[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Ne3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nxc4 Be7 5. b4 b6 6. e3 Bc6 7. f3 Ng6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bg3 Rfd8 12. b5 Bh4 13. Bxh4 Nxh4 14. e4 Qb8 15.
Qa3 Ng6 16. g3 Nf6 17. Qe3 c5 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Be2 b5 20. Na5 Qb6 21. Ndb3 Ne7
22. Rc5 a6 23. Rfc1 Nd7 24. R5c2 Bb7 25. Kf2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8
28. Qc3 e5 29. Ke1 exd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Kf8 32. Kd2 Ke8 33. Kc3 Kd8 34.
Kb4 Kc7 35. a4 bxa4 36. Kxa4 Ne5 37. f4 N5c6 38. Ndxc6 Nxc6 39. Nxc6 Kxc6 40.
Ka5 f6 41. Kb4 Kb6 42. Kc4 Be6+ 43. Kd4 a5 44. Bd1 Kb5 45. f5 Bd7 46. Kd5 Kb4
47. g4 h6 48. h4 a4 49. Bxa4 Bxa4 50. e5 Bb3+ 51. Kd6 fxe5 52. Kxe5 Kc5 53. h5
Bd1 54. f6 gxf6+ 55. Kxf6 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. b4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qb2 Ne6 6. Ne3 Bg5 7. Nd5 Bxc1 8.
Qxc1 O-O 9. b5 Ncd8 10. Nf6+ gxf6 11. Qh6 f5 12. Qf6 Ng7 13. Bc3 Nde6 14. h4
Bxb5 15. h5 Rce8 16. h6 Qd8 17. hxg7 Qxf6 18. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 19. Bxf6 Bxc4 20. Nc3
b5 21. Rh4 Re6 22. Bd8 c5 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 b4 25. Nd5 Ng6 26. Rh3 Rxe2 27.
Re3 Rd2 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Bf6+ Kh6 30. Ne3 f4 31. Nc4 Rd3 32. Ra8 f3 33. g4 Nf4
34. Rg8 Ne6 35. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. b3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Ne6 4. Ng3 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd5 Ne7 7. Bc2 Bc6 8. Nb4
Bd7 9. Nd5 b5 10. Qb1 h6 11. Be4 Qb8 12. Nxe7+ Bxe7 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Nf5 Bf6
15. h4 Rfd8 16. Ng3 d5 17. Bf5 e4 18. Nh5 Be5 19. d4 Bd6 20. Qb2 Ba6 21. f3 Qb5
22. Bg3 g6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nf4 Kh7 25. Kh2 exf3 26. gxf3 Rf8 27. Rhg1 Rf6 28.
Qc2 Ba3 29. Nxg6 Qe2+ 30. Qxe2 Bxe2 31. Rce1 Bxf3 32. Ref1 Rxg6 33. Rxf3 Rcg8
34. Rf7+ R8g7 35. Rxg7+ Rxg7 36. Rg2 Bc1 37. Re2 c6 38. Bf4 Ba3 39. Rc2 Kg6 40.
Rg2+ Kf7 41. Bxh6 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Kg6 43. Bg5 a6 44. Kf3 Kh5 45. Ke2 Kg4 46. Kd3
Bb4 47. Kc2 Bd6 48. Kc3 Kh5 49. b4 Kg4 50. Kb3 Bc7 51. Ka4 Kh5 52. Kb3 Kg4 53.
a3 e5 54. dxe5 Bxe5 55. Kc2 Bd6 56. Kd3 c5 57. bxc5 Bxc5 58. a4 Kf5 59. Bd8 Ba7
60. h5 Bc5 61. h6 Kg6 62. Bg5 Bb6 63. Bf4 Bc5 64. Ke2 Be7 65. Kf3 Kf5 66. Ke2 d4
67. Kd3 dxe3 68. Bxe3 Kg6 69. Kc4 Bh4 70. Kc5 Be1 71. Kb6 a5 72. Kb5 Bc3 73. Kc4
Be1 74. Kd3 Bb4 75. Kc4 Be1 76. Kb5 Bc3 77. Bb6 Kxh6 78. Bxa5 Bd4 79. Bb6 Bc3
80. Bc5 Kg6 81. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 c6 5. Rxc4 Nbd7 6. bxc6 Rxc6 7. Rxc6 bxc6 8.
d3 e5 9. Ne3 Ne6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bc3 f6 12. Nbd2 Ndc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Bxb3 Bf7
15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Rxb3 18. Nxb3 Nf4 19. Qb2 c5 20. f3 Qa7 21. Kh1
c4 22. dxc4 Qf2 23. e4 Ne2 24. Re1 Bxc4 25. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRBBNKR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. e4 e6 4. c4 bxc4 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. Be2 Ne5 7. Rd1 Na6 8. Ne3
Nb4 9. Nxc4 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc2 11. Qc1 Nd4 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Qb8 14. Kh1 Kh8 15.
