 Rxc2 31. Rxb4 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Kf8 33. Rb8+
Kg7 34. Nxe7 h6 35. gxh6+ Kxh6 36. Nd5 Rd2 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. Rh3 Nc1 39. Nb4 Rb2
40. Na6 Ne2 41. Rf3 Rb5 42. g4 Ra5 43. Nc7 Ra4 44. f5 Rxg4 45. f6+ Kh6 46. Ne6
Rh4+ 47. Kg2 fxe6 48. f7 Rf4 49. f8=Q+ Rxf8 50. Rxf8 Kg7 51. Rf1 Nd4 52. Kg3
Nf5+ 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Rg1 Nd6 55. Rg2 e5+ 56. Ke3 g5 57. Rf2+ Ke6 58. Rg2 Nf5+
59. Kf2 Kf6 60. Rg1 Nd6 61. Ke3 Kf5 62. Ra1 g4 63. Ra5 Ke6 64. Ra6 Kd5 65. Ra5+
Ke6 66. Ra8 Nf5+ 67. Kf2 Kd5 68. Rf8 Nd6 69. Ke3 Ke6 70. Rg8 Nf5+ 71. Kf2 g3+
72. Kf3 Kd5 73. Rg5 Nd6 74. Ke3 Ke6 75. Rg4 Kd5 76. Rg5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5
Nf6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Re8 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16. Bd2 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qe7 19. c4 Nf6 20. Bc3 e4 21. Nd4 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Rd8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. dxe4 Rxe4 25. Qc2 Qc6 26. Rab1 Rdd4 27. Qb3 Rxc4
28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Rxc5 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. h4 Kg6 33. g3 f4 34.
gxf4 Re4 35. Ra7 Rc6 36. Rd1 Rxf4 37. Rd7 Rf7 38. Rd3 Rf5 39. Ra3 Kh5 40. Rg3 g6
41. Ra8 Kxh4 42. Kg2 Rg5 43. Rb8 Rxg3+ 44. fxg3+ Kg5 45. Kf3 Rc5 46. Rb7 h5 47.
Ra7 Rxa5 48. Rxc7 Rf5+ 49. Kg2 a5 50. Rc6 Rb5 51. Rc8 Kf5 52. Rf8+ Ke4 53. Rf6
g5 54. Rh6 Kd3 55. Rxh5 a4 56. Kf3 g4+ 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bc2 Ngf6 8. d4
O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Re1 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Bg3 b5 14. Nbd2 c4 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. Ne4 h6 17. h4 Qb6 18. a4 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rad1 Bc6 21. b3 cxb3
22. Bxb3 Ndc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Qe3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Na4 29. e6 f5 30. Qa7 Bf6 31. Qd7 Qa8 32. c4 Nc3 33. cxb5 h5 34.
b6 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2023970"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. axb5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxb5 14. Rfd1 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Nb5 Rfc8 19. b3 Qb7 20. Ra4 Rc5 21. c4
Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f3 Nf6 25. Rda1 Rd8 26. Rxa5 Rd3 27. R5a3
Nd5 28. Re1 Nf4 29. Re4 Rf5 30. b4 Rd2 31. Kf1 Rb2 32. Nd4 Rf6 33. Rb3 Rd2 34.
Rb1 e5 35. Ne2 Nd3 36. b5 Rd6 37. Nc3 Rf2+ 38. Kg1 Rc2 39. Nd5 Nc5 40. Ne3 Re2
41. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 a6 8. h4
c5 9. Ne2 h5 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nd4
Ne5 16. Bf4 Qxc5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc6 Bxc3 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxc3 Bb7 21. Qg3
Bxd5 22. exd5 Rbd8 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24. a4 Rfd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qb3 Qb7 27. Rab1
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qb4 Qd7 30. Qb3 Rc5 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. Qe1 Qe5 33. Qd2 Rd5
34. Qc2 Qf5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Rc1 Kf8 37. Rc7 Ke8 38. f3 Kd8 39. Ra7 Kc8 40. Kf2
b4 41. Ke3 Rd5 42. Rxf7 b3 43. Rf4 Rb5 44. Rc4+ Kd7 45. Rc1 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kf5 47.
Rb1 Kf4 48. Kc4 Rb8 49. Rb2 Kg3 50. Kd4 Kxh4 51. Ke5 Kg3 52. Kf6 Rb6+ 53. Kg5 h4
54. f4 Rb5+ 55. Kxg6 Kxf4 56. Kf6 Rb6+ 57. Ke7 Ke3 58. Kd7 Kd3 59. Kc7 Rb4 60.