Rd3 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Rh3 Bf6 18. b3 Bf7 19. Qd1 Rce8 20. g4 g6 21. g5 Bg7
22. Bd2 Re7 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 d6 27. Qd3 Qb4 28.
Bd2 Qa3 29. Kg2 Qb2 30. Kg3 h6 31. h4 Kh7 32. Be1 Nc2 33. Bd2 Nb4 34. Qe3 hxg5
35. hxg5 Bd4 36. Qe1 Kg7 37. Nb5 Nc2 38. Qc1 Qxa2 39. Nxd6 Na3 40. Nxf7 Nxc4 41.
bxc4 Qb3+ 42. Kg2 Kxf7 43. Qe1 Qxc4 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47.
Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nb3 g6 3. O-O-O Bb5 4. g4 Nb6 5. Qf3 Ne6 6. h4 c6 7. Ng3 Bd6 8. Ba5
O-O-O 9. c3 Rde8 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. e3 Nc7 12. Bd3 Ba4 13. Bc2 Rgf8 14. g5 Kb8
15. Qg4 f5 16. gxf6 exf6 17. Ne2 f5 18. Qh3 Qf6 19. h5 g5 20. h6 g4 21. Qh5 Ne6
22. Ng3 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 Ng5 24. Nd2 Bxc2 25. Kxc2 c5 26. Nb3 Ne4 27. Rg2 Qc6 28.
f3 Nd6 29. Nd2 Rxe3 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. fxg4 d4 32. Qh2 f4 33. Rf2 Qa4+ 34. Nb3
Qxa2 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Rxd4 Ne4 37. Rxf4 Rxc3+ 38. Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne3 Nb6 3. c3 g6 4. g3 d6 5. O-O-O Ba4 6. Bc2 Nfd7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. f4 Rc6 10. Kb1 Rfc8 11. Qf3 Bxc2+ 12. Naxc2 Na4 13. Rg2 Rb6 14. Nb4
e6 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qd4 Nf3 20. Qd7 Rf8
21. Qxa4 Qe5 22. Nec2 Rd6 23. Rc1 a5 24. Bc3 Qc5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Nd3 Rxd3 27.
Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Re2+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Kc6 31. Re6+ Rd6 32. Rxd6+ Qxd6 33.
Nd4+ Kb6 34. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. g4 c6 2. c3 d5 3. e4 Nb6 4. Ne3 O-O-O 5. O-O-O Ng6 6. d4 e6 7. Bd2 Nf4 8.
Rge1 g5 9. Nb3 h5 10. f3 hxg4 11. Nxg4 dxe4 12. fxe4 f6 13. e5 fxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Nb3 Nb6 4. Bb4 Ng6 5. Nfd2 O-O-O 6. O-O h5 7. h4 c6 8. c4
Bc7 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Be7 Rd7 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Nc5 Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Re8 16. d5 e5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 Kb8 19. Qh3 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21.
Qd7 Qf8 22. Rd3 Re7 23. Rb3+ Ka8 24. Qd2 Ref7 25. Rf1 Qc5 26. Rc3 Rf3 27. Kg2
Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Rd7 29. Rc1 Rd4 30. Qc2 Kb8 31. b4 Qe7 32. Ne3 Qf7 33. a4 Rxb4 34.
Qxc6 Rb2 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Bb6 37. Nd5 Bd4 38. Qb3+ Qb7 39. Qf3 a5 40. Qf8+
Ka7 41. Qd8 Bb6 42. Qxb6+ Qxb6 43. Nxb6 Kxb6 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 Kc5 46. Kf3
Kd4 47. e5 Kd5 48. Ke3 g5 49. hxg5 g6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 Ne6 3. c3 Nb6 4. O-O-O g6 5. g3 c6 6. Nb3 O-O-O 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Nc4 10. Ng4 f5 11. Nf6 Rf8 12. Nxe8 Rdxe8 13. f4 g5 14. Qf3 Qg7
15. Bb4 Rf7 16. Nc5 Qh6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. b3 a5 19. Bc3 Na3 20. Bd3 g4 21. Qe2
Qf8 22. h3 h5 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Bb2 Rh6 25. Rh1 Rfh7 26. Rxh6 Rxh6 27. Qg2 Bc7
28. Rh1 Rxh1+ 29. Qxh1 Kb8 30. Qe1 a4 31. Bc3 Bd8 32. Bb4 Be7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34.
Kb2 Nb5 35. Bxb5 a3+ 36. Kc2 cxb5 37. Qa5 Qh7 38. Qd8+ Ka7 39. Qa5+ Kb8 40. Qd8+
Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 gxf5 4. g3 c5 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nbc6 7. c3 Qd7 8. Ne3
Ne6 9. a4 Nc7 10. a5 e5 11. Qc2 O-O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nec4 Na6 14. Qa4 Bd5 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O-O Bg7 17. Be3 Qxd3 18. Nf3 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qd3 20. Rd1 Qe2 21.
Qb5 Kb8 22. Rde1 Qd3 23. Bg5 Nab4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Qa4 Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 Qd3+ 27.
Kc1 Rd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bd2 Rc8+ 30. Kd1 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. g3 f5 2. d4 g6 3. c3 d5 4. Nd2 Nd7 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf2 Nf7 7. Nd3 Nd6 8. Qc2
Nfe4 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Nfe5 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Nf2 Qb7 15.
Bf3 b5 16. Kg2 Bf6 17. h4 Nxf2 18. Bxf2 Ne4 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rh1 Rg8 21. h5 g5
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Bxg5 e3+ 26. Kg1 gxh5 27. Rxh5+
Kg7 28. Qc1 Qe4 29. Rh4 Qd5 30. Qxe3 Rh8 31. Bxe7 Kf7 32. Bg5 Rxh4 33. gxh4 Re8
34. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Rxf4 g6 4. Ne3 d6 5. c3 Ne6 6. Rf1 f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. d4
f4 9. Nd5 Nc5 10. dxc5 Bxd5 11. Rxf4 Qe6+ 12. Kd1 Rxf4 13. Qxf4 Nc6 14. Nd2 Qg6
15. cxd6 O-O-O 16. dxc7 Rd7 17. Bxa7 Rf7 18. Qa4 Qd3 19. Kc1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3+
21. Kd1 Qxa1+ 22. Kc2 Nxa7 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. Ne3 d6 4. g4 Ndc6 5. d3 Nd7 6. Nd2 Qc7 7. c3 e6 8. Qc2
O-O-O 9. O-O-O Kb8 10. Kb1 Ne7 11. f5 h6 12. h4 e5 13. Qa4 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 f6 17. c4 Bf7 18. b4 b6 19. Ka1 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Nc5 21. Qa3 Bg7
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Kc8 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. c5 dxc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Qd6 28.
Qa4+ Ke7 29. Rc6 Be8 30. Qxa7+ Rd7 31. Qa5 Qb8 32. Rb1 Qd8 33. d6+ Rxd6 34. Rb7+
Bd7 35. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnqnkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQNKRBB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nbc3 c6 4. d3 d5 5. e4 fxe4 6. dxe4 d4 7. Ne2 e5 8. Nf2 c5
9. Nd3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Bh3 c4 13. Nb4 Nc5 14. Nxc6 Nxe4 15. Qa5
Qxc6 16. O-O-O d3 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. fxe5
Rfd8 22. Bc5 Rac8 23. Bd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxd6 26. Re7 Rf8 27. cxd3
cxd3 28. Rxb7 Rf2 29. Rd2 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Rf2+ Ke6 32. Kd2 Ke5 33. Ke3 g5
34. g4 a5 35. a4 Ke6 36. Rb2 Kd5 37. Kxd3 Rh6 38. Rb5+ Kc6 39. Rxg5 Rxh2 40.
Rxa5 Rg2 41. Rg5 Kb6 42. Kc4 h6 43. Rg6+ Ka5 44. Kc5 Kxa4 45. c4 Kb3 46. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 f5 2. e5 c5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 O-O-O 5. O-O-O Bd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Bxd4 e6 8.
Nb3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. c4 Be4 11. Qf2 Qb4 12. Bc3 Qb6 13. Bd4 Qb4 14. Nd2 Bxb1
15. Kxb1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nb6 17. Qe2 Na4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 20. Nb3 Rde8
21. Qxf6 Qxc4 22. Rd4 Qb5 23. Qd6+ Ka8 24. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 f5 2. e5 f4 3. d4 d6 4. O-O-O O-O-O 5. Nd3 Nb6 6. f3 c6 7. g3 fxg3 8. Qh3+
Nd7 9. hxg3 Qxf3 10. Rh2 Nc7 11. Rf1 Qd5 12. Nf4 Qb5 13. Re1 Bc4 14. c3 dxe5 15.
dxe5 g5 16. Ng6 hxg6 17. Qxh8 Ne6 18. Qh7 Nxe5 19. Qxe7 Bd6 20. Qf6 Ng4 21. Qxg6
Bxg3 22. Bf5 Bf4+ 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. a4 Qa5 25. Bxg4 Bd3+ 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxe6
Rd8 28. Nc2 Qxa4 29. Rg2 Qc4 30. Re1 b6 31. Nd4 Kb7 32. Re7+ Kb8 33. Be2 Qa4 34.
Bf3 Rd6 35. Re8+ Kc7 36. Re7+ Kd8 37. Re1 Kc8 38. Rge2 Kb7 39. Re7+ Ka6 40. Bg4
Rd8 41. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 f5 2. e5 f4 3. f3 c5 4. d4 c4 5. c3 d6 6. O-O-O O-O-O 7. d5 dxe5 8. Qxc4+
Nac7 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nd3 Nxd5 11. Nc5 Nd6 12. Nab3 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. Bf2 Ne3
15. Bxe3 fxe3 16. Rhe1 Ba7 17. Nd3 e4 18. Ne5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Rhf8 20. fxe4 Rf2
21. Ng4 Rxg2 22. Nxe3 Rxh2 23. e5 Nf7 24. Ng4 Rh4 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nh6 27.
Bxh7 Rf8 28. Nxh6 Be3+ 29. Kd1 gxh6 30. Ke2 Bg5 31. b4 Rd8 32. Bf5+ Kc7 33. Rd1
Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Bf4 35. e6 Kd6 36. Bg4 Ke5 37. Ke2 Bc1 38. b3 Kf4 39. Bf3 b6 40.