Kc6 Kc3 61. Rb1 b2 62. Kc5 Rg4 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2023970"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Qh4 12. g3 Qh5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Qd2 Bf8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Ba5 Nxa5 18. Qxa5 Qg5 19. Nf4 Qd8 20. Qb5 g6 21. Bf1 a6
22. Qa4 Bh6 23. Nd3 Kf8 24. Bg2 Rd6 25. h4 Bf5 26. Nc5 Qb6 27. b4 Qc7 28. Qd1 b6
29. g4 Bd7 30. Nd3 Re8 31. Ne5 Bf4 32. Qf3 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rc6 34. Qxd5 Rc2 35.
Qf3 Rxe5 36. Qf6 Re6 37. Rxe6 Bxe6 38. g5 Rc1+ 39. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 40. Kh2 Qc7+ 41.
f4 Qd6 42. Kg3 Qd1 43. Kh2 Qe1 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qd4+
Kg8 48. f5 Bxf5 49. h5 Qe7 50. h6 Qc7+ 51. Kg1 Kf8 52. Qh8+ Ke7 53. Qf6+ Kf8 54.
Qh8+ Ke7 55. Qf6+ Kf8 56. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. b4 b5 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Kf2 Ke7
34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Kf2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
a6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 d5 11. Ba2 dxe4 12. dxe4 b5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bb1 Bb7 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qxb5 Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxb2 26. g4 Rb3 27. c4 Rc3
28. Ne3 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bc6 f4 31. Ng4 Rxc4 32. Ne5 Rd4 33. Bb5 Kg7 34. Kg2
Re4 35. Nd3 c4 36. Kf3 Rd4 37. Nxf4 Kf6 38. Ne2 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Bxc4 h5 41.
Nf4 h4 42. Be2 e5 43. Nd5+ Kf5 44. Ne3+ Kf4 45. Kh3 Kg5 46. Bf3 Kf4 47. Bg4 Kg5
48. Bf3 Kf4 49. Bd5 Kg5 50. Be6 Ra6 51. Bc4 Rf6 52. Kg2 Rf8 53. Be2 Rd8 54. Bg4
e4 55. h3 Kf4 56. Kf1 Rd3 57. Ke2 Rb3 58. Nd5+ Ke5 59. Ne7 Rb2+ 60. Ke1 e3 61.
fxe3 Ke4 62. Nf5 Ra2 63. Kf1 Ra1+ 64. Ke2 Ra2+ 65. Ke1 Rb2 66. Kf1 Ra2 67. Nxh4
Kxe3 68. Ng6 Ra6 69. Ne7 Ra7 70. Nd5+ Ke4 71. Nc3+ Kf4 72. Ne2+ Kg5 73. Nd4 Kh4
74. Nf5+ Kg5 75. Ke2 Ra2+ 76. Ke3 Ra3+ 77. Ke4 Ra4+ 78. Ke5 Rxg4 79. hxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.21"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 8.
Re1 Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bc4
Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qa6 16. g3 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 18. Rxe5 dxc4 19. Re3 cxd3 20.
Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Nf8 24. Nd4 g6 25. Kf1 Ra6
26. Ke2 Rb6 27. b4 axb4 28. a5 Ra6 29. cxb4 c5 30. bxc5 Rxa5 31. c6 bxc6
32. Nxc6 Rc5 33. Nd4 Kg7 34. h4 h5 35. Nf3 Ne6 36. Nd4 Nxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Rc7
38. Rd3 Rc5 39. Rd4 Rc7 40. Rd3 Rc5 41. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.03.21"]
[Round "19.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. e5 cxd4 7. a3 Ba5 8.
exf6 dxc3 9. b4 Bc7 10. fxg7 Re8 11. Nf3 d5 12. Qxc3 e5 13. cxd5 e4 14. Nd4
Be5 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. O-O Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. f4 Bf6
21. Qe3 Bg4 22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Nb3 Rxd5 24. Re1 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Qh6 26. Rd2 Qd6
27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Nd2 Bf5 29. Nf1 Bh3 30. Nd2 Re6 31. Rc1 Kxg7 32. Rc5 Qd3
33. Rg5+ Kf8 34. Qc5+ Rd6 35. Rh5 Qxd2 36. Rxh3 b6 0-1