Bb7 a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Bc6 Ba3 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 Bxb4 45. Be8 Bc5 46. Kf1
Ke5 47. Bf7 h5 48. Bxh5 Kxe6 49. Bg4+ Ke5 50. Bh3 e6 51. Bxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 Nd6 3. c3 f5 4. Nd3 Nb6 5. Nb3 Nbc4 6. Nbc5 Qe8 7. b3 Na3 8. Be3
O-O-O 9. Qf2 Qb5 10. Ne5 Nxb1 11. Rxb1 Nc4 12. a4 Qb6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc6
15. b4 Bf7 16. b5 Qg6 17. Nd3 a5 18. bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nc5 Qa8 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Nc5
Rdd8 22. Rb4 Ba7 23. Nd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrknqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKNQBR w HChc - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nb3 Qe7 4. c4 f6 5. d4 exf4 6. Qxf4 Nb6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Na5 Na4 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Nxd4 Be6 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g6
15. Ndc6+ bxc6 16. Bxc5 Qe6 17. Qe3 Bc7 18. Nxc6+ Kd7 19. Qb3 Bb6 20. Nd4 Qxe4
21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rhe1 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Nc7 24. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Ne3 Nb6 4. Bb3 Ne6 5. Nac2 Nf4 6. Qd2 dxc4 7. Nxc4 Qg4 8.
g3 Nxe2+ 9. Kg2 Nd5 10. f3 Nef4+ 11. Kf2 Nh3+ 12. Ke2 Ndf4+ 13. gxf4 Qg2+ 14.
Kd3 Qxh1 15. N2e3 Qxf3 16. Bg3 Nxf4+ 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Qg5 19. Ne5 e6 20.
Qf2 O-O 21. Bxe6 Bf6 22. Rg1 Qh4 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nb3 Ne6 3. Ne3 Nb6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Nf4 6. c4 c6 7. Qc3 O-O 8. Qxe5
Nd3 9. Qe4 Nxe1 10. Bg4 cxd5 11. cxd5 f5 12. Bxf5 Rxf5 13. Nxf5 Bg6 14. g4 Qd7
15. Rxe1 Nxd5 16. Nc5 Qf7 17. Qe5 Bc7 18. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Ne3 Nb6 4. Nb3 Ng6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc4 b5 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Qf5 9. Nc5 Qxe5 10. e4 Nf4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bc3 Qg5 13. g3 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Ne6
15. Qxg5 Nxg5 16. Bc2 f6 17. f4 Ne6 18. e5 fxe5 19. O-O-O Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Rhe1 Rb7 22. Rxd4 O-O 23. Rde4 Bf7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Bxa2 26. Rxa7 Bd5 27.
Kd2 Rb8 28. Bd3 b4 29. Kc2 b3+ 30. Kb2 Re8 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. Bxh7 Re2+ 33. Kc3
Rxh2 34. Bf5 Rg2 35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. c6 d4+ 37. Kxb3 Rxg3+ 38. Kc4 Rc3+ 39. Kxd4
Rxc6 40. Be4 Ra6 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. Kf5 Ra4 43. Bc6 Rc4 44. Bb7 Rd4 45. Bf3 Rd6 46.
Kg5 Rd3 47. Bh5 Rg3+ 48. Kf5 Kd6 49. Bf7 Kc5 50. Ke4 Rg1 51. Bh5 Kd6 52. Bf7 Ke7
53. Bc4 Kf6 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Bd3 Ra3 56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Be2 Ra4+ 58. Ke5 Ra2 59. Bf3
Ra1 60. Bg4 Re1+ 61. Kd4 Rg1 62. Bc8 Kh5 63. Ke4 Re1+ 64. Kf5 Re8 65. Bb7 Rf8+
66. Ke5 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 Qxc5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Bb3 Qc6 6. Nc2 e6 7. h4 h5 8.
Nfe3 Bf6 9. g3 Nd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bb4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Rh6 13. Na3 Nb6 14. Nac4
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc6 17. f3 Rh8 18. Rfd1 Kh7 19. e4 Bd8 20. Bc5 b6
21. Be3 Be7 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rbc1 Rb7 24. Kf2 Rf8 25. f4 Bb5 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. Nd4
Bd7 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rc8 Rd7 32. e5 f6 33. f5 Kf7
34. Rc6 Re7 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Bd4 e5 37. Bc3 Rc7 38. Rxc7+ Bxc7 39. Ke3 e4 40.
Be1 Be5 41. Kxe4 Bxb2 42. Bf2 Ke7 43. Kf3 Ba3 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf7 46. Kf4
Kg7 47. Ke4 Kh6 48. Bd4 Kh5 49. Bxf6 b5 50. Bd8 a5 51. Bxa5 Kxh4 52. Ke5 Kg4 53.
Ke6 Kf4 54. f6 Kg5 55. f7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrqbbnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRQBBNKR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne3 b5 3. f4 e6 4. O-O Nb6 5. Bf3 d6 6. Nb3 Ng6 7. Bg3 f5 8. d4 O-O
9. dxc5 dxc5 10. exf5 exf5 11. c4 Bf6 12. Re1 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4+ Bf7
15. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Nxc5 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Bxb2 18. a4 Rc8 19. Nd3 Bc3 20. Rb1 Rd8
21. Nc5 Bd2 22. Bf2 Bxf4 23. Nb7 Rd2 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Rxd2 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bxd2
27. Bxa7 Bd5 28. Nd6 g6 29. Kf2 Bb3 30. h4 Bb4 31. Nb7 Bxa4 32. Bd4 Be7 33. Kg3
f4+ 34. Kxf4 Bxh4 35. Nc5 Bc2 36. Ne4 h6 37. Be3 Be7 38. Bc5 Bd8 39. Bd4 Kf7 40.
Nf2 Bc7+ 41. Kg4 Bf5+ 42. Kh4 g5+ 43. Kh5 Bg6+ 44. Kxh6 g4 45. Ne4 Bxe4 46. fxe4
g3 47. Kh5 g2 48. Kg4 Bh2 49. Kf3 g1=R 50. Bxg1 Bxg1 51. e5 Bd4 52. e6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. d4 g5 2. b3 b6 3. Nh3 g4 4. Nf4 Ne6 5. e3 f5 6. Qd2 Nxf4 7. exf4 Qh5 8. d5
Bxa1 9. Rxa1 e6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. g3 Qxh2 12. Kb2 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qh6
15. Ne7+ Kd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qf6+ 18. c3 c6 19. Qd3 Kc7 20. Qa6 Ra8 21.
Rad1 Rf7 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Rd2 h5 25. a4 Qe1 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Re2
Qf6 28. Re5 Rf8 29. a5 h4 30. Qa6 Qd6 31. Qxa7+ Kc8 32. Qa6+ Kd8 33. Qxb6+ Kc8
34. Qa6+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Qa7+ Kc8 37. Qa6+ Kd8 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39. a6 Qc7 40.
Qe3 Kb8 41. gxh4 Rh8 42. h5 Qc8 43. h6 Qxa6 44. Re8+ Rxe8 45. Qxe8+ Kc7 46. Qe5+
Kb6 47. h7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 b6 3. Ndc3 f5 4. exf5 Rxf5 5. g4 Rf8 6. Bxa8 Rxa8 7. O-O-O g6 8.
f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Qxe1 10. Rdxe1 Kb7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rf7 13. Nfd5 Raf8 14. Rxf7
Rxf7 15. Nb5 Bxb2+ 16. Kxb2 d6 17. g5 a6 18. Nbxc7 Rxc7 19. Nxc7 Kxc7 20. Re8
Nge7 21. Rh8 Kd7 22. Rxh7 Ke6 23. h4 d5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Kf5 26. c3 Ng6 27.
Rh7 Nce7 28. Rf7+ Kxg5 29. a4 Nc8 30. Rc7 Nge7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Ka3 Kf6 33. Ka4
Ke6 34. Kxa5 Kd6 35. Rb7 d4 36. Kxa6 dxc3 37. dxc3 Nd5 38. c4 Nc7+ 39. Ka5 Kc6
40. Rb8 Nd6 41. Rb6+ Kd7 42. c5 Ne4 43. b4 Nc3 44. Rd6+ Kc8 45. Rd3 N7d5 46. b5
Kb7 47. Rh3 Ne4 48. c6+ Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. b6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. b3 e5 2. g4 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Rxf4 Nge7 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 O-O-O 7. O-O-O b6 8.
Qh4 Nd4 9. g5 h6 10. Qxh6 Be5 11. Qh4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Ne6 13. Qg3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Kb1 Qa3 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Ne2 Rfe8 19. a3 Kb8 20. d3 Nc5 21. Rf1
Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qc5 23. Bd4 Qxa3 24. Rxf7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Bf6
Re8 28. Nc3 Qc5 29. Kb2 Ne5 30. Qg3 Bc6 31. Bg2 a5 32. Nd5 Qd4+ 33. Qc3 Qxc3+
34. Kxc3 Bxd5 35. exd5 Ng4 36. Kd4 Re1 37. Bf3 Nxh2 38. Be4 Rg1 39. Ke3 Rf1 40.
Ke2 Rf4 41. Ke3 Rf1 42. Ke2 Rf4 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. b3 b6 2. c4 e5 3. f4 exf4 4. Nh3 Ne6 5. d3 f5 6. Nxf4 Nxf4 7. Rxf4 g5 8. Rf2
Bxa1 9. Rxa1 Nh6 10. h3 f4 11. g4 Bxh1 12. Qxh1 Nf7 13. Kc2 Ne5 14. Qe4 Qe7 15.
Nc3 Qg7 16. b4 O-O 17. b5 Rbe8 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. a4 a5 21. Raf1 Ng6
22. Ne4 Re5 23. Qb7 d5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nd2 Rfe8 26. Re1 dxc4 27. Nxc4 R5e6
28. e3 fxe3 29. Rfe2 Nf4 30. Rxe3 Ng2 31. Rxe6 Nxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Nxb6 Kf7
34. Nc4 Ke6 35. Nxa5 Ra1 36. Nb3 Ra2+ 37. Kb1 Rf2 38. a5 Kd6 39. a6 Kc7 40. Nxc5
Kb6 41. Nd7+ Ka7 42. d4 Rf3 43. Kc2 Rxh3 44. d5 h5 45. d6 hxg4 46. Nf6 Rh8 47.
Nxg4 Rd8 48. Kd3 Rxd6+ 49. Ke4 Rb6 50. Kf5 Rxb5+ 51. Kg6 Kxa6 52. Kh5 Kb6 53.
Nh6 Kc6 54. Nf7 Kd5 55. Nxg5 Ke5 56. Kg4 Rb4+ 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Nf3 Rb3 59. Kf2
Kf4 60. Nd2 Re3 61. Nc4 Re4 62. Nd2 Re8 63. Nc4 Re4 64. Nd2 Re7 65. Nc4 Ke4 66.
Nd2+ Kd3 67. Nf3 Rf7 68. Kg3 Ke3 69. Ng5 Rf4 70. Ne6 Rf1 71. Kg4 Rf7 72. Ng5 Rf6
73. Nh3 Rf1 74. Ng5 Rf4+ 75. Kg3 Rb4 76. Nh3 Ke4 77. Ng5+ Kf5 78. Nf3 Rg4+ 79.
Kf2 Ke4 80. Nd2+ Kf4 81. Ke2 Rg3 82. Kf2 Re3 83. Nc4 Rh3 84. Ke2 Ke4 85. Nd2+
Kd4 86. Nf3+ Rxf3 87. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brknqrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNQRNB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Nc3 Nf7 5. b3 Nf6 6. e3 e5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5
Qxe5 9. Bxa8 Rxa8 10. Qe2 Kb7 11. Bb2 c6 12. a4 Nd5 13. a5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd6 15.
Bxh8 Rxh8 16. Ra1 Rhe8 17. Rf4 b5 18. c3 Re4 19. Kc2 Rae8 20. Qd3 Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3
Kc7 22. h4 h5 23. c4 a6 24. Ke2 Kd6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. b4 Kc7 27. Rc1 Kb7 28. Rb1
Ka6 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. d3 Rg4 31. Kf3 g5 32. hxg5 Rxg5 33. d4 d6 34. d5 c5 35.
bxc5 dxc5 36. Kf4 Rg8 37. Kxf5 c4 38. Ke5 c3 39. d6 Kxa5 40. Kd4 b4 41. Kc4 Rc8+
42. Kb3 c2 43. Ra1+ Kb5 44. Kb2 Rd8 45. Rh1 Rxd6 46. Kxc2 Rd5 47. Kb3 Rd3+ 48.
Kb2 Ka4 49. Rxh5 Rxe3 50. Rh2 Rxg3 51. Rf2 Rb3+ 52. Ka2 Rc3 53. Kb2 Rb3+ 54. Ka2
Rc3 55. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. f4 c5 4. Nb3 d6 5. Na3 Nb6 6. Na5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qc2
Bf7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Rxd4 O-O 12. O-O Qe6 13. Rd3 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Qxc4
15. Qxc4 Bxc4 16. Ra3 d5 17. Kf2 Bb5 18. b3 a5 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. Rxb5 cxb5 21.
Bxd5+ Kg7 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Ra1 b4 24. Ke3 Kf6 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26. Rc4 e5 27. fxe5+
Kxe5 28. Rxb4 g5 29. Rb5+ Kf6 30. Rb6+ Ke5 31. Rb5+ Kf6 32. b4 Rb2 33. Rb8 Ke5
34. b5 Rb3+ 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. b6 Kc6 37. Rf8 Rb5 38. Rf6+ Kb7 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4
h5 41. Kg3 Re5 42. Kf4 Rxe2 43. Kg5 f4 44. Kxh5 f3 45. Rxf3 Kxb6 46. Rc3 Rg2 47.
Kh6 Kb7 48. h5 Rg1 49. Kh7 Rg2 50. h6 Rg1 51. Kh8 Rg2 52. h7 Rg1 53. Rf3 Kc7 54.
Rf8 Kd7 55. Rg8 Rf1 56. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. f4 c5 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bxd4 Bxd4 6. Rxd4 Nc6 7. Rd1 f5 8. O-O
Nb6 9. g3 fxe4 10. Bxe4 Bc4 11. Rf2 O-O 12. Nb3 e5 13. Bg2 d5 14. fxe5 Rxf2 15.
Kxf2 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nxe5 17. Ne2 Qf5+ 18. Kg1 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Nf4 Re8 21.
Rd3 Qe4 22. Qd2 Qe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Re5 25. Re3 Rf5 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Ne6
Kf6 28. Nd8 Kg5 29. Re7 h5 30. Nf7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 d4 32. Nd6 Re5+ 33. Kd3 Ke6 34.
Ne4 Ra5 35. Kxd4 Ra2 36. Nc5+ Kf5 37. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Nb6 4. Na3 d5 5. c5 N6d7 6. f4 b6 7. Nb3 c6 8. Be3 Bf7
9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Qb7 11. Nc2 Na6 12. g4 fxg4 13. Bxg4 bxc5 14. dxc5 e5 15. f5
Nf6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Rd3 Qe7 19. Na5 Nxc5 20. Nxc6 Qc7 21. Nxd8 Nxd3
22. exd3 Qxd8 23. Nb4 Qd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. a3 Nh5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg5 a5 28.
Bg4 Rh8 29. Nc2 Nf4 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Qxa5 Qf6 32. h3 Kh6 33. Qd2 g5 34. Qf2 Rd8
35. Qe2 Re8 36. Qf2 Bg6 37. Nxd4 Bxd3 38. Nf3 Re2 39. Qc5 Rxb2 40. Ne5 Be4 41.
a4 Qb6 42. Nf7+ Kg6 43. Ne5+ Kg7 44. Qxb6 Rxb6 45. Bd7 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+ 47. Ke1
Kf6 48. Nc4 Ra2 49. Nd6 Ke5 50. Nf7+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 c5 3. d5 Nb6 4. g3 d6 5. b3 g6 6. Nc3 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. f3 Nc6
9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Rfe8 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Bg5 Rd7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nc2 a6 15. Nba3
d5 16. Ne3 d4 17. Ng2 Qd8 18. Ne1 Bf6 19. Nac2 Bf7 20. Qd2 Nexc4 21. bxc4 g5 22.
Bxg5 Bxg5 23. f4 Nxc4 24. Qd3 Nb2 25. Qxf5 Nxd1 26. fxg5 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqrkrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRKRBB w FDfd - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. b4 f5 2. Nb3 e5 3. g3 Nb6 4. d3 g6 5. c4 d5 6. Na5 c6 7. f4 dxc4 8. Bc5 cxd3
9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Qc5+ Ke8 11. fxe5 N8d7 12. Qe3 Nxe5 13. Rxd3 Nd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5
15. Qxa7 Nxd3+ 16. exd3 Qc1+ 17. Kf2 Qb2+ 18. Kf3 Qxb4 19. Nxb7 Bd4 20. Qa5 Qxa5
21. Nxa5 Bb6 22. Nb3 d4 23. Rc1 Bd5+ 24. Kf2 Ra8 25. Rc2 Bd8 26. N1d2 Bg5 27.
Nxd4 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. N2f3 Bf6 30. h4 Kd7 31. Ke3 Bd5 32. Ne2 Kd6 33. Nf4
Bf7 34. d4 h6 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5+ Kxe5 37. Nd3+ Kf6 38. Kf4 g5+ 39. hxg5+
hxg5+ 40. Ke3 f4+ 41. Nxf4 gxf4+ 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. Kd2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ba5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bc3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Rd1 b6
15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Bd3 Kf8
21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22. f4 f6 23. Kf2 h6 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g3 Ke7 27. b4 a5
28. a3 Kd6 29. Ke2 Bb7 30. Kd2 Bc6 31. Kc2 Ba4+ 32. Kc1 Bd7 33. Kd2 Bc6 34. Bc2
Bb5 35. Bd1 Ba6 36. Bf3 Bb5 37. Be2 Bc6 38. Bd3 Ke7 39. Bc2 Bb5 40. Bd1 Kd6 41.
Be2 Bc6 42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Bc2 Bb5 44. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[WhiteFideId "4100018"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. Nf3 e5 2. e4 b6 3. b3 d6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 f5 6. exf5 Qxf5 7. Nfd2 Qg6 8. Ne4
Nf6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Qd1 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Re7 14. Nc3 a6
15. Re3 Re6 16. Rg3 Qf7 17. Rd3 Qg6 18. Rg3 Qf7 19. Rd3 Qg6 20. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. O-O e5 4. c3 Nge7 5. b4 d6 6. bxc5 dxc5 7. Qa3 b6 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Qc3 f6 14. Rc1 Rxe4
15. Nd2 Rg4 16. f3 Rh4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. Bf2 Ra4 20. Rxc6 Rxa2 21.
Ne4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b5 3. b3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4 b4 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Nd7 11. Re2 e5 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Nxf3 f6 14. Rfe1 Bc7
15. Bb2 Rd8 16. h4 Nb8 17. Qe3 Bb6 18. Qe4 Qc6 19. h5 Qxe4 20. dxe4 Nc6 21. Rd2
Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 Bc7 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rde2 Bd6 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Kf1 h6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd3 Kf6 31. Re4 a5 32. Rg4 Kf7 33. Rg6 Rd7 34.
g4 Rd8 35. Nh4 Be7 36. Nf5 Bf6 37. f4 Rh8 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Ne4 Kf7 40. Nxc5 Ra8
41. Ne4 Be7 42. c5 a4 43. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnqbrknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKNR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Nh3 d5 4. exd5 Bxd5 5. O-O Bc7 6. d4 Nf6 7. c4 Be6 8. Ng5
Bf5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bf4 11. Ngf3 e6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 g6 15.
g3 Bh6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qd8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Kg2 h5 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Qd2 Qb2 23. Re1 Re4 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Ng5 f5 27. h4 Kf8
28. f3 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ke7 30. Ne6 Be5 31. Nf4 Kf6 32. Ne6 Ke7 33. Nf4 Kf6 34.
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 Ne6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Ng3 d6 5. O-O h5 6. h4 Nf6 7. d4 Ng4 8. Ng5 O-O
9. f3 Nf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 c6 12. a4 Nh7 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. g4 Qf6 15. Qh2
Rh8 16. gxh5 gxh5 17. Kf2 Bd6 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Be6
22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ke3 Qh6+ 25. f4 Bg4 26. Bc2 Nd2 27. Kf2 Nf3 28.
Qh1 Rd2 29. Bb3 Qxf4 30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Qc1 Kg7 32. Qxd2 Nxd2 33. Bc2 Nf3 34. Nc1
Nxh4 35. Nd3 Ng6 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. a5 Nf4 38. a6 b6 39. Nb7 Kf6 40. Ba4 Bd7 41.
Nd8 b5 42. Bb3 Be8 43. Nb7 Ke7 44. Nc5 h4 45. Bd1 Ne6 46. Nd3 Kd6 47. Bg4 Bd7
48. Bxe6 Bxe6 49. Nc5 f5 50. Nb7+ Kc7 51. Nc5 Bc8 52. Kf3 fxe4+ 53. Nxe4 Bf5 54.
Ng5 Kd6 55. Kf2 Kd5 56. Nf3 h3 57. Kg3 e4 58. Nd4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. c3 e5 3. g4 h6 4. d4 d6 5. Ne3 h5 6. g5 Ng4 7. Nd3 g6 8. d5 Nxe3+
9. Bxe3 a5 10. Bc2 Ba7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. O-O-O b6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2
b4 16. Qf3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qg7 18. Ba4 Nd7 19. Bc6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Ke7
22. Kc2 Ra6 23. Bb5 Rb6 24. a4 Rf8 25. Rdf1 f5 26. gxf6+ Qxf6 27. f3 Rbb8 28.
Qh6 Rg8 29. f4 Rbf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34.
Rxh5 Rg2+ 35. Kc1 Nxe4 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rxc7 Rh2 38. Rh7 Nxc3 39. Rh6+ Kf5 40.
Rxd6 e4 41. Bc4 Rxh4 42. Re6 Rh8 43. Kc2 Nxa4 44. Rc6 Rb8 45. d6 Nb6 46. Bb5 Ke5
47. Kc3 Kd5 48. Kd2 a4 49. Rc7 Kxd6 50. Ra7 e3+ 51. Kxe3 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 Rxb5 53.
Rxa4 Nb6 54. Ra7 Rh5 55. Rg7 Rh4+ 56. Kd3 Nd5 57. Rg8 Ke6 58. Rd8 Ne7 59. Re8
Kd6 60. Rd8+ Ke5 61. Re8 Rh3+ 62. Ke2 Kf6 63. Rf8+ Kg5 64. Re8 Nf5 65. Kd2 Kf4
66. Rf8 Ke4 67. Re8+ Kd5 68. Rd8+ Nd6 69. Ke2 Ke5 70. Kd2 Nb7 71. Re8+ Kd4 72.
Ke2 Ra3 73. Rb8 Nd6 74. Rd8 Kd5 75. Kd2 Rb3 76. Kc2 Re3 77. Kd2 Re8 78. Rxe8
Nxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. e4 g6 2. c3 c5 3. g3 d6 4. Ne3 Nf6 5. f4 Ng4 6. Nxg4 Bxg4+ 7. Nf3 Bc7 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bc2 O-O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Be3 Kb8 13. O-O-O fxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb6
15. Rge1 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bf3 h6 20. d5 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
g5 22. Ng2 h5 23. f5 Rde8 24. Qe1 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nd7 26. Ra3 b6 27. Ne3 Bb7 28.
Nc2 Ne5 29. Nb4 Rc8 30. Nc6+ Bxc6 31. dxc6 Nxf3 32. Qxe7 Nd2+ 33. Rxd2 Qh1+ 34.
Kc2 Qxc6+ 35. Rc3 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Qb5+ 38. Kc1 Rc8 39. Qxd6+ Ka8 40.
Qd5+ Qxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 42. Kd2 Rc6 43. Rd7 b5 44. Rg7 b4 45. Rxg5 Ra6 46. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. g3 g6 2. c3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nd3 Nd6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bc1 Bh3 7. g4 h5 8. gxh5 Bxf1
9. Rxf1 Qxh5 10. Rg1 Ne6 11. f3 Bc7 12. h4 Rh8 13. Nc5 Qxh4 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15.
Qg2 Kd7 16. Bd3 Rag8 17. Bd2 Qh2 18. Kc2 Qxg2 19. Rxg2 Nf7 20. Rag1 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxg5 Rxg5 23. Rxg5 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Rh1 25. Rg4 b5 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5
28. b3 Rb1 29. Kc2 Ra1 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Ra2+ 32. Kc1 Ra1+ 33. Kc2 Ra2+ 34.
Kc1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4100018"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKNNRQ w GAga - 0 1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]

1. g4 h5 2. g5 g6 3. c3 c6 4. e4 c5 5. d3 Ne6 6. Bc2 Be5 7. Nf3 d6 8. Nxe5 dxe5
9. Qf3 Nd6 10. Bd2 Nf4 11. Ne3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Bb3 b5 15. d4
Bc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qh3 c4 19. dxc6 cxb3 20. axb3 Rxc6 21. Bf4 Rd8
22. Be5 Qh7 23. d5 Rcc8 24. Qe3 a5 25. Qa7 f5 26. gxf6 exf6 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28.
Bxf6 Re8 29. Rg5 Rc7 30. Rdg1 Rg8 31. Re5 Rd7 32. Re6 Ne8 33. Re7+ 1-0

